Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1868, Page 1

Ramee = eee es eee ee, THE EVENING STAR ! PUBLISHED DAILY, Sunday Excepted, | At the Star Building, 8.W Corner Ponnas!vania Av. and lth Street, | BY Tite EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY. | The STAK is served by the carriers to their Ubscribers ia the City and District at Ts OBSTS Pea WzEK. Oopies a: the counter, with OF without wiappers, Two Czxrs each. Paice rox Maitine:—Three moths, One Dollar and Fitty Cents; sfx months, Three Dol- lars; one year, Five Dollars. No papers are sent from the office Longer than paid for. The WEEKLY STAR— published or Friday Morning—One Doliar and a Halfa Year. SS SS EVENING STAR. | FROM WASHINGTON To THE FAR WEST, The Union P: Rajlread—Snew Storm anta'as—A& Nicht ia a Guestiou—An- Car Window s— e Cay. ‘ce Of the S st. J 21, 1s8@ My | letter brought End of the Fr. | (for th on the Union Pacific Ral | of Omaba, anc 15 mil Wespeat one day at the of the ioe. and thea out on oar r ra. The Ketarn Trip. H Retore starting on our retura ove | Road. imbed to the top oc! mountains borurrieg Biter Creek, n Pe Rocks. 10 ¢ ie | ing county. Goins eye of the prospe and keeping a viz.laut look ou! wath the other for the noble rec man, we toox in from ear elevation, perhaps a= desolate a country as was ever beheld. The view embraced a! wasteot bi but all. ti . Upon which - barrea and destite: life or vegetation. Ty he same deert ebar- ream —Bitter Creek— se of vere: upon is barks. ty contr. even & epot of gteen. As foc as theeye would reach nothing Was to be seem. but the debris of sand-rock, | crumbled imo thousand of angular fragments Here and there patehos of bright Colors might + beseea on taese rocks, which on exemination Proved to be licheas of the most brilliant aad Varied burs imaginable valleys acter. winding below us ha ue Tre poisonous Below us, » of the mourttun, were two stoue bh fi Top | Hovse” sad “Summit House? on Mount Washington, These were the stage bonses of Wells, Fargo & © aorses, londing at the door, wa Lake city. Not many months ago the I made ade-cent upom these stige houses, ran off the stock, and commtt:ed various other dev- ies; wherefore we kept aneve open tor the red man. not such caring to yield our furan. burn curls to the terocions tomahawk ny return to the wives or swee ts) of our ms looking hike 2 ‘mo Hess rogs- nd, somewhat, on this wuat we did tarry om that moantsin top much after aris b, with six The Indian Question. As intimated above, the people here do no: | m the red man in ex: y the igh: in ade qual idea « ng here upon the Were this intens« expr Indian question. of wr | { | | i | sgnorant, or to those from interesied fives desire to get mid of the Indi tion Would Assume a dit-rent Lave ye the fir io aeed mat the poop of daily mente loons given them were hour. where purchasers contd | rest ir « temtt part of Thee n Wear a * white man’s nethe: integu- me the friendly Indians co e that they are overlooked, and ! d distumguished considera. given to the bosule bands, and thar the sly to commi parsicularly bring the whole treaty and ments. Mean vinia with ju peatie: preent-moking power of Governmeat to hear te induce them to Rbrieftrace. The | wor the Indiaws perpetrave their most wmheman deeds simply ter plunder. In our rain going up to Laramie was 2 widow who ad returged from burying the mutilated ody of ber husband. a teamster, kiled by the mile of Pots Station, om th: wd in full sight of one of the sqaads s stationed je road. The | be construction | Ivert. and the Indians lurking near py | make a rusk upon bim, killing aad scalping | tum. sping With bi: mule-team to the | lsils beyond pursuit. | and & s w Sterm om the Rocky Mountains. We ger bettutial supper st « camvacs 1, ths y style ct structure known at the nd of the Track.” We had autelops steaks— liciuus, and the commonest of dishes ad the rest of the meal was manly “ Vegetables, caumed fruit, and canned mulk. Canned articles make most of the stock im trade of the railroad greeeries. The weather bad by this ime turned cold, threatening snow, aod 3 emed doubifal if we could obrain covering for the night, we con- retrace our steps towards Benton. no passenger ‘rum until morning, an empty comstrnction tram, with caboose attached, Was (0 Start east some ime bei ween seven and ten at might. But we bad a time of | ot, getting aboard that same construction train! we «End of the Track” there is no particn- ar stopping place, or starting place for traius. ‘The trmk and sidimg: are occupied by con- struction trains of immense fength. In oue of them we counted one bundred and five plate term cars. Some of them are empty, and some oaded with rails. spikes, &c, im the proper propertions for use im Inying track, Tne result was an immense amount of backing yeiey, d aud fillmg om the part of the sev. eral trams to emable ours w get e position for a start. In the meantime we warmed our sbins, fm company with a group of mountaineers, by a way-side fire ot gteove-wood, that hissed and spluttered like a | ne! of serpents. as oar wain seemed ts by ing further away, and asthe snow iad in. | ased to a ving Storm, with a cold moan. Mt penetrated to the very marrow, 4 w getaboard. Bat our good tne we baited very much, a3 were those | + Dickens. Esq, when he nde see “Americana Notes”) to comvey liquid re- | freshmeuts :o Mrs, Dickens as she slid up r | Gown the sofi ca the ocean ste , sympathy of Newspaper Row and Willard’s | iue-ed ior one plethore mdrvid- vo lenn uns, who, with their heavy- louied down with 3 sud soti-alkah es, pegged mad, fncing ndeav ing to * moving along “just wh we bad totiowed it cer- partes: of & mile, what was oar} witcB over to another track | And m back past usin the other direction. Back we turned, through the alkali mud, the snow and the darkaess,—three as discou- solaie “carpet-baggers”’ as ever walked. Aad again we were met by our tantalizing train, headed once more for Omaha. Tai time taking the chances of furaisbing a exsuaity ttem to tbe Green River press, we dashed in @crots tracks aad between cars, turew our traps upon the moving train, climbed up some how ourselves, aud remarked « Enreka! ‘This dune, the traia stopped deliberately im it. tracks and didx"t move again for three hyurs We began to appreciate that there are «am @ Graw backs im being at che “End of the Tinck”’ a night, subject to the cuprices of au empty con struction train, starting from nowhere im par ficular, an@ at ro particalar time. Taiazs looked rather uapromising when we eatered the exboove car at the end of the train. A pove ear is at best a sort of ameliorated freight car, and tais caboose had bad bad luck Wish kis windows, most of which were broken I: was filled with a crowd of the roughest eus- tomers ever brought together probably, except on & prive-fight excursion. {here were moun- tineers, railroad laborers, “bull-whackers,* (teamsters,) gamblers, desperadoes, and all the diflerent styles of “roughs” to be found on the outskirts of civilization. And | think I never “AW so many revolvers, rifles, carbines, knives, And other murderous weapons outside of a gun-shop. Everybody iad at least a revolver and a knife coaspicuously displayed about his person, And Almost every one wore a Henry ritie. ‘The sizht of so many weapons shandy” served perhaps asa tranquilizer in the way that prople are ceremoniow courteous where “the code” prevails; and Mlough the night was spent with discomforts caleulated to make tbe best-tempered quarrelsome, everybody treated everybody else with the most distinguished consweration. Two quiet looking men Proved to be carpenters. They complained or the decline ot wages in the miting country cansed by the railroad bringing in competition , Carpenters’ wages had fallen {rom “310 per ds and found” to “#1 and fiad yourself.” A rough-looking mountaineer, whose ragged clothes were almost dropping from his body, wes recurning to the States, with barely enough money ioenable him to reach home. He had been through the miming lottery, bad made © in gulch miuing, and started for home, but concluded that he had no: quite eroagh to build such a house as be wanted. and to the mines, wea! in‘o quarts Mining aud io: every cent be had made, Our train ran slowly up the mountain gi n consequence of the snow, and the sle upon k. Standing upon the car pia:form, the out-look upon that mo : desolate ot wastes, the ‘ Alksli De ss dismal in the extreme. be wind having unbroken ranze, swept past sch almost unparalleled fury. In the pauses orm the howling of wolves served to tonal unplasantness tu the gloomy »» Toe eye sought in every di » through the night tor a glimmer of light to show a n habitation. A To railroading. wher wrough almost 1 be ah Scrubby wild sag ood busues, the only signs of vegetation, lifted up their scraggy arms loaded with so The skeleton of borses. signs tbat any living thing bad « over the s: Ste, Were outiiar by wre: sts of snow cene well fitted in wild zioom aud desolation for @ Dory iMustration of Dant-- Heil or the Wandering Jew. It was nine o'clock in the morning when wi Teached Benton. a rade collection but which afforded us at its California (tew Resivurant aueaxcellent prewkia-'. dinner avd supper, for we stop here through tue day ubul we could take cular train eastward We bave found ex-Wasbingtonians at alm every point in the West, and at Benton 1 me Mr. Jemes Jobuson, formerly a well-kacwn butcher in Wasbington Centre Market. Mv is now iu the railroad ireight business bere, Bruton being the present terminus of railroad srughiing, but will soon move on to Green River, where the company will make the wex! Ireigbting terminus, That night we took the Eastern train, sbantie and | agnim epjoyed the luxury of a Pullman Sleep- ing C: r,ene to be appreciated aftera might | Speut im a cabooee car, with broken window:, ane the thermometer at The Puliman Sleeping Car, 1 may say here, is a Western in- sutmuop, at least an hundred years im advance anything we ave in the same line in the | East. The “Silver Palace Sleeping Car” is an inferior imitation, the best features of the Pull- man Car being covered by patents. It was morning when we reached Shermau, tbe high- est point of the Black Hills, aud om this retara trip we bad an opportunity of seeing the whole landscape, With aii its sea of mountains cov- | ered with a dazsling drapery of suow. On | descending the eastern slope of the Hills, the snow began to waste away ander the s~n aud wind, and at Cheyenne had almost entirely dis- appearec The Snow Problem. The inct of our encountering a snow storns in September, coupled with the other tact t at frequently snows bere in Juue, raises tae qnestion whether trains can be run over the road throug the winter months. 1 find opin- ion bere amoncst tho-e who know the couniry & good deal divided upon this question. Very many, including old mounts ‘neers, believe that the trains will be liable to serious interrup- ons during the letter winter months and March and April, for the heaviest snows here are Iate m the season. Competent Eagineers, however, who have bad some winter experi- ence im these mountains, do 1ot hold to this opinion, and utterly discredit the reports of enormous snows said to fall here. Curiously «Dough, the scientific men have frequently been more correct in matters of fact trom limited observation thau the experienced mountain- cers, who sre apt to take things for granted and deal sometimes in exaggeration without knowing It. Itis found that the actual amount of suow falling here is not large, in consequence of the dryness of the aimostphere; and what snow falls 1s literally eaten up by the perpetual westerly winds prevailing, except such as is protected by being caught on the eastern side of ridges and in ravines. The face of the country, except where the sage busb and grease-wood break the force of the wind, is quite bare in two or three asys atter a snow storm. In the opinion of the engineers who have encountered some of the severest snow storms known here, and have seen the rapidity witu which it dis- appeared, there will be as hittle interruption trom snow im these passes, east of Salt Lake ity, as in New York or Iowa. In the Sierra | Nevadss tbe Central Pacific Road will be liable to encounter more serious suows, aud will be in danger of snow slides from the overhanging meena chills, That Company i endeavor- ing to meet the difMculty by roofing over the portious of their road most Liable to suow-ialle and the Usion Pacific Company are building tiers of stone wall aa double lines at points where the snow drifts in, to intercept it. It may be safely prediciod that the energy and sagacity which bave presided over the construction of this wondertul road will find means to deal with the snow probviem. “Character of the Road. 1 have not thus far remarked upon the char- ecter of the construction of the U. P. Ruitroad preferring to Reserve sn opinion until the ‘wovbe rood bad been traversed, It seemed im- pom hata track could he well laid at the rate of four or five miles per day, and until the Inst mil? of the road Rad been gone over this imcredulity caused us to be on the look- outfor shammy work and defective pla>:s We bave gone over the road trom end to end- not whirled over in amexcursion train, under those pleasant social influeaces that sometimes cause the visitor to inke @ ro-e-colorea view of everytbing,—bat on “our own hook,” stopping by the way, sometimes testing the quality of the road on express trains at forty miles per hoar, and someiimes taking the miau'e exaz ination of the roid alvorded by riding ona freight train at eight miles per hour. Oar con- elusions—the experiences of tae di‘lerent mem- bers of our trie, embraciag an acquaintance with nearly every railroad im the coantry- are. that the Unioa Pacific Rulroad is the easiest riding road have ever been over; that the track is well laid, end tha’ the cars engines, and the general equipment of te road is firstelass, Aud wherever at any poiat the exigencies of the time had nece-sitated the con- struction of culvert ot a temporary char- acter, we found them either replaced by p: manent ones, or men were employed on the work of replacing them. There is no sham about the Union Pacific Railroad. The traek id rapidly to be sure, but itneeds but brief inspection to show that it is done well. and thet the celerity of the work 48 secomplished by a division of effortand pre- cigioa of manipulation almo=t as nearly me- chanical as the work of some ¥ onderial Iabor- saving machine. 1t isa carious spectacle to see the car loaded with rails feeding them ont continuously, and in turn using the raile just fed outas aroad to’ pass on tocoalinue the work, reminding one of the process ny which the spider vses the filament fed out from own body asa pathway torough theair. The platform car loaded with rails, flsh-piates, and bolts drawn by horses is driven rapidly up to the front. Two -ets of men stunding on each side seize each s rail, drop them in place, the car drives over them aud the process is re- peated until the caris empty, when itis tilted oif the track and another loaded car takes its plac The work of placing the fish-plates, bolting and spiking the rail, &c., is done meantime by other gangs of men, each man haying his pre- cise place and mission, and the whole business is accomplished with the precision aud effec. tiveness of a well-executed mililary maneuvre- ‘The work of track-laying employs about five hundred men, but it must be remembered that the maiu railrovd army, some twelve thousand strong, are at work mutes abea grading, mak- ing cut bankments, | verte, I sand preparing everything im advance for the operations of the rail-layer-, The track and road-bed thus rapidly Lud is as solid as that laid tor years in other parts of t country. Nature bas done wonders fortis road. ‘The material of the r 1 hroug’ aifords an admirable nav cal the best broken stone; just asthe long uso | Wegon rosd through bere, which sauade it-elt isequal to the Best ron - more (han dive hundred souri river, powntain ing ba railroad i nearly to the high aversed by the ros, ¢ one by mature as pert utd Wish through t been man ¢ aud These men haye fe to build araiirowd through tes of the country and over Un Aregions ever traversed by a railrezd, at the f tour or five miles a day, sed to do it well, They haye catered royally the world’s travel. ‘Those who think tie ) Of the company bes been to make the ia verpment subsidy andjreurn th¢ sivalent possible, should come and see anselves. It is easy tose that it has bex # Inet Tot price with the company ty make the rua and equip it in the best manner, and they have dere it on ascale of Libera youd their cbarier requirements, The fi » isstenings, by which tL+ ends of the rails are kept im place, preventing the usaal unpleasany jstring, bave been provided at an adwitional expense of 52.000 per mile, the long ral used adds alsy greatiy to the comiort of the traveler Ties have been put down at the Iiberal rate 2,050 per mile, and in many other ways th company baye shown a dispo pose to go far beyord th passed an antelope or Lwe, gener hills some distance from the r return trip they were to be sen in fle along the road, sufficient passengers in the cars to get very ts at them trom the windows, Tue expl2nauoa given for their appearance in such numbers was that the Indians were hunting them in the bills, and bad driven them down to the plains. Messrs, Adams ant Kerr, who are Very Jair shots, killed several, but were unaole to save the meat, owing to the rapid rs which we were saveliny. Omaha te St, Jo. Having gone oyer the Union Paciti 4: | fotdy We proposed to pry a burried visit w the Kansas road—te “Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.” Within a month a railroad bs been completed between Council! Biutls, oppo- site Omaha, and St. Joseph, or “St. Jey” as itis styled here;and by this means one can now pass by rail te whole distance frou the Union Pacifle Railroad to the Kansas road. (ur course from Council Biutfs to “st Jo,” was down the valley of the Missouri river. For moc: of the distance it was a rich black bottom thirty feet deep, covered with grass or fine corm. It is liable to overiiow and subject to ebills, As our conductor said, the chills are “e-mense” and “lots of cm.” The river is fringed with trees, cotion wood, mainly, and the burren looking bluffs some distance back are sparsely sprinkled with trees. The Mis- souri River, wherever we encounter it presents the same muddy unwholesome appearance, and seems scarcely any where to confine itself with constancy to any channel. All along this valley the marks of its freaks in seeking new channels are to be seen; sometimes shortening its coursea dozen miles,and at others increasing it to the same extent, This capricious temper of the big river must make land titles ra’uer precarious im these bottoms, and doubuess « counts for the cheapness of the land consid: ing the fertility of the soil. St. Jo. surprises us by the extent ofits business and the character of the improvement: going ‘ou, The city is well built with well paved streets,street cars, gas, &c,,and every part of the city shows the work of improvement going on ata rate we have not seen since leaving Chi- cago. itis built upon a series of high bluffs and the work of grading the streets and placing the buildings on the new grade was not a light ‘one, but it bas been carried out with woader- fulenergy and success, St. Jo. is certainly a live city. The wholceale stores hore would do credit to the first commercial cities in tne coun- try. in the size of the warerooms and the extent of stock, and after seeing therf it doesnot sur- prise me to learn that St. Jo, isalready an ace tive and successful competicor with Chicago and St. Louis for the wholesale wade of this region. The city bas from 25,00) to 30,000 in- habitants, four pewspapers printed in English and two in German, and ts the junction of three railroads— the Haunibul and St. Joseph, Council Biaff, and Leavenworth roads: ‘We stop at the Pacitic Hotel, a handsome weil. ‘kept bouse. o.5.N. —___- eee - ——__ athe mist Mormons, under the lead of Joe ‘Young ave jnst held the annual meeting near Council Bluns. Washington News and Gossip. GENERAL REYNOLDS AND THE JUDICIARY — Two attorneys of Rienmond, Texas, Messrs R.C Trigg avd John T. Harcourt, yesterday transmitted to the President the solowing order issued by Gen. J. J. Reynold, commanding sth Military Distrac!: “To Jadge McFariand, Richmond, Texas For re: ‘ons made Kovws by (ue Governor Attorney, you Will Centinne untd next term the cases invelying the qnection of heir- ship to thee: tate of J.C. Clark, deceased, “t Mayor General,” to a judge of a bem how be shail decide nee. 39.h parties are d by coun el—the cise civil cours, din the qne.tion of « prc ent revoke the order. The Precigent. no An bority Keynotds as req rine reconstrnccion laws »ke the order of Generai ed by the attorneys, Convieren oF Faarp on TR UFvice.—Information has been received by the Commissioner of Pensions tha: Francis A. Davis, alias Henry 8, Morris, was,on the 2d instant, convicted, at Newark, New Jersey, of fraud on ihe Pension Office in connection with bisown claim for a pension, William Bree- den, or Santa Fe, New Mexico. bas also been convicted of a yiolMroy of the 12th section of the avtof July 4, 18824 A motion for a new trial bas been enteresWMjighis latter case. PExston Union Pactric Raitnoap.—The Presiient of the Union Pacific Railroad Company hay. ing tiled with the Secretary of the Interior an affidavit showing the completion of 20 miles of their road, and telezraph line extending to the “Sith mile, the Goverument Commissioner have bren insiructed by telegraph to examine and report on the same. HENRY H. Bates, Ey, bas been appornted Second Assistant Examiner in the Patevt Office, huving passed a sutistactory examination tor ihe position, How. N.G. Taytor, Commission Affairs, lett ‘own last eveuin to look ater some offi Tevurn here to-morrow. roftludian oe New York al busine: He will Reventz Arrointyesrs —Secretary Me- Cullech to-day made thy tollowing apport. of Internal Revenue officers: pers. — HW. Purd venr, ti Ohio: Willin y; Joeph BP Ke Les Frank th Ky. HS Cock, Washing on th Va: Josepn di re, sch Pa ith ky. UW. Sty and conve: ministrations of the ¢ dred and five, p administration, t administration. fo hon, three ons eoucl <t by ring W Adains’ + Tyler's, tive: Filimore chapan’s, eichiven: Li twenty- s.twentyethree, It will be thas ecrelary Soward has uegotiawd fort r rearly one-fourth of ail the tr snd conventions that our Goverament tered into. AN AssociaTan Press Dievaten f Charleston, S. C, Sth Judge Hoge | tury of tbe colored citizens serted some time azo t ali the negroes ina teu-acre field, h would go through them with bis old regiment. Hoge is a Radical candidate for Congr: this district.” Instead of ubis Jicge ts in this city a3 the reprepresen the loyal people of South Carol ary aid for their protection, ‘om the jeaurned th: be wished by Ive ot y and asking ! generall of the Interic c y eslled to-day to the av: im the office to leave was refused, ary Said in thar the babit of permiiting clerks to g: to yole Was pernicious, aii be tolerated. La this insian refusal cume tou lat would no owever, the ‘or tbe gentleman’ had dy departed. 1 know of one ortwo ine noes where applications were made by Dem- which the Secretary did 91 cousidet om peruicions, It is but jastto the Teltey. however, to say thal tue refasal wes Signed mM pooerut perand, BUL Was Signed by an interior ‘officer “py order of the Secre. tary.” Iowa, WASHING Toy, October orth yvernor ie of Columbus Lorton replied to G mour's spreeh im Indianapolis ye-0 ur addressed On —The r Committee have circulated 4 during the campaign. —Atthe November elections the people of Munnesvia, Lowa, and Missouri will vote for (OF Against) negro suffrage. —Keturns from thirty-three counties og West Virgimia show a Republican majority of four thous: — The publican de) berland, Maryland. yesterday. ws " and enthusinstic, Meetings were held’ in Lie moreing, atteravon, and might. —Six seats im the Forty-tirst Congress will certainly be contested—those of Moffatt, Rend. ing, and Foster, in Pennsylvania: Suader sud Hoag, im Ohio; aud Voornees in Ladiana—ai) Democrats. —E.Z.C. Judson, (Ned Buntline.”) who has been canvassing California for the las: six months as an adyocate of temperance, writes home that California will vote for Grant and Colfax by ten thousand majority. —The Wilmimgton (N. ©.) Post denies that any arms have Leen shipped to that city for the use of Republicans, and adds “Let the reret press the same denial if they dare, and we will publish affidavits showing ihe dispusal of arms among the Detsocrats.” —The Mobile Tritune (Democratic), despair- ing of being able to elect a Democrat from that Congressional district, advises thata negro ta pot m nomunation to oppose the Republican candidate, * —The Republicans of Gorgia say they will carry the State by asmall rity, while the Democrats are confident or twenty thonsand majority. —It is understood that the triends of Gen, J. K. Moorhead intend, at the proper time, to bring his name forward for United Staws Sen. age trom Pennsylv2uia, to succeed Senator Buckalew, whose term willexpire on the 4th of March nexi. The names of Galusoa A, Grow, Glenni W. field, Gov. Caran, end Jebn W. Forney are also mentioned. —General Butler, in 3 talk with a corres. pondent of a Boston paper, conversed quite freely on the subject ot Gordon, the Lane con. traband trading, Geteral Grant, aud spoons. 1g relation to Istter subject, he denies the accusations agaist bi, Sad s.ye thai a com. mandiog General who could conirol millions of money would be accused of stealing Spoons: 1y bs who know they would steal tein if they had tue opportamicy. — The New York cote groan of the Phil. Iphia jer ways thet the Democrati cane are making an effort to induce Gov- exnor pmowr to make at there before the election. a Con svoual Exeou wy documents :m- very large Srrtaereree seeapuane et toe York. ne" go Into Petins¥lvanis, as more el ‘will be required to save the there Be fain cig ot ‘New York, where there 1s peer. — Ip the examination of the alleged natural ization frauds in the clty of New York, James | T. Brady, Esq. in court that he knew. a tleman im the ratic ‘who bol a ve offices, an ay ea eo aay work in any of them.” bimeeli a promi. nent Democrat. Revisep CvsTovs Krertatroxs.—The yYolume of custom rezula:ions of the Treasury Department, published by Secreiary Gutarie in 1:57, having by reason of the numerous changes in the laws decome toa very Inrze extent ob olete, arevirion ‘hereof has been for | several months ia the cours# of preparation by Mr. F. Chase of the Secretary's OMice, and a Portion of the resulis has just baen po issued in the sbape ofa pamphlet of about one hundred Pages, comprising (he regulation under ware. house iaws. Other portions of the work will follow ima short time. Curer JusticR CHASE leaves here next week to hold a term df the United Sta’ Court at Cherleston, South Carol He ex- pects to go from there \o Sayinna, Georgia, the following week to hold a term of Courfiu Place of Justice Swayne, decensed, and will Probably bein Kichmond towards the close of November. S District SUBRATT’s CAsE will come up in the Sn. preme Court of the District to-morrow, whea arguments will be heard on the mouon to dis- miss the appeal trom the dicision of the court by which he was dischzrge: THE Unrren STATES STRAMEE NEIPSIC. in command of Lieut. Commander Seliridee, is to sail from the navy yard here ina tew diys to join the West India Squadron GONG Hone To VorR.—Secre’ hofleid to-day issucd an order directing tha: all clerks in the War Department and varioas inreaus thereof who desired to zo hom* to vote on Tuesday next should be allowed (a do so. PrRsonaL—Gereral John ©. Cox. Covt Clerk of the Interior Deparimeni, left town to- day for Smyrna, Delaware. where he will at- tend the marriage of bis son. ‘General 1. H. Pelouze, A. ALG. at the War Department, returned to the city this morning from his ree cent visit to New and is sgaim at his office. Orrsiow oF Court or Ixqumy Promet. GareD.—General Orders No, “1, jnst issmed trom tbe beadquariers of the army, promol- s the opinion of the court of inquiry which onvened at Watertown, M. orxamine nto the nature of, and necr . the arrest of Rreyet Major Buffington and Brevet Captain Phipps by Brevet Brig. Gen. Kingsbury, com- manding the W: Acsenal, as weil as the nature and exient of the the partres rt thin vances which eze they were subjected to. The there is not sufficen complaint the part cf Majer Baflingion and Captain Phipps towards Gen. Kingsbury. INTERNAL REVENUB—The receipts to-dey trom this smuree were £209. )62 32. —+ ce -—_____ TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afterneon's Dispatches, GOV, SEYMOUR AT PITTSBURG pecial Dispatch to the Star} The Democrats of ade ext-nsive prepariuoas ur Gov- t Pirrst city have ernor Seymour to speak here to-night. # x this morning direct fer sis rrow go Exsiward. A CRIME AND A CASUALTY. Corcorn, NH. Ost Wainer, L beid + SSO tor am atlezed ra girl at Conte Edgar iI. We busters mi .—Thomss Hest! » baal an whe sue “ona ok vitile inst Sand - Dan, & young sed proms gitarm blo vy dhe acciden oung § had n, sy at Gilm ot is gun HARVAR Bestox. Get, the Berrd of Oy Hop. Joby H.C the 1 CONGRESSIONAL CONTES? IN T: NESSEE ie Contest be or Cougres:, Xithe ¢ hol Pros-er as Pre ig in place ward ( RAILROAD. —An Omaba dispateh - fic Kailroad Isid sevens 4 track yesterday. and pa © stakes of the Cen: Pacific line DIAN OUTRAC Oct 5.—A_ Chey party of Indians ai hus train, near Perry stat killing tour men and cap! uring fo REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN) Wiest VIRGINIA Wnerriine. Oct. n West 1 Majorities of the Peansylvania onuressional Districts. re the Msjoriues m the dis. * iollowang dih—Wm. D. kelley, Rey u—Joun R. Reading, Lem iles, Dem. bivgton Towns: Lawrence Getz, De ‘acancy—O. J. Dickey, Regular term—O. J. Dickvy, Rep. 6,0). 1 (h—Henry L. Cake, ». 1ith—D. M” Van Auken, Dom. Ieth—George W. Woodward, De: ioth—U lysses Mercur, Rep. 311. ith—John B. Packer, Rep. Joth—Kachard J. Haldeman 1th—Jobn Cessna, Rep. 144. 17th_Daniet J. Morrel, Rep , 1,094. Isth—Wm. H. Armstrong, Kep', 2,0 ith—Glenni W. Schofield, Rep., 2, wth—Vacane ~S. Petus, Ri Regular—c. W. Gilttiian, 2ist—Henry D. Foster, Dem., di. .d—James S. Negley, Rep., 4. x!-—Darwin Phelps, Rep... 5,01 24th— Joseph B. Donley, Rep., 1,123. The Conterence Judges of the 2ist district having split, and sent in two reiuras, the Gov- ernor is holding the matter ander advisement As to the certificate. The majority given above is not from thé Conference Judges’ returns, but from the several coupty judges’ returns, SPEECH Or Gen, BLarg 1x New Yore.—An immense mass meeting was held in New York Jast evening at Tammany Hall aud Union Square, Fourteenth street from Third to Fiith avenue was illuminated with calcium lights. ‘The grand stand, fronting Broadway, was draped with the American flag, and about it was inscribed: “We know no such word as rosa BF eg of = bey al overtlow- ing. 1t was decorai transperea- cies Significant mottoes, The audience was largely composed of ladies, sudon the plat- jorm Were many of the most prominent mem. bers of the democratic party in the State and city. ‘The meeting was cuiied to order by Hon. 0. A, Hall, who nominat «t tor chairman Hon, J.S. Thayer, who delivered an able addrese. Attbe cooclusion of Mr, Thayer's speech, General Biair was introdaced. He said he bore to the democrats of the city of New York the greetings of their brother democrats of the Wit, who would wrisg from their adversa- ties the victory m November. He favored gen. erosity and kmdness towards (he South. He desired this tor the good ot the North as well gs the Sonih. He then rear echidna rd reconstruction ac view of showin; their mpconatitutionaliiy. He said the outcry it nimself was a cqntem; elecuonver- net . ee irda ea aT Sra ‘be Baltimore says. T ‘i Jast Porto Rico, eed even: ted Orne out Out trom Bake colored cook of | the vessel with a razor, inilicting a severe gash bag ag the wound at thet thought fatel, but trom whi: covering. On the arrival ofthe veces fees: feay by James Logan, & custom hous oso | man, ind was lodged in the middle district sta. | tion-house to awsit an exa United Siates Commissioner Rogers, THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CON- VENTION. teenth Doy.—Ritual ussot—The Sonvention, ton in New York, was chiefly ove vith a debate on the subject of introduc Qvional Lymns into the services of the C Mr, Welsh, of Pennsylvania. announced the Joint Commuttee on Closing Services Bad that they would take place in Calvary Qbureh at 7% o'clock on Thursday evenine. The Convention cloved its eicaweath day's session with along debate on ritaalism. a mi- Roriiy and majority repor! baying been sub- mitted by the Committee on Cauons. The tol- lowing is the resolation reporied by the ma- jority “Keoleed, The House ot Bishops concurrin t, With deyout acknowledgment ot cha: cious presence and abe of ber Divine Master which bes bee: ually vouchsated is Church at many a crisis more perilow than the preset, enabling ber, in the midsi ot sgressious from without, aud innumercbie sbori-comings and exiravagance® from wiibin, to maintain the integrity of her docsrine, and the beauty, dece p. ibis m aitributes this happy re- sult,in a great measure, under God, to that spirit of moderation which bas bithert> gaided the counsels of thts Church, and which bas rendered her averse to all restrictions of the lib rty of ber children in things indiffe unt ssential, so long as unity can b» maintalned and spiritual edification promoted in any other w It as the sense of this © therefore, that the ev on the subject of 1: nnd mexpeaient at the preseat time. Bat it poue the less the sepse of thi: Convention th the continued maintenance of th order as well as of which, by God's blessing. have alwa acterized this church; the ay gers of irreverence and law! and, and of extravagance and superstiuon on the other: the preservation of doctrine trom Perl of iteutional or uniatentional chang avd due regard to the scriptural canon of walking wisely toward them which are with- ont, requite trom all ministers of this church, celebravmg Divine service in churches or other established places of public worship, a con scientious and, so far as may be, steadfast ad- berence to such yestments. ceremon: tices, and ornaments, as, by r t long. continued use oF by authority, are recognized as properly belonging to this church, ayouding errors either by excess or by defect. ‘And, tur- ther, thatin all matters doubtful, forthe avoids that ance of unseemly disputes and contradictory practices, which tend neither to good name nor to godliness, reference shou d be made to the Bisbop.’ The other (minority) report is put for by Low Churchmen, who have very po: convictions tbat sc mething ouebtautboritatey ly to be dour, by the Convention, to re in Ritealists, «Specially im the ma lights, imcense, aud vestments. T! has the supportot Rey Dr. Tyng, Key. Joka Cotton Smitv, Rev. Ur. Canfield, and all that 1, im the House of Deputies,—buran the House of Bisbops it is probable it has but few poriers,—it is supposed. not more (han ten Tepo: nl Government baves which, Miter review |. the promice is made count of ther oO the ¢ Govere very. ed thy rep! kaons fro er, PatonBen=t,/hat in theevent wen Franceand Pras: dy to guard ber own ne y Jobnson was enterts Hon. ¥ ntered Mon 6 And Ammen! iea sapy qAke were i county, Ireload Zur opened tae P Tessie shocks of eat in Co Joba Ur be bam Champ American M take of REES.—About o'clock yes y be houre of Mr. Joba Davis, on the Lancaster pike, aout five mil Market stiret bridge, was entered by Who gained access by the use ot Upon entering they placed masks o faces, aud then repairen t ment of Mr. Davis, who Beise they marie. They rasp ibroat. and threatesed him with vi mode Any noise or offered any Tesiciad . id that he bad been Avery sick mai © time, snd chat at was not at all likely uld resist them. One remained 3! bis bedside, while (Wo of the villtias repaired to the adjoiming cbamoer. in which Miss Davie le and haviwe awakeerd and Admoutshed her not toc w any disturbances, they peu. stckrd (be Bosse fron top to buitom. They were evidently after money, but dia not obtain any vntil they returned ta the room of ) Davis where tuey secared 87%), which was in a tronk. Among the amount were four St. Notes and a lo: of silver coin. The scamps erded in making their escape—Piiiat-i- plia Press Sotwrday. —$—$<—<_—___ ARPFST OF KESURKCTIONISTS.—The Ba More vesev(e of this motming says. Abou o'clock test u. from imtormstion received from some ctlizens, policeman Cirlas went into the Bethel negro burying ground, om Beisir avenue north of Broadway, and discoy- ered (bree eegro men in the act of exhumiaga a bedy which bern buried duriog the dey. He attempred .o arrest {lem when one of | negroes diew & pistol auc threaiened bis lite. He succeeded, however, im arresting two of the party, who eave their names as Ezekiel Wil- liams aud Robert Hughes, and took them ‘to the Middle potice -istion, where were locked up toawait a ning to-day. bad dug down to the cofiim when the policeman cane upon them, but bad mot taken the out. —$—$—$$— A MURDEKER CavcRT APTER A Four Years’ Crase—A murder was committed in Boston four years ago, The victim was a man named Maurice Foley, and be was kiiled by a pistol shot. The detectives have ben on the track of the murderer ever since, but without succeeding in catching him, until a few days azo, when be was arrested tm Philadeiphin, His nsme is Wilham J. Fulton He was taken to Boston and folly cow nitted to answer the charge of wilful murder. pice hata ae sr ltis _~ : —— _— firat acts of the government in wi to pass a de declaring Her Ma, (Queen Teabeliny cai dren basard ard incapable of reizning. 87 Mary Kelly, the giri accidentally shot by her lover, at Worcesier, Sunday night. was married to him a short time before she died. BF7-Several families whe have ‘Spent summer at Dunbarton, New Hempeuire, Poem drag yroods im aucumu, aud on ur Es r S % igh ride aud bed a S@~A writer in the Lonisville Med; nal, who bas examined the case of the Singers aay aongehs and’ vsat ne foros, without g bev bave been made ego. rig 87 Washington scarcely ever made a speech. S7Ellen Ryan prched ber lover out of a third story window in Barfalo. BFA foot race bel ween three girls vore of a late Lowa fair, po pete tg 87'Lbe Cincinnati polio <n inna police use rockets to sum. 87-Siza. Coliyer and bis bays are at “Academy of Music” in Kew Urieane * SF Mississippi bas raised tuvee crups ofbay this year, 7 The Indian Sammer seems to bave cor. meneed in good earnes!. B87 A flock of wiid gerse_passed over Pr, ence, Et on We Wening, evidently bound for a land that kuows no overcoms 87 Manufacturers bave for years been jook- ing for a substitute for rags, Eran iny for pener Ttissaid to bave geen found a: inst on ; a a wade from this crass s used The aciated ante Londoa Times 7A Menomonee chief, named Way!) shau, committed suicide at Stawano, Witton: sin, by booting, on the ith iastani, ey and dignity of her wor- | INSURANCE. | UY R. PHELPS, WS OLMSTE D Presiveat. Secretary CONNECTICNET MUTUAL LIFE INSUR- { ANCE COMPANY " HARTFORD, CONN. Assets over BIGHTEBN MILLION DOLLAKS. Federal Bleck, Boom 10, Opponite Post Omce Bapartrmn __ Cormer 7th and © ate THE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPAN orrTis UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, D. tered Dy Special Act of © = preved July u3, ines AP CASH CAPITAL... ¥ S: OLABK. Philadeiphia President JAY COOKER, Chairman Fivacce and Bxscetive Committee. ENKY D. COOKE, Washington, Vice Presi- Secretary ton, Asstatant Sacmotary, FRANCIS G. SMITH, M.D , Medios: Director L ADVISORY BOARD: 8. Surgeon Gegeral United States The advantages offered by this Company are Itiea National Company rea ys am. of ( et. 1558. Abad up capital of ©1.000 000, It on premicm It fr larger toenrance then Davies for the same money It is dehutte and certain i It tea home oo Its policies aro exempt from atiac: ficken. Every policy is non torfritabl Policies may be taken which pry.te the! their full amount and retorn all the prem that the Ineacance costs only the decrease « Buueel payn cre Policies ®"_ be isnned that wil! pay to oo red during life sn an income of one cou nt pamed in the policy rate is charged for risks upon the lives Jt insures not to secure ¢ividends, bat at so low | @ cont that dividends will be impossible A LOCAL AGENT IS WANTED IN EVERY | COUNTY, and one from comp teat per | thes for «ooh itheuitable on Shenld be wAdressed to the Company | Agente onty in thetr respective 4 irenlers, Pas: and foll particalars elven | on spplication at the Ofce of the Company tu this GENERAL AGENCY FOR | MARYLAND. DELAWARE. VIRGIN | WEST VIRGINIA, AND DISTRICT OF COLL AT THE OFFICE oF JAY COOKE &« Co., FIFTEENTH STREET, OPPOSITE TREASURY DEPAKTMENT, WASHINGTON D. 0. se21y _ LIFE INSURANCE. $5,000 for 86 Premium UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THS Manhattan Co-Operative Relief Association MANHATTAN ©O-OPERATIVE ASSOUIATION. THE RELIEF | ber heirs MEMBERSHIP FEES. |The membership fees are <irdo!inrs at Wer teh tac sasheratey ore ) tem couta vt | OnsEcT. The object of thie Association Is to «e-are acash ter the death of As there mre rie F sue belongs to his or 6 wort F emet ver, wad oy aed inte TEN CLASSES ‘aud TEN CLASSES FOR WOMEN | As soon as those classes are filled, ten mew clas Will be adopted. Men and women are uot aliowe! B the same claw Everything i8 douse to make + acu Clagsegual. CLASSES. 4 between t P. « i gE i wi G—All perme: iB i) persor * betweoo the age @ SS years. T—All persons Lotwoen the ages of 3$.0nd @ years. & At persons between the ages of 60 sud & years. he Cine-es for Wome ete the same as above. Any ope that is found to give his or ber axe wrong wl @ Moueys paid fo:felted to | the Arsoc hb (have mew 35 upon ° 8 mene he or she may be @ menber, and £1 to the same ILLUSTRATION. Class “A” has 5.00 emembers. Aman dies. The Ass ciation pays over within tc to the widow or heirs. and moneys B: cd Aspociats ‘Wember to Gil the place of the ret! ADVANTAGES. ‘The ac vantages of this Association over ordinar Lite insurance Companies are, break it; the fees are so #msll, and required to be paid et such long intervals, that any man can sectre to bis family @ competency upon bis death. HOW TO BECOME MEMBERS. Any ove desiring to become @ men.tor caay apply In perscn fieck. wank draft, PB xpressage Paid ry the ce a the Ave esmomseble for om ak inthesway Accompanying the money paper giving the apprcant # full name, cee, birt! place, present occupation, he membership ts in pinion of the doctor examining. the appli. cant is s prover person to bo tnanred. Blank forms of application for mombership wil be sent upwa application make mow memrerny No letter wul be three cent postage By-laws of the Association reyaire that om let the mon-y received as new m-moders bail be made & sinking frnd to meet pas ments fallin gdue by th delingucacies of memuers This feud fe beld by the NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, ‘ill be invested in Cnited States Bonds or Fork site property. which proper a we iwaned. Avent for the District of C: Vireiuia aud West Virginia,