Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 5, 1876, Page 4

THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNIL: WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1876, . : jnsuflicient to meet tho necossary oxpenses of Government for the year, with tho full knowledge that thaese wiil hava to be supplo- mented by anonormous deficiensy appropria. tion at the opening of tho next session. That wonld no more bo retrenchment than wonld bo rofusal to make any appropriations at this sossion, 1éaving the entire appropriation for the ourrent year to be mado by the next Con- shiow thomsclves abovo the water, and betwoen thene tho passage la most narrow, winding, and shallow, and, In fact, canonly be pasacd by steam- ora especially bulit for the purposs, of light draught of water, four paddio-whoels, and im- menso power, At tho break-up of last wintor the floating Ico jammed among theso ceags, tho wators backed np, layingall the Danalt and vost teacts of Lungary undor watar, Such n dolugo was never knosen, and whethor It was tho hideous ruin which thiacansed firat put it Into the heads of the lnaur- liave to jpay nll Btate, county, town, and city taxcs, and other charges on that proporty, for iwo years to coine, and conkinue to pay thereon indefinitely, in order tolie able to rocover back his monoy. The remut of this chango in tho low wna that purchases at tax sales cessod. ‘There vsas nobody to buy, Tho city ‘was compelled to buy the property, and, in ersand brethren ** roso from the body af the hall | followed by **LeaDanichoffs,' withSarah Jowitt; and cicered most luatily, and tho ladics who filled | and thon n twelve woeks' sngagement of Clan :‘hu m‘IImle» and privato boxes waved thelr h‘nnd- Morrls, Inanow play. crchiefs and fans, The now Unlted Synod was Mr. Deccher's Sundny scrmor . thon_constilutod with prayor, Aftor which, on | peanty of Friondshin, and m,,:,n‘;",'m':'.'m,m}f tha motlon of tho Rov. Dr, Bixrsox Lon- | g15ne4s Prank Moulton. T e a0, O alied | , They say Lord Dudley hos been haavily **hit Nynu’d il Ly the unexpected turn of tho English races, iy ; cetod Modoratar, tha Rov, AV.MCOAU | 5,00 0t Agcott alona are estimated at £18,000 was olected Clerk of the Synod, and Mr. Jawzs 3 v bl WaTaox tha Treasuror. The Moderator thon deily- | Wallack's Theatro fe to opon next senson with L S 3 publicity of education and the firm estabs o « | lishment of the Church. All of these topics A / & | oo critically ozamined, not in a apirit of Fourth-of-July bonating, but with tho 2 3SCRIPTION calmness and philosophy of the scholar, nnd TERMS OF AU Ll from the collective ovidence hLe draws an PATADLE IX ADVANCE—POSTAGE IREPAID AT | nugury foll of hope for tho future. Ar. FFICE. ' : sty Faltion, wm’:";“’{h ft-‘r"“ .on | TAYLON'S 0do will add to his poetical reputa- s o) I:{:’fii}{’?&‘ur v tion. It ismusical in its thythm, stately in B 3 t and d gonts I donot know=aliT do know fs, that tha | crod his opening nddress, in which ho skotched tho | hi# presont company Inn now London comody, to B S i e ] :fi:;g{:""fl‘ ::dadt;::g?g h[‘m:‘:l';‘::“; M | T s g e s o L ":n"‘“":"::m Jtallemy ";:‘rlnl“‘:f;";": :}:: Wowing up of the prociplco of Mount Berieber (tho | Listory of Presbytorianism in England, and ox- | be followedby Bouclcault and ¢+Tho Bhanghraun.# ;z_::m\\ 5:". eL‘y’."é-f‘-“u‘: l:nr‘eh Evinrs' classienl produstion. T works of g for the sake of 8 clap-trap pre. 3 Yy Aunstrian sido) would bring down many milllons of | presscd a hope that they would yot sce tho other ‘The country swarmed with **nlggor-chasera WEEKLY EDITION, POSTFAID. tenso of retrenchmont for political eapital | same proporty, Whon tax-payors found that | tons of rock ncross tho fron Gntes, and longbe- | scctions of Jomx Knox'slarga fomlly togethor | yesterday; and yet, thank God, In this Centennia) Ono copy, fier year.. tho orator and post confirm tho wisdom of | that tho dead-lock has beon forced by the | 6 tux sals only meant a credit for taxes, and | fore the obstructlon conld be removed a vast part | agaln nnder one roof-lreo, Congratulatory ade | year th re no ** niggera" to chazo §n America, Dbt tho Commilteo in tholr sclection, The story | Ilonse, The Democratic-Confedernto man- | that the tax could La psid at auy time, tax | of Eastern Europo swould bo turned fato an Inland | dreescs wero rend to the new Synod by doputlos Portor & Coates nro soon to publish & Windsor from the Non-Conformlst ministors of Liverpool, | edition of Shakspeare, which, thoy promise, shal) the Freo Church of Scotland, tho Presbytorinn | b tha best and cheapest over offcred to the Amerle Churches In Iroland nud Wales, and other bodles. | can pubtlc, Subacquontly the United 8ynod dined In the largo concort-room of 5t. Georgo's Hall, and In the 8ays Drother Morrison, In tho Methodist Protes. tant, describlog o visit by himaelf and other elore cvening mot agnin, when resolutions relating tothe " working of the new body were agreed to, fi',::fl'.‘,“,?'“ Tardlmeti will6a, aod wa gy Tho most encouraging fontaro of this unlon | ~ wayyington drank rum, but ho didn't take too in the probability that other small Prosby- | much. It's ngreat pity his countrymen of the torian bodies will follow ihe exomplo, and | present day do not possesa aimllar self-command, - concentrato thoir forces. Thero would bo fower learts that would scho this Tustage prepald. of the century, with its motives, ita deeds, lake, nt free. :": mfi;m’:’;‘yffld mistakes, besureandpive Post- | and its loscons, conld not have been fntrust. Oftice address in full, Including Biate and County. and the Ttemlttmices may be made cithier by draft, cxpress, od to better lands. Tho poem Tost-Office order, or in reglstered letiers, atour sk, | Oration desorve preservation in permanent 'mlllls“m CITY BUNSCRINERS. B form, and will most undoubtedly become in- T:afly, delivered, Bunday excepted, 35 conts per week, % L e Ry tnchaded, o0 cencapecweek | comorated in Amerioan literaturo s a prom Adilress TR TRIDUNE COMPANY, inent fonture of it, from their intrinsic Corner Madison and Dearborn-sta., Culesgo, Ill- | worth, as woll as thoir Centonninl interest. et CAMPAIGN TRIBUNE. e The Nepublican party has now placed it national THE POPULAR LOAN. agors contemplato nothing more, which is demonstrated by thoir obstinate refusal to aocede to tho Senate propositions for tho re- duction of appropriations to the lowest fig- ures at which the publio service can bo main- tained, not for six or nino months, but for tho full year, Upon their nmendmonts to offoct that, tho Senate has taken firm stand; and the longer the dead-lock is maintained, and the more {horoughly the estimnies aro anlew: gonsed to hinve any torrors, and no at- tenffon was paid to them, What the city wiwals—and the BState and counties are in pretty nearly tho samo condition—is such a chiango in tho law that, whon property is of- Dorod for salo for nnpaid taxes, the man who " mdvances the money to tho public shall dlinve an imporative lien for his money, . with ample componaation, aud withont being [ compolled to uudoreiits the taxes on that ——————— OUR CITY DEBT. At last wa hnvo an honost statemont of the city's indobtedness. TFor many months there lias boen n wonderful mystification on this subject, and n constant assaveration of tho oxistonco of nssets more than suflicient to offset whatevor dobt might oxist, Now we hiavo beon brought to n direct statoment of Loth dobt and nssets, and, if the exhibit be ———— morning. ticket and platform befors tho people. Tho camuing | If tho “spirit of '76” doveloped any ox- | gisoussed, tho moro fully will tha | same property izdefinitely, Suchanamond. | distrossing, it has tho recommendation that S e Ry O Tl :“::r(l:‘:vx:‘t::ll"n:\l::;':ec:’no:nc:s‘;;:nfi‘ T&?:;:é:l'r;u coptional dogreo of patriotism in Clicogo, it | Sguate bo vindiented in its coume, | ment o tho Inw s will mokea tax salo an | it s trathfal, It is best that thoso who havo OROYALLOE LHs UNEERD B, ;um li!lml h’;lr frlends in Amerl'c;n would acarcely [ now hor. Tho constant cxpansion of Ler lnngs « The Amerlcan natlon began s first century | iy ainying, and a too assidaous dovotion to porter, of oxlstence with o population of 2,760,000, 1t | 500 41ig eausca of her ruined flure, i g ot by tho best catlmatos, LhGTB00. TLO | Grarios Carrolt, elder brotier of the Gosernor of area lius beon extended fron 800,000 to 8,603,844 | paryiand, arrived In fhis country Saturday last, squarg miles, The development of sgriculture; | after an absouce of fiftcon years in Kurope. 1io § under the pressure of fmmigration and the | patriotically missed tho War and Rcconstruction, H sthnulus of mechanleal inveution, haa been | with the responelbilities attending thom. utterly without precedent. The value of inat- | Judge and Mrs. Iiilton and famlly,and Mrs, A.T, ufactures hus ndvanced from 820,000,000 to 84,- | Stewart, eailed for Europe on Wedneaday. Mrs, 200,000,000, Foreign and domestic commerco | Stewart was accompnnled by her nelca and helrens, hos taken glgantie stHdes, The development of | Misa Smith; and tho party propose epgnding the minerd rusources hns not been the work of o | suinmer in Bwitzerland, returning to Now York In Every man shoutd be farnishied with full and correct po- | oannotba botter oxponded by those with idle 1tical information. Inordertosnpply thisnecd,the; pib- + mnking advances to the Gils Halvors of Tutx Cilicano Triisux® will print a campatgn | HONOY than by ing y cdition, commencing {mmediately, and_continuing | of Chicago on the Popular Loan which the Vntii after the Prestdenting eleetion i Sovemiber, 1410, | Gouncil authorized nnanimously at tho Mon- . dny session. 'Tho monoy asked for in this 0,00 | way ia to pay the current nnd necessary ex- Kloven Copica 10 UXE ADURKSS. ccvues. 20.0 | penses of tho Cily Government, to sustain Tiack pumbors of tho cunpaign cdltton canngt, b0 | tho Fire and Police Departmonts, light the T dheeater mamber of lssucs they will get for | strcots, pay the bridge-tenders, and otherwiso Scir oy furnish tho means without which the City WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1876. Govcenment must come to an end, It i and tho less campaign ammunition can the Confederato-Domocrats manufacture out of their proposed sham rotrenchment, by mak- ing appropriations for six or nine months, loaving the doficiency to bo supplied by tho next Congross. TiLpEN sees this, and, with charneteristio slippery cunning, it is under- stood hag issued his orders to the Democratic managors in the House to make no farthor contest upon the Approprintion bills, his policy being that the Confederate-Domocracy actunl one, and will onable the eity to col- loct from! such malo tho wholo of its do- linquent tax, is not only n matter of justico, but an imperative necessity. Tho existence of such a remedy will shorten the delinquent lists, Whono tax salo meons nsalo witha penalty, Instead of, an extonsion of time for payment, then tax'sales will bo avoided and taxes will bo paid. Ifero is (he groat defect in our Rovenuo law. The Inw at presont of- fers to loan a man the nmount of his taxes to pay tho dobt should kuow oxactly how much the indebledness is, how much the availnblo nssets are, and how much the do- fleioncy that will have to Lo raised Ly taxa- tion. 'The Finance Uommittee of the Com- mon Council stato the condition of the city to the 27th of June, 1876, excluding tho bonded debt, as follows: LIABILITIES, Outstanding certificates, principal Intercst on 88NIG...0 v ee at the followlug cxcoediugly low rates, .18 8,011,320 8 140,000 i rom th Wi | Total cerilficntos 20 | century, but of fitty years, Therc were fow | tho fall. po e AT o L livery: evidankil 0 spirit shown by tho | ghinli'go before the country with the plen that | until he thinks proper fo pay them ; tho law ded sy 10,70 ’ _— 70, . % present Conncil that tho expenses will be re- :etmuclununt was nthm{ilod, but f’;i]gd be- | should offer u}u [l)unmu lwylm will’ pay the 332‘.‘;.%‘;‘,,:, fania, g‘fiw.zlr,1 bunke in the Colonles fu 1570 there are moro | =Ml Albani,accordingto the London papcera, is ta : Cuanves Fuaxais Apasts delivored the Oon- | guced to tho minimum, and probably 25 por " teonial oration ot Tauton, Mass., yesterdsy, | eont of the sppropriations for tho year will and n liberal sbstract will bo found in 0ur | g gaved by the nbandonment of part of the columns,’ proposed publio improvements, by reducing ""“—‘—;x congratalation | the amount of gas consumed, by cu}fing dl_:wn ‘NI: fi;l:;‘::)h‘v::;e; of Gnrg:ny upon the number of city cm[;:oyea :;1 ‘vxnnum; . the occasion of the Centennial anniversary | departinonts, and perhaps by o raduction o Appropriations for 1670, 4,046,420 811,530, 667 than 6,000 now. Internal’ improvenients and the | bematried,at tha closo of the presont Londonopora. common-achiool system havo kept paco with fm. | bea2on, to Mr. Ernest Gye, son of her opera-man- leatlone * ager. Sho bos been engaged to him for throo years Wiile anncxation hos quadrupled our nrea &m&.‘nnd hutnccumpnnlcd her in her operatic tour ) 4 his country, fl’&‘l: "l‘: 1:,"’:"“;(‘)'1"’:{“‘1‘“ r:j“ ;fl'&“;‘;‘:’l‘]‘}my";’; Tho New York 1orld han a long and caroful ra. o view of Yon Holst's ** Constitutional listory of Louistana, Florida, California, nud New Mexlco | the United States," recontly translated and pub. brought iu fewer than 150,000 inhabitants, oud | 1fshed In Chicago, Tho roview s not altogetlicr cnuse of tho opposition of the Republican Senate. This will be but another confossion on the part of tho Confederate-Domocracy that their attompts’to cripple the Govorn- mont undor pretenso of retrenchment, and to leave doficiencles to bo provided for after tho clection, will not bear discussion. "It taxes s libornl componsation and a judgmont lien until repaid by the delinquent. 'Fhe Clity Counoll should in no event leave this niotter to the Legislature, It should have otch amendments to the oxisting law pre- pored by oxperioncod logal and judicial minds, and have them formally presented to Total sivvvunsnrnarsrnavens ABBDTH. Uncollected taxce, *00 and ‘70, Tas of 1871-8-3-1,real property. Tux 0f 5amMo, pereonal Broperty ... Tax of 187Gauseere ‘Total back taxes. Tax of 1870... . ! a —. | tho ucquisition of Texas and Oregon mercly re- | fuvorable, but it 1 a confession of th itud; waa yestordsy prosented by tho Gorman | oalnriosif tho emploses will conaent 10 i | will bo o confession thnt thelr vaunted ro- | tho Leglslaturo for enactment. Two yenrs | motal ... $10,515,100 | stored to citizenehip thoso who hid emigrated | and lnportance of tho worle. et i Minister at Washington, to President GranT. Tho advanco of money on the certificales | torm jg p false‘pretonse, nnd it will loavo to | ngo the majority of the Cook Connty delega. | Cash on hand.. 222,187 | pon the United States. proposed to bo issned, which aro also to bo The proprictors of Wade's Theatretriedthe reals mado a lien on the taz-lovy of 1876, will be 'The nygrogate arca covered by population In 1700 | iatic drawa by gaging a was sm;.guug‘ squara miles, L hain 1o of nete eseagion ifonl Welshmait, toplay Tho letter conveys o recognition of the warm friendship subsisting botweoen the thoe Republican Sonato the actual work of re- tion. in tho Legislature, though fully im. trenchmont. . 510,737,240 pressed with the deep necessity for somo ‘Total aescta, Due from D, A, Fluellen In **Henry V." Tho result was unfor. 3] 51 | tlemeuts ran 1,000 miles ulong the coast f th O oo wits tho enenost | abvolntoly ecuro, Tho taxos for this year T logislation, dovoted its intellect to tho prep- | © oo™ Skiersman &0, ___THS,06L | il ot tho. Benobscot to the Altanyihi, with o | tunate. Nobody could toll what tho miscrable Hopo that this friondsiip may continue to | Wil bo assessed and collscted under tho Gen- THE OEICAGO DEMOCRATS, aration of o spacial law hinving for its object | Total nominal assots. S11,585, 201 | avirue extunt fulnd o froi 100 b 200 illes, £ | b afeo the fat migh o o oral Rovenuo law of the State, so that there — will bo no failire to make the collection, ns OfMicinl ropurts roccived nt Constantinople | jn pnst years; indeod, the collection will confirm the enrlier nccounts of the Turkish | scarcely bo resisted in Court by any one. victory ovor tho Servinus at Zuiear, 'The | Dut, by the terms of tho ordinance, thos Sorvians were completely routed, with aloss | who ndvance monoy are still further pro- of two thousnnd men, whilo the Turkish | tocted, because tho amount to be bLorrowed lossos aro reported ns having been relatively | in oll is limited to 75 per cont of the tax- insignificant. Al tho Montoncgrin residents | Jovy. Wa sppend the ordinance itself by of Constantinoplo aro lenving that city, and | which this Popular Loan is anthorizod. the Bervian diplomatic agent will loave on Re it ordalned, ete.: WieREAS, No provision is — | fow ploncors lid wiade thufe liomes In tho Ohio | penscd with aftor tho first night. alley; thes wure two or three patelivs of settle- thent i Hentucky: therd was & viNnge in Indiaua | A8Aimee stood on tho table, Mondny night, Io and anothor in Michigan; and thoro were bands of | **La Jolio Parfumouse, ** having her pleture taken, pdvonturaue wplrits as, fur uoat 8 Kiinole, 'Th | somebody cxploded a glant-crackor noar one of the urchiaso In 1803, siupplementad @ | open windows of the theatre. ** Q'est-co quo c'est Oregon Treaty of 1816, ndded 1,171,931 squaro A TiTes to the national dothatns. tha 'Spahis cession | 9u6 celn " exclaimed she with a pretty shrug, 1t in 1810 ombraced 60, 208 square miles; the anncxn- | Was onlya tributo of admiration from the Amerlcan tion of Tusas in 18(5, thy Treaty of Gundalupa | casle. Uidalgo 1 1815, and tho GAVSUEN purchoss I | o Saturday Meoleio says Jullan Mawthorsc's 1y, Mr, Szwanp's Aliska Investinent lnvolved the . 83%on Studics aro **just one steing of tmpokl. acquisition of 500,000 square miles, The total | nences, 400 pages long, againet the peoplo who, arca Jy now 3,603, 844 uquare miles, or 1,042,000, - atcos, ene-Half of ‘élllch s p‘xbllu’mnd':. :h with grester kindnoss than wisdom, allowed the ineroase, The Chicago Democrats, ns usual, are in a quandary. The tomporary ntrength they acquired throngh tho scceasion of a cortain element which hns beon considerably scat- tered nnd demoratized by Whisky-Ring pros- ecutions, defaleations, ote.q wna so badly om-. ployed that they are ngain fors de combat be- fora tho fight. 'They wero for some time in doubt whother {hey should call a Convontion or not to nominate, but thoy finally decided tho rotention in office of a Oity Assessor, YTax Commissioner, nud Tax Colloctor, nnd I their nasistants, at nn annual cost of $100,000 or moro; and tho result of that special law is to be found in the decision of the Supreme Conrt declaring a million and a holf of un- callocted taxes wholly void, 2 Indebtedness over nsscts $ 5,270 But this statement is fictitious, in the re- spoct that tho nssets uro largoly in oxcoss of thoir real value, and the Committee in their estimato rejeot the uncolleoted taxes of '69 and 70 ns worthless, and cstimaio tho value of the taxes of '71 at 25 per cont, of 1872 at 50 per cont, of 1873 at 75 per cont, of 1874 at 80 por cent, aud of 1875 at U0 per cont. Wo think the estimato of the Commit- 1 ;1 THE LOCALITY OF THE WAR. The immediate outbroal of war botween bs ¥ ", % ks author to live among them for somne years.* The ) ; to get togothor thoir last ity Convention | Serviaand Turkey brings placos which havo | too on all the back taxcs exceodingly liboral. | HiTTace EXtnt Hhrc ooy e e o | Saturday docs Nathaniel Tiawthorne the credit ta ‘Thursdsy. ;‘):‘l:’!i:‘:"r"t’l‘:q":l’l';i’;z:;“:‘& ‘:{ w‘;;g ::‘;;“’:;::. noxt Thursday, and thon put up a candidate, | hithorto beon littleknown into importance. | Making theso discounts, wehave,ns thovalue | The arablo laud under cultivation is Jess thuy ong- | say that hls ‘‘Marble Faun " romaina tho best of e s Their dilemma was that if they nominate a enndidato for Mayor he will certainly bo de- feated, and this thuy froely admitted; but it wns urged that, if they didn't nominate, Jrx McGraTa would bo rogarded as the Domo- cratio eandidato anyway, and thoy woul havo to stand or fall with him. o The real concern of the Chicngo Democracy iz that they have their eyes on what is loft of Tirpex's “barl of monoy," and thoy want to take that courso which will best help them to got their arms intoit. ‘Chey think if they run a candidate for Mayor now and ho is defented, as will protty cortainly bappen, Mr. Tirory and his mnnngers will concludo that Chicago is hope- lossly Republican, and that canpaign monoy can bo placed whore it will do more good. On the other hand, if thoy confessed weak- noss by refusing to coutost the groutd ot all, they would have no claim whatovor on that “barl of monoy.” Tho situntion is cor- tanly not very oncournging. 'Tho prospect for tho Chicago Democrats gotting any of that monoy is excoedingly bad. Thero is a limit oven to Mr. Trupex’s rosources and to his willingness to invest thom, and ho will probably declino to wasto apy monoy in o community whera tho Democrats confess thotnsolves impotont. There was some talk in tho Demooratic Committeo which docided to call the Con- vention about nominating n ** good wan,” Tt wos suggested by the candidaturo of Jrs McGrarn, who, it scemed to be conceded, fsnotn ‘good mnon,” Of course we should liko to see this profession renlized, if it is honest. But wo very much fear it cannot be done. It is not at all improbablo that the Democratic Convontion may decide that Jng McGnarx is essontinlly n ropresentative Demoerat in this community. IIo has repro- sonted tho Democratio party conspicuously for mauy years. He has represonted thom in tho Council and tho Logislaturo. Ho has for two years held an offico (Tux-Conunis- sionor) which was one of thoso to sustain which Bill 800 was kopt alive and two mill- ions of taxes lost. Ho sympathizos entirely with the Democratio idon of politics, aud the contost for tho Domocratic nomination prob- ably lies botween him and Mr, 8. 8. Haves, both Corvey mon and firm believors in the Colvinian systom of running the City Gov- erument, . Niksic, Belgrade, Widdin, Mostar, and other littlo places along tho Turke-Servian frontiers, nvo destined to play an important part in the curront record of the world, and, to form an intelligent iden of the great Oriontal war dramn now in progross, it is nocossary to bo- como familinr with the location of theso ob- Jectivo points. Niksic has played a very im- portant part in tho Herzegovinian insurroc- tion, - It is a Turkish foriress standing on a plain about four square miles in oxtent, situated in Southonstorn Horzegovina, near the Montenogrin frontier. The lovel conntry in its onvirous is inhabited chiofly Dy Mus- sulmans, tho town containing only a fow wretched buildings. 'The fort itsolf is sur- roundod by n wall 6 foot thick and 24 foet high, built of stone. The armament consists oftwenty old-fashioned guns, Tho barracks will accommodato 800 men, aud the blockhouscs 2,500 moro. Last Docombor the fortress was rovictunled by Raour Pasma, who foreed a possago with 12,000 men from Belok through the pass to the Niksla plnin, and ot prosent the Turks aro maoking desperato offorts to supply it and hold it. Of its im- portance, the London Academy says: Strategleally, Niksle i8 o place of great fmpor- tance, henco the cagorness dlsplayed by the Tirks to relive ft and rolao tho alege, if posslble, nt any cost, for it stands at tho junctlon of two roads loading from Iferzogovina to Montencgro, If it wore to fall into the hands of tho insurgontsit would strengthen thelr position on the immedinte borders of Montenegro, and onca establishod hero the Turka wonld have tho greatest dificulty in driving them ont. | The littlo town of Widdin is now prom- inontly figuring in tho dispatches as tho ren. dozvous of a fleet of ‘Turkish gunboats pre- paring to bombard Belgrado, Widdin is a fortifled town in Bulgarin, on the right bank of the Danube, 140 miles cast-southenst of Bolgrado, Itiss powerful position, be- ing surrounded on the land sido by morasses and defended by a strong citadol, by walls, and & fortified island in the Danube. It has always played an importont part in the "Turkish contests, and is called by tho Turks “The Virgin Tort,” from its never having beon taken. It is in communication with tho Black Sen_at high water, and has a pop- ulation of 80,000, Belgrnde is one of the most ancient fort- ressos in Europe, is situated on the right bank of the Danube, and is the Oapital of Bervin. For ecight conturics it has hoon the theatro of war. It was taken from tho Groek Emperor by the Hungarian King Boroxon in 1086, It was defonded by JouN Huxiapes tenth of tho total uren, guldes Lo Rome, S The statement made in Sundoy's Tnisuxe, that B Perhaps the coolest nud most refreshing fen- | Mr, McVicker contemplates & trip to Europe, leave turc of tho late 8t. Louis Couvention was the | Ing his theatro hore fn chargo of Mr, Sharpe, 14 au. prayer offered by Bishop ROBERTSON, or rather | thontatively denled, Bo far as Lknown, Mr. Mc. I8 read from manuscript. The platform lod beon | Vicker has no such tntentions, The report way adopted Lefore the prayer wos made, aud the bascd on what was deemed sufticlent authority, ke ood Bishop therefore squured Wi prayer to thy | story being told with o much circamatantlality B platform and made It orthodox Democratie, that o verification of its detalls was not consldored "Tho following extract fllustrates this: TNy, Ba Thy mighty hand atrotched forth, Do Thou | M. Sampson, tho North Adams (Mass.) shoc. our Heavenly Father stay tho progress of politicsl | manufacturer, contradicta the statement of 8 New vice and corruption. Defeat the purpores of those | York 7'ribune correspondent, that ho contemplates who would uso thielr trusis of Uovernment for | gischnrging his Chineso workmon. They aro prot- achemes of persona) advancemont and omoluwment. | 310" A 1o fa satlsfied, i th ? 1 Give eflicacy fo the means effected for thrusling i, o Lig lusdtlafiel, It the rest.of Ui g from_thelr misused oflices thoso who abused tho | world I, though Lo doesn’t lkoto **make much conlidonce witl which they were honored, sud dis- | nolso nbout his business,” Tho cfforts of the vil- B houored the oflices with which they were Invested. Iage-peoplo to Christlanize the Chlncaeshoemaken Reapectfully du we nsk Thy hlesshie pon tho, du- Hhorations aud. fnrther aclon of tuls Convention, | Luves 1 1ssaid, proved comploto fuilures, May It romombor that \s hizhiest ollico and wisdom | Tho New York 1World calls ttention to the fact will Lo to act I behalf of the enduring principles O which ‘s great Bistorlcal party s been the | Lo Daesage froim tho ash Jeltur traced by ta B formor reprasentutive, and for e pooplo of whowm | 1ands of George Sand is singularly llke taa eas. it is but tho seevant und trustea., ing of Qoetho on hiy dcolh-liufl. She wrote: *‘IH «As o sample of o Demoeratic prayer,” the | ww not onoof thoso who shrink from submlasionto above will angwer. On the proprlety, howeyer, | 8 Sreat law, and robel against the end of upivorul of setting up a Democratie God, there will be o %:':iw I]’" ".‘;;:::2;‘ t‘!’n‘l‘: “‘v';“‘ E::"::n:g“‘m':' » widodifforence of vplnion, There will bo many | 2roke 8 long sl i . utorr I utteranco: After all, this death Is so gencrul & whowill wonder that a party which hascommitted thing, it cannot bo un evil thing™? 80 wany crinies, not only nainst thevxmtlnnal Tho Now York Tines says of the lato boat-racs honar, but ngainst common humanlty, should | gy gyringfiela: **The Bpringold boat-raca was call upon God at ull. virtually decldod long weekss ago, when Cook, who e kuow how to row, was pitted against Loring, who They are having torrld weatlier in New York. | did not know how torow. Barring accidents, the B8 Last, Sunchy the thermometer rose above 03 | sclenco of Yale wus morally certain to beat the dog. Forn whole week the heat in_the middlo | scrambling of Harvard. Tho recont twaddlo—now of the doy has exceeded 95 deg. The Z'ribune happily sot ot reat forever—about the English and of Monday says: the Amorlcan strokewas meroly & cuphulstic meth. No raln bas fallen to cool thanir **All s} ol of Wacriminating betwoen honest rowing and fail In 8 dry tino;" clouds hove appearcd, 5’&% aquatic hystorles, There nover waa but one true drifted nwny again withont dolng much servico be- | syatem of rowing, and all doviations from it, whother y:mdfin«ynsg "flnu»h;‘dw loee ?":ll'“%u A’durk honored with the namo of the *American stroke’ oo LU A C Bt i ho Centrol African stroke, aro simply bad row b terdny, and even omittud o singio | OF tho Cen ; 4 Bitnwe it thaindor, bt yo raln rofrosicd New Yor, | Ing:" The Times oxpresucs @ Fogrot, which wil though there wid o heavy shower on Staten Ialand. | now bo quite provalent amonyg Yale men, that Capt. Meln g?fl;'m'm;cgn}; Euftered grontly. "‘thu roc- | Cook could not see bis way clent to enter Lla erex ron lon 1 B belni y s | for tho Suratoga regutta, A victory thore would B L o e o oot s mosy | 04 m0ro 10 his reprtation than ten auccessive vic- than usnal care of their lorses. Everything Is | tories uver one antugonist at Springflold. getting dry and baked, nud from the conntry re- HOTEL ARRIVALS. ports “are “coming of an approaching wearcily of Sherman House—E, V. White, LaCrosne; E. IL wuter, from which some of the cropu ure niready | A dung, Bpringficld, Masa, M. R, Taylor, 3adle sulferlng, Tho heat has also provoked, with the | fransy 1 Tumor. San Franchco; Capte Db Iour. all of this weuk's festivitics, o lange cxodus from | WV eioidnd: W, b Cutler, lioston: E. Cox, I tl city, and bosta and cars hivo Loon joaded with | 6l UiaT 3. 31, Smith,' Councll Wit Frank Teopte ‘llun‘l‘ng from o digcomfort they Luiowt of to | fiof} Veno, Nov.... Jabmer Houss—Hugh iutior, forts thuy uxpect. Yesterday ai enver: D, Y Coung. tho. Jutsbing erowd wow Incrénsca by tho | Denters e X, Bell Mochoster; J, b, Lynch anl multitudo_who sre only ablo to tako n Sunday [ S fb. 3" 50" Sanning, Boston; C. A. Logun, U, In tho country, and all tho suburbnn resarts, Rocke | SPONRR e SO TR ™ 5t Mingded, awny, Conoy land, .cts., Weto crowded, Many | Fioy” Springe, Miss.: M. L. Sullivant, Hurt sunstrokes have been reported during the lasttwo | Gayy: J, B, © Augell, _Ann _ Arbor, Mich.... sl e Gurdner Moure—Juling Falk, Peru, Ind.; U, 0. X Hall, Daftimore; W. E. Sounett, New Yurki A Yesterday the Chicago Times throw asido its unlm.h. xlxhi"'lmm Uél sTlthbfi.ug nnd; g‘. éfi.‘lg‘r( (5 enl 4 » mask, and o veles, Bultlmore; Charles Clinguwn, Clneluuntly 23}'°;S§;‘“,‘,“dl|:‘:§'fi::f§f'y kil JE 3 oyior, Wiakeshar C. M “Rlicn, " Faducaly rand Pacy harles Fruncls Adiu, Confederato ticket, andthe part of its “leader?* i T Falrchlld, Cazenovin; Ll!rnh-‘ ;'umc; not devoted to Lepraising TiLpeN ond llgx- | e Watarlown, SRR 1 Y seting pricks was occupled {nbelitiliug nnd ridiculing "_" x{fi“"'uu.fi', mfl“""’or&}.mwmd mm;:.' tho Union Republican candidates. From now | and R. IT. Burdsall, Port Chester, N.’ (. untfl tho election the Chlcago Times—morning | Rootand ¥, J. Pratt, Urociileld) and evening—will extol the “putrid reminis. flm“;‘li"' 8 f}gflm’lfl} nL; i i EVe - | Tovied to meet the ramo; and i {Tho pooplo of Chicago "bfi""dl tho Cen- | 0l s, The warrant for the collection of the tennial holiday in an informal fashion a8 8 | y5e0q or 1870 will not bo lusued to tho Collector un- whole, thero being no general colebration by | il Decembor nest; and 1ho city, though there was no Inck of hearty | Wurneaw, It Is imperatively necessary for the and anthusiastio obsorsauce of the day, °All | welfaro of the city that tho current expenss should . . be promptly pald; therefore, that thoro was of publio celobrntion Wns | ™l 5uql ‘phy Comptrollor s heroby authorlzed, dono by our foreign-born citizens, Who | with the eanctlon of the Mayor and Financo Com- parudod and picnicked in the most patriotic | mittee, to Imukorlm.ll\rmmry Iou;:;;n “l:l';flclrflll on nl; ., of thu population con- | thocollectlon of tho taxcs of 1876, to an amuun :m;_'; g 11::;1::hwim m{m‘]“m o de. | not exceodlug 76 per cent of the amount approprl- i o s il ated for the current fiscal year, and to faauc therd- tached demonstrations, nusl the Fourth was, | tr time revenne warrants on tho City Treasurer, sfter all, thoroughly ceiobrated and thorough. | payable ont of the taxes of 1870, fu such sums as 1y enjoyed in Chicago. may be desired, bearing interest at a rats not cx- s o et s ceeding 8 per cont por annum, Swe, 2. The several Toiwn Collectors of Narth, The new Turkish Goverument, which was | g \p ") West Chicago, and thio Connty Treasurer slovated to power by the clerical tudonts, | yng ex.oficlo County Collector ‘of Cook County, has how turned against them, 'The Sheik- | aro horcby authorized and roquested to receive the ul-Jslam, or head of tio Dlohmumumedan I.h{m ruw.;{xlun wnrmln.; l:mi nulubuvu at "twnl; ln‘::; ohh.® i 3 3 value, with accrued Inierest, n payment of cl Cliurelyhae {rsnell o siroulae m‘g’m"’_‘d‘"" tazes of 1676, provided aaid warrunts ahall first bo them for. going nbout in armed bands, fre- | [ o,entei at the Clty Comptrollor's oftice and duly guonting cafes, playing cards, draughts, | cortiiled for rald purposc, und tho Clty Troasurer ls backgammon, cheas, and other sinful games | horoby autborized and dirccted to recelve said time in public plnces, and creuting frequent dis. | revenue warrants so used in payment of clty taxes turbancos. 1o warns them that spios have | 0 "",lal‘;"“”l C:"‘l“"t‘:‘ G e been meb upon their track, and that, if they | 18 : “;‘““ thmll“ " "I‘ "“ ey l°‘ do not discontinno thelr practicos, they shall | tails of placing the losns are lof with tho bo sovercly punmished. ‘lho Government, Comptroller. It is pfobnblo that he will having no further use for the ngency that ?“k sone "flgg“‘fi:‘nc“x" °l'°!“ ‘:5 l"t" ‘“ placed it in power, is ovidently dotermined | $100 and ”;‘“ lielsthe swia o5 ateny nlfl how to regulrto it and place it Loyond the | Tor cent. in this caso it will o within tho power of mischicf, that it oy not dis- power of nlmost every one to contribute some placo it. 4 shaore of tho reliof for the presont distresa, — e Those who havo deposits in savings bauks A now vorsion of thorecent assassinntion of | drawing only G per cont interost, aud neces- members of the Turkish Miuistry is givenin | sarily tnking some risk, may thus receive o & letter from Coustantinopls to the Courier | much Inrgor rate of interest with asbso. de France, it which It is sssorted that tho | lute necurity; nnd tho cortificates, being re- murdor of Huesery Avat and Racmp, and | coivablo for taxes, will ulways bo readily the attempted killing of Kaminii-Pamia, | nogotiable. Every man whoso taxes amount wero instigated by Mibrar-Pasia, the Grand | to $100, nud who can control that amount of Vizier, who hed arranged a plan wlitroby | money, will act wisely by buying n 3100 Copt. Hassay, the chosen buteher, was to | cortificate and drawing interest theroon, porform his bloody work at a midnight ses- | which ho may givo in payment of his taxes a kion of the Culinct Council, Partiale yeor fromnow. When theterms of tha loan confirmation of this story is furnished by | sball bo made knowa by the Comptroller, the Constantinoplo correspondents of other | it is probsble that thoy will offer an French nowspapors, who ngreo in tho stato- exccllont opportunity for tho investment of ment that the nssassin was not hanyed on | savings. 'Lho -certificates, it should bo re- the following dny, o8 represenied by tho | membered, will be strictly in nccordance Turkish Covernment, but that the body of | With the law as already determined by the another man, alrosdy dend, wns mado to do | Courts, so that no question of their validity duty in place of Capt. Ilssaan, who i3 bo- | can ever bo ralsed, and the monoy to pay lioved to have been safcly romoved to a | them will bo on hand whenthey shall becomo vecluded rotroat. - -duo. === \ It {a from tho merchants aud business men ‘Whilo many of tho most distingnished men | of Chicago, howaver, that the grentestaidis to in tho country wero engnged yesterdny in | bo oxpected, for their interost in the mninten. delivering orations and historical lectures {0 | nuce of the Fire aud Polico Departmonts is celobrate the Contennial Fourth, 'Cux Cmos- | greator than that of auy other clasa. ‘Their of the uncollected taxes from 1869 to 1875, inclusive, tho sum of $5,122,120, instend of $6,469,5676,—a shrinkngo of §1,847,450, Tho Committeo farther cstimate that $250,000 may bo deducted from the claims ngainst DoNoAN, Sneraax & Co., Gack, nnd O'Hana, nud a further loss of $100,000 on nccount of Vox Horurx, malingan aggregate deficionoy which tho Committee places ati1,- 924,971, thonghthefiguresdo not quite agreo, Neverthelens, tho deficiency of assots is not overatated, bocanse the Committeo assumes that $400,000 of unpaid taxes prior to 1876 will bo collected whon the Supreme Court hns declared such tax to have boon void— that is, was nover levied at all, All that per- sonal tax is thereforo lost to tho city forever. Tho estimated deflciency nssumes Lhat the $1,80,000 of taxes on real property for the yonrs 1873 nnd 1874 which tho Court has de- clared to have nover had n logal authority will bo collcetod. Buch tax is not o Jien upon tho property, cannot bo reassonsed upon the property, and tho only hope for the rocovery of any part of it is in the volun- tary paymeont theroof by tho parties owing it. How much this expectation is worth is nltogether uncortain, The Committee did thelr duty foarlessly aud well; they pre. sonted tho wholo facts to the publie, Tho opinion of the Suprema Court had not heen rondered whon they made their statement. ‘Wo thorefore presout the actunl condition of tho debt, as dotormined by that decision, to bo as follows: Whole amount of cortificate: Unexpended lp‘l)“m]xrln!lom Duo specisl funds. i, Totalveerrsnes Creidit cash on hand. Duc from Unge, 0'ln Sherman & Co., call Tax levy of 1675, Assats..., Dobt In excess of ASACtS..uu vruseeensen. 83,518,878 ‘Fhis is whoro the city is landed. Wo have oxcluded all tho uncollected taxes of yenrs prior to 1875, bocause thoBuprome Court has doclared all such taxes void, and not colloct- ablo except by the volunfary paymont by thoso who hnve boon discharged from such taxes. Tho tax of 1875 will all bo collocted with perhnps no moro loss than is incidental to nll tax colloctions. ‘Tho tax for 1876 will include 500,000 to bo applied to meot defl- cloncios of past yoars. But the substantial fact romains that the City of Chicogo begins tho new century with n deficienoy in its as. nets of $3,600,000, which will during the 23,161,170 1,745,701 2,588, 051 87,485,141 3 202,107 ra, o st TAX-LEGISLATION. A motion wns made in the City Conncil on Monday looking to a roquest to the Governor coming few yoars have to bo puid by taxa. | cence and defame and villify the patriotle Re- i, Mlaslselppts Gon. g, L. MeAfet, Go Tumune contributod its share Lo tho cole- | vory business dopends on the continued good | to call n apecial session of tho Leglsinture to againat Manouer IL from July to B“P'“.mbf'v tion. g‘l‘hn flyn;t lovy of 500, ,?00 qus boen | Publican party, as In days of yore. Whatever | oW %9 K OI.MA‘.“'I fifa"fli;ln‘a"",'?'fi.‘,'c“k ot bration by prosenting o Centennial nawspo- | repntation of Chioago in theso reapeots. | pass suoli laws ns may bo necossary to enablo | 1410 was tnkon by Snltan Bouyeean in 1691, - i influenco it can \vield willbo exerelsed towarls | Eehonck, Cailfornia: tho Hom 1. Mogelll, per, devoted almost entirely to the thoughts E&ry mmon who poys @ porsonu), tax on @ | the city to collact tha baok taxes which the and retakon by the Imperialiats in 1088, from f;fi;;;"f.u’lfi'in’é""v‘{'&: ificfl‘“‘f&gfi:’:fi" placing thio Confederates in power, the Lon, X, L. Pesee, Wyowtng Torrltory, & . liom it waa againtalion by the Turks in 1690, & i ——re— and rocollections suggestod by the ocension. | stack of goods should takoe certificates for | Supremo Court has decided hove nsver been 1) ! A s L chinea oy " HINGTON. Tho romult was o paper which containeda | thy fall amount, which ho can turn in for | logally lovied and aro vold. Lenving out of In 1716 Princo XuceNe bosioged it, and cap- harged. The peoplo now know how thoy | Tyo Individual who runs two Confederate WAS; stand, nnd must prepare thomsolves to moct tured it aftor o songuinary battle, In 1739 its it Nierirtd =) tho Liability. fortifiention was domolished, and it was ceded totha 'l'urks. It was rotaken in 1789, and re- stored at the peaco of Réichonbach in 1790, In 1806."13 tho Bervinna had possession of it, In 1815 it was placed undor Prince ;Mivoson, #ubject to Turkoy, In 1820 the fortifica- ast amount of historical information worthy | his taxcs after drawing interest thercon. of baing filed away and kopt for roference, | Every morchant who has funds whioh ho is g woll us farnishing timely aud interesting | not actunlly using in his business cnn invest reading, ‘Lue Tuisune, it scems, was the | them to better udvantago this way than any only one of all the Chieago newspapors that | otlier, It Is from our own peoplo that the hind thoe judgmont and putriotism to celobrato | relief must come, to come at all, aud the in this becoming manner, ‘Tho othors went | penalty of continuing the presont condition apers, both dally, fnsists that Chlcago shall ll;b:’nduu munlelpal government and return to | IRdinn T"‘J‘ v“fi“‘:fll“:,:’:{:::’:ig:::f:; township organization, which {s ns absurd g ‘l‘:‘:::‘«g:e”“ % proposition as to chabge o grown man back futo Hpecial Dispateh to The Tribune. a puling infant, and only a person in his sccond Wastunatoy, D. O, July 4.~Sceretan childhood would think of ec preposterous & | Chandler durlng the Just few days hos beeo thing. exceuting the new law which providea that {he view the question whother tho Legislature Liave any nuthority to cnact such laws as is proposed, we suggest to the City Council the expediency of orgonizing o commisslon of competent pgrsons, membors of the Bar,' and even of the Courts, who will serva with. out compunsation, to mature such amend- THE PRESBYTERIAN UNION, The London News of June 14 contains gomo interesting dotails of the rocent comn- bination of the English and Scotch Presby- —_——— i ferred to the i torinn Churches, to which allusion has beon " Indiau trust funds shall bo trans L along in thelr ususl hum.drun fashion, snd | is o formidable to ndmit of delay. ments to tho Genoral Rovauuo law ns will | tous wero restorod. In 1867 ft wos surron- siado herotators i 'Triz Pousx, T chpusts PERSONAL Treasury Depurtmient. In doing this, an exame readers dopending upon them ulone would —— — tnako tho payment of tnxes compulsory, The | dored to tho Servians by the Turks, The | o S b ocomone looking to mx{;[:mm. ‘The fizz-cal year haa begun, llnufl‘«:nnl;:ll ‘:l;z rl:;l[l:n&::;:}uc:::: r:h:: ..:"3‘1'33{, ::;n: scarcely have kmown that the American poo- THE RETRENCHMENT DODOE, Bupremo Court has given solomn notico that | 0% hos a population of about 30,000 f o TO T e tn 1808, the nttompt pt | Bouclcault roturns to America this month, Db sl it St plo were colchrating the flrut hundred years The dead-lock on the Approprintion bills men. It lins o Turkish quarter, which slopes | . no spocial rovenue acts for this city or all i >, s Mr. Moody fa strongly urged to begin his Boston | hese Detnocrutie Beerctarfus luve disposed of of their existonce as nnation, But in this, s heen brought about wholly for buncombe's cilhmp can be tolerated. Thero con ybn Lut ta tho Danube, and is partially in rulus, and that tume Loing to nnito the difforont Prosby. campaignUct, 1, Government bonds und investedl the trust funds & torian Churches of the United Kingdom, with i Vi - ch wild-cat socs es a8 Tennessco ture 03 fn an0st ofher things, Tue Tarouss mmyly | 8o by the Dewmocratio Tlouso. Tliers ks 10 | oo goneral law for tho callection of taxes | 5Ssrvion quartor bulli up in modarn style. | 4o oyooption of the Patabliod G of Tt Contonnu hondache spread ovar a vat tor | b, S, SR N e wiinhons maintained its purpose nud reputation ns u | i5su0 aa to tho question of bona fide rotrouch- | u tho Stato, Tho machinery for the nsscss- ,!; i;: the :t‘;‘"]‘;‘” of n“’"’:‘:"“ botwoan | g vand. Aftor ten years of work tho | +tOh my head, my hesdt ns the bistarlcal )r'uu doverumiont lnulfl‘:"“:ln.! l:t‘l;gnmuun':;:‘\:m ropresentative American nowspaper, ulwaya | nent. 'Fho Ropublican Bounto is rondy to g0 | ment and levy of taxes by cities undor that urkoy and tho Austro-Hungarian Empire. nogotiations failed, and tho next year | youth luHeripture observed. o u'“':';‘l’mn""' A8 aceunibi fully ju keeping with tha popular sentiment, | to the utmost limit, short of absoluto stop- | general law neéds no amondment. How. Mogtar, whora one section of tho Turkish | =0 0" 00T a0 to offect two | 1fAr. Weller had beun by, ho would have called | The Conference Committeo an tho Siver Lil r——— pago of the Government, i the way of ro- | eyur inadequate the tnachinery for nsscssment | 25 forerly at Gatzko, 1a now conoon. | oy T o T Inst, the first | thiB & **rum® country yesterday, appofuted to represeut tho Benate does nob As part and parcel of tho Ocntonnial cole. | trenchment, 'Tho Postal and tho Naval bills, trating, is the Oapital of Horzogovins, on the < 7 , mny be for the equitable valuation of prop- crty in a larga city like this, thore is no prob- ability of any chauge being mado that would be satisfactory to the rest of tho Btato. ‘That, however, is not the publio grievance under which the city is now laboring. There is literally no compulsory process by which the payment of taxes cau be onforced. Prior to 1872, tho law provided that where prop- erty was sold for taxes the purchasor was en- titled tosuch a lien and such a percontage that it offercd inducements to persona hav- ing monoy to pay the tax, and louk to the property for a profitable reimbursement, In thia way the city was cnabled on tho day of salo to obtain all ita delinquent taves, The law of 1872, hbwover, changed all this, It compoelled tho purchaser at o tax sale to cou. tinue payivg all tho taxes, of whatover kind, which shiould bo lovied on that property for yoars, in order to preserve his lion,* Thus,ifa wan prrchiased o lod ab @ sale for elty taxes in 1878, in order to prosoryo his ten hoe would * is0 woll for the abandonment of the pro *43fen who plny croquat,” saya the New York | Fye‘vuylving the obsolete silver dollar, und Herald, **arenow called the third sox." yuintuplin thlfa amount for which sliver tokenh Mr. Bryant indulged tn puetic patrlotiom for the | including the dollar, shall Lo o legal tender Now York Academy of Muslc celebration yestor- | Tho three men who will represent the Bonato I8 day, g;fl,umuu fiu‘p C) mmpi',ulnlw un d"hl'i:: & uunltlluu 1’; M, Brot Harto's now novel, **Gabriel Conroy, | Mloasrs. Stiorman, Bogy, Wit BORIREIL 18 ndversoly teviewod by many of the London pa- 't‘lmn'i:?l ov‘(‘mn‘g ('":]",‘,’.“’“ gk ko e, Iutter bas not made o definft record tately upot Tico predicts on earthquake, Those who belleva | this pending question, Tho a6, t Dircctor be in him will hegceforty make their babltations in | lioves that fho mints will coln $24,000,000 of it tonts, ver subsidiary coln nenbw. it Grand opars has been doing very badly In Lan. | o Jb¢ dusaud mado by the Prestdent ue : ¥ don thie yéar, nobwitbatandiog Adelina Pattland fig}:‘:“é,‘:fig &%‘:tfi,fl’,rfi'&mflfl‘fm ason. Bupervisor yors at Bt, Louls, bus futroducd President Porter, of Yale, wants somo one to | new elemc U the questiuls « +7 ¢ Buceptandt £iv0 the college Lalf a doxen billiard tables for Cale | Of the Becretaryship by Beuater v, Wili. " Cal 1lope Hall. n'xua:finer ratt Wi lumlum&o‘my rl»almlflumu. Mis Loulsa Alcott's book, *0ilvor Pltchers,w | Nresiicnt, versistes g woslloft dos Mt | has been throughi several editions, and fs stll in | delay his purpose. ‘ great demund. m’l'l.\e chaldcg-tlgrn g!nfi-lded to l:fi{:lunkjhlig Chicago didn't mantfest her falr abare of enthy. | ideuce at the Boldiers® Hawme until tho RdJouts slosm Mondsy midnight, 3nd shu but portially | meut of Cou, ru;‘- as his physleians huve f‘;_ ntouod for 1t yeaterdsy. rted that the White Housels very unheal . ul at this scason, o account of fls exposiret) ‘Thy regular sesson at tho Unton Square Theatre, | the Potomac malarla. Gen. Grang will probatlf New York, will begin fn Beptom! ith *$The | cecupy the house at tho Boldiers® l&uma [ Two Orphans,” with Mbwcs Kate Claxton and whh:?l Abrsham Lwoln Lyed every suion? Msudo lisrrlaon in the titlo-roles. ‘Chis willbe | durlug the war, of thoss was mode in Edinburg by tho union of the Reformed Prosbyterian Ohurch (the old Church of the Covenanters) with tho Freo Church of Scotland. On the 18th of last month, the second was acoomplished at Liverpool, by tho union of tho English Bynod of the Unitgd Presbyterian Church with the English Proabytorian Ohurch, The name of the now Chureh is * the Presbyteri- aa Ohurch of England," and it will bave 203 cangregations, 60,000 members, and an an. nual jncome of 800,000 The News thus describes the scono ot the union; ‘Tho event of yesterday was made tho accasion of 8 lurge sud Imposing demonstration, The Moder- ator uf the Beotch Bynod of the United Prewbytor- on Church and the Moderator of the English Pres- bytorfan 8ynod cach made a duclaxation, wetting out the soveranco of the United Presbytorians in England from the Motber Church fn Scotland, and thelr unfuu with the Euglish Presbyterlan body— 10 bo hiereafter known o4 the Preabyterion Church of England. When the two Moderatore gave cach othor the right hand of fellowship, u scena of yreat excitvment and enthusiasm was witnossed **fatbe Dration at Philudelphia yesterday, wo print | cutting down tho appropriations to the low- clsowlicro the oration by tho Hon, Wirtaan M. | est possible poiut, and with only such con. Evarta aud the nationnl ode by Bavanp'Tay- | cossions required of tho House as wero xom. ‘Thoy are both memorable productions, | indispensable, have been agreed to, and the worthy of tho occasion and of the fame of tho | Benate stands roady to ald in tho atrictest uen who wrote them. The reader of the form. | economy and retronchmont ns to the other or will bestruck by the absence of tho spread. | bills, cagloisin and sophomorical buncombe which But the programmo of the Domocratio usually characterizes Fourth-of-July orations, | Touso means not retrenchment, but tho ap- Mr. Evanrs' effort is thoughtful and schol. | propristion of only one-half or two-thirds: urly, and writton in admirable literary stylo, | tho amount required for the conduct of the The saliont points of Lix oration aro the Dec- | Governmeont for tho cusuing your, leaving it 1sration of Independonce ; tho cstablishment | for Congress at its next session to pass o de- ot freedom angd popular institutions, and o | ficlonoy bl appropriating snywhera from critical glance at the cfforts of England and | thirty to 1ifty wmillious to supply tho balance Franco in o similar direction; the gradual | which would be left to be wade up, after the growth and sottloment of the country; the | Confederate-Democraoy hod mado the utmost philosophy of tho Government; the progress | cawpaign capital out of their * rotrench. of the century; the extension of territory; | wont.” tho ebolition of slavery; the growth of It is this protended retronchinont only that *‘knowledge and wealth; the frocdoin of tho | is reaistod by the Rupublican Senate. Lhcre xrosa and the univessality of wutlruge; tho | is 2o retseuchmnont in waking sppropriations Narenta, 46 miles southwest of Bosna-Sorai, It lins a population of 10,000, and is & place of cousiderablo trade in silk, grapes, wino, knives, aud wonpons, It is surrounded by embattled walls, and contains ton mesyues, 8 Greok church, and afamons Roman bridge. With referenco to tho Danube, near Bel. grade, which the Servians propose to plant with dynamito torpedocs, the London Stand- ard's corregpondent says Every one knows what a Lroad, deep, and rapld river the Danube fs, but it concontrates sll ite forceand fury below the cataracta at a pws called tho Tron Gatcs, Hero, opposlto the small village of Ticheviztlia, it narrowa from u widih of a wils to about 180 yarda wido, and with a depth, us far g con be uscertuiued from the violonce of the cur- runt, of from 800 to 1,000 fathoms, The mountaing oa elther slde of this sre very lofty, —ncazly 5,000 feut bigh,—Dbut thut on the Austrian side {s 1,000 fect blghor, and o tho river side ld nourly sheor for about 8,000 fect above the tarrent. In fact, where it s not perpendicular it ruther overhunga . tho water. When there §s a very low Dauube the #barp, craggy polnts of aubagueous Jucks buglu w | B s e v —a—