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WASHINGTON Authoritative Denial of the Rumored With- drawal of General Grant. @ommnissioner Rollins Again at His Post. WASHINGTON, August 17, 1868, The Treaty Sent to China for Ratification. The treaty between the United States and China, recently ratified by the Senate, has been transmitted to the Chinese government for approval. Therefore the ratifications of the treaty cannot be immediately exchanged. The Rumors of Grant’s Intended Resignation, A good deal of uneasiness has been observed among the chief engineers of the radical party within the past three or four days. This uneasiness is manifested in sudden bursts of indignation at what they denounce as the gross mismanagement of fairs in the party by certain individuals who are neyer named, but only mysteriously hinted at, They have been heard to remark that if the republi- can ticket encounters defeat in the coming Presiden- tial contest certain leading men in both houses of Congress will have a heavy acore to settle with the party. ‘The principal cause of thelr anxiety at the present time has transpired within the last few days, Vague rumors have been passing around that Grant is not only lukewarm in the cause, but that he is actually on the stool of repentance for having been so blind as to entangle himself with the for- tunes of a sinking party, the failure of which sweeps him from the high position he has hitherto held in the hearts of the whole people, and consigns him to some mouldy corner in the cavern of obscurity, Statements of Grant’s apathy in regard to the great political issue and of his having discussed the effect his withdrawal from the republican nomina- tion would have upon the fortunes of the party or of his having expressed a desire to withdraw have found their way to the public; but they have inva- riably aroused a storm of indignant denial, and brought forth a multitude of irate paragraphs in the radical journals deprecating the growing mendacity exhibited by the public press. In this manner such statements have been whitewashed over and the courage of the uninitiated faithful has been sus- tained. But where there {sso much smoke there must be Bome fire. The truth which forms the groundwork of these rumors has been gradually leaking out, it is said, and will soon come upon the country with such a@ volume of confirmatory evidence that it will defy every effort to suppress it. I do not vouch for the truth of these statements, but there are those now in this city who pretend to know that two or three con- fidential consultations have been held at Galena, Ill., in which Grant and several of the prominent leaders of the republican party participated, What Mysterious influence operated to send these learned doctors of radicalism into lilinois after the General, 1s not known; but it is supposed that the before- Mentioned reports about Grant's withdrawal had much to do with it, The result of these pow-wows, however, is that ail the storles tn regard to said with- Grawal of General Grant from the Presidential con- test are denied by authority. Grant will not with- draw. He finds that he cannot do it, He may wish to fly the course, but he cannot. But an understand- ing was arrived at during these interviews on an- other important point, which may prove interesting to the country—Grant will rua, but if he is elected Colfax will be President, It cannot be definitely ascertained what reasons General Grant has for wishing that the Chicago Con- vention had met on the other side of the river Styx before they dragged him into the arena as a scape- goat to bear upon his shoulders the sins of the radi- cal party. Perhaps he distrusts his ability to guide ‘the ship of State through the whirlpools and break- ere of party strife; perhaps he views the future with prophetic vision, and can descry no visible signs of a republican victory, Whatever may be his reasons they are to him sufficient to nullity all his ambitious longings for Executive authority. Hence his willing- mess to let the Presidential mantle fall upon the ever ready shoulders of the smiling Mr. Colfax, by an early resignation of his office. Then, having raked the chestnuts out of the fire, like poor puss, he will be permitted to nurse his burns in peace and tranquillity. Nominations Not Acted On by the Senate— Partisan Legislation. On Thursday last the President received from the Secretary of the Senate the whole budget of nomi- ations which were not acted upon by the Senate up to the day of adjournment. This proceeding on the part of the Secretary is in accordance with a rule recently adopted by the Senate, providing that if that body shall adjourn or take a recess for a longer time than thirty days all nominations not finally disposed of shall be returned to the President, and shall not be acted upon by the Senate at its next session un- Jess renominated by the President. By the working of this convenient Senatorial rule every one of these nominations, eighty-four in all, as will be seen by a list published in tne HeraLp of the 3d inst., is virtually rejected. During the session the Senate succeeded in wrecking the hopes of one hundred and twenty-eight other appli- cants for civil offices, making the grand total of re- Jections foot up to two hundred and twelve, or an average of over one rejection per day. Prominent among these rejections are the names of some of the most distinguished soldiers who fought in the war for the suppression of the rebellion, which effectually Gisposes of the pretentious boast of the republican party that the Interests of the soldiers who fought to Preserve the government will be jealously guarded and diligently subserved as a partial reward for their noble self-sacrifice and exalted devotion. ‘The failure of the Senate to act promptiy upon nominations has materially retarded the execution of the government business in many parts of the country, and has added much to the? mbarrassments of the President in providing for the collection of the public revenues ‘and of guarding the national interests abroad. Many important offices have been left vacant, among which are the missions to Equador and Venezuela, the Collector of Customs and Naval Officer at New Orleans. Numerous vacancies exist inthe Internal Revenue Bureau, and a great number of important Post Ofices are unfilled; among these are the Post OMices at Milledgeville and Augusta, Georgia, and at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The removal of the in- Cumbent from the first was asked for because he was Convicted of embezzling money order funds with which he absconded. A removal was called for from the second because the Postmaster had been in- dicted for perjury, and the incumbent of the third ‘was removed for good and sufficient cause. Return of Commissioner Rollins. Commisstoner Rollins has returned to his duties, He was this morning engaged for aome time tn con- Versation With the Secretary of the Treasury, at the latter's office. It 1s definitely settled that Mr. Rol- Ains will not retire from ofice, at least until after the reassembling of Congress, The Appointment of Supervisors. ‘The appointment of Supervisors, under the new \ tax law, will now receive prompt attention from the Secretary. Nineteen nominations have been made by Mr. Rollins, and it is provable that @ conference in relation to these, as well as others, will take Place to-morrow between the Secretary and the Commissioner. The disposition isto make the ap- Pointments as early as practicable, as the twainess ofthe department demauds the atteution of such oMcers, The New Tax Bill—Location of Diatilertes. The section of the new tax bill prohibiting the Aistillation or rectification of epirits in distiixeries located within six hundred feet of each other will Involve several complicated legal questions, and its @peration will be to suppress one of the establish teents where they are ao situated, Many of the largest distilleries are in that proximity. Solicitor Binckiy, of the Internal Revenue Burean, has trane- mitted to Commissioner Rollins an opinion on this sutyect, inierpreting tap Jaw cousistentiy with the | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. ——~ above aatement, althongh he has not entered fully into 2, legal disquisition on the subject, General Rosecrans at the State Department. General Rosecrans spent a part of Saturday at the State Department with Secretary Seward, and re- ceived a portion of his instructions, His other in- structions will be prepared previous to his depar- ture for Mexico, which will not take place probably until the latter part of next month. The recently ratified convention for the settlement of claims has been sent to Mexico, No commissions will be appointed under it, as stipulated, until the final actien upon the treaty by the Mexican govern- ment and the exchange of ratifications, Army Bulletin. Second Lieutenant D. Q. Rousseau, Fifth infantry, has been ordered to duty as Ald-de-Camp to Brevet Major General Rousseau, commanding the Depart- ment of Louisiana. Brevet Colonel Charles ©. Gil- bert, Seventh infantry, has been ordered to report to Major General Meade, commanding the De- partment of the South, for assignment to duty. Colonel Franklin F. Flint, Fourth infantry, haa been ordered to the Department of the Platte, for assignment to duty. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Dewitt Clinton, Judge Advocate of the Advisory Board at the Loan Department, has been ordered to proceed to New York on special service, The resignations of First Lieutenant Solomon L. Hoge, Sixth infantry, and Second Lieutenant John N. Travis, Fourteenth infantry, have been accepted by the President. ‘The following named additional Paymasters of the Army have been mustered out and honorably dis- charged on account of their services being no longer required:—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Gardner, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Holt and Brevet Lieutenant H. P. Wolcott. The Secretary of War has directed Brevet Briga- dier General James Totten, Assistant Inspector Gen- eral, to proceed to Augusta, Maine, and make a full investigation of the cause of the recent fire at the Kennebec Arsenal, Illness of General Rawlings. General John A. Rawlings, Chief of Staif to General Grant, is confined to his bed, having had two hemor- rhages of the lungs yesterday. He is somewhat bet- ter this morning, and it is hoped that he will be out in @ day or two, Patents Issued. For the week ending on Tuesday, August 25, two hundred and eighty-five patents will be issued from the Patent OMice. During the past week three hun- dred and eighty applications and sixty-five caveats have been filed. OPINIONS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL EVARTS. WASHINGTON, August 17, 1868, The following are the opinions of the Attorney General, sent this afternoon to the Secretary of the Treasury, regarding the Alaska Collectorship and the Collector of Customs for the port of New Or- leans:— Collector of Customs for Alaska. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, August 1868, Hon. HuGH McCULLocH, Secretary of the Treasury Sir—In your letter of ‘the 28th ult, you state that a law was passed just at the close of the late session of Congress extending the customs laws over the Territory of Alaska and authorizing the appoint. ment of a Collector of Customs for that Territory, and that there was no time for a nomina- tion to be made for the office before ad- journment of Congress. Upon these facts you ask whether there is such ®& vacancy as can be filled by the President during the recess of the Senate, and if not, what provision can be lawfully made for the execution of the customs laws in that Territory uniil a Collector can be appointed. The case then presented is one of original vacancy, and is therefore not within or affected by the act of March 2, 1867, regulating the tenure of certain civil offices. ‘The power of the President to make a temporary ap- poiutment in thia case depends upon the extent of the constitutional authority to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate by grant- ing commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. The only consideration which the pre- cise question here raised upon a similar state of facts appears to have received in this oftice was given by r. Attorney General Mason, in an opinion touching the power of the President to fill the federal offices, established by the act of March 3, 1845, admitting lowa and Florida into the Union (4 Opin- ion, oy Mr. Mason held that where offices are created by law, taking effect during the session of the Senate, and no nominations are made, they can- not be filled by executive appointment during the recess of the Senate. If this opinion announces the correct constitutional doctrine the President has no hg to make @ saggy appointment for Alaska. it is to be observed, however, in regard to this opinion, that the view adopted 1s not supported by such a course of argument or reasoning as would imply an acquaintance on the art of the learned Attorney General with the full tntent and scope of the constitutional question; and, further, that in another opinion given ear afierwards by Mr. Mason there is abundant evidence that his views of the right of the President to grant temporary commissions in the recess of the Senate were subsequently quite diferent from those indicated in the opinion in the case of two federal omcers in Florida and Lowa, for in the latter opinion he expresses his general concurrence in the con- struction of the constitutional provision under con- sideration adopted by his predecessors and enforced by the continued practice of the Executive Depart- ment of the government from the time of its estab- lishment. In an opinion which I have the honor to communicate herewith, in response to your inquiry as to the power of the President to fill the existing vacancy in the office of Collector of New Orleans, | have stated the interpretation of the constitutional phrase describing the vacancies which may be tempo- rarily filled by the President which has been adopted by my learned predecessors in this oMce, and in which I freely concur. Under that interpretation [ am unable to discriminate in respect to the exercise of this constitutional power by the President between cases of continuing vacancies in the recess of the Senate which originated during the session by the new creation of the oMiceand those which so originate by a law- ful termination of an incumbency. Certainly the peed of the oficial service in the pablic interest is presumptively as great in one case as in the other, and the executive duty of the President, for the dis- charge of which this constitutional power is vested 1p him, is ere by the circumstance that the office is to be filled for the first time. The office to which you refer should be set in oj tion at once, unless some legal impediment to filling it existe. I do not find ite case embraced within the operation of the tenure of civil oiice actand under the ac- cepted construction of the constitutional authority ofthe President. I have no doubt of his power to grant a commission to @ Collector of Customs for Alaska, which shall expire at the end of the next session of the Senate. With great respect, I have the honor to be your obedient servant, WM. L. EVARTS, Attorney General. Coliector for the Port of New Orleans, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Au 17, 1868, Hon. Hues McCcL.ocn, Secretary of the Treasury :— Sir—I have carefully considered the facts in reia- tion to the Collectorship of New Orleans and the question which you submitted for BY, determina- tion, as arising therefrom. The case is this:—On the 17th of July, 1868, Mr. W. P. Kellogg, Collector of Customs at New Orleans, tendered his resignation of that office, and subsequently, on the same day, was sworn in and took his seat as a Senator of the United States from Louisiana. No action was then taken upon his resignation by the Executive Department; but before the adjournment of Con, which oc- curred on the 27th of July, the President sent to the Senate the nomination of @ successor to Mr. Kellogg as Collector, No confirmation of a successor was had by the Senate. Whether the nominations were rejected or laid over by the Senate does not appear. The office is now exercised by @ deputy, previousiy appointed by Mr. Kellogg, under the twenty-second section of the act of ‘ch 2, 1799 (1 Statutes, 644). omit for my opinion the First— deputy may lawfully discharge the duties of the office of Collector until a successor to Mr. Kellogg is lawfully Le gage and whether in snch a case the latter and his sureties are re- sponsible for the conduct of the former? Second—Whether the President, ander the cir- cumstances, has the power to appoint a Collector temporarily ? Third—Whether the President or the Secretary of the Treasury, under the sixth section of the act of May 18, 1792 (1 Statutes, 280), mas lawfully authorize any person to exercise the functions of a Collector, and fequire from him gecurity for the faithful dis- charge of the duties thereof until the office shall be regularly filed? will consider the second question first, The anewer I will give to it may render annecesaary m. opinion of the first and third questions, A prelimi. nary inquiry is whether the office of Collector of the port of New Orleans is now vacant, and if it ts by what reason it becomes vacant? i have not a doubt that the oMice of Collector at New Orleans became vacant by the resignation of Mr. Kellogg and by his complete institution as a member of the Senate; and it is not important to Inquire, in the present case, ‘which of these was the efficient means of his with- drawal from the office. Either, in my judgment, was adequate to the purpose, and the effect of either under the actual circumstances of the case was ac- complished during the session of the Senate, So, too, if there had been no express resignation of his office Mr. Kellogg's acceptance of the place in the Senate and his induction into tt, In view of the = viso of the constitution that no person holding any office under the United States shail be a member of either House during his continuance in oiice must be considered aa having the legal character of A resignation of the office of Collector. The case is one, therefore, of an office which became vacant during the late session of the Seuate by reason of resignation. May the President now fill the vacancy by ranting a commission which shail expire at the end of the next session of the Senate? The ques tion t resented, 80 far as it arises under the ect sod’ limited constitutional guthority of the esident to ack upow vacanoles oo ip office withous ; the advice and consent of the Senate, ts a familiar one, and though not tly the subject of consideration in one form an jons the guide upon which of the Executive been Uniform. The constitution says: shall have power to fill up all that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the en of their next session.” The only doubt ever sug- gested upon the construction of this clause of the constitution has relation to the true interpretation of the phrase “that may happen during the receas of the Senate.” ubject was fully discussed by Mr. Wirt in the year 1823, and no view or argument that could shed light upon a correct decision was omitted from his consideration of it. He arrived at the conclusion that the vacancy in oifice, which might be filled by the President under this clause of the constitution, was not confined by tt to vacan- cies originating or peatuning, to exist during the ree cess of the Senate, but embraces ail yacancies that from any casualty happen to exist at the time when the Senate cannot be consulted as to filling them. It is pol this interpretation alone that, in Mr. irs judgment, the whole purpose of the constitution is completely accomplished. (9, Opinions, 633.) The considerations which support and enforce this a3 the necessary and proper con- struction of the constitution are so fully stated in Mr. Wirt’s opinion and in the opinions of his suc- cessors—Attorney Generals Taney, Legare and Mason—and in the more recent review of the whole subject presented in Mr. Stanbery’s opinion of August 30, 1868, addressed to the Postmaster Gene- ral, that I deem it unnecessary to do more than refer ‘ou to those learned constitutional disquisitions, Vpon such an éstablished constitutional doctrine it is hardly useful to express an opinion as upon an original question. I have, however, upon motives of renewed interest in the whole subject of execu- tive authority in appointments to office, exerted 4 recent legis!ation of Congress, attempted to weig| anew the opposing interpretation of this clause of the constitution and the arguments affecting a just conclusion upon the question, and cannot but give my concurrence to the views of my learned prede- cessors, to whom I have referred. I proceed now to examine the recent legislation of Congress, known as the Tenure of Civil Oritce act, as bearing upon the subject. The only portion of that act which is applied tothe regulation of Executive pared in the filling of admitted vacancies tn office is the third section, which reads as follows:—‘That the President shall have power to fill all vacancies which may nepeen during the recess of the Senate by reason of death or resignation, by granting commis- sions which shall expire at the end of the next ses- sion thereafter, and, if no appointment by and with the advice and consent of the Senate shall be made to such office so vacant, or temporarily filled as aforesaid during such next session of the senate, such office shall remain in abeyance, without an, salary, fees or emoluments attached thereto, until the same shall be filled by appointment thereto by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and during such time all the powers and duties belonging to such officer shall be exercised by such other officer as may by law exercise such sgn and duties in case of a vacancy in such office.” rhe firat clause of this section of the act repeats the language of the clause of the constitution which I have cited, and does not attempt any legislative in- terpretation of the phrase “which may happeay during the recess of the Senate,” which it adopts from the constitution upon the text of the act. Therefore it is impossible to argue that the repetl- tion of the words of the constitution puts or pur- ports to put any interpretation upon them, They are simply adopted by the act in their true constitu- tonal sense, whatever that sense may be. But when we consider the general knowledge which all pei sons having a responsible connection with the co! duct of affairs, as well as all legal and political students had of the uniform interpretation of these words of the constitution, which had been accepted and acted upon by the executive branch of the overnment, it is conclusive presumption that longress accepted the words of the constitution in its adoption of them into legislation affect- ing the exercise of executive authority in the same sense in which they had been accepted and acted upon by the executive branch of the govern- ment. ‘This being 80, it will be observed that in th case of the vacancy now under consideration arising by resignation there is nothing in the operative enactment of this third section which, in terms or by any implication, affects or purports to affect the President's authority in filing the office, uniess aud until it shall have fallen into the predicament of “abeyance” described in the section. This condi- tion of “abeyance” is limited to arise upon the ex- piration of the “next session of the Senate’? without the oftice having been filled ‘‘by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.” This predicament of “abeyance,” in its application to the ofice made va- cant by Mr. Kellogg’s resignation, can only arise by the expiration of the next session of the Senate, without that body’s having concurred in @ full appointment to it. If that event should occur, then the operative enactment of the third section would come into pay and the office of Collector of New Orleans would be for the time ob- iterated from the public service; but until then I cannot perceive that the power of the President to act upon the vacancy in the office as it now stands 1s affected by the provisions of this act. I am, there- fore, of opinion that upon the well considered and long continued interpretation of this clause of the constitution the President has power to fill the va- cancy in the office of Collector at New Orieans by granting a commission that shall expire at the end of the next seasion of the Senate, and that the Tenure Civil Office act does not in terms nor in intent, nor in legislative construction of this clause of the constitution, affect this power of the President in the case submitted for my opinion. The disposi- tion I have made of the principle inquiry addressed to me doubtiess supersedes the need of adefinite con- sideration of the alternative advice which I am ask- ed for as to the possible modes of keeping open the port of New Orleans and collecting the customs revenue there, in case the President had not the re of apes a Collector. I have, however, looked at those questions sufMiciently to feel that they involve matters of much dificuity, and that the closing of the mouth of the Mississippi to foreiga commerce, and the transfer of that commerce to the Atlantic ports, would be an occurrence of astound- ing influence upon vast interests, I am happy to find no embarrassments as to the regular onicial administration of the collection of the revenue of New Orleans from the effect of executive power in the preinises. ‘ith great respect I have the honor to be your obedient servant, WM. M. EVARTS, Attorney Gencra!. ROAT RACE AT SING SING. 2 SING SING, August A spirited race between Charles Ward and Geraw T. Raymond, with light working boats, came of here to-day. The race was for $250 a side; buta much greater interest attached to it in consequence of an existing rivalry between the principals, and much feeling between the supporters and friends of the contestants. A large number of excited parti- sans of both men were present on the wharf, besides the usuai crowd of sightseers attracted by the match between the well known scullera Raymond and Ward, The men prepared for the encounter at about half-past three, and took a preliminary pull for a few hundred yards to bring their muscles into play. Littie schooners and scows were chartered by the crowd to follow the boats in the race; but the wind having died away before the termination of the race they did not have much advantage over those who remained on shore. At four o'clock the 41; was given for the start. Ward bent to his work, and dipped and turned his oar with that easy grace and force for which the Brothers Ward are so famous, and Raymond, who is no way inferior in muscle and build to his rival, made the water fy from his blade the drat stroke, showing from the start avim and vigor that angured well for tance from the stakeboat at Sing Sing pler to the stakeboat at Scarboro dock is two miles and a@ half, The terms of the race were that the boats must go this distance spines the wind and tide, and return with both to the stakeboat atthe pier. The nver was agitated by a slight breeze, which made the trip down a very severe one. Both men puiled well, bat each evidently husbanding his strength for the re- turn. Raymond had the outside of the course, and maintained it throughout the race. By putting on @ little extra steam, which was either not noticed, or if noticed was dij ded, by Ward, Raymond got three or four lengths ahead, and main- tained that advant: @ quarter of a mile, After passing the Prison It became evident that Ward was doing his best to recover the lost distance and bring his opponent abreast of him, but Raymond continue skiil and apparent case, to pull with great and increased ‘ather than diminished the distance he had gained at t THE NOMESTRETCH. The atakeboat, with its little red flag, could scarcely be discerned tn the distance, but presently,like @ sea bird taking wing, its white sali was hoisted and all knew that the point was turned, and ti the boats were now coming with wind and tide and as fast as brawny arms accustomed to the work could drive them over the water. The friends of Ward pre- dicted that Raymond would be short of wind on the return stretch, and consequently would not be able to prevent Ward from overtaking and passing him in the Tace, A few minntes of anxious straining of the Pa toward the two dark specks tipped with white fitting along the water revealed the fact that Ward had indeed gained considerabiy on bis opponent and was nearly abreast of him, but it was only a mo- mentary advantage, for Raymond again forged ahead without any apparent effort, increased the distance between Ward's boat and his, and kept it until nearly opposite the ratiw: tation, At this moment great excitement pi ig $100 to $25 on changed hands freely, betting by Ward. The latter, who reemed to have reserved himself for @ great effort at thia part of forth all his strength, the race, now put and the contest became very e: His immense efforts were, however, unavailing. Looking over his shoulder he saw that it was im- possibie to win and at once slacked off speed to the Stakeboat. Raymond dashed up with the same swinging ceful stroke that he started out with, and waa declared the winner of the stakes, The time made was 47% minutes for Ward and 47 min- utes for Raymond. . an excuse for Ward by some of It was of as his friends that he pulled too ciose in shore and lost distance in pulling out again, but Ward himseif acknowledged to yen? when, after the race was decided, they had a friendly 4 ; Lom tan Eteer ra rink together, that in ue pet tad meee better scuiler agg wae ~~ ee — THADDEUS STEVENS. Last Honors to the Great Commoner at Lan- caster—Impressive Funeral RiteeThe Pro- cession and the Spectators. Lancaster, August 17, 1868, During Saturday the remains of Mr. Stevens lay in state in the parlor of his late residence and were vis- ited by many hundreds of his friends and constitu- ents, who were anxious for a last look at their old friend and Representative, The atreet was crowded during the whole time the doors were open and up to late hour in the evening even, after which many were sent away disappointed. On Sunday, contrary to the intention, the immense press of visitors, persistent though respectful, caused the relatives to admit many to see the remains and numbers of onr citizens took advantage of the op- portunity, knowing that to-day his constituency of the district would be waiting ‘heir turn, Early this morning the coMn was again opened and the crowd again commenced pouring through the rooms. The coflin was decorated with wreaths and a cross of evergreen and white lilies, The face Was becoming somewhat discolored; but the expres- sion Was the same, and all who had known him agreed that the appearance was more natural than they had expected, Previous to the arrival of the trains the people of the vicinity began to come in by hundreds, the ve- hicles ining the streets and the people the side- walks, giving some idea of the crowd we might ex- pect later. The first train brought from Harrisburg Governor Geary, Senator Cameron, General Heint- gelman, several oMcers of the departments and a number of citizens, and from York another large delegation. They proceeded to visit the remains, finding some diMculty in reaching the door on ac- count of the crowd, even at that early hour. Still they came, filling the streets, the scene exceeding anything witnessed here for years. There was no confusion or disorder, as 13 too common, but all seeming to realize the solemnity of the occasion. Indeed, the shadow of the fallen great seems to cover the whole community, All differences are laid aside, and all unite in testifying the respect with which the lifelong consistency and devotion to principle of ‘Thaddeus Stevens have inspired both friends and op- ponents, The trains westward next arrived, the regular one bringing large organized delegations from. yarious points along the route, one of the finest of which came from Westchester, The special train from Philadeiphia brought the Mayor and Councils of that city, delegations from the ‘“Invincibles” and the Union League, the latter carrying a splend d banner draped in mourning, and also @ representation from the colored citizens of Philadelphia, including a com- mittee from the Benneker Literary Institute. The city was by this time literally filled by the vast crowd, and now the various organizations began to muster for the procession, all turning out in large nuinbers, and despite the difculties incident to the crowded state of the streets they were promptly ee by the efficient Marshall, Colonel W. L. arr. At two o'clock the services at the house were com- menced with an invocation by Rey. A. H. Kremer, of the First Dutch Reformed chureh, tn the following words:—O, Thou Triune God—Father, Son and Holy Ghost—who art our refuge in time of troubie, lift upon us the light of Thy countenance and grant us Thy help. Give us grace to improve the aMictions of Thy hand, and turnourn our hearts to keep Thy commandments, May we, in the fellowship of Thy holy Church, Dring forth the fratts of a godly life, and that, having persevered in the way of virtue and piety to the end, We may, with prophets, apos- tles, martyrs, confessors and saints of all ages, come into fuli communion with one another in’ Thine eternal and glorious kingdom, through the medium of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen, The Rey. Bishop Bigier, of the Moravian Church, then read the ninctieth psalm. ; Yben followed a prayer by Rev. BE. H. Nevin, ag follows:— O God! Thou only True and Living God ! before whom angels bow and archangels veil their faces, we come betore Thee at this time with profound grief, humility and revereuce. Thou hast been pleased in Thy mysterious providence to remove from this city and,State and nation an eminent citizen, who has filled high places of trust and honor, and we have been summoned together to pay our last tribute of respect to his mortal remains, While we mourn over his depar- ture, we would seek to be resigned to Thy Sovereign will, We thank Thee for the many distinguished and heroic virtues with which he was adorned, and the many noble works that he was successful in achieving. We thank Thee that he sympathized with the poor and oppressed and the suffering; and that he was willing to employ his Lc cmanemeag ene talents and influence to alleviate and improve thelr condl- tion, We thank Thee for his devotion to jus- tice and righteousness, and for the good that has been accomplished for the land and the world by his constant and unflinching advocac) of these divine riaciples, We thank Thee for bis earnest and untiring devotion to “the cause of education. In all the virtues that adorned his heart and the manly traits that distinguished his life, may his example be fuitated by us all, and especially by the legislators of our State aud nation. Bless his aflicted relatives, and comfort them in the midst of their sorrows. Help us all to be true to our highest and most sacred convictions of duty while living, so that we may be enabled to triumph with the consciousness of inward peace on the bed of death, All of these things we ask tn the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Adorable Redeemer. Amen, The cofiin was closed and conveyed to the hearse by the pall-bearers, and the line of procession bogan to inove a8 follows:— Captain of Police and City Police. Chief Marshal and Alda, ‘The Fire Department. (The “ShiMers’’ had the left, it being the company of which the deceased was for many years a member and officer.) The ity Cornet Bahd. The Mayor, Councils and Schoo! Board of Lancaster. County Officers and United States Omcers of the Ninth district. The Medical Faculty. Members of the Press. ‘Trnstees, Faculty and Students of the Franklin and Marshall College and State Normal School. Monterey Lodge of Odd Fellows, Junior Order of American Mechanics. Westchester Delegation. Deputation of Colored Citizens of Philadeiphia and other places, including a representation from the Board of Aldermen from Washington city. Kepublican Invincibies, Union League of rhitadelpaie with draped banner, Mayor and Councils of Phila .elphia. Har of Lancaster. Governor Geary and State OMicers. Committee of Arrangements. Clergy. Pall Bearers. Hearse, attended & Committee of Escort from ‘The Relatives of Deceased in carriages. The ly of citizens which was intended to close the procession was abandoned, as the crowd was 40 great as to make it impossibie to form into line, and they moved en masse towards the burial ground in advance of the procession proper. The line marched up South Queen street to Centre square, out East Ring to Lime, up Lime to Chestnut and down Chestnut to the cemetery, where the va- rious organizations divided to the right and left, and the clergy and hearse, with its attendants, passed through, and the procession closed up tn the rear. Not one-tenth of the vast assemblage could find standing room within the grounds, and the streets on ail sides were blocked up durii the entire progress of the ceremonies, and very few of neces- sity could hear the voices of the speakers, Arriving at the cemetery the buriai service of the Lutheran Church was read by the Rev. W. N. Got- wald, after which the Rev, Dr. Wombert, of the st. James Episcopal church, delivered the following address:— We are here to commit to the earth the mortal re- mains ‘haddeus Stevens; totender our condolence to the bereaved family and to otter in a few words the grief with which this city, the chosen home, this great commonwealth, the adopted State and this reat American republic, the true fatherland of the ried, give up their illustrious dead. You have ly heard the accounts of sorrow, commingled with (hose of admiration and respect, proceed.ng from. numerous public bodies and reflecting the thoughts and feelings with which the American people respond to this Providential dispensation. In due course of time appropriate eulogies will be pronounced by eloquent tongues in the hails of Congress and the Legisiatare, and aught besides a short, a partin; word, uttered tn faitering tones in this sequeste: spot, the chosen resting place of our lamented friend, be beside the purpose. won Thaddeus Stevens was born on the 4th of April, 1792, Peacham, Caledonia county, Vt. His pa- rents were poor. He was a sickly child and lame; but the strong intellect with which God had blessed bim was on detected by hia loving mother, who tolled with all her strength to secure for him the benefit of an education, Thaddeus was ambitious, and turned the few opportunities for improvement to such good account that he «peedily succeeded to qualify himself to enter Dartmouth College, whence he graduated with honor in i814 Immediately after leaving Dartmouth he removed to York, in this State, where he taught a school for a livelihood, and read jaw carefully and steadily through the intervals of the day and night. Admitted, after many dis- couragements, to the bar, he attained a good practice and rose to eminence in his rofession, which for many years he fol- lowed without participating in politics. The election of John Quincy Adams to the F ency, and the bitter contests which followed the triumph of the democrats in the election of General Jac! in 1828, and his decided action, aroused the politica Mr. Stevens, and he threw himself into the ol conte He (ook sides with the Adams yan. a merged into the whig party he i became an ac+ ve whig. In 1833 he waselected to the Legislature Wy, the whigs of Adame county, and was returned by ie same party during the years 1834-'35-'a7-"41. In 1896 he Was @® member of the Pennas nt Constitutional Convention, and took an active in all the important debates in the framing of that instrument; but being then, a9 always since, hos- tile to slavery he ret to sign the document Upcpuee ied om pegoums pf State art attr ieeendiline time athena ake color. After the adoption of the constitution Mr. Stevens was in the Legislature. was 8 peri intense — political excitement. Fora time two Legislatures were in session, Mr. Stevens being the leading spirit in one ardent democrat in the other, They finally coalesced without violence and united tn the choice of a ped and infother acts of legislation, In 1838 Mr. was appointed a Canal Commis- sioner, and managed, 60 as he had the power, the system of internal improvements of Pennayl. vania with skill and ability. In 1842 Mr. Stevens re- moved to this city, since which time Lancaster has been his home. He immediately took @ front rank atthe bar, and was many important cases. The interval from to 1843 was devoted to his profession; but im the latter year he was elected to the Thirty-second Congress from this district, and did valiant battle st the repeal of the Missourl Compromise, the itive Slave law and the Kansas-Nebraska bill. In 1859 Mr. Stevens was again returned, and has been re- elected ever since, and at the time of his death was serving his seventh term, This is the briefest possi- ble outline of his public career. Passing from it to his character, we note the tratts which will enshrine nis name in the hearts of his countrymen so long as this great republic shall en- dure, “He was an honest man. He loved his coun- try, loved mankind. He loved liberty. During his long public career, exposed to every kind and de- gree of temptation, he never once swerved from the path ofrectitude; and neither the bitterness of party strife nor the excitement of political antagonism has ventured to uccuse Thaddeus Stevens of dis- honesty or corruption. He always acted on convic- tion, and however men may have differed with him as to the correctness of his convictions or the ex- pediency of his measures, it was proverbial that no pecuniary or seliish consideration could move him from what he deemed the path of duty, His stern sense of duty, Ms indomitavle will, i sublime and fearless resolution lifted him far above selilshness, and proclaimed him at all times as a true and faithful and honest servant of the republic. The light tn which he viewed an action prompted by selfishness and the gold so much coveted and prized by more dwarfish natures than his, is best portrayed in his own words, taken from his great speech on education:—-“No name, no honor can long be per- petuated by mere matter, Of this Egypt furnishes melancholy proof. Look at her stupendous pyramids, which were raised at such immense expense of toil and treasure! As mere masses of matter, they seem as durable as the everlasting hills; yet the deeds and the names they were intended to perpetuate are now longer known on earth. That ingenfous people attempted to give immortality to matter by embalm- ing their great men and monarch. Instead of doing deeds worthy to be recorded tn history, their very names are unknown, and nothing is left fo posterity “but their disgu mortal frames for idle curiosity to stare at, What rational being can view such soul- less material perpetuation with pleasure? Lf you ca enjoy it, go, sir, to the foot of Vesuvius, to Here! laneum and to Soe those eternal monuments of human weakness, There, if you set such value on ma- terial monumen’s of riches, may you see all ibe giioy: of ar’, the magnificence of wealth, the gold of Ophir and the rubies of the East preserved in indestructi- ble lava along with their haughty wearers—the cold, smooth, petrified, lifeless beauties of the citles of the dead. Who would not shudder at the idea of such prolonged material identity? Who would not rather do one living deed than to have his ashes forever enshrined in ever burnished gold? Sir, I trust that when we come to act on this ques- tion we shall all take lofty ground—look beyond the narrow space which now clreumscribes our vision; beyond the passing, fleeting point of time on which we stand, and go cast our votes that the blessing of education shail be conferred on every son of Penn- sylvania, shall be carried home to the poorest child of the poorest inhabitant of the meanest hut of your mountains, 80 that he, even, may be prepared to act well his part in this land of freemen, and lay on earth a broad and solid foundation for that enduring knowledge which goes on increasing through un- ceasing eternity.” He loved his country, and this is the secret of his wonderful success, He was an ardent patriot, whose name would have tluninated the annals of ancient Rome, as tt does and will illuminate the annals of the United States, 3 great and momentous qu Yet them go until & ‘oted and enthusiastic at- tachment to the republie he made them yield the greatest possible good, not to any section, but to the whole country, It takes a strong mind, an intrepid ions of the day, anc 1 will and unconquerable resolution for a man to confront-his contemporaries to rise above sectional and party interests, to soar above praise or calumny and to Vindicate the claims of right and justice. ‘Thaddeus Stevens did so again and again, and ti sublime heroism was inspired by his undying love of country and made him what he was—a leader of He loved mankind, The uneducated masses, own-trodden slave, the oppressed and f rsaken cf every country or creed found @ willing ear and ready help at the hands of Thaddeus Stevens. To this large-hearted prianirony we are indebted for the common school system of Peunsylvania, for many of our internal tinprovements, for many great Coa- onal measures looking to the elevation of our race and the progress of civilization, such as the Homestead law, the Pacific Railroad, the encourage- ment f ven to ocean tramic, and last, not least, the abolition cf slavery. His creed as a political econo- mist may be summed up tn the words:—“One family of man, without respect to cilme, race or color; oue 1 law for every citizen or denizen, ng wgis over ali.” As in everything, thropy—he was uniform and consis appealed to him in vain, No poor man or woman left his doorempty handed, He asked no questions when he saw poverty or distress. He gave, and what he gave often surpassed the ex- pectations of the suitors, Thaddeus Stevens loved liberty. The narrow bar- riers of party lines, of religious creeds, of exclusive legislation, of a fettered press, of oligarchies aspir- ing to overthrow the liberties of the people by making the will of the een | yield to the designs of a few armed with oficial power and the resources and appliances of wealth—all these he hated with bitter hatred and opposed with all his powers. Love of liberty made him the leader of Congress during the eventful period through which we have recently passed, and to his irresistible tenacity of purpose and all-conquering, all-distancing power of argu- meat, drawing inspiration from his tnborn loye e liberty, we are, under God, 80 far as Congressional legislation could accomplish it, indebted for the suppression of the rebellion and the restoration of the Union. This inbora love of liberty and ab- horrence of all exclusiveness made him actually se- lect this retired spot for his burying piace, for he re- fused even to allow his ashes to lie in a cemetery which, unlike God's earth and air, forbids that those who are created with his image, carved in ebony instead of ivory, should sleep there their last sieep; ant here all are friends, to bury Tha kdous Stevens. Did I say bury Thaddeus Stevens? I unsay bury his mortal remains, for he cannot be buried; as alegisiator, a statesinan, universally acknowl- edged by friends and adversaries an honest man, a er a philanthropist and a champion of liberty, e will live In the hearts of his countrymen and be pointed out in history as one who, under the benefl- cent operation of our free government, rose from obscurity to world-wide fame and ¢ ‘ebrity; who loved his country, made it honored and respected and served it well, Thaddeus Stevens departed this life in Washington at twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, the 11th inst., seventy-31x years four months and seven days, after having been faithfully and tenderly watched over and ministered unto by sisters Loretta and Genevieve, of the Providence Hospital, universally regretted by a grateful people. = he sleep in peace. ev. J.T. Hurl then read a prayer from the Lutheran burial service, after which Dr. Gray, Chap- lain of the United States Senate, made the conciuding remarks, as follows:— CITIZENS OF LANCASTER AND PEOPLE OF PENNSYL- VANIA—We have brought home your tliustrious dead. Not yours only, but ours. Not ours, but the nation’s, Our journey from the capital to one city wae marked very Ch gegen fl by flags flying at if mast, by the tolling of bells and by the tears of the people; and to-day, while we are here engaged in these sad obsequies, could we hear, there would come to our ears trom afar the wall of sorrow and the sounds of grief. Could we see we should behold not individuals only, but whole States stand- ing waitt round as pall bearers, We had hoped that a favoring Providence would have spared your representative at least ti!l the close of another ‘session of Con for grave questions are pending involving the Interests of thirty miilions o! geri, which seem to us to reqnire prominently his wise counsels and executive skill But it is otherwise ordered and no doubt wisely; therefore bow tn submission to the will of the Supreme Ruler, who, when the clock of Time struck the hour, sent His angel to nnbar the gate of the future, and said to his servant, “Well done; come up higher.” And now, till the morning of the resurrection, we commit all that remaius of our de- parted friend to the grave and to the guardianship of that God who watches alike over the living and the dead; and as the mouth of the Cy closes upon this sacred dust we will pray God to give to Ver- mont another son, to Lancaster another citizen, to Pennsyivania another statesman, to the country an- other patriot, to the poor another friend, to freedom another advocate, to race another benefactor, and to the world another man like Thaddeus Stevens, An anthem, “Rest in Lrg was sung by the choir, ander the direction of Professor Glitter, and the benediction was then pronounced by Rev. C. H. Torrey, when the services closed, The whole day has been remarkably free from dis- order, The police arrangements were excellent. Captain Frailey deserves much credit for the emcient Manner in which his duties were discharged, The penned movement of the whole people to-day lemonstrates how fully the immediate constituency of Thaddaus Stevens appreciated his faithfulness in their services, how they reve the great name which has now passed into history, and thts tribute to hia memory will bot be forgotten by those who witnessed it, The number of persons in the procession anid at the ceremony is estimated at fifteen thousand, BOOK NOTICE. Picrortat, History or tie Great te. By Alfred H. Gurney an’ ea Part Second. ee There are many effective sketches of war acencs and some excellent portraits accumulated here, and thus put to an association likely to give them the Alden. pers’ History.” The literary part is simply the jov- bery that was necessary to string the prints together, Though the authors seem to desire to claim a higher character for their labor it will not be accorded be- yond a coterie of admirers, and they must be content, ry Mabe 1m bookselless’ jobe generaliy, with THE NATIONAL GAME. Atlantlo ve. Mutual—An Exciting Contest— The Mutuals Defeated. Another of those games which can be seen but once in a great while; which fll thousands with buoyancy and excitement; which make great, strong men “become as little children;” which send the blood dancing, darting, tearing, teasing, tickling through the veins; which cause the observers often- times to withhold respiration until the almost un- consctous Imposition becomes painful or until some good point is made which allows the opening of a safety valve through which the imprisoned air finds vent in @ long, loud cheer; one of those games which hold throngs spellbound with admiration and anxiety and which possess such an overpowering Influence as to restrain any inclination to unruly boisterousness or rowdyism; in point of fact, as cousin Feenix would say, one of those games. between the Mutuals and Atlantics which tend toward the championship of the United States, came om yesterday at the Union grounds, Brooklyn, BE. D. The Unions of Morrisania, by virtue of having de- feated the Atlantics twice last season, obtained the title of champions; but it ts generally conceded that to hold the ttle they must defeat the Mutuals and Atlantics; and it is further generally conceded that to hold the title they have “no child's play” before them. Being generally conceded, as above intimated, that the Mutuals and Atlantics—and the Eck fords may now be justly added—will give tho Unions the hardest work they may meet with, the games between these clubs become of more than ordinary import, and to see how these organizations will deport themselves in their preparatory contests for the championship the lovers of base ball flock to the grounds where the games are to be played. Within the enclosure of the Union grounds yesterday there were certainly not less than ten thousand per- sons, posted on every available tach of the fleld out- side of the portion reserved for the players, and on the club houses and fences they were literally packed, while outside the ground gamins of various ages peeped through the chinks between the boards, and the housetops and windows in the neighborhood each held its quota of _inte- rested spectators. Yet this immense crowd de- orted itself with most commendable urbanity, ‘here was a large police force on hand, but, to the credit of the assemblage be it said, the officers found little more to do than merely warn the venturesome ones to “keep off the field’ and become themselves = of the admiring throng and participants in the interest and excitement. Owing to the good ar- rangement of the grounds a “fair fleld and no favor’? was given to the competitors, Mr. Charles D. Walker, the well known pitcher of the Active Club, of New York, was chosen umpire, and shortly after three o'clock the game opened, with the Atiantics at the bat. Previous to the game, Judging from the late exhibitions of etther club, it was generally ex- pected that the Atlantics would come out victorious: with @ score of at least two to one. The game was commeaced in a manner which strengthened the general belief, as the Atlan- tics Were somewhat more effective at the bat than their opponents were; but the latter behaved manfully in the field, and throughout the game, althou the Brooklynites preserved the lead, allowed the ex-champtons to reach the first but three times by errors in the fleld. Notwithstanding the fact that the Atlantics kept steadt!y in advance the Mutuals worked faitlifully and well, and by most un- precedentedly sharp playing sowed that they could fight up-hill aa well as anybody. At the end of the sixth Innings the score stood ten to three in favor of the Brooklynites, and the Mutuals, finding that there was a chance to win, went in with a will, worked harder, in fact, than they had done before, and suc- ceeded tn adding eight to tieir score and aflowing the Atiantics to make but two. In the seventh in McMahon made a very foolish play, and one which, perhaps, had a ney to place the figures as they finally st vere was but one hand out and two on the n Mae started to steal third, and travelling at rather a stow gait waa headed off by a good throw from Mills to gason. In the last inning the excitement had hed is height, and as batter after batter of the Mutuais made good, safe, solid hits each was cheered most vociferously, From all parts of the fold cheer atrer cheer rotled up, each succeeding cheer joule and longer and stronger than the preceeding one, So intense was the excitement that as the Mutuals gradually closed the gap bettveen themselves and the Atlantics the immense throng was lifted to lis feet, hats and hands were waved, and ail tio players on the inside started with the striker to run around the bases, each one seeming to feel that he himself was the one on whom the result depended, They soon recovered — therhselves, however, and laughingly trotted back to the bench. Eleven runs had been scored and Swandell had reached third basé¢ on a tremendons hit to right Held, and would have tied the game had he succeeded in getting “home.” Fianly hit a high ball between left and centre felds, which was deemed very safe, but Chapman went for it on a fail run, and grasping it on the fy in a manner which piainly showed that he Knew he was grasping victory held the ball up triumphantly, to show that [t was v8 The roar that rent the air then was beyond deserip- tion, The crowd, knowing that the game was won and lost, surged in and broke from ail sides of the fleld, not yelling and hooting, but sending out hearty cheers for both victors and vanquished, To particularize the playing would be invidious, Each aad every man did his duty, and did it weil. Mr. Waiker too much credit cannot be given, His decisions were delivered promptly. feariessly and with unquestionable justice. Both partes have reason to feel proud of the game, which, as one of the most beautiful and exciting of the season, will stand high upon the record. lows:— The score is as fol- ATLANTIO. MUTUAL. Players. F. 1.0, R. BR, layers L.0.R. 2. Pe -Ba204 rsigs ‘OLB OL 2138 008 3 2 Waite 1223 20238 8 Pike 123% 118.1 1 Gaivin, lath. Lea. [10 3 2B Tarbox, 84 b. 041i Ferguson, ai'b.. 0 0:1 3 9 Dewyr,'s 0500 Zerties [10 4 0 1 Swandell, 6. f° 1402 0 4:0 0 Fianly, 24 b. oga32 6971215 Totals... 7271116 INNINGS. 1st, 91, Bf. 4h. Beh. Bh. Hh. Beh. 9h. o4 0 4 0 10 po 20 0 0 80 6 jom an I, Pike 1. Out on basea—Auiantic 12, Mutual 13. Total bases on hits—Atiantic 26, Mutual 26, Bases on errors—Atlantic 3 Mutual 8. Foul bound catches Dockney 2, Mills 2, Ferguson 1. Catches on atrikes—Dockney 1, ‘Mill Double piays— aniy anit Outs on foul Umpire—Mr. Walker, of the Activ Scucern—M Monk and Coyte. ‘Time of gaine—One hour and forty-five minutes, Base Ball Notes. Bearman will, in all probability, join the Hay- makers, Simmons, who started from the metropolis as one of the reserve of the Unions, left the latter club at Chicago and linked his fortunes with the Excelsiors, of that city. Shrteves, of the Matuals, has become tired of ing a3 an accommodation member and will for Chicago in a few days. Excelsior! The Hopes defeated tne Arctica on Saturday last, with a score of 48 to 10, The Gothams are in @ better condition cially” than they ever were. amite.”” The Excelsiors, of Chicago, intend to give a testi- monial to Zeller. The Eurckas, of Newark, one of the best clube and one composed of thorough gentlemen, are keeping very quiet, but intend to give some amateur per- formances during the season, The Eureka-Eimpire muita match ts anxiously ex pected. The match game of base ball between the Mary- land Club, of timore, and the Pastime, of Rico mond, resulted in the defeat of the latter. The Olympics, of Washington, D. C., played a game. of base ball with the Athletics, of Philadelpt which was won by the latter by. core of 35 to The Athletics were “whitewashed” once, and wi unsuccessful in their attempt to put @ blank score on the Olympics. The match game of base ball between the Uniona, of Morrisania, and the Actives, of In‘'ian yeaterduy, resulted in a defeat of the latter by a Of 8 to a lay- leave “finan- Ask Cohen or “Goth- Matches to Come Of. To-day—Eckford va. Mohawk; Union grounds; Eagle vs. Sparta: Oriental of Greenpoint va. Ivanhoe of Sing Sing, at Greenpoint. Wednesday—Atiantlc vs. Active, Capitoline; Gra- mercy vs. Athlete, at Washington Height, ‘Thursday—Atiantic va. Keystone, Union grounds, Friday—Eckford va. Keystone, Union grounds, Saturday—Mutual vs, Keystone, Union grounds; Harlem va, Americus, Tremont, THE LABOR QUESTION. Meeting of Master Masons, The meeting of master masons held at the Me- chanics’ Exchange, Liberty street, yesterday after- noon, was very poorly attended. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and approved several of the principal employers reported having as many ten hour men at work as they wanted, Mr. Toss denied the truth of the report that the master masons were ready to yield to the demands of the bricklayers, and urged his brother “bosses” to stand or fall vy their original resolutions, Mr. Conover very properly objected to the term ‘idle middle meu” as applied to the master masons, considerti Wt i otattn tb pos of maser ad ais ms¢|ves to the positio industry ote ae ident also made the Ht 4 Jing announcement he bad been recent! threatened with assassination by the strikers, ar stated his Las asin that in the évent of (hese ardiy threat rried out the perpetrate the “deed ‘would ‘not ga in their end, for al body might be ned to the gra to var Tnuented Mr Brown) aut would uadoubtedy: tue master magone to Vicirty = * ~