Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1877, Page 2

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL 4y, 1877—SIX'TEEN PAGES, that officcrs on the staff whose regiments are stationed in England will have to rejoin their corps. . VARIOUS. THE SULTAN'S APPEAL BEFUSED. Roxe, April 28.—In reply to the Portes claim for mediation of the Powers in virtue of Art. 8 of the Treaty of Paris, the Powers bave informed the Turkish Government that the negotiations so long carried on folfilled this article, and ‘the Porte's <claim Is unfonnded. ANOTHER STORT. ~ Loxpox, April 28.—The Z¥mes’ Vienna dispatch eays it remains to be seen whether the Powers will znswer the Porte’s noteof the 7th.. The pourparlers ‘between the Cabiners seem to point to their inten- tiontoreply. If these donot lead to an under- standing the Treaty of Paris must naturally be conaidered 2s canceled, mot. only as between TRuscia and Torkey. but also a8 between Rassia and the other signatories. 1t is probable Frauce will send Count Chaudordy 28 special Ambassador to Constantinople. « y EGYPT. N The annotmcement that the Ehedive's on, Has- #am, goes to the assistance of the Porte, is contra- dicted. His misgion is to explsin the Khecive's in- sbility to comply with the Sultan's request for troops. - A Paris dispatch says thst not only has Russia warned the Khedive against eending troops to aid the Sultan, but France bas warned him against di- verting any suma he has set apart for creditors to such purpose. : TUNFOUNDED. The statement that the banker Bleichroder has concluded 3 Joan of 100,000,000 rubles in Ruseia 1s uofounded. ; RUSSIAN PINANCES. The rate of éxchange on Russia is now nearly as Jow as the Jowest point touched during the Crimean war. . AUSTRO-IIUNGART. - Prsra, April 28.—In the Lower Honsesof the Hungarian Diet to-day the members of the Inde- pendent-Liberal party announced the Interpella- 2ion whether the Government considered the Trea- 1y of Paris binding for Austro-Hungary, and whether they would prevent Russia obtaining aug- mentation of territory at the cost of the Tarks, and from bringing the principalities and countrics of the Balkan Penineula under her sway. RUSSIAN SUBJECTS. = Benurk, April 28.—Germany, it 18 etafed; is making efforts to induce the Porte not to carry out its intention of expelling the Ruseian sub- jects. - THE SUEZ CANAL. _The Ehedive is reported favorable to the nen- téalization of the Suez Canal, negotiations for which zre progressing. He is willing to sell his 1,500 founders’ shares. ° GREECE. - Loxpox, April 28.—A epecial from Athens re- ports that the Greek Government, while actively . arming, intends for the present to maintain an at- titnde of reserved neutrality. DECORATED. . The Czar has eent Prince Nicholas the military order of St. George. ITALY NEUTRAL. The Italian Government has issued a declaration of nentrality. i = ROUMANIA. Bucnanest, April 28.—The Roumanisn Govern- ‘ment intends introduciug a bill in the Chamber of Deputies suspending the Constitution endowing Prince Charles with discretionary power, and au- tHorizing military preparations on the largest scale. Depression prevails, because Tarkish invasion s apprehended. _ NOT ACCEPTED. .Lospox, April 28.—A Giurzevo dispatch says she Sultan has not accepted tne resignation of \bdul Kerim. CONSTANTINOPLE ITEMS. CoNSTASTINOPLE, - April 28.—The Sultan pro- ceeds next week tojSchuemla. His brother Eschad $oes to Kars. THE TORKISI FLEET @ ordered to blockade jtne Russian ports. Hobart ‘Pasba eails shortly for Crete. The Ottoman troops occupy the whole Miridite Ustrict, The Tarkish budget shows a deficit of £12,000,~ 000. . = OVERFLOW. CiEesa, April 28.—The River Dnieper has over- flowed at Krementchug, Twentyjthousand inhabi- tauts are homeless. LONDON STOCK MARKERT. Loxvox, April 28.—To-day the stock market, though not much animated, was decidedly better in1one, especially for foreign. Russian were bet- ter, and Turkish no worse. The final fall for the wecek s on the average: Russian and Hungarian, 3% to4: Turkish. 1to 1%. Some of the Iatter changed hands at the lowest price ever reached. Itis stated that nearly every member of the Lon- don Stock Excbange anticipated the fall, and that Paris specniatora are those chiefly canght in the fall THE STEVENS BATTERY. THIS MONSTER PCRCHASED DY THR .RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. XNew Yonrg, April 28.—The famous Stevens Dattery, which has cost such a vast amount, and lhss thus far been of the Jeast possible use, was purchased, the 7imes 2353, by an agent of the Rus- eian Government sbout ‘a week ago. The final papers wiil soon be passed. acd the battery trans- ferred for $1,000,000. This batiery was begun before the War of the Rebellion by the late Edwin A. Stevens, of Hoboken, and was deeigned by him to be the most formidable iron-clad afioat. It was intended by its builder as a present to the State of New Jerscy. Workonit was soveral times suspended, and the design was modified. It hag remained undisturbed for about four years, and has been inspected by the agents of several foreign Governments, but ALL NEGOTIATIONS PAILED, and she still remains in possession of commission appointed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature. ‘The cost of this etephant to the Stevens estate was not far from §3,000,000. When the proposition to give it to New Jersey was found impracticable, it wos decided .to sell the vessel to the United States Government, but, noi- withstanding the representations made to the Navy Department, the offers of the Commission were declined. - The battery 18 [a high-powered twin-screw iron steamer. Her length over all is 401 feet; breadth, forty-five feet; depth to the main deck, twents- f6ur and one-balf feet; displacement at twenty- 1wo feet; draught, 600 tons; srea of Immersed midehip section, 89,026 square feet. THE GENEDAL APPEARANCE OF THE VESSEL in another column, on any other supposition than ‘that the Porteno longer sees any advantage in prudence;, and has therefore welcomed the oppor- tunity of iiberating its pent-up indiguation. ~ The document does not, it is trae, lack "ability, but we miss the dexterity of phrase and argument which Greek pens have nenally patat thecommand of the Porte. -That defeat is the more striking because the Ottoman Gdvernment might easily have delayed its answer until the Ambassadors of all the Great Powers had returned to Constantinople, and until 1t had consnlted them as to the means best fitted to satisfy the demands of Europe at the lcastcost to jtsown sovereiznty. Aut it has hastened to reply; it has peremptorily refused to complf‘ with any of the demanas In . the Protocol; las done o with neodless rhetorical emphasis; an thus it seems to display an absolute anxicts to cut -oft- both from _itself and Ruesia any way of retreat. So loud and pre- cise a note of dofiance 18 perfectly -intelligible on the supposition that Taorkey wishes to hastena war which she belicves to be inevitable: but the general opinfon was thata truce, if not a secure peace, was possible down to the moment at which she siimified her intention to reject the Protocol. By the exercise.of a little more prudence she might have induced the Western Powers to restrain the impatience of Ruesia, and thus have left the way open for disarmament.. But she must now expect tobe told that she has done her best to hasten a declaration of war. Russia and Turkey have now exhausted the op- rtunities of negotiation in an aiternate fire of eclarations, menaces, protests, aud documents courting or avoiding the nitimate phase of siz- nificance. It is possible that when these words meet the eye of the reader the die will have been ‘ cast and war actnally declared. For the moment a1l will ask who 18answerable for. this issue, and what share of follies, excesses; or deceptions each . part; bhag_ contributed . to the. terrible result. Mow does Ruesia stand before the Court of Europe? How docs Turkey? Neither, jt must be said, has succceded in ihoroughly impressinz the public opinion of Europé with_a belief in its perfect simplicity of acjion and design.- Few, of course, have afi« to follow the diplomacy. and most are preju- diced agminst it, mot the least becsuse it has continually baflied thetwr curiosity to know the real state of things, and their impatience for decisive results one way or the other. In thie cloud of words (here is one point in which Russia and Turkey have been plain-spokes but very little heeded. Both have avowed hond 1y that they cannot stop, and that they find them- selves irresistibly impelled ouwards in one fatal direction. Both have romeed their’ populations and put them in motion. Both huve made all the prepuratious for war, 11 onc cage, if not both, far beyond what was thought possiblea year ago. Both nave hundreds of thousands of “men in posi- tions where they depend on artificial supplies. Both have constructed fortifcations alony the whole Jine of an extended front, and brought to them day by day heavy artillery of the Iatest design. On both sides the Treasury is cxhaustea, credit is low, pay long in arrcar, and all the cost’and difiiculty of war without the facilities which the neccssity of the case puts in the hands of a soldier in an actual um&nign, Both sldes have averred they must Aght; if 1t be perilons” to ad- vance, it ie death to stand still. ~ Accordingly, each side has charged the otherwith 1he atiempt to weary it ont and main the fruits of war without fehting for them. We may, if we please, set this down 25 so much talk, intended to produce 3 po- Titical fmpression, but It cortainly looked like the real state of the case, IU was a grim calcolation, but it had to. be made. So _long as that state of fasted, all these men had to be fed, pald, provided for, and continually reinforced. 'From the ont- Dreak of actual war they maintain themselves, at Teast in that part of the world; they diminish’ in ngmbers they wipe off their ‘own arrears; they settle for themselves any embarrassing question. Inaword, the soldier takes the place of the avillan, and the sword relieves the pen. Thero have been times, indeed, when the Turk conld have heldhis groand for aniy time, armed to the teeth, in the presence of a foo ready and eager for battle. e isa soldier. Bis position, rights, and usages are thosc of war, His taxes are trihe Qtes; indemnities, confiscations, and levies, Iis law 1s superior force. He can deal only with the vanquished. So even fn profound peace he main- tained a state of war, only bloodless because the armswereall on one side. The wethods, the re- suits, and the whole spiril of warare there. For- funately for himself, the listoric Turk seldom dis- sipated bis energies orenfecbied his manliness with the tastes and pursuits of peace. Europe, too, till tlne century, recognized him as an intruder, and allowed him to be exceptional. He wasa despot inaeed, and a very cruel one, but over races Enrope knew little of and had small sympathy wit) None measured the Tark or judged his actions by ihe rales of civiization. He might maintain peace, or carry on war, or confinue a state of affaits and & social system that were neither peace nor war, and Farope would look on. It had the lowest opinion of the Tark's Christian subjectsand tributaries, and was content to let Rtussia take care of itself. All is ehanged now. Sclence and humanity have contrib- uted tomake war maoy times more costly than it used to be, and, though the ‘Lurk is_the cheapest soldier in the world, if not also the bravest, still he must be provided with fortifications, guns, and other munitions of war; nor does he live entircly Just upon what he can Iay his hands on, s he used todo, It reads likeanew chapterof history to find an almost barbaric Power fighting for its exist- ence, necessarily with modern appliances, and in the face of 2 modern code, in the midst of civili~ zation. Yet, if Turkey's financial difliculties should drive ber to the use of her old barbaric methods, it would_be scarcely possivle for Enrope nat 1o lsten to the cry that would certainly be raised. Turkey, in fine, can nelther carry on the Jear by the old methods nor by the new; nélther as expectancy sHe did* tll the other day for centn- ries mor 88 Enrope _does now: neither by violence, ‘rapine, - _conscrip- tion, and massacre, mor by gentler meuns and a free expenditure. Every day must bring her nearer the fatal hour when she can only. war a3she. ased to war, and be prociaimed an enemy of the human racc. In trath. she is working-ont the problem of her own existence, and_determining the value of her own law of life. - She certainly can nolonger existas she bas existed, and when ehe discovers for herself that she can existin no other form. and can only do as she has ever done, ghe i, In fact, deciphering her own doom. But if this be thecase of Turkey, it may well be acked why haa Russia slso put herself in that case that she, too, has lost the power of self-control, and hae at last only submitted to the inexorable log- icof war. 1f Turkey be indeed doomed, as ina scnse, o doubt, she is, then, for that very reason, Ruesia might have taken ber time and consulted appearances. _Of course, £o greata Power wonld never admit that in any sense it had ceased to be ‘master of Its own actions; and we cannot be sur- priecd to read that, in relv 1o a modest bint to this effect, the Czar indiynantly exclaimed that if ever he entered Torkey, he should know when to leave it If Ruseia now admits a moral necessity, and pleads in seif-defenec that upon a certain proba- Lle contingency it must enter upon the war-path and abide the consequenced, then 3t is certan the necesaity which 15 eo potent and inscratable now will increase tlil it becomes the dictator, at least in comparison with uny human will. What we have beforc us Is nuthing [cas than 3 breaking up of the tery fountains of Uhe deep, and perhaps Russia, which 1y moxt of £} futercat- ed, i6 least of all cognlzant of the true tate of things and foreknowing of the consuquencer, ‘The veryples that ehe has not been able to restraln hersclf . and that the defay was in- supportable 8 a ery of ' weaknesd, und re- duces her to the Jeve) 6f her seeminyly more help- Tess and doom-struck aptagonfet, Bt say they could no longer Mkten L reuson, unless fi was the only logical “conclusion of thelr own respective carcers, and their own futerpretation of thelr own destinics, If the doctring of u destiny be true, and if each nation §x Lo be (s ywn projhet, then ar is but a clumsy expedient for unraveling the behests of ad Inscrutaule Puwer. But nuch notions have their place aud thelr usefalness rather in the glowing morn of pations and in their burning sun - shine than when the absdows srg sengthiening rnd the mist begining to e, It §s hardly the time to talk of dcetiny when the hour of it may be in- 1f completed s proposed will be that of a monitor jron-clad. The hall of the ship is donble, the Inner and outerskins being scparated by a space varying from twenty-two and a half toiwenty-sixanda half inches. The shipis divided Into distinct water- ight compartments by seven transverse bulkheads. Thestem of the vessel rises vertically, and the cell-like construction of the vessel behind it, and the immeose strength of this part of the bull, will ensble it to recelve very heavy shocks without serious inquiry. The ‘whole of this part may be torn away by intentional or sccidental collision to 4 distance of thirty-five foet from the stern withont endangering the safety of the vessel. Theouterskinis composed of SELECTED'BOILER PLATE, and the fnner plate of selected charcoal irom, and as the Joner skin is water-tight throughout, the . penctration of the outerone would not cndanger the vesgel. 1t was the intention of the engineers to make the ‘battery the most powerful dron-clad afloat, and ¢he was supplied with engines having a horse- power of more than 5,600, considered’ safficient, with the sharp lnes of the vesscl, to give her a epeed of fifteen knots an hoar. ‘THE WEIGHT OF THE NULL and machinery will be not far from 3,000 tons, or. including 500 tons of coal, 3,800 tons, leaving for weight of armor, armament, ‘stores, and in- culentals 220 tons. The weigbt,thus allowed is eaflicient 1o cover tiit of the side and deck armor,” with turrets thirty feet in diameter, nine fect high, sud eizhteen inches thick, and leaye eufficient buoyancy to support the proposed armament. The thickness of the armor plating proposed is ten Inches from the level of the main Ceck down to a line four feet below, and thence five inches to the lower eze of the armor shelf. The magazine Is designed to stow twenty tons of powder, the shell-room to receive fifty lvaded shells and the shot locker to stow 200 twenty-inch shot. « MUSCOVITE---MUSSULMAN. THE TURKISI ANSWHR TO THE PROTOCOL—SELF- ‘CONTROL LOST—RUSIING ON THEIR DOOM. Zondon Times, April 16, - © The Turkish answer to the Protocol was' but too correctly described by Lord Derby last mght when he sald that. in his opinion, it was not a satisfac- torr document, aud that it did not hold ont much bope of a pescefal settlement. In truth,. it is difficult 1o explain the circalar, which we publish decd coming; und If Jtse cine Lo Luve come to one Power, which itself might instil a reverent mod- esty in the other. Are wo indeed to believe the ‘word of both these Fowers, 1hat & common fur has urged them onwards to a certain collision, ang that this was their only remalning course? COMMANDERS. THE CHOIEFS OF THE TWO ARMIES, Aew York Sun. The leaders and commanders of the two formid- nble armics about to come into conflict on the banks of the Danube are very unlike cach other. Abdul-Kerim Pasha {5 an unassuming man over 70 years of age, with 10 pretensions to a brilliant pedigree, but with a solid repntation as an excel- lent soldier. . The Grand Duke Nicholas is fine looking, tall, 48 ycars old, a brother of the Czar, as baughty a Prince a8 the House of Roman- off has ever produced, and & toldier as devold of 8 Tailitary history as any review aud parade roards- man. Abdul-Eerim Pasha Is the actual Com- mander-in-Chief of his army. The Grand Duke Nicholastsa mere figurehend. gulded and com- munded by his Chlof of Stat, Gen. Nepokostehitz- been spread in the outside world; partly om.ac- ‘count of his modesty and constaut desire to keep in the . backgrouad; portly & becanse £.ihe Iiving. militasy men of - Tarkey lave onme ' chamce toy - shaw only abiiities, and that was during the war of But the part played by the French and Eng! ine that war was s0 much more prominent that no- body except the Turks themselves took any inter- est in what was_done by their army. Otherwise the pame of Abdul-Kerim Pasha wouid have been mach more widely celebrated, 28 he was cae of the most sncceasfol of Tarklsh Gencrals. both on the Danube and in the Crimea. Py “Among the Mouchirs. or Marshals, whom Abdal- Kerim Fasha lxus'under his ordle‘ri, “those that ny::‘e the highest mitary reputation are: - Eyoub Pasha, Mahmed-Ali Pasha, and Azls Pasha. Tho lnst named is the commander of the arullery, and to bis skill was attributed the fall of Alexinatz during thq war_with Scrvia. -The army of :Asia Minor has beer ploced under the command of Atmed Muktar Pasha, wlo has already taken up cadquarters at Erzerum. e the. prafessional history of the Tarkish Generalissimo s unknown abroad, the Russian Commander-in-Chief has none at oll. The Grand Duako Nicholas has been in active service since the age of 16, or forthirty years past; but ke has had scarcely any feld-expericnce. - 1o spent a fow. days In Sevastopol during the’ siege, and was, when quite a youth, attachod for some two ‘years 10 the general staff of the army of the Tuncasus, where be took part in ‘a {ow skir- mishes with the Cherkesses. Lie was brought up s a tield engineer, and 18 &t present tho chief of all the military eninee: the Empire, with Gen, Todtleben s his assistant.. In this case. azain, the Grand Duke Is & mere figuréhead, and ‘s asaistant does all the work. 1ic has also held the posts of General Inspector of the Cavalry of the ~Empire, of Commander of -the Imperial Guards, and President of the Supreme Committee for the Organization and Instrag- tion of Troops, llis personality and position in Ttussia_are not mnlike those of the Duke of Cam- Dridgein England. Bothare considered good dis- ciplinarians and organiers, aud bouy dre dull men, withont epecial’ military talent. The Grand Dulke is married to the daughter of Prince Peter, of Qudenuarg, and hus two soas, ong of "whom, {he Grand Duke Nicholas, Jr. uth of 20, fs with Bim o the capacity of Alde-deCamp. ‘Ti Grand Duke is the third son of Czar Nickolas, and s ac- cordingly an uncle to the two Princely - sailors-at present in this country. - The chief of tho general staft in the Danubian army, and the man who will actually lead and com- mand the Russian forces, 18 a Pole. Gen. Nepo- koychizky's origin has for'a long time been a hia- drance to his promotion, but his abilities are too reat not to be nitimately acknowledged. He first stinguieked himself 18 an- officer of the general staff aud Professor of Strates at the Mili- tary Academ;x of St. Perersburg. He took aft in the Hungarian war of - 1849; fought n the Cancasns: and was, dorinz the war of 183354, Chiof of Stafin tho Filth Ammy Corpe, commanded by Gen. Luders. He was the leading epirit in all the operations on the Danube during 12 Jiidge King Appointed to Succeed Collector Casey, Leaving ' the Packard Supreme Court Without a Quorum. .Two Troublesome Birds Thus Killed with One Stone. Many Tilinois Office-Hunters Likely to that war, and now has the incalculuble advantage of operating on the field f;erlecl!y familiar to him. He has picked out for nrfldlem and Division Gen- cerals mei who served under him twenty-four years ago as Captains and Majors, and who, accordingly, Xknow the Dannbian region just as well as he doea, The Russian army about tooperate in Asia Minor against Muktar Pasna is under. the orders of the Grand Duke Michael, younger brother of the Grand ‘Duke Nicholas, and the Czar's Lord Licutenant of the Caucasus, 8 much brighter and more experi- enced officer than the Commander-in-Chief of the army of the Danube. . NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE VATICAN. Lospox, April 28.—A Rome dispatch to the ZTimes reports that some of the Catholic Govern- ments have sought information relative to the basis on which it is desired negotiations shonld be open- ed in favor of the Holy See, supposing such step 18 found practicaule. From Cardinal Simeoni's reply, it appears that the Vatican desires that the Pope shall be insured complete personal snd spiritoal frecdom without being called upon to say. whether he will at any time reassert or announce his claim to temporal power. The Pope, Amonast other pre- cantions relative to the election of s successor, has instructed Cardinals Simeoni, Bartolini, and Nina to act as 8 kind of Committee of Observation to guard sgainst anything which might militute aguinst the liberty of the next conclave or constitute an obsta- cle as to the place of its assemblage. . DIED. e ’ RouE, April 28.—The Patriarch of Venice (Car- dinal) is dead. : GERMANY. WILL NOT RESIGN. Berury, April 28.—It is reported that Camp- hausen, the Prussian Minister of Finance, will not resign, despite his defeat on the bill for taxing ‘manufactured iron. . % GREAT BRITAIN. EELATIONS WITH HEXICO. Loxvox, April 28.—The Times publishes an article which favors o movement for the resump- tion of diplomatic relations with Mexico, —_——— CANADA. Riotons Canucks-—Prorogution of Parlla- maent. . Special Dispateh to The Tridune. . QuEpEe, April 25.—The City Countil having passed some obnoxious messures, smong others one intended to reduce the police- force, while the Council was in session last night the building was besleged by an excited crowd. The police were powerless to preserve order, and the military were called out. The mob forced their way into the Council Chamber, breaking every. piece of farnitare in the room, destroyed -papers, and mnde a general wreck. Abont 1,000 people hadgathered on the -outside evidently intending mischief. The Mayor addressed them from the steps of the main entrance, informing them that their remonstrance would be duly considered, and advised them to separate and go home. Bofore dispersing the crowd harled a volley of stones at the City-Hall, smashing every window in the build~ ing. The military were on "the ground, but were not called upon to act Special Dizpateh to The Tribune. * OrrAwa, Aprll_28.—Parliament was _prorogued this afternoon. 1iis Excellency, in his speech from the throne, thanked the members for diligence in the performance of their dotles. Among the numerous meavures passcd are scveral of consid- erable importance, Lic said the law as 10 insur- ance will add to the exlsting recurities of Canadian inwurers. The alteration of the duties on petrole- min will confer a great boon on the masses of the population. The vast shipping interests of our great Inland seas will be benefifed by the oxten- €ion to the trade on those waters of rizhts and remedies the . utility of ~which. has been recognized by long experlence. The law pro- vidiug for the extradition of fugitive criminals will ensble Canada to discharze efliciently her part of the engagements of the Empire in this important articular, and he trasted he might be enabled at he next session to announce the conclusion of u more extended extradition treaty between her Majesty and the United States_of Americs. The Flyhing Commission under the Washington Treaty will b shortly organized at Halifax, and he hoped the negotiations wight realize expectations. ‘ommittee on Pricileges and Clections re- orted to-day. They find that Sperker Anelin, cing a party 10 a Government contract, violated the Independence-of-Parliament act, thereby ren- dering his clection void.. The report was pre- sented just before_the proroguing, and no election was taken by the House. Mr. Anglin will resign during the reccss, and seek a re- election. THE WEATHER, Wasarxeroy, D. C., April 20—1-a, m.—For the lake region rising barouieter, falling temperature, northeast to northwest winds, cloudy weather, and high winds, 5 LOCAL ORSERVATION.. Cuicago, April 28. Ten} Weather, UENEEAL OBSERVATIONS. o L3 CiicaGo. April 39—Midiight. Dar.| Tar.| _Wind. | Weather,; Rain 134 INE. fresh Lt. raln.| .0 i 33 'S W., fresh Threat’ 3} Statfons. n. g ky, the Moltke of Russ Abdul rim Pasba's official title is that of Ser- dar-I-Elkrem, or Commander-in-Chief, as distin. flufihefl from the Minieter of War, Redif Pasha. e is, however, the senlor of the Minister both in oge nnd experience, and Redif Pasha {8 much under his control. The old soldier was himself Minieter of War during the reien of Abdul Aziz, and the way In which he lost_ that . place characteristic of the man. HusseinAvni ba, who was assaseinated last year, had fallen, . for eome private affair. into_disfavor with ihe Sultan. He was diswisted and banished, and no- body at Court had darcd for years to pronounce his name. At a council one day a discassion arose concerning military matters and the pos- sible contingency of war. The personal qualifica- tions of various_Generals were discussed, when the Minister of War got up and declared that. in his opinion, there was only onc General in Tur- key competent to lead an army against an eoemy, and_ that was ' the banlshed Huseein-Avni Pashs. Abdul Aziz was not the man 1o tolerate suck audacity. e dismisesed the honest and_ ontspoken_Minister, and conceived a still greater dislike to the exile. It i2 not by the name of Abdul-Kerim Pashs that the old General is gencrally known in Turkey. There are several Abdnl-Kerims in office, aud more than one Pasha of that name. The father of Kaisserly Ahmed Pashs, the present Minister of the Navy, for instance, is also Abdul-Kerim Pasha. The Commander-in-Chief of the army is accordingly called in Turkey Buyok-Abdi Pasha,* ::\}adi,;; the' latter name o ol . The fame of ‘the old General has not hitherto Grand. ¥ Por Huron ., 5554 Keokuk...... 271 Leaveaworth .94 Milwankee. . 3. Omah: 2091 d 255 80.01] ——— g HE STILL LIVETH. * B To the Editor of The Trivune. Cricaco, April 28.—In yuur issue of last San- dn! you published an annotncement of my death, which (it is now needless to eay) is. false. Who inserted it, or for what purpose it was done, I do not L'n&u;.dl!n fact, Ido not care to know, : be. cause if 1 did they would regret it. in the spirit land I met 3. grentgl;any pem:,n n&::' whom .were Napoleon Bonaparte end ' Wilkes Booth. The Jatter especually charged me to stato that he really was desd, notwithstanding certain persons were circalating reports to the contrary, Jilth 8 view of snjaring bis reputation and etand ing in society. Hopinz you will give the above - space in your paper, I remaln, vory respecifully: 4 .4 E GusTav. Eocm: ) ¥ sauT. Bpecial Dispateh to The Trivime.” -~ - East Sacixaw, Mich., April 28.—A meeting of prominent alt manofactarers was held In this city to-day, and 2 company orgamized“for the ‘parpose of engaging in the mannfacture of ail kinds of ré- fned el ?‘g:?an& il be commenced at ance. atthe Sption of the Compangs. o) be ncreased: Return Unsatisfied. How the President, by Degrees, Is Silencing the Blusterers. . THE OFFICES. " COLLECTOR OF NEW ORLEANS. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Wastieros, D. C., April 28.—The President has decided to appoiut John King Collector of the port of New Orleans in place of James F.. Casey, ‘brother-n-law of Gen. Grant, whose commission has expired. This appointment is one of very great importance. It practically removes the only reiaining ovstscle to the snccess of the Presi- dent’s policy In Louisiana. King is one of the Justices of tho Packard Supreme Court, who was commissioned by Kelloggwhen Governor, and con- firmed by the Kellogg Senate. The Packard Su- preme Court has mlways-been considered Dby the . President’ the gravest dificulty in the Louisfans case. The Dbest lawyers here, includmg, ft1s #aid, Sccretary Evarts, are of the oplinion, as an abstract proposition, that the le- gality and_constitutionality of the Packard Su- preme Court, appointed by Kellogg, was ‘ALMOST BEYOND CONTROVERSY. A good many of the Lonisiana Conservatives, too, have expressed the opinion that if the two rival Supreme Court _organizations should remain in existence untila legal lssuo could be made be- tiween them which would be brought to the United States Supreme Court for determination, tho de- cision_of the latter tribunal would be in favor of the validity of the Packsrt Court. The Presi- dent Las frequently eafd that e anticipated eerious legal complication if the Nicholls Court should continue to pass iipon property interests without u definite adjustment of the status between it and the Packard-Conrt. The appolntment of King Beems 1o ke . BOLVE THE DIFFICULTY. The: Packard Court, under the Constitution, shonld be composed of five members. But three +were ever - appointed by Kellogz, —~John E. King, Leonard, and Ludeling. These three constitutea auoram. - Withont the attendance of cach on€ of tiuose three a jllurllm is impossible, as the two remaining Judges, who. shonld technieally make up the - Court, can mever be appointed, since, even if Packard, assuming to be Governor, should nominate two persons, he would have no Senate thut could confirm them. The abandonment of the Court, therefore, by an; one of these three members makes it an effectud] dissolution. “King will accept the position of Col- lector. Thislcaves . ° _* - ONUY'LEONARD AND LUDELING in'the Conrt; but Leonard is already clected to Congress from a district in which there is no’ con- test, and would of course be seated. Now thaf King -has abandoned the Court nnd that body is destroyed, Leonard will claim Dhis ' seat in Congress, and by that act. aleo sbandon the Court. This leaves only Ludeling, and destroys the Court. The appoint- ment of King, moreover, will be satisfactory to the native white element, to the members of the Returning Board, and to Gov. Packard. King was Tecommended by Gen. Anderson, of the Returning Board, and his appointment, it is known, will be: ¢ ACCEPTABLE TO PACKARD, - 1t is eald King will appoint the colored members of the Returning Board, Kenner and_Cassanave, to minor ofices In the Custom-House, and that o numoer of Madison Welly friends will be appointed to minor_positions. ng, besides, 15 a natlve of Loulsians, & man of ability, honesty, and high character, who will De acccptable toall classes. A few Lonislana men here who arc aware of the intended appointment say. {f combines every element of a euccessful policy. ~ The Prosident will make mo further changes in the Federal efffces until he has carefully studled cach case. Kellogghad on file an Indorse- ment both_as Governorand as Semator of Gen. McKillan for the position. THE BELGIAN MISSION. There i3 reason to belleve that Sanford is Mkel, 1o be reappointed Minlster to Belglum. Sanfor Tas several times been very thoroughly diecussed in exccutive scssion of the Senate, and has almost always been opposed. The serivns charge which will undoubtedly be brought azuinst him in case he is nomimatad Is that while Minister to_Belglum before hemade a large fortune in_contracts for worthless Belgian muskets, which were sapplied to gur armies, aad which Kiiled 80 many Uslon sol- ers, ‘AN OLD QUARREL. The attack upon Consul-General Van Buren in Japan are undorstood to be a renewal of the old quarrel between John Joy. ex-Ministar to Austria, and Van Buren, ex-Commissioner-General of the Vienna Exhibition, Jay gecured Van Buren's re- call from the Vienna Exhibition. Van Buren returned here and succceded in having Jay re- called from the Austrian Mission, and himeels | elevated to a Consul-Generalship created expressly for him. Now Jay accepts n position under_the Administration in conncction with the New York Custom-Touse_investigation, and the war upon Van Buren begins azain. - THE SILE DUTY. Customs officers think that the present investi- gation relative to undervaluation of silks may re- gult in making the duty on silks specific. s EXIT IANSCOM. Hanscom, Chief of the Burean of Construction and Repalrs in the Navy Department, resigned to- day by request of the Secretars, and Naval Con- stractor J. W. Ensyxy was appointed in his place by the President. This will probably put an end to the repeated denials of Hanscom. that the Sccre- tary of the Navy had foundno cause of com- plaint against his manazement of that Bureau., =2 COLLECTOR MERRIAS. Bluford Wilson arrived here to-day and present- cd to the President indorsements of Merriam, Col- lector of Internal Revenae in the Springield Dis- trict, which is thoinght will secure his retention. E. M. Bates, who fully expected the office, has gone home much disappoiuted. A BEVERIDGE returns to Chicego to-night eatisfled that there Is to be no immediate change in the Chicago office, and that . his. chances ~ of - succeeding 10 the Collectorship of the port are small, Jones, Commussioner, las two and a half years yet to ran. 1t is evident the President does not expect to make any change at present in that office. " A serles of letters has been received by the Prerident about these oflices. them detailed consideration as yet. RAUM, : There isa report that Raum, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, isto be removed. Thereis an absugd story that ex-Supervisor Tutton ig to suc- ceed him. There may be some truth in the story ‘l“'mi". finnm: there is none in the rumor concern- ing Tutton. \ . PACIFICATION. 1T AND TIE PRESIDENT APPROVED. Special to Ecening Post. WasuivaToN, April 28.—After o week charac- terized by two or three days of political syualls, the situstion has settled down Into an almost per- fect calm, the malcontents and implacables gen- erally of three days ago being a little more boister- ous this rainy Saturday than the wrathfal dove or ‘most magnanimons mouse. 1 can plainly see progress in the political pacif- cation that has been made, and that the President has largely gained In the general confidence of the country. He Las largely gained among Northern Republicans, and- tho South is shown to be solid in sustaining him, except on the partof the dis- reputable carpet-baggers. . Southern Republicans of character who have gone South since the War, and the blacks gener- ally, are found to be fn perfect accord with the policy of peace. This has greatly quieted the blusterers, and there now scems to be no proba- bility whatever of sny Republican war on the President. He, himself, and members of his Cabinet, are satisfied and gratificd with the situa- tlon, and sare it will grow. better and better witl Inconsequence of the fmproved general sitoa- tion, the Administration {8 now giving much at- tention to civil-service reform, and we may con- fidently expect marked Improvement in the ap. olntments soon to be made in the foreign and ome service. . - COL..T. W, MIGGINSON'S OFINION. XEWw Yonr. April 28.—Col. Thomas Wentworth' Higzinson, one of the **Old Guard™ of abolition- ism, .writes a letter to the Zribune, from Newport, R. I, and says: **I wish to be connted as ono who approves heartily, cordially, and unrescrvedly tho action of the President in withdrawing the garri- sons from the State-Houses of South Curolina and Loulstana. For him, in time of peace, to keep troops in snr State-House, in order to determine a disputed claim to the Governorship, is o stratch of porwer 80 great that 1o State in'the Tnlon dught 1o 1o.erata 1t—s0 great that it ought to be resisted by eveiy peacefol means of all she people in the Re- public. "The culored men of the South can lenst afford to benefit by any arbitzary stretch of power, El;l;flflm&y.-in other hlmh,ric used to erush NOTES ‘AND NEWS. «%: 3 ; BEN WADE'S EECORD. 3 * Speciat Digpated t5' Trie Tramne. l;l“mnfl!' »D.' C., April, 38 ~Ben T de's 18 reviving unpleassnt’ memdries. - -A' speech Mehas not given. of Lis has been found which was delivered mthe’, Scnate in 1800, in which hé took ground that was then regarded as oppostd to the Abolitionists, and in favor, of the colonizatlon of the megroes. In that epeech +ho said? i ** It is perfectly. impossible that'these two races, the black and the white, can inhabit the same place and be prosperons and bap- py. Let them go to the tropice.” = " . PUBLIC,LANDS. A portiori of the discnsslons in the Academy of Sclences here_have special intercst in the West. Maj. Powell, {n his paper on Public Lands, shows that there is scarcely any good land left fit for a poor man's homestead ‘farm, and that there is nothing -to be galned by protractiag 8 homestead system that has ccased to be of service, and that now prevents rather than fosters setticment.. Maj, Powell says all the good public lands fit for xcttlement arc eold. There §s not left unsold in tho whole United States, of land which a poor man could turn futon farn, enouzh to make one averaze county in Wisconsin, The only exception to thia may perhaps be found in Texas or the Indian, Territory. S THE WINSEY THIBVES. .'. _il. ‘Bluford Wilson is understood ta have called upon the Secretary of the Treasury in the matter of the first batch of Chicago distillérs, and to have stated thas there wasnoarrangement either, with him or with Secretary Dristow that any of the Whisky King people should receive clvil fmmunity. The immunity oniy extended to imprisonment. TPROMOTED. T the Testern Assoclated Press. WaASIETON, D, C., April 28.—George A, Gus- tin.” private secrefary of Postmasters-General Cres- weil, Jewell, Tynef, and Key, has been frans- ferred to tho White House ag stenographer to the President. DEMNANDS AN INVESTIGATION. Gov. Axtall, of Now Dlexico, pronounces the charzes agginst him groundless, and demands tho fullest investigntion.” ; THE PATENT OFFICE. Tho Commissioner of Patents expresses his gratt- Scatlon ot the spirit manifested by the gentlemen of the Corps of Examiners who competed for the appointment ou the Board of Appeals. It has tended to make lizhter the otherwise invidiona task of eelecting one out of mauy it for the place. The results of the examinatiou were highly cred- itable toall participating. S THE TEXAS PACIPIO RAILROAD. - . Several members eay thut a very detcrmined ef- fort will be made to pass _the Texas Pacific bill. Republican Senators say, however, that the bill cannot pass the Senate, even if it gets through the House. MARINE. .. PORT AURON. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. - - Ponr Huros, Mich., April 28.—The condition of the ice remains almost unchanged. We are having light'rains to-night, with 3 gentle north wind and fog. Nothing has passed down to-dav. TUr—Props Dean “Richmond,” Montgomery, Pas=" saic. —— ASTORE. = - - Special Dispatch to The Tribune. East Saaixaw, Mich., April 28.—The steam barge T. C. Baidwin, loaded with iron " ore, bound from Milwaukee to Wyandotte, went, ashore on a reef at Xorth Point, just inside of Thunder Bay Tight, during a blinding snow-storm this morning, and filled atonce. _The crow were taken off by & life-boat from the Life-Savine Station ot Thunder Buy Island and bronght to Alpena. ——— THE SOUTH. The Hamburg Riots—Signs of Repudiation. NEw Yonw, Aprll 28.—The Time’ Columbia special says: ‘*The strongest efforté are being ‘made to secare the aid of the President to stop the prosecations of those engazed in the Ellenton and Famburg riots. Regolutions are now before the Senate charging that the prosecation is a political one, and requesting the President to stop them in furtherance of bis policy of conciliation. * Hampton's message is rogarded aatho frst step towards the wholesale repudiation of all the bond- cd and floating debt of the State.™ ; Coruusia, April 28.—The ifouse of Ropre- senuatives 10-:day—76 to_13—passed a resolution introduced by Charles Minont (colorad), thata committee be appointed foinquire into all matters pertaining tothe proper discharge of the oficial conduct of J. J. Wright, Associate Justice of the Snpreme Court of South Caralinn, and authorizing the Committee to send for persons and papers, and to repart by resolution or otherwize. The introduction of the resolution created con- siderable surprise, and wide disoussion folloswed, confined éntirely to the colored Republicans, most of_whom favored jt. 5 WasniNaToN, D. C., April 28,—A letter from Savannah, Gn.. s1y8 on the 1st of May the people of that State will sote npon an amendment to the Constitatlan, forever probibiting the payment of the principal and interest of abont $9,000,000 of State honds nlleged to have been frandulently fs- sued In aid of certain railronds six years azo. Tho rullroads for which the bonds were issued are known as the Brunswick & Alabama, the Centre- ville & Vanwert, the Cherokee, and the Bainbridze Cthbert & Columbus_Railroad Companfes. The most of the bonds are held by Northern capitallats. SOUTH PARK ACT. Tetliion for Its Repeal. 5 Special Dispatch to The Tribune. - SeriNcrIELD, Hl., April 28.—In the House this morning, 3fr. Rowett presented the following memorial of George Schneider, §. D. Kimbark, Ingraham, Corbin & May, C. H. Fargo & Co., F. . Peck, Rovert Law, L. C. Pagne, Freer, and about 200 other residents of the Sonth Park of Chicago: Ta the General Ass*mbly of the State of Iflinois : The Lezlslatura of liinols Is entitled to the thanks of all fair-minded cltizens of this city for nominating a Com- mittec from their body o {nveatizate Lhe afaits of the Eouth Park mansgement, and we would hereby spe- ctally acknowledz€ our obligatian to the Commiitee tor fheir patlence. 83 far as time would permit them to work., 1n exhibiting {n §1s true light the pecullar mao- axoment of the gréat and sacred trust reposed 1n the Sonth Park Commissigners In behalf of the tuxpayers aund poor people that now and o the fus ture may occupy this clty. In view of all the clreumstances, we, the undersigned. taxpayers and citizens of South Chicago, Hyde Park, and Lake, earnestly request the Leglafat 1 the power lure to repeal granted sald Commlssioners to lbflulm additional land Fithin the South Park limits, and to curtall the limits Of tho eamic. to reduce the annaal expenditure of mon- ey for park pirposos, 10 fepeal tiie present mode of ap- Fomiaisetoners, and! provide for thelr appointment by the_Governor of the State. aud their cunfirmation by the Senate, and In case of malfeasance of any Cowmissioner while'tn oflice, upon th applica- tlonof twenty taxpayers. Instead of one hundred as now, from the district, such Commissioner shall be re- Tioved by the Governor. Mr. Truesdeil objected to the reception of the petition. As a meinber of the Investigating Com- mittec, he did not want it to =0 on the record of the Touse.. The wnole thinz was prematare. These ntlemen who returncd thauks to the Investizat- fuz Committee shonid have waited until that Com- ‘mittec had completed its labors and_ made its re- port. - Then they might not find anything to thanlk the Committee for. Mr. Rowett then withilrew his memorial, saying he had presented it not becanse it effected him, but becanse it was addressed to the General Asscmbly and petitioned for legislation. = WALL STREET. An Agreeable Disappointment. Special Dispaich to The Tribune. New Yonx, April 28.—Wall strect was laughing to-day at its scare of yesterday afternoun over the mysterlous’ suspension of Engene N. Robinson & Co. It was generally believed that the importance of the failure was exaggerated, und that nobody would - soffer on 2 scttioment. When the fact came out that the firm held sccurities far in excess of their pressing indehted- ness, the panic was allayed, bt the puzzle re- mained to finé a reason for the firm's conduct in sutpending at all. Tho only esplanation to-day was made by Mr. Hamilton, the bookkeeper. He enid that for some duys past the force of clerks employed were totally inadequate to transact the firin’s " business, und “that It had been accumu- latinz_upon them until they were thrown into Inextricable confusion. This Is accepted ns only partly true. Mr. Robinson did not come down town at ail to-day. The clorks of the concern were L:L’J\! bosy ail Friday night and ail day yester- day, endeavoring to anravel” the -entanglement of the firm’s affaire, Mr. Maddon slated that It was certatu that every creditor would be palil in fuli, and that the firm would rewume bLusiness carly in the week. ———— FIRES, The alarm from Box 355 at 3:10.yestarday morn- ing, was caused by a fire I the hourdiug-house, No. 216 Fulton street, owned and oseupled by K. Goodkind. Damage to bullding and furniture, $1.500. The fre orlginuted fn he third story from some unknown canse, - The alarm from Box 270 st 12135 this mory was canded by the burning of 8 barn in ronr nrn{‘xlxg: 24 Sonth Desplafugs styuel, owned and vcoupled on the lower flaor ag a barn' by Charles (irundies and upon the npper by Ewmu Gaincs, 8 eolored prostitute, Daniaga ta buliding, ’“’f}' Urnndios o 10rngé Lthal ware hury v . Raral Inekagwh camprate raat. Eallyin ——ee—— BIG LAND GRAS, Baxt Fuaxcigco, April 28,~ 1t Is uscortalued that under the provialons of the Desgrt land law, paseed at the-last seaulon of Congrous, o few capl- tatfats and political managera In this Btate have goboled abont £0,000 acrex In Kern Connty, In the southern part of the State, much of it lying along the river bottoms and on the liio of the projected irrigation canal of tho Kern River Land and Canal Company, Itia alleged that the greater portion of the land 1s not desert land within the intention of the bill, but that the act was loosely framed in the interest of the parties who projected this raid. : THE OPIUM-EATERS, « 8a% Fraxcsco, April 28.—Last night the Cus- toms officers soized, in the Chinese quarters, abont $1.000 worth of smuggled opium. 1t wis’found ggnt’m; remises nlf Ye Hg, d. |Mg;rm-nlnem. Chinese erin _generl merchandise. - Xo- e, ncy e Xo-clalmant- to " AT-A STAND-STILL. The Oon.fity!fi.gent’s Office, 'Wil.l»_Pmba- * bly Be Closed Tuesday. Condition to Which the Finances Have Deen Bronght--Prospect for the Poor-House, Ete. 1t has been noticed recently that the contractors for supplying,the county institutions with provis- jons were on the eve of abandoniug their con- tracts, partly becanse the county had fafled to pay them promptly, and- partly becanse of the present and prospective flnctuations in the markets. It has also baen statod that such action on the part of the ntractors wonRl lead to the closing of several of he county institutions, for the very good reason ‘that the County Board has so persistently and ont-~ rageously trified with the public Interest that the county's credit hasbeen so Injured that it will be next to impossible to go into the market and buy sapplies for them without the cash. The first de- partment of public charity to yield to the pressure will be e B THE COUNTY AGENT'S OFFICE, which will donbtless closc itsdoors Tnesday mora- ing. On the 108h inst. Commissioner Ayars intra- duccd s resolation fnto the Board providing forthis step, but after 1ts being amended 50 a8 to also abolish the issuance of supplies upon the orders of the Supervisors in the ontsidé towns on and after May 1, it was referred to the Judiciary Committee. This Committee 15 understood to have beld a pri- ‘vate meoting somewhere and at some time, and to have agrecd to recommend the adoption of the resolution, the same to be reported to the Board to-morrow and to take effect” upon its - passage. | Whether such a meeting has beon held or uot, the Committec Clerk yesterday proparcd snch & report upon the order. of some one, and if it is not pre~ sented’ to-morrow_ the reason will be - here- after gven. If it {s presented. it is believed that it will pass, us some . such- action hos become o mecessity. It womtd ot pass, or be even conidered fora moment as u mat- ter of cconomy at uny other time, not on zccount of any love or symputhy of the Commissioners for the poor, however, but because it would throw thetr relatives and friends ont of emplopment &g visitors, clerks, etc. Dut necessity, If it s pass-. ed, will be the motive power forcing them to per- form a long deferred duty; and ‘in Some respects, a painful one, the necessity having been begotten by their own profligacy in spending. more money than they had to spend, and entering into con- ‘tracts which were unreasonable and unwarranted. Since the closing of the Connty Agent's oflice i a few days must ozcar, it may not be amiss to lool at E THE POSSIBLE EFFECT . ina general way. At the last meeting of the Board the County Agent's report for the first quarter of this year was anbmitted. It showed that on the 1st] of March there wera 7,222 fumilies on his books, und their support for_the three months previons| ‘had cost the county S92, 867.43. -1t is safe to sa; that this namber of familics represented not less| than 20, 000 persons, of all azes and conditios who were at that time being fed by the count: within the city limits. Since then the number of! families receiving supplies hug, of course, been cartailed. butto what extentis not known. But lacing the curtaiment at nearly one-helf, which) t would seem was reasonable, the_closing of the Oftice will affect over 10,000 persons in the city. The closing of this offics, it will be mo- ticed, also cuts off supplics in the country towns, where it is safe Lo say at- least 3,000 more persons will be affected, swelling the total number ‘cut off to 13,000. Supposing that the county will e saved the support of these people for the com- ing six monthe, the eaving. to put-itat the lowest probable estimate, will rcach $50,000. The effect upon the poor. or those thus cut off, it 18 not an- ticipated will be serioms. One In every fifty of those who have been supported, perhaps, really are objects of charity, but certainly no more.: When these people are thrown on their own re- sonrces, the majority will mapageto take care of themscives, for many have continued toj be wards of the county from force of habit rather than actual necessity. They will belfonnd ready| to help themselves in some of the devious ways in which bread and butter is obtained, - and such as are not will “be poor, indeed, if they can find mno helping hand or sym- pathizing friend or relative to assist them. Konc of them will either sufler or siarse. Of the othier class, little is to be snid. They will care for themselves when they find that they have to. They embrace the large class who bave flocked to the city because of the hberality of the county's eystem of charities. and who prefer to live in indo- Jence on a crast_stsome one clse's expense rather thanto work.” When forced to they will epeedily scatter to other parts, and meet the demand of the. furms and the_dairice for help, and become eelf- supporting and useful citizens, and afford theit children an opportunity to develop into intelligent, wellto-do men and women.. But what is to become of THE INSANE ASYLUM, rcgn—nous):, AND HOSPI- TAL The same canse which has operated to close the County Agent's .oflice will operate to close them sooner or later unless something unforescen, some- thing akin to amiracle, brings them relief. They have not as yet sbsorbed the appropriation set apart for ranning them through the year, and are in thisrespect in better snape than the County Agent's office, but what thoy have failed to absorb has heen absorbed 1n other chan- 1f their aporopriations were left them they continue but a short white at best, for they have been run for several monthsat the cxpense of the county contractors. ‘The fact is, then, as soon as their supplies ate cat off they must suo- cumb, and here comes the “serious aspect of the condition in which the County Board has planged the county’s credit. Thecontractors cannot con- | tinue to furnish snpplies unless .they are paid gmmplly, and the money to pay them cannot be nd, ot even cnough to pay up the old debts. ‘There is n0 money in the Treasury to the credit of the General Fuod, but therg are orders afloat azninst it nggrezating not far from$150,000. The County Treasurer some time ago positively refused tobea party to making any further temporary loans to bridge over an embarrassment, on the ground. that he did not Delieve he had a legal mnght to, and he ' is still of the same opinion, and stated that under no ci cumstances would he - change his mind, for he be- lieved that to borrow money now wounld simply ‘postpone the crash which maust inevitably come under the management of the present Comnty DBoard. The Board, it will be remembered, tried to borrow money witnont his concurrence when he its trinl a8 soon as a verdict was reached: Thdinns are bold and impudent, and i troops are_ gone there will bo uothlngz:rzgrfl" thelt rapacity. In view of thest jaoyal reslts, the merchants and businesy L0 residing in Alaska feel greatly disconrase Sh258 the order be enforced, the withdrawal of the pold will have a very damaging effect nn(hetnd.:zz' tween Alaska posts and the ontside commerery world. There appears to be o geneeal pey azanst the proposed action of the GorermuPraies Y © CRIME. ; HANGED. St. Louss, Mo.. April 28.—\William Yents, who. killed Catharine Burr, a child about 9 years old, i’ Boliinger County, this State, onthe 15th of Foit vember, 1875, was hanged at Marble Hil ye day before a ‘great crowd of people, wh camy miles’ to' witness the exccution. " Pentz fuags 5 brief speech on the scaffold, i which he safditway woman, whisky, and 53d men that had brogsy him into the trouble. Ercrious. to the ezpmpnt be made ¢ confesslon,’ saying that he r0® durad - Catharine « BUrF. &% thes renmgil:: her mother, a3 sho _ (the . child) " Eat of licit intimacy between herself and Pentz, sy she was afruid the child would fell her father o also confessed to havine killed 8 man named iy iam Gray, in New Madrid County, -fve years g, being biréd to do'so by ome Joseph Tayior and o, which ho' received. $10. He had also aseisted {n- several robberies, and belonged to,the Ku.Klgr, + He was generally considered a half-witted felios who guined a procarious liselihood by working around among the farmers. ' His n Dy the tai], ana he dlcd ensity, = 2ok Wag brokey 2 SERVED *E3 RIGHT. . New Yo, Aptl 28.—For ten days the tral o Richiard Van Liew, Charles Hofl, "Alfred; Fray, Jobn Corbett, _and Willtim Dongherty, eharsg} with havingassaulted Mrs. Ida Shepherd, has been in progress in Somerset County, New Jersey.. Ono. night last winter they sought her honsg i qn, Neshanlc Mountains, and "having broken Hy the doors hauled her to . the .snow-covered yard . and applied. a coat of - tar apg Teathers. She was found senseléds on and the men werc arrested. They have “been cop. victed of -the crime, and sentenced : from qiny” months 10 one year in the Penitentiary, . . . TOUGH CITIZENS. | Special Dispach to The Tribune. Sr. Louts, April 28.—Four United States Depp.. ty Marshals from Texas passed ‘throngh” this ciyy to-dny, having in charge thrée’ convicts destin for tho Moundrille, W. Va., Penltentiary. . ‘Ongaf’ the party was Ifam White, a notoriona Texan des pezado, who, betwéen the Tth and 20th of” March ust, stopped, alone and unaided. ana_robbed four + stage couches in the neighborhood of Waco.: «The + e e e e e e TUnited States mats. b 10 DEPOSED. Ricmxoxp, April 28.—The East Hanover: Pres. ‘bytery at Petersburg, having under investigation * the accounts of theRev. E. T. Baird; former Seed | retary of tho Prosbyterlan Publication Committes, i votet nnnnimounl{ to depose him from the minis. try and suspend him from the communion of the* Chureh. - Dr. Baird's whereabouts {s unknown. - A DEFAULTER. ~ ~ = Special Dispatch to The Tribvune. * * McGREGoR,” Ia., April 28.—A defanlter’ from Lancaster, 0., named Jobn Smeck, attempted st cide "at West Union, In., with 2 Lnlfe. He had’ been followed by detectives, and was then undes : arrest. ey FAILED TO AGREE. < 2 Sax Fraxcisco, April 28.—A press dlspateh’ from Solinns states that in the trial of J. W. Ram- sey, ex-Deputy Tax-Collector of Monterey County, for ombezzlement, the failed to agree: were dlschar-;ed.m’ Ry nl mm' ANOTHER FIEND’S. WORK. BosToy, April 28.—The girl named Barrett, aged 12 years, who, when returning from:school, was ¢ so0 grossly outraged by Sam Freeman, negro, has'| died from injuries inflicted~ ** * - B FOUND GUILTY. * Sr. ArmaNs, Vt., April 28.—Edward Tatro has - been found gullty of the marder of Mra. Alice M, Batler at Highgate, on the 23d of June last, - ROBBING THE MAILS. - PmApELPMIA, April 28.—Richard Phillips, a railroad baggage-master, has been held in $5,000 bail on & charge of robbiuz the mails. ) ————t——— - EMMA MINE. - Trenor Park & Co. Made Exceedingly Happy by the Verdict In the Long-Pending Sult. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. NEw Yong. April 28.—The Emma Aine case was-; concluded to-dny, the jury deciding in favor of de-; fendants, Trenor W. Park, Gen. H. H. Baxter, ; and ex-Senator William H. "Stewart, of Nevads.(; The jury, which was composed - of only eleven, ome having dropped - ont from iliness aboat. two .months * ago, 7 stood seven for the defendants and four for.the plaiatil when they first went ont, bat yesterday wlten they came into the- court-room for the first .time.the seven had increased to tem, leaving only oze, George H. Young, the only 'Englishman on the jury, infavor of the plaintill; but. after s cons b sultation, and going over some of the documentary.} evidence, he changed his mind. Mr. Stoughton, on being questioned astowhether e should appeal the case, said he did not know st present what course would be taken. bat that it ‘probably wonld not rest In its present condition. Mr, Park hasalibel suit pending in the United * States Circnit Court agninst Tax TRIBUXE for stric- tures on him in reference to the case, butitstrlal - has been put off awaiting the issue of -the ltgs? tion, Mr. Park having stated that he would nrge 'fii case. /To the Western Associated Press. S NEW Yonr, April 28.—The suit of the English owners of the famons Emma Mine against Trenor W. Park and ofhers, who sold it, to recover theff 3 ® first took s position in the matter. and the cffort | 95,000,000 paid for I, allezing there was fraud, was fatile, and whatever it may try todonow in | deceit, snd misrepresentationon the part of Parkia the same dircction must prove equaily abortive.” regurd to the resources of the mine, resulted to-day, THE SITUATION, after a four months’ trial, in a verdict for the de:{ then, in view of these facts, Is plain, and the fn- | fendants. The verdict was received with demoni tare of these fnstitutions can bereadily anticipated. | strations of delight, which. however, were speedis | How the closing of them cun be averted is beyond | ly checked' h§ Air. Crittenden, of counsel for calculation. They cannot run without money, and | fense. Mr. Park, principal defendant, satins where the money {5 toming from i past finding | chair almost powerless with emotion, and, teass: out. Sowe Commissioners favor the postponing of | burstfrom his eves. Having recovered himself, be . the meeting of the tempurary loins made | shook hands with the jurors, and received the con- © 2 year ago, and _which® are coming | gratulations of his friends, with whom the courts i dug,” "$200,000 - in _ Jume, $100,000 in | room was almost crowded. 3 July, 80 $30,000 fn Ocober, but, unfortunately ——————— it or them, they have nothing to say in the matter. 3 17 thie payment of tese could be averted, however, TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. ] —= levy was made last year for them,—there is Special Dispatch to The Tridune. : :g::‘ge%a?ez K:I;ounhedlmht;nfytut the anfl.l to' Pexrs. Ill., April 28.—The internal revepne . ney and apply it for any other pur- 3 pose, and 810 a doudt 34 fo what position. th f,""“," s intpls clhy Slons dusing the Iast ‘Z’; Counlty Treasurer would take in the matter. Whilegaines oo o eoag, b Jargest ever collected ¢ hie mays he would be glud to pay off cvery cent of | aing o ame length of tme. . - inat the county's debt upon presentation, —30d no one | wangor o 28 The Minister of Spain would more decply regrot the closing of the fneti- | §asaison sud bis Clief of Staff visited {he » tutions In question thian he would, —he has taken | SPANISH war steamer Gerons to-day, and the the posltion that the Board must legilly provide bim | Cosfomary salute was fred. ~Gen. Hancock wil.2 the mohey to pay with, o cease creating debts, and | ™2¥e an official visit Monday. bas time and againannounced thathe would notstey Speglal Dispasch to The Tridume. . 1'% 7% outside of bis duties under the law, howcver much | ~FoxpDULic, April 23.—The Daily Commer-* m his sympathies for the sufferine contractors, und | ¢ial of thix city to-day contains au_ announcement™ poor, maimed, and insane micht dictate. The in- | Of 2 dissolntion of partnership between its former stitutions, then, mast be closed, whatever may be | Propriejors, Watrous & Kutchin. Col. Watroud the calamity, and that speedily. If they are not | Fetires, but will continue to edit and publish tha ; = closed now they will have to be o fow monthshence, | dppeal, the leading temperance organ in the Stat and no one is to blame but the County £oard. - e is als0 at the head of the ‘Temple of Honor o § 1 MR. D. W. BAKER, county coal contractor, raid yesterday that he ald mot . fntend fo sop. deliverms’ coul o the county, or on orders from the County Agent. All he wanted was that the county should elther cash up or pay interest on the orders. When he supplied the city two_ycars ago he re- ceived orders drawinz Intcrest. His capltal had been exhausted, and something must be done aboat it. It the county would pay him 7 per cent inter- eat, hie conld borrow at from 8 to 10 per cent, and could thus manuyo to get along. Ten per cent was £ mitch ax he made, and ho ‘could nat afford to It was an error to state that he had held- con-. sultations with other contractors 13 to sueing the county. The Commisslonera had _Lroken the con- tract by neglecting to make payments asprovided, but hedid not count upon that. Of course. he could not go along forover without money, but Tittle coal was required during the summer months, and If some arrangement wus come to he conld ran * along, But he wanted interest on his orders, —— : STRIKES. 8ax Fnaxcisco, April 28.—A Victoria press dis- patch says for some weoks n srike of the miners In tho Nanaimo collleries has been In operation: ‘The ntrikora refased to vacate the house; belong- ing to tho Company, and resisted the efforts of the Sheriff to cfect them. The Government have now ordered out the militia to put down the disturb- ance. Throc companies of infantry, o' light. bat- tory, i trong body of pollce, and Benaty Sterits will” leave at once “on a Government steamer, ac- companied by the cunboat Rocket, with orders to arrost the rioters at all_hazards. and bring them to Victona for trial. No bloodshed Is expected. - PuitapsLenia, Aoril’ 28.—The strike of the Reading Rallroad locomotive’ engineers appears abandoned. The.new mon are doing 28 well-as those whose places they have taken. ———— . ALASKA, 8ax Fraxcisco, April 28.—A Portland press dia- patch says persons just arrived from Alaska on the stcamer California ‘state that the order recently issued'by the Govériment withdrawing the troops from thio post at that place nnd Fort Wrangel has roduced 4 very depressing cffect on business. Grave apprehensions are felt that serious difficnl- ties will arise. between the Indians and resident whites. . The lawless and turbulent clement seems to predominzte in Alaska, and the presence of. troaps i Jecessary ta keep (hese soctal marauders ina condition of peacefal enbjection. By with= drawing the soldiers it = elafmed that (here whl he little or no protection’ o property and life. The den! of business attention. will was admitted to probate m-dl{. n dren receive $20,000. 550,000, > on the 13th’ of December, 1875, by the steamer Karintic, the Judge diamissad the 1ibel with costs } William Stnsabaugh, of- Woshington, In., that wom the 2:45 race at the Dexter Park meeting of 1574, will again a gtnr "2:35 cldss. g e is the half-mile pole id 1:10. quence he {s'dis qualified for the race. amns of vainable space to a description horses in training at Chester Park, but, 2y them have recoras article would not be of Amanz fh trainiers at Cincinnati i3 Qus Giidden, who handling a lof of Biue Bull colts. Ders of. the Chicago Board of Trade are taking b2 public money on contracts of ‘this kind and thed - after repudiating them, or, in fact, repudiating ; i cpntracts of any kind, whether a copsideration 2%, and trust yon wii want all “sach. transactions as those yoa. ganization in Wisconsin, which requires & grest LoutsvitLe, April 28.—Vine P. Armstrongs’ g to Te davises the balk of hs realty and $50,000 1o cash 1o his wife, nee Sallie Ward. _His non Willlam's chil->* The estate approximates New Yonw, April 28.—Tn the suit of Charles H.: Marshall & Co. aguinat the White Star Hteamship 1 Company, for $235,000 damages, claimed for st ing the ship arvest Queen, in the Irish Channel LEEE R ; HORSE” NOTES. Rose of Washington, the gray mare owned by on the track this season In the yery speedy, ana bss gone {9 An unfortunate mistake iz entering a colt for the: was in reality but 8 _balf-brother, and in conse- William H. Vanderbilt has presented ! 1 ted to Heurt ' N. Smith, owner of Goldsmith Mald and proprie= torof the Fashlon stad-farm at Trenton, N, %+ the trotting mare Monntaln Mald; record, 2:27%. s mare was & favorite of the deceased Commo- ~ dore, and will be stinted to Joy Gould. . : The. Cincionat! Commercial devotes khn:;?&‘; noneof of below 2:: 40, 2 ‘summary terest. . PRIVILEGE MEN, . To the Bditor of The Tribune. ! Critcaco, April 28.—Who arethe parties referred to in your columns of this morning as: *'goisE Back ™ on their-privilege contracta?- If- ady mem~ we want to kuow wha they 81 engiyen of noty- T eive the pubilc thelr nnmlsvfiw’ snioked out. It is simply swindhnz of Iowest order, and the ‘“winlezs afionid be Il oF TaE BoikD OF Derby was recently made by Mr. Rayner, who' nomlinated a colt as **Brother to Warren b ings.” 1t was recently discovered that the-colt i