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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

EX-GOY. SEYMOUR, of New York, is
TO deliver an Grafton at the celebration of
the centennial Of the Battle Of Saratoga.
CAPT. JOSEPH HILDEsHEIMER, a
prominent German of North Carolina, will
be appointed Consul to Bremen.
FRED. HASsAUREK is about to return
from Europe to take charge of the Cincinnati
VOlkSbldtt
GEN. JOHN T. WILDER is to be Post
master at Chattanooga, Tenn, superseding
The present incumbent. Gen. Wilder is re-
nOwned as the commander of the celebrated
mounted Wilder Infantry, raised in Indi-
ana, but-has been living in Tennessee for
some years.
THE President and Cabinet have ac-
cepted an invitation TO attend the Exposition
at Louisville, September Il, the anniversary
OF the adoption of the Federal Constitution.
MEssRs. MCCORMICK, Noyes, Cum
back, Fiiley and Rule, all Federal office
holders and members of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, have handed in their
designations as members Of the Committee.
Miss BLANCHE DAVENPORT, daughter
of Mr.. f. L. Davenport and sister of Fannie,
has made her debut in opera at the San
Carlo Opera house, Naples, and met with
the most gratifying success. Miss Dayen-
ports stage name is Blanche Lablache.
THE President has appointed Jos, l..
Morphis United States Marshalfor the North
ern District of Mississippi, Uice Pierce, re-
signed. -T-..r .....--.
EX-GOv. +. J. JONES, of South Caro-
lima, was arrested on the oath, charged with
having, as Speaker of the House Of Repre-
sentatives in 1872, issued fraudulent pay
certificates.
THE President has rendered the posi-
iion Of Commissioner Of Indian Affairs to F.
Rollins, of North Carolina. -
GEN. GRANT was at Berne, Switzer-
land, on the 18th, where he was received by
the President of the Swiss Confederation.
Col. II. w. JACKSON, a well known
lawyer of Chicago, and an officer in the Fed
eral army during our War, has accepted a
position on the Turkish staff. lie had letters
from Gen. Sheridan commencing him to the
Russian authorities, but, failing TO obtain
there the facilities for observation he desired
he went over to the Turks, where he was
more kindly received.
THOMAS PLACTDE, an old and favor
lite actor, committed suicide at Toms River,
Nj, on the Goth. He was suffering from an
incurable cancer.
GEo. w. MATsELL, formerly Police
Commissioner Of New York City, died on
the 25th.
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TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

The daring Capt. Grape and wife,
who started out from New Bedford on a
voyage across the Atlantic in a whale-boat,
arrived at Mounts Bay, Cornwall, England
on the 2lst. --- - 80.
The banking house of J. G. Easton, at
Hannibal, No., suspended on the 2lst. 1t is
stated that creditors will ultimately be paid
in full.
The steamer Golden Rule, engaged in
the Cincinnati and New Orleans trade, was
sunk near Omega, Miss, on the 2lst and will
probably be a total loss.
THE Bill of Rights adopted by the
Georgia Constitutional Convention recog-
nizes all races of citizens and pledges all
protection in their right of citizenship.
There has been more fighting in san
Domingo, in which the revolutionary Gen.
Almonte was wounded and his forces dis
persed.
By the falling of span of railway
bridge over the Little Miami River, near
Liuwood, O., on the oath, six persons were
killed and eight or more injured. The ac-
cident is attributed to the weak trestle- work
falllnE 10 sustain Ine supefsHuctuFe-
The Metropolitan Theater in Detroit
was burned on the morning of the 22d.
Loss about $4,000, fully insured.
Six mills of the American Powder
Company at Acton, Mass, exploded in sue
cession on the path. Carelessness was the
cause. Phineas Keefe was killed and Hiram
Drew MORALLY wounded. Nearly a dozen
lanS.
600. ~ .tkaAAl Nt "a
A serious riot occurred in San Fran
cisco on the odd, in which mob made an
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mittee resulted in the woundins of four
rioters.
The boatmen on the Ohio Canal struck at
Akron on the 18th.
The Terre Haute strikers, on the 18th,
stopped all passenger business over the Van
dalia line.
The citizens of Louisville, KY, enrolled
themselves on the 18th, under command Of
Gen. Basil n. Duke, for the purpose of pro-
tectlng life and property. The mob spirit
was very threatening.
The employees OF the st. Louis and
Southeastern Railroad struck at Evansville
on the 18th.
A strike on the Texas Pacific Railroad
went into effect on the 18th. The men de-
mand three months back pay and the with
drawal of the order for 10 per cent. reduc-
ton of wages.
An Erie Railway Express train was ditch
ed about 50 miles east of Elmira, n. Y, on
the 25th. One rail had been entirely re-
moved from the track, and the spikes drawn
: from eight or nine more. Only three peo-
pie were slightly injured. H
All trains were stopped at Scranton, Pa.
on the 25th, and the streets were thronget
with railroad strikers, idle miners, and Other
/ dangerous classes. -r
The engineers and firemen. on the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western and the
/ Morris and Essex Railroads struck OF
/ the 25th against proposed reduction o.
wages. -'' 70
The Erie Railway strike at Hornellsville
Il NY was satisfactorily adjusted on the 18th
and trains again commenced running.
The Governors of Indiana, Kentucky
Michigan and Missouri issued proclama
lions on the Goth, ordering all rioters TO dis
perse.
A general strike of all coal miners and la
borers in the Lackawanna Valley took etfec
on the 26th.
Trains recommended running on both tn,
New York Central and the Erie on the 18th
At Peoria, ILL.,, on the 9th, about 80 riot
ers were lodged in Jail.
On the 9th the Missouri, Kansas an
Texas Company acceded to the terms Q
their strikers and restored wages to the fig
ures received prior to January LIST.
The Toledo Railroad strikers tore up tn
tracks to prevent the movement Of trains o
the 9th.
The indianapolis strikers, on the 9th
agreed to permit all passenger trains t
move regularly.
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At ack upon the Chinese quarter. The po-
lice succeeded in quelIing the outbreak and
lodged some Of the ringieadefs in Jail.
A Telegram Of the Path says that the
fndiansafe raidingthe country aroundDead-
wood and that a number OF settlers and
teamsters have been killed.
The anti-Chinese riots in San Fran.
cisco broke out afresh on the night Of the
oath. A number Of factories employing
Chinese labor were burned by ineendiaries.
Citizens to the number Of over 5000 enrolled
themselves as a vigilance committee to co.
operate with the authorities. A number of
persons were Wounded in n collision be-
tween thepolice and the mob,
An excursion train over the Phila-
delPhla and Atlantic City Narrow gauge
Railroad ran off the track four miles west Of
Norristown, Pa, on the 18th. One brake
man was killed and ten passengers were
wounded.
Jules Guidry was hanged at Lake
Charles, La, on the 18th, FOR the murder of
John Beale.
A powder-nagazine exploded at Shar-
on, Pa, on the 26th, killing one man and
seriously injuring four or five others. The
magazine contained 600 kegs of powder and
belonged to the Austin Powder Company,
of Cleveland. The building was blown to
atoms, and the explosion was heard at dis
lance OF oyer 30 miles. Powder had been
frequently missed, and it is believed several
thieves were in the building at the time OF
the explosion, although the fragments of on
ly one man had been found.
Gen. Thos. Guardin, Commander OF
the Army, has deposed President Hervia and
taken possession of the Government Of Costa
Rica. Hervia is confined as prisoner in the
Capitol
Gen. Pedro Valdez, an adherent OF
LerdO, has surrendered to the Diaz Govern
ment and received a pardon.
Richard II. Shuck was hanged al
Owenton, KY, on the 9th, fot the murder
of Nelson Parrish, His last words were
Don't hang me, gentlemen; am an inno-
cent man."
Albert Trammal, a negro preacher
was hanged at RosstOn, Nevada County
Ark, on the 9th, for the murder of his wife
five years ago. Trammal confessed his
guilt.
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A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 26th
says: The Government has decided to
treat the riotous demonstrations all over
the country as an instruction, and TO
suppress it in accordance with the laws
of the United States and the States in
such cases made and provided. 1t was
to-day ordered that additional regu-
lar troops be stationed along the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, for the pur-
pose of opening at once the entire
line of freight and passenger traffic.
All persons who resist will be held
amenable under the Presidents procla-
nation, and, if possible, be promptly
arrested. but certainly dispersed. Gov.
Hartranft will certainly be sustained in
opening the Pennsylvania Road, and
suppressing the resistance elsewhere to
the law in Pennsylvania. There has
been such a concentration of the regu-
lar army and marine and naval forces,
that no doubt is now entertained of the
ability of the Government to put down
the rioters and place the railroads in
running order,
THE War Department, on the 26th,
received telegram from Gov. Penning-
ton, of Dakota Territory, stating that
Agency Indians we've numbering citizens
and destroying property in all parts of
the Black Hills, and asking for further
protection. Twenty or more murders
had taken place in the past few days.
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THE MARKETS.

ST. LOUIS, July %, Is77-
BEEvEs-Choice TO Fancy, s6OOS 6,Z2i So %
20 Prime. S5-5095-o5; Natye CO"S' . ''U'''''
Texan and Indian, s240d 4.5O-
HOGS shipping, SLlOGoM.
sHEEP-Clfpped, s3.2564.I5- 1900
FLOUR-Choice, 1851; 70; XX4' S6SSS 2; ~
WHEAT-Red. NO z, 4l.5O0A-o0' NJ d %A'-'
O. C CO.'S Mixed. 4s1I@4s9Ie
OATs-NO. 9, 27ZG2Sc.
RYE-No. 2, 5S659c.
TIMOTHY SEED-Prime, $l.509l55. $50,
ToBAcCo-Dark Lugs. S275SS-15' Medium
Dark Leaf, S6-3067.50- -
HAY-Choice Timothy, Sl2.5OGlS.Oo
BUTIER-Creamery, 25d27c-
EGGS-Fresh, S69c-
PoRK-standard Mess, sls; lOsl2$5- sapanc.
WOOL-Tub- washed, Choice new, S57s @1A"'
Unwashed Combing, 20034e.
CoTTON-Middiing. IKE.
SEW YORK. -.
BEEvEs-Native Steers, Sl00O9 400; Texan
and Cherokee, 50 O0G 1850.
SHEEP-S5.O006.75 IS; Lambs, S6.25GS-75-
HoGs-Dressed, $500 $50
FLOUR-GOod to Choice, $50 $50.
WHEAr-No 2 milwaukee,, sllso0l.s1-
CORN-Western Mixed, 62GO4c.
OATs-western Mixed, 32G5sc
PoRK-Mess, Sl4259 14-3O.
CoTTOS-Middlfng. l2Kc.
CHICAGO.
BEEvEs-Common 70 Choice, y 10 100.
HOGs-Common 20 Choice, 4y99.2:
sHEEP-COmlyion TO Choice. S5.0O05.25.
FIOUR-ChOice Winter, So-0Oo5.zoS Onoice
Spring superfne, S4.5095oo
hHEAI-SpIlllEb w - ~--St > -H~0f
No g. 81 07k1I-13. ltf
CoRN-No. 2, Az e49c
OATs-No. 2. E0HHc-
RYE-No. 2, 54G55c.
PoRK-Mess. Sl3-25Dl3-50
KANSAS CITY.
BEEvEs-Native Steers, S2.7505.40; Native
Cows 9. O063s5.
HoGs-S3 75G4.35.
FLOUR-XX 20 Patent, per sack, S2.0oa40o-
CORS MEAL-Per cwt., S0GS5e-
WHEAT-So.3. Si.I7GlI7H.
CORS-No. 9, SIX d3Sc.
MEMPHIS
FLoUR-Choice. S9.O069-50.
COaE-slixed, 6506oc-
OATs-WIaite, 5e857c. 3
COTrOS-Middling, Hc-
NEW ORLEANS.
FLOUR-ChOice FAM, S92 q $50
CORN-White, 7767Sc.
OArs-St Louis, 40d43e.
HAY-Prime, S14.50al5,50-
PoRK-New Mess sl4sSI4z 0l4yi4
3ACOS-7Z89c.
C0TIOS All Cling. Has.
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INCFNDIARISM.

BALTIMORE, duly 2a.--Fhis morning an
ineendiary fireda train Of B5 or 40 cars load
ed with crude petroleum., al yiaduct Station,
q shot distance beyond the city limits. The
Gre spread rapidly, and cars of train on
the adjoining track were also set on fire. A
locomotive was sent out, and that portion
of the train not on fire was drawn off, amid
the jeers and cries Of large crowd Of
strikers. Nine cars were con-
sumeds Notwithstanding apparent
biiiet, the most excited feeling pre-
walls. Four hundred regular troops,
including those from Fort Columbus, n. Y,
and Fortress Monroe, arrived this morning,
and are under immediate command of Gen.
Hancock. the troops from Fort Column
bus marched from the President Street De-
pot Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad, up Pratt Street to the
Camden Depot, a few stones were thrown
from the crowd on the sidewalk and one of
the soldiers was struck. The ASSAULT was
apparently UNDECIDED, as the men marched
on without halting, and the assailant was
promptly arrested by the police. OF 200
rioters arrested last night number have
been taken to the Southern Police Station,
and all identified as rioters promptly lodged
in jail 1t is stated tonight by authority,
that among the $50 men of those arrested
last night and lodged in the City Jail. there
is not ore railroad 1tiaLs = son 81
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WIT AND WISDOM.

NOVEL advertisement: Found-A
kid mitten. The owner will oblige the
finder by leaving the mate at this office.
jim JAMs-knOwn in aristocratic cir
cles as James Fitz JaHes-is now
christened by the Yonkers Gazette
James Preserves.
Mrs. BROWN has been accustomed
every su;irner for the last thirty years
to tell Mr.. Brown not to sit in his shirt
sleeves, and for the first time that ami
able man has retorted: "How can a
man sit in his shirt sleeves?n
We can not learn any particulars of
the hunting excursion made by a cross
eyed man and another fellow last week.
But the cross-eyed man has the air Of
one who discovers himself in error, and
the basement of the other fellows pam
falcons resembles the top of pepper
box, and he does not sit down any,
where.
LAST year at this time you were
prancing around with a white oil-cloth
cape with torch in hand and a mouth
full of party enthusiasm. This year you
sit in the grocery and ache your jaw
over Turco-Russian names or lean over
the fence and watch your neighbor pur-
sue the bounding pOtato-bug. Life is
full of mutations. ...-
4 FAIR maid flushing red
With an unknown feeling,
But shRn,ed TO bow her head
For all her lovers kneeling;
so is the story told.
-Bldck7roodS MdgaziRe.
AND now she maITiedis
To one of those admirers;
She's in the spanking biz,
And builds the morning firers;
So is the story told.
st. Louis Journal,
A NEW story of Macready is going the
rounds of the London clubs. The great
tragediap was playing Macbeth in the
provinces. The actor who had rehearsed
the messenger in the last act was found
to be absent when called. A super "
was sent on to speak the messengers
lines. Gas l did stand my watch upon
the hill, looked toward Birnam, and
anon methought the wood began to
move.n Mac5eth-Liar and slave! ST.
per-'Pon my soul, Mr.. Macready, they
told me to say it.
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A COOPERATIVE movement, based on
the English system first started at Roch-
dale, has begun in Indiana and other
States. The Organization is on the Ma
sonic plan, there being " grand guild"
and subordinate g guilds - the latter OF
which have for their object apparently
the promotion of cooperative enter
prises of any legitimate character.
Among other schemes, that of an In
ventors' Union has been projected,
whereby inventors are assisted in pre-
pairing their devices, a workshop is pro-
vided, and other encouragement afford,
ed.
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AT BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, July PA crowd of about
5000 assembled in the vicinity of Camden
Station last night and threatened to break
into the warehouse. They were charged
upon by $50 police, who fred blank car
tridges and caused them to scatter. About
90 arrests were made, none of them railroad
men, however. An attempt was made by
some of the rioters TO pilage a gun store.
The windows were broken in, but the police
arrested and dispersed the whole crowd.
Bonded and general warehouses were guard
ed last night bv detachment of United
States troops. and Government vessel with
shotted guns trained on approaches.
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CURRENT TOPICS

A DESPATCH from Rio Grande City,
Texas, 2lst, to the Galveston Ne,os, says
that great excitement prevails on ac-
count of the arrest there, by Col. Price,
OF the United States Army, of Gen. Es-
cobedo and staff. The latter was just
getting ready to cross the river, and was
expecting lot of arms by boat.
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srp1o1,s WORK At RrFFALo.

BUFFALO, n. u, July 24.-The train COM
ling from Westield, on the Lake Shore, with
a company of militia belonging to the Eighth
Division, was stopped by the strikers about
8 O'Clock this morning above Tifft's firm, in
the outskirts of the city. The mob
entered the cars, and succeeded in
forcing from some of the soldiers
their muskets, when general fight en-
sued with firing of guns on both sides, and
the throwing OF stones by the assailantS.
One man was killed, and a number serious
" wounded. The militia company ADAM
dcned their arms to the strikers, and scat
tered and fled. The entire force of State
Militia in Western New York has been
placed under the command of Gen. K. How
ard, of the Eighth Division, and the greater
part of this division has been ordered to
Buffalo.
FATAL CONFLICT At READING, PA.
READING, Pa, July 23.-Several thousand
persons assembled along the Reading Rail-
road this afternoon and stopped the freight,
coal and passenger trains, only permitting
mail trains to proceed. At O'Clock this
evening seven companies Of the Fourth
Regiment of National Guards of Philadel-
phia arrived and proceeded along the rail-
road to Penn Street. While in deep cut,
extending two squares from Walnut Street
to Penn Street, the soldiers were aSSalled
with stones and Immediately began firing, 1t
is alleged, without orders, doing bad WORK
among the immense cOncOurse Of people III
the vicinity, among whom were many re-
spectacle citizens, as well as ladies and
children. Seven persons are known to be
killed, and from 20 to % wounded, several
mortally. The mob broke into the armory
of the Reading Rifles and captured all the
guns. They threaten vengeance upon the
military. The mob is tearing up the railroad
tracks. t..f a ...
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AT EAST ST. LOUIS.

EAST ST. LOUIS, July 22.-At meeting
OF railroad employees held to-day, it was
resolved to inaugurate general strike on
the roads leading east from here, to com
mence at y o'clock tonight. 80 .r.
THE STRIKE CONSUMMATED.
EAST ST. LOUIS, July 23-There is gen.
eral strike among all freight men. The
strikers have full possession of the yard and
will allow no freight trains Ogo out on any
road The men employed in the Missouri
Car Works, 800 in number, Joined the strik-
ers, as did also the men in the Cairo Short
line shops. .. F.. .. .. enc.
UNITED STATES TROOPS TAKE POSSESSION
OF THE RELAY DEPOT.
EAST ST. LOUIS, July 2S.-At an early
hour this morning large force of United
States troops crossed the river and took pos
session of the Relay Depot. This will prob
ably insure the movement of all trains east
ward to-day.
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Al FORT WAYNE, fNb.

FT. WAYNE, IND, July 21.-To-night at
o'clock strike was inaugurated on the
Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Rail-
road at this point. The entire police force
is assembled at the depot to repress violence.
The Light Guards have been ordered to
hold themselves in readiness for service at a
moments notice.
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AT INDIANAPOLIS.

INDIANAPOLIS, July. 22.-Two or three
hundred employees attended meeting at
the round house of the Bee Line this morn
ing. A committee, made up of the various
departments of the road. wits appointed to
perfect a llail Of action in accordance With
the manifesto of the Cleveland employees,
issued last night. The committee was in
structed to notify the men at the other end
that they Endorsed their demand for read
justment of wages. This would increase the
present salaries 20per cent. A sub-commit-
tee was then appointed for conference with
the officers of the road. Trains are moving
about as usual to-day, and no trouble il an
tiCpated until the result of the conference
is known
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Az NEWARK. OHIO.

NEWARK, O., July 21.-The' shop-men
Joined the strikers this morning. 1t is re-
ported that the. troops fraternize with the
sttiRurs and reftise to fife upoh theih. Gov.
Young is telegraphing to Cincinnati and
other points for troops. ....
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AT VINCENNEs, IND.

VINCENNEs, IND, July 21.-The Ohio and
Mississippi brakemen opened the strike here
this afternoon. No freight trains have gone
out since noon. Arriving trains are care
fully side-tracked and stripped of links and
pins. -g..U. tlg..- ....
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AT CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, July %, II p. m.-City is
quiet tonight at this hour, but the streets
teemed with excitement all evening during
the earlier hours. There is very little
sympathy expressed on the streets except
for the striker, and it looks as If, at this
pointj they will have their own way: The
Police Commissioners tonight, in regular
session, resolved not to allow any trains to
enter or depart from the city Tomorrow.
Reliable information just received is to
the effect that the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton officers will issue proclamation in
the morning to the men, stating that the old
wages will be restored and asking that things
proceed under the old regime. Railroad
men believe this example will be followed
by other roads and trouble here be averted.
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AT CUMBERLAND; MD.

CUMBERLAND, ND, July 21.-Freight
ears at this place were broken open this
morning by the mob, and large quantity Of
provisions and other things carried away.
Women and childretii with bags and bask
els, assisted IN the depredations. The au-
thorities are unable to guard property. The
coal-miners from Frostburg have joined the
rioters, ..t .... r.fr-. tr.r....t ..-..-..r II
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THE British bands thought g Mother,
I've come home to die" an American
national air, and played tito Gen. Grant
with great freQuen cy.
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THE English garrisons at Gibraltar
and Malta are TO be largely reinforced,
and the British feet in Eastern waters
is also to be strengthened. On the 22d,
orders were issued for the Second,
Eighth and Sixteenth Regiments to en-
bark Immediately for foreign service, and
other regiments were ordered to be held
in readiness for immediate embarkation.
Rumors were current in London that the
Government will, if necessary, protect
Constantinople from falling into the
hands of the Russians.
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FURTHER TROUBLE.

CINCINNATI, July 24.-The strikers have
carried things with high hand to-day and
the city is greatly excited. A mob attacked
the Central Police Station tonight and en-
deavOred to free two Of their ring leaders,
and it required nefrly third of the police
force to overcome them. The Ohio and Mis-
sissippi bridge across Mill Creek was fired
last night, but not burned.
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THE Ohio Democratic State Conven-
ton was held at Columbus on the 25th.
Hon. r. NJ. Bishop, of Hamilton Coun-
ty, was nominated for Governor. The
platform adopted favors the retention of
greenbacks as currency, and dencunces
the demonetization of silver. The i'm
mediate repeal of the Resumption act is
demanded. -DE
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PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION = MILITARY
MOVEMENTS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 21.-Presldent
Hayes, in response to a request of Gov.
Carroll, for Federal assistance, has ordered
troops from Fort McHenry to Baltimore.
The President also issued a proclamation,
ordering the rioters in Maryland to disperse.
The Secretary of War has ordered Gen.
Winfield S. Hancock, commanding the De-
partment of the Atlantic, headquarters at
New York, to proceed at once to Baltimore
and assume parsOnal command of all troops
at that uoint, .....r|. -f. "..|