Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21

THE B. & o. r. R.
April 15-In the afternoon I Iattended large
meeting in the open afr on the east side OF the
Court House, called for the purpose of form
ing a connection between Cumberland and
Pittsburg by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
Hon. W. wilkins addressed the meeting, b.
B. Latrobe, Esq, engineer of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. read an estimate of cost py
surveys to be 81, ,5O0,0O0l Messrs. Gazzam and
Shaker made very good speeches, and "FelloW
Citizens Ferral made his usual interruptions,
but there was a good deal of honest enthusl,
asm, and it remains to be seen whether lt VII. VIII
end there or not. Books are TO be immedlately
opened for subscribing stock to it,.
April 20-A few minutes before came INTO
the Common Pleas room there was nearly an
affray between Black and Mellon. Ihere Will
be a serious collision there some day.
April 22-Visited the theater this evening"
The tHypocrite" and Perfection" were per
formed. / shall not visit it soon again. The
character, MdtO Worm, has fine opening for
extemporaneous preaching and several iran
hits were made at Deacon White, of the Pitts
hury C1azette, and Prof Bronson, who lately
occupied the theater under the name OF the
"Oratorian." A newspaper warfare hao peen
carried on between the before mentioned par
mes and Flynn, the manager, and they TOOK TINS
way to avenge themselves Theaters have little
TO boast of but there exists not more arrant
humbug than this fellow Bronson and his
''manikin-"
BIG INDIAN ELoQUENCE.
Apri 2S-Read the National Intelligencer Of
the 2lst INST. the speech of the head mingo OF
the Choctaw nation in reply to VIM. Tyler, Esq.
PRESIDENTS brother), Indian commissioner.
1t is the beautiful and forcible language OF
national eloquence. An extract or two:
"The red man has no books. When he
wishes to make known his views he talks. He
is afraid of writing. Writing is the invention
of the pale faces-it gives birth TO error anu
feuds. The great spirit talks; we hear hlm IN
the thunder, in the rushing of the winds and
the mighty waters, but he never writes.
What a rebuke to the United States Govern
ment and treaty-making fellows is this;
Twelve winters ago our chiefs sold our
country-all here were opposed to It, Inc
country, you promised us land. There is your
promise in the book. Twelve times have the
trees dropped their leaves and yetwe have re-
ceived no land. Is this truth?"
April 24-Francis Mcclure, for 30 years an
Associate Judge of the Common Pleas of this
county, aged l04 years, died at his residence in
Mif1in township, on Saturday. A very worthy
April GA souvenir de voyage" was made
up by collection this morning, in st. Paul's, for
our worthy pastor, DR.. O'Connor, who IN
tends to go to Rome after the meeting of the
Council of Baltimore. He was deserving OF it,
as he had released his salary some time since TO
10 THE POOR NEGRO.
May 1Z-Captain 7. c. May, of the Cicero,
called this afternoon to get papers for his negro
hands on the boats Theirs is bard lot, poor
fellows His boat is about to leave tomorrow
for St Louis. An iniquit1ous law that would
disgrace the barbarians of grim Tartary has
within a few weeks, been enacted against black
men by the savans of st. Louis. Hundreds Of
free negroes who have their papers taken out
in North and South Carolina Maryland, Vir-
ginia, ETC., which were made out in their young
days when the witnesses were alive and attain
able, and sealed by judicial tribunals
which have heretofore carried them safely
everywhere are now met by vile enactment
which requires some three or four persons to
swear absolutely that they know A B. to be a
free person, and born Of free parents, and to
have been citizens certain length of time of a
free State. Of course very few can obtain this
specious evidence, although their freedom pa
! pers essentially testify to the fact. Thus are
| these prosecuted creatures deprived of situa-
tion on a steamboat, where they might earn an
honest livelihood, because no one is presently
| to be had who will swear positively to their
/ being free. The same ruf1ian spirit will blame
these poor men tor lounging about without en-
ployment, and will burn them to death If they
! steal their downright wants. What an odious
! spectacle does not this present in our civiliza-
! tion. They would burden this poor race, who
| get but S5 per month, with an expense of $40 to
| obtain evidence which is already sufficiently
approved in the most solemn form the law re-
Quires.
May 3l-The entire anti-Masonic party
have nominated Neville B. Craig for Congress.
By the divine God he don't get my vote
June 2-The anti-Masons are in great glee
| about their ticket, nominated last Wednesday.
| NJ. r. 5. Cassatt (millionaire) is to represent
the working classes" the bone and sinews.
To the last class have the honor of belonging.
| Will he get my voter Ha, ha, the dear peo-
pie" are not quite so green.
oNERoUs TAX ASSESSMENTS.
June 6-Awaited the appointment made
! with Mr.. Arthurs, of Pitt township, about the
| iniQuitous assessment on one of Mr.. Croghan's
farms-a tax of $3.50 on a farm renting for S2O(
onlyl Grew tired waiting and fell asleep
waited until AZ o'clock and he did not come
| June 7-AtJended the Union Convention
at the Court House until l21S Mr.. H NJ
Breckenridge was nominated for Congress, and
| an excellent ticket throughout, which 1 will
support. If we cannot elect ours the ''antis'
June S-Went to the Commissioners Office
| and waited until AZ for the Assessor of Pit
township, who did not come.
| June 2l-Rode out with F. Wilson and ]
| n. Hutchison to picnic, where our friend, Mr.
| Croghan, met us and after walking round thu
grounds took some delicious strawberries anC
cream.
June 25-Forty persons are sick of the infiu
| enza at the Monongahela House.
June 27-Miss c. Neville, daughter of tht
well-known Morgan Neville, is in town, but
| did not see her.
July 4-Took an affectionate farewell EN-
brace of s. w. B. at the Exchange.
July T-Can it be possible? The paper
| this morning mention that there have been twt
cases of black vomit in this city which hav
terminated fatally. God grant it may not b.
true; it is terrible to think of it.
oLDEN TIME FUN.
July l3-Drove out Fourth street roat
to Homewood, the headquarters of hospitality
where from 5H till dusk we enjoyed real fet
champetre in the fine grounds of Judge VIII
kins pitching quoits, prisoners base Copen
hagen (which created great deal of excite
meut as introduced by Nh. Biddle), promenad
ing, etc. At twilight we had our coffee an,
| afterward danced until 81 and cooled off witt
| raspberries and cream. At l0% we started 70
town with our two young ladies. The Misses
| Keller have excellent taste in music and san.
duets the whole way in. Some were exquisite
We had bright moon and fields and garden
shone out beautifully, which heightened tn
| effect of the muslc-twas good tina
methought that the lily and the poppey liftet
| up their dropping heads to peer at our swee
minstres. The morning glory opened up tt
listen to the well according voices, to whicl
also the young and springing corn did not turl
a deaf ear" AHectation aside it was ver
| good-and thus ended one of those delightful
occasions in ones life which repays him TO
all the pains of struggling thro' it
July l5-The alarmed Dutchman was rap
| ping at our door at AZ this morning-the maj
call early in the morning. This is coming i
over me at least two hours. I'll charge it t.
him.
To c. B. scully, Esq, DR..
July l5-To vicious. rfotous and tu-
| multuous conducI unbecoming cll-
ent and destructive of slumber.S5 0
Sunday, July l6.-This morning is intensel,
| Heyden, of Bedford,
| July lat 73O borrowed Brigham's horse
and rode down to Sheriff Luckey's on th
| Beaver road, below Manchester; and, We gods
| ] was caught in terrible shower, and wet q