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Prealdent GRANTS War on IIayti.

.. NEW YoRK, August o.
A Port au Prince letter Of the 18th ult.
says President Baez, Of San Domingo,
is distributing among the Haytian inslr.
gents, partlsans 81 tho late President Sal.
nave, arms and munitions Of war, which
have been received from New York and
that the Haytian Government, in retalia.
tlon, have ordered 5000 troops TO the iron.
tier, with orders TO make reprisals and
shoot every one found under arms. Baez,
in his recent engagement with Cabrai
at San Juan, took fourteen prisoners, all
OF whom he shot Immediately, but four
days after Cabral retook San Juan, and
reinforced and supplied II with arms. He
will establish provisional government in
the south Of the Island, and at once com.
mence more active operations against
Bae2.
The crops in IEayti all promise large
Weld r. r".
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Murder at Burlington, Iowa.

DOhHiN"lONI hugubI T.
About three o'clock this morning n
negro entered the residence Of a German
named sairer, living in the southern part
Of the city, i Is supposed for the purpose
OF stealing, but seeing q young girl lying
on the bed he determined TO execute a
darker purpose. His efforts TO crafty his
passions aroused the girl and she scream.
ed for her father, who was sleeping down
stairs. The old gentleman proceeded nm
stairs, followed by his wife and A Young
boy. The wife carried n lamp, which en-
abled the negro 10 locate them. As thew
assembled the stairs he drew a pistol and
fired, the ball entering the head Of the old
man, killing him instantly. The negro
then made his way out Of the house and
He'd and has not yet been heard Of. sairer
leaves family Of three children to mourn
their loss
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ENGLAND.
LONDON, Augusta.
MOYements Of MinIster Schenck.

LONDON, August D.
Movements Of Minister SChenCk.
Lady Franklin has paid several visits tc
the American artist, Badhrld, and has
given q banquet In his honor.
Minister SchenCk will be the guest Of
Commodore Asbury Thursday next, and
will subsequently make u cruise IN his
yacht Liv0na. Mr.. SChenck will there.
after visit Switzerland.
The yacht, Alive, belonging to Sutton.
beat, and the Livonia, belonging to As.
bury, ran race yesterday for the Prince
OF Wales challenge cup.
The Duke Of Argyle will preside at the
Glasgow centennial celebration Of the
birth Of Sir Walter Scott.
Thomas Hughes, NJ. p. for Frome has
been prostrated by u sudden Illness.
The American ship, Southampton,
which was ready to sail for New York
with a cargo Of coal, was burned at Liver.
pool this morning.
lhe British irOn.Clal Il igate, Warrior
which was ashore near Legli0rn, Inns been
got off and towed TO Spcz2ia lor repairs.
In the House Of Commons to-day, Il
was voted to postpone until the next sea.
sion of Parliament all questions of reform
In the statute laws ol the United King.
dom
Prince lInmhert, oI Italy, is about to
visit England,
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Railway Accident In New Jersey.
NRU Voyr An.,,..

a train on the Now Jersey Southern
kailrond, from Long Branch, consisting
OF iiIleen cars, and containing number
o OF IN Iho "3d regiment from Brooklyn, and
2,OO0 persons from the races, ran of The
track near ThompSon's station. Two cars
were wrecked and q number Of the pas.
aengers slightly injured. The cause Of
tlo accident has not been ascertained, but
II iS known that there was no bell rome
extending through the entire train.
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Long Branch Races.

LoNG BRANCH, Augusta ..
The national stceple chase o.day, bapdi.
cap, ior all ages, about throo miles, was
won ny King John, beating Vosuyius
and Melesian, and dIstancing Jim Tjsdaie
~ tno nahulcap race, Tor purse Of 500,
ii ncst IN l;OOt 1921 and 2;02i, the first
neat having been q dead one with Oll.
may; Dalnter third and Gage dIStanCed
ID inc first heat. The selling race Tor a
purse OF $500, all ages. two mile dash
was won by Doctor In 1853, beating
Aureola, Fayoritc, lmpecunious, Astron6.
mer, Gerald and Heenan. The Consols.
llon purse of $500, all ages, mile and a
nali Z heats, was won by Nellie Rnsonl in
Sl0t, beating Madame Dudley, Bulletin,
Aureoln and Astronomer
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NEW ORLEANS.

New ORLEANS, August g..
Two companies Of federal troops arrived
here yesterday evening. Their object is
SAID To be the preservation ri order on
wednesday. Their presence exCites much
conjecture ... :
Denchaubs pavilion lake. at the end or
,he Ponchartraln Railroad, was burned
last evening. Loss $l1 900; no insurance.
The first bale Of the new crop Of Lonis.
lana cotton was received yesterday even.
ing. IL was raised by Charles A. pierson.
near the mouth of Cave river Tic Nat.
chitoches parish cotton crop along the Red
river looks better than was expected after
the spring rains. II is believed that n fair
crop will he made in the river parishes.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
Proposed Tunnel Through the sierra
Nevada.


SAN FhANcIsCO, August 4.
Col. Won Schmidt Is negotiating in be.
y hali Of the Lake TahO Water Company
: WIN the Central Pacific Railroad, to con-
/, structa tunnel through the Sierra Nevada
: OF sulncient size 10 admit the passage of
trains and u canal This would save
The road seven miles distance, OOO feat
ascent and descent, and Obviatc the snow
ceed ~ 'Ne'
ihe report of the formal transfer OF the
Oalllornia Pacific To the Central Is prema.
lure: The management will not change
untll about tho first Of September, the Ia.
gal obstacles having all been removed
The sale of lots In Gerba Bucua Plaza
by the new City Hall Commissioners, will
positively take place on the l4th inst,
The transfer Of the California Pacific
railroad and property to the Central Pa.
citio is completed, and the relaying OF tho
valley and Sacrament0track with heavier
rails has commenced.
Ex-GoV. Bigler, who Is in diving con.
ultlon from dropsy at Sacramento, was
tapped yesterday.
Inc female suilragists OF San Francisco
anu stockton arc arranging To bring suits
against the county clerks Tor refusing 10
register them as voters under tho CORsti.
tuition oil the United States.
Several highway rObberies are reported
Rt Eureka, Nevada.
There was tremendous hail storm in
the Vicinity Of Walla Walla, OREGON. on
Saturday, doing much damage to the
growing crops and fruit.
A land grant of 100000 acres TO the
willamette Valley d. Cascade Mountain
Figon Railroad hRs been sold to parly of |
Nan Francisco capitalists.
SAN Francisco, August O. 9
The Italian demonstration in hon. i
or OF the occupation of Rome as /
Ihe capitol Of Italy, which was a
looked forward to with some nm. C
prGhensl0n, Is passing to-day In perfect I
order. The procession was one of Inc r
most tasteful and brilliant ever seen here. il
There were no inscriptions calculated 10 a
Wound tho religious feelings of Catholics Q
'lsible. The Italian and American tIags C
we're carried side by side, and each divis. .
on OF the German and Swiss rifle compa. u
lies also carried their national flags. A ei
e,mlplo OF liberty with young ladies dress. o
. IN national Colors, representing united "
IIaly In full rugged shi ip and car, with al
tome surmountGd by wolf sucking q
Iomulus and Remus, were among the len. b
lFes OF the procession. Tho police had nj
lade extra preparations, but up to this CO
me there Is not tho slightest necessity for $.
heir interference. G.
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BUFFALO.


Gov Hoffman will deliver the opening
address of the International Industria
exhibition in this city, September 18th.
The celebrated trotting mare Purity
while exercising on the driving park
dropped dead from heat disease, Sbt
was entered for n 2:24 and 2:3O race ter
thousand dollar purse at the time of tbt
accident. She had trottcd over the track
at 2;25 and was on the second round on n
22O gait. Goldsmith's Maid made 2.igI
this morning while exercising.
The first entire negro jury ever held in
Erie county, tried two notorious negro
prostitutes yesterday and cleared them.
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GheGnteltiqence1:
The Late Alice CaTY-.A Story Told
of an Early disappointment.

UIulH lHf WANAku INVPANAl All Auks x,
When the Cary sisters made their tlrst
pilgrimage to the Eastern literary Mecca
RUFUS WilmOt GriswOll was among their
earliest acquaintances, This gentleman
was II prominent HftGrGtCur when men Oi
letters were less numerous in New York
than at present. He was born in Benson,
VI, in 1916, and was, consequently, but
about five years the senior 0t the elder
sister, Having been educated US u printer,
he became succcssively Baptist preach.
Gr, q Journalist, and an author In the
wider field OF letters, he should be spoken
Of rather as q compiler than as an author.
lie published various collections Of the
prose and poetry of England and Ameri-
ca, and, in connection with other authors,
several works of popular biography. No
one was better acquainted with the state
Of the literary market, or with the pub
fishers of the Metropolis, than Mr.. Girls.
void
The two rural dcvOtees Of literature
from the Far West were strangers, and
needed chdpCT0RC. lie came To the res.
cue lie gave them space in his books,
battered them, encouraged their hopes,
and assisted in finding q market for their
wares, Toward Alice he more especially
inclined. Their first acquaintance ripen.
ed into friendship, friendship into intimacy
and intimacy into love. II was said that
At last the parties were sOlcmnly alllanCed.
This was nearly twenty years ago, and
Alice had then passed thirty. He was
still older, and would seem to have passed
the bounds of juvenile folly, II those
bounds are ever passed by man. But he
was a btCtze citizen Of the world, and she
was quiet, retired, sensitive, domestic and
unassuming. Trouble came between the
TWO In the shape Of u woman Of society
externally more attractive than Alice
Cary. The engagement was broken, and
Alice, conCealing her sorrows, kept her.
self more closely at home, and turned her !
attention more assiduOusly TO her special
lab0rs. Tho story needs not 10 be fully :
detailed here. II has been told over and /
over again, ever since the world has had B
a literature. .'.0- n
Several years passed, and In 1857 Rufus ',
Wilmot Griswold lay dying OF a lingering 81
disease in the metropolis in poverty and .C
alone. His literary ventures had brought -
remuneration, and he had o,'
lived life which II was not altogether OF
pleasant TO look back upon. But tic sis. "
crs had made many friends, and been rca- "
'onably blessed by fortune. The injured n
woman forgot her wrongs, and lorgave P'
he past with q readiness characteristic of =,
ler sex. She came again to the bedside II
# the man who had so grieVOusly dc. c'
'Cvcd her, and watched with him day
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Weather Report.
,.-- WAR DEPARTMENT,
oIEIgE ! l,I;,5,!lF OF THE CnrEF si0NAL OPPioEI,,

"a, opRInE OF THE CnIEF SI1RAL OPPfCRn.
"AShNuTON' ID. a., hnk. u-T1O r. IL
SYNOPSIS FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS
The barometer has fallen slightly since
saturday afternoon at the Rocky Noun.
tain stations; has risen but Is now again
falling north Of Nebraska and Illinois,
ihe area of low barometer which was
then on the coast OF New England has
probably moved nOrtheastward The
temperature remains generally without
material change. SOuthwesterly winds
continue on the Atlantic coast eScentinC
New England, where northwestern. vest.
erly winds have been more common. COlI
rains have fallen in tho Mississippi Valley.
Probably cloudy and pleasant weather
now prevails from Minnesota to Central
Missouri eastward Othe Atlantic, Threat.
enlng and rainy weather Is reported from
Louisiana to Florida and North Carolina,
n .... u. PROBABILITIES.
The barometer will probably fail from
Michigan 10 Nebraska and nothward, and
continue highest over Pennsylvania and
Virginia. Local rains will probably nre.
vail Monday from Louisiana TO Florida
On the gulf coAst, and the condition rC.
mains favorable for local storms In the al. |
lernoon from Missouri to Michigan. Par.
Tally cloudy and pleasant weather ia
for tho North and Eastern States |
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ael McQuAde Is supposed to be another
victim Of the disaster. He was found in
the North river.
Madame Louise Lichtway ollera her
services and those of her entire company
Tor a Performance in the German Opera
for the benefit Of the surviving sufferers
Arrived the City of Brussels,
The travels on the Staten Island Terry
boats to-day are perceptibly influenced BY
the disaster There were not half as
many passengers as ON previous SUNDAYS.
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STEAMBOAT EXPLOSIONS.
More Lives Lost by the Westfield than
BY all Other Explosions In Two

'H'N"IONb august T.
The record Of steamboat boiler explo,
sions, kept in the office Of the Board Of
Supervising Inspectors in the Treasury
Department, shows that there were more
lives lost by the Westfield disaster than
by oil the steamboat explosions which
have occurred in either Of tho two past
years. In 1869 there were 81 lives lost
by explosions on steamers Of Of all char.
acters, including river, lake and ocean
craft, and in 1870 the number was "a, of
which '3 were passengers and 81 crew.
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ARKANSAS.
LITTLE Rock., August i

LITTLE Rock, August 8.
hlessrs. Brooks and Hodges, tho leaders
oi the opposition faction to Senator CLAY.
ton, left for Monticello last evening 10 see
Fulton, who was shot on the 1st, and who
IS q leading colored man Of their party
following special.
.f "PfNE BLUFF, ARK, August 8.
A man just in from Monticello reports
that E. A. Fulton is still alive, and hopes
are entertained Of his recovery. Morris
was released under $4,000 bonds, and Muir.
JAIL"
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CANADA.
over the Cuban RnIISt-
nlents,


MONTREAL, August b
Great excitement In rcgurd to the Gu.
ban enlistments continues. Two Quebec
fllibusters named Genereaux and Mer.
tlreau have peached on their comrades,
Fillibusters Of Montreal, and on applica.
tlon Of the Spanish Consul at Quebec,
Judge Doueet forthwith issued warrants
at Quebec for the apprehension Of Major
VIM. Robinson and James L. Stevens,
both members OF the Prince HWales Rifles
here. The cases were before court, when
Stevens was held for further evidence nnd
Major Robinson admitted to bail for his
appearance and examination.
ADMINISTRATION ol the charges against
the alleged Cuban fllibusters Il proceed.
ing. to-day before the Police Magistrate
with closed doors. It appears that the
testimony against Major Robinson Is not
OF q serious character and II Is quite in.
sufficient for his detention In custody
The whole affair is regarded as a fine
farce.
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Landing GoodS on the Northern Bor.
der.
WASHINGTON AuOus,

~, NN"hiNuION, Augusta.
The question has arisen whether for.
eelgn goods can be landed In tine United
states, on the northern frontier, at place
where there Is no custom house officer to
make an inspection. II Is thought that
this would be contrary to law, and render
the goods liable to seizure. The Secretary
Of the Treasury will decide the question
fO.daY
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Asteamer on the Mouth of the Ohio
7.It Rock. ..-

/ The steamer John Kyle, which left here
Mt o'clock tonight, ran onto the famous
rock at the mouth OF the Ohio She blew
signal Of distress, and the steamer Belle,
Of Memphis, and tug boat went 10 her
assistance. A party Just from the boat
reports her aa having run her hull upon
the rock, but no water in the hold. We
cannot learn the extent Of the damage
tonight,
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A Monument to Vallandlsham.

~, UINLINNATIi Angust ..
The friends Of Clement l.. Vallandic.
ham held meeting at Dayton yesterday,
and appointed committee to report a
plan for erecting suitable monument to
his memory.
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WASHINGTON.
Executive Appointments.

WASHINGTON, August o.
The President has appointed Matthew
McDougal U, s. Consul 10 Dundee Scot
land and JnO. G. Stevens and Oresta,
Cleveland, of New jersey, and Thos n
Caldwell, OF Tennessee, Commissioner,
OF those States to the Centennial Na.
tlonal Anniversary ut Philadelphia
THE DAILY BULLETIN ABouT rLEAsoN.
..s9 TON. s.tt'5t
y NEwYoRk, August 3.
Private adviCes indicate the rcportel
change in the Revenue COmmlg3ionershiD
as likely to occur within lew days, but
that no selection Of n successor OF Com.
missioner PleasontOn has been made. Ur.
gent representations have been received
IRON influential parties In the West
ana border Southern States ia behalf of
Vol ''iYen for the Commsslonershlp.
TIE Ku.KLUx INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, August /.
The kuKluX Investigating Committee
Today concluded the examination Of the
witnesses In attendance, and took n recess
until september 2. Among the list OF
witnesses was Lieutenant Geo. A. Pickett
Of the 10Th U, 5. Infantry, who has for
some time been in command of letach.
ment of troops in Potot0c and Monroe
counties, Miss. lie testified that lie Ku.
hIuX organization existed In five of the
northeastern counties OF Mississippi and
On the border of Alabama, TO which he
believed II was confined. In tho former
State the purpose Oi the Ku.Klux was 10
ntimidate the colored voters, and drive
1nt the northern men from that section.
INllhin the knowledge Of the witness,
lley mad murdered nine negroes in Mon.
Oe county in the four months he had
Ieen stationed there. He believed that
ne presence of troops had a good effect
n that vicinity. {
POSTAL DECISION. )
WASHINGTON, August @.
The Commissioner of Patents Yesterday c
eCIded that no party Is entitled as Of
ght to cover in single patent more r
IAN ono article Of manufacture unless the d
'Veral improvements presented are neces.
lrlIy related to or connected with each r
lher, In other words, as many applica. Il
ons must be filed as there are distinct I
atures In the invention. O
FIRST CLAIM FILED. ~
The first claim against the United Y
.ates filed with the British agent In this iic
W under the treaty Of Washington, is ic
at OF James Crutchall, q resident ofthls y
istrict involving large sum of money. d
Q Is British subject, and our Govern. ~
ent at the commencement of the war nj
lied his Mount Vernon cane factory, 2!
ar the railroad depot, for military pur. II
seS, by which the machinery was ren. i,
red useless and a profitable business y.
Operty. ~ " -"'' aV
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InE Hon, II. l.. Goodwin, Of Connect.
guy, is a phenomenon Of legislative hon,
sly whose example Is too refreshing to
ESs lmnotiCed. He was elected TO The
IoN9nccllcnt Legislature, but did not take
m al' Sat until late, and when payday came
,ir, %g reused to take compensation for the
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SPAIN.

MADRID, August O.
-Four newly discovered accompllces In
the assassination Oi Marshal Prime have
been summoned to trial. Among them il
an d.de.camp Of the Duke de NTontpen.
sier. Duke lInnScly has been summoned
as A witness.
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IRELAND.

LONDON, August ".
The authorities in Dublin have forbid
den the holding Of a public meeting callet
for tho purpose Of demanding the releasl
Of the Irish political offenders.
GREAT RIOT IN DUBLIN.
fDUBLIN, August G--Eyenine.
In spite Of the prohibition ,oi tho aIl.
thOritIes, the friends of amnesty attempt.
ed TO hold meetings this afternoon in
Phmnix Park Mr.. Smyth, member ID
Parliament, Mr.. Sullivan, editor of the
Nation, and Mr.. John Sullivan Byrne ol
tho IrtImdn, entered tho park with a
large crowd. Police Superintendent Haw,
standing on Wellington Monument, or.
dered Smyth and his followers to desist,
when he was hurled to the bottom of the
monument and barbarously maltreated
fearful riot ensued. The police charged
upon the mob and beat and kicked men
women and children unfortunately.
The fight lastcd half an hour, when The
police, having been reinforced, succeeded
In dispensing the rioters. 5myth, Sulli.
van and man named Nolan were badly
Over one hundred Of the
wounded have been taken to hospitals.
The authorities are firm In their determi.
nation to prevent any meeting, and the
eaders Of the attempt to-day wifi he prose.
'nted w. ',It.
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The New Railroad Hotel at Cumber-
land.


The new railroad lotel at Cumberland
Nd, in process of erection by the Balt
more n Ohio Railroad, Is to be d substan
tial and splendid building, The Macy
saysOf H. er
The foundations are laid with hard
brick and cement, making wall twenty.
six inches in thickness. The bed for the
foundations had oil been first undcrdraincd
by brick arChed sewers, most substanti.
ally constructed, which gives bottom
Tree from dampncss and perfectly solid
Besides which brick wall, several feet
from the main building wall, extends all
around the entire structure, which, with
the sewers, protects the foundation and
basement floors from all moisture what.
ever, and also gives ventilation to all tho
lower story which is under ground A
large proportion Of the walls Of the build.
ing are now up 10 the heighth of the
basement story. The brick used in tho
construction are of the best character and
are Of picked quality. The masonry
WORK H. all laid In cement, no lime what.
ever being used. The sand used with the
cement Is brought from the line of the
Washington Branch Railroad near Wash.
'ngton city. 1t is considered the best
mortar sand to be used in connection with
cement to be found in the United States.
The cut stone for the steps and door.sills
: Of granite, and is brought from near
EIlIcotts Mills; also, some very superior
lime stone, cut for the same purpose, is
brought from the line of the Winchester
railroad, In fact everything that goes
INTO the construction Of this fine building
Fof first. class quality, and what cannot
he found here the company send else.
where for. The hotel will not be com.
pIctcdbelore next spring.