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GEEAT DEuoNSTRATIOY IN MAINE.

sIXTETN HUNDRED TORCHES IN LINE AT PoRiLAND-
RrPUBIICANS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 9.-Ihere was
great Republican demonstration tonight conslstine
of Z. street parade and speaking. At least l,0oo
torches were in line. Twenty-fuur companies repre-
scntng as many important places joined IN the
parade.
The line of march through all the man
streets which were crowded with people, while the
houses stores ard other buildings were illuminated
in a brllimt manner. AT least one hundred
flags were flung out III the several streets while the
number OF portraits of Garfield that were displayed
amounted TO hundreds. The peOpe came IN
from all the surrounding towns, and the streets
were filled for hours, despite dripping ram tbat
was failing, , D.,
The demonstration shows clearly that the Repub-
lrcans are awake and mean business, aud VIII make
themselves felt Monday. The Democrats are
feeling discouraged, ~ there has not Deeh
such a grand parade since the war and the clrcun-
stances were such make 1t very hard to yet Out
the people. e,.
Bangor Republicans here ton chit are confident
of a complete victory, as were those from al other
sections of the State. Every man claims the elec-
ton of Davis by good majority. 90
The meeting in the City Hall was very successful
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Ry the wreck of the ship Eric the Red on the
southwest coasI Of Australia saturday last many
American cXlIuiis iufenucI Tor the WORLDS EXhlO-
ton IN Australia have breu loSt, hnd ~ toe "X-
hihulon opens October they cannot h. replaced.
ILey consisted Of goods cont ~ ihe following INNS
and comp9ti-s: The Moore Combination Desk
Company. of Indiana; the Wakefield Rattan Com
paw, Massachusetts; Hoops BrOtncls d Darlington.
Pna,lelpha John Rogers, NfW-lork CITY; 81.
pnp.cnei S,crrr * Co. Missouri: Russo II
a. IRWIN Manufacturing Company, Connecticut {:
Eagle Lock Company, Connecticut; Colts Fire
arms Company. CIEnrctIcut EDWARD Miller X Co.,
CounectIcut; Ives * Mier Connecticut: United
states stamping Company. New York; Alfred :.
Hale. New-York; i. :. PeAsc Bnifalo; = :. " bite,
pnadclphla; scott Paper Company, "a iad. lphla;
New-YoIk Jacob - Leaning. Ohlo; NasLbdIn ~
Ncrn Maniac urIug Company, Ncw-l0rk; VIM
sled Niaunfac- urlns Com r1nN. C"nnecilcui
r. " Cameron d Co. received a dispa ch ycster-
day stating that me captain and crew saved.
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4 sPEECH BY GEAEhAL GARFIELD.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 9.-There was
very large att,ndance-the largest for years-at the
Northern OHIO Far today Brief afteriinner speeches
were made By General Garfield. Governor Bishop ana
others General GaI field said in substance:
Wllie Governor Bisuop speaking OF the exhlD
tiou OF thrift and prosperity Represented
ON these grounds. was tlnklng
OF the forces at work in this country
which are silently but powerfully affecting the
re ations between two elias 'es of our population
The tendency of civi!Halion IL towards
tne city and away from the conn
try Lei me ask You to reflect
whether this is u good indication have time 10
notice but one f. tture of the problem. large majority
OF the men vino have achieved distinction were born ana
bred I'm the county. ~,
Grntlemen would you Willingly the present brilii-
ancy continued until The mOrtv Of our people are IN
ubtnt. u great citir- II zoe tendency must prevail
thrrr n, one Wav to mitigate IFS evils, aud that Is bN
blngng the city and country INTO closer bonds 0f ~
patny.
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p Q S T s c RIP T
300 n. nan.
THE VLRNO.IT ELECTION.

LATEST RrIURNs-rARNHAMS MAJORITY OWN
2j.OOO-IHE CONGRESSIONAL VofE.
WHITE RIVER JUNCION, w., Sept. i've
turns from tic GubcnatorIal Fo'e
of tho State have been received from
23S towns leaving three towns more
to be heard from. The Congressional vote mas
been received from $50 towns.
careful revision of the returns gives the i0ilo"'
Farnham. ,RcpJ iS.001; Phelps. Dem.) 2l'24
Heath. .Gbk.) 572. Farnham's majority over ALL
25.1S2.
The same towns gave in 1876; Far
banks (RepubIicanl. 444O2; Hngaau'
Democrat 2O.G22 scattering. fa'r-
brrks' majority. 23.70s; R"prbilcan gain over
1870 4O2; Democratic gain. go.
The towns to he heard from Will not increase this
majority materially. .u r.. H..
trict-Joyce lRepl. 15.501: Randall lDem. u, t3l
Mar in (ibk.l, G35 scattering II; Joyce's haJori'
ty, S,l23. c,.u
lid District-Tvlcr (Rep). 1898; Campbell
Dcm.) 6544 Mead (Gbkl, 32s; scattering, 10
iyeg's majority IL SIT. oo c.u
lid Ds'rct-Gront R"P.L l1;29Si Cuffer
Dem.L g. 1853: Tarbell (GrcenbaclO, l,2l0; scatter
ing, 32s. Grour's majority is 3.0f7. 90
Town representatives 20j Republicans ana 10
Democrats as far ~ heard from.
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NEW STREET-NAR Project.

A ROAD THAI WILL RUS THROUGH FORTY -SECoND-
ST. ST. NICHoIAS-AvF. AID OTHER STREETS.
Work has been begun on Few uptown
str, et-rar road for which charter was giantcd five
years ago Tle company is known as the tortysecond
Street Mannatanyiiie aud 81 Nicholas Avenue Raj
road Company. and George NJ Van Mort formerly Com
missioner OF Pablo WORKS, is the president
one OF the provisions OF the charter was
that majority o, the property holders
along the line road should consent 10 the blding
of IT, The con,pany spent four In gaining the
consent of sufficient number. II then took AK months
10 obtain permission from the Department ~ PuD1c
Works 10 omen tIe streets through which the raroId is
TO pass Permission granted on August 81. and
work was BEGUN ih~re viii be a orosstOwn
branch, Raining nom fiTst-aVr 10 IWcnth-aVe. ou
Forty-.cc0nd-st Tins pJri OF the road vii be ready
by October !. lac charter also permits the
road to pas through ThirlytoWtl--t 10
Tvelfl-avP., mp that aNcnuc 10 FuittSecouuSt, ana
thence to First-ayc There VIII be branch Inc from
y-secondsf. up ecNerth-ave Ia Fort, hfth-st
thence np Broadway ~ Fity -ntntl r.. aud along the
Grand Boulevard Onc-nuDd cd andtwtnii iitn ~.
From thai street The line w,II extend 10 - Nca"hs-
ave. thence lOn tHat aVeuuc down - Ohe-hiilrtdind
rcnti-si through that street TO frsavc and down 20
EIcEty-s' Xtn--t.
A d1ubl. rack has already been laid from seventh
ave ncary 10 TWrlitl-aN"., along For N--c"ond-Sl.
Three hundred men employed and the work j. hclnS
pusned ahead vita tue greatest pO>shle rapHty the
cumuan, hopes to have thr entire Inc III operation 10y
fJtrfu her
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HALFWAY NOTES.

PHILADELPHIA, sept. 9.-Io-day the Pitts
bur, T,u~yic aud Eu;raio Railroad Company entered
into contract vi the representatives of number u
ieiinerc, OIL City transport their production.
amounting 100 To zoo Il oil per day, The
Pitt~hurg Tltusviilc and Baf.dO road 10
pIniirX, whence II VIII b. carried over
the Lake shore road to b. laln This oil hitherto has
taken ~ itu raj roads To Grard aud thence
thr l. 49, shore
CHICAGO, Sept. 0.-At meeting of the Pull
man C,f Company to-day a tue ODD officers wer .
re. &c ri except Robert Lincoln, who was
chosen 10 III dictatorship In place
OF j. y ID, Barry. II IL now Practically srtlei at
tHr CHcdEO. Burlington aud Qnmcy Rail
road Com any vii transfer The r0adb
paco II into Chicago from the Lake Front Depot
" the now Union Depot ON tho vert sds.
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TIE FOCNDERED STEAMSHIP.

EXrTC1rD ARRIVAL OF THE SrRVIvoRS-lIIF FL
NERAL on GENERAL T"RBERT.
AT the office OF +. AieXandre n Sons Yesterday 1t
was stated that 80 Eew information had been re-
ceyed there IN regard to the CITY of
Vera Cruz Mr. Owen and members Of the
crew are expected 10 arrive by the steamer 6. W.
CLYDE winch Is due here to-nIght The steamer
Charleet In however. salicd the same night az the
CLYDE from Charleston. 50 that 1t Is possible that
Mr. Owen and ms comrades may have come by that
steamer AZ the Post Office another lot Of mail
va. received Yesterday morning, which had
been c,-t on the Florida snoIc from the
wreck of the City OF Vera Cruz There were about
~ inany letters III tnls as w're rcce Vrd VI )llaY,
but They wrr. in a much worse condition, some Of
,uc,n being cat al The end and sideS apparently nv
,hc ha.,l ~ iec they had received wlen wei: About
100 OF them bad 10 hc sent TO tue 'cdd
Letter Ohice at Washington as worth
less 1vw Of them were returned
10 tneir sender, in this CITY, and the rest for
Wardcl 10 Havana Stsiday afternoon, stamped As
1nose Of ,he FIRST lot We're.
yhe persons who have charge of the funeral of
General JorbcTi received the following telegram
Yesterday from Gene al Dent:
81 AUGUSTINE F a., Sept ., 1850
The undcriaker'S patty nave returned TINS morning
m who's carg. tas was lett by Owen refused 10 ne-
liver the body without al order IRON MIS- lore ~ or
burial c>kc sout is stored near the grave Wnai are
your ordcrsi DENT
The bodv is buried about fifty miles south Of s..
Angus. me and General Dent had sent an nnder-
taker from hat place after IT, telegram was
Immediately sent by Mrs lOrbert ordering that the
uody snould be delivered TO General Dent, who
would satisfy all demands. military escort mas
been detailed 10 accompany the body from ~.
Augustine 10 Jacksonville. General Torbert's
friends have been assured that all
The necessary permits will be granted
and the body VIII probably be brought to lhs city
In the Guy Of Dallas. winch will sail from ia hsOn
willie next thursday. IL has not yet been decided
where or when the funeral viii take place.
Ii Is stated that the Spanish Government detain ned
n telegram sent from this city 10 Havana on
September 3, announcing the probable
loss of the City Of Vera Cruz for
one day. The reason gwen for tins by the officials
was that they were afraid il lght cause too much
alarm and they preferred to wait tor further par
ticuars he Friday evening ana Saturday morn
ing papers at Havana were not allowed Ia mention
the accident. One paper. La COrrrspOHdencid. WAS
fined $500 for publishing a few lines about the nc
Cident
HAVANA, Sept. "A telegram sent hence
the morning OF September 3. announcing the WASH
ing ashore the Florida coast Of mus bodies. etc. In
dicsung the loss OF the City OF Vera Cruz.
hveged on Saturday Afternoon The given by the
Government officials for It's detention that the
alarm would be great and that 10 would pre-
able wait Tor further particulars None VI the Friday
evening or Saturday morning papers were allowed 10
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A FIERCE GALE AND HIGH TIDE.

THE STORM FELT WITH GREAT SEVERITY on THE
NEW-JER~EY COAST
IoXG BRANCH. y. j., sept. 9.-FOr twelve hours
the coast has been swept by northeast gale blow
ing al the rate of fifty to sixty miles an hour OId
surfeu say II Is the severcst September gale mat
los visited the place since 1S1i. The damage along
the shore - great. Dlatury bathing house Keepers
who braycd the storm of week ago. aud lett their
b,tL,ng establishments standing. awoke this morn
ING ia find their houses felled by The elemcu;s Tbs
lar.r simmer house on the elf In front of the Flor
,uf. Hotel was broken up and carried seward The
storm Ia, driven away the few guests who re-
manned M the hotels aud ;wo-tlir!s Of the cot
tac.r, who generally stay until October. have also
Gcuared.
The track of the New-.Iersey Southern Railway
between Highlands Station and Seahright WAS
washed away. suspeudIug all travel from New-York
via Sandy Hook. The passengers were transferred
10 the Central Railroad. Traffic was. however. re-
sumed Oh the Southern Railway this evening
At the Highlands the beach is strewn with rag
ments of broken bathlne- houses. vessel Is re-
ported ashore north of this place
At Occau Grove the tide the highest known
IN wears Washing in shore thirty feet further than
usual Portions of wreck S;uil ar being constantly
washed NJ On The beach. The lilc-saving guard
has been doubled tonight. Inc beach Is hIu'h
Tnward NJ ,tfall the storm increased in severity.
and II o'clock the wind was blowing az the rate of
slxt. nnl,s an boar TIE waves broke over the
ocean, pier. bal the iron structure showed only a
Slight VIBRATOR.
A. Ashury Park a spar and a watcy-tqnk, appar-
rn;!y belonging to large vessel were washed
ashore tn,s evening. supposed iriu vessel wrecked
Uil bore.
NJ. with oysters from Norfolk. She Will probably
iOaj at hlgh tidc.
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the conrt was that Captain White {" bs r.nrimara.s
IN orders by the Department Commander '"aed
BROOKJyX
The number of licensed dogs IS 5.3G2.


BROOKLYN.
The number of licensed dogs is 53Go
ThJ Centennial BAPTIST Church has Uven -.
name OF The Temple TO the Rink, which II h 10y
changed into q house of worship. "As
The unsIghty board fences surroundn1 the hr,ao.
approach are being removed. and Iebt voada
gates fitted into the archways to exclude intrndsr.
The Supervisors of Kings County yes,eria,
authorized the payment to Surrogate Liyings,on "a
$1,000 Of fhe expenses incurred by him in his con
test with A. II. Daily for the office he holds
The People. Gas Light Company, supplying m,
Broadway, and north of DcKalb-ayc, has r.ducaJ
the price OF gas to ~ thousand feet, beginnina
with September. s
Chief Engineer Kenyon. Of The steamer Alarm,
lying Ut the Navy Yard, was robbed of 600 wbi",
was in his stateroom. Wednesday. coored m.m
named Jackson was arrested IN TIE Navy Yard D..
the theft, and the money wa found yesterdaa
hidden IN shoe IN store IN Nassau-st. near tbs
NAVY Yard. '
The annual report Of the superintendent ~ N.
Kings Comfy Asylum for the Insane in Flatbp'"
shows tnat during the past year there we're Al :
patients received an increase % 100 over the MN
Der of the previous year. Among the Inpro yement,
IN treatment are the doing away with restraint an
paratus and the keeping the patents employed 40
far as possible. The asylum now contains 796 ma,
tents.
Tho sale of TAI city lots, comprising the V,rdor
WORT estate in the Eighteenth Ward took paca
Yesterday This 10 said to be- the largest ale az lo
ever known in Brooklyn, and The transfer "A
real estate In the city the last twenty-five years
The land fronts NewtOwD Creek and ia tray.
ersed bv numerous newly LAID ont streets Most
OF the purchasers heirs of the estate and rho
sale was IN accordance with an order Of the Su-
preme Court.
The seventh annual session Of the Ncw-York Con-
ference of the Free Methodist Chur h., composed Of
sixteen delegates and nineteen ccrgymen, was con-
iinucd yesterday IN the church az lhIrd-aye and
Twentieth-st The denomination is formation
from the Methodist Episcopal Church. 1t has seven
conferences and nearly 10 900 members. The ex-
animation of the moral character of the ministers
was the business Yesterday, and last evening the
Conference was address by the Rev. ID. H. Baker Of
Chicago, Editor of The Free Mcfhodist
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PREP1RING FOR A GREAT MEETING.
The following notice was issued yesterday:

The following notice was issued yesterday:
HEADQUA RTERs BOYS IN BLUE.
DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK, :
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK, sept .. 1850.
lCuC lar.
The Maior General Comman ing announces for the
information oil tie Bows BlGc o. WORK Guy that
senator CunkIng viii make tie opening >pcecn o. the
c;utaSu this city about the Ith INST
1t that many companies a. possible shal
ne uly orranIzrd and uniform d. IN order to partici-
pate in a parade that occasion. Captains are ther
fore redue Ted to devote the coming week 20 the pro-
curing OF uniforms and torches.
The & : ana hour OF the parade will be duly an
nOunred IN orders.
:. V. X. CRrGER
Colonel and AdiutInt General.
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SHIP EEUS.
POET OF NETWORK ......SE
ARRIVES


ARKGVEG
str Asatia lB Craig London Aug % to Henderson Pros
ar The Queen tBr, Williams London Aas q. to WI
SIR Ieca (Br HILL Liverpool Aug y amt Queenstown 10.
str st Ablns (Br. Dumaresq Liverpool l2ia daya to
str Ger, Barre Bremen Aug 20 and southampton
Str IN Ager (Fr Lemarec HavIe 10 days with mdse
SIR Msrenso tBrl Bristow Hull Aug %. ssnderson
SIR Niagara, Baker. sept 3 10 F Ward Co
SHIP TsrS Of 4m6erst WILT Iotwerp AZ DAVIS
Barr Laura Mara Ger L.iermaehrr DsatAe 81 da;S
Immanue CNor Nielsen, Grms;adt As DAYS IN ball
BAH America KaStz Haven. in ballast 70 master
BARK PIiusessen Nor Andersen o feIaan 80 days with
Brig cara "A st. Baccsraeh Bilbao days with iron orc
schr I'm 81 iias sherman MusGuash' b, 10 days.
SchF i 5 newman Newman ,agua II DAYS with sugar
and nola'ses TO B9es & Co u y .,,,. NTH, lima.
Der 10 SoIth1od 6 co, vesse t. Eyap,, aan { Go.
-chr May Harris. Harris, Kenneoec hiver withice'o
Schr cabot Bunker St John B u d.,s with order
" The following anchored below came W TO the
Bark E6crezer (Nor Nielsen Tvedestrand.
Bark Arctic Nor. Ulstrup Havrc.
wGND-sun.et--At ,aniv nGos fresh Ne; cloudy and
CLEARED
sr- Utopia BIZ. McRtchie LONDON henderson Bros Her.
der hapur @ %G5 cerG9Grg hun;
castillo Sran Auiet. Barcelona ard Aarseiles E Pug
Deakcn iiava1s + Alexandra sons. Br. Tmouth
M1rseiles Grnncll Minturn & CO. II lNlnHstoh, HOwc,
savannah Yougc. Manhaan Kelly, NoriDk, '1ty Pont
and Richmond. Od Dominion - Co Martha stevens chance
ia t,nore. Commonwealth bmkirk Phiade'
phil Roberts Neptune Berry Boston. Dim0ck IL
ranora Bragg Portland. Ames bruno Foster, BatI'
more. kTcms
Morgan. Minnie swift (Brl IAswel Waterford whitney
d co. ,, go 49, ..,. 49,. O. 80. NIL.
man tBrl Briggs, BIidg.tOwn Bar Dwight " PIatt ogt
(Torl Krogh Cork. Falmouth plymouth or orders Funoh
Edve & Cherokee tBr ONaey. OnGou Wflng - Aren'
bald Wellington (Brl Glare Bordeaux. James hwel Is
Go: Lovohiertc (Nor. Msen, Els1nle FnEc Edye co,
co omio itan ampO Newly SlocoNtch * Co. konlgn
Augusta G.r,. Esinole Funci t'iye Co; Sende
manncn Hqn-el. ElSnorc, uncl. Edyc 4 co.
Dayton, gttoNn l. W x J. Arm
strong. Charles sparks, CotIcr Bbua, Ward q 60.
CtaJ Adams McFadden 81 Thomas and Il NrOX PENSION
* Co. -, %, ..-.,
Co spring Bird ODD Mclean II john j. -cAmnsll Bros
FOREiiN POtr-
LONDON sept 9-Arr OF the Isle Il Wight str Denmark.
THgRroo sept 9-sailed sth inst ,tr Lon, Cough for
pihlNielrWa ...... ,-....<. -.
York
ttAsGow sept 9Arr Sh inst str state Of Alabama from
New
DISASTERS
VINEYARD HAVEN sept g.Sclr II NaioHeS (0f CaSiine,
Me- trJn Bangor New-IorS. with iumb, went ashore
Last JOp She will probably get of when The
storm fOh.r ties.
Morgan Greek. The ere" are siil aOoagh.
Tor La'er ship vers. - aa4 80 fft '!j,
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CENsrRING \ RAILROAD COMPANY.

AUfliNn UHNIW'OI, II UTdNCTHTH III IIIF IIWH-
son er Railroad. knock d fron car OF freigh
ttan on Augu-, -, when the raa passing under
bi dce ut YOukcrs. ana bcd Al TIE GqU,-t. he'd
Yesterday by Coroner KNOX, testimony VA. gwen 20
show that The bridge 800 low, aud that there
least hlty bridg, cqully low and equally dangerous
nm the rnnd hetwecn Albany aud New York. IL was
shown that many accidents nd happened IN VonSr-
arcnce as duIir, OF the brlk compel tn" tp he
OIL en- on the top the fI-ghC Tue jury compiled
The following ccIngr with it, verdict We ceuurr TIE
company TOR not having bridges bCn enough Tor
!he III the discharge % his duty
Ia Mss,
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"FElrZn AGAIN IN COURT.

Joscnh K. Emmel. lhe Nclor, was taken before
Justice Wandcu. az the Jefferson Market Police
Conr,, yeslcdly, hy Oldccr lcCool, OF the twenty
I.in,h Tr.nu,t. Re Norc = black broahcl1th s,it
and = wDrtc mech1Ic. and cared N his haud
Hack silk Iat winch looked ~ though an attempt
had been mace 10 IRON ~ with brick. Mr.. I'm
m.i's eyes we b.oodshot and his clothes ~eic
eI,lasaed with mGd. Ills sep vas some what uu-
.i,ndy as ice was brought into court. and lie
CHING r. the IRON rAl ~ front Of che m1Is, rate,
.,s, Noy aud then be passed pnr hand over ais
forehead A. though m pa Il. hr OFF 81 SAID that he
found Mr.. fnrirt yesterday morning az twenty
scyruth-.t and >ixilI-afc. htlp"..lv intoxicated
Mr. Emmett spoke 90 IN iEcOh'g, ~ manner, ana
Wa, committed by tLc justice tor lew day. Mr..
Emmcis son ~ cont. and the magistrate
told MN to CONT tack SI;urd ~ ur Sunday aud h0
would decide what was best To do for MS rather.
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MEN WANTED II COLORADO.

DENVER. Col, Sept 7.-Thcre are nine rail
roads H. ptoge Is state AID tue Work is delayed
10y ne scarcity of borcr- Denver aud Rio Graade
Company alone req riug AZ asst 5000 more men than
tnoy a NJ present al. scr,e 1Ar abprcl- ar
oeivlng rom II 70 80 ~ 80 per day The draw
away more than Onc-nail he nuGbcr imported.
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SHOOTING FOUR TIMES Alta CoNsrAGL


The .ranarv Of Isaac Hicks IL sons at Nestbury.
L. L. was broken open Monday night and several
bags Of gram were stolen. On tuesday morning
Two cOl0rcu men left ut the Hampstead grist mil
two bags of gram 10 b ground. 1t was noticed by
tie miller soon after the n"H had left the mil thar
tie bags bore the MARKS OF Isaac Hicks Sons, and
having heard al tie robbery he sent word 10 3r
Hicks. who made complaint before Justice CleWeS,
ana warrant war issued for The arrest of william
Hilton colorcd man, who has been living ut West
bury with a white woman, WIZ" claims I" he ms
e. ven the warrant, aud on Wednesday night
he went 10 lliiton's house TO arrest hlm.
EldrIdge was unable to gam alllltiancc
10 the house and while he WIS ia KING 10 iiiton's
we. al "A side window Hilton jumped cut o. rear
window ana, Running arorul the hou'e, shot ,ur
times AT Eldndgo without hitting HIM. EMFdge
returned the fire. hut iiiton managed To gain &c
woods ana made his escapt. II iriGc then arrested
the woman and Il cooIcd man who was IN the
house and locked them mp. Inc farmers ~ tic
vicinity of Wcstbury and Jcrcho have suher'd
heavily IN the last lew years from the Expectations
of thieves Hilton is now believed 10 he the leader
oi the gang OF thieves that niest tie middle OF the
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MP. WEED IMPROVING.

Thur,ow Wecd's health is still improving lie said
last nipht to 1R,BUNr reporter that he was freiing
better than on l, day before. although ne was sun
very weak Yesterdays weather, Oi course pre-
vented him from going out at all. but otherwise IL
did NOT affect INN lnjur ,usy. Now that the very
warm weather has passed Ee hopes 10 recover MS
usuol health. He was sittIng mp III cha'r "hrh
the reporter called and his looks confirmed what lie
aid of the ImprnYement ~ hIs health.
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HOUE Ne US.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

rim fr,upe IoicI-General W. b. Haznn. L. :. A.:
Washington Mclean, of Cincinnati Edward mcpherson and
thc lion ennl~I Myers OF Penus ~ ma SIR fdward
Syner Hutchinson o. England II II. Wells, OF Washington
aid jaines A. BurGen. Of Troy ..-.' Sc obs ne Hon
lin, - Frances OF TROY and T. COwes. Of Cleveland
Ccr. on % ,JoG de soto, SECOND secretary OF The span
sb ersf ION al WASHINGTON Holman HoUseEx Governor
Irur limit EhOd. Island nSor obt-Juise j.
NJ Woow6rh o. omaha ard captain Bodsco Of t. Peters
h,,rc los. IfOteL- Thomas J. Senmes, OF NevOr
lpllS
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ArTACE WHERE RAIN Is NEEDED.

PoUGHKEfrsIE. sept. 9.-Repors from all
the river count show that the farmers are seriously
romplru NJ Of the scarcity OF water, many OF the
tiirats being dried up and the pasture very poor
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reached Porto Rico. Gable communication VIII tn
,hat noinf tx broken. The steamship Etna. of tne
Ala Line Also sailed fron New York, for the same
morris AS the lladii August 81 and no iniornh.on
has since been received here regarding hci 9"i''''
'r,c oucu;s feel no alarm II lwoyer.