The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-27
SERVIA.
The Method of ChoOaing q New Prince

A correspondent of the London Times gives
an interesting description of the ceremonies
attending the election of a successor to the late
relening Prince Michael OF Servia, from which
we condense the tollowIDg:-
''The Skupchina was not held In the town of
Belgrade. An open wooden building was erected
in meadow, or more properly level piece of
ground. This meadow lies in the valley of
Topchidere about four hundred yards behind
the house Which was the residence of old Prince
MIloch after he had raised himself 10 power.
From the barn erected tor the Skupchina could
also be seen the place in the woods where the
murder of Prince Michael was committed. Pro-
badly these circumstances may have contributed
in he choice of the place for the SkuDchina, and
it must be admitted that the regency has in this
respect displayed much tact. On arriving from
Belgrade, by a bride road that passes an
hoseIy called the szerHsk Gar you reach
OF Topchldere. Below you are the public gar
dens, on the left hand a church spire, a little
further, though partly hidden by the trees, the
house OF MilOch, mentioned above, and close to
it a large white building, the convict establish
ment. However, for the day when the Skup-
china met the conVicts were invisible. AbOve
the principal entrance of the barn in question
there were the arms of Servia and three flags OF
the national colors. The interior was modest,
not to say bare as the exterior. Some wooden
steps led up 10 raised daIs, which was the
place appointed for the principal persouages,
such as the members of the Provisional Gov
ernment, the metropolitan, the clergy, aud
where, likewise, later in the ceremony, the
people. To the right of this was a rallied plat
form for the ministers, to the lett the same for
the Senators, and rieh and left of these places
for the cobsuls. The centre OF the building was
divided into four sections of benches, on which
the members OF the Skupchna sat.
"At about o'clock in the morning the pro
ceediDgs began by Mr.. MarinovIch, the Presi-
dent of the Senate, aud therefore chief of the
Provisional Government, reading to the assem-
bly, the cause and reasons for which they had
been called together, viz, to elect new prince,
4 .aTat IuNl ND To inf a
He finished by proposing to the Senate to elect
Milan Obrenovich ". They answered by shout
ing that he was prince by hereditary right that
all they had to do was to proclaim his accession,
which they did amid loud cries of 'Z'vior One
of the members for Belgrade. Caraheroerovich,
then thanked the Provisional Government for
the manner they had acted in the emergency,
and cIaved permission from the assembly for
another member to be heard. Tbcreupon q
priest or pope mounted the rostrum and asked
the assembly tn vote for the young prince as his
civil list the same sum which had been granted
to the never-to-be forgotten Michael
Zone short, sturdy peasant, mounting on his
seat, cried, we would rather give more than
less and the proposal of giving to the young
prince the same sum as his predecessor had was
approved. Then Marnovlch said the as s5embly
must elect regency during the minority of the
prince, on which one member proposed Colonel
MlllYoi PltroVlch Blaznavatz, the Minister OF
War, and one of the members of the provisional
governments; he was Immediately accepted with
acclamaton. Another proposed Ristlc, formerly
agent OI SeTNid NJ COnsldnllnOple, ana ne was
likewise approved. Then the assembly was told
to choose third 10 make up the number re-
quired by law, but they said:-'We have full
confidence in the two we have chosen; let them
therefore choose their own colleague Marino-
vlch explained that this would be scarcely / gal,
and that the assembly itself must choose all the
three members OF the Regency.
"0n this the assembly shouted, Let the two
we have chosen propose some one, and we will
! elect him. Ristic then led forward GaVrilo-
| yich, and be was accepted. GaVrlloVich was in
| 1861 Minister of Finance, and Is reported to be
| silent, acquiesciug, and learned, being now
| senator, aud at the head Of literary institution
| in Belgrade. The election of the regency being
| over, the three regents were sworn IN by the
| metropolitan, who was in attendance, Colonel
| BlaZnavatZ repeating the oath in a clear, loud
| voice, the other two being scarcely audible.
| Then the Skupchina sang solemn 'ROgaletta :
an equivalent to Long may tney i've aud the
| metropolitan, in full robes made a short
| speech, every one in the assembly crossing him
sell. Thus was hn, he'd, in less than All hOur and
| half, the election OF the prince, the granting
of the. civil list, and the election OF the re-
| opncV.N