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Show GENERAL. Out on Uall. JSew York, 17. This afternoon the officers of the Staten Island ferry company com-pany were brought on a writ of habeas corpus beforo the Supreme Court, and Judge Southerlaud admitted Jacob Vanderbilt, president, to bail in $-0,-000, and liraisted, the superintendent, and ltobinson, theengineer, in$10,000 each. Intrigue of the International. A London correspondent, writing under date August 3rd says, at a meet ing of the general council of the International In-ternational society, held in London, it appeared that agents of the organization organiza-tion were at work in Spain, provided with funds, to create disturbances; that information had been received annonncing the establishment of an international club and the starting of a newspaper entitled La Cumuumc. in cw Orleans, America; also that a section had been formed in 'a.-bing-ton, which was composed principally prin-cipally of journalists, Washington lieinj; !the great political centre as New York was the commercial. Alazzina was attacked at-tacked lor his opposition to the organization, organi-zation, it being declared that he never was a member of it, aud the statement was made that the workingmen of Italy were with the association. An allowance allow-ance of one pound a week, for Paris refugees of tho association in London, was reduced to a shilling a week for each person. New YorU Kiunucea, The aldermen are to meet nest Monday Mon-day and receive a statement from the mayor, in relation to the expenses ot the city government. Fire. Glens Falls, N. Y., Vo's paer mill was partially burned this morning with a loss of $15,000. -. Trouble lu Ogilentlmrg, New York, Ogdensburg, N. Y., 17. The riofer in the Baron de Carmin lecture affair, are still defiant. Mayor Proctor to day issued a proclamation,' stating that there had been manifestations of a tumultuous tu-multuous oharactor in the city for the past two nights, occasioned by the interruption in-terruption of a public meeting, and public feeling is now in such a slate ol excitement that further and perhaps serious trouble may bj apprehended. Ho warns all persons to preserve the peace, and calls on all well-disposed citizens to assist in maintaining ordei and liberty of free speech, assuring the citizens that ho will use tho powei vested in him to protect tho rights o: all. A special meeting of tho common council, held this morning, rcsolvet that the right of free speech shouk be maintained at any cost. A large number of special policeman arc appointed, and tlie troops will ht called out if neoessary. Thomas Dab and a number of the leaders of the aid of Tuesday evcning,have been arrested. At this hour no hall has been secured and the excitement is increasing. The friends of law ad order me determined tho lecturer shall be heard. The police headquarters aro guarded by a hundred special policemen, in addition to the regular lbrcc, and the Mayor personally is in charge. Many bus-pcoted bus-pcoted rioters art) in the street awaiting await-ing a movement, Monetary anU titouki. New York, 17. Sterling, long, 91. Amount of Treasury bids to-day, sis millions; awards one million at 12.3-1 to 1-.-10. A feature of the stock market mar-ket to-day was in Pacific mail dealings, in which enormous sales were made, aggregating from seventy-five to a hundred thousand shares, and prices .fluctuated from 50 i to OHi, with most of the sales at j1 and 52. W.U.,'iN: Quick -diver, IT; Mariposa, Pfd., M; W. F., 4J. Ki-tlrnl. ! n-lnti " n, iV. General George .Si,ih, ,i iii i- placed on the retired list 'on ;n-i-iniiii disability and long and faithful services. Financial. The total ainoiuit oJ'iuiornal rcciiuc p-dd iiiu thf treasury, to the close of the hiit ri.-.-dl yraj is $l,tJo,8rAW,j. iiinry D. Cooke to-day deported in th" treasury, in behalf uf the American Syndicate, ItyA'i'.''C'. the first installment of ita subscription tn the new loan. I urunot UtCllUtj, Felix K. Bruuoi declines the prof-I prof-I fered position of commissioner of iht , Indian bureau. i Revenue CaUeciurs' Defalcation Now York, 17. A Washingtoi 1 special ?aya the Secretary of the Trcas ury wiil to-morrow issue a deiailet IsttvtnKat oi" liie defalcations and ua adjusted accounts of the collectors of internal revenue, since the establish-! menr. of the bureau. It will show that the aetnJ anoint .if defalcations, to the close of ihr Km ..f the year, was v-.TGS.S'.-C of :iu- ..m.-nrj; over athird is credited to LouitLui. collectors, L. B. 'oilins. General Steadman and Ejirene Tisdale, alone, being defaulters in $y6,00o. In view of the fact that over fifteen hundred million dollars have been collected from this source, I the per centage of loss is regarded by the Treasury ofEciais as remarkably j small. Daring Escape From Sing Sing. 1 Sing Sing, X. Y., 17. At a quarter ; before 12 to-day, the tug boat Dean Richmond, having a canal boat in tow going north, was observed approaching the prison dock with considerable rapidity. The guard warned the pilot to keep off, and the warning was ap-i patently heeded, buc the steamer glided close to the pier, and immedi-: ateiy twelve convicts, as if understand-; , ing the whole movement, made a rush, j : leaped on board the canal boat, ran ! over it to the tug and into the engine' ; room. The engineer was driven out L i by the convicts, leaped into tke pilot house, took the wheel and headed the ; tug for the west shore. The alarm was j given as quick as possible, and two I sailing boats, one from thej Sparta a mile below, and onet irom here, filled with armed men, were j started in pursuit. Ope of these ves-! sels overhauled the tug near Rock- j land, when the convicts took to small boats which some boys were rowing in the vicinity, and rowing quickly to thej shore escaped to the mountains. Laflin, the inspector, sates that the convicts are now in the woods near Rockland, and will be recaptured as they are surrounded. sur-rounded. ; Later. A disoatch is received lrom i Superintendent Kc-lso, stating that two j men have been arrested at Kuglcwood, N. J. . supposed to belong the gang1 which escaped. Before dark to-night I musketry tiring was heard in the direction direc-tion of Rockland on the west shore, and it is thought an encounter has taken place between the convicts andj tho guard. ! It is believed the affair was planned j in New York two months ago. The captain and engineer of the tug are' both arrested. The former said he I was hired by two men to come to Sing I Sing for a load of furniture. They! also hired him two weeks ago for the ! same purpose; but when he arrived i here the -- said the furniture was not ready. There were found on the tug when captured the convicts' clothing, , a number of fal whiskers, moustaches, mous-taches, and several revolvers, which were brought from New York. It is believed the two men who planned the escape are in the woods with the convicts. con-victs. Heavy raln.atorm. Richmond, Va. 17. The heaviest rain-storm of the season, fell this afternoon, after-noon, accompanied with a considerable quantity of hail. The thermometer, which had been ranging all day in the nineties, fell to twenty-one in fifteen minutes. |