The New York Herald Newspaper, October 14, 1871, Page 7

| ’.. PRANOSE. dil Oppositionists Against M. Pereire’s Appointment. ™ _ Bana, LEGRAM TO TWE EW YORK HERALD wes tr- "PARIS, Oot. 13, 187% ayerDvy.- e gal journals are unanimous in their cen- NEW YORK AMRALD, SATURDAY, UUTUBER 14, 187.-THIPLY SHEET, iis eta | WASHINGTON. THE LEST FROM CHICAGO, ‘The Citisens (till Nervous and Anxious—Appre- t. Creo, Oct. 18, 1871. The coal yled are burning furiously to-night, lighting up tix heavens for miles around. No dan- ger is appretded, but the illumination makes many citizensnxious, oat A small fire)courred this afternoon in the south- Pt - % appomsmensot M, Pereire to the Mims | west part of te city, but was extinguished without coneact & republican rvpublicans to his aid or counsela.’? STOMS TARIFF WITH GERMANY. | from Versailles state that during & the Permament Commission yesterday voterior, 2Md accuse M. Thiers ‘‘of pre-| the aid of théFire Department, The citizens are government with- | highly exctted sn the subject of the incentiarism, and many tnsig that a determined conspiracy is on foot to burn ypthe city. SHBLYER FOR THE HOUSELESS, Ninety thotsand inhabitants of the burned district stated that “all dimoulties in the way | nave come wer into the West Division and found cation of the Customs Treaty with Ger- | temporary aplding places with the dwellers. Food cen removed.’? COMMUNISTS’ CORBBOTION, also brought up during the sitting the im profusion is distributed to the churches and Bchoolhouses, Some of the laboring classes take advantage of the free disiribution and refuse to e trial of the Communists, and urged | work for less than 8 dollar an hour, , tow remaining in prison be speedily te the proper tribunals, ¥LOW OF SPECIE, inthe Bank of France has been in- 0 francs during the past week, (ANY AND FRANCE, Aonal Conventions Said To Be Signed. AM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. at One hundred destitute children were provided with homes in Cincinnati, 4 MAMMOTH SOUP HOUSE is in rapid process of erection by the Cincinnati Re- lef Commitee, and when finished will be turned over to the Obicago suthorities to be run all winter at an expense of about $12 per day. It will supply hundreds with nourishment daily. THE MILITARY FORCE has been increased by General Sheridan, and guards are placed on almost every block where. valuabies are buried in the débris of the fire, Hundreds of shanties for temporary dwellings are being put up im the burned district, ‘There is an enormous de- BERLIN, Oct, 13, 1871. | Mand for lumber, and it has run up from $15 to $17 Bere that. two commercial conven- per thousand forcommon, Multitudes of people Frante and Germany were signed | ®T¢ leaving the city for St. Louis and other points 16 Mo Peoyer-Quertier will leave to» pay = T4G4LAND. Strike Movement at. New- ‘le Progressing to, Riot, Accidents—Manchester Cone 2 French Commercial Policy.’ \ TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpow, Oct. 13, 1871, | s00 work hours difficulty between the | wo kingmen at Newcastle seems.as ant as before. * refuse to employ all of their old mployers will not agree to pay an T@ the skilled labor of the old concessions on time unless they | Visitors’ co: ‘West, The Mayor grants free passes to women and children, , THE NEWSPAPERS. J. B. Macullough, of the Repudiican, lost $40,000, Dut resumed publication to-day, Story, of the Times, will not reissue fora month, William Og- den, head of the Chicago Committee, has lost over tis hipaa, ¢ One ean mae nbd Bay, Wis, rea, ‘The water Works’ main pumps are undergoing re- pair and will be at work ina few days. The 7ri- ‘une of to-day suggests that if THE GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND FIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, for new government buildings it will domore (han anything else to restore public confidence. On tne whole, excellent order hag prevailed since the fre, CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE AMERICAN IN- STITUTE FAR. OcronsR 13-11 P. M. To mie Eprror oF THE HeRaup:— The following contributions from the managers of the American Institute Fair will be forwarded at |iscellanOUs.....ccreom, ‘Total donation... ceecoee 02402 United States Consul, head the lists for retier of the Chicago sufferers, and are active in securing su scriptions, FRANKF ORT-ON-THE-MAINe Bankers and Merchants as Propagandists of Charity. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAI, Oct. 13, 187T, ‘The leading bankers and prominent merchants of Frankfort take an active interest tn the Chicago re Mef movement, both by the donation of very cred- itable contributions and personal efforts for the ob- tainment of subscriptions from their fellow-citizens and their friends in other German communities, PARIS. Omicial Call for an American Meeting. PaRis, Oct. 13, 1871, United States Minister Washburne has issued an offictal call for an American meeting to be held in this city to-morrow, so that hits fellow citizens resi- dent here may subscribe for the relief of the Chicago suferera. DUBLIN. Citizen Call for a Civic Assemblage of Relief, DUBLIN, Oct. 18, 1871. Many of the most prominent citizens of tne me- tropoiis of Ireland have joined ina requisition to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, asking him to cail a pub- lic meeting ‘for the purpose of establishing a Chi- cago Reilef Fund.’ INSURANCES IN EUROPE. Losses of the Liverpoe! Companies. Lonpon, Oct. 18, 1871. ‘The losses of the Liverpool fnsurance companies by the Cnicago fire are estimated at £420,000, THE FIRES IN MICHIGAN. Sufferings Among the Settlers on Lake Huron. Several Villages Entirely De- stroyed. Story of a Victim—Fleeing for Life. (From the Detroit Post, Oct. 12.] Correspondence from the upper counties shows that the danger from the fires isnot so great as it wasa few days ago, and that the shower of Tuesday considerably checked the progress of the flames, Tne propeller Mohawk, just arrived from Lake Huron, reports that the MANITOU ISLANDS were on fire when she passed them on Sunday, and the logs of standing timber must have been large. The news from the SHORE OF LAKE HURON has not quite so black @ look as at the time our yes- terday’s paper was put to press, although there is still enough in that section to call for the liveliest sympathy, and to appeal effectively for aid. The sufferers here are -. ini was Sprpeaces that pews Dersons were In our city appesling our charities our citizens visited the steamer Lo gt aS the dock, sna one, tee our eyes we have ever seen. The cabin aud staterooms were crowded with an eager, careworl and distressed people. Many of them were without shoes or stockings, or clot to go mto the streets. Mothers had te in vheir arms not a week old, others two and three children in their lapa crying, One man bok both eyes badly burned and . “4 had his face all burned over and breast and 7. burned to @ bilster, Fagpioians 50 ones end carriages were provided and the Lacon | ones taken to hotels and private end in a fre tmostiy at" Thokipecn's fal, where. they. have a om | ‘8 wi ay and last night. been visited by hundreds to-d Bandages, clothing, medicine a Dro’ been sent in in abundance, and ladies are canvass ing Ge eng for more. This afew baviag nds out of the city and wishing to reach them, Were furnished means of transportation. THE MANISTEE FIRE. The Flourishing Town of Manistee Almost Oblit- erated—The Inhabitants Powerless to Arrest the Flames—One Million Dollars’ Worth of Property Destroyed—Destitution of the Inhabitants—A Call for Aid Derno!t, Mich., Oct. 18, 1871. Full particulars of the burning of Marnstec, Mich., on Sunday night, were received to-day. About ten o’clock the fireengine gave out after | master General Creswell and wife, and her sister, which the flames ravaged, without resistance, the helpless town, the wind blowing a gale all night. The loss is estimated at nearly $1,000,000, upoad which there 1s only $80,000 insurance. ‘The sufferings of the people are beyond descrip- | Jebbery Among the Koard of Steamboat In- tion, Manistee being so far beyond immediate com- munication that considerable time passed before their wants could be made known. The people of Grand Rapids and Grand Haven promptly supplied tneir immediate necessities, and Senator Ferry and the Mayor of Grand Rapids have issued an earnest appeal to the people the inventors of life-saving apparatus and other of the whole State for ald, They say the latest news from Maniatee more than confirms all previous re ports of the suffering there existing. The necessities of the people are imperative, They need immedi- Serious Charges Against the Board A Niece System of Jobbing Exposed. of Steamboat Supervisors. ANOTHER HUGE RAILROAD LAND GRAB, Martial’ Law To Be Proclaimed in WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 1871. The Cabinet Meeting. At the Cabinet meeting to-day all the members were present except Mr. Akerman, who is absent trom the city. Anothor Victory for the President. General Sherman returned to-day from the West. ‘The most important news which the General brings is that two of Grant's colts took premiums at Wesc- ern fairs, one of them, @ yearling, trotting @ mile in 3:17 This was cheering news at the White House and put everybody in good humor, Departare of the Presidential Party. ‘The President, Mra, Grant and daughter, Port. Miss McIntire; the Secretaries of the Treasury and Navy and General Porter left to-night in a special car for Boston. Secretary Belknap and General Baboook will start for the same city to-morrow, spectere—A Reorganization Needed. The special meeting of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steamboats, now being held in this city, has developed not only a desire to evade the law for the safety of passengers, but an amount of Jobbery that 18 astounding. The little achemes of appliances were to be expected, and there is ma- chimery enough here to fill the Patent Omice; but the jobs are im an entirely different direction; and the chief promoters of them are the supervis- ately flour, meat and clothing. Direct all supplies | ing inspectors themselves. Mr. Addison Low, to Senator Ferry, Grand Haven. A governmeny the member of the board from New York, vessel w.ll carry all contributions from Grand Ha. | occuptes a very singular position with regard ven to Manistee to these schemes, and appears to be the friend and ‘The people of Detroit and other cities in Michigan | counsellor of the steamboat interest as opposed to are responding nobly to the appeal made to public gecurity and safety. He was the leading their generosity, A car load of provisions leaves spirit in setting aside the law of Congress so that ita here to-night for Grand Haven, and one provision In regard to the appliances to boilers and goes from Lansing m the morning. Large quantities of clothing, visions are being forwarded Bort Huron, Lexington and Port Sanilac for the the equipment of steamers will not take effect till bedding and pro- | January 1, 1872, thus making the Westfield and by boats to | other accidents possible, It was mostly through the influence that the meetings of the Board were made relief of the sufferers, Hundreds of destitute people | secret. sett was who secretly invited the steam- have epngregated at those places, LATRR, Reports from Wolland announce that Rev. Mr, boat interest to come forward and combat the law, amd he declared at @ meeting of the Board that the act of Congreas was conceived in Scott is safe, and tt isnow believed that no lives | itlantty and born sa fraud, evan going so far as to were lost at the burning of that town. THE PHILADELPHIA RIOT. Funeral of the Murdered Majer CattomA Cowardly Assassiontion—Iovestigation by Coroxer. baie we POILADELPHIA, Oct. 13, 1871, assert that evary friend of the law which it is bis duty to execute was the friend of a job, For this he was taken severely to. task by Mr. Bemis, of Buffalo, and ne afterwards explained his words away, but not till after the animus of the majority of the Board was made manifest, Im somie respects the jaw requires amendment, The act was drawn by two.clerks in the Treasury Department, both of eos Of the United Stated, Mr. Webb tuiats ‘unless Congress shall do something a the next sess fon to ald steam navigation every American lime will haveto give way to a British line within ow year, Appointments by tho Provident. ; ‘The President has appointed Edward L. Stone Collector of Customs for the Duwtrict of Texas, William McMichael Assistant Attorney General, aad Chariee Chesley Solicitor of Internal Revenue. New York Custom: Heuse Appolatments. The following appointments in the New Yors Custom House were confirmed st the Treasury:— John'H. Kimberly, entry clerk; Jamés M. Wheder, amendment clerk; A. G. Rankin, Frank T. Barker, ‘William B. Burdic, Fred. 0, Imlay, A. J. Wilkinsem,, W. D. Essendorf and Charles D. Viark, clerks; Alexe- ander H. Keech and E, G. Gauffreea, inspectors. FRESHET IN THE PENOBSCOT. Unprecedented Rise in the River —Great.. Destruction of Lumber—Railroad Travel Interrupted. BANGOR, Me., Oct. 13, 1871. The heavy rain of yesterday caused an almost um precedented freshet in the Penapscot, the water having risen nearly nine feet in twenty-rour hours, and still rising. ri About five million logs, sank in dead water a\ the old town, have broken from their fastenings and re fast doating past this city, Large quantities Inust inevitably be lost, It ts feared that mach damage will be done to bridges, &c, No train om the main Central Ratiroa® has arrived since Thursday morning. Une wilh be due about midnight. A Sawmill Swept Away—Bridges Destroyed. - PORTLAND, M@., Oct, 13, 18Tt. A sawmill owned by Merfitt Bros., at North Port- land, was entirely swept away by the fresfiet of Thursday. Many bridges were also destroyed. It ts the severest freshet that has occurred here for many years, ‘The name of the man Killed by the powder explo sion here this afternoon was John Dinsmore, belongs” ing to Nova Scotia, ? A LEO , EVANSVILLE, TERRE HAUTE AND OHIOAG® RAILROAD, ‘Tanne HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 13, 1872, ‘The last rat! on the Evansville, Terre Haute ana Chicago Railroad was lata to-day. ENOKE'S COMET. New Haven, Oct. 13, 187e., ® The Encke’s comet was seen here to-night, at SheMeld Scientific School. POWDER MILL EXPLOSION, PoRrTLAND, Me,, Oct, 13, 1871. Two mills of the Oriental Powder Company a@* Gambo Fails, Gorham, blew up at three o'clock this, afternoon. One man was killed and another se- riously wounded, YELLOW FEVER IN OHARLBSTON, CHARLESTON, 8. 0. Oct. 13, 18TH, + There were two deaths {rom yellow fever during the past twetny-four hours. AznESTED FoR AnSom, 0 ‘Thomas Rodgers, residing at 144 Tenth avenue; ‘Was arrested lagt night by an officer of the Twenttetis precinct, charged with setting fire to the premises 5 | toters Were arrested. ‘hamber of Commerce at, & meet- the proposen abrogation of the treaties, adopted a resolve exe Tegret at hearing “that the contemplated a measure which “a untries.”” n)ROAD ACCIDENT, a cident to the Scotch 6xpress ‘which several persons were in- ‘AL ACCIDENT. ing ship Racer has again been vn. WTON SUPPLY. of Dublin, from New York, iton at Liverpool, AUSTRIA. ra Fi Em Fou FI9Eee ewe ? 1AM TO THE WEW YORK HERALO, ViEwNa, Oct. 13, 1871. S| hich has reached the capital from Rchange of commerce between Kin, ous zum coapen-soxaranrs.| Successful Progress of the Charitable Work in the Old World. London, Liverpool, Southampton, Edinburg, Ber- Paris, Frankfort and Dublin Respond Immediately and MNobly to the Call from Chicago—The Canadian Railway Rep- resentatives Active and Liberal— Municipalities and Private Citi. gens Mournful but in En- ergutio Efbrt TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HEBALD. LONDON, Oct. 13, 1871. The work for the relief of the Chicago sufferers progresses munificently aud untversally, not only in this city, bat mm the neighboring towns of England and on the Continent Excitement on the Frontier. | The following reports present the main features of the movement as they nave been seen during yesterday and to-day:— LONDON CITY. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen ana Counctimen of the city of London assembled in special corporate mee? the government that the inhabitants | tng in Guildhall to-day. ‘wn im Croatia, are in revolt on ac- The Right Honorable the Lora Mayor took the sale of the forests, in the district | chair. \ilitary frontier. After the reading of the minutes of the previous sures Rave been taken by the Aus. | Meeting the subject of the Chicago fire and tts un- ‘8 to suppress the outbreak, ?ED OUT” BY IMPERIALISM. happy consequences was oficlally considered. Resolutions of sympathy appropriate 10 the occa- om Agram, the capital of Croatia, | Sion were adopted unanimously, and it was turther- + -the xevout 10 Ogulin has been sup, | more agreed to and ordered unanimously that the leaders were killed and nearly all , ‘aken prisoners, .to the mountains, ty Manifestocs were placarded in SPAIN. tion‘ ahd Republicanism on the \ Offensive. TO THE REW YORK HERALD. MADRID, Oct. 13, 1871. ‘uptare which occurred lately be- | corporations, {twee cents of Sefiors Sagasta and Zora } ® &F said to be ripe for an offen- ’ ithe government, = * ROME. ~% 1 “at to Emigrate, ¥ YEW YOMX HERALO,. > Roms, Oct, 13, 1872, sum Of 1,000 guineas be taken from the city treasury. and forwarded immediately to the United States, to be placed to the credit of the Mayor of Chicago and applied for tho relief of (he sufferers by the fire. PRIVATE SUBSCRIPTIONS IN LONDON. The Lord Mayor of London received money sub- scriptions from private tudividuals in the city during the day yesterday, 12th instant, which exceeded seven thousand pounds sterling in the aggregate, BANKERS’ CONTRIBUTIONS, Messrs. Baring, Morgan, the Rothschilds and Brown shipley & Company, bankers, of London, have sul bed £1,000 sterling each to the Ameri- cad relief tund, TAB ANGLO-CANADIAN RAILROAD CORPORATIONS. The representatives of the Great Western Rauway of Canada and of the Grand Trunk Ratiway of Canada; suoseribe £1,000 steriing fur each of these LIVERPOOL, The City and American Chambers of Com- merce. Liverroot, Oct. 13, 1871. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce took mea- sures for the reilef of the people of Caicago during ‘d-ts Alarmed and.fome Con. | ‘2 meeting yesteruay, » Asum.of £600 was voted from the funds for the purpose. The American Chamber of Commerce im Liverpool appropriated $13,000 to the Chicago reilef find to- geday, and the association has summoned a mass Meeting in order to receive further aia for the sul- It ts sta, ‘ors of ‘many of the . cong onastio or clotster Tanti the recent action SOUTHAMPTON, 1 Gakineet x Noubes ana tans RAN perty, that the, + this-city ana | Mercantile Liberalfty and a General Call to ne ed and ¥ propose to the Citizens, convents and t SournamProx, Oct..13, 1871, directo bo boy rool betting ni of ‘Geuthampton have VICTORIA . one ra ‘ton list for the Chicago ala fund, . eae i x o the pieane, Serer to contribute ' of Sout as issued an appeal for the sufferin, of Chi Weeasmuring Reports of Her om | citizens to conteibule money and feteasee OB Me TELEGRAM TO THE NEW Yo SCOTLAND. Reports from the royal : e househ a Merchants aad assure the people that the epee Meving. Tad at ta tocar ‘Queen Victoria is improving. EDInBoRe, Oct, 13, 1871, members of the Edinburg Chamber of Com: EUGENIE, hep me wy bream ype @ resolation Provost to ft Expeted Home from Torquay, " the distressed poopie of C TELEGAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, BERLIN, Despatches which have been received from the Jemporary reettonce of the éx-Kmpress of France nt annomce that Ber Majesty will return to. F home at Chkclhurst at an carly moment. i , and Hands for the New Canée, . Bewrre, Oct, 13, 1871, oif"s: the Preakdeat of the Direction of, Po pom ull De Wun god BT JL Krelamsnn. jue strongly agatnst thelr satiety. Of Forrestville Doriag, was saved. sim Creek is also an utter ruin, bara aud of @ pier are all that are leit of While Rock, Beach is reported destroyed, If this is true it ta the second time the same calamity has happened teu years. There are still rumors that Rock F¥alis, Port Hope, Hurcn City, Port Austin and other villages have lulleu a prey w the flames, but as the telegraph 1s not in operation aoove Richmondville, nothing definite in this respect can be ascertained, THE SUFFERINGS Of THR PEOPLE on the shore were, from all accounts, very great. Many bad their hands blistered, and only saved their faces from the same infliction by frequently ducking them in the water, Many of those who were carried to Port Horqn were suifering trom fre blind- ness, and some i8i down tnsensivie upon the boat ag soon a8 they were taken on beard. A story is told of one man who di 9, Forrestviile irom his home, two miles back in oe country, with lus motnor in the wagon. As they passed al: the road the heat was so great that feoe and chance of Lh A tT sure. At one it aw a roadside, but whether dead or Only ladensiue could not tell, nor did they stop tosee, but drovi as rapidly as possible, thinking this the only ble way of saving their own lives, At Rock Falia it 1s said that the fire came in at the rate of EIGHT MILES AN HOUR, and people from the surrounding region drove in at Ht pace their teams could show to keep ahead oO INCIDENTS. Two or three of the towns were invaded by the fire at midnight, and i@ were aroused from their slumbers only just in time to rash into the water, and without time to save sufficient clothing for a decent protection, while cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, and even chickens ran into the water to keep STORY OF A VICTIM. Mr. {Henry Scbiliig, his wife and two children, the elder not more than two years of age, arrived down by the steamer W; yesterday afternoon from Forrestville in entirely destitu' circum- stances, having lost everyth: by the fire, Mr, Schillig owned a farm five miles from Forrest- ville, Fures had been raging around bim for some time, He had prayed earnestly for rain, which he believed would soon as the season was already far advanced, and save him irom the om rT Me ei Lrg Dea abn eed cy summer, m Sunday last the wi Ww Btrol and at night it increased to se ‘A PERFECT TORNADO, About one o'clock on Sunday morning he was aroused by the shrieking of the wind and the dense volume of smoke which came pouring into his dwelling. Springing from his bed he discovered that the fire was close upon him and that his outbuild- ings. were already burning. seizing his young children, and, arousing bis wife, they made ‘tuetr escape into the open air, They were not there @ moment too quick, for no sooner had they left the house than {t was on fire, and in afew moments more they must inevitably have perishod in it. To go back into the building to recover anything, even their ordinary clothing, except the scanty portion whtoh they had hastily thrown on atver getting ous $ bed, was impossible, Their only salvation was RUN FOR TITER LIVRS, The flames were ail about them on every side, ana, impelled by the ‘fury of the tornado, they roated tke mad demons, licking wie sa com- bustibie In their course. Mr, Schillig saw his dwell- ing, with all tts contents, his crops and tools and all the accumulations 01 yeata of bard tou wrapped in fire, The only hope of saving his life and that, of ve safety, he ht through fire and lurid with flame and the smoke was blinding and stifling. The road for the inost part of the arstance lay through the wood: aud these were all on fire, ‘The underbrush an leaves on the ground were all atlame, and the burn- c,! trunks of frees were falling in alt directions. Often these obstruvted his way, and he was obligea vo Make circuits about them, literally walking through fire, or to climb over the living embers, Mr. Schillig degcribes it ag A FEARFUL JOURNEY, and one can readily conceive that such it was. His experience was doubtiess only one of many, and, there Is no question that his was b excep- tom in that It was successfully made, Huudreds bave perished on such journeys. He sometimes it seemed as though his strength would tai, But his wife kept up tee courage, and he was nerved by the thought of his helpiess little ones which he carried in his aro, Hf he had hac time to get his \cam and ‘wagon they Would haye been useless, as the road ‘Was made impassable by fallen trees. THE LONG, LONG NIGHT at length wore slowly away, and just at daylight he arrived at Forrestvitle, only to find the towd already consumed and the thabitants huddied in dismay of the Jake, ly tne Steamer Huron was soon at hand, and bey her they to Port Huron, mere they were furnisued with cluthing, PROM PORT HURON. A letter containing the foliowing was sent by our Port Huron correspundent y afternoon :— “Op to this time no particulars have been received from the Jake shore later than those published in the Pos¢ of to-day. We are waiting with the greatest Anxiety to hear the fate of the suiferers who left in tue amall boats and scows Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, in order to escape the flames from tue bu woods, and aiso trom those left on ‘the shore with no means of conveyance whatever. Several hundred persons must be out of homes and Without food or shelter, and we fear that many liv- ing. back from the sitore, who were surrounded on sides by fre, have veen destroyed, 1098 Who came own ict feariul resnits, und those'having’ friends in ‘fegion are Raing every caus W avr jasallyence WOM above Above ‘rdives seemed not al ther they saw & woman lying yy the e" im. reget been ordered idier that the @srer met ope bot Agslany ‘Adjuans General of the bi yy com! mories to be ready to alain the suppression See be ent in progress, be home to obtain his equipme and nts Pon, le awa doorstep vena. Fulhloenly ndgeocy Knocked down’ and moi Res UF pee She heart and in hie right wounded by pistol shots. thro seen MNokldcr and lettinige, Thus termainated the fe of Major Catto, Conscientious and faithful aa an officer, he In- bored effectively in the organization of this command, and fell an honored and respected soldier of the Commonwealth. In civit life he was known as an accomplished scholar and educator; in Titerary cirdles as «distinguished lin wh thorough knowledge of the lan, reuder il Gimealt to Bit wa professor's je, was an ‘upricht Christian, whove piety was lofty und sincere; = ded atriot. whe served lis country in her darkest hour; «cour Qrous gentleman and valiant soldier, who died as he had lived, withg@ut fear and without reproach. Catto, The evidence is conclusive t ‘was the murderer. Some witnesses testily that Catto fired a shot at his assailant, and others that he did not fire, ‘The police sergeant swore to finding a taj on the body of the deceased, but it wast yey and naa act been recently fired, 72 Tule anordoow & Wigs hieeling OF the oltizsns wis bes Sa aT) indignation at the murder of Projes. vising Inspectors in their present session Was ine order their men to the ar- | tended more particularly to secure a wise and equitable amendment of the law than for anything else, but in this desire he 1s. likely to be defeated by the unwillingness to ald him of this very Board, To-day the Board gave a hearing to Western steam- boatmen, who are anxious to secure @ greater amount of steam for freight boats, that they may be able to blow up. their engineers and deck hands with impunity, The same kind of thing is con- Btantly engaging the attention of the Supervising Inspectors, and they are having a lively row among themselves, @ few mem in the board taking the tee body will le In state at the City Armory on | ground that the stringent provisions of the law one Corot ner's jury 1s investigating the murder of | Were intended to protect the lives of the traveling it Frank Kelly | public; while the majority seek only the interests of the steamboat owners. If the fignt goes on for many days gpa ad ym a some queer ex: neste] “ ee ational Bauk Taxes. pa sent ‘The stockholders in the national banks of New | ddresses were made by Colonel A. K. | York, having been assessed a State tax on the McClure, Rev. J. Walker Jackson, W. B. Ma: Governor Pollock and others, THE RAID ON MANITOBA, Reinforcements Belng Forwarded to the Red River Country. Toronto, Ont., Oct. 13, 1871. Tne Dominion government are drafting men from the different militia districts and sending them, tho! ly equipped, to reinforce the companies now in itoba. They start inimediate! Thunder Bay route, sf “a hee ARREST OP WESTERN DESPERADOES, uD, eX amount of tneir stock, have been avolding direct payment, the banks making the payments for them. in this way the question of the liability of the banks for the payment of a taxon dividends hag been raised, it belng claimed that the laws of Congress have been evaded to the amount of State tax paid by the banks, W. H. Hollis and Benjamin D, Siill- map, of New York, are here to argue the matter be- fore the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and a decision of the question wil! soon be made, Another Laad Grab Attempted. Washington wants a railroad to the Chesapeake, and some New York and Boston capitalists are will- MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct, 13, 1871, | !ng to build it if Congress will grant them two mul- ‘The ringleader of the gang of desperadoes who lions of acres of public land. In consideration for attempted to throw @ passenger train from the | ‘li#grantthe company will agree to allow the gov- track night ncfore last has beea arrested. The gang Were part of @ Onicago. plandenng ment to pass the mails, and in time of war troops and munitions, free of charge. No more extraordi- Party fee! irom Pinkerton’s detectives, with the intention of | nary land grabbing attempt has been made in many raiding on Racine or Milwaukee. This intention years, and yet it seems its projectors will seriously being appretiended, the railroad authorities pre- vented them from coming farther north. They re- tallated by alicmpting a wholesale slaugnter Of pas- sengers, OLD ISLAND, Convention of the Irish Catholic Benevolent Union of America. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 18, 1871, The Convention of the Irish Vatholic Benevolent press the scheme before Congress, Martial Law for South Carolinas ‘The proclamation of the President commanding the Ku Klux in certain counties in South Carolina to disperse and surrender their arms and disgnises in five days, is only the legal form for proclaiming martial law. The counties named in the procia- mation have but few newspapers and poor tele- graphic facilities. The proclamation was dated Union of America, in session here to-day, adopted a | Yesterday, and by limitation expires on Monday new constitution and selected Philadelphia ag the place of meeting gext year. sare at owe mI Srnivcrrerp, Mass,, Oct, 14, 1874, While some workmen at the Hoosac tunnel were Examination of Accounts withdrawing an anoxploded charge of gunpowder the charge exploded, and ‘erry Columbus was in- staptly killed and two other men injured, TELEGRAPHIO NEWS ITEMS. next, It ts not expected that the marauding bands will hear the’ news of the proclamation by tnat time, but it is expected that martial law will be proclaimed in a few gays, Troops necessary Preooe gh Proidaait OnbaPay Miva elk Carolina. Of Disbursing Oflicers, Since tie defalcation of Major Hodge the Secre- tary of the Treasury has given instructions that all the accounta of disbursing oMfcers connected with the Treasury Department shall be promptly exam- The Yale Nine will play the New Haven Stars a same ot | med, ‘Those relating to the construction accounts rk base bail for the amateur championship at New lay. Cincinnati fearing an influx of thieves Mayor has ordered the arrest of all surprolous pertome? ‘2° Homer A. Neiton declines the democratic nomination Btate Senator In the Bieventh district, rt of the New York and Boston Post Office bulidings have been found correct. There was some saspicion that disbursing officers in Washington had been using government funds, but a thorough examina- ‘The Bepahiicas Coen: Pop meet bal Buffalo yesterday | tion of their returns and vouchers showed that the An additional number of the bodies. Carolinians who fell at Galtyabura have arrives st Raleigh Ge I. Je announced that = fund has been raised by directors of the New England Ta j (8, and it will eoutinus business. trans 0 A battalion of cavalry will compose the eersion wt the laying of the corner stone of the Bone Sines on Mond der initia having beea reechnded. = De ‘he Firat brigade of accusation was unfounded. Only seven ac- counts have . been examined, . thoag of Colonel Van Buren, of New York, Who pany of Bos: | was tne pension agent of .that city, showed a deficit Of a little over eleven thousand dollars, On the oth instant he paid into the Treasury $5,500, and to-day $6,500 was turned over to the government, together The Schwabe Cog Oe Fallen Heroes was sold at auction | With @ claim for refund on account of over-pay- fn Boston ot tee oan order of the mortgages, It wae bid fo by one of the mortgages for EUROPEAN MARKETS, Lonpow MONEY Magger.—| 5 Bs = Console closed, at Cr Tor taoney ane a for tae ae Panis B00, Pa it jt. E | Oot, 19-420 P.M. French reates, $6f. 600. Liv. , MABKET.—LtvE: Oct, 4.30 P. M.—Cotton firm. Middit ; tint okt nt ha ad at Savannah or were for ex 71,000 and 94,000 ff which rican, Receipts of the wee! 40 deies, American. actual export, 9,000 ADE AT MANCHESTER. —LIVER! Oct. 16—P. M.—> steady. BERAl MARERBT.—LIVERPOOL, Oct, 330 P. mat firmer, ‘Wheat—Callfornia whitey rea ing, He 6d. 9 116, 74.5 red w Tis. 10d, + i ring the last three days, ‘quarters, Mhel ding American. Corn—No, 2 mized, 4a, Peas— RRPOOT. P, M.—' ON Sts. ment, Ths is admitted at the Treasury Department with a smile that {9 childlike and bland, and the difference between his indebtedness and the sum paid will be repaid to Colonel Van Buren, Extensive Fires Throeghout the Recky Meun- talos. te urities heavy, Five-twenty bonds, 1882's, BOM 5 NG ; 1867's, 90g ; ten-forties, ¥7)4, General Humphreys, Unief of the Engineer Burean, ‘Sovnan Pain et et ae tee, 66¢. | War Department, to-day recetved a letter from Olar- ence King, geologist, in charge of the geological ex- pedition of the fortietts parallel, dated “Camp in Easton, Uinta Mountaia, October 3,” in which he ata gen Pu ship Damed | states that extensive fires have raged throughout the Rocky Mountains since August 26, filing the air ‘With such volumes of smoke 80 a8 to altogether stop their topographical work. On the 2d of October a Manchester state that the inarket for yarns | heavy snow storm prevailed, and on tne 34, for the first time, the air was clear, Engineer King says the gurvey will be compieted by the Ist of December, &nd that the expedition ts very successful, ‘The American Shipping Incorest. Pronvom MARERT.Livearoo:, Oct. 13- | William, Hs Webd, the shipbaiider and steam- Oct. 182Even: | SP owner, of New York, had an intoreiéwiwtth, "Age ReeagMs Lea 1m regagd Co, Sye appa IAF BUF al et | Roch ee Sarct ce nal mrvte Cpmnemegss i Respectiull: bth tg eer fi lice are searching for the murderers of | Whom have beon dismissed from thelr positions for | o¢ nis motnes)atithe above number. He will be art ik seme ace threatens to GEO. FRANCIS DAWSON, Superintendent, | Other news trom’ this’ coast confirms tte stories Lae Pre maging ch major of the colored | artiully tneerting provistous in the bill in the interest | faignea before Fire Marshal Mc8pedon this moraiag. j ho cervices of the policé were néce given yeaterday of the losses and sufferings of the brigade. Geral Wagner, in his order for the | of speculators.” It will be necessary to distniss nearly }] >» ptens riot, voice enfiet fa RELIEF FROM EUROPE. inhabitants, which bave heen terrible inthe ex- | | a46 of the regiment. to attend the funeral on | every member of the Board before the act can be | Advertisements for the Now York, Herald. jaharatesl (8 (> treme. Several villages have been utter. | > 4 properly,amended or the law be made. operative: VED P ye ly consumed; of others whose fate is yet Monday, say8:— , RECE! AT THE BRANCH OFFICH, in donbt, the probabilities are Tt was while in the act of of ‘an order he had received | Secretary Boutwell’s order reconvening the Super- 1,986 BROADWAY, BETWEEN THIGTY.FIRGT AND THARTY.SEOORD STREETS, WEST SIDE, NEARLY OPPOSITE OUR Fom MER PLACE, ute ADVERTISEMENTS ARE RECEIVED FROM 6 4. Mm. TILL 8 P, M. EVERY DAY iN THE YEAR AT OFFICB RATES, NO EXTRA CHARGE OF ANY KIND, A.—The Best in the Market.—If You Want an elegant, fashionable silk dress TAT go direct tothe magulacturer, ESPENSUHEID, 118 Nassau streeh, Price $7. — i Patent Ae Herne TRA PION SAFES, 251 Broadway, coruge Murcay seq A.—Phalen’s “ew 1 moe, “ind “ WEEE ROSE. a at atrost’ * Sad &. O,"D, HAT COMPAN €2.50 A--Warnock @& Co,, Hatters, 619 Broad]? ‘Gente’ Travelling itd Undress Hats in great vatiety, it moderate prices, Boys’ and Youths’ Hate, new Styieg, A.—If There Be Any D. right to be jouncea an artist th: ert ba pron 0 jat_ dou! ef Knex’n will be at once jaar, at the corner of Fultom ell furnished bat street and jway, and ob: Hi on Broadway, above Spring street. In those two ments are counties manifestations of his creative genlus His collection of Hate soe unmistakable proof eer has been a careful student of human nature, and s casual jr even will have no difliculty Tpit 4 the variety of hin Hats to the varieties ‘age and condition for wi ‘are designed. There fs the hat for the brusque and dashing bean; the modest beaver fow the ataid and retiring the of bast im for the: settled, sober, sedate ci 4 the umbrageous has fallen into “the sere and yellow on) ess, ani ‘capacious anctent Cy who well as the age wearers; and it is impossible to resist the ianciful there ie an air of Jolity oF an expression of grarity oF am aspect oy ness betraying themselves ami large families Wier which Toran along bis wel ius, A.—For a Stylish and Elegant Hat, nt Po; lar prices, go to DOUGAN, 102 Nase, corner of Aan steve shlar corer Cine eats th ae SeHvATiVe wil accomplish both. Try it. Batohelor’'s Halr Dye=The Bost tn tho world ie he me perfect dye ; harmless, reliable, instantaneous At all Billiard Tnble nt Home for Poll t d Balls; een waareds teepen panes hee cue AOHOL & MOHOLLS, Bo Liberty ative Now: Yorke = Caution. In C of the Teasing tatalion oF may wall Koon BRNLEN KU MBER, By pariiee, 1a Eavope apd eitpned. by, thers to, Unie’. — tes of America, Hing dit te cansiga tap Hie Seaeet ‘thie ras ton and to tatore them that rated iT appo' Mr. ASTHONY OECUS, 73 Now street, eo Shear Lede og Sf K ddd ‘ubts m4 cA, Pram September tis 187) gn cE aim now ore to execute oraers for Mr. A. Gilkate calebraied KUMMBL on most Corer New York, October 9, 1871. STRERER PREP. David’s Fall Hat for Gontlemes.—Salesrecms 90}6 broadway, near Duane street. Fatokare.—New Designs of Upbotetered’ have not been attempted before is this coun- tyrat RRUEYS Fas Curtaia road eee ry, wre aud store, Bi lo. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian enewer an atcellent dressing aad vonle tec the tale ant makee i bair grow thick, Ha Relief for Young Men from Nera rey, fe. rete Crrewiar — Addresw Lam! Just out, ‘way, above “ Drops? — ple HELLS Wath DYE, Hector owes Oty 9 seu Now Miyie'ot Ounces at MRLET B00. Brees Fourth sireet, . Pratt, the Horse Edneater of wi corner of Broadway and Thirty-fifth street, will gene moet desperate kicker that was ever wit bh Tat So'clock, Free exbibjtion with educsed Invana Lottery. Drawing whee aes CO. “fn. sl Wail street, - wo 088 Pont ollce, New ‘Yorke. ode- to e Royal Havana Lottery.—The nt Pant Gace, The Wilson Shuttle Sewing Machine—The dest and cheapest first class machines ya te. 5. s from $45 to $100; easy payments. Salesroom Etastic De SuORAR, fetes eal pores, Crutches, a0, Herald office. fer LS lengths, Huliand Shi and all the Ye Biable Shade Fixtures, Gh L, KBLTY & Cy 744 Broadway