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FIRST EDITIOI.
VOLUME LXXXIV.
JrIIDAYGHT.
THE CAPITAL.
alyTelegraeb to the - Pittsburgh Gazette.]
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21, 1869.
Washington specials say that the Gov
ernment repudiates Sickle's action asex
ceeiclingh;is instructions, and pledge# it
•seili to censure him.
RETURN OF PRESIDENT GRANT.
The Psealdent has telegraphed to Gem
Ihttioitek 'that he:wiit return to Washtpg4
ton at noon to-morrow.
,movErimirr OP DISTILLERS.
The distillers in some of the whisky
districts have been making overtures to
the revenue officers, to the effect that
they can make - more money. by running
their distilleries according to law, pro
vided all distillers do the same, than by
makingillicit whisky,
and incurring the
a
risk of detection e consequent penal
ties. They therefore propase t:i.form an
association to aidthe revenue efficers in
detecting dishonest distillers.
)IHEP.EABOUTS OF MINISTER CITRTIN.
AciVices received from His Excellency
A.ndrew, G. Curtin, state that .owing
'tothe pinionged absence - Of the Emperor
from St. -Pateraburg, it has net been
possible yet to present his credentials as
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to that Court. He was,
till lately, at Dresden with his family,
under the instructions of Secretary Fish,
awaiting the return of Minister Gortscha
koff from London, when he will be pre
sented. Hon. T. J. Coffey, the Secre
tary of theLsgation, accompanies the
ex-Governor, and has placed his chil
dren at school at Dresden. The health
<of Minister -eurtin hes been good, and
he has received during his visit many
attentions from npt - only American, bot
English, French and Gerifian tourists at
Dresden, who are ,enthusiastin in their
expressions of admiration .of.onr Penn
sylvania Ambassador.
CHICAGO.
The'Callfornia Pleneers—Thelr Recep
tion in Chicago—They will be in Fitts
burgh on_ Friday.
tlty.Telegrliph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
CHICAGO, Sept. 21.—The California
Pioneer excursion party reached this
-dity at seven o'clock last evening, and
are now quartered at the Sherman and
Tremens houses.
This forenoon a commissary car well
.filled with themeeessarids of life, as well
as the luxuries,was despatched from the
.fifflikDrike,_OrtsTremont house in
thei direction .or:. the tai(' taA
Met them at Jollet r and-the party, which
it Vas soon discoggred were both hungry
; and diy, did.ample leitice to the good
things they,Jousid in the commissary car.
-There was enough for all the hungry and
r• dry ones.
A Conatidttee of Chicago citizens took a
train of Pullman's cars and met the ex
' oursionists at Rock Island Junction.
Bare the two trains were connected, and
came in .together. On the way to the
city a lively and cordial interchange of
salutations, courtesies and good feeling
took place. On reaching the Zhicago
depot an abundance of carriages.
with a band of music, were in
- waiting. to which the excursionists
were quickly transferred, and moved
with the procession to the two hotels
Awned.
The excursion party numbers about
two hundred, about one-third of the
number being ladies. The male portion
is composed of large; fine-looking and
stalwart mea. They all wore a badge
consisting of the picture of a white bear
surrounded by a wreath made up gener
ally of the national colors.
The party will
,remain here until
' Thursday morning, when they will leave
for Philadelphia via Chicago, Pitts
burgh and Pennsylvania railroad.
To.morrow they will be shown the ea
giosities of our city and in the evening
will be entertained with a grand banquet.
HALIFAX
t By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh GAZE tte.3
HALIFAX. N. 8., September 21.—News
from Newfoundland says: The country%
bac:omit:lg agitated by the confederation
discussion. The unionists are well organ
ized and have a large part of the press in
their favor; They have Issued - a cam
paign paper, and. look forward wick
confidence to a victory at the election.
The are by no means idle.
Their steamer has made trips about the
colony carrying anti-union speakers, and
no labor is spared to defeat the con
federation. I
In the course of a few weeks a propo
sition will be made to the government
of Prince Edwards Island by the govern
znent of Canada, in regard to the terms
by which that island will be received
into the confederacy. If the former gov
ernment think the propositions made by
the Dominion equrtable, tha House will
at once be dissolved and the whole ques
tion submitted tb the people.
Universathst Convention.
cgly Telegraph to the Plttebureh Guette.l
BuFFAui, September 21.—A: Conven
tion of the Universalists of the United
States assembled to-day, Rev. Bartholo
mew, of Auburn, presiding.
Twentone States are represented.
Rev. W. Bruce, of Indialia, read a
report on Sunday Schools, showing the
cause: generally prosperous and recom
mending a closer onion between the
-Church and SilddaY' School.
Rev. Rexford; of Ohio, read the annual
report on the Igo of the Church—a brief
ilocument. • .
. Rev. E. H. Che, of Massachusetts,
read, a report • on Educational - Colleges.
All are prdiperous; though some. need
further endowment, particularly , those
at Clinton Cazdon, Now York, and
'Galesburg,. 1111 - nois. More' than fifty
thousand dollars - have'been raised: to-
Weida the Smithson Academy to be im
miediately erected at Logansport, Indi
ana; The average number of pupils in
the Universalist schools the past year.
Wm one ' thousand, four hundred and
tiny; of Which thirty three are theologi
calstudents.
The CouvePttoi will probably ;sit the
entire Week. - • • '
NEW 7 ORS CITY.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh fassette.l
Nsw YoEtc, September 21, 1569.
.It appears that the frauds discovered
In the Methodist . Book ,Concern consist
in the allegedlact that a son of Dr.,Por
.
ter, one of the agents, has received com
missions for the past eight or nine years
averaging.not less that seven • per cent.
for purchasing printing paper for the In- '
stitution—that is, the agent permitted
his son, who is a paper broker, to charge
a heavy commission for-doing what it
was the agent's duty to do himself. Re
port says the purchases on which com
missions have been allowed, amounted
to 1150.000 per annum, and also that .the
son'old paper to the concern : at .rates
which gave him a greater profit., Irreg
ularities' are also reported in the bind.
ing department, but no particulars are
knoWn. ' A .rigid investigation is. pro-.
greasing, and the implicated parties
have.been dismissed.
Virit. r .Varley. alias Reddy, the black
arraignedfor trial this morn.
ing in the Court of General Session. The
road room was densely thronged. The
complainant, Lawrence Graham, failing
to. appear, Reddy . was remanded to the
city prison. •- •
The Committee appointed by the Citi
zens' Association, Chamber of 'Com
merce and Produce Exchange, hays
called a convention of the represanta
tites of all Boards and Associations
throughout the State interested in the
management 'and trade of canals, to
meet in New York on the 19th of, eo
bar, to confer for the purpose of insti
tuting reforms in themanagement of Oa
nals. The Committee - of the Citizens'
.Association charge that the condition of
the canals is deplorable; that the State •
moneys have been fraudulently disposed
of, dai ,'and suggest the reforms needed,
and point out officials who have been
guilty of neglecting their trusts.::
it appears that the• inegtrance case al
luded to yesterday was One where there
are two claimants—the children of a drat
wife as heirs of their mother, and the .
second wife as creditor; to repay money
gambled away in stocks by her husband,,
who tionirditted euieide. The Royal In- ,
surance Company issued by both parties,
and simply declines to pay either party
until a decision is given by the Court as
to which is entitled to the money.
The ship Yosenlite has cleared for San
Francisco with 1,000 tons. .of ordnance,
etc., for Mare Island Nivy Yard. The
Semaramis, to tadl soon, is to take out a
similar freight. • • • ~'• • •
Mary Eanis, who , has 'continued to
draw a pension as the widow of Michael
Eanis, a deceased Union . soldier, al•
though since married to James Bing,
has been held for trial. • .
The cases admitted to - theQuarallthie
hospital from the French Corvettes
D'Estres, are not yellow fever, but mere
ly intermittent fever and &bay.
The Journal of Commerce learne from
a gentleman who,ia in a position tp,ittiotir
what is going on ormongalse&tbleketOts.
lmionisus„ that Gen. Cespeies, President
of the _Cuban Keputilia, bite bitten the
field in person as commander of all the
forces, and Gen. Jordan, whoa recently
held that
.position, is made chief of Ceti
pedes' staff. '
Mr. Koopmanschnap, now in this city,
has contracted with the Texas Land Com
pany far the introduction of 5,000' Chi
nese la borers.
A Havana letter says: Henry B. Kop
pers, a British subject, " and for many
years connected with the New York Her
ald bureau, in Havana, was arrested on
Wednesday night, and confined in the
city prison. The cause of the arrest is
unknown, but is supposed to have some
relation to his connection with the tier
ed.
Detectives have arrived here in search
of Myers, the absconding defaulter of a
branch of the Montreal Bank at Quebec,
who has been seen in thety. They are
confident'of recovering a*r, ge portion of
the abstracted 1200,000.
The base ball match bete - men the Mu
ma's and Nationals, of Washington, was
won by the Mumsls—score, 42 to 16.
Er-Brigadier General Calvin E. Pratt
has been nominated for Judge of the Su
preme Court of Kings county. ,
The store of Gniteman 8r05.,/ on Leon
ard street, was robbed on. Sunday of
nearly $5,000 worth of shawl; and fancy
goods.
Several officers were badl# beaten in
quelling a riot at East New York vester
cmy. New York roughs were the set
ters up of the affair,
and most of them
were badly wounded before it 'was sup
pressed.
The steamer City of Thston, from Liv
erpool arrived to-night.
SAN FRANCISCO.
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge—Masonle
Counell—Es.Seeretary,sseSvard.
ifly Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.j
SAN FRANCISCO, Septemberi 21.—The
session of the Grand Lodge to-day was
mostly occupied in receiving reports.
Arizona Territory is transferred to the
Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Cali
fornia.
The meeting of citizens and the Grand
lodge in the hall of the" Chamberg Com
merce last evening was a pleasant re
union,
The GT Id Lodi if --- t
_ of Freemasons of the
State of Nevada, held a CounCil in Vir
ginia City, to-day.
_••1
Secretary Seward rpached LOS Angeles
to-day en route for San Francisco. His
reception was enthusiastic. )
United State steamer Mohican return
ed form Siberia to-night with prole. Hail
and Rogers, of the United .States Naval
-Observatory,. Washington; who -went
north to observe the eclipse. The expe
dition was a decided failure. The steamer
arrived at Ploover Bay July 30th" alid an
chored in Emma Harber. The astrononal.
cal party erected an,observatory at Wap
. knm Spit, where Rogers took his station,
l*hile Hall proceded to .Band Head, the
place selected to observe the eclipse.
The weather was favorable until An hour
before the contact, when dense clouds
obscured the ann.,. lasting half an hour
after egress, then cleared off as before.'
Grand Lodge I. O. O. V.
CSy Telt graph to the Tletsbet.tx Ci 'mete. r
--r
Saw Fuarroisco, September 20.—1 n the
afternoon session of the Grand'Lodge of
Odd Faßows the Officers' re ports wer e
presented and the StandlPg Uobitrdtthes
appointed.' Tile reports exhibit stratify:
Aug, condition of a•Uni,,witlithe , nxeep :
:tion .of
. .the interior Southern- States, .
whit= Peculiarly bad. , The extension
of ~the order In•iiristralirr has Wien ROM
pealed with tuiexpeoted !mown;
El
NS. BREW .TELEGRANS.
~._._
--Gov Wal)ter will be inaugurated at
Richmond, Va., to-day. 1 .
—Yesterday irtorning the journeymen
tailors of Boston struck for an advance
in prices.
—Major Adams, of Memphis, has char
tared the steamer Edinburg for the Ar
kansas trade.
PITTs..BITRGH, WED
—Horatio Seymour has been selected
as delegate to the New York Democratic
State Convention.
—At Richmond, Va., Monday night, a
serious fire occurred, destroying several
large buildings.. Loss over . $ 30,000..
-die. house and.stablee of,. Capt. C.
H. Smith, st Cape Elizabeth, Me.; were
burned Monday iziktd4 by an incendlarY
-Louisa A. Minor, charged with
poisoning the family of Dr. Jeanness, of
Lowell Mass., haa been dischsxged, after
hearing.
—David Green, a respectable citizen of
Jones oounty, N. C., was assassinated a
few evenings since bra party' of men
concealed in the undergrowth. •
—The exinarsion of California Ploneaus,
two hundred in number, left Omaha Yes
terday morning for New York, via Chi
cago, Pittsburgh anCrhiladelphia.
—A dispatch froni , Santa Fe says the
official returns • are nearly all hi.
Chavez, Republican, is elected delegate
to Congress by 2,500:i0 3,000 msjority.
—Twenty-foui%. l persons belonging to
Rockport, Maine; are thought to have
been lost In the recent gale off the coast.
Seven bodies have been washed ashore.
—lndications are that the National
Musical Convention, to convene in Music
Hall, Boston, to-day, will be attended
by a large delegation, representing va
rious parts of the country.
—The Pacific Express Company will
commence business on the first of 00 :
tober. Wells, Fargo and the .PaciflC
Union Express Company will not carry
their fast freight after that date.
—Prince Arthur arrived 111' Toron
to .yesterday morning, stopped fifteen
minutes, and left for London, where he
will arrive at five o'clock. Crowds es
t emblod at the stations on the route, and
greeted him with cheers. -
—Delegates to the New York Demo
cratic State Convention, to be held at
Syracuse, are arriving there freely, and
the attendance promises to be large.Whe
indications are that the " present Detno
cratic State officers will be renominated.
—The Congregational church in West
Concords N. EL.trodergoing rerst was
burned yesterday morning. Loss s[o,-
000, insured for 13,000. Attfl insane man
named Spear, from Boston, is in custody,
suspected of having _ _setrfire to _the
church.
—A dispatch from Norfolk statee' that
three negroes were swallowed up by the
conflagration - sow raging Id - the Disnsar
Swamp. TheY were employed in tatt
ling out lumber, and the' Dire surrounded
igtsem while Weep in a hu t tand burned
•.Ilhenaio Etta*, .
-, ...Ar1iaLue. , 4 4 -4m) hall at Philalelphlei
Monday afternoon fctr . ,tlter biVelit of thet
Avondale sufferers, between the Athlet
);ca-and Keystones, resulted• in favor of
I:the former by a score of thirty-two to
twenty-one. The receipts reached nearly
six hundred dollars: - - jr. -
-The Arizona Miner publishes a list
of Indian outrages. They have recently
killed a number of settlers, burned
ranches and carried off cattle, in the
country between Granite, Washington
and Prescott. Governor William A.
Pile, of this territory, left for Washing
ton yesterday morning.
—The twenty-fourth annual Industrial
exhibition of the Province of Ontario,
commenced in London, Canada, yeater
day ' and will continue Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. It promises to-be
the most successful ever held in Canada.
Prince Arthur, the Govenor General and
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, visit
the grounds to-day.
—The Coroner's jury in the case of the
accident at Athens, Pa., censures •C.
Means, conductor of the way train, for
disobedience of orders, and John Rehm,
despatcher at Towanda, for running a
fast train aTeitev* minutes behind a slow
one. It is rumored that Means has been
arrested, bat the officers of the Pa. &
N. Y. R. R. are very reticent and appa
rently not solicitous of giving details.
—Mr. David Green, a respectable citi
zen of Jones county, N. C., while cross
ing Chinquepin creek, seven miles from
Trenton and less than a mile from his
residence, on his way home was fired at
by a party of men concealed in the un
dergrowth. Eleven buckshot took ef
fect, seven in hislett side-and two.in his
head. lie was taken up shortly after he
was shot and carried tO a house near by,
where at last accounts, he.ivis dying.
—A St. Paul dispatch states that after
two dry and pleasant days, a heavy thun•
der storm occurred on Sunday night,
putting the grain in tiliobk back to its
former wet - condition. :The river hi - again
rising, and.la now sitteen.f(et above low
water mark, a. stage unprecedented at
this season • within The, memory of, the
oldest inhabitant. The boomB of Martin
Co. and- heen ct Co., at' Amelia, have
carried oat and millions of feet Of
logs swept into the stream. •
—The' New York Times of Tuesday
says: We' are credibly informed that
the new, agent of the Methodist' Book
Concern, itev. • ;Dr Lanahanhas 'Macey
, ered •• in thatestabliahment i great cork
ruption Wand fraud, involving losses to
the-amount of several hundred thousand
dollars. The subject is now, undergoing
investigation. As soon as the details
can be given to the public witheut ,fire
judice to any but the culpable parties,
will be punished. These .frauds is
said, have been going on for some
eight or nine years, and of course their
full extent is not yet, ascertained with
precision.
—Private advices from Japan say the
,currency is in a bad Stay, there being
-much spurious money in circulation.
Paper currency is at a discount, and trade
dull. Business is almost at a stand still.
The Mikado is still at Yeddo. Great
jealousies exist among the Damiosi and
another outbreak is expected before
long. It is said that there was a con
.splraey at Mots a few weeks ago, to put
up another Mikado.. Their - plan was
nearly completed when discovered and
put down, and was organfied by the peo
ple who are opposed to. the, Mikado com
ing to .Yeddo. Jhpan by - Ph' Mega*
settleo. •Mr. Seward.le expected therQe
Preparations are being , aute.,to receive.
• the ake,pf Edinburgh. Extiaordlnary
,attention will be pate hiss n'' tildosi;
4114:0ffcrite Made to ehdtit -20•35atich
totlepareattecidtieell see.' ,
rESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1869.
SECOID fmnot
prxt O'CLOCK, a.
NEWS BY CABLE.
Dr. Cuollaange .and -the • Pope- , Father
Hyacinthe and the Holy See—The By-'
ron andal—Minister. Burlingame
and Vii : thinesis" Bin haisy—Op ening of
the General Seasionis of Prussia—The
Rumol that Sicklea had Withdrawn
lilote• t not Credited—The Pacha of
Egypt, will not go to Constantinople—
Paraguayan Alralra Somewhat Mixed.
(By Telegr; ph to the Pittsburgh Guette.)
GREAT BRITAIN.
I,:ormoN, September 21, 1889.
,The Popov has sent a: communication to
Cardinal Manning -in yeference to the
propossLot, Dr.. Cummings to appear at
the Eel:me:Weal Council. The Pope 're
fers' Di. OlMEDirlilli to the terms Of
the litter ,'of - invitation addressed
to the otestants, and says he
will find that it Is an invitation
not to a disco Woo, but only to profit
by the opportunity to return to the
Church. The Pope in conclusion. says
there-is no room' at the council for the
defense of errors which have already
been condemnSd.
The T'oxes commenting on the above.
sAya the decisiOn of Rome. on Dr. Cum
mings' application is pronounced with
unexpected promptitude. ' The Pope'
must have acquainted himself with _the'.
purport of Dr. Cummings' letter through
the newspapers, and., replied before its.
receipt. Dr. Cl:dumb:lgs isto be congra
tulated on the authoritative xeply elicit
ed. The Pope speake• plainly.' 'lf the
doctor had consider:Bll.llm Wahiawa, the
chinch; 'his would have seen that there:
could be n 9 room for him In the council-
Cyrus Bedding, iir a letter - on the By
ron controversy, empresses the belief that
the charge Diade by Mrs Stowe .never
existed out of her own brain. He says
Lady Byron steadily refused to state the
reason of the isrparation. ' I
Wbelply, the defrauder; has beim eon
vlcted and sentenced to penal servitude
for seven.yeara. •
EDINBURG, September 21.L-Right.Hon.'
Geo. Pastori, Lord'Jristice Clark, of Scot
land, has unaccountably - disappeared.
Nothing has been heard of him since
Monday morning, end it is feared that
he has-been fouliy dealt with. •
The Pall Mall Gazette reviews the idea
of a Chinese policy put forth by Mr.
Brown, late American Minister to China..
It says'the sum of his argument is tha
openlng'of new -markets to Christian tra
ders, when In point Of fact there is nefh-•
ing 1 9 8 0 01 . 1 11thist the between
Malmo am' pmrekv:
quelic4eon 44. umempratavort.
accOulit Would'he, tivlt.the former forged:
the Chinesetd grant the privilegeswhich
the latter, not daring Withdraw; Seek
to evade. The extortioner such
is a mistake. If intercourse with 'China
is no better than a
.series eflittle .wage
we must be content to measure the right
of trade with China by her , willingness
to trade with ns.
Lonnon, Septeniber 24.—Tlie Paris
correspondent, of the Times writes : as
follows: note of the Aineilean
Minister to the Spanish Government in
regard to. Cuba varies in its tone and
conclusions from the diplomatic commu
nications between the Spanish Minister
at Washingtbn 'and the Government of
the United States. The diplomatic ex
perience of Gan. Sickles is limited, and
probably insufficient to eniable 'hitn• to
rightly estimate the value and•effeot of
his words. Doubtless be is much sur
prised at the excitement they have ore
ated, and it will be difficult for his Gov
ernment to approve of them:"
No pretaxt Patina for recognizing•the
Cuban insrrreetioni which does:not bold
a single town or 'position, and owes its
prolongation to the action of the climate
on its opponents, and -the facilities af
forded to•the insurgents in'a thinly peo
pled country. '‘ • •- • •
The appointment of Gen. Sickles, as
Minister to Spain, was greatly criticised,
and has not been sanctioned by the Sen
ate. That body will >do itself. credit by
refusing to confirm the appointment of a
man who has made so bad a first appear
ance in diplomacy..
' A letter froni Madrid to the Standard
sive: Gen. Sieklesi, in his note', intimates'
that the -Government at Washington
might, under the force of public' pinion,•
be compelled to recognize the Cubits In
surgent& Re reminds theSparlisn Gov
ernment of the good ,faith which the
United Statee has, hitherto preserved—a
respect for international law—and of
unwlllirignesS to embarrass Spain. 'Al
together the nets is notof garming
nature; but the reticence of the Govern-'
went in allowing the_ people tb remelt:it
in ignorance of its.contents, justifies the'
Violent articles which have- appeared' in
the Spanish papers for the past few days. .
.„,
- MADRID, September, 21.—The journals
.of this., city. are tail!, violent against the
ptesumed. unfriendliness or the Arnett
can government. "Some of . them urge au
immediate deidiration of war if 'the
Cubans are recognized •as belligerents.'
The Ministry, after discussing the .pro
priety
,of returning Mr. Sickles' note un.i,
answered, have decided to • postpone
their reply until the arrival of General
Prim.
The Epoca says Gen. Sickles has 'with
drawn his note, but the statement is not
generally believed. •: „,
The republican journals are agitating
inirayacif aPlebiscitnm.
Ainiat popular demonstration in hen
,or-ciaL;ppio • Caatellar, the republican
'orator of the tciriee, 'was made In Serer
iggra . yMerpsy. _ , .
21
.—The
• -• t
Pittus. tscineutt wt• paper3 pub
110k a Otter. frpn.l rather Hyacinthe, ad-.
dressed- to. the. Father of bin order at
Rome, Mtnotincintt that he abandons his
;convent and desks henceforth to preach
;idtthe=chtiroh , 'dfiNotte DamefdrParts.
;, I. crew& forthisilatip.Lbe •dectat'es tlffi
calms obey tile lerdets oftthe Iltdyt Sew.
and Amnejt
d 210/1 ar e mg Ap ficrisetlettloo 4lll : lo ,410 ,
iniAlapfintb, ,r .
, .
SPAIN.
eordapce with the Principle 4 •ot:,ektris
tianity.
PAnis. September 21.—The Ixidies of
six murdered versone r a woman and Hve
children, have been found in d field neat
Paris. Al yet the police have discovered
no trace of the 116 88831.11/1.
Prince Metternich . was receivesislpy tkte
Emperor yesterday.
Bawd Beust has not yet :arriV:ed at
Paris.
' Minister )31trlingFaine and lite r bbfnese
Embaaey will aetont. for , Stockhdlin
morrow. They,prnposa to .retain in afx
weeks, wlletithey.go to Berlin.
PARA September partyof the
Left nth soon sent ontca manifestovall
ing for an early convottatiou. oftll l W , Sett ,
atelifid•Corps Legielialf. :!
Frefoarations : Air" the ,:toyage: H of the
Empress to the
The Fretioh journals regell,theletter
Of Pine Ayaeintbetig 'OitatiriNto
and:politteel'event: ' 3 -" 1 ' •
' La, /farts' !accuses Prnitata of attempt;
ing ,to bring Baden into the Coufidera
tjon of the North in : riolation. •of the
stipulations of the Treaty pf Fragile. '
1301.!TH AMERICA.
Pants, September 21.---ItepOrtili' frorif
Brazilian-sources represent-that Jthe de•
feat of. Lopez at .f‘sc,n.rrst waa a'crimplete
ronte, and that the struggle wait .c,mlied•
Lz .Ftdrie, on the Other harid,;hiu3 a dif
ferent account, which, while ackula wledg
ing that the Paraguayans have 'atiffered
a reverse, 'maintain that Liiiier is still
able and determined to contintiettie*War.•
Parahons, tha. Brazilian Conimissioner
to- Paraguay,. had returned. to
Janeiro.
PRUSSIA.
Tar H.A.OUB. September 20.—The • Sea..
sion of States General war opened, to'-dar
by a speech from the throne. The foreignr ;
relatlops of the kingdom were reviewrd,
and declared satisfactory. Among other,
subjects of legislation, a reform for the
government of colonies is pror*ted,and;
the removal of all restridtions upoireml::
grarion to Guyana. . • -
notiravan, September 21{ 7 -It is
eladyannOhoced that Committee - sp.
poihted to investigate the late grist Mill
riots, have reported la' favor of grahting
amnesty to all implicated.
EGYPT.
iimixamatts., Sept. 21.—IVis r eported.
that Ismael Paella has ainiiieimanded
the orders he had ' ven 16' 'Make prepL'
oration for his journey to Coitstantinoplie
'
MARINE - NEWS.:
LONDON, Sep te mber 21.L—Thelateen:k .
ers
Tripoli, from ow . York, , and l3erlin,
from Baltimore'have arrived ont
FINANCIAL. *am COMMERCIAL...
LONDON, Sept. 21—Ece.--00i5fiti,..92%;
am:writ:92g. 'Five-twenty
8334;:'858:,82g; &Cs. 8135; 10-40 s. 75%;
a2s7at Eraukthrt,-.93K. Eries„24.llll-
Unfit, 4 14147 S-044414,- and Orest-westoro.
2834. Stocks quiets -French routes
firmer at 70 L 900. • ; •-
levertroov,` E(0t.',21..00f.t0n heavy;
middling, uplands at 12.-Xol2g; Orleans
at 12%@12+/ - 'sales 8,900 bides; Manches
ter market flatand nominal.' Ctilltbrnia'
white wheat 103 10d; red western 9s Bd.
Western Flour 24s 6d. Cora: mixedakt.
Oats 3s 6d. Peas 455. Receipts .wheat
for the past 3 'day 50,060,quartem in
cluding.3s,ooo American. Porlg 112 a 6d.
Beef 90s. .Lard 765. Cheese all 6d:
Bacon 665. Produce unchanged.
LONDON, Sept. 2V —Tallow firm at 48a
9d. Sugar 398 6.1(14 r.39s 9d.
r ,
N •
ATWERP, Sept. —Peticaoutm steackY
and - quiet. • ,
HAVRE, Sept. 21.—Cotton quietat153f,
CUBA.
The Atlanta Bank will Aid' the Govern.'
ment -to , - Supprete the Rebellion—
s3o,ooo already Advanced. ",
terfreiterapb to tfe tflaBburgh Gazette.] . •
HAVANA, September 21.-,The dire°.
toraof the ..A.llanza Bank have Offerbd aid
to the Government for the 13nrpaSet'of
carrying on We war, to the arnountr,of
the 'total profits of the binli"irtille the re
belliOn Taste. ‘••
' The directors have - paid on account of
such amount P0;000: • • ••• • -
Democrats of New Ylrk tn Convention
(Si Telegraph to the Pittsburg/ft 9uette.l •
SYRACUSE, Sept. • 1.--Nearly 'llll •the
delegates of the Democratic) State: Con
veation are in the city, It is said Hora
atio Seymour *3ll not hike part in the
proceedings. •
General Slocuai is mCntlOnecf,for l tet*
porary President, and Lieutenant Goy
gnor Beech', will be permanent )I:Presi
dent, The platform will be' rather con
sevative. bat it will , not go.as ter:as•ollio
Democratic platforrit, .nor, ; it
be a copy .. of the MagaehtiseLts
Demociady. Its leading 'points *lll,
be a demand for the _restoration of the
Southern States, genral‘ainnesty; a Ail
filment of the obligations of the •oop-'
:tracts with regard to. Government txratia,.
opposition to , the propesect. .fifteenth
`amendment, opposition ,to the .amended
State • Constitution, excepting -the
judiciary: - There Is geaeral 'good'
feelhig among the del egatea•With a.larger
share of confidence Atban has talent. wit•; l
neased at a •Democratic Convention for:
years, : , • , ,
. .
' • Maine - ;
(By Telegtarb Lo Ole Pittetiargh
.
° •iitrkt rA TA . ME., September 21.--Thit en
tire vote of this State it:receitred, •ezv
ceptilnrty•seven suudlirlowns andiliana7
stations. Chamberlain. irecaived 50,901,"
Smith 88,277. and Richborn 4,Q42. The
Senate stands krenty-eight Republiaana
to three Densecrata, a Democratic, gala of
one. The Howl() one hundred'andll4-
teen Republicans to - thirty-lbur
crats; four districts-4o hear from.' Last
year the Bouse stood, .Repubilcans one:
hundred and tlrenty-ane,ribilhecrata
thirty- - • , ••1 :., • q • .
Ruffianism in Texe.
(Bp Telegraph to the PLUM:lunch tte.l
MEMPHIS, Sept. „21.-r The lirownatrllle
Bee, of Siittirday;saytt : "For Some-tithe
a band of ruffians in disguise have in
fested the neighborhood ,of 'Milani dis.•
tutting and abusing innocent negros ,s
annoying and molesting; whiter people,
and in one instance they Ar O TO off
number Of negioes employed i nn, - Abe,
Memphis • and Loulstillla be;
*ideal other viltalkonif, attooffiels. - -laint
Ad ions alien thetn to:banithert:Maalts
and** toArrirk Atka - hinetitl mon;
i_pse
NpPER 218.
Gei. Grant In Wneeling- , The
110:1ilay Attife—Unboutided Enthuat..
. .
atm.
t. 89 Telegraph to the Tltteburga Gazette.)
WHEELING, W. - VA., Sept. 21.,LThe
Prebident and family arrived here this
'warm = by. imrriages from Wishini
ton, Pa.
The Miyor, •UetomPanied prong..
nent eitizens, met the -party five miles
east of here, on the National road; and
escorted them to the city.
The •proassion moved , down Main
street; preceded by .a band of music, to
the Grant House, where the Presidens
will be entertained.: - ' •
Governor Stevenson, and the heads or
deNitfnen to, dialed Upon the Presid ant..
and paid their respents....
The city is licholidray'aftire• flags and
streameti' aid • dfliPlayedL , fr i bin every'
house along the line of travel, and the•
streets in the neighlterhockt oftheltotei
are thronged with utx?ple.
_
lestallatlort'et Gov walker.
tHy aps to the Plusburilt Gaiett eo• '
RICHMOND, September 21..tirovernor l
Walker:was installed as Provisional Gciv—
eimor at tha gubernatorial mansion. to:
day at nonn t ,Gen., Canby. being present.
Goverbdr Welpsturned over the office.
to•thei nbw ittettnitient, 'who took the iron- ,
clad and other oaths of office. .
There were noveremonies and no - dem.;
onstration exceßt , the gathering of a
large cro wd'of white and colored pal),
ple to fmnitratulate ' the new GOyerzinr,'
who shoOk.hancts , wfth theta.:.
'.l +4.
•
Musical _Convention.. -
By TelegpiTh to the PlAtfibanty amaze.).
Liteveswon:.ra, Septeumper
Musical. Convention ) which. has totes in ;
session - in; this 'city_ for the pant week,
under the supervision of Professor Per-.
kins, of Boston, closed thisevening with
8 ,13ra4d consert.. -- .4l`he Convention has
been s geilllettt escceis, andthe grandest.
affair in the line -of music,Lever tinder
taken in tpa vost: , 7
..Eleitlon *sr fitixteo:-Ludian
CBy Telerreob to the Plttetemth
.Gisaiii.Seritember . ,ll.-4ietiirns-frout
nearly all. the, counties in aces , / Mexico:
give Chan's, •Rept:Mesh delegate to Con-
grass 2,500 to 3,900 majority. , • :
- The Indians .iapyti 'been eemmitting,
great ontrageeNee , Idezieo and *ri
.
zone . , • •
Gov. Pyle icon tie way to Washington,'
•
Break an Erie Cabal,
[Br Ttlegraphlortbe.Flttatargt; Gazette.]
SYRACUSE, September serious
break occurred thie morning on.the Eat*,
canal, at PooPa Brock,. near larkville. •
About one'hundred _feet of thn'embank
ment was . Garrte d ,oup; The Hood covered
the Centr al lairibart track - and tempo
rarily stoppeid tr6veL -Tne:tta..l.k la now'
in use; It ichniro . aeveral.daya to ,
repel; the 'break., ;
astue43
. ,
Roci/E§TFi, B.e.loi4her 1.
The Giand Loge of Good Template of
this,State assembled,.in.Corinthisp Hall
to-day. • .Abont :eight hundred delegates,
are= in attendance; •The sessions will'
°many ethrees days.' A public-la:tooting'
willbe held this evening when 'several
addreasekwilltedetlivered.!- •
-
—Col. J. W. Powell, the Colorado river.
explorer, returned ,to gaicago .on,Aion
day,q having succeissittily traversed Abe.
entire. Oland` ftricift,qo -Green ;river,
where the Colorado , ' disikarchar into; the
open plain in the.Arritoryllf- Arizona:*
FYoncr the point Where Col; Powell's- lasr
letter. was. written,Abe expedition de.:
scended the river about Jortr.handred.
miles between walls almost _vertical,
ranging - from five Ennared to one thou
sand 'five hundred feet Ari
_height: The;
exterior rim ()title tanort being !rent•
two thousand liVe hundred to four thou--
Rand feet aixivs. the bed of the river, More
than two , hundred.waterfalbs and ass-•
cades, emptying, tiiiemselvek over, the
walls of the Canon into life main river,
were seen in' thedistance, presenting al
most 'every variet7i of natural scenery.?
The geological .formation- of the. Canon.
consists • principally ,of limestone • and •
sanditone. .Granite was fotind. only at
three plitceS'iand idlimitedamount.
discoveries' of prt;cious tnetalS . were
made, and no indications .of gold or Co
ver were found in the bed of the river.
One - section, of the. Canon - was fonndlo
consist of very fine and :beautifully pa.:
'shed, Marble, which is at present entire—
ly • inaccessible. I Ttio country traversed
is barren , beyond description, and is pro
noanced; by, Col.lynwiiil not susceptible
of ctatiVa t ioh; tiven'bY irrigation.
—ln the case of Frank Mooneyagainst
the'osiiters• the(.steastier Flirt, at St.
Loula,..the depositional of. Garrett 801e3r.:
the 'Mate, and. others,_ :were taken nal
Monday. Boy states that Moonerre.:.
Meet!, to pay s ota, ,the line when ordered, -
and
_plaked up, the lead !Link in his ' hand..
He da net fife,The pistol,
bnt itWent od d
without 'being cocked whi l e be was Ifold
ing' -'towards Mooney lit nn 'upward
angle of four degrees. He'-does not
know , where) thb ball! Went, but be Stir
blood. 00140 :the, beating, ,but
did not,sfrike lgooney with the lead.
He 813 kee -11 4 0 0er came aboard the
boat Wh 13 , 4e*gs ready tb'start; but. he'
refused. - "Attligiastaixt via teitifiett.thet r '
ten dr tiriOnty after the: 6oat
landed,-Mcibney Wenrabont firs hundred
yards .fickitt'4hcf.!boat, tobli)off-ail bier
clothing annaptativ ,boots and hat, and!:
stood there bill the boat leftr- • • .
- ,
(6 thiteppoinftiliht made *deli.
Welke*OVVirginti, 'wee Capt. Win.. E.
Camerenirtuthor of the Petetehtirgiedrz.
a f t isstiorktari: r • caPt, Camerbel was sm.
officer inffhelDOWederate- annyand,. one
ot thiktiret . t apd euP
tten, Ot meg, detmined
r ig tg*PMov,4
0 4
. r :
—The emits tatting &Miners - it, •o it
3446 D/11114'/Riatili
attacks are . being made upon workmen: •
s tAPlPY4fkdm , 44, *le , bed, Ts d.
88T Elitli , nten .47p- 017 . * v kjwerni„Lbpatein., - : .
bY;ta.ti )9n6)4,for' pro ax is
.orders.
Dangaitnlie Ad. pro is Ittiminent:
in the Jellbraoi(fio (TAO Collation
CotitatikTaatdite ii*ht;', articles of Lei-
Pesehiitear were preferred against Mayor
Leech ihr alleged pecuiatioa. The Mayor
has. been- suspended,. ' The trial
Plgaitlila 0)40So • ..•.! • I
Cingintail, yodel
ee the weather
waiiildadyehilth a alight thr rain
'make oneriloQd• Thema etcgr7 at six
p'Alocklin-thal evening I .
EMU