Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-10-09

in the interests of the gold clique, in the
recent speculation, and constantly commu-
nicatcd with Fisk, respecting it.
International Industrial Exhibition.
WASmINGroN. Oct 1.-The committee
of fifteen heretofore appointed. held a
meeting las. night. Resolutions were
adopted. declaring it practicable to hold
such exposition ii l*7l. and that proper
measures be taken to make it successful
y committee of three was appointed to pre-
pare Il chapter to be presented to Congress
iir the enactment of II National Exposition
Committee. to be appointed. consisting of
the President, Vice President, ChicfJu,ticc
Chase. heads Of executive departments,
Governor, Of the several States and Tcrritor
les. and Mayors Of the prncip pal cities.
Al>oa local executive committee often for
the District of Columbia. to which shall he
added the Secretary If Internal Revenue
and Commissioner of \ .riculture \ conf
mittca was appointed to wait on the Pies
idrnt AMI invite him to act as chairman
re oficio of tn" local committees. and other
committees will hc appointed. and it is pro-
posed toestahlish the capital stock at l"o,-
| coo. in share, Of So each. The abo:c
action is to be submitted to the general
committee heretofore appointed at citizens
meeting.
The total number Of passengers arrived
in the United States during the year end
in~ June Both. was :iS9.61l actual innni-
grant>intcnlih"t o remain. - So OF these
l32.32S are from Great Britain; 64.93S
Irish: y ,:,ol >'wedu- l2.S1 Chinese.
HARTFORD, Oct. TN this city the
Democrats eject their entire ticket Of town
! officers hy G1o or 100 majority.
Three colorcd men entered the dress
circle oi.thc National rhcatcr tonight, aud
refused towi'hdraw eNccrtulon expulsion,
hey finally got an order from the officers.
no physical force being used. II i, sup
posed the question of the ri-ht> OF negroes
under the reccnt corporation laws relating
to places Of amusement vii! hc tested.
Amos Kendall has been III for several
weeks. Dr. Dexter says he cannot recov
CT.
The Hornet.
\ letter on board the Cuban priyatccr
Xorh'f, says all negotiations for her pur-
chase were effected on the HIGH scis, 81 rs
not Ia give the american or English Coy
crnmrAt any )ir'cNt for interfering. tt l.
! said the leading European nations will threat
her Is pirate.
SAVANNAH. Ca, Oct. 4-'ihc Wora
ing .N"rs has reports from Florida OF the
steamship .lh1'ama. :'h" WIS at Fcr'!I-
nnnd on Friday night. with .ltU mon. liz
clnlinc i officers fer the Cuban cXpcii-
| ton uJw in rcndazyou, Of the Gulf coast
ti>rINNAri. Ur: i.-Tls tobacco crop
ia Ohio ani Kentucky is niuGcl ~ trost>
Earthquake in I,aI,.
OMAHA, Oct. ia dispatch from Fill,
more, Utah, reports violent shock of
earthquake yesterday morning.
Eo>coEn, Oct. :. EX-l'rr>iIpnt Pierce
has been very i'll for some weeks. Ills
physicians pronounce him very low. The
disease assun.c, u arolsical form, and his
recovery is considered .'oub:ful.
OsWEoo. Ori. l.-Nrran@rmcnts for Il
Railroad Convention here, on the 9th Of
1 Dc'nhcr has hcrn perfected.
NJ" N""h, Oct. ~ very heavy rain
storm ]r2yaiIr here since Saturday night.
The over hal'otihcrity i. patalfy Aootel.
At noon Ike storm suhsidcd and il i, nYw
| clclr
III" ,ain which commenced en- Saturday
1t midnight lasted until tbs nn:nin..
Tie railroads S"ut| east al north are
! mach damaged hy heavy lrc>hctS and gale
/ The track Of the Central. Hudson and lIar-
lem roads is washed away in many places
The Delaware river is twcnly feet higher
than on Friday. Thetlc,hct in the Schuyl-
kill carried off several freight cars hrlon4-
iug to the Pennsylvania Central road. and
swept away lsrgc quantities o!timber, mcr-
chandisc wagons &c., beside, even mule,
and horses. Many houses in the city
are fo"dcd; in some cases the ocyu ants
escaped in boats. The watcrrosc seventeen
feet at Morristown. Two boys were
drowned.
Accounts from different sections show
! that the storm has been general. Con,dcr-
| able damage has been done to the telegraph
and except the cahIcit is much interrupted.
Breaks are reported in the canal in various
places Travel on many oltho railroads is
totally or partially suspended on account Of
bad breaks.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Oct. 4.--Thc fall
ofwatcr reached eight inches. The village
Of Westfcld was inundated.
WASHINGTON. Oct The rain storm
was unprecedented in violence. About
midnight the whole reserve force of the
Seventh precinct pas called out to give
assistance to families on Surlis court. near
Pennsylvania Avenue and on first street,
the tide having oyernowcd into the court
The officers were oblig cd to wade the water
! breast high to rescue some women and
children. Considerable damage was done
by the overflow of the Potomac.
SAN Francesca, Oct. Tho ship On.
~ard which arrived in this place to-day
from Ctsalady, reports that on the I'd
inst, when fifty miles west Of Mendocino,
at - clock midnight. a severe shock of