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LOUISIANA.
The Liberal Ticket-A Compromise Ef
fected-A Few BraiBless Dis
c0ntents-0piniOns Of the
New Orleans Press.

NEW ORLEANS, August 29.-The
Democratic Reform and Liberal Con-
ference COMMITTEES, if is understood,
have agreed on the following Congres-
si0nal ticket: For Congressman at
i Large, George A. Sheridan, Liberal, in
stead Of Ivans, as telegraphed last night;
First district, Hugh j. Campbell, Lib
i eral; Second district, Randall l. Glib
son, Democrat; Third district, William
Norton, Democrat; Fourth district
! short term, Alex. BoOrman, Liberal; /;
/ long term, E. G. Davidson, Liberal !;
Fifth district, George w. McCrause,
Democrat.
The Times says: 1--WE have now a
compromise ticket in the field which
will command the approval of all Con-
servative citizens who are anxious for
! the Joint accomplishment of national
and State redemption. A single set of
nominees has been determined upon,
and that victory for which so many
prayers have been offered up by the long
suffering citizens Of Louisiana, is now
within easy reach.n The Liberal Elec-
toral ticket was adopted by the Confer
ence Committee.
The PScdy1ae says that these tickets
have been submitted to the respective
Democratic, Reform and Liberal Cen
tral Committees, whose action thereon
will doubtless be known some time to-
day. We shall have no special remarks
to make concerning this arrangement,
if it be final, until the circumstances,
conditions and pledges attending it are
more fully ascertained.
The Republican says it is understood
that the nominations have been rati-
fled by each of the three committees in
joint session, and that Governor War
moth has, in advance, pledged the
ticket his cordial support
A great deal of dissatisfaction is ex-
pressed by few fiery young orators
of the Democracy at losing their pet
Mr.. Jones-from the ticket, and they
propose to make the rotunda of the st.
Louis Hotel howl this evening, when
and where it is proposed to organize a
''New Democracy" send delegates to
Louisville, and put up a new last
ditch" State ticket.
The fusion ticket agreed upon by the
Conference Committees of the Demo-
Gratis, Reform and Liberals, has been
ratified by the State Central Committees.
The nomination of Campbell for Con-
gress in the First district was withdrawn
by the Liberals, who will nominate
candidate hereafter.
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NEBRASKA.

OMAHA, August 29.-The Liberal and
Democratic conventions assembled to-
day at Lincoln. A Conference Com
mites was appointed by both conven-
tions. They adjourned till tomorrow
morning.
The Liberal and Democratic Conven-
ton reassembled at Lincoln this morn
ing. The Conference Committee ap-
pointed yesterday reported in favor of "a
joint ticket. Both conventions united,
and adopted the Cincinnati and Balti-
more platforms and resolved themselves
into one party, to be styled the Liberals.
H. c. Lell Democrat was nominated
for Governor, and Colonel Jesse T.
Warner Liberal received the nomina-
ton for Congress. The balance of the
ticket was divided, the Liberals getting
the Secretary Of State, Treasurer, Audi
tor, one Associate Justice and State
Prison Inspector; the Democrats re-
ceiyed the nominations of Chief Justice,
an associate, and Attorney General. The
best Of feeling prevailed, and the nomi-
nations were very unanimous. aa
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Kuklux Business in North Carolina
to be Taken Up Again-Oabinet
Meeting News
in Brief.

WASHINGTON, August q. Official In
I formation received at the Attorney
Generals Office from North Carolina
makes it necessary to give the kuklul
cases another and more particular ex
animation. The President, threfore, ha
decided not to issue any pardOns a
present.
The Cabinet met at eleven o'elock thi
morning, all the members being presen
except the Secretary Of the Navy, Treas
urer and Secretary of the Interior, thi
last named being represented by th'
/ Solicitor, and the Treasurer being rep
resented by Assistant Secretary Rich
ardson.
The President leaves for Long Branch
| tomorrow.
Very few visitors called at the Whit,
House to-day.
Isaac II. Sturgeon, of st. Louis, G.. W
Jones, of Washington, and D. w. L
Willard, of Lansing, Michigan, have
been appointed Commissioners 20 exam
inc and report to the President on the
road constructed by the Kansas Pacifft
railroad
Supervisor Cobb has been retained by
the President. His field Of duty has not
yet been assigned him.
There was an auction sale this morn
ing, at the patent Office, Of accumulated
models of invention. The purchases
were principally made by junk-dealers
and model-makers, and the prices OBJ
tanned We're considered fair.
Senator Harlan has been earnestly
pressed to assist in the canvass in Maine,
but the continued illness of his wife will
probably prevent him from doing so
Acknowledgement Williams to-day re-
ceived a telegTam from Mr.. Wharton,
United States District Attorney for Ken
lucky, stating that Associate Justice
Miller, of the Supreme Court of the
United States, has granted an injunc-
ton restraining the directors of the Lou
isyille and Portland canal from inter-
fering with the work on the canal The
work is placed under the control of the
Courts, to secure the improvement with
out interference with the revenue of the
canal.
A letter from Brownsville, Texas, says
that the people there are suffering very
much for want of rain. Thousands of
cattle are dying upon the plains for
want of water.
The Secretary of the Treasury has de-
eided that distilled spirits when deliv-
cred to the Collector of Customs at any
port for expectation therefrOm, with the
benefit of a drawback Of internal rev.
enue thereon, will for the present be
taken possession of, and stored when
necessary in the same manner as un-
claimed merchandise, until export entry
shall be made
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II OFFER to merchants q very large and
IL handsome assortment for FALL and WIN
TER TRADE, comprising all the prevailing
styles, and having secured my stock previous
to the advance in material, am enabled 10
offer great Inducements in prices.
1 have made arrangements with leading
manufacturers to supply me with all new
styles as they come Ont during the season, and
have now on hand large variety Of Cam
paign styles Of Hats and Caps.
augl7 ISAAC FRIEDMAN.
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RUSSIA AND CHINA.

A letter from st. Petersburg in the
.ScllleSische Zeiteang says that Russia is
preparing for a war with China. The
territory of KOuldscha, on the western
frontier of the latter country, was, as is
known, occupied by the Russian troops
last year, and China now intends to re-
gain possession of it. The Mahomme-
dan population, however, are so hostile
to the Chinese government that they
have declared they viii put to death any
Chinese official who appears in the coun-
try. This would, of course, lead to a
conflict, in which Russia will doubtless
take the part of Kouldscha against its
so-ealled Oppressors. The government
at Pekin seems to be already antici-
pating such a contingency, for it is
building ironclads and employing fifteen
hundred men daily in the preparation of
guns and ammunition, and has sent
agents among the Russian Khirgis to
induce them to resume their old allegi-
ance to China.
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BROWNSVILLE, August 29.-Captain
Richard King, the largest stock raiser in
Texas, has been examined at length by
the United States Border Commission
ers. His testimony strengthens that
heretofore obtained, and proving that
the Mexican officials were guilty OF
gross neglect Of duty and completely in
the Outrages committed on this frontier.
He declares that continued attempts on
his life compel him to maintain an
armed force for protection. On the
twenty-seventh instant three Texans
were killed by Mexican outlaws at the
Balsa, thirty miles distant, ON this side
of the river, in revenge for the execution
Of the five desperadoes there q short
time ago. -rffrt rts.t H So
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GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

NEW YORK, August %
Secretary Fish Hopeful Of the Result OF
the Geneva Tribunal.
A Washington dispatch states that
! Secretary Fish expresses himself salts
fed with the reports from Geneva, and
/ feels confident OF good results.
Yellow Fever in CarthagenIR.
] Letters from Carthagenia state that
there is a yellow fever epidemic there.
The American Consul refuses TO issue
bills Of health to vessels, prohibits
American sailors from landing, and has
taken other steps to prevent the conta-
giOn from being sent to the United
! States.
The Herald on the Livingstone Letters
The Herald denies the imputntion OF
fraud cast upon Stanley's discovery OF
/ Livingstone, and gives the evidence OF
former correspondents of Livingstone,
| including a son of Professor Stearns, OF
| Amherst College, who testify to the be-
lief that the letters received from Liv-
I ingstone are in the travellers handwrit-
ing, and not Stanley's.
A Buffalo Hunt Broke up by ROughs.
A Niagara Falls dispatch states that a
buffalo hunt by Indians at the Driving
| Park yesterday commenced with the
war dance. -Four buffalOes were then
chased around the Park, the Indians
| firing showers of arrows at them, many
Of which landed among the crowd Of
spectators. A number of roughs broke
down the enclosure, when the buffaloes
were recaptured and housed for another
exhibition. The Brazilian Princes We're
present, and left for Chicago after the
show was over.
Another swindIe Developed.
A Kingston, New York, dispatch
states that suits have been brought in
the Supreme Court against Thomas
Cowel, President, and Z. s. Decocken-
dale, Vice-President of the First Nation
al Bank of Roundout for fraudulently
appropriating moneys and town bonds
amounting to nearly one million dollars,
which was deposited in that bank to
the credit Of the Kingston and SYRIA
cuse railroad. One Beason, Treasurer
of the railroad, Is also implicated. An
of the above were officers Of the late
Roundout and OswegO railroad.
The furniture of Josie Mansfield was
sold at auction to-day. Many articles
brought extremely high prices.
Spence Peters, charged with the Min
neapoiis bank robbery, was bailed to-
day in the sum Of five thousand dollars.
Peter Grant, GoyernOr-Generl Of
Jamiea, is expected to arrive here TO-
night TO make this country brief visit.
New NO1k I'm Brief
William Walsh, who was drunk, shot
car-conductor Henry Blanchard last
night, for ejecting him from a car. he
was arrested.
A three-mile scull race on the Hudson
yesterday was won by Deely, who beat
Englehardt easily. lime, twenty-three
minutes ten seconds.
Governor Curtin is reported danger
Ously i'll at his residence in BROOKLYN.
His physician forbids any one but his
nurse to see him.
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8CAAEA AAAAh AA1NHa-
CHICAGO, August 29.-The DexteI
Park trotting meeting began to-daS
with a large attendance. The weather
was fine and the track wrs in good con.
dition. In the three minute race for {
purse of fifteen hundred dollars, si2
horses started; John II. selling as frs
choice in pools at the rate of twenty.
five dollars against one hundred for the
field. Summary-T. B. Beach's John
H, 4, l, l, /; L. Glenn's H. B. Foley
l, 3, 8. 6; McWilbur's Edgar, 2, 2, ., 2
n. J. Coleman's Malbrino Temple, 8, 5
4, 3; VIM. Patrick's Kimbal, 5, 6, 3, 4:
w. ". Hamilton's Lurcher, s, 4, 3, 3;
r. Robbins Ida, distanced. Time
2:35l, 2:343, 2:29t, 2:35t. John H,
owned in Chicago, was bought in June
at ID. A. Cages sale for seven thousand
five hundred dollars.
In the 2:24 race for purse of twenty
five hundred dollars, only Flora Belle,
Pilot Temple and Chicago started
Bashaw, junior, and Elmo withdraw
ing. Flora was the favorite, at heavy
odds, against the field In the second
heat Pilot came in first by half length
but was set back for running, and tho
heat declared a dead heat. The next
two were won easily by Flora, Chicago
barely saving her distance. Summary
Flora Belle, /, 0, l, l; Pilot Temple,
?, 0, 2, 2; Chicaeo, 8, 8, 8, 8. Time,
2:233, 2;25, 2:252, 2:06.
In the running race of sevent-eighths
of mile heats, best three in five, for q
purse Of eight hundred dollars, five
horses started. Before the race Lady
Fairfield was the favorite, but after the
first heat Jim Conner sold at heavy odds
against the field, and the knowing ones
were badly bitten, as Nick Baker won
easily. Summary-Nick Baker, 3, l, l,
!, /; Jim Conner, l, 8, 3, g.; Bumbraes,
4, 4, 2, 2; Lady Fairfield, 2, 2, 2, 4, A; IL
linois, distanced. Time, :394, l :424,
All. / :4e.
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THE Mkt GREAT WORK.

Very few people, the London Spectator
suspects, as yet understand the enor-
nous importance and complexity of the
next great task which the government
stands pledged to undertake. Mr..
Gladstone has promised next session to
reform our whole system of local gov
ernment, with view to its reinvigora-
ton in the representative sense-that is,
he has pledged himself to examine, re-
adjust, and Tighten a system of taxation
as complex and almost as burdensome
as that of the kingdom before the intro
duction of free trade, to invade the last
stronghold of privilege, and devise a
representative constitution applicable to
provinces hitherto governed almost ex-
clusively by nominees of the Crown.
With the towns, which are included in
the scope of his measures, there will not,
we imagine, be much difficulty. Ii the
Premier, with his splendid genius for
finance, can devise new modes of giving
them revenue, so as to prevent the
increasing pressure on rental from be-
coming dangerous to civilization-which
requires that the people be well lodged
he will add greatly to his popularity,
but we imagine that no very radical
change viii be made in the principle of
municipal taxation. We wish it could
be made, that the millionaire could at
least be made to pay little more for
his municipal privileges than the profess
sional man who happens to occupy as
large house, but the difficulties in the
way may prove too great even for Mr..
Gladstone's courage and tenacity. 1t is
in the counties that the change must be
greatest, and in the counties that the
difficulties will be the most numerous
and the most embarrassing to govern
ment which, itself composed in great
part Of squires, has always to reckon on
such matters with the banded squire
archy. The ballot will greatly facilitate
reform in this direction; but even with
the ballot hanging over them, the
squirearchy will not, we predict, yield
jot of their privileges without forcing a
dissolution.
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TELEGRAPHIC MORSELS.

The schooner Meeker eapsized anS
sunk in Lake Michigan yesterday, b,
which the Captain and four men wert
drowned.
A meeting of Apollo Hall Democrat,
was held last night in New York, anC
pledged themselves to support O'Conol
for President.
Jacobs majority in West Virginia has
been reduced considerably below the
first figures announced for him. They
have now come down to less than two
thousand.
AT Detroit, Michigan, yesterday,
General J.H. Richardson, of Tuscola,
Liberal Republican, was nominated fol
Congress in the Seventh district, now
represented by o. d. Conger, who is re-
nominated. General J. @. Parkhurst,
of Coldwater, Liberal Repdblicon, was
nominated in the Third district, at
present represented by Governor Blair.
Allen Potter, of Kalamazoo, Liberal
Republican, was nominated in the
Fourth district, now represented by
General Stoughton. The nominations
were all made by joint conventions OF
Liberals and Democrats.
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Rsuroa., N.uv

TITUsvILLE, Pa, August 29.-It is
understood that the contract for the pur-
chase of the Shenango and Allegheny
railroad by the Pennsylvania Petroleum
railroad, was executed yesterday. 1t is
the intention of the latter company to
extend the road to Parker's Landing.
adjacent to the oil fields, at once. A
corps of engineers are now on the
ground. The Pennsylvania Petroleum
road is being rapidly pushed forward,
and il is expected that trains will con-
meet at Pithole with the Allegheny and
Great Western railroad in October.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.

VlHE Memphis Agency Of the Missouri State
Il Lottery Is discontinued from and after
August 10th. All orders for circulars and
tickets can be addressed TO the Managers,
MURRAY, MILLER & co.
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Greeley on the Third.Ticket Hovement

Greeley ON the ThIrd-Ticket Movement.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN, August 29.-
Mr.. Greeley arrived here yesterday, and
was the guest of Mr.. Barnum. A Gree
ley meeting in the afternoon adjourned
to Barnum's house and called him out.
He said that he was on a personal visit,
thanked the crowd for the compliment,
and then said:
"Allow me to make a single remark
in reference to one aspect of the great
struggle going on in our country. STRAIT
egy in politics is the tribute which the
craft pays the strength. The wOlfskin
proving too short, the fox's tail is
pressed into service to piece out. You
see this day a great party struggling to
avoid defeat by distracting and breaking
up the host which are opposed to it.
You would not have the Federal office
holders working so hard to get up a
third ticket, if they were not sure that
between the tickets already in the field
the verdict was against them. The eff
fort to distract the host on our side is a
confession of despair, and as such re-
ceived confessions remain, the despair
is not likely to pass away
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JOHN CuBBINS, President.
w. L CAMERON, secretary. au23
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WESTERN NEWS.
NantOn Destruction Of Household Prop.
erty Belonging to Houses Of H.
e Feme In Salt Lake.
UTAH.

SALT LAKE, August 29.-By order o.
the Mormon Justice of the Peace here
the police this evening made a descent
on two houses Of ill-fane, ndwith axes
knives, etc, demolished all the furni.
ture therein, which was worth probably
ten thousand dollars. The bureaus, bed
steads, pictures, carpets and every
thing were chopped to pieces. A con-
siderable amounts of money and jewelry
was also taken. There was much ex.
citement among the liberal citizens on
account Of the wanton destruction OF
the property, and threats were made IL
organize a Vigilance Committee and
clean out Brigham Young and other
polygamists' houses.
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steeple.Chnse q, Lonr nrnneh.

NEW YORK, August 29.-Loshiel won
the steeple-ehase at Long Branch this
afternoon, the distance being three
miles for purse of one thousand dol
lars. Time 9:144.
The second race was a four-mile heat
race, for purse of two thousand fine
hundred dollars. The starters were
Dawson's Gus, Boughner's Gerald, Nor
rissey's Defender, Franklin's Arizona,
Harbeek's Cadence, Bacon and Hal
yand's Frank Hampton and McCor-
mack's King Henry. Frank Hampton
won the first heat, Guss coming in
second. Time Z :48l. King Henry won
the second heat. Time 8:O54. King
Henry won the third heat and race;
time $3.50.
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Freaks OF E.ixhtnipr.

TERRE HAUTE, August 29.-During
the storm last night two young men
named Joe Keiger and John Mast, rid
ing in wagon, were run over and in
stantly killed by fast train on the In
dianapolis and st. Louis railroad, two
miles north of this city, their horses
were also killed. Last night the light
ming struck an expensive and beautiful
monument in the city cemetery, near
town, throwing it down and demolish-
ing portions of the structure column.
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UnfavOraBIe Crop Reports.

MONTGOMERY, August 29.-Reliable
reports from all points in Alabama rep
resent the destruction of cotton BY the
worms more thorough than ever before.
They have eaten the leaves until the
fields are as bare as after a frost. The
naked condition of the plant reveals the
fact that mature fruitage is not so great
as usual at this season of the year Fears
are almost universal of bankruptcy
among the planters. No one expects
that the crop viii equal that of last year.
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CHICAGO, August ga jacksonville
dispatch says that a terrible tornado
passed over the city and vicinity last
night. About one half of the roof Of
Capp's wooden mill was torn of, and one
third of the roof of the Jacksonville
wooden mills. The walls of the Methodist
Episcopal church in course of cOnstruc-
ton were blown down. Several barns
and small houses were upset and torn to
pieces, while shade and forest trees were
snapped of and sent whirling through
the air with terrific force. Corn
and fences through the country are
fiattened. The damage done is great,
though no lives were lost as yet heard
of. The storm is the severest that has
ever visited this locality in years.
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An old New York journalist writes
from Los Angeles, California: "There
are seventy-eight Jews here, and all ex-
cept two are for Greeley. FOrty-nine-
fiftieths Of the German and Irish vote
are for Greeley ;and the Democrats are
nearly a unit for them l know of
seventeen prominent Republicans in
this city who are openly against Grant"
Los Angeles, indeed. bes rtr
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Departures.
In Port.
Carksvine.
Rirera. Wentner nnd Rn.inea.

The river at this point is stationary,
and stands six feet six inches above low
water mark. The channel from St.
Louis to Cairo has only six and a half
feet and falling. The upper Mississippi
and Missouri rivers are stationary. The
Ohio, from Pittsburg down, is declining
slowly. The changes of the rivers else.
where are as follows: At Keokuk it rose
three inches; New Orleans, one inch.
At st. Louis il declined two inches
Pittsburg, one inch; Cincinnati, three
inches; Shreveport, threeinches; Daven-
port, Cairo and Nashville it is stationary.
The weather yesterday was clear and
pleasant. Business on the landing was
only moderate, with nine arrivals and
the same number Of departures.
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what Constitutes an Amateur Oar.man.

What Constitutes an Amateur Oarsmau.
NEW YORK, August 27.-The Ma
tional Convention of Amateur Oarsmen
to-day adopted the following definition
of an amateur:
"One who does not enter into public
competition for a stake or entrance fees,
or completes with or against any profess
sional for a prize, or who has never
taught, pursued or assisted in the pur-
suit of athletic sports as a means of live
lihoOd, or has not been employed in or
about boats or on the water.u
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A Son Shoots his Father fer Beating
his Mother.

MADISON, n. J., August 29.-Melvin
SandfOrd shot his father, Michael, a
well known sporting hotel keeper, last
night. The old man is said to have
been beating his wife, when the son
shot his father TO save his mother. The
wound is mortal. Young SANFORD was
arreatad