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Camp Meeting Correspondence.

rIOul lue Dbl ttmOIe AMERICAN
SHREWSBURY CAMP, Aug. 2s-At three
and half o'clock yesterday afternoon the
Sacrament Of the Lords Supper was adminis-
tered al The stand-ss ministers and Il of the
iaity partook OF the emhlems OF the sroken
bodv and shed blood Of Christ.
The saerement was then administered by
Reys. John A. Bear, Henry Furlong, Joseph
Trance, James Brown, VIM. Harden, Jehn
Miller, Thomas Myers, George ID. Ohenowith,
d. Glenn
1t was season OF profound solemnity and
serious feeling, and will long be remembered
by many who participated in it.
Al IN O'Clock Rev VIM. Virgins preached
from the text ~ have trodden the wine press
alone" s4ss. -~.a
There are at present more than one hundred
preachers upon the ground, comprising some
OF the most prominent mem bers Of the Baiti-
more ConieTence, among whom | have OBJ
I. d. Glen, Rev. Andrew Longacre, Rev. w.
s. Edwards, and Rev. ). A. Wilson.
Ats& o'clock this morning prayer and ex-
peIience M citing was held at the stand. Dur
ing was manifestly present
At II O'CLOCK Rev. Alfred Cookman, Of the
Philadelpbaa Conference preached from the
text, THY will be done on earth as it is in
heaven. Mat. vi chap, 10th verse He dis
cnsseS the subject under the following heads
!. How the will of God is done in heaven. g.
How II is not done on earth. These points
were present ted with ability, and tAe necessity
OF entire submission to the will OF God, amid
all the dispensations OF life, earnestly enforced
upon his hearers.
At the close OF the sermon he descended from
the stand, and. mounting the bench in the altar.
delivered an impassioned exhoIt tation 10 holi-
ness OF life, and In vited all who wished 10 re.
consecrate themselves to God to kneel and
unite with him in prayer. These exercises
We're continued for half an hour and while
thus engaged great power was descended upon
the assembly, and gracious season was ex-
parienced. @
II is understood that the Rev. John Cookman
will preach to- might. Yours, F.
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BANKERS.

FAY COOKE CO., "E ..5.
BA KERS,
Fifteenth street, opposite Treasury,
and sell at current market rates, and keep
Constantly on hand fall supply sf all EJt
GOVERNMENT BONDS,
eEyEN- -THIRTIES, AND COMPOUND
INTEREST NOTES.
Orders for STOCKS, BONDS, Be-, executed, and
Collections made on all accessible points.
el-tf ~ '=@.-
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The TA1LORS ARE CoMING-The $500
striking tailors of London have resolved thar
ii their. dem ands be DOT complied with they
will emigrate in mass; and, 10 begin with.
subscriptions We're raised for twenty passages
10 the United States, which will be baIlotted
for among the strikers. The talors in Uncle
Sans dominion will hardly welcome such an
influx of trade from abroad SO -
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GAVIN G 8 B A NIX. q
IA PIN DAY is A CROATIA YEAH"

Call at the corner Of .ft#
18TH STREET AND PENEA AvEN Eas
FREEDMEN'S SAVINGS AND TRUST CO.
CHARTERED By CONGRESS-.
The Central Office of this Company is Few situated
az above and is carried on in connection with the
Weshin gton Branch. @t e r
OFFICE OPEN FROM TELL 3. - =
peroeits of ONE DOLLAR and upwards received,
and interest paid on all sums Of FIVE DOLLARS
and upwards. -
Investments are made in UNITED STATES
BONDS AND STOCKS ONLY, unesr the direction
Of HENRY D. COOKE, ESQ, of GAY COOKE b
Co, Chsirman of the Finance Committee of the
Bank. #
The Deposits are now more than $4,000.
n T. HEWITT, of New York, President.
ID. l.. EkTON. Actuary.
WI. WILSON, Cashier Of Branch Bank.
my 23-W FAM ,6mN
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WOOD AND COAL.

AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.

III u "
AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
/ am now receiving all the various kinds of
COAL from the most approved mines, purchased
direct from miners for cash.
| have taken portion Of Riley's wharf, foot of
18th street. for the purpose of storing Coal on it.
thereby saving hauling to Yard. 1t can be deliv-
cred direct from the wharf for fifty cents per ton
less than il hauled to the yard.
Having all the facilities for obtaining and deliv-
ering Coal will sell it at the lowest possible
price.
Where persons use large quantities, a deduction,
win be made in price.
; All kinds of WOOD at low price.
~ Coal and Sawed and Split Wood kept under
cover. II. CLAY STEWART,
f Office corner III and 18th SITS.
Wood Yard, 18th st and Canal. Coal wharf, foot
of nth street. &
weigher .sr u. t.. au5-lm
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WHAT BISHOPS PALACES Contributing
the past twenty years, according TO recent
parliamentary return, the sum OF S776 coo has
been expended by different dioceases in Eng
land in purchasing, erecting repairing, and
furnishing the palaces Of six bishops, namely,
Gloucester ard Bristol, Gloucester, Lincoln,
Manchester. Rlpon. and Rochester. Twelve
other Episcopal palaces figure in the return
tor smaller amounts.
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A NEW CoUNrERFEIr.-A new and danger.
pus counterfeit--nattonal currency-of the de-
nomination OF SIS, has just been put ia ci-cula.
tion. On the left end OF the note the wrist OF
the left arm OF Columbus 10 scarcely visible,
whereas In the genuine 1t Is distinct. At top
letters ssB' and "Y" are too far apart, and the
IsOsaiu .sBonds" 10 under fhe .sY, - whereas the
ssB" in the same word Is Immediately under
the s.Y'' in the genuine. The general ap-
pearanee OF the bill il q close imitation OF the
gen uine.-Phild Age.
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CHOLERA ON THE PLAINs.-A private letter
dated near Fort Hays. Kansas, August 90
says: '.The cholera mas been the scourRe OF
the Plains this summer, and ii seems strange
that 1t should ever become an epidemic here
the air being SO pure, and so MANY square
miles Of it. One company Of cavalry at this
post lost twenty -one men by ch olsra aud thus
far eighty-two men in all by that disease at
Z tho
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~On Sunday before last, Mrs. Keller was
shot and killed while standing in the door of
her house, about eight miles from Galena, II.
lipols. Her husband, on going 70 the door,
was also fired al. but not injured A man
named Peter Zower, a suitor for the hand OF
Julia, the daughter OF the murdered lady, is
suspected OF the crime, he having been twice
rejected, and having sworn vengeance against
the family in consequence.
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III Hon. j. q. Blaine, who is making the tour
or Europe, thinks the estimates often made
that there are fifty thousand to seventy five
thousand Americans travelling in Europe at
this time extremely wild He has maze an es-
timate from the most reliable data at his com
mand. and ia saiisfied that to-day there are
not fifteen thousand Americans in ali Europe.
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DINEY POINT HOTEL,

DINEY POINT HOTEL,
II SALT WATER BATHING.
This well known resort will be open for the re-
eeption of visitors on the Goth of June. A-A
bearo per week Sii
WIN. MITCHELL. Proprietor
Steamers leave Washington every Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at o'clock IA ;,
and Baltimore every Tuesday. Friday and Satur-
day at clock p. N. Touching going and return
ing at the Point. je 12-tf
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HOTELS, &c.
STEVENS HOUSE.
- 81, 23. %, and 81 Broadway, N. Y,

STEyENS HOUSE.
- 81 %. %, and - Broadway NY,
Opposite BoVliag Green,
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
The Stevens House is well and widely known to
the travelling public. The location is especially
suitable to merchants and business men; it is i'm
Close proN unity 10 the business part OF the cityis
on the highway of Southern and Western travel
md adjacent TO. all the principal Railroad and
Steamboat deputs.
The Stevens House has liberal accommodations
for over 500 guests-it is well furnished, and pos
sesses every modern Improvement for'the comfort
and entertainment of it's inmates. The rooms
spacious and well ventilated-provided with gas
and water-the attendance is prompt and respect
ful-and the table is generously provided with
every delicacy of the season-at moderate rates.
The rooms having been refurnished and remodeled
enabled to offer extra facilities for the
fort and pleasure of our guests.
en- 5-6m GEO. h. CHASE & CO., Prorrietors
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SALE Or VALUABLE PENNSYLVANIA Coal
LANDS AND MINEs.-A letter in the Mining
mentions the purchase OF the Baltimore Coal
Company's lands, mines and appurieRances by
the Unine Coal Company a corporation said to
be in the control and interest of the Delaware
ticE named in The transaction is, according to
the writer, one million seven hundred and
nifty thousand dollars The Baltimore Coal
Company owned about eight hundred acres OF
coal land, covering a mile OF coal veins 1t
also owned timber land; and its appurtenances,
including canal boats, constitute valuable AS.
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ARREST OF AARON JONES THE PRIZE
FIGHTER-Aaron Jones, the prize fighter,
who is advertised to fight McCooI, for two
thousand dollars. on Saturday. within hfty
miles OF Cincinnati, was arrested on Monday
at that city, and put under three thousand
dollars bonds not to fight in Hamilton county
II is believed that this arrest will not prevent
ha
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CAMP MEETING.-A Camp Meeting under
the auspices of the Methodist Eplscopai
Church will be held at Evansville, fFredarick
county,, on The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
commencing FRIDAY. the Both inst Excursion
tickets will be issued between Baltimore and
Martinsburg, West Virginia, until the close OF
the meeting.
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~ Senator Grimes, Of Iowa, has positively
declined, q Ie-electi0n to Congress- Among
those mentioned as candidates are Hon James
r. Wilson, present Representative from the
nrst district; Hon. George q. Wright one Of
the .ndges OF the supreme Court: Governor
William n. Stone, and General William Van
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BALTIMORE DEMoCRATIC CRY CONVENTIONS
TINS sodV held special meeting last evening
a. Rechabte Hall; Henry Snyder, President
and David Henly, Secretary. All of the waros
were represented. The President stated that
the object OF calling the Convention together
was TO secure the adoption of such measures
as will bring out the entire strength OF the
democratic party, and thus adopt the new
constitution, proposed to be subR1itied on the
lstn OF September, by an overwhelming vote,
and by such vote administer q geatIe rebuke
to those who by fraud, imposed upon the peo-
pie the present tConstitution. so called. A. D.
Miller onered resolution authorizing the Ex-
ecuuve Committee to call mass meeting, to
be held on Tuesday, September lu, to advance
the interests OF the new Constitution j H.
Barnes thought the meeting should be held a.
an carrier gay, and suggested mass meetings
In the three legislative districts, because il
general mass meeting were held the people
would be present shy the acres aud no
speaker could make himself heard and offered
his suggestion in the shape OF an amendment
but subsequently withdrew il, and the original
proposition was adopted
]. b. O'Donnell offered q series OF resolutions
to elect delegates TO i've separate con entions
the first con yention to be held on the 24tn OF
september TOR the nomination Of Judges.
Clerks and Register Of Wills; the second on
the 27th OF September, to nominate a Mayor:
the third on tue Seth of September, to nomi.
nate twenty -one delegates 10 the State Con-
yeptIon OF the 9th OF October; the fourth on
the lst OF October, to nominate Sheriff,
States Attorney and Surveyor; and the fifth
on the Sd of October, TO nominate Senators and
members OF the House OF Delegates.
At these primary meetings none but regis
tered voters and members OF the democratic
and Conservative" party are to be allowed to
vote.
On motion of 7. r Brewer, the Char ap
poin1e0a committee OF five to prepare an ad-
dress IN relation to the proposed constitution,
as follows j: B. Brewer, r J. Brent, J. H.
Bnrnes, Tss III H; F. Carey and Levi Taylor.
the goth OF September. r.-BaitimtoTe 4Merican.
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1t is probable that the importers and lobbers,
as well as the auctioneers, have not realized 80
lively time during the week 10 they had an :
ticipated but trade has been fair, and the in :
dicauons are all IN favor Of a healthy and re-.
mnneratve fall business. There is no excite
ment, but q constantly increasing volume of
trade, which maintains prices without favoring
any increase, hut relieves the importers and
manufacturers from any apprehension of losses
on an overstocked market, as was the case last
year In most descriptions OF foreign goods
there has been good demand from the jobbers
and woolens have been more lively. Goods in
the auction rooms have been Withdrawn, in
many cases, where the prices dropped, as i'm
porters are very confidant OF the future
Some OF onr large importers, who have hardly
received bale of goods in many months, are
now receiving largely by nearly every steam
er. Western merchants are here in crater
mum Der than in long while before, and those
VINO are not buying freely are taxing q good
look at the market preparatory to comMenc-
Ing operations. In domestics the sales have
been large, without any material change In
price, except in certain styles of brown sheet
ings. which have declined X to 4 cent a ward
eonce ssion, probably, to induce heavy pur-
chase In all other descriptions of domestcs.
both wollens and cottons the market ha, been
remarkably steadily. J.. Independent, 29fh
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- The Catholics OF Minnesota are holding
kind Of camp meeting at st. Pauls. 1t is
called 'the Spiritual Retreat" there is meet
Ing Of ali the Catholic clergy OF the State, and
tue meetings held In the cathedral will contin-
ue eight, days, after which Father Smarius
VIII deliver series Of lectures on Catholic
donfrlnos
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{ The EPISCOPAL METHOD ST CAMP MKxrING
AT CHlLCUTT's WooDs-This camp. which
was commenced on the 9th, WAS continue over
the second Sunday 70 the 10th instant The
meeting was eminen'ly successful, some fifty
or sixty having profeseed religion aud Ioined
the church. Among the distinguished ministers
VINO attended the camp from abroad we noticed
the Rev. Samuel Register, DR.. l.. ID. Huston.
Rev George Smith. Rev. Mr. Armstrong All
of Baltimore, and DIR. Samuel Keener Cox, of
ihe Alabama Con ference OF the Methodist Prot.
estaHt Church.-EdSt0n ND j Star.
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SUMNER RCOMPLAINTs.-AP PhiIsdelphia phy-
sician IN view OF the fact that the season is a.
hand when many persons are liable TO attacks
OF diarrhea, &c, publishes the following
receipt :-"For an attack of diarrhea or loose
ness, take quarter of a teaspoontul of ground
Peruvian bark, mixed In q WINE glass Of pure
brandy, (no water.) take tins upon the very
first symptoms, and remain quiet laying upon
msnt- but avoid extremes OF heat and cold and
draughis OF air. After this has been admins
tered about an hour take taaspoonfui of
arrow root. made in the same way as starch
10 which add an equal quantity of brown mot
white) sugar and ten drops Of essence of GIN
ger, to lie repeated three times per day. This
ls intended for an adult and half the quantity
for a child under twelve years OF age.
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.THB CHARGES AGAINST THE REV Mr.
IYEe.-The Rev. Dr. S'nbbs mas published a
the Rev. Mr. Tying, OF New York. He saws:
There is no personal feeling involved in the
case; it is no party measure. ttkts not locai
matter. 1t is OF common interest, and affects
the whole Church IN the country" The rs.
verend gentlemen states further that he has
not acted on his sole responsibility, and that
and advice OF the bishop Of the diocese and
many leading clergyman and lavmen; that he
was joiot in the prerentment by the Rev Dr.
Boags and by Senior Warden Samuel Y. Rof:
many. +. Herdld, August %.
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xPotatoes are rotting badly IN many places

Fotatoes are rotttng badly IN many places
In Name.
~The first bale of cotton marketed in
Montgomery was from tue plantation of a
M Maine man. .g..sF =
~ Certain clubs play base ball on Sundavs
in st. Louis, and in vite the public to see them.
~There will be Q camp. meeting A thaatr.
. second advent gathering and circus. All NJ
once, In Belfast, Me, this week
ga prudent young woman in Pro- yidsncs.
who lookedunder the bed before she rennssd
thereoa. discovered large and Intelligent ne
- Almost every week we receiye aeca,r..
Of the Yetnrn TO the South Of disconteoi ted 8 n
grants, who had lett that section for RrazsI
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~ There are ice caves in Oregon The ice
Is in columns or pillars, ana Portland gets it's
whole supply frCm an Immense cavern in the
Whife Salmon river 50
~ The stsamsr Nevada has made the run
from Greytown, Nicaragua, to New York, i'm
i've days and twenty-five hours, the faatsst
time on record.
~ The announcements OF the arrival of
Bishop McGili at New York last Tuesday,
was premat ure.. Il syssszs Il :
1SA railway train is ONE OF the attractions
OF new pIAy in New York The spectators
''encored" ir.
~ Boston is to have an hourly delivery OF
letters. - 5szssS 9f6 k&sS4sf ;i--l4s :
ESMrs. Doctor Mary Walkersls home ssain.
s9Mining stocks At Boston have proved los
Ing in vessments this year. tss
{ 1The Health authorities OF ST Louis. hay-s
Ing tabooed green peAshes, are now prchib-
ltiBg s.blue bee" itas go ss.ss.ao1 500 ala
sSThs CITY. Coancil, Of Richmoud. Il ab5utl
opening b new almshonse for colored people.
"a Nsw yoss nsisogy mist saws tina. women
VIII txads, y. 80 sto,es ,n where there sre
fiv.lly. s,,s,4..... 80.
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Virginia Nevs.

The Stanton Spectator says: .About there
weeks ago, the wife Of Mr.. Chas s. Miller OF
Bath Co, was bitten on the leg by a rattle
snake. The inside bark Of a " hite walnut tree
was applied 10 the Iee above the place bitten.
Sno when taken Off the bark " as marked and
spotted just like the rattlesnake This rs the
testimony Of Rev Mr.. Ho us,ou and Ur. Hon
k'ne, ot the arm Springs. and other persons,
Remedies where adm minsstered by ply sicians
and the woman recovered. The walnut bark
had been applied before the pm scian arri, ed
party of armed negroes one n ieht last week
went TO the house OF MIR. Johnson, near
Christiansburg. dragged from his bed colored
man IN the employ efMr, johnson, and taking
him short distance from the house, inflicted
on him hundred and forty four lashes be-
canse be refused to join their League As he
could not be suhdued by punishment, he was
ordered to leave the county in less than six
hours on pain Of being murdered II found Ion
ger in 1t 8u. e bat eE #
Titue Paine. OF Luray, Page county, of un
crossed African descent, and q very worldly
eoIorpd man, who commenced to turn white
In 1862, is still undergoing the process of traus.
formation. One-tenth OF his whole BODY Is
DOW white, and the change continues to 70 on
every dav.
Over fve hundred thousaad; dollars have
been subscribed by Virginia counties to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The county
OF Greenbrier has voted two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
The Governor has appointed William E. NJ
Word, Esq, OF BOtetourt county, a member Of
the Board OF Visitors OF the University of yir.
ginia, vice Charles L. Mosby, resigned
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PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS. FOR CAST IRON SERVICE
PIPE AND BRANCH ES.
Sealed Proposals will be received at the office
of the Water Department, No. l0i ). FIFTH
Street, until WEDNESDAY, April "A, 1867, at
o'clock p. NJ, for the following Cast Iron Ser
in the city as the Chief Engineer may desig-
nate, free from Government tax, Proposals to
state price per pound only.
$3.50 feet Pipes OF inches diameter.
40,425 feet Pipes of inches diameter.
6l2 feet Pipes of inches diameter.
l,225 feet Pipes of 10 inches diameter.
6l2 feet Pipes of II inches diameter.
Also, 100000 pounds or more of Branches,
Sleeves, etc. etc.
All patterns TO be furnished by the contractor,
and to be approved by the chief Engineer.
No allowance will be made for any metal In
the pipes, branches, bends, etc. five per cent.
above the specified weights.
Specifications can be seen at the ONCE OF the
Chief Engineer.
All pipes to be cast vertically; the 8-inch, To-
inch, and l2-inch with beds down.
All the pipes branches, and curves are TO be
coated with coal pitch Varnish in accordance
with the memorandum to be had at the Office.
All the pipes and castings shall be subjected
to such tests and inspections as may be con-
sure correct judgment of the quality of the
material and workmanship,
No bid will be received except from persons
manufacturing the article bid for, ana unless
1t be accompanied with a certificate thata bond
of five hundred dollars has been deposited with
the City Solicitor, as per Ordinance of May 25
1860; and in addition, to give bond in a sum
penalty for not fulfilling the contract as en-
tered into by the party making the lowest bid
FREDERICK GRAFF,
4203t Chief Engineer Water Department..
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NAVY DEPARTMENT,

!
2 BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING.
WASHINGTON, April IL, 1867.
Proposals sealed and ndorsed proposals for
Navy Clothing" will be received at this Bureau
until two o'clock p. NJ, on TU ESDAY, the l4th
day of May next, for seven thousand five hum
dred pairs BLUE SATINET TROUSERS the
same to be of navy standard, and delivered at
Brooklyn Navy Yard within sixty days after
notification of the acceptance of a proposal,
and there pass the usual inspection.
For description of the TrOwsers and the
packages to contain them bidders are referred
10 the samples at the said Navy Yard and for
information as to the laws and regulations Qn
pamphlet form) regarding contracts, to the
offices of the Commandants and Paymasters
OF the several Navy Yards.
Every offer must be accompanied by q
written guarantee, signed by one or more re-
sponsible persons, to the effect that he or they
undertake that the bidder or bidiers will, if
his or their bid be accepted. enter into an obli-
cation within five days, with good and sufi-
cient suIeties, to furnish the Trowsers pro-
posed; the competency of the guarantee to be
certified by the Paymaster, District Attorney,
or Collector of the Customs.
No proposals 1UiU be considered unless 0ccOmpd-
nied by such guarantee, and by satisfactory eUi-
deace that the bidder is regular dealer IN the
article, and has The license required by act Of
Congress.
II. BRIDGE,
l5m4t Chief of Bureau.