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WASHINGTON.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

WASHINGTON. July 9. 1879.
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ELEcro RAL coMMIs-
SION PAINTING-HIsToRY OF cHATTEL
MORTGAGE.
The immense oil painting of the Electoral Com
mission has mysteriously disappeared. 1t was the
she wished to sell it to Congress for $4,000; but
the democracy being in no mood for such reminder
of their Presidential defeat the proposition for
appropriation rejected without cards. 1t seems
that the lady in question. Mrs. Adele Z. Fassett.
Joined with her husband in giving chattel mort
gage to secure the unpaid back rent of his photo
graph establishment, the building being owned by
Mrs. Hitz, wife Of the president of the de-
funct German American Bank The chattels
covered by the mortgage were many Of them the
products of the artistic skill of Mrs. Fassett. In
September, 1878. according to the statement Of Mr..
and Mrs. Fassett the rights of the Hitzs salts
fed. and on May IA. 1878. they executed to Mr. and
Mrs. Hiz and Aessrs. Prentiss and Halstead jointly
deed CT trust chattel mortgage for $4,000. At
this time it is claimed that Mr.. Htz in Europe
setts meeting the payment with the promptness
that was desired the chattels were advertised for
sale. but the Fsssetts made application for an in
junction to prevent the sale which the Court tenn
porarily granted. Mrs. Hitz came into court this
afternoon and filed her answer, in which she says
that the building belongs to her. and that among the
chattels the most important, namely. the painting
Of 'The Electoral Count" is missing. and when
search made for it that Of it could be
found. The matter awaits q decision.
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The COMET OF 1879.

Mr.. s. C. Chandler sends the Science Observer the
following information in regard to the comet that
was discovered by Lewis Swift on tho 10th of June
last:-"Thc comet observed by me on four
evenings. On two Of these good determinations of
position were obtained with ring micrometer on
three-inch Clark refractor On the other evenings
the best l could do to make careful
allincations of the comet with the telescope
stars in tho field. and careful reduction
OF these has furnished positions which probably
less than minute of in error" MIR. Chandler
has also calculated the orbit and finds that it does
not resemble that of any known comet. Tho move
ments of the meteor will be 8 follows:-lsotween
the 18th and l4h OF July. the comet will pass nearly
over the cee tial pole, which is the cause OF the
abrupt change of about IL hours In right
in the ephemcris. Although the comet will slowly
approach the earth until the nth of July. Will be-
come no brighter, since IL IL receding from the
more rapidly. Although easily seen with three
inches aperture the comet Is difficult to observe with
tho micrometcr on telescope OF that size 1t has
its Light IL considerably condensed toward the centre.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
CRUISE OF THE TRAINING SHIP sARArooA-rHE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

CRUISE OF THE TRAINING SHIP sARAroaA-rHE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
WASHINGTON. July O. 1879.
In . report to the Navy Department. Commander
Robley d. Evans. commanding the training. ship
Saratoga. which arrived at New York yesterday.
states that he left Hampton Roads April last. and.
after stormy passage, entered Fayal April IL.
The boys on board suffered much from sea-
sickness during the passage. At Fayal Com
mander Evans looked over tho correspondence
in the of the American schooner Lizzie
p. Simmons. Captain Buddington. detained for st-
tempting to smuggle tobacco. He reports that the
American Consul did everything in his power to pre-
vent the unprovoked outrage perpetratcd on Captain
Buddington. but to no purpose The Saratoga left
Fayal April 81 and arrived at Funchal May % at mid
night From there the Saratoga went to
Lanzarote and to Santa Cruz and Teneriffe On
June IL she lett Santa Cruz and in fourteen
days arrived at Bermuda. Leaving there on July
2 she arrived at New York yesterday.
Commander Evans says that during the three
months the drills have been constant, and the in
structon of the boys careful aud faithful, and that
he may safely promise at the end OF the year to
transfer hearty well drilled set OF lads The health
of the officers and crew was uniformly good
The practice ship Constellation, with the cadet
midshpmen ON board arrived vt Mount Desert yes-
terday
Lieutenant Karl Rohrer is detached from the Con-
stitution and granted three months leave. Master
j. NJ. Roper is ordered to the Minnesota at New
York. Ensign G. G. Rogers and Cadet Midshpmen
II. J. Robinson. Thomas Snowden and j. Is. Cahoon
ordered to the Vandalia at New Bedford Mass.
Cadet Mdshipmen A. B. Clements J. b. Blish, ID. p.
Menefee and j. A. Mudd ordered to the Alaska
at Mare Island. Cadet Midshipmen NJ. L. Read, w.
A. Graham, G. G. Marsh Harry Wike and W. Y.
H., and Surgeon J. II. kidder to the Standish her
arrival at Provincetown, Mass.
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minutes And 20 IL remains TO this day. The
whaers follow their prey up into the Arctic Sea- but
they are not explorers and have motive to VEN
ture further north than they can go with safety.
The limit OF present knowledge in this direction is
but q short distance north OF Point Barrow. the
northernmost headland of Alaska There may be
nothing but sea and ice beyond. as appears ON the
maps, but the maps of this region represent
ignorance and not our knowledge. There may, for
aught we know. be as large islands there have
been discovered in higher latitude further east and
further west Six years ago the Austrian explorers.
Payer and weyprecht, found northeast Of Sptzber-
gen country as large Scotland, where the
geographers had supposed there existed nothing but
an open sea. Perhaps the Jeannette will make dis
covery of equal interest
PRosPxcrs OF SUCCESS
The important fact which furnishes the motive Of
the expedition Is that while q latitude high as
eighty-two degrees has been reached by the Smiths
Sound route and along the east coast of Greenland
and also by the recent Austrian expedition, nobody
has penetrated toward the Pole even as seven
ty-fve degrees by way of Behring Strait Yet
there is no reason why the channel between the
Arctic and Pacific should not offer as favor
able approach to the Polar regions as either Of
the routes heretofore selected. In fact, there
reasons in climate and tidal currents for be-
lieving that 1t will be possible get the Pole
by this route than any other. The Jeannette will
show whether these reasons we'll founded. II
she meets with no misfortune she will be back next
year. Her commander has the great advantage of
not going over beaten tract so that whether he
some important additions to the sum of Arctic
knowledge, and he may have the good fortune to in
scribe his name with those of Kane, Hall and Hayes
on the roll of daring American explorers who have
bravey struggled to unlock the secrets of the frozen
Pole.
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GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON. July 9. 1872
THE DUTY ON oUININE-DEcIsIoN OF THE SEC
RETARY OF THE TREASURY.
The Secretary of the Treasury yesterday instructed
the Collector at New York that the act exempting
quinine from duty. which took effect July /. did not
affect importatons made before that date. This de-
cision based upon the general principle that
duties accrue the arrival Of the importing vessel
at the port Of entry with intent to unload
her cargo, and that the rate of duty be-
comes fixed by the laws in force at the
time of such arrivals. The previous Tariff
acts contained provisions that the duties therein
specified were to be imposed on all goods covered
thereby which were in public or store bonded
warehouse when such acts took effect. There was
however. no such provision in the new law about
quinine, and hence it is held to affect importa-
tions made before July1. This will occasion en-
barrassment to many holders Of quinine in bonded
warehouse on July l. Numerous inquiries have been
made at the Treasury Department by parties stu
ated. but no power existed there to give relief.
THE RECENT ERUPTION OF MOUNT ErNA-
DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE VILLAGES I'm THE
VICINITY.
Mr.. Owen. United States Consul at Messina. sends
to the Department Of State account of the recent
eruption of Mount Etna. It broke out on the 26th
OF May and ceased on the llth or june. In Messin2
the pavements and balconies were covered with
black dust. The villages near the mountain
were shrouded in darkness and their in
habtants Aed in terror. The damages are
estimated at 100000. toward which the italian
Parliament has contributed . large sum. The King
gave personally 1000. the city of Cstania $2400 and
the Archbishop $500. On the 18th or June there
. serious earthquake The earth opened and swa-
lowed up houses and human beings. The cause Is
attributed to the undermining following the dis
charpa Of lava IL, larra auantities
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FROM THE GOLDEN GATE TO THE POLE.
from the New York Mail, July91

The best equipped that set sail for the Arctic
regions is said of the stsnch little vessel which slid
out Of Golden Gate yesterday bound for the North
Pole and armed cap-apie rather from stem to
stern to do battle with the ice king in his unshaken
fortress. Bark rugged, Of 420 tons and 200-horse
power she has been fitted up while lying in San
Francisco harbor. Her bows are filled with solid
timber, and stanchions. knees and planking are
added wherever q strain come in her struggles
with the all but Irresistible Ice masses Of the Polar
Seas iron plates. extra boilers duplicate machinery
ice saws and coverings and Innings of several thick
ncsses of felt and canvas. portable deck house. and
every convenience that experience and science can
suggest, have been supplied; Lhe crew are no less
woolen and blanket garments and complete suits of
fur yet to come. The vast quantity Of all sorts
of supplies, some carried by the accompanying
schooner. preclude any Scarcity and their quality
renders scurvy impossible.
OFFICERS AND CREW.
The men selected or this pcrilous and honorable
voyage admirably fitted for it, the scanen being
chosen for their known endurance of cold, their
age (twentyhv to thirty -five their height and
physique, and other qualifications. or the officers.
Lieutenant Tor, by courtesy. Captain) George W. De-
the who, In 1S73 pushed nearly to Cape York
in search of the missing Polaris. but prevented
accomplishing his ardent wish to proceed further by
series or adverse circumstances. He is
New Yorker. thirty-hve years old. handsome,
strong, skiful and determined, and has had
tenant Chipp executive officer, was with
DeIong in 1871, and has great deal of the
world. polar and tropical in his ten years of navy
sorvicc Engineer Melville was on the 1igress dur.
ing her Arctic trials, and has seen service for
bakers dozen of years In the navy, exploring and
hghting, and knows all about his business. Master
Danenhauer, the navigator of tho Jcannette, is a
thorough naval scontist, and has seen eight years
of hard service since he left the Naval Academy DIR.
Amblcr. the surgeon; Mr.. Collins, meteorological,
who perfected the HERALD Weather Service; Mr..
Nowcomb, tho taxidermist, and Captain Dunbar, tho
leo pilot, ere all peculiarly adapted by education,
age, experience and bodily health and development
to the oxigencics of an Arctic exploration, and in
their able hands tho objects the voyage
well placed.
iEsErITs no SCIENCE AND MANKIND.
As tho Mail has already explained, the route chosen
by the Jvannette Is practically one,
by way Behring strait, while 80 degrees has been
touched by the Bain's Bay route, Mares having got
as far ~ that four years ago. This having been
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BLLD TO DEATH.

FATAL RESULT OF THROWING A BUTCHERS
KNIFE IN RESPONSE TO PLAYFUL MISSILE
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD1
BUFFALO, N. Y, July Q. 1879.
The most remarkable fatality known in this
city occurred this morning. about eleven o'clock in
Washington Market. during business hours. Two
young men, named John Miller and Louis Schlagter.
kept butcher stalls opposite sides of the market
Miller. in playful mood, out from his stall
with q piece of lights liver and threw 1t at
Schlagter. who was sitting smoking o pipe and
making out q bill. 1t struck him in tho
face. knocking the pipe out of his mouth. lie rose
in rage ana taking sharp butcher knife from his
counter hurled 1t at Miller, who had turned round
and was running back behind his stall. The kniie
struck Miller in the calf of the right leg piercing to
the bone, severing the main artery and making %
CHASTITY wound. He fell. and the blood poured from
the cut in u stream.
BEYOND HELP.
Doctors we're Immediately sent for, but before
eighteen years of age Schagter seeing what he had
done tor doctor. then disappeared, but after
ward gave himself up to the police. The occurrence
caused great excitement, especially on account of its
singular character. II cannot be termed murder as
there intent on Schagter's part 10 kill Miller.
He threw the knife in moment OF passion, and no
one was more astonishcd than he at the result. He
will be held charge of manslaughter.
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MR.. ALTMAN's FUNERAL.
HEBREW AND CHRISTIAN BURIAL SERVICES ovEA
THE VICTIM OF AN ACCIDENT IN POLO PLAY.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

ING.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
BUFFALO. N. Y, July 3. 1879.
The funeral OF David l.. Altman. the young gentle.
man who fatally injured while playing polo last
Saturday took place from the family residence on
Delaware avenue this morning. The attendance war
very large. including the Polo Cuo ia q body. and
members Of the literary society to which the do
ceased belonged. Among those present were Agnes
Ethel and her husband. Mr.. Frank Tracy. The serl
vices were both Hebrew and Christian, conducted
by Rabbi Falk, of Temple Beth Zion, and Rev. DR..
Van Bokkelen, of Trinity Episcopal Church. The
interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery, and the
pail bearers were members of the Polo Club.
DEATH FROM rUREIY ACCIDENTAL CAUSES
The case has cast gloom over the best society cir.
cles in Buffalo but il ~ now thoroughly understood
that ii was purely accidental and cannot be attrib-
uted to reckless unskilful playing. The leading
members OF the club say that POLO interests cannot
suffer permanently by the accident. The Buffalo
Polo Club to-day received beautifully wordcd letter
OF coincidence from the Westchoster Club OF New
York to which "a suitable reply will be made Tho
Buffalo Club has taken formal action in the case.
the officers believing IL unnecessary AS the public
fully understand the facts. The practice gnineS
will probably be postponed this week. but menibcra
of the club they will be resumed at eariv dav
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MURDER ExPIATED.
TERDAy FOR THE MURDER OF WILLIAM HAG-
GERTY.


TERDAy FOR THE MURDER OF WILLIAM HAG-
GERTY.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
wARRENsBURo. johnson county July g. 1879.
On the 2lst day of September. 1878. William Hag-
Rerty, young farmer for some years resident Of
johnson county. murdered in cowardly man.
ner at picnic near this city by Frank David
son. who to-day, at quarter before twelve o'clock.
expiated his crime upon the gallows. The execu-
tion being public. at least thousand persons
crowded and jostled each other about the scaffold
which had been erected in the centre of lovely
natural amphitheatre. about half a mile north Of
town. For several days humanitarians have been at
work upon the Governor in vain attempts to
have the sentence commuted to imprisonment
for life, but late last night despatch was
received, stating that the Executive refused to
death was begun after dark ana finished before day
light. The prisoner was brought from Sedalia by
special train, yesterday afternoon, and about nine
O'Clock last evening he asked for spiritual advisers
it being impossible for him to get wink of sleep.
ON THE sCAFFoLD.
He was conducted to the scaffold in close
riage. surrounded BY a guard and bowling mob
with indifference upon the vast crowd. and
with the exception OF a few words to the
clergymen IN attendance had nothing to say
At quarter to twelve the trap
sprung. and in fifteen minutes the body cut
down and turned over to his relatives The crime
for which Davidson to-day suffered was committed
while under the influence of liquor and was the re-
suit OF insulting proposal from the murderer to
his victims wife. The husband demanded ar
apology. and was shot three times by Davidson, who
suddenly became perfect fend. At the time OF the
extenuation said that at the time Of the reconre he
thought Haggerty was armed.
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TOO MUCH MARRIED.
[BY rELEaRApH 10 THE HERALD

HARRISBURG, Pa, July 8, 1879.
There was committed in Dauphn County Jail to-
day Charles A. Carl who is known to have five
wives-one in Indiana, one in Ohio. one in Mary
land, one in Pennsylvania and in Georgia. Carl
published directory in this city few years ago.
and while here married his fourth wife and OBJ
tanned several watches Harrisburg jewellers by
representing that he had considerable sums OF money
in bank. He subsequently appeared in Georgia.
where he married LADY who owned y valuable plan
tation. He was brought to this city q warrant
from the Governor of Georgia. and to-day he was
committed to prison. in default OF 49, 600 bail in two
of false pretences and of bigamy, the latter
preferred by his Harrisburg wife.
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THE yEANNrrrE AND HER OUTFIT.

[From the New York Tribune. July o.
Yesterday afternoon the little steamer Jeannctte
weighed anchor in San Francisco Bay and started
northward on her voyage of Arctic discovery She
40 tons. carries thirty-two men all told
and is equipped with everything which the ex-
perience of former Polar expeditions has shown to
be OF value in promoting the health and comfort Of
the crew and in facilitating movement by land and
water in the frozen Her orders are to 90
through Behring Strait reach winter harbor ut q
point rs far north possible. and then despatch
party the ice fields with dogs and sledges in
the direction OF the Pole. The would seem small
the tough work before her did the history of
previous explorations show that small craft is most
easily managed in the midst Of icebergs and foes
and work out of dangerous places where large
one would be lost. The crew of the Jeannettc has
been picked with Every man is in good health
and of age which gives the best promise OF endur
ance The commander is Lieutenant q. w. DeLonQ
United States naval officer OF courage aud expe-
rcnce. and the first and socond officers, Lieuenants
Chipp and Danenhower, and the chief engineer, q.
w. Melville. are also volunteers FROM the naval
vice. schooner accompanies the steamer
tender, with cargo of coal and provisions, which
will be landed at ST. Michaes, in Behring Sea. Thus
nothing lacking In the outfit OF the vessel the
personnel of her crew which would tend to the
cess of the enterprise. and its results will de-
pend upon the herois, fortude and sagacity of the
officers and men. and good luck. which Is an i'm
portant factor In determining tho success or failure
Of all Arctic ventures.
A PROMISING RoUTE.
The route selected In the most promising that
could have been chosen because the least explored.
No persistent attempt has ever been made to APP
proach tho Polo by way of Behring Strait. The
efforts OF the English and Ruseian explorers the
last century and the carly part of the present which
resulted in fixing the outlines of the American and
.Asatic coasts on either side of the strait, were
directed toward finding northwest a northeast
passage to tho Indies Their motives CONNER
cial. Afterward came the numerous expeditions sent
In search OF Sir John Franklin, making important
discoveries. which, supplemented by the scientific
expeditions OF more recent years, have given
maps OF tho islands, bays and sounds lying
north OF tho American continent and OF
the shore line Of the main land. Only ono
of the Franklin expeditions went up through Deh-
ring Strait. That McClure's, ip 1850, but that
navigator hinged tho main land closely after weather
ing Point barrow for some hundreds OF miles to tho
eastward before turning to the north, and finally
reached Darrow's Strait. whore lie lost his ship.
He demonstrated the possibility of getting around
the northern shores of tho continent with u vessel,
but lie left the great space to the north OF Dehring
strait as much blank ON the maps IL was Whom
Captain Cook went up through tho strait l77s and
furued back after reaching latitude ~ degrees 45
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EFFECT OF THE LAST VETO.

WASHINGTON, July 9. 1879
special agent of the Post Office Department has
just arrested. in New Mexico mail robber belong
ing to gang of Texas highwaymen. The judge
granted order Of removal to Texas for trial. but
the United States Marshal had no money to pay the
necessary expenses. He telegraphed to the Marshal
of Texas. but the latter in the condition.
The Post Office agent thereupon started for Texas
with the prisoner, the stage companies carrying him
on trust and the agent providing provisions for the
800 miles journey and guarding the desperate night
and day himself.
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BON VOYAGE.

From the New York Graphic, July 9.l
The steamer Jeanette. of the American Arctic Ex-
pedition after several days of bad weather. sailed
yesterday from San Francisco on her perilous voy-
age under auspicious skies. The people Of the
Golden Gate City gave the expedition the best send
off they could and it was manifest that. if prayers
and good wishes could insure the safety of the gal
liant little ship and the health of her officers and
crew. she would certainly return home in due time
bringing all her people with her. The officers of
expedition are:-Captain g. w. DeLong, command
ing; Lieutenant Chpp. executive officer; Lieutenant
Danenhower. navigating and ordnance officer DR..
Amber, surgeon; Chief Engineer Melville, Ice Pilot
Dunbar, Mr.. Newcomb, collector of specimens Of
natural history and taxidermist, and Mr.. Collins,
meteorologst and scientific observer, also HERALD
special correspondent. We indulge the hope that
the brave Jeannstte will back fully successful
in attaining the objects for which she sails. and
possibly with section OF the North Pole for bow
spirit.
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lCOLORED VETERANS REUNION.
[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. I

[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
SYRACUSE. N. Y, July 8, 1879
reunion of the colored mon who took part in tho
late and reside in the counties of Oswego Jeer
son. Lewis, Oneida, Herkimer. Madison. Cortiandt.
Cayuga. Broomc. Tompkins and onondaga has been
arranged to be held in this city August 1. Rev.
Henry Highland Garnet, OF New York city; Major
nj. b. Delaney and +. II. Douglass, of Washington,
ID. c., areson the committees. An Grafton will be
no.
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SMALLPOX AMONG INDIANS.
[pY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. !

tDY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
OTTAWA, Ont, July 9. 1879.
There is no appearance of abatement OF the small
pox among the Moravian Indians at Hiahgate. ont.
A meeting of the different municipalities held
on Friday to consider the matter. On Saturday a
special meeting of oxford Council was held. when a
board of health and special constables were ap-
pointed whose duty IL is to quarantine the reserve
and admit OF intercourse between the whites aud
Indians.
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THE MINNESOTA AT PoUaHKEEPsIE.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. |

PoUaHKEEPsIE, N. Y, July o, 1872
The United States training ship Minnesota is at
anchor here. and over two thousand people have
visited her to-day. and rush is expected again
morrow. Country boys arriving board
anxious to enlist. and some have already passed
examination. This evening the officers enjoying
n reception given them by the wife of Commander
Ralph Chandler at her residence. In Academy street.
The Minnesota will leave here Friday for New
burg and early next week will depart for Stony
Point to participate In the centennial celebration
there.