The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-11
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NEW YORK.

NEW YoRK,August I0.-The Associa
tion of German American Teachers
which meets every two weeks in this
| city, have submitted a report of an ed
ucational system pursued by them, tc
the Superintendent of Public Institu
German children going 10 regular
schools in this country usually forget
the language of their Fatherland, and
schools were first organized to do away
with this state of affairs. These have
in the course OF time, been greatly i'm.
proved, until now they are claimed to
be equal to the best schools in Germany,
The camp meeting at Sing Sing con-
tinues TO increase in numbers, four
hundred tents being already erected.
Rev. VIM. Morely Causchen, the Wes-
leyan preacher from England, who
was a delegate in the Chicago Quadrin-
neal Conference, was on the grounds
on Friday, and delivered sermon:
Rev. Henry Ward BeeCher was invited
to preach yesterday, but the invitation
did not reach him in time, and Rev.
DIR. Newman, of New Orleans, ot1ciat-
ed. It is believed Mr.. Beecher will ac-
cept the Invitation.
There is some excitement in the city
over the report of large trains of dis
from the West. ADMINISTRATION of the
slaughter houses at Communipaw yes
terday disclosed the fact that most OF
the meat there was diseased. Over
one hundred car loads of cattle have
arrived at Bergen since Saturday, and
ninety-six arrived at Communipaw
yesterday.
The thunder storm of Saturday, was
very severe on the Jersey side of the
Hudson river. Hudson City was badly
flooded and one new building demol-
ished by lightning. Several houses
were struck by lightning in Newark,
Hoboken &C., but no lives were lost.
The steamships Manhattan and NAL
ia from Liverpool has arrived.
A list of the officers and crew of the
bark Henry Trowbridge, all of whom
were lost, shows that all of them ex-
capt the captain, were from New York,
the Captain being resident of New
Haven. Three of the dead seamen were
found in the forecastle when the vessel
was first discovered, and yesterday an.
other dead body was found In bunk,
making the fourth which has been re-
covered. rrhe list numbered ten alto
gether, 80 there are six missing, besides
the Captains wife and children, all of
whom are supposed to have taken to
the boats and been swamped.
A special from Virginia City. Monta-
gone Democratic by largely increased
majority.
About one hundred diseased cattle
have been killed at Communipaw and
placed in the tanks for rendering. The
market is seriously affected, and the
price for live stock has fallen of con-
siderablY. The demand for beef in
restaurants is also falling off. To-day
guards are to be stationed at all railroad
lines to prevent the shipment OF diseas-
ed cattle here, and every cattle train
will be accompanied by a competent
medical officer. One instance of sick
ness from eating diseased meat is re-
ported, but the prompt measures of the
Board of Health will prevent further
cases.
Several European steamers have re-
Gently taken large quantity OF hay,
and it is said every steamer for fort
night ahead is engaged to take it as far
us convenient. One line is even under
orders from their agents abroad to fill
all available space, not occupied by
shippers, with this article.
Contracts for the delivery of mid
ding upland cotton are offered at 2615c
for October, 241lc for November, and
23Ac for December, but there are no
buyers Notwithstanding this great con-
cession.
There are no new cases of yellow
fever at quarantine, and only three con-
vRlescents remain in the hospital.
Secretary Welles, who has arrived
here in the gunboat Tallapoosa, was re-
ceived with the customary donors at
the navy yard to-day. He left this af-
ternoon for Boston and Portsmouth.