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VOLUME LXXXIV.
FIRST EDITIO
TVVE.I.4V - E
PRESBYTERIANS
The Old School General Assembly.
(By Telegraph to the Plttpburgb Gazette.)
Nicw YoEx, May 25.—1 n the Old School
~
Presbyterian Assembly to-day Hon. Mar
tin Ryerson, of New Jersey, offered a
resolution deploring the existing state of
feeling.betWeen this country and Great
Britain, and exhorting all Presbyterians
to pray to God to so enlighten and in
fluence the understanding and hearts of
the rulers and people that all matters of
difference may b 6 amicably settled.
•At the instance of Senator Drake the
resolution was amended by omitting any
..reference to the Possibility of war, and
unanimously adopted.
The Committee on Church Polity re
ported in favor of erecting a new Synod,
to be known as the Synod of Kansas, to
consist of the Presbyteries of Kansas,
Smoky Hill and Humbolt. Report
adopted.
The Committee on Foreign Missions
reported insufficient receipts to meet ex
penses and extinguish previous debt..
'he expenses were $313,798, and receipts
p 338,497. A resolution was adopted by
the Assembly. pledging the Presbyteries
Ito sustain the work.
At the afternoon session the Committee
to' correspond with the Grand Army of
the Republic relative to the decoration
ofoldiers , graves next Sabbath, repor
tedthey were unable to find • officers
. wi h whOm to open correspondence, and
we e discharged. It was stated thatt e
d ration in New Jersey will take pl e
4,
on turday.. and Monday.
The Stated Clerk reported the votes so
far' s known in Presbyteries on the basis
of reunion as 38 in favor and 107 against.
The report was recommitted for correc
tion.
The report of the Committee on For
-sign Missions was then discussed.
Without further action Assembly ad
Journed.
The New School General Assembly.
In the New School to-day, Rev. Dr
Darling, from the Committee on the Pol
Sty of the Church, read an overture from
the Presbytery of Des Moines in refer
ence to the dissolutionof a church there.
The Committee answered that the
church is dissolved, and the Assembly
confirmed the report,
The report of the standing Committee
on Sabbath Schools was read. It recom
mends the Assembly to take the system
under its protection, and through its in
:duet:ice impart new vitality to Sabbath
Schools throughout the United States.
• 'The presentattitude of the church is
—dishonoring and ought to be at once rec.
- tilled. •
A resolution' was passed disbanding
the . permanent Committee on Sunday
' Schools. '
At the, afternoon session Dr. \ Fisher
read a report on the conference with
other Presbyterian bodies. Delegates
from the Old and New School, and from
other bodies, met and unanithously
. agreed that reunion was most desirable
if the may was clear. The following
four points were submitted as a basis of
reunion :
Ist. The Old and New Testaments are
accepted as the rule of faith.
2d. The Westminster Confession and
Catechism, slightly modified as far as
regards civil law, is adopted as a full and
accurate interpretation of Holy Writ.
3d. The United Church is to accept the
Presbyterian form of government.
4th. The Malted Church accepts the
Psalmody and prescribes its use.
The report was referred to the stand
•ing Committee on Re union.
Mr. Hastings, of the standing Commit
tee on Publications, read the report of
the permanent Committee, congratulat
ing the Assembly on the advance made
outing the year, and asking a more
. hearty co-operation. Considerable dis
-chision followed.
The report was finally adopted. The
Committee from the Reformed Church
was announced, with a circular propo
. sing a Convention of all 'evangelical de
nominations in this city next fall. It
was referred to a special committee.
It appears the boats of union previously
alluded to, in case if: adoption, is
.to he rfferred to Joint tnn
mittee to meet in • Pittsburgh in
August, to consider such further ques
tions as may_ be necessary to the formal
consummation of the union.
Adjourned.
Presbyterian Assembly South.
MOBILE, Ma 25.—The Presbyterian
Assembly on Monday appointed a com
mittee to revisethe form ofgovernment
and discipline. The committee report
ed, in part, to-day. The Assembly re
commends its Presbyterbis to throw their
licentiates, as far as practicable, into des
titute fields.
On the subject of co-operation with Gen'
tail Assembly of the Old School in the
labor among the Freedmen the following
was unanimously adopted: That Inas
much as the correspondence of the Sec
retary of the committee on Freedmen
of the General Assembly of Presbyteri
an Church in the 'United States of Amer
ica with the Secretary of Sustenaticm of
our Church, haadeveloped no predicable
mode of co-operation between the two
churches in the efforts to evangelize the
Freedmen, this General Assembly is
not prepared to take any steps diatom
plating the proposed concert of action.
Resolved.. That the Secretary of Sus
--tenation is hereby instructed o commu
nicate • the foreAroing resoluta to the
Committee on Freedmen of t e General
' Asaembly of the Presbyteria Churches
oft a
the United States of America.
A resolution on the maintenance of
-simplicity in church music was lald over.
A missionary meeting was held Mon
-clay night.
A plan was reported for insuring the
lives of ministers and a resolution Intro
duced-looking to an amendment, in the
-charter of the church. ,
At the meeting to night several ad
• dresses were made on the subject of edu
-.pinion and publication. •
—Scott and Munson, of No. 9 Hall St..
'llew-York, storage merchants, disap
peared on Saturday last with $65,000 in
their possession, the proceeds of a fraud.
•ulent sale of 75400 bushels of oats stored
witN them. The owners of the oats are
.not known, but are supposed to be west
era 13101 i.
The Southern Railroad Enterprise.
By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
CINCINNATI, May 25.—D. N. Stanlon,of
Boston, President of the Chattanooga
and Alabama Railroad, read the fbilow
ingproposition to the Committee to-day: ,
if Cincinnati selects Chattanooga as
the Sonthern - termihus of the propo l sed
road, we are prepired to build, a first
class road from that point to the Ken
tuckY State line, near Chetwood, and
will have it equipped i and run
ning as soon as Cincinnati can
meet us at that point. / With the aid
which Cincinnati offers we will also
undertake the construction and equip
meat of a first-class-"railroad from the
same point to Cincinnati, and will take a
perpetual lease of this part of the road
on reasonable terms. The whole line
from Cineinnati to Chattanooga shall be
so arranged as to run as one through
line, and in interest of' Cincinnati
perpetually, and as soon as your trustees
can meet ns we shall be ready to enter
into an arrangement on a basis of the
abode. D. N. STANTON,
J. T. Bunn,
R. T. PAINE, SR.
Judge Mills represented the Nashville
interests, and Col. Walden the Decatur
claims. The meeting was large and
much interest felt.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
HAVANA, VIA Kay WEST, May 25.
Advices from Santiago de Cuba of the
19th instant give the following account
of the affair with filibusters in the Bay
of Nipe: According to the reports of the
Spaniards themselves, it is supposed the
expedition landed from the steamer
Peril. The Spanish troops surprised the
piirty,.attaoking and taking" their posi
tion, with seven guns and a flag marked
"given by E. C. Villevarde to
the Riflemen of Liberty. " The
filibusters rallied, re-captured their
position and guns. but lost the flag.
'They fired upon the Spanish steamer
Marsella, putting twd shots through her
bull. The gunboat African arrived Off
the shore but soon left, for Nuevitas to
bring reinforcements. - The excitement
at Nuevitas was intense. A steamer had
been dispatched to communicate with elf
thorities at Havana. The steamer Peril
arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, on the 15th
inst. where she was quarantined because
she had touched at Cuba.
HAVANA, May 25.—Captain General
Dulce has issued a decree ordering the
military authorities in eight specified jur
isdictions to seize all the horses and pre
vent their falling into the hands of the
._rebels. The owners are to be paid for
their animals, which are to be used in
the government service.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) -
WASHINGTON, May 25, 1869.
The following gentlemen compose the
board of visitors appointed to attend the
annual examination at the Military Acad
emy, which convenes lst June: Gen. D.
Hunter, Gen. W. Q. Gresham, Indiana;
Gen. Jno. Eaton, Tenneasee; Hon. B. F.
Loan,. Missouri; Judge C. H. Warren,
Massachusetts ; Dr. M. B. Anderson,
President of Rochester University, New
York; Red. R. L. Stanton, D. D., Presi
dent of Miami University, Ohio.
- - -
A. Commission is to meet -here to
morrow, consisting of eight gentlemen,
appointed by the President in Pursuance
of an act of Congress, to consult and ad
vise as to the proper mode of expenditure
of the $2,000,000 appropriated for the ben
efit of various Indian tribes at last session
—The sale of the New Orleans, °polo'' ,
sas and Great Western Railroad took
place on Tuesday, at New Orleans, by
virtue of an order from the United States
Circuit Court. under the auspices of Ex-
United States Marshal J. Herron.
The principal interests represented were
the Illinois Central Railroad. the Mobile
and Chattanooga Railroad, and the bond
holders of the road. The first bid was
$1,000,000, next $1,500,000. The bids
then proceeded by hundreds of thous
ands to $2,000,000, which was bid by Mr.
Paul Blanc, on balaalf of the bondholders
of the road, •to which amount he was
limited.. C. A. Whitney, representing
Charles Morgan, bid $2,050,000, at which
amount it was knocked down after a mo
ment's pause, and $75.000 Immediately
paid as a guarantee. Mr. Whittle.* an
nounced It was the intention of Mr. Mor
gan, who was present in person, to im
mediately set about extending the, road
to the Saline. The actual sale occupied
barely ten minutes.
~'•
CINCINNATI.
CUBA.
The Affair With FlWheaten
THE CAPITAL.
HILITARY'AOADEMMT VISITOAS.
THE INDIAN COMMISSION.
—An important decision was made in
the Chancery Court of Davison county.
Tennessee, yesterday. The Legislature
of 1868 passed an act to liquidate the
Bank of Tennessee, and setting apart all
the coin returned from the _South after
the war as school fund. A bill *earned
in the Chancery Court to carry out the
purposes of the law, and Mr. Cookrila, a
large individual depositor,.filedi; cross
bill, claiming that the LgislatiTre had
no authority to dispose of the coin as it
had done, and that the act was in violation
of the clause of the Federal Constitution
preserving the sacredness of contracts;
that the returned coin was properly the
assets of the Bank, and should be used to
pay individual depositors. Chancellor
Otis decided that the Legislature had not
exceeded its power, and ordered the en
forcement of the law. Cookrill has ap
pealed to the Supreme Court.
—A 'colored man named Bates, resid
ing at 131 Fourth avenue, Chicago, on
arriaing at his house, Monday night, be
tween Mx and seven o'clock, was inform
ed by his wife that his little son Jake,
an intelligent boy of. eight years, bad
been caught lying and stealing. This
aroused the jassiena el the parent
to an intense agree. Seizing a• heavy
cowhide, he took the boy and
commenced flogging Min. Being
until
heat of passion, he beat •the boy
he was too tired to longer continue` his
cruel work, and then went outside to
talk with a brother-in-law. The boy,
completely exhausted, managed only to
crawl to his bed and expired. The.feth
er went to inquire for the Coroner, and
was at once arrested and committed for
triaL •
. ,
y'`:4''W.'*%‘'-V.Of4Vt4klttcl,•,t
PITTSBURGH. WEDNESDAY. NAY 26, 1869.
Pentsylvania, from New York, has ar-
SECOIII lEDITIO I I. r::,lyei-ido . ' rold w o London May
et LI . f:
York, have arrived. eirsotenialliceersw
HANTRE, May 25.—The steamer Cellie,
from New York, has arrived.
,FOUR cPc - LocK, A. 31E.
NEWS BY CABLE.
English Press Ellill Discussing Alabama
Claims—Resalt of tne Elections , In
France—Expected Evacuation of
Rome by French Troops—Austrian Con.
sul Asiassinated in Italy.
IBY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, May 24th.—The papers here
have striking articles on American mat
ters. The Star, Bright's organ, takes up
the theme of the recent speech of Mr.
Foster, of iParliament, and endeavors to
show that the neutrality proclamation
was a real benefit to the North. It as
sails Mr. Sumner for endeavoring to en
danger the peace between the two coun
tries, and argues that while general
society in England favored the South,
the laboring class undoubtedly sympa
thized with the. American Government.
It further declares that the general
opinion may probably be unfavorable to
the Irish Church bill, but is certainly
opposed to an ample and statesmanlike
settlement of Irish land question,
which is sure to be the next. great act of
the Government, and will be established
despite of such feeling. It therefore be
lieves it to be impolitic on the part of
the American stateman to spurn the
friendly offer a few million dollars for
'the purpose of claiming fabulous daina ,
ges for futile affronts offered the abashed
upper ten thounand.
The Standard, Tory organ, bitterly as
sails the Radicals fbr addressing Ameri
cans in language of affection and admir
ation. The flattery with which 'the
Americans have been besmeared is the
cause of their existing menacing attitude.
No man with English blood in his veins
could deal with Mr. Sumner's speech lb
such a feeble and unmanly strain.
America is deceived by the belief that
England meekly endures the insult and
will humbly submit to the chastisement,
and all but committed itself by the mes
sage addressed to such a nation as Eng
land which could but answer the -chill
lenge uttered by America. It remem
bers the plain facts of war, and cannot
be humbuged into the belief that the
bulk of English people apprpved of the
subjugation of the South. ‘Str:b asser
tions make Americat:s believe that Eng-
land, by telling lies, wishes to escape a
a thrashing. We were never guilty of
meanness in den-ing the sympathies we
i. \ I
entertained in of er to escape the dis
pleasure of the s iccessful party. The
educated classes w o sympathized with
the South are a nation which the
masses are-gnly followers.
LoNDON, May 25.—1 t is definitely
learned that the rumored -alliance of I
France England and Spain- against the•
United States is without any foundation.
LONDON, May 25.—The Times this
morning, in an editorial on the French
elections, says: The chief cities repudi
ate the idea of the Empire, and a revival
of political activity 'will result, which
condemns the present government,
Thet restoration of Parliamentary gov
ernment may conciliate the existing
feeling. By -such means only can the
Emperor expect to mitigate an opposi
tion which has not yet become anti-dy
, nestle. .1
1 Generaptipler, formerly of the Con
federate army, has passed through bank
ruptcy. His liabilities are fixed at £37,-
000, and his assets at R 50,000.
CORK, May 25.—Parties have been dis
covered here engaged in secret drilling
with arms at night and three men have
been arrested. I _
Cyrus W. Field has arrived here to
take a steamer from Queenstown for
New York. .
URANCE
PAU7S, May 25.—Dispatches fram Ms r.
Bellies report that there has oeen much
excitement in that city crier the elections.
Large crowds paraded the streets shoUt=
ing la Republique." Places of busi
ness were,closed in anticipation of a
riot. At last accounts order had been
restored.
The result of the elections - in Paris and
Lyons was favorable to the anti-Imperi
al candidates. It is reported Rochefort
has been chosen. Seventy-three elec
tions have been completed. They show
the following result: Government can
didates, official, elected forty-nine; In
dependent, nine; Democratic, three, and
in the remaining twelve there was no
result.
Psnis, May 25—Evening.—The excite
ment over the elections is very great
and the Boulevards are crowded .with
people anxious to hear / 'the results.
Further returns announce the election of
eight official candidates, three independ
ent, two Democrats and two Liberals.
In addition to those reported this Mord
ing, Raspail, Fevre and Dorian - are
elected.
PARIS. May 25-9 ie. N.—Returns of
sixty-two more completed \elections are
received and show the following results:
Official candidates elected 18. Indepen
dent 11, Opposition 3. Zoiliver, defeated
in. Paris, has been chosen filar. David,
Orevy, Periere and ,Schnei er are re
elected. Arago is dbfeate . It is now
considered probable the fall returns will
show a larger majority for the Govern
ment than was anticipated.
The feeling on Bourse at the clime of
the day was confident and firm.
Paws, May 25—Midnight.—Ali returns
received up to this hour show one hnn
' dred and ninetpalx official and twenty
fix opposition members elected.' The
election in forty-eight districts still re
main undecided. • •
The Monifeur has reports that France
and Italy have completed an arrange
ment for the evacuation of Rome by the
French troops in September.
ITALY.
FLOrtunpz, May, 25.—The Austrian
Consulate at Leghorn, while walking ;
with CoL Grenville, was killed by, an as
issaidn; and Col. Greniille was wounded.
ighe grime is said lo have been proinptOd
by motives of private revenge, and Col.
Grenville was the intended vietini.
AUSTRIA.
VIENSA, May 25.—Hon. John Jay, the
uew American Minister, has arrived.
MARINE NEWS.
BREST, _MAY We—Arrived, the - French
Wiwi& I.4lliyette, tram Now York.
QUIFIVIrIoWXI MAY M. 47 .4110 steamer
rINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
•
LaVoos, May 25.-.Consols 93 y. Five-
TwenVes 79. Stocks steady: Erie 19;
Illinois 95. Tallow 42s 9d. Sugar firmer
at 39S 9d. •
ArrrwmtP, May 25.—Petroleu 11
at 47% francs.
HAVIIE • May 25.--Cotton 189%
spot.
FRANKFORT, May 25...-I.T. S.
85% and dull.
laArEspoot, May 25.—Cotton d
dling uplands 11%011%d; Ode!
®1134d: sales 8.000 Wes. C:1
white Wheat 7s; red western
Flour 21s 7d. Corn; mixed 27s 6.
as 4d. Barley ss. Peas 38s
100 s. Beef 90s. mrd 665. Ch.,
Bacon 595. (kunmon Rosin 4s
15s. Spirits Petrolenin _ 6 1 4 d;
is 834 d. Tallow 4as l N. Tarps 11
9d. \
PARIS, May 25.—Bourse finla
71 francs 75 centimes.
HAVrtE, May 25 Evening.
closed at 139 francs for Was ordi
ittot, and 137 francs for low mid
arrive.
BRIEI' TELEGRAM
—Yellow fev6r is still fatally pr l
n Peru.
—Mr. McColley, U. S. Consul m
died April 17th.
—Gen. Robt. Anderson and hut
ed yesterday for Europe. _
—The steamer Rising Star an
New York from Aspinwall, yei
with $591,000 in treasure.
—Charles Starr, Superintenden
Tarrytown Gas Works, N. Y., co
suicide yesterday morning.
—The Austrian ship Figleaf, i
steamship Norwalk, were sunk
York harbor on Tuesday by coil
.
—Pn.sident Grant and severa
bora of the Cabinet visited An
Md., yesterday, to attend the an/
aMination of Naval Cadets.
• —A tunnel for pure water, sil
the one at Chicago, will be con
at.Cieveland 'immediately. It 'S
about three hundred thousand d
tl
—The Commercial Conventio
Orleans adjourned over till to
delegates going on an inspectin
the mouth of the Mississippi yes
—Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, of N
ton City, at Louisville, Ky.,. o
ness visit, met with a severe nee
Monday, but received no dung
jury.
L-Sporting men. in Cincinnal
ecstacies over the time made b
ou the Buckeye race course. It. t
to be the best on record—on,
1:43%.
—The Semi-Centenary of the Presby
terian Board of Education was celebrated
at New York last evening, sit Brick
Church. Several interesting addresses
were delivered.
—Colonel F. N. Wilker, of Lockport,•
New York, has been appointed, by Sec
retary Boutwell, Special Treasury Agent
for 16th Customs Revenue District, with
headquarters at Sitka, Alaska. - \
-Advices from Hayti report that ittl
nave had recently declareti a suspension
of hostilities for three days and offered
amnesty to altrebels who surrendered,
and many ava4led themselves of the offer.
—By the falling of a scaffold at Cin
cinnati, yesterday afternoon, Peter Fin
nerty was. killed, and Peter Scherer
and Jacob Benedict fearfully injured.
ALL three were bricklayers engaged at
work.
r
—The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of
Geed Tempts t
of North America is hold
ing its annual salon in Oswego, N. Y.,
tbis,week. Nearly every State and Ter
ritory and the Provinces of Canada are
repre i sented. .i
—The Rhode Island General ASseifibly
met Tuesday morning at Newport. Hon!.
• Ben. T. Ames, of Providence, was eleeted
Speaker of the House. The votes for
State officers were counted and the new
officers sworn in.
—The New England Woman Suffrage
Association held, a meeting last night at
Boston. Mrs. Julia Woad . Howe presi
ded. Speeches ere made by Hon. Jas.
W. Steelman, Rhode 'lsland, and Mrs.
Mary A. Livermore, of Chicago.
—Newsis received -from Eau Claire,
Wisconsin( to the effect that forty build
ings werm_destroyed there by fire Sunday
morning. The fire broke out in t e
Chandler House, consuming that and 1
the block on both sides to the Postollic .
—Over one million dollars' worth f
property was destroyed by a fire at Hu -
ter'e 'Point, New York, Tuesday mor -
lug, originating in Provost's oil refinery.
Over four acres of ground were burned
over, and Included in the conflagration
were a brig and eight propellors.
—Mr. B. H. Van Auken, President of
the Durango Silver Mining Company,
attempted suicide at New York, yester
day, by cutting his throat with a razor at
his office, No. 73. William street. His
recovery is pronounced hopeless. No
motive is assigned for the rash act.
—A fire near the machine shops of the
Milwaukee and St.. Paul Railway, Prairie
Du Chien Division, in Milwaukee, .des
troyed 125,000 feet of lumber, three hun
dred cords of wood ana the dry house.
No other buildings, no cars, engines or
other property destroyed. . •
—lristruetions sent to New Orleans by
the Navy: Department to get ready \ for,
service as soon as possible eleven iron
clad vessels laying atAlgiers,_ caUses
some talk in political ciroles, and many,
surmises are.made as VI where the its-
Bela, are,to be lent by the department.
. . • .
-4.. t Dieveland; Ohio; Monday iiight.:,
the building. belonging to Millers & U 0.;,!
maletersowasi destroyed by. lire. 'LOBII,I
twenty-five thousand dollars; insursnop,i
Ave tholu es nd dollars. The less is mist
man -,
ly oil 'destroyed acid damaged. 'lti
is supposed.. the fire ori,ginated from.k
. ,
!lilne . - ' - . " I
American , —The Unitarian Association;
in,sessiOn at. Boston, elected Thomas D.:.
Eliot, of , New Bedford, President, and:
Henry kidder, of Boston, and Seth Padel ,
Ford of Providence, Vice Presidents.!
Receipts of the year $98345. Sixty-nine,
Societies have been aided during the
—The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
paw is making Preparations ter metal •
out an exploring party, to pass over tho
eat* route from Lake Superior to• Puget
Sound. Thos. H. Cardeld, General
Agent of the Company, has called on
Gen 4 Sherman to arrange for a militstry
moil lois portion of the diEtance.
—Frank 0. Jones. a lad aged eleven
years, son of J. Russell Jones, and Leon
Gratiot, aged 13 years, son of General
Chaties H. Gratiot, were drowned Mon
day afternoon in the Pecatonica at Gra
tiot..6Wisconsin. They went ou t to fish
in the morning and were not missed till
even, n
.
g. The bodies were recovered.
—fit Atchison, Kapsas, a heavy thun
der st rm prevailed Monday afternoon:
Rev! Mr. Fisher's house was blown to
stores; at Effingham Station, on the Cen
tral 113 - ranch Road. Four persons were
in the honest) at the time.. One lady Was
bloWn two hundred feet and others to
various distances; all more or less hurt,
none eerfously. - .
1
dull
m on
Bonds
11; mid
ns 11%
Worms
78 ed.
. Oats
—The Spanish Consul in New York has
filed a libel In the 11. S. District Court
against the steamer Quaker_ City, now
cailcid the Columbia, on the ground that
she was intended to violate the neutral
itYlaws by saline aid to Cuban hunt-.
gents. Judge Blatchford granted the
necessary order and 11. S. Marshal:Bar :
low seized the vessel.
• —Panatna paper's of May • 17th report
virulent Small pox on board the British
war steamer Cameleon, in that bay.
Mosiguera's plection as President of Co
lombia, was considered certain. A reso
litticiawas pending in the Senate to
consl der the treaty - or enter into ' negotia
tions anew with the 'United States for a
canal across the Isthmus of Darien.
Pork
I :,e 82s.
d; fine
refined
tine 27s
Routes
Cotton
aire on
ings to
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—The New England Branch of the
American Tract Society met at Boston
yesterday. The annual report shows the
receipts 638,441, while the New England
has 'also contributed $33,000 to the New
York. Society. Thirteen Colporteurs
hayebeen-employed, and 1,355,000 pages
of religious reading circulated. A num
ber 9f interesting addresses were deny
ered.
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\ --Several letter boxes intbe Boston Post
al:10 were found broken open Tuesday
Morning and robbed of their contents.
Among them the Suffolk Bank missed
letters containing checks amounting to
one I hundred thousand dollars, which
were subsequently found in the , cellar
yam and returned to the,.bank. Several
young boys are suspected as the perpe
tratbre.
— ! An explosion ()enured at Weeks 6:
Co'Si oil works, near Bull's ferry '
New
Jeriey, Monday afternoon, which blew
off the roof, injured some tweenty men,
ani set fire to all the- buildings, cover
ing an acre. Page, Kelley and Co's
carriage factory and oil dock was also
burned. The loss is estimated at $l6O,
000 J Three of the injured men are ox
peeled to die.
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-4Two negro men, committed to jail in
Manchester, Texas, charged with rape
weie taken out on last Saturday by dial
guined men and hanged: Thae affair
crekted intense excitement in Manches
terland Coffee county, as the men bad
been tried. and the proof was not strong
enough to convict. Citizens followed the
trail of the rascals next day, but were
unable to overtake thetn.
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—, London papers report the completion
the French Atlantic cable, except one
hundred and seventy miles. The whole
be finished this month and the
a at Eastern sail .Ttne 10th for Brest,
whence she would star immediately for
St.iPlerre, oil' Newfoundland, while two
other ships would sail tor St. Pierre di
re& to lay the portion of the line between
Sti Pierre and Duxbury, Mass.
i
- 7 -The steamer Quaker City, at New
York, is claimed to be under British pro
teCtion, and is alleged to have gotten a
clearance, previous to her seizure,
through the British Consulate. Riga's°
said she was chartered to carry a cargo
ofl flour to Kingston, Jamaica by Mr.
i
M Andrews , a British merchant i in high
re ute. When seized there were fifty
fri n on board, which the Spanish Consul
co tends is more than necessary to man
tlie vessel.
a4—The following vessels•whioh arrived
Now York quarantine Monday morn
ing, have 7 been detained, having small
ppx on board: Steamship Kaden, from
Liiverpool t .twith 670 passengerst•City of
Antwerp, from Liverpool and Queens
tOwn, with 1,072 passengers; Nebras
ka, from Liverpool arid Queens
tOwn, with 1,295 passengers; and North
German bark Cedar, from Bremen,
With 265 passengers. The• patieuts,
Who with one or two exceptions were
from Sweden, were sent to the small pox
hospital at Blackwell's Island. No
deaths had occurred.
—The Convention of the New England
Labor Reform League was held -yester
day at Poston, E. R. Paywood. of Wor
dester, In the chair. Resolutions against
the monopoly, of gold and silver by the
Government; affirming the wrongfulness
df taking interest, urging the abolition
of national banks and substitution of.
Treasury certificates of service for the
present Government currency, condemn
ing the Massachusetts Legislature for re
fusing to repeal interest law and Gov
ernor of Connecticut for seeking to
.li have the rate of interest raised to seven
r cent., urging the organization of
leagues throughout New England, also
the establishment of free reports of mar
kets, were adopted. Several addresses
were made in furtherance of the objects
;of the League. • .
—The second day of the Criminal Court
:at Jacksonville, Illinois, for -the itrial'of
• Wm. A. Robinson for the murder of Hon.
Murray McConnel, conimended tat 8:30
o'clock yesterday morning. At the open
lag , of the Court Judge Shaw, of
counsel for the prisoner, suggested to the
counsel for the -State that the names
of the twenty-four Jurors iimpan
nailed for the trial of the cause be
placed in a @or. and a manblindfolded be
instruoted:to .draw out i twelve Inames,
who should be' accepted ;,by both aides as
the jury ttitry thq case..:Wm. A l Brown.
the, StatiVs - ttorney, obj'aoted, and the,
Court ruled thathe had no 'authority to
make the o Or without the 'consent of
• both parties... Both sideli thin announced
' themselveti ' .ady to proceed liith the
triali ~ T hej . ry. wail called and out of
the ninety-b. men composing the refill*
• Aar.aud-spec 1. pannela only eight were
agreed to by he counsel on both sides.
The jury w 11 probably be completed
, .
today. . .
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NUMBER 117
A Reported Burglary In Allegheny.
According to report a most daring but
unsuccessful burglary was perpetrated in
the Third ward, Allegheny, on Thursday
night last. The story runs thus: Some
where in the Third ward, Allegheny,
there resides a Mrs. Gibson, a widow
lady, who, rumor says, Is richly endowed
with - worldly goods, consisting of ready
cash and a valuable farm on the outskirts
of the city. Recently it was reported she
had disposed of the farm and was to re- ,
calves large sum of money Wednesday
evening. in payment therefor. Thursday
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evenin . she retired at nine o'clock, as
Maud, ' ying securely fastened the doors
and wi" awe of her dwelling, and slept
soundly until about half-past twelve,
when she was awakened by an unusual
noise in the lower part of. the house.
Beirs only partially awakened, she paid
but little attention to the noise, thinking
that it was her daughter, wham she ex- -
pected home that night; but a few mo
ments later the noise increased and she
distinctly heard •footsteps approaching
her sleeping room. She became alarmed,
but before she had time, to cry for assist
ance the door opened and two men,' with
white handkerchiefs tied over their faces
and black slouched hats on - their heads,
leaving only the eyes and upper por
tion of the face expOsed, came into
her bed chamber. One of them drew a
revolver, and after informing her that__
they did not intend to injure her if she
remained quiet, but would moat assured
ly kill her if she made the least noise
or attempted to give the slightest alarm
whatever, politely demanded her money.
She told them she had no ,money in the
house, which it appears they did not be
lieve, and demanded the keys of an es
critoier, in which they supposed the
money was kept. Tho keys were ' pro
thiced and the search made, but they
found no money. . She stated to
them . that she had received no
money in the house, - and never
kept it there, but • that she
kept her money in bank and checked
it but as she needed - it. They requested
to see her bank book, which was pro
dueed, and confirmed what she had told
them, when, after making - her swear
that there was no money'in the honie„
and, further, that she would not call the
police to have them captured, they took
their departure. On going down stairs the
next morning, she discovered that a pan
not had been cut from the back door, and
the door which had been fastened with
a bolt, unbolted. A careful examination
of the premises shows that the burglars
were after money and wanted nothing
else, as nothing had been disturbed,
further than we have stated.' , •
How much truth thereWrittiErfelXTV ' - ':• - .17 , -: - -,. ,,, j
we do not pretend to sayi:b4 .4 dip it , ' . , ''..-. - " . .e4 V O:::'
as we received it, but are of .. GOV , s •-•
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that it is an old story - ' t, \,. ;_. , --V4,,,.: 0'4:7
have an indistinct recollectiank $4.. , • -.. - 2 7 :',4 , I`.- . :',;;;,- f 2.
ing an account of a sinlilar trinSactide \\.
which was said to have occurred in the V - Tt.
same locality about three
.months since. 111
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Grand Opening of J. W. Barter Co.'s
New Store, so. 20 Sixth (St. Clair)
, Street, this Day.
Messrs. J. W. Barker 'Jr Co., the well
known and extensive dry goods dealers,
No. 59 Market street, have just com
pleted a branch store at NO. 20 Sixth
street, lateeSt. Clair, which they propose
opening to-day with an entire new stock
of seasonable goods. The new building
is a beautiful and commodious onogitted
out in magnificent manner,' and addis
largely to the appearance of the
thoroughfare. The main salesroom Is
entered by abroad doorway between two
mammoth French plate windows which
are tastefully adorned with vari-colored
goods, pleasing and attractive to the eye.
Light counters and shelving grace the
salesroom, and the wails and ,seilings
aro elegantly painted and frescoed. The
light streams in from the large windows
in front, a central skylight and a main
mothwindow in the rear,
ant customers
will fully appreciate this benefit and con
venience in making their selections of
colored goods. The stock is new and
fresh, having been selected with unusual.
'care and judgment by the senior mem
ber of the firm, who holds his- residence
in the East and thus secures all the
advantages a -fluctuating_ market can
afford. It embraces dress goods
of all styles and descriptions,
housekeeping goods, cloths, laces, em
broideries, hosiery and notions. In the
matter of' dress goods a wide range for
selection will be offered at the opening
to-day from the richest and Most luxuri
ant silk to the humblest and most tidy
domestic print. The prices will be found,
as Barker's prices alviays are found, as
reasonable as the closest buyer could ex
pect. The second floor of the new house
hes - been assigned to a cloak, Shawl, and
dress department, where the latest styles
may be obtained to suit all tastes. Full
suits are made to order in the fashion and
in splendid style of workman ship. . We
urge our lady friends to be present at the
opening of the new store , 'to flay to see.
what is to be seen, for they will be made
welcome Whether-they desire to Ouches°
or not.
Amusements.
OPERA HOUSE.—The Chapman Sisters.
are drawing lance audiences tc the Opera
louse. Last evening "Cinderella; or
the Little Glass Slipper," was, presented_
with Miss Blanch Chapman in the title
role, Miss Ella as Dandlcd, and the inim—
itable C. B. Bishop as Clorinda. The
singing of Blanch and Ella is excellent,
and their acting equally good. To-night.
the burlesque. of "Fra Diavola" will be
presented.
PITTSBURGH,THEATRE.—The "Forty
Thieves" continue to attract • numerous
Pertions to the Pittsburgh Theatre. and
Gus Williams is also a great attraction.
Mason° HALL.—Haverly's Minstrels '
played tot crowded house at Masonic.
Hall lasrnight, and as the enteratinment
"Was an excetlent one, they will doubtlesa
be well patronized during the time they
remain here; which will be but twot y
nights more.
Naw OBLwarrs, Ma y 25.—Cotton norian..
al at 28%010r taiddlinp; sales 660 bales;
.reeelpts goo bales. Gold 140. Exchanger..
sterling 1533 ; New York sight par.
Flour dull; superfine 55,30; double extra..
16,60; treble extra $6,26. Com: 990 for
white. Oats 800. Bran 5152.0. / May firm
at sm. pork 132. BilOODiy 1310 for
shoulders; 17k1®17S4c lot ate& — lard:
tieree 1834@88X0; ALeg /NO, SUM:
common 900.0 x prkinev 13;ie.
' lasses: fermenting - nOnclebaled 600
850. "Whi s k 67W9 95 !?.• Wee Ull4.
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