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A BELGRADE dispatch of the 1st Says the Governor of Bosnia was arming the In- iiabitants en masse to resist the Austrians. A PARIS dispatch of the 1st says 1,909 Communist* had been pardoned in hoa- or of the Expofiition /ete. LONDON dispatches of the Sd say that ^Congress, realizing the utter inability of Turkey to pay any indemnity to Russia at ̂ili jpreaent, had relegated that question to the two 1 'V;! POWers for private settlement. Bismarck, it > !> '. is stated, warned Russia not to exact a terri- "Torlal Instead of a money indemnity. THE Greek Ministry have tendered their resignations. A SEMI-RELIGIOUS riot occurred in ' ;, .Marlines, France, on the 8d, which was not : tquelle4 until the police had arrested 126 of the -rioters. BERLIN telegrams of the 4th say the . Torkteh representatives in the Congress had jannounced their assent to the Austrian occu­ pation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the latter Tower having disavowed any intention to an­ nex these Provinces. The Austrians had agreed to enter Bosnia at two points simulta­ neously, advancing slowly so as to give the Turks time to retire. THE Pan-Anglicaa Synod has con­ vened in London. THE American residents and visitors In Paris celebrated the Fourth by a concert and a grand felt. THE recent report of the death of the Emperor of Morocco Is declared to be un­ true. THE condition of the Emperor of Germany was thought to be Improving, on the 4th. Nobeling, his would-be assassin, was re­ covering also. THE Greek question was settled in the European Congress, on the 5th. A resolution was passed that Congress invite the Porte to come to an understanding with Greece for the rectification of her frontier, and expressed the opinion that the line should be from the Valley of the Salambria on the Mgeaxi Sea to the mouth of the Kalamos River, opposite Corfu. In the event of difficulties rising in the negotiation the Powers are ready to ren­ der their good offices as mediators. The Greeks were said to be profoundedly disap­ pointed at the decision of the Congress, A LONDON dispatch of the 5th says a paper had been posted in all the cotton mills of the Stockport District, giving a fort­ night's notice of 5-per-cent. reduction in wages. Operatives seemed to favor resistance. IT was reported at Constantinople, on the 5th, that the inhabitants of Batoum had again telegraphed Minister Layard asking for the protection of England, and declaring they had resolved to hoist the British flag and open fire on the Russians, on the 13th. Ill the Henley regatta on the Thames, on the 5th, the Columbia College (American) crew won the race over their En­ glish competitors. This is the first victory of the kind ever awarded to American muscle in British waters. 610,443; cash In .Treasury, $256,828,612; debt less cash In Treasury, #2,085,786,8^1; increase during June, tS, 149,881; decrease since June 30, im, $#*,371,891. MR. ABRAXS. HEWITT has published a vigorous reply to Mr. Henry Watterson's charge that he withheld from the Democrats in Congress Mr. Tildgu's opinion of the Electoral bill. He states that Mr. Tilden did not intimate to him either his approval or disapproval of that measure prior to March 4,1877, but from what he did say he was con­ vince#Hurt be dtt tstwtah his Mends to be responsible for the defeat of the measure. ^PORTLAND (Ore.) telegram of the 3d says Gov. Chadwick had received a dis­ patch from Canyon City, dated the 29th ult, asking for arms and men to protect the citi­ zens of the John Day Valley from the hostile Indians, who were pouring into that region. A scouting party of whites were autrouuded by Indians, and fighting was going on on the South Fork of the John Day River. A NEW YORK special of the 29th says Eliza Pinkston, one of the witnesses before the Louisiana Returning Board, had made an affidavit denying the statements she then made, and alleging that she had been paid the sum of §500 to make them. Eli?,a has been remarried, her husband being Way- man Pritchard, who also makes affidavit that the statement now made by his wife is the one she told him before their marrfage. Their present residence is at Canton, Mies. It was reported, on the 3d, that Col. Jack Wharton, United States Marshal at New Orleans, had received a letter from Postmaster Smith, at Canton, Miss., in which Smith sSys he had just seen Eliza Pinkston, who informed him she had been interviewed by a prominent Democrat from Louisiana, who desired her to go to New Orleans and give testimony con­ tradictory to that given by her before the Re­ turning Board. She made a statement to this Democrat which she had since contradicted. She also contradicted the affidavit above men­ tioned. A FIGHT between a lot of tramps and a gang of local rowdies and roughs, near Rock Island, 111., ou the 1st, resulted in the killing of two of the latter, and in serious injury to several others. AT Memphis, on the morning of the 2d, the steamer Capital City was burned to the water's edge, as was also an elevator op­ posite which the steamer was lylmr. The total loss was about $200,000. Two men per­ ished In the flames. A WASHINGTON telegram of the 3d states that the War Department would push recruits to that portion of the country dis­ turbed by the Indians with all practicable haste. The belief was almost universal among army officers that there wodld be a general Indian war in the section where hostile indi­ cations had presented themselves. PRESIDENT HAYES, Sec'y Sherman and other Washington celebrities were present at the second day's proceedings, on the 4th, of the Centennial commemoration of the Battle and Massacre of Wyoming, Pa. AT a German Lutheran picnic near Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 4th, a large tree fell on a party who had fled to it for shelter from a raging storm, and instantly killed ten and wounded fifteen of the number. Several of the injured, it was feared, would die. THE aggregate appropriations made by the last Congress amounted to $157,203,933. ' IN the Alabama Republican State Convention, at Montgomery, on the 4th, a resolution indorsing President Hayes for his wise and patriotic policy was laid qn the ta­ ble, as was also a resolution to nominate a State ticket. THE Arkansas Democrats have nom- .ited Gov. Meller for re-election. Jacob Froblich is the nominee for Secretary of State, and T. J. Churchill, for State Treasurer. ̂ raw wettir CONGRESSMAN ACXLEN published a card in Washington, on the 29th ult., de­ nouncing as a wilful lie the recent attack up­ on his character, and relieving Gen. P.osser from the authorship of the slander. He says that previous to and after the pretended oc­ currence he had the honor of asking the lady to be his wife, which oiiter she and that his attentions were continued at his te> quest. DURING the six months ending June 80, there were 514 failures in New York City, with liabilities of $39,030,795, and assets ag­ gregating Jll,012,602. A CHICAGO Grand Jury has indicted Gen. John McArthur, ex-Postmaster of that city, and A. D. Waldron, ex-Treasurer of Hyde Park, for embezzlement. FOB several months past the Metro­ politan Police force at East St Louis, HL, which had been disbanded by an edict of the Mayor, have maintained their position, hold­ ing possession of an engtne-house as their headquarters. On the 30th ult., Mayor Bow­ man's force of City Marshals attempted to sur­ prise them and capture the building, but were fired upon by the Metropolitans entrenched therein, and Deputy - Marshals Neville and O'Connor were instantly killed, and James Doyle was wounded. The Marshals then retired. Sheriff Weber Was sent for by the Mayor and arrest­ ed two of the Metropolitans--Wallace and Gleyre. The law under which the Metropol­ itans claimed to act as the police of the city has been declared unconstitutional by the Su­ preme Court, but the force has some way managed to exist, and conflicts more or less serious have been of almost daily occurrence, for a long time, between them and the force organized by the Mayor under the city ordi­ nance. THE Centennial celebration ot the Bevolutionary Battle of Monmouth took place at Freehold, N. J., on the 28th ult. The corner-stone for a granite shaft to bear the names of New Jersey soldiers killed in the revolutionary War was laid. THE total amount of deficiencies pro- L Tided for by Congress since last October is •16,000,000. A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 1st sys the order authorizing military pursuit in- ~ lexico of cattle thieves would hereafter be (rally construed, Irrespective of Mexican ssts, on the ground that Mexico, Ijy her- eventing the Incursions of the thieves, fcylate the necessity of an invasion. jublic-debt statement for June total of debt and intftest of $2,292, across the ancient bridge Trith shoata and songs, and rush to one "ot the great artificial lakes and plunge beneath die sacred waters. The airtybundlee which they have carried all the long way are opened, and yield forth their treasures of spotless cotton, and the pilgrims, refreshed and cleanly clad, proceed to the temple to partake of the sacred rice which has been cooked within its walls --that sacred rice for which the Lofd of the World longed ki his old jungle home, aud of which he now partakes four times a day in hia temple.--A. M. Guernsey, in harper's Magazine far July. - " • ILLINOIS STATE MEWS. THE Blue Jiibbon 1Vem of Davenport, Iowa, publishes the folio .ving table snbwihg the signatures to the ribbon pledges In counties in Illinois as follows: , *,000 8,000 8.000 8.970 8,600 1,275 Cook 70,000 Peoria Cumberland Morgan McLean..;.. Sangamon Madison. ..V. Knox >.• Ooles Henry--?}*. Moultrie. v. Christian .V.. n't,. White. Hancock Jo Davieaa.< ..U. Perry Wabash.... Hamilton.)..,.... Livingstofl.-i.V ... ..u ;&• -ft*'- .w*. 114 iooo 000 2,000 1.500 1,200 1,100 1,000 l.OfO ,800 Juggernaut Pilgrimages In Orissa. MK. HUNTER gives a vivid picture of these pilgrimages. Day and night, through every month of the year, troops of devotees arrive at Puri, and for 300 miles along the great Orissa road every village has its encampment. At the time of the great festivals the bands follow so closely that they form a con­ tinuous procession miles upon miles in length. They march in orderly com­ panies, each under its leader or guide. Thesfe guides may properly be called the missionaries of Jagannath. About 6,000 of them are attached to the tem­ ple from which they take their depart­ ure for every section of the country. The arrival of one of these pilgrim- hunters is a memorable event in the still life of a Hindoo village. He is known by his half-shaven head, coarse tunic, knapsack and palm-leaf umbrella. He waits, patiently chewing his narcotic leaf, until the men have gone into the field, and then makes a round of visits among the women. He works alike upon their hopes and fears, their piety and their folly. The older ones long to look upon the face of the merciful god who will remit the sins of a life. The younger ones are allured by the pros- {•ect of a journey through strange ands. Widows catch at anything to relieve the tedium of their blighted ex­ istence; childless wives long to pick up the berries from the child-giving b$i- yan which grows in the sacred in- closure. In a few days the missionary has picked up a band of pilgrims. Fully nine out of ten are women, and when the bands come together on the great Orissa road they present a motley spectacle. Here are a company of white-clothed, slender women from Lower Bengal, limping wearily along. Next a train, clad in bright red or blue, with noses pierced with rings, trudges stoutly forward; they are toe rugged peasantry of Northern India. Now and then is a lady from near Delhi, ambling along upon a little pony, while her hus­ band walks by her side. A bullock cart creaks past upon its '^wooden wheels. A long train of palanquins convey a Calcutta banker and his fam­ ily. Sometimes there is a great north country rajah, with a whole caravan of elephants, camels and horses. But ninety-five out of a hundred of the pil­ grims are on foot. Mingled with all are devotees of every sort, some cov­ ered with ashes, some nearly naked, with matted hair stained yellow. Al­ most all have their foreheads streaked with red and white paint, a string of beads around their necks, and a stout staff in their hands. So this great spiritual army marches hundreds of miles along burning roads, across unbridged rivers, through pesti­ lent jungles and swamps. Many perish by the way, all are weary and foot-sore. But no sooner are they within sight of l^e holy city than all the miseries of , the journey are forgotten. They hurry Brown 17 6S0 Bureau..., 17.500 Edwards 15 000 Grundy 12,000 •Woodford 10,5)85 Carroll,....... ... io, OBOMclicsJ*....'..... 10.000 Union 6.aO!Clav......i 6,000 Piatt 6.000 Henderson 6,000'Johnson 5,000;Uiwienoe,....... 5,000 Hardin, MOOIWAYN*........... 4,435' Bcimvler.... ,«... 4,300* Whiteside. .v.... 4,000 Mercer 4,000 Putnam.... .'v.... Total in 38 counties VJ^fe.782 In 37 counties, exclusive of Cook...v... .188,782 Average for each county. 6,102 •One town only. If the 101 counties in Illinois, outside of Cook, sustain this average, the number In the State would be 585,000. ' Ox the evening of the 80th' ult., Peter E. Stephens, of Chicago, shot at and killed his young wife. Stephens was twenty-six years old and his wife seventeen. They had been married three years and had recently sepa­ rated. Stephens, on his arrest, stated that he killed her because he had rather see her'dead than fall into immoral ways. ON the night of the 29th ult, Mr. Frank J. Chapman, who owiied a saw-ifiHl at Forman, on the Cairo & Vincennes Railroad, about eight miles south of Vienna, was sleeping in a room on the ground floor, in that village. The head of the bed was near a window, the upper sash of which was down. About one o'clock a pistol-shot aroused others who were"' sleeping in the same building, when they rushed in and turned up the light, which was burning dimly in the room, and found Mr. Chapman breathing his last. The blood was oozing from a wound in the top or.back of his head. JUDGE SID-SHEY BREKSK, the oldest member of the Supreme Court of Illinois, died at the Sulli­ van House, in Pinckneyville, on the evening of the 27th ult. With his associates he had just 'closed a term of court at Mount Ver­ non, and, as has been his custom for many years, he came to Pinckneyville to sojourn a few days with friends, and at the same time transact some business in regard to real estate owned in Perry County. On the 27th, while in the banking-house of Murphy, Wall & Co., he appeared to be suffering much inward pain and, at the suggestion of the Cashier, laid down on the sofa. He grew worse rapidly, and was taken to the Sullivan House, where, despite the attention of friends and physi­ cians, he expired a little before midnight. His remains were removed to his home in Car- lyle, Clinton County, where, under the aus­ pices of the Masonic fraternity, of which w had for many years been a worthy member, he was buried, his associates on the Supreme Bench acting as pall-bearers. KENT, BALDWIN & Co.'s woolen mills and machinery shops in South Chicago were burned, on the 27th. Loss. $20,000. JACOB S. WERNER, lately imprisoned in the Putnam County Jail, to await requisition from Pennsylvania to answer to an indictment for forgery, committed suicide, on the night of the 26th, by hanging. From all appearances, he climbed to the top of the celj, on the out­ side, and took blankets and hung them on the wall, in order to prevent his body from receiv­ ing bruises. He then to«!k a sheet, formed a noose, and swung himself from the top of the cage. From the position of his hands and arms and the expression of his face, Werner undoubtedly died a horrible death. He left a letter, in which he stated that he was also a counterfeiter, and the letter Implicates ten other men in Pennsylvania, by name. This note also states that they were all guilty, and that he alone must suffer. The paper says further that he has but one friend on earth and that was his own dear wife. EMMA CAHB fell overboard from a Chicago excursion steamer, on the 26th, and was drowned. The iron stanchion by which she was holding gave way and she was precipitated into the water below, and sunk before help could reach her. A FULL meeting of the DemocraHe State Central Committee will be held in Springfield on the 8th of August, when the details pf, the campaign will be arranged. THE brewery of P. Mueller & Sons, near Lincoln, was burned on the morning of the 26th. Loss, $20,000. 8MALL-POX has made its, appearance at Mo- line. THE River and Harbor bill, passed by Con­ gress at the heel of the session, appropriated $150,000 to be expended on the rivers and har­ bors of Illinois. THE Chicago Daily Pott has been absorbed by the little one-cent dally; the Evening News. The process was completed on the 1st. THE Governor has pardoned Richard Till- son, convicted of burglary and Sentenced from Fayette Circuit to the Penitentiary for three yqars. The ground of the pardon is his serious illness. TIIE Democratic Congressional Convention for the Seventeenth District lias been called to meet at Alton, on the 22d pf August. The district Is now represented by Col. Mor­ rison. THE German Savings Bank of H. A. Geise, at Quincy, suspended on the morning of the 1st. It was believed that depositors would be paid in full. THERE seems to be a lively scramble for the vacancy on the Supreme Bench, caused by tht death of Judge Brecse. The appointment of a Democrat is eonceded, but, up to the morn­ ing of the 3d, the Governor had not intimated whom he would commission. , JOHNNY ENGERBRENT and Peter " Bender, two patriotic Chicagoans, were overhauling their nistnlR. nn ti»e evening of the 2d, to be sure that they were in readiness for the Fourth. During the mutual examination, the pop of Bender was discharged, the ball enter­ ing the heart of Engerbrent, causing instant death. , THE National Greenback men of the Sev­ enth District have nominated Alexander Campbell for Congress. HON. J. G. CANNON has been renominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Four- tecnth District. EDDIE MURPHY, a Chicago TTVE-year-old, was run over by his father's wagon, the other day, and instantly killed. , on' ^.tfawT to •he dictated the THE »VB8T|PAYI#F. wffi- .limits was re< anftpwdaced her son. Owing to Mr. Butlst'S Were not read. Mrs. JenJpl the name of the person tVwi " Sherman letter." Mr. Springer inquired nn to the present business of her husband, and was AAEANIC; wquiied why Air* Springer wa« BO much inter- IIMBS, and --id she had -- IW E---tmkmm»•» »nd not he her. Witness also said that Sypher, Anderson's counsel, Jud toW her he was ftjlso counsel for Samuel J. Tilden. Mis. Jtnktt described her visit to Danaldmmville, JLa.. and her letter to Weber, who, she said, was always open to propositions. He always knew; she paid, what the Democrats were offering and w»w c-n- i M i %*»•! on the did not tell Mr. BeynoWs that stwwouldpw weU for the letter in Weber's possession. Being asked as to her orni pataUi. Mrs. JeakS raotied 4# w«ts a general genius, but said, Othello n occupa­ tion'* cone. Republicans are dead." Bemg asked it she regarded her husband as Othqlto, th"' replied, " Not a bit of it. I nm the Ottanfo m.vuellV' Being asked if Gen. Sheldon had di­ rected her to report to any person in particular, in Washington, she replied tfeat Oen. Sheldon had a duel on hi*.handii at the time, and could POC sttend to that sataii matter. Like all Yankee duels, the GcneEal'# was a bloodlewt one. Wm. K. Chandler recalled. He submitted dis­ patches which h* fcadaeat to sundry jwrspns wi chc Sill vs iu vthiCu 2i,~ '«***«•*•' IHH correspondents to be watahfti! against powible Democratic frauds. He received a telegram from President Grant, requesting him to remain in F lorida until the vote of the Staf e was de­ cided. Mr. Chandler maintained that there nev­ er was a fauer result obtained by f airer means than the result of, the Florida election. He gave a list of the Presidential appointments made on his recommendation. He obtained from Stanley Matthews, between the lHt.h and 23th of February, 1877, the first intimation that the Packard Government was to be overthrown. Matthews asked him to use his inUuehce with President Grant to prevent the recognition of Packard. Matthews said it was Hayes' inten­ tion to recognize the Nicholls Government, and also the Hampton Government in Bouth Caro­ lina. When witness said he did not see how the President, could help recognising the Packard Government when the Hayes' Electors had been ^chosen by the same vote, Matthews replied that the Returning Board canvassed the Presidential vote and the Legislature the Gubernatorial vote, BO that the Governor and Electors derived their title from different sources. Matthews further said that it had been arranged to have Republi­ can Senatqrs elected by these Democratic Legis­ latures. Gen. Thomas C. Anderson testified concerning the Electoral certificates and their signature. He did not think Packard had a considerable ma» jority over the 1 layte Electors. T.D. Dennis, of Florida, testified that tbe' President had told Mm in &i» interview that he " was one of the few mert that the Administra­ tion could take care of," and asked him what he wanted, and gave him several notes to the Secre­ tary cf tbe Q reaauxy asking his appointment. He had been appointed to a place in the Depart­ ment of Architecture, but he didn't remem­ ber that he ever did anything. Has compensation was six or seven dollars a day. He was paid at this rate for three months' supposititious services, when he was ap­ pointed in the Secret Service, and subsequently m the Revenue Service. He thought the Presi­ dent Wrt« kindly disposed towara him, and he had always felt that, if he had any influence, he would have given him a good appointment. After the publication of his recent statement his last appointment was cancelled. Samuel F„ Butler testified that Mrs. Jenks had told him she came to Washington to help Pack­ ard, and that she said the " Sherman letter was in New Orleans, BOULDS BAKER, the man who sent a lengthy telegram to the President suggesting the appointment of Southern conservatives to Cabi­ net positions, appeared, on the 1st, and declined to be either sworn or answer any questions propounded to him. The Chairman stated that as the Committee had no power to compel wit­ nesses to testify during the recess of Congress, he would be discharged from further attend­ ance, Mrs. Jenks testified that A. R. Murdock, her brother, had recently been appointed to a posi­ tion in the New Orleans Cuatom-Houue. She further said she had not seen Sec'y ISherman since she had been in Washington in attendance upon tile Committee, lu answer to questions by Mr. Cox, witness stated that at ihe time of the election Anderson had refused to return to East Feliciana Parish to act as a Supervisor un­ tie was assured .of protection, and the wit- i tlten*tailed on Fatten, Chairman of the imocratic Committee in Hew Orleans, and made arrangements satisfactory to Anderson, and fie then returned there. He got a guard, and a special train was sent for him to Port Hudson. Witness then denied that she said, as had been sworn to by other witness, that Louisiana matters affected Sec'y Sherman " like a red rag shown to a bull," or that she ever told Mr. Glasscock that She would " make it hot for Sec'y Sherman." Mrs. Jenks then thanked the Committee for the courtesy shown her and was discharged. The Committee then went into executive ses­ sion to consider the refusal of Boulds Baker to testify. It was finally determined to refer his recusancy to the United States District Attorney for his decision as to the proper action to be taken, Mf. Butler insisting that he was guilty of misdemeanor, and could be punished, under the provisions of Sec. 102 of the Revised Statutes. THE Committee recalled Thomas 15. Anderson, on the 2d. Mr. Anderson testified that he did not see anyone sign the Electoral certifi­ cates while in the Governor's office at New Or­ leans; that Mrs. Jenks asked him to appoint her brother to a place in the Caatom-Houie; that the Returning Boardx as a body, never attempted to fill a vacancy with a Democrat; that he had heard Don Weber killed because he had signed the protest and not because he was sup­ posed to have the Sherman letter on his person. Thomas H. Jenks testified thai lie had never made an affidavit similar to the one before the Committee in Anderson's handwriting. James E. Anderson testified as to the circum­ stances under which the Jenks affidavit was made and signed, and said its object, was to se­ cure a position for Jenks. Witness was to show it to Matthews arid try to get an appointment on the strength of it. Emile Weber, brother pf the murdered Don Weber, read a lengthy statement which may be summarized as follows: -Me was a member of the Packard Senate aud had held offices of trust in Feliciana Parish. He waa in the confidence of the visiting statesmen when they went to New Orleans, and carried messages between them and his brother. He was present at pri­ vate meetings at tbe Custom-House at which Were present John Sherman, Hale, Garfield, and Stoughton. He sat by the side of John Sherman and saw him write during one long evening, and he therefore claimed to be familiar with John Bherman's handwriting. He testified that there were no cases of intimidation in the Feliciana Parishes; that the protest of his brother was based upon a misconstruction of facts, and that his brother was only per­ suaded to make such an affidavit upon the earnest solicitation of the visiting statesmen; that they alone braced up the iteturning Board to do what it did, aud that the presence of the visiting statesmen enabled the local officials to alter the result in the State. He had seen the John Sherman letter, about which there has been so much dispute, had read it, and swore positively that it was in the handwriting of Sec'y Sherman. Both he , and Mrs. Weber had received importunities from both Anderson and Mrs- Jenks to search Weber's effects to procure the letter for them. They knew that it was only to ba used for disreputa­ ble purposes, and they became ashamed of hav­ ing in their possession such a letter. They searched the murdered Weber's documents and found it. and not desiring to profit in any wav by this .document, he destroyed it. Witness thought his brother's murder was not a political but a personal one. He had threatened to publish delinquent taxpayers, and this culminated the personal feud against him. He has no doubt whatever that his brother's murder was accomplished, possibly, by the fact that popular sentiment was very strong against him, on account of his protest, which was based upon a misrepresentation of facts, and which had cheat­ ed the people of the parish out of the lawful re­ sult of the election. This popular sentiment en­ couraged his personal enemies.- A letter from witness to a brother in St. Louis, contravening many of the averments in his statement, was iead. Witness, when asked to explain the inconsistencies, said that while he then believed the averments to be true, he was now satisfied that he had been misin­ formed, and pronounced the allegations in the letter false. He subsequently stated that he wrote the letter for political efleet. The witness said he ww»te St, similar letter to Gov; Kellejr;;, and that the writing of such letters was the stock in trade of the Packard people to get up a feel­ ing in regard to outrages m the South in order to get the Administration to sustain themasagainBt the Nicholls Government. E. L. WKBER was recalled, on the 3d, and testified that the conference held in New Or­ leans in 1876, during the oount, was led by Sec'y Sherman. He had talked with him, and he bad assured witness that if his brother would stand by his protest he would be protected. His broth­ er had shown him the Sherman letter, and told him that Sherman had given it to him at the con­ clusion of a conference t id with him. He had had it in his hand. It was written on double- sheet note-paper. Witness said it had been ar­ ranged by Kellogg, Thomas C. Anderson and Packard, before election, to secure affi- ld _ „ HIAOMUEAIP wit he th»Wnate. _ey gave him called to the L«*t EiirS fmkston affidavit, said he believed it was true. Mrs. D. A. Weber had told witness that she had the Sherman letter and, knew. what to do with it. At tbat time Mrs. WEYRAILTWTLIIOW that he had destroyed it. Witness had seen Sec'y Sherman IS elose conver­ sation with D. A. Weber sad Anderson in a New Qrfeans restaurwnt. Packard had said to witness that If he and Hayes did not get a vote in East way to dispose of the Democratic majority was to throw out the vote--that tha t was better than jiakinga Republic&n canvass, and witness knew that Kellogg Employed L. B. Jenks to keep Jantes E. Anderson away from the parish, so tbat no election qould be held. Witness said there were BETWEEN; 400 and 500 Democcatic votes lost in RTAAT Feliciana because of Anderson's DELAY M coming up"to register them. Witnese hatf a con­ versation with T Garfield, Sherman and others, who advised the stretching of the pow­ ers of: the Iteturning Board in the same di­ rection tbat they were stretched in 1874. Witnepf, had been approached since he bad been in Washington, and advised to testify so as to ex­ onerate the Secretary Among those who had thus approached him were Get). Anderson, J. P. Harris and a cleric in the Txfeasnnr Department named Hustqd. The latter had advised him to call WI Sec'v Sherman. The further examination of witness wan here postponed, and he was directed to appear before the SUB Committee at New Orleans, ou the 10th of July. ' ' <: The Committee then adjourned until Wednes­ day. July 10. , , i THE LOUISIANA 8CB-COMMITTER. THE Sub-Committee of the Potter In- vestigation met in New Orleans, on the 29th tilt* Gov. Packard testified. He said the Returning Board met at the time prescribed by la.v. He was not present at any of the sessions, open or secret, and had no conversation, then or since,4 with members of the Board as to matters under" consideration. Not to witness' knowledge was any other result reached by the Board than that published, giving the State to Hayes and him­ self, His majority for Governor, as thus shown, was somewhat less than that of the highest Hayes Elector, and higher than that of the lowest Elector. Witness deemed himself legally elected Governor, and the Legis­ lature which canvassed the vote and declared emorship was as good as the title of Mr. Hayes to the Presidency, and'he considered both titles good. The Same Legislature ELECTED Mr. KeHogg as United States Senator, and was recognised by the United States Senate as the LAW* ful Legislature. Witness then proceeded?, to give his version of the manner kf which he WAS ousted fsom the Governorship! ' and the way in which the Supreme Court of the State was organized under Gov. Nicholls. He read a narrati ve of the formation of the Nieh- • oils Legislature, and said oven if they had had the lawful returns (which he claimed they did not have), there was not a quorum of legally- elected persons present in either house, and Gov. Nicholls jcould not receive, from their canvass of the votes, a title to the Gov­ ernorship. Witness had the impression at the time that the Harlatt-MeYeagh Commission had come there TO break up the Packard Legislature; had no impression that President Ha$es had sent them THERE for that AURP$SE:' could not judge the President's intentions or wishes. Witness thought the Commission would have AS gladly recognized HIM as Gov. Hi^holls, if they could by such means have got the whole body of the Legislature to ME^T in-the State. House; knew of no threats or intimiaahon on the part or the Commission to obtain the objects of their visit, and had no recollection of having been approached by any member of the Com­ mission requesting that he (witness) withdrew from the Governorship. Witness believed if he had been allowed troops he could have main­ tained hie position, and had President Grant ac­ knowledged his claims to the office of Governor he had nd doubt the opposition to him would have ceased) had the decision of THE Returning Board been recognized by the President he could have maintained his Government without troops; he had made the PROPOSITION to Senator Kellogg that if the State were supplied with 2,- 500 stand of arms with ammunition, etc., he could maintain his power. Gov. PACKARD was recalled, on the 1st, and produced a number of papers to which he had referred in his testimony on the 29th ult. First heard of the defect in the certificate of the Electors when Gen. Anderson returned from Washington; was not present during tbe preparation of the NEW certificates. IN regard to Anderson's protest Pitkin told witness that Anderson wished to reclaim the protest he had made, but HE (Pitkin) had REFUSED to return it to him. Witness* impression wm that Mrs. Jenks had talked with him in a mysteri­ ous manner about the Sherman letter; she WOHM not say who had it, and this made MM think she knew nothing about it. When the visiting statesmen were in Louisiana witness HAD no conversation with Sherman in reference to Weber and Anderson, although he (witness) talked a good, deal con­ cerning the intimidation in their afraid they might not stand if the returns from East and . alone been thrown out, witness would not have had a majority. Witness did fidt believe the Re­ turning Board went into session to ifchieve any previou*b;-arraugud result; 1*4 discovered the1.* were more votes in tbe ballot-boxes for his oppo­ nent than for himself, Mr. Blanchard having ar­ ranged A table of the votes in witness' office and kept him nd vised. Mr. Charles Hill testified that he took the sec­ ond set of returnato Washington at tiie instance of GOV. Kellogg, who signed himself as an Elector -, receitedlnstrnctions from Gov. K< in his (t deraon, i such doeiune ahown him i affixedhis it IfiigiullT. F J. P. HABRT he prepared, at Packard's suggestion, nnH , with the Returning Board a prelimitiMy ment, known as Packard's general protest, whisk covered several parishes, the object being to i*_ ducethe Board to defer action till t could be collected from the P»«9h™« WH« acting M Pnckard s aitorne^T ife t estl>% to be filed with he (witm witnes and ML v£uldbe~w SShtoSTwie live there. „ William 81 Rflcsei by Collector end, who ice in the name witness ifetoiflted that he was fmmdrly 1 fvew jpani a HGR| UORTLY^ATFERWAR9^E met*a CUSTOM-TT/TSRAE^SRWW ewve $10.000 betooe he signed tbe proceedings of toe Board; the member refused to sign till thfts money was paid; this member and wit- ness' friend arid Informant fen ,.m_ ployed in the Custom-Houae. Witness wtobiiiL long, confidential letter to President Hay«fc ' complaining of tbe bad treatment received in* uem* dismissed from his posltion in the Custom , House, and making tho 6«ateraenta8 above* lot regard to the bribery of a mem tier of the R; turning Boaro, tie ireffident referred witnes nothing further was heard from it til), published lathe papers a few wpek* ago. | The Committee adjourned to the 5th. , , * F. A. WoLFiEY, Clerk of the CiroaitM Cburt and United States 6omifiissic>her, testifiedf,.1 " o» the 5th. He thought most of the affidavits be­ fore the Returning Board were attested by hin»S. i he superintended their preparation as Super- f visor of Elections; his office is the repository .: for those papers. The original affidavits, were borrowed ftom him from time to time bv Republican counsel; some of them had not bwh, • returned. Hfribromtfit; before the Committee^ f all the Protests, affidavit*, etc., made before Mm;, also some he discovered among them a few days ®4?o, which he thought shoufld nave been on fue= r$t leiir-- A<jt- and two scaled envelopesn-one with the Slegtars certificates, the other being a note to My. Ferry. Mr. Sherman was present' i witness delivemd the returns to Mr. Fern; had met Hhsrmya auf a dozen times at the Custom-Houae in New Or- leans, and ttie latter had told witness tlMwihis party would stand by the® and they must g* and inaeooxate Packard. ^ % Wm. H. Seymour, Commissioner or Deeds, was sworn; held office in Folicianai roMffuieea the affidavit which he saw Thus. H. Jsnks sign, and which was .sworn to before him (witness), in which, Jenks says, Gov, Kellogg rtsd refused to receive Anderson's resiga.-ttion HS KM$R«rvis»r m Registration at East I ciiciana. thr tlowrnitf1 be­ lieving that said AudtTMm wuitkt uul i'triMl'll t» oaid parish, Mioqgh ostetntUily dMtfMtu l« #i nm the affidavit furtner statedtiuit iTwMllllimil h» affiant that Gov. Kellogg Hlld uM leader* did not asuire the return o< to hid parish, or tb*« »: one in his *tt>nd, tli«- obj< c tion in that pw.mli; Hint « tin* r'I IMJWUHN •UMf Of flft llMi that Haul clfcUtni was l^'HiwaiMM t)|tii Still said Andrrmui nmdi* n«t tmifc'it leans, it w»tsi «howti timt Hts pltM HUH SI and Wheeler dc|H ii«l< ii tin lit* Vi.|« id 11 when said Anderson, in lht> m i< of signed a imitnut. l«ar»lv lit IdMllll, *Sid (it) ing Mibsi-i juunvl.y iHUd old (if »|l to the affiant. JOHN DKVONKIUMH, CLT'LK United States Uistuoi Uottfft, w«t IWtiffl itM |h* 2d. and produced throe H><sli>d Mtltl |d contain copies of lh<t mtitlliNls* Ml etc., which are signed in ti'itillMitm Its efttit Mt envelopes had not l» eu withdraw* fHMM tMaikli sini'f they \vtTO d th»>ri>||l. Mlt.HMWII «|»* plication for tin- wstlidiftwal of lite Mf*t *0f. MMi by the Republicans, had bssa MM !• JlMM Bdhngs, who refuM il to mIJOW *,*. Ii wlTTl drawal. The (Jcimnutten reijuiitfil miIiiomh its open the envelopes; tin ,v eonlitllie-l tlin firht pet of papers sent to Washington bv the lie* publican EU ctcrs, thoM! went bv the < 'onservs* tive Electoro and those Kent by the Hepublittaus in place of the first, wliirli wire found defeeuva in this, that the certificates were for President and Vice-President together, instead of for eauh. It is claimed by Democrats that Ihe signatuiw to the last set of the returns by the repnhli|W))C are not genuine. The Com mi wee took cMrgo^W the documents, W. A. Strong, Secretary of State, testified that, by order of the Committee, he had prepared all. tiro tents filed in his office that were before the Returning Board relating to the election of No-'; vembfr. 187(5; there were no protests by Packard or Kellogg, or their attorneys; a laxpe number of affidavits were made before F. A. Woolfley, Cleric of the Circuit Court in New Orleans..and beat date later than ten days after the election, vv it- ness stated tbat the pro teste of Packard and Kel­ logg. on which a large number of votes were thrown cut by the Returning Board, could not be found; only knew from, hearsay tbat there had been protests by those gentlemen. Judge \V. L Lyon, of East Feliciana, testified that, in October. 1876, he had several interviews witk Gov, Xeile"'* the return or An- demon to complete thelretristration "in his par­ ish; Kellogg promised to send him back, and Anderson himself promised to return and com­ plete the work, but arrived there only three or four days before the election--not in time to finish the registration; consequently there were 400 Conservative voters in the parish who had not voted. Anderson only got away from New Or­ leans by aid of Col. Fatten, Jenks shadowing him to prevent his Icavinc. Witness would not believe any statement made by Anderson UUICMS WJndge Chas. McVea, of East Feliciana, testified that he also had interviews with Gov. Kelloygand Anderson without other result tlian promises that Anderson would return and complete the registration. In 1873, the vote of the parish was 2,3U0 Republican, the majority being &i0. W. H. Seymour was recalled and stated that he had met Jenks in Washington sinoe the signing Mtthe Secretary of "State's office. : , ,tl T The pspen were delivered to tho Committee.;! { and include, the original protest of D. A. Webeiu , with interlineations which, witness though*,, were evidently made after the original draft, bo-- ing in different ink and handwriting. •9&e JBaths or uaracaiift. THE Baths of Caracalla are on the? Appian Way. They are the most m~j j tensive of ail the rums of baths arotmdf ' Rome, and they were undoubtedly the- largest and most extensive of all of' them. They occupy an area of 140,0p©» / square yards, and could accommodate-'/ 16,000 bathers at a time. It was sur­ rounded by porticos, gardens andj m r large reservoir into which the Antonine*/ Aqueduct emptied itself. It had in it a large hall for gymnastic sports, por­ tions of the beautiful mosaic pavement^ ? of which are still to be seen. A largo* ; number of the finest specimens of stat­ uary in the Gallery of the Vatican were found in the ruins of these baths,* as well as the large porphyry and gran-*' ite bath-tubs, which w6re not injured , and are very beautiful. But what strikes the beholder with most wonder- is the height of what remains of th&e-v « mountainous ruins. Portions of the- arches of the main halls are still stand­ ing, and they show that the ceilinga must have been over 100 feet high. It is related that when the granite coU umns otf the great hall were removp^ j the roofs fell in with so fearful a con­ cussion that the inhabitants of Rome thought it was an earthquake. The#- extensive ruins were the favorite resort. of the poet Shelley. In his preface to the "Prometheus Unbound" he says:: "This poem was chiefly written upon* the mountainous ruins of the Baths of7 Caracalla, araflng the flowery glallpsf : and thickets of odoriferous blossoming- trees, which are extended in ever- winding labyrinths upon its immense- platforms and dizzy arches suspended in air." He adds that "the light bltae* • sky of Rome, and the effect of the vig­ orous awakening spring inthat divinost climate, and the new life with which itii 1 drenches the spirit even to intoxication,, were the inspiration of the drama.1 W- v Cor. Baltimore American. ' f , --A shrewd merchant, who once in a* while |*»vev *hi^. ooAs<!i«nc# a pete^Cf twi&t, lay side. Alarmed at liis si km- * tion, he sent for a clergyman, whp- ^ seems to have laid down the law.ini i pretty strong language. The sick man< •' moved unuaiilys Bui. at last said to Mil? spiriidul adviser, "Parson, you are? « protty hard on a poor fejlow, but Ii von are about light, nft^r 4ll.' 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