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SENATOR BAYARD.-Senator James A.
Bayard, of Delaware, who sailed Tor hu-
rope last week, will be absent some time.
lie goes to secure the services OF foreign
medical men on account of impaired hear
ing, at the advice, it is said, Of Mr.. Thorn
ton, the English Minister to this country.
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Foreign Markets.

LONDON, July 20.-Noon.-Consols, 943as
@9415. United States bonds, 7214@725s.
( FRANKFoRT, July 20.-United States
bonds firm at 7658.
PARIS, July 2O.-Bourse dull.
LIvERPO July 20.-Noon.-Cotton
quiet and steady; estimated sales, 10000
bales. Bacon quiet. Other articles same.
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Domestic Markets.

New YORK, July 2O.-Noon.-Old United
States bonds, Ia; new, lo94. Ien-forties,
l054. Virginis 6's, new, 54}]a. Tennessee
G's, ex-coupon, 6S new, GA. Gold,
1887. Sterling, ll0as. Money easy at
4a5 per cent. Flour dull and 5@l0c. lower.
Wheat firm. Corn dull. Mess pork lower
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CAMDEN, n. =
PHILADELPHIA, July ia fire last night IN
Camden. N. j., originated in the large
planning mill and box factory Oh 1oluey q
Cohn, and soon de6ed the efforts OF the nre
department of that town, and consumed
twelve to fourteen buildings. But for the
presence of the steam fire engines from this
CITY. which furnished water from the RIVER,
it is believed that the whole town would
have heen destroyed.
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KILLED BY LIGHTNING.-Cht cdgo, July
lS.-During storm about noon to-day u
building ut the corner Of Fisher avenue and
Deering street WAS struck by lightning.
Three persons were in the building Mt the
time. Two were instantly killed, and the
third so seriously injured that he ID not ex-
pected to live.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-21

The NEGRO DISTURBANCES IN TEXAS
THE BLACKS DEFIANT.-Ne,o Orleans, July
19.-Later accounts from MilGcan, Texas,
report the disturbances not yet at an end.
The negroes sent defiant replies to the or
ders of the civil officers and the agents of
the Freedmen's Bureau to dispense. There
is only small squad of soldiers on the
cpot
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-21

efficacy Of this withdrawal is, doubtful. The
whole number of States is thirty
The Secretary then proclaims the amend
ment adopted, provided the original reso-
lutions of Ohio and New Jersey are valid
and not affected by their subsequent with
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-21

DISTURBANCES ON SHIPBoARD.-Quebec,
.1uly lS.-Some outward bound vessels were
boarded by crimps last night few miles
below this city. Three men of one crew
were forcibly distracted, and the mate of
the ship Solcia shot sailor dead while at
tempting to desert, and wounded two Of the
crimps,
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Washington Items.

WASHINGTON, July 2O.-'rhe Secretary Of
War has issued orders enforcing the eight
hour law in his department.
The President has signed the new tax
bill.
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Mr.. STEPHENS. The Augusta (Ga.)
Chronicle of the 18th instant says that
Hon. A. H. Stephens declares that he
neither wrote nor had any resolutions pre-
sented to the Democratic National Conven-
ton,
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pafEe@triauixnp.

PORTLAND, Me-, July 2o.-The pedestrian
Weston failed by six and q half minutes in
making fifty miles in eleven hours.
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DISTRESSING Accidental HUSBAND
SHOOTS HIS WIFE FOR BURGLAR.-A dis
tressing accident occurred in this city on
the night of Friday last, by which wife
was accidently shot, and, it is feared, fatally
injured by husband, who is driven almost
to distraction by this unfortunate occur
renee. The parties are Mr.. and Mrs. John
McAvoy. who reside on Second between
Brunswick and Baden streets. 1t seems
that the night previous the house imme-
diately adjoining Mr.. McAvoy's residence
was robbed. His vigilance was thus aroused
in more than an ordinary degree, and on
the night of the accident he imagined that
he heard some one in the house, and arous-
Ing his wife, he communicated his impress
sion to her. He thought, too, that he dis
tinguished the sound of human voices
whispering. Selling his pistol from the
pillow under which it lay, Mr.. McAvoy
proceeded to the top of the staircase, just
behind the head of his bedstcad, in the
attempt to discover something further. His
wife, whom he left on the couch, had by
this time gotten up, and after looking
around in the dark, approached her hus-
band from the other side of the bed near
the staircase, where he was standing:
Seeing the object approaching him, and
thinking his wife still in bed, Mr.. McAvoy
supposed it to be burglar, and crying,
GIVE got you now" fired. His wife fell,
crying out, "Oh, you have shot me " The
pistol was charged with a ball and few
small shot, which entered the breast of Mrs.
McAvoy, and passing through the lungs,
lodged just under the skin near the small
of the back. Surgical aid was obtained,
and the ball extracted. The condition of the
sufferer is critical and it is feared she will
not recover. The husband is in despair,
and well-nigh distracted. Mr.. and Mrs.
McAvoy are both highly esteemed by a
large circle of friends, who sympathize with
them most deeply Wilmington Journal.
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obituary.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-The artist Lentze
died yesterday in this city.
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THE SOUTHERN LEGISLATURES.
ALABAMA.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, July 20.-ln the
Senate to-day Mr.. Pendleton offered reso-
lion looking to the removal of disabilities
imposed by the State Constitution, which
totally DISTINGUISHES those whom the four
tecnth article forbids holding Office. The
resolution provides for the appointment OF
a joint committee to report at once. 1t was
adopted by a large majority.
The legislation to-day was Of local
character.
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Whsot-Wblte. 400 bushels very good at

592 bushels prime on private terms - bushels
prlm" III S3.G5 O. bushels Tcry Rnod, go Z3o
hrsci, Good M 81 81 /! bushels far at u. 81 J57
bu,rcIs at "a; 81 bushels ordinary ut $50 ~
ht.~Ic!, VI ~ inferior IT S:-total. 1907 bushels
Rcd III bushes prime n g. so: lei bushels very
good at -. 50 80 bushels fair 1t s!.35 I'D bushels
la. on private terms 81 hushci. good III YEA
lbushels good at ~. 10; - bushels very fS1r NJ
=. 554 100 bushels damp at 81. 80 10 buslcl very
Inferior ~ 81 20 bushels inferior ~ 52.lg-total,
Loss. 49,. ,
Coy'u.-Whte. 20 bushels damaged II 81. - 80
bushels prime al $40: 30 bushels prime IT Sl.3l-.
total 800. Mixed $40 bushels damaged II :l.@9
Drtts.-7d bushels old at soc.
Eyr-93 bushels prime At Sl.45 ! bushels very
good III Si.i2..
Neat.-M bite, country unbolted, bushels at
Sl.3o.
RE-EXufBITED.
Cur7l.-Whitc, 30 bushels.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

adopted by large majority.
The legislation to-day was OF local
character.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
COLUMBIA, S. c., July 2O.-Bills have
been introduced in the Legislature for the
reorganization of the co3rts and other de-
partnents of the Government.
Petitions were received from the negroes
for the incorporation of military com
panies.
The House was in secret session over q
snecial communication received by mem
Der.
GEORGIA.
ATLANTA, GA, July 2o.-Tho Senate re-
ceived message from the Governor stating
that the report Of the eligibility lnyestlga,
ton committee was transmitted to General
Meade, and the following reply received
"Governor,- Acknowl the receipt
of YOURS of the 18th instant transmitting
the action of the Senate on the eligibility
of it's members under the fourteenth artl-
Gle and Directing to some on the GROUND
that certain members were admitted who
in the opinion Of yourself and the minority
of the committee, are ineligible, IN reply
beg leave to state that the subject matter
of your communication will be held by me
for consideration, and action will be defer
red until officially advised of the course
pursued by the House of Delegates on the
same subject"
On motion, the message was laid on the
table, and the Senate adjourned.
4 resolution in the House to send to thu
Governor the documents and evidence IL
the cases Of alleged Ineligible members wa
| defeated.
4 committee was appointed to report t
the Governor the previous action of the
House on the eligibility of its members
and this was done, the Governor promisln:
| to transmit it to General Meade.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-01-04
The West Indies.

HAVANA, Dec. 10.-An arrival at Mama
nilta, on Tuesday, brings advives from ia
maica to December 7th. These advices con-
firm the previous accounts of the assassina-
tion of Montez, and give further particulars
of affairs. After starving him for four days
an Intellectual attempt was made to complete
the work by poisoning him. Salnave then
ordered Dolorme to smother him, but this
attempt also failed, and he was finally stab.
bed, and his skull cut to pieces with chisel
His body was delivered to his friends
bootless and hatless on boards and conveyed
to the cemetery, his friends insisting on
burying it withou. placing it in coffin.
Intoxicating liquors were freely distributed
to the people to induce them to cheer for
President Salnave.
The revolt in Caicos is dead, and Salnaye
is actively engaged in suppressing the revolt
at Cape Haytien.
The brother of Montcz was captured, and
chained to the bloody bed of his murdered
brother Leon. Montez's parents have been
crazed by his assassination, and have fed to
Dominica. The report that the Dominican
army is marching towards the Hayticn from
tier is confirmed. Baez, the insurrectionary
leader in Dominica, has, it is stated, been
shot by order of Cabral.
AVE" iohh, bcC. So.-our Speclal tele-
grams via the Cuba cable contain intelligence
from the various West India Islands.
Cabral was marching on Hayti, and Gen.
Baez is reported to have been shot by Cabral,
but which one of the Baez brothers is un-
known.
The murder of Montez is further confirm
ed, the details being given. His brother
was captured, and chained down to the bed
where he was slain
Our dates from Mexico are to the 18th
inst, by way of Sisal and the Cuba Cable
The British subjects were to be left under
the protection of the Mexican government,
after the departure of the minister. 1t was
expected that all the European legations
would withdraw. Several valuable gold
mines have been discovered. An attempt
was made at Jalapa to create revolution in
favor of Diaz for President, but it failed.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-01-04
Important Principle Decided.

The breaking down of platform of tho
Pennsylvania railroad company, at Johns
town, on the occasion of the visit of Presi-
dent johnson, in September, 1866, by which
several persons were killed, and large
number crippled for life, is fresh in the
memory of our readers. A large number of
suits have been instituted against the COM
pany for damages, and one of these-Gillis
vs.. the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
was recently disposed Of before .Jud ge
Taylor, at Ebensburg. This was test case,
and the issue turned upon q single question,
namely--whether the railroad company was
bound to construct their platform that it
would support any weight which might be
put upon it, or whether they were only re-
quircd to make it sufficiently strong and
safe to transact their ordinary business. The
evidence was very voluminous, and the ar
guments of counsel most elaborate. His
Honor, Judge Taylor, in an equally elaborate
opinion, decided the legal point against the
plaintiff, and instructed the jury to find for
the defendant without leaving the box. The
counsel for the plaintiff will appeal to the
supreme from the decision of the court be-
low. Until decision is reached before the
higher court, it is understood that no other
case growing out of the fall of the platform
Wlil oe tried by them in Cambria COUNTY
Harrisburg Tele9rdph
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-01-04
| Important Military Orders of the
President.

President.
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, lS67.-The fol
lowing order was issued this afternoon
GENERAL oRDERs-No. LOG.
| HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTAN1
GENERALS OFFICE, WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S
1S67.--By direction of the President of the
United States the following orders are
made:
First-Brcvet Major General E. o. O. ORC
will turn over the command OF the Fourtn
Military District to Brevet Major Generai
G. Gillem and proceed to San franclsoo'
California, to take command OF the DeP"'''
ment of California. ,,.
Second-On being relieved by Brevet Ma
ior General Ord, Breyet Major General n'
win Mcdowell will proceed to Vlcksoulg'
Miss. ard relieve General Gillem IN com
mand of the Fourth Military District.
T'h;rd-Brevet Major General John Pope
is hereby relieved of the command OF the
Third Military District, and will report
without delay at the headquarters OF the
army for further orders, turning over his
command to the next senior officer until
the arrival of his successor.
Fourth-Major General George g. Meade
is assigned to the command of the Third
Military District, and will assume it with
out delay. The Department of the East
will be commanded by the senior officer
now on duty in it until commander is
named by the President
FVM-The officers assigned in the fore
going orders, the command Of military dis
tricts will exercise therein any and all pow
ers pertaining to military department com
mandcrs.
Sirth-Brev. Mai Gen. Wager Swayne
Col. of the Forty fifth United States infan
try, is hereby relieved from duty in the Bu-
reau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandon
ed Lands, and will proceed to Nashville
Tenn, and assume the command of his regi
ment. GENERAL GRANT.
BY command of
L. ID. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adj. Gen.
General Ord was relieved from the com
mand of the Fourth Military Districts, no
for any acts of maladministration, but il
compliance with the request preferred b,
him some weeks ago. General Gillem is tt
have command of the district, as the mex
senior officer in rank, only until the arrva
| of Gen. Mcdowell. The command of the
Third Military District falls upon Genera
c. G. Sibley as the next officer in rank tt
General Pope, General Swayne having beer
ordered to join his regiment. General 81
bley will retain command until relieved by
General Meade. 1t is thought that no per
manent commander will be assigned to th
department of the East during the absence 0
General Meade, but that the senior Office
will be left in command until General Mead
! can return to it.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-01-04
FIRST OF JANUARY, 1868.

All persons who are indebted to the
American Office Tor subscriptions, adverti-
sing or job work, are respectfully but earn
estly requested to make payment without
delay. A considerable amount of money, in
small sums, has accumulated upon our books
and to the receipt of which we must look
for the means to defray the necessary ex.
penses of our business, at this time more
than ordinarily heavy. We desire, as far as
possible, to meet all our obligations in cash,
and to do this, must call upon our custo-
mers for prompt cash payments Long and
unreasonable credits are the millstones
which hang around the necks of all printers,
and greatly impede the realization OF the
fruits of their industry. They might easily
be relieved from these dead weights, it their
customers would he less negligent in paying
up their dues. As the beginning of New
Year is the best time to wipe out old scores,
and make fresh start, we hope that all
who owe us will settle what they owe, and
thus enable us to do likewise.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-01-04
FROM EUROPE.
ENGLAND.

JoNpoN. Dec. 2S-Noon.-The feniahs
seem 70 be unusually active all over s;n sno
country. Nearly every hour IN tne usy .,o
,,otcbes ore received by the authoriies ap
pouncipe either a contemplated moVeinon'
hu tho Ryotberhood, or its absolute occur
Teleorams of q quite serious nature have
been received to-day from Cork giving tue
details of another Fenian coup de man.
last night about midnight, large body
of men, with blackened faces, stormed the
Martello tower, near Cork.
The guard of the tower was overcome and
scattered, an6 the victors hastily collected
together considerable quantity of arms
and ammunition and escaped with it with
out molestation.
The late operations of the Fenians have
had the effect of rekindling the public ex
citement, which had nearly died out
Many improbable rumors are afloat, in
cluding one that Fenian cruiser had beer
seen off the Irish coast and was chased away
by the British war vessels.
A man was arrested in this city last even
ing on the charge of having fred the fus'
which caused the recent terrible explosion
at Clerkenwell From information in th'
hands of the authorities it is believed thai
the true culprit has at last been captured.
LONDON, Dec. 2S-Evening.-A larg,
powder mill at Faversham, about fifty mile
from this city, was blown up and utterl!
destroyed this afternoon.
Ten persons were killed outright and
large number injured.
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
IRELAND.
LONDON, Dec. 2S-Evening Fe
nian outrage was perpetrated to-day at Dub
| lin. An effort was made to fire the Genera
Postoffice by means of Greek fire.
The attempt was happily frustrated. Be
| yond the destruction of q few letters no grea
damage was done.
FRANCE.
PARIS, Dec 27-Evening. the Corp
Legislatif to. day the bill for the reorganiza
tion of the army was passed after severa
amendments.
NJ. Rouher proposed nine years service in
stead of eight, which, after sharp contest
was carried. There were eighty one oppos
ing votes.
In his speech on the proposed amendment
NJ. Rouher called attention to the armament
of the neighboring Powers, and supporte
his plan as the only one now practicable.
The bill is certain to become law.
AUSTRIA.
MADRID, Dec. 2S.-The war steamer Ne
vara, in command of Admiral Tcgethoff, q
the Austrian navy, having on board the RI
mains of the late Archduke .Maximilian, nj
rived at Cadiz yesterday afternoon.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-01-04

Col. Parker, an Indian, of General Grants
staff, was married privately on Monday
night of last week, in Washington, and thus
disappointed q great many persons who
gathered at the church Tuesday morning to
witness the ceremony. The Colonel myste.
riously disappeared on the first day appoint
ed for his marriage, and 1t was found, so IT
is stated, that he had been drugged by an
Indian chief of Col. Parkers tribe to pre-
vent him marrying white woman.
We see it stated that Jay Cooke, Esq, of
Philadelphia, has built church at Grnrds-
vile, Schuylkill county, for the use of the
Methodist society of that place. He also
supports the pastor.
Pennsylvania takes the lead among the
States, in the annual amount of iron mined;
Michigan ranks next New Jersey, New
York, Missouri, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Maryland, New Hampshire, and Ohio, fol
low in this order. New Hampshire and
New Jersey produce mainly the magnetic
ores; New York the magnetic and hema-
tites Connecticut, hermatites /; Pennsylva
MIA and Ohio furnish the argillateous ores
of the coal measures, and Missouri and Mi
chgan mine the compact red and black
oxides.
The Treasury Department last week print
ed $399,OO0 in fractional currency, and re
deemed and destroyed within the same pc
riod $253, 600 of similar money.
THOSE WHO SUFFER from coughs, bronchi
tis, Group, influenza, or whoopiDe cough
will find sure relefin DIR. WIsTAR's BALsAM
OF WILD CHERRY, which has now been In
use for nearly half q century, and still main
tains its long established reputation as til,
great remedy for all diseases of the throat
lungs, and chest
The Largest Facilities and the longest cx
perence in manufacturing, enable the house
of FAIRBANKS & CO., to produce the best
scales at the cheapest price. Every modit
cation of weighing apparatus is made, al
of the highest excellence, as was shown by
their receiving the first premiums at Tho
Paris Exposition.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-01-04
From the Harrisburg State Guard
The Democracy Getting Ready for
WOrlx-..Nr. Wallace Wants the
Figures.

Figures.
The following circular, is like Grants
celebrated letter to johnson, marked 'pri-
rate. 1t was handed to us 10y Democratic
friend, who believes we have the largest
circulation of any daily newspaper published
in this part of Pennsylvania, and is there
fore anxious to have it published in the
State Guard, that the people may see
how active Mr.. Wallace is in behalf of his
party. Williams solicitude is certainly
commendable. His liberaity too, is not to
be sneezed at. Just think OF Mr.. Wallace
offering to pay not only for the taking of a
census Of Democrats, but to defray the ex-
penses of naturalizing every foreigner in
Pennsylvania who is ready for enfranchisc-
ment The whole offer shows enterprise
But, badinage aside, we cannot refrain from
reminding the Democracy of Pennsylvania
that not even secret circular will enable
them to get control of the polls at the next
Presidential election. 1t only proves, when
Mr.. Wallace goes to work this carly, that
he has desperate game in hand, and that,
to carry out his political schemes, every ap-
pliance usual in corrupt political dealing is
to be resorted to-:
We leave our readers to peruse Mr.. Wal
lace's circular at leisure
Circular l,-ls6S. PRIVATE,
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Rooms
.CLEARFIELp, Pa, Dec, 10, 1867
Dear Sir The Spring Elections are ap
preaching, and it is of vital importance to
u.s. in the great contest now pending, that
we should secure IN EVERY LOCALITY, ouI
jusv share of the Election Officers Judges
Inspectors, Assessors and Constables.
write, to call your especial attention to this
subject. l need not attempt to demonstrate
its Importance, all appreciate it. Let me
beg that you and your Committee will give
this subject prompt and earnest attention
Regard it as business matter, and act ac-
cordingly. AROUSE OUR FRIENAs IN EVERY
DISTRICT; show them how powerful this
weapon is, when eflectually used. USE THE
NECESSARY MEANS to curry erery sure and
DOUBTFUL district for US. Where we are
in minority, place man of high character
wellformed and courageous, on the Board
as our Inspector: IN SUCH DISTRICTS, SEE
THAT OUR VERY BEST MEN ARE SELECTED
1t is great error to fill such places with
weak men.
Lists of doubtful men, and those who
voted with US in 1867, for the first time
with their townships and post Offices, can be
made very useful. Furnish me all of these
that you can obtain.
There are a great many aliens, ready for
naturalization, throughout the State; all
must be naturalized. Your labors and mine
will be lessened, if you will obtain their
names and residences at an early day, and
give me the total number in your county,
with the probable cost Of naturalizing them.
In arranging for your Spring Elections,
you can obtain this information with com.
paratiye ease.
If you have not already furnished me with
the names and post Office address of two &C.
tive Democrats in each election district in
your county, will be obliged if you will do
30. Very respectfully, yours,
WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman.