Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-21
LOS ANGELES. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 1878

very dark. He had himself started
out with a small force of cavalry
by order to meet Porter, expecting
him to leave at the same time, but
1t was four hours before the head
of the fifth corps (Porter's) came
up. Cross-examination on this
point elected an admission that in
these four hours he travelled only
about four miles and then not on
the road travelled by Por-
ter and he could not say
what distractions there were on the
road. He admitted that he called
Porter traitor, under considerable
excitement sswithout meaning II,
and after being snubbed by Pope,
as he expressed 1t. The most i'm
poftant point established, after a
long examination on events of the
Goth, was that he was now satisfied
when he gave his evidence at
the court-martial in 1862. with re-
gard to Porter's failure to obey the
4:40 p. NJ. order, that he
was mistaken in the position
OF the troops, having assigned
to Porter more advanced position
than was true and that it would
have required at least two hours for
the orders to have reached Porter.
General Ruggles, Pope's chief of
staff, having sworn that it was
about 5 o'clock before the order
started, Porter's claim that
1t was nearly dark when it
reached him is now established by
evidence of these two staff officers
of Pope as well as by that of his
own staff. He denied Longstreets
testimony as to his position, say.
ing that he saw the ground which
Longstreet swOre he occupied in
the morning unoccupied at l
O'clock inthe afternoon.
sweitering Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, July 2O.-The
thermometer to-day ranges from
81 to 1921. Three fatal cases of
sunstroke are reported and several
persons are ia dangerous con-
dition.
The New Orleans Committee.
NEW ORLEANS, July 20th.-ln
the Potter Committee Judge Nor
ris Marks confirmed substantially
the account of the Sherman-An-
derson interview already published.
Witness was a Presidential electOr
and had signed both the first and
second sets of electoral certificates.
He identified the signatures. Mrs.
D. A. Weber had told him
that Mrs. jerks had asked
her for the Sherman letter, and
that she had a difficulty in con-
vincing her (Jenks) that it was not
among Weber's papers. Wrs. We
ber had urged witness to write
letter denOuncing Mrs. jerks as an
lmpostor because she attempted TO
represent Mrs. Weber, in her Wash
ington testimony. Witness was
about to write such a letter, when
D. l.. Weber interfered, and the
matter was dropped.
The BeecOusGeId banquet.
LONDON, July 2O.-The banquet
rendered to Lords Beaconsfeld and
Salisbury by the Carlton Club will
be given on the 9th instant.
M"riMe Disaster.
QUEENSTOWN, July 20.-While
the steamer Adriatic, from Liver
pool for New York by way of this
port, was coming down the Chan
mel yesterday in fog, she ran into
ana sunk a cOasting schooner. The
crew of the schooner, with the ex-
Inn = drn xu
ed. The Adriatic embarked mails
and passengers here and proceeded
for New York last night.
Not 20 Dissolve.
LONDON, July 20-A correspond.
ent of the Edinburgh Scotchmon
says that the British Cabinet has
finally resolved not to dissolve
Parliament this year.
Proposition 60 Greece.
LONDON, July 2O.-It is stated
that the Porte, in consequence of
representations of the great Pow
ers, is willing to enter into negoti-
ations with Greece, provided the
latter agrees to pay the Porte an
nually any surplus over the pre-
sent revenue of the territory she
may acquire, or to bear portion of
the Turkish debt.
The InternatIonal Pig con shoostng
Match
LONDON, July 20.-The pigeon
shooting match between Captain
Bogardus, of the United States, and
Mr.. Wallace, of England, at Not.
tingbill, took place yes
terday. The terms of the match
were to shoot at one hundred
birds for one hundred dollars
side and silver cup. The match
resulted in u draw, each man kill
ing 81 birds. Another match for
two hundred dollars u side is to he
fixed for next Wednesday.
Trouble in Old ServIH.
BELGRADE, July 20.-Thero is
much excitement in old Servia
against the Austrian occupation of
Bosnia. Armed bands of Moham-
medans and Christian Insurgents
are rapidly forming.
The Rent Cause of the Disaster.
KEEL, July 20.-Official inquiry
into the-iron clad disaster on the
British coast has resulted in ver-
dict acquitting the officers of the
Grosser Kurfurst and Koenig Will
helm and attributing the collision
to O mistake of the helmsman OF
the Koenig Wilhelm.