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The Potter Investigation.
CHARMING FRANKNESS OF NEW ORLEA
REPORTER

CdAhn1N6 FRANkNESS OF A NEW ORLEANS
REPORTER.
After our telegraphic report of the proceed
ings of the Potter Committee in New York
closed yesterday afternoon, Mr.. John E. Lie etc,
New Orleans Times reporter, was put on the
stand. He testified that about 1872 he was
engaged IN getting up facts and evidence in
before Congress. Witness was to get the best
office not traded of already, and picked out
the once OF harbor master; never went near
associated with Kellogg; lost confidence in
Governor Kellogg when he (witness) was re-
moved; In the census of 1875 it was deemed
advisable to swell the census OF colored people
as high as possible, so that the basis of regis
tratlOn could be high, as every cOlOr6 man
was understood to be republican. The demo
Gratis e ignored that census as fraud. Witness
meaning a large cOlored contingent. They
tCld me. said witness, to find them, no matter
how did. refused to do so. The only honest
count was taken in my parish, which showed
people.
DABRALL's LETTER TO ANDERSON ABOUT THE
VISITING STATESMEN, ETC.
Here MIR. j. E. Anderson, who has already
been on the stand, was recalled by Mr.. Potter,
WI who handed him the following letter, which
Darrall. The letters s., NJ. and II. in the letter
he said meant Sherman, Matthews and Harlan:
[PRIvATE.1
Morgan city. Ld, May y, 1S7S.-My Dear
oI AttNC yOul ldNOI VI q ldtS udUC anu dHl
pleased to hear from you. Marks has my
passes to use coming home but will send them
!0y0u as soon as he gets there. l hope he will
be appointed, but don't expect it nor anything
e!.e that is decent from Hayes for Louisiana.
His policy appears to be to send Packard
away and turn over everything else to our
enemies in the party, who will insure demo.
erallc success next fall. For myself, in my
district, prefer to have such people against
me; Ii conclude to run l can be elected
without patronage and prefer it. l suppose
NJ did what he could, but they evidently don't
taken with your sworn evidence % directly i'a, Inn,
p'icating s., M. and H., are valuable. Use
them dlscreetly; but don't spare them. as, ex-
cept M, they are the most unmitigatcd scoun-
drels ever met; a miserable, nypocritical,
psalm singing, cold blooded set whom it would
pc dong the country service to expose.
VIII me 1ully, but be discreet. Send papers
to Mrs. D., il you can without trouble Am
glad Laura is better. We both send love to
her. Write often.
Truly, &c, c. B. DARRALL.
James E. Anderson, esq.,, Philadelphia, Pa.
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NORFOLK BoATMEN FOR THE NEWARK Re-
GATTA---A crew OF four belonging to the EliZ-
abeth Boat Club of Portsmouth left Norfolk
via the Baltimore Bay line last night for New
ark, n. j., to represent Virginia in the na.
fional regatta on the 2trh. The crew have q
trainer in Newark and viii exercise until tire
last moment. The four We're selected as foI-
lows: Thomas Gallagher. bow; Thos. Riely,
No. 3; Peter McGraJh, No. 2; ID. Callahan,
were barely teafen ~ the Columbia crew aG
the centennial by 5ecident. Recently they
beat the AnaloStanS Il Washing on, and for
several years have been the champions in this
section OF the country
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ga Kerry county fury recently found q
man accused OF murder Guilty on suspicion" 3
sgThe celebrated stallion Tattlsr died yesi
terday at Trenton, N. j.
ASSouthern papers are saying that tho
North must concede. The South seems to bd
quite solid for ftself-(M y. Herald.
AFThe Boston Journal thinks that should
Massachusetts, win be closed,
EHansom cab races are the latest populaE
AIThe experiment or raising Cashmere
goats tS being tried IN Manitoba.
@Mr. K u. Chamberlain, Who pfeside0'
over Kearney's Faneuil hail neellns, n snad
20 pe boTpy handed hotel clerk,
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dispatch from Quincy, ILL.,, says that the chief
of police. j. H: McGraw, was arrested on a
wal rant issued by United States Commissioner
John Williams for violating the postal laws.
He is charged with having allowed to be opened
and procuring the publication of letter to the
alleged bigamist, J.C. Slocum, from the latter's
daughter, which was directed to the care OF
time, and the letter was not handed him until
after the publication. This is one Of the
charges made against the chief by State Sena.
tor Arntozen. The Information is sworn to 6v
ex-Chief of Police Metz. It is altogether
democratic fight. and republicans look on with
cOmDlacenCV,
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A CORRUPT INDIAN AGENT.
Proved Guilty OF Swearing 10 False
PaYs sROIlS and Of Epnho - = 4 o.,.oms

New YORK, August ia dispatcn to the
Sun, from Bismarck, ID. T., August IA, SAYS -
another corrupt agent at Fort Berthold agency.
above Bismarck. He is not big thief, but Is
proved reverend backslider of the Congrera.
tlonal church, who has been gull Y of reriury
IN swearing to false payrolls, and of emtaZ-
Element in pocketing finds drawn on a
voucher belonging to another man. He carried
MS wife on his payroll when she was absent
from the agency, and has lied and acted so
cOwardly toward the Indians that they unani.
mousiy yell for his official scalp. He is a
wretched sample of a wretched line of church
agents Inc records of Agents Sperry and
have bad regulations"
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AUSTRIA's ELEPHANT.-The Austrian En-.
perOr is much affected by the opposition to the
army of occupation in Bosnia and Herzego.
yina. The resistance does not come from the
Mussulman population alone, but is attributed
of attracting the Bosnians and Herzegovina
ians to Servia. The Seryian government de-
clares that it is Loyalty adhering to its conven-
believed in Vienna, and report was current
there that an Austrian corps would be sent to
watch Servia, and advance across the bound.
ary on the first sign of bad faith.
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The CHINESE Six COMPANIES at San Fran
cisco pronounce the dispatches from Chicago
in reference to the employment of Chirese
They declare that they have never as yet con-
tracted for or let the labor of one of their
cOuntrymen that they neither have the power
or desire TO do So and that they have had no
communication with Chicago, nor is any one
authorized to act for them in the procurement
Of labOrerS. They declare further that their
cOuntrymen earn from twenty-five to forty
dollars per month at shoemaking in San Fran
CISCO and that thirty dollars would not induce
one of them to 90 to Chicago.
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SWALLOWING A STOLEN DIAMOND RING
Mrs. Rebecca SchleSslnger of 156 Henry
strt ct, the wife of the tailor of the police de-
partment, went to the Grand street bath on
Monday last. She handed to Emma Brasley.
an attendant, hand bag containing a
diamond ring valued at $500, and other jewel.
ry. On coming out of the bath she missed the
ring Emma BraSley denied having seen it.
but as Mrs. Schlessinger insisted that she had
the manager of the bath summoned Detective
johnson Of the Delaney street police. who
arrested the girl. In the night she was taken
relieve her. While suffering intensely yester
day morning she acknowledged that she had
swallowed the ring.-[N. Y. Sun, 18th.
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A CONSTABLE SHOT DEAD BY A LuNATIC.
At Savannah, Ga, Tuesday. Constable Ben
ID. Morgan, while assisting the deputy shel iff
to arrest David V. Lebey, a maniac, who had
balrlcaded himself in his house and threat
ened to kill his wife on the approach of any
one, was shot and almost instantly killed by
Lebey. The excitement was intense. The
blocked with people. Subsequently a posse
broke into the room, secured the lnnatic and
carried him to iail
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Fatal Fall of n Roof.

CINCINNATI, ONO August 15.-While four
wOrkmen were engaged in putting new roof
on the Gaylord Iron and Pipe Works, at New
port, KY, yesterday afternoon. one Of the GEN.
ter beams gave way and the roof falling in car
suffered severe internal injuries and conces-
sion of the brain, j. w. FentOn had his arm
and jaw broken, John Good was Injured in
the head and leg. The two former will proba.
blV die
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A BOLD GANG OF RUFFIANs.-In New York.
about midnight on Saturday, a respectable
woman returning to her home was seized by
carried bodily to a secluded spot within five
blocks of police station, and outraged She
screamed loudly while being carried off, and
doubtless many persons heard her cries, but
ably be restrained by fears for his personal
safety from interfering with body OF deSpe-
rate ruffians, so no one came to the poor
wOman'S assistance until a citizen fOund a
policeman and led him to the spot bur no
arrC StS were made
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Gov. HamptOn's RequfsitfOn for Ex.
Gov. Scott.

NEW YORK, August l5.-A Columbia, S. c..
aespatch says 1t is reported, on good author.
lty, that Gov. Hampton has forwarded to the
governor OF Ohio requiSition. asking for ex
tradltlOn OF eX-Gov. A. X. Scott who lives in
NapOleon. He is charged with having bought
majority of the votes of the members of fhe
legislature during the session of II and - in
order order to defeat his own impeachment for
hlgh crimes and misdemeanors'', and in or
der to raise the money to buy the votes. he ia.
Sued fraudulent warrants on the treasury i'm
the names of imaginary persons to the extent
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Mrs. Hayes at the TorDe.Io s,a,,on

= NEWPORT, August l5.-ASsOciate Justice
Swayne, accompanied by Mrs. Hayes, visited
Ine Torpedo station yesterday afternoon. The
swan, OF Maryland Mr.. c. H. Russell and
Iamily, OF New York; Judge Green and fami
y, OF New jersey: Captain and Mrs. Upshur.
other distinguished people. The officers of
she Siatlon were in uniform and. with their
laihllles, VINO were also present, left nothing
tors '"Oii 'i'i-
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CUMBERLAND COAL TRADE.-The product
OF the mines of the Cumberland coal region
for the week ending Saturday, August TO-
1878, was 81 4l3 tons, and for the year to that
date S75 4S5 TONS an increase of I06, ,53S tons as
compared with the corresponding period of
last year. The shipments to the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad were for the week 1S,943
tons; for the year 495, ,9OS tons, an increase of
3S ,29S tons as compared with 1877. The ship.
ments to the Chesapeake and Ohio canal were
for the week 10,63S tons; for the year 81, ,76O
tone, an increase Of 69,723 tons as c0mpL Lred
with 1877
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DID THURMAN SCHEME?-We are now cer-
tain that the scheming of Allen q. Thurman
and the timidity of a majority of the dem
ocrats i'm the House were the cause OF TildAn's
overthrow. We have it from good authority
that Thurman after certain visit TO New
York, told members of Congress that Til6en
was I'm favor OF the electoral commission and
urged its adoption upon Congress, when the
facts are that Tilden opposed that commits.
SiOn.-[ C. drkSiurQ { W. Vdl Netps
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-FOUR MEN HANGED.-W Wilson Childress
Fountain Banks, Octave Lauve, and Aaron
Carter. coiOred, were hanged at Donaldson.
vile, La, Yesterday h for mo the murder Of Mar
cause Of the murder seems to have been the
refusal of Arrieux to give his assailants a
drink. They all died asserting their inno-
cenco however.
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Saratoga Races

SARATOGA, August l5.-The first race a free
nandlcaP, one mile, was won by Orioe: Ladv
S2lyers second and Patriot third time, I;iiI
HarkaWay pulled UP lame. The second race.
one mile and three-quarters. was won by Pa
role easily; LOUlanier second and Princeton a
poor third; time, 3:l1.
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AFThe St. Louis Globe Democrat has got
aged SO, drunk and sunstruck: water, Ice,
speedy recovery and calabOOSe."
{ A%Henry Palmer went over Niagara falls
. few days ago. He started from the village
to row across the river to Chippewa, and
neither he nor the boat hes since been seen.
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A MEAN Murder BY A WEALTHY FARMER.
VIM. McNuh, young man, was shot through
the heart and instantly killed at Cannonsbury
Washington county, Pa, yesterday mornineJ
by wealthy farmer named TannehIll in
whose orchard he had stopped to eat some
was highly respected.
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FOREIGN AEFAIRS
The Russians Oeeunv Xanna

LONDON, August l5-A dispatch from
bucharest to the Times says: The Russians
occupied np va THarna, Bulgaria, on the llth Of
August. The garrison is to consist of 900
men with 1C0 guns.
Paris Prizes to Americans.
PARIS, August l5.-In the award of prizes at
the Paris Exposition the United States agri.
honor and the United States educational ex.
hibit gold medal. Of the eleven objects of
srt offered by the Agricultural Society of
machinery in the recent field trials eight have
been awarded TO American inventions. Dr.
DIR. Edward II. knight, the American Juror of
c'aSs No. 76. has been authorized to announce
@icks binding reaper, Wood's ooTs Binder MeVSs os
borne binder, JOhnSton'S harvester, Whirley's
harvester, DEGREES gang plow Dedrick's hay
press, The Chicago hay press. The above
e ght prizes are independent of the medals of
the exhibition proper.
England aud the Vatican.
LONDON, August 15.-Sir Stafford Northcote,
chancellor of the exchcquer. replying to an
no communications had been exchanged with
the Vatican regarding rec establishment of
diplomatic relations between Great Britain
and the Holy See.
British Watchfulness of Russia.
MANCHESTER, August 15.-The Mancheste
Guardians London correspondent SAYS it i
stated in well-infOrmed circles that Admiral
HOrnby has been ordered by telegraph that as
soon as the embarkation of the Russian inn
Ierlal guard has been completed he shall with
draw his section of the British feet from the
Princes Islands. in the sea of Mamora, to Gal
lipoli, but not retire to the Mediterranean
retired west of Chatalja, and the Turks are
securely in the possession of those works. He
will then leave sufficient number of ships at
Gallipoli and in the Gulf of Saros to maintain
Russians are beyond Adrianogle or across the
Balkans.
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ROCKED HIM TO SLEEP.-Engineer Ross, OF
the steamer Nellie. running on the StauntCn
river, SOuthsde, Va, was shot and killed by
James Lyons a one legged watchman at
Danville railroad. yesterday. The shooting
was the result of quarrel, followed bv an as
sault on Lyons by Ross with rocks. The cor
OnerS jury acquitted Lyons.
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JUDGE KEY and party, ten in all, will leave
the city, this evening for a trip north aud

west. he expects 10 De absent several VIC ekS.
PEACEABLE INDIANs.-The Commissioner of
Indian Affairs has received report for the
month of July, from R. II. Milroy, Indian
agent at Olympia. w. T., to the Puyallup, Mes
qually and other Indian tribes. He says, after
giving an idea OF the farming operations of
agency are all well, and peaceably
disposed towards the government and
danger of them going to war than Of SO many
sheep and rabbits doing so. But the little
indian war east OF the Cascades and some $50
miles southeast of the sound was sufficient to
scare many fool whites around Puget Sound.
VINO got up reports that spies and emissaries
were among our Indians melting them to 20
on the war path, and that many of our Indians
were buying ammunition and making prepa-
rations to join the hostiles. These false and
groqndless reports caused uneasiness among
my Indians, as they feared an outbreak Of the
whites upon them; and there was much more
ground for this fear than of an outbreak of
the Indians OF this or either of the other Puget
Sound agencies The fools are not all dead
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BOTH FEET CUT OFF.-A twelve year old
Ohio, had both feet cut off by reaper last
Friday. While an elder brother was driving
the team he was attacked by bumblebeeS.
Harry ran in to catch the horses by their
heads, when the team lunged forward, bringing
the cutter bar in contact with mis- legs lust
above the ankle, almost severing his feet from
his legs. DR.. Phillips was Immediately sum.
moned and amputafed the feet.
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Marine DisaSfar

PROVIDENCE, r. L., August l5-The schr.
ARMENIA, hence for Philadelphia, went on
Whale Rock and capsized. She now lies full
OF water, between Whale Rock and Nara
ganSett shore: The captain is reported to
have broken his arm. ~
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a private letter. He remarks: Our democratic
friends had better tie up their sore heads and
come together like band of political brothers
shall surely attain if they act together harmo
niOusly. No man has been treated worse than
myself by individual members of the party.
and hope every one Of them will be defeated
In his aspirations for a denomination, il good
democrats can take their place, but not other
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NEBRASKA AND IT'S NEXT CENsUs.-Nebras-
ka is deeply interested in the next national
census; In the past eight years her popula-
tiOn, which was in 1870 computed at fraction
over l22 COO, has fully trebled, and estimating
the prospective increase for the next Is months
at the ratio OF increase during the past Is
months, it is fair to assume that the national
census OF 1880 will credit Nebraska with pop.
ulation OF over 5c0,0G1. The next Congress.
sional appOrtionment will probably change the
ratio OF appol tionment to al out 10000 inhabi-
tants for each Congressman, and one for each
additional fraction of over 75,C0O. That will
give Nebraska not less than three, and in all
probability four Congressman. on the other
hand, her constitution authorizes an increase
OF representation in the legislature after the
wear 1850 from the present humber, ia mem
GERS, to l30 members, and it is presumable that
this change will be made, to accommodate the
rapidly developing sections of the state that
are now short OF representation. These m arked
changes in her Congressional and legislative
representation cannot fail to revolutionize the
political status of the state. In this respect
the impending political revolution in Nebras-
ka, that will inevitably be brought about
through the next national census, is only the
ss4 result t OF the same natural law of development
the material development of that state
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A SAD ACCIDENT took place in the East
river yesterday-the drowning of three child.
rem on scoW which was run down by a FAN
River steamer. The heroism and devotion OF
with the water up to her neck, held her chiid
above her head until at length It fell from her
exhausted arms, have few parallels, even in
ncti0n.-IN. Y.AerQld.
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TIE WIFE OF the feather weight champion,
Dlck HOLLYWOOD, OF indianapolis, has sued
him With cruelty and adultery. They were
married in 1862, and eight OF their eleven chill
dren are alive
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THE CONNECTICUT GREENBACK CONVENTION
was adopted which embodies all the princi-
piles of the national labor greenback party. A
ticket was nominated. as follows: For gov.
ernOr, Charles Atwater, of New Haven: for
lieutenant governor, Henry Manchester, of
Danbury; for secretary of state. Lucian v.
Pinney, of Winsted for treasurer, Lareu f.
Judd, of New Britain; for comptroller. Chas.
j. Winters, OF Norwich. About eighty dele
gates were present, representing twenty
seven towns and seven counties
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TIE PALACE CAR Dom PEDRO, purchased
by the emperor OF Brazil when he was in this
country, was sent from New York in the
schooner Eta and Josie, Capt. Bunker, which
sailed July z The schooner has since been
abandoned ct sea.
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THIRD VIRGINIA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
The conservatives of the Richmond (third)
terday to elect delegates to the district con
greSsional convention. In Richmond, Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston gets AZ delegates out of TO-
prominent lawyer, who gets q or o. The
remaining delegates are scattering. In Man.
chester Johnston gets 4, possibly 5, out of s..
Henrico county goes against Johnston. The
partially heard from, but the few returns re-
celved are satisfactory to JOhnston's friends
who hope to get enough delegates to insure
bis nomination on the first ballot. Seventy
plae votes are necessary to secure the nomi-
nation in the convention.
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A FAMILY CHLoRoFoRMEp AND RoBnED.-
IN New York early yesterday morning an
onlcer arrested VIM. Gray hatless and shoe
iess, IN basement. A revolver was found on
the ground beside him. The occupant of the
house afterwards informed the officer that his
family had been choroformed and his gold
Sts,o. Malcn ana iarge amount OF otner properly
gagged i'm the robbery.
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The following is an extract from an article
on the American Educational Exhibit" pub
lished in the american Register, (Paris): "In
the center of the pavilion stands fine mode
OF the primary school of Washington, mounted
on marble bookcase, which is a marvel of
c0mpactneSS and neatneSS, containing &C
objects representing that celebrated establish.
ment; works OF every nature accomplished by
sch0'arS-exercises beautifully bound, mathe-
matlcal drawings, &c.-and even number of
states, bearing very neat geOmetIical and
trlsnometrlcal figures, which it is rather curl
Gus 10 think were drawn three thousand
miles Off, have been brought across the
ocean just as they were put down, and
might now be Obiterated by the touch
OF finger. In most ingeniously contrived
drawer are photographs of all the school
houses In the District of Columbia One of
them, the Ould school, was founded in 1871,
and IS queer-looking edilce, Of character
far distant from that of the handsome mOnu-
ments erected since. Drawings by the pupils
OF the c0lored schools of Washington have
been gathered together in the largest volume
OF the entire educational exhibit. They are
crude and deficient, and do not say much for
the al tlstic talent of the darkieS,n Speaking
OF The designs IN water color, oil and charcoal.
&C, OF the different educational buildings in
TINS country, the same article says: "a large
picture In Oil colors, very badly painted, Te-
produces the Hampton Normal Institute for
negroes: Slowed away in drawers are some
OF the objects produced by it's duSky inmates
quaint carvings in wood, which present some
interest"
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A Receiver Called IN Rooh

TRENTON, Nd, August l5.-Chancellor Run
yOn has issued an order directed To Charles r
Colwell, receiver of the Philadelphia and At
antic City narrow gauge railroad, to show
cause on the 10Th inst why he should not be
relieved of the duties of that nnSitinn
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Illinois NOmfnatfOn for CO
Another MOIlfe Maxui

Another MOllfe Mcguire Convicted.
SUNBuRY, PA, August 15.-Tbe july in the
case OF Peter McManus, Mollie Mcguire, on
trial here for the past week for the murder of
Carson HeSser, at ShamOkin, in December,
1874, went out at $50 pm. yesterday, and this
morning returned verdict Of guilty of MUIR
cOmplice in the crime, will be tried next for
the same offence