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1 VOL. XXILNO. 6849. NEW-TOEK, SATUBD AY, AUGUST 30, 1873. PBIOB FOUR CENTS.

AFFAIRS IN ITALY. STA TVS AND POUCYOF THE RATIOS. rake an acocst HOLIDAY FLOWER FOB SNOW TOT WOR- imr or oold wealthy antonklll Bosta, Monday, Aug. 11, 1873. lUlv now fairly entitled to be placed in the Tf-rr first rank of second-class power.

An army of 300,000 men ia maintained on a war footing. and the naval force of tbe country la much superior to that of Spain, nd c-paal in number of vessel end weight of gone to the marine force of Austria or Germany. To this to be added the politico-moral influence which the country ia now exercising in Europe. Italy ban been the first to resist clerical encroch-mento, and ia bearing tbe brunt of Papal oppo-sitloa. For the defense of her position she hae incurred tbe hostility and bears tbe curse of the Vatican, while only blessings axe reserved for ('ranee in her reaction against the principle of political and religious progress, which in the past be baa been among the most active to propagate.

No one who. wishes to do Justice 'will be inclined to disparage the importance of the position which this nation holds in the great controversy now going on. Italians, who have lived nearest to the fountain from which have flowed the influences which have inspired the civilisation of the Catholic countries of the world, have been the first to refuse drink any longer from the spring which has lost the power to invigorate their moral and religions life. They have been and are struggling to escape from the intellectual infamy ana pouucai tutelage in which they have been kept by foreign domination acting in concert with the ecclesiastical power. AS AUGUST HOLIDAY.

They have a very pretty fest in the first which, before the Pope went into retirement, was made much account of. It baa the name of the Madonna delta neve (of the i enow,) and to the fact or legend associated with it, the ancient and bonorablo Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore owes its origin. In tbe fourth or fifth century of tbe Christian era a Roman patrician who bad been converted to tbe new religion bad a vision, ia which he was directed by the Virgin Mary to build a church, the dimensions of whU as well as the site, would be indicated by fell of snow. In tbe first week in Angust the glass generally stands at ninety in the tt would be a miracle indeed to see snow-flakes In the air. But sure enough, the snow fell according to tbo promise of the vision, and upon the summit of the Esquiline JIU1, precisely where the church now stands.

I Tbe legend is not doubted by any true Catholic, and every year, on the 5th of August, the festa I is celebrated. For two hours, while the music of the vesper service is sung, here and there, from invisible openings in tbe roof of tbe church, the white leaves of the flowers of the season descend in slow-moving showers, falling npon the heads of the people and the marble pavement. The effect la very pretty, and among tbe most innocent of the many poetlo and artistic inventions to captivate the fancy of the worshipers. Formerly the Pope was present and gave -his benediction from the log-" gia of the church at the close of the ceremony. Then the crowd was great and the heat waa suffocating.

Now the number present ia just sufficient to make it pleasant to walk about the (Lurch and contemplate at leisure tbe progress of the spectacle, while the mnsie comes floating down the aisles from the Borsli-Te Chapel, tbe choir is placed Keeping the ran of these constantly-recurring festivals, a sufficient enlace is found for. the unaensational Summer life of Rome. TUX WORSHIP OF GOLD. Perhaps the greatest scandal which the hierarchy ias allowed to be commit ted here in Rome in moriWn times, is the consecration of tbe Jesuits' Church to the worship of With the exception of the Duke of Grazioli, the Prince Torlonia ia the newest of the new noblesse created by a fiat of Papal authority. It is a nobility which owes its origin to tbe merit of wealth.

In two generations tbe family of Torlonia, in tbe persons of John and Alexander, father and son, Las come to rank among the richest in Europe. Alexander, the present representative, has been the patron of tbe Jesuits, and, among ether things be baa done is to pay the expenses of lining their church with tbe richest marbles. As the Jesuits worship wealth, they have made Torlonht the oliject of religious honors. Instead of a present of golden snuff-box from tbe Pope, which would have been a sufficient compensation for what he has done fur them, the Jesuits -have given an apotheosis to the name of Tor-kmin, by inscribing it in large bronze letters, era a ground of oriental alabaster, all over the walls of their church. It ia a moat remarkable exhibition of human vanity in the bouse of God, and attracts tbe attention and criticism of all visitors to Rome.

-r- THE rort AXT AXTOSELLI. It must always be said in praise of Pius IX. that be is one of those who have not sought to enrich themselves -or their families with the spoils of office. There are to be 'found in tbe history of the Papacy pleat of examples of greed for pe iron si gain, and a cupidity in hoarding treasure which can only find parallel among thoae classes who make the accumulation of wealth the leading pursuit of life. Some of the great palaces of Rome; such as the Barberini, the Bor-, gheee, the rase hi, and the Faroe, are standing monument of Papal avarice and nepotism.

It has come of tbe association of the temporal power with the Pontifical office, and only in sovereign pride and ambition can such manifestations of a spirit of worldline find excuse. But if Pius IX. has not given way to this passion for wealth, those who surround him have not neglected to take advantage of the favorable circumstance of their position to promote such ends. The peculiar weakness of Don Maetai-Ferretti la vanity and a love of adulation, and not eovetonaneea. But Cardinal AntoneUij who has been the administrator of Pope: from the beginning of his reign, has followed pretty strictly the traditions of the temporal power.

Of the humblest origin, and beginning with nothing bat his Intelligence, be has, like true man of business, made a fortune, and been the agent for promoting on a large scale the interest of other members of his family. After Torlonia, Antonelii is reputed to be the richest man in Rome. Monopolies of grain, tobacco, and salt according to the eya- tern of farming ent common to these Government have furnished the sources from which many fortunes have been drawn. With the destmetioa of the temporal power, these fountains nave run dry. I am personally acquainted with men here ia Rome who are laboring with might and main, under the law.

for the return of tbe old system, with the leading object in view It is not uncharitable to believeof finding their reward in some monopoly to be conferred. Mouaignor Do erode, who no longer ago than 1860 was a timpl officer of the army, by eiVwrtfta? thai clerical habit and carrying on large speculations ia land, has aeoumulated a great fortune, and made him one of the most important men of tbe pontifical train. These facts are cited, and many similar might be added, as an illustration of the weakness of our common human nature, and as a proof that man, however high may be his spiritual aspirations. Is liable to fall into the sys fas which are laid up so many treasures of profane material good. The more tenacious the Church has been of its temporal advantages, the more it has tended to become a commercial and trading establishment, and obliged consequence to depend more npon force than' npon moral influences tor the maintenance' of its lotninaling position.

While- Europe, is moving on with the nfe of tbe West, the Papacy clings a obstinately as ever to the Asiatic system, and it is for this reason that we find in its conduct so much that reminds us of the rule of the Cham of Tartary and the Lama of Thibet. Travelers tell us that the Lama "is the temporal as well as spiritual bead of tbe country, (Thibet,) and ia considered as tbe vicegerent of God, invested with the power of dispensing the Divine blessings to whom he wQl, not only directly, but immediately, through the other Lama, rnouks," etc. THB SACKED COLLEGE. The Pope within a few days has been a good deal cast down by tbe death Of his nephew, the Cardinal Pcroni-Ferrettl, made a member of the Peered College fifteen years back, at the age of forty-oner One ly one the members of the Papal Senate mrp dropping and thirty are now wanting to the Canonical number. It ia constantly repeated that no new members will be added during the life-time of Pius but this seems improbable, if to the Pope's days should be added live or six.

years. There are. eight Cardinals who are more than seventy-five years old, and seventeen who have got beyond the age of eixty-aeven. Pic Nono may outlive one-half of these, and see the Sacred College approach extinction, and 'so no rule can be laid down to hinder his action unless the election of a successor to the Pontifical office is to be left to a handful of Lord Prelates. Axoeuco.

FORT MILL. i TILL NO CONFIRMATION OF TfIE REPORTED MASSACRK -A CANARD, PROBABLY, tptUl IHtpmtek ftf IA JVW- York Timtt. Washington 29. Private letters received In this klty from officers at Fort BUI, Indian Territory K- are of date as late as tbe 30tb and speak of the situation there as being exceedingly dull and quiet. Tbe Indians in that vicinity were all peaceable, and gave no signs whatever of hostility.

Many them were receiving regular rations from the fort. As Fort Sill is bat sixty hours by courier from Atoka, the nearest station on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad St. Louis to Galveston it is impossible that any such assault or massacre as has been reported should have taken place without the news first coming through by this! regular channel of communication. These letters came through in six days, and it would take longer than that for news to go from Fort Bill to Waco, Texas, between which points the communication is irregular and infrequent. Theymake no mention whatever of the departure of Gen.

Davidson from the fort with any portion of the command, and in speaking of the supplies on hand, show the quantity to be altogether too limited to fur nish the major part ot the command with subsistence for forty days, 'i' -l BEPOBTKD Of TJJE GARRISON. St. Louis, Ihng. 29. Toe Evening Ditpatck pabliahe authentic Information from Fort Bill as late a Aug.

wWch Is to the effect that on the 30th uiat. Gen. Daridsoajeft Fart SiU with his cavalry, under orders of Gen. Augur, to Suppress the Indian disturbances en the Texaa frontier, leaving but three companies of troops to garrison the fort. The expedition waa expected to be gone forty days.

Xothing ha been heard from there' since the above date, i The weakness of the garrison, with the knowledge that the Indians in that region are familiar with all that relate to the defense of the fort, cause much apprehension on the part of persons here who have friends and relatives at Fort Still that the report from Waco, Texas, of Its capture and tbe massacre of It inmates mar be true. 1 RtWORft IK KAKSAH. pARftoys, Kansas, Aug. 20. There are rumor that amount almost to a Certainty, that a terrible snsaaarrs has bees) committed at Fort Sill, occasioned by the retnrn of rotant and Big Tree, recently prls-oners In Tsxss.

LOSSES BY 'FIRE. Tbe dwelling of Hiram Cornish, occupied in part by Charles Rhodes, at the corner of Front and Vine streets, in Bath, was burned on Thursday night The loss is 12,000 1 Insured in Springfield of. I The Atlantic House, kept by Mr. Douglas, in Bar Harbor, Mews destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The fife ia said to have been caused by children at play with matches In the stable.

Two sick guest were removed in safety. Tbe hotel waa entirely destroyed. Several adjoining houses were in imminent but were saved by the exertions of the guests and Wanders. The loss is 13,000 1 insnranci, 41,500 A destructive nW occurred at Jamestown, N. abortly after A.

M. yesterday, originating in the kitchen of tie Monitor Ileus. Owing to tbe scarcity of watef the flame spread rapidly, and destroyed tbe Monitor House, Moore's carriage manufactory, Green Brothers' Mvery.eUbtes, and Eddy's carriage shops, Less 141,300 lnsnranc tlJLSOO. The origin of the fire was accidental. LA B0BSR8 BURIED IS A.

ORAYSL-riT TBREB KILLED. CAXao, 111., Aug. 29. Dy the caving in of a bank at a gravel-pit near the village of Ridge, on tbe Illinois Central Sailrosvd, to-daj a number of laborers war killed aad Three dead bodies were recovered taVnight, aad It is understood several others were killed. The name of those whose dead bodice were recovered are unknown.

Catbo, I1L Aug. 29 Evening. Three men were killed and tw seriously injured by tbe ae-cident the gnvd idt nesc TUla Ridge. On man is still burled under the fallen earth. The accident is attributed to the absence of the foreman who ia Tbe men to have bean ignorant of the danger of digging toe far under the bank.

MORE LA WLESSSESS IN ARK AX Little Rock, Aug. 29. Persons who left ClarksvOle this morning state that the Coroner's Jury who are holding an inquest over the body cf tb lat Judge waa killed en Wednesday, have sot yet reached a verdict. Gov. Baxter has offered a reward of 13,000 for the arrest of the assassin.

A vasw rumor from Perry Canary states tast the constable's poses who had been bus ting Meres aad his gang, la order arrest them, earns up with them on Thursday, and a fight eaaosd, during which Ave persons were killed. The report aeeda confirmation. A SCBOQXER BATED. PaovTDKxcs, R. Aug.

29. Tbe cutter Mee-eaaia this asm slug fcand the schooner TVUhAm Pena, of St. Geerg. with eoal from Bal timer, ashore Wasclr Bin Paint, beginning te break up Theeattet hasded bee aad tewed her te Wsneitnc tas tasking, and with the loss of part of br kesL WASHINGTON. TEE WAWAS8ET REPORT.

tXYXREftT PENALTIES OF THE LAW BXCOM-MEJTDKD AOAIJfffT OFFICERS A3CD OWTT-ERf AOEXTS AND ATTORNEYS EXTEB-tXO IMPORTS. JSswtol DUek On jrt0. Fere Thnss. Wabhthotox, Aug. The report of the Board of Investigation Into tbe Wawasset disaster has been returned from the 6 team-boat Inspector at Baltimore, whither it had been sent to satisfy a formality, and is in the bands of tbo Secretary of the Treasury, who bas en- Joined secrecy concerning its content.

Thoae who have examined the report, however, state that it is a fair and honest report. It recommends the punishment of all the officers engaged upon the boat to the utmost extent of tbe law. The Captain and mate are severely censured for leaving their post at the time, of danger, and are recommended to punishment for having neglected to take out licenses. The only punishment provided by law is a fine of $100 each. The pilot is not censured, but is commended for having remained at his post.

The Board recommend that the license of the engineer be revoked, and they visit him; with severe censure for his Irregular both in. trading and acting as assistant bar-keeper. Tbo Board find that the parol testimony, tending to show that the Wawasset was authorized to carry 150 passengers, instead of fifty, a the record of the Department show, is not sufficient to counterbalance the official records, and tho Board consequently report that the officers and owners of the boat are guilty, in that they carried avastlv greater number of passengers than the certificate of the Inspector permitted. Tbe report is current here to-night' that, inasmuch as some of the owners of the vessel have high political connections, tbe engineer alone ia to be punished and made a scapegoat, while the owners escape both fine and censure. This statement would) seem to be entirely- without foundation.

Tbe Board recommend the severest punishment for the owner- of the vessel that the law allows, and it is the fault of tbe law and not of tbe Board that severer penalties cannot lie inflicted npon them. The owners are liable to a fine of 100 for engaging tbe Captain and mate, respectively, without licenses, ami are also liable to a fin of 110 for every passenger carried in excess of fifty, which, as above stated, Is the number which the Department wflflnsist was alone authorised to be carried. The Government oflicial are of the opinion that this disaster will show the necessity of providing severer penalties; for vlolstions of the Steam-boat law. There is little doubt that the Secretary of the Treasury will approve the finding and recommendations of the DonrL KSTET OF ntrOKTED OOOM BT AOE.NTS. Tbe Secretary of the Treasury to-day issued an important circular to all Collectors of Customs.

After calling attention to. the law of 1799, providing for the representation of the principal by an agent In the matter of entering imported merchandise, it is ordered that agents and attorneys, Unless they are consignees, and are so mentioned in the bill of lading, shall not be permitted to make entries of merchandise in tbe name of their principals, unless their principals are absent from the port, and then only npon making -affidavit at the Custom-house to that effect. This affidavit will be filed with the bond and made part of the "official record. This order is made on account of frequent complaints of abuse at the Customhouses. Vlt rSTIKJATIONAL POSTAL CORTIJrnOK.

It is understood that the cause of the abandonment of the proposed International Postal Convention, which was to have been held at Berne, Switzerland, next month, is found in the fact that the European Governments were unable to agree upon any plan which? assured the probability ot success. It is stated that the French Government jwould not raise its standardof single letter postage to one-half ounce, and that the British authorities did not sympathize with the movement. DisraUS Vu jieeiattS Prtm. AOIXTS OB ATTOKKETS ZHTtEWO lOTOBTED OOOPS. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circular to Collectors of Customs throughout the" country, directing that agent and attorneys shsll not be permitted to ma as entry of imported gooda, unless upon filing an affidavit with tb Collector that tb prtn-clpal is too sick to present at ths Custom bouse, or ia absent from the country.

i EKLWrMEIT Or snUORS AXD BAD MW. A general order, Just issued from the War Department, direct that frequent inspections be made of tbe recruiting depots and rradesvoos. for tbe purpose of enforcing Uy regulations aad orders concerning enlistments, with a view prevent tb reception Into the service of minors and men of bad character. The Generals commanding military divisions will not exercise any supervision over recruiting depot, and those depot are not to be made plsce of confinement or military prisons. BAVAL ORDERS.

Chief Engineer A. Kienstadt ha been ordered to duty as inspector of machinery afloat at the Norfolk Havy-yard, relieving Chief Engineer J. B. Kim-ball, ordered to tbe flag-ship as Chief Engineer of the Xorth Pacific Station i Assistant Paymaster Stephen Band, as assistant te the Paymaster of the receiving-ship Vermont, at New-York First Assistant Engineer A.T.E. Mullln to duty connected with ironclad vessels at Kew-Orleans.

Commander A. W. Weaver bas been detached from tho Washington Wary-yard, and ordered te duty In charge of the nitre department at Maiden, Maaa, relieving Commander Joseph Fyffe, who is plee4 on waiting orders. THE BALTIMORE 2IVRDER. BALTUfOBE, Aug.

J. C. Showal-ter, who murdered his wife, and then attempted suicide by cutting his throat, at their house on SC Paul street, last died at 11:30 o'clock this morning, st the Washington TTniversitr Hospital. At time before his death he was very violent, and this morning had to be tied down. After he was taken to tbe hospital he did pot allude to ths killing of his wife.

Showalteri waa originally from the vicinity of TJniontown, Ala where hla relative now reside. He studied medicine, and graduated New-York City. TJurtog the late war Mrs. SbowaJ-ter, then a widow, waa matm of a Confederate military hospital at Petersburg, where Showal ter was Assistant Surgeon. Be waa taken with the small-pox, through which he was nursed by the lady whom he married after his recovery.

When sober bs is said to bays been a kind hnsbandvbat when under tbe influence of liquor, human fiend. The hospital physician states that Showal ter was perfectly sane when was be brought to ths hospital last evening. Bs was thirty six years! of age, and hla wife was somewhat older. I ZXECVTIO Or A MCRDEBER. Caieo.

I1L, 29. -William Campbell (colored) was executed her to-day for ths murder of Thomas Doyle, the mate of ths steamer Grand Tower, ta April last, A telegram was received this morning from J. J. Dwigbt, IlL, announcing that a respite for thirty days would bs granted. As Burd visited the Governor to secure this end, his slsUsiuml waa credited, land quit aa excitement created aoag the colored friends ef the prisoner.

An hour later, however, a telegram was received from Gov. Beveridge, declinlac to interftre. Tbe lelsuisf lisd llitls say oa th seaflbld, unices twetost his teaeesnee, aad amat tested a total lack ef penitence or fear. The drop fen at 13:90 P. breaking the prisoner's neck, aad" he died almost without struggle.

j. THE PHILADELPHIA W0RQVE. i XXTZSnOATIOX xesumed curiocs CER-TTF1CATE FROM A BURIAL-OROUXD OF- FIC1AU Priladelthia, Ang. 29. A further hearing was had this afternoon la the ease ef Deputy Coroner Sees, aad Superintend out ef the Morgue Baxter, barged with traffiekftic in tbe body ef Tbo.

Mnnce, which wss found ia ths University. The subpoena to prodnos tb records of the Coroner's Office was not obeyed, the sjlogatlon being that tbe books were the i private property of Coroner Brown, who ia absent from tbe city. William Taylor, Superintendent of tho city burial-grot! nd, produced a book aad showed aa entry dated July 4, of an unknown body which was taken to the University, College. After cross examination Taylor admitted that he gav a certificate that thla body bad been buried, and when a euestloa was asked as to the time ef making tbe entry In tbe book he said It was only yesterday. He further admitted that be received no body en tbe 4th, and no interment took place that the certificate waa given to the Health Officer, and that as It was It was a lie.

Taylor further testi fled that he sent a receipt for the body to Coroner Browa. 1 Tbe Janitor of tbe University testified to having a eonversatioa with Baxter, who said he intended te run two bodies in from tbe Morgue. Could not swear this conversation occurred on the 4th. Dr. Budge testified that the law gives to colleges unclaimed bodies to be used for scientific I purposes.

Consulting with Coroner Brown wbeai be first went into the office, that officer referred witness for the execution ef the. law to his undertaker, Wm. II. Edgar. Commissioner Pugb referred him to Baxter and the Superintendent of the burial-ground.

Witness told these men that trafficking in bodies waa beavv. and that nothing of tho kind would be allowed. He paid Edgar fl on July tbe transportation of two bodies on tbe 8d of July 1 and on the 5th. to witness innoer leaouea uu there was a question between Edgar and i Baxter aa to who should receive tbe money for the bodies. He paid it to Edgar.

Taylor sent a note afterward asking who bad been paid. Taylor, Edgar, and Baxter may bars had a private arrangement about tbe disposal of ths money paid for the bod lea Witness did not knew tb Deputy Coroner In any of these transaction. I City Controller Hsncoek produced an entry on the Coroner's warrant fur ons interment on tbe 3d, and one on ths Mb, cash b4ng paid for both burials eight dollars In eb eas. I Mr. Edgar tea tilled tbat ths receipt tat tb burial had been signed bv MoCnea, bis driver i that he did receive money for Dr.

Hodgo, but it was owed to him. Tb driver signed his asms to the receipt, Counsel ssked for tho discharge of the Deputy Coroner, on the ground that there was not a ttttl of evidence gainst him. Then followed a lively "tilt" between the Aldermen and counsel as to the power of subpoena to produce the books of the Coroner. Baxter and Sees were required te enter ball for a further hearing. The bearing attracted a large crowd, and eonsid-erable disappointment wss manifested when it was known tbat the Deputy Coroner was to be held along with Baxter.

TBE TROTTING TCR. BEACOX PARK. IiosTOjr, Aug. 29. The Beacon Park races closed to-day with a very largo attendance, numbering at least 5,000 people.

FiasT Race. For horses thst hav never beaten ft40 1 puree fM to first, $300 to second, t200 to third. Jf Ine horses were entered, and flvs started. AUMXABT. J.

Hettler b. a Rox Patebsn 1 14 5 1 M. Carroll's blk. g. Andy Johnson.

s3 14 O. H. Hicks' m. Flora- 3 3 a D. W.

Beckler-s g. Grand Central. 4 9 E. "pauldlng e. m.

8 1 ft 3 dr. 138. 2:39. 2:40, 2:38. The event of the dav was the race for horses thst hare nirrer beaten S.90 1 purse Sl.WO to first, 800 to second, 1300 to third.

There were six bone entered, but only three cam to the score, visa Judge Fnllerton. Camora, aad Sensation. The betting before the start was flOO on FuHerton to 50on the field. Tho first heat waa won by Sensation. In the second best, Fnllerton, who was driven Dan Mace, trotted very fast, making hla best record, 194, and abutting Sensation out.

In the next heat Fnllerton acted badly, aad waa beaten by Camora in but in the laat two hoata Fnllerton steadied himself and wen them both, although pressed by Camora. SUSTMAET. D. Mass's eg-Judge Fullertoe 2 12 11 i I nw'a hlk 2 12 2 B. Mace b.

g. Sensation 1 Time-23'Ji KHU. 2:22, OILAJtOR COUNTY HORSR FAIR. Middlktowk, N. Aug.

W. The Orange County races cams off today. The first race for horse that had never beaten 8.50 was vol by Geo. B. McDanUIa Tim fc33fl, Tb race waa won by Commodore in 33, ti334, end t.M.

FRIENDSHIP FARE, rTTTSBtfBCI. PrrrsByBO, Aug. 29. To-day's races at Friendship Park were well attended. The first race, for a purs of 11,300.

tor horse that never beaten 8:35, (six entries.) was won by Blue Bidge in three straight heat. Time 2:33. 3e, 2:341. Tba nsrlnv raro for a nurse of $500, (four entries,) waa won by Sleepy George la three atralght heata. Time 2:38, 3:30.

A njfBiirrff EKDntOUT MTRDER. Wr, rnmiic. in, 29. The newshas Just reached here of a murder committed last night at East Xanticoke, eight mRe below her. Tb particulars, as far aa can be learned, are, that John McCarL a carpenter, and Joseph Sheen had been on a spree," and at a lata hour on Thursday night left Shay's Hotel together.

Soon after leaving they wer heard to quarrel, and shortly afterward several shots were fired. It being so late aad dark a search was mads nntil this morning, when McCari'sbedy was found with three ballets through the head, life having been extinct some hours. Aa inquest waa held aad a verdict given in accordance with tb abov statement. A warrant waa lamed against Sheen, and he was arretted shortly afterward, and Is now in the county Jafl. tttk tntnjH iir OJJNOIS A1TD OHIO.

Chicago. 111.. An. 29. The Tribune of this city has crop reports, by telegraph, from about forty counties te Illinois, embracing the greater part of the corn-growing portion of the State, and from earns twenty counties in different parte of Iowa.

With the exception of half the counties in Illinois, all put the corn crop at only from ene-half to two-third of tho averag yield, though ia some localities where the yield win be abort, there is a greater acreage planted than usual. Tho reports from Jowa are very almilar to those from Illinois. Ths drought baa lajured ths corn very materially, ana me season is so far advanced that rata now would hardly bene- fitlt. I raKTiTTTtiir or JOBS P. BALE, TVvrra IT Anr.

29. It is sgain reported to-day that John P. Hal is falling fast, sad cannot survive long. Hla daughter arrived from West Tnl mm XTmAmmAmw tat WSS SbU to rOOOCfcl her only by her vole. HI eyesight sad voice are already gone.

rrrie fOAMT MUMTET.l Poetess MosfBOE, Aug. 29. The United Stoics Coast Survey steamer Bibb, Cspi Bobk Piatt, which hae bee eagaged for some time past in sur. veying the Elisabeth river, ha retamee to tb Boeds aad is anchored off the Fort. She will be here two or three months, eurveytog Hampton Soada.no sn-vT haviac bee mad there sine the surrey pi sites tbe war.

OTE NOVA SCOTIA GALE. REPORTS OF DISASTER MULTIPL ITA'O MAKT LTVX8 LOST TWO AMERICA! FXSBTXa TEMELe LOT, WITH ALL IIAKDS, FORTT I2f NUMBER. XI aufaz, K. 8., Ang. 20.

Mail and telegraph details of the storm on Sunday night are being eon-, stoutly received. Tbe destruction ef life aad property ea bmd and so frightful, aad far exceeds tbo estimate give. From all sections there srs stories of ho sees and barns being blown down, crops destroy, ed, aad cattle killed. Such fearful bavoe has not beeu known ia Keva Scotia and Cap Breton tat thirty years. At present ae accurate idea of tb less both to lead, and property, aad shipping eaabe formed, but it wlH ia all probability reach several million dob Already many li ve are reported lost, Thar Is too morh reason to believe that many vessels wer loot at sea, with all bands.

The fishermen en the Eastern coast of the province bar suffered severely, all having lost their boat, nshiag-teekle, Ac from Geysboro to Cape Cans. Vs-seU arriving in Halifax within the past few days report having passed large quantities of wrecked stun st sea. Capt. Ixxmard, ef Maia-a-Dteu, was drowned in Cow Bay. James Jessob was drowned at Xorth Sydney.

J.n Guysboro County tbo destruction was immense. A number of new houses were blown down or injured old one weae unroofed or stripped of their shingles bams were rased In every direction and unroofed fences were prostrated everywhere, and everything movable was twisted, turned, aad turn bled about aa if aa army ef guerrilla had ransacked the country. Forty-seree buildings are reported down at Manchester. Reports from Canso, Crow Harbor, Sand Point and other places state that the storm was frightful, aad caused a general ruin hich is nothing less than a publico alamity only to be effaced by time. A man named Laory, of Crow Harbor, was drowned, At Golden-ville, in tbat country, the damage was also ex ten-si tb.

Stores, barns and orushing-milla there aad at "Wine Harbor were destroyed. At Isaac Harbor the gale made fearful have among the property of fishermen. Every flahtore jwa swept away. The acboonero Bonnie BeU, Renfrew, Lord Burr and Bused are ashore, Tbe Baptist' meeting-bouse in course of erection was totally At Beaver Harbor fourteen Souses and bama wer blown down, snd a Catholio church was blown to pieces. A vessel with a cargo ws sunk, snd a number ef flsblng-boat were blown to sea, and lost At St.

Peter's, Cspe Breton, several houses sad barns wrr blown down, and a church partially Aa iabed wss demolished, snd tb materials scattered ever two acre of ground. Men, women, snd shlU dron ia this vicinity wore In some instances killed, aad in others Injured, by tbe falling ef bouses and other buildings. Teasels drifted to sea, and soma were stranded en the shoals. The fishing-schooner Clyde, of Gloucester, Is ash or at Port Mnlgrave. Tbe schooner Msry Hart, from Halifax, for Cap Breton, was totally wracked off Owl's Head, but the crew were saved.

Tbe following vessels are ashore at Plctou i Schooners Jesse Hoy aad Trial, of Plctou i McDonald, Emanuel, and Venture, ot Pie Bloomer little Hugh, of Aatigonishi: Ferguson, of. Mirlmlchi, and brig Willow Brae, of Pictou. Three schooners are ashore at Fraser's Point, three at Albion Mines aad one at Pictou Landing. Tb brig P. B.

C. is ashore at Pictoo Island, and wul be a total wreck. A brig owned by Peaks Brothers of Chsrlestown, is reported ashore ia Ponds Gulf. Tbe schooner Tswe is ashore in Pagwash Basin. Two men were drown.

Tb schooners Brothers and Acadia are sahoro en the Gulf shore. Four schooners are bedded in the sand in Gosae Hirer, Cumberland Coonty. Tbe Norwegian bark Xordajemen, laden with deal, ready for se. waa driven upon Wallace's Flats, and had to discharge part of her cargo before getting off. Brig E.

C. Mulct, stone laden, to aground below Ballast Wharf ahe will have to pert of her cargo. Bark Lochiel, of Annapolis, N. 8., and the brig John Richard, of Belfast, Ireland, are aahore at Eichabucto, ZT. B.

Seven square-rigged eassl axe outside of that harbor, six of them ahoai among those are the bark Formosa aad Undine. The bark Kova and schooner Margaret Jane aad Se Bird are ashore atBoo-touche. Bebecca Ann ia ashore at Caps Bald. The American fishing schooner Fanny Fern arrived Wednesday from Gloucester i was in collision with an unknown schooner In the Bay of Fundy en Sunday night. The schooner Escort, which' arrived yesterday from Labrador, resnrta the loo of three boats, decks swept, and lost seven butts ef oil in the gale of Sunday night, off Caps St George.

Twenty-three vessels sresshore In the Strait of Canso. A quantity of wrecked stuff passed through ea this side ef Canso. An American fishing schooner arrived at Canso totally dismasted, with the loss ef several men. Tho schooner Emily, also from Labrador, report tbat large numbers ef the Labrador fleet rod to gal out ssfoty at Port Hasting. It Is feared thst there will be many disasters to bs reported among tb American fishing fleet in the Gulf.

The Captala of ths bark TTndlne, ashore off Xichl-bneto, reports seeing upward ef 100 vessels off tbe Xorth Cspe ef Prince Edward Island ea Saturday. A largo number of vessels are reported aahore on tbo north sid ef Prince Edward Island, which waa exposed to tbo futl fury of tho gale. The full extent of the damage along that shore cannot be known for some days. 1 Two dead bodies, lashed to a spar, were washed aahore at Traeadie. On the north side three or four dead bodies were found oa Tuesday.

It ia feared the wreck and loss of life on that side ef Prince Edward Island have been enormous. I Two American fiablng schooners are reported down, during the storm, off tb North Cane of Prince Edward Island, with all hands, forty in number. i Her Majesty's steamer Spartan arrived from St. John, 21. this Afternoon, with the wreck of the brig T.

Arthur, Capt. Johnson, who wasuismastod la ths gal of Sunday, thirty -eight miles south-west of Sambro. Tb T. Arthur waa from Boston for this port, aad was struck by a hurricane at 8 P. M.

aa Sunday, which cleared her decks ef spars, rigging, and aaCs as dean aa a whistle. The brig was blown off eighty miles, bat managed to work up under her Jury-masts until she fell in with ths Spsrtsa this morning, who took her in tow. The steamer Delta arrived from Bermuda this morning. Sb reports that she experienced heavy weather since the 10th inst On Tuesday last she fell la with tb brig J. Morton, of and from thla port, bound to Prince Edward Island, dismasted ia the gale of Sunday, in latitude 36 34', longitude 4 It'.

Tbe Delta took off her crew and sent them to Halifax. The Morton was in danger of foundering. Her cargo ia valued at 17.865. In Baddock. Victoria County.

C. thirty barn and hoote were blown down within a radio of tea mile. Several dwelling house were completely destroyed. One heavy house waa lifted up bodily and carried twenty feet A large, expensive bridge across tb Baddock Elver is gone, A multitude of fruit trees sre destroyed. The crops in Victoria County have suffered severely.

Tbe poor people have lost heavily, and are much distressed and discouraged, and know not what to do. A church la course of erection at Baddock wss overturned, and became a eap of ruins. Sixty-two buildings are said to hsve been blown down at Caps Cans during the storm. Twenty-two well-lag bouses were damaged at Goldfevfll. Thescboooer Daniel J.

W. Clark, CCspt. FeekJ free St John, K. arrived this afternoon, and reports sb psssed. twenty miles south by west of Sambro, a bark dismasted and steering northeast by a storm staysail aad standing Jib.

Sb else pass ed a schooner with foresail snd flying Jib gone, steering west The Annie Brown arrived this aiteraoea from Labrador, and reports that en Sunday night last sb was anchored eft Entry Island, fat eompaay with twenty-fir thirty raft. aR shagging anchor. Whoa msralng aoae of teem we ta sight. It ia saiasssd taey drifted down to the norther shore ef Prince Edwards Island. If so a fearful loo of lifs assy have sosusd.

OTHER MARIXR DISASTERS. Poetlajtd, Mr, Aug. 2D. The schooner TL R. XOggins, belonging ia part to Lewis Ckas sad Whit-ten, was wrecked at Port MHlgrar la the recent gale.

Shs was 130 ton, and valued at f.KM. Schoover Jssnris Armstrong, of Weotport, Vast her deck-losd, sails, aaebors, chain, ate. 1 THE WEATHER. AJTD PROBABILITIES. WabHtjigtot, Aug, 30 1 A.

M-Tbo pressure ha Increased in th Souther State, but the are of high barometer continues central off th Middle Atlantic Coast The temperature has risen slightly in the Gulf State, and thence northward to the! lake region. "Generally clear weather, with tight south-easterly to south-westerly wind. is reported i from yew-England, the Ink region and tbe north-west clear weather with Ught north-easterly to south easterly winds ia tb Ohio Valley and southward to Tennessee. Part ly cloudy and clearing weather, with areas ef ar reported from th southern portion of th Middle State and thence south-westward to Florida partly cloudy and clear weather with Ught southerly winds ia the Gulf States, raoaABTLrrtxa. In XiwEngtmmd, las MidSU Stmtm, aad lower Uto reyien, tktprmmtrt mitt diminUk, with sKgatfy riswy temperorurs, light aeneAsaefsWy to sootA etsrly vnildt, sad olrsr or pmrtly eioudy swsttar iwring th day.

For tb South Atlantic; aad (rhlf State continued hich barometer, with light, reliable winds, aad partly cloudy or dear weather, except oa th ooest, where area of rain will prevail for Tenn the Ohio Valley and thane westward to light easterly to southerly wind, with partly cloudy weather and high temperature. I For thctupper lake region and the North-west generally, clear weather with lower temperature, except from Northern Michigan westward to Minnesota, whore increased cloudiness and threatening weather will prevail TSf THE CTTT. The following record will ahow the change in th temperature yesterday, with the average for the same, as Indicated by th thermometer at Dickinson's drug-store. No. 3 Park row i 3 A.

6i A. 670 1 I A. 69 It T3 P.M, Trl P.M, 73 1 1 P. M-, T0i It P. Average tompora-ture ysstordsy, TO.

BT MAIL AND TELEORAPH. Count SeannlnJ, member of the Italian Legation at Washington, and Gen. Sheridan are staying at ths St Lewreace Hotel ia Montreal. Mitchell Cogswell, a negro, sentenced to bo hanged at Savsaash, Ga, yesterday, was respited for five days by tb Governor, as it is alleged that ho Is insane. At Uedford, on Thursday, Benjamin Bcirdge committed suicide by walking overboard near Cndworth's shipyard.

No cause is assigned for ths act' -An unknown man, supposed to bo a tramp, named Daniel McQuade, was killed on the Worcester Bailroad, near the Providence Cityline, yesterday afternooa. Collector Clay, of tho Thirteenth District, Now-York, and James Harlan, of Wyoming Territory, have tendered their resignation to th Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The Treasury Department has given authority to the Canada Southern Bailroad Company to carry imported good to any point reached by that road without appraisement, the necessary bond being given. The balances at tbe Treasury yesterday were I Currency, 10,186,731 special deposit of legal tenders for redemption of certificate of deposit, 139,140,000 1 coin, 1 including ta coin esrtiftcat, 730,1001 outstanding legal tenders, t35d 000,000, Frank Safford, patient ia tho Insane Hct pita at Augusta, Ma, who killed Mr. Houghton, of Oxford, another patient, about a rear aad a half got committed suicide, yesterday, by hanging bins-self, He waa formerly i privat in Company Eighth Maine Beghnent i Jndge James E.

Wycke, of Vancouver, Washington Territory, died ef consumption ea a Lake Shore train yesterday. Just salt reached the depot at Erie, Penn. He was traveling from Jack-son, Mlaa, whither he had gone for hi health, to Dans ville, H. to try the water-cure establishment there. David HcKnight, a prominent citisen of and President of the National Union Bank there, died yesterday afternoon, after a lingering illness, aged sixty years.

He was connected with some ef the principal business interests throughout the Stat, aad was aalversally respected. A man named Hess, professing to bo agent of the Vienna Lady Orchestra, advertised a concert, in Portland, Ma, for last night, and succeeded la disposing of StOO worth of tickets, when bs suddenly disappeared, leaving bis hotel, newspaper, and Job printers' bills unpaid. Messrs. Freyberg Sc. Workman, of Cincinnati, who were recently expelled from the Chamber ef Commerce ef that city for contempt of its authority, have made aa application to the local Court for a writ of mandamus requiring the Board to so tors them to the privilege ef membership, em the ground of irregularity in its proceedings Yesterday morning Joseph Daniels, a workman in the MontpeUer Manufacturing Company' establishment, at Montpelier, Vt, entered a where Mia Carri Dem-mon was working and shot her, inflicting a serious wound.

Ho then shot snd killed btmsf had been paying attention to Mis Pom men, and as it Is not known that any trouble had arisen between them, it is inferred that he was insane. STEAM: O.V TBE CASALS. ALBAjrr, X. Aug. 29.

The Commission appointed to ism is aad test devices aad plans for tho Introduction of steam apon tbe canals ef this But will meet at Syracuse an Tuesday, Oct 14. 197X Competitors for the award of tl 00,000 offered by the State are requested to have their respective hosts at that point, loaded 900 tons, and pre pared fbr th final trial, which will be bad between Syracuse and TJMoa. rZLfc TEMPERA SCE STATE COMMITTEE. Albaet, X. Y-, Aug.

29. Th Temperance State Committee appointed at the Twaddle Hall Convention last June, was permanently organized at a meeting held at Saratoga, by the appointment ef Rev. Samuel MeXeaa, of Albany, Chairman, and H. BroBBoa, of Amsterdam, Secretary. It waa re solved to hold a State Coeventtoa early ia October, to be composed of fiv delegate froaa each Assembly District, to be chosen by th electors wh favor political action for prohibition, without at present organizing an independent party.

Th call win appear in a few days. EXTRADITION OF LOWESSTEIS ORDERED. Sr. Cathaeixx, Ont, Aug. 29.

Kq Low. enstsin, charged with the murder Bear West Albany, was brought before Judge Lawdor to-dar. Tb svi. dene was so eoacJoaivs that th Jndg decided ths Prisoner should extradited. The aaeeaanrr na.

pert win arrive from Ottawa ia a day or two, whoa ta prisoner wiu aaadea ever to the United States aathorlUs, CRICXXT IV BOSTOX. BoeTO. Mass-Anr. 29.A rtek aws pUjad to-day between the St Geerg' Cricket Club of Xew-York aad the Boatoa Cricket Clob, aad was won by ths SL Ueorges an the first Innings, with to mar, thai bcjm beiaar aa tnltavs and 39 ran, and tb St George U4 run, Mr. Cash- maa making to nanuaome seer ef el runs.

and Msasr. Bowmaa aad Sattorthwaito IT aad 15 slutlry. '-i LATEST NEWS BY CABLE. KHIVA. AN DXSCRRECnOJf AGAINST TOT RCMIAXS CRUSHZD BIX rrCNDBXD KHXVAXS EXK C'UTRD.

Loxdon, Anir. 30 A. 1L A fpecial dispatch from Taschkend, dated Ang. SO, to the TtUgrmnh, says an insurrection broke out in Khiva and Khokand against tho Buasians during the' absence of Gan. lCanfmann, but it waa utterly crushed, and 600 of tho lnsurreo-; tionisto wer executed.

SPAIN. CARXISTS AND OOXMURTSTS AHDTa EACH OTHER ETtrTF OUS AXJafXRAX L0BOS eXJUADROJr. Madrid. Ang. 29 Tho Cartagena insnr genU have liberated all the Carlist prisoners in that city.

The Carlists, la turn, liberate aU Communists prisoners who happen to fall int their hands. Many of th Communists who hare been Implicated in recent excesses are fleeing to Carlist lines and enlisting. Gen. Campoa baa twenty-four Xrnpp gnus in position before Cartagena. Admiral Leboa Is at Gibraltar with tho squad- ron which recently attempted the bombardment of Cartagena.

A MONTH'S RECX88 OF THB COBTZS. Madrid, Ang. 29. At a meeting of tho majority of the Cortes to-day ft was leeolved to suspend tbo session of tho body from tho 1st of September till the 3d of November. It was also decided to pa a vote of eoandenee in the Ministry before taking tbo reccas.

Mapetp, Ang. 29 Evening. In th Cortes to-day tho motion decided apon at th meeting of tho majority, for a suspension ef tbo sitting, was introduced and taken up. After considerable discussion the debate was adjourned until to-morrow. 1 I TIOLATTOIT OF FBXirCH Perpioxan, Ang.

29s A few Spanish volunteers entered France, near Monga, in search ox iarnsta, out npon tno peasant congregating' to resist their advance, soon reerossed th frontier. QREAT BRITAIX. TOT IROW TRADB SLLrTINO AW AT FROM EXOLAXD TO TOT VXXTKD STATXS. London, Ang. 89-Tbs Timm thla XnOTTV" 1 ing has an editorial on tho iron question, tie burden of which is, that one of th finest mar kets England over possessed (tho trade in iron)' is being gradually closed to her.

liar disasters in this direction ar not yet ended. Th United State are competing sueeessfuHy for the control of the iron traAo with Canada, South' i America, and tho West Indies, They hire eon-; tested under immense natural disadvantage, but they have beaten England In spite of these, She cannot afford to idle and sleep away her time and wast her money while competing' with thrifty, active, and intelligent nations, The Times thinks much ef th blame for the 1 state of things it describe should fall upon, strikers and trades-union. THB TICHBORirS CXAJMAST'S IfTTRTSSES, London, Aug. 89 In tho trial of tho Tichborne claimant to-day a large number of witnessed front Wapping testiflod that tho claimant waa not Arthur Orton. Much excitement waa created In tho Court by the testimonr of two "witnesses who swore that they hadseen Ortoa and Caatro together In Australia, aad they identified th claimant aa the person who went under the Bane of Caatro, -a-' anothzb coHsnvA-rrva mxmbkb of par- UAMEMT ELECTED.

London, Ang. 29. Mr. Vere Beoett Stan ford, tho Conservative candididato, ha been elected member of Parliament from Shaftesbury, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the elevation of Hon. George Grenfell Glyn to tho Peerage.

Mr. Stanford's majority was 69. tfority FRANCE. fourth of September Demonstrations FROHLBITED. Paris, Aug.

29. Beule5, Minister of tho Interior, has sent a circular to the Prefect of tbo Departments of Franc directing them to prohibit demonstrations on tho 4th of September, the anniversary of tho proclamation of tho Bepnblio. I GERMANY. rXFULeJION OF FORFJON F. MIGRATION AOENTS ORDKRZD.

Berlin, Ang. 29. Tho Government ha ordered th xpulaion from tho country of aU emigration agent who fail to prov that they ar German anbjeeta. INTERNATIONAL CHESS MATCH IN VIENNA. Vienna, Ang.

29. The international chess match in this city waa won by Steinits. The second prise was won by Blackburn, the third by Inderaen, and the. fourth by Rosenthal. SWEDEN.

BOILER EXPLOSION aOLLINO Km FERSON8. Stoceholm, Ang. 29. Tho boiler of flax-mill at Iinioroed, Sweden, xploded today with terrifie fore, destroy ing the null and adjoining ahopa. Ther wa a loa of Ufa in th mlTl, owing to tb absence of th workman, bat In th other buildings nin persona war kQld and a larga number injured.

Tb King and Queen, who were at Iredena-berg, a abort distance from th seen of the explosion, hastened to tho spot, and directed that every measure deemed nr nasaary for th relief of th woonded should immediately taken. SHIPWRECK. TOT BRITISH SHIP T. LEMON AND PART OF THE CREW LOST, London, Ang. 29.

A telegram from Liverpool announc th 1 ef th British ship T. Lemon. A portion of th crew vera drowned. THE FIJI ISLANDS. REBEXLION OF NATIVE WHITE SETTLERS MURDERED.

London, Ang. 23. Late adricoe from the Fjl Island are to tbe fleet that rebellion haa broken out, and that th rebel hav murdered a number of whit aettlera. CUBA. FINANCIAL DrFFICin.TIZS IMPORT UTT 0 GOLD REMOVED.

i Havaxa, Ang. 29-Ln wmaaqnenc, of the monetary eriaie and th scarcity of aped, the InUndenU has iasued dcreiTai-lowtng th fro importation of gold from the United State, and Son American countrle. which shall circulate at ia IntrineUj Tahw. Tbo export duty on gold haa been increased fiv per cent on the present taxia: -1 i. a 1.