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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-05
PETERSBURG.

OFFICIAL yISIT-METHoDIST CAMP MEETING
ANOTHER WEEKS SERvICES-PoLITICAL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CT REGISTRATIONS
RESUMPTION OF WORK-THREE GENERA
TIONS REPRESENTED IN A PULPIT, &C.
TCorresponGcncc OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
AUGUST 3, 1878.
Mr.. A. 5. Lee, Most Excellent Grand
High Priest of the Grand Chapter Of Fir-
einia, will visit Petersburg on Monday in
his official capacity, and will be received
with the attention due his station by the
Masons OF our city.
The Methodist camp-meeting which has
been in progress during the week at
point on the Petersburg railroad three
miles beyond Reams's Station will be con-
tinued all next week, with preaching morn
ing and afternoon each day. The meeting
was inaugurated and is continued under
the auspices OF the three churches IN that
section. The exercises are conducted I'M
der q large arbor, and the country people
are generous in their hospitality to all
strangers. Presiding Elder E. P. Wilson,
Rev. Joseph II. Riddick, and Rev. Joseph
Scar have been regularly in attendance,
and under their preaching and cNhortations
there have been many converts. The
crowds have been large and the visitors
from this city many. Rev. W. e. Lump
kin, the pastor OF the circuit, who has been
prevented by sickness from attending the
meeting, has sufficiently recos cred to preach
there next week.
The convention to nominate candidate
for Congress in this district meets at the
Academy of Music on Tuesday night. It's
all the talk in political circles. The Con-
seryatiyes OF Charlotte and Grccn>Tlle
counties will elect delegates to the conren-
ton on Monday. The friends OF Mr. Hin
ton claim that he has already sufficient
number OF delegates to secure bis nomina-
ton. Among these are included the Motto
way delegation, which is not instructed.
| The returns from the Motfett registers
show an increase for July as compared with
June, which was flight month. The alco-
holic registrations in July were 1884; tax,
s41O.1O. Malt registrations, 7,422; tax,
S37.1 Book-sales, 30 gallons; tax, 80.
Three registers sold, $50. Increase OF re-
ceipts for July over June, S59.l5.
The pleasing announcement Is made that
operations ut the old PetersbuTg-1ron
Works are to be resumed NJ an early day.
EMPLOYMENT will thus be given to num-
Der OF worthy men who were thrown out
OF work some months ago, when the pro-
perry was closed. as
Rev. DR.. Eaton has returned from his
summer vacation. aad will resume his pull
| pit tomorrow. Rev. Robert a. Gibson, OF
Richmond, breaches at, Grace church to-
morrow. sr.t9 Il.
I The inspections Of tobacco at the ware
houses in this city this week reached nearly
one thousand hogsheads.
Rev. j. II. Stringiellow has taken charge
OF st. PauPs church during the absence OF
the rector, Rev. DIR, Hams. 1t is expected
that during divine service at this church to-
morrow there will Sb., in the chancel three
ministers representing three generations, IN
the person Of Rev. Horace StrinstelloW, Oh
Hanover county his son. Rev. DR.. Horace
lStringfellow, ot Alabama and his grand
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Irreescemablc GrccnbncIss.
A BIT or yEgrrABLE HISTORY FROM sHAK-
Az sg1ys -SPEARE.

A BIT on yERTTARLE HISTORY FROM sHAh'
& $50 SPEARE.
ID KANAwRA COUNTY, W. va, I
s;I SIX July 81, 1878.
Editors Dispatch: The wise man said,
There is nothing new under the sun. The
cry for absolute money is not new thing.
There was demand for such money, and
an attempt was made to give it currency,
centuries ago in the Celestial Empire.
think Marco Polo mentions that when ne
was in China, some six or seven hunqreQ
years ago, they tried q form OF absolute
money, which was created by stamping
some kind OF vegetable leaf with the soVe.
reign Hat, 'sLet this pass for: one doliar,D
or words to that effect And once on atlme
in England, when the bottom OF the tuD
tried to get on top, n certain celebrity Wneh
disorder was triumphant, he being at ths
head of ii, and fahcying he shouid-rute tue
realm foran indefinite time, issued MS nat or
decree to his deluded followers. declaring
there should be no money. This was taking
the bull by the horns in manly way: Our
absolute n,oncy-men don't propose no
money. but do propose its equivalent,
neither more nor less. absolute or nat
money ~ -.
jack Cade, the celebrity referred to-, also
tiGted or decreed that the con.
duit OF London should run nothing hut
cluret (tiat) wine for the first year OF MS
reipn. This was as reasonable and practtca-
Bile rs his no-money decree, and, thlnk
7 may say, as the abso!ute.m0ney system
now proposed by certain lunatlcs IN th:s
country. CaGe made sundrY other fantastic
DEGREES: but will only select some OF his
utterauces in Act 4, Scene 3, OF the second
part OF Henry VI, as being peculiarly APP
posite at the PRESENT time:
Cade: BE brave, then; for your captain
is brave, and vows reformation. There
shall besin England seven halY-penny loaVes
sold for penny; the threc-hooped pot shall
have ten hoops and Twill make it felony to
drink small beer. All the realm shall be IN
common, and in Cheapside shall my palfry so
to grass. And when am King Gas hlnS L
will ae)-,H ~.
All: God save his Majesty.
Cade: thank you, good people. Ihere
shall be no money; all shall eat and drink
on my score, and will apparel them III one
livery, that they may agree like brothers
and worship ME their lord.
Dick 1.-THE butcher: The first thing we
do let's kill all the lawyers.
Cade: Nay, that / mean to DO. IS not
this lamentable thing, that the skin OF an
innocent lamb should be made parchment
That parchment being scribbled o'er should
undo man? Some say the bee stings, but |
say tits the bees wax for did but seal once
to thing and was never mine own man
since, go1s ,"
Allow me to ask, Mr.. Editor, If this is
not the upshot OF no-moneyism and com.
munlsm? And would it not De the same OF
absolute moneyismY Are not ali three cou..
sins german, and bound together in mutual
sympathy? II the system OF absolute mo-
rey obtain, how long before communism,
which it aids and abets, will oyertake 1t,
and both run into Jack Cadism, with num-
berless aspirants for the place he occupied,
and the prerogatire OF putting their pal1rlcs
to grass in Cheapside? ~. hANAWHA.
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BA.NyrrsLE.

L--f eorrcsponderce of the Richmond Dspatch.l
| AUGUST 3, 1878.
Messrs. a. NJ. Davis and FL. ID. Hurt, the
District. Executive Committee, announce
that the convention to nominate acand ldate
for Congress will meet ut Hillsyille, Carroll
county, on the 18th OF September, at noon.
The committee says: leach county and
the city Of the district is entitled to ar-
point, either in district or ward mass Hleet-
ings, or ia county and city mass-meetings,
one delegate for every hundred ConserYa'
tive voters or fractional part thereof ex'
ceeding fifty, upon the basis OF the last
presidential election" l,,>s
The acknowledgements collections on to-
bacco and cigars for last month amounted
to $3.50, 217.9S; for July, 1917, SG4, Sal.
The other items Of the collection were
Spirits, S1,2i2.30; special taxes, S434.l5
assessments, S2.s32. o. Total for the month,
s193, 1896. .Tota! for July, 1877, $685.
$50 il. Increase, S66,646.21. t:s-a 80
The internal revenue on tobacco and
cigars from the 1st of October, 1877, to the
LIST of August, 1878. was 1912, 9O9.10; from
the Ist OF October, 1876; to the LIST of Au-
gust, 1877, Ss71, 736.47. Increase, $4f,-
1G2.63.
!, President P..W. Terrell, of the Tobacco
Association, reports that during the last
month the quantity OF tobacco sold was
,635. 852 pounds, the value thereof $780,
G74.96, and the average per hundred 1888.
In July, 1877, the quantity of tobacco sold
was 1,664,759,: the value SlS3,933. IA the
average S11.04. ....,.t ~
President Ferrell reports that the quanti-
ty OF tobacco sold from the LIST OF October,
1877, to the 1st of August, 1873, was 22,-
S27,375 pounds, the value Of which was
81, 976,,337.17, and the average $500. In
the corresponding period OF the preceding
year the, quantity sold was l3,lGO, iO2
pounds, the value OF which was Sl,64S,-
29S.52, and the average S12 81. IL
During the session OF the Sunday-School
Association at Laurel Grove on the 1st IN
slant horse became frightened by dog
which was biting at his heels and ran on
with buggy in which were three ladies.
The buggy was run against tree, and tue
ladies were thrown out Miss Brown,
daughter OF Mr.. W. Campbell Brown, SUI
fered the fracture Of her collar-bone, and
the other ladies-Misses Williams, daugh-
tiers OF Dir. Jerman Williams--were much
bruised.
There was a heavy fall Of rain here yes
terday evening, and some hail. About SIN
miles east Of us there was 4 hal-storm,
which was very destructive to the tine to-
bacco OF that section. The crop OF Mr. W.
c. Brown. that OF Nlr. Joe Jennings, and
that OF Mr.. Asa Glasgow. are reported to
have been almost ruined. Some CT the
stones arc said to have been as large as
ruinea-eggs. ALPHA.
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I'd be + os one species and the zebra OF.
sssllssssssr shsshst tEililc lthhs
TO Be Of one species. thess rg,,nent Of sDAR.'
WIN Is the same. re Dahwrs theory be
true --ani we have never for one moment
believed It to be true all the ggenera and
all the species q alisIivlng things have been
evolved under:the same law, and IT is to him
a question of no moment whether a sspe-
ciess includes more or fewer animals. 1t
viii surprise some people to learn that OAR.
WIN has never said that man was descended
from the monkey.
The Planter and Farner.is edited by Dr..
l.. r. DrcKsRsos, Richmond. 3s's'
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A sage of rural vocation, having strenu.
Gus grecnback proclivities, venturcd the
suggestion to me the other day that the
Government should issue and cause to be
distributed amongst the farming class
enough money to make to each farmer
S200.-Letter in Union Register.
Why not? The Greenback party is based
upon the theory that the Government can
make irredeemable paper "dolars" which
shall be as good as real dollars. If they are
not to be redeemed, there may as we'll be
issued one amount Of them as another. Let
us all be rich. Let the Government give
not each iarmer only, but each man, woman,
and'child, not merely 5000, but a million Of
dollars. Such dollars cost nothing. We
don'tsee what value they would have; but
the Greenbaekers doubtless do, or they
would not call for them.
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The Decsrnnl system.

Editors Dispatch: 10 your paper this
morning there was an article from the P0p-
ular Science Monthly On the " Decimal Sys-
tenn" I would like SPACE to correct mis-
take and point out a contradiction. In the
first part of what is quoted in the Dispatch
the writer affirms that a decimal system does
away with quarters, eighths, etc.; and in
the last part BIC affirms that in our money,
which is decimal system, we use quarters,
etc. So much for the contradiction; and as
he has thus yitiated his own statement
might let him go, but prefer to correct it
more clearly. The metric system admits OF
practically indefinite dissection. Take the
kilogramme. Its half is hectogr2mmes,
its half hg. 5 deckagrammes, which is
simply written .25 kg., its half IS
.125 ky, and so on indefinitely. Is
this any more announcement than the
fractions OF Il dollar which we use so
natuCally? On the contrary. it Is far more
convenient, because. whereas we have no
hall-cent or tive-mill piece. we have the
half-dekagramme Or tive-gramme piece. II
you want 10 go lower, you can get the hall
OF gramme in the five Gccigramme. And
so you might 60 Oh till you got TO the five
mlligramme, which is Il piece OF platinum
so small that one might have it iii his hand
without knowing it. Moreover, it is all
mistake, this idea that our tables go by
twos. What becomes Of the three feet in
yard, the five and a half yards in rod? OF
the thirty and quarter square yards i'll
square rod? the siXty-three gallons in
bogshead! the twenty-Seven cubic feet in a
cubic yard, &c.? 1t strikes ne the bisec-
ton OF these numbers is not so much easier
than OF those in the metric system, where
Won can ALWAYS get an even half by going
to the next lower denomination.
August l. P. II. II.
Our correspondent mistakes the point.
But we publish his communication without
answer
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Nj READY-MADE LINEN DRESSES

NJ READY-MADE LINEN DRESSES,
ULsTERs, AND BUSTERS.
ALARGE STOCK YET on HAND
THAT MUST BE SOLD.
PRICES ARE DOWN so Low
THAT YOU CANNOT PURCHASE THE MA
TERIAL AND MAKE THE GARMENT UP
FOR TIE PRICE WE WILL SELL
YUU ONE FOR READY MADE.
OUR GARMENTS ARE MADE UPlN
THE LATEST STYLES,
EXCELLENT MATERIAL,
FIT WELL.
FOR TIE CONVENIENCE OF LADIES
WE HAVE 4 DRESsING-ROUM ATTACHED
TO OUR SUIT DEPARTMENT,
AND HAVE
LADIES TO WAIT on CUSTOMERS.
WE HAVE NO HESITATION IN STATING ruAT
WE CAN SUIT EVERY ONE VINO WILL FAVOR
Us WITH CALL.
FL. REMEMBER
THAT YOU GET \ DISCOUNT OF TEN
CENTS ON EVERY DOLLARS WORTH
YOU PURCHASE.
an LEVY BROTHERS.
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rfr COHEN BROTHERS

will commence, August Isl. to
CLOSE OUT THEIR ENTIRE STOCK. REGARD
LESS Of COST OR VALUE,
10 make room, for new stock. This sale VIII include
not only summer stock, but AL goods they may have
ON hand. Most Of their stock Is marked down over
twenty-five per cent from their former low prices,
in order 10 force their sale.
LINEN SUITS ata great sacrifice;
1900 yards WHITE NAlESOOk STRIPED MUS
LIN Mt IKE;
cases of AUBURN COTTON nj G'3c.;
Best FIGURED PIQUES at 5sc.:
FOUR-BUTTOS L!>LE-TllRGAD GLOVES re-
duced 10 25c.:
10 dozen LONG SILK MITS, in white ana delicate
tin.s:
4 large stock Of CORSETS, including the Cork, DR..
Warmers Health Corsets. Abdominal. Nursing,
Thompson: G!oye-Fittin2, besides many other
styles;
The largest stock Of BLACK aud COLOEED SILKS
in this city:
STRIPED and CHECKED SILKS at 80 and Doc;
4 large stock OF MATING ut II great sacriiice;
I5CO FANS, To he sold al less thnn their cost at I'M
pOrlatiOn. AL
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FIFTH D!sTRICT.-A convention to nomi-
nate candidate to represent the Fifth dis
trict in the Forty-Siyth Congress OF the
United States is to meet ut llilsyille, CAR
roll county. Va, on the 18th day OF Sep
TENDER. 1878, at - O'Clock VI.
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MET NIGUT-G GO w :, DRESSING
SAcQUEs, CHEMIsEs, CoRsET-CovERs,
DRAWERS, aud APRONS In all qualities and 1t
all prices 1T LEVY BROTHERS..
You can save IN extra TEN PER CENT. by pIr-
chasing before the lott! OF August. au3
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Even in KanaWha county, W. Va; where
Greenbackism was said to. have invaded
almost every household, there are few
who have not bowed the knee 70 BAAI.. Read
the article from that county which we pub
lish this morning. go ~
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SAVE MONEY.
GREAT REDUCTIONS IN THE PRICES Of
DRESS GOODS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
TEN CENTS TAKEN OFF ON EVERY DOL
LARS WORTH YoU PURCHASE

VICTORIA LAWNS reduced 10 81. 10, and 1875.
per yard, and ten cents taken or on every dol
lars worth You purchase:
FRENCH CORDED PIQUES-cxtra wide goods
al csc. per yard worth Soc, and you get ten
cents off on every dollars worth you purchase;
STRIPED LINEN DRILLING at G..c. worth CSC,
ut zoe. per yard worth Soc. and you get ten
cents off on every dollars worth you purchase;
large assortment OF SILKS at the lowest prices
ever known and you get ten cents or on every
dollars worth you purchase;
IRISH POPLINS 1t about half price:
WHITE QUILTs very cheap.
We are determined TO close out our whole stock,
as ne intend making a very important change In
our business next fall LEVY BROTHERS.
,-- Eau 81
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WOOD AND GOAL.
CoALBURGH
SPLINT LUMP COAL.
REDUCTION IN PRICE FOR SUMMER
MONTHS.

offer this unequalcd COAL At SIS per ton de-
Iivprcd. II is the uurest and best CRATE coal In
This market TX has no fumes Of sulphur. no cllnk-
err and burns up clean. In fact, II has nj! The reGul
site, OF CRATE FUEL. Price will be higher later
i'm the season. Now is the time to buy.
<. Fl. HALVES, sole Agent,
Eighteenth and Cary streets.
Chcsapcakc and Ohio railroad has given IL special
summer rate on above coal only for limited time.
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son, Rey.J. H. String iellew--a very uslls
gHaf =
The friend do. of Colonel. Coleman say he
has fifty of theS delegates SO lar elected.
Petersburg Delegation willshe solid against
him. ROBIN ADAIR.
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The Virginia La,o journal for August
seems to be a passing good number. GEORGE
L,&F. w. CHRISTIAN, editors, Richmond.
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ECE..CREAh.
JCE-CREAM! ICE-CREAM.
Z. ~. vi VI Ch =
S1.lEDApD ICE-CREAM

,. o,rr,d an uuriyalled rcpu'a alton not only for
smn.rIor quality. Dul also for lis chcapness mlcIa
hrinys il within reach oil everybody. After thirIS
y.,rs, study and experience 10! which cishteiG
y.ar, was In Rlchmordl, | challenge tie "Or!GtS
beat Ii. .,.,.r ,,,, s. 100,
NAV frankly stat" tha; have furnishcd t!ilS sra,
son three fourth, OF all the excursions, pc-s' ana
festivals ia this city, aud have given un'ersai sat-
isfaction. on .,,,o ..,,,,
49,. IN MA lcft-iREAM. aud AIN uStug from
1900 to 5000 poap'is Of Mr. james {. s,mish's
Krnnebrc ice per day. Ny steam-iFexfihg ma-
chincry Is Of the most Improved ala"' al mas ! ca
nnct,y IL 500 gallons per day. ,
'CREAaI made ao or,ier Of any desirr, Sav0r.
. waTER- and FRUiT-ICES o! AL .les criptionS.
Nv ICE-CREhM EXPREsS-W AGONS deliver
CREAM 10 aa parts OF the city and surrounding
Sauccrs, spoons. and Tables furnished without
extra charge. .
An experienced hand will be sent with any eNcur-
si,n 10 sssslsr II desired. L. ZINNER,
Wholesale lee-CYeain Manufacturer,
,pooy 1885 Main street.
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ROCKS. STsrI0NERY. &c.
tTANDaRD ROCKS CHEAP.

~ thousand
RANDOLPH & ENGLISH ofer nany lnouStna
eisewhcre, Among them are ApPLEroNS men
ICAS CYCLOr IEDlA. 10 vols. ZELLS ENGn-
rSEh il vols. -; ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA,
70 Vols; Nlch0tsoSSS ENcSMGettSEtn islHWMsE n.
sTERfS, BURNs'S, CoQLEYrs, AoatASS, and
others. e1a'N~"
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ri" COD-LIYER OIL.
MEADE 4 BAKERS
MEDiClNALLI PURE.
IMPORTED DIRECT

We have the testimony Of physicians VIII" pre-
scribe IT, and OF patients vino have taken H. that 1T
is MORE ACCEPTABLE TO TIE STOMACH AHD
MORE EASILY AsSIMiLATED THAN ANY OTHER
OIL, MEADE K BAKER,
Impnrting aud Dispensing Pharmacists,
no - 9l9 Main street t.!c!nola. va.
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SPLINT COAL-SPECIAL
~ RATES FOR LIMITED TINES. 80 PER
TON. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PEERLESS COAL, Tor
0pcn grGilcs. kiude> quicker gives more neat, and
the most enduring coal sold. Now Is the time TO
nurclasc S.P. LATIROP,
Sole Agent for Richmond.
Seventeenth lraw-urlIgc.
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OFFICIAL. vISIT-METHoDIST CAMP. MEETING-
ANOTHER WEEKS SERvICES-P0LITICAI
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REGISTRATIONS.
RESUMPTION OF W0Rk-THREE GENERA
TIONS REPRESENTED IN A PULPIT, &C.
correspondence OF the Richmond Dispasch.1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-10
NATIONALS AND SOCIALISTS.

The heat of the Summer apparently has had
ouieting effect upon the Socialists inactive and fewer
meetings than usual have been held. combination
has been formed Of the four NaOnaes in the party
the German, Bohemian, American and French This
combination is called the Main Section and holds meet
,pgs once month, except when the Chief Organizer
deems business Of sufficient importance 10 call special
meeting Only persons holding cards Of membership
are admitted TO these meetings AT the last meeting
much excitement created by resolution TO remove
Mr. bartholomew from the Office Of Chief Organizer
His adherents demanded to know the reason
for such an act, as they declared be was their
heat man and most active worker. The OBJ
lection raised is because he is beer-seer, and holding
such prominent Office the newspapers call the whole
marty beer-seiers and drinkers" After much discus
s,on and wranging the resolution was voted down,
although supported firmly by "CitiEen" schwab, who
held himself up as model member, refusing all Offices
ON account OF his business. II asserted that Mr.
Drury was not @ member OF the organization and had
no right 70 Join IN the discussions a. .
"a feeling OF uneaslnese 10 rapidly growing among yhe
German element" said one Of their Number the otner
day "They want 10 be separated from the maln sec
ton so that each division can apt independently Iqe
French American and Bohemian members strenuouslY
oppose such acton, but the QeTpabs are Qeternined
ana being in the majority Will dQubtesf succeed Ine
other sections cannot exist without the Germans ana
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THURSDAYS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHERN NEwYoRK-
TRAVEL on THE ROME AND oswEGO ROAD IL

HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHERN NEW-YoRK-
TRAVEL on THE ROME AND oswEGO ROAD IN
TERRUPTED
WATERFOWL, N. Y, Aug 9.-There was
terrible rain-storm here last night, accompanied by
heavy thunder and lightning All the trains on the
Rome, watertown and oswego Railroad north OF this
place stopped, and trains running on the
Cape Vincent branch OF the company to-day Gull
verts washed out by the rain, and bridges were
swept away The damage throughout the country is re-
ported TO be heavy Four inches Of rain fell between
and o'clock this morning. The Black River has risen
five feet since last night Philimon Creek, at Brown
vie rushing down torrents and the families living
on the banks leaving their houses. The water on
of the turnpkes leading to this city deep as to
render them impossible.
THUNDER, WINDS AND FLOODS AT BOSTON.
BOSTON, Aug 0.-The severest thunderstorm that has
visited Boston this broke suddenly upon the city
about hapast 10 O'clock last evening 1t was preceded
by a powerful gust OF wind. that carried everything
movable before It, Then the rain came down in great
drops, which soon merged into steady stream that
quickly turned the streets into and taxed the
sewers TO their utmost capacity. The lightning ter
ribe For space OF nearly half hour It was not in
termittent but flashed in continuous glare, dazzling
the eyes, and frightening and beast. The thunder
ncessan and rolled and reverberated just over the
city. while the very earth seemed to trem0le. The
storm continued at intervals through the night About
O'Clock this morning It nearly equalled the violence
with which t first broke Again the rain fell in torrents
the heavens baZed with the vivid flashes OF light, and
the loud peas OF thunder startled the sumbeng people
into sudden wakcfulness. The storm passed away as
suddenly 10 began. and In very few minutes the
stars shining clearly, and no clouds were to be
seen except In the northern sky. The damage Id the
city was not great -.
At Bolton, WalcOtts saw. grist and cider mill was
struck by lightning and burned The loss $12 900
the amount Of insurance Is unknown.
During the storm the lightning struck the Presby
Church, the Catholic Church, the warehouse Of the
Rome. Watertovn and Ogdensburg Railroad, and one
dwellng-hOuse in Cape Vincent, doing great damage.
The storm the ST. Lawrence River terrific. The
telegraph lines in the vicinity OF Cape Vincent are all
prOstrated The barns OF Andrew COnkn, farmer near
Dexter N W were struck by lightning and consumed.
They were filled with grain.