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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-16

(,ooLEY 4 cURLEY, AUCTIoNEERs- sELL TO-DAY,
~ At u O'Clock, a. New Chambers street one hne years
old seated Wagon and Harness, two Carts
express Horse Wagons Harness. &C. Sale positive
Liberal advances consignments when required.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-16

PxEcUToRs SALE OF rUaNrTURE-BY COLE 4
BootIvp Ia..d., Nov r. a. ~ ocoeP. mahogany Par
and Chamber Furniture, Extension Table and Chairs
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-16

TSBEN HATHEwAY, AUCTION EER.-HATHEwAY 3
~ ARNOLD viii sell 81 auction Wednesday, Nov IS ~
II O'clock well known rs class Cigar Store and Sample
Room 6 Broadway, Opposite the Metropolitan Hotel, with
the Lease License Good WILL Fixtures and Stock Of Cigars
without reserve on Of III health OF the proprietor
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-16
sAI.E9 a. Auction.

ISAAC WOLF, Al CTIOsEER-wILL SELL THIS DAY,
lu% O'Clock, at b. Grand street, Cannon, the
entire errnars q family leaving the city and removed
from sSu Henry ee for convenience OF OF
Suit 10 green hacloh Suit, black Bedstesds
Wasstans, marble top Centre Tables Mirrors bes and
FEEDING Carpets Ole olh Cooking and Paror Stoves also
al the Kitchen Furniture and Cooking Utensils Deaers IN
yited Sale positive. Also 10 feet black walnut Bar
Counter; one three pull English Beer Pump.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-16

lanes @. AGNEw, AUCTIONEER-OFFIcE5 SIS WASH.
fngton stree-canai BoaiThis day. mt IL O'Clock NJ,
without reserve or limit the canal boat Last Ssnsailon
lays at foot OF Leroy street. North yer is suitable for pro-
rck completes, newly lifted and In good order. Sale
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-16

Thursday morning Nov 49, ut bcock the premises In
Baltimore Flour MID OF Block st. and jones'
Falls we will sell by public auction said Machinery, which
s OF the most approved description the best condition,
comprising everything requisite for first Flour Mil OF
the capacity Of 300 barrels per day. desired the Engines
and Boilers will be sold separately from the balance OF the
machinery.
Terms dberal) made known at sale.
+. w. BENNETT 4 CO.,
Auctoneerl.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05
FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE.

destructive Fire i'm the Town of AIstead.
Spec'dE Despatch 20 The EUe,si,s0 Telegraph
BOSTON, Sept. 5.-A most destructive fire oc-
CURED in Alstead, New Hampshire, near Keene.
early yesterday morning, by which nearly the
entire business part of the village was destroyed
The flames were first discovered In the engine
room in the basement of the machine shop of
Prentiss d Scriptures paper mill, which spread
rapidly, till the three large wooden. buildings
and the several outbuidings, composing the
paper mill, were enveloped in fiames; thence it
spread to the post Office, which is on Maine st., in
front OF the machine shop, and in a short time
afterwards the grocery store, dwelling house,
and stable of Mr. Timothy Tufts along the
street. the grocery store of Mr.. Lowell, and two
houses near by, caught fire, and hardly anything
was saved except some of the furniture In the
houses and portion of the goods in the stores.
The paper mills were of wood and covered q
large extent of ground, and gave employment
to a score or more of men. They were used
chiefly for the manufacture of Post Office paper
and strawboard, and had been undergoing
repairs during the last two months. Over the
Post Office was Masonic Hall, and that too was
destroyed. There are no efiectual means of ex-
tlneuishing the fire in the town, and therefore
the flames spread with uurestrained rapidity 1t
is believed that the greater part of the loss is
covered by insurance.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

Remarkable Speech of Negro Senator
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 5.-Pinchback, the mu.
latto recently installed in Jewell's place, as
Senator from the Second District Orleans parish.
rising to question of privilege, replyed to
newspaper paragraphs concerning him. After
charging the people of this city with numbering
negroes, and speaking of the manifest growing
disposition TO murder men for their political
opinions, and the color of their skins, he used
the following emphatic language:-
'I want to tell them beware; want to tell
them that they have nearly reached the end of
their string; the next outrage of the kind which
they co nmit will be the signal for the doom of
retribulion, retribation OF which they have
not dreamed; signal that will cause ten thou.
sand torches to be applied to this city, for
patience VIII then have ceased to be a virtue.
and this city will be reduced 10 ashes"
He was here called to order, but, proceeding
with his speech, repeated his threat, adding a
notification to the Democratic party that they,
the negroes propose to take the matter in their
own hands in future, and prepare to have q
peace, If they have to conquer peace.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

REGARD as slngular-he still further desires y
concurrence Of opinions and wills, all tending
to peace, order, and stability" on the part OF
''that body Of brave, energetic, and self-sacri-
icing men," and as an inducement thereto
he assures them that he 'tthinks the
Union army thinks" and he "dares say
the people of the North and West
believe" that "there must be, or there
ought to be, shorter or a surer way to get
good government for the South" than through
the instrumentality of "the poor, simple, un-
educated, landless freedmen" and the "needy
adventurers, without any of those attributes
on which reliance for good guidance or good
government can be placed" And thereupon
the minister to Mexico" grows grandly elo-
quent, and slashing through the dictionary
with high hand and reckless spirit, he
promises to become the bearer of the pledge
of 'the brave, energetic, and selfsaorif-
cling men" of the South ''to q
chivalrous and msgnanimous devotion to
restoring peace and prosperity to our common
country" and not alone to become their
messenger of peace but to "carry that pledge
high above the level of party politics, to the
late officers and soldiers of the Union army,
and the people of the North and West, and
to ask them to consider it, and to take the
necessary action, confident that it will meet
with response so warm, so generous and
confding that we shall see in its sunshine
the rainbow of peace in our political sky,
now black with clouds and impending storm"
Such is the purport of the first estate
paper' of the "Minister to Mexico 70 As a
specimen of literature it is humiliating to the
whole American people; as a specimen of cleo
tioneeriDg triokery it is degrading to the
author alone. In downright infamy it is fairly
entitled to rank side by side with the revolu-
tionary letter of Frank Blsir-lower, even, for
it breathes spirit of abect submission which
finds no place in the clustering sentences of
the latter.
The response of the Southern leaders de-
mands no lengthy notice at our hands. Its
substance may be pressed into few words.
"There is deep-seated conviction Throughout
the South, North, and West, that the negroes
have neither the intelligence nor other qua
lifcations which are necessary to make them
safe repositories of political power; the great
want of the South is peace ana restoration
of it's rights under the Constitution; the idea
that the Southern people are hostile to the
negroes, and would oppress them, were it in
their power so to do, is entirely unfounded;"
that is about all The history of the past
three years brands it, from beginning to end,
as a perversop of the truth, as a studied but
vain attempt to forcs Seymour upon the nation
against its will.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05
Nominations for Revenue Su-
pervisors-The Kentucky
Disturbances - Cav
airy to Enforce
the Laws.
Affairs in New Orleans-A Colored
Senator Cautions the Rebels.
ETC., Etc, Etc, Etc, Etc, Etc.
FROhT WASHING TON.

SpeciaI DespotcH 10 the EOentno Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, Aug. s.
COmmfA siOner Rollins
sent Eve more nomin. atioDs to-day to the Secre-
.tary of the Treasury for supervisors. There
remain six districts TO be provided for. A
private despatch received here to-day states that
General Schenck is now on his way to Washing
ton, for the purpose of sd, sing with Mr.. Rol.
Inns in relation to the appontA 1ent of Supervisor,
The kentucky Dista Irbances.
Acting Attorney. General Ashton has referred
the matter of the disturbances in Kentucky to
the Secretary Of War.
General Thomas
writes that he has no cavalry, and cannot en-
force the laws without some OF that branch of
the service. 1t is understood that Secretary
schoneld VIII at once direct regiment of cav
airy TO report to General Thomas.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05
FROM BOSTON.
Another Libel Suit.


Special Despatch TO The Euentn0 Telegraph.
Boston, Sept. g. Frank Leslie, of New York
has initiated legal proceedings against Messrs..
Beals, Greene Co., the proprietors of the
Boston Post, to recover the sum of $4,000 dam
ages for paragraph concerning him, which
was published in that paper short time ago.
The obnoxious paragraph stated that Mr. Leslie
has arrived at Ricb6eld Springs with lady and
two fast horses, and 1t is asserted by the prose-
tween the lady and himself The writs were
served yesterday afternoon by Henry Walker.
the attorney for the plaintiff. and the case will
come up III the Supreme Court in October. The
trial will probably be postponed till January.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

the force Of their own statement. They talk
like feudal lords Of the dark ages who deemed
men disgraced and disqualified for citizenship
by useful labor, and they are inspired by none
OF the modern spirit which protects and re-
wards the hewers of wood and drawers Of
water.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

FIRE LAST NIGHT.-A dwelling-house stu
ated on the Wissahickon, opposite the Megar-
gee Mills, took fire last evening about half.past
O'clock end before the flames were extin.
unguished the whole upper portion was de-
stroyed. 1t was owned by Charles Megargee,
tained.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

AssAULTING A FEMALE. - Last evening a
streets. and showed disposition to carry off
something. The proprietors of the place at
tempted TO eject her, when one John Connolly,
alias freddy Rush." interfered and knocked
the woman OF the house down. He was arrested,
and on being taken before Alderman litter
mary WAS comm tied for trial
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

LARCENY OF CLoTHIEG.-Last night James
Welsh was taken into custody by Policemen
Houston ard Scheets, at Fifth and Carpenter
streets. with a quantity of freshly-washed
clothing In his possession, which was suose-
residence OF Mrs. Baird, on Sixth street, above
Marriott lane Alderman Tlttermary sent
Welsh to prison.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

THE RECENT RAMs.-The heavy rains of
yesterday and Thursday did no damage to any
of the surrounding co untry. Although an Inn
mense quantity of water fell, the dam al the
Schuylkill is at no unusual height
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

The Emperor of Russia has ordered
grand horse show at Moscow next year.
The bootblaoks of New York are disgusted
because the pit is abolished at the Old Bowery
Theatre.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

BURGLARS CAPTURED.-A policeman of the
Twelfth district. patroling Girard avenue, about
O'Clock this morning, came across two suspi-
cious characters at Nineteenth street. and took
them into custody On arriving at the Station
House they gave the names Andrew Squib and
George Hoffman. A bunch of skeleton keys
and q screwdriver were found on them. The
policeman returning to the vicinity of the ar
rest picked up dark lantern, which 1t is sup
posed they had dropped. The accused will
have hearing at the Central Station this af-
teinOOn.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05
THE VERMONT ELECTION

Another Cheering Report from the
Green Mountain State.
The Republican State Committee have re-
turns from four-fiif OF the towns Pages ma
jority, we think, is above thirty thousand.
q w. GRANDLEY, Chairman.
WINDSOR COUNTY COMPLETE.
Pqge. Edi0drds, Rep. Dem. On oU loss ov
$3.50 1885 425s IA 1890 sT
Total vote, 7Il6 Total Republican gain, 1888,
Total Democratic gain, 604.
The great expectations" of the Democracy
have been bitterly disappointed in Vermont.
Here is what the Boston Post In imitation OF
Tilden the Seer, prognosticat ed:-
while Democratic and conservative tri-
umph is not positively looked for, the earnest
activity OF the great Constitutional party within
the State Is expected TO result In such large
reduction OF the radical strength as will encour.
age still stronger hopes for the general election
In that State in November. And the influence
OF that reduction, coming from Vermont will
act electrically on the subsequent elections in
the other States.
'The result in Vermont will establish the fact
OF the tendency everywhere else.
Maine Will heed the example, and hasten to
put II to good use. The response of Joy would
be immediate and general, echoing and re-
echolng across the continent. Vermont leads
the way this fall I"
How do you like the electric shock, and the
tendency Vermont exhibits, and the way in
which she leads.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

HER NAME.-The lady who was killed last
evening by being run over by freight train at
Broad and Market streets. was named Mary
street.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

A CoLoRED THIEF.-George Davis (colored)
was before Alderman Carpenter this morning
charged with stealing suit of clothing from
another colored man, last evening" at Seventh
and st. Mary streets. The evidence was of such
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-05

h from Glendinning 4
30- az 81. Third afraats
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-02-26

An ASTOUNDING AND CONroUNDINC
DISCOVERY IN ALAsKA.-We have an en-
chanted world in Alaska. Here is what q
Russian guide told Californian who asked
about range Of mountains near Sitka
'Thcy are mighty in size and cause mucl
cold. Wonderful things are told Of them.
It is said that in some places there ore deer
pools and lakes in which dwell monsters
serpents as long as tir tree, which, were
they in the open sea. would commit mighty
damage. One thing the Indians tell US foi
certain that yonder, far away to the North
in the heart Of those hills, there is a won
derful valley, so narrow that only at midday
is the face Of the sun to be seen. That val
ley, lay Undiscovered and unknown 70,
thousands Of years; no person dreamed OF
its existance hut at last, long time ago,
two Indian hunters entered It by chance
and then what do you think they found ?
They found small tribe of unknown peo-
pie, speaking an unknown tonge, who had
lived there since the creation Of the world.
and without knowing that other beings ex-
isted."
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-02-26

FIDDMNG TO A New TUNE.-The New
York Tribune in q late article upon the e.
nances said: -'' t'
Legal tenders are forced loan--a sort Of
legal robbery. They have no selfrcgulating.
expansive. and contractive power. adapted
tn the business wants OF the community. =
Any paper currency to deserve the name
must be: First security. Second, redeem
able. Grecnbacks are neither. They are a
standing advertisement that the United
States arc insolvent. They are deprecated
Government lies." r..n r,I t1 '
This is very different talk from what We
heard during the war. Then grcenbacks
were declared to be as good as gold, and tn
best currency that had ever been discovered
Had any one used such language as we quote
from the Tribune then, he would have had
a short trip to Fort Lafayette. It is aston,
ishing what difference there is in the
grcenbacks when it is proposed that the
bondholders as well as the people shall take
them. Then, instead Of being the best.
they become the most miserable currency IN,
the world. III. 's't. ...G" "aI
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-02-26
The ONrALAsKA CANoE.-Thcre is

The ONIALAsKA CAN0E.-Thcre is il
the audience room Of the Department "1
State. Washington, an interesting specimen
Of the canoe used by the Onialaska Indian
in Russia America H The canoe appears t.,
be made ~ of the skins of some animals
sewed with tendons, AMI stretched over 4
wooden frame. II is about eighteen fpet
in length. pointed ut the end, and dee
enough to hold, in sitting posture. the in
gle occupant for which it i intenied Hi,
place i, in the middle, AMI web, apparent
is made Of fi.h skin, is intended to bt
tretched over the hole where he sits t.
keep out the water there. . The double
bladcd paddle ty which tho canoe j.
propelled is about eight feet in length
and is held in the middle by both hands. -
Visitors TO the region inhabited by the In.
dams referred to say that tho skill with
which they manage these canoes, and their
courage in fishing enterprises in them, fa'
from land on stormy sea, are wonderful.
The canoe e is understood to have been sem
to Washington by Capt. W. A. Howard, Of
the revenue service. ....f ...:..
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-02-26

WILD Cats AT WoRK.-Never in the
history Of this region were the forays Of
wild cats so numerous or serious as during
The present winter. We learn that some
twenty sheep were destroyed by them. last
week on some farms in the vicinity Of Green.
vile. Grown persons have been chased by
them, and it is considered absolutely dan.
gerous for children to be any distance from
the farm houses. If the bounty had moi
been taken off their scalps, large numbers
of them would have been killed. We hope
our member will attend to having restored.
If not fora large amount, at least sufficient
to induce people to engage in their destruc'
,ion.-Cyo,ion Banner. .uH
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-02-26

A YANKEE IN PARIS. = A story is told IL
private circles about wealthy but ill-in
formed American who went to Paris andap'
piled for lodgings at one Of the aristocrati.
odd family" mansions Of the city, wher.
no read the words "Hotel de Crillion' ovc'
the door. Haughtily dismissed there, b.
next applies at another Of too same sort, tn,
Hotel de Boissy, unaware that the GUS
tom Of placing the name over the door il
one Of the old observances of the French
aristocracy. At this juncture some one in
formed him Of his blunder, and great was hi'
chagrin. Subsequently he met o friend who
recommended him to 60 to the "Hotel d.
Louvre" which is really . house Of public
entertainment. But ignorance had sue
cumbed to wisdom. "'"No, hang it," was
the erudite reply, Tin up to that, you
know. you don't get me to apply for board
1t Lous NapolsoD's palace"
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-02-26
THE LOST MAN.
A PRAIRIE sKYrcH.

An unfortunate trader once strayed from
bis companions, and was lost four or Eve
days, suffering the keenest pangs Of starva.
ton II was years ago, yet the, story has
only been told in oral repetition among the
old traders, aud has never before, to our
knowledge, fallen in the way Of scribe.
The man wandered away upon o sultry
midsummer afternoon, oppressed to despc.
ration with thirst, in search Of water, whilt
tho caravan was dragging slowly along the
dreary and heated prsirie. Making his way
to cluster Of timber that appeared at NJ
very great distance, he was fortunate enougl.
to find 4 small cool spring gushing and rip
pling At the bottom Of deep rocky hollow.
The fresh water, the cool shade Of the steep
rock and trees above, together with the
knowledge that the wagons were still mov-
ing along in sight, induced the poor fellow
TO yield to his weariuess and suffer his eye.
to close. When he awoke, the grey OF the
evening was deepening around the prairie,
and rushing up ilom The hoIaw, his eyt
wandered about iii vain scagcht;of his coin.
panionss He was raw adveaturer, upon
his FIRST travel, knowing nothing Of how to
advance his steps in tue wilderness, and
trusting entirely to the guidance and expert.
suce Of those with whom he Travelled. Has.
ty, impulsive, and rash as he was careless,
and without possessing single quality Of
character to assist him in such an emergen-
cy, confused terror at once took possession
Of him, and started as he thought in the
direction whore he had last seen the wagons,
h rap with headlong speed, shouting wildly
1t every step, in hopes Of being heard and
answered by his companions. %. 4nv,l
The terrified man, bereft of all thought by
he Searfai nature Of his predicament, could
not even remember to fire the rifle he held.
bat Continued tearing his lungs with wild
apd ,desolate cries for assistance. While
rus6Ing blindly forward in this manner, the
sisht still deepening around him, the man
met With violent fall and was stunned into
ipseu1hjlity for some hours. Weare giving
nov t6c substance Of the poor fellows own
,tor,. He came back to consciousness some
timj4 j4Ussbg the night, in the midst of >
psck of bowling wolves, and found himself
iv;neIaRehs side Of q buafalo's skeleton, not
= vst entirely stripped BY the prowling dogs
~ tNNaonoIsa A situation more appalling
N hsart snd nerve, may not be imagined.
Tbe EfI IIodbted not but that he was arou.
..d ursmelnrsly fr,m bis state Of torpor by
n. E1l1 81 creatures assaulting his own,
Sodv. ~ l1jelothes were mauled and torn
..d ~ Eef claw was on his leg,
.honsh 50 n seems had not, touched
M. HY011 1Nlppsd upon the skeleton,
IA s,rvst ~ lbrshssd on horn or some
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-02-26

A Tower OF SKuLLs.-Lamcrtine in hi,
Pilgrimage to tho Holy Land" writes as
follows :-''Whcn was about league from
Nisa. the last Turkish village, almost on the
Hontier Of Scrvia, I saw large tower rising
l.. u the midst Of the plain, as white a.
Par, marble. sat down under the
shade = the tower to enjoy few moments
repose. 40 sooner was l seated than rails.
ing my eyes to the monument, I discovered
the walls which supposed to be built Of
marble, or Of regular rows Of white stone,
were composed Of regular rows of human
skulls. Bleached by rain and sun, and &C.
mented by q little sand and lime, formed
entirely the triumphal arch which now shel.
tered me from the rays Of the burning sun
there might be from fifteen to twenty thou
sand. In some places, portions of hatr were
still hanging, and waved like lichen or moss,
with every breath Of wind. The mountain
breeze was then blowing fresh, penetrating
the innumerable cavalties of the skull, and
sounded like mourniul and plaintive sigh.
These we're skulls of fifteen thousand Servi.
ans who had been put to death by the Pa.
cha, in the late insurreolion in Servia. How
ever, Servia. is now free, anil this monumen,
will teach their children the value Of inde-
dependence, by showing them the price at
which their forefathers purchased it.