, 1875-09-16

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New YonK. Sept. 12.-The Western
Union Telegraph directors at their meet
ing Yesterday ratified the recent election
of d. O, Mills of San Francisco, by the
Executive Committee as director in place
of C. Witt, deceased.
The banking house Of F. Schuchardt
and Sons has stopped payment. The
firm is one Of the Oldest and most re-
spectable, in business. The causes of the
suspension date back to before the
panic. 1t is expected that ultimately
the creditors will receive full payment.
At one time their bills on London sold
higher than bankers now ranking as
prime. Losses will fall principally in
Europe.
CHICAGO, Sept. ia terrible dis
aster occurred on Lake Michigan. The
propeller Equinox on her way from
Chicago to Bay City, Mich, with cargo
of salt and towing the schooner Emma
E. Mays, was overtaken by storm near
Point Au Sable. The Captain of the
Equinox cams to tie stern of the propel-
ler and called out to cutth line, this was
done and the propeller caved in and
sunk in few minutes. She had crew
of 10 men. Capt Dwight Scott of
Cleveland, who was accompanied by
his wife and granddaughter, making a
total of %. The first intimation that
the schooner had of the catastrophe was
the shrieks of the drowning. The Mays
could render no assistance and the en-
tire crew of the Equinox went down.
The Interstate Industrial Exposition
which met in this city last Thursday, is
now fairly under headway and surpasses
any previous exhibition. in number Of
exhibitors and quality of display and
completeness of all the arrangements.
The attendance since the opening has
been very large. This evening the
immense building has been visited by
not less than 25. 200 people.
Pr. JERvA1s, Sept. n--Heavy frost
in this section last night, destroying the
puckwheat. Corn and other crops are
injured.
RALEIGH, Sept. 1.-THE following are
the principle ordinances introduced in
the convention: Abolition of the office
Of Lieutenant- Governor; prepayment
of poll tax as qualification for ssf-
frags; abolition of Township system;
restoration of Court of Common Pleas
and quarter session; tD'prohibit inter
marriage of races and fixing civil rights
and social equality before the law from
the Democratic standpoint.
MONTREAL, Sept. 12.-Over 5000
people visited the two cemeteries to day
The vault in the Protestant cemetery
in which are Guibord's bones and his
intended grave in the Catholic burying
ground. Double picksts are ont on the
avenue leading to the vault.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.--Senator
Pease of Mississippi, telegraphs to the
Attorney General that all excitement
consequent upon the disturbances ct
Clinton has subsided.
New YORK, Sept. ia special dis
patch from Bredan states that the COM
centration of the two German armies
ordered to participate in the grand
autumn manouvres will be effected on
Monday and will begin and continue
during the week.
BERLIN, Sept. ia daughter Of
Bismarck has been bethrothed to Count
Wendlzuenlarborge of the Prussian SER
vice.
FLORENCE, Sept. u.-To-morrow will
be the first day of the festival to COM
memorate the birthday, 400 years ago,
of Michael Angelo. The celebration
will last three days.
CErT1aUE, MONTENEGRO. Sept. 12.-All
the country between Servia and Monte
negro is in full revolt. Fully 10000
insurgents have taken the field. The
towns Of Perrepivl and Pleolie are
sacked and Turkish villages burned and
Turks massacred. The Christian in
habitants have taken refuge in the
mountains. The Turkish troops are
demoralized and the insurrection is
spreading on all sides. Montenegro is
prepared for war and the widest en-
thusiasm prevails. General war is re-
garded as inevitable.
CoNsTANTNoPLE, Sept. 12.-The for
eign consuls acting as mediators leave
Mostar to-day and will endeavor to see
the insurgent leaders whom they will
inform that there is no hope Of foreign
aid and will advise them to submit the
grievances to Servia Pasha. If the re-
suit is unsatifactory Servia Pasha will
issue proclamation assuring the re-
dress of all grievances on condition that
the insurgents submit within certain
time.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 11.-It is re-
ported on what is believed to be good
authority that Flood & O'Brien have
purchased from the Bank Of California
the San Francisco Refinery and Acid
Works also considerable mill property in
Nevada aggregating in the neighbornood
of four hundred Thousand dollars. The
prospect of the opening OF the Bank of
Nevada by the first proximo and the e1-
pectation of early resumption by the
Bank of California have tended to in
crease confident feeling in business
circles and the large transfers of coin
from fha Troo onrv md roce;rsu frov,, ~