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BtsAtARcK sHrLH IT.

A Vienna correspondent telegraphl
that be can vouch for the accuracy Of the
statement that Bismarck, not long since
emphatically informed the Italian Am,
bassador that 1t was Of paramount in
terest TO the German race that TenLino
and the city Of Trieste should never be
come Italian.
A Constantinople dispatch Gays: Ir
consequence OF the commencement Of The
evacuation Of shumlA the Russians an
nounce the probable departure frou
Turkey Of 4 portion ottheir troops in si1
weeks, and that the remainder will re-
tire into Eastern RoumeliA. 1t il said
the Porte will shortly appeal 10 all the
leading foreign capitalists for aid in de-
veloping the resources OF that country,
A special from Larnaca says that 4
proclamation has been Issued declaring
that Her Majesty, the Queen, takes great
interest in the prosperity Of Cypriotes
and promising reforms and measures to
promote agriculture and commerce. The
fever is somewhat prevalent In Cyprus
Sir Grinet Wolsley was Professionally ap'
pointed. Be will appoint mixed com
missionto deal with The complicated land
question and will divide the Island into
Eve districts.
A Frankfort special announces that 4
conference Of all the German Ministers
will be,held At Heidlsburg shortly.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
4 Conference without Result.

LONDON, July ga special from
Vienna reports that Gen. Phillpsovich
had conference with Mehemet Ali, which
came TO no result. Count Leiseky, Aus.
train Ambassador At ConstAutinople,
through direct communications ELECTED
from the Porte that even II the present
negotiations should fall through Aus
trfans will not be actively opposed in
Bosnia. The international commission
TO inquire into the Rhodope insurrection
started for that district yesterday.
NOBODY TO BLAME.
Layard, at Constantinople, has recsiv.
ed information that when the Russian
Circassians fred upon the English man.
of.War, the boat was near the Gulf Of
saras. There WAs no officer near them,
and also that the English sailors who
hsd been arrested we're released a soon
aS they were brought before an officer.
RUSSIA AccusKD OF ABANDONING HER
ALLIES.
BELGRADE, July 22.-An uklse has
been published abolishing the state Of
siege, and yesterday extraor dinary pow
ers we're yested in the military authori-
ties. Much dissatisfaction with Russia
Il expressed by the serviAns. They &C.
cuse RussiA Of abandoning her allies.
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A NEw YoRK FIRM in the dry goods
trade was Unexpectedly obliged to 90 into
bankruptcy last fall, and neither the part
uers nor their creditors could explain
exactly how they got there. A police
captain, however, unrsveled the mystery
BY arrestiug the cashier, whom heghad
been watching As q suspicious character,
because be had "AIsh" look about him,
and was spending a great deal Of money
in dissipation. The bookkseper and one
Of the superintsndens Of the store have
since been arrested, and all three Of
the employees now admit that, ios
several years, they have been robbing the
firm, and dividing the spoils. Trustees
and directors of savings Institutions are
sometimes told that they should exercise
a much care In the administration oil
the affair, Of the corporation they direct
a. they would In conducting their own
business, bat such business men as these
msrehanu were would prove bad direct
ors, even though they should follow this
advice. The policeman around the cor
ner knew more Aboutt the character ot the
cashier than the men Who entEusted him
with their money.
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Hunton and Alexander.

ALxxANDkIA,!YA. July 23-The Ga.
s.tis publishes Columbus AlexAnder's
reply TO General Huntopis last card,
AIexander denies thEt he declined 10 &C
eept Hunlon's chAllebgt, but says that be
has a. much light 10 fear the Alexandra
police a Hup.on had 70 fear those Of the
District Of Columbia. BE accuses Hun
ton Of being friend 10 all the District
rings, and concludes BY saying that he
was never known to be wanted and not
found.
At a mas meeting At Orange Court
House 70 day, to appoint delegates to the
Congressional ConTsndon, . resolution
10 appoint delegates opposed TO Hnnton
wa adopted, 100 70 129, Rhersupon Hun
TONS friends seeded and the meeting ap-
pointed delegates solid Tor Neale.
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VOLUME XXvI--NUMBER SO2
Secretary Sherman left yesterday morn.

Secretary Sherman left Yesterday morn.
ing for Atlantic City.
Tom L. o'Copner, 8 we'll known actor
died suddenly Of heart disease at George
town, Col, on Saturday.
A further strike has occurred at 81.
Etienne among the workmen engaged in
silk and lace manufactures.
George HAllowell and Mary Baird, Of
Philadelphia, we're drowned lRst evening
while sailing on the Delaware.
A Galveston NeEs Austin special re-
port says that the ballots for Governor
was without result. The last ballot stood
Hubbard, 72l and Divine, 1874.
The United States steamer Tallahassa,
with Secretary Thompson and party on
board, arrived at the Boston Navy Yard,
yesterday. A three days stay will be made
here when the Secretary will go 10 Ports.
mouth.
Collector Merritt, Of New York, yes
terday morning reappointed As acting
Deputy Collector, the chief clerk, Who
had heretofore been empowered 70 act
a. such during the pressure Of business
in the absence Of the heads Of their divi-
slons.
The Postal Convention which began is
labors in Washington early last week,
had a session in New York yesterday,
and recommended to the PostmIster Gen.
eral The expediency Of extending the
through registry pouch system and Of ip-
plying registration 10 third class matter.
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Crop reports.

s-WASHIsoToS,lJuly 22-An Official
synopsis Of the-crop reports shows the ay-
erlge condition Of rye and barley, los;
oats, general average, 10l; Tennessee
and Sebraska, liz. The report on the
whole, Is favorable 70 such crops as es-
cSpe spring trosts. Grass and clover are
remarkably fine. tces.
cent. The condition il a. follows: Ken.
taeKy e5, Virginia %, Missouri l0l,
Tennessee 50, Ohio los, Maryland l02,
Indiana %, North CsrolinA 81, Pennsyl-
vAnia 100, Connecticut 100, Illinois sS and
MassachuHetts 10l.
The eondition Of wheat and corn has
been heretofore reported.
Indications received since indicates
very serious damage from various causes
TO the spring wheat crop Of Minnesota,
Northern Iowa and Wisconsin.
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ITALY.
ItaIy and the TyroI,

RoxE, July 22.-Ths ministerial jour
mails disavoW any connection Of the gov,
ernmsnt with the present agitation 10,
the annexation Of Southern Tyrol. They
declare that the government must re
spect The rights .of public meetings. Il
will know how TO deal with the move
ment Il 1t passes beyond the 6sld Of free
discussion. The relations between Italy
and Austria are firmly established By
tresties loyalty signed and accepted.
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fbrPorOdiSI there are =, present
asn Efaaso oss and half million
saa' iollI5, tbs greater portion Of
'sta In led By the Bank Of Nevada.
IEsnEnoasn mint has now stopped
'S,iiE tsss dollir,, and .ince the frst
q AP'l aal! Airty.fvs Of them have
~ lsOs4 Dunns tbs preceding three
a'fa S''srr, i,ls7,OOO Of them bad
"a a'sd. Tie export dem,ud for
S's 'is since The frt Of January
la'asd 70 Ouly s546.7OO, and nov the
S'A' aas Fs!u's % coin them, except for
al'a ''i.H, lnd even then they insist
''1' 'siFsI % 'aipbolrd boxed and
sa-' ID sAaInl..iou. The cause OF
1a 'sri'ut, Ths trade dollar /. not
'a e'ts', and vn not made for do
IS' circulation. On this aecouu. il
SaAl discount NAny persons in the
s'''n silis lr nov sending TO San
.'lse0 t'' ben, With the intsutiOn Of
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HEH oRLEANa MN.

wAsHISe7os, D. C, July 22.-The
land upon which the New Orleans mint
Is built has been decided 10 the Govern.
ment and final steps for putting the
mint into active operation will soon be
taken. The silver for coming silver dol.
Iars At the mint, when reopened, will be
purchased At Treasury rates from bullion
holden or from parties having in their
possession Mexican dollars.
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n LlCElssE ~ CALrrsRxIA.-Just
= ~, S,H IA suriOu, mosaic Of customs
80 .StiiS''ii 'itA respect 10 change. 10
~. S.l uas' 10 nicer or business man ex.
~ -. |" 9" Or lake The szlc, change.
-!si's 'ta tAla A quarter va. too 10.
9 a'i la' lny CllilOrniau to reoor-
= "a. a A'' Eo'k newspaper vas sold
r..' 'aI Aqulstsi Of a dollar was
- ~ I" change. Finally a dime
-, ~ ?. !, 'soosrised a small change,
-. u IN very hard for the Forty.
! ~. : Sl' dOUa. He was willing
ii hi, blankets and az
mn n. cooking bot to recognize
NJ aug va loo much for
d ,,,.,,iss. . sae b. I've cent pisOs made
ii, ,T.sss' ~ Iva an honest silyer
sa,S,,.s ~ sAining ground rapidly.
aIsss,.s.,sls : fIseEnt nickel made
asI,..I Sass, bYtlrd coin, Veil
~ 'l,''' n l'. . tids contempt There are a..
ySiS -,s IA this Sla,e-ope Of
StSs i -, q Pisnsst times and the
ny m - IL aotsfn Y date. One dis.ards
Iaall 80. thAn = dime And IN iii
llditio.,i ,,,S Ss' vii take 30 per cent
"a, 10. y, 80 osas' recognizes the tnet
haisIss' ehlased; that an article
" IS,s.,,' I.' = : %. is cents, ADD that il
sSlsa % lake it.-Sza Rruaeisoo
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Iurprd, OItb4IIliDOi. Psnitentiary
b, An three hundred and fourteen
lza.tn have been sent there in tWen.
Frrn, d whom pinst!-ire were for
4 t',siy.ir, for twenty-five years,
iEE!.itrs for from tEsuty totSeDsy.
IN !an lnd The remainder for shorter
n. More than SIty Of the life men
ilE b.a P.rdODed BY different Gov.
Ensn Tss Total number oil nurdersrs
r'r lliy 10 the State, Who have been
sia nd saieOesd since 1858, is one
i:siri nd .Ity-t.o. Tsenty-thtee
hHtd or sOOs TO The insane asylum,
nssisEtv Indicate a wholesale system
4 sP't'sipE, ,ad d. Avtrage time for 4
st'srH .aIeDosd to the Illinois Peni-
stSl! lPp.in to be three years and
ii Hatb.
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THE los

CArLErrsBURG, KY, July 22.-The fol-
lowing are the principal Losses BY FIRE
here this afternoon: J. J. Williamson,
merchant tailor, 5000; s. W. Berger,
boots and shoes, 5000; Sampson b.
Fisher, butcher, $500; D. 81. Catpen.
ter & Co., dry goods. 5000; Vinson
House, $1,000, Wiiten d Davidson, bank
ers, 81 500; Col. Moore, business proper
ty, $500; VIM. Barnes, millinery, S, 900;
Fred. Burns, shoemaker, 5000; D. W.
Eba, grocer, $4,000; J. BACKYARD, Jew;
eIer, 5000; Dameto nd Honshsll, 1000;
N. Lawson, 9 500; n. Cecil, grocer, g 500
J. B. and n. Whitman, hardware, $1,000
Brown & Creil, dry goods, S. 900; Dawson
Edwards & Co., dry goods, 5000; vii.
liams & Prichard, grocers, s, 900; Pelton
Bros, druggists, $1,000; n. P. Andrews d
Sons, dry goods, S., 900; Po.tofice, 81 900;
Shoemaker & Clark, grocers, s., 500; Vim.
son Bros, druggists, 81, 900; G. W. An.
drews 4 Co, dry goods, 5000 Wellman
4 UlIen, property, 5000; o. W. HGmp.
ton, 81 600; A. F. More dry goods, s, 500;
P. II. Kilgour. undertaken, 81 ,000i P. P.
Schaurer, grocer, s, 900; Sherman House,
&, 900; Zisgler House, s. 900; Grow House
S., 900; Big Sandy Hotel, $4,000; Meek
$1,000, and many others; total about
100000. Very little insurance. Near
ly the entire business portion Of the town
l. destroyed.
CHICAGO, July 22.-shortly alter mid.
night ere broke out In the planning
mill owned BY W. E. Frost d Co., 90 18th
and Clarke streets, which was totally de-
stroyed. An elevator owned BY Howe d
McMullen, Of Boston, was also burned,
but a. il was empty the loss upon it will
not exceed 5000. Los on the mill from
81, 900 to SIS, ,000, insurance 5000. Some
freight cars and telegraph poles were
also barned, and . few surrounding build.
ings seorchsd.
ToLEDo, O, July 22.-The loss by the
ere At Defiance, ohio, last night will reach
$500, Insurance. $500, mostly in small
amounts in New York and New England
Companies.
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GEx. GARErr1p h.s .inel farm

GIN. GARFIELD has a ins farm In
Mentor, Ohio, where his family reside In
the summer, ,andWhich be hsstaken much
pains to improve and sdorne. A corres-
pondent who went down from one Of the
Cleveland papers to interview him says
that he found him in the e'hay=feld with
8 gang Of men, wearing twenty cent chip
hat, pants and vest giving directions
about the harvesting, as II he had been
natural.born Granger. @None Of his
Washington friends, should they see him
driving yoke OF oxen in the broiling sun
and emphasizing with gad the s,ento-
rian shouts OF Gee ? 'Hawr and
whoa, Buck r without which no oxen
seem able to do = proper amount
Of work, would have suspected that the
broad. shouldered, sun.burBed farmer
under the chip hat was the famous Re-
publican CHIEF, frssh from parliamentary
yictorie. on the floor OF Congress" When
Silas Wright wAs 4 member Of the United
States Senate, bis ueighbOrs, attheir an
uual town meeting, thought play q
practical joke on him by electng him 70
the office OF 0verseer Of Highways. The
seuator promptly Acceptedihe Office and
took hand At holding the scrsper and
driving oxen with the othertaIpayers of
the district, and in that way digui6ed la
bor.
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A steam Thresher Bursts its
"a = Boiler. 40 80 =. z .nl. 3

81. Lours, July s2.-A speeial from
BelieyiIIe says: The boiler fot q steam
thrsshiug. machine On The fGFui Of Ben
Wesset exploded. killing William Dexter,
Of Cenuevills; Mr.. Jones, = nsighbot Of
Wesset's, and the engineer; morsally
uounding = MAJ named Lang, from 81
Louis, and tsrioualy Woubding Mr.. Wee
eel and his brother, and . man unknown
The accident Ia attributed % the ineom-
petsney or earsIsiinesso Of the engineer.
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The WAsHNoToS MONUMENT, which
was originally intended to be 600 feet in
height, will be carried to 4s5, in order, II
is said, to exceed in altitude the loitiest
structure in e1i.tsnee in any part OF this
mundane sphere. This would make the
Washington monument i've feet higher
than the pyramid Of .Cheop. in Egypt, bat
would lsaye it % feet short Of the
erea, cathedral at Cologne, which, when
flashed, will be 5ll feet. It Is suggest
ed that the plan to make it the lottiest
structure in the world had better be ad.
hered to and bring the apex up 70 30
feet at least, which would exceed the
height Of any structure now in course Of
mpletion or in contemplation. The
over Of Babel, that early enter
prise OF our progenitors, had reach
ed, according 10 divers authorities,
he extraordinary limit Of human en-
ergy and perseverance,, $50 feet when
the work was abandoned. Bot this Won
derful creation Of man upon the remote
plains Of Asiz Minor IL but \ thing Of
history. BAalbec reared its top TO 500
feet. iOt the strncto res. ancient and mod
ern, those which rank 6rst in height are
Cologue cathedral, 6ll upward Of hall
the height built, Washington monument,
1856 ieet modified plan Original plan 6Oo
feet, at the tune Of resumiug work ia
iee,l: pyramid Of cheops, Egypt, 4so feet
S,rGsbourg cathedral, 4I4 feet; 81. Peters
siciIian BaGilica, Rome, 45S ieef ST.
Stephens cathedral, Vienna, ~ ieei;
Salisbury cathedral, Eogland, 400 feet;
ST. Pauls cathedral, London, 4o4 feet
Milan cathedral 400 feet; capitol OF The
United States 307i feet from base line OF
the building 10 the apex Of the statue Of
Freedom.
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81 LoCIs IN THE COOL,

81. LoUis, July GA cooling wave
came down from The northeast lat night
and to-day the mercury has ranged from
eight to ten degrees lower than for two
weeks. Business L. resumed. Factories,
machine shops, founderies. in fact e..
tGbliShnents Of all kinds have started
again and Sc. Louis has returned TO her
normal condition.
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CHICAGO, July PA Burlington, IA,
special says: Captain Marion Campball,
who served In Ehs Eighth Iowa Infantry
during the war, and who since the var
served several terms in the Mississippi
Legislature a Senator and Representa-
tive, was drowned near his home yestsf.
day while bathing in Skunk river atSsW
Sharon Village.
Mis- ElIza6eth Todd and Miss Dora
MeCallistsr. Of 0skaloosa, lows, were
drowned while bathing in Skunk river,
Eve miles from oskAloosa, on Saturday
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In,url.,Iy statement Of the cOndi,
ss!t.. National bank, Of the city oil
S,Yrt Uallin. .Ons interesting fea'
~, n. nos lis5ilitis. show an in
,u d ISou, fourteen millions and
a,.I,rt.r, twelve millions Of which
ID. /, ~ ioa.sss il deposits. There
bI!nrle OI fourteen millions aud q
nara, CT more than 50 per cent in the
rasTi d,pei. on hInd, while legal
rsknissT n increase Olseven millions
r!I.LL OF 8 PEI cent, and securities
,4r TIN loans, discounts and United
Sris bad, ,hoE An increase ot seven
rIis,, lOl .hrsequlrisfs, or over 30
% ast Loan. and di.counn show the
sgsiissrsl,s ol one million and three
,Esn The igures indicate the steady
F3ss oIbO,iDe. revival.
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THE TURF,

CLEVELAND, July 22.-seventy-three
horses have entered for the races com.
msncing here tomorrow. II IL stated
that every horse can trot faster than 225.
The prospects are that this will Be the
most brilliant meeting ever held under
the auspices Of the Cleveland club.
CLEVELAND, O., July 22.-The pool
selling on to-morroWs races was brisk In
the 229 class, sWiyeller selling At 40
agains. Field at IS. Jim Irving drawn
in the 234 clAss.
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Crop Damnges by storms.

MILEGuKEE, July 22-From = sum.
mary OF over two hundred reports re-
eeived from points in Wisconsin, Iowa
and MinneSota, In the past three week.,
the dGmageto the graipery crops Of wheat
BY the late storms and excessive heat
averages II per cent iu Wisconsin, "a per
cent In Iowa, and q In Minnesota.
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TIE Chicago Journal furnishes THU
item: The old Watchdog Fidelity" q
the Fidelity safe depository, died Of old
age on Saturday night. His death de-
serves more than 4 passing notice. On
the night OF the great FIRE, October 0, 1871,
old Fidelity" was st his post in the Fl.
deity safe depository, and when the
hurricane Of FIRE swept over the city he
took refuge 10 an unoccupied vault 10 the
basement, and remained there until the
morning OF the 1lth Of October, when the
debrI was cleared away and the faithful
old fellow was rescued. BE has ever
since been an objec, OF interest a. the
only living thing lha, passed through the
n-eat kre.----- - -.---------------- :
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5sT1RTISHED AUGUST "a. 1852
Fatal Accident ON the b. d o
40 Railroad. II

Early Saturday morning as 4 Westward
bound freight train was psssing near
North Mountain Run, on the Baltimore
&ohio railroad, q few miles west Of Mar
tinsburg, the locomotive sstTuck 4 COW
WhichWAs on the track, killing her in
stanily. The shock uneoupled the engine
from. the tender, and before the lever
could be reversed It jumped the track,
and running onsto bridge over Sleepy
Greek at that point, plunged into the gully,
Seyenty,fve feet below, carrying with IL
the engineer, Joshua Smith, and Henry
Link, the fireman. Link vas instantly
killed, while Smith had one Of his legs
broken, was badly bruised otherwise, and
Il ist feared sustained internal injuries
which may result fatally. The locomo-
tive, which was totally destroyed, top
pled, over the bridge just in time 70 ALLOW
the train TO passin safety. and 1t contin.
ned down the grade for = distance Of over
three miles before the train hands were
able 10 stop It BY the application Of the
brakes. Both Smith and Link resided
near Martinsburg, where the remains Of
the former and the injured man were con-
yeyed. Had the engine jumped the track
without having been detached from the
train i. would undoubtedly dragged q
number OF cars with it and increased the
loss Of life and property, sAsit was, the
track vas eit-entirely clear, and an
engine from Martinsburg came on and
carried the train to It's destination.
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. Heat Fatalities.

-IcHIcAoo, July 22.-There were 4o5
deaths Last week. being l7s more than
the week previous, and III more than
the sHms week last year. There were A
deaths from sunstroke, lis from cholera
Iniantum, 40 from couyulsions, Is from
diarrhea, and less from other causes, On
Wednesday, which was the hottest day
here, there we're lO6 deaths,
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sherman and the Fraud Com.


NEw ORLEANS, July 22.-The follow.
ing explains itself:
NEw ORLEANs, July 22.-Sa-I have
the honor to acknowledge the receipt oi
your answer TO my communication Of
June last, requesting permission on be-
half OF the Hon. John Sherman, 10 have
subpenaed before your Subcommittee
certain witnesses for the purpose Of
testifying in the subject OF the acts Of
violence and other acts producing in
timidahon Of voters in this State At the
election on the 7th Of November, 1875.
In Your answer you inform me that Mr..
ShermAn's request has been considered
by the subcommittee, and that you are
directed 10 inform me that your sub
committee are ready 10 furnish subpenaes
for all the witnesses named by Mr.. sher-
man and any others that he or his counsel
may de-ire 10 have called TO testify with
reference 10 the matter Of intimidation.
| deem it proper 10 state that in
consequence OF The delay Of the
committee at Washington 10 pass
on this subject Of Mr.. Sherman, and also
the delay OF the sut-commlttee 10 EAss on
this application and large number OF
witnesses have been examined, that it be-
came necessary for Mr.. sAerman's eoun-
sci TO adopt line Of Investigation omit
ting that OF intimidation, Of which Mr..
Sherman's principal counsel at Wash
ington has been advised; 80 that AZ pres
ent | do not wish TO depart from that line
until l shall have time 10 communicate
With his leading counsel at Washington,
which have already done.
l am Hir respectfully your OBJ. servant,
JoHs Ray, ATTY.
To Ion. ". S. !Seaser, Chairman q he sab'
C0mmiLiee -
Gov. Cox having pressing engagements
elsewhere says he must leave this city
not later than Monday, and he hopes the
Committee will be able 10 complete its
labors not later than Saturday.