Show EASTERN ITEMS our tele telegraphic 0 raphie dispatches give a general birds eye view of the war now unfortunately raging between the northern and southern states under this head therefore we only design to give such I 1 other items as we think will be suited to the wishes and taste of our readers the steamer virginia from liverpool brought 2101 bales of cotton mostly of east india production several heavy failures are reported in the new york papers amounting 0 in the aggregate to the bankrupts are produce and coffee dealers the free constitution of maryland is reported to have been defeated at the state election on wednesday the tile uit an exchange exclia talks about mii mil it in this I 1 way we are sorry fo be compelled to state that the tile free constitution of Il maryland aryland is probably defeated it is a singularly radical document not only providing for immediate emancipation but forbidding the tho state under any circumstances stances to remunerate the masters for the loss of their slave property it was this feature we presume which caused the defeat of the constitution constitution it was the means of combining a powerful opposition to that instrument even among those who professed loyalty to the government ern erh ment but did not feel their patriotism sm equal to so inexorable a demand the tile yellow fever has broken out 1 fresh afresh 11 at bermuda and there I 1 is is a perfect panic in regard to it at some sonic of the parishes people are fleeing and leaving leavin in the dead ucb unburied url uri ed the powder mills at dashville Dash ville ulster co N Y blew up oil on sunday and again yesterday no lives were lost by the first explosion but by the last three men were killed and buildings the considerably sider ably damaged the funeral of t CV capt meigs took place oil on sunday from t the ie residence of or ills liis father quartermaster general meigs his father is almost brokenhearted broken hearted at the cruel death of ills his son capt Merl meri meriman man of the TJ S steam trans transport 0 r t dudley buck at this port from newbern newborn e i yesterday morning reports a U S steamer ashore nine miles north of cape lookout she had bilged and would be a total loss she was from boston for K key west and had seamen on board boar I 1 some of whom while landing were capsized and five of them were dest destroyed ro by the tile sharks it was wast a new stein stean steamer i c r the vessel 1 being eing on her second trip rip t only she went ashore on sunday evening ad dinst could not learn her name WHO TELLS tue TUB TRUTH ABOUT THE MONEY doney marret MARKET private dispatches of the uit say eay that gold was quoted atin at in new york with a downward tendency compare these figures with our own market and learn the profits on money changing v 1 prosperity OF TEXAS A correspondent of tho the new yew york daily sun thus describes the agricultural prosperity of texas houston texas papers of the says corn has been teen produced this thia year sufficient to supply the he state two years the army worm is is making a clean sweep of many cotton fields in tho the interior this istone is worse as there was a small crop planted anh and and there will be a great need of the staple article before another picking CANADIAN confederation quebec oct 19 after a long discus sio sion slon n I 1 the canadian confederation has been decided on its main principles arranged and only the details remain the great difficulty was the proportionate representation orthe colonies inthe upper house it is now decided that nova scotia new brunswick Bruns and prince edward s island are to have 04 21 04 members newfoundland 4 arad upper and lower canada 24 each they are to be selected from the existing members of the upper houses by the crown which is to fill vacancies occasioned by death the representation of the lower house of the legislature is to be according to the population periodically rearranged arranged re arran ged the constitution will bo such that the chief power will reside in the central legislature the provinces will have but few separate rights the whole scheme will be submitted to fo the existing parliaments wit houta referd reference nee neo to the people the following is said to be by mail to the new york sun sim fifty rebel deserters took the oath of allegiance in washington on saturday ath uit and were sent north the go government is reported as serving out blankets overcoats and shoes to rebel prisoners at point lookout in n natick mass the price of beefsteak has come down to 15 cents a pound aund owing to competition among the tho hutchers tut iut butchers chens chers the american residents in buenos ayres have raised in gold for tho the sanitary commission of the united states I 1 I 1 gen grant is so entirely satisfied with gen buti butlers erys mode of treating the exchange question that when personally applied to by an gen lee ho lie declined to interfere with the regulations already established I 1 alderman who wilo was sent by the rochester new york people to kentucky to procure negro substitutes reports that it is a poor business ho he only procured eight during an extended tour and at a cost that re renders n ders them as dear as white men how NEW ivr LIVE shenew the tho new york post is calling attention to the tho increased mortality in that elty city and the causes that produce it one bile fertile T source of disease and death is the overcrowded condition of the population nearly three quarters of a million of whom it i is estimated live in tenement houses lio ilo uses where cleanliness and comfort are under present arrangements utterly I 1 impossible the inmates higates throw their slops and refuse matter into th the e streets and not less than thirty five hundred loads are carried away daily besides this perpetual nuisance there thero are two hundred and fifty slaughterhouses hi auses in the densely peopled section 13 of the city from which streams of blood and fecal matter find their way along the gutters to the sewers the stench emanating from these establishments render many houses in their neighborhood un uninhabitable I 1 table tabie added to these thebo abominations are numerous fat boiling hide and onnal establishments whose feid feld id exhalations exha lations infect the atmosphere of central park fifth and madison avenues so that the most fashionable ter of the city are subject to noisome odors with such a catalogue of life destroying lestro ying agencies it is a wonder that pestilences do not sweep off the 1 tion jon by thousands good will like a good name ie Is got y many actions and lost by one |