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THE STORES JURY FAIL TO AGREE.
TI,e Prisoner demanded TO the TOmbS-
SunstrOkes i'm the Metropolis.

ST.. LOUIS, July l3.-The Times tO-mor-
row will publish the following letter from
Charles Sumner, addressed to l.. NJ. Reavis.
of this city: think on reflection you will
not think it advisable for me to write a
public letter upon which you call atten-
ton: Mr.. Greeley and myself have been
fellow laborers in many things. We were
borne in the same year. L honor him
very much. Between him and another
person who shall be nameless, / am for
him earnestly.
LONG BRANCH, July Ex-senator Will
sou left this morning for North Carolina.
He will speak in the principal cities and
towns of that State during the campaign.
\ crowd assembled at one of the hotels
this evening expecting to see Horace Gree
ley, but were disappointed, Greeley having
postponed his visit until next week.
New YORK, July 15.-The court was
crowded to-day.
Ingraham, addressing the jury, said :" II
suppose. gentlemen, you have not agreed"
F0reman-" No, Your Honor, we can not
come to any agreement whatever The
Judge then discharged the jury and or
dered that Stokes be remanded to Jail
without bail. The prisoners counsel rose
and shook hands with each other and the
prisoner. Sheriff Brennan then resumed
custody of Stokes and took him back to
the Toombs. An immense crown watched
the prisoners egress from the building. 1t
know that the jury remained divided as
on Saturday, eight for murder in the first
degree and four for manslaughter in the
third degree.
Carl Schurz and Col. Grosvenor have
gone TO st. Louis.
A report from Long Branch says Presi-
dent Grant is to stop and see EOrney on
his way to Washington, to get him to stop
assailing Hartranft.
A band of thirty of the best of English
engraveFs are here manufacturing coun-
terfeit plates of European bank notes.
The thermometer stood yesterday at 90
degrees. There were several sunstrokes.
BIanton Duncan, in behalf of the straight
out Democrats has written letter to HOr-
ace Day, President of the National Labor
Union, suggesting that Labor Union
Convention be held in Louisville, Septem-
Der Sd, to see whether there can not be
common basis of action against the mo-
nOpOlists and spOilsmen in the two radical
parties. To this Day replies, that while
he is not authorized to bind the labor or
ganiZation, yet such of its members as he
has conferred with unite with him in the
opinion of the Importance of the Joint ac-
ton of all parties against what Day also |
terms monOpOlists and spoilsmen. He |
complains that the working men have no
in the platforms of either, and |
agrees to do all in his power, at the con-
vention on July 80, to bring about such a
union of parties as Duncan suggests.
The Mayor sent in his annual message !
to the Common Council to-day. The city
debt is S127, 600, 900; taxes to be raised this |
year, SD 49, 900, besides $500, 600 for streets
\ German schutsenfest, to continue five |
days, commenced at Hoboken to-day Del |
egates were present from various parts of |
the country.
TO-day's races opened with the steeple |
chase for all ages. Alter weights, so on to |
the winner and 200 second horse. The |
distance was three miles over fair hunting |
course. The race was Won by Tammany,
beating Lebela three lengths. Nesuvius,
third, two lengths behind. Astronomer
was close up and Milesian last. Milesian
bolted when mile from the house-time,
Gil. Milesian was the favOrite at two
TO one against the field.
The second race was a mile and three
quarters, purse, six hundred dollars. Four
started. The race was won by Midday;
hartman, second Metilla, Sd Hunt,
fourth. The betting was six hundred dol
lars on Midday, two hundred, on Metilla,
one hundred and forty-one on Allie Hunt
and one hundred Oh Merriman.
CHICAGO, July 15.-Several French,
Italian, and Hibernian societies, two mill
itary companies and fifteen thousand peo-
PIE received the French Band at the de-
pot.
KEY WEST, July 15.-General Ryan ar
rived this afternoon on the schooner EX-
press from Nassau. He denies the truth
of the Spanish statement of the capture of
fannle's troops and says no cannon were
landed.
BOSTON, July 15.-There was a fatal abor-
ton in Cambridge Mass.
Of. LOUIS, July l5.-Frank G. Garland,
proprietor of the Dennison House emf his
throat III state of mania potu.
NEW ORLEANS, July l5.-On the 18th
inst, heavy rain storm washed AWAY the
embankmeDt of the Mobile and New Or.
leans railroad. Yesterday mornin~ noar
East Pascagoula, the engine of the FREIGHT
train went in, wrecking twenty cars, Kill |
ing the engineer, A. Carl, of Michigan, and
brakeman, John Arovan, of New York.
GALVESTON, July 13.-The first bale of
new Texas Cotton from II. Oxen & Co., |
Victoria, was received by Fooke d Wilkins,
Galveston.
Key West date of 18th says the defeat
near Halquin is confirmed, and the Span
ish loss heavy. 1t is said % member Oft
Fannie expedition was killed.
Valmaseda in his proclamation upon re-
firing says: l do not think it possible that
the revolution can exist but four or five |
months longer.
MONTGOMERY, July ia recent heavy |
rains caused an overflow of the Alabama |
and tributaries, tearing up railroad tracks
and destroying the cotton and corn crop to |
the value of more than two million dollars. |
The ravages of the caterpillar are widen
ing. The boil worm is also appearing in
certain localities.
SELMA, ALA, July 15.-This city to-day |
by large majority voted 100000 subscrip-
tiGn to the New Orleans and Selma rail-
road.
AUGUSTA, GA, July l5.-Judge Linton
Stephens, brother of Alex. III. Stephens,
for many years prominent in the politics
of Georgia, and man of great ability in
the legal profession, died of congestion of
the brain at Sparta last Sunday.
There is difference of opinion among /
philosophers about morning dew, but re-
markable unanimity as to mountain dew.