New-York tribune., 1879-09-18
mn NEWS rms NOENING.

T.HlIoN.-Kiue Cetyvayo was captured by tie
British forces ON August - == General
S.olclrn is To- command tAe Russian eN-
It.iuou against TIE lurc0n.ns. --- Germany
and Austria aic % conclude an agreement mu-
tnal'y ,uarlut.ong each others ~. --
The new Ir,uciai Agamemnon, four pura was
Iauuc ,d at Chatham yesterday. - Count Won
Jcnsi thc Austrian AmOa,s ,sidor at Paris, has Ie-
signed
poNF.uc.-Cenefal Bnt'es WIS nominated for
Governor of massachusetts 40 Worcester y,ster-
DAY: t.c convention was uoi.y and tumultuous
The platform adopted ignored National is.uas en-
trcly. il denounced convict labor and tie Civil
Il..1e.s act. -= President Hayes was received
vi,h great ,ntiusi1 1sm N Youngstown. ONO, yes
ferday; Lee delivered an address of some length TO
thrp ou'c: General sherman also spoke. -= A.
ssrant Secretary Tre,ch has replied 10 The i'm
port r7 in Cd letter o. TIE tribune -- IL is esi-
mated that ,he ceremony # transferring the battle
Gar> Of Connecticut 10 the new state House an
Hartford. yesterday, was Witnessed by 100000
PERSONS -- N,ar-GcuGM C.rt-r at fhIla-
q, phia. T.. dead.
CITY A~D DSruUuBAN.-The Tammauy Democrats
vii appoint State Committee 10 support Mr..
Klly. -- The American Institute Fair and the
Horticultural Exhibition opened yesterday. -=
The Trial of Porc,llo. the murderer, was begun.
.- jaime, Hedpath ha, been missing for two
week. = Patrick Marion, policeman, was ar
rested for tc>tfyins falsely. --A policeman
shot u.l,mau whom hc found IN lis house. ---
Gold value If th, lcral-tondcr silver dollar 8l2le
qrainsI eGGl ccrt~. Stocks activc within small
lnctnanons and closing irregular aud ieverish.
TI4E WIAImER.-1RiBUNE local observations in
dicate clear or partly cloudy weather, with slight
CHANCES in temperature. Thermometer yester-
da, Highest 20; lowest. GO ; average, G7ls.
A letter from Celia Thaxter, printed on
another page. furnishes an account of the last
DAYS Of William VI. Hunt, whose untmely
death gave such a shock TO his friends and
tie pubic.
AZ the Fan trade sale OF books, which he
can Yesterday, there was lively bidding, and
MANY good prices were obtained. There were
few of the massacTes of prices which often at
tend such sales, and the figures showed gen
era Improvement on last years quotations.
The pedestrians who are TO contend shortly
in the Madison Square Garden held little
convention yesterday, which had some few
Syracuse features. But there was no seTious
dispute after all, and as all the men declared
themselves satisfied with the arrangements
finally agreed upon. there need be no inter
ruption to the peaceful preparation of the
match.
Now and then the dull procedure OF our
courts is Interrupted by an episode that is
fairly dramatic. There was such an instance
Yesterday when a policeman charged that
an attempt upon his life by a pistol shot
had been made. The aceuser rehcarsed
the alleged scene before the jury. The
J.,.f.I I,v fie auI
the Judges curiosity was so much aroused
that he examined tae pisto', and discovered
that it had been tsmpered WITH so as to sup
port the polceman's story. 1t was Judge
Gildcrsleeve who made the discovery,
and Colonel Bodine, now one of his
court officers. confirmed the Judges theory
when placed upon the stand. Judge Glider
sleeve has made an excellent Judge, but this
is the first time, If we are not mistaken, that
his experience on the rliie-team has been OF
direct service on the bench. When 1t led
him also to take Colonel Bodine into the
service of the court. lac appointed better than
he knew. The upshot of it all was that the
falsely accused man was released, and the
policeman was locked up TO await his trial for
perjury.
General Buffers right. under the CoDstitu-
ton and laws to hold convention and
nominate himself for Governor OF Massachu
setts is beyond question. Indeed, the only
question ia the case is one of taste, and that
is for the people who nominate him to
consider. The dispatches from Worcester
give an accurate notion of the respecta-
bility of the gathering which gathered
there yesterday. and went through the
form of prearraDged nomination. If Gen
eral Butler can afford to take nomination