Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1874, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays Exeepted, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Penasylyania Avena», cor. Lith St. ay THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANT, BH. KAUFMANN, Prea't. i o = ts served by carriers at Ten Cents PER WERK. cg Cents rex Mora Copiet at che | By mall core months, 7 OT. pear, 95. o¥ STAR—Pabtished Pri: at. OF tevnrinhiy tn advance, in 2 oneor then paid for. (emiace-st Bogsgem ot Extrsordin » | repean Spe. MONS AND WLLS. DUsME. } Also, the following-named new talent will app9ar ETE CANNON, MISS G WM. B. CAVANAC MISS FANN FORD'S OF ARs BOveE. To-Night 50, 73 and 23 Conte. Eogagement of tha popular Yonog Acter, LOSTON—RATEOR A talS STORM OF Matinee on Sa’ ~FIRE. EAL WATER Aod Cd Idren Satorda: A t. onze. op — ane &: ekire Te ie MARKRITER'S, Bo. 43% Ith street, Detween D ont streets, cight deore above Odd Feiiows’ Hall, Obotee Oil Paintings, Engra: ings, Ohromos, &c. Also, largest & Paper Heagings, Window ‘etare Cords and Tas- District Please remember Name and Namber. jel-ly™ KINDS OF GENTLEMEN'S CAST-OFF A Wariltiba sPPABELcar bela to the ve best advantage by addressing or ealling on JUSTH, 619 Datreet. between 6h and 7th streets north Bete by mail promptly ettended to, i EXCURSIONS, &e. ,RCURBION,. “4 ‘The Inst of theseaon of the iL geaieep DAY ABTERSOON FAMILY agen XCURBIONS il be givem by the STESMERLADY OF THE LAKE, SUNDAY EVENING. reztember 37th. Leaving her wharf, foot of 6th street, at 2:3) o'clock own the river aa far seine Byrne and re- * a it. ‘lekets 50 cents. pping at Giymont. Tie Sy ee ND TOURSAMENY AND GALL at THE aBt USD? OF THE D. ©. AND S. MABY- Falh aap AGSHICULMUBAL BOCIATY, on THE BALTIMOEE AND POTOMAC BAILBOAD, WELNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 307n. Hon. BICAABD T. MESBICK, Orator of the Day A hen@some Saddle ard Bridie De awared tue 4 .cerscl ku'y Marsiend, V teed for the bi Excursion t mac Depot, B.und trtp ticket £0 cents, rdmisy¢ go sud return hy 6 GBasD FAIR 3 ion to groans Persons can prs-at at BBIGHTWOOD, D ©. To be held ander the auspices cf HOLLOWAY LODGE, No. 4,1. 0.@. T., tng on WEDNESDAY, the 23! in. nding on Friday Es ermm stan Grand Ball. ¥ to be peld Brightwood Park on FRIDAY, the ath. com- meneipg st 3:30p.m A Brass Band wilt discourse 7 r Addresses by che Hon gs Moore and Col 8. T ticipate will please "@ the 24th ist. te the de at the terminus of ngs (7th street) rail. Montgom- Knights wishing to et Go'clorK each day snd J o'clock on Frid JS. CROUKER, Jz,|0.G. STONE, W. W.sWabr. J. McNERHAN Tickets te the Fair, 0 conta; Tour 0 ents: al ting @ centicman and ladies, SI, #83 3t™ EGULAK LINE TO MOUAT VERNO BG AMBULSNCE RIVING BY THIS LINE. a. of the steamer A ac HID the tronble and veration MILES IN AMBULLANOES (as by 5 gular steamer, Acro: wharf dsily (San m .Feturning abont 4 p. < Sditiweicn to ORTH, M nt Bape mi FRANK BOLLINGSHEAD, Captain Steamer A:row. se FEAMER CULUMSIA SAVES COMMESCE STRSE? WHARY TEAL TIMOR ES FOR WASHINGTON, “ON BYER a a ING HE. 5 A TUKN bs ¥ oO: g Either of those trips affords parties a fine oppor- Sunity to enjoy asail on the Chese- Peake bay and Potomac river with f much time from business accommodstions—meals, stateroom, S'aterooms may be cugaged in sdvance tin te the agents. ‘Phe steam: be ch: ered for excursions from this city ou Mondays snd ‘Tuesdays of each week at reasonable rates. ist! BTRPEENGON & BROTHER, Agents, PALL OPENING. rat br ar- BEAGBON 1874. FINE WOOLENS FOR CUSTOM GARMENTS COMP UETS IN VARI&TY, QUANTITY AND QUALITY. EXCELLENT IN STYLE, FIT AND FINISH. Mr. H.O. PEASE, of New York city, a sktilful and artistic Cutter, has Beew induced to take charge of oar Merchant Tailoring Depsttment. and we can im every case insure our Customers perfect fit and higt ly fashionable cat. AN INSPECTION OF OUR 8TOCK IS RESPECTFULLY INVITED. HABLE BROTHERS, SM BRCHANT TAILORS ¢F1NE CLOTHIERS, seplé tr Corner 7th D and Streets N.W. EE ete NW B® DAL PRESENTS. JEWELRY, SILVER AND PLATED wane. aes 2 ¥ GOODS, ¢:, ae Designed eepecially for BRIDAL PRESENTS. A large and varied assortment jnet opened. All foreign gooce 4M PORT BD DI" BCT. M W.GALT,BRO.&Co., dowel Che £Lnening OL 44—N°. 6,711. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 235, 1874. Star. TWO CENTS _EVENING STAR. ‘Washinzion News and Gossip. INTERT.AL Revexve.—The receipts from this 8 -urce to-day were $419 549.98. ioe Witt Sreaans has been appointed post- Waster at Holly Springs, Mixa, Tax SuceeTaRy or War leaves Washington to-night, for a brief visit to New York. Carr. A. V. CHERBONNIBR, medical store- keeper, hes been ordered t> duty at St. Louis, Microurl. THE COURT MARTIAL appointed to meet at Fort Columbus, New York harbor, July 10th, 1874,!8 ordered to reconvene at that post the 28th of September. Pxnsoxat.—Mr. L. P. Luckey, of the Execa- tive Marsion, and bis wife, returned from a few wee!s’ visit to Mr. L.'s home in Iilinois this morning. THE POLLOWING@ internal revenue appoint- ments were made to-day: A. W. Sheney and J. J. Percival, guagers sth district of Virginia; Benj. F. Curtis, storekeeper 4th district of Georgis. PosTMastTgeRs ArProtsteD.—The President appointed the following postmasters :— Jobn L. Bissell, Waterville, N. Y.; Alexander HH. Lamb, Butler, Mo.; Chas. W. Booard, Che- noa, Ill. P. A. Burrs, railway postal clerk, is trans- ferred from the cars between Memphis and Chattanooga, Tenn., tothe cars between New York and Washington, D.C., with the same pay and designation. MILITARY ARRESTSs—The General of the army has received a report from Lieut. Jobn K. Waring, 2d infantry, dated Atlanta, September tb, giving an account of assistance rendered »y Lim to the deputy United States marshal in otresting thirty-nine prisoners, Tue Sarge BurGLary ProsecvTion.—As- sistant Attorney General Hill, who nas just returned from Europe, has been assigned to co= operate with Mr. Riddle, the counsel for the .Overbment, In attending to the prosecution of he safe burglary indictments. Tue CABINET MEETING to-day lasted about one hour and a half. All the members were present except Secretaries Robeson, Fish and Bristow. Assistant Secretaries Conant and Cadwallader represented respectively the Treasury and State departments. Only routine busine. 5 wes transacted. Cartan Epwarp H. MaRTINDALg, son of jeneral Jobn H. Martindale, died in Minneapoe woth instant, at the age of thirty-three. His de: m. The General received the news of his son’s death an hour atter reach- ing New York on his return from a two months’ ‘ourm Earope. Captain Martindale served in ‘be army, firet on his father’s staff,in the lst di nm of the 5th corps, and afterward as judge advocate under the General, while the latter was military governer of Washington. A Commission Unpgr THE Treaty oF Wasnincron—By virtue of the authority vested in the President by the firstsection of the act entitled ‘An act to ascertain the ‘y rights of the Hudson bay company and other British © limits which were the subject of the award ot His Majesty the Em- peror of Germany under the Treaty of Was ington of May 8, 1571, and for other purpose: ay proved June ,» he hae appointed Haz- ~-d Stevens, of Olympia, Washington territory, © perform the duty required ot the commission- ere provided for in said act. A Coat-O1t Lamp Dip It.—Mr. C. G. Wel- Tich, chief head postal clerk in the railway ser- vice at Grafton, West Virginia, informs the Pos:- Office department that what is left of S. W. Bradford, the portal clerk recently barned to death near Gratton, are at that place await- ing word from his friends. He says a full report Wil be made in a few day, and closes those lamps be taken olf all the .” Tt is understood at the depart- that he refers to coal-oil lemps whict ex- d when the mail car turned over. Power OF THE SacuuraRy ov THE Tara svRY To Remit Fixes awp PENALTIES —The Attorney General has decided that under sec- tion 523 of the revised statutes, the Secretary of the Treasnry has power to remit tines, pen- ities and forfeitures arising under avy revenue law when the amount does not excsad $1,000 and when there has been no summons, inquiry a iement by a judge; and also to remit tines, peralties and forfeitures arising under saws relating to the negotiating, recording, en- rolling or licensing of vessels when the amount does not exceed $50. EXAMINATION oF avVaL Capets,— The examination for admisston to the United States Naval Academy as cadet midshipmen began at Annapolis on Wednesday. So far about sixty- two candidates have reported, and fifty-seven bave the physical or first examination, and five have been rejected. Of course the physical rejection is empnatic disqualification. Among those who have passed both the pliysicai and mental examination, and were admitted to the academy yesterday, were Thomas S. Rodgers, District of Columbia; Feramorz L. Young ah, son of Brigham Young; D. L. rtiett, Maryland; Henry E. Baker, (colored det,) Mississippi. NAVAL ORDERS —Ordered- Commamder A. Trenhsm to temporary duty at the naval ©, New York; Ensign Wm. M. Wood to the hydrographic office; Midshipman John M. Colwell te the Asiatic station per steamer of bh October pext from San Francisco, Cal. «tached: Commander Henry Erben, jr., from the naval rendezvous New York and to com- mand the Tuacorora at the navy-yard Mare Island 5th October next; Commander Gaorge E. Belknap from the cqgmmand of the Tusco- ‘ora Sth October next and ordered to proceed ome aud await orders; Lieutenant Oommander 0. tcheller from the Naval Academy and d tothe Franklin, European station, as executive, Ist Febraary next; Ensigns 8.’ A. Stanton and Perrtu Bus! from the receiving -hip Sabine and ordered to the hydrographic of- tice, Ist October next. Arter Karine IvptaNs.—The following telegrams have been received at Army head- quarters % Burraro, Kansas, Sept. 14. To the Commanding Officer, Fort Hays be bay camp was attacked this morning by a band of Indians, about twenty-five in number; one male and one gun taken. They also at- tacked the camp of a bone picking outfit at the crossing of Saline, three miles from here, taking one horse and mule and a boy off with them; also, destroyed their camp snd camp eqal, Septem. ber 15, mentions: of the boy cap- a on the 1th, was found on Ns al yards from the destroyed camp. Lientensnt Kerr and detail left the station st 2:20 p. m., and were pre age oe a were on the ‘ollowi: eBaline.. rece: den sent Lieut. Kerr and Lieut. a % ‘wenty-five men of company C, walry the scene of action. ee Tue We2kLY Stax, now ready, contains all stout the terrible disaster at Fall River; the ‘and bin; news and gossip, items, household receipts, ‘&e. Terms: One dollar and & single cents, Base BaLt—Games Fe: owe defeated the Athietics in Phtladen Niger oy day by ascore of 4 to 2. The Atiantics the Hartfords by a score of 9 to 8in New York pemerae: The Mutuals played the Bostons in y. ont of rrey 7, and them by a score Wrappers. a THE TRANSIT-OF-VENUS EXPEDITION Advice to aa 2 a Aboat Going | TRIP OF THE SWATARA, The Party at Bahia_Arrival at Cape Town, Africa. A member of the Transit-of-Venus Expedi- tion writes to @ friend in Washington the fol- lowing interesting particalars of the trip up to the time of the arrival at Cape Town: U.S. STRaAmeR SWATARA, Sov IN ATLANTIC OCRAN, cRDAY, Jaly 25th, 154, Lat. 8. 33°, 51”, 10’; lor , » 45, west. We arrived at Baht 11; on the afternoon of the 10th inst., afte: delightful voyage of thirty . four days from New Yor' On the morn: {that bright and beautifal tropical day we espied land for the first time since leav- ing the metropolis. We soon passed the Island of Itapatica with its numerous paim trees locming up upon the horizon, aud in a shor! Ume after the outlines of the white domes and towers of Bahia San Salva ior, the second city f the empire, were visible; an hour later finds ournoble ship at anchorage in the harbor of Babis, within @ mile of the city. Soon after our arrival several officers from the English, German, and Brazilian men-of-war lying in the harbor came aboard toj pay their respects; in the meantime the Venus boys were investing in the tropical fruits, as there were soon along: side of ous several barges containing fall sap- plies, aud we very naturally were easily tempt- ed. Atcer waiting for a shower to cease (which are very frequent at this ssason of the year), ovr steam launch was lowered, and but a tew moments elapsed before a party of us were heading for the city. We svon passed the walls of acircnlar fort built by the Datch in 1624, when they bad possession of the place, and from this point we had an excellent view of the old fortresses on the hills that com- mand the harbor and entire city. Land- ing at the wharf near the custom-house, I proceeded to the lower portion of the town, and was surprised to flud the streets so extremely narrow and filthy. This is ONE OF THE WINTER MONTHS, however, which accounts in a measure for the mud and slush, as at this season of the year it rains most of the time, and is about as hot, I am told, as their summer. Leaving the lower town, I was traneferred by means of an im- mense elevator a distance of over two thonsand feet to the upper portion of the city. This ele- vator is a huge afiair and is the work of a cele- brated English engineer—is run by steam, and capable of carrying quite comfortably aboat twenty persons. “After a stroll and sight-seeing of a few hours, 1 put up for the night at the Hote! Figueirado, a popular resort of foreign- ert. The princi street in Babia is ed the la Praza. The warehouses near by are of an enormous extent, and are said to be among the largest in the world. The principal com- mercial houses are rituated on the Kua Nova Commercie, and | am told they are the finest blocks of buildings in all South America. These edifices would Etc Ah ornaments to sach cities as New York, Philadelphia, &c. I was not impressed very favorably with lower Bahia. The high buildings, although very old, are gen- erally of a cheerful exterior. The -treets in this neighborhood are narrow, uneven, and miserably paved, and during our stay were ex- tremely filthy. Peddlers and carriers of every description are seen in all directions, and groups of beggars on |, all the corners. The streets that separate the lower from the upper town are so yery irregular, and the ascent so steep, it is utterly impossible to use vehicles of any kind in thls section; not even a “twenty five cent cart” is to be seen, consequently burdens of all kinds that require removal from one place to another are carried on the heads and shoul- ders of men. Sugar in cases and cotton in bales, the principal exports of the ety, are carried on heavy poles, suspended between a dozen or more tall, athletic negroes, This class, when not otherwise engaged, are to be seen loating on corners, braiding straw bate, or lying along the alleys and streets, reminding one of so many black snakes basking in the sun. They sing and shout as they tramp slowly along with their heavy burdens, and are evidently perfectly happy and contented with their hard lot. As omntbuses and cae are out of che question, ths Bahians have supplied a subetitate, which they call THE CADEIRA, a sort ef sedan chair, similar, 1 presume, to the Chinese palanquin, and on nearly every corner and in front of the hotels can be seen any num- ber of cadeiras, with their antique and orna- mental curtainings. The carriers are always in readiness, and as you approsch them they appear anxious for your patronage, and cry in one voice, “Quer cadeira, senbor?” (will you have a chair, sir?) and I must say they show much more civility than our carriage drivers of Washington. Bahia, like Rome, is a city of hille, and I should think the avocation of a Bahian cadeira carrier anything but a pleasant one, as it is evidently very laborious and tedious work. A cadeira or two and negroes to bear them is as an indispensable a luxury toa family in Bahia as horses and carriages elsewhere. The rank 8 family maintains is indicated by the expensiveness of the curtainings and orna- ments of the cadeira. The city is nowhere very wide and can boast of only three principal streets, but from the extreme ends of Rio Ver- melhi and Monserrat Bahia extends probably about seven miles. Water works have but re cently been introduced, the machinery for which was brought from France. They are ated on the eastern suburbs of the town and farnish a bountiful supply of the potable ele- ment to the city. On the outskirts of this city is situated an old cathedral, an immense strac- ture, ich must have been constructed at an enormous expense. and is said to be far superior to any church in Brazil. In a wing of tuis == the Public Library, from which may enjoyed a very commanding view of the ‘harbor and’ shipping. In this neighborhood can be seen the archi- piseepal palace and seminary, as also the & tary hospital, (once an old -Jesuit college.) On the strip of land called Montserrat there are several old fortifications and numerous summer residences, but the object that interested mo mostin this vicinity was a Roman Catholic chapel, said to be over two hundred years old; near here 1s situate the yellow fever hospital. 1 am told the attacks of this dread disease have been extremely light of late years. I visited the public park in the extreme western portion of the city, from which ees I was presented with & most magnificent view of the harbor and sur~ roundi couptry. From here could be seen our ship Swatara, and we could just dis- cern the stars and stripes as they waved proudly to the southern breeze. I was enrap- tured with the lovely scenery, and sighed that our sojourn in Bahia was to be go brief. Here we saw nearly every species of Brazilian birds in long rows of Ia: cages: and every tree pe- culiar to Brazil is lovely spot. THE WASKERWOMEN OF BAIA. Babla is a great place for fountains, and they are scattered promiscuously throughout the city, and at any time during the day can be seen groups of balf nude negro women washing clothes on the lawn near by. They appear to be always at war with one another and jabber at @ terrible rate among themselves in their harsh and uncouth language. They carry their babes in @ sort of hammack strung over the back, and do not seem to be in the least encam- dered while at work; in fact. they go about seemingly unconscious of the presence of their little ones. At Bahia fresh sup, oy! algo one hui Sth. Care Town, Au; and will remain in Arrived here this morning, Africa's sunny clime for two weeks. ee £ 5 i E : "8 statem: = is overwhelm: she has so wronged Losveeas, N. M., Sept. 18, 1874. To the Editor of the Star; Will you afford mea little space in your pap»r to offer a few words of advice to the young men of the east who are afflicted with western fever, or, in other words, who contemplate seeking speedy fortunes in the far west. 1 wall premise by saying that the advice comes from one who bas traversed pearly the whole country from the Atlantic to the Pacitic oceans, aud wheve eyes have ever been open to the most ~arefal scruti- nd close observation, and I believe I can ithout danger, where known, of being charged with egotism, that there has been no lack of energy or perseverance on my part. In nearly every large western city I have found a floating mass Of transient young men seekii situations, most of whom secm to have ster! west with barely money enouga to pay their pas sage and the necersary expenses ot afew weeks, relying solely upon obtaining @ lucrative sitaa- tion as clerk, bookkeeper, or some other posi- tion in which they could lead a sedentary and easy lite, and at the same time accumulate money. The revult, in nine ceses out of every ten (48 a jndicious person would anticipate), is sad ae, which frequently le1is to the most serious consequences. I will here allade to one city alone, which is but the true counterpart of several others that I have visited, viz: San Francisco, California. I spent nc arly two years in that city, and ventare to say that there was no time during this period that there were not ten thousand young men in the city without employment or any visible means of support, many of whom were fully competent to fill creditably and efficiently almost any position from a hotel porter to that of the most complicated counting-room or bank- ing-house. I met a number of young men who had rece.ved the most liberal collegiate educa- on; but who, afver exhausting every effort to secure & sultabie situation were offering their services in any capacity without other cumpen- sation than their beard. Withoat sufficient capital to embark success- fully in business, no young man should ventare west unless he {8 prepared physically and has the disposition to obtain his bread by the sweat of bis brow. If destitute of the abo’ ig essential elements, he is almost certain to fal, and fal, too, even against a hard struggle. But to the young man with a strong atm aud stout heart, with a willand the muscle to overcome all obstacles that may arise to impede honest industry, my advice is, come west, but shun large cities, which in nearly every instance you will find surfeited with idie thousands who have not where to lay their heads, and every avenue of industry closed against your honest endea- vor. ‘There are millions of broad and fertile acres awaiting development by the strong arm of the sturdy emigrent, while the idle and unproda- ing Claes in the cities and towns are constantly slogging the wheels of industcy and enterprise. Western FARMER. SENATOR SCHURZ made an elaborate speech on state and national affairs in St. Louis last night. He denounced the Kellogg government a8 An usurpation, but upheld the President in intervening to prevent anarchy. Congress should at once, on reassembling, undo the usur- pation set on foot by a federal judge, and, su; rorted by a United States marshal and fed tayonets, make @very citizen understand and feel that while preserving intact the lawful au- thority of the government, they are ready to throw eside all selfish considerations of party interest when the rights and welfare of the peo- ple and the a of republican institutions are in question. He bel‘eved the President should remove United States Marshal Packard, whom he considered a partisan, and appoint some impartial person in his stead. He con. demned the ruffianly element in the south for their outrages upon colored men. and urged that white men’s leagues be disbanded at once. He could not support the civil rights bill, be- cause he believes it unconstitutional, and ex- pressed the belief that if it becomes a law it will break up the whole public school system of the southern states, and nobody will be greater sutlerers thereby than the colored people. As soon as the colored man casts his vote on this side or the other, as his opinions or inclinations may dictate, each party will make their pro- tection a special object in order to attract the majority of their votes. That will do more to stop the Moody excesses in the south than an: military interfefence, and more to establish just and beneticent relations between the two aces than any Congressional legislation. The Serator then éntered into an elaborate discus. sion of the finance question, and dwelt at some length upon state affairs. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND Loner, 1. 0. O. F.—The banquet to the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., at the Kimball house, in At- lanta, Ga. Wednesday evening, was’a very pleesant affair. The Grand Lodge yesterday selected Indianapolis, Ind., as the place to holt the next annual session. The Grand Lodge resolved that the Grand Sire be author- ized to adopt such measures in relation to the establishment of the order in Austria as shall seem .O him most judicious tor obtaining pe.- mission of the Austrian government to estab- lish the order there, and to establish it there if such permission be obtained. A resolution wis adopted authorizing the grand ee of the several jurisdictions subordinate to the R. W. Grand Lodge to cause to be conferred the hon- orary degree of past secretary on any past grand in good standing who hasserved a lawful term as vice sey and nobie grand in a subordinate lodge. The Grand Lodge almost unanimously adopted the report on the resolution passed by the grand body on the subject of lodge work on Sunday, that the same be, and is hereby, re- vealed. This action reaffirms the position taken vy the Grand Lodge in 1872, making itillegal to hold lodge or encampment meetings on Sunday ‘or ether than funeral purposes. The Grand Lodge resolved the mergement measure in the negative. This puts a quietuson the amaiga- mation of the two branches of the order, MR. BREcHER In A New RoLte—Running a Locomotive—Narrow Escape.—A dispatch from Nashua, New Hampshire, says of Mr. Baecher: “\His progress through New England has been an ovation. Whenever the train stops throngs gather around the car where he sits, He ran the engine from Lake Vill to Concord, forty miles, or assisted the engineer, and we came through like lightning. On the way we met a freight train, in passing which a pine board was projected with territic force from the fia train into the end of the car that Mr. Beecher had just left for his post on the engine. It shattered it with a report like a pistol, ripping & hole two feet square in the front end of the car, and grazing the legs of two of the passen- rs, inflicting slight injuries.” Not to-day, mt next Friday, according to the New Yo correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, is the me appointed for Mr. Beecher’s return to his flock. A story is going the rounds among the lawyers that the Moulton-Proctor slander isa made-up case, with a view of bringing the pastor into court in advance of the Tilton pro- ceedings against him, with the expectation that it will help Tilton’s case; but, of course, al! such statements must be taken with liberal grains of allowance. —____ Gxorcia MILiTary.—The Savannah (Ga.) Adver.ser, in a recent issue, says: ‘We learn that the officers of the several military compa- nies throughout the state will eq) a fatigue ve commands at the state, as in Virginia and elsewhere,” expense of the ‘Tue Fire Insurance CoMPantes To Leave CBicaGo OUT IN THE CoLD.—The board of fire }, in New York, ves- perenne peesras that, as the authorities of ‘Chi- cago have failed to comply with i tions put for 3 Ee The Fatal Collision ou the B & 0. Ratiroad. AWSUL DEATH OF THE POSTAL CLEBE, NRAD- PoRD. A collision between two express trains oc- curred on the Baltimore and Ohto railroad, bo- tween eight and nine o'clock p.m. Wednes: at Smithton. fifty-eight miles east of Parkers: ic West Virginia, in which one man lost his life and several of the cars were destroyed or Camaged. Smithton is a —— arranged woint for the trains to meet and pass each otter. he morning express train trom Baltimore was going west and the evening ‘cain, also expre trom Parkersburg, wes bound east. The west n hed arrived at Smithton, and wa: ping and go on the switch when the eastern-bound train came along at the rate ot abont fiiteen or twenty miles an hour and the collision occurred. ‘The engines were both throwd from the track by the force of the colli- sion. THE DREADPUL WEECK. The Balt‘more American thus describes the scene: The baggage carson the eastern tound train telescoped pearly twenty feet, and the Teot of one was ripped up like paper and de posited on the top of an adjoining parsenger car. The baggaze car on the western bornd train was driven through the tront of the postal car, avd the rear p'atform of that car was broken off and the end jammed up against the forward peseenger or amoking cat. The en- gines were be dly demolished, and nota single car remained on the track after the collision. The inmates of the baggage car jamped from the train and escaped with a few slight brrises. The only occupant of the postal car was Mr. w. Bradterd, ‘who was at work when the a dent occurred. When the cars telese>ped he Tan to the rear door of the car, and passing through he was abont to jump off when the car was jammed against the passenger car men- tioned above, and the unfortunate young man was CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TIMBERS, and as the postal car careened and jumped off the track, he wasfastened between the cars #0 firmly tl he could not escape. In the mean- time one of the lampsin the postal ca- had been broken, an“ the oil spreading over the tloor, in afew minutes the whole interior of the car was filed with flames that burned through the doors an windows, and became communicated tothe baggage and one of the paseenger cars. Daring the progress of the fire in the postal car the pas- sengers had allescaped from the wreck, and at ence set to work to release Bradford from hiv terrible position. Axes were brought, andin a few minutes several men were engaged in chop- ping away the ends of the cars that held the ua- fortunate young man. THE MEN WORKED NOELY, but the fire spread eo rapidly that they were compelled to desist from work and turn their attention towards the extinguishing of the fire. They did not sncceed, however, in putting the fire out until Bradford had been burned to death. The scene is said to have been distress- ing in the extreme, and the excitement of the passengers was intense. The piercing screa.ns of the burning man were perfectly heart-rend- ing, and the horrified passengers were com- pelled to stand by and see him roasted to death. THE SCENE IN THE PASSENGER OARS on both trains is said to have beex terrible. Men, women and children rushed pell-mell for the doors. The violence of the collision threw every one in the car off their seats, and the ter- tible noise made by the telescoping of the for- ward cars added greatly totheir fears. A nam- ber of the passengers received severe bruises in the rush for the doors. One gentieman from Cincmnati received a severe wound in the lett leg by falling from the plattorm of a car he was escaping from. The conductors of the trains did everything in their power to quell this panic, but the passengers refused to listen to any ar; ments until solid und was reached. Tne ground in the neighborhood of the place where the collision occurred is very leyel, and only one of the passengers cars rolled over on its side. The exact cause of the accident ia, as yet, un- known, but the railroad officials will make a thorough examination, and if either the of the engineers were to blame they will be punished. Jay Cooke « Co, THE CALL POR THE SECOND GENERAL MERT- ING OF CREDITOLS SUSPRNDED. Since the estate of Jay Cooke & Oo. has been in process of settlement, urder the forty-third section of the bankrupt act, by Edwin M Lewis, esq , as tee, and the committse of creditors, numerous questions have arisen a3 to the powers of this committee under the section. No decision bas as yet rettied the prectse nature of the powers and duties of the trustees and commiltee under the section. On the 11th instant, upon the potition of Olive Edwrrd Teakle, one of the creditors, Judge Cadwalder ordered a second general meeting of the Jitors to be held at Horticultural Hall on the 6th of October, for the pur, named in the 27th and 28th sections of the bankrupt act, and “hat the committee should give notice, by advertsement, of such meeting. ‘The 2th and 28th sections appear to contem- plate the declaring of dividenas by the creditors, the sale of remaining assets by the assignee, and the winding up and distribution of the estate with despatch; and, by their terms, these — are made applicable only to the as- signee. fhe construction put upon the forty-third section by many persons is to the effect that the committee of creditors was intended to take the place of meetings of the creditors, and that all the powers vested in the creditors were con- ferred upon the committee. The condition of the essets of this estate, it is understood, is such that many of the creditors believe that the sale of the securities, and the winding up of the es- tate inthe manner contemplated by the 27th and 28th sections, would cause ruinous sacri fices; and that it was to avold and prevent this that the creditors voted for the selection of a trastee and a committee, and the winding up of the estate under the 434 eection. The committee deemed it their daty to appeal from the order of the district jadge, and sccord ingly they instructed the trustee ‘to apply to Judge McKennan, under the supervisory jacis- diction conferred upon him by the bankrapt act, for the vacation and setting aside of the or- der of the district judge. On the 224 instant, Judge McKennan granted an order suspending the meeting of the 6th of October, and all ‘ings under the order of the district judge, until the farther order of the circuit court, and appointed Monday, Oct. 5th, at Philadelphia, to the argument upon the question of vacating or setting aside the order for the second meeting of creditors. It thus Soy ue that no meeting will be held upon ° the 6th ctober. {tis very important that the real pu or the forty-second section should be detinitely ascertained, and the present status of the case ot Jay Cooke & Co. is likely to rasultin a de- cision which will settle the mooted points. ‘We understand that the trustee and commit- tee of creditors are preparing a report, to be submitted to the creditors, w! er the mest- PE takes place or not. This report will give a 1 account ot the administration and present condition of the estate.— Phila T+legraph, 24: insurance excited much py RS was a thin, aah, and not likely to be #o affected. Or: ve ers to have the body ex- bumed, and an m will be made. Stewart’s insurances were as follows. Equit- able, aon] Oak, aged Northwestern, 1» 620,~ 000; Mut it, $10,000; Continental, of Bante: geo St. Louis Life, $10,000, and go ee Errsot or 4 Wounp a FA THE ‘FREDEBATE ARMY.— Major J. O. ular agent of the Potomac Steam! pany, ee ee the i F H q i il i : i n : UTINY ON AN AMuRiCAN VassRL.—The Montevideo, pat to soa Wetnenaey cnet while ut to sea "3 y in the Channel several svam The Swatara and the Transit Expedi- ton, (From tne South African News.) The United States screw steam corvette Swa- arrived in Table Bay yesterday morning, left New York on the 9th of Jane last, with the American scientitic expedition in con- nection with the transit of Venuson She called at Bahis en route, and bes had through- out a most favorable passage. Im the course of the afterncon the Swatara was taken into the dock, in order that come of her machinery may be overbauied, and with a view to the classifica- tion of the stores avd apparatus destined for the various points of observation. She is obs of the bandsomest sloops of war in the American navy, and quite a new vessel, in every way ittc4 for the duties assigned to her, and stored with two years’ provisions, and all the necessary and most improved instruments. Extra cabins for the scientists have been built in the steerage, and the magaz'nes have been turne@ into repositories for food. The battery bas been taken out, aud the only armament on board consists of two twe and boat how- itzers, mounted on the poop deck. Th room, with the mees-tabie, looks like » z room tn a country hotel, the scientists and ward-officers messing in is occupied by the pat sine and li ith captain, (Chandler has a comfortable after cabin just over the pro- peller. We may here mention that Captain Chandler, who is at the head of the expedition, is a fine, genial officer. and as mach respected ontof the navy as among his own fraternity. Lieut. Commander Wilkins, the navigator, iss volunteer officer, who has had experience in the south seas, and also in the north, among the arctic ice. Lients. Hanker, Little and Pile bury are air> highly spoken of, and it is be- lieved they will do credit to the expedition. The stations to be visited by the Swatara are as follows: Hobart Town, Van Dieman’s Land.—Chief astronomer, Prof. W. Harkness, U.S. Navy, essistant, L: Wade; chief photograpber, wi. harebill and W. B. Moran; assistants, W. H. Devereaux. ander Ryans C-8: Nevys chtet paotegraseer, mander Kyan, U.S. Navy; chief p! er, Dryer and J >. R. Holmes; assistants, G. W. Stanley. New Zealand.—Chief astronomer, Prof. Pe- ters. of Hamilton college; assistant, Lieut. FE W. Bars, U. 8. A.; chief photographer, C. Phillipi; assistants, J. Rassell, E.B. Pierson yre. and L. H. E Crozette Island.—Chief astronomer, Captain Raymond, ngineers; assistant, Lient. S. E. Tillwan, U. 8. A; chief photo Rt. Pywell; assistants, J. G. Camp Foster. Chatham Isiand.— Chief astronomer, E. Smith, United States Coast Survey; assistant, A. H. Scott, United States Coast Sarvey; chief photographer, L. Seebatn: assistants, 0. Buch- ter and W. H. Kanu. pher, W. il and A. ly remain here for a take in the necse- fortnight or three weeks, sary supplies, and then proceed to the Orozeites, where Capt. Raymond, of the United States Army xceedingly talented officer, will be landed with his party. The courses will then beshaped for Kerguelen, New Zealand, and Van Dieman’s Land. In landing the parties the Swatsra will sail eastward directly around the world, as she could not make headway against the westerly gales of those latitudes, so that she will go nearly twice around the world before completing ber mission, steaming eventa- ally tonorthward of Australia, entering the In- dian ocean, and —_ up through the Ked ea and Suez canal into the Mediteranean. Prob- ably she will then relieve one of the vesse's of the Earopean station, and take her batte: We understand that . Chandler has offered, should the Encounter not be ready in time, to take the English expedition from here. Edwin Forrest's 5 MR. M’ARDLE, DISAPPOINTED RY THE TERMS OF THE WILL, STILL TRIUMPHANTLY RETAINS POSSESSION OF TRE HOUSE. (Correspondence of the Newark Advertiser. PHILADELPHIA, September 14, 157 It will astonish your readers to be told that the great American actor's will has been a very stumbling block to the executors, and it will be painful reading for you to learn that the actor « executors have pot amicably hitched hor-es. r. Forrest had two female servants, sisters, *hat he had found for years faithfal and true to 1im. It was supposed that the good servants would have some proviron made for them, but no; they were net mentioned in the will. ‘The “usiness manager, too, Mr. AcArdle, had served Mr. Forrest well for years, but, uufortunately “y forme accident, had lost €3,000 of the actor's money, and instead of finding an item friendly to him in the will, one charging him with this 35.000 was found. The opening of the will of course made consternation, and Mr. Dan Dougherty, one of the executors. thought it ‘est to sbut up the Forrest brownstone mansion m Broad street. In an exceedingly shabby manner he offered te pay the women ave week's -alary if they would leave the house. His prin- cipal reason for getting rid of them, tt was sup- posed, was to prevent Mr. McArdle from hay- ng shelter init. The women became indig- ont and left, refusing the pittance which Dan vad offered them. But Dan failed so ~ McArdle was concerned, for stack, and sticks to this day, and the neighbors say that the late comings and goings into the once loved mansion of the actor would now make him turn in his coffiv, if it is granted him to keey an eye er the corner of Broad and Master streets io this city of Brotherly L: Mr. McArdle, as I stated, sticks, but he wit- eesed the destruction of y by fire in a — where there were neither defective aes nor leaky stoves, and to this day the pso- ple of the neighborhood cannot for their. lives see what caused the fire in the library of the great tragedion. Mr. Dan Dougherty bas been recently offered $120,000 for this property, but it is hinted that he has advanced the price be- cause the purchasers are Sisters of Charity, and be does not want to ran the risk of bei: charged with favoritism in giving the Forrest mansion to his co-religionists. The pro} is im the ion of one who regards not the executors’ pleasure as to whether he should be there or not. The books that Forrest loved to con are cased and musty. The property is worth a great deal of money. With a country nome a to be enlarged and renovated to make an arylum for worn-out actors, and all this stubborn inactivity, because ‘‘there’s always a flaw in a donkey's will.” But then the home tor actors isso beset and infringed in by section this and clause that as to how the poor actors shall compose the: selves, and when they are to sleep and whether they @re to snore, that it is questioned whether any seven poor travelers or seven poor actors can ever enjoy & meal, fragal or otherwise, or avail of its sheltering roof. Indeed, It is hinted tbat be was not muc! the sock and buskin. Off the stage he did not tolerate them much, if cultural fo admitted to bar. In 1865, after the close of the civil war, he was appointed a justice of the supreme court of the state by President John- ~on, which posit retained until 1868, when the supreme ied by the reconstra‘ of the state. In 3 Hie i i TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. THE LOUISIANA TROUBLES. Penn's Milftary and the Telegraph A Deptal from Presiden New Yorx, September 2\.—President Urton, of the Western Unton Deiegraph Company, publishes a letter jenying that the transmiason Of meseages has bern interfered with in the south. He says :—During the evening of the day the troubles in New Orieans began, a guard wae stationed at our office in that oity, 4 rently for the purpose of interfering with the free access of persons having mosrages to send OF receive. Gar superintendent made a prompt net this act, and the moved. ' In two ee arrested by Penn military, but on being taken t» head jaarters they were discharged. The parties making the arrest were reprimanded, and no made to tamper with the mittee of cititens nor any per ciaed any censorship over Secets to them, or were f contents. The only persons favor was shown were officers of t States army, who were permitted ¢ private a te Of our auperi ter convenience in commun the officials at Washington. Their comma one were given, as they are } preference over ali other bu also says :—It Shreveport is obtained T manager at member of the #o-calin league, ror that the business o ‘oMce was interfered with during the troubles, no: that there wae any unusual delay in the trams mission of th or thelr ‘rleans cep in bi« nee the special states that Kellogg was own honre inst night te revolution. Lieuten: 1 and Secretary of State Desioude Lave resu wed thgit Tespeci..ve offices. ——_.—____ Bismark and Porto Rico f wy about the ce-sion of the y that it must have originated enemics of Bismarck. At Porto Rico some excitement was caused on reading the news in American papers, bat very few at- tached any credence to it, and the guvernot genera’ publicly denied having received any in- *wuctions from Spain in regard to thie metter, 4nd the local papers wlso denied that there wae any truth init. ‘There was considerable dirvat isfaction om the island, however, owing to the sroubled state of affairs in Spain, and to the fact that ail the important ofices are held by Spaniards. Since the emancipation of si last year, agricultural pursuits have been “§ siderably negiected, smal! land owners wot hay ing cash to pay weekly wages to former slaves. - The Republicae Spit in South Care. Hina. A CHAMBERLAIN MEE CHARLESTON, 8. C., meeting of colored repubi was last evening to ratify the nomination of berlain for Governor. Congressman Elilott, Chamberlain and others were announced to speak. When the meeting asse:mbled it became apparent that ite sentiments were strongly against Chamberlain. Congressman Kansier, one of the independent republican leaders, was elected chairman over the nominee of the regulars, and Elliott, Chamberlain, and other speakers tried vainly to be heard, their voices being drowned in ioud and continaous cheering for Judge Green, the independent republican candidate for Governor. The meeting adjourned about midnight. The expected resolutions rat- > iaemaaaaas of Chamberlain were not offered. GAMEETTA ON THE STUMP. Paris, September 25. ane nounced to deliver political speeches in various places tn the southern department, A NEUTRAL TOWN ATTACKED BY CARLISTS. The town of Andorra, capital of the neutral country of that name, lying between France and Spain, has been attacked by Uarli«te, be- cause the authorities refused to surrender a quantity of arms which were seized while in transit across the froutier for the insurgents The Scandal Again. LETTRE PROM CATHERINE &. peRowER. New York, September 25.—Catherine £. Beecher, sister of Henry Ward,in « letter to the Tribune, says the real originator ef the scan- dal is the proprietor of the Independent. She FS as to an appeal to the courts of justice in New Yerk city, where the jadicisl ermine is represented in the leading papers as sadly eul- lied, every delicate woman and every protector of women should protest against it as involving most serious dangers. ——— ne Redaction of Production by the Cot- ton M Proviprnce, September turers’ committee bad a f sud pnanimously agreed to tion of one- third in the production of cotton fabrics for the neat three mouths. A strong delegation was present from Fail Kiver, and sdopted the view of the Providence committee. Facts were sub- mitted showing that the prices of at cotton fabrics are below the actual cost of prodactien. —_e The Big Hora Fort Sres.e, Wrox tewber 25.—The Big Horn expedition Captain Mills, which started irom Bi Avgust 18, has been calied in Indians off their reservations. in good health. — Presbyterians Going New York, September 2 Uatod Presbyterian Board have decided two send six commissioners to Egypt and India. All the ar- ravgemente will be completed to-morrow, when the clergymen will leave. The Big Boat Race Postponed. St. Joun, N. B., September 25.—In eonse- quence of a dense fog the race between Brown and Morris has been postponed to seven o'clock Saturday. —The msnufac eoting to-day, ine, It found no The troops are jourmed for Four Yea Lovisvilie, September 2 machinists and blacksmiths’ conventton adjourned yester- day, to meet in Detroit in 1578. ——e Nominated for Congress. St. Louis, September The democrats of the tenth district have nominated Juige De- bolt for Congress. __ 4 Bor Kitcep with an Unneetca Wine — Ooroner Croker yesterday Leid an inquest in the case of Robert Bell, the lad, 14 years of age, late of No. 607 24 avenne, who, on the after- noon of the Sth inst., was stabbed in the head with an embrelis wire in the bands of Wm. Harrison, & bad boy, who instigated « quarrel near the corner of 13th and $d avenue. The wire pierced the skull and entered the brain to the depth of several inches, and the evidence was clear that Lbe fugitive Harrison struck the Harrison then fled and hss not yet been arrested, and it is believed that bis friends are keeping him concealed, alrhough there was a rumor that be bad committed suicide by jump- ing overboard. Jobn Dick deposed” that he saw two boye in front of No. 442 34 avenue, one chasing the other; svbsequeotly learned that their names were Robert Bell and Wm. Harrison; the latter was chasing Bell, and, com- rendered @ verdict againet Allaire, of the 2tst pre- efforts to arrest him.—7. THE GRawp MasTeRssir oF Faremasons.— A Masonic writes to the London News of the 10th :—Until the Prince of Wales ii l a H f rete 1;