GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXI.—NO. 137. THE EVENING BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING (Sundays excepted), AT THE MEW BULLETIN BUILDING, SOT Cbeatnut Street, Philadelphia, lirTUK EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION, PBOPBIKTORfI. GIBBON PEACOCK. KKNEBT C. WALLACE. f.UraTHKKSTON, TIIOB. J. WILLIAMSON. JASPER BOLDER, Ja., FRANCIS WELLS. Tb* Bulletin ia served to eubscribere Id the city at IS OCnta per week, payable to the carriere. or >6B por annum. BCHOMACKER & CO.’S CELEBRATED ■^^^^pPUnos.—Acknowledged superior in all reaped! •Go ajnymade in this country, aud sold on moat litoral larau. IS'EW AND SECOND-HAND PIANOS constantly 4m hand tor rent Tuning, moving and packing promptly attended to. Warorooma. 1103Chcetnut ntreet jeUMftng I>lEl>. ,’the''m6rnihs of the 15th instant, 8. Peatoeet. < native of Bordeaux', trance;, in tin- 75th j’ear of hi* age. The relatives and male friend* of the family are respect fully invited to uttehd the funeral, from hi* late realdence, So.llKXAValnut ntreet. onWednevday inorning.lSth lin*t., at 10 o’clock, without,further notin'. Interment at Laurel ilill Cemetery. {j HAWKINS.-On Sunday morning, the 15th instant. •Oertrwde I\. wife of (ieorg<* Hnwkin*, and daughter of the Late Bight Rev. Richard Charming Moore, of \ irginia, in the 70th year of her age. The funeral will take pU*ee from the residence of her hu*hand. No. Clinton *tre"t, on Wednesday, the ifjth iu*t.. at o'clock. P.M. Intenueut at St Peter’n Church. 4 * MUHSF.K.—Uu Saturday moniing. Sept, 14th, after a ehoit illn«--»>. s*u>*an E„ wflc of Win. Mutter. Tire relative-* and friend* of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the noddeifre oilier hiwband. No. IW.* Arch i»trect, ou Wednesday afternoon, at *2 o’clock. To proceed t> Mount Vemou Cemetery. ** nrSOCIETE FRANCAISE I)E BIENFANCE.-Leu inembrc-H dc la Sori< t.-e kL’L ~F() rKr 11 AND ARCH, ARK !i opening for ilh.* K;iW TutJ*- <•■. j*n« uml £i-'V.:rli;K. UW South Ninth Ktro-t and 7:--> Race uKrot- ' 10-Dh* . KPEUAL NOTICES. &sr THE NATIONAL IN lON CLIB CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Bopt. It. IS6T. At»Bpeti*l Meeting of the Executive Committee of National Union Club, held thU date, the following re eolutions were Lnaalmoualy adopted apd ordered to bo ptibliabed: That we cordially approve the reeon»tn:cti«n law* pawed by the Thirtj-nlnth and the. Fortieth Don •grew, tod that we disapprove and deplore the base x-wicked -trK-artirev by wbicb President Andrew Jobmoti,— in violation <*< hi* oath of office, endeavored to prevent their execution. . . Hemtred, That the noble «**lf-devotion, the tran-vendent ability, and tl.i elevated patriotism. »o"eon«tanUj‘ eon. aplriioii. in the Hon. E. >l. Stanton during the entitle, bi llion, endeared hint to the heart, ot alt who love their country, and rtciHljr demand that the Senate .hall tame* diately, upon reaideinblinn, reatore him to the po'ition ot. Secretary of War, from which he rvaa ao improperly and iUrfally removed. /fr-oitw. That the future peace and well being of our eountry rvqvirc* that the traitora who originated, who .aided, or who eviupathized with the great rebellion, should mi er again be permitted to occupy position- of power or trurt In the Government. ltenotred. That we are in favor of a judieloiia tariff for the protection ot American industry, and rincefely hope that another newton of (.'ongreea will not para without Ita enactment,:.:,,-.— ’ That we recommend to our fellow-citi/j-nr to . eupport. af'tl.e election in October, the candidate- nomi nated by the Kepublfcan Union Convention# for city, county, and iitate otiiccr-, believing that tlieelcctlon of men. of vLd.jubt. il loyalty ia at tin’ present time of ex ceeding impoitanco. Iteeoirnl, That the nomination ot the Hon. Ilonry \V. William*, to: .lodge of the Supreme Court, and of the Hon. M. lta.-e.'ll Thayer, lor Judge of the Court of Com mon I'll a*, no; .t meet the approval of all who value high, pcrroual Char.O ter. great legal acquirement*, and eminent Jiieim-- ability. y',„,q h.it a party whom; recognized leader* de late Iloln't t U. Lee and Stonewall Jarkaon to be of equal merit with George Wa*hingf.m and Thoma* Jcffer eon. i* iiDwoTtl.y of the confidence of true men. t llrtotred. That the honor and prosperity of our country require that the public faith 1 eboald be preecrved invio late. and that the intereit and principal of our natioual debt, inclined for the *ali ation ot the nation, should lie ' punctually paid according to the bond. Jleeolved. That the pestilent doctrine of Btate Rights, «« announced by Johu C. Calhoun, and adopted by the present Democratic leaders, i* iuconalatent with the per manency of om Union and diet rue till: of all good gov- ernment. Jtr.-oleea. That in the present feverish nnd critical con dition of public affairs it ia extremely desirable that in the approaching election every citizen should Iny aside ul( personal preferences and piejudices, and vote not merely to elect competent and loyal officers, but also to express unmistakably hi* wishes respecting the general national policy. , " By order of the Dxecutivc Committee. JOHN E.ADDICKB, Chairman. A. M. W a i.k I a sn.vw. Secretary. 1 gy UNION LEAGUE HOUSE, BROAD STREET. PHILADELPHIA, Bept. II), 1867. A Special Meeting of ths ’UNION LEAGUE -of Philadelphia wifi he heid at the LEAGUE HOUSE, OX SEPTEBBBRIB, AT S O'CLOCK, P. M„ 4'or the purpose of takiDgsuck measures as may be deemed Advisable ia relation to the preaent condition of the conn* 6y order of the Board of Directors. eell-tlb rp GEORGE H. BOKER, Secretary. FOURTEENTH WARD RE PUBLICAN MEETING, to be held on nOMDAI EVENING THE ICth ISST., at 8 o’clock. Speakors : Hon 11. D. Moore, L. R. Fletcher. Esc|„ Major 'Jy Dl Buckman, Thoe M. Coleman, Earn, Can. \V. J. JNlacSey. and othorß.nUl address the meeting. JolinQ.Ul'inoclo.kßi) Goo-P.-MoLoan, M. L. Johnson, Committee on Pnbllc Meeting. sel4-2trp* PARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. The next term commences THURSDAY, September U *Wo ore delivering froui this place the celebrated WARLKIGIi SPRING MOUNTAIN LEIIIGU COAL i the hardest and purest mined, at »67 per ton. ' BINES 61 SIIEAFF, Oftico, No. 15 South Seventh otreet. eeMtnrp: 1 arlit (Bunting IMletiu or i iu SPECIAL NOTICES. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM RAN Y, TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT, Putt.\ September 16.1867. NOTICE TO BONDHOLDERS. At n meeting of the Hoard of Director*, held on 4th instant, the following preamble and resolution were adopted: H ta-rea*. Numerous application* have boen made to thia Company from the holders of the Flint and Second Mortgage Coupon Honda to convert tint same into the Iftgfetcred General Mortgage Bond*, dated July 1,1867; therefore he it JlMolrrtl, That the Treasurer he, and he is, hereby In structed to cause public notice to be given that thin Com pany is now prepared to exchange its Registered Bonds, secured by a general mortgage upon the Hue from Phila delphia to Pittsburgh, of the ' estate, real and personal,’ and corporate franchisee therein mentioned, dated July 1. 1867. for the Flirt and Second Mortgage Coupon .Bqudn. of said Company, on the road between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. Any further information can he obtained on application at tins office. THOMAS T. FIRTH, i* l eie-.'}Ot . ~ <-:;,- lW .,.uL... - ..... Treasurer.. ter A SPIXTAL meeting of THE STOCK *** holders of the PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO OIL COMPANY will be held on Monday, September23d, nt the Office, 32 North Fifth street, ntl2 M., to consider the expe diency of selling certuln of the Company's property, ncl&itrp* K. B. EsLF.lt, Secretary. •gF*'fa3uliWXb6l ; tc 7 hanging~tTieir resl dence or leaving the city, can receive the highest cash price for old newspapers, nooks, pamphlets, rags, etc. Wrappers always on hand and for sale by K. HUNTER, 618 Jayne street. Orders will rcaeivc prompt attention, by mall or otherwise. au27 lrnrpj •gy* LAW DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF PENN- S^LVANIA.—A Term, will Bogin ou the Ist of October next. The introductory Lecture will be delivered by the II on. firorfre Slinrmvood, on Moii.):iy, H'Tt. at 8 o'clock, P. M. ( at tlit* nmial Lecture-room. .f-ltjt ocl2 HOWAJJD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 AND 153 n Lombard Street .Dlej.enaary Department—Medical treatment and medicine, inmished gratuitously to tin: poor. (lIIITIAKV. Hliijor-Gii. crti! diaries Gritffii, United Millies Army. Major-Gen. 'til Charles Grlllln. whose death, as having occur ■ d yesterday morning, is elsewhere announced ii, a' Telegraphic report from Galves ton. Texas, that ollicer having been’ temporarily iimi-Ud with the command of the Fifth Military District upon the removal of General Sheridan, was horn-in Ohio, graduated at West Point in 18 17, and'was a elatcmate of Generals Burnside anij Ayres. Entering the artillery service, he was soon after his graduation ordered to Mexico, and commanded a company under General Patterson in. the campaign from Vera Cruz» Jto Puebla. Soou .after lie was ordered to Florida (in .January, 1*18), and in the ensuing December to Old Point Comfort. In duly. DO'.', lie was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, and,.haying been placed in'command oi a company of cavalry, was ordered to New Mexico, wnere he remained until 187,1. serving with distinction in the Navajo campaigns, anil taking part in other expeditions. Joining a light buttery at Fort McHenry,tbe.young lieutenant was ordered to Fort Hamilton early in the spring of 18.77. remaining, however, but a few months, and afterward being ordered westward to Minnesota in command of a company. From Minnesota his command was ordered to Kansas, and thence, in October of the Tame year,he revisited New Mexico in command of an escort to the Governor of that Territory, whence.., returning through Texas, he joined his own proper command at Fort Leaven worth. In April following, having been assigned with his company to form a portion of the com mand of Colonel Burke at Fort Kiley.hc reported at that place for duty, remaining tin til 18,7'.', when he was sent to Fortress Monroe,where soon after lie received an appointment as instructor of Ar -lillcry-at- West-Point, ’in which capacity, he served until the breaking out of the war in 1801. In January of that memorable year he received orders to cross the mountains with his battery (known as'the West Point’"Battery.) to the railroad, and thence to proceed direct to Washington. In command of this battery, which was organized as Battery D of the sth cavalry, the young officer fought with heroic bravery at the first hull Hun, remaining until June ‘2O, 1802, in the capacity of captain of the artillery, when he was commissioned as a brigadier-general, and bore an honorable part in the campaign of Mc- Clellan upon the peninsula, winning especial dis tinction at the "battle of Gaines’Mill, and com manding even ■ the admiration of the enemv. Again, at Malvern Hill, Geueral Griiliu, In command' of the artillery, supported his brigade against the impetuous assault of General Mugruder, hurling back the masses of the enemy and contributing most sig nally to the success of the day. The Army of the Potomac having been ordered to the assistance of the beleaguered General Pope, General Gritiin's command relieved a portion of Pope's worn-out legions at Ely’s Ford, and subsequently at War renlon Junction. About the Ist of October, hav ing been promoted to tbocommand of a division, lie took part with distinguished'success iu the buttle of Autietum, fought subsequently under Geueral Burnside at. Fredericksburg, and still l iter accompanied General Hooker across that river and bore himself gallantly through the (icneral’s brief and unfortunate campaign. Under date of November 1, lsijj, General Griliiu, iu company with Generals Ayres and Crawford,was made Brevet Major-General. Gen. Griffin was present at the battle of Gettys burg, but subsequently obtained leave of obsence, his health having been considerably impaired, and rejoined the Army'of the Potomac just be fore the battle of the Wilderness. From that time forward General Griffin bore a conspicuous part in every action in whicli the Army of the Potomac was engaged, and at the battle of Five Forks so distinguished himself as to be assigned to the command of the Fifth army corps, which position he held with honor until the final tri umph of the Union arms and the subsequent dis banding of the Army of the Potomac. It was General Griffin .who superseded the impetuous, Warren, and the former proved himself in| every way worthy to wear the mantle of the latter, having been identified with the corps from Us Organization, and being in many respects similar to Warren in the quality of military leader ship. Both, too, were men of volcanic and irascible temper, and used oaths and artillery with equal facility, though the nervousness and ill nealth of General Griffin, no doubt, contributed not a little to render his temper of unsteady poise. In personal courage Warren and Griffin .were peers, and peers of any in the service; and noth had an innate dislike of pretension and hraggudocio, which rendered them men to give no quarter to either weakness,so common among men of overweening vanities, or of vanity transcending their merit. In the spring of 1865, for gallant and meritori ous service during the war, Brcvet'MojOr-General Griffin, of the volunteer Bervice, being in rank, by virtue of his rank in that service, Brevct-Lleu tenant-Colonel United States Army, was pro moted to the rank of Brevet Colonel, and, under date of August 10,1865, was assigned to the com mand of the District of Maine, navlng his head quarters at Portland. In January, 1866 (January 1,1), by an order reducing the military’ forces of the United Stateß, General Griffin ■ was among those mustered out of the volunteer ser vice, being reduced thereby to the rank of cap tain in the regular army. Subsequently, how ever, being, re-instated, he was assigned to the command of the Department of Texas, long under the command of the gallant Weitzel, which, by net of Congress, became part of the Fifth mili tary district. As sub-commander, Gen. Griffin served under Sheridan, having his headquarters at Galveston, Texas. - On tho '26th of August, 1867, General Griffin superseded General Sheridan in temporary com mand of the district, pending tho arrival of Sheri dan's appolntccl successor, still,-nt his own re quest, retaining his headquarters at Galveston. General Griffin has always been almost an invalid, and his career presents a brilliant example of what may be accomplished by force of will under adverse physical circumstances. He was Ap pointed to West Point from Ohio, his native State, and leaves a military record of which the State of Vineyards may well be proud, —Tlic lumber kings will employ one thousand workmen In the Saginaw valley among the pine forests this winter. " ' ' \PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1867. / \ MEXICO. \ Interesting _Lettcr Written by Maxi- iliiliUlV JTuMt Before His Bs'ntlw The following, letter was written by Maxi milian two days before Ills execution: Qukuktaiio, Pmso.v or Las Gaimi my as, June 17, 1807.— J)ear fjarim Law, Siinister of Austria to Mexico: I am done with this world: my very last wishes are in regard only to my mortal remains, which will sOpn be freed from all pain, and in regard to those who must survive me. My physician. Dr. Bagch, will have my body brought to Vera Cruz. He will bo accom panied only by my two servants, Gull and Ttidos. I have ordered that my body be transported without any pomp or solemnity to Vera Cruz, and that on board the vessel that Is to bring it to Europe no unusual cercmonv take 'p'ace. I bayeawaited death calmly, and f wish to be left In the same stillness while in my cOlfini You will take measures, my dear Baron, so that Dr. Basch and my two servants, who take my body in care, may accompany it to Europe on one of the two war vessels. Over there I wish to be buried besides my poor wife. If the news of my poor wife’s death should not prove true, my body should be placed some where until the Empress rejoin me in death. Have the goodness to see that the necessary orders bo lorwarded to Capt. Groeller. Have also the goodness to take measures so that the widow of my faithful companion in arms, Mtra mon, can go to Europe on one of the war vessels. I reckon the more ou the fulfillment of this re quest as Ehe is charged by me to remain with my mother at Vienna. I again thank you from my heart for the trouble which you hike on my ac count, and I remain your well-wishing .Maximilian. , The fall for a I,cnerul Election. / T" l"’j Jeltim-cifizen*: Convening the people'to exercise their sovereignty in the election of public officers to whom they may intrust their destinies. 1 have fulfilled my duty. And at the same time i have discharged another duty, inspired by my conscience and my convictions, in theSjrroposal i make to the people for the reform of certain point? in the Constitution, in order that they may resolve the question by their free and sovereign will. My administration never had and never shall have any other rule of con duct than faithful respect for the national will. All the reforms made during my administration have been to develop and improve the principles of the constitution of the republic. Those pro posed in the letter of convocation have and can have no other aim. The points there discussed are the sentiments of my profound convictions. After mature meditation on the past, with the aid of the experience of some years in govern ment. and with the' examples before me of our own history and'' that of other republics, which, under their wise institutions, enjoy a permanent guarantee of liberty, a pledge of peace, and a source of greatness and of prosperity, I have ventured to propose them to the people. Nevertheless, there are those who pretend to censure the conduct of the government; and in order that mv silence may not he misinterpreted, I have conceived it my duty to address my fellow citizens. Now that I am once more in the capital, I sec, as I have before seen on similar* occasions, that there are those who assnme to change the conduct and the policy of the government; but it is my'duty to stand firmly by my resolution to do that which is right with out being swayed by those who represent only the small minority and not the national will of the people. It is evident that those who make these pretensions are the few; it is evident that they do not represent the opinion oi a numerous party, even in the capital. I do ‘ not, therefore, deem it necessary to address myself to, the in habitants of this city, whose loyalty is already manifested in these facts. I address myself to the inhabitants of the States, where, by not being present to see what passes, public opinion may possibly be misled. I address myself to the States in order that they may be able to judge correctly of the facts, availing themselves of the lessons they have learned from the experience of other times. It has been pretended that my opinions differ from those of the members of my Cabinet. The older members considered, when leaving San’Luis for the capital, that their duty to the country had been fulfilled, and desired to separate themselves from the government. Now, again, they have offered their resignations, and those members of the Cabinet lately appointed have followed their example; their object has been to leave me in full liberty of action. But I liaye not deemed it my duty to accept of their resig nations, because there has been no discord in our opinions, and because I have the fullest confi dence in ihcir-.rectitude and their loyalty. My sole aspiration is faithfully to serve the interests of the people, and honestly to respect the national will. To defend and sustain our institutions has ever been the application oi the power vested iu my hands. That "t serve my country faithfully and that I love liberty is demonstrated by my public career. Mexicans—lt is your right to decide freely upon the reforms' I have proposed to you; and It will soon he in your power to do so, when you elect the public officers who shall directyonr’destlnies. I shall now simply repeat that it has been my sole object to propose to you that which I deem beneficial for your dearest interests, and these in terests are security for ireuce in the future and consolidation of our institutions. Happy indeed shall I be if, before my death, I am witness to their enduring consolidation Mkxico, August 22,1807 Tlie Trial and Conviction of General Tlionias O’lloran l'ull Details of liis Execution. Mkxu o, Aug. 21, 18(17.— The evidence having been taken last week at Tlalplan, a neighboring village, in the case of the Republic of Mexico against General O’Horan, late Prejecte Politico in this city, it was soon known here that it was of such a character and degree as must result in the conviction of the General, as his rebutting testimony failed, and his name had so long been associated with misrule and bloodshed. He had formerly been Prejecte Po litico at Tlalplan, and his tyranny and sacrifice of life there had been so notorious that there seemed no probability of his escaping punishment. It was rumored that money or personal influence had been employed upon members of his court martial, to effect an escape from justice, and that these efforts,resulted in the arrest, imprison ment and probable punishment of a high officer ol the tribunal. The testimony having been concluded and recorded on the Eart of the prosecution and the defence, and aving been, as it is the law in this country, re -ferred to the Auditor of War and Marine, and this officer having leported to the Government that the case was such an one as called for a court martial, the prisoner was brought to this city and confined at the Palace in the barracks of tho bat talion “Supremes Poderes." Immediately the Minister of War named a court martini, in ac cordance with the laws of September loth, 1857 (Comonfo*t), and January 2oth, 1802 (Juarez), as in tho case of Maximilian and others, of onp colonel and six captains. **■ The court-martial continued their deliberations upon the evidence until August 17 th, when they unanimously agreed on the sentence of death. General O’Horan was a native of Central Ame rica, and was forty-five years of age. He camo to Yucatan in his boyhood and has been distin guished in military circles since 1830. He leaves an aged mother,a wife and children. Most strenu ous efforts have been made during the past few days to effect a commutation of his sentence, and the sympathies of President Juarez have been most severely wrought upou; but the unsoldierlv inhumanity of General O’Horan is so 'well known and the demand so universal for his«execution among the Mexican people that President Juarez foundhim- Bclf unable to accede .to the supplications by tho friends of the prisoner. General O’Horau had many friends among the American population— not because of any admiration for his brutality to the Mexican people, but for the reason that OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. Boston. Sept. 15, The corner-stone of the new Cathedral of the Holy Cross, destined to be the second largest liornan Catholic cathedral in America, was laid with appropriate and imposing Ceremonies this afternoon, in the presence of a concourse of sixty or seventy thousand people. The great structure is being erected on the corner of-Washington and Malden streets, and for seve ral hours before and during the progress of the exercises, all the available thoroughfares and housetops in the vicinity were a solid mass of humanity, and nearly all remained until the three hours' ceremony was concluded. Some two hundred priests were present, many of them coming from distant Southern and West ern States. There were also present Bishops McCloskey, of Sew York! McFarland, of Hart ford; Uangblin, of,Br ookly n; Bacon, of Port land, and Conroy, oTAibany; and Governor Bul lock, of Massachusetts; Mayor Norcross, the Judges of the Supreme Court, and many other prominent citizens and officials.. The ceremonies of laying the stone, conforming strictly to the ceremonies of the Church of Rome, were grand and imposing in the extreme. Bishop 'WiUiaihß, of the Boston diocese, acted as cele brant, and was assisted by the bishops and clergy above named. The exercises took place in a large tent, which had been erected over the space which the edifice is to cover, and were commenced by Bishop Williams blessing the place upon which the grand altar of the cathedral is to stand. He then proceeded to the blessing of the corner stone, after which the form of depositing it in its place was carried out in a most imposing manner. The corner-stone having been thus laid the Bishop, preceded by the clergy hi procession, mode the entire circuit of the walls, sprinkling the foundations with holy water and reciting appropriate psalms. The Bishop and the several priests having returned to the corner stone, the “ Yeni Creator" was sung in a beautiful manner by a choir composed of up wards of three hundred of the best singers in and around Boston, with an orchestral accompani ment of forty pieces. After the singing the Bishop kneeled and offered prayers, beseeching the Lord that His Holy Spirit may come down upon the house which is about to be built, in or der that he might sanctify their gifts and the gifts of the people and purify their hearts. The prayers having been concluded. Archbishop McCloskey, of New York, delivered the sermon. He did not take any text, but discoursed in : general terms and in a very.eloquent and forcible manner upon the great work which they had begun, testifying as it did in a most unmistaka ble manner, to the spread and growth of the Catholic religion. He also exhorted the people to contribute in proportion to their means, the importance and necessity, of the work and the zeal which they have for" the honor anil glory of God. The response upon the part of the great crowd was most liberal. Between three and four thou sand dollars were deposited upon the corner stone, and, the different priests passed round among the multitude and also received donations amounting to several thousand dollars more. The collections having been taken up, and the .sermon concluded, the Te Detail was sung by the choir, and probably some twenty thousand of the spectators united their voices, the whole forming a scene highly grand and impressive. The ceremonies were, then concluded by the Bishop giving the solemn pontifical benediction to all present. Some idea of the extent of the structure may be gathered from the statement that it will cover an area of fifty-five thousand square feet of land, on the corner of Washington and Midden streets, purchased at a cost of $800,000: It will be built in the early decorative style of gothic architec ture, presenting a front of one hundred anil fifty feet, with a three hundred and fifty feet tower and spire, and the extreme depth will be three hundred and sixty-four feet.. The chief mate rial to be used "is granite,, and the interior, as well as the whole exterior, will be finished and decorated in a style of rare and expensive elegance. The auditorium will have seats for five thousand persons. There will be a Sabbath-school room for the accommo dation of thirty-five hundred scholars, and there will be upwards of three hundred beautifully stained windows of various designs in the edi fice. The total cost, including land, will be a million and a half of dollars, and when completed in 1870 it will bo next in size to the great cathe dral in Brooklyn, but second to none in the coun try in point oi architectural beauty.—A'eio York Hertdd- Benito Juarez. SPECULATIONS AS TO THE IMPEACHMENT OU THE Washington is in what may be aptly termed a speculative mood. The interest in the late poli tical movements and the excitement occasioned by their unexpected occurrence had scarcely abated ; and had not been fully reasoned out to the point at which subjects are dropped for want of another position to view them from, when the last and greatest sensation—the probable course that will be adopted by the Executive in the event of impeachment—has started political gossips afresh. The greal anxiety which bus been felt hitherto that the President should act advisedly in the matter of remodelling his Cabinet and in making judicious selections of new ministers has now given place to the all absorbing theme of what will be the result of Itanoachment. On all sides these ques tions aro asked : Has Mr. Johnson been really guilty of any crime or misdomeanor within the signification of the constitution ? Is it an im peachable offence to defend and support the constitution ? Would the President dare to disperse Congress or order a now election ? If the President should ordor anything bo desperate, would not such an order be followed by numer ous resignations from the army? And thus query follows query, with few who pretend to sufficient knowledge or foresight to vouchsafe' a reply. Many there aro who think they doecry positive signs of danger to the peace of the coun try in the turn that affairs is taking; but. by far the greater number express no unusual alarm, and say that the serious hitch iu the Work of re during thu late siege of Mexico be had refused to carry out an order of Marquez to arrest and im prison the American residents. Ilia understood that Mr. Ottorbourg made yesterday an official communication to the government praying for leniency. This morning at six o’clock General O'Horan was conducted from his prison at the palace to lhe Plazuela dc Mix Calco in a carriage, accom panied by two priests and a gnard. A force of about three thousand soldiery were formed into a square and the prisoner conducted or marched np to a wall on one side of the Plazneia. Hero be stopped, nnd standing on one foot, folded bia handkerchief over his Knee and adjusted it over his eyes. He then requested the detail of soldiers, who were but three or four yards in his front, to fire at his heart and not at his face, exclaiming “Viva Mexico! Viva Mexico! Viwrjndcpendencin!” and feD pierced in the body ana lungs by a dozen bullets. The shooting was poorly done, as four different (sin gle) shots were required afterward to insure bis death, owing to the soldiers not hitting his heart. O’Horan refused to turn his back to the muskets, claiming that he was not a traitor. Accordingly just before the volley an officer took him gently by the shoulder and turned him. The following are the executions since the fall of Queretaro; Maximilian, Mejia, Miramon, Vi daurri and O’Horan. It is supposed that Castillo was shot a day or two since, but as the telegraph line is down between that city and Mexico the otlieial notification has not been received. Should Marquez be captured his name will be added to the list. THE BOSTON CATHEDRAE. Ceremony of I.nying tiie Cornerstone of (he Cathedral of the Holy Cross at Boston Seventy Thousand Specta tors in Attendance-Sermon by Arch bishop lUccloskey—Dimensions and Cost of the Edifice. Tlie Political Situation. [Wajliington correspondence N. Y. Ilorald. I PRESIDENT. construction will be safely and successfully over come before the adjournment of the next session of Congress. The report of the House Judiciary Committee on the impeachment question is now being printed at the government printing office. The pressmen and press-feeders have ail been sworn to secrecy. JOHNSON AND r.OSWKI.r, A Washington despatch to the' Boston Pont soys; . ' The President’s late proclamations having given rite to much speculation as to their purpose and firactical bearing upon the country, it may be ntercsting to know what the author himself thinks and says regarding them. In a social con versation 10-day I ventured to inquire of His Ex cellency his views of the proclamation declaring the supremacy of the Constitution, and his . special object the same. I admitted that the purpose was patent bn the face of the document, but that many persons professed not to be able to comprehend its practical bearing. He replied that there were now two parties in the eountry—one acting within consti tutional limits, the other openly professing to act outside of the Constitution. Ilia purpose was to call the attention of each and everv officer and employe of the Government to this'fact, that lie might clearly understand his duty, and, under standing, perform it. Our Constitution, he said, was the citadel of our freedom, the wall which environs and protects all. But another purpose which he had in view was to assnre the country that the authority of the Federal Judiciary would be unflinchingly maintained in all the States. I called tlie President's attention to the correspondence published • to-day between Gen. Ord and Col. Gilbert ; in which the latter claims that Gen. Ord and ins subordinates were not the servants, but rather tlie masters, of the people. He replied that it was but one of the legitimate fruits of the Radical teachings of the day. that public officers were not bound by their oaths but might act “outside of the Constitution:" this very ease, he said, illustrated the necessity for his proclamation. Col. Gilbert seems to'have lost sight of the fact that ours was a Constitutional Government, and that he was bound to re spect the law. When a military officer could thus forget that the people were the sovereigns and could assume that he was one of their masters, the President said he thought it was high time that attention should be specially called to the re quirements of the Constitution and the true prin ciples of our Government. He spoke in flattering terms of General Ord, and heartily approved the noble rebuke which the General administered to Col. Gilbert. I inquired what he thought would be the practical .effect of the Amnesty Proclama tion. He promptly replied, “to restore the pfiHfes to all their rights—to nlace them precisely where they were before the war. The suffrage question was one to be determined by the courts and not by the executive branch of the Govern ment.” In alluding to the future, he said he had no idea of what Congress would do, but that he believed the people would take care that their Government was’not subverted and destroyed. So far as he was concerned, he should exercise every constitutional power in Us defence, but that the great controlling power was in the hands of the people themselves, and his firm convic tion was that they would use it wisely and effl- - ciently. AN INTERVIEW WITH WENDELL PHILLIPS* Ckicf Justice Chase’s Position Defined —Seeretary McCulloch the Finan cial Obligations oUthe Country— • he > Amnesty Proclamation The Pro posed Meeting of the Loyal Gover nors, [From to-day’s New York Herald.] Stirling, Mass., Sept. 10, 1807 Taking up the recital of the conversation which yonr cor respondent had with Mr. Phillips, the principal portion of which has already appeared, I resume at the point where my previous fetter concluded”. Mr. Phillips, recurring to Secretary Chase as a probable candidate for the Presidency, said: I believe myself that Mr. Chase’s ambition is satis fied. But it is idle to speculate upon any chances he (Chase) would have. He has.no support out side of the national banks, and Hint is an isolated Influence. I think Jay Cooke and the other financial kings of the country' are making desper ate efforts to bring him forward as a candidate. But one thing his friends have lost for Chase— that is, the sympathy of the radicals, and Chase himself is too radical to win the sympathy of the conservatives, and so between those two stools lie will fall to the ground. I do not think these friends of his are able cither to have him nominated or elected. Chase himself belongs to the radical section of the republicans, and it is nothing but the Presidential fever that tempts his friends to retain him if possible in the con servative section of that party in the hope of gaining its support for their man. Chase does hot belong there. His whole life in the past would rather rank him with Sumner and Stevens than with sncli men as Fessenden and Sherman. As I said before, between these two parties—the conservative and radical sections of the Republi can party—Chase must come to the wall. With regard to tlie outcry from certain quar ters against Secretary McCulloch, I do not bellevo there can be an effort to remove him from his position arising from any honest motive. Ido not think the Radicals can have a wish to remove him, and those who desire to remove him are ac tuated by the hope of getting their hands into the Treasury. I have but one thing to say with regard to the finances of the Government; that is, that the pledges of the Government, whatever they may be, must be kept. Any obligations to which the Government is honorably bound must bo kept at any cost, and that party must go to tho bottom that will undertake to skulk trom these obliga tions under any pretence whatsoever. I think tho Amnesty proclamation seals John son’s fate. If wo are ever to impeach a Presi dent—if any Presidential crime ever justifies impeachment, this does. The Amnesty procla mation is nothing more nor lesß than an armed resistance against Congress. It is just as serious an offence against the constitution and the laws of the eountry as if the President sent a regiment into the Senate chamber. It.is a more cunning way of assailing Congress, because it is covert, and not so likely to attract a full measure of pub lic indignation. But really it docs not differ in quality from sending armed soldiers to the Capi tol. And all its sham of constitutional sanction, or pretence of constitutional sanction, is the hol iowest of all possible shams. I see the Herald starts the idea that Johnson should resign. It is a most astute suggestion. It would save Johnson from the infamy of his tory, if anything could save him therefrom. The only mistake the"" Herald makes in this is, that it presupposes in Johnson a manliness that does not belong to his character. If Johnson was capable at this moment ol the lefty anti magnanimous statesmanship which, would lead him to resign, he could never, be the danger ous nnd treacherous President he shows himself A meeting of the loyal Governors oi all the States ought to be convened iorthwith, to take measures to present the true attitude ot the Pre sident and Congress before the people. Deeds, not words, must, however, bo the order of the dav Should they meet for words it would result not only ridiculously, but disastrously. They should meet with the same purpose and object ttiev had in view when they uiet during tlie war in order to satisfy all the loyal people of the country that in caso any madman should attempt any revolutionary measure, the whole physical force of tlie country is in the hands of loyal men and would be used to preserve the Constitution and the Union in any emergency. —Dir. i>io Lewis. tlio “liirht weight" man. does not lose much by the destruction by fire of his school buildings at Lexingtou. They were well insured, and lie will build again; Never say die 0 Lewis! F. L EETHERSTON. Fabli^f, PRICE THREE CENTS, FACTS AND FANCIES. —Cyrui» W. FJeW w quite siefc. —Secretary Stanton is 52 years of*. —lJszt, pianist, fallwofcoming to'tbiscouutrv. —To have cowslips-ia winter—drive your cows throw o a /^ I|fee 1 |fee , t t in eaOSBtC °’ N ' V '-' has made » —Mr. T. W. Robertaouy author of “Caote," is writing a new play. ’ day General hander-goes to BostonWMon- is writer. Hi be lieves that the pen is mightier than the sword. Tra ycl e r» in Austria* complafh that then* k no metallic money imthe country. otomfeSfpi;“;fX'nSSsSsSjs2i^ l “' ,10 Wcndeii Holmes is going to nut his ‘Gua dian Angel" between covers! Oetoter. Anna.* 1 ® Tu3a,l3ask Greeleyto-go bail for Saofa thatBteat ' the St?L^)S?si»ge! 0t mak^ a S*** success-on eliFd B ren a a U repig“ ail 18 " bore U is ' B ° ««»•»** A brnkeman on the Illinois Central Railroad 1 was cut completely asunder by the ears. wbous .ed Holt so savagely in his gentleman? 11111611 *’ ““• brotk er-mdfw of that ln 7lw CC T CBiaBticill commission are determined to try Mr. Tyng, or at least go through the mo hops. Stubbs is stubborn. “ —Rev, Dr. Hams, of Hartford, left the neat expected? ° f S4o ’°° o: considerably more than —Dickens’s first appearance as a publie reader was in the sleepy old town of Petcrsborotro-h, twelve or fourteen years ago. .. T°tn Taylor is 42 years old, handsome, and lives in great style at Clapham Junction, four miles from London. Gr. Hall says that for the period of a mouth before marriage, and a month after death, men regard their wives as angels. —Mrs. Theresa Yelverton, of divorce-case notoriety, is coining to this country to give read- —Pollard has written a new rebel book, and a Isow 1 ork house has been found foolish enough to publish It. - —An English manufacturing firm saves over two hundred thousand dollars a year bv con suming its smoke. / —Disraeli is growing old, but not gray; his bair is said to be still as black as a raven's wing and it curls. b ' —Matthew Arnold, Professor of Poetry at Ox ford, is a son of the still more celebrated Dr Arnold, of Rugby. —An enterprising dry goods' clerk in New Haven has accomplished the feat of eloping with two women at once. —Major Yelverton is likely to lose both bis wives, as the legal one has been so bothered with all this row she means to get a divorce. —New Haven thieves show a' commendably pious turn of mind by stealing prayer-books from the churches. —Henry \ ineent, the English orator, and John B. Gough are to lecture for the Young Mon’s Christian Association in Philadelphia, this fall —Ground cork Is now used for man v purposes. Mixed with India rubber, It adds to Its capacltv for moulding. It is also used to fill beds and. pillows. —Teiritorially, the city of Augusta, Maine, la one of the largest lu the country, covering more than fifty-five square miles—&. Philadelphia eoverß ayer one hundred and thirty. ' ■* —How ancient i#the game of billiards! -One of our exchangesepeaks of the time when Chris topher Columbus first caromed on the American continent. —A colored preacher in Savannah closed his exhortations by flinging the ministerial spittoons, with which the pulpit was provided, at Ms con gregation. j -• —Here Is the wav bigamy Is described in a trope of Chicago: “Air. fra Y. Munn, in contract ing himself for future delivery to Miss Samantha Proctor, sold himself very short, indeed.” —John Murray, reputed to be the father of America Univcrsalism, landed on our shores In September, 1770. The L'niversalist Church pro poses, therefore, a contcnary celebration in 1870. —England uses about 220 million pounds of paper annually. France yearly consumes 10.7 millions, while the Uuited States demands moro paper than both' these countries combined—llo million pouuds. • —A negro named Phillips died in Boston, lash, week, at the age of 104 years. When eight year|| old he was sold as a slave for $7OO. and an inter- ’ esting estimate might be made of his compound interest worth when he died. ’ —The banks of the lake of Constance are at the present moment covered with vast numbers of dead fish, the result of a malady prevailing among them. A similar epidemic recently pre vailedin the waters of the Lake of Geneva. —The editors of the Paris journals were, on the 10th ult., summoned to the office of the Procurer Imperial, and then received an intima tion that they must not “discuss ’the constitu tion,” under pain of being prosecuted. —The Imperial household of Russia appeals annually in the budget for about 7,000,000 rou bles, but its aeconnt with the Treasury is inva riablv overdrawn by 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 of rou bles, ‘making the total amount derived from the public revenue about $7,500,000.. —About forty thousand pounds of fossil ivory —that is to say, the tuskß of at least one hun dred mammoths—are bartered for every year in New Siberia. As many as ten tusks have been found lying together, weighing from one hun dred and fifty to three hundred pounds each. —We learn from the Jefferson Jimplecute—ex £ressive name for a newspaper,—that a fight in avis county, Texas, between , two families, re sulted in the death of three Browns. Texas has been rather notorious lately for a violentjnor talitv among the Blacks. —Lizzie Clark, of Chicago, persists in. trying to kill herself. She has employed befladona, morphine and laudanum on three cvcaslons, hanging twice, and the last attempt was with n. butcher knife. AU were failures. The, good die first; after repeated attempts, the bad sometimes don’t. —The attempt of the Independent to blackmail the St. Paul and Chicago Railroad: lrns brought forth an expression of opinioirtroip-a Minnesota, paper to the efl'cct that Tilton is a “halr-btained young man of inordinate self-couctut," and; his associate “a bursted ilry-goods operator of doubt ful character.” —A late Honolulu (Sandwislt,, Islands);, paper contains the following: “Notice —Know all men, who look upon this. The undersigned hereby fowids all rumsellers on liquor-dealers; against pSflripc drink, to my mar ried husband, Palekalunf,, neither to give him the means whereby to get d&nk. Whosoever shall disregard or go contrary IQ this notice, I Shall, prosecute under the laws of this country, on duo proof. Those that have ears let theta. hoar—and those that have eyes let them look- By me, KAI.ANII.KUIA PAI.EKAf.VHt. - The Ledger of Saturday contained these tw* remarkable advertisements:. LOST— ON THE lorn INST,. A YEIXUW (WAT; given some milk and a piece