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THE BHITE SLATES.
The Count JsaRnes on Man. Tyranny over



Women.
e. Last night Pilnpton Hall was crowded by the
New York white slaves, or In other words, tile
New YORK SaeswoncL's Early Closing Association
TIE Count Joannes was the chief attraction
Mr. Houghtou was Chairman, and briefly ltroduceI
tie Count, VITO wps received with lorj applause.
The Count pretaced his remarks by allulng al
some length TO the recent Twenty third street mur-
der, and informed his hearers that he bad been
crosen Caairman OF the Vigilance Committee ap.
pointed to ferret out the murderer lie then briefly
reviewed the European war, and lnally camo to TIE
subject Of the meeting.
Womer, lie said, were the victims OF mans tyranny
In this and In other countries and hld been
since the word began. He wss m ugs older of the
Lignity OF oman, alwsvs WAS, and ALWAYS SHOULD be-
as taught py dignnch woman-Ais mnt.cr. lie
could not Int applaud the sentiment which had in
duced Miss Meta to come forward In sO noble a
rause she had and lie trusted that ii ever there
was a gold me al struck In this city Il would boar
the mPerIshable name Of Nctla for twas glorious
name.
though OF this young laly, fu' he would adyiae
them TO he caotious, Alt'."urh not pnnster, he
would offer nun, II y would not he thought Omen
siYeAt wns, lly must be careful they were not
caught bya T." Ne.-sh" He could not believe that
there existed In this frce couG'rN so mucd tyranny
toward the Somer Of New Yor;, but lie had visitcl
many stores aud found that tho nncts detailed by
Netl were perfectly correct. lio co cludoi by
urging his hearers to perscVere In their Efforts. as
the English girls had done. and fear nothing
His own life had been threatened several times
recently, because he was endcavoring to tracc the
bloody murderer from his den, hu' there was no one
who could BY Den or speech, hsht the Count
JOannes.
Nltta also sd lressed her fellow workers. urSing
item all IN s-ug e for their rights, nov that good
opportunity presented Itself
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JOITIS0s ABOUT TOWN,


Music on the Battery tails evening,
The Palmyra took out s25T 900 In specie
The Grand Central Hotel opens on the 10Th inst.
The TO- Gnissionsrs Of Docks have prohibited the
dumplag OF ro.,se on the piers
TIE bod. NJ tho On. GOWN man who eaped on The
Battery on Wednesday 10 at Ssa Ao'gus.
Ellen Hurley. aked %, cook al Jp.rr"r.on Marko,
Prison, died suddenly yesterday oi LeaIt dbe-~s
Octayius J. Jordan, aged Is, an architect, was
found dead In bod at DO Bleecker street, Cause, in.
temperance.
Mary Cavansgh, aged . years, died yesterday -
s9ka SpM Ieensh street laIins fallen ron aseoond
The Commissioners Of Emigration have raised
Wards Island 10 500
Compliant IL made that every evening, excepa
sunday from to O'Clock, she ears o. tue Third ave
nu0 line block up thciwalksln Prinns House square
The murderouS ARRAY mentioned 10 rHE SUN yes
terday as having oconTTec on board the steanDoat
Thomas Colycr, took plHce on the barge Nm hyorA
Tho American steamer Guiding Star is now %
the berth TOT IAyre aud will sail om Pier 49, foot ol
King street. North lhyer. positively on Tuesday next
For rates OF passage see advertisement.
Mr. W, Luckor, Secretary OF the Tslors' Re
neyolcnt Union, denies that there was row At the
picnC OF the Society Monday evening, but on the
contrary asserts that II was one OF the most orderly
sud pleasant Of p'cnlcs.
Policeman Win. Gould, OF tue Twonty. second
Ward, having had ave "thoo-ny" complaints against
him, yesterday resigned. Thomas Campbell, Of the
Mayors Squad (brotner Of the Hun, TIM, had tous
cOmpiunu against him, snd resigned. Grand bhOo-
hy" ROundsman Samuel Campbell also resigned
A now button was adopted for the Police DEPART
WednesGay fhe shield ior The pStro,nGn is OF white
metal and that for TIE captain. and .sIsssnI Itl9S
w"rds ~ :" nunIcieM i"uce y Y" Tie slLLors have
slsy uIo city aIIns and y slallAI lnscrplion
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THE NATHAN ASsAssINATION.
The Arrest OF IN East side Lumber Yard
Losfrr-Young KeIiy's Associate-A ros-
sible Glue W hence the Dog.

The Arrest OF nn East side Lumber Yard
Loafrr-Young Keiiy's AssOciate-A rOs-
sible Clue W hence the Dog.
The police are still searching for tho murderer
OF Mr.. Benjamin Nathan, AID every man who is
known to be what they choose to call "sluggcr"
Is placed under special Surveillance. About ten dlys
ag> IHE SUN published exclusively an account OF
the arrest Of James Egan on charge of murjerous.
" ssssultnS mr.. Joseph A. Jackson in broad day.
light, in his loan olice in Amity street. After
Egan's arrest, by Detectives King and Lyons. the
prisoner confessed, and added that lie approached
Mr., Jackson from behind and gave him two stun
ming blows upon the forehead with a sash weight
After Mr.. Nathan had been murdered, the two de-
tectiyes mentioned above conceived the notion that
Egan, who Is known as slugser" might have
committed the murder. II was known TO the onicers
that Egan WAS employed In a wood yard at Sixty
brs street and East River, and that, therefore he
would probably have some use for an instrument
like the dog" which was used by the murderer
OF Mr. Nathan. King and Lyons for two days
searched for Eean, aud their search was so success
ful that after fortyeght hours they captured their
man.
Scarcely was Egan In the hands OF the police when
lie admitted hts connection With The Jackson club
bling, aud said that he himself Lad given to Nj.
Jacksun the almOst fatal blows.
II fSfmaildms sof the ahc eat VI Rssn vas at -aee
conveyed to Superintendent Jourdan, and that ON
cinl ordered that the prisoner should be hell, in
order To ascertain whether or rot he knew anything
about the Nathan murder Repeated c0nvorsat,cns
with Egan failed to elicit anv information about the
Nathan killing but the prisoner Is still held, and
something may yet be asceltained IRON him about
the tragedy
Several facus would lead one to believe that Esan
knows Bometbing about the assassination, In the
rst place, be was arrested from wood yard, where
klndling wcod and planks are anufactured aud
where Consequently Gi anywhere) dog like that
with which the murder was committed would be
tSs he 'sSSnq was N IL. % passsr Ssnas. anVns
broad Daylight approached a citizen from behind in
the store he occupied and inflicted wounds which
nesry proved fatal aud thirdly, the man In known
10 the police as bad character, who hns beea bur
glar, highway robber, ani tDief for years past,
Another Circumstance about Rgan must be stated
In young Kelly's testimony before Coroner Rollins
lie testified that he was acquainted IL second ave
nue.. When le went to Lowell Mass, to enlist, he
himself says that he was picked M at Eleventh
street and Second avenue, and tlk0n out OF the
ststo. EgIn is known as Second avenue loacr,
The question naturally arises, Was Kelly friend
of Esan'st" Both frequented the same neshbor.
hood. aud u.aal u,e sane salOonA
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PERSONAL INTELLI0ESCE.

~ Berthemy tho French Munster. Is III,
Godfrey L. FrankensteIn Is painting portraits In
Cincinnati,
,.t..I atA Days: seat IN Sqss...s ss s%:! =
TIE Maine Republicans have nominated Cos
Chamberlain for the United States Senate.
rrignoli IL still ut Newport, where tho young 10
dies call him Brig1oa as ho were species nowos
The Hon. Phiidepi Van Trump aud the Hon.
John A. Bnsh>m hsvc been .enomlnatei tor Congress.
Police Capt. Francis Speight, OF the Church .trost
station has boon granted sixty day. loave OF absence
He hs bcea oyer quarter Of ceniuty policeman.
Ebcnezer l., Bennett, of Lee, n. H.. now 80 years
old, seems like OF Gny with all his faculties up.
impaired He scver lost meal on account OF sickness
pcypT took prescription from . physician, and hsl
ais1 tobacco dxty.l Two years,
Mossrs Charles Moussetia. 0eoras BatcheIor and
FTaucis Boucher appOihtoi last nj lit delegates
of the ST. John tho Babkt Society TO the sStN annual
Convention OF ths french Canadians of the Unliod
states TO meet Ia ST. Aibans w. on tae soh aud g,t ef
August,
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LONG BRANCH INCIDENTs.

Ex.Secretary B0rlo and his family arrived at Long
Branch yesterday, and the gucSts OF the President
President Grant remains at his cottage with his
family, lie does not intend to 20 10 Washington al
resent
Major. Gen. W. p. Hagen called on the President
nnd received permission TO visit Europe and witness
the movements Of the war
The ohildrcn's Z rand fancy dress ball was the
event last evening In the Continental Hotel, over S00
CHI, dren were In fnncJ costumes.
Tne arrangements for the Nmth Regiment, which
will encamn opposite the Metropolitan Hotel are com.
pttc. rhC i,'Crs VIII dine az The Metropolitan. aud
lhc utt'atcs II thU ConllueOla uple' on snmdaS
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WASHISGTON NOTES.

In Washington.
Many Germans who propose to return 10 Europe
20 iun the Prssian army are daily applying for pass
ports.
se,e weeks ago. Gen. sickIes under instructions
IRON the Secretary OF STATE delivered to the Resency
the proposition on our part ot an nnent OF we
In Wilmington TO This proposition toe Spanish Gov
eminent has vet made no response.
A Madrid telegram says that Col. Hay, Secretary
Of the American legation Is on his way To Warrington
To adjust the questions arising from the Cuban slus.
tiou. Our Government knows nothing rcGnr1int tho
movements OF Cot Hay nog It probable that hs mis-
zion IL correctly stated the reason thai the ADJ ust
ncnt OF such questions belongs 10 the Governments OF
Spain and the United States,
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Upronr in the RepubIican Cnmp.

In Harmony Hall, Third aveeue and ll9th
street last evening anything but harmony prevailed
among the Republicans OF the Twenty Hrst Assem-.
bly, District Two factions. headed respectively by
Jas. NJ. Thompson, eS-iilrOor Master, and c. II.
Cooper. made things lively the question In dispute
being the admission OF clndidiies for membership
One party desire to give Tammany Hall full control
ofthe district and for that purpose want Democrats
or Know. NJ Nothings or others admitted. The other
faction want every applicant vouchcd Tor before his
admission. A. feeler for ,he Den,ocratc side, the
name cf the Fcnan Gen. John II. Geison vas pro.
posed. and he was rccyjrcl. notwithst tanhiag his
known or supposed Democratic miecedents. Thirty
- = @ Association,
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spaRKs FROM THE rEhEGRAPH.
1he cooperr OF ALBANY nre on strlke.

The coopers OF Albany are on strike.
A State Temperance Convention has been called
to meet at Saratoga, Sent, o.
Mr.. Charles Hcnyan's daughter, about four years
old, after suffering two days, diei Of hydrophla
Wednesday, In Cold Spring, having been bitten by q
Tabhi dog On the l5h OF MAY.
The steamer Ontonagon struck a rock while pass
ting through the canal at Marquette On Monday, aud
sunk near the leach, about ME west OF the outlet.
The passengers were saved, with the loss Of their
baggage.
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any fortresses, but will reserve their strength for
active operations In order to maintain their gunner.
iesl prepondersnce in the field.
A SWORD roa EnAu0H.
The F0oro newspaper proposes the pre- eentation
OF sword OF honor to Marshal MacMahon, and tho
subscripto star ted for tnat purpose Is slroy very
large. q. -.
The Chateau Cham bord has been placed at the
disposal OF the authorities by the Count de Cham
bord, as military hospital. It contains go rooms,
800 Of which arc unfurnshed, and all have chimneys
and are admirably adapted for the uses to which
their noble owner has so patriotically devoted
them.
Mr.. washburne, the American Minister, Ands him
self overwhelmed with the consequences OF assum-
ing tho protection OF Prussian subjects.
oss. rRocHU's PROCLAMATION
Erenino.-Gen. Trochu has issued a proclamation
counsclling order and calmness not only In the
streets OF the city, but spirit OF resigsa under
the trials consequent upon the situation.
lie says that France must have the demesuor OF .
great military nstion conducting its own destinss
and the Goverpment will gain the confidence OF the
people by showing the greatest confidence in them.
He appeals to all men and to all parties saying
that he belongs himself no party save TO tbat OF
his country and declares that all good citizens must
by moral restraint keep down those who see In
public msrortuues only an opportu unity to sa.isfv
their own detestable designs.
MICS FRENCH STORY.
oen s.,,aa ,,ks. ,h. ,l.co n, u,;o,.c,, ro
Brun. who In, resivned The .L,yrnnf dcs D;b6,,
prints nm absurd .toyy that the kim Of Prpssi,
,..,,,,r % he oo,...-.,., -. =, o...z-r 81
u''"i"s '" oe e'nSeVra'eu hhpcror " Nermn9 oJ
the Pope. has offered His Holiness an nsyium in
Germany. Indscreet Prusaians have been mobbed
:, p-,s..
!" Do'oesuh-
vS r-
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CURIoSITIES OF CRIME.

An injured husband In Ohio compromised with Q
csed ninistcr for 1900. but took on
cause he was = Clergyman.
Daniel Holland, who stabbed Thomas MoloneY on
cdncsdsy at picnic slrIondered hmself yesterday
to justice Shandey.
while tho keepers OF the Essex Countv Jail NJ
Newark wee getting in Goals yesterday they left the
gates open, and two prisoners escaped.
Another attcmot was made In Jersey City yester-
day to rescue ptso onrr tron the poce This oticer,
however slowed pluck, and put his assaants TO rout
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Tho Grand Festival Of Fraternity.

To-day the Germans will fill Jones's Wood
The festival Is under the presidency OF the gallant
General, s. p Heintzemann 1t Is intended to be
free from political partisanship, and II, catre pro-
Cts destined, as its programme declares " to the
relief OF the wounded, and TO the support Of the
widows and orphans occasioncd by war, which, 10
the shame OF our age and civilization, one crownod
criminal has been suffered to bring upon Europe"
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BROOK T. TN.

Terence ONei the leade, Of the roughs who at
tackled the Cecilia SINGING Society In wiiHn.buIgh on
Sunday evening last, was yesterday sentenced the
penucntlnry for sKty dajs
The Williamsburgh Chess Club last evening elect
cd &. Kuchenmundt, President A. Vogt NcePresi.
ncnt +, Fuchs, Core spending Secretary A. Demuth
Recording Secretary a. Fuchs, Treasurer.
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THE NALL AND BIT.

The Pyaways boat the Union Stars yesterday. al
Hunters Point, by l6 10 10.
Tho lawmakers defeated the Duuderbcr.s OF
Peekskl 10 Troy, Yesterday, by Il toi.
The Enterprise Cub, OF Jersey CITY, beat the Mon
tsukH, Of New York. on Wednesday, by i0to9
The Limbets, ot New York, will play the Rollick.
ing Rams. Of Willamsbursh. on the Union Grounds
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The nchts at Nrwport-The Cambria Beats
the Iiler.

PRovIpEScE. II. l., Aug. IS In the race TWEEN.
" mites Ia t.e vtnlHard and return, at Newpor,
to-day, bctwCca tho Cambria lnd Idler. for CUP
valued at fity cuineGs, tho Cambria came in thirteen
minutes ahead, beating the Ilicr with time allie =
ance OF nine aud half minutes.
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Tho Prus.ina De.pstcbc..

BsnLrs, Aug. l8.-Frcderck, Duke Of Schles-
wig. has issued n manifesto implorins all Germans
t. sustain Prussia.
Tao Prussian Government allows only one cor
RESI- ondent Of the Berlin press at tie hont, and
Herr Kreissler, OF the B6rsen-h1He has been select
ed for the place.
The Trorincia' Correspondence SAYS that, in re.
SUNNI Possession OF the former Grrm1n provinces
OF the Rhine, Prussia means to reimburse her plun-
dered subjects expelled from France
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Congressman Orestes Cleveland, Of the PitA
District OF New Jersey, s exceedingly anxious to 60
back 10 Washington for another term, and Is ewing
no stone unturned. Amer delivering u temperancs
iecurea day or two ago. he went down to Newark
aud spent day and night in visiting lager beer ga
looms, conciating the Germans. The consumption
OF lager beer Is said to have been fearful.
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LIFE IN THE METROPOLIS,
DAsHEs HERE AND THERE ny rUn
SUNS REPORrERs.
An Exquisite Little Fight In A. T. Stewards
Wholesale Store.

An Ltttte IN n. bteWNrtH
Wholesale Store.
On Wednesday morning Messrs. Fanchcr and
Connolly, two gentlemen employed as clerks In the
Hon. A. T. stewart's Wholesale store, began jawlnx
one another. Fancher. who had been absent for
day or two, took exception to Connolly's waiting
upon one o! his customers during his absence. ns
applied dozen hard names TO Connolly. and finally
wound up by cslling him an Irishman throwing In .
few profane sdJectives by way Of emphasis. Ths
was no, to be borne for an instant. Thinking that
Fancher meant 70 cast an imputation upon his kind
hearted and generous master, A. T. Stewart, Cos
molly hauled on and punched Mr.. Fsnchers suout 10
The most approved manner. FanclIer made do
NOR aiisng retreat behind stack OF dry goods, bui
Con molly ftsked him Prussan fashion, and finally,
Eettinr his head in chsneery, polished 1t Oh with
the most quiste tact The parties were separated
before the enial Mr.. Jones could form ring In
the afternoon the Hon. A. T. Stewart made his sp
pearanee. He heard OF the ieht aud Its cause. He
then, II IL understood, discharged Mr.. Fancher for
calling Mr.. Connolly an Irishman, and discharged
Mr. Connolly for being an Irlshman.
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LOSSES ny FIRE.

The steamboat Alice was burned on Wednesday
near New Haven.
\ he Sherman House In East Saginaw, Mich, was
burned Yesterday, Loss. g. 900.
Weston, Burch 4 Co. . lumbar yard, in Dubuque,
was burned yesterday. Loss. $4,000,
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Marriage Of gdi,h O,Gormau.

Miss Edith O'Gorman was married in Jersss
City yesterday by the Rev. A. II. Cardo to the Rev.
Wm. Aufr az, an Episcopal Clergy man and Dxu,as
sor In the Brooklyn Eclectic College.
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WESTCHEsTER COUNTY.

Al jerome PERI they have recently built two nov
stables W ~ twenty stalls each.
Fhn'sGn, the overweight eccentric man, was
hailed out OF horrisan,a jail yesterday.
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Tho r,cLc, Spectators Fight.

J. Henry Magongle, manager Of Booths Tho
atre, entered a complaint at Jefferson Market yos-
tsrday, against Charles Apley who had forced his
way into the theatre with ticket bou .ht Of sido-
walk Spectator. Justice Cox declined to Irdnt Q
warrant.
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RAILROAD ACCIDENrS.

Johr Mcdonald was fatally injured on the New
Jersey Eaiiroat, at Newark. yesterday
An unknown Frenchman was kie on the North
ern Railroad OF New Jersey near NoTN ood station.
WEDNESDAY,
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An Eminen, Ci,izen on his Denthbea.

Or. Cunning $. Bedford, father OF Judge Bed
ford Is lyinS III % rarlyss a Gis re- eace 90 Fifth
.yenue. Ills ph! !siyi.nf have given ~ all hope Of
\
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The War on tho Ocean-A Naval Fight In
the Baitic-What an Engiishman says
when Caught Running tho Blockade.

BrRLIS, Aug ls,-Advices have just been
received here Of naval engagement OF tue
coast OF the Island OF Rdgen In tho Baltic,
One division OF the Prussian feet, consisting
OF an sviso and the gunbosts Drasche, Bltz,
aud sa'HmaEder Yesterday afternoon at 4 O'CLOCK
encountered the French fleet, consvting OF four
armed iriga'es, corvette. aud an sVsO. The Prus.
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The foiio,cin9 are he latest despatches re.
eIued IN TnE Sun office do,cn TO O'Clock n 10
morning Later dispatches, II any. toW be
printed IN a postscript.
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BOSTON W5MEx,S PEACE CONVENTION.

Boston, Nov. Is, 1870.
Worlds Peace Convention OF Women assem-
b!ed In fremont Temple this evening, with good
attendance. MIS- Julia Ward Howe presided and
addressed the convention, giving her well known
Views upon the subject of the pacilcation VI the
world by the direct Intervention of woman.
Sho was followed by Mrs. Ednah d. Cheney, who
said 1t was no spirit OF cowardice that had led to
the convention for own country was not threat
ened, and those who attended accepted war bravely
when IL was forced upon them. They feared to in.
iict war, knowing well the suffering that was caused
by it. Even to this day the effects OF the late war
were to be seen on every hand In the belligerent
pr0pensite5 or individuals. the abolition OF na-
tional appeals to arms, she contend would follow
naturally the abolition OF such appeals to
sustain the code OF honor among individuals
To love your own nation and to hate
all other nations not in perfect harmony with yours
had been for centuries the universal rule OF public
sentiment. But peace advocates were now seeking
TO awaken an international sentiment that would
agree TO arbitration for the settlement OF grew
between the employers and employees. There was
no reason why the endeay0rs OF women to aliay
suffering on the battle field should not be carried
further and and In the prevention OF the Of
that suffering. The mothers VINO furnished the
victims OF war had right to be heard.
At the close OF Mrs. Cheney's address the Hon.
Henry Wilson. United States senator from Massa-
chusetts, entered the Temple and urged to take
a seat on the platform: This he declined to do and
then remarked that If anything could be done by
man or woman to make q pubic sentiment that
would bring 70 close the present wicked war in
Europe he would be glad OF 1t. Mrs. Howe having
previously suggested the appointment OF q COM
mittee TO with similar committees In other cities
t. further the interests OF the New York General
Convention, TO be held on the 23d OF December Mr.,
Wilson closed by moving the appointment OF Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. Ednah ID. Cheney ana Mrs.
Lydia Maria Child as such COMMITTEE with power TO
add to their number The question was put by the
Rev. James Freeman Clarke, and was carried amid
much enthusiasm.
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