The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-05-19
CHARLEY ROSS.

CHARLEY ROSS.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN, May 3D.
The father of Charley Ross is here
in consultation with P. T. Barnum.
The latter will make personal offer
of $4,000 for the recovery of the
boy. 1t is believed from recent evil
dence that he is still alive, and that
the reward with a guarantee of i'm
munity from punishment, will in
duce the captors to restore him.
MORE TROOPS FOR SALT LAKE.
NEW YORK, May ia Herald
special from Salt Lake says the arm
ing and drilling of Mormons contin-
ues throughout Utah, and there is
much alarm among the Gentiles.
Governor Emory has written to the
Secretary of War at Washington.
asking for more troops to be sta
toned at Camps Douglass, Cameron,
st. George, Logan and Fort Hall.
The presence of a sufficient body of
troops would allay the apprehen-
sions of those who are alarmed at
the Mormon preparations.
DELAWARE PEACH CROP.
PHILADELPHIA, May 13.-The Of
ficials of the Delaware division of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad have compiled a
report of the peach crop from infor-
nation gathered by the local station
agents throughout the peninsula.
The facts have obtained from the
best authorities in the several neigh
borhoods, and estimates made by the
most competent observers.
The final returns were collated on
Saturday, and the results are re-
markably favorable. The trees are
shown to be everywhere in first rate
condition, and the fruit giving every
promise of attaining perfect ma.
turity. The estimates states the
probable yield at 100000 baskets.
If these forecasts are realized the
crop will be IS per cent. greater than
ever before. The fruit is believed to
be beyond danger of harm.
RUMoRs FROM THE CAPITAL.
WASHINGTON, May IL. - There
were few callers at the White House
to day, so far as office were concern
ed. There were, however, a num-
Der of official visitors, and several
exmembers of the Cabinet.
The Secretary Of the Navy has ap-
pointed Paymaster A. S. Kinney,
Commissary at the Naval Academy
at Annapolis, in place of Col. Rich.
ard Swan, who died few days ago.
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens leaves
here on Tuesday for his home in
Georgia.
Robert H. Crittenden, son of the
late Hon. j. ]. Crittenden, of Ken
lucky, has been appointed United
States Marshall for that State.
The DEPARTMENT of State has been
officially informed that Gen. Haw-
ley, President, Alfred T. Goshorn,
Director General, and Meyer Ash,
Assistant Secretary of the Centen-
NAL Commission, have been created
by the King of Holland, knights of
the Order of the Golden Lion of the
Netherlands. This mark of Honor
is in consideration of their courtesy
to the representative of that c0un-
try at the Centennial Exhibition.
PRESIDENT HAYES AT NEW YORK.
New YORK, May, 15.-The cere-
Ony of unwilling the statue of Fitz
reene Halleck in Central Park took
lace at 3 o'clock this P. M. before a
large assembly including the Presi-
dent of the United States and dis
tInguished company of invited guests
AT half-past l O'Clock President
Hayes and other prominent guests
invited to attend the ceremonies
were entertained at lunch by General
and Mr.. James Grant Wilson, at their
house No. Is East Seventy-fourth
street. Amoung the guests were
Secretary Evarts, Gen. Sherman,
Vice Admiral Rowan, Gen Hancock
VIM. Cullen Bryant, Gov. Morgan,
Mayor Ely, John Jay, Bayard Taylor
Secterary Schurz, Secretary Thomp-
son, and many other prominent
gentlemen. At ESQ the Seventh
Regiment and Seventh Regiment
Veteran corps were reviewed by the
President and Gen. Sherman from
the steps of Gen. Wilson's house.
After the review procession was
formed to march to the site of the
Halleck staue. The members of the
commission and invited guests rode
in carriages and followed the Seventh
Regiment. Arriving at the statute
the guests took seats on the platform