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VOL. VI.No. 42.
PHILADELPniA, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 186G.
DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS.
IHE KEW ORLEANS MASSACRE.
OFIICIAL REPORT OF GEN. BAIRD.
The Riot Plotted by Mayor Monroe
and Otbcr Officials.
General Alfred L. Lee's
Account of tke lliot.
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Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
New Orleans, August IK. General Baird's
official nport ot thi inoasucre was forwarded
yesterday by General Sheridan to General Graut,
with a respectful demand that it be made public
The report pmbrnccs a history of till the circum
stances connected with the massacre, and
proves conclusively that it was preconcerted
and prearranged by the Rebel Mayor, John T
Monroe, the Lieutenant-Governor, and others
interested in breaking up the Convention. Toe
report 1b also a vindication of the course pur
sued by General Baird, who claims to have
taken every precaution consistent with the facts
then known to him, and, but for the treachery
of the police and Rebel city and State officials,
it is claimed that the precautions taken would
have been sufficient. It remains to be seen
whether the President dare refuse to allow the
publication ot this report, and General Sheri
dan's dei-patches to General Grant, after their
publication has been demanded by General
Sheridan.
The medical officer detailed to make an
official report of the killed and wounded pre
sented the names in tull, together with the
character of the wounds received by the follow
in; parties, viz.: Members of the Convention
one killed and eight wounded, or one-third ol
the members present; white citizens attending
the Convention, two killed and nine wounded;
total number of whites killed and wounded, 20.
Colored citizens attend ine the Convention
, killed, 34; wounded, 119; total of colored killed
and wounded, 163. Ot the police, there were 10
elichtly wounded, most of whom were on duty
the next day. Oue wuite citizen with the police
was killed. The evidence shows that the man
was accidentally shot by the police; also, that
in the excitement many of the police were
wounoed by their comrades.
In addition to the above, the Doctor reports
ten colored men killed ami twenty wounded.
'whose name? he could not ascertain. From the
i beat information at band, I am forced to believe
that there were a creat manv more killed and
Lwonnded among tne colored people tban have
teeen officially reported oy ur. liartsun. Many
of the wounded are necreted in out-of-the-way
places, and it would bo impossible to get all of
their names. The New Orleans Inbune of to
day's issue says : Our list, so lar as completed,
up to the present moment, thow a tot al of three
hundred and seventy-eieM killed and wounded
among the friends of the Convention.
The Military Commission will tiuish examin-
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fj proceed to aiTHnce the evidence in form. The
report ana evidence will cover aoout rzou pages
of legal cap paper, closely written on both
sides, and will prove the mo4 damning record
and solemn protest yet made public against, Mr.
Johnson's policy of reconstruction, which the
evidence proves niti9t, if persisted in, end in
the extermination of all Union men in the South.
Judge Hastins, United States commissioner,
and a well-known lo.val Southerner, had his house
fired last nicht by some Rebel miscreant. This
is the 6econd attempt that ha been made to
burn him out in the course of three weeks. Two
citizens were arrested yesterday by the military
for threatening the lives of members of the Con
vention, and making use of treasonable langtiaffa
under direct pressure from the President. The
city Government if being gradually restored to
the civil authorities. Union meu continue to
leave the city in considerable numbers, and a
great many are preparing to follow a soon as
they can dispose of their pronerty. But very
few who can possibly leave, will remain to sub
mit to Rebel persecutions.
Am Account by General A. I... Lee, of
Kansas General Baird's Kixpoiixlblllt y
Tlic Garbled Despatches of General
Sheridan Vindicated.
General Alfred L. Lee, an officer of cavalry
under Banks and Sheridan, wus a witness to the
massacre in New Orleans, which he lately de
scribed in a speech to his fellow-citizens of
Leavenworth, Kansas, prefacing his account
with some personal experiences of the "willing
ness of the Rebels to accept any terms" shortly
after the war, and their present hitter hostility
to the Unionists and the Northerners. In the
) following he alludes to the "garbled extracts"
from General Sheridan's despatches, published
in the Copperhead papers :
Let me narrate to you some ol the scenes of
that day. My rooms happened to be about a
square from the scene ol tlarehter, aud I cosld
Bee very much of It. Captain Loup, a captain
of the 1st New Orleans Infantry who had just
been mustered out, was standing one block
irora me; he was approached by two policemen;
one placed his pistol at his buck und shot him
down, and the other ftabbed hiui in the side,
causine his immediate death. There was a
noble man who represented the radical senti
ment of the city Dr. Dostie. lie wa not a
member of the Convention, but be was
in the hall. He attempted to escape. Wheu
about halt a block from the C-tpitoi buiUimr
he was struck with a brick and knocked
down. Policeuieu were standing near, but In
Btead of arresting the assaulter tney stepped up
to Dr. Eostle and deliberately lired into the
body of the defenseless man. A citizen stand ine
by tlrf w bis sword trom his caue and thrust it
into his body. Scill the doctor was uoi dead,
and was dragged by the police through the
crowd and placed in a common dirt cart. I saw
this myself. One policeman sat on his body,
and one sat near his head. Ttc poor man at
tempted to ruise his head, and 1 saw the police
man raise mu revolver aua smite nuu uu me
. face, and mash hi nose flat. That nob'e mun
1 stood on rat balcony, and looked on that
crowd ot 400 policemen, maddened with liquor,
and drunk with furv, assisted bv firemen and
thugs, assisted bv 200 or SOU citizens, on this
tir lrt-dav of slaughter. I saw pasuimr an tnno-
rpnt. black man. with a market-basket on
Vila arm. He was met by a knot of policemen.
Tkey said, "You are from me hall, are vou?"
He said, "No." They said, "Yes you are." He
Btaited to run. TWO poiicemuu run aner mm,
,i o manv . a dozen bullets were shot into
his body before he tell. A citizen then stamped
with hi heel on his face, and he was beaten to
a .th tin ha.
Within Ave minutes after this, I 6aw a police
nao approach a black man, and putting a pistol
to h's back, shoot him down. About ten minutes
to n b l)t h.tal ruffian aDDroached
a""v" Vh. dead black corpse. While h.
" . rnrnse a street car passed. 1
It was a bright yellow woman. She nut out her
head to look, and this ruffian raised his hand
and struck her on the face.
Another little chapter in the scene. Tlrnre Is
in New Orleans, as in most other large cities, a
baggage and transfer company. A returned
officer of our armv was an officer of ono of
these companies, lie told roe, his office being
near the scene of the riot, the police came to
him and said thev wished his baegagc wasons
to bear away the dead. They seized them, and
he said he saw them repeatedly throw six and
eight bodies, black and white, into one waeon
and carry them ofT. He told me of one srene in
particular. Eight or ten men had been thrown
into a wagon. Two of the first who had ncen
throwa lu (black men) were not quite dead,
and the shock revived them. They endeavored
feebly to push from thrm the recumbent mass
of coipscs. A policeman saw it: he leaped into
tho wagon with the expression, ''G d d n you,
I will tlx you so you will be still;" and with his
revolver very deliberately blew out their brains.
Another negro was shot down on the street,
and had been left for dead. He laid there uutil
notice of him had ceased. A policeman came
along and noticed that the man had some life
in him. He saw the policeman, and the poor,
ignorant, deluded man raised bis head with a
petition lor aid. Instead ot giving him the aid
ne requested, he gave him such as he had been
instructed to. He raised his club and broke
his neck at a blow.
These thine show you some of the brutality
which prevailed on that d:iy. I remained oil
my balcony and witnessed these scones as long
as I could endure thetn. A single mun was
powerless. At length I left my house und rode
to the headquarters of the Department. 1 found
General iiaird m his office, surrounded by his
stall'. I said, "General Baird, can it bo possible
that you are ipnorant of what is occurrine in
the city ?" He said, "What, General, is there a
serious difficulty in town ?" I told him 1 should
think there was. I said. "I came here as an
ex-officer ol the Federal armv, as a citizen of a
Noitbern State, to protest against the shedding
ot so much innocent blood. It is a Bhame upon
our military authorities."
He said: "Why, General, what particular
things have occurred ?" I tried to tell him. I
told him so many men had been shot; that
Goveruor llahn had been shot; that Mr. Fish
hd been arrested; that Dr. Dostie was killed.
He said: "Are you sure that is so ? I get so
mauy conflicting accounts." I told him it was
so, and staled that if I had been in command
of the city, 1 would have taken a battery of
artillery and swept the streets of the ruffianly
cowards. He sa'd: "Why, General, If 1 had
done that I should have killed as many of your
party as theirs." I told him I had iio party.
Said he: "I mean the negroes!" (Laughter.)
Said I: "General Baird. if you go on Canal
street, you will not shs over four neeroes, aud
they will be pursued by citizens and police,
and two at least will be killed before they can
escape." I said: "Eighteen millions of men
ere watching you this day, and this delay will
cost you dearly." He said: "I have made no
delay: I have ordered men there;" and turning
to some of his stall, save some hurried orders.
I went back to my home, aud in about half
an hour a battery ot artillery and a regiment
ol inlantry paraded on the street. At that time
negroes were being pursued by a crowd of men,
aua was killed within sight ot the guidoas of a
United States cavalry company, but not a shot
was tired by a United States soldier. The rioters
dispersed, martial law was proclaimed, the car
nival of slaughter was over for that day. I
believe that at that time about twenty-five loyal
whites and one hundred loyal blacks lay dead,
while five hundred of both colors lay wounded,
the result of one day's work.
Bui, gentlemen, we bad a naht to, and did
believe that when the telegraph told the tale of
our wrongs we should be aided. But what was
our despair when an order came to one Ilerron,
a Rebel, tue Attorney-General of the State,
stating the cuil authorities must be sustained.
The despatch said: "You must bhow this to
General Sheridan, or whosoever may be In com
mand, and he will sustain you." Then our despair
was great.
Sheridan, the roble, creat, uud true man of
our war, was not thrre; he had goue to the Rio
Grande. But he has returned. I have heard
some criticisms regarding his despatches to the
North, but I see it stated that the despatches
published as trom him were but garbled ex
tracts, and 1 tell you, gentlcmcu, that I
believe n.
1 have something to tell you of Sheridan.
Some three weeks ago, and two weeks before I
leit New Orleans. I waited on General Sheridan
and told him I was about to leave the South and
come North ogain. I told him my statements I
might appear one-sided; that possibly some
ruiybt think a radical unsafe to trust, and I
wished to know from him his opinion, as a con
eervatve old army officer, and one then and
there in authority. Injustice tj General Sheri-
dau, I will say that he said to me he then did
not wish to express his opinions iu such manner
as to spread abroad; that he was but a simple
soldier and could avow no creed but his orders.
He told me what he thought of Southern Rebels.
1 must teli you fuitner, that about six months
alter the war there wore many associations
formed . known as relief associations, such as
Gibson's Brigade Relict Association aud the
Hays' Brigade Relief Association. These asso
ciations were made up of soldiers, and the pre
sidents of the associations were the old com
manders of brigades, and the vice-presidents
were the old colonels of regiments, and so down.
They held stcret meetings, and were to all
intents and purposes a military orgauizatiou.
Sheridan feared tbese organizations as a nucleus
for further oisturbauces, and he made up uis
miud to suppress them. He issued an order
declaring that all relief associations aud all
associations for the erection of uiouumeuts In
tended to commemorate the late Rebellion,
should be dissolved and suppressed.
When they heard of it, they cirae and bagged
him not to issue it. He said, "I know no com
promise ot duty; I have made up my miud to
issue it, and issue it 1 will. Three weeks ago 1
thought your organization was mutinous, and at
that time I oraered a buttery of artillery Irom
the Rio Grande to sweep the streets the first
motion you made; you were not wise euoutrh to
take the hint, and now I disperse vouby order. "i
General Sheridan said, 41 1 fear Northern men
don'.t understand this tning. In a word, these
Rebels are willing to come back if they can place
the Rebel flag light alongside the Stars and
Stripes. They want to preach rebellion ; they
want to go back to Congressional halls clothed
with the mantle of authority; they are very
willing to' come back if Lee and Johnston sball
stand on the same piano as Grant and Sherman;
they are willing to come back if this Rebellion
shall Le made a thing to be woud of. and its
memory shall fall as a glorious heritage to their
children. I consider these gorgeous funeral
proces: ions as an Insult to me and every man
who ever wore the Federal blue." (Long and
continued coeers.)
A Pbintebs' Feast. Once a year the priutcri
engacpa cu me nussex r.xireaa, Surrey isUindara,
U eaUl of Kent Mail, and Couritu Chronicle, be
longing to W. E. Baxter, have a feust given them
at his residence near Oukluud.s, Eugland. This
year eighty-seven persons sit uown to the
dinner, which was presided over by Mr. Baxter,
ine usual toyai ana personal toasts were given
with great zest. By the time dinner had been
finished the wives and daughters of the men
bad arrived. Various amusements including
dancing, nrp-lmlloons, rnctng and other out
door sports (interrupted dt tea) were kept up
with great spirit until nine o'clock, when,
beartv cheers having been given to the host and
hostess, the company proceeded to the J u Held
Station. At bull-past nine a special train con
veyed men, women, and children, fnumbering
between four hundred and five huudrod, to
tucir various tieeuuauons.
EXPLOSION AT JERSEY CITY.
The Oil Dock at Pavonla Ferry Con
sumed Fire on Land and Water Thir
teen I.Ives Lout Several Persons In
jured I.ons over a Million Dollar
Several Vessrl Constuned Excltlug
Sec ne and Incident.
Shortly bctore H o'clock yesterdav morning,
the inhabitants of Jersey City and HoboKen
were alurmed by a loud rumbling, like thunder,
that shook the eortb, and con)ured up to timid
hearts premonitory symptoms ot an earthquake.
Immediately alter volumes of black smosc rolled
into the air, and it whs perceived to proceed
trom a spot adjacent to the Pavoaia ferry. Flra
bells rang furiously, and the hurry and bustle
observable in the police and fire departments
betokened something unusual. The fact was
that when these bodies reached the scene they
ionnd sheet ot flame waving over laod and
water, which had enveloped in their embrace
everything perishable. The kerosene oil dock
leased by C. H. Valentine & Co., the tobacco
and cotibn dock held by Jarvis A Co., and the
Erie Railway dock, were all on fire.
The latter ccaced prettv well, through tho
extrsordiuaiy exertions of the firemen, but the
w hirling surge elsewhere had struck with such
torntc ell'ect thiit it mocked the puny effort of
man to eope with it. Storehouses on land and
vessels in the water succumbed to the hery ele
ment, and in tho general ruin thirteen human
beitips perished. One man lies agonizing at the
verge of the grave, several others are undergoing
more or less suffering, and, con.-idering the
sudden and devouring sweep of the fire, it is
miraculous how the others escaped. Neither
life r.or properly was spared, and the occasion is
one not soon to be forgotten.
Tho Origin.
At ten minutes to eight o'clock, yesterday
motning. Henry Keural,' mate ot the schooner
Alfred liarrvli, of Boston, brought breakfast to
Captain Kelly, who waB lying ill In the cabin.
Another man was in the vessel, familiarly known
ns "Arthur," besides the mate and Kelly. Wheu
the mnte was returning he beard something
ernes tinder his teet like a match, aud instantly
he was surrounded by a sheet of Maine. He rati
on deck, and having reached the deck sunk
dowi: from consternation and the prostrating
etltct of the heat through which he had passed.
lie was quickly aroused by the crash and
madding of the barrelp which were falling after
the explosion, and l.e reached the clear air with
difficulty. His hair and beard were binned oil.
his clothes almost consumed, and when he
reached the hospital it was found that his face
was badly butned and his tiugers were almost a
crisp. There was scarcely a part of his body
tbut escaped the the. It is thought tbat he caii
not possibly recover.
Casualties.
Captain Kelly und his brother, the mate, with
Arthur, above allude I to, perished. Two women
and a child, on a canal boat, were seen rushing
on deck iu tlames, and, uttering fearful shrinks,
sank back into the riery pool. Tne child tot
tered overboard. Three other children who
weie in this boat were also lost. The captain
and two men of a lighter lying outside the Bar
rftt loll victims to the flames. Ou the lighter
tmtfh a man rushed wildly along the deck in
flames, and seeing no hope of succor, pluoged
into the water aud disappeared. The mate
Kelly, of the Barrett, was seen haugiug over the
steru of the vessel, while his clothes were on
tire, and his body remained In this position for
nearly three-qua-ters of an hour.
A suilor of the brig Matron had his veFt
burned off his back; still he persevered iu
efforts to save his vessel. A captain of a lighter
tan away w hile his clethes were on tire, badly
burned about the face. He was so terror
stricken that persons who pursued him were
left iur behind in the chase. Few, if any,
escnped uninjured. In the explosion of the
lighter lying next the Barrett, mentioned above,
a man was blown up sixty feet iu the air, and
fell into the river. Those who witnessed the
frantic rushing to and fro of the women were
almost paralyzed with terror. One of them,
who appeared to be the child's mother, dashe I
forward beside the little one wild and frenzied
with despair.
Their terrible condition was horror in all it
phases. Reason must have departed, for tbey
rushed across the deck in places where they
could have found no tooting, and they seemed
to tread on air. A murmur of terror and grief
Durst irom tne nyscanoers as me ni-iatea Deings
sank into t he water. The tenacity with which thev
clunti to life mus-t have been strengthened by the
assurance that help would momentarily arrive,
The little fellow Instinctively resisted the decree
of an inexorable fatality, but in a tew moments
he had passed witn nis mother beyond the por
tals ot this life into the region of eternity.
A Fearful Sight.
Soon after the flames broke out a man was
t-een rushing wildly trom the burning met
through the rapidly exploding tanks of oil, into
the open street. One side ot his lace was dread
tullv burned, being completely covered with
blisters, while his hair and beard were bjrnt
cloe to the skin. Every effort to stay him was
uuBi.ccessiui. out merely uttering a lew mcohe
reit words, in reply to questions, he rushed ou
and was soon lost to siehl. He was reported to
be the captain of oue of the hunter-, and it was
believed that he was severely luiured. Partie
who met him stated that he entered a house on
Pavoina avenue.
Incidents.
As was natural in a tire of such dimensions
the incidents were numerous, some being of a
grotesque ana otneis ol a tragic nature. An
incident ot the former class occurred on board
of the brig Matron, which was scuttled and
sunk. In their alarm, ou the first explosion
taking place, the captain and male of the
above-named veseel ian ou shore, leaving iu the
cabin a lot of tine clothes. Attcr the brig had
been scuttled, and there was no inimedi ite dan
g r of her masts and rigging tukiug tire, the
officers returned, aud on euterimr the cabin dis
covered that some clever roeues had walked oil
with the clothes, leaving a bundle of dirty rags
in lueir piacc.
An accident oeeurred to a fireman which came
very near resulting in his deatu. Having oca
sion to to to the edge of the burning Dier. he
stepped upon a plank which, giving way, pre
cipitated mm into tne water, being mm Die to
swim, he sank beneath the water, and all hopes
of his being saved were given up. On rising,
however, he luckily came in contact with a
plunk, on which he rested his head, and In that
position lloated to the railroad pier, by which
he supported himself above the water until
rescued bv a boat. Several of the firemen were
nearly suffocated ty the smoke, but no deaths,
ncr serious lnjurie to any were reported.
It Ivor Thieve About.
The chevaliers d' Industrie of the rier were
out in lull lorce, aud would nave ootained a
large amount of plunder had not the vigilance
ot Lieutenant Chase, ot thp United States reve
nue cutter, aided by the Hudson river police,
loiled the i!ans of the thieves. Several 61 them
were caught in tho act of towing off bales of
cotton and tobacco, and were arrested aud con
tinea in the Jersey City prison. The names ol
those arrested were: Michael Day, charged
with stealing iron; John Kingston, John CoU
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HUB, JJt UlilN UUUDVnu, uuwitic lino, 11UU
Truesdall. Tuonias Saxon. John O'Dav. John
Williamson, and Andrew Johnson, all charged
with stealing cotton.
Saving a Lighter.
The lighter Comrnniti, lying near the oil
piwr, was saved by A. Tbilleran, of the Hudson
River nolice. assisted bv Mr.' John Engle and
Patrick Buckley. The lighter was laden with
hide, valued at twenty-two thousand dollars.
which were the all of two men of this city. The
ownets expressed deep gratitude at the saving
of their property.
The Oil Pier,
alongside of which was moored the schooner
Barre t, was about eight hundred feet in length,
and was built about three vears aco. Somp five
thousand barrels of oil were stored on the dock,
ready to be shipped to-day. The lighters all
lay at the lower portion of the pier, an I hai no
cfiaucc of escape, some eleven being totally de
stroy ed.
The Tobacco Pier
was eight hundred and sixty feet in length, and
leased by A. S. Jarvis & Co.. owners of tho ex
tensive tobacco and cotton storage houses in
Jersey City. At the citreme end lay th ship
IValjen, and alonesne the wharf the barque
Free Trade and lighter Cere, all of which .were
totally destroyed. There were also on the pier
about three hundred and fifty bales of cotton.
A portion of the pier was covered, and a oon
as it was found impossible to save the dock,
Mr. II. Henwood. one of the firm of Jarvis St.
Co.. Immediately commenced throwing the
cotton overboard on the upper side. Whilo
doing so the flames on the upper side buret
through, and Mr. Henwood had a narrow pscape
lor ins me. as it was, he was badly burued
about the lace and hands.
The Railroad Pier
is about the same in length, and is used by tho
Erie Railroad Company. There was on the pier
about thirty cars loaded with grain, etc , som!
half a dozen of which were totally destroyed,
all tne upper portion or the dock neing also
more or less damaged, the entire portion burnt
away about twenty feet, and about flft.y fetat
the end. It Is due to the Jersey City firemen to
sav that through their efforts the nier was
saved from utter destruction; also a ne-vplcr
immediately adjoining, from which the firemen
had a goo'1 cnancc to bring their pipes to bear
on any portion of the dock.
The Oil Yard
arc about six nundred feet square, covering
nearly the whole front from the railroad Dier to
Jarvis' dock. The whole place was filled with
petroleum, a greater portion in tanks. The loss
on oil could not be correctly ascertained, but it
was mostly owned by Hewitt & Schoticld, Avery
&, Buries. Road & Ross. Robbins & Co., Lam
bart & Stephens, Robbin A Jacoby, and Giles
I'oiuemus.
It Is reported that there were two trains loaded
with tanks of oil to be brought in to-day. which
has lortunatelv been saved. The ruins of the
oil yard present more the appearance of a hoop
vara, as nothing is left but the Iron hoops ot the
barrels. They lie in piles all over the burnt dis
trict, so that it can easily be seen that there was
an immense 6tock of oil on hand.
There were some ten cars loade 1 with oil aUo
destroyed, and about two thousand empty bar
rels that were piled outside the building.
The Shlpplug.
Theie were no less than from thirty to forty
vessels moored alongside the docks, and as soon
as the fire began to spread efforts were immedi
ately made to tow them out in the stream. At
first it wan found impossible to obtain a tugboat,
and many ot the sailors and firemen cut the
vessels adrift, so that they could float out. How
ever, the steamtugs Virginia, Seymour, the
frmtth. and two others, hove in sight, and were
60011 alongside the docks. The ship 1). V. Wtajen
being in the most immediate danger, two of the
tug got lines fastened to her stern, and tried to
draw ncr out; nut it was round mat sue was
aground, and it being low tide all efforts proved
fruitless, aud they were compelled to abaudou
ner to ner late.
The Rebel blockade-runner the Saxon was
secured and towed into the stream, also two
other steamers and the brig Arlington. Some
halt a dozen lighters were cut adrift, but were,
however, secured by one of the tugs and to wed
to a place ot safety. After the tire bad become
considerably subdued, the tugs Symour aud
ismxin run up aiouusiae oi tne wajen aua got
three streams ot water in her sides, with the
hope of saving a portion of the cargo, consisting
of tobacco.
At one time a number of barrels of oil that
were blown overboard by the explosion began
floating out, from which sheets of flame arose.
and it was feared that they would set tire to
other vessels: but through the efforts of several
parties in small boats they were prevented from
doing any damage.
The ,L.08Hes.
The following is the total loss, as far as could
be correctly obtained, amounting to over one
million:
L,oe of vessels and cargoe $409,120
Loss on docks 210. Out)
Lots on o-ntents ou docs, saeds. eto 10,000
Lorn on cotton 70 000
Los on oil depot 280,0110
Loss on railroad and cars 80 000
Total los $1 059,120
It is possible that the ab ve figures will fall
short of the act ual loss Involved in this con:la-
gration. Jv. Y. Herald.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CHICAGO.
Loss Half a Mllliou Dollars.
Chicago, August 19. A tire occurred here this
morning, originating in Vanhorn, Murray &
Co.'s tobacco warehouse, destroying that and
the adjoining property, valued at $300,000.
Insured for $300,000, largely in Near York com
panies. Among the sufferers were G. tc C. W.
Church & Cady's wholesale grocery establisu
meut, who lose $155,000, insured for $133,000;
Tolman, Prinkham 4 Co. lose $65,000, fully in
sured ; Carson, Perie & Co. lose $75,000, fully
inbured.
Additional Particulars.
OtVIUAL WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS DE-
STUOYH.D LObS ESTIMATED AT HALS A MILLION
DOLLARS.
Chicago, August 19. A dUautrouii conflagration
occurred here this morniug, aeatroing property in
te buainess portion of the city to the value ot
vuuu,uvv. iuo uro urigiuaiou in me vugiue ruum 01
Van liorne, Murray k Co 's wholesale tobacco esta
blitiment, Noi. 37 and 89 South Wa er sireet. the
building, a three-story brick otructure, was utteriy
destroyed, together with an immense amouut of
tobacco. Lo.-t 8217,000. Insurance, 106,0u0.
rromthis point the lire Bureau with irreai furv on
either stdo, degtroyiug G. fc C. W. Church's who e
Ba,e grocery establishment, involving a loss of stock
and building of $165,001 insurance, 13a,000 aud
partially de.-troyiug lolman, I'lnkbaio & Co.'s
wnoiesaie arag eetauiisnuient. luo los on building
aud stock is j6,000, which is Italy insured.
The tiremoa succeeded in i-Uyiug the progress of
the tire on W ater trout alter tronuou exertions,
but in the rear the flames crossed an alley to toe rear
of Ao. 20 Lake street, to a tiv siory niarble irout
bul.oiog, occupied as a wholesale dry goods store
iy i.uraon, rirle ft Co. lueir stock was valued at
J1B0 000. and wui damaged to tne amouut of $75,000
ly uie auu water; lully insured
i he adjoining large establishments of Jewett &
Butler, hardware dealer, aud Whitney brothers,
boot and shoe dealers, were damitsred to the extent
Ot 10,000.
1 tie entire loss la set down In round flirnres at
$000 000, with an iusuranoj ot SCiOO 000.
J lie exact origin ot the fire is uuknown. but it is
upposeu to have originated among tho machinery
iu the tobacco establishment, i ortuuatoly there was
tut utile wiud at the time ot the tire, otherwme a
most terrible conflagration must have occurred The
Iticbinocd House, a tine marble structure imme
diately opposite, was iu great danger lor a time, bat
w saved. 1'he buildiugs were all Orsbolast brick
and rtoue structures, and were securely guarded, as
was aupposea ; Dy iron sDutters ; not the intense neat
from the tobacco warehouse burst them open as if
tbey had been of paper. - -
1 he insuranoe was largely in New 'York compa
nies, bnt the details are-not yet known, with the
following exceottons: Noith Western.' 96000 1 Me.
tropolitan, tl7.600; Harmony, $4000;' Etna, fTBOO;
Howard, t26O0; liellef, Z&00; Lafavette, 6000;
Market, $10,000; honh Americas flO.OOO j IConil-.
THIRD EDITION
A TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Twenty-three Persons Injured.
Chicago, August 19. A passenger train was
thrown from the track of the Michigan Southern
Railroad this morning at Hollisvllle, injuring
more or less twenty-three passengers. Among
thetn were Mr. Street, of Buffalo; L. P. Hurd, of
Bath, New York; S. A. Freeman, ot Boston, head
cut; 8. W. Hough, ol Albany; Mr. Lawrence, of
Albany; andE. Fitzaimmona. of Rochester.
Additional Particulars.
A TRAIN ON TnC MICHIGAN SOUTH KR If BAILROAD
THROWN DOWN AN BMRANKMKMT OKI BUNDUKD
AKD FORTY fBBT T WKNTT-THBKB rBRBONS IN
JURED, ETC.
Chicago, Aneust 19. A terrible railroad disaster
occurred this morning at HolJUviiie, iud., aoou-.
lorty mUes from this city, on the Michigan
Southern Kailroad. The regular pasenger train,
consisting ot three sleeping cars aud three
paasenver coaches, shortir after icaviug La
pone wait thrown off tho tiack ty cow, wbica.tn
ome curious manner, was caught betweon two ot
the si cop in a cars.
luo trum was running about twonty-fiye miles an
hour ac tho time, l lioturee sleeping and all tho
pasienper coachea woie hurled down an einoauk
ment 140 fput. Oue of the sleeping cars rolled over
three times, and Anally cams right side op at the
eotiom. loey were all badly sbatteroa.
Twenty-three persons were injured, bat none,
fctrange to say, were killed. At the time ot the acci
dent one of tho cars was thrown against a telegraph
pole, severing tho wire, so tuat it wa some time
rvtibre medical attendance could be got from
Laporto.
J be most of the wounded were taken back to
laporte. those biouvut on to this city aro: Moses
Xeinuman, cattle tloiuer of Chicago, arm broken;
Air. btreet, ot Butlaio, sliiibtly injured; L. P. Han,
ol' Bath, N. Y President of the OUio Jtiver coal
Company. flUhtly injured; 0. A. Freeman, of Bos
ton, head cut; Ci. Edmonds, of Illinois, slightly
iDjurcd; b. W. Hough of Albany, cut over the eye;
Mr. Lawrence, oi Aioany, slightly injured; C. Fitz
simnionf, of Koctie-tor, Ci. X.. iirhtly injured.
The names of Iboso left at Luporto have not boon
received Lcre, tut somo ol them are seriously in
jured. A Little Girl Killed on the Hudsnu Itlvcr
Kailroad near Pouglik.ecpnic.
rotJGHKEEPBiK, Augusti 19. A tad accident oo
curred jnst above here to-day on the track of the
Hudson Kiver Kailroad As the Cincinnati express
train, arawn Di the locomotive Huron, reached a
HDot near oue of the upper bridgos, the engine. r ob
served some meu walking on tne track, and lust
ahead oi them an aged lady and two or three
children.
He blew the whistle several times as a si -'nal of
danger, when the men got out of tho way. Oue ot
the children, however, ran direct y on tho track in
tront oi tho approacuing tram, tne locomotive
striking the unfortunate little creature, and Uurling
her eonto ten lee', m tho ar When tho body came
down, it struck head first on the cros-tio. and when
picked up no turn of lite wore vieiblo. C'oionr
riaMit was notified, and held an inquest. The Jury
returuta a verdict iu accordance witn tne tacts.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Vlrflt to .IvfT. Davis Another Examtua
tlon of ni Health, Ktc.
Fortbes9 Monboe, August 18. The pilot boat
Mnock Taylor arrived here this morning from
Cape Island, New Jersey, with a party of excur
sionists on board, composed principally of
Pbiladelphlang. In the party were Senator
Connell, Dr. M. I. DulTee, and Henry J. Fox,
Esq., and several ladles. Permission was given
by General Miles tor them to take a look at the
Fortress, and Dr. Duffee, one of the numoer,
late 1st Brigade Surgeon in General Sled's
Corps, had a very pleasunt interview with Jeff.
Davis. The interview was of but short dura
tion, and the Doctor stated that he could dis
cover no difference in his personal appear
ance that had taken place from the time he last
saw him at Culpeoer Court House, some three
vears aeo. while taken a prisoner, and in the
hands of the Hebels, save a greater pallor of
countenance, and bis hair bad Decome more
whiteued. The interview being so snort, Dr.
Putiee could not draw the conclusions that he
otherwise might have done by a more prolonged
conversation.
The pilot boat, which wa placed at the dis
potal of Senator Connell lor this pleasure excur
slon. returns to-morrow to Cape isluua.
The trreatlv auitated question, the sta'e ot
Jetl. Davis health, appears to remain in about
the same doubtful position as ever. Assistant
Sureeon-fieneral Crane lately arrived here trom
Washington. D. C. and had a private and very
lengthy interview with the prisoner. Of course
the result of his interview, his examination of
Davii. and the conclusion he drew therefrom.
are not known, and will bo made directly to the
proper authorities at Washington.
The United States eunooat Yantic, Lieuten
ant-Commander Edward S. Grafton, arrived tn
the harbor this afternoon, from Beaufort, N. C,
and relieves the double-ender gunboat Lenape,
Commander Thomas S. Phelps, which goes to
Nortolt tor repairs. The Yantic was relieved
at Beaufort by the double-ender Agauoam, Com
innnniT Kartori.
Th" schooner W. P. Orr. from Jamestown
for Philadelphia, with lime, has sailed from
Hampton Roads.
SOUTH AMERICA.
The War ou the Klvrr Plate The
I ulted State Squadron, tt.
Foktrebp Monroe. August 18. The Kntrlish
baique Traveller, Captain George M. Pentield,
twenty-six days from Rio do Janeiro, bound to
New Yoik, with a cargo of coffee, arrived at this
harbor this aftcruoon, and was ordered to Balti
more. She brings news from the seat of war up
to July 10.
A steamer had arrived at Montevideo, bring'
ing intelligence of the geueral failure of the
allied forces in their operations against the
Paraguayans, and that the latter had surrounded
their army in a swamp near Humaita on
the Paraguay river. The t-toct of the allied
army was dying off rapidly, and Lopez, the
commander of the Paraguayan army, was confi
dent and energetic in his efforts to deal a final
blow to the war.
On the 2d or July, the day before the lat
mail steamer sailed from Rio, there was a graud
celebration at Misericorde. in honor of the
Emperor of Brazil giving away a large number
of orphan girls in marriage.
All the naval squadrons st'&'Vrod along the
ccaut ot South America loaVv out tor the
national interests, had commenced to harbor tn
Rio for the winter. Of the American squadron
stationed In these waters there were anchored
at Rio the flagship Brooklyn, Admiral Godon,
the gunboats Onward, JS'ipsic, and Sttawmut.
The Juniata had pone across to the island of 8t.
Helena, but Intended to return in a few days.
iThe geueral financial business at Rio was In a
complete state of of stagnation. Money was at
".discount, and everytUrsr dull. Coffee dull;
, there being but tlx shipments in a week.
"the barque Wane-let wm ordered to New York,
with a cargo coffee Irom Rio this afternoon.
'ROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON
8FECIAL DBSPATCnKS TO EVEMINO TBLMRiPH.
i Washington, August 20.
A National Convention of Johnson Sol
dier.
The Philadelphia Convention seems to have
failed to meet the wants of the fastidious war
heroes of the Piesldent'e party, ajd on Saturday
night they met in the ladles' parlor of WlllaroVB
uu mioiiu jur a pywiiu uutuuuofcrnuuu nuut
the soldiers of the Union army at Chicago on
the 17th of September. General Stcodman pre
sided. Generals Cu?te;-. Rousseau and Ewing '
were solicitous that the soldiers of the Rebel
army Miould be invited to meet with the loyal
legions of the North. Generals Meredith and
Brown .objected. They thought . sectional pre-'
ml ices yet ran too high to make any such a
gathering harmonious, and they would have
only those Invited who were in the Union ranks.
General Ilobart desired that invitations should
be extended to all officers and soldiers of the
Union army. He wished to take all hie old
officers rather than select those only who sup
port the President's policy. He desired It should
ho a nnrnlo mttltnrv innvnntinrK withnnt. nnHttem
distinction. General Steadman, from the chair,
appealed to the gentlemen present that any
such arrangement as woald admit soldiers of any
political complexion would destroy tho whole
object ot the Convention. The radicals would
spend money enough and would have more men .
than any other party, and would vote them (the
present movers) down. This, being greeted
with applause, was taken as the sense of the
meeting, and the Rebel sympathizing Generals
subsided. General Meredith desired to have
the Convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana,
where the whole people were frightfully radical.
He believed it would have a good effect upon
their minds. General Rousseau suggested Bos
ton, Mass., or Charleston, S. C. The Western
country was overrun with radicalism and tkere
General Brown was opposed to a sea-
bonrd city. They held a big meeting at St,
Louis lately, which was a success. He advo
cated Chicago, where they could thwart the
plans of General Logan. Finally, after consider
able jarring, Chicago was decided npon by a
vote of 37 to 17. Generals Custer, Meredith, Rous
seau, McCook, and Crook were appointed a
Committee to draft a call, and were instructed
to address it to all who indorsed the policy ef
President Johnson. General Walter B. Skates,
Collector of Customs at Chicago, General Thoe.
Osborne, General It. N. L. Mann, Collector of In
ternal Revenue at Chicago; General C. W. Hotch
kiss, Colonel A. II. Marklaod, late General Agent
oi tne post umce tiepartment, ana uonorai
Charles W. Wallace, were appointed a commit
tee of arrangements. On motion of General
Custer, an invitation was extende 1 to all officers
present in the city, and favorable to the pro
posed convention, to sign their namej to the
call. The following names were signed on the
spot:
General J. S. Ftillerton, General McOook,
General A. McDowell, Brigadier General R. G.
Curtis, General Crittenden, of Missouri, Gene
ral George A. Custer, Generals Hugh and
Thomas Ewinc, General Durbin Ward, General
Rousseau, General Meredith, General Brown,
General Hoburt, General Steedman, and Gene
ral Sullivan.
General Thomas Ewing, Jr., and Captain Y.
Bell were appointed Corresponding Secretaries.
The meeting was in session about an hour. The
call will be issued on Wednesday.
The National Finances.
Fractional currency printed last week:
10c, $107,700; 25c, $142,500; 50c, $78,000
$328,260.
Amount of currency shipped to National
Banks, $94,700; Assistant Treasurer, Phila
delphia, $100,000; Assistant Treasurer, New
York, $50,000-$229,000. Mutilated currency
destroyed, $227,200.
Cash in vaults. United States notes,$7,800,000;
National Bank notes, $2,625,078; fractional cur
rency, $174,400; mutilated currency, $16,10780;
specimens, $36,315; gold, $323,659; silver, $2660;
cents, $510; five-cent coins, $960.
Disbursements per week, on account. War
Department, $4 218,756; Navy Department,
$1,Z56,804; Interior Department, $4,341,798.
Total, $9,817,359.
Nutioual Bank notes issued for the week,
$!I3,573. Total Issued, $288,403,775.
Internal Revenue receipts on Saturday,
$1,678, 473-65; receipts for the week, $8,100,291 63.
Outrages Upon Unionist In Alabama,
A letter received from a Well-known citizen
of Alabama, dated August 6, 1866, by Captain
Bingham, Secretary of the loyalist Conven-
tiouers, states:
"1 have seen Dr. Stewart, of Herd county, who
was an Assistant Surgeon in the 1st Alabama Union
Cavalry. He tells me thut about three weeks ago be
was notified that tne presence of a man who had
deserted tals country and gone to the Yankees was
not agreeable to the patriotio Unlon-lorlng eitasens
ot Herd county, Georgia, and that he would not be
allowed to live there; whereupon the Doctor then
stated to them tbat he thought he should stay. Last
Saturday an attack was uiaao on him, and three
sliots tired at hiin by some of the same parties
that notified htm to leave. These same men who
thus asaulted a United States officer pro fees to
belong to the Johnson Union party, and say that
thev are more loyal than the Doctor, because be is
not for the President's policy. In tact, this it the
reason of the assault. LInlos things change, the
name of Andrew Johnson will soon become as great
a teiror to Union men South as that of Jeff. Davla
ever was. During th war it ws treason against
the Confederacy to oppose JefT. Davis; now it is
tr ason to oppose Andy. This letter may cost me
my Hie, bnt I will take the risk."
Laud Sales lu Minnesota.
The Winnebago City (Minn.) Land Office
makes the following returns for July: Disposed
of for coh, 1289 acres; Homesteads, 17,305 acres;
College Scrip, 6400 acres; Warrants, 1761 acres;
total, 26,755 acres.
rwT-TTT? T 1 TT T7T A.
Five Hundred and Tlilrty-two Caaea lu
St. Lout Lttut VVeek,
St. Louis, August 19. The reports from the
different cemeteries for the week ending on Fri
day ehow.768 interments, of which 632 were from
cholera. In addition to this, 127 interments
were made In the city cemetery, 116 of which
were from cholera. Tbese returns do not In
clude the burials from the Quarantine, or small
pox hospitals. The various Ward Sanitary com
mittees are energetically at work, and the
Board ot Health reports the disease at abatlpg.