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drib's -A fi XxLII-UN* 13.344. NEW-YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 21), 1883. PRICE FOUR CENTS. > 1111 .-I, ?ATTAT) T t \\r i vei-eread. As the (?Wi. Iirii?li<*'l lit* r;ns.al Ins hand nf.wa iranif WARTiivaTOiV. FOREIGN NEWa LEADING TOPICS AT MANV POINTS. ?F.STIVlIII.s IS MOSCOW?CHINA AND KKANCl -Till" mmmejt MA1CH-A MKENIX PABI ABBAB8IN HANGED? APfAIBI IN BELLIN AND I'AKIS. The festivitu-f" in Moscow were continued yesterday, a r--.-cpt.on hei!*'" followed bj ?* ball. Owninf-to thc Tonquin trouble tht* feeling in China is inttiis. ly hostile to Ute French. A meeting of tho British li tl.- Association was hold yesterday to perfect arrangement* fur the earning mili'tiry match. In Berlin stat nos ol' Barona Alex? ander and Wilhelm von Humboldt were un? veiled. Michael Fagan, ?un- of tho l'liu-nix Path BBBassiiiBi 'vas hanged. Alphonse Daudeti tlie novelist, in a duel recently wounded his intagoaist Tho funeral of M. Laboulaye took {dace in Parla, AFTEB THI: CORONATION OF THE CZAR Moscow, Mav 28.?The enthusiasm of th** people over tbe success of itu- coronation ceremonies is aaabatcd awi crowds are constantly assembling auder tbe windows ol th.- Kremlin ami cheering h. :u lily lor th.- Csar. I ho Csar .hov,- through ihe stTeeta last evening without an eseorl to vi.-jv tho illuminations. A heavy fall of rain Int.-last night )iit. tifit-.l tomes h.it with tho Illuminations. At io a. m. to-day the Emperor and Empress, ?rated on thrones in si. Andrew's ll iii, began to receive eoagratalatioita Uv reception of tbs clergy lasted until soon, after which the diplomata, di nitariea, Generals and provincial delegates, the latter bringing lifts <<f native Jewelry, weroro. cn j ed. MonsignorVannntolli, th- special Nnndoofthe Papal Court to tin. oorouatinn, arrived berelost evening, lin- Csar leceived linn to-day. Iii-* amval was specially limed, accordiog ... precedent, i order that bc might avoid being present ,.i ih,* wil,'iou*, ecremon] during lb* e. ronation. An imperial lescripl Issued to-day retnri thanksol theCi irto the Grand Duke Michael i.t ! i iserviccB, and announces lu-- appointment asa in,-int.ci of tl,,- Committee .i Ministers, The "rescript also says thal iii.- Grand Duke Alexis bas been appointed Admiral-in-CLief of the Ru; ian Jj.ivy, anti that bu Mai* My bas made th" lollowiug awards: Tin- Order of si. Andrew, to Count Tolstoi, Mi i vi iho Interior; General Milutin. formerly Secretary <-i Wari Conn) Valnjeff, Gen? eral I't'tll'iv , General Conni Vi i - auil M. Reuteru ; a nerlai) oftheCzar tet tn diamonds to I'ii ,. |i ..ivi-i. li.tv.'iii' t-< ..'ii.-ia! . s Most .\j : IheOrdei ol t. .lexituiici-Newwky, lo M. Pohie iiii.it-.iit. General Woni:it_i*tl-l)aclikotl and Prince li..ii.I'.ii!-' !l-Kii".--a,..tv Grand . rosa ol st. Vladimir.o General l-rnatiert, Couut Pahlen, Gen? eral lnt-nifiii .in i General Al . dmski. 1 be ( /.u a d Czarina re* ivt tl the Khan of Khiva and ih.- ii vi' a. u.u. ,i ni Bokhara in special au? dience. The heads ol .ill loreign s: ates have tele? graphed theil coogratulai .,?,* ,, the Czar. lin* telegram ol Emperoi William, of G rtuauy, ia long it id rei v i ordi it. I be Court hall i Ins evening wus splendid beyond con i'ii i ison. Iii- sal ind Cziu us participated in j; |f '..'ital-'. I,,' .. - i il crowns and i tho huiperor'a presents were on new lu tbo large taloon of tlie ba . -mt FRANCE AND THE FOREIGN TROUBLE. LOM. in, MsyUS.?A dispatch l ? '/." Vailg Vi n from Hong Koug, dal A May 27, -av* that China takes a conciliator* ;* titude in rh,- rouquin .ri" - tiou, bnt nv ;.' . v- i - i-i,- ol ? ? ?. fv ir Tonquin. Cline e tio* w "vi i not cu ged in ilu* J .' I:::. . I il 10 :. hilt il liinnl'tT "1 . li:!,--? j"iii t\ \ln Annamitea. Clim, will uol int rete in tbe t conflict, hut does uoi admit tbe right of France t" conqw : Tonquin. l/,. Titan correspondent at Paris says the c< iathoroBgbli aroused concerning tho louquintn n hle. It is felt that the time for reflection ia past, and liiat tin- only course lor i tan* <? is to sci .'igor . and above .-iii things swiftly. Thc latest re us li om China is tbal 0,000 Hoop-, anne i in tbe manner of European troop*, have already arriv.-d _t the Touqum frontier and that ila- ? throughout ( hind is intensel.Tj hostile lo thc Frem h. A dispatch from -harighai tm-: "Li Hung (?hang, who is to take command ol ihe Chinese troops in the proyinc* * bordering nu Tonquin, has arrived hen-, ii ia expected thai he jj ill rein nu in Shanghai a mouth.*1 CONCESSIONS TO AM! RICAN RIFLEMEN. LoxnoN, May _?*.?At a meeting ol tbe Ride Ae soelation to-.ia.j, Lord Brownlow, chairman ol tbe committee in charge ol tl.'- arrangemcBta for Ihe forthcoming internali Dal matt b, read an acknowl edgmeut from tb* American ass elation "f tbe concession made by the I5rni-.ii association m regard to sn;(it?. He saul thal the undi rstan ,i ig Ix tween the two aasociationi could not be more satisfi He hoped that the visit of tin- Aniei ican t' .'i.n jj.mid l? pleasanl and tbat it would .*-' ir.- in draw the hon.ls of tbe two mittons eraser. A camp, he (aid. jv?,nhl I : tl,,- ase of tbe visiting team. Mr. Lowe Biged that tho American, he permitt* tl tn uso ti..* screw hut k-Hi),ht in nil contests. l-.,ni Brow a low replied that tlc Americans were perfecl y satis* Bed with th. concession which bad already been made tu th. m. Envland bad laugh! them some? thing, a nd no dov ht th. j -M.ii i.icome prepared with some inventions , i t iv ir own. a strong I 'int; iras capre-*****- in favor i ' making the cone. vi,.ns iu wide ii* possible a* :t mai k of courtesy to ti,,- visitors. Ihe suLjet t was th. ii dropped. AFFAIRS IN" GERMANY. Bbbux, May 28.?I' i- reported Ibal Prince Ria marc- oontomplates the radical remodelling of tho entire Constitution ot th- Empire, lt is also ru Beted tbal Prince Bismarck, ina eonvei ation re? cently, uiiiif I,I tbe competency of thc Federal (hiv srasseata t<> abolish tl, Reichstag, Blatnea of Baron Alezaadei ion Ilnmboldl and Baron Wilhelm v.m Hunil..v I', hr.,rh. rs, which hav been erected opposite tbe University, vjei.- uv veiled to-day i lin- Emperor watched Un-cere tu nv from a balcony of the Palace, and afterward wen! on loot to inspect ihe statues. 'lin- Committee of tin- Reicbstsg to which wss rof.i red Un-so.iaiist motion a u 11 ? c f.,i ibe pros*) cation "f tin- Ki. I poli< e m iv -? i?, .-*i...i i wo meinh-ti * of .be Reichstag, on Ibeirrt-turu from the recent j-r,, hilts! convention al Copenhagen, has decided tlrtt ibe police acted in good faith aud cannol lc pt scented, ihnugh theil sett* n -fas contrary to tbe i(justit inion. MICHAEL FAGAN HANGED. Dvbub. May 38.?'Michael Fagan, j*, in. waseon TietedoCtbe murdei "i Mr. Burke ;n Phannii Park on the 6th of last Mav. waa hanged in Kilnuinkaui J.ti. tli ih linn ii ti j-. Tiie jv.ai I,-I was overcast. Since hs rccstvod hts sentence. Fagan has been rery at? tentive to the instructions of the priests who bars visited lum. Ia sa iotereiow rec. Cly with his lt iatucv be declared that be bad n*>' bun a bali ol Mr. Burk.'k head. His mother, wbo wss confident ?'f .ht-nun,, enc,: of Inr son, wi tito to tho Qm en WgSBllBg this declaration, but ber letter wa.-, not answered, .'anon Kennedy attends I tbsci ndemned mau Un* BMralag, I hs black flag announcing that the ezeeatiea had taken place was hoisted ovei ths jail at s o'clock. A strong fores of police and milt tai? waa present. Everything wen! it quietly. A small crowd ?,t persona collect* d oul ide the prisoD, B i' rn ol whom knelt ko pray, r foi tbe repose <>t iho soiiit.; Paean. The condemned man was pale, bat appeared n. be resigned to bis fate. I'.-atn was in M.nilli!..-,-u*. miers mounting thc scaffold Pusan told lbs priest whoi attended bin that be boped Irishmen would avoid secret societies, BBWABM BOB UnrOBMI I -. Farrell, one ol the iiilotinciv ii, ii,,. 11,.,j. ,,f tbe I'hd-.ii.v i'urk imirileiciH. ha. received Xl.ooo from tin Qottriiiiient, aad Michael Kavanagh, tha esr* ii,m. another iiitoiuid, ?2801 n,,.v both have left the country. James Carey, tbs informer aud bia brotbsf Peter jmIi race.va smail iuih, t,? theil ser? vices. FUNERAL OF M. LABOI.'i.AYI.. Paws, May 88.?Tbs faaaral ol m. Labealaja took place to-day, and was Sttnadsd hy a laia/e numlxir ol people. W.caius were laid ou tho collu; sith the inscription "-*ranco-American Union."* Flit* members ol tin* French Commission to tbs orthcoming Boston Exhibition rm.! Mr Moiton,the United -Suit--- Minister, were present. ALPHONSE DAUDET FIGHT- A DUEL. I'aius. May 28.?A duel with swords hns been fought between M. Delpit, a writer on the Petit, imi Alphonse Dander, the novelist. Thc former v;isr-liyhtly wounded. IR HARRINGTON AND His NEW8PAPBR London, May L's.?Mr. Harrington, member ,f I'iirii uncut for Westmeath, nn.i proprietor of The lorry Rtntinet, winch was *ii|tpre?se<l inst weeli for .he >uiti:< litton of a notice requesting persons desirous ol sining tnt* lnvini li'l.* to iittt-iiti a meeting nf that body, iskedtesve in Hie Hon*.- m Coosasons t,,-'inv t., ssovs sa idj.niruni. nt on Ute question of the selsure of ins paper. rhe requisite forty BMmbers ilid uot rise, and tlie House litrlded as to whether Mr. Hsrnagton be beard or not, he vets resulting, 187 tor and 185 against. Mr. Bar* Ington denied nil knowle,ic ?f the poster Inviting ieople to Joni thc Invlnetbles. He characterised tne ac ion of Un Uovernmenl a* aunsnally liursh and w tin in trect-dent. lie said thal the poster waa Infamous and be rsi oonvmeed thal i obody in in* otBee would venture lo s*;it- si'cii a linne,' rn his absence Ile believe* that it it a- a decoy i?.-uc,l for the pm pose of Injuring bim. Mr. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for ireland, accused Mr, Herrington ol trying to prejudice In the House of . omni.vi* h ea*e tbat would ihortly come into ft.in. Jir. Parnell said teal tbe Government bad grossly ibused ir* powers n* deflued t?y the Crimes act. 'ihe nu!inn wv* \viili'li..wii. AN AMERICAN VESSEL IN TROUBLE. Uwana, Muy 28.?The American brigan* tim Ki ttie, at Cienfuegoa, is muv, according te a il .jnun paper, tn a singular position, on March :n *i.e ant bored it Hu- pori Barned, bul ? Sae of i-.ioo cold j* .,* Imposed i.t tbe Custom House because the manifest lacked ths itanatnt*" ol thc Spanish ? onsuL The Bus ?-* paid. In tbe meantime u-.- Cblel <>f tbe Bureau of Taxes sealed Hie hatehwaysand imi tbe vessel under gasrd for the alleged ni!i ina (.: ."ii'ij in- contraband, affirming that mother ma i by Hie captain before tbe ... maul, was extant. The consignee of the cargo, alarmed ai ibis, refused to rec live the eonsli nmont, ami itu- American Consol demanded thal the brigantine should be permitted !<> clear for Jamaica within 1,-vv," hours, s request tbal waa denied, ? stlons folios ed, nm! Busily il,.- Board ol ld ministration decided thal IB i I vi I, vi I, ami 11, v -.i .' lioUl ! lie > i'".'" i ' - il, . *. .i.irv-1 t-i- appraist d. The Director < .??in nu ot ih i if.i-.it. j sp pm veil it,-- deco uti o Htmr<l. Aw.-; I v* nc! OK Hie ci;,lain, lhroU/1] tin .m. . f ill t 'OIIBIll, (-io! vlf! ; lin! OU Un Tia in*, lit I't-ceivetl it note Hi ,'t ll witiiin three dayi be did not p ? i..t- -.. in ,,f . li.'.'-.' ir*, c.i' \ i-.-i i and car." ihould be s. i I., r biddi r. i. Consul protest J ai ew, snd '? ii'-'" tv ; emin r I nc .it |.Iiii i, III. rr n |. bul vt-'l In- tl '. av I alia:, - ilunetl tic it- *-i, i ii vt ;? i u.i a -ir ic ii,.n tin- embargo, t 'ii M.,\ lil tbe vessel waa lH'OUght to thc ttli.ii! !h i.i.h eui ni..- ,i bj ?' ?? Captain >>f tbe v >rt. and ? .. i -i in- unloading of tbe v.-.-*, 1 began whll? in flag still remained at the masthead. nj I.l ,i i inin. lt. .ml i- ? h.,; ;.? is . - dings were bt, un ., , v -i I'I .,, , a lin;.', r I .ni liv ? ?..i stbe fi v ounl "inns 1 ttt.t! the -- Imp '- l i>? an u.i lol officer ct;.m..i ? lersol ihe proper auihoriiles. i i flinn ii says the Nettle ls still al : Ix v.. iii, and hus m.! been sold as the mattel .. t ?? u ; Ul ' ?? i... ' i i ? ,. ,: | nit ni si '?? im ii jj ii ie ii inn an ri" ns ire expected. I'he cargo, now disposed of. TOPI! 8 IN CUBA. Havana, May 28, rhe Spanish Bank of thc i il ' tba a ii li ??'! au 'vi'/ sd '" p u in ? Itt r tn il,-- umouni ol ?> pei i enl I I i nor trallon .rr ie ("iiban debt, which were pn . u isl* if. i red tobe i froid. Thc officl il* in eli ,r-e. of thc di pal tai ;nl of tax i ti,vi are i n, ir< 'I io bave it, eil' , i ? ovei $1,0 10,000, i . tr of iii ? ? : i .. '? i-t. v... ri, oi vi j , ua del ar I le- , ital <. I*j Bru. J ill. Liv, u.i l I'.N IN ECUADOR |BV TUE i I.M I. J I. AM, Bill III \'ii vu in ri i ? ?..- Jill ] Gi ..ami h., Maj 28.?DuringSaturday night -,v fi..v., .1 v. llb Iii- , Dem) , but n o! uni..,i lani ... ui re i. I'j-amj. May 28, The Colomb . Qt ni icu lo m. ! Mon.u| ir it ar! ed yesti rdaj foi Ipalit > tc "? itt ri the iv latol ' I..,,.. ii, al - NEWS FROM THE DOMINION. M..viim il. Maj 28.?The Rev. Cure Rons .:.,!, ,.r iii *?, ny. ba* purchase i 2,000 vr, ? ol la i ni sr Kt. Jerome lol Hie educating ol orphan bo] I vu., i m.,ii-, li -..i.i <? nn'ler Un- supervision ol un rccicalaal .1 .,!?'. i "'. 1 i- nchmsn jMi., Uavi bad expert. elite Iii ?? ll ii li .. < ,i i *\-. *, May 88.?-The extra guards at the Parliament building! 'mi lill''.'. Hall bave been dlscontlnut ii. in, Toronto detectives and tbi policemen beru un ipi ,, .hu . i. i'ii ned boms i>> night. IUiiiA... N. s. May 28 Oeneral Und .lexander Kusseil, tbe succetsor ol "lr Patrick Mc Donga I In (-om? ni ,i,,l r,t tbe lil V North Amei lt ... here un* afternoon from langland. ii'i- Majesty's warship Mallard left Jamaica on tba ] j:.i in-i. for Ibis port, lin Bs ship Northampton, willi \ :.. '-A.iiini.il tin J, I. < t, 'nm. vt il , K < .li., ihe i,. ,i oowmaudei "i lbs ilritlali fleet of No ? j ami the Wes! lu 1.1 stat ,.!,, ,.n board, wilt leuvi Bermuda I,,, Halifax early in June. m.,sim.ti. Ma, ?.'- -At a meeting ,,' graduates of Mc*.ill L'liltt i -any to day a resolution favoring theed mi ..inn ol .ton,, n t" tbe privilege* ,,f i ne anlverslty wai c_i r.< tl, jJi-.n only one nu., ntiug j ote. FOREIGN NOTE8. l..,M,i,s, Mav -*- ii thc Oeveramenl sssenttotbe proposes scbeme for ir .n emigration to Canada they mil deal directly with tbe Canadian Uovernmenl ami no! u 11 Li ;.'..) ' "i polution. lui ii-*.". Maj 28. J.,tm Inli'in will no to Colorada hum nv io complete the restoration ot bu health. Mm,uni, Ma) 28. The Prime Minister, HeKoi Ba [asia has paid a visil to BeDei Camacbo, This fact la maeh emit,cuts.i on sin! ii ls believed Hint Si ,1..r Camacho will return io the 'lim-ii j ot i Insnoe. Lox nos, May '-'.* n,e lecond round "f tbs chess 'ti i ii ,in- ni began on Monday, ?.? .< n Stein its, Belmann, Mason sad Rosenthal played .iiawii games wits Knglisch, Mm k. nz..-, Blackburn* and Wlnnwcr, respectively, and Noa beal i st blgt rm and Mortimer bea" skipworth, ihe record of tue contest ts now bs follows: _ukcrtort, 12 esme*; rluaon, 8*a; Tacblgorin, y, :-t. mit/, '*; li.,.- * bm ti', ***_ i..,m,..s. Muy 28. Mr Errington denies trial bs ba* received tbe thanks of tbe British Government t"i Um part be look id Ibe negotiations between dreit Urltaiu aud ii,- Vatican. Bavue, Nay 28.?The tuna McDermott, who was fre? quently mentioned during the Inquiry al < <.rk, Ireland, Into tbe dynamite conspiracy, hi* ulled from here for New-York, Paid*, May 28 Count Hoyea, ths new Aiisrm-iiun geri ti, A ii il., sador lo France, presented bia credentials to President (It-Vj lo-day. Count lloyos assured Presi? denl *.!'*> ... Uie iiuiperoi Prsocla Joseph's friendly sentiments. Vibmma, May 28 -An affray betwet n civilians ra oas side aad soldier* oa tbe othei took place lu a tavern ?, i ,v ai Wahring, a au bur b oi Vieaua. Poftj pei l mi - a el ?? -? i iv- j wouuOed. (ju.... Mn v 28 a committee baa beea formed ;,, <-,,n sider Ibe projoel ,<r constructing t r.ni way In Ibe Soudan. Tue** la an tughsh and un American eoglaeer un ihe committee. TIIE GOVERNOR ASD AS EXTRA SESSION. nv ii 11.1,1:1,1-11 ru un* 11.mum: 1 Albany, Maj 28.?Thc Governor to-day Staled timi be Would BO. cull un fill.I j,-.ion of tin- Benah ? -nu raency ehanta ol tits preseal occas on foi ll,- hiiil w u lt ttl. .iii'cling Ina! un might aiise, but u* tbs m. i New-York bad agreed t<> aeeepi i ii..innl Masters, be .n<l nol see tba. any sn extra seta. bad arisen, ne believed inst tba m., in point jvus quietude la such business ai rangemeata, aad thors eonld be aetblag galaed by eu sills session Purthei continuing In tbe same vela, tbe Governor ssld that since the adjournment of the lygls Irtan tbsrebsdaol brea any oommBBtestma oetween bim nnd aoj bouator, >,i nu, perara, relative to any ??des " wnb nii.j u gaulsatlra oi ho.ly upon tbe queel., u vf Nea York appointments. hi LIEU I rum; lo save OTHERS. Tboy, N- V., May 28.?Al Schnylersvillc tltis afteraosa Nlcbolae VandeaborgS while digging a well ,,,:!, .i uni! _ laborer wno nml descended into the opes . .v., , . fruin iiiffiiv't*"! gaa Us attempt* I in rescue tbe mar., bot ma. the asms fate. Mrs. Vanden burst) Bf ter urging tbe other workmen t" rescue tbe i,.(,ii ! ott-.-ini'-.l berself aod was bI*o overcome. All Llin-s- were then hrougai to tbe surface, Mr. and Ure. Vaadsaburgh dead, ami tba laborci alive, but wera tc,on**. ___^_ MILITIA I'sl.D IO PRE YES I LY SCH I NO. Lkxington, Ky., May 28.?JttdfC ?*"""- " ?aaalrigg, si Mourn Btcrttag, t,-(iay cabed ou Oovscaar ?iB-rllr-T lor tit-ops to (fuard tba Juli at Mount aicrllag, rbere Barnett aad tee other persona are eoaBaeoon a harj-e of mui*defiag Yaaghaa ;mil llllion. He sniil that psiiv of fJOOmea waa ra n* jj av fr,,m Mealfee Cooaty , cut,mr.- innl haag tbe Barnett parr v. un.! tiiat the pra? nce of troops is necessary to prevent th<- i-xeentlon of tie mol,'* venu'ciiiice. (invernoi- Blackburn ord* red tin CrroGordo Quanta inf. service at Mt,nut BterUag. L'A 1LIUIA iTTsTEEES'lS. A CONTRACT TERMINATED. Tho contract made a little more than ? vein *r<> by tbs (cntr.ii Railroad of New-Jersey and lbs 'flin*', h.'n;!:i Railroad fdr tbe Joint ase of tbe tracks ol do New-York nnd I^ng Branch Railroad waa -rmtnated yesterday. Presidenl Little, >.f ttie ersey Central, sent notice te tbs Pennsylvania that, n.lt-r thc Kera! nnler* of tin* I'Ditueellor of New-Jcr-.-J y tie eompaay hud reauaed poos easton of the property ml tli.il the contra,-!, which had bc ri li,in!,- iliirirn,' ks reeclverabp, eoald ne longer be <*:* [?rved. F.,r Bevt ral days it has been ru lOred Ilia! lbs PennsylVBItlS llallrond ->ri* nb,mr > build an Independent lias bel wi ea Booth Amboy nn.t 'a Lilt, bur the report has not been nlllcntily i-tin Hi in?-?l. becootraci between tbe two lompeobe wai lateaded i. pr. vent liv iiiiiltliht; cf tin- linc, whleh tbe Praaevl* uni li.i-l contemplated f,,r some time. It bl Stated hut iiiui eompaay owns tbs right ot way for a largs mri of tin- distance, and tbal s new roml can be bulli by t la a short time. lu Jaaaary last the contract srss applementcd by a pooling sgreemeat.b* jj bleb tbe two otnpanles were lo share equally la the "broach bael i,-sh. lt IS iimlc:-ton,I Unit lilt' .Tei-.fi C. ntlV nb!.-.-!* ti lins dtVieloB, mill in ci,li*c,|il,!ice bus I, i-niiiiated the ou.pacl. A pramlawl olllcci of the company re? nal lu .1 j. iterday MWhy, of coarse we bave ended tbs contract, for we -oiiiil uni live nader n. w?, bave beea dotag all bc im-iii,--1 and giving tbe Pennsylvania one-ball innii -v. Tbat doesn't seem to ns la bea very tali ai? nu;- nu ni. we..mill I that we could do better tc mit m cn,1 to Un-.vii,.ie 11,mir. Y,s, ii i* u alight ezaggera* i"!i lo -nt thal jw ,1" ail the bm I" t .iv,. ipi.,! iv. oi it. I do not know what the Penn ?.tv 11 mentis lo .1". A nea nm non' mlgbl be nade, pcrh mis, if lt wsa based on tbe relative ..<:n.il iiisln. *- id ine ij-.,, lines." ', iii-'i-i nt,_ to ibe disagreement between Hie two com* vin -, i i-. i io.nl ..iii.-. r -iiiii tinii In bis opinion, tb. iii!],-nit- la* In the control of Ibe Jersey Central bj n tdiog interest, and .bal Ihe Penn tlvaolt snd i .i . .1 viii Into h.i . o - vci on a li ? mil - <?; ; rat k. rm: railroad wah at bi ftalo. Buffalo, Maj 28.?A fen days tgo Co lelaware, lackawanna and West, *n Rai road Company ? .tain. ,i :n r,"iv, i -v lin- Rc ?? ? 'ittsbur, iii ? sd < 'ompauy from in. ii ii- u.i i jvi.f-, turin, a strip ol land wbl b tbs former lad once lutendc. to usc bul subscqticn v :,...- toned. Die malu track and several switches which bsd br, n . r, then tom np snd rei .a- kn . ? ', rday aft( ri., .;,?, rmi ,f Ibe Roc hei I ? . ?? i together ???vin'-* ai"! ? I of 1 ? I >? '? ... -I ? l.v.... .vii .ii.. I tyt 'ompauy and rela I tb lr track, a bick wa ? ip i.y Un Lackawanna Compart- - tu il fie, i kn* I is.er ol lill Itu : ? ? v . I. ? I ' , ? I superintend I ll . ,' ? !i ? I I-:. .. i.. .1 ... v .- ' ii ? ii, i i v i. "it net! to the I ,' i..ii ami ' nc, linn - I ' ' :.una.' *'. t'-si. MEETINGS OF SEX. HAMl'SHIRI. I OMI" '? - 1 '1*1 hoi i ii. V H., Maj '.'-.- Al thc ann ml ? ? . - . ;; . ? i .i i . . .... u. N. Bell j . lhat it ls ci .,!i,. r' ? ? Hil ' | . . ? , . ? .. re', in A to the r wllh auil . ? - ? ? A !???. ? to the Hoard a i < i tlir Nt , ., li _< ; i. . :..? -: ">l< ?' .1 1 . . i ? pu ?tock Jo., |lll \ I" . I ? '.J ,,,. ,, I . ll ' 1 ll I .,? ISO I,. ? : ? ! ..!, anl K N. Bril ? i .. NORTHERN l-ACIl l< I.AXD8. Wabiiingi ,'., Maj 28. Tim Secretary of thc lo ?!..- asl.i e Com mist eral _and OfUce lo dirt i I of! ? . i ' ol Ihe North I :? I'.,i ':.' ii .., . J ?-. selections ol grant to tbat compiny, and to not. ?!, lam. upon .heir booka, a ? - oas art ri>< fromeonfllct, *.?,,!, ,,.ii e.piii.iii? the . .m.pal.. to fnrnlab lints ol lands "losl in pu. c." '1 .facilitate I Ihe grant and '" '.nu ",: ' t up. si !i"i, ou tbt p ,: t ... l'v ? ndr : 'ni thc i' ti poses of ita grat't uiay bc restored Ioi rv.t-,, ? al an , o: . > ila.J . TWO MEXICAN ROADS < 0N8O1 IDATED. Citi "i Mexico, Maj 28, The Official .lour,oil |".i, , lbs, n ."ii1 v ... i.'.v ei mi..-ii-, Jay *.....l-l and General Grant, by I wbieb tbe Mexican Ortontal and tbe Mexica i I lie 'I- i:cs i - iittn h. for iiuil-. without ii ?tibveiitlort, will i.e,:-. ?? .,.,?',i |,.r ki...m. in constructed, Tbe forfeiture . lauae is modim ,1 lu lb, in .creal of the rall, mi compauy. Ml*-i 1.1.1.A.M..ilIH IM ELLIOENCE rim ji.i i i iii \. Maj 28.. Officials .,! the Penn rlvauis lt .llroad Coni|tany deny that they nave received anj noUflcatlon from tba Central Railroad ol Ne v-jiT <-v looking to terminal on of lbs i Bloting traffic lull.,-! with tbe N< i Yore aad Long Breach Ita roa.1 Boston, Maj 28 In inc United t-tatea Court to-day a lull in chane, ry was beard, brougbl by Ibe M r '.. Railroad agalnsl tbe Atlantic and Pae ll H il road, alng foi aa account of bonds Issued by the plain < i ,. 1 v. livered -" defendant i ir pay m. al "i dividends, fm ib in et s "or l'v deli v '.iv!'- f.. li rs lo i iaj t, .. and for tailor, lo keep down lot-uuibranees on the p ill ti (Ta load lu-r eneral ibe sui. la brough) for hreacli ol Ibe di !> iidaut'a oh lull ui uudei the lease ,,r ti.,- u am i ii* road i" Uv- dcfcudanl In 1872. liv lamda wers j al neil .ti |4,< 100,000. liv dividends amouu.ed i" Br.M.IUli lb, def.-nee ls Ibat the lease terminated lu l -v., iu foreclosure of tbe road, thai the bill li miiltifari .. m. tbal nu plaintiff's rt mi ly ls al las*. pi uki j. Ill Ince morning the Rook Island" road !,.v mads another cal in ra'.-*, makin the fare from Peoria to Kansas City, Con ii eil Bluffs, Atehl ion, K' okuk and Bea Moines, 2.1 cents, rbe < hirago, Burlington and Qulaej ibis evening made lbs rate 1", i uta li om Pt".;, tn < ide mo, Roch Island, lies Holm i, Kansai < Itv, Atcbluson, K.-m.. Si. joe. Mo., and Leavenworth, Kin. li i* i*.ii,l that Ibo Rock Island will make a IO eui rate lo .be shove pi'iiti ? t ' iivi i o ? I'i ii rsm so, Vu., Maj '-I- ? large party ,,f pu,mi beni railroad officials from N. w-York, Pitts mrg, Pblls dclpbla and other Northern cities, arrived sere .lils sf i,-iii,'tm on a special train from Roanoake eu route i,, .N-. . ik on .< tom oi Inspection over t.ie shenandoah Valle] end Norfolkand weetara Railroads. rmi. ni i i-iiij, May 28 Ii ? a ? ll af.,i ti. < 11, > thut Mr. (lowes Intends to resign Ihe prestdency ..r tbe Ken.lin*; in.ni. iii. (till not, however, sever ms connection ".nh lb. corni Omaha, Ni ".. Msj 2**i Sidney Dillon, president "f tbe l"tih.n Pi i -iii- i:;n way, pi.1..oni,it *, I,, I,, groundless and entirely without foundatlou tbe published a**' rtlon thal tn,' i Mun I'.h nt- ls Invading terrilorj wbieb ll was sgreed should bolong to thi Noel bern Pac Bc lu Gmgoo, wsshtngtou nial Idaho, and lbs. trouble betwi Um two Uni * wo nn ensue in consequence < in< A'.-.. Maj -- A meeUag ni the general managera of the lim iiii'.ton. Bock Ulan.I lind Wiiliush ItMkla Will i. bel ! I-, vi '.r ia -j "i a ?? lew ol agreeing upon i'i, I. .*'. iv a settlement ol tbe < Elatina paai mt* war I.mmon points out of Peoria Three meet |uo have already been bold wu.tain rmult . un t.. ,. Maj 28 -I C. M -i-Liin, <'.-nt rai Manager of the. bicagoand .ju.. , i" l I, ?? M aaa lu Y.eo Pn si deni atamee.l nilli nins ors to-day, aod R JJ Chappell, ,.i.ii Maoag r, waa made Geaeral Ma i np j... i. May 'Jd. fae american a ss oma ll m of Ral i "ioi Miiit, 'int- ii -ie it s mei bent to-day, organised ami adjourned until to-morrow. Ant'tee Int* subjeuis to be considered are reports ol eommluees oa itt hon'.ty of conductors, on trr.t passes, au.I on train craws aad tbe i .ji,., na iii i" tn : i.t trains. 8US8TBI CE IS BROOKLYN Joseph Edgar, agc seventy-six, with do linnie, was prostrated b** tbe beat yesterday aftaraa i al lyrita nnd Nosiraad-avss., Bro-ktya, He j*a_ lakra '." n-t cay Hospital lor trasimsai. AUX- (".Ul L __l^"U-_-_tv unti IT.-* RELATION TO THE OHIO CAMPAIGN. . i.I.AM I AT TIIK. ATTTITDK tl Tilt. TWO PA-CTIU OM THK TK.MPIillANTK QI FSTloN?Till"". REPUB? LICANS nopKH I.?a TALI WITH -T.'AKK.l HODOI ABOUT TIIK niLI. men av nt a ASKKtAL COBBI -I'uM'iisr or nu: miBUBB.] Ci.K.vKi.ANr), May 26.?No one waa more active In '?curing the passage last winter of the Scott Liquor ill. winch is shortly to engage the attention of the iiprerne Court, anti later to be the basis of tin' most Dportant issne between tbe two political purtles, lian O. J. Hodge, Speaker <'f the Slate Asselllblv Ie helped draft tin- bill, was consulted at every tafe of iU progrea* lent the jveii<hr of his ..flit ero lie removal <,f parliamentary obstructions, and cast, he jot,- that lifted il to the plane of a statute. His i.itive was not alone partisan, for regardless of arne*, public sentiment for at least a year back a.i bera demanding some son of legislative action Imi should quiet the dispute between temperance dvocates and the extreme "liberalists*1 over thc 'gulation of the liquor trafflc. Both sides i their tray wera fanatical, the mp' anning t absolute prohibition, ile- other nt free rade, Tbe perverted construction uni upon tho lanae in tin* Constitution forbidding license, Ly hi.li liquor selling became common without li i usc, innl roused tlie Prohibitionists toa deter linatioa thal th,* stain!--* should cany explicit rt.vision stopping tho traffic ; jv li i lo the liquor io -rest*, emboldened by th,- tailors <>f restrictive vj.-, were clam,,iou- against anything designed to lake legal distinction between steel ami alcohol. As between tin- two parties, ra general questions, I" nv- of temi', iain-- Voters had al jj., j s sitletl ? ith tin* Repnblieana rhcy became a strong ele. teni in party conferences sod cale ilation . A v**.ir ::.. they ld tbe part) mi,, the pam lg ? ol the Pond iw. 'Il,,- party wm wrecked hy it That did nol Istnrb or modify then plans, however, for tbis '?ar. < ?n thc ci,' i.n j. th,-ii representatives in tbe a-gislaturc insisted upon repeating the expert ii' nt, ? .min!, nt of bel ,-i r* nil - ns il," p., pie bauld ? ome tt. un.l. inland il.,- intent, be. ing ami ii.,i ot jjli.it was proposed, Lfiat year's election : tbe Republi ? in leaders thi* tbey bad uiul. a mistake In saddling upon il," party tbe anec "i a tm lion. Had n,.- I und law -;.I upon a nm ,. I. lia iii.* I,' i, iii'i, ,,:. . might lave been institied.even aftei defeat, in yielding io l," demands of their ni es foi an i hei experiment ihe lau 'a ,i, i. ai jv n- ii',; nu, tural, I- !...;? ,i to enlist party tom <i lartei - i npporI waa withheld, li..- campaign on tl, .'?pu if ..-an side -mi- i i ni ni ii"i evasive. A dui I '. . king sqn irclj In the fat e of pal tv ilishea I ev) i v "i"-. and ..peaker*, wenl urtb i" plead rather than :., hil: to excuse and not i*- iii, I his from iv* l ever bot u neg nve un I Imbi ? i npm lo 1 il n i a use bul li sim i ? and -' ron - i ir*t suspicion and then distrust np n the there waa a< laboul in the i ? he I'; ' ? . i ikers hail uoth ? d _ ,mi.ti ."'? i. il bad < en trod upon this iiiu;!,- issue. I.j, itl ug tomli I to giv, Democrats l - . pired . . ; - eui p -rsistcnl and com lu* ? . ? . ? i the bl u n de rs ? ? i tin i opp went oul lo them. I h<* result ol the Nov. a - target' due to the .t public i indi * ? -1 by tbe ? i ? in ' hat tho li tu assert I : tj ic dion . . .<! vi rita im ihei punishment, la I Ihe pal _<?"! moral . rr. I he t|i| ll |g ? ?'.- I to tent was to what ext I mi Issue, I liei ? i . ,ii- .1 no il'Hi t.f ; lia Uepuldl. in paned i -,.' ilie evils . i Inti ni rance, but fully as ceri eas it thal pai I ( iv!' rests would suffer from anv al tempi to overstep leu.ii or i oneil ? I I, , ii ,1-. I'roliiliitinn da wt r? still rampant im- theil hobby. Argnments f" deinoiistrate tho : bnl in-' against tbo Constitution failed to tum them. Prom the lofty ground ol moral prin , pie the.' 'if.i'.t al expediency. Nothing but tbs moon was to satisfy them. Their deaf resistance hastened ti-.' nco ? ity t n drong handed direction ,,i tu,- pal' cairne, ntK li'Ml'll.jM ; Mrs AM, THK I JW. 1 in- result tra* the preparation of the Scotl bill, obnoxious alike al timi t*> thc ten pei am <? wiug ind ih.- i)emo,i.ii.. bul framed with tbe view of b' ibe ordeal ol a tesl bi t"i<* the Supreme Couti and of restraining r 11 * - extent of th.- loin,,i traffic. *-i"..k"!i ll",I." was verj much interested in tb') pamage of a bill that would i pu-s thsss o. da, ll- apol fr -. I i d u "i jjhat in i been dous and the bopod-for results, After is above with regard to Ihe radical -I.i ii ii taken by tba temperance men vj In n tbe Leg? islature met, be aald: "We could only expect, from what th. j had saul, thal thej wonld oppose lbs bill, lbej wers always criticising it because il did ti'I prohibil anything fol we hop d tbat hy Ibo timi* it *v;t* in s'iup" fm pasaage they would sc- thal it was practicable and held oul bettei prospects for their cause thin anything thal had been lUgg. led. ll,-.', waited s long time, how* ever, and when .v>- reached a part of the billin -.j huh ii became necea-sarj to offer an amendment iii.it should ti p.-al a section of an old law forbid? ding thc sale oi .ni "i to 1." druuk on the premisea thej proteatoil sos:.gly timt I though) Ibu time in.ti. "in ? inr plain talking on the floor. Bo I said tba party bad suffered enough from yielding to funatical demands bul rear, and tbat temper? ance people ought to understand thal their representatives were blocking their own path '.j nppoi itlon lo a hill drawn ont only t<> se. me added revenues, but i" restrain tbe traffic al j\hi. h they were striking. ?? Ibe old law of 1854, with tbs Inhibition upon selling liquor ta be drank on tbe premisea bad, to begin with, been Inoperative foi years; in the next piara, the preceding sections <n the Beott bill had nt effect authorized tbe sale of liquor to be drank where bought Ihe Booti law wonld have been In* ennaiatent in Itself If il badn'l repealed this ..I.l io* hibition, ami sm..- I Incorporated In my smcndmenl !,, ih,-s, ,,ti billilli tbe other lmporta.il features of tbe old law, it j*.is sheer folly for ti..* temperance people lo resist, this necet .try elimination. I Suppose tliey had bera vexed with the virtual repeal of the Bundey law passed lust year. Thal r.-pi-al was an element ol strength in thc Scot! bill, and lt operated only to the extent of leaving tbe Sunday question In tbe control ol mu licipal corpo ratiooa Tbal repeal waa wbal ronsod Mr. Smith, of Nollie County, Us jv.i* tbe author of the Bundey law, ami aft.-r tie repeal be declared, 1 am In* tamed, thal bs would uol give h.* vote t<> tbe Scott bill. other prohibitionists mads similar declarations! bnl later on, and aftei my remarkson tbe floor, to which I just referred, Ur. Smith and several others saul thal while tbey dui not like the bill, rel ii thi ii rotes were needed to pass .iii i would not be j* nilli- hi. I ll! ( llAllll I'I I VAI'D. "Well, opponents of the bill have aince then been charging tbal although afr. Smith's nain.- wa.* recorded iu tbe affirmative on tbe dual passage, hs .lui nol vote, and therefore tbe bill passed by fraud, [recall the circumstances <>i thal occasion j.-iv ?.Mil. Wenesdod Bfty-tbrei votes, snd after the roll wii^ tiiitslici jvo wers tin a rotes abort With tbe view of gaiuing time I ordered tbal lbs nantes in read of tooee wbo bad voted and <>f these wbo bad aol Tua! ra abm a proper thing to do, be? ean ? the mea uk .-..,. unportanl and wc wanted ii i i i take ..bun Iii- i i-i.I. Mi. -iiiitli *:o,,il iii tim aisle wiib several geutlumen while, tim namea iirmlyiiig that lie wisneu tn vote, ins name -im ailed nnd th-* response cams 'Ave.' I was looking lirectly at bim, and I firmly believe it was hs who esponded. Ihe response, at any rate, was dear nd ho stood there and acquiesced in it. was then advised tbat snotber temperance sember would vote if 1 wonld, and in that ray fifty-thins votes were scored. Ths next dav, icforo the J.iiiriiiil was tend, t-vo gaembers who .td lii-i-ii sbsenl when the vote was taken asked "ave to h.- recorded, There was no objection, and he record wa* unanimously approved, witb these wo nanics attached t.? the affirmative list. It there ra* am doubt about Smith's having voted, thar ri.- theftime to raise the question; bul even leaving im out, the two morning name* which went on the Boord without u mumu, from the Democrats multi give us ono more vote than WBS needed to as* the bill." " Why should Mr. Smith be rav-t, rions about it owf They sav lie i.ot only evades verbal m uiries, Inn foi two weeks has laen 'salting Bwav oatage stamps inclosed to him hy note writers ssk* ni about the mattel." ' I suppose, after his open declarations that he i-nnhl not vote for the bill, lu* doesn't Ilk" lo admit evins; done so, ft wouldn't surprise mc to learn bat in this spuit he has given different persons the a -j,res-ion, without mu ilia it outright tnal bs had toi?l hy lu* threat, Hm. ai I said, acquiescence in hal vote waa equivalent to casting il himself; snd ad be neither cast it nor acquiesced, the r. mit now .?niil<l he th,- ioma I know that the Democrats arv ryiog to make a sensation ont of it. The*, can't ucceed. Tue record was approved unanimousiy by Lc House ami must stand. Mi.MIMr.Nr IN BBOARB TO IHE LAW, "Have yon sounded opinion about tbe law an rag boss j* ho bib to corns nuder its provisionst" " Faa I did it before tbs law waa passed, ind ii,, ,*. 'I hv best .lass of bir-room men feel all right. hey think it in a good law, li, v know that ii ax law is inevitable, and this strikes them as just ndeed.tbis (ax is loiv compared with that in other tatea In Michigan ir la fSOO; in Connecticut, rom **-?'<> '? 91,000; in Nebraska, from "t-.-.ot) to il.OOO; in Illinois. (500,and higher it tin t-jvii or city authorities; in Texas, from ?.*00 rt, 1,000; in Iowa, from s'.nn ,-, Bl,OOO: in Mis "iii i, from rT.r,i)o to **??.' nun: in Florid i, trow "? I"1* '.'??ion; while ni several Btaica the law is pro* il.ii.uv. 'lin* opposition ol rhe bummer class i In, ii jve shall encounter is more !'l<<-!v lo help bau to burt us. They want nn tux . would ni<<* ti have the state supply ih>-ir grog-shops with iquoi : ami I'm iv! sure bul some "I them can I,--.,-!' url lu-'iie until hv legislative en:n il ?: il nt bey beeomo entitled I" a < inonu, for every drink hey sell." " if as .sane yet lieen joined he'ireen Ibe parties iviu th.- graded lit ense system win. h the 1 lemocrats ire adi neut lng I '? Nor openly, We would bave been glad to pases a-,v basei I on ilia!, ni.-a. lui' it would Im ve been clearly i liceuse law, which ihe Constitution inhibits, lint vi eu we voted in the House upon thc bill t?, sob mt'olin- people ii constitutional nmentlmc.it t" ,-e.i in the Legislature powoi to regulate Hie traffic, ivilii' ot i he i lin; j-ii j e Democrats v i-ti t ? ? r it, I, v. ii agaiiisl .? aud t j>>-I v<- were abs* ur or dodged. .vim. ni should be adopted al tn- coin on, i he I.- gt- i.;iui" * ill thereby !?? eui ?owe,eil Iii grade 'lu- (ax. ll "? i understood jj hen ? lon* the Legislature tbat il involved loa eit,nu degree the question of a graded system of - * onstifntion n"iv -'.mils v.t ,-., i-- authorized t,, pass only -rn ii a ia jv as the Scott aw, fm the Constitution providesexpn ill thal n'l ?merni nut urn must be uniform In their ip.-: ai nu throughout the State." "I*., j,-. r I rouble io the Supreme Couti ,i iu ibe canvass ovei I lie clauses ol Ihe law impos* ii l' ;i lien upou pi ope.! j ii wh cb litiuoi s auld, and ? fr. in i he I uidlord "i har? li ines I lu thereon f" " I'liere will certainly be no trouble i" tbe can? vass over them when thc reason for the inser? tion "i these clauses is understood. ibo ?-tai,* law exempts Iroin taxation property to Hie anio ? - ll I mlei thal lan a man maj lure a room, stock ii with a keg ,,t I.i ind a little liquor ami defy tbo tax otneers, if his -it'll, i- ot less value than ("50, unless ii e tua can lie provided bj which the i ,x mav be secured. We could devise no way so itlfe live as ;., mako tlie propel i v ii lien and i. quin bc I ami lom timi : hal liquor Ire Kt anv poi ii us i" -.*. Innii I have explained lin- di tied and j* ho doubted a li I iei th -. i li lil as iv , ? - 11 . or* ?. -* ii-Mi l> l*l\l Ul). Ml .-' vi IB A O* i'.'M". i ibero will be no half-hearted advt tbe Republican p sition this rear f "J :-? iii" other jv.iy. Wo have pass,.j ;, good I,uv ai,tl all are satisfied with it. [tis. also to tbe better class of liquor-dealers, lt will sup ? 1 \j I pe out ,i ui rut m.mv pub rho revenues ol the .1 flerenl counties w . creased bj ns nneratiou mai iv $_.<tO0,000,ol which al v n : ? i"" OOO s vi K ? tot iueiniiat) aud r--'11" OHO : .uni. I'hataum will iu";e than pay the expense nf policing our city, Ciunfj tax - re.iu<.-.; bj thc .h. io i ii t of r lie collect ions and every community jjIH be bettei i"i thc law, I am couti deni tiui: ile State will declare in our, favor io tbe tall by a handsome maj >i ity." FIRE ELCO RIK 18 IT THE WORK OP McOLOIN'S FRIENDS 1 A lim, believed t*> have bt**en caused by a ti Incendiary, was dlscovon i .tr ."? I"., n, yesterday In tai basement of tba two*storj frassa bouee No iii Wes! rwenty-slxtb-st. Tbe bouse boa beco e s murki i oas beeanaa iu ll Klcbael sfcGlolo murdered la,un ilaaier About tbe time tbal If etilotn was banged tbreata wert .inr of tbi rufflau'e asaoclatea thal til' bouw jvt.ulil be destroyed. Tbe police wera not able to lair wbo made tbe tereala and th-iy paid little sttenilon ti lb m. because tbe house bad passed oul .n tbs i.sslot nf tbo Hauler tamil*' Eg.de Willsons, wbo I isoceupla. tbe pin'-.- aa a boarding-souse, was aol Interested In tbi prosecution ol MetJIoin. a few weeks ego, bos attempts weio made In one munt t,, ?,-i riu lo Hie bouse, ii.- Dre yeaterday morning tva, dlscovcredb* Policemen i.v..-., wbo san nop Ibo bouso at the time It was extinguished br ibeBrt! men iiitt-r it bad ..nisei s damans of lesa flinn $150 Mr. wi l ie in*, iii. fstbei and a Bt ij am. who wt re ..* soi In ihe upper part of the linn**.. ).?;<* aroused by Ibi policeman, bhu Ibe* sscapetl, although with illili, illly, a* sui,,ke ina,!.- the stairway nearly Impassible nomi person bad siitered tbe basemen) throne!) skltcbki window, siter pusb.ng away two heavy blocks ol sion which iiei.i ii wire noreen In pince. Al parson ha.i bulli a miall bonfire on tho kitetu-it fl. whleh waa covered wlih mattlug lt wus Ibougbttbal lin- Hiern.ll .1 j hail pi-nlv of lime IO Bul i' IV fi tun tin nelgbborbood before tbe flu- j\..i discovered. I rt M.n.iiui .hellion mi i in.* p,,ii,-* o' tii<* f/went) uiml Precinct wm make sn inves.lxstloa. AN OLD LANDMARK DESTROYED. A (liveiliiif.-lii.tiHc in SiMiiii-.st., Jamaica, L. I. owned by Amy Milla aad occupied by several oolorw families, waa totally destroyed by Ure on Bundey uiRhr Tbe house waa ono ol thr obi landmarks al tbe town having i-f, it erect* I hy .'aptaln David Stewart, jmio jj.i .iii ollie, i in lin- < nu", i a.- lila Ar.nv iu mr lo i.,e ReVOlu Mooan War rna Ure la believed tu bave beea o Incendiary orlgla. LOSSES AT VARIOUS PLACES. Charleston, s. c., Mav 28.?A Bro ocenrre. here Ibis moralsg srbiob destroyed the carpet store am warehouse <>f John Corbet, ar 237 Kim; st. Lom $27,500; fully covered by Insurance. lt ji m.u, N. C., Maj 28. a iii" here last nlgbl burnei twelve woodeu buildings, twelve horses, valuable cm rlagws,eto. Lois, 910,000; 1 eau red fer about one-third Mi.iiii'i n, Coan., May 28.?Tramps are believed ti Save bean responsible foi tbe burning ot lenpst jj,, iii-- new dwelltng-bouse Saturday olgbl aad i Henry < arpcnter'S barn Itu* m.un, lg, I*, tn ami-..i.i.s. imi . stay 28.? i be planing mill bekmi lng te .ioi,nmn. Denley & Co , ,.f thia city, ?? sad. trori i,i tire ibis afternoon, iii,- loss is irom 115,000 I |20,000; Insurance, $t.,000 or 10,000, CRIMES AND CASUALTIES- HY TELEGRAPl POUND DEAD IN III- BED. I', it-.. ii k i .i i-n . N. V, .M.-i j 28, A dispatch rs | .11 l.lirtl.ll.-.... .'. ... ...... - f. - .V 'l.-flt" I, ir e.ii.il hers mys ths. femes ?? Wood i esdlus dms-pit i Ibis elty. tit* found Bead lo b*'l st Qreenwood l o'.i tbi Ililli MU", SENTENCED POB MA\-l..\l'i.li I I'll. Svii.J. USE, N. V.. M ij -'-. Job i !?'. U a killin'.- Hotiiv Uoeres <>f Llgarvtlle, in Anana, l **'-'. wi ..., , i,,, .1 i Im nt,.>,nus by .1 .lillis Mei win lt. I. ,nr ) .ail lon tabvl lu 'Iv *, llb ti ii -lal" I',I.-,.,i. KU I.Il' UV A MAN WHO WAN TOD LIQUOR Si ,. i in ji f. I'.-'in . Maj ?-'-*. lin -saturday nigh one boyle is.sllj tho. Stephen Msdulck, a lluugaiisn, wt lieut al!t|Uur shop llerofusc.l to still liquor tonsils >?;.' iu.- i .lift -ti' ? ima iii he in., t. indowi tba ol -ii i' area a r volv.i anti Bred litresstets, aUelwalch catered M->ii.ick t,?.,.-l? l'v'.' s ? ?<!>e.| I* ll l-i I l ucl m. DEATH TO -t'lTl.l!! Nd. Lr.WISUUIlO, J'eiin.. J, uv '-'.**.- S'tiilllol I". K< Tsfc lei ., pu.Hunt nt a ot si) .a.<r ? rita i lacs, committed miall 1.,-: i... 1,1 I'V -Vi ...ling I,uti -fit In lbs BSad. lie hail bveu si. li l in_ ll,vu tn 'lalla SUICIDE CAUSED UV 0VER-8TUDT. TROT, N. V.. >i:iv 28, - Pi derick A. Crowley, sn ni ll..- |irt?prleCul Ol lill Muns, ii Utilise, .mil ii civil i-iiulne imi mot nmg eui bis thrust ti om eat m sar. , ,vrr -iiuiiy u. .-...!..- l-l ... H.- *al .. , .; . . .->>. ul . .-a. THE DECLINE OF MAHONEISM. BX-COXORESBBbU- dkzi.ndork OM Tin: m-'.-K.vf viftiiiMA OOClrTT BUK3TIOMS. illT IKIIUIIAI'II N) TIIK TKIHI m:.i Washington, May "ft Pt riBi.iBB_.aB Desen* dorl, of Virginia, was in Washington to.Jay. Of the results of tho recent cornily elections in thal State Mr. Dczendorf said: " The methods of Bose Mahmie have been most emphatically rebuked and condemn.-tl, especially la those counties which have a B-eponderaaee of Republicans, lu Norfolk County?where Mahone u-=ed his own peiaonal effort.*, ha ked hy all the power of the Navy Yard, Castom Hones and Post Offlees*, where apolitical SSSSSSSsenl was levied and eolleeted and money waa panred ant Ilka water ta defeat the legalar Repah** Hean ticket, aad when tho CrialUla-alcts had a majority of l,_00 tivo years ugo and B plurality of 1*00 last year?tho regular Repabliean ticket, with tbs exception Of the candidate for County Treasurer, ivas electra! last Tharsday by 409 msjortty over all. The cry was 'Auytliiug to beat Desendorf,' amt by straining every barrs the] Diannne.l t<> defeat me bf 75 majority, Anotner sneh 'victory' will put Ma boolsm out of sight. They were conti,lent I would not get 300 vote.; i received 1,200 votsa. and the Coalition candidate 1,329 votea" " What, nf the recall la tl.e other counties in your Congreasiooal districtf ho was s-htrd, "Tho Mah,ne ticket was defeated in every county save tim?Elisabeth City?whets il was s.icce.-.I ni by about lino majority. Two yea is ago Cameron, the Mahons candidate, caine,1 that COUntJ hy 700 luejorify. l.ii'I yt.if tho Coalitionists carried Chariea City County hy SOM majority, lt weut against them laat we k. S" did Isle of Wight County, bat italsowenl PummiaHa it-i rear, lb*- Coalltiontsts carried Janies City County Inst year by loo majority; this yeer parl? or tbe Republican ti. bet was successful, lu Manse mond Cou u ty, which -a..- the Coalition f i.k.-t .115 majority last year, aa Independent ttchet sup ported by th.- Republicans bi elected hy 700 majority. In Southampton the some kind of a ticket waa elected hy ooo majority; la*-t yeal Un* Mainme ticket bad Mt majority, Last year tbe Coalitionists carried Prince George County by 331 majority; thia year they lost ii lu 'J*'**. Princess Anne rh.*/ carried las; real hy uearlj _00 major tj : now thc/ have lost it by 200 majority, York County thev carried laat voar by 211 majority; tbey have lost it?ut.i of the successful candidates l eil _ Repnbb* cans and ! jv.i Democrat* Tbe Coalitionists have ..:.-t the counties ol Barry, Sussex and Warwick, which they carried last yeer by majorities af 1-. 4 io aud *". respectively, lo mm it ap, tbe Mahone ticket swept evory county in thc dbrtrlct last year exceptone; dis year i* was defeated In c\etf ? ?? itv cm -pr one.'' e count* ment oned ons Btate genatoi and thirteen Asseinldyiuen are f>> be tie ted net. November. In tlie last Legislature twelve of the t iirteen Assemblymen wera Mahone men. .Ni r. Derendorf says tbal steps will immediately ho taken toreormtn.se I ne Republican part j in every county in his district witb a view to the fallelee l mn, end h-think- the saioe plan will be pursued ? iitt ughoul ih" Slate, lie declares I li.ti the coarse pm tn.-,| i,, m.i-.ni,* bat alienated s large maj..ruy ol his Reuubliem allies, especially in .idewatec Virginia, and thal in thal purl of the Sate at least Ivs po meal powi i' ia shattered. MU. If -l\l"i!lK -lis in: |'n.-|JIASIi:l!-(iI'M-:i!Al. Mr. Dca inlor; called upon tbe Postmaster-Oeueral ti.is afternoon. He wss informed by that of i,.i il that if he desired io nddress him on the , ? ..f improper conduct on tbe parl af post . in Virginia, I.e should <!.? lt directly, aai not lbrough tte newspap* rs, and thal If he bad any charges to make against tlie postm isters at Norfolk "i . . where, and would formulate deni, the Department wonld t..;..* the charges iii.br ton i.leal."it and hear anything rh.it ho (Mr. Desendorf or ans other citiran cf Vir? ginia niight '.*!- i ."-..j on ii.- subject. The I'ost master-General also informetl Mr. Dezendoii thal the case ,i tbs postmaster ?? Vorfolk, Bgaiust jj boin certain charges had been published, n is already iu tin1 binds of tbe propel ofticersol tbe Depart ment, v. I.., Ind b.-rn instructed lo examine int.. the case. Mr. Desendorf, before leaving the Department. e_** pressed himselfentirely "aliened jjiiIi ibo reaall of the vi-.it. aud -anl in- sould shortly present sundry vu tlie cousideratiou ol the UepartflB* nt. iii!". KORPOLI NAVY VAK!) MANAOEMENT. lr is understood thal Mi. Degeudort's charges ia regard i'? tbe unlawful use of ths patronage af the Nort,.lu Nat j- .ard for political purposes have been d to Commodore Mayo, tbe commaudaatef the.Navy Yard. Ol tin* Mi. Desendorf to-day said: " l tiiiiik that is i curious way of trj lng to get at thc truth. Mahone hud Mayo pot iIhto to di Ins bidding and he has dons it. He is jnst as deep in the mud as bis rabordiaatai ale ill thc mile." .Mr. 1* Kendor! asserts tbal subsequent tn the dat* ,)I til" ie! Iel" nf the S.'iTclal J" ol tl'.- N'l V J prmiiis Ing an investigation, three men -all of whom Bia era "f Ihe union Army?were dischsrg**4 from the shipkeepers1 depart men I nf tin* Nivy V.tr.l because tbev declined i<? paj the political , nt demanded by Mahonca agent. A Kl PLY I lt' M Ll 1/il'M'oHr. sevtinl days ago Hu Setiomal Republican, Ma lillie'* Washington organ, published i letter bum a Portsmouth man charging tbat in l**7:l l> lendorf levied political aasessmcots bbou ihe Navy Yard employes al Norfolk and procure,i tbe discharge of a man wbo refused to pay it. To this hiter Mr. Desendorf sent a reply, to oue of the editors of Tko in, ., id "requested its publication, lt han not \.-t appeared. In it Mr, Uesendacf aatd: "Il i*1 Irnfl that I Issued the circularrefetred to, hut it is nol true tbal I ever risked foi tbe removal of, <>r iu anv manner itutun dated, coerced, or used any Improper iudueuos to M- uro tlie support of any rotor, m that I ever i. univ. .1 from position >u p a <? any o ie who fatted tn suppor" m.* for nomination or election. Public seuinip-nt having r-sulted in an act of Conrrese to prohibit these m.ir c.-*. wino, law I no[toiled aud voted for when iu CoograBB. lam now ill faVOr "f Hs enforcement." Mr. Mahon,* was recorded as "absent" when the Civil Service bill passed the Heuate, and perhaps the fact that it did pass and becomes la.v escap d hi* nonce. 1 Kl. M ll AM* AMl.l.lt AN (I.M VS. WAsniNOTON, May 28.-?At thes Mkmofftf ric-... h uiul Aui.-ii. ai Claims Commission, to-day, ibo French agent withdrew the case of tbe heirs of l.apisnte sgalnst tbe United States; the .as,- of Laplace sf*ulust tbe United-tates, and a part ot th.* t-Uiiin of i'errodla against tba Halted 51 ttes. These cases wers jvitndrawn. nuder tbe diplomatic aegotistlous rm entl* had bet we -a the two goveruments for carrying oul tbe artists el lita treaty sxelndlsg eases already id otht .neil by competenttrlhunala. An airard was mada in the raes ?f luilioii aaaiust the '.'mi- tl states lor -MTS. wttu Inier . >r from Apt ii 1. 1-. 11 I iv cases "l inf .nix avaunt I tie I uueil -'i.i'i-i. uni l'a.ti, r av aliisl ti.- li 'ti,li Krptii.llo were disallowed. n.<< i-.i-c- of I bret- u.alns tit--Cured Siaies un.i Jules Le Mun- n(;ain-i ibe I 'vnl Mates were il,ru,is.e,I tor \t an! of _ 11..t-t-utl-ili. A stipulation ttg*) i iitii. tl into wherein tin* couuncl far i tic (ioveramaat t-iiii ink'- testimony in case* not already closed until July I, 1-- i. NOT A POKEB-PLAYES. iItv ru Koli .ru 1*0 un: i i:imrvk. j Washington, Muy 28.?-In bi varal *>uMi ,-,it,..ii* respecting poker-playtag by Krtnf .inioer* la Washington thestateaaeat bas beea made thal lu-riiiet tt'i Oeneral Beebestsc is one ol tbe gambling crowA Tins sssertloB t* empbatteally denied by > ieneral Ko .nes? ter mid iiis friends, win. declare leal as lever plays poker nor safBfBB iu gainbling of an* kind, iii* action la regard to. done I Morrow's ease, ii is understood, waa taken at tbe ,stat refusal of thal iitit'-.-i" sad his creditors, v> io desired te par fees ?owe arrangement which would leeare tue bitter aad at i .,- ..un* nins relieve the former lioiu ni* pcctiuiary uilUeullics. MAJOR NICKE880-T8 CASK. WAsiiiM.r.ts, May 88. QcdbubI Dvttt waa asked lu tiny it the BtahMBSBt Jvas true, as published, ibm Major Htekerses BBSd IBs f.-itulel record of hie u-ihtary services lu bis divorce pr.-eci'illig* lu I'ullsdel phla. ami replh a that lie bail BS knowU-dj..* n: the mat* tera re ferrel to. Oeneral Drniu added: "li' n,< utoR thc staicmtrulut bis services .u ibe ieuul prue*, uiuicsal