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CoL Barely and Looney arrived here yester day: .They had a brief interview with the President, which was interrupted by the ar rivallof the hour for Cabinet meeting, but last night they had by appointment a confer ence of two hours, during whichZennessee matters were fully discussed. The President refeTed the delegation to the recent orders as to the limit of Executive power in the matter, but assured them that every means authbrized by the constitution and laws - used' , to secure freedom of the Tennessee and other. Southern tout interference by Federal nor Ts. The President took the tat the Constitution forbids in any States . a standing army of Idlers; that militia duty is upon every citizen, who be. • exempted from it by of a fine or by provid titute; that the militia is an force, subject to be called from orn at any moment, and from Itizen can (escape; but that a .. 1 .: army of paid troops in any State aplignant to the Cnstitution and to the ` -- spirt of our institute ns. Every constitu tion power of the E ecutive will be used to pr vent the organiz F ulon of standing ar mies f paid troops in any State unless i call for and controlled by Federal au-' e l ° thority. They (1 residen• ,--". his r•-•-• Auel .curing his prolonged in terview with Colonels; Burch.and Looney proanced and read from the books the parts Of the Constitution and the several laws on the subject in support of _ his _posi tion that no State can maintain a Minding army cif paid soldiers. The law of 1865 he declared Vas'conolusive on this subject. It disbanaed and forbade the reorganization of the militia or volunteer forces of the Southern' States. The President in his conversation with the delegation expressed himself in favor of the election of. Seymour and Blair. I , Gen. Rosecrans, in noticing an article Which has just appeared in one of the newspapers with the heading ' , Rosemarie': Mission to White Sulphur Springs," has addre,sed the editor a note complain ing of the unkindnes4 of its tone and temper and the untrnthfalifess of its asser tions. of fact. . He concludes, as follow,: 4 ‘lf-you desire fo deal fairly, permit me through your columns to say to your readers, and to all who love our country, that my mission To; one of my own con ception and inspired by a most earnest desire• for the Welfare of this nation, for which I am as willing to lie down my life at any one who lives beneath our Rag, No party had anything to do with it—no indi vidual. I alone am responsible, and any information you have received to the con trary is erroneous." ' MILITARY GAZETTE. • General Comstock, of Gen. Grant's staff, who has been absent some time on account of health, returned this afternoon 'eansid erably improved. -By direction of the Secretary of War the following officers of the Veteran Reserve Corps are musts d , out and honorably dis - charged from tat United States service, their services being no longer required: Lieut. Col. Frederldic S. Palmer, 3d regi ment:-Brevet Major Jas. H. Remington, Captain in - the lst 'regiment; Captain Geo. E. Judd, of the 4th regiment; Brevet Major Richard Dillon, Captain. in the 12... h regi meqt; Brevet Captain A'. W. MaKulep of thelo regiment; Second Lieutenant John M. .F.botz, of the 26th regiment; Brevet Captain Samuel Walker, of the 22d regi ment; Second Lieutenant Chas. W. Dodge, -of the 24th regiment. Captain John K. Wilcox, 4th Cavalry, his been ordered to'report to the Commis sary General of Subsistence for duty in his department in the military district of Mis souri. - Ararat - Major F.W. Oras, Assssta t Surgeon, is relieved from duty in the _dis trict of New Mexico, and will report to the President of the Army Medical Bciard at New York for examinatiln for promotion. Brevet Major General ' Gee. L. Hartsuff, Assistant Adju:ant General, has been or dered to New York an I Kentucky, and from thence back to New York City again on publiq husine,s. He will receive in attnctions fremthe superintendent of the gettSial WC, citing service. The resignation of Capt. Wm, Heil man, Fifteenth Infantry, has been accept ed by the President. ' • Gen. Rosecrans was at the - White House' to.day, engaged some time in conversation with the President. ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS. The following Internal Revenue officers were appointed : • Storekeepers—James E. Abell, Westmoreland county. Pa..; Wm. 'c„ Gaffey, Penna.; David Schell, Westmore land county, Pa.; John ld'Olelland, Coy .. ington, Ky Gaugers—Myles M'Laughlin, Third district, N. Y.; -Charles M. SKirm, 'Second district, N. J.; Oscar Kilbodnim, Or egon; Alex, Brownell, Third district, Va.; Cornelius Bortle Twelfth district , Jos. Marsh, Third district, Vu. - FINANCIAL. The fractional currency received from the "Printing Bureau for the week amounted:to 4415,090; shipment, $411,591. National bank. currencLYPued,"sBs6;ooo; amount In circu lattp% Fractional currency , destroyed, $500,500. ' ,- • (By Telegraph ta-the'plttebargb'daa.4te: till; INDIAN_ DIFFICULTIES. WA- B Ra OTONs Aug. 30. -.The Indian Burenir has advires t , at the, present Indian difficult:es originated w.th Jess than two 'hundred and fifty Cheyennes. Arra;..shoes and Sioux. They are called the Dog Bo v., dier, are young, uteri and' Started - frem Nebraska to punish their. furs:Diary di i - emies the Pas noes. - Pa sill th otytt?„. the _ intertnedia tu , :ipckUntfy : 00111• mitted ' the "thuidere and other nut rages :already. , reported, nok only aganit t:eatY obligations but thb wishes of ..the confederated •inatione -,t-o,which • they belongs The•offictinif of titie Indian-Bureau deprecatt3 the commencement of indiscrim inate boitilities aghirict these tribes, but say they'should be summoned to a couf•cil and the delivery tit the offenders dernandful by the agents of the bnreau, so that only the, guilty shall be made to suffer. in the present temper of the military any other coursoiwill - lead to a bloody, costly and protracted Indian war. • NORTH POLE PROBLEM. - - Information has been received here that a movement has been commenced with a view.to unite the United• States, England and Russia in a grand expedition to solve the problem of the North Pole, that is, to reach it if possible and ascertain_ its sur roundings. THE CATTLE DISEASE The Department •Of State has been offi cially advised that in consequence . . of the prevalence of a contagious disease among horned cattle in this country, the Canadian government has temporarily prohibited im porting such cattle into that province from the United States. I' I= SHIPWRECK. The Consul at Victoria 'advises the De partment of State of the wreck on the 31st of July last of the American steamship Constantine'off Sitka.. She ran on a reef of 'rocks near Actier Pass, about seventy miles from Victoria. Colonel Caldwell, United States Minister to Eolivia, has been here several days preparing for his depar ture for South America. Hs will leave New York this week for Aspinwall en route to Bolivia: I PUBLIC DEBT The monthly statement of the public debt will probably not be issued' before next Friday, but, at present there is' no means of judging, with any degree of cer tainty, as to the exhibit which will be made. ' NEW ORLEANS The Police Not Paid—Proceedings of the Legislature—The Charges of Corruption. By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] NEW ORLEA N S, August 29.—The police force of New Orleans-have not been paid for five months. :Yesterday a •CommitteO from the force waited on the Mayor with a memorial setting forth that many of the officers are without Means to procure the common necessaries of life, and their fam ilies are in actual want; that the beat offi cers have been reduced to actual beggary and to solicit from the charitable, whose res , dences they guard, food to take to their families. They stated it is not charity they ask, but ipayment for labor honestly per formed. The City Council considered the memorial and passed a resolution declaring their inability to move in the matter, and referred it to the Legislature. In the House yesterday an act was passed, amending charter of city of Jackson; pro viding for a new election of city officers on first otTanuarv, and empowering the Gov ernor to remove the present incumbents, the latter were elected under the present Constitution. The House also passed a bill prohibiting any distinction on account of -color, or previous condition, on routes of travel, places of entertainment, and of fiub lic resort. Senator Bacon offered a resblution in the Senate, yesterday, setting forth that the charges of bribery and other improper practices against members of the Legisla ture while acting in their legislative Ca pacity have obtained currency, and that it Is the duty of the Senate to vindicate its character, and calling ter a corm:tattoo of Investigation. The resolution wag saddled with half a dozen amendments intended to kill it, and lies over till to-day. ' PANAMA. Fearful Earthquake—The Sea ilitiCh Ten ' Feet Above the Usual Level. 1 BY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.] NEW Yonx, August 29.—Private advices from Panama state that a fearful earth quake took place in Callao on the 13t1kinst. which lasted seven minutes. No lives were lost, but many houses were injured. At 7 P M., the sea retired one hundred yards. On returning the water rose ten feet above the usual level. Great fears were enter tained that Callao would be inundated. At 12 o'clock the wharf was completely cov ered, the sea rushing Into the lower part of the city. Tne town was completely deserted. The population fldd panic stricken to the lute nor. At last accounts, on the 14th, the' worst was over, but great alarm prevailed in the commuultY, for the safety of their, property. The shipping had not still - ere& when the steamer left. The Chinese Einbassy. (By Telegraph to the Plttaborich Gazette.] BOSTON, August % I .—Blr. Burlingame and the Chine-e Embassy visited Chelsea to day and met with an enthusiastic recep tion. They were driven through the city in company with several invited guests. Many houses were appropriately decorated and City Hall was filled with people. Mayor Frost made au address of welcome, to, whloh- Mr. Burlingame responded as fol lows : Mr. Mayor--Permit Me on behalf . of my-. self and associates to thank you for this welcome. Permit me t., thank my fallow citizens for their magnificent demonstra tion. I rejoice, sir, that you have recollect cd the agreement which was made between us that there, should be no speeches. How could this full heart express it+ feeling to the people of Chola a. Language 18 cold with which to express my regard for you. I can assure you, one and all, that in the years that have passed, I have never for gotten you. and cattassure you also that lh the years which are to come I shall not full to remember, your affection. And, now, Mr. , Mayor the kindest thing von can do for us intotake us by the hand, receiving In its grasp of friendship what the tungu cannot express. • Thu people present then shook hands , Rh the visitors who were soon after driven to the Ocean House, where a banquet passed off successfully. Nospeeches were made. The Embassy will / visit Charlestown on Monday. / Fall Meeting at Springfield, Mass.—Nation. al Advent camp. [Ey Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette. ) Sputrearimn, .4.tigust.3o.—A large min tier of fast horses tuat are entered for the fall meeting of the Springfield Club next week have already arrived and flue sport is anticipated. The entriewfor, the trotting races will close on Tuesday evening, Sep tember lat. , More than 10,000 people attended the National Advent Camprneeting in this city , tc-day. In the alternoon'a thunder shower suddenly, scattered a large part of the crowd. The meeting will continue through: oat the night and the camp break up to-morrow.-1 , t 4, • The New Uighur:oo*k 7 / By Telegr*Dll to.the .Plussanus essette.l NEW HAVEN, Conn., August one eetri" haVe tteen made fur.the . differ ent . races lithieh take plarbe at the New Erigland Fair, to be held here this weak. Tho reeks begin e n , Tuesday-nud, (dose-on FtidnY• For the 151,800 prime if Friday the Tr'__es Rhode Island, 9eco;Falmer and - Geo. pa c h en ere ehtored.— Every class is full. , ~Fer sup trPting,stallion premium of .61,500, w hich take?! } f i let:, son Tuesday, C o _ humbug, NaVtgatorq ode tatted and: Geo. , Patehen ad entered. IMl=lllll PITTSBURGH, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 18e8 , • NEW YORK CITY,:, , -.....„- - - .... 1 ]By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l NEW Yana', Aug,:29.—The 'steamship •, lowa from Glasgow and Belor4 from Lon ' don arrived this evening. , The steamship City of Antwerp and Den , ark sailed to-day for Europe, neither eking any specie. i n The deaths thisweek wore six hundred and fif y-six. It has ben di-coverel that cattle have • been smuggled into' the city, by way of Weehawken without being inspected. There are now no diseased cattle in the various markets in this 'vicinity. At an inquest tc-day at a lying-in-hospi tal in Amity , street, _over the body of a young girl named Lattin, it transpired that there were over two dozen cattalo' there to-day, and evidence was given ehowing that all infants born are given away to un known parties. In the same room of the house were five beds. 'lt is a private con cern, carried on by a Dr. Gentile and wile, who are said to be now in Wisconeiln, and a student examined to=day stated that the Doetor informed him the place was patro nized mostly by married ladies. The evi deuce relative to the girl Lattin was the usual unfortunate history of seduction, Arc. A notorious thief .named Marks, 'alias -Hendricks, wasiully committed for trial to-day without bail. He escaped from prison some time since with a small boy. The latter was recaptured and sent to Sing Sing, while Hendrix has been allowed the freedom of the city by theinithorities. The case of the Broadway Theatre trag edy to-day was before Judge Shandley, of the Police Court. Testimony was given by the surgeon that Wilson and the boy Chamberlain who were shot by the sheriff's ruffians, were out of immediate danger. The Judge refused to admit tho prisoners to bail. ! A large distillery at Hunter's Point, re cently seized by Internal Revenne.officers, has been mysteriously released by orders from Washington. Emil Ormsby, after endeavoring to kill his uncle, because the latter refused to let him address his daughter, cut his own throat. Both were found alive, the uncle with his head broken in with a hammer, anffiit is thought both men will survive. Young Ormsby has b. en committed to jail to stand trial at Court, near Coppagea, West Chester County, where the attempted murder and. suicide took place. Three fashiouable houses up town, occu pied mainly by 'females, wer4 cleaned out by the police this m• ruing. Some fifty nymphs were arrested, and a New York detective, was also found In one of the rooms. At the Navy Yard to-day the•followieg gunboats were sold: Atip;usta, for 020,900, to Mr. Bradley, a Boston merchant; Tulla homa, for $24,500, and the Don; for $lB,OOO, to Now Yok parties. They were sold with out any ordnance or outfit, and the prices were considered below their value. The effects of the Chantey PSddle Wheel Company were ,old at aucti••n to-day by order of the Supreme Court for $250,000. Thos. Collins, a letttr carrier, was held for trial to-day for stealing letters. ' 1 A chandelier was stolen yesterday from the re:ldenee of Mrs...Thempsoikstt Wet Thirty-third street, and on that ..IWii - inv' tering the room with a lighted lamp last evening an explosion followed, seriously bur Ping her and shattering thee ' house. E. S. Martin, agent of the Norwich line in this city for many yew* has resigned. Jas. M'Atalloll wit.s found dead in West , Twenty-seventh street to-day, and his wife hay been arrested for his murder. Twelve hundred dollars worth of cutlery was burglarized from Howard's hardware 'gore on Murray. street yesterday morning. No arrests. James Colzan, diver, who was rescued from a diving bell at the Navy Yard last week, remained partially unconscious un til tide morning. what ho expired. - Patrick Morrissey, who stabbed his mother in Court a few days slime, was to tl4y sentenced to six months in the peni tentiary.. Rev. Miry. Widet, who was serving a fifteen year, s°ntence in the Peniteutiary r,r having outraged a nutntier of lane girls under his charge. has escaped frow prison and it is thought has gone td Europe. Nsw Yong, August 30, 1808. The steamer city of. Washington arrived today. In the Fenian Convention yesterday John Savage resigned his position as Chief •Ex ecutive, but the Conventioir refused to ac cept it. A topert was made showing that General O'Neill and the Fenian Senate co operate with tho Convention in affecting a union o 1 the two branches of the brother hood,. and that, General O'Neill's absence from the city prevented any d ,finite action. A resolution was adopted that the Com mittee communicate directly with General O'Neill by telegraph and state thub at noon to-day the Committee look for his pres ence or final answer as to his willingness to c6nfer on the subject of union.—The. military Convention hold a sein themselves to alarm the Emperor. Add to these circumstances the expense of. keep an abnormal armament on foot and the en couragement to war offe:ed by the success of the last loan, theme is reason, these pea, pie say, to expect a war in autumn or spring. CorrotoraVon ,of these views, Is eager ly sought - in recent leading edito, male in theConstitutionst urging the claims "„f. the Empress Eugene to the Regency. It is argued that such claims as theso would not be put forth at this time, wore it n it antici pated that the Emperor might have to lead the army and be exposed to the perils of the field. On the other hand, to affAct this forebo ding, ' there are official pledges of peace daily made the advice officially given to 13 capitalists act as if assured of peace, and the argum nt ao'frequently.urged by the French Government that - thy say the com pleteness of the armament is a guarantee of peace. The recent and sudden changes of feeling op the, bourse , and the variations in rentei, are explained as - results ,of the alternate ascendency.of these opposing views at the financial centrfkof.France. FRANCE. Pants, Auctitst.29.-4t. is reported to-day that all the French troopwwlll soon be r& called from Rome - ' - r PAWS, Anvil 2&—The La Liberte of this city says Queen Isabella-will foKm a ministry from the•moderate par - in - with Concha as President: PAnts, - Augnst 81—In a public speeCh made'at Marseilles, Mr. Deble assured his hearers that thp poliov of France was for thil preservation of peace. Tho Emperor, be said, woul4 guard it without ambition and without weakness. The military pre cautions• taken by the government would make peace sure. Vims - NTA. SO. The Minister of Jus tice has notified the civil courts that in case the clergy refuse ihe necessary certificates for civil marriages they must be forced to comply by legal process. A. M. FLORENCE, August 30.--Gen. Garibaldi has resi g ned his seat in the National Par liament FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. FRANKFORT, August 29—Evcning.—Five twenties closed active at 7W. Pants, August 29 Eeoning.—Bourse firmer. Reines 70f 90c. • ANTWERP, August 29--Evening,—Petro leum closed heavy; standard white at 40f .50c. LIVERPOOL, August —..-I::vening.—Cotton market closed steady but quiet, with active sales. . Member of the Legislature Assassinated— Rumored Rebellion—Fighting Between . Rebels and Union Men. [By Telegraph to the itttaburgh Gazette.] ST. Lours, August 30.—Dr. A. M. John son, member of the Arkansas Legislature, was shot and killed at Osceota, Arkansas, on the 26th, while going from his house to the 'river bank for the purpose of hailing a boat to take his family North. His re mains together with his family arrived here to-day, en route to Peora, Illinois, where the Doctor formerly lived. , There is information in the city, but lihether entirely reliable cannot a stated, that a rebellion has broken out i Conway, Perry and Columbia counties, , trkansas, and that the courts have bee closed by armed men. It is also stated th tt fighting had occurred between rebels .nd Union men, and that the latter had bee s worsted. Sr. fours, August 30.—An a gagenieut 1.4 said to have occurred at Le 'isburg on Sunday—last, and that Gov. Cl vton had gone thltre with a small• force t 4 suppress the disturbance. Serenade to General Graut—Th Monument. [Brielerranh to the Pittsburgh Gazette 41 i Curcwao, August 29.—Gen. G ant was serenaded this evening. at the residence of his brother by the Tattier organizations of the city. He will return to Galena on Monday to remain a month or so longer. Larkin G. Mead, the eminent sculptor, has arrived here from Springfield, Illinois. A large number of designs for the monu• ment have been received by the National Association at Springfield, and will be dis played in the Senate Chamber of that city on the Ist of April. Adjutant General L. Thomas arrived in this city this morning on his tour of in spection of National Cemeteries. Death of an 'Editor—Sudden Sickness Antoug Children. rus_Tatecronate the.rittabargh Gazette.] ;Sowros, August 30.--Samilifillir7Mason; formerly connected with the Bostrmpress, and of late years publisher of the Oavannah (Ga.) News and He ald, died yesterday at his residence in Tamworth, N. H.; He was thirty-two years of age. Great alarm was created in j the northern part of this city yesterday by the sudden illness of some seventy children, caused by eating castor beans, a quantity of which they found and mistook for peanuts. All are in a fair way to recover. Teleeraeh to the Pl‘tabureh Gazette.l SAN FmkNemo° August 29.—The steam er Colorado, for Panama, sailed to,-day with three hundred and fifty-eight thousand in treasure, three hundred and thirty thou sand for New York. The United States steamer Oasippee ar rived from Monterey. SAN FRANCISCO, August .—Thesteamer Pacific arrived from Sitka. Gen. lialleck and staff and a number of discharged offi cers and soldiers were passengers. Con siderable sickness is reported' among the Russian children at Sitka. __The sloop Black Diamond, while on a trading voyage heyoud Fort Rupert, was boarded by Indians and everything of value taken. The crew escaped unharmed. Valuable ooal discoveries have been made near Naniama. (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) ATLATA. GA., August 22.--In the House to-day, Mr. Sims, colored, took the floor in defence of the eligibility of negro members. He was at the Democratic Convention in Charleston in 1860, and was glad to see Mr. Yancey withdraw his declaration, for it was the• silvery lining of the great cloud that hung over liberty for the - colored mail. A polut of order was raised whether the fifteen minutes rule was in force. The Chair decided each member had unlimited sway. Mr. Sims continued and held the floor until adjournment. V, Mr. Turner, another colored member, will follow Mr. Sims, and the debate, will be continued until all the colored members have an opportunity to defend themselves, unless cut short by a vote of the House, It wilt take many days. Woods on Elm—Arrest of a Flre Marshal fur Emendlorlim. Lily Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) MONTREAL, August 29.—Woods nearße onhonois are on fire and for several days past have enveloped tho city in smoke, ob structing the navigation of the river. Dep uty Fire Marshal Dennis was arrested on charge of incendiarism last evening. It is thought he set fire to several buildings in order to get fees for the investigtuion. Information has been received from New York, stating that warrants are out for hla arrest for perjury while employed in ex-. oin service there. Chief Justice Dural, of court of Quern's Bench, is dangerously ill., Horrible, Tragedy—lncendlarism. (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette. DETROIT, Avoust 30.—A horrible tragedy occurred last night at Bplle River . ..a small station On the Great Western Railroad, Canada. The saw and grist mill of E. Van Orden was bdrned, and ikir. Van Orden, his wife and nephew were consumed iii the flames. It is supposed they were mur dered and robbed and the mill then Fired. Whilst this mill was burning another mill in the vicinity, owned by Detroit parties, was set on fire and totally destroyed, to gether with a Enilli o n feet of lumber. Steamboat Boiler Esplosion. E n i Telegraph' to the Pittsburgh°sante.) ST. LOMB , Aug. 30.—The staainer J. K 4 Robinson exploded 'her boiler yesterday afternoon near Jersey Landing. Illinois in *he Mississippi river. Thee engineer and a fireman were badly scalded, the latter it is thought wary. Aus t RIA ITALY". ARKANSAS, CHICAGO. BOSTON From the Pacific Coast. Georgia Legislature. NUMBER 209 PHILADELPHIA, A Man Kicked to Death In tbe Street,— Three Men Shoe. [By Telegraph to the PittabarFh Gazette.l I PRILADE LTHIA, Aug. 30.—Early this morning a man, was kicked to death on the street by three ruffians. Two of the mur ders were arrested: About the same time three men were shot and badly, wounded in a fight in a house of illfame in the north ern part of the city. Considerable interest is felt in the race to come off here at the Suffolk Park this week. The purses are the largest ever run for here, aggregating seven thousand dollar's. Some fast horses are entered, in cluding Mountain Boy, Lady Zorn and George Wilkes. The meeting to last four days. Express Robbers—Cattle Disease. Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette. TORONTO, Aug. .29.—The express robbers were again bac)! e the magistrate to-day. After partial examination they were re manded until Tuesday. "'The Comnassion.e - rs . of the Ontario board of A , 4riculture, appointed to visit the west ern States a;:d report on the cattle disea.e. say the disecse arises from et. , ntact with Texas cattle and recommend a wehibition of the importation of cattle into Canada. CITY AND SUBURBAN. Presentation to a Worthy Railroad Con- Among the manly gentlemanly and effi cient officials of the Fittsburgh and Con nellsville Railroad, few have more ardent friends and admirers than Mr. Alexander Boulton, conductor on the morning through mail train. He has been running on the road in his present capacity 1 -,, r more than seven ydars, and his uniform courtesy, kindness and efficiency has won for him a host of friends among passengers and em ployes.' On Saturday night a surprise was arranged for him by his friends; who as sembled in large number at the elegant parlors of the Rush House, on Liberty street, opposite the Union Depot Hotel, to present him asubstantial evidence of their regard and esteem. The company organ ized by call& Charles EL,Armstrong.E.sq., to . the chair, when Mr: Joseph- J. Chain, of Broadford, Fayette county, proceeded in a neat and impressive speech lo present Mr. Boulton with a magniffaent gold watch and chain as a testimonial of the esteem of his many friends and passengers. Mr. Bolton replied in a neat manner, ex - - Dressing his heartfelt thanks for the muni deent gift and i l Jasserting that it was his highest pleasure to enjoy the confidence and esteem of his friends, and ho trusted that he should merit .a continuance of their good wishes and respect—in the future. After other-gentlemen had made happy speeches,. the entire , partyi sat down to a sumptuous supper prepared in the best style of those' epicurean princo, Messrs. Rush & Boulton. The watch presented on thiS occasion was a magnificent oric costing in the neighbor-, hood of four hundred dollars. It was one of Howard's beat American chronometers, with rich solid gold cases. It was accom panied by a massive :gold chain, and the' entire outfit wits purchased at the popular hsadquarters for watches and jewelry of J. Reed & Col, No. 68 Fifth street. We trust INfr. Bolt 'n may live long to en joy the • • • dsome presant... of which we. among others, feel ha lwas - so eminently deserving. Lincoln Fire at Semple's Store. We learn that the whole arn , :mit of ihsu lance on Mr. SemPle's stock was $50,000, instead of $-15,000 as we stated on Saturday. This sum is - distfibuted among the under writers as follo*s: , "Etna, ?15,000; Putnam, Albany,,-Delaware, Mutual, Monongahela, Western, Allegheny and National, (of Al legheny,) each $5,000; in all 350,000 on the stock. The only risk on the building is :35,000 in the :.Etna. • , Mr. Semple had on Saturday completed the separation- of the wet from the drY goods, and with t the representatives of the'-: underwriters mutually agreed, on the niodtk of determining the damages, which will be concluded to-day. The store will be re-opened and sales resumed this day or to-morrow. Mr. Semple had been purchas-. ing a large stock in the East, Whence he had just - returned, and reached his' store only a few minutes before. he heard the alarm of fire. The fire was alresdy well started in the upper story, *here fortun. ately there were no goods, stored.. The darnage to lds stock is therefore wholly , from water, and it . Is surprising where water was of necessity so, freely.'used that' a large portion of his immense titock'whol lv escaped injury. Every piece of goods , that is at all injured will be separated from the uninjured. Providentially his' • extensive invoice of late purchases , had not arrived, but will all be in hand this week, and the hosts who aro accustomed to deal at Semple's will find the establish ment, in the extent, variety and quality of its stock, as well as In the very moderate prices, probably even more attractive than before. , - - , • This evening the guests of the. Saenger fest will be 'received in dde form at the Rink, to which they will march in proces sion, forming a glittering pageant as they pass. An address of welcome will be de livered by Mayor Blackmore, orations wit be made by Gov. Geary and ;toy: R. Shil ling, and a fine instrumental and vocal concert will conclude curl intersperse the. Inauguration inauzaration of the grealest musical event._ which has ever taken place in, Pennsylva nia. Germans may be used to the superior - - magnificence and numbers of such lesi.- . vals as that of the singers of Hr. sden or those of the sharp-sho-ters at Firemen and ' Vienna, but we, can