EISEES
MIME
rADRB'.
INTERESTING RE'VENUE CAE.
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Trial of Government tiatee.rit of tke Twen
tieth District for Itilharrona COMP..
iron. • -
3 1 ! / .., th • Vi r r..4tPaleaPßlStA. oV.Dlihrt, be
fore J nag. e • 'uandless, the case of the lin&
- -'red States 'Vs. 4 XVOinisiax and Itich
ar4FOWFtfoti; r l rVelitig;tilifcbra, indicted
' briber y.` eoMipttley, , was resumed
on } Wednesday m
Direct exatifiralio l isof Zohnl".-Smithre
slimed by Mr. Carnahan, District Attorney:
I have aasoancvicge telegrams from 1
Order showndi This a in Wil
-1 il tl a tal*eit
HtPlild WaSlvarried to me
b •
he
man who got the oil, whose name I
Unliisser. residipg D - -I.xville.
kl-Alicivpitio Wilienwitn P!' -tie t o
ip to Holbroek, ,This .was our bonded
oil. Received nutriber cif telegrams from
Wilson, but did not preservethem, .Found
latblylaince, we : got Into trotible.- I
went 'down to Oil City in pur
suance of a - telegram .of Novem
ber 4th,: 1867; took my books down,
and at that time.we Madeirreport.:4Tele
glain of Oct. 27th, 1867, shown.] Have no
reephechon about ;this; - no doubt I received
it. Sometimes Wilson signed' his name
mil Something TUX. Wilson-10r
der shown, Of H. Wilaon, Nov. llth, D 367.
oh witness to deliver live barrels or refined
oil; also telegram, Oct. 31st, 1867, Philadel
p ly..B.lifrceveti *2ol2lBoliter our
District, the' 20th. He did not inspect all
the oil runat_my.refiner&ieptember,
ed oil, and a few barrels of ' oil which I
got permits to ship. The remainder-II in
spected with a:false brand. [Brand pp:klu
ged, mak ;AtiPrePared•Paper, edifier than
pastbboard, and resembling copper.] The
.•Epmulne tivind is made of copper; his aJOOks
.like it."..• This (the brand} Was delivered to
me by Hiii+ey. Kennedy, Wilson's brother
iii-Laws--41aver-no-rmemnrortellidg—lfdw
• - '''' ,.. tiltafrekrd;hriuldditknoiii :than 500,
'May, De bUQ,_may be more. It was sent to
Iterkhart, 1311nelnnatio,fand - uchuges
e E9Whitd,WrilbuSe, NewYorkf l or4 One
car load, 52 barrels, to White. Wilson told
me he cut the brand, and that it took him
all night to do it. W.-B. Groves, (Inspeo
tor) occupied an office with Wilson at Oil
City a_t• thetime•l got the.brand, on the Ist
- or 24 avtrbetolier. - :&11 - the oil; except as
mentioned, had this brand on. Bonded
about two car loads' month-400 to 500 bail
reds a month—andbOnded 32 barrels to keep
a show of business. About three-fourths
pf all the oil ,I_ made _Was .fraudulent.
the Minimal went to Burkhart.
I shipped it in the name of Mr. Bellamy.
Defendants told me to ship such oil in the
name of a broker. Johnson said he over
hauled railroad books,and he did not want to
find my name in them on any of this kind of
oil, _Bellamy .was an oil., broker. A . Rouse
:millet; Ice - diet a 4la triP'liefore i•New
Years; lie knew no thing of the frauds; he
fmanciered for me; I got bills of lading and
gave them to Bellamy, and on them he got
the money. -,Th0.01l to White was shipped
in the ifirrhe"-Of Bellinliy''"was then
dead. Wilson, 'think, advised me to ship
in Stowel's name, Stowe' is a banker at
„Bouseville,pnd know nothing of the fraud.
Wilson wanted a car load of-oil ; \went with'
him to Stowel and told him (Stowel) I was
going, to,shill a eilr load of oil.thb proceeds
of which worild'go:to Wilson. ' Stowel said
- all well i this was in the bank; Stowel, Wil
son and"mysiiif Iptivielitialialti January 6.
1868. Wilson ,allsed for_ an ndvance,'-and
Stowe' g hee " him' in my presence. I
did not one Idol anything. - Onetimeen
.llli him ; '_. never ` ; heard
•of them a ft erward. M ade no expla
nation to StoVvel, except that the whole
proceeds of the 'car load wore to go
to. WiLsOm there -were 2,808 gallons at 40.
cents - per' gallon, amounting in value to
.41923.20; the oil - was sold - at 39 cents per
gallon: ;The blowsy advanced hr Stowel
• ' - was not in c luded in 136501 paid to:Wilson.
-The first tyistit - WiWn was Oc
tober 17, 1864 oil 'hittrelay; I charged it at
or ebont the time; • it was paid at my house.
I weitt - bo'naltollly tot a chbok foe - $lOO.
think on StoweDs bank to myself; I think,
.I.know, r dld not endorse it; no Farson was
• present. Wilson, Johnston and Groves
came up to my house together that
day. Wilson took me outside and I got
"hue the- check. Some time thereafter I •
Thgtive NOD -to - Harvey. Kennedy, clerk and
other-in-law of Wilson; this was cash; I
_got, it ,Pehlre, lank hours from Bel
-Mmy on' the 'street. • Wilson after
wards told 2 4 tne he- "get the - money.
j. made an entry of it in my book
. at the time, - and the book shows it to
have been Oct. 24,1867; the-book shows the-_
next payment. $lOO, N0v.23..1867; can't tell
now how it was paid, think by a cheek
:from • Bellamy. Wilson telegraphed to ,
• -Bellamy to come - down and give him 11014 ,
I was away from home; I • paid it back to
Bellamy, or was charged - with it. Wilson.,
told me so, - also Bellamy: 'Wldle Bellamy
was sick, Sinith of Oil City and. Wilson
came in a cutter from Oil - City. Wilson
wanted money,. I went to Bellamy, and I
• think - tsyrds Taughlin drew a check for.
~, 5200. Think -BpliamYi-faiDned4la• -Manta: .
thls"vnui dontrscniie' tans` In em ber the
entry in my book shows* it "to have been
Dec; 2 0 ,` 1 8 8 75 % o Aer titrieNilsoit l Cable and=
*anted 450, and said it was for Johnston; ;
• recent IL Walkeicteig,etViliOind. let - Wilson
have 550. Wilson told me he got &SO from
Bellamy before Walker got there. - 1
The. Arst , eonversiatlon about the false
brand was before I commenced running
my refinery . ; the thing" was so - general that ,
exec-t•. place in Oil City;'
where the conversation took Wilson
Wilson
told;me lie ,would get the 'Wise brand as
seen as October ,cauteftf." He• told me, in
September, he was &MAD - a warier
brand cut in PittsbmghLl cl yras aign g
ge it — tiffhant
an order • , oni s— Ahlah-Inspector 'of the
Twentieth Distficti o -heoce he was obliged
"went thfil (tile ebb' ShOwn) - for" mb from
crvo!,JThlilld;.oold. rcnt it the night he
fre come to Place. Johnston said
. once to be careful and. put-the brand, on
• better; • that he had limn - some barrels and
that the' htittnlgThilkid 'Si if I was seared;°
told me to take`my time. I built a shed
without tvilidcisesi and took my thne, The
brand was a good imitation.
My place was seized in May or June;
1887, for money I owed the Government.
. in January last. Twos seized. a man mit in
charge of my -place, and th e . Whore was
Vold by the ~Unitell Ste* Maithid,•.„.4; day
or tiro' lieferelhe ,SMe' Johns ton 'cane to
my, hOuse , and wanted some _motleye: - My •
refine' Vas " bdinifd "NtiVeMber 25th
Thanksgiving . eve . Most-of the money I
paid prior •tO 'that -I -paid to Mr. MeGliff.
on account of my debt to the Government.
I rebuilt, my refinery; Vefendants requested
me to build-right up immediately ater the
fire. Thia conversation •was with both de
fendinta at afferent, times. They said they
had'rit einoogh for their Ber,viees; said there
danger,wasno , and referred ! to other works
running under tkeir - amigetninit::. After I
St rted again both of thedpfendsnts flocked
load:.for money.--1, had-gisren,Wilocas•a Cur
ed l Maob cssi4.-Josiston said “Dick"
was a 'k — WC lifitirnt paid him
;sikrtiLoos.,.;
me mrsedinyself strongly at
He told hicsaa borrowed - OMo
*Mit zPUlskr oh-tW,-1 'OM, count.' i•
-- Intiaisvi a d • th 4 befaie. He
said he d ldn'tg.nota, and it was all ,
Pl a A i tan bo ive any ar., si 600 for the
ime kborrower;, fignm , Adni n i r y .
T aV eltwas ,oritirmentak
k 0
;bop rtvreek for nartgo,
; 311 P i ttoVn40 0 4 18 4 0 444ifeii i ki s i v i:,
the to- ' tie or ?df, Greenfield,' ort4
they would ' ?give it to Ishn. oge e sat
Greenfield are - related - to4ehnet i k u a l ,,,,,
, a lamb, And Greenfield's
~,This I refused to do. I d d i rad i t io pr•
zit 3 sea
that-•z ;wo u l d w a t .
iniVeloPtry`dik give it to nim each week
at the dances at Castle's. He said he wanted
to Pay to Mr. Hays, the assessor, his propor.
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tion of the $5OO, and as Iwas a good `fellow
he would pay it out of his. own, pocket and
Putt Mai "Nd2partit this ractneyedas a&
vanced, because the government seized the
works a few days afterwards. The ar
rangement was to
.pay him the 81,600 to
keep me, harmless. , Be said • when 'the ,
money was paid he intended to make me a
new brand with the,"B" out, and. run it as
they - did the Meadville Refinery. "B" oil
was subject to-twenty ceritti , taxv But theie
was an oil which rtain officials bad to
keep their party togeth ce er. 0 was- ft nen =
wig,that Rollins, the Oammissfanerpandd
.give toe few officials, and: lie tone' would
touch it. They , told.me,when I was seized:
to fight uncle Atim—:"to go for Itim". that
they wo u ld danC,VP everything -with pa-.
pers. They hada lawyer' named, in
Meadyille; that superintended 'the gqing.”
I forgave uncle mm, did not figdit him.
forgave
y - wanted me to =play ccnimailyas they
had 4 nfitiefieewiththeltidge and Alitrict
Attorneyandeould, qqashlhe proceeding%
here:' There were papers prepared for me
to sign'nd swear to; they would ; Not let
me have them, and never saw them after
ward& TheymikeldJOynnjrsigning
themeper
and sneering to them, to prove . (de
fendants) innocent of all this fraud in oil.
Johnston had possession off • the papers. 'I
never could get -them. { I refused to sign.'
them. Indneennette' *ere =held oat' and
threats'made. 'They said thilt.was the•waY
they fixedthe works; the pi=
would save them (defendants) and
ItheY war:Weave mein. therselzkre of
works. Asked them how they could , do.
this. They said they coahlhaire me arrest-'
ed and swear against me: theY said there
was to be rm offieial inventlgatren and they
wanted me to sign thepapeisto be:present
ed to the committee; each oethemaolusettm
arid Wilson, had a paper. Tlifisetinvereathaa
was with Minion. in ,the , back- room
of the Revenue office at OS 'City. , DMus,
dents separately, asked' me isasign' the ga
per,. Did net reed Wfisonls poem read
Johnston',; this .was,. acconliriff-te puma
randun, Shout the 35th otlf District Oruiry. •
.Attorney Carnahan proposed
to give notice to the couraud t 9 pud4tite
the papers in qamt.Un.
Mr. Marshall dealt:Rl - the' cetifitieide briihe
items law coatfituedl—Thn' pipers wends
ibrra, and commenced about this we!,
"I, the said Charles C. Johnston, is-in.no
way connected with the said' J. Smitlain
the fraud of his oft,and I•j-P..Eirolth disown
his connection with it in- am' word,' deed,
action, or form." I cannotgive the exact.
words; it wasa nicely written document,
of a great deal of meaning in avery little
paper. Wart asked to swear to it; told de
fendante I would not, that that Ass their
part of' the arrangement; it was their:busi
ness to keep me protected; I made'tie oil;
never saw Johnson about theSinatteirlifteir
that night. Went to see my lewyer where
I had teen consulting since my difficulty
with defendants. , After th e conversation
about signing the paperaivrent the backway
to Groves' house for fear -of arrest, and left
on the early train by the Allegheny Valley
route. Went home from Graves? house
about ten o'clock. At Pittiburgh I put in
an answer to a libel against my oft works.
Know a man by the name of Meade, who is
said, to be a detective. I . was to - make oath
before him to the papers presented to /110
by defendant. Bede in the train from
Rouseville to Oil City with Meade. The
&Ise brand was brought to me in a small
band trig, about October, let , early , in the
'Morning. Think' Wilsdn tallowd the oil I
shipped .to *raellie. to; Mr. White; ..
he (Wilson) told me ' 'the oil had
been'sold forPIC - cents:' I was to
treat Johnston in public as a stranger,
and be careful not " to, excite suspicion.
When the, refinery was burned Wilson
came to me and said he ought to have half
the tax, as - Johnston out of his proceeds
paid Hays ? the assessor. They were bound
to make me run my relmery at' all' events.
Went to and wanted _ oil regularly
inspected, but he said ne, refithed, and as
wB red
me mime
was strongly
him
. I thaq men that e
the
ho thing safe asked to hav
, one hundred and twenty barrels inspected,
but Wilson only ordered twenty inspected.
[Witness was shown a paper and said it
was ono ho had given to District Attorney
Carnahan. It was received from Mr. Mc-
Guff, collector, and showed the. InspectiOn
of the twenty barrels referred to. A rail
road receipt was also offered, showing the
shipment of oil to White, Syracuse, New
York; accompanying this was an inspec
tor's
certificate dated Jan. 4th, 1868..]
Witness continued—A man by the name
- of Hollister' got 'about - twentr - barrelli in
May—br about that time; without any un
derstanding; he came and' bought; there
was no fraud Shoat U.' 'Robert Walker, in
my employ, delivered the oil; he had been
at my refinery - for several years as cooper.
My monthly reports were made up by Wil
son and signed by me without swearing to
-them. Wilson said it was only ii.matter of
forin
The direct examination closed, and Mr.
Marshall crossiquinined on behalf or John
sten. The examination developed nothing
material, excepting that the witness differ
ed soniewhatlit his fitutementne to the time
or frequency of his interviews With John
sten la Neyeutber. Blf,Elpplains also otoss
examined on - behalf 'Of Wilscin, Add wit
ness was dismissed from the stand at half
past two o'clock.
Two troth Etyineitie,
James E. White and J. B. Kenyon, ware
next called, and bra of order, the District
Attorney statin4; ho desired tanceommodate
. the gentlemen ' owing them to.return
homey = detained Ingle eity for
some days at great venieuge:q•
Kr' White 'CIAO VMS 'fit&
to county, ha had a
conversation with rnith About the ship
ment of oil to Byrne and Witness agreed
to gavatibifb . , entpidiefittif -two
barrels was: nnie try`the broker, Wwel,
and'n draft &kWh'. ri White for $5OO, Whith
he accepted.- -The oil was received in Byrn
elope on Saturda t c l - I , night, Sanhary' 2fith;
defendnu wpsinkithat
day ffbiturdiry) statifitikthatlib wanted
some, money, White gavehin426. White
negotiated for the aide of the - oil at 88%0
cash or 40c thirty ilays...,Thy o „, was ne me
suspicion that the birWas'not • riffrigh i tilfiff
not Pak jiPc
iti **W A Probability f its ,
seizure. .Thep rat,: Wuron a reye:
nue officer in.We
'known, he wan co - -with; and in par
swum or hirireprlktetiltitiona the oil was
dispose4W easkat .‘! jfe i on the Wth-
January, Whiteaocenntin Itithe °beads
erVids
iiiidxatnititabilaitialecibf-Mrli.White's test
mony.
Mr. Kenyon witt"olio' Jnetta ffi4Who
Purchased PA oil. Suspicion was OcYted
about the oil from the fact =of its being of
feted at, a -hilatik Prlerahliti'llie :firm bad
been able to buy, previously, but it
was 'concluded =to , niake]the _Purchase
on time,- judging that ' there ' 4 was
any fraud( • it' • would'; :Us , deyeloped
in the coursCof thirty days. tut *bee':
Wilson, a. itl ity
whence the oil came, was asked whether
the tied Pahl:fatale ronea lathe affirtn.
atlye,whlfrehpon the , purchase was con.
elnded_for cashintllllXicesitaa
ten o
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I.. 'clinrMay.' „ is
The Pollce....The entire cost of
the police nn.i and_ equi rnente,,NZin
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nalsKiihnshitilno.4lkm oi l An
average of. #40.89. p
ier/ . mit. .The _sample
nWibia., ; r ivhittElltlbrininliit .11)Mw- the
`east. cost W 88: Out - of the above therik
stenains ,. 'oul - 113ho' : ;alw:itor Indians,
which cost SSO.IXV.IMIXIWoith tit tlethlttni
.hoihOP‘Vhicil 40/,,,ltittee,tisetott r Of thii
' runtibnns to; aDent..pw.9o.. DeAncsfisknni:
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is a much needed improvement, and aboOld
have been made' yew' silo.
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TEE COURTS. I \ -1 '
irtiiitte gide; 'harlot court-aT• alit lie.
Caadlese, ..-
Petitiiins for final discharge, under the
bankeripifir low, were, filed by _ltalian-
Miller, of, Lynam count,, Ge.o 7 11 . Orlhf
of Washington eounty, John . 1 4'911vraY, of
Pittsburgh. , . ' ,'' • -., '.. .
4,, petition, for;Arlidleatian.* Alai. by
Adie E. - _,..zryqr !, ,g, I,3kii. recounts ~, -3.7.
'Ate - titian was filed by Isaae'r , I- of
aii i 2
laki nief4OgifClitrsitions'A Ce.,_ p.'
*Aphis; %acing that ;adman us-4, of ,. o-
Isaigo. county, be. tr._. 'ad a. bank= • • t.
Tbavtition seta fort • that the ileteroian is
hmteMod to the 'Pettti '_ --- in th* sum of •
min, for boots and - Ansa sold wad de i , -.,
eyed. The e • ^.- ot" bankinptey, ea
stated hi the tion, watt that the• ,• : , d-,
ant ,. • e !let :. ~ • stra4eofor,ll%ooo ta
li,' :StitrigtifVe . ' ' 1. 130 r obbntY, .itiiii • t
he ', , . , uentlyassi • •ad mod tranfersed to
thalami:De pinton krion . • ,insantnun ic le .
thousand:dollarti.lbr he parpose o r • • •
hini ranee over . 1 , ‘ tilifsaiers•andlo
.• d•
me and leafs • ew'et delaying:. .'ci.
o ' eita"or the • •nt 'kw,
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411041.iiWti&n or •i • dia ls iti:ge. '. •
nanoontienfinire • •e. ,
Petitions far adjudication wire 111.. • ,
J. N. • Word oot
Rake, of Crafasty, and ,
Ttradhoy,. of Vemigo *minty- ' - •
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• ' ' ' ' -
eon Pleas—Judgeo Stowe.
In tibias*, a , Ilettry Spio4rvs. kngitais
d C 0.,. reported S'malesday, the jury Was
I Y / Akiet7ttt.... 130 1; / It e limf.P.Erft,. 1 4tAlthaME4_1 ,
The next sae takes up was that of
man, key Co..•vs. jelissikm. IS*
jtrrY itranarfbr opitdatrelnitie siom a#656.,
Thomas. 'Crammp and ,others
Chas. Amstin, et al:. Ms was an action 'lb
Alectmask. /kr a traatt of /and- tUatlchlausl
township:: 'Verdict NT' defendaitis.
The ness cam cane& up sus that - On:kw- .
ry James Eturrison: This,was art
action to.reeover for work done in paintlikg'
his /401s6tilibr deka:EINA. On trial:
, .
Died of ) Ells oronerla Itiquesk.
TneedkrAleorhing "Pleb, 7,fisTle Wag
on the track of thd-PesiiisYlVithit
at Denny'sCurve,,an, account orwhich we
'lniblisheithi INC ffrhiiirfir 551'ti - idi# •
correct..' . Wii"'sttiCeTthe;
the inbred man resided near where he was
fotind„whieh we learn was nob the case.
His Dan& ft appears. was Victort• Schwind,
and.hronesidect udthihis. father.ab SO
nut street, in the Fifthward. Hb was re
moved; from where he was found to the
Round , Honse, andiDr. - Asdale was called
to see• him. About eight o'clock a. in. his
father came and took him home; where he
remained insensible until" he died about
seven o'clock Tuesday evening. At first ho
was supposed to , louvemet.witat foul play,
but his Injuries Sohn rather to have been
produced by falling : on the stones where he
was found. It is said that he .was at Iron
City Park attending a plc nic, on Monday
afternoorr and evening. but whether ho re
ceived his fatal injuries, by falling off one
of the evening trains, or whether he fell
over the embankment by the curve is not "
known. His family suppovd, hint t 4 be in
bed until Yesterday morning. The dodeaa
ed was twenty-one years of age, anclawork-
Coroner Clawson was rsitylOof 1293 death
and proceeded to hold an - nuttiest upon the
body yesterday moenbig,:whed
lug testimony was taken:
Victor &A:rind, Sr., sworn--Cn last Mon
day deceased worked until four o'clock
r. sr, He then went to my sister's on St...
Clair, street. , I left home at nine o'clock
m., and shortly after I had gone he came
in and , asked my wife if all were in bed.
She replied all but me. He then went out
of thobeek door. The next morning I went
' to his bed but be was not there.' The next
I hoard was that a man saw *person lying
near the Pennsylvania Railroad track, and
e letter found on his person directed to me,
No. 19 St. Clair street, where I lived for
seventeen • years. 1 . 1 want and fonrid him
lying at the Round House. Ho wee not
sensible at the time. Dr. Andel) was with
him *hen. I found him. I brought him
home en. Tuesday morning at about eight
o'clock.. He never spoke:after I found hWi.
The here nail ourhpd to be resumed
at Al derman' Taylor's. Office this afternoon
at four o'clock.
AGood 'eventide...
Mr...lSMes er, of AMigheby city, has
inveritid aft,"~, p tus Ihr claillling petro
leum, 'iTOr vsoy,lettetykpatent lave-been
grinte l 4, l iittnthered-1707‘1. The Apparatus
anit liecif two vitenzumstills t ' from which the
air is extracted, by means of an air pump,
one of lihlch"liCtured for , heating the•oll and•
draining latrle
and the other for carrying on a continuous
distillation by • feeding thorn the heated oil
illWrnter tiMl ll lttill
open iii-the,h6ttotue th e t. •By
keepingi - a-tildfdim quantity in the
distilling tank it is clainied that the discol
oration from the tar and other matter which
- rigilecuminlates and is burned on thetalons
,dfsthe still by the ordinary method ..pre
vented.
„,The invention has several other
advantages Overthe prAent`inethod of dis
tilling, ithiokreadllypreemt themselves
Upon examination of t h e 'apparatus, one of
which is the very low degree of heat re
quired, and the. usci_of, the gases and con
densed viipettfaff %el' for inning the still.
It is certainlyugreat invention, and if sun : ,
coastal is destined to work a revolution
in the oil trade, as it is claimed that it will
reduce the expenses of , distilling at least
one dollar' 'per' barrel.' It Is certainly
worthy or the attention of oil twin, ,
hfiedenusuter !Nike.
Friday of last week we published an
itaidiiitlietheittsivet; staling
M., Rowell ha d „tuella irgornudlon before.
Aidennai r biebbuiters charging Aldernum
&the First ward, Alleghony, With
WsdemeahOr , In Office, and thatihe Alder -1
man was held to hail in the Aura of ;500 , ,
for his' apmrszpe at Court,,, nu) whale.
/io34*Or ,='aTegell 1-_,Wes:;#th44 1 %Wu of
an execution attachment in a case ,
where "life - Metter -luta been Maid.
As i v i ppl i m ii2 &#.tresioa lig ge,
men r , t
Powel • %-anil , %titer for $l2,
againit Ppiollatce. .0 10- tmera. l 4/7 6 .
was pita; andliwu °WA& 'hoer mat tag
attachment was issued. As -an evidence',
pet the Aldent 4:1414 1 ,t 01 9 ,4 11% =Te ll
m„tivoll,rn
me Moe an
in &the presence of David Amen, *the
.c ndshltedee, John Potts, W. A. Lye, W.' ,
' ' ceders arid; *No . tlffirtbdifs. itithe
gamut. The Alderman Is s under
-bail for his appearance at Court, and refused(
to berelmedituthe &Wrest* have the mat.. .
ter thoroughly Investigated before the
mom trilmael„
Frigiria
,AVAlrif.'W one 4:94ootr.igt.c+rd4i
hightthl runaway took place on Rabe ,
atref3t.„÷boree igt.achipo tsyk jight trotttin
wagon was ten standing on Hand atr
„near the %midge, and while the clriver:
itightuatid thithednzy
street toward Penn. Just, ,betoTe r
" Sa t Var S tit'
trattWl v !FA 4-
'Fi t ' 4 4* ll " l - 0
.1144 - Ittr
*Mama
was turned_ up,
Iland and Lthe
day, to 'which .
Ams, , ,sszusillthisnot4h
-
if5V l ' • * l ie
rtirt insr,
broattbt , uP liblftittaooll ,
• . person IVA' irdruld*so wits we.
were able to learn, yid Tate, a =ow
made very narrow . meets.
t_; t
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Pittsburgh an4legbew Orpbah
Therthhty-aistleattanunt meeting of the
contributors to the Pittsburgh and Alle
4heny Orphan Asylum:was held on Tues.
day afternoon in the institution on Ridge
street, Allegheny. pellxit. Brunet, Esq.,
I preaided. Prayer was , offered by Rev.
, Dr. Preston,. after which the children of
L the Asylum sang a beantiful.-hyasn. The
annualreports'cf the Ere*etary and.Treaa
i urer of` e institution were then read. .
4 The Secretary's report was a very inter
fasting Aloonment-, , , at elemed grab 4sixtr
nine- chirdienhare been,liesereed Lida tfie
Asylumduringthe past: year. Thirtjafive
. .latiorneerrphins4 Urinate's* Mi nce; or re
fronted• to their friends. .One died, a
diets' orphan; - Nritage , olTia.the'rerp Sept to:
his tretheeshoreela. - ,Payette County, 1,5.1
biterment, - Y•learbss 222 as - inmates of Ills
institution :: Of MS nUmbe4‘ - -If3 are. set
, r:oreohanefor whom compeAation ig
giiremby - theAttate- Our :' aold%r's - OrPhaai.
•a Cripple 1671 has Miriam° on timetbll, but
is alieweel to board with his- xreetbit,r. , : Tyren
sobilers?4 • wieTOWS 'dying• firm • given'
children 43411 the3rare old enongh,to ber.
placed' under State eenAttol.,-, , • •
= 2 A. nithig;,tebute *Tater° thele r al
medintely charged *tlithe . Akabergawart of
the, bsstitstkint. reTheitisAlnlwapiellicted
with mticitalcknessZet year, 1-,tir tbrough
exbelent . naming emir careful rxneelbeel at
tendance; death , did 'not enter the' house - -
hold efrthelittle'oneia:
• Bittfine changes how been:midtr4lln:ing,
the pestles%Man albs 'chiltbeitrhow,
preienthare4 been;- siir engaged tes day wittS pier, statuas, qv:
them * tatar. Veen gi.,. 4 rearrotstsjadyire in;
. the*4l4o4 and. haw r homer. Ki d
friendsi, drainer, .rergeblfieriltolidaftfesti- ,
valsds... and *any little hearts wereloade
„happyes:thewathexetil
I iores4 #eple
aditeen;
deprived In eerily ehildhdodiof hothandd a
inotheetpcarewe cannot est:bond° thabene
',fil andi Mowing locinPfr-brthKAPir
e glrearsuswireisSiahowed a gratify--
hag condition;orfinaneierdibirs, thorn. be
log a balanceln :the
. Theasilay-pf 8010.96,-
and am taresilisr Smear* by order off the
Booro or .10."4 4 . Thogit..slPßO—Witztr,ae
cePriallcidteriehbA the-meeting proceeded'
to an eleetioniforqr NAM: of Managers of
the institution. -,to sewn-jos: the ,enardng4
year, tiled tile Iblfow%k , les - ware elect
Denny,bens , i bfre.:ll.,Childito
Mrs..Gen.Rallsnmon,.• I litra.. - W. Vanhirk,
, hira..hiru7 Wilkins,Thirs..Bay •
Mrsa. T. Logan, Mrs...L..llolrue%
R..Brnnot, ibirs..ScOtt,
ifirs..R. S. Rays ,Missaolmes,.
basal IL Hays ,, AllasThaw,
Mrs..R.Robison t .3fisa.Lathr'op,.
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A Whitewashed Negro.,
I , • •
SolomonAllair, iv - colored-Man, is "boas"
. . _
'whitewasher; and having. taken a contract
to. Whitewash a stable, employed -:John
Smith, (colored). to do the mark. Smith,' it
appears, . went to work Yesterday-morning,
and after he' had, been engaged for some
time Clair,. the “bows".• of the job,. Came.
along: tb.;• - seeThow. he' waa'"Progressing.,
Sniith's. work ~ 11,1 not suit-him, and he
dared it dohaln diffiireittiOSY. This
interference on the part of Clair offended -
Smith, and without any., further talk he'
attacked , •zelnir with thehrush with which'.
he had: been working and: gatro him.; .coni-I
•
plete WhitOwashing , and a wive body. beat•l
.rnw: Clair - made.' infornuttion , before -Ins
' tire - Barker charging Smith with ~ assault
and .battery. Ea.was arrested - andueldlor
• a hearing. - •.'
Spleiulld Flu nituie.
Titls morning and atternoon the well
kneWn al:teflon/let* Sfaithion, Vanhook &
. - ,
McClelland, willoilbr at public sale a very
fine stock. of 'neyrAnd second.luind parlor, .
dining room and bed chamber furniture
embracing - Dirna and:Pltdn Bureaus,
Wardrobes, Wash SUnds, Parlor, Dining-'
room and Wood Chairs and Rockers,- ger-,
oral Extension Tablet4 - 114h and 1.010.0,0-
Cottage and ninth. Bedstetuis;.Hair i llket :
ton= and mask Mattresses, - Card; - side *
Breakfast and'Dining TablearTete.a-Tetes,
new Secretary; Desks. Bew.ing:iffachines,
clookeenemmeocttehea trteitalgtiaoilet Soap
and:lnk,Parlor and Cook Stoves; Tilikdow
Shades and Carpets. Great Alaritakts may
be anticipated,. as the articles must :be
knocked down to the highest bidder.
•
,
Aggravated Assault and liattm.—litartin
Amity made information before Aiderinan
lituribert yesterday, charging Lewis 'Bernd
with aggravated assault and battery. , It
appears_ that the 'allsged _offence was com
mitted on the 14th of ,1 , 11. in a beer saloon
on Ohio street. The p,Mes were scuffling,
when the.prosecutor was thrownftgainst the
counter with. such torte us to break:both
bones of his right leg above thezknee.', He
alleges that' t was done intentionally, but
the defendant states thatit was an accident.
He says they were not e angry, but were
ambling in Ain. wag arr est ed and held
to bail in the sum of .13.500f0r his appearance.
at court. ' • •
, •
Alarm of Pire.—At igodf-Po4QuipiteeM,
yesterday #iterucen, au othgui. „
sounded - limn 1:41M. at Penn midi:lSM - Ison
streets, which wasoceaslened by* t.ning
chimney in the ;halite of Mr . Frank — Dim,
on Liberty street, below Harrison. Mr.
Doll'volo'bortdrig out his chimney and-fbr
that purpose
_placed amiss Uhl* , in the.fire,;
the smoke , yew which' Caused the alarm:
The entire 'fire Department was on the
ground in a remarkably short tbne aftef
.tlearnflarin, 4174 AlusineerriXl.)not
needed. '
• r
nogc="Pitilip 131 r.,,
rninghatn, was the owner of two valuable
dogs, which he .says were perfeehtinkowharm
' less: Henry Palmer healleges' an.
ttrattby to, dogs, an& threatehed'. kill .
them if he did . not keep them. chained He
neglected to ; chain therci, and y,,*.erday
morning found them both dead inh4Yark
havinreoldentlybeempoisoned: :He made
inft) , SOon,charging Palmer. with .
elms mischief. warnmt-inm issued
for
/4 8 ar. 113 4f; `r . •
fletiorse of the firm !of
squeri & Qo.,porVdeale finale infOrma=
.tiorf before ithe.Tilifayari, Conrad
Bobbing with -larceny, The accused :was
employed by the_proseautorLig the Pork
house, earner of , P enn antimsyneitrects,
from whichib alleged he stole a 'Web of ,
mean: Wed fez sacking; meat: Us , walk
arrestedesud. !tiler ; s hearing committed
;for, oOrt. • , , ' •
itarceny„ty - **ll;Whide
inOmatitai heibre Justimil3arhgeotftuth
lluabh,:aluirgligEtama'Fleteher with
bY bailee. She 44101Viak-the,
Lborri*Od'a:hlik a pe, /t h at
voltted'at4s , to ' , wow tact . t
that
she, - still retains pc)!tl Sitatotiptif and *hug
t7 it si o y iv e
b it
. 7 p. Liworrani - was . histt,d ita ,, her
aVest' 4 :4 -
Yotn.l
ibk—.
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F
,114.114FVF1 .144141:411Tiki 4 t oo.,
Fir•:tultinCorAlleghnz wilarki l lifbeen
out of service ler some tsysput midergo
ingrepedrs, is residy kw use again.
EIN
• On Tuesday at noon Idr. E. H. Myers,
Of the firm of E. H. Myers dr Co., whole
sale grocers e corner of Liberty and Irwin
streets, left his office temponarity, forget..
ting to turn the safe leek. During his brief
absence, some thief entered and abstracted
over three thousand dollars In banknotes
and checks. The folle*lng - wercithe cheeks
Check„ No. 1560, isn Cit* ~ Aational
Bank, from P. Sellers de Vo., favor Ea 13:"
Myers it Co., for $1,125 01. ,
. No. 9, on Lawrenceville , &MI; sink
from- Mitchel '4ltiSiteri .1111yers
.110%
; .Ctieck ' • Dapesit N'intinai"
..Bank--from--fromow
-dope* .arerslr,
*ATP 4 9 c0.g0q,,..4 ,,, 00.
A •ck
Cro ce
P. *b*"..trqpit.' .
D iI tank elir
idiviggnedon,:Pa.,t Jim
;frono..:-Afrimo- Am
. 0 31, 4 1 )31 114 30 ' vitt
mam.prnmptly 5t6,,; and *olio. adver
llsing-coltundii 10 lie .foundl. a.. Aiello e to.
bankwandPaniorli k served flitn or
litrorma , Co., nottto..ntefoirgrty
' h% desciibeffl4en the? a
very bsid onlvandi adroitly
, • ,
The Last Days of-Aat-Prtaddantr Blartin
ran Bnren wernmadb comfortainn_by the
'tote of Amnia Whabonibta'Astimuultenaeray
Lettarsin onriatisintdormlihs•oh .‘
peetan,>.
andihmarifr. lirtuarßuten hitinseir etpress 1
ranclitglatidoationi vritlathe resell* , of its'
vq74 l 32traCtS from.> We 4 %10 rot Washingto by his n
o Pierre M.
v „loge • •••• .
"Theler, ionaktvied, 03. 1144 enieri
mant,—what had been tittigesta bruz_4o
- wad-,
comb's Remedy forAsthsna,' a teaspeanikd
in a 141negiank of miter, On. tie takamevery,
fon.rhourscj!-Algoodird bt was theresnit,” -
Inino•caakaf - pnraly ; tic character;
haa.ltrfaileskto give.arompt relie4:-Midi-
Mawr eases a pamounat cure has beanef- -
facts& - "Ara oitingetLheed. 'afipittAitti2cled
Err - Unita Ase. An infttnt.maY taktrit
perfitet'safety.'' (ft-Circular.) "
• .Toamitnittrannre.Letln.,.
%ma. : Roston, Bele Prooidtdor
ForclbleaEntryJalm.llinrpttymade la- -
formation Before , Alderman: Monuts--yes
terday, °heaving Peter Hess with: forcible
entry - mid detainer. Itappeare that Mu%
phy opcupies two rooms-in Hess's hense:in
the Eightb*ardi andlut ;adept that *hen
he returned home out Saturday night. ine.
found:lda family andt goOds' in theutreeet, .
and the doer: .of hist pi:titian' of the bonne ,
locked c and, on inquiry' found that: Hem,
101 °' occuPles the feteeinfolg i portion of:the
house,. hack put them.-out, loeked , the i door,:
and had the 403. y in.hisTocket. HO4 was
arrested , and held tobbail.fbr hie apnearance
The ice eresmsesson is now at handl and
persons desiring to proeure this tempting,
and delicious _delicacy will find one of the
bests pointed and most genteel Weer: min
the cityat No. 105 - Fifth street.' Mr. MO-
Guire'sdining •rooms• - 1121) jrnalfregraeleil
as the most retired in the city,' where la.
dies•can visit = unrwcon3panled by gentle-
men.. Meals and luncheons are secvedi- at ,
all hours. A very line assortment- of con
leetinnaries and sweet meats at very rea
sonable prices, :; -
. .
Temperance Convention.—Grand'Werthy
Patriarch (4. Vi ^ : , Fratt, of the Grand , Divis
ion of Sons of Temperance in this State,
has arrived , in fiblacity and will , speidg this
evening at -the , Temperance Convention
anialch. , cmiem.atmen—Ecildnacres
Much, on
._Fiantsylvania !Avenue.. From
present appiiiriumeS We Convention prom
•.es tabs one 131' the _dargest *rev bold' in
this city. All churches and ledges are re-`
quested to send deletes andallinterested
cord's* invited to ,end. -
niardnif.=-3si*,,,_______•iiillatOitilL
A 10 01111111618• keeper • .0 ,
3Vard,4l.l),,tnadepir; leciWoei•before.
Alderman Vern_ with obraintni board Ender false pro. :
term- She silfeges - Abaktimr. mowed came - ,
to her horse to•Ibioo on the lbth of April'
and obtainodboard to theamountvf eigght
dollars, when ho decamped Ildtbentmfog'
her. s , 4 0,1 1.4ppearaleft,e4yjed. recent
ly re wliefilfdlralittirested and held
for 'bearing.
Alleged PeiAnry.—Miehael Mallon •
terday node information before • Alderman
. ldlfastera chary Themes Campbellivith
patharv, Camp igfput,2, ation be=
ohilk) Mayor; eadtay ebarging
and another maxi vithlaiceny. They veer&
arrested, sae Met allearing . disehargectil
Campbell it appears alleged in his infontut-s
tier) against them, that, they had brolten
open the ddor, which listullesk - alleges is
&Ise. Campbell eras aitosted and held fbr,
iniejaring.:v
Allegheny Fair.—The Fair at the Alle.
ery !foment Industry'attracted a very
audience last night, and the tm..t •
exc tinged prevailed' over .the.muniCll4ll!
cane contest. Mayor Blickmore WWI
ent, and s were
He stood Sixty-four ahead of Moo Drum
at the closing-or-the ;p olls -. last night. To
night the - imlt be! announced. The.
tiot.olese to-night, .as hitherto
nonnoed..• .- 1 - _s,• - '
A on: - Frith
W ee r etTre tl =3 7 s 4 fe:ifel i gi - the'mag-,
dilloent display of new dry goods In the
beautiful windows of Messrs. Bates it Bell,
No. 21 Filth ,street. The firm daily receive,
*Oh invoic es of all the leading , styles of the
ses:son; direct from the Importers!: , hands` offer goo-dandli:airliteloirithibeartilbsiP
be - obtained. elsewhere. Their windoivs
give a poor . idea of. the ..4cellehee of their
• •
rim At-the , blasonlei.RElV r enctlon:ltefiee of
Vanhoele-ct McClelland there
will be offerid.itUfdlehdleithbg-trentilig
at.ten o:olock,Juldafterlioon at two o'clock;
a very - 04*dt aaeortment of Hair, Cotton'
and Hoak, Matneees, Exteilidon Tables,
Mew Carpets; and'"4 , ,general eiteentment
Nagle t
Pereolldertr• "•
•
Held enlist . = Milt= Human
made iniblulatton before Alderman Butler
Mitgainat - Maky lonesof. the 7th
wentr ter surety of•the'pesob: , Mary wax , :
P1ik.445k6 ttOthisita
- •
The Athletics Comlng.—The Athletic_
Base .Balli Club, of Philadelphia, will visit
tide city on the first of Jane, and rezueln
twoor thrends3ra., The3r be:thepests,
gie' i‘Alleghen l ytkelnb
Re .—.Alderman Mullen has hadhia
office repeintedjind paperdd :with fine oak
paper, which•he , livbfttMg to a coat rof
varnish. It is now one oftheneatem
Ll 4MeghB4Yl ol (7.'
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Fire b
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piez MPINIMOSPA,4.
et m rerurn a ed. 1119P447101*
v . :4 4 4404w Ah*t 4 3o 15 0 Akt..VSvY, pi.,
k '•ntallas 'wmotdetivil
b. , " if:, fockirWO-asro7/11
-lihkelti it , ::t.._ - ,kitY 'r -, ..}... -,,,-.:,, 4 0...
3VAtio, , • 1
-- . - dal tiik,'. ~
thtiOhlik ,
4 1
i i er i t ',At ; , •. t.i.-‘„ . 1-,.+•! -. ' ' v...-
viiiiikibig rTof
_, trobt Vit , 4r.. ,f
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•
A ...- Fmt7 ., A
mbn 'meethitriof 'Allegheny
will he eld this evening..
,
Hea; , *, BoioNn
=II
•
#emwated.—the Bt. Nicholas barbershop,
- ocefupiOdhp Messm. Harvey; it Rodgers, Is
no*, one o f the moat pleasant and comfort
able shaving salodns in the city. ilt has
been thoroughly renovated of everythinz
obnoxious, has undergone • a tie:mono
coMme of repairs and la- neatly painted anct
Pell,tired. The establishment
runder the
charge:of Mr. 'Harvey, lately Vem- 'crew_
,bigton city, who is One ofthebest`Werkinexl
in. the city, and he employs none bat born.
petent persons. Hie oftrgm Are means,
ble end. satlafactitm kr*arranted Waif who
rattionizehim. -_ • • . -- !- -. .', 4-r- '
- Altraiiive 'AuctyniAgate4awaivigiy . -- and
W°liit t l- : ,lii 7 lit fue - . 4 ,.,.Thi15„,... -4 4 4• 1 , et :, ten
b!cin e k x.. :st.', ut i . ea , w e
.r. tit. "made
tle '
Il lpt iet itf n ilit i tharidaYaigiab cs .
art aritjair and-Chifillairibrad-'
itz
,4egetherl*Wm assortment of !Mum.
hoi rOioda, nolir,eailtetiloiecoadhttedrus.
se . hair bust:sand cotttsunattresses,
e tahlesi-pieklesi catsup. and
di** -0 10 1 u30=4:1Taigkoog A
Au Weleibind,
_ ls ctioneere: „. . ,
maw,
• de
infarinstiiset; beibrcf - Ablerimul Mu
ivallegheny Mtn- yassordsky, oh - • k
13scrarosice•witkpethillso, =
The aeoused-is eniplestest kV a .• •
of h 'SP:skitiasagenitiAnd it appeantih a t
. fie 'iii•ga renalinctne -skirts = 'the
dit3NA - Ina arreatigraud . = taken re
AideimesivkhodiselHorged luta- a
•pseadisd to bake' out at license
d to Mks bristnaiiigain. "
'Ode ease. rot r LTit
!Honey einnb Quabi . i. • (
• Opened to-clay* 1.4-C
r• .
19() and la Irecloraleice4fie
L •
• • off thi.'Peate.:4leiater'
:yids(*) lajlimetteni before .7
;.Amato* K a
tth....whearreated,7.and , at •
ohoblairthreelandkod'. .
tits and, appear at ••Co
r' livpiith hecivaa,omamitted
bne
to k
de
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Mce*.rAoVr—TetOliEwklti . . Taiimist zdT4ln g
linty -..l;Enirlol;
- *thefts.
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, Int h
ckaaft.
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Wife_f liergeft' •
In the ..It.yeaxsofter
, zFuniziO ale ,from realtienee:efliorliestiaiOtilita:
strematy on Tatntsinvi , cl4th 'testa.* at
3 o'clo4tl. a : Mends orateifitaaltraie respocl .
_fully to attend. •••
IC.-Dtrilllo2iMiontbSOlN, emirueafty,
3101 , 124. at.":slteclock P;;*,., I* the YOth YaStof
, -.The•,uCravat takeidacamnali late zialdeate.
. 169 tIttgaver;fitree,t;s:Allegiataly,r.Tuttitaa it
I. 4 lthliiii,il: 7 ; at Mcools4 - /... 3:10e- friends _et Oa'
family Orjrminietfell: y lavited:toattend. RATTI~3AN - 0u
Wedbiesdar_p_ieralm aiterA.
.-protruitedlllnass,:4ollN.F: -..wwlG-aar:aated!;oll
Yparss-4 I'l' • •
nitierJ4 on. tai aicipz+iaiGi; at , 9X vlegse*
,frenatlielvesiiiiricci Icif.9 mother, ZAWdemal
iireet.:rThe mends tin fati4k, !
-I
I' tinsantaiiwaties-•;;,:i.
, CrllilEl4l4 lllll 4 .
• • •
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'cry des Usial
Adobe& .'
, C l6l2l W4Darnie
AsausExtsCES7.
3K,Jacotess;4l,
sue¢ of
=amain
slada of o n
at all day a.
T A...ms si
SQUABS; (by Jo
on hands , the be,
linitaticne;ltoiew•
wiuts.:
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