Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 18, 1877, Page 1

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COOK & €O,y AU Cor, Dearburn & Wash GRATES AND MANTELS. PROBABCO & RUMNEY SEIRIRTS, Bow 3-Ply, 10r $7.51 A perfecs it kusraniecd. Un- Shirts, mad utta iy S ‘.LULNI'A‘I‘L'Q e Six Fine Dress Shirts, o uf, Wan o sl o Loy Made o ordcr, of Wonisutin Mualin and Ht0s Lined Bore' slzc o EXUCURNION, ST.JOSEPEH, MICEI. THURSDAY, Jwy 19, from Clark-st- bridge at 9s. m. Futura a8 JU P, W. Fini-claw Baad lln.lvlnfil-ll&l{ e Ohicagy i ¢ CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, JULY NIKOQPOLIS. The Scene of the Bloodiest. Battle of the War. An Important Advantage Gained by the In- vaders. The Turkish ' Garrison Buc. cumbs After a Desper- ate Struggle. Sixty-five Hundred Prisonors Fall into the Russians’ Hands. Two Turkish Gunboats Gob- bled by the Victors. Russian Official Account of the Orossing of the Balkans, The Force Consists of In- fantry, Artillery, and Cavalry. And Is Believed to Be Twenty Thousand Strong. The Russian Force in the Do- brudscha Moving West. ward. English Correspondennt Denies . the Stories of - Russian Outrages. The Roumanian Army Will Cover the Line of, the Danube. % NIKOPOLIS. s A DEAPERATE BATTLL. [By Cabls to The Chicago Tridune,) TLoxpox Orrice or ‘Iux Cuicaco 'Tnmuone, Bavmnuny 8raxer, W. C., July 17.—The capturo of Nikopolia with 6,000 ‘furks, forty picees of artillery, and two monitors is tho mont important succoss of the Russians thus fav, and may be attributed more | than npything to the new faotics of quick marchos adopted sinco tho Asiatic reverses. Further particulars received to-night state that the bombard- mont opened on Sunday morning at 4 §%lock at Turno-Magurelll, whilo st the tame time two divisions of infantry and one of cavalry, holonging to the Ninth Corps, appeared in the roar of the Turkish camp, whicl: was gitaated on tho heights outside of tho town, and the garrison withdrow, OAUBING CONPUSION within the fortifications, The Becond Brig- odo of nrtillery now came up and rained a shower of shells into the town., Under cover or thig the Fifth Division of infantry atormed the outer line of fortifications. The Turks fought courngeously, but were beaten back at tho point of the bayonot. Tho loss on both sidos way tremendous, Whole ranks of Russians WERE MOWED DOWN by the terriblo musketry, but others olam- berod ovor their dead bodies, and frantic- ally sought revenge. Mcauwhile from the opposite shoro the Roumanian battories were blazing away with great effeot. Mauy houses wero st on fire in diforent parts of the town. Thus the battle continued all day long. The Rus- siang being reinforced in tho afternoon by sovernl battolions of Ioumanians from Twrns, crossing in boats st midnight, Achmed Pasha capitulnted, thus ending THE BLOODIZST XNCOUNTER OF THE WA, Achmed and Hassan Pasha wero taken prisoners to-night with 6,600 men and two monitors, who had been lying off Nikopolis, Nikopolis is oppdsite tho mouth of the River Aluta, the boundary botween the Rowma. nian aud Ruasian forces. It isa spot spe. cially suited to the coustruction of a bridge and tho establishment of A PEBMANENT COMMUNIOATION with the right wing of tho iuvading party, and for forwarding supplies to the western district of Dulgaria, By its possession the Ttusslans are rendered secure agalnst atiack from the Turkish army at Widdin, Its capturo waa® uudoubtedly accomplished by tho' rapidity of movement preventing the garrison from belng relnforced by Osman Tasha. . TURKISU PHIBONERS, Ta the Western Assoctated Torwu-Macuvsey, July 16.—The two mont- tors cuptured from tho Turke will probably Le made ready for action without much delay. ‘The Turkish prisoners who were tranaported to the lloumantan side of the Danuboe are all regu- lura, tho Bashi-Bazouks and Circasslans Laviug lett some time ago. TUB FIGUT AT NIKOFOL1S. QOa the belghts commanding Nikopolis empty cartridge-cases lying In cvery direction tell of the desperate struggle. Thousands of riffes, bayoucts, and accoutrements are pHed stong the road to the town, where 800 wounded Mos- lews awalt removal futo lmprovised hospltals. ‘The Turks burnt their storcs and the principal buildings of the town last night before surven~ Heriage CONFIRMED. Various correspondents st Turno-Maguerelt fullyconfirm thecapture of the Russlan garrison svd arttllery of Nikopolis. The surrender secms to have been brought about by endreling Nikopolls with au overwhelming artillery fire, t0 which the Russlsn aad Roumanisn baticrics il 18, 1877. at Turma-Maguercli contributed. three hours’ fighting on the Glacis, ‘The Turks have abandoned the line of defense {rom ‘Thernavoda to Kustendjt, There was ———— BULGARIA. CYOSBING THR BALRANS. Loxpox, Julv17.—The following {s the Ras- #lan officlal acount of he crossing of the Balkans: TirxovA, July 16.~Gen. Gourkha, with the advance guard of cavalry, infantry, and artfllery, has crossed the Balkans. Om July 14 he sur- ‘prised and defeated a Turkish battalion ‘which guarded the outlet of® the pass mear tho Village of Khankbol. Gen. Gourkha fs mnow marching upon Kaesnlik, in tho rear of the enemy, who occuples the fortifled Shipka Defile. Two satnias of Cos- sacks have arrived at Yonl-Saghra, and cut the telegraph between that place, Nonigagra, and Slevno. On Sunday an engagemnent was fought near the Village of Orzazare between a Cossack force and some detachmentn of Bnshi-Bazouks and Circassians, supported by Turkish infantry. The cnemy held thelr ground until the arrival of the dragoons and a battery of artlilery sent by Gen. Gourkbs. On pereelving the aporoach of these refnforcementa the Turks fled. A flag, scvernl standard- bearers, and a quentity of arms were captured. AXOTHER ACCOUNT. The same correrpondent haa the following de- tals about the force which crossed the Balkans: “When [ visited Tiroova on the 13th (en. Gourkha's ndvance had gone forward forty-elzht hours previoualy, Col. Indolmin's Ulrcasslan Cossacks were lcading the column. 8o bad are tho tracks throngh tlie passcs of the Elens Balkaus that Gen. Gourkba's col- umn of lofantry as woll, as cavalry resigned thelr wagon transports and conveyed thelr bag- grge aud provisions on pack-horses. (Gen, Gourkha has no fear of tha Turks breaking upon the line of his communtcations, for e has cut himself adrift.” THOSE OUTRAGEODS STORIZS, Loxpox, July 17.—A correspondent at Obe- utentk, or Obirtenl, on the highway between Blela and Rustchuk, writes in refercnco to re- porta of Russian bLarbaritics on the Turkish fn- habitants of Bulgaria as follows: **I may men- tlon that about fifty Turkish familics of Tir- nova removed after the general exodus, and are living unharmed under the special protection of the Russian autlorities. Bpeaking na n perfect- ly impartial man, who would have no hesitation in bearing testimony to the contrary were tho contrary true, and who lhas had exceptional opportunitics for observation, I do not bellove that in Bulgaris there has been o single Instance of personal maltreatment of a Turkish civilian at the hands of Kussian sol- diers,” Lowpoy, July 17.—Tho Russian Telegrapb fe Agency publishes a general denlal of thereparts of Russtan atrocitics. MOVING WESTWARD, To-day the Coasacks of Baron Krudenarare eald to have reached Lom Palanka, advaacing towards Widdin from the Dobrudscha. Tho TRussiana are reported to have marchied south of Billstria, which will bo blockaded, theroby catting the quadrilateral fn two, and fully pro- teetfoz the Russlan communications on the Danube. AUSTRIAS ATTITUDE. A Vienna corresponident dontes that the pss- 0go of the Balkans will make any diTercnce in the attitude of Austria, which loyally promised and Intends to maintain neutrality, ‘unless the war appronches too near her frontiers, or unless Russia at the flnal scttlerdent should depart from the programme which she has announced. THE RUSBIAN JALKAN FONCE. Loxpow, July 17.~A war correspondent telegrapha: After blockading the fortresacs of the quaurllateral, 100,000 men aro avallable for crussing the Balkans by thio weatern line of In- vaslon, exclusive of Gen. Zinmarman's army o the eastern scctlon. SUPPLY DBPOTS, As regards supplics, the Buasians leave noth- ing to chanco. At Bucharest, n great central deput contains stores of meal, to which the sup- piics of rico for the relief of the Beogal fawm- inc were a mero bagatelle, 8istova will be tho intermodiate and Tiruova the advance depot. A rapid sdvance on Rustchuk does not seem imminent, TRE RUSSIAN LINE. ‘Che cavalry outposts extend from a point on the Danube, twelve miles west of Rustchuk, to forty milcs inland, facing the Turkish forcmost position on the River Lom, Small reconnolssances sro ‘pusked forward, but the mass ot divisions have been stationary for about a weel:, i Ratlway communiation on the Adrianople lino has been suspendbd for everything except troops. TIB NIKOPOLIS GARRIBON. Russian official dispatches claim that the Nikopolls garrison of two Pashas and 6,000 reg- ulars surrendered. RUBSIAX OUTRAGES. Varlous correspondents fu Bhumla stato that they personally witnessod the Hussians attack unarmed Turks, wounded, old mnen, und women nad children, Refugees say the Russfan troops sttacked wagon-trains fceing to Shumla, and murdercd the peoplu indiscrininately. Thoy fired on somo parties with sstilory. Boaus prronT. ‘The reported sttack by Turkish monitors on SBistova bridgo is nutrue, 1IN TUE DOBRUDACHA, Tho Turks cvacuated and the Russlans occu- pled Medjldio and Mangalir, in tho Dobrudscha. ' TUR ROUMANIAN AUNY. Viznxa, July 17.—~The 2'olitical Correspondence learns from authentic sourco that it Is now definjtoly decided that the Roumanlan army will not assumo the offeusive, but will conflug 1tself to covering tha line of the Danubay; . * TURKISH ¥EARS, Vixxnna, July 17.—Despite the Tarkish officlal report of the repulec ot the Russians by Raouf Tasha some appreticosfon scems to cxist lenst ths Ruasstan fiylng columnn should reach the main line of railvay. The Directur of Roumelan Jiues has arrived ot Adrlanople to get all the rolling stock back from Philippopolis and further. ol Tho two Pashas who surrondered st Nikopo- s arc tho two who recontly permitted 200 pon- toous to pass Nikopolis for tue bullding of the Blstova bridge. Bribery s suspoctod, KUSTCHUX, ‘The Czar has arrived at Fratosht!, five miles north of Glurgevo. This Indicates that the time hias come for the luvestment of Rustchuk, NO CONFIRMATION bas yet been received of tho report that Raout Pasha had defested tho Hussiaus south of the Balkans. e has, focluding the gurrison of Adrisuople, hardly 16,000 men. . Tho punber of Russlaus south of the Balkens 1s estimated at 22,000. GENERAL, TUR PANATICAL BLEMBXNT. Vizxwa, July 17.—A¢ Coustantinople tho Boftas have demandod that the standard of tho Prophet bo raised for & boly war, but tho Palace bas decided to postpoie this cxtrume step till the Russiuns aro nearcr Adriunople. STRAWS. A Berlln correspondent snnouuces that Gen. Lovacheff, tne Czar's Adjufant-Gooeral, has arrived {n Vienna from Bucharest. A sio. Lowponw, July 17.—Prince Karageorgevitch, tha pretender to the Servian throne, hasen- tezed the Montencgrin army,—a sure sign that no-co-operation of Berviain tho war is expected. CONSTANTINOVLE. A Ministeriat crisis s sald to bo hupending at Constantinople. The Sultan Is reported to be strongly inclined to maka pesce, liaving already @iven Namyk Pasha, at 8humla, personal in- structions on thie subject. The young Turks oppose this polley. XEW TCAKISH BATTALIONS, WASHINGTON. Committee Must Resign, & Paga, July 17.—An oficlal order announces that the Bultan has devided on the immediate formation of ten battallons of ausiliarles, com. posed of Massulman and pon-Mussulinan fnhat- itants of Constantinople, for the reinforcement of the army of oumclta. GREAT BRITAIN. THR COMMONS OIVES A JIINT TO DEACONSPIRLD, Loxpox, July 17.~Tbe Ilouseof Comtnons to 153, passed a motlon to the «ffect that the recent appointment of Controller of the Statlonery Office Is caleulated o diminish the fofluence and usefulness of . select commite teesof the lionse and discourage the zeal of tue officlals of publie departinents, The vote fs Controller, T, Plgoit, wos Jsrt night, 13 Interesting, ss the appointed directly by Earl Beaconsileld, who {8 & friend of his family. The sppolntment contravenca the recommentation of the Select Committce of the Touse that the Controller of the Stuuounr{' Oftice stinuld have a technical acquatntancs with the dutles of Pigott docs waot fulfll] this condition, been previously emplosed at the War Office. The Timer, commenting on the above, says: = The results of Tast nlzht connot be serious, The Ministry will have received a_gontle admo- uitlan to be"a little more carefal in their ap- polntiments, As Disracli more than once de- nius ts lot clared, it was a proud characteristic of to discern mu:‘rlr t of i ace in which was cast. Lord Beacousticld will read in the vote a warning that the spirit of the nge must not be disregurded in the dispensation of pate Tonuge.” y THE RREADSTUFPS TRADE. The Mark Lane Expros in its weekly review Altbough re- of the British corn trade cays: ports are somewhat contradictory, the general opinion secms to point to more favoratle cereal crops than were ot one time thought likely. WWlicat cars have filled out nnder the Infucuce of fncreased moisture, and the prospects scem 19 promise a fajr harvest. Huwiver‘m Tikely that the home crop of '77_ will ceed the short crop of last year. - Reporta are still mmmflemr}’ regarding the findltlm: of the ccrel’ crops on the Contl- ment. Advices arc ot so favorable as o few weeks since. Conelderable damaze bas been done by the recent storms, which laid the growing wheat, Aficr a porfod of dnllncss and apathy following the recent decline fn vrices, a declded reaction has taken placo in the wheat trhae, and valucs advanced two shillings Kur quarter at Mark ¢ and the country mar- icts. This advance Is due to the sudden In- creare fu the demand, capecially fur Ruasian wheat, from the country miilers, who, as s rule, head no stocks to full back npon, and sre now borinning to feel the effecta of tho scarcity of Yiowne-grown graln. This rcarcity {5 moat marked, and” the effect it must exert on trude was clenrly shown &t Mark Lane ou . Monday lasf, when Dbusiness was moat animated in spite of coutinued Leavy imports from abroad and favorable weather {or the growing crop, Ileavy as such imports re, and notwithstanding Londou has received from B1. P'etershurg since the openinz of navigation four times ns much pa during the corresponding verlod last year, stiil the demand secius now equivalent to the supply, os stcatncrs are belng clenred as rapidly as they arrive, and notning of conscquence is going into grawary. The Jmports into London frotn Germany show a de- crease, and the total of the return” bas been to all {ntents made up by supply from Russin and India. America has ceased to be recarded, at ony rate for this scason, as the source of sup- {sly. but as a new feature It may bo noted hat sales of new winter wheat have commenced ot moderate prices,and this r?“.mr will acquire odditional importance doring the next two months, as reports continne fairly satisfacto: from the Atlastie Btates, while from Callfornfa not more than lalf of (last year's supply way be cxpected. With zomewhat unsetiled weather and sinall arrivals st ports of call, trade for arrival carzoes of wheat has ruled firm during the past week, and prives have lmproved one ebfiling to two shll ing to quality of cargoes on shipment there Bas been an active demand, and an hinprovement of has been cstablished, In malze there is an advance of aix pence to vine penge per quarter., uufiey is m'n:..l PERU. THE PIONT WITHL TN AUASCAR—PLAU DE- MANDING REDLESS AND AN APOLOGY PROM THE BRITISI GOVERNMENT. PaNadA, July T.—A correspondent of the Panmua Star and Herald writes from Lima, Junc 20, as follows: *“Tho promise made by Gen. Prado to the na- tlon, that Immediate redress would be demand fur the proceedings of the Bhal and Ameth; 15 being complied with, Ay important direl nddresseid by the Minlster of Forelen Affairs to tie Peruvign diplomatic ond consular repre- gcntativos abroad has been made public. Tho Minlster states that, although Hunacar declined to obey the constitutfonal authorities, she was novcrtheless a national vessel, The power of the tiovernment to van. quish hor was proved at she combat of Pisqua, whera abo was forced to fly befura the squad- rou, Tuls circumstance was instantly cownu. nfeated to tho diplomatic corps in Lima, Al- lhuup}h the decreo of the Government author- ized the capture of the rebel by a third party, this could not refer to any foreign force, s such interferenco would be In diroct contravention of international right; and the very fact of offer- ing u reward to the captor cffectually debarred thu comuunder ot any forelgn man-of-war from taking part In the affulr. The offer of rewartd was nade principally with the object of ereating a counter movement on Hoard tho ves- el ftsell. The Huascar was attacked fn Peru- vian waters, a3 s clearly proved from the shot and shell discharged by the Shah and Amdh{ll, whicn passed uver the Huasear, foll tu the Vil- lago of Pacochu, snd even caused dainage, There was no cause for attacking the Huascar, a8 thualleged outrages on British interests wero disproved, The Minlster haviog made thess statewents, declares that the procecdings of Adwiral De Horsey were in contravention of in- teruational law, coustitute an outraze szninst the soverelgnty of the Republic, and an {mme- diato demand for redress and spology will be made to the Cabinct of £t Jamnes. ! ‘The Star and Herald bas soms further intolli- genes respecting tho battle between the English ve:sals and the Huascar, denved from the oticer uh, which vessel, at Ing Payta for cithel Sui Francisvo. ‘The statements are to the effovt that the cighity shots lired by the Huasear wers productive of ho further damage to her oppo- nent, the Bliah, thay that of coiting away somo of her upper rigging. During the action vne of the celebrated Whiteheal torpedoes was de- tached fruns the Shah and sout ayuinst tho Huasear ot the mte of about nlue knots —thu flnascar then stesining at about eleven— tirlng, advancing and retiring, The route of the torpedo was st right angles to the Hune svar's coursg, s0 that at u given polot the two would meet, But it scemns that these torpe- loes, although proceeding some two or thres feet under water, cause & disturbance ou the £urface, which must have been distinguished by tho veople op board the Hlunscar, as ber course was fustantly chaoged, and the torpedo passed far from hor side. ‘The English ofticers aro unanimoua in their complinentary rewmarks as tu the handling ana fighting of the Huascar, She vuly druws fourteen fect of water, while the Shah aud Amethyst draw over twenty, Houce tho Huasear kept fu shore. hoping o induce her encwules to cuter shallow water und then bhave them at the mercy ber powertul raut. The Eugiish assert that the Jiuasar was struck seveuty-two times, but, as stated ina former disputch, only one sbell entered the ship through & port, the rematader falling to peaetrate ber armor. FOREIGN MISCELLANY,’ STHOUsBERG. Moscow, July 17.—Dr. S8irousberg’s sentence of banishmcat from the Russlsn dominlons is still unexceuted. Ue is detalned pending the arrival from 8t. Petersburg ot the papers which are neccssary to deterinine the aimnount of coste Lhie wust pay. GERMAN IMPRRIAL BANK STATEMBNT, Bxruty, July 17.—~Tho weekly statemeut of the Iinperial Yank of Uermany shows -au io- crease of £,200,000 marl THN POTATO-LUQ ABROAD, Baxrix, Prussis, July 17.—Qwing to the con- tinued {wportations ot 'Coloradu beetlos o Ger- man hlflmnlnlhlsn arriviog (rom Awerica will 4 rE bo carefull; bl Placards contaluiug life- sizs punn{uo the insect will by distributed througbous the country. tho office. having it Is not come u to full average, although it will probably cx"3 ines per quarter, axcord- rize, and for two shlllfugs per quarter the source that for several sesslon to-la; in discusaing Mexican affairs, The Secrctary of Concerning the Recommendations of the Recent Cnstom-Honse Come ' mission. g The President Will Not Go to the White Bulphur 8prings at All, & MUST STEP DOWN, OFFICEHOLLING MEMRENS OP THE NATIONAL REPUHLICAN COMMITTER. Epecial Dispatch to The Tribune. Wasmisarox, . C., July 17.~The question tecently raleed by members of the Natfonal Repubifean Coremittee tonching the appllcation of the Prestdent’s late Civil-Service order to thelr cases was discussed at much length In the Cabinet meeting to-day. It mecins that - the oplnjon previously reported as having been given by the Prestdent, that it would not be nccesaary for members of this Commlitte to consider that order as applying to thelr cases, since they would have no po- litical duties to perform during the next three yeare, was given as his tirst {mpreesion in the tnatter. A further and more careful consfdera- tion of the subject has convinced the Proslilent sod the membors of Lis Cabinet thal it is Lest to P MAKE NO EXCEPTION to the rule, and especlally to make no suck im- portant exception as scems to lave been de- termined upon from the statement contained tu letter to Asalstant-Secretary McCormlek's Postmaster Filley. Another - course, it s feared, wquldl be widely misun- derstood by the people. and cause dissatiafaction amony officcholders to whom the rule was made to apply. Noforinal vote wos taken in the Cahinct to-dar on the subject, but o comn- plete understanding was urrived at,tLat members of the Natloual Republican Cummittes who hold Federal ofiices will be required at no dis- taut day to chooge which they will rellnquish. The members of the Republican Commit- tee who have raleed this question arc Postmaster Fiiley, of 8t. Louls; A, B, Cornell, of New York, and Assistant-Secretary McCormick. It was revorted in Washington several days ago that Coruell had made up his mind to MAKE AN 183U8 with thc Administention in rezard to this order, and to refuse o resign cither of his positione, thus foreing the President to remave bitn from his place inthe Custom-House. It is not known when{'er he still contempladas soy such action or nof MEXICO. DIAZ PROMISES GOOD FARKIONS, New Onvrans, July 17.—Gen. N. 8, Renenu, who went ‘to the City of Mexico bearing dls- patches from Becretary Evarts, returned to-day by steamer from Vera Cruz. Gen. Rencau re ports that the country is quict. He says Dinz’ nathority s recognized thronghout the repub- lic, and be belicves that now Mexico has the best Governiment abe has had for twenty years. In an Interview, President Diaz expressed n de- sire to do everything possible to asaist in break- lnF up the lawlessness on the Iio Grande. Diaz earncstly hoped his Govermment would 3“ ;cwznlzed by the Unfted Btates at an carly ay. VIA WASTINGTON. Hpecial Disputch fo TAs Tribune, WasZINGTON, 1. L., July 17.—A/ Tl f-State Seward, who rey Forelgn Department in'tho Cabino! eented a lonz dispatch from Minister Foster, stant-Sec- cuted the treatlog of the Mexiean border question, und re- porting offidally the sction of tie Diuz tiovern- ment on the instructioris recently given to Gen. O to follow tmarauders neross the Klo tirande border, snd punish them In Mexico. The sub- stance of these reports hes already been éxrinml in letters and dispatches from” the | Mexivo. Secretary McCrary also read to the Cabinet the latest dlspatchies from Gen. Ord, reporting the communteations he has recently had with the Mexican Gew. Trevino, The fnformation they contafn Is aubstantislly the same as that recelved from Minister Foster, In Mexico. Promivent mewmnberg, of the Adininistzation do not anticipate any§rouble will ariee out of the protest of il Mexican Government myrmtust Gen, Onl’s fnstructions, The people of Mexlco are very sensitive {n regand to any vio- latton of (heir territory, and a widespeead oy jon prevalls among them that the United Btates 13 desirous of sunexing some of thelr border Htates, DPresident Diaz was therefor obliged to take the course he nas adopted In relfde- fense, sod o deference to the public sentiment. “of the prople. The latcst dispatches from (e Orllead to the bellef that uoastual coutlict will under any cireurstances be likely to occur between the troops of the two countrles. The Mexican In- dians who have been stealing hovmes and enttle in Texas recently did not cruss the Rio Gimnde on thelr returs aoywhere In the nelgzhborhood of (en, Trevino's troops, sud If the latter had been disposed to futerlere with tha progreas of the Amcrican troops while fn pursalt of theeo Indians it would have been wholly impoisib's for him to do s0, 1tis hardly expected by the people in Washington who are best foformed on tho subject that there will be any occasion to pursue robbers from Mexico, exther Indlans or others, across the Rlo Grunde in the nelhbor- huwd of Mexicun mititary statfons, The free- booters will he as earcful to avold the Mexicun trooph as to keep, 1f posaible, beyond the reach of American solde: Later news from Brownsville confiring the reports proviously recelved that Escoboedo is preparing for an nitack upon some of the north- crn Btates of Mexico. On the 12th of July he was scen about forty miles above Brownsvilte with ¢izhteen mnen, who arc said to have had slde arms. It fsalso reported from the same lays parties of men bave been seen travoliog up the country, snd 1t was I:umn:d that lhuwum golng to mect Esco- cdo, and that he had a ‘camp somewbere on this side of the Rlo Grande. CARINET TALK 1% wASHINGTON. To the Weatern Awsaciated Press, Wasiinaron, D. C., July 17.—AL tho Cabinet most of the thoo was occupled War recelved eeveral telegramas and letters from Gicn. Ond, In which he repurts at fength the con- dition of allairs on the ftlo Grande. ‘Tno Mexi- cau Uovernment baving promiscd to put a stop to the ralls ucroes that river, oo furtheraction will by taken by our Goverviuent for Ahe Pres- ent, in tho" hope that tho @lezlean ritles will be uble to fultill their promises, prevent any invasion of MeXicin territory by the United Btates forces, Gen. Ord fn s disatehies expresses tha opinjon that alfalrs are progressiug favorably, for ba belleves that muraudingg parties van be'broken up with- out fuvolviug the disturbunce of luteruational relations. NO MODIFICATION, Itcan be stated on unquestionable ofiiclal autliority that the Administratiou has made uo mudigication of tien. Ord's instructions hereto- fore published, nor bave any propositions for odilylug thcia been cyen considercd. Adyices received at the State Department to- ll:fi from 3Minister Foster stutu that Le Lud valled the attentlon of tho Government of Gen, Diaz 1o the fuvasion of American soll by a Mexican force of Diaz soldiers in pursult of 3 body of Lerdo’s adhercuts, and la reply had recelved from the Dinz Government somu very lotercsting sssurances. Thoy admitied that this act was an Intangement ‘of futcrua- tional law, prowised that it ahould be prompt- ly fuvestizuted, '8" sssuredt bim, for the lu- formation uf our Goverunient, that they would wake all due amends {u sccordance with the requircments of luteruational Jaw, 1t 1s, there- fore, evideut that the Disz Govermncnt per- scive that expluuations are first in order from Mexley, shic baving made the tiret fovasion. NOTES AND NEWS, TUN GUEAT CUSTOM-HOUSE, Special Dupateh W The Tribune, Wasuixarox, D. C., July 17.—Ths second report of the Custom-House Commission, of which John Jay is Chairman, isnot the final one. Thy threo wmost important poluts $regted 1n this roport sre, first, & seorkanization of the systers of salaries fu order to wake the pay of such oficcrs s perform _almilar duties the sawe. Ureat iocongruitics ju salary LO-1RY, Dre- ity of ribmne., oz g.lCE FIVE CENTS. § ¢ disenverwt DY the Commission, for which Py & N ) s present administration of the Custom-Honse &S 1 very Mitle §f at all responsible. The aal- - Omoeho!c!ing Members of the Nation 5 ] Aes ¢t employes of the Custom-Ioneo are not 2 ixed bylaw, and it has been customary for % former Collectors and Surveyors to grade the enlaries In their offices more In accordance with the personncl of thelr employes than with the character of the work to.be performed. Favorites of the adminls- tration of the Custom-liouse at any given time have fu many instances recefved much higher sslaries than others lees fortunate, performing the same grodes of daties. The Custom- House Commission propose an arrange- ment of the different classes of dutics somewhat s they are aranged in the departments at Washlogton, making several grades of clerks, with a fixed salary for euhcpmlm The eecond recommendation of the Commisslon fs that whenever & Custom- House breker ks detected fn bribiog, or attempts ing to bribe, any employe of the customs, either for the 'purpose of Indne- ing him to negicct his duts or to facilitato the transaction of the husiness which ~ the broker may have ‘with the customs, no such brokce shall hereafter underanv circumstances be ad- mitted to the Custom-House. This regulation, 1f adopted, is Intended to correct an ahusg o which much complalot was made by merchants and others fn their testimony beforo the Comn- misslon, The third recominendation is that, at stated intervals, a thorouglt cramination of the administration of the Custom-House shall be iade by a disinterested cummisston, in order to prevent abuscs from growing up, and tadlscover any reforms that oueht to he adopt- ed. Tho Commission wili hercaiter report on the important subject of appraiscments, awd othicr matters not included in the two reports already made. AGRICULTURAL CLEBK, Gien. Carman, of Jersey Clly, has bcen ap- pointcd Chief Cletk of the Agricuitural De- partment. He is a gentlemanof high stand- ing. He commanded a brigude of troopyon the Mnreh to the Sea, and his military recond is ex- cellent, I WILDEI AND MONTOOMERY. Iuo Gen. James F, Wilder, well known In conncd” Hon witt the Army of the Cumbertand, and now restdlug at Chattanoogs, has been ap- pointed Pustmiaster for that plase, The place of Consul at Geneva has been Slled by a gentieman named Montgomery, o fricadof Hecretary Evarta, AFTOINTMENTS, .. Tothe Wisern Anoclated Prons. snINaToy, D, C., July 17.—E. A. Carman, of New Jersey, has been appuinted Chief Clerk in the Deparfment of Agriculture, Ted Bisbop has been appoiuted Postmaster at Oll City. THR PREIIDENT at this time has no Intention of visiting Green Briar, White Sulphur 8prings, but he will prob- ably sccept an Invitation to vistt Old Point. Va., to attend the Tostal Conventfon which meets there the latter part of this manth, g r— TWEED'S LAWYER. He Stirs Up & Tammany Plumber, Who © Gata DBack® at Him Vigorously, In Letter to the Attorney-General. &pectal Dispaleh (o Te Tribune, New Yous, July 17.—Join D. Townscud, counsel for Tweed, in lis most recently publisn- ed statement In regard to the nogotiations for the release of Tweed, fncldently threw consider- ahble mud upon the reputation of Mr, Carulan O'Brlan Dryant. DBryant .comes to the front with a statewent, In which le tolls what hu knows ashout the caxe, and sbout John D, Towaseml, Bryant's stutement {s fn the shapo of & letter to the Attornev-General, and {s mainly an sattack on Townscnd. This gentletnan, he churges, was rotalned, not as Tweed's couneel, but asthe tool ofJohn Kelly, a part of the alleged bavgwin Lidng that Townsond should be the Tammany cndi- date for Attorney-Generul, ‘Thy tuttuctice of certain Mrs. MeStullin, of Fifth avenue, whoe it alleged reseived cnortnots cums of poney frong Tweed, is alta spoken of oa befug au ffaportant factor 'In Towneend’s negothtious to b re talned ns Tweod's counvcl, The direlosures fn _the Jorid ure nlso commentea on and “Mr. Towusend fs virtually chargel with o Dbreach of falth {u° commn- nivsting theso facts to nowspaper meu working in the Iuterest of Judge Kelly, Mr. Bryant saya that when Tweed's lmpeu canie to him all that wero ot any value bad been #itted out by the lawyers. Tweed's desllngs with dny GGould are next narrated, and then the Woodin case {s spoken of at length. Mr. Hey- ant’s side of the Aw;?' showa that Tweed made the charge agafpst Benator Woodin In a maliclous aplrit, substltuting that geptieman’s name for Senator Woous, which i more siguniticaut than any yet fn the Tweed matter, Regarding O'Urien's statement, the Thineasnya elitoriallys John 1) Townsend l:as been so thoroughly ueed up already that Mr. Bryant's recital ot the funer ~ hlstury of ~ how Townsend got a retalver from Twoced was handly needed to exposs the rofessional charscter of that versatile attorney. The scandals of Tweed's private life have becn eaftlclently notorlous, hut § is & new revelation of legal intrigue to tind how utimate a relution they have had with the conduct of the negutiations for Tweed’s relcase, awl with the seletion of the agents intrustod with his defense. While Mr. Bryunt's statewents inay be assumed to be colored b ruuunul plguo it prejudice, thers are enougi ntringic ovidences of truth about thoin to prove that Tweed Is uow, ns always, onu of the ean- est and one of the most contemptible of man, and that thé methods cmploved by him to re- uln lis liherty have boen quito as unscrupuloits a4 any of those In virtue of which Le Just ft, ‘To tho Jeast reputable of these mcthods Jobn Kelly aud bis friend and contldan, Townzend, buave evidently been consenting partles, 1t has been l\.lllh'l:nll{ obvious thay the eyldence in Tweed's possesslun tesuling to fmplieate persons holding any prominent public position was of the most insy character, It was wlvo clear that Kolly was chiclly nuxious to employ this evidence, cither to destroy people who stoxl in his wuy, or to bring others whom hu coult use umder lis power. But Mr. Bryaut's statement sheds pew light on the fmplicit fuith Tw bad in the political omnlpo- tence of Kelly, and + Lia entire readiness to testily to anything wisich Kelly wanted, and which would make hissuccessor b the Dictatorshiv of Tummany Hall promise his relt clther through the” influcucy of the {'muut Attorney-Genersl or of the new At. orucy-Generul, whum all the partics to the in- trigue expected to dud fu John D. Townsend, Tha account of Tweed’s absolute uuacrupalous ness {n swearing to anything which would satlss f‘y Kelly, by tmplicating Benator Woudin In the ivislon of the Ring bribery fund, is onc of the moat (ostructive revelations of this latest chap- ter of the secret bistory of o very uosavory series of transuctions.” i ASIATIC CHOLERA. Fosltive Statement that o Case Ias Aps peared iu New Ydrk City, . Special Dizpuich 40 The Tribuns, Naw Yong, July 1T.—Among the deathcer- tiflcates to-doy was ooe from Dr. C. E. Har wood, that Peter Vau Keuren, & lettercarrier, sqed 49, bad died of Asfaticcholera. Banltary- Tuspector Dwyer juyvestigated tho casc, and re- ported agalust ths certificate’s corrects Less, but s burlal pengit was with- Deld, and the Corouer will bLod a jpost-mortew. ' Dr. Harwood is positive tn his wsscrtions. Hesays that if ever aman died of & tlear case of cholers, Van Keuren did. Hu had severs cramps {u the bowels and legs, fre- queat rice-watercolored discharges, nsusea aud vomitfvg, his hauds were culd sud shrivelod, bis breath fceole, and bts pulse low, The next mum lie wus apparently dead, but still had a feable pulss, and his body was unusually wurm ou the breast and neck. Within an hour sud o Lalf aftee death’ the temperature of bis body in tho axillary region lucreased tve degrece, Which s & marked symptoms of cholera.” The Doctor has bad covsiderable sxpericucs with the discase, and his ststomeuts create much anxiety, Every prevaution hus been taken 10 prevent any spread of the coutagion. e e—- OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Bam FraNcisco, July 17.—Arrived, steamer Alasks, from Hong Kung, vis Yokobama. Her nows is anticipated by the Belgic, Loxuox, July 17.—Steawmships Californls sad Neckar, from New York, and Maratheo, (rea Boston, have arnved oute