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Z( r -4---'-stgft z r.-...--• - " . .:tf .----,- -,-----. -=---- - ^"- - -t---.... -- --- ." -- c-P- -, .- * 1 No.. , •'.----.7•------_-_-_,--_-.- V.l - ig• "•':s - Z-•= - ;, ---- -, ,-. - ''' • •-A - - -----'---- , ' 'lk ---€. 4 oLUME LXXXIV . . . f Frs mth, Chiswick, res, e ll e o r tr tl i :7,1 ,ulret i oge l vtfN i etalroac z paryfounpiesseE. •almost Unable 78 _ , to carry the vast numbers in waitng at thd depots. It is no exaggeration to state that probably a million of peoi)le wit nessed the race. I I . The Harvard crew wonthe toss for po sition and chose the Middlesex Riddle, l the outside of the semi -circle. Bo h boats - started at five o'ciciek, fourtetin minutes and mix and a half seconds. The tide at the staat was sluggish and‘ a light.south . west breeze prevailed, with smooth water. The Harvards weir, the first to catch the water and took the lead, gaining rapidly upon their oppo nents and making folty-live strokes per minute against the Oxfords forty. At Bishop's Creek, three furlongs from the start, the Harvards led half a length. and gaining heaciWay 4 they increased their lead, as they passed the Wil lows. Their pace was subsequently slackened and the Oxfords pulled up, but the Harvards were still tbree-fourgs of a length aheadl4,Celiven POint, three quarters of a mile Mb% the start. • The Oxfords now went on with a steady drag, tint the Americans tepidly increased their lead, and at Crab Tree. a mile and an eighth from tar Aqueduct, were a couple of lengths Abead; Beyond here the Harvards were taken wide, and the Oxfords, quillikning their speed, reduced tho gar llic the Soap Works, a mile and a half from the start, to half a length. The Harvard, now pulled with a magnificent burst to Ham inersmilh bridge, a mile and three-quar- 1 tern, but in shooting the bridge lost the distance they had gained. Opixiaits the middle wall the Oxfords, , t•litirted and came up gradually 0.: the Harvards, 1 but when opposite the Doves the boats . were found to be too Close togetherCH!; and ~tit'a Harvards gave way, and- at wick, two and a half miles, the boats were level. After proceeding fifty yards further, the Oxfords began to gain, though temporarily, and the Har vards soon got even with them. Toe Ox fords gained rapidly at Chiswick, where it became clear that the pace apparently told on the Harvards, who were rather wild at this part of the race. From this point the Oxfords rapidly crew ahead, in a few strokes obtaining a lead of two lengths. The Harvards rowing pluckily held them there for half a mile, when they fell astern, and the Oxfords, at thirty-eight strokes per minute, shot Barns Bridge, RV miles). three lengths ahead. Along Barns Reach, the Harvards-refreshed their stroke, Mr. Loring, with river water, thereby retarding their boat. The Americans then tried to spurt, but found the effort ineffectual, and the Oic . - fords, getting more of a lead, eventually won the race by four lengths, easing np in the last few strokes and pulling up fresh. The Oxfords arrived at the ahip at five o'clock, thirty-six minutes and forty. seven seconds, making the four and one nurth miles in twenty-two minutes and forty and one-half seconds. The Amer icans were well received at the finish, and returning, landed at Barnes. The race was a good, one, and excited a degree of . enthusiasni along the banks of the river utterly unknown in 'former races. nARVARD vs. OXFORD. The InternatOnal Boat Race. THE OXFORD CREW WINS Harvard . Six . Seconds Behind [By Teleitreph to the ritCburgh Gazette.] PRESS COMMENTS. LONDON, August 27.—/brenoon.—The newspapers to-day publish their closing comments on the boat race. The Tele . graph eulogizes the Elliott beat as light, • fast and graceful; it travels well and suits She crew. "We do not expect," the Tele ' vraph stays, "that the Harvards can win the race, but the changes made by them bring the crews more on a level. On the whole, we think it will be a capital race s bat that the Oxfords will defeat their gallant adversaries without difficulty. If otherwise, the Harvards must have an ovation, to show that we are not ashamed to be beaten by our excellent Cousins." . The writer takes, the opportunity to • si&cowledge to the' full extent the °b ilious fiLd'AseAtable _disadvantage the ' Harvards have contended against. "The • river and everything wea change and tinfamdiar, and masters as they were e. the seiencertif rowing, they had to - study almost like the alphaoet of a foreign lan guage. The Oxfords, on the Charles r I river, would labor under similar (thud. vantages. All that can .be said is the Add grace to victory P ." , y The Star says: "Tee Americans are in dividually more po .verful than the Ox ,.fords, but it is thought their training is r • not according to .the English notion of strictness." The Daily News says: "Above all things 4 , we are anxious that the contest shall be sharp from first to last—that the victory, • • •i whether on one or the other side, shall be so hard to win as to cover the winners • and losers alike with glory." STYLE OF ROW/NQ. .1 The, following is the letter of Mr. ~1 Blaikie, sent to 'the. London Tunes for publication: •' , "Sim After it has been asserted, for • . the.last three week; that the Harvard fcli-artrendeataartartcr-andbm, their style - of rowing to the gentlemen they ,• • hope to meet on the river, •will you per mit me to say, in advance of the contest, • ; . that the assertion is groundless. We be , ; lieve our style to be exactly that adopted • ; 1 by us in each of our last three annual races against the Yale crew. Our stroke oar is aware of no change, and the men who follow stroke are aware of none, nor has there been any variation of our method of training or instructions. It is • said, also, that the Americans will row :•-•" , in an Eadlish boat. That is equally in : correct. They will row in a boat built of Spanish cedar by an American builder, • the frame of which we brought from home, and the lines of which are identi cal with those on which the boat we rowed in last year was constructed. . • "If we may Judge bv the stress laid on these latter points in the English jour nals, they are deemed, as they appear to Its, of some importance. We ask' to place ourselves right in respect to them, so that whether we are to win or lose, the merit of our victory or the blame of oar defeatni may fall where it belongs. (Signed.] WILLIAM Brantts. Secretary of the Harvard Club." THE RACE—FIRST DISPATCH; LONDON, August 27—Forenoon.—The impression is general that the race of to day to Hammersmith will be agreat one. The bridge at Putney has been com pletely barred, and no boats except those - of the umpire and press will be allowed to pass. Betting is two to one and seven to four on the. Oxfords. It is reported that several American gentlemen now here are prepared to stake one thousand pounds on the success of the Ilarverda. SECOND DISPATCH. The Harvard crew won the toes, aria chose the Middlesex side, the outside of the semi -circle. Both boats started at five o'clock, fourteen minutes, six and a half seconds. The Oxfords arrived at the ship first at five. o'clock, thirty -six minutes, lorty-seven seconds. Time -of the race, twenty-two minutes, forty - and a half seconds. The weather wail fine and hot; there . was some wind , but the water was in good vondition. Before the race the excite. . meat was intense. The rivet bank have been lined with spectators since morn. inst., and the cars were almost unable to carry the crowds waiting at the depots. 5:48 P. M. Greenwich time--The Oxford crew won the race by three lengths. The Haryards were-".'six spconds. behind. 'Time of race, 4:45g. ' - CHARACTER OF THE RACE. Nzw i Toraci — August 27.—A dispatch to tue World says the great boat race be tween the Oxfords and Harvards took place this morning, and was witnessed by thousands upon thousands of persons. The river was beautifully, smooth, and when the tide was at its height the crafts -shot oat from the shore at • Putney aque duct and got ready for the start— Both, crews were in capital trim. At the sig.' nal a handsome get off was effected,-the oxfords Jumping to the lead, bat were soon overtaken : and the boats rowed in position until they neared Hammer 2•smith bridge,, where the Oxfords 'drew abead r and increased their advantage UR. til IWO boat lengths separated them. • After the bridge was pasted .under, they further pulled in advance and xeached - Mortlake about theed • lengths ahead of the Harvard& , r Thee , was the finest and most determined ever lbwed. • • DETAILED ACCOUNT. LONDON, August 27.—The excitement Taco gay over te great ternational t t rsce has been, h intense. ln of The banks the Ithames have been lined with spectators alnoe an early hour this forenoon. The ..,•eity has been almost deserted and busi ness quite neglected. Vehicles of all de •serletions. bearing the Harvard and• O xford colors and heavily laden - with peo rpte. crowded all the roads leading to the <Ones°. and during the entire day_ the reads in the Vicinity of Putney, Ham- "'rz~r4i'~:'a"`..raw.u~.~ rTwrz,::e:a: -'. MIDJrIGIIT. —A. man named- Stnute ,killed one Crawford with an ice pick, at Blooming ton, lnd., on Tuesday last. A disagree ment at card playing _brought about the Tragedy. • —ln the suits of the Erie Republican office against the Erie Typographical Union, for cotispiracy and libel, .the grand jury returned not a true bill in both oases. —Prince Arthur was entrtained ye - terday on board of he F e rench frigate seculramis, at Halifax, by the officers. The Prince goes to Charlottstown to-day, where a grand reception will be given Wm. —The deaths in New York last week were five hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and fifty less than in the cor responding week of 1868. The decrease is attributed to the Improved Sanitary condition of the streets. -1,11,34 Bnn Gaghter o Col. Henry a A. s Gardiner,rdiner, was dau horribly bnd ursday • nght, at the Ba Ho ur use, e N T ah h ant Point, i H. by her ball dress taking fire from a lamp on the floor In her dressing room. • —One of the channel spans of the bridge over the Ohio river, at Louisville, was completed on Thursday. It Is the longest span, of truss bridge ever erected in this country. The bridge, it ie expect ed, will be finished early in November next. —At Granby. Newton county, Bliss., on On the 21st,'Willishn Lake, proprietor of Lake's circus, was festally shot by a man named Killyon, who had been ejected by Lake. for refusing to pay his admittance. Killyon escaped; mid one thousand aol jars, reward . is offered for his apprehen sion. ',- -While a party of three men were en gaged in a quarrel at a picnici near St. Joseph's Church; Clarkbonnty,lndiana, an Irishman, named Mike Cuddy, stepped .0 to-one John Heibig. a Ger man, and stabbed him in the right side below the ribs, inflicting a - wound which May prove fatal. Ca ddy made . his es _. —A new and costly Jewish Synagogue, in St. Louis, was dedicated yesterday , with very impoßing ceremonies. The cc it4e,le one of the most` „ costly in the country, and the society to Whom It be. longs, known as the "Gates of Truth," have adopted all the latest changes and innovations in their forms of worship. Family paws are Introduced and men sit with their heads uncovered. • =I TEE FEELING AT BOSTON. BOSTON, August 27.—The citizens have calmly submitted to the result of the in ternational race, all believing that had it taken place on our own waters the re sult would have been different. At first the excitement was intense, but when it became 'known that only three boat lengths between the Harvards and Ox. fords decided the match, every one ac quiesced in the result. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. —A new Jewish temple was dedicated at. Cincinnati yesterday. •=Goldsmith Maid and American Girl will arrive at Lancaster„ Pa., next Mon. day and go into training for the trot, on the first of . September, for $2,000.- -Ground was broken at Carondelet, Mo.. on Thursday, for two more iron furnaces, a large number of citizens par- ticipating in the ceremonies on the occa. sion. PITTSBURGH, SATU RCM MTIO POUR. 00' CLOCA, NEWS BY CABLE. Cur Telegraph to the Plttabtuah 6azette.l GREAT BRITAIN LONDON, August 27.—The 2rones, in an article on the Erie Railroad acandle, says: "We need not point out the dark est side of the story. The utter prostitu tion of justice, the utter contempt for its administration, it is plain, would be im possible, if the violators had not had good reason to believe, from past °ape rience, that the legislature is as amen able to corrupt influences as the judicia ry. These facts are well known in the States. We are not without hove that the consciousness' of existing evils will lead to the only way of correcting them." Mews received from Tripoli states that Miss Tina and two attendant§ were murdered by their own camel drivers while traveling on the Abtirgash road between Mausgraua and Ghat. sourm AMERICA. Lissom, August 27 .—Advices from Paraguayan sources contradict the official reports received from Rio Janerio. The Paraguayans assert that the allied forces are not strong , enough to attack the peal lione ..of Lopez in the. Cordilleras, and that they-have remained In a state of complete imuitign since they appeared in front. Rumors were current in Paraguay that a revolution was imminent in the Argen tine provinces against the policy of Pres. Sarmien to, whe is accused of sacri ficing the Republic to Brazil. LONDON. August 2 3.—The mail steamer from Rio Janiero brought as passengers the Duke of Saxe and wife, the Prin cess Leapoldine and family. Latest advicea from Paraguay show that a battle was imminent The land and naval forces of allies were in motion. Official dispatches received at the Bra zilian War Department announced that Gen. Parienho had com menced his march on Villa Rica and the Brazilian iron clad fleet was steaming up the Tibicusry river to support the army and assist in the attack on Villa Rica. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Aug. 27.—The session of the Portugese Cortes closed yesterday. The King in his speech assured the members that the government was making every effort to restore the financial equilibrium and revive the public credit. The min isters would consider how to augment the revenues from ihipigts and diminish the eithenditu'res of the administration. He concluded with a declaration that the independence of Portugal would be sed ulously preserved. VRAICCE. ' PARIS, August 27.—The official jour ' nate denounce as falsehoods the reports that the health of the Emperor is worse. On the contrary, it is much improved, though not completely restored. The Empress embarked at Toulon to-day for the East. Gen. Prim has arrived in Paris. ANTWERP, Aug. 2 7.—Henry Leya, the artist, died to-day, aged 51. SABINE NEWS, LONDON. Auguit 27.—The ateimera West Phaliadelphia and Erin, from New York, arrived out. IFINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. LONDON, August 2 7.—Consols 93;4. American securities quiet. Five -twenty bonds: '62s, 84w; '65, 838."; '67. 82%; ten . forties, 76; 62. s at . Frankfort, 88%. Erie, ' 23; Illinois, 91%; Atlantic and Great Western, 25%. PARIS, Augmt 27.—Rentes, 72f. 250. LIVERPOOL, August 27.—Cotton; sales of the week, 38.000 bales, including9,ooo for export and 6,000 on speculation; the stock amounts to 249,000 bales. including 95.000 American. In the Manchester market Yarns and Plibrlcs declined lid., occasioning a declining tendency here. We quote middling uplands at 13gd., and Orleans at 133,1@13Xd; sales to-day of 7,000 bales, including 1,000 for export and speculation. California white Wheat 10s. 10d ; red western 9s. 7d. Weather fine. Breadstuff,' . nominal. Western Flour 245. 6d. Corn 301 s. 6d. Oats 88.6 d. Peas 445. The receipts of wheat for the past three das aounted to 45 quar ters, includin y g 35,000 .American.,ooo Pork 106 s. Beef 90s. Lard 7s. 6d. Cheese 625. Bacon 665. 6d. Tallow 475. 68. Turpentine 278. ' "- LONDON, August 27.—Tallow 465. Bd. Sugar 395. 6d.®4os. . Petroleum at Ant werp firm at 84%( Cotton declining at Havre at 103 f, LATEST FROM CUBA. (By Telegraph to the FMB burgh Gazettal HAVANA, August 27.--Daring July and August no vessel of war of the United States has touched at Havana. Intelligence has been received here from Los. Tunas that' Col. Bengazi, with his convoy, bad reached that town in safety. A schooner in the service of the lueur gents recently landed a cargo of arms at Sevilla Bay, in the southern part of the eastern department. The Spanish troops soon after captured the schooner. and at last accounts wtagg for the arms, which had beenn into the Se villa mountains, adjacent to the bay. Polities In Tennessee. tlty Telegraph to thePltteburgh _Gazette.] ' Neswvmr.a. Attgust 27.—Ex-Presideni Johnson arrived this forenoon on his way to Red Suiphur Springs. He, will re main in Nashville several days. • Horace Maynard, Hamilton, of Shelby, Thornburg, of Jefferson, and other lead& jog. Radical Republicans, arrived this fbrentxm. They held a meeting this af ternoon and adjourned till to-morrow. The object of the meeting has not transpired. Various surmises ere, afloat, one that they are to take steps for a thorough reorganizatiod of the party, and as a necessary, incident thereto to demand • the removal of all Banter Federal office holders in the State. Another is that they contemplate during Governor t3enter's abSence seta, ing the State Government. This latter. is hardly 'Probable. The majority of , those present are members of the late legislature. AY, AUGUST 28, 1869. THE CAPITAL [Br Telegraph to toenttateurgh Gazette.] Wnsomenuo, August 27, 1869. . , Ss Oratory Rawlins had recovered sulll centlir this morning to visit the War De -1 porta:tent fora short time, Prom present appearances the forth coming monthly statement will make a very favorable showing Notwithstand- ing the beaVy payments-or the Govern ment during the current month, it LB now thought the reduction will reach at least tworndliona, Parties direct from Part Smith, Ark., report the Indian tribes in that vicinity as very quiet and industriously engaged in farming operations generally. L The crops in that section of the Stateare in a most Bbortsbing conditiom cotton prom isiog notOmoually large yield. The In diana on the Rot Smith Reservation are said to be watt pleased with thesubsti tution of zuilltary far civil ellicerato con duct the bushman of the. Government with thew. The esmptreiler of Currency bas pre pared a Ciro**. to cashiers or National Banks, requesting a detailed statement of items of which their coin or specie account M composed. The information is desired for general or . statistical pur poses, and hoe with any reference to the Condition of the banks .-in this -respect. The statement is required from the morning of September St.h. NEW YORK CITY, ly Telegraph to the Plttaburgb Gazette.l Nx.ar Worm. August 26, 1369: In the Fenian. Congress to-day bhe re port of the Committee. on claimants to representation gave rise tea long diem. Edon. It wasdeolded that Circles not in good standing shall not be repreiented, but that Circles may be restored 'to goody standing by the Congress and allowed representation. Another charge has been made against the notorious Lawrence alias Matt; Be dell, for swindling Murray, Nelson de Co., of Chicago, out of 18,000 worth of flour. It is alleged that Bedell admit ted the charge to the agent to accOM b u t him, who visited him In his ell. t says he has been made a tool of by others, The Oxford boat arrived at the ship at Mortlake at 5 o'clock, vJ minutes and 7 . seconds.' The news of the victory was received by the English cable at the as sociated press aka in this city at :one o'clock and four minutes, just twenty. mi antes and thirteen seconds afterwards. The messenger was obliged to carry the dispatch three-quarters of a mile on horseback, part of the way through dense crow to the nearest telegraph station, at Mortlake, and the actual g time of transmission was only t waive minutes. Additional Markets of Telegraph. • NEW ORLEA.Nti, August 27.—Cotton:. receipts for the week were 432 bales; ex port coastwise were 2;138 bales; stock on band 797 bales; receipts to-day were 141 bales; sales 16 bates; middlings nomin ally at 32c. FloUr: superfine very scarce at 85,80: do,tatile extra scarce at 86,37: treble extra in good supply at 16,69. Corn: mixed whlte9sc®ll,oo. Oats 6d@700./ Bran 61,0234. Hay dull; sales at $2:7428. Pork unchanged: bacon 163fd. sugar cured hams sold at 23@26c. Lard: tierce 2A34e; keg 2. 9 .30. Sugar Cot fee, Molasses and Whisky are dull and unchanged. BUFFALO. Aug. 27. Flour inactive and unchanged. Wheat—buyers and sellers are wide apart; no purchases and impos sible to give quotations.' Corn dull; car lots are selling at 90@$1. Oats dull and heavy; sales 8,000 bu Ohio new at 50c. Rye unchanged. Barley nominal. Seeds very dull. Pork steady at $34,60 for heavy mess. Lard steady at 1834 c. High wines easier but scarce; sales of 100 bbla; lots'offered at $1,21. August 27.—At open board the market ruled quiet and the transac tions were only settlements which were made at lower figures than on 'change: No 2 wheat closed at 5 1 ,2814@1,29, seller the month; seller • September in fair de mand; closed at .151,223501,23 for No. 2. Corn mod..rately active. closed at 87(4) 87 1 4 c. seller August; 83®86}0. seller September. thits quiet at 444 c. seller September; seller August flint at 45@). 4530. OSWEGO, Aug. 2 7.—F1our unchanged; sales 1,00 bbls.l Wheat quiet; sales 10,- 000 bush amber Michigan at $1,50 for No. 1; Milwaukee Club is held at $1,601 No. 2 do. f 1,45. Corn quiet; No. 2 nominally at $l. Lake imports were 30,000 bush wheat, 8,000 bush corn. ,Panal exports were 23,000 bash wheat. Monnery l!eport. The Physician to the Board of Health, Jr. W. Solvely, makes the following re-. turn of deaths in the cityof Pittsburgh, for the week commencing August 14th and ending August 21st, 1869: There were 44 !deaths, of which 23 were males and 2t females; 42 were white and. 2 colored. ! The causes o f death were: Old 'age, three, drowned one, - hernia one, aphthae one, syphilis one, cerebral congestion three, cerebro•spinai meningitis ma% ea lampria two. marasmus two, enteritis, two, peritonitis three, diairherione, dys entery one,"cholera infanturn twelve. ty phoid fever two, typhus fever one, gastric favor one, scarlet lever one; hemoptysis one, pneumonia one, tuberculosis one, still born two. Of the above kl ‘ rere were 17 under 1 year; from 1 to 2. 10; 2 to 5,1; sto 10, 2; 10 to 15, 1; 'l5 to 20, I: 20 to 80, 3: 30 to 40, 8r 40 to 60,1; 60 to 60, 1; 60 to 70, 2, and 70 to 80, 2. - Total 44. 1 , . Drowned, Almost. • : 1., Friday afternoon a boy of twelve years, while bathing in•the Monongahela, near 1 the southern , end of the Birmingham bridge, astonished his. companions by [ diving under a raft fifteen logs wide. In .attepipting e repetition of the perform ance ho remained under the water so long a time that his associates' became alarmed, and after a little search found his body and took it ashore, 11th to all appearance being extinct. They seat for a pbvaielan. and at, once set about to re suscitate him, in whiab, most happily, they were successful, Dr. J. D. Thomas arriving at the river bank Just as !One of- returninglite were apparent. The lad, weir, carried to hie home, his almost, fracAlo Mother joining the prooesslono her grief : exchanged - , for joy as she ob., served that her boy 6111111 ml. (rip Over tue Central Passenger Rail way — improvements in the New Warns—How the Day was Spent. A "trip to the country," to the deni zens of the "smoky city," is under al most any circumstances a pleasure, even tocontemplate, but when realized under such circumstances as we were permit ted to enjoy it yesterday, the pleasure and enjoyment is beyond description. Through the courtesy of Chas. P. Duff, Esq., we receive() an invitation to sworn- pauy an excursion party over the Central Passenger Seaway, the acceptance of which We had no cause to regret. THE EXCIIRSIONITOS. At half past ten o'clock yesterday , 1 morning the party, consisting of the President of the Company, E. P. Jones, Es q„ a P. Duff. Esq., Jr Rolm, Arthur'', EN., H. W.. Oliver. Jr. , Chas. Jeremy, R. J. Powers, Gan A. L. Pearson, Col. Wm. A. Herron, R. 13. Herron, Superintendent of the road, and several representatives of the city press, assembled at the office or R. J. Powers, Esq., Grant Street, and soon after started 'on the excursion in one of the new ears of the company, which had been detailed for the purpose. AT MR. JOIMIET. After a pleasant ride of about twenty- 1 1 five minutes the car stopped apposite I the residence of the President, Mr. Zones, 1 1 where a short time was devoted to re fresbments sad viewing the resident's grounds, thelocation of which is, in the true sense of the word, delightful. At ter partaking of some excellent domes tic wine and delicious fruit, grown upon the premises, the entire party were es corted ever the _grounds, fromthe suzamib of which a most charming and magnifi cent view is presented. Mr. Jones has in course of ereetion a splendid mansion, which, when ,completed, wfil be one of the finest residences in the city, and I we might say with safety, in the western I part of tla3State. The structure presents ' a front of 80 by6o feet deep, with a ' tower 75 feet high in the cent% and is of the castellated style of_architecture. The building is of brick, but is being painted stone colorpand will be finished on the inside with hard wood. We re gret that our limited space dose not af ford room for a more full description of this splendid structure, as it wilb not only to a credit to the city, but is an evidence. of the good taste and enterprise of the proprietor. 031 TRIP' ETIN ITED.. . After an TX hour sp ent pleasantly, the trip was resumed and a few minutes' ride brought us to the present terminus of the road, at the junction of Herron and Madison avenue; in the Thirteenth ward, where the company's car house and stables are situated. TELE STABffices ,LE% The car house,. oand stables - of the company are all under. one roof. The building is a frame, two hundred and forty.two feetin length, twenty-four, feet wide at one end and sixty at the other, two stories high.- Tne lot upon which the structure stands is a triangu• lar piece of ground, lying between Wadi eon and Herron avenues, Over the car house a splendid hall has been arranged and will be fitted up for the use of the public. The stable is entered from the ear house and is arrang ed for the accom modation of seventy miss and is sup plied with hydrant water. Mr. George Corbit was the contractor for the con etraction or the stables, and also for Mr. .Jones' new house, which we have re ierred to above. ILE tutos's After an exa nnaon of the stables; Mr. A. G. Herron, the Superintendent of the road, took the party in charge and conducted them to his residence on Her ron's Hill, at the- head of Line street, a short distance from Herron avenue, where a most delicious lunch was served and dispatched by the excursionists with a zest, which gave ample evidence of their appreciation of "mine boat's" way of doing things., After the lunch came cigars and a rest of a few mnments, when the party were escorted to "Fort Herron," the highest point within the city limits. From this commanding eminence a most delightful view of the city , and its eur roundings is presented. The threerivers, Allegheny city, a large portion of the old city and the South Side boroughs can be seen on the south and went, and to the north-etyn lies Bloomfield, Shady side and Eist Liberty, . Willie Belitield `lies at the base ot the eastern side of the hill. In all 'the villages last named, which are. now portion of the city, a spirit of progress is manifested.. Neat and tasty cottages,- - inhabited and in course of erection, may be seen by hun dreds in every direction, through the valley, while lIPOII almost every slight eminence looms np a palett e l mansion, the private residences of our capitalists. So marked is the improvement, when viewed from this point; that if continued a few years the entire scope of country between the hill andthe eastern city line will present the appearance of a city. THE CENTRAL, SAILYVAT. . The present company was incorneMted .with a capital- of $30,000, under a, new charter of a most liberal character, grant ing them the right to purchase the fran chises and., propertyi.of the Minereyl lie Coinpany; to extenfi' their line to East Libi-ity and have cbtitror of all lateral roads - otitinecting with - the main -line. The stook was readily', taken and the company was organised -by the election of the . following. oflioelp; President k E. P. JontLe, Esq.; Vice'President andTkeas urer, Max. K. Pdoorhead;'tecretary, C. P. Duff; Superintehdent..E. G. Herron; Directors.-R: Arthnrs, Charles Jeremy, R. L. MoNish,"Esqs.,-and IL W. Oliver, Jr. The road from 'Fourth avenue and Market street to , its !Present terminus itt two and a half milesin length, ,and had;' log been repatrosioverlts entire lengtb, Is in excellent oceidition., The Company havexeCently placed six new 'care, upon the road and haVeln all eleven cars and 'thirty-seven horses 'in- Ine,"but intend soon to add several ears and increase the , number of horses to seventy. The - road mist evidently Deem:tide, paying, ihstitttp. Sion. In consequence rifathe rapid provement of that portion of the city, where It now, terminates and through which it will pule when extended to East Liberty, as it will be at no distant day. • .13ACN'TO THE oliT. • The excursion party, after having spent it, delightful day , enjoying the pure' fresh air from Herrotes, and surrounding hills, and admiring the beuti of the surrounding country, returned to the city In the special car, when they. „separated, each retiring to his respective place of bikebuess, feeling greatly _ invigorated and , well plaited with the day% 'ettlawnment.' ON THE HILLS. , - Rzeoived, That oar thanks are due - to the Directorsof Ralston Sub-District foi• 'the use of their large and well arranged building for our sessions, Revived, We acknowledge otur tions and heartily tender oar thanks to the gentlemanly reporters of the prelim for their very fall and correct report or our proceedings. Also, to Rev. W. Evans for his very excellent and entertains ex ercises in reading. Also, to leteSsrs..Fo.z. and Jones, of Cleveland. for contributing so largely to the general interest of the - Institute.; liviolved. That drawing should hive a place in all the public achoolsototar and that we consider Bartholomew's sys tem of Drawing as the most complete system published, and most cordially recommend its adoption by the local boards. • Resolved, That in: ,the opinion of nal Institute the practice of hunt gyinnastice In the school room is invaluable, 'and should be adopted by every Ceacher;and that the teachers adopt means for estab llshirig a uniform system In all oar pub lic schools. The election for Contaiittee ma -Perms. pent certificates, was eonclixied, and - re aulted In the election' of the following: Messrs. A. Boat, D. .11. IL Eaton, Philotns Dean, and Miss Jennie Ralston. " • - - The roll was Called, after which brief addresses were made by Rev. Mr. Evans, r. Heitman, and Dr. Damian, the latter two being, memtiet:s of the central Spoil of Education. Mrs. Anna T. Rendall'was,lntioduced and give an ekriiitionar3rentertaiiiment. The lady pcissesaesgreat ability, andr•dur ing the session of the Institute, has con tributed much to the enjoyment of those in attendance. • - • - • Mr. ".Pryor, who delivered a lecture Thursday on 'a:lnfinite Ilium:ors," made, a few remarks by way of explanation of his theory.. The Institute then adjourned, final] . South Common, Aileglieny. • • :The residents on. Stockkot avenue,. _ west of hederal street, it would seein c aro to be the last to be thought of in the, Prosecution of the -Park improvements. although among the first to be taxed.. this neglect may he owing to the fact. . . that that portion'of the' Conkritons had already been graded and much improved at private expense. of the abutting prop suffic erty. and this reason ' for delay might e. If thikpark • or street authorities would only take care of tne groundstuld avenue, and keep'them from perversihn to unlawful uses and , abuses. Express wagons are permitted day by day td. oo copy the grounds sad the avenueltself, almost to the exclusion of private vehl - At the interaocAlon of the avenue with r ede rai . -atreeAl .l'agtus genera/1y stands. on the, ',narrow space enNIF , _ so much of •the,carrlige•lvel rus e-. ' that vete carriagenah only enter by careful driving, and this part , of the avenue, be ing unpaved, to sadlycut up by the'horsea that stand %there, whereby the 'gutter la obstructed atidthe drainage tram-above arrested. producing au unsightly hole. Whether 'sit lbe - ittrk, Coombs siOrleiS or, the &tract Commissionerjhat should be maledicted forperraittingluch 'things to rem a in 1 Has the Weyer no 'duty of enforcing the ordinaneft where their violation Is at the same tittle so pal pable and so culpable , 4 • DARING VRLOCiPERII FRAT.—Prof., Jenkins. in the presenee' of an'immense crowd of spectators, crossed the gorge below Niagara Falls on the Stith inst. on -a machine of his °am invention, without the velocipede motion. The machine was propelled by a groove and, cog attach. THE TEACHER'S WORR% Last Day of the institute-.summin g ti p —Resolutions A dopted. The Institute met at nine o'clock yes terday morning, and the exercises were ()Perked witkeinging. Mr. Taggart was announced to lecture, bat was unavoidably absent. The time allotted for the lecture was occupied by brio( addresses, chiefly upon the bene ficial results of the Institute and the ex cellent manner in which it had been eon , ducted` Remarks were made by Mr- Eberhardt, of Beaver county, Mr. Mur phy, Stipetlntendent of Axmatrong coun ty schools, Mr. Holmes, of the Franblin District, Mx. Bunt, of the Ralston Die.- strict, -and Mr. Squires, of the O'Hara. District. • , Mr. RellY, Chairman °lithe Coin mittee on Resolutions,. submitted the fol lowing report, which was unanimously adopted: b l ?eacqvcci4 By the teaehers of Public= Imola of the Qty of Plttsburglry.asserzi din yearly Ins titute. That we rejoice. tat m e sures the improvement teachers are- now. recognized danp of ro vided for in, this Commonwealth.. That we hail this as smother recognitkut by our Legislature of that great principle laid down by the illustrious founder or our State, viz.:- "That which 'makes good constitution must keep it, namely mete 14 wisdom and virtue, qualities that, because they descend. not with a worldly inheritance, must be carefully nropagated by a virtuous educattniapf youth." ` Resolved, That inasmuch as the school teachers of thts city are paid year— ly urd salaries, the vacations including Sat ays are paidt for as well as- the teach ing time, and it is, therefore, their duty to attend such institutes as may be held by the authority of the city Superintend ent during vacation-for the benefit of the. teachers, and that we request the Central Board of Education to take , each action. as will clearly define the duty of the teachers hi this respect. .ilesolveel. That we pretest against any Act of Assembly whteh woraid - cancel teacheisr certificates given as permanent, believing such action to be &violation of vested rights, degrading to the profession of teaching, and,. therefore, unwise and unjust. P.solvec4 That in. Prof. Geo. J. Luckey, oar City Superimendent, we recognize. an honest and conscientious man, and appreciating his efltirts to advance the cause of Common School education, we pledge him our honest co•operation to sustain him, In all his efforts to elevate the educational standard of our city schools. . Rssolved., That in closing the exercises of this Institute. we can truly say, was good for us to be here." We have been refreshed, strengthened and enoour-- aged to enter upon the labors or the new year t 'and to better discharge the resport bible duties devolving Upon us asTeach-
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