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.VOI;UME LX.X.XIV.
FIRST MOE
3'IArJF. - I,VJE O'CLOCK, M.
E:32
The - Commercial Cenve ntion—Second
Day—Large Attenuance—Subjects for
Diseusiden, tke. •
ary Telegraph to the Pittsburgh 6asette.l
31siiriztis; Ma?l9.—Every train arriv
ing still brings additions to the already
large crowd of delegates, who now num
ber some eight hundred. The. Conven
doh Was called'to order at ningo'clock.
After prayer by Rev. Wm.yatterson,
of Memphis, the Chairmagt Governor
Andersen; announced the reading of the
rules would be dispeneedWith, and the
drat business in order was the supple
mental report of the Committee on Or
ganiaatien as to the order of business.
- Judge ,Williams, of Ky., Chairman,
repotted the following suljects for the
opnsideration of the,Convention:
Firse. Southern Pacific Railroad. •
-'•Ateeetiel.
Railroads generally.
'z s- Thirri. Direct trade with Europe.
• ; ./Pourlh. Immigration.
Fifth. Finance and banking.
%art& Manufactures and mining.
&moth. River levee improvements.
, Eighth, frennemee river improvements.
Ninth. River navigation, canals and
other improvements.
Tenth. ligricultural and all other bust
; Isle& that delegatiqns of each State repro
, !anted announce. ,
Delegates to select one of their num
'. ber to constitute a Committee on each of
' the above subjects, to whom all resolu
tions pertaining thereto shkil be referred
(without debate.
Also, that in order to expedite business
only twenty minutes will be allowed the
Chairman of each committee for debate
on any one subject, and fifteen minutes
to others. •
The reoort was unanimously adopted.
1 On a call of States the folloWing were
, On
as Chairmen Or the State dale
gations: Alabama, Judge Wm. Byrd;
Arkansas Col. D. Cress; California, Col.
II; C. Cro ss; Georgia. C.• B. Cole; lowa,
'Jilin G. W. Jones; Indiana, Hon. Ham
:lllm Smith; Kentucky, Judge P. K. Wil
liapw, Lottledana. Gen. Cyrus Bussey;
r Miasterit•i,•Hon. • Eraintis 'Welles; Mims !
itippT, A. Reynolds; New York, Fred.
-. Morehead; North Caroline, Geo. L. Davis;
. .Ohlo,'Greerge T. Dawesfilleoth Carolina,
Vir• Williams; WmilaVirginia, Hon.
F. Hoke; Virginia, Col. Wm. Lamb;
",Tancesime, hillton Brown. • • -
I The various standing Committees were
• then` announced, at the conclusion of
„. , whieh - it was announced that Senator
vHpragno end General' Halsted were on
ithe floor, and a Molina was made to
• ;invits them to seats on the stage.
After repeated calls Senator Sprague
• was introduced by Governor Anderson
e .for half an hour, dwelling
P upon the'-pernicious effects
,' e the centralization of money power,
lain New 'York, and taking strong
*rounds against free trade, showing that
Ji'oonibination by England and France
,Would be fbrmed for the culture of cotton
In Egypt that would eventually delve it
. from America, uniem means were taken
to reform and cheapen labor at the South.
gla remarks were listened to with etager
e
dmitednd well - received.
Gen. Bussey, of Louisiana, read a letter
froth the New Orleans Chamber of Corn-
Maroc, earnestly inviting the Ceinvention,
eis a body, to attend the Convention there
gai the 24th inst. In a forcible speech,
. urged the acceptance of the invite-
Mon. The letter was referred to the
Committee on General Business.
Tee Convention then adjourned until
three o'clock p. m.
2 • -.AFTERNOON SESSION.
Before the hour had arrived, she second
and third tiers were crowded with ladles,
Tincl gains' to witness the proceedings.
On re-assembling, Mr. Tresevont, of Ten
4aee, offered a resolution to memorial
*se Congress for‘ aid in establishing a
line of steamers between Norfolk and
Liverpool, and for the construction of a
uthern Pacific Railroad. Referred to
ppropriate Committee.
: The following telegram was received,
Oil referred to the Committee on Bank
.
'etc York, May 18—To the Convention:
Will the Convention favor a rate of inter
est on Government obligatidns not ex
-oeeding that paid on English Consols,
.tend thus rebuke the pernicious example
of those speculators and bond holders
Who constitute our Board of Trade, or
. .give an Intelligent reason why we should
utterly rain our country by a further
continuance of the present financial sys
tem? Will the Convention urge Gov
ernment aid to promote water communi
nation for vessels of five hundred tons
buithen on the Ohio and James rivers,
end for one thousand tons between the
Upper lakes and the sea?
gligried.] Rcinacx R. Der,
PLINEY FREEMAN.
_` 'The following resolutions were Intro
aloned tinder a call of 'States and appro.
lafttely referred without reading: -
-For memorializing Congress for Gov
ertimantiad for rebuilding the levees on
Ole Musiletappi. ' •
reducing duty on railroad iron.
Making the telegraph part of the postal
r the appolUtment of ' a 1060131
committee to confer with the Manchester,
••• WV. board of trade, with reference
to t culture of cotton.
For the equal distribution of national
• limitaticy.
For government aid for a Railroad
tiottlyWashington ttirinigh Virginia to
, e °fo
= 111"
r a railroad from Norfolk Co
Louisville and St. Louis.
A resolution for the appointment of a
Nouilisittee of three Mom each State for
Alleging the time and 111SCO for the meet
ing of, tbs next Convention, was amended
.'Deluding a report from the same for
.by: 'Deluding
of the Commercial Convert.
on a permanent basis and appointing
*rig Committees, who shall 'hold
A, letter of Commodore Maury, on tbe
Ordeal condition of Virginia, was read
an ordered to be printed
;NA letter was received from Hon. M.
Jletr,•of Indiana, regretting his WEL
: bility' to- attend. He heartily sympa-
Ahlzed with the work of the Convention.
..,.„2Wheir Rhode Island was called Senator
lilOragtte said in reference to the Southern
Pacific Railroad, that Congrese wasready
and willing to grant aid to this enterprise,
as to the others, but owing to
_the
:absence. of. reprosentatives from Tex"
through whichhe road would noises
sarily pass, it ha d not been deemed pro
per to donate lan ds of that state for - that
purpose: but Conuressa wanted the route
designated; and he hoped this Conven
tion would do so, I .7, 1 .1,
After some other unimportant busi
ness, at five r. x. the Convention .ad
journed till nine o'clock to-morrow morn
ing, when reports from Committees will
be received.'
..;
UISVILLE.
The Negro Murderer, Conley, Taken
Under Federal Jurisdiction.
Ley Telegraph to the Pittsburgh eazette.)
LOUISVILLE, Mily 19.—Another step
was taken to-dav in the ease of John Con
ley, the negro murderer. He was taken
from the custody in-the county jail on a'
writ of hubeas corpus and _brought before
Judge Ballard,. -of the tuned States
Court. The object of this proceeding was
to place the negro within the jurisdiction
of the Federal authorities, which is done
under the act of. February bth, 18.1,
which provides particularly for this des
cription of cases. Had it not been done,
the negro still being within the custody.
of the State Courts,
: he would certainly
have been executed at the expiration of
the reprieve granted by Gov. Steverson
to May 30th. The next move will, bathe
argument of the State's attorney for this
district on a motion to remand the negro
into the custody of the State court. This
motion will probably be made next
week, as the United States court com
mences its term next Monday. In the
meantime the negro will remain in jail,
but in Charge of the U. S. Marshal.
Reply of Professor , Goldwin Smith to
henatorkunint r.
rlty Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Garotte.]
ITHICA, N. Y.. May 19. -- Profesigir
Goldwl a Smith, to whom Senator Sum
ner alluded in his recent speech on the
Reverdy Johnson treaty, delivered a re•
ply to that speech this evening before
the members of the Cornell University
and a crowded assembly of citizens,
among whom were several distin
guished men from different parts
of the country. Professor Goldwln
Smith premised that he spoke both
as an Englishman, still loyal'to his
country, and also as one hoping to
to make his home, for many years, in
America. He first briefly reviewed the
relations between the United States and
England during the Leta war. and then
analyzed. Senator Sumner's speech, argu
ment by .argument. He denied that
England in any way had acted In bad
faith, and asserted that the Palmerston
Government, like the Gladstone Govern
!vent, were only, anxious to do justice to
this country. England was willing to
let Canada go where it pleased. Every
body in Great Britain would consider the
loss of the West ludie islands a gain,
and he, if it could be proVed that
Ireland would be h .ppier disuuited from
England. would vote for her Independ
ence; but no Englishman would over
consent to relibquish any of these court;
tries m an equivalent for such claims as
those set up by Sumner.:. Senator Sum
ner' had not treated England justly..
Ile omitted to state that England
rejected the offer of France to
join in the political recognition
of the Confederacy. This was secretly
done to effect the escape of the Alabama.
Senator Stunner throughout was influ
enced by his hatred of slavery, and
lugged his rancor against that dread in--
into every political 'sphere.
His taunts against England have struck
a strong blow at the very men, hke,John
Bright and others, who have, always
opposed slavery and had been the w rm
est friends of the Union. They would
feel its effect, while the Tory party, the
enemies of America, would be encour
aged by the speech. He closed with a
warm appeal for justice and peace amid
earnest applause.
Prof.' George W. Curtis begins his
series of lectures j)efore the Cornell
University to-morrow evening, and Prof.
'Jas. Russell Lowell and Theo. W. Dwight
commence theirs next week.
Railway Matters.
LEY Telegyilpb to the Plttsourini Llasette.]
Juziortox CUT, Ks., May 19.—tievi-
Parson. Assistant Superintendent of the
Union Pacific Railroad, Southern branch,
H. H. Johnson, Geo. Dennison. F. S.
Kidder'and R. S. Stearns, directors,
alt
of New York, with H. T. Hale, Vice
President. A. P. R.obinson, P. Z. Taylor
and N. S. Gists, directors or the Junction
City, have just returned from a trip
down the valley to Humboldt. The road
will be graded to Burlington, ninety-flie
miles, and the track laid to Etuporisi,
Platy miles, by the first of October/‘
Three thousand tons of iron and locoing
Lives and construction trains have ar
rived here. The contractors have a large
force on the road and are pushing the
work vigo-ously.
The crops in this region promise an
abundant harvest.
ST. Loom, May 19:—The earnings of
the Kaunas Pacific Railroad for April
were $217.922, of which #177,000 was from
commercial business and $41,000 • from
the United States GoVernment. The
commercial business shows, an increase
of 1912,000 over the same monthlast year.
This increase indicates the rapid growth
of trade in Kansas and the territories
tributary to this line of road.
—Messrs. Durant, Daft; Dillon aad
others, of the Union Pacific Railroad,
reached Chicago Wednesday morning
from Oinaha via Rook Island and Pacific
Railroad, having Made the trip of about
five hundred miles in - a little less than
seventeen hours.
—The first through ticket from Cincin
nati to San Francisco by railroad was
sold yesterday to David Gibson and
party, via Uindnnati, Hamilton &Dayton
and Chicago & Northwestern" Railways,
via Omaha. ' • • :
The-baggage men and brakesmewitt
Convention at Cincinnati, have adopted a
Constitution of what they_ call. • The
United States Baggage Madera and
Brakesmens Mutual Life Insurance." A
few m - embefs declined voting, - because
discrimination inpdtust bralteamen in the
matterpf. feas was not made'
gteninboat Benton sunk
[By Telegraph to the.ritiabursh Gasette.]
ST: Loots, May le.-The steamer Ben
ton, en route to Haitian, sunk this morn
ing eight miles above De Sole and about
one hundred and,eighty miles below
Sioux City. Thu boat was , : owned by
Durfee' & Peck, of Leaven Worth, and was
valued at $10,000; insured. She to ittotat
wreck,: but part of the cargo can be
saved. There was an insurance on the
cargo of $5,000 in: the Enterprise, of Uin
elnnatl; - 000, in - i,be United routes; or
Lettht, 12,500: 4 104 the Excelsior, of Bt,
.isonis, and othor - tem not ascer tained.
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:URGE THURSDAY. NAY 20, 1869.
SECOID EllllllOl.
.vouts o.cr:43cir.., A. M.
NEWS BY t'ABLE,.
English Press Still Oisenssing the
Alabama Claims 'lresty—Serions Riot
In v lreland—Pollee Eire at a Mob with
Fatal Elfeel—Atlirices from China—
Christian Missionaries Dellotinted—
Giese lusnieto the French Ambaseadur.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, 241 ID.—The London Times
to-day continues to dismiss the relations
of Groat Britain and the United States.
After tracing the feeling of Americans
towards England In past times and the
conduct of England_during the late re
bellion, It says: The • Americana know
that conduct was or was not intended to
be void of offense. If private opin
ions or sympathies are to be
made the subject of international
litigation, the Americans must oonslder
thilt counter chat gas they are liable'to.
n a cause so touuued the wiser course
ould be to put aside such matters, and
cwitine the negotiations to affairs w itlnn;
tie cognizance of public law.
The Datly Telegraph also poising the
a , ma theme. It bays: Having made our ,
firmest, we may be well content to wait.
t is undesirable to have the question
open, but in the present condition of
American feeling no posiblitty • ofja
speedy and satisfactory settlet" is
apparent. Beyond a desire to an justly,
this country has no Interest in conclud
ing a convention, save that such. agree
ment might protect our commerce here
after from such depredations as those
nitnitted by the Alabama. A convention
cordially accep ted b,y the Americans
."a full disci' rge of their supposed
grievances woul be valueless, and the
execution of such a com pact, if made at
present, would 130 exceedingly doubtfal.
The honest and faithful exposition of the
Mews of each nation will pave the way
t. 6 conciliation and settlement. •
The aumversarY meeting of the Peace
Society was held today. Resolutions
were adopted, regr:)tting the rejection by
the Untied States Senate of the Atacama
claims treat Y, aud hoping, if the tastes
:nen of the two eountriep,are unable to
grapple with the enn4ency, that the
reitson and christianity of the two great
AttgloSszon . nations may interpose to
prevent war, and rejoicing in theactivify
and earnestness of peace- societies
America.
Duman. May 19.—An ugly riot has
taken placer in Tralee. ' It commenced in
a tight between two mobs. The pollee
interposed, when the opposing crowds
joined against the ponce and threatened
to otoerpoweethetu. Tho latter were com
pelled to nee their tire time and discharg
ed several .rounthr itoEl2` revolvers and
unisketa into the crowd with fa
tal effect. .One of the rioters was
instantly killed and several wounded.
Of the police three were wounded and
one is not expected to recover. The mob
dispersed boon after the tiring corn
tenced, but not before several of the ri
theirs had been secured and taken to the
a ation. The town is now quiet. A num
ber of arrests have since been made of
Men prominent in the disturbance.
1. - CHINA.
Loaner', May 19.—Advice.s from Bong
Kong to April 2:Eith have been received.
A placard had been extedtevely posted
up throughout the Chines Empire de
nouncing the Christian missionaries in
Violent terms. It was runtored,.that
a Chinese official of high rank
In Pekin, in a tit of anger,
slapped the French ambassador,
'Count de Latuande, In the face, and the
tover the French lona:ion had been
soled down. The Chinese Government
Was very uneasy in consequence of fears
of furher encroadimients on the Chi
nese
territory by the Russians.
IVRIIIIIOE.
Raids, May 19.—Minister Burlingame
has laid before the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs the preliminaries of , a
treaty between China and France, simi
lar iu substance le that which he negoti
ated with Great Britain. Mr. Burlingame
and the Chinese Embassy expect to con
clude their negotiations with the French
Government before the end of next
mouth, and will probably. leave Paris
about the 21st proximo.
MARINE NEWS.
SOUTHAMPTON, May 19.—Tbe steamer
Bremen, from New York, arrived to•day.-
LONDONDIMILY, Mayl9.—Tice steamers
Britannia and United' Kingdom, from
New York fur Glasgow, are alga ed off
Movilie.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
London', May 19.-Coneols: Money
92k, and account, 92g .` .nve-Twenties,
78%. Stocks firm. Erie, 19%. Illinois
Central, 95g. Mugar firmer,39a. Bd. on
spot. Petroleum, le. 7 3 .51. Linseed
031,, X-321 Linseed, 60s. 6d.
Livicarooc r May 19.-Cotton quiet;
middling uplands, 11%d.; Orleans, 11%d;
sales 8,000 bales. , California white wheat,
9s. 4d.; red western, Bs. 6d.) Flour 21s.
Bd. Corn, 20e. Oata, Be. 4dl Barley, ss.
PIMP, 8136. 6(1. Pork,- 100 s. Beef, 90s.
Lard, 87s. Cheese, gls. Bacon 69e. 6d.
Petroleum ,and naval stores un changed.i
A.krtrkap, May 19.-Petroleum quiet
at 48Attr.
Hal-H, May 19.-Ootton limner 'but
unchanged.
Ppapittorti, May 19.-United Wades
Bonds, 86. 1 .
Paula, May 19.--Bourtie dull. Rental,
711. 950...
THE CAPITAL.
t fly Telecrupti to the Pittsburgh ossette.l:
WAssiturrox, May 11:0 1808.
1
Commissioner Delano hint returned to
Washingtan, and was engaged in the per.
fertrunies of his duties thikmorning. -
The President has appointed P. A. Star
ringagent of the United States to exam
ine the amounts of the Consular °aloes.
Extensive changes have been - made of
pobtmasters, by Postmaster general
Cresswell, of the elasithaedoes not come`
nnderthe Presidential appointment:
The ;President has appointed the fol.
pcistinasterg: James M. Reath
Steubenville. O.; Lindley M. Cos, Thorn
-ton, Ind.; Win M. Kendall, Plymouth,
A:•lteedi - Mtrstiair.: Miehr4 lan.
otiontier, Vold Water, MO;
BR um,
—A. messen l ger of the Qibrn Exchange
Bank, New Irk, theappiihred-yeeterday
with $25,000.
—The steamers Australasisei and Eng
land, -from Liverpool, arriVeti .at New
Yorkyesterday.
—Judge Bossiorth has beets clzween
President of the New York Metropolitan
Police Board. ,
—Scherfenberg's pyrotechnic 'factory,
in Brooklyn, was destroyed on Tuesday
by an explosion. No lives Were last.
—Liberal arrangement* have been
made in Snringfleld,. Iti., for the recep
tion of Vice President ColEms,-which will
take place today.
—J. Lathrop Motley, Misstate? to. Eng
land, sailed yesterday in the Cuba. A
large party.W friend* , accompanied him
as Zar as Sandy Hook.
-413eorge R. Devil% who pretemded to
swallow. poison on 'Tuesday, at New
York., whileheing tried for perjrcry, still
lives, the alleged poisoning being a
sham. -
—Lawrence Glover, colored; the other
pruseenting vritnessagainat Capi. Wni. B.
Donaldson, reached St. L..ula Tuesday
night, having been founeinear Colunibia,
S. C.
—Ttre prospects of a large , berry and
fruit crop at St. Joseph, Michiganom very
nattering. Peach, pear, cherry and
apple orchards are literally covered+ with
Mascara.
—Joseph Flutch, a gambler, committed
suicide M Minneapolis, M,un., on, the
17th, by jumping into a well: Ks had
been sick and committed the act during
the absence of his nurse.
—The roofing of the paper mill of John
W. Dixon; at Norristown, Pa.,was totally
destroyed by fire nat Tuesday night,. sap.
posed to be caned by spontaneous QOM
bIIBIIOO. L11118„120,000; insurance $15,000.
—Edward Richarda, , who arrived in
Jersey City from Chicago, Tuesday night.,
reported he had his pocked picked on ,
the cars of six thousand dollars- In gov
ernment bonds and greenbacks.
—Walter Brown, the oarsman and ye
locipedist, contemplates visiting Eng
land, with the intention of accenting any
"challenge offered in single scull rowing,
for the championship of the world..
—Several . German bankers. of: New
York, it Is stated, have raised a million
dollars to tender Schepeler & Co., to meet
the oemands "on that firm, and enable
them to resume business. ' -
L—Ait explosion of gas occnred at the
Patent office, Washington 'city, Wodnes•
day morning. The janitor was badly
burned and doors and windows blown
out.
—The Pennsylvania Railroad, a New
York dispatch' says, propose a perpetual
lease of the Pittsburgb. Fart Wayne and
Chicago Railway on the basis of seven
per cent. and a capital stock of 1i211,300.-
--Tbe Dmird of Directors and several
members of Alba ,Western .Astociated
Prep Me t at - Cincirinad , yesterday, on
business pertaining to that organization.
They will continue in session until , this
evening.
—The Anna (Minols) Herald says the
report that the hall storm last week in
that section inflicted greet injury to the
fruit crop Is unfounded. The damage
was comparatively light, and the crop
pronUsea to be unusually large.
—Later reports of tha fight between
Spanish troops and Cuban insurgents,
hi the neighborhood of Puerto Principe,
indicates that it was of greater proportions
than represantod, both sides suffering .
tenthly. The battle is stated to have
lasted seven hours.
....Secretary Boutwell does not at pres
ent coutemnlate any change in the poli
cy of purchaaingot - million dollars of
bonds weekly. The bonds thus pur
chased will be placed in a sinking fund.
and converted from coupon to registered
bonds, as a means , of greater socurit--
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•—•--•ww--
, --- The Republiertu State Convention to Coroner's Investigation' continued--
nominate a candidate for Governor as. Statement of Mr. Kerr...the Architect
sembles at Nashville, 'Tennessee, today —rhe.orighial Plan nut Adhered te.
,
A spirited conte,st for the nomination is. The Coroner's Jury in the bonded
in progreas .between the friends of Col.- wilehonau case met yesterday, 'persusuit
St. and Governor Seater, the chances
apparently in favor of Stokes. to cijotirnment,when the ibilowing ad
-A. Collins, of the firm of Rockwood ditional evidence was adduced :
& Collins, job printers, who committed J. W. Cuthbert, sworn—Am a brick
suicide at Boston a few days since, it is layer; did the`, work at Pinch & Co.'s
stated, was laboring under remorse,
arising frdni a trial which was to be held werehonse. The brick of the piers were
laid in c ement, thoroughly slushed; the
in which he wascharged with disgusting
practicee, the proof of which was conclu- binding courses extended olear through
sive. the piers. the piers were placed en stone
foundations live fat equare and deep; a
• —The Excelsior Iron Werke, at Chica- three
as atone ten inches or a foot
go; owned by 13urkhardt, Van Styck ct thick Was placed on top of the found**,
Co., were totally destroyed by fire vmt- lion and the brick placed on this. The;
torday. The building was two hundrsd
feet by sixty , and the contents embraced • reasou of the depression of'the piers, I 1
thirat,*as the accumulating of too much
ejoo,otha worth . of machinery all ready weight; on the centre of the piers: I
packed for shipping. The loss is fully it wail r not fairly distributed, r
159,000, with an insurance of $BO,OOO. think ;/' eau give no positive , caus e for
—William A. T. Phillips, late Assistant the abashing of the brick work ; the
Postmaster at Cambridge, Maryland, on work lhoughout was first class; the
trial in the Ileited States District Court, fifth story bad not been decided upon
at Baltimore, charged with unlawfully when the first agreement was made, bat
opening,and destroying letters, has been it was calculated for ; there was not the
acquitted. Another indictment, chars- slightest likelihood of the house 'falling
lag him with embezzling funds of the of • its ,oyin weight ; think four. floors
Money Order Office, was continued to rested on the piers; the first floor rested
June.. only partially on them; don't think the
.t• i n the examination of Mr. Drew at bricka were strong enough for that kind
; they were too wady: the in-
Boston, relailye to legislative corruption, o o f work
h e s t a t e d creased size of the cap stones would have
made little difference; it is hard to give.
i t
that a m t h u e n w m a t s f° l n a u w g i b t h e
d railroa d s,
forsaking
not to write certain articles against the aan ;have delinite
seen
stoionaanteo
piersith ecs o ns ra e ok of ; t h h e e
Hartford — and Erie, when he , could:have f
made double that amount by • writing walls are strong enough for even another '
itnhveemstifgoartit9huAluaiNecwlosToodfk papers.
T he " b t :i ry lt me t re ' ih th ou e gh P t ie to ra lie W a h top en ly th el Y ren W g e ld r o a
Australian
not know the cause of the first break lb'
advices, to March 20th the blinding some ' time ago:, if wells,
state thata frightful mortality prevailed
among the sheep - flocks in the Colony of hi been' built under- the buildingtln
stead of piers as at first pro the
di:,
the
chattel) was made with ~t he ,a rchitects.
Victoria, caused, by drought. The air
was tainted for miles by the deoompos-
building would nave been stronger;
w . e
ing carcasses. - The smell -pox was pro
n., consent.
P. D. /Olen sworn - rAma'britiklayer
veiling at - Melbourne. , , The crops
Patrick's ,Plains district of New South
, and cOntractor... Examined the' piers of
pnielble. The piers have alead-
Wales, exce p t grapes, are a total f a l l- the w ---, AL. ..-- . . ,
ura• Ouch as
arenouse. tuts morning sa . snor
ers" every Haim:trees as far as could be
_The Missouri Editorial Convention
assembled et St* Louis on Wed°° °.o ° Y. Keen. i The mortar seemed to be good 09-
' 3B meat mortar. The only opinion I cmild
J. W. Barrett in the Abair. An addre
was delivered by Colonel J. N. Coleman ,
weight waste° great for the strength ; of
flis'e tie to %because of the fall was hat.lh°
- of the Buret World, and a poem, entitled
'The Glade," was read by Thomas E. the piers. Do not think the piers were.
Garrett, of the Reentblfean. Mrs. Fran.' sufficiently etrong ttijiald the cos billionth President of the Wometi'd tended to be plaeed in' such abuilding:
Suffrage Associatiem, addressed the 0012 The addition of the fifth story:lie:Teased
vention, appealing to the editois of the, th e . we i g h t , ,,,,, th s - enntre id era t Teneee.
State to nee that influential°
,extend _ s
right of suffrage tomomen. . t- . t Meter le governed by the plans and sped
fiestlOns. A- greas.-Alifferenee . would
--=The convention of-German Catholics liviiheen made, by laving the Oalt'at°ne
of the Northwest, in session ; at Chloatipt , ,largeinoolih tocover:the . top .of, ,
-the,
closed theirseesionintWildtlesdat The piers .L Solar as I saw., the brick -Were following ,offleere ..wara, elected: Weal. good. ~ • ' .. , .= - .
dent, Joleph,ghilllps; fdlisranlies: First fired. sof$ of ..arerorn..m...kmaiStene quer.
Nioo Voids% Zolipli . Rogibele s ;law ry map and otintraoton"-wargabOotatac•
M=M
TELEGRAMS.
ectaa
( York; SeCond Vice President, John Sen.
delbach.;Chicsgo; Treasurer, Sno. Ser
i i ug, Chicago: Recording Secretary,
Father Schweunier, Cincinnati; Corres
ponding I Secretary, Chas. Haisebauer,
Milwaukee. The next place of meeting
of the convention is at 5t..1.01112, in May.
1870.
—ln the District Court, at Cincinnati,
beforedge_Leavitt, the jury yeeterday
brough a verdict of guilty againet
' sixty c ases of books shipped from Fneat
Britain via Canada and Port Huron to
Cincinnati without paying government
duty on Itheir full value. The United .
States Marshal sold this lot 'of books
last winter for nineteen thousand dollars.
One hundred and thirteen cases'of books
were shipped under the sate ciretinr- .
stances and at the same time, to . tit.
Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee. against
which snits are itnpending. The claim
ant is one Shaw, sgid to be a resident of
Detroit.
—The "-,papers have been drawn and
signed between the city of _Joliet, 111.,
and the officers of the Union Coal, iron
aid Traheportation Company, of which
A. B. Meeker, of Chicago, is' President,
for the location and building of an ex
tensive ikon rolling mill a short distance
south of the State Penitentiary, between
the track of the Chicago and St. Louis
Railroad-and the Illinois and Michigan
Canal. The structure is to be built of
stone. brick and iron, and will be of
sufficient - capacity to employ from three
to four hhudzed men. About four hun
dred thotisend dollars will be expended
in putting up the works, of which Joliet
contributes seventy-five thousand.
--At tilitimore,'Wednesday morning,
Rio.hard 1 ! Patterson. money delivery
clerk of Hernden's Express, took a pack
age of idor.ey for delivery - to George
Howard,!, on the third floor of No. 18
North Charles street. As soon
as he entered the room-he was seised by
two men gagged and robbed of ten
thowiatddollant, which he had fcir de
livery to, different houses in the city.
IleAvas locked in, and the robbers escap
ed.-1--Howard engaged the room on Fri
day last and received a package - from the
Express Company on Saturday, when he
informed the mossengerfie expected an
other this morning. Howard war not
present *hen the robbery occurred.
—lt is seated several hundred men-are
in Climb near the city of New Orleans,
drilling and perfecting themselves in
the use of arm, preparatory to going to
Cuba to -aid the insurgents. The men
are mostly ,ex.retiel and union soldiers,
and armed ' with-Spencer rifles. It is Air ,
!her stated that two vessels have been
chartered to take them to the Florida
cosat. Whence a steamer would convey
them to the eastern end of the Island of
Cuba. For equipment and trausporta
aeon. 8170,0(0 had been raised in New
Orieans,'and 5e0,000 had been received
from Savannah. This. information is
-given bY a gentleman.- who has arrived
at Washingtcn city direct from New ,
Orleans.!,
- —The.; American-Baptist Home Mis
sionary Society held. its 'thirty-sovehth•
annual ;public meetlpg at Boston on
Wednesday, Rev. W. Jeffry, of Ohio,.
presiding. The report of the E f ecutive
Board was received,.shewing the receipts
of the Past year to be more than 1$144;000.
The number of missionaries is two bun-.
dred and ninety-six, one.third of whom
are employed at the South. After speak
ing of the very encouraging results thus
far, the report says there are demands
for increased efforts in the Northwest,
along the lino of the Piscine Railroad, on
the Pacific coast, among the Southern
freedmen, and in the Republic of Mexico,
and the Board is profoundly impressed
with the importance that every lawful
and possible agency should be employed
to draw forth larger offerings from • the
friends of Christ. Resolutions were
adopted for the organization of a special
department for the ed nsntion of freedmen
and colored preachers._
BONDLD WAREHOUSE ACCIDENT.:
1111
NUMBER 112
tor under Mr. Cuthbert for the stone
work at -Finch rir, Co.'s bonded ware
house; put,up the stone foundation un
der 'the building; done the work under
the plans and specifications; furnished
the stone mygelf. The gronnd was soft.
We went down to solid ground; until
the - soil was natural brick clay. The
first contract was for a wall of rubble
work two feet thick. There were no.
other specifications. Then an ' arcbfteet
was employed, and we had to, remove"
the work already , done and recom
menced. The same quality of stone was
used in the piers that was inthe fOrnida
tion wells. It was No. 1. The eeiltre
walls were originally designed. to be , all
stone, but the specification subsequentbr”
called for brick piers.• The cap stone e
the piers, were to be a foot square,
and a , foot thick. Some of ' them
were only ten inches thick. filive ea--
enabled the building since the accident;
ea* nothing wrong With the stone work;.
the brick work seems to have been
crushed by some cause; don't" know
what; some of the Melts were crushed
like lumps of sugar; ifthe piers had been
all stone they would have neon stronger,
and if the capstone bad covered the top
of the pier it would hams increased the•
strength of the piers. Talked with Ga
vin while be lay _under the wreck, but
ceuld not see hirn; suppose his death was
ceased by the Palling of the building,
which was not strong ensughto support
the weight upon it.
Aseph if: Kerr, sworn.—Am an archi
tact ; was architect of Flnekik Co's build
ing. The plans were prep .red in my,
office during my absence. Did not take.
personal charge of the wall; deciined-to
do so: because I could not give it the
necessary supervisitin ; deputed a person'
whom I considered , competent. The or
iginal; plan I approved of, and had
copied% Mr. Ramble was the person
deputed. There was a fair understand
ing with Mr. Pinch. Mr. K. complained /
that he oould not get she work done prop.
erly, and I recommended Mr. Ilaworth
to take charge of tier work. The make
change was the subrAttition of piers for
continuous weAls through the center.
The cbange r l suppose, was Made at the
instance of the owner. The addition- of
the fifth story was another change. . Kent--
We objected .to.the taking out of the con
tinuous walls. I suggested that if the
walls were taken out cast iron 00i111111s11.
be substituted. This Was objected to on
account of the time required '..uproeura
them.
Witntes then read the following state
ment, relative to the building: .
Facts as tothe Strength of Floors in the.
Bonded Warehou3e of Messrs. iiirtoh &
Co.:
According to the tables of Tredgold
and others, need by practical mendri this
country and Zealand, giviegthe strength.
of building materials, the floors are ea=
pable of safely bearing 42.5 pounds -to
each square foot, or a breaking weight of
900 pounds, if lie weight Is equally spread
over the doors; but tie greatest weight
that - was -on them,. according, ta'what
Meeers..Fineindet,.ta, informed me of the
number and weight 611 the 'barrels, Was
only 115 pounds to the square foot.
'lnking any section of the floors between
four potits. being a space of thirteen by
eighteen feet, and that space of floor
would require a weight of 307,C00 ;monde
to break it down, and a safe weight on it
would be 100,000 pounds, provided that
all of the timbers-were sound and perfeot,
and had their due share. But according
to what I am. told of the number of• bar
rels on the floors that first gave way,
there could have been only 27,080901mi1a •
on a space thirteen_ by eighteen feet,
between four posts. Supposing . each.
floor to have been thus equally, loaded
with the 27,000 , poneds to each space,
there would have been only sixty-five
toes. on the live floors, whike the 'Oak
posts in the first' story are capable of
standing aafelpr stxty-nine.tons; ,and
would require zso tons to crush them;
and the brick piers would require '2O
tons to crush them,. l if they /had been
boilt_wlth good cement and hero brief.
and had been sound and Fiend. There
fore, if the formula and tables of Trial
gold and such anthoritiait are , to be- -re--
lied on * the work was defective, andthe
brick piers were not sound and-well
built. But the original plat' was made
out for continuous wails .tiventy-two
inches thick between the piers, and not
as they were built. I consider thlit- Ore
whole trOuble has been caused .by the
inferior brickwork of the Piers. An kill
ing the cement with sand and water.
'I did not, in person, askume the''clutrio.
of the'work, nor eVen.engage to do so.',
J. W. Kustn, Architect.
May 17,1859 -
N. B:—The aerial hied allowed to•ra,
square . foot, of doer i n the warehouse
and flu:tortes is 2SO ;minds.
, .
- Every architect has to depend, - more
or less, upon the honesty of contractors
and workmen. in, tills case I Aid net.
assume the responsibility or charge Air
it. The real cause of the - fait
Ihelieve to have been the brickwork_ irt
the piers. If the piers were 'an loosiilr
built, at Mr. Wilson' says, the' increased
'Else _of the :cap 'stone would-not have
added materially to the streug.th. /f t4a
piers' had been properly built r think
they would have held the weight.
Jas. T. Stein, sworn—Worked .in Mr:
Kerr's office. The plans were made by
hir.'Kernble. The change of substituting
piers for, ails was made at Mr. Finch's
- instance. Heard lir..Kerr tell. Mr. Finch
that he could not take personal tinperei
sion of the job, tut would • reoommeitt
Mr. Kimble:, Suppose Mr.' Kerr ap
proVed.the plena.
C. C suitintiatz, sworn.—Aar a ramett
tar; done the carpenter work at Finch
it (..tzeawarehoutie ; so far as' the carpen
terwork was concerned it Was done in
icOordance with the teeoillottinns;
Jetted So the pillaitiron which the girders
7gere ei r,laned.an net . WPak, . and sug
gest to the par to have them' cover
ed with an iron plate prejtioting(to
keep the pillars from spiesdingt - he left
me with the understanding that he wobild
'go to order theul; Mr. P. is one of the
owners; one of my-men took down one
of the pillars in the forenoon of Friday
before the last accident ;'I wetched the
operation tolseelthw the pillars were built;
I would not say they were built proPer/V;
I saw. him take out one brit& that watt
standing oh'end; the 'fifth story would
have of course added additional weight t
the pillars were ,toot strong-enough for
four stories ; the,piers wimld have been
/ Much stronger if the Stone had covered
themethe asalstanterchiteet told me.that
he would - 114 N% thestotte cape on:the pfe.rt
net they were, and 1 - eould place the wood
work upon It, and that I was not respon
sible, , • 2
The, testimony here closed for ill&
`present, and the inqtteet adjourned to.
meet at Iliad" Barker's lolßeeecnitit
Pittsburgh .at 2 o'clock ; own
*7 the 24thstutc
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