Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-07-07
Summary of Morning News.

FROM WEDNESDAy's CoMMHHcIA1
There was the usual observance OF HE fot,tt
Of July as loli lay throughout tie country.
AT Buffalo, Woodstock. Conn, Providence. II. /
anu Portland and Gath, Ne, there were riiLllc
celobraiions President Grant attended, The
Woodstock celebration. NJ catacazy. the Rus
sian Minister. was also present. Addresses we're
made by Ex-Governor Woolford. Rev Henry
Ward Beecler, General B. J.. lintler and En-
Governor Iiawley Mr. ieeche,, IN the course
Of his speech, endorsed tho rosition Of tile
Administration regarding Cuba. and Gen. ltnt-
Ter spoke against the importation Of Chinese
under the contract Or caplis system.
An afray occurred between whites and eoiored
Yesterday a. Weson, Miss, 80 miles south Of
jackson, The origin i stated to have been
abuse OF II white hoy 10y a nogrun Two
whites We're wounded and threr Of the cnorrd
men killed.
At Union iii. n. j.. Michea Reynol1. of Ns,,
loilt, WAS stabbed and instantly killed by another
man VINO Was pursuing some one with whom he
had Il difficulty.
Inc greater portion of Gold lIill. Nevada
was destroyed by fire yesterday. No details arc
given owing to the destruction of telegram
ines.
irom,nent Democrats, including tho ongress-
men OF that party, are preparing to start Dem
ocfatic newspaper in Washington. Tile iirst
hninief + to be issued on Sept. lst and it is re-
ported ihat James i. Harvey, ex-Alinister to
PORTUGAL, Will he one of the editors
1t II proposed by certain parties to annex Mo.
Dile 70 the state OF Mississippi delegation 10
urge the matter are iii Jackson, where the Mis-
slssipll Legislature is now in session
Inc new school board at Cincinnati organized
Yesterday HE officers elected are all III favor
oil the Bible in the Public Schools.
The result OF the Mississippi boat race il an
nonnced by aSt Lonis despatch. which saws tl,nt
the Captain of the Natclez claims to have bcaten
tle Lee by about twenty minutes if there l,r de.
Quoted hrst six hours detention lIy frp aboyd
'alrn, and next delay of thrty-six minutes ia
repair her broken pump below Helena The
captains of both boats were given lmnouet in
st. Louis last evening.
Seven frame building at Oil Civ. Pa. were
burned at midnight on the Fourth. The loss il
over S25,OOO, of which the Oil CITY Times loses
from s5OOO to 1000. The Union Elevator. with
io,coo bushels of grain, at Oswego. n ". was
burned the same nigh. Loss about 5I27 .OOD
There are later adyices from the Sandwich
Islands and Australia by the steamer Ajax. which
a n.Id at san francisco on July 4tli The
British Admiral Horribly had been presented Ia
the King and Queen of the Sandwich islands
and afterwards entertained them on the fleet
The anniversary of the institution of Christianitv
IN tie Islands was celebrated with great entLli.
siasin.
At Richmond, Va, yesterday, Judge Grugan
aeclded That " the matter of illegal and fraudu-
,elit votes, at the recent city election cannot
the legal proceedings would bave extended be-
You'd the terms Of the officers elected The Re-
pnDlicans claim that this decision in effect gives
thelr candidates the Offices, while the Conserya-
iiNes SUI claim the offices on the ground of in
iormalty III the election.