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VOLUME LXXXIV:
' . I 4"
THE CAPITAL
The Late Secretary of Writ—Remains
Laid In State In War Department—De
partments Closed—Funeral Arrange..
ments—Liquor Maims' National Cab:
yeetlon.
Tilegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
WASHINGTON, September 7, 1889
LYING IN STATIC.
The body of Secretary Rawlins was
, _
removed to' the War Department this
morning and lies in state' in General
Sherman's rooms, attended by a white
ry guard. All the military departments,
including the Executive Mansion, are
draped in mourning and the interior of
the War . Department festooned with
black and national flags and crape. Pub
/lc business is entirely suspended in the
War Department, and the national flags
over all the departments and elsewhere
throughout the city are at half-mast.
DEPARTMENTS 'lO BE CLOSED.
The following is a copy of the letter
sent to the heads of the departmentsof
Government to-day by order of the Pres
ident:" •
Department of State, September 7, 1869.
It is my melancholy duty to inform
you that Hon.,John A. Rawlins, Seam
ttiry of War, departed this life at twenty
minutes' past -four o'clock yesterday
afternoon. In consequence of this affist
ing event, the President directs that the
Executive departments of. the Govern
ment be careful to manifest every observ
ance of honor which custom has estab
lished as appropriate to the memory of
one so eminent as a patine functionary
and so distinguished as a citizen.
[Signed] . HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.
In accor dance with the above, the sev
eral Secretaries have addressed letters
to the beads of bureaus under Medi sus
pending business to-morrow and on
Thursday until after the obsequies shall
have been ooncltided. • -
Gov. Walker, with prominent Virgin
" ians, will participate in the funeral care
' monies.
No order has yet been made naming a
'Secretary of War ad interum, but from
what the President said lastinight it is
- probable Gen. Sehrman will be appointed
: act untiil the vacancy can be filled. .
THE REMOVAL OP THE REMAINS.
'• When the body of the late Seeiretary
.Rawlits was removed to the War De
partment this morning Gen. Sherman
and Adjutant General Tem:mend were
0 0resent, and under their direction a
guard was stationed at each end of the
oatafalque, and also at the entrance to the
room. During the day a large number of
persons - visited the; War Department
to take a last look at the features of the
deceased, included among whom were
members of the Cabinet, army and navy
Officers and many civilians and ladies of
mote. 'The remains will lie in state until
the time of the -funeral and the War
Department-kept open to afford the pub
lic an opportunity to see them.
s'IMIKBAL ARRANGEMENTS. ,
The funeral esoort will consist of four
companies of artillery, a battalion of
marines, Company IC, 6th Cavalry, and
Battery. F sth artillery.
The interment takes place Thursday
forenoon. A large number of.military
officers have been designated as pall
bearers by the President.
• AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.
'- The President was at his office in the
Executive -Mansion, where he received
- and conettitid with Secretaries Flab,
Cox. Robetion and acting Secretary Rich
ardson in relation to arrangements for
'the bineral obsequies of the late Secre
tary of War. The President was suffer
ing from an attack of neuralgia.
A .NATIONAL CONVENTION OP LIQUOR
' DEALERS.
• • The Liquor Dealers' Association of this
city have addressed a circular to the
liquor dealers throughout the country
proposing to hold ,a National Convention
here in toecember, and requesting dele
gates tri, be sent. The circular says the
Temperance Convention just closed it
- Chicago, has, among its objects, the
-adoption cf a prohibitory law in this
District, an experiment • which, if sue
easeful, will affect the trade throughout
the 'United • States. The purpose of .
:the proposed convention is to influence
Congress to defeat any such measure.
SECRETARY OF 'WAIL
it is 'stated that General. Sherman will
:act as Secretary of War, ad interim.' The
;name of 'Major General Greenville M.
': Dodge, late of the Army of Tennessee,
!and at present Chief Engineer of the
Union Pacific Railroad, is prominently
mentioned, in connection with the sue
oession to the office.-
..MDON.MSIT OBTAINED.
•
Supervisor Drumtnond, of lowa, Min
"naseta, Nebraska : and Dakota, in the
case of the distillery of J. C. McCoy,
seized by him some time ago near lowa
City, has obtained a judgment for forfeit
ure.
131prATOR aztissamErt
A private dispatch to Ckmamissionei
Delano states of Senator Fessenden, that
big - symptoms are more favorable and
some hopes are entertained of. his re
covery. -
, , ,
The Water Famine at Philadelphia.
, Irsehipsoh to the Pittsburgh easette..]
rnar...snELPsne, September 7.—At two
( 1 3,3
o'c odk this a ft ernoon, connections hav
in been completed ; at the Fairmount
'we r works, the p umps of the tire and
wrecking steamer John Fuller were set
to work discharging their fall es
purity, eight thousand gallons per
mihnte, - into • the ; reservoir . , Chief
'Engineer Graff to day raised the block
' sle.of the Schuylkill Nhyigation Com
...pany and thirty boats have been. passed
• rough, thus opening navigation, which
• d been suspended duo, - Augu st 14th.
arena Steamboat Burned.
,
Telegraph to the rittantret easette.l
• Cntsrami Sept. 7.—The steamboat
r 7 ohnßOblnson's arena boat, was
burned in Licking river, before day this
morning. 'Less, tota118,0N00; insured for
V.ODO in home companies... The caste ,
lbe fire is unknown. Three men sleep
ing in the boat escaped.
KEOKUK.
Tne Mlselealppl Valley Commercial Con.
ventlon—Flrst Dare Seaton. •
illy Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.;
Hmorrus, lowa, September 7.—The
Mississippi Valley Commeroial Conven
tion assembled in this city this after
noon, at Gibbon's Opera House. It has
been called in pursuance of a resolution
of the Commercial Convention recently
held` in , New,:Orleans, which xectom
mended the holding of a Coriventiois on
the upper Mississippi some time during
the summer, to consider all matters con
nected with the commerce and trade„of
the Mississippi river and trib*aries,
and 'to *gee the great river and Its
branches free from the fetters, natural
and artificial, that °Wrung its navigation
or retard its commerce, or in any way
hinder the development of the country
drained by its waters. The rate of re
presentation named in the call-$s • two
delegatetat large from each State'cif the'
Mississippi Valley, and one delegate
from each Congressional district in said
States; one delegate from each city and
town situated on the river or any of its
branches, and - one delegate for each Ave
thousand population of such city or
town or fraction over. ,
At three o'clock P. at., after music,
Gen. A. H. Sanders, of lowa, called the
convention to order, and Gen. Cyrus H.
Bussey, of Louisiana, was elected tem
porary chairman, with four temporary
secretaries.
Gen. Enemy returned thanks.
An address of welcome was then de
lived by William Leighton, Esq., of
Keokuk. •
A Committee of one from each State
represented was then appointed , on ore*
dentials, as follows: 'O. N: Savage, Illin
ois; W. H. Swift, Missouri; A. Burwell,
Louisiana; H. B. Horn,Kansas; H. E.
Hudson, Tennessee; G e orge M. Hoard,
Ohio; Wm. P. Murray, Minnesota; M.
W. Beitzhoover. Pennsylvania; Robert
Sommers, Kentucky: - A. J. Messenger,
Wisconsin; John S. Dillon, lowa.
AnAttempt was made to appoint a
Committee on Permanent Organisation,
but thro or four rdsolutlonslooking to
that result were voted down, members
insisting that no saatiCommitteo could
be appointed until the Committee on
Credentials had reported.
Mr. Shryock, President of the St. Lords
lipatll of Trade, was called for and made,
a speech, in which heinsiated that Con
gress should appropriate - ten millions of
dollars at once to improve theMiSslasippi
river and remove obstructions,. natural
and artificial.
Several other gentlemen made brief
Speeches. • • -
The Committee on Credentials made
their report which was received and
adopted. It *.imply gives the names of
all the delegates who have been el6oted
or appointed, and not simply the names
of those present.
General A. H. Sanders, after a few
eloquent and appropriate remarks. of;
fered resolutions complimentary to the
distinguished character and services of
the late Jain A. Rawlins, Seivetary of
War, which, after brief and eloquent re
marks by Gen. Tattle, Gen. Vandever,
Gen. Bussey, 'and others, were unani
mously adopted.
NEW YORK CITY.
tßy Teen&Dh to the Plusher/a 6azette.l
NEW Yost; September 7'-1869.
At a meeting of citizens heldl,at the
Sub-Treasury to-day a proposition to
_
raise $50.000 for Mrs. Rawlins was car
ried nem. can., and fifteen thousand dol
bus subscribed on the spot, including
that of President Grant for one thou.
sand, received - by telegraph from Wash
ington. Ali the public buildings will be
closed to-morrow and Thursday.. The
purchase of United States bonds adver
tised for tomorrow is postponed till Fri
day.
Sheridan Shook, a Collector of Inter
nal Revenue, has been arrested andbeld
to bail on a charge of fraud. Another
officer named Abrahams is under arrest
on the same charge. . Mr. Shook declares
his innocence.
Judge fdeCtinn to day diticiikrged
under a writ of hcsbeas corpus Martin
Leland, charged with forging Philadel
phia city warrants, on the ground that
the evidence was not sufficient to hold
him.
Jas. B. Caffart3r, a prominent painter,
died today, aged N. •
Bliss Bateman, the actress, was & pas
senger per the Bgasia.
The steamer Baxonia took 540,000 in
specie.
An epidemic, the exact nature of which
is not known, has broken ont.among the
cattle,in Orange county. . •
Woman's Bights Conventions.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Guette.3
ST. Louts, September 7.—At especial
meeting of the Woman's Suffrage Asso.
elation of this city, held this evening,
the following delegates were chosen to
attend the Chicago ttnventlon: Mrs.
W. T. Hazard,. 'Mrs. Geo. D. Hall, M7a.
Edward Tltinan, Mrs. Rtiftis J. Lock.
land and Mts. John O. Orrlok. !Mies
Phoebe W. Comilla was appointed a;; del
egate to the Cincinnati Convention..; ,;
Letters were read from a largentimber
of persons announcing thelrintentionl,to
be present at a special Convention to be
hell' here on the sixth and seventh of
October among them thefollowlng: Mrs:
'Julia.Ward Howe, of Boston, and
`Elizabeth Cady Stanton, of New
York, Mary Livermore and Judge
Waite and wife, of Chicago, Siteron
Tyndale, ex-Secretary; of State, of . Illi
nois, Henry S. Foote of Tennessee, Miss
Lilly 'Peckham of Foote,
Mrs. R.
Davis, of R. L Delegates will be •here
from quite a number of States, including
mine from the South And fromValffor
nia. Ample arrangements .have been
made for, the reception of delessol.l,
Callibrnla Election'eso)temelat
fib-Totem* totherittatrunit 432g0tal
gAlir FBABolsoo, Septembet &-Mhe
official returns of the •Fl Acrd lay*
been counted, 'giving M tft , ppin,
Mayor, a majority of:18. The Democrats
are confident ilfebppin is elected. The
Independents, threaten ,McOoppin shall
not be permitted to assume the 'office If
he is (*unto(' in: There is much excite..
—At a meeting of 'the stockholders .rit
the Louisville and Frankfort •RailrOad
Comeiwy r a vote was taken ou the. Prell
- to consolidate isiid road, with the
Fraoktort and Laxingtun 114dittsd,which
resulted in favor thereof by a large ma
ority.
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY,' SEPTEgOK 1869.
SECOIDIDITIOL
rou4ve , CLOCK, a. az.
TEE COIL MINE CALAMITY.
Unavailing Efforts to Reach
the Entonthed -Miners.
THE COMMUNITY HORRIFIED.
Crowds ,Flock to • the Scene.
MINING GENERALLY SUSPENDED.
Repeated Descents of the Shaft.
THE LAST HOPE GONE.
Six Hundred Widows and 9rphins.
Tut:: LeCirnsT PLBTIOiI7I.IIBB
(ByTelegravit to tire Plttaburgb Gazette.]
- SCRANTON, September 7.—N005.-- i The'
very ;latest accounts from theXcene of
the dreadful calamity at Avondale Mine
are to the effect that nothing has yet
been done which warrants a hope for the
safety of the men below. A steam fin
has beim putiliand is now ihoperatlon
driving pure air into the shaft, but the
"criantity of foul ale that still remainsiem
dere it impossible for, a descent to be
made. A. tunnel Is bainiz excavated with
all possible speed,* hi which it is hoped'
to intersect the chamber where all the
men are entom ••. They will probably
reach this olta .er about five or " six
o'clock this afternoon. Old and expe
rienced miners fear that all are lost, but
there are some who hope that the closing
of the doors of the passages leading from
the shafts nes prevented the circulation
of fire or choke damp and confined all
the gaseous matter to 'the shaft • itself.
If the Ilze did 'not reach Ole internal pas.
sages, itifOthatigheno,choke damp or gas
has been generated, and the supply of
air already in the chambers when the
fire took Place may bejaufticient to Map
some of the men alive."!t The scene stout
the place of the disaster is harrowing In
the extreme. Thousands of people are
present, and ethers are arriving. The
agonizing *toe of,theunfortunateminers'
families is heart-rending. Attempts to
descend the shaft will be made this
afternoon, and before night it is thought
the extent Of the calamity will be known.
PREPARING FOR A SEABEE.
Scuinioxv, PA., Sept. 7-11 A. se—The
donkey engine and fan were put in oper
ation aboat an hour since. driving In
fresh air to the shaft. Messrs. Carson and
Davis then went 'down one hundred feet,
and then lowered lights to within fifteen
feet of the bottom of the shaft. The
lamps burned . fri3ely. After • malting
such observations as were possible, they
returned, and those who hatelormed a
cbmmittee to go down are now preparing
to descend to remove obstructions and
exoloreln search OfAhelr brethren.,
Thousands miners, 'women and
children cover the hills and grounds In
the vicinity. A Committee is circulate
jug among the immense throng for sub.
scriptions for the widows and orphans,.
who number.crver six hbadred.
.• • -
SPECIAL•II3:AINS TO TA%
Special trains ran from bare to Av,on
date tits morning every hour, free, until
eleven o'clock. when the Crowds became
so dense that they obstructed the relief
parties, and they were suspended.
The whole community is thgtiled with
horror here at the great ..celanali.Y.
All work= is suspended' jet the
mines in this vicinity and nearly the
whole force of miners, in their mining
suits, have gone to .Avondale to remain,
until their brethren_ are', brought., out
dead or , alive. Thousands have gone'
from this direction alone,and the whole
country is aroused and Soaking to the
scene of the disaster.
THE DISTRESSED Palina:li.
In the faurth r iffik and sixth or Hyde
Park wards of this city, the streets are
thronged with women, the relatives and
friends of the men in the Avondale pit,'
eagerly beseenhlngirery perpottarrlvlng
frotri' below' for infbrmation,. and their
weeping fills the air.
MTNLDTG GENZ ' RAL/A 4 T. ' ' .. P Ei6iPENDIOD
HUNDRED WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
Mining cannot be resumed any of
the works of the Delaware, 'Lackawanna
and Western Railroad Co.'s roineerrithin
a week; not at least until all the Stallrals
of the Avondaledead are over. The fact of
the long and severe strike last ended adult
greatly to the destitution which will fol.
low the calamity. The widows awl or
phans will number not leas than six
hundred.
PREPARING PER A ronsonsi.
At dices cereal thi"erowdWiiifoleired
and a rope enelisturts made". Wound the
month of the shalt ,by the pollee. The
engine and fan were/Put to I.i:whist 9f40,
and shortly after it was connected with
the canvass conductor. %at reached:th e
bottom of the shaltrtwo hundred and
thirtymeyen feet.
At „lOW. Voridn, of
Hampton mine. and J. P.' Davis, open.
4,0* of AvondelCddeoeMis t ri thd r t4
feet and lowered three lamps to within
- fifteen 'feet of the- 1 ) 0 ,40m ;of she sha ft .
The larnpa:burned 'After remain:
log in theshaft forty minute', they
re
turnedfroda r eco nnoitering,
, .
TOMlClllllMUlt i mittaxisDarcovizti.
) 4 -At II 145 , (ion; 11/411totwehAhn HoireLati-
Thos. Mavis end Tire.-E:DirehLa, C.
Entttee of'intnern, desoendiht the; ihs . ,ft
elolllg and , Adttreere. •At Ih3go i tlilr
aseeededl4o4ll9-ttinnitk Or, the ,
orgnic isfukitizz to_ pist
num, . wen t t ;.(terin
a.
th e y propeaded about t fee into the
Sanavra mai g g reat ' deal of
••• • . ,
carbonic acid, gas sad ililack 3 damp, re.
treated, after txuavalrarAha end, of the
large canvass air conveyor as far into the.
mine as they went.' The damp was be.
tween two and three feet deep on the
bottom of the lila°. •
AN(=:ol;isEsoznv.
• At 11:65 Rees Evams, Thomas Canon,
Charles Janes and Isaac Thomas,anoth
er Miners' Committee-.64an . t0 descend'
into the shaft. The feu watt• kept con
stantly in motion dUting all the time,.
forcing fresh air into the mine; Dating
these proceedings a Committee of fifty
volunteers was formed and regularly of by the minera to deseend and re.
cover the bodies of their companions".
AID von :an WIDOWS.
Rey. Mr. Hunt, at the head of a com
mittee of twenty. citizens, canvassed the
immense throngWitti subscription book*
for the orphans and witiciwz of the,unfor
ttinate victims.
• ; .
HOPE GIVEN UP. • .
Experienced miners give np all hope
of lading any one alive in Us mine.
Forty miners were enrolled under the
superintendence of James George, of
Plymouth, •
and Henry W. Evan*, of Pitts
ton. 'Geo. Morgan, of the Nanticock
mines, was 'appointed Foreman on the
part of the miners, and Thos. D. Evans,
of Nantloock“.and Jno. - H. Powell, of
Taylorville. as' advisors. They have di
rection of the operations after a descent
is made.
Three hundred mlners from Coalvllie:
have arrived, and there are thmusanda
upon the grounds in the immediate vicin
ity, nearly one half women and children.
ANOTHER REPORT PROM BELOW.
I P. sr... The second party of men .re
turned safely as had the first. They
penetrated- the gangway a distance of
seventy-Ave feet and foubd the large
door wide open. They then went 'one
hundred feet Anther in one of the pass
ages and found a small door olowl.
After opening this door; .to give a
circulation of air around to the _en
trance, they, returned. Had tide awed :
door been opened, there might have
been a ahada4" hope, as the gas and
smoke and fire-would have been passing
around the circuit anB - 6 - ut again. As it
is, the fears are that Ithltolunoke has pen
etrated-the inner mine and suffocated
all the men. The main doorway leading
to the mute has not yet heeu reached,
A TWED DASCENT-TWO XEN OVERIXODI
DT GAL
. The third set of men, four in number,
went siown and cause baclln fifteen min
utes, two of, them so overcome with the
effects of gas that they are being restor
ed with, difficulty. The gas Is coming
out of the outer mine very fast since the
passage way was paned. The wildest
excitement prevai lsand the mass of peo
ple aro kept back th great difficulty.
TILE LAST 'NOTE GONE:
baD p...X.—The two tidier; are saved .
at last. It seems ifil to . peril life,by any
fiirther attempt to go down iis long as
the gas Is so strong. No attempt ban of
course be made to reach the main
Idoor, or to penetrate •the mine until
the outer gangway is cleared of gas. It
is uncertain how lung this will take.
There is really no ground to 'hope a sin
gle life 'remains of !thine who went to
„svork'' in the
. mine 4 Everybody giVes
the= up, and nothing probably remains
to be done but to recover the bodies.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT AND FAILURE.
_ .. ,
BODANTON, PA., September 7-115 P.
M.-Four men deaciinded, returned in
good condition and, reported the air
much purer. . .
Later—At 6:30 P. u.—Pour men, John
Tisdale, Harkness, John Salteree and R.
E. B. Jon es went down, after letting down
water hose to the bend of thank pipe and
over the furnace, to put water on and
deaden the fire in the furnace. They
returned la filfteem minutes, saying that
Mt water holto was landed lathe shaft and
they could of find the holer.`by which
they expected to enter. They were not
seriously affected by foal air. -
At 7:10 another relay of four men went
down. They returned in silent twenty
minutes, reporting that they had been at
the furnace and found everything, all
right, except the
~ Aro in the furnace,
which was still burning. „They could not
arrange the water hose until it was hoist
ed up a little. They were not seriously
affected by the.four. air..
.OHLGAGO.
Cigar litotes' , ~Convention —American
rear aceuncal Association
_—Couven.
, tion lTniversetists. -
i
. ,
.CH3? Tei soh to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
~_.. , _ _
Cm o, Elopttonber 7.. 7 41 the ses
sion of elgitr , Ailakens' International
Conveniten todery•the following resoln•
.done w"& adopted:
- k
. -12esav That, the President of the
'unmet nal Union is. authorized to is.
sue an a usty proclamation, to-the an
' lair men of our craft; an 4 be it further re
solved, that each local union shall
upon the passage :of this resolution
open their hooks for the initiation of all:
unfair man'Working under this jurisdio-
Sion, upon the payment of the initiation
fee:, this shall L W-- no caul allow a local
union' to , iihret -cigar makers , who may
have money indorsed upoti their cards.
Eighty-seven unions are represented
in this Convention.,
The American, Pharmaceutical ABBO
- commenced its annual , session in
Able city this afternoon. Delegates are
p;Teent from all parte of •the country.
male being the first ,Conyention of the
kind ever bold iti,the West, it will be an
luipornine one to • Western druggists.
In ettihneellon with the meeting, a msg.
btficent eiposition of chemicals, chemilo-
Si arid ptiarmaoatitical apparatus'and ap
pliancesski being held in az .smaller hall
near the main hail.. :
.tbe fi ltage manufkotories and the
more preagfulat cities of this cotintur are
welt > represented, of which - Phila.
deltoids takes the lead,, both in ex.
01040 Or articles''arid'- largeness
er assortment, and Chicago ranks
bit; ; New 'York," BostOn
-Citudzituitf and St. Louis are also Willi
irepmentedy England France and Ger.
many are: - represented :by. magnificent
displays from theleading houstwin those
countries. and tine displays are made by
a Mans & Son., of London, Rogeret
let, ?aris, and Etienne, Row/nes* CO., of
the awns • •
The lowa bitateUniversalista' Conven
tion met et ,Desldoinee thla morning, and
organized by, fleeting Hon. A. D. IEOI-
Comb, ots*gits, lowa, Moderator, and
J. Norwood 'CAM• zit lowa City Beam
•
tary. , lergittimbereire present
and many More are known to be On ihe
way. TheWonvention will continue In.
'Seattion three or lbw days.
~_NEWS BY CABLE.
State of Emperor Napoleon's Health—
' Nothing
_Reliable or Satisfactory—
JAntion "11i &' on the French Sittia
tionlapaln and the Cuban Questien--
Every Bart to be Made to Retain the
Sovereignty of the Island—Protest of
General Sickles Against Executions
Vfithout Trial. •
CBI Telegraph to the Pittsburgh tissette.i
FRANCE.
Losnorr, September ft—The condition
Of Napoieores kealth commands univer,
gal attention. ;The inceir, reliable reports
received from Paris in this city to-day
reprelent the health of the Emperor as
unaltered, and not improved. He has
been quite weak during a couple of days
past, and not in sufficient strength or
tone to attend to business of any sort.
The nines, in an article on the French
situation, says: Many think Prince
NapOleon's speech was only a feeler to
arrive at a knowledge of 'men's minds.
If so, it wae promptly answered. The
clamor raised .places the real liberal
aspirations .. of France beyond a
doubt. The Prince's speech may be
taken as the programme of the Imperial
•government, such as must arise when
the present men and principles are re
moved, and when the constitution is re
formed on the basis of national sover
eignty, municipal self-government and
rninisterial responsibility.. Prince Na
poleon's part lathe new order of things
depends on the. Chances of the Emperor's
recovery. Should the Emperor live, a
liberal Ministry, with Prince Napoleon
at the head, would be an experiment
worth trying. - If the Emperor's absence
from the Cabinet is to be indefinitely
prolonged, it is ',difficult to see who
could dispute the lieutenancy of the
Empire, with Prince Napoleon. The
present crisis in . France cannot be with
out grave;conseqUencas, and the 'Prince
has placed himself in aposition which
it will be no good. olley for the Emperor
to•dispense with or avoid him.
PARIS, Sept. 7.—The Journal Official
today oontradlota the 'shuttling rumors
of the Emperor's health. saying the Em
peror a ttenda to his affairs daily. ge
has suffered some (ruin rhentitatlsm, but
at no time has his condition been such its
to cause the kaust anxiety. The sessions
of the Senate have closed.
Pun's, 'Septeinher 7—Evening. -The
Emperor will come to Paris to-morrow.
The La Prase says the condition of the
Eniperor has been improved a little since
yesterday. ( His strength has increased.
and . his pains_ have Olminished, but it is
not believed that he will be able to go
out of doiliss to-day: The Emperor yot.
terday.Vgned most of the decrees pre
sented to him in bed. To-day ho .re
calved M.' Rouher and the Minjeters
bearing the &status Consultum which
has just passed the Senate.
The Moniteur complains (that it is dlf.
fault to obtain any authentic advlces of
the Emperor's condition to-day. No
doubt the variations of the temperature
have exercised an unfavorable influence,
retarding the progress of his convales
cence and rendering the , pains more se
vere. The Emperor was Unable to walk
out yestatdaT. but he passed an easy
night. Meanwhile Dr. Ricord has again
been willed to attend His Majesty.
Prince Gortschakoff has - arrived in
Paris.,
SPAIN.
MADRID, September 7.—Estartus at
the bead of thirty (Nudists, was yester
day defeated by the national troops; near
Gerona. Estartus himself escaped, but
Many of his men ‘. Weis oantgred. This
is the last Culla band known en Spanish
soil. It is reported four hundred Carlists
at Perpignan, on the - p;renoh border, are
ready to enter Spain. The government
has taken measures to prevent their
entrance;
BEAD RID, September 7.—The .Epoca to
day states that Gen: Sickles has sent a
note to the Government, representing
that public opinion in the United States
will shortly compel the recognition of
the Cuban insurgents. The Epoca urges
the dispatch of the last man and expend
.iture.of the last dollar, rather than lose
Cuba. It requests that meetings be held
in every town , to know the state of Span
ish feeling, on.. this question, and con
cludes'with a declaration that the loss of
Cuba would dishonor. the 'revolution.
Othbr journals urge the`dispatch of
troopsta the Island. Mach uneasiness
exiatsion- tilde subject and the vends are
fallinfe -- • ,„
Tfthifit•idi the American iiinishif Yu
fertedteld merely a protest against ex
uptitione Wgiklout trial in . Cuba, It, Intl-
UuttelDbet„Spaln canuot . ,earry on the.
• wat - there II) a way repugnant to the
'civilised vrorld, and that Americans, in
the. name‘uf humanity,' might , find it
necessary revivals° the insurgents:
-The Regent has issued a decree order
ing that a circular expressing the thanks
of the Government be sent to those. Bish
ops who have compiled with his late de
ores against the disloyaltyof the clergy.
He direote.thet the replies made by some
of the, other, Bishops ,be cobsidered ,In
Council 'of State. Ten - of the recusant
Blshopsi ere ordered te appear before the
Supremelliihunal. .1'
• [ARENT:BRITAIN.'
!•% 0 SPoN; ;; B.44eMber I ? —plapatohes
from wits P44ttlis MIX of the Muni
.
cipal Council at Sogan, if:Leonia China,
iehereafterrto•be chosen from French
and Americana born. le, the country.
, while , nativea and; Chinese are made
ellaiblA fo the Council. .
Dispotehre, from ,• Alexandria report
the coltoit'Ar9g in the interior of Egypt
ae'exoellent quantity.
Capt:Str Jas., Anderson hay withdriwn
from altAkinnectiolr' with the French
Cable Company:'l"---.---
Panl Bagley, sailed today on the steam
er Aleppo for America, to lay before
President Gra* his correspondence with
Mr. Oladatone and others on the release
of the Fei3lart prfoone t s.
The Yroseontion against Harevnxid, ar
rested in New 'York on a charge of fraud
and brought here, hit' been withdrawn,
and the prisoner discharged, • -
• •.). SWITZERLAND. ; •
September 7:.ThetitriaS Fed
eral Council have declined to take part
ln the joint action proposed by Prince
HObeilligies the Bavarian Prime Minis-
NUMBER 206.
ter, with regard to the Ecumenical Conn
cil.
Recruiting for the army of Viceroy of
Egypt has been forbidden in t3witzer
land. ,
PlitN3lll.
BERLTN. September 7.—At the next
session of the Prussian Diet the' Liberal
'party will introduce a proposition of min
isterial responsibility.
MARINE. NEWS.
,
Losnox, September 7.—The steamers
Malta, Baltimore, Hibernia, and Bt. Pat
rick have arrived one. • -
FINANCIAL ANI/CODISIERCIAL.
I.ONRON, September 7—Evessiv.-00n- .
sole for money 93. American securities
firmer. Five TiVenty bonds at Inndon
',85, 82X: '67, 81%; '62, 8N Ten-Forts_?
75X. '62 at Frankfort 86. Eries 28);
Illinois 94g.
HAvan, September 7.-4.btton flat on
spot and quiet•afloat; treit onlinaire, an
a1:m.16134f. -
FRANKFORT. September 7.—Evenisg.—
American bonds closed firm at 864 st
PARIS, September T.—Evening—Bourse .
closed flat. Rentes 70f. 26c.
LIVERPOOL, September 7.—Bvening.—
Cotton ; middling uplands 13xd.; New
Orleans 135(02)13,0.; sales amounted
to 5,000 bales; 2,000 bales on speculation
and export. California white Wheat
sold at Ils. 20.; red western ./ 41 0.2, 90. 104-
®lOr. Western Flour 255. Cern Ws. 6d.
Oats 3s. &I. - Peas 4(s. Pork Io9a.
Beef 90s. Lard 76a. 6d. Cheeise Ms. Bd.
Bacon 67e., Common Rosin 58.15)58. 3d.;
line do. 16.4: Spiriti Petroleum Bd.; re
lined do. is. Bd. Tallow 475: 6d. :Tur
pentine 265. - • ,
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LONDON, September 7.--.EVeavag.--7.'al
low 46e. 6d.®465. 9d.' 13perin 011 923.-
Sugar 40.9.4201th5. 6d. Refined Petrolunch'
1a ; 834d. Whale Oil 39a. Calcutta Lin
avid 628. 6d.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 7.—Breadstuffs drib
Receipts of-wheat at this port darin¢ the
past three days, 17,500 quarters, or which
10,000 are American. The marhet :foe
yarns antifebiles at Manchester is been,.
PHILADELPHIA.
TLe Attempted Assasalnatiop. of a. Rev..
emit Officer. ' ,
(By Telegraph to the Pittelmrib Ehizeite'
Rafiarozbpias, Septemiair , -1. A.
number of men charged with 00141101 W
in the attempted asaastnaticn of rev
enue officer -Brooks were brought beforO
the Mayor this afternoon,
when testi
mony was taken to the following - ef- -
feet: John Stockton, liquoradealer,
was heard three weeks ago- to say.,
he knew when and where Ktooks,
would be shot. Thomas Aiken, dirleetiv
after the :shooting. left hio. - revolvars, di
rected to Stockton. 141 lk•ntern near - by ,
Keenan's, where Brboks was - shot .
was heard to say he was glad Biooks bait
been shot. Robert Hamilton,:a notori
ously bad character, was partially
identified as having- :been- - hi
vicinity with a. cab shortl' 1110o:et
the shooting. 4 . was also -,-pin "
that be had shaved- off his moustache
since 'yesterday morning. -Keeusnairo
prietor of the store where Brooks was
shot. was held, on affidavit of. Brooks
himself. Keenan's son was dis Charged.
The others were held fbr a further hear
ing without bail.
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VERMONT ELEOTION
,•
Unusually Quiet Canvasa—:ll1 I publicatir
State Ticket Successful:
CBY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh 6asette.l
BURLINGTON, Vt., September 8, 1 A. /IL
—The canvass in Vermont has been one
of the quietest known in many years
Returns from thirty-three towns, casting
about one-fourth • the vote-:.of -the
State, give Washburn°, .Repnblican,
for fovernor. 6691 votes; Heaton,
Democrat, 2162. Tice same Warns last
year gave Page. Republican ' 99244_ Ed
wards, Demcorat, 8406. Thisis a reduc
tion of thirty-three per cent: in the Re
-Pliblican vote, and nearly thirtv-seml
per cent. in the Demotratio
Gen. Washbarne and the Republican
State ticket are elected by from 19,000 to
20,000 majority. • • - -
The Senate
,ia unanimously Republi
can. We hare returns of forty•six Re-
Publicans and four Democrat , / elected to
the Holum • • -
Additional Markets by Telegraph.
BUFFALO, September 7.—Flour Inao
tive. Wheat depressed and neglected,
with sales 7,600 blob amber Ohio at 51,40
per sample; spring and white entirely
nominal. Corn Calli with Sales 30;000
bush at 95@.98e, accordlpg to condition.
dull, with sales 10,000 bush
2 western at. 630, .IRye nominal
for car lots western. Bailey, none here.
Pork Anil at 134 for heavy mesa." Lard
dull at 19©19340. Highwinas nominal al
g1,08@1.10. In store Monday morning—
wheat, 340,000 bush; corn, 318,000 bush;
Coats, 70,000 bush; rye, 8,000 t00 0 n;, :TI
IJAMBBIDG 3, Mass., Sepr.,7.—Beef Cat
tle; receipts 1,088 head: the beat lots
sold as high as last week, but common
grades a 'suede easier, and the Market
active for good cattle: extra ;12,68®18,00; •
first quality $11,50@12,00; second quality
$10(41.11' third quality 18@9:50. Sheep
and Lambs: receipts 10,738 head; sales
extra at $ 3 , 75 (4) 4 ,75; spring, lambs _ 13.000
4,50.
Mn211P11:113, September 7. -- Cotton at
3230a;3343 for middlings, and in active
demand. Receipts. 25 bales; exports; '';,
13 bales. Flour at $5,60@7,50. Meal at
$4,23154,40. Corn at 00o: Oats at 64c.
Hay at 1322®223‘;„ Brairst wo. Wheat.
atsl,lo@l,2ll. P ork . at $35, Lard,et 2o 34 o *
Bacon steady and dull;_ aides at 10340;
shoulders at 18X9183ic. ,
' 'Citcanoo, 13optember.7—BfoPen board
in .the afternoon: grain markets qu iet.
No, 2 wheat sold at . $1,2 5 34 1 5 1 4 18 . 140, 2
`corn at '86%@)137y 4 . 'Oats at 411 seller all
the month, and closing firm at outside
figures. Barley at 01,04. seller all.manth.
In the evening market was dull at 11,26
ihi Wheat, and 77 for corni:seller ali, • the
intmth w ; o 6%
os soptelUber 7.--Flon t r t stsidyr a ;: a
et;,
and unchanitea• A - ligheat
12 ,_ ;m u
slides 2,000 bush NO. , 2 white" Wabasli at
$457; No. IMilwankee Club held at 111,56,
and No. dif $ 1 4 5 (4 1 . 47 . • Corn, held at
81,08 for No. 1; sales of imoobush 2
on private terms.
KEW OuLnAles. September
was of 385 bales middling at • 81340320. ,
ReetiPts 1,181 bules; exportii,coastwisa
700 bales: Sagan common 1134 c," prime
1430. Molasses 836700. Whisky $1,223f,
4)1,25. Coffee: prime lem@leg.