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TUESDAY. APRIL 13. 1869.
Wz imam on Me inside pages of this
morning's Gencrrz = Second page :
,Poetry♦
.Pennserenia Items, Ohio Items,
Miscellaneous. Third and Sixth pages:
Commercial, Financial, itarcanii/e and
Myer News, Markets, Imports. Seventh
page Farm, Garden and Household,
Amusements. •
V. B. BONDS at. Frankfort, 871.
Pitvninzinc nt Antwerp, 5214g53-if.
*awn closed in New York -yesterday
1 0 1 8 3 1. -
Tim. Republicans of Tennessee hold
Zeit' State Convention at Nashville, May
20th, to - nominate
,a candidate for GOT
enor;
A rrEgrArienteg Comunobt is called
to meet at Monongahela City on the 27th
sad 28th inst., to attend which those
friendly to the cause are invited.
• A WHEEL-33411160W load of the Ala
bama correspondence has been laid be
fore the Senate. An abundance of light
reading is thus provided for Senators and
journalists.
BOTH branchesof the Legislature have
agreed to adjourn on Friday next. There
is much business yet remaining which
will have to be rushed rapidly through,
or else go over to the next term.
MR. MIMED!' .39ffrIsom is to be suc
ceeded, in t the English *lesion, by Mr.
Joati LAranor Mama. The nevr di
plomacy, Which is to' be inaugurated at
London, will be illustrated by thescholar
ship and experience of the American rep
xescintative. •
II3ENATOR POYEROY proposes an expe
rimental trial of female suffrage in Utah,
and has accepted the Mormon invitation
to deliver an address in its favor, at the
Salt Lake Tabernacle in July. The
suffrage for woman will get twelve votes
in the Senate, Judge TRIM:RILL'S among
them, whenever the issue is fairly pre
sented.
BUT fifty-two miles of track remain ye
to be laid before the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts are joined together by a continu•
am iron band. Fifteen days yet, and the
project dreamed of by those who have
gone befw as in the last generation shall
have bvb accomplished, and a fixed
reality, to mark a great era in the history
of the country..
IT is not improbable that the Legiala.
ture will enact a general bill, or in other
words, one applying to all counties of the
State, allowing interested parties to testify
in the courts. Thiie would be much
practical wisdom in such a law, and we
hope the members will adopt the report,
favoring the bill presented by the Con
ference Committee.
Oun =arum= mention that emigra
tion to the West from the Middle and
New England States has been much
heavier this Spring than for many years
heretofore. The emigrants are princi
pally farmers, who look forward with
hope to amass fiirtunes out of the .negj
lected prairies and fields of the West,
- that have • not yet been made subject to
the despotism - of the plow.
Tun surviving soldiers of the war of
1812 are everywhere in movement, to se
cure a proper recognition of their ser
vices in the way of Governnumt pensions.
At one of their meetings held in lowa,
their fellow-soldiers throughout the Union
were requested to meet at convenient
points on the 20th of June next, to take
part in an organised pressure upon Con
gress, to secure the proposed pensions.
A LONG MT of diplomatic nominations
was submitted to the Senate yesterday.
The missions to Portugal and Mexico
were not included. The most prominent
names are those of MOTLEY for England,
CanissLE for Sweden, CURTIN for Bus.
six and JAY for Austria. The Hat gener
ally represents the,local pressure in favor
of the successful candidates, while,
taken both as Whole aridin detail, the
selections will be as satlifactory to the
country as they are creditable to the con
tddiprate judgment of the President.
IT 18 announced that a that sailing pro
pellor left New York a few days ago
with arms and ammunition for the Cu-
Imairgents, together with a reinforce
ment of a full company of Americans.
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while the expedition was fitting oat?
Yore rur f lors _ r eack %at ,the departure
for me same island, of a formidable
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pedltion•from a Southern port, and there
cannot be any doubt that Cuba la s. grand
plum in the eyes of thousandsof Amer
icans of filibustering proclivities.
Wu nAvu? aneurysm, fresh from the
publishers, luonou R. ROWELL & Co.'s
American N wspaper Directory, a great
work, which_ must have involved vast
labor in its preparation. It presents, in
a neat and comprehensive form, a com
plete list of newspapers and others pub
lications of this country, together with
the names of those immediately connected
_with them, ; and other interesting and
valuable information. The volinne
makes a clear and beautiful typographicAl
appearance, and should be found on the
library shelves of every professional mer
cantile and literary gentleman in the land.
TEGI one hundred'and fifty-seven rail
ways of New York represent, to.dav, a
total cost of $208,185,783. 'ln horse-.
railways, 121,133,532 more have been
expended. The steam lines conveyed
18,434,!6 persons lastt year, killing 302
or 1 in 0,000, and , injgring 486, or 1 in
88,000. The casualty report does not
discriminate between passengers, em
ployees, and citizens generally outside of
those classes. It is probable that , less
than half of the reported accidents oc
curred to passengers, to whom the ratio
of fatal injury'was probably as low as 1 in
100,000, and it may have been much less.
The Accident Insurance Companies
charge one cent in ten thousand for a
day's policy. Insuring the 100,000 trav
elers at $l,OOO each, they receive $lO,OOO
in premiums, with an average of only
$l,OOO to pay. The .$9,000 remaining
leaves, after meeting all expenses, a hand
some margin of profit. Nevertheless, the
prudence of the insuring traveller is quite
commendable.
- Tun Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St.
Louis,. or "Pan-handle," Railway earned.
in 1888, a total of $2,380,573.01, leaving
a net of $525,992.58. The business ex
hibits an increase in the earnings ot $lBB,-
884.10 over the preceding year. Im
provements are continually in progress,
in the structure and equipment of the
road. Its connections are much enlarged
and strengthened, and its first-rate posi
tron. as an important link in the great
trunk-line from the South-west to the tea
board, is already admitted in the railway
world. Considering the difficulties out
of which this road has so loneetruggled.
and the brilliant future upon which it is
now entering, we must congrii , t nlate its
Tanagers upon the patience , forecist and
ability which are at last conspicuously
proved.
WE HAVE, at last, the Post's explana
nation of the reverse which itsiparty ex
perienced in Connecticut last week. Here
The convention.which placed in nomi
nation the Connecticut State ticket, un
fortunately passed resolutions in favor of
paying all the bonds in gold. This dis
heartened the rank and file; lost us a
couple thousand votes, and, with them,
the State ticket.
Onr neighbor may be conscientious, but
is not as carefully .accnrate as we would
like. Will it be good enough to re-print
the resolutions of which it speaks? Oth
erwise, will it retract its assertion, and
confess the truth, which was that the
Convention adopted no such resolutions.
The Post would have.done better to have
adopted the little editorial article which
we prepared for its columns, and which,
clearly stated the facts. Not even thank
ing us for our kindness, it shows an in—
gratitude quite equal `to its indiscretion, in
the mis-statement which we now expose.
Cotrecn.s held a meeting yesterday for
the purpose of taking action on the pro.
posed plan for the grading and paving
of the avenues leading to the new dis
tricts of the city. Owing to a neglect on
the part of the proper dfficer to serve per
sonal notices to the members, the repre
sentatives of the sold wards in the Select
branc.h, believing that they were tricked
and that the meeting was technically
illegal, bolted almost in a body, leaving
no quorum present. This _disagreeable
occurrence is to be regretted, as it •threat
ens to destroy the harmony and good
feeling which have hitherto preveiled in
our city assembly. We can see noth
ing in the circumstances to justify the
withdrawal of the, members, as the Indi
ana Legislature ,plan is not the'fairest
way meet and defeat questions which
may arise itt Councils. However, we
feel assured that explanations will tbe
offered, and that the sectional spirit engen
dered yesterday will be brief lived, and
all ‘things soon again go smoothly with
the City Fathers in Council assembled.
THE RILISSIAN MISSION.
For thin responsible trust, the Prem.
den i has submitted to the. Senate the
name of Ex-Governor A.Nnunw G-, Cun
um, of Pennsylvania. This nomination
has been generally anticipated for the two
weeks past, the President'a intentions in
that direction having been freely conunu
nicated to his friends. It has, therefore,
already been freely discussed 'among
the people of this • Commonwealth. A
diversity.of opinion has been manifested;
we must admit that this was natural,
when we recall the unfortunate divisions
which have in former years, marred the
harmony and even Imperilled the ou
pretnacypf the Republican party of porn.
sylvan's.. But, as the* divisions are
fading away, so are Sound In cowl
intions dtity to denim that the Pieiddent'S
selectio!;i of * Governor Oprrpr
~for
lionOthie' o , l 4 ) 4 lll ceialsiliclite 4 4 1 0
.
desire to to the pacification of all
visions among the supporters ~of his
Administration eterywhem. More than.
that; Governor CURTIN has the requisite
ability and knowledge of public affairs to
fill the misaion with credit to himself and
honor to his country. We shall there
fore welcome his confirmation by the
Senate, wheth • r in the interests of the
Republic .abrol d, or that Republican har
mony which is so essential to our con
tinued control in this State of Pennsyl
vania. •
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANissi.
The people of Virginia regard the pros
pect, for the early reconstruction of that
State, with a feeling of general gratifica
tion. The election will probably be or-
Pillared late in May, with separate votes on
three sections of the new Constitution.
Under the new registiation, about twelve
or fifteen thousand names are added to
the voting population of the State.
There is to-day, in Virginia, a practi
cable foundation for an effective Repub
lican organization. ,The action of Con
gress, supplemented by the prudence of
the Presidential policy, presents the ma
terial for a breader and more cordial har- -
mony in the politics of that State, than it
has known since 1861. The separate
submission of the disputed points in the
Constitution will avoid altogether the
threatened antagonisms among our
friends, who will now move together for
the adoption of the maintportion of that
instrument. Even if 4 Ahe three sec
tions, which are obnoxious to so many
good land heartily loyal Virginians,
should all be defeated, with: the ratifica
tion of the rest the State will gain the
substantial advantages of a progress
which, mark a radical departure
from the traditional State-policy of the
Old Di:minion. The new Virginia will
no longer be afflicted with the prejudices,
ostracisms, andimpricticahly foolish con
ceits which have, for the generation past,
wholly obstructed her onward march in
material prosperity. Heni,neir Constitu
tion will be radically Rerublican, and so
far a vast improvement upon the sham
Democracy which made Virginia politics,
and her pretenalons in`every particular, a
by-word throughout the other States of
the Republic. •
If our anticipations shall be justified
by the issue of the election itself, we shall
feel very much like congratulating Re
publicans everywhere, upon the establish
ment of our political opinions upon an
enduring has ain that State. We have
already there, as in other States of the
South, a large Republican strength,t but
it has hitherto been confined almost en
tirely to the freedmen.. It is probable
that this yery Virginia has a larger f per
centage of white Republicans than were
to be found in any of the late rebel States,
excepting North Carolina. The fu
tuie strength of our party, throughout
the South, must depend in a large
degree upon an increased infusion
of the white element. It will be very un
safe to place any permanent depen
dence
upon the colored vote alone. The
policy of C n gress, and of the Adminis
tration, sho Id wisely 'be so shaped as to
attract the nfldence and support of such
intelligent outhern whites as may be rea
sonably fr from hereditary prejudices,
and to who the events of the eight years
past have I structed in the direction of a
sounder an purer Americanism. We
should :go to the last limit,. consis
tently with the essential spirit of
Republican 'politics, in the practical
policy of winning and keeping all the
white votes that we can. These are of a
class which, 'once dominant by law, will
continue, for many a year to come, domi
nant through its superior intelligence and
familiarity with public affairs. We can;
not always defy, or even resist, its com
bined, unanimous hostility to the party of
progress; it is our duty to secure its divis
ion, and white recruits for our own ranks,
at the earliest moment, and by every il
lustration of our prudence as well as of
our firmness.
Such is precisely the remit which is
likely to fjllow the recent legislation of
Congress, not only in Virginia, but to a
considerable degree in Mississippi and
Texas. Supported with the powerful and
cordial aid of the Federal government, 11.8
well as fortified by the wire forbearance
which, in tha matter of certain contro-
verted,detalls,.has conceded so much to
the yet poiterfUl feeling of self assertion
among the Southern people, our Mends
in all those States-.will.find them-
selves the nucleus of an organiZa
don which, must rapidly swel
its numbers, and • which, In Vir
ginia, will immediately present itself
as a compact, harmonious and controlling
power. We are not too sanguine in pre
dicting that the day is not far distant
when the party of Boutluirn radical Re
publicanism Shall be respectable, not only
in its nnmberp, but, what it has not yet
been, in the estimation of the white race
in all those States. Its resulting influence
upon State and National affairs *ill cor-
xespondingly increase
SPRAGUIVEI B • mos. —A certain
neer genius whose prominent speciality
was an aversion to water, happened home
late one night, with that peculiar, furry
sensation about his tongue and tonsils
which gentlemen who rejoice in Clubs
will remember as part -of their experi
ence. His wife had left standing upon a
bureau ; a tumbler, in; which—for some
purpose known to house-wives—she had
put a small ball of silken thread to soak.
Without observing this fact Bibulous
seized the tumbler, and swallowed its con-
tents. Feeling a thread in his mouth, he
bigan pulling upon it.. To his horror
yard attar,yard came stringing forth, until,
in an Agony of excitement, he cried out :
“Looy, Inlay,yelin' God'. take come Wel
I'm onra. to
GAZEITEr. - I)kYil--APRIL
Ladles' Prayer Book bociety—Annlyer.
sanr Meeting—Sixteenth Annual Re
port. I
On Sunday • evening, the Sixteenth
Anniversary Meeting of the Pittsburgh
and Allegheny. Ladies' Prayer Book
Society was held in St. Peters ChUrch,
and was attended by large numbers of
the friends of the enterprise from the
different Episcopal Churches in either
city. • The principal part of the exercises
consisted in the preaching of an appro
priate and impressive sermon by the
Rev. J. H. Eger, and the reading Of the
annual, report by Major J. AL Knap,
which commanded the earnest attention
of the audience throughout.
From.the report it appears that during
the year one thousand two hundred s and
thirty-eix prayer books and one hundred
and six !mission services have been! dis
tributed, a number of which were,. sent
to the Home Mission for Colored People
in the South, In response to an earnest
appeal from . Rev. Mr. Gillett, lotiated
there. Since the last meeting auxiliary
'societies have been formed in 011 City,
Washington, Pa., Se!wickloy, (Erie,
Franklin, Uniontown and Bradraßend.
It is hoped that daring the coming Year
representatives will be welcomed from
every parish in the Diocese.
In reference to distributions, the report
states that while it is the design of the
Managers to respond freely to all'appli
.cants within the Diocese, it is , thought
good.policy to urge the importance of
selling instead of giving where the re
cipient is able to pay all or a part of the
price. It has been found that the books
thus purchased are more highly prized
than when they cost nothing. ,
The President, Secretary and Treas
urer constitute an Executive Committee,
to whom all applicationsanould be made.
During the year_collections have been
made at various times which were suffi
cient for the requirements of the Society.
The number at parishes contributing
last year shows a gratifying increase over
the number for the preceding year, an
evidence that the object of•the Society is
becoming better known and more highly
appreciated. The report farther con
tains explicit details in reference to! the
manner of conducting' the work of the
Society, which, however, Is made known
to all applicants. and need not be repeated
here.
At the close of the sixteenth year of the'
Society's existence, the managers look
back with pleasure to the harmony which
has uniformly prevailed, and with grati
tude that they have been permitted to
labor in this way in so many and distant
fields. During this time books have
been sent to Wisconsin, lowa, Kansas,
Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Min
nesota, Missouri, Oregon, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho
and Utah, while at the same time
every reasonable demand from the
Diocese of Pittsburgh has been supplied.
The reaultai however, cannot be meas
ured by the nutnber of books distrib
uted. Sermons have' been preached in
the interest of the Society, the Influence
of which has extended far beyond the
occasion of their delivery. One! of
these, by Bishop Stevens, on "The
Book of Prayer for the House of Prayer,',
preached in
...Trinity Church, May Bth,
1859, was printed by this Society, and
afterwards by the Evangelical Knowl
edge Society, by Messrs. • Tde, of New
Hampshire, as a church tract, by one of
the largest religions publishing houses
in England, by the New York Bible end
Prayer Book Society, and In several
newspapers at, different times. This Sier
mon of itself has accomplished a wonder
ful work in showing to others the excel
lency and beauty of the Liturgy. !
The report concludes: .*We congratu
late the Society that the year just cto'sed
has been marked by an increase in the
number of oontributing parishes and
larger receipts than any which has pre
ceded it Let us measure its results .by
the vastness of the field before us and
the imperative nature of the duty to labor
for our Divine Master, and, the compari
son cannot fail to render us more earnest
in our pra7ers and efforts to meke a
record for our Society in the future."
At the conclusion of the reading of the
report, the following officers were chasen
for the ensuing year, after which the an.
niversary meeting liras brought to &close:
BOARD OF MANAGER&
President—Mrs. Thomas M. Howe.
Vice President—Mrs. Sophia Grant.
Secretary—Mrs. Felix R. Brunot.
Treasurer--Mrs. Mary Jackson.
,Librarian—Miss Traer.
Managers—Mrs. John Shoenberger,
Mrs. Gorman ' Mrs. McCandless, Mrs.
Isaac Pennock, Mrs. Byram, Mrs. Hart
ley, Mrs. Slattery, Mrs. Andrew Robin
son, Mrs. Charles Wwid, Mrs. Christy,
Miss M. A. Robinson, Mrs. Ringewalt,
Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Coster, Mrs. J. Paul,
Crumptan, Mrs. Johnson Mrs.
Emma Smith, Mrs. B. B. Vincent ' , Mrs.
R. S. Smith, Mrs. IL F. , Brown. Mrs.
Samuel Plumnier, Miss Cass, Miss let. Chia-
As we intimated yesterday, the deter.
tion and punishment of several parties
for striking a false alarm of fire in Alle
gheny, Saturday night, furnished a clue
torother parties implicated in 'the prat.
tics, which has been , followed tp. The
authorities seem determined to sift the
.matter thoroughly, and are making ex
ertions to bring every person suspected
in the least degree''to an examination.
Yesterday officer Gabby brought infor
mation pietism Mayor rsrum against
James Hunter, charging him with tam
pering with the fire alarm telegraph and
Riving filibsosiarmiL Hunter was fox mer
ly Oaptain of the night watch on the Al
legheny police force, but is at present
Weighmaster of the Second ward scales.
Hale a brother of one of the parties ar
• rested and fined for striking the Maim
on Saturday night, and also an old. fire.
min, at present .holding the position of
President of the Friendship Hose Coin-
Pany. It is but justice.to say in his be
half, that he claims to be able , to prove
clearly his innocence is the case. He
was arrested and gave bail in the sum of
eight hundred dellars -for a hearing to
morrow afternoon at four o'clock.
Amusements.
OPERA • SE.—The audience at the
Opera House, last evening, was reason.
ably large. Mrs. Mary Gladstane, the
beautiful and accomplished actress, ap
peared as Julia in the, “Hunchback."
The cast was excellent and the entertain
ment Was of a highly satisfactory char
eater. This evening. "Leah,' the' Forsa
ken" will be presented, with Mrs. Glad
stone in the title role.'
• Pirranunon TanoTnE.--There was
not even standing room unoccupied at
the Pittsburgh Theatre last night, add
we were informed that gulte a number
of 'persons were turned away 'from the
door. The entertainment was a most
excellent one. McAndrews, the great
delineator of negro - character, made 'a
decided hit, as did also Mr. Taylor, the
comic vocalist. They were each called
out several thine& The other members
of the company were on their
beha
vior.
IL ABONic WiLl . — The 411aghea.v Quer*
tettelhub will 'hove
. 14 secon d meal anl
inatitriterktal miaow at Wawa* ma" ,
Thandav *blob prohilieslobe
a rloh atualoal treat.
ANI4IVEBStRIN
Another Arrest.
STEAMBOAT DISASTER
Sinking and Burning of the Steamer G.
A. Thompson In Arkansas Rlver--sev
. enteen Lives Lost.
1135 Teledraph to the Pletaburgh Gazette )
Msmrnis, April 12. —The Appears
Little Rook special this evening gives
the following . particulars of the loss of
the steamer G. A. Thompson, obtained
from Mr. J. B. Dismones, one of the 'pi
lots: The boat, commanded by Captain
Frazier, bound from Cincinnati to Little
Bock and Fort Smith, laden with bacon,
flour,' agricultural implements, furni
ture and lime, she had on board at the
time of the accident, about eighteen pas
sengers, five of which were ladies,. in
cluding the captain's wife. The beat
struck a snag near Erwin's Landing,
forty miles below Little Rock; at 2A. a[.
Saturday, and sank immediately in nine
feet of water. The slaking of the lime
on deck set the boat on fire, she sink
ing very shortly after. An effort
was made to throw the lime overboard,
but the crew were driven away by the
heat and flames. Immediately steps
were taken to save the ladles, which was
accomplished with the life-boat. After
considerable difficulty in keeping men
back, in which shooting had to be threat-
I en ed,the ladies were landed on a sand bat..
Meanwhile the yawl used to save the
crew was swamped by too many jump
ing in, which Occasioned the great
est_ loss of life. Mr. Dismones was
in the yawl when swamped and floakitd
down the river. His cries were heard
and a life-boat was sent out to his rescue,
and succeeded in saving him, Major
Hugh Wilson and the carpenter of the
boat, out of about thirteen or fourteen in
the yawl when it swamped. Seventeen
lives were lost, eight whites, including
George Ely, first clerk, and John Per
kins, second clerk, the cook, a lame cab
in b oy, of New Albany, Mr. Frandle,
of Little Rook, and three others, names
,pot yet known, and nine colored cham
bermaids. Ely and Perkins were both
in the yawl when It swamped. They
Were both good swimmers, but drowned.
The Allen, going down, Sunday 'Morn
ing took the survivors of the crew, and
the Caldwell, coming up, brought the
passengers to this city.both boats treating
the sufferers with groat kindness. The
officers of the Thompson behaved with
great coolness. The ladies were hardly
aware of the extent of the accident be
fore they were safely landed. The boat
and cargo is a total loss. The former
was valued at from 110,000 to $15,000; in
sured mostly in Cincinnati offices. The
value of tbe'oargo is unknown. Pro
test has been entered.
Henry S. Foote Denounces Ex... President
Johnson.
Mr Telegraph to the Plttrhargh Gazette.]
NASHVILLE, April 12.—Henry S. Foote
replies in the Press and Times, this morn
ing, to a portion of Ex-Fresident John
son's speech, in which he assumes John
son charged him with ingratitude. He
denies the charge, and avers that he
owes nothing to the forbearance or gen
erosity of Johnson, who, he alleges, to
gether with ?4r. Seward, treated him un
kindly and cruelly. He denounces
Johnson as a seditionist, to whom the
people of Tennessee are indebted for dis
franchisement; charges him with usur
pation and tyranny, and admonishes the
people of the Southern States , not to be
controlled by him, but to accept the leg
islation of Congress and confide in Gen.
Grant, who, he assures them, is their
friend, and desires to restore them to
prosperity and good government. He
also charges that Johnsen is opposed to
negro suffrage and political equality,
and refers to Johnson's interview with
Fred. Douglas, in which he said these
things would lead to a war of races to
sustain him.
Anail is made upon JohnksTrimble to
accept the Republican nomination for
Judge of the Supreme Court in Tenn
essee.
Es-PreSident Johnson is still in Nash
ville. He has abandoned, his trip to Eu
rope, preferring, he says, to devote his
time and energies in behalf of the dis
franchised of the South. He will speak
In all the Southern States.
The Gold Mine DLsaster in Neva 'a.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gagette.)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12.—The Gold
Hill Mines were uncovered today. No
trace of smoke was observed. Lights
sent down were extinguished immedi
ately by foal air. The blowers of several
mines were set in oper ation and streams
of water turned on n expectation of ex
pelling the poiso nous atmosphere and
absorbing the gasses. A. party descended
to a point six hundred feet below the
level, but the air extinguishing their
lights they gave the signal to hoist,
although not feeling the- bad air them
selves. Great interest is manifested to
ascertain the damage to the mines. To
day Yellow Jacket, Crown Point and
Kentuck sold at an advance on Satur
day's quotations, in anticipation of slight
damage by fire.
BAN FRAmotsco, April 12.—The fire
broke obi in the Beranek mine, at *raven
hundred fbot level, this evening, and it
was necessary to close the shafts again
In order to smother the flames. It is sup
posed the fire is still burning in Yellow
Jacket, -j"steam and vapor from this
mine is m oh hotter than front Crown
Point. A partial examination of the
mines to- • ay denoted'considerable dam=
age in : , entuck and • Yellow Jacket.
Vollins we e sent to Crown Point shaft
this afte °on, and several bodies re
'moved. e bodies were ; horribly die.
figured, b • t still recognizable.
Ones" SNOWDEN Fentarax died in
Baltimore, Sunday, the 3d inst., of con
sumption, e was the recognized tenth'
Baron Fairfax, of Cameron, in the peer
age of Scotland, and was entitled to a
seatin the British House of Lords. He
was the great-great-great•grandson of
!Henry, fourth baron, and cousin of Lord
Thomas Fairfat, of Virginia, whose ca
reer during our Revolutionary War is
well known, and after whom Fairfax
county is named. In 1800 the Rev.
Bryan
.Fefrfax, of Valcluse,. Virginia,
was coralrmed by the House,pf Lords as
eighth baron, but neither himself nor his
son Thomas, nor the subject of this sketch
ever assumed the title, although the suc
cession is regularly recorded in ' , Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage."! Some years
ago he moved to California; and in 1864
became Clerk of the• Supreme Court of
the State, which position he held until
the time of his death. Last year he came
east as a delegate to tbe National Demo
cratic Convention, held , at Tammany
Hall, and was chairman of the California
delegation.
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THE strike - Of the Chicago shoemakers,
which began three months ago, has not
ended, though the strikers have utterly
failed in . carrying their point. Twelve
of the heaviest dealers in that city, com-'
prising almost the entire manufacturing
interest, have boand theinaelVeis together
not tweinP/o t t
member of g Oil%
and 'la the'presed season they gat
the help they and outside of that order, .
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
—left Davis writes thSt he will return
to the United States from Europe this
spring, and engage in business.
—Thurlow Weed is on his way home
from South Carolina, having, it is said,
been driven from hls retirement by the
importunities of office-seekers.
—The Gas Company of Cincinnati re
turned to the assessor of internal reve
nue 288,182,209 oubio feet of gas manu
factured during the year ending March
Ist, 1869.
—At Wyomn, Canada, Suday night,
George Taylor' i s g Oil Ref nery, n containing
three hundred and eighty barrels of re
fined and seven hundred 'barrels of
crude oil, was destroyed by ;fire. Loss,
about $12,000. •
—Gov. Wells, yesterday afternoon, ad
dressed a large Republican meeting, in
Richmond, Virginia, giving a history of
the, passage of the Virginia Election Bill
by Congress,Und attributing much of the
success to his own exertion in its behalf.
—On Saturday evening, at Jarrettaville,
Hartford County, Maryland, Miss Cairns
shot and killed Nicholas lilt:Comas.
About twenty persons were seated on the
porch of the village hotel, when Miss
Cairns suddenly , appeared, drew- a
pistol and fired three shots at McComas.
The alleged cause of the murder was se
duction.
—The War on New York brokers was
summarily stopped on Saturdar:(says a
special to the World) by Commissioner
Delano, who sent a telegram to Collector
Shook,'"f the Thirty-second District, on
Saturday, containing instructions which
virtually exempt the brokers from taxes,
which, if collected, would amount to ten
.millions a year.
—The Odd Fellows of St. Louis are
making, extensive preparations for the
semi-centenial anniversary of the order
and reunion on the 26th of April. Efforts
will be made to make the celebration
second in point of numbers to that at
Philadelphia, which city. has been select-,
ed by the Grand Lodge for the major ,
celebration. Reduced fare on various
railroads has been secured, and thous
ands of persons are expected.
—lt is stated that the officers of both the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific - railroad ,
have decided not to have any opening or
other excursion over their roads this
summer, for the reason that it will take
their time and rolling stook to do the le
gitimate business over the road to get it
in first class condition, as everything so
far has been pushed to an' early construc
tion. - They have given all members of
Congress free passes over the roads,
which are good for one year.—
• A ram stove has lately been introduced
in Europe for heating railway carriages.
It consists of an iron cylinder covered
with sheet glass, la placed outside on the
top of the carriage and heated bylmeans
of charcoal. A small cylinder and a re
ceptacle for the ashes complete the whole
apparatus, which is said to distribute an
equal and agreeable temperature.
A -NesitviLLE druggist has invented a
rat•paint made of a preparation' of phos
phorus. You first catch a rat and paid,
him. After dark he looks like a ball of
fire, and going among his fellow rats,
they become frightened and vacate the
premises, the phosphorescent rat follow
ing of course and hurrying up the rear.
AT a railroad meeting in Mt. Vernon,
Ohio, last week, Judge Riud read a letter
from Gene Cass ' stating in detail what the
Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Rail
road would do to assist the extension from
Millersburg to Mt. Vernon. •
TRUSSES AND HERNIA.
The sad and deplorable condition
of many who
are afflicted with.he: nia or rupture of the bow
els, calls loudly for some efficient and unmistak
able remedy that will not only ht every case give
elide= relief, but in manyea: es effect a radical
and thorough care. These cases of hernia have
become so frequent, that it Is computed that one
sixth of the male population are said to be
troubled, In some way or another,,with this ter
rible *lntent; and In very many eases do not.
know where to apply for an appropriate remedy,
°Centimes not knowing whether an appliance%
really needed or not; and if it should be needed,
they often do not know where or to wnom they
should make application. The world is fall of
Trusses for the retention and cure of this lamest-
Amble evil, oftentimes an Incontestable proof Of
'their total and inadequate fitness to relieve the
Sufferer. This need not be; Dr. Keyser, at Ms
Sew medicine store, No. 187 Liberty 'street, ht
abundantly supplied with every appliance, need
ful to the retention aid relief of th's terrible
affliction, so that every one can be Profeltr
fitted at a moderate cost, with the full assurance
thatthe appliance is the beat that the mechanical
departmeut of surgery - can aeord. The Doctor
has pursued the investigation of hernia with
more than ordinary Care for over thirty years,
so that the afflicted can place Implicit re-_
(lanceon his skill and Integrity with the full
• eurance that they will not only get the best trims,
suitable to tne case, but likewise a thorough and
efficient knowledge of its proper application.
There are many persons who not only sacrillee
their health, but even th. it lives, for want of a
proper truss, or a truss properly applied. Straw.
gulated end irreducable rupture, is a far more
common ailment now than in fOrmeryeari; and
may we not Ins fly arrive at the conclusion, that.
Its frequency is often occasioned bi'ther neglect
and carelessness of the sufferers themselves. NO
one would be regarded as sane or excusable who
would 0 - for a whole winter without the proper
clothing to shield them from the lncleniMicy of
the weather, but, at the same time, It Isthought
a light affair to suffer for years with a pro tins loa
that not only subjects the person to. inconveni
ence, but even places life - Itself In jeopardy.
Those of our readers who may be unfortunate to
need appliances of this kind cannot act more
wisely than to Cut this advertisement out and
preserve it, so as to enable them to main the
place where such Important preservers Oflife and
health are to be,procured. •
DR. REyeßlFs NEW . MEDICINE STORE,
NO. 167 LIBERTY • BTRFET, TWO DOORS
FROM ST. CLAIR. CONSULTATION ROOMS,,
No. L9O PENN STREET, from 10 A. M. until
•P. Dt. .
;',WOMAN AND EER NEEDS.
[." Subject by the law of nature to many physical
afflictions from which man is exempt, woman b
• •
peculiarly entitled to the best efforts of medical
science in her behalf. For a majority of the ail
meats to which her sox is exclosively
HOSFETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS are warm
. . •
ly recommended on the authority of wives.
ranchers and nurses, who haveteatee their genial
tunic ;and regulating properties, , and. "know
Whereof they speak:" and also with the sanc
tion of able physicians, who have administered
the preparation to,their female patients, in ob.
situate .Ceses . of fuectlonal derangement with
the happiest remits. Almost all femalecom
plaints of special Character are complicate dwith
mental gloom 'and despondency, and the entin.
and letting eihilerstins effects of this whol esome
medicated stimulant adapts admirably for,asea
of this complex nature. As a rem. dy for pia
by.teria andmental halluelnations which some . mark both the earlier and the later ideas
in the life of a woman, it, has no equil la thecreP
ertory of the healing art, and is a means o re.
tiering the nausea and other unpleasant beano;
whichprecede maternity. it is witialiyeMeselous.'
Noising matbeicalso and it an .adniirible
owlet; It la bl a b l*eattsrsettTY ~t L ties, wbieli elbraces ta Iti riniedw:esa ep
ies
many theecnaphilats, eemmori lir both Sexei4s
should pro , . so aulasittly Duthie! to the weak.
Sr One.