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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-03

SoAEof the old Connecticut Blue
Laws" which have just been issued in
a reprint Of an old history of the Nut
meg State, are interesting reading The
Connect1cuters have strayed a great
way from these ancient laws:-
No food or lodging shall be afforded
to Quaker, Adamite, or other hereto.
:" If any person turns Quaker, he
shall be banished and not suffered to
return upon pain Of death.
" No priest shall abide in the do
minion; he shall be banished, and suffer
death on his return. Priests may be
seized by any one without warrant.
No one shall read common prayer,
keep Christmas or saints days, make
minced pies, dance, play cards.
or play on any instrument of
music except the drum, trumpet and
jewsharp.
No one shall sell rum on Sabbath
day, or walk in his garden Or elsewhere
except reverently to and from meeting.
q No one shall travel, cook victuals,
make beds, sweep house, cut hair or
shave on the Sabbath day.
No woman shall kiss her child on
the Sabbath or fasting day.
No man shall court a maid, IN per-
son or by letter, without first obtaining
consent of her parents; f5 penalty TO
first offense; 91O for the second; and
for the third, Imprisonment during the
pleasure of the court"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
BY Telegraph.
NEW YORK.


llNe Orleans. l13c: sales: s7s bales co1soi,
GALES bal FfoarS1cre doing, without decided change
Wheat quiet and steady, with very light export and
milling demand. Corn l@1hc. lower; moderate ,
HGw dSs %sscFs
and lower. Coifee--Rio firm, In good demands, and
unchanged. Sugar firm, with m9dsrate Inquiry and
unchanged: refined In moderate demand at l1H9
I2c. for standard A. Molasses firm andi fair de-
mand. Rice stead. with moderate jobbing inquiry.
Pork opened heayy and closed arm, but quiet and
eeg asT rer s,Haa U Really iii at
inside price. Freights steady. : sd - Is -,
'.,!-r.r.. -. BALTIMORE. 'G9;,ii 4 Z :.
BALTIS9RE May $lE!car %9ds.ste{ active
sn Ped S quiet
soe Yellow w ss@sse Oats easier Southern 4s
@46c. Rye quiet and trn at 1885,, Provisions
5 sRa h sse R psrs Ira @
strong and unchanged. Whisky quiet at 81 OF.
Sugar in good demand at l2c. a. ~ hiss .Ef,5n-
H.. ~. .f LOUISVILLE. :. il i,sfiliEh
LoUIsy!E, May slFour dull and 99ach1 ,s,d
s1 no.. Corn Corn dn H White, Sac; mixed $50 Oats
dull and nominal Rye dnll 1t 80c: Pork quiet At
Tibs sac clear sides, c Bacon arner but not
quotably higher. Sugar-cnred bans ouiet at 1040
flYc: Lard easier: choice leaf tierce, choice
leaf, key, lll5c. Whiskey dull at $l.O7. Tagging
nominaly unchanged. . /.
.t'.' ~ --.' CINCINNATI Ia. .,,,,
I .t,1NCISSATI, May 3l.-Flour dull aud tending
downward. Wheat dull red, sl.60@S1.70: Corn
unchanged. Pork IN fair demand at sl4.25. Lard
dull and nominal: steam, $9.25@S9. 80 kettle,
Shoulders $3.50; short rib, 81; short clear s7,37k:
nil held q shate higher at close: Bacon quiet
shoulders, 1915; clear ribs 1886; clear sides.
SS.25@$S.37k. Whiskey moderately active and
higher At slo5 Butter dull and gssssha7ged HoEs
2,393 head; Shipments 1879 head H.. 3sb 'sss
,slr{i;t,.s..sla T., ST. LOUIS. 81; hi. 1tGy J.ti
\ ST. LOUIS, May 31.-Flour dnlI and nominal
Wheat higher; No. g red fall, $I.65@S1.66H;
No. s red fall, $1.5 I@$1.53x. Corn inactive; NO.
2E mixed, 42@42kc. Oats inactive; No. 2. 3Se. Oh
east side apd on track, Rye.So demand o Whisky
duh and nominal. Bulk-mea,s duh shoulders, 4Ec;
cIear.ri6 7Hc.June. Bacon quiet and an.
CHANGED. Hogs s stronger at s4.7eG$s.lo. Cattle
as' 'ssa A'la Nl''AA' CHICAGO ! 2 a@" ?
4 oaIcXeo, Nay s1.-Fiour steady and unchanged. ,
Sl.49 cash or, June, l.504@Sl.50k July; No. 8
Chicago spring, SI.32. Corn dull weak and lower
a. 45hc; cash or June, 463sc July, 4s3c August
Oats dull and shade lover st 37c cash. S7sc June
maand at 80c. Pork in fair demand and lower at
Lard rad dl I and shade ower at $3.50 cash OF June,
$942H July, .55 August Bulk-neats steady ands
Z. 4fterNoon Board.-Wheat lie. higher. Corn Ac,
tably higher Lard easier; 1870 bid cash ~ !.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
Colorado. -,
ONE OF BEN'S "SToRIES."


PUEBLO, COLORADO, May 31.-In the
press kilograms of to-day there appears a
statement made by General B. f. Butler to
the effect that he neither owned, nor en-
pected to own, an inch OF land in Colorado.
In the records OF Pueblo county appears a
warranty-deed from William Craig to Ben
jamin +. Butler for. seventy-one thousand
six hundred and thirty-eight acres Of land.
The deed is dated April 20, 1877, and there
is no evidence to show that it is not bona
jide. The consideration was $50, 900.
FATAL EXPLOSION IN SILVER ORE TUNNEL.
Denver, Col, May 31.---This morning
when the day force went to work in the
Silver Ore tunnel, near the Terrible mine at
Georgetown, they found the mangled
corpses of John Gregory, Harry Walters,
anda companion named Pope, all OF whom
had been manged and killed by an explo-
sion of powder. There is no survivor to
account for the cause. .-.'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
PRESIDENT HAYES AND THE JET
FERs0NHAN DIPLOMACY SYSTEM.
The baptist Association at Dansilic.

MIR. RAVES SAYS, A TENuREgoF EIGHT OR
TEN YEARS DOES NOT CREATE A CLAIM
ToTHE oFFIcE-HE ADyoCATEsA CHANGE
EVERY FOUR YEAas-THE POSTAL. COM
MISSION EN- ROUTE TO RICHMOND
BROWNS DRUGSTORE, IN BALTIMORE,
BuRNED-DEATH OF A FRENcHTEAcHER
IN HARTFORD FROM HYDRoPHoBIA-
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE WRECKED
PEOPLE ON THE STEAMSHIP CITY OF SAN
FRANC 1sCo-A CATHOLIC CHURCH
STRUCK by LIGHTNING AND SIX PER-
SONS KILLED AND SEVENTY WOUNDED
THE TRIAL OF THE ELLENToN Is. C)
RIOTERS, &c, sc. a-Jsf%S
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
BAPTIST 'Gl'IBkIRlL ISsUCIlITlN,
SECOND Day.

STANDING COMMITTEES POINTED THE
HOME. MISSION woRK-EEw FIELDS
AMONG THE INDrANsT7DR. JErER's AN
iNUAL sERMON-THE MINISTER'S RELIEF
FUND-THE TREASURES REPoRT-MIN-1
IsTERrAL EDUCATION; THE SUBJECT
DISCUSSED BY DIR. BROWN. MR.. McDoN-
AID OF RICHMOND, AND oTHERs-oTHER
MkTTERS .,.-.. Tx s-.sr- Is
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
PORT OF RICHMOND, May 81, 1877.

PORT OF RICHMOND, NAY 81, 1877.
- ARRIVED. ''
Steamship Wyanoke Couch, New York, merchant
disc and passengers. G. w. Allen Co., agents. =
Steamer John Sylvester, Post, Norfolk, merchan.
disc and sss RS d D. Ill
' BARK Eornjot (SorJ, to load oil, Me'sner, Acker.
Steamer Regulator, Howe, Philadelphia, merchan-
dise and passelgers, W. 7: perisr; agent; :,
disc and passengers, L. b. Tatuin, agent. +'.'
-a3 CLEARED FOR THIS PORT - 49,
From New York May 10th, schooner Alexander
Wiley, Beauchamp.
From Liverpool May STU, brig Hiding iNorJ, FL
From Liverpool May 9Th, bark St. Olaf Nor,
From Alexandria April so:h. schooner George T.
From l'hiladelphia May Z TIL schooner Iowa. Hedvy.
From Orient, L. l., May schooner Carrie, John
IF From Philadelphia May .22d schooner Morning
Star, Lynch. -. @,s!l>1 - ~ .i.a5
From Boston, May 2sd, schooner Henry whitney,
From Baltimore Nay 24th, schooner s Solomon,
From lPhiladclphia May Gath, schooner Il. Sim
" From Pfiladcphia May 25th, bark Con cordia
' From Phiiadelphla May 2sth, schooner +. c.
From Phladephia May 2sth, schooner u. VIII
uams, Willetts. -; - ..disrij
- MEMORANDA. -,
Bark Concoriia tGer.), reported below, to arrive
to-day, to load oil, Meisner Ackerman Co. :. -
Schooner Lucy Ames, Richards, hence, at Phla-
Schooner Q: P: Binns, steelman, hence, at Prov-
: Schooners d. B. steeIman, Hexter; Centennial,
Philips; and David E. Wolf,Tood, hence, at Baisi-
more gu the 30th. ..gi4 III i,inr, t,=1'g ALL
F.. : NOTICE TO MARINERS, r. -,...,i ],
Propidence Rirer.-The wreck buoy between
Conimcut and Nyatt Points, Providence river, has
been removed, the wreck having disappeared. tsnie
Long IStand Sound.-The Smiths Ledge buoy
has been replaced. A. C.. RHIED,
III Commodore United States Navy, V
-n.; at Lighthouse Inspector Third District.
Office Of the Lghl house Inspector. Third District,
Tompkinsville, n. Y, May 20, 1877.
Notice is hereby given that second-class iron
eau buoy with red and black horizontal stripes, has
beeu substituted, for the frst-class spar marking
$ Isle or Wight shoa OH the coast Of Maryland.
; 10 49, -. TX WfR. BRIDGMAN, ~
. .fr: ,sa~ Commander United States Navy 9 !.
-. Inspec. tor Fourth Lighthouse District,
Philadelphia, May 80, 1871, :, ~ ~ -.
= BY Telegraph, - -. ,
NEW YORK, May 31.-Arriyed out: Steamers
Alone, Meletas, Arctic, Diana, Helena Glen, Alyon,
siatilts, Matilda C. Smith, TRADE, Jason, and West
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
The Postal Committee.

EN- ROUTE TO RICHHoND-THE PARTY AT
- 80 ,.... I KNOXVILLE. 49,"
KNOXVILLE, May 31.-The train from At
lanta to Chattanooga with the Postal Com
mittee aboard made the 1873 miles over the
Kennesaw route in three hours and thirty
nine minutes. They left Chattanooga this
morning, and made the run to this point
112 miles-in two hours and forty-fve
minutes. After meeting the citizens here
they leave for Richmond over the Kennesaw
route. where the party will arrive at 6
O'Clock tomorrow evening.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
FsFTNHNe1ffYs.a:
Rio STOCK EXCHANGE.

1huHSUAY. MAY OIL l61JeSzs5
nsked; Yirsdntn 'ceHsos. new, AK bid, 4a ssked.e
Virginia tax-rpceiSabe coupons, s34 BID, "a aaked.
7 lGlsg Sscnrtties-Richmond city IS, 1ls4 bid,
burg city 8s. 90 bid; Lynehburs City s,s,;sioS
9 Gi b hynGsnSrg CITY 6 90 sid ESrfo city ss
SIS bd ffs gsssp s iSs ri S 5S
M sn ss, ak asked; Manchester bridge ss,
Rafiroad Bonds.-viranIac Central Railroad ,rss
mortgage 6's, J. and j., 80 bid; Virginia Central
yirx.uis and Tennessee Railroad second rnorteass
morg.es preferred ss and J sss b1S son nns.
side Railroad second lnortgage preferred Sis, J..
preferred e's, snd =, Al bid; Petersburg Railroad
ss s spa ss
,mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad mort
gage rs, j. and j., 9b1 bid: Richmond and Danville
Railroad consolidated 6's, d. and n, Tx bid, ~
bd Richmend FORK sner ana axe
Railroad and Steamboat 81, j. and j.. SO asked.
Railroad Stocks.-Richmond, Fredericksburg and
1 a sr
Eredericksburs and Potomac Railroad seven Per
Dsnvs ssso a9o ssH DID, Richmond
Bank .Stecss.--Eirsr National 100 par, 115H
bid; National Bank OF Virginia, 1ou par, 81 asked;
National @o IA sd I'm Merchants
snia, lo9 par, u bid; Citizens Savings 2s par,
81 rae Exc IL sna NJ NJ
asked Merchants and Mechanics. 1oo, Bar. So BID,
IL bid, Is asked; Richmond Fire Association, IS
par 16 bid, asked Piedmont and Arlington Lie.
Iisceiianeous.-old Dominion Iron and Nall
Works Company, 100 par, IS asked; james River
and Kanawha Packet, 12h par, bid.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
Tennessee.
RAILROAD MATTERS.

. MEMPH1s, May 31.--The stockholders OF
the Memphis and Charleston railroad to-day
have adopted a resolution that in, the event
OF their being unable to take up their share
OF the $500 900 necessary to take up State
boads the road is to be leased to the ,Eas.
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rallroaa
Company for term OF twenty years.
{. In the case OF Morris IL etchpm' and others,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
COMMERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.

f RICHMOND, May 81, 1877. :
.s.t f. "st OFFERINGS. ~ ~ @f-t'
WHEAT.-Red, so bushels. .EsE'' ~
CoRN.--IVhite, 264 bushels. Yeilo1o, zoe bushels
Mi1ed. $50 bushels. ..s4.
OATs.-104 bushels. ~
MEAL.-l64 bushels. go 9sEn sU.tsi
MILL-OFFAL.-l5,o00 pounds. = H.l..a.a
..r. 2. ~. SALES.siti ~ yIei .u''szG
WHEAT.-Red. so bushels good at 80. m. H..
CoRN-Mtred, so bushels common at ESQ.,; 800
bushels private terms; 80 bushels sery good at
G5c-total, $50 busela- d .t.n3y:.g .s1.s is +
,MEAL.-164 bushels on private terms. y ,.sx,.r.
''.- RE-EXHiBITED. -, a.,
CoRN.-Hired, so bushels. ,',...,....,. -.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
From the Indian Country.

SITTING BULBS DEFEAT DENIED.
! CHICAGO, May 31.-Lieutenant Clark tel
egraphs General Sheridan from the Red
Cloud Agency that after full investigation
he considers the reported defeat OF the In
dams as absolutely false. Sitting Bull
could not have been in the vicinity Of, the
reported fight. ..... = =. ..-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01

DEATH on sHIPDoARD.
SAVANNAH, May 3l.-Arrived: Bark Minna He
lene, from Rio Janero. The mate reports that Cap
tain krenkcl died OF the measles four days ago.
FORTRESS MONROE, May ,3l.-Passed in: Banks
Uuo, from Rotterdam, Emmers schooners Bertha,
Ellen. Passen out: Brig Mississippi, for Deme-
Sailed: Brig Cnrlgutatf, for Baltimore; bark Jo-
Eaunas Red, for Richmond. - - - =
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
WOOD AND COAL.

BLOCK sPLLNT COAL takes less to kin
~ dlsa fire than any local coal. ~r .f-s. -,
BLOCK SPLINT COAL also burns up cleaner. 4
BLOCK sPLINT COAL viii hold fire longer;
therefore lisa cheaper coal, ;L-,,t I'M tss -.
WEST VIRGINIA COAL for STEAK and BLACK
SMITHS EQUAL TO CUMBERLAND Price very
low" t &C. gig -. '+7GttF 5&E 'ti.Fs' 81 :
ANTHRACITE all sizes. ms. Il;
Try my machne-prepared O AK and me
WOOD NONE e1EArk9 an H. p sARaiNafoN
q my8 corner Seventeenth and Gary streets. &
CUMBERLAND COAL.--Just received,
~. a cargo OF fresh,y-miped yGEoRG Es CREEk.
CUMBERLAND GoAL for steam ana smii sg,, Tss;
GOALS, in all sizes, at lowest marxef raLss: -
- - -.-gg:'.. 81! ~ s.. r. LATHROF, re-
apl9 20 Seventeenth street, ut draw.bristge:
DEN. FRANKLIN COAL .,s,s,s Las Or
THIS day landing 400 tons OF the celebrated Ben
Franklin and Reliance Red and Whie Asa ESe
Stove and Chestnut Goa 3. !,
Those In want OF choice article VIII please sens
in their orders Dealers fniShfsaf p asEa
"a Id ga corner Seventeenth and Cary streets.
sCOALAND WOOD - Cheapest and best
" fuel In market. Beat 1rst-clnss Nut, Crate Egg,
ton,of 5000 pounds delivered Liberal dedgctiS,e
10. dealers, West Virginia Spltnt 300 70 e4.ao
per load OF 600 pounds, or 81 TO 25 per ton OF
1000 pounds; Clover Hill aud Soft Coke from
S3,aa 70 $5.25 per e, 600 ponn6a., OAK. and PINE
WOOD al low as the lowest. Call and be CONVINCED.
ne sure 70 aak for Nsne!esat a ana aHRsfS
= - 6
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
RICHMOND TOBACCO EXCHANGE.

.-@.gns SO 70 THURSDAY. May 81, 1877
The breaks to-day comprised 146 hogsheads, -
Heroes, and IL boxes. The offerings ut auction on
,Cbange were 116 PACKAGES of which number 10
were taken In, and the. remainder sold at prices
ranging from a. 10 to $40. .t-+5.r r +. nj ..-.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
Canada.
A HALF MILLION BURNED UP.

N HALF MILLION BURNED UP.
NEW YORK, May 31.-A special dispatch
| from Montreal about the fire there yester-
day says the loss will foot up hall million
| dollars. ~. ..
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
Connecticut.


HARTFORD, Conn, May 31.-Monsieur
Vaalvergnat, an instructor Of French, who
was bitten by dog on April Both, died this
OF hydrophobia. 81.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
Flour.

fine Ss5O6 1875; common family, S9.50@SIO:
fancy family and City Mills, $1,000. Market very
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By telegraph.
MENH XlliSk

-t.s-f" NEW YORK. = :" ~ IEE3
NEW YORK, bay 8 Gold opened At 106H
, Noon.-Stocks weak. Money on call, lkSlk per
cent Gold. 1o6A. Exchauge-LOng, 1885,, short.
1901 State bonds steady and unchanged. Gov
ernments weak and lower. atEtEH - 2
: Enenin3.-hI Money easy at * per cent. EXCHANGE
steady at 4SS. Gold firm az 106T Governments
steady new SIS, 11lH. States quiet. =.
.I,'C BALTIMORE. ~ @-@-
BALTIMORE, May 31.-Yirgfnis SIS, old, so: Vtr-
2lna deferred, 8: Virginia consolidated second
series. A.. North Carolina 6's, Old, 20; new, o.
special tax, 2. Bid to-day. 80 4.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01
California.
AID FOR THE WRECKED PASSENGERS OF THE
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. -

SAN DIEGO, May 3l.-The officers and
crew Of the flagship Pensacola, at Mazat-
Ian, have contributed five hundred dollars
cash to the necessities of the wrecked peO-
pie from the steamer City Of San Francisco.
They lost from $4,000 to $4,000 each. The
theory is that the vessel was cut open by an
upheaval from the recent earthquake. The
vessel was in the usual course. ..-
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>, ?. ., New York. 49,, y t.3,,..s- i
THE YOUNG MEMS CATHOLIC UNIoN--ELEcTI0N
OF oPPIcERs, &C. I.
NEW York, May a.-The delegates to
the Young Mems. Catholic Union to-day
,contin ued their session in De Lasalle Insti-
tute, and adopted resolutions OF thanks to
Cardinal McC losky for his kind expression
regarding the Union: Resolutions were
also adopted requesting delegates to interest
their societies in the cause OF Catholic edu-
cation-which was believedto be On absolute
necessity-afid for the establishment and
maintenance of schools to instruct
Catholic youths in worldly knowledge,
and on the principles OF his faith.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: General President,
Very Rev. Thomas S. Preston, New York;
General Weep President, Rev. John II.
Welsh, Albany Secretary, Juan A. Pizzini,
Richmond; Treasurer, Thomas J. Moore,
Brooklyn; Diocesan Vice-P Presidents, John
j. Kean, New York; Charles c. Hughes,
Philadelphia; Rev. A. T.. Kane, Harris
burg: Rev. John J. Keane, Washington !;
Rev. John NJ. Kelley, Brooklyn; Rev. L.
c.. Burke, Albany; Rev. Patrick Cronin,
Buffalo; George Hara, Chicago; A. A.
Rothemick, Providence; f. J. Ryan, Rich
mond, and -Theo. NJ. McHugh, Boston.
-. p, Ill., FAILURE ANNOUNCED. q" '.'''
NEW YORK, May 31.-The failure OF VIII.
liam B. Clarke is announced. Mr.. Clarke
was formerly president OF the stock .Ex-
change. ..-., .s...:.sD
....a,s AWARD OF GOLD.
NEW YORK, May 31.-The 81, 10000 Gov
eminent gold was awarded to-day at 106.2S.
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Maryland.

DRUGSTORE BURNED IN BALTIMORE. e,
BALTIMORE, May 3l.-W. Fl. Brown Bro
thers' drugstore, on south Sharp street,
was burned to-day. Loss, 100000. '
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. WAR-MEETING AT ATHENS.

WAR-MEETING AT ATHENS. ...3..
LONDON, May 31.-The IImes's Paris spe-
cial says: Delegates from the Greek pro-
vinces OF Turkey held meeting at Athens
last night in favor Of war. The Committee
on National Defence has been called on to
distribute arms in those provinces. ! .-.'f
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01

81 New YORK and Sgf ehand Swiss
bondholderz, j onr spetitionstos be made
parties defendant in lthe suit Of, William
Butler Duncan ct al against the Mobile and
Ohio railroud, Judge Trigg, Of the unltea
States District Court, has oyeiTuled the mo
tion. He has also denied the motion 70
restore Morris, Ketchum as trustee OF the
said road. 81. ~. ~ fi,t5tstts~- ~.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-01

Z The Atterney-G General has returned. III
General Comfy, of Ohio, to whom Hayes
rendered the mission to the Sandwich
Islands, has not yet accepted or declined.
The President faYors what he calls :the
Jefrersonian system in diplomacy-that there
should be changes every four years. The
President does not consider that tenure OF
eight or ten years creates o claim for con-.
hnuancein Office. =. =. L. :, J.
There were fifty dismissals to-day sent
from the Bureau Of Printing and Engrav.-:
ing. Three chiefs OF divisions have been
removed, whose places will. be filed; by
new men. 4ss.5,.i.s.
/. Hoffman Atkinson has resigned the sec.
retaryship lof the Legation at st. Peters
jburgh.ss Mr. w ickham' Hoffman, who has
served In the same capacity at Paris and
Lpndony snEeesds him. i ) $50
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J. II. G. Jones; Rev. DIR. A. B. Brown, OF
Pittsylvania; DR.. A. Broaddus, OF Caroline !;
and Professor C. l.! Cooke, Of Hollins In
|;stitute, made earnest aud effective appeals
for this object. ...' .,;. s..13 =. :, h..
Generals Beale and Field spoke as laymen
OF the sacrifices OF the ministry and the OBJ
|tigation Of the churches to sustain them. =
| :, Father Hubbard, who is eighty-fve years
old, recalled some touching "reminiscences
Of the older ministers. ~ i4 '"'''% -. :"
f. DR., Brown, in bis usually able manuer'
urged that unless the general fund be made
large enough to meet all claims upon it
harm would he done by withdrawing local
sympathy. ~ 81 = 80 5,,,:9' -, :
The report was adopted 1T e,.e.'
+. - I. TREAsURER's REPORT. !, .. -.
Dr.HGeorge b. Steel read bis report as
treasurer OF the General Association. The
report shows s21 400 received and disbursed
during the year. 81 800 49, - IL.
After various matters Of routine the As
sociation adjourned until F., d.. ;e., d,
4 -, ~ Might session, ssss.
Prayer by Rev. WA. Whitescaryer.
The house was packed to its utmost ca
pacity. ~. - l "a va a.,
ii ~ MINISTERIAL EDUCATION. r.
MIR. j. T. Ellyson, corresponding secre.
tary, read the iorty-seyenth annual report
| of the Education Board. a3 So
The report opens Witha discussion OF the
question OF denominational aid . students
4 Tor the ministry, answering the objections
Api those who say 1t Q tends to destroy ltheil
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-08
EXPENSIVE FILTRATION.

Mr.. Peter Duvcrnay, French gentleman residing at
No 1Ol East Twenty hth street, was the complainant
yesterday against Jenny Wilson, whom he accused Of
stealing from him Tuesday night pocketbook con-
tanning five dollar United States Treasury note and
gold check for ST. 000 Duvernay said that about eight
O'Clock Tuesday evening he met two young girls IN
Third avenue noar Tenth street and became engaged
In conversation. He walked with them for about
minutes, one on each side OF him. Twice within the
space of minute he felt the hand of her who
his lett hand side In his pantaoons pocket,
and, thrustlng ms hand down suddenly, dis
covered that his pocketbook gone. He
Immediately cried out that he had been robbed, when
the girl his right hand ran away, while the
other remained and demanded to be searched Whilc
they talking and dIsputing another man up
aud the girl suddenly disappeared with him. Mr..
Duvernay described both the girls to Officers Bissert
and Robinson, OF the Seventeenth precinct, Ofccr
Bsscrt arrested Jenny Wilson and friend of hers,
East Fourteenth street. about nine O'Clock yesterday
morning. Mr.. Duvernav was positive In his docara-
tions that Jenny the girl Who put her hand his
pocket As her counsel GAINED TO have abundant tes
timony that she was not the person seen by Mr. Du-
vernay Tuesday night the case was set uown Tor
further mnation at three O'Clock this afternoon.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-08

THE RAID ON "THE.. ALLEN.

Captain Byrnes and Officers sicvin and Doan, OF the
fifteenth precinct, made raid about haltpast ten
Tuesday night on a gambling house No. 615 Broad
way and arrested the alleged proprietor. The. Allen
the dealer William Alderman, alias Sandford aud If
teen other men who were in the house At the time.
They were all locked up for the night in
the Mercer street station house, and were
arragned before Justice Ouerbourg at tho Wash
ington Place Police Court yesterday morning The
Allen and WIN. Alderman were held IN 81, 900 bail
each TO answer, ana the rest were discharged The
cause OF the raid was . complaint made by Edward
Clayton, OF Fort Greene Brooklyn claimed 10 have
lost $500 in Aliens place during The last nth
After tho Justice had decided TO hold the
toned ono OF the officers present about putting
the handouts on Allen when the justice told him that
altogether unnecessary there no fear OF
the man running away. Bail for both parties was
shortly aiterward furnished.