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II
VOLUME LXXXIII.
FIRST EDITIOX.
TI;VMMA'V'E O'CLOCIK. M.
THEE CAPITAL.
The German Naturalization
Treaty—Military Orders—Rev
,
, entle Appointments Stamp
_ Duties - Deferred—Collection of
•
v illevenue in Tennessee Resisted.
Telegriph to the rittsburgi Gazette. 1
`WABHINCITON, September 17,11868
THE NATURALIZATION TEtEATY.
Circular letters have been issued by the
Departments of the Interior and of Justice
~., o rtlie 'North German :Cabe. in conformity
with the recent treaty with the United
`Mates, instructing' the officers that no no
.
•
Lion must he taken against foimer subjects
of the German Confederatifor unauthor
ized emigration who may produce proof of
haVing become naturalize American elti-
Zen'S. -
• \ REVENUE APPOINTMENTS.
The following Gaugers were appointed
to-day: S. Miller, Fourth District, Indiana;
,48. M. Weaver; Fourth District, Indiana;
/ B. T. Buttew, Third District, Indiana; A.
J. Todd, Second District; Indiana; James
McKee, Tenth District, Illinois; Robert C.
Peter% Sixth District, Ohio.
The following Storekeepers were appoint
ed to-day: John A. Emrie, Aurora, Indiana;
Keith Harry Pease and David Runman,
Chleago. 1
COLLECTOR OF REVENUE TRREATENER IN
\ - ' TZNNFasTIE.
1 1 _
The Internal Revenue Collector at Green
ville, Tenn., asks for four hundred mounted
troops to enable him to collect. revenue
from distillers and others in his district,
xvhothreaten to murder him and his assist
ants if they attempt to make seizures for
non-paymeet of taxes. . ,
IMILITARY ORDERS
n Taylor is ordered to San
- ,Franniseo 'as Government Purchasing
Agent. Major Ball is ordered to Alaska
as Commissary. Lieut. Pioxie, of the En
gineer Corps, is ordered to Jefferson Bar
sucks, Mo.
STAMP DUTIES SUSPENDED
The Secretary of the Treasury has post
poned the operation of stamp duties on dis
tilled spirits until the 2d of November, and
the stamping of tobacco, snuff and cigars
until the 23d of November.
MEXICAN MISSION
A letter from Mexico says that Genera
aloaccrans will be cordially •reeeived there
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS
The, total receipts of .oustome from Sept
-7ith to Sept. 12th;were'53,963,807.-
'- 77 C - Ar'ADA
Mil
„Accomplices In .the McGee.Assasslnation--
Whalen Expected -to Confess— Yacht
, Race—A Wife Murdered Frost and
Snow—Folr. Horses Burned to Death.
Elly , Telegraßb. to tle ,Py.tsburgh Gazette.l
Snit. 17.—Patrick Blakely, one
- - of the accomplices in the McGee murder,
L is seldio isiinmine..'BaU ••will be
accepted for Eagleston, Enright and Mur
phy, the other accomplices. Whalen most
'strongly protests he did not shoot McGee,
but knows who did. It is expected he will
• .makes full cenfe.ssion before long.
' '''Qnsesd, Soptemistel7.—The yacht Mon
ette; of-this • city, won the race to-day for
the code of signals. Distance, sixty miles,
in fiye hours and thirty-five minutes. Dur
ing a portion of the race the yachts sailed
-against the tide. The weather here is cold
and rainy, '
'roam: Pro, September 17.—A woman
nutted Larkin was found dead in her house
this afternoon. Her husband was arrested
on suspicion of causing her death: He and
s disreputable woman were found drunk in
the hobs° at the:time the body of his wife
Ives lying neglected on sofa. -
Weather very cold. Snow fell at Aurora, ,
"A few miles north of this city, last night.
Mosit'its.ar f ; 'Sept. 17.—Papin's livery
Stable was burned last night, and a number
of stock horses, intended for exhibition as
the Provincial fair, burned to death._ The
attendance attheProvinCial fair •ireaterday
and to-dap %Solari* -Captain 'Namely, of
the Sixtieth Rifles, has so 'far made the
highest Score at the rifle meeting: •
GEORGIA;
"The: Ellgititlity.* of _Colored Legislative,
Members—The Governor's Message—Ne
groes Excluded from the Jury Box.
l'ltp Telegraph to the 'Pittsburgh Gazette.]
ATLANTA, Sept. 17.—The Senate to-day
- .took up the message of the Governor re
garding the action of the Senate declaring
the seats of oolored members vacant. The
Governor protests .4ainet the action of the
Senate as unconstitutional and In opixisi
,tion to the spirit of the Convention which
, framild the/State- Constitution under the
. Reconstruction acts, claimirig that
the electors were judges of the
alualitc3tions ;of the !persons elected to ,
represent them, and assuming that if all
male inhabitants- of the State had a free
voice and place in• the new State lovern
ment, the majority ivon keep It in har
mony. with the-nation a l administration,
.and where all could enjoy equal civil and
political rights - there would be no just
•eause for dixsathgagtion. The House to
day passed by a vole xl, 01 t 0.49 a stoma.
tote to the jurrbill. which places grand
and petit Inver* the same footing and
:Permits none but , intelligent and upright
persons to sit on juries, and. excludes -no
groes from the jury hOX..
Alle~►ed>ldeCndtartas Arsested.
' 4131I0egpiph to the gistsbdrith Gazette.]
AUGUSTA, Me.„ September 17.--Goorge
E. Knox and James N. "Ifarworid, enlisted
- - In the United States Arsenal in this city,
• ;were a rrested this morning and arraigned
• _before United States. , Commissioner
charged with , setting, the • fires
which occurred in the Arsenal ground on.
the 9th of July. and • sth. of August last.
•
They were each held' in 1,1,000 ball.!. Geo.
F.,Talhot, District. Attorney-6f the United
States army has beeri here investigating
-these oases for'the past;four weeks.
. _Barqu es Ashore—Crew Last ?
_ .•
t'Br Telegraph to the Plttebergh Gaxette.lit'
Cragvxmasm, September 17.—The barque
2
Clough of Black River went ashore twelve
miles east, Tuesday night. Alt the ands
.were lost except Rush Bead,- second. ate:.
t
4va
Names of lost—J: S. Reed, Captain; Geo.
Derrick, first mate; Catharine Sull van,
stewardess;'Chapman, ..Bleerz.and Fi t
xick,,lake sailors. The barque Berlin re
ported ;ashore'six Mi es eta, laden v eub
coal and lath.> Insured in Boston for 118,000.
vhe scow Lone Star is also ashore in Black
River. . -
NEW YORK CITY,
My Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.'
.NEW Youg,'September 17, 1868.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived: The steamship Louisiana, from
Liverpool. She reports, Serternber 7th, in
longitude 26 deg. 50 min., latitude 48 deg.
40 min., she sighted the bark. Monegnish,
of Prince Edwards Island, with signal of
distress, and Supplied her with provisions,
she having on board the mate and sixteen
of the passengers and crew of the Cunard
steamship Melita, from Boston on the 26th
ult., for Liverpool, destroyed by fire the
day before. The M.aiegnish reports she
fell in with the ship Jacob A. Stamler,
from Havre, for New York, having on board
ninety passengers and the crew of the Me
lita. ' The Stenciler's supplies of provisions
and Water being insufficient, the Monegnish
took on board the mate and sixteen others.
TEE INTERNAL REVENUE FRAUD CASE.
_The Internal Revenue investigation case
was before U. S. Commissioner Guttman
to-day, when Mr. Courtney stated that in a
recent official interview at Washington ar
rangements had been made! to hate some
high tortel legal gentlemen associated with
him in the prosecution of this case. Mr.
Courtney said he intended to retain charge
of the case and to prosecute it to the end,
regardless of whom it might compromise;
but he'requested a postponement until his
assistants were selected by the .United
States Attorney General. 'The case was
postponed till to-morrow, although the
counsel for . Mr. Harlan and Mr. Smith de
sired immediate procedure. Several addl.' i
tional charges of forgery and fraud being
'made against - Martin and Kee, Judge Dar
ling to-day refused to admit them to bail.
BOYS IN BLUE TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION.
There was a very- large torch light pro-.
cession here to-night, comprising several
thousand of the organization known as the
Boys in Blue. The display was very fine.
Fire works and music were plenty. Ad
dresses were made at the Cooper Institute
by General Sickles, Kilpatrick and others.
The occasion of the parade was the anni
versary of the battle of Antietam. General
Pleasanton presided at the meeting. Sena
tor Sherman was among the speakers. The
procession -contained five thousand men in.
uniform.
• CUSTOM HOUSE BUREAU.
A new CuStom House Bureau ie to he
formed at:the Custom House. It will be
known as' the Twelfth Division and will
have supervision of the coastwise trade
bdtween the Atlantic and Pacific ports by
way of the Isthmus. A Deputy Collector
and several assistants willibe appointed for
this ci!y and also for San rranci.co.
OFT SWINDLERS ARRESTED.
Wheeler Louis and E. J l , Todd, togrther
with a lot of stationery and envelopes, the
latter addressed to 'pal-Lice in the country,
were arrested and seized by the police to
day. ,They comprise the gift swindling
concern known as W. J. Wheeler J Co.
They were sent to jail in default of 'l,OOO
bail.
A WIPE DROWNED
Mrs: Devoe was drowned in Shrewsbury
river, at the Highlands, last evening by
capsizing of a boat in which, with her bus:-
band and family, she was enjoying a pleas
ure tnp. The others were saved with diffi
.
unity.
BALE OF YEWS
The auction sale of pews in the new Jew
ish synagogue reached the amount of $750,-
000, which cuts out all Indebtedness and
placeS 1400,000. in sinking fund.
VARIOUS NATTERS
The Book Trade sale was slightly attend
ed to-day.
A working Woman's association was
formed here to-day , with the following offi
cers President, Mrs.. Tobett;l Vice Presi
dents, Augusta Lewis, Susan Johns, `Emily
Peers; Secretary, Mrs. L. C. BrOwne; Treas
urer, Susan B. Anthony. Speeches were
made by Cady Stanton and otheri. •
At the inquest over the body of Thomas
McCabe, shot by policeman Kiernan on
Wednesday morning, testimony was given
showing that the officer tired into a droved
of unoffending men,-women and children,
who had dispersed at his command without
making any disturbance or trouble. The
verdict of .the jury was to the effect that
McCabe was killed by the officer while in
the disclutrge of his duty, but the Coroner
held him for the;action of the grand jury.
It is stated that an influential member of
a large co-operative workingmen's associa
tion has awnded to Canada _with the
fuhds.
. • The upper portion of the residence of
James Gordon Bennett, at ,Waeldngtore
Heights, was burned to-daY. Damage
#20,0 00 - • ,• ,
The first innings of the cricket
ers was finished to-day with a score of 175.
The American players completed their first
innings this afternoon, making only 61.
Three ; workmen and a receiver of stolen
goods were arrested to-day, charged with
stealing valuable carpets from Shian &
Co: The receiver confessed to buying the
goods, arid al-o had made similar pur
chases of men ,employed by other carpet
firms. Several thousand dollars have been
lost by various firms in the business by
their operations.
It is quite cold and clear to-night. Ther
mometer 49 deg.
• - •
MEXICO.
Settlement of the Ministerial Question, am.
Iv Telegraph to the Plttatmrgn Gazette.)
NEW Yong, Sept. 17.—City of Mexico
advices of the 12th state that the ministe
rial crisis is ended, as two votes of the Su
preme Court. those of Justices Palate° and
Velasco, decided the ,question in favor of
allowing Senor Lerdo De Tejado to hold
hi 4 place on the bench and the' Portfolio of
Foreign Affairs, at the same time. "Thb
question of who shall be Attorney General_
will now be soon settled. It irpoasible that '
•
Senor Iglesias will be , appointed.
The opposition press condemn Secretary
Seward or his late treaties atiout natural
ized citizens and claims.
The Legislature of Durango has declared
that the honor of their State ..demands that
the assassins of General - Patton be found
ont.• It is evident that. General Canto is
one, but as he Is deputy to the National
Congress, that'body must behis udge. -
The submission of General Incas - in the
Puebla Sierra has been accepted• by the
Government. Coltand •Gtitierreg has 'es
coped by wAy Of "Vera Cruz. Gen. Figure,
arrived at Verii.Cina !real Havana, but was
arreattad'im landing: l - The property belong
ing -to Sonar Sanchez Navarro has' been
seized to , discover certain ,national relityst
It will be returned.
Thhirbitirgent'Gmgeris Corona was cap
tured and hung in tinanajuale. •
Thi Indian Chief Lorerde Was PoAcqn: -
trating his forces at 'Barrancas and 'zits.
: • •
Suicide ot a Gamblei.
EBY Teletriiph to the Pittsburgh Oasetted
BALTIMORE, Sept.; 17.—EL M. Breekley;
of Fincaetle, zVa., committed, suicide last
night at law Maltby House by taking mor
phine. - -He had previously been playing
faro and lost 11,050. Deeeased served
doting the war as _Colonel of a rebel regi
ment.
PITTSBURdH, FRIDAY, r SEPTEMB
SECOID EDITION.
POITit O'CI..OOIK. A. M.
FROM EUROPE.
The 'London Times on the Elec
tions in England and America
—Celebration of the Baptism
of ' the Grecian King Prohibited
by the Turkish Government—
Arrest of the Greek. Attache of
the American Legation.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
ENGLAND.
LONDON, September 17.—The Times con
trasts the political canvass of Great Britain
with that of the United St:tes. In both
cases the elections:are new ones: Here in
England there are many contests, 'differ
ing in men and principles, and the result
is a confused hubbub, din which no one
sound is heard aboVe the rest. Incidents
thus far have • been Peaceful, even neg
ative; but the eight weeks rerna;ninn before
the eleCtiOn may warm the contest now so
quiet.
( The Times dwells on the violent anima
tion of the Presidential fight In the United
States. It calls an American election an
American carnival. The American people
may be serious and interested, but they
alloy most eccentric and grotesque charac
ters io represent . the whole people, which
does them some injustice, but le Ss harm
thampornmonly thought. • •
Benjamin Morgan, the secretary of the
American Legation, has gone on a special
mission to St. Petersburg. He also carries
a dispatch to the American Embassy at
Berlin. Mr. Bancroft; American Minister
at Berlin, is traveling in Sbuth.Germany.
TURKEY.
BRUSSELS. Sept. 17.—A letter to the In
dependence Beige, from Constantinople,
, '
dated Bth inst. states that an attempt of
the Greeks of Chicos to . celebrate the day
of the baptism of the Grecian King was
suppressed by the Turkish authorities.
The Greek attache of the A tnerican Consu
late was one.of the persons arrested. " It is
said Admiral Farragut petitioned for his
release, but the petition was refused and
the man was taken in confinement to the
Dardannelles.
FRANCE
PARIS, September 17.—Rio Janeiro ad-
Tiees state that Brazil hasapologized•for the
detention of the United States
,gunboat
Washington.
The Emperor was enthusiastically re
ceived by the troops at Luveruezati.;
GERMAN
Nizcs, Sept. 17.—Minister Bancroft is
mwected here this yeek to exchange rat
iti -atidits of the naturalization • treaty be
tweon Bavaria and the American Govern
ment.
CHINA..
LoNpoN, September 17.—Telegrams from
Yokohoma, July. 26th, announce active
military operations on foot, but give no de
tails.
SCOTLAND
EDINHURO,
September 17.—Sir Robert
Napier has arrived land was tendered the
freedoth of the city.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
PARIS, Sept. 17.—The feeling , on the
,Bourse is improving. Routes closed at 69
, fraries 50 centimes.
LONDON, Sept.,l7.—Evening.—Erie, 304;,
bonds, 72%; others unchanged.
Cotton advancing. jSpirits of Petroleum
Is. Ild. The bullion has increased in the
Bank of England £40,000.
FRANKFORT, Sept. 17.—Bonds firm at 75%.
ANTWERP, Sept. 17.—Petroleum 48%.
Louisiana Election Case Decided—Gen
• .Longstreet.
By Telegraph to the PlttehOrgh Gazette.l
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 17.—Judge Cooley,
of the Sixth District Court to-day, in a con
tested election case, dismissed the suit at
plaintiff's cost. lie delivered an opinion
elating that wiler.. the election was ordered
by a commander previousto the adoption
of the present constitution, by virtue of
Congressional authority, the decision of the
military commander in respect to the elec
tion is not subject to the 'revising power of
the coOrts of the State.
Longatreet yesterday' visited the
Legislature and was inv,ted to a seat inside
the bar. A recess was taken to receive him.
A general introduction of members oc
curred.
Fruit Thief Shot by a Clergyman.
[Br Telegraph to the Tlttsbint Gazette. ]
t BOSTON, September 11., Last night - John
Owen shot , a young man named Michael
Sheen in the act of takibg fruit, from his
garden. Sheen was dargerously wound
ed. Owen graduated at Bowdoin College.
,studied Divinity at Howard College dud .
subsequently has officiated us Unitarian
clergyman. He wao arrested and held to
bail Much excitement prevails among the
Irish citizens in the neighborhood, who
deed the shooting unjustifiable. .
From Halifax.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh (lasette.;
lliumienx, Sept. 17.—1 n the Iloilo lug:
night a petit'. in was presented from the
merchants of this city, praying that a com•:.
mission oe sent to Washington to look aft&
the Nova Scotia, interests,' in connection
with the reciprocity committee appointed to
prepare a resolution on the subject.
„. . Frost and . Snow. In New York:
(BY Tet9rrape to the Pittsburgh Gazette.i
llTrow, Sept. 17.,—Frost visited.thTs•yietn
ity last night, and forty-two miles south of
Utica. itt"Sherburn, snow fell. Frosts last
night in Hampshire county, Mass., Albany,
Elmira and other places In this State:
Republican Mau Meeting in V't oodsville, O.
•
mg Telegraph to the 'Pittsburgh Guette.l
ToLuno. 0.. September Wal
bridge, of New York, Hon. J. M. Ashley
and Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, addressed - a
large Rept/Mimi mass meeting this after
rnoon,at Woodsville, Ohio. ,
Alabama. Legislature.
(BY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette t i
lifoisroosiiiiiy,gleptember 17.—The Legis
lature did . nothing te•day. Both Houses
adjourned early, and the Republicani went
into :a 'secret caucus to decide 'what course
to•putaue on the registration qUeetion. •
The Maine "time Show:
CBy Teldrifoh to the rittebnish Gazbttel
AUGUSTA, Sept. 17.-- , The Maine Horse
Show had a fine day and good attendance.
The first premium for stallions was award
ed to Oen. Knox.
R 18, 1868.
THE
Republican Majority .Fully 20,000
GAIN OF MORE THAN 9,000 OVER LAST YEAR.
(Special Dispatch to Pittsburghazette.)
W l'ortic, Sept. 18, 1868.
J. G. Blaine . tele rap'ns from Portland to
the Tribune
Official returns from more than three
fourths of the ttivrns of the entire State
fully confirm our claim to twenty thouiand
(20,000) majority. We gain more than nine
thousand (9.000) on last year's majority,
and are seven thousand in excess our
average majority for the past twelve year?.
The total vote is by far the largest` ever
I _
thrown in Maine.
A. G. Cusimmas,
ST. LOUIS
Another Masonic Banquet--El
Officers.
fly Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazett
ST. Louis, Sept. 17.—The O'Sullivan
Lodge of Perfection of St. Louis gave a ban
quet to-night at Freemasons' Hall to the
•
Supreme Council of the ancient arid accept
,
ed rite, southern Jurisdiction, and all active
and honorary thirty-third degree of the
northern jurisdiction. About sixty persons
wore present. Speeches were Marie by
Thos. 1.1 Farrett, Grand Master of O'Sulli
van Lodge, Albert Pike, Sovereign. Grand
Commander of Soutdern Jurisdiction, and
quite a number of other high officers. •
At the election today of the General
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons the
following were elected James I M. Aus
tin, of New York, General Grand High
Priest; Robert S. Bruns; of South Carolina,
Deputy Grand High Priest; Wm. \ Hacker,
of llndiana, General Grand Ring; 'Martin
Collins. of Missouri, General Grand Scribe;
John McClellan, of Ohio, General - Grand
Secretary; Isaac S. Titus, of California,
'General Grand Captain of Host; \ Orlin H.
14linor, of Illinois, General Grand Royal
Arch Captain.
The following were elected officera of the
Grand EncamPinent of Knight Ternplara of
the United States : W. S. G.-ado° ,of Mas
sachusetts, Grand Master;.J. Q.-A. ellows,
of Louisiana, Deputy Grand Mast i; Kent
Jarvis, of Ohio, Grand Generalissiine; Geo.
Belt, of Missouri. Grand Captain Gen
eral; John Frizzell, of Tennessee,
Grand Senior Warden; W. C. Munger,
of Kentucky, Grand Junior Warden; John
A. Simons, of New York; Grind Treasurer;
John D. Caldwell,of Ohio, Grand Rovarder;
Alfred Creigb, of I'entisylvanta,l Grand
Standard Bearer; Wm. Barrett, cif New
Hampshire,Grand Swora Bearer; Thomas
W. Chander, of Georgia, Grand Warden.
Quite a largei.. !lumber of Kulg*a Tem
plar left for home tadayand theremaimier.
will probably leave to-morrow.
. ,
BRIEF NEWS ITE)I.
—John F. Hayes, editor of the Sa'rtnnah
,Ga.) Reptadicstt L dicd on Wedtisday.
—The thermometer at Alban laAnight .
marked 50.. degrees.
—F. M. Tioodweirs woolen mill at Sbnth
ldeechelton, was burned Wednesday. Loss
eio,ooo.
—The mare Lady Thorne has been sold to.
Mr. Welch, of Chestnut Hill, near Philade—
lphia, fur 1)17,500.
—BardwelPs satinet factory. ,in South
Belcherton Mass., was burned on Wed
nesday. , L oss f 60,000.
—There was a killing frost 'at Scranton,
Pa., on Wednesday night. A heavier one
was expected last night.
—Judge Cadwallader, of Philadelphia,
has decided theta policy of insurance is ex
empt under the bankrupt law.
—The Wisconsin Dernocratio Convention
yesterday nominated Ala. Mitchell for
C,ongress for the First District.
—lt is estimated that it:will Cost 0,000,000
to reconstruct the. State of Texas. Two
millions have been spent since January
first.
—lt is pretty certain there will be a quo
rum of both houses of Congreas in attend
ance on Monday. Very few Democrats will
attend.
—Reverdy Johnson,.Minister to England,
has written a letter to a friend In Washing-
On City, stating tbat he will not. support
Seymour and Blair, but will remain neu
tral. His son in-law has left the Democracy
And goes for Grant.
—The Eleventh Annual Convention of
the Machinists and Blacksmiths' Interna
tional Union of North America is now being
held at Buffalo. The session commenced
Wednesday afternoon, with President 0. B.
IYatly in the chair. P. P. MeFeelv, of Mid
dleport, was chosen Secretary. The Presi
dent made an address, in which he recom
mended the establishment of an intelli
gence offic.. far the accommodation of em-
Voyes. The Convention will probably
continue three days.
Gale on Long Island sound
037 Telegraph to the Ilttaburgti Gazette. t
Nnw 'tons, September 17.;—The gale on
Long Island gound yesterdayand to-day
was very Were.' The stea mer 'Nellie,
while running from" here to Norwalk, was
so badly damaged that she has been hauled
off for repairs. The steam tug Alida, from
Albany sunk ,three grain canal boats on the
Hudson river while towing them here.
First li'rost of the Season.
By Telegraph to the.Plttaburgh Ggzette.
CEticAtoo, Sept. 17.—The first frost of the
season -visited this section this morning.
Dispatches from Northern and Central Illi
nois, and from lowa, report heavy frost. It
is not considered, however, that the crops.
are injured, being too far advanced.
r Mitlef for Minnesota Sufferers.
tßy leittaphao the rlttaburph Gazette.)
Can:moo, Sept. 17.—The City Connell of
St. Paul, Minn., has appropriated twelve
thousanddollara to relieve the wants of the
inhabitants of Selkirk settlement. It. is
thought that ,suffieleut funds hays betn
iabied to'stipply their wants.
lelre In Philadelphia.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gliaeggik)
'PoriabitriPHlA,lSieptembog,l7.—A,taild
ing on Minor street, occulted Thy Thomait
W. Price, stationer, and .M. Collins it
co., manufacturers of pri tingcards, was
burned this morning. "lass • tio,oolA in
sured for ,118,000.
Great %rot al Albany 1C 1.
cur Telegratiti to nip rittsbarah usiette.l
ALBANY, September 17.—A great trot be
swoon Mountain Boy and Lady Thorn, for
52,000, comes off here over the Island Park
course on Menctsy.
ELECTION.
-.--....--
illesting In the Sixteenth Ward
A isle and enthusiastic meeting of the
citizens of the Sixt r eenth, ward, was held
last evening, at their new speakers' stand
in the lower part or the ward. The meet
ing was called to order by R. H. Smith,.
who announced the following officers:
-- President—A. B. Boul. '.--
Vice Presidents James McKay,. Mr.
Preatscii, Robert Watson, Dr. Ewing, J.
W. Ovei, William Robb, J. C. Stewart. An
drew Klbrnan, Lads List, Semliki King.
The La wrenceville Glee' Club opened the
meetingbY singing a very humorous song,
entitled ,'3lr. Brirtt and his Rattan," which
was loudly applauded.
Whilathe Club was singing, the - Sixteenth
Ward Grant and Colfax Club arrived on the
ground, eqmpped with caps, capes and
torches. The Club is one of the largest in
the city-and last night turned out seventy
marching men, making a very fine appear
ance. -
B.F. Lucas,. Escy, being levelly called f r,
came forward and began his remarks by
asking the Demoerats present if they had
heard from Maine, • He then,.in' a very hu
morous manner,. explained to the meeting
the • Democratic .plan of taxation, which
caused great laughter and embodied rather
an expensive and riclicaloms style. The
bond question wan then handled.in a very
able manner and gavagreat satisfaction.
This question is considered, by the Dernoc•
racy, a very important and intricate ni tt
ter, but he thought the Republican party
was fully able to carry It through. on their
own platform, and thought the Democratic
manner w -is a great deal like SlaymakeA
bull and the locomotive their pluck was
good but theirjudgmen; very bad:
The speaker then stated that greenbacks
and bonds was not the- question , before the
American people, bnt it was just as our
great leader, U. S. Grant, had, in a very
few words in his letter of acceptance r `said,
it,is whether we shall have peace or wheth
er our people shall be plunged into an
other wicked, fierce andibloody war,which
was inevitable in the event of the election
of Seymour and Blair.. All their speeches
and letters were full of expressions and sen
timents for war, and' it was prompted and
I urged on by such men as• Hampton, Pillow,
For. est ez Co. He then paid a high tribute
to the combined actiontof the war Demo
crats of this community in-coming forward
and assisting us in raising Grant and Col
_ fax the highest office at the disposal of the
American people. He urged the people to
go on with the work earnestly, and make
our victory greater than that in Maine and
Vermont. His whole speeCh was full of
humor and kept the crowd in closest atten
tion, and at times created the wildest
laughter.
The Lawrenceville Glee Club again sang
a good song in their best style, entitled.
"Seymour, Blair & Co."
Hon. Russell Errett then came forward
and betnin his address by wondering if the
coldiu•ss of the weather was caused by the
chilly influence of the news from Maisie
upon tlto Demo-racy. He had been listen
ing all erecting for the hundred guns they
proposed firing to-night in honor of their
great victory. The ditibrence between the
candidates for office nominated. by the Chi
t nap- tand. New, York. Conventions was
_then lard before the meetititi a plain
and - forcible manner. He 'ate '' a '
high tribute to the character of
Grant and, Colfax, . in oompartng
their plain and unassumed conduct with
the vile and threatening expressions of
Seymour and Blair. The actions of Grant
and Seymour during the war were then
' compared in an able manner from the
breaking out of , the war down to the sur
render at Vicksburg. Just at the time Sey
mour was demiuncing in New York the
war as a failure, then while Grant was
manipulating the unconditional surrender.
of Lee at Richmond, Seymour was holding
forth again in the same place; again de
nouncing the war as a great failure and
urging the Demooracy oft New. York to
come forward and put an endto this useless.
war. _ _ ..
ribune.
ection of
He closed his very eloquent and able•
speech with again urging the people to gp.
on with their work with renewed efforts,
determined to mike the victory in Novem
ber great and glorious; worthy of the man
who is leading us on to the fight, and make
this political war the last we will have to
fight with Copperhead Democracy.''
With three rousing cheer% fur Grant and
Colfax. the meeting adjourned.
Rallying of the Forces in Allegheny, Mass
Meeting in the . Diamond.
One of the largest meetings since the
opening Of - the campaign was held last
evening at the BA:Tubb:tan Headquarters in
the Allegheny Diamond, arid,, such was
the enthnsiatstic spirit which animated
those in attui.dance, that, notwithstanding
the disagreeable chilliness of tfi • ••e evening,
the , audience remained in undiminished
numbers until the adjournment of the
meeting. The music of the occasion was
furnished! by Smith's Brass..end ably
seconded by the Allegheny Glee Club under
the leadership of Prof. W. H. Slack.
An organization was effected at half.past
seven o'clock by the election of the follow
ing oretro :
Pr dent—Hon. Robt. M'Knight. • %
VicT. ,
.Presiftents—Joiin B. Ingam, Wm. P.
Price, &W. M'Ginnesi, J. C. P'utterson,W.
Krebs, A.. Davidson,
Mr. Si'Knight, .on taking the chair,
thanked the , audience for the compliment
paid him, and made an address of consid
erable length on the r issues of the day,
which.elicitod great' applanee. ,
At the conclusion _of Mr. McKnight's
speech, the Allegheny Glee Club sang two
humorous and patriotic songs in an effect
tivestYle, after which A. M. Watson, Esq.,
was introduced'. — Mr. Watson dwelt ,on the
reconstruction policy of Ctmgress; thnhond
question, and the record of the twa parties.
His remarks occupied s mie time d and were
frequently inteirrnpted with Wirers. '
• Colonel J. M. Thompson, of Butler 4;onn
ty, was the next speaker. HiY.toOkupl the
various questions at present - agitating,the
public mind, and argued them.' in'arrabie
and convincing manner, which: a - Seined to
meet With the approbation of the audience,
who manifested their feelings in vociferous
and hearty applause."
At the conclusion of Mr. , Thompson'S re
marks the meeting, adjourned with three
I cheers for Grant and Colfax.
CITY AND SUBMAN.
• ,
• °Real...Estate Transfem;
Tbe fellowinis deeds were filed of record
betbro 11.'Sfilvely, Eeq., Beeorderi t3e
item-
Der 17 1868. • •
Beepsmin' P. Pox to Jobn. As% jr..
may lus t 8
lots marairview avenue, Obartlers township. IPI
Samuel teat 31,800
Oarrisou's heirs to Resale N. 'Littlefield,
• July IS, lea; 3 lots in Ilse"Elghteentb ward, l ßutler
and IS,
streets. 144 by ICC feet.. .. .. . • ....IL .=
William Inglis to Rd warn Rotbv/ell, Augu st2s, 106tP
lot in Allegheny. ; Washington street, 17 by ieri
'John !4.111111 - cr•to Itlehnrd Breed. Sr plebs : Vet . 16,..11011:
lot to Twenty-first ward, rain Liberty and Penn
Township Plank Road, - 4500
Brackenridge to. Eliza. Prooks. July 11. lug'
Int 31 'Tata:tat=
Elizaßrooks to Andrew Goldlnget,. Augustin. 18631
one-halrof the above lot .4410
Rosanna Morgan et at to Thomas PaPPerdny, Janu
ary Zl., trots: lot to "econd watal, Allegheny. Taylor
avenue. 30 by 'X feet • 0.460
Jse.b 0. Rewntycr to James bultdon, Septemberl i
1308;2 sects laud In Wilkins township. .. . UR=
NIORTOAGIIM.. 1
)itle mortages were also filed Air record.
NUMBER 224;
TIER COURTS.
United States District Court.
ClfecoreJadra 3ficsactless.]
The District Attorney certified that a
Grand Jury will be necessary at the Octo ,
ber term, whereupon the Court ordered a
venire facial to issue for, twenty-three
Grand, and forty Traverse Jurors.
The case of the United States against 13S
barrels of cut and dry tobacco, and the
United States against fifty barrels of cut
and dry tobacco claimed by J. K. Taylor, of
Philadelphia, which have been on trial for
some days past; were submitted to the jury
to-day, and at the time of our going to press
no verdict had been rendered.
In the- Admiralty branch the report Of
Johir H. Bailey, Esq., the Commissioner
appointed to diatribute•the fund in the case
of J. E. Bemleyvs. thestenmer "Traveler"
conflrnted nisi, to become absolute if
exceptions are not filed within ten days.
In the bankruptcy !,ranch final dis
charges were - granted and certificates ,
awarded to Joseph B. Cherry, of Allegheny
co ( untyr3. S.. Gould, German R. Nourse,
Charles G. Aintrews ' Wm. G. Hawkins,
Rufus S. PerkinsandE. H. Thrum, of Erie
county, and Franklin Berger, of B.air
county.
Petitionsfor.disehhrge were filed by R.
W. Russell s F. G. Whichler and Samuel M.
Whtchler, of Erie county, and. Benjamin
M. Clark, of Allegheny county, and- the
usual orders-made.
District Court.
[Before Jutltielaptoc..]
in the case of Magill- vai MeGrew then
jury found a verdict for defendant.
The argument on thepetition of Thomas
. B.Jticeand Joseph S. Reed,' asking for an
' , injunction, against' the. City Engineer and
Street Commissioner ofAllegheny city,
restraining them from taking possession of
a piece of ground belongibg to the petition.
ers, was heardandthe injunction refused.
The jury. summoned for the fourth Mon—
day of September are dismissed, and need
not appear.
The jury summoned fopthe second Mon
day of September ts ere notified to- appear'
on the thit &Monday, instead of the second..
Cases Nos. 33, 46, 46; 59; 72, 88'and 111
were marked for trial, and as soon. as they
are disposea of Court' will adjourn until af—
ter the election.
--Court of Quarter Sessions.
[Before Judge Sterrctt.)
court met at the usual hour, Thursday
foienoon, aad transacted the following
business:
In the ease-of Samuel Mcßain, of Alle
gheny city, indicted for assault and battery
on cotnplaint of Lydia C. Lytle, the jury
foUnd a verdict of guilty andrecommended
thd defendant to the mercy of the Court:
Settence deferred.
Ip the case oflSlichael Creighton, indicted
for-larceny at a. tavern in 'lliffin , totsmshipa
the jury found a verdict.of guilty, and rec
ommended-the prisoner to the mercy of the
Court. Sentence deterred:
Mary E. Ramsey, colosed plead guilty
to an indictment for the, lareeny of a silk
sacque, the property or Ennis Sussman,.
and was sentenced to twenty days impris- .
onment. ;-
Commonwealth - Joha Fay; indict
meat malicious mischief, -on oath of John
Lindenfelzer, The parties reside in Law—
renceville, and are owners of adjoining
houses, in whichthey.reside. The diffictil
ty arose as to. the ownership of a dividing
wall, which. defendant undertook to re
move. The jury found a verdict of guilty.
A surety case, growing out of the . same
transaction, was next disposed or Amig
a:lent in both cases was deferred. it
Archibald Wasson was placed on frihl on
an indictment for the larceny of a sum of
money from John Young:. The moneywas
taken from a trunk 'in- the prosecutor's
boarding house, in the Twelfth ward. The
'amount stolen was statedlo be $2OO. After
being arrested:, and whilst being taken to
the tombs,.the prisoner was suspected of
throwing away money, and.some $l2 or $l4 f
were found,. which he- subsequently ad-
mitred that ha had thrown .away. On trial
at adjournment.
An Old Merchant , Dead.
Jacob Forsythe, EMI), whose funeral is to
take place to-day, was for many years
among the most energetic and enterprising
merchants in this city. Anterior to the
day, of, canals and railroads, he was. very
'hugely engaged in the commission and
forwarding trade or the city, enjoying a.
correspondence widely extended over the
Western States. He was at ono time also.
extensively connected with the carrying
trade by steamboats of this eity. Hepasseci
tbrouda all the revulsions and. depressions, ,
financial and commercial, of the last forty
years. Shaken -very• severely by heavy,
Losses in 1837-'40,. he, nevertheless man
fully bore himself up against them all. He-
was a clear-headed, far-seeing, sagacious.
business man, whom no. ;reverses could.
subduey but fay energy and perseverance
triumphed over every obatace, and at his.
death was in independent circumstances.
He had, owing to infirmities of age, retired
from active business for the past year or
two, relieved by his sons ffom all cares and
anxieties. Mr. Forsythe will be remem
bered by many of the older merchants of
our Wbstern towns and cities as a leading
merchant of this city. • They all, in com
mon with his cotemporaries of the present
and past inthis city, will lament his unex
pected death.
consolidation.m.The . .nuion of the two
lines of steaMbOatszurinnag between this.
city and Brownsville 19 to&ed of, and It is
quite probable that the- negotiations now
pending in regard to the mattter will result
in a consolidation. ' Eferetofre there has
been quite a rivalry between tlaecompanies
which has been rather injurious, not only
to their , interests but to those of the pablio
traveling that way. There is 'a
amount of business andlravel done in this
direction which With proper care and at
tention might be still more increased.
New Orleanir Market.
[lly Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gasetto.3
NEw ORLEANS, September 17.—Cottout
market tending upwards; midfilings, 3:334
sales 1;000 bales; receipts '2,843 ba es. Ex
change, 154%8158%0i New York Sight x.'
change, % disoont. Gold, 143%. Flour_
u
inactive; superfine, 57,12%. Corn, 'AO&
1;10. Oats, f 0246.36. , Hay; Western, 12 403 .
Pork, 531. Bacon; shoUlders ,
14c; clear
sides, 113 o: .hams, 20x220. Lard quiet,,2o o
for keg. Markets genetally dull and prioas.
easier. •
, .
Chicago 111(artet.
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
CHICAGO• Sept. 17:-.Cornparatively no
t-
hing is doing lapel evening board
o. 1
to-nigh
% 2 Wheat closod. at, 11.21a1,51%; It
. rn at 951#695 1 40, and Oats at 51.34 0 .
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Havana !dirket.
By Talegrauh to the Pittsburgh Gagette.l
HAVANA, Sept. 17.—Siigar firm; NO. /2
Butch Standard S reale. Exchange on.
• ndon 1434a15% premium.