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VOLUME LXXXIV.
FIRST 1111E01.
MID.TIGHT.
THE ELECTION.
FAY - FMCS:COLIN TY- OFOCA A L
.Special 1) !spat ch i ps tO Pittsburgh Gazette.)
UivioroWzr,- October 161 1869. -
The official majority for Packer - 1n thls..l
county is 88:4. , Tne return from Dunbar .
township, a DemoCratic majority'
of 183, wa not tmide out according to
law. It was not.certified to or, signed by,
any of the eleetimi , officers, and did not
state when, or in what township, county
or State the election was held, yet it was
accepted bythe Corivention of Return.
'Judges held here Friday, as a reliable
statement of tlienuniber of votes cast in
that township. Schmitterly the Dem
ocratic caudidate,for. Assembly received
only 573 . majority, running behind the
State ticket. - . ST. Joan.
LAW BENCE' COVSTY,QFFICWL
NEW CASTLE, r Pa., Otober 16.—The
official Tote of Lawrence county is as
follo - ws: John W. Cleary, 3,217; Asa
Packer, 1,492; majority', 1,725. Henry W.
Williams, 3,194; Cyrus L. Pershing, 1,576;
majority, 1,718.
TICE CAPITAL.
lSi Telegraph to the PlUtburgh Gazette .1
WAsitiNd'reN, October 16, 1859
'OPFICat Otrowrs.
Several oldefs of DaPartment bureaus
have already completed their annual re
ports and forwarded them' to the proper
heads of departments. Others are now
engaged in the same work. The Cabinet
officers have made little, if any, progress
in the preparation of annual reports.
APPOINTMENTS.
The following appointments were made
to-day: Henry C. Myers, 'Register of
Land Office at. Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Postmastere. - -Frederick D. -Turner, at
Carson City, Nevada, vice B. F. Small,
suspended; James D. Wood, Central City,
Chloride, vice Samuel! A. Buell, suspen
ded; Peter Orabb, at iltenton, Ohio, vice
Augustm Truer, suspended.
CABINET MEETING.
A Cabinet meeting was held to-day
---- merely for the; transaction of-ordinary
business. -All the members were pres
ent excepting the Secretary of War.
MONETARY
Receipts of fractional currency for the
week $1,02,700; shipments 4)778,700;
artiount deatroyed V 226,700.
NEW YORK CITY,
(Hl! Telearap. to the Pittbburith Gazette.)
, Nirw YORK- October 16, . 1869.
Tice,Sollowing correapondence beiween
Rclibert Bonner. and General Grant is
pull:dished:
' NEW YORK, October 11, 1869.-3ly 1
Del .
ar' denerat:—As I stated toyou Jaime.
dia t tely after your electiop,, that there
waits no °Mee which I desired, either for
my self or any friend, I have- had no oc
cesUon'to write to you in regard to such
' mi; - tters. There Is a matter now, how
evi.-ar, that concerns you personally,, and
in 'which I feet that I discern your inter
est, so plain' , that I take the liberty to,
write to you with reference . to it. I.• Au
thi. s with les hesitation because yon - did
Mee the honor, after your election,to con.
--lido to MO pretty fully your views.
In the=present disturbed state of the
public.mind concerning -the receut gold
combination; is it nor the quickest and
surest way toast at rest the great Orel to--
meat and uneasiness which prevail, for
you to make a brief denial, over your own
signature, of all foreknowledge of that
comblnationi, in Order to relieve yourself
entirely from; alt responsibility for the
acts of others? \ ' Ofcciarse those who know
you personally do not require such a dis
claimer;' but the great public, whose
minds a e liable to be warped by the
determined and persistent efforts to in
jure you will be, it seems to me, at once
satisfied,d quieted by such a ' state
-7.1
them. - ~Sincere.l. ROBERT
B _
omirat.
OPresi eat Grant."
WASETNOTON, D. C , October 13, 1869.
—,ECobert:l3anner, .Eaq :-.DaazSir: Your
favor of the Ilth inst. is received.- I have
never thoukht of 'contradicting state.
ri
eats or insinuations made against me
by irresponsible parties, as those alluded
tofu your letter, but as you have writ
ten to me on the subjeot in so kind a
spirit, I will say that I have no .more to
do with the late gold excitement in New
York City than youri3elf, "or any other in
noeent patty. except that I ordered /the
sale of gold, td'ilteak the ring engaged,
as I thought, in a- most disreputable
traesaction. Hills speculators had been
successful, you woula never have heard
Of any one conn, ted with the A.dosinia
• tration as being nnocted with the trans.
action. Yours, t ly, • U. S. GRANT.
"P. S. -' 7 -I have ritten this in great
haste, arid witho exercising judgment
as to thepronrie of writing it; but I
el t,
submit it to year udgment.
\ \ i 1 • , 11, S. G.
- The .E4ralcits.W tlingtott special con
tains the ' °Hewing A short time stnce,
nii ilti
: a stateme t appear iu the Washingt o n
correspondence of he Gerald that an
agent of the great b king firm of Roth
schilds had arrived n this county. and
submitted, offer o Riau the "Govern
ment all themoney th required to 11-
, qnidate thebt at ant erefit Offour per
cent. Theroth of th statement has
been ' reflected upon nearly all your.
contemporaries. I low' day seem islet.
' , ter propotting CO be (tolit.-Friquet, da
ted New York, to a frie i d
In this city. in
which he makes. use. of the following
language:: ""The proposition and corres
pondence relative thereto has been con
ducted twine direct with the President
at his request. The public announce
• went in:the Herald was evidently , the
result of jealousy on the part of the Sec •
-
retary ,Ot 'the Treasury; who had not,
been consulttid in, the matter: I.return
to-Primes to-morrow but,yet helleyethe
matter., Will . be suctx4sfctlly carried Md.'?
- It Isolated. that the. old Bottd , of DI- ,
rectors, Of the,', o l,4i And- /41805/341;114144;
wikt 1104,1isen r oeted. :;,.. 4 . 4
. Weltrkit'llatito o:atm-United Statimr
Company have combined t Oloerform the
express business :over the Pacific Rail
road.. 1 - 1
There was a remarkably lively time in
the Gold Room this morning, al:la.:3omM
erable excitement tutting - tne 'members
in consequence of the exciting speech
made by Mr. Jordan upon the iinanciai
condition of the, Gold .Exchange Bank.
He charged thatbut - for legal measures,
the concern would have settled with the
creditors a week ago,'and 'that an id
j unction frtm &lulus. Unger& Co. now
stood in way of a sottiemout. The
Bank had determined to stand 'a loss
of 5 . 1.60.000 in order to goon. anti deserves
More liberality and consideration from
the public. Mr. Jordan alsro said, with
an emphatio:oath,. that if the. Gold Ex
change Bank had notedvanced 1.4,000,000
to the street during the recent panic all
the brokers would have been ruined,
and several banks w l uld also have gone
to the devil. [Muc confusion here en
sued, and cries of ' "put him out" fol
lowed.] If the auk management
had not acted like f Is, brokers would
have Settled at the xdhango Clearing
House until their ma ters had been ar
ranged. He promise 'within three work
ing days to pay 15 to 25 per, cent., but
they must give him a fair Start. He
neither intended to rob or plunder, but
deal fair as man 'to man, and would re
port the names of any parties who at
tempted to prevent or,interfere with him
:in arranging a . settlement. [Voices:
That's right, ..vc.l Mr. Unger attempted
to call Mr. Jordan to order. A' member
proposed that Jordan give some facts in
regard to the condition of the bank. Mr.
Jordan said he would do so. 'That the
bank was solvent, and brokers would be
very foolish to go back : on the bank now.
.He had never before made a speech, and
if he had used unfortunate language,
it was because he' was y too Mad
to choose his language. He must
delay in the settlement , to the Anger
firm the legal restrictions,andthey would
repudieate the claims of no person what
ever; and if brokers went back on the
Gold Exchange Bank they were too
mean to live. Here Mr. Jordan with
drew, and then the metting broke up.
At a meeting of the creditors of the
Bank in the afternoon, - a very full dis
cussion of the situation took place, and
the action of Mr. Auger was generally
deprecated. The- feeling of ail present
was in :avor - of giving Mr. Jordan a fair
chance. To this end, a paper was drawn
up to the effect that those signing it.
would take no legal steps toward forcing
r the Bank into bankruptcy for ten days..
This was signed by all present, and a
committee of live appointed to circulate
it among 'the creditors generally
for signature. It is believed that
at least 95 per cpi,.ft. of the creditors
of the Bank will sign it. During the
meeting it was announced that the in
junction against the Bank had been so
modified as to allow the receiver to col
lect money duo the Bank, and affect set
tlements in all cases where he could do
so adva:ntageonaly for the Bank. The
action, of the Court met with general
favor.
It is said the liabilities .of Lindsay,
Chittick & Co., whose suspension has
been announced, will reach half a mil
lion in gold, mostly due in Europe.
The Central and. Hudson. River roads
will be finally consolidated on the Ist of
November.
The Congressional on Nav
igation Intereks ci d its session here
today. " After hearing i mportant ',state
ments from A. A. Low, Messrs. Spofford,
Howland and Nesmith, all largely con
nected with the shipping and commer
cial
interests; from pteorge Opdyke, Vice
President of the Cldamber\ of Commerce.
The Chairman'istated that it was the pur
pose of, the Committee to. address circu
lars to the Board of Underwriters and
assaciations,and individuals pitominently
connected with shipping interests,re
questing written communications on the
subject of inquiry. The Committee meet
in BoSton on Mouday next.
A special cable dispatch - froni London
yesterday states that a numerously at
tended meeting of the Alliance .Israelite
Universal Society has been held in Ber
lin. The principal sullects considered
was the severe distress just now prevail
ing among the Israelites in Weitern
Russia and the prospective emigration
of Jews from that part of the world to
America. Resolutions expressing the
hope that - their people — in America will
co operate, steadily and with their accus
tomed liberality, with their brethren in
Europe, in relieving this distress, was
unanimously adopted.
Mob Law Rampant—Three Men Killed—
Othero Warned to Leave.
(By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh liszette.l
LOUISVILLE, October 17.—A. disgraceful
shooting affair occurred at Taylorsville
Warnock county, Indiana, on Sunday
resulting in the death of two if not three
men. The difficulty Was tietween two
men named Springston on the one side,
and two named Clark Ma the other, in
which Harvey Springston was killed,
and his brother Aue so badly wou \ nded
that he died soon afterward. • Harvey
Springston was recently pardoned
out of tbo penitentiary. The difficulty
originated in-a dispute about the Nettle-
went of some accounts. Shortly after
the shooting, a number of the citizens,
who compose a self-constituted vigilance
committee, proceeded, armed and
equipped, to the ,residence of Muss
Rice, who had' beeti warned' to leave
the neighborhood by the 20th inst., and
tired several shots, irightening him so
bad that he cleared out in a hurry; leav
ing the neighborhood. The Springatons
are said to belong to the Vigilance Com
mittee. Another of the Rime who had
been warned to leave,
,but paid no at
tention to the warning, was found dead
in.tphe wooda- near • -the-town, shot.- and
the Wititingshills-4ather, and son—who
rettflsed to take any part_either for or
against the Committee, were also warned
to leave the neighborhood. A. terrible
state of affairs exists. A law-abiding
people seem to be paralyzed. % -
Ohio Election.
187 Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette./
CINCINNATI, October 10.—Olticlal re
turns from Hamilton county gives the
following for State officers: Governor—
Hayes, 17.939; Pendiet on. 19,244. Lieut.
Governor—Lee, 18,146; Godfrey, 19,031.
Supreme Judge—Day, 18,165; Glamors,
18,499. Attorney General—Pond, 18%8;
gennell, 19,017. State Treasurer--War,,
ner, 18,152; Buhrer, 19.015. - I PubUo' ,
Werlll4-,4.-1 , 3 2; d 8. ' 7 2; 2 -0/aPritg,[-;
18,951. " "
; rails Grand Lodge of Free Masons
of the State .of ISs . ntrky \ assemble 414
Lonfeifile faddy':
PITTSBURGH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1869.
SECOND ENTIOI
:FOUR , O)4OI.OCK
NEWS BY ,CABLE.
Spanish Priests Inteicede for . the Insur
gents Without Avail—Spanish Insur
gents Must Surrender at Discretion—
. Surrender of the City of Valencia—
Sittings of , the Cortes Suspencled 7 ..n .
President Lopez's Nov Line of Defense
—The Allies Unable to Continue the
Pursult—The “Reolevi' , .on - Fenititl
Affairs—Foreign Markets and Miscel
lany,
I y Teetarti to the Plttebprgh Gazettal
SPAIIi.
. ..
MADRIi), October 15.—The Archbishop
of Vale44a, attetided by an influential
deputatibric 'actinic on behalf of the in
surgents fAtely and still in arms in that
city, atill - Wfihin the limits of the Episco
pal Bee, hat just sought an interview
with the offlcei in command of the GoV
ernment troops operating in the district-
The Archbishop interceded in behalf of
the insurgents, and in support of the
authoritie*making terms with leniency
towards them. When. the deputation
retired, a general military council was
held, atti ich the subject . teas ' debated.
via
It was ally decided that the , illbllf
gents hitt% all surrendeeat discretion.
The sesidons of the* Cortes have been
suspended..
PARIS, October 16.—A dispatch from
Madird States that the , Republican
leaders, Soloochea and Paul, are in the
neighborlioo Of Malaga, proclaiming the
Rspublice , . 1, .
LONDO.N,VOctober 16.—A Madrid letter
publiehed here, states that the railroafis
and telegraph lines are destroyed for a
great ,distadce around that city.
Valencia- still holds out against the
National iroo.ps. The - attack, however,
will
.begiWthia evening unless the insur
gents surrender unconditionally. In the
meantime, the insurrection atßengal con
tinues-
TWo Republican bands In Catalonia
,
and Andalusia have been beaten by the
National troops. •
The Cortes have given the necessary
authority for the prosecution of the
seventeen Republican deputies who have
participated in the rebellion.
LONDON, October 17—A dispatch from
Madrid contains the following particu
lars of the surrender of Valencia. Gen.
Prim, by telegraph, ordered the General
commanding the troops before Valencia,•
to attack this city, and yesterday morn
ing the artillery opened a neavy tire on
the rebel pcisitions, producing much ef
fect and causing great damage to pro -
perty. The iinsurgents offered to sur
render on. condition of receiving their
liberty, but this was. 'refused. The
assault was them continued with
'Vigor until the surrender of the in
surgents: The General commanding
reports that the insurrectidri hai been
completely suppressed, and the troops_
now hold the entire city. Many houses
were burned during the fight, and a'
large nutnber of rebels were captured
with aunts in their hands previous to the
attack. The clergy exhorted the insur
gents to yteld, but without effect. •
'Arrests continue to be made of leading
republican in Madrid.
MAsinin,'Ootober 17. The 'insurgents
at Valencia, after the battle yesterday,
whichilested several hours, surrendered
uncontlitionally. Their leaders have
disappeared, but are believed to be se
cretedlin the city or vicinity. The Gov
ernmebt troops now occupy the city. •
The 'sittings of - the Cortes were sus-,
pended without the appointment of a
day for reassembling and it is not known
when Ole isession will be resumed.
HAVTANA, October 17.-The Spanish,
mail Steamer arrived here today from
Cadiz.; She brought a detachment of
Spanitth troops, who will immediately
join the Spanish army in the island.
GREAT BRITAIN
LoNi3oN, October 15. The Saturday
I?evieut has - a lengthy editorial on the
Governmput toward the Fenians now in
continemOnt. The writer, after reviewing
the receto. arrests - and agitation, asks if
Mr. Glads one is preplred toast with vloc
and seierty in case of a new Fenian ris:
ing; orthas ho calculated the efforts re
quired to cope with treason and galvanise
into onergaic life the languid spirit of
the Odors of the law; or has
his unpressionable mobility •swerv
ed thwards .the recognition of
the Irik_ Independence? The supposi
tion is Varely credible, not wholly in
conceivable. If he should show the
faintest leaning in the direction of tam
pering with treason and traitors; there is
an end of his national parliamentiary
majority, and his existence as a minister.
It is impossible to exaggerate the gravity
of the issue to be decided. When
the final answer fs given to the
partizans of amnesty, the power of the
Government in 'lreland' is 'shaken" and
awe of the - Government is nearly extinct.
List pusillanimous concession be made"
and•frorrithat moment the very idea of
Government will be inseparable trern
ridicule and contempt.
The Earl of Shaftsbury and Rev. Eli
Ward BOwverce Buesey, are organizing
an opposition to the app4ntmelit of Rev.
Mr. Teniple as Bishop of eter.
•
FRANCE.
Patnis, October 16.—There is a rumor
current that owing to the continued ill
ness of Prince de.la Tour Davergn, the
Secretary of Foreign Affairs he will be
compelled to relinquish his AIN).
The Pcstrie, In its issue to 7 day, denies
the rumors of a modification of the min.
istry. •
PARIS, October 17.—A1l the\onposition
1 ,
deputies to the Corps Legielati will meet
tomorrow to draw up a mauife to. .
Rumors continue to circulat in regard
to the modification of the Mini try.
The, zeturtt of M. Rouher to the
Cabinet, with a liberal programme, is
spoken of.
The strike of the merchants', clerks is
quite general; „The clerks held a meet.
ing to day. The proceedings were order
ly. Nothing ' * has oceurred since the
commencement of the movement to call
for the Intefereneeof the police. \
Rada, 'ootntler - 17:- . -AdvIceto received
from Paraguaysn sources represent that
Preiklerti Lopez has establinhadiumew
line of defense at San Estanislans, where
he has a considerable force of men and
plenty of artillery. 'The allies are unable
to contine the pursuit for ward of horses
and mules, but, will resole it as soon as
their army is reorgahized,
sorry A,malc4.,
Ltsnos, October I6.—The mallsteamer
from Bio Janeiro .has arrived .with war
news from Paragtkaylwhich is important.
President Lopez was being pursued. He
had arrived at San' Eats Island, add it
was thought he was tring to reach Boliv
ian Territory. • '
Nr.VV.S.
NEW Yoßic,,Ootober 17.—The Eiteamer
City of Antwerp, from Liverpool, has ar
rived. •
FIN.ANCI AL AND. COMMERCIAL.'
~
i
LONDON, October ~ 15-• vesing . —Von
sole for money 93%; do. fo account V 3%
©944. American secrulti easier Five..
twenty bonds: 'Ma 82g; '4lo. 03558134;
'67s. 8334; Ten-fortkea 7634; ,-'62s 'at Frank-
fort firm • at 88e98634;. Eries flat 21%;
Illinois 93%; 'Atlautio and Great Western
24. . . . . •
Puus, October 15.—Bourse anlet.
-
Rentes 71f. 20c. -
LIVERPOOL, October. 15.-Cotton man
ket firmer ;rnidctUng uplands 12)12i,.;8;
Orleans 12%(4)129f,5.; - sales 12,600 bales;
California• white wheat at .10s. 4d,
winter 9s. 7d, red western No. 2 98. 2d.
Flour 235. Id. Corn, mixed, 28.. 9d. Oats
33. 6d. Peas 41s. da . . — Park 110,4. Beef
869., Lard 725.. Chaise 665. - Bacon
653. 6d. Spirits of • Petroleum '.lld,
fined Is. Bd3s. •
* Lminox, October IG.—Tallow 475. 3d•
Sugar 393. 6d. Calcutta Linseed _628.
Petroleum at Antwerp 59%f. \ Cotton
at Haver heavy and low. Middling afloat
136%f. .
FRANKFORT, October 17.-13,5. Bonds
LOUISVILLE.
leouthern Commercial Convention—Clos
lug Proceedings. \
[BY Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
LOUISTILLEi Oct. 17.—the Committee,
of nine appointed by the Co i aimercial Com.
vention to wait upon the President of the
,
United States, will aseemble in the Wil
lard Hotel parlor, Washington City, on
the let of November, at 10 o'clock, P. M.
Among - the - important subjects acted
°nay the Commercial Committee were the
,
following : The adeptioriPof a report re
commending that all cities or towns situ
ated on navigable streams the exportation
of which amount to or exceed $lO,OOO be
made ports of entry. The adoption of a
resolution to memoralize ongress to aid
the propoeed line of steam hips between
New Orleans and Rio +...1.n2 leo. The ap
pointment of e- committe to report at
tee Cincinnati - Convention on a line of
railroad from'- the Miss' fppi, at:New
Orleans, and from: Galveston Bay,
and the western harbors of. Texas
to the Ittlexeal and most ac
cessible point. on the Pacific.
The adoption of a resolution authorizing.
the COmmlttee:OrrEdticatiotitto report at
thp - Cinch:ins* 'Convention, The edop
tion.of the report" qf the Conimittee on
Harbors i Channels end , Bars, of the At
lantic an d 4 Gulf ports. The adoption of
a resolution , .providing for a del
egation from t he Convention to
attend the . Universal Exposition
at St. :Petersburg [in 1870. and
appointing :he President of the Conven
tion chairman of the delegation. A ref
erence of a resolntion for a committee of
five to mew orange Congress to aid in the
coestructio of a railroad from Fort
Smith to Hilo Pacific. Reference iota res
olution endbrsine the cheap transporta
tion and odexpress charges. The adop
j \ tion of a , resolution authorizing the
khairman of the standing committee to
reruoralize Congress for the establish
mit of ports of entry.
-
- Philadelphia Contested Elections De
cided at Last. ,
I 3' Telegraphic° the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
PHILADELPHIA, October 16. The
C urt of Common Pleas in Philadel
phia, rendered its decision In the ele..-
tion contests for city and county offi
cers which were' instituted over a Jeer
ago. The court room•was crowded - with
people of all classes, anxious to hear the
final decision on a question which hes
occupied public attention for so long a
time. Two lengthy opinions were read
by Jude Brewster, expressing the views
of a ma ority of the Court, and another by
Judge., Ludlow dissenting from these
view - a. The decision of the majority of
the court retains Mayor 'Fox in office, de
daring him elected by sixty.eight votes,
while Furman: Sheppard, the District
Attorney. Is thrown out, and Charles
ribbons, the Republican candidate, de
clared elected by sixty. eight votes. ALI'
the other Democratic Officials who
claimed to be. elected last October are
ousted, and their places given to tem Re
publican contestants.. •
After the rendering of the decision I
the contested election case, notice wad
given of a writ of certiorari to Vie Su
preme Court. This will ralhe the ques
tion of the jurisdiction of the Court of
Common Pleas only, and will not open
any discussion on the merits of the elec.
ion. ‘ • '
lierfible Accident.
Uy Telegraph to the rtttsburgh Gazette.)
LOUISVILLE, October 16.—Another so.
cident occurred to-day at the Ohio River.
Bridge, which swells the already nu
merous lives sacritied in its construc
tion. At 4:30 this afternoon the tempo.
racy trestle work being errected be
tween piers sixteen and seventeen, for
the purpose off swinging a span, gave
way by a - jerk of , the locomotive used in
raking the • timber, and Six men were
precipitated a distance of ninety.flve
feet. John R. Payne, carpenter, was in
stantly killed. Jas. Kirby, carpenter, was
out in two andfloated over the reefs.
Body not recovered. Oscar Gallagher,
and Wm. Irvine, laborers were mor
tally wounded; /lobed Genaley, laborer',
and Matt McClure, carpenter, slightly
wounded, Peiyneleavesawifeandchild.
He was formerly of Cincinnati.'
At about two o'olook.to-day, John Bel
kips was walking between piers Nos. 43
and 19 missed Itla footing and fell a dis
tance of ninety-Live feet and was instantly
killed. • • ' '
—A proposition to ettscribe 1 , 600,0* in
aid of the -projected *aisr,
Albany and St.*Lonle Air Line Ra ilroad;
was voted- upon by did people'oflouls
vine, Saturday, and carrieciuby about
5,000 majority.
Virginia Legiglatnre— The SenatOilai
Question.
tRy Telegraph to the Pitt."ourgh tiliette.l
ItionmoND, V.& , October 16.—Mem
bers of the Legislature are arriving, and
the Senatorial question is being agitated.
The name of Gen. Mulford, formerly
U. S. Agent of Eacbang,e. is now promi
nent in conntction with Judge Pendle
ton, of Winchester, as the other Senator.
Lient.-Gavernor Lewis, Franklin Stearns
and Geu. Williams. are Considered the
strongest men.'
RICHMOND,
RICHMOND, October 17.-t-All of the
-members - of the Legislature arrived to
night. The western members are talk
ing about Judge Pendleton as a candi
date for 'United States Senate from'that
portion of the State, and then casting
their votes ft r the .candidate selected by
the eastern men: Snowden, of Mena;
dria, isspoken of by the straight-Con
servatives. Among the names of promi
nent men mentioned are Lleutentant
Governor Lewis, Judge Pendleton,
Franklin Stearns and Gen. Williams. It
is believed-that ai the caucus to-morrow
.night candidates may be nominated who
have' Wit: yet been prominett for the
place.
American Catholic Prelates en Route to
• Rome.
(ET Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
BALTIMORE, October 16.--Mosz Rever
end M. J. Spalding, Arch Bishop of Bal
timore and premate of the United States,
Arch Bishop Allemain; of San Francisco,
and Rt. Rev. Bishop Verpt; of Savannah;
McGill, of Richmond Wobd;lsf Philadel
phia; Darninee, of Pittsburgh; Mullen,'of
Erie; Gibbons, of Ncirth Carolina; O'Gctr;
man, Vicar Apostolic-of Nebraska, with
three Priests of Nebraska,
sail
number
of Catholic students, will sail feom this
ix)rt on the 20th Mgt. en route to Rome..
NEW Yosx, Oct. 17.—Arch Bishop O'-
Hara, Pa.; Rippe, o! Cleveland; Guiges,
of Ottawa; Firrall,bf Hamilton; DeGros
brand, of Vermont; Tache, of Canada;
Running and Reiss, of Wisconsin; Pur
oell,vf New Fork; and, several priests,
sailed to day . for Rome.
SAN FBA:wise°, .October 16.—The
Arch Bishop of Oregan and the Bishops
of Las Angels and Victoria, lefc here for
Romo a few days ago.
—Reliable information has - been re
-ceired that the breaks In the Ene Canal
are repaired, and that the ;water was let
into the levels last evening. Navigation
will be resumed this morning. ,
Local Preachers National Conventioa.
[By Telegraph to Pittsburgh GazetttO ' •
CurcrsrrATi, Oztober 17.—The local
,preachers' of the Methodist, Episoopal
Church organized in National Conven
tion at • Trinity Church, this city. by
electing for President J. Gatchell, N. - J.;
Vice Presidents, W. B. Davis, 0; E
Dawson, Del.; T. A. Goodwin, Ind.; Wes
ley Stevenson. Maryland; Recording
Secretary, W. H. Kinkead, Penn.; Cor
responding Secretary, W. B...lngham.
Penna. One hundred and twentyrone
delegates are In attendance. A fortisl
welcome was given on Saturday. To
day the local preachers filled the various
pulpits In4he olt3:_and +_ -
Mammoth L'alasoi.
By Telt graph to the Pittsburgh Gazette•)
Sr. Lotus, October 17.—The mammoth
caisson for the large pier of the Illinois
and St. I.9l.ll4.bridge, was successfully
launched to.day at Carondolet and was
towed a few hours afterward by two
at • ewers to its position iu the river in
front of the city. It weighs three hun
dred and fifty tons. Tne first stone of
tho oier will be laid in it on Wednesday
BRIEF TELEGRA)IS.
—Ex-Gov. Ritter died on Saturday last,
in his 90th year.
—The Catholic Bishops of the island of
Cuba left for Spain on Saturday.
—John Nesmith, formerly Lieut. Gov-,
ernor ,of Matisachusets, is dthid, aged
seventy.six years.
—Admiral' Farragrit's condition is
greatly improved and his physicians now
have strong hopes that he will fully re
cover-his health. • '
—Tbere were heavy Ifrost and ice at
Memphis Saturday night, and ii is fear d
considerable damage has been done to
the late cotton crops.
—Gov. War - mouth, of Louisiana, w 11
call an extra session of the bieneral s
satiably to meet December Ist, at , Me
chanic's Institute in New Orleans.
—To day Is to e observed in Havana
wlth'great eclat by the volunteers. Many
banners are to be blessed, and the civic
and religious societies will parade.
—Profes.or liong - ki, chief of the astro
nonilcal drp.x:ll,L3Lt of Dudley Observa
tory, Albany, predicted:that before next
Tuesday we Might have - eight inches
rain; and that the water in the Endstin
river and creeks will attain even a greater
height than in 1857. -
—The telegraph report that a vein of
excellent coal, eight Tetit thick, and ex
tending to .the northvitard, bad been'
struck on the immediate line of the
Kansas and Paciac Railroad, seventy
dye miles east of Denver, and five bun
deed and sixty miles west. of Kansas
City. -
—The American Christian. Missionary
Church,' numbering now about tive thou
sand persons, •will hold their twenty
-fourth annual convention In Louisville
to-day. About two hundred, .or more
delegates will be in attendant's. The
proceedings will undoubtedly be inter
esting and important.
—lnformation has been received of the
destruction, by fire, on Thursday night,
of the Louisiana State Seminary, near
Alexandria. The library, apparatus, and
most of the furniture were saved. The
loss is about' Vi 40,000. on which there,
was no insurance. The fire is said to
have been the work of an Incendiary.*
'—Art Omaha dispatch says'reports are
received that a government surveying
patty; nuder Nelson Buck, numbering
twelve ragn, have been massacred about
fifty miles . nputh of Far& McPherson.
The surveying implements.. tools and's
portion of the camp equipage used:, by
the party were found. The r-ports are
credited, but lack' fall`confirmation.
—The !Jayne° war.iiteaMer Pequot,
one of the vessels recently sold by the
Government and.purchased by-the. Hay
tien authorities, sailed from. mew York,
Saturday evening for Haytlea waters Un
der tho Americattliag, whteh,fitie bad
been tying- for the the hat' two days:
The reason given is that her-officers . are
aftald'of §elpittcaptutsil.tiy rebel JUNG.
tieniiiiiisers who are on the Icokout for
her.
NUMBER 241.
Theatres" 'pa
In Italy we see playgiiing under a MEW
phase. In France playgroing is a recrea-
tion; in Germany it is a habit; in Italy,
,
among the upper classes, it seems to.be a 1
"social necessity. The theatres are at once
1 the clubs and drawing tiioms of . Drily,
In all ilae chief cities ofthe peninsula, but
1 more especially at Naples and Milan; - peo-
1 pie pay their visits, transact their buei-
I' ness, and Make their appointments at 'the "-
''-theatre. Italians, as a ruie, do notrecelve -..
much at their hornes. It is only at Flor
ence and Genoa that the 4ngjish customs
of dinner giving and partyliving prevail
I i
,t any great extent. - speaking generally,
t e life which an Italian Leads is untidy
d uncomfortable. He has . no notion of
tertaining visitors; looks upon the
ouse as a shelter against wind and rain, '
asses in it, sleeps in it, buggies for his
tinjoyment elsewhere. At Milan, for in- s
stance, every man who nes:R.ls a - year,ti-k
Spare takes a stall at 'the Sealkand.goek..-:.
there with unvarying regalaillf every
evening. The ladies have boxes
whlch they furnish as they please, some
1 - boxes sporting blue curtains, others red,
others yellow; which gives the theatre a
gay but somewhat tawdry appearance. If ,
a lady boasts many friends, her box is
filled with visitors from the beginning of ,
the performance to the end. Between the 1
acts her liieried footman, Or-footmen; .
hand round Noes, fruit, and coffee;-and . at . 'I
the fall of the cOrtain she and her guests; ''.l
ten or a dozen in number, will often sap:
in the small boudoir whibh is attachedlci
the boi. !Thit is a pleasant way. of en-:'T
joying the theatre, but kir zaarried men.. •
whose wives have boxes it is - river, ex
pensive one. No wonder that afterßay.
ing the ice hill, the coffee - bill, the supper
bill, the upholsterer's . bill, and the mil-.
liner's bill, which the possession of a bOr ,
entails, an Italian husband has . small , ap
petite for dinner-giving. The San Ciflo,
at Naples, which the Neapolitans call the
theatre of the world, was celebrated until
rebently, for its "bench of critics," the ter
ror of singers. These criticslwere about
twenty in number. They were ' ostly .
noblemen and journalists haying a,
thbrough knowledge of and arefined taste
for music. They occupied the entire first
. row of orchestra stalls and exercised an ,
influence- over the performett -which is
best defined in the words of Nalibran, '
who said that she was obliged to drink
champagne before venturing to face
them. It was after being hissed-by the
"bench of critics" at the SanCasio, that
Nourrit, the famous Fr ch `: fumy, com
mitted anicide.—Pall Ma Gazette.. ,
A SCANTY MESS.—The Aliments are
usually so widely dispersed . ln ger
risons that it is difficult fort them to
es
tablish anything like regimental. manes,
such as are usually found in, the Bnglistt.
army. Tetat one statioran TexasAuito
a respectable mess ,was -formed, sad a
majarity'of the officersof-the regiment
joined it. Bat, unfortunately for -the
aspirations of some of the young subal-N ,
terns, their finances had become so low,
and they were so deeply- involved in
debt, as to be unable to pay the some
what extravagant mess bills of the large
association, and they .were obliged to
"rough it" by themselves in a more fru
gal manner, chiefly upon supplies ob
tained at low rates from the commissary.
Indeed, I of heard one lieutenant (but L
will not vouch for its authenticity) whose
purse became so perfectly depleted at one
time that for several weeks he was cnm
pelled to that
upon rice alone. Dur
ing this period of fasting it unfortunately
so fell cut that a friend of his from a
neighboring post paid him a most an,-
seasonable visit, not having the slightest
previous conception or warning of the
scanty fare he was destined to encounter.
The impoverished lieutenant put the
best poisible'fAce upon the meagre con
dition of his larder, and received him
with his usual urbane hospitality at about
the hour for dinner, when it was too late,
however, even lied it been in his power,
to hake made Much change in his bill of
Opt to borrow little mustard
frottn.a &other officer, which he imagined
miglitinake the rice diet more palatable.
The dinner was soon announced, the two
friends ,eeated. themselves at the pine
camp table, whkii,tfite host raised the soli
tary. Cover, and; It eaerY beseeching way,
inquired of his, gaestif he should help
him to rice. The latter;:e o uctiving this
dish to be the `preliminary coirse,, like
"raw_oyaters on •the half ehell 'replied. ;
'No, I thank ryou; I never eat rice."
"The 4," said the lieutenant, not a little
perplexed as to what he should do or say
next, ana*a , desperate dernier resort
under th 6 fngly embarrassing cir
cumstance "help yourself to mustard,
for if• you , an get any, thing •else in this
ranch, yo. are smarter than I am." - -
Randolph Marcy, in HarPer,'s Maga- ,
tine for ember.
AT New • lbany, Ind.. on Sunday of
last week. ti. m. R. Phelps, General Rtil
road Ticket Agent, had thrown a num
ber of old letters upon the grate, and
while theywere burning he threw upon
the grates piper containing half a pound
of Epsom salts. Also at the - same mo
ment he threw a small phial containing
quinine into the fire. As he threw the
quinine a most terrific explosion of the
salts occurred, scattering the fire allover
the room, and emitting a brilliant blaze,
which enveloped his- lice and hands and
burned him in a terrible. Manner, Involv
ing, It was feared, the loss of his right
Bzuon, t e President of the Society
for the Prey ntion of Cruelty to Animals,
has taken th first step for the protection
of birds by preventing a "pigeon match"
In New York. Bergh thinks that the
shooting of pigeons merely for pastime Is
wanton cruelty, and is to be regarded as
a totally diffrent affair from the killing
of birds for food,
Tax trial ' of Eugene Salley, at In.
dianapolis, 1 et:week, for the kill - 111g of
Julius Blau in a bagnio,v about two
•months agog -resulted in it•conirictioli of
manslaughter, with the extraordinary
*malty of imprisonment in the county
lan for thirty l days, because he is a minor.