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was received in Paris, via Trieste =
C~oNsrANrtNopLE, Aug. ~.
The council has dcliberatcd on the note of
the powers. 1t is disposed to propose the ac-
ccptance of it to the Sultan.
The Constitutional says it has been ac-
ccptcd conditionally on the Russians cvacuating
the municipalities soon.
The lntcst mail at Liverpool on Wednesday
morning suys:-
No official confirmation of the reports that
the Porte has accepted the propositions Of the
four Powers nor. it is said, that the proposition
has been refused,
TusCANi.-A letter from Florence, 18th,
states that Il popular demonstration was made
at Lcghorn on the occasion of laying the first
stone of the new fort. Two shells were eX
plodcd before the quarters of the Grand Duke.
The citizens, moreover, refused to illu innate
their houses on the occasion.
CmINA.-In China the imperialist forces had
attempted to regain Ching kiang Foo, but
without success, notwithstanding foreign aid.
The markets were dull.
BREADsrrrrS.-In the Liverpool market the
grain market has been very active, with an
advance ON wheat and flour, of Id to I'd per
Jobs on the former, and Is. t. Is. I'd. on the
later. Indian corn does not participate in
the Improvement.
BoSroN, Sept. 9th.
TIM PnsrILENCE.-Furthcr accounts from
New Orleans state that now many of the
victims of yellow fever, are among the more
wealthy class. Nearly 9000 persons had
died since the fever first commenced. .\c-
counts from AUX Caves. Ilayti, state that the
yellow fever was committing terrible ravagcs
among the officers and crew of American
vessels there.
New YORK, Sept. ).
FIRE AND Loss OF IiFE.-Four old dwell
lings on Allen Street were destroyed by fire
this morning. Two men, named John and
Richard Kane, persisted in the flames.
NEW loRH, September :.
\ despatch from Washington says that
t;cn. Cass has been offered the Mission to
France.
At Mobile ON the 18th, there were - deaths
from yellow fever. Thi, with Il population
decreased onc-half is Il terrible mortality.
Accounts, from Albany, state that in the
election Of Delegates to the Syracuse Demo
cratic Convention, the ilunkcrs are ;, far in
hca~ccndcnt. and viii probably carry the ma
iority. The most intense excitement is felt
throughout the State. in the result.
Kossrrn'> Si>rEn,.-rlrrr sisters of Kos
suth are living in New York. One is at the
head Of Il boarding house at no.. /, Irving
Place. the others intend opening Il lace and
silk store in Broadway, about the first of
September. Five wears ago they were
wealthy. But because they were sisters and
wives, their property was sold and they
imprisoned. They are now reduced to abso-
lutte poverty. 1t is not yet Il year since their
mother died ut Brussels. And one of them
is within Il short period. Il widow. :" In the
midst of these crushing misfortuncs" says
the Ercaiay JoUrnai. = . these three homeless
women cvincc Il fortitudc that men rarely
display, and Il nobility not born of Courts.
They ask no charity, bnt uncomplainingly
st to work, and would gladly earn Il livrli-
mood for Themselves and their children. But.
strangers in Il Strangr land, ignorant OF our
language and customs, unused to their work
sick, frirndlrSs. and poor,-it is easy to ST,
that unless "A generous public sympathy Will
aid their efforts, they may fail after all
That sympathy and aid we trust they will
receive in no Stintcl measure.