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"ALEXANDRIA. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 7. President Cleveland waa certainly born uoder a lucky Btar. There is no doubt iu the mind of any intelligent man, well informed of the real, true condition of tho feeling of the democracy of the South toward the President, that a large portion of that democracy ia disappointed, and many of them even dissatisfied with him. But the malignant sectional hatred man? ifested for him by the G. A. R. and the other Sjuth-haters of the North, simply because he has evinced a sentimental sympathy for the S juth, is more than sufficient to offset the causes of all the disappointment and dissatisfaction referred to, and will tend greatly to secure him not only a solid Sjuthern delegation in the next national democratic convention, but a solid South at the next Presidential election. S'OUK good Virginia democrats seem to be under the impression that all the dem ocrats of Virginia are bound in some way tc tho support of the Riddleberger bill. Such au iuijitession is entirely erroneous. The democratic convention of Virginia did ac quiesce iu the Riddleberger bill, but with the express understanding that the debi queblion was a matter for the decision ol the ccutts, und that such a decision should be d?csive. Subsequently to that acqui esceuce a decision of the U. S. Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, and from which there is no appeal except tf revolution, rendered the Riddleberger bill null and void. Therefore, even if everj democrat iu Virgiuia had been bound bj the denioeiatic convention, and if that con? vention had given its unqualified endorse uieut to the Riddleberger bill, the decision of the U. S. Supreme Cutirt referred tc would have effectually relieved every dem. octat in the State of all obligations to the party iu respect of that bill. Parly is one thing, but the law is anothe:; and when party and law oppose each other, the for mer must submit, unless it shall propose tc go to war; and the memory of the last wat is too fresh to warrant the beiief that any bane Virginiau would like to venture upon au it her one, especially as bis State would iu bueh a war huve to go it alone. A democratic Senator from the South receutly in Washingtou, said he know there was some democratic dissatisfaction with the administration in his section, but that at the next national democratic convention thete will be very few anti-Cleveland demo? crats willing to proclaim themselves as euch. It is reported from Washington that a mutked chuuge in the course of the ad? ministration toward Southern democrats.and iuresptctof the so called civil service ro form, is apparent. If this be .so, thedissatis faction, which the Senator speaks of may be dissipated by next July, when the next national democratic convention will meet, but if otherwise, the Senator reforred tc will find out that he ia mistaken, aud that there will not only bn muny uuli-Cleveland nieu then, hut that few of them, except Con greasint-n who want official favors, will be uuwilliug to proclaim themselves aa euch. If those young men in this section ol country who drink beer, smoke cigarettes, piety pool and other games, ami who spend the rewaiuder of their time iu reading Hash novels an<] iu bewailing the fate that cast their lot "in a State in which there is no chat.cj for a man to rise and prosper," only knew what they ate gabbling about, they would know that the same uiuiunt of econ? omy, hard work aud brains will produce the same t UVct iu Virginia as anywhere else in this couutry, und that wilh their habits and mode of life their fate would be the same, no luuiier where their lot was cast. If they would be couteut to live here as tbey would have tu do in the West, or wherever else they might go, and work as hard, they would soon see bow easily aud rapidly their condition would be improved. At Ellsworth, Maine, on She 4th inst., a prucjesion in honor of the day stopped, and would not proceed uutil a banner with Mr. Cleveland's portrait on it, suspended across the line of march, was removed. It has come to a rather high pass when a pro? cession, composed as well of democrats as of republicans, aud of druukarde as well as temperance people, celebrating the anni? versary of the Declaration of Independence, refuses to puss under a banner bearing the portrait of the fairly and legally elected President of the couutry; and the patriot? ism of those engage! iu it may well be doubted. _ To show that it is not the polygamy of the Mormons tbttt is the caus-e of the oppo? sition the Gentiles of Utah have to them, but rather their possession of the property and offices of that territory, by reason of their numerical majority, is proved by the fact that that opposition has rather been in c eased than decreased by the adoption, by the convention now being held there to form a constitution for the proposed new State of Utah, of an article prohibiting po? lygamy in that State. A New York court has decided that a dealer iu adulterated food and drinks is lia? ble for injuries resulting from the use there of. There c^uld be no better way to pre vent the mauufacture and sale of such ar? ticles thau similar deeisioua by the courts of ail the States. If a dealer knows that bei will bo held liable for any injury to health that may result from the uss of adulterated j articles, ho will ho careful to exclude all { j auch articles from his stock. Judge Holladay, of the Richmond Chancery Court, holds that it is a contempt of rourt to read a protest against a sale being made by commissioners of the court under i's decree, upon the ground that such pro? test tends to depreciate the price. FROM WASHINGTON. [Spocial Correspondence of the Aloxa. Gazette] Washington, D. C, July 7,1887. Among the visitors at the Capitol to-day were several members of General Lauder Post, No. 5, G. A. It., of Lynn, Mass., who | are stopping over hero on their way back j home from a recent visit to Richmond. They say they will not do the President the honor of calling upon him. Of their treat? ment in Richmond they speak favoraby, but say if they had been disposed to be fault finding they would have had ample cause for manifesting that disposition in tho "reb? el" speeches they heard in Richmond. Public Printer Benedict is trying to intro? duce the half Saturday holiday in the print? ing office by inducing the printers to make up that, holiday by working extra hours during the other days of the week. But the printers ditler on this as on at! other ques? tions, all wanting the holiday, but some 1 willing to make up the lost hours and oth? ers not, so the present indications are that the proposed system will not be introduced. The ?. S. consul at Palermo has tele? graphed tho Department of State that two deaths occurred there yesterday bolievotl to have been caused Iry cholera. I The President to day appointed D. M. White, of New Hampshire, to be ?. S. con? sul at Sberbrooko, Quebec. The evidence in tho contested election case of McDuflie. vh. Davidson, of the Selma, ' Ala., d slric/, was teceived and opened at ? tho office of the clerk of the House, in the 1 Capitol to day, and will be given to the j public printer at once. This is, under the new law intended to expedite Ihe decision ' in contested election cases. Tho district referred to has a large colored majority, but 1 the democratic candidate is usually elected, for the reason that there aro uot enough P white republicans in tho district to bring the colored vole out; in one of the counties, ' Wilcox, for instance, at one of the recent ? elections, while the total republican vote , was four or live thousand, it was proved I that there were only seven while republican voters in the county. ' The Presbytery of Washington reassem I bled this morning to resumo tho hearing of 1 testimony hi the case of Rev. Mr. Todd, , charged, on the evidence of tho negro Tur? ner, with lascivious conduct. As, however, neither of the two now witnesses summoned by tho prosecution yesterday, nor Mr. 1 Hornbaker, whose testimony was re ( butted yesterday, were present, (ho Pres? bytery, after waiting until about eleven o'clock, recessed until two this afternoon, > when according to tho report of the judici i ary committee, the taking of testimony ceased, and the argument commenced, Rev. Dr. Childs leading oil' with a speech of a half hour's length for the prosecution, 1 Rev. Dr. Snnderlnnd replying in an hour's ? speech for the defense, and Rev. Dr. Childs , concluding in another half hour's speech, when, it is supposed, tho vote of tho Pres 1 bytery will bo taken. The treatment the President has received from the G. A. R. iu many parts of the West has not only induced him to withdraw bis aoo?planc?. of nn invitation to visit St. Lotlis, 1 but has determined him to make no visit to any part of the West next summer and fall. The trentmeut referred to, will, it is gener? ally supposed by Southerners here, even those most opposed to Mr. Cleveland and to whom his civil servico policy ( iH most objectionable, be the means of uniting the South in bis favor and making it solid again. They say that tho people of their section are not lacking in I the quality of gratitude, aud that though the President's recent manifestation of kindness towards them had nothing practical iu it, they aro grateful for it, and will bo the more anxious to evince their gratitude in conse , quence of tho treatment he has received from their haters in tho North for showing 1 them that kindness. 1 Senator Ransom is still hero. His visit yesterday to tho White House and subse? quently to the Interior Department had nothing lo do with Secretary Lamar'a trans? fer from tho latter to the Supremo bench as 1 reported, and which if mado at all will not he until >>.l';cr (hecammencement of the next CoogroFs, but was solely for the purpose, of trying to settle tho trouble created among , the democracy of his State by tho recent re? moval of internal revenue commissioner Dowd. Mr. Dowd's numerous friends say his removal casts a cloud over him, and they demand that tho charges brought against 1 him by inspector Clarke and eudorsed by Commissioner Miller be mado known so that they may be refuted, aud that something bo then done to removo the imputation cast upon their friend. 1 It is stated by Senator Riddlcberger's frionds here that he will he in this city probably this, and certainly not later than next week. It Is reported at the Capitol to-day that the sus? pension of the two guides charged with iu sulting two young ladies there recently will bo permanent. Attempted Criminal Assault.?A ne? gro man named Arthur Peterson, who says he belongs in Wilson, N. C, and who was a passenger on the Norfolk steamer Carolina, yesterday attempted to commit a criminal assault on a young Norwegian woman named Anderson, also a passenger, and whose home is in Norfolk. The attempt was discovered and frustrated, aud Peter? son was confined until the city was reached, when he was turned over to a policeman and locked up. He is apparently about thirty years of age, thick set and muscular, and has a brutal look. Tho crime comes under the jurisdiction of the U. S. author-j ities. Miss Anderson's version of the affair is that during the evening Peterson made insulting signs to her, nnd that at o:30 next morning he entered her room and made an assault upou her, cutting her clothes with fotiie sharp instrument, but failing in his purpose. She gave the alarm and frighten? ed him off. Her first knowledge of his presence was when sho awoke and found him sitting ou her bad. She had left her door open during part of the night; but, be? fore going to sleep closed it. The negro's statement is that be slept opposite the young lady, and only once during the night did he go near her door, to get a drink of water ; that she aroused when he passed, looked out and laid down again ; that he said nothing to her ; that he was the only colored passeDger there, 'but that the steward of the boat, lighter thau he was, slept next to the room occupied by Miss Anderson: that he noticed him come out several times during the night and look in the lady's room. Nothing was known until the morning, when the girl was seen sitting in her bed crying, hut as she could not tell in English, tho passengers came to the con? clusion she was insane. Mr. lilaine. London, July 7.?Mr. James O. Elaine j left London to-day for Edinburgh. He was accompanied by tho Lord Mayor of London j and Senator Hale, of Mnine. Tho party oc- j I cupied a royal saloon railroad car. ' The President and the G. A. It. Executive Mansion, ) Washington, July 4,188G. | Hun. David R. Francis, Mayor and Chairman: My Dear Sir?When I received tho ex? tremely cordial and gratifying invitation from the citiz?ns of St. Louis, tendered by a number of her representative men, to visit that city during the National Encanipmant of tho Grand Army of the Republic, I had been contemplating for some time the ac? ceptance of an invitation from that organi? zation to the same effect, and had consider ed the pleasure it would afford me, if it should be possible, to meet not only the members of the Grand Army of tho Repub? lic, but the people of St. Louis and other cities in the West, which the occasion would give me an opportunity to visit. The exactions of my public duties I felt to be so uncertain, however, that when first confronted by the delegation of which you were tho head, I expected to do no more at that time than to promise tho considera? tion of the double invitation tendered me, and express tho pleasure it would give me to accept the same thereafter, if possible. But the cordiality aud sincerity of your presentation, reinforced by the heartiness ol the good people who surrounded you, sc impressed me that I could not resist the feeling which prompted meto assure yon on the spot that 1 would be with you and the Grand Army of tho Republic at the time designated, if nothing happened in the meantime to absolutely prevent my leaving Washington. Immediately upon the public announce ment of this conclusion expressions emana ting from certaiu important members of tb( Grand Army of the Republic, and increasing in volume and virulence, constrained mo tc reviosv my acceptance of these iuvitations The expressions referred to go to the ex tent of declaring that 1 would be an unwel come guest at the time arftl place of the Na tional Eocampmeut. This statement if based, as well as I can judge, upon certaii official acts of mino, involving important public interests, done under the reetaint and obligations of my oath of oflice, whicl do not appear to accord with the wishes o some members of tho Grand Army of the Republic. I refuse to beliove that this organization founded upon patriotic ideas, composed very largely of men entitled to lasting houorunt cousideration and whose crowning glory i should be that they are American citizensai well as veteran soldiers, deems it a part o its mission to compass any object or purpost by attempting to intimidate the Executivi or coerce tho3o charged with making ant executing the laws. And yet (heexpres sious to which I have referred indicate stiel a prevalence of unfriendly feeling and stiel a menaco to an occasion which should b< harmonious, peaceful and cordial, that the] cannot be ignored. I beg you to understand that I am no conscious of any act of mine which shoub make me fear to meet the Grand Array o the Republic or any other assemblage of mj fellow-citizens. The account of ray officia stewardship is'always ready for presontatioi to my countrymen. I should not be frank if I failed to confess while disclaiming all resentment, that J have been hurt by the unworthy and wantoi attacks upon me growing out of this matter and the reckless manner in which my ac tious and motives have been misrepresented both publicly and privately, for which, how over, the Grand Army of tho Republic, as t body, is by no means responsible. The threats of personal violence and barn in case I undertake the trip in cjuestiot which scores of misguided, unbalanced mer under the stimulation of excited feeling hav< made are not even considered. Rather than abandon my visit to the Wesl and disappoint your citizens, I might, if J alone were concerned, submit to the insnll to which, it is cjuito openly asserted, I woulr be helplessly subjected if present at the on campment. But I should bear with m< there the people's highest oflice, the dignitv of which I mu9t protect, and I believe thai neither the Grand Army of the Republic a? an organization, nor anything like a majori ty of its members, would ever encourage any scandalous attack upon it. If, however, among the membership o this body there are some, as certainly seems to be the case, determined to denounce me and my official acts at the National En? campment, I believe they should be per mitted to do so unrestrained by my presence as a guest of t heir organization or as a guesl of the hospitable city in which their meet ing is held. A number of Grand Army posts have t-ig nified their intention, I am informed, to re? main awav from the encampment in C!<so 1 visit the city at that time. Without con sidering the merit of such an excuse, I feel that I ought not to be the cause of such non attendance. The time and place of the en? campment were fixed long before my in vi tations wore received. Those desiring to participate in its proceedings should be lirsl regarded and nothing should bo permitted to interfere with their intentions. Another consideration, of more import? ance than all others, reninins to bo noticed, The fact was referred to by you when you verbally presented the invitation of the citi? zens of St. Louis that tho coming encamp? ment of the Grand Army of the Republic would be tho first held in a Southern State. I 8upposo this fact was mentioned as a pleasing indication of the fraternal feeliug so fast gaining ground throughout the en? tire land and hailed by every patriotic citi? zen as an earnest that tho Union has really and in fact been saved in sentiment and spirit with all the benefits it vouchsafes to a united people. I cannot rid myself of the belief that tho least discord on this propitious occasion might retard the progress of the sentiment of common brotherhood which the Grand Army of the Republic has so good an oppor? tunity to increase and foster. I certainly ought not to be the cause of such discord in any event or upon any pretext. It seems to me that you and the citizens of St. Louis are entitled to this unreserved statement of the conditions which have con? strained me to forego my contemplated visit and to withdraw my acceptance of your in? vitation. My presence iu your city at the time you have indicated can be of but little moment compared with tho importance of a cordial and harmonious entertainment of your other guests. I assure you that I abandon my plan with? out the least personal feeliug except regret, constrained thereto by a sense of duty, actu? ated by a desire to save any embarrassment to the people of St. Louis or their expected guests and with a heart full of grateful ap preciation of the sincere and unaffected kindness of your citizsns. Hoping the encampmeut may be an occa? sion of much usefulness, aud that its pro? ceedings may illustrate the highest patriot? ism of American citizenship, I am, years very sincerely, Grover Cleveland. Thousands of women bltss the day on which Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" was made knowu to them. In all these derangements causing backache, dragging down sensations, nervous and general debility, it is a sovereign remedy. Its soothing and healing properties render it of the utmost value to ladies suffering from "internal fever," congestion, inflammation, or ulceratioc. By druggists. VIRGINIA NEWS. In the caae of Charles Burford, charged in lite Corporation Court of Lynch burg with arson, the jury failed to agree. The following pod oflioes in Virginia have become money order offices : Columbia, Hollins, Lovingston, McGaheysville, ami Vienna. Dr. Richard II. Lemon, a prominent and skillful physician of Lynchburg, died yes? terday afternoon. He was u nephew of ex Senator Robert E. Withers. The annual meeting of the directors of the Winchester and Strasburg Railroad was hold yesterday, and the old officers were re elected, as follows: Hubert Garrett, presi? dent ; Samuel Spencer, Hugh Sisson, John Gregg, J. H. Stewart and 6. A. Uupp direc? tors. The following Virginia postmasters have ncen appointed : Mrs. W. C. Clatborne, Algoina : Henry 13. 0?rosedoso, Burk'd Gar den ; R. M. Holt, Grnntland ; W. H. Fairin holf, Montague ; T. C. Gibson, Oak Shade ; Oeorge W. Mankin, Pleasant Vahey : Qaines W. Belt, Spear's Ferrj ; Wra. H. \ Wilkins, Willington. The barn on the farm belonging io ? Messrs. Henry and Ed. B. Harrison, in f Ltudoun county, ami occupied by Mr. i David Qaines, whs destroyed by Qre In3l ? Sunday night, together with a lot of harness, i farming implements, provender, etc. The > loss is estimated at several thousand dollais, ) upon which (hero was no insurance. The j origin of the liro is unknown. [ ' The Sunday School Convention (f the Baltimore Conference M. E. Church South ? opened in Winchester yesterday. Oaehun ? dred and seventy delegates reported. J An address of welcome by Rev. ! Dr. John P. Martin was responded to ) by Rev. S. K. Cox. President T. J. Ma ? grader submitted the annual report ? showing that since the organization of tho ? Sunday-.-chool convention, iu 1S67, there had been an increase of over 20,000 in mem i bership in the schools. The increase in the i membership of schools in the Southern M. t E. Church the past year was 15.000; in 3 crease in tho membership of tho church dur i ing the past year, 60,000. The reports of f the corresponding secretary and treasurer ? wero submitted. NEWS OF THE DAY. j About $1,250,000 Ihren per cent, bonds ^ were redeemed at the Treasury Department a yesterday. f At the meeting of tho lir?t assembly dis a trict, united labor party, in New York, s Tuesday night, the Rev. Dr. Edward i McGlynn was elected a delegate to the . national convention. i The suit brought in New Yuik by the 1 government to recover money which, it wan 2 alleged, Gen. Adam Badcau kept while be f wa9 Consul General at London, was today decided in favor of Badeau. t The race for the Imperial Gold Cup was \ run at Newmarket, England, yesterday, 1 and was won by the Duke of Westminster's 1 4-yeur-old bay colt Ormonde. This is the I sixteenth race which has been won by 1 Ormonde, who has never yet been beaten. Miss Henrietta S. Powell, the young girl ,' who was assaulted on Monday night at L > cust Point Baltimore by Walter L. Kilton, 1 is still at the Maryland University Hospital. ' She is greatly improved and her attending phyt-iciaus think that she be ablo to bo pro ' sent at tho hearing to-morrow afternoon. Kilton is in jail, and, by the adviceof his 1 eHinsel, refuses to make any statement con ) cerning the case. , Among the immigrants hustled oil the , Pennsylvania train at Chicago yesterday in 3 the Union depot was a middle aged couple iu Norwegian dro>s. They Eat down among i the crowd on their luggage, when the worn f an suddenly raised n great cry. People ran ? to her und found that her little boy baby j she had nursed so closely was dead. The dend infant was taken to tho morgue, and j the next instant the bells rang, the whistles , blew, the immigrants wero put aboard, and t in the rush tho bereaved parents drifted un , til tho train bore them all away to the Northwest. The Seventh Day Advcntisls. f Marshall, Va , July 1, 1887. 3 To the cililr?- of the Alexandria Gazette: * We noticed iu your issue of .tune 25th a letter from a coirespondent from this place, a part, of which is calculated to mislead the minds of your readers as to tho work of a class of people known as "Seventh Day Advcntists.' It is true that we ' have our tent pitched here and hold meetings each night and on Sundays. This may appear a ? "nOV.lty" to tho people of Marshall, as it did to I . the. Athenians and strangers in Paul's day when he was preaching at Athens: but notwithstanding all that, Paul preached the truth, aud we would ? say to your correspondent, in the language of Paul as ho stood upon Mars Hill, "We perceive that in 1 all things ye arc too superstitious." As to tho tract entitled "Seventh Day Advcnt? ists," we would say that it gave a brief sketch of i the rise, prog res and principles of the above named people But as it describes the''Millen to j craze" of lo4G, wc would say perhaps it docs lyi pear that way to your correspondent, but to any candid mind, void of prejudice, it would present a diUcreot phase altogether. Your correspondent , has called the attention of your readers to the i work of K. T. Grant that exposes "certain lorn,-, of adventisni." Would it not be well tor your cor? respondent and others to conic out and hear for themselves and not tako evidence second-handed, especially when it can be secured original '.' We came to this place a few weeks ago and pitched our tents and began meetings. We would say that wo have a regular organized conference in Virginia, and that our ministers are licensed and sent out by that conference, ami we preach the "commandments of God ami the faith of JesU3," and believe that people must be wholly converted ere thoy can receive the touch of immortality. If this kind of doctrine will demoralize and can e people to "shrink with horror." all we have lo say is, may God pity their condition. The Advcntists have established themselves in many parts of Virginia, as well as in all parts of the world, and some of the best people wherever, we go sympathise, aid and actually associate with us. Does not this indicate that we should not be prematurely condemned? Wo cordially invite all to come aud hear U3. G. A. Stillwell, B. T. Fdltz. Dunsmoro's Business College at Stattnton has been incorporated by tho Legislature of the State of Virginia and endorsed by some of the best citizens. It not only teaches young and middle-aged men the theory of Business and Accounting, but each and eve? ry one is required to do actual business transactions, as they would have to do in every-day life. They are thoroughly trained in every thing pertaining to business life. Sse the advertisement in another column. A marriage license was issued in Wash-, ington yesterday to George Payne and Mr.-.. I Canic Edwards, both of Stafford county. I* There a Care lor Consumption? We answer unreservedly, yes! If the pa I tieot commences in time ihn uro ol Dr. I Pierce'.i 'Golden Medical Discovery" aud I exercises proper care. If allowed to run itj \ course too long all medisine is powerless to stay it. Dr. Pierce never deceives a patient by boidipg out n false hope for the sake of pecuniary gain. The "Golden Medical Discovery" ha? cured thousands of patients when nothing else seemed to avail. Your druggist has it. Send two stamps for Dr. Pierce's complete treatise on consumption, with numerous testimonial-. Address World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. to-i>ay ? telegraphic news. Tho Locust Plague. Pechau, Minn., July 7.?The country is alive with locusts. Tree?, walls and build* inga are covered with the creatures. They are crushed underfoot on the sidewalks and in the streets. High in tho air every clear day when the wind is strong millions of them can be seen goicg as the wind carries them. Crops at Perham are a dead loss. Ten thousand acres can already be counted as destroyed. Vegetation iu places is devoured to the root. Elsewhere the leaf is stripped oil'and the kernel bared, leaving the bare stalk and husk withering in the sun. Everything is eaten except wild grass nnd foliage. Tu some places currant bushes and young trees are stripped of bark and foliage. Numerous aa the?o insects are, this is evidently only tho beginning of their ravages. Their increase is something be? yond computation. Crops iu Minnesota. St. P.u*r., July 7.?Some very gloomy re? ports are coining from southern Minuesota about damage to crops of all kinds by drouth and chinch bugs. The wheat crop is badly injured in spots, and while the general crop of the Slate will be fully up to the averagei individual loss in Mower, Fillmore, Rice and Renville counties will be heavy. Chinch bugs are destroying the corn in most places, and that crop will bo shortened consider? ably. In tho central and northern portions of the State the crops are all right. Crops in Dakota Territory are doing well every whfiie._ Attempted Murder and Suicide. Wilmington, N. C, July 7.?This mom ing at half-past live o'clock Alfred Loyke, a German, employed on the farm of T. J. Southerland, threo miies from the city, shot a niuu named Mills, the superintendent of the farm, with a pistol three times Loyke then went to his room and shot him? self through the heart, dyin^ instantly. Mills is not seriously hurt and will recover. Loyke was discharged by Mills yesterday. This is thought to be tho cause of the shoot? ing. Fatal Quarrel. Lebanon, Ky., July 7.?Clol McElroy and Alexander Renich, local horse trainers, have boon involved iu several quarrels within the past few days, the last of which ended by both parties resolving to put an end to tho trouble by taking the life of his opponent. They met yesterday, and after exchanging a few words McElroy, who had ii double barrelled shot-gun, levelled it at Renich and fired, killing him instantly. McElroy was arrested aud placed in jail. France and the Vatican. PARIS, July 7.?The Figaro, says that the Pope in conversation recently with a French BtatesP'tn who visited him in Rome expres eed Iii? attachment for Franco and declared that the equilibrium of Europe would re? main upset until France regained her pro? per position among nations. The Pope also Faid that he understood tho French regrets for the loss of Alsace-Lorraine, and wished that by pacific intervention ho could assist France in her desire to regain her lost ter? ritory. .tliuiu^ t amp Ituided. PORTLAND, Oregon, July 7.?It is report? ed from Idaho that a number of Chinese mining tumps along Snake rivor have been raided either by Indians or whites. Nu? merous mutilated bodies of Chinamen have come down stream, four or five being found together a few days sioco. It is thought to be tho work of white men who robbed the Chinese of their gold dust. It is said the Chinese minister at Washington has been informed of tho outrage. Jacob .Sharp. Nkw yore, July 7.?Jacob Sharp contin? ues to improve in health. He said that he felt much better this morning than ho did for the pasl few days. He slept quite sound? ly a part of the night and arose at his usual early hour this morning. His appetite, however, does not improve. He drinks considerable milk. Mrs. Sharp spent the night with him and his grand-son George called on him to day. Taclit Races. SANDY Hook, July 7. ?The race betweeu lite yachts Shamrock and Titania was started from the Sandy Hook lightship at eleven o'clock. The wind was fresh and everything was favorable for a fine race. The Shamrock took (he lead at the start and increased it to half a mile, when at 11:50 she curried away her topmast. Death Warrant Signed. Annapolis, July <;.?Gov. Lloyd to-day Bigoed the death warrant of John Thomas Ross, colored, convicted of the murder of Emily Brown, an old white woman, whose body he sold to the Maryland Medical Uni? versity. Friday, August 2b, is appointed for his execution. Explosion aud Loss of Lite. Ablington, N. J., July 7. -An explosion occurred iu the Cellonite Manufacturing Co.'a works this morning. A Swede named August and Miss Ariania Muchmoro, were instuntly killed, and about twenty others were Berioualy injured, none fatally. Quebec Fire Under Control. Quebec, July 7.?The fire which raged .day aud threatened the Citadel, was got under control this morning before it reached the magazines. The losa cannot yet bo estimated. Priuce of Bulgaria. TlRNOVA, July 7.?Priuce Ferdinand, of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, was to day elected Prince of Bulgaria by the sobranje. The announcement was received with great enthusiasm. Death 61 a Publicist. Berlin, July 7.?Charles Henry Brugge-! mann, (be well known Germau publicist, is j dead, aged 77. Against tho Boycolt. San Feancisco, Cal., July 7.?Among the declarations in the platform of the American party is the following: "The boycott ia an alien and cowardly device, the growth and transplant of foreign soil, and shall hud no favor or indulgence in the American party.1' Appointment of Blshopw. Rome, July 7.?The following bishops have been appointed : The Rev. James O'RtUiy of Wichita; the Rev. Richard Scanuel of Concordia; the Rev. Thomas Bonacuni of Lincoln and the Rev. Maurice Bourke of Cheyenne. Famine. Copenhagen, July 7.?Reports have been received here that a terrible famine prevails at Skagefjord. Iceland, and that many peasants and thousands' of cattle bavo dii.-<l from want of food. Tho distress of the pen plo is increasing. The Todd < use. As stated in the Washington correspond t-uce of the Ga/.ettk yesterday, the testi? mony in the Todd case was continued be? fore the Washington 1'resbytery, Mr. Geo. C, Round, of Priucrt William, being the principal witness who testified in behalf of Mr. Todd. In support of Mr. Todd's alibi a uumber of wituesses were produced. Dr. Redding also testified contradicting many of tho statements of Turner aud the other witnesses for the prosecution. After the reading of several affidavits the judiciary committee, through Dr. Hamlin, made the following report, which was adopted : 1. That the final roll of tho judiciatory lie made up in the presence of the counsel. 2. That the closing arguments be as fol? lows: For the prosecution, one half hour; for the defense, one hour ; for the proaecu tion, a half hour to close. That the judici atory be by itself in deliberating and decid? ing. The minutes were read and the Preaby tery adjourned to meet this morning at 10:15. The Trouble in the British Cabinet. ?The conduct of the British government over the Cass ad'air has caused discontont even among the warmest supporters of the ministry. The explanation made by Mr. W. H. Smith in the House of Commons yea terday was heard in the chilliest silence, ex? cept when he announced that the Lord High Chancellor would institute a thorough inquiry into tho matter. In consequence of the feeling in the conservative party, Mr. Matthews has otlVred to resign the office of home secretary. He has been requested, however, to remain in oflice uutil the close of the present session of Parliament. In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Wil? liam Smith, referring to the action of the House in the Cass case, said the House act? ed uuder the wrong impression, that the government was opposed to an inquiry in the matter. It was the duty of the govern? ment to institute a full and imparital in quiry, to establish the truth in connection with the arrest of Miss Cass. Richmond's War Money.?The City Council of Richmond has had its attention called to a matter which involves tho ques? tion of the city's liability for half a million dollars of Confederate States government mouey. During the years 1861 and L8C2 the city of Richmond issued as currency a large number of small notes, of the denomi? nations of two dollars, one dollar, fifty cents twenty five cents and teu ceuls. The abro? gate amount of those notes was about live hundred thousand dollars. Now, a number of suits have been brought against the city by some parties, who gathered up all thtse notes. The city pledged itself to pay these notes: but, they were issued while the Coo federate States government was in existence which was held by the United States gov? ernment to be no government at all. These bills were used in the payment oftaxea to the Confederate government and passed current throughout the Confederacy. The oa.se is considered by lawyera fo involve some knotty legal points. 7V North American Rette? for July baa been re? ceived from its publishers in New York. Its con? tents are: The New Party, by Henry George; Why am I a Free Religionist? by Kov. 0. Froth iiigliaui; Land Stealing in New Mexico, by George W. .Julian : Tho Decline ami Fall of tho Preai, by Dion Boucicanlt; My Personal Finances, by Pres? ident Garticld; Letters to Prominent Persons, by Arthur Richmond; The Shakespeare, by Ignatius Donnelly; Join sin, Grant, Seward, Samner, by Gideon Wells; English Women as a Politicd Force, by Lady Borthwick ; Tho Iutor-Slate Rail? way Solvent, by John C Weich; Authorship of the Glacial Period, by Prof. E. P. Evans; Ii iah Aid in the American Revoluti.'u, by Outfield Oi borne ; Tho Sister of the Drama, by S. G. l'ratt ; Morloy on Emerson, by A. M. Garuett; "Tito Court of Public Opinion," by Wallace F. Camp? bell, and Current American Li total uro. DIED. On the evening of July Oth, at '2 o'clock, after a short illnos-,, Mrs. ELLEN SHERWOOD, widow of tho late Lewis A. Slrnrwo'? I. Sho was a devoted mother. ^-if" Iielativo3 and friends are- invited to attond hor funeral, at ?'$ o'clock Friday evening, from the rosidenco of her son. 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