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SPRINGFIELD.
The season of Camp Meefngs-News

The Season of Camp MeetimgS-NeNVs
Items.
Correspondence of the Union and American
SPRINGFIELD, TENN, Aug. 20.-Now
that the season OF labor is over to a great
extent, and the summers heat aud the
summers sun are waning, and the feast Of
plenty only awaits the season of autumn to
be fully enioyed, the season Of devotion be-
gins, and seldom have we had greater cause
for devous thanks to an Advise and Benefi-
cent Providence than at present, for it has
been long since our prospects OF peace and
plenty were brighter than they are to-day.
The McKendrie District Conference con-
yened at Wartrace> three miles south Of this
place, on last Friday. The meeting sill
continues, and much interest is manifested.
Great crowds 60 out from Springfield every
night.
The last quarterly meeting of this Cen
ference year for this station closed last
week. Next Friday begins the third
camp meeting of the Clarksville District, at
Cedar Hill, in this county. The prepara-
ton will be equal, as usual, to the occasion.
Rev. R. L. Rowland, Of this place, by
dint of much energy aud industry, has Sc
cured the building of a Springfield tent,
for the accommodation of the Springfield
folks, and such others as they may be sbie
to accommodate. an idea prevails to some
extent by those Informed on the subject
that Methcdists are the only patrons OF
camp-meetings. Such is BY no means the
case. find on inquiring Of the oldinhabi-
tants, that camping grounds are,or have been
quite numerous IN the county and controlled
by different denominations. For instance,
Nit. Carmel, in he third district, Mt. Shar-
on, in the sixteenth, aud Springfield, in the
ninth, belonged to the Cumberland Presby
terians; II 1pewell, In the third, to the Bap'
fists, and WIlls' Valley, JahnsOn's, Ebene'
zer, Pleasant Grove, Saws Cross Roads
in Robertson county, and Bakers, In tht
edge of Montgomery, belonged 70 the Meth
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FOREIGN.
SOUTH AMERICA.
Great Floods at Bio JaneirO and Para
Great PrlvatiOn and Suffering in the
Country.
The Amazon OTerfiOWing its Banks
and Flooding Thousands of
Miles of Country.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Buenos Ayres
advices via. Panama, state that the recent
foods had inundated large quantity of
territory around Rio Jsnerio and Para, and
both of these cities had suffered severely.
At Para TIE walls of several business houses
were undermined. One large house foated
away aud two fell; and two bridges Of
Estiado Braganza we're washed away. On
the night of the 8th of July the whole front
of the Matriz Church fell. The banks Of
the River Ditnis giving way inundated
some sixty houses. Many animals were
drowned. The people escaping in boats
and on RATS. ALI the country around Para
was fioodcd, but the water was believed to
be abating.
1t is stated also that the River Amazon
has overflowed its banks flooding thousands
of miles of country, but the details have
not yet been received.
There was much priyation and suffering
at Para and Rio from the effects OF the
food.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Judge Hoadley, of Cincinnati, one of the
dissatisfied members of the Cincinnati
Convention, has at last come out for Grant.
Gov. Hoffman, of York, yesterday ap-
pointed commission TO examine into the
charges of abuses in the BloomingdAle lu-
g3tc asvlum.
Tie Knights Of St. Crispin, to the num-
Der Of roo, are on a strike in Cincinnati.
The ground of complaint Is partly on ac-
count of the enforcement of the rule by
manufacturers ofrefusiDg to employ strikers
from other factories, and partly on account
OF the manufacturers violating the rule
which fDrbids the taking of apprentices not
sons OF the Knights of ST. Crispin.
a London dispatch of yesterday says The
American feet, now lying in the river
Thames, will soon visit the Scottish ports.
Quite a large crowd gathered in Lynn,
Mass, last night to listen to an expected
speech from Gen. Banks, but from some
cause he disappointed them.
Three men were drowned in Baltimore
yesterday.
\ letter from Japan states that Consul
Turner bad his leg broken by a party of
drunb4n Japanese, who attacked him and
Cor sui Shepard at Kiet.
There was a $1,000 fire at Rochester, /,
\. Y yesterday.
Three hundred and fifty Radicals pre-
seDted themselves in Madrid as candidates
for membership in the Spanish Cortes at
the election shortly to be held.
A dispatch from Liverpool yesterday
states that French merchants are clRmor-
Gus for favorable action 10y their Govern
ment on the proposed Postal Convention
between France and The United States.
Thomas J. Spear, member of Congress
from The fourth district in Georgia, died at
COrnsrsyille in that State on Sunday last.
Al unknown man was killed in Chicago
yesterday, by being run over by the cars on
the P:ttsburg, Washington and Baltimore
Railroad. 1t is surmised that he placed
himself On the track for the purpose of
committing suicide.
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NEW YORK.


SuDstrOke-The ne weather-stOrm, Etc.
New YORK, Aug. 23.-There were
fourteen cases of sunstrOke yesterday four
Of which were fatal. During the rain and
hail storm last evening the thermometer
fell l6 degrees. The weather to-day is
cool and clear. The storm was very heavy
at Long Branch, and several small boats
with fishing parties on board have not bsen
heard from.
serenade and Speech Postponed.
The serenade to President Grant by the
cOlored men and the proposed speech by
Henry Wilson, at Long Branch last night
was postponed on account Of the storm.
Can't Find Connolly.
all efforts of the district Attorney 10 find
Comptroller Connolly who is wanted as a
witness in the Haggerty and Baulch voucher
thieving cases have been unavailing. His
own trial comes of in October, but it is
doubtful if he ever returns to New York.
His bail Is an even half million.
Catacazy.
Catacasy publishes a card denying that
he endeavored to sell pamphlet contain
ing revelations against the President and
family.
The Hudson County National Bank
DefaLcatiOn.
The defalcation of Kingslaud, the book
keeper of the Hudson County National
Bank of Jersey City, amounts to $1,000.
A Narrow Escape.
A small steamboat running between Ca
marie and Rockawsy had narrow escape
from being wrecked in the squall last night
with large number of panic-stricken pas
sengers on board.
Cunningham. the COunterfeiter.
The examination of Thomas Cunning
ham to-day developed the tact that he has
been employed here in obtaining limitations
of engraved plates of the Auditors bank
warrants Of the State of Mississippi, and he
was committed for trial without bail. His
alias is Patterson.
DeIanO HI.
It is reported that Secretary Delano is i'll
at Washington.
Stolen Bonds.
In the case Of Spence Pettes to-day, DR..
Park testified to receiving bonds from
Pettes to sell, which we're proved to have
been portion of those robbed from the
National Bank Of Minneapolis. Pettes was
held for trial without bail, and Parke held
in $1,000 bail as a witness.
The Striking LOngshOremen.
A number of the striking longshoremen
were in the vicinity of the docks at Brook
lyn to-day; but large force Of police pro-
tacted the men at work.
Later.
The three hundred longshoremen who
have been on a strike, returned to work TO-
dsy on the old terms, after holding out for
three weeks.
Fatal Duel I'm Italy-An American
Shoots AR1s Man.
New YORK, Aug. PA duel with q
fatal result was fought at Leghorn, Italy,
Aug. l, between an American named Fred
eric Brewster and an Italian Count Bene-
dette Sella. Brewster occupied position
in the English bank of Lloyd & Co, at
Leghorn, and has correspondent with vari-
GUS American Journals. Brewster and
Count Sella bad been friends, but quar- relied
in a restaurant at Leghorn. Count Sella
impugned the purity of American institu
tions. A quarrel ensued, and finally Brew
ster struck the Count in he face; a duel
with pistols following within week. The
Count fell at the first fire, the bullet pierre
ing the iugular, under the left ear. Brew
ster was unhurt, and has fed from Leg
horn.
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THE BzODERN ULYSSES AND THE
ANCIENT TREVOR,

The Richmond Wing comments on Mr..
Johnson's fierce invective provoked by
Grants conduct, deemed even criminal by
honest men. Mr.. johnson adduced, in
illustration CT his views, the action of the
House of Commons, in 1855 in respect to
tteir Speaker, Sir John Trevor. That
Speaker had just been hoDored as no Speak
er ever was before; but, it coming to the
ears of the House that he had received q
present of a thousand gnineas from the
city of London, they a. once introduced the
following resolution:
Resolved, That Sir John Trevor, Speak
er of this House, for receiving gratuity of
one Thousand guiBeas from the city Of Lon
don, is guilty of high crime.
Sir John was in the chair when the reso-
luton was offered, and he was constrained
TO keep his seat and put to vote the resolu-
tion, which was unanimously adopted. He
had sensibility enough to absent himself
the next day, to avoid being compelled to
put TO vote a resolution for his expulsion.
He was expelled and successor elected.
There was reason in the action of the House
of Commons. They knew that a public
othceI, welding vast patronage and
influence, could not accept presents with
Ou- oaNi duO dlOllS
with it bis Integrity. As high-toned gentle
men, they were unwilling to be presided
over by such an officer. Our forefathers Of
the Revolution held the same exalted SEN
timents Of honor, and in the Federal Con-
stitution they provided that no person hold
ing office should, without the consent OF
Congress, accept OF any present, emolu-
ment, office Or title, of any kind whatever,
from any King, Prince or foreign poten-
tate. But, like the Greeks, who made
no PROVISION against parricide-not
deeTing such a crime possible-our
forefathers, in their simplicity, omitted
70 interdict presents from private individu-
ais. In their pure thoughts and innocent
era, the possibility of such character as
Grant had not entered into their imagina-
tions. A President Of the United States
accepting presents Of houses, lots, cottages
by thessea, rolls Of bank notes, deposits at
banks, horses, dogs, and what not, and re-
imbuIsing the donors with public Offices !!
What would George Washington have
thought of such a succor? Could he have
been brought to realize the possibility of
such thing? This example of venality,
set by the first officer of the government, is
OF Itself sutficien: to efface all distinction
between honCr and shame, and SOW cor
Tuption broadcast through the public ser
vice,
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CONNECTICUT.
Terrible Hail StOrm-Damage 10 the
EOhaPcO CrOn

Terrible Hail StOrm-Damage 10 the
Tobacco Crop.
Hartford, Aug. ga terrible ha il
Storm passed over Rockville, Ellington and
NsrEon yesterday afternoon. The tobacco
crop has been mostly destroyed. The glass
in the Windermeyer mill, at Rockville, was
broken. The damage is estimated at
81 600. The car house at Rockville, and
the engine house at the Vernon depot
were blown down. Many trees were up
rooted, aud the damage is very great.
Two French boys, aged fourteen and
fifteen, were killed by lightning in Walling-
ford.
NEW HAVEN, Aug. PA pleasure
barque On The Connecticut river was struck
by lightning last evening, and two persons
killed aud forty injured.
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Regulating the Price of Coal.

FoTrsvILLE, PA, Aug. 23.-The own
ers If collieries in the region of Reading
railroad have adopted basis of agreement
for tbe trade In the shape of resolutions
providing for a committee OF five repre-
sent 4tives OF Anthrocite Board of Trade,
TO tx the price of coal on the day follow
ing esch Scranton sale. The sale takes
place on the last Wednesday in each month.
No one is allowed to sell below the price
fixed, but sellers may go ahead of them as
much as they see fit.
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FRANCE.
sunken steamship to be Raised, Et,

Sunken Steamship to be Raised, Etc.
PARIS, Aug. 23-Efforts will be made to
raise and repair the Steamship Parama,
which sunk near Sautonda, spain, while on
her voyage from st. NOzaire for Aspenwan.
United States Steamer Shenandoah was
sighted off Tranville this afternoon and as
she passed she fred salute of twenty one
guns in honor of President Thiers; salute
was returned by fort Coligny.' Shenandoah
subsequently entered harbor OF Havre and
came to anchor. Works now being
erected by German troops occupying Bel
fast and Verdun are not fortitcationS as
has been ted but merely winter quarters
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SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS.
Third DaY,

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Aug. 25.--The third
DAYS proceedings ofthe Scientific Congress
was very brief. Both sections adjourned al
noon till tomorrow. The only papers read
were those by Prof Jas. Lowering, OF
Cambridge, on Sympathetic vibrations as
exhibited in ordinary mechanical vibrations
and optical method, showing them. A dis
cussion arose, which was participated in by
Prof. T. Foster, Of Chicago; Swallow, o
Missouri; WinchelI, Of Michigan; Worthen
of Illinois, and Morse, of New York, which
occupied the session till time for adjourn
ment. The members spent the afternoon
in jaunt 10 the country, on a geologic 4
survey of the country.
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EX-SENATOR, and present Judge, Orr,
of South Carolina, who has dwindled into
a Grant man, isreported as expressing the
opinion extra juciciaD that the North
Carolina election "was dog fall" BY this
dogmatic utterance the Judge, reverting to
scheol-boy slang, inferred that 1t was a
drawn battle, in which neither won. That
is considerable concession for a Gran.
man to make.
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GREAT BRITAIN.
End ofa Libel Suit, ct,

LONDON, Aug. 23-In the case OF the
Queen versus Charles W. Felt, editor OF the
English american, for libel against VIM
Drcosts, jud, ,ment was rendered against
the defendant, but sentence was suspended.
The Lancet, a well-known British Medical
Journal, praises hygennlc arrangements OF
American fleet.
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PreInature Reports.
SOUTH AFRICA.
News from the Diamond Fields Fa-
yorahIe--AIexis at CapetOwD, ETC.


LONDON, Aug. 23.-The Royal mail
steamship from Capetown has arrived at
Southampton. The news from the dis-
mond fields is very favorable. Large num-
hers of precious stones continue to De
found.
The Russian feet bearing the Grand
Duke Alexis has arrived at Capetown, en-
route from Rio De JAneiro for the East In
dies. Alexis was warmly welcomed by
the residents, and expressed his pleasure at
the receptions.
Several persons convicted of stealing dia-
monds have been sentenced to long terms
of imprisonment.
An American named Hopkins, who was
convicted Of the charge Of robbing the
mails, has been sentenced to prison for two
years.
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LONG BRANCH.
Grant at a Camp-Meetlns.

Grant at q Camp-Meeting.
LONG BRANCH, Aug. 23.-Prince Au-
gustus and Prince Phillip, of SAKE COburg,
are here.
President Grant attended camp-meet-
ing, at Ocean Grove, this evening, where +,
was enthusiastically received. The ,r,rasl
dent is very devout listener =, mayer
meetings.
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WEST VIRGINIA ELECTION.
Jacobs Probably Elected and the
Constitution Defeated.

Jacobs Probably Elected and the
Constitution Defeated.
GREEN BRIAR, W. Va, Aug. 23.-Offi-
cial returns for this county not yet received.
The Commissioners have been engaged
until late hour tonight counting the re-
turns, and are expected to get through in
the morning. Unofficial returns give
majority of 500 for the Constitution and
about 800 majority for Camden. Official
returns from Monroe county give Camden
and Causta 100 majority, democratic gain
of so over the last vote.
WHEELING, W. VA, Aug. 23.-Scatter-
ing returns from fourteen counties show
large gains on the vote of two years ago in
favor of Jacobs, the independent Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, and indicate
his probable election. There is also fair
chance that the Constitution is defeated.
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more 1Si0ds In IreIaad-Further Fl
R0ifaaf

LONDON, Aug. "a, 6 A. M.-Great excite
ment exists in DrOgheda. An outbreak is
momenterily feared there. The milirary
are confined to their barracks. Quiet con-
tinues in Belfast. Tie Mayor has ordered
that all public houses remain closed until
Tuesday. The value of property destroyed
by the mob is estimated at 100000.
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GENEVA.
The WORK Of the Commission Ex-
pected to be COmpl etcd by the 18th
of SeDteIu Der,

The WORK OF the commission EX-
pected to be COmpl etcd by the 18th
Of September.
GENEVA, Aug. 23.-The Board of Arb:-
tration met at noon. Mr.. Stampfe, the
Swiss arbitrator, was deSirous that an ad-
iournment should be had until Tuesday
night, on account of the grand Musical
Festival, to which the gentlemen connected
with the tribunal have been invited, and at
which twenty thousand persons are ex-
pected to be present, bat Sir Roundell
Palmer urged the pressure of business and
the necessity of diligence on the part of
the board, and it was agreed to adjourn
only until Monday. The sitting to-day
closed at 3 P. NJ. 1t is probable that the
work IF the board will be completed be-
fore the 18th Of September.
A brilliant soiree was given at the hotel
of ]. Bancroft Davis tonight. All the
PRINCIPAL local authorities were invited.
The hotel and other buildings were illumi-
mated.
Premature Reports.
GENENA, Aug. 23.-The report which
has gained currency that the Board of Ar
bitration has awarded the sum of "a, 900, 600
sterling damages to the United States, Is
pronounced premature. The strictest se-
cresy will be maintained until decision OF
the Board is officially promulgated.
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A WASHINGTON dispatch says: "Ser-
geant-at-arms ordwsy, of New Hampshire
says there are four thousand Republicans
in that State who viii vote for Greeley, and
not hundred Democrats who viii vote for
Grant. That settles New Hampshire
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The Gonnecsfeut Canvass.

Col. Alexander, of this city, to-day re-
ceived letter from David Clark, of Con-
necticut, wherein the most encouraging re-
ports are given of the canvass in ConDecti-
cot. Gr. Clark states that five thousand
voters who have heretofore acted with the
regular Republican party, have already en-
rolled themselves as members of the Libe-
raj organization, and that If the Republican
disafection, which increases every day,
should stop where it now Is, the State
would be lost to Grant by ten thousand
majority.
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CHICAGO.
Death of a chicago Pioneer.


CHICAGO, Aug. 23.- Archibald ely
bourne, heretofore the Oldest surviving plo-
neer of Chicago, and who settled here in
1915, died this morning Of cOngeSlve chlils,
aged seventy; his biography would include
a history of the city.
Railroad Accident.
CHICAGO, Aug. ga mixed train on
the Chicago, Clifton and Dubuque Ran
road was thrown from the track, near
Pleasant Creek, this A. NJ, by Obstructions
placed upon the track bv some at present
undiscovered villains. There fiat cars were
completely demolished. Walter Gates, train
boy, was Instantly killed, and passenger
named Heasley was so frightfuliy mangled
that be died at half past four. Other pas
sengers wers badly injured, one it is be-
lieved fatally.
No News from the Yellowstone Ex-
pedittOn.
A Sioux City dispatch says the steamer
Sioux City arrived from Fort Sally last
night, but brought down no news from the
Yellowstone expedition.
l. was expected that the Assistant S9cre-
tary of the Commissioners of the Interior
Department and the Indian Commission
ers with large body Of Indians, would be
on the boat, but they were detained at
Fort Peck by the non-arrival of Sitting
Bull, an Uncapapa chief, who is TO form
one of the party, and will not be able TO
reach here for three weeks. 81 .rr..
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Grant Committee Dfstribusing Blsn.
tom Duncan,s Cfrcuiars.

The Administration Committee here to-
day sent out twenty-five thousand copies oil
the circulars Of Blanton Duncan, calling for
the election Of delegates to the Louisville
straight-out Convention, to the Postmas-
ters, Internal Revenue officers and Mar
shals throughout the United States, with
the polite request, "Will you be kind enough
to place this circular in the hands of active
Democrats in your county," The utmost
secrecy was carried out, only few of the
clerks being allowed to put them up, the
envelopes being directed and franked with
Logan's, Harlan's, Hays and Platt's sigma
lures, by the regular detailed clerks, who
act "a frankare
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EVERY man in favor Of the preservation
of the right Of the writ of habeas corpus,
which the barOns vrung from King John
at Runnymebe, viii vote for Horace Gree
ley.
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UNION AND AMERICAN.
PUBLIC SPEAKING.

Coy. Brown win address the citizens of
Marshall county at LswisbuEg on Monday,
the I'd of September.
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BOSTON PEACE JUBILE 3.
How near it Came TO Paying its Ex.

lenses. r
BOSTON, Au@c, 23.-The Executive Com
nttee set to,lth their liabilities In aurred for
the Feace Jubilee at $500, 900; receipts,
S44o 900; leaving q deficit of $4,000. To
.deet this and give substantial testimonial
to Gilmore it Is proposed to give grand
concert and ball Oct 10, with 100000 three
dollar tickets, six of which drawn by lot
will draw the Coliseum and appurtenances.
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It likely there will be for several days as the
Bank has not yet received its circulation.
Dir. ii. 2. SsrAton, of Le0anos, is fn
charge as cashier. Handsome and polite,
ne must be great faVorite anywhere.
You've RoBEBTsON.
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III trembling accents young lover OF
N b., AS, put to his sweetheart the i'm
r qiestion Of his lie, but she replied
le utmos. calmness and sweet sigh
a. 80 znItion, Anything to beat Grant,
e.,
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ONLY one German paper in Pennsyl-
vsnia supports Hartrsaft, the Grant Cam
sron candidate for Governor.
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SECRETARY SEWARD DOES not support
Grant.
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4 BLOODY DEED.

I A Negro is Found In the Bed-chamber
OF Lady at gollierViIle-He is
Arrested, Mysteri0usly Spirit.
ed from Prison, and
- Found Dying.
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0uR STOCK IS NOW EMBRACING ALL TIE STY LES IN
T Canton Panama and Peaf hats for Men aud Boys
Of Staple Fur ard WOO
Hats not surpassed Louisville Cincinnati We devote OF tire he
Straw attention Gail and Sc "s
the old stand of Pfgue
~ Terms Orders isas +t
mh1e eoduloc7 DIsMUKEs 4 WOOLts-saAs