The daily gazette., 1877-05-31
GENERAL NEWS.

The ffty-two ton gun to be mounted
In New York harbor was successfully cast
at South B ,ston yesterday. "a
Gov. Cullum, of Illinois, has vetoed
the hill to make silver coin legal tender
in that state, giving as his reason that ne
does not believe 1t wise measure IN lts
financial pect, or constitutional.
The marriage of Miss Sallie Durand,
of Newark, N. j., to Henry U. Warmoth,
Ex-Governor of Louisiana, took place
last night at the residence of the brides
father Ia Newark. A number OF proml-
nent persons were present.
The Hanover breaker, owned by the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarrre Coal Company,
and worked by Charles Parrish " Co.,
seven miles from Wilkesbarre, Pa was
burned yesterday. 1t was valued at $780,
600. 1t is believed that the structure
was fed by lightning.
At the banquet given to ex-President
Grant, at the Town Hall, Liverpool, on
Tuesday, the mayor of that city proposed
the health of "General and ex-Presldent
Grant, the distinguished soldier and
statesman present" To this bit OF hui
NOR the ex-President is represented as
having sresponded with unusual gravity
of mauner," which is not tobe wondered
at.
EX-Mayor Lambert, of Brooklyn, n.
Y, who defrauded his sister-in-law and
her family out of some $40 900. has made
a very humble confession 10 the church oi
which he is member. He does not,
however, merely say that he is sorry, but
he announced his intention of going to
work, and if he can Of making money
enough. To pay these most improperly
contracted debts.
The shipments of coal from Cumber-
land for the week ended May 26, amount
ed TO 40,050 tons II cwt,, which 49, lis
tons 3 cwt. were by the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal, 17,7S3 tons IA cwt. by the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and 1901
tons Is cwt. by the Pennsylvania rail
road. The aggregate shipments for the
year are 4S7,6O5 tons IL cwt., being a
decrease OF 3O,3SS tons IL cwt. as COM
pared with the corresponding period OF
last year.
Accounts of the damage done by the
great earthquake wave along the Pacific
coast of South America, are beginning
to be received at Panama. lquique, Ar
ica, Antofagasta, Tambo de Moro, Pabel-
Ion and lilo are reported to be almost de-
stroyed. Arequipa escaped. Great
damage was done at other points along
the coasts of Chilli and Peru, Callao suf-
fering with the rest. No estimate Of the
total loss Of property can be given, but
the number of lives lost is estimated at
from 600 to 800.
The "Softas," Of whom mention has
been often made as the most turbulent
of the war spirits in Constantinople, is a
name applied to all persons attached to
the Turkish mosques or places of wor-
ship in any capacity whatever, but more
especially designating the students who
are initiated in the upper branches of re-
ligious instruction in the mosques, and
who, like the fellows Of an English uni
versity, constitute a corporation long
after the completion of their learned
pursuits. In the time of Mahomet they
were poor men who slept in the mosques
and had sheltered bench outside; hence
they were called "men of the bench.
At present the Softas are said to form ;
large and influential class in Mohamme
| dan society. Their number in Constan
tinople is estimated at from 10000 tt
10000, and their success in controlling
mobs by appealing to religious fanaticisn
is said TO be very great.