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Eoa ai ameDates to DULY 2s!i4oqqo or
NEwV YORK, July q. THE reduced postage
treaty between Great Britain and the United
StateslgOes into effect, October LIST, qfor news
papers and printed matter !; on January 1st,
for letters.
/ While Ethridge, Conservative candidate for
Governor of Tennessee, was speaking before q
great crowd at Rogersville, East Tennessee,
q few days ago, he was, frequently interrupted
by BrOwnlow's men, and finally one of them
fired at him. A terrible fight occurred, in
whichtwo men were instantly killed and sew
eral mOrtally wounded. g4os eyed odu sen
The cotton crop of Texas is estimated at
from 1S0,0 TO 200 900 bales
1a The Russian officer deputed to formally con
veg the new Territory to the United States
has arrived in W WashingtOn. ed3 ke,e yrt.
Gen Meade has been designated as the sue
cessOr to Gen. Sheridan. is194 hlA
81 The President sees no present necessity for
a proclamation against 6llibustering. ,i8s
Coolies are to be importedinto New Orleans
from Havana, and it is said there are exten-
siye schemes for the Introduction of coolie la
Dor IN the South. 4 .aeItas 'ia 7f9a 9a1 o.
+, The grain cropeof the West this year is
larger than ever before. ,... I'll, s,.s.
Daniel Mcfarland, postmaster and member
of Congress, of Lafayette, Indiana, shot him
self dead in his own house yesterday. sifI
The Constitutional Convention, at Albany,
have rejected the clause to disfranchise per-
sons who were engaged in the rebellion.
1 Bishop McIlEain has gone to Europe to at
tend the Grand Council ofthe Episcopal Church
in September. .4 x, ga9e. s.a.'
South Carolinians say that leading Conserv-
atives have proposed a bargain to leading col
0red citizens, to the effect that the ConserVa-
tives will help in the election of Congressman
without regard to color, provided the blacks
will give the whites control of the State Gov
efnment 79@fa5 .atl99sI DIE a33g+3 ~
], The Connecticut Legislature rejected the
proposed amendment to the Constitution, by
which all persons, native or natnralized, Of
eighteen years of age and over, should be al
lowed to vote. 6 1Hsa aEah3 i&1f
"a negro farmer near Newbern lately killed
negro. highwayman. Bands of desperate
blacks infest that country,
The Hef0Id's special says that Grant recent
ily discovered certain movements and watched
themb by detective, who reported he was en-
pl0yed by Massachusetts politician, meaning,
doubtless, Butler. The General questioned
the detective, who SAID he was hunting testi-
mOny for the Congressional Committee. 1nd
The HerGlds Canada special says that GER
tain parties declare the scheme for, the abduc-
! ton Of Lincoln was started in the South In
| 1863. Percy WindhaTn, commanding q regi-
ment in the vicinity of Washington, agreed to
deliver the President and Cabinet at Richmond,
and probably would have done so but was sud-
denly removed
New YORK, July 28.--1he Havana BreWsG
says that the Liberal authorities are 5persecut-
ing the Catholic Church for having stripped
the Cathedral of the City of Mexico of all its
ornaments of silver ware. They arrested the
Bishop of Jalapa, the Abbot of GaudalOupe,
and DIR. Orillay, Superior of the Jesuits, who
were held in close confinement. The latter
two are over eighty years old. It also states
that the chapel Of the Rosary has been leyeled
/ by the Liberals. yd6 r. casaGa1t ae1 a5 Il43
! Prominent officers are rendering their re-
signations daily, and these are now accepted.
4 OsterO CASTILLO and ten others, were recent
ly shot at Queretaro. for the publication OF
facts prohibited. a5 ytth brB gbgUa .rs
EscObeda has been placed in command of
the army. Juarez is announced as candl-
date for reelection. i.ift e7-sa 'e
The bodiesof Maximilian, Miramon and Me-
ia were embalmed. ae sdf s. esrs bar .jsgtq5
Andredo, Lanchisa, Tareza, and others found
Isecreted in the British Minister'S house, were
4arrested, on the ground that foreign powers
ibid not recognize the Liberal Government,
therefore the lack of consideration ordinarily
Idue to Ministers from them. ~,
The army has left the Capital for the interior.
The President appointed Generals Sherman,
Harvey and Terry, members of the Indian
Commission. The Indian Bureau will imme-
diately place itself in communication with the
members of the commission. t' .
i Is It IisIreported that the Home Government
is about to establish aIpermanent garrison in
British Columbia. i. 4. s.;.Jss s.,s,si4i, .lf.,
| Napoleon sent the King of Prussia note,
lurging him to surrender the Danish Provinces
lnorth of Schleswig. to Denmark. 90 The Empe-
rOr of Austria declines to Interfere III the mat
ter. ---s-,s----
4 Ratazzi made an offer to garrison the city Oi
Rome with national troops to protect it from
1.-THE Threatened attack of party under Carl
baldi and Mazzini5 f5st4 lAi9iRps' Hf5Ai1'l {.
Pope PIUs,-A correspondent at Rome de-
scribes the personal appearance of the Pope
E"I met him the other day on the Via Angelica,
q pleasant shady street that runs out north
under the walls of the Vatican, where he bad
gone, as is his wont, to take an evening drive
He generally drives out between FIVE and SIX
o'clock, goes out q few hundred rods, and then
IdIsnOunts and walks ] saw him walk over q
Imile, and then he disappeared from sight, still