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Condensed -News. : Third page--Pinane(ai
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Finance and Trade— Seventh page—The Con
tinuation of the Testimony Educed .in. the
Tack—O'Connor Case:
GOLD closed in New York yesterday a
1.80-i, an advance.
THE Erie calamity grows in its horror.
It is ascertained that one of the sleeping
cars destroyed contained twenty-three pas
sengers, of whom but two escaped, and the
remains of but six others have been re
covered. Thus fifteen unknown dead have
been so utterly blotted oat from existence
that not even their ashes can bear witness
to a miserable end.
Tna delay in the appointment of a Re
publican State .Central Committee, by
Messrs. TODD, ELtuxuANFT and CAMPBELL,
to whom the duty of making the designa
tion was entrusted by the Convention, is
explained by the Philadelphia Press, as
"owing to the inability -of COl. CA.NLPBELL,
"who has . been ill at his own home, to meet
"with the other gentlemen. .A. meeting,
"however, has been called, and will likely.
"be effected this week, and if not, certainly
"by the . beginning of the next one, when
"the appointments will be made out and the
"Committee constituted in accordance with
"the instructions of the Convention."
TirE Brazilian iron-clad ships which-suc
ceeded in forcing the passage of the Para
guay river, under the tremendous fire of the .
opposing batteries, were built upon the
plan of the American monitors, upon spec
ifications forwarded from Washington by
the Brazilian Minister. The vessels went
by without serious injury or the loss of life,
although the fortress of Humilita, with its
two hundred heavy guns of the most ap
proved modern patterns,was not equalled for
offensive strength by any fortification in-this
country during the rebellion. Another
proof is herein afforded of the complete 'suc
cess of the-monitor systeni for mailing and
arming ships of war.
As the Chicago Convention will unquei—
tionably accept the principle -which was
adopted at Baltimore, on the admission of
the Colorado and Louisiana delegtites, viz
that any State : which was likely to castan
electoral vote for the President, had a right
to have representation and a vote for the
. choice of candidates, it follows that, the
Southern States, excepting possibly Texas
and Mississippi, will be admittcd to represen
tation. Three of these States, Arkansas,
Louisiana and North Carolina, have already
chosen full delegations, some, forty in all,
instructing them - for Grant and Wade.
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia,
and Alabatnawill take the same action, and
upon the same principle will be entitled to
admission.
co.L IBA: C W. 'JAYNE, has vacated the
office of Attorney General of South Carolina,
(which office he has held for 20 years,) ex-
claiming, "I am the last of the Attorney
Generals of South Carolina." His successor
is D. H.. Chamberlain, a young Attorney,
thirty years of age and a native of Massa
chussetts. ' Mr. Chamberlain is of Puritan
Stock and is an able advocate of the politi
cal equality of , the white and black races.
He is a gradulte of both our leading -Uni
versities. He was graduated with high
honors at Yale,College in 1862. Immediate
ly after taking the degree of A M. he enter
ed upon the study of the law at Dane Law
School, Harvard College, when he took the
degree of LL. D. in 18134. After finishing
his Law studies, he entered the army as
Adjutant of, a Massachusetts colored regi
ment. At the close of the war, he opened a
Law office at Charleston, S. C. It is not a
little surprising that South Carolina, the first
State to secede, and the very hot-bed of
slavery, should have elected as her legal ad
viser a worshipper at the shrine of 'Wendell
Phillips. .
.
CoL. HAvsi:ls, indeed,- the las t of South
Carolina's AttOrney Generale in one sense.
He is probably ah the last Attorney General of
the House of Rayne. That dyilastY To
ceived an almost fatal stab front the hands
of DANizt. WEBSTER, in the United States
Senate, some 30 years ago ; it receivcdE Its
death-blow Jim other day from the loyal
masses, both white and black, w h en t h ey
elected such
. ;, men as Cxliarnramens to
govern and advise the State. Mr. UATNE
need not despair, for he will live to eekn ow b,
edge the fact ,that tha_oftice of Attorney_
General
_still exists ; but always
think it awonder that:th,ft.,9l3loe- Henceforth
will be filled by men'whe will mould their
legal elkalelAlkftlik
Impartial justice -.•
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IMPEACHMENT.
Mr..Botrrwra.' summed up: the ease for
the• Managers yesterday, in an argument
occupying some four hours in its delivery.
Asynopsis of his very able effort, telegraph-'
ed to our neighbors of the Chronic e yester
day afternoon, appears in another column.
Messrs. E - vAirrs and another of the Presl:
dent's counsel will occupy this day and to
morrow, Mr. BINGHAM closing for the pro
secution on Saturday or Monday. Mr.
BoxyrwELL's full argument has been printed
'arid would fill three pages of the GAZETTE.
Mr. 13iNunni will speak from notes, his
speech not being written out in advance.
Thi
Le Senate have also granted permission to
such others of the Hanagers.or counsel for
defense as may desire it, t'o' submit argu
ments oral or printed.
The case will be submitted to the Senate
birltAfinalludgtnent perhiipa by Wedres 2
day of next week, and will be considered in
secret session. Those who anticipate its
decision in a single day'will be disappoint
ed. Ur. Joni:Soes Democratic friends will
all be heard in thiadiscnssion, and probably
half a score of Republican lawyers will also
.
ventilate their views of the case.. If the
decisive votes can be reached before the
close of the week, the Senate will do quite
as well as we should expect.
Public opinion at the Capitol is settling
down to. the belief that the only doubtful
votes upon the main issue, among .Senators
usually _ claimed as Republicans, will be
those o f Fowler and Van
As to the two` ast Mimed,' we were led to
express our fears- two weeks ago. Should
Mr. Grimes join them in voting to sustain
Johnson's usurpations, he Would find it very
difileillt to- satisfy his constituents or his
countrymen that his vote was governed by
purely judicial convictions, rather than . by
a soured and disappointed politician's mor
bid sense of fancied personal grievances.
But, adding these three . to the t welve votes
of the Democmtic and Jalmsonized Senators, .
who arto be depended upon to stisfain
theiffriend at the White House in the teeth
of any amount . of established guilt, and but
fifteen votes would be given for acquittal,
Against thirty-eight for conviction. This
estimate of the result is the least favorable
thecase admits of. The probabilities are
rather for a vote of - 39 to 14, as Mr. Grimes,
who, previous to impeachment, had dodged
every vote on the Stanton question, will find
himself facing the music as the member of
a Court, and will not be able to forget that
the lowa Republicans have some claims
upon him which it would be unwise to
disregard.
RESTORATION OF THE UNION.
We have steadily insisted that the War
Power was as strictly constitutional as the
Civil Power ; as absolutely essential to the
preservation of internal order;. and of the
utmost consequeuce in defending the Re
public from external assault. The Consti
tution provides for an Army and Navy as
clearly as it provides for judicial tribunals ;
and for the plain reason that they arc is in
dispensable to national existence, to, the pro
tection of public and personal rights, and to
that dignity without which any special gov-
ernment is sure to fall into decay and be
trampled. Indeed, at the last analysis, all
government is founded to rest on.,mllitary
force. The ultimate sanction of any law is
the amount of physical power that can be
wielded by the constituted authority for its
enforcement. This broad statement does
not militate against the idea that legitimate
government is founded upon the consent of
the governed, and has its roots in the moral
consciousness of the people. Free govern
ment is necessarily in the hands of the ma
jority. They who most require the restrain
ing power of goyermientare least suscepti
ble to moral influence. Physical force is
the thing of which they stand in awe, and
by which, mainly or alone, they ,are con
trolled. The majority in free governments
ordinarily 'represent the preponderance of
force: _lf they do not, and their weakness
is discovered, power is pretty certain to be
wrenched from their grasp.
While we have thus held we have also
maintained that it does not comport with
the idea of free govcrnment to retain under
military rule, and for long periods, wide
territories and considerable- populations.
The fundamental thought hi popular gov
ernmeiA is that all the people participate
therein - and on equal terms. We under
stand that rights may be forfeited by offenses
against the laws. It - is in the very nature
Of crime that it disqualifies those who Coln
mit•it for sharing in the making or the ad
ministration,of rules of conduct. When
crime is committed to the special detriment
of individual rights, this principle is al
ways recognized and easily enferced. The
number,of the offenders, as compared with
the laVvAbiding, is so small, that no inci
dental dangers arise from inflexibly execut
ing the penalty. Yet it is found unwise in
a very large proportion of cases, to make
disabilities permanent. After some proba
tion, it is found better, in numerous in
stances,. to remit this portion of the for
feiture and restore criminals to citizenship.
I/.
But, when offences are primarily political;
when they take the form of a rebellion,. and
the natural: concomitants thereto ; when the
masses of the people of extensive districts.
beco e involvedin the revolt ; who will in
sist ii
t )
n a rigid enforcement of the penal-•
ties incurred ? It is easy for a man of san
guinary temperament, looking at the matter
from a purely legal stanil-point, and taking
counsel, from his passions, to exclaim that
"treason is the highest crime known to the
'laws, and to be punislied„as such:" Doubt
less, treason is a crime; the . very highest
crime known to the laws;- and- all crimes'
'ought to be punished, and in ratio to their
enormity. But the difficulty, in this case,
Is apparent, when it is considered that the
offendem are numbered by millions, and ;'I
that their execution would nearly annihilate
tha ',allies in fifteen' States .of the Union.
Alegist may affirm that it makes no differ
ence
in the eye` of:justice hew numerous 1
attains& ate ;: or that the more numerous,
itieireater the need of infhmiblyadndnit
'tetine the law.. Statesmen ...,and hinuutlta. 1
4M, actuatedAygietiliaftcteplairois tif:Twit*l
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PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : TH RSDAY, APRIL 23. 1865
tivei, equally urge that ici:eiedtite the pen-.
alty trpon all who have: , lammed it,-would
be madness— a crime . more appalling than
that :it was intended to punish.
- 'No ronu Government can be perma
nently exempt frnm revolts against its au-
Iliority: Even the Divine 'government, ad-
ministered with infallible equity and discre=,
tion, has not secured a willing and uniform
obedience. Ambition, - waywardness, re-
venge, excite the utaliptant passions and
lead on to rebellion. All hunuM govern
ments are beset with perils. The, best of
them arc as much exposed to assaults as
the ,worst. It may be a hard saying, but it
is a true one; that - governments. more often
suffer from their virtues' than from their
BEM
Under a monarchy there is always a con
spiracy. for a democracy; under. a democra
cy. •
always. a conspiracy for a monarchy.
The latter , liinb.of the proposition is not
palatable in this country; but it is none the
less true because it is distasteful. The
,late
rebellion was the culmination: of a conspi- -
racy, of thirty years',standing. to change
radically the • forth of the government..
Whatever pretexts may have been put for
ward, this was the controlling idea in the
minds of the leaders; and they would have
carried it into effect had they been triumph
ant in the field.: The conspiracy is baffled,
not trampled out. It will be renewed every
haWeenttury, so long as the Republic shall
lastioi` there is .no truth to be gleaned from
the lessons Of history. _ .
• Mercy not unfrequently wins more than
Justice. Hell is a sort of penal colony, reg
ulated:upon principles of cxactest equity;
yet we have no authentic account of a per
son being made a saint, or even improved,
by its discipline. Other elements than Justice
must enter into an administration before re
'clamations are possible. We have . neither
time nor. need to extend and apply the
theught. The South cannot be made loyal
by multitudinons gibbets. We prefer to
take the chances of an excess in the other
direction.
'Hence, we are gratified with the progress
making in several.of the revolted States in
the work of Reconstruction. The sooner
-all of them get back into the circle of the
Union, in compliance with the lenient con
ditions prescribed by Congress,. the better
will it be for the loyal States, as .well as for
them. The sentiment of the mass .of the
people is, and has been, for re-union. It
was this sentiment that, during the war,
filled the ranks of the national armies, and
induced the inhabitants of the Northern
States to submit to the severest privations.
The war was undertaken and Prosecuted for
the maintenance of the Union, and victory
can only be appropriately crowned by that
consummation. Fresh perils may 'await the
republic; but the only way that •offers safety
•or ought to offer it, is in trusting the peo
ple. Even military despotisms at length re
mit insurgent populations to the operation
of the civil code, grant amnesty to the lead
ers, and find their own account therein.
Much more shall the republic gain hymn,
nanimity.
It is now manifest that before the next
Presidential election several of the revolted
States will have revised their Constitutions
in conformity to the national requirement,
and be counted in the Electoral Colleges-,
and that before another twelve months shall
expire, all the dismembered States will be
back in their old places, and the march of
-the nation be resumed with united step.
The ovations of which Mr. DICKIINS has
been the recipient during his present visit
to the 'United States have been made the
occasion, by several leading newspapers,
for comment upon the brevity of literary
fame. The whole field of authorship has
been reviewed, in order to show that only
here and there even a great reputation has
survived, in' its pristine • glory, for' half a
century, while the vast majority who have
from time to time attracted special atten
-tion, as luminaries of extraordinary magni
tude, have either paled their fires or passed
.under complete eclipse. Doubtless the
catalogues of authors existing in all great
libraries Sustain this summation. Literary
renown is ordinarily ephemeral. At one
period the productions of an author are in
the hands of all readers; hi 4 name is the
most brilliant and honored of the hour;
twenty years later his name has faded, and
if his works are talked about by old people,
they are read by none. • '
nervation until, in combinafion, they con
stitute a kind of political nebula—distant,
unpalpable, cold and lifeless. Their names
figure in lists of ministers, or as members
of representative bodies, but only in a dim
and shadowy way, as unquiet ghosts "re : .
visit the glimpses of the moon." Their
potentiality is departed. Even their works
have ceased to follow them. They exist
only in obscure tradition, and, in this, form
only in the minds, of antiquaries and bdok
*orms..--To all but one in, a million of the
population they are as though they had
never been.
In this country we are not far from~ the
epoch of independence. Much less than a
century has elapsed since the original thir
teen States emerged from' the colonial con
&ion. In that protraited. and fierce
struggle which resulted in the severance
from the mother there were with the dolo-: , •
nista statesmen of rare gifts of learning,
genius, eloquence and governance. On thoie
txonblous political skies they flashed out- as
meteors of remittable brilliance. Not to
kaaw Ahem was for any man te op n fees
himieft unknown. Who remembeii tliein
- Powtt A few mines sniviVe;'of theta .4t
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TRANSITORINESS OF FAME.
But this transitoriness of fame is not pecu
liar to . the department of
. literature. It is
the common hit of men, no matter what
sphere they may select for the exercise of
their powers. The reputation of statesmen
is even more- precarious. In this walk a
man may be to-day the idol of his nation,
to-morrow fall under the popular execration,
and the third day be consigned to o , bliyion.
Of the tens of thousands who have been
famous in Europe since the openiag of the
Christi= era, how few retain any luster.-
The vast majority have receded from ob 7
•
i• httildredpersoas }all: glibly jn a vague and
general=manner;.-forr.every--one wholuis -a,
just understanding of ..their : capacities and
doings, -.A century hence, and. all hilt half
a do . ie# will haie sunk below the horizon, to
come up no more forever. • •
From the earliest histories or legends of
the human -race there have been armies.
Great battles have been fought ; and the
brazen trumpet of fame has .blown the
names of tens of thousands of heroes upon
all the winds. Most of them now lie as un
distinguished as so ninny men fallen from •
the common ranks. Half a dozen names,
(il
centuries apart, blaze out pen the firma
ment,' Witlinnconimon lust ,as unmatched
twenty more h ld subordinate
~places as commanders of • ferior genius ;
and the rest liaye either acended, or are
fast descending into the red m of the forget
ten and 'uudistovered. '''
• :tri immortality of fame
very few. Millions long
greatest hazards in the liois
giVe days to severest toll
less vigils; but the prize el
and they sink into the grey
forth no more forever,
We translate the following neat. tribute
Paid by the TrolA:ablate, a very able "German
contemporary, to the soldier-hero of West
ern Pennsylvania—Major General JAMES S.
NEOLEy. It says:
"The canvass for the - Republican Uomina
t.ion is increasing in interest. •The adherents.
of both parties arc actively engaged. Still
it is very evident to the looker on that the
public sentirnent is drifting in favor of. Gen.
Negley. - It is stated in some quarters that
he lacks the cunning of ward politicians,
and is, endeavoring to win the prize without
sacrificing his self-respect, or forfeiting the
confidence of • his moral associates; to
balance the shortcomings in the pro
fesssion he possesses great force of Char
acter and the power of concentration. He
started out with the ardent friendship of the
:BOysin Blue, who represent several thou
sand voters in the district. There is also
the , honest desire of the patriotic minded to
fulfill literally the professions of the party
to honor the soldier .of distinction and
ability. A large portion of the German
and Welsh population have strongly es
poused his cause. Indeed General Negley
possesses to an eminent degree—through his
kind, gentlemanly demeanor—the good
will and respect of. all clasSes. - It is ex
tremely rare in. public life to find a strong
,artisan have so few political enemies.
Many of his truest supporters are -of those
who opposedlhim before having been won
over by the cheerful, manly bearing he ex
hibited under misrepresentation and de
feat. The most significant and influential
demonstration , yet made towards big .
nomination is •a quiet but earnest
Movement .in the business circles of
the city.. The principal manufac
turers have had the subject under serious
discussion, and now conclude, to urge his
claims, guided by the belief - that General'
Negley has qualifications and special ad
vantages which will contribute to his useful
ness as a new member. He is controlledby
moral -habits, advocates a principle with a
fearless determination, has great energy,
ambitious zeal, and en intuitive quielmess
of comprehension. He is intimatelyac-.
quaintefl with the natural productions and
elements of the labor, skill and commerce of
Western Pennsylvania, and has an enviable
national reputation, with - hosts of friends
throughout the country. While these in
terested motives are turning up in his favor,
we take a higher ground in saying that the
Itepublican
,party cannot nominate a man
who would be more acceptable to all parties,
or who would sustain the Government with
fidelity." ,
, .
LIPPINcOTT'S MAGAzrxx, has a biographi
cal. sketch of the painter, John Neagle, a
Philadelphia artist of ,much distinction •in
his day. The tenoning - anecdote is re
lated of him and of Mr. Edwin . Forrest,
who still remains upon the American stage: .
Mr. , Forrest's portrait was one selected
by Lopez & Wemyss to adorn their Acting
American Theatre. This was in 1826.
Neagle had fitted up a sort of studio in the
upper loft (the fifth or sixth story) of
Peale's . old Museum, on the west side of
Broadway, opposite the Park, New York.
The weather was warm, and the painter
had been waiting for some.lime for Mr. For
rest to make his appearance agreeably to
.appointment. Presently his strong, reso—
lute step was heard on the stairs. and soon
he dashed into the room with a loud theat
rical "Whew ! I say, Neagle, but it is hot,
and these stairs are a breather, indeed, for
a fellow. who has worked as hard as I
worked !last night ! - By Jove I" (gasping
spasmodiailly) . "I feel as if I was going to
have a rush of blood to the head;" and he
had scarcely taken lffs seat before - he had
rolled off the chair in a fit. Poor Neagle
wastlled with consternation. With palette
on thumb and brushes in his left hand, he
set about untying the tragedian's cravat.
"What if he should die ?" he thought; and
he added mentally, "They may say I mur
dered him !" Its fright was' so great that
for a while he made but little headway.
There lay the stalwart and handsome actor,
then in his twenty-second year, and his
breathing was so thick and choked that it
looked as if that hour might be his last.
While trying to raise his head, one of the
artist's brushes accidentally entered the
tragedian's nostril. The• brush was full of
turpentine, which caused Forrest to snort
in the most approved style of the histrionic
art. Soon consciousness, returned, and the
tragedian, stood up,. shook himself, washed
his face, and took his chair for sitting.
Query : Is turpentine, thus administered,
good for fits ?
A Washington letter of the 16th to the
Baltiinore American says: "I am con
vinced that there is just as good ground
for believing that every Republican Sena
tor will vote for impeachment as there is
for knowing that every Denfocmtie Senator
has already—aye, had already before the
trial commenced—made tip his mind to
vote against impeachment. In all well-in
formed Republican circles, among the men
who are best entitled by position to know,
I find the conviction that the President will
be removed firmer to-day than at any pre
vious period of the trial. The varying
votes, of the Senate on questions of evi
dence mean nothing. Indeed, the great lat
itude that has been granted to the defence
in the introduction of evidence is the result
of s conviction in the , minds of Sehators
that the Managers' case cannot be touched
in any essential or important respect b i 4ani
evidence the President can produce. hey,
therefore, consider it policy to allow
'all poossible latitude, so that after con
viction, Mr. Johnson's friends may not al
legethat he was stopped from proving his
( innocence by any illiberal or technical ex.:
elusion of his evidence ;
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CITY. AND SUBURBAN.
12=1
Meeting of the !•OJd Thirteenthr,--De.titli
. -
of Col. roster.
At the office of Gen. Thos. A. Rowley , in
the Custom House, Wednesday evening; a
considerable number of the surviving meni-,
hers of the 102d . P. V.- or "Old Thirteenth,"
met for the purpose of taking action rela
tive to the death of • Col. J. Heron Foster.
Col. Joseph Browne was called to the chair,
and Capt. A. M. Moreland chosen as Sec
retary.
Capt. A. P. ' Callow, Col. J. D. Duncan,
Capt. D. A. Jones, Capt. Foster Alwardand
Will M. Hartzell were appointed a tom-,
mittee on resolutions, and reported. the fol
loarlng, which were adopted:
WIIREAS, Having learuedwith the pro
foundest regret and sorrow of the death of
Col.. J. Heron Foster, our friend and late
comrade in arms, we deem it just on this
occasion to express ourselves befittingly;
therefore,
.Reaolved, We bear willing-and grateful
testimony to the possession by the
decensed of all those qualities which
command
.the respect and reverence of
man by his fellow-inan, and in his loss we
- feel that a-worthy citizen has gone from
among us. _ . •
. 2. As a comrade-in-arms, those of us who
knew him best will accord the highest ad
miration. There never was a kinder, truer
or more substantial friend, in tented - or"
bloody field, and thero are many who, now
that Alphas gone, will all the more keehly
appreciate his acts of friendship.• There are,
too, some who, in yet mourning for fal
len ones in the service_ of their country,
will bear keen remembrance of kindly acts
of our comrade just deceased.
3. Our. country never hada more faithful
or devoted servant. Although 'phyaically
unqualified for the jiardships of a soldier's
life, none endured the trials and - privations
with a more self sacrificing spirit, and of
him it may be truthfully said, few sacrific
ed more than he to serve the cause of the
Union. •
4. We tender our sincerest sympathy to
the YamiVol the deceaSed, and in further
testimony of our respect will attend his
funeral in a a body.
On motion, it was resolved to meet at the
Custom House on Friday at one o'clock P.
for the purposeofattending the funeral.
It Was also resolved that members • of
other military organizations ofthe late war
be invited tojoin in - the.-procession, and
that suitable badges and a band Or - music
.be provided for-the occasion. • '. •
On motion, Gon. RoWley was choion to
act as Marshal.
A few remarks eulogistic of Col. Foster
were made by Cant. D. A. Jones and others,
after which the meeting adjourned.
Burginrles on Penn Street.
About one o'clock yesterday morning two
burglaries were committed on Penn street,
one in Smith McCutcheon's meat shop at
the toll gate, Lawrenceville, and the other
in the dwelling of Alexander Alter, tinner,
Pitt township, a few doors west of the toll
gate. The nicat shop was entered on Fri
day night, where quite a quantity of plun.
der was carried off, but yesterday morning
the thieves failed to get anything, as,the
proprietors had removed everything of
value before leaving the shop the evening
previous. They entered by a window at
the east end of the building and endeavor
ed to break open a drawer in a desk with a
large knife, which was left on the floor
broken. The desk was considerably bruis
ed, but the lock withstood all efforts to force
it. They were more successful at the house
of Mr. Alter, however, notwithstanding the
work there showed that they were inexpe
rienced hands at the business. The front
room on the first floor of Mr. A.'s building
is used as a tin shop, in rear of which is the
dining room and kitchen, and the sleeping
apartments are on the second floor. The
burglars entered at a window opening into
the dining room, which had been left un
fastened the evening previous. The family
were sleeping in the front part of the house,
up stairs and consequently did not hear
them. A violin valued at $5O, a velvet sack
worth $4O, two shawls worth 625, and a set
of furs valued_ at - $6O, and a number
of other articles of ladies' wearing apparel
were carried, off. Lying on a chair near
the window at which they effected an en
trance, was Mr. Alter's coat, in the pocket
which was about $l4O in greenbacks,
in the same, room, neither of which
were taken. The furniture was scattered
about the: room, as was also articles of
clothing. Mr. Alter's loss will not fall
short of $250. We learn from citizens of.
Lawrenceville that therein no, police there
froth 10 o'cloCk P. M. to 10A. M. If this is
true, it is certainly treating , the citizens of
that district very shabbily, as there is more
necessity for police from 10 o'clock at night
until daylight than at anY.other time. The
matter should be investiguted by the police
committee, and if possible remedied.
Perjury.
Daniel McMullen, of the Mayor's police,
yesterday made information before Alder
man McMasters,
.The
William Tracey ,
with perjUry: The facts of the case are as.
follows: A few days since Tracey's wife
cane to officer McMullin and informed him
that her hnsband had taken her watch
with the intention Of pawning it to get
money to buy whisky, and requested him
to arrest him and secure the watch. The
officer proceeded to a pawn office and there
found the man.. He had pawned the witch
for forty-eight dollars, but the money had
been taken from him by David Hall, who
had also been informed of his intentions,
and as soon as the officer made his business
known, Hall handed him the money,
which was returned to the pawnbroker, and
the watch recovered and restored to the,
wife. Tracey was so drunk that he' id not
know who took the money from him, and
ho made information before Alderman
McMasters, charging the officer-with rob
bery. After a hearing of the case McMul
lin was discharged, and then made the in
formation ea al)ove. A warrant was issued
for the arrest of Tracey.
Fatal Accident in a Coal Pit.
Accidents in coal pits are becoming such
frequent occurrences of Into that a man is.
about as safe on a railroad car as in a coal
pit, and like railroad men, coal miners
grow careless. To this cause alone is-at
tributable a large majority of the accidents;
Monday afternoon an accident occurred in
one of the pits of the JefferSon Coal Worki,
resulting in the - death of Christopher Cook.
The deceased was working in one_ of the
chambers, when a heavy mass of slate fell
npon him, crushing_bim beneath its weight.
He was discovered shortly after the acci
' dent had happened, and the mass: was re
moved as soon as possible. The body was
terribly crushed, and death must have en
sued almost instantly. The deceased was
a worthy and industrious man: fieleavea
a wife and nine -children, who were de
pendent upon his labor for support. .
Crashed to Death.
yesterday morning, about eight o'clock,
John Michael a coal miner, employed at
the_ mincs,of Tiausmati, Keeling & Co., in
Lower St. Clair township, was crushed to
death in a -Coil Pit - a'quintity "horse
back" failing upon him. He was digging
a pillar which had -been ' left to'
support the "horse back," when several
tons of, it fell upon , him, .killing him in
atantly: Hewaltcliepayend a few,momente.,
after the accidezit' oecurzeitand the body
extricated from the debrial-by,-hik-fellow
,workmen,:but, ii• t yg l as Viztingt,,,, t ß t eroper•
Clawson vet $ eit'andr .
Vhen:thejarygiandared - a •Neidlii,'
&Nagai qea9initc , iateartVittpa +ith the;
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1 Presbyterian Union Convention in Youngs. .
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town.
Pnisnent to public' calla . Ciniveritiini Of
,
ministers and elders was held in the. First,
U. P. Church, Youngstown, Ohio, on Wed
nesday afternoon at half-past. two o'cleck..
The meeting-was wiled to order by Rev.
George K. Ormond, pastor of the congrega- •
thin - Rev. John Douglas, D. b., of , this
eity, was appointed temporary Chairman
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and , .Rev. D. H. A. McLean, temporary'
Secretary. Rev. Mr. Betts opened ',the .
meeting with prayer. ;,. •
Various comnittees were appointed: The
.Committee on Permanent Organization, ,
after.a 'short absence, returned and made
the following, report: . ' ' i' .
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Preiiident, Rev. 8., Maxwell; Vice-Press= .
dents, Rev. X, .Bette and Rev John Al
ford; Sepretary, Rev: D. H. A. McLean. ' '
~ On motion the following . Committee? was •
appointed to prepare business fot the Con-
vention: Rev. J. B. Bittenger, D. D., Rev:
'John Douglas; . D.'ik, Rev: Win.. Findley, -
D. D., and Rev. , Augustus Cone. %, . ,
The Committeeappiinted to prepare ape-
per expressive of the-V.lews of this Convent
tion,
on the subject of union oblong thevari
ous branches of the, Presbyterian: Church -
in the United . States of America, , Submit
for • the onsideration of the Convention
the following report: • ! , 1.2 • _
Inview or the evils,. which. result alike
to the Church and the world, frOm . the
Various divisions which prevail in.. , the—
Church of Christ; and, in view, of the, be
nign results, which would flow ..froiii or-
genie union among the various : denolaiins;; •
tions of Christians, it is with pleasure that
we hail the tendenciesof our times tiawards
union among the various . Churches,:par
ticularly among the different launches of
the Presbyterian Church. And being ;On
vened for the purpose_ of prayer and
on the subject of Union, we recom
mend to the Convention the adoption of the
'following resolutions: ' i ,
' 1. That. we cordially agree in the state- -
mont of doctrines contained in the West
minster Standards, Confession of Faith,
and Catechisms, Larger and Shorter. ri
2 That in the ordinance of praise in the
United Church,. a faithful translation of the
Book of Psalms shall be used; to whichimay
be added a faithful translation of such Other
Portions of the Word of God as may ; : be
suitable matter of praise, and as may be
regularly adopted in accordance with pres
byterial church order, . - . • ~
3. That we recommend-conference Oil the
subject of communion and secret societies.
The report was consideredshrintani t . The -
. second resolution, which relates' i to the sub
ject of- Psalinody gave rise to a considera
ble amount of discusSion. What itii fate
• c
I may be does not appear at the time we-have
Ito close.our,report. . .• . !:- . •
Terrible Accident—Arm Torn prr.
•
A most frightful accident occurred:about
seven o'clock yesterday' morning et W. S.
Haven's book and job printing establish:,
ment, on Third street, by which Henry .
Bollmzin, a young man about nineteen.
years of age r who was employed at the es
tablishment, had his left arm torn froin his
body. He ulis.'engagedin adjusting it belt
on some of the lower shafting, when his
left hand was caught by the bolt .nrid he
was drawn iip- , to the • ceiling. Theye his
arm was twisted around the upperi sbaft
ing, crushing the bones of the hand, the
wrist, the forearm,
and the arm to rutpoint
half way betWeenthe elbow and shoulder,
when the muscles were torn asunder, and
the unfortunate young man droppedlo the
floor, leaving his mangled limb
still =hhirl
ing around the shaft. The occurreaCe_was
so sudden, that - notwithstanding; the en
gine was stopped almost instantly, it
was too late. The left ear of the- unfortu
nate man was also torn- and lacerated ter
ribly. He was immediately removed to a
room in an adjoining house, and Ors. Le
Moyne and Sutton were summoned:,'. They
I arrived in a very- few .m.inutes, and pro
ceeded immediately to arrest the bleeding
front the injuries. After they had 'stiffic,
-iently revived the patient by the adininis
tering of stimulants, . they proceedie at
once to amputate what remained !of the
arin at the shoulder joint, and sewed the
lacerated ear by stitches. - Ho bore the ope
ration very patiently, - notwithstanding his
extreme exhaustion from pain and loss of
blood, and, after.a short rest,, he was con
veyed to his home in Birmingham; ;where.
at last-accounts, he was doing well, and
strong hopes of his recovery arc entertain
. ed by his friends and , the physicians who
attend him. ..
Taking a Shinn.
Ellen Miller made infOrmatiortl l before
Alderman Mc Masters yesterday, charging
Patrick Shinn with obtaining bearding•
and washing to the amount oftl6,co under
fraudhlent reimesentations. The iirosecu
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trix resides on Miller street.; ward,
and she alleges that' Patrick camel to her
house to board. ,He represented that
he was wealthy, and Mrs. M. ',being a
widow he made a profession of 10Ve, and
promised to rent and furnish a home ,for
her on the first of April; and in this way
avoided paying any hoard or washing bills.
'rho first of April came, LPatrick left, and
' went to the Eagle Hotel. The disconsolate
widow, not liking such treatment, ?nide in
formation as above. A warrant was issued
and Shinn was taken by officer Idonden.
He was held to bail for a hearing.
Blvdy House Case
The Allegheny police made" a descent
•
upon a house of ill-repute in the Second
ward, Allegheny, Tuesday night, of which
Mary Bauch was the proprietress. ;:.Five ar
rests were made, , three females; Mrs.
Bauch, Letecia Logan, and Annie Itidgeby,
and two males,.,whose names we did not
learn.- The parties were-taken te,the May
or's office, where:they remained during
the night. Yesterday morning they had a
bearing before-Mayor Drum, and were each
fined live dollars and costs. Alas. Bauch
promised to break up the establishment im
mediately and leave - the city. The house
has been of considerable annoyance to per
sons residing in the vicinity, and the re
moval of the occnpants tvil be hailed with
satisfaction. :: .
Stabat Mater To-Nlght
As the time approaches for the perform
ance of this great musical comiko' sition, it
becoines more and more evident that the
public are really anxious to hear it well
rendered, as is shown by the large number
of seats already secured. It' will be advi
sable for all who wish yet to secure seats
to go early to-day to Mossrs.!lKleber
Brothers, as few remain unsold:, • Professor
Tetedoux has coneluded; on account of the
crowded state of the parguette and dress
circle, to open the galleries at the small
price - of fifty cents a seat. Tickets for the
galleries willbe sold at the Academy before
the Concert: See' programme iin another ,
column of to-day's GAzsrvs.
Church Meeting =The ` congregation of
tile First U. P. Church, Pittsburgh, hold
their . annual meeting, Tuesd4 evening,
21stinstant:
The following netted gentlemen were
elected-Trustees for'•thee enensing ; year
Mewls. Joseph -Love;-Pr. Jno.
'Neely, J. C. McPherson , Nign.:Donglas, J.
L. Dunseath and T.'S. Mitchell. .
Thexeport of the anditors 'she* the Con
sregation out of debt, and - a fesolution in the salary .of the - pastor $.511e per
annum was adopted Unanimously. '
Maintaining a Nalsanee.—Jeint Pall made
information-before Alderman Thenuayes
terday,eharging John Rodgers with Main
taining a nuimnee.o Rodgers resides in the
seventh ward, where it is alleged he keeps
Oh:acing saloon of a very dbiorderlyehar
neVri tad ,whiehtr - an annoyance to the en
tire ecaummity.:l:dre was attestadi and
sfter a Winking. d hail for his appeal
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