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New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
A SENSATIONAL HANGING.

ATLANTA, Ca, July 5.-Dlck Dawson, col
ored WAS hanged at Thomason to-day at 1870 O'clock
for the murder Of Frank Cunningham also eolored his
brotherlnaw Tue culprit died shrekiDg and crying.
Dawson hnd made full confession, which occupied an
hour and a half in recital He said he thought Cunning,
ham had coniured" him. and he would die II he ala
not Kill him CunniDghams wife Is still held as an 40
nnmnlico In the murder.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
FOREIGN NOTES.

OTTAWA, July 5.-Counterfeit 81 Dominion
bills are IN circulation.
MONTREAL, July 5.-The Citizens Mutual
Building Society has gone into liquidation.
LUXEMBOURG, July 5-A duel with swords
was fought Yesterday on frontier between sehor
Torres Carcedo Minister to Belgium from San Salvador
and ScGor Medina, Minister from Guatemala, resulting
m the slight woundng in the shoulder OF the Minister
from SAD Salvador.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
, porrrrCI,N FAILS FOR 500. .ooo

Bath, n H., July 5.-JOhn G. Sinclair, OF
Bctuehcm the d. nocratlc leader OF the NewIampshre
tIous ~ R,,r,.rntatyes has failed His liabilities are
nrnbby over 500 900; his assets nothing. Congress
man Frank Jones' o; Portsmouth, holds a considerable
amo, ut VI Mr. Smclair's paper.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06

1t will be seen from the foregoing that IN the 7ace for
the Stewards challenge since 1850, IL" timo Of the
"shoes" was beaten only Once-ln 1873 when the
ro,tor Rov,ino CIub won i'm 7 minutes 80 seconds or
right seconds less than the Shoes y time The "U1-
cla time of the Shoes announced ON Monday as
SIN 2Ig but IN the absence OF further details
there il no reason question the accuracy O the me
s,u As. declared at the close of the race
CONTESTS FOR THE VISITORS CHALLENGE CUP
In the final heats for the Visitors Challenge Cups-a
race limited to academical crews the time made by the
winners in several years was as follows:
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
A DEsPMRING CLUTCH AT A STRAW.
THE POTTER COMMITTEE THINKS IT SEES PARTY
CAPITAL IN A NEW DIRECTION.

CAPITAL IL A NEW DIRECTION.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
WAsHINGTOS, July 5.-The Democrats are now
claiming that when the Potter Committee reassem-
bles they will have some facts TO present which will
command the attention Of the country. In general
they declare that they have letters of prominent
Republicans, based upon another conference than
the one at Wormley's, showing direct bargains with
Southern Democrats. The statement is also made
In connection with the matter that prominent Dem
scIae are bitterly opposed to the publication Of
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
winners in several years was as follows:

Putting aside dates in which the time IA left out Tor
want OF accurate data will be that the COumbas
ttue IN Monday-Sm l7s-nas been eNCelled only thrcO
times Yesterday their speed was 2l seconds slower,
but s such Il was better than that OF the HerOrd Col
ege Crew on Monday who took or. l2s. 70 row over
tle course The fastest time Oh record at Henley IL
stated 10 he 7m l2s., which was made by the Lon
don Rowing Club In trial heat last year.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
THE GREEK QUESTION SETTLED.
THE RESOLUTION srNr TO TIE PORTE.
BERLIN, Friday, July ;, ls7

BERLIN, Friday, July D. 1873.
The Congress sat two hours and
half to-day The Greek question set
tied. A resolution passed, inviting
the Port, come understanding with Greece for
the rectihcatiOn OF her frontiers and declaring
that the Congress is Of opinion that the line should
be from the valley OF the SalambTia, on the
R:ean Sea, To the mouth OF the KalamOs
River opposite Corfu In the event Of difficulties aria
lax in the negotiation, the powers ready to render
their good Offices as mcdiatOrs.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
THE ORANGE CELEBRATION INMoNTREAL

MEETING OF MAGISTRATES-ANGRI DISCUSSION.
MONTREAL, July "a meeting of Justices OF
the Peace the city and district took place to-day TO
consider the Of preserving tho peace Of tho
city on the 18TH of july. Two hundred magistrates
were present. W. II. Brehant, the chairman, briefly
stated that he ready hear anyone who desired 10
spcak The Mayor proposed a series of resolutions re-
grettng that the Orange Association persisted in the
determination celebrate in Montreal events distaste
ful to a majority Of it's inhabitants that This meeting
fully in the recent action Of the CITY Council III
asking the Quebec Legislature 10 pass an act suppreSsng
TO call the military except when forces at the com
the civic authorities found lnadequate and
that the Mayor at proclamation 10 forbid
an assemblagcs gatherings the streets or public
places the city thc 10Th OF July, and calling upon
all peaccablc and wCdspOSed citizens 10 ana the civic
authorities to maintain the peace On that day. go
Alderman ClcudeuningS moved that the authorities nc
empowered to call out the military Tor the protection OF
the city OH the l2th
A long and exciting discussion ensucd during winch
q large number Of magistrates expressed thelr YlcWS
Finally another amendment moved 10 the effect
that the Government he called upon to invest sir SelUy
smith with the powers Of magistrate and lutruSt 10
him the preservation OF peace OF tho city on the I'm
instant, with all needed assistance from tine military
Toe discussion was continued on the last amendment
till late ia the afternoon, great many OF the English
division. Tue following amendment passed by a
vote OF 40 tot: "Haylng full confidence III tho Mayor
OF Montreal, place III his hands all power and author-
ity preserve peace the city on the 12th INST, as
well as on other Gays" The Mayors resolutions were
then passed seriatnI.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
THE AGITATION AMONG THE sAvAGEs.

A RFASSURING VIEW OF THE PROBABILITIES OF A
GENERAL WAR THIS YEAR IN THK FAR WEST
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNKl
WASHINGTON July 5.-Referring to the apprchen-
sion of a general Indiar war which is felt at the
War Department and to great extent throughout
the country, a gentleman who is now in official
postion in Washington and who has few, II any,
superiors in his acquaintance with Indian affairs,
expresses the opinion very positively that general
Indian war is an impossibIlity except as the result
of a general policy on the part of the Government,
which would drive all the Indians into war at the
same time In This case he says the Indians would
not 20 to war as allies supporting each other, but
each tribe would fight on its own account He says
that notwithstanding the abuses and ill-treatment
90 which many of the tribes have been subjected at
the hands Of the whites, their inter-tnhal antlpa-
thies and long-standing feuds furnish motives for
warning with each other stronger than any they
have for fighting the United States, so that III
case of a war with one tribe OF Indians others are
likely to become allies of the Government now, as
has usually been the case in former Indian wars.
This gentleman has not only spent several years
among the Northwestern Indian tribes, but his
present official duties are such that he has found it
necessary to keep up a correspondence with mis-
sonaIics, Indian agents, army officers and others
who have more recently been III the Indian country
Hence his opportunitics for correctly understand
ing the situation are probably unsurpassed. lie
asserts that all the current runOrS about the large
force Of Indians who are now ranked hostile are
exaggerated. With the exception OF the Dakotas
tor SIOUX winch tribe Is not giving cause ior lnlne-
diate apprehension, the whole number OF braves
west of the Missouri River who can by any posi-
mlitv become hostile to the United States, docs not
exceed fifteen hundred warriors, and, as before e1-
planned, these are divided into tribes ahtaSohisc u
each other. -.
Thus. although the Indian troubles now pending
may be serious, they cannot be nearly so EXTENSIVE
and far-reachiug as current TumOrs would indicate
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
THE SPEED OF VARIOUS CREWS COMPARED


SHOES - EXCELLED ONLY ONCE IN MANY
YEARS
In the three contests at Henley on Monday,
the time which each winner took to the course
was as follows: EdwardesMoss, ON. ss the Shoe-wde
cac-mettes sm 4s the Columbia College Crew. sm Us
and the Hertford College Crew of oxford, 9m l2s. In
the final heat for the Stewards Challenge Cup yester-
day. the London Rowing CLUBS time was Sm. 46s while
in that for the Visitors Challenge Cup, the Coumbias
won in sm As The record OF the for the stew
ards Challenge Cup open to anna eurs generally, shows
that the time OF the winning crews since 1850 was as
follows:
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
5LIsH PROTECTORATE PROPOSED.
rARr OF ARMENIA TO BE RKoRGANIzED.

BERLIN, FFIdly, july D, 1870
The Berlin correspondent Of The Daily telegram
says he has reason 20 believe that scheme is under
negotiation at private conferences of the plenpoten
tiaries whereby England would undertake the pro-
lection Of Armenia in something the same way as
France undertook the settlement Of the Lebanon
question. Armenia would be reorganized, with the
Soghan for a defensive frontier, and Christian
Governor, to be named by the Porte, and Chris
tan military pOlice.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
yOLXXXVIu...N No
WASHINGTON.
SUMMER QUIET At THE CAPITAL.

,ur ACTIVITY OF THE CITY ENTIRELY Al THE DE-
purvrNrs-TuE POTTER COMMITTEE ON A
,,.w rRAIL-REsUMPrIoN PLANS.
The National Capital was almost devoid OF
activity Yesterday. The Potter Committee was
not in session When this committee meets
AGAIN. on the 10th, it is said that evidence
will be produced of hitherto unknown bar
cam. Secretary Sherman believes that he can
resume specie payments before Congress
meets. Professor Corlyer, at the Agricultural
DEPARTMENT. is analyzng the grasses OF the
country to ascertain their nutritive qualities
A call will soon be made for proposals for
building the new building of the Engraving
Rureau,
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06

this collection Of letters since the Republicans will
not bc the only to suffer. Willie assertions
in regard TO the importance of this evidence
are very positive, they making very little i'm
preston upon those to whom they have been COM
muniCatcd
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
ror-n urNnREn ooAL pEALERs on JAUNT.

TAMAoUA, Penn, July 5.-About four hun
dred coal operators and dealers OF Philadelphia arrived
bnre this morning The excursion Is rendered by tho
pb,ladelobia and Reading and Lohgh Valley baifOads,
10 aord tue retail dealers an opportunity OF inspecting
the coal regions.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
Two T1oUsAND-DOLLAR RACES

CINCINNATI, July 5.-This was the third DAY
o the Chester Park races The weather was very warm
and the track was in splsQdld condition. Tbe $1,000
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
A REDUCTION OF COTTON MILL WAGES.

A paper has been posted in all the cotton
mills OF the stockport district, giving fortnights no
tice Of a reduction of per cent in wages The opera
tves at present favor resistance strike there
would affect -, 900 persons
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
RESUMPTION BEFORE DECEMBER
sECEEIAEY SHERMAN NOT DISPOSED TO VAST

10y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUNEI


10y TELEGRAPH To THE THBUNE.l
WASHINGTON, July j.-There is good authority for
saving that Secretary Sherman contempates re-
sumption before the meeting of Congress, certainly
before December l.
There are many reasons which tend to induce Sec
rctl;v sherman to make tins decision. Among
then. are these: FIRST, the probabilities are that
within two or three months the great bulk of GUS
tom, duties will be received III silver certificates,
and the Treasury is not likely to have much more
cold from customs sources before January l. 1879
than IL now has. Secondly, if resumption should be
announced and should become practical there
,colld be no excuse at the next session of Congress
for lc grrcuhack rcpudiatOrS TO attempt TO execute
any of their imitation schemes and above all things
uottor repeal the Resumption Act after resumption
was an accomplished fact. Thirdly, if the Treas
ury can resume specie payments in advance of the
time prescribed by law, 1t would be feat which
certainly would not he without its effect IN the
coming Congressional campaign, and which would
do much to stop the mouths of those imitation
apostles who preaching gospel OF ruin ana
disaster should resumption come
An answer to the possible suggestion that the Sec
retarv has not now gold enough in the Treasury to
resume. and that the Resumption Act does not fur
nisb him with sufficient machinery to purchase the
Gold bv the sale of bonds for that purpose, has
already been given, IN dlspatch TO lHE IKiBONE'
showing that under the almost forgotten law or sec
tiou 700 Of the Revised Statues, the Secretary OF
the Treasury has ample power to purchase all the
cold necessary for resumption purposes. Treasury
pcOple think. IN view of that law that II would De
1uiie as practicable to resume August ! as II VIII
be January and that resumption even at that
early date Is entirely posi- bic.
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
PROSPECTS OF HARMONY.
BISMARCK SUPPORTS RUSSIA.

He DECLARES THAT SHE ~ ENTITLED TO BAfUb
THE GREEK QUESTION DECIDED.
The Congress is making steady progress
The English press is opposed to the sur.
render of Batum, but it Is expected that the
matter will be settled amicably. Prince Bis.
marck supports strongly Russia's claim to pos
session of the port. The inhabitants are opposed
to the contemplated transfer. The Greeb
question has been disposed of 10y the Congress-
The pretensions of Greece were previously re-
garded with disfavor in diplomatic circles 81
Berlin,
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06

2:3O race was won by Edward Dream second The 2:34
race for 81 900 won by Nebia with Gray sdlem
apcO
New-York tribune., 1878-07-06
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION IN ENGLAND.
IpNbaN Friday Iulv =

Mr.. Roberts, a Liberal was to-day returned
to Parliament from the f int Boroughs.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-13
LAND GRANTS.
Ex-A ttOrney- General Jere -. Black
Gives an Opinion that IL Diamet-
rIcalIy Opposed to Carl
RchurZ.

Kansas City Times: Hon. jeremiah S.
Black, encouragement of the United
States, has given an opinion IN relation to
the land grant to the Kansas Pacific railway.
He says: ''All the land granted has been
sold or mortgaged, but all the land mort
gagged has not been sold by the trustees. Is
this unsold mortgaged land open to pre-
emption and settlement at the price fixed in
the act? Certainly not. The mortgage was
absolutely necessary to build the railroad.
Without it the lands would have been no use
whatever. 1t was accordingly expressly au-
thorized by law, was made In good faith by
the company, and accepted 10y the purchasers
of bonds as their only security. But if the
lands, or any of them are, by operation OF
law, released from the mortgage, the bond
holdhers are deprived of the security upon
which they advanced their money-the very
money that built the road and thus did the
thing for which the grant was made. 1t is
nothing to the purpose to say that the lands
are now worth more than they were at the
beginning, or that they are worth more than
enough to meet the bonds. The bOndhoGers
are entitled to the improved security and
the company to the surplus. They made the
venture in furtherance of public enterprise,
when the property was comparatively worth
less. Their means have built the highway
through it, and caused the appreciation of
value. If it is taken and sold to pre-emptors,
they lose not only the increase of value which
they have produced, but the land itself.
This opinion Is in opposition to the decision
of Secretary Schurz, who decides that with
out any further legislation of congress, the
lands granted under the Pacific railroad act
of 1862 are open for purchase under the
homestead presumption laws, after three
years from the completion of each road on
which they were located, at the regular price
of one dollar and a quarter per acre.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-13

The New York correspondent of the Balti-
more San, in a letter of last Thursday, says
that some uneasiness exists in that city rela-
tive to a possibility of the progress of the
yellow-fever hither from New Orleans during
the coming eight weeks o. probably feverlsh
weather. "The malarial symptoms 50 COM
mon over all this part of the country for two
years. past" says this correspondent, 'the
extraordinary fall of rain lately, and the &C.
currence of scattered cases of the disease this
season in the shipping of Boston and this
port, are borne in mind as pregnant hints Of
a necessity for strict watchfulness by the
health authorities over every known path of
such epidemic" The fears of disease thus ex-
pressed are not confined to New York city
alone. AT meeting of the society known as
the 'Irvington Neighbors, held on Friday,
it was stated that malarial fevers prevail to a
serious extent in Irvington and the adjacent
villages on the Hudson river. Mr.. Ward Car
penter, speaking from actual observation,
said that
As things exist In the eenters of the three vii
lagos covered by thus inquiry Tarrytown, IrvngtOn
ami DobbSs Ferrythe state of affairs in respect to
the disposal rather the non-disposal of kitchen
garbage. household waste of all kinds and night
soil Is simply horrible In examining the condition
OF some or the more thicy inhabited sections ii is
a matter OF amazement that are not visited with
scouTge more deadly than malaria or diphtheria.
Cesspools and prfvies, the one running Into the
other, often percolate TO the wells.
This is the condition of three of the most
inviting places on the Hudson-the Rhine of
America. Filth and dirt, and disease as a con-
sequence. Can anything else more eloquent
ly plead for continued cleanliness, and the
permanence of sanitary police and enforce
ment of sanitary laws.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-13
iIEMPHIS APPEAL
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1873

THE blackboard of the cotton exchange an
nounced yesterday morning the arrival in
Memphis of the first bale of cotton of the
crop of the season of 1883. 1t was grown
by J. w. Custar, of BosCue county, Texas,
and shipped by Messrs. Levi & Brothers, of
Dallas, who were formerly cotton buyers in
Memphis. The bale weighs $40 pounds, and
came to the firm of c. 2. Hunt q Co., of BOG
Front street. Mr.. Hunt informs US that the
bale graded from middling to strict middling,
is one of the best ginned balls he ever saw,
is of good color, and has a splendid long
staple, and is altogether superior bale of
cotton. At noon, this day, the bale will be
sold by auction in front Of the cotton ex-
change. Should 1t realize price satisfactory
to the shippers they will forward a carload
of cotton to this market at an early day,
and should that venture prove a paying
one, it is the intention of Messrs.
Levi & Bros. to ship literally to Memphis.
If the attempt can be made success, it GER
tainly will be in the hands of that energetic
young merchant, c. P. Hunt. The first bale
of new cotton received in this market last
season arrived July 23d; it classed middling,
was grown by Messrs Marion Il Fallain, at
the Flor de Mayo rancho, on the Rio Grande,
in Texas, thirty miles above Brownsville. 1t
weighed four hundred and sixty pounds, was
bound by rope, and was consigned to Messrs.
James e. Son, on Front street. The first bale
received here last year from the Memphis
district was grown by a. H. Simpson, of lib
bee station, Mississippi, and consigned to I.
II. Allen d Co.; it classed good middling.
The earliest recorded first bale ever received
in Memphis was shipped to Mr. Ralph Worm
eley, from Bolivar, Mississippi; it arrived Au-
gust 3, 1859, the 'big crop" year. The first
bale of new cotton received this season In New
Orleans was from Cameron county, southern
Texas, and arrived July LIST; it classed strict
low middling, and was forwarded to New
York, where it sold for 2019c.a pound. The
first bale of new cotton from the Mississippi
valley this year was received in New Orleans
July 31st; it classed good mlddling, and sold
10y auction at 181ic a pound, and was from
Adams county, Mississippi; it was superior to
any first bale received at New Orleans for
some years. Galveston received its first new
bale this year July 18th; Savannah, July
Both; the first new bale of Georgia cotton
reached Albany July 25th, and was from
Baker county. The New Orleans Picayitne,
of August 10th, says: 1.-The receipts to-day
includes three bales new crop, by steamer
Yazoo Valley, making total to date of one
new bale from the Rio Grande, and five from
the Mississippi valley, against four from the
former and one from the latter at the cor
responding date last year." The first bale re-
ceiyed at New Orleans last year from the Mis-
sissipri valley was August 10th; in 1876,
August 4th; in 1875, July 18th; in 1874,
August 18th; in 1873, August LIST; in 1872,
August 4th.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-13

Europe-bear names with which Danish his
tory may be said to commence One Of the
earliest Danish queens was a Scandinavian
princess named "Daybreak" (Dagmar) who
signalIzed her wedding with the king of Dem
mark by abolishing the obnoxious "plow
tax and obtaining the release of all the
prisoners confined IN the royal dungeon of
Oringsborg. Princess Thyra's namesake was
a widowed queen of the eleventh century,
who, flying from her home in Denmark to
escape from the unwelcome sutton pressed
upon her by her brother, took refuge at the
court of Olaf Trygvason, king of Norway.
Olaf with his usual headlong generosity,
married her on the spot, and avenged her
wrongs by marrying Denmark with fire and
sword. The Prince Imperial's betrothal
ought to bring him good fortune, If there be
any truth in an old rhyme which says:
when the Dane shall mate with banished king,
The crown on his head once more shall hing
(hang).
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-13

The dignity and rights of woman have re-
Gently been asserted in England in a way to
confront The people Of thu United Kingdom
more intimately with the woman's rights
question and bring comfort to the untiring
and patriotic souls who, amid jeers and
sneers, have long labored in a great cause.
Helen Taylor, the step-daughter Of John
Stuart Mil, has been honored with nominal
ton for a seat in the house of commons, beng
the first woman ever proposed IN England as
a representative for the suffrages of the peo-
pie. 1t Is not to be expected that she will be
elected, the times are not sufficiently ripe,
but whether or not there Is presently large
crumb of comfort to woman's rights men
and women in Helen Taylor's presentation to
an English constituency for so high place.
1t is another step toward the goal that FIVE
years ago was farther away than it is to-day
by just so much as the distance between
London school visitor and a member of the
English parliament
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-13

AT the annual meeting of the Bankers as
ISOLATION, now in session at Saratoga, Dr.
o. C. Hale, of Keokuk, read paper before
that body, calling upon congress 20 provide
for the redemption of the legal-tender sub
sidiary coin. The Grand Rapids Mich
Democrat likes the suggestion, and urges:
"By all means we think it due to the poor
bankers that congress redeem the coin with
gold, then redeem the gold with silver, then
redeem the silver with potatoes, then the
potatoes with whisky, .then the whisky with
rat-traps, then the rat-traps with greenbacks,
then the greenbacks with apple-jack then the
apple-jack with corkscrews, then the cork
screws with gold, then the gold with nickels,
and the nickels with rat-skins. Thus we see
a complete circulation can be effected"