Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-09-15
THE PRESIDENTS TOUR.
Terrible Accident at yeh stown. Pa.-Ls
Of Life.


Terrible Accident at yeh nstown, Pa. a.-Loss
..r Of Life.
GRrHNsBURe, PA. ais p. m The President
was received here by an enthusiastic crowd,
come to the President" inscribed upon IT,
Inc PRESIDENT having been called upon for q
speech, said that time would admit of hIe ma
nng only few renarks, He rendered has
sincere thanks for this demonstration, not
merely for him as an individual, but because
he viewed IL as an Indication OF the uprising OF
me people to restore peace and harmony to all
parts OF the country and because he would not
abandon the principles upon which he was
elected, and sanction the Freedmen's Bureau,
the civil rights, the Montana bills, and various
other measures projected by the last Congress
II was charged thar he had turned traitor and
tnat congress were the only simon pures. He
had exercised the veto power in vindication
OF the rights Of the people. There, he said, L
nave always stood, and there, il necessary,
will perish.
Senator Cowan joined the party at this place.
LATRoBk, Pa, 93o.-Senator Cowsn Intro
duced the distinguished members of the party
The President responded = a request for a
speech In lew words. saying: He appreci.
ated , this Kind demonstration He had always
tried 10 discharge his duty faithfully to the
people, and that he left in their hands the nag
win tnlrty-six stars. and the Consultation,
which he knew with them would be safe.
Bouquets were presented TO the President,
Gen. Grant and Admiral Farragut BY the la
dies. A card accompanying the bouquet to the
President said the young ladies who presented
for Representative who would sustain his
Administration. When Gen. Grant the second
time appeared on the platform the band was
rsgues,sd ra 70 cease playing, ,whereupon he dryly
ten 10 the music, as they would never listen to
a speech from him.
JoHNsTowN, PA, Sept H-The public road
bridge at this place broke down to-day with a
crowd OF people on ii, who had assembled to
see the Presidential party. Four or five are
said to be killed, and 30 or 40 wounded.
Nl0+f
long, and from Is to Is feet in width, on which
several hundred persons were standing, broke
IN the center just as the train with the Presi-
dent and party on board arrived. It's occu-
pants were preeipitated to the ground, q dis
tance OF about twenty feet. The timbers and
human beings were mixed mp promiscuously,
all falling in a confused mass The giving way
OF the structure was witnessed from the cars:
but II could not at that time be aecertained by
any thing like an approximation the extent Of
the disaster; Col O'Beirne, deputy marshal
OF the District OF Columbia, remained at the
request Of the President to render such assist
ance as might be necessary. Mr.. Murphy, Of
Washington, rendered valuable assistance
Col. O'Beirne superintended the carrying from
the wreck the victims, and placing them in
wagons to be conveyed to heir homes. Some
had both arms and legs broken; others Were
injured to Q less extent, with confused heads,
and seven or eight were killed. while this
evening six more were in a dying condition.
About ninety persons were severely and q
large number slightly injured. Col. o 'Beirne
i
years OF age: also, those of two women and
three men. The friends of the unfortunate
parties hurried 10 the scene, frantic with grief
mothers with children in their arms, seeking
their kindred. In fact, the entire population
were gathered around the distressing scene,
anxiously looking for or inQuiring for their
friends and relatives. Physicians were sent
for, and twelve arrived from Pittsburg.
1t is said the President contributed literally
ior the relief OF the most necessitous by this
sad calamity.
fha
sponse TO the address. and in rendering his
thanks said he was glad TO be thus compIi-
mented by the people, for from that source il
was more welcome than from any other. 1t
was the people he had tried to serve from his
advent into public life to the present time, and
upon whom he would always rely to stand by
the country in every emergency. Ii was the
people who constitute the source OF power in
tnis country, and who, when properly in
formed and freed from prejudice, will settle
all the public questions. Passing through ths
mountain scenery reminded him OF his own
mountain home in his adopted State. When
the rights ofa nation are in vaded and liberty
and freedom driven from thence, they always
reside longest with the people of the noun
tains; and If the time shall ever come that our
free Constitution shall be lost, the freemen Of
the mountains of Pennsylvania will be the last
through bloody and expensive war: but,
thank God, the flag Of the country still con-
tains thirty-siN stars. He had thought the time
mad come when we should have permanent
peace, but there seems to have been inaugu-
rated policy in Congress, which, il perse-
yered IN, would result in another struggle
Were we prepared to see the Goddess of Liber-
~ struggling through fields OF blood in ma
king her eternal EXIT [Cri es of Now aNo.'l
reconciliation, harmony is what the nation
now needs; but when the work was nearly
completed, we found q conflict between the
executive and legislative departments of the
Government. He had undertaken to restore
the Government according to the Constitution,
and be had been denouRced as a tyrant and
usurper. He defended his vetoes and declared
ple's rights.
night, at 10 O'Clock. addressed the crowd from
the balcony of the hotel.
In the course of his remark. he said the
charges OF usurpation against him were well
known. He cared not for calumnies defama-
uon, ana slander. He had lived for nearly
nifty seven years, and il was no new thing for
him TO be assailed by the enemies OF the peo-
pie. He would not be driven from the posi-
uon ne had occupied for the last thirty-fiye
years by these defamers and q su bsidized press:
and though not being an old man he had lived
many OF his slanderers down; and though life
is uncertain, he expected to live to triumph
over his calumniators of his day. He pro.
ceeded at length to speak on the topics Of the
day in substance similar TO the speeches he
had made elsewhere during the excursion
Mr.. owen Thorne, and several other gentle
men, of committee from Washington have
arrived TO escort the President on his return
Secretary Seward arrived at Harrisburg to-
night, and the President visited him at the
depot
BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE. Sept. H.-The City Councils
this afternoon postponed q resolution offered
TO make arrangements for extending a recep-
ton TO President johnson.
The Governor OF the State and others will
meet the President to morrow at the Maryland
line and escort him to the city.
The PRUssIAN ANNKxArIoNs-Prussia
which before the recent European war had a
population of 19,304, ,s63, has, by annexation
and other means, added nearly lO,OOO.OOO of
people TO this number. By bills now going
through the Prussian Chambers, Hanover.
Schies wig -Holstein, Electoral Hesse, Hesse-
Homeerg, Nassau, and Frankfort will soon be
annexed to Prussia, their former governments
being deposed, and their territory madeas
much part of Prussia as Berlin itself These
countries have an aggregate of i,5O6,4 400 Be-
sides this, all the German States north of the
river Main, not absorbed by Prussia, have en-
tered into an alliance with that country, Civ
ing the King of Prussia full and exclusive con-
troll OF their military and diplomatic relations,
and in effect yielding up all but a mblance Of
authority over their territory to him. These
German States are Saxony, Mecklenburg,
Oldenburg, Brunswick, Hamburg, Lubeck,
and Bremen, Anhalf, Saxe- -Wemar, Meinin-
gen, CeDurg, and Altenberg, Lippe. Detmold,
Reuss, SchwarZburg, Waldeck and Schaum-
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