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'FIRST ENTIOI.
TWELVE co.c]c.cc3lK.
THE. CAPITAL.
Public Debt Statement --Gas Ex
plosion at the Capitol-7 Regul
ations• for Assessment of Special
TaXes•ljnder the New Tax Law.
ing Telegraph to the Plttabgttr h Gazette. 7
WABHINOTON, !August 7,.1888.
rIIBLIO DEBT STATEMENT.
The following is it statement of the
public debt of the United States on the Ist
of August, 1868:
Debo Bearing Coin interest
5 percent. Bonds j S • nt,nes,too 00
6 per oont. Bonds, NM 383.87300
6 per cent. &a) Bonds 1,683,106 2, ,00 0000
Debt Searing Currency I
3.ltar Compound Interest Notes....
4per cent: CeritdcateS
Navy Pension Fund, at 3 per cent..
Matured Debt• not Pretiented for eaymeThir,
3-year 7-313 Notes due A_ugust 3.5t,.1257,
JUDO and July 1.5 i h, Md... . .. . ... .$ 8,433,800 00
Compound,,lnterest Notesi, Matured
jrineloiJuly 15. August IS, October , :
15, and December 15.,1867, and, Slay„ I
15, Bonds, .Texas,lnderanity ' ' 6`x•900 to
• 255,000 CO
Treastiry Notes, Acta July 17, - 1881, and
prior thereto
.... 154,511 84
Bonds, April 15. 1882, January 23tn.
1817, - and March 31, 1848 . 1,055.,941 80
ZTreasury Notes, Bane& 3.1883 . ' 555,402 CO
uarary Loan 748,53080
mites of indebtedness: . . .... -... 13,M0 Co
. .
N
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t
e
s %Debt Bearing'no Intense. •
256,02107 i 03
Fractional Currency
$ 31,867,61 S 37
oOld Certleestee •
22,414,0e0 00
- • -
" $410,334831 37
Grand'. tOtal
32,601,378.7 W 81
4 per cent: lawful'money bonds It-
sued to Padilla It:abroad Co - '
TOTAL DEBT
4w:414 is Treasury
Coin
Currency
Amount of. Debt, loss Caah In the
Tressuz7 it,=,534,450 67
The foregoing is a correct statement of the
public debt as appears from the books and
'itieTraisurer's returns in the Department
.on the let day of August, 1868.
[Signed] • H. McCur.i.ocu,
• Secrettiry Treasury.
_
The Warr-a:A(1 issued bY the Treasury.
Department during July to meet the re
quirement(' of- the* Government amounted
in round nunabers to the following sums,
.
Yteeelianeoye
sad foreiiin interzourse...s 4,710,000
Interest n public debt 31.504,000
War Department 7,010.000
Nary .Depariment
2 , 641,0r0
Interior, pensions and Indian.. ' &51.000
Total
$41,619,000
The warrants iSSUfd for the redemption
of thapabliodebt are not included.
GAS EXPLOSION AT THE CAPITOL.
A gas main in the Capitol under the cen
ter of the dome; 'in What is known as the
Washington crypt, explotled ( thts afternoon
,with.Yety great force, blowiug out all the
bast 7 frame work strrrtitifidingeliff tearing
allthc doors and and windows to
-splinters -and scattering theni through
the basement passages-in ail - directions.
'The effect of the explosion was Mich as to
create alarm for a time for the safety of the
building: Part of the funeral -parapher
naLiaof the late Prelddent Lincoln, which
had been - ;placed for safe keeping in .the
crypt,;, was - ignited by the flames and par
tially destroyed. The broken glass froin
the basement windows was blown through , '
the passageti - Taa - : far as the west en
trona° of the building, and portions
-of the wood work scattered through a
large portion of the eastern and south
ern wings of the old building. Notwith
standing the apprehension and dread at
,tentlant upon an immediate investigation
of the affair,..All the ernployes_were prompt
"ly off bind - and measures at r!onca taken to
prevent further damage as well as to repair
that
,already occasioned. Fortunately no
-onewattle the vicinity at 'the time of the
oot:Went, and consequently no one was in
'Jared.
' AFEFESXENT OF SIPEOIAL TAXES.
.. Instructions in relation. to the assess
ment. .
and reenessment of special taxes
• under the act of Jutv 20th, 1868, have just
,
- been prepared at the Internal Revenue be
,
partment. • Distillers commencing hi:lai
r ness subsequent to the passage of .the act
will be assessed for the unexpired por
•tion of the year at the rate of
four hundred dollars per annum,beginning
with the first day of the month in wh lab they ,
commenced, business, which entitles them
to producnror manufacture at the rate of
•one thousand barrels per annum. Distil
. leas who have been assessed and paid spy.
Mallet for the current year efone hundred
dollars will be assessed at the lucre ised rate
In making the ,re=assessment. all aallowanne
will tie made foe-tle . portion of the. "tax al
seedy paid appropriate to the unelpired
• port ion of the-;year. The-talc - will be re
' assessed to August first,l three-fourtias
of the.year. Reetifyers are required to pay
, two hundred dollars for notexceeding two
.hrmdropl barrels and fifty 'cents for _each
barrel in excess of, that nuniber: Peraona
Who:engage in
,rectifying under the raw
.... pot will be assessed the pro rata proportion
„.of the two hundred donate, and the day
cents tax per barrel will be -collected OE
each barrel in excess of snob pro ratti pro
: • portion qf the two hundred dollars, and the
.• lifty cents tax per barrel will be collected
• ,:on. each Darrel in •• excess of such pro 'Nita
proportion of two hlindred barrels. "lite
opeciflm speeial tax ;on wholesale liquor
dealersils not changed, but a (Mange is made
In the rate of additional tax on Balm , arid
on sales in excess of :which additional
tax is to be collected. "If s person com
mences -business,: as a liquor. dealer In
Angina,' laci..wonld hi liable to special tax'
appropriate to the unexpired portion of the
year, or three-fourths of one handred
' - dtill;rri, and'lthirr Wilttld cover the' sale Of
-three.fourths of 1125,004 or 818,750, which;
When • exceeded,, he . Mat begin -to
make separate - returns and i , pay: the
additional rate required'' -milder I the
old law. A wholesale liquor dealer; who
? al - 4 l ' hei rPetdattllZ.: qr,o4e hundred-401._
- ars - at' the commencement of the zear t
should be charged for sales made prior I to
:Ju' 2 9th,,paho old. 'retch ;And ! for ; those
`made afterwards at the pew. The.endWili
be reached by exempting him from month.'
tax:. inuless. his, sales • made• - tltter :
.7ily 20th, 'reach half tue• - emegnt :which.
he might have sold had there been, no changcrinAhe - law: Thus if /lel had , a9id:
. _ ...BBo,ooo ...Wertlibefoe_thershangit.herriaysell
8 10 .008 afterwards. If he sold 8140,000worth*
before,- he Inav sell 850,000 after the change.
Manufacturers .14,•ktilis ' - ‘O ll- .'he assessed
pro rcga fer the unexpired: portio n of the
I s tri a1at..14, -..sevemninths of 0,000 or
5
89. :If, however, he ..has she dy paid a •
apecial•tax. of. ten: - dollars as a :taiartufae.f
ktrer, ho will be entitled .too, deduction Cif
..._ ._ _:: .. ..,.i, i .• ~ -,i, \ ',. 1
sevort4iinths of 'ten- " dollars making
amount to be ' assesseil $31,12.
In ,addition to this, he is liable to a tax of
twenty dollars for each still and twenty
dollars for each worm made .for distilling.
If, howeVer, he manufactures other articles,
beside stills or worms, he is not entitled to '
any deductions on account of the special
tax paid as a manufacturer.
Dealers in leaf tobacco, whose sales do
not exceed ten thousand dollars, are to pay
twenty-fiie dollars, and in addition two
dollars 'for every thousand dollars in ex
cess of ten thousand dollars. If In business
on ' July 20th they be assessed
seven -ninths of twenty-five dollars, and
when sales exceed seven-ninths 011510,000
will become subject to the additional tax of
two dollars per $l,OOO. Deal' era commencing
business suibsequent; to that time will be as
sessed a pro rata proportion of $25, count
ing from the first day of the month in :
which they commenced, and the tax of two
&filers will attach when their sales shall
exceed the same pro Ala proportion of
$lO,OOO. Wholesale dealers in tobacco and
manufacturers of cigars and of tobacco,
who sell leaf tobacco, must pa
the special tax of dealers in leaf tobacco in y
addition to their other special taxes. Every
person whose business is to sell manufac
tured tobacco, snuff or cigars, is re
garded as a dealer- id tobacco, and
where the annual sales exceed on e hundred
dollars and do not' exceed one thonsand
dollars, must pay five dollars and two dol
lars in addition for each one thousand dol—
lars in exeess of ten thousand dollars. Any
retail dealer, wholesale or ,retail dealer, or
keeper of a hotel or eating house, who sells
tobacco, snuffer cigars, must pay in-adds
tion to his special tax as such a tax as a
dealer in tobacco. The assessment for the
unexpired portion of the year will
be in accordance with the princi
pies , before stated. Manufacturers of
tobadco are, required to pay a special tax of
two dollars. .If they, manufacture segars
- they must also pay a special tax as such in
addition. if they have already been asses
sed` sod a special tax ' as tobacconists, they
will not be reassessed as manufac
turers of tobaoco. In addition to the
special tax of 'ten dollars, a tobacco
manufacturer, where the amount of
ttie penal sum of his bond exceeds five
thousand dollars, is liable to a tax of two
dollars tor each thousand dollars. In mak
ing the assessment Assessors will estimate
the amount of„tax which would be due for
a year, and where the assessment is to date
from the time of the passage of the act, as
sess the manufacturer seven -ninths of
! that amount, and where he commences
business subsequent to t the month of
July the 'pro rata pioportion of such
Ilamount for the unexpired portion, if they
are'dating from the first day of the month
in which he so commences business. Man
ufacturers of tobacco are not required to
pay special tax as dealers in tobacco fur
selling the products of their own mane_
facture. Manufacturers, of segars are
required to pay ten dollars when, their
annual sales do not exceed five thousand
"dollars, and in addition- two dollars for
each one thousand in excess of five thou
sand. Those who have already Paid tax
as tobacconists, and do tnantifacturb
tobacco, will pot be required to pay another
special as cigar manufacturers. • In such
case he will be assessed for the rateable
proportion of ten dollars and the tax of
two dollars per 1,000 , will, be upon the ex
cess of (thepro rata proportion of $5.000.
' Distillers, compounders, manufacturers
of stills, tobacco and,cigars, are dot subject
to the tax on aabistprepoiled by sectipridith
of the set of_fittarch 1888.1-
oas,lnjoo
$ 21.604.800 00
6 0,030400 00
13.000,000 00
$84.604,100 oo
*18,091,175 44
22.210,0:10
5.39,768 81
$ 8 3, gE 1 ,917. 93
25.644, 2,58' 21.
11110.054.275
DO/TESTIO EXPORTEI.
nko Director of the Statistical *mean re
ports this aggregate of domestic exports for
the :last fisesl'vear at 8352,616,006. an in
crease over the previous year.of $18,146,890.
, -
An Alarming Plot.
(By Telegraph to thef'lttaburgh (iizette.3
Nessviamg, July, 7.—The Union and
Diapatc/1„ Democratic newspaper, published
a charge this Morniiig, that white and col
ored men had entered into- a plot to burp
Nashville, Murfreesboro, Columbia and
Pulaski; murdering men, women and chil
dren. At a meeting of the citizens this af
ternoon a committee- wag appointed to
Wait on the Mayor and. Aldermen and ask
an investigation. The same paper says that
it can giye names. It is supposed some
-crazy fanatics are at the bottom of the plot,
if it really exists. '
—The testimonial ordered_?by` our gov
ernment for presentation to Pk), Peabody,
as an acknowledgment of his munificence
to Lhe cause of education in this country,
is.en exhibition in New York. It is in the
form. of a symbolical monument, consist
ing of a pedestal of ebony three inches
wide, eight inches long and an inch and a
half in height, on which rises a purple vel
vet block six and a half inches long and
two and a half high. On this rises a mas
sive gold plinth, resting on the center. of
\ which is an upright medal, the disc of which
resents are excellent medal profileof. Mr.
ulbodY.. Oil the shyers° disc is the fol
lowing inscription beautifully cut : 4 !The
people of the United States to George Pea
body, in acknowledgement of his benift:
cent promotion of universal . education."
On the right hand of the medallion likonem
rises a female statue, representing bt
holding a laurel
.bougb. On the left
are two nude figures of children, white and
black. The white child points proudly to
the'medallion face, while the blaclL, pointing
to himself, appears to look as If he too was
to be behefitted. Behind this group rises
a three trunked palmetto{ tree. Beneath
the abirerse- disc is a collection of the 83 m
bole of education. , In the centre is a geo
graphicial globe whicil revolves at the toucb.
Belot , / this Is en unrolled map of the United
States, with 'he Bible and school books at
the right and left.
--The New 'Lark- Bricklayers' strick is
jrobably ended. ,At a meeting of the
oint committee of . journeymen yes
terday 'tbe Treaaurer stated be had a
Conierenco with the President _of the
Master
,Masons Society on the pre
vious day and learned from him the bosses
would be inclined tol yield eight hours if
'the men consented to a modification of the ,
apprentice law and 'of that law forbidding'
bosses fromworking en the same scaffold.
After considerable, debate the joint com
mittee appointed a sub-committee of three
to Walton the bosses and were empowered
to agree tothoabove named terms. There
seems to be bat little doubt that the nom
promise will be agreed to.
-A freight train frorts•New York for Bow
-tou r on - .Ttinraday- evening, ran off the
mi d ge at NOrtreilt,N eetiout, in copse--
queue° of the ' ' ' draw ' - being left open
through-the carelessness of the wmteitinan.
The engine, tender •and five heavily laden
freight ears Were`piled:oirAop each ..tilber
in the water, inerfect,:wreak. some hail a:
dozen, brakeman were . injured, hatlliatin•
serionaly: • - • •
—A shooting affray ooenrred at, -Vatil7;
-p_hia,--yesterdayi7 betiveen Inro builders,
named MeKendaiand Johnson. Iwho were
partners. While discuasing,„norne work a
dispute areak— Moßeimiedrwa!pletoi and
iired4trelifillnama. seladd , a l stint
and tired at - McKenna, mortally *minding
Johnson su rrendered - hilzaaeLt' to the
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PITTBB,URGit. SATUR
NECOI.O EDITIO
FOUR, O'CLOCIE. A. M.
F.RON EUROPE.
(By Telegrapb,to,the Plttal3urgh Gazette.)
GREAT BRITAIN,
•
LONDON, August 7.---The Right Hon.
Stephen Lushington, of the Court of Arch,
is dead. _
LIVERPOOL, August 7.—Jeff. Davis was
on 'Change .to-day . at Liverpool and was
loudly cheered. -
LONDON, Augnst 7 .—Te:raoes at Lewes
commenced to-day. ,The h Dewarren Handi
cap was won by the Duke of Hamilton's
Leonie.
' A dispatch from Constantipople says the
Levant _Post contains a statement that the
Cretans have sent a request for help to
Queen Victoria,. •
TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPB, August : 7.—The Bub
lime Porte has formally proclaimed the
eldest son of the Viceroy of Egypt the right
ful and legitimate etux,sor to the Vice
Rilgal throne In the event of the death of
Jaime' Pacha.
FLORENCB, August 7.—The Italian Gov
ernment has, agreed to pay that portion of
the debt of its former Papal provinces,
which is hold In Prance, and looks to these
provinces for reiMbursement.
FRANCE.
PAnrs, .tugust 7.--Cleneral Fleury bas
issued a circular calling for the purchase of
additional supplies of horses for the army.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
LONDON, August 7--Evening.—Consola
93%. Money 04 Account bonds 71%.
Illinois Central 92;4. Erie 3S. Atlantic
and Great Western 39y.
INIANIEFORT, August 7—Rvening.—Bonds
,buoyant St 75. • •
LIVERPOOL, i August 7.—Cotton steady
and machangeM the sales foot up 10,000
bab s. lireadstaffs unchanged. Beef dull.
Bacon buoyant at 49. Koduce unchanged.
ANT WBRP, August 7.—Petroloum b3/f.
Louisiana Legislature.
By Telerranh to the Pittsburgh Garerte.
Nuw OELLANs, August 7.—ln tho House,
yesterday, a protest from tho two Demo:.
cratic members ousted, with a motion.that
it be spread upon the records, was returned
to tho displaced members by a vote of
forty-five to fourteen.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Jewell offered
a resolution that a committee of three be
appointed to wait on Gov. wartnatn and
ascertain from him the time an d place of thci
hundred and filly murders which be says
hr.ve been committed during the last six.
'weeks, and also to obtain the letter of
District Attorney Hudspetb,, alinded to,
which charges the indiscriminate Murder
of men, women and ehildrenin the Eighth
Judicial District.
( mr..Jewau followed his.. _restitution with
an intensely bitter speech upon the action
of the Governor, in the course of which he
states that five hundred stand of arms were
known to be in the building opposite
the State House, and occupied as the head
quarters of the Republican party. Mr.
Jewell &an stated that as no law of Louisi
ana provided for a Governor's staff, with
military , ranks, Lieutenant Colcinel Deane,
bearer of the.letter, must be neutanant.
Colonel upon his staff as Commander-in
in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Repub
lic, there being as yet no militia organise.
0013. The . Governor, in his enumeration of
the secret military, lint ostensibly political,
associations, neglected to mention the Loyal
League and Grand Army °Utile Republic,
of which latter he is at the head.in this
State. •
Jewell's resolution Was referred' to the
Joint Committee on Civil Affairs.
Sheriff's Party Resisted—Three Men Killed.
By Telegraph to the Plitsburgh Gazette.)
Sr. Louis; August 7:—A leeter from War
ren, Benton county, gives an account of
the affair reported this morning..:' It seems
that warrat.ts were put in the hands of
Sheriff Mitchell for the arrest of two, men
named .Dickinson and Harris, the former
indicted far murder. Dickinson was ar
rested without 'difficulty, but when the
Sheriff's party, approached the house in
which Harris (who is 'a notorious despe
rado) had taken refuge, the demand
for surrender was answered by a vol
ley from double-barieled guns, fired
from windows, resulting In the death of
the Sheriff's brother, Jasper Mitchell, ana
a man named Horace E. Potts, and mor
tally wounding of W. W. Smith.. The
Sheriff's party then retired. Seine hours
afterwards the mail coach was robbed by.
Harris' gang and the paSsengers plundered
of seven hundred dollars. The_ letter does
not mention Ku-Klux, nor does it say p9ll
- were in any way involved in the affair.
Ship Struck by Lightning.
Mr Telegraph to the PlitaPprgh aarette.l
I BELPAST, Ms., August:7.—The steamship
William Tibbitts, from Boston, - while en
_tering the harbor this evening was struck
by 'leaning, which tore in pieces the fore
mast and foresail and thence passed into
the pilot house. which was almost demol
ished. Captain Ingraham, who was in the
pilot house, was seriously injured. and
a. young :..lady passenger prostrated
by the stroke. Eugene Ingrahain, the pi
lot, was so seriously burnt that his recov
ery is, doubtful.- The fluid passed along
the wheel ropes to thE• rudder, and in its
oourse knocked a man overboard, who was
soon rescued, however. None of the ottier
passengers were Injured. The hull of the
steamer was not damaged.
•
Alabama Legislature.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Ussette.)
Bloriirooluituir, August 7.--The House-to
day,, by seventy-three to thirteen, pued
the Senate bill removing disabilities farm
all 'persons not allowed to vote by,the 8 to
co9,3l,itation. In the Senate a bill was
passed; by fourteen to thirteeb, which'flea
-
/allies Lids,by takiiig away from the peo
ple the right to vote for Presidential oleo
tarp and giving Ito to the liegielatitie.
was sont.to the,Hause Immediately,: where
it was made the apecial: order forto-mor
row at o'sidock. The bit will
Emily pass. , Dispatches. from the 'recently
elected Senabire werio'recolvect today ad
..vhdugthiscourso...
.
! ' „
tit, Talierips a the rsafinren, Q21.1( 43 ,1,
LTALiwinu4.944 Aug. 7. —The 14egislature
'Ygsserday passer aver the Governor's veto'
the bill to pity to members one Year's pay '
for ;services from( Jo veal) December, and •
adjourned at midulatt until November, Bd,
whey ay will e. 1 4 4 01 14 -PF*49fitial Otoctors;
, . .
ITALY.'
—The remains of Very Rev. J. B. Spald
ing were followed to the grave, at Louis
ville, Ky., yesterday, by nearly ten thou
sand persons. The ceremonies were yery
impressive. •
I—The brig Laura, from Cieufnego, is. at
Anchor at quarantine, Boston, with -yellow
fever on board. The captain's wife and two
seamen died on thilfilassav and the mate
is still sick. . '
Barkley tiris Spoke `factory; ono of
the largest of the kind in Philadelphia, em
ploying nearly one hundred bands, was de
stroyed iky tire early yesterday morning.
The loss will reach 150,000..
—A terrific fire was raging in the woods
back of Ca/lingwood, Canada, yesterday.
•The forest for miles was on • masa of Haines.
Great fears were entertained for the safety
of the town. Several farm houses had been
'destroyed.
I —Major General John A. Logan arrived
at'Augusta, Me., Yesterday, by special
steamer from `Bath. The largest. political
meeting over hold in this oily was held last
night at Granite Hall. Hon. Jos. G. Blaine
made an address.
—Charles Davis, - allas Wm. Dearing, One
of the party who robbed the Adams Ex
press Company at Seymour, Indiana, es
caped front jail at that place Friday
' A reward alive hundred loners is
offered -for him by the Adams Express
Company.
—,Three butchers have been arrested in
Hoboken Tor violating the city ordinance
by slaughtering cattle within the, city lim
its.' The.butchers say they will spend ten
thousand dollars in contesting the case.
The stench in the locality has been very
offensive Of late.
— I The celebrated Appleton divorce case
was before the New York Supreme Court
on Thursday, on a motion to stay proceed
ings, pending the. appeal to the Court of last
resort from the General Term deeinion
setting aside the order granting alimony:
Decision reserved:
J -Henry Robinson and John Burnett,
captain and mate of the ship Columbia, are
under, examination before the United States
CoMmissioner at. New York., charged with
aiding and abetting the beating to death of
a sailor named Henry Gunther on the re
cent voyage from' Liverpool. I
-At the last stated meeting'of the Board'
orManagers of the American Bible Society
lwenty-four -new auxiliaries were recog.
ntzed, : Seven .in Arkansas, /bur in
Alabama, six in Texas. three in West Vir
ginia, and one each in Kentucky, South
Carolina, Tennessee:And lowa."
—The Republican General Committee of
New York on Thursday refused to enter
tain a , regolution - requesting Gov. Fenton
to appoint' Horace Greely• to the office of
City Register made vacant by the death of
Gen. Halpine, the fees and salary of the un
expired term to be paid to the widow.
—lt Is stated that at least five thousadd
barrels of fish oil haver- been received at
New York, containing, sealed, five gallon
kegs of 'llunnessy. brandy. and also many
thousands of barrels of flour containing
similar cans of brandy, all smuggled from
Canada. The Custom House officials are
investigating.
—Private telegrams to New York from
New Orleans state that therb is open war
between the whites and blacks in the Teohe
country, and many lives have already been
lost.. Those reports are used In Wall street,
and bad men insist that it will result in
anotherrupture betweenthe P,resident and
Gen, Grant.
—A dispatch from Halifax says a mucus
of the Dominion and local members was to
be held last.night, at.whOh the Canadians
were to ha present, and the pcisition,cq
tern discuttatot Was' thought the must
'Violent Untimnionista oppose every
peaceful prtiposition for settlement. Mist
may; 'Same u•spilt - ititlieltrapk*.• •
—The sale of f 8,000,00 0, of the first mart. ,
gage ; bundspf.,ths , llariford and Eris Rail.
'road hilirbeen - com p feted; Co m m odoru'Van
•dorbilt taking•one• quarter-of the ,t u ndunt:
- The road receivettil2;ooo,ooo In cash end the
remainder; . whenever Salled .for. By thiS
loan the road kaseticurod thet3,ooo,ooo loan'
made.by the State last year and . the entire
s l i m ' of 88,000,000 Will no amply au aletent
to complete the entire line heti:Veen Pi h kit I, •
N. Y A Eu1(1.11940, be - done in
eighteen 11101 0128. • •
•
DAY, AUGUST 8; 18e8
BRIEF NEVI S IMES.
—The steamer Erin,- fro Liverpool, ar
rived at New York yester ay.
—Four cases of cholera nd cramp were
reported in New York on hursday. •
—Thetteamboat War le was sunk in
the Mississippi near Dubu eon Thursday.
,-The, ship Expounder, f orn Liverpool,
was wrecked off 'Wellflee . The crew were
saved. , . • -
—Sixteen car loads of Mormons passed
through Omaha on Thursday en route for
Salt Lake.
,—.The yellow fever at New York quaran
tine is not spreading, but most of those af
fected die.
—One hundred_and thirty-tree thousand
immigrants haie &rived a t New York
since January first.
—The quarantine i;routids at Staten
Island were sold on Thursday by the State
authorities for $220,000. •
—Gen. McDowell has established his
headquarters as Commander of the Depart..
went of the East in New York.
—The ship 'Louisa Downs was wrecked
July 17th on the Pacific coast, two hundred
and seventy miles north of Sitka.
—Mr. Thomas B. Page, President of the
Third National Bank, and a prominent
citizen of Cincinnati, died yesterday.
—The - business of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroid; which was*temporarily , in
terrupted by the flood, has been, fully re
sumed. •
—The Nebraska Democracy have nomi
nated R. J. Pain)letou for Cengress, James
P. Porter for Governor and J. A. Ware for
Treasurer.
—Hon. Dennis'MeCarthy:ltas been . nomi
nated, unanimously, for Congress, by the
Republicans of the Twenty-third District,
New York.
_ —Advices from Alabama are, to the effect
thafthe resolution authorizing the Legis
lature to. choose Presidential electors Is
likely to pass.
—A Field Marshal of the Austrian army
is on a visit to the United States. ;He made
a tour of the New York fortifications yes
terday with Gen. McDowell.
—The Democratic Convention at Monroe
ville, Ohio, yesterday, nominated Hon.
Warren P. Noble, of Tulin, as candidate for
Congress from the Ninth District.
Mechanics and Farmers Bank of
Albany, W. Y., Thos. W. Olicott, President,
has withdrawn from the. National Rank
system and reorganized as a State bank.
—A Denver diseatch says the gold re
ceipts for June and July were gre.iter than
the entire shipments of the preceding year.
All the mills in that vicinity are in opera
tion.
Saratoga 'Democratic politicians :have
resolved that Roffman shall receive the
nomination for Governor of .New York.
Senator Murphy is to have a complimen
tary vote.
EN
GRANT AND COLFAX CLUBS.
FIRST NAM, CLUB.
A meeting of the Republican voters of
the First ward was held last evening in
City for the purpose of perfecting the
organization of a Grant and Colfax Club.
The meeting came to order at eight o'clock,
Josiah Cohen, Esq., presiding, and. W. B.
Hunter officiating as Secretary.
Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Per
manent Organization, reported, recom
mending the following list of officers:
President—joslah Cohen._
Vice Presidents—Joseph Ross, G. W. Cof
fin. James Rees, John McLanahan.
Secretaries—W. B. Hunter. John W. Hay,
D. R. Speer.
Executive Committee—George W. Coffin,.
Alexander W. Rook, John Fitzsimmons;'
Allen B. McQuewan, Edwin Kincaid, Geo.
B. Hubbard, John Seiferth, Thomas Rees,
George W. Perkins and Daniel O'Neill.
Committee on Speakers and Meetings—
Alexander W. Rook, JoSeph Ross and Jas.
Rees.
Finance Committee—J'oseph ROSB, Jas.
Rees, Fred. K. Schild, George , W. Coffin,
W. B. Hunter, R. Oppenheimer, Adams
Getty, Allen B. MeQuewan.-
• - The repert - Was _adoPted: --
On motion, Friday evening of each week
was selected as the time for - th - e regular
meetings of the Club.
Mr. Cohen made a brief bat stirring
speech, urging upon all the importance of
organizing and devoting time to the work
before them. He said the oontest was, not of party, but of principle. It was for
the preservation of these principles of self
government which every American holds
next to life. Each should exert himself in
the coining mutest ss though the result de
pended upon his labors alone. A. happy
future is before the country if the nomi
nees of the Republican party.stre elected.
At the conclusion of Mr. Cohen's remarks
he was-loudly applauded, after which the
meeting adjourned. •
• THE . THIRD AND TENTH WARDS.
An adjourned Meeting of the Republican
voters of • the Third and Tenth wards was
held at City Hall last, aliening, Col. Alex.
Wit nds in the chair. •
The Secretary read the minutes of the
last meeting, which were approved.
Mr. McCormick, fro te Committee on
Permanent Organizati m on, h submitted the
following report, which was accepted and
apprf.ved:' •
PresidentL•Alexander Hilands.
Vice Presidents—Dr. T. G. Gallaher, J. M.
Fass, John Rippey,. M. 0. Jones, M. D.,
lienr3r Frees, Robert Smith, George Glass,
Nicholas Schwartz, J. If. Lippincott, R. H.
Long, Frederick Doerr, tJohn Grip; Daniel
Dat b, J. M. Hoffman. Alexander Atkinson,
Henry Dunniler, John Jahn, August Stein.
meyer, Norval; Holmes, Peter Drcs.sler;
John D. Eagan.
Secretaries—Samuel P. Fulton, Esq., Dr.
Wm. J.. Gilmore, H. H. McCormick, Esq.,
H. D. Gamble, Esq. • -
Finance Committee—William J. Gilmore,
John Shipton, David Sims, Joseph Abel,
James Montooth, James McLain, Robert
W. Mackey, Wrn. WeYnlau. -
Committee on Meetings-an 4 Speakers-
Win. Little, IL EL Mnponnleki Esq., Jacob
IL Miller, Esq., WM. J. White," O. Snivel
Esa. ' '',
committee ontzranneisand n..
'cles=William Simpson, Jelin-Ityser, .
W. Smith, Andrew Sims, John F. Brown.
Committee on Mtzsic—Adam Young, Jno.
Ochse, Charles Reichspahr, Lewis Duft,
•
Louis Cella. - • .
On motion, it was decidedjthatc the Club
meet at City Hall. until some farther ar
rangements fora place of meeting be made.
Mr. John T. Brown offered the follpwing
resolution, which was adopted:
Rettotved, That the Executive Committee
of the city of Pittsburgh be 'requested to
change 'the place of-holding the primary
election of August 15th for the. Third
ward ot said city from the, corner of Sixth
and Sinithfield streets to the publics school
house in said: ward. • -
On motion, theStkuetary was instructed
to notify the City Executive Committee of
the passage of the resolution. -
On motion of.R. D. Barker, it was resolv
ed to appoint BloCk Committees for the
ward. ' •
Dr. Gallaher moved that the meetings of
time Club be held every Friday evening.
Adopted.
William Little, FAQ., was called upon and
made a brief speech, stating that the plat
form of the Democratic party was made by
rebels, and we were still fighting the same
enemy we had' vat..quished in battle, and
he hoped all would gird on the armor for
the conflict.
J. EL Miller, Req., made an excellent
speech, stating that judging from the
events of the past few years the Democratio
party never learned anything, as they were
still laboring for the , Alobt cause." The
amendment to the Constitution settled all
these questions which Were at issue, and it
was the duty of the people to approve it.
The devil was a man of business, and when
the Democrats met in convention and
passed such resolutions as they had, it was
probable that they would go ,farther and
become regular rebels. dohe Republican
party bad a great work to and should be
about it.
Josiah Cotten, Em. ' was introduced and
said he haid had the honor of participating
in the organization of a Grant Club just
before attending this. These organizattons
indicated that a feeling of brotherly love
pervaded the Republican party. This party
must be successful; especially when it had
a man of such virtue' and patriotism, and
whose reoord shonaso beautifully upon the'
shouldf American. history. The country
and would not be afraid to trust the
great issues of the day in the hands of the
victorious General
At the close of Mr. Oohen's speech the
meetinv adjourned.
Over forty new members were enrolled,
and the Club is in a very prosperous condi
tion.
The Robinson Monument. •
Among the many handsome and costly
monuments which attract the attention of
the. visitor to Allegheny Cemetery, the me
morial placed in "position 'on Tuesday over
the - remains of Genc Wm. - Robinson and
consort will hereafter occupy a front rank-
Thensonumeot, with the exception of, the
blise, is made of the lbeit Pa rian marble,
~
and stands tiv,enty-three feet blab from foundation to can. The base is of Freeport,
dressed stone, dvo , and a half feet isquare•
an - oldie feet high:". Rising . above the base
is the die of soild' marble, square in form
and live reeti in
_height,. on ' which is 'in-
Seri bed the names and ages bt the deceased.'
'Rusting on the dle is theehaft, twelve f eet
high, with the name "Robinson" in raised
letters on each • of = the four ',idea.' Stir=
mounting the abaft is a :plain cap of the
same material.,abetitt three feet in thick
costing four 'then
. w affair.
sand dollars, is a model of. plain I:air:very
neatworkman,sbip, there befog no orma,„l
rtioUtaticin around it except tiid weaklings
et% the' base, die •and mile - It was prepared
from the. design -- "Messrs: - Boggs and ,
Lindsay, of AlleghenVund , la• said ,to .be
the largest solitt monument ' in' t'i ' e Cense-
The Washington and .Jefferwa College
Commencement--The Colisultdation Quell
tion.
Cortesputulenee of the Pittsburgh Gazette.
- CANONgIIVRO, Aug 6, 1868.
A. deep interest is manifested, as our rea
ders already know, both in - Canonsburg
and Washington, in regard to the action of
the Trustees of Washington and Jefferson
College, relative to consolidation. The
colleges were united three years ago upon
a basis which experience has proven to
have been unwise and: injudicious, and it
is now the general impression of the friends
of both institutions that unless a more per
fect consolidation can be effected, one in
stitution merged into the other, and located
at one place, that both must perish, and to
this end the Trustees have been laboring.
r The übion desired could early. be consum
=mated were it not for the conflicting local
interests of the two places, Washington
and Canonsburg, anti doubtless would
have been so made at the time of the first
union had it not been for these opposing in
terests. - -
The Board of Trustees, who doubtless
have the welfare of the, institution at heart,
and who are willing to sacrifice any local
prejudices they entertain for its advance
ment, have had several meetings during
_the week
_during which the matter has
been thorOulhly canvassed, ailditt the last
session passed a resolution providing for
a consolidation of the institutions on the
terms desired, but Elsie not detefrnined up
on the location, leaving that matter to be
decided -Upon in the (Ware. 11 is the- gen
eral impression that the locality which will
pay the most money will have the college.
We have every confidence in , ttio wisdom
and judgment of the men who compose the
Board, and feel Confident that they will do
that which will most advauCe the interests
of • the institution. Canonsburg and the
surrounding country can illy afford to part
with the college, as it will mit Only depreci
ate the town property, but every acre of
land within a radius of five, miles will ide
predate at least five dollars, if the college
,is removed. And on the other hand, the
college should not be removed unless the -
inducements to remove it are sufficient to -
compensate for the loss the institution - will
sustain by being taken to somenther point.
Jefferson College, in any other. Place • will
no longer be the Jefferson College of old,
Whose record is - as brilliant as any in the
land, and whose fame is world‘Cdo. :It is
a long established fact that the Auccesa of
any institution of learning depend.o to a
greater or less extent upon .the' interest
manifested in it by its Alumni, and should
the College be removed from Canonsburg
it must be conceded thatt. yv..-441730VOr
tain extenti losothe Infhience of the Alum
ni of Jefferson College, which is, perhaps, -
as large as that of any other institution in
the country. Yet, If the citizens of any
other. locality will - contribute a sufficient
amount of money to compensate this
loss, there is no reason why the institution
should not be removed. It is money the in
stitution wants, and money it must have,
or it will perish.
• Lambeth College.
RITTAININ/Np, August 6, 1868.
Muslims. Em'rons: A changelms recent
.
ly taken pl i ice in the control of one of our.
'educational institutions which wilt doubt
lessprove of interest to some'of your read
ers. The Itittanning Collegiate Shhool ha%
been re-organized :on.. Whist tai- teased a
church basis, and is to be incovporated,
with full ticadernib powers, ad Lambeth
College. Episcopalians will at once under
stand the signifie.ance of the name which
has been adopted. It is a fitting response,
from the heart of this diocese, to the mem
orable fact the name is suggestive of.
The above change has been made, by the
friends of the institution, from purely dis
interested motiviTs, and with a view solely _
to the greaterpermanenee.and usefulness
of the School. And they feel that every
effort of theirs,
in this direction, will be
well applied, if that measure of sympathy
and cooperation which they have a right to
expect will be duly manifested by church
men in general. As a preparatory school
the institation has dmte,'and will continue
to do, its work conscientiously and thor
oughly; but ills the purpose of its found
ers that, if energy; liberality and self-sacri
fice can acorimplish the deaired end. the
name adopted by faith shall not be dishon
ored, ultimately, even by the literary char
acter of Lambeth Cpllege. EcoLEsxe.
Real Estate Trarobts.
The following deeds were tiled of record
before H. Stiit - ely, Esq., Recorder, Angnst
7th, 1868. • - •
Jacob Hartz to Abdrew Bender, Antrust 17. 1827; lot
In itsdford's plan; on Carson street, Itirminghsm,
al by 60 feet; with buildings . 9.1 W ~
George Cleruent et ux. to Hobert Thompson. July
27, 1&08: lot in Dlthridge & Itee's plan of East Pitts
burgh. 40 by 140 feet
*GO
Jeremkh Keep •to Elizabeth ti ' cott, August 4, 1868;
lot on Pike street'. near hiulburry alter, in the Fifttt
ward, 16 uy 50 feet . ...
.00
Catherine and Jacob Olman to 6iles S. Hates, Ju 7
ly
1, um: tot No:9 in Haziett's plan of I.aw rimer% Ille
with builtfingt ' { $4.
A 706
Kasper H . Hruggeman et ux. to Louis Busman, O—
KI:114e, thas; tot on Penn.ylvania avenue, near run- '
nerstrCet, 21 by In feet, with buildings 510,600
'John C. - Shaler to Lewellyn Burnam. Je•y 2.3, 1567;
lot In I.:hater's plan. corner of Maon and Main •
streets, Unbolt township, 29 by 40 I . ,*S
Roberc Arthur to Win. Peters, August 9, 18.16; t I BD ot OL
.... On the lAtle Sawatlll Vadey PLudt, oad. in Ke -
Elinlle IA mini;
serve township, 12 by 150 feet 4210
' , Member 213.•1858; a lotaikhininst the
ti
oe above de - oribed,'etintalnlog 6 acres...... t. 4%
Siebert., Kell a Berg tii,.; Bernard:. Urtmes, Ju , y V.,..
1865; lot In Patte notrls plau in the borough or
Lawrenceville.' 14 by brfeet at,olo
Jacob steinbrecht to Reuben Benton.. A lig Übt. 6. J.
lot N0..18 In Dr. Estonian". Min oi, Wa•hlngtom
street, la the borough of biraitoghum, 20 by 25 feet
• -
.... . ai,ooo
~
.1110ItTGAGEH. •
Same day mortgagee were Slap of record.
The Fiie•SttMilird for till.
The following imPortant amendment of
an "Act to amend existing laws relating to
internal revenue and other pfirposes" it
would be well for parties interested to make
a note of. The section reads as follows:
Sze.' 29. Andbe it further enacted, That
no person shall mix for sale naptha, and illu
minating oils, or shall knovibigl) sell or ,
keep for sale or offer for sale such
or shall sell or offer for sale, oil, made frost
petro l eum , for illuminating, purposes, Fin
flammable at less tempenflure or fire test'.
than one hundred and ten degrees Fahren-2
heir; and any person so doing shall be held;
to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and On"con-i
victim] thereof by indictment or present 4
meat in any court of the United States hay
ing competent Jurisdiction shall be punish
ed -;
by a film 'of not less than one hundred
dollars normore than five hundred dollars,
and by iniprisoiunent . foi a term of not less
than six months not More than'three years.
T r is,reported from Sedalia; Missouri.
that the Sheriff of• Benton county, with
the assistance of his tirother and one or
two other men, attempted' on the drat inst..
to arrest several.desperadoes known Co be-
Dine to the ICu-ftluk-Klan. The Sheriff,
hhebiother and another assistant were kill—
ed, and the deaperadoes escaped.
' 'Batter announces himself a f.
alndidate for rmeleetion'to-Congress.-,Thers
will be a powerful tinfluence -brought not
only todifeat his election but to provelit hie
Orniniition'b'y the ItepublitteritonvenTion.
Bia.rival will be 'General Win. Schouler,
whom Butler had reruoved, from the Ad., ;.
juikt 00 4epli'a Mice et,,136t0n.
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