Show BD BY Y T telegraph J el AMERICAN NEW WEW ORLEANS I 1 the times has a special from montgomery station miss bliss via the bay of st louis july 1 which says in the rhett cooley duel judge cooley was killed at the second fire the parties arrived at this place on the same train at 10 this morn ing rhett was accompanied by charles roman and or dr burns judge cooley was attended by col coi seo seo neo W V carter and major mccrae selph the weapons were double shot guus one barrel loaded with sling ball distance distante forty yards the ground was promptly selected the distance measured and the parties placed in position I 1 at nt the first fire It hetts shot ranged ranged high cooleys colleys Coo leys to the right cooley delivered his 1113 firo fire first at the second fire both fired simultaneously and cooley fell mortally wounded by a shot entering his bis left side passing assing apparently through his heart he expired in six fitz minutes without apparent suli sull suffering bring only speaking speaking the words to dr holliday C I 1 am shot shott through the breast the difficulty grew out of anar an article published in the picayune headed hawkins vs picayune and the reply from judge cooley published in the times of june col rhett was not touched the gentlemen engaged in the affair arranged the usual civilities after the tho second fire and separated with expressions of mutual res hect and consideration BOSTO BOSTON T L by the breaking of the coupling five passenger coaches of the through h train tram oro fro from m washington to new york foils last evenin evening 1 were thrown f from rom the in this city elty badly wrecking the coaches and track and seriously injuring a number of passengers the commercial this evening publishes a statement showing the amount voted to the mayors office by the board of apportion ion iou anent con at of the mayon mayor comptroller green the president of the tax commission the yia via mayors sla orys appointee and the Jp president resident of the board ot of aldir aldermen men meu is sixty thousand dollars ars or forty thousand in excess of t the sum authorized by the charter I 1 it t asserts that green has the same number of expensive favorites under him that the late ext extravagant rava gant ganv comptroller Cop cob connolly nolly had that has been little or no reduction in their salaries and that a statement is being prepared to show shaw the funds that tho the comptroller has palmed off on il of new NOW york TOLEDO 0 I 1 A fire this morning partially Ns destroyed troyed the stores at summit street occupied by mcnutt armstrong trunk factory and cheney carson crockery and glassware loss fully insured WASHING washington tos TOx president grant has las issued a proclamation announcing that he ho has received official notification that the british and dominion parliaments have adopted the necessary legislative preliminaries indries to those portions of the treaty reaty of washington pertaining to the ho fisheries and to the relations between the united states and the dominion going into effect and that hat consequently they are now in full ull practice cincinnati theme there was a very large attendance at the funeral of jesse B R grant at the th union methodist episcopal church at coving ton on ky today to day and a large num er accompanied the mourners mourner sto to the he grave in spring grove cemetery rev J S chadwick preached he elio funeral sermon president grant oroville grant and mrs kramer children of the deceased were present there were seven deaths from cholera today to day washington the law abolishing the franking privilege having gone into effect today to day bev hev fc everal ra of or he elie departments have detailed detail edmen men especially to attach stamps to official documents all of which had previously to be weighed in the balances for the purpose five clerks are now required to affix stamps to the dead letter mail each day the clerks of the eity city post office complain of the additional labor imposed by the weighing of public documents before mailing to a ascertain eer whether the stamps are sufficient to cover the postage HARTFORD ct the house today passed ti a resolution declaring the present immense pay of congressmen unnecessary and requesting senators and representatives to labor for the repeal repeal of the law the retroactive salary provision was especially condemned and akots and representatives from this state were commended for Op opposing the measure mea inea suie sule washington july I 1 the debt statement shows the total debt to be total interest osh cash in fn treasury coin currency 1 1 special deposits held for redemption of certificates deposits as provided by law total in treasury 1290 1290 ilent debt less cash in the treasury 21 rhe the decrease during the month S 0 BALTIMORE david Black locked aged 40 and his sister who resided near this city were found pound dead in the same room me ane other morning the former poisoned the latter was hanging to abed a bed post it is supposed they had committed suicide two supposed incendiaries were arrested at hackenback hackensack Hacken sack N J and a vigilance committee is talked of two incendiary fires lires occurred this am jas gorden gordon bennett proposes to offer a piece of plate of the value of or as a prize for a two mile foot mace race at springfield AT mass fass on the instant open to the under gi graduates of any college or university in america las lys ANGELES I 1 C P huntin huntington president of or the C P R 0 K and party consisting of J boss ross browne browno gen geri cotton benj cracker and E B ryon arrived heio hero to day it is announced that work york on this end of or the tho road will commence at ance onee once los lios angeles to bo be the terminus 1 A serious and alad probably fatal accident occurred at tulare on the visalia division of J th the C P JR R this am frank reed R a fireman while assisting thet the brakemen in making up the the train was thrown from the top of a boxcar box car the cars passed over him severing one arm from lils ills body near the derand crushing one log leg login hi I 1 a terrible mannor manner r his recovery is doubtful NEW yoeu YORK 2 on june 30 IR W taylor first comptroller addressed a I atar to an eastern senator saying the back pay will bo be at the disposal of senators and representatives for two iwo years fram from date tollo 0 0 A D benjamin of this vj ery ehy t 1 who vilo was supposed to have havo been 11 lost 0 8 t with a sail boat near cleveland on sunday last has been heard from at ad Buff nuli buffalo hlo hio having been picked up abild taka to chat hav hat pon NEW york yorm 2 frank gillem gillern pleaded guilty to murder in inthe the I 1 second degree for killing his wiro wife a few weeks ago and was sentenced to imprisonment for life with hard labor NEW ORLE ass ANS the immediate cause of the duel fought yesterday between col R B rhett and judge W H cooley was a rub pub dished card of the latter in w which ich ieh he ie gave the correspondence between himself lims tims elfand and rhett in reference to the tho he expressions used by byr the judge in his argument in the tile hawkins picayune Pica gune libel case which card concludes as follows the public will perceive from the he above correspondence that I 1 made a fair honest and manly offer 0 o col rhett viz to publicly acknowledge I 1 was wrong if he could show from his own files that from dec until feb the picayune had used toward any member of the lynch returning board loard except judge hawkins the and bribery provided that he agreed to admit that hat he had spoken incorrectly in the he article of yesterday morning if ie could not prove what I 1 denied atthe the valiant and truthful Colonel dodges lodges the issue in his letter to me and very complacently refers me to the files of his paper from dec dee to feb I 1 ahad had already examined those files flies and knew that colonel rhett could not prove by them that I 1 had misstated mis stated the tho he picayune and I 1 presume that colonel rhett employed emp loved the 24 hours of delay he claimed and was allowed to answer my note to him in examining those flies files himself and after satisfying himself that from rom that he was fairly caught he refused the proposition I 1 made to lim him colonel rhett having written to 0 o the picayune that I 1 made assertions to the jury which were maliciously clou ay iy and wilfully false and laving having subsequently refused my thir fair honest and honorable offer to decide which of us is correct correct I 1 publish him to the I 1 people eople of lew new orleans as an unmitigated abed calami a deliberate and wilful falsi fahsl nier fier an artful dodger and withal a thoroughpaced thorough paced braggart this appeared in the times of this city on june juno and on friday last col rhett sent a peremptory challenge to judge cooley which was accepted lie he asking however that the meeting be postponed till tuesday yesterday on account of his engagement to argue the motion for a new trial before judge hawkins which came up on monday judge cooley was born in a point coupee parish and aud wa was the son of judge thomas J cooley his mother being a ledoux also a native of point coupee this was not the first duel in which he be had been concerned some years before the war he met dr kaufman one of his fellow parishioners upon the field of norand honoreand ho after an exchange 1 of shots an amicable ada adjustment of the difficulty was made HUDSON NY N Y alcott bros cooper shop was burned this am the fire was incendiary the firm had commenced making barrels for the brooklyn sugar renn refinery nerv nery whose men are on strike and to this tills cause the fire is attributed WATERLOO N Y 2 0 the business portion of belleville jefferson county was burned this am loss washington howard referring to the various reports concerning him in connection with his late management of the freed mans bureau declares that he never misapplied a dollar of public money and the moment there shall bo be an official charge of this kind lie he will demand a court mar ilal ilai ial lal as the tho most effectual means of clearing him of every vestige of unjust suspicion sus I 1 i on BOSTON the r lle lie reports that the condition of vice president wil wll sons health was eau causing in g renewed anxiety are without f foundation un dation he is enjoying a needed season of quiet and rest in the tiie country washington A telegram to the commissioner of indian affairs from the special indian commissioners texas june says oiye live we returned liere here last night and have received information that the ligons and descala las lag ra numbering aboul about k two thousand soul soui Sara saragossa gossa gossi desiring to m meet ee us and wo we understand that there is a probability of going with us on to a reservation til the e commissioners desired toi to know where to take these indians and such Kicka ag will consent to go with them they have bwl i instructed ted by the iid ild lid lat lai bureau to take theae Ricka Kicka poor their captives at port vi Fib abson and the lipo ligons ris and Mescal aras to their reservation in new mexico co cincinnati ten deaths from cholera to day NASHVILLE six deaths from cholera today to day no new cases reported LITTLE ROCK one fatal case of sporadic cholera was reported today this is the first case caso here CHICAGO heavy rains passed over a portion of ills 1119 iii ili 9 indiana and ohio last night and today to day doing much damage to the crops in some localities at camden 0 the storm was nearly a hurricane a number of houses being unroofed 3 barns blown down ac the methodist parsonage is a total wreck other buildings were unroofed and sustained other injuries kb no one was seriously hurt PARSONS Ks the parson parsons has an extra containing the following particulars artic ulars of another fearful tornado 0 in neosho county it struck galesburg last evening at at a station on the mra mua aixa nima TR ailway eleven miles from parsons the storm was fearful the heavens were one sheet of ed by a terrible storm of wind and rain the tornado came from the southwest south west and first struck the stone house of mr giddens half a mile south of galesburg blowing it down and burying three children and mrs giddens the children 14 12 and 10 years were instantly killed and mrs giddens seriously injured the gale next struck mr rogers house southeast south east of the town which was blown down he being badly and his wife fatally injured injurer mr jones housewert hous lious ewest of the town was blown fifty yards andrew rhodes house east of the town was blown from its foundation the tornado did not strike the town of galesburg it was confined to a narrow belt and swept everything in its track houses fences trees and crops as clean as a scythe in parsons three houses were struck by lightn inglut no serious damage was done the rain came down all night in perfect torrents and much damage ras gas has been done to wheat and corn crops bax SAN FRANCISCO 2 mayor alvord presented a stand of colors to the regiment last evening governor booth and col barnes addressed the regiment the peoples peopled protective assembly met last night but ut only four ward councils were represented the assembly adopted a set of bylaws by laws regulating the admission of members the chief of which is that no one shall be admitted unless his anti chinese record is good babcock of the ath cavalry who was sent in pursuit of the almy overtook them in the mountains and compelled an engagement in which ho he killed fourteen and captured six two of babcocki Bab cocks indian aids were wounded gen crook was still at camp apache at the he rimo villages a mexican killed the chiefs son on june the authorities took charge of him and sent to camp mcdowell for assistance si but before it could arrive the indians took the prisoner and beat out his brains SAN FRANCISCO 2 the following has been received dated fort klamath june saturday p in col elliot of the first cavalry maj H P curtis curfis judge advocate and dr J S belden beiden official reporter of the militar military y com mission haye hayo arrived arrive liere dhere from ka and the prospect for the speedy convening of the tile commission has assumed tangible shape the tribunal will be composed of col elliott capt john mendenhall capt H A C hasbrouck capt robt pollock and second G W kingsbury who wiio will assemble tomorrow to morrow morning at 10 for the purpose e of organization major curtis judge advocate ii lias ilas as begun the work preliminary to the preparation of his cases but he cannot possibly prepare them thom for several days gen davis intends to leavo leave on his intimidating expedition on friday corporal glena han hani a prison prisoner ef confined in the same guardhouse guard house with jack for desertion in the face of the enemy under sentence to seven years imprisonment ars at alcatraz escaped lat last ni night by boring holes in the floor and digging his way out few nl v YORK at a meeting of the lake shore directors today to day W B bishop resigned his directors directorship I 1 P commodore vanderbilt Vanderbil fc was appointed doln Doin teul teAl director to fill the vacancy caused by the death of horace F clark dark and william H vanderbilt in the place of bishop cornelius vanderbilt W H Augu augustus achell schell andt and jas ii barnet compose tiie tile the executive eom com cittee cornelius Corne liua vanderbilt was waa as chosen president CAIRO calro III lii four men belonging to the force at work on the mississippi I 1 I 1 central railroad extension in my ky six miles below cairo adlea died last night of cholera several ethers others are reported dangerously ill of the same disease it is thought the cases were brought on by drink ng impure water BT ST louls louis A A gentleman just from ft sill gill says the kiowa alowa and cheyenne indians who recently |