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              %btnim jMBk \ * MfYraVfti /sU I III mnunm nm. I » Weskly Established 1«60. ( PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 188b. I TWOOMTB. 1 Ten Oents Par Weak' i REIGN OF TERROR. have undoubtedly recorded interesting and valuabls date of the earthquake; bat whta examined it was found that the instrument had not been set, and therefore bad no in- orders of Gen. W. J. Hardee, burned all tbi public buildings, stores, cotton warehouses iANADA IN EARNEST. CHURCHILL BLAMED SCULLING RACES. shipping, etc. The Federal troops entered the city on tin 18th day of April and made great efforts U extinguish the flames, but they had gained such headway that it was useless to flghl them, and the beat portions of the city were laid in ashes. At the conchulan of hostilities the enterprising citisens at once began the work of restoring their city to Its formei prosperous state- On the site of the forms* buildings magnificent structures were erected with wonderful rapidity. Improvements have been made every year since the close of the war, and Charleston could proudly boast of being the handsomest city in the south. The city is built upon low and level land, and to one approaching It by water it seems to rise from the sea. The harbor Is a lyge gstuary extending southeast to the Atlantic, with an average width of two miles. It is landlocked on both sides, except an entrance of about a mile in width. DETERMINED TO WOTfiCT HER FISHERIES WITH ARMS, For the Belfast Mots—A Commission to HANLAN RUNS AWAY FROM COURTNEY WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. formation to nal office reports were oomplled from various points, with a view to showing ac- course Of the earthquake. MaJ; Powell, dtreotor of the geological survey, to whotel this (into is sayat*ii seiagfe convulsion is unprecenfed in the extent C* territory covered, and that it has visited many localities in which an earthquake was never felt before. The earthquakes, in his judgment, originated In Asia, proceeded across the Pacific ocean, and entered this country from the Pnoiflo coast, making themselves known in the outbreak of geysers, etc., in the Yellowstone park, and proceeding northeast and southwest throughout the greater portion of the country, being plainly felt wherever the earth's crust was sufficiently thin to permit of it. He is almost certain that a tidal wave must have been caused in the Atlantic ocean, from which reports will be received. The phenomenon was not accompanied by any unusual atmospheric conditions.At the alg- London, Sept. 8.—During the debate in the house of commons last evening, Mr. Sexton wneerted his belief that the Belfast riots had been prosecuted in the interest of tile government He demanded the restoration of order without the protracted formality of a commission of inqniry. Oh&rleaton Presents a Soene of Unprecedented Buffering. If Mseessary, to Keep the American* Away—A Mew Salaam Made, Which Is the T»f«#t Important Tct—Aegland will Bank tier Colony. B—ch. the Australian, An Ehj Winner OB the ThamM Over Teemcr, the Amrlean—Large Crowds Witness the Two Kvents on Each Side the Big Pond. lAhr York, Sept 2.—The single scull match for a purse of $2,000, between Edward Haitian and Charles EL Courtney, three miles with a turn, was decided yesterday afternoon on Jamaica bay, Long Island, and resulted in an easy victory for Haitian. It was estimated that fully 15,000 people witnessed the contest What little betting there was done was at the odds of (100 to (60 on Ex-Senator J. If. Oakley, of Long Island, was referee. Hanlan rowed in a cedar boa*, SI feet li 1-2 inches in length, and weighing 20 1-2 pounds. Courtney rowed in a paper boat, 32 feet long, and weighing SO pounds. Hanlan was the first to appear for the race. Courtney followed a tew minutes later. Both were loudly applauded as they paddled to the starting point After the course had bean cleared of rowboats and other craft the contestants were ordered to get ready, Courtney being on the inside. When the referee gave the word "go" Hanlan was the first to catch the water and soon showed a tww feet in front After going about one-third of a mile Hanlan was leading by nearly a length. Up to this time Hanlan had been rowing thirty-one strokes to the minute and Courtney thirty- At the big hotel dock Hanlan held a two lengths' lead and turned the stake boat seven seconds ahead of his opponent When fairly on the home stretch the race became simply a procession, Hanlan rowing in the easiest possible manner and leading by six lengths. Whan opposite the Seaside hotel Hanlan stopped rowing, and in response to tjhe applause of the spectators raised is cap several times. He finally won the race by ton length* The winner's time was given out by the official time keeper as 19m. 22 l-4a; Courtney SO seconds later. Courtney said after the race that he was fairly beaten. Hanlan1* backer will now challenge Beach to a single song race on the Tyne, England, far a stake W (5,000 a side. BULL FINDING YI0TIH8 He inquired of Lord Randolph Churchill how Protestants were to be induced to reemploy the Catholics discharged through political intrigue. The riote, said Mr. Sexton, were entirely uncollected with the question of home rule, but, without home rule, riots would ensue. He believed the disorder at Belfast was directly promoted by Lord Randolph Churchill's Incendiary speech in that city, which was Intended to influence the general election. GaoROrrow/t, P. B. L, Sept. 8.—Mackerel have been freely schooling inshore around the east point of Prince Edward Island for some time past. The east point is the most famous mackerel fishing ground In the North bay. As the great body of fish schooled, mare and more inshore, it was natural for American vessels to follow them, Hiey could not distinguish the Imaginary three-mile lias from the shore, and besides, the exciting advances in the New England mackerel market offered an Inducement to run some risk. The sight of Americans making large hauls of fish, whether inside or outride the limit, naturally exasperated Canadian fishermen, notwithstanding the fact that there were enough and to spare. They have, therefore, tor some time past been making savage attacks on Admiral Scott and the captains of tty cutter. Yesterday nearly eight sail of American Miners were fishing near the East Point All of a sudden the cruiser Howlett sailed around the point and pounoed down on the Wellfleet schooner Highland Light, of ninetytwo tons and one year old, who waa seining about two miles from land. Capt Lorway took possession of her without form or ceremony, put a portion of his armed crew on board and conveyed her to this place. She had 900 barrels of mackerel on board. Capt Kelly, of the Highland Light, admitted being inside the limit The seizure was made in the presence of the whole seining fleet and the greatest excitement naturally ensued. There was, however, not the slightest attempt at interference, and Capt. Loray experienced no trouble in bringing his prise to this regular port of entry. Soiiris would be a nearer harbor, but the customs official there is only a sub-collector. Buried Beneath the Debris of Ruined Houses, Which Swell the Namber of Killed by the Terrible Karthquake—Many Poor People Camping la the Parks Without Kven a Canvas Covering—A Food Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chief secretary for Ireland, denied that Lord Randolph Churchill ' was responsible for the Belfast troubles. He praised the Irish constabulary, and said he hoped the house would assist the government In their difficult task, and patliatlyjpwalt the result of the commiadon. famine Threatened—Later Shocks Felt. South of this entrance extending along the coast is Morris island, five miles long and three miles wide. The width of the inner harbor at its mouth, is something over a mile. The passage is defended by four fortresses. On the right hand, at the entrance, Is Fort Moultrie, on the site of the fort which beat off, on June 88, 1776, the British fleet, under the command of Sir Peter Parker. On the left side of the harbor and direetly covering the channel ii the historical Fort Sumter. Immediately in front of (he cltv and but a mile from it Is Castle Pindkney, Covering the crest of a mud shoal and facing the entrance. A little south of Pinckney is Forfcv Ripley, a ■mall square work erected in 1808. The country surrounding Charleston is noted for the picturesque character of Its scenery, and the drives along the riven are embowered in the loveliest foliage—pines, Dak, magnolias, myrtles and jasmines vying with each other in tropical luxuriance and splendor. Chablbstoh, 8. C., Sept 2.—Three slight earthquake shocks were felt here yesterday. They were but slight and did no further destruction. Not even during Gen. Gilmore's bombardment of the city Mas there ever been such a deplorable state of affairs here. The pity is literally in ruins and the people are firing in the open squares and public parks. There is a great rush to the depots to get away, but owing to the damage to the railroads no trains have been able to be dlspatched from the city. Telegraphic cornmuis also cut off, save one wire of the Southern Telegraph company, which |S crowded-with anxious private messages. It fc impossible to depict the ruin and desolation feat prevails. Not a single place of business in the city is open save the drug stores, which are busy preparing prescriptions for the weanded. It is impossible to give mvy cornet estimate of the killed and wounded, aa bodies are constantly being disinterred from the debris of wrecked houses. One underdertaker who was interviewed stated that he had furnished eight coffins. Many of the dead of the poorer classes of colored people lis unburied, awaiting burial by the county. HMre.are not a half dozen tents in the city, and' women and children are experiencing great privation In consequence, and as night approached most of the heads of families constructed tents out of bed Bheets, spare awnings and any other material that came to their hands. SOME OF THE CA8UALITIES. A Fuw Name* of the Killed and BkUABT, Sept 8.—Rioting was resumed to-night on the Shankhill road, and the police were stoned until they fled from the ground. Belfast Police Stoned. Some of the casualltles reported are as follows:Injured, Re-enforcements arrived and the rioters were driven away. Fifteen of them were arrested.Mrs. Williams jumped from the second story at her house, seriously injuring her spina Mrs. E. Galliot, colored, and her daughter were injured by being struck by a brick. Mrs. Robert Martin was seriously hurt. M. J. Lynch was struck tDy a heavy stone and probably fatally hurt. Two persona were badly hurt by falling timbers at the house of Mrs. Lazarus. A policeman stated that he had seen two dead bodies in King street near Broad. Dr. Bush reported that in a park there were about a dosen Injured people whom he had attended. A wall struck Charles Rivers, colored, and broke his leg. It also hit his wife, injuring her severely. FalliDg bricks severely wounded Moeee Brown, colored. A son of Mrs. J. N. Robson fell from a stoop and was badly hurt. R Alexander, a young chemist, was crushed to death under falling walls at his boarding house. A Mr. Hammond is believed to be fatally wounded. Wabhwoton, Sept a—The reduction in the public debt during July amounted to $1,- 910,699. The net cash balance in the treasury to-day is $76,527,801 against $80,906,826 a month ago. Uncle Sam'a Bank Account. Customs receipts for August amounted to $30,771,570, nearly $8,500,000 more than in August a year ago. Internal revenue receipts were $0,607,884—$500,000 more than in August of last year. Oovernment receipts from all sources for the month of August •mounted to $82,105,326 against $28,004,260 in August, 18S5, an increase of more than $4,- 000,000. Government expenditures, however, were $28,908,887 in August past, or $6,000,000 more than in August a year ago. The corporate limits of tlx city extend from the Battery, on the extreme southern verge, to an arbitrary line on the north, fully three miles, and covers a large extent of territory.The temperature of Charleston Is generally very warm, and crat-door pleasures are very popular, especially in the evening; The city is laid out with great regularity, the streets, with few exceptions, crossing at right angles The two principal thoroughfares, King and Meeting streets, run north and south, nearly parallel, the whole length of the city, but converge to an intersection near the northern limits. The cross streets extend from east to weet, from the Ashley to the Cooper rivers, and are generally narrow. The principal streets are well paved and lighted with gas. There are few regular blocks or rows of buildings and no uniformity of style. What 1s lost in this respect is gained in variety, and with fine gardens, open plots of shrubbery, shade and fruit trees, creepers, vines, the magnolia, the oak, the cedar and the pride of India girdling the white dwellings and the green verandas, the effect is extremely beautiful. There are few public squares and these are generally small. The city has several times been inundated by the waters driven up the harbor by the violent winds, and has, from this cause, at various times suffered considerable damage. The years 1669,1788,1753 and 1797 are noted In the history of the atty as periods of these devastating occurrences. A few years ago it was visltsd by a cyclone which did considerable damage. The rest of the fleet followed the Howletl snd her prize in mournful procession until th|s harbor was reached. The excitement here is almost unprecedented. The Highland Light has been safely fastened to the wharf and is in charge of heavily armed guards from the Howlett to prevent the possibility of her being recaptured during the night by men from the American fleet, as the A K. Horton was recaptured and stolen out of Guysboro sixeeen years ago. Capt Loray has telegraphed for Admiral Soott Boiling Mill Statistics. A colored woman, name unlearned, killed. Jiabella Howard, dangerous wounds. Mr. lerdt, dangerous wounds. A colored wonan, name unknown, killed. A factory girl, said to be kitted. A colored woinau, on Capt. Small's premises, killed. Mrs. Anna Torek, probably fatally hurt by falling of her house. Miss Jessen, badly hurt internally, lived with Mrs. Torek. Miss Mary Palmar, serious internal injuries. Ainsley Robson, killed. Julia Smalls, colored baby, killed. Lavina Jacobs, colored, killed. J. C. E. Richardson, probably fatally hurt by falling of liis house. with 1884, a new directory just C the American Iron and Steel ass Sept 2.—Am compared Isr [*• - -THE -TEEMERtBEACH j-RAGE. The alarm and apprehension among the citizens continues unabated The strtets present a sad picture of desolation and ruin. Th» parks and opeta places are camping grounds (or thousands of poorly clad and discouraged people. There is a general desire among the more well-to-do classes to get away from the city, and as soon as railway communication is re-established there will be an exodus. This will be tfee ease independ ently of the present feeling of panic, for.: even after this passes away there will be naay families who will remove temporarily while the restoration of the city is being carried on. There are also many visitors who see no charms in ths place now and will hasten to their homes north and south. that the (lightly decreased number of ttJlMq;' mills and steel works la 1886, notwithstanding the great increase since 1884 in the erection of steel Dlants, Is aoiwrnlied for partly by the fact that a number M rolling mills which were built to roll iron rails have been wholly abandoned, and partly by the fact that the increasing use of steel tends to diminish the demands for the products of Iron rolling mills. The annnal capacity of the rolling mills in finished iron and steel is virtually the same now as in 1884. Won Easily by the Australian, ndl Tlma to IffUf. ,-j Lokdok, Sept 8.—The WMttber was brilliant and the tide fast' with a light breese, which scarcely rippled the water. The crowd was the largest that ever aseemblsd on the banks of the Thame* to witness a race. Both men mad* their ap|Dear»noe on Mis rirer in their boats punctually at the time announced, bat the start was delayed owing to the numerous craft crowding the rirer. Testnar started off with thirty-six strokes to the minute, and was the quickest in starting. Beach rowing, thirty-eight strokes almost instantly caught him and quickly forged ahepd. At Duke's Bead' Beach led Teem* half a length, and at WaldanV. the former was two lengths ahead. Teemer here spurted, and with the utmost gameness toiisocrsd to overtake Us opponent buVWithout avail Beach  increasing his rate of strokes kept the advantage, leading four lengths at Hammersmith, where Teemer was rowing a hopeless stern raOfe, "but still pluckflyidoing his best From ffgnimatimith Itiirtl MdfflM biOBH with OCMksummate ewe, winning D the race by ten lengths. Prominent rowing authorities declare that Beach is the greatest sculler ever seen in England. He looked as though he oould'row ten miles at racing speed. The betting at the start was 9 to 1 on Beach, ant was 90 to 1 on him at Hammeimnith. Beach's time was 9Sm. 52a Halifax, N. 8., Sept. 2.—The news of the seizure of the Wellfleet schooner Highland Light relieved the monotony of official life in Halifax. This seizure is regarded as the most important of any yet made, as this is the first capture ot a vessel taken in the act of fishing inside the limit The AfMuns and Doughty were seized for buying bait, a very doubtful violation of the treaty. All the other seizures have been for trivial customs A brick struck a mulatto man and killed him Olive Nickleby, a mulatto girl, was killed in Judge Bryan's yard. A wall in Oow alley fell and Struck Isaac Jenkins and seriously injured him W. Pratt jumped from a window and broke his leg. Capt. H. A. Desausarre received painful injuries about the head 'while sitting in his oCos. Ellon Mitchell, a mulatto, was seriously injured internally. Mrs. Baynard fell down a flig! t of steps and injured her hips. A nephew of J. W. OMeubuttel is serf-, ously wounded. Susan Days, Mary Ann Drayton and Kate Hamilton, colored, are seriously injured. Susan Middle ton, colored, and another colored woman were killed by being crushed under the portico of the main station house. The Rebels Captured. Sofia, Sept 2.—M. Zankoff, one of the the leading conspirators recently condemned to death by a court martial, has been placed under surveillance, as it is feared that he will either attempt to leave the city or commit •ulcide. The rebel troops who have been occupying the heights of Sofia were surrounded by the loyalists. The latter compelled the former to surrender, when the rebellious officers were placed under arrest, the men under them being paroled. variations. This seizure is made on tile very day that it Is announced that England will actively aid Canada to enforce the treaty with British ihipsof war as a practical answer to the itory ao widely circulated that the cruiser captains had positive orders not to make seizures for violating this treaty. A well-known citiaen thus describes his experience during the shock: "We all made a rush for the street, but when we saw the buildings swaying and walls toppling into the streets in every direction a feeling of despair seemed to seize upon everybody. I for one realized the uselessnees of attempting to escape, and I saw others also stop and stand still as if giving themsslves up to whatever fate bad in store for them. The sickening sensation caused by the movement of the earth was hardly more appalling than the terrible noise which accompanied the shock. This was not very loud, but was like a low and threatening growl under the earth. The piercing cries of frightened women and children, and the freiuded shouts of men calling to one another and attesapting to organise some means of . rescue, formed' a singular contrast to this subterranean thunder. People stood despairing for a moment, and then a tumultuous rush was made for open spaces. I ran as fast as anybody. Tet I recall vividly the horror pictured on the faces of those near me. The tMag has made an indelible impression on my mind, and even now I look for that ominous roar. The weeping of women and the hoarse cries of the men, as they ran hither and thither among the wrecks of walls and telegraph wires, can never be adequately described." Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian high commissioner in England, has Jut arrived ia Canada to confer with the government upon . ohe practicability of carrying out the Prince of Wales' idea to make tile Indian and Colonial exhibition a permanent institution. Sir Charles Tupper *aid: "I have folly discuseed the question with Bail Granville and Lord Roaebery, the late colonial and foreign fecretarie**f state, and also with Edward Stanhope, title new colonial secretary, and I have not the slightest doubt that England will firmly maintain Canada's rights in regard to the fisheries, and will afford her every sup'jort." ,v ' "You mean moral support!" "Yes, and active support by the British ihlps of war in North DCfrrinin waters. The American correspondents of English papers have grossly misrepresented the facts, uid attempted to mislead the press, but the British government thoroughly understands the question, and the British public is getting to understand it also." At the last census, taken in 1880, the population was 40,990 people, exclusive of the parish of St Philip, or the neck, which is, however, virtually a part of Charleston, and contains about 30,000 inhabitants. At Chicago—Chicago, 15; Washlngton, 8. At Baltimore—Baltimore, 10; Brooklyn, & At St Louie—Boston, 13; St Louis, a .At Pittsburg—Allegheny, 1; Louisville, 5. At Philadelphia—Athletic, «; Metropolitan, »• In the Diamond Field. Willie Schillle, a clerk, was seriously injured about the hip and spine. M. J. Flynn, a compositor, jumped from the window and was badly- injured in the shoulder and neck. A white man and woman were found in the wreck of Tjazarus building. They were taken out badly hurt. NEW ENGLAND TOBACCO CROP. The Outlook for Imported Havana Cigars From Connecticut. At Kansas City—Kansas City, 2; Philadelphia, 11 . - At Detroit—Detroit, 13; New York, 7. Hartford, Sept 2.—From the report made by 500 special correspondents, The New England Homestead infers that the cigar leaf tobacco crop promises to be more remunera- The latest obtainable estimate of the casualties Is from thirty to forty killed and 100 wounded. All is now comparatively quiet. The time given tor the race bwta Hanhui'i record against time by three-quarters tit a second, and Gaudaur's record in a match by 81 M seconds. Timekeeper M. F. Daffa (Hanlan's boatbuilder) says he will makeaffldavit that ha took the time correctly. Yet neither man seemed to exert himself greatly, and the race appeared to be a mare exhibition.Bt. Louis, Sept 2.—The trouble' between the brewers and their workmen is growing, there are about ISO men out now, and the ■bikers claim that by Sept 4 there will be io men left for hrewers to lock out, as they ireatefi. At a meeting of saloon keepers it was resolved to purchase beer elsewhere unless the trouble was settled. Brewers In a Quarrel. tive this season than for several years past The Connecticut and Housatonic valleys are first in rank for quality and yield, producing 1,500 to 3,000 pounds per acre of Havana seed leaf, and 1,600 to 2,000 pounds of domestic seed leaf. This yield, being 200 pounds more pet- acre than last year, will overcome the decrease of 16 per cent in average, and make the crop fully as large as in 1885. Hartford, Sept 8.—At the time of the Mississippi floods the people of Hartford raised several thousand dollars for the sufferers. Of the fund $1,500 waa unused and placed in the hands of Mayor Bulkely, to be used at a future time for a similar purpose Mayor Bulkely has telegraphed to Mayor Courtney, at Charleston, 8. C., to draw on him for (1,009, to be used for the relief of the jufTerers in that city. Hartford Helps Charleston. A Banker's Testimony, Oa«| Deliveries. Philadelphia, Sept. a—The circular ct eastern |s i»isDD for coal delivered at Port Richmond for shipment beyond the capes, and at Elisabethport, N. J„ has been issued toy the Philadelphia and Rgpding Coal and Iron company. Broken and stove are advanced 10 cents, and egg and chestnut 15 cents per ton. The prices for hard white ash coal at Port Richmond will be: Broken, $3.40; egg, 13.55; stove, IS.70; and cbsstnut, $3.25. For free burning white ash coal, the rates will be: Broken, $3.20; egg, $8.35; stove, $8.70, nnd chestnut, $8.25. At Elizabeth port, the prices for hard white ash will be: Broken, $3.00; egg, $8.75; stove, $8.90; chestnut, $3.45. The prices of free burning coals ft the same point will be: Broken, $3.40; egg, $$.55; stove, $3.90; chestnut, $8.45. . .  The Hon. Win. H- Ainu, president of (he 2d National Bank, Allentown, Pa., says, "I cm acoompliah with DandaHsn Liver Pellets in a few hour* what it need to require me two days to accomplish." For liver troubles suoh m bOliouflMu, nek hutdafihir. oomtipiHon, etc.', there is no remedy like it. Price ISo. by all druggists. The season has been singularly favorable, rUmngn from the elements being less than 5 per cent Higher prices are expected—from 10 to 20 cents per pound against 7 to 15 cents last year. Less than 15 per 'cent, of the crop of 1885 is in growers' hands, being held at 10 to 25 cents. With fair weather the crop will be harvested by Saturday night The dry weather has been favorable in preventing sweat, and hoavy river fogs have furnished sufficient moisture to prevent the effects of too rapid curing. Sir Charles Tapper's statement was very guarded, but your correspondent is able to itate positively that the British fleet will be employed in assisting Canadian cruisers to rigorously enforce the treaty of 1818. It was probably anticipation of this imperial assistance that induced the Canadian government to put on only a small fleet of cStora. The protection of the British fleet will Mb extend to Newfoundland, which has been hitherto at the mercy of American fishermen as far as enforcing the provisions of the treaty was concerned. Admiral Clan-William, in the flagship Bellerophon, is now in Newfoundland waters with the British iron clads wttig in union with Canadian flagship Acadia and a fleet of cruisers. Yankee skippers lAay hereafter look out lor exciting times. the largest crowd of fugitives collected in Marion square, in the center of the city. Three shocks followed one another at short intervals, and hardly had the panic caused by ooe partially abated. when another tremor C4 the earth revived Un alarm. So frightened were the waiting crowd that they hardly perceived that ,each shock was lighter than its predecessor. It was only late in the morning that the prayerful and despairing throng, finding the earth once more solid for many hours, gathered courage enough to again seek the neighborhood of their shattered bom*. THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, Sketch of the Sonne of Many Serious Disasters. Charleston, one of the mart beautiful and prosperous cities of the south, it situated at the coaflitedce of the Ashley and Cooper rivers, which form the Bay of Oharlt-ston that euqttiea into the Atlautic seven miles below. The rivers , run a parallel course for nearly six miles, widening aa they approach the soa, and thus gradually narrowing the site of the city to a peninsula,-extending from the Battery on the south to White Point on the doM*,* distance of three miles. A druggist's verdict: "During 30 years drug business, never have I sold an article giving such universal aatislsotion as Pal mar's "Skin Suooess.' People who •uttered fur years with various skin complaints are constantly returning perfectly eared to thank me for recommending ■Skin- Success.' G. B. Harris, J. a Heights, N. J. 26c and 7S& Druggists, Palmer Co., N. Y. B. dfc O.'S NfiW DEPARTURE. Heel Steamers to Oairr Freight and The problem of shelter Is • serious one for sick and wounded people and women and children, but as the weatblr is fine the/e is not much actual suffering on this score. The principal danger seems to be that the food supply may give out Already there is great scarcity of food, and none can be obtained from outride the city, as all railroad communication is shut off. It is stated by the railroad managers that there is not a single road out of here in running condition. The convulsions of the earth are said to have wrecked the tracks so completely that there is not a stretch of rails forty rods long In any location for miles around that is not t wisted out of shape so as to inako it impossible to run an engine over it. Many people slept on board the steamers and sailing vessels in the harbor, bat only a small proportion of the homeless could be thus accommodated. The rest had to spend another night under the stars, dreading another earthquake. Complaints of hunger and the dread of starvation are heard on all sides as an addition to the horrors of the situation. New York, Sept 2.—Robert Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, has not yet sailed for America, and probably will not take his departure from Europe, owing to a change of plans, until Oct 1, It was officially stated yesterday that the Baltimore and Ohio was about to contract with a Wilmington, Del, firm for the building of two large steel steamers to carry freight and passengers between States Island and the battery. The steamers are to have two decks, the upper one for passengers and the lower for freight and passenger trains. Passengers will board the trains on the boat at the Battery. Passengers to tt. George. "On the spot," my Bancroft, "where opulence now crowds the wharves of the mast prosperous mart of our southern seaboard, among ancient groves that swept down the river's bank* and were covered with yellow jasmine, which burdened the verdant lephyrs with its perfume, the city was begun." Regarding the situation in Prinw Edward Island mackerel grounds, a correspondent telegraphs. Cincinnati's Exposition. HUce. Whsjeesmy wtto. Eydto 8. UmifclaaMI my bed ud board without Just cause or pro rooattoo, this Is to caution ah persons against harboi be or trusting her on my account, as I will tmy no debts of her contrMwn ** rlttston, Aug. IT, 88-lw JOHN EDWARDS, The facts about the cruisers are these: A police service, designed to affect 120 American vessels, manned by the cutest mariners in the world, is not to be organised in a day. Canada had no intention to make money by seising schooners and setting up an auction mart for prises; therefore, a few cruisers should have been as good as many, unless it were a main object to take prises, which it was not The duty of those cruisers, both delicate and difficult, is not filibustering and fighting, but merely to keep trespassers from crossing an imaginary line. CracnniATl, Sept 2.—The city is alive with flags and banners floating from all the house tops and flllii% the streets. Strangers by the thousands are here and all the cfty people are making' merry. All this is in honor of the opening of the thirteenth exposition, and the first and chief thing to signalise the event was a grand.street parade, which was put in motion by the ringing of every fire bell in the city. The formal opening of the exposition took place last evening. The doors were thrown open and streams of people passed through the turnstiles with a steadiness that gives promise of a gratifying return from the first day's attendance. Its topographical shape resemble* that of New York in many respects. Its exact geographical position is in latitude 32de£s. IT) minis. north and longitude TO degs. 57 mina. west. It is rich in historic interest, having at various periods played an important part in shaping the destinies of the Union. Wert Virginia Landa Cheap. Write to J. A. Bristor, Martlnsbuig, Wea» Va., who has over MS farms for Mia rerj cheap, the majority of which are la the Bhenandoah Valley, famous for healthfulneM and productiveness. F e has also other tracts of coal aad Umber laad for sale. Mention this paper in writing. n aus. daw tf. The contract calls for'steamers that can run from the Battery to St. George In seventeen minutes. It is proposed to have passengers board the upper deck of the steamer directly from the elevated road at South ferry. The foundations were laid in 1619, although it was not regularly settled until 1679, by an fiVgHnh colony under William Sayle, who be- ime the first governor. It played a conspicuous pact in the revolution, being among the first of the chief places of the south , to assent a common cause with and for the oolonies. It was twice assaulted by the British, and only yielded to • six weeks' siege by an overwhelming force May 12, 1780. The houses are surrounded by large open grounds, which are graded into sloping lawns, ornamented with trees and luxuriant shrubbery. The fighting, if need be, can be done by the British ships of war and the American navy. Now, every artUkryman knows how difficult a thing it is to guess at even 8,000 yards at sea without guiding point*,* and #tlll more 5,880 yards, or three miles. The Stores at Prince Edward Island are 10#, with no salient points of scenery to triangulate the distance, hence it is all but impossible for a person looking from the shore to estimate whether a vessel is within or beyond the imaginary line of three milsa, This has deceived many well msanirig persons, who thought Americans were within three miles while they were not Pip no Tuning. CONDEN8ED NEW8. a a TA8KKK, Of New York, who has aold and tuned pianos in this Tictalfy for the past twenty years, visits Pittaton about onoe a month, and will attend to any ocders leftatC. H. Mahon's Stager Sewing Machine Agency, Water St., or at the Sinclair Houm. Be will behere about the Mth of the month. The Baltimore and Ohio is quoting emigrant rates the same as pool rates, *13 to Chicago, but is cutting into pool business by selling outside of Castle Garden to anybody. The pool only Bells to passengers on ships. The tax upon personal and real estate in the city of New York was fixed by the oommon council at 8.90 per cent UKupttttvd shocks of earthquake of a mild character passed to the west of the city at midnight last night A rumbling noise could be heard distinctly, but no disturbances were felt here. The whole population was awake, and the railroad folks were engaged in religious exercises. Among the white people it is thought that the crisis is over. George Q. Cannon, the Mormon, who was indicted and forfeited a $85,000 ball bond, has reimbursed his bondmen. ■stray Dev. Massachusetts Delegates. The ladies'ticket was almost unanimously elected in the Westchester, N. Y., school election. dame to the premises of the understated, in Hnghestown, Auk. lid.* smsDl blsck and tan dog, wearing a small red oollar. The owner msv reoorer him by paying charm. ■Mw Wm. H. ToMrcim, Two centuries have elapsed since Its foundation, and momentous have been the events and changes within that lapse of time. *It was the leading city, both in the nullification movement during Jackson's administration and in the incipient stages of southern secession. Open hostilities Ipk tit* civil war began * Charleston, whew, h» fto*, secession bad ft birth, and tha oMdle of sebellion was racked by the bOMtariment of Fort %pfc|r, April 12, 1801, Mtffor the next fo»r was one of the dhist points of FedecMaMaok, without being to the Confederates, howsver, until Sbtrmftirii capture of Colombia, Feb. 17, 1H84. Boston, Bept 8,—Governor Bobinson has appointed CoL Gardiner Tufts, and Mrs. C. Johnson, prison superintendents, and Mrs. Klixa U Homans and Warren T. Spalding, of the board of prison commissioners, as Massachusetts delegates to the National Prisou Association oonference, at Atlanta, Ga., Nov. Sthto 18th, inclusive. Carp culture is successfully carried on by farmers in New Jersey. It will be understood bow impossible it is to furnish figures relating to loss of life when it is known that all the streets are blookaded, and travel through the debris is impossible except with great difficulty and apparent peril. At midnight another rather HTin ■hock passed over the city, tqppUng over a number of houses. Dairy Batter. Moreover the difficulty is much increased by the number at Nova Sootlnn and other schooners so closely rsamnhllng the Gloucester craft that they cannot be identified until they show their colors. There is, bowevSr, an easy way to remedy this. In Btsgiieh home waters all fishing vessels must show a ilMVg"C»D'lng mark on their sails or by other means. I*t this be done in Canadian waters. Let every Canadian fishing visael fly a small distinctive flag at all times when engaged in fishing. Americans would scarcely venture to hoist falss colors under the penalties of piracy. Volcanic disturbances are-reported from Lawrence county, Ind. Wcaranow recotrtmcaoonalgsmwit of to tub* of A. No. J. Batter, from Buaquebmnt eoamjr, which w» offer to the trtde, warranting ertry package sold. Gall tod let it. J. B.BROWN ACQ. Broad Bt. Chinese Christians are being massacred by the natives of Cochin China, and also in the Sechuen province of China proper. The natives object to the offcitmisnsss of foreigner* in their local affairs. BPttinaniLD, O., Sept a—The state Republican convention met here yesterday, and after the usual preliminaries and resolutions, John B. Tanner was nominatsd on the first ballot for state treasurer, and Dr. Richard Edwards for superintendent of public instruction, after which the convention ad- HepuMleaaa. augssiw NO DATA OBTAINED. Mattie Moore, white, eloped with Charlie Day, colored, from Mayfleld, Ky., last Sunday. They were overtaken at Florence, Tsnn,, and both hanged to a tree. Baled Rye llraw. We hare on track h«n a car lead ot baled rye etnaw, wnloii wa are ordered by the coulftnom to cloee out at oooe. It la nloe, and clran. JH. BBtDWN * CO. aoc»lw Broad St. What Iks Scientists Have to 8ajr About the Earthquake, Washington, Sept 2.—The late earth' quake shocks appear to have escaped official observations of such character as to be of scientific value. With plenty of scientific and a number of instruments suitable tor earthquake observations and record, none C£ tiwa, unfortunately, were brought into on. One of these instruments was recently placed on the top of the Washington monunente to ascertain whether that shaft is swayed by the winds. It recorded accurately the vibrations of the —imrt, and would Early in the iping of 1863 preparations were made for a naval attack on HI* fortUt cations around the city and in the harbor, and on April # the Federal fleet 9t nine ironclads, under command of Admiral Dupont, crossed the bar and entered 4m harbor. Tiw attack was made the next day, when the gutboats were subjected to a terrific fln from all the forts that they obliged te withdraw, tfpoqthe captor* of ColumbfcL the state cartel, Osslsstnu was ev*m«ta2 by the Confederates, who, m*H uadtr the Yellow fever to reported to have appeared at BUoxi, Miss., near Mobile. Six cases and two deaths are reported. lotlce. Yobh, Sept 8.—Jacob L. Finn, aged 18, member of a cloakmaHug firm, blew his brains out yesterday because a pretty girl named Clara Simmons, te the employ of the firm, would got marry htm clandestinely. Oljsslsil te CIssdaellM Kan|a(a II roc ton tatinc Trouble* \ Bbocktom, Mass., Sept 8.—All the trade MBembUes have votw} to return to work. The stitcher* indorsed the action of District assembly Knights of Labor. and .tf'jwdeedd Illinois farmsrs having had had luek with wheat crops for three yean have successfully turned their attention to watermelons and vegetables. » . T. B. Leonard of the "V Cfaarlee Hotel la prepared to furnish a tat-olaaa turnout, etacle or double, for partlea. funerals or veddlana, at any Ml»e. WM. GRIFFITH, Clllll ENGINEER Mi SURVEYOR The Iter. Geo. H. Thayer, of Bourbon, Igd sirs: " Both myeelf and wife owe our lives to SUVA'S Consumption Cam. *oc sale ky J. B. yieminf. Pnrwo* Pi,