, 1873-07-24


is AGA so. Wheat, good new shipping,
Go, Milling, 70Jal s21as. Potatoes.
Half Moon Bay, 40l11 45@1 5o@l So;
Mission, l@l %; peach blow, 25G
J 80.
New YORK, July IT, Announcement
is made that the Custom officers, in the
recent Investigations. have discovered
such evidences of fraud, on the part o.
of we'll known importing houses,
as to compel the payment of about $780,
600 penalty to the Government and the
! Imprisonment of at least one member
of the firm.
1t is proposed to force the owners of
nlansare roofs to have them removed
this year ana replaced by less iniama-
bic roofs. The Board of Underwriters
have adopted a resolution levying an
additional premium of one per cent.
upon all mansard roofs after January
1st, 1874.
The Grand Jury have found indict-
ments against persons impli ated IN the
recent duel between Wall street brokers.
j The Directors of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company have ordered a
copy of the earnings and expenses of
each of the Company S steamers to be
placed upon the counters of offices, for
the inspection of the public.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, July II. There
have been seven deaths from Cholera in
the penitentiary since last nights re-
port. The average time of sickness was
eight hours.
The guards and outside attendants
who are not separated in calls at night
have been entirely free from disease.
HALIFAX, II. S., July 1.-THE decis-
ion Of Court of enquiry into the case
of the disaster to the steamer City of
Washington has been rendered. Capt
Phillips is Suspended Tor one year.
| NEW York, July 7.--Dispatches from
Springfield, Mass, say that the starting
barrel has been placed in position for
the University race to-day. The races
comprise every variety of small boats
known to .watermen Skiffs, scows,
everything short of dry goods boxes.
The entries for the boat race for the
Bennett challenge cups were Benton, of
Amherst, Bowie, of McGill University.
Canada, aad Phillips of Cornell. After
an exciting struggle Bowie won. He
made TWO miles in II min. 2S1a Sec,
Phillips was second by only a second
and half; Benton distanced. Three
thousand people witnessed the race.
Benton fell out of the race on the last
quarter, having held till then.
NEW HAVEN, July 1S.--Ths city was
in state of excitement all day to-day
over the result of the boat races at
Springfield yesterday. The Yale's VIC
tory was the subject of talk everywhere
and the display of flags and other signs
of JOY were very general. At five P NJ.
four members of the University crew,
Cook, McCook, Meyer, ard Kennedy,
arrived with the colors won in the race
and were escorted to IT, cir hotel by
crowd.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 1S.-Advices
from Mount Vernon. Ind, report the
cholera abating. 1t has almost depopu-
lated that town. All the persong that
could ge. away have left and the
banks and business houses are closed.
Every person in the place has had chol.
era and in some large families only two
were left. There seems to be no ap-
parent cause for the ravages of the epe-
demic, as the city is clean and one of
the highest points between Evansville
and Cairo.
TAsKEND, July 2 via LONDON, July 49,
The Khan of Khiva has signed
convention TO pay two million rouoles
as indemnity, in virtue of which he is
congrmed on tie throne. The Russian
troops continue to occupy Kingard and
will construct new fort on the Oxus, |
near Khiva. Mr.. Schuyler, the Sec'y
of the American Legation has returned |
here. He went to Khokare, where he
was detained several days under sur
yeillance, and was taken finally to
KUrga, where he was admitted to see
the Khan at distance of 800 feet At
terwards he was detaiped some davs
longer and not allowed to proceed to
hashger. He received permission to
visit the southern mountains but failed
them, having been purposely nisled by
his guide.
New YORK July 1S.-It is undt rstood
that the Directors of the Pacific Mail S.
5, Co. have been advised by their conn
Sci, Edwmd ,Pierrepont, not to sue
Stockwell as requested by Aaron Nc
knian.
ABuenos Ayres correspondent narrates
the particulars of the discovery in IA pro-
vince of the Argentine Republic, of Won
derful gold mines, said to be the richest
in the world. One half of the site of
the mine has been sold, according to the
for a hundred millions.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived by telegraph: a fleet arrived at
Sydney, c. B., last evening. The cable
from Placentia was bouyed 80 miles
from Sydney; the Ilibernia having paid
out all she had on board. The Edin
burg will lay another cable from Sydney
to Placentia.