The poll of, the informal, elation of President and Vice-President of the United States closed on Tuesday evening at Messrs, Mustard & Co.'s store. One hundred and seventy American citizens embraced the opportunity of using their franchise with the following result Cleveland and Thurman (Democratic} Harrison and Morton (Republican), Fish and Brooks (Temperance Tick Blaine and Harrison Harrison and Blaine Curtiss and Gear (Am 170 Our readers will find the first definite account that we have had of the present state of the Yellow River at the great breach in the very interesting article in Another column 7 are informed by a foreign engineer who has recently made a survey of the flooded district and works at the breach on the Yellow River, that very material progress has been made with the repairs by the Chinese. The gap near Chung Chou which was originally a mile in width has been reduced to about four hundred feet. Two large gangs commenced to rebuild the embankments from each end, and they have erected a very substantial bank of millet and mud varying in width from about 200 to 250 feet, and from 20 to above the high level of the river. now that the real difficulty commences, aa the task of closing the last few hundred feet, owing to the great rush of water, will be one which with the applianess and material at their disposal Shey can, hardly hope to accomplish successfully, till after much trouble, if at all, The long talked of dredging of the Woosung bar seems very likely to become a realty at last. Qu Wedneaday the fret of the four new hopper baron, built by Messrs. Farnham & Ca., for carrying off the mud from. the dredger, was launched from Farnham's Lower Dock in the presence of H.E. the Taotai, Mr. Bredon, Acting Commissioner of Customs, Mr. Deighton-Braysher, the deputy harbour. master, and quite'a number of ladies and gentlemen. The launch was carried out under the superintendence of Mr, Twentyman. The hull is built of ingot iron plates from 5/16 to 7/16 inch thick. The dimensions are—length over all 120 ft. 9, between ndiculars 116 ft., beam 92 ft, -6 in, of hold 10 ft. 3in., with " capacity of
ft, on top and 9ft. at the bottom and the hull tons, The hopper it BO feet long by $3
below the deck which is teak, is a cabin for is in four compartmenta. At the after end, the crew. The barge is fitted with a capstan and four double windlasses with gear, the latter being used for lifting the sight doors in the bottom of the hopper. There is a guard all round the outside and there are two towing bol and mooring bitts on deck. The hull is of the most substantial character, and the barge is well adapted for the work in every respect. Mesars, Farnham Con who have two similar vessola in hand, expect to have them ready within " month. The fourth which is being built by a Chinaman, will probably be in about two months time, and then there will be no further reason fordelayingthe removal of the "heaven-sent barrier." "There is also a tugboat for towing them, which isin the
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