Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1876, Page 5

TORELGN. geveral Days’ Fighting in the . Vicinity of Alexinatz. Both Skdes Victorious According 10 the Dispatches, " princo Milan in Full Sympathy with the War Faction, Tchernayel Promiscs to Drive the Tarks from Servion Soll. Gumb;:tla'a Constituents Requast Him to Resign. THE WAR, FEACB PROPOSITIONS. Viexsa, Aug. 23, —Tho Porte is ready, thanks tothe elforts of the friendly Powers, to essen- tially modify the conditions of the peace ne- gotiations. Its demand s limited to a war In- demnlty and guarantces agalnat breaches of the peace by Servia, CONSTANTITOPLE, Aug. 23.—~It s positively stoted In officlal quarters that Turkey hitherto hasmade mo proposals toany of the forelgn represeutatives concerning & basts for peace ne- gotlatlons. £ ALRXINATZ, LonpoN, Aug. 23.—A telegram to the Rus- slan Embnasy savs: ' Desplte the Turkish of~ fletal reporta, all the dlspatchics to Russian pa- pera aflirn that the Scrvinns have repulsed the enemy before Alexinatz" DBrronapE, Aug, 23.—Gen, Tehernayefl, on Tuesidny, sustained repeated ottacks of the puited forces of Eyoub Pascha and Kerim Pascha, who wera endeavoring to take Alex- fnatz. The Turks, to the number of 50,000, were repulsed fn all directions. Tho battle was resumed carly on Wedncsday, and, up to the present moment, the Scrvians maintain their position. A SET-BACK, LoNuoN, Aug. 24—5 a. m.~The Standard’s correspondent with the Turkish srmy near Alexinutz reports thnt the Servians sttacked the vanguard of Ali Pasha’s army on Tucadny and were repulsed after three hours' fighting. ‘The Servions were pursued towards Alexinatz, nummh\'v{ly td§lwm out of five villages, aue tutly defeated. _ VR fally Vews publishes lotafla of the fight- Ing uround Alexinatz on Monday. It appears that the Turks attacked the town on three shies, pressing Inward steadily, and driving the Servians’ from entrenchment after emtrenchment, The Morava ~ Valley 1s the main scat of operntions, and fighting there lias been terrible, but the Turkish successcs so far ave unfmportant, The declsive tighting will hegin when the Turks attack the heavy en- trenchinents where the Berviaus are waitiug for them. ENGLISH SENTIMENT. Earl Russell has written o letter to Lord Grunville, urging upon his nttention the neces- ety for the autumn session of Parliament. e detlares that the barbaritics perpetrated in the Turkish provinees call for a determined com- bination of the Powers under the treaty of alll- , ance agatnst Turkish tyrranny. THE CONFLICT TO GO ON. Viensa, Aug, 23.—Intelligence from Belgrade sunounees that the war purty has finally ob- tained nscendency. Besldes dlspatehing “Col. Montyerde to Bulgrade urging a continu- sice of the war, Gen, ’lclmrnn{clt sent Prince Mllun dispatches undertaking to regnin the lost pusitions, to drive the Turks Imlllplch'lf' out of Servia, and to carry the war tuto Turklsh Tervitory, le also fortally pro- tested agzafust Prince” Milan's paclile leanings, The Saivian Miulster supporting Gen, Teheriiu- g, th ¢ ylelded, und ordered Lostilities l» contiuue, i PORTUGAT. TIE FINANCIAL CRISIS, Loxmnox, Ay —The Portugueso Govern- ment has ordered £1,000,000, The Zimes says thut the Portuguese banks have made such en- ergetie efforts to recover thelr stabllity that the greater number of them will not requirs to avall themselves of the two months’ delay In payment of the bills granted by the deeres of the Government a fow duys ago, Loxpoy, Ang. 245 a.m.—It is stated In the fuuncinl artiele of the Times that the largest amount of gold taken from the Bank of England for some time was_ withdrawn {esmnlny, eldefly for Lishon. It appears that Por- wneal” hws arranged with acveral financlal Tiouzes in London for advanceo of about o mill- {on, and tins export of pold to Lisbon fa in part tueresult, At the present rate of exchange, the Government lose about 2 per cent by the trangaction, bestdes the commission payable for accominodation. Lisuon, Aux. 24.—Tusiness 1s beginuing to recover, und thera 1s hope that, finaucfal mutters Wil ghortly return to thefr nominul condition, Bank notes elreulate without discount. FRANCE., GAMDETTA, Pants, Aue. 23.~-The Radicals of the Belle- vilie Distriet of Parls are clreulating petitions requesting M, Gambetta to resign the acat he liolds In the Chamber of Deputies us their representative. AN ACCIDENT TO ROSA TONNEUR, LosDON, Aug. 24—5 0. ni—A I'aris dispatch repor{s that Itosu Bonheur, the distingulshed artist, wus thrown_from a carrlage while riding fu the country, and received severe injurles, GREAT BRITAIN, BUSINESS ITEM. Losnoy, Aug, 20.—There is great anxiety among the leading coal and iron firms fn South Btaffordshire, In conscquence of tho bills of snother great Iron-mnking concern in the Cleve- land district anving been returned. Tho clr- cumstances leave Lut little hope of a faflure belng uvoided, JIIUNGARY, RESIGNED, * PrsTi, Ang. 20,—The Ilungarian Minister of Commerce, Simongl, has resizned, disapproving of the terms upon which the Austre-Hungarian compromige Wus rearrange e eet—— THE HARD-COAL MONOPOLISTS. Special Dispatch to The Triduna. TumapeLrun, Pa, Aug, 2.—Superin- tendent Sayne, of the Lehigh Valley Rallroad, Wad ncen by u Zimes correspondent st Mauch Chunk this evenlug, and sald that his Company Yiod no cxcuses to mako, It wus ucoal-carrying company, never having mined or bought, or controlled more thanone-slxth of thelr tunnuge, and never until this year did they go fnto the market und sell coal, The product of afl the mines worked Ly the Company {8 not over 500,000 tons a year, while their tonnage Is ahout 3,000,000 ‘e oflivers of the Company deny absolutely, whether uan carrying Company orus the Lehlgh Valley Coul Company, that they Lave been fn- the Coal Association. No officer of the Company, in the past year, attended any of the meetings of the Board of Cone trol, or was in any wlee pledged to Us rulea and purposes. The utmost ever dune wax that Judge Packer assured the Com- Uination that it wouldl do the wish of the Lehigh Uperators—that, so lung us they would not load toal and demand its transportation, so long Would the locomotives e idle, nor would they ship coal wheu the operators did not. Any ex- cess of shipment was entiroly due to overpro- duction by private operators who demanded u‘u‘v::lnlx‘mlu‘?n, and recelved Ity aa they were en- 3 y law. Mr, Pardee, this evening, ordered by telegraph lnnn New York that all the mines i wmffl Fu: b Interested, and which are now working, shall {'L t::lké.fl}:‘:. ,nhut down, and ouly the puinps bo U 'l'lw |no|%opolll!l allege that thero has been e or no profit in coul as the inines have becn worklng, and they pretend to belleve that the uction oy ’l‘uuldq will be the inauguration of 'll'h‘-‘“r that will hurt many before’ it closes, hc‘yx malutaln that every tou thet will b *01d that duy will be mincd ata Joss. It is leved here that, of sl the evmpaniea Inter- &ted, the Lebigh Valley will be best able to stand, it having made thorough preparation for Uhis state of uifairs, The outlook for the mine ¢t und Yaborers throughout this region is very Klyum{,u thie plot now seema to be to shut down. Theron fnterest docs not expeet much from ¢ sutiipated decline i conl. Iron {s selllug chow cont now, and 1t 1« not s question of price, Ut oug of demund. 18 plg-dron sold sl $la = THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY. AUGUST 24, 1876. ton, the volumo of business wonld not be great- e, There 18 no demand or use for {ron, and, consequently, s dollar or two In the pr'co o coul cunnot revive tho trade. CRIME. JESSE JTAMES. > Bpectal Dispatch to The Tridune. B7. Lovss, Mo, Aug. 23.—Jcsse James, the' most noted and feared of all the Missourl out~ laws, who has been accused of being the leader in every bank and traln robbery that cver oc- curred {n tho West, has again been heard from through n letter to the Kangas City Zimes. Ilo denles complicity In any of the crimes charzed ngainst him, and accuscé Bacon Montgomery of murdering Capt. A.J. Clement on Dec, 18, 18060; with instigating the-Missouri Pacific affalr, planning the robbery, and getting his sharo of the money. The Geoeral, who has been active in ridding Missourl of outlaws, pub- lishes & reply in the Scdalln Bazoo this morning, It i addressed to ‘“Jesse James, Safe Retreat, Jackson County.” .‘\Ionq{umcr{ acknowledges killing Archy Clements in Lalayette County, but szys the deed wns dono In an almost open hand-to-hand fight, Ilc then goes on to say: I am no detective, and I do nat clalm to Lo an angel; nordo L bellove you to be one, But I have foLn proposition to make you, Iam hera In Ho- nlia, and am willing to be Investigated, as you ara of the opinfon 1 was ono of the robbers, Now think me, and §f yon will come o stand s like' fnves- tigation, I gree t aco _ that nu other charge Is bronght againet you, and that vou shall have amplo protection caming here, and, f neccesary, which it would not be, will risk m! }Ueum see l.hll.l yfiu MYIB F squaro deal, I wul,fi urther agreo to have all of your expenses and that o Indignily shal be oflered you, - Lo Coucerning the outrage at the Samuels resi- denees fn Clay County, when James' young brother was killed and his mother serlously wounded, Montgomery snys: You do me a great injustice, and one that will re- coil upon {nuruull’. when you accused me of belni present when your mother had her armn torn uE by a hand grenade in Clay County, about twu yeara ago, Iwas then local edlior of the Sedalia Dally #azon, and wrote more than one article condemn- Ing the outrage, and can prove It by nearly overy person in Sedalla, — WAYSIDE MURDER, Hpectal Dispatch to The Tridune, Niv.rs, Mich,, Aug. 23.—Information has just been received lere of a murder committed near Gridley, Tl Both the murderer and the man murdered were from Niles and once worked on u farm near the city, About three weeks sgo they left during the nightto avold belng ar- reated for stenling. Notbing more was learned of them until this time. A letter from the Sherll to J. M. Wells asking for fn- formation _concerning the two men says: “The murdered man (George Murphy) was with the prisoner (Maj, Meredeth), and they stopped u{ the rondside over Sundny near Gridley, and Moredeth started east, abott 5 p. m. - Next morning the body of Murphy was found near where lifs wagon stoud, All one eide of Mur- phy's head was shot away, and the marks of an ax on his head wero found. Meredeth was eaptured at 8 p. m, next day.” The team found In Meredeti’s possession belonged to Murphy, the victim, Much ‘,urpfluu is caused here by the report, for, althotgh the Mn{nr was & pretiy bad character, {t was not thought thnt he would commit the terrible crime for which ho was arrested,” Later advices say that More- deth’s cxawiuation was held this morning, and the prisoncr bound over to the Circult Court for trial. Spectal Dispatch to The Triduns, Broosxaroy, 11L., Aug, 23, —Aflldavits made hy two men named I\iuCrunu‘ of Berrlen County, Mieh,, prove that the man found Saturduy near Gridley, dead with his skull siunshied, {s Georgre Murpliy, of Benton Hurbor, Mich,, and that the man aceused of the murder fs Maj, Meredeth, of the snme place. The lutter s now fn Jail lere. ¢ scems to be foolish, or of o weak mind, and Wil ultimately confess. It is thought that he hag already confessed. 'The murdered man wos nrtAL‘:lu’tx;t:r of a wagon and property found with Meredeth., CRIMINAL ABORTION CHARGED, Special Dispatch to The Tribune. WILKESHARRE, P, Aug. 23.—On Thursday laot Miss Josle 8. Gnilagher, nged 24, and em- ployed fn Cury's dollar store, died suddenly in this city under susplclous circumstances, Ru- mors_of death by abortion belng atloat, Cor- ouer Prendergast made a post mortem examing- tlon, and furnishéed the daily papers with o writ- ten statement to the effect that such susplciona were unfotnded, death being caused by abe donulnal abscess, Decensed wug buried without the formulity of o regular “Inquest. This strauge Pmc ure - proved unsatisfuctory to the public, and, at the Instance of Dis- trict - Attorney Farubam, a body of physl- clous held ‘an examiuation at the City Huspital last wight ot midnight. the corpse having beeu exbutned from the Catholie cemne- m-{- and brought there, The result of this ex- aminution brauds the Coroner's statement s Taise, and alleges that death was coused by an unsklliful abortion, Tnunediately aftewards the physlcinns caused the arrest of Dr. Gumpert, o crman physician, on the charge of crimiml tualpractice.” The Coroner, who 18 placed Inn very unenviable position, challenges the physiclans to unother examination, claimin that lie can demonstrato the uccuracy of L position. RETURN OF AN ESCAPED CONVICT,. Speciul Corsexpondence of The Tridune. Des Moings, Iu, Aug. 22.—In May, 1875, there wus a stampede of convicts from Anamosa Penitentiary, Among themwere Orville Merrdll und “Mickey Mike,” notorious burglars und thioves. All effurts to capture them failed, as they succeeded In stealing new clothes and apairof horscs the next night after thelr cs- cape. Last Friday there appeured at the pris- on-gate o man who asked admlssion. Ile was aduitted, when by remarked that it appeared quite fumlliar about there, when fard duguired A “he pak® e slde hefores 10 which the sheok ger replied, “Oh, yes! I belong here,” The Warden was L'nill:?l, who at unuuzldcnu';?cd htin as Orville Merrill, 1o sald he had becomo tired of belug hunted about the world, and now desired to serve out his tern in peace. He donnied the stripes once more, and went towork, He says Mickvy Mike {8 fu Georgla. — TENNESSEL, Mexrms, Aug. 23.—Sherlif Harris and John Hunt, of Crockett County, this Btate, were brought here under warrant from United Btates Commlssioner Garrett for compliclty fn the ahpoting affray at Alatno, in which R. M. Wilis was kiiled and nine others wounded,us veported last week i these dispatches, Phe war- raut wus - fssued under ths Enforcement act, and charges Harrls, flunt, and eight others with conspiring together for the purpose of hindering the constituted authorities of Tenn- essee, to-wit: the Deputy Bhierllf of Crockett County, from giving and seenring to R, R, Bmlth, W, J, Overton, George W, Wells, and 1t M. Wells equul protection of the haws of the State. Owling to the absence of wituesses the cuse was contlnued till to-morrow, ——— INFORMAL DUEL. . Spectal Dispalch to The une. Kzokuk, In., Aug, 23.—A shooting affray oc- curred here lnst night between Mike Flynn and Willlam Rogers, In which the latter recelved a phitol wound {n the left hip. ‘The injury is pro- nounced & dangerous one, and his recovery Is very doubtful. Flynn flred two anots and Rogers one. The diiculty originatea fu a dis- putc ahout some trivial matter whils bath were under the influence of liquor, Flynn was arrest- ed uud {8 now in jail, A BRUTAL ITUSBAND. 87. Louts, Mo, Aug. 23.~A drunken wretch, nawed Benjamin Mitchell, living in the ex- treme Bouthwestern part of the clty, put & musket-load of bird-shot into hia wite's hip and thigh on Monday, because she would not give him money to continue a sprec that he was oy, The brute left his wife un Monday mornlng without medical or other attendance, and it was not untl last cvening that ber situation was discovered, when ahe was found to be in s erit- (cull t‘:,umutlnu. and may dic. Mitchell was ar- rested. —— PRECAUTION AGAINST TRAMPS, Urica, N, Y., Aug, 2L.—Iu consequence of continued depredations by tramps, and the at. tempt to wreck the Bt, Louls express traly, near Falrpoint, on Baturday night, tho Now York Central Kallroad basplaced a specia! police ru-rd along its line, with orders to arrest and mprison all tramps found walkiug upon the track. o NECOVERING. Special Dispatch 19 Tha Tridune. 8i0vux CiTy, Ia,, Aug. 23.—Wiiliam Benton, who was brutully assaulted and robbed by trumps night before last, so far recovered as to bo able to be_brought here to-day for medical treatinent, His hmu-l-c-,i though very scvere, will not result us seriously as at Brit auticd- pated. vas very unsatlsfacto PASTIMES. Twelve Heats Trotted at Pough- keepsie, and Neither Race Decided. RRaces Yesterday at Saratoga, N. Y., and Earlville, Iil. The Bostons Beat the Athletics 7 to 8- Aguatio Items, TIIE TURT. BARATOOA. BARATOGA, Aug. 23.—The races were not so well attonded to-day. The mile race was won by Big S8andy. Time, 1:458¢, 1:46}¢. The first heat was won by Waco,the second by Big Sandy by s head, Waco away behind, At this point Waco, betnir lame, was withdrawn, glving the race to Big 8andy. ‘There were but three starters in the second race, one mile aud three-quarters, Won by Vigil, Athlene sccond, Lelaps third, Gray Nun fourth. Time, 8:08. The hurdle race, mile Leats, was won by Kelso. Resolute second. Time, 1:54, 1:54, 1:543¢. Aecrolite fell and threw bis rider, and Btarford was drawn after the sccond Leat. I'OUONKERTSIE. Pouanxxersie, N. Y., Aug. 23,—Nearly 8,000 nersons attended the sccond day’s mecting of the Hudson River Driving Park Association, There were two very exciting contests, but neither was finished when darkiness came, and tho judpes postponed further trotttng il 11 o'clack to-morrow morning. ‘The first race was for the 2:29 class, entereaihut only four started. Thirteen following s the summary up to the 21221 13442 3 113 ashing! 4 023 3dr 2 z}nu-fl:'flm 2:24%; 21 2:20%%; 2:23Y; In the 2:22 class Adelatde was the favorite at long odds, There were seven starters in tlie fifth heat, Phillips was taken from Adelalde's sulky, aud Budd Doble put In his place, and Qrady was {aken from Idol’s sulky and Charley Green put in his place. The firat heat was dend heat between Scnsation and Slowgo, The following Is the sununary up to the close: Sensation... ] - EPN Qoanmon Inthe specinl trial of speed to beat 2:14, Lulu trotted the first mile in 2:353, sccoud In 2:223¢, and the third fo 2:201. ENOLISH RACES, Loxpox, Aung. 23.—The great *Ebor handicap stakes at the firk meeting to-tlay were wyon by Lillun, with Oglethorpe sccoud, and 8wect Bound Ally third, * spectal Dispaien to T Fribune spateh (o Eanuviiie, 111, Aug, 23.—The second day's meeting at Ear] Park was a hot onc, not only for the horses but for the apectators—03 degrees fn the shade and 113 degrees in the sun, There was a marked improvement In the attendance, ‘The first raco called was the 2:20 class, Gran- ville selliug s the favorite for $10, with Mon- roe, Copt. Jack, and Ludy Byron fn the field at §3. It was an {nteresting race,and was watched closely, though it was taken in three straight heats by the favorite, N [EFSTT The 2:33 race, umng;n t;nndwlc.\l‘cd with the 9:26, and five heats gone through, will not be decided thll to-morrow. Soouer sold favorite for $5 to $3 in the pools till after the first heat, when Wilder got the odds, The next heat, Sooner got fifth place. The third lieat was talken from Wilder by Sophia Teinple by half a- neck, but Sooner took the fourth and ilfth amidst the 20611 112 44 4 2122 56456050 43333 0 4 dls. %3 2:014. LINCOLN, 1L, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Lixcowy, 1ll,, Aug. 23.—The fuir {8 running in fino shape. Races occurred to-day as follaws: 2:40 trot, three in five, for a purse of $175, $100, $50, and $25. Eutrica: Farmor's Maid, dJ. J. Cook, Minnie, and Bismarck Farmer's Mald..o covcvriioen : 11 Minnle.. v e Y Blamaecl 3 4 4 Couk. wd 32 me—~1L: b ] 214638, Three-year-old stake, mile and repeat, for a purse of 8125, $100, and $25; entrics, Glance and Currency first dash, Currency tirst | second and third Gance flrst] time, 1:49,1:49, and 1:51, Half-mile dash, for o purac of 850, §35, wid’ 815;_cutries, Bllly Dufl, Greeley, Tangle: lege, and Logan; Grecley first, Dud second, 'l‘u&fi}elem ibfrd; time, 50 seconds, Over $1,000 changed hands on this race. Duff sold fuvorite, the balunce in the fleld about three to one. All these horses were ralied nnd arc owned in this county. BASE-BALL, ATHOLETIC V8. HOSTON, Bpectal Dispateh o The Tribune. PINLADDLPHIA, Aug. 28,—About 1,000 per- sons were present. Bradley, of Lynn, pitched for the Bostons. Morrill's error gave the Athletfes their first run, Two more runs were mado on called balls, and awild throw of George Wright sent home three more. Brown’s three- baser and Leonard’s two-baser gave the Bostons three runs, followed by two runsoncalled balls, snother on a very questionable declslon, und the winniug run by "Ergler's wiss. Tho umpiring TIE $CONE, Athletic. Iall, L f.... [ = coocoone le = % cocon &luzconucnoth Sl eomkrrron 2l uemocosool i =2 Leonard, 1, £, alecunenmume al cizoorrens| | clucoonscur ol comromoan! iyl Blewsserons Slesssancanl O'Rourke, e, t. | 2 Murnan, 1 b Hrown, i 1} 2| ' F: 2| of Behafer, 3 b.. 21 Dradley, p. 01 27 T23460780 000100500 04 0200101217 Rune earned—Noue., 4‘lilrll‘l.\uu by errons—Athictic, 5 times; Doston, s, Bnacs on balla—Athletic, 3; Boston, 3. Three-basy hita—1Inl), hrown, ‘P'wo-base hita—G. Wright, Leonard. Umplre—G, W, Walton, of thoe Olymples, Thue uf gamoe—Two hours und Aftcen minntes, AT COLUMBUS, Corumnus, 0., Aug. 23.—~Dase-ball: Louls- villes, 43 Buckeyes, 8. A BT. LOUIS “8TIPRN ‘The naturally credulous people of 8t. Louls, remembering with uneasiuess low they had abused the Chicago Club during tho last three guwes In the City with the Bridge, wers much moved Tuesday afternoon lest the Chicago peo- ple should retallate, of which thero was, of course, no sort of danger. A gentleman who feft 8t Louls Tuesday evening describes as miost entertaining the scene at 8 prominent cigar-store wbout 5 o’clock p. . when the fol- owing dlepatch wus received and read: Orpice Cuicaco Covmsn, Chicago, Aug, 22,— ‘The Browna driven (rom the feld; Hradiey fatall B uro 100 great for the Whiles; 1o game declded iu favor Hrowis, and umpire hung (v one of the pillare of grand stand. 1t is not of course intended to assert that the Courier seut the dispatch; but some oue did, and by that means created more excitement than hits been seen In 5t. Louls sluce the War. 1t is a mercy that they didn't organize u compa- nyto coms up and rescue thoe Hrowns. Th? would have found the.n all unhanged and Brad- ley by no tmeans *fatally injured. 5T, LOUIS FAILNESS, After recelving news of the defeat of the Browns Tuesday, the Glode-Democrat man sat down and wrote the followiug Liead to express s feelings; ROUGH USBAGE—TIE BROWNS DEFEATED BY 0 SAVE TR 1Y S SEALDING FOUND ED ALL OVER THE PIELD, Judge if you can of this wsa's disgust when he found next morning that his dispateh givin an account of the frame hado’t 2 word abou! mobs,’ or eaylug Hves, or Frmnd!ng, or any- thing of the kind. Eviden I?’ the (7.-0. man waa finposed on by the ‘“atiflt clscwhere re- Iated. ~But the head should stand as an fiustra- tion of 8t, Louls honesty and falrness, COURECTION. A mistake in {utenlny'n fssuc made the an- nouncement of the next two games for Thurs- day and Friday, It should have becu Thuraday (ta-dsy) and Saturday. AQUATIC, TACHTING, ‘The yacht Mamic, of Detroit, arrived herc yeaterday morning from Racine, having safled the cntire distance. 8he lles anchored in the outer harbor {u the nelghborhood of the United States steamer Michigan. Tho Mamie Is the finest looking yacht that Las ever visited this port, greatly exceeding in beauty the Frolic and Ina. Bhe was bullt in 1872 In Brooklyn, N. Y., and {s in every respect a sca-going yacht. At present ahe {s owned by Mr. W.IL Burk, of Detroit, who prizes her highly, Her dimensfons aro: 83 fect ©§ inches keel, 18 feet 10 luches beam, and 41 feet over ail. fer cabin fs a model of beauty, elegance, and comfort, and is fur- nished " In ~ the most cunfly manner, Bhe carries a crew of three lmrmm! atd has aleo on board hier owner, Mr. W, I, flurk. and his brother. 8he will run over the course on lelurdn‘y with the racing yachts, and her Cop- tain belleves that sbe can ‘do na well as any of them, though she has not hed her bottom scraped for some time, The Mainfe, on her. wa here, lost her yawl-boat. Parties finding it will be rewarded by notifying Mr. Burk, the owuer, and Mr. William Higgie, of this city. ———— THE INDIANS. NEADQUARTERS. Special Dispaich to The Tribune, Wasningron, D. C., Aug. 23.—No informa- tlon of any recent encounter with the Indlans has yet reached army headquarters, Relnforce- ments aro being moved to the Departinents of the Platte and Dakota, part of which will be sent to join Terry to head the hostiles off If they attempt to cross the Yellowstons or Mis- souri River. Companies A, C, D, and I, Fifth Infantry, comprising the remuinder of Gen. Miles' regiment, have been ordered to the site of the new post on the Yellowstone, under come mand of Lieut-Col. Whistle. Fort Buford, Dak., hns been made the supply depot for the troops in tho fleld, and Is commanded by Gen. W. B, Hazen. BTANDING ROCK. The commanding oflicer at Standing Rock Agency haviog reparted that his force was in- suffilent to arrest and disarm Rain-in-the- Face and other hostile Sfoux who participated In the Custer massacre, and have since came to that ogency, four additfonnl companfes have been sent there, and the force placed in come mand of W. P. Carlin, Scventeenth Infantry. The force will be composed of Companies G and K of the First Infantry, A of the 8ixth, Eand F of the Seventeenth, and I of the Twenticth, On thelr arrival the hostiles will bo dissrmed and arrcsted., PROM TEXAS, A battalionof the Eleventh Infantry, Compa- nies E, F, G, 11, and K, have been ordered from ‘Texas to proceed by rall from Fort North, Tex., to Yankton, D. T., aud thence by stemmner to joln Gen, Terry, PROM DTAIL In addition to these troops, the Fourteenth Infantry have heen ordered from Fort Cameron, in Bouthern Utah, to take a post at Clieyenne, and ono company from Cainp Douglas, 8alt Lake City, to_Medleine Bow, Wryowing, ncar Fort Fred Steele, to strengthen those polnts, it befor feared that, i€ Sitting Bull finds” himnself pressed too closely, biis forces will brenk fnto small bands and make :::r tlh‘c rallroad to depredate upon the settle- cots, two companies of A NEW COMMAND has been established under Gen. Crook, to be known as the District of the Black I1ills, and Gen. Ronald 8. Mackenzle, Colonel of tho Fourth Cavalry, Is assiggned to its command, with his lieadqurters at Camp Robinson, Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska. RECRUITS, Officers Liave been dusignated ot each post in the Indlan Territory, Kansas, Colorado, Ne- braske, Wyomlng, Utal, Miunesota, and Da- kota to recruit the men authorized to fill uj the cavalry regiments, with Fort D. A. Rusself, in the DEE“ ment_of the Platte, und Fort. Abraham Lincoln, Department of Dakota, a8 rendezvous and mmlpn of nstruction, Recrults are allowed to scleet the regiment In which they wish to serve, Those for the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth will be sent to Fort D, A. Russcll, and those for the Seventh to Fort Lincolu, THE TIORSE-MARINTS, Officers of the Murlne Corps arc urging that their corps be went to the frontier. ‘They claiin that from 800 to 1,000 can be sent Inside of a week, which would make as strougr a force as nuy two reh'hncnt- in the army. Gen. Sberman 1s willing that they should be sent. GEN. BHERSAN’S OPINION. Gen. Bherman says this evening that the ad- vices he has received for the last !‘éw days as to the moveinents of our troops and the apparent movements of the Bloux lend him to belleve that the Indians cannot escape without our forces atriking them. e feels entire confldence fu the ubllity of Crook und Terry to fuflict se- vere punishment. — MISCELLANEOUS. Special Dispatch to The Tribuna, * Bissanck, D. T., Aug.23.—A white scont named Burke has just arrlyed from the mouth of the Rosebud with dispatches. Gens. Crook and Terry, after making o juncture and follow- ing up the main Indian trail, left thelr wagons, tents, ete., took thirty-seven companies of cav- alryand eight of {nfautry, and were making forced marches, expecting to overtake the Indi- as before they reached the Yellowstone River. BENTHOLD AGENCY, Night beforc last a large war party of Sloux appeared on the opposite bauk of the river from Berthold Ageney and demanded supplies, Up- on being refused they opened n fire, which lnst- cd about fifteen minutes, They then withdrew und struck south toward Fort Lincoln. MINERS ATTACKED, A Inrgze party of Black Hillers, which left here a few days ago for the Hills, and which has been unuble to break its camp 4 miles from Lincoln, owing to heavy rafns, was attacked Bunduy uizht and lost ecven horses. A DATTLE AGAIN REPORTED, Dispatehes just recelved by the commanding oftleer ut Stmiding Rock stute that Indluus from Bitting Bull’s comp report u terrible battle be- tween Sitting Bull and Terry and Crook's com- bined forces, The Indlans were repulsed and have seattered. Terry and Crook, however, aro reported s huving sustalned quite ws heavy lossus us the Indfans, A REMARKAILE TRANSACTION, Cneyexye, Wyo. T., Aug, 23.—The Utes who deeerted Licut. Spencer at Cheyoune River Friduy Just arvived Ruwline luy, turuing ovur thelr armas to 8herlfT Rennfe. THE WEATHER, WASIINGTON, Aug. H—1 & m.—1n the lake reglon, rising barometer, excepting a tewporary full wlong the lower lake, sud partly cloudy weather, with cooler westerly winds in the upper lake reglon, and with warmer southenst to suthwest winds and oceastonsl raius from tho lower lakes to Luke Huron, LOCAL DII‘HVAT‘I:DV:I it 00, Aug, 29, ar, | Thr Ild,) _ Wind, -ml & 6 “w o Trar,) Thr.| Wind, 2u.0al 67 .75 81 0 vaf 70 23 0 MATRIMONIAL, ; Special Dispaich to The Tribune. Rocgrvonp, Hl., Aug, 23.—It leaked out this morning that Miss Stella Chaplu, one of Rock- ford's hendsomest and richest daughters, is preparing a nice Httle surprise for her friends by her marrlage, on Bept, 6, to Mr, Arthur J, Keyes, an Iowa gentleman., This will be tho wery firat intimation of the comiug bappy event. Thi wedding Invitations are not yet out, though nlx‘xn&r o8ys o lesa thau 400 guests will bo fu- vite THE CROPS, Returns Made to the lllinois De= partment of Agriculture. Tabloe Showing the Extent of Corn Acreage as Compared with Last Year. Reports from the Several Conntles as to the Condition of Other Cereals. Bpectal Dispatch to The Tridune, Sraisarieen, 1., Aug. 18.—The following table bas becn compllesd from the reports mado to the State Agricultural Department on Aug, 10: The acreage {n corn, In 1875, s reported to the Au- oltor, was 8,707,104 acres. Applyingthe per cont of acreage of 1870 with the acreage of 1875, us entimated by crop reporters, glves, for the prosent year, 8,035,050 ncres, an incresse of 298,412 ncres, ‘The average yleld per acre, taken by coun- tien, and estimated for 8 term of years, gives an agiregate for the Siata of 330,608,073 bushets as o full average yicld, Again, applying the per cent of il average crop o re[mrtu“‘ny 04 countics for Aug. 10 (the ‘report of July 10 Is taken In the four countics not reporting for Auguat), given the Dromisg of 201,000,111 biskels for 1870, or 74 Der cunt of an aversgo crop. oF o7 22 la® 48 i ;i 5 iz FEl B2 I3 E3 |8 counttes, | &3 | ‘ Counttes, | 3|5 i 53 £3 lao i: |32 £33 5 = s 53 a» |9F HH 11n,328' 0o Livingstan 1757 Loran 41.312{ 170 | Macon 20,H5A a1 0D o 0 00 | Madaon- 162,203/ 100 | Marion A amwcr | Aeentici 185,752 10 K, 108 Cumbes DeKalb. .. Dewite! 1086110 870 00 10,4541 100 53 145,075 105) 228701 00 phenson . 5 'Tazewel| .570 120 |Union 5,7k 170 [Vermil i 123 Wabash 5% 1 [ Warren. ... 110 438 i 1w [“'l } s 10 W 1 2 o0 ) WAL (0, W 100 Wl 106 | Winnebny 51,568, 10 ) | Woudsor TN 100 104,100 95! * Acresge 1875 taken. 1 Acreage 1674 taken. TR RETURNS. Adams—-Corn crop injured beyond recove low, flat land, and that on upland needs rain to cause it to ear well, Onts are nearly a failure; hundreds of ncres never cut; greain light. Meadows aud pastores in good condition. Bond—Dry weather has commenced to tell to some extent on corn and pastures. Boone—Corn is not in an average condition, and the Iate planting Is very backward. Spring wheut was almost & total faflure, and most of the crop barvested will not puy for lhrn!hln? Osts will nversge a Mttle over half o crop; some report 30 bushels per acre threshed, i aricy almowt o faflure. Lroum-corn Is in aver- sge condition, und increnned acreage over provious yearn. Flax about three-fourths of a crop. Irish Ppotatoes have heen injured by the patato-bug, and not up to the average, Brawn—Chinch-Lugs hnve seriously damaged the oat crop, whicl, WILL griss, afo among our princi- al crops. :" Bulrex“m—(.‘nm on high lande good; = failurc en ow lunda, Tho crops of onts and spring wheat, which are the only small gralns Emdnu:d 1o any extent, were badly damaged by rus Onts_not turning out more than 25 bushels from 16 to 20 pounds to the per acre, and welgl cubic bushel, . Calhoun—Corn slightly improved mnce July 10, ‘The Iate deatructive ¥torms in the lower part of the county have almost counterbalanced tho galn, Oata & poor crup; badly damaged; graln light; sowne flelds not cut. Curroll—Spring wheat almost & fafluro—a large amount not cut. Barley much injured by rain and chinch-bug. Oats will not averajo 8 cro owlng to rust and chinch-bug, aud yields only 25 bushels of threshed oats to the acre, Corn is maturing veryifast, and, with no un- favorable Scptember weather, will make an aver- age crop, Cass—Oats and spring wheat deatroyed by rust. Dry weather bas caused the corn to fire, and re- duces the prospect for a goad crop, althougli fecent rains may luprove it. Champaign—lroom-corn 18 ralsed Iargely, and in the north part of the county a good deal of flax. '"The ont crap, owing to_excesalve raina In June and July, isa falluro, and will not pay the ground rent. Corn I8 earing well, but needs rain, and some Indges estimate that the crop may come up to that 0!337' —Tay saved in good condition, and 1s the crop, by 26 per cent, ever put up. ainy season. from June 15 to July 10, pre- vented the cultivation of corn, which s very weedy, and will not averago more than half & crop. Clay—Tlie wet summers of 187570 huve entirely destroyed the chinch-bug, which has Leretofure beun very destructive on corn and wheat. Corn somewhat injured by wire-worm, but what had outlived the wou apring has been cut very short Dy u month of dry wouther. ‘Cook—Insccts have not injurcd any crops, elther fruit or vegetable. Cumberland—June and July rains have deatroyed the chinch-bugs, thu great psts to corn and wheat ralners for years, Corn almost an entire fallure, owing to excesslve rains. DeWitt—Dlight and borers have damaged & ma- Jority of the spple orchards in this county this sea- won, more than n the previvus Gve yeare, Oats o fallure owing 10 rust—welgh from 16 to 22 ponnda, to the messured bushel—but very small proportion eut, ? Il‘l;ng. very littla apring wheat cut, and that badly seabbed. DuPago—0nts very light welght and light yleld, caused by ruet und liot, dry wedther, | Corn 18 V|il'y forward for ili¢ scadon, and the stand 8 very good. Rt Wheat matured well, and saved tn good coniltion, Corn s earing well, but was greatly damaged by wet weather i plowing ecason, Oats did not mnture, owlng to wet weather, and the geain {8 very lzht. Efingham—1'he contintied rains in the early part of the season rulued the corm crop. On rolliug Tandu the crop fs a falr average, buton the luvel Tands ther Ja no corn. One-third of the wheat crop was badly winter ed, Fayetto—Corn le suffering for want of rain, Good showers at this time would muke the heaviest crop of corn ever ralsed In this county, Furd—Excesnive rains have nearly destroyed the crops in thivcounty. Franklin—torn_crop has been injured by wet weather, followed by dronght. Fultun—Corn un prairie lunde In fair conditlon, nnd with early ralon will mske unaveragecrop, On timber lands corn du sufferiig very mich for raln, snd will he s wr‘ poor crop ut Uy 1. fur 8 tood yleld July Tho extrume’ lot, *dry weather wecmed to dry 1t up rather than ripen the grain, One-half the gralus have no heart fn them, yiell fromn 10 to 30 buvhels per acre, and woigh only #0 to 24 pounds to the measnred bushel, Oneehalf of the l&lrlll:.’ wheat was not harvested. u‘rfi-u‘nu—lluy and grain saved in goud uverage condition. tirandy—Cory fa needing raln bnd){. The ground 18 cracklng open whero It was not well worked, In wany caves the oats will uot pay the expenso of lurvestlng and threvhing; sous are threshed, andare poor In quality und quantity, yioldlng from 12 10 15 bual\nl-[]wrncn-. Hwmiiton—~Most. il the crops damaged by wet weather lu dho early ?‘" of tho seasuy, Huncock. n will uiske balf o crop, and has been greatly henefited by recent ralns. In mun 3uld- tho same planting is of &)l slzes and colors, Oata Yight, both as regards the ylold and welght; welgh from 18 to 26 pounds Lo the meavured buvhel, and average about 25 bushels per ucre; caused by ruet, Epring wheat an cntire fallure, owing to rust,. l‘\'llry—(lrllb worm hay, ins @w iustances. In- Jured tilo corn; no other fuscet or worm hus done nn‘y dlmlFu. fany pleces of wheat not cut injured llg ucab, Some pleces of corn will averuze G0 bushiels to the scre; otherd not 255 (o sume places thero fv oo g corn, Iroquols—0at crop injured 50 per cent by the rust. * Tho contluued drought fur the Inef ten @ materially damaging the late corn, ackson—The prosprctive large ylold of corn up to July 20 bas bo ced for Wunit of ralu. Winter wheat 'y thin on the ground, ow- ing to the dry weathor hist fall, und vomewhat in- ured by the rust. As o general thing the berry s of fuir slze. Lut bleachell l:{ yecent ralng, Outa ylold sowe sizaw, yo ralu, Jusper—~Lropd ste sulforing tor want ot ralu, Jefleraon-—-Excessive raine hava damaged our cropa s great deal, repeclally the corn crap, 75 Davicas—Spring. whent and barioy destroyed by chlnch-lmsfl. Onts badly damaged by rain, heat, and bugs. Corn ia 1ate and uneven; on upland Ia sufferin; from drought; had too niuch rain at the time of pianting and cultivating, Kane—Onts serlonaly Affectedy by rust, Wheat in many placea not warth havesting. Early-planted” corn has eared largely. Late planted lina nelther eared nor tasseicd, “and will 1ot mataro unicss we have an unusually late fall. Kankakee~The wet weather has “rulned the crops, especially the corn—rust, the oats, Kendall—-Weather, since July 10, has been good for corn crops. The rain has greatly dawaged amalt erain, [:mduclmz on_enormous growth of m;lw and light grain, in consequence of rusting hadly. Ll{!—"tll weather and ruet Injured oats fully 50 per cont—also prostrated from Juzurfant growth, and damaged by chinch-biys, LaSallo~Itainoud liot weather caused the oats to rust badly, Corn has Improved rapldly muce Jnli b, but the fnrn fallure In sbout onao-hall of the cuunly. Lawrenco—\Wheat war much injnred h{ winter freezing, wire-worm, and fiy, snd will average only boat B bushels per acre, Corn on uplunds good--almaat & total fallare on lTow on Account of continued rains, The hot and wet weather has nearly destroyed our small grain, causing the oats to rust, Ifarmers that huve threshed are gotting 20 to 40 Dnaliels of onta to the acre, Barley from 12 ta 50 of & very poor quality, Corn fr earing well o‘? rofling gronnd, and weathe eris favorable to th portant crop. Mucon—Cotn crop very uneven an the ground, -clllmued by wet #cather preventing proper culti- vation, Excesnive roina damaged spring wheat, which Is almost an entire fallure, Oute light and chafy, caused by rost and too mnch wet weather, Barloy sffected same an onta. Macoupin—\Weather very favorable for good corn crop, which has suffered from rain and want of cultlvation, Oats badly tusted and vety little harveated Wheat threrlied yielded from 8 to 25 bushels per acre, averaging about 15 bunhels. Madlson—Corn_romewhat troubled by smut. Winter wheat damsged a little In shuck by wet,— grafn and yleld very good. g Oats badly damaged by rust, Marshail—Spring wheat and oatn rulned by ruat, Corn on prairle land very heary, and never fooked early matunng of this im- er. . Missisc—Cara crop, owing o nte drougbus, wil & T ‘MeDonough—Cors looklng well, but. nedds ratn. HcHenry—Chinch biigs have much injured apring whrat, also barley,aud are going to adjolning cora- el Corn |# quite backward on all low grouuds, as well 88 much stunted by excessive raina, Outa a light crop, b‘y reanon of rust, McLean—Not one-fourth of spring wheat eat. New oats little hetter than chatf, welghing culy 201 DA tu the measured busbel, Corn In this county can make little more than a Pllber\l)p, on sccouut of so much wet weather In he spriug. 1 3&“‘:‘"_‘:‘"“ i backward, and uneven in the eld. Spring wheat 8 fallure. destroyed it, and many eldn uot cut. were cut might sa well not have been, Oats good yield: better than last year, Montgomery—Corn-crop somewhat affected by rains durlng ihe cultivating season. Moultric—Corn lookiug well. Oants u fallure vn account of wet weather snd Innects and rust have Those that rast, Spring wheat a fallure, Ogle—Chinch-bag [nfured whest and barley crop in 1hin county beforo tho rust struck ft.. A' larse thin county will not gr Whest in rade above rejected. flot, scaiding weathe: with frequent raips, blighted al) small graln, Curn In fine conaltion, Peoris—Corn almoet drowned ont, pring wheat rusted and injured by scald. Very 3 llklle cut. Oats turn out 10 bushcls per acre, weighing 14 to 18 puunds to the meusured bushel. ‘orry-~The oate are poor, the straw broken, and the heads are nearly empty of grain. Platt—Corn on low lunds improving, Orchard trees in Gne condition. ety few wormy apples. Bome new growth killed by blight. ata haif crop, and welgh about 20 puuuds to the mensured bushel, Plko—Oata much injured by starma and rust. New wheat marketed will not grade more than No, 3 tu the 5t Loulsmorket; dumaged by sprout- portion of these crops were not cut. L ins, Comn on high lands needa ratn, and will be light. Dottoms along the Missisiypt and Hiliuols Kivers a total failure. Corn un iiat lands puar, there bolng no chunce 1o cultlvate properly. Topu—Dry weather haa cut short all growing cro| P‘I‘A.mlm—Osl crop a fallure, an account of con- tinued rainannd hot weather, causing rust at time of hending, Those who have threshed report an averuge of 10 1o 15 bushels peracre, welghing from 10 to ifl pounds ta the measured bus . Randolph—Corn flne; abundsnt rains and no chinch-bug, . Sungamun—lieavy ond continued ralns reduce corn prospect from 110 ta 50, the _falling of befug contued fo the uor{heast corner uf tho county, Spring wheat aud oats ruined by rust just before harvesting, Schuyler—Winter wheat since {hreshing 18 better than anticipated, wenerally of good quslity, and above an average yleld, ranglug from 20 to 30 bush- ela per nere, St wheat almont an eatire falure, aud very tele cut. Outa very light and chiafly, and few raved. Many flelds of corfPruined by wet weather, con- flnulng fromn (ast of June up to July 20, Sheiby—Carn on high lunds excallent; on low lands nearly a failure. Heavy rajns have materially injured corn and oats,—ibe latter almost a failure, one-third not cut, average 10 bushels per acre, and weigh 23 poiinds to the nessured bushel, Stark—Spring wheat was ruined with acab, Oate Tookedwell ' fow daye before Fipening, when, owing 1o extreme dry and wurm weather, they wilted down. 5. Clalr—Curn crop will be equal to any ever grown n the county. Ita'ns have been abundant. Wheat ground gen:mll{ plowed twice, and fa In fine condition for harrowing and rofling. Stephenson—Chinch bugs destroyed the wheat, QOats badly damaged by rust. Mesduws injured by excessive rmins. Tazewell—Oats rusted s0 fearfully that many were not harvested ut all. Wheat almont o total faflure. Vermillon—Have had dry weather since July 4, which has had the effect to bake the ground snd prevent the growth of corn, ‘The same cause ripened the small graln ¥o rap- 1dly as to prevent it frow Allin Oata of very pour quality, 18 poundy to the bushel, \hrrcn—om. and the lttle lrrlng wheat grown, badly affected by rust—some felds not cut, Straw heuvy, grain in small quantity; abont one- fourth to que-third in weight. Yield of marketable cort will be leas then 60 per air average crop, unleas frosts holds off, -Excessive wet of June, and drought of Imost rulned the corn crop. i e—Wheat crop badly [ujured Ly the Herulan fy and chinch-bug. Oate destroyed by rust, . Curn damnaved by wet weather early fn the wea- son, vspecially on low lands; on high lands corn luoks fully up to the uverage, Will=Kust has slmuat rulned the crop of vats, The corn crop is in & very bad conditlon, vn nc- count of drought, and unless we have curly ralos it will prove fullure, Willlameon—Wheat alinost u total failare. Caune: chinch-bugs and excesslve rains, Corn in bad condition for want of cultivation at the pruper time. 'Outs njuired by rust snd hot scalding weathor— will be very lizht {n the grajn, Winnebngo—-The westhier han been very fuvora- Dle far bay-making, sud s largu crop of excelient Lay hae been secured. Jata damnged with rust, and yielding from 10 to 18 bushels by meanure. Bprinz wheat a completa faflure, Woodford—The hotand wet weather coaked'the: outa, causing rust. COTTON. Moxraonrny. Alh., Aug. 23,—The third and mont destructlve crop ‘of caterpillars fiave made their sppienrance In great numbers.throughont thiy sectlon, and the fariiers are apprelicneive of sn almost total destruction of the cotton crop through tha prairie belt od will not welgh e THE WISE: MEN, Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribune. Burralo, N. Y., Aug, 23.—~Thu twenty-fifth aunual mecting of thu American Assoclation for the Advancement of Science convened Inour clty to-duy. Learned professors from ull parts of the country uru here, including a number of foreigners, representatives at the Centennfal, Prat. Huxley and Prof. Youmnans are expected to-morrow, ~The openlng sesslon wus leld in the Councll-Chumber of the wew City-Hall, Mayor Becker, on behalf of the municlpality, and the Ion. 8. 8, Rogers, on hichalf of the citl- zens, welcomed the Association in appropriste addyesses, to which the President of the Asso- clation, Willfam B, Rogers, of Boston, M responded. Vieo-President Morse dellvered an address at 8t Junea' Hall this eveniug, und ut 1380 p. m, the members are Invited to - a re- uulon at the Fine Arts Academy. The Conven- tlon s expected to hold into next week, The wembers visit the falls Saturday and Chautaue qua Lake uext Wednesdsy, . ———— CANADIAN NEWS, Spectal Dispaich to The Tribune. TonoNto, Ont., Aug. 23.—A Committeo of the Ballfux Chamber of Commerce has reported strongly in favor of 1lalifax as an Atlantic out- let for the trade of the West. They say ship- ments front Chleaggo and {otermedinte points over the Grud Trunk und Intereolontal & Hul- Hux would reach the English market ju ten days’ less thne than by the usuul route. ‘The fuereise of all-rafl route would e more than balanced by the saving M thne und nsuraney, reduced rutes by steutners and sufliue vessels, Sueciul Dispatch 1o The Tribune. O1TAWS, Aug, Zh—Premfer Mackenzio de- ples, through ‘lhu Mintsterial orgen bere, all knowledgre of u stutement in the Zimes that acv- eral members of the Cubingt hud been clected wewbers vl the Bostou Free Trads Club, METIIODISM. Basis of Reunion Between the Churches North and South. Result of tho Labors of the Cape May Conference. A Platform of Complote Fraternity Bee tween the Two Great Bodios. Carr Mar, N, J., Aug. 23.—Tho Boards of anmlmoncra appofuted by she Methodist Eplscopal Churchand the Methodist Eptscopal Church South to remove all obstacles to frater- nity between the two Churches have been i scsafon here the lust ten days, They coucluded thelr labors this evening, aud fssucd an address to the Blshops, ministers, and members of tha Methodist Episcopal Church aud of the Metho- dls‘t Episcapal Church Bouth, fn which they say: You will be rejolced to learn that after having glven duc attention toall uestionx fnvolved in the proper conutruction of a plntforin of completo fras teenity between the two ureat hranches of Episco- pal Methodism in the United States, we have ore fived at a weltlement of every inatter atfect- ing, as we suppuee, the principles of a Iasting and cordial ' adjustment, © We - nave the matisfaction to declarc ' tmt out ssplrations for barmony of views on vital pointe have been realized by Divine guldance, as we trust we hiave been able, after frank interchange of viewn and prayetful endeavor, to harmanize alt difs feronces, nnid'to arrive at the' desired consummae tun of o unanimounr agrecnicnt of COMPLETE PRATERNITY, At the hezinning of uur consultations one great question acenied 1o overshadow all others. Itcon. cerns the relation of the two Churcher to cach other, and to Kplecopal Methodism, To ' this Important © mattes otir most carnest thought and pravertul delihiecas tion were #iret directed, amid the ‘result attained occasioned an Interchange of rojoicing congrati= latlonn Letween members of the Joint Commission. We adopted without a dlssenting volce the follow= ing declaration nud basis of fraternity as to tha statos of the Methodist ‘Eplacopal Church and of thie Methodist Eplreopal Chnreli Sontli, and thelr co-arditute relation 23 luzitimte branches of tho Epiacopul dethodlemn. Euch of sald churches ls ¢ A LEGITIMATE DRANCH OF LPISCOPAL METI- n the United States, having 1 e United States, having a common otlgin in the Methodlat Epixconal Chirch organised 1 1768 and mince. The orgenization of the Methodish 1 Church South way consnmmated In 1845 by the voluntary cxerclse of the right of the South= ein Annual Conferences, minlstors , ond mem- bers to adhere to 'that communfon. It hae been an evangelleal Church, reared on scriptural foundations, and her ministers and members, with thowe of the Methodist Eplucopal Church, have conetitated one Methodlat famlly, though In distinct ccelesiastical connections. 1t wos next fncambent un to us to consider the question concerning the CONPLICTING CLAIMS TO CIHlURCH PROPERTY, and some spectal canes that could not convenfently be referred o the operation of a genersl rulc, There were two principnl qnestiona to be consld- ered with regard to church property in dispute be- tween local wocletien of the two chirches, First, £ 10 the legal ownerahlp of maid propert; to whether it will _conaiat or promote Christian _harmony or canss of religlon to dispossest those aocletics now uning chureh property which was origiually {ntended “for thelr nse and occne pancy, and of whicn they have acquired possess sion, though they muy live loat legul title to it by thelr trausfer from vno church to the ather, We bave conaidered papers In o)l cases that have been braught to our notlce, These srose in the follows ing States: Virginia, Went Virginia, Maryland, Tennersce, Loulsiana, Nurth Carolina, and South Carolina. "In respect of samne of thede cases, we Tave given narticular directione, but for all othes cance the Jolut Comwission unaoimously adopted the followlng RULES POR THE ADIUSTMENT of dverre clalms to church properts: Rutz 1, In cases not adfudicated by the Joint Commiselon, any society of eltlier church, connti« tited nccording to fta disclpline, now occupying church property, #hall remain’ in posscssion thereof; provided thut whero there fs now in the same place a society of more membern attached to the other church, ond which has hitherto claimed the uue of the property, the latter shall be entitled 10 povecssion. lture &, Forasmuch as we have no powerto annul declsfonk respecting church properly mado by State courts, tho Jolnt Commisslon ordaln Lt reupect thereof: Firt, in canes in which such o decisfon has been made, or §n which thero exlste an agroement, the same ehall be carrled out in guod falth: xecond, in_communities where thero are two socleties, one_belonging ta the Methodiss Eplscopal Church und the ather to the Methodiet Episcopal Church South, which have advervely claimed the Church property, it Is recommended that without delay they amicably compromise theie ditfarences irrespective of the strict legal title, and settle the same according to tho Chrlstian prin. ciplen and cquitica of tho purticular case, on #0 far as_practicablo_according to the principle of the foregofng rule, Dut if such settiement can- not be wpeedily made, then the question shall be referred for equitable declaion to thres arbitrators, one to bo choven by each claimunt from thelr rea~ pective wucletics, and the two thus chosen shall select a third person not connected with either of nald Churches, and the declston of a twa of them shall he final. Third—In communi- tlen in which there fabus one society, Rulo 1 shal be faithfully observed iu the {ntercats of peace an Imlemlt{. RuLe . Whenever necesnary to carry the fore- going rules Into effect, the legal titl’ to Churcl property shall be nccurdlnel{ transferred. Jtune'd, These ruled shall take effect immedin stely. 1ui order to further promote the peaceful resalte contemplated by this Joint Commission, and to re- move ok far as may be all craston, and’ capecially 10 forestall all further accasion for hos- tility " between the two churclics, we recom- mend to members of both 8s '8 wike Tula of nettlement whete property is n contest, and one ar both are weak, that they compose tholFidif- ferencea by uniting I the rame communion, and all cascs that minfsters and members recognlza y: aecond, with stnct vach other In ll relations of fraternity, and as ncssed of eccloslastical rights und urivileges of equal digoity and valldity, "They should each recelve from other B ministers and incmbers 1 good standing with the snme alucrity and credit as i coming from their own Church, and withont Interference with each othera' fnstitution or miission. They should, never- theless, co-operate In all Chriatlan enterprise, It 1% not o be_suppored in respect of some mattors of mere optnion that all ministers and memberd in either church will be In accord, but we trust and Delevy tat waplelt of fellowship and utual re tlre miufstry and the tncwbership of both churches, W beliovc, also, that_thelr_suprome allegiance to the eanso of the Great Master will triyinph over all irlation of personal sentiment, und will ¥o exalt tho claima of brotherly affection thnt from_this suspicious hour & new epoch b1 Methodiem wil begln ita brizhter history, %o thai we liall know uo unfraterual Methiodism in the. United Biates or even In the wide world. —————— THE EQUALIZERS. SrrixeriELD, 1., Aug. 23.—~In the Board of Equalization this mornlug, a letter from County Clerk Lich was read, stating that owing to glare {ng Inequalltics fn the nssessment of the capital stock of certain banking and other corporations, the county authorities would remain fn sesslon il Bept. 1 to vorreet or reassess the sames; and that it wonld result fn udding lurgely to the total asscasient, *Ihe Chicago Chnmber of Commerce, through {ts attorney, presented a remonstrance ugalnst the aesessment of the capltal stock of thut cor- poration, slleglig thut it §s fully taxed on its veal vetate, which s all the lm‘f’u"y it pos- sesses, Leferred. Adjourned thl tormorrow, OBITUARY. New ORrnEass, La, Aug. 23.—=Maj. Dan Seully, a well-kuown New Orleans journalist {a dewl. Aged 56, LousvitLy, Ky, Aug. 23.—The Ilon. Joseph R. 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