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COLORED CONVENTION,
The National Conference to bo Held nj
PlttsburEh to-day. 'rH

plrrsvuRuu, April eS.-The National
Conference Of colored men which convenef
In this city tomorrow promises to be one
Of unuaual and lively interest. Illinois, In.
diana, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Phil
adelphia delegations have arrived, and
others will reach hers for the opening OF
the convention tomorrow morning. The
convention owing to the neglect Of the local
committee failed to secure suitable hall.
The apathy Of tho local committee In the
matter has resulted In the general commit.
tee withdrawing their credentials and ap-
pointing new delegatea from Allegheny
county. is-l Is';ra '5ag il.2 =
The old delegates will present their Gre.
nontlals and demand recognition, which,
Il not accorded, will result In a strong kick.
The object Of the conference, as stated by
Q, s. Smith, Of Bloomfield, Ill, is to secure
the colored people, North and South,
recognition under the laws to which they
are entitled. The questions prepared for
discussion are, "The Necessity and Value
Of Organizatiop;" "Our Grievanceg-Their
Nature and Remedy" "Our Political
Status" .-s.s'''- - .~T
An effort, 1t is said, will be made to in.
troduce,politics into the conference, but
Mr.. Smith pays the minority will be able to
conhne' the movement to the objects for
which the conference has .beons called.
About one hundred delegates will be pres
eNtF 80 ~ ''s'zf .. - ltf-s..5 q
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THE ASYLUM AGAIN.
THE ALLEGED BROKEN BALLOTS
Ia the Election of au Assistant Physician.
How Dr.. Herman Got rhsIt-The Vote BY
BAlloss-Why Director n.,pari Got on
s Ills Ear--Dr. .goweoeAA S,O,y. ..,.s
Special Correspondence q he Inltlige,e.r

SPECIAL Correspondence Qf fLe fattiigencer. . = -
WESTON, ". Va, April 2S.-Tho report
OF the directory meeting in Saturdays In.
TELLlaENcRR was as near complete and au'
thentic as 1t was possible at that time 10
gather. Later events have unearthed some
new disclosures that may be interesting.
They will at least show good grounds for
the kicking propensities OF DR.. J. W. Bow.
cock, as mentioned in the former report.
In addition to this 1t will occur to tho
thinking portion Of the Mountain State
that tho coming election will bu good
time to kick tho whole posse out OF tho in.
elitution. They don't seem 10 know how
to properly and successfully manage. y
The friendsof DR.. Bowcock, OF Clarksburg,
relate the circumstances substantially 'hS
are given below The Doctor himseli was
seen on. Saturday evening and aaid the
iacts as had been represented to your cor.
respondent were true. He happened 10 be
here in company with Dr.. Ramsey, the
twain being on their way to Braxton coun.
" to perform some difficult surgical opera.
ton.
According to tho facts as related TO the
scribe, Dr.. Bowcock had addressed, some:
time before the meeting OF the board, o let.
tor to each member OF the Select Council,
in which he made known his candidacy for
the position Of second assistant superin.
tendent, and stated that the support OF the
member addressed would be thankfully Gp-
preciated. He didn't beg and plead, nor
engage in any underhand intrigue to so.
cure the appointment. And let it be here
stated that none Of the other candidates so
far as known have been accused Of any.
thing Of the kind. II there waH anything
wrong it was the work Of the directors.
THE BALLOTS.
The parties came on, the directors met
and when the time arrived to elect the as
Ristant the following ballots wero taken. In
these ballots the names OF DR.. Bryan and
Dr.. Keegan are omitted, as neither received
a vote. When Dr.. Bryan came here and
learned the situation and condition Of
things in general he Withdrew his applica-
ton. ="
THE FIRST nl1lo-r
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"hAKE 1T RED IlOT."
The Dnnvilis crimes" Wants tho Ne.
..ats grOeS Ostrnctxed.

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The Danville
Times, which was so active In stirring up
the massacre Of last year, has begun iti
campaign for 1854. 1t attacks both tho
negroes and tho independents or Resdjust'
or Democrats
How long will tho negroes abuse the pa.
iience OF the white people Of Danville2
We warn thom that II they do not turn in
and help us to elect better men than they
gave us before, tho whites will drive them
clean out OF town.
In the same issue, menacing the Demo.
Gratis, the Times declares
1t is ol the utmost necessity to make It
too hot In Danvills for Independents, and
all who would hold office Obtained by tho
negro vo!e, in opposition to the wishes Of
the great body ol tho whites (meaning the
Bourbon Dsmocrats).
1t seems, however, that negro votes may
elect Bourbons and Democrats, and that
these may aafely and practically receive
offices bestowed upon them by negro votes.
For instance, the Times makes this very.
plain in this. 75tEF G5i i
When we say damned be tho man who
accepts Office at the hunda OF the negroes
unless be be nominated by white Demo-
Gratis, We mean politically damned, not
damned to all eternity.
1t saya elsewhere: MAKE 1t redhot, and
damn the man who accepts Office at the
hands OF the negroes uniess he he nominated
BY Me schiies." Now that nothing may be
lacking to provo that tho Danville plan this
year, like that Of last year, means practic-
ally 10 diafranchise the colored and other
Republican voters, tho Times saye:
The plan Of making nominations, recon-.
mended by the committee, WAS adopted
without dissenting voice, namely,
primary election, nor was there any
wrangling as to who was 10 be allowed to
vote. All white voters who voted the
Democratic ticket in November last, and
who will agree to support the nominees
elected on the 9Th Of next month.
Thus, the Times, speaking for its faction
makes it too plain for mistake that negroes
and Republicans shall have noyoice in
nominating, and yet that they shall no.
vote forany nominees except those nomin.
ated at a primary, restricted to white
voters who voted the Democratic ticket
last November. la.l.,.
The Times says further: ,"Put on steam,
friends, don't DO afraid. To win we must
make it red.hot." LT1n.s
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TIE opposition to Blaine displays itsclf
in various forms. There nrs Republicans
who Tor divers reasons prefer other men.
Some Of the preferences are honest, and
command tho respect to which any
honest opinion is entitled. The profes-
popal politicians are opposed to him be.
Cause he ia not one Of them, and thoy have
little hope OF preterment under him.
Blaine bus no machine and the people are
making bis campaign for him-an insult
which cuts to the quick the thimb!e.riggipg
experts in wre.pulling. 7st'-.
Then there is the opposition Of the Dem.
oyatic party, which is determined to leave
nothing undone to kill of the strongeat
Republican OF his time. The Democratic
managers know that Blaine would draw
from their ranks rs no other Republican
could, and they have miased none OF the
points in tho rapid growth Of his strength
unprecedented in the rscent history Of
politics.
1t is one OF tho lamentAble features Of
our politics that defamation Of character is
the weapon oi,enest used TO strike down q
strong man. The character ASSESSING have
pursued Mr.. Blaine with all the relentless
ingenuity Of invention and recklessuees
OF accuaation that characterized their as.
sault on Garfield.
In the preliminary campaign the charges
which were invented eight years ago to
destroy him as presidential quantity
have been revived and sent broadcast over
the country. Not word about the manly
and conclusive delenee which drew to him
more warmly than ever the great, beating
heart Of his country.
a man who knows Blaine through and
through who has acted az his confidential
agent, who Tor character stands the peer o.
aay man in America, William Walter
Phelps, reviews and answers tho stale
charges, reviewed and answered by Mr.
Blaine When they were new and startling
The Republican party may esteem itscl
fortunate il it have for its standard bearer
man who has met assault 30 CALAMITY
and come out Of the conflict with 80 brigh
an escutchson. We can nominate no mar
who will not be traduced-thut is the com
mon fate Of nominees for high office.
Fortunately we know what darls O
Islander will be aimed against this fcremos
Of Republicans, and We know that with {
coat'otlnail that is slander-prooi, with
virtue lora buckler and the fashing blad'
of conscious rectitude in his honest hand
he will hold his own against all comers.
The Republican party has nothing tt
fear with James 6. Blaine rs its STANDARD
bearer. He has the heart OF tho country
with him, and his nomination means Ger
tain success.
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6Lottcry Giyeu up the Gho.t,

WASHINGTON, D. c., April os-Chiei
Inspector Sharpe, OF the Postoilice Depart.
ment, received the following comuunica.
tion from Inspector Patterson, Of Louis.
vile. Ky: II enclose you herewith the
last farewell OF the Henry College lottery
company, the direct reault Of the war waged
against them by our forces. I congratulate
you and the Postmaster Genera"
The enclosure referred to is printed
notice Issued by the lottery company in.
forming the public they resolved on adis.
continuance Of their business in, view Of
the recent decision Of the United States
Cour! in Louisville and the determination
expressed by Postmaster General Gresham
to enforce the law iorbidding tho use Of the
mails TOR lottery purposes.
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STATE AND VICINITY,
Recent Doinks or West virKininus anu
their NeighbOrn, ls..

The citizens OF Cumberland, Nd, arc stil
bnsily at work endenvoriug 10 raise the necet
sary subscriptions for The erection Of ssee
works at that plsce. if5s .lls ii I7,7'' :
Willie, the ffieen.year.old son OF Mr.. John
Carol, a carpenter in the road department
Of the b. \ 0. i. r., was killed at Rowlet.
burg Sunday night by the cars. lI"0TI
Ex.9heriff Adkins, OF Boone county. wa,
killed at his residence Saturday night, and
the house robbed OF large sum Of money.
Particulars have not been received.
The Republicans Of Boone county choose
provided none OF the regular delegates are
ablo 10 attend, Gen'l I. II, Dnynl, Of Brooke
county, and A. +, Gibbons, Esq, OF Churles.
ton. = 'ET'1. ~ 80 N ! 80 :
The Summer, county Republicans at their
convention held for tho purpose OF choosing
delegates to Mtr:insbufg, instructed them TO
vote for and TO use their efforts 10 secure del.
egatcs to the National convention that will
support James G. Blaine and Robert T, Lin.
coin for President aud Vice President.
a The valuable farmhouse OF A. J. Ridgeley,
near Clinton. this county, was burned Friday
evening, with most OF Its contents. Exactly
now the dre originated 10 not known, but It
- - suuu6us ~ ChuRut lIOlu QeIeCliVe II lQe IN
tho kitchen. The loss will not be- short OF
5000, upon which there was no insurance.
A proposition has been. received BY, the
Council OF Charleston from the Union Pine
q Construction Company, OF New York oi.
fering to construct water works at their own
expense, provided the city will grant them
the exclusive privilege for twenty or thirty
years, aud pay an annual rent for ali
hydfants they msy require.
r. N: Wiley, living eight miles west O,
Waynesburg, was robbed lsst Friday night Of
Sl60. = Two Suspicious looking chu ,ters
were. seen In the nelghborhood the same
evening about s O'clock One was carrying |
valiae. 1t is supposed the members Of The |
family were drugged as they slept quite late
aud were sick the next mornlng. 49,
Through the prompt and efficient meas: |
ures taken by the Washington, Pa, Stock |
Breeders' Association, Dr. +. r. Bidge, v. g., Of
sent by Governor Pattison, has
arrived, He will meet Prof. Salmon from |
the Department Of Agriculture, at Little |
Washington, aud avery thorough examine. |
lion will be made OF the diseased cattle OF |
Nj. Robert Vance, OF Gross Greek district, -,
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& LONDON, April 2S.-parliamcnt reas-
sembled on Monday after the Easter vaca.
ton, olly to waste another week. Little
real business has been done. Tho Minit-
terial defeat on Tuesday on the cattle
plague bill was ,Protectionist victory. '.s
~ The Government, every member-.o of
which is: stepped to the lips in pledges 10
free trade, gives way and sanctions an
amendment compelling the privy Council
to exclude cattle from every couatry where
it is not satisfied with both the sanitary,
condition Of cattle and with tho aufficiencv
OF the laws for regulating the import and
export Of cattle and for preventing the
spread Of the disease. This completely
shifts the burden Of proof, and might pro-
hibit the importation Of cattle from ILL.
nois because the diseass existed in Texas.
To prevent this anomaly the Ministers in
sert in the bill "country or specified part
thereof" ayowedly for the benefit Of the
United States. ,'5-t
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Destructive Fircx IN yIicl,,sa,,.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, April 2S.-The
village Of Cedar Springs, twenty miles
north Of thib place, had destructive fire
last night, burning about $4,000 worth Of
lumber. Supposed to BIO incendiary;
partly insured. The wood fires
during the high winds yesterday
endangered the city OF Cadllay and the
village Of Carey, in Lake county, but hard
work stopped tho flames before serious
damage was done. A steamer was sent to
Cedar Springs last night from this place,
and It's opportune arrival arrival aaved the
village, Ea -
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ConntOrfclters Captured.
atetal Dispcich to tie InttlliOeier.

t77e'0' DEPNHrI 70 Rt INlt19lDtNctT. :. = M =!
CHARLESTON, W. VA, April 2s.-Lant
week Deputy Marshal Atkinson made q
raid on 4 gang Of "ConiAckera," mnnu!ac.
tnrers Of counterfeit coin in Summers
county, this State. lie got tho chief Of the
gang, Reland Duckland, who made spu.
''ous money. He is quite young, not np-
pearing over twenty.ons years. lie had
been carrying on counterleitiDg some time.
He kad oonlodera,es who got rid OF the
money as fast as made. Buckland is in
pill here. 15s1 - :
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Broke jail.

BEAVER, Pa, April as.-Five prisoners
efthe county jail made bold break for
liberty Saturday night and succeeded in
getting out by knocking the jailer down.
As soonas be recovered from the attack he
gave tho alarm and officers went in pur.
suit. They were daring criminals. Two
Of then, we're captured, but the others are
still at large. i II
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Mill EnSJIc.

) BERLIN, April 2S.-The President OF the
Reichstag announced today that Columbia
Lodge OF Free Masona, Of San Francisco.
had cent to the Reichstag an expression Of
coincidence on the death Of I4asker. All
the federal princes agreed, II the Reichstag
rejected the measure, prolonging tho anti.
Socialist law, the dissolution Of that body
shall ensue, a,, .-. .r.-
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Can't hAkcIt.

HARTFORD, CoHN;, April 2S.-The peti.
ton Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Telegraph
Company for an order directing the New
York & New England Railroad Company
to afford transportation facilities in the
construction Of telegraph lines was dis.
missed. Judge shipman holds the court
was not warranted in disturbing the exist.
ing contract between tho railroad and
Western Union Telegraph Company under
which the latter have exclusive facilities ae
against other telegraph conlpanieg. =
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CnicAeo, April 2s.-The newsboyu and
bootblack0 Of the city paIaded the streets
tonight with torches, drums and notices
siGnilying their approval Of tbs proposition
now before the City Council to bring them
under police regulation by requiring them
to pay small liceEse fee and wear badges.
One or two papers object to this move,
and the boys threaten to boycott them.
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The Walking Match.

New YoRK, April 2s.-The frat psdes.
trian to acore 100 miles in the match at
Madison Garden was Day. Ho was follow.
ed by Rowell 90 inmates later at S:57.
Day was of the track from to Z, and dur.
ing these hsurs Rowell rested considerably.
Fitzgerald continued bis tramp, and at 7
o'clock and was two miles ahead Of Rowell.
1t was announced early in the evening that
Chicego's representative, Lounsburg, had
Withdrawn, being made sick by the tobacco
smoke Of the Garden. ATS o'clock Rowell's
acora showed ll3: miles; Fitzgerald 1l3t,
Day iii. ..es. 81 ~.
lRowe!l kept tho track we'll during the
evening and when midnight came and
twenty-fourh hours Of the six days'tramp was
over hehad substantial lead. The score
at midnight was: Burrill 0G, ,Noremac l2l i,
Rowell 1856, Nitaw Ezebow o., Sullivan IS,
Vint ll5, Thomson 95, Day l95, Elson III,
Parcbot 12S, Herty lsO, Fitzgerald tl2G,
Canp9na II. .Hg H.. l.nF Fi'
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New YonK; april 2s-To.night a fire
broke out in Arbuckle Bros coffee mills,
Brooklyn. The flames started in the
packing house and spread with
great rapidity throughout the
structure, which was completely gutted.
Tho total loss is estimated at $1,000 TO
Sl50, ,000, partially insured. 1t was sup.
posed that the building, (which is six
stories high, was fire proof, but tho iron
partitions offered only slight resistance 10
the tiames; Over l5O men were employed
in tho mills. g.Fe.Igy y5=- - =
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FOREIGN NOTES.

The Cuatoms office at Valcarlos, Pro-
vince Navarro, Spain, has been destroyed
by the insurgents. -. s. ,4,..5 ...,t, -.
The steamer Assyrisn with provisions
for the French forces at Madagascar.waa
wrecked at Providence . Island, Indian
Ocean, e4O milcu north Of Madagascar.
: The Cologne Go.eite says that Premier
Ferry will demand binding pledges OF Eng
land to renoupce the idea Of annexing or
establishing proteotorate over Egypt, and
that if England refuses to give pledges
France will abstain from the Egyptian
ronferenrp. ....,.t,,...i... n, -
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A FUNNY. hpECrACLE.
In Texns-A River Swollen by Rain Run.
] ,f.-. ming up Strenrn. y. =! : y

~. ming up Strenrn. ,s.!,,a@! y;f';;sst}
GALVESTON, TEX, April 2s-The Ne,rs'
Dallas special says: One Of the heaviest
rain storms ever known in this section oc.
CURED last night, submerging the country
for miles around between Dallas and
Hutchins on the Houston & Texas Cen.
tral Railroad. Six miles south Of here
a wsahout occurred, into which
the southbound train was precipitated, up.
setting tho locomotive and nearly drown.
ing the engineer Greeks and streams be.
low the city arc go swollen that the great
volume OF water emptyirg into Trinity
river has changed the course Of the current,
presenting the extraordinary spectacle OF
Of a river running up stream, carrying with
it heavy driftwood. ~. ~. a...'.s5 ,r.ls.i
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A Resolution Of Con ndcnce

NEWTON, KAN, April 2s.-The Repub-
lican Convention Of this the Fourth, Con-
gressional District this evening elected J..
W. Addy and Col. R. Z. Walker delegates
to the Chicago Convention. Gen. II. T.
Taylor was chosen Presidential elector,
and resolution e1pressinggreat confidence
in Mr., Blaine was adopted. ~ sd ..'l'
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/. ncKinley.WnIiace Contest.

WASHINGTON, D. O., April 2s.-The Sub
Committee Of the House Electione, con-
sisting Of Turner, Adams and Robertson,
Democrats, and Ranney and Hepburn,
RspublicanR, to whom the contested elect
ion case OF Jonathan II. Wallace vs; Wm.
Mckinley, Jr., Of the Eighth Ohio district
was referred, to-day decided in favor Of
Mckinley, the sitting member. The result
was brought about by Robertson voting
with tho Republicans. The full committee
willreverBst thisaction and by O vote Of eight
to seven determine the, Gaze in favor Of
Wallace. -f s0rr 81
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nettc- Thnu n Liver Pal.

GEAYsnund, n. O., April 2s.-Two promi.
nent colored politicians, Isaac Liggin and
James Porter spicrs, were arrested to-day
when about to engage in duel. Liggins
had on two overcoats and sheet iron
plate l5 inches Equare as a chest protector,
"to keep out any cold" he explained. Tho
bad blood grow. out Of differences as 10
Presidential candidatee. ~ i
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Tic Spanish kn:Iwny Disaster.

MApRlD, April 2S-The loss Of life in
yesterdays railway accident near Cindad,
proves to have been much greater than at
first reported. Thir!y.eight corpses so far
have been recovered from the wreck on the
river. Fifty soldiers are missing. 1t is be-
lieved that tho weakening Of the bridge
which led to its collapse was the work Of
Rannhlicana -.-s.--. ~ u
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Tur Blame men must stand together at
NopudsyiIlo and at AIartinHbur2. This
mon who are moving heaven and earth TO
ye, something icr Arthur won't Struggle.
Tboy r vii! be solid, and teoy will combine
with anybody to beat Blaine. A solid
D,,ins frop.is the all important thing.