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GEORGIA TKLEGRAP? j3JJJU>IN9;
Established 1826.
MACON, FRIDAY, MAY 2. 1876*”
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IN BBMOBIAH—A PHIL 50.
No storied urn. or marble art.
Commemorate oor honored dcid.
But memory folds them to her heart.
And weeps o'er ardent hopes now flea.
\Vo bring our offering pure and sweet,
FJotrrr* touched with every roseate hue.
Wo nrntly lay them at your feot.
As tokens, to the breve and true.
Wh-n Freedom oiled her Southern sons.
To battle for their rights divine.
They promptly answered one by one,
And humbly knelt before her shrino.
They brought their nfferinys, (treat and small.
And laid them at her honored feet.
They rave up home, and friends and all.
And counted even death most sweet.
Oh I it there be a boon on earth, '
Divinely sweet, to mortals riven.
Til love of country, love of h-nrtli.
For this, betokens love of lleaveu.
The Southern people Ions had borne
In silence, the malignant taunt;
The jealous hate, the bitter scorn,
01 Northern prejudice and canr.
They bore in patience, hoping still.
That interest, if not pride or shame.
Would prompt the hcaTt, or curb the will
Of Northern brothers, (but in name).
But vain the bojxs to stom tbo flood
Of ragimr passion’s frenzied hour.
Not even the power of kindred blood
Could check the Demon’s fatal power.
The tocsin sounded, out they rushed
From marble hall, and lmmlct low.
All passions, interests, loves, are hushed
And love oi country rules the hour.
In serried columns, front to front.
The opposing armies grimly stand.
The one is battling for a myth.
The other, children, home and land.
For four long years in heat and cold.
Unfed, unclothed, did Southron stand
Opposed to numbers, power and gold,
A glorious! an immortal band 1
In vain alas 1 ye gallant sons.
To stem tbe tide of might and lute.
Though many a battle fought and won.
You yield at last, to stubborn fate.
Y'ur tents are struck, your watch (ires out;
Your banners furled and laid away;
No sentinel stands, not even a scout.
To mark tbo time, or point the way.
Onr cause is lost, our hopes are crushed;
Our wealth all gone, our pride and power,
Onr laws perverted, notice bushed.
And lout corruption rules tbe hour.
When Dec (more glorious in defeat
Than in the pride of victory).
Laid down his sword at Federal feet,
lie rung the knell of liberty.
And Freedom from her throne on high
Beheld the scene in tears;
She heaved a la t expiring sivh.
And left the South for years. A.
GEORGIA BAPTIST CONTENTION.
Fourtli Kay’s .Session—Morning.
Thomasvillb, April 24.1876.
Correspindecco Telegraph and Messenger.)
The first thing brought up this motn<
iag was the report on the state of re
hgion. It states that while coldness and
inrfli -iency exist in some sections, reve
vals are in progress in other sections,
and that there is a slow but steady
growth of the missionary churches, in
memben and in Christian beneficence;
there is a stronger sense of personal
responsibility, more Christian activity and
an increase of Sunday schools, Sunday-
school teachers and Sunday-school
scholars. As to the amount of destitu
tion, cries fir tbo‘’bread of life” come
up from almost all sections of the State,
espeemily from the seaboard. In the
cities there arc numbers who da not and
will not go to hear the Gospel; the city
population here needs a greater supply
of Gospel preaching
The report of the Sunday-school Evan
ac’.ift was then read, when it appeared
that be had done a large amount of mis
sionary and Sunday school work, having
traveled during tie- preceding year 7.541
miles, preached 09 sermons, delivered
•III addresses, organized Cl Sunday-
sch ols end nided in eight revivals, lie
reports 583 Baptist Sunday schools in
the State an! 428 churches connected
with the convent ion that have no Sunday-
school. lie al.-o reports over 23,000
Baptist Sunday school scholars in the
State, and marly 4600 teachers nnd su
perintendent*. The convention recom
mended his continuance in the work, and
requested tno new State Mission Cora
miu»c to secure bn reappointment by
the Home Mi-s-ion Board of the Southern
Baptist Convention.
The following is copied Ir<~oa the re
port adopted, which appoints a State
committee for ujirsicns, and will t>o es
pecially interesting to your Baptist
readers:
report or special, committee on mis
sions.
It regrets a falling off in missionary
contributions and also regrets a want of
hearty co operation in tho work. A con
tinuance of this state of things would be
disastrous. The convention should exert
its power and influence, in view of its
responsibilities. The reuses of this falling
off in contributions arc the absonco of a
deep, all prevailing interest in onr churches
and a want of plans in systemactic
giving. Without these, embarrassments
will continue; especially will there be a
want of full co-operation among tho
churches. Tho passage of the following
resolutions are recommended:
First—That this convention elect an
nually a committee of missions, to be
located in the city of Macon; said com
mittee to bo composed of seven brethren,
a majority of whom shall constitute a
quorum aod shall hold offieo until their
successors are appointed.
Second—That this committee shall
have no power to appoint missionaries,
hut shall he charge-l with tho special
J “ty of arousing the spirit of missions
among the chnrcbca, and securing as far
as practicable the adoption of plans of.
systematic contributions, and effecting
to the full extent of their influence the
co-operation of the Baptists of Georgia
rathe great »o'k ef mis»ions.
Third—In accomplishment of the
duties assigned to them they shall have
pow.-r to appoint a single agent, who
shall receive such salary as the commit
tee may consider adequate compensa
tion, to he charged pro rata upon the coa-
tnhutions made to tho different Boards.
lourth—Said committed shall also be
charged with the Sabbath-school work
os apart of tbe work of missions, and
"hen they deem it advisable, shall ask
the appointment by the Home Board of
Z?* southern Baptist Convention of a
^bbath-school Evangelist, whose salary
shall bo paid by the said Board out of
rends contributed by tho churches of
this State for that object. Tho cpm-
ttittis} ahall be charged with the duty of
^curing such contributions by the
Churches. *
Fifth—That tho Home Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention be respect-
rally requested to appoint only such
Missionaries to labor within this State as
fwy be nominated by the committee
fused under the foregoing resolutions.
The committee appointed under the
resolutions is os follows:
. Dr. T. E. Skinner, of Macon; Rev. G.
"• McCall, of Hawkineville; Rev. J. G.
•flail”, of Cartereville; Rev. J.T. Clarke,
WCnthbert; R. F. Lawton, of Macon;
ir W. Patterson, of Macon; Dr. J. H.
D ®Votie, of Griffin.
[Tha confliot between appointing Ha.
w the place of the committee, and
yet appointi^ a majority of that commit- only a slight abrasion, and in ten minntes
too of residents elsewhere, is something he was on his legs. The other party
your correspondent does not presume to moved off at “doable quick,” reporting
solve.] _ Westcott mortally wounded; old Doctor
The convention passed a special report Weadon a wearing “he had seen his
on the Sunday-school work, and recoin- bosom” when torn open by the Doctor,
mended the State committee to secure “full of blood." A red flannel shirt—no
the continued appointment of Rev. T. C. more. R.
Boykin a3 Sundad-school evangelist, and
authorized the committee to call upon
the Sunday-schools to help raise funds
to carry on tho work.
LIBERAL PROPOSITION.
Florida Orange Groves
If oranges are not golden apples, and
tho groves of Florida a new Hesperider,
there are indications that the culture of
*1. 4 P£°P 0sltiOn on the part of this frn j t ig coming, to be very profitable,
the Christian Index me accepted by tho Dummett’s grove, which only cost 51,000
convention. That paper offered to give a year, yielded last year 600.000 ©rang, s,
away 6,000 copies weekly to persons un- for whicb t h e proprietor received $11,000,
able to subscribe for the Index as soon and with proper ^ it wonld girg
as the members of the convention and $50,000 to $75,000 yearly. H. L. Hart’s
Baptist ministers of Georgia increased g roire a fc Pal at k a yields him an income
the circulation of the paper to 10.000. 0 f $15,000 to f20.000 per annum. Arthur
The convention accepted this, and urged G ra’e gr OVC nfc Mellonville, of 1,100
every delegate and all tho Baptist minis- treeqj pay3 hjo, *12.000 to $15,000
tera of Georgia to go to work and secure yearly, and is worth $100,000. Mr. De-
new subscribers for thae paper, and for- . Barry, of New York, has a grove near
ward tho money regularly, j Enterprise of 20,000 trees. It will be
education. | 8 trange if tho handsome profits of the
The report on education compliments bns incEs do not stimulate the culture of
Mercer University, and recommends it a f ru jt which is always sure of a near
and the Penfleld and Dalton High an d ready market.
Schools. It also recommenda tho Baptist | 0ne acre ot bud d 0 a orange trees in
female colleges uk the State, and eays, j g T0 y 0ar3 wili yield a clear income of
Weave pleased to_observe that the en- j f rnm 0 nb to three thousand dollars per
torpnse of educating colored Baptist ; nnnnm . so will tho lemon, pice apple
ministers at Augusta. Ga., is still in euc- and banana . An oranf , e bu ‘ dded
cessful operation. .It is, as all such en-1 w ill bear in two years from the bud, and
terprises in onr midst should be, under , will reach Derfectioa in seven; so with
the immediate care of a Southern man.. tho j clnon . * Tho ba nana -ill bear fonr-
Our esteemed brother, J.. T. Robert, months from setting out; the pine
D.D, who is at the head of it. is engaged, appleg in Ies8 timo . Vegetation hardly
in an important, yet a self-denying work. I eTer diea in Sumpter county. Tomato
and we commend him and his enterprise vine8 win two year8 . 80 w511 beans .
to tho coDfidenco of the brethren. The planter never digs sweet potatoes
. various reports only a3 he wants toem; tho vine3 do not
of special committees were brought in d5e . Cano C0mP3 for ar8 fron tbe rat .
and passed withe ut debate, such as those toon.—Pdlatka (Fla ) Herald.
on temperance, deceased minister?, etc.,: ,,,
evolved^ 116 ° f ePneral iDtere9t WaS The City Council.
The Treasurer of the Convention re- The currency question having been
ported on a recapitulation of the assets called by Alderman Crockett—
of the convention, as follows : Alderman Rogers, chairman of tho Fi
Town Lot Fund 234 00 ninee Committee, stated that he could
Indigent Orphans’ Fund 1,810 75 find no solution of the present embarrass’
Hearn Legacy 5,872 44 j ments of the city other than recommend
Permanent Mission Fund 216 00 | ed in hia ]a3t rcport .
S33 870 09 • Alderman O’Connell offered the follow-
NOMXNATION3. j tog
Dr. S. G. Hilly er was appointed to | Whereas, the Legislature of Gooreia
preach the convention sermon at Gains-., has passed tbe bill regarding the issue
villa Lett year, and Dr. E. F. Sharpe j of $10 000 of 2 per cent, bonds, in denom-
was appointed altercate. inations of ones, two3 and fives to take
Among the various resolutions offered up the mutilated bonds which from use
at the close wa3 one thanking the Daily j have become indistinct. Therefore, be it
Telegraph and Messenger and the
Augusta Constitutionalist, the Savannah
Ncics and tho Thomasville Times, for re
porting the proceedings o.f the Conven
tion.
Thanks were rendered to the citizens
nnd churches of Tbomasvillo and the
railroads, for hospitality and special fa
vors, and the convention, after a few
nar’ing words by the President, ad
journed sine die, after an earnest and
feeling prayer by Bov. R;v. J. H. Camp
bell, concluding with the usual giving of
the parting, while eingiDg a hymn amid
much fee'ing, and accompanied by tears
from the eyes of man?.
BUSDAY.
resolved, that his Honor the Mayor, issue
his proclamation to hold an election in
the city of Mi con on for the
ratification or rejection of above.
Atdcrman Boifei illet asked if the
Council cculd divide the act of the Leg
islature eo that they could appropriate
one part of tbe act in relation to the
issue of $10 ; 000 to take up tho mutilated
currency without the other part of the
act allowing them to issue bills to buy
up as many bonds as they thought fit at
93 per cent.
Tne Mayor slated the hill embraced
The exercises on Sabbath consisted of two section—first, the issue of the $10,
!— ...fr * 1 ”' 000, which was independent of the sec-
sermons hv different ministers of the
convention in the Methodist. Presbyte
rian and Baptist churches. The-sermons
of Dr. Tucker, at the Baptist church, of
Drs Skinner and Battle, in the Presby
tcrian 'hurcb, and of Rev. G. A Nunnally
and of Rev. T. Harley, in the Methodist
church, were highly commended by all
who heard them. In the afternoon there
•*as a Sunday-school mass meeting at
the Baptist church, which was conducted
by the Rev T. C Boykin, who with Mr.
Tuggle, of La Grange, and Mr McGuire,
of Atlanta, addressed tho meeting, creat
ing a very solemn impression in a large
congregation. An opportunity being
given, a great number of children roso
and requested special nrayer in their be
half, in which Mr McGuire led with
much feeling and tenderness
TAKEN ALTOGETHER
the convention was an earnest, sol
emn, harmonious body. Fewer speeches
than usual were raado for effect. The
great interests cf Christianity claimed
and received devout and earnest atten
tion. Special meetings were held, at
night, in behalf of domestic missions,
f weigh missions nnd education, and
splendid and instructive and interesting
speeches were made, on all those euojects.
Liberal contributions to them wero also
made, the only drawback in the wholo
convention being the pitoms plea of
hard times, so often advanced that it
greatly impeded < ffjrts for usefulness
and for the advancement of the great ob
jects of the cc-nventioj.
Duel Bpiireen Westcott and Balfzell.
Editor Floridian: Seeing in your paper
an allusion to ex Sanatoi James D.West-
cott by the editor of the Savannah News.
refuting some slurs cast upon his reputa
tion by thoeo ignorant of his true charac
ter, and as lie was tho Gamaliel at wnose
feet sat. “ Jim Thompson,” then a clever
law atudent in Tallahassee, now tbo
foremost editor and paragraph writer in
Georgia, no one can iictter speak for him.
Reading that article recalls a scene
forty two years ago, of which the writer
of this is perhaps the only living wit
ness. It is tbe duel between James D.
Westcott and Thomas Baltzell, the ori
gin of which was purely political—both
being prominent lawyers and ambitious
politicians of this State—Westcott resid
ing in TallAhas-ieo, and Baltzell in Ma
rianna.
Weseott challenged; Baltzell accepted;
place of meeting. Brown’s ferry, over
tbo AUbsmi lin-j— seventy-five miles
horseback ride.
On the way to the rendezvous a note
was hsnded to Leslie A. Thompson
(Westcott’a second), from Mr. Chaires,
president of tha bank in which he was
cashier, informing him that if ho took
ond section.
Alderman Crockett insisted that both
sections were so connected that the en
tire act would have to be submitted to
tho people with authority to act on the
whole.
Alderman Johnson sustained Mr.
Crockett’s opinion.
Alderman Rogers thought that the
act could not be divided so as to apply to
the $10,000 to the redemption of the mu
tilated bills; that it would be unwise to
throw tbe fate upon tbe vote of tho city,
which if resulted in a failure would be an
unnecessary expense of an election to
the city. Council should act upon tho
suj»ct first, nnd either oppose or reject it
Alderman O'Connell called for the
reading of the act by tho Clerk of the
Council. Which was done.
On motion, tho Mayor wa3 authorized
to obtain legal advice upon tbo doubt of
dividing the act and to ascertain tbe cost
of issuing $10,000 in new bills.
The question then being called for, a
vote on the resolution was taken, result
ing in its passage by 8 yeas to 4 nays.
Tho currency question being disposed
of, Aldermap Crockett called for the or
dinates of Alderman Rogers at last meet
ing, in relation to the disposal of the tax
of one per cent.
Alderman B igars stated that the ordi
nance allowed three-fourths of one per
cent to be used for payment of interest
on bonds and the floating debt, and, if
there should be any excess, it could go
towards payment of bonds falling due;
he would like to see some arrangement
made whereby a part of tbo bonds falling
due, as well as a part of the floating debt,
would be paid, so that justice could be
done to each class of creditors as far as
possible.
Tbe ordinance was amended to read
ns follows:
Be itordatued by tbe Mayor ond Coun
cil of the city of Macoa, an 1 it is hereby
ordained by the authority of tbe same.
That section ten of tbe tax ordinance be
changed to real as follows: That the
tax ot one per cent, levied upon the real
and personal property within tho corpo
rate limits of the city ot Macon shall be
applied as follows: Five-eights of one
per cent, to pay a portion of the extra
ordinary expense, to-wit: the interest on
any part in the duel be would lose his m
situation. The best that could be done , the bonded debt cf tho city of Macon,
then was to have the verypoaog surgeon, and three-eigbts of one percent, to be
a warm personal friend, tooctinThomp- , applied as Council may direct hereafter
eon’s place, as all were determined on a ! by an ordinance.
fight. Doctor Weadon, an old duelist,; All ordinances or parts of ordinances
who boasted of carrying an ounce or two j militating against this ordinance are
of lead received in fights, inside of his | hereby repealed.
skin, being Baltzell’s second and surgeon, i The amendment was read the third
On the toss up for the word and choice | ti(ne and d
of por'itios. Doctor W*?a-*lon lost both, ? , 1 . . , , . . .
much to bis chagrin. Both principals I A resolution was introduced to instruct
wero cool; Wescott even lively, having j the Treasurer to postpone tho executions
early in the morning made some quick ! against defaulting tar-payors, which was
and close shots at a mark. Baltzell j j Mtj and a substitute was pissed author-
'“AlbSiSS'Wd: <** «- <• ?—
Over Bkltzell’e head and Baltzell’s ball so the issue of said exocutiono agagmst all
close to Westcott’e neck that hie loose i who have not pai l for the half year,
shirt collar was blown open by tho ! c]eaning t h a bo-lc to date.
*'wmd8ge. Westcott, as challenger-, j r lt , - f .
promptly demanded another fire. At! y tvf soda Fountain.
the second engagement Westcott fired ! Mr> j j. p; nc kard has just erected a
’tZb’-iiTSSi -.— I—bis drng store cr-
abdomen, it was .struck square by . ner of Second and Poplar streets, and
Blitzell’e ball just ; below tbe guard, ’ ba s it in operation. His soda, like hia
driving the hammer with audden force I d and me dicine«, will be pure and
against the pit of his stomach, causing , . ___
him to drop his pistol and exclaim, “I’m | wholeaeme. He makes hit own ejrupe,
shot r* His surgeon sprung forward.: and that is all tho guarantee that is
citching him around the waist and laid needed that they will be properly made,
him on tbo grass, immediately, however, and wholesome as well aa palatable and
discovering there was ne wound, hnt refreshing.
BY TELEGRAPH
St. Louis, April 23.—The Times will
publish to-morrow some of the statements
to one of its reporters made by Sergeant
Geo. Prender, in charge of the signal ser
vice station here, before he left for Wash
ington last night, where he will testify
before the Committee on Expenditures of
the Treasury Department. Prender as
serts that he was the public debt state
ment clerk in the Treasury Deputment
under Secretary McCulloch, and his
statements are to the effect that while so
engaged he discovered great frauds were
being practiced upen the Government.
That each public debt statement reported
money in the Treasury that was not on
hand, while the Government was paying
3 per cent, for money to meet temporary
necessities.
He also says he discovered that hun
dreds of thousands of dollars of Govern
ment money was placed in the hands of
conspirators outside ot the debt, who
loaned it back to the Government as in
dividual funds and drew interest on it.
Wbile pursuing these investigations
Prender was informed by a clerk in the
redemption bnrean named Richardson,
that immense frands were being perpe
trated in that bnrean, and that fortunes
wero being made by reporting money de
Btroyed which was presented for the pur
pose; but only one half of the money
turned in for destruction was actually
de3troyod—the other half being divided
among the perpetrators of-the fraud
Prender reported these facts to Gen.
Spinner, who was United States Treas
urer, but the latter declined an investi
gation, saying, he did not believe frauds
were being practiced.
In March, 1869, a Congressional Re
trenchment Committee was examining
into alleged frauds in the Treasury Print
ing Department, and Prender went to
Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, who was
chairman of tho committee, and laid all
the facta before him, and asked an in
vestigation.
Edmunds replied that the time of the
committee was' tos short to warrant an
extended examination, and nothing was
done.
After Mr. Boutwell bccamo Secretary
of the Treasury, Prender, who at that
time had retired from the Treasury De
partment, informed him of tbe discave-
cries he (Prender) had made while cleik
in the Department. Shortly after this a
man named Fox, who had also been a
clerk in the Redemption Bureau, called
on Prender and stated ho had been ap
pointed a detective by Secretary Bout-
well to work up these frau.’s, and wanted
all the papers and evidence he had in his
possession.
Prender declined to give them up ex
cent on an order from Boutwell. Fox
left, but returned in a little whilo with
a letter from Secretary Boutwell asking
for the documents, and Prender gave
them to Fox in tbe presence of a witness,
whs know their character and who is now
in Washington. No investigation of
these frauds was ever made.
Prender will probably testify before
tho committeo at Washington on Mon
day, when it is expected this matter will
be brought to light.
Washington, April 23.—^Charges of
arson against Col. Fitzhugb, the Door
keeper of the House of Representatives,
are revived both privately and in print.
Two indictments were found against him
in Kentucky in 1871, alleging arson, but
be was promptly acquitted in both cases,
which were gotten up, as gentlemen of
the highest respectability assert, either
through malice or a misapprehension of
tho facts. Another charge against Fitz-
hugh is an attempt at bribery while he
lived in Texas la3t year. This is equally
without foundation. Col. Fitzhugh has
sent for official documents and other
proofs which will show his innocence of
tbo imputed crimes, and, if necess ary, he
will ask for the fullest investigation by a
committee of the House.
St. Louis, April 23—News from the
seat of tho Indian trouble in the Big
Home country is to the effect that the
Cheyennes have broken up into small
bands for marauding purposes. A party
of miners bad ? fight with one of these
roving bands day before yesterday, in
which one Indian wa3 killed and two
miners wounded. Tbo miners held their
ground and drove tho Indians off.
Fort Larauie, W. T., April 23.—Of
the three wounded men from tho Bed
Canyon massacre, of tho 16th instant,
two bave died. Bergesser, of Virginia
City, Nevada, and Gresham, of Bigelow,
Holt county, Missouri. Felton was still
alive at last accounts. The colored wo
man who wa3 captured was killed. Her
body wa3 found full of arrows and mu
tilated. She had also been ravished
Leavenworth, April 23 — Advices re
ceived here state that some time on
Thursday night, a family of emigrants
named Baker, from somewhere in Penn
sylvania, were massacred by the Indians,
about 100 miles northwes: of Custer City.
Tbe family consisted of a man and wife
and two children, all of whom were
brained with hatchets or tomahawks and
then scalped. A wagon belonging to
Baker was rifled aad everything valuable
carried off. The bodies of the victims
were decently buried when found.
Galveston, April 23.—A News Browns
ville special says the following official
dispatch was received from Laredo to
day :
Fort McIntosh, April 22.—Col Qaintena
resumed his position at New Laredo this
morning with about sixty men well arm
ed and mounted. The following was
sent to the American merchants, includ
ing those who bave taken refuge on this
aide of the river. By order of the military
commander of this Plaza: You are or
dered to appear before said military com
mander immediately—failing in whioh
military action will bo taken (signed) In
dependence and Liberty.
Juan Rodiriquez.
Dated at municipal headquarters New
Laredo, Mexico, Apnl 221,1876
The revolutionists have gone to join'
Navajo at Mier. Oa the above being
made known to General Mabaire he sent
from here the following telegram.
To Col. Quinteuna, New Laredo, Mexico: On
your own responsibility I order you not
to force American citizens or other for
eigners to pay praestime or any forced
orders for money. On you depends all
tbst may happen in this military dis
trict. [8igned] LaBakba.
Havana, April 23 —Mexicau advices to
the 13th have been received. The revo
lution continues in Sonora and 8inaloa.
The revolutionary movements in the in
terior States are of no consequence. The
seat of war U in the States of Oaxaca
and Pueblo. Gen. Alatorre suffered a
reverse in attempting to take the city of
Oaxaca and abandoned his wounded in
the retreat. Tbe railroad between Vera
Cruz and the City of Mexico is again cot.
Bzthlihsw, Pa., April 23.—A long
standing fend between two yonng stu
dents in this place resulted in a duel this
morning. The weapons were swords and
the meeting took place in the driving
park at Rettersville, at about five o’clock
a. x. Before blood was shed, however, a
special officer appeared, causing the prin
cipals and eeooads to deeamp. The
names of the portiee could not be ascer
tained. No arrests.
St. Louis, April 23.—"While 'five per-. tors attacking the. Italian law tendering
sons were descending a coal '-shaft -at j priests liable to military conscription.; . -
Brown’s Station, on the Columbia branch Washington. April 24—Mr.-Merrimon
of the St. Louis, Kansas C(ty and North
cm railroad, Friday last, tbe rope broke,
and all fell to tbe bottom, over one hun
dred feet. Ten men and a boy were in
stantly killed, and others fatelfy injured.
'Washington, April 23.—Tho Missouri
river has risen at St. Joseph’s and Leav
enworth in consequence of rains in that
region, and Mississippi has risen at
New OrlariiA ’V-i/al'* i
Washington April 23 —The testimony
in the case ofjthe Freedmen*^ Bank has
been made jpublie. The investigation
commenced -January 17th. The -first
witness was. ex-Postmaster-- General
Cress well, one of .the commissioners for
closing the affairs, ot the company which
was largely insolvent—the indebtedness
being over three million dollars, and he
feared they would not he able to realize
more than forty per cent, from the assetts
—a largo amount .of personal security
appearing to bo worthless.
Mr. Sperry, the inspector of the bank,
testified to nhny-discrepancies—one $80,-
000—and that if the employment of an
additional expert force they were never
able to reduce, this difference below
$40,000. .
Nothing W^ .Auowa of the pecuniary
responsibility of Wm. J. Wilson and
Thomas J'. Boston while discharging
thoir respective duties as officers of the
Washington branch, nor was a^thing
known about Wilson’s .bond, but Bos
ton’s bond wed toe $5,000, and signed by
General 0.0. Howard.*'
No proceeding was instituted by the
actuary or apy officer of the bank to re
cover from Wilson and Boston the defi
ciencies appearing in their accounts.
Mnch more testimony is given to show
tho ignorant, reckless and dishonest
management of the bank and its branches.
A new feature in tho Seneca Stone
Company was found. It appears that the
first loan tolt was $35,000, and that was
paid, so far as tho books show.
About that time a loan of $50,000 wa3
mako to Halict Kilbourn, and Jno. O.
Evans. Among tho collaterals was f 75,-
000 of the Senaca Stone bonds, but there
were other collaterals to make it, pecu
niarily, a good loan. Tbe noto did not
mature for a year. When it did mature
and was not paid, tho actuary. Colonel
Eaton, demanded payment, when the
parties produced a secret agreement, of
which tho following is a copy.
Received, Washington, D. C., Novem
ber 15tb, 1S73, of the Freedmen’s Sav
ings Bank an-i Trust Company, the with
in mentioned securities, with the excep
tion of the $75,000 bonds of tho Maryland
Freestone Manufacturing and Mining
Company, with tbe understanding tlat
our noto for $50,000 is to be returned to
us on or before the 38rh inst.
Hallet KiLnouBS,
John O. Evans.
The actuary wa3 threatened by these
parties' with miit, and after some wrang
ling he finally gave up the note and other
papers and rtAurned tho worthless Seneca
bonds. ,
The real value this transaction wa3 tho
payment cf an old loan by tbe new one,
and a secret sale of the bonds of the Sen
eca Stone Company to the Freedmen’s
Bank.
It appears from the testimony that a
hard-working colored man named John
Watkins deposited nearly $1,800 in the
bank, and out of that, Boston, who was
receiving teller at the time, drew $1,050
oa forged notes. Wilson, the late cashier,
endorsed two of them. . , .
Providence, R. L. April 23.—A young
woman, known a3 Jesse Revere, wap mur
dered in a low brothel last night by a
man who had been intimato with her,
named Merchant H. Weeden. After a
brief interview with her standing at the
door of her room, be fired a pistol at her
three time?, each shot taking effect in
her bead or breast, and walked out of
tho house, thus far escaping arrest.
Wecder is a carpenter, and is respecta
bly connected.
Boston, April 23.—Charles Cook, a
young farmer residing iu Hyde Park,
Vermont., wa3 murdered this morning
by his father who is insane. Ho was
supposed to be harmless, but attacked
his son with an axe and beat his br%in3
oat.
Boston, April 23 —Dartmouth College
has suspended seven students, editors of
tbe college paper, for publishing an ar
ticle reflecting on the Agricultural Col
lege, which they had been warned to
suppress.
Sr. Louis, April 22.—C. D. WiikiiisoD,
ex collector of internal Revenne at St.
Josephs, Me, plead not'guilty. Tho case
was set for the i5th of May.
Rohe, April 23.—Ex-Queen Isabella
has written a letter to tbe Pope offering
an interview with King Alfonso on the
religious question.
Washington, April 24.—Mr. Blaine’s
promised explanation, which required a
speech of three thousand words, has hot
attracted an unusual crowd to the gal
leries of the House.
Tbe Election Committee gave a fur
ther hearing to tae sub-committee and
will vote on Wednesday. Both reports
concede that Morey is not entitled to the
scat, but the minority report tbe seat as
vacant. Tbe majority report gives tbe
seat to Spencer.
Tho vote by which the investigation of
Brktow’s connection with the release of
tbe vessel Mary Merritt, was transferred
to the Committee on Ways and Mvans,
was reconsidered, and the investigation
is progressing before the Committee on
Expenditures ef the Treasury Depart
ment. Bristow insisted upon having tae
names of the parties who furnished the
information, claiming that it was an effort
of part of the whisky ring to break him
dowa. The committeo held that it was
nnimportrnt whether the witnesses be
longed to the whisky ring'or aot, so
long as they told tbe truth. -Bristow
furnished a list of witnesses ho- desired
summoned, and tbo investigation ad
journed.
Akerman was before the Committee on
Expenditures i n Department of Justice.
H« acknowledged having given 'Daven
port certain sums of money from the Se
cret Service funds, but when asked
whether he did so by direction! of the-
President, aulei (or time to frame hit an
swer, and the committee' adjourned till
to-morrow. - *7 MKC
The Senate has up a hill to abolish
tbe office of supervisor of internal reve
nue. — -
Paris, April 24—Offenbach sailed
from Havre on Friday in the Canada.
The Letoir say* the Minister of 'Fori
eign. Affairs is considering a commercial
treaty with tho United States, placing
French silks and wines on an advan
tageous footing, m consideration of tbe
small duty on American cotton.
Constantinople, April 24 —The Porto
disavows the intention of declaring war
against Montenegro.
London, April 24.—Tho Somerville
ssper mill, near Bristol, was horned.
Cios*' 70,000 sterling. Five hundred
persons were ousted out ef employment.
The ill health of Cardinal Aatenelh
excites apprehensiou.
Rons, April 24—The Newspaper 06-
mwtione, (Roman), has been sequester
ed for publishing the Pope’s pastoral,
thanking the Bishop of Orleaxs for let-
introduced a hill altering the. lime of
holqihg the courts ;of the fdurfh judicial
circuit. it !jJr*q
el The: bill fixing the offices,-of collectors
and supervisors was resumed, the ques
tion being on an amendment abolishing
supervisors and transferring their power
to speoial agents, hot to exched .twenty?
No action. The silver . : t*nckr hill was
resumed and Hr. Jonec spqke to Adjourn
ment..
By Mr. Gibson—Authorizing the. Lou
isiana and Texas Railroad Company to
relinquish certain lands in Louisiana'
Bv Mr, Haywood—Permitting national
banka to issue notes equal to onehun-
hundrod per cent, of the market value of
the bonds deposited to secure circulation.
By Mr. O’Brien—To reorganize the
navy.- It provides that there shall be on
tbo active list six rear,admirals, eighteen
commodores, fifty captains a d seventy-
fire commanders, and 'that promotion in
these grades shall cease until those
numbers are reached.
Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, reported a joint resolu
tion requesting the President to tako
such steps as may tend to obtain tho
early release, ot Edward O. M. Condon
from his' imprisonment in England.
Passed.
Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, offered a res
olution fpr the appointment of a sblect:
committee of nine to make a thorough
examination into tho condition of the
management of the New Orleans* Cus
tom-house, of the offices of tbe"Msr&hAl,
District Attorney, Postmaster,. Assessor,
and Collector of Internal Revenne, and
such other Federal officer as they may
discover to be implicated in wrong doing
and violation of the law, with power to
sit in New Orleans during the recess.
Mr. Gibson moved to suspend the
rules and pass the resolution. Tbo vote
was, yeas 146, nay3 77, nob two-thirds,
and the resolution failed.
The House resumed tho Djstriot busi
ness. _ ■
Blaine, of Maine, rising to a personal
explanation, proceeded to mako a gene
ral specific denial of tbe newspaper
charges and allegations connecting him
with the' payment of some $64,000 by
tho Union Pacific Railroad Company.
He read letters from Sidney Dilloii, Pres
ident. Thomas A. Scott, ex-President,
and E. IL Rsllinc, .Treasurer of that
company, and from Morton, Bliss & Co,
hankers of New York, contradictory of
the various statements ia relation to
Dim, and declared that every part of the
story was utterly untrue without one
particle of foundation in fasts, and with
out a title of evidence to -substantiate
it. He said that several newspapers,
some of them from friendly'motives, b»d
nrged him to ask a commh toe of. inves
tigation, but he did not do yo, because
ho did not wish to wait the.delay and
slow progress that inevitably- attend
Congressional investigation/. Ha deem
ed the mode which he had adopted the
surest and most expeditious inode of
vindication. He was ready to. submit
the whole matter to tho candid, judgment
of the House and tho country, and if the
House thought the matter should be I
further enquired into, ho was re^dy to meets
give ail the assistance in his power to
mako tho investigation thorough, rigid
and impartial.
He explained hi3 purchase in open
market in Boston, in the summer of 1869,
of the bonds of the Little Rock and Fort
Smith Railroad Company, which bonds
he still held, and on which he had suf
fered a loss of over $20,000, and summar
ized his whole statement a3 follows:
First—Tho story of his receiving $64,-
000, or any other sum, from the Union
Pacific railroad was absolutely disproved
by the most conclusive testimony.
Second—That no bond of his was ever
sold to the Atlantic and Pacific, or to the
Missonri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Companies, ns charged.
Third—That instead of receiving Lit
tle Rock and Fort Smith bonds as a
gratuity he had bought them at the
market price and had incurred a severe
pecuniary loss from the transaction.
He was now in tho fourteenth year of
a not inactive service in the House and
he had never done anything in his public
career for which he could be put to the
faintest blush in any presence or for
which he could not answer to his con
stituents, his conscience and tho great
Searcher of Hearts
The district tax bill was passed and tbo
House adjourned.
■Washington, April 24. — Supervisor
Heduck has been asked to resign.
Mr. Voorhees continued his argument
in the Kilbourn habeas corpus, holding
that the House had exceeded its juris
diction, first, and that, after indictment,
its ’authority over Kilbourn in any case
ceased.
San Sebastian, April 24.—After an
other very stormy debate, the Junta of
Guipuzcoa to-day elected five delegates
to proceed to Madrid to confer with, the
Government. All five delegates are ir
reconcilable partisans. A part of the
Fueras Junta instructed them to decline
any compromise fettering the future ac
tion of Guipuzcoa, to oppose tho con
scription, to consent to a moderate taxa
tion in aid of the national treasury and
withdraw from tbe conference and pro
test if the Government attempts any
modification of Fueras. The municipal
authoritieaof Sin Sebastian persevere in
their irreconcilible attitude and their ac
tion m the interior of tho province con
tinues.
London, April 24 —In the House of
Commons, to-day, Mr. Fawcett asked
Mr. Disraeli to facilitate the discussion
of-bis motion for an address to the
Queen, praying for her non awumption
of the title of Empress of India, before
the proclamation was issued giving it
effect. Mr. Disraeli declined, whereupon
Mr. Fawcett gave notice of a motion
more stringently challenging the con
dnet of the Government amounting to a
vote ef censure. '
Washington, April 24—Belknap, in
replication, makes a general denial of
the points .ip the car.o. He says tbe
committee bad examined one Marsb, and
he haa made a'statement to said commit
tee, whioh Said statement, if triie, would
ri4E support the -artieles of impeachment
against him, said Belknap; but which
said statement Was of such a character in
re/peot to other persons, some of whom
had been, and orie of whom was, so nearly
'connected-' With him, said Belknap, by
domestic ties as to greatly afflict him,
arid Belknap, and make hia willing to
secure the suppression of so mnch of said
statement as afflicted euch other person?
at any cost to himself; therefore he,said
Belknap, proposed to said committee that
if said committee would' suppress that
part of Baid statement which related to
said other persons, he, said Belknap,
though contrary to troth, would admit
thereceiptby hue, said Belknap,of all the
moneys stated by said Marsh to have been
received by him from'one Evens, men
tioned in said statement, and paid over
by Mid Marsb to any other person or
persons; but said committee declined to
acoede to Mid preposition and the Hon
Hester Clymer, chairman of said com
mittee, then declared to eaid Belknap
that be, the Mid Clymer, shenld mere in
the House ef Repriwentativm span the
statement of Marsh for the impeachment
of Inm (’Belknap) unless the said Belknap
should resign his position *a Secretary
of War before noon of i next day, to
wit. March 2nd. 1876. and raid
Belknap regarding this statement of
jeakL Clymer, chsiramin as 'aMresad, inti
mated that he (Belknap) oouVd! by thus
resigning avoid the affliction joscqiaAblC
from a protracted trial in a form Whteh,
would attract the greatest degree of pub
iic ottanrionand the hamfitabca ef avail
ing bimself-of a defence dtselosed in said
statement itself whicll Would- cost blame
on said other person. He yielded to the
suggestion made by Clymer, chairman as
aforesaid, believing that the same was
made in good faith with tbe said Clymer,
chairman as aforesaid, aqd that he, said
Belknap, could bv resigning his position
aa Secretary of War, securd the speedy
dismissal of said statement ficom the pub
lic mind, which said statement though
it involved no criminality on his part,
was deeply painful to his feelings, and
did resign bis Baid'position as S.-cretary
o! War, at ten o'clock and ten minutes in
tho forenoon of the 221 of Much, 1876,
and at eleven o’clock’ in the forenoon of
the day and year aforesaid, he, the said
Belknap caused said committee to bo no
tified of his said resignation and ef .the
acceptance thereof by the. President of
the United States aforesaid; all of’which
was in pursuance ana consequent of the
said-suggestion, os made by said Cly
mer, and therefore said committee de
dared that .the said committee had no
'further duty to perform in the premises;
and the said Belknap submits that white
-said House of Representatives claim
that said Clymer was: acting on its
behalf in said examination of Mid
Marsh; in the said House, and that he
ought, in honor and in -law, to be ea
topped to deny that said ‘ Clymer was
also acting nr behalf of said House, in
suggesting the resignation of hi to; said
Belknap, as aforesaid, and ought niot to
be heard to complain of a resignation
thus induced, and this he, the said Belt
naD, i3 ready to verify, wherefore be
prays judgment if tbe said House of
Representatives ought, or to have or
maintain tho impeachment against him.
[Signed] Wm W. Belknap.
Washington, April 24—Walker vs.
Leverant, from Louisiana. This case,
which was an action to recover for refus
ing refreshments to defendant in error
on account of color, tbe Court reaffirmed
that article 7 of the Constitution, provi
ding that i . suits at common law where
the value in controversy shall not exceed
twenty dollars the right cf trial by jury
shall bo preserved, relates . only to
trials in the Federal courts, and
say that tho States, so far' as this
amendment is concerned, are left to reg
ulate trials in their onn courts in their
own 'way. A trial by jury in suite at
common law, pending in the State
courts,'is not therefore a privilege or im-
rauoity of national citizenship, which the
States are forbidden in the 14th amend
inent.'to abridge in a State court, or de
privo a person of his property without
due process of law, hut this does not
necessarily imply that all trials in State
courts affecting the property of persons,
must be by jury trial. By the
settled course judicial proceedings
this requirement of duo pro
cess of law iu the States reg
ulated by the law thereof, the State
Court ^has decided on this case that the
trial withont a jury was in accordance
with the law of the State, and the law is
found not to conflict with the Constitm
tion of the United S ate?, or in any law
thereof. Affirmed. Dissenting Clifford
Field. Gassed.rx Beal el al from Georgia.
Ia this case the court affirm a decree In fa
vor of the appellees for the proceeds of a
large amount ot cotton which- they claim
the appellant bad atte i pted to obtain
from them without consideration under
pretended military authority.
A bill was filed to-day in the Supreme
Court of tbe United State- by the State
of South Carolina against the State of
Georgia, Secretaiy of War e.nfl others, to
enjoin tho work now being done at the
cross tides in the Savannah river by the
Engineer Departm”nt, as in violation of
the convention between the States of
1759. Mr. McCraick, Jr, Messrs. Phillip
Phillip?, of this city, and Edwards, of
Charleston, for the State of South Caro
lina, moved for a temporary injunction.
The court took the papers, reserving its
eiaton upon the.motion.
Indianapolis, Apnl 24 — In- an inter-
view this morning with a reporter, Jno
C. S. Harrison stated that in writing,
and dispatching the Hon. J. Wilson re
garding the swindle connected with the
Union Pacific Railroad, he did not give
the name of Mr. Blaine, but simply re
marked that the party referred to was a
prominent and inflaential member of
the Republican party. He eays far
ther, that ho sent Mr Wilson
two or three questions to be asked
witness coming before his committee,
which if they had been asked and prop
erly answered would hare discovered
the name very quickly.
Mr.. Harrison has copies of his dis
patches and letters sent Mr. Wilson
The correspondence took place in Janu
ary and February, 1373
Louisville, April 24—Capt. James
Wilkinson, charged- with embezzling
$15,000 in New Orleans and elsewhero,
has proved an important arrest. Satur
day evening he received a dispatch in
jail from J. B. Phelps, at Indianapolis,
stating that he would arrive on the one
o’clock a. x. Chicago train, and go imme
diately to the jail. Phelps is tbe party
to whom Wilkinson shipped packages
from New Orleans to Chicago. An 4 de
tectives conjectured tbst he was a part
ner in tbe crime of Wilkinson. They
accordingly decided to arrest him as a
suspected party on his arrival. Phelps,
on reaching the city yei-terday morning,
took a hack, telling the driver he wm
going to the jail to release a prisoner,
and wanted him to wait for him at
tha door, wnethcr he came out alone
o: not. Dilcctives were in tho
jail when Phelps entered. He wits
allowed to go into the room where Wil
kinson was confined and eeo him and as
scon as he started he waaarreated. and
two detectives searched Kim, while'a
third went into Wilkinson’s room and'
stripped him. In tbe heel of his stock
ing be found f2 ,000, which looked-as if
it had just been placed there. When.
Phelps was accused of giving Wilkinson
the money he denied nil knowledge of it
and protested ho had not given him a
cent. S >me important papers were found
on him. .Pht-lps was then locked upas
a suspected Mop. To day writs of habeas
cvrjyus were taken out Tor the prisoners
and the court released Phelps, hnt re-,
manded Wilkinson to jail. The money
waa hot restored, Phelps, having said it
was not his when he was arrested.
Groceries.
Messrs I. J. Tray wick & Co. are mak
ing things lively down on Third street in
tbe grocery bntiness. The senoir ot the
firm and the two juniors, Messrs. J. Wil
bourn and J. T. Jossey, are lire bnsinsM
■en, and w>ll deserve the large and
grewlag trade they have eetabliehed.
Merehante and planters visit/eg tho oily
ia search of supplies should not tail to
give them a call
WoMtHafoN, ApritfiAta/fboampMch-
mest managers of. theSysM-of Repre
sentatives to day filed wiUk.tpe Secre
tary of the Sepate their sur-itfolndar to
tbe rejemtfer Of Oenertf MkSpT which
wu filed pMtattog. Itaf iHimb in
tho mao of ;«b# .0*1 cf the
people of thp United StotoClhe asser
tion of tfceir first rtptspsft tbe plea
of Mr. Rclkwap, that the
Senate has jsutadtoliDOMllsnrandde-
tarmrno.the aiSplBOi.a*Qjiipcachmcut
preferred, and tbsA-tha Hobm cf Re
presentatives ore ready to Verify and
prove the same, and eohflattS: * Where
fore inasmuch as tho Mid Wm. W.
Belknap hath not answered the Mid
articles of impeachment, or to any man
ner denied the Mme, the 8&iq House of
Representatives pray judgment thereon,
according to law.’’ : - Ly:ci~
In the next place theyaeeent M mnch
of General Belknapfa rejoinder as de
mands trial according to law; hot. as to
the remainder of hit rejoinder) they deny
that the House Of Representatives should
be barred from, main tailing ths articles
of impeachment by reason of any of the
statements therein, because, reserving to
themselTee all the advantages Of the ex-
ceptiop to the insufficiency of said state
ments, they deny each and ovary argu
ment which denies or traverses toe acts
and intents charged against Said defend
ant in the second replication, ind they
reaffirm the truth of the matters stated
therein, and t pray jodgafeitrthereon ac
cording to,lew. ‘ .
The sur rejoinder Is sfgned' by the
Speaker and the' CRet of the House of
Representatives. * . T
The Supreme Court to-day directed the
motion for preliminary injunction lathe
matter of the work at cross tides in tha
Savannah river to be argued azi>Mcnd&y
next. • -Vd\; ;.’0'r- a
The Light House Board gives notice
that a new illumin&tingappazatns will be
placed in. the Delaware breakwater
light house May 1,1876. . The Bghfc will
be a fixed white, varied by whits flashes
every minute. . . •
The Cabinet discussed to-day the mat
ter of furnishing original copies of docu
ments to tha investigating eota mittee.
The subject was refereed to the Attorney
Genera], who will report the taw on the
subject at the next meeting.
Akerman proceeded to state that, in
1871, while the President was at Long
Branch, Akerman received a letter writ
ten by General Porter, in accordance
with tho President’s instructions, stating
that a Mr. Davenport was engaged
in searching out frauds against nat
uralization and registration in New
York, and suggesting to Akerman
that he could usefully employ a-portiou
of the money given him by Congress to
suppress election frauds in the New York
case. Witness was at that, time-investi
gating kuklux affairs iu tbs South, and
replied to the Pre. ident that he had al
ready appropriated his money in that
direction. 'He was told inn subsequent
communication from the President that
tbe funds could bsused with.as great ad
vantage in New York city as in the Sooth.
After fall explanation he authorized the
payment to Mr. Davenport.
These conversations with the Presi
dent lasted throughout the fall of 1870.
and spring of 1871- He conld not recol
lect that any of this money was used to
detect frauds in Philadelphia. The lat
ter was a Republican cily,and-New York
was Democratic, but that- did not influ
ence the President in: his actions. The
frauds in New York seemed, to be syste
matic. That was the field of Mc. Dav
enport’s operations, and the .President
was of the opinion, that if-Davenport’s
system could bo of advantage there it
could he of advantage elsewhere.
The President never for n: moment
thought he was acting in' a partisan
manner. After some general questions,
which elicited no new facts, the.commit
tee adjourned. —
Tsoy, N. Y., April ,23.—"k. U*. : Elliott,
proprietor of the Sundry Trojan newspa
per, was convicted in a criminal action
I’or libel this afternoon. The piper was
Democratic and the organ of that party.
The libel icrsisted in charging a nomi
nee of the opposing faction with being a
convicted criminal. Tho editor was sen
tenced to pay a fine of $150 and imptis-
onmen; at hard labor for 150 days. An
appeal will be taken. • 1
Memphis, April 35.—Joseph B. Kinlon
of North Carolina, was arrested hare to
day cn a charge of defrauding the Gov-
ertnrent in tax on tobacco,-in connection
with thn ring hpre.
The trains on the Mem phis And Little
Rock railroad are again running on
schedule time. The water has receded
sufficiently to leave the track unobstruct
ed.
Galveston, April 25.—Th4 News'
special from Ringgold barracks, to-day,
fays licc-wi Fu-.’ro, with three thousand
Federal r troops, are in route from Mon
terey for Mier. Qaetego will held Mon
terey. Fuero will doubtless meet Diaz’s
forces at Mier or Camargo^ s—;»j a
Mobile, April 25_—The. tbi<^l.£pnaal
ftir of tbe Agricultural, Mechanics) and
Horticultural Association of the'Gulf
City opened todaf.T Many ntnmgen
were present, and a fine exhibition waa
made. Hon. Henry P. Kimball, of Hli«
nois, delivered the opening wddrefcs. Tha
fair continues until Saturday.
London, April 15j—.The chief event
to day was the city and suburban hand-
cup race, of whioh Mr. Tyner’s brown
horse Thunder was winner. Mr. Wool-
cott’s chestnut colt. Little Harry, waa
sscond, Mr. Msadow’s brown flily, Merry
Duchess, third. The favorito. Sir J. D.
Astley’s brown colt, Bngg Roy, came In
fifth.
The American horse, ~ Mr. Sltzitord’s
Mate, fieiahed M tho last Ci^And never,
throughout the' race, Jiqd a {Mptoent
position. Twepty'three ran. The bet
ting at etartihg Wm 9 to 2 a^gafhst Brigg
Boy, lOto I wgrinat LfttlN BoiOy, 22 to
1 against Tfaaoder, and SO to 1 against
Merry Duchess. . -
Sr. Petbbsbcbg, April 25—Th Oqfiehsl
Gazelle to-day says tne fears entertained
for the peooe ef RurOpe ore gronndleM.
Tne Great Powers are acting in concert,
and their .unanimity is strengthened.
When it was recently ascertained that
thi Ottoman' Mimatry had derided to
invade Montenegro, Rusitaiftmediately
invited the. Powers to furniah- -their rep
resentatives with the identical instruc
tions for the purpose of aissaaaing the
Porte from taking tha offensive. Ger
many, Austrii, ’ France ' gnd Italy
have already acqhlesoed and there is
every reason to expect that England, ia
this most dangerous cruris* will ao-
qm-see a'ao. Already ad vioes from Con-
tnntinoplo aro more favorable. Tbe
Jultan has instructed his foreign minis
ter emphatically to disavow any aggres
sive intentions, and to give aacuranoe
that the military movements in Alhani
ore only defensive.
Constantinople, April 25.—The rep
resentatives of all the great powers have
counselled the Porte to undertake noth
ng ag-unst Montenegro, promising uni
ted effort- for tho pacification of the in-
surgon-s 1 he Porte baa taken note of
tbi se sroiei ee. but has not disooatin-
ued military preparations.
Toolodsb. April 25—A anbeeriptasn
ban l)e*s opened here foe A fund to Md
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