, 1879-08-28

have appointed a committee to arrange peace.
A September Gale.
New YORK, Aug. 19.-The storm at
Morehead City, North Carolina, was the
most violent which ever visited that place.
At 6 A. NJ. it blew q hurricane from the
northeast, and at midday hauled to the
southwest, a change which saved Beaufort
and Morehead from entire destruction. The
Atlantic house, the largest hotel In that part
of the country. is entirely demolished, not
vestige being left. There were l50 guests IN
it, and there WIS not n particle OF clothing
saved by any of them. People did not
begin TO leave until the waves were literally
breaking the hotel to pieces; then there was
stampede. The young men saved all the
ladies and children at the danger OF their
own lives. All the baggage, furniture, etc.,
went to destruction. John Hughes, son OF
Mayor Hughes, of Newbern, lost his life In
the wreck of the Atlantic house. The
Ocean View house, the other hotel at Beau
fort, is damaged badly, and many private
houses are ruined. There is not wharf
left in Beaufort, and only two or three of
hundreds of sail boats are fit to sail. More
head City also suffered terribly.
The Fishing Trouble.
WASHINGTON Aug. 20-Advices received
by the State Department from the North
American coast represent that although no
actual violence has occurred this year, our
fisherman are deferred by apprehenslons
of violence from approaching the shore aud
carrying on their business with the freedom
guaranteed to them by the treaty, and that
we are therefore deriving no benefit from
our agreement with the British government
and getting no return for our money. The
state of feeling which prevails between opr
north coast fishermen and British American
fishermen, who consider themselves justified
in using force to carry out local prohibitory
laws, is regarded by our government as ex-
tremely dangerous and liable at any moment
to lead to bloodshed and serious interna-
tional misunderstanding and it is therefore
very anxious that some steps should be
taken by the British government to do away |
with the local prohibitory laws OF the Ca
madam provinces which now practically |
override and nullfy the treaty provisions of
o far higher authority.
The sprague Scandal.
New YORK, August 2l.-The Times de-
tending itself against the Tribune and |
Herald for its course in the Sprague Conk.
ling affair, declares that during the past two
years there bas been in Washington an open,
fagrant scandal concerning the relations of |
o vain, ambitious and indiscreet woman and |
vain, ambitious and indiscreet Senator. |
Decent and conservative people have looked |
on with real grief. They have seen foolish |
woman "throw herself at the head" of |
man who had not self-respect nor manliness !
to hold up hand of warning and chivalrous
remoDstrance In the course OF time, the |
vain Senator. who by his undisguised, open
and notorious attention to the married
woman, had not only brought great scandal
upon himself, but had clouded the fair
name of the unfortunate lady, precipitated
the crisis which persistence in indlscretion
was sure to bring, with moral sense blunted
by an abnormal egotism. The husband re-
turned, and for the FIRST time since this un-
wholesome scandal had begun to simmer,
the three principal actors therein concerned
forced it into the newspapers by personal
quarrel which must needs attract public at
tention.
The Fever.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 21.-Two new cases re-
ported this morning; four deaths.
At a meeting of the Howard Association
held this evening" it was determined to with
hold appeal to the charity OF the nation until
every cent of the money in the treasury had
been expended,
New York, Aug. 21.---M mphis specials
state that the Howard Association expends
about one thousand dollars daily and that
their expenses are increasing, They have
exhausted twenty thousand balance in the
treasury and are without means unless the
North respond liberal lly, as last year. vari-
Gus secret organizations and notably the
knights of Honor, are working nobly. A
Herald special only says: The various relief
societies are supplanting Christian churches
here during the present crisis. Ministers for
most part have fed, leaving their hocks to
the rayages of the fever.
Oii Fire.
SUSBURG, Pa, Aug. 2l.-A train of 2S
loaded oil tanks was wrecked and burned
last night at Kipp's Run, seven miles from
this place, on the Sunburg, Hazelton and
Wilkesbarre road. The trestling over the
run was also burned, and all the trains have
been abandoned until tomorrow.
From Canada.
QUHBEc, Aug. 2l.--Everything ia quiet
to-day. at a meeting OF delegates OF rival
labor societies and citizens held last even.
ing, it was resolved that such society should
continue to work according to its own rules,
and each should guarantee the other soci-
eties against interference. Delegates OF both
societies signed the minutes.
Fever in Cnba.
HAVANA, Aug. 2I.--DeAths from yellow
fever in this city during July, AIS One
death from Cholera
Five Seconds of Shaking.
LooKPoBT, N. Y, Aug. 2l.-A shock of
earthquake was felt here at 1870 to-day.