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MST EDITIOS.
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THE PRESBYTER/ANS.
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- . a Subject of Re-l Union of i,he Old and
• .- New School.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazitte4
NEw Yong, May 24 .—There is every
I prospect of an early munion of the two
f schools of the
.Presbyterian Church.
i . The COMmittee of Conference on Re
. I union on-the parrot the Old School met
'on Friday, and kis reported voted mien
'mouldy for
re-union on the basis of the
standards. The Joint Committee of both
the'Old and New Schools met informally
k
1 on Saturday, and although it is under
g stood no vote was taken, there was , a
i general interchange of views and perfect
t harmony.
A Meeting of the Joint Committed was
; held this afternoon and it is understood
4 they agr: o recommend a union on
the basis cur b s standards
I Sessions of the Assemblies.
~,' The two Presbyterian Assemblies met
fat half- e a s t eight this morning, in Dr.
)
Spring's Church, for devotional exerci•
i lies.
i
OLD SCHOOL.
The Old School Assembly opened basi
-1 noes sessions at 9:30. Dr. Carter reported
1 ibr the Committee on Finance. The
amount collected during the year was
160,618; expended $51,049; balance $14,567.
The report was adopted.
The following Committee was appoint
; ed to attand to the correspondence with
; -the Southern churches:- Ministers, Mus
-1 grave Taylor and Hays; Elders, Rice,
t Brown and Combs.
The Committee on Publications made
; their report through Dr. Atwater. Tne
p number of issues has - been two millions.
; The Sabbath School Visitor has a circala
lion of 100,000 copies per month. The
I receipts of the year for all purposes were
f. lins (,T7o7a suxrp nditu = res, V 4
c t 2 ,7w
0214 ;
r balance
mended tha y th B Satb Sh o
be
supplied to every church.
• A resolution from the Board of Publi
cation was °Mired, the substance of
which was that the publication of evan
-1 gelical books and tracts in Spanish and
Portages,, languages be extended. The
1 report was occepted.
A recommendation of, the Board was
read by Dr. Atwater; that the system of
colportage be carried to greater efficien
cy, and adopted.
.Further recommendations, that the
1 books be . distributed among ministers
who are not able f opurchase, and special
r contributions to this end be solicited,
were passed.
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ME
!' A. report from the Committee on Devo
. lion, that a Union Prayer Meeting be
held the church, of the..Coyenant,
• Wednesday morning,*Riadopted. •
A resolution; was adopted %that a com
mittee be appointed to confer with the
proper authorities connected. with the
G. A. R., and to urgently request that
the day for the' decoration of soldiers'
graves be changed from Sabbath, the
80th, to Saturday, the 29th. It was
stated by ono! of the members that an
order had been issued by President Grant
that the day be so changed. Recess.
At the afternoon session, the Modem.
tor, Rey. Dr. Jacobus, being unable to be
present at the opening, Rev. Dr. Essinge,
of New Albany, was called to preside.
After discussion, a resolution
all
adopted that a discount be allowed o
school
purp booksoses. and books for congrega=
tional
A resolution authorizing the Board of
Publication to publish the Evangelical
- Works in the !Spanish and Portuguese
languages was adopted.
The entire report of the Board was then
adopted.
Rev. Mr. Sheerer offered a resolution
that a committee be appointed to exam
ine the general policy. of the Board of
Publication and report to the next Gen
eral Assembly.
The Committee. on Church Extension
reported that there wore now one hun
dred and three churches in assembly,
sixty-eight more-than last year, and that
the contributions were sixteen per cent.
more.
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The Assembly accepted an invitation
to attend the one hundredth anniversary
of the Dutch Reformed Church, in Ful
ton street, to-morrow forenoon.
Adjourned.
NEW SCHOOL.
The New. School Presbyterian General
Assembly reassembled at a quarter past
ten. Ray. Darling, from the Special Com
mittee appointed to collate answers of
Presbyteries to overture on reunion from
last General Assembly, reported that one
hundred Presbyteries of this body had
given their consent to reunion on the
Bas is proposed by the. Joint Committee of
Thirty appointed by the Assemblies
which met in 1E438 at Albany and liarrie
burg. •
The following Presbyteries voted in,the
negative: District of Columbia, .Detroit,
VS ashtenau, Chicago; total, four.
The Preabyterios assenting to the
amendin of te basis by the omission,
first, of all that h part of basis in the first
article which begins with the words "It
being understood Synods" and the
words "in the separate churches," and
of the whole of the tenth article,•number
seventy-five. •
The Presbyteries eipressing their dis
sent to these proposed amendments of
the basis are: Catskill, Pittsburgh and
Dubuque.
A few other Presbyteries express
either preference or willingness to have
the union accomplished on the simple
basis of the standards.
toThe report- was accepted and referred
special
pointed.-
Committee yet to be ap-
The order of the day havlng been an
nounced, namely, reception of delegates
• from corresponding bodies, the delegates
from the Old Iliehoiat Assembly were an
nuanced, and they took seats upon the
platform they were received by the As
semblY standing.
Addresses were 'made by Rev. Dr.
Tied. Rev. Dr. Musgrave and Hon.
Bonen IsicKni,ght, Of Pittsburgh, of the
Old School Assembly, expressive of a
desire for retuil.:•n, which were replied to
Itar,Rev.
e Dr. Fowlermb, Moderator of the
terms. W 8011001 Assely, in, roci- p roest
•
Rey. Dr. Jim, L. Lee, representing the
General Synod of the Reformed Dutch
Ohlifoh, was introduced and made a few
remarks on Christian unity. •
Delegated%•fmnat New England bodies
were then invited to seats.
Rev. Dr. Strong, of Maas., represent
.
OE
■
ing the Association of the Congrega
tional Churches, . made a brief address,
eipressing the hope of an early reunion
of the Presbyterian family.
Rev. Dr. Robert G. , repre
senting the General Association Vermidgeof Con-',
nectiout, made similar remarks.
Rev. Dr. Fowler returned thanks to the
last two delegates for their sentiments of
fealty, and expressed the wish that the
hopes of a union which they had express
ed; would soon be consummated.
eckn the afternoon ep.alsion, Rev. Dr. flea
k, Buffalo, read a• report from the
Etta ding Committee on Foren Missions,
apProving the report of the permanent
Committee asking for increased aid to
the cause. The report was accepted.
Dr. Wood. Secretary, of the American
Board, addressed the meeting on the Mt
portant question of foreign missions. Re
reported most favorably the ress
made during the past year in thudffer
ent countries to which American mis
sionaries gained access.
Dr. Riggs, of the Dakotah Mission, laid
particular stress on the missionary , work
a mongide the Chinese on the Pacific: slope
Consrable discuesion arose in refer..
ence to outrages on Chinese in Califor
nia. Elder Huber, greatlylifornia, said
the matter had been exaggerated,
and was by no means deserving of inter
ference on the part of the general or
State government.
Finally the report was modified by the
omission of the California Chinese affairs,
and so adopted.
Adjourned.
CINCINNATI.
Aplesion at the City Gas Works—Tbe
Gasometer ' Blows to pieces—Great
Excitement—One Mau Family Injured.
LBY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
CINCINNATI, May 24.—At a few min
utes past 12 o'clock to-day the citizens
were startled with a dull rumbling ex
plosion, accompanied by a trembling of
the earth, shaking of houses and all the
phenomena of an earthquake. The
sound came from the southwest part of
the city. Dense volumes of smoke arose
in that quarter. The fire bells were
.rung and engines came out, but
their services were not required. The
gasometer of the city gas works bad
exploded with a stunning report. The
huge iron holder, one hundred and thir
ty feet in diameter, forty-two feet in
heighth, with a capacity for half .a mil
lion, cubic feet of gas, was torn to pieces
and tumbled in a confused mass into the
cistern. What the cause was no one can
tell. The explosion commented on the
north side, next to Front street.- Ten
or 'twelve workmen, who had been
engaged in painting the holder,
had just descended, and at the time were
standing by the engine house, but mi
raculously escaped with their lives and
without serious Injury. One man, Pat I
lkicKinzie, an employe of the' Gas Com
pany, was on the top of the column on
a level, with his head nearly touching the
top of the gasometer, , Hawes not, blown
off by the explosion, though.his islothee
were all burned off and his entire- body
crisped so as to cause his death in three
hours. % Dick and Pat Shields were
driving lumber carts near the scene and
they and their horses were severely
burned. me will re bt
the horses TheseT hese
will pr o bably die.co ver, A
tha u n
named Charles Kelly, walking by on the
opposite aide of the street, was badly
burned. The foliage on the trees four
hundred feet distant was scorched.
Neighboring holders were in by the
concussion, one so badly as to leak a
large amount of gas. The buildings near
were scorched, but except the starting
of the roof of one no other damage was
dcine.
"The report was heard at a great dis
tance.. Great crowds of people went to
witness the scene and much excitement
still prevails. The loss to the Gas Com
pany will be $75,000. Rumors are afloat
that much more injury has been suffered.
None of the huge iron columns were
blown down, but the massive capitals of
some of them were torn off.
—On Saturday night of last week an
armed band of disguised men stopped
the train from Louisville to Memphis,
and attempted to murder internal reve
nue officer Hohn, who bad a prisoner on
board, arrested for running an illicit dis
tillery. An assistant of 'John's, name
unknown, who jumped from the train,
was fired upon by the band enclaves seen
to fell. Mr. Hohn fired into the gang,
killing one Of them. Tho others poured
a •voltey into the train, fortunately
without injuring any one. The train
was immediately put in motion. Tne
last seen of the band, they were making
for the woods bearing their comrade.
The band is supposed to belong to the
gang engaged in illicit ,distilleries, ex
tending from East Tennessee to Missita
al PPI! ,
—The trial of Wm. A. Robinson. at
Jacksonville. 111. , for the murder of Gen.
Murray McGonne!, was [commenced
Monday afternoon. The trial is held in
Strewn Hall, the Court House being en
tirely too small to hold the crowd. Judge
Woodson, of Greene county, Judge
Aaron Shaw, Hon. James/ M. Robinson
rid Hon. A. L. Knapp are counsel for
the prisoner, and Hon. A. M. Brown,
State's Attorney, Hons. L. S. Morrison,
Ketcham, Adams and Delano appear for
thepeople. The impannelling of a jury
was commenced and it will probably be
several days before one is secured.
—Mr. Dawson's report to the Domin
ion Parliament on the Red river route
has been laid before the Department of
Pabllo Works. He recommends the
opening of co►nmunication at once be
tween Lake Superior and the Red river,
in such a way as would admit of the
route being used, and then to proceed
with further works until a drat class line
is completed. The cost of the, Parlia
mentary line is to be about 5250,000, and
the probable ultimate cost of a railroad
and continuous navigation about $5,800,-
090,
—The Commissioners having the mat
'ter in hand have agreed upon the terms
of the proposed sale of Western Florida
(that portion lying west of the Apalachi
cola) to Alabama. The price is Sited at
one million dollars in Alabama bonds,
to be delivered when ail the legal forms
are complied with. West Florida tirst
votes upon the matter, then the Legisla
tures of both States act upon it, and then
'it la to be submitted to Congress for ap
proval.
e order for the eleoticm in Virginia
on the tith of July, has been issued by
Gen. Canby, in acoordance with the proo
laination of Gen. Grant. Ten days are
granted for registration, from the 14th
proxiltio.
SECOH Eng
FOUR O'CLOCK, A., 3i
NEWS BY NILE.
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r. 137 Telegraph to the Pittsburgh tiszette,L
GREAT BRITAIN.
Celts:, May 24.—The police here are
taking, unusual precautions to prevent an
outbreak. Several houses have been
searched for concealed arms.
LOsiDos, May 24.--The Times today
continues the discussion of the Ameri
can claims, It argues the depredations
committed by the Alabama are identical
with cases of wrongful capture and can
not be removed from that category on the
ground that an unfriendly spirit . was
shown in this country previous to the
occurrence. . Whatever' direction our
sympathy may have taken, it cannot be
taken into account before any interna
tional tribunal. Let the question of mis
direction of sympathy be by
reflection on cool communingsettled
with' con
science on both sides, and let the alleged
injuries be measured and appraised be
fore the proper tribunal.
FRANCE.
PARIS, May 24,—The elections through
out the country ,have been most orderly.
The vote was very heavy—more than
half the electors in Paris cast their votes
on Sunday. the first day of voting. ' •
PARIS, May 24—Evening.—Among the
candidates for the Corps Legislatif whose
elections are certain are Boncel, Picard,
Yambetta, Simon and Pedetin. Jules
Fevre, Gamier, Hughes and' Were are
Probably electd. 011ivier has been de
feated.
AUSTRIA.:,
VrwinirA, May 24.---It is rumored that
Caartofyski, deSeendant-of a famous pat
riot of - Poland; is to be appointed
ernor of Galicia. This is looked upoGOn aV
s
an nnti•aussian demonstration •on
the part of the Austrian government.
HUNGARY.
PEsTiii, May 24.—Prince Kanogen
gowtoh has:been released from prison to
prepare for defence in the alleged com
plicity in the murder of Prince Michael
of Servla.
GER MA l'i I
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BERLIN, May 24.—The Parliament of
the Zolverein will meet in this city June
3d.
MARINE NEWS,
QUEMZSTOWN, May
Yokearseas hip 2 dinnesota. from Narrived
yesterday. The steamship China, from
New York, arrived to-day.
SOIITRAMPTOiN,;.#II2Cy 4.=-Ttletjategittl
ship Hermann, from Nei* York, arrived
to-ciay hashe st arrived:lrma, from,New
York, also
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Aw'rwitnp, May 24 .—Petrolenm firmer
at 48% francs.
Etavits, May 24.—Cot ton 140 frs on spot.
FRANKFORT, May 24. -- Five-Twenty
ds 85%.
LONDON, May 24—Evening,—Consols
93%. Five-Twenties quiet •but steady at
79. Stocks steady: Erie 183,; Illinois
93%. -Tallow 435. Sugar , quiet on spot
at 39s 6tl; afloat 298 3d. Calcutta Linseed
61s 6d.
LIVERPOOL, May 24.—Cotton fiat; mid
dling uplands 1130; Orleans 113td; sales
10,000 bales. California white Wheat 9s
sd; red western Bs. Flour 21s Bd. Corn;-
mixed 27s 3d. Oats 3s 4d. Barley sa.
Peas 388.6 d. Pork 100 s. Beef9os. Lard
66s fid. Cheese 82s. Bacon 695. Spirits
Petroleum 61; refined Is 8;5(1. Tallow
43s 9d.
Ilavitg, May 24 —Cotton quiet and:
steady; low middlings to arrive 137% frs.
Paula, May 24.—Bourse \ dull; Itentes
71 francs ER centimes.
CUBA.
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Fillibusters Attacked and Defeated After
Lauding—Metal Account.
MY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
iIAVANA, May a—The following old
clal account of the landing of filibuster's
in the Eastern. Departmant has been
made public. Seven hundred men dis
embarked on the night of -the 16th in
the Bay of Nipe. There they quietly
took up a position mounting six guns
and fortifying three houses. They re
mained undlacovered thirty-six hours.
Captain Mosco attacked - them with one
hundred and twenty men, and using the
ba3 ouet Stormed ono of the houses, and
.captured a 114 g. Ho was &Tally obliged
to retire, his ammunition gilug out.
The filibusters lost sixty killerand one
hundred and sixty wounded. ^ heSpan
lards had four killed. The Preusea adds
that the filibusters fired Aimeiti e cann
shot into the steamer Marioll damag
on
ing her hull and rigging. The fag
captured by Capt. Masco is inscribed
4 .llifieros Libertad," and was presented
brAmella Casanova. 11:18 now in this
city. The troops took the six guns and
turned them against the filibusters, and
spiked the guns before they fell back.
Four war steamers have sailed for the
Bay of Nine. There Is a rumor that the
rebel Gen. Quesada has been captured
and shot..
Mr. Plumb assumed the duties of
United States Consul General to-day.
The United States flagship' Contocook
and steamer Yantic have sailed for Man
tanzas. The Saratoga is waiting here to
carry Minister Nelson to Mexico. The
Narragansett has gone to Nuevftas to
bring away American ty residents desirous
T
of leaving. wen -two tured on the prize Galvani c , were s ent to
Spain yesterday. -
Sugar steady; holders firm.
—Fifty-six army officers are ordered to
report to Gen. Canby, commanding Vir
ginia Military District, to be assigned as
registrars at the revision of registration
which is ordered for June 14, to continue
ton •days.• The regulations issued by the
commanding General for the election are
the same as heretofore, except that not
more than four hundred shaLl vote atany
one,poll. No provision is made as here
tofore for whites and blacks voting at
separate-polls. •
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'--.Ti3o,l4hocte bland General A.ssembly
meets tansy, for the inaug.nratlon of
State officers. The sesslOnitill probably
close on Friday.
AY. 111AY 25, 1419.
NEW ORLEANS
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The C 'mmercial Convention—Large At
tetb6 Ilee—Hrilliant Dhplay—organi
zat IL.
(By Tel .raPh to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
NEW ORLEANS, May 24.—The dele
gates to the Commercial Convention met
in thR hall of the Chamber of Commerce
to-dayi and after registration were called
to ordeir by_General Cyrus Bussy, when
they fOrmed in procession, headed by a
band, and marched to. the Mechanics'
Institute, which was handsomely deco
rated for the occasion. Some of the
mottoes on the walls were as follows:
"The,Missiesippi.Vallay seeks ( only her
own; that she demands;" "the South ex
tends to the Northwest a cordial wel
come;" "the West and the Southjoin
hands;" "the River to the Sea and the
Sea to the River;" "Immigration brings
Labor and money to the country, and so
we should encourage it." The hall, al
though very large, was crowded.
The Convention was called to order by
J. H. Oglesby, Vice President of the
Chamber of Commerce, and opened with
prayer by Rev. Mr. Mallard. Gen. Wm.
Vandeveer, of Dubuque,. Idwa, was elec
ted temporary Chairman. Committees
on Credentials and Permanent Organiza
tion were appointed, the latter headed by
Dr. English, of Warsaw, Ills. The wel
coming address was delivered in behalf
of the city by Hon. Alex. Walker.
Gm. Wm. G. Hardie, of Alabama, from
the Committee on Permanent Officers,
reported: Chairman, .J. Tilley, of St.
Louis; Vice Presidents, Gen. Wm. Van
deveer' of lowa, Gov. Anderson, of Ken
tucky,.j. H. Bowman, of Mississippi,J.
K. MoCaltey , of Georgia, Geo. H. 'al
ters, of South Carolina, Win. B. Isaac, of
Virginia Wm.- H. Sutton, of Arkansas,
E. P. C. ' Proute, of Ohio, lion. B. H. Ep
person, of Texas. Wm. M. Byrd, of Ala
bama, Milton Brown, of Tennessee, Hon.
Thos. Richson, of Missouri. Joe. H. Ogles
by, of Louisiana, Captain A. B. Holliday,
of Illinois; Secretary, Arthur C. Haugh,
of New Orleans, and a nuinber of Assist
ant Secretaries. " 1. •
The Committee also recommended as
subjects upon which committees should
be appointed, the following:
Removing obstructions from the Mies-,
issippi river and its tributaries; repairing
and extending levees; foreign com
merce; postal subsidies; emigration;
Pacific Railroad and Western- trade.
The committee also recommended two
daily sessions to be held from 9:30 A. ia.,
to 12 at., and from 8.30 to 6 P. at.
- The report was unanimously adopted.
The officers selected were then install
ed. Mr. - Filley, on . taking his seat, as
also did Gen, Vandeveer as temporary
Chairman, made_ a brief out eloquent
address upon the object of bringing the
body together.
Among those present are Hon. Horatio
Ring and Judge Philips, and eleven
'Congressmen, ail of whom were invited
to sit as delegates. The prominent fea
ttireju the programme fa oui t lined,' and
there MS Strong effirt evidhutly in con
templation to secure. Congressional aid
both for the Southern Pacifid Rillroad
and the Improvement of' river naviga.
Lion. This was partiCularly noticeable
in Gen. Vandeyeer's speech.
The excursion to the bar has been
postponed till to-morrow morning.;
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BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
—Mej. Gen. Geo, H. Thomas and staff
arrived in Chicago yesterday morning.
—Members of the press in Washington
City have tendered Mrs. Scott Siddous a
complimentary bentit.
—The ceuntry about Chateauqua-fir7=
er, Canada, is badly flooded, rendering
many houses uninhabitable.
--Col. W. A. Buskey, of Cincinnati.
was arrested at St. Louis, Yesterday,
charged with robbing the mail.
— MondaY( was universally observed
throughout the New Dominion in honor
of the fiftieth birthday of Queen Victoria.
—A row bold containing eighteen men
was capsized on Saturday
,ot last week,
be!ow New Orleans, and eight men
drowned.
—The President has, not yet decided
where he will visit during the summer,
apart from his contemplated visit to West
Point, early in June.
—Of the six vessels built for revenue
service on the lakes but one will go into
commission this season, (the Fessenden)
which will be stationed at Detroit.
—The letter carriers of Chicago are to
get their summer uniforms, in accord
ance with the specifications from the
Postmaster, for seventeen dollars each.
—Ex-Senator B. F. Wade has not yet
responded to the proflbr of the appoint:
mend as Director of the Pact tic Railroad,
in place of J. D. Webster, of Chicago, re
signed. r
affray occurred Sunday eve
near a drinking saloon at Newark, N. J. N.
Stones Were thrown, fracturing the skull
of a boynamed Latimer and jaw of Thos.
Forest, a bystander.
—Wm. Griffith, who lost both 'arms
while firing a salute In
honor of General
Grant some time bill le, has been appoint
ed watchman at the Treasury Depart
ment at, the request of the President.
—A. fire in Orange, N. J., on Sunday
morning, destroyed a building occupied
be Lennox t McElhenny, carpenters,.
and a tenement . house occupied by six
families. Loss 510,000; 84
insurance ,000.
—By special orders No. 82, Mai. Gen.
W. 19. Hancock, Commanding Depart
ment of Denote, Brevet Maj. Gen. A.
Baird, Inspector General of the Depart
ment, is ordered to Chicago on public
service. k
—The St. Louis and Iron Mountain
Railroad Co. has been advised by the
President of the late Memphis Convention
that the' people will subscribe the mil
lion dollars asked for the extension of
the road to that place.
—The Jewelry , firm of Giles Bros., of
Chicago. who were robbed of five thous
and dollars worth of diamonds a few
weeks since, have _recovered their prop
ertY, secured in New York by. two Chi
cago detectives.
—lt is stated that early in April U. S.
Assistant Treasurer Van Dyck, at New
York tendered his resignation and tem
porarily retains his place at the request
of the Secretary, of the Treasury, until ti
suitable successor can be found.
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—The'cargo of the steamship esia ,
&pet,' lost Off Martinique, consisted' of
nearly fouiteen thotteand,7bagebt Coffee,
together-with sundry'Brazillan pr
otr;in all valued at about' $1300,000
was
not.
cargo was insured but the vessel
net.
—Advice' from B. Thomas to Uw 113th
inst. say pile steamship Missibst ow, which
left Rio !Janeiro 23d of April for New
. York, ran ashore at Martinique under'
full head'of steam. She will probably
be a total;,loss. All hands were saved br
the assistance of a French war steamer.
—Thera were five Incendiary hres in
Lansingburg, New York; Nunday night.
The prin'cipal sufferers are: D. Baxter,
barn and four horses, loss 56,000, parti
ally insured: Captain J.. H. Campbell,
barn and hall, loss $4,000, insured. The
Rensaeleti Park Course stables were also
burned. 1
-A
Scranton, Pa., dispatch states that
on Monday morning an anonymous no
tice, threatening death to any miner who
descended the shaft to work, was found
posted at Oxford mine. A wild and most
the
unreasonable panic rapidly spread among
miner In all but four mines the
men refused to .work.
—A Montana dispatch states a desper
ate fight occurred between about two
hundred
Muscle
Sioux Indians and the
whites at Muscle Shell settlement, lasting
seven horirs. The Indians were re
pulsed, atrilthlrty wounded, including a
renegade and. half breed. The white
men fought from a stockade.
—The Chicapee Indians, who have
been making raids on the frontier whites
of Texas, since the middle of the rebel
lion, in conieqUence of the treatment of
rebels, received while en -route from
their old hoities in Mexico, now desire to
return to the. Indian . Resqrvation, and
measures will soon be taken to accom
plish their Wish.
—ln New York City, lastri,ight, Wm.
Kiernan and
_WM. Purcell got into dis
pute in Sheriff street. While the quarrel
was progresaing John Purcell, brother to
Wm., came rip and shot Kiernan through
the bead. When ' arrested pureell de
clared he intended to do it' and was
ready to swing for it. Kiernan died in
about ten minutes.
in —At Hamilton, Ohio, Monday morn
, Mattewi Heuaton, the chief clerk,
was found hinging by the neck, dead, in
the vault of the office of the
_County
Treasury. He was regarded as ; a quiet
gentleman, without cares, having no wife
or children, and with abundant means.
He left no paper or communication indf
cative of the cause of his suicide.
—The total taxable property in St.
Louis. as returned by the President of
the Board of Amessors, is one hundred
and thirty million five hundred and
fifty-throe thousand; increase "Aube last
year, twenty million three hundred and
sixty thousand; in the county, one hun
dred and forty-five million one hundred
and seventy-six thousand; increase since
last year, twefity.tive million six hun
dred and thirty-seven thouaand.:-
-A negro named William Chambers,
while fixing a hydrant at a notorious
ln
calitv in Chidago, known as ""Coaley's
Patch," was ] - shot at by a prostitute
named Annie Judson.. The ball grazed
Chambers temple, glanced off and' enter
ed the. stomach of a little bey named
Tbomas,.son of the woman known as the
proprietor of the "Patch," killing him
almost instantly. The same, locality
was the scenedf a murder less than two
weeks since.
CITY AND SUBURBAN
Sentenced.
Stewart Sampson, who, in Jnne last,
was tried and convicted on three indict
ments for assault said blittery, and nomi
nal seictences passed In two of the oases,
and sentence deferred in the other, was
yesterday arreated on a process and
.hrought Into Clan for sentence. Judge
Stowe, before
,whom he was tried, in
passing the sentences in the two cases
remarked that be would suspend sen
tence itrthe third case, and so long as the
prisoner behoved himself prciperly he
would not be interferred with; but if he
should be brought, before him again hew
would inflict the severest penalty of the
law upon him. " Recently Sampson, who
is said to be '
,a bad man, assaulted some
person in the Fifteenth ward, and an in
formation was made before the Mayor
against him, which fact having Veen
made known toy the Court the process
for his arrest was issued. He was sen
tenced to pay a tine of 200 and the costs
of prosecution and undergo an itnpris
onment of six months in the county jail.
Sisterly Affection.
Ann Ruler and: Elizabeth Kramer are
sisters, daughters of the Emerald Isle.
They occupy a tenement house in the rear
of No. 143 Cherry alley. Sunday morn.ing, it is alleged,Xlizabeth sought to re
plenish her purstl.by appropriating that
of her sister, containing no. It is further
alleged that afteri taking tho money, she
sought to divert suspicionui from herself
by 'concealingthe empty pocketbook in
i•
the wardrobe °flier sister's youthful son,
who was accordingly charged with the
theft. Further itivestigation, however,
relieved the yonng Ruter from the
- charge, and directed it toward Elizabeth,
who, upon being questioned in regard to
the affair,.wius so extremely indignant at
the suspicion that it is said she made a
violent attack upon her sister, beating
.and abusing her in true feminine style.
'As a sequel to the affair, inforinations for.
'assault and battiiry and larceny were
lodged against Filizabeth before Alder
man McMasters yesterday, upon which
warrants were issued.
Au Early. Beginning.
A somewhat remarkable ease of larce
ny was discovered in which the thief
was Robert Dill, a little , boy scarcely
eight years of age, who says he reticles
on Webster 'street Allegheny. About
eleven o'elock- yesterday morning the
llttle , urehin came to this side of the riv
er for the purpose as he states of going to
the Theatre, butlindhur that Institution
closed he started mit lit search of, other.
amusement. In the course of his wan
derhss .he stopped 'at Bieber's music
Store on Wood street, where he was dis' ,
covered between twelve 'aild:oiie` o'clock
In the act of stealing pocketbooks 'and
several other small articles out of a show
case. Mr. Rieber called an officer-and
related the facts to him, whereupon the
little pilferer was taken to the lock-up
where be disgorged the articles taken
from the case. When questioneclas to
his.reason for taking .them, he said he
Wanted them to play with. He waskept
'lithe lock-up for Several hours for the
purpose of frightening him, and then
released. He appeared to la) a harden
ed little wretch however, and was but
little concerned about the matter.
1101 DO WAREHOUSE
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Coroner's Investiga—ti Continued --Fur..,
ther Testimony Relative to the Con
struction of the Building—Adjourned
until Friday, the 28th inst.
The jury etnpannelled by Coroner
Clawson to investigate the cause of the
disaster at Finch & Co's bonded
iware
house, in South Pittsburgh, which re
suited in the death of George B. Cavin,
met pursuant to adjournment, at the
office ofdnatice Barker, in South Pitts---,
burgh, at 2 o'clock P. 31.. yesterday,
when the following additional testimony
was adduced:
Charles Kemble, sworn—Am an archi
tect; was engaged in making planafor
Finch's warehouse; was employed by
Mr. Kerr. - The witness here asked p er .
mission to read a paper which he had
prepared, which being granted, he pro
ceeded as follows:
, I was present when Mr. FinCh called
on Mr. Kerr to secure his professional •
services. Mr. Kerr' refused to be in any
way connected with the matter, because,
as he stated, he was about to leave the
city for a time, and his other duties
would not allow him to devote an' time
to this. Mr. Finch was urgent, and fin
ally agreed with Mr. Kerr to accept
him as his] (Kerr's) deputy. Made the
plans and specifications in Mr. Rerr's
absence, Gave explicit directions to
Mr. Finch to notify me when the trenches.
were excavated, and before the stone- .
mason began operations. Received such
notice after the masons had been at work
a day or more. Found the stone dumped
into theirench on the east side, without
the least regard to proper footings, beds
or bands; the stone inferior to quality,
and the mortar made of loam sand,
showing a total disregard to the instruc
tions of the specifications. Oath
bert was not present, and I sent him
word that such work would not; be
approved, and ordered the .
to stop. I returned men
the ob
after the lapse of severalto j
hours and
found the masons at work on the front
wall. They informed me that Mr. Finch's
clerk. Mr. ---,-, had ordered them ogo
on. I asked for the specificationd
foundation plan; and was told by the üb
contractor an
that they could not be found.
I notified him 'to stop, and thus matters
rested until the return of Mr. Kerr.
I asked• him to release me from the
superintendence; did so because .I
saw that the workmen employed
were not skillful; that the contractor man
ifested entire ignorance of the existence
of a specification. I had not agreed, and
would not agree, to eive the work my con
stant supervision; did not agree to stand
over a set of men arid direct the laying of •
every stone dna brick. An architect
must depend, to a certain extent, upon -
the honesty and fairness of the builder.
Mr. Kerr recommended Mr. Hawh
Mr. Finch, and was by him accepted
Mr. to
Haworth tore uplift the condemned stoat • • •
work, and started it anew. Was on the
job several Hosea after Mr. Haworth took '
charge; did not go there in the capacity
of Superintendent; my instructions to
Mr. Haworth' were embodied in the spe
cification, and expected • him - to use
them% directing the work. I know he
did not make the footings of the piers
after ' the specifications, nor was Mb
quality of brick, and the manner of lay- I
lug them, as directed by_ the specifies.:
tions. I happened on the job when , three .
or four piers were built. I saw they had ,
used common mortar:- Cuthbert alleged.
as a reason, that be had not contracted to
lay them In cement. Drew Haworth's '
attention 10 several several soft bricks
near the bottom of one of the_plers—eo -
soft -I ocapid cut them with my knife. Do-
not' knoWlf all these piers were taken
dovin. Never was on the job but once
after that, when the end floor of joist
were on, never examined , the piers;"
that am satisfied that they were not
granted as the specifications direct-
ed. . I objected to taking out the
walls between pillars; , would not have
put them on the plan bad I considered
them superfluous. Never gave my con
sent to an additional story. In tny judg
ment the piers, had they been construct
ed on the true intent • and meaning of
the specifications, were strong enough to
sustain safely all the weight that might:.
be placed upon them. I predicate this
judgment not only upon the recognized -
formula giving brick piers the prefer-'
ence over fubble masonry, but by my
personal experience with a build- •
lug of equal magnitude, and for _
piers, connected the same. pur ted by poses, where brick
ceiate'r
sustain six floors. I refer tolbthe war-wane
e,
house of Mr. Mears, in Steubenville,
which I gave my personal supervision.
Mr. Finch made all the contracts for •
labor and material: The last time I saw
the work I condemned the quality of
brick being used in the sidewalls; was'
told by the person who furnished them
that they were better than he contracted.
to furnish. C. C. Kgrant.s.
At this point there was submitted to,
the jury an article of agreement between
Messrs. Finch & Co. and James Ma
whinney for good merchantable brick,
from which it appears that if Inferior
brick were used in the construction of
the piers, it was done without the knowle •
edge of Mr. Finch.
.1. N. .Painter, sworn—Am ,a member
of the firm of J. S.. Finch A. Co. I find
by the books that at the time Of the first
fall--April 27 111--there were in the build
ing 4,950 full barrels and we half barrels
of whisky, distributed 'art follows: Fifth
Oor-850 full and 200 •half barrels.
Fourth floor -200 full bwel, 150 at one
end and 50 at the other. Third floor
-1,100 barrels, tiered on al e. so as tee
make the weight equal. Set nd floor--
550 lull and 400 half barrels, scattered
over all the floor. First floor-2,250 bar
rels, scattered over the floor. "The aver-
age weight of a barrel of whiliky
le 350 pounds. There was more
weight at the ends them in -
the
centre of the floors. When the - .first ;
' Conversation wrath
story. was up, had a , _
Mr. Kemble; he said the piers could not
be crushed. After the first fall stabile
1,500 barrels were taken out, princiftlie.
from the part _where the second Aft a i.
ourred. ,
...,
The Inquest was here adjourried MAIL
Friday, 20th inst., at two o'clock p. Is.
In the ineantithe it is the intention of the
jury to make a thorough examination cif
the building, and ascertain, if Vosalble‘ , '
__—
the l cause of its fall.
Taken'to Dliznont.—Amen R.
son; the insane man' whose arrest we no,
Used .yeslardaY l was sent to plaf.axs ..
Hospital by Mr. Georke .Fbittine 34istae.6 —
day morning. It appears that he'wait
formerly an inmate of the COUIItY Holl2‘
nut ran away some two weeks aim%
ACCiDENT.