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WASHINGTON.
? CLOSE of Gen. by er's Case-MaII service
appointments and Re1lsyaIs.

, Close of Geu. DyeF,s Case-MRfI service
appointments and RemoyaIs.
WAsHINGToN, May 1S.--The opinion o
the court in the case Of Gen. Dyer, Chic
of Ordinance, was promulgated in gene
raj order from the War Department, which
is that no further proceedings are Eeces-
aary. The report and opinion were APP
proved and confirmed by the President,
and the court dissolved. ~,
The Postmaster General 10 day direeled
that the mails be sent by the Bremen line
OF steamers from Baltimore direct to Bre-
men. The service is fortnightly each way.
The mails in other parts Of The country
will be sent under existing arrangements.
Judge Edmunds entered upon his du-
lies as City Postmaster this morning. His
predecessor, Col. Alexander, did not, as it
was stated he would, claim the benefit Of
the tenure-oi-office &c.
IL has been concluded 10 appoint C. A.
Eastman, ca San Francisco, Assistant
Treasurer of the United States and treas
urer Of the branch mint in that city.
Preparations are being made by the as.
sistant clerk Of the treasury department
toward reducing the force OF the Secre-
tary's Office. Adout fifty dismissals will
probably take place.
The President to day appointed. Albert
Sigel, of Missouri, Recorder of Land
Titles for Missouri, and Gustave J0Fecki
oUhited States Consul at Altona.
9. The Acting Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue decides that velocipede Kinks are
liable 10 the social tax on exhibitions on
the gross receipts from such exhibitions,
the same as theaters,
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NEW ORLEANS.

RreRks fn the LeVees-TOO Much Water
Nkw ORLEANS, May lS.-InformatiOn
has been received Of break in the grand
iesse in the parish of POinte Coupee, half
amile shove The repairs, just completed at
great expense, Of the cresasse which has
Hooded 20 large portion of West Lou
isiAna during the last two years. The pres
ent break does not threaten TO do 80 much
damage az the previous one. the levee being
some distance from the rims edge, snd the
water at the break being only six feet
deep though one hundred aud fifty yards
wide; but from the high stage of water, it
will be difficult if not impossible TO close
Il for some time 10 come. The work Viii
liere crevasse at st. Bernard parish has
been abandoned as hopeless. The break
is nov several hundred feet wide, and Of
great depth, the water sweeping uninter-
Tuptedly back 10 the lakes.
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INDIAN COUNTRY.
Brigham Y0uUg a. a Railroad Man
90 fine Indians Again ROufed

RrIghans Y0ung as "a Railroad Man
u" fine Indians again Rented
ST. LOUIS, May lS.-A Salt Like dis
patch of yesterday says, at ten o'clock this
morning Brigham Eorng broke the first
ground in the Utah Central Railroad,
near Weber river, Immediately below Og-
zen City. 1t il expected the road will be
completed to this city by October next.
An Omaha telegram says that Gen. Rug
giles, Assistant Adjutant General Of the
Department of the Platte, received tele-
gram from Fort Mcpherson to-day, advis-
ing him of fight Of seven companies of
the fifth cavalry, under Gen. Carr.
While coming from Kansas toward Fort
Mcpherson, they encountered a camp of
five hundred Cheyennes, which they at
tackled The Indians left twenty five dead
on the field, and hurried Of large mum.
Der of wounded. The entire camp and
camp equipage was captured, and the
General is still pursuing. When lat
heard from he was at Medicine Lake
creek. Three soldiers were killed, and
two men and one officer wounded. 1t is
probable that another fight will take
place.
CHICAGO, May S-The following mill
tary intelligence was received at Sheri-
dams headquarters to-day: Msj. Kidd on
the 10th reports his pursuit, April II, Of
a band of Indians who failed TO go TO their
reservation. He overlook them at Elk
creek, but failed TO capture them, owing to
the faded condition OF his horses. The
Indians were Cheyennes.
Mai. Gen. Reynolds, commanding fifth
military division, State of Texas, has re-
| published, for the advice and assistance of
the board of registrars, the qualifications
required from voters.
Capt. Henry Asbury, commanding Camp
Sibley, Indian Territory, reports the ar
rival at that place, May z, of Yahte, med
Der of his tribe. The remainder of the
tribe will arrive soon, expecting food and
clothing from the camp. There is no
food or clothing for them, and very little
subsistence at the fort. He apprehends
trouble from the Kiowas and Comanches
along the Arkansas river.
Lieut.. NJ. Carter writing at Fort HAYS
Kansas, May 10, gives an account of tn,
killing of some Indians who were confined
at that post. The chiefs were ordered L
remove, in care Of the guard from the cor
rail-, to the guard room, when they gather
ed in their tents and began tie deatL
whoOp, and taking out their knives went
for the soldiers. Cardigan attacked ia,
sergeant Of the guards and was knocked
senseless by a blow with the but
of musket. Sallie, a Ierocious squaw
welding knife, tried TO shesthe it in TIA
body OF an officer, when one Of the guar,
ssot her dead Big Head looked will
scorR on the circle of bsyOne.s surround
ing him, and stabbed Sergeant Hauso
dangerously wounding him in tn
back. A guard shot him dead. Dul
Knife tried 10 stab every one nes
, him, and he was Pricked severely b
bayonss. He and the senseless Cor
digsn were then dissrmed and lodged i
the gusrdhouse.
4 Reports from various ports OF Mnesot
say that the wheat crop never looked MOI
promising; a much greater breadth hs
been soWn than ever before.
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TWO OF GRANTS APPOINT
MENTS,
The Material Selected for Am Import
amt PostmastershIp

The Material Selected for an Import
amt Enthusiastically.
President Grant appointed negro
named Simms to the Savannah pOstmas-
tership, but upon the remonstrance
Of some of the loil Georgians, he re
voked the appointment and substituted
that of one Gift, a white earpet-bagger
from Massachusetts, The Savannah
Meas describes these worthless thus
Jim Simms is a mulatto, about forty-
five years Of age, and previous to the
fall Of Savannah was slave belonging
10 the Potter estate (Simms brother
Charles is the negro escaped to Boston
some years since and created the excite-
ment there, the incidents OF which are
doubtless familiar to our readers In
jim earlier days he was a race-horse
well-knoYn merchant on the Bay, who
finally was compelled to discharge him
because Of his gambling propensities,
and for being chief musician at all fam
dangoes in the houses of ill., fame in this
city Jim, after his discharge, returned
to his first employment, at which he re
NAMED for some time, until bright
thought struck him TO become preacher.
He dubbed himself "Rev." and COM
menced harranguing the negroes on all
occasions. After the war he added
politics to his spiritual teachings, and
soon had large number of more igno-
rant negroes In his train. Ia the pOliti-
cal arena, in which then only carpeto
baggers and negroes figured, Jim was a
prominent if not q central figure Sum
Der, of Massachusetts, by some means of
late became Jim's friend and vigorously
pressed his claim for the pOstofice.
Walter l.. Gift is better known as
"Booby." In appearance "BOoby" does
not belle his name; little earpet-bagger
dancing attendance upon the greater
ones has been his lot With a meekness
at times greater than that of Uriah Heep,
and at other times with an independence
greater than that popularity attributed to
the devil, he has been the subject Of
utter contempt by both whites and
blacks, Radicals and Conservatives. He
has less brains than even Jim Simms,
and is in every way incompetent to fill
the position satisfactorily to the govern
ment or to the citizens Of Savannah. To
appoint either one of these men, whose
character and fitness we have attempted
to describe, will be only to add another
to the many insults offered to this CONF
muniky. 5000
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

The latest town that has sprung up in
the West is called "Last Spike" II is,
Of course, on the Pacific Railway.
A newspaper correspondent has just
brought suit for $4,000 worth of false
Imprisonment against Gen. Butler.
Extensive preparations are being made
at Springfield, Illinois, to receive Vice.
President Collax, who will visit that
place in a few days.
The President has not yet taken pres
liminary action for submitting the cons
stitutions Of Mississippi and Texas to
those States respectively,
A West Virginia sheriff commends
himself to the females Of his county by
ordering his deputies to except the pro,
perty of widows in making tax leyies.
The first through train from Sacrament
to, with about five hundred passengers
aboard, arrived at Omaha on Saturday.
The travel west from Omaha is very
heavy.
There is police imbroglio in Dayton,
similar to that in Columbus, and two sets
of officers claim to be doing duty. There
has been no conflict yet, but it is hourly
expected.
In 1853 a gypsy prophesied to the
Countess de Reus, censort of Gen. Juan
Prim, that she would one day wear a
royal diadem. Is that prophecy about
to be realized ?
Caleb Gushing, seventy years old,
looks ten years younger. In 1888,
when in the Massachusetts Legislature,
he was commiserated as the victim Of
consumption
Merchants and bankers in New York
city are organizing a regular detective
force, with an experienced chief, to be
paid and supported by the mercantile and
banking community.
Leo Hudson, the celebrated bare
backed equestrienne, was married in
Vicksburg, few days ago, to John f.
Robinson. The toilet worn on the occa-
sion was nothing to speak Of"
A shipment of ten thousand bushels
OF wheat from st. Paul arrived at St.
Louis on Saturday, en- route to Liver
1 pool VIA NEW OTltdhS, ana neaVy snip
ments are to follow from the same place.
This year the Fourth of July comes
on Sunday, and the New York CONNER
cial suggests that it be celebrated on
Saturday. We thought that Radicalism
hal abolished the day as an anniversary
entirely.
Miss Virginia F. Townsend, explains
the fact that her father is in the New
Haven PooThOuse by the statement that
he is insane, and has for years rendered
himself so obnoxious to his family as to
require his removal.
Bismarck lately said, in reply to somc
English critics ON his policy, IF were
an Abysinian OF a Hindoo, or even al
American, might perhaps care wha
England thinks. But being European
do not.
General John A. Logan has beer
elected Commander>in Chief GovernOl
Fairchild, of Wisconsin, Senior Vice
Commander, and DR.. s. B. Wylie Mitch
ell, Surgeon General Of the Grand Arm
Of the Republic.
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FOREIGN.

New YoRK, May 1Ss-Late adyices
from Porto Rico state that the island is in
great conformation, the principal street
of Ponce been burned by incendiariea, and
business is stopped. yellow fever and
vsmito are carrying off hundreds OF Span
ish troops, and the hospitals Overlooking.
ALI the houses of Spsniards were marked
with red sand, and circulars distributed
saying, all who were able were ,1eeipg
from the island. Soldiers who stroll into
lowly places are assassinated. Oyerseers
of neighboring plantations, and white
.laborers have been conscripted by the au-
thorities. A. general uprising is moment
srily expected. Reyolutionists were be-
coming more bold, and awaiting yellow
fever and yomito to continue little
longer its deadly work to give the signal
The negroes OF late had displayed much
dis abstraction and many had left their
masters and escaped to. the mountains,
where The revolutionists are -fast congre-s
eating In large numbers. BY this time
war leigas supreme over the islaad.
LONDON, May, ls- Regerdy johnson,
has written note 10 the authorities of
Southampton declining banquet in his 4
behalf lie took occasion 10 express his /
qualification of the extinction of the late \
approximations of unfriendly relations be- 4
tween Great Britain and the United 1
State. He was assured the people of both \
regard war as direct calamity.
LONDON, May lS.-The Standard in an
article on the Alabama claims treaty, says !
the idea of awaiting further expression |
from Parliament, and Congress, commits |
he business 10 an indefinite postpone |
nent England's sentiments have been |
clearly pronounced. She is still prepared |
% submit to proper tribunal the qnes-
ion of wrong and damages, but any at
empt to open the controversy on prepos-
erous grounds, whatever the American
may be, is absurd. From this
position England can not recede. n 1
PARIS, May lS.-The elections in this
vicinity are likely TO result favsrably TO
he opposition, but the general result
throughout the country leaves little hope
or that party.
ALEXANDRIA, May 1S.-The Viceroy of
Egypt sailed from here yesterday on
our through Europe. 4
PARIS. May 1S.-The negotiations for
he conference between France and Bell
ium, have been completed. The session
{ the commission Will open in this city
I an early day.
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INCIDENT AND ACCIDENT.

BAInMoRE, May is. = The formal
opening OF the library of the CoIored nor
NAL school took place last evening. Al
dresses were delivered by Judge Bond,
Archibald Sterling and Others.
BosroN, May IS.--A. p. Rollins, Of the
firm of Lockwood Il Roillns, job printers,
committed snicide this morning by cutting
mis- throat
II ia ssid Walter Brown cOntemplstes
visiting England, and intends accepting
snv chsIlenee in single scull for the cham
pionship of the world.
Nyzw YORK, May lS.-A Tow-boat with
6,e men capsizsd near Port Morris, n. J..
Three swan ashore and the other two
we're drowned.
MONTREAL May Is.-rhis morning the
steamer Grsasn, of the Royal Mail Line,
struck on split rock, Cedar Rapids, and
sunk in tweiay feet water. No lives lost.
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MARY C. VAUGHN, story writer, well
known in all parts Of the United States
by her prolific contributions to the lite
rary weekly papers, died recently from
the effects Of long continued and unre-
hitting literary labor. There are many
people in this world who believe that
such labor as she performed is solely
and wholly pleasurable-that il is
accomplished, as it were, spontaneously
and without fatigue or undue effort.
Yet it is the most wearing and tearing
work that the human mind and body
can be subjected to. In all the move
ments instituted for the benefit Of work
ing people, such persons as Mrs. Vaughn
are enteely overlooked. The muscular
blacksmith and the stalwart ship,builder
would laugh to scorn the claim Of an ed
itor, lawyer, or book keeper, to be called
and treated as workingman; but Of al
workingmen, one of these is the hardest
worked, enslaved the most hours, and
in proportion, excepting in exceptionablc
cases, the poorest paid.
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BOSTON.

Ehe Great Billiard Tournament.
RosToN, May lS-At the billiard
tournament Vim. Wilies beat Brooks by
500 to BIG Colby beat F1ack 500 to 434.
10 the evening the last two games Of the
tournament were played, Flack winning
thefirst one over Williams. The second one
was won by Wilmarih over Flack. Will
mArlh takes the champion cue snd $3.50.
gFIaek and Williams play to-day for The
second prizes, they being tied.
The SD anniversary of the American
Baptist Missionary Union was held to-day,
Rev. DIR. Caswell, President OF Brown
University, presiding. The treasures
report shows the receipts for the year TO
be nearly Sl97 900, and the expenses, in
Gliding the debt Of last year, $2lO, IA.
The annual sermon was preached by Rev.
Geo. Dana BoSrdman, of Philadelphia.
Rev. DR.. Price, delegate from Wales, and
Rev. Mr.. Henry, delegate from Ireland,
and several other clergymen made adj
draaaaa
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THE LExINGr0N RACES.


The Fastest Time ON Record.
The following special dispatch to the
Louisville Courier-Joarnal gives the result
of the first days racing over the Le1ing-
ton course:
LEXINGTON, KY, May 1.-THE attend
ance on the course to-day vas larger than
il has been for years. The sport, 100, was
excellent The first racs was mile heat
for colts and alleys three years old. There
were fifteen entries and eve started
Pompey Payne was the victor, beating
Hertzog So; II. p. McGrath's br Duffy
2-3; Viley's br { Florence Wallace 4,
distanced; 3. F. Libble's Dnnbar, dis.
tanced. Time-l:47, l:44A.
The second race was mile heats, free for
all ages, with the following result: H.
P. McGraths br Biddy Malone, four
years old, III; j. W. Ford's Maggie
Bruce, five years old, 80; West 4 Co.'s
b Hazard, four years old, ruled of.
Time-l:4S4, 1:49. .
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NEW YORK.
A Tragic Court Scene.


New YORK, May 1S.-The case Of Geo.
B. Davi9, indicted for perjury in making
false afiidavits against Collector Bailey,
was before Judge Benedict TO day. During
the opening for the prosecution Davis be-
came feaIfnlly excited, exclaiming re-
peAtedr, "Il's a lie" and finally drew a
bottle from his pocket, swallowed the con-
tents, and declared it TO be poison, and
that be would be dead in two hours. The
case was adjourned until tomorrow, to as
certain If the prisoner was playing-of
Tenyck, the act)r, charged with obtain
ing payment on forged bounty checks, has
been held for trial.
The ways and means committee of the
United States House of Representatives
20 10 Philadelphis next Monday 10 spend
= week in Pennsylvania, and then go to
San Francisco, returning in August.
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Piles, Piles. Piles

hk. WESTERVELT'S MAGNETIC PRE-
~ partitions are a Specific Remedy and
Never Falling Cure fer Piles. He has
prescribed them for the last twenty-five years.
and has never known them to fail Of Curing.
even IN the worst cases Of Ten and Fiftesn
years standing. They give immediate relief.
and effect perfect cure in shorter time than
any other remedy. They CONTAIN NO MAR
cutie, MERCURIAL or POISONOUS Drugs.
and may be used with perfect safety BY either
Ladies or Gentlemen under any and all circum-
stances, or in any condition of bealth. They
can be sent by MAIL to any part Of the
United States. To any person sending me IF
teen dollars. 1 will send the remedy. post paid.
By return Of mail, that | will warrant 90
cure the worst case Of Piles withia one
n0atk. and If in case the disease should re-
turn at any time within i've years, after using
these remedies strictly according 10 my direc-
tons, will bind myself TO REFUND EVERY
DOLLAR PAID NE by the pstient; and in or
der to convince the most skepticaI stranger that
this u no humbug. l will give RELIABLE SIX
CUk1PY. il desired. for the full and faithful
performance Of the contract. Address Dr. 2.
A. WESTERVELT. Rectrie Water Cure, No.
Is Mulberry st.. Nashville. Team.
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servitude in which he is held APP
| preciated. II almost passes realiza
| ton to see the contrast between the
energetic, self-contained Genera
and the badgered, headless, ex-
hausted, confined President. The
pitable plight of Gen. Grant is q
complete argument supplied to all
noyiees against allowing greatness
to be thrust upon them. To become
the comedy which he is, even to the
heartless humor OF the party he
plays for, the tragedy of his past
has been made by comparison truly
awful and heart-rending.
$500 LOOKING AHEAD.
Seeing what drifting, purpose
less Administrations it is, the more
sagacious men of the party are in
tent on trying to make capital for it
ultimately Tin time for 1879 by sink
ing the recoIlections and the scandals
of the detailed acts beneath the
ecIat which is to be caught in one
or two general successes for which
they are laboring Taeitly, to Mr..
Fessenden, Mr.. Boutwell,, Mr.. Nor.
ton, Mr.. -Trumbull, and MIR. Fish
have been committed the mines
which are to be sprung during the
last years of the Administration.
Mr. Fessenden is chairman of the
Senate Committee on Appropria-
tons. He is to work to cut down
the estimates Of the appropriation
bills so as to run the government
as cheaply as possible. He is TO play
the economy card The Secretary
of the Treasury, by hook or crook,
is so to fix matters as really or os-
tensibly to provide for resumption
of specie payments and reduction
of the taxes within his term. Heis
to play the debt decreasing, corrup-
tion-smashing, hard-money card.
To Mr.. Morton is assigned the odor-
GUS task of taking the negro out of
politics. His new condition of re-
construction, that the excluded
States shall ratify (2) the fifteenth
amendment, is to be played by
him as the equal rights card.
Mr.. Trumbull, chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, is to have the
of the recognizing
States to pass upon prior to their
These the kindness of
his own nature and the policy of
the party are considerably to elimi-
nate of their proscriptive cast and
bias. His is to be the amnesty
card. Mr.. Fish is to settle, if pos
sible, our Alabama claims, and to
watch the shades of Manifest Des
.iny and Monroe Doctrine, so that
1t the ripe moment Canada and |
Cuba can be annexed by the general
)r procured wishes of their people.
Besides, by having robust integrity |
and conceded sense, as well as Gull |
,ure and gifts, he is to be retained
Is the solitary oasis in the most
lesert cabinet ever convened in
his capital These gentlemen will
abor assiduously and intelligently |
o be up in their parts. If they sue
,eed the whole is to be called "gen-
.ral results of the administration"
md on these general results" will
he administration go before the
country with a great blare for re-
election in 1872. --..
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Messrs. Arthur and Charles Leary, of
New York, are in St. Louis in the inter-
lest, it is said, of large European ships
building concern, to see what stability
there lis in the grain movement, and
propose to furnish suitable vessels to
transport grain in bulk from New Orleans
to Europe, if a steady supply of cargoes
is assured
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THE FRUIT CROP.

All our accounts from the surrounding
country concur in the statement that the
fruit crop has been very seriously
injured, and in many localities entirely
destroyed by the continued cold weather
of the past three weeks, and the sharp
frosts which occurred the first week in
this month.
Peaches have nearly all fallen from the
trees, and apples and plums are dropping
rapidly. This is a serious loss to our
section, and one which no human inge-
nuity can replace or provide for
augusta { Ga) Chronicle and Sentt-
mel, Mag 16.
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Ftre q rnempson.s s.aIIou

The kitchen and smoke house Oh the
premises Of w. K. Butler at Thompson
Station was destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. II was caused by the careless
ness Of negro. By this accident, Mr..
Butler lost two thousand pounds of ba-
con and a-smaIl lot Of lard. .- Dr.
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PATTERSON.
Report of the Races

New YORK, May 1S.-At the Patter-
son races to-day the hurdle race was won
by Thomson's bay geldiDg beating Ty-
coon aud making miles in 4:30. The
mile dash won by Hyra beating Enchan-
treas and Morrissey time l:50t. The mile
heat race was contested by Metaire and
r ConaIly, the frat heat was won by
Conally in l:50, the second and third
heats and race by Metaire 10 l;5O4, and
l.Sn .. u TT.
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The nearest approach to utility yet
made in the velOcipede business, is that
of an inventor at Lansingburg, New York,
who has arranged a rocking, chair seat to
three> wheeled vehicle. The weight of
the rider in the act of rocking propels
the machine at speed Of ten miles an
hour.