The New York herald., 1869-09-07


Of his family after partaking felt all the symptoms
| OF poison but timely assistance had brought them
| round again.
A Gre broke out In the State Prison at Auburn yes
| terday morning which destroyed some lumber
| sheds and store houses. Several contractors lose
about $4,000; the State loss is small.
Mrs. Catharlne washington, who claimed to be
relation Of PRESIDENT Washington, died al her re-
sdenqe in Delhi township, Ohio, on Saturday, aged
! eighty years. She was born and married on the
Washington estate, in Culpepper county. Va.
On the night OF the 3lst ult., at Malade station.
| Utah Territory Wells Fargo Co.'s coach. which
left Helena Montana, three days before was stopped
| by highwaymen and robbed OF $4,000 In gold.
About $4,000 III the hands Of the passengers escaped
| the notice OF the freebooters.
The British bark Ezra ashore on Body's Island,
below Norfolk, Va, few days since. and is total
loss. small boat, containing the captain and his
Wife, the chief mate, one boy and two seamen, In at
tempting TO make the shore was capsized and all
hands were drowned.
A great fire occurred In Richmond Va. last night,
the loss amounting to $175,00o
The City.
In the Coroners investigation into tho alleged
outrage on Jacob Berkie, the German emigrant, by
policemen, Captain Petty and his doormen testified
yesterday that Berke was very drunk when brought
TO the station nouse and that he received his bruises
while trying to escape running his head against the
wall and the glass door In the corridor.
The persons who were supposed to have been lost
in the bay BY the capsizing OF a sailboat on Fort
Richmond were all picked up and are now safe.
The stock market yesterday was weak and dc. |
clined. Gold to 1914, fell to 1904, and closed
1877 1917.
Beef cattle were Ia tolerably active demand yester-
day. and with only moderate arrivals prices were
quite steady at 1910 16hc. for prime and extra,
14hc. I5c. for fair to good and 11c 14c. for In
ferior to ordinary. The major part of the |
offerings was fair to good in quality Mich |
cows were slow OF sale. but prices were |
unchanged, prime and extra being quoted 500 Q
$l25 each fair to good. SIS ss5. and inferior to
common $40 $70 Veal calves were In fair request
and nrmer. prime and extra selling at llc 12hc;
common to good at 10c. llc., and inferior &C. Q
ohc. Sheep were steady. with q fair demand
PRIME and extra were quoted at exc. q TIc.. COM
mon to good SC. &C., and inferior &c. a41sd Lambs
were selling at from 7>sc. to 90. Swine were quiet
ar &c. 10c. for common to prime, with arrivals OF
q, 2oS head chiefly for slaughterers
Prominent Arrivals In the Oily.
Major Gencral White and Major Rodney, OF the |
United States Army; Colonel Crawley and Frederick |
Walker, OF London, England, and De B. Randolph |
Keim, OF Washington. are at the Astor House.
Lieutenant G. ". Hooker Of the United States |
Army; O. d. Sigsbee John J. Homerly and Charles |
W. Ray. Of the United States Navy; Colonel E. H. |
Cohen, Of South Carolina, and Colonel A. H. Chabot
OF San Francisco, are at the Metropolitan Hotel.
General Brayman, Of Springfield Lieutenant Hos. |
mer, OF the United States Army. and George Toand,
OF Philadelphia, are at the Hoffman House.
Judge Nelson, OF P0ughkeepsie, aud Colonel G. 8.
Bushnell, Of New Haven, are at the fifth Avenue |
Hotel.
w. BOdisco, Secretary Of the Russian Legation at
Washington and Manuel de Argumanz, Of Lima, are
at the Clarendon Hotel.
General Albert Pike, Of Washington, and A. Loring
Cushing, OF New York, are at the Coleman House
Colonel Stewart and Major +. Taylor OF the United
States Army, and Professor !. Williams. Of Massachu
setts, are at the St. Charles Hotel.
Judge Connolly arrived yesterday by the steamer
City OF Washington from Europe. Peter B. Sweeuy |
was expected BY the same vessel, but did not ar.
rive
Prominent Departures.
Cleon Rangabe Charge d'A1aires for Greece, for |
Long Branch; Major Marchants for Baltimore;
Judge R. Dickinson for st. Josephs Mo-; General @.
!. Alexander aud General Cavender for st. Louis,
and General Cavanaugh for Albany.