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VYF.hN'ESOAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 14. TttK CONVENTION of Ihe thirteen otigiiial Statep, after adopting and promulgating Ihe exislingConsiitution, adjourned ia Philadel pfaia on tho 17th of Septembor, 17S7. 'The centennial of tbat event will be celebrated in Philadelphia to-morrow and on tbo two eucceeding days. A century is only a short lime in tue life of a nation. Bacon gave the first blow for liberty in Virginia more than one hundred years before Washington gave tho second, and the successful one. But the first century of the existing government of this country has been a most eventful oue. During it 13 poor and weak common? wealths have grown into OS rich and pow? erful States, and 3,000:000 of people to Gd.000,000 ; discoveries have beeu made in the arts and sciences that have revolu lionized the world; and a civil war has been waged that devastated one eu'ire half of the country, aud f-ubverttd not only its system of lubor, but the whole social system ofthat half, and from the effects of which it is still ?iullrriuir., but is relieving itself by phenom? enal thrift, enterprise and industry. Wheth? er at the expiration of the century that com? mences Saturday tho hi centennial of the Constitution will be celebrated u beyond human kon, but it Is vain to deny that tho signs of the limes are not auspicious of snch an event. _ Tjik t.'oLi.Kcrou of customs and the post master at Bostou having refu*td lo give the democratic comraitteo of that city list *. of ihe emp'oyees in t! eir respective oflietH, nppii cation wan made for the tame fo the Treas? ury and Postcffice Departments at Wash? ington. The required lists were forwarded at oucf. Nearly all tho t.niues on the in are those of republicans. The matter will be brought to the attention of the coming State democrutic convention of Massachu? setts. The fact that the demand was grant ed at Washington, the headquarters of (ho civii service commission, after laiug refused at Boston, und grunted, too, though I ho ob? ject for which it was made?the removal of republican oflici holders?was well known, looks hs if the approach of (he next national democratic convention Imp induced ut lenst two of the government departments lo con? ceive the idea that the demands oftbo pro pie by whom tbe administration was elect ?d are entitled to some consideration. 1 v 'I'llk President bo independent enough of his party to appoint many republicans lo offic\ and to retain many more in office, neither he nor any of tho democrats who applaud suoh action can, with any degree of justice or consistency, complain of tho o members of (heir parly who, not b.-ing able to abide such action, may, in the coming election, manifest their disapprobation of ii by beiug equally as independent,<i:id voting for republicans. For the good of the State, however, and for thnir own good, it is boped that the Virginia democrats may not he "better than their party," and that no one of them may lose faith in the cause because thing* aro not going on toPtii: them exactly; for they may test as-ured that no matter how bad some of the democratic hadern may !;.? all of, those of tho republicans ere a great deal worse. Somk of Ihe republican newr-papers de? nounce Most, tho annrchist, for presuming to apply for citizenship, but refusing to take an oath to support the laws of Ihe country, if, in his opinion, those laws aro not tight. But Mr. Most is leas inconsistent and has more regard for the obligations of au oath than the men who created the republican party, for they said the constilution they had sworn to obey was a league with hell, and tbat they were bound by a '"higher law" than any human enactment?tho law of their own conscience. The MoVr mknt for the construction of a broad and graded avenue f.-om the south end of the proposed bridge acro.-s Ihe Potomac at Arlington, through Alexandria, to Mount Vernon must, if successful, prove highly ad? vantageous tc this city and to all its inter, eats. It is hoped therefore that tbe meeting to stimulate that moviment to he held at the Opera Houhu here to-morrow afternoon may be well attended, and that every (hing may be done tba!. Alexandria aud her citi? zens can do toward achieving tho desired object. FROM WASHINGTON. [Special Correspondence of the Alexa. Gazkttk] Wabuington. D. C, Sept. 14.1SS7. As stated iu this correspondence yester? day, an octoroou named Marie L. Mason, a clerk in the land office for the past nine years, resigned her office, and in company with her daughter, went to Wyoming Ter? ritory, where she intends to reside in the future. She was well-known to many Al? exandrians. She was the daughter of Wm. Slade, the confidential valet of President Lincoln, in whom the President placed the utmost confidence. Slade was a quadroon, and had one child, a daughter so fair as to show no traoe of her negro parentage. She grew to be a beautiful w oman, and was left considerable property by her father, who died shortly alter the war. She married a i smart, clever octoroon from Virginia uamtd Mason, who claimed to have the blood of I the immortal George Mason in his veius. In ! the reconstruction era he went lo Arkansas, and was elected State senator. He died during his term and left one daughter who ! has develop.d u.i,. H talented woman, has 1 Btudiel paiuniiu in Europe, and has just re turned to make her homo in ihe \Vtsr wjtt, ! her mother. A republican from tbe Valley of Virginia here to-day, saysiiou. M-thonedid notehow much wisdom iu prosecuting hid suit against Senator Riddleberger, in the Grst place, be? cause it wa-< impossible for him to have made anything out of it, and in the second, because it has created a feeling of sympathy for Riddleberger among many tepublic uns who were not friendly to him, but who look upon him now iu the light of a perse? cuted man. Ho says tho General ueeds all the votes he can get it that section, hut that by this suit be has needlessly lost many. Tho work of constructing tho iron free b: idge across i he Potomac on the piers of the old A exaudriu canal aqueduct progresses very slowly. Twenty feet of sloue abut? ment at the south end of the bridge bave yet to be built, and not a pjece of the iron for the bridge has yet been received. The contract time for the completion of the bridge expires next mouth, but as tho work can not oe finished then, that time will of course have to be extended. It is said at the government departments beretbat a3 nearly all the clerks therein are lepublicansit will he intimated to all the clerks that attention to the olScial business will bo mote satisfactory to the heads of the departments than trips home to vote at thefall elections;bot that the republicauclerks believe the next administration will be re? publican, and are afraid'not to go home to vote, lest that fact may hi made tho cause of their discharge if a republican President be elected. The gentleman whom the democratic ex? ecutive committee of Virginia hasengaged to prepare a report of Gen. Mauone's Congres? sional record husalmost completed that work. He says the General's bargain ami sale when he entered the Seuate, hi-i defeat of the propesition to repeal the statute prohib? iting ex-Confederates from holding commis? sions in the army, and his course in the Dan? ville "massacre" case are not at all calcu? lated to make him popular either with the democrats of Virginia or with the right thinking republicans oi that State. Ex-Representative Brady of Virginia is in the city to day. lie says be i-) induced by the fuel tiitt- GeneralMabone hascommenc ed to put out money so early in the earn paign, to believe that he has a laige sum foi campaign purpose?, and has probably re ceived some from Senator Stanford of Caii fornia, who may probably want a frieml it the fifty first congress. Mr. Brady says tht General is bent on being .Mr. Kiddleborger'i successor i'.; the Senate, and that he will re Boit to all the means in bis power to attair that object. The amount of -11 per cent, undue bond: offered to the government to day was ove; live million. The lowest offer was 1.08. I is understood that about tour million will b< bought. Representative Taulbcs, of Kentucky democrat, who was at the Capitol to-day don't hesitate tu say his if President Cleve land be renominaUd, the democrats will In in great danger of losing that State. H< mado this statement whilo conversing witl two other Congressmen from other States neither of whom agreed with him. Secretary Bayard is evidently in no gooi mood about the resignation of Assistan Secretary Porter. He says Mr. Porte was appointed at his instance, hut resignec t:t bis own, and if there are any reasons fo; his resignation be should state them. It i: generally believed that the difficulty be tween the two gent lernen arose from th< Canadian fishery question. Cols. Coward in and Joe Lane Sterne, aides ti (!ov. I<ce, of Virginia, passe i through hero to-daj for Philadelphia, where they will moot theGov ernor when he shall arrive on a later train. Thej report the democrat) of Richmond as in improve! Spirit*,and seem ti> think the democrats will sue reed iu electing thoir legislative ticket thereriosi November. A private letter received here fan Richmond i aj fi il< uiocratic clubs arc being formet all over the city, and that many members of tin party who left it and joined the labor party lac year have come back, and that with hard worl and no more foolishness four democratic ruemben of the b cjalaturo will be elected. No Pack. -The attempt yesterday, n. staled in t,,? Gazktte, to sail tho first tria race between the Volunteer and Mayflowei ended in failure, owing to want, of wind The judges decided that the next race wil be railed to-morrow over a course twent} miles to windward and return outsido o Sandy Hook. The Thistle, though not ir the race, came r.ul from her moorings as the racers were about to start yesterday, anc with the help of a breeze that the others die not get passed both a half mile from tb< start. Then the Volunteer passed her ant the Mayflower caught up on her. lJurinf the first hour of tho race tho Scotch boal passed both tho American bloop-5. In lurr they bath passed her, and although th< Thistle soon afterward set a balloon jil the Volunteer cud Mayflower left hci away behind. At the !> iniio buoy they were inon- than two miles away from tho Thistle which was then sailing straight out to sen with the yacht Atlantic, with more wine than was felt ii..-ide. While this brees? blow the Atlantic held her own, but wher comparative calm set in, tho Thi.-dlu walket away from her. coort OF Ari'kals at stalls'ton, 13tH. Dillard vs. Dunlop. Order ot coutinuanc! sot aside and (lie caso submitted. Wittf-jtdministraior, vs. Warwick. Arguet and submitted. Johnson, administrator, vs. Bichmond ant Alleghany Railroad. On motion remover to Richmond. Ayr6s, administrator, vs. Ricbmoud am' Danville Railroad Company. On motion ie moved to Richmond. Jordan vs. Cunningham. Continued bj consent. Mchane vs. Harris. Continued and a wril of cerliorari awarded. Carr, administrator, vs. Mortis Con tinned. Perkin vs. Jones. Continued. Wal Hey vs. Shenandoah Iron, Land, and Mineral-Mining Company. Argued by R, S. Parks and submitted. Kennerly vs. Swarlz Continued. Walker vs. Grryson. Continued. Richardson vs. Sewers. Continued. The Court agreed to six the L'Oth ir.stant to hear specially the nasool the Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad Company vs. Cazenove and tho county of Clarke. SUICIDK.?-The dead body of Hugo von Hi-ur was yesterday morning found HoatiDg in the canal about a quarter of a mile this sido of the Chain btidgo. To the pockets of the dead man were, a f?jw articles, a memo? randum book in which were some notes iu German and n note addressed to Herr Wie? nand. He also left a ictter iu bis room in Mr. Wiegand's house saying he was tired of lite and intended to commit suicide. The deceased belonged to a noble family in Ger? many, and hr.il left that country on account of trouble with his wife. Twenty live years ngo John Grundy, of Philadelphia, was one of tho most expert, and prosperous of tho marble cutters of that city. Then he wentiplo politic?, was sue cessful, and was elected Alderman fur sev? eral terms Then he took to drinking, lost his oflice anil tiis finplovmont, and occarno a rau' picker, and his wife was it rrw sorter until she t> ?t ame Mind mid went fo the poor house. The mi her day be et-aggered into j his garret with a whiskey bottle, and four days later his .lead and decomposed body j was found l>ic? on the hed where be had ! died. j VIRGINIA NEWS. The wife of T. E. Saur.dora. of Warreu too, died Saturday. The heat at Norfolk yesterday was severe, aud one man was prostrated. Ex-Secretary of War Bilknap is said to bare spent the summer in retirement at Powhu-an 0. H. The prohibition convention at Stauntou yesterday nominated H. E. Lyle and M. K. Fultz. two prominent citiz?ns of Augusta county, as candidates for the Legislature. Tbe party propose making a vigorous can? vass. In a fight in Norfolk yesterday between 'longshoremen George Scott was desperate ly cut in half a dozen places with a cotton hook in the hands of August Gaines, who Qed from the city. Tbe condition of Scott is critical. Mrs. Holme?, wife of Professor George F. Holmes, of the University of Virginia, died at Charloltesville Monday night after a lingering illness. Mrs. Holmes was a daugh? ter of the elder Governor Floyd, and Fister of John E. Floyd, who was Secretary of War under President Buchanan. Gov. Lee left Richmond this morning for Philadelphia lo attend the centennial cele? bration. He is accompanied by Cols. John Hampton H?ge and C. O'B. Cowarden, of his staff; Mr! Waller, his private eecretary ; Gen. Cbas. J. Anderson, biisadier-general cf the Stale militia, aud Cel. Jo. Lane Stern, State inspector. Mr. J. R. Bryan, sr , died at the Universi? ty of Virginia yesterday, aged 8:2 years. He was a son of Joseph Brynn, sr., member of tbo United States Seuate, and an intimate friend of John Randolph, of Roanoke, who, upon the Senator's death, adopted his son as his own. He married a niece of Mr. Randolph, Misa Elizabeth Coulter. Ho leaves seven children. NEWS OF THE DAY. Most, the auaichist, tried to got a certifi? cate of naturalization hut the New York ? official to whom Most applied for a certtli cate declined to issue him ono on the ? ground that he would not undertake to obey the laws. Go v. Gordon, of Georgia, yesterday signed > the wine room bill, which imposes a tai ? of $10,000 on all wine rooms. Under the i local option law wiuo rooms were permit? ted, but this heavy tax will legislato them i outjof existence. The damage done by tbe recent rains in Arizona ia tho greatest ever suffered by the ; Southern Pacific, and it will cost not less than two hundred thousand dollars to re > pair tho road. No trains east or west have ? arrived at Tucson since Thursday. ' Tno District of Columbia Commissioners J yesterday wrote to Vice President Spencer, , of tho Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad, statiug that the "V existed only by sufferance, ' aud that the uso of the " Y" must be in con I fortuity with the order of the ISth nit. or tho alternative will bo the removal of the I tracks. Between seventy five and one hundred f young ladies of Atlanta, Ga , and vicinity l have agreed to form a mounted escort to President. Cleveland and wife on the occa s Fion of their visit to I ho Piedmont fair at that place. The Atlanta Constitution says j this feature alone will attract the young men and widowers by the thousands. The way freight and accomodation pas I seuger Irain on the Port Royal and Western . Carolina Railroad fell into the canal near , Augusta, (Ja., yesterday. Nine freight cars i were demolished, causing a loss of about I $20,000. Tho accident whs caused by a I loose wheel striking an abutment of the ' bridge and knocking it down. No one was . sei iously hurt. Lecsburg. . A correspondent of tho Baltimore Ameri< I can writes: "Leesborg is tho county seat ol . Loudoun county. It lies at the eastern base of the Catoctin mountains, one and a-Lall [ miles from ths Potomac river at Ball's BIulI, , and forty miles from Washington. The f 'own was established in 1758, and has a i population of over two thousand. The ) streets are well lighted and paved. It has I two newspapers?the Mirror, edited by Mr. I B. P. Sht-ets.aud the FPaaAumtontan.edited by i Cant. W. B. Lynch. There are six churches 1 of various denominations. There are two ; free schools, for white and colored children, ; aud two female academies. Leeaburg is one i of the most healthful places in the Union, i and its citizens are hospitable, i Tho Loudoun Live Stock Exhibition Aa ? socialiou holds a fair and cattle show an t nnally there, which is numerously at , tended and well supported. The fair . opened ye.-terday under Haltering pros I peels, and will continue three days. ! Mr. E, 15. Harrison is the president, i and Mr. W. D. HempFtono, secretary of the I association. There will be lunning, trotting and hurdle races. The clerk of the races is Thomas Swann, grandson of the late Gov . ornor SwBiin, of Maryland. The judges of ihe races are Dr. C. S. Carter, son in law of ; the late Gov. Swann : Col. Edmund Berkely, J. B. Beverley, H. G. Dulnny, jr., Reverdy I Daingarfield aud V. W. Power. Tho premium lists are fuller than ever be I fore, and thero is a handsome display of I farm products, agricultural novelties and line work in the needle line by the fair la dies of the county. The poultry depart? ment shows that tho Virginia people are adepts in raising barnyard fowls. No wheels of fortune or fakirs are permitted on the fair grounds. The attendance for the opening day of the fair, conFidering the unpleasant morning, was very large. Among the prominent per? sona on the ground were Hon. John S. Bar hour and Hon. John Goode. A Minister Cowhided.?At Rock Hill, I S. C, Rev. E. G. Price, a Methodist minis tor, was publicly cowhided Monday, by J. P.. Johnson for circulating scandalous stories about Johnson's sister. Friends of both par? lies have (aken up the quarrel, and further and more serious trouble is anticipated. Price started for North Carolina at night to got married. Johnson will follow ou tho same trnin, and, it is believed, will force him to fight. Pxico is pa-tor of a country church six miles from Rock Hill. Johnson is a member of one of the most respected families of tho town. Horrible Crime.?Washington Glenn, a Free Methodist preacher at Parkston, Dak., was lodged in jail in Hutchinson county, last week, charged with assault on hin own IG year-old daughter. The sheriffof Hutchinson county received a dis patch to remove the prisoner to prevent vi ] olence, nnd Gleun reached Yankton Sunday j and was placed in jail. He confesses to the [ attempt on his daughter, but says he failed. He has a wife and another child. There is j gruat excitement in Hutchinson county. j Give Ely's Cream Itnlm a Trial. This justly celebrated reniody for the cure of catarrh, hay fever, cold in the head. &c, ran lie obtained of any reputable druggist and may be i relied upon as a safe and pleasant remedy for tho , altove complaints, and will give immediate relief. ! It is not a liquid, snnfT or powder, fits no offen? sive odor and can bt> used at any tim:> with good results, as thousands can tc-stify, amoug them some of tho attaches of this offico.?Spirit of the ' TImcs May 21), 188G. ' TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Fairfax llemoerntic Convention. [By Telephone t > the Gazette ] ? Fairfax C. H., Sept. 14.?At the denio cralic Convention belt! here to tiny Dr. J. R. Simpson was nominated by ucelamation for the House of Delegates. The Anarchists to Hung. Ottawa, 111.. Sept. 14.?The Supreme Court this morning delivered an opinion iu the anarchist case, affirming the judgment of tbe court below. The execution is to take place November 11 between 9 aud 4 o'clock._ Killed with an Axe. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 11.?Charles Cole and Jacob Sterner are farmers near New Washington, Claik county, Ind. Both are prominent church members and their pro? perty is probably the finest in that part of the country. They hsd always boon warm frienda until last Saturday when they trad ed mulea aud Cole got tho worst of the har gain. Late yesterday afternoon Sterner was passing the residence of Cole and stop? ped to "peak to one of the family. The lat? ter was out feeding some stock behind the ham aud cailod to Steiner. Tho visitor went insido tho barn with Cole, and in about two minute?, one of the farm hands heard an agonized scream from that direc? tion. Hurrying to the barn, he .=aw Cole coming out of the door with hia hands cover? ed with blood. He did not look up as the farmhand pasaed him.aud, mountings horse, rode away at a gallop. Hurrying down lo the barn, tho family found Sterner just out. side a Stall lying on the lloor with the blood streaming from a terrible cut in the side of his head and a blood stained axe lying near him. He waa still alive, but respiratiou waa hardly perceptible. An examination showed that the injured man's skull was cruahed in a horrible manner and tbo doc? tor at once pronouueed the case hopeless. Wheu Sterner's family were apprised of the calamity which bad befallen them they rang the great bell iu the rear of Iheir house and in an hour ft My a score of farmers had gathered about the place, and iu a short iime they were scouring tho country for Ihe assassin. All day they have looked for him, bat can find no trace. The whole country for miles around is excited, and ahould Cole be caught he will undoubtedly be lynched. New York Republicans. Saratoga, N. Y? Sept. 14.?Full delega? tions to tbe republican convention arrived during hist night. Consultations respecting nominations and organiz ition continued til! near midnight. Senators Evarts and His cock declined to bo considered aspirants for the chairmanship of the convention and both agreed to urgo Seth Low for chairm.au pro tem and Warner Miller for permanent chair? man. Tlie State committee, after Mr. Mil? ler acquiesced in this arrangement, so voted. The platform will be temperate but ng^rea Bive, arraigning tho democratic pirty for shortcomings and asserting the necessity of 1 republican restoration, declaring for protec? tion and that tho tariff laws when ehang-d shall be changed by their friends, approv? ing tho temperance legislation of last win ter, attacking IVtside-nt Cleveland for his faithlessuess to civil service reform and Gov. Hill for Ids vetoes, declaring for ad? vanced civil service reform, improve' ment iu tho tax law, cheap transporta tion, pure primaries and elections and aym patbizing with Irish home rule. The ticket ia shaping as follows : Secre tary of State. Fred D Grant, of New York; Comptroller, Jesse Lameroux, of Saratoga; Stale Treasurer, James H. Car michae), of Eiie ; State Eogineerj Perry H Cornell, of Tompkins. Promptly at uoon the Gt?3 delegates met in tho Casino rink and the convention was called lo order, and af ter prayer tbe Hon. Seth Low assumed tho temporary chairmanship and addressed the convention. At 1:10 the convention took a recess until 4 o'clock. Foreign News. London, Sept. 14.?The Standard this morning says: "The government will make a fatal blunder if thev defeut tho purpose of the law by converting imprisonment under the crimes act or any other act into a term of honorable and easy deteution. .If Mr. O'Brien claims to bo a martyr ho cannot exppcL to be an elegant recluse." Berlin, Sept. 14 ?The North German Gazette advocates heavy duties on imported fish, lo protect the German industry. Agram, Sept. 14 ?Major Tomislics und Captain Schmidter'havo been arrested for wholesale swindling in the commissary of tho Hungarian Honveds. Capt. Schmidter subsequently hanged himself in prison. London, Sept. 14 ?It is rumored that changes are about to ho made in tho French Ministry, M. Ronvier, who meeta with dif? ficulty in the financial situation, being de? sirous of resigning. Forest Fires. KOEHLER, Mich, Sept. 14.?The forest j fires io this vicinity are ajjain raging as bad- j ly a3 over, and if a lona;, soaking rain does not eomo soon this section will not havo left j a standing tree. The road leading east from ? here ia blocked by fulling limber, piled at j some points to n height of 15 fjet, while not ? a line of the road is entirely clear. About i thirty acres of Ilm finest hardwood timber, owned by Senator T. W. Palmer, is entirely \ swept clean, while H. L. Koehler has lost j twenty acres of the same valuable timber. ! At night the sky is illuminated as far as the eye can see, while lh:< smoke is suffocating and tho crash of the falling tirabar. is deaf? ening. It ia a great good fortune that this section is sparsrdy settled. Heavy fires aro also reported from tho Black Lake region. The Sharp Case. New York-, Sept. 11?Mr. Bourke Cock ran this morning concluded his argument before, ihe special ;es-i.m cf Court called to i hear the Sharp ctaa, and at 11 o'c'ock the 1 heariug was closed. Singe Robbe?!. Kyle, Tex., Sept. 14.?News reached here last night that tho Lockhar; aud Luling stage, carrying the mails, had been robbed by three masked highwaymen. There were only three passengers iu the binge, all of whom were made to surrender their va'ua bles at the points of revolvers. Even the driver was relieved of his watch. The mail pouches were left untouched. It is gen? erally believed that tho robbera belong to the- gang of traiu robbers who were run to cover last Saturday near tho iittlo town of Mnnchara, below Austin. It is known that at least three of tho band broke through the cordon of officers at Manohaca and escaped unharmed, os they stole fresh horses about fifteen miles from that placa. A pofse of citizens left here last evening to guard all roads leading toward Mexico in the hope of capturing the daring highwaymen. Fire. QrjlNCY, IP., Sept. 14.?Fire last night iu tho extensive plaoing mill of Peter H. Mey? er destroyed the mill, a large lumber yard aud a one story dwelling, all belonging to Mr Meyer. Number 5 engine hotwe, a two story brick building, and a brick dwelling were also destroyed. The Harnes then passed to the large lumber yard belonging to J. W. Seldemao, and beforo they couid be con trolled, tho sheds and contents were destroy? ed. P. H. Meyer's loss is fully $25,000, with about $.\000 insurance. The total loss will reach fully $40,000; insurance not known. B. A O. IS. K. BALTiMORE.Sep.M ?The regular monthly meeting of the beard of directors of the Baltimore and (>hio railroad company was held to-day at tho company's cflicei. Mr. William F. Euros presided. Mr. Burns -tated that the syndicate which is buy five million of tho consolidated main linn mort i gago bonds and li vo millions of tho preferred stock, I was not in the interest of any other corporation jfand that tho mauagemeut of the Baltimore and Ohio company would be as free as ever from the ? domination of any rival of competitive interest. Fatal Railroad Accident. Lbadvillk, Col., Sept. 14.?A coustruc tiou train on the Aspen extension of the Midland road, consisting of an engiue, two cars of railroad iron and 2S7 track layers, was derailed near Lake Ivanhoo yesterday morning. The cars were turned completely over, burying the men under the iron, kill? ing four and seriously injuring sixty one. The engineer aud fireman escaped injury. Death of Gen. Werder. Berlin, Sept. 14.?General August von Werder, who commanded tho third army orps of the Crown Princo of Prussia's com? mand in the Franco Germau war and who completely defeated the French under Gen. Bourbaki, is dead. Ho had just entered his Tftli year. . Death ol'Capt. Fulzweiler. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 14 ?A Bpecial from Findlay, Ohio, says that Capt. Joseph F. Futzweiler, assistant sergeant at arms of the national House of Representative-", died at that place yesterday. Gen. ^Ballone Assails }Ir. Dnrbonr. Gen. Mahone has written a letter iu re? sponse to one written by Hon. John S. Bar hour about seveu weeks ago, wherein Mr. Barbour deprecated the possibility of a re? turn of the State government to the coutrol of what he termed tho Mahono dynasty Gen. Mahono, in his reply, says if in saving that tho debt, question ought not to bo eve rytbing in Virginia Air. Barbour had told us that he wanted to eucceed Mr. Riddleber n-r in tho Senate of the United State.! he would have revealed what in his mind is the paramount stake in the full elections, und no would perhaps havo disclosed the full measure of his couceru, not only in this important election, but all the concern be bus iu the fortunes and welfare of the peo plea of this Commonwealth. In warning and attempting to frighten the people with the dire evils that might result from the "Mahone dynasty," Mr. Barbour, Mahone gat, s, justifies and provokes a plainly spokeu review of tho record of himself and his own dynasty. If Mr. Barbour can point out, Mahone continues, any service he has over rendered this Slate iu or outside of her borders he will tell us where he was during all the trials, hardships and sac rificea of tho Virginia people in the war between I ho Keclions. II he will tell what share or part he bore iu that'couflict which furnishes the crucial test of loyally and de l votion to Virginia and nor people, be will I till a page of history that ha* so far been : a blank. If be will tell what part he bore ! in tho earnest efforts of our people for the restoration of the State to the Cnion, he j will be obliged to say that he did nothing, i unless, as was stated in that day, he favored Wells for Governor. If be will tell what eervico be ever ren doted iu the development of the material resources of Virginia in the advancement of I her cities, he will be obliged to own that as I the mere in. urehead of (he Virginia Midland I Railroad he subordinated every agency and j power of that corporation, and every inter? est dependent upon it to the dictation of the j B. aud O. R. R. and to the interests of ! Baltimore, and that the deserted wharves ! and diiupidatedconditionof Alexandria stand ' a lamentable monument to bis appreciation (of Virginia and his lidelity to (be welfare of I her people. If asked to point o?T what measure ! emanating from hi9mind of genius tending to the i benefit of Virginia is to bo found in tho journals j j of the State Legislature or of tho House of Bcp I resentatives at Washington he will ho obliged to say : "I can point to nooo other than the Ander? son-Met 'ormick election law." Six years in Con? gress and not one single measure of which bo is tne author for the benefit of tho State can Lo name. Gen. Mahono taunts Mr. Batbour that he has not resided in Virginia, but in Washington, since the close of tho war, and asks: "Can such citizsusbip as this in xny honest and constitutional sense con? fer a right to represent any part of the people of the State in Congress, and was thero ever an in? stance before this caso of Mr. Barbour in which a representative has ever satin Congress who did not re-ally have his homo in the borders of any State? 1 submit that there is no aet or servico in all .Mr. Harbour's relations with Virginia which warrants bis attempt to impeach the loyalty of tho humblest of our real citi/.eus to tho Comuton wealth." He concludes his letter as follow* in reference to the di k : ' My judgment is that the peoplo of the Stato. especially tho e classes who are tirod of the hard times and low prices of labor and products, ?i<" tind it more aud more diliicult to make backle and tongue meet ijfter each year's labor is over? and more especial!) ti oso who manage the bu*i uesi interests of the State,?are all weary and heartily tick of the shiftless, scnsele-s dickering with tho det't question which the democrati'- man agera have been carrying on f.>r a long series of j > ears, with im other rosult than failure, shame! and dishonor. 1 lie!ievo that the great bnly if nur people, all but tho o who make trade of Ibis . disturbing question, and who would keep it tor-, ever open as a political i sauf for the tolo purpose ofreUiniiigpoweranilpif.ee for themselves, are deeply anxious that the question shall settled t'niHlly and c uclusivcly. I will not believe that the poop!.; of Virginia won Id ? ;? ] any other settlement than one which sqaarcly as I suuies th'.' paynieut of what Is e?itiitahly due from the old State on the debt, and such rata ofititcn -; as the res urces of the Slate will ainird, w trenching upon the means necessary'to li. ? - port of her schools, her lite: ary and charitable in j stitntions and an efficient administration . : !., j goverument. "I kuow as well aa 1 can know any yet in.. .; - ? eluded question, that settlement maybe ou this oasis: for the road is open, and ni (reditor nor debtor cau object to such a settle meat; provided it be entered upon in good f,.;j. and with an honest purpose of arriving at au hon? orable conclusion. My hope is that the may not despair, and. * v appeals to passiou atd prejudice, be hurried thoughtlessly into tbi mi urcless ruin of :epu?liation." MONETARY AND C()MMK!;r;.\|.. New Yobk, September 14.?There was a litth ! more animation at the opening of the stock . ! ktt this morning, but pricei wero weak an I c?uoj from yesterday's Snal figures of from >, '? per cent, generally. The market sals qijpx-i became very dull, but recovered a portion of : looses sustained. There wss no further feature developed, and at 11 o'clock the market was very dull ai.d steady to firm, generally at sraa? fr.; lions under first prices. Money easy at 0. Baltimobe, Sej 1.14.?Virginia 6s cousolidai with coupon 49; pest-due coupous O.'l; now :t G3^j : 10-40s with coupons 37'.j bid to-day. WHOLESALE PRICES OF PBODUCESEPr, I ; Flour. Sue. f2 25 fa 2 30 Suporniio. 2 7? fa 3 00 Extra. ... ... 50 fa 3 :>i< Family. 410 fa 4 60 Fancy brands. 4 ">!? fa 550 Wheat, Longbcrry. 0 75 do 080 Fultr. 0 74 fa 0 7 s Mixed. 0 75 fa (?7!? Fair Wheat. 0 70 fa 072 Damp aud tough. 0 00 fa OOS Corn, white. 0 f>l fa 0 5(j Yellow. 0 54 ii. OnS Corn Meal. 0 55 (1; (Ct. Rye. 045 fa 050 Oats, new. 0 'J*- ig u:::: Hotter, Virginia prim<. 0 20 (a, (>?_??_' Common to middling... 012 uu 015 Eggs. 018 fa 0 20 Live Chickens. 010 fa Oil Veal Calves. >'? 4 <* <> Irish Potatoes per bushel... 050 <ct 060 Onions. 1 10 (3 1 25 Dried Peaches; pooled.... o 7 wj 0 H " " uupeeled.... 0 1 fa 0 r> CJiarrias. Oil fa 015 Dried AyjUtt. 0 :t fa 0 : Bacon?Hams, country. OlS^fis 014 Best sugar cured Hams. 0 13^1 fa 0 i ? Butchers' Ham^. 0 l.'Dy fa 0 14 Breakfast Bacon. 0 11 \ fa 0 ii ', Sugar-cured Shoulders. 0 m fa o 8ht Bulk shoulders. 0 " Lj fa <> 7 " lg. el. aides . f> fa <? !?'.. " fat backs. 0 H \ fa o :< " bollies. ?> 9*j 1st 010 Baron Shoulders. :? 7 fa 0 71.? " Sidos. ? lO'-i fa 0 LOVj Lard. 0 7J., fa 0 8 Smoked Beef.. 0 15^ fa 11 10 Sugars?Brown. " 5Vj fa U ."?"-, OlfA. 0 ?! fa 0 0L., Conf.Standard a. 0 U'iU 0 0\ Gr&uulatod. 0 6% fa t) 6*| Co?'ocs?Rio. Ol!? fa 0 22 LaGauyra. 0 22 u Q24 Java. 0 25 fa 0 28 Molasses B. S. O 15 fa 0 10 C. B. 0 17 fa 0 1S Sugar Syrups-. 0 22 fa O 33 Horring, Eastcru. per hi 1... 3 50 fa .">?_'". Potomac No. 1. 5 00 fa "> =>i > Pot. Family Boo bbl. '?> 50 fa ID 00 Do. r1 half barrel. 4 75 fa "? 25 Mackerel, small,per bbl. 000 <ii 000 " No. 3, medium... 00 00 fa 00 00 " No. 3, largo fat... IBoo fa 14 00 So. 2. 35 00 <ui 18 <>0 Clover Seed. 4 oo fa 1 75 Timothy . 2 50 fa 2 70 Plaster, ground,per ton. 4 75 fa f, IN) Ground in ha??. 5 75 fa U 00 hump. 3 50 fa .'175 Bait?G.A. (Liverpool). 0 7.". fa Ort: Fine. J 20 (j? J 30 Turk's Island. 115 t5 1 20 Wool?Long unwashed. <) SIG fa 11 "7 Washed. 0 30 fa 0 34 Merino, unwashed. 0 22 fa 0 25 Do. Washed. <>?'!" fa 0 :t4 Sumac. 0 7'? u 7 ? Ilay. KHiii fa j:5ii) Cut do. 1H00 fa 1^? (hi Wheat Bran $ ton "p1 ear.. 17 25 <?*. 17 50 Brown Middlings " J7'J"i J7'<>i White Middlings " 10 25 (a 19 50 Hominy Chop " 19 00 fa 20 00 Cotton Seed Meal " 21<<i ,? 2000 There is no change to not: in Flour. The oiler ing? of Wheat on 'Change to-lay amounted to 1047 bushels, which sold at 7~i7 ~> for rod, and 7ii for longborry. Small lot; of white Corn brought 50. No Bye was ottered, and o'io lot of Oats sold at 34. Butter and Eggs are scarce and wanted. Provisions are firm. Bai.ti.mmue. Sept 14.?Cotton dulland nomi? nal : middling 9%, Flour :inn and quiet; How? ard st ami Western super $2 25a275; do extra ?3 00*3 00: do family $3 75a4 ::.">; city mills super $2 25*2 02; do extra $3 00a3 50; it.> Bio brands $415*4 "><?; Patapsco superlative patent $5 10; do family $ I 7">. Wheat?8outberu firm for choice; red 78*80; amber 80aS2; Western steady and quilt; No 2 winter spot 7?>"^i77 Sept 76%%70?a ; Oct 7;' ~s?4 ; Nov 70:'., 18? ';!??( 81%a81'/g. Corn?Son"jorn higher ami fitni white56*58. yellow 55*56; Western firm and dull; mixed spot 49 bid; Oct ?Pt'i.a?o. Oats lirm: Southern and Penna30*35; Western white 38*30; do mixed .'Jla.'!2'o. Rye tirm. without active demand at 53a55. lf;iy bteady ; prime to choice Western $13al5 00. Provisions ti':i'!y and ouict. Mess Pork $10 25*1650. Bulk meats?shoulders and char rib sides packed 7J^at?;4. Baoou?shoulders 7|ji.?s'_t ; clear lit' sides 10Vi; bams 13%%14.%. Lard?refined h. Butter .steady; Western picked 17*22 ; creamery 22*25. Coffee etisicr: llio car?oes ordinary to fair 19i&a20. Sugar steady; A 1 oft ?.'>. Whiskey quiet at $1 Mai 1~> Chicago, Sept. 34, ll a. m.?October Wheat opened \+ ?: above yesterday at 0!> 11 16, ami now sells at 0!?"? May:Wheat 78%. Oct Corn 42%, May-la-"*,. Jan Pork $12 55. (irt Ijird^6 50. Jan short ribs !?(?-i~>. New Yobk, Sept. 14.?Cotton quiet; npland 9%: Orleans 10; futures quiet. Flour quiotaud steady. Wheat higher. Corn better. Pork firm at $10 50. Old mess Pork lirm at |l-r> ?r'<?. IJinl st:ady at $6 92'&. 9IARRIK?. At tho residenco of the bride's father, in 1 < ity, .September 7tb, 1887, JOHN T. JOHNSON and MARY AGNES AlTCHESOtf, daughter ul John Aitcheson. p HETJMATISM CUBED BY DE.MIT( BELL'S AVi Celebrate! Rheumatism Plaster, for s?le < ? ?pM W. V. CBE1GKTON .v < <'. L1RESU BUITER and EGGS constant!) i. ceive-1 and for sate liy niy:il J. C. Mil.HORN. OMALL HAMS, Miasouti brand, 7 0 10 pounds kj each. For Sato br _anKjl_ J. C MII.BCRN. BOVS' EXTRA SIZED IIEAVV RIBBED HOSE, 9 and f'v. 12 at ?ov?; AMOS B. SLA YM A KPR'S POTTED MEATS?Ham. Beef,Tongue,Turki y, ( bickeu, Duck and Q*me. aaglO_GEO. McBOBNEY A SON. I i) UAliiiidR CHOPPING AX ks, wholesa'c and retail, at hs King, corner of Boy*] st. .i.., s J.T. CltKi'iilT"V * son'. PEERLESS t( K CREAM EBEEZERS, f r sale 1 at red H? ?! prites,?t 88 King street, cornei of Koval. [j.9| J. T. CBIQHTON A SON. Home MADE ca.-siMERES?flood -tyh-h an.] . vpry iow pri res Just received at ?c[ur?_ A >:< >s B. SLA VM A K ER^S._ WJE MaKE HOSIERV A SPECIALTY; th< 1 f V foro cau five e\tra values for prices paid, ?.?.?r, AMOS B. SLAV MAKER. I711NE Lv.l'ERlAL TEA, only 50c per lb, just r received by .seplj i. C. MI LB CRN.