Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-13

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and China.
The Naval Register just issued
SHOVE the total number of officers
In all branches of the navy and
marine corps, active and retired, to
be 2,067.
Hay es Acc,pss sn.sher Invitation.
WASHINGTON, August 12th.-
President Hayes has accepted the
invitation of the Mimi nesota State
Fair Association, and will attend
the Goth annual Fair, to be held at
st Paul from the Cd to the 7th of
September. 1t Is the intention OF
the President to visit his home in
Fremont, Ohio, the last of this
mouth and then go to st. Paul via
Chicago on the evening "f the 81 of
September. If agreeable to the
guests, there will be an excursion
to the Red River of the North and
across the great plains Of Dakota.
DecIinss Municipal Reception.
NEW YORK, August 12th.--The
Columbia College crew has decliued
the public reception rendered them
by the city authorities.
The Potter Committee.
New YORK, August 12th.-The
Potter Investigating Committee re-
| sumed it's sessions this morning,
but, in the absence of several men,
bers, TO witnesses were examined.
| Gen. Butler asked that Stanley
Matthews be summoned. Mr.. Pot
ter said The Senator had been sum-
moncd Saturday and that he re-
| piled, IAN important engagement
at Newport would prevent his at
| tending and, whatever he intended,
he deemed ofD0 consequence to the
Committee" From this reply Mr..
Potter said he inferred that Senator
Matthews did not mean to respond
To the summons.
| General Butler remarked that If
Matthews's answer meant that he
would not attend or obey the sum.
mons of the House of Representa-
tiYes, the sooner the issue was
made, the better for the House and
Senate, so that the powers of both
can be determined. If the House
has not power to compel the at
tendance of witnesses, then inves.
tigati0n is useless, as subject to
suspension. He did not know what
credit to give TO certain newspaper
articles he bad seen, but II they
were true, Matthews had been tes-
tifyiug to newspaper reporters. He
tells to them as much as he pleases,
and We want him here to tell as
much as the ommittee pleases.
He therefore moved that 1t be en-.
tered Oh the record that Matthews
refuses to appear before the Com
mittet, and that tho same be re-
ported to the House for their action
in the matter.
Potter remarked that be would
entertain Buffers motion, but
thought it better to await the pres.
ence of HIscock and Stenger before
voting on it. He therefore ad-
journed the Committee until II
o'clock tomorrow. The Com nit
tee then went into executive ses.
sion.
Deuics Mayins Been spirited
Away.
CHICAGO, August 12.-The Jour.
ndrs Washington special says that
Kelley, the messenger OF the Lou
isiana Electoral College, who wrote
the letter to Representative Potter
saying that II he was summoned
by the Potter Committee he would
tell who forged the names of three
electors to Certificate No. 8, from
Louisiana, and then disappeared,
and whose absence was charged
upon Senator Kellogg, is here, and
las not been summoned before the
com mittee to testify.
The stsihfag Shoesnnkers.
CHICAGO, August 12th.-One
firm took back sixty of the striking
shoemakers this morning at their
own rates; this fact caused consid-
erable elation among the strikers,
but they say they don't care fig
for the propos Il engagement Of
| Cinnamon. They have little faith
| in 1t.
Another virtsm Dead.
MERIDoN, Conn August 12th.-
Freddie Mittlewood, aged thirteen,
one of the injured at WalingfOrd,
died at noon to-day, making thirty
dead thus far.
YeiOn JACK tn si'ssissippi.
GRENADA, Miss, August 12th.-
Que hundred cases OF yellow fever
here up to II NJ. Ten deaths within
the last "a hours.
Yeiiow Fever ~ New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, August 18TH
Thirty-One new cases; twelve
deaths.
Anti.CathoIic ProeessiOn.
OTTAWA, August I2th.-The Or
ange Young Britons, Prentice boys
and True Blues of this dictrict, ac-
companied by It's of the brethren
from Montreal, marched through
the principal streets this morning.
At Sparks and Wellington streets,
a rough named Tom Kennedy en-
/ seavored to break the ranks and
atteuapted to trip the drum ner, but
was basl,y beaten and only escaped
by vauiti.1 over q fence. The
lower town Cnjon men attacked
the Montreal BriI.ins at York and
Sussex Streets, but ~are defeated
and escaped before tho pC,ice came
up. A Union man and I .>fes.
tant from Mount Sherwood weI>
su ubsequeutly arrested and bailed.
After the procession dispersed two
Montreal BritoDs were cowardly
assailed on Wellington street. The
assailant was arrested.
| III vans Eesv.
HAVANA, August 18th. New
elections are ordered in all existing
municipalities, which, with the
Municipalities to be formed, will
enter upon their new functions the
first of January. The elections for
deputies to the Spanish Cortes be-
gin January 15, 1870. A royal de-
cree orders the restoration to for