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:VOLUME LXXXIII.
FIRST EDITION.
Pisrmi,v - E ceci.ocn. M.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
,Variety of Bills Passed--LoCal
Liquor Bills Defeated—Rail
road Life Insurance—The Par
doning Power in Philadelgihia.
[Special Dispatch to the Inttsbtirgh Oazette:3 '
HABRierstato, April 10, 1868.
SENATE. •
RAILROAD. LIFE - INSURANCE.
The Senate bill authorizing any railroad
company, by a vote of the stockholders, to
determine the number of directors, more
than five, passed finally.
This bill is important. It provide's, among
other things, that all policies upon
r life
hereafter maturing, which are taken out
for the benefit or assigned to the wife,
Children or relatives dependent upon the
assignor, are vested- in such wife, children
or relatives, full and clear from - all claims of
creditors of such person. The bill goes to
the Governor.
BILL LAID ovtit
The Senate bill legalizing purchases of
real estate made in the State by foreign
telegraph companies, was opposed byMr.
ERRETT, of Allegheny, on the ground
that foreign corporations could come into
Pennsylvania and enjoy privileges with
without a charter, and without being subject
to the restrictions imposed on State corpora
tions. F he bill • was laid over.
IaLTSE BILLS PASSED FINALLY.
Empowering the School Board of West
Brownsville, Washington county, to sell
school property; also to borrow money.
Reimbursing Benj. Crow, of Washington
county, for monies expended in recruiting
and conveying volunteers to NeVr,Brighton.
and Pittsburgh.
Supplement for Western House of. Ref
uge, which requires the Judges of Alleghe-„
ny county to visit the institution. ,
Supplement, for New Castle Hall and
Market Company.
Repealing act relating to recording gen
eral election returns in Butler county, ap
proved-Aprillo, 1867.
Incorporating the New Alexandria Male
and Female College' of Westmoreland
county
Incorporating the New Alexandria Rail
,road Company.
Authorizing Sharpsburg Borough, Alle
gheny county, to borrow money.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
BILLS PASSED BY TITLE.
- :AilibeakeVPAlus4kiged Aim , the -#C 13 44.
Abittilli had ever , passed by their titles
only. He had asked the alter of the State
Guard to correct the statement, but said
that paper had repeated the assertion this
morning.
Mr. of. Potter; believed that no
public or important bill had passed by its
title. tie would not positively declare that
no bill had-been so passed.
' The remainder of the business was Unim
portant to Western Pennsylvania.
HOUSE
. BILLB PASSED FINALLY..
ri
Authozing F. L. Snowden to sell cer
tain real estate in Allegheny county.
Authorizing Nathaniel Till to erect a
ferry *over the Allegheny river in Warren
county.
Supplement for Pittsburgh and Miners
ville Passenger Railway Company.
Authorizing School Board of Slippery
Rock township, Butler county, to borrow
money. .
: Allowing appeals from property assess
ments In Westmoreland and other- counties
within thirty days after the decision of
Commissioners. .
BILLS CONSIDERED
IMlKohibiting liquor licenses in Alle
gheny township, Westmorebfrid county.
Wood second reading only equ i valent
to defeat, As this is the last day to send
HOuse bill!' to the Senate.]
'• Senate antliOrizink the transfer of
Gstliyithurg Cemetery : to.the geneinl Govern-
Merit. Palled finally'snd goes to the Gov
ernor. - •
Bill submitting the liquor license qaes-
Mu to the voters of Mount Pleasant, West-
Defeated:
MESSAGE FRAM THE GOVERNOR—THE
• , ' 10024 1 2 9 1 7PWE8a
A mesage was received from the Geyer.;
suir - ielidiveto the pardoning Powerpi„ the
Philadelphia,JUdges, sustaining his fOrmer
posilion, and informing the Legislature
that he had received a full report of all'
personi whose sentences were remitted by
said Judi.
lir. MANN', of Potter, moved its reference
the .Tucliciary. Committee, with power to
'report next session.
Pending : discussion, adjorumed: •
• FROM EUROPE!
to the Vittitittiab Oaretti.3 •
GREAT
THE WAR IN ABYSSINIA-KING THBODORE
' BRADY FOR A 10E0E.
LONDON, April 10.—The'War Office is in
receipt .of late dispatches from the British
--expedition- in Africa. General Napier iutd
reached latitude.twenty-one. The Abya
did= King was at . Magdala ready for a
=llls force' ornmkted of .s,oooeffectiva
men, and he had also twenty-six rare guns.
General Napier had complete' plans for a
, genera). assault on the works.
. • Fatal , Aceilleat ate a Cathedral.
•
By Telegraph 10 :bit Plttsbiirgh Gazette.) 1
-- TATC4 OO 7;WPrir "hinci o'clock
-to.night fatal tal;` ,' Reeiden4, occurred at St.
Mery's Cathedral. tornartof Mullaon street
and• Wabash avenue. The Cathedral was
derusely. packed.' on the occasion of Good
. Friday services. An alarm of fire was
• raised, widutk created a panic in the church,
-'lUtd the rueh'for,the dOor a eorti on of the
' itallerles reoll;=/treO l Pers° 131 went instant
" ' 'or killed an tanittleis, iitta es, ° th e ",
seyeiely injured, two of whom will prob
ably di e. ;5 lir -4.,
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
The Impeachinent—Conclusion
of the Opening for Defense—
Testimony of. General. Thomas.
[By Telegraph to the *Pittsburgh Gazette.]
~_
WASHINGTON, April 10, 1868.
_ SENATE.
, After prayer the chair was vacated for
. •
the Chief Justice, and the Court was open
ed. ' The journal of yesterday was then
read. The gallery was about half filled.
General Sherman again occupied a seat on
the floor. •
Mr. CURTIS, of counsel for the President,
resumed his opening address at fifteen
,
minutes past twelve o'clock. He com
menced by referring to the statement made
by Mr. Butler, that the President's letter to
the Secretary of the Treasury; notifying
him of the suspension of Mr. Stanton,
claimed nojustificationof his authority un
der the Constitution. He read the letter,
and claimed it did specify under what au
thority the 'President acted.
The charges made in the second article ,
were then discussed by Mr. CURTIS, who
proceeded to argue Mr. Stanton did not
come within the provisions of the section
alleged to be violated. He said the first ,
and second sections of the Tenure
of-Office act 'referred to removal and sus
pension arising from any cause during a
recess of the Senate; but the third section
_applies only to vacancies caused by death
1 or resignation. The penalties. prescribed
in the fifth section were directed solely
against violations of tne third sec
tion. The present case he claimed
was outside of its provialons. But, said
Mr. CURTIS, the main charge of this artiele
was that the letter of authority was-given
without authority of law. Reading the act
of 1795, ,he claimed it applied to vaeancies
of all kinds, and the act of February 20th,
1863, applied to vacancies arising from sick
ness and temporary inability, and only to
that extent , repealed the former, under
which the President had fall authority for
the act, referred to. •
In reply to the charge made in the .third
article, that the designation of General
Thomas as Secretary ad interim was in vio
lation of the Constitution, Mr. CURTIS
cited the act of 1792 and others, which
authorized the temporary filling of vacan
cies, without making any distinction be
tween vacancies occurring during recess or
when the Senate is in session, and said the
practice of the Government had been uni
form in filling vacancies as soon as they
'occurred. He illustrated the frequent ne
cessity of immediate action in such canes
by another reference to the appointment
by President Buchanan of Hall in place of
Floyd.
The eighth article Mr. CURTIS claimed
was met by his answer to tho third, and - he
proceeded to consider the fourth. The charge
made of appointing General Thomas with- ..
out the advice 'and consent of, the Senate
could not be sustained, because no appoint
mentvas made. A simple commission to
1
isas not an appointment, and could not,
of course, be submitted to the Senate. The
allegation, that no. vacancy then existed is
begging the question. The vacancy was
created as soon as Mr. Stanton received the
order repo '„him, and the vacancy
li.,arord - ' -IftrisetrtensfittEtte'V'ttilit
President at the time of his writing to Gen.
Thomas the letter of authority.
Recapitulating his argument, Mr.CURTIS
then claimed he had shown that the Mana
gers could not maintain their charges of
violation of the Constitution and laws, and
proceeded to 'consider the various charges
of conspiracy. - For this purpose he said he
would take up the fourth and
sixth and
fifth and ni nt hart' cles together. { The fourth
and sixth, which charged , a conspiracy be
tween the President and Gen -Thomas to
obtain, by force and intinNidation, posses
sion of the War office and Government
property, are based on the conspiracy act,
while by its terms it has no application to
any person 42 the District of Columbia, for
it speaks only of the States and Territories
of the United States; but it was not neces
sary to rest the answer upon this technical
ground. In a case of private right'het did not
deem the issue of authority or, to assert it
sufficient basis for a charge of con
spiracy. Still less could it be al
leged of, a public right.- The order was
batted on the assumption` Of military subor
dination,.and the superior and inferior offi
cer to conspire because the latter obeyed
the order directed to him by the former. It
was also impossible to show that the Presi-.
dent ever did directly or by implication
"give Gen. Thomas authority to use force or
intimidation. The fifth and seventh arti
'cles would be answered In his arguments
against the tenth.; •
Mr. CURTIS then claimed that the charge
made in the ninth article not, only failed of
proof, but was absolutely disproved by the
testimony of General Emory, who sword
to having introduced the subject to draw
out the President. It would appear in
proof that the Pretddent sent for him for an
entirely different purpose from that alleged
i
in thearticle referred to.
Adv clng to the tenth article, Mr. CUR
TIS w t into the question of what are im
peacha le offences., He would not vex the
ear of e Seiuttewith precedents from the
middleages, but would • refer: to the pro
*visiOne of the COnstitiotion of the-United
States,'whose framers knew quite as much
• as the mon who lived in the
time :of the- Plantagenets, and had
made the• subject so clear as to 'require
no research beyond them. The len
, gunge of the Constitution , was to allow
impeashment for treason, bribery and oth
er high crimes and misdemeanors, which
other high crimes and misdemeanors must
be equally grave offenses and be offenses
against the United Ststes;for the - President
is elsewhere empowered to pardon all offen-
Sea against the United . States, except in case
of impeachment. Re recited various pro
visions relating tothe trial of impeachment,
and claimed it, was fully shown this tribu
nal Was constituted for such purpottes s ,
Court, was bound by law; andwitenot a law
unto itself. ~ I f it were not so, there would
be no .provisions forbidding the passage of
bills of attainder, nor would Senators, f be:
fore assuming the character of judges, be
required to take an path to Obey the Con
stitution and Laws. ?The complaint . made
in the 10th Article is that. the "Prost.
spoke disrespectfully of Congress. It e .. .. • •
have been'said of the .domin . rit, too ... ~
But the charge-Is brought fo • . :”: ..:-' ,
extraordinary may. for the grand 1 '.. • las
one body of Congress, and the triete con-`: stitute the other. The spectacle iii, howev
er. that of:Congress resolving itself into a
school of manners. ._ r
Mr. CURTIS combatted the views put
forward by Mr. Butler.ihat it, was Imma
' terial whether or . not the alleged indeepr
ons expressions were true; quotingfrom
English ' statutes the sedition Jaw 'Pass
ed during Adams'-arntals trtdion• -,and
from writings of MadbfeitliassageS inlife
port of • the positiontig the -trn h
about officers of the" . eon' iii not an
offence against tholKfr. - , , ..,, -
..
Mr. CURTllathettliniketrW/14
, R 9,
the judges of, the,propriety of spftobt, It
.was the asitiniptionut taw very, sukhority,
which had caused thotisanda l t-Ji W
eadd -
Id
fall in Boglan'under ' d the ors, reild'
. nearer our own time in Prance ,'....1t was tke - ;
' freedom of.sPesqh; .vlrditined bygiinr, Conan
il,...-'..1 ...i..-. t. • i .'.i 1• 1 0 ~ ."- t . ; "
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PITTSBURGH. SATURDAY,
tution, that made us a peaceful and happ
nation.
He passed very briefly over the eleVenth
article, characterizing it as a compound of
the ten preceding, and closed with a refer
ence to the unprecedented magnitude and
had not been and never could be anoth.er
occasion like this in the proceedings of tLe
Government, to prove the greatness of
importance of the case. He said that thee
American justice or injustice, that ju
tice which Burke says is the crowning glory
of all civilization,
or that injustice which
is sure to return to its authors.
The Senate at 2:15 took a recess for fif
teen minutes.
TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE.
After recess Gen. Thomas was sworn;
and on examination by Mr. STANBERY,
testified. as to his rank in the army and his
appointment as Adjutant-General in March.
1861. He remained in office after Stanton's
appointment; was sent by him' to various
parts of the country to organize, and in
spect troops, &c.; organized about eighty
thousand colored troops; his last special duty
as Adjutant-General was performed about
the close of 1868; was restored to office duty
as Adjutant-General, by order of the Presi
dent, February 13, 1868; saw the President
soon afterward. ' • -
Mr. BUTLER objected to the question,
what was the conversations.
Witness ;then stated that on the morning
of February 21st he received' a note from
the Private Secretary of the President, ask
ing him to come to the White House; he
went and the President handed him papers,
being a letter to Mr. Stanton and his own
letter of authority; never saw the papers
before; had no hand in preparing them.
The President said to him, "I intend to
support the Constitution and laws and ex-
pact you to do the same." Witness went
to the War Department and demanded pos
session. Mr. Stanton asked if time would
be granted to remove his papers. General
Grant was present, and showed him his ap
pointment as Secretary of War ad interim.
Witness then retired to his room. Same
day he received a letter from Mr. Stanton
forbidding him to issue any orders as Sec
retary of War ad *derive, which letter wit
ness proceeded to read.
Mr. STANBERY—What was said in the
conversation between yoU and the Presi
dent subsequently on the same day.
Mr. BUTLER objected, and argued at
some length that conversation relating to
acts could • not be put in evidence, if it
occurred subsequent to the commission.
Mr. STANBERY replied, contending it
was clearly admissable as bearing on the
charge of conspiracy, and calling attention
to the fact that the Managers had intro
duced a large amount of testimony about
conversations held long after the date in
question. They had put in evidence what
General Thomas had said when not on oath,
and a portion of his evidence now should.
be admissable.. -
• - Mr. BUTLER rejoined, challenging the
production of legal authorities to prove
that what one conspirator said to another
after an act was committed could be put in
evidebce in his favor, although tbe confes
sions of a criminal could always be used
against him. He expressed the, belief that
the remarks about supporting the Constitu
tion and the laws were •pre-arranged and
manufactured for effect.
Mr. EVARTS reminded him that hearsay
evidence of what General Thomas said was
introduced on the pledge that the President
•
• -be- ecenitsltnee-wiikr7l6.-••:Now, -the
President's counsel propose to show from
General Thomas himself Nvhat were his in
structions and what was the intention of the
President.
At Mr. BINGHAM'S suggestion the ques
tion objected to was reduced to writing anti
read by the Secretary. He• then argued in
support of the objection, He denied that
the Managers had introduced hearsay evi
dence. The - deblaratinns of conspirators
, .
wdre primary evidence. He said it , ivas tri
fling with justice, and an attempt to intro
duce utterances of an accused criminal in
his own behalf.. •
The CHIEF JUSTICE then submitted to
the Senate the question of admitting Gen.
Thomas' testimony. in regard to conversa
tion' and the yeas and, nays resulted forty
five to ten. So the evidence was admitted.
The witness stated to the President that
he had delivered the communimtion to Mr.
Stanton, and told' him what answer had
been made. The President then said to
him, "Very well,
, go on, take possession
and obey orders. This was all that
occurred. , Did not see the President again
that evening. Next morning witness was
arrested. Went with the Marshal to the
White House. Told the President he
WWI In austody,and on what charge. The
President replied, "Very well, that is just
where I want it, in. Court." Witness then
left.' At . his hotel, on giving bail, he
asked Judge Carter if he was in the
meantime suipended from functions.
The' Judge replied in ;the negative, and
explained the effect off' giving bail. Wit
ness narrated the circumstances and cOri
versation which occurred after he went 'ld
the War Office. The same Imorning, alter
the members of Congress who witnessed
his interview with Manton-retired, Thomas
said to Mr. Stanton, "the next _time
you have Me arrested, dolt after breakfast;
I have had — nothing this morning
to eat or drink." [Laughter.] .Mr. Stan
ton, in a playful manner,- ran his hand
throngh witness' hair, and said, "Well, I
- think, - General, We'have a little something
here," whereupon General tihriver pro
ducel a bottle, and Mr. Stanton divided its
contents, abouta spoonful, into two partri,
and they took a drink logether. ' Srubse
quently some full 'bottles were broeight,
and this was all the ferce used that day.
[Great laughter.] • • '
Mr. STANBERY asked if the President
had ever directed him to use force or thrtiate,
to obtain possession of - the War Depart
ment Y
Objection made and argued' by Messrs.
BUTLER and EVARTS. •
Without division the Senate allowed the
question to be put, and Gen. Thomas re
plied in the negative. When questioned as
to his conversation with Mr, Burleigh, he
said he never invited:. him to' Conte to his
office; had said to him, or Wilkinson, that
he.would'eall on ..General •Grant, or "kick
'the doom, down. ' Knew, - nothing
whatever hbOttl. Raisetier;sapposehe togat,
hart seen him four 'musician, when he was
ill at home. .Karsener introduced himself
. .
RR -9=alntawse o.4lmpgol_l,.him by
*id * lie InanCtpimatuar several
;sheut o pfdaware fiavbig her
'(9e 4 4 l %,VtattittEl;Y? "./Caraaner
t'Ait asked' 'him •when -hey was going to
l‘titiCk - that. , fellow iouti". and he adopted
Ramener's - wordeland'said he would do.it
in a few t ,dms..,As/rAnnignt about kick-'
ing Stanton oat. •
Cross, asntinatioufrero , ' March, 1863, to
February 18th, 1868, did not 'Perform office
duties ottldjatant%GerietilL - Had no inti
mation. _before .the ,18th of February, =that
the President wished to make him Sem
tail of War ad interim. SUUte l by".Mistike
,to the contrary ,when v
COMCommittee,-hdf exaevia
dence,afterWarde: Jle.stvarit. is he had
, received an intimation to-that effect about
I two weeks ':previeuhlY from Col. Moore.
Told the:President, at the time of receiving
I the appointment, , , pet would ' obey /orders.
Did , not expect' ,to -rephive any particular
&AO.. Vilap.l 7 = t ed.th,e from
4 colntiel moprq ,v 2431.:.;, d not
kinie What' the ridden • ; far.
Alter -returning froMthe War DepiirtMent
APRIL ,_11,,:1868.
did not tell the
resident . Mr: Stanton was
not going tee giv
was, the -wita -0
him Mr:: Stant?
neeessety. - Wh:
applying to Ge
as to what he
r , up the office, orlhat such
:opinion did-not show
4..'s letter; did not think it
the said to Wilkinson alxlUt.
. Grant was only boasting ;
'd to Eurlef_li about break-
ing down, the oors, he felt inclined to do
so; changed h s mind on this point before
he was arrested ; the arrest illortiot produce
the change r hi: intent to nse - fdrce was in
reverse of.the P esident's order; never ex
pressed to the *resident his belief that he
could, not obtal possession without force ;
suggested to the • esident that the best way
to get posses*, of the papers and mails
was by -issuing an order through General
Grant; the Pre-ident had never said any
thing to him a , ut his published expres
sions the Pres dent had not acted on his
suggestion how to obtain possession of pa
pers;.htul admittud before the House Com
mittee thatKarsenar's testimony was cor
rect, but explained thatle useethe words
playfully.
The cross-examination was concluded.
Adjourned at 5.20 r.
_M.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Several private bills were received from
the Senate.
A resolution was adopted directing the
Committee on Appropriations to inquire
into the expediency of defining more accu
rately the time and manner of carrying un
expended appropriations to the surplus
fund.
The SPEAKER announced, after reas
sembling, that no business would be ,done
other than the presentation of executive
communications.
The House then proceeded to the impeach
meal trial.
The members, at twenty minutes past
five, returned to the hall.
The SPEAKER laid before the House
several Executive documents.
Adjourned
THE CANADA ASSASSINATION
important Disclosures Expected.
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
OrrAwA, April 10.—It is still rumored
that important disclosures have been made
by one of the arrested parties as to the as
sassination of McGee, but nothing is made
public: The taking of evidence continued
till two this morning and there is the
greatest anxiety felt as to the disclosures
expected to be made to-day. The report of
the police expedition sent into the country
exploded the theory of the escape in a carri
,age of parties connected with the murder.
Public meetings to e x press indignation
and abhorrence of the grime and sympathy
with the family of the 'halm are being held
in different parts of the provinces. There
is a growing conviction in the public mind
that the prisoner Whalen fired the fatal
shot and that there were a number of per
sons connected in the plot.• .
p:3; $3) ail. iat71:114110 a)kif.-1
-013alchvin the Irish giant is still in jail.
—Columbus, Ohio, lost 892,000 by fire last
year.
—A Fire Alarm Telegraph is being erect-
Logan refuses to aecegt the guber
natorial nomination in Illinois.
—The fruit is supposed to be materially
injured in most parts of Indiana. .
—An entire family was , poisoned by eat
ing green pickles in Reading on April 7th.
_
—The through fare from St. Lonis to New
York tias been reduced to twenty-five dol
lars. •
—Castro, the' murderer of Fernandez at
Aspinwall, was sentenced to ten years on
the chain gang.
—The cholera is disappearing in. Buenos
Ayres but it is very _ bad in- M ontevideo
and oiler places.
—The Conservatives. of Wilmington, N.
C., held a meeting in the theatre there on
Wednesday night.
-
—Bishop Stevens still remains at Wilkes
barre, but is so far recovered that he is able
to sit .up every day. •-- 1.,,f •
—The Board of Trade of Ciiitoik„Ohio,
filed their certificate of corporation in col
urnbus on Thursday.
—The stetunship Ocean Queen ! from As
pinwall on the Ist, withlsl7o,ooo in treasure,
arrived at NeW York yesterday.
—Prominent North Carolina Radicals are
advising Mr. Holden to withdraw his name,
so that the party can unite on &Pm popular
man. w
—The Congressional PostalcommilUe .
met at New York on Thursclar,to examine
the workings of the overland mail route to
California.
—The Can+allouring mills,of Niche
las Bliss dc Co. of Bradford ()aunty, were
damaged to the extent of from.; 52:000 • to
1)8,000 by the freshet. •-• ~--. • - ' '
—More money changed hands in Massil
lon onr.April Ist than on any one day ibt
manyyears. The bankers were kept busy
paying:itit currency. , •
—Sexeral men returned to work in , the
car shops at Scranton on Tuesday. The
hands employed at the'Diekson and Cliff
works rdtus3d to strike..;'
—On Friday last the house of %RAM -But
timore, Huntingdon township, Westmoro
huid.county, was consumed by fire. The
dontentswere destrOyed: -
—A fire at Aspinwall, on the 26th ult.
destroyedr the ,railway .sheds and thirty;
tars loaded with Central_andSdittle' Amer
hum products. Losit V 200,000.! `-• ,
—On Wednesday, in Indianapolis, - lbw
boys who were being transported from the
Penitentinryto4hp,sl.9ase of Refuge, as:.
taped; and h av e not since been arrested::: •
—lillialikohliNitclito•y•• ;formerly a fashion:
able hair dresser 14,8 t., Lonis, and liter
own maid to Jettehion Davis, has writ
ten a book which went to press on Thurs
day in New York. ' • - - •
—Alexander Dunn, of Coshoctonwhilci
*boring under g •fit of lusigity nttFriday
last, cut up a boy named Powell so badly:
that he has since died. Dunn hastbengent
to an insane asylum. ' • • ' ,
r-AsYocilla Mau?, nstuod Win. McDonal d, ,
residing in P leasant township, Knox doun-,
ty, OHIO(left a young wife and Tarreff with
a young girl from. MOrgaritciwn and'gulte a
large amount Ayr, borrowed money, doioe'
Re :) ,! 1 fi• ,
St
—A young Chinaman named Pl Ying,
employed as a waiter by Captain John De
CamP, co the :United Staten . 're:.
calving ship at t e Philadelphia Nat,
Yard. • stole a Frodaham
employer and 'iledonixtdliittLit. • J 1:
'-The **bit Ora SOMIN,
What better thigtAt iquilditfreekiinotwith.
standing the streamaar/19n. A few
holds warm with ttio' mioar that
fallen within a few dap,. wouldt'ritisettib.
, 4 l e tP s 44 29 11 4 1 h fb, 2'41W1/ICOPIP°IIes* ,
—A manemployed bY the 14Orthern Cen
tral Railway!Company, named 2driligi', X *l.
kinctioalMuti - I.ter.ltii3lation, on tut
day_ afternoon, :being struck by the`
camber °t i the mail train going towards"
Baltimore *bile' he `was walking orCthe'
track.
, ;
- SECONIIIIIIOI
POUR 0 , C1.4:)CK. A. M.
Customs' Receipts--Sale of Iron
-Clads—Free Fare to Chicago Na
tiOnal Convention Delegates—
Amount Required to Pay Sol
, diero Bounties.
EBy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) •
. The receipts of customs from April 16t to
4th, inclusive were el 967 433.
,
IZ.ids for the Purchase of two iron clads
were opened by the Secretary of the Navy.
to-day. The offers average within ten per
cent. of the appraised vaination. The
awards 'will be deferred.
THE CHICAGO' CONVENTION-FREE FARE
;FOR DELEGATES. ~ •
The railroads terminating at Chicago will
pass delegates to and from the Republican -
National Conv ention
y free of charge upon
application to thei Chairman of each Cen
tral Committep for- a sufficient number of
tickets for their delegations. Applications
must be made to the President or Superim
tondent of the respective roads.
Speaker Colfax laid before the House to
day an address of the National Assembly
of the provisional government of Crete,
asking Congress for recognition and aid to
secure their complete emancipation and
the independence of the Island. It was re
ferred to the Committee on Foreign At:-
Smile time ago the House passed a reso
lution addressed to the Secretary of War,
relating to the amount of land necessary to'
meet the requirements of bill No. 940 to
equalize the, bounties of soldiers, sailors
and marines' who served in the late war
for the Union. in the event of its becoming
a law. The Secretary says that in March,
1866, there was a carefully . prepared esti
mate made of the money required to pay
these beunties under the law then pending.
That was substantially the same as bill No.
940, except as to ' the' manner of making
payment. The sum was estimated at fi2.53,-
691,000. In April, 1866, for additional boun
ties, the estimate 'vas 05,643,000. The ex
penditure under the bounty acts passed so
far indicate this amount estimated, is rather
short than in excess of actual requirements.
Deducting this latter sum paid on account
of the additional bounties from the amount
first estimatad, and the remainder gives a
pretty close 'approximate, of the further.
-amount that would be required under ' the'
bill in question, namely, 8195,056,800, which ,
in land alone, at a dollar and a quarter per
acre; will require 156,045,440 acres. No
note is taken of the local bounties not paid
by the United States, as the Secretary'says
he has -no means of ascertaining . the
amount.
..,.:7-: - ThE . VSlXiiiibigiiiiiß:' , 7: 1 :If
Further List of Posengers on Board , the
Loit Steamer—Another Rescped— " Nis
AcCount of the Calamity. ,
(Ey Telegraph'to tltte Pittsburgh Gazette.]
MILWAUKEE. April lo.—The . following
persons ,embarked on the Sea Bird.frorn
Manitowoc: Geo. W.' Emeric, Joseph D.
Doucett, Chas. Roecher, Henry Pfeffer,
,
'James A. Hodges, "Clerk; Fred.' Henim,
Fre d: d. Henning, Capt. N. F. Nelson, Capt.
John' Sorremlou, James Lykom, Casper
IRV°, Wenzol •Hoodichek. Albert Meiva,_
M. H. - HUM, Wm. 'Bruton.- Also, P. C.
ll:otirialfriy and Fritz B:leinmer of Chicago.
AlsO, the • following deck irands: John
Folicks, Aug. Wilde, Henry' Neeman,
..43hos Meyer. -
• CHICAGO, April 10.—James H. Leonard, ,
of Manitowoc, Wis., a passener on the
Sea Bird, saved himself by clinging to the
wheel-house, and came ashore near Evans
ton,lll., about two o'clock this morning.
. .
_
'CiricAoa,Aprillo.---Jaines H. Leonard,
the third survivor from the steamer Sea
Bird, makes a:statement, of: which the.fol
lowing is the substance: At about seven
o'clock yesterday-morning went upon deck
and converse d with the nrst mate of the
steamer in retard to the' distance to Chica
go. Learned that* it' was about 'twenty
miles. Then werit to hits wife's staterdom'
and soon afterwards. heard the alarm of
lire. Went out to ascertain the cause, and
found the boat on fire, and , • the flames
bursting out near the stern And eloSe to the
stateroom that he, had .lEfe
inediately ruched tckrescue hie ; wife, but
was prevented. bilhe flames, , which cut 'off
communicationwith the 'staterooml'
Did not.' see' Or, hear Of ' hit! mO3.
after' • lidt the stateroom when the
the - alarm was given. Mr. Leonard agFees
with the statement of Mi. Chamberloln as
to the general deseriptien of the catastrophe,
but thinks there were not more- than thirty
passengers on beard: A large• number got
otr;Milwaukee; zinah larger he thin k s
than the number. that embarked at that
,port. Finding it;too hot to stay, on the boat,
and realizing the fact ;list her destruction
was inevitable, he, sprang into .the water,
'and ,being a vigorous swimmer soon got
hold 'of tt board, and Soon after clambered
upon' a piece of the Treadle box floating
near.'.•He eking Mid 'drifted with
the waves to the. south , west, landing
three miles north of Evanston, between sev
en and eight o'clock last, night, after being
•
upon' the fragment ell the ,Ineck twelve
hours. He was drenched to the 'akin, hitt
Clothing, frozen, and himself, nearer dead
thaoli) a ft er his perilous ' tide .of not
far fr • fi ft een miles. Mr. Leonard saw ,
• abotet enty swam
• jump - into - 'the
water. Soule swam around for Bente time
and otheraseemedtolliik almost
ately. He sawn° woman jutripovinboard,:
and did not see any woman in the water:
Jthat •Lbeeez Ntte *bunt ten
women on' boaid,"alLof.;wlunn must haye
perished in the flames: An attempt was
made ' to launch the liteattfer!ii boatsibut
the rapidity' with:fch the fa m es ; spread
;Xintiereditiliipisii beta — '.lish that,
objects Thl4,Rea not very' hi . and' the
.boata easily *teethe .. tvir they
bOttltihave%den launched. , n
:A OP the z,best,,ovidenee- , which-Can*
,Orlet of tho'Sea Efrd, has 6#d
' ' • 9P.Tains no ego Made to stop
" ctrtinuitlurew prevented
, 111 Motion. The insult was that
'the her
beer - AA an" -- `the boat
-- .n 4 put apert i the
be ton' to !dead treglY a mile
Wametee BlioliefOf thobe who ought
,tol know is, -that 'had 'the I progress of the
Steamer beerfstepPedattheilrst alarmithe
boats have:Went gotten Out fan -all;
saved:.: The Steamboat Inspector-of this
filitr!Ctlula „lan*" an order to Mincers of
'enateadiersonthahtice,tanfltheirfewishoitai
tbsOptheir ongmes on theinatgult of Olga
- alarm; tvithOutavodting prtietq without
an
.rfcir citkielna, arid 'hot to stati -
an order ' ettvereck perso n al . sr, chiefi
.. _ ._ . ,
THE CAPITAL.
=1:71=1
WASRINGTOIT, April - 10,1868
.CUSTOMS RECEIPTS. •
SALE OF .IRON. CLADS
ADDRESS FROM CRETE.
SOLDIERS' BOUNTIES
SEM
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NUMIER
BRIEF NEWS IT,
—Judge William M. Sairnpll
Orleans Creseid, died yesterda2
_
-At New York last night, at
storm was prevailing; wind e 4
—Gen. Canby has issued qua.. l .
=tine regu
lations for the Second 11113.ftaxy District
during the coming Simeon. ,
—A number of NorWegiiM Citizens of
New York Thursday eveningigave a fare
well banquet to Ole Bull.
—The Plattsburg and Whit frail Rail
roadibill failed to pass the Neli York Leg
islature over the Governor's Ve O. ' -
A
—At New York, Thursday 'night, there
was a snow, hail =drain stot, which ta
pered off yesterday Nrith a drel ry drizzle.
o c_ ril
_Governor. Jenki6, of Ge ia, .denies
having advised non-action omit e part of
Conservatives in the apprciachlpg election.
—The. Mississippi Conventilm 'occupied
yesterday in the discussion of the section
of the franthise bill regarding' eligibility to
office.
i
—A very large meeting of adicals was
- .
held Thursday night, at WI nington, N.
C. The audience was almost) exclusively
negroes. • . -4
.
—The New York Assembly, bv a vote of
slicty-ene to forty-six, censure Mr. Glenn
for his false imputation upon. a fellow
meniber.. I
'
—The City Council of Mont Omery Ala
bama, have voted fifty thou d dollars to
aid the building of ,the South and North
Alabama Railroad. . ' 4
—Wm. Doran alias Engli +h" Bill and
Jacob Chatterton , have been arrested as
sellers of counterfeit Treasury: rid National
i t
currency notes' in New York„
—AtSpringfield, Mass., Thucdav night, ,
Caroline King, 'keeper of abr thef, fatally
shot Lyman Pease while, he: was forcibly
entering her house. . •-',
—Several motions which . •erc on the
. 1 5
calender of the New York Sureme Court
yesterday in the Erie railk d
,matters,
were postponed-till Monday. i!f a
— . -Thomas kielmbold, a you,p g man, died
in &carriage in Phillidelphia,Jm Thursday
evening, from a "complicationof diseases,"
as deVeloped upon a post modem examina
tion. ;.I
I.
—D. J. Bartiss , a Freedrapn's Bureau
• ^-_-•-1- was senterier
Agent in Georgia, was sentenced to pay a
fine of three hundred dollars and to six
months imprisonment for misfeasance in
office.
—At 'Philadelphia, Thursda • night, snow
fell to the dejth of five inchpp, tmd_yester-
.., inch, and yea..
drizzlingrainSi
day a prey led. In the
country south the snow was reported a foot
in depth. '
—The Indian Peace Com Missioners left
Cheyenne yesterday for FortlLaratnie. The
Indians ran off thirty Iltad of stock from
Plum Creek, seventeen milestfrom Sidney,
on Thursday.
—A plot to blow up the Parliament build--
iugi at Ottawa, Canada, by
.nikans,of nitre=
-glycerine, has been discovered, and has pro
duced the most profound exci4ement in that
community. " I
=At Columbus, Ohio, lasi
Hayes and lady received tni
State officers, and other frig
of Gov. Fairchild, of Wisco
there on a visit
:-
~, ~. L .
, -.LA: ineetingliimbeen held n New York
to, raise fands to sustain a rii catdepart
ment for the Syrian Protestinit 'Ciillege at
Beirut, which has been chnitered by the
Legislature of New York. : I '
—At Mobile. Thursday was generally ob
served as a holiday,- being t, e thirteenth
anniversary of the Mobile fir department,
The fire companies paraded the streets pre
senting a ftne appearance. i c
—A fire broke out wester' av afternoon
among a number of vessels laid up on the
right bank of the river, at :New Orleans.
The, steamboat Southerneras destroyed
and several others damaged. LosS not as
certain.:
—Judge Benedict stated the case, of Col
lector Callicot, of New York,.4cas sufficient
ly important to be tried befo a fall Court,
and as Judge Nelson could not attend un
til the 11th of May; it, would 44nd adjourn
ed till then. • - .1
—ln the New York Senate he resOlution
directing an investigation into the rumors
as to attempts to iinproperly4ind corruptly
influence the Legislature orilthe Erie Rail
road controversy wits adofted: and a com
mittee appointed.`-:
—The anniversary of the surrender- of
'General Lee was celebrated ail Cooper Insti
tute,• „
New York,- Thursday Owning. Ad
dresses were deliveied by, lE. Delafield
Smith, General Sickles, General Pleason
ton and - others. 7I
—John P. Howard, an VX-Oonfederate 1
soldier, was assassinated' neak Selina, Ala
bama,Thursday
evening, by ehme unknown. ,
person. This is the fourth mn assassinated
in that - vicinity since'the vnit without the 1
ti
assassin being discovered. : ~
—A shooting affray °mun Saturday
last, in Hempstead_, Texas,owing out of
the murder of a Mr. Saunders 'the 'Friday
previous. Three whites were killed and
two severely wounded. TwO blacks were
Wotinded,'one while' in the net of going for
a physician.:: , ',. - , : ,
. 1 •
—Panama advioes say the agent of the
North Amerlpan Sterumddcmpany has
made contracts with Gnate , Thindures
and Salvador to run a line o - - stearhers on
the Pacific °Oast of:Central Ainerioa, in op
position to,the Panama Railroad, with the
privilege Ofextending to SO Francisco. ,
- -Congressman.' "Ashley - tind Cqllector
Maekey4.of Charleston, addressed the citi
zens at a Radical meeting 1.0. Columbia,
S. C., yesterday. They were challenged to
'a discussion' last ' , night with prominent
Democratic ; speakers, and' accepted the
challenge, but the discussion failed to coma
„ofi, , • ,
—Stephen J: Meany, thel, Fenian Head
Centre, arrived at New Yoriq on the; steam
er Wxa. Penn, having keenl released from
servitude by the British Government on
condition •of his' return ''to - tie' 'United
States.. He was accompanied to , - Havre by
British, officers,. and , the pardon s handed
' Idin when he saled. :I
—ln the neigbborhistid ofcinn 1, - es-
On dt -
tinkly morning, (the snow:uf the previous
•
day, and night having been:succeeded by
ram;) effe trees , were covered with ice to
:such Jan extent' that 'inany were hroken
-down ~-„It is. snpPosed • that the: , Veachesi
cherries , - pearst and all early-fruits, are
ruined. -' wne•apples are sap .'. :d to be safe.
--Sallies ".Whehin, in fa . .. • as the m
. 40611 2 ,01 I.dberferiliitj °hewn, ' nada, is a
:Pagan._. Mill be:logged to a ledge In Quebec,
Iltafrwarna to a New York! circle. . There
`sterns to be but little doubt that he is the
real culprit. .-.lt:atiantityof - .ixirrespondence
has been. uneartfied, itoplhlathg a oansid
erahle' Manlier of notable: 3 lln the. Fenian.
• Bnitheilibtod.'
~ - ...4a fk s i ii i v i t o yc o doerni $ Indian affairs
ottiteaat Om Sherldsinnewmed toOrnatut
fAvend4e Bloch-Bills on Thnrsdav,vdiraa
'to`lto ykii.Leavenivoith on p r id av :ll,,,n*,.
rwporgs
that the inflians.of the Powder
11 ,1 voroaria tiy-rertnie to treat; with vie com-
Tobstooore AWL aVer.F, , ,, white man leaves
:the dionted territory. Meatiiihilq2,' those
: w h o *St not leave are. being driven away
or killed• 1 " --•
87.
ELI
t of the NeW
2 n., a snow
st.
night, Gov.
L Legislature,
? ds, in honor
4si . n,, who is