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National Reform Convention

CHICAGO, April l0.-The National
Reform Convention held its first annual
meeting here to-day, Rev. W. W. Ev.
arts OF Chicago, WAS msde temporary
President During the afternoon David
McAllister OF Philadelphis, stated the
objects OF the association, which are 10
maintain the Bible in public schools, Sab
bath laws, the ostn and other Christian
features OF our government, and 10 pro.
vide for them on undeniable legal basis
by religious amendment OF the Federal
Constitution.
Prot. G. A. Blanchard, Of Whenton,
spoke on the ridiculous posture of the
Goddess nation. In the evening the
committees reported, and Rev. iona.
than Edwards, OF Peoria, was chosen
President, with long lis! OF Vice
Presidents. DR.. Edwards made n long
speech, explaining the objects OF the as
to make a new party, but to lay the
four datIons OF what should DO ~
this nation, q holy book, holy name,
and q holy day. He argued
that the Constitution did not embod y
the thoughts which 1t did when first pro-
mulgated by our fathers, who did.not an
ticipste the changes in the religious sen
timents of our people, which have been
superlnduced largely by immigration.
DR.. Evarts also made An address, and
argued that from the first Chrl tlsnlty
WAS an important factor in American
civilization and In the republic, and be-
cause 1t WAS so it should be hOnored and
sanctioned in the education o! her citI
Zcns
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New York Excise Law.

New YORK, April l0.-The Court Of
Appeals having rendered a decision sct
ling forth that the Board OF Excise have
no power al law to grant license 10 per-
son: other than keepers Of inns, tsyerns
or hotels TO sell strong and spirItuous
LIQUOR and wines, TO be drunk 90 the
premises Of those licensed, John GIbney,
= liquor desIdr selhn: under toe license
of the Board OF Excise, was 70 day fned
bv Judge Sutherland the nominal sum OF
one dollar. The punishment was made
light because the dealer ws not
aware that be was violating the
law, but if bought up again
penalty be increased. The action in
Gibney's case has created intense excite
nent in the ranks Of the liquor dealers,
snd District Attorney Phelps has bad q
consultation with the Police COmmission.
ers on the subject, meanwhile the tenn
persnce people are taking advantage Of
the situstion and have organized q tenn
perance crusade, with Oliver Golfer a.
The head, for the wholesale arrest Of the
liquor dealers should the police moi take
action II the mater.
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A Dangerous wine Cask.

New YORK, April l0.-A good deal
of excitement was caused to-day at the
Appraisers store, corner OF Laight and
West streets, by the discovery In ca,k
Of wine Of large tin box filled with dyns-
mite cartridges, which were attached ~
a wire and surrounded with gutts pcrcha
fuses. The cask WAS one OF . cargo from
the steamer Frisia, which we're brought
with a number o! others 10 the Ap.
praisers store. IL was invoiced, "thirty
litres OF wine," and is supposed TO be- from
Hamburg. 1t was addressed TO persons IN
Huntingdon, Ills. 1tsthoughtt 10 b. fool
hardy attempt Of some person 10 ship
dynamite 10 this port, the party knowing
that II the proprietors Of the vessel were
aware Of lts contents. " II were invoic"d,
they would not receive II. Had the cSk
fallen when being hoistsd out of tho
hold, another Bremen. Haven disaster
would have occurred. Had an explosion
occurred in the appraisers store tho con.
sequences would have been very disD.
trous, as fully 400 people are employed
there, and property in theplscs " valued
al 81 100000.
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VIKHNA, April l0-The Rolitieol Or
respoadsnes has intelligence from st.
Petersburg that the Porte rejected the
protocol and Montenegro demand. but
will send an envoy 10 st. Petersburg.
LONDON, April l0.-A dnpatch from
Conttantinople states that the Porte to-
day tslegraphed q long circular TO all
Ottoman representatives abroad. The
circular lays stress On the Porte's desire
for peace and the determination to exc
cute reforms. 1t does not object TO the
protocol absolutely, but only TO those
points which admit Of foreign interfer.
ence in Turkeys internal Affairs. II
repels the declaration appended 10 the
protocol by Count Schouvalof. and says
that the Porte will only consent 10 send
delegate 10 st. Petersburg, and disarm
If Russia is disposed TO disarm At the
same time. II asks the powers TO induce
Montenegro 10 show more concillA.
tory attitude.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg con.
firms the report that Russia had liked on
the 18th inst. rs the date before Nhich the
Porte must give its decision In regard to
sending an ambassador 10 ST. Petersburg.
The Agency Russ says everything dc
pends upon the decision which the am
bassador would bring, but in any case
Russia having gone to the utmost
in the path Of concession, will not go
single step farther.
The St. Peters burg Bour~ Gazette
declares that war Is inevitable. The sit
usticn 10 such that = retreat Is impossible
for either party
BERLIN, April l0.-The Post states
that the Emperor, in gracious terms,
has refused Prince BlsmArck's request to
DO pensioned of, but has accorded him
. heightened leave of absence. Camp
hansen, by right Of seniority. will repre-
sent the Chancellor in AL Imperial
affairs.
LONDON, April l0-A telegram 70.
ceived from Vefyk Psshs, President OF
the Turkish Chamber of Deputies, says:
The Russians declare things are going
very badly In Bulgaria They are right.
We have discovered tho eIisteaco OF two
incendiary Russian agencies there.
LONDON, April IA specinl to tho
Times from st. Petersburg says that bad
news has been received by the govern
ment from Turkey and that war mani.
feslo is expected Friday.
CossTASTiSoPLE, April l0. - Tho
Turkish Chamber OF Deputies have 70.
| iected the demands OF Montenegro.
Twenty-Five members were Sb'en;, but
their views will be ascertained before the
! final decision is made. Peace or war
depends on Russias reception OF tho
Turkish circular. There is somo ques-
ton OF prolonging the armistice between
Turkey and Montenegro alter April
10Th. The Turkish Chamber OF Dcpu.
tis finally rejected the demand. Of
Montenegro by vote Of 10 " 10.
LONDON, April l0.-The 7'nss in -
leader reviewing tho situation ssys: y
circular has been issued by the Port.
giving an unisyorablc reply to the pro.
tocol and the demand for n disarmament.
Even though the refusal may not be 50
absolute A. 10 prec ude further gotta.
tions or dissipAte every hope that the do
termination may be rcconsidercd, u 10
impossible TO look on II except ~ n very
grave event. Only tho most urgent
representations Of the powers st ~.
Petersburg and Consiantinople can now
| prevent 4 collision.
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Mysterious Disappearance.

COLUMBUS, April l0.-lntense excite
ment prevails in Orange township, Della
ware county, over the mysterious disap.
pearar ce OF Martin Haven, Il boy aged
seven years, from his fathers house last
Sunday morning. When last seer the
child was in company with Edward
Booker, negro employed or the Haven
farm. Two days have now been spent In
looking for the missing boy, but up to
this time no trace has been discovered Of
either the boy or the colored msn, IN
whose compsny he was last seen walking
about the iarm. AS soon rs BOOker's
wife. also servant on the farm, disco' Or
ed that her husband was gone, she
came TO this city where she
was arrested to-day, but persisted
in dec caring she knew nothing of
the whereabouts of the boy or husband.
The missing child has isir complexion.
and when last seen had n faded blue suit
on. Booker and hls wife are well known
to the police, and Lave in the past been
under arrest Tor drunkenness. Booker
il very black, is about 33 years old, and
about 5 feet II inches high. 1t is sup
posed be has taken the child 10 hold 1t
for reward from the father, who is 10
very good circumstances.
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Bismarck.

LONDON, April l0.-The Pail Mall
Gazette has a special from Berlin saying
that Notwithstanding the present ar
rsngement it is doubtful if Bismarck
will not retire altogether from his office
When submitting his request for
retiring he presented medical
certificate, showing that his continuance
IN office must be highly prejudicial to his
health and may even imperil his lite. On
the ground that the Prince Is reported as
opposed TO pledging himself to any length
of time, the Reichstsg will to-day con-
slider the recommendation from the En-
peror calling on it to invest Csmphsson
and Won Bulow with power to repre-.
sent Bismarck during his absence.
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YESTERDAY promptly at the hour OF
Il o'clock the United States soldiers who
have been occupying the state house at
Columbus, South Carolina, marched of to
their barracks and duty; and the Pre-
tender CHAMBERLAIN as promptly re.
signed his struggle of attempting to rule
over the people of that state in defiance
of their will. In his parting shot he
sends Il sting to the heart of the Pretender
of the White House, which will no doubt
be fully appreciated in that quarter.
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Bank Failure.

Boston, April l6.--The injunction re-
strainIng the North Bridgewater Savings
Bank from dong business until after
hearing on the 23d, was immediately due
to the death Of the treasurer, Ed South.
worth, leading Methodist and of un-
blemnhed reputation. While living ne
is said to have squsudered large prop
erty of lis own and victImized others TO
pesrly 100000 in western speculation.
The extent Of the banks loss will not De
known until after the hearing.
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OHIo is taking some leading steps in
educational matters. One of these was 8
Provision TO buy books for children
whose parents or guardians are too poor
Iurnlsh them, and another now before
'ae Legislature contemplates inviting
proposals. from publishers for furnishing
"i! books. This is something with Il
uecidedy practical aspect. If there is
Vae Item Of tax, which more than
no'ae' has been injurious and unjust
'a 2eads Of families, it is the text book
'''!' which compels parents to buy new
''OA' when they would be better salts
- wild the old, and at prices which are
'!''00sI with the lppermost monopoly,
'-eaeVer 1t may be, and which are, to a
''''''n extent, regulated or enhanced by
'-' cost Of lobbying an order for a
-'4se through educational boards. If
''' Vno Legislature euacts such a law
'-a' under consideration, no doubt its
'@'s Will be stteLtively noted in other
Sa.es.
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WRESTLING Match.

DETROIT, April l0.-Cousiierable In
terest has been manifested il the wrest.
ling contest, which occurred in whitney's
Opera House tonight between Col. j.
h. Mclaughlin and Morris Thieband
Bauer, of New York. McLaughlin's
height is 6 feet and weighs 222 pounds.
Bauer's height is 8 feet l0inches and
weighs ls6 pounds. F. l.. King Of Iona
Michigan, acted as umpire for Nc
Laughlin and jacob Martin Of Ypsilanti,
Michigan, for Bauer. Hsrry Hill, Of
New York, was chosen referee. The
match was for $500 side and the door
money, consisting OF the best two in three
falls, first fall in collar and elbow, second
in Grseco- Roman and the third to be de-
cided by the toss Of penny. After the
usual preliminsries time was called At
$50 P. NJ, when the two contestants
came TO the 'front.' shook hands, and were
greeted by loud cheers from the crowd
which entirely filled the opera house.
After considerable amount Of spar
ring and feeling OF each others strong
and weak points, At S:45 Mclaughlin
threw Bauer, which was declared no fall
By the referee, neither of Bsuers hips
touching the floor.
Time WAS called 1t S:49, when Nc
Mclaughlin again threw Bauer in pre-.
cisely fifty seconds. This fall was de
clsred in favor of Mclaughlin by the
referee.
At 9:0S time was called for the Grseco-
Roman hold, and after many scien.
tltic moves on both sides, Bauer
threw Mclaughlin and was declared the
winner Of the fall.
Bauer won the toss, and named 'catch
as catch can" again for the third hold.
Time was called at 9:34. This round
lasted four inutes, and resulted in Nc
Lsughiin throwing Bauer and winning
the match.
The result was hailed by tremendous
cheering, and the large crowd quietly
dispersed, we'll satisfied with the decision
and the result of the contest. There was
large number Of visitors from neigh
boring cities and towns in the city to see
the match
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ADKERTISING.

lug New York Herald, of last SUNDAY,
'a'alns seventy-lour solid columns of
~ advertisements, all short and com.
t'1sas've, telling of wants, chances for
y,'s'nents, Nv business opportunities, &c.
'O'amh contains IN the neighbor.
- 4" sixty distinct advertisements,
'sS''ng about 1000 In this single is.
" that paper. In this mirror
rejected the status of the
''y' issde and commerce of the
''y OF New York. No possible
~, o' etitoralizing and localizing
,.,.' Mo- be made to convey so faithful a
:. -'s 0' the varied interests ofthe city,
presented by tie 1000 advertise.
,,,' In England they are far in sd-
T., y. Us In this country, in the mat.
.,.. " advertising. There, the
o,, popular papers are those
u s the most advertising. On
Dana, s'se' well conducted English
as,.' ,,' contain three pages OF advertise.
..,5., I" one Of reading mstter; and the
,s,,i,;. : naturally turns first to the ad
.Sis. s0'uths IN that country as ths
nd sa.n 'u'' country do to the marriages
h.bs,..4 lhe advertising pages are
lie -ocsn ''s OF English papers, wha
Ans,io, 'o'umns are to the readers of
oalyns, papers The Herald is tn,
nc,sstsps ssps' IN this country which hs:
dive s'sa sli, in 'iValing the best specimen. en-,
Dsn'h papers in this regard.
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cou,.u.,o. Of ..s~y.. Wiz. s..."

NEw ORLEANS, April TO. "A conVen.
ton Of the order Of Heptssoph', or ).
W NJ, meet 70 morrow ni IL O'Clock.
Delegations from Maryland, Virginia,
Indiana, Ohio, Alsbana and Ter1 sre
already here. Supreme Archer, w. y.
Foster, OF Virgins, was met nj the depot
tonight by large city delegation With
music and a salute Of seven guns, and
escorted 10 the City hots.. where nd
dresses were made from the balcony by
Supreme Archer Foster, representative,
g. V. Masol, Of Maryland, and Ar
Mayer, Of TerD. Judge Tlssot, Grand
Archer 81 Louisiana, responded in Nh
address Of welcome.
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Confidence operator

ST LOUIS, April l0.-A man giving
his name as G. w. Thompson, was ar
rested at o'clock to day charged with
obtaining goods from several firms under
false pretences, and giving bogus checks
therefor. He Was placed in cell at the
Chestnut street police station, ana while
the officers were looking over the papers
found on his person, ne cut his throat
with q pocket knife, making fearful
cash in the windpipe, but not touching
the iugular vein. he has also received
goods from Louisville and other points,
and seems to be regular confidence
operator.
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THE VoTE THAT MADE THE PREs1-

The VoTE THAT MADE THE PREs1-
DENT. is the title of pamphlet by
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, in which he ex-
poses the Louisiana Returning Board
frauds. in his inimitable style. "Neither
Congress nor the Electoral Commissi on, 4"
he says, "could give an honest title with
out investigating the honesty OF the trans
actions on which the title was founded
and vet President has been installed
in the face of offers to prove frauds, the
grossest, the most shameless and the
most corrupt in all our history" Mr.
FIELDS pamphlet is pepperly and truth.
full all through. We thank him for the
copy sent.
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womans Missiouar, society

DAYTON, April lO.-The annual con-
ventiOn of the Womsn's Missionary So
ciety of the Baptist Church of the West
will be held here tomorrow and Thurs
day. The Society WAS organized SIX
years sgo for the purpose OF sending mis-
sionsrlcs among the women Of Oriental
countries inaccessible t9 male mi-slons-
rles. There are two branches Of the
Society, one in the east with head
quarters At Boston, and one IN the west
with headquarters ~ Chicago. This is
the first convention held outside Of that
city. A large number OF delegates are
expected from sl psrts o! the ws'..
A recount of the votes cast for City
Solicitor in the recen! election gives the
election to Col ). B. Smith, the Repub-
lican candidate, by one vote. The
election had been scce1ed By the Repub-
licsns TO the Democratic candidate.
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Bogus Railroad Tickets.

OMAHA, April lO.-iestertsy man
named John w. Prye wss arrested IN
Council Bluff, By deputy sheriff OF this
county, on charge OF having large
number of bogus railroad tickets IN ms
possession, which he had tried 70 dispose
OF to scslper in this city. At the e1.
animation TO-DAY il was sscertained tnsi
be had forty tickets from Omaha to San
Francisco, worth $4,000; also several pur'
porting TO be issued by the Pennsylvsnla,
Alexandria and Fredericks burg and Bal
titnore and Ohio rosds. He Is here IL
iail, awaiting further eIamir alton.
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Shooting AHray,

MONTPELIER, VI, April 10.-This
afternoon Hiram Arbuckle, of East
Montpelier, shot Geo. Short twice, then
leaving him tor dead repaired to the
blacksmith shop of his brother in-law,
Geo. Banaroft, and shot him through the
arm, as he was shoeing horse. Ban
croft ran and Arbuckle pursued him,
shooting him in the back and through
the head, killing him. He then went
to his house and shot himself through
the heart. He is believed to have been
insane. Short is in critical state.
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In our editorial on the proposed
Grange Wool Warehouse, the other day,
we inadvertently stated that this ware
house had been located in Steubenville.
This is Lot strictly the case; but the in
dicstions were at that writing, that it
would be so located. We learn now,
however, that q new move is on foot
which bids fair 10 succeed, looking to
its location in Wheeling. A decision
will not be made in the matter for few
days
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Pviso er Potsos cd.

NASHVILLE, April 10 Edward
Lsyor, con yicted OF murder In the crimi-
nal court Of thu city and sentenced 70
the peniten,isry for life, died in hu cell ,o-
day. He WAS supposed u have been
poi.onei, and his wife, who bad Tree
sccess 70 the criminal, is supposed 10
have furnished him with the deadly drug.
A post norte,n eIsmin alton was held to-
night, bu. there was no evidence Of death
being caused By the heart or brain bsing
di.sa,ed ~ both we're in their norms
condition. Bs brain wei shei 67t
ounces. A further examination will te
made to-morrow.
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II Europe escapes a war it will not be
-. ,oul. of the Turks. The trouble with
Turkey i. that if she fight, she will pro-
bsby be cleaned out, but If she does not
s,bt she will go to pieces. Of the two
.vi,. the Turks may prefer that which
,,omises the most plunder.
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IneeuSifary RfPeS.

LorIsvILLE, April l0.-At ClArksviile,
Tenn. to-day, Pace & Williams di,iiI.
lery Was destroyed by FIRE. AT New
providence, Tenn, the -four mill o: the
New Providence Flour Mill Company
ives burned this mornIpg. Loss on the
former 81, 900; on the latter $1,000, with
two thirds insurance. The Courier
Journal says both were csussd by incen-
diAAies.
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The Nichols Legislature.

NEW OsLEAss, April lOl-AI II
o'clock ", Tomorrow the probation OF
time slIotted by the Republicans Of the
Nichols Legislature for sli absent mem
bers - take their seats, With full title 20
receive mileage and per diem, expires.
The impression among the conservatives
l. .ba; enough members may avail them
seIve. of this resolution 70 give the
Nichols House = returning board quo
rim
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suit TO Recover Deficit I'm Stamp Ac'
cOunI.

SAN FRANCISCO, April l0.-Suit was
brought to-day in the Circuit Court oy
the United States against ID. w. Cheese
man. ex-ssslstant treasurer of the San
Francisco mint, to recover an alleged
deficit in the internal revenue stamp ne.
count of Sl,7O0. The defendant alleges
that the stamps were shipped to him in
packages purportiug to contain certain
quantities and values, several OF which
lell short, amounting in the total to the
alleged deficiency.
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II the streets o! the city OF Wheeling
csnnOt be swept so rs to save US the in
fiction OF the binding clouds OF dust
which carry discomfort to inhabitants
SD destruction u fabrics and furniture,
might they not n; least be sprlnkled?
Such days ss Sunday and yesterday,
with dust, and grlt, and sand, beatiDg e
aad driving everywhere, are quite enough
!spa: one out OF the notion of living in
tne city AID 10 Oring sigh for country
Si-
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Reading R.,Iro.A Esx,.e~s..

PHILADELPHIA, April l0-Ths loco
motive engineers have referred the ques
ton Of strike 20 COMMITTEES oi i've
who will repor. 10 few day. IL !. re-
ported to-nigh: that IN tbe event
Of any engineer on the
man line Of the Reading road BE-.
ing asked % sever hi connection with
the Brotherhood, the entire body Of er =
gineers will retire. They are able 70
meet ell emergencies
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The BENDER Family

LITTLE Rock, April l0.-A dispatch
from Fort Smith to the agent of the AS
socisted Press says that the koeter alias
Bender family were brought back tC
Fort Smith this morning on writ OF
habsas corpus issued by Judge Parker,
of the u. S. Court. They were over
taken at Muscsgee, and will have sn ex
animation before Judge Parker.
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THAT fashion has its literature, and
that art is employed in its service to ex-
cellent purpose, is made apparent BY an
inspection of "Andrews' Bazaar" The
admirable fashion letters from Paris,
London and New York, are models OF
their kind, and readable as romance.
The "Bazar" Is published by w. 4. An
drews, Cincinnati.
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Correspondence,

COLUMBIA, April 10.-The following
correspondence has been made public:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA, April 10, II. }
SIR:--Having learned that you now
propose to turn over to me the Executive
Chamber with the records and papers
belonging TO the Executive office now in
your possession, beg to inform you that
| will send the proper officer to receive
the same at any hour you may name as
most convenient to you.
am, very respectfully, your obedleni
servant, WADE HA%PToN,
Governor.
To Hon. d. II. Chamberlain.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
COLUMBIA, April ~, 1877.
SIR:-Replying TO your note OF this
date, have to say that my private sec
retary will meet such officer rs you msy
designate at IL o'clock NJ. tomorrow, AT
the executive chamber, for the purpose
indicated in your note
Very respectfully,
ID. Ii. CHAMBERLAIN,
GouerHor Of Sonth Carolina.
To Hon. Wade Hampton.
There is no excitement whatever.