THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUEG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 18G6.
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IIIaTOMSIUMIO, HATfUIUY, OCT. SO. 1W1.
THE ELECTIONS.
Wr. nro yet tinablo to stato tho exact
majorltvof General Geary for Govern
or In this State, but It is about lifted!
thousand less than tho Republican ma-1
Jorltics In ISGt and ISM. Tho Republi
cans pain two Congressmen In tho
Schuylkill and Westmoreland district?,
and the Democrats gain one Stato Sena
tor In Philadelphia, and there and else
where several Representatives. There
will bo a decided Republican majority
inthoLcglfllature,liowover,socurliigthe
election of a Republican Senator to All
the place of Senator Cowan, whose term
expires on tho fourth of March next.
The Hepubllcans have also carried
Ohio, Iowa, and Indiana. Tho return
ore incomplete, but tho majorities will
be large In tho two former States. In In
diana tho Republican majority is great
ly reduced, and tho Democracy gain
upon Congressmen.
There has been somo singular voting
in this State. Philadelphia gives a Re
publlcan majority reduced four or live
thousand below former votes ; Bradford
gives Ave hundred more than was claim
ed or expected; Luzerne gives tinny
eoven hundred Democratic; and Rcrks
a smaller majority than on sonio former
occasions.
In Luzerne and some other counties
the vote Is greatly increased by natural
ization. Largo numbers of foreigners
did not take out naturalization papers
for several years past, on account of the
war. Hut this year, in prospect of an
Important election, they came forward
and were naturalized, and the Increased
voto from this cause, which under other
circumstances would Iiavo been distrib
uted over several years, is accumulated
into one. Wo suppose tho total voto in
tho Stato will reach six hundred thousand.
others contributed tho Literary Depart
ment. Two Thanksgiving stories In lids
number. Drawlng-roomnnd Library Cur
tlu Decorations. New Mirslc ; Drawing
Lessons; and aeountry Residence, with
plan. Tiny present is a most excellent
time to make tfj- clubs for tills magazine.
Two copies for onti year can be had for
. GO ; three copies, $7 M; four copies,
$10; five copies, with nnextra copy totlie
getter-tip of tho club, $11 ) eight copies,
with an extra copy, Sill ; eleven copies,
with the same allowanco to the former
of the club, ?27. 60. Address Ii. A. Go-
dey, northeast corner Sixth anil Chest
nut Streets, Philadelphia.
THE OFFICIAL RETURNS.
Oi'Tic.u. returns from sixty-four coun
ties In this Stato plaeo Geary's majority
at 17, Ml. The two counties unofficially
reported are Rutler and Forrest, both
of wl.ieh are small, and decidedly Re
publican. The olllcial figures, there
fore, will not reduce deary's majority
in the State below 17,0(10. The olllcial
returns In the Thirteenth Congressional
District show a majority of 1,'.7S for
Mercur, tho Radical candidate.
Tin: voti: run ciami:h.
Adams
"Redrord
llerks
Bucks
Cambra
Carbon
Centre
Clarion
Cleartleld
.... 21G
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....1.0H7
....1,130
THE VOTE FOR CONGRESS.
The voto given to Judge El well in
Columbia County is the llnest tribute
ever paid to a eandidato by the people
here, and ought to bo highly gratifying
to him and his friends. Ills strength
beyond jr.trty In tho election Is not to bo
measured by the ditfereuco between
his voto nnd Clymer's In tho county;
for he carried some of his strength, out-
sldo of party line, to the ticket upon
which ho was placed. There can be no
doubt that the Congressional question
swelled, to somo extent, tho voto for
Clymnr in tho county, and accounts for
tho fact of a majority exceeding sixteen
hundred for him in a year of general
disaster or falhiro to tho Democracy.
Ono thousand seven hundred and
thirty-seven majority is a grand vote In
a county of tho third or fourth class as
to population, and wo repeat it is one
of which tho friends of Judge Klwell
may bo proud. It was given him be
cause he had merits of a high order as
a candidate, and represented the princi
pies of Unionism, Justice, and peace in
tho country. No man who voted for
him will hereafter regret his vote, or
wish it transferred upon the record to
his opponent.
But we must add, that this splendid
voto for tho Judge was aided somewhat
by the opposition of Palemou John.
John's management or mfo-inunagc
meat of the Republican cause in this
county has assisted to runup the. Demo
emtio majorities until they have pasted
the number of sixteen hundred, and his
support of Mercur nnd opposition to
Judge Klwell this year was a valuable
clement of strength to the latter. 1
John would only run a newspaper a
few years in Bradford County ho would
revolutionize this Congressional Dis
trlct I
Clinton G!K1
Columbia 1,018
Cumberland 5110
Elk r.iu
Fayetlo 7!U!
Kul ton -so
Greene l''
Juniata $H
Lehigh '."-
Luzerne I,uu
Lycoming 677
Milllin 11"
Monroe 1,001
Mimtirnmcrv l.lMi
Montour W-
Xorthamnton 8,011
'Northumberland ICS
Pike i:j
Schuvlkill 1,721
Sullivan
Wnvno "
Westmoreland LOdi
Wyoming 1
York -',SS1
Total....
Tin:
Alleghany
Armstrong
Beaver
Blair
Bradford
Butler
Cameron
Chester
Crawford
Dauphin
Delaware
Erie
'orest
Franklin
Huntington ...
Indiana
Jell'eron
Lancaster
Lawrence
Lebanon
M'ICcau
Mercer
Perry
Philadelphia .
Potter
.Somerset
Snyder
SiiMiuelianna .
Tioga
Union
Venango
Warren
Washington ..
Total
VOTi: FOlt OEAUY.
,.!)7,!J!1
7,070
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7
1,0 HI
40(1
71
2,270
1,745
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0,002
2, i no
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107
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Geary's majority 17,15
Olllcial
FIJI
I, OFI'ICAIj IlllTUllNH or C'OIAJMlHA.
COl'XTY.
The following is tho full olllcial vote
of this cou t:
IMPORTANT LETTER.
Tin: following lettar was written by
Kx-Attoriiey General Bates some two
mouths since, but for somo reason was
never published until the ninth instant.
It will bo read with Interest by all
classes) shewing as It does tho views of
Mr. Lincoln and his Cabinet on an Im
portant question. It will bo seen that
Judge Bates clearly proves that the po
sition occupied by tho Radical leaders
of to-day is completely adverse to1 that
of the late President and tho Republican
party during tho continuance of tho
war t
To C oloncl James Ov Jlroudhead, JSC.
Louis :
DeaiiSih,- You were rightly inform
ed that President Lincoln did require of
the heads of the dllloroiit Departments
their opinions in writing as to both the
constitutionality and expediency of tho
bill " for tlie admission or tho Stato of
West Virginia into the Union." And
such opinions were given by all of them
except only Mr. Caleb B. Smith (who
had then vacated, or was about to vacate,
his oillce of Secretary of the Interior).
That transaction took place lu tho few
last days of tho year 1M2. My own of
ficial opinion bears date on tho twenty
seventh of December, 18G2, and tho
President approved and signed the bill
on tlie last day of that year.
I have occasion to remember those
transactions very distinctly, for 1 took a
verv uveiv interest in uiequesuon; ami
indeed, it was upon my own suggestion
that President Lincoln demanded our
written opinions. I urged upon mm
tho advantage of written over oral com
munications on a subject so important,
and chiefly upon these two grounds:
J'irst, they constitute valuable muni
ments of the passing history of the Gov
ernment ; and snimd, they operate as a
reasonable anil wiioiosoino cnecK upon
upon us, the advisers of tlie President.
The questions put by the President
were in thomost brief and compendious
form, thus: " Pint, istnesaiu act con
stitutional '.' Second, is tlie said act ex
pedient V" To tlie.se two questions we
all gave to tho President our written an
swers: and lean only express :ny sur
prise that they should have been so long
witiiiieiii irom implication, seeing mat.
tiieytoucii upon a principle oi tue great
est magnitude, and bear directly upon
a question wnieii lias produced great ex
tement in Congress ana in the nation.
I have the only copy of those docu
incuts that 1 know of in private hands;
but no doubt they may be found in the
miner depositories at ashinirtoii. And
n regard to your suggestion as to what
those opinions may contain concernim:
tue legal ami political siutus oi states
in rebellion (as I have no time now
either to analyze tlie opinions or to copy
mom , l can omy say tnai not ono oi
them contains a single paragraph tend
lng to tho conclusion that a State Ordi
nance of Secession, or tlie fact of open
rebellion within a State, did or could
tako a Statu out of the Union. The verv
contrary was assumed as indisputable
doctrine, nun argueu upon as a postulate.
in lact, l tun not Know a iicpiitiiicau or
mat day, in Congress or in tlio Execu
tive Department, who pretended to be
Ilcve that a State could withdraw itself
from tlie Union by secession or rebellion.
or both together. We all considered an
ordinance of secession n mere nullitv In
law and politics, and rebellion a person
al crime, punishable by law. It never
was tho doctrine of the Republican par
ty in Mr. Lincoln's lifetime, nnd, 1 be
lieve, is not now. that a Stato can get
out of tlie Union by secession and rebel
lion. That is a late invention of a few
rii,t.,eit..;w1iw. ........ 1. ..!!....!.. ...I...
nave labored In vain to lasten it upon
the Republicans us ono of their tenets.
President Lincoln and both Houses of
Congress, by their repeated solemn acts.
aro pieugeu to uic contrary, They pass
od tho West Virginia BUI. which, ac
cording to tho plain provisions of tlie
Constitution, could not have been pused
unless Virginia were n mate in tlio un
ion, with a Legislature capable of eon
seating to tlio dismemberment. The
President, with tlio advice and consen
of the Senate, did all lie could tooxtom
1 me judiciary system oi the United States
iniu amies which nan paseu ordinances
ol secession, and whoso people stood in
GREAT FIRES.
QUEBEC,
CANADA, NEARLY
STROVE D.
HE-
A Milo Squaro of tho City in Kulns,
Flro Rnglng Unchecked for Thirtoon
Hours.
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED HOUSES
BURNED.
Eighteen Thousand Pooplo
l.olt 1-IouhoIchs.
Two and a Half to Threo Millions
of Proporty Sacrificed,
The Fire Dies Out for Want
of Fuel.
LOSS OF LIFE.
GREAT FIRE
FIRE IN ST. LOUIS
THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
Mux Who think cannot fall to per
ceive in our country an alarming growth
of iulluences calculated to destroy all
real freedom In tho ttso or tho ballot,
and to prevent anything like a fair ox
lUbltlon of the will of the people with
regard to public affairs.
It is well known that during the
campaign which terminated on Tues
day last, bets were Iinado upon tho re-
suit, Involving In tlio aggregate a Vast
amount of money. In this, as in all
gambling transactions, tho victims are
those who suppose that only ordinary
influences will operate to determine the
contest, wlille those who have man
aged ho affair aro shrewd, unscriipu
lous, cold-blooded persons, who form
combinations nnd provide means to
produce the result which will certainly
win their stakes.
The modus operandi by which money
Is made by betting on elections Is this:
The "knowing ones," generally fur
nished with means by the leaders of a
party which can raise large sums for
such a purpose, determine to bet cither
upon the election of a particular eandid
ato or upon his election bv a stnted ma-
IN OTTAWA, jority. They then supply their under
lings with means to make deposit) for
stakes, and Instruct some of them toap-
Icar enthusiastic in tlio belief that tlie
opposing candidate will bo elected, and
to make sham bets with confederates
QUEIivc, October 15, 1801.
At four o'clock yesterday morning a
fire began in the house of Mr. Trudel, as a decoy for unsophisticated persons,
grocer, on St. Joseph Street, near the who, judging from the tone of popular
Jacques Cartler Market. Owing to the sentiment, believe that the opponents
early hour of the morning few people of tho candidate of "tlio ring" are in
were about. Tho wind, which had the majority. Operating In all parts of
blown half a gale from cast nil night, the State by agents thus pecuniarily in
had slightly abated, but still continued terested, a most careful canvass Is made,
with such violence as to cause serious so that the leaders of "tlio ring" know
apprehensions, which wcro afterward precisely what number of votes will be
unfortunately realized. needed to win their bets. Tiiey can ai-
By the time the brigade reached the ford to expend all the money furnished
scene Trudel's house was enveloped in by party leaders and a considerable per
flames. Tho sappers were already there, centnge of the stakes to be won to force
ut there was some delay in laying the up their voto to the proper figure, and
hose nnd getting sufficient water, which yet bo sure of making money. By get
was not remedied for nearly an hour, ting their confederates into the posi
Meantime tlio lire made rapid progress ; tlons of judges or inspectors of elections
no less than ten or twelve houses were on the part of the parti they intended to
on fire, and the lumber and wooden defeat, or by corrupting those who have
sheds on all sides were ignited. not virtue enough to resist temptations.
Bv half-past five o'clock eighty houses, they can falsity tlie count of votes at as
all built of wood, were in a blaze. The many polls as their agents can control
llames. driven bv the wind, were spread- and when this cannot be done they get
iug in till directions. Athalf-pastsixover names registered and voto doubtful per
ono hundred nnd llfty houses wero con- sons at two or more polls. There aro
mimed, various other means resorted to to aid
Tlie fire bv this time had run nlong this pernicious work which need not be
St. Joseph and Notre Dame des Anges detailed here, for our purpose is but to
St roots to the (unction of St. Valier point out the chief means by which
Street, carrying everything before it. elections are made a farce and do not
The Church of La Congregation stood indicate tlie win oi a majority or the
in L'reat danger, but a sudden veering people
of the wind saved It. Betting on an election Is an offence
Crossing St. Valier Street tlie firo against tho law ; but tlio law designee
soonafterwnadsspreadintoSt. Sauveur, to prohibit it is utterly disregarded
and among its hundreds of wooden and many well-meaning but unrolled
houses raged with defiant fury. House lng citizens aro by the craft of sordii
nfter house fell a nrev to tho flames. It gamblers tricked into furnishing the
- v
was thought that the houses to the cast-1 money used to defeat their own party
ward wo.ild bo saved; but tho lire
crept back, continuing its work of de
tructlon.
At eleven o'clock tho whole centre of
JwllHI
JfAGAZII-TES FOR NOVEMBER,
IIakpkk for November is tlio first of
tho magazines to reach us for this month
It is characterized by Its usual excellence
lu illustrations and reading matter.
"Tho Cider Mill" is pleasing poetry
"Tho Work-House Black well's Is
lnnd" is an excellent account of the
manner in which this institution is con
ducted, and the character of its inmates
Being profusely Illustrated, It Isdoubl
attractive as a modo of gaining inform
ation on the subject. Wo would not ad
viso any ono, however, to practically
demonstrate its workings by an enforced
sojourn beneath Its roof. A most ex
cellent portrait as an illustration to a
poem entitled " Venice" greets us at the
end of our Journey through the work
house. J. S. C. Abbott continues " He
roic Deeds of Heroic Men," his subject
telng "Florida: her Crime and her
Punishment," A likoness of Qunoral
Truman Seymour heads tho article, and
tho illustrations nro commeiworatlvo of
promlncnto-entslntho recent history of
thnt State. The literary contents aro of n
high order, und will bo found interest
ing. For tho nuw volume, commenting
with December, the Harpyrs anuounces
a now talo by Oeorgo Harrington, the
author of "Insldo: a chronicle of Seces
Hion," entitled "The Virginians in
Texas."
Following Harper wo havo Godey's
Lady JJook with tlio following excel
lent tablo of contents: "Out of
an Engagement," a beautiful steel
plate. Tho Colored Fashion-plate
contains six figures. "Riding In the
Park," a tinted pinto. "Tho Moun
tain Path." A very handsomo wood
tut. In tlio wood-cut Fashions contain
ing tho latest Paris dates is presented
seven new styles of Paletots tho
"Nina," tho" Gllda," tho " iKibelle,"
tho " Roxalenne," tho " Pepluni," the
" Benolton," and a velvet paletot. Tho
"Eleanora Wrap." A Oored Dress
with Poplum Basque. Walking Dress
fora Llttlo flirl. Bonnets, Opera styles.
Tlio " Work Department" contains tlio
uaiial variety. Marion Harland, Mary
Janvrin, MIh Dorr, S. Annie FroJt, and
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open rebellion, by appointing District
juuges in Virginia, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Florida, and Louisiana. And
oth I louses of Contrress admitted mem
bers from Virginia, Tennensee, and Lou
isiana.
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TiUt', su 1:11 In llonrlck.
Tin? old Roman capital in tho south
of Britain has been unearthed. The
main street and u street running from
it havo been laid open, together with
two largo Roman houses with tosselatei
pavements. Tho walls which surround'
ed tho capital wcro .threo miles in
length.
A cali'itiATIon of tho salaries paid
to preachers In this country, nnd the
number of sermons preached, accord
ing to tlio Now York Observer, shows
that tho average price paid forserinons,
taking the land through, Is threo cents
a sermon.
NORTHERN EMIGRATION WEL
COME AT THE SOUTH.
As the Fall advances the immigra
tion into tlio South from more northern
regions heavily increases. With great
interest we watch tlio northern immi
gration, which, settling toward this
part somo time ago, continues increns
lng in volume, and brings with it the
constituent properties of n prosperous
people capital, intelligence, enterprise,
and industry. Welcome, thrice wel
come, to all who, seeking to Letter their
condition by honest means, como to
cast their lot with us.
There is one aspect in which wo view
this immigration from northern regions
which is especially pleasing, inasmuch
ts it shows that the persistent false ro
ports of pestilential sectionalisU of tho
stato of feeling In the South toward
Northern men, of tho insecurity of their
lives and property, the humiliations to
which they are ex post d, and the wide
spread combinations to iuji.ro nnd expel
them from nmong us, have no effect on
tho minds of those who, In great num
hers, como to bo with us anil of us, and
to assist lu restoring this fruitful south
ern laud to Its former prosperous con
dltloii.
It may be, and doubie.-s is, tho case
that some of w ho havo selected this re
gion as tlio field of their future enter
prise havo their minds Influenced lu
somo degree by tho bitter and keenly
uiijnsi prejudices wnicn ortnern l)ls-
unlonlsts, alas, with too much success
havo striven with might and main to
bring tho Northern people to accept as
gospel truths. Well, they also aro wel
come. They will havo tho opportunity
of Judging for themselves of tho truth
or faUlty of tho lessons dinned into
them by tlio-o who aro a disgrace to
American citizenship. Wo havo no
fr.irs of tho result of their inquiry. Wo
have nothing to conceal. Wo court tho
strictest investigation. All wo ask is
faithful, truthful, honest report. Will
that from our incoming citizens tlio
Northern mind wilt bo gradually dis
abused of its unjust estiiuato of South
orn character nnd opinion. AViw Or
team J'leayttiie,
Intelligent men need not bo told how
powerful Is tho influence of wealth
oven when but indirectly exerted
Where employment, and consequently
the district lying between St. Sauveur subsistence, depend upon the favor
and the lower streets running parallel tlioso who own capital, very many will
with tlie river was a charred and bar- yield their desiro to sustain correc
ren waste, and having nothing to feed principles at the imporativo demands
on there the conllairration distributed which home comforts require. At the
itself in opposite directions; tlio wind present time a vast portion of tho capi
increasing again, and blowing in gusts tal of the country is in Midlands of mon
frnm nvei-v direction. Threo separate of the Radical party, and very llttlo
eontlagrations wero observable at one toleration is shown by them to those
time. St. Sauveur Church, Dunn'ssoap who e.thiiiit a inaniy disposition to uo
md candle factory, Rees's ropc-wnlk, what they think right In political af-
and other large buildings were 111 lairs.
flames navo repeaieuiy sponen 01 1110
iVlong St. Valier Street, toward the m 111:11 1110 "" 1'oiiufiiins control
toll-gate and tho streets surrounding tlio very great extent an mo msiru
(ieneral Hospital and Convent, another mentalities which mould the opinions
terrible tire was raging with even great- of "c'- lurches, schools, l.o ks,
er fury; while at tlie back of Crown magazine, anil-moro potent than all
Street, along Prince Edwards, Jesuit, others-tho newspaper press, havo been
and Rilard Streets, tho flames wero """ " " .u
creeping back and enveloping street might almost as well supposo t int per
after street iu spite of the almost super- mw would grow up Christ lans in a Mo-
Iimilllll.'MilM UWUJlUUIlllJ' US LU t,.IUUb UlU
youth of our nominally free States to
A M'.c.ito has been admitted to the
Philadelphia bar.
our educating institutions, bo used to
deprive citizens of a free and intelli
gent uso of it, voting Is but a mockery,
und our liberty but the siiauow oi u
name.
It is much to bo feared that there aro
too few among us who read the signs
of the times with stililclcnt care. 1'hllu-
dclphlu Daily yews.
IMPORTANT TO DISTILLERS,
Ti tv. following circular, concerning
the connection of stills with receiving
cisterns, has been issued by tho Com
missioner of Internal Revenue',
OKKIC-KIIK ITK'lNAt'HKV'tSeK, 1
Wasiii.nuiuX, Octnlwr 11, Mi).i
Information has been received at this
olllco that ollleers of Internal Revenue
In various parts of tho country aro pur
niltting dlitlllersto continue, under tho
new law, the old practice of separating
the low und high wines, by allowing
them to run Into separate open tubs
placcdnearthcoutlet of thestlllorworin.
It Is understood that the almost uni ver
sal custom In grain distilleries has been
to place near the outlet of tlie worm two
open tuns, into one oi which um
wines ure conveyeu, iui" mm mu oyn;.
the low wines the former connected by
Iocs with tho Iiigli-wino cistern, nun
ii,;, i.iiti.r u'itli tlin st 1 or doublcr.
Tills arrangement is not consistent
With the terms oi iiiBAraui uuiywin
u..,ii. lu. Wi.i.tlnn ill Miar. l'Jol of that
act provides that all the spirits distilled
luring each day, of twenty-ioi r nours,
l,n ,.,,i,viivi'l mi that dav into one
of tho receiving cisterns prepared for
that purpose, and mat such cisienisimu
im ..mim'etiMl with the outlet of the still
bv suitable pipes or other apparatus, so
constructed as always to no
i ... t.T thn itwnpcmr.
This language clearly prohibits the
use of open tubs for separating low
and high wines. The outfet of the still
or worm must bo connected with tlie cis-
i,.,,, i. tiling nrot terai inirams u.miusuu
. ..i 41... j.w...i.,r riiwm tubs
to wo view in iiiviiio,".""..
are not " pipes or other apparatus" con
templated by law. Tlio intention oi
the law, as is well known, is to cut oir
tho opportunities for thecommis-ion of
fraud heretofore existing. To this end.
tho design was to Keep me spuus, n
were, under close guard, continuously,
from tho worm to tne ooiuieu wi ru
i.r.,,,. i.irihn n of a nine, connecting
tlie worm with the cistern, by having
the cistern in n safe room under tlio lock
and seal of tho inspector, and by having
rim ui, r in. miller t no in cuinic inspec
tion of that officer, drawn off into cask
or packages, which, alter neing uiuy
gauged, proved, and marked, he is to
seo removed into the bonded warehouse,
which, again, is under his iock an i key.
Now, to permit tlio spirits to be run
from t in worm into oven inns, ior vue
ostensiblo purpose of separating the low
frnm l ie im' i wines, wuum ue u n ni
trate the grand object of tho law, nnd
render an oiuor saieguiuus iiiutim-u
H. Iini.- wlinllv llllL'lltorV.
PnllsPMIlP ntlv. distillers must in all
cases bo required to connect the still or
worm with me receiving cisiern uv
n1nr4 nr other apparatus, which must be
so constructed as to convey the spirits
directly to tlie cistern.
Ah it. is necessary for the interest of
tlie distiller to prevent tlie low wines
I mm riiniiiiiL' into the high wine cistern.
and as the use of tho open tubs for this
purpose cannot be allowed, it becomes
necessary loanopisomuurruugeiiieiu u.v
which tins can no none.
it, is deemed entirely feasible to seiKV
rate tlie low from tlie high wines by tho
use of a glass vessel which shall be con
nected with and made a part of the
pipes or apparatus connecting the out
let of tho still with the receivingcistern
The precise form of this apparatus for
separating the low and high wines is
not now prescribed, but distillers
must bo immediately untitled that somo
such arrangement must bo adopted and
put in use by tho fifteenth day of Nt-
veniPer next. Any iiisuiiery wiucu,
after that date, shall bo found without
such apparatus must be closed up und
proceeded against according to law.
MIKIMAS JIAKI.A.MJ,
Acting Commissioner,
GENERAL PRESS DISPATCHES,
i i --if'
From Washington.
riKwiiii'.sii or Tin: I'ACino iiAU.nci.iu,
Ai'i'i.ic'A'i'IoK lnw boon inndu ty tho
Secretary of the Treasury by tlio Union
Pneiflo Railroad Company for bonda for
twenty-live miles of tho road from tliu
one hundred and fifth mile-post, making
ono hundred and sixty mllorf, including
tlie Ixjavcnworth branch of the eastern
division. Tho bonds will bo Issued to
morrow. The Omaha division rewtved
to-day bonds for an additional section
of twenty nllei Just completed and In
spected. tiik MAs.Aciii-ir.rrti iitiTntcT-ArroRNiT,
The President appointed on MomUy
Hon. Oeorgo ti. Hlllard, tho einlnont
lawyer nnd author, to bo United Statw?
District-Attorney for Massaeluuuttn, lit
place of D.iun, resigned.
ISTKUXAI. BKVKXl'B TAX,
The Commissioner of Intern.' Re?.
enue has decided mat me giaxiin; ur
brown earthenware dow not suhjivjt it
to a higher tax than two and a half per
cent., and tho well known Eastorn yul
low Is taxablo at ilvo per cont.,,that nut
being included In thodescriptlou of com.
mon or gray stono ware.
tiik Distiller
I'illNTKIH ASK AS
W.tllM.
ittcHMsa tr
human exertions of tlie soldiers and the
seamen of tlio Aurora.
Tho conflagration ceased at about five
o'clock, when there was nothing more
for It to feed on.
A moderate computation plncos the
havo true ideas of political affairs, when
nearly all their teachings nro false and
sophistical.
That a mercenary prc&s is a curse to a
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nninl,r.r,.n,I,1wl.siIo,tmved1ittAVitlioiis. cuiniiiiiuiiy iwu nut uu iiuiiuu, mm
.....i it.... I,,,,,,!-.,! .,.,,1 ,i,n I-j ,,p r.nil iiiat iiieie is iiu c.imiur in iiiu uiiuruiices
'""""-"i"" i ,.r tu i...i:...,i ...,-f..
property at from two millions live hun- J""'"
,lr..,l flw,iw,ui,l .loll.ir. tn lliron million "J'U "J i iwutu uui vuu
ti.,. mi .r nf ,w r..n. tenipoiiiries cannot dispute. During
dered bo,.,..le.,s is estimated at eighteen tIlc nmt axn0M, while-their columns
- J I .1.11.. 4 .1.... ...ii,. II. .1 .. . .1..
thousand wuru uuny teenuii Willi iiriicie.s lie
MM,,. l,n,K. nf mm., bnrnod almost tn uouncing t-resi.ieni joiinson as a trai
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a crisp, was dragged out of a house in to i .o jmu v , .i.e.. eiecuni ....... wo
St. Smivmir. near St. Val or Street. It "- l'u""
could not bo identified.
Sergeant Hughes, of tho Royal Artil
lery, was blown up and badly, though
not dnngeroiisly, burned.
Lieutenant Douglas, of the -ltirorw,
was severely hurt by a falling building.
Several of the .seamen received contu
sions, but as far as H known no ono was
seriously injured,
Lieutenant Ilenn, of one of tho regi
ments, had Ills urm broken by a falling
beam,
HymjiHllilri ami Suhncrlpllmi In Mnnti t l
MoNrnr.Ai., October II, 1W.
Tin: fire at Quebec: by which two
thousand five hundred houses have been
ed them to
out a single principle enunciated in tlie
platform of the convention by which
Lincoln and Johnson were nominated
which the President has deserted, but
not one of them dared to attempt it. Wo
again and again demanded, as an act of
justice to tlio men of tho Union party
who sustained tlio war, that they print
tho Raltlmoro platform in their papers,
and show from it why they condemned
Andrew Johnson. Wu could not extort
from them any reply to this proposition,
but they went on to tho end denounc
ing the President and his friends i,s ren
egades Irom their parly.
ho far as our Stato is concerned the
destroyed nnd thousands made homeless over ; and there is un appn-
has excited the deepest sympathy hero. 1 majority In favor of so altering the
A subscription has been started for their al Constitution as to dcprlvo tho
subscrij:
relief.
States of the right of determining, each
for Itself, tho qualifications of voters,
and compelling overy ono of them to
make citizens of negroes. We believe
Largr 1'lre III Ollni A, CauimIa.
Oitawa, OcIoIiit 15, 1'SW.
A l.Aiim: fire occurred hero yesterday
morning. Tlio whole of the block of that If this question could have been
buildings between Murray and Clarence presented to tho people, f Pennsylvii
Streets, opposite tlio Market Square, was "in, separated from all Improper Infliien
destroyed, Tlio loss Is estimated at from w, that not ouo lu ten of them would
thirty thousand dollars to llfty thousand have voted to redttco themselves to the
dollars, with only three or four thous- htvel of tlio African
and dollars Insurance, principally in the The aim of tho-o who organized the
llrltlsh American and Loudon and Llv- States which by their union formed our
erpool offices. The lire was the result KrW1' Republic, In giving tlio elective
of uu accident.
Flrr n St. Limit.
Sr. Iiuih, Oi'lnlicr 11, IsM.
A planing mill, carpenter' shop, and
two or threo buildings adjoining, be
longing to H. Kennedy, wcro burned
about noon to-day. Loss from twenty-
i fi o to thirty tluuaud dollars,
franchise to tlie people, was undoubted
ly to enable thorn to tako earn of their
own Interests, their security, nnd their
la-edoni; but if a vast portion of the
community bo constantly deceived by
venal knaves, who propagate fiiiunhoods
to keep their masters iu power, and the
mighty power of wealth, as well as all
at
PROPOSED IMPEACHMENT
Tun Nowburyport Herald thus com
ments upon tlio proposed impeachinon
of President Johnson: "Now to ou
minds tlie proposition of impeachment
is one so full of danger that ho wh
fathers it must bo shortsighted or tcrri
bly depraved. There is not a rational
man in the country thnt docs not see
that It carries upon ita very face the
commencement of a civil war, by tho
side of which tho late Rebellion would
appear as child's play. Ueforo any one
accustoms ills mind to wander too far
in that direction, let him inquiro If ho
Is prepared for a stato of anarchy that
would destroy tho value of property
that would repudiate national and pri
vato debts together, that would darken
tho sun of republican liberty that till
century would not seo its fauo again
and would make human blood run I
tho streets till tho very dogs would lai
it like water. If any man of lighting
ago favors tlio deposing of tlio Pres
dent in tho present stato of tho country
let him join u military company
once, and drill as often as he eats; and
if he Is not of that age, but has boy
that are, let him call them to him on
the first opportunity, and looking Mieni
fairly lu the face, decide which of them
or how many, ho is ready to seo die
rather than have Andrew Johnson
President of tho United State till the
fourth of March, 1809.
"It Is tlmo this insanity ceased. If wo
aro not all crazy, or drunk, or mad. we
shall tell all men of all 'parties, who
propose such schemes, away, devil
we'll none of you. Wo want no moro
war no more slaying of tho first born
no moro maimed men or disconsolate
widows or orphan children upon our
pension list. We want no moro public
debt, anil no higher taxes than wo now
have. We want no President who
would put State against Stato and man
against man In deadly array by ignor
ing tho representatives of tho peoplo ;
and wo want no reproentntlvo so lost
to reason, right, and public duty as to
propose tho deposition of tlio President.
Tho times nro full enough of danger
without nny such madness. Every
gooil aniUruo man who loves his race
or his Ood, will seek peace, not war;
restoration, not destruction ; prosperi
ty, not anarchy; and lovo to all men
everywhere, nnd hato to none, and nial
Ico to none."
Tho Columbia Typographical Soeluty,
at their meeting on Monday night,
adopted an nmciidnieiit to their scalt of
prices, as follows: Compositors itnil
pressmen employed by tho weok shall
receive not less than twenty-four dollsr
a week, eight hours to consitute a day
from October first to March thlrty-llm,
and ten hours to constitute a day from
April first to September thirtieth, lutiu-
Hivo; for extra work, nity centa por
hour ; after midnight, seventy-live ceatii
per hour. Time work iu all offices x-
ceptlng morning papers, which has hith
erto been forty-flvo cents per hour, shall
be Increased to fifty conta. A commit
tee was uppolnted to inform the employ
es of ashington that the new scale
would go into effect on Tuesday. Tfca
Rookbinder's Association also held h
meeting and p.wsed a law to work frjm
one hour after sunrise to sunset from
October first to M.troh flr.it, induiivf.
cucsTriicKir riVK cimr eiiix.
counterfeit of tho now flVo orut
oin is in circulation. It may lw distin
guished from the genuine by the soft
ness of the metal.
limiUNATtOX Of SKCKKTAKT MTAXTrtK.
It is stated upon high authority that
Hon. Edwin M. Stanton has, in wrltlox,
requested tlie President to relievo. Idia
of his position as Secretary of Wnr.mid
that Mr. Stanton will bo sent to Kpnia
as 4linister oi mo uniieu hmiics, in
place of Mr. Halo. Lioutoniint-GeiuTil
Sherman will bo requested to R.saura
the duties of tho War Department, u
acting Secretary of War.
WIDOW'S 01. VIMS TO It llOCKTlrrt.
In cases where tho additional bouutj
provided by the Act of July twentieth,
18t!0, is claimed by the widow of n uV
oe.tsed soldier, she having remarried, il
hits been decided by tho Second Comp
troller of the Treasury that If Mm r
marriago took place beforo the p.vsnsuo
of tho act she is entitled to receive It, I!
married after the passago of the acv,
then tho widow would not be cntltlol
totlie bounty.
TIIK AVKHU'AN KCNIASS IX I1lSI.A!t D KIM
On Tuesday the Government ruoolr-
ed official intelligence that tho l.ist(
tho Fenian prisoners in Ireland, vi
claimed to ls citia.'iw of Ujo Unltuii
States, had Iwon released by th Rrltlitl.
Government; that his Urearui.s, etc.
had boon returned to him, and he hi'l
been shipped for his homo upon r. rn
bound for this country.
SAI.B OF GOVKllXaKXT rilDI'KKTY.
The United States Direct Tax Com
inissioiicr will sell to the highest hicttli:
the following Government property, nil
tinted on the islands of Port Royal, L
dies, St. Helena, Hoosa,iuid Parry. Tin
sales will commence as follows:
November 1, lSGii. Fortv-four lot
and houses iu the town of Reaufort,
November.';. Nearly three thoin.tiu
lots iu the newly lald-out City of Po;
Royal, at the southwest end of St. lit
lena Island.
December ft. Thirty-tlitW whor
farms, all improved, and eontainlnx h
the aggregate six thousand twros.
These sales aro to ho mnde. 'under th
ud of July sixteenth, ls&J, which j r-
vidos that tltHschajlfanm In Mm Pari'
of St. Helena, South Carol! iu, shall l
sold, suljcct to any lease.s of tlio saun
on or before January first, 1807,. at ni
less than ten dollars per acre, and tho lei
lu tho City of Port Royal, and tho lot
and houses In tho town of Ucaufon
which havo been bid In by the Unite
States at tax saks, shall bo sold at pul
He auction, and tho proceeds of uuc
sales, after paying tho expense of iui
voys and sales, shall bo invested i
United Stated bunds, tho Interest o
which shall bo appropriated to tho to
port of tho schools without dlhtiiictl.i
of raco or color, on tho islands, la tl.
Parishes of St. Helena and at. Luk.
ToMSAvr.ushii.su monument or Si
cilian marble weighing eight tons. Tlio
champion's dog is represented guarding
tlie entrance to Mm tomb, and above is
a medallions of tliPil.-iviw.l,
Ah n man, accompanied by hh wlf
nnd child, was riding lolsurcly on ti
road between Columbus and Fall Rlvf
Wisconsin, one day last week, two hoi'
aged twelvo and fourteon, domamlc
his " money or life," anil, no attentlo
being paid to tholr demand,' gnn,i
tho bridles of their horses. The old;i
at the same tlmo drew u revolver an
fired, tho ball coining In clo.so proxlnil!.
to the gontlonian's head. Tho report i
tho wuupon startled tho team, wide
left tho precocious urchins standhii' I'.'
the roadside, Tho boys havo been '
rested.
Miss Caiiom.nk llui:wi;u,agedliboti
seventy years, died lu tlio Alms llou
In Portland, Maine, on Vrlday last. N'
had been an liunatoof tho house for tli
last thirty-fivo years, and had m
spoken an intelligible word In all i'"
tlinu, Having been disappointed I'
lovo, in early life, she niadora vow nevi
to speak another word, mid aho rH
glously kepi her vow till hor toiijju
wn j nrttl.wMl In deulh.