Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1877, Page 1

VOLUME XXXIL CHICAGO, MONDAY, AUGUST NC! * Pash fed Kazaniik on Sunday, and there- | all Government officials 59 per cent until the en ola ie btha oeerneeres IN RE PLEVNA, [iy iat ctese to schipia and Trlavna Passes. | close of the war. SALE OF TH CAPITAL STOCK TNE PORTE ADMITS ITs CLOSE BAILING, : OF THB Conscartizarne, Aug. G.—The Porto has Newepapera announce that the Ruasian man- monde public the following intelligence: "Tho Rusaiana have been completely defeated at Yeni-Saghra with constdersdle lose, including two puns and a large quantity.of baggage and equipments, They fod in disorder to Kain- bogahaza Para, which $s aecupled by Suleiman Pasha, who pursucd them thither.” of-war Constantine appeared Friday night off Kila, some two hours’ sal! from the Bosphorus, anddeparted again after firing Mftecn shots. Redif Pasha has been sent to Prince's Ielaud, In the Bea of Marmors. MONTEXEONO. Raavsa, Aug. 5.—The fusurgents hold the Remarkable Success of the Recent Turkish Ac= tion in Distress. . National Life Insarance Co, OF U.S, OF A, Ty virtue of an onder from the Cirenlt Conrt of Cook Con lil, the mudersiqued, aa Necetver of the Te- 4 on f Chicas, TM. ahers y PONTOON NNIDGE, road between Trebinjc and Ragusa. Tablis date eta eae emierarrs tones | Tho Russians Abandon Their A BECOND B ud F at Simnitza, is nearly completed, and will be ready for use ina few days. The old bridge ts atitl In good order. TIE SUNDAY SUMMARY. IT AGAIN PUTS IN A WBLCOMB APERAIANCE, Lonpor, Aug. 5.—Tho first movement of the Russians towards carrying out that plan of campaign heretofore foreshadowed ns the one Ikely to be selected. has resulted in the disaster of Plevna. The purpose of the Russian Gen- erals obviously was to whee} around thelr right and left wings to a linc parallet with the Balkans taking Tirnova a8 o pivot, and thus foreo Osman Pasha and Mehemet All back across the mountains on their respective lines of retreat. This accomplished, and Osman Pasha and Mehemet All prevented from effecting a junc- tion by the forces under (ien, Gourka, which were incanwhite to catablist themaclyes south ofthe Balkana, the Russian campaign would have heen beyond the danger of failure or serl- ons Interruption. ‘TUR PROMENADE ACROSS THE DANUNE, and tu andover the Balkans, while the Turk® remalned Idle In thele canis and fortresses was perhaps suilictent to justify the iden of the Rus- slans that they had only to advance to insure that the Turks should retreat. It was this fecl- Ing which led the Russians into tho fatal am- bush of Plevna a fortnight ago, snd which, Tuesday, sent an inferior force tu avenge that disaster on a victorious army In a fortified pos!- tlon. Tho result is that ALL 18 CHAOS AGAIN, as far as our knowledge of the situation Is con- cerned, and that news dispatches from the front are fullo! panicky or exaggerated rumoara dic- tated by the hopes or fears of cither side, but the salient fact {s unquestioned, that the Rus slana have been ehecked, and their catnpaign cannot make any progress’ until they lave shaken off Mehcmet All and Osinan Pasha from their Nanks, and meanwhile Gourka’s task south of the Balkans is rendered more and more serious dally by the concentration and orguniza- tlon of Suleiman Vasha's forces, The Roumanian Railway Is monopolized by the dispatch of retn- forcemunts from tho camp of reserves at Kis- cheneff. Itis olledged that the Dobrudscha will be almost wholly evacuated, and that Zim- merman’s corps will return via Slatuva to the central army, The Czar las decreed fresh levies at home, ALL OF WHICH MEANS that the milltary promenade has been turned In- to au affairof Hfe or death for the Russians, and that the Turks will be crushed If there is power in Russia to crush them. ‘The Turkish plan {s belleved to be for Osman Pasha to fight hls way sostward, and Mehemet Ali to advanco westward upon Tirnova, while Suleiman Paslia endoavura to foree the Rassian position at Kazanilik; hut, in doing this, Osman Pasha must expose hisleft fank tothe risk of being turned from thedirection of Nikopolis,thus factiltating the Russian plan of plyoting on Tirnova, snd foreiue him to retire belind the Balkans. Mebemet All would fncur tho samo danger from tho Russians between Rustchuk and Rasgrad, while Sulciman Pasha must at- tack the Russians {1 positions of thelr own choice, Tho supposed Turkish plan DOKS NOT LOOK VERY PLOMIBING untess tho Russians ald it by mistakes like those at Plevna, But it may, with skillful handling, servo to keep the Ruestans in check until the campaigning season is over, which would be for the ‘Turks the next thing to an absolute victory. Both Russiaand Turkey are subinitting to a terrible strain on thelr resources tovarna docided advantage in this campaign, Meantlinc, ft would seem, from apparently well-authenticated reports of murder and raping by Bashi-Bazouks, Bulgarians, and Cossacks, that the warls fast assuimlug a character of savage cruclty which threatens to make {t a war of extermination for all the inhabitants of the territory involyed, whether Christian or Mohain- tedan, AMMUNITION FOH MALTA. Lonpox, Avg. 5.—A Woolwich dispatch says an order was received at the Royal Arsenal Saturday fore500 tons of shelis to be sent to Malta by private ships, The whule will be cm- barked Monday and Tuesday, genie “BRILLIANT STRATEGY. TEN DAYS NEFONE THE RUSSIAN DEFPRAT— BNGLTS ASTONISIMENT AT TCRKISIL SUPINE- NESS. Tor Dt ic purehave In Jota of any amount, of 10,20 shares Fer ee ar at aoc of the Natiorsl fAtrcinsurance Campaavel Vi. 8, OF A. (nar valer $160 per phate). being Ola oie enpteal atock of mald Company, now and fer Mang, sears (nh anceevaitl Gueration, and one of the Biand Sineectaat tne Repnnlie kife-tosnranee Compa vi Rroporaie tw he 1a reales ceveleren DATRE A © Praporula for Capital Stock.” And addrerred te the qreutiened (obermnnitied by lim unopened to the Court for: ue netion at ie ean of the set hs. AN el hercefter ad practivatie, §. ef. 1. a Woon There eretvar teh, LAfceln#, CO.y 197 LaSAlle-at. Chteage, ai daly By INTE. ee 7 PER CENT. We now hao money to loan at 7 par cent on im- Teal enkate, Povey TURNER & BOND, 102 Washington-st, '0 LOAN ON MORTGAGE, srrom $2, 000 to $25,000 to lon on Chicago Heal Estate at 7, 4, and 10 per cent, WALTER I. MATTOCKS, Room 1, No. 40 +6. BANKING HOUSE of LAZARUS SILVERHIAN Chamber of Commerce, Chicago. Has money toloan on teal Estate, Produce ant Prov Sieion, Clgy and County Orders, aud Mercantile Paper, Aud iebeiling Exchange on etl countries “SORMINER'S ROL DAY NUMBER. AUERBACH'S NEW STORY, ®Adsm and Eye at the Agricultural Fair,’ arittcn expressly for Scribner's Monthly, $s rinted in the Midsummer Holiday Number of tat nuigazine. It is accompanied by five suse trations drawn by Prof, Paun THustann, of the Serlin Academy, There are also atorics by the author of That Laga 0° Lowric's,” H. H. Boy- esen, and Mary £. C. Wyeth. The Boston Journal or Coststence epcale of this Midsum- mer Holiday Number as * unparalelted in maya- tine pulitcations tn ite welde range oy’ entertaln- meni” Complete Investment of Rustchuk. Communication with Shumla Established by the Be- leaguered Turks. Lanion Timer, July 3, ‘This has been the must eventful week since the war began. A great blow has been struck; the military position Is entirely changed: there has been a Ministerial revolution at Constanti- nople, and the ale fs full of rumors, Theee arise no one knows how, and come no one knows whence; but they are the topics of the day In every Capital of Europe, and thousands Give them fmpllctt falth, Yet the most reason- able explanation of their existence is, that they rise spontancously among the public through a forecast of probabilities. The Czar fs supposed to purpose this, or the Sule tan fto be resigned to that, because their respective circumstances eee Uy make such dispositions appropriate. It cannot be denied that Turkey is in great danger. The Enmpire haa two linea of defense, on the Importance of which strategists, professtunal ur amateur, had dilated. Both these lincr have been forced, and. there is every reason to believe that the rerpect- ive passages will be held permanently by the Ruselans, The favacer Is now virtually moster ot the Danubo between Widin and Rist-huky the former place may fall into fs hands any day, while Rustehuk’ is cut off from com: tuunication with the other fortresses. and must stond a siege which will try the en- duranece of its garrison andl the’ atrength of tts works, The Balkan has peen forved by the wonderful: march of (Gen. Cioarka, ant troops ara pasting with a rapidity whieh rivals the mom famous achievements of Napeicon's soldiers, or of the Germans in the warof 1syU. It fs expected, both by friend and fue, that the Russians will treat one or more of the fortiticd pasacs as they treated Nizopults on the Danube: and posaioly by this time the celehrated Shipkw Pass, which ts 4 fairly good, aallitary ruad, may dein thelr power. Hastiy-gathered troops are belug sent up from Constantinople, and part of the army which fought the Montenegrins ix hurrying'to fuln them; but the Husstan reine foreements are belug pushed on from the Dan- ube, and the chances are much agalnst a repulee of thu Invader. The reault of all this is extraordinary agita- tlon at Constantinople, We'do not quite know the nature and the donMuant impnises of the agitation; we only eve the effects. It may ine dicate courage and ring fanatictsm; it ts con atrued to signify discouragement sud despair. There bas been b complete change in the Gare ernmeng, and with the Turks the overthrow of o Mitt isarevolution. Safvet Pusia, wha tmalntatied the cause of the Porte at ths Cont ference with some ability, and with more cool- ness and obstinacy, retires, and fs ateveeded by Aarifa Pasha, a tan not identified with auy policy, or committed tv any opluion on ‘the inexpediency of war or peace. Redif . Pasta, the Seraskler, sharca thi same fate, Je ls furlously Inited by. the peopte vf the Capital, who have made up ther minds that every calamity ts due to him, and over: success to those who disobey his orders, ‘his has come, not trom any intelligent. examination of his acts, Dut because he wos the most con- Sdent and arrogant member ofaciique which was supposed to rule by deceiving aud perverting: the Sultan’a mimi. Kedif Pasha, however, has been undoubtedly a vigorous War Minister, and a8 patrlotiein a combative sense as way man in Btambout,. Lt is (impossible ta Ovlleva that the Turks could have ralsed two such arniea as thuscoft Europe and Asis, su formidable in numbers, cficiency, and equpmenta, if fouls or traitors had -becn at the Serusklerate. The work done In Kedif Pasha’s time has exceeded that required or axccuted by ils predecessors, The blow was reuly tu fall even befure tho Hus- slans forced the Balkan, the Seraskter Was sent to the camp in sompany with Nani tenaibly tu conault with the Serdar Exrent, but, us the cnemles af the Mittater believed, ta re- movo him fram the palace and to facilitate bis everthrow.e The most finportant change, how- ever, is that produced by the tranefer of tho command of the Danubian army from Abdul Kerli Pasha to Mehrmed All Pasha, a German. by birth, and reputed a canable ufliver, ‘This puts au end at once ta the conjecture respecting o profound and mysterious strategy: of the Serdar, Since thejretreat of the}Kusslans fa Asta, the policy’ of awaiting tha enemy: ti Tirnova Disastrously Exposed by the Reoont Advances of the Pashas, Reappearance of the Able Sunday Summary Ab- sent Temporarily. The Force of Mukhtar Pasha in Asia Minor Greatly ‘Wenkened, His Armies Decimated to Reinforce Mehem- et Ali. The Diplomats at Constantinople Greatly Concerned Over Greece's Armament, To ‘FOR RENT. DESIRABLE OFFICES IN THE TRIBUNE BUILDING TORENT. Apply to. WM, C, DOW, Room 8 Tribune Building, _MIANCELLANEOUN. Odes of Goueral Superintendent of Police, Cicaco, Atg. 4, 1877. Notice fe hereby given to all persons recently sworn Into the rorvice of the City of Chicago with powers of Special Policctnen-except those still actually on duty and regularly reporting at cortain Police Stations~-that thélr authority to act as such,| Spccinl Palleo ly hereby revoked. Talvo.notity alt peraons having atl] in thelr poe seneion any etare, uadgos, or other proparty or eqvinpments of any kind furnished thom by author- ity of the city during the recent disturbances, to rotara tha ware forthwith to thie office, or they will be held perronally responstule for the same, M. C. HICKEY, __Meneral Superintendent of Police, 126,000 CC PIES. were printed td th frat editlon of the Mins. wEn Houtpay Nesmens of Beribner’s Monthly md Bt Nicholas, Yet the supply was almost iwbausted on the day of fesue. The oston Transerbt, in apesking of this number of Scrib- ner, saya: ‘Ut ta the snost beautlful fesue of tite handanine periodical ie Itave ever seen, I ba gratl- SJylng to als the eenses to which a periotieal can rea sunadly administer. Public Notice, All Hotel-keepers, Itestauratet pho hava furniated imeais fo vere: i Austria Raptdly Mobilizing an Army of 90,000 Soldicrs. The (Emporor Alexander Asks a Lead- “ing Question of Austria. THE OUTLOOK. RUSSIAS NECESSITY, “(fly Cable to The Chicago Tribune.] Loxnon Orrice or ‘Tux Carcaco Tumse, Sarsspuny Stazer, W. O., Aug. 5—4 a. m.— ‘Thero ore many rumora os to what the Rys- sinus aro doing, and mean to do, in order to retriove thoir position, All these, however, are ‘vagno, and scom to have very slender foun- dation, The report that Ployna had beon recaptured is contradicted. Tho condition of tho Russian army after tho battle ron- dered av immediate renowal of tho battle OUT OF TUE QUESTION. Reinforcemonts aro necessary, and tho Russians aro showing great enorgy in aond- ing these forward, ‘ho Grand Duke Nich- olas is uow with tho defeated army. The mystorions force which lias been moving about the Dobru:lscha, without giving much sign of activity, has beon ordered to proceed to Sistova, and THE WHOLE IMPERIAL GUanD has boen directed to go.to the sent of war, though somo time must elapso before it can arrive, Everything indicates that tho Russian commanders have a thorough ap? preciation of tho importance of the lato dé- feat, and the necessity of roversing the pos!- tion ag soon as it can bo done, Osman Pasha's situation, if be remains whero ho is intact, is of itaclf A SUFFICIENT MENACE, and must draw down upon him a most serl- rious onslaught before many days. How far he can count upon reaorves does,not appear, or other partics Othe Cy Of Calekee daring. tee ago uring tn ‘arent disturbances. {i thts tie tin hereby guliiod to, retire iholt, ticketa “oe nue. eae rerly certifey fo. tha undersigned WATit: is: SHTITEEY AR trou ete’ dntay ana notice fa erehy wiven shat tie iaunnce of ticiete Of anters for a IN ASIA, the intention of tho Russians to sdyance from Ardahan, a8 reported Inst week, Ia cvon- uel am accotint at bie vily at Ga hy * strong positions, of drawing him on, and at- panealucd Ge ji SAS AWE Et ounce but the troops anid to ba moving eouth from | firmed by tho nows that chelr outposts havo al- fackiine hla When divided aud. exhausted, lias pEhicang, Aus .4, 1877, joom 3, City, Widdin and Sofia will probably be diverted to roinforce him, News from friend and foo alike indicates that the Russians will bo obliged to concen. trato HETWEEN THE JANTRA AND THE OSINA, Already the Widdin army ia within twenty miles of theSistova bridgehead, for the River Osina, which enters tho Danube above Nik- opolis, makes a great bond to the eastward bofore it turns weal, ond the point of pas- aage at Hulgoreni ia only twenty miles from THE QUESIAN ARK OF SAFETY, Tho Twelfth Corps, whether prossed or not by Mehemet Ali, cannot remain in bivonae beforo Rustchuk, but must’ march to the support of its beaten comrades, Fighting has been renewod IN ABIA 3IINOR, the Russians thera having received large ad- ditions during tho last few weeks, Tho ready pushed on ag far as Pennek. At the sate thme another division Is inurching to Ar- danusch, which commands the road from Ba- toum to Olt, A thirdcolumn of apparently freals forces fa occupylug the Hine af tha Adjara Rivor, eouth of Batuum. This polnts to an evi- Gent {utention to advance possibly op Erzcrount, or to chrry out a wide, sweeping flank and rear movement on Mukhtar Pasha’s army before Kara, which will bo covered by attacks in front, conducted by Melikoff’s forces at Kurnkdara, supported by Gen. Tergukassoff, who is bo Neved to be somewhere on the Kiyer Araxcs, south of Kars, The latter plan ts moro proba ble than an adyanco on Erzcroumn, !f, indced, the whole movement on Olt! fs not A FEINT TO DISTRACT MUKIITAL’S ATTENTION from what fs goluy on in front; but, as a felut. might be converted into a real attack, Mukhtar cannot afford to ignore it. Te will, therefore, ‘be forced to detach 9 considcrabla number of men from tho main army to guard the base of the triangle formed by Ardahan, Kars, and Olt, tam been In great favor umong the critics of the campaign. As Abdul Kerimdid nothlog, tt was supposed he meditated the more, He was the Fabius Cunctator of the threatened Ottoman Bate, The Russians crosecd the Pruth and snoved palufully tothe Danute, atatd endless dlMicuitics, caused by the floods of rain and the defciencles of transport. The Turkish come mander might have been in Bucharest tu week, and’ tho BashJ-Bazouks would have n profitably employed fo pulllug up | the rulls which have since served tho Kus- slana so inestinably, Mo did not more, and he was thought to have good reason fdr Inae- tion, The Russians crossed iuto the Dobrud- schag Abdul Kerim had abandoned tt on strates ical grounds, A few duys later they made thelr yenturceome passage at Simnitza, asd for a week or longer their moat contident ofllzers must have been in no Mttlo anxiety; fur an at- tack by the Turks In forve would huve been a. rfl beyoud imagination. Hut the Turkish deneral was Mabie his thne; the profundity of his designs would bo seen when he should at length resolve to bean, The sequel {4 too well known. ‘The Russlans nave seized Nicopolls, they have isolated Rustchuk, aud they are over the = Balkana. == The crit- Gi 24 AND) MANTELS. * Plain," Gold “and” Nickel trimnies, w iN KLATI: MANTELS, P EROBASCO & KUMN! Pray a ey Daa eee EAT PROPOSALS. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Orricg uy Inpian Arpatus, Sealed ia, sndanied et Peopursie “for Ao le roposals, indorscd ** Vroporale fur four, carte ate. Caste case may be), anid ulrected to ¢ Commissioner of Indian Affairh cary ate). W. 1, Hughes GoM. U. B.A. ploug City, Je., wil bo re. ceived unlit 13 am..of Wednesiay. Ade; 32 Unt, for furnishing at New York, Philauelthia, Dattimores Chi- cago, Kigix City, At. Paul, or Yankton, the following tuypites for the Inuian service, yiss rows pountle uf our, UU POULy ses LOTR, 700, 10u pounds of whest, (a 060 pounds of walt, = = anit the | Charles . mane Ontee. wlil be opened ta the Drea: esugui rll ba cures the orevence ot tbe Pst | sraetich positions near Kars have boon at. | wiv the Kussians are ablo to direct thelr op- | fee Toei oe at aecehalve aro aunt Damied? Hagens ees aula at ue boursbove | tacked, and fighting has bean going on since | portion of tho base, pots deataced: vy Gen. ‘Ton but ttisevident that thelr views are: eaehulimustaivetheusniractaloerieeinterssted | Monday, but no decisive eticceus has been | gukassof™, to cut Muldhtar’s coinmunieation | Pobshared ot Colistantinenie, Tiere the dan Peruse who herein Bees will be cunadered trum | gained by either side, with Erzeroum and force him to fail back upon | the commander at Shumla Is simply tacepable, frretotur . ADY OF at Tiga ‘of any partat ‘any bid, — or into Kara. and ho hasbeen removed. le ecems beyoud o TelGe relecte if deemed fur the best iutercate of the BULGARIA, TRLEGRAMS FROM CONSTANTINOPLE doubt that to the last ho belleved that the upper sectlos uf ths Dunube was sale; he wus autre prised by the passage at Siinnitza, he knew nothing of the dunger of Nikopolls, aud, though Gourks lind an atfate with bis outposts, he had ‘no idea that the Russian was guimg through the mountains. ‘Tho Turkish armies north of tho Balkans aro not Jess than 200,000 men, and, though the cue- ty fa superior in num! he position of the "Tarks is {9 mnany respects auperlor, aud au cuee- getle commander would nover despair, FRANCE, ‘THB DOMAPARTISTS. Panis, Aug, 5.—It appears certain that an anteable arrangement, at least outwardsy, las been effected between the heretofore oppused sections of the Imperialist party, the adver: saries of Rouher having submitted to his con- tral and direction of afftirs for the preavut, EGYPT, TOR BLAYE TRADE. Atexanpaia, Aug. 6.—The conrention be- tween England aud Egypt for the suppression of the slave trade has been sigard, —— Livery bid inust be accompanied by @ certtled check pr iratl payaule ce tie ’orier of tito ‘smnuuactonee a dndtan Alaina Creat Rela by itm antl the exveuilog o R e8 De 5 which cueck or draftaball not be ere shan 8 per centurh Of the sinount of the Vropusal: aad enalt be fortelved tothe Culted States In cans any bldde Strat shall fil to srowntly enter tata cantract, ot arnist u susticteat rewithy oiie : tujued yo the bidder. V pbisywies £0 bere: ‘The duur must ue equal tothe beat Kew {are £2 ‘quallty, and dellvere: idstrony deutie sacks. -Baitples'of uct Teas thas SS pouuda fuust accompany each Hid. tad aainples to be Uirinetly marked with the ‘nag ti ae eer ria ba asuuds diy aad ch i cort Las pat I. 83 lean, tu wi fessthan id bounds to sho Uushel aay’ delivered te Aigong gubnite, resowed. i bee! the fall crop. saund, dry, and elgh Bob tess than 60 puundsto the bushel. rmusl D> pes evils Tull hoad-Iiaed, arf eal taunt be ary a packed iu barrels ready for aprices named must Ue ‘net. 10 no case will nes be mate for sacks, Woxes, or berre! Jurolsted Under contract must bo Welly: ered at the} laces deaignated for thelr Teception, and Wil bo subject fa strict iuspection, in executing tte euiructy the Fight wil be reserted toucresvo uruluttuun the quascity of aby of the Bri clecerabtaccd ia thie fortwulue achedue, and the ar. iherriahe will Dereserved Wo Increase of docreasa the in any contract to an @xtent bot ex: . A Jufnt anit several bond, Io tha full amouut of the coutract, duly executed, with two oF mory sureites, and, IMuned for the faithful pefurmance ‘of the cuntract rs particu Feport thats portion of tho Turkish Batoum army 4s efubarking for Varna, to reinforce Mehemet Ali, av that the Porta must feel auf- ficlent confidence inthe strength of Mukhtar Vasha’s central column aud positions to throw upun it the entire burden of resisting Melikof"s second Invaslon, GENERAT,. VERY IMPORTANT, Iy TRUK, = * Lonpow, Aug 6.—A Berlin correspondent" telegrapha that, iuconacquence of the defeat at Plevna, the Cxar has asked the Emperor of Austria to withdrqw his former protest against the Russtans entering Servta, and,‘conjointly with tho Servians, operating on the left dank of the Turks. : AUSTRO-HUNGARY, Prarn, Aug. 5.—Fivancial arrangements for mobilfzation arc belug completed. Tue mobilt- zation of 90,000 meu will take place in a few days. personal. © . A Berlin dispatch anuoauccs that Col, Green, United States military attache, has arrived at LOVATZ AND PLEVNA, Bocnannst, Aug. 5.—A ‘turkish divtston from Loyatz has occupled Selyl unopposed. Tho Turks of Plevna have recelyed a reinforcement of 4,000 Albanian cavalry. The Russian forces are between Belvi and Timova, holding strong defensive positions. Gen, Gourka is charged with the duty of protecting the southern out- lets of the Balkan Passes, ‘TIMMS NERDED. Lonvow, Aug, 5.—Tho Timea’ correspondent. before Plevna, weiting under date of Aug, 2, says It isbardly probable apy reacwal of the attack will be mado for the next ten days, as the Rugsiaus veed time to bring up reluforeements. * PRESENT BITUATION, Lonpon, Aug. 5.~The Z7tmes' correspondent, who lefc the Russlan camp before Pleyua Thurs- day, says the Russian advance-guard is within six miles of Pleyna. The main body oc cuples a strong position nine miles fur- ther cast ous range of hills running near- ly north and south. Strong reinforcements havo already reached Gen. Kruedenes’s corps, uenayos tig retles Hust toy euidchced Uy wae mle is ablo to realst any offensive movement | tho lusalan headquarters. GRANT. it pa to the value of thelr pro} e of Osman Pusha, should ono be attempted, DENIAL, aM mse! ‘OF THE TUEATEE- Pact, OF pars Were! ran be RCTS THE ORIGINAL OF THE TI ctor mdkned erie a i Rsintytore which {s not yery probable. The Kusslaue have New Yours, Aug. 5.~Tho Turkish Minister CUBTALN, ict or aadigned ts, OF Alle ‘consent Secretary of tae inkerluk We Welton consent of tue Heo aL ouffered a disastrous check, but that is all. Commissioners. TUS GRMAT ADVANTAGS OF TUM TURKS, Vigwna, Aug. 5.—Strategically thu must in- Dortant news trom the seat of war is the occu- pation of Belvl, This oxposes Tiroova aud tho passes. Gen. Gourka's corps is said to be short of provisions and smmuultion, Rustchuk Js po longer invested from the land side, and commu: nication with Shumla was opened yosterday. Gen. Gourke has sent word to Tirnova that bis forces are too scattered to protect the Christians In varlous places agalnst the cest@uty of wmassa- cre. Mehemet Ali bas appoluted Raschid Pasha Chief of Artillery, aod blum Pusha Commander of Varna Both aso Prussians, Sulciman bas received from Constantinople an official dis- patch denying the report that the Ruasian wounded, were killed ou the battledeld of Plovua. ~ GREECE. Comstanrinor.e, Aug. 8.—Tho Greck Bilnis- ter hicre bas declared that Greece intends to ob- serve the stipulations of existing treaties. Nev- theless, the plomatic body here is greatly con- cerned about the Greek armament, aud consid- cre the Minister's declaration as tnsuficlent in the face of such preparations. LOOK OUT FOR 4 Biot! ConstantinorLs, Aug. 5.—Av Imperial do- cove bas boca issued decreasing the salaries of Patianza. on Lago Maggiore, Aug. 5.—Grant arrived berg to-day. Uo will leave to-morrow for Lake Como, stoppioz at Bellagio. FOREIGN MISCELLANY, GLEANINGS ROM THE LATEST MAILS (JULY 51). German papers announce thas, immediately after the first Bussian troops bad crossed thu Lower Danube, the following tclegram was sent by the Emperor of Russiato Count Von Moltke, wha, on the 10th of September, 1869, was nominated Chief of tho sixty-nivth Heei- ment of the Russian srmy; “PLougsti, 2ith Sune, 1877, 11:15 a m.—By command of tho Eunveror, 4 bave the honor to iafyrm your Ex- so a's. Jha Toboganing” Iilustrated. Lacroest, Suow-Shoe Racing, and “ Tobogan- fog” aro ult fully described ina bandaumely, de lustrated article fo the Midsummer Hol{day Number: of Sertbner's Monthly. This same Sumter contains ilustrited articles on “A Kailroad in the Clouds," “Babes iv the Wood.? North American Urouge,” ete., ete. Tho Hart ford Cuurent, in epeuklug of this Issue, say: ¥ dtle indad @ Hoyat number. Inu beauty of” ie Ietration aud variely, and tueliness vj consents, gee ee aay previous wunber “iy RE ary ae / / poo! Ave, HO) go celloncy that it fell to the Ink af sore Excel. THE PROTECTION. Early History of This Re« markable Company--« Change of Hands. ¢ yesterday, the 2 of June, at the first detachment of the Inyp army to tread the soll of the ener: a glorious action to carn for the men as well na jor the oficers, of the Order of St, George,—Connt Adethery, Gencral Adjutant to. hie Majesty the Eniperor It ia alen reported that, bv invit ton of the Russian Governnant, Capt.-Lieut. Oldekop, a member of the Artillery Exwerkinent Committee, has been rent to th of the Russian atmy on the Dantbe, Great efforts are belug made to complete os rapidly as possible the works of th A Fellas of the first Hne of German fort The new forte on the feft bank of the Riine ot toh as originally intended were not to Le tuished before the end of next year, are already approaching completion, and’ will be t their garrixuns The Wagering or Hess Policies-— Why Did Not the’ Depart- ment Notice Them? Allegations of Frand Made in Various Documents Now on Record. detached — works rouml the fortress isto be completed py forts on the right bank of the river. Ph. sluns for these have been drawn t te lor their execution entered Intos but the work Is ta extend over four yours. Reted Cologie WHl Ins one of the strongest of dermnan fortresaes, the late war at Assessing for Bogus Death Losses---Advancing Dates of Deaths. At Metz the fort built since ‘olppy and named by the E peror after his Mintster of War, Get. Von mecke, bas been handed over te the engineers, aod atined with, guns of large calibre and of the The garrisons of the otber forts are ales tobe Incrensed,.in consequence of the Ineretse in the German forees on the French Extraordinary Report Re- Made by the Insurance De- partment. Me. (Hadstone han by cursion tn the south has been feted In every tawn he passed through, aint has hgd to make’ 6p Viymouth, and Exeter. wis at the last-named tows where, wating that, if England had jotned ower could not have misnacd a jist and recess. ary war for purposes of ainbition, and that the British should not ull have been considering: whether she could be trusted or not—''n ques- tun tut very casy to answer, —he spoke out and strongiyon the questlonof houses awe in the counties, laborers perfectly competent to exereise the suffrage, and thelr entrsuchisement required alike by polley and: fustice, Ifastinuton, “ the feader of the Liber! part cally defending this “boon ta country,” dechired that the Tory o half-hearted, and predicted a anved the reform, adding, ** whether ft i carried by a Tory ora Liberal Governinent. Isa matter of singular upinipyrtince,"—a 6 true cnouzh as rezants the franchise, but not quite su true as regards redistribution. ‘Torles will have any qualins before chev give cities ke London the representation due elther to thelr population or to the proportion they pay of the dircet taxce A correspondent of a German military paper, writing from Kalafat, states thas he ts oumanian troops They have now been in carp. erul weeks, and during the whole of the thie have been daily exercised, morning and orenine, belng driiled aud imaucuyred atter the ‘The men are m making a little ex- lund, and, as usual, es in Dartmouth, The Company Shown to Be Be- hindhand Over Half a Mill- ion Dollars. Ne believed the One of the Beauties of State In- He praised Lord Hilustrated in A Bill to Be Filed Against the Com: pany by Order of the ence which is SWORN STATEMENTS. HISTORY OF THE PROTECTION. On several occasions during the past two or three years tho readers of Tne Trintxz have beet apprised of the fact that there was In exint- ence inthis elty a machine for the ostensible purpose of insuring lives, and providing for the future weltare of the familles of these who had been Induced te purebase {ts policies, ‘This nia- chine fs and was known as the Protection Life- Insurance Company. In insurance circies its scheine of operations {s Kndwn as the “ co-oper- ative plan.” Its shibboleth was “insurance less than one-third the usual expense,” and oll Joss- es were to be provided for on the “mutual con- tribution’ system. ‘This scheme of insuring lives fa not new one. It Itas had frequent trials in this country and in Europe, and the statement may be ventured that uut of the vast number of companies that have been started during the past quarter of acentury not ove cart be pointed to which has proved a success in any shape whatever, They have tn every In- atunce proved to be delusive snares, lamentable fallurea, or uumitiguted frauds. The Protection Life is no exception. ® ‘TUE PROTECTION LIFE by speclal charter by the Lez- ‘Two years later the charter was amended, giving extraonilnary vrivilezes tothe Company, Yu-1870 the Company wus formally orgauized. On Dev. id of that year It deposited with E. N, Bates, the then Auditor, eccurities purporting to ropresent $100,000, and obtained a Heense to open shop and commence ite ayetetnatic scheme of helping the public. It clainied to posscasa pald-up capital of §200,- 000, but this only existed In tinagination, Checks were given for the stock eubecrip- tlons; these were subsequently withdrawn, ard replaced with mortzayes on awanip lots, wild Yands, depreciated stucke, and other so- called securities, worth very Hitle more than the paper on which they were written, the frst batch of securitics deposited with the Departiuent at Springfield was a mortgage ona lot of swainp Jand, {ity lots inthe N. E. 4 of Sec, 25, 8, 14, better described as bordering on Calamet Lake, and well calculated forthe pray avatiun of bullfrogs, mud-turties, and swamp- Agencies were estubliehed in all sections ofthe country, bundles of polletes In blank were furnished to the agents wilh inatructions to write everything that offered, efforts were made to secure a big ‘The pollcy-holders were divided intu separate classes, according to ‘the ages of the insured. Every member on securing w policy was obiied r t 20, lictes Issued were of three kinds—81,250, $5,000, Each policy stipulated that the holder thereof alould pay annually a sum of from 83 to 85.as membership dues, and, in addition, agreed to pay on the death of any pol- fey-holder his pro rata of u guin sulllcient ta liquidate the atnount for which the deceased was insured, provided the potlcy-holders itableto such contribution excecdod the number of dol- wag Insurea. Shout the number of policy-boiders have been less than the amount insured, then each member agreed 10 pay a pro rata, su that the heirs of the de- ceayed should receive as tuany dollars as there were meinbers in the Company. wasto add 10 cents to the umount of cach as- sessment to pay the expenses of collecting the eames and it firthor atipulated that all mouess votiectod by assexsment should be applied only tu the paytvent of deuth-ldasea, Under the provisions of this scheme, theCom- Inits statement for Doc, 70) HL reported the capital stocks at $200,000, 10,000 pald up. Ib claimed to bave loan of ita capital $105,000 on buds and mortguues, when in fact this 3103,000 represented the obtl- gations of the stockholders for the stock which they had subscribed. Tho statement for the year cndlng Dec, 81, ISTL, represented thut the aid-up capital was 8) described as being naturally dnt miuch attention tie been given te the instruc Vat thelr otticers, the: writer belleves that the Roumantanarmy, which, sume GO,(NU strong, is iow awwembled ut Kalafat, would prove to de a tlan both of then very efilcfent ferce of the militixe clone-fitting white woolen trousers; Hnen upper shirt, tlie with heron’s feat of the fufuncry, ex 3 tev i ine, the infoniry beine bui fog ehmate Hike that of Ron- mania and for troops like tae Roumantan mill- tu, the asndal te, 1 the apinton of the German correspondent, a much more serviceable and ap- propriate clothing fur the fouts The Cazes Narodewe (organ of the Polish nilishes an article oo tha ue Polish queation. That quention, ft saya, is intimately connected with thé strnccle now going on in the East. the tall of Polund which made Nussia a great Enrocean Power, and a meugy and integrity of its nelzhbora and the other European States, The acquisition of the Polish territorles gave Rassta the means of extending herself custward, and was, therefore, the Imme- Qiste origin of the Eastern qi that the forward Buesta has stretched her arm towards Constantinopte with a certainty of suc cess, and lins svatematugily labored to ne- ussesaor Of the Bosphorus and Aud just os the question ,worlginated of Poland, 90 the subjection of Poland conti: eation alive, for ft can only ry the restoretiou of Poland, wan Incorporate felature of 186 Ltberals in Gattcla) present position o! ce to the safety nes to keep that q be finally settled Moreover, Itussta vow tulits tl chanplon of Panstavism, an idea who: Mou would ‘be fatal to some European States and prejudtetal to nearly all of them, a as the only Slavonle country whieh decidedly re- jects the’ Panslavist idea, is naturally marked out as the must formidable oppousut of the Vanslavist movement; therefore, the Polish cause must bi greatent servive to the Powera whose Interests are threatened by the azyressive “We feel convinced," conc! er, “that the restoration of Poland will soon suyiest fteclf moro clearly and forcibly than ever tothe European Cabinets as a means of Insuring Uberty, civilization, safcty, and peace pe. din this respect also, ‘The statistics which wore brought forward by Sir Within fircourt to show the number of prixoners at present detuined in prison awaltln. hele trial are certainty not creditable to British altinistration of justice. statletics, “$2,000 persons were of these 7,000 had been there for more than a month, and were cousaquently worse off than it they had becn. within: tha juristiction of ¢: Central Crinluat Court. been in guol for two monthe; 82} remalned antried for more than ¢ and cighty-afx for more than six months, That wast a scahdylons state of things, explatuable, but not the lest dlsgracesul. at towns, evel, several persons had ‘According to these | lars for wien the d in prison, and Moro than 8,000 had The Company launched forth. 3 = t nd the same thing bappeued more or, palmost sli the larger towns, the numbers from returis Mr. Cross in roply sald that three months nite long enonh for guy prisoner to walt nl few persons Wwe lt to dispute the proposition, Bue y went on, however, to make a etute- ment which would show that Sir William Har- ure out of date, st passed lust ecssion, which biished criminal assizes three ‘éay, Mr. Cross said that in December last there was not a alngle trial in any gat tu Enela go far guccesstul, aud the fuses whlch had beew sented to the Hause were now Wnapplleatle. D0, and the loans ou mortgayves $103,000, This latter sum simply represented the stuckholiders' obli- gations just alluded te, The next 1s7%, reported the pafd-up capital fd for, or rather not paid for, as betore described, Among the other asscts in this statement was the tte in Wd bond," 10,803.53, ‘holders ou the obliza- Hons given by theia for their stock, and was al- lowed to remuln uupaid as a favor to these geu- it accrued on loans waa duo by the atuc! e act had been ‘TUM OFFICRRS OF TUB COMPANT at its orgunization were: E.8, Skinae: Miurd, Vice-President; tary; Jacob P, Shipherd, i individual was enynged in run- i ono the morning » he institution announced ‘The Directors conslsted of several well-known citizens, who were evidently ju- Queed to take a share or two of stock in order to give a respectable standing to the conceru. ‘The active utauager was D. K. sequently becawc Vice-President, au fur was promoted to the Presidency. summer of 1874.,the affairs of the Company were in a desperate condition. wits’ end to ruiso the means of paying ite death » losses, prised of its situation, aud threatened to tout. Atthis juucture A. W. Edwards and Johu Reld apvear on the scene. 1 emerged trom doing tho State service at the Juli- ‘The former had occupled the pusition of Wanten, and the latter had olticiated os une of the Comuilssioncrs of the institution. Belug without cuspluyment, avd haviug some Ineaus to invest In wiv spcculution that seemed. rove profitable, they were wuxious to take roviding they could make suitable ‘Tue Protection Life was in the market, hough excecdingly embarrassed. bar ork and honest mauageuicet it might bave ruvided the creditors Altersumevextend- sand Reid secured a con- ‘The concern was reorgauized, Hilliard retalued the Presidency, Reld became Vicy-Prealdent and Treasurer, and Ew view fo arrange for four gaol de Uutin the meantime he cau do nothins, aud the foreigner who, sevonding ta the letter of a West-Country Gaoler™ {u the Ties, hae been waltiug ula trial for more than sixteen suust romala in gaol perlaps for wary re weeks to refuct on the boasted superiority of English law, There ts some re: ters of contivenunt which prece any, because the untried prisoner there is to repeuted exatuinations, tructing a confession. no semblance of excuse; aud f tmust all disperse on the l0th of August dova not dir. Cross sce that o few eniiticnt: willing to furggu a part of thelr bol{duys, ure appointed, uuder existiny fie bus had amp! dent; L. Be Ty, ‘The last-named ning » private bauk, lucard on the door o At was at its powers, to clear the time to thiok the matter over altce the subject was Urvt men thoued, carly in the session. a ct Penitentiary, Rorcint Mepateh to The Tribune. Aug. 4.—The Republican County Central Committeo met at the Opera- House in this city today, aud called a County Delegato Convention to meet in this city ou Bopt. 18 for the purpose of nominating caudi- dates for county ofiiccs, Tho following aro the number of aelcgatcs allowed to each township: Davville, eleven; Catlin, Carrol), Vance, Middle- fork, Buticr, Blount, Pilot, and Newell, threo each; Elwood, hye; Oakwood, four; Sidell, two} Georgetown, four; Grant, four; aud Rous, Danvite, Ill. level pate feet, refraig trom crow ed negotiatious Edward: tro}ling iutercat. PRICE FIVE S 3 INTS. 8 FS 7 . Gut an immense easy-chatr, Into which’ he tie! tailed himself as Secretary. eee er etary. The new man- TROTRACTRD INTERVIBW WITH AUDITOR LIP- TNcOTT, aud promised that they would put tn enough capital to put the Enmpany, onasound footne, and agreed to deposit with the Department securities which shoul! comply with all the provisions of the flaw. Exiwards gave aculor of doing what be promised to perform. A hundred stares of Carlinville bank stock, wortt &10,(XK), and o United States bond for 81,000 were de- posited with the Auditor. Some of the worth- Jcas securities then In the handa of the Depart- ment were withdrawn, and others of equat value, but which were winked at hy the In- dividual with whom Gen. Lipplucott Intristed the manayement of the fusurance bureau, were deposited tn thetr place, In thle way Wen. Lip- pincott was deceived, and the day of reckoning postponed. The failure of Jay Cooke tn sep: tember, 1873, wil nut be forgotten. It added. tothe embarrissments of the Company. Un- der date of Oct. 29, 1873, Martin Ryan, the Actuary of the Company, wrote to C.J. Hess, the Ohiu agent, that the tines were awfully duard, ana that the failure uf the Second Nation- a} Bank had left them without s dollar. Bev- enty death losses had then beet reported, and more were coming In. _Tn the statement for tha var ending Deo. i the Company reported its cash capital ot ‘K. In the assets were 14.000 loaned on real estate, $31,100 loaned on stocks and bonds. “In the item of “cash ine come”? was the sunt of 84,$00 for the sale of capital stock. In truth andin fact there was ne cash capital, there were nu cash loans, and ho Interest lied: accrued on the su-tailed loans. No cash (ucome had been received trom tho sale of stock. Among the expanditures: War reported— ‘dividends ta steckhold+ crs See Noo odividend whatever was paid. The. Company, — however, remitted to the stockholders the interest averu- ing on the obligations given by them for their stock, and this the managers denominated “paying devidends.” It looked well in tao sworn reporta, and certainly wns auly calculated tudeerive the unsuspecting and bring grist to the mill, dust here It may be well torctrace a few steps and Investivate what is known as THE CONTRACT WITH C.J. IESH, towhont reference has already been ‘made. Charles J, Hess was au expenenved Iife-inoar- ; With hin the Protection made he was, to become the ge in Ohig, | He was furniehed wit cuted policles in biank for 85,00) these policies he agrecd to poy the Company x3 a plece. Some” nine months tater © he was supplied with 1070 similar ywill- vies for 33,000. vach,- for witch he stipulated to pay the same price. The Cou pany wave to Hesse the exclusive control of a.) these policies, aud that for the purpose of Hache them where. they woukl do the most good, he was to organize a acries of trast ass clations, During the years of 73 and [73 Hess urgauized such assuctatlous tn Pamerav, ada port, Portsmouth, Scioto, Zanesville, F 15 Columbus, and uther points tn Ohio, He then, stipwated with these ascociations that they showht pay him $3 spicce fur the polleicar—thus insuring him go clear profit of 83 ua cuch pol so placed, On the hypothcais that he surceeced fn dispusthe of the 1,000 polleles, his zam on tha trausaction would be R308. How the aseocia- Wons were 10 pe recompensed for thelr trouble shows | exactly == where the gazelle came fo. The purtice to wham tly assizned the policies—in uther words, the parties purchasing Hite insurance throuzh ths neavciations—assigned to them ninc-tenths of the face of the polivy, the policy-hulder retain onetentu, wid paylug therefor 810 as a membership fee, and an annual duo of $2.50. In conshieration of this membership fea and ot nual due, tho ussotations covenanted to keep up the fe insurance und pay one-tenth of tho muney recelved frum the Protection on all death lossea on the polleles cuutrated dy them, These trust assuclations had o big ‘thing, if properly worked, though this ina measure was pendent on the success of thu Company in ring a large membership outside of the policies controiicd by them. The greater ‘the number of this outside menibership, the greater the interest of the associations in having an accelerated wior- tulity amon the holders of the poltctes coe, trofled by them. The Hability of the aesocts* tlons to the Protection was the regular pro.rata assesainent levied tu pay all deuth losses; but Uiey hod this adrautage which the nary policy-holders did not: the Company agreed to tarry the associations to prevent the policies frous lansing, The Interest of the ineured in these adsoviation polices amounted to only 8500, The assuciations had no decal insurable: interest in the remaining &£,80. ence the policy was a wager, contrary to ool morals, ond therefore without fetal Zorce, After the aecession uf the Edwards-Keld dynasty, the Protection had oo row with Hess, whom they deposed from his Olle agency. Ne sued te ssecover = damages, and. {nthe tttigation which followed, the facts cun- cern the associations and their wagering character wore made public. In sume mtanoec which has never been proclilined from tho hotsctops, a compromise was effected, aud nll Jeral proceedings slipped out of sight, 5 ae hundred of these assoclations sre now4n joree. * s Tht opp TaN about these wagering policies {s that, although their fesuanee bezan in 1872, anid they have been kept. alive untll the present tlne, and although the fact of thelr existence bus been published in the papers, sabevtally durin St4, when Hees started to make ft warmyfur the tompuny, the Minols Insurance Bureau hes but just discovered that there were such polices, and they were contrary to law. Aswill be seen by a Springfield dlspateh, the Auditer recently referred to the Atroruey-Gen- erul the question of the legality of these wager- ing policies, and the Atteracy-Goneral has given anupiiion that they are Hegal, and the Audit- or, a lawyer, fe directed to Hlu a bill against the Company. Siuce these facts about there pull+ eles huve bec Knewn to the fusurance Depari+ ment these many years, and itis only at this late day that action {s taken on them, the presumption is that the Auditor ts using these policica ax the best pretense ou which ta close up tho Company, He saw that it was not lou condition to continue doing business, but to tite a bi against ft oon that ground would be tu impugn the correctuess of ¥ varioty of statements which have been sworn to, aad would bes direct attack on the Tnsurauce Department whieh for yeare hat passed those statements, aud aleu a Urect uttack on Maj. Woods! recent report. For thia rearon, it would appear, these well-known wagectoy pollcies were selected as the ground on which tw wind up a company which had ceased to de- serve to exist. From the date of its organization the member- ship fev recetpts were insuilicient: to meet the expenses of the Company. It was se constant strugule to pay satarles, statlonery accounts, ustuge, aud the current dally cost of running he huis office. The death-losecs, of course, were to be met by assscesmeuts on tho policy-holders pro ruin. Many of theao would pay two, three, or four asscas- ments and then quit,® thus Lopetog the Piies: sud canceling 9 Habllity equivalent to he face thereof, ‘fo the heirs of thy daveased policy-holders ‘tho Company could only pay what it bud succecded In collecting from the membership; hence it was frequently obliged tu. abin around sad borrow sufllcfent to make good the amount of tho, liability as expressed in tho polley, * THis COURSE OF TUINGS COULD NOT Last. ‘The continued expanse of credit was ‘ruinous, Bometines compromises wero made with the heirs of deceased policy-holders, There seems to have been u comparatively honest desire on the part of the Harder management to meet alt clutins arising against the Company, but its ef- forts were frulttess. ‘The conceru grew rapidly from bad to worse, and when the change of management tuck place it was 830,000 worce off than bothing, With the cntreoof the Edwards-Reld man- ageiuent, according to the allezutions made in the quo Warrante proceedings, a new scheme was organized,—not with any desire of taking care of the wnsophisticated who bad been se- duced tuto purchastny Ufeinsurauce, but, as ts alivged, tor the expreas purpose of wunderiag them in the intervat of the persons who hud achieved the control of the iustitution. This alleged scheme consisted io carrying forward the deaths amovg its policy-holders for from three to six wonths, aud in some lustauecs for fener periods; aud in soltecttog UsyessmcutE rom the policy-holders in order to pay mileged losses cuuscd by the @eaths of par! who usyer had an existence, A mure diabolical scheme for robbing the public Was never Invented, if the statemeuts in the application for a quo warranto urs truce. I¢ was conceived {uy -siu, iucubuted ty wick- eduess, apd batched — in intauity. Tf theese statements are true, Edwards and Reid never had any futentiou of providiog for the welfare of thelr patrous; they ever dreamed of regarding thelr contracts aa the tuust. sacred that our aveteu of cvillaation cau estadligh mreemer nae