Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 8, 1876, Page 2

». athorizing the appointment af clvil enmincers in o Navy, anu JroVAITE thal il persons pow iold- l]nn nn;h office ahall be mustered ont of service, Passcd, g . Lawrenca called np, 88 a apcclal order, the |.|||)|"(A7Lre ulre the l'nclfic Railroad Company o create a ainking fund to reimburse the Usilted States, Mr. nrlgr‘l mnvlfid (n?u;»:fl gkgr:lnl:lo Committes the Whole on the private 3 ”Mr. l'hnrll!lcalled‘}m the yeas and nays on Mr. Lawrence's motion, eaying that il was a qucstion #3 to whether tho liouso would recelva money or pay itout. The vote resulied—yean, DO} naye, 88, 6 House therefore proceeded to considor the i1}, and was addressed by Mr. Lawrenca in oxpla- astlon and advocacr of L on 4o he bin . Hurd spoko fn 3 AU tha cloge of Mr Tlurd'a specch a vole wat taken on recommitting the bill to the Judiciary Cominittes. Tho motion was rejected—3u ta 111, The demand for tho previous question belng sces onded, Mr, Lawrence was entitled (o an hour, part af which he ylclded Mr. linnton, who gave & hia- tory of the tranasctions of the Covernment with the Pacific 1tatirond Companies, 1fo did not think thntbllnla House should hesitate a momont In passing e bill, wun 1lo}man exxrflned his unqualifted approval of tho object of the bill. The bill was then passed—yeas, 160; nays, 0, The Bpeaker announced “as tho Commitico of Confereneo on the part of the Liouse on the Sundry Civ{) Appropriation bill Messrs. Randali, Holman, and Hale. Adjourned. ——— THE APPLETONS' GREAT WORK, The Men, Women, and Children Engaged In Making the American Cyclopadin, New York Ecening Fost. A literary work, in sixteen royal octavo vol- umes, which has engaged the scrvices of two cditors-in-chicf, six nssociate cditors, twenty- four revisers, and mote than 500 contributors, hias occupled three yeara In preparation, has cven ‘before completion sccured 45,000 subscribers,and returncd to its publishers more than §4,000,000 while the 1nst volume §s still {n press, s an ob- Ject of more than ordinary Intercst, The purposc of the cditors of the new edition of Applctons! Amerlean Cycloprdia has been to put the work published in 1857-03 faily nbreast of the times, and thus to present n panoramlic vigw of all human know!chce. The work of the cditors begins by sclecting a stafl of assistants and rovisers, fifteen or twenty of whom work regularly day after day in the publishing house on Broadway. To each writer, whether in Now York or out of it, his subject or subjects are asslgned, aud in ashort time the mnnuscripta begin to come inj; but no articls contributed to the Cédopu:dln appears there os at firet written. nch passcs successively through the hands of three or four scholars,who txawfiu thelr skill and learning lnunml'nln{; amending and sifting it contents, Accuracy ls the veory first conslderation, and na palns ure sparced to secure it, After the articlo hins been sct {n type, the proof {s subjected to several ad- dmnnnf rovislons; and ‘thoss contributions which deal with blographical and goographical miatters rocelvo no ices than ten distinet and careful re-examinations. Expressions of opinion on controverted polnts of sclence, politics, or theology are cut ont forthwith; thevery latest information on the subject in hand s appended; an Amerlean point of viow In distinction from an English, French, or German one is steadfastl maintained; and where the style of writing {3 lieavy or obscure it 1s mado ulm];!e, forcible, and attructlve, When tho facta arc lncomplete they ure supplemented; when partially or inaccu- rately stated they aro amended ond corrceted; when out of date they are discarded; when ondly expressed they are expressed well. After the author and edltor comes the com- sitor, tho stereotyper, the pressman, and the inder. The large factory in Brooklyn would teach most persona more things in an hour than they could orFet in a lifetime. There are the clever little folding machines, ench of which can fold dally 12,000 large sheets three times, while cveu the most active and experivnced young woman thinks herself simart and wins for her- solf credit 1f shie con dispose of 400 sheots in an Jour. There §s the smashing machine, which lammers tho leaves closs and flat, after they have been collected into a volume from thy gathering table, compressing their cuntenta into o third their former size. Thero Is the sawing machine, which eaws across the bLacks of thess volumes flve openings large enough to sdmit the twine witl which they are fastencd; and tho peunllnr‘}iy cons stricted sowing-machine—arecent Ameriean fn- yention, by thch half tho cost of hand-sewing {s saved—which sews each leaf sucuml{ inits place. It operates us en!flK and as le Aty al~ most as a loom, and sends the shuttle between cvery two shecta as regularly and deftly as could Lo vfiuhed. Thero Is the cutting-macline,which trims tirst the fore edges, and then, when tho backs have been glued and rounded, cuta off the ends of tho volunes also. ‘There I8 the backing- machine, which spreads out the backs with a roller and makes un indentation for the boards of tho covers, There [s the stamplng-machine, which nmmxn thae coversnccording toany des! pattern, and tho hydraulle-press, which kqueczes the fniahcd books, as they lie on their sldes, until they are dr{. 1f tho returns from such a work are largo the outlay I8 large too. Every pu%n of printed mat-~ ter means from $10 to $50 to the writer of it} so that the averago cost of preparing the manu- script of each volume I8 no less than 824,000, To this must be added $6,000 as the average cost of tho {llustrations, Befors the printer sees the book it has cost tho publishers $30,000. The coat of type-setting, and of storcotype and elec- trotype plates is about $0,000 per volume; that of printfug, etc,, $11,000 per volume. The cost of binding d&rum\s, of course, upon the kind of material used; about onc-cight of the coples #old are bound iu cloth, about two-cights In lether, nud about flvofl‘ghu in hall moroceo. Iu filling the onlers aiready rocelved noarly 8,000,000 pounds of paper have becn used; and in typo-sctting, printing, and binding, niore than men, women, boys, and girls are employed. e ENEMIES IN THE REAR. oew IAIr, Bhnddack's Pravers Were Dis- turbed, Bt. Loulr Republican, A more singular oceyrrenco than s reported from Thomus atreet, In tho vicinity of Glasgew avenue, can scarcely be concelved of§ and yet thu account must bo entirely rcllable, slnce It Is glven by tho eldest sonof old Mr., Bhodduck, while old Mr, Bhadduck himself was tho princl- pal actor fn the affalr. 1t will be borne fn mind that a fow days ago, just preceding the present chilly perlod, the weather was not only warm but sultry; so oppressive, In foct, that every one felt disposed 'to put on the lightest anid thinnest sult [n his posscasion. Old Bhadduck, Jike everybody olse, went home panting ouc evenlng, “and told Mra. Shudduck that on the next morniug e must put on his last sum- mer's lingn panta; aud the good woman mc- cordingly brought tho panta out of the aparc roum, where thoy had hung slnce fall, and laid them on s chalr In the bedroom. On the next morning, when 8badduck rose, he put on the {u\nu and found thewn exceedingly comfortable, lough ot u very good fit, Shadduck wua vory fut Just summer,” weighing nearly 200, but dur~ Ing the winter aud spring las been troubled a Koud deal with dyspepsis, and lost flesh in con- kequenco, 1t thua canie about that when Bhad- duck put on the linen pants he found them ex- ceedingly bagey behind, though, as alrcady stated, ho didn't mind that much, since the gar- monts' were comfortable. After rislig, Bhadduck the house, und took place untlt 8t fussod around nothing of mument the houschold yathered befors brenkfast for family prayers, It fiap- Sencd that the old man hund'not sat down ouce uripg the morning, and that when he knelt ‘wua the lirst time the bnggy portion of his pants bebind had been tightened. , Tho tenslon across the garmonts caused by the position he now as- sumed of courss brought the cdoth more tlghtl sgalnat the old gentleman's person, and then [t was thut the sivgular incldent oceurred. Mr. Bhadduck had nmrwls cammenced his devotions when he wus observed to twitch convulsively, und at the swne Instant an fudistinet huninlig sound, which could not be exactly lucated, flle. the air. A moment later, the old gentleman, to the dismay of the entire funily, e 2 miore suddea und violent start thau “before, chopped his orisous shiort off, and bounded to bis feot with an awful roar, ' Then hs bounded over a chalr, run out {oto the parlor and back again, and _began to leap up and down liko on Indian, slappiog himself, and never ccnlhl% for an lustant bis terrific bellow- ing. The alarmed fwnlly supposed him the vice- tiin of hydrophobia or sudden inssnity, and calléd in” the peighbors, with whose asalstance the old wan was Hnally captured and floored. Then Mrs. Bhadduck loosened his shirt-front to Kive hitm more air, when she started back with o serean, and they released him {natantly, They released him because enouih wasps poured out of that open shirl-frout sting & horse to deuth. Evorybody rushed foto the other yoom to get uway from”old Shudduck, aud old 8had- duvk tore” after them to get away from the wusps. it was un exciting tine as they galloped over the Iwuu$ Mrs. Shadduck lesalug the pro- cesslon sod hadduck hrluglnfi ui: the rear, ralning weaps at every leap, ¥ nllF when ull wero about cxhausted, the fnsects thinned out ta some cxtent, the panic subsided, and the old geutleman waa escorted up-stairs to tako off Lis unta and take ou lokinent. Iu the seat of the foen trousers were found the remalus of & tre. mendous waspa' nest which had Leeu crunhed out of shape when Mr, Bhadduck first knecled ume und tightoned the gurments, 1t was fu , unless Mr. Bhadduck’s’ sou exaggerates, & luvet remarkible veeurrene. THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1876—~TWLLVE PAGER, would offer him some polsoncd sweetmenta, or watch his opportunity to sprinkloe arscnic over the flour tho poor man was nbout to make nis chupatlies out of. After death, he wounld rbb hia victim, sad clther throw the body into the junfilc ot burn {t. Tho wagon and bullocks he would dispose of {n the nearest villago for, eay, 50 or 60 mseu, and in a few days more go the samo round of assnssination and robbery. Ile has already confessed the particulars of thirteen :rlmnl’c,rn committed by him within a sbort mo. FOREIGN. MRS. SWISSHELM ABROAD. beneflt of thelr owne resent or prospective. Tho father guarda nt\hg honor of hls daughtor 28 _sn important part of his posscssions, and aclls it and_her In the matrimontal market to the highest bidder. Iler purchasor {natalla her stewardess of his house, gives her the koys, and fl{igs her whenever he thinks she nceds o flog- ging. " She ia not supposed to have any inberent vir- She Is Rogarded Bimply as Fit to Serve | tuo which wmfifi’ preserve hor purity without Amt watching, or the lr’un inwardncas of fathers and and Amnso. Man, litisbanda to teach her that thie male Chiristiana . in public places are yery dangerous animale, Ve dto siug pralscs In the Tho Xnsults and Degradntlon Heaped hn‘,,.‘;‘:‘!;’:‘ fi&?",,“'.‘.‘é.‘;fim‘&i% ntg:tv::n of upon the Fair Sex, religion which has Hfted us all to such sublime liofishts as unquestioned confidential futer- course with the shephends of their souls, in Catholle ad Protestant confesslonals, ‘These blessed Chrlstinns, in this Christian land, with ita Chrlstlan Government, HITCIL WOMEN UP WITII DOOS AND DONKBYS, and sct them to drawing*londs through city- streets and plows In country-fields; and wo are called upon to revercoco the clerq{ for what Y Chrlstinnity ' hns done for us, while {hey ax~ Something More About Woman's Several Important Servian Suce Sphere in Europe. cesses Reported. The Tuwks Falling Back Beforo the Advancing Insurgents. s, INDIA. FRIGNTZUL OUTHREAK OF CHOLERA. Carcutra, June 18.—Golwood, a village of 200 people, on the Bombay and Baroda Rallway, has Leen the scene of one of the most frighttul outbreaks of cholera ever known, Over half of the population died in three days. The disease appeared at noon on the 4th, and before day- break next morning there had been 57 deaths, On the 8th all tho survivors fled, but were re- fuscd admission by the ndjacent villages, The An Exciting Polltleal Dcbate in the French Assembly. Inoomprehensibility of the German Rules Monarohical Sohomes to Groate Dissention for Feminine Behavior, in the Republican Ranks, . Women and *‘ Christianily "—~The Preachers Get Ton Lives Losat by n Railroad Accident 8 Lively ** Going-Oser.” B8 o dlscase displnyed extreme virulence, some cades ert all thelr influcnco to enforee on the wamen i Swiszeriang provin; !n{‘l':‘?; in Lw)unlly minutes, In lhca‘: ::lrn 'lcx:«:% &ll:.emlnu:lv‘vlanl:'l;l nlgvlvn for Corinthian cases the ordinary choléra ayinptoms were a Correspond The Tridus THE TAST. hent and tho body et tho Gra sirole of tho s | L.ntea: Sevorss D 2B T oeted my | . No et of ‘men on thefaco of Godts green easo beeame 1vld, convulsed, and shruuken, There 18 no resldent doctor In the village, aml medicsl help was some time In arriving. Gro negleet of sanitary measures Is the appareat cause, as it 18 stated that the people were living {n fnconcetvable filth, Cholera appears to b unusually prevalent this year, outbreaks being reported” from varlous pnrts of Indin—none, }mwnvur. approaching that of Golwood ln vio- enco. TERBIBLE COMBAT NRTWHRRN AN INDIAN (CHIEP AND HOQUDERS, Star of Indla, A band of dacoits, or professfonal thieves, consisting of forty men mounted on twenty camels and ten on horses, made thelr way into Qodeypore, near the Meywur State, whera the! surrounded and took possession of soven camcls loaded with oKlum, belonging to merchanta on their way to Agrs. Tho dacoits got clear off with thelr booty, but the byparees who escaped ran and reparmf the matter to tha Raj Hakim Jussraj, who lost no time in acting on tho {n- formation. e collected twelve suwars, plcked men, and started In pursult, leaving ofticra to alarm the villagers and send I'mlp after his pnrl{‘ The robbers wore traced to & spot about 10 1uiles off, whers they had concealed themscives fn tho Jungle, “taking alvantage of a ravine for protection. Tho Hakim arranged his plans welly and contrived to let thieo volleys from alfteront points simultancously among the tA;m y hut tho thicyea were on tho alert, and directly returned the fire without at- tempting to escaps. They biad not all muskots, but thoss who had noliec wera armed with swords, so that tlic Hakim considered it advisn- ble to avold a band-to-hand combat, until he had succeeded in equalizing the numbers by killing or wounding as many of the thioves ns possible. This desultory fighting contiuued for about three hours, when the Hakim was mado awaro of the -prroflch of the vllln&'cm HHesent instructions to thewn to surround the spot, so that none 1night cacape; he collected hissowurs and charged “into the middle of the foe. Thu fight then beenme desperate; the Iakim and hls men fought ke lions, and the robbers, knowing thelr lives were ot stuke, refused to surrender, but the cordon of vl\luacu soun closed in, and the wholo gang was captured, not o man eumplnfi. Tho casualties were fifteen da- coits killed und nlue wounded. On the Hukim's slde two sowars killed, four wounded, and the IIakim himsclf with one sword-cut aud two bul- lot-wounds, enrth are cxerting themselves agninst woman’s clalm for common Justice na arc the clcrfi of the United States and England,—the Clirlstian clergy, the self-appointed gunr&lunn of women's souls, and the sneering oppouents of their right to freedom of conscience and just compensation for their Iabor. 1f any one wants to seo what that conglom- eration” dubbed ¢ Christianity ” has doiic to clevate women, let him come to Saxony, with Its Christlan Government and Established Prot- eatant Cliurch, and see feeble, grray-linkred women londx! with pannlers cnough for o donkey, bending and tottering under their burden, or pulling & luad which taxes thelr strength to tho utmost, while nice young men walk beslde them, smoking, and chatting them as condescend- ngl; a8 it they were rome other lady's grand- mother! The stufl preached and palined off ns ‘¢ Chirfatlanity ' fs ubout as much like the king- dom Clirlst came to establish ns it is like Mo- hammedanism. In fact,itis A PRETTY PAIR CHOSS NRTWEEK TIEM, That new dispensation, n which there wns to be ¢ neither Jew nor Greek, boud nor free, male nor fewnle,' {8 Christinnity, or will ba ittt 1a over permitted to fiut herss aud what wo have ns its sabatitute is Manianity 1—ull male and no femalel—Jows and Grecks in onc placo, and boud and free inanother. At one tine it pro- suribes Jews, at another Africans, It mukes slaves and creates maaters. It oppresses the weak and panders to the strong, and {s,as full of casto as Brahminism. Christ’s tenchings are lald upon tho shelf, and Paul’s temporary rules for slsves and barbarians are made permanent law for all nges, because they fostor a ruling custo never conteinplated in Chrlst’s plan; and, while these Lord’s Spiritual, who have clected t‘wmnclvun. and ono anothery to high places, stand with their foet upon our necke, they enll on us to return thanks Lhat 1t s tlncllll- lm.xL. und not that of the Turk, underwhich wellel . Ishnll never again bo able to st quietly and lsten to one of thess sclf-complalsant gentle- men tell me what Do and bis religlon havedone for je; for Iaball alwuys ses the old women bending under the bll’f baskots strapped upon thelr bucks, while their nice, ?'numt. Christian .grandsons strut beside thom, flke turkey-goh- fi{crfl, ogling tho women, in this Christinn city, under this Christian Goyernnent, fn which Mar- tin Luther supplements the Trinity, JANE GREY SWIssUBLM. ‘CASUALTIES. TLOOD DAMAGE, Bpectat Dispatch to The Tribune. LincoLy, 11l., July 7.—About onc-half of the bridges In this county were washed away lust night and this morning. The balance are undor water. The crecke are higher than known for WITAT MIGNT BE DONTL Lonpox, July 7.~The Vienna correspondent of the Times, roviewing tho military situation, says that If the reports of a Turkish victory at Baitschar prove true, and if the success Is prop- erly taken sdvantage of. it. might place the castern half of Servia fn the handa of the Turks. £ SERVIAN BUCCESS, PARts, July 7.—The Journal des Debata hns the following latcat news from the scat of war: The Servians have captured Rachka. Gon. Tchernayefl's tacties ara compelling the Turks to withdraw beyond Palanks. The balance of ndvantago so far s slightly In favor of the Servlans, 3 An officlal telegraphic dispatch recelved at Belgrade announces that afler ton hours’ des- perate fighting at Rachika tho Turks have fled to Novibalar. Tho Servians ocenpled the territory between Rachka and Novibalar, The Scrvian loss was fnconaiderable. The army under Gen. Zackerossed the frontice near Yavor on Thursday, They found tho Turks intrenchod in very favorablo positions, and were unable to dislodge them after five hours’ severs fighting, ~ TURKISIT TEPORTS, CoxnsTARTINOPLE, July 7.—The Porte has sent to its representatives abroad the following: Moukhtar Pasha telegraphs the detalls of tho Inst engagement ot Belinn, The enomy's losses cxcced the first estimate. Two hundwgd of thelr killed were leftin tha Village of Helln] and 700 in the neighborhood. Among the dead are thelr commander and several officers. A hargn Turkish force {8 now concentrated at Be- nil Tnst lotter to you, an article hias appearcd inono of the papers here warning German gentlemen who may viait the Centennlal that it is not safe in America for them to follow thelr favurite amuscinent of starlng ut women In all public places, and foRowing thom to stare. The writer has been'in Amerles, and has known Instances Iu which a German gentlemun atared at o lady until shis appealed to an American man, who turned in ond throshed his geutleman- ship untll he was mads ‘to realize the superlority of manhood. The writer seems to have been so deeply Impressed by having witnessed, or horne, this thrashing process, that he grows philosophical, and con- cludes that a practice so promptly nnd scverely punished smong the savages of the Western Hemispliere may have something improper in itaclf, regurdless of locallty, and suggests the propricty of German gentlemen, on Gorman soll, refraloing frotn {ndiserfminate Insult to all the women they may happen to meet. If this writer should suceeed in reforming German soclely so that a woman could walk the streats of a (ierman clty without insult from German gontlemen, he will have wrought A REVOLUTION INDEED, and may finally make It eafe for Amerienn women to visit Germany, and even to reslde In the Fatherland, without being all made over on the German model. But It is not only gentlemen In this land who feel ealled upon toinsult the defenscless. There is a considerable approach toward universal male suffrage here, and consequent mascullue equality; aud those methods by which the Ger- man gentlenan sescrts his superforlty to the Inferior sex, and every memberof it, aroaccurate- Iy copled, and vven gometlmes {mproved upon, by the German workingman: Two workingmen count for one merchant In an election, and four workingmen, or two merchants, for one gentle- man or acholar; but they are all equal in their right and Inclination to Insultwomen fo all pub- lie pluces; and of this we have had abundunt ev- flence in our own oxperience. ‘That member of our party who has always gone through lifo in a kind of abstraction, looking far away Into a dremnland of the fu- ture, was rudely awnkoned from her walking reverie on the street by the coarsv laugh of u sroup of workinen, who stood to witness the un of oncof thelr number attractiug her ut~ tention by THROWING KISSEB AT TIER. TIE MONTENEGRIN FORCES. % VirNgA, July 7.—~The lltical Correspondences {8 informed that the Prince of Montenegro ar- rived on Thuraday before Gatschko, where o consfderable nunber of Turks are intronched. The Bosulan Catholles intend to apponl to Austrin to protect thelr futcrests against the Berviana, MORE TURKIBI REVERSES, BrLanADE, July 7.—The insurrectlon in Bul- ia {8 reported to have bucome general. crvlan troops have captured Saguera, on the Drina. Other Turkish reverses are reported. TIIB BOPTAS. ConsTANTINOPLE, July 7.—Tho journals hero assort that the Softas nt ‘their own request ure about to be armed and sent to the frontier. UELORADE ADVICES, Loxpox, July 8—0 o, m.—The Standard’s dis- pateh from Belgrade dated July b says 190 wounded Servians of the Arnny of the Drlnu’ FRANCE. . DENIED, Panis, July 7.—Tho rumored attempt on thae life of the Duc de Chartres, by a soldier, 1a en- tirely unfounded. TOX LECISLATIVE FACTIONS. Vensarres, July 7.—~The Chamnber of Dopu- tles to-day, alter an excited dobate, declared In- o over twenty-five ycars, ANl corn and Lave nrrived there. They report that during 4 \What must Lo the mental and moral atmos- Y b the fgzhting at Bolina tho eactieon of the Turle. | valld tho clection of M. Peyrussc, a Bounpartist, phero [n which o common Impulso could lead n | gmall grain P ”{“:W‘F‘m uuhme{gcr}. fsh guard-house uud nbabltants defend- | the voto stauding 834 yeas to 120 noys. In tho | group of respectablo mechanies, skilled lnburers, The r:lm”pct" for wl Md i L] cluun y Is v;l tgvnl:elvu lto :llw \:gm:‘ lnxulfln course of the dobate, M. Do Cossngnas made o 5“:1"&""?.; I.;) aumnu ""i"n"fi'fd and u;ult;: xufi. Yory gl g momcund i we liaye, na the ervians, o e strec ol hoe 0 o] ral insu| 0 onge frall, sl low! 7] o e tbl0 " roassscrs - ansd, o | Violeot speoch, declaring the fntoleranco of the | dollbarato insult to ono frall, staddowy glell 1t | RRR (i, {Gniuy., Ropublican party waa producing o close pllianca of all the scctiona of the Right sgainst that common cnemy, the Ropublie. The speaker waa called to order, but rofuscd to withdraw his remarks unless they appeared i any way to :]le to President MacMahon. f. de Marvere, Minlster of the Intcrior, de- nounced the sy 88 an attempt of the de- clared cnemles of the Republle to insinuate thiemaclves into the confldonce of the President. The auumlpt would full, for Pres{dent McMa- hon loyally accepted the Republic. M. Keller, of the Right, declared, on the part of the chitimlnu that, although they were often found voting with the Bonapartisls, thoy ro- pudiated sny connection with them, M. _Jolisbols, Bonapartist, hnfilng to expose the divisions smong the Republican Deputics, moved that the Committec’s report on the Muuicipal bill be lald before the Chamber within nweek. The Bouapariists agaln suffered n check, Tho motfon was rejected without de- n;m ;:1?1‘1 the report was immediately lald on the o, Panss, July 7.—At a meeting to-dny the Left which almost all tho fuhabitants perished.” The cltizens of Belgrade have been ordered to glye luformation tu the authoritica relative to the quantity of provisions in their houscs, ns a bombardment by Turkish gunboats fs feared. An American Genersl and three Prussian officera have entored tho Servian lfln{. Five thousand militlsmen left Belgrade for A otie: dwpateb, dated Belgrads, July 7 nother dispa a u evening, snys dgumu:l reports of u-:’enmufim'- near clina contradict the firat telograma an- nouncine a victory. The Turks haye assumed the offenslve, and surprised the Servian camp at. Rachika. Tho Turks holit Beling, and are con- centrating a strong corps there. No news had been published in Belgrade for four days frow the Scrvian army at Alexinatz. mind that women havo any primary right to ex- Istence. They are here to scrve men ond to amuse them,—only this and nothing more; and any man haa & right to exuct from any woman such sorvics or mmnusement ns ho may fancy, provided ho does not infringe on the righta ot Bome other mau. If one ortwomen, or & group of men, can be amused by ridiculing or {usults ing o woinan, what should bar the sport? Cer- tainly not any conslderation for her. 1t "slis {8 "young or huudsome, she s the treasure-trove of whoever finds her atlarge with- out s collar, This collur I8 n spectfic inanner unknown to straugers, and difficuit to acquire. Even this does not defend: her fromn rudeness, and {s not supposcd to do so; but it Is consid- ered a protection from assault. TIX GERMAN RULES POR PEMINIB LEIAVIOR ore about as hard to learn os the German gen- ders. It Is a little diflicult to know why *sun" is feminine and * moon ? mucnuuu' wh ‘‘cont™ is musculine nnd “trousers " femi- nine, while * girl” and * mailen” are neutre} and h is quite aa puzzling to understand why a woman must not look at a msn on the street, FRIGHTFUL DEATIL &Spectal Dispateh ta The Tribuns. 8. Josxru, Mo., July 7.—A shocking accldont. oceurred Liero to<day in tho yard of the Kansua Clty, Bt. Joscph & Council Bluffs Rallroad. Johin McNew, o youug man aged sbout 21 years, son of Allen McNew, one of the oldest and best. known ditlzens of 8t. Josoph, whilo coupling frelght-cars, was caught between thomyand a voupling link ran entirely through his bud{. Ile Unpgered severnl hours with this torrib orftlce through his body. —_— BITAFTS8 ¥FROM IIEAVEN. 8pecial Dispalch to The Tribune. Fenaus, Ont., July 7.—A terriflc thunder- storm passed over this scction of country at noon to<lay. At Luther Village two young men, named Willtam Ollver and Tingh Taylor, were struck by Ughtning and fnstantly killed. LATBAT. Lonpox, July 8,—The Paris correspondent of the Zimes enya "the Turkish cmbassy thers hos recelved o telegyum from Constantinople dun!- ing that Gen, Tchernayefl hos sdvanced iuéo Turkish territory. The Times Vicnoa correspondent and Russlan KILLED BY A TIORSE. telegrapbic ageucy, howuyer, both confirm the it the Minlstry & vote of | aud mustsee and return his if he voude- Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune. report Bmt Tel xmfiyefl has taken Akpalanka. fifi%fi,fifi:fi%fi“ fi;v; gh: cqmmxfiw. roport | scend to recognize hor by mlkluf; one for her BrooMixatox, 1il.,, July 7.—A son of Mr, "Lbo Times' Vienna dispatch also reports that | on the Muunietpal bill. benetit] Kocnsly, who lives near Benjaminville, Melean County, was Instantly killed thls morning by tho kick of a horse. “The boy was b years old. the Turks did not take the maln position at Saltschar, but captured Coutignon's earthworks, The Servlans ars throwing up esrthworks around Bultachar, pnrlluulnr!l\r for the defeuse of the bridge across the River Tinok, LoNpox, July :80 n. m.—Theo News' Berlin specind reports that tho ‘Turks arc beselging Ouc rule by which the superior sex proclaim thelr superiority Is to reserve the right of recog- nition, "A wonian niust not bow to a man until ho has bowed to her. Then, on paln of giving sorlous offcuse, ahe must bow fn return, Sho must keep her oyes decorously Oxed on the pavement or shop-windew, un’ pain of belng TURKEY. TIIR FOURTIL AT CONSTANTINOTLE, ConstanTivorLe, July 7.—The American colony enthusastically honored the Fourth, 1lorace Maynard, Amoricau Minister, presided, DROWNED, Special Dispateh (o The Tribuse. ProRr1a, I, July 7.—Bogtech Hanush, a Bo- Baltschar, which Las & gurrison of 8,000, read the Declaration of Iudependeuce, nud | Inlstaken, and accostod accordingly; and sbo | hemian elgar-innker, was drowned while swim- Pants, July 8.—~The Soir says all advices re- made & apeech. . must never fail Lo sce and return every mascu- mjng in the river this cvening. celved conflrin the onward march of Tehernay- Z 1ine salutation with which she may be honored ! ———— ¢ff, He, however, will probably be st at 7 ‘While cultivating the art of passing men with- Bophia, a8 the ’1“;1;ku lfg‘ cnnwxi'truing 1 lg:: SWITZERLAND, out seelng them, she may fall to lewrn what FINANCIAL. Tho Courrier de Franca reports that a t RAILROAD DIBASTER. manner of man he {4 who lives uext door, and Is engagemant has taken place between Plrot and Benwn, July 7.~~The passenger traln from 8T, LOUIS, avery Eond neighbor. Asbefeclsat perfectliberty to look at her hier faco bocowes familinr to him, while she has not periniticd herself to know whether he 18 0 fuet 4 or 4 feet 0, wears black whiskers or blond, a gray coat or a green onej hut, it Lo mects her on tho street, and bows, she must pes hln, know who le is, and bow in re- turn. We find it Inconvenient; but shall, no doubt, learn the ways of the country, aud con- form to its usages, by-and-by, One Instance has como to 1ny knowledge lato- 1y which Lnpresses e moro und more with the {inportance of American women HEING PROPERLY B4CORTED Isuvibrod, The Turks were dislodged, and the rond is open to Bophia, The Turks lost 200 killed and 100 prisonera at Pirot. A dispatch from Aloxandria to the Newsan- nouuces that Gen, Loring, Commander-in-Chict of the E;I'ypunu army In- Abyssinfa, has arrived in Cafro from Massowah. Troops for Conatan- tinople are m-rMnE at Alexandria dally. Loxpon, July 8. m.—~A letter from a Constantinople” correspondent of the News re- puata and quotes evidence in lu&pon of his aa this city for Lousanne came in collision to-day, at Palez{eux, with another coming from Laus- unne. Both eogines were destroyed, sevoral cars demolighed, and ten persons lled. ————— RAILROADS. BURLINGTON & NORTITWISTERN. BURLINGTON, Ia., July 7.—A speelal meeting of the stockholders of the Burlington & North- western Rallway convened at Marion Hall at 10 o'clock this morulng. Gen. A. C. Dodge was called to the chalr aund R, M. Greon chosen Bece retary, A number of earncat specchies were made ns to what was desfred by stockholders for the best fnterestaof the rond, * The followinyg resolution wus unauimously agreed to: Resolved, That theBoard of Directorabe, and aro horaby, authorized to place & morigage upon tho Burlington & Northwestern Itallroad, not {0 ex- , 000 per miile, on that part of the road from Bpectat Dispalch fo The Tribuns. 8r. Louis, July 7.—The Central 8avings Bank announced In this morning's paper its Intentton to close Its doors, having made an assignment. ‘Tho bank had a capital of $250,000, but a large deposlt Mno from small depositors that enabled It to mako Inrge loans. Some of the sccuritiea having shrunk in value, the Diroctors declded it woa for the best lutercsts of thelr customers to cluse, asserting that the dopositors will uitl- mnwli‘ by pald In full, There waa no excites ment ln banking circles, ns by some baukers the stoppage was not unexpectes previous assertions in_ regand the atro- cities in Bulgaria. He gives an in- stance ong case fn which forty women of the Village of Tovoaelo were burned allye, and cltes a consular report rlulng the number of murders committed by the Turka at fig'%' while some estimatea run as high as in thelr European travels, Last summer, an Amercan came upon the scens of action onl, in tme to reseue an American gl fn & public walk In Bwitarland, = A European 1i'uxllleuum had met ber walking alone, and took it foru sign that she desired his company, which he forced upon her until her cries brought o rescuer, who was a much sinaller mun than her herculeau nasaulter, and who feared for his own lfe in the contlict lnto NEW YORX. New Yorr, July %—A. A. Sclover, a well- kuown Wall street operator, hns flled his peti- tlon In bankruptey, Ils total labilitles are $060,000, of which "$545,000 Is partiatly sceurod. L ,000. ABSAYSINATION A8 A TRADM — CONFESSION OF THINTEEN MURDELS, i A London newspaper of a recent date con- tains tho following: ~*The story of a strange o lal Family, crime comes to us from Indic From the | §2°4, which _be auddeuly rushed, and saved himeelf A Tagny Gontiere sccthing masa of humanity In the Valley of the &‘,{,‘1‘:’ S N‘H,',';J{fl;,, e, :.gl::n,du”l‘,“m,‘f by sudenly throwing biuwcll ou the ground, |y o e o‘:”:xh’:::’:b{:\:lqum.‘flm Centonnial Ganges weird bellofs and secta spring up, such | tions are aid. I, 80 wnuch of the monuy so re- | Belzing bls ddversury’s legs and jerkbig them &, a8 Thuggism, which is o religlon of murer for | Calved as fs nat heeded far consteuction and equip. | from fuder him, so'that he fell hieaylly on his | Celebration fund published on Baturday, the the costo of thivves, who, from generation to generation, follow the same * profession,’ and who, 8o far from being looked upon with con- tempt, have thelr patron delty, ‘snd consider thomselves importaut and ¢ven reputahle mem- bersof the community, The last tale which reaches us {s, however, that of an fudividual who pursued turderas a trude. For years paat wagon<lrivers huve mysteriously disuppearcd. At interyals all would go \vulund then again ment shall be appliod to paying the debt securad by these bonite,—no moro of ‘rald bonda to ba hy- pothecated than aro absolutely necuasary to con- struct nod equip the road to Wnldeld, ' The meating then adjourned. It was largol attended, enthuslastic, harmonious throughout, and fusurcs the completion of the road to Win- field ut an early day. CROPS, fuce, when he was brought to his scuses by American pluck and muscls, ‘The sxt Was recognlzed aa American; for one Europeun gentlomun s not expected to Inter- fero with another on behall of ‘& woman who bas broken European rules of etiquette, In Parls, whore Amerfean toadies Lo Im) {lghnuessos spend milllons, and where Amer- fean women go ln{ the thousand, ns Mohuwne- dan pligrims to tho shrine of Meccy, a native name of Iarper & Brothersuppears as ¢ Harper Brothers & Co.” In view of the fact tlint of the origiual brothers only Fletcher Harper sur- ‘vives, and tho firm now embraces about a dozen sons and grandsous, the newly oxtemporized firin name may be supposed to mean * Harpor Brotliors and Coustna’ Such a title would not be moro singulur than are many things about this great _house. The original “firm of James A : . d John Hurper had no urtivlea of conartaer- geuorally g0 decomposcd. that, though they | 238 pointa fn Oblo, Indians, Liltnots, Kontucky, | streot. 4 family cxpenses, and_the profits of the concorn were belleved to be the misslug people, yet thofr | and Tenueaseo woro telegrophed to tho Gaseite |~ No wonder that American women are the | Were ulways ruinvested l“k‘ll" business. Identity could not by m!uhlllfll!ll, and the mys- | Iast night, Frow theso reports it nppeara that | especial objccts of Insult in other parts of | No personal accounts were tf‘ alior the tery etlll continued, Atlastaclow was obtained. It was found thut Kabdur Boruli was the name given by varlous partics as that of the person who hod hired a cart which had disappeared. A clreular was fssued giving a deacription of the suspected man, but without effect.” At last, In the oxamination of & crlminal arrestud at Kamp-, tee for mome other offense, the Jufler's aueplelon waa excited that this was the ludividual wanted, His susplclons proved to be true, snd the mur- derer has now been fdontiticd by several of the relatives of thu murdered peoplo as thoe man who had hired the cart. ounger brothurs, Wesloy and Flateher, were aken into the house, and the profits still go to swell the now fmmense ceapital. - Flotchor, the Immgen and lurvivln& brother, used to sa) 7\ Europe, when the thousauds who have spent so much time and money in Paris have falled to win any recognition for our natlonal tralts, or lmulm any fwpress of uational diguity or urity, » ’l‘hgmlcl for girls in England are as strict, or nearly so, #8 in” Germauy und Fruuce, but En- 1ish people DO NOT HOLD AMEKIOAN GIRLS TOTHESY RULES. They make a moat generous allowunce for the difference fn education, and do not expect thelr American nleces tu bs models of propriety, like the scason thus fur has been very propitious for growlng most Kinds of grain, but just as the harvest appronchies thero {3 threatencd dlssater from continued ralus, from all polnts oxcept Tenueasea and Bouthern Kontucky, Fears of the destruction of lrlrllml of the crops from this vausc are ontertafued. Asthe crops now etand, wheat promises a yleld of two-thirds; vate, fess than ‘an evoragd erop; corn, an uny usyully large crop; hay lu abuniauce, but rank and weedy, and " wheat sutleriug considerably ocosely to lis brothers that they cheat {m by domanding $3,000 for his admis- slon to the partnership, ‘The partuorship {s nuw Hmited to the mule members of the fam- {lies, the duughters recelving dowers on narry- inir; thua tho firm s alwaya to remain Uarper &Lfiruuwn. ‘Tho surnaina of the original broth- crs aro contlnued with religlous accuracy, so e ls » Molammedan | from the ravages of the weavil. theirown daughters, Iu this they show'that | that thora are several J“l"l'"“h““’fl or ‘thres ~ubout 40 years of age—a well-to-do wan, Shacial Correopandonca af Tha Tribung, nntfonal politetioss 6ald to have bedu filustrated | Flotchiors, two or mora Johus, cte., who aro dis- aud son of » person of mome qropenyf Innn@l:u:xul?‘lfln., July 8,~I have just re- | by Georgo tha Third, who helpul himself to | tngulshed In tho familler languata of their own Eleven and s quarter years of his life have beun passed in prisou for compuratively pott; offcuses, Aftor 1573 ha kept clear of full an Legan to be luoked upon asa roforined character, In"reality his carecr aa a murderer then com- turned from a short trip through the country, made so much complalut of rust, chinch-bug, and Heaslan u?fl' that I expected to find crops looking very badly; but, on the con- All kinds of counting-room by such titles as # rflukl?'n Joe" (because he lives in Brooklyn), *Joo 254" (be- causy of his residence in Twouty-sccond atreet), i Jgo Abuer,” the “ Colonel's Jobn" (son of Col, Johin Harper, so-called, to distiuguieh him butter with his own knifo after lwlnyslmn rural gue-l. do s0y but the pollteness of the polite ‘rench, aud philosophy of uxwhflmwhlu Ger- man, provides an iron “"bedstoud for ull guests, and niake every one fit it. trary, thoy are louking very” well o o) . menced in euruest, and had e not, llrll|¥cl ||||qu url!n ary just Ifimllx{w out, and, with fair | — American preachers aro wont to make a Eu- | frum "1“"‘*'1 \venuo J‘fi'!t‘" lml”‘l dead), lflfl enoy b, lt‘lu)’l .fi"" his lrl‘g‘llxl :lnunn.llxa {u hl ;vcuv.hurkm ?vrt':.-um cm;; ‘:nny lnzl ef‘"i ey ;Il ; {Jupunn tfiul\- ;n- thelr bronehitls, ‘-hml then cumn rx\:l’fil‘:g:"l S "'thn.{‘llslglur "I:!ho"h ':Iavur'"&'l"u‘d st hiavo ben &t lurge, He had previously fol- | two woeks of rainy weather and hot suu w e aud lecturs us women on' the respect wnd Mufory Jowed thio satno. trade though aékth the satne % T . lctcher at all, There are soyersl oth er dia blight nearly the ‘entire crop. The corncrop | gratituds wa owe them ou secount of our privi dots not lovk so well on the averapuas it did s fagall year at this time, much of it being very small.” The rain Just nlght waa the heaviest anil tinctive nick-names which we do not recall, The firin hayo many of the characteristica of Dick- cus' ¥ Cheeryblo Brothers,” Including a veritable extent, and the Jull In the disappearancos of people wus owing to the fact uu?uvury uow 1T 18 CUMISTIANITY and then be had dlsappeared from hia scene of that has Hfted us out of sluvery, snd set us at operations foto prison, Finding escaps lope- | bardest of the season, and heat the corn down | thelr feot to loarn wisdom! Now, Ibog luavet | Thn Liukinwater in the cashier, Demarest, who lcaa, s Lius now, with 'tho fatallty of hls race, | budly, but, sa it ' small, ft will probably | call attontion of the reverend gentiumen tothe | G908 pretty much as he pleascs, ahuscs tho fin wado & clean broiat of bia erimes. 15ia mode of | strulgben op. ! ¥ 7 | Bt “hat & Cririatiautty » wad been Tntrodaced | from seutor to junlor whienever'ho fecls liko it, into every country fn Furopa by women, ad was firmly established i every “que, before o woman sent Columnbus to louk” affer Amerlea; thut every Government in Europe, except Tur- key, 18 a Christlan Govornument fo-day; that golbg to work wus Lo vuter w village and Lire s cart, with the ostenalble pur, mo:fi golug to distaut village W sce his relatives or to trans- act some bushucss, Hu always took anil 18 uno of the best-natured, and best-hearted, und most popular follows fu the world, In ret yeugo the flrm occaslonally mnlflru to play such pracileal jokes on Tim e baul hlu[z' i for or S WESTERN ASSOCIATED PRESS, * Darroir, July T.—Notico is heroby givon that, pursuant to notlce and the order given at the sunncer lrlsl to Europe, with §5,000 ¢Xpou- scs, ““only to gut rid of him," Altogether it s a very happy commercial family. e e—— of & man of & bettor cluss, who was likely to carry moncy about hit. After procceding fur 80 or 40 miles bu thelr way, Le chose suine quist part of the roud to admin® fster arseule to his unsuspecling companion, the driver. ‘This Lo had no ditliculty In dolug, 1€ the driver was a Mohummudan, for fu that case they would tuke thelr mncals together, 1f lis cowpauion was & Iludeo, the purderer lasj aunual incetiog, the sunual weeting of the Western Assoclated Preas will be held in the City of Detrolt Wednesday, July 10, which tine oflivers will be olected for the ensulng yoar, and such other husincas will bo transucted g may be braught before the weeting, Exwutive Committee. Muzat Harstaan, President, 1 E, Bagss, Bewrotary. Suxony has Gud, sud Christ, und Murtin’ Luther {n her Constitutlon; that hér *Court fs Cathiolic Christisn and uer ostablisbud Chureh and poo- lalu Protestaut Christian; that the Emperer of Jermany {40 Proteatunt Christiun, ho and alt By order of tho | hils huusu; that the whola kettle of tish of Eu- ropests Governuents are Christlan, and that the women are beasts of burdes, or famlly prop- esty, prisoued fu irou safes furthe bunoraud ‘The Late Bultan, Tha Constantinople corrcspondent of the Londun News gives samo Intorcatlug Incldents in the late Eultan's lfe. le says: *Therc have been Innumerablo stories of thosavaucaess of Abdul Aziz’s temper, Two years ago it was - As regzards bind whiabered about that ho had kicked n slavo to death hocauso ho hat brought a dish to him other than tho one he bad been ordered to bring. Last year ho took it Inta hia hehd that tho palace was {n danger of fire, ‘Thercupon lio ordered everything that would burn to bo re- moved thers and” then, Curtalus, draperies, hnngings of the most costly kinds were bumnml out unceremonjously, and sold by auction by the palace cunuchs o front of the palace. For two or threo nights he be- foved that the glluua was not salo o live In on sccount of flre, ‘and took rofuge on an fron-cla. _Tho suggestions which at length camo to him that there was a powder-magazing on board drove hiim on shore as hastily ashie had come on board. The palace painter—for one of tho Bultan’s whims was to keep a European artiat to paint such subjects as his master shonld sclect for him—on suggesting that tho position assigned to a horse In a pleture was an unsuitn. ble ane, was ordered by his l\ln‘)coty to paint it up in the clouds. All the atorfes agree In shotv- ing that Abdul Aziz was a man of impulsc, an overgrown and spolled child, whose childhuod had not been changred, by the education of bovks or of admixture with thie world, into manhood, ‘This uncoutrollable temper appears to hnva burst forth on Saturdny Inst after his removal to Cheragan, The perlods of this temper wera followed by others of complete prostration, On Bnlurfl-{ evening nubodr dared npproach him, Ha is snld to have roughly driven his mother out of the room, telllni hee—and not without a trong baals of {ruth—that sho hud been the ‘auso of Lis downfall, FIRES. AT LA BALLRE. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridune, LASALLY, 1L, July 7.—At an early hour this marning tho restdence of Leo 1Toffman, Esq., o prominent merchant of this clty, and who was absent from homa at the time, was dizcovered 1o bo on firc, and, though the Firo Department worked hard to save the bullding, & two-story framo structure, it was entircly destroyed with wost of Its contenta. Losa about $3,500. In. sured ns fullows: On_tho house, $2,500 in the /Etnn; on the furniture, wearing-n {mrcl, silverware, cte., $2,000 in the Frank- In of Philadelphing on the plano, $550 in the Insurance Cumpany of North America, Tho plano, parlor furnititre, and sllverware were saved. Mra, HofTinan narrowly escaped a horriblo fate, being aslcep, and awnkened only when the alarm was givey, nud was aftorwards resctied from ber chiamber window in her night~ clothes by meaus of a Indder. 'Tho orlgin of the fire cannot bo_definitely ascertalned, us no fira has been used {n the liouse for n day or_ two, but the placo where first discovered would lead xmefin ul.nrcr that the fncendiary-torch had been applic IN CHICAGO. Y A still elarm to Engine No. G at 10 o'clock yesterday morning was causéd by a fire in the residence of SBamucl Kobin, Causo of fire un- known. Damage, £50. A stil! alarm to Engino Company No.,25at 8:30 Just evening was caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp at No, 800" South llnlsted street, occupled 15 Charles Johnson as a boot and shoc store. Damage nominal, Tho alarm from Box 354 at 8 o’clock 1nst ovan- ing was caused by o window curtnin catching fire from n lighted eandlo on the upper floor o Now 488 South Cuual strect, the residenco of dJacob Lovy. Dwmnggu nomliual, The alutm from Box 750 at 2:45 yestorday afternoon was caused by the burning of a bari in the rear of No, 19 Ureen street, owned und oceupled by Robert Woodburn ns a storatre placo for liny and onts. Damage, $100; unki- snred. CRIM E. ® TRAMPS, * Bpectal Dispatch fo The Tribuns. Davenront, July 7.—This city, Rock Island, and Moline have been Invaded by tramps and harvestors, Up to yesterday about 500 hod reached bere, and last night and Wednesdoy {ully 600 moro arrived. A troin on the Rock- ford Road was hoarded by 800 men nt Beards- town, but 200 were put off at Moninouth, An- other traln was boarded by 800 more, and the fellows could not be put off. A traln reached Mollus st 11 o'clock this morning with 200 tramps on board, A company of soldiers met them ot the “trmin and marched them all over to Davenport. Scv- eral fights occurred and three or four nien were stabbed. All the members of the Fire Depart- ment of this clty have beon armed, and an extra Pollce foree formed. Circulars wero distributed u Moline to-Iny notifylng citizens to bo ready to turn out for duty st o glven signal. Througli- out this county the stragplors ars comnltting excess, und making the wildest demands ol farmers, The majority of the men are peacens bls, but there are hundreds of plckpockets and thicves among thomn. e FATAL AFFRAY. Cunrsnng, Wyo. T., July 7.—Joseph Haden and W, E. Bland, both forenen of cattle herds, got {nto a quarrel to-day at Ogallale, Neb., drew revolvera and exchanged several shots, result® ing in the death of Haden, and dapgerous ‘woundlng of Bland, e SPORTING. TURF. Derrorr, July 7.—The’ races at Hamtranck Park to-day were falrly attended. The 9:23 ruce, for a purse of $1,600, was won by Cozello In thres straight heats, - Badger Glrl scecond, Richard third, and Obscrver fourth, Time, 2:20; 3:20; 2:20, inthe 2:80 raco there were nine entries, with Hylos tho favorite. Hylas won the first two licats, but was sot back o sccond position fn the next two Loats for runuing, Marion took the third heat and_Jim Flsk tho fourth, The raco was then pont&oncd on account of darkness. Time, 3:27; 3545 2:97; 2.t 120, Sy THE TRIGGER, , j Special Dispalch to The Tribuna, Towa Crry, la,July 7.—~The crack shots of Eustorn Iowa contested for a purse of $350 hero to-duy. Tho shooting was fair. C. Chaso, of West leo‘x;?' took tho first money, aud L. A, Clearan, ‘/(cwr, the second, : —— BASK-BALL, Crnorxwarr, July 7.—Buse ball: The New Hayens defeated the Cluciunatls to-day by o scwre of 8 to 1. N TSZ‘I]ElfiflAflilC NO;I; ES. iapaicA (o Hna, l‘nonu.pfil‘ July 7.~ City Asscasor places tho total vuluntion of the real and per- sonal praperty of PeoHa for 1876 nt $14,674,105. ipecial Diepuic fo The Tridune, Drrioiz Mich, July 7.—A statement of the recelpts of'Iuternal Rovenua for thia District for the year shows an aggtogate of §1,410,023.08, OF this lobucco und clgura pald 81,153, 507.08, e sai ta Tha it \ iapaich to une. Rooxronp, IiL, July 7.~Our tumperance Mayor commenced on tho saloon-keeper. ol this vity with terrible vengeanco tu-day, Shicker, Kauffman, Badewator, and Mapes, figuor deal- ers, wore brought up and flucd to the full ex- tent of tho law, Buveral more are expected to be disposed of to-mourrow In the sume way. The temperanco Yeufi_lu are rojoleing a good deal over thy wey thelr Mayor s golug for their opponcats Caron. it Jtait Gaselta, Corea {3 J]mt now veeupylng considerable at- toution fu Jopan., The siguuture of the recent uutmy which the two_ustions have cscaped war given each an udditional interest In all that helongs to the other, and tha Japanese, with a true commerclal lnstinet, ars beginning 1o inquire what products of Cures thoy mny expoct 10 get In cxcliange for the ten and silk they are prepared to send her, A vative correspoudent of the Jlocht Shimbun, who bas lutely returned from Corea, glvea anything but an encouraging account of the country on thils scors, Actording to this authority tho” hills—and the country very mountalngus—ars bare of grass aud troes, and the soll is generally dryj at prescut the nnl{ mlues ~ which™ are known to exist are Iron mines, No gold whatever, elther In the sliapo of wouey or of ornaments, is used, and the silver, copper, and tin, which are varl- mul,‘y’ employed, are all {mported from Chiva and Japan. “Tea is ot growa, sor are the peo- plo acquainted with its use ; thelr chlef drink, with which at present they appoar to bmcrn:cl- Iy satistied, consista of wi {ntusion of dricd gin- song or of ginger aud dried orange-pecl, To- bacco of a very durk color Is manufuctured, au, together with this, rice aud Sesamum Orlentuls are the prinelpal products of the country, The domestic anlwaly ar dugs, horned cattle, fowls, ige, aud horacs. ‘Theas Lust sre planiss of helr kind, and are abuut the sixe of donkeys. s, Corea formy an exception to most countrics in the world I that crows are not to be found within its Lopders, sud sparrows are comparatively rare, The Co- rean soldiers did not wppear to be very for- miduble to the Japuuess corrcapondent, accus- tomud to the Krupp guns and breech-loading rifles pussessod by his uwnu‘v‘ln dufeuders, but La adinita that tioy sasimed to b better drilled —— e than the Japancas troops were prjor to the HHvl of Gotimotora bevey, Pole uniforeea® sisted of wooden hiats, aid coats of a reddisy color, with wilo sleeves; they were armed with smalf inntchlocks mud swords, and the hannes they carrled wers out of all proportion to the number of the men. The varlous fortressey wero mounted with guns, which {nthelr tyep Woro mounted on atones inatead of carriages, Tow rapes were uscd to fire the pleces, and thy not unnceessary preeaution was sdopted of pro. viding a place Of safety for tho men who scteq a8 gunuers, ‘The popilation of tho country § estimated at about 5,000,000, and the people Rro poor, {dle, and dirty. Baths aro unknow, Whicl accounts, adis “tha correspondont, % for the fllthy atato in which the Coreans keep theip persons and for tho dirty hue of thelr oncowlity clothes,” ! 4 A RIOCH BACHELORS OF NEW YORE, NMen Whose Wenlth Can o Bet Down Undes the Iond of Millians, Correspondance Mufuto Commerctal Advertiser, New Yonx, Juno 27.—~To begin with, thcre lg Jumes Gordon Bennett, who can _bonat of belng known all over the world, nt least hy reputa. tlon, 1ls first bid for notorlety wos by meang of the yacht Henrletta to Europo. From thay tme fis lus buen very succossful fn making himeelt conspicuous, and to-dny he enjoys being talked nbout from the Herald bulld ngsln tho Interlor of Africa, whero his Bohemian tanley fa sald to be “exploring.” llis come from the l};mldg is ncn:l"' $500,000 nlone, and T . s in 1 recel of money from other sources,—the rent ot J’., old homestead at Fort Weahlngton, for (nstance, Bennett's earthly Xp(mmm(onu are numerous, and Include the New York fferald, & houss on i’lflh avenuo valued ot $200,000, another ot Fory Whashington, n tract of hmtl at Jeromo Park, and likewiss on Long Tsland and at Newport, s yacht, two English four-in-hand coaches, twenty norses, threo packs of hounds, seven carriages, two dozen polo ponles, n_steamn launch, and’ an ownership of n hotel iy Parls, patronized largel R’P' Americans, I8 I8 n metmber of thy Jocl ey, achty Lolo, Conching, Union, Narraganscit, Gun, Racket, and New York Cl\lblr and fn fn some of these organizations ho . holds office, Ho s liberal with his oney where ho tnkes n fancy, and will spend” it lavishly, Beunctt Is now nearly 40 years of age, and has pgrown quite gray the lnst two years. Ily could bo called o haudsome man were it not that he is tall, ungatuly, awkward, and thin, Ilascl dom goes to the Zerald oflice, except with par. tics of ladles nud gentivmen; but when ho does go down there alone every one in tho establish. ment 18 made to know of lifs presance. He llvey In wintor at his town .ouse, 425 Fifth avenue, and In summer at Newport, al the Cushing villa, which he rents cvery scason. Occasfonally he goes to Eurfl:e] and” makes s prescuce felt there, too! e is sold to be a Catholic. Next comes Mr., A. Wright Banford, who ls Imrhn])u five nnd thirty years of age, and is quity handsuino. Bome l{unrs ago aV ncle of his, numed Sanford, dled and left hus suvne $300,000 upon condition that he would take the natne of Bunford, his name then belng Wright, This he did, and now_lins tho intvrest of the above naied sum. Teis o member of the Jockey, Yucht, New York, and Racket Clubs; s very ngrceuble, very popular, and_goes in exccllent socloty, 'Thiril on the llst is Mr. Arthur Leary, who lins been prominent in New York soclety for.thirty ycars, and there never wos a charity ball witliout lifs name was at tho liead of thy Committee. Mr. Leary Is elther Scoteh or Irish, I forgot which, .und “has a large fortune, al- thougn ns ugent of the Lloyd's hére bo attends to business s regularly aa ono of Stewart's clorks, who, during the relgn of A, T., wero flned if they wore one minute ate at thelr desks in the morning, Helsa it ¢ soclety man,” und very {mpu ar atmong the ladles, to whom Jio is ever gullunt and courtly, Mr. Leary is quict and refiied In his tastes ‘and inclinations, nnd, although o *club man” 18 seldom ot the club-house, Mr. Louls Measier we will put fourth on the list. 1o comes of exccllent fam- ily, and ns a boy lived many years with his wii- oived: mothez—who was avery elegant and fash fonable woman—at the New York Itotel, in the- doys of Crunston. * Mr. Messler has been o shin Ing lght ut the Now York Club for many years, and 18 known ns '*Violets,” because ho lias In- varlably o bunch of violots in_his button-hol summer and wintor, Ho is about 30 years of %,:n, fine-looking, and popular, Mr. William P, ouglas Is & Scotchman, of Inarge means, good pedigree, and great popularity. 1lebelongstoa dozen clubs, and two seasons ago kept bache- lor'a hail with Mr. Wright Sanford, on Fifth avenue, opposlte Belmont's, in elegant stylo, Ho wig the owuer of the American yacht Sappho, which was sold to an Itallsu Prince, nn hins n penchant for yachting, conching, und fiorse- racing. A celebraved nrtist of this ullv lins just comploted a full-length portralt of Mr. Doujglas in I{fghland costunie, which is vcrty lifollka & offectlve. Mr, Perry Belmont is the son of Au- gust Bolmont, the millionafre, about 25 years of age. Mr. Bolmont bas been prominent only about a half-dozen of years, but one of these days, when e comes In posscssion of some of his father’s millions, he will be moreso. At reseut he 18 content - to own two or hree horses, o yacht, and somo fine doge, Ho posses his time coaching, playlng olo, and making bimsclf agreesble to the ndies—not o very hard exlstence. Mr, Willlam Moller, son of “the supar-refiner, s young, handsome, and rather consoquential. Young Moller h:li‘rmlmbly $25,000 & year, and somo match-making mammos look gpon him as o Ygood eateh,’ although he does ne 0 with tho Bonnett, Banford, and Mossle” wet, Col. Wagstull s of good fnmu( and very popular, 110 has been a member of the Leglsluture, and did good work. Ie is noi prongunuced in his tastes, nnd lives a qulet and’ llglxlf reapectablo life, respected and esteemed by all who know him, Other_bachelors of wcalth and proml- nence are lowland Robbius, Plerre Marle, Townsend Hurris, Mr. Jay, son of the ex-Minls- ter to Austrla, Mr, Loriliard, and Mr, Sherman, Tho combined wealth of' these gentlemen may safely be sot down at eix or seven wnillions. Gambling in Siam. A correspondent of a forelgn newspaper gives the followlug deacription of Blamese gambling: “The Biameso aro fnveterate gumblers. Game bilug-honsea in 8iam are ns plentiful s coffce- houses at Bagdad and Culro, or aa grog-shops (n Calcutta and Bombay, and perhaps tho lnrgest Yoruon of the Qovernment rovenus fa derlved rom them. One single division of the fort at Bangkok 1s farmed out for 860,000 tieals, cquiva~ lent to about four and three-quorters fokhs of rupecs_a year, These gambiing-houscs are large sheds erected in every direction, and al- ways filled with men, women, and children, who squat round In clrcles "of ten or a dozen, — dovoting thensclves heart and soul to the demoralizing propensity which they have meither the “will nor. tha ablfity to overcome, You have a scrvant who hns perhaps served you well and falthfully through the month. You pay him his wages, and ha is at once off to some gambling shed, where, If ho Is unlucky, he loses every fraction of his mongy, Not till then does he “return to duty; and i some instances, by no means rare, he docs pot return even then. Ones taken posscasion of h,"thu deinon of gambling, ho Is 1ot content with loaing hls monuvy onhy; "hut 1t e hos & famlly Lo stakes his wife and children nnd. Tosea thum also. Still o ls not satiafied, and very often he stakes his own lifo und liberty. ‘Tlho man gous to a money-lender and borrows o certaln anount, ot a ruluous rate of fnterest, on condition that 1t be is uot abls to repay him within a_cortain tlme he will work for him untll the debt, principal snd fntore cdt, has been llquidated. A. bond s ex- ceuted to this effect, the borrower recolves the monuy, iueuml gambles with 1t in the hope of winufnig back what ho has proviously lost, losos agi n\‘su\l becomes the slave amd hond- sorvant of ] bis creditor, who hires him out und lpzmrrmu half his wages in llrluldntluu of the debt ineursed, This state of thinga continuca for yoars, and no% unfrequently the poor slave dlos in his slayery, having over and uyver again pald his creditor” the sum urlfilnnlly borrowed, ut yet not free from lis dobt, whilch thy ex- orbitunt rate of {utercst has swelled out to most exorbitant size. ‘This s o most cruel gpecies of slavoery, and the presont King of Blam, who calls Liwsél? an cnliglitoued Priico, oughb to devots hluself vigorously to its extivpation, Royal Interference 18 tho moro urgently called for, as not onl{ do adults ganfble away their own lives and libertles, but even thosa of thelr children, who, on arriviug at an age when thoy aro able to work, flud themsclyes enslayed to hlml task-masters who disposc of thum as they please, Signers of the Declaration, *The Fathers” wore not old men, Tho avorsie s ot tho llfil;nn f the Decluration an the Fourth of J\xl{ 0, scarcely reached forty« five {cuu—duhn fuuwuk. tho Prosident, was but thirty-nine years old, The six oldest repros scitatives were” Benjamin Frunklin, aged 707 Btephon Hopkins, aged 60; Francls Lowis, aged 035 Jumes Smith, aged 63; Matthew Thornton, wged 833 and George Taylor, aged 61, The savon yuungest wers Thymes Lynch, Jr., of Bouth Caroliuw, aged Edward Rutledge, of Houth Caroling, aged ‘Thomas Hayward, of Houth Caraliug, ngod Arthur Mkdllaton, of Bouth Cuullus&mud&i‘ Thomas Jullerson, of Virginls, sged 83; Elbridge Gerry, of Massuchu- scits, aged 83; Benjamin” Rush,”of Poeunsylva- nlsy wred 81, The differeuce of age betweon Frauklin, the oldest ncuiber, and Lynch, the youngest, was furty-throe yoars. Youth, mid~ dle, and old age wery falrly represented so wers natlonuditics. ‘I'wo wmembers were born In En- laad, two {u Irclaud, two In Scotland, one In %Vlhfl. and the tvat (0 tha Calonj