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FIRST
" I 'NFIDEr 7 .!V 3 2I,O . '4:74)(yx
THE'ICHLAL.
ME
l'entiessee Liiislative Commis
' sion and the Jpresident—lndiatt,
Disturbance in Arkanias—First
. .
- 4ppointnient at Supervisor:"
•I' ' - to the t' "a - '
, fliy eiegraph PI tab rgh Gazette.)
CITY,
i
WASHINGTON Sept. 11, /868.
f -
.'" ' ' -TENNBRIFIE AFFAIRS. , ' -•-
This morning the Tennessee Legislative
'Committee had an intent gip with the PreSz'
ident by formal appointment. It continued
more than one hour. As the reporters for
th
, ~e press w e re
e ex cluded, no particulars
could ,berttscertained additional to the fact
that the Chairman, Mr. Weisner, read toi'i ,
'- itt l e'Plesident an address they had prepared
._7liincetbeir arrivai'.luWashington,,in which
theY eel: korihitieriss'oftrievandes, based
on
ad6:44' the' Li3gishiture -of Tennessee.
They say the--statements therein are sus
_ tainedby proofs; They add : "In behalfof
, . 'our 4 . 1138 1 1e 070115e8,-Wp, urge Alt.'. to;
P send tiii) call)* f ibosablei the: sooner the
v . " . better; /Auffiel nifl Mara it'll:nee to the
State to aid the civil authorities and
-lief weith:Tileni •iikstMPressing wrongs, in
bringing to trial guilty parties, and in
giving. assurance to all that AU laws will
' be enforced, crime punishedand protection
extended to such Officers and citizens as
May attempt to execute the laws or to Fres.
ecute fortheir violation. The Legislature
of Tennessee in sending us to make this
request,: didso on:tamground that she is
Mitt Of the great AMerican Union, contrib.
• siting to the support of the common Govern...
went, enjoying Its 'benefits and bles.sings,
and that tbcy were asking of the Govern
ment of the United States that which they
believe they had a right under the Constitu
"stiattif to - bane - a" •'-'-•• - --" ''''"--,
of thegn ISiied - bY WM. II: Weisnr;bn the part
Senate, Tivimits A. Hamilton and J.
H. Agee on the part of the House.
The President gave his views, when the
parties e n tered into conversation, fully
i:: ,,
oanvassin the poll tical affairs of Tennessee.
After_the unnimioners took leave of the.
President they were interrogated by the re
porters as o what had taken place, but they
replied that from what was said by the
President 'they were not at liberty to com
municate, further than that they were re,
blVtods.'"kindly and -the interview was satis
factoryas far as it *mit.- There was no defi
nite conclusion teched. The Commissioners
are to have another interview with the
President. \ They will themselves telegraph
to the :Tennessee Legislatuie the result:Of
their MiSsion. - I
IT
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
The acting Commissioner of Indian Af
-- fairs this morning received a report from
, . , .
' • Superintendent Wyrikoop t giving an a9-'
count of ithe ldlfficulty which occurred on
Sunday, August 9th, between the soldiers
atFort Sera, in Arkansas, and a `Party or
„Triowa Indians. The difficulty originated
. .tiktici-Wtiiii. :twigs, , ;vibe were intoi
cated riding through a white man's canip .
a disorderly manner, when . they were
ed on and one of them seriously wounded.
e Indians reported to their band of hay : .
i g been fired on, and the Biowas went to'
it.
p„e. fort
,in battle array; but , a difficult
i /rt
as then prevented by the inter : erence o
_ ' a friendly Chief. In the afternoon of th ,
same day a wagon master arrived at th
fort' reporting that his train • had been
robbed, by the Biowas. A detachment of
, _,troops was sent out to the Biowa.s' camp, ,
,_.-, niai win tei - r:, iirriviZith-64:rtil,
tor lan w . ,omen
—an children - jttrripeiF into -the tsr ,c)
swim to the opposite bank. The Indians
formed in line, wben the wagon master, be
coming frightened,
,eonfessed he had given'
• - 1:', the,,lmercharidige JO theflndises. 'This
- terminated the appearance of hostilitiea,
and after some talk peace was arranged.
, • , .Agent Wyrijcoop reports these•lndians gen
( erally disposedio be friefidlY,
.....„.. -..--90.11gLUSSIOriAi t epSslon.
• .: ,7 .t.irAhen3irdan;ng-4 majgrity of the Cengress
men who liate - beeiflitaid from tonthesulh
J-) itlaklsMusr. at dValßelipo be•tbab B .4 ll orrroi
, z , • anorad.be•prellept .e.n she 21sk for the pia
., .:1)9(10..br taku n;:apPthecre 6 f43s-, 1 ,
-.. BUPTOLVISOP. APPOINTED. . ..
he
Secretary of.fhe r Treagury to-day op-,
- , pointed Ccl,Jas;-Moode eurpervisp i rrnf In
, . terual Berpprie for the district .of ;24.1*Vrirlai
. 1. • the fult , a.pP9Aiatnl 4 Wt 409 T :tie neliaw•
•
I/ BAD Alir ISTEEV/EW.'
' Mr:.Ed•Ottril ThOrntOriel3ritiiih Ministir,
r eldled at thil : Whitef 'EfoliSeilthis morning
,
;'” ' L lstici:iinta Short interview with the Piesi
-,, t , -.1 1 6,,f, : ...: 1:
itti)Thil6itEPßA •
haVbeen appointed store.
lieepernfinternal.-Ativenne at Mt. Ste lie
AP.2.4191E.0
, . .
", '. ; ; ii: '',' .' • TRE.UMANS ,
ii.7;.t117*/egiaP)ll ? !tlitlr 4 t s bu Fgh o 4ettef . f
?,..-A!:;t3n 10 v 0, gpkt:ilifti4Peeial.,. from Fort
. Wallace, Kansas, s a ys. lttioutouehpncircil.
•-: II: fleheikaings iili hititizi-:„two miles of
:,,,., 43 1 terldan, : ..fraroas, , abeßt `'daybrOok -tide
' 2 " l! ',,MOrning, a small portion - of whom dashed
1 . 3
' . - ' , :iutii pie: south portion of the town witiiiit 1
-i.b.theliimdred yards of the railroad depot,
ato)q one horse, Odd then joined the main
;en- , ilbeilar.-- -AB- moved off together in the direr;
ifon Of riffer, within a thibiand a half of
:' liherklan; where they • eapt.thed seven)
"Nricli trans aid. killettthreb men. ' They
.: I:lltert =eyed-mirth - 4;f the.traelv and left Ana,
, „,?tofth.east'dlrectlon, carrying eft' nay h ea d
or cattle and•six;,/iorees;:',Twe scouts sent
/ kofe-fit7the'flovenri of Colorado arrived
;. ; ,.,4esterilayi.
,',They , ;report -the Indians at
~. 'all , the:.settlementaisoutboust of Denver e ,
Thlreettlerswere suffering, - iery mach;
- -;•;.0: 1 514' ilye h4dted,4oad Of ;stook were car
) , Ailed oft the ,week,,and twenty or more.
• , taettitykil*rltilled,esild ecalped. The Den:.
int
" I
wer ~coauftA :. btate,atrfired ' this afternoon,
Itavlng been r delaked i by the. Indians, was
- ' drivim back & Big Timbers yesterday af-
OttiffilirAo f;heAttitalinilo'rlx:'Eled to b°'
•it•om two to three hunaredostroing at Sand
•Cieek;tltuieltillie from Big limber..
' Advicea from Fort Lyon of the - 9th inst. -
mar that :Oen, „Peiiisigi .811'4 . /4, oongoitty'xit
-' taValsr fought two, miles. , out lon- the Bth,
i'l air* toM' IPdiatus Mid loarng two soldiers
*Mau ind WO hirnded.
c.:4 . T.- , i;il`. o . 1..-i...-_'T ,, -- -- -`4
_________-:. _ ..... Alai
01,1- Battery AD4 Tannery -a t Cithr
burned. -
• TBy Thlegraeb yl the.rlttsburaiewtte.3 .
.'' . ti.sylliorD, September ILL;rEiolster's oil
refit:wry, on Commercial street, was hurried
".••*4lfirming. A.than named' Oh da.'l3aseh
iIVOSNdIY irrned and another; unknown,
Isi.aphitect)rilled. ' Loss !110,000. i il•
uankesoi &Murry was:also burned. The
-;eontentswere saved, • , Fire . Dornpany„No.
`'g,` froth' Pittsbnigh here,. returning' froth'
!Sandusky, did excellent work at the fire,
DITML
Plundering rat liridesburg Arsenal—The sil
t:Mk MUrderer not yet Caught. 01 110111.•
EBy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.;
PHILADELPHrA, September 11.—Within
the last month large quantities of pig lead
have been missing from the United States
Arsenal at Bridesburg. Singe Monday au
extra sentry has been detailed to guard the
lead pile. Last evening three yawl boats
•
were rowed up - PrankfOrd ereek by , about a
dozen men who pulled the boats ashore at
the blacksmith shop . wharf. Six or seven
of the number imm ediately started for the
. ,
lead pile. -
The sentry called on them to hidt. They
paid no attentiotito it. die then fired, but
the - party ' did not bait. Major Beebe, in
command at the Arsenal, fired, at the men,
who by this time had become frightened
and ran towards theirzboats. They were
again ordered to halt and failing to do so
the sentry and. Major both fired. The fugi
'tivas plunged intUtbe Creek and all reach
ed the oppo site shore except two, one of
Whom was sot and sank immediately wa d s
badlymade captive. A third man was
badly wounded, but managed to - escape.
No clue has yet been obtained to the mur
derer of Mary Harman. Many auspicious
characters have.been arrested by the po
lice, but' were discharged. The inquest
commenced this morning, and' the physi
cians testified that death was caused by
strangulation not by drowning. The de
ceased had been dead twenty-four hours
when discovered, but there is no evidence
that the body had been in • the water that
length of time. =
Report of Survivors of the Recent Lake
• Disaster : ••
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
Cmcsao, September Dispatches
from St. Josephs", Atiohigan, .this evening,
report the arrivalthere of Captain Brown,
of the Hippocampus, and fourteen other sur-
I . Vir&S of the wieek: They report that a
squall struck the vesselabont three o'clock
on Tuesday morning, and she went
down almost • instantly. The survivors
wergio water Ithlity r ilve hours and were
picked up by :a sail vessel and carried 'to
Saugatuck, - a few miles 'from St. Josephs.
The, names of the saved` are as follows:
Capt. grown, John P. Brown, :Clerk. Chas.
Russell, Steward,Charles Morrison,Wheels
man, and' deck hinds. Passengers:
Joseph Cooley, E. N. Hatch, Jas. Riibrd,
Jas. Kimball and Geo:-Puller. '
The names of the lost as far as ascertain
ed are as follows: Passengers—John
Schrlin, A. P. - ' , Whittipy_ t lof Chicago, M. K.
Hathaway, Wm. Viughain; Alvin Palmer,
Jas Alarple,- Alvin Burridge, J. K., Bur
ridge;., crew-119bert Richardson . , mate,
Eugene Curtis and Wm. Brown, engineers,
David Taylor,,firernan,and six deck hands.
Negro, Eligibility in, the Georgia Legis
lature.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
A.TLSSIITA., Sept. IL—The Senate passed a
resolution to-day 'giving negroes one hour
to make their defence on the question of
eligibility, and other members participa
ting..thirty. tethintes.:. The ay, pro
aukutid'in the dimmeilon. .1 * rie impression
is the negroes.will be declared ineligible by
a small majority. • ,
-- -
—Yesterday was the hottest for a month
in New York, the thermometer reaching
nearly ninety degrees in the shade.
~
- ..John, Wheeler ,;• a foreman. in the dry
Ibods hence of - 11:'B. Cloflin ,& Co., New
ork,,committed suicide yesterday. ;
,
—The wreck of the missing propellbr•
Hippoeamptra has been, discovered twenty
miles south of Benton Harbor, Michigan. ,
-An` epidemic, Something like scarlet
fever, is , prevailing 'among children cin
Brooklyn. Over a hundred critical cases
are reported.
.-..- • _ _ ,
-:7-tion.'.Wililara..,ZlGTetl. of . New. York,
has made a donation of '520,000 to the Til
den Ladies Seminary, at We3t, Lebanon,
New Hampshire.:, '- • -
.
.. , t ,- -.,Late! advice!: from Mexiee say it is re
ported the insurgents in Sierra Puebla had
\ been defeated in battle, losing i all their ar
plleFy,and In any ptisoners. '
''-'• - - - -A dispatch frorn; Sprinifteld, Illinehi,
says the National Lincoln Monumbnt AS
.flOniatiOn , has adopted the design of the
American scibilptor, Larkin G. Meade, Jr.
—Dr.-House, American missionary in
Siam, was recently attacked and. nearly
lhillett : VY'iltil Sig/rapt. ' It wad, thought he
wouldproVibly recover from' his injuries.
—The anniversary of the battle betweeh
the American and - idexican armies at Cher
ubusco, was duly celebrated on the 20tliof
August on the field whare the engagement
took place. , , ...-
• .--, I T. J. Roberts, ex-President of Liberia,
and wife, , were among the passengers in the
ship Golconda, which, arrived at Baltimore
on Tuesday. Everything in Liberia is re
ported prosperous.
- John Conran, porter of the steamship
Cleopatra running ' between New York and
Savannah, ' has been arrested on a charge of
wilfully setting fire to that vessel on the
night of'the tith'imit. '
• .--Anrattempt was made early yesterday
morning, at pier 44 North river, ' New
Yoih, toimUrderr,C pr ivate #s,telittian by a
party of , thieves. The one ` who fired the
%pistol has arrested. , ~...- -
, .. ,
—The newilebrew temple of Enianuei,
40nr Fifth :venue, New ' , York, wns come.
crated yesterday alteriinon. There wag a
/ergs attemiance. ig Rev; Dr. Wise, of Cin
cinnati assisted the pastor. - °'
, _P-Ta r he 7Seeretary- of the Treasury gives
notice that ifin and after Monday next all
seven-thirty notes must be forwarded direct
to the Treasury of the United States at
Washingttuffor ieddicilititut ' ~
-7.The_,reeent -bail storm In Connecticut
tiraSSO's'eVere all to ruin leveret fields of to
-blusxti; fin some pieces also windows were
broken by hail stones, and leayes exten
sively stripped from - the trees.
-- BY in,SoUth Jersey last week
property In Minden chanty was damaged
460.000, in -Gloucester $100,060, and igigalem
:over. -$lOO,OOO. The total , loss to owners of
" kPfOP 9 49 will net,fall - far short of 6300,-
--SliCeb Hermance luta beep named 4,4 -
4 2{Intand , Colfax, Elector for the Thirteenth,
pi vengr,__ esslonalr.)lPlatrict of; NeW York, j,n
ace - orThom"Ccirirell,-"Iiho is ineligible
Cmon 'ecrasomece, 4,1;, a a znatal
,heing am or
gress. " '
.4,lkrgttoody of Eastern railroad men'
wut-Ninit U r attsburgh,,friait week,. to - ex
amine the proposed route from...Et/Wel.
z%tkia , o the. Western cities, andi to look at
t 13' Peinisyl*atili Railroad Werns .at . Al-
rtoona,Johnstown and other poinAp; ,I 4;
- ...'..The Ward Brothers, elfallenge to , the
world for a four oared race has been 40-1
awed t3e, the lidtv 13tunswick erew, , whoi
were victorious at the international 'regatta
nt: PAris , T 1 2,, latter propose th at the race
heroWedsik eekwhence - on the Connecti=
cut river, at Springfield. i
1 I
PIEUId.DELPHIA.
91CA 0,--
BRIEF
. NEWS ITEMS.
TTSRURGII, SAT UR
PCIITE!, O'CidpCH A. BE
FROM EUROPE.
London. Times on the Chinese
•
Treaty—American Minister
- •
Estates' Coufiscated in Hungary
.-- --
—Pledge' of Peace by Pruasia—
,
Reduction of the Army.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
.ENGLAND.
LONDON, September 11,--:The Times has
another long article on the treaty recently
noncluded between the United States 'and
China. The article, which is nearly three
columns long, is mainly devoted tp a; dis
cussion of the views advanced by the other
Metropolitan Journals. The writer reviews
the course of British policy in China, which
he characterizes as one of peace, submit
ting to , frequent_ aggression, disrlWl
rt treaties, fraud, ill-faith and evasion un
til leniency is interpreted at Pekin as fear.
Chinese diplomacy is seemingly master of
the situation. They laugh the English
treaties to scor*and jockey her into quell
ing the Taepings. Now they give her the
go by as the principal leading power in for
eign policy. They send a mission to defer
indefiniteiy the claims of the treaty of Tien
Isin, opening the Empire and admitting
civilization. They must be told if they want
war,•that while __England desires peace, ac
tual treaties must be enrcirced, - and no step
further will be taken until that is•done.
Then they will submit and be at peace.
China will not be the theatre of war be.
tween7forelgn powers unified as the result
of American policy. The article ends with
the assertion that only the rulers of China
cling to electing to'the exclaaion of the
people, who want free intercourse, and it is
the duty of England to sustain the wish of
the people against the rulers.
Mr. Johnston,the American Minister, for
mally waited on Lord Stanley on the 9th.
He will submit his credentials to the Queen
onlionday next. •
SOUTHAMPTON, SaPtember •
steamship Hannimnia from New York, ar
rived this evening.
•
FRANCE
Pitatrsi. September (11:—The Gazette de
Prance publishes a dispatch from M. De
Thile, Prussian under Secretary of Foreign
4 fiairs,to'Count Von Der Golrz,Prussian En
voy at Paris, announcing that Kin.: William
has issued art order for the reduction of the
Prussian army to one hundred and twenty
thousand men.. - The dispatch, states that
the Ring, by this act, wishes to give a now
pledge of moderation and to .show his con
ti fence in the prospect of peace, and adds
that ho thinks nothing menaces it: '
PArtrs, September 11:—The Emperor
Napoleon has larrived at Ft - „ntainbleau from'
Chalons.
HUNGARY.
,P.E..3114. Sept. 11113.—The various estates
- of - Prince- Kora' Georgewich in flungary
have been confiscated in favor of Servla.
•
AND COMMERCIAL.
LONDON September 11.—Consols closed
at 94. 5020! 'B, 72. Illinois shares dull at
90%. Erie, 30%.
LIVERPOOL. September 11, SP.
ton closed flat at a declind of !4d.; Middling
Uplands, 10304 Orleans,. 10. M. Sales of
1,000 bales. • Bieadstuffs—no change. Pro;
visions—Cheese has declined ls., closing at
58s.
Loisnos, September if, 5 P. m.—Flour fe
3d. lower; American. 455: 3d. Linseed is
lower. • OIL 314, callers; Ili, 155.(412,.., per
ton.
ANTWERP. September 11;—Perhalenin is
low•er, refined White, 4.S francs, 50 centimes.
FRANKFORT, :SepteMber
United States Bonds, 75%. •
Rams, September. 11.....-Eveni9—Bourse,
heavy. Rentes, 70 francs, 2.5 centimes.
National Telegraphic
[Br Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
ALBANY, September 11:—The National
Telegraph Union, at their_*iisien yeater.
day, elected for, the ensuing year as . Pree*
dent, W.elf. Young, of WalthingtOn, ro,
Vice President; W. P. korai', of Portland,
Maine;,. Treasurer, A.:L. Whipple, or Al.
bany, N. Y.; RecordingSeetatary, W. Duz
bury, of Boston: Corresponiling Seeretary,
F. L. Pope, or New York... Portland, Me.,
was selected as the place of. the next meet ;
ing. - : '
Parade of the - D. O. A l , 111.—Five Tioasand
,_Neu in Line. _
CB. Telegraph to the MUM:wet Onette.7
LA.NOMITER, September 12. . - Thee>parade
of the -United Order' of 'American lift.r,
ehanics; in ;this city; +O-day, wasthe
largest and Itrandest civic, demonstra
tion ever held here. Allow,: tfty Councils
from this State were represented, and sev
eral from Delaware and New Jersey. Up-
Wards of five thousand men were in lino. •
. ,
Homicide In an Iron Mill at ClueMast'.
Car Telefirsott to . the Pittsburgh Gazette. 1
CrircisitArr, September dithirb
once occurred this afternoon in the Cincin
nati-Ball 11111; corner of Parson' and Front
streets. between John Thompson andßehn
Itember, when Thompson snatched a red
hot Iron rod about six feet long and run it
through Kelliher's 'body, ' l killing him in
stantly. Thoth son was arrested.
Radical Meeting at Augusta, GC --
Teteustal to the Pittsbares unette.i
AuousTA, Sept. 1 1.—Thel 'Radical nomi
nating Convention held a hums meeting
• The, appltivertvwarned the ne
groes that if Seymour and Moir are elected
tluV• will all be put back into slavery
gidia.`:Alter the.tueettng the netiroes-had
a torchlight procession, in which 'about
•
Milk Woman Waylaid and 'illobbed; L L
Ent Teiesrspitto that Ptitsturah Gatitts?l : 1 i
M
MEPHIS, Sept. 11-- An Qtd m
4 woati
named Rephofr, w ho , arivas a milk wagon,
'was wkylard on the 'Hernando ;road. about
dusk last evening, by aome ngrops, beaten
untiljparbriUnesulible, and thou robbed.
Elbe 'imaged to 'crawl to , a negro cabin,
, Warn, assialinoe Waa. even:ilShirnowlies
Lu a critical condition.
- ' - Carl Schuh at Detrtirlt. —'
inverter:ol4lo eta imtib.t:llraa(4ette.l
D sraok r, September 11:—The RepUp
cans geld a large and enthusiaitio mudding
here this - evenin , it 'their :Wigwam - Carl.
Saari addr ...audiauce iii'Oerinan
ond/Fitorilieb i :and was afterwards escorted.
to the train by the. different Ward
ck Clubs,
ii
:which tmeld.out.ip„great f ore
. . 1 ,,, , . ~
:1. 0_• , .. ;4: Kentuy State Er r.
3By reiggrugar, to the Pittsburgh °gnats.]
LCVAIRVILL*; Ky., September
,11.."-Tbe
rregtuakk State - Fair, held here•th'm week,
terMlnakta to-morrow.,--The• lattendanoe
has h been nnpreoedentedly large;,
Mg
•
Large Republican! in Allegheny—
BAthuslastic Rally •-of Voters—Speeches
ordliesers. Purviance, King, Blakely and
Granath.
The Union Republican Voters of the Fifth
and Sixth wards, Allegheny, rallied in
large numberslas evening on' the corner
Of Beaver avenue a d Locust street, to man
ifest their interest n and devotion to the
great cause of law nd order, whose lead
ers are Grant and olfax. •
The German band and the McClure
township 'Glee Cl b, led
_by :Prof. David
Jones, at Interva discoursed some Soul
stirring and patriot strains, which added
Considerably to the rithusiastu on the oc
casion. The stand,, beantiftdly decorated
with the stars and stripes and brilliantly
illuminated, presented a very neat and at
tractive appearance.
At half' past seven o'clock an organiza
tion was effected by the election of the ful
lowing, officers: • .. • .
, President-. 8. A. Sampson: •• , , Rob e rt
Vice Presidents—W. F. Trimble, bt
Lea, Thomas Harper, Henry McCune, Geo.;
W. Reynolds, James Wilkins. .'
Secretaries—John C. Harper, J. H:Grenet,'
and reporters of the Republican press. -
The President, after returning bis thanks
for the honor conferred upon him, intro
duced, as the first speaker, S. A. Purvi
ance, Esq. Mr. Purviance made an ad
dress otsome length, dwelling upon the
records of both parties during the past, and
Showing that in all the relations of good
government, whether local,. political or
otherwise, the nation had made-greater
advancement under 'Republican- ad
namistration than at any other '-period.
On the other hand, under Democratic rule
the Government -became demoralized, eo
much so that when they retired from power
the Treasury was bankrupt, the navy scat
tered, the army without discipline, and all
the concerns of the Government in such 'a
terrible condition that oar existence as' a
nationality was on the verge of ruin:
The gentleman, continuing his remarks
at some length on this point, was interrup
tedly the arrival of the Fourth Ward Tan
ner Club, unifermed and carrying torches,
under command of Major A. P. Callow.
The Club marched up •amici loud cheers,
and formed in front of the stand, when the
speaker resumed his remarks for a short
time, touching on the tax question, and
closing amid loud applause.
A musical selection followed, after which
the Chairman introduced Gen. Wm. A.
Ring, of Ba timbre, wee was received with
enthusiastic cheers. He entertained tho au
die,xe for nearly au hoar - in al elcquent
and ° telling speech. ' He commenced_ by
saying that he had witnessed the.neeing
beioeo a loyal gathering of those "who had
periled their lives in defense of thole coun
try, assembled in Pittsburgh, and forgetting
all partizanship, declaring with unanimous
voice that their suffrages should be cast in
fayor of the man who had so often led
them to - victory, Ulysses S. Grant. He
saw in the large and enthusiastic meeting
gathered before hinethat .the .Same spirit
and sentiment animated them, an evidence
that when the third dayrof November rolled
round 'the old Keystone State would be
found in the ranks of those whose hearts
kept time to the music of the Union.'
In continuing his remarks the speaker
took up and dwelt at considerahle length
on the question of negro suffrage, showing
that , the government conferred• nein 'Gm
negro the right to vote; not beoatise he was
black, but because he was a man, and had
proven himself a loyal, brave, unflinching
patriot: The questim of oqunlity never en
tered into.the matter at all. Because cue
man voted the same ticket as another it was
no reason for saying he was the social equal
of the other, or that the two must associ de
together. The gist of the matter is that in
the reconstruction of the States, Congress
has thouht it proi er to give the direction
of affairs tgo
loyal men, without distinction
of color. This is the leading idea. Loyalty
shall govern what loyalty Mrs preserved.
The Detnoc atic party are opposed to this
principle. They say that the affairs of the
country shall be brought back to the same
c mdition as they were before the war,
which Is in fact that South-rn slavehold
ers shall administer our affairs of State,
and they mean what they say. There is' a
talk of war if 'they do not succeed, which
*erne people consider without foundation in
fact, but there is danger, which can only be
. .avoided by the loyal people rising ha their
might and rolling up anoverwhelming mat,
jolty in November for Grant and Colfax.
The speaker in a forcible and effective
manner argued the questions of the hour
'and closed wtth an earnest appeal in favor
of the Republican candidates and platform.
of 'principles. His remarks were listened
to with•profound attention, and' elicited
frequent and hearty applaudec
At the close Or Gail. King's speech loud
calls were made for Gen. Bleakley and
Senator Graham, but as the hour was late
both these gentlemen excused themselves
and the meeting a+....„djourned_.
. ,
Meeting in East Rtrmingham. f i
The Republicade of Faust Birmingham
held a large and interesting meetiog at the
corner of Carson and Railroad streets last
evening. The Grant andcolfax Club ofthat
borough turned out to the number of ttvo
or three hundred, and supplied with torchts
and (headed by a band of music marched'
through the principal streets, after which
they rettuned to t ceWherethe meet
ing wait td be `held. - The meetivg was
called,to order by James P. Brown, Esq.,
who, as Presidentof,the Grant Club, pre
sided over the meeting, which was held un
der the auspices of the club.
The East Birmgam Glee Club was in
troduced and san in g in splendid style the U.
S. Race,' after which the Second Ward Glee
'Club washatidly called for, and responded
with a song entitled "Keep the Ball a.Roll
ling; or Grant in'tb6 Eitkalr," which was re
ceived with enthusiasni by, the crowd. •
...ThEr.ChairmarV. ( . then introduced A. S.
Blakely, Esq., who addressed the meeting
at length: 'The speaker, after a, few pre
liminary remarks, turned his attention to
,the financial question winch, he said, had
been forced into the Issue by the Deptocra
•ny:'_Thalliandltlolftill an able and Satlifian-r
tory Manner to all - Whe - heard him,,and by
,Blesthitioeir Tl.frqta:` ' political economy
and
_practical experience, clearly' dein
onivrated to, his hearers that' the'
Democratic theory of paying the bonds
in greenbacks- would not , only be In
jurioute to.. the interests of the laboring
classes, but would, eVentually r uin; the
coentr,y finartaisliffi, rt - held that it. was
cowardly to'shrink from the paynient of
the national debt, and he, was not willing
to it'dmit that this was a nation of cowards.
England, he said, hale debt . ,ntracted in
;the - Fourteenth century, wit oh was•nowf
one:fourth larger than the debt of the
United Stabs, :yet they. did talk ie.
pudiatingit. The debtr thle G overnment
could be funded at three per nt. interest,
and at the present rate f taXatiOn,
with the Marilee° 'of poidilati n, 'mild be
entirely liquidated inside of f ray years.
In regard to the question •of taxation, he
said the policy of the Republi n party was
to tax the rich, who Were able to pa:y, and
il it•
allow the poor to .go free, while the.
Democracy - proposed to tax rich and poor
alike, every man in proportion to his
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POLITICS.
means. The bond-holder who infested
$2,000 in bonds paid a tax of five per cent.
on bis inixime after deducting $l,OOO for
expenses, while his neighbor who invested
$20,000 in a farm paid five per cent. on his
income after the $l,OOO for expenses was
deducted. The bond-holder's income was
fixed and certain, and consequently he paid
his tax annually; but not so with the farm
er who, if the frost kills his crops, had no
income and consequently paid no taxes.
The question of reconstruction was next
taken up and discussed at length, after
which the speaker closed.
The /Second ward Glee ( Club was then
called upon, and responded by singing in
a most excellent manner a campaign song
entitled "For President. 'Ulysses Grant, a
smoking hie cigar." ' They were milled out
again, and responded with "Rally round
our Leadei."
The Chairman then introduced W. C.
Moreland, Esq., who entertained the meet
ing in his usual happy and'eloquent style.
Hi said that - the speaker preceding him
had gone over the whole ground, and dis
cussed all the issues involved in the pres
ent contest so ably. and eloquently that it
Would be,useless for him to go over them
a i gain; but he owed a debt of gratitude to
the citizens of East Blimingham and the
other boroughs on the south aide which he
would never be able to folly repay, and• he
was at their command so long as he .could
raise his voice or hand in their service.
The pending contest for the Presidency
was of vital importance to every citizen in
the country, and he was only reiterating
the cry of every Democratic orator in the
land when he said that it was the most im
portant event that the citizens had ever
been called upon to decide. This, however,
wasan old Phrase brought into requisition
at every succeeding election, but in all
honesty it is now true. The question to be
decided is,whether the principles for which
so much loyal blood had been spilled, and
so many millions of treasure expended,
should be trampled under foot by the
party who had sought the destruction
of the Government, or whether the reigns
of government should be placed in
the hands of faithful and true men who
would inaintain inviolate their principles
so dearly bought. The speaker then re
ferred to the chavicter of the men who
controlled the New York Convention,
and the platform they have adopted,
which he said promised anything and
everything; it promised war, and peace,
taritTand free trade. paper currency and
coin, in fact it was constructed to suit the
tastes of all men of all parties. It was a
brave appeal to the passions and pre
judices of men to catch the votes, but would
not succeed. _:The spealrer then referred
to the Democratic party of years pasf,
and said it had sadly degenerated since the
days of .Tefferson and Jackson.l
Mr. Moreland's remarks were well re
elved by the meeting, and will have a tel
ling effect, as he is a favorite with the people
Nn the south side. At the close of his ad
dress, which was one of the ablest we have
heard during thecampaign, he was greeted
with loud and prolonged applause. I J
After a song from the Glee Club and
mnsio by the band, the meeting adjourned
with three cheers "for Grant and Colfax.
The Ilia-ss Convention.
The Committee appointed to make ar
rangements (Or Grant and Tanner Chills
at the Grand Mass Convention to be held in
this city on the 23d and 24th inst., met at
"City . Hall Last evening'and organized by
calling Col. Joseph Browne to the chair.' •
On motion, Col. Browne was authorized
to appoint a sufficient number of aids.
On motion of Mr. Ford, the Chairman
was authorized to Bpp:int a Committee of
three to prepare invitations and distribute
them to the various clubs throughout the
State to. participate in the demonstration.
The Chair appointed the fol!owing gen
tlemen on the Committee: W. R. Ford,
James S. Patterson and Gen. Barnes, who
retired, and after a brief abserke reported
the following, which was adopted:
"The Republican State ral Committee
having ordered a Mass Coonvention, on the
21th. in order to render the same effective
and to induce the Union masses of Wes
tern Pennsylvania to participate therein,
it has been determined to have a grand
torch-light procession on the night of the
21d, also a demonstration on the 24th. Tie
Committee of Arrangements extend an in
vitation to all Grant and Colfax Clubs, a 3
well as Tanner Cluhs and kindred organi
zations, to participate therein.
"You are earnestly requested to assist us
in our endeavors by turning out qpon this
occasion, thus making the demonstration
worthy of the great and glorious cause.
, "The 'latch-string will be out,' and ac
commodations will be provided for all vi-i
-ting organizations. •To prevent confusion
you are requested td send to the Chairman,
COL Joaeph Brown, on or before the 22d
irist.• the number of your club likely to be
in attendance.
"Address box 194 Pittsburgh."
On motion, the Committee adjourned to
meet at City Hall, Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock.
Meetlag In the Third Ward.
The Republicans of the Third and Fifth
wards held a meeting at the Public School
House, on Grant street, Third ward, last
evening, where an immense throngof peo-r
pie had gathered to hear the truth ex
pounded by honorable men. Young's
Brass Band was in attendance and dis
coursed excellent music during the inter
vals between -the addresses, and at the.
opening and close of the meeting. Jacob
H. Miller and H. B. Carnahan, Bags., ad- -
dressed the meeting. The remarks of both
speakers were able and eloquent, and emi
nently satisfactory to the audience. which,
by the way, was an unusually orderly and
attentive one.
I Republican Meeting at East Liberty.
• iNotwithstnnding the inclemency of the
weather, the Republicans of East•• Liberty
and. vicinity answered to' the call fora
meeting at the Wigwam on Thursday
evening, itsseinbling in • large numbers.
•Col. Sohn El . .. Stewart was called to preside.
Able and eloquent addresses were deliv
ered by:W. T. Haines and R. J. Powers.
Digs, eliciting frequent and most marked
applause from the audience. Prof. Pope
woe present and contributed much to the
entbuslaapt on the occasion by singing
several. 'campaign songs. The meeting
adjourned to meet at the same piano on
Thursday 'evening next. •
-
; - Polltital Meetings. ;
A Bakerstown last night 'a large meet..
Ing of .Repnblicans was addregied
Messrs. Haines and Slagle. Much anginal
aan prevailed.
In Moquwilesi Township an 'unusually
lame meeting of Republicans was held.
Messing. Ewing and McCorinack deliVered
able and argumentative addresses, which
were listened to with marked attention.
Grant Iluzzars.—Tbere have been several
hundred enlistments for the campaign in ,
the Grant Huzzars. The idea takes with
spirited young men, and a regimeut doubt
loss will be readily obtained: Gen. Win.
Blakely, a brave and courteous gentleman
of large cavalry experience is to have com
mend. Those wishing to Join will be af
forded opportunity for doing so tonight at
City Hall, where a meeting is to be held.
The Campaign in Sewickley.
In spite of inclement , weather, the Re
publicans of Sewickley met in force at the
!./
cl b rooms on Thursday evening, to listen
to General F. H. Collier rand Col. Thomas
,
M. Bayne on the issues of tho day. The
meeting was called to order -by T. H.
Netvip, Esq., President of the Grant Club,
who announced a campaign song by the
,Bellevue Glee Club, the members of which
were resent, under the leadership of W.
H. Whitehead. This wss followed by a
carefully prepared- and well delivered
speech from Col. Bayne, which was fol
lowed by another song by the club, "Ad
Interim." the audience receiving it with
enthusiasm. General Collier then took the
stand and made one of his characteristic
speeches, his wittiest and best. After a
couple more songs by the Glee Club, the
meeting adjourned in the beat-of humor,
and with a determination to do their best
for the ticket that means peade.
Where are the Postoffice Detectives t
A respectable jewelry merchant of Alle
.,
gheny City informs us that on the 24th of
August he mailed in the. Allegheny office
two money letters, and on the Ist Septem
ber nine other money letters; that of these
eleven remittances only six have reached
the parties addressee. The five missing
litters covered about one thousand dollars
and will probably never be heard from.
This is the experience of but one house and
suggests the probability that hundreds of
other letters are lost. Such a condition of
the mail service should not, be suffered to
continue for a mingle day. No expedient or
exoense should be spared to ferret out the
offender or delinquent: If the mails are
thus unsafe the commercial world must
abandon the use of them and provide se
cure modes for transmitting from point to
point, from city to city, the millions which
are necessarily and constantly circulating
between parts remote from each other.
Noonday Prayer Meetings.
The noonday prayer meetings held under
the auspices of the Young Men's Christian
Association, at their rooms on Fifth street,
continue with unabated interest. Special
arrangements have been made , for the ac
commodation of ladies, privileges which
they seem to appreciate judging from the
attendance.,
To-day the meeting will be held especially
in the interest of that great enterprise dear
to the heart of every christlan—the Sab
bath school. A cordial and affectionate in
vitation is extended to all Sabbath school
officers, teachers and scholars to attend
and further the work by their presence
and influence. The pmeeting continues but
half an hour, so that all may afford the
time to labor in a cause which will richly
repay them for all their toil and care.
City Mortality. .g
Dr. A. G. McCandless, Physician to the
Board of Health, reports the following in
terments in the City of Pittsburgh front
August 30th to September 6th: • •
Males 11 I
White 31 Total 3 9
Females__ 21 Colored ... 1 I
Of this number 2 died of Typhoid Fever;
.1 Dysentery; 1 Puerperal Fever; 1 Disease
of the Heart; 1 - Pergonitis; 1 Dist's& of the
Bowels; 3. Consumption; 1 'Disease of the
Spine; 4 Cholera Inhmtnm; 2 unknown; 1
Pneumonia; 1 Capillary Bronchitis; 3Scar
latina; 4 Disease of the Brain; 2 Spasms; 1
Hydrocephalus; 1 iMaramenus; 1 Croup; 1
Premature Birth. •
Of the above there under 1 year, 13; 1 to 2,
5; 2 to 5,1; 5 to 10, 1; 10 to 15,,1. 20 to 30,
4; 30 to 40, 2; 40 to 50, 1; 50 to 60 2; 60 to
70, 1; 70 to 80, 1.
Amusements
OPERA Houss.—Never have we seen a
finer audience in the Opera House than
that which assembled there.last evening on
the occasion of Edwin Booth's benefit. Not
only was the audience the largest of the
season, every portion of sitting space and
a large proportion of standing room being
occupied, but the large assemblage was
brilliant and fashionable in the extreme.
The bill consisted of two pieces, a mistake,
we think, as they had to be out, a process
which always pro,ttic;3 dissatisfaction. The
"Merchant of Venice" and .4 1Catherine and
Petruchio" were on the programme, and
the splendid manner in which they were
rendered compensated for the slight disap
pointment produced by the ‘,.cutting.
Booth's Shylock is a magnificent piece of
'character acting. The many fine points in
the character were rendered with great
power and vividness,- and drew forth fre
quent and hearty rounds of applause, and
twice Mr. Booth was - 'called before the
curtain. His Petruchio, - also,, was exceed
ingly fine, and proved Mr. Booth as excel
lent in comedy as , in tragedy:- The princi
pal support in both pieces was good. -This
afternoon the "Lady of Lyons" and this
thiS evening "Richard M."
—Morgan Stephenson, employed as an
errand ooyfor a Wall street (gew York)
broker was robbed in January last of
eleven hundred dollars in ,gold, which
he was conveying to the bank by
a man (as he represented ) ) who
threw spud' in his eyes, and then .
fled with the money. A few days ago
Stephenson-and another boy were arrested
for a bold robbery in Brooklyn, and he ac
knowledged that he was an accomplice in
'the robbery in January, that it was a made
up thing between hiniself and the robber,
and that he received one hundred and fifty
dollars of the money.
—The following ticket was nominated by
the Republican State Convention of Kamm
yesterday: For Governor, Got James M.
Harvey; Lieutenant Governor, C. V. Esk
ridge; Justice, M. Valentine;
Col. Moonlight Auditor, A. Thom-
Secretary of
Treasurer, ,
George laraham; Attorney-
General, Wm.
Tr ,
General, Wm. DanforthelStiperintendent
Public Instruction, P. MoVicar; Electors,
Anthony, Rallocb and :Hort on .
i Congress,
Sidney Clark. The Convention was very
_Arm S. L. Bremeti, a !widow, residing
in Helena, Ark:, waa robbed' on the traits
between St. Loubsand Chicago last Monday
of ii 13,600, the proceeds of the sale of some
property in Chicago, and all she possessed
in the world. She was Chloroformed while
asleep, and the money abstracted from a
pocket in an underskirt.
pisellimok (mUlatt4?) a member of
the Louisiana legislature, in a card to the
New York .Trause, denies that he has
made any tbreateof massacre or incendia
mem. He says the speech_ attributed to him
the other day entirely misrepresented his
sentiments. He counsels" moderation and
deprecates violence..
—lt is believed, that the great tidal wave.
which occurred en August 14th, at San
Pedro, and along jthe southern coast of
California, resulted from an 'earthcjuake at
Callao. The disturbance or the tides wasi
noticed at, this harbor, at the Same date.
—Two hundred and eighty barrels of
condemnedwhisky weie sold by the Unitedt Marsha.' at auction, do New York,
yesterday, at 76 cents per gallon.