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GOLD closed in New York on Saturday
at 1381, t►n advance,
THE fruit reports are somewhat better
than our fears led tis to anticipate, but it is
quite clear that the abmidance of former
years need not be looked for, and that, while
a few scattered localities appear to have es
caped, the destruction has been so general
as.to justify our apprehensions. Much of
the fruit that may grow and mature will
also be seriously impaired in quality and
flavour.
• THE STATEMENTS. which - Were rife in-the
press, a feW days since,
.as to a. political
meeting held by-ptivate soldiers at Carlisle
Barracks, about the last of Alarch, and the
failure of the officers in command to pre
. vent the same or to punish it as a violation
of a clear and explicit order in the Army
Regulations, are now for the first time ef
fectiv.ely and. amply contradicted. It ap
pears that in the absence' of the officer in
command, General GEIER, who had been
called away upon official duty, a meeting of
the soldiers was held to consider some nut
ters of personal interest, and that an effort
was made by Ea 3 handful of men to give to
the proceedings a political character. This
succeeded so far as to bring upon the of
fenders the marked censure of the command
ing officer, who forwarded the uneasy poli
ticians to do duty with the regiment on the
Plains. We are clearly satiaried that the
action of General Gin= was prompt and
decisive in• the enforcement of the Regula
tions, and that the same statements which
made it appear that he had himself; for any
alleged dereliction of duty in the premises,
been relieved from the command, were
without just foundation. Having com
pleted the two years of duty which are
usually assigned to such commands, he was
relieved' in regular course, the Adjutant
General's order including also the pars
-graph annexed: "
"You are to understand that you are, re
lieved only in consequence of the expira
tion of your tour of duty, during which
your administration of affairs has been emi
nently judicious and successful."
THE IMPEACHMENT
The counsel for Mr. JOHNSON announced
the close of the testimony for the defense on
Saturday. It is 'understood that they re
serve the right to offer other witnesses, for
good cause shown, but do not anticipate
any probability - of their doing so. Their
case has finally broken down on the refusal,
by the Senate, to permit•_ members of the
Cabinet to testify to their part in ad'vising
the President as to the unconstitutionality
of the Tenure-of-Office Law, and as to the
Subsequent acts of the accused and his Cab
inet in relation thereto up to the time when
Mr. 40101130ZT sent in his message of Febru
ary 21st. An interrogation as to the appli
cability of the law to the Secretaries ap
pointed by Mr. LExcoLit was twice ruled
out, being first put by one of the counsel,
and subsequently by Senater SitenuAtir.
The defense thereupon rested their proof.
We have no intimations as to the extent'of
rebutting testimony to be offered for the
prosecution, but it is not likely to be gen
eral, or materially to.delay, the appreaching
termination of the trial. The argument
will_c:ccupy the present week, and the !Nue
will await the final judgment of the Senate
before the week closes. .
Criticisms have been. very freely implied
to the action of the Senate in admitting a
large amount of testimony' not strictly perti
nent to the main issue before it for judg
ment, viz. Did; Or did not, the President
violate a law which it was his duty to obey?
These criiicisms are certainly not applica
ble to its refusal to receive this line of proof,
~,the rejection of whicfi has terminated the
defense. It is here clearly teld that the
President is respoturible for his Cabinet, net
his Cabinet for,him, and the Senate declines
to consider the advice or opinions of his sub
ordinates as having any legal bearing'upon
the defense of his official acts. Widely as
the Senate has (muted the way for the ac
cused to prove the intent which he alleges in
excuse for his official acts, and liberally as
-they have, for the most part, construed the
r9les of evidence, many times waiving, in the
interests of at(hupittlg t i l dl 3 ,Pl!leri t 'et.the
truth in ititeifintept 04'0r4 the strin gent
and well:.settlW_OrindAtkinin :Which
those nal this
liberal'and nnpreciedented hopmWty could.
not clothe the opinions and advice of third
parties with the faintest shadow of just rel
evancy to the question of innocence or
guilt. The Senate gave to Mr. Jorm - rox
unlimited scope in his efforts to show, by
his own private or official declarations and
acts, the nature of his objections to the laW
and the intent which he claims tohave been
governed by, and which he would have
manifested in any of his proceedings to re
sist it. The declarations and advice of other
persons, whether Cabinet officers, press cor
respondents or otherwise, are properly held
to be foreign to that or any other branch of
the issue, and were - excluded accordingly.
Nothing, indeed, could have made these ex
traneous matters admissible as proof except
the adoption of the. StrmaiErt resolution, or
its equivalent, which proposed, in effect, to
permit either party to offer evidence at its
discretion, admitting all and rejecting noth
ing—the adoption of which, as such, would
have extended the trial to the dog-days.
Not a few of our over-zealous cotempor
aries have expressed dissatisfaction that the
Senate should have admitted so much mat
ter, in proof for the defense, which has no
legal application to the main issue, which
cumbers the records with a needless amount
of verbiage, and which must be entirely
thrown - Out of view by the members in mak
ing up their judgment. It is objected•that
this irrelevant matter will be used hereafter
by our political opponents, the same as if it
were really evidence a consequence. : Ancl
there appear, also, in some quarters, Seri
ous apprehensions ' that Senators, whose
votes have permitted its introduction, them
' selves, feel such grave doubts as to the
main issue as to shake the popular con
,
fidence in the final result.. We have so fre
quently illustrated the absurdity 'of these
needless fears that no space is required for
their refutation now. But a word as to the
objection which we have noted.' Either..
Either.
impeachment ,is for good cause or
it is not. We hold, 1 with the , entire
body of the Republican party, (and
thousands of intelligent, candid and
patriotic Democrats concur with us,)
that the. President stands to-day confessedly
guilty of the intended violation of a law duly 1
and constitutionally enacted; that no conceiv
able range of outside proof as to his intent
.._
can possibly overshadow and obscure his
own official declarations in that regard;
that _having confessedly, and with his
eyes open to all the consequences
of his derelection, defied the legisla
tive power of, the people, he himself has sup
plied to the Senate, the people and the world,
that proof as to his intent, which is theinost
'absolutely and unavoidably convincing; that
the case was already on record, as clear and
plain and simple as language and official
acts could make it, putting his guilt beyond
question, before the Senate received the
Managers at its bar; that the Senate, with
this record proof Wore lt, entertains the
formal accusation as the Constitution re
quires; that it has
,granted to the accused, in
making his defense, a latitude of testimony,
only the wider since by uo possibili
ty could its utmost range affect the
recorded and indisputable facts, and wider,
as it was, than ever before conceded either
to State offender or other criminal in the
annals of jurisprudence; that, this guilt
which no amount of such testimony ha's
disproved is plain enough to bear the most
searching popular scrutiny; that it is as
much wiser in view of political expediency
hereafter as it is of the fullest investigation
and, the most careful justice now, that the
whole of ANDREW Jona - sores case, it
confessions, its pleas, its pretexts, its sub
terfuges, its shallow distinctions; its false
assumptions, with all its hearsay and le-
gaily worthless testimony; should be venti
lated now, before a Senate which - has given
so many undeniable marks of ittirapartiality,
rather than - for the first time in the partizan
press mind on the -', stump 'in the
approaching canvass. We know all
hat is ;in the case, or that can
be foisted into it by the acotest law
yer or the bitterest partizan—and we know
how to meet it- Should we have escaped
all or any of these side issues, by an unwise
refusal of the Senate to hear anything that
Mr. JOHNSON and his friends have had to
say? -Not one of them. > The entire case,
in all its bearings, judicial and political, is
to be met before the people. Not a point
has been made, or attempted, in the Preiii
dent!s behalf, that we could have suppressed
then or hereafter if we would,
.. or would
now obscure if we could. His. political
friends are welcome to all they can make
out of it, and it will puzzle them to say any
thing, new, or that has not already been
fully answered, or amply exposed on the
trial,
=
South Carolina treads close upon the
heels of Arkansas, returning to the Federal
Capital with State rights reestablished and
National relations restored. The Senators
and Representatives of Arkansas, who now
wait at Washington for the recognition of
Congress, will be joined in a few days by
the members whom the Palmetto State sends
to represent her in the Fedezel Legislature.
We have no returns from Louisiana, where
the election continued until Saturday even
ing, but there is reason to believe that in the
success of her new Constitution and the
election of the Republican ticket, a third
triumph of Reconstruction will be manifest.
The Democracy of South Carolina having
wisely abandoned their opposition to the
elevation of the black race, declaring a " wil
lingness to recognize this race as entitled to
citizenship and worthy of the suffrage, r tlte
majority for the new Constitution, as well
as fo r the elected State officers, is decisively
,
large. This timely action of the Democrat
,
'ic leaders of that State, in changing , their
case from aristocratic excluslott to a Demo
cratic equality of rights, regardlesa of race
or color, is not only a proof of their "shrewd,
fax...seeing gip of foreceitte! it is
really onS.and not the 4east;ef the triumph s
of Re astraction .: The C 6 Agressload
poitcnot only reorganized a rebel:
community 'State,
n o6)l Y4docT 4lll / 7 v l M
ellen* a political fiiirty; . abolishing its Pre.'
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RECONSTRUCTION TRIUMPHS.
PITTSBUIGEULGUETTE.f:'IIIO3iDitY, APRIL 20, -:'1868 :
judices as well as •rthnprivilmsW l qi.ste
and race, and lending.the attractionsof..in
.teri4t to the obligations of justice 'lt' has
not forced an obnoxious' principle Upon an
unwilling people; it' has suggested a. polit
ical truth which has been eagerly embraced.
Apart from the direct effect of that policy
upon the Federal Yelations of the ,Southern
people, we regard its r operation upon the
moral status of thesSouth Carolina Democ
racy as its crowning triumph. Dcibtless,
we shall in good_time proselytize the
party in other Southern States in the
same way, after.which w e
i shall turn - over,
the Northern Democrac yeocracy to their Srithern
brethren, as an inviting field for I pplitical
colporterage. It is quite probjtble, how
eVer, that when the Democracy
, nf Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and other Northem States find
their , Southern friends i , all accepting the
South Carolina view of the situatictii, they
will need no longer any urgingi through
missionary efforts, for their enlightedinent;
they will accept the colored race as men
and brothers with—a cordial promptitude :
quite equal to that just seen at Charleston.
FRANCE AND HER NEIGHBORS.
The statesmen and politicians' of Europe
have, at this moment, their annual access of
nervous fever, caused by the regularly re
curring apprehension of the Spring, that
NAPOLEON may disturb the peace of the
Continent by some new, indication of a bel
ligerent policy. It is not only because the
winter has closeeand with that has come the
favorable season for military operations, but
thaethe thoroughly systematic and exhaust
ive preparations of France during the past
year, in the massing of materials, and the
effective reorganization of her soldiers, ,has
just culminated in the adoption of the new
Army Bill, which has been urged through the
Corps Legislatif with a significant earnest
ness and pertinacity on the part of the gov- -
ernment, and which, making every French
man above the "age of eighteen years a sol
dier and liable to be called at any moment
into active service, has effectively doubled
the military strength of the Empire, but at
the cost of much popular dissatis
faction. These preparations are regard
ed by other European powers as
significant of some mysterious purpose not
yet revealed by NAPOLEON, and which
menaces, perhaps, the peace of Europe, to a
mighty struggle for the restoration to France
of her influence, once so potent in conti
nental politics. But there are many ob
servers who maintain that these prepara
tions mean only that peace is to be pre
served by showing the Empire prepared to
resist aggression from its neighbors ; that
the advancing years and growing timidity
of the singular adventurer who governs that
great nation are leading him, each year the
more powerfully, into that pacific policy
which shall not only appeal to French pride
in the consciousness of military power, but
shall, by an intelligent- and careful study
and culture of . her internal resources, de
+clop and conciliate the commercial and
manufacturing elements of an industrious,
ingenious and money-loving people, and
attach them, in behalf of all their thriving
and profitable social interests, to the dynasty
which the Emperor's first ambition is to
perpetuate.
1 It is urged very forcibly that France can
engage in no war which shall not, sooner
or_ later, embroil every leading power of
Europe ; that Prussia, now ranking as fully
her peer in continental influence as in mag
nitude of military resources, would be inevi
tably her opponent; that France could find,
nowhere between the English Channel and
the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, between
Cape Finis,terre and the-Arctic Sea, any
quarrel in NVhich Prussia would fall, at some
crisis, to beeome involved ; that a war be
tween powers of such gigantic resources
means a struggle for pre-eminenoe at; terri
ble and exhaustive, that, whatever the ef
fect upon Germany, the internal prosperity
of the French Empire would be ruined for
years to come. Such a war, they argue,
with a result which must be disastrously
fatal to the material interests of the French
people, no longer suits the policy of the Em
pire, or runs with the dynastic hopes of its
ruler. That he may leave to his son undis
puted entrance to the throne, and its
quiet enjoyment, with the cordial sup
port of a prosperous and contented people,
is admitted, on all hands, to be to-day the
one great ruling , principle in the , policy of
NAPOLEON. Why should he peril this in
an unnecessary and destructive war against
Europe.
Ile arms the Empire at all paints. He
developes to the last possible, degree its
wonderful military'resources. He invokes
the aid of science for the most effective im
provements in fortifications, arms and all
the material of war. He, reckons up and
arrays .the last effective citizen in the
mighty front which France may oppose to
her enemies, and, thus prepared, his policy
is peace if permitted and resistance, effective
and triumphant, if assailed. In such, apo
sition, the martial pride of the French na
tion is satisfied while its later but growing
passion for - material progress and'money
getting, in all the pursuits of trade and the
arta, is not checked or even disturbed,..but,
on the contrary, is advanced by a fostering
administration. Whether he appeals to,the
pride or the pockets of the Frenchman, the
result will prove what past experience has
already clearly shown,that France was never
beforegoverned, since the:days of Lot:rut XI,
by a ruler who hag understood the natientil
character so well. '
Such we must believe will be, the policy
which NAioixos is about' to Unfold before
the expectant and needlessly anxious eyes
of Europe.... A letter from the Emperor .tb_
the Minister of State has been expected to
appear about the middle:, of this month,
which may decisively indicate the exact
purpose of all his military preparations,
and will undoubtedly prove •an important
element in the politics of the Continent. If
it shallconvince other powers as to hie
title intentions, and -of his ability to Main
tain such as the policy of the' Empire, and
if he shall satisfy France that her
• -•• •
march in all the permanent glories 140 3 0 b -,
ihittAal rewards•of - petteeftWittittuftil ie to
be undisturbed, he will immeasurably pro
mote the security of his own powe; and the
perpetuation of the throne in- his family.
France already discovers her true military
strength in the increasing growth of her
material prosperity; that a nation strong at
home is respected abroad, and that her Con
tinental prestige as a first rate power is in
the exact ratio of her real ability not to at
tack but to resist aggression. Why will she
not gratefufly accept a corresponding policy
of State?
xT the followitig paragraph
ington letter, without endorsin gg
•ee its intimation that Senator
tote against the impeachment.
's treachery, there can be little
dot Jut little as to another Senator
from the Southern side of the Ohio River.
The c rrespondent says: -
"S ator Fowler, of Tennessee, who has
acted with the. Democrats on every issue
yet r sed, has moved his chair over to the
Demo ratic side of the Senate, and now
sits nxt to Mr. Buckalew. Me and Mr.
Grime are the only two who are now gen
erally egarded as against the conviction of
the Pr trident, Mr. Fowler is an old friend
of Pre ident Jolmson's, - and is mainly in
debted to him for his seat in the Senate, and,
rumor says, is to marry Mrs. Stevens, one
of the President's daughters. Senator
Grimes is so bitterly and personally hostile
to - Mr. Wade, that he cannot speak of the
trial without losing his temper at the Re
publicans for ever having inaugurated it."
The Erie Railway Disaster.
A Port Jervis letter says: To-day the first
wreck was cleared away, and black, smoul
dering ruins mark the spot whe e re once lay
four large cars. A half mile this side the
remains of the freight train wreck of last
evening is seen, broken into pieces, one car
laying dismantled in the stream, with the
freight strewed along the sides. An ex
ainination of the rails at the curve showed
that they were in a frightful condition,
worn and ragged. The time and heart
rending - circumstances of the first accident
did not prevent those human vultures who
hover over disaster from preying upon the
unfortunate. Tales of robbing of dead and
wounded could be told that Would make the
heart sick to dwell upon. Mr. Dou
glass, Division Superintendent, dragging
his bruiSefl`form from the ruins, sat down on
the hill, and almost deranged with pain,
gave orders for the care of the wounded.
While thus sitting, half unconscious from
intense pain, some villain stole from him his
pocket-book and Masonic papers. Pocket
books were rifled, rings torn from fingers.
Destruction and deviltry went hand in hand.
When the poor maimed creatures reached
Port Jervis they had hardly any clothing
with them. A similar circumstance is re
lated. A charred body'lay in a mass of em
hers at the bottom of the ravine; in a pocket
soaked with the water that rushed along the
bottom was an Accident Insurance ticket of
0,000. This alorie gave clue to the man,
• tbr his loody was burned beyond all recog,ni r
tion. The fire had burned all around the
ticket. Mr. Purinton, of= Cortland; took a
si,ooo accident ticket. This gentleman, it
is said, has Life Insurance policies upon his
life for upward of $30,000.
On this dark scene of horror a ray of
glory. falls. It is the devotion, the heroism,
of the ladies of this town. It is heroism
that can endure the moaning, the sorrow of
the 'chamber of death. •It would fill this
column with names of noble ladies who
have in one way or another watched by the
side of the suffering. Their names are Le
gion. Never seeming to tire, during the
long nights, the silent watchers moved as
only a woman—a ministering angel—can
move.
"Are yon better, my poor fellow ?" said
a reporter to a sufferer this morning. "How
can I help but be, with such an angel for a
nurse ?" was the,answer.
Tim. calamity at St. Mary's Church, in
Chicago, has led to an investigation as to
how far churches there, in general, are cal
culated to afford a panic-stricken congrega
tion escape without dreadtbl results. It is
discovered that nearly all of the churches
open inward. In some, it is the custom to
lock up the people, on the pretext of avoid
ing noise and dust. The same horrible reg
ulation prevails at many of the school houses
in that city. This matter is one that can be
overhauled to great advantage here. If we
have any halls, churches, school-houses, or
places of public assemblage where the doors
open inward, a change can not be made too
speedily. We have not heard of its being
the fashion here to lock the doors on a con
gregation, but if it exists, we consider an
immediate schism on that point to be entirely
proper and wholesome.
=3=
Providence Mission Sabbath School, Al.
legheny
This flourishing institution, which has
been maintained for several years in rented
halls not well adapted to the purpose, has
gone on through the zealous and untiring
labors of the teachers, ever gaining in
strength, numbers and efficioney until more
than six hundred children are enrolled on
its lists.
The need of a suitable building has long
been felt, And the enterprise of creating one
was inaugurated probably,a year ago, and
funds collected, hero a little and there a
little, and the work pressed on to comple
tion. An eligible lot on Liberty street, be
low Chestnut, was donated by generous
citizens. Yesterday the finished hall or
chapel, neat and commodious, having three
apartments—one large one for the main
school and two smaller ones for infant
school and Bible classes- - -was dedicated to
its sacred uses in the presence of" crowded
and deeply interested audiences. There
were three services. In the morning the
school was addressed by Rev. Messrs. Sco-
Yel and Orr, followed by music by the
children, in which exercise they have
'been well instructed. In the afternoon
dedicitory services took place ) opened with
singing "The -Lcird‘is an anthetn,
by the choir. The - openfng prayer - *as
made by the venerable Dr. Elliott. The
choir and audience then sung "Our earthly
temple now complete." Rev. Dr. Hodge
offered the dedicatory prayer, after.which
the dedicatory sermon was preached by
Professor S. J. ;Wilson. D.D., from the
words,t 4 llti smore blessed to give than to
receive." While the choir and congrega
tion sung the hymn entitleff, "The world
which
parish," a collection was taken up,
added about two hundred dollars to
the' building fund. About six hundred
more will make
,everything clear so far as
debt is concerned.' The building cost be
tween four'and five thousand dollars. The
interesting fact was stated by one of the Su
perintendents that during the past year the
children of the school had contributed two
hundred dollars to the building fun&
In the evening the History of the Mission
was given by Rev. John Creatb, of Motint •
Sterling, Ohio, and an address, by Rev. W-
E. Gill of Greensburg, Pa., vlio while a
student, had lieen.s. teacher In this school.
These devoted and energetic yennitPeo.Pie
jisvtijtet a noble example,' and yesterday.
t hey f elt , and showed in their lutPlit couln
tenances, the truth of Dr. Wilson 8 text,
that “It is morelgssiod tn, give She' itto:rtt- 1 :
ceive." They • have • given much iab " , --
patient, loving, perseveritige anxious labor,
and thehavl3,gire Dmil. k enough to make
them. g lad. ' • , ' •
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Avery College—New Facility Lump:Mated.
• In common with many Others we attend
ed the inaugurating ceremonies held at
~
Avery College on last Friday evening.
The studies in :this institution had been
suspended for more than a, year. Its Trus
tees and friendailesirous that it should be
made much more effective than heretofore,
in accomplishing the design of its generous
founder, in disseminating education among
the colored people of this
vicinity,Vhave
succeeded in secUring the services of Rev.
Henry Highland Garnet, whom they have
elected President of the Faculty and
Professor of History, Rhetoric, Logic,
Mental and Moral , Philosophy, and
Political Economy. They have also
elected Benj. K. Sampson, A. It., Professor
of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Lan
guages, and Miss Harriet Johnson to be
Principal of the preparatory and ladies' de
partinent and teacher of music. It was to
' inaugurate this corps of Professors that the
Meeting hadbeen called. A large audience
of well-dressed, intelligent and respectable
colored people ' and many of their white
friends, filled the spacious chapel of th e.
College. The Trustees and Faculty, with- a
number of invited citizens, were on the
platform. Rev. Jno. Peck, Vice President,
in the absence of the President, presided.
The exercises were , opened by the singing
'of a hymn, after which a prayer was offered
by Rev. Mr. Peters, a veteran and venera
ble black preacher, ' foar-score and six years
old. Another hymn, accompanied by a
colored lady playing the °Nan, and the
whole assembly joining their voices, was
rendered with tine effect. Professor Neale,
of the Colored Hign School, then read let
ters from Dr. Hussey, Professor Wilson,
and Rev. Doctor Noble, regretting their in
ability to be present on the occasion.
The Vice President, Rev. John Peck, then
delivered an address, subject "Recollec
tions of the late Rev. Charles Avery." Mr.
Peck had been the first to suggest to their
generous, benefactor the founding of an
Institution of learning for the colored peo
ple of these cities, as better calculated than a
Union church, as originally contemplated
by Mr. Avery, to unite and haimonize the
people in common efforts for their common;
benefit. The suggestitm , was approved by
Mr. Avery, andthis noble edifice with its
endowment, Trustees and Faculty- were
the results. Mr. P, ek evinced much feel
ing in his reminiscence of his intercourse
with Mr. Avery, who, he eaid, re
garded the blacks -as the Lord's
poor, and regretted their divisions.
and anxiously sought to heal them. He
was a great and good man.Plklie speak
er rejoiced to believe that the Cbllege was
now entering upon a new and prosperous ,
career, which is assured by the eminent
ability and zealous devotion to the cause
of Professor Garnet, now about to be in
stalled, and whom he would now introduce
to the people who were to be his friends
and the patrons of his enterprise.
Mr. Garnet came at once to the platform,
in response to the call, but gave way to
Professor S. 11. Neale, who in a chaste and
elegant address, marked by good taste and
culture, and embellished with passages of
classic beauty, well conceived and well
pronounced, eulogized the philanthropic
friend of God's-poor,' the good Avery, the
founder of .this College. He briefly en
forced the great importance of education.
the high objects of this institution; and the
duty of all to uphold and advance it to the
full measure of their ability.
Mr. Neale then proceeded to induct into
their respective offices the President and
other members of the Faculty as now or
ganized, extending to - all a cordial welcome
to their new fields of usefulness, and invok
ing the Divine blessing on them severally
and their noble work. • He then with fervid
and impressive earnestness appealed to the
fathers and. mothers present to consider
well their responsibilities ,and duties to
wards the College and its able and devoted
teachers.
The Vice President then presented the
keys of the College to. Professor Garnet,
who, in a feeling and impressive speech,
accepted the high trust reposed in him,
humbly deprecating his unworthiness of
such a trust, vet willing, to dedicate him
self, with all the talents God had given him,
to zealous and persistent efforts to sitl
vanee the sacred cause of eduoation, in
which efforts he bespoke the earnest and
hearty cooperation of the people, who could
not expect' God to ;help help them unless they
helped themselves. He gave several illus
trations of the great adVantages of education
and the evils of ignorance. Schools are
now;? . open for the first time to all. Let all
enter in and feed on the'rich intellectual
banquet set before them and grow lusty in
knowledge. Mr. Garnet is a man of great
earnestness, of fine presence, of liberal cul
ture, and never fails to interest and instruct
his hearers. • ..
After reading and commending the rules
of -the College, Mr. Garnet yielded the
floor to Professor Sampson, of the Chair of
Math( matics, Natural Sciences; ttc. lkir.
Sampson, although shorn by some Delila
of his ..ockiri and possibly deficient in physi
cal st ngth, is yet in voice and intellect a
Sampson, able, we infer from his bold anti
pertinent remarks:on accepting the duties
assigned him, to pull down the pillars, that
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the t o t em ple of ignorance and degradation
may f 11 and a pathway. be opened to the
very le st of the hill of science.
Professor Eaton, of the Eighth ward Alle
gheny public schools, followed Mr. Samp
son in a short but effective speech, which
he el dby predicting a bright future for
the col red race.
Rev. M. B. Sloan, being called upon,
spoke briefly in hearty sympathy and with
warm hopes for the cause. . •
Rev. J. S. Travelli followed Mr. Sloan,
speaking as none but he can speak, all
ablaze with fervid zeal for every good to
everybody. The next, and last. speaker
was a lay gentleman who hadheen warmed
into thorough sym pathy with the good
cause by those whapreceded him, but felt
that the enthusiasm already excited was
sufficient, and - that it was better to leave
the audience to warm itself at the fire just
kindled by the zealous Travelli.
The 'hymn "How beauteous are their
feet whe stand on Zion's hill," was then
sung, a benediction pronounced, and the
meeting adjourned.
The Chriathut Union Convention.
With much Pleasure we publish the fol
lowing communication: •
• YoUNGsTOWN, April 17 1868.
MESSRS. EDIToRs GAZETTE. —WIII you
please, as a favor, give notice through your
paper that the ChristlawConvention, called
some time ago, will meet in Youngstown,
Ohio, on Wednesday next, in the Frat Erni
ted Presbyteriati Church' at 10M o'clock ..
tit.; - for the purpose of prayer and confer
ence on the subject of the union of all the
branches of the Presbyterian:Church, and
at which all ministers, accompanied with
one elder, are' invited to be present,
And much oblige yonrs, most fraternally,
LXvi B. WiLsort,
GEO. K.Ourcosim,
Committee of InviCation..
The 28th Annlverssay of the'Alleg.herly
Bible Society will be held this evening at
half-past seven o'clock, in Rev.• Dr. J. T.
Pressly's .church: The order of exercises
embraces.
staging. by the congregation,
scripture restding, prayer and addresses by
eloquent clergymen. The annual reports
toll be submitted, and an election of a
new'Board of Directors entered upon: %We.
,trusi, - there will !be: a".full attendance of
memlibrs and friends , of - this - ve r y worthy
And commendable'llsgOehgion.. 1-. •
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There bin progress in Washington Hall.
Allegheny Cityie lair and fatival ...for the
bane tof St. Pcdens • Chureh.lj The attend
ance boetiiinite d , ands very'
Jo r ar tithe , hasteon" the, Tetrad' of those
w ent , their ju l Asente: The principal
attraetion4a themotingtbr su b c an 14F
be awserdeCisgettleir Wayerp re or'
lat ty drp runutThexasnteettrllnitoirldAted.,
tir*lnemir venders. Wilier the ' mr-lk`
vhdtand mum them large enjoyment.'
V`VSiIPI'IC%4
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Hamill vs. Coulter- - - , A Race for $1,000. , :a
Side and the ChaMplonship of America•;,
Articles of Agree tent—The Schuylkill
Course Seltctee. L
The much desirerlhaatch between Jimmy
Hamill and Harry Coulter has at last been
made. The parties aid their friends niet
Saturday evening at :ilex., Murray's saloon,
on Market alley, wh n after af rtendl con
versation' and 'arrangement of-
ri prelimina
es, the following I..rticles of agreement
were drawn up and signed by the principals:
ARTICLES OH AGREEMENT..
PITTSBURGH, Apr! 18, 1868.—Articles of
agreement between Jamesliamill, of Pitts
burgh, and Henry CAulter, of Manchester,
Pa. :
Article I. An outside boat becomes enti
tled to the inside track only ivlien her stern
has been suft3,ciently ahead of the inside
boat to show clear water between them.
Article 11. Any boat swerving from a di
rect course in order to impede the progress
of the other boat shall be ruled out,.
Article 111. The boats shall toss for choice
of position before starting in the racer.
Article IV. The race shall take place at
Philadelphia, on the Schuylkill river, on
the course rowed over by Hamill and Ward.
The race to take place on Thursday, June
18th, 1868, at the hour of two o'clock, P. M.
This race to be five miles, two and one-half
-miles to the stake boat, and return. There
shall be two stake boats and each man
shall turn his own stake boat.
ArticleV. Smooth water shall be requir
ed for the race, the condition of the water
to be judged of and decided by the referee.
The gentleman named and agreed upon for
this office shall be appointed at Alexander
Murray's saloon, Piitsburgh, Saturday
evening, April 25th, 1868.
Article VI. The boats shall be started at
the word go, said word to be give' by the
referee. Time shall be taken when the
winning boat crosses the line:
Article VII. The race shall be for one
thousand dollars ($1,000) a side. 1 "
Article VIII. The money is all to be de
posited in the hands of Frank Queen, at
the Clipper office, New York,:at least five
days before the • day appointed "for. the
race. Either party failing to come forward
at the time stated in these articles, shall
forfeit the amount previously in the hands
of the stakeholder.
Article IX. If the day named is the race shall take place on the first
fair day thereafter,
[Signed,]HENRY COULTER,
• JAS. Ha3irr,r,. , '
Witnesses, Wm. C. - Snlythe and John N.
Hazlett.
It was also mutually agreed that no mat
ter in whose favor the race might be de
cided, neither party would ever recognize
Walter Brown as an oarsman in any race,
or ever accept'or reply to any challenge
coming from him.
Riot on Fulton Street.
A row took place on Fulton street abOut
eleven o'clock on Saturday night, which
'terminated in something of a riot. If ap
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pears that several persons were in the sa
loon drinking. among whom was Ed. Fagg
and James McKenna, when a dispute arose
with the bar-Iteeper'about the number of
drinks to be paid for. A general row fol -
lowed, in which beer glasses, chairs and
every other article that could be handled
were "smashed up.".. Information was
made before the Mayor yesterday morning
charging Fagg, McKenna and others with
riot. A warrant was issued and placed in
the hands of officer Irwin, who arrested
Fagg and McKenna about twelve o'clock
yesterday. They were locked up for
hearing.
Unprovoked Assault.--Saturdav morning
last Emete Gourlay, a Frenchinan went
into a saloon on, Penn street, in the , Fifth
ward, where C. M. Hohnes, a peacable and
respectable citizen, was sitting at a table,
and without any , provocation whatever
struck Holmes with a chair, knocking him
down and intlictitig serious injury on his
head and arms. Holmes made information
before the Mayor charging Gunk-lay with
assault and battery. A warrant Was issued
for his arrest -- •
BEWARE
Of that remorseless and insidious destroyer of the
CONSUMPTION.
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Cheek and cohoner Its advances, lest yon All the
victim. 'When attacked with any of its preliminary
symptoms, no matter how, slight, be op fiat gnard
and promptly use the remedy ere too late.
DR. SARGENT'S COUGH SYRUP - ;
Is Is an old, well tried, certain and standardremedy
for Coughs; 'Colds, Asthma, Croup, DifillCulty, of
Breathing, rain' or Oppression in the Chest or
MUIR.% and all Diseases of the Pitimonary Organs.
Its sure and certain efficacy has 'been telly tested
and endorsed for many years by numbers or' well
known citizens H a ver midst. and whichertificate
are on record. you a. cough his grad
ually increased from a.slight one to one of verma
nent standing ? Lose no timP. but_procure a bottle
of DR. SARGENT'S COUGH SYRUP. which will
surely relieve you of the dangerous premonitory
sympt mis e rab l effect . a n drmanet cure. Do you
spend dayslong sleenless nights of
torture and nain from attacks' of Asthma or Difficui
ty of Breathing? Dr. SARGENT'S Cough Syrup
will act promptly. relieve you, and gradually re
store you to your freedom ofpain, and sound, pleas
ant sleep. Are your hums .sore and Irritated, mil
eating Inflammation? This Is one of the most dan
gerous symptoms, and should be promptly removed.
Dr. SARGRNT'S Cough Syrup will heal the sore
ness. allay the in fl ammation, and restore the lungs
to their. prestine health and vigor. This Cough
syrup is pleasant and agreeable to take, while pow
erfurandsure in Its action. For sale by all Drug
gists In the country. •
A MISERABLE SHAKER
Is the victim to Fever and Ague. This tedious and
enervating . disease is, . unfortunately, too well
known to need a description. It. Is strictly a mats
'
clons disease, caused . by exhalations the soil,
especially from marshes. swamps and newly cleared
landS encumbered with decomposing vegetable mat. ,
ter. The chill, Is one of the most troublesome of
maladies, as the patient, though he may not be con
tined to his bed, is incapable of action. The expert- •
'once of years has 'demonstrated the fact that HOS
TETTER'S BITTERS is a sure means of fortifying
the system against all atmospheric poison, breaking
up the paroxysms and rapidly restoring the strength.
Quinine, which has so long been the great remedy
Or chills, has been superceded by this powerful and
harmless agent: while as a preventive it is unequall
ed, as its use will certainly exempt all who may live
in unhealthy localities fromthe ravages of this dls
ease. HOSTETT'EII'S BTOgACH BITTERS
- now among the most popular, and, at the same time,
valuable specifics In, the medical world. In recom-
mending it to the public, we are fully conscious of
doing them a great service, knowing, as We do, -
their many excellent qualities, and sure and speedy
action .in all cases where the disease' Is caused by
irregularity of the digestive Organs.. Asia tonic it
la both mild and agreeable; to the taste, and stimuli
ting-in its action upon the sYstem.
ANOTHER CURE,OIF-pEAFSIORS.
I,lost my hearing' during. the last yeas. Part of
the time I was totally, deaf. In April of .. this year
was induced, from an advertisement, to make ap
plieation to Dn. Harrszit, 120 Penn street, Pitts
burgh.. ',After baying 'tried variona tnediCbtas from .
doctor"; without any benefit. I have been under Dr.
Heysere treatmenknow for nearly two months, and ,
am entirely restoredte my hearing, so that . 1- ca n
hear a pin drop JOHN SCANLAN,
Coal Bluffs, Washington Co., Pa.
AN3I'HERVtrRE
A =availed to-day at Dr. Xeysers office to I n
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Oral hi* ota great cure made liv.bleLtraro Ctrau, - or
1 1 / I .XoltAitilltlteiou.s:Tme i net these cures
,are made with tlte;DOctorapreparatlonsiAte duties
It to be dlatluctli understoOd tbat -snOst Of his great
cures are nuelifi t gix or ds uc q iKith the established n
laws P l 4 govern OxiCpince:.ii n niedlcbse.;.4„idlich
tie bait beist.eiimigeti tor Ideput tarent7-Ave ieluil• ' •
taut We he *4ll also In IliSellito i_ a- tatter fro* 'is
clergyman in 'the .0 taie of 9tdck d et ailing.. Ocither
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