Tlie southeastern Indiana confer
ence of tlie Methodist Episcopal
church convened here this morning,
Bishop Sini|>son presiding.
By an accident at a bridge on the
Vincennes railroad near here, this
morning, one man was fatally injur
ed and another seriously.
Madrid, Sept. 14.—Tlie journals
of Madrid assert tliat tlie govern
ment recently sent a circular letter
to the great powers respecting a note
of Sickles on the subject of the recog
nition of < .'uba, and replies favorable
to tlie rights of Spain were received
from England, France anil Austria.
I/oNDox, Sept. 14.—A large meet
ing of cotton merchants, spinners
and manufacturers was held at Man
chester last evening, for tlie pur
pose of considering tlie condition of
trade in iamcashire. Speeelies were
made and resolutions adopted as
serting that it was expedient to form
an association to»urge Parliament to
grant inquiry into the causes of the
depresses I state of capital and lalmr.
It was also resolved to hold a series
of public meetings in the principal
towns.
New York, Sept. 10.—In the
Board of Education yesterday, < 'oni
niissioner Smyth offered a resolution
showing that from fifteen to twenty
thousand children were roaming
alMiut tlie streets, never attending
school and authorizing a special
committee to remedy the matter.
The resolution was adopted.
Two daughters of Mrs. Wildman,
of Newark, New Jersey, girls agisi
ten and eleven yearn, arrived at Cas
tle Garden, by the Minnesota, in
euro of their grandmother hist week,
from England, but since then have
disappeared. It is believed they
were carried off by Mormon emi
grants who came in the ramie steam
er.
