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them, to await trial upon the charge
of murder. The Federal authorities
demanded that their cases should be trans
ferred to the United States Courts. The
United States District Attorney Of South
Carolina ordered writ Of hdbeds corpus,
but the Sheriff of the county refused TO
recognize the writ. In this dilemma, the
case was brought before the President, At
torney- General, Secretary of State, and
Revenue Commissioner, and, as the result
OF the conference, il was decided to assert
the authority of the Government at any
hazard, release the prisoners, and bring
them before the United States Court for
hearing.
1t is stated that the new secret society of
workingmen called the knights OF Labor
now numbers S74 ,050 persons in its member
ship, and has Clans Qodges) in every city
and large town In the country.
The eclipse of the sun, which occurred on
the Goth, was satisfactorily observed by most
of the scientific parties who occupied posi-
tions along the line of totality. The specta-
Gle was magnificent, and no doubt the OBJ
servations taken upon the whole will add
largely to the worlds fund of scientific
knowledge.
The National Agricultural Congress will
hold its coming semi-annual meeting at
New Haven, Conn.,, beginning Aug. %.
FOREIGN.
The betrothal of the Duke of Connaught,
Queen yictoria's third son, with the Prin-
cess Marie Louise, of Prussia, daughter of
Prince Frederick Charles, has been officially
promulgated in the House of Commons, and
the usual grap.sIiEd for, which. was OBJ
jected to by Sir Charles Dixie on penlii a
the Radicals. l7 Z et.a
The Duke of Cumberland has given notice
to the German Sovereigns that he maintains
his rights to the throne Of Hanover, although,
for the present, he will only bear his ducal
titles.
Fourteen children and three teachers were
recently drowned by the capsizing of boat
on the River Blackwater, near the town of
Bailie Borough, Ireland.
The Memphis bale of cotton has been
awarded the first premium at the Paris Ex-
position.
The Marquis of Lorne is to succeed Lord
Dufferin of Governor General of Canada.
In the House of Commons, on the 39th,
Lord Harrington moved resolution ex-
pressing want of confidence in the Ministry.
He made violent attack upon the Anglo
Turkish Convention, and asked il the British
Government would have deemed n similar
agreement between Russia and Turkey
iustifiable. The Island Of Cyprus was use
less for the defense of Asia Minor. Even
granting the Governments contention
that the necessity existed for a
Convention, the necessity had been created
by themselves by not advising Turkey to ac-
cept the original terms of peace, which
would not have materially increased
Russia's dominions in Asia. He denied the
existence of British interests in Asia Minor.
as that was not the road to India, and
demonstrated that the GOVERNMENTS utter
ances up to the close of the war showed they
were of the same opinion. Sir Charles
Dixie supported the resolution. He be-
lieved the Convention would ultimately and
inevitably lead to war with Russia. The
tendency of those arrangements was to make
England dependency Of India. Other Lib
erals expressed themselves freely in the
same vein. Randall Plunkett, Bourke and
others defended the Government. In the
House OF Lords there was also sharp en-
counter between Beaconstield and Lord
Granville.
On the 9th ult., Jose Maria, Amador Mi
guel Palacios, Pedro Martinez and Estama-
lilo Martinez, revolutionary leaders, with 300
men, attacked the town of Real de Catorez
Mexico, but were defeated, Amador and Pa
lacios being killed and Estamalio Martinez
wounded.
The Austrian occupation of Bosnia was
begun on the Goth. No opposition was en-.
countered.