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Burning OF the steamer America of
the Coast of Japan.

SAN Francisco, October 2.-The
steamer China arrived this morning. She
left Hong Kong the 27th OF August and
Yokohama September Z. Among the
passengers were twenty.nine officers and
the crew OF the America. Early Satur-
day morning, the Gath Of August, the
America arrived at Yokohama and dur
ing the day landed all her passengers and
cargo Tor that port, and transferred TO the
Shanghai branch steamer what was for
North China. There remained on board
tho officers, crew, two frst-class passen.
gers, the mails and 175 Chinese for Hong
Kong. At eleven O'Clock at night q
Ere was discovered which burned till after
noon Sunday. The steamer was -tOwed
out Of the way OF the shipping and sunk.
Three Americans, tiity.nine Cinnamon,
beside Japanese, lost their lives. Treas.
ure 10 the amount Of three hundred
thousand dollars was also lost. There
was light freight on board. The
ship had been coaling during the day and
at ten reported all safe The officers re-.
tired little before eleven. The steward.
csS smelt something burning, and smoke
was discovered rising from the right deck,
below the ladies saloon. An alarm was
sounded, and Captain Doane, who was
the first in the saloon with the hose, was
driven back by the smoke. With u
sudden iuriousuess, the flames burst forth
deciding the fate Of the ship. The smoke
prevented flooding the magazine, and
attention was turned TO saving the pas:
scngers. The Cinnamon were aroused.
The ludder gave way, precipitating them
i'll the water. Several unsuccessful at.
tempts were made to sink the burning
ship by shot from the war vessels.
The Court ol Inquiry convened Au-
gus! Slst, Consul Sheppard presiding, as.
sisted by Minister DelOng, Capts. Shirley
and Perry. After hearing the evidence they
found the fire apparatus in good working
order, but the long time that elapsed be.
fore steam was started denotes want OF
preparation or tardiness in the Engineers
department. II steam to the amount OF
20 pounds had been on the donkey boiler
at the time the alarm was given, the fires
In proper condition and proper expedition
used in working, the fire might have been
extinguished and the ship saved. Praise
is justly dueto the officers and crew for
their gallantry and perseverance,. They
arc convinced that the fire was the result
Of intention, not Of accident. The induce.
ment may have been antipathy toward
the steamship company or officers, or
the fact the Chinese passengers were sup.
piled with large sums OF money.
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The weapons Of the Campaign.

From the Philadelphia Resord)
The canvass Is now at It's height In our
own State, and in the whole country an.
proaches It's climax. There ID no more
lively picture oi the manner in which Il
is conducted than that which the city OF
Washington furnishes. A late description
ol Affairs In that city declares THAT the
printers are kept busy, and have been for
months, printing campaign documents for
the two parties. In the capitol the polisi
cal committees-the Republican and tho
Democratic and tho Liberal-occupy
rooms and passage ways in the basement
Of both wings, Many men and boys are
at work-the latter folding and the former
addressing documents, both day and
night. At least one hundred thousand ol
them are sent away daily, especially to the
States most In dispute; and carts and wag.
ons are in constant requisition to take the
packages to tho railroad cur. In the va.
rious State capitals, and in leading cities
OF the country, these scenes arc repeated
on a smaller scale.
1t would be q most curious and instruc.
tive study to find out how many OF these
documents" including great speeches by
Congressman, campaign letters by q Sum.
ner, a SchurZ, Garrison, or a Blaine,
campaign songs and jokes, have been,
and will be, used by both parties during
the canvass. We might In that way learn
how much documentary ammunition goes
10 the conduct Of an ordinary Presiden.
tial battle. Again, as in actual warfare,
we often estimate what vast number Of
bullets have been expended, and how
many, on an average, were required TO
kill or wound one man; so in this meta.
phorical battle, statistician might, per-
haps, by comparing former votes with the
vote this year, arrive at some general idea
Of the number OF men who could posi-
bly, have been converted or influenced
in their suitrages by reading political
documents. Then, taking the whole
number OF documents and the whole
number Of converts, ho might per-
haps guess how many 1t required, on an
average, of the former to affect one Of
the later. Tho number would be
probably hundrcdfold greater than the
average number of cartridges which it
takes in battle TO kill man. Whether,
finally, this laut in destructiveness is due,
in the case Of paper bullets, TO want OF
force in the powder and to bad aim, We
need hardly say. But by multiplying the
whole number Of documents by ten,
twenty, or fifty, as the facts may war.
rant, our statisticiau might finally approx.
innate to tho number Of documentary
lies, ISLANDERS, mis.statemGnts. and deceits
which Exclusive, we mean, ofthe millions
contributed daily to the canvass by par
tiZan newspapers) are, provided for the
uses Of presidential year.
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THE EsCurial, Il splendid palace and
n1usolenm OF the Kings Of Spain, situated
twenty-five miles northeast from Madrid,
sFeNoFted by telegraph to be on fire and
likely to suffer serious damage il not de.
'Iuctlon' The building has a total length
Of 74O teGt by $50, with walls 90 feet high.
lis built Of white and gray stone in the
Iofm Of a gridiron, the body of it being
represented by seventeen ranges olbuild.
'oss crossing each other at right angles
%Alle wing AGO feet long represents the
aand!e' 1t contains tho royal palace,
royal Chapel, monastery, colleges, libra
fles' &c, &c, In the mousloeum all the
spanish monarchs since Charles V. arc
oaFled. 1t was built more than three
hundred years ago, and contains a library
Which before the French invasion was
said toembracc 10000 printed and 1890
manuscript volumcS
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CAbeIl IS the only county whose vote
exceeded one to each four inhabitants.
The counties whose vote exceeded one
Oeach five, but fell below one to each
four, are Calhoun, Gilmer, Lincoln,
Marion, Pleasants, Raleigh, Wayne, Web.
Ster and Writ. All of these counties
Except only Plcasauts) gave majorities
for tho Constitution The vote OF Cal.
hOun last year was 472, this year G52;
GilmeF last year 0O3, this year SIS; Lin.
coin last year 12l, this year 1854; Marion
Iast Year S,4OS, this year 2,0ll; Raleigh
last year 4S!, this year SAC; Webster last
year 9!6, this year SS9; Writ last year
S&, this year 9G4; Wayne last year 1924,
this year 1885, Cabell last year 027, this
year 1870. Other instances quite as
striking could DO noted, such as Wood,
which added l,Oll TO her 1890; Wetzel,
which added ZIG TO lis TAG; Barbour,
which added 5O3 to its 1,4O9; Peasants,
which added 2s2 to its 49, and so on.
This extraordinary vote may have been
honestly cast and returned. We have no
evidence that justitics US in asserting that
1t was not, but these figures inevitably
''ovoke doubt We present the figures
and leave the reader to judge for himself.
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ST. LOUIS.
Reception Of Milton Turner, Minis.
ter 10 Liberia.

ter 10 Liberia.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. al. Milton
Turner. Minister TO LiberiG, arrived here
yesterday and was received and welcomed
to his home iu an appropriate manner by
his friends, the cOlored people Gener-
ally. He is to receive q public reception
at the temple tonight, and will soon start
on canvass Of the State.
Carl Dalnzer, editor OF the ANziegcr des
Western. who has been serving us mem.
Der oi the Democratic County Convcn.
ton, while refusing TO support Greeley or
the Democratic State ticket has resigned.
Thomas Burke, the Irish orator, dCliv.
cred lecture at Sangerlest Hall tonight
for the benefit OF the little sisters OF the
poor. HIS reception was n perfect Ova.
tion, the immense hall being crowded
almost to excess. He was escorted TO the
hall by nearly all OF the Irish societies in
the city with bands, banners and torches
making most imposing display. The
procession WAS fully two miles long.
j. Milton Turner, Minister to Liberia,
was formally received at tho Temple to-
night, which was crowded with mixed
audience. G. II. Taudy delivered the
welcoming address, which was responded
to BY Mr. Turner.
The Democrats Jacksonville, (Ills,
correspondent says: Conrod KTcisou, d
Swede, living at Ohandlerville, Cass coun.
ty, Ills, murdered his wite Monday night
by blowing her head of with shot gun
The parties had been married less thar
two months and the crime was committed
in a tit Of jealousy.
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BY TELEc GRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
Exclusively TO the Intelllgencer,
Qy the Western Union Line.
o1cO Eorth.WeHt cor. Of Main and Monroe ats
I. WASHINGTON.
ANoTuER INDIAN pELEaAT1oY.

ANOTHER INDIAN DELEGATION.
WASHINGTON, October 2.-The dele
gatiOn'ot Indian chiefs under the charge
Of Commissioner Alvord. arrived here
this afternoon, from st. LS6is, for the
purpose oi holding q council with the
government authorities, which will talSe
place in q few days. 90. p #r'
VISIT FROM GERMAN NAVAL orFGcEIs
Captains Areudt and Battsch, com.
manding the German ships of war Gazelle
and Vineta, were at the Treasury De-
pArtment to-day, and visited the various
bureaus Of the Department.
AMERICAN AND BRITISH CLAIMS coMMIs-
SION.
WASHINGTON, October 9.-Thc Ameri.
can and British Claims Commission met
to-day, but owing to the absence Of Judge
Frazier, transacted no business except
closing proofs In cases Of several claim.
ants, and adjourned until tomorrow.
Judge Frazier subsequently arrived, his
detention being In consequence of bis
having missed railroad connection.
Blk MuRDERERs IN COURT.
There was remarkable scene in the
Criminal Court to-day, six men being sew
orally arraigned, charged with murder.
The President has recognized p. Hen.
~ Hartman Vice Consul Of Denmark Tor
Ohio .r. -.r
In the course Of n long conversation
yesterday, with gentleman not in public
life, the President referred to the coming
Universal Exposition at Vienna next
May, and hoped that good representa-.
tlOn of American art and industry might
be found in competition with the pro.
ducts OF European skill, even II no gov.
ernment aid be granted the exhibitors,
as In other countries. He also declared
his intention of asking in his forthcoming
message to Congress for sufficient up.
preparation to send delegation OF Amer.
lean workingmen to Vienna, under the
direction Of the United States Commits.
sioner, Tor the purpose of reporting upon
the progress OF industrial arts in Europe;
as revealed by the Exposition, the dele
gates to be selected by the various branch.
es OF industry, to be represented and
nominated to the government for ap.
prOVal, b. .rrr F.'
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TOLEDO.

TOLEDO, October 2.-The stockholders
Of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Rail-
road Company unanimously elected the
following directors for tho ensuing year
A. Boody, Daniel Drew, A. NJ. White, A.
a. Baylis, Isaac H. Knox, II. F. Clark,
August Schell, George Crcel, Milton
Courtright, Sidney Dillon, John Ross, D.
DAVIS, John F. Tracy, Kenyon Cox and
j. s. Easement. Tho following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: A.
BoOdy, President; ]. N. Drummond, AS.
sistant President; A. Anderson, Vice Pres.
ident; W. B. Corneau, Secretary; G. Il.
Burrows, General Superintendent.
A sailor named James Low, the only
survivor Of the crew, eight in number, Of
the schooner Rapid, was brought TO this
city to-day by the brig Paragon, The
Rapid capsfzed in Lake Erie in the gale OF
Friday night last. lie had been In the
water sixty hours when he was picked up.
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FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.
Terrible Accident ON the London &
Edinburg Railroad.

TerflDle Accident on the London &
Edinburg Railroad.
LONDON, October IA terrible acci.
dent happened this morning to the pas.
senger train from this city to Edinburg.
While running at rapid rate OF speed
II came In collision, near Kertle bridge,
with freight train, causing instant death
to nine persons and injuring many others,
several OF whom It Is feared will die. The
scene oi disaster Is not lar from Carlisle,
the capital Of Cumberland county. A
train has been sent from that county TO
bring in the dead and wounded. But
few details have come 10 hand. A dis.
patch states that tho train was late and
was running at furious rate 10 make up
lost time.
The Gazette officially announces that
Lord Hatherly has resigned the Chanccl.
lorship. -E... =
In a speech made by George Jcssa, So
Iicilor General, at Dover last night, the
speaker dwelt at some length on tho op.
erations Of the new ballot law, cOugratu-
lated his hearers that England was at
peace with all nations, and declared that
the award OF the Geneva Arbitration
should be paid within year without in.
creasing the taxes ot the country.
LONDON, Oct, IA later dispatch
from London says, that eleven persons
were killed by Railway collision this
morning. The number injured not stated
During the past three months flfty.four
thousand cmigrants sailed from Liver
pool for America.
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Democratic Congressional Troubles
in ST. LotIiS.

ST. LOUIS, October 2-ThG Democratic
Convention Of the Third Congressional
district, met to-day, pursuant 10 adjourn.
ment. The boiling delegation from the
Tenth Ward, were not present. ResOlu.
tions designed to harmonizc the conflict
ing elements by resembling the action Of
the Convention week ago, which caus.
ed the holt, and asking the Central Com.
mittee to order new election Tor dele.
gates in the Ninth Ward, were introdu.
Ced, buedcleated. A communication was
received from Bryon McClemmens, de-
clining to be candidate, That gentle
man was nominated however, on the
second ballot, and a commtNee sent TO
inform him Of the fact. Mr.. Clemmcns
still insisted upon declining, and the Con.
ventiOn adjourned until Saturday, when
another nomination will he made.
The Liberal Republicans and Demo-
Gratis of the First Congressional District
met in separate Conventions to-day. The
Liberals nominated Louis Gottschalk and
sent committee to the Democratic Con-
venlion 10 announce their action. Several
Democrats regarded the action Of the Lib.
erals rs precipitate and rather dictatorial,
but the Convention appointed u Confer
enCe Committee who, after consultation
with the Liberal Committee, submitted q
majority and minority report 10 the Con.
vention. The majority report conceded
a candidate TO the Liberals, and accepts
Gottschalk as the candidate; and the mi.
nority report favored the nomination OF u
straight Democratic ticket. That part OF
the majority report conceding to the Lib
erals candidate was adopted, but the
latter part accepting GOtlSchalk as the
nominee was rejected. The Democratic
Conference Committee was then instruct.
ed to report the action Of the Democratic
Convention to tho Liberal Convention,
which was done, whereupon, after some
informal discussion, the Liberal Con-
vention adjourned till October 18th
Subsequently the Democratic Convention
adjourned to the same day, to give the
Liberals an opportunity to present some
other man II they desired.
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Ohio Straight Democratic Convcn-
tion,

COLUMBUS, October "A straight.
out Democratic Convention to nominate
an electoral ticket was held in this city
today, a small number being in at.
tendance. The Convention was called
to order by Gen. Jos. II. Geiger. Sam.
uel Mckee, Of Troy, was chosen Chair.
nun, and John Johns, Of Clermont, Sec.
rotary. The Chairman made q short
speech declaring himself unwilling to so
lar forget his Democratic anteCedents az
to support the nominee Of the Cincin.
natl and Baltimore Conventions. He
thought, while Grant was bad, Greeley
was worse for Democrats to support, aud
urged all true Democrats 10 support
O'Conor.
Gen. Geiger also addressed the meeting.
lie gave at length his reason for boiling,
and declared that the Straigh ght.outs were
the only true Democracy, and adjured
those who still loved Democratic prlnCi-
pies to stand by their own nominees.
AS few counties OF the State were repre-
sented, it was deemed advisable to delay
tho nomination Of electors, and General
GeigGr was appointed a special committee
to call a Convention for that purpose to
meet here October II.
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PIrTsBuReH, October 2.-River 1911
inches and falling. Light rain during the
afternoon.
CINCINNATI, October 2.-River 8 feet
0 inches and stationary.
LoUlsvILLE, October 2.-Twelve inches
in chute and 1S inches on Portland bar.
Weather clear and cool. River lowest of
the season. Evansville boats cannot
reach Portland wharf and stop at New
Albany.
CAIRo, October 2-River has fallen
one inch. Clear and warm.
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FRANCE.

PARIS. October 2.-The departures
from Alsace and Lorraine of inhabitants
who decline to assume German citizen.
ship, are upon an immense scale. 1t is
estimated that IS, 900 emigratiDg Alsatians
will take up their residence in Nancy
alone, while large numbers will go to
other places. ..
Eighteen thousand persons have left
Metz in the last fortnight TO seek homes
under French Jurisdiction. The popula.
tion OF that city now numbers only
10000.
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r.,r on lhc communion.

TnE WV Wv
J.. on, columns yesterday appeared the
~ ~ ,ote Of tho State on the Constitution
:. '-' .n,ps,, as derived from official
,,,,.e., !, excepting tho counties OF Mc'
n,re,l and Richie from which no re-
,,,r, had been received. ltshows that
-. ,, ,o,e then cast lat least returned } was
q, ~. N. l,rccs, ever cast in the State The
,,,tga,c !, reported is 70,9O", with Richie 1T.
,sl Mcdowell to hear from. These
,-n,,es cast about fifteen hundred votes
,v.sr ago. Their vote makes tho total
m, elChty-onG thousand. The vote Tor
l,o,ernor In 1858 was 4O,?O3, in 1870 56,'
M, That on the call for the Convention
I, August last year, was jS,227. The
ME las. month is thor Cforc more than
1000 or over 40 per cent, greater than
,,v ever cast before. AL restrictions or
,fare were removed by the ratifca'
linn Of the FLICK amendment In April
Ip, year. The vote in the following
Arru,, was as free as it was last month,
r.t We have the surprising addition in one
rear Of $4,000 votes 10 a vote OF 6S,0O0l
We have taken tho pains to compare this
role with the population by counties, to
see what proportion the vote'bears to the
,,oulAtion and how the counties in
.bs respect compare with one an
,,lcr. The following table exhibits
The result. The figures show the number
b. PERSONS to each vote reported. For
.s,nple, 10 Mercer county there was
,rIy one vote to eight persons; in this
,g1uty there was one to each five
md tbirty.eight hundreths persons; in
ylbell, one to each three and eighty.five
lunlrcdlhs persons. The smaller the fig.
lres the larger the ratio Of the vote:
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NORTH CAROLINA.

RALEIGH, N. c., October "a jury Of
inquest held to-day over the body Of Rev.
J. Brinton Smith, who died suddenly
here yesterday, found evidences OF poison,
but no verdict is rendered rs yet. The
stomach Of the deceased will be sent to.
morrow to Philadelphia for examination.
II Is thought almost certain that death
was occasioned by Seidlitz powder drank,
but as to how the poison came in it has
not been ascertaineda.
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CINCINNATI.
AN EXCURSION, FROM SAGINAW.

tAN N<ASO4hE4ONs4AO84 SAolNAH'
CINCINNATI, October 2.-Ninety.fivC
excursionists from Saginaw City, East
Saginaw, Bay City and Flint, Michigan.
representing the business interests of
those cities, reached here last night, over
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Rail.
road, accompanied by the officers OF the
Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad and the
editors oI various papers. They were
received on Change this noon, and in
charge Of a committee OF the Chamber OF
Commerce and Board Of Trade, during
the remainder Of the day visited the Elk.
position, the suburbs, and other places of
interest
Forty thousand dollars were raised to.
day towards the Industrial Exposition tor
next year, the Chamber OF Commerce
subscribing $1,000. A finance committee
was appointed and the Sd of September
selected for the commencement Of the
next exhibition.
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VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.

Established by Congress; adopted by tho State;
aided by tho bGncvolenec OF individuals, soclo-
tics, and other institutions. -
Five Departments of 1ustruc tlon-LItesary,
Scientific, Agricultural, Military and Engineer.
Ing. Alec thoroughly organized Preparatory
Department,
In charge Of a large Faculty Of accomplished
scholars and successful educators.
FALL T'ERN begins September 4,h. WINTER.
December 4th. srRINa, March 24th.
COMMENCEMENT, June 10, 1873.
Total expenses nom $50 to $3.50 per year. LSss
to those boarding in clubs.
Send for Catalogue, containing full partleu-
lars, to
ALEX, MARTIN, President.
MoRuASrOwN. W. Va Jnly IS, 1872. jy99
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The Reactlonary NJ ovement 10 Japan
..WhaE Minister MorI SAYS of Il,

New YORK, October IA special
Washington dispatch says that Mori, the
Japanese Minister, explains the present
reactiOnist movement in Japan by saying
that 1t is m effort Of the older men in
public lie to countersct the progressive
movement Of the young men, who have
obtained virtual control of affairs. Mori
hopes that the stoppage of funds for the
two vessels building in the bay is but
temporary.
New YoRK, October 2.-The Posts
Washington special says the report is not
believed in official circles that the
Japanese has again revolted back into
Its former state OF eXclusiveness and dis
missed Gen. Chaperon and other Ameri-
cans from the positions TO which they
were called. Our government would
have been notified OF the fact If true.
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Irdianapolis Races.

INDEANApOLIs, October 2.-In the sec.
ond days racing Copper Bottom took the
first and fifth heats, Harry second, and
Dan Voorhees, the third and fourth
Time 2:23t, 2:2it, 2;24t, 2:27 and 2:2l4.
In trOtting match Red Cloud took the
first and second heats, and Jennie third
and fourth. Both ot the above races will
be continued tomorrow,
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IHE telegraph reports an oxtraordina.
Fy exodus Of French residents from the
new GeFmauzed provinces of Alsacc and
Lorraine, consequent on the alternative
gwen them by the German Government
W making a choice Of citizenship. A
p'de in his country is the first passion
T''aa FrcnChman; and 1t has not often
l, Ucen more strikiugly shown than by
'uese unfortunate people, who, almost en-
IASe' " arc leaving their homes, breaking
le 'les and associations OF centuries, md
seeking homes among strangers for the
sake Of remaining citizens OF France.