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FIRST 10111011.
TWELVE O•CI:OCH;
THE. CAPITAL
Virginia Election Proclantatten—Lu
tfi tberans Call Upon President-Grant—
`:;.`: . The "polortil? questittn i in the
..i.•,:-; Typo
graphicall-Society—Appoint/Penis.
,-.A.,-.•%; 'MT Telegrehbre the Pittston:eh Gazette.)
-. WASHINGTON, May 16, 1869.
' -
vinontia,rtiatcriox rittocLAßlaTioN•
t - :. The Prelddent's proolamaticin has just
". - been isstied. It nanies the 6th or July
-. as the time for submitting the Constitu
tion passed passed'by the Richmond Convention
to Deoember, 1867, to the voters of Vir
,
, il gluts, registered at the date'of such sub
r.mission, tor ratification or rejection, and
submitting to a separate vote the disqual.
-,•,s Ideation and test oath clauses. The voter
4is to voter a, ballot designated "for the
41 Constitution," or "against the, Constitu
tion," and is allowed to cast a separate
ballot for or against either or both of the
excepted provisions. -
The following is the proclamation:
By' the President of the United States
of America: A Pr oclamation. In pursu
ance of the provisions of the act of Con
gress, approved April leth, 1869, I hereby
designate the 6th day of July, 1869, as
the time for snomitting the ConstltutEm
passed by the Convention which met in
Itichmortd. Vii girds, on Wednesday the
third day of December,lB67, to the voters
of Untied° registered at the date of such
submission, v,z: July 6th, 1869, for ratili-
Cation or rejection, and I -submit to a
separate vote the fourth clause of4section
one article third of said Constitution,
which is in the billowing words:
"Every. person who has been a Seriatdr
or Representative in Congress, or °teeter
of. President or Vice President, or who
held any office. civil or military, under
the United States, who, haying previous
ly taken an oath as a member of Con- 1
gresa, or . as an officer of. the United I
States, or as a member of any State 1 , 01.-
biotin% or seen Eimoutire - or = Judicial
officer of any, State, shall ip t rimaged
in insurrection or rebelli 1., t the
same, or given' aid or cii oft to the
enemy thereof. - This ,clause shall in
clude, the folloWing officers: Governor
Lie l4tetaiat Governor,SecretaryOf State.
Auditor of Public Accounts, Second Au
ditor, Register of the Land Office, State
Treasurer, Attorney ; General, Sheriffs,
Sergeants of* ieity or loWn, - Commis
sionere of the Revenue,• County Sur
veyor, Constables, Overseers of the Poor,
Commisaioner of the Board of Public
Works, Judges of the Supreme
Court, dtidges of the Circuit Court,
Judges of the Court of Hustings,
Justices •of the County Courts, Mayor,
'‘-Recorder • Aldermen, Councilmen
-of ti.o‘tiar.thwn, Coroners, Escheaters,
Inspectors of tobacco and flour, and
Clerks of the Supreme, District, Cireidt
..and County Courts and the Court of Hus
tings, and .Altorneytc for . the Uominon
weadh; Provided, that the Legislature
may, by a vote of three-fifths of both
houses,
remove the disabilities incurred
by this clause from any person included
therein, by ateparatevotel:in each ease."
And I also submit to separate vote the
seventh section of article third of the
said Constitution, which is in the follow
ing words:
~
'lh addition to the foregoing oath of
office, the Governor,. Lieutenant Gov
ernor, members of the General Assem
bly, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public
/A:mounts, State Treasurer, Attorney Gen
eral and all persons eleeted to any Con
vention to frame a Constitution for this
State, or to amend or revise this Consti
tution in any manner, and Mayor and
Connell of any city or town, shall ,
.
before they enter on the duties
of their respective offices, take and sub
scribe the following oath or affirmation;
provided the disabilities therein con
tained may be individually removed by
a three
.fifths rile tp,f the General As
sembly: 'I, - ' , do solemnly
swear or affirm that I have never volun
tarily borne arms against the United
States since I have been a citizens there
of; that I have voluntarily given no aid,
countenance, counsel or encouragement
to persons- engaged- in armed hostility
thereto; that I have never sought or ac
cepted nor attempted to exercise the
A:Auctions of any office whatever, under
any authority or pretended authority, in
hostility to the United Statesithatlhave
not yielded a voluntary support to any
pretended ,goyernment. authority, power
or constitution within the United States,
hostile or lnitnical thereto; and .I do
father swear or affirm that to the best
of My knowledge gad ability I will sun
kort and defend the Constitution of the
United. States against all enemies,foreign
and 40/110Stio; that, I will bear true filth
and-7 allegiance to the same; --that
I take. this obligation, freely, without
menial reservation or purpose of evasion
and that 1..wi1l well and fatheilly a •
charge th e .duties of the Office which I
am shoat to enter, so help me God.' The
abolteeldh Shall also be taken by all the
City-and County officers before entering
upon their, duties and by - all other
'fitati* 904:911 not included in the " above
provisiOns. IP-; , , . •, ••
I direct the vote to be taken upon each
of the above cited provisions alone, and
upon the other portions of the said Con
iititutien bribe thiloWing manner, via:
EachLloter favoring _the ratificatiOn of
the Constitution, excepting the previa".
ions a 0 Alloted, , Se framed' by'alle I
Cony ti
iv
on of December, 1867, shall ex
press hi judfroient by voting 'for the
Coml. tion i' each voter favoring
the rejection of the Constitution, excla-:
- ding tue provisions above quoted, shall
express his judgment,- • hi m voting
“against the . e Constitution." , ch voter
will be allo w ed Moist a- separate ballot
for or against either or both of ;the . Pro
visions *bora quote d: :: ,:t ' ';: % - .
In testimony whereof I htire herenito
set my hand'and caused 'the*eelof the
United BM* to be affixed.
Demi &trifle Oityotilliirtiabbigto,his
Uth-dirtotgaYt ilit heftht9l4 LortL
one thensaitd eight:Mtn - Mid 'elzry."
nine and of the; independence of the
United Meter -oV.itaterftsclitillitifiety.
third. •i_ •'• :. - - - M8,1:4 03z
B3P.tho :presweet : :,-; ; .);;:li f - 4 4 '
' ' HAMILTON Flagililecrotary of State.
•
LtritiatgAtes‘aspi ritx-rlgunnisr.
AllOutlarkhnndred Lutheran minis.
Lets . pail Aheir respeams to. President
Grant : t his:Morning.- They were receiv
ed hi the Eget, room. The Preeldent, on
enterin_g•Atas greeted with applause, I
wheu'Rev.'Dr. l'olhani; of Ifew York,
iddreasedhimmi follows: ' ' ' •
'Mkt not amml fbr eookettuato bodies
•
4 '%kaar- 1579.
holding their sessions at the Capital of
the nation to desire to pay their respects
to the honorable Chief Magistrate, but
the custom of • boring him with long
speeches is, in my opinion, more honored,
in the breach than in the observance. T
shall therefore content myself with
merely introducing these members of
the General Synod, and then follow
the example of the illustrious chief who
said, 'Let us have Peace,' and so I shall
say. 'Let us have Peace.' You see be
fore you the representatives of the Gene
ral Synod of the Evangelical Luther
an Church in the United States.
They are the representatives of
twenty-two Synods, and from various'
parts of the Union. They are not, how r
ever, representatives of the whole body
of Lutherans in the country. There are
large bodies of the-Lutherans in the
South not yet reconstructed, others in
the far West not Americanized, and there
are some in the Middle States who, un
fortunately, are not with • 'us to
day, but ad are true and loyal men.
I trust the day will come when the entire
Lutheran Church will be in the:unity of
the spirit and bonds of peace.- I wish,
sir, I could relieve you from the labor of,
shaking hands, and do it by proxy. If
you would give me a hearty shake of the
hand, and I then snake hands with all
my brethren, perhaps they would be sat-
To this there was a general response of
"No, no. We want to shake hands with
hltn."
The President then said to Dr. Polham,
General Elfin and Rev. Dr. Butler that
be would shake hands with them indi
vidually. The ministers then separately
approaches the President and were in
troduced and shaken by the hand. The
President, when the ceremony was over,
entered into conVersation for a few min
utes with the few who remained.
' TOE "COLORED" QUESTION AND THE
PRINTERS.
The Cotumbii Typographical Union'of
thls city at a meeting to-night received
the application of Lewis R. Douglas, a
son or FFerierick Douglas, oulored ora
tor, for membership in the Union. It
was referred to the Committee ou Nom'.
nations. A member -6f the Union pre
sented a preamble and resolutions, set
slog forth that as the applicant , had beer;
rejected at DenVer Colorado, by asibor
dluate Union of the Typographical Union,
on the ground that be was an im
proper trerson.in be admitted, it would
therefore be unbecoming intthe So
ciety to receive him to membership.
The resolutions censure the Financial
Secretary for granting a card to Douglas,
permitting - him to work until the Society
shall take action in the premises, and di
reeti og the Chairman of the office in which
he is employed to cause him to cease
work; they also call upon the members
to sustain the action of the Uniod. These
resolutions were ruled out of order, and'
afterconsiderable discussion the meeting
adjourned until the 19th of June, when
the Committee is expected to report.
Over five hundred members of the So.
cletywerepresent and nuaitt feeling and
interest is manifested in "the-riatter,
which it is believed will eventually
referred to the National Typographical
Union.
APlNDlrrTxmicTs
The followlng'appointments have been
made by thirPres - ident: W. D. Fatrand,
Consul at Cellos; George R. Maxwell,
Register of the Land Office for Iltah;
H. C. Bennett, _Pension Agent ,at San
Francisco; A. W. Swett,Receiver of Pub
lic Monies at Helena, Arkansas; J. S.
Remington, late of the. Internal Revenue
Office, has been appointed Chief Clerk in
the Secret Service Division of the Treas
ury Departutent.
CURRENCY STATEMENT
- .
No fractional currency was printed
this week. Shipments, fia.3 4,490; amount
redeemed 1354,206. National - Banknotes
issued. $177,0:0; actual circulation t298;-
810,185.
MISSISSIPPI AND TEXAS.
The President has not yet taken pre
liminary action for submitting the Con
ad tutions Mississippi and Texaa to those
States respectivdly.
PACIFIC MAILS.
Since the opening of the Pacific Rail
road the Government Departtnents have
received their daily mails from the
Pacific coast.
CANADA.
Episcopal Bishop Biected—The New
Banhiug System.
Lily Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
MONTSEAL, May 15.—The Episcopal
' Synod and House of Bishops, after three
days balloting, have unanimously chosen
Rev. Ashley Oxenden, of Rent, England,
Bishop of Montreal and Metropolitan of
Canada. •
_OTTAWA, May 15. —ln the House of
Commons last night Hon. Mr. Rose
brought down a series of resolutions on
banking and currency, which, if carried
into effect; will make a macs' change in
the banking of the Dominion. The gen
eral features of 'the scheme are copied
from the National Bank sy stem of the
United States, though there is con
siderable difference in several 'particu
lars.— The bank notes and'government
legal "tenders now in circulation are to be
Called in and no more such notes will be
issued: The currency is to consist here
after solely of bank notes Remixed by
Government debentures; the Lanka are ,
to purchase Government debentures in
such amount as they may severally
choose; they'are to, deposit the deben
tures in the bands or alteceivir.General
in trust, whicii Receiveraeneral • will
give legal tenders in the same amount
as the debentures are depos
ited ; r the legal tender' notes
are to be redeemable at the office ' of the
bank • designated upon; demand; each
bank is always to have on hand to' re:
deem them ode dollar in gold' to every
live dollar/ in notes in circulation, bear.
ins its Stipersetiption; should any bank
fail to redeem its notes on presentation,.
the debentures depOsited with> the Gov
ernment- are to" be made available for
T heir redemption; the banks are to ro.
calve interest froth the GoVerament on
the amount or debentures deposited with
the Receiver General. The act .will not I
come into ibrce until 1887.. - I
Markets by Telegrapb.
SACUAWtNTO, May 16. ' 2l "--111 1 111ut :at
84,3735(06,26. Wheat; choice i ll,6o(g4,66.
Legal Tenders 73X. Mining Moire dtt
ring the week was strong, and _closing
with considerable tone; Alpha 65;.8ek
cher 23 : Bullion 27 ; Chollar 2,47; 03114 , ,
dance 37; Crown Point 67; Empire Mll/
,70; Gould Curry 1,18; Hale Norerosi 1,80;
- Imperlsl 99; Kentunky 2,66; Oceidental
83; Savage 1,16; Sierra. Nevada 86;
low Jacket 78.
SECOND EMU IL
PolitlF,al Agitation in Paris—Public
Meetings Dispersed—The Spanish
Cortez Rejects the ProposiUun for a
Republic —A 'Regency Probable--
Speech by the Emperor of Airmtria
-1
Reverdy Johnson Takes Le ve 'of
Queen Victoria by Letter—P aceful
Minifesto by Prance:
Inv Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gisetted
•
Paws, May 15.—Political meetings, in
the city, continue to be attended 'with
disorder and the police are frequently
"obliged to interfere. Several arrests have
been made of parties prominent in crea•
ting dhdurbances. The Prefect of Po.
lice has issued an order prohibiting gath
erings in the..streets in the vicinity of
the electoral meetings.
PARis, May meetings
were held in all quarters of Paris yester
day up to a late hour, but the excitement
moderated as the day advanced. Late
at night some crowds which had col
lected in the streets wero dispersed by
the police. They made no resistance and
no serious disturbance occurred. The
Government basisqued a warning, which
is placarded throughout the city, de
Glaring that a renewal of the recent die
orderly assemblages and demonstrations
will not be tolerated. Minister Forcade
La Roquette has issued instructions to
Prefects advising them to dissolve any
Meeting likely to lead to a disturbance,
and strictly to enforee.the law prohibit
ing • the holding of political meetings
within five days of the election.
LoNnort May 16-11 P. X.—Tele:l l
graphic alivices received tonight from
Paris show that political agitation there
hasirevived today and the excitement Is
very great, especially in those sections
of the city where the Liberal party is
strongest. The authorities are taking
extraordinary measures of precaution to
prevent disorder, and at last accounts no
serious trouble had occurred. The Pays,
newspaper announces a grand popular
demonstration is to be made on Monday.
VrantvA, May 15.—The Emperor Francis
Joseph in closing the sealed of the
Reicharath yesterday, made a long, pleas
ant speech. He recalled the situation of
Austria in 1866, compared that with the
present condition of things, and traced
the course of the legislation of the
Reicharath since that time. He was re
joined at the triendlymengementamede
Ilivithgungary and the condition tiMkk
"finances and army, and felt that peace
was indispensible to the, national pros
perity, and the present relations of Aus
tria with the other powers of the world
assured him of its ,continnance. He re-,
viewed the late refbrma enacted by the
Reichsmth, and hoped they 'would tie:
come the basis of harmonious and pacific
relations between Church and State. „In
concluding he thanked all the ' , members
for their exertions *ad expressed the
hope that all woul d support the constitu
tion, as Austria offered full liberty to the
people of every nation, and guaranteed
their right of self government. The
Emperor was often interrupted by loud
cheers.
MADRID, May 15.—The Cortes base l'O•
jected the Amendment to the CorisilKu
,
tion in favor of making Spain a Federal
Republic. The vote stood 182 against to
54 for the amendment. A' prpposition
for the creation of a triennial directory,
to be appointed by the Cortes, has been
introduced and is now under discussion.
Marano, May 18.—Tho Cortes yester
day, after :a long,debate, rejected the pro
position for the establishment of a trien
nial directory. It Ls now confidently be.
Roved a regency will - be created, with
Marshal Serrano at its head.
Several members of the CiVil Guard,'.
in this city, have been arrested on
charges at present unknown.
Trouble has arlion with volunteers for
Cuba,
in consequence of non payment of
their bounties.
LONDON, May 16.—Mr. Johnson, the
American Minister, took formal leave of
the Queen by lettei, not in a personal in
terview, as was reported, He had an in
terview with Lord Clarendon,the Foreign
Secretary, on Thursday, when he offi
cially announced his retirement and pre
sented Mr. Moran as Charge d'Affaires
until the arrival of his successor.
Reports. which are' believed to be
based on good authority, are in circula
tion that. the French Government will
soon publish a peaceful manifesto and
simultaneously reduce the army.'
PLywount, May 16.—The steamer
Gernumba from - New York arrived last
night, and this morning sailed for Ham
burg via Cherbourg.
SotPritaXPTON, May 16.—The steamer
Dora; from' New York fbr Bremen, tout
Qualuttrrowtr, Mt/ 18.-"The,ateatner
Liberia; from New York idayfitb,arrived
at two o'olcoolr:for Liverpool.
FINIOICIAL ASO COMMERCUL.
LONDON, May Y = 41012 0 01 91:
money. 99% :sod account, 951%. Etlet
20% lllluds. 96. Atlantic and Groat
Wantern. 26X.. Stooks (10186,6.205, - 78%.
Tallow, 426.% Stigar, lB9s. fid.
AwrwautP, May 16.—Petr0leum, isog
Faarrgyowr, May 16.—Five.Twemtles„
114 , • i le; '.!
trviarooL,Moor 5.-01;ilton Iliatie
easier; middling' uplands at 114 d, and
Orleans at il%d; sales.. of 8,1100
California white wheat , at 9s.ed.,,and red
western at es. 7d . :. Western flour, 21s.'
ed. Corn,mixed at 265. , Oats, Oa. , 44, .
BarieY. 81 Peas, 88)s ed. Pork, 1000.
Cheese, 925.. Bacon, lied. GIL , Beefr
Lard, 67e. 6d. Petroleum unchanged.'
Tallow, 48s. ed. • -
Pants, May 150—Bourse . buoyant.
itetttee,:72cr.
HA VRE; May 15 "
.Evening.-Cotton
quint and unobangail l _
AISTWER,p r . May , ark—oventag.-:•retro.
lawn quoted at 49fr; 7541.' , for Atandard,
AWltteglftknialti .
'?*426.-
.
POUR O'CLOCK A. M.
NEWS BY CABLE.
FRANCE.
AUSTRIA.
SPAIN.
GREAT BRITAIN.
MARINE NEWS.
NEW YORK CITY.
The Peace Society—The Reduction of
Cable Rates—The Police Comtn(►slon
ere at a Dead Lock The Tribune
Managing Editorship --Sudden Disap
pearance of a Banker.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh gatette.l
Nnw YORK, May 15, 1869.
The Universal Peace Society, held its
closing session to•day. Only thirty per.
sons were present. The speeches were
uninteresting, and' the only action was
the adoption of a resolution protiii ing
against the present manner of ing
out the measures of peace with Indi ,
urging upon Congress proper measures
of legislation for Indiana and the Ifull
transfer of Indian affairs to the Civil De
partment, thus making the Indiana iti
zens instead of outlaws.
It is officially announced that the
iff on telegrams from New York to
Britain 'and Ireland will be redu
ten dollars, gold, for ten words or
Including addresses and signatures,
one dollar for each additional word;
that any newspaper or associatio,
newspapers may transmit general o
Weal news In plain language for p
cation , athalf rates.
• The Board of Police Commiss
made an ineffectual effort to organ;
day. ' Several ballots were taken
President, Judge Bosworth and Co
stoner Brennan, the two Democ
members, voting for Boawdrth, an
two Republicans voting for Com miss!
Mauer.
• The Mail says: We are informed that
the stockholders of the Tribune d ter
mined, at their meeting last evenin , to
abolish the office of managing editor, and
that Mr. Rassard will be in charge o the
paper daring the day, and Mr. Whit law
Reid at night. Mr. Young thus 1 sea\
his pdhitinn, but is not removed fro it.
Letters r which left San Francis on
the evenibg of the 6th of May were Is
tributed 'at the postoftice in this ity
before nine o'clock this morning. as
sensors arrived, to-day in eight ays
from. San Francisco.
- - .
W. T. Groesbeck, of Cincinnati, . F led, .
`for Europa to-day in the City . of London.
Rufus L. Lord, the vicihn of the Cele
brated Lord , bond robbery, died yeater
terdayagrbiterealdence id this city.
Much' consternation was caused in a
prominent banking•hotise yeaterdayl by
the dikapPearance of the Junior member
tc s so.
of the firm, taking with him two cer tifi ed
checkifer 196,476, and one for Fi b •
lie left the office about two oci k,
carrying with him - the certified, eh ita
1111
and cerftacates of stock to the amo tof
195,000,40 make deliveries of stock d
nepostt of. the , pr o ceed s . Not retnr ng
at three - o'clwk, his partner made n
quiriea at the 'City Notional Beak, a d
ascertained that instead of making e
posite he bad obtained 'the Ceti
checks above mentioned and decamped.
His destination has not yet been discov•
ered or what disposition he inie wade of
NEW YOliii,... Hay Itl Arrived steain
• era Paraguay, from London via liavre,/
April 28, ' Aleppo, 'from Liverpool via(
Queenstown ath; Ind Bavaria, from Rani
burg, lat. ' ' ' •
SOVT4 .A(RIRIC4I.
News from tlie American Minister, Me.
Mahon—Desperate and Suceessful
plMt of Lopez, the Paraguayan Uhler.
ray "Telestrahh to the Pfttabitrorb Gazette.)
Now 'Tonic, May 15.—The Buenos
Ayres Standard, of May 30th, states that
UnitedStatea Minister McMahon had ar
.
rived at Aecunsion, but : la very reticent
in regard to his trip into the interior. A
small force of Paraguayan cavalry liad
freqdently appeared at the outposts of
the Allies, but made'no attack. Signs
of insubordination itztkoke ont in the ranks
of the Allies when ortlered to march into
the interior. It was not expected the
Allies would bp prepared to advance for
at least two months.
A Buenos Ayres letter to the New York
World, dated-March 27th, states that on
March 11th Lopez rigged up two railroad
cars with two forty pounders, and
enclosing them like baggage cars
ran • "ahem with a locomotive
right up to where a large force
of Brazilians were repairing a
bridge and fired on them right and left,
and after raking the-. encampthent fled
unharmed, the, guard-being armed only
with lances % Next day the first corps of
the allied army, ten thousand strong, en
camifed near .the „bridge and the San
Martin regiment scoured the country,
but as nsnaltheTtiragnayans did not ap
pear when expected. Lopez has estab
lished a powder mill near him. There is
behoved tb be ti large number of families'
wan4ering in the woods who donot wish )
to return to Lopez and a force was about
to be sent out to give them protection and ,
bring them into the allied lines.
The city of Montevideo was under a fi
nancial oriels and a total suspension of
business was threatened.
More Assaysinationi by the Ku-Klux
Br Telegraph to too Rittoborib Gazette.
14w Yonf, May 10.—A special to the
Tribune, dated Atlanta, Georgia, May
30th, says : - The oelored man who drove
the carriage of the •liron. Joseph A.ditins
when that gentleman • was assassinated,
said to have left Warrenton oonnty
early last week, to escape death. When
near Thomas 'Station he - was met and
murdered by the Ku-Kulx. Reliable in
-formation received here annonncee the
murder some weeks ago, in Jefferson
county, of Ron Alexander Stone, one of
;the Gavelled members of the:legislature
'the same county whiCh Dr. Ayer repro
of 'anted.
Sales of Menus Land—Great Rush of
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thy Telegraph to !the Plttabergti Garette.)
, ST. . LOUIS, I May 15.—Thirty4siven
thousand dollars worth of Kansas Pacific
Railroad lands were sold by the National
-L in d company in the month of . April.
Theis) lands were sold to actual settlers,
mostly in tracts of forty to one hundred
Ispd.lintir teem, averaging about three
- dollars' per acre. The' immigration' to
the line of , the 'Kansas MOM,' road is
try:rester than ever before. Oblonlestrom ,
all parts of the country Aire forming and
moving on these lands-- One kin:mired;
end , fuly , families from ITOrthern. Ohio
WOO pp: and esttled near ItsVaria 4 in Bo=
line county, and inanYl.; , , :rola the
stalk rri - 4 rA itt r - -Tke *mat t ,
confon ntlitir ; 40200 b r ed very
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Extensive Fire at Dayton, Ohlo—Less'
of Life.
`ll3p.Telesraon to the Pittsburgh Gus No.]
DAYTON, 0., May 16.—At one o'clock
this morning Turner's splendid Op
era House in this city took tire and was
entirely destroyed. The building was
occupied by McKee; Woodward do Hack
ley, wholesale grocers, Black & Fox,
wholesale china andmueensware, Grover
Baker - sewing machine company,' and
. Lange, restaurant and billiard rooms.
Nothing was saved' but a few sewing ma
chines, The fine residences east of the
Opera House on First street, of J.
Schwab, Joel Estabrook and A. Kqhns,
were also destroyed. The tire commu
nicated to the buildings south 012 Main
street, owned by M. Ohmer, and entirely
destroyed them, including the large fur
niture establishment of .M. Ohmer and
the grocery store of Sandruier & Bro.
Herman Sandmier, while endeavoring
to save so fns of his goods, was crushed
to the floor by a portion of the wall fall
ing on him. His brother and several
others endeavored to extricate him, but
it was impossible. He lived in this con
, dition for a while, when another crash
came burying him in the ruins. Hai
wife and family were present, but no
human power could save him. The
scene was heart-rending.
The total loss is estimated at between
5600,000 and 5800,000, on which- there is
an insurance of about 5100,000. It is
supposed to be the work of an incen
diary. 'The Opera House was one of the
finest in the West and is owned. by
J. M.& W. M. Turner. Thy whole loss
will be about 5250,000 operand above an
insurance of 543,000. -
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(BY Telefrapb to the Pftteburgh Gazette.l
CINCINNATI, May 15.—The committees
of the City Council, Chamber, el Com
merce and Board of Trade held another
- meeting to-day•. on the subject of the
Southern Railroad. Speeches were made
by Govi Scott, of South Carolina, General
Harrison, President, and Colonel Lowe,
Engineer, of the Bine Ridge road, South
Caroline, Mayor Berden and Hon. Jno.
H. Crozier, of Knoxville, Col. Terry, of
the Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad,
Colonel McGhee, of the East Ten
nessee ' and Georgia Railroad, Mr.
J. B. I.afitte, of Charleston, S. C., Col.
Gaw, of Chattanooga, Dr. Taylor, of
Somerset, By., and - Edward D. Mans.
field, of Ohio. The meeting was the
largest and most interesting that has
been Mild. South Carolina proposes to
push the" Blue Ridge road through .if
Cincinnati will meet her, and the East
Tennessee and Georgia road agrees to
permit Cincinnati to fix her own rates
and term the route. There was a large
array of figures and estimates submitted
in regard to the various routes and the
strongest desires expressed to have. the
connections made at the earliest period.
Since' the passage of the Ferguson bill
the city has been constantly thronged
with visitors from the South. The indi
cations, are that still more are coming.
The nieetlag.l9-Apcwite _eemPdatelel
The Cbanell mill fix "the termini of the
road probe)) , next Friday. Interme
diate points and oonnections wilt then re
trudn to be. determined. The probability
is Wong that the road will take an air
line fromlere to Chattanooga.
.Wisconsin Railroad Bond Case.
IB7.Teletrapft tope Pltb3burgn tlizecte.)
CnicAoa, May la.—Judge Miller, of
the United Statea Circuit Court, in ses r
sionlit Des Moines, lowa, yesterday de
livered
the following opinion in the
Cqipty Bond case:
We are of opinion that it is our duty to
hold these "gentlemen in person, or in
Custody of United states Mamba', until
they obey the mandate of this Court. We
feel that we are bound to announcefthia
opinion, but we feel happy to say' that
the Court will cheerfully act upon the
suggestion othred, by counsel for rela
tors, namely, that those who shall agree
to obey the mandate of 'the Court in
good thith before its next term, may be
permitted to go'on the bail already given,
and their cases for contempt will be
Continued until that time.
New York Evangelical Alliance
C By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh 6azette.3
Ni•:w Yonx, May 16. -The meeting of the
Evangelical Alliance took place this even+
ing at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church, corner Fifth avenue and Nine.
teeth street. The President of the Asso
,clation, Hon. Wm. E. • Dodge, made an
address stating the objects of the alli
ance, which he said were principally to
prevent the spread of catholicity and
and to concert measures to
counteract the efforts of the emissaries of
the church of Rome. Addresses were
also Made by, Rev. Wm. Adams, and
John Cotton Smith. .
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First 'Through Train from the Paeltle.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gasette.)
S. Lours, gay 16.—The first through
passenger train from Sacramento, with
about five hundred passengerts aboard,
arrived at Omaha yesterday. The travel
west from Ompha is very heavy.
Butchers , TournAment.
A butchers' tournament took p'aee at
Chicago! on Saturday. The Butchers'
Society of that city some;time since had
prepared a champion belt of solid silver,
with gold clasps, to be awardedto the
in butcher who could dress a bullock the
shortest time. There Were competitors
ppresent from New York, Pittsburgh, Buf
falo. St. Lowe, Toronto and other places.'
The following were theconditional 1.
The bullock to be pitched up, decapi
tated and the two fore feet off. 2 Time
keeper to notify butchers when :to own
menoe work. 8. Each butcher to be al
lowed a helper to open breait and, neck,
but ~not to chop or saw them. ,t, Helper
to pot in the beef tree, hoist up bullock
and clean out entrails. 5. The.: butcher
making:: fastest time and ~beitt work.
according to the ' decialott of jddges, to
get the It. Charles "Leyden, of ad
ono; a youth eighteen.- was' declared
the ' ehatnploti,i, two pr the five jud
however. Migenthig. He did his job in
four minutes and forty-five seconds. The
time of Ihe other contestants was: Thos.
Mulrony, of Chicago. six minutes and
aftY•six 'seconds: Robert WoolseY. or St.
Louis, seven minutes and forty-one seo
onds; Pollich t elßartigan, Of Canada, seven
initiates and twenty-two seconds; Mark
Smith, ,of Buillilo,* live. minutes and
eleven 'kends. The winner is .regarded
as.the champion.butcher of America, .1s
to give iiiieurity for, the safe keeping of
the.belt,. hold himself open -to contest
Once every three Menthe for one year, it
challeed, and if at the: end of onazear
retsFnahe the belt, he , can regard it as ,
his owtiproporty.
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BRIEF VELEGRAXS.
—The Jamestown and Franklin Reli
ned Is about to:be extended to 011 City.
—The total value, of taxable property
of the State of Illinois, as returned under
the recent equalization, is $471,555,966.
—Three thousand dollars worth of
jewelry was stolen from Hill's store, in
Canandaigtia,W. Y., on Saturday morn
ing last. .1
—An explosioft occurred Saturday
morning in Brockman di eo.'s cotton and
oil manufactory at Jersey city, resulting
in a loss of 168,000 by fire and' damage to
madbinery, stock, &c.
—Gen. Philip St. George Cooke. the
new Comma d er of the Department of
the Cumberled, arrived at Louisville ei
Saturday. Gen. Thomas will leave for
California next Thursday. .
—Col. Duncan and t.ol. Capehart, as
pirants -for the •place of Superintendent
of the Interior Department, indulged in
a light at the Capitol at Washington Sat
urday. The latter was wonted.
—At. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sunday
evening, , a man named Frank Albert
committed suieide by jumping from the
fifth story of the St. Charles Hotel to the
pavement. He was killed. immediately.
—The new whipping post and .pillory
erected at New Castle,Delaware, by the
authorities of New Castle, to supply the
place of the ancient and worn out one,
was inaugurated on Saturday with usual
interesting ceremonies.
—The safe of the Douglass Axe Manu
factory at Douglass, Massachusetts, was
opened by burglars . Friday evening of
last week, and fifteen to twenty thou
sand dollar's in cash stolen therefrom.-
The safe was literally torn to pieces.
—At Richmond, Va., considerable in
terest was excited on Saturday by a
statement that the, United Sta:ea Grand
Jury bad found indictments against sev
eral office hblders for perjury, in taking
the ironclad oath after haying aided the
rebellion. -
—The shippers of the first two cargoegt
of bulk grain by sail 'from Ne* Orlead,
to Europe have received notice of the
arrival of the same in perfect order 'ln "
Liverpool. The bark Jno. Geddes madw -
the, passage in twenty.six days. Other .
cargoes are en route, and more are to '
follow.
—Capt. E. Moßaron Timony, •late of
,the 'United States Army, whplast, fall,
at the American Hotel in Atlanta, Ga..
shot and killed in self-"defence Richard- •
son, a member of the Georgia Constitt
tional Convention, hoe been found., nod
guilty of the charge of murd& and re
leased from custody. -
—,-Baltlmore has granted' authority to
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad to
.pass through the western section of the
city by tunnel, to intersect the Northern
Central Road. The appropriation of a
million, dollars, to complete the Wes
tern Maryland hoad, will be put through
the Baltimore Conncib3 this week. • •
• .. T .The Opera House at 'Memphis 'hen
been handsomely arranged for : the ap
proaching convention, divided into, see
lions for different States, with ample ar
rangements for delegates. and menat.eris
of the press. The order of ceremonies
provides for a display of the Fire Depart
ment, grand procession, on the first day,
and a series of excursions, banquets,.
hops, during the remainder.
—A meeting of cattle dealers and other
business men was held at St. Louis, Sat
urday evening, to consider measures for
tho establishment of union stock yards
at that city. It was concluded the object '
could not be accomplished without the
co-operation of the railroad companies,
and a Committee was therefore appointed
to ascertain what arrangments cOult he
made, the Committee to report to ailed
journed meeting.
bk—During a thunder, storm at Eddy
vine, Ulster county, N. 'Y., Sattirday
morning, the lightning struck a build
ing on the Delaware aud•Hudson
setting it on fire. Before the flames
could be subdued five barns, two stores,
a storehouse and the buildings and ways
of a ship yard, together with a boat.
were destroyed. Three hundred hands
were fortunately rescued from death.
Lass not yet ascertained.
—Monday morning last a well.to-do
man of Cincinnati 'went' to wake his
daughter, aged seventeen years, and
found a young man in bed with her,
both asleep. ire carried the mates—
althea down stairs and went for an
officer. Before he returned the man got
his clothes, junaped!froni a "Second-story .
window and escaped. The daughter
wont to a house of prostitution, and yes
terday was discovered and sent to the
House of Refuge.
—lt was disclosed at a publlC Meeting
held by the RailNkd Investigation Com
mittee of the Ma.ssitchusetts Legislature,
on Friday last, that Mr. Thomas Drew,
who, it will be remembered, was commit
ted to jail by the Senate of that State for
contempt in refusing to give , evidence
in an investigation, received ten thous
and dollars as huh • money from the
President of the New York and. Erie Rail
way, to prevent damaging statements
which Drew threatened to make in New.
York Journals. .
—Under the auspices,of the German
Catholic Central Eksdety of Chicago, a.
grand.' procession of various organisa
tions from different localities in the
north-west took ;place ;on Sunday, as
an inangnration fo, the religferts cere
monies which will extend throt4h Ithe
first three days of the week. The pro
cession, after marching through' many
'greets, led by bands of music and fte4
companied by the firing of minute gaw»
brought up at St. Peters Church. where
high mass was celebrated. ' Consi derable ""
confusion prevailed while the proixinialmit
entered the church, and the reSortefer
generally failed to 'Obtain admissio n . ,
CORNELL tinivirniart.—The Presi=
dent 06.0°nel' • University has written a,
letter, in wldch be stateal.thst,lnany ap
plicants for admission to this Institution,
while possessing moderateitudnments in -
Latin and Greek, are Without
nary English education.", The utt er
qualification is considered by the icollegn
authorities as a far sounder' basis of in
struction thin a halt-way knowledge of
a great number' of other subjects, and
they therefore require candidates for ad,,
mission to submit to a rigorous examine,.
Lion in English studies. ln addition .to
the examination, the st udy - of English
language and literature will be p*ped in
the... higher branches, and lectures
belles &litre. will be , delivered by James
Russell 'Lowell, the poet, and George.
Curtis, the essayist.
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