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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD DISASTER.

The following facts in relation to the dlsas-
ter to the night express on the Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad Wednesday night about mile east of Union,
Pennsylvania. by the breaking OF bridge over French
Creek gathered from The Erie Despatch the only
journal that had reporter the ground at the time of
the disaster:
The train consisted baggage car two passenger
coaches containing In all about 50 personsl sleeping
and number of empty emigrant cars The engineer
says that the locomotive ran on the bridge ne
felt it sinking away and pulled open me throie 10
tho narrow chasm the tender being thrown OH the track
by the tremendous shock ana the ears wsa
thrown It's side, to the right OF the bridge the next
one partially teesc0ped upon IT, ana tae serPing tai
by the wreck and partly by me coping OF Tue
car had fallen backward and shivered the for
ward ends Of the two beneath French Creek BENG
depth beneath the bridge, thus greatly enhancing the
danger Five persons were killed or drowned, namely
N Y but latterly OF Ere Mrs. Priscilla Feese OF Flat
Rock Seneca County. Ohio, and her two children, aged
ts gr aged Years. the child Of Scott Patton Of Erie
Tho breakago Of the bridge Is one OF the that
time may yet solve At $3.50 o'clock engine fully ten
heavier than the the passenger train draw
ing heavy freight train, passed over 1t; and later
train loaded with emigrans crossed it, Less than two
months ago this bridge subjected 10 critical exam
naton and pronounced In good condition Another cir
cumstance In reference TO the strength OF tho bridge
little thought OF at the time is Of Importance now About
five days ago number Of carpenters, employed by the
about an hour OF spare time on their hands
concluded 70 improve 1t By examining tho bridges IN the
vicinity The one that broke subjected, under anu
over TO close Inspection and the carpenters and bridge
builders presented an informal report that the bridge wac
the strongest one on the western DIVISION Inc DuBe
OF the gallowsframe" pattern and was strengthened
by large bolts On the efthand side OF the bridge the
nuts were about two and half inches above the end OF
the bolt aud beneath them the thread was rusted On
the right side where the structure gave way the nut
were within quarter OF an inch OF the bottom OF the
bolts The thread above them for the space OF TWO
inches though here and there hlled with wood spnts
fb2eMfiy and the thread was perfect Had weight
| ae1 ha nuf
and circumstances occurring IN connection with the sd
affair Justify In thinking that the weakening OF the
hrlge nv sncklng the snppOrts was done malcl0usy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
1Arrsr GENERAL NEws-BY TELEGRAPH.

within the IS hours ending on Sunday after
roo, s,rn prr.ous Ia Buffalo died Of suusroke.
Mr. James II. McGhee, an OLD citizen OF nan
over County, Va, was killed BY negro on sahuV
The machine shops. mt Portage OF the Mllwau-
l. and 81 Paul RAILROAD burned on sunday Loss svV
Henry Jones was shot and instantly Killed az
% tns Tenn Jeseriay afternoon, By Hsau Tsuso who
escaped. -. ,,,s uLi,o -.
Charles Peoples the notorious Thief, while az,
teacrs TO escape policeman IN Memphis on SUNDAY OSn "''
sho. ani mortally wounded nj, -
Ben String. while crossing Bayou Bridge on
Memphs was shot aud killed yesieay being mistaken Tor
a New Orleans horse thiet
Tho weather in Hartford, Conn. on Sunday,
h s a, been eIpenendin Ia years The thermometer
indicated 100 Yesterday II reAehedo ~, r
Frank Wasney. master OF the brig retrel, OF
Ts Island gave his wife terrible beating on sunday nBh'
an hard h, vessel in Boston. He was arrested
Aman who got off the through train 10 New;
Afternoon shdhehD
sB The name Of Lawreues RELY VAS on his shirt collar
George Krouse aged 10, discharged revolver
ws.,ro, aged IL In Philadelphia, YESTERDAY INJECTING
sos, wound his breast Krouse had " days oeO 'Aooeu
wesicott In the leg ,, - =,
Charles Oldrdge, an overseer for Mr. / M.
an,s C.t Island Arkansas shore, near Memphs "ai
hot Instantly Killed tho latter on sunday morning "u '"P'
Ing to shoot Burgett ,s.
Jobn Connors was drowned on Saturday after,
r mi. babps In the susquehsnqA Riyet near Bnsemon aug
IJ5 Crnda vas drowned while baIhaI Wa Su'auSuAa1
Saax TIllk4aQl R4S92Rs kgsaAa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14

Coffee dealers and cOffee-pot makers should
take notice of the promise made by Mr.. Wood
ward in behalf of Pennsylvania in the late
Convention He pledged the State for Sey
mour and Frank Blair by 10000 majority. This
would seem to indicate an immense manufac-
ture between this and November next of spuri-
Gus naturalization papers, every one of which,
to give it the requisite sere and yellow APP
pearance, must be dipped in a decOction of
the fragrant berry. Gentlemen DESTROYS of
contracting for the supply of coffee by the
bag and of coiee-pots by the gross should
address Mr.. Woodward at once or open nego-
tiatons with the Democratic State Committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14

Col Moreaux of Indiana, in the Soldiers
Convention, pronounced the Democratic Plat
form magnificent" The word has two mean
ings-" grand in appearance" and splendid"
Now, the Eighth Plank, which calls for equal
"rights for native born citizens" is no doubt
grand in appearance" but the grandeur is
very much taken out of it when you consider
that if any man had advocated equal rights for
native born cOlOred men in the Convention,
though it did not dare openly to denOunce
equal suffrage he would probably have been
pelted by the gallery members and lobby del
egates for his pains. So that "the sDlendor
of the Plank is very much like the splendor of
a decayed mackerel, (Which shines and smells
9" and smells and shines in the moonlight"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14

The people of Versailles recently celebrated
tile hundredth anniversary of the birth of Gen.
HOche, the pacifcator of La Vendee, the in
tended invader of Ireland, the Commander OF
the Army of Germany" the steadfast Repub-
lean, who, dying at 20 years Of age, was re-
garded as the only person who could have
curbed NapoleOn's ambition, resOlutely defeated
his coup d%tdt and checked his ascent to the
throne and the Empire The present Emperor
consented reluctantly to the celebration, and
only permitted it on condition that there should
DC no public demonstration of Republican sem
ument Had HOche died at 40 years Of age
instead Of 20, it is quite possible that Napoleon
would have been known in history only as a
SeneIal of the Republic, and the Empire, the
.NsRS.sQlie SO1qQests, and the events Which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
AN ExCEEpINGLY HOT DAY.

The heat yesterday was excessive the day
was hotter IN fact, than any we have had this year
Eew-York was simply one vaat sweltering mass OF
humanity crying everywhere for fresh AIR and being
unable TO get IT,, Nearly every one down town and ON
Broadway carried large pamleaf fam and the time OF
each pedestrian was equally divided between flaming
with hand and wipng his perspirlng brow with the
other Old residents that II was the hottest 18TH or
July that has been experienced In ten years Inc neat
told severely the poor animals attached TO
the omnibusses and street cars. Every few blocks
on tho ThrdaYe. route the horses would give
ont and have 20 be exchanged. Several OF
them being completely overcome dropped the street
ON the Second Sixth and Eghth-aye routes the same
thing was observable The hermOmeterin various shady
places throughout the city marked 100 degrees Soda
water dealers drove hourshng trade and In the fashion
able saloons iced drinks in constant demand. There
were some cases Of sunstrOke though not many
Judging from the intensity OF the heat might have been
expocted The promenaders on Broadway were not
out in as fun force as usual Dealers In
the ordinary rule In some cases workmen engaged IN
outdoor avOcaons, especially IN the building trades,
were compelled to cease from labor the state OF tne
being such render constant exposure thereto
absolutely dangerous TO life No 18th OF July for ten
vears has been so hot yesterday was The following
fable showing the range OF the Thermometer has been
accurately compiled The figures refer TO July Is OF each
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
DIR. schenck'. Mandrake Pills
SUBSTITUTE FOR CALOMEL.

SUBSTITUTE tOIk SAhOhL-Ls
Of roots including podh!n OF
compound having the power to relaI The
,ecretOns the promptly aud sctua blue pills ns
eury producing those dsaseabe and dangerous
eject, which often follow from tue Of the latter
In all bilious disorders Pills be used with confidence heT
promote the discharge inflated bile and those obstuetOas
rom the liver hillary which the Of bilious Aasetoas
IN general.
sbencEs Mandrake Pills Ipel sscass seat which are 80
troublesome to many persons producing piles esua dysee and
other painful disorders.
schepeks Mandrake headache and all disorders Of the
liver indicated BY ssow skin coated ooyHess coSne
and general feeling WEAKNESS and sude showing that the liver
is IN torpid Of DISTRACTED condition.
In short these pills may used With advantage in all where
purgatiye OF slterstve medicine Is required.
Prepared by Scbenck and sold wholesale and retail
his principal Office Is North Sixth Of Commences st. Pai
Adelph and dealers everywhere Price % en per
box
Dr. shenek professionally at bis No Bondst New
York on TUESDAY the ih inst aud then not until TUEsDAf
Aug. 49,
full supply Of his medicines will be kept at bis rooms aad by drug
gis,s generally.
DIR. J. III. schencks visit professionally to Ne"fork vii
Ia ON TUESDAY July H. Rooms No % BOntst from n 10
an All persons wishing him had better embrace that oppO
tpty a. be will 30, be city after the above date AL Tues
day August 49, SCHESCKS Medicines all accompanied vita
h directions any themselves h sppE OF
than can he obtained Il a times At bis Rooms
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14

We publish elsewhere forcible arguments
against the Soldiers Bounty Land bill now
pending in the House. 1t makes the points
that the bill would require warrants to issue
for 15G,O45,sOO acres that to throw such flood
Of land warrants on the market would II they
were assignable send down their price to
twenty cents per acre. thus defeating the very
object Of the bill, viz, to reward the soldier;
Hlat these warrants would be bought up by
spectators, thus adding to the already serious
mischief of enormous monOpolies of the public
lands; that if the bounty land warrants are
not assgnable, not one in a thousand soldiers
want to or can occupy the lands themselves;
and to all who do not want to occupy them
the warrants would be not only useless but
.pernicious keeping the lands out OF market
and preventing their rapid settlement, while
TO all who do want to occupy the lands the
bill would be equally useless, since all such
can already obtain them under the Homestead
Law, These objections seem to be unanswer-
able
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
THE rrRATIcAL JUNKs NEAR MACAO. CHINA.

WASHINGTON, July 13.-Licut. Commander
Hatfield Of the L. g. steamer Unada in announcing tho
destruction OF two pratc unks In Chinese waters, SAYS
that on the lt O May lac went 10 Macao and on the 80
received board the Mandarin and attendants appointed
tho Niceroy Ia accompany him 10 Hinau ana suDse
qucnty having obtained armed with ten guns and
manned with ~ men, a. well that other junks Of like
character but Inferior force had been Ia the CUR OF
Tongkug aud about the Island Of lanau, he procured
r. pilot and arriving AZ "A village about 20 miles distant
from ainau iunks discovered at anchor. from
which boats crews striving 10 escape IN large
fishing boat When the Unadilla attempted 10 overhaul
her she ashore the people deserving her ana es-
Gaming Into tho Interior The iunks were iOund 10
lave been deserted IN great haste. and tho guam
my Of iiugalls, stink pots, powder. pixies, nng-,
etc. left board proved cOnclusiyely that
they Wcro pirates. From tho Inhabitants on
shore Il learned that the junk was armed with i've
guns, which thrown overheard on the appearance
Of the Uuadila few days previous two cargo Junks
had captured by the pirates some OF the crew hay
Ing been housed and others ransOmod The pirates had
burned ~ the nsheTmans houses. The papers found
board the uuks all In tho Chinese language, con-
siatIng freight lists, cusOmhOuc clearances OF cargo
hunks that had been captured, and bills OF purchase I'm
picatng Chinese traders shore. These wero turned
over 10 a mandarin who had accompanied the Unadlla
on her cruise thereby aOrdng material for cyl action
on the part OF tho Governor 81 Hanan The junks were
lowed 10 sea and burned Lieut. Commander Hatfield
believes that the visits OF tho Engh gunboat Algcrlne
and the United States steamer Unadla have, for the
present driven the few pirates who have been about the
Island OF Hanau 10 the eastern sdo OF the our OF IonB
King and the coast Of Cochin China
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14

"a Settler" writes to us from Kansas that
we are mistaken in all our views upon the
Indian question: that our Indian war Is not
'"nuts" to the settlers that the regiments sent
against the Indians do not desert and add to
the mining and agricultural population; that
the horses and mules we send out do not
supply the Indians and settlers with cheap
animals already saddlSd; that the supplies we
purchase on the frontier do not make market
for those who have produce to sell, and that
the demand for transportation and labor is
not handsome plum for the settlers. We
give our correspondent the last word, being
content ourselves with having stated the last
fact. With his denunciatiOns of the means by
which the lands of the Indians are obtained
from them, to be conveyed to railroad COM
panies and other monOpolies as illustrated in
the Usage and Cherokee land treaties, and
with his statement that our Indian difficulties
originate mainly in the rapacity with which
the Indians are cheated and malueated, we
fully agree,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
TIE IRISH REPUBLIC LIBEL SUIT.

Messrs. David Bell aud Michael Scanlon, edi-
tors of The IRISH Republic newspaper desire us TO correct
statement which appeared in the city journals Of Satur
day last the effect that they "woud not have pub
sed the reports complained Of taleged lbels on Gen
John OEeD il they had known that they not true
aud that such correction of them would be issued on
Tuesday would be satisfactory" The fact appears to
DO that Gen. o'Ne Sept. g. 1867 suspended from
acting as a claim agent by the War Department which
fact mentioned by The Republic; but the order OF
such suspension revoked on the 10th OF September
1861 knowledge of this revocation did not come into
possession Of the editors however until after the first
announcement had been made Hence the libOl suit
which has been commenced against them by Gen. O'Ne
In order that justice may be done to all parties and the
truth known, the next of The Republic will contain
copies OF the official orders The editors further Indicate
their readiness to place before the public any explanation
which the parties principally concerned in this ransac
ton may deem essential, in order to make known the
fruf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS.

WAsHINGToN, July 13. - The president Sent
90 d. senate to-day nominations follows Benjamin +.
Trnndage OF California 10 be Register OF the Land once
~ Visala california Charles f. Ramus OF Kansas, To DC
Consul NJ the United States at Honolulu; Lorenzo
Wston to Associate Justice OF the supreme court Oh
Montana Territory; Sas H. Axte 10 be Assessor OF IN
ternaI Revenue Tor the Third District OF California
Henry L. Warren to BIO Chief Justice OF the supreme
Of Internal Revenue Of tho Tenth District OF Penns{
yalia Jas H. Wilbur Of Oregon, to be agent Ior tao
TaLama Indians; Felix NJ. DeNemegye OF New 70
be Con,uI of the United states ut Iabasco Lafayette
Head OF to be Agent OF inc indians OF mo
Territory az New Mexico Edison T. McCook 70 De COL
lector OF internal Revenue for the Eighth District OF
un"is. sriden conner, 10 be Assessor OF Internal
Reyenue for the Third District OF NAME
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14

We like GOODNESS, especially when the dog
star RACES; and it therefore gives us pleasure
to announce that our facetious contemporary,
The Boston Post, is pleased with f. p. Blair's
nomination because of his persistent hostility
ito Slavery" With all due respect, however
we must object to the epithet persistent"
Perhaps if The Post will consent to revise its
language, it will find that it meant to write
" intermittent" Mr.. Blairs "hostilty" has
been of that description. Sometimes he has
had it very badly, and lately his Anti-Slavery
complaint has appeared to leave him "cruel
weak and powerful easy" But if The Posts
friends in council wanted an Anti-Slavery
man, pray why didn't they take Mr.. Garrison
or Mr.. Phillipsf or some of "the fools who
believed in itYn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14

We would like Mr.. District-Attorney Court
ney TO tell MS, first how many men are under
indictment for violations of the Revenue law ;
second, how long they have been under indict-
ment; third, why the indictments are not
tried; and, fourth, why it is that justice
seems to have fed from the United States
District Court as at present managed by him.
We remember that some very important in
dictments were found last Winter, and have
not yet been tried. Why, for instance, has the
case of the Kentucky Bourbon Company been
so mysteriously hushed up and postponed?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14

We are panied to announce, upon the au-
thOrity of Gov. Seymour himself, that he de-
clines the nomination for the Presidency ten
deTed him by the Democratic Convention.
Gov. S. stated, so long ago as last Thursday,
that he COULD NOT be the candidate of the
Democratic party" He spoke with the air of
a man whose mind is made up, and whose res
olution is not to be disturbed If any person,
therefore, goes about assuming to be Horatio
Seymour, making speeches and behaving him
self like candidate, we beg the public not to
be deceived 1t must be some impOstOr, fgur-
ing under an alias. The real, genuine Horatio
has distinctly declared that he Cannot be q
candidate" Let the public beware of pre-
tenders
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14

The World seems to have an eXuberant Irish
man, probably at an enormous salary, who
writes dispatches from al parts of the coun-
try. giving us accounts of the enthusiasm with
which the nomination of Seymour and Blair
has been received. It's own information ON the
subject is thus expressed:
But happily such preudices cannot preserve their po
tcncy In time they perish by sort Of tranquil cXhala
ton Of the minds OF those who have been uudor their
dominion In this country they cYapOIdte with cNcep
tiona rapdity; and nothing VIII better expedite the final
stages OF this useful and healthy process than the attempt
Of partisan journals 10 put substantial legs under the
poor Crumblng ghosts and set them walking agein.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON TIE RIVER

SEVERAL PERSONS DROWNED FROM AN EXcUR-
SION STEAMBOAT-GINE UNCLAIMED HATS
While party of pleasure-seekers were returning
from Dudley's Grove, by the steamer Stephen Low,
and were landing passengers last evening, at One
hundred -and-ifty secOnd-st., girl fell overheard
and was drowned Officer COrlett, in trying to res
cue her, was also drowned. The crowd rushing to
the side of the boat, broke rail and dozen more
fell into the water. AS there nine unclaimed hats
at the Carmansyille Police Station, it is supposed
the officer and girl had not been recovered up to mid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14

Uo oro still having most favorable weather.
Abundant showers have generally prevailed
md all kinds of crops are pushing forward
With uneyampled rapidity. The soil has re-
.oorored from the effect of the long, beating
rains and it works up loose and spOngy after
Che nlow and hoe, a condition highly favorable
for the growth of the roots of plants, and
which in ordinary seasons is attained only
through assiduous cultivation, or on deeply
Moved or drained ground. Since planting
time-late as it was-cOrn potatoes, and other
farm products have had an unchecked growth
also another unusual cOnditiOn-and there
can now be little doubt that there will be no
check between this and maturity. When crops
have such growth the yield must be heavy
and of extra value. These remarks apply more
particularly to the loans and clays of the sea-
board comprising fully three-fourths OF this
section but 10y all accounts from the West,
and also from the intervening region, the con-
.ditiOns and prospects are similar; and up to
this date, it is safe to predict that the general
saryests of this year will be something in ex-
cess of several past years. In the future are
possible drouths and frosts and rust, chinch
bug. and other insects and adverse causes may
dlmlnlSh the eNpeCleu yIelu puI lHIs 10 AOA d
future, not for present estimate
In England the hay crop, mostly harvested,
is acknowledged considerably lighter than last
wear, owing to the want of rain, but the same
cause has been favorable to wheat and other
grains Alderman Mech writes to The London
Times that the heat and drouth have been
favorable to productions on heavy clays, and
that a great contrast is presented in comparison
with the laid and twisted crops of last year
1t was thought that in Essex wheat-cutting
would commence by the middle of July. An
other writer, in giving summary of the course
of the seasons from 1916 to 1850, states that the
Summer of 1926 was the hottest and driest
ever known; in Devonshlre, cattle had to go
miles for water, and yet the harvests were
abundant