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WEDNESDAY, APRIL- 22, 1868,.
WE PRINT on the inside pages of this'
morning's GAZETTE: Second page—Poetry,
Condensed Hew, Miscellaneous. Third page
--Financial Natters in, law York, Markets
by Telegraph, Imports, Ricer News. Sixth
pago—Home Markets Finance and Trade.
Eperenth page—TlLe . Continuation of the
O' Con nor—Taek Great Oil Case. •
Glow closed in New York yesterday at
189 i, an advance.
GEN. HANKS' bill, for the protection' of
American citizenship abroad, as amended,
was passed by the House on Monday, with
only five votes in the negative.
T lIE T efinesse e friends of Senator FOW
LER insist that he will go with the gre s at
body of the Republicans in the final 'vote
on impeachment. Mr. FESSFaiDEN also
denies the• truth of the rumors concerning
his own vote. "
Tn IMPEACHMENT TRIAL is so near its
close that the House exhibits an inclination
to resume the public business.: The session
of Monday was fairly attended and the pro
ceedings interesting. There is evident,
among members, an Intention to dispose of
the questions before them and secure an ad
jouranaent at the earliest practicable mo
ment
Okni Democratic neighbor of the Pod
claunsan instructed majority of their Na
tional Convention for Mr PENDLETON, on
the first ballot, and adds that Gen. Ituccocs
"has been squelched since it is known, he is.
Secretary SEWARD'S enndidate, and endeav
oring to travel after the Conservatives, who
are supposed to be found in4he bread and
butter brigade."
Tim three States of • Arkansas, South
Carolina and Louisiana have. adopted their
new Constitutions, electing State officers
and members of Congress. In Georgia and
North Carolina the elCctions are progress
ing, closing in the former on Friday, and in
the latter on Thursday of this week. At
this writing, the incomplete returns from
Georgia are favorable to success in Recon
struction. From. North Carolina no re
ports have reached us.
AT the suggestion of the Representative
from this district, Hon.. J. K. Moonurau,
the_ proper Committee of the House have
been instructed to enquire into the power
of Congress to enact such regulations as
shall ensure the greater safety of human
life upon the railways of the country. The
suggestion is most timely and should result,
before the session closes, in proper legisla
tion adequately controlling these iinportant
channels of inter-State communication, for
the protection of hitman life.
WE ARE EMEISTE.D to an officer of the
"Young Men's Christian Association" of
Pittsburgh with its Manchester auxiliary,
for a copy Of the first Annual Report of that
excellent organization. This document
brings tiP the statement of condition and
transactions to the regular meeting in Octo
ber last, the proceedings of which were fully
reported at the time for this journal. We
are gratified, howevei. to have this oppor
tunity of alluding to them - again, since it
permits us to commend the Association to
the ldndliest interest and the heartiest coop
eration of all well-wishers for the intellec
tual progress and moral welfare of the young
men'of the city. ' The influence of the. Asso
ciation is already recognized in all quarters
. as potent upon the young men "who are the
strength and the hope of society, and all
who have the dearest interests of society
and religion at heart owe to this Associa
tion their cordial support in its line of
Christian effort.
The VExp.nraq Dit. R. J. BRECKENRIDGE,
of Kentucky, bi April, 18G4, in a publiC
meeting called at Lexington to consider
Governor BnAmLETTE's declared purpose
to resist the Federal authority Ls . the enroll
ment of negroes for the draft in that State,
explained with his characteristic candor and
ability, the superior obligations , of the Na
tional authority and the "duty of all officers,
civil and military, to obey the law until re
pealed or amended." In the Baltimore
Convention of the same year, he, utterly
refused to accept ANDREW Jorus - solg, de 7
nounced him boldly, and rejected every
proposal to make the vote of Kentucky
unanimous for his nomination, knowing that
he was unfit.to hold any responsible position.
Had other Southern clergymen, as a class,
been equally faitkihl to their duty in the
years gone by, the country would have es
caped not , only the disgrace which Jonicsow
has brought upon it, but all the losses, the
horrors and the unspeakable miseries which
havethronged in the train lof one; political
heresy.
AvA Scorrk has serious objections to
her present confederated union with the
Canadiiin Dominion, and urgently insists
upon her claims to be remitted to the pro
vincial isolation 7hich she formerly enjoy
ed. Indeed, her present absorption is so
.distateful to her, ihat, not only in popular
'• meetings but in the official protests of her
legislators, the determination to - resume
that former condition is. proclaimed.. The
Queen's Government, - however, - declines to
entertaiii .
„the : proposition , informing the
- Nova fi'cotian delegate 4 who have borne to
Londontho remonstrance's of the province,
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union of the Canadian provinces, and that
the Act of Consolidation will not- be re.
considered. And the Times remindsthe
discontented ptOvincials that consolidation
is for their pecuniary advantage; that they
should not sacrifice their pockets , .to their
principles, and that, as at. integral part "of
that =glorious dominion which will, ere
long, play a prominent part in the polities
of America," a future of prosperity and
power awaits her. Nevertheless, there are
indications that the popular dissatisfaction
may yet culminate in a resistance more de
cided than mere verbal protests.
DEATH OF J. HERON FOSTER. ,
We are pained to announce this morning
the death of Col. J. HERON FOSTER, editor
in-chief of the Divatch and senior member
of the firm owning that joumal, which took
place yesterddy at noon, .at his residence in
Allegheny city. The deceased was born in
Greensburg, Pa., April 18th, 1.822. He was
the son of the late A. W. FOSTER, who for
nearly half century held a leading position in
the legal profession of Western PennsYlva-
nia. Col: FOSTER became 'a resident of
Pittsburgh in April, 1831, and being allow d
to follow his own ukclinations became an al
prentice to the printing business, enteri s g
the office of the Pittsburgh Time.
During the winter of 1838-9 he d
on the Pennsylvania Telegraph at Hams-
burg, and subsequently on the Daily A co
cate, a journal conducted by the late Ro T.
M. RIDDLE.
In 1841, at . thq age of nineteen years, he
originated the penny press of this city.
For more than a year previous the writer
recollects how much interested he WiLS in
his project, ruling a sheet of printing paper
into "columns," and dividing it i into its
several departments. After delays and an
noyances; which would have discouraged
most boys, he finally issued the first num-
ber of the morning Chronicle, and for the
first time the people of the suburbs' were
servedwith a daily paper. When it is re-
collected . that the two dailies of that
period rejoiced in an aggregate circulation
of only .six hundred papers, it may readily
be imagined how proud . our young jour
nalist' was at a circulation of two thous
and copies. He subsequently established
the. Spirit of t 1 Age, which, atter
he left it, became the Commercial
Journal. In 1840 he made the third
his - last and most successfulvernture
in neWspaperdom by issuing the first num
ber of the Dispatch, to which he has been
attached for more than twenty-two years,
first in companY with GEORGE YOUNGSON,
then with his brOther, A. W. FOSTER, sub
sequently with REESE C. FLEESON, and
finally...with the present firm, D. O'NEILL
and A. W. ROQE being his surviving
partners. -- -
r - In 18-18 Col. FOSTER joined a party l of
friends and sailed from Baltimore, by wady
of Cape Horn, to the then inviting, fields of
California; on landing at San Francisco,
with about twenty.five cents in his pockets,
he found that something must beslone and I
that without delay ; as usual he was n i pt
long in adapting himself to circumstances,
and commenced at once to play the part - of
a ferryman, landing passengers from vessels
on their arrival, although we question if
before that time he had ever had a pair of
oars in his hands. In a little while•hOises
begun to spring up, and behold him a house
painter at Congressman's wages. On the
arrival of Gen. GEARY, and his assumption
of the office of Alcalde, he appointed Colonel
FosTER one of his clerks, and the deceased
ever after retained freshly in his memory
the kindnesses of the first Alcalde of San
Francisco. Finding a new field for his en
terprise, growing out of litigation conse
quent on the increase of emigration from the
Atlantic side of the continent, the Colonel,
resigned his' clerkship and hung out his
shingle as a full fledged Attorney-at-Law,
practising very successfully before a Mis
souri judge who -had wandered across the
plains to California.
After spending some time in California he
returned to this city for the purpose of set
tling up his business and making his perma
nent home on the Pacific side; but circum
stances caused him to, change his resolution
and to assume editorial duties„• = from which
he was taken to serve tivo consecutive terms
in the State Legislature. As a legislator he
distinguished himself by his perfect integri
ty, by his vigilant attention to his
,duties,
rarely, if ever, absent from his place, and
froin his methodical habits, which enabled
him to keep himself so remarkably well
poked in the business of the House, that the
writer hereof has known members come to
his desk to enquire about private bills they
had in charge rather than go to the Clerk.
When the President called for troops for
the three months service Colonel FOSTER.
was a Lieutenant in one of our volunteer
companies and joined with it in offering
themselves ander the call. On its discharge
in August, 1961, he immediately unfurled his
flag to recruit a company for the war, and
it is needless to say hiaquota was very soon
filled; During the "seven days" at Rich
mond he served on Gen. A. P. Howe's
staff; and was remarkable for his 'calmness
under the heaviest fire. • .
His many fine qualities as a soldier and
a gentleman of kind heart and liberal hand
will be freshly remembered by "the old
13th." •
COI. FOSTER was of delicate constitution
from his early childhood, and those who
knew him best thought he was imprudent in
exposing himself to the hardships of an
army campaign, but• throughout, his in
domitable will seemed to neutralize his phys
;cal weakness and carried him through safe
ly nearly to the end. He was made - brevet
Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel for
gallantry on the field of battle. He 'filled
the position of Piovest Marshal of this Dis
trict with credit, honor and distinction dur
ing the closing years of the rebellion. He
leaveli a wife and three children, a brother,
A . W. FosTEn, Esq., and , a sister, wife of
Major Geneial CROSSMAN, to mourn his
early demise. -"
Col. Fos= was the, possessor of no or
dinal:), intellect. Hla greatest fault, if fault
pritsßußGH GAZETTE: WEDNES.DA.Y, APRIL. 22, 'lB6b.
it be, was that which made him tenaciously
cling to any theory, or principle which he
deemed right and , proper, honest and trpth
fill. Friendly to the friendiess, champion
of the weak, advocate of the right, he passed
through an eventful life without incurring
the hatred of any, beloved and respected by
- SAFETY ON RAILWAYS.
The duplication of the Angola disaster, of
last winter, on the Erie Railway, a few days
since, has naturally given a fresh impetus
to the discussion of the best means for pro-
tecting traVelers upon railroads. Under the
excitement which tragedies. like these, un
avoidably create, many impracticable' de
mands are made, and: a multitude of. crude
suggestions offered. It is well, therefore,
to consider the subject dispassionately, al-
lowing due weight to,all the essential, facts
bearing upon it
1. Railway' transportation; even in this
country, with all the imperfections existing
in the construction and management of
roads, is the safest that has ever. been
We showed, a fortnight ago, from the re-
port of the Auditor General that during the
year 1867, nearly twenty millions of pas
sengers were transported in this State, only
ten of Whom were killed and sevenly-six
wounded. This is very nearly the average
proportion of injuries, mortal or otherwise,
taking the whole railway system of the
country into the account. If an equal num
ber of persona should set out to perform
journeys' of corresponding distances in
itfige coaches, common wagons, on horse-
back or a-foot, a large proportion of them
would be killed or wounded before arriving
at their destination
2. But this consideration, important as it
is, does not cover the whole case. The peo
ple are entitled to the very highest degree of
safety, of which the railway system is sus
ceptible,, and for which they are willing .to.
pay either in money or time: This seems
°UN-10ns! enough, upon stating the proposi
tion ; but, descending -from generalizations
to detail, the statement is•pretty certain to
encounter abatements and exceptions. Nine-.
tenths of all the men and women who ride
in railway coaches,require very nearly the
highest attainable speed with the lowest pos
sible rates of fare. The celerity, safety and
cheapness they require are inconiPatible.
The three things cannot co-exist to the de
gree desired.
). Many— precautions against railway
catastrophes/ are impracticable, simply on
the score of cost.. Rates cannot be obtained
by the companies which will enable them to
incur the expense. .To insist absolutely
on the adoption of these precautions would
throw out of use more than half the whole
number of miles of railway constructed in
this country up to this date. If the busi
ness and traveling public would cheerfully
pay higher rates, and refrain from encourag
ing or demanding competition among rail
way companies so active as to reduce their
revenues to the lowest . point at which the
service, such as it is, can be maintained, a
basis would be laid for increased security to
lite and limb. As efficient, spontaneous
action to this end is not likely to be ob
tained; no matter ho* many railway slaugh
ters may occur, or how appalling they may
be in their character 'and results, we see no
means that hold. out a reliable remedy for
the evil, but to have Congress, under its
constitutional grant of authority over post
routes and post-roads, legislate upon the
subject, fixing a uniform rate for fares and
transportation, regulating the speeds of
freight and passenger trains, and requiring
all the safeguards against casualties which
shall be recommended concurrently by
science and observation. This would pro
vide the companies with the revenues ade
quate to the case, and enforce the applica
tion of it to the proposed object. But, .we
-are fully of the opinion that a large major
ity of business men would elect to take the
chances as they now stand rather than incur
the certainty of having to pay :Or the secur
ity called for by fitful clamor.
4. Railway Companies take all the precau
tions against calamities which their earn
ings will allow, after satisfying the claims.
of stockholders. Uniform observation
sanctions the assertion that the richest com
panies invariably have the best roads. This
explains why the Pennsylvania Central is
the best road on this continent. Its reven
ues enable its officers to make it safeheyond
precedent. More than this. Of all things
a railway company hates to have a great
disaster occur upon its line. It cannot
avoid certain loss, and in three ways. , The
lass to rolling stock is, in itself, a matter of
consequence. For weeks or months there
after travel is frightened away to other
channels. Claims for damages are sure to
be made and enforced.' In suits to enforce
damages against corp Orations, juries always
run to excess in behalf of plaintiffs, often
showing supreme contempt for thp oaths
which bind their to impartialitk, and ignor
ing the Plainest dictates of justice. This is
not an exaggeration. Every be r dy, that
knows any thing about judicial proceedings,
knows
,this to;be, literally the truth. Rait
way companies, consequently, dread a trag
edy that compels them ,to disgorge vast
sums by way of indemnity.
5. Geographical conditions and the actual
diStribution - , poPulation is another ele
ment of railway insecurity in this country, 4
as compared with the degree of safety at—
tained in , Europe. The population of the
United States is larger than that of Great
Britain, and nearly equal to that of France;
yet it is spread over a vastly wider area of
territory. It follows, that here many miles
of railway are needed to accommodate as
; well an equal amount of population that
serves there. 'Admitting that ratillof- fare
and freight are substantially the same in
the three countries, our companies-cannot
afford to build railways as Well or to run
them as securely as companies can in France
and England. :If our population was
crowded into as small a domain, a motably,
less nuniher of miles of (railway would an ,
ewer all their ends in, that 'direction. The
extent of our territory tunkthe : sparsenels
of the population, are elentents contribniing
powerfully to a defective railway system.
We do not see that a remedy is likely to be
protidedloon..
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G. The Superintendent of the Erie Riiil-
way, in a recent report, stated that the track
was in such it condition 'as to make it un-.
safe to run'pagsenger trains at a higher rate
of speed than Fifteen miles an hour, At the
time, this was generally attributed to a de
sire on his part to give VARPERBILT a lift
in his opposition to DREW. Now, the in
ference is accepted. that the road is in a bad
u
plight. This inference is not arranted by
the one fact - that a broken 1 let a train
1 down a high embankment
.* to the Dela
ware river.. 'An• iron rail is r ble to break
on any road. But, we doubt of the Erie
Railway is not in good repair Nor is this
all, or the .v•orst. Enormous s the traffic
over the rocd is, at the prevai ng rates, the
managers . thereof cannot' leg timately ob-
ney to make the n
lon up. The diffi
road does n'.t pa
'pay, without an e
tam the m
and keep
fact that th
be made to
.Lout the whole
rates thro
require it t • be put in a con
security is simply to order
operations entirely.
7. If there was a power competent to
bring this road to.a stand till, the effect
would be to put up rates ; foil the other two
trunk lines would take all the business, and
be able to make their own terms. We opine,
the consequent increase of rates would raise
a louder wail thdn any that has .occurred
over the loss of life by a railway slaughter.
People like security, but are not willing to
pay for it.
WIIILE the New York Times has editori
ally been consistent and uniform in its re
luctance to approve of the Impeachment,
we have been frequently gratified with the
candor and intelligence exhibited in its
correspondence from the Capital, and of
which the annexed paragraph, from a letter
of the 19th, afforcls_ample indications:
"The one fact remains, which will have
more weight with the Senate in
making up their verdict, than any other, to
wit: 'hat the President was determined to
get rid of Mr. Stanton. that ho had come to
the conclusion expressed to Gen. Sherman -
-that a case could not be made up, for he
had evidently informed himself of the delay
which would ensue, and be fatal to him in
initiating proceedings by quo warranto, the
only proceeding open to him, and open to
him only as the agent of the Government;
that thereupon hedetermined to remove Mr.
Stanton in spite of the law, and throw upon
him the onus of initiating legaiprocecding,s,.
Of he cared to assume them. Now he did
all this in just the manner stated, and from
it—with the additional fact that he never
intimated to any one that he intended to
send the nomination of Mr. Ewing in until
he was threatened with impeachment—will
the question of this intent—in the violation
• of the Tenure-of-Office act—be j edged."
Colfax on the Situation
In reply to an invitation from the New
York Union League Club to attend 43ne ,of
its meetings, Speaker Colfax, under date of
the 13th, forwarded a letter front which we
extract the annexed paragraphs:
The country scarcely realizes how much
it has been indebted to Gen. Grant's fidelity
to law, and his inflexible refusal fop' be used
\in aid of its violation. Had some other offi
cer been in his place, - who would have con
-I)sented to carry out the President's purposes,
Itheclaints so boldly avowed in his answer,
you'd, long cretins, have ripened into ac
tion. With the President acquitted, and
this answer of his indorsed by his triers,
does any one doubt that the sante hand that
struck down the maimed heroes of the war.
Sickles and Swayne, for faithful execution
~
I of the reconstruction laws, and that remov
ed those other gallant officers, Sheridan and
Pope; fot sitinktr" fidelity, would hesitate
! about striking at Gen. Grant? Declaring
the law that now protects him from the
blows that fell on his associates, to be in his
opinion unconstitutional, as lie lals.already
declared in . his answer, he has but to' "re
move, suspend, or assign to duty else
where" that officer, and to leave the Gen
eral's faithful comrades in arms, Sherrhan
and (Geo. H. Thomas, who 'refused his
brevets, in:their Western Departments, and
the object of the establishment of the Divi
sion of the Atlantic, with its headquarters at
Washington, may, then be made manifest.
True, he might say, when he did it, as he
does in his answer to the Bth Article, "that
his sole intent was to. vindicate his authori
ty as President of the United States, and by
peaceful means to bring the question " 44 *
to a final decision before the Supreme Court
of the United States." And he doubtless
mould say it, as that Court has now adjourn
ed till December. • ,
Acquitted, does any doubt that, with this
answer thus affirmed, •he would suspend
any and all officers ke chose, "indefinitely.
and at the' pleasure of the President" and
refuse beside to obey any law that lie
deemed "unconstitutional"—leaving the
country to its remedy by a final decision
before the Supieme Court of Ithe United
States," after the Presidential - erection, and
about the time that his office is expiring.
But the "impartial justice" of the Senate
will save the Republic, I trust and believe,
from such calamities; and with the Admin
istration of Mr. Wade, -obeying instead •of
thwarting the laws, and restoring the con
cord betweewthe Executive and Legislative.
Departments which was expected when the
same party and the same voters elected both,
we may hope t'or revived prosperity, just
Reconstruction, and National Peace.
Stanbery's Patlure.
A Washington letter says :
.• •It is reluct
antly admitted that Mr. Stanbery, conduct
or of . Mr. Johnson's case, is a failure. He
has been too much of a student, and his ex
perience is too contracted in ready debate.
His temper is irritable and his face almost
transparent, so that all Butler has to do is
to watch' Stanbery's countenance to know
where to hit next. This the "gluttonous
old fibber," as the prize fighters say, does
with a kind of Murat grin which poisons
while ho wounds. Beyond this Stanbery's
' judgment is bad. Everts and Curtis do all
they can to keep him in his seat, but Butler,
by a demoniacal grin and pricking can get
him up at any time, so hot and out of pa-
Vence that his_words fail him ; he flounders
about and finally effects nothing. One day
he compelled Everts to sit down while he,
himself, replied to Butler, which he did bad
ly. Mr. Stanbery is not a practicaValker
—his voice is musical, but his elocution is
not thorough, and- the latter part of every
sentence is drowned. He is evidently a
thorn and an embarassment to•his two col
' leagues ; for the other two, Groesbeck and
Nelson, are lay figures merely.
THEUE have been found on the dead and
wounded by the Erie disaster • tildes of in
surance amounting. to 497,1 il, Of this
amount $80,090 at least is already lost. to .the
Companies, Of amidental insurance docu
ments represents -$48,000, and of these,
vouchers f0r , 520,0011 were found upon the
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I CITY AND SUBURBAN.
Attempted Highway Robbcry.
tWiel . ;7e6 s. Clodli last: iffiliT'"Bab
boon" Kearney, attempted to commit high- I
way robbery, but was foiled in his design
by the timely appearance of Lieutenant
McCoy of • the night force. "Babboon"
during the evening fell in company with
E. Buckley; who had some fifteen or twen
ty dollars in money with him, and having
a disposition to appropriate the property of
others to his own use, Kearney concluded
to relieve Buckley of the small amount of
loose change he had in his possession. The
two drank together several times, and
Buckley became quite drunk. He was
then escorted by "Babboon" to the corner
' of Crawford and Webster streets, where ho
attempted to "go through" him. Having
seen Buckley put his money in an inside
breast pocket he attempted to stbal it, and
when detected endeavored to take it out
by force. Buckley cried for help, when
Lieutenant McCoy hearing,the cry went to
his assistance and arrested Kearney. He
_ was taken to the "tombs" and locked up
for a hearing.'
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Died Suddenly.
• Mr. James Fleming died suddenly,at his
residence on Magee - street, Seventh ward,
about eleven o'clock yesterday. His death
was so sudden and unexpected that a Coro.
ner's inquest was deemed necessary, which
to held by Coroner Clawson. From the
testimony of Mrs. Fleming, wife of the de-
Ceased, it appears that he - had been unwell
for some time, but apparently not danger
-Ously. so with disease of the lungs. He was
able to attend to business, and had been
walking about the street ashort time before
his death. He came in • the house a few
minutes before eleven o',clix.k and asked
for something to eat, and while his wife
was preparing it he fell on the floor and ex
pired. The jury rendered a verdict of
death frommatural causes" in accordance
with the testimariy of a physician who had
been called in to see him. The deceased
was about forty years of age, and leaves a
wife and family of children who were de
pendent upon his labor for support.
False' Alarm.
About nine o'clock last night an alarin
of • fire was given from box 52, corner of
Pennsylvania avenue and Pride streets,
which preyed to be 'false. It was occasion
ed, it appears, by the burning of a chim
neron Pride street, and was given by
John.Shrecker. The steamers all respond
ed to the alarm promptly, and when they
discovered that there was really no occa
sion for the "run," . quite a nmn
ber of them expressei their dissatisfaction
in a very emphatic manner. Officer Fow
ler arrestecLShecker and took him to the
Mayor's office, when the matter was inves
tigated, and it appeared that he was justi
fiable in :riving the Aunt, as quite a num
ber of persons stated that they saw the
chimney on fire and heard the cry of fire
before the alarm was given. Shrecker was
consequently discharged.
Child Drowned-Coroner's
A very distressing accident occurred at
Troy Hill yesterday morning, resulting in
the death of Joseph Mating, son Of Nicho
las Maug, agend two years and nine month&
The child left the room in which its mother
was sitting and went into the yard. It had
been absent but a few moments when the
mother went in search of it and found it
in a rain barrel, which had \been sunk at.
the corner of the house almost level with
the ground. The barrel was full of water
and the child was found, head downward,
drowned. It was removed by its mother
to the house, and every means were em
ployed to restore life, but to no effect.
Coroner Clawson was, notified and held an
inquest on the body. The jury returned a
verdiet of "accidental death from drown
ing."..
Illi~lt Distilling=—Another Seizure.
The v iiegar establishment of Mr. Arthur
Ballou, on First street, near Cherry alley;
was seized by U. S. Collector Volz, on in
formation made by officer George Keyser,
charging Mr. Ballou with illicit .distilling.
The establishment was formerly a distil
lery, but of late has been used for manufac
turing vine r. Some days ago the place
was visited by United States officer George
Keyser, who discovered two still' worms
and a quantity of low wines stored there.
A portion of the wine was removed and
placed in the hands of the . Inspector, who
found it to contain thirty per cent. of alco
hol. This per centage of spirits brings the
wine under the prohibition of the law, and
the question is whether the liquor was
manuhletured there or not.
Another Den of Vice Terry Brown
made-information before Alderman Don
aldson, some time ago, charging John and
Mary Prior with keeping a bawdy house.
The 'Priors occupy _ apartments on! IriVin
street, in the Fourth ward, where, it is al
leged, persons of disreputable chSracter of
both sexes congregate. Officers Smith and
Sarber proceeded to the house Monday
night, and succeeded in capturing the male
defendant, but . the woman "skipped." She
was arrested yesterday morning by officer
Smith, and held to bailfor a hearing. John
was committed in default of bail, but after
wards procured the required bail, and was
released.
Fire this litorning. 7 -The alarm of fire this
morning, between one and two o'clock, was
occasioned by the partial burning of the
Fort Pitt Foundry, on Etna street, in the
Fifth ward. The central portion of the int
monse workshop caught fire from the boil
ers, and burned with much fury for nearly
half an hour. The firemen Were on the
ground arid prevented the flames from
spreading to the main portions of the build
ing. The loss was very small, and the fire
will not interfere with the operations of the
CoMpany.
Insane Man Coinmitted.—Yeaterday morn- •
ing Jacob Bonner arrived in the city.from
the Six. - Mile Ferry, having in charge Frank
Kahl, an insane man. The , unfortunate
young man is represented as being exceed
ly violent and dangerous .at times, and it
was deemed necessary to - have him placed
in security somewhere. Mr. Bonner made
information against him before the Mayor
for surety of the peace, •and the crazy maim
was committed to jail to await the action of
the Court.
Illegal Liquor Selling.—John - Afulder
made information before Alderman Mc-
Alastars, yesterday, charging Thos. Camp
bell with selling liquor on Sunday, and
also for selling without license. Campbell
keeps a groCery, on Tun&ll - street,ln the
Third ward, and it is alleged by the prose
cutor that ho sells liquor indiscriminately,
at all times and to all persons. - He was ar
rested and held for a hearing..
Death from Accident.—Last night Mr.
Lewis K., youngest son of John and Susan
Hoffer, aged nineteen years, died from the
effects of a fall from the roof of the Sev
enth- Ward School House; where he was
engaged at work, on Friday last. He Was
a worthy and intelligent young man, and
his untimely death will cause much sorrow
to a large circle of friends and acquaint
ances. •
The Troy Bill Liquor Sellers.—Joseph
Dersteine, Anna Froelich, and Feter Dun
derberger, charged with selling 'beer on
Sundayat Trot_ Hill, were arrested and
taken b efore Mayor Drum yesterday. They
admitted the charge • and were filled fifty
dollars each, _ which ,, they- paid aild were
discharged.
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The . ..O'Neill illet.--William Hurbana,
implicated in the O'Neill riot, was arrestedl
and after a hearing before the Mayor-yea
terdnv, was committed to jail in defatat - of
bail for his appeerartee at Court,
• Progress of Art.
Art has by no means exhausted itself
either in the ornamental or mechanii,
eardepartriientS:
where usefulness and I,:eatity are both- oard; -
be .
bined, astonishing progress has edmadt)
in the last few years. In the "olden time,"
and the days of log cabins and rag carpetEs •
durability seemed to be the only element
of value to be secured in the erection of
home or the procuring of the necessary
articles' for domestic use or for personal
apparel. In contrast it is one of the die
tinctive features of the progress of civiliza
tion, and the requirements of modern taste,
that grace in.design and harmony of coldr
arenow not behind excellence of .fabrie in
the estimation of an intelligent and edu
cated mind. These general principles will
have a strikingillustration to the curious
in the exhibition of carpets, oil cloths, ttcti,
of the widely known house of Oliver :14-
.Clintock & Co., 23 Fifth street. .
They-. inform us that they have
,neiv
'in store the fullest and most cogi
plete assortment of f carpets . they
have ever offered,.frOm the finest
tons and Velvets down to Carpets at twenty
five cents a yard. Having made large con-
I tracts with aornestic inannacturers,befoie
the recent general and protracted strike ;of
. the carpet weavers, they offer a large stoat
of common all wool Carpets at prices un
precedentedly low singe the war. With
the advantage of direct importationp,
they have also open now a large inimber cif
the newest and choicest designs, of BruS
sels, fresh from the mosteelebratedDiglish
looms, selected with special reference fo
Pittsburgh requirements. • .
They would call particular attention ,to
their special importations of English
grains of extra quality, and in - Brussels
patterns, which are novelties bOth in dt , -
sign and in combination of colors. With
the partly enumerated advantages .of en
entire exclusive attention to thisone braneh.
of business, and the facilities of • a corn
pletely. organized Upholstery department
fer fitting Carpets, Window Shades, 0.1
Cloths, d:c., at shortest notice, they con
fidently invite an examination by - those
furnisfiing private residences,hdtel keepe
and wholesale dealers, of their Stock whiCh
they are determined shall be at the loiqst
prices that can be obtained. '
Real Estate , Transfers.
The following deeds were tiled of recor#,
before H. SniVely, Esq., Recorder, April
20th, 1868:
Beringer Taylor to Thomas Lenimon, Jan.
1866; lot on Buena Vista street, Second ward, Al
sheity..l9i4 by 741- Diet
. Bissell 40 Thos. McKeefry,lB67;: , %l
171 in Colwell's plan, on Reed street,:2o by 77 feet.
Geo. W. Ewing-to .Daidel Furguson, April 6.1858;
lots Nos. 1 and 2.1 n the village of Clinton, in
lef township
Joseph Laurent, trustee, to llamas Lutz. et al..
April 18, 1S68; lots 111, 112 and 113, on Orphans'
Avenue. East Liberty, having a front of 81. (1;545
E. M. Fulton et al., to •Jolitt - McConkey, June=.
1867•.
lot on - Fourth street, McKeesport; 40 tyai
feet
J. McConkey to Sevish Wood, April : 1, 18.54; the
above described lot -
James 31eGlunis tO Jacob Newinyer, Oct. 17, 1
lots Nes. 0 and 10 in D. B. Morris' plan. In It
township, on St. Patrick's alley. 41 by RA ft.... 41100
'Win. It.-I.ea to illobert Davis, April 1.-1140• the cal
underlying a tract °timid in Scott township.con
taining 24 Isere* • 43.T.00
Gottliart Lemmer to Jacob Selb, March It, 1€68;lot
on Penn street. 9th Ward, Pittsburgh, part of 4ot
• N0..10 In Block No. 5, in sprlnglleld plan, 24 ffS•M
feet
Ir*Oo
A. Smith to Charles Ross. December 18; 1867;totkon
Josephine street, East Birmingham, 20 by GO Peet
, 'VAX' 1
'William Geor to-Winton? Shaffer. April 18. 1.9013;
part of, lot 387 In the original plan of Pittsburgh,
on the' Diamond, - 20 by 110 feet, with buildings
William Shatter to Fred. William Georgl,
6 1 0 8.
1868; tract of land in Ross township, containing 87
acres itt
,3400
George 'W. Reed to George R. Itlddle .1. L. bra
hant. March 31.1968; lot on North avt. me, Secend
- ward, Allegheny, 25 by 80 feet 4-4,'500
Thomas Mellon and George G. Negley, executor of
Mrs. B. A. f ls . Tegley. to Arthur Moore. October 7,
1867. lots N0..6 and 77 in Negley's plan of lota In
Collins township, 41 by 145 feet, on Center street
$14650
Heirs of David Ilhodes, deed. to Frederick Rhodes,
July 28, IWA; three lota on Water street, McKties
port *21500
Hugh Morrison to Gustave "Kann, Sept. 23, 186 7 V10t
on Martin street, First
,ward, Allegheny, 55 by 70
feet. withbuildlngs
R. S. P. McCall to Joseph Miller, 31arch 2, 1868; : 2he
undivided fourth part of lot - No. 153, lathe plan of
Tarentmn, at the corner of Oberly and North Sts.
GO by 90 feet $ 125 Z 1
C. Hanson Love to F. 0. C. Moore, July 1,1867;the
one-fourth of lot No. In Love's plan of- lot in
North Fayette tp., on the corner of Western and
Harrison avenues,s2 bran feet .
Alexander King to William Doyle- et al..April:l.s,
16681 lots Nos. 214 to 219; inclusive, its Gregg a elan
of lots in Birmingham. having a front of I+6feet
on Washington street by HA feet deep 18;003
Cohn Brown to Mary E. Stroud, April 13, 1868; lots
Nos. 33 and 45 in Brown's plan or East Birming
ham, on 311schell alley, tl by 144 feet 41,800
Henry Martin to Thomas T. Cain ' April 20, 1868,, , lot
No. 28 In John DicKee's plan of Blrmingham` on
Bradford street, 20 by 80 feet
Water Works Extension.
At a meeeting of the Water Committee
of City Councils, held ( Monday evening;
relative to the improvement in the Water
Works, it was resolved to.advertise for pro
posals for the work as follows; In the low
er works, for an engine house and pninp
adapted to the present works, and equal in
capacity to those erected in 1866, to be 6m
pleted by Septembet 15th, next; also,; for
five boilers, each forty-two by twen
ty-six feet, two fines in each, with steam
and mud drum, smoke stack, &c., dotu
plete. In the upper works for four boilers,
each forty inches by twenty-six feet, two
fifteen inch Rues in each, with steam 'and
mpd drum, steam pipe, itc. The Ipilers to
bcf made of No. 3 iron.
Proposals for two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars of the "Water Extension
Loan Bonds" will be received at the office
of the City Controllet, Fourth street.
Would Not Have Mint —YeSterdav mbrn
ing officer Joseph Cupples arrested, a boy,
about twelve years of age, in the actof ?l-eb
bing a till in a grocery store in the Ninth
ward. He was taken to the Mayor's office,
when it was ascertained that he had es
caped froin the House of Refug.e, and . the
officer was directed to return him to that
institution. He was accordingly conducted
there, but the Superintendent refused to
receive him, on account of some infirmity.'
He was brought back to the lock-up and an
effort made to have him sent to the -City
Farm, which also proved unsuccessful.: The
boy's father hearing of his arrest; came to
the lock-up, and as there' was no infotma
don against him he was delivered to his
parent.
Larceny by Bailee.—Ed. Nan made in
formation before AldermanMullin yester
day, charging William. Mail with larceny
by bailee. The parties,' it appears, were -
formerly partners in the bone business, and
some time since delivered ono-fuld-a-half
tons of bones to Grotzcomor, Hoeveler
& Co., bone boilers on Butchers Run, for
which Mail collected the. pay . 'and refused
to divide with his'partner. Ho was arres
ed and taken to_ the Alderman's office,
when he suddenly became =ate of the ttet
that Neu was entitled to one-half /the
amount collected, for the bones, and Riid it
to hbn. He then paid the costs of the case
and was discharged.
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Assault and , ,Ilattery.--Peter Helfich
made information before Alderinan Mullin,
charging Jacob and Fred Lierzapf; Adgust
Schrader, Michael Miller, Michaellamer,
and Victor Zurcher, with tumult and ,
battery. He alleges that on. Saturday -
at evening, the 11th inst., he was at on i
the corner of Ohio street and e,
knocked down and beaten in a most Altai
manner, Warrants were issued for the'ar
rest of the accused. - • - _,
Surety of the Peace,Mattgle Manning
yesterday made information before Alder
man Thomas against John McDermit for
surety of the peace. It is alleged by the
proseeutria that lifel:lermit used vile, abu
sive and threatening language toward her,
and also threatened to tear her house down.
A warrant was issued and McDennit ar
rested and held to ball for his appearance
at Court. . • . •
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Proclamatlon.—Mayor Drum yesterday
issued a proclamation for; the ;election of
three Select and four Donimon CMinciti
men in the Eighth waxd,'
formerly
uater Borough, to be had Tuesday, May,
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