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VOL
II
7rNvw.I.VE oPcm.,othc,
THE 041'ITAL.
Gen. 'spinner Designated Custodian of
the Sinking Fund—Jam,. Disburse-.
znents—More Bonds to' be Purctiased—
.
President Going to Long Branch—
: .Prauds-:at New; grletins—fron . Clad
Oath in •
(By TeJerrarkt to the .rttiburgb Gazette.,
Wesuprerrozi, July 7, 1869-
-;: TREASIIIY 3TATTSP.S.
Secretary,- Bontwell to-day appointed
- -' Gen. E. Spinner, S. Treaurer,.CUFl
- of the Sinking Fund and of such
bonds a9,may be bought subject to the
futureiction of Congress, with instillct
tions that they must be charged to the
account - of ;registered bonds, and: books
opened which at all times must shoW
the true bonditiOn of the fund. He
is
also instructed to open an interest ac,
ootrnt with the sinking fund, and credit
it witit/' all the interest due, or bonds
• bought on account of the sinking fund,
•
subject, to the futtire action of Con
gress, and purchase ;. new ;bonds with- ,
• such interest, to be added to the sinking
• . fund.
The following are the disbursements
for June:
and Miscellitneous. .$5
3,829,388 •
• Navy 12,6,55,096 N a
$5,253,298
Indian and Pensions _ 2,082,416
' The above does not include the amount
paid on account of public debt.
Receipts of Internal Revenue to-day,
_ $204,111. • . •
GOING TO LONG BRANCH.
.The President will next week accom
pany his family to Long Branch and oc-
E - casionally detring the summer will be
absent from this city, , but at no time
over two weeks; perhaps never for so
long a period. , His travelling movements
•
' depeud on the state`of public busi
-1 ness, which will receive his attention at
Washington whenever its importance
shall so require.
NOT YET SUBMITTED.
The question of administering the iron
clad oath to members elect , of the Vir
ginia Legislature has not yet been sub
mitted to the Attorney .General for his
opthion. The President is. waiting, be
fore doing so, the receipt of the corresr
pondonce which called forth the letter
of General Canby. to the effect that the
taking of. this oath will be necessary.
THE SPANISH MISSION. - •
It may now be stated witti more cer."
tainty.- than heretofore,- that Minister
Sickles has not been instructed to nego
tiate for the purchase of Cuba, and the
additional assurance comes from one of
the best sources of official information
that the Government is not looking to
the purchase • of territory in any other
quarter: . •
1 10 RE BONDS, TO. Ilk: PURCHASED.
The Secretary of the Treasu,ry has di
rected the Assistant Treasurer at New
York to purchase' three, millions of
United States boas on 'Friday next, to
be held subject to the future action of
Congress. The currency balance in the
Treasury has been reduced about six
million dollars since, the lst of July, by
the withdrawal of the necessary amount
to purchase three million dollars of
bonds, and 1;2,500,0W to-day for the use ,
of the .army.
FRAUDS AT 1 , 7 ENV ORLEANS.
Special Treasury.A.gent KLiisells, now
here, is writing hisreport. The under
standing is that it--seriously implicates
parties in New Orleans in high standing;.
as well as former officers of customs, not'
however including Kellogg and Stock
dale. The repOrt in substance• substan
tiates, the Ricayune' 8, statements of
customs frauds.
COLUMBUS; 011.10.,
The Democratic State Convention—Gen.
Rosecrans Nonntiatea Tor Governer—
., The Platform Adoptia. , •
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
COLUMBUS, July 7.—The Democratic
State Convention met at turn P. M. and or
ganized: with Hon. P. .Van Trump as
President. General W. S. Rosecrans was
nominated for Governor on the second
ballot. The other nominations are
Lieut., Governor, T. J. Godfrey,of Mercer;
Supreme Judge, W. J. Gilmore, 'of Pre
ble; Treasurer of State, StePhen Bohner.
of Cleveland; Attorney General, Colonel`
J. M. Connell, of Fairfield; Board of Pub
lic Works, Benjamin Churchill, of Hain
ikon.
. A •
The State Elmer:V:l , e Committee, loca
ted at the Capital, are Alien J. nue.
man, John G. Thompson, Jaoob Rein
hard,-Geo: VV. Meeker, R. P. L. Esher.
• The "follostinft resolutions • were
adopted :
Resolved. That the exemption from tax
of over two •thotwand• five-hundred mil
,lion dollars in bonda and
securities is unjust to -the people and
~ought not to be tolerated, and that we
are opposed to any aPpropriation for the
payment of interest on the public debts
until they are made stlbject to taxation.
1;08044 That the claims of hondholdt
ers that'the bonds which.. Were e bought
wiltie},•h giyenahys, .and gip
. prineijoal of
wttich`ie <by law payable in
currency,.
shoeld nevertheless be paid In gold, is
.unjust and extortionate, and if persisted
in will inevitably force upon the people
the'question of reptidiation.
• Resolved, Tjlat wg denounce; the high
protectitt -tariff;', Which was designed
only in the interests of the New Eng
land manttfacturers; that said tariff' is
also.bylta enormous impositions On salt,
sugar, tea, coffee and necessaries,, unen
durable and oppressive. especially epee
the people of , the West, and that we de-
Mend its repeal and . the stitPatittition of
another based upon revenue principles
alone, upon the closest coossibl!,approxi
mation 'absolute free trade.
Resolved. That the Democratic - party
of the United States hime always been
permanently friendly tolbei.righta and
interests dr the laboring maei 'that they
are in favor of a limited number of
hours in all inuittfacturing Workshops,._
hours diptated the Physical and men-,
tal well-being of the laborer; that , they
favor the' most liberal laws in regard to
hou'sehold and .homestead exemption
from sale and execution; that • they are,.
Lxxxrv:
DITIO
also in fever of liberal grants of land
from the public domain to the actual
settler, without any cost, and are oppos
ed to the donation of them to swindling
;railroad 'corporations. ' and that they are
generally friendly; to, the system of
measures advocated by the labor and in
dustrial congresses; and we pledge the
'Demociatic party, if restored to power,
to exercise , their influence in giving'
them practical application.
Resolved: That the attacks of Gover.
nom Hayes and Lee upon the doings of I
the late General Assembly are false in
fact, malicious in spirit, and unworthy
'of gentlemen occupying their elevated
Positions.
Resolved, That the late General Assem
bly were called upon to make large and
extraordinary oPPropriations to rebuild
the burned Lunatic Asylum, to provide
a reform school for girls, to .construct a
new blind asyin. to make appropria
tions to pay n
over V 30,000 of a judgment
obtained in the Supreme Court of the
State in favor of the Life Insurance . and .
Trust Company, and to meet a deficiency
of over $20,000 of the preceding Republi
can Legislature, all [of which, together
with the extra compensation paid. to
members under a law, passed by a Re
publican,Legislature, were provided for
without an increaselot the State levy,
and the appropriatione in the , aggregate,
are much less than thMie ot the preceding
Republican Legislature, without abstract
ing $BO,OOO from_ the relief fund for the
maimed and disbled soldiers and their
families. l'
.Resolved, That we hereby return our
thanks to the Fifty-eighth General As
sembly for their economical expendi
tures in the administration of the State
Government, and the expose' of te
wholesale frauds in for
the erection of Stat h e
,bußdings, whereby the people' were
swindled, out of half a n3illion of dollars
by the negligence of ;Republican State
officials. ..
Resolved, That it is th e right of each
State to d acids for itself who shall possess
the elective franchise within it; that. by
the'attempt to% regulate suffrage in Ohio,
by means of , the so-called .Fiftee-nth Con
stitritional amlndment, is subversive of
the principles of the Federal Constitution.
Resolved, That the policy and legisla
tion of the Radical, party directly tend to
destroy all the reserved rights of the'
States and convert the Republic into a
consolidated despotism; that whether
such despotism be exercised by an,Em
peror, a President, or a Congress, the
result would be fatal to liberty and good
government; that consolidation in this
country means the absolute dominion of
monopoly and aggregate capital over the
lives, the liberty and the property of the
tolling masses.
Resolved, That we denbunce the na
tional banking system as one of the worst
outgrowths of the, bonded debt, which
unnecessarily increases the . burden of
the people thirty Millions of dollars an
, nnally, and that we demand its imam
cilate repeal. i \ '
fßesoived; That the trial awl sentence I
to death by military commission of a 4
citizen of Texas, not in the military or
1 naval service, when he civil courts wore
in the unobstructed N eercise of their
functions in' that State. and in the time
'of profound peace, and the approval of
that sentence by Accident Gratic, are vio
lations of the most sacred righrEdf4.nter
citizens, guaranteed- by tit( it Corkatu. I
tions, State and Fedijral, and ticserveaiad I
'should 'rebeive the ; severest condemna
• tion of every ]oier hi liberty and cousti
tutiorial government. I
Resolved, That the numerous.palpable
and high handed usurtiationi of the
Party in power, their ma n y public and j
private acts of tyrany, trampling under
foot the civil law and the Ignarantees of
the Constitution, their continuing to de
prive sovereign States of Tepresentatio n
in Congress and to govern said States by
mere military rule, shoW them to be the
party of despotism and Unworthy the
confidence and support of irt - teeszpeople.
\Resolved, That we extend. the right
handd
: Of fellowship and recognize 'as
brethren in a coMmon cause all conser
vative Men, not heretofore Democrats,
who will unite with. us in rescuing the
Government from the Ma orthy hands
into which it has fallen, • and we pledge
;,
the united and cordial support of the.
two hundred and fifty thousand Derao
crate in ludo, whom we represent, to the
ticket nominated by' this'Convention and
presented by us to the suffrages of the
People of Ohio. I '''
The State Executive Committee or
ganized this evening by eleating John G.
Thompson, Chairman, Geo. W. Meeker,
urer.
Secretary, and Jacob Reinhard, Tress.
The Registry Law. Dectarcd Constitua
nutlet by the Supreme Csurt--Twenty
ninth Judicial histrict Case.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette,
PECILADELPECIAI . I ,ttly7.—The Supreme
Court in bane this morning d oclarbd con-
Stitutional the Registry Law as passed by
the Legislature. The deplsion Is very
lengthy and includes • - L---! •
.418 on
the' pinion's of
- -
Judges Agnew, Read and Williams.
Judges Bharewood and Tho peon dls
iiented
• The decision reverses the d oree of the
i
le
Court of . Nisi Prim', and the special in-
I Emotion is dissolved. The d m
& ion con
clad as follows: i
"It is true there is .a kin ,of liberty
this registry l law will destroyi ,
It isthat
licentious, that odious freedom, which
surrenders the polls to hirelings an'dvag
abonds,' outcasts from home and' hone s t
industryobsu who have no citizenship
or stake' in the Government, men who
will, commit perjury, violenee and mur
der itself.
"To prevent this is the purpose of this
law, and it. should , have the aid of fair
men of ail parties toiveis a 'lair trial
and secure its title end. •
- "It inaY "have defects.' DoObt/aS wit`
has; and what system devised by the
of man has not? , But is detente; if *IV,
should be remedied as they are; disclosed
by:experience.
"The law istnot unconstitutional.' It is
apart of the political system of the State
on which its affairs and its very continu
anceldependsi and we, as a Court, have
no right to put our hands upon the - whole
system on the ground 'of were hardship,
and for defects of regulation which- are
'not clear•ornalpable, violations of the
I letter or Very; spirit'of the Coninltutiothrt.
Judgment entered this morning de
termines that the. act of Assembly
passed at the last session repealing the
act ar eatitliellie:TwentY-Ilintlt Judicial
Dhstrlot and transferring, -Lycoming.
county to the ; Fourth= District, 4 Is null
and void, being unconstitutional Judge
Gamble,,therefore, retains his Office as
Judie of that Distriot, according" to the
o riginal act. of Assembly, 1
‘,.,.,
MN
El
PEtILADELPHIA.
PITTSBUR;II,
Ea
0111 ENTIOI.
O'CLOCK, A. M.
News BY CAM.
1 .
The blab Church BUl—Cominents of the
Press len the . Action (iithe Rouse of
al
Lord Progreso of the French Cable
401
- ---lul terlal Ciisis in Spain Over• The
Renate Ica' CoUucli at Home. . \
BF. Tel, graph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDOIC, July 7.—The Daily News says
the Irish Church bill will leave the House
of Lords with a very different character
from which it entered, and much less ac
ceptable to the country. It will be quite
impossible for the Commons to accept
the amendments made by the Peers, and
it will be their duty to restore the bill in
its original form. The Lords have done
their best to spoil the measure. They
prudently abstained from rejecting, and
the Commons must tratisforin ,the de
formed.
The Times, commenting on the last
night's debate, says: By their' last act
he House of Lords have completed the
transformation of the Ministerial scheme.
They have refused by a majority of sev
enty to approve the clause appropriating
the surplus funds of the Church, and
have preferred to reserve the question
for future consideration. The meaning
of the vote is not obscure. The Duke of
Argyle condemned it, by anticipation, as
an attempt to reverse the vote by which
the Duke of Cleveland's amendments,
proposing concurrent endowment, was
rejected, and although we agreed with
the Marquis. of Salisbury, that Lord
Cairns can scarcely have provision for
the residences of. Catholic priests at
heart, we must acknowledge the justice
of the Duke of Argyle's general conclu
sion, that the vote unquestionably re
verses, in sPirit; if not in forin, the dad-.
sion against the Duke of Cleveland's
scheme.
- The Times believes the country is ready
and willing. to support the grant for ec
clesiostical residences to the Catholics
and Presbyterians. If the opportunity
to make it is rejected, it will be because
the governing powers, being unable to
rise above the catch words of party, dare
not look openly and courageously at the
truth.
General Sir James Torke Scarlett has
been made Knight of the Grand Cross of
Bath, and Lord . 14fonck nas been made
Knight - of the Star of India.
'The Telegraph Purchase bill, now be-,
fore the House of Commons, proposes to
raise:L . 7,o4oW in bonds for the'purchase
of the lines, iii!d to make the service a
monopoly, to gl into existence on the Ist
of January, 1670.
•
• GERMANY. '
ibluxicti,- July 7.—Prime Minister
Prince Hohenlohe hasseued a circular to
foreign powers on the Ecumenical Coma
al. He warns the governments of, he
principal dangers_ which they ought to
guard against, and Particularizes the'de
cision which 'the Council may announce
in regard' to the infallibility of the
Pope,
,the fli 4 positlou it may make
of the ..questions of Church prop
erty and other points likely to come up
of an essentially political character. He
believes that all States having Catholic
subjects are intimately concerned in the
proceedings of the Council-and ought to
takes common attitude. He suggested
that it might be well for these powers to
hold a conference and not leave the
Council in doubt bfrtheir position in re.
gard to Its decielons.
FRANCE ;
BREsr. July 7 .—Dispatches through
the new cable from the Great Eastern re
port that up to . Tuesday noon she had
run 1,524 knots and paid out 1,700 knots
of cable. She reports a heavy gale on
,Monday night, but was weathered
`finely. Signals good. ,
PAR/S, July Patric denies that
ministerial changes are imminent.
The La F , CI.7ICf denies the story of the
contemplated evacuation of Rome by‘the
French.
SPAIN.
MADRID, July 7.—The ministerial crisis
is over. Zn . olla has been appointed
Minister of Justice, Marlon' J%lluisier of
Public Works,' and Becarra AlinistOr .of
Colonies. • /
!WAHINE/NEWS,
BREST, JUly 7.—The steamship Lafay
ette, from New YOrk, arrived to-day.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
v,. for
money
July 7—.. L.,
ven veg.—Consols T
money 93; 4 '1 account 93%, Five-Twenty
bonds-131,%. Erie 19M: Illinois 96.
Stocks 'firm.
LivratrooL, July 7.—Cotton steady and
quiet, with middling uplands at /2hd.
and Orleans 12%d; sales ten thodaantt
/bales. California white Wheat lOs Od;
red western 9s 3d. Flour 23a 6d: Corn;
mixed 28s 6d for old, and-27s for new.
Oats 3s 4d. Peas 38s. Pork 995. Beef
90s. Lard 765. Cheese 655. Bacon 82s
ad. Spirits Petroleum 7d; refined.ls634d.
Tallow 445. 9d. , - •
LONDON, July 7.—TalloW 44s 3d. Su-
gar 39s 9d. Linseed £32.
...Petroleum at • Antwerp 494
FRANKFORT. July 7--Evening.-41. S.
Bonds closed at
kfAvex., July 7 Emoting. —Cotton
closed at 147 francsfor tres ordinaire on
Spot.
NEW YORK CITY.
Infected Ports Declared Filibuster
tu g s- Bo nd ed = infernier - Assituipd.'
[By Temsratin to the Yfttetlnr a 6itmette.)
Nnw Yong, Joo7, 1869.
The Hoard of Health to.day deelartd
'Ffivene. and Madames infected ports.
This subjeeta vessels therefrom to rigid
quaThreanfitilnlbeh .
nstektugs Cool, Mabel ' and'
Chase wee today bonded in 114000 and
releasea b y the TJnited States Marshal.
The examination of Gen. Goleurla was
ixnuinued to.day. The informer, French,
had a narrow escape from summary
treatment.• after , the adjournment of
Court from a huge crowd of Cuban sym
pathizers. - ADirshal Dario*. Was Eon
polled to sinugicie him out of the build
ing by a rear door.' -
THURSDAY,
VIRGINIA ELECTION.
Walker, Conservative Elected Governor
. " —The Legislature Conservative,
(By Telegrapnto the Pittsburgh Gait tte.)
RICHMOND.. July 7.—Up to one o'clock
to•da dispatches received here show
thatalker carries the State by forty
thou
tho nd, and the Legislature by forty on
joint ballot.
i v
The following Walker candidates
for Congress, are certainly elected : Mc-
Kenzie, in Seventh District ; Milne. in
Sixth District ; GI baon in the Eighth.
District : Ridgway in the . Filth; Segar,
Congressman at large.
The following Wells Congressmen
are elected ; Platte, in the . Second Dis-.
trict ; Porter in the Third District
Norton, colored, in the First District.
All the telegrams of this morning give
overwhelming gains for Walker, so large
as 10 divest the result of the Interest of a
doubt. The Walker men are assembled
in the streets in great crowd, cheering
over the returns. •
FORTRESS MorinoE, July 7.—The elec
tion in this vicinity passed off quietly.
The returns from Elizabeth city and
county - give. Wells 1,285 Majority, and
Warwick county about 120:- Harris,. the
colored candidate for Lieutenant Gover
nor on the Wells ticket, falls behind in
the two connties . some 30 votes.
ALEXANDRIA, July' 7.—Alexandria
city and county give a radical majority
of 260. Seaton, colored, and Close, White,
are elected to the Legislature. Snowden
and Taylor, Conservatives, are elected
to the Senate. McKenzie's majority for
Congress is estimated at from. 4,000 to
5,000.
Ricamown, July 7.—The State, accord
ing to the latest returns to-night, has
gone hy neary 40000 majorit for
Walker, and there is , a Weikel-maj y:
ority
of fifty on joint ballot in the Legislature.
RICHILOND, July 7 .—Walker's major
ity in forty.two counties is 27,000. All of
Wells' strong counties are heard from.
Those counties to be heard from will
nearly donble Walker's majority. The
city tonight presents the ppearance of
a Fourth of July night, with fireworks .
and cheering along the streets. •
CUBA
Important Proclamation by Captain
General He Rodas.
(By Telegraph to the Patsburgh gazette.,
HAVANA, June 7.—Captain General De
Rodas has issued an .impqXtant procla
mation. He states that the insurrection
has been reduced in extent and is now
carried on by parties of guerrillas. He
declares that parties arrested for rob
bery, arson or murder shall be ;tried by
Court Martial, while in other cases the
civil tribunals shall 'xintlnue to exercise
their functions, and he declares that the
accused may rely upon receiving impar
tial justice.
The journals all praise the proolaiktt
tiou of the Captain General./ An order
has been issued 'permitting the news-,
papers to publish official news reports.
This action of the Government is gsuer-
ally commended by
,the citizens.
General Lesca has taken comm a
nd
of the Central , Department and
merited active o perations against th in
surgents. / '
BRIEF TELEGRAMS. /
—IC P. Banks sails for Europe,to-day
irdni New York.
I—Toe Haryard International Crew will
. sail from New York on Saturday In the
steamer City of Paris.
—Geo. Davis,- while /painting on a
steamboat at Cincinnati; fell in the river
and drowned, yesterday.
—Favorable reports have been received
from all sections of. Georgia and Florida
regarding the gOtton crops.
—Wash. Kemper, proprietor of a
plumbing gatablishment, hung himself
in the cellar of his residence, at Cincin
nati, yeaterday evening.
• —A / dispatch from Greenville, Illinois,
announces the capture of a man named
John Morris, on suspicion, as the mur
,derer of Mrs. McAdour. •
Cali Boardhave Reents of the Universi-
tv of lor unanimously elect
ed Wm. Swinton, of New York, Profes-,
sorof Literature, Rhetoric and Logic.
—The project of bringing an ocean
steamer fro New York to St. Louis has
been abandoned for the present, the
terms not meeting with the views of
leading merchants.
—Dr. William F. Fair, of Newark, N.
, has been tined ono thousand doll dollars
and coats in the • United - States Court at
Trenton for using -cancelled United
States stamp on fi deed. i
—The State cotabulary of setzu ass setts have comnsmenced there, of
lager beer and liquors in earnest. Among
the most important is the stock of Plaff
Bros , Boston, valued at $1,200, mostly
lager. •
—Lettehi received from Jefferson Davis.;
now at Paris, render it doubtful if his
health will ever permit his return. If
he recovers sufficiently to permit travel,
he will spend the summer in Canada and
the winter in Mississippi.
—A Mr. Sm ith, of New Yor, ad
daughter were killed at New Prov k idenc n ia,
on the - Morris and Essax Railroad, Tues
day evening, and Mgt Smith seriously
injured, by standing in front of one train
while awaiting another train. - Another
daughter and a Mrs. Mahony escaped net-
—Hon Ridhard Pletcher, of Barton.
lately deceased,"left -a residuary , logaey
to the Dartmouth College. his alma mater,
estimated' at $lOO,OOO, to be invested as a
permanent fund and the income used at
the discretion of the trustees. He ohs)
leaves $5,000 to the Baptist Pnblication
Sxiiety of Philadelphia. • '
—lemon), youngest , daughter of Gen.
Albert Pike,„„waii D3 and dead in her bed
at MetzlPhis, Tenn., Yesterday morning.
She had retired complaining of nor.
vons headache, and from an empty
chloroform Dottie found besido ; her it
is supposed slie had used it ~00the
pain, and in her sleep had upset the bat
tle upon her pillow.
_
Congressional Committee on
Ways and Means, after Investigating the
San Francisco" CustomUllouse, Mint,
Sub-Treasnry and certain alleged im
proper transactions of the Sub-Treasurer
with the banks of California, , reported
the former all right. The charges
against the latter are grotindiess. The
Committee are about to leave for Oregon
and perhaps Vancouver's Island.
JULY 8,
1869
Its Beauty Wealth and Growth—United
- States Con rt--J edge McCandless* and
Dthers--Wedding in High Ufa.—
' Dickinson Seminary. • I -
Visitors to th-s Charming city are ,at
once impressed with the thrift and pro
gressive spirit of the people, es pecially in
.
the western end. The plan of the lots
and streets indicate a liberal spirit, and
the buildings, generally, are of the most
progressive and . moderun finish, The
valley in which the 'city is located, and
through which the West Branch of the
Susquehanna courses, is one of the loVli
,
est that graces the northeastern,, tier of
counties of our State. The opening of
railroad communication from the sea
board to the lakes, and to other interior
points, have had a magic influence upon
the place, and the live men of the City
have not been:. slow to use the power.
The chief article of trade is lumber,
though quite a number of other manu
facturing interests flourish. The extent
of the lumber bush:ism is a matter of
surprise to visitors; Think of one firm'
owning minty-ttsothousand acres• of
timber land, and oth r firms own exten
sive domains of forest. Many of the
lumber merchants are immensly wealthy,
and they have done much towards; build
ing up the city, by their liberal gifts.
In the latter part of June and early
part of July, a great many strangers are
attracted to the city to attend the United
States Court, and the closing exercises
of Dickinson Seminary. Sessions of the ,I
Circuit and, District -Courts are usually ;
held, as is the case this time. The sae.
sten opened some days, ago, and from the
number of cases, it is expected it will
extend into ' the second week of this
month. Judges Grier and McCandless
are in attendance. I Most of the cases
befOre the Grand Jury were for using
fraudulent means to; break the Internal
Revenue laws, especially , for illicit dis
tilling. Strange; tosay, not one case
of counterfeiting wa s before the Grand 1
Jury.- The adminietration of law , by I
General Grant on lenders deters anah
an infringement. T e Grand Jury are
as follows: Gen. John Patton, Clearfield
county; W. M. Hall, Bedford; W. H.
'
Koontz Somerset; M. Waters, Warren;
James Pierce and M. C. Trout, Mercer;
J. Irwin and G. W. Johnson, Hunting
don; L. P. Walston and W. P. G. Pain
ter, Lycoming: A. B. McCalmont, Ven
ange; W. E. Lathy, Forrest; J. F. Quay,-
Clinton: F. E. Smith, Tioga; J. Ziegler,
Butler; EL J. Neff, B la ir; P. C. Shannon,
Joseph Knox, David Holmes and W. H.
Kincaid, Allegheny .
dounty. Gen. Pat
ton, Foreman, represented the Twenty
fourth 'District in the Congress of 1861
and 1862, with great credit and honor to
himself. The war record of General
McCalmont, Clerk, is well known gen
erally.
,:Among the Traverse Jurors is that 'I
sterling old Reeublican editor, D. W. '
Stiryock, of the Greensburgh Herald, an
excellent family weekly, and Rev. Mr.
Johnson, of Washington, Pa. The only
Pittaburghers on this jury are Messrs.
John MCKennan, G. Morgan Watson,
Addison Arthurs, M.D., W. A. Scandrett,
S. C. Holland and John Hall.
Judge McCandless maintains the dig- 1
nity or his high ()tacit, and is universally I
admired for his courteous bearing, can- 1
dor and impartiality. His suavity of
manner makes him popular everywhere. 1
Since his induction into office the duties
have more than quad rupled, and involve
constant attention, aftbrding very , little
time for vacation. His judicial career,is
an honor to Pittsburgh. The venerable
Judge Grier, though feeble in body, ap
pears to be vigorous in mind. The fam
ilies of both the judges are here.' Mr. S. i
C. McCandless, the Judge's son, is very
devoted to the clerical duties of his office,
and is quite ,proficient. The venerable
H. Sproul occupies his old position as
Clerk of the Circuit Court. The new
Marshal, Murdo3h, has had large
experience ix, the duties of hie office. He
is a gentleman of great probity of char
acter, courteone and dignities, and like
his worthy predecessor, Gem:Rowley,
fills the position with ; credit. Deputy
Marshal. Mr. John Hall, la quite at home
in the duties of his office. He is much ..i
iked anilsieseivedly so.
Amenrtha great improvenients and 1
attractions of the city is the "Herdic
Houses" erected at the West End, by a
princely lumber merchant, Mr. peter
Herdic. Its spacious halls and rooms,
and beautiful grounds attached, render
it one of the best and pleasantest houses
in the ocrikntry.' The management of the'
hotel Is in the hands of Mr. George Mur
ray, a young gentleman of great energy.
Under his careful direction and pains
taking, the houae is beemining *quite
popular. The house is elegantly fur
nished throughout. .
Some days since a wedding in ' , High
-Life" occurred. Among the distant
visitors was Mr. David Holmes, Eigh
teenth ward representation in the Select
Council of Pittsburgh, and hie family.
We • noticed also among the transient
visitors to the city, Mr. Thomas ;Bake:
well and Mr. John. Lippincott, 'of Pitts.
burgh, and Hon. Eli Slifer, Secretary of
tate under Gov. Curtin. ' .
The Commencement Exercises at Dick
nson Seminary always• attracts a large.
i o
neourse of visitors. The exercises are
Hite inteiesting and varied. Both sexes
acre educated in this Institution. - Four
rsons graduated,' two young ladies
d two young gentlemen. 'Rev.. Dr.
'When, President, is a brother-inilaw
Mr. John Morehead, of,,P/ttaburgti.
lichen,
The prospects of the Seminary look quite
bright and promising in the future.
•
;A visit at any time to the summit . ef
the Allegheny mountains 18 fUll of inter
tit, especially during the summer
months. The grauu soenenr, !rugged
and sublime, of the mountains, cannot
fall to be attractive to the true lover of
nature. At the present time the view
from the stlinmit, in every directions .c• i n
Wautifor, arid the i‘overlastlag hiPs"
are decked in rich foliage. • Right 'Von
the top of the highest range of the
Allegheny
,mountains, full , two thou
sand feet above the level of
thesea r , located' the " Moun-1
tain Rduse" The , great Central Penn
sylvatilli Railroad sweeps along the edge,
of the spacious grounds, numbering hun
dreds of acres. The main building with
ita'spacions wigs and , the elegant cot
tages, afford accommodation < for four
hundred persons. The ground Is admi
rably adapted, in itapiatural state, fee 'a
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WILL! SPORT , ' fplace of resort, but a largeoutlay o
money has been expende too
make it f
still more attractive. Cottages, built in the
most modern finish, owned principally -by
Pittaburghers and Philadelphians, dot
the ground immediately on either aide of
the hotel buildings. Every facility is •
also provided for healthihi recreation
and innocent amusement, ,
Daring the past season the hotel and
other buildings have been Painted; and.
the rooms elegantly carpeted and furn
-1
ished. • The interior throughout has
been beautified and rendered • cheerful
looking and comfortable. The'exbellent
drives and walks, are generally known.
Most, if,-not all the - nottagesshave been
renovated and rendered cozy and invitz
ing. Already quite a number of the
permanent boardera have' taken rooms,
and it is confidently expectedere long,
the hotuie will be as' fail ixo on former
sea
, an
onsd transientilsitora are coming
and going the time. We noticed
among the families Who have cothmenced
to occupy their cottagek that of
Mr. David' E. Parke.' The'pretty'
cottages of Wm. Thaw, A. S. Bell,
Byron Painter, of Pittsburgh, and John
A. Wilson, formerly of Pittsburgh, are
being elegantly fitted np ,aud will Soon
`b t r oPeuPted.. Among-, the temporary , so
journers, since the hotel"- opened some
dayii since, from Pittaburgb, we observed "
the names of Hobart Pi •J. A. Low
rie, Captain W: J. Moorhead , and wife,
T. S. Mitchell and Wife, W. R. Murphy,
J.-Horne and son, Miss Anna C. Thaw,
Geo. Albree, J. E. Swartz and wife, J.
D. Long,C. M. Swope, A. It McVay and
I
1 wife, Mrs. Ira B. McVay; Prank Tack, J.
A. Coegrave, F. G. Taylor, E. Waring, S.
S. Pinkerton, W. H. Edgerton, B. W.
Stauffer, E. Mills, U. H. Simpson
,R.
McClelland, D. P. Reighard, G. Rafferty,
J. M. Fahnestock..7. :I.' Howard, F. A.
Evans and wife, E. L. Boggs. Quite a
number of visitors are registered from.
Philadelphia and New York. -We no
ticed also among the Welters, E. H. Wit
, hams, of Altoona, and H. W. Gwinner,
of Philaelphia, of railroad fame. -' •
The ever todie remembered "Indepen
dence Day" was observed.on Tuesday in
fine style. Without much display ofex
nberant feelings, there was e - happirvein •
of pleasant and social intercourse among
the guests, largely re-Wait:ad ' by pleas
ure seekers for the day. The following
dispatch was sent to Philadelphia to the .
Hon. David M. Fox, Mayor: "To the cit
izens of. PhiLadelphia,ithe guests of the
Mountain House, Cresson Springs; Send
greetings and congratulations in regagni- -
;ion of thegraceful ceremonies in front ' '
of Independence Hall, of the Illustrious
memory of the man of thegreat anniver
sary.". Signed. G..W. Mullin, Proprle-
tor. I Mayor Fox replied: "The statue or
Washington is in place; and ciamiriands
the entrance to the:Hall from where the
Immortal I.:federation was ;first made
known to the world. It admonishes that
the patriotism of 4 916" is -a saored one
and must be cheriebed by . all who , love ;
their country. Thb compliments : of ,the
-Mayor of Pigind.elphia to the-guests of :-
the Mountain House, trusting that they
.revel in patriotic enjoyment.• on this
memorable day."
The pleasure of a visit is greatly en-,-
hanced by the courteous and constant at.:
tentioneof the affable and!gentlemanly
proprietor, Mr. Georgei Mullin. His
brother, Mr. Alex. G. Mullin. associated
in conducting the - house, is also quite a
favorite with the guests, as is Mr. D. -- •
Armet,in the office. The attentive and ex. .. •
couent corps of servants, and admirable' ' 1
cuisine of the hotel, are too widely hnciwzt
to need-any comment from us.
caEssos owns.'.,".
—Adviees from the west say that on
the morning of .the 26th ult. a party of ,
Indians, supposed to be Cheyennes; and
about twenty in number,' made a dash ,
on three trains near Sheridan, Kansas;
stampeding about , fifty mules and scalp
ing one Mexican. One party came within
two hundred yards of the engine house,
capttuing thirty . mules. Two patties of
citizens have gone in pursuit of the In
diens. The Mexican killed was within:
eight hundred yards of the depot.
. .
Additional Markets by, Telegraph.
BUFFALO, July 7.—Recelpts--188,000
bush wheat. 68,000 bush corn, 6,000 birds
-,flour. Shipments-7,000 bush Wheat,
15,000 bush corn. Freights—wheat 13c,
corn 110, oats 734 c, to New York, " Flour
dull, western 5pring56,50(46,75. Wheat
quiet and firm; sales of 7,500 bush No. 2
Chicago at $1,54; 18,000 bush No. 2 Mil
waukee, part triarrive, at 31,27; 600 bash
white Michigan at $1,70. Corn 'active
and higher, closing firm; sales of 12,000
bush No. 1 on private terms; 11,000 bush
rejected at 72006,000 bush No. 2 at 70e;
21,000 bush by sample at 7734 c; 8,000 hush
kiln dried at 760; 24,060 bush No. 2 at 80.
Oats active, and at the close tlitrier, being
held at 71c; sales of 28,006 bush western '
at 69%c; 11,000 bash do vit•60,( 4 0. Rye'
quiet; sales of 1,000 bush ittrabout $1,20.
'Barley dull: sales of 900 bush Canada, to
arrive, at $1,35, Pork, 'aril and high- -
wipes dull and tlnchanged.. '
oriv E c i o, July 7.--Flour lit good - de
wand and steady, With: salsa 224 bbki at,
36,75 for No. 1 spring, $7,25 for amber
winter, lA* for. white,and' 39 Ihr doable
°arra. Wheat firm, but qufet; No. :1R
Milwaukee club held at sl,4solip, and '
amber Michigan It 31,15. Corn .steadY
and quiet; No. I 'held at. &20. Rye quiet.
Lake imports=-22,000 bush corn.- Canal
exporta--5,500 bush wheat, 4;000 bash
corn. Amount rot grain on canal from •
Buffalo and Oswego for tads yesterday •
noon -- - 1 ,4,10,000 buela wheat, 406 ,000 bush.
corn, 168,000 bush oats. -• •
NEW OBLEAns, July 7.--Cotton easier;
.middlings
,8234 c; sa.les, 290 : bales;
'paints, 32 bales; exporla, I,IIIIW hl es ;
Gold 136;i. Sterling '4l7k. ". New A'brlt
Sigh Sight 34 premium'. StifirAtiet: COLE•
%
9@/0e; prime XI3 10: Molasses: • '
retailed 'Mc. Flour ull ;* ;Ail:partite
-35,65; double extra - 16,2k tratile , eitris l
ss4„; Corn;; white 31,0411,%1-(418.
,73®74c. Bran 11,16. Hay; . 0427.
Pork 134,50. Bacon ; retailingxast• 490 183.0.
, Lard; tierce 2034 c; keg,2134631220.'
Whisky 9734c®1:1405. Coffee; fMr 14.0).
(*ICAO% July 7.4t,Open „ - 1 4
the , afternoon thereaa As- Moderate
movement in grainllnarkete
firmer:. No. ;.2 ePrlpire.whestt.olCl4ll,l4:l,,
31,60, -No. , 2 cornet 74 both selltuqor thus
niontliLotheitrelbs ~*PrOvis-
.lorts arid freights inactive, bit rti,e;Ptedialr
there wpy 4nEnnesstriOaactsaibui
markets 'Hosed "firm With Winn* Wheat
at $1,36 , and' No. 9 corn 'at '7llitiller
Month, 78Kseller last half, •
PeAndisco,'3A9 }fin fafry ,'",
demand' at unchanged ratesi ' Wheat--• - '••••'
sales new at $1,6091,623 .forc4pir..
gal tenderir7sM. . • - - •
.NsenvlLLE,^July 7:.:•-ocitton •tharket
firm; low middling 91cp_glod,•'ortlinary
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