THE NEWS. At Home. There is no .yellow fever in New Orleans. The mackeral fisheries are a failure this sea son, A workingmen's party has been formed in New York city. Five policemen are under bonds in Philadol phia, charged with inciting a riot. The official canvass in Nebraska shows 641 majority against the new constitution. The elevated railway in New York city was sold at mortgage sale on Thursday, for $750,- 000. A Mb. Miller was robbed of $4,000 in Mount Pleasant, lowa, on Friday evening last. A political meeting in Alahoning City, Pa., was broken up by a mob on Wednesday eve ning. In Lowell, Alass., from Sept. 19 to Sept. 29 inclnsivo, there have been reported 110 cases of small-pox. The prairies are on fire from Fort Totten to the Missouri, a distance of ono hundred and thirty-five miles. The ship-wrights of the Clyde, who have joined the Nine-Honr League, have been lock ed out by their employers. I'hey are after emigrant robbers in New Yo k. Another has been sentenced to five years imprisonment at hard. British revenue returns for the year ending September 30th, show a decrease, as compared mth last year, of over half a million pounds sterling. A dispatch from New York states that the of the fraudulent importation of spices has been settled by the payment to the gov ernment of $BO,OOO. At the Aloline, (111.) water-ffcwer canal, on I imrsday, the unexpected explosion of a blast Killed a man named Johnson and tox*e of T one of the laborer's hands. ihe Board of Commissioners of Foreign Allusions have voted unanimously to include in their work the sending of missionaries to nom inally Christian lands. A gang of horse thieves made a raid into l.aramse City, Wednesday evening, broke open the jail and liberated three of their compani ons, and then made good their escape. The Aleutian Islanders have killed 50,000 fur seals this seoson, but were unable to sell over half the skins and threw the remainder, worth a half million dollars, properly cured into the sea. A distance of twenty-five' miles along the V. abash Railroad, between New Haven and De fiance, 0., Las been devastated by a conflagra tion. Farmers, to save their barns and louses, plowed around them. The brick steam flonrr g mill at Webster City, lowa, owned by Moore >7 and ;i hardly has a parallel in the annals of conflagrations. After getting under complete head way in the South Division, the flames spread with fearful rapidity, and soon many of the most valuable structures in that Division were involved in the gen eral conflagration. At about two o’clock in the morning, the armory, a large stone building on the corner of Adams and Franklin streets, was reached, and erelong, from this structure the cinders caught the South Sid* Gas Works, on the oppo site shte of the Adams street. The de struction of this vast reservoir of gas, coal and coke was fearfully rapid, while the explosion created at frequent intervals sounded like the roar of ar tillery. By this time it was evident that the fire department could make no head way towards subduing the conflragation and that the flames were bound to have it all their own way. Building af ter building, block after block, were reached by the devouring element, and it seemed as if the entire city was doom ed, Safety elevators, huge railroad depots, majestic viaducts, vast yards of coal and lumber, palatial residences, elegant business blocks—in short every species of structure not absolutely fire-proof—and there is scarcely one really fire-proof building in the city— were all in turn encircled by the re morseless flames and speedily trans formed into a mass of black ruins. The many thousands of spectators who stjod at the Madison street bridge, and aC other points on the West side of the river, and beheld that vast ocean of flame which extended from near 12th street north to the main river, and east from the South Branch to the lake shore, will never forget the awfully grand and thrilling spectacle. It was something more than a huge conflagra tion which they gazed upon; it was literally and truly a city on fire. The area and the buildings then covered by the flames were equal to a large-sized city—say of a hundred thousand inhab itants. And yet the fire fiend was des tined to achieve still further conquests, as the sequel will show. Onward swept the sea of flame, re morselessly consuming everything which fire could destroy that lay in its path, and not only did the flames march northward and eastward, but they also made slow but steady pro gress southward, involving many of the finest residences on Wabash and Mich igan avenues, and all the other build ings located between Harrison street and the main river, in the South Divis ion. The glaring cinders borne by the tierce gale floated across the stream and lodged among the parched pine roofs of several structures nearest the water, and soon they were also wrap ped in flames, which no power within the hands of authorities or citizens could reach. And then commenced the dreadful ordeal in the North Division. The firemen worked like heroes,but all in vain. They were powerless to prevent the spread of the flames, and in less than an hour from the time they broke out on that side, the conflagration became general. For a time the principal scene of the fire in that Division was between North Clark street and the lake, but by nine o’clock this morning, the flames had spread into other localities, and at noon the whole North side seemed doomed to destruction. We cannot take time and space, at this moment, to specify many of the more prominent and costly struc tures in that Division which were in volved in the ruin; but most of our readers will comprehend the magni tude of the havoc when w r e state that the whole North Side is in ruins.— Starting from the main river, the flames have been rapidly outreaching over that extensive and populous por tion of the city, till, at this writing, three o’clock p. M., the entite area, from the river to the Lincoln Park, and from the North Branch to the lake shore, is a sea of lit eral flame and smoke. Of course this includes acres on acres of dwellings, a great variety of stores, shops, and man ufactures, several fine hotels, a number of the largest and most elegant church es in the city, several railroad depots, Rush Medical College, the ISorth Side Gas Works, and scores of other build ings and institutions in a public calam ity. And, worst of all the City Water Works are destroyed, or so nearly so that the supply of water is now entire ly cut off, This is the most apalling feature of the whc le catastrophe, and well may it give rise to grave doubts as to whether this conflagration will,when ended; leave a dozen buildings un scathed within the city limits. ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. From the Chicago Journal Extra, Monday, X o’clock P. M. The fire broke out on the comer of DeKoven and Twelfth streets. at about nine o'clock on Sunday evening, being i caused by a cow kicking over a lamp in a stable in which a woman was milk i;i h An alarm was immediately given, but, owing to the high southwest wind, the building was speedily consumed, and thence the life spread rapidly. The firemen could not with all their efforts, get the mastery of the flames. Build ing after building was fired by the dy ing cinders, which, landing on the roofs, which were as dry as tinder, I owing to the protracted dr- weather, instantly took dre. Northwardly and i northeastwardly the flames took their j cc arse, lapping up house after house, block after block, street after street all night long. PARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE LOSSES. The first to be mentioned, and pos sibly the most startling feature of this carnival of flame, is the total destruc tion of the City Water Works, by which calamity the firemen are rendered help less to make the least endeavor to ar rest the onward march of the devour ing element. Should any other fires occur in parts of the city not burning, they will most certainly have their w ay. WATERTOWN, WIS., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1871. At about 12 o’clock last night the sheet of flames licked across the river in the neighborhood of Jackson street, first igniting a small wooden building, -which communicated the fire to the Armory, and soon to the South Side Gas Works, the immense gasometer exploding with a fearful detonation, heard all over the city. Then commenced the fearful rav ages, which in a few hours laid the en tire South Side in ashes, north of. Har rison. The post office and Custom House, the Chamber of Commerce, the Court House, and the rest soon went down in the ocean of fire and smoke. In brief, the following prominent buildings have perished with, in almost every case, their entire contents: The New- Jerusalem Church, on Adams street, and the Catholic Church on Des plaines street. The Journal office, the Tribune, the Times, the Republican, the Post, the Mail, the Staats Zeitung, the Union, and many other publications. Crosby’s Opera House, McYicker’s Theatre, Hooley’s Opera House, Dear born Theatre, and Wood’s Museum. First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Union, Northwestern, Manufacturers’ Cook County, and Illinois National Banks. The Second Presbyterian Church, St. Paul’s Universalist Church, Trinity (Episcopal) Church. The magnificent depot of the Chica go, Rock Island and Pacific and Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail roads, on Van Buren street, at the head of La Salle street. The great Central Union depot, and the Wells street depots of the Chicago and North western Railroad. The National Elevator, corner of Adams and the river, Armour, Dole fe Co.’s Elevator, corner Market and the river, Hix-am Wheeler’s Elevator, on same corner as the above, the Galena Elevatoi’, corner Kush stx-eet bridge and river, and “A” of the Hlinois Central, neer the Illinois depot and the basin. Ti-emont House, Sherman House, Briggs House, Metropolitan, Palmer, Adams, Bigelow, European, (Bilik’s), Garden City, and the new- Pacific in process of erection on Clark and La Salle streets. The following prominent business houses are in ashes; Field, Leiter Cos., J. V. Farwell’s block, and all tlie magnificent blocks in that locality. The Lake Side Publishing Company’s new building, on Clark street, Terrace Row, on Michigan avenue, and adjacent resi dences. Farwell Hall burned at about four o’clock this morning. The great breweries on the Noi-th Side ai'e gone. In fact, as stated above, the entire South and North Sides, from Harrison street northwardly, with a few isolated buildings left standing in some remarkable manner, ax e in hopeless, ruins. THE HOTELS. All the prominent hotels in the city are in ruins—the Pacific, Sherman, Fremont, Briggs, Palmer, Bigelow. Metropolitan, Matteson —besides doz ens of other smaller caravansaries scat tered over the East side from the river to the lake, and from Van Buren to Water street. The destruction of prop erty is most terrible, and the scenes to be witnessed on the streets are heart rending. Business, of course, is en tirely suspended, and everything on wheels which can be made available for purposes of moving are pressed into service for getting goods out of the reach of the devouring elements. Wa bash and Michigan avenues, as far south as Tw r enty-second street, are lined with household goods and merchandize, and guarded by weary and weeping women and children. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE building, which stood the heat for a long time, came in for its place among the list of sufferers, and soon after the fall of the Court House, this handsome building lay a mass of smouldering ruins. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH OFFICE building was destroyed, as was also the whole block adjoining on the north and west of the same. PRINTING OFFICES DESTROYED. All the daily paper offices are closed. The Journal, Post, Republican and Times are'among those destroyed. The Tribune building being fire-proof, stood the siege well, anti will proba bly make its appearance as usual to morrow. The Btaats Zeitung (Ger man), and Evening Mail, which were in the same building with the Evening Post, suffered the fate of their neigh box-. The Auxiliary Printing House of A. N. Kellogg, together with Spalding Lemon’s job office, are in ruins. The job offices of Rand McNally, Came ron, Amberg, Hoffman, Beach Bar nard, Rounds Kane, Culver, Page Hoyxxe, Jameson Morse, and all of the prominent job offices of the city are gone. THE COURT HOUSE took fire about 1 o’clock, and at 2] the old Court House proper was eveloped ixx flames, the tall steeple falling about 3 o’clock. The spires came down with a crash, which created an insufferable heat on all sides of the square. THE POST-OFFICE, after stemming the tide for hours, was forced to surrender to the flames, and about 5 o’clock on Monday morning it was comlpetely “gutted” by fire. All the buildings adjacent to and in the vi cinity ot the post office are in ruins. .V Ride Through Mont Cenis Tunnel. A correspondent of the London Times writing from Turin, Sept. 15th, describes a ride through Mont Cenis tunnel as follows Our carriage was the last in the line, and, as the engine worked backwards, (our windows be ing open), had not the least inconven ience from smoke or steam. There was no perceptible difference between the inside and outside air, and our com panions slumbered through nearly the whole distance. The fact that the en gine was in our rear was certainly in our favor, but the unanimous verdict of all who had come through in the morn ing went far to establish that they had also experienced no unpleasant sensa tion, and the difference of temperature could only be detected by Valvason’s glasses, which marked a few degrees of warmth in the tunnel. The highest de gree to-day has been 18 degrees centi grade, Grafton’s glass. In the previous trip the rise was to 21 degrees. Our pace throughout the crossing seemed fairly rapid, and the even time em ployed, both in the up and down jour ney, between eight and ten English miles, was thirty-eight minutes; but the average time allowed when the line will be in full operation, is' calculated al twenty minutes.” The lowa State Fair, last week, add -1 ed 825,000 to the funds of the Society. Office Over Post Office. A SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE. Ah Innoorut "Witness Imprisoned, tlmt Two Emigrant Rolibcrs May Escape— AV illinm 11. Tweed Protecting Koh bers to Gain Political Influence. From the N, Y. Tribune. Following the exposure in last Fri day’s Tribune of the dark ways and ac ute tricks of the emigrant robbers, one of them, Oscar Dav’is, was speedily tried in the Court of General Sessions, convicted, and sentenced to ti\’e years’ imprisonment at Sing Sing. By far the moat important of these cases, however, remain to be tried, and much interest is eA’inced as to the result. One of the crimes alleged Avas the robbery, on the 6th of last June, of Anton Koruack, a Prussian emigrant. Koruack, a man of 37, frank, honest, and industrious, arrived in this country in 1867. After working four years, and saving $1,500, ho started from Illinois for his home, and while passing through New York was robbed of nearly the whole of his little fortune by Charles Moore and his confederate, McDermott, at their den, at No. 508 Canal street, by the belt rig,” a process of theft described in die Tribune of last Fri day. Rumors that Moore and McDer mott -were planning an escape from trial, and that efforts were making to bribe the victim, Kemack, to "with, draw the charge* against them, have been afloat, and a Tribune reporter, wishing to investigate the matter, sought an interview with Kornack. The man had been detained for some I time at the hospital on Ward’s Island, i but on the 28th of September he Avas 1 remoA’ed, against his vill and Avith out the knowledge or peimission of the I Commissioner of Emigiation, who had placed him there, to the House of De- tention in Leonard street. District Attorney Garvin positively refused to allow the Tribune reporter, Avho told him his business with Kornack, to visit him in his prison; but, nevertheless, the reporter entered the building, and had a couA’ersation with the poor fel low, Avho told his story. After arriving here in 1867, he Avent directly westward, and obtained em ployment as a shoemaker in a small A’illage near Springfield, Hi. “During the four years I Avorked there, said Komar 1 “sometimes I olid not spend 50 cents on myself in a Aveek, for I wanted to go back to father and mother with some money.”- He had saved $1,500, and AA'ith this in his pocket start ed for New York. He arrived in Jersey City on the morning of the sth of June, and while crossing over in the boat to New York fell in with a person whom he supposes to be McDermott. This person told him that he, too, was going to Prussia, and proposed that they should traA’el together. Being alone and conqiletely friendless he assented, and they spent a night together in the city. The $1,500 which he had he did not wish to change here, but Dermott told him such plausible stories; and so completely won his confi dence that on the folloAving morn- i ing he went Avith him to the office, No. 508 Canal stree* Here the money was handed over to Moore, avlio placed on Kornack a belt containing about £*9o English money, and 20 Prus sian dollars. Soon after leaving the office of the emigrant robber he missed McDermott, and went on board the Westphalia. At sea he discovered his loss. On arriving at Hamburg he im mediately reported the case, and Avas sent bach to Ncav York on the Herman. He arrived here Aug. sth, and until Sept. 28th, Avas kept as a witness on Ward Island, but on that day Avas forcibly taken to the House of Deten tion, Avhere he has been imprisoned as a AA'itness Avith no prospect of obtaining his money or his liberty until he con sents, at the diction of notorious poli ticians, to compromise the suit, and let the raseals who robbed him escape to prey upon other unsuspicious persons. During his detention he says that the home of his father and mother, both of whom are nearly 70 years of age, has been burned, and they are des titute. The poor fellow added, as the tears flowed doAvn his face, I Avorked four ytars for money for them, and now I know they are -without clothes or homo and they may not have eA’en food, and lam here nearly as poor as they, and can’t help them; I tell yon Sir, lam almost crazy. My employers said that I should haA’e my position if I got back by October, but uoav I shall lose that too. If you can do anything for me, I hope you will.” As he made this final appeal, the unfortunate man again lost control of himself, and walked aAvay to hide the tears Avhich he Avas ashamed to have any one see. It thus appears that an honest man is impoverished and imprisoned while the thieves are free and luxuriating on his hard-earned money. During this interview District Attor ney Garvin’s official, who has charge of the House of Detension, stood by. This officer has aLvays been supposed to be A’ery deaf, and any one speaking to him is requested to place his lips against the official’s ear, and roar out his communication at the top of his I voice. Notwithstanding his inability to hear, this person makes it a point to ibe present at every intervieAV. Yester day, as the Tribune reporter aa-rs lea\ T ing the building, he soliloquized, that’s a profoundedly bad case,” and the deaf official syrnhathizingly added, I “Yes, Sir, it is confoundedly bad.” Kornack positively identifies Moore as the man aa’lio committed the rob- bery; but despite the gravity of his offense, efforts are making to secure his release, and William M. Tweed is using whatever influence is left him in this direction, for the purpose of heal ing a quarrel with the brother of the Emigrant robber, ex-Alderman Moore. The latter person has already boasted that Tweed has interested himself to save Charles Moore from state prison, and to bring the accused safely through the ordeal. Tweed’s action in the mat ter is conditional that ex-Alderman Moore shall use his influence in the First ward in the interest of the Ring, To satisfy the demands of the people that emigrant robbers should be punished, John Lei pold, an accomplice of Davis and Ryan in the robbery of Millard and Halle, has been singled our for trial and convic tion; but the third confederate in the perpetration of the crime, William Ryan, will probably be allowed to escape. He has a firm friend in Nick Miller, a Tammany politician of the First Ward and Erie Railroad ticket agent, and this friendship is to save him. It is presumed by the Ward politicians that the convictions of Davis and Liepold w ill satisfy the people that there is no double dealing, and they trust that a period of quiet will follow duringwhich Moore and McDermott w ill escape. Telegraphic communication is des troyed north of Green Bay. THE CARSON OUTBREAK. Two Convicts Captured—Betrayed l>y a Puff of smoke —Run to Enitli in a Tunnel, Virginia, Nev., (Sept. 27) Dispatch to the San Fran cisco Chronicle. The Enterprise will publish the fol lowing to morrow morning: John Squires, the stage and railroad robber, and William Willis, the incendiary convict, who escaped in the late great break in the Nevada State Prison, were captured last evening about 5:30 o’clock, and are now safely locked up in their old quarters. Squires was sent to the State Prison for twenty-three and a half years, and Willis for twenty-one years. The men who captured them were Chief Downey, detective Ben Lackey, Sheriff Atchison, Constable Comstock, and Marshal Harkin, of Gold Hill. Feeling quite confident that two or more of the convicts were hiding among the hills norf' of Flowery Dis trict, Chief Downey, Lackey and others of those named above have been out scouting in the hills almost nightly. For some days signs of their having visited several ranches and gardens have been found, and the hills were closely watched. Officer Lackey, Sher iff Atchison, and some others, were out nearly all of Tuesday night. Some fresh traces were found, and yesterday morning when the Sheriff came to the city the party named above took the field. They were caught in a tunnel about three miles north of Six-Mile Canon. The tunnel in which they were found was a very insignificant affair, a mere coyote hole not more than six or eight feet in depth. So small was the pile of dirt at the mouth of the little drift that the party on the scout bassed by it without bestowing upon it a second glance. The tunnel was on the north side of a hill, and they had halted at a point a mile and a half beyond, when, happening to look back, they saw a puff of smoke rise up over the little dump of yellow dirt, just visible from where they stood. Again and again they saw rise up and curl over the spot a slight blue cloud of smoke, when they were convinced that they had their melt holed., All were well mounted, and, after a hasty con sultation, they wheeled about and cau tiously made their way back to the southward, but in 'such a way as to keep the little yellow speck of dump constantly in sight. They circled about, and, getting in the rear of the tunnel toward which they were now guided by the little blue puffs of smoke, that occasionally rose up, they warily advanced with their arms, shot-guns, rifles, and pistols in readiness. The convicts evidently w r ere unaware of the presence of the party of officers, and the thing now to be done was to get at them. A note was written by Marshall Har kin, informing the convicts that a strong force of men was present, and calling upon them to appear at the mouth of the tunnel without arms and surrender. This note the Marshal tied to a stone, and creeping to the roof of the tunnel, he reached over and threw it in at the mouth. The party now waited for some time for an answer bnt no reply was vouchsafed. The Mar shal was certain that there were men within as he heard them talking as he was crawling up to throw in the note. He now went to the mouth of tunnel, and in a loud voice called upon the men to surrender. He told them that a strong force was present, and that they would be taken, dead or alive; that unless they came out of the tunnel without arms, and gave themselves up quietly, the party would proceed to smother them in their hole, as they were prepared with brimstone, and oth er such articles, and this really was the fact. Shortly after this appeal from Marshal Harkin, Squires made his ap pearance at the in Tilth of the den, and was soon followed by Willis. They were covered by guns until irons were snapped upon them; when, having them secure, the officers proceeded to exam ine their den. They found within the little drift a heavy rifle, the hammer of which was gone, and a six-shooter, both loaded, and a little bread. Although their larder was in this lean condition, the men did not present the appearace of having suffered from hunger. But they refused to say how or where they had obtained provisions further than to own to having made some raids upon gardens. They were both dressed in the uniform of the State Prison, except that Squires had on a pair of Kentucky jean pantaloons. Botli convicts were terribly down in the mouth at being caught so easily. When Willis came out he said there was no use of their trying to fight, but if their Henry rifle had been in good order they would have defended themselves. Squires was very bitter, and growled so much that Willis at last said to him that there was no use in swearing so about it; they were caught, and might as well laugh as cry. Squires said he grumbled because the officers had hunted the hill so closely that they had no chance to get away. He told the officers that if they would let them go they would leave the country and nev er come back; and further, they would send them every cent of the money they make in the next three years. Squires said he had nothing to do with the break; that he knew nothing until about 4 o’clock on the evening it was made, and that he then hesitated a longtime about taking advantage of it to leave, and he was d—d sorry he ever did leave. He further said that the others that escaped were a set of d— and cut-throats and that he did not want to go with them. He said that the men who planned the break were down on him, and gave him a broken gun, with much more to the same ef fect. The two men told Downey that when he was out after tliem, last Sun day, he was at one time within 500 yards of them. They knew every move that had been made by the offi cere in this city for their capture as well as did the'officers themselves, but refused to say how they kept posted. The prisoners were taken to Dayton, and thence to Carson, last evening, after being captured. All of the party named above went with them, except Constable Comstock, who came to this city, and to whom we arc under obliga tions for our account of the afiair of the capture. The death of M. Edward Bertin, of the Paris Journal des Debats, is re- ported. He was a painter by profess- ion, and Inspector of Fine Arts, under Louis Philippe. His father founded the Debats, and he succeeded to the direction in 1854, on the death of a I younger brother. Sedan celebrated the sad anniversary ;of its great battle by closing all places of business and holding solem services I in the churches. $2.00 a ITear, in Advance. RUSSIA IN THE EAST. The Thoff of a lifli gi' Japanese Island England Fretting About It. The London Advertiser says, regard ing the Russian advance on India, that at the present moment, -when British interests in the East are completely neglected by our Ministers —when they are deaf to the appeals of India, dumb as to affairs in China, and blind to the incessant advances of Russia on our greatest dependency—it may be well to draw attention to the latest step which the great Northern Power has taken to give it another place of leverage from which to wrench our Indian empire from us—or at least to attack it with increased probabilities cf success. As the public would certainly never hear of such events from the present Gov ernment until it was too late to prevent them (as we fear it is in the present case), it becomes more imperatively the duty of the independent press to warn them of tho menacing attitude taken up by foreign powers in reference to the Eastern possessions which they are known to covet ro much, and to point out the dangers which, by the reckless idleness of the Gladstone cabinet, are accumulating around India. In the last weeks of the late abortive session, which were devoted to the wholesale withdrawal of every measure to which the Government was pledged, the Rus sian Government quietly, and without any remonstrance from our Ministers, took possession of a large island in the sea of Okotsk, which it would not be too much to describe as one of the most important keys of the far West. This island of Saghalien, or Tarakai, extends along the eastern coast of Asia, between 142 and 145 degrees east longi tude, and is only separated from the continent by a strait called the Gulf of Tartary. This island is about 600 miles in length, and it varies from about 80 to 120 miles in -width. It in cludes an area of some 30,000 square miles of mountainous but fertile coun try, richly wooded with oak, birch, pine, and willow, and containing, be sides, apparently inexhaustible coal mines. The act is unscrupulous and unjustifiable, and the excuse that the resources of the island will be more quickly developed by Russia than by the Jeddo Government is too flimsy to bear investigation. Except for its vast mineral resources, it is impossible to look upon Saghalien as of any great value to Japan, but it is equally impos sible to regard the action of Russia without apprehension and anxiety. It is, in fact, one of the most lawless acts of aggression, annexation, in his tory, and it evinces as much disregard for* the interests of Russia’s European allies interested in the East as for the unfortunate Ainos whom they have now subjugated. American Oysters in England. London Correspondence of the Boston Journal. Everybody who has been in England knows what a horrid little unsavory, unpalatable, copper colored, copper flavored, and generally contemptible bivalve the English oyster is. Every body who hasn’t been in England ought to know, so that in his calculation of iudveements to go abroad he may give due weight to the privation he must suffer from the relinquishment of one of the many luxuries in America which abounds in extent and quality not to be equalled in any part of the civilized world—and in spite of the character of English oysters —and in which any im partial palate will bear me witness. English people do not except it from the modest category of superiorities they so characteristically boast. This may charitably be e> plained in many cases by want of experience, as every Englishman has not been so fortunate as to visite America or have a friend who sufficiently regards him to send him an oyster treat across the sea. Fancy my disgust after investing a $2O greenback in selected “saddle rocks,” and freighting them 3,000 miles on ice, as a special compliment and treat to what I thought would prove an appreciative recipient —fancy my pity and contempt at being told that “cop per flavor was better than no flavor at all.” Miserable things as they are in England they’re expensive, very expen sive—7o to 80 cents a dozen —so that it’s rather the swell thing to have them, which is indeed the only explanation of their use. The nearest approach to a genuine oyster, as we understand the article, found in the English markets, comes from Ostend, and is just enough like an oyster to be aggravatingly sug gesiive. This condition of things has led to a rather novel enterprise, which may be attributed to either thesub-rosa honest preference of the Englishman for “an hoysterasis an hoyster,” or to the American demand abroad; but let the cause be what it may; England is going to have oysters, and America will sup ply them; not parboiled, shriveled-up bits of old leather, slightly flavored with oyster, but the genuine thing, and on the following plan: It has been found by experience that American oysters brotxght over the seas in bar rels and put to bed again for a couple of weeks in the English waters are en tirely revived in freshness and solidity, and,' it is claimed, “improved” in fla vor and appearance. Upon the success of this experiment an “Import Fish and Oyster Company,” limited, has been organized, capital $lOO,OOO (equiv alent.) It is expected to turn over the capital employed once in everv two months at an estimated profit of 40 per cent, per turn over—24o per cent- per annum! Looks a little fishy, but no doubt there is money in the idea. Coffee. An importer of coffee in New \ork publishes a letter, in which he states that there has been a considerable fall ing off in the production of coffee this season. The three principal coffee re gions are Brazil, Java, and Ceylon. The Brazilian crop has declined from 480,- 000,000 to 200,000,000 of pounds, and the Java crop from 170,000,000 to 106,- 000.000 of pounds. Of the Ceylon crop there is no accurate data. He adds that there is no lack of supply yet felt, but that the ultimate effect of these deficiencies has already been discover ed throughout the world by a rise of price. A serious epidemical disease, de scribed as a sort of influenza fe\ er, is raging among horses in Newcastle and Gateshead, England. The disease pre vailed in London last year, and it is supposed to have been brought from there. The animal is totally prostrated during the period of attack. Two brothers were recently married to two sisters in a church in Indianapo lis, Ind. General Items. NKCKor nothing A ball-dress. Seventy millions of people talk Eng lish. Jersey City has a five year-old drunk ard. New York has a female medical so ciety. A piano without strings has been in vented, A Chicago man has a saw mill for his coat of arms. Secretary Seward’s life is insured for $lOO,OOO. Macon, Ga., is building her first i street railroad. Steam omnibusses have been intro duced in Paris. Southern winter tours are to be popular hereafter. The navy of Brazil is said to have never yet lost a vessel. Nearly 200,000 sheep browse on the summit of the Calaveras mountains. Lo! the poor Indian, numbers just 375,000, according to the last census. A visitor at Niagara Falls has been fined $5 for insolence to a hackman there. The Philadelphia voting lists show a total of 155,656, or an increase of 6,532 since last year. A California milkman apologizes for ha-sing left a can of water by mistake at a customer’s house. The Florida papers all agree that not more than half a cotton crop will be gathered in that State. NO. 49. Caroline Etchings is soon to com mence a three months’ tour under the management of J. T. Ford. Shooting with bow? and arrows is now the popular amusement and exer cise among the New York ladies. The best preventive against the rust ing of iron and steel tools is a thin coat of crude lubricating petroleum, Hox. E. Joy Morris, late American Minister to Turkey, has just returned to Philedelphia, after 10 years absence. New York State canal tolls for the third week in September were $123,- 608.60 a gain over last year of $19,815. 82. English experience is said to show that, out of every thirty colts from thoroughbred stock, but one proves fast. An exchange wishing to speak of the “Lost Heir.” was surprised to see that ithe compositor made it the “Lost Hen.” There are twenty-eight gravestones in the Laramie cemetery, and on nineteen of these the epitaph is the one word, “Killed.” Hawthorne said that Miss Bremer “was a most estimable little woman, worthy to be the maiden aunt of the whole human race.” Since the Hospodar of Eoumania went to that country he is said to have spent his entire private fortune, es timated at $1,000,000. An effort is being made to establish an institution in Albany, where poor young girls and women may be taught the use of the sewing machine. An Enoch Arden case is in process of settlement in the San Francisco courts in a truly American style. Each of the three parties sues for a divorce. One of the houses in the Rue dea Commines, destroyed during the reign of the Commune in Paris, is said to have belonged to Christine Nilsson. The composer of the famous musical refrain, “Die Wacht am Rhein” (The Watch on the Rhine) has received $750 from Prince Bismarck, with a promise that it shall be annually paid him. It appears that the gallows has, dur ing the present year, been introduced in Japafi. The consternation of the people is said to be quite appalling, and it is hard to tell what the result may be. The DuchesSe du Plessis d’Areme cey, notfd during the First Empire, and prominent in the reign of Louis Phi lippe,has just died at Yitry-le Francais in her 10 th year. The largest rope in the world was lately made in Birmingham, England. It is about six miles long, five and a quarter inches in circumference and weighs over sixty tons. The crew of the Norwegian propeller caught nearly fourteen thousand seals in the Arctic" Ocean this season. The Norwegian fleet in seal catch ing numbers about twenty vessels. Philadelphia is the great drug and chemical market. Her productions in this class of goods are enormous, be ing a little more than seven-eights of all manufactured in the United State?. The daughter of a wealthy gentleman in Ireland, who was recently, after the death of her mother, sent to Louisville to be educated, has been made insane bv home-sickness and grief, and has started on her return home, in charge of a friend. A bullet settled a disputed point in a game of croquet in Virginia the other day. The funeral of the gentleman who got on the wrong side of the argu ment—and the wrong end of the pistol, was one of the most fashionable events of the season. We lately learned that a hair-dresser in this city has on sale a double braid of pure gray hair, twenty-eight inches in length and about the thickness of one’s wrist, on which he places the modest price ot S3OO and expects to get it, too. New York Mail. The new Greek church in New York will cost $300,000. Its location will be on Lexington avenue, above Fifty-first street. A superb and costly altar ser vice will be sent over from St. Peters burgh for the use of the church. A famous judge came late to court one day in busy session, whereat the clerk, in great surprise, inquired of him the reason. “A child was born,” his honor said, and I am the happy sire.” An infant judge?” “Oh, no,” said he, “as yet he’s but a crier.” A disease, which is said to attack the lungs and fill them with worms, has broken out among the Shropshire (Eng land) sheep, and is playing sad havoc with the flocks. The loss in one dis trict already is announced as having been from twelve to twenty-five per cent. The Polish Jews have the reputation of being among the longest-lived peo ple in Europe. One of their number, Leser Chamanower, died recently in Prussian Poland, near Tamotschau, in his 117th year. He is said to have two brothers still living, aged respectively 105 and 109 years. Terrible stories are told of the say ageness of mosquitoes in Florida this season. Field hands are driven from work by them. A government survey ing party was stampeded, cattle and horses are nearly worried to death; fowls have their sight destroyed,young chickens are killed, and cats and dogs driven nearly mad by the fierce insects. An unfortunate English physician in Hull examined a case of cholera, which came into that port on a Russian steamer from Cronstadt, and rushed in to print with it, declaring it the Asiatic cholera. The same evening, Par ha ment, Mr. Forster announced that l.he Privy Council had sent their own phy cician there, and that the case was English, and not Asiatic. California expects to manufacture large quantities of brandy in the future. The vast increase in the production of grapes, and the difficulty of finding a ready market for the crop, has led to the organization of a brandy making company in Hacramento.- Their distil lery will turn opt 600 gallons a day, and it is expectedfthat otherr will be speedi i ly erected and put in operation.