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rigious services, the property of them should 

 be vested in the communes in which they are 

 situated. The measure was rejected, July 5th, 

 by a vote of 9,306 against it to 4,064 in favor 

 of it, more than a majority of the whole num- 

 ber of registered voters in the canton (17,451) 

 voting against it. A new Great Council was 

 elected at Geneva, November 14th, in which a 

 majority was returned of the anti-Catholic ex- 

 treme radical party. 



A controversy between the Canton of Thur- 

 gau and the Grand Duchy of Baden respecting 

 boundaries, which has been going on since the 

 fifteenth century, has been finally adjusted. 

 The dispute was marked by armed conflicts ; 

 two treaties which were made with the object 

 of settling it, in 1687 and 1786, failed to accom- 

 plish the object. The controversy was reopened 

 in 1816, and carried on again for fifteen years. 

 At last an international commission was ap- 

 pointed in 1878, to deal with the whole sub- 

 ject amicably. Its report was adopted by the 

 two states, and, the boundary - stones having 

 been planted by the duly appointed commis- 

 sioners andgeometers, the final treaty was signed 

 on the first day of May. 



The committee of the National Council, ap- 

 pointed to examine questions of Federal ad- 

 ministration, requested the Federal Council, in 

 May, to take measures to prevent the Jesuits 

 expelled from France from establishing them- 

 selves on Swiss territory. 



The Federal Council decided in August, at 

 the request of Don Carlos, to annul the decree 

 of 1873 respecting the internment of the 

 Duchess of Madrid, and further to restore the 

 cannon which had been sequestrated at her resi- 

 dence in Geneva. 



The contractors of the St. Gothard Tunnel 

 in October applied to the Federal Tribunal for 

 a prolongation by seven hundred days of the 

 time originally fixed for the completion of their 

 undertaking, the effect of which would be to 

 delay the opening of the tunnel for traffic till 

 late in 1882. The Federal Council in Novem- 

 ber arranged for the immediate conveyance of 

 the mails through the tunnel, while passengers 

 will still have to follow the old route. It is 

 expected that, after the line is opened, express 

 trains will run from Basle to Milan in thir- 

 teen hours, and from Lucerne to Milan in ten 

 hours. 



The elections for the executive office in De- 

 cember resulted in the choice of M. Anderwert, 

 of Thurgan, as President, and M. Droz, of Neuf- 

 chatel, as Vice -President, of the Confederation. 

 Both officers were of the Extreme Democratic 

 party. M. Anderwert committed suicide, De- 

 cember 25th, on the public promenade at 

 Berne, by shooting himself with a revolver. 

 He had for some days before his death been in 

 a state of melancholy, and imagined himself to 

 be surrounded by enemies who were plotting to 

 take bis life. The small majority by which he 

 was elected to the Presidency is also said to 

 have preyed on his spirits. 



The Conference of the International Associa- 

 tion for the reform and codification of interna- 

 tional law was opened at Berne, August 25th, 

 by M. Welti, President of the Swiss Confeder- 

 ation, and M. Koenig, President of the Soci- 

 ety of Swiss Jurists. About sixty members 

 were present, including the Japanese Minister 

 in London. Papers were read on " Consular 

 Jurisdiction in the Levant," by Sir Travers 

 Twiss; "Consular Jurisdiction in Japan, 11 by 

 Mr. Tyre, a Japanese gentleman; the " Protec- 

 tion of Submarine Telegraph Cables," by Sir 

 James Carmichael ; " Literary Copyright," by 

 Sir Travers Twiss; "General Average," by 

 Dr. Wendt; "Limited Partnership," by Mr. 

 Jenkins ; " Marriage Laws," by Mr. Alexander ; 

 "Testamentary Lands and Matrimonial Rights," 

 by Mr. Tristram. The subject of bankruptcy 

 was also considered, and reports were made by 

 committees on bills of exchange and negotiable 

 securities. 



. The country was disturbed by earthquakes 

 to an unusual extent ; a shock felt at Schaff- 

 hauseu, in December, was said to be the eigh- 

 teenth recorded during the year. The scien- 

 tific societies have begun a systematic investi- 

 gation of earthquakes, with observers in all 

 parts of the republic who will take notice of 

 all the phenomena of the shocks and the cir- 

 cumstances attendant upon them, whenever 

 they occur. 



The East Swiss Geographical Commercial 

 Society of St. Gall has decided to fit out a small 

 exploring party to investigate the special na- 

 ture of the trade at various points on both coasts 

 of the Red Sea, in order to obtain information 

 respecting the imports of* the shore countries 

 with a view to the development of Swiss trade. 



T 



TENNESSEE. The Republicans of Ten- 

 nessee assembled in State Convention at Nash- 

 ville, on May 6th, to select twenty-four dele- 

 gates to the National Republican Convention, 

 and to nominate a candidate for Governor and 

 two Presidential electors for the State at 

 large, with the following results: For Gov- 

 ernor, Alvin Hawkins was nominated. The 

 selection of delegates to the Chicago Conven- 

 tion was made as usual. The Presidential 



electors nominated for the State at large were 

 George Maney and A. A. Taylor. The follow- 

 ing platform was unanimously adopted : 



The Republican party of Tennessee, in convention 

 assembled, at Nashville, May 6, 1880, do declare as fol- 



lows 



Resolved, That we hereby reaffirm our devotion to 

 the national Republican party and its principles, as 

 heretofore declared, believing those principles to be 

 founded in political wisdom, and essential to the pros- 

 perity and equality of every citizen, and to the main- 



