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SGrennde and speech OF Senator
.... FGntOn. .....
NIAGARA FALLS, July 25.

NIAGARA FALLS, July 70.
Senator FehtOn was serenaded this
evening at the Cataract Hotel. A crowd
of 1900 persons were assembled. In 70.
spOnse to calls the Senator appeared, and
in tue course Of bis remarks said "We
arc approaching period which will de.
CldC the political direction ol the nation
for coming years. Meanwhile we have
important State interests to secure. II
VIC were simply Indifferent and In need
only Of some fresh incentive rs that which
springs from fresh alarm and danger
tho recent occurrences In the great city
Of our State and country, would furnish
Il. will not now speak Of blunder and
reprOot, but am sure wo must all feel
tho Importance Of the acting in union and
using moro determined efforts to tho end
that the civil authority may DO entrusted
TO those who will strive NJ all times to en-.
sure full protection 10 the constitution
and laws, and administer the public affairs
in the spirit and integrity of our free pop.
ular government II should be Of little
moment who occupy the official positions,
or enjoy the favor Of the Federal patron.
age, SO Tint they arc capable and honest
men, who iorcibly and efficiently reflect
good faith and sound principles ol
the party. II Is to be hoped how.
ever that nothing growing out Of
this or other matters will impair the zeal
of any one for tic success Of Republican
principles, and All earnest desire to co.
operate with each other and every mem.
Der Of the party to httain II. l have been
credited In somc quarters with entettaing
special concern us 10 the personally Of the
next presidency, with desire to give the
nomination 10 this or that particular cause.
The suggestion misconcieves my feelings.
However unitnportant my opinion and
expression may be, I llavU no other wish
than that the candidate be one who most
fully embodics Republican principles, and
Is best capable Of leading our forces to
victory"
Profoundly impressed rs ! am with
tho supreme Importance ol perpettiatlng
the administration oi the general policy
advocated and maintained by the Repub.
lican party. I shall for my humble part,
cordially unite in whatever seems best
calculated 10 ensure this end"
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From Indian Territory,

LITTLE Rock, ARK, July %.
A gentleman who arrived at Fort
Smith on the 22d from the Indian country
says: The 0sages arc on the war.patli.
On the 18th party started on an expedi.
tion ostensibly for buffalo hunting, return.
ed couple Of days after with three white
scalps and horses loaded down with plum.
der, and that they had attacked some
train and been successful in their raid.
A big row, resulting in The death of
two Indians and one colored man, took
place a few days ago at Smith Pauls
place, two miles west Of Fort Arbuckle.
There was q camp meeting going on Of
colored peopleIand Indians, when several
bad characters made their appearance
with whisky, q number OF Indians md
Colored men getting drunk q fight cnsucd
with tho above result.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
The Amador Co. Miners Riots.
SAN FpANn1srn .Inlv 04

The miner strikers outrages In Amador
county have been renewed Hatch, book.
keeper Of AmAdor mine, has been lnur.
dered. Troops will probably be sent
there again tomorrow.
The Miners League have lnaugurated
a reign Of terror In Amador county.
Gangs Of masked men were last night
searching for the officers Of the different
mining companies, to murder them. The
officers Of the Amador company, with a
force Of men not belonging to the League,
are besieged, but are determined to hold
out TO the utmost, Z. E. Hatch, book.
keeper of the Amador mine, was assassin.
ated by the Leaguers, but he in turn shot
MCMewany, one of the leaders of tho
League. The extent Of the trouble Is i'm.
known, as the operators arc not allowed
by the mob 10 communicate freely.
Troops will be ordered from different
points Immediately.
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enter into navigable waters of the United
States for purposes oil trade and com.
mGrce, that moment they become liable
TO all the provisions Of tho navigation
laws, and to the payment OF an alien ton.
mage tax, if without proper marine pa.
pers.
Secretary Boutwell, Is preparing a
special opinion, which will probably be
promulgated tomorrow, relative to the
Kentucky war indemnity claim.
Judge Lindley, Of the Circuit Court, in
the case Of Miller vs.. Bradstreet's Com.
mercial Agency, decided to-day not to
dissolve tho injunction as asked by the
defendant, on the ground that the plaintiff
has adequate remedy In a suit for dam.
ages, the defendant being insOlvent and
his principal a nonresident Of the State.
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NEW YORK CITY.

: NEW YORK, July 20,
Peter NIcCann was arrested in Newark
Yesterday charged with numbering hi'
daughter.
The w0rkingmen ol lLis city have re-
solved TO hold parade and indignation
mass meeting some time in September, as
y protest against the nOn.eniOTCement Ol
the eight hour law.
President Hilton iai,l before tho cXecu-
tive committee Of the NiaduCt Railway
yesterday the views Of the engineer Of the
board un various interests and matters
connected with It's successful operation
when completed. They decided against
extending the main branch line 10 the
Battery, but recommended the COnstruC-
tiOn of branch road to the South Ferry,
with depot at Wall or Pine streets, pro.
yidCd the down town merchants arc will
Ing to subscribe tho necessary capital
The surveys Of tho main stem are almost
completed. The report removes Oll doubt
Of the possibility OF building such road
along the selected route. Subscriptions
have been liberal, and that Of five million
dollars by the city has been secured ac-
COrdiDg to law. The estimated cost Of the
road Is S6O,0O00OO. Tho gross annual re-
Ceipts from the eastern branch is estimated
Nt $O,500,000. ..
Baron SChlahGr, tho new Minister Of
tho rth.German Confederation, arrived
here yesterday from Europe,
The United States steamer Congress,
sailed this moring for Baillns Bay, with
supplies Tor Captain Halls Arctic expedi.
llOn, The Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania
y Reading Railroad, have purchased for
Sal 900, 300 acres 0fland at Perth Am.
berry, Now Jersey, with an extensive wa.
ter mont to be used for the construction
ol docks, and as y shipping port for the
coal traffic Of the road.
Henry Coulter and James Kaye, jr., oil
who with the BugrGn broth.
crS, will make the champion American
crew, for the worlds rcgGtta at Halifax,
arrived In this city today, and will go
into training. Coulter states
the Is determined to get on the single scull
race with Renforth, the English cham
piOn, at Halifax.
Henry LOngstati another Of the rioters,
died last night, making the total number
OfvlCtlms thus far illty.two. ....
John Eellum, q well known architect,
died this morning al Hampstead, Long
Island, Of pleurisy contracted while on a
yachting excursion lew days since, He
was archetect Of the Brooklyn City Hall,
New York Herald building, Stewards re'
tall store and Women's Hotel on 4th
avenue, aud had till lately been in Stew.
arts exclusive employ OF experimenting
extensive improvements and building |
Rt Hampstead Plains. He
leaves fortune Of million dollars.
Tho parents of Susan Ann Masterson,
whose disappearance and supposed alb.
ducton from her home in Williamsburg,
six years ago, she being then twelve years
old and created great excitement, received
this morning u letter from Baltimore from
tho girl herself, saying she was almost
henrtbroken, and begging her friends TO
come 10 her rescue. This letter was the |
first intelligence her parents had received
of her fate, though she had previously
written five letters. Communications are |
already had with the Baltimore police for |
Tho recovery Of the girl.
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FIattering Crop Prospects out West

The reports from the Western States
regarding the corn crop are very aatter.
ing; not only 10 there 0 larger acreage
than ever before, but its growth Is better
than usual, and It Is fully TWO weeks more
forward than last year, when II will be
remembered It ripened much earlier than
usual. A large part Of the crop Is already
40 far advanced that II Is out danger Of
uhflvonblG weather. This insures fat
hogs Tor the coming packing season, and
the reports regarding the number of them
Is that the country Is fairly swArming, not
withstandlng the unprecedented number
Of summer hogs which have been sent 10
market Wheat, oats, rye, barley and
potatoes are abundant, and, with cheap
living, the country can not help being
prospemus- Cincinnati Gazette.
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NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, July 95.

NEW ORLEANS, July 20.
The. City Council to-day, by a vote Of
five TO three, adopted resolution remov.
Ing from office Recorders Staes, Of the
I'd district, and Dumont, of tho 9th dis.
trict; also that the Governor be notified
Of the vacancies created In these offices
No cause Is assigned for tho removals, but
II Is said that Gov. Yarmouth directed
them because he believed these persons
opposed bis administration.
A shoe store on Dumaln and Charles
streets was last night burglarized OF goods
valued at $1,000, Tho goods were wag.
oned off the premises. Two metropolitans
on that beat, who didn't sec II, have been
suspended.
Frederick Seymour, second officer Of
the New York steamship Ladona, fell
overheard and was drowned on the 18th
inst, of Frying.pan shoal.
The weather for tho last two days has
been cool and pleasant.
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Are the Democrats Conslstent9


To the Editors OF tho lntelligencer;
The township system of West Virginia
has been branded by the Democrats as
one of the Curable weaknesses Of our pres.
ent Constitution. The panacea, however,
for this incubus Democratic synonym for
township SYSTEM has not as yet been pro
scribed. But whatever 1t may be, Its CT.
feet, II ever administered, which Is doubt
ful, will be in all probability the complete
looping oil OF this obnoxious and burden
some GXeCrcSCenCC Of our State govern
ment
This incipient hostility (sco Register Of
late date on the part Of the Democrats
lays them open to the not unireQuent,
and not always grOundless, charge Of tar.
nishing that gem consistency This ale.
cation Is made on the assumption that
centralized gOvernment-againSt which
Democrats declaim-is opposed TO such
diiIllsCd popular government rs that i'm.
prOviScl by the township Systcm-tO
which system also the Democrats appear
to be- equally as adverse us 10 lis M.
tipodo Capitalization Consistency would
seem to demand that tho opponents Of
CentralizatiOn should be the unComprOmis.
ing champions Of that form Of govern.
ment that comes into the closest and most
extensive contact with the masses Of the
people. The administration Of the local
affairs Of the people by the people them.
selves Is certainly OF the most approved
democratic orthodoxy.
Are the Democrats, then, in opposing
Capitalization and tho township system
Inconsistent or notY '7 vi.
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THE DARIEN CANAtD-By the route
which Commander sclitidge regards as
'he most promising the projected ship
canal would require nine locks ON the At.
anIic side and thirteen on the Pacific,
zach Of ten iect lifl; besides which would
Ne required an open cut two hundred feet
long, and worst ofall, a tunnel four miles
long through which the largest sized
merchantmen might be taken, with
'opmasts housed. The uniform depth
o' the canal being supposed to be 90 feet,
,he depth Of this enormous tunnel would
nave TO be llG feet, or 90 feet above the
water line, The cost Is estimated by
commander Bclfride at l$i06,00O0O0
SlIh 25 100000 for contingencies, max,
10y 100000 in all To pay per cent
interest on this investment, saying nothing
W W current eqpenses, would require tolls tC
,ae amount Of S524O per annum. II d
proposed to have Great Britain join the
I'M Sa'Ied States in guarantyiDg interest on
'ne capital needed,
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One Way to Collect a Debt.

I| ST. Louis, July 25.
At Menedosa, Illinois, yesterday, VIM
Edmondson, q son Of an old resident Of
that place, dunned Mr.. Hockwith, of
Brown county, for small sum Of money.
Hockwith denied the debt, whereupon
Edmondson struck him n tremendous
blow on the neck with brass knuckles,
breaking tho spinal column and killing
him instantly. An attempt was made to
arrest Edmondson, but being armed he
resisted successfully and escaped. Hook.
with leaves family.
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BosTON, July 26.
AtmeetiDg held in this city, yesterday,
In which the central branch Of ihe Union
Pacific, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
Hannibal, st. Joe, Chicago & Southwest.
ern, AtChlson, Topeka, Santa Fe Rail.
roads were represented, IL was agreed to
construct bridge across the Missouri
river at Atchison, the work 10 be com.
menced Immediately. The Central Branch
Company has made an announcement 10
extend their road up the Republican river
toconnCct with the Union Pacific at one
hundrrth meridian.
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SPAIN.
MADRID, July %

Poi. MADRID, July 20,
The spanish government has, upon the
application OF General sickles, authorized
Senor Lopez Roberts, Spanish Minister to
the United States, TO act according to tho
CLAUSE of the treaty of Washington which
provides for the appointment OF u mixed
commission Of three for tho settlement OF
the claims Of American citizens against
Great Britain. SenOr Roberts has also
received authority to exercise tho func-
tiOns Of third commissioner, or umpire,
to which he has been elected. The
Spanish government, In friendly reply
to Gen. Sicklcs, has declared that il Is not
unwilling 10 adhere to- tho neutrality
laws, as laid down in the treaty ot Wash.
ingt0n
y |.. LONDON, July -,
Dispatches from Madrid in relation to
the recent Ministerial crisis have been
somewhat confused; for Il now appears
TINT the members of tho Cabinet formed
by Marshal SerranO have taken tho oath
Of Office. Tho Minister Of War acts rs
Minister Of State dd interim. Many Of
the Spanish officials have rendered their
designations
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The Oldest Bible Yet.

Vim, G. Olney, of this city, sends us
for examination Bible that Is older
than any wehave yet seen. Tho first few
leaves are gone, but otherwise II Il in fair
preservation. 1t is 270 years old, having
been printed in Queen Elizabeth's reign,
consequently before the King James trans.
lation, (1SOlD } now used by the Protestant
churches, On the title page TO the New
Testament we read; "Tho New Testa.
ment ofovr Lord Iesys Christ, Translated
Ovt ot Greeke by Theed. Beza. Wherevnto
are Adloyned Breeie Summaries Of Doc.
trine vpon Euangellsts and Actes of the
Apostles" &C.; Imprinted at London, by
the Deputies Of Christopher Barker, Prin.
ter II the Quenes most excellent Majestic,
Ammo 1922 =. ~
On the blank leaves, after the Old Test.
ament wo find tho names, In old hand.
writing, Of former owners; tho earliest we
can not read, but see date Of 1850, another
Of 1854; also Stephen g. Cook, ammo l7OS;
d. Cook, Ills Book, 1900; CAMEL Cook,
l745. Mr.. OnlGy received II from his
mother In 1898 she, from her mother,
Apphia Gable, and she, from her mother,
Mary BrOwn,-MdTettd Register.
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A Nav Plnnst ni,corernh.

Urea, N. u, July o.
Prof &. II. F. Hiters of the Litchheld
Observatory, Hamilton College, announces
the discovery Of new planet, the t14th
in group of asteroids, at three o'clock
this morning II was observed in 81
hours, 40 minutes right declension, and
10 degrees, t2 minutes south declension,
having moved in "a hours, 45 seconds in
the former coordinate, and 4 minutes and
90 seconds towards the south. It's mag.
nitude Is estimated between 12 and 10.
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EUROPE.
FRANCE.
PARIS, July %.

FARIs, July 20.
1t Is again rumored that Favrs intends
to resign the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
1t Is hoped the regular sittlngs Of the
courts, will hO commenced Monday next.
VERSAILLES, July 25.
The moderate Republicans In the AS.
scmbly, arc negotiating for union with
the Radical LETT The Committee OF the
Assembly on the Budget, proposes to raise
fresh duties to tho amount Of COO, 100000
francs.
Theirs has refused IN accept the prof
cred resignation OF Favre as Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
Tho assembling Of the court martial iR
positively announced for July 8lst
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cen. shetman,, PrIsoners mod KiIled.

.|.|I .. ...... NSh' ANNADi O"y Nv' .
Tho Republican learns from Jacksboro
Texas, that the report oI the Indian chiefs
satanta and Big Tree being killed while
attempting TO escape Is untrue. They
were both tried at JacksbOro, md found
guilty of murder in the first degree.
Judge Seward, who presided at the trial,
thought that their punishment ought to
be commuted to imprisonment l0r life.
Mr. Tatum, tho Indian agent, was also
using his influence to secure this result.
Gen, Sherman had ordered that they be
held until q final order from tho President
should be received, and It is probable
therefore that they will not be hung Sa.
tanta takes his imprisonment very hard,
and says the raid on the Wilson train Is
the first one he has been engaged IN IN
Texas, and If the whites will release MIN
he will never make another , ...s
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4 Pittsburgh Law Student Caught
RObbIng his Employers safe.,

IIIIHNUNNHI July 90
A young law student Of this city, long
OF abstracting money from the
safe in the office, was detected In n novel
to-day. A telegraph battery
and instrument was placed in an adjoin.
Ing house and wires run from tho battery
through TO the safe, thecircuit being com.
plete while the safe was closed. The EN-.
ploycr, while watching the instrument this
detected the student while in the
act OF robbiDg tho safe.
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Cnban Filllbusters In Canada.

MONTREAL, July 20.
There is considerable excitement over
the discovery Of . plot to organize In
this city a fillibustering expedition against
Cuba. The committee In Montreal do
not wish for any more men from this dis
trict, but II is said the branches in Lon.
don, Toronto and Hamilton are recruiting
vigorously. Alot Of snider ammunition
has been purchased in Montreal
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Dreadful Earthquakes In the Phil.
llpplne Islands.

80, LONDON, July 81,
The Standard of to-day publishes de.
tails Of u series Of terrible earthquake
shocks which recently occurred in one Of
the PHILIPPINE Islands. More than two
hundred persons were swallowed Up by
the earth and every ono Of them almost
instantly killed. Sixty bodies Of the dead
were recovered. The rest Of the inhabl.
tants fled from the island, which has been
utterly depopuated.
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WE regret to learn that Mrs, Mary
Iiattelle, wife Of Father Battelle, Of New.
port-who have lived together seventy
Two yean-is seriously III. Her son, Rev.
o. y. Battelle, Of London, Madison coun.
ty, went up to the old homestead in New.
port, to.ddy-Wednesday-in company
with his brother, A. d. Battelle.-Mnrtettd
ReOiSier.
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TIE Boston Times expresses the hope
that now rs General Buffers name Is
fairly before the public as candidate for
Governor Of Massachusetts, all the de.
tails of the diabOlical scheme that he
Matched 50 starve his own mother will be
fully exposed.
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Death Of the First Steamboat
' Engineer. 50
WAsnINnrnN LnlN %.

WASIlINuTON, July 70.
Charles Dyke, engineer on the Robert
Fulton, the first steamer IL Albany, died
yesterday, aged S5 years. Mr.. Dyke also
engineered the first steamer down the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Or.
leans.
An unsuccessful attempt was made a
few nights ago TO burn The Irish Protes-
tant Church in Williamsburg.
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THE PAPACY.
The Pope About TO Leave Rome for
COrsiCa.. Talk About Choosing his
SmCCeRNOr.

? Nav YORK, July %.
A special dispatch from London of the
gath says tho Pope may leave Rome any
day. Preparations arc making Tor Il re.
cepti0n at the Chateau at COrte Corsl.
ca Valley. The owner Of the Chateau
has had an understanding with Autonclli
and has put tho place at the disposal of
the Pope. There isa movement going on
In France TO guarantee to the Pope TEN.
poral sovereignty over Corsica The
Pope wishes TO publish syllabus in re.
gard to the occupation OF Rome by the
Italian Government, and declaring that
the measures Of Withholding from him
all temporal powers are void. A meas.
ure has been taken already In Rome to
prepare for the choice OF tho next Pope.
1t Is proposed 10 choose one who may be
moderate in ideas and not uniriendiy to
Italy, and by this means effect compro.
mise with the Italian Government. Car.
dinal Caznello do Peitro Ia mentioned.
The disposal made by the French Cham.
Der ol the petitions In regard TO the TEN.
pOral power Is equivalent to laying them
on the table. o..
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The Menrn 1LnnpLnr Annit.

PEORIA, ILL, July 20.
Several Of the persons who were en-.
gagged in the hanging Of Meara, at Wat.
sota, were in town today, and il Is
stated that they will give themselves up
to the authorities, and demand trial.
Hon w. II. O'Brien has been retained rs
counsel for the defense
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Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
OFPlCE OPTHE CBIEP SIGNAL OPP1CER,
WASnINnrON. u. O. JnlY 2b.

" I
OFPlCE OF THE CBIEF SIGNAL OPP1CER,
WARRINGTON, ID. O., July 25.
SYNOPSIS FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS.
Tho low barometer which was on Mon
day evening west Of Wisconsin, has NOV
ed northeast, and Is now probably central
north Of, and on Lake Superior. The
pressure has fallen from the upper Mlssis.
sippi 10 Lake Ontario. The area Of u high
barometer, has moved from Pennsylvania
to Maine, and 1t Is quite probable that the
barometer Is quite low. OF the coast md
Middle States, threatening weather with
light rains, has been very generally report.
ed from Missouri To the Gulf, and from
Wisconsin to Lake Superior Cloudy
weather with northeasterly winds, has
continued on the Atlantic coast, and brisk
winds with occasional rain, prevail this
evening from Cape Hatteras To Cape Cod.
Partially clear and clearing weather, Is
now reported from Lake Michigan to
Carolina
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Tho low pressure on Lake Superior will
probably move eastward and on Wednes-
day extend sOutheastward to Lake On.
tario. Brisk easterly winds will probably
prevail on the East Atlantic and partially
cloudy or'cleaTIng weather on the South
Atlantic coast. southerly winds with
rainy or threatening weather Is probable
from West Of the Gull TO the 0hio Valley,
and clearing up weather In the north
wnat ....