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Estimates based upon the census fix the
number of negro voters in the Union at $40.
10.
1t is now thrown out by newspapers at the
South, as brand to fire the Southern mind
that Websters Dictionary is gotten up in the
rterests OF the Radicals, and intended by its
definitions to Justify the damnable usurpa
tons now driving the country into The vor-
tex OF consolidated despotism." On the 9TH
err hand, Worcester's is said to present ex-
plantations perfectly harmless to the sensitive
Southrons.
General Washburn and Mr. Doolittle will
begin their joint canvass of Wisconsin in Osh
kosh, on Tuesday, October 3. Mr.. DoolittIe
opens the discussion and Gen. Washbuu
closes.
us there single thing The Democratic
party ever held to that they haven't departed
- from p asked Republican orator in Mariet
ia, Ohio, Ithe other day. eyes, whiskey p,
answered voice in the crowd
It is reported that the Democrats of Cali
fornia propose to call an extra session of the
Legislature in November, to adopt measures
to take away some of the patronage which
will belong TO the next State government, and
secure it for their own party. As the next
Senate is Democratic it will be impossible to
repeal any Legislation hey see fit to adopt.
Secretary Boutwell,, COMPTROLLER Hurlburd
OF the currency Bureau, aad Congressman
SOD stevenson lett Washington for Ohio
Tuesday night. Mr.. Boutwell, addressed tho
Republicans of Cincinnati last NIGHT and
much interested to hear his views of the fin
ture policy of the Treasury Department. II is
said tLat he has declined TO speak in Penn.
sylvania.
The friends of Messis. Garfield and Shell
labarger are urging them for the chairman
ship of the Ways and Means committee.
They can't both have it,
The campaign in Pennsylvania is getting
to be lively.
Inc men who heroicy stick in the mud"
n T, .ue loving language applied by Departure
democrats to the anti's.
-, "ere three important conventions |
yeSterday,-Wo Worcester, Svrscnso. o,,d p;o,.
in"nu' t'e iatter Was called for tho rooro,a,,;
zatioil VI the party. The RenubIio
Virginia nope that out of its proceedinoa Vi
come victory at the polls in the coming a nas
TONS ''ec
Attorney General Pond decides that tbo
inmates of the soldiers home at DAYTON
OLio, who have resided in the State a wear
and have no other residence thrren than the |
asy lum, have legal right to vote at the town, |
ship in which the asylum is situated, since |
the passage OF the act of Congress-, January |
q, 1871.
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August IL, 1779 The ships Monmouth. "a guns.
Sally, % gus, Black Prince. IS guns. and
Hector, 20 guns; the briggs Hazard, 16 guns
Diligence, IA guns, and TyranDicde, IA guns;
the sloops Providence, IA guns, aud Spring
Bird, - gans, and several transports, got away
aud came up to the mouth of the Kenduskeag
and were burned and sunk to prevent their
falling into the hands OF the British--their guns
being thrown overheard. As late as forty wears
afterwards, portions of the wrecks were visible
at low water, and party of spectators made
a large sum of money by raising the iron work,
cannon aud cannon balls.
YORK COUNTY.
Miss Sally Hubbard, eighty-three wears old.
totally blind from cataracts, had them success.
fully removed recently while under the influ-
epce of sulph uric ether, at her residence liz
Wells, by DR.. Folsom, of Portsmouth.
The Boston & Maine Railroad Company
have purchased and taken leeds for two large
lots near james street, Saco, and all the lard
bounded by Main and Gooch streets, and the
river, in this city. We understand the price
paid for the last named land with the old iail
which stands on it was $7000.
The County Commissioners, on Tuesday,
counted the vote on the question of autborjz,p Z
the Commissioners to expend the sum OF $25,-
900 for the completion of the Jail at Alfred. No
legal return was received from the town OF
Limerick, and without the vote of that town
| the result is as follows: Yes, 4148. No. 4OlO.
| The question as 10 the legality of the return
| from Limerick has been submitted to the iudg.
| es of the Supreme Court for their opinion
| thereon 1t is understood if the vote of Liner
| lex is COUNTED, there will be small majority
against the loan.
| IN GENERAL.
| Patents have been issued this week to A. B
| Crosby, Greene; Amagamation of Gold apt
| Silver. T. B Brown. KendalPs Mills. Ma
| chine for making Wedges. j. w. Strang, Ban
| gor; Steering Apparatus Trade Marks-W
| H. Adams, Bangor. Liniment.
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New YoRK-The committee of seventy yes
terday began suits in the Superior Court, be-
fore Judge Barnard, against Ingersoll, Garvey
and others for the recovery Of the money OBJ
taiued from the citv-It il ..,r,aarod that soma
of the contractors have confessed that Tweed,
Sweeney and Connolly were implicated in the
frauds, and it is expected orders for their ar
rest will be issued by Judge Barnard during
the day against prominent members of the
Ring. Ingersoll is said to bs very repentant
and his Indignation at being made scapegoat
for the principal plunderers has been instru-
mental in leading him to implicate the princi-
pals. The committee of seventy have secured
the services of George d. Barrett, Francis C.
Barlow, A. r. Lawrence and Wheeler Peck
ham in prosecuting the suits. Elk. Mayor Have
meyer, Democrat, appears as plaintiff in all
the writs as a tax payer and in behalf of the
tax payers of the city.
Mayor Hall has been requested by Deputy
Controller Green to Call special meeting of
the Board of ApportioDment to, take immediate
action relative to the issue of bonds and stocks
to provide funds to meet the present needs of
the several departments of the city govern
ment.
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FOR SALE
Portland Observatory.

MO Stranger should leave the City without visit
IN ing the Observatory Mupjoy's Hill. From
the cupOa 2L7 fe above the Sea. may be seen the
entire City, the Ocean to the HORIZON. Casco Bay
with its 1865 Islsnds The White Mountains so
miles distant, and with the powerful Telescope
mounted in the cupola objects 30 miles distant in
every direction may be DISTINCTLY seen. The views
here sad to be unsurpassed for beauty and va
rety by any in the world. Cor gress street pass
very 10 minutes. SN jy22 3m
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EOREIGN PORTS.

Sid im Penang l4th ult. ship Charger, Creelman.
London.
AR at Leghorn Path inst, barque Abd-e- K ader
Sparrow, New York via Gibraltar.
Bordeaux-Sld i'm Verdon Roads 18th inst shin
Union, CotteI, New Orleans bark Masonic, Morse,
New York,
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FIFTY YEARS AGO.

FIFTY YEARS AGO.
What changes in the world we We seen,
Since fifty years ago, or so;
What revolutions there have been.
host OF facts there are to show.
To travel fifty miles day,
Our fathers found a task indeed {;
Two hundred now-or more-we may
Be drawn by the fierce Iron Steed.
The BOYS then dressed in home spun "Clothes,"
With cow-hide shoes upon their ieet;
But now they re "CLoTHED' at GEORGE FESNo's,
Corner OF Beach and Washington Street, Boston,
sepzS-sn1w
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80 and Accrued Interest in cu,,ouov
SWAN 4 BARRETT.
Bankers and Brokers

nR-On completion lin 1S72,ot co
now building, between st. JOHN i1es OF haiiroad
oS ~ eax w to ali al f an u1b line Oh RAILWAY
States, and as two three DAYS ~, OF the United
be avoided and about SO hours tine savsG f can
rail fT OF from faf coming Eurce by
sengers mails ami freight will I6erahn h IN pas
the tTaic over the E. N. A RAILWAY. 'e "odea "
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DOMESTIC PORTS

SAN FRANCIsCO-sld 10th, brig Kitty Coburr,
Wilson, Burrard Inlet.
aope. IngersolI, and Charger, Lucas, do; Puritan
10 oMA-Ar 18th. barque Caroline Reed sutton
PoRr GAMBLE-Ar 18th, barque Devon. hire,
PENsA0OLA-Ar 2sd. sch Day Break, Blake. fun
Sid 2sd, brig Helen M Rowley, West, New York.
BRUNSWICK, GA In port 23d inst, Darque May
stetson SPslss STs .fa seasey hanks from
sid 21th. brig W II Parks, Tor Washington,
GEORGETOWN. SCAR oath. sch Carrie Webb,
BAL LII Cid 9th. brig B Brown. Downs.
alLADELPHiA-Cld2 6th inst, ship Alexander,
Brown Hamburg; brig Ernestne knight, Liverpool
sch Marcia F Lewis. Lewis, Boston.
Ar 9th, brig Hiram Ahiff. TibDetts, Bath.
Cid 9th, brig Harry Stewart. Weeks, Nsiti, Italy;
sch Sea Breeze Freetby, Portland.
NEW YOkK-Ar 9th, scbs Caroline Knight, Will
cox, Lubec; DemiDg. Portland; Nile, Briggs,
Bath; D Wentworth, Gallagher, Calais; Calista'
Spear, Vinahaven; Darling bunker, Portland
ssS do Presto Ma
Nellie Chase, Upton. and Gettrud.. Brooks Eliza
bethpor tor Portland; JAS Bliss; Hatch, Boston Tor
ar 18TH schs May Morn, Stetson j ack sonyle 81
days; Harriet Newell Gould, Virginia
Ar 2sth ship unnea States, Lunt Calcutta.
Cd 2sth, ship Richd Robinson Stetson Liyerpool.
barque Orchia, Havener, tor Malta and Genoa; brig
Daphne, Foans in, Gloucester; sch Clara Clark foT
Boston.
Passed through Hell Gate 9th, scbs Charter Oak,
Poole, Port johnson for Portsmouth; Five Sisters
New York Tor Boston: d Talbot, Amesbuary Souti,
Amboy TOT do; Stampede, whitmore, Rondout Tor
do; Mary Langdon, Bennett, do tor Apponaug: Ne
lie chase Upton, Amboy Tor Portland, Vel ma Look
Elizabethport nr Salem; Mary Means, Parker, Port
johnson tor Providence.
BRIDGEPORT Cr-Ar 27th, sch Eva I, Leonard
Bunker, Bangor.
Calais. N'' IN,
Calais.
Sid 2sth, sch Henrietta, wkite, Gardiner.
PkOVlDENCE-Sld z7th, sch Trade Wind, Ingra-
ham, New York, Comet, Dow, do or CALAIS.
: NEW BEDFORD-Sld 2sth, sch Iona. Kendall, for
Bangor.
VINEYARD-HAVEN-Ar 9th, brig Ellen Ber-
nard Coombs, from Baltimore tor Boston; sch Grace
Webster, Hume, Georgetown Tor POI tland.
BOSTON-Ar 2Sth, sens Loretta Fish, Wiley bai-
timore; Susan Stetson, Yates, Philadelphia + Nell
son, holbIook, Port johnson. o.
Cid 18th, sch VIM Rowe, Whittemore' sanger
ties.
Ar 2sth, barque Ellen Stevens, Osgood, Santa An
dria; Nauseag, Kent, and Intrepid, jackson. rort-
Also ar 2sth, briggs Lizabel, Tabbutt, and Mary
Dana. ONeil, Philadelphia.
Cid 29th, scbs Dena Kinds, Wells, CALAIS; Abbie
ingalls,, ingalls,, Machas Iowa, Rich, and Hattie
Dodge, Kelley, Bangor, q Gould. BAKER, rort-
sALEM-Ar 18th, brig Matilda, Coombs. Eliza
bethp TT.
Az 2Sth. schs Emily Curtis. Torrey, Georgetown;
MARBLEHEAD-Sd 9th. sch Lizzie, Leighton
Calais; z II Maconber, Higgins, do.
NEWBURYPORr-S Sid 18th, sch New Zealand,
Lowe. Calais.
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Storage. AdVO7aces.

Storage to let in first class bonded warehouses on
Browns Wharf, and Merchants Wharf, and in Port
land Sugar Co.'S buildings York Danforth and Com
merCial Streets.
Advances made on property stored as above.
Apply to j. B. BROWN q SONS,
iy15sn 81 Exchange Street
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Free to Book Agents.

NJE will send hand ONE Prospec' us OF our
w NEW ILLUSTRATED FAMILY BIBLE
containing over 200 fine Scripture illus rations 10
any Book AGENT, Tree OF charg- Address NATION VI
PUBLISHING Co., Philadelphia, Pa. tst p3O dlw
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Ar at Bristol, f, 27th, ship Elcano, Brown, New
York. , -. -.
SID I'm st Jago 18th inst, brig M Tinker, ber-
nard North OF Hatteras.
Cid at Caibarren 18th INST, seb John LIBBY, Lib
by NYork; 18Th, orig Ihos Owan 1uptlil 90.
SD I'm Havana 18th, barque Lizzie, WoIt1n, unn
In port 2sd, hsraue Lizzie H jackson, MaIw'ek'
tor New York; Elba, Peterson fof uoj ols na'ahS'
BennIs, Hnc. - mi, -. -.
AR al Matanzas nth, brig Antilles Iaes'r1p, IRON
Portland. 18th. Shamrock, leighton. MaTrehes'
Sid 10Th, harque Acacia, Anderson BOSTON, H..
Ar at Sagua 18TH DaTque Dalng, McDonal = foIt-
land; 18th, sch Hattie Ross. Portland via BOstoh'
co at st John. n -, 2Ith inst, sch JonhSSn'
Mailman, Philadelphia.
SPOKEN.
1 London Tor New York
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Dr.. Charles Hutchinson,

opened an office at 65 Park street;
calls out OF town promptly attended. aug3lsnlm
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Lost!

~rrwEEN Rrackett street and Flrent Hall,
Is Russ,a Leather Mus h ,sa.' r. una, ked
ISOTTA OAKSMIIh. The amer "''' We s iewatS .
by leaving it ut the Advertiser o'A'''
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THE ONLY RAILWAY

CONNECTING THE UNITED states
Brunswick and Nova scotia) The population O. the
maritime Provinces is about ONE MILLION,
ana all the land travel freight, mails. &C., between
them and the UNI ed States, will pass over this Trunk
line. which is WsTh"Ur GOn PETl TlON
although not yet completed. the bgslness of the
roau is already far greater than its most sangune
friends predicted, and is continually increasing.
The net earnings from Local Business alone
on the Do miles com ii ted in Maine already exceed
tne interest on two and one quarter millions OF dol
lars, aud will be largely Increasing after sept ne IN
Dy the business 10 and from tue Provinces
10 complete this road, and to equip as fully as lts
present Large business and the m!0ed ate increase
consequent upon its completion, requires the Com
panv mas issued its Bonds 10 the amount of Two
Millions OF Dollars, secured by ~
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THE E. & N. A. RAILWAY is completed from
l. Bangor, Maine, TO st. John. New Brunswick,
distance OF 2c2 mes,-with the exception of So
mill between Winn, Me-. and he boundary line OF
the State at Vancebnro' Or this portion The track
is now icing la d, both from Vim eastward and
from Vanceboro' soest,card and the work will be
completed and trains running from Bangor to St.
John in September next.
dvuiil no
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$40 from SOS

retail easily for Ten Dollars. r. L. woLcoTT,N
M ATJH FREE. Prize CANDY Box. s. Prize Sta :
w tiqnary Packages, Cheap Jewelfy, &c. SILVER
Watches given gratis to every agent. $50 per day
made selliug our goods at COUNT Fairs apd Poltti, al
Meetinss, Send Tor circular, address, Muuroe, nen-
nelly q Co Pittsburgh, Pa. sep3, t4w
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Free Three Months on Trial.

a FRS LARGE QUARTU JOURNAL
IA "a coumbs. llIustrat. d. Or one year tor 81
cents, with Two bound &c ures BY James McCosh
DID,, LII D., and e. U. Haven. d. d.. Ii. d as pre-.
m1nms. Send name and address to PEOPLES
JOURNAL, 81 rIngfed, Mass. tsep3O-d4w
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saw NJ ill in Yarmouth for Sale or

IN good repair, plenty of business to DO an Ins
i time situated WI hin ten rods OF the wnsIl anu
within half a mile OF Grand trunk Depot, .Du one
ami half miles OF Portland & htnnt bee depot
For terms, &C. apply 20 ,,,, 1,,roou,b
sep29-w2w y. L.. ChAlon'
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PORT OF PORTLAND.


Friday, sept. 10.
ARRIVED.
Steamer New York, Winchester, Boston for East
Brig Jas Davis, Partridge. Philadelphia, -coal to
Randall MICA lister q Co.
Brig Eva N johnson. johnson, Philadelphia.
Sch Grace Webster, Hume, Georgetown-coal to
Rolling Mills.
Sch Alcyone, Davis. Georgetown-eoal to Rolling
Mills
Sch Warren Sawyer. McCobb, Georgetown-coal to
Sch Roamer, Foss. Philadelphia -coal to Evans &
Green.
Sch Martha Maria, Dean, Port Jchnson-coal to
Randall, McAlli,ter q Co.
Sch Bramha. Hamilton, New York-iron to Rol.
Sch Hughlett, Wells, Boston.
Sch Brill Brl Lpseit Boston, To load for st John.
Sch Duse Of Newcastle, BIZ Hunt Boston, to load
for st John. NIB.
Ar 26th-Sshs Chiffon, winsow. New York, with
coal to jackson g. Eaton; Forest, Mercer, Lynn, to
load Tor Boston.
Sch California, B0othby, Boston-Berlin Mills.
Sch Planet, tBr) Wilson. Woltslle, NS-John Por-
Sch Congress- Burnham, Bristol.
Brig Torrent. OF Portland, owned by j s winsow
q Co. has been thoroughly 0verhauled and repaired
during the past season. and is now nearly as go a.
new vessel She has been newly planxed outside
and coppered, and newly c.i!ed inside and treenaed
extended tour years. The brig Merriwa. owned By
the same parties. IS being Cverhaued and strengthen
ed and is to be put in thorough order Both vessels
taken up to load for Cuba.
Bell Boat has been placed ON South Breaker en-
trance to PenObscot Bay.
The new ship "Eric the Red built by Messrs g.
Sewall of Bath, cleared 18th Tor Philadelphia 10
load oil for Antwerp. She registers 1900 tons, and
rates Al IN French Lloys for II years The same
parties will launch another ship oil hoo tons early in
January.
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Agents, "oud AN Menu

/ OOK. This WAY FOR BUSINESS vito a GER
~ TAlNT4 ofcieari' & 81 10 400 pc M ou,h.
send us your names aud residences and tul ip-
formation @ill be forwarded. stst time 10 on.
crate - Fall md ssIofer. Apply at on e TO
u. u. GUERNSEY, Concord, N. d. tseI3. -d4w
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OK 600 was lately paid by Congress to q
GDc,OOO lady tor her bravery in saving
among them. s.ny apiivitv among the
sioux" price 81 20, is her wonderu SOW IN
dorsed by Chies, Army Officers, CoDgIessmen etc.
Agents will hLd book sal> like his. For ladies it
is particularly adanted ~ We charge nothing Tor
eircdlsrs with null inflrm Address NUT AL
PUBLISHING COMPANY, Haruord, Conn,
sep3O-d4Wt
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M A IL n L Il ID
ID L e ID
OF OCEAN sTEA N ERs

DEPARTUKE OF OCEAN sTEA N ER>
NAME. WHERE FROM. DESTINATION.
Prussan. ....... Quebec Liverpool Sept 80
Henry Chauncey.. New York. .Aspinwall Sept 81
Miniature Almanac. =. September 30.
sun rises. 5.56 Moon rses...., 100 Pm
sun Sets ............ 544 High water- lib Pm
MI a ri n u n EWE,
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VALIDITY OF CAR TICKETs.-Justice Fletch-
er. of Concord, N H., on Monday decided that
railroad tickets are good until used, though is
sued only for specified time. A passenger on
train from Vermont presented ticket issued
in Chicago, in June last, and marked "good for
thirty days. which the conductor refused to
take, and refusing to pay his fare, he was ar
rested on the arrival of the train at Concord
where the case was laid before Justice Fletch-
er, who decided that the ticket was good until
used, and the man was discharged.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY.

A correspondent of the Pennington Chron-
Gle relates story of misplaced confidence that
has lately come to light in town in that vi
cinity. 1t involves seduction and an attempt
at abortion. No names are given but the par
ties are said to be quite respectfully connected
The girl was only 16 years old. The young
man is to DO indicted.
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In reference to the cannon found in the river
at Bangor, last Monday. lady informs the
Whiy that it was taken from the same place
where many others we're found and raised in
former years, by men who used diving bell
after the old fashion. These pieces came from
the vessels of Commodore SaltonstalPs feet
which was defeated by Sir Georse Golfers
fleet at "Bagaduce" (now Castine), on or about
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FIRST & ONLY MORTGAGE
800, 900 Acres Of Land.
1000 Acres to each Mile

also pedged to ensure the payment thereof.
bear interest at NN0 > w.
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w A N II II h !

A CONVENIENT upper tenement Of six seven
q rooms. la central part OF city. Nus be in good
repair and nrst class in all respects. Rent from sIl5
10 S225. Address
sep29new1w P. o. BOX 1883.
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FROM NEW YORK.
rBY ASSOCIATED PRFss.I

TBY ASSOCIATED PREss.I
Exclusively to The Evening Teledrdph
Dedication of College Chapel.
NEW DIRK, May 1S.-The new chapel of the
Drew Theological Seminary, of Madison, n. j..
was dedicated yesterday. Bishop James preached
the sermon.
The miniature steamer
city of Rogusa
sails for Liverpool on Monday, with cargo of
five hundred bricks. and a crew of one man and
dog
Woman Suffro gists to the Fore.
The election judges of Hammonton, N. j.,
have all been arrested on the complaint of
women whose ballots we're rejected.
Fire at Franklin, Nj.
The store of Miner S Stiles, at Franklin, n.
j., was burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000.
Railway and Canal Alliance.
1t is reported that tripartite alliance has
been formed between Gould, Vanderbilt, and
Scott, by the terms of which the Delaware aud
Hudson Canal Company is to have monopoly
of the anthracite coal trade at all points on the
Erie and Central roads, and access to Albany,
Vanderbilt, Gould, and Scott to control all the
other traffic. thus making practical consolida-
tion of the three lines. 1t is further reported
that, for certain considerations threeVanderbilt
men will be admitted into the Erie directory.
Notice of registration at the Farmers Trust of
&c, 600 new shares, credited last winter, has, ac-
cording to report, been withdrawn.
Execution of RulIoT.
B1NGHAMToN, N. Y, May 1S.-Edward II.
Rulloff, who has for the third time been under
sentence of death, to-day expiated his last
crime on the gallows. At 10 o'clock over ten
thousand persons were outside the jail. At
1927 he was brought to the gallows.
On leaving the cell he said to the Sheriff
"You won't have any prayers or any - nom
sense, will you?" The Sheriff said, ''No." When
asked at the scaGfold if he had anything to say
he said, 'Not anything" His last words, while
standing trembling, was 81 can't stand still"
At II 81 the signal was given and the wretched
man was hung.
contortion was visible, though he deliberate
Iy put his hand in his pocket. In 25 minutes
the body was taken down.
Murderer Respited.
FONDA, n. Y, May 1S.-Eacker, the murderer
of the school teacher Thompson, will not be
executed until the Goth inst.
The Key West Telegraph Cable.
New YORK, May 1S.-A despatch dated at
sea May II. from the Scientific Corps, United
States steamship Bibb, in latitude 25 deg. 10
min. Sec. longitude 81 deg. 80 min, says the
laying of the International ocean telegraph
cable from Punta Rosa to KeyWest Colonel w.
H. Heiss, superintendent is SO far a perfect
success.
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THE OIL REGIONS.
The Biggest Find Yet-A FOur Hundred
Barrel Well Struck.


Barrel Well Struck.
The Titusville Courier of Monday says:-A
new flowing well on the Angel Prentice tract
at Foster was struck on Saturday morning.
When the drill had pierced the third sand to
depth of three feet an immense reservoir of oil
and gas was opened, which instantly stopped
operations and forced stream of oil up through
the well and far above the derrick. The volume
of gas was immense, and that spreading in every
direction was at once ignited by the fire in the
boiler, and the workmen barely escaped with
their lives from the explosion and confagration
that ensued.
Everything about the we'll was of course con-
sumed, but fortunately no person was injured.
Efforts were at once begun to eXtinguish the
flames, and in this the men were twice success
full but the heated casing in each case rekindled
the fire at the next flow. The discharge of OIL
in a stream the full size of the casing, occurred
ut intervals of about ten minutes, so that no
time elapsed in which TO cool the casing, and it
was feared that the only way would be to fill the
well-with water. This well is known as num-
ber eleven, and is the sixteenth that Las been
drilled on the property, fifteen of which have
been good paying wells. The amount of oil
lost by the fire is of course not known, but the
well bids fair to be one of the best now in ope-
ration.
The same paper of yesterday says:-The well
which was on fire on Saturday is probably the
biggest one we have recorded for a long time.
The fire was finally eXtinguished Saturday
afternoon, and the well has since flowed q large
amount of oil; at least four hundred barrels a
day, probably much more.