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=7^rTmTsn 18S2, WHEELING, WEST MOimNU, APML 28,1885. VOLUME XXXin.-N l'MliKK 2VJ. gto yMifWV. =^TtiTWtiUg tor the circus to come It ia ?aiil tliHt Uio early advent ol the juaJ nnam IndlwtM ? Jn?.?.,traP^ Tut Jvnainitera ol the Kouro type are jtchini to' SlSffi to pntanend to Cap?in PheliP. Happily (or Win tliia Is not JreUnJ. 1?nraociatioD liu been formed to pro t?t American authors and manage from I the unauthorised production ot their playi. is there to he no protection for the public ? I A Stcuiiii' or Tin Intiiuob may breakfast on Keats and dine on Shelley, I hot what iliall this profit him if he ride down Pennsylvania avenue prodding his I charter with a green gingham umbrella? I Bt'DDSKsiik', the New York builder I whosebouses tumbled down, used no sand lo IiisiEiortar. It looks as though President Cleveland engaged Btfddenslck to mix tho morUr when ho began to build the Cleveliadpartr Ir Collector McCormick baa any more isborduMtes who are "personally obnoxious" to hiin it may save them annoyance to gel out of his way. Mr. UcCormick is brand to build up and hold' up tbo JtejHibllnn party if he baa to stnuh it in pieces to ilo it. Tut Administration did just what it ought to have done when it sent troops to the Isthmus of Panama. If the same thing lad been done by a Republican administration wouldn't the Democratic organs hive howled ? The people would have ap proveu, AS luwy uu.uun. Viroisia ia very uiad about the Supreme Court debt decision, and all that, but the proposition to dismantle the State and go out of business, as it were, will not take like wild lire. Virginia may desire to dodge her debts, but she will not be in a hurry | to vacate her place in Congress and the .Electoral College. Tub nativesof Panama have called the United States troops cowards. It is likely that the American soldiers will treat this taunt with silent contempt If the Central American people become too pert, however, our soldiers may discard the soft gloves they have been lighting with and ' expose their bare knuckles. Irlusbeonsaid by a champion of Collettor iMcCormlck that be is a member of . the Civil Service Keform League which hides under the shadow of Mr. George AVilliam Curtis' wing. Is it according to the doctrine of the League to displace an officer because he is "personally obnox- 1 iom" to bis superior? The chorus will ' lie kind enough to respond as one man. A.i Industrious effort is being made to put up the price of pepper. Dealers who aro not in the bull interest say there is no probability whatever of a pepper famine. Tlio pepper trade of the world is controlled by a Undon syndicate, and all the carrying is done in British ships. Notwithstanding the bulls there is a good crop. War between Jtussia and England might came some temporary inconvenience, but the carrying would be transferred to other ships. THE IbMtOII l'ml MVS lillt iiio wuwuliuwtw Democrat* being mUjtfed with 1'ilUbury. "thnt l? < enough." It would be "ciiough" from one point ?ii ?icw ii me ueinocrau were cnpnoie 01 carrying IU*Mcliu??.'ttj or of ducting a President But It hit been pittty well proved that tboy are not; that , to get tbe power of annotating Pillsburr they need th? help of men to whom i'iflsbuty ana hi* works 1 mud Way* are odioill. Consequently I'il'sbury. is j uotbjralougwuy worth what he cotU the party. , lie ha beeu commissioned, .which will carry him alout to December, but wo uoubt much whether he aill be continued. Ilia antecedent* are aueh as to fiirnlfth the majority of the Senate with , abuudaut rviuon for rvlecUng him. Chase comes J under the nine rule. Troup is not only a bud appointment, but a ridiculous one.?Xtw York Pott (Mugwump.) Do wo hear tho hurricano roar? Up to \ the day ol Cleveland's inauguration the , Mugwumps saw in him the pink of per lection. Cleveland was the King, who can do no wrong. Now we havo this and other pleasant reminders that it was the 1 Democratic party that elected Cleveland, and that what maybe good enough for . the Democrats isn't good enough for those who did elcct him. That may be regarded ? J?1?J -o wivau; ucwWDUi If U)p State (Vlrglula] thould now *et Haul! to bring fairly Mure the Supremo C'jurt the qutotlou m to whether Virginia ibould bo obllji11 to pay the whole of a debt, and Weat Vir?luia no part of It, there would bo more equity In j ItscUlm. llut the Uourboni do uot protend a de-" tire to pay what la rightfully duo; they avowa pur* poie to repudiate altogether; and the quetUon Immediately In order fx whether the President will , uiUlu ami eucouiatre them In defying the CouiU> tutlon of the UultctnjtaUa?iYfw fiat Tribune, , As we think the Tribune underatanda, J Virginia does not deaire to come to an uno'ftrrtanding with Weat Virginia on the , debt question. When that question ia settled tho "Weat Virginia certiflcatea" Inaed by Virginia become due. A State : which wears ita pledges aa a anake wears his skin, to be caat off in good season, | Isn't likely to go ont ot its way to aaanme new responsibility. Virginia haa alwaya known that she can never realize any thing like the face of those "Weat Virgi- ( i ginia certificates" of hers, and this is why we h&ve never been able to get a settlement. She Hiwin't want M lia In difference between what she owes on tboao eertilicates and what ahe might receive i in a settlement. Tint Taylor Coonty llbol suitot Pierce vs. ilcCormick opens witli great Interest. The Collector's reasons, an given over hia own signature, tor desiring the removal ol Storekeeper Pierce, were certainly remarkable?Mr. l'lerce thinks actionable. The actual reason seems to havo been conlaincd in the second letter from the Collector, in which he aayi that Plerco wu "peroonally obuoxioua" to him. Thie ii something ol an improvement, in the wrong direction, on th?. I'riiiilent'i "ollenaive partisan." * It mu?t h?ve been about thla time? when Collector McOormick wa? urging the removal o( a Republican and the ton ol a Union soldier?that'he gave a place to a Democrat, Holt by name. It la to be prewmed that the Democrat waa not "per orully obnoxious" to tile Republican Collector. Some ot the Collector^ triendt have not been pleated with the coune of the Ixmuauicu toward him. The Iktiujo wch will read with great interest any commenta they may have to make on pw later development* v Uut he li n Match for Court and Goumal. Huad by Dlckaon?Tha Democracy ud Mugwump! at War with lha Aduilnlatratluu?ClerelauJ'a Couria. AVasiusutos, D. 0., April 27.?In the Dickson trial this morning, ax-Attorney General Brewster was present and took the witness stand. He was asked to state what took place at his interview with Kennedy early in the S'ar route trial. He , said that Kennedy come and told him that Dickson wanted to take * ride with him, Kennedy, and to talk about the Star route trials, about what was going on in i the jury room. He Iflronter) was indlg- . nant and told Kennedy not to dare to talk with the jurymen. It would be an out- 1 rage upon the government Council lor the defense objected on the ground that the witness was makings speech for the Government and not i giving testimony. After a abort colloquy | the court ruled that the narrative of the conversation was relevant. Witness pro- ' ceding said he had no right to talk with 1 Dickson and it would I&/crlmliial inhlm,> I and thathe (Brewster) .would report it to | the court. ? "Did Kennedy say anything at that time about having been told by Brewster Cameron to talk with Dickson ?" i "Not a word." I Witness knew ex-Marshal Henry only i as a Marshal of a Court. I{e remembered . an interview with bim about the selection ol talesmen. "State whether or not you told Sir. , Henry that the country would bold bim ( responsibla ji the defendants were not , conVicted." I "Never a word, (t would be an insult ( to?", A : $ t#ih i i | 3Ir. Smith, couuiel for defense, enfejed | a vigorous objection, This witness was \ brought here to make an srgument. j A LIVELY COLLOQUY. 7 wf I 1 livnlv rnllnmiv enRiied hcta-HHil noun. Bel, courtyjqil witness. The former main- j tained that thia wltneti was brought here i not tot to give testimony but ta ihttke an i argument Thla proceeding ?ai eatraorr i dluary, and was an outrage upon the Be- I fondant I Mr. Brew8ter?"I ?n> not lo be treated 1 here in this nay, girt I am pit brought | here to be insulted." < Mr. Smith produced a copy of a local ( newspaper containing an interview be- I tween wllnew and Marshal Henry, and < resiling from it, asked II )io told the Mar- i shal, If this trial miscarries, tl|6 pejt- I sure falls upon you; you will never <u? cape It as long as you live." Mr. Brewster?"Never. I never did Bay , that I called upon him as an accused man. I told him that il it turned out that Iheee talesmen were put there by hiu, designedly why then he I Brewster) would < seo him punished, and be (Henry) would 1 never escape the consequence*." , "Was there a stenographer concealed i behind the screen." " ' "There wan no screen in the room." ' "Was there ? stenographer present?" t "Yes sir; no was la plain Wit, as near to mo and ill as plain eight us I* 1)10 plerk nf tho court now." fa ' ' "Who was the stonogr?pberf" "Mr. York, I called at the Dsjpartmnnt to get liim to coma with me Ut ikiy, bat found he w?a in the West tasking tesltMr Brewster?"Aro yon acquainted with Henry A. liowtn "So, sir; j?ith gteat emphasis) I never saw him twice." The District Attorney triad to inject an objection. Witness?1"I had rather answer. I have been assailed about that. I never *iad three minutes convention with him in my lifeV" "Well, yon appointed liim toanofllee, didn't you?" "No, sir; the general c?<*tlt appointed bim. He selected him and Mr. Lincoln recommended him." Tti* unon vnmi Biuteu \nai no coma noi permit the e*?>nln?tion to proceed In that 8 direction any farther, fbe tflking of evidence was then closed. Alter argument lor the prosecution the defense submitted | ilie cue without argument Judge iloArthur then charged the jury. After the absence of half an hour the inry returnod a verdict of not gailty. ' 1' ~I Dickson Suea ilr?wit?r, j WXinmoTos, April 87.?Mr. Dickson t this ofternoSn entered a 6uit ?i?!u#ffex-_ , Attorney Qenoral Renjamin H. Hi?wrter , tor libel, laying datnagoa at $50,000, in having used in Philadelphia on the 113d of ,, April, to a reporter of the Prru, the following language cencornlrghitn: c "Dickson ?okl thit trial. Bo'won was a ? bad man too, nearly aa bad as Dickson, 1 and that la saying a great deal." ' Through tnia utterance Mr. Dickson n claims ho has suffereed In reputation. A * writ was placed in the Marshal's hands, but a deputy failed to serve It befoia-'Ur, > Brewster left the city. < ? # ALL TOIIN Ul\ C , : ii.ir'i f\ ;$.? f Democratic Politicians who do not Under- t ami tl?velftnir? ivayt, ^ OisoiKKATi, April 27.?A dispatch to the ?njutnr from Washington savs: The same of politics as now being played by the National Administration is beyond the ken of not only the layman, bnt the cotcran. The Democratic leaders, those who represent theboae andslnswof the party, find themselves, after a twenty-four years' battle, without influence with a Democratic President None are so wise u to guess what the President's plans may he, but few so dull who do not think he it damaging rather than adding to the prestige of it party which hu waged for years i political war under the most unfavorable vicissitudes. President Cleveland has, It woald seem, strangely disappointed both parties. When bis election waa ncBiirAd thfl wholo noffl of thn Rantihlinan ofllce-holders expected to go into private life soon titer Die 4th ot March. Moreover, they were reconciled to the going. Only two glimpses ot the moon have elapsed since Democratic ascendency, when theie samepatriots not only: do 'not expect to give up tbeirtrusta, but refuse to let them go when asked. It may vory pertinently,, be aaked why. the-change. It may very truly be answered becausc ol a policy inaugurated to please two political parties instead ol one. The so-called In. deperidentprese, -while it lauds the reappointment ol a ltepublican Postmaster In New York, denounce the aelectlon of J thoM Democratic Revenue Collector! In ; Now England. 1 from thla point of observation there ia thla strikingly noticeable: Coincident with President Cleveland's Inauguration there assembled in thla city aa manly and r aaonthusliuticaliodyof.ihenajeyeroon- i negated at one point under Qod'a canopy. . They were full of party loyalty and en- : thuitaam. The new President waa in- J augnrated amid ceremonies and rclal be- 1 yond the memory of the oldeat resident. ( And yet with thechango not sixty days a old at wall of discontent, if not absolute ' disappointment, comoa np from every f Democratic quarter. In the hotel lobbies f In thla city one lieara from the lips of f Democrats criticisms upon the Prealdent'a ( procrastination which are full of bad 1 augurlesjor the future ol the Democracy, | .? :' vy JhiF'-;''''" In the White House, of course, Mr. Cleveland does not hear these droppings. Those who seek him thero go ior political favors. They tell, him his course meets the applause of those who elected him, and emerge from his presence to damn him?t thp.flrat opportunity. r , He is constantly surrounded by men $ the Democratic breach ia widening. It is somewhat curlons to tlnd leading Democratic Senators and members discussing the'quejjtion u to whither or' not Democrats are to have the offices. The burden of the campaign in which President Cleveland got the preponderance of votes was that tbe Republican party, through mora than two decades of power, had grown corrupt. This led to a shibboleth In the battle which was, 'Turn the rascala out!" II the rascals are not turned out it la to be inferred that the Democratic battle waa waged on falso iasued. Indeed, it ia an ablolute confession of judgment. KNOtAXU APrOINT-MBKTS lattiatj Citttclat?*d?Th* Administration Sijalrmlog Voder Firs. H'aiA. fytefal to A'. K. AVml*g Piut (J/uy wump.) . A prominent politician says that Commissioner Miller is unjustly criticised for ;he unfortunate mistakes made in the appointment of New England Internal Kevsnue Collectors. The blamo, according to tola gentleman, lies directly at the door of the White Home. The appojntmepts are Presidential ones In the most literal sense, The Commissioner may or may not make l recommendation, and it may or may not ? acted upon. The President, himself, t is said, made the recent selections. The jroUat that followed has commanded atontlon in official circles. The friends of tho President, on the >ther bgnd, say that the New Hnglqnd In lependents are really to be blamed for the lelectioni. The fact that Piilsbury was ikcly to be appointed waa known, they dsim, to a majority of the people in Massichuaetts, whose protests would have )een considered if received in time, bat he President wgs not informed of any obections. The endorsement* were of the itrongest kind. The additional criticisms upon Mr. ?illahury have made the Administration rery uncomfortable. A member of the Cabinet said this morning that the-Pfeailent had no knowledge that such objeo Jons as bave been {made were posaible; iad.hu known 'bo character ol the oppoiltlon that hss-beeq disnioseij. Pi|lsbnry ivould not have been appointed. Hapwars that Congressman Collins, of Maesa. shusetts, made Pillabary's appointment JwoSt # personal matter. A Cabinet of; leer eommoDtinj; up in tlie nature of the ipposition said: "it is astounding with vbat facility promlnent.men will endorse implications for office."' r'lrttula Diiuoprattl jjetprtojnpil (4 H?V? Muhou* ilvn IfouuLB/j. Washisotox, April 27.?The members if the Virginia delegation in Congress isve deeldad to take active measures to rards forcing Prcs|d|ao|i pjeye)jnd to show il# 1im4 it Ut the Ooverninental policy 111 J paUonago in (Mr State. One of hcu, ia (liBPMaing Uu subject, ssjrs: 'Tho U. S. oillcers of every nsnie gn4 inture in the Old- Dominion are placemen, i?ng??-BS ?nd creatures of Mahone. Chei? w not a eiyia Office in tbe State that h not under Mahone s thumb. W'p pro>090 to make definite and poutivo (.barges igainat eomc of these officials, and prer fijt our iudlclmoprt to Mr. Cleveland vitbin in the nest three weelu. Wo shall ay to lilui that il lie is going to help us 14 must help us now. If lie wants to split he party, .let bim keep up tbfa aimless wlicy of procrastination. But if he wants o save his party, and with it Virginia, rom th? aatigltf of the Republicans and he disaffection wlifali jc pn the eve of ireaklng out 'in the ranks of the Qeogo racy, he must recomino our claims and urtatoiwa, We have petitioned in vain; he next tine wb enter the portals of the iVbite Home we will make a ?|eiji(M)d, a?d re shall be backed by the public opinion u reptetenlul in the Congressional deter rations of all our sister DemwaUp States." disastrous SNOw-at-tug D CpJWfldo?Eleven llodlei Found 'Neath the 8"??- i Denver, Coi.., April 3Y?T!)P rescuing mrty which left Leadville early yesterday Doming for the scene of the terrible caainlty at Homrotake mine reached their lestination at 8 o'clock. Several excava- ( ions were made before the cabins mrnld le located. The first one contained pro'laions, etc. No bodies were found here. Che bunk house was next reached, where leven bodies were found. One body stood irect with the head thrown forward as it 1 istening, the whole position indicating i pprehension. Near him lay one of his pRipanions in the bank, face downward pith bis arms crossed under his head. Several logs lay on his body. Three todies wore fouud in an ueuer bunk lasped in each .other's arms, and so itronglv were (bey interlocked as to reluiro the efforts of ail men to separate hein. Uno man was found beside lilt >unk in the attitude of praying. In anther part of tbe cabin were two bodlea irushral between fallen timbers. Other mdiea were found lying about the eeBln ia if thrown Irom the bunks by the shock, rhere is no doubt death waa caused by uffjeation in nearly every caae. A clock and wficli waa found which lad stopped precisely at 3:30. From letera and papers found it is believed the lide occurred about the 20th of February, (he report that some of the men had men aeen a fortnight ago proved to be I vithout foundation. The bodies were i aken. to Leadville. Tbe vlctima are: . ilartin Borden, Sylvester Borden, Horace i iV. Matthews. Joseph Matthews John I x>ck, John Burns, Charlea- Richards, i Jhria Harvey, Robert Campbell and John turns. v: V' 1 IlnrrUon High. Chicago, Iu?, April 27.?A. S. Trade, ifnrnnv fnr Mftvor Garter Harriiinn. to- I lay entered three heavy damage salts in i he circuit court, One was for $200,000 1 gainst the Inter 0?an.Publishing Com- I lany ; one for$200,000 against Edwin Lee 1 Srown and one for $100,000 against the 1 liter 0cmII and Edwin Lee Brown jointly, i U'Cording to the attorney, the suit against | he Inter Ocean Publishing Company is , lased upon fourteen libelous articles, in i vhicli Mayor Harrison's private charac- , er was attacked, and the othera upon a , peech by Mr. Brown published in the *nler Ocean, in which the speakor stated , hat Mayor Harrison wis a consort of hleves and ballot-box staffers, or wofils o that effect 'T ' m All for I.ovo. Louisvitm, Kv., April 27.?Informstfon caches here of a probably fatal duel rhlch was fought in this county by two ronng farmers. John Augusta and Abe Baylor, Hvlng on the Bargetown pike, rore the rivals for the hand of Mlae Jane Draathonn.' Their quarrelled snd friends irranped a meeting which took place Wednesday at daybreak. Pistols at Ifteen pacea were the feature. Both men lrod. Augusta, It la thought, will die rom a wound in the groin. Taylor re'eired a alight wound in the left aido. raylor waa arrested and bronght here for rial to-day, GOLfcEGTOM-GORKlGK, a.ir.ivt brt-i i,i.j oi c^hsX ' ahd the civil service bxfobm. ' iyihu y-y.it Ho Oiutt the Son of a Colon Soldier Bnaon F ho la "Poraouallj Obuoxloiu" to Him, f After Trying Mviral Other Kit- "" ? pvdloa^?Olfltory ot thaCMO. ' I e jfrfffrit CbTf^powrUiory iff fit refffflflnnnr 6 Qsirron, W. Vju, April 27.?A suit was li to-day commenced In the Circuit Court oi ? this county by W. Scott Pierce, by his at- S torney, M. H, Dent, against 8. P. JicOor- j, miclc, Collector ol Internal Revenue (or the district of West Virginia. The suit is ? for libel, and the damages are laid at $10,- J] 000. This suit will doubtless throw some f< light on the character of thgperson wjio ? Is now; posing before the peopjo 'of the j> State u the soldier'afrlend and as a jjj Republican martyr. u Adam Pierce, the father of W. S. it Pierce, i? well remembered by the people of Grafton. He left an arm on the battlefield. He was a brave soldier, a sober. upright, honest and industrious man. His 11 health was entirely destroyed by his services in the army. He was employed as * Superintendent of the United States Cemetery at this pl?ce about the year 1875, Li which place he kept until his death, a few u, months afterward, He died, very poor, . and left a largo and helpless family. 1 Young W. 8. Pierce, thon a small boy, it was taken by General George IV. Brown m Into the oltice of Collector of Internal a(j ltevenue, where he served as a mere uano or messenger. As soon as ho was old ji enough General Brown put him to work ^ as storekeeper and ganger. He has been engaged in this business almost contluu- j, ally ever slnoe, serving under Collectors fleo. VV. Brown, Gov. F. H. I'ierpout, an and Gen. Duval with entire satisfaction. ov Indeed, it is conceded that he was one of :D tne best officers is the capacity in which he has been serving in the Stale. All he made went to the support of bis mother, sisters and brothers. Unfortunately for ?' him, he is a nephew of E. G. Jeflerys, with whom IJcCorniitk had a quarrel. McCormick bad scarcely warmed bis seat ac as Oolleotor, before he ssked the Commis- ? siQner o! internal ltevenue ituen Halter : Kvans) to remove pierce, mid his letter to '* the Commissioner is the subject ol the wl libel suit above mentioned. ?l a veteran's nOY dismissed. 0f The letter is as follows i di ii.vitsu stttu l.vthrsal ItBVBKUE ) )1, Cou.ectob'SO?fici?Di8.o? W. Va., Wheeuxo, Fbiikuaiiv 11,1885. J Sir:?I forward enclosed herein the ap- m plication .of J. Frank Stanhagen (or ap- 00 l.ointfflent m Storekeeper and Gauger in pi the Internal' Beverine gervlce, J person; ci ally know Mr. Stanhagen to bo a gentleman of excellent character and abilities, Hl)d Wholly suited fortheposition towliich w he asks to ijes|ipo|utei|, and 1 respectfully tr recommend tfttf the appointment bo ^ This appointment will Involve the dls- ' missal of Storekeeper and Gauger W. In Scott Fierce, now under assignment at wi distillery No. 5, at Brandonville, W. Va., 80 apd vphq Is of intemperate liabitK and otherwise not (justified for the oftjeo l)o holds. * Respectfully, in 8. P. McOurmick, hi Oiillector Internal Bevpnne. yv: visum 01 ? . vu. Hon. It. hfcCullarh, Sxnlary of Trmmnj, at Wrulungtun, ft C.: th Mr. 'Vlerp* aavs the charges that he irbff 5 "intemperate habits" is untrue and must W have been known by the Collector to bp 1 false, for the reason that ho (McCoraiicli) il,aje Hie same pharges sgainst Pierce to % General Duval sumptime before, and that ? tills charge was then examined and proved ,1 to the satisfaction of General Duval not to be true. McCormick did not then and J" could not sustain the charge. As soon as ur Collector McOormiek's letter wasreceived [^Washington a special agent iraB ordered n to iovMtjgate t)|e charge against Pierce, "j' Hl'KCIAL AOKKT's KKPOHT. p) The following is the special agents' re- th port; XI y. S. RuynrcM hi; Pmui>?LPH|A,PA., Fob. 25,1885. I pi Bon. fVnllef Ecuiu, Cmmim'nner of Inltr- ;fj tial Rtecnuc, ll'aiAinolon, ft C.: f Sia: I have the honor to report that ip ff| obedience to Initructiona I proceeded tp Grafton, \Y. Va., lor purpose ol Investigating U'. S, Pierce, who is charged with ... "intemperate habiU" and -otherwise not Ml rjualified for the office he holds." Ja I could ind no evidence to sustain the ny charge mado against storekeeper Pierce. Very Respectfully, <? Tl|o?. J. Ghimssos, ?1i ? Revenue Agept. pi opso?ioi!? to iiih. }"; But Collector llcCormick net being ^ >ble to oust J'ierco op the grounds of intemperance, wrote tiie following letter; UsiTllD SfATKS IOTEBSAL BBVKNUC, ) Collxctok's Off he Didt. W. Va., ) sti February 21, 1688. J Hon. Waller Jjiani, Commiuiontr of Internal Qi /(aemir, HWiinglon, V. C, 8ihi?On the Uth Inst., I forwarded the #u ipplication, 4c., of J. F. Stanhagon and laked that Ganger W. S. Fierce be,di?- j. iharged; as yet I have no information of the action ol too Department, In add! ' tloa to the gtounda assigned (or the re- eu moval of Pierce, I desire to add that he la personally obnoiioua to me and that I M lannot hold any pleaaant official relationa da with him. My own knowledge ol hia ' sharacter justified me in my action. I s seg to wVge hla removal. he Beapeotfully, S. P. McCmoticc. m( This last epistle of the Colleotor seems to have done the business, for Pierce revived his dismissal ahortly altetward. fudging from the wind uu of this letter, it j, ippearathatCollectorMcOormiokexpected ' the Department to remove eveu an efficient ofllcer ou the grounda that he waa unfortunate enough to be "personally Dbnoziona to blm. AN UlTEIlHTIflU 1UJNT. \y It might prove interesting to the general public to know why Mr. McCormick'a re- at inoval might not be asked of the Presl- 'd lent by any one on the aame grounds, and 84 fMr. McOormlck could reaaonabl/ object . to the employment ol the same argument uglng his removal by the Commissioner lu oi Internal lievenue to the President, il Ihe Commissioner so desired. II there Is se my consistency In the make np of the foi Collector he would hardly expect that an Commissioner. Miller or the President could be in "pleasant official relations" ne with so intense a partisan as lie is known hi lo be. ed The above is a brief aatement of the facts regarding the cames which have led q. to tlie suit for libel Your correspondent ?. ha* taken some pains to getthem. Of ? course there will be no further develop- . ments before the matter comes to trial. *fce BMord Botea. v| ? CixcixNAtt, 0., April 27.?A loot net, of 125 yarta diatanoe, for $5,000 a aide and the champioriahip of America was run gl thla afternoon-it Cheater Bark bjr H. If.' * Johnaon, ol Now York, and .Geo. Smith, Wl ol Pittsburgh. There wore about 500 anec- * tatoia preaent. Alter Bitten minutes' * acorioR the men got started and made the best efforta of their Uvea. Johnson won ra by eix feet In 11 and 3-1B aeconda, beating wi the record. Jobneon trained here, and te Smith at Plttiburgh, Ei INCENDlAltY FIRBa a Piedmont Md WNUnpoit-AttiBpU Minio to 15urn thaTowns. < ..... twfal lMvauh u ?* InUtlenar. Fiidiiokt, W. Vi., April 27.?What apears to be a determined attempt to bum 'iedmoBt and Weaternport *aa made laat ight, but waa, fortunately, uuauca-sa/ul. 'our Urea were started In as many'dlflfernt places, and, bnt lor their early dlscorrv. would have been (linos tro us. As it i, vary little damage, mi done, bnt the itiiena of the place received a teiribie right and are greatly excited. The first re was discovered about eleven o'clock 1 Miller & Oe.'e store, in Westernport. This was bardly extlnguisbed and the xcitement calmed, until a second alarm as sounded and W. H. Gilbert's storo, I Piedaont, 'Was found to be on fire, and lUowing^each other at short intervals, ere similar fires at Jameson & Kalaugh's, in Westernport, and Suber 4 linshal's, in Piedmont' It appean that II the Area were started with oil and cotr in waste. There is as yet no clue to the icendiary. STKUU1I.NVILLK, nptdal -Hotel Sold?Drlvnr ui llora* Drowned. *cial DLtpaleh to tlx Iultlliutucir. STaujuxviLLE, 0., April 2".?W. H. Jwe, leasee of the Imperial Hotel, to-day inght the property at Sheriff's sole. The iprelsement was $12,000, and the price sold at was $10,000. Mr. Lowe will reodei tiie hotel, make it four-stories and Id modern improvements. Thin ' iftAfflmn a tarn hnru foam. vei soovered standing in the Ohio river, just loir this city, and unattended by any iver. In rescuing the horses one was owned. The wagon was driven by Steve Buchian, who was thrown from the wagon W the river banJc, the horses running to the river. A TMltHIULK ACCIDKXT i a Western Komi?Two Per a on Killed. Oltlolals Kudaueurtid. St. Loon, April 27.?Quite a serious : cident occurred on the Iron Mountain i ilroad, seven miles below this city, hereon 1 and 2 o'clock this afternoon by liich two persons were killed and several hers injured. A special train consisting a baggage car, Pullman sleeper and two rectors' cars, bearing a party oi Texas & icillc and Missouri Pacific railroad of*ra on a trip of inspection over the for i er road, collided with the Montesano sc- i mmodation. Both trains were running etty fast and came together on a sharp irve, under a high cliff on the river bank. The crash waa terrillo and completely recked both locomotives, but neither tin waa injured much. Both engineers varsAil antl nnnllnri tVin hlr hrolr<ut lint ere *u no time to save themselves and ey and their iiremon went into wreck ith the engines. William Stevenn, engineer of- the special train, received concussion of the spine and was injured : ternalljr. His fireman, l/>uln Christ, j lit both legstornoff.hiBchestcrusheiland , is killed. I'bilip Tuland, nephew of unerai Wistar, ol the Texas | id Pacific road, and oonnocted with , e locomotive department of the I'enn- , ivania railway, was; riding,oh the. en- , ne of the special and was frightfully : angled, ope of his lea* being torn off and ] s chest crushed ln,kiiliug biui instantly. | (-Governor Brown, General Solicitor i the Missouri Pacific had pne shoulder i i)oca(ed. General;Wirter was slightly | irt a^oiit the lteai. Medical aid waa | mrnuned as speedily as possible and all | ought tothe city. Engineer Stevenson wss taken to the ilroad hospital, and Governor Brown id General wistar are at the Southern 1 otal.' The' body of Mr.' Toiand" waa . iopd jn charge of an' undertaker, and ] at ai (jurist van leu at imronuaiut. 10 special train bad the right of way, it owing to a misunderetandini: of Tram ispntelier Mr. Burnt, the Monlesano lip waa not ordered to Wftit on the ccial. An inqueat on the body of Toud waa bold tills evening, and Burns !> declared regponsible for his death. Pk tent Hut* th? Cttuae. Indianaholis, Isid , April 27.?In syne township, this coanty, last night, ihn Bridges was latally shot by i'erry imlinson. Bridges was acting m deputy ustablo and the immediate cause of the ooljng was an attempt to recover by reevip some mules which '.fomlinaou had ipounded. fh" men haye been enemies r a Iqqg time and the shooting li tnceu o to an old feud. ywya {yummy The Arbeiter Hall at Detroit was do? oyed by Are. Loss $20,000. Five large business houses in 8trathnoy, it, were destroyed by fire. v j t1111 .? ai 211_ a jai-.1 1 i.rvi xiin, (u mayoY'tun, v., uuuumucu icide by taking morpbino. pongresiiinan Throckmorton, of Texas, sd at his home in McKinney, thutSuto. Juan Pedro Alvarado waa shot and killat Frederickaburg.Texaa, by a Mexican. Forest flrea are prevailing in the Bine Duntaina neat of Lynchburg, Va. Great mage haa been done, There la a shortage in the accounts of B. Price, postmaster atUrbana, 0.; that ia unable to explain. The Continental Brewing Company's tabliahment, in Philadelphia, waa darned by fire. 1.088 JDO.UOO. Dr. H. B. Penn, who was aentenced to hanged at Uazlehuret, Miss, was resadbythe Governor till MaylS, | An outbreak occurred between alexins and Yaqui Indians at Senora, CoL nety' were Idlled and woudded. Colonel Thomu 11. Bringhurst wu ap- ' intisd receiver of the 8piker Harrison i agon Pic lory of Logansport, Ind. Mary Duryea was married to Julia Eager Jamaica, L.L, and was shot and wound- 1 by Frank Land, a rejected admirer, the 1 me night. i in> of Milan, Ind., is searching for ! insebreakers who hare been tronbleeome that ricinity. , Joe. Kckard, butcher, who disappeared i ren weeks ago at Terre Haute, Ind.,was I ind drowned yesterday. There are j spidona of foul play. The body of Charles Gerber was fouud i ?r Miller's Island, near Dayton, 0. lie id been missing a week, and was drownin the Miami rirer. Frank H., Parker, a saloon-keeper at 1 reat Bend, Mo? waa mnrderedby Ueorge ' ack, hla colored porter. Mack was ar- 1 ted and taken to Kansss City. Vice Chancellor Smith mule a deciaion the Knighta ol Honor caae yeaterday anting a perpetual injunction against the ipreme Loan' electing officer* oatdde > the State oi Kentucky. While W. D. Lowry and George Dea?,of Lonlaville, Ky, were examining Brltfah **baltd<^' revolver, the weapon a accidentally dlacharged, and Lowry rioualy, though not neceaaarily tatally ounded. y : . George B. Proctor, who planned the ibbery ol the U. 8. Ezpreaa Company, aa convicted at Philadelphia and aennced to nine and a half yeara In the aura penitentiary of Pennaylvani* THE WAR CLOUD BETWEEN RUSSIA AMD ENGLAND ?? Darkens Its Borders Every Honr-Prlnce Bimirsk AIU|?d to HkTt Bud li the Pie?The British House of Commons Votes * War Credit. London, April 27.?A council will be held at Cronstadt to consider the defenses at that point The Governor of Ponjanb and his military secretary have started for (Juetta. A dispatch from Constantinople published here tliiB afternoon states that the strongest evidence of intriguing on the part of Prince Bismarck with the palace ntiininln has Imnn dluinvarMl In iltafc oltv It is laid that the German Chancellor ii strongly urging that Turkey side with Husslain event oi an outbreak ol hostiUties between that country and EnglkncL" A. dispatch from St. Petersburg to KeutertiTelegram.Company,iaya: War between Russia and England la now regarded aa inevitable. The Ciar leaves t?day (or Moscow, and (ram that historic city he will issue his manifesto, or declaration oi war, it such an extreme measure ahould < become necessary. 1 Preparations are being urgently pressed , for the quick dispatch ol troops to "the , front." V r-. I It is now asserted that the British Gov- t ernment is in possession oi information ? which proves beyond a doubt that Prince j Bismarck has been urging Turkoy to side . with Itussis in the event oi a war between { England and Bussia. [ a PAciric toxic. London, April 27.?The more pacific ' tone of the St. Petersburg dispatches re- { ceived during the past twenty-four hours t is reflected in a greatly Improved feeling r here. The announcement in the late ad- J vices from St. Petersburg that the Bua- J tiau Government has consented to the ap- c polntinoht of a commissioner to look Into 1 [he Kdsbk rlver affair is generally viewed i b mnitiinmnMcrinff. innminv who htvA t heretofore regarded 'he situation as critical are of the belief that a peaceful settlement of the dispute between England and ( Russia will vet M arrived at In both financial and commercial circles the tune is much improved this morning. On the Stock Exchange consols are firm ' and fractionally higher. Russian bonds I have advanced two percent, and Egyptian 8 securities one percent The whole list is stronger than lor several days past, while * the dealings are characterised Dy a more * sottleil tone. C The rumor which was in circulation in t Paris, London and Berlin, that the Emperor Wliliam had been asked to arbi- J Irate between Kussia and England, is '' without foundation. Fallowing directly on the heels of the ? pacific dispatches from St Petersburg, ' published this morning, comes a dispatch 1 from that capital, received here this after- J noon, stating that it is currently reported ? in official and other circles that the Czar ? will leave for Moscow at once, and imme- J Jlately on his arrival in that city he will ' issue an imperial manifesto cutting off J diplomatic relations with England and for- J mally declaring war against that power. * A St Petersburg dispatch says: Wheat tl is firm 170 shillings for Hay deliveries, , md 180 for October. These prices are 20 *1 percent higher than thoso of tlx weeks 0 igo. IlussTan paper roubles are quoted at P J J'l fpumtu Tim Rnnran fnr thft tuutu'Aiilr ? iss been the scene of the wildcat specula- *< lion and notwithstanding the-heavy fall d n Russian securities the feeling la prova- ? Icut uniouK lloaneiera that Russia will not h 30 compelled to fight for what she wants' in Central Asia?in abort England will not c Igbt. ?j TIIK OLD STOBT. " Rumors from St. Petersburg of a fresh jj :onflict between the Russians and tlie tl Afghans aro causing great uneasiness in ti [jOndon Riid an the continent, news of the '' Penjdeh battle having been preceded by I similar rumor. It is generally believed, | ilso, that Russia keeps back news. Tho !iews that the Caar is going to Moscow is jonsidered ominous, as a siinlliar visit mmediately preceded the Russo-Turkish ?ar. " press comment on the public feeling in g ill the European capitals is more despond- int. The Horun Urilimg says: 'The ilfflcnltlea oil the liorlin bourse grow _ now and more distinct as the end of the * month approaches. The difficulty is as a nnch augmented by the coming uqulda- ,] don oi accounts as the political outlook. . Holders of Russians will J>o foroed to vlose * ^counts and futures are hkely to occur. J The port of Vladlvostrock, in Siberia, ? ieftr the confines of China, bavo been fl :losod to commerce, The Russian naval 1 luthoriileshave so disposed that only a 0 1 arrow channel remains for the entry and wit 61 their own war ships. A SIcolMcaut Utterance. Lokiiok, April !7.?The Home of Com- [J noun without debits, u suggested by Mr. , tfladatono, voted the entire credit of fifty. J Sve million of dollars asked by the Gov- t> jrnment, Mr. Edward Temperly Gourley, Radical for Sunderland, asked whether the Gov- a Brnmcnt would endeavor to have the dis- t pule with Russia referred for arbitrament 0 :o the United States of America ? Mr. Gladstone anawered: "The Gov- fl srninent are quite sensible of their heavy t responsibility to maintain the honor and good faith of the country on the one hand, ; ind on the other to use every means con- j ilstent with that honor to avoid war. I j. an give no more partloular reply than . ,hl?. ' c The utterance was accepted as slgnlfl- ,| ant and was received with cries of "hear" t 'hear." J The "llotptaor* KfypUau" Inoldant, 1] PiBi*, April 27?Essad 1'asha, the e rurklsh Ambassador, to-day approached ft. De Kreycinet, the Minister of Foreign ifTairs, upon the question of the snppres- 1 lion of the Botphore Egyptitn. M. De Frevclnet wss moit courteous In tone and nanner, anil expressed the greateat con- " dderation tor the Sultan, hia Government ' ind hia people. France, however, aald ^ MinUter De Freydnet, oonaidered that the o jueatlon at lame concerted only the Gov- p srntnent ol the Khedtve of Egypt, which, ti ay imperial firman, la made reaponaible y [or the Internal government of Egypt. i The.Irench fleet haa been ordered to t rendravooi off Plraeni, a seaport of Greece, e It la believed this action la taken with a e riew to making a naval demonatratlon off Alexandria in the event of the Egyptian a government refuaing to make the amende 1 ieraauded by France for the anppreeaion j if the Botphart Egyptitn. ( Important, It Tru?. ) Loxnox, April 28.?The St. Peterburg t correspondent of the Daily AVtct aaya: "I 1 am informed on nod authority of another ! engagement on the Afghan frontier. 01 : 1,70(1 Koatttns. who engaged with the ' Afghans, nearly all were killed. | SIM from viuoroiorm. Gmcxao, April 27.?Mrs. Ella 8h?y, * ' young married lady, died while under the influence of chloroform, seated la a dentIft chatr ln DK W. D*y"r offloe, this 1 afternoon. The deatlit says aha request- < ed that chloroform be administered. The t polSot an investigating the kmc. j ? v ; ;>/ r " 'if, ' ' 1 , At (Ir??ua-One (or 8U tod Another tor IfcrM Thousand. facial >' Ga*npjri|^. VA.j April 27.?John j. GilUgan.metchint ofthU place, made an aMlg^Mt to>dqr.'. John T. McOraw to the assignee. Mr. QllUgan's failure waa principally cauaed by long continued alckneea, whioh incapacitated bim for bus!ilea. He baa ?1 ways been one ol our moatreapeojedcltlsanaand the aympatby ol the entire community ia with him in hit trouble. Qllligan's liabilities are about $0,000; aaeeti about $4,500. William B. Wardfr, a prominent lumber merchant, haa. also failed. John T. McGjvw and Hugh Evans are .assignees. Liabilities about <3,000; assetj about ?2^oo. . .,y:. IM OMITBAI.' AMERICA. the AawhMi'WpwtiwI as Cowards?A Fight an t?pU. ' v N*w York, AprU27.?A special from Panama, dated April 20, says: Tlie American troops, under Commander McCalla, began to withdraw from the city last nlgbt, under an agreement with AliDure and the French ConsoU The evacutlon of the city ilestroys American prestige here. There lias been rejolciog among tlio insurgents ind sympathizers with them, and pro perty-owner* anticipate ??rlous trouble. Che Americans are called cowards, and ;breats are heard on every >ideio-day. Hie American troops withdrew to the Manama Railway station. General Aizpure has guaranteed to preserve order in he city, but the insurgents have again legun the work of barricading the streets. Washisotos, Aprils".?Admiral Jowett mil Commander McCalla have informed he Navy Department that the American orcee were withdrawn from Panama ye?erday. because of promises made by luff ebel Aispure, that he would not interfere with American interests in that city, and hat he would not erect barricadex in ' tracts. The American troops were marchd a short distance from the city to the 'anama Kailroad Company's properly, 1 trtiOM* wnM ataflnna/1 af (ha fim& 4kn I clegrams vera sent to Washington. .?:?"?n i KOUTinVKHT WAlt. | 'ortbar Partl?nl?r? or III* LkU B?tU* with the li' iH i.. VV'iNHiPKOj Mas;j April, 27.^-A dispatch ( rom Fish Creek the scene ol the recent i itttle between Canadian troops and rebels ) ays: The troops still occupy the camp itched on Friday night, which.iieg about ! mile from the battle ground. To-day i ieneral Midcileton gave orders to have 1 be remainder ol the leit division brought j cross the river and this work is now be- , ng attended to. The rebels during the i light retired /rom the position they oc- | upied at the close of the fight and notli- t ng can he Been ol them in the ravine, i ma morning?w ociock there was an larm awl the' troopa turned out in leas I ban five minutes. The dead were lmried I ear the camp, yesterday morning, Gen- . rai Middleton reading the burial service. , 'no dead Indiana were found in the ra- < ins where the! earlier fighting took place. 1 hree others are known to.be' killed, i ifty-four pontes have beencounted on t lie field. , 1 n the ravine the rebels had eight amall t ifle pita anil one large one. Several pools t f blood were found in these, Fourteen t onics And twenty head of cattle Were ( ipturedin the ravine yesterday. The ( sbels have not been seen here since the , ay of battle. To all appearances they ? itfered severely, Word has jnat been f een brought in by a scout from the west 0 lue ol the river that ISO half-breeds had a roused to that side. Thirty tvaum were \ mitfrom HumboldtdirecttoBatorclie un- i er the impression that Middleton would ike that trail. Twenty of Carrolton's ( loonted men were aent to-day to bring ,< liein in, and op to a late hour had not reirned. H Is thought the teama were cap- , ired by the eqemy. TUB OUIOCA.M I'AHI.V, j ;*imbllealu and Uimocrat, Seeking Caadl- ' ales Cur Governor and Senator. t Nsw Yokk, April li7.?Tho presencoin 1 uis city but week of a number of promi- ' ent Ohio politicians has given riBo to a reat deal of talk about the gubernatorial -.1 ...ai.J.l A.Lt. n ?... It L I uu aauuujjiui ujjuu. uuvt-iuui r umit, x-Speaker Keiler and ex-Congressman ' Lmos Townacnd, ol Cleveland, were ' mong the Republicans here and were en- 1 busiastlc tor Judge Foraker lor Governor. " lr. Foster is steadily pushing Foraker's I laiius and people who know something I Ohio politics say that he will get the t ominatlon. Amos Townsend is also in lie race, however, though he would not < ppoqe Foraker. I On the other liand, the Democrats are t ntirely at sea as to the choice oi a man. , iovemor Hoadly will not be a candidate, , ccording to Mr. Edgar >1. Johnson, his ^ iw partner and political trainer, who left 3r Cincinnati to-night. "Judge (ieddes tauda aa good a chance as any one," said lr. Johnson. "He would prove acccptaile to the 'morsbacks' and the 'kids' alike." "Do } #u think your party will be sue- , essfuHa Ohio this Fall ?" . "TDnt.will depend very much upon the ctjoriflfthp Administration in Ule aia- < ributlon of patronage. II the parly is oing to succeed it will have to be in ' ...i ai. ? o rri? r icuri?r luuuru mm uic [nxuuouh iuo ight In Ohio this year is to be n very prety one and not a Ume one, too." 1 Tbe McLean candidate is undentood to 10 Martin A. Koran, ol Cleveland. Mr. iIcLean is determined to get tbe upper 1 land of tbe "mos lucks" ami make htmelf 8enalor Sherman's successor. The amlidacy of Foran Is the llrat step in this . lirection. If tlto Legislature of Ohio is 1 tepublican next year Senator Sherman i an undoubtedly be bis own successor if ( le chooses. Ex-Governor Foster, bow- i ver, is credited with an ambition la that < (NtfUmt. gimitMAK MAY BKTIItK. J h? Ohio Bo I* m t >r Import ml Willing to Lmva y Political Ufa. ( Nsw Yonit, April 27?The announcelent la made here that Senator Sherman rill leave Ohio in a few days lor an ex- \ snded Pacific Coaat trip, with San Fran- \ i? o an I Pugot Sound as the objective J loints. That >nch a trip should be underiken at the beginning of the Ohio canon, which involve! his own succession, as created #me surprise smong the poli- , Icians. The fji't is that the Senator has , xpressed to his friends his utter indlfl'ernee In the matter. Colonel Moulton, his brother-in-law, , aid to-day: "The Senator told me receptf (hat he thought there were other and ' 'ounger men who wanted his place, and 1 le was inclined to let them have It. I hlnk that he will necessarily come to the ront as a candidate, but he Is not amblious to do so. He deprecates the use of lis name for Governor as well as Senator, ind when he is told that it will lead to tbe * !.t 4.1 4. I. V'.. U_.l ?U ' rcsiuoucy, bubwoib hiat ua uim iiku on hat knocked out of him. I believe, liowiver, th?t Sonator Sherman'e friends will >e able to abow him that It U hla duty to ttmaln In politic*, af leaat until bla party in ameasurerettored to power." . Wants War, Th?n. PiRia, April 27.?A dispatch to Tempi rom Berlin aaya that Prince Bismarck ia ippoaed to mediation aa a meana of setling the trouble* between Vnxland and ftaMta, OVER THREE SCORE. ANNIVKItSAUY OK GRANT'S BIRTH H? iriiu Much Improrod tnd Takr. nil Usual Walk?Congrnfillnttou* Pour In on Uim From AH Parti of tli? Country?How ilio Day Pawad. Nmv Voiik, April 27.?Beginning at 11 o'clock lut night General Grant slept at intervals until 2 o'clock tills morning, after which his slumber was almost continuous until 8 o'clock this morning. When he had been dressed he remarked that bo felt good and was refreshed. When Dr. i ta -m.uft i ?? > - | i/UUglM 4QII< VHP UUUOO nVOiOV| U? BtllU [UO patient was fully as well as yesterday. He could uot say that be was better tban on Sunday, for ou tbat day be was exceedingly well comparatively; but tbe General to-day was as well as yesterday, and bad so expressed himself. Flags are Hying and bunting is displayed on tbe street on whioh General Grant lives in comemoration'ofhirfblrthday. TheGeneral is U3 years old. A week ago last Thursday at tbe request of Col. Fred Grant,-Prof. Kupert Scbmid, the Munich sculptor, called at General Grant'B residence to secure a portrait bust of the General. Since then he has had four sittings and now the work only needs a few finishing touches. It isof life size, one-quarter length. A military cloak is draped about the shoulders and the whole rests upon a design of crossed cannon surmounted by an eagle with outspread wings. Prof. Schmid expects to complete the bust at one sitting. General Grant took a drive in Central Park at noon to-da.v. General Grant sends the following for publication: To tbe various army posts, societies, city, public schools, States, corporations uid individuals, North and South who have been so kind as to send mo congratulations on my sixty-third birthdsy, I wish to oiler my gratulul acknowledgements, the dispatches have been so numerous md so touching in tone that it would have-been impossible to answer them If I bad been in perfect health. [Signed] . V. S. Gha.it. Between four and live o'clock in the afternoon General Grant, accompanied by Colonel Grant, walked us usual to iladi IUU UIOUUCWIU MUCK. (jeneral Sickles called between lire and six o'clock Sydney Dillon sat and conreised with tlio General in the drawing ooni for nearly an hour. The house wa? brilliantly lighted np in tho evening, and thousands of spectators passed through .he street and stopped to gate for a few noments at tlie house. Largo and magliflcent presents of flowers continued to >our in, while a continuous stream of telegraph boys were incessantly delivering nessates from all over the country. Birthday cards were sent by thobasketnl of the most extensive and costly Inisli from all parts of the United States, imong the congratulatory messages eceived was one from Secretary if Slate Oarr, of Brooklyn. The Methodist preaeheni meeting in session it San Francisco, House of Representaives of Illinois. M. E. Hand sent the mnnratnlaMnna ftf Hio niiUt/i oiitinnl ?V?tl_ Iron of Ciallipolia, Ohio. The old roMim and citliena ol Dakota *rritory without distinction of party sent rom a meeting hejd in Yankton, a series if congratulatory resolutions. The Sulerintendent and employes of the Atohion Haiiroad Company were also heard rom, and the public school children if Richmond, Itul. From Chicago catne ; hearty series of congratulations aimed ly F E. Morse, Chas. E. Bunker, F. 0. rwin. Besides these were dispatches from the irand Army posla and prominent iniividuals without number. The General remained in the drawing ooui until after 10 o'clock in com any with members of bis fnmly, Sonator Chaffee, Doctor mid tire. Newman and Doctor Douglas, ie seemed tired looking, but held up imasdngly. Ho seemed to tool anpremely lappy and joinod in conversation with nuch spirit. CoogrmtulitUoits Vrom Itllnol*. SrinsonELii, Kifc! April 27.?In tho Jouse a resolution was adopted instructng the Secretary of Stale to have the flag aisod on the Uapitoi in honor ol of Geniral Grant's 63d birthday anniversary,and mother instructing the Speaker to teie;raph General Grant congratulations on lis improved health. The Speaker sent the following dispatch o General U. S. Grant, Now York: By direction, and on behalf of the House if Hejiresentatives of the General Assem>ly of Illinois, I extend congratulatioua o you on this, your 03rd bi rthday, and ixpress to you the satisfaction felt by the icople of this State at the improved coalition of your health. (Signed) E. If. Haynks, Speaker of House of Representatives. ? Hjmimthy From' I milium. ItrofmroLis, April 27.?A moetingof epresentative citixens was held'to-night n the United States court room in honor , if General Giant's birthday. Governor 3ray presided and addresses were made iv Senator Harrison, ex-Senator McDon ild, ex-Governor Farter anil others. A letter to tb? General wna reported by i committeo consisting of Hon. J. C. New, FuiI|{6 N;black, District Attorney Holitein, General H. 8. Foster unil W. II. UnRlish, and adopted by u rising vote. C.I.hrMtton nt I'tnrluaatl. Cincinnati, O, April 27.?A large meet- ' ng wan held at Turner Hall to-night to wlebrate the fixty-third anniversary of Seneral Grant's birth. Speeches were nade by ex-Congressman Samuel F. Ssrey, lion. John Simplcinson, Hon. Michael Hyan and others. Kvery referrnce to Grant's name brought forth deaftning cheers. Among those who attended rore scores of the most prominent citizens >1 Cincinnati. 8lxtr-llir?0 4Jutt?. Ottomwa, Ia., April 2'.?Sixty-three ..... n I !.. ii.:? .ii? *1.:.. ?J (iiua were uiuu mi vuu uuj iuw iuuiuwjc ui'l many business houses were drcoraUd n commemoration of G;n. Grant's birthlay anniversary. Flrp at Plttibuali* Pitts tiunau, April 27.?To-night about 11 o'clock the four-story building, No. 90 rhird avenue, occupied jointly by lames Peters & Co, ait a paper warehouse, and E. E. Kdmundson i Co., lurniture store house, was completely gutted by fire. The walls gave way under the heavy weight and water waited paper anil came down with ?terrible craah, burying nine firemen in the ruins. Their names were: Nelson IVfuiilu. .Tnhn (iri>r>tvin.>f.? UMIi roll, John Kilham, Wm, McKelvey, Fred. Kent*, John Jones, Chan. Stick, and On# Dott All but Nelson Woods were taken out, and ha is supposed to be dead. Tub only complete stock ol vegetable seeds at Boyd's, Market Street. Baltimore ft Ohio. Special excursions to Pittsburgh every Sunday. Hound trip rate $160. Train leaves the Baltimore & Ohio depot at 7:10 a* u., city time. Returning leaves Pittsburgh at8:0Sr. v., city time, Tickets good