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'frcm the .orth side To lcad the south sde-Cien
fuogos-the Josepnino 700 hhds. obtained S01s, for
New York; brig, the Rolling Wave, gets "a for mo
aasses to Portland
Exchange, with some fluctuations, has regained its
previous tone Sterling closes at Ia l4A per cent
premium and francs "a per cent premium Bills
Now York good request; rates variable-sxty
days carry % a "A per cent discount, and short gold
drafts ~ rer cent premium.
LATEST.
II Is reported that the Spanish steamer Neptune
hes captured schooner with 375 negroes on board from
Area white endeavorng to land her human on the
ofCpba Tho gnee is said to be well known
planter and capitalist OF this island.
The British steamer Cadmus, eight days from Vera
Cruz Arrived here today and fired salute OF twenty
one guns which was returned by the flagship, then by
Che fJr Is and then by the Spanish Admiral.
The United States gunboat Chocura came in to-day
from Key West Her commander was saluted with hve
guns by the Spanish flagship
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Tn. Court uou.. Investigation.

THE AMOUNTS SPENT on THE ButtDISG- Ex-nAroR
OPDYEE Oh THE STAMP ETc
The Court House Investigation yesterday a.
the usual hour ~ the committee ys-srs Fox Hays
and Balely we're present.
Mr. KelIurn, the architect Of the Court House
frst examined He tc.tlned that he oyfd tell the
quantity of iron brck marble IN tc building. bow
long Il would take finish without making esiimaies
by detailed calculations could ne toll what such
building would probably with ANY degree of
~ having never duplicated IL.
=. A Lyme, Jr., th" county bDOkksaper, testified
from his books thai the whole paid the Court
House up 20 this time az 2T5, l0o W aud thai or
this t4s0,0o0 paid for the ground The amount
Of Interest bonds aud other securities sued for the
erection Of the Court House s2ls.o17 20. These
figures the witness showed official The witness
had not then In biz possession the Japer " show the
amounts of money paid Tor stone and brick, but
would bring them % the meeting
Ex-Mayor OTdyke testified in reference ~ ronniun
eaton sent by him n the Boln,i az Supervisor 1914
tho subject Of hid for the inrblc ooutract ri tho
COmmif ION and Eot The coInn,i,tee had The .snage-
of the Court Rouse tina; time ie Investigating
Committee decded that such evidence had bearing
the case aud, besides, Mt evidence. tut
cemmunicaiiun from the ~ Mayor and ruled u out.
There other wBeses for the prOsecut on pres
ont and they announced that they would probably lose
their to-day The Committee then adjourned ull
this Afternoon.
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nsulsr ,sss Eas bfosshi before tl. r-.H t"fisf
dty, by Safasfst shseiwrght sssnH b'ftard
The palnu1 IA ihe owner ~ us h0ufs ~ ~ s,nfon
street sad had rented %. nSor u - one WsAosssy
on the 2is, u p>Obs NJ sea8 sy = vtshgsssy 80
wO bro1Ehi n the hosss ~ fefrsd.nt 10 acofdsnes
vith ~. fathers fsaue. bv tsssraah ~ sfufsd
affritfl9n ~ ttr rlrirfir Ihs go Isl 1-f AZ Safft
b-B y. w. and his bodyss ftni ~ ~ ms pueu's
DefeniNb, broke oiss ts dg, shd ne f4nfrN eff1ss
terforraea ir ahasFsy foofrf ia nilr tianef
500 damsee f0f brsatrr aIsa htf figf m llfg
found trsdef for tsfsnda
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Police Intslifusues.

A MthFHis MERCHANT EOBBED ~ a BEoADwAY
CoNCsKT sALooS--Two FHsrTY rAiTgE GIRLS
sRREsryD, yrC.
On "Wednesday night Mr. Jane, " NeKlnney mer-
chant dong buHiness Memphl Tenn entered the
cert saloon located the Of prel.isss southeast
corner OF Prince and Roadway and before lsav
ns inbibed freely ~ wur company wSh two 81 the
waiter girls giving thsr names Mary Jane McAuine
and Matte Bartlett Nhhe in private room The girls
were observed looking Mr. HcRuney's timeplece by
" the musicians, who euEpected that they con
templatsd robbing him They we're scoordingly
chant ien the saloon, the giris followed him
wBen about block distant o. tae xirs
VA seen fgmiding about hP pOckets. and n q
niotuent aftorvards hr MrKiunsy screamed watch,
watch ~ the -afuc Ne girls rnn away but
were pursued and arrested by officer kennedy u the
police station Mf Mckinney iound thai he has been
robbed oi gc.d watch valued Al s4Oo DIAMOND brosst
and a small amOunt change. rearh was made for
the stolen propc,iy, hu' none o. . "a. found The
Tod them 70 the fon-hs tor a,Auinaiion.
Nv. yoy sisxSBrKs EoHnsD
Dciect'vs Tscaann yeste,day arr~ssd Jerome Louis
fo-ck recently porter IN the employ Of Dr John "
Won Esenbcrz sis Broadway the charge Il stealing
"a hundred doLass The dOc,or makes amdayit tbaf %
i0th ulto he inirusted the prisoner with hun.
dred toar fofshe purp0se Of depostng " in the New
York County National BANK instead O which IL - al.
legged no pockelcd the funds and deoamped Pouck
kept ou Of the nay unit. Yesterday, shen The dettve
i"ok him m charge JuEtics Bowling c0mmtied the
prisoner for examination
sTAnBfSG iFtRAr LI0Uon NroAE.
Yesterday morning about hslf.paa AZ O'Clock two
men. named william HlBion .nd Pairfk Nicholson
had q quarrel the iiqnor sfore ~ Mulberry street
during which II y alleged Hanion drew = knife sni
stnbbcd Nicholson ~ the left side nnicinE a
aud dangerous wOond Afier the stabbtng HAnlon fed
and made his escspe Captain Joufdsn, Of tis srth
precinct however s IN search 81 The oHcnder The
wounded conveyed 10 the New Yors Hospital
by oaBoer Woodbridge and fong
rHg roLfcK arrgK rHg BcrcHgEs- SEIZURE or
"EoR' VIAL.
Captain Petty Of the Fifth precinct reports that on
Wednesday officer Van Ripper HclEed eighty of
bob veal the Chambers street depot of thg Hud.
son River Railroad porCn of whNh after lnstectlon
was condemned unvhoesome ana sent 70 the oral
yard foot of rhfty eighth street Noth river The
oicsr subsequently ssiSed kt more holesoms car
Company hedsop ftreet
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1890. xi0, 1881 1910 itys ivs5. zypt. l1l1 loie
goze, 7oi3. Isti, 1is z1D9 80. xlis x4gi, = =.
its, lao sT7 iios sSl. Izs. 90, z1s ets s5D 20,
ia, IN, Tp. ;si 81.
erymswn uyrrv swell TNAs-h1N ltf, l~ igit
10 rs M ~ h 11 reiasfs
seTssu cgssT, orsssuv v.--sOs q -, ~. "a ia
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The ButIer Gold Case.
SHERIFF LYNCH VS.. MAJOR GENERAL q. y. BUTLER.
COURT rIgss-cHAnnEns.

Before Judge Cssdozo.
Ardy-r a. ISn,th Major Ge,,srai Ber1dsnit r. But
Ler.-Ih,s case which action to large
amount Of gold seized under ORDERS of General Butler
during his administration of AFFAIRS in the city OF New
Orleans before Judge Cardozo yesterday morning
on motion the fees OF the sheriff ihe litigation
having teen settled
The Sheriff presented bill for poundsge $50 600
the of damages set up iE tho complaint but ID
being established that the demand and the amount
paid by General Butler the supplement OF the case
onty $50 600 IN gold. the Sbe-na counsel admitted
fat hs right paundaRe could oaly apply 10 the sitor
sum, which he insisted equivalent 20 about $4,000
In ourrancy, and that on that amount the pouncagc
should De calculated.
The counsel for General Butler contended that the
amount Of poundago claimed unreasonable a., be-
yond the service O few copies of the attachment the
shcrn. not having actually levied upon any money
property had had but little labor All responsibility
The matter finally adjourned enable both par
ties 10 submt further papers. 49,
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Five Hundred Bar,e,. orFloh. anu -.,.
Hundred aud rsh Bale. Of Cotton %.
siroy ed-Loss Estimated at One Hss
ss.. ~-a ta@s Thsu-."s. 1s~ts. rs---
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10
THOMAS ROBINSON. Editor.
BUTLER PA.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10, 1856.
ss-" Liberty and Union Now and Forever, On
and inseparsbIe. I'D. Webster.
sog.As the Penn township deleeatio

sa-As the Penn township delegation
was coming down III Plank Road south of
Butler, on Friday last, they disc overed
that the roof of the dwelling house of
Mr.. Edwards, who lives a short distance
South of this place, was on fire, A por-
tion of them on horseback, at once, made
their way to the place, crossed fences AMI
other obstacles, and soon succeeded in
putting out the flames, which, had it not
been for them, would oon have reduced
the tenement to ashes. An old lady and
gentleman compose the family, who could
have offered very little opposition to the
destroying elements. Mr.. Edwards re-
quests us to express his heartfelt thanks
for this timely aid.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10

positive witness says the moon was not
shining, and that the nearest he was to
Captain Smith was eighty yards On the
other haud, Captain Smith is by positive
testimony, aud to The entire satisfaction
of Colonel Mason, cleared from any com
plicity in the burning, 1t is shown that
when he heard of the murder of his sol.
diers, he cot guard and patrolled the
town, picked up all his men in town, and
returned to camp about ii O'Clock, and
gave strict orders to his sentries not to
allow man out of camp under any cir
cumstanees 1t is shown that he was no
tilted by the agent OF the Freedmen's
Bureau of the attack on the colored peo.
pie. aud that he feared further trouble,
and that in accordance with the agents
request his troops were kept under arms
1t is shown that when the fire broke out
in the town, which was o'clock in the
morning, he called the roll and found ev
cry man prompt That he stayed up all
night with his men, and was not absent
from camp after | l o'clock that night
This was proven by the whole company,
as men, his servants and hostler, his
sister and hes husband, and Capt. Craig,
Veteran Reserve corps, agent of the bu
reau This is proven cunclusiyely. In
the face of all this, men deliberately per
iure themselves to secure political ends,
and if possible secure the removal of the
United States troops from their midst -
| ask you and every candid reader if this
conduct is not the very reverse of peace
aud good WILL aud the desire to do right
on the part of the South +? 1t is not. on
the other hand h oh handed, open rebel.
lion Here are two United States sol
diers murdered in cold blood, and for no
other reason than the intense hatred
borne them by the Southern people
Here is a captain of the regular army
besieged in his camp, his ammunition
captured, and his supplies cut off, and
not only he but also a superior officer,
sent to investigate the matter, was told
that the citizen guard was instructed to
shoot dorm as q dag any id Yankee
soIije, coming from, Cdptam Smiths
camp. The guard of sixty young men
stand regular picket between camp and
town. These people do not wait for an
Investigation Of Captpin Smiths course,
but act in this defiant manner at once,
and not only this, but openly boast that
as soon as they can communicate with the
President their proposed testimony viii
be received over that Of the officer who
Investigated Captain Smiths conduct,
and over the testimony produced before
him; that Captain Smith will be dis
missed without any trial, and turned over
to them for trial.
have simply written yod plain, un,
exaggerated statement Of this case, and
leave yourreaders to judge for themselves
whether they intend to trust such men
with national power, Colonel Mason
leaves to-morroS to represent to General
Sheridan the tatus at Brenham, when it
is believed aud hoped that that off Ger will
take measures at once to relieve Captain
Smith from his state of siege, and pun,
sh as it deserves the conduct of these
arrogant and violont people. UNION
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10

The Congressional election present
an issue betAeen the People and Andrew
Johnson, not between Congress and the
President.s And the issue which the
People have with their traitorous, usurp-
ing servant in the White House is the
simplest ever presented in a national can
vass. 1t is: "Shall the country be gov
erned by those who fought to destroy it.,
or by those who fought to save it Z? Shall
it be governed by its friends or its enc
mics ?" That s all there is of it, An
drew Johnson's purpose is to put the law
making aud executive powers of the Gov
ernment into the hands of unchastencd,
unrepentant, malignant Rebels The
People, Though their loyal Congress, OPP
pose this crime; and on this issue, pre-
scnted singly, they can elect their can
didates in every Congressional District
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, beyond
the shadow Of daubt; yes, and carry
every office, from Governor to Pothmas-
ter, in every Northern and Western
State.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10
The Convention in Butler!

The 9th of October, 1865, was d gala
day in Butler Notwithstanding the fair
on the previous day, and good buck
wheat day on the 9TH, there was such
au outpouring of the people Ns WIS eyer
witnessed in the town Of Butler before.
Republicans were wide awake to the i'm,
portance Of the issues before the people,
and their Con vcntion on last Friday was
a complete eclipse to the poor efforts Of
the johnson Cowan-Davis party on the
day before.
About 81 o'clock, A. NJ, some of the
members of the Union Geary Club of
Butler, on horseback. carrying banners,
and led by the Brass band Of Saxonburg,
commenced parading through the town
and reconnoitering the different roads,
Major George w Reed was chosen Chief
Marshal of the day. George w. NJ
Candless was chosen as Marshal of the
Geary Club. Uunder the judicious man
agement Of these two officers and their
aids, the affair was admirably conducts
throughout the whole proceedings.
For time the procession seemed oery
small IN the eyes of the " "Dimmycrats,"
and visible pleasure could be traced in
their brazeu features. About IL O'clock
the peals OF the Court House bell ava
kened the Republicans on the hills around
and very soon their banners were seen
coming, beautiful and numerous, towards
the town. First came the Butler town
ship delegation; then Penn and adjoin-
ing townships, led by the veritable Sim
con Nixon; Summit came Connoquen-
essing aud adjoininG townships soon came;
and the best of all was Jackson and Ze-
lienople. This latter delegation was pre-,
ceded by a wagon drawn by eight horses,
and containing Thirtysix ladies dressed
in white. The people of Jackson town
ship and Zelienople borough, may be
proud of their delegation, ard although
their numbers did not quite take the flag,
their taste and appearance took nice
banner-w Which was presented to the Ia
dies-and mcrited and received the prais
es of all sensible people present. Most
if not all the townships in the county
were represented in the procession, and
although, but a meagre effort was made
to bring out "full force" yet the oldest
men of Butler say that they had not seen
the like here before.
After the procession marched and coun.
ter marched through the various streets,
they dispersed for dinner.
About two o'clock, z. NJ, the Conven.
tion was organized on the Commons
ia front of the Court House, to hear the
speeches of ths day. The speakersfrom
abroad dad not come, for some reason, and
we were treated to good SOUND addresses
by our home talent which by the way,
is equal to any in the State.
=, The following officers were chosen, viz
President-Thomas Robinson, Esq
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Communications.
For Tue UItzen
Sabbath school Celebration.

c'pDAasn SShOJt SSISH PatAOn.
Mr.. LplroR Up1n an invitation
from the u +. Sabbath School Through
its estmable Superintendent, Williamson
Christy) to he New Hope Sabbath
School, the latter joined the former at the
U. p. Church, on Thursday morning the
10th ult., for the purpose of participa-
ting in the pleasant exercises attendant
upon celebration.
a procession was Immediately formed,
preceded by baud OF music, aud march
ell to au adjoining grove where mag
uiiicent dinner (prepared by the good
people of Sunbury and viciuity,) was
spresd to which both scholars AMI spec
tators did ample justice.
Dinner over all retired to the church,
and on motion, Rev Father Coulter was
called to the chair; and Washington Bo-
ward and John A. Bailey chosen Seore-
taries.
After prayer by Father Coulter, and
vocal music by the choir, beautiful
piece suitable t) the occasion was read
by DR.. D. Chrlsty. Reports of each
school being made, by Messrs. Dovard
and Pryor, an able and interesting ad-
dress to parents and teachers was deliy-
cred by Rev. Thos. NJ Seaton. Appro-
pirate remarks were then made by Rev.
VIM Black and VIM. NJ. Graham, Esq.
Concluding remarks aud bencllction by
Father Coulter, after which all weuded
their way homoward, well pleased with
the days proceedings.
Rev JNO. COULTER, Prest,
W BoyAnD, sec'rs.
j. A. BAILEY, 90
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10
CHAIIENGE-
MRtcls Hunt.
BUTLER, Oct. 8, Is

DU lLbh, ott. o, lCOJ.
CHAs. DUFFY, Capt. Dan. Booncs =
CAPTAIN In behalf of the Davy
Groekctts | hereby challenge you to a
trial Of skill in a Match Hunt, to DO had
within the limits If Butler county, ON
such a day as you may select
Three. Yeas ago, you will remember,
On the 18th of November, the Dan
booNEs and DAYY CRocKEFrs met 10
friendly strife. 1t was war of blood,
but it brUght no sorrow to any human
household, lit made neither widows nor
orphans : it even carried comfort aud en-
couragement to those OF our dear ones,
who, in that real, gigantic struggle Tor
national life were shedding precious
blood They tnqwphed, thank God, as
the Right must l@ays.triuulph, land re-
turning Peace brings Us hcalthlu, seas
ons and fruitful harycsts.
Let us make this anniversary of m m
ic strifess an interesting reunion, to pledge
the return Of lasting PoaGe,-the cessa-
tiou Of violent passions, and t) welcome
the new era Of 0ood eW aud prosperity.
| need not say that the Dayy Grockets
confidently expect to retrieve the lost
laureIs Of the 10Th Of Nov. 1868,
| have the honor to be
Very Respectfully,
Your ob't servant,
EDWIN LYON,
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10
Election Returns.

Butler County stands firm ! Not on
ly so, but has made fine advance The
returns are still incomplete, but sufficient
ly definite to give pretty good guess as
TO the result. Gen Geary will have about
500, majority iu the county; aud AL the
ticket is elected Marshall may not be
beaten more than 200. But Gan iuch is
as good as a mile" We congratulate our
friends on the result. All the districts
have done nobly.
The following is tho vote on Cover
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10
Our Convention.


The Republican Convention which
convened in this place on last Friday,
was altogether the greatest success ever
attained by any rarty in this county
The fact that such grand result was
not looked for by any body, made this af
fair grand surprise to all From quite
an early period in the canvass an effort
had been made to secure the presence of
some distinguished gentleman, whose
name would secure a large attendance -
But all efforts failed Under these cir-
cumstances there was difference of
opinion as to whether we could bring out
sufficient numbers to secure success. The
experiment was finally determined upon,
and the Stcte Central Committee notified
of the fact, who at once promised to send
us Gen Il. NJ Lee, of Connecticut, at
least, and perhaps others. Upon him,
therefore, we relied, but, even this rely
ance failed us.
We know that it is the custom, and
duty, too, of tire Executive Committee
to concentrate their efforts, mainly in the
close, or what are called doubtful dis
tricts. In this view of the case we had
10 special claims upon it. Our Assem-
bly, ticket had majority in the district
of about 2 800 votes, and our Congress-
ional district, say, $500. On the other
hand, our neighboring county of Arm
strong, was supposed to be close for AS
sembly, while the Franklin, Luzerne,
Westmoreland and Crawford Congress
iona districts were all considered close
These districts were, therefore, the bat
tleground of the campaign. Thus aban-
doned to our fate we had to take care Of
ourselves 1t is most gratifying to know
that under all tn sc discourageme nts our
Convention was such grand success
We could hardly mention any one dele
CATION with special favor without doing
injustice to some others-unless it might
be the delegation from jackson township,
which came with brass band and ac-
eompanied by vehicle drawn by eight
horses, which contained thirty six young
ladies dressed in white, represpn ting the
thirty-six States of the Union. Having
sent a large delegation to Harmony in
'64, we knew something of the effort it
takes to get up such "a delegation, as al
so, to make the trip. Our Jackson friends
have nobly reciprocated the compliment,
for which we are under everlasting OBJ
legations. Many other townships done
most aobly-all done better than was
expected
The, turn out being so much greater
than was anticipated, we fear many were
unable to receive that attention which,
under other circumstances, would glad
ly have been paid them. This was un-
avoidab under the circumstances. The
demonstration was made, too, in the in
terest of great principle for which "the
boys in blue" had sustained much great.
er privations than could possibly have
been indured by any on this occasion.E
Our Convention adjourned about four o.
clock, without single accident having
occurred to mar the pleasure Of the occa-
sion which will be remembered by many
as one of the most pleasant days of their
lives.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10

TIE Horld sayes that we affect to consd-
er Federal ofice-holders 'sthe most con-
temptible creatures in existence" On
the contrary, VIC had a great respect for
most Of those whom Mr.. Lincoln appoint
ed and rejoice to see them justified our
good opinion. a Federal ofhce-holder
who obtains or retains his place by apos-
tacy, hypocrisy aud basepess, is contempt
ibe-who doubts it?-but majority of
those left in Office by Mr.. Lineeia have
honored manhood BY theiI fidelity to their
principles and their conviction. The
Bread-and-Butter renegades are very
decided as we'll as dstested minority.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10
Captain Davy Crocketts.
BurLER. slh Oct. 1866.


EDWIN LYON, Capt. Dacy Crochets;
CAPTAIN Il have the honor to pick
up the gauntlet which, in behalf of the
nCrocketts," you have bravely thrown
down. In doing so, have the assur-
auce that the "Boones" will che.rfully
ratify my promptness and eagerly enter
upon the trial which is to reassert their
supremacy and tc maintain the title Of
yictors which is rightfully theirs.
| do remember, Captain, the friendly
strife of three years ago, and more espec-
tally, do remember the sequel mean
the festivities. My comrades remember
then, too. And let me warn you that
the memory of these things, with all
their important surroundings, will re-
quire the "Dayys" to measure themselves
severely with the Dams" to. avoid rep
etitjop of them.
In a word, the Dan Boones accept the
challenge of the "Davy Crocketts," and
| would name the 30th day this month,
it being G.oose.day. | also designate
that the hunt is to be confined to Butler
county, and that there are to be observed
the same rules game list, civilities, and
festivities as governed that Big-hunt of
which this is a supplement.
With assurance of my consideration |
am, Captain,
Yours, truly,
CHARLES DUFFY,
Captain OF the Dan Roones.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-10

say- About twenty five of our Repub-
hcan friends in the borough saw fit to
cast their votes against Messrs. Cum
Minis and Garvey, our candidates for AS
sociate Judges, md in favor of their op-
ponents, Marshall and Meyer The lat
ter gentlemen are mainly indebted for
their large vote here, to Mr. Jacob Zim
norman and Mr., VIM. Vogeley, both of
whom seemed to have quite feeling in
the natter. For ourself we consider this
most unjust. We had no letter men on
our ticket than our candidates for Asso.
ciate Judges. And there was no good
reason why they should not run as large
a vote as Gen. Geary. Thank God, they
are safe