Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 22, 1876, Page 2

2 B, ers and erime abound. The people mnst act in Yieit own defonse. The qucrrv'mrpnml Legislature will not! GOOD REPORTS FROM CALIPORKIA. San Fyancisco Alta, July 13. ‘To the Republican party the outlook is of the most encouraging character, and the organiza- tion which 1s now ln{ on throughout the Btate 1a remarkable when the early condition of the campaign is taken Into considerativn. To ths (nrell;fll nod experionce of M, D. Boruck, Becretary of the Iidpublican Btate Céntral Corh- mittee, much credit Ig due, for he liag heen in- defatigable in puttlng the organization in thorough working order, eiving ovidonco of his rompiness and great eificlency. Tho Repub- teans of California are now In"more effective figtiting condition than they havo been foryears, ‘"lgbl are being (:‘mn&dum eYer cgnn'(. Ifld in erent precinels, and the greatest enthusiasm extibited on ail shicn. Tlionsunda of Ttepublic cany nranlrcn&y enrolled In tho various Hayes and Whecler cluba, and ready and anxlous to do batile for the cause. Never since it organizd- tion has the Republican party bren maore Ormly anited than ndw, nil working in perfect har- mony, sell-atnegution characteriziog all. The 8tate Conventlon for the nomination of Elect- ors, aml Congressional Conveutiona for the otnination of Congresamnen, will be held in ugust, Tho former merts .t the Oth, when nn enthusiasm will bo exhibited that will be the precursor of r|rtur{. In Lhis ity the work of orgnnlzation has alro heen commenced, The Hayen Inyincibles, German-Awcrivan Club, Sol- diers’ and Ballore” Club, and several large clubs havo already effecied cowpleto organieations. POLITICAL LYRICS, THE LONG HOL1a Ye sons of America, wake to your duty? Bpring Lo the ranke from each home [o the land; :):m:e.; not the idays when your fizg in ity beanty ‘Was promise of Justice on every sirand, Hemember the Pmml-o yo mado in thelr thralldom To Africa’s chifdren who blod In your canse; - Forget not how freely they suffered and perished; Then ask y,nnml\-u. Ia ‘there uut need that ye PRUSE! Ylear yo the crlea from the far-Southron conntry; Freenen no lunger, the loyal and brave, Comrades on many o fieree field of battle, Imploriugly beg yod thelr Joved once to save, Breemen no longer while White-Leagues undaduted Fly the Blrck Flag of a merclless hates Fanithful and teue stand the few Soutliern brothers, Witle outlaws and bundits control al) the State, ¥o who are doubtful, go péarch yo the recorda; Go 10 the gravea where yonr heroes Ho dead; Ark wiio denied them thie aid they so needod§ Ark ye who voted *' No rescue or bread.™ Ark ye who henped maledict!ons nonumbered Lypon them whils unrflng{. nnd dying to sfl:n Zheir Nomes and (A4l chlldren ffom Slaughter and Rapine, Then Iialen whilo swells forth the volcs of the gravo: 3 s Eam l'rlhlen. Tom Hendritks, and old William All en, Vallandightm, Thurmnn, and Pendloton teo, With Samcox nnd athers 0 Copperhead gunns, Twwortally infamous, led the foul crew. 4 In Congress they scorned ua, den{ln’: 18 succor, While alding our enemles down at the front: They beay i -\rm each ncusare, while feasting on zrecubuckn Wt kit L par-valuo *nifd battlo's forca buit, 4 Long, lnrlu.' hid the War censcd, and thonanuds were living, , Of the Noith and tho South, bat for cach Iying 19 Testarve dying; s To the natlons unborn shall’ yuar rang. while Iiving, ye ocgrned ud when trenzon be *+ Koy, think not 5o silcat we rost in Earth's bo. Fom . YLiko b King of tho Anclents, we {urn inour arices, Amlliiu‘:l wa all hearta of all faithlal men with @y o e siave. I"-:ld truc, and from Treuson's fout ace shall srlse, and the natlon be hon- t her soms nnder Joyalist sway, For the Hfayes and the Wiieeler shall lcad on this nation As surely us darkncss gives placo to the day, ¥ ArsiEr, 1OUNTING THOMAS—~A BOLILOQUY, 2endylck3 svlug, : To nccepts or not Lo accept: that s tha questton, . Whethier *tls nobler in the mind o[ ‘Pom Hendtlcks To -n,\‘r‘.“l witl/ pnd thénceforth hang to Tilden's ey Telping to rajke the old egotist to powers Or 10 asaert uty right 10 a backbono, And sy, [ uun't/ ond prove myscif s wan, 'T'o acccut | perchance ta bo dofented, ¢ v And Jaid ont cold, poMftically defunct—s o . ARI thera's the eub, puzzling my will, 1 wonid tugn buclcon all my grecnback frlonds, And nwear bard moncy Is my chief delfahty” T'd poker )Lx‘f wvith good John Morrisscy, Aud hé toli-felor with hin *porting yaih s 1'd veto Tomperance bills, and drink snach boer, To recomimend me to the German votoy i @'d say Suin ‘Tilden I8 a very urocle, - Inearnate demigod of all Reforn, — R Thoneh well I know his dark and slippery ways, Btealee uf raflronds, and ally of Tweed, With him coswuzker long, and bonolnefriond, To gain base enf politicsl, and win by Craft high honors of (he Lmplre State,— 2 11 by such nbjuctubmecation 1 mizbt Lops At 1aat to reach the President!al Chate When S\I\y ery Sam his (ortitons race has run, Tut remething telle me danger s ahoud; 1 have n atrong forcboding of The poople love o frank, outspulen man, Anllq it pater in a double sunse, '— Pluy hard ond soft, blow hot and cold |' the same breath, Andall for what? The doubtful chances of this sccomd place Eecotd to whomy Al! there's the rub l".lh’ll I Tden were like Seymour, of New York, A stateaman pure, bonored of honest men, he foremost mih of our Demacracy o il § could defer, and dotd m{mirm honor; But Fikien, ola Sam Tilden, crafiy and coldt Of all Ning-thioves loni couneslor unud friend; Whoe ife-lomg work has been to guin great wealth Ly anging o Tho peaple's prostrate necka \e weinding bucdens of raflrosd-monopoly 3 A lawrer, chieily skilled in law's chicane} felun, apt iy pollticlans’ guile; unn, emnlous to bu IINSRLY THE BTATE reformer, cnlling MIIALLY REYORM I~ cli [« the man ot whose triumphal car **fitunn's Favorite son " {« nsked to deag Troud fndiana’s honest, greenbuck Democracy, Bhall T be Juckall, cat’s-paw, decoy-dack, ¥ eaech amnn? ‘*Aan 1o cuwaril? Who calls me villale, b o1ks iy pate across, Piucks off my beard wnd vlawa 1t in my face, Q'weaks me” by the nose, gives we the He ' tho throat. i Why, | +hoald take it; for it cannat hs BacT am plaeon-livered, and Inck gali" T'o make an insnlt bitter to the insuiter, Truly, the lond I beur welghs heavy on nie, And wakes me mare than ever (o deplore My urent inflemity, —=my bonelesa back, What shiall Froy? What do? 1'm lost in donbt, I tall with Joe McPunald und Dan Voorhee *Twixt hand nnd soft opinfone, they may find, On widdle ground, rouio vafe division-fenee \\'lv;vlc‘!‘n L can struudlo still, and bu my4e!f agala, ixlt, defeat. o FANBURO, What la thie news fruin Humburg? Oh! only o handfal of nigzers shot Baucy nigger militimen Offerded sume Southern gentlemen, A enmple of the Confedernto lot Shot the niggers at Lamburg! +, Whnt had these done at Hamburg? Nothing! A skinof darker hud ‘Flicy wore than Sonthern gentlemon, Wha take to killlug nlggers when They huve no Lieavler gane in viow; They shoot thie ulggers nt Mamburg! THow do thoy vote at Iamhnrg? 1t Is casy enough to answor that. Theau chivalric eons of powder and lead, Representatives of the Jost Confed., Will vote, 1o the Jatest Demucrat, To stoot more nlggers at Hamburg! . And, now we have heard from Illmb\irq Let us sfand by our friends, both white and blacks Give Justice to ull, the broad land through, — Justice to white und colored imen too! Aud clear tho Iand of the murderous pack Who shot the niggers at Hawbu . OAnTER, ——— GRAND HAVEN, Special Correspondence of The Tridune, Granp Haven, Mich,, July 20.—~The weather licre fs very pleasant, and tho thermometer shows an averagu of wbout 75 deg, ‘The urrivala ut the Cutler liouss from Chi- caro yesterday and to-lay aro as follows: L, Miller, J. M, Walte, E. A, Bord, J. 0. Knowles, Lewis Rlee, W, Bachellar, ¥, B, Farringtun, ¥, Ellfot, Mrs. C. W, Wilders, A. Knoplel, J, R, Metz, Leroy Churchy W, Corr, ©, D, Woodrufl, 8. 8, Harris, M. N. Grable, 8, M. Joncs. The pussenger travel to Milwaukeo averages sixty persons each way dally, Freights avoruge 150 tons east and 90 tona weéet dully, ‘The prine (Ipn} lhllpmunu cust are floyr, with some brun, woul, ete. Tho regatta thia year will be an undoubted succeds, a4 clubs from Detroft, Bagluaw, Bt Puul, und other pofote have significd thelr fu- tention of partielpating in thoraces, ‘The prizes lu: :i:ry fing, aud witl ‘amount to about $1,000 ue. "K wind-mil} factory 18 to bo started hero la connection with Bledrns Bros.! plauipemill, The capltal stock will be ubout §50, and parties comstiye heve will brings an eatubllalied lrad&-. wuountivg to 100,000 per yoar or up- ‘Wards, ——— TURPENTINE, ‘Witaineroy, N. 0., July 231,~8plrits of tur- peutine ateady at 97)¢¢, . was at Bultcuzorg, whi "AROUND TIIE WORLD. Lifé in Javae=sA Bornese Rajahas- The Kriss. Ceontipedes anil Lizards --- Big Snakes---The Dead March. A Bultan and His Sons—Tho Ba-ma-tang Drive—Death on Shipboard, The number of carringts In the Javan sen- potts {s slnply Immense, and I was continunlly surprised st the almust endlcas variety which constantly thronged the strects, They were fn more common uee.than the ranpans and se- dans of Chinn, or the palaukeons of Indin, and inlinitely more delighthitl and completo than cither. The niosques were thrown open every Fridny, and there vongregated tho Javan wnid Arah worshipers to offér up thelr prayera. My curfosity led me one day Lo congregate thero also; and, hiving takenoff my boots at the door: wag, I presumad that my entrance would not be Impeded; but fu this hopd T was doomod to dis- appointment, for the Parsee duorkeeper politely forbade my cntranco to the sanctim sanctorum. JAVAN FOWLS, The landlofd at my hotel liad qitite a collec tlonof fowls fnl bir®:ganda ccek ond hum from Madura, & nelghbotlng tsland, were the most beautiful speeimens of the feathered tribe Ihad ever sceni The former was of remark- able beauty; his plumage of ralnbow-hues, and his stop aeross tho door-yard ns proud as a Sul- tan's, yet graceful ns a ball-room belle's: Thero were also somc parrots whose rallant colors were beyond description gorgeous; and they conversed with nine host fo fluently that T was on the polnt of buying ono for “ Bamebotly," wihien I chanced to recoliect that the Malayan inleet was not one of my nccomplishinents, aud I catled to mind tho story of a wise men of the Enst, who, fancying oneof the loguacions birde, exclatmod: * 1 believe I otight to pure chinee this moat beantiful creature!"—{o which Madatne Poliy reptied: * What doubt 4 there of thutt" This proot of [t perfeet education deelded the matter, and; paying an cnormous price fof the magnificont ereature; he hurried home with {L; but, repenting of bis bargaln, ko exclulmed: I bellovel was s fool to pay so high a prico for this bird1 swhen Tolly shook her gay plumes, rejoinlng: “ What doubt is there of that" Ahd, as this answer was all that {t had cvér been “taduht, there was but M- tls doubt that its master hud been * sold." TUE RAJAIL, At Guldenaar's Hotel 1 was_ Introduced to 0 Bornese Rajah, who had resid- el for some years At Burs-Bayn, an important _ clty ut the eastern extremit of Java, - H¢ wasa tall, splendid-looking fef- 1ow, respléndent with diarionds ond preclonus stunca; and, during o conversation of some lengthy thivtigh an {nterpreter, fie informed me that his native felaud abounded In these glittors fogr geims. He nlso told me. that the Bornese Inthiers alwnys inquiret of a sultor for thele dartghter's liand, not * How much money hiave yoti1" but ** fHow mahy skulls havd yon taken i =l ¢., *“How many priofe of victhna elain by Your Jinnds can youl prodice?” If the amonnt In not dedtued adtisfactory, he s repulsed ot onee, Al thelr weapotts “ire steeped In the most deaily Iimw""’ and, wirere they but rize the sikin, the Jeechi’s skil 1y uecless, © - T piirchinsed several o thele lafices and three or fuur spechinena of the * keis,” one of thefr favorite weaponag and the stiel, for severdl Tuches from tre poidt, wus qulte discoloreid by the polsunous juive in which §¢ hesd been stecpeil, The kriss la nd(-aallrlauxh:w weapon en: ugh, withottt. any ndventitlous nlds to- ity fearful eliencter, Tt fs aliitit 14 fnclies long, ad serpentine n itz form, while the edges are of cutrurnted lupe, thd the blade nn[tcruufih, —miire ALted Lo retaln the potson. * The handies of some are of exqtilsite ‘workmaitshly,—gihl and precious stones being fréely used in'the ddoroments. « ' DYMAR VAX TwWISS was tho Governor-Genpral of Javag his palace fu Mr. Potter, the Resl- dent, llved at Seema-vang, -The northwest mon- JBoun, which seta [n nbout December, brings with 1t heavy refng, and the Iohabitants wre then greutly annoyed by grcat munbers of polsonous n?nllea,—i.hu mast deudly and Lorrible-looking arthem all helnge the centipede, or, ns !ttle Rogmalle , Quldennar called them, " with her ‘\lovuly “fare expressive of the utmost horror, . % <1u(zuu-lmlcul" They are .o spee.es of thousand-legized worm, from 5 or 0 nclies to 10 or 12 In lougth; very actlve, com- Dutive, sad polsonouss und théy ronm’ ¥ u stulry, down-stairs, and fn m; Indy's vhomber,” where they nre unythhy: but agreeable, This Inscet and reptile Hfe {8 onu of the greatest dmwbacks to troplie and torrld residencss and T used often Lo watch the beautifal lizardsdarting over the piano, or sittlng plavddly enoueh on the door aud window-casings, while the ladies wore performing thelr exquisite melodies, unaffected ut tho near proxhity of these liliputian crocos diles, Dut the house-Nzards are perfectly harm- less, huving no teeth or ating, aud belng really Ye“'" mild and pretty os canary-blede, S, never ould vy ine my dislike of them, o3 tuelr lghtning veloelty and serpentine moye- mouts savored too W of the viliain that tempted snd seduced ¢ % TiG lled vue evening at my lotel ps,? mind, seelng mey & stenn- ho courteously usked me if 1 ome sunkes he had thut duy eiptured near the mountalig, and whic' he had thon b n box in the ynrd, eagerly followed hiny, ‘amd Sound them Inclosed {n i large box, with a heavy plece of thuber across the Ihiy which, being raised, diaciosed the horrible repe tiles to my gaze. There were three anscondas, —the lurgest et 10 feet fn fength, and meas- Ing mbout 20 inclies in cireumfegence. They wero auite dnert, and the female only deigned a luggieh movement when I touched her ey, seven fn mamber, with my cane, 1 wis qite surpriscd at the slze and appear- ance of the eggs, which were gomo Jarger than tho Jargest goose-cpgs, but resembling them closely enough to decelve any ong, THE DEAD MARCHL I took my carringe, ono delighttul eve,— though cvery evening was dolightful,—and drove throngh the tuwn; nu‘mln ub the Somi- nary to take uplittlo Rosalie Goldennar, Oon our way to the hotel, we meb o milltary funeral, attended by a vmulmuy of Duteh troops and seyeral oflicers of dlfferent grades, Thy de- ceased was o “*sous-ufticler, and on his coftin Iay hs cap and sword, No uwre the bugle’s stlrring blust should echo fn L8 car,—no inore the glittering sword should rest vipon bis thigh, Mia tollsome march was ended,—hls o of wir- fare o'er. 'Twas well with him 12 on his "scutcheon was no stain of puiit, und it the verdlet of the Urand Court-Martial shonld Les Nung peur et sans reproche, EMBUYO BULTANS, On the plazza of onsaf the lu-lm-l nl hatels two natlye Chicfs, sons of the Bultan, were An old native ntnudlnF. Thoy were line-luhkll\;f—lm“. hand- some—fellows, clad ln vlch and gl -uerfl.;; uni- furms, and the ense and groce with which thoy returned the salutes of the Dutch ofllcerd us they possed showed that they did not conslder it mi wyetite or wuusual honor, Thie Sultun resldes at hia palace, near Boro- Bodur, s gzreat state, The old polley which Warren [ustings had practivedtowards the Trdlan Rajubs, Ulwywslnkz' and Noncomar, Is followed up I:{ the’Dutel in Java, ‘Lhe Sultan isaliowed a kingly stipesd os * hush-mouey * lis subjecta quict;and bis fnfiuenco nust b great fndeed, or o people 8o brave and wurlike raturally would nol be likely to subinit to furelgn rule—and Duteh at that, 14 1nay not seem creditable to the Bultun, per- Iups, thus to bacter swvay thy libertics of lns mbjectsy but [donbt nat the nisss of poaple a3 tntich Letler off than they would be “under e smladministration and tyranny of the na~ the Chicta, A PARADISEAN SCENE, On the delightrul evenlng to which T allude, tlo rond was thronged with people,—Arabs and Uivks, Juvancse aud Malays, Celestlals and Biropeans,—lorely womien i splendid carriazes, md crowds of pedestrlans saunterlug lazily ubng in the balmy evening alr. A stene of nyre delcluus, luxurious l'll_]tiylllflht it would bicmculz to funugine; and T often recall o plasantdy ta nind nnld the sober realitics of otr Octldental Yankeoland, i DEATIL UN BOARD, Returnlng to the fidp one day, I found that ons of the crew lad been prustfated suddenly frun the staging while takiug fn rice. He was # Jutehmun, aud Lwo of his shipmates belonged nar his mtive place, whers he had 8 wife und c¢lld. He epoke of writing to them, in bls Tast Jutd Intervalag hut Lo was for the most part dejrlous; and ull bls friends cyer heard of him, peniape, waz, that e dled Do far-off land, {no shis furceastie,~Dis -yl ngontes unsoothed Dy chindred Luids or volces. - 1 stoud by tho dy- Rigsullor,—his cold, dump hand clasping mine, us hough Le clung to uuything that was full of Wowd health, He dicd witiout o mrug&lr, aud)just us e breathed Wis last, ho turued to my ‘Ilh 4 pleasant sintle andaaid: “Tlo huysi" (lafthomet) Poor fetlow! iwany along nile \ lay Detween himi and his Vaterland; but soon hia ewdbnmed were opened, csansed from all escthly fiim, In that : Bright land where perce ia ever beaming, CAPT, BAM, AILROADS, THE ILLINOIR CENTRA Mr. . M, Douglas, Prestlent of the Iliinols Conteal Ruilroaa, tondercd bis resignatlon tothe Hoard or 1avtetors of the ruadl eome weeks ago, hut At that vine e Joarn retiaed to aceept it At the nunuyt et which was hekl in New York on the 1/th, Mr. Dougias emphatically e- clined a re-election, and tm accordance with his carnest wishes to he relieved of the oncrons dutles of the Presidency, the Dircctors reluct. antly accepted his resignation. The Company loses in Mr. Douglas a° most excellont oflicer. To hls prudent and conscreatiye courss the success of the Illinofs Central hoy Ueen In a great ineasure dite, and to hils great legnl ability, the managoment and aradunl settlement of the larga landed intereats of tho Company must he ascribed, Mr. Doug- 1as will, however, romain fn the sorvico of the Company ns fta (Genoral Sntfeltor. ; Mt, W. K. Ackerman, trho hns boon connéeted with the fond Jor tmany years ne |'rensurer anid Qaneral Atiditor, was élected Vice-Preatdent, ‘The office of l"rts\dcnt waa not. filled at all, and it is understood will mot he for thu prenent, This makes Mr, ~Ackerman vir- tually the - Presidont of the road, and n Dbetter seleetion could not have been inade, There i a probability that at a luter day Mr, W, 11, Oghorn, the Chairman of the Executive Com- mittee of the Board at New York, will beap- Pvulnlv.-d President of the road, This, howover, attld atil) fenve the duties of the office In the hands of Vice-Prosldent Ackerman, as the inter- ests of Mr, Osborn, would not allow him to re- move to this city, Mr. J. C. chlfl the present eMclent Asalst- Company, will succeed Mr. ng, att-Treasurer of cfic Ackerman aa General Auditor. Mr.J. C. Clarke, the able Genernl Manazer of the road, wns unanimously re-clected, and so was Mr, Jnac[g}x ‘Tucker, the cfliclent bcnurul Bupérintenden! 5 —— BRANCIT OF TITE C, & Nu W, Bpecial Dirpotch to The Tribune. Des Morwes, In., July 21.—A corps of engl- neers are surveying o branch of the Chlengo & Northwestern Rond from _Carroll to Ida City and Correctionville, on Big Stoux River, in Cherokee County. ‘The road will be built by the Iows Land Company, and operated by tho Chicagn & Northwestern. The Land Company can well afford to bulld the rond, as they havoan immetike inveatment {n land {u the Valloya of tho Maple and Bioux Rivers, and tho rond wlill greatly enhance ita value, The road will be n valuablo feeder to the Chicngo & Northwest- ern, as tho country in that direction fs the richest in agrienjtural wealtliin tho State, Tt is propoted to put about #0 miles of rond-bed ready for the fron this seasou, and to ojuip and constrtiet the whole next year In season to muve the crops, The Chicago & Northwestern hus atruck a bonanzu, gt SR OFFICIAL CHANGES, Spéctal DMapatch to The Tribuna, Krorur, Ta., July 21.—Guy Wells to-day re- sizmed his position as Superintendent of the 8t. Touls, Kansas City & Northern Railway, and T. C. Buchauan, that of Genoral Frelghtand Ticknt Agents and A, L. Grifin, formorly Asslstant Buperiitendent of the Misaour), Kansas & Tex- a8 Raflrond, los heen nprn!nml to hoth places, Mr. Wells remining with tht Company as Chiof Engtuser. The Cotnpany will proceed at onco to ralre Lhelr track Bétween this ety and Tannl- bal above high-water mark, £200,000 having been sey apart for that purpose. ———— THE CANADA NORTIERN, Bpectal Dispatch to The Tribune. OrTAwA, July 2L—Rumors nre nfloat that serlous Irtegularitics huve been discovered In the management of the nffalrs of the Northern Rallway Company of Canada. Information is reported to haye been communieated of so full and precize a charaeter as to render action nee- wegary on the purt of the Government, and the advisabllity of lssulng a commlsalon of fnquiry 18 underatood tobe now under consideration, RECEIVER APPOINTED. Bpecial Dispateh to The Tribune. Citesrri, 1L, July 21,—~By order of tho Unit- o 8tates Circuit Coutrt, C. B, Cole, of thls clty, has been appointed Recelver of the Tron Moun- tain, Chester & Lastern Rallroad, vico T, M. Hams, romoved. Mr. Egbert Dul\gn ia now Acting Buperintendent, and Thomas Roilius Tratn Conductor. I0WA MILLERS, Bpecial Corretpondance of The Tridune. Des Moiwnes, In/, Inly 20,—Tho Btato Millers' Assoctatfon canvened here yesterday g#ternoon. The attendauce was sinall; in fuct, patent-right venders outnumbered tho Conventlon. Thy millers got scared, and devoted the whole of the session to devising mncans to protect them- eelves from ‘:nlcmrrlgm pretenders, which cul- minated In the adoptlon of the following reso- 1ution lust evening: Wiznzas, Tho Millors of tho State are annoyed Wy o certaln claas of thoso who are clafming dam- nrm for pretended Infringements upon patent riglits; thereforo, Tesoleed, That o Committes of threo bLe ap- pointed whio shall ko nuthorlzed to fnvustignte aiy ¢lulin made npon our membors for infringument, and, If thousht best, tu_ procurs legal osslsianco nndd resist at law any such claim at tho common ex- enan. m]ie‘oluld/ltr?her. That each member of thly As. suclatlon be requested to contribute for Incldental cxpenscs tho sum of $t perran of atancs which they operate; and that ma’y };Irll;u themeelves to snbmit to un anseasment of $3 per run of stonos if necoesary for the common defense of any of ita members tipon thia point, but sny member falllng to comply with the requircents” of this resolu- tlon aliail ot recelve any of tho beneAts thereof, It was further ordered that hercafter only membiers of the Assoclation sliould bo notifled, and that privately, of tho uicctings of the Asso- clation, In accordance with tho rosolutions, Q. 11, Crosby, J. R, Berrin, und 11, McBride wers ap- nted o Committee towrestlo with the patout- sight fellows, Tho roport of the Socretary aud Treaswrer almwlml tho organization to be fu o flourlshing condition. The following officers were yenrt Dresident—C, A. Biryant, Iowa City. - becrelary and Ureasurer—J. 1t. Serrln, Rldora, Hardin l)mlnll. Eluecullve 'omm"llf—J. Q. _Sharpe, Wilton; Raliort Nicholio, Carllelo; 3.3, Buoutler, Cedar apids; Tho Insurance Assoclation, coinposed of mem- bers, was reported [n good contlitlon, with but tiwo lossoa during tho year, Tho cost of {nsur suce to members lis Leen 40 per cent less than In usual compantes, ——— A THUMPING MATINEE, Goldsmith's saloon and varlety den was the scone of o thumplng matinee shortly after last nldnight, which, very fortunute for the aggres- 808, Proves not to have been so serlous na they contemplated wuking it. Johu Quesidy, o brakeman on tho Rock Island Rallroad, and o conductor on the samo rond wlhose nue could not bo ascertained, wero standing the skle- walk In front after witnessing tho performance, when they wero mssauited by threa roughs urmed with picces of brick and stone. Casaluy waa thrown luto the ditch, sustaining a conie fiuuml fracture of the lett urm above the clbuw, ealites fuveral sovero cuts upon the head und face, 1lis companton cacaped with Dut a few sall cuts on the face. Cussldy wus taken by Oflicer Kirch to the County Hospital, and lis unknown companfou left” for homo after Duving his wounda dressed at o drage storuut No, 460 Btate street, Offieer Gillard wus soun upou the srene, und urrested Jlenry Bnowston, Henry Kelley, sud Chizarles Judson, the aseailants, * Tho attack was mudo without the slightest provovation, umd was probabdly the result of o milstake fu the roughs i taking the rallroaders for soine purty with whom they were not un good terms, ————— A REVOLUTIONARY . PENSIONER, Spactal Dispateh Lo The Tridune, Drs Moises, Iu,, July 231, —Few and far bo- tween are the pensluners of the Revolutionary bounty, Probubly scarce o half<lozen can b found fn thla Centennial year. ‘The Penslon ofileq nerd has recelved notics that EllzaScarritt, sridow of Jainvs Bearsitt, s privato in the Reyo- lntlounry War, hud been trunsferred fromg tho Micligan Agency to Tows. She {s now aresi- dent of Jowa Falls, Hardin County, No delulls of her age or blrthplacs are given in the order of transfer, e —— e 5 'lA.}"PO"th%NT. T na, mefi‘flm. 'filf :fi.—'i‘lm Gavernor. los appointed D, D, ruu(dlng. of Jackson, Blate Tuspector of Olls, fu placoof A, A, Day, e —— clected for next KILLED BY LIGHTNING, Orrawi, Can, July 81.—Lightniog killed three won near here yeaterday, . CENTENNIAL. What Venezuela Has on Exhije bition, Schiedam Schinapps antl Cnscons Abominations from Holland, Hideous Idols from Alaska—Ooffoo and TIvory from Liberia, Bpectal Correspondence of Tha Tridune, Prinapreatg) Pa, July 17.—Thero are a great number of little, far-off, curious countries represented here, elther directly or through aomo prominent finn in this country. They do not attempt, as a rale, to enter Into competi- tlon with the greater nations in art or industry: but they accomplish a gaod result in conveying, a3 they could by no other incans, an ldea of thelr natural produets to the people of the wotld. The South American Hepublics have nearly all some articles on exhibitton, Peru, Clili, Venezuels, Feuador,and tho Argentine Republic have separate spaces assigned to them, . and nttract very general attentlon. Venczueln haa an out-of-the-way location fn Agricultural Hall, and perhaps s as little heard of -as any of the Stales of the samo rank. It Is deserving of more recognition,—not so much bocauso of the {ntrinsic worth of fta exhibit as on account of {ts enterprise In coming here at all, A DLriel notleo of what the Venezuclans have brought to show their brethrenof the Northern Hemisphere may be futeresting., ‘The pavillon accupled by them 18 constructed onan economical seale, consieting of a light framework, tastefully painted, and Jocated near the western end of Agricultural Hall. Oneof, the first objects to strike the cyo on entering is 4 coll of coares rope, mnde hy hand from thy fibrer of the long rass abounding on the llnnos. It 1a aald to bo very tourh, and ot casily sonsi- tlve to water, case of mincrals Is ex- hibited by the Orinoco Exploring and Mining Company” and the South™ Amerlean Mining Company. Tho rpecimens include ;inld, iron, lead, copper, and varlous kinds of quartz. Turning from these, one sces & neat ense con talning ples of coffee grown on the estaty of Senor Josoph Antonio Musquera, at Caracas, accomnpanied by o coffee-mlll of rathier primitive forin, Large photographs reprosent scenes on the plantation, and show the coffee-huller and tho coffec-mill at work, The former conslsts of several bara rovolving around inside- of a tank, Ita_capacity Is stated to be 20,000 pounds of coftca dailys Horse-turniture fs alwaya nn lmrortmt fenf- ure of countries where tho people live on horae- hack. 8ome of tho saddlea shown here aro most claborately devised. The enddle-cloth is not fufrequently of brighit-scarlet felt, profusely embrofdered with gold;- while the leather ih the sadaly s worked over-in tho most ornamental stylo. Natlvo frults, graing, and woods are exhibited in properly-Jubeled bottles. Of curlosities the most Interesting arc a watch-chaln carved froin alligtor's teoth, anidl a large portrait of Wash- Ington woven out of humsn hair. 1, That flat-footed country called somotimes Hollund, and often the Netherlands, males n creditablo display [n Agricultural Hall, fn_addl tion to s vcrl fine exhilbitionn tho Main Bulld ing, and, in this departmeut, what should Lo more promineut than the old-fashioned, yet ever-popular Schlednm Bchnapps? 15 heverage, which has been for so many years npotheoslized ns the rose-cssente of gln, is drank to<lay by the stendy old hurghers and boors of tho dyke-land, na it wns fu the duys when the Stuyverants and the Van Danis mied New York soclety.- But where, in the meanwhile,bas old 8chiedain departed? Here one sees the same label nn the products of o half-dozen distillerles scatiered over the breadth of Holland. Thesc flrms, In coming over here, were evldently actuated by no petty jealousies “or spirlt of competitions Tor they have joined together to build a pavition of thelrown, where- tpan the rows upon rows of black bottles rise up In alinost endless procession, Just beyond the Sehledam is o caravan of cheeses, of such mult!farlounshapes and strango odors that onc I8 {rresistibly nttracted towards them,or,—If unc’ssenseof smell boover-delicate, awny from them. First comes a dottble row of those round red cliceses that are so familiar to the residents of every part of the Continent. The French not lnnprraprlmel term them fetes de morts, or ¢ dead nien's beads.” They Tnok not unilice the bunau skull, only that ¢he ekull ghould be botled n order to'sceare the reducas of color neeessary to n perfect Hkeness, There 18 a lngering traditlon around they Parlsion brasseries that thego chceses . came orlglislly from Ameriea, and are* shipped to Amsterdam ns ballast; that there they are_worked into thelr present shape, and aold as Dutch cheese. But he idea setms improbable, nother kind of checese exhibited hero is In the ordinary largo size, und thees are considored the fluest Pm of the exhibition by our Dutch frlends, ‘The beauty of them, according to the notion of the Duteh, is, that they are for ad- yanceed in putrefaction. Looking at these dell- clous cheeses through n glars case, one cau see, here the portly awd epleurean maggot moving about in his” luxurfous mansion, there the green and slmy wmatter exuding fromn the slde and-top of the cheese. The exhibitor of tliese abomiuntlona sssured mo that he felt confident of recelving a medal, Ho mny be o very deserving mu, ur Alnska, though now under the protecting wgis ol the Amvrivan Republie, fa, to all pur- mes. o iorullm country, l’m\mb‘y as littlo s uown of the fnlabitants of, thut distant terrl- tory by the peoplo hiere as is known of the Gold Coiet"or the Seychelles Islnnds, Thero are people in Alnska, however, who eat, und aleep, und’ dle, like ordiuary mortals; aud, though they wro very ‘unintelligent savages, they aro yet “fellow-citleens, and, the moro wo ~ know about them, the better, What Aluska hoa contributed to tho Exhibition ts not of great extent, but it is cer- taluly steiklng enough. For fnstance, there is u hjzo boat, capable of holdingat least 200 per- sony, whosy sldes are carved and painted fu the most grotesque aud outlandish fashlon. It wes probadly used by the nutives in some of thelr religlous ceremoules, for it s certainly of no or- dinury make, There are hideous iniitations of adhoitls, und birds, und dsh, skotehod rudely along the shies, with all linds of fantastic curyings, A large number of posts that were used to guurd the entrances to the temples aro also shiown, Beattered ground tho west end of the United States Uovernwent Bullding, they form wmple foud for wonder on the purt “of the rurties, Sumo of then are of cnormous size, il are earved Iuto the simit{tude of the human form; while others represent dembgods uid virious uncarthly pereonages, Thoy are gone crully puinted {u the most glaring colors,— groen, and red, aud yellow; pnd the cffoct upou the wmiwmls of ihe wabves must have been substanttal, For instauce, there, i by Keen n igantic delty, with brond head snd horribly-wide faws, delil crutely and tewmatieally ‘mustleating suiiu animul or bunun viethn, “The tong buly and short legs of the fdols remingd the Leholder of the tHudeo gods, though the Jatter have some- whut of the ur uent du them, white theso are slinply rude, repulsive, and leking In evory grace. e saered bird appears frequently i ull oruamentation, being fouml on the tops of houses und door-posis,” Suniv of the earyigs from the Aleutlan lalands show an attenipt ut* carleaturo,—the workman evidoutly aiming tu deplet the Russian soltlery, 1V, That minlature Repubile of Liberla, fn Africs, was ung of the firat of forelgn natlona to up- pruprinte ¢ sum for the Intornational Exhivi- ton; 10,000 wus st apart for muking u proper representation heve. “Unbapplly, béfore tho money could Lo coltected, the couvtry becams engigred Inu war yith sume nelghboring trives, and tho spare cush fn the Treasury was dovoted to expenses in thut divection, Tho Governpent hod nhinost given wp the lden of sending nny- thing to tho Exhibition, when an Ameriean frin —Mcasrs. Btockmun—uwning o plantation of 1,000 acres In Liberla, cumo to tho rescuy, and stnt, al thelr own expense, specimuns of nutive producta, . ‘o exbibit includes varlous kinds of coffee, andeotfee-makingmuachinery, Cotfesls uowone the ehlef products of the country, and is ox- ported in Iurfi'u quantitics annually to France andthe United h‘luleu.A!uwIWun’:n,thB natives locked npon ft as w weed of no edpeelal value, and bartered largo quantitics of the berry in ex- chunge for a few packuges of tobaceo, But they bave since learned that it 13 worth more, w now coffee-cultlvation fs an extensive fndust The plantetion sbove mentloned of Messrs, Btocktnun is dovoted alitost exclusively to the growih of collee, Iyory 1a sliown also, Thore are several ele- phants’ tusla on exhibltion,~each belug ot east 4 feet tn longth, The vory-trude is con- slantly fucrcusing, Among the uatural producty wre sulsur, lhnc-julee, arrow-root, gluger, paltn- e T b S A e 000 5P i ke e o et THE CHICAGO TRIBUNLE: SATURDAY, JULY 22 1876~ WELVIS PAGLN, oll, Iuduetrics are, of contrse, not yet devel o{md in the Repuhilc to aoy Inrgo cxtont. ~ A shuttlo and Jooin are shiown, but they aré quite prititive, The gnlndress of o native Chief may nlso ho béon, consisting of a monstrous {urhan of ombrofdered cloth, from which project tufta of flax, and o bianket adorned withal) the bright colors mixed together without refercace to adaptation. d, E. W, MOLE BUANKETS, Another Sale Yosterday In Now York=Prices and Hayers. - Spectal Dispatch to Ths Tribuns, Nrw Youx, July 2.—A psremptory sale, by order of Ammlidown, Lane & Co,, of this city, conelsting of about 8,000 prekages of blankets of ] grades, was held at auction to<lay at the rooma of Fleld, Morrls, Fenner & Co. Thero was a largo attondance ot buyers, matnly from’ tho West, and the dry-goods trade of nearly all the large cities throughout tho country wad repreacuted, The carly part &f the sale was marked by tho great falling oft in pricos. Pas- salc Falla blankets and Peterborougl blankets dld botter, and Standard whites, Cala whites, Metropolitan whites, and Windsar whites were sold at highor rates than were ex- pected, o .number of each of these grades running ahove the msking price, and many lots being duplicated. Colored blankcts, consisting of Gold Metal, Farmars nud Merchants, Duffalo silvor-gray, and Englo lincs, sold at verr low {ig- ures, not cqualing. white goods of tho same grades. Tho following are somo prices obtained: Peterborough white, nasorted bordors, 11x4, $2.TK@A.87)¢; 12x4,d0, $3.55} Standard white, assorted borders, 10x4, $2.85G@2.05; 1lx4, do, none less than $3.00; 12x4, do, $4.27:4@ 4.20. Cnlifornia whites were very act- }:gé 10x4 = brought from 83000 3 11x4, do, $LETI@L5T; 1254, 85060 il i L0035 1ixd, do, 2 X H 0, 80, 0.355 l\[nu‘n «'fllinn‘flnuwh(tes anno'rzefihn ers, $6.25620.85; 19x, 10x4, 84.65@4.00; 11x4, tlo, do, $0.80; Goiden Uste, fine white, cxtra weight, 10x4, §5.60; 11x4, do, $0.85@0.4( 4, do, 81.05; 14x4, do, 89.75; Rtar Unlon white, extra alroandwelght, 10x4, $2.40; 11x4, do, mw{@sm; Windsor wlite'do, 10%4, $3.00@8.875¢ 3 T1x4, do, £3.00@29.555 194,00, #4.25; Buflalo’s yorrave, black fiendiug, nasorted sfzes, $1.05@3.103 the Inst make, different style, brought from $1.15@ 2,20, High-priced moods predominated, and the snle nvcmfml nearly $200 bo the gnckuze, making o totalof between £500,000 and $600,000, Opin- lon was_expressed thaé eithough there wis n large foliing off froin Inst scason's ptices— about B0 per tent—inanufacturers could go on produclné theso goods at the above figures, and make a profit; coosldering the pres- ent prico of wool and lubor.” Following avo some of the prominent louses bLuying: Stettaner Broa, & Co., IMleld, Letter & Co., J, V. Farwell, Richardw, Shaw, Titch & Winsiow, and Carsun, Pirle, Scott & Co., of Chicago; Dodd, Brown & Co., 8, O, Davis & Co., Chaso & Cabbutt, J, Well & Co., and A. Frank & Bone, of St. Louls; Louls hllx, Jolin Shillit, Micealping, Polk & Co. and J, & L. Scasoh- 000 & ., 0 Clicinnalty Bonnburgor, Bloom Co., of Loulsvillo; J. Btrauss o, and Durkesplel & Cook, of Sin Franclsdv; and n number of the large housed of New York. ILLiNOIS OHARITIES, Report to the Governor of tho Socretary of tho Staté Board of Tublle Clinrities. . Bpeclal Dinpateh to The Tribune. Srrinarizy, 111, July 20.—~Tho Rey. Fred H. Wines, Bucrotary of the Statc Board of Put- lic Obharities, hus submitted to the Governor n fienl gtatement for tho seor ending July 1,187, of the financlal conditlon of the Btate Institu- tlons In charge of the Bonrd, The ageregate appropriations minde by the lsst General As- sembly for these institullons for two years omounts 'to $1,857,600.00. In nddition to the fund thus provided and the balante on hand July 1, 1875, the institutions have revelved from other sources than the. State Troasury, " $01,747.07, such receipts being from® Bnlds, col~ lections, cte., and in detall 28 follows: North- ern Insanc Mospital, $10,245.02; Central Insano Hoepltal, $21,673.23; Bouthern Insano Hospital, $5,842.14; Institution for Deaf and Dumb, §4,680,00; Institution for the Blind, 2,177,905 Institution for Fecble-Minded, $350.67; Sol- dlers’ Orphuos' Home, $518.70; Slate Reform Bchuol, 84,480.84; Eye and Bar Inflrmary, $9,- 204045 total, $61,747.07. The cost of maintaining the inst{tutions for the year fs given In detall, of which the following is a synapsis: Northern Insane Ilospital, ordinary expenacs, $00,405.73; for repairs, buildings, fme provements, ete., $11,035; Céntral Insanc Hos- {m.nl. ordinary expenscs, $08,758.47; repairs, mprovemeonts, cte., 30,6% Sonthern Inzano Tluspital, orditiary exponucs, $40,754.99; repairs cte,, $50,308.08; Inatitution for the Desl and Dumb, unllms? expenses, $70,711.81; other ex- peuscs, $43,835,10; Institution for the Blind, ordinary _cxpenses, $20,000.80; other _ex- }muscn. 30,492,105 Asyluin for the Fee- hle-Minded, ordinary " expenscs, $20,402.013 approprution for billdings, #0,105.51; Bol- dlers’ Orphaus’ Home, “ordiuary expeuscs, $18,- 480,804 nppn}pnnlluu for rcyuirl, s...nux.ml- ap- ropriation for lfbrary, #2603 State: Roform chool, ordinary expensts, am,bm.as- other ox- penses, 814,053.07; Eye nud Ear lndrmnry, or- dinary oxpenses, $12,801.81; oflier cxpenses, $ L0, Tho nggregate cost of maintaining these Institutions s~ $075414.25. Duplicate youchers are on file with tho Board for this amount, The uew Iaw requiring uar- terly statements from tho fustitutions is working well, and gives satisfuc- toryresults, ‘Tho amount drawn from tho State Tru:uurgv on aecount of the Inre;:ulu&: expendl- ture 8 $600,775.44, leaving 3090,521. 1 nfinmprl- ated for tho year cndlnF Jufy 1, 1877, To £000,755,44 add the mlscellancous incore, $61,- 4707, and thon, taking $075,414,25, tho cost for tho past gear, the remalnder, sau,lus‘ ropre- sents the savinzs of tho Institutions. The bal- anees fo tho local Treasurcrs' hands July 1, wero as follows: Northorn In- sane _ Hospltal, 28,243.70; Central Iu- sano Hospital $20,0gr.'.‘l0' Southern Insane Hou(lvlln!, 611,’785.1‘-1; Inatitution for the Deaf and Duinb, §4,503.023 Institution for tho Bilnd, £307,05; Institution forthe Fecble-Yhide d,y $1)- 84180 " Soldiors® Orphans' lome, $3,095,07; Stato Rtoform School, $2,800,73; E{n and Ear Infirmary, $1,261.14. ‘Total, $60,261.18, This cash halance on huyd 18 shown to be Iarger by $10,000 than it was a year ago. e —— . THE WEATHER, Wasnikoroy, D, C., July 22—1 a. m.~For the lake reglon, clear or falr weather, except rain near Lake Buperlor, in the northern por- tions of Michigan and Wisconsing easterly to southerly winds, slowly falllng barometer dur- ing the day, and stationary or stight rise in tom- prature. £0cAL oBsERYATIONS, Cioage, July 21, “iViie, | Bar, | Thr JTa, Wind, |2t ifeather - 6518, m, ., fresn,, 1 0D, M. K, 1018, o 0.0 Ared Maximum shoruiumotor, 74, Minhinuta, 83, GENEUAL OUABIYATION Cu104u0, Ji v Tar i, Siattonn, THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL PARLIAMENT, #pectal Disputch lo The Tribuns, WELLS 15LAND, July 21,~The Sunday-School Parlintacut thle orniug was devoted lo tho speelal conalderation of chlldhood. The primary departient of Infaut class tenchers met nt o'lock under thio leadersbip of Mrs, Crafts, Trom 10 to 13 a lurge ineetiug was addressod by Dr. Latimer, of Buoston, on the conversion of children, and the Rev, Dr, Castle, of Toronto,on converted children, In the afternoon the pa- villon was filled with clildren and uflulis to Lenr the Rev, Richard Nowton, 1. D, of Phila delpliis, tho mell-known reacher to Tho young, wha dellvered no admirable discourss brfstiing with tllustratlons on the text, “A wol anawer turncth away wrath,” This waa pres ceded by a nervico of song led by Mr, Blise, of Chicago, and folluwed l:{ un flustration of “the Orlental customs Ly Mr. A, Orantamet, in pru]lert‘usmnm. ‘Thu weather {8 Lright and tool, and the company Leartily eujoyifig thelr 2L, ~An excurslon part out-door fife, Kinastox, Jul of about 500 left this afternuon for Wells Isfand, pheratt Is oxpruted thio Hov, Menry Ward Beecher [s to deliver an aduives this evening. THE INDIANS. " FORT LARAMIE, LATR ADVIORS. Bpeclal Corvespondence af The Tribune. Font Lanamiz, Wyo. Ter., July 17.—Last Saturday the telegraph-line was down belween “Forl Laramle and Forl Fet- turman, and partles were sent out to repalr it. Sundsy morning it tratismitted the glad nowa of the arrival of a courler from Gen. Crook. 'The tealu had srnved, and all were well, The Gencral wished the Firth Cavalry £ont ont o8 soon a8 poasible, They had alrendy heen ordered to go, but immediately after were ordered to intercopt a party of 500 Cheyennes who had left Red-Cloud Agenc{ for the north On his return, (Gen. Merrltt will take all avall- nlnedhnuu aud forage to Gen. Crouk's com- mand, .\md. Jordan, In command at Camp Robinsun, Red-Cloud genc{. has ordered in' Capt. Rus. sell's and Copt. Fltr-Gerald’s conmpanfes {from the ruad, on account of the impudent behavior of the Indians since thelr recent succerses. The war-party of 100 Cheycnnes leave thelr familics at the Agency to be supported by the overnment, whila they start out well armed and e ulppml by the same bountiful benefactor, They know our strength in the fleld, and under- stand our slll[nfl 80 far ns published In newspi- ra; for thicy keep posled, and wisely finprove helr opportinity to concentrate and strike another blotr, . It was esthnnted that 9,000 warrlors 1eft Red Cloud nnd Spotted Tall at the time Gen, Crook started out in Mm{v ~ There were_ pro) nm’; about 1,000 Indfans en- ged in Gea. Crook’s battle of the 17thof une, while our forces numbered several hun- dred more, Navettheless, tha savagos fought fiva hours, and showed great bravory. 'Thelr loss was two of . thres times ns groat ns ours. They have the ndrnnlng;e of us inknowing the country perfectly, and having posscasion. They have plenty of pounles, and take a fresh one lic- fora gong ~into action, riding it at. full “speed to prepare it to make rapid movements over the battle- ground, The ponles are nsed to the uneven country, and our cavalry cannot begin to mnke such rapld movements In fl%hung. Then the In dians guide thelr nonies entirely” by the move- ments of the body, and have the free use of thelr hands, #o that they can fire while rhount~ ¢, Cavalry almost afways dlsmonnt to fire. The Intter are armed with carbines, which do not throw nball as far as the Infantry rifles. "I‘I}u Ilmunul have the same range riflés as the nfantry, Wl(l?’nll these th!nfis ?;nlnn us, b seema ter- rible to send too small a force to accomplish the nh{cct. Valuable lives will have beon lost in vain, g Al All the Foats lave vu? small garrisons,—alt troops that can posalbly bo spared having been sent with the expeditions. Tho remaining five companies of the Fifth Cavalry have Leen ordered to this departinont to scout the country of aikali-water holes, Whllg tho Indinns ate ongaged elsswhero, the miners aro fndustriousl; E:Enrmln ggldcn treasures from the' teéming carth of Deadwood Qulch, Nufgelu and quintitics of &uld-ddst have passed through to Choyenne. The stage arrives three Limes a week, loaded with pussen- gers and baggage bound for the Black IIflls, ‘MISCELLANEOUS. AT TIB FROKT. 5 Bisvancg, D. T., July 21.—Sitting Bull wos undoubtedly killed in the Liitle Horn hattle, Hisbody wus recognized by Frank Girard, an interpreter ut Gen, Terry’s headquarters, who bas boen nmong the Indians the last twenty-six years. It now turna out that Goodnow, s Sloux at Fott Rice, two days before, gave o detatled plan of E!tdug Bull's campal n, Including tho nbandoned village, and the larger vii- lepo to which it was intended to decoy the troops, together with o dascription of the ground, IIis deseription of Sitting Bull’ agreey Ei-.‘rrccl with the hody found, and the Indian Clicf at Standing Rock also siys Bitting Bull was killed. together with Black Moon, Cra- zy. Horse, and slx other Chicfs, Tho eutire Indlan loss was betwveon 500 aud | 400, The hostiles have been relnforced with over 200 from Standing Rock Agency alang, - Indians came Into the outer camps at Stand- ing Rocl wearlug tho clothing und arms of tho Buventh Oavalry ofllcers und 1nen. The steamer ose&)hluu arrived from the Yel- lowstone this morning with a disputch from Terry, who Is atill at the mouth of the Biz Horn awalting reinforcemente. Tho: Indlanasare in the vicinity of Custer's hntlcl-]grouud, etill de- | fant. The ¥ar West roachud” the mouth of Pawder River on Tuesday, A train of thirty- nlue wagons arrived from Crook City this mori- luf; 1o Indlans on the route, or traces of them, t §8 stated that thore aro less than 800 lodges of Indians at Standlug Rock where there should be 7,000, and that the Ageney is wmplemi)y robbéd of arms. Tho Indfuns liave moved the {uw remaining wowon and children to tho cnst slde of tho river for protectlon, clnining to foar an attack on tho Agency from the whites. Well- fuformed persons bellove that 2,500 warriors fromn that gun&y alone are fn the hostile camp. CuryBNNE, Wyo. Ter., July 2L.—The courier who loft Gen, Crook’s camnp'on the evening of tho 10th hoa uot reached Ifctterman, AsTha formner Instance, his horss may have given out. Sovon compaules of Gon, Merritt's Fifth Cav- alry arrived at Fort Laramis to-day, and will lgavo for Fetterman to-morrow or the day ful- lowing, togetler with threo additional com- panles of the samo regimont, ton in all. AT HPADQUAKTENS. At mill{ary headquarters, Gen. Shoridan yee- terdny recelved o disputch from Gen, Terry, atatlug that he had arrived safely with Lis com- mand at the mouth of the Big Iorn, and would unlto his forces with thoss of Gen, Crook, This is near tho hnltl&frunm\ where Gen, Custer wasa killed, The Indfaus thers are still doflant, and a battle with then {s oxpocted within 2 fow days. No furtlior nuws was rocelved, | POPULAR SENTIMENT. CUSTER AND sTCRAIS, TV the Editor of Tha Tribune. Cniosgo, July £0.—~While serving in the army of tho Unlon, or tha Amerfcan army as the boys used often to call it, Gen. Btargls was placed in command of an expedition in which n part of the regimont to which I belonged took an activo part, Blurgls had not commanded n that department before, or, at loast, our knowl- edgo of him commmenced on his taking command of ‘wbat turued out to bo tho disgracoful and dlenatrous Gunntown nxgcdulon. As the coni« mand neared Gunatown, Migs,, on the Mobile & Ohio Rallroad (about 80 miles from Mewphis, our' starting-point), it beeame apparent .that Farrest and “Clalmers - were in strong foro; and ¢t certalnly doea scom, I Gen, Sturgla pos- sessed any military knowledge, thut n the front of a vigilant fos was the place to show it. 'The cavalry should have buen in thoadyance, fu- stead ‘of which alinost all tho wagon-traln and artiliery formed the head of the columuj which unpardonable nlstake Forrast was not slow ta toke advantago of, suddenly charging our truln and artillery (belng ungallant envugh not to wait for our supports to como to the reacuc), capturing uvergr.hlnq but the troops, who wero atlenst from Stodmiles in the rear, Evou after overy gun liad heon captured, it our caval- ry bad boen under the command of w dish- iy, ablo leader, overything conld have been recapturcd. But, alas for our army! Bheriduns and Costers were much less_nutnér- oua than oflicersof the Shlrll[l type, You can well imagine the suffering of our dlscouraged, ratlonless troops, 80 milts or moro fram sups lxllu. and mnrvh{ux Lack throdgha country that bl alreudy Leon ntrlrp«:-\ of vyersthing,” The colored troops were lired upon by the women whilo retreating through Ripley,. Miss,, and onc of thelr white officers killed Demorallzation and & general stampeds were, of course, .tho ~uccessary result of auch bud managomont on the start. Tou may sk if there was o fightingl To which 1 ruply, Yea; but it was done by tho men on thelr own hook, commanded mostly by tho 1ine-olllcers, as th fleld-oflicers, espectally thoss of the bighest rank, seemed to huve fmpurtant busincss at tho head of the retreating column, Whethior accking a fuvorable place in which to draw up tho shattered colutnn, or whether a due conslderation for their valuable (to them) skiny, kept them there, Iean't says but certamn fu wus, ws had nu brave Custer, nor mnylhlnfl llke his cqual, to encourage us by~ wor orcxamptt, And I will hery eay, whitt ever: soldler witl wiilingly adinlt, thiat ‘ono such ofife cer as Geu. Custer, fn a tiino of peril, 1 worth a thousand men; and Sel Bturgls is repurted to have sald that ho “‘deprecates the wanner m which some papers have sought to make o dem- fgod of Cyster, and to crect 4 monument to Custer and nutie Lo his soldlcrs,” He also says Custer was found iead in tho rear of hia troops. Ilow doca Sturgls know thg frout from the rear; when uudoubtedly the foo hud surround- ed Custer, and his frout wus on all sidea, Stur- gls slaughtered “more men sud lost imore Governmont properly at Gunntown, Mlss,, say tho east, in~ competency, than Custer ever* lost. lilm {3 scems to feel hurt thut Sheriduu did net let hifn o Into the fleld fostead of Custery but Gen. heridan undoubtedly kugw bl men, I certalnly would not have wrjtten this but tut 1 knoiv thousands ul mg ow-soldlors eol a8 I do about what (en, mvgls has sald eud written sbout the brave, dead }mer, whoad namo was written ou the vage of famne are ho took command ! an Indlali acouting-party. No mean {nelnuations ean dotract from Cuister's tnarit a3 a coliter, amd his wife and e, hie Iaft ang) linve tho trun nyuumlhyln‘l 'Jfii",g',‘ dlore, West s well a3 East, and Stucgtn shogly know it N OLD BoLpiey, e T THE CINCINNA CONVENTION, AsViewed by aX.ondon Timoes Correaponieny QT espainence Lunart e, CincINnATI June 17—The Aniericans Are g cused of heing a Htfla too fond of applyiig 1) word ¥ romarkablc " to thelr own men nng 1:: stitutions, but I much doubt whethor ay ong could Justly queation tholr right o call s G vention the most remarkablu tnlithnd axsemb) in tho civliized or uncivillzed worid. 'T)igw know that I can better give my Idvd of 1y thay by snying that it scems to me qulte o mirgey lous “combinntion of a “Parifament ang t + Froe and Lnsy, or Discurslon Forum, I has all tha most lmpnrtnut Attribules of g, first, and {t only wants pipes and heer to maky it a very falr epechmen of the last, The Dlpes Indeed,” arc to a certaln extent replaced |, the tobmcco-plugs and clzarends which nfl horiorable members or deleggutes chete, Amop » the preasmen, who are nsun 1y the freest of fry Amcrlcans, I more than once saw clgnra gy cigareties actually )it, though the * regurtery g?"nry " wag on the floor just fn fron of the Chalr, and tho ~smoke Aeconling), under the 8peaker's very noses ‘Hub th lmul; wns mmost Inadequately” represented by Watey cartled about the chaiiber in korse-buckots | colored gentiomen uslices, wenring a sfmpl(* cont and perfectly decent uniform uf shirt g tronders, wlio doled It ofit in tin* totan 1 hay Lo tasto several Yuckets heforo I could heip, mysolf to belleve that tha jovial Presidens: makers and (juurnnl(sln around lue—some of {hy Intter In thelr shirt-sleaves—werd reall Arink ing “water, “Tho members kept- th coale on, preacnting, from the numberof colorsworn, o plensing “varfely to -the .eye, ¢ in "tho “inidst ot ‘The . forsihe’ el ment cnused by the enccess of Goy. Hinyce, when, a8 many honorable members throwing thelr hots n{m the alr, a few, mg‘fl{;; with géncrons emuintiont to stirpass them, threw np both hata and coats. In the stranger) gllery, liowever#the otiquette wns less BeTery, several gentlemen sliting during the hottas| part of tho afiernoon In thelr ehirt-slceves, The heat was fearful, and the fnceésant wavlng of fans—Bristow fans and others—throughout [} hugo Maltlind'a very pectillar effoct: . Ne aP \ray it ~only extornnls that - this * steny Parllameént wns,” from onre olfl-mmm:a oint of view, s0° unparllamontary, | iavo Alfeady descrihed . the odd eftey of o solitury female . cliumplon coming forward to do battic with It on hehal? of Womey Suffrago. Yesterdny tto Bpealter, amid mudg Innghter, opotied tho proceedings bty readns outon invitation to all members to” visit i Clnciunatt Honee of Refuge, nnd Uy infotming the Conventlon that a morocco pocket-ook the loss of which somewhere among the deld gatea bo had annotinced the previous day, g not yet been found, 1t would bo uhgraleh) not apeclally to mention a very fine band whict “}uld. elc:lllllvuncd tlhupmlacedl}xm ‘hyu )‘wl‘ Journ. of Inspirlting and popular alrs, from ™ Yan] Dooifo te w018 Doy Trageir Al Yet, despito these eceentricition, {ug Conyen. tlon hns In casentinls the attributes of thie b Parliument. ~Seif-constituted and purely yo. unteer a8 it 13, withont legal or officlg) sianding, the most important attribute, its power, is be yond all question or doubt, -Assumlng, for the sako of argwnont, that tho Republican party it stronger, Af only by a_dozon votes, tfl:fi 17 Dcmutmt(c, then tlils Converitlon hing alredily made the Preeflent of tha United States, Tie rusl of congratulatory telegrams from ll party of the country, aid notably - from Qor Hayes’ Inte rivals, proves, were proof want gy . that: he wil have, tho whols strength of tho Republean parly at lis back,” This power, teo, the Conventlon D just used with admirablo wisdom by electing, If ‘not the ablest candldate, ot least one wha ]I‘l"! fully stificlent abllity, und who possesses wiat Aunericant this “crisls wauts ctven more thin ALHity, o character frec a8 Bayard’s from fear aud from reproaely tound which the Reforinine party, the present llupo of tha country, can rally ag vompactly ng they could layo .rallied round Mr, Bristow, Inlts kiotrledge of business nl respect for duc procedire and prescribed formy, the Convention 18 equal to any Parliament, The members have, in fact, heon practleing atl thelr lives In wards, and ~Congressional Distrlcts and Stato Conventions - boforo they reach the Nationnl Conventlon, so that the youncest momber {aa voternn tactician. It fs #aid that, if three American bables arc left alone, they ine medintely procecd to cloct two'of thelr nninber President and Becretary, while tho thind rises to 4 lpolnz of order. The Amerieaus, in fact, llke Mucaulay's Normans, are “orators from the eradle.”” Tho averogo speaking of the Conyen- tion secmed to e siperior to that of any polit cal assembly I hava ever attended, and, though tho numbicr of tho great orators was not in pro- portion, a few specches were quite nmm’.'m, The standard of excellence, moreover, 18 by no meane what n forcigner might bo tempted, from tho mixed character of the assembly and the preponderanco of tha popular clement, to cx- pect. No speaker was more loudly cafled for or morg’ eagerly lstened to than Mr. Curtls, of Now York, and yet there could not hes f‘pnnkcr furibor reimoved, both in Janguage and lcmeanor, from all that ono agsociates with the dentagogue or mob orutor, His fnco hears the hlgh'.-n? stamp of culture and refinement, whlle his ntyb: thotigh forcible, fs simple andl puse. Ho would command the' respect of tho whit arlatocratie and fastidious assembly n Lurope On the uther hand, the Conventionshowed itzolf e?unlly mn’]‘mmeol nprreulnungrmoruwm( avery differeny kind, pnf“ nrly known as % Bob I ficmfll." e laiks Mr, Curtis’ Intellectual res nzment tid prace, but lias far more power and real oratorleal fire. Iis audaclty Is without lim- it, Tonco Lie I8 ot without encwics, bub his fies and dash, sustained by a splendid physique, bear down ull opposition.~ His speectt on-Tiirs: day in favor of Mr. Blaiue, one blazo of rhctor ri¢, which would have been far too britliunt if {6 Lud ot been sliort, compleiely carricd the Core vention away with It, and would, I bellovs, lizve aerlously Influer.c: rerhnm chunged, the noms fnation,” hud this followed at once,” Most of tho aPcechcs on Thursday, -on which day each candiddte was proposed and secanded, were above the Europenn, or, at least, the English nvernge, though not a fow of them nul!creJ from a too ambitious manuer, Ever{ American seems to consider himself bound to bo n grest orator, or, at Ieast, to deliver himaclt na such, dnd when'tho delivery fa too vehetnent for the tamencss of the thoughts or words, the cffet fa somewhat too mucli that of o Iittle-man fo tinery too big for him. Ot hl{;h-nmm talk, for talking's suke, or ** high-falutin,' as 1t is hero called, the Convention was as (ntolerant s the Houso of Commony, and, owlng to the fivd minutes’ aud tou minutea’ rules, better able to [mt Itdown, Oreat Judgment was shown in ho monazement of these formidable rules They were vory rarcly cuforecds g'ahmt ang one worth heariug, but when a man began o ok about the “sunny South,” or * the land of the nolia and the mocking bird,” loud crles of “tlise," and, ocenslonally, o watch Leld in bis face, very soon brought hit back to his seat, ' 0l the’ singular mioderation of the specclics and theadmfrable order mulutatued, I spoleln my lnst Jetter. Ufi to the mowmeut of fueling 1ty at the clogs of the secand day, thero had been uo exchunge of persounalitfes "nor one violant scenc, Yeaturday thero was a fierco fight, and cunsiderable coniusfon and uproar, though netle lmi; 80 bad a8 I have acen in Verauilics and Mad rid. It turned upoh what was, perhaps, the most important Incldent of the day, and the out which virtuntly dectded the conteat, (e writor then procecds to descrlbo the quarrelin the Pennsylvania delegation over the Sunit™ rule, and {ts final sdjustment,—wilh all of which our réaders are famiMar, He next describes tho ballotings; tho intonse excite- ment; the “eager facos and straining oycs thab devoured every movement of the various deles gatlons, tossing sua surging to and fro, and wavering llko troops that havs to change fronk under @ heavy firo’; the fnal voto uud su- nouncement. Ho concludes as follows:] The result wos scarcely kuown and order e+ stored before tho Chalrman propesed that 1he, unanbitous vote for the mecting should be given to Uov, Huyes, and thu proposal was wurmly seconded by a prominent Blaine man, so hoarss WIS shouting that he could bardly spesky but: who, with all the tolee 10 could muster, promlsed the heartest supe port of his plrly headed by My, Blaine, for oue 80 lately his rival, but now his leader, The mo tion was, of course, ll"‘““d unanimously. The nomtnatlon of u Viet-President was then Turried through b{' wen so_hot, huugey, aud utterdy Worti out by day of the Intenacet excitument that it muy, perhaps, be consfdered a_plece of Juck that their cholce fell upon so good u candl- Mr, Wheeler, Thus endod, Lappily 1w every. ong of the most exelting contests for & Presidential nomiuation ever kuown eluce lllm system of Natlona! Couventious cume (0 play. ————— A TENACIOUS LIFE, Bpeclal Correspondence of The Tridune Dzs Moixes, In,, July 20.—Jeremluh Mok Ungsworth, agod 04, died a fow days elnco neat Centerville, Appancoss County, For several years he had suflered from puzalysls, Durid the last forty days of his lifv ho vecelved B0 nutirlshiuent but s spuonful of cullee or watery niluturnlu; und durlnyg the lust Ltwent) days that he Jived, not o particle of nuy‘hhli wus takeu futo the stomach. Ho maintalue full control of his meutal faculties to the last o was u nulive of Oliv, and s highly-cstceuwd Christian mau, d -