The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-06-11

and is concentrating all his forces in the neigh
borhood of Podgaritza. Russian official tele
gram confirms the report that the insurgsnt
are determined to refuse armistioe. Gen
Ichernsjif, writing from Belgrade to the Rusk
Mtr, states that the Servian armv consists o
l2l 600 men and the militia of 100, more
The Serviaps are convinced that war is o mora
necessity. n. Milities, leader of the Serviar
| liberals in Hungary, In an editorial published
| in the Zastava uses these words: "We art
speaking deliberately when We assert that q
lutely certain than anything in the world.
UNITED STATES.
The Senate sitting as 3 court in the BelknaT
case, has adopted the following: Ordered, that
on the 9th day of July, 1876, at O'Clock P. NJ.
the Senate will proceed to hear the evidences
court will meet to receive Bslknap's answer
and then adjourn to the 9Th of July.
The only House bill reducing expenses
which, SO far, has passed the Senate, ia tina,
making appropriations for Qualifications. The
Secretary of War asked for SO $50 900, and the
House passed q bill granting $3l5. 900, wherein
the Senate last week con curred. All the other
House appropristion bills were amended by the
Senate, SO as to swell mp expenses to the same
figures that they were last year, but the House
has refused to concur in the a1endments and
adheres .steadfastly to its policy of economy.
A bill repeating that section which confines
the disposal of public lands to the provision of
the homestead laws. waA introduced: 1T pro-
shall not impair the right of any homestead
settler, and that the said lands shall be offered
at public sale as soon as practicable. Passed
yeas, LOG nays, 81.
A bill providing q penalty for mailing OBJ
scene books and prohibiting lottery circulars
passing through the mails passed.
ELECTION IN OREGoN-Portlaad, June =
Oregon has undoubtedly gone Democratic.
The Democrats claim 10 majority on joint
ballot. A new United States Senator is in
volved.
ELECTION IN Vicksburg, June
7.-The general city election passed off quietly
yesterday. The regular Democratic ticket was
elected without opposition.
THE CENrENN1AL-PhiladelpA June g.
The attendance at the Exhibition is daily in
tion that it would fall off from the figures of
last week after the departure of the Knight
Templars, and yesterday the total admissions
were As 546, of which nearly 30 900 were cash
visitors. The total receipts for the twenty five
days which the exhibition has been open ex-
elusive of to-day, were $269, ,252, which is an
average of nearly $ll 900 per day; sud as the
Board of Finance has the running expenses
reduced to $4,000 per day this is considered q
very satisfactory condition of affairs at this
early stage of the exhibition.
INDIANS CoNCENrRATrNG-OmahG Ne6, June
8-A dispatch received 1T the department
headquarters this morning, dated Fort Lara
Cloud brings this report: just before he left
an Indian arrived from the mouth of Tongue
River. He found there 1887 lodges under Sit
ting Bull, Crazy Horse and others. They were
on their way to Powder River to fight Crook
on his return. He saw>the same band that
Egan saw on May II. They told him they had
met Custer's troops and had fought them all
day. many being killed on both sides. No
result is reported. This occurred aboute eight
day 9 ago.