GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. VOLUME XXII,—NO. ,90. ffHB EVENING BULLETIN piraT.wtnm KyEBT EVWTOIO (Sunday, excepted)..^ ULT THE NEW BDIEETIN BUILDINOi 607 Obeimut street* PHUOdelplila, EVENING BDIaStU? ASSOCIATION. TE B?gSMS 8 ?g5MS, ra ° rB S E | wSSIMok iSLr»U?g^?JKa&. to W. dtretW toeoti per woefc, payable to the carriers* or 68 pcr*nimm« AmbbicaN 3Life Insurance Company, Of Philadelphia, £«. v .) • ' -v • j •' ’ ‘ E. Comer Fourth and Walnut Sts. C &Thu institution has no superior in the United States. ■' - ’ - myZJ.Ui TtfVITATIONB FOE WEDDINGS, PAETIEB, 4C. 1 ”^^^^ m rs¥gisygrßECT. MOW. JHAHBEEP. TBENOa—At thejCliureh of the .Advent. Sen Brancisco, ClL< Juno Sit Colonel Julian Mo Allleter. U. B.'A., to AmellaH. Trenor, 'daughter of John Urenor, M.D,,of tho city of Now York, , JMJED. CHANDLER.—Oh Juno luth. 1868. In, province of Bahia. Emplio of Brazil, while In dlacharno it blsdutieea. Civil Engineer in the Imperial Uervics, Warine T. W. Ch ndler. as-d O years, eldeat ronof Hon. H. Chandler, of this dty._ . . , 11/vU-OWLLL-On the n Aping of the Md lnst.nt, Crcssou. youngest eon of Jo-nua’L. and Sarah L. Hallo nclL.tathe Sth year 01 hw «gc. ~.., , UE.NSZEY.-On the evening of Slrt lint. Mapf, eldest dauiihtrr of Catharine and tlm late Thomas Hcnirey. The relatives ovd friends of the family arerespectfully Snvited to attend the funeral. from the residence of her mother. No. K 9 Booth Eourili street, on Saturday after noon. £Sth instant, at 3 o'clock. Interment at Laurel At Woodside. July 23d. M-ry 8. wife of to. r. Knox Morton, and daughter of the late George 8. * Thermal* relative* and friends are reepe-tfuUy invited to attend the funeral, fi om the residence of her husband, on Mrndav, 27th instant- at? A. JL~ io proceed to Laurel Hill. Carriage* will leave the oflicc of b. S. Earley Ind-rtaker, Tenth and Green, at fM A. M.,. to’Carry *' KE>*D— on the Hudson, on WeduCT day. July 23 Marie Louise Beed, daughter of Q. h. T. VVTLLI V (L—At Mslresldence. in Germantown. July 23d, IMS. i harlcs Willing, Jr., In the (3th year of his age. » COLUATR Ac CO.’S . ' • aroTuolic Vegetable Soap, combined -wltl* Clycerlne, t. recommended for J udies and Infant*. iTiwfihtfs . ■ • ~ Black llama lace points, 37 to sioo . tA HiTELLAMA SHAWLS. Will I E SHETLAND DO. WHITE BAREGE DO. - WHITE CRAPE M AKBTZ. . ' EYRE* La.tDELL, tonrth and Arencts. SPECIAL NOTICES. pp. PABDEE scientific COCBSE LAFAYETTE COLLEGE^ The nextern commences on THURSDAY, September 0/ Candidates for admission may. be examined the day fcef ore \ September S). er on July 28» the day tg>ef ore the Anneal Commencement. .-> - s For circular?»- apply to President CATTELL, or to ' • profeeeorß. B. YOtfNGMAN, Clerk of tho Faculty. jyWtf Easton, July, 1863. j-aßf, OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD <3OM PANY. , : PinoAneimnA, May 13th. 1888. NOTICE TO BTOCKHOLDKRS.-In punrasneaof reao. Intiona adopted by the Board of Directors ata Stated MoetlUK held this day, notice ia herebyrlven to the.Stock •sotders of thla Company, tb atthey wmbavetoprtvßese of subscribing, cither directly or by substitution, under •ouch rnlea aa may be prescribed therefor, for Twenty.flvo OPer Cent, of additional Btock at Parjaproportlon to.their respective interests aa they stand registered on the boota of ftu Company. Slay 2Utb. 1668. Holders oilers than four Shares wlllbe entitled to sub scribe for a fall share, and those boldine more Shares :Dhan a multiple of four Shares will bo entitled to an addt **6kibrcriptiona to the new Stock winbeta i jived on and after May toth, 1868, and the privilege subscribing %rtll ce&so on tboSOth day of July* 1868. Tho instalments on account of the new Shares shall PerCent at the time of subscription. “sdf TWeSySvoPefSe&L'onor beforethe Xsth day of TWenty/fivo Per Cent on or before the 15th day of gJnTlfl, 4th. iwenty.five Per Cent oor. ■ ap2B.tfn> . No. 613 Jaynestreet. DIVIDEND NOTICES. fftjy- WEST JERSEY RAILROAD COMPAN Y. , w Treabdeeb's- Office. Cajeden, N. J., July. 23d, 'I&JP.B • The Board of Directors have this day declared a semi* {annual dividend of FOUR PER CENT, on the capital •stack of the company, dear of United States 1 ax. Pay able on and after August Bd, 1868, to the Stockholders of fthia date; at the Office of the Company, in Camden. _ The,, stock transfer books will do closed from the date t Jbereof , until Tuesday, August 4th. 1868. , GEORGE J. ROBBINS, Jv24tau4s Treasurer. DIVIDEND NOTICE.—THE BOARD OF Directors of the Clarion and Allegheny "River Oil •Company have THIS DAY declared a Dividend of FIVE • C 5) CENTS PER SHARE from the net earnings of the OJompany. payable :to the Stockholders on and ’after .August Ist, J868.\ , ‘ ■' ' ' R. H. HOWARD, Treasurer, _ *•«■,••• 427 Market street, Philadelphia. Pim.APKi.rinA, July 22d. 1868. Jy24 6t* EfKOltl CAUFOKNU. American Biinciilty at La La Paz, Lower California, July 12, via San □Tkancisco, July 23,1868.—The American Consul 3aere has forwarded a report to Washington •charging Commander Bradford,.of the United •States steamer Resaoa, with official miseondnct 3n receiving an appropriation of an anti-Ameri can party. Captain Bradford, while in this port a short time ago, refused to recognize Consul □Ulmer, and advised him to take down his Consul ate sign, arguing that he ' could not ac knowledge the Consulate because the local au thorities refused to do so. Since then Mr. Elmer -aeoeived 1 his Arejaatur-ffom-tho-Mexican-Govern anent through the influence of Mr. Plumb, Ameri can Chaige d' Affaires at the national capital, and the Consul Is again in full discharge ot ..his {duties. —Mr. John Bright is as bright at repartee as : he . 5s in parliamentary oratory. Recently a gentle man in his company took up a’newspaper,saying • 3ic wanted to see what the Minis.tryw.Qre about. Jlright advised him to look among the robberies ! Jlail® 'PtttMlu LETTEB FBOid WASHINGTON. Bcvlval of tbe Impeacbment Project in Cong-fess - Johnson' Discloses too Soon the Policy lle lntcnil, I’ur.ulng . In the sodtli—A Recess Talked of— Itepnblicuns, Apprehensive ot John. Irlchery, will not Adlourn Ab solutely, bat Bold Him in Wholesome , Nnbjectlon-Opinions of the Southern Republicans oil tlie subject—Tbe New Tax 8111-Jlobnson’s Affecttoil for His Old Friends of tbo Wbishyßing,Ac. [Gorrerpondenco of the Philadelphia Evcmns Bulletin. l Washington,: Jnly i 22,. 1868.—The Impeach” i ment project received a strong Impetus to-day In the House of Representatives—not In debate, forj it was not aUudeditp'ld any iway-Lbnt In a quiet,; confidential manner, the prospects of anew Im peachment project were;freely discussed among’ the 1 Republican members bn tho floor of the; House, with -each other, and I, can assure yon; that there is a strong probability' that now and; “unimpeachable’? artlclesmay- be presented and; passed before many days. The recent veto by the Presidentof Jtheeleqtoral collcgo bill was; couched in sucharrogant,-'overhearing language as to be particularly offensive to Republican Sen-: atois and members of. the House, and having had time to studyilt ..closely, thefe Indignation at his assumptions in . that paper Is very ■ strong. ' In this docnmeut. Johnson very clearly, defines his position, that all the reconstruction measures, andthe State, governments organized under them, ore unconstitutional and Void, and that he lB not under any obligation to recognize them. This was the old stereotyped story, and nobody supposed it meant, anything till Senator Hendricks yesterday Drematurely aiael-sed the course the President intended to'pureae, ae.'soon, as Congress adjourn-, in regard to the Southern States, which in fact' was the practical applies-; tion of Frank Blair’s theory that the “carpet bag -organizations’’ ahouldbe swept out_of_cxifltence. Tbla was developed dnriDg the debate on tho bill to distribute arms to the sevoral States;'which bill Senator Hendricks - severely denonnced. and plainly said Johnson- would not execute, if it were passed. Hendricks, It is well understood, rpiaks ‘‘by authority,”. so his utterances at tract) d the more importance, as he is known to lie on intimate and. confidential terms with the President. , This disclosure has alarmed the Republicans, and the talk about nn early adjournment has [riven place to a determination to remain here till they see what Johnson will do witn the bill distributing arms to the several States (which he nil) most assuredly veto), and If he expresses his determination not to execute It, he will be speed ily arraigned on now articles of impeach ment, which will be introduced, and passed withr out any delay, and the presence of a large num ■ rcrof Republlcaii Senators from the Southern Btates will, it is' thought, insure conviction this lime . I need not state oil they expect to aecom piith, hut I am assured that if impeachment is attempted again, there will be “no such word US fail." . .1 . . -v;v ; The newly admitted Representatives from the -South, too, generally .advocate ,a re cces for a short' period, ’as they- are apprehensive that, if Congress adjourns absolutely from August Ist until December next, Johnson will use all his power and influence to defeat the will of the Southern people at the com ing Presidential election by refusing to acknow ledge tho .existing States Governments, and will go sb’far as fo secretly' or openly encourage the estabilshment of. new governments there, in tge interest ef the rebels, Who' will Hold separate, viectlpps. | and insist upon their votes being 'counted In the electoral college, to the exclusion of the voters -autnorized by the reconstruction jets., The Southern members; therefore, oppose uny adjournment of Congress at all, as it would leave Johnson perfectly unrestrained from the Ist of August till the Ist of December, and no man can prophesy what he might do daring that in terval, so they favor a recess, or two or three of them, between now and December, to hold John son in check. The Southern delegations are in creasing in strength and importance, and their wishea In this respect cannot be overlooked; as. they are belter informed upon the situation of a hairs there than the Northern members can pos sibly be. Becrctsry Seward’s proclamation, too, in an nouncing the adoption of the fourteenth amend ment is so Insultingly worded, and exposes the designs of the Presidential conspirator and his supporters so clearly, that members feel it is not safe to go home and let Johnson work ont his mischievous and revolutionary schemes in their absence. Tho feellßg in favor uf impeachment was wonderfully developed to day, even among those who have strongly opposed it since the last failure, and the deter mination is expressed to act promptly and deci dedly with the measure if it should become neces sary. Many Republican Senators, too, coincide in ibis view, and if articles are presented, they will be “short, sharp and decisive,” and not much ' time will be lost In getting the present “obsta cle” removed from the White House. CONDITION OF THE TAX DILI*. The President hod not signed the tax bill np to this afternoon, notwithstanding it was officially announced yesterday in the House that he had done so. The mistake originated from this bill being placed among some others approved by the President, and returned to the House of Rep resentatives. It is not known what are the Pre sident’s objections to the bill, but it is supposed that bis chief repugnance to signtpg it is because it wipes ont of existence the famous, or infamous “whisky ring,” which rendered him such Invalu able services in the impeachment trial, as Bntleifa report proved. The “ring” will be with out fnnds to assist the Demo cratic candidates in the Presidential campaign, and this fact presses heavily on the mind of his Excellency. The bill provides for tho appointment of twenty-five Supervisors of Reve nue, with a salary of $2,600 each per ammmand traveling expenses,whd are vested with almo'Bt despotic power. ; These-positions are eagerly sought after, so much so that nearly five hundred applications for appointment have been received already at the Treasunr Department. Even before the billhaß become a law Congress has authorized the printing of 10,000 copies of it, which will be ready for distribution at the close of the present week, so parties interested’need not trouble their Congressmen for copies before that time. ' i A GRATEFUL RAIN STORM. j After three weeks of the most trying weather ever experienced in this latitude,’ with the ther mometer :at from 85 to 106, with not a drop ;of rain during that time, '..jVe were to-day blessed with a grateful thunder-storm.. The rain eatpe down plentifully for a short time, and gladdened the hearts of mankind ! and beast-kind, for both suffered terribly during the long drought. . Susquehanna. —lf the Correspondence Geiilrale, of Belgrade, be correct, the most startling .revelations may be expected to result from the trial of the Prince of Servia’s murderers. The. tribunal was about to deliver sentence, when Maritch, who fined upon and killed Princess Anka, on hearing the protestation of Prince Karageorgevich read, in which the latter said that Maritch had committed the deed either from cruelty or because be had been paid to do so, suddenly, exclaimed: ‘Well, if he nos said that, I will speak and reveal the real culprits; give me 'writing materials.” The -other prisoners have followea-hi3 example and given up the names of the real instigators of the -plot. It is certain that immense sums'of money had been distributed, and that the director of the hulks at Topchiddre, a relation of Karageorgo vich, and one of the. thirteen brought up for trial, stated that if search were made in Prince Karageorgevich’s paloco, flower vases, yould be found, at the bottom of each of which 5,000 .dncatßwonld.be dlscovered, which was .accord-- ingly done, and the money found. . j PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY U, 1868, CRIME.^ I/YNCHt LAW IN INDIANA* Three of tbe Express. Bobbers Hung by a Vigilance Committee. The following particulars of a bloody tragedy we take from the Cincinnati Commercial of the 22d:- r:v-. - :? i-- ! Oar readers bavo' already been made- aware of; this state of things through our publications of j the many murders, house burnings, horse steal-j lugs, counterfeiting operations ana daring ex-; press,robberies, that have - taken- place near Sey-, monr, Indiana, by ' the Renos, their compau-! ions and pnnils. Every effort made thns far, by detectives from other points, to weed eat these; murdering devils,has failed,ln a measure, at. lost- Rifs and property have continued at their mercy. Within’ two years' they have robbed the • Adams Express Company alone of $125,000. A ; robbery of this kind occurred also, lately, on tbe; Cincinnati, Hamilton . and Dayton Railroad,! where the American Express Company was > robbed of alargo amount. : All these robberies have emanated from tho same source. A family! named Reno, living at Rockford* two miles from - Seymour, have been the leaders or instigators of : tbe whole of these daring outrages. They are; also the parties who lea the raid in lowa last - spring, when so many county safes were robbed.! On. the 22d of May last the Adams Express: Company.fs cor was robbed, about,eighteen miles from Beymonr, on the line of - the: JeffersonvlUe, • Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. Therobbery - was done by the Renos and their friends, some'of: whom are now in Canada to avoid capture, and others are under arrest for this outrage. On the! 10th instant the Adams Express was again at tempted to be robbed on the Ohio and Mississippi! Railroad, about thirteen miles west of Seymour.’ The armed guards of the Company, however, re pulsed the robbers,-'captared one and wounded, some of the others, two of whom have since been, captured, and for the remainder a large reward, bas been offered. James Volney Ellet was one of this gang, and was captured on.the night of the ; attempted robbery. 1 Charles Roseberry, a resident of Seymour, and ; a pupil of the Renos, was afterward arrested by: the citizens of Seymour, who turned ont en masse, ■ Frail Clifton was also arrested. They all owned np- to -their connection with the affair, and also; their attempt to kill the guards.' - For safe keeping these three men were brought-' up to this city, and imprisoned temporarily in'; ihe various stations, as had been Beverai other' parties arrested on suspicion of connection with; the robbety in May last, when $96,000 rewarded the robbers. They, were held here until night before last, when they left in charge of an officer, of tbe Adams Express Company, and heavily ironed, for Brownstown, twelve miles west of Seymour. Every possible precaution had been taken to’keep their departure a secret. It was feared that it might become known to some of thd rascals’ companions, and that a resene-might .be the result.. No interference was apprehended from others... -The officers had no idea that stern and determined men* who had- become aroused to desperation,-by outrage, had their, eyes upon these men, and that they were doomed.: It mast have been that faithful agents Of the-Vigilance Committee had watched the stations of the city closely, and telegraphed immediately to Seymour the signal' for prompt action; for; when r the passenger train was swiftly rolling toward Brownstown,-, two miles -west- of, Seymour, a littie- after, midnight: yesterday morning, the engineer. saw, far ahead, in the darkness of a dense Wood, a brightly gleaming eye of 'fire that warned him to stop for something, Re knew hot what .Hardly had the traffi ceased to move, when' itwas surrounded oh all sides’bythe dark forms of a hundred'or mere armed men,'who did not say much, bat acted. very promptly. They . held muskets and revolvers in their hands, and quietly stood guard while their leaders, with a strong squad, went through the train, laid strong bands upon the trembling-desperadoes, and with out meeting any-useless resistance, marched them out into the,woocL The engineer had ob jected to thelr ’ way of doing things, and 1 threat ened to move on. But he quietly submitted to tbe detention, whenße was informed that if he did this he wobld ’ sacrifice many lives, as the track was blockaded. What was done by the self-constituted execu tioners ont in the woods, we can not Btate in de tail. How the doomed men conducted themselves, what they said and how they , pleaded for life as the ropes were being fastened around their necks and thrown over the limbs of one of the strong old forest trees, we can not say. There were no reporters there to report that triple death—to take down coolly and accurately the last trem bling utterances of the dying wretches.,The story isknown only to those who. had a hand in the affair. -In the morning these three lifeless bodies were seen hanging on the tree. In Seymour, and for many , miles around, nothing was thought of or talked oi, yesterday, but the work of the Vigilance Committee; and the following proclamation, quite generally dis iributed, served to keep the matter fresh: “Attention, Thieves!— The attention of all thieves, robbers, -assassins, and vagrants, to gether with their aiders, abettors and sympathi zers, is called to the doings of the Seymour Vigi lance Committee last night “TVe are determined to follow this np until all of the classes above named, whether imported or to the ‘manor bom,’ are driven forever from our midst. “Threats have been made of retaliation in case we should resort to capital punishment. In an swer we Say, should one of our committee be harmed, or a dollar’s worth of property of any honest man be destroyed by ; persons unknown, we will swing by the neck hntil they be dead, every thieving character we can lay our hands on, without inquiring whether we have the per sons who committed that particular crime or not. This applies not only to Seymour, but along the line of the two roadß, and wherevor onr organization exists. Law and order must prevail.” ~ ... Deception of diaries Francis Adams inDoston. Boston, Julv 23.—The informal, reception of Charles Francis Adams by the : citizens of Boston, at Agricultural Hall to-day. was attended by in immense number of the leadlag business and professional; men, and by- several ladies. Mr. Wm. Gray, in his address of .welcome,' referred to the distinguished..servicese.ofJdr. Adams at the Court of Bt. James, which were in no wise less valuable to thecountry thanthose which his dis tinguished progenitors had rendered. The great which had transpired during Mr. Adams's term of office at the -Court of St. James, were alluded to, and of what Mr. Adams had seen of tho strdggle'iti'this countryfrom his distant point of view, and how, in..welcoming Mr. Adams, he wished Jo say that they were reedy to hear from him the Bt dry of what had transpired in his long official career. ! Mr. Adams, in coming'forward to respond, was received, with hearty applause, ~ Ho said: Mr. President , iig Pnendsand r Neighbors'. You have been used eolong.n.time back ..to hear the voice of accomplished'speakers,who make to you addresses upon public' occasions somewhat re sembling this, that I fear you will be" Very muck disappointed when l say to -you that Ihave little to respond to the remarks,” most friendly and complimehtary^'which, have been made by tho Chairman of the Committee, beyond express ing to him and to all of you my deepest and most ' heartfelt thanks for the kind feelings you have manifested toward me, I igjght, indeed, per -haps, have endeavored, by an elaborate . effort, -to - make an address on the topics aUudedto by .your -Chairman, which would have -been acoep tablo to yon; --bat-Huge has taught m 0 that, , in . making each an address, I might haveu been' tod’fnuch absorbed in thinking what I might be going to,say, or how, I might bo-going to ocqnit myself, to be able to indulge in the real feeling in which I wish to In dulge upon this occasion. That feeling Is a neslre to meet you, not collectively; as an assemblage OUR WItOEE COUNTRY. gathered, for any specific purpose, but as In dividuals-and personal friends, who have come to meet me, and with every one of whom I would be glsd to shake hands.. And. now, Mr. Gray, if you willglvo me the liberty, I will come forward, and if there is anybodv who wishes personally to express any feelingsßo may entertain ,in regard to any service he may think I have dono. I shall value his hearty shako of ,tho hand much more than any formal expression Of approval. ' The gentlemen present then thronged the plat form, and a hearty shaking of hands closed the reception. - : —Senator Ilendrickßißroportedtohavesald to a gbod many persons that, with, Seymour at the head. Of the Democratic ticket, he was afraid he could not carry Indiana in October. • —The Chicago Post says: “The Democrats of Marl Oh-county, Ky./had a‘glorious ratification’ last week, Friday.: They went to the house of Geo. Bogers, a Union soldier during . the war, dragged him from the - presence of his wife,,and hung him. to the limb of a trec.” . , ... v —“Our soldiers run well this year,” was tho sneering remark made by Seymour of a series of 'reverses in 1862. On which the Newburgh Jour ndtcomments: “They will *ruh' well ‘ this yeSr, 100, and are already 'after'his nimble excellency ‘with a,sharp stick.’” >:.:w ■ —Huffipbrey'Marshaii, the : fat Eebel 'General, whosever won a fight dnring the war, in a speech at Louisville,on Tuesday, alluded with sorrow to the downfall of the glorious Confederacy, adding: “But here r am in me old Democratic party, and, with God’s help, may I never be anywhere else.” That’s the plate for him: —Mr. Seymour’s nomination, after having pledged himself not to be a candidate, is likened to the story of o’Mulllgan' and his wife: 11 (It’s a bad cewld ye have.; A drap of the crayther ud do no harrum.”: “Och, hone,’’ said Biddy, “I’ve taken tho-plldgo,-butyo-can mix-mo a drink, Teddy, and force me to swally it.”, —There is some curiosity to know whom Frank Blair referred to in his letter as “carpet-baggers.” The Syracuse Journal says:—“We “presume he means the fellows who, two or three years ago, visited Now York with their carpet-bags stuffed with combustible,, materials, to bum the city. Ho may deny the interpretation, because they were all Democrats, and.he will now expect their votes.” —Mr. Colfax-was on active though, very young member of the Indiana Constitutional Conven tion of 1850—at "the .very time when the slave Sower was most insolent in its demands upon the lorth, and when not a few. of .those previously; ranked as friends ol freedom were ready to give' np the contest for human rights as hopeless.! Certainly the prospects of the cause, to all out-i ward appearance, were then yery dark: But-Mr.i -Colfax was not discouraged.. When the prbpisl- 1 tioh to exclude negroes from the polls came up for discussion, he made, an eloquent and power ful speech against it, in which he said: - • . ; “iir. President—t)o as we may here;-out action is not final. Sooner or later'this case will receive a fairer hearing at the bar of public That judgment wc cannot, If; we would, eseapei What is done here precipitately, under the Influ-! ence of prejudice, will receive a searching exami-j nation; and thence will come a. condemnation of this matter as'withering as it will be just. Covet! it over as you" will, this act will hereafter stand out in, its naked' deformity, unshielded eveii by popular prejudice, as. an act,of inexcusable tyrl : onuy, doue to a prostrate and defenceless class} .Public opinion; ifhot .ripe now, is ripening , for an hour when we shall look back to this act with burning cheeks.” r Mr. Colfax probably, owed his defeat as a candidate for Congress lit 1851 to the fact that he was So far ahead of the public opinion’ of that period, but he has since been fully vindicated, ' —The Rochester Democrat says: “The mannor in which the male.p.ortion of the Blair family has wormed itself into public notoriety warrants the conclusion that Its native modesty will not be greatly shocked by the appearance of a brief history, of the trio that compose It , First.ln or der comes the pater famitias. E. P. Blair, Sr. When a young man he emigrated to Washington, D. C., from Tennessee, as an attache of Andrew Jackson, who set him np in business by procur ing for him" the position of publisher of the Con gressional Globe. Out of this, in a few years, he mode a “fat thing,” and then, by selling out his interest in the concern, he made another “fat thing,” which enabled him' to retire from the business and devote his entire attention to political intrigue. From this time he has beeh the chief cook and bottle-washer in the “kitchen eabinetß” of every administration since the days of Jackson, and exerted more or less inflnenee for good or evil—principally evil. Lincoln waß not IODg in discovering his voracious appetite for apples of political discord, and by removing his son Montgomery (whom the old gentleman com pletely controlled) from his Cabinet, he - assured him that the national, pudding "could be stirred and the plums properly interspersed with out the aid of “his ambitious finger.” When “His Accidency” succeeded to the Presi dency, Blair regained the prestige ho had lost under Lincoln, and busied himself by goading Andrew on to d conflict with Stanton, and creating differences between Congress and the Executive. Upon being compelled to sur render the portfolio of the Postal Department, disappointment and revenge capsed Montgomery to execute a little political “lofty tumbling,” and sell himself onf at a"low figure to the Copperhead faction, whose obsequious dancing-jack he has ever since been, ready upon the slightest pull of the string to stand on his head or hie heels, or hang suspended in mid-air, awaiting his appointed time for the performance of a “break-dovyn.!’ E. P. Blair, Jr.,tneyoungestofthe'itribe,eervedmtbe Union army without en’ongb distinction “to hurt him much. At the close of the war, yielding to his inherited, love' for change and novelty, and desirous of doing something to gain notoriety, he abandoned the principles established by the over throw/ of the rebellion; and was immediately elevated to the position of second .dancing-jack, to Montgomery. He danced so well and foand himself such an agile Terpsichorean, that. he threw his heels over Montgomery’s head, and to the surprise of himself and every one else, landed fair ana B'quare on! the usurpation plank -of the 1 Copperhead platform',' na.itscdndidatefor tknVloo Presidency. '' JHe is'about as fit to preside oyerthe Senate as he is to conducUthe performance ! - of a lodge ot, Good Templars. Should he ever be come President, of which, fortunately, there is not the slightest chance, his eccentricities would astonish the world and render respectable the : memories of Tyler, Pierce and Johnson. .Taking' them qlUn all, it may safely be.affirmed that the' three Blairs have made as muctUchovV on as small capital as any three men in ottt history., And the,end is not yet. It la impossible to tell , what the trio will undertake ~next.' The; father la so old that his race is probably nearly !run4- but Frank and Montgomery .are yet young arid ’ vigorous and may before they die fasten, on’ aqd plague half-a-dozen different parties and. twice as many administrations. , ; ! ‘ i —A Kentuckian • becoming incensed at the boastfulness of an Englishman as to the, superi ority of Britishiinvenaons, exclaimed“ Pshaw! They are of no account. Why, a hOnse-painter In my neighborhood grained a door so exactly In imitation of oak that last year It put forth leaves, and grow an excellent crop of' acorns;. and ano ther fellow, up in lowa, has just taught ducks to swim In hot water, and with, such success that they lay boiled eggff!” Tho Englishman from, that time exhibted a modest and subdued air. ; —Arago once confidently announced that a big comet that was approaching the earth would not • destroy it. ‘‘How do you know?” he was asked. “I don’t know," he replied; “but in either case I am safe. If it floes not knock the world to pieces, ' I shall be considered a prophet; if it docs, thby can’t blow me up in the newspapers.” : ] • J? OXiITICAIi. presidential paragraphs. THE STBIKEIN THE COAL ItEGIONS. Increased migratory Development of tbo strike Movement-—Operations of tbe Strikers In and. About Wilkes. barre-JProbability of too Strllre He.: coming Universal In All tlic Cool He. gion. ■: ■ * 'y Wilkesisarre, July: 21, strike: among tho coal • operatives inaugurated ‘in’ tho lower coal regions and prosecuted with such sue- > cess there—ll closing ail the collieries be a prbper, standard for estimating success—has at length: reached this section; Present appearances! indi-1 cate (hat (the Strike will soon become astrniver-; effi here os eles where throughout the coal regions., The torch has .been lit. The inflammable mil- j terial so susceptible to the slightest touch of the' torch is kindling into a broad blaze. People look ’ on wonderfigly, but powerlcre to stay tho pro- 'i gross of the spreading conflagration. ■ . » ! The strike began: yesterday. r The operatives at 1 the Empire colhery.ou the border of tbq town, i opened thobali., Jnst before noon thoy laid down 1 their.picks and 1 shOvels^VdnnCinticed- > would work moinore oxeept .-under- tho. Eight: Hour law, formed 'themselvcs in a ! double; lino; outside the mine, and marched for the. Franklin i mines. The miners here speedily joined them,and in the course of the afternoon some half dozen. others of the emallgt; collieries-ifftthb'neighbor hood were closed. Therowas no opposition. ; Un-! interrupted victories followed their line of march.; It was considered a gifted - aftornbon’s ■ work,! and tho. strikers ; rested.from their, labors; »> Thi* i morning the lino of .’ -march was: resumed.;,; They now came out in large force—some two hundred ; altogether—and under more perfect organization.; The battle bad only , begun; it had boon all' on j one bide:- there might be opposition. They had , prepared themselves abundantly for this possiblo i emergency— had equipped themselves ■ with! bludgeons and'pistolß. It infused some military enthusiasm into their expedition.- Thoy copied! .the,.example of the strikers elsewhere, and! marched forth to the mnsic of .fifeland.drum and with an American .banner proudly; flying to the; breeze. The workmcn-nt the ’mikesbarro coal > and iron works, where more than two thousand tons of coal are chipped in a day; were soon added to' their ranks, as olbo the laborers at the old Baltimore works, now worked'by the Del-; aware and Bndson Company. They marched to' the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad 'shop and stopped work there, but not without some op position, which they very soon and'effectually, terminated. One locomotive engine; which was elevated on some jack planes, the workmen re quested time to finish, - “No humbug fooling with us,’’.said the .leader. “Down with it, inch!”, To command was but to. .obey.. Quicker , than I- can write it the workmen jumped-from tho engine, the strikers removed the jack screws and let the locomotive down on the track. ’ This ac complished and taking the. machinist .along with them the party made their way to the colliery, of; Messrs. Parish ifc-Thomas, at Sugar Patch, closed this, and as soon as the rente of march could be made accamplished the Sqine result at‘ the colliery| of J. H. Bwogin ahd'that of the Wyoming Trans-; porta tlon Company.' This was not satisfactory.! They stopped some men working off the jail and; then marched to. the. Gas Company’s works. | “Your men have got to stop work or else re-! .ceive full wages for. eight hpujs,” announced the;, spokesman of 'the strikers to,the superintendent.; '“Can’t’ think'of havingthem’stop,” answered! thb"Bupefintendeff't, 7 .;'‘ , lt.'woa’t ! d6‘for thffcicy to; be without gas. > Further.’the then haVe modono complaint- about wages;-and still fnrther, don’t see,this is any business of. anybodyibutmy men, and theyare, old .enough ond; ,knp w. enough -to speak for themselves,”,,... , ‘ ‘Well, let you-, .know it is our business,” re torted the spokesman. ..“The thing must be de cided here,, and. now. You must .agree, to pay your men their 1 present wages for''eight-hours’ work, or wo’ll stop them.” 1 1 . - :c> “I accede to your demand, 7 ’‘ said tho superin tendent;-“for the present, at-least.” . jnim’v. «b "Mind, you can’t Jopl us; we shall watch; yon and know .whether you keep your .promises- ,■ A second visit here won’t be, pleasant .ip you,’’.Said the spokesman, os a porting saltitation,and away the party went, heading for Dixon's Manufactur ing Company Works."' The 1 cowardice-of the strikers, and how little positive' and well shp- 1 ported opposition is needed to -put them down was here most strikingly illustrated. , , “Working on the, ten hours’ system here?” in quired the same aforesaid spokesman of the su perintendent. “Yes, sir,” he laconically answered. “It’s got to be stopped.” , “Stopped ! Why ?" ' “You must employ yonr men under tho oight hour.law.” ... "Whosay.Bjhat?" .-...j “We do -’ . “Yonlll have a good time doing it,".spoke up the superintendent; “my men are firmed, ana there'll be blood spilt if any one of you raises his hand to interfere here." The spokesman quieted down; his followers subsided into the peaceful quietude of doves. Those few words, “my men had a. wonderfully subduing effect. They had , seen enough of the Dixon Manufacturing Company hands; they left for the peaceful plains of Pitts tou, nine miles down the valley. Many victories were RChleved here in the course ’of the .after noon. They shut up all the collieries and at night returned to town. The understanding now is that.,to-morrow they will makc a demonstra tion oh the collieries, and workshops In and about Scranton, and thus keep it up till they have made a clean sweep of this whole region 1 . 1 , „, / , " Thus stands : the battlb ad I it,. though a very one slded battle ltisUß l wrlto my letter to-night- As is woll-knowh r from .the very colnmencement of the strike In the other coal re gions there have been loud and persistent pro phecics-that this region To one such critic,—’twas thiß very day— Hethought I hCard tbowoud’tdng mavis say: , “Ton ftod too many thoughts in song so small— An’ were they mirie,'Fcould not sing at all." lic.v Fsxnc Sterxdale. i,-:—The Baris Geographical,- Society.has mada Dorn Bedro of Brazil a member. V , s —Bin-mqney—That which is expended in bowl ing alleys.V. "'-’-.VtV'l.: .! Nasby is a drunkard’, says ’the N". Y.. IFor&f; but even drunk,he is too much fot tho Democracy. V —A' Brinccss.of Siam, has ordered a cook stovo from Troy, N. Y. \ V -■ —Brayers for rain were offered in somo of tho Montreal churches on Sunday. . —Canards aro called in Germany; and-their inventors “aeronauts.” ■ —The condition of the atmosphere is most fully accounted for'from the fact that thepreaent time inust necessarily be “close /” ’ ’ —When at sea'; and requiring new- milk, what'A part oLtheeblp-wonldbo the-beskto-fp>-for-it 1-Anc-' - Her ttrfcfcjyof course... ~ Forrest, tho'mognsnimons guerrilla, is ornamenting Long Branch with hl&..w4Jfy gentlemanly,presence. ; a —Payment of wages in American silver caused a strike in a Nonunion printing office. Wo .iltjr would accept it without a murmur. • —Auber will not acknowledge his last opera os s•§£ a a success until It has passed another' profitable -fm* season:- —Seymour has a single prominent character latlo.' Like old Joey Bagetock, ho Is “aly. sir; . - 1 devUlßh'sly.” ; • ; ; . r —lt is reported that three largo icebergs are • floating Bonth along, the Atlantic coast. Can’t they be floated np the Dejawaro.to copl us off?. ■ r ;■, —Onward - Opposition,- to - Presbyterlanlsm. r Hutchinson is - the name of-the son of a Hard shell Baptist in , West JEly.Marion county, Mis souri. • • , , . —Qnilp, who .has heretofore boon.a Univorsdl- ; Ist, now DolieVea thoreare two things destined to * be cternaily ! lost—hisumbrella ahd the man'W&o ■stole It.— Boston Post. I '* '**•'- * > ■ —Thefestato of Ira Aldrich, tho black- tragedian, amounts: ’to '.about eighty thousand .dollars. Among the property which ho loft Were about a eighty spnff-bpxes, waicheSi: sermon,to take the country through, is only throe \ bents apiece! But some that we nave heard aro / u not worth more. v ■ , v, —We ato happy; lo leara that our respected * townsman, Charles J. Still’d, recelvedtho Hono-