The Morning herald., 1878-07-23
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BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH.
The Potter Committee left Washington
for Atlantic City yesterday.
Internal revsaag recdpA Ays&srl.y were
$3.50 ,624; tOM-usceip1S, sSlSs674. A-'-@
A han storm severely damaged the crops
ct Freehold, N. j., Sunday afternoon.
The final deposit of $500 . side in the
Hanlon-Ross boat race was made on Sat-
urday.
James Gordon Bennett now proposes that
his yacht Dauntless be fitted up for 3 sec
ond polar expedition.
A terrific tornado swept North Albany,
NY, Sunday afternoon. The damage is
estimated at 500, 900.
It is reported from Vienaa that some
days ago, 100 ,bashi-baxouk raiders were
killed and wounded In Dalmat@
The International chess tournament, at
Paris, Winower, Of Russia, stilileads, with
15K games. zuketort, Of Berlin and Lon
don, Is second with 14h games
Itwas reported on Sunday Chat Freder-
ick Bucheimer, noted ward politician o.
Baltimore, wac shot and mortslly wounded,
at McGee,s Home Pavilion, on the North
Point road, seven miles from that city. No
arrests have been made.
An ukase has been published abol ishing
the state of siege, and revoking the extra
ordinay powers vested in the military autho-
rites during the war. Much dissatisfaction
with Russia Is expressed by the Servians
They accuse Russia of abandoning her al
lies. 49, T.,
Mr.. Gladstone declares that the Berlin
treaty destroys the Independence of Tur-
key, and says the English convention with
that Government is an insane covenant. Mr..
Forster hiss also attacked the Government,
and says the Liberals viii force discus
sion Of itSpqlicy in Parliament.
The miners strike at Amin, France, con-
tinues, efforts to settle the differences hav-
Ing failed, There have been some
arrests for picketing, but the, strikers gen
erall are quiet. Other labor troubles are
reported -at Bordeaux, Mareeilles and St.
EtieDne, but they are of an Insignificant
character.
Mr.. Layard, the British Ambassador at
Constantinople, has received In informa-
tiop that when the Russian-C Circassians
fred upon the English mau-of>war boat
near the Gulf of Saros, on the 18th inst,
there was no of1c near them, and also
that the English sailors who bad been ar
rested were released IS soon as they We're
brought before an officer.
The anniversary of the first battle OF
Bull Run was observed on Sunday, at Provi-
dence, X. l., by comrades of the Second
Rhode Island regiment and Battery A, First
Rhode Island light artillery, who partic'-
pated 10. the fight. They marched to the
First Congregational Church, where dis
course appropriate to the occasion was de-
livered by the Rev. G. A, Staples.
The order for the dimissal OF the suit of
Edison against the Western Union Tele
graph Company on the grounds Of the non
residence of the defendants was rescinded
by Justice Macarthur In the Equity Court
on Saturday. This will place the suit
which Is to test the ownership of the pat
tent for the quadruplex telegraph instru-
meDt, on the calendar, to be tried on Its
merits.
A gang of armed roughs and tramps
boarded a crowded excursion train on the
New Haven and Northampton road, at
Chesire, Conn Saturday night, as a party
were returning from the sound. Women
were insulted, clothing stolen, men struck
the rear car uncoupled and the train stop
ped several times. The passengers and con
ductor were helpless A few tramps were
thrown from the train and the rest left at
Plainville.
The old watch dog Fidelity" of the Fl
deity Safe Depository, Chicago, died of old
age on Saturday night. His death deser-
YES more than passing notice. On the
night ofthe great fire, Oct. 8, 1871, old FL
delity was at his Tost in the Fidelity Safe
Depos tory, and when the hurricane of fire
swept over the city he took refuge In an un-
occupied vautln the basement and and re-
mained there until the morning of the 11th
of October, when the debris was cleared
away and the faithful old fellow was res
cued. He has ever since been an object of
interest as the only diving thing that pass
ed through the great fire.
From Communication recently received
at the Navy Department, it appears that
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett contempates a
double expedition to the North Pole, one
vessel going by way of Behring's Straits
and the other by way of sPitzbergen. He
he has been In consultation with Pettermap.
the great German geographer, aud other
Artic experts abroad, and new proposes to
ut bis well-known yacht, the Dauntless, for
an additional Attic expedition, putting in
her an auxiliary engine and screw, ana other
wise making her complete for an expedi-
tion BY way of Sptzbergen. The Jeanette
Is on her way to San Francisco, and will
pass through Behring's Straits early next
year. 49,
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KEARNEY COMING EAST.