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The following telegram hasbeen re ceived at the War Department: To Adjutant Genera Townsend, War Department: An official report was re ceived today of an engagement near Double Mountain, west of Fort Griffin, between a scouting party from the Fort and and a baud of Camanches and Kiowa Indians, in hioh• fourteen Indiana were killed. I will send a detailed report by mail. , • [Signed.] J. .L zn REIoLbs, Byt. May! Com'dg PEBSONAL. The 'President has determined to at tend the ball at the Naval Academy on Friday. He will not leave Washington for West Point until June 10th. Colonel R. M. Douglass, of the Presi dent's staff, leaves here this evening to attend the funeral of his grand-mother, Mrs. Granger, Who died it Clifton Springs, New York. Among the callers on the President this morning was Hon. A. G. Curtin, United States Minister to Russia. Mr. Curtin leaves on the 17th of June for Russia. Hon. B. P. Wade was to-day commis sioned a Director of the Union Pacific Railroad. He had an interview with the President this afternoon. • REVENUE RECEIPTS. • The receipts to-day from Internal Rev enue were $250,000, foe the month nO,- 277,796, and for ;the fiscal year to date, eleven months, $135,830,171. • . • THE PRESBYTERIANS. The New School General Assembly. Tel3grapb Pfttiburgn Etazette.3 NEW YORE, May 31, 1869. In the New SChool Presbyterian As . aembly, Judge Strong made a brief ex planation of the composition of the Gen eral Assembly to meet in Pittsburgh in November next; It will be the same as that now sitting. Alternates could not take the place of Principals who had sat in this body, nor tad an Alternate who had sat'resign hit 4 seat to his Principal. A Committee was appointed to arrange the, question hoW vacancies occurring by death or resignation should be filled. A resolution was passed, looking to the. fostering of a German Theological Semi :nary at Newark,lN. J. 41 i"*; 400.—.01/Mo4.3lureiscdntions .fronitha Ottl' School Assembly providing for a day of prayer for the preservation of peace between the United States and Great Britain, in the course of which Rev. Dr. Sunderland expressed the opin ion that if England could get a good sound drubbing from somebody, the -cause of Christian.civillzation would be put forward a hundred years. He did not .:sere to have this country made the instrument of Divine Providence to ad minister the castigation, but that it ought to come from somewhere. The subject was finally indefinitely post poned. A special committee of three was ap pointed to commend the 13Ohemian dele gates to the churches, also a committee to meet similar committees from the churches in New York on the third Thursday in October, to confer on the subject of Union, viz : -Rev. Dr. Heacok, Rev. Arthur Mitchell, Mr. Hastings and 'Judges Strong and Haines. Reports of standing committers, on home - missions, freedmen, church enc.- tion and education were adopted. Trustees for the church erection fund and Presbyterian house were elected, viz: Trustees of Church Erection Fund— Rev. 0. Fred. Smirh,.D. D., Rev. Samuel D. Burchard, for three years, and Rev. Samuel Newel, for two years;in place of Arthur Mitchell, resigned. Trustees.of Presbyterian House—J. C. Farr, Chas. S. Mertz, M. D., Rev. Daniel Masch, D. D., Rev. Wm. Lea, Rev. T. J. Shepherd, D. D. • • Auditor of Church Erection Fund—Mr. Tredwell Ketchum. t After some unimportant discussion the Assembly adjourned to meet in Novem ber in Pittsburgh. The Old :school General Assembly. In the Old School Assembly the first Sabbath in October was fixed for taking , a collection. to defray the expenses of - ilelegates to Pittsburgh in November. - A protest against the plan of reunion, stated by Charles C. Convey, was• read and passed over without action. Dr. - Prime, representing the Evangeli • cal Church of Protestant countries i-432' the world, addressed the As sembly, and resolutions were adopted sympathizing with the Conferences _to be held under the auspices of • that organization in New York this and next year, and also Urging tbe em ployment by oar ministers and people of all suitable:means to resist the insiduons . attempts of Roman Catholics: lo obtain undue influence in this country. • Considerable routine bluffness was • *transacted, among which was a reaffir mation, in reply to rf protest from a mem ber of the church at Glendale, Ohio,svho saidsuch practices were common in that • church, of previous action condemning the sitting pos ture during prayer and re.. :oponses Of Scri pture as being liturgical. Di•r'UOrnb wer, Chairman of (Maar . • eidal Assemblies, reads report in behalf of the Committee, in which was 'given .. sgenowslatattta of various seminaries. TherepOrt watt submitted, signed by H. O. Smarm and T. Q. Stewart. • ' -Exception was taken to the report of awmajority of the Committee, claiming that the trustees of the Chicago Seminary 1 ' had not been legally elected and that they bad diaregarded the will of the Directors, .40 whom it said they were subservient. ' - A question was raised, if the report thus presented was in order. Senator Drake said according to par liamentary usage a minority report was in order. Alter the hearing of the report a mo .tion was made by Senator Drake that the whole matter of difference be referred to •it !special Committee of five, who, if no. ..cleilliary, should proceed to Chicago to ex amine bito the affairs of the Seminary, ; .., and that a report be made to the General i o Assemb y to convene in Pittsburgh in Novem er. Much discussion trlok place, in which Dr. Ski ner, J. B. Stewart and Dr. Horn blower t k part. The two former main tained e report of the majority was a misrepr spntation of the affairs connected with the Seminary. The latter attempted tojustify the action of the Committee. The minority report was accepted, and farther discussion followed by Dr. Hall and others. A motion was made to lay the motion to refer upon the table. On division of the house, the motion was lost. Mr. H. Bay said he thought the action of the minority was unjust, for they re fused to make their complaints before the Committee, and that •no censure ought to fall upon the Committee. Rev. Mr. Pharner said the Assembly was not ready to' decide the matter be tween the two reports, and they ought to be reconsidered. • Dr. Anderson, of New Albany, Lull ans, hoped the matter would be settled amicably by agreeing to refer it to a Special Committee. On the motion of postponement, Rev. J. H. Morrow said he was opposed to it. He said he represented the majority of the West. Mr. Shultz spoke in opposition to post ponement. The motion was lost. The motion of Senator Drake to re fer to a Special Committee was nearly unanimously adopted. The debate was a very spirited one,• In which many of the ablest of the Assem bly took part. The Question involved gift of money to the Seminary and au al leged right to control its application. Po litical matters also are to some extent involved. A resolution was adopted that when the Assembly adjourns, it do so to meet in the First Presbyterian Church, Pitts • burgh. Tile report of the Committee on Sys tematic Beneficence was read, showing the receipts by all Boards during the year at 1 , 652,567, or an excess over the previous year of 140,787. Resolutions looking to the appoint ment of future contributions for the cause of systematic beneficence were discussed unt* the adjournment for the day. Indian Depredations in Kansas. [By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gasette.l WATERVILLE ) Kansas, May 3L—Par ties Just in from the Republican river re port that the Indians captured six buffalo hunters and killed five of them. Many settlers have gone to Lake Sibley for protection. i Reports from Rose creek and White Rock state that the Indians were scopring north and west of the Republican river and on the Little Blue river, attackingamall hunting parties and killing settlers remote from settlements, driving off all stock they can get. Settlers in Repriblican held a meeting on Saturday and are organizing to protect themselves. Several htuAting partusersiriirettli otratiff it lit feared - eome of them have been captured or killed. News from Cuba. CBI Telegraph to the Tittsburga 6asette.l HAVAI3A. May 31.—Troops are in active pursuit of the fillibusters who landed in the Bay of Nipe, and have Captured three of their cannon and killed Manuel Guerra, commander of the riflemen. A heavy engagement has taken:place at Puerto Padre. The insurgents are massing their forces in the vicinity of LO3 Tunas. A skirmish is reported near Cienfuegos between the regulars and in surgents. Capt. Gen. Duke's order sending num bers of political prisoners to Spain is re voked. Damages to Crops by Storms. (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) CINCINNATI, May 31.—Dispatches from Logansport, Vincinnes, Gosport and the region of the White Water Valley, Indi ana, report serious Injury to the crops by the recent storms. The corn will have to be replanted. Similar damages are reported from the country. —The ceremony of decorating the graves of the Union dead in the New York city and Brooklyn cemeteries took place yesterday. The observance by the citizens was more general than last year. At Fort Hamilton the ceremonies took place at 0 A. M., and consisted of prayer, reading' of President Lincoln's Gettys burg Inauguration Address by General Nelson Cross. The cerenr ales at Green- wood and at the Naval. Cemetery took Clace at 10 o'clock. The graves at Holy ross Cemetery, at Flatbnall and Ever green Cemetery were also decorated. At 10 o'clock the principal ceremony took place at Cyprus MIL where there are about thirty-five hundred graves of Union soldiers, many of whom died from privations at Andersonville and Libby. The several details assigned to decorate graves at other cemeteries all united at Cypress Hill. The attendance was very large and the services solemn and im pressive, occupying several hours. Af ter a dirge by the Fort Hamilton Band, an anthem was sung by the Brooklyn Choral Union, followed by prayer and reading of President Llncolr's Inaugural Address. Gen. Steward L. Woodward delivered an appropriate, patriotic and impressive oration, after which Rev. Sylvester Malone made an address, - at the conclusion of which the graves were decorated, and after. the clo.ing hymn was sung the assemblage dispersed. The graves at all the cemeteries were pro fusely strewn with flowers, and- every thing passed off In the moat satisfactory manner.. —At Franklin, Tenn., on Sunday, Joe. RticGaVock, war stabbed with a knife and killed by John F. De Gaffencide. Both were young men of high social posi tion and friends till a short time before the murder. De Guffawlde had taken offence at a' playful "remark made by McGavoo and would receive no apology, although one was made, but armed himself with a knife, got a horse and pursued McGavoc, who had started to his uncle's, a short distance from town. Having overtaken McGavoc, he dismounted, and altbdugh McGavoo told him be was unarmed, carried out his InuPoB43, killed him, then rode off and escaped: 1861 there ha been paid into the National Treasury, e consalenoe fund. amounting to $80,238. The amount paid in each year is rapidly growing larger— in 1861 only two hundred and fifty dol lars; was paid in, while during five months of the present year over dfteen thousand dollars have Peen received: SECOND OMR POUR o . cr,ocs, A. M. NEWS BY CABLE. Church Disestablisbment Bill Passed by the British House of Commons:.-Ad dresses to.imerlcan Minister Motley and Ills Replies Thereto... Protestant Congress at Wornia..Twenty Thousand Verson. Present. . . (By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh (last tte.i GREAT BRITAIN. LONDON, May f. 31.—1 n the House of Commons to-night Mr. Gladstone moved the third reading of the bill for the dis establishment of the, Irish Church. A large number of petitions against the passage office bill were then presented, after which James Maden Holt, member, for Northeast Lancashire, made, and Lord Elks, member for Hadingahire, seconded, a motion that the bill be rejected. A long but usin teresting debate followed, terminati g in the refusal of the House to accept l r. Holt's proposition, and the passage ; f the bill by a vote of 361 against 247. The result was received with uproar. ions cheering from the Ministerial benches. The House shortly afterwards adjourned. LIVERPOOL, May 31.—Mr. Motley, the new Minister of the United States, re ceived the adaresses of the Chambers of , Commerce at his hotel this morning, and in reply to that of the American Cham ber of Corniiierce, he returned thanks for the welcome he had received as a repre sentative of the United States. He said it was the earnest hope and chief wisti of President Grant's administration and of the people of America to retain faith fully friendly and equitable relations with the government and Ur. people of Great Britain. The happiness of the world, the advancement of civilization, the best hopes of hUmanity and the con cord of all branches of the human family, more especially in that of the two leading nations, both connec ted by personal interest, allied 4by blood, addicted to commerce and the cul tivation of the arts of peace. Mr. Motley concluded) asfollows: My most strenuous efforts shall be devoted to further a good understanding on the basis of enduring friendship and kindly relations, in ac cordance with the .great principles of justice and honor. which are the immu table and only sate and unerring guides In the conduct of nations. In answer to the address of the Liver pool Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Motley expressed his high appreciation _or the iriendly, serial ontst - towar+-tarciericti, *air Isstifed them that during his period of office he should endeavor to promote good underst aiding between two nations of the same race, bound by a unity of in terest hitherto unequally felt, and the highest purposes or both were fulfilled by faithful friendship. The American people and the American Government desired relations with Great Britain on the. basis of justice. It was the warm est wish of America to extend commerce, but the question of free trade was be yond the limits of his functions, its set tlement being _vested by the people in GERMANT. Worms. May al.—The Protettant Con gress, which assembled here to-day, was attended by twenty thousand persons, including representatives from all the States of Germany. The Congress, by a unanimous vote, resolved against the Papal exhortation to return to the Roman Church and in condemnation of the encyclical letter. and syllabus... The idea of the formation of a united German Church is mooted. AUSIRIA; VIENNA, May 31.—1 t Is said Ismael Pasha's tour, w hich will extend through out Europe, is for the purpose of determ ining the question whether the Suez Ca nal is to be considered a subject for the neutrality of all nations and for. all bate. MARINE NEWS. LONDON. May 81.—The steamers Union and Nevada, from New York, arrived, out yesterday, and the ,Aleppo, City of City of Cork, City of Brooklyn and St. David to-day. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL 4 LONDON. May 31.—Consols for money, 94. American securities firm. Five. twenty bonds at 80%; at Liverpool, IA Fries, 19; Illinois, 96. Stocks firm. LivEnvoot, may. 81.—Cotton market; middling uplands at 114, do. Orleans 'at 114; sales of 12,000 bales. California white wheat at 9s. 9d., red western Rt./3s. 9d. Western Fqour . at 225. 6d. Corn; mixed at 275. 6d. Oats 3144 d. BalOy ss. Peas 38s. 6d. Pork 100 H. Beef 911 s. Lard 70s. Cheese 82s. Bacon 60s. Spir its of Petroleum at 7 yid. re fi ned Is. 815 d . Tallow 435. 6d. Turpentine 285.. Linseed 011 325., Linseed Cakes £3O. LONDON, May 31.—Tallow 435. 9d. Linseed Oil £3l. Sugar easier; on spot, 595. 6d.@403. Petroleum at Antwerp firmer at 4735 francs. Cotton at Havre quiet and steady at 140 francs, on spot, 135% afloat. Additional IllarKele by. Telegraph. Chicano, May 81.—At open board in the afternoon there was very little done in the grain markets and prices without important change. No. 2 spring, wheat is selling at 111,15%®1,16 deliverable im mediately. Corn inactive, dqalers await ing the results of the corner case now before the Committee of the , Board of Trade. Other grainsare also neglected. Provisions dull. Lake Freights quiet. Beef Cattle in rather light supply but at unchangedprices; fairly active to the extent of offerings; receipts 759 head; sales 483 head'at a range of $5®7,40, ac cording to quality. Hogs moderately Be ttye; redeem <comparatively light and a fair demand existed; prices firm and steady at Saturday's .quotations; fresh receipts 1,684 bead; sales 2,782 'head... ALBANY, May' 81.—The demand fo beeves was very, fair today. Between 2,000 and 6,000 head changed hands, at NAM, light to ordinary Ohio, Ken tucky and Indiana; and 4 B©B3;e ter good . to extra. The supply 113 equal to the de mand. Sheep are rather slow of sale at 61‘67,41. Holm lower; sales of 1,000 head at,'9yol9go for weight. g% , NM i .y BUFF TELEGRAMS. ----o------. —Six prikoners escaped from jail at Detroit, on sSunday. —Ole Bulk has tendered his services to the Peace Jubilee at Boston. $i -Dr. W . Magruder, Ex• Mayor of Washingto City, died on Sunday. —The car age manufactory of L. Chap man, at Ca bridge, Mass" was burned on Sunday. Loss. $5,000. —A consignment of new fall wheat reaped in Panola county, Miss., was re ceived at St. Louis on Monday. `e —Extensive preparations are made at Ransil City to celebrate the completion of the bridge spanning the Missouri rive at that place. —The remains of Ex-Governor More head, of Kentucky, were conveyed to Frankfort yesterday morning under a civil and military escort. —The axle works of Barber, Sheldon it Co., at the Auburn(New York). Prison, were partially destroyed by fire on Sunday. Loss heavy; partially in sured. —A terrific storm passed over portions of Grundy and Coldwell countiesddls souri, last week. Several houses were blown down and considerable damage done.' —The first shipment of new wheat to Memphis was received on Saturday from Vanola county, Miss. It consisted of 3,000 bushels and was classed as fair. —ln the steamship Quaker City case. at New York, the owners of the vessel have filed their answer, which simply denies all the allegations in the libel, that the vessel was fitted out as a privateer. —Wm. H. Andrews, an apparently, ' successful dr y goods dealer in Louisville, has made an assignment. His liabilities are said to exceed one million dollars, and his income last year amounted to over $7,000. —Three men and two women. servants at a hotel in New Brighton,Staten Is land, were out * in a small b oat Sunday evening. A squall came up, c the boat was capsized, and three drowned. It is said all were intoxicated. —The Peruvian Government, says a Lima letter, has recognized the Cuban insurgents as belligerents. A Cuban Commissioner had requested the loan of the Peruvian monitors, butt e had not been complied with. Fl i —Very he l vv rams have fallen in the vicinity of I t dianapolis during the past three days, and the streais are all swollen beyond their usual proportions. The damage to •farms and crops in the bottom lands will be very heavy. —ln the ease of J. D. Nicllenry, con .Victed at New York: on Saturday last of perjury, in making false affidavits, etc.. against Messrsi . Rollins. HaiTand and bers.Ailantloict is tiff 'hie - made for ar mat oflitagment, pending argument on the motion for a new trial. —The will of Dr. James E. Rush dis poses of a million dollars, and the estate, after providing for certain moderate leg acies, goes to Philadelphia Library Com pany, to purchase a lot and erect a building to; be called the /qtidgeway branch of the Philadelphia Library." —Fosalll Creek Station, on the Kansas Pacific railroad, was attacked by Indians on Friday night last, and two men were Jailed and four wounded. The Indiana also tore up a portion of the track,,and a train from Hays City was thrown off. Gen. Costar\ sent a squad of soldiera in pursuit. —ln the I rase of Dubois and Augur against the ' , Western Union Telegraph Company, at Cincinnati, to recover four hundred and sixteen dollars damages sustained on account of non delivery . of i:. dispatc , Judge Taft, of the Superior Court, eve judgment for plaintiff in the full am unt. —The Kenna City, Fort Scott ik Gulf Railroad was opened to Peen, Kansas, yesterday. Quite a large excursion par ty left Kansas City to celebrate the event. It is expected the road will be completed to Fort Scott about the middle of August. New roll 3 lng stock has been ordered to meet th wants of the road. ___,• , ---4,-41.------ Addittlonal Delegates. The following additional names of del egates to the Conventions to-day reached us yetrday ; • DE !GATES TO cOTTETT CONVENTION. P.ttsburgh. 'Thirteenth—J. 3t. Mukha, W btxteOta—J. B, Geyser. W. C. Barr. A11,171/fly. F rth+Atex. Patterson. Wm fleecy. Sixth—W. le. TrIMOIe, J. 11. lirennert. • Boroughs. Beale ley—Jobe Way, Robert Glance)... Etna+Koward Thomas. Henry (ladle. bliarpshurg—J. C. Lewis, Jr., IA an. Burns. TArelitilin—lames Lacey. It. 8. P. McFall. Townships. tintor—W. F. Cr men. R. White. Klibuck—A. 0. ()Akio', Wm. Banterer. AlArstrall—iicorge Betio. thus. rimmonds. Franklin Jaanie Hun', Harrison 'Riley. )Toler—James B. By. re, S. S. Burns. East Deer—James ban:laity, John Kennedy. Indian's—Alfred Kennett, 'tquire bouthett. Moon-11. ht. Scott U. S. Free. rattini—T. J. Chalfant, Win. Cunningham. LIGISLATIVD. _,... \ P... tieurph. . . Tblrwentti—ltobt. A,rthurs, T. Dickson. - I Allegheny. , , . Firth—Ji. E. Parke. Christ. Hoch. Sixth—James Barclay. John sneer. , 1 . Boroughs. ' Temperancelalls—P.Weayer, T.C.Dorrington. Mamie—J. J. Williams. A. A. John on. West Pittsburgh—R. EL'Hemittp, W. eems. . 4 1arentum—lienry.Thompnon V. H. umes, B.arpsburg—J. A. Taylor, Charles Tmat. Etna—Richard Jones, Peter Kilegens ith. . Townships. itili Robinson-I.S Precinct—W. Hill, Isu Bove. Kilbuck—Mlnas Tlndle, J. W. Robluson. - sinley—J. t*: Hood, L. J. Byers. 1 Franklin—Phillip Nes/hart. lax. Rosenstsln. Marshall—David Robinson, Thos. Bonbon. Moon—W. 11. Wel, Jacob Free. 1 Patton—Thos. McMaster,, W. H. Mrs:taker. , • ' JUDICIAL. Pittsburgh. Thlrd—Jacob F. Slagle, J H. Miller. F.lghth—Jno . %Valises. J. A. Marshall. Tenth7Jos. , French,. 1:1k Wllllams—contested. Elerenth , .-11. F. Kennedy. J. F. Robb. Yourteenth—W. O+ 'Moreland, Joseph Jones. Elgateenth—D. Holmes. J, L. LwlnOtone. Nineteenth—F. D. Perohment, E. Di Kegley. __Twentr-third—lVW. o.lstr. Sc., A. B. Ste venson. ; .. , Fifth—WM Vlisslnialons, B. Salto) tlissn-r-Charles Tugh. - Borotithf. Etna—Andrew William., John Het littArpsburn—W. A. Lewis, J.ldnnt Torenlntn—B. 1). Hornell. H. M. M . , Tolonshists.- Mlblick - 131, Davis. J. H. Haelle Ileldle—Almo.enneln, tiroetsl Fluler—Heorne Barns, Alex Boot. E&s Deer—Jo. Henderson, P. M. Z Illarsnell—Janzes Robinson, Dsirlo X oon—RobintWilson, Altrea Men H rettOn-11. Clagliolll, Reno - • Alf egAeny. helmer rnboa. 22 mund,on. story, be. PI7 CITY AND . SUBURBAN. The Storm in Allegheny. The heavy tedipest i of yesterday after= noon. while resulting in renovating thm•oughfares, reviving verdure . and favoring us with an exceedingly refreah • • • ing atmosphere,' during its continuance. was rather disagreeable. In Allegheny, especially, it seems to have been notice.; aby severe, and; was accompanied with manifestations of power or a somewhat unpleasant nature. On North avenue, near Resacastreet, a new brick house was beihg erected for Mr. J. W. Arrott: The •workmen - had just finished the gablei end of the strtic tare -when- the storm came, and in the twinkling of an eyodestroyed the labor of many days, tearing down about half the wall and scattering the bricks and mortar in all directions. Fortunately there was no pinion in the place at the time, and we haye no personal injuries to reebrd. The :loss will not be very heavy. • Are awning attached to Lutz k Ran kin's drug store, on Western avenue, was blown . throngh one of the large wlndaws'of the store, entailing a eonsid erolble loss upoir the proprietors. The cars on the street 1. railways were stopped from running, the drivers and conduc tors finding it necessary to seek protec tion from the element in the interior of their 'Vehicles.: The number of trees blown. down it would be useless\ .to attempt to record, as well as the pave ments washed away by the floods. Perhaps, the most remarkable instance of its power was, found in the stoppage of the trains on ithe Western -Pennsyl vanial Railroad. • They were all compelled: to lay to until the storm passed, and ar rived in the c 4 considerably behind time. A large sign bard on Ross' gro eery establishment, Federal street, Alle gheny; was blown off and fell into`the street. Indeed, Sign boards, . awnings,. and trees, seemed to be its especial sport, and were blown& about with a reckless disregard of • evelything. The destruc tion to property throughout the city *as considerable, but so' far as we could as certain no injuries were received by per sons, '.althoUgh number • were' olthe street': during the tempest. Soldiers' Orphans on Decoratioa Day. EDITORS Gazrrrm: Though the papers have been full of the proceedings on Sat urday last, it seems to me that there ought to be a word said in regard to one of the most interesting sights in the pro cession, to-wit: the soldiers' orphans from our own city. Through the persevering exertions of Col. Barr of the Post and the co-operatiou of the editors of the various papers and many of our benevolent and active ladies, these fatherless children were present and; made a markedisature In the procession:. How few of them, as they rode cheerily and gladly along, en joying the pageant, were able to appie elate the terrible:loss this day commem orated to every one of them. The little girls, from their Comfortable home which overlooks the first dam on the Mononga hela: a' l d: • 'sad in white with their cheer ful r,obms and pretty faces, deservedly attracted the attention of any observer, as they went through the streets, and as the stood at the Cemetery, sang in a most ouching manner Colonel Kevin's beautit song, written and set to music by himself-foT thiaoccasion. We believe these ehlidien•were the only part of the procession that fhmembered there were -tierces graves at St. Mary's Cemetery,ad join'ng the Allegheny Cemetery—or at least they were theonly ones that we no ticeil.going to pay their tribute of respect to this brave men whose remains rest there. I blame hone, and yet there is always danger that while officers are always remembered—the "unnamed denizens" who went "to stop bullets at half a dollar a day"are too often forgotten. Even in this land of boasted Detnoc -1 racy we too often forget the rank and tile. Do I not( speak the feelings of many a heart when I say that torn and tattefed, soiled land battle-stained flag carried in the procession brought tears In my eyes. What a story of suffering, and of heroic endurance does it tell ? OBSERVER. Fatal AccldentLady Killed by Light . • During the brief thunder storm which raged•in this locality, about three o'clock yesterday, a moat distressing accident occurred. in the, Sixth ward, resulting in the instant death of Mrs. Mary Tustan, •an estimable lady residing at No. 350 Fifth avenue. While the storm was rag ing Mrs. T. started up stairs to put down a window in the second story, and it is presumed that while in the act of lower ing the windowshe was struck by light ning and instantly killed, as one of her daughters, not knowing that her mother had gone up stairs, went up to lower the window, when ishe discovered her lying on the floor, apparently lifeless, and her clothes ou tire.! • The cries of the daughter were heard by the neighbors and perstSns passing, a number of whom rushed in the house to ascertain what was the matter, anti found the deceased lying as stated. The flames which bad communicated to some arti cles in the room were immediately ex tinguished by Ithose who had gone in, though in the mean time an alarm oftire had been sounded from box 63, to which the fire department responded, but were not called into service. The deceased was about forty-five years °rage and was the mother of 81X children, most of whom are grown up. Two physicians were summoned immediately after the occur rence, but on the arrival at the house, lite was extinct, and from the appearance of the corpse, it was presumed that death had ensued almost instantly. Noma School Committee. The Committee appointed at the May Convention of School Directors to consid er the matter of eitablishinent of a'State Normal School in-the distridt composed , of Allegheny, Beaver and Butler coun ties, net yesterday at Curry's Institute, and organized by the selection of Felix O. Negley, as Chairman, and A. T. Dou thett, as Stion4. ary. 'A resolution was ated inetrUcting the Chairman to no tidll/ t op he SchoorS u perintend ants of Beaver and Butler counties of the organisation of the committee, and to request them to appoint similir committees, with a view to conference on the subjeet of the Nor mal School. After which the committee adjourned to meet at the same place on m o nday, June 14th. THE COURTS. District Court—Judges Hampton and Kirkpatrick. Moxixty, May 31.—Frearick- Reader vs. Morrison, Coegler & Co.Taction to re cover for work and labor done. • The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $l6l 60; subject to the opinion of the Court ore question of law reserved. At the conclusison of the above case. Court adjourned till ten o'clock this morning. TRIAL LIST FOR TO-DAY. 47.. Schmidt dr Co. vs. Boehm. ' 62. Monongahela Turnpike Company vs. McClaren, 60. Connor et al. WS. C. & P. R. R. Co. 82. Cooper dt . Willis ear's use vs. Snap. I 88. Faverty vs. Bender Co. 100. Taylor vs. Reed. • 101. Oakland Ry. Co- vs. McDevitt's Ad • ministratrix. AM—Honeg g er& Co. vas Graham de Bro. garnishee. %Mt °nommen Pleas—Judges Sterritt,, , .'Mellon and Stowe. McoNnewriAday 31.—1 n this Court the argurnentillici. was takes: up yesterday morning - . 1 Its consideration will be con tinued oaring the present week. and there wilt therefore be no' jury trials dur ing that time. naited States Courts-4 ud ge MeCandles,. IdoxDeka, May 31.—1 n the Circuit Court the jurors. were discharged: in the District Court the jurors were excused from farther attendance until Monday, June 7th. At that time the cases in which the Government is a party will. be talcen up and.disposed ot; but all the other cases will be continued. Amusements. Orica.4%. Housa.—Maffit and Bertha mew's comic pantomime tionpfrom l3os ton, numbering twenty-Lve artiste, ap peared in an initial performance at the Opera House- last evening.. The first presentation was a success in every respect. They will appear sgain to-night. PITTSECTB6II3) THEA.TRE.—rxion will be presented for the last time at the Pitts burgh Theatre to-night. Those who have not seen • this capital burlesque should remember to-night. FAIR ANDFESTIVAL.-TlllB evening a fair and festival for the benefit of the Seventh 11. P . . Church, will be commen ced. in the church at half past seven. o'clock. It will continue every after noon and evening during the week. The arrangements._ have been on the most liberal scale, and we. hope the efforts of the fair managers will be amply re warded. THE MIISEUM.—The Museum continue§ to hold its place among the first class en tertainmenta of the city. Major Burnell is constantly do the alert for fresh at tractions, and the result of his vigilance and enterprise is exhibited in a marked* manner at his establishment. Enter prise should always be rewarded, and we are glad to see that in this case it is re ceiVizq proper /rapport, Street Crossings.. The street ( authorities of Allegheny City are pursuing this 'year, as they did. last, the liberal and wise policy of pro.. viding foot crossings at the intersection of her streets. We notice preparations for a number of additional crossings over the streets that cross Federal street. We deem the suggestion opportune ayhis time that these last.natned crossings and all others on Federal street should be of about double the ordinary breadth. On all such thoroughfares as Federal street these necessary provisions for the conve nience and comfort of our citizens should be made in order to answer fully their true object, wide enough for two persons abreast going in. opposite directions to meet and pass without either having to step off into the mud. We hope the Street Committee will see to this', and by an example of wide pavements at Allegheny's chief street. The customary narrow foot strips may do well on the obscure and less frequented streets, but not so with Federal,. Wood, Fifth, St. Clair and other great thoroughfares. For Assembly To THE r EDITORS OF THE PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : At this time, when every in-, telligent voter of the Republican party is casting a glance over the names of the different candidates presented for politi-, • cal .preferment, we, as an adviser or honest men; have not been able to see one that, for sterling integrity and moral honesty will surpasathat of Col. William Espy, of Scott township, whose , name ap pears in your columns as a candidate for the Legislature. Au old,stattrich Rephbli can, an industriOus and intelligent farm er, having all the qualifications for afirst class representative, we take pleasure in calling the attention of the .nelegates to the legislative convention, to his claims for political preferment, and feel confi dent that should his name go before the people for their vote at the October elec tion, such a vote would be given to a ticket composed of such men as to hilly satisfy any intelligent voter that the peo ple only want to have an opportunity to exemplify to the community at large, that it is honest men that they delight to honor. Jusricx. Distressing Affair•• Child Scalded. Yesterday afternoon a grandchild Jas. Neely, proprietor of a hotel on Fed eral street, Allegheny, was so dreadfully scalded that fears are entertained of its recovery. The little victim, aged about two years, was sitting on the steps at the kitchen door of the house, when its. grandmother, not knowing of its where libotits, threw out a large pailftil ',of hot water. which almost deluged i lt. The, lady immediately, but too late thr pre-. vention, saw the scalded child, and. after bringing it' into the house summoned it physician. Dr. Dickson arrived in short time and administered the_usual 'remedies, but from the first gave-fhb friends no hope of itb recovery. van still living last evening in great agony . ? which. however, was thought, wow". terminate before morning in destit;' The affair is one of the most distrvoinlift character, but, under the elpfefttuttlateeillo. maid not have been prevenfed.'s: • • 7 •- , .... , ...-- , 4i , ,,,..-.--. ;.•:;;'.,:&._-••-,,,'.-.,,...,'',.:; .:::. - .':: , : : . - ',''_'..? ,. ;''.i.1..: ., ;••':;' , . .. ~,...,.,.,.
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