Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 13, 1877, Page 1

VOLUME Xz? ° Saag nN AGUA ae a SALE OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE = National Life Tusorance Co. OF U.S, OF A. By virtue of an order from the Clrenit Conrt of Cook , the nnderatuned, aa Recelver of the Re- County, ae ampany of Chicagty Hl, offers paraais and hereny Invite ty daye. ropocals for the pul In lots of any amount, of {0.460 shares o wy J retinal Jie Jnsurance Uf U. 8. Of A. (har valde 8100 per anarer, beln fortran Capttal stock of eaid Company, now and fer Juang yeare In stccesatul operation, and obe of the principal asecte of the Republic Lire tnsurance Compa: PUACT jroposale to be in sealed envelopes marker, rroposaia for Capital Stock,” and addressed to the poaerianei to heaubraltted ly him unopened to the Court for its action at the end of the thirty days, or as goon thereafter aa practicable, SAMUEL 1, WARD, Hecelver Rep, Life-loa, Co., 157 LaSaite-at. Chicago, Il. July 21, NTT. LANDS AND LOANS. Morteage Loans at 7 to 10 per cent Interest, For hatee Hesidence in Mighland ark; 5to10 acres. ee eye eed dames nee and Residence and eget WALTER H. MATTOCR, Roun 1, 40 Dearborn-st, BANKING HOUSE of LAZARUS SILVERMAN Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, Hasmoney toloun on Real Fstate, Produce and Troe ton, City and County Urcers, and Mercantile Paper, Suu is deiling Kachanxe on all countries UL ANTAVAY, COAL, Cor, Market & Randolph-sts. TO RENT. FOR RENT. DESIRABLE OFFICES IN THE TRIBUNE BUILDING TO REIT. Apply to WM. 0. DOW, Boom 8 Tribune Building, jock vf tl etn NOTICES ONLY THREE DAYS MORE, TWENTY PER CENT DISCOUNT enda sth of this Our Fi Winter Goods daily arriving, ‘all and Autuinn styles texned. EDWAID ELY & CO., Walaa & jonron. tlatie Tallors, ESS CARDS, OLENS CHEAP FOR CASH. L. BUXBAUM will, during this week, rocoive offers on the BAL- ANCE OF THE S8TOOK OF SMITH & BUXBAUM, consisting of dosir- &ble goods for Fall and Winter Clothing, at No. 130 Fifth-av. SANDS. HOUSE, One block from A. T, Stewart Co.'s Dry Goods House, and MeVicker's Tueatre, $2.00 PER DAY. ——Now Honeo—Elogantly Furnished, fOr SALE. ‘Wo quote NEW YORK,OANADA, and BAGINAW FINE SALT at 950 per barrol. wo ALL LATITAM, 50 South Watersut._ wee ARTISTIC TAILORING, ONLY THREE DAYS MORE, TWENTY PEL CENT, PISCOUNT, ends 15th of this month, Our Fall-und Winter Goode d Eid Autumn styiusheuce scree Coule dally arriving, DWAKD ELY & ct Wabash-av, _ GRar : Winrar ene ARE arene ee INE Fiat td ai Mieke trimmed, and (| SLATE MAN WROBASCO & S ~ XUt RTA! 's. Ww. ES AND JEWEL! e PROCLAMATION. ng tur 5 : ‘ tly stuck ul Walcnen aud Jombury repardieas of cake JOHN G. ASHLEMAN, 138 State-st. wereneenSTISCELLANEOUD, ONLY THREE DAYS MORE, se TUL ELS a co, artatie Tal Webs latie Tallors, TISKEIPS, NATIONAL LINE OF STEAMSIIPS, Now York to Quecustown and Liverpool. Shelia, do [ERAS Ful LOADUS, DENMARK, Aug.16,98.m. } CANADA, Aug23, 3 p.i, Tickets st reduced rates. Bteerage tickets, $20, cur- Fig, Datta tor 21 and upwards vn Great fleltata aud delaud.” Apply oP. B. LAISUN, 4 buush Clarkeat North German Lloyd. — ‘The sean will tall every Sate.« dey From Trentea pier: Toor of Luind-et-, {lobuKsa. tes Uf pamageProni New Sure \o bouthauptoy allay doen en ee ee aid curreuct “hot feelgat Or pamage * OELRICUS & _ RMS abny\o_aBowlingUreen. Ne Great Weswern Steamship Line, From New York to Bristol (Englsud) direct. CORNWALL, Sceamoer. «Tuesday, Aug. 14 bu i. a , 4 wi IC ri vissege Tucaday, Aug. 2b “FAIRBANKS staxbasp SCALES OF ALL KINDe, FAIRBANKS. MORSE & OO. 111 & 113 Lake St,, Chicago, Be careful to buy only the Genuine, BIG HOLE PASS. Gloomy Exposition of the Prowess of the North American Indian. The Homeric Art of War Accord- ing to Cuater Again Sovore- ly Rebuked, Gen, Gibbon, with 182 Men, Attacks a Superior Force. His Handful of Soldiers Over- whelmed and Him- self Wounded. The Fearful Loss of Twenty-Five Killed and Forty-Five Wounded. Pitiful Appeals of the Stricken Commander---Howards Hurrying. Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune, THeteva, Mont., yra Sart Lane, Aug. 11. —A scout from Big-Holo Pass has just come in with dispatches from Gon. Gibbon, iu command of a detachment of tho Uuited States forces, and reports n terrible battle at the mouth of Big-Hole Pasa on fhure- day. Gen. Gibbon’s command numbered 133 regulars, thirty-two volunteers, and soven- teen officers, ‘Thoy havo been for soma timo pressing the Nez Perces, aud following them inthe hope of on engagement, but camo upon them unexpectedly, and at atime whon the troops wero not prepared for a general battle, A few of the command had been left behind to guard trans. portation, and a howitzer was some distance in the rear, in charge of a Liouten- ant and several mon, At daylight the fight opened, and in a short time all the soldiers and allthe Indians wero hotly ongaged in 5 desperate battle. ‘Tho Indians wero ovi- dently surprised, for thoir lodges wero planted, and it became o matter of duty to protect them.. The troops massed and: moved in fino order upon tho encampment, whore they were met by the savages, wag poured o merciless fira into their ran! Wherover the soldiers directod their attack the Indians were rendy for thom, and they wero driven back with terri- ble slaughter, loaving the ground strewn with dead soldicra, Tho Indiaus lost many of their ponies, and it is claimed that'several of their Chiefs wore killed. In ous of the most desperate charges of tho day Capt, Logan was killed. Lient. Bradley fell carly in tho Sight. Gen. tib- bon, Capt. Williuins, nnd Licuts. Coolidge, English, and Woodraff wore wounded. SECOND DISPATCH, Special Dispatch to The Tribune, Heurnay Mont., via Sarr Laxe, Aug. 11.—Another courier ia just in, demanding medicines and aid for the wounded. He describes the battle os the hottest ho over heard of, ‘Throughout the engagement the Indians were vindictive ond determined unou the annihilation of the troops, They outnumbered the troops ten to one, and, though decisive advantages were gained by Gibbon, in tho earlier stages of the fight, it was plain at last that retreat was nocoxsiry to savo the troops from complete demolition, Tho volunteers opened thu ball by firing upon an Indian who was going for water, The regulars moved up, and, formingin open line, dashed upon the Iudian camp, supported by the Volunteers acting as reserves. ‘hey renched the villago, whon they staggered back under ao pitiless fire from the redskins, aud retreated a short distance, ‘Tboy wero not followed, and this, with on apparent confusion among the Indians, eucouraged them to renew the charge, which thoy did, rushing into the cucampment ond driving tho savages before them It was hore that numbera began to toll, oud a dowlly fire from thesu sides forced the troops through the village nud back nearly half a mile, whero they found uhelter behind the rocks, and reformed for another effort. As they proused forward again, they found that they had uot only a fov to confront, but foemen on each side, hidden among the rocks and taking cool aim at tho mon as thoy passed, Pushing forward- thoy reached the outskirts of the village, but encountered such a terrible shower of bullots that they waver- edand then broke and wade their way back as best they could, harassed all the way by a flank firo from among tho rocks, It was in this last charge that Gen. Gib- bon wos wouuded, Finding that another attack would wreck even tho remnant of his force, he intrenched himaelf, paying atten- tion to the wants of his wounded. ‘Lhe courier estimates tho number of kill- od at tweuty-tlve and the wounded at from thirty-five to forty, The loss among the In- diana was much heavier, and that they suf- fered severely is proven by their refusal to follow the retreating troops, Had the howitzer como up, thoro is but Uttlo doubt that tho result would have becn different. It was heard to fire twice, aud since then it has not been heard from, and it Is supposed to have beon capturod by the Indians, After the fight the Indians packed up their lodge and started tnrough the pasa, HOWARD HUBETING.* Deze Lopasg, Munt., Aug. 132.—Two couriers are in trom Geo. Howard's command. He was eighteen miles distant from Gen, Gibbon, aud would reach there early on the 11th, ‘There are uo further parthulars from the battle-field, exccptlug the report that Gen. Gibbou's camp and gun were captured. very BAD, Uxscewa, Mont, Aug 12—A courier from Gou. Gibbon arrived at Deer Lodge, Mont., at 3:30 today, with dates to the llth. Gen. Gib- bou's supply train and camp were not captured, as first reported, There was vo fighting «after the first day's battle on the Oth. Gen. Gibbou’s losses are: Killed—Caot. Logan, Licuts. Bradley aud Bostwick, seventeen mien, aud five ‘citizens; wounded—Gen, Gibbon, Capt. Williams, Licuts. Coolidge, Woodrulf, und English, the latter seriously, besides tbirty-slz men and four cit tens. Tholndians suffered ,quverely, as forty cad Indians were counted on about one-half CITICAGO, the battle-fldld, Gen. toward had arrived, and would pursue the Indians as soon as his com- mand arrived, Gen. Gibbon would move to Deer Lodge and take his wounded to Fort Shaw a5 soon a8 medieal afd and. transportation arrived, The Indlans had disappeared, in which direction not yet learned, HARD TO HRLIRVR. CurtcaGo, Aug. 12.--The following is the offl- celal report of the Indinn tleht in Montana: St. Pave. Minn, Aug. 11.—Lteut.-Gen. Shere tdan, UMeaqa, “Hee” A Miapatch | jaat ree colved from Gen, Gliton, dated Hig Mole Pass, Aug. {, 8 as followa: **Surprred the Nex Perren’ camp here this morning: cot poseession of it after a hard feht. in which both sides loat heav. fly, Capt. Logan and Lient. iradiey are killed, Myrelf, Capt. Williams, and Leute, Coulidze, Woodruf, and English aro wounded, the last se- rloualy."" A. Ii. Pray, vommnanding. ne THE CROPS. ILLINOIS. Special Dispatcher to Tae Tribune. Arconquin, Mcllenry Co., Aug. 11.—Spring wheat fs better than for several years past, and will average elghtcen bushels per acre. One field of twenty-five acres, near here, {s sure to gothirty-flve bushelseoncre. Thists an extraor- dinary yield for this section. Curn will sure- ly turn out fifty bushels, but just at present. vecds rain very much. Oats about all cut, and agoud crop,—not less than fifty bushels. Ap- ple orchards are catlrety destitute of fruit. Canpentensvin.g, Kane Co., TH, Aug. LL— One small feld of winter wheat threstied out forty-two and one-half bushels per acre, but this fs unexceptional yield. A very emall breadth of wheat was planted. Hny a very abundant crop, Oats gocd, Potatoes tinmenae. Apples a com- plete failure. Dunner, Kane Co., IL, Aug. 1t.—Hay a very abundant crop; Bishop's clover yiehts four tous per acre, aod his corn nearly eighty bushels, All tha crops on the river bottoms are finmense; stacking about finished. Oats aplendid. Not an apple hereabou Exar, Kane Co., Il., Aug. 11.—About 600 acres of sweet corn, and a large urea of toma- toes, squash, aud pumpkins, bave been engaged by the Elgin Packing Company, Oats a supe- rior crop, Corn pruinises well, ‘Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune, Lincony, Jl, Aug. 12.—Corn prospect ts better than {t was last week, when every flelu was suffering from drought, and threatened to bea totatfallure, untll the ratu of yesterday made farmera look happy. It was ‘the first rain for over a month. WISCONSIN, Svectal Dispatches to Tae Tribune, Wauxesita, Aug. 11.—Oats never better. No threshing. Winter wheat, rye, spring wheat, and barley all harvested in ood condl- tlon. No grain moving, Sprinarigiy, Walworth Co. Wiss Aug. 12.— Oats nearly all cut, and the yield is much larger than last year. A large crn of timothy sced. has been harvested, he bulk of it will be suld. to mo East. os it is much eought after there. Corn fs suffering tor rain, and unless copious showers cone within a few days the crop will scarcely escape the frost, and will be under the average yield. Wheat {s better than for scv- eral years past. Noapples, ° INDIANA. Spectal Piepatches to The Tribune, Bares, Washington Co, Aug. 11.—Oats all harvested and partly threshed; turning out splendidly. Timothy seed very heavy. Whicat- threshing for two weeks; abont one-third of the fariners shipping from the machine, the rest holding for higher prices. Prospect now for corn, except on bottom-lands, is for a full crop, Rockvont, Spencer Co., Aug. 11.—Oats cut and very fine. Wheat and oats being threshed. Farmers selling rapidly. Corn caring outsplen- didly; prospect now guod for a large yield, onto, Bpectat Dispatches to Tha Tribune, Camrugitstown, Preble Co., Aug. 11.—The new cropof wheat ls moving quite freely at 81.15. Oats very heavy. Tunothy cut mortly for hay, Cornu suffering badly for rain, Flax very good, and seed selling at $1 per bushel. Woostsn, Wayne Co., Aug, 11.--Onts averag- {ng fiity bushels to the acre. Some tarmers threshiti wheat, but the majority are bolding, orn needs rain badly. NEBRASKA. Spectat Diavatehes to The Tribune, 8r. Pau, Howard Co,, Aug. 11.—Harveating done; threshing cominenced. Rye yielding trom forty-five to flity bushels per acre; wheat twen- ty bushele. Corn promises well. Niounata, Knox Co, Aug, 11.—Wheat near- ly all cuts very little stacked 2 ts piel very heavy no threabing. Corn backward, but look- lug ine. KKANSAS, hocetat Phynuteh ww Tae Tribune, Kinwin, Poelps Co., Aug. 11.—Fall wheat threshed. Spring or grass wheat {s our best varicty, and fe ylelding by mavhine measure twent i eight bustels. One man reported forty bushels by welgit. Barley heavy. Some imini- gration. Lots of room fur more, MINNESOTA, Spectat Pinaich t9 The Tribune, Broomina Grove, Waseca Co., Aug. 11.— Harvest under full headway, Spring wheat and oats promise an enormous yield. The "hoppers have done some Jittle damage in the south part of the county. Weather warm and dry. TEXAS. Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune, Trinity Mitts, Dallas Co., Aug. 11.—Wheat all threshed; ylelding uot over ten bushels to theacre, Oats good—turning ont nearly fifty bushels, Good wheat golug rapidly to market, Price SI1@L25; oats, 0c, Many farmers lold- ing back for better prices, CALIFORNIA. Special Dispatch to Tha Tridune, Busanvitiw, Lassen Co., Aug. 11.—Winter Wieat averaged tu thu acre twenty to twenty- vo bushels in this county, Quaht: od, Weather due durivg harvest. rs sa MISSOURI, Spectat Dispateh 22 ait Tribune, Manure tint, Bollnyer Co., Aug. 11,—Oats harvested good. Very little wheat being ship- ped, Corn has come out wonderfully within us last threo weeks, and wo shall havea fair sid a . THE WEATHER, Waautnaton, D, C., Aug, 18-1 a, m.—For the Lake Region, southwest to northwest winds, mendtinary oF lowes temperature, higher pres- sure, cloudy weather, and local rai by clear weather, . hy followed LOCAL OGSKEY aTigis. Time, \ Bar, fils din, Baked al ests ioe B:hda, mn. 2.80 GH, Hd N.A., rentle, | Wilda, mi. Buey. oh | Ae 8. W. 2300p. Bs, BA8T: TT vs Sieap. i. 29-86) 78 | 60 ps, SiUUp. mu. (0.84: 70 Wile. an. te.wal O8 | | Maximum thermometer, 62: mintmum, 66, GENERAL OBRERVATIONY. Cuichuo, Aug. 13-Midnight. \Bar,, Far,, Wind, Rain Weather, 'g.W. freab, Fat THE SOUTHERN PENITENTIARY, Speciat Dispatch 10 Tae Tribune, MONDAY, AUGUST REIGN. Horrible and Hopeless Condi- tion of the Miserable Bulgarians. Speculations. Concerning Probable Policy tq Be Pur- + sued by Austria. the Russia Enduring a Finanetat Squeeze of Unparalleled Severity. But Six Wecks of Fighting Weather Loft to the Armies in Asia. The Grand Duke Nicholas Wait- ing for 100,000 More Soldiers, Rumor that the Cholera Has Broken Ont in the Hussian Camps. Forthcoming Events in France Watched with All-Absorbing Interest, THE OUTLOOK. THE WAN TO DE A PROTRACTED ONE, ’ [Ry Cable to The Chicago Tribune.) Losvon Ortiez or Tux Cmcace Tarnuxe, No, 6 Paronave Pace, Srnanp, Aug. 13— 4a, m.—The announcement that the Russian war direction had determined not to continue operations boyond the Valkans this year will be recelved with surpriso overywhere. ‘The effect will be serious, not alone for Russia nor for Tarkey, but also for those nations which have hitherto maintained o precarious neutrality, ‘They will have to confront tho fact that the war is to be continued into another year, instead of being ended, as all ardently hoped, with thia campaign, It was never very likely that we should see 6 repetition of the seven wecks' war of 1866, but now wo may expect to witness some- thing not unlike the great civil war in Amer- ica, a war slow in process, exhausting iu methods, and tormipating in tho utter col- lapso of ono of tho belligerents, Yor RUSKIA this will doubtless bo a misfortune, Ono year of wariscnough to.try hor finances sorely, and it remains to be seen how elo will bear the atrain, The pcoplo at homo will suffer, and it will tako all their faith in the Emperor to make them rosigued to what they must undergo. gee On tho other hand, the ‘rar will open to tho Government reserves of individual wealth upon which it is impossible to draw in timo of peace, While it lasts the people will have to work more and live harder than they have been in the habit of doing. ‘That money will be found to sustain it is boyond all doubt, and most of it must bo found within the Empiro, YOR TURKEY the prolongation of tho war {fa oven n more sorious affair. Bulgaria will be occupied during the winter, and tho Turkish army must not only be = kept = up in numbers, but kept up to @ war standard In efileioncy and readluess, It hus some troops in Bulvarla—as, for instance, the Ezyptlaus, who must bo withdrawn to save thelr lives, Tt has others now {n raga, for whom it must provide warm clothing. Moreover, a pound of dates per diem, upon whteu, according to Midhat Pasha, o Turkish soldier can maintain himsolf,-in splendid fighting con- dition, is not o winter ration, ‘Then, now contracts will bo required for ammunition and rifles, which can only bo obtained with ready money, Manny provinces have ceasod to yield taxes through war ond insurrection, as Bulgaria, Herzegovinia, and Bosnia, aud others have been exhausted by requisitions of the Gov- ernment, as also a large part of Asia Minor and Armenia, Forced loans and immense issues of paper money have been resorted to, but expodients of this kind cannot be re- peated, ‘Thero romalns tho possibility that Egypt jay be made subsorviont to the interests of ‘furkish finance, The Khedivo has already begun to expond in this war money which belongs to his creditors, He sonds division after division of soldiers to Constantinople, but cannot pay the coupons due without borrowing money from the Bauk of Egypt, which, when duo, he much regrets he can- not repay, OBSERVATIONS, AUSTAIA'S INTENTIONS. {By Cable to The Chicago Tribune.) Lonvon Ovvics or ‘Tur Cuicaco Tamune, No, 6 Pananavy Praox, Strand, Aug. 11—10 p.m.—No definite informatiun has yet ar- rived regarding the policy of Austria, as pre- sumably modified by the recent meeting of the Emperors; but the outward opinion atill provails that the Austrian Government will offer no opposition to Servia pare ticlpating in the war, Meanwhile, from Vienna there comes the statement *that the preparations made by the Austrian Min- fater of War are so far from being stopped that four divisions would be ready to march within forty-eight hours after receiving orders, THE CONTENDDIG YOROES IN BULGARIA aro still resting on their arms. The Russians are waiting for.the levies that sre hasten- ing to the front as fest as. fear and express-traing can carry them, while the Turks are strengthening their posi- tion at Plevna in hourly expectation of anattack. It if thought at Bucharest Sraixarigcy, HL, Aug. 12,—Cousidarable ob- |*that fection to the location of the Southern Peulten- tisry at Grund Tower fs mude to-day—that the place t¢ entirely ungultable, being scarcely as Seresalble, even to extreme Southern iiovls, as Joliet. It isurged that the land ts lll adapted for aaite, aud that the Comtisaioncrs should have choseu Grafton, Alton, or some polot near Bt. Louis, secessible by railroad to Centred Hit- pols, wikels is requized to send ity convicts to the Southern Penitentiary when uppapleteds NO BRAVE FIGHTDG wees place before the latter part of the week, ‘The new Russian loan is quoted at St. Petersburgat 15 per cent below any previous Joan. “asta MOOR. ‘There is but little news from Asis, Mukh- 13, 1877. tar Pasha has t yot been attacked by the Russians, Ismail Pasha is . still advancing, and — tonight's dispatches report that he has attacked Gen, Tergukassoff's colnmn unsuccessfully, bat tho engagement does not appear to have Leen of great importance, It shows chiefly that the Russians aro NOT REGAINING THEIR Lost aROUND ax rapidly as was confidently anticipated at St. Petersburg. There are bnt six weeks’ open weather left in which to fight this campaign, as the pass Boghauly-Dagh becomea closed by snow about the end of September, Correspond- ents already describe tho nights as being INTENSELY COLD. Even if they should defeat Mukhtar, the Russians have not time for carrying out o successful campaign in Armenia, Kars and Erzeroum may be looked upon, therefore, as absolutely safe, CAMPAIGN NOTES. NICHOLAS. Becnanrgst, Aug. 12.—A prominent person- age here had an interview with the Grand Duke Nicholas Thursday. Me adinitted that his troops were somewhat demoralized, and sald there was no probabillty of a resumption of operations for three weeks, when le would hare arcloforcement of 100,000 men. CHOLERA. i It Serumored that the cholera has appeared {n the Russian camps, DENIAL. New Yonk, Aug. 12.—The Turkish Legation denies that recruiting fs going on in this city, and adds: “The Sublime Porte {ntends, a4 it bas done herctofore, to respect scrupulously the neutrality of the United Statca, being de- sirous to preserve {ntact relations upon which which it has always act the highest value.’? STARVING THOUSANDS, Lonxpos, Aug. 12.—Eight thousand starving Bulgarian refugees are in Selvi. SICKNESS, ‘There are heavy and continuous rains, which inust greatly conduce to spread sickness in the army, . GREECE, The public mind {n Greece {fs very uneasy. The people are weury of watching tho fortunes of the Russian campaign. The departure uf troops to the frontier cuntinues amid much en- thusiasim, The King will bold a review at Laima. Two Prussian Generals, Invited to take command, have declined, REPUOEES. The Mussulman refugees in Constantinople from the invaded districts arc estimated at 80,- 000. eaMtAN. Prince Aristarchi, of Samos, hasbeen banished for alleged plotting for the restoration of ex- Sultan Murad. REINPORCESIRNTS, é The Turkish troops withdrawn from the Cau- casus have armved at. Varna, reluforcine” Mehemet All and Sulelman Pasha. The latter's army will bo increased to 70,000 men, A third will remain at Adriauople, and the others will cross tho Balkans. cunts, In Candia the Turkish troops aro retiring to the fortified places, Tho Turkish flect blocks the chlof Inlets. DESPOTOVICS has escaped into Bosnla from the Austrians. RETHEATING. ‘The Rusalaus are retreating from Kalofer and Kalova, AT PERA. Uncasinesa at Pera {s abating. guuboat has left there, TERKIBLE. A_Constantivople correspondent telegraphs via Syra; ‘+A clvil warof extermination is being. carried on at Eski Saghra. All the male Chris- The British (un native population has been sen- tenced to death by the Turkish Gen- eral, Tne news has been , brought by two American missionaries protected by Turkish frlends, Every male Bulgarian {s accused of be- ng either a spy oranupen cuemy., Karabuner ecrowded with fugitives. There is, only one well in the place, and there are 16,000 troops there. Wounded, sick, aod fucitlves are perish- ing from thirst.” ‘TIVE CRATASER. Spectat Dipatch to Tae Tribune, Purapgienia, Aug.12.—The Russian corvette te Craysser, which has been tn this port several! weeks undergulog repairs, steamed down the Deluware yesterday on a long cruisu. The Craysser is a new vessel, and was bullt at St. Peturaburg as a fast-sailing corvette, When in the Mediterranean, however, it was fonnd that, instead of making twelve kuote au hour, as was expected of her, she did vot run over four or four and a half. Indeed, she camo across = the = Atlantic mostly under sul, Upon reaching. ‘Philadelphia sie was taken to o ship-yard and In four months ber mactinery has been eyerhauled aud thoroughly repaired, so that tow her speed {s greatly ac- eelerated, She feconmanded by Capt. Masimoff, sod Is manned by 180 men. Sho carries seven guns—three pivots and four brvadsides, all breceh-loaders, They were constructed by St. Petersburg workmen after the Krupp pattern, and are models of perfection, The Craysser will probably Ho off the Capes for two or three days aud will then steam to Io, ARMENTA, THE DATTLES OF TAUIN, KUAHAN, AND ZEWIN bouz, Correspondence Lundon Timed, 5 Caur, Zewin Dooz, June 30.—I find it quite impossible to obtaln any accurate tnformationas to the Turkish losses at the battle of Tabir, All reports, even assurances from officers ou the personal etail uf the Commander-iu-Chief, and Abed Mukhtar Pasha’s despatches themselves, are directly contradictory tu the opiuton formed by Sir Arnold Kemball und myself onthe battlo- field. 1am almost tempted to disbelieve tho evi- dened of my own senses, and to acvept as a fact the statement, now ollictally put forward, that the Turks did not lose o single prisoucr ora single gun, Yet L cau hardly reconcile this with the slebt lsaw un the 16th of June, when the Russian cavalry, charging up the slope, were mingled In one confused mass with the dis ordered Ottoman truopa; nor with the accounts of yarlous regimental alllcers with whom I have conversed, Who owned that their own regiinents lost many prisoncrs—one, tudeed (tue Erzeroum Battalion) having os wany us 2 captured. ‘bo uumber was? given to me by two men of the corps on different occa- slons, os Well as by a wounded oficer. I caunot recoucile, then, the official reports with wat £ actually saw, and Lam the wore teypted to luce tatth in my own report wien 1 read the Russian account of the affair at Beebli Abmed, ant compare it with the statement made by the Commander-in-Chiel, who alstinctly sald dn iny presence that the total casualties of the Che Cassius were thirteen killed aud thirty-seven wounded, omittiug all weution of the lus ot the two Waitworth guns with which Hussein Havul Pusha, the commandant of Kars, had provided thew, ulthough le owned that they were {n action. Now, after the vub- lication of the Russian account, Mukttar Pasha confesses that they did lose upwurds of 100 kuled, many prisoucrs, aud not only the two guns, byt also seventy tents, which they ablan- joued in their Might. After these discrepancies, Lusust confess I] cannot place wuch faith in the: ‘Turkish official reports, and utterly disbelieve their statements of the losses at Tablr, which they aver only amouuted to twenty-tive killed at 19 wounded. If this is a fact, it reflects the water discredit. un the ‘Turkish army, for IT saw bundreds of men in emt ups moving uver the bills in rupid flight, waoy of them belug unarmed fugitives; aod an officer of the Commauder-in-Chict’s staf, whom Tmet at Khorasan the day after the dight, informed me that he bad been order- ye Dhiragn Baily Tribune. ubteturn tack any fazitives he Tagain encounterci this officer ‘on bis road back Jro® Kupri-Rul..when he as- stred me he had turned ba:k two battalions who had precipitately fled from the field, and, while J was conversiug with bim, he pot toed ont various bodies of men belonging to differ- ent corps whom he liad inet on the toad and: dered back to join the force at Dellbula. View: {ne the battle of Satie from my.own standpoint, and feom that of the Turks. 1 find such vast. differences that Tain agaln forced to dishelieve their version of the buttic of Khahan, when thes confess to have lost 369 killed and 1.020 wonded; and, Jater on, the battte of Zewin Door, on the 2th, which they claim aa a com: plete victory. in which they arsert that the Hus- dans leet 2000 Killed anil 3,000 wounded, and they themselves but seven officers and 131 men kliled, fifteen offlers and Hi meu wounded, seems ty me a complete mystery. T have gone over the ground, anit can quite belteve that any. troops bn the world atta: i etch a position held) by steadily<liscipiined men would have suffered enormousiy; but then, agai wns informed by oilicers on the stail of the Turk- fx army that they had buried 965 men in frontof thelr position, and that the villagers of Zewin had seen 1,U80 buried in the bed of the Khan su. I myself went to the Villaze, questioned the few remaining in- habitants, and could pot find a single trace of @ grave beyond sume batf-<lozen on that Willside. f naw the bodies of a tew horses, and also of two Turkish villazers, evidently spies, whom the Rusefans shot in punabinent for having led them into such a trap as they found the Zewin Douz position, Thave traversed the road for seventeen miles taken by the Russians in their retreat. aind pureed through their first bivouge, fifteen tiles east of Zewin, on the Mel- Iiduoz, but could sce no traces of burying- blaces. Any soldier will Lnow that a retiring army nutnbering but wixteen battalions would not carry 2,000 dead with them, but would inter them near where they fell, especially as they remained within two imilea of the battletleld for two days. Bu the glorious victory of Zewin remains to mea mystery. That there waa an action I can- Tor oui or the Turkish pusitfon fs fairly plowed ud'with shell; that the Russians were driven back ulsu, is clear; and that they left some dead ane many stand of arma on the hill- elde, isatsclear, Lut! venture to throw dis- eredit on the ureatuees of the victory, brief de- tails of which [ teteuraphed to you ongthe faitte of the Commander-tn-Chlel’s own etaternent. Until we get Gen. Loris Melikoffs report: we shall never know the truti. \ Hisacconnts of the capture of Arhahan, and the mtnur engagentents atthe commencement of the campulgn, have Leen inarked with such falriess and moderation thut 1 think they can be linplictly necepted, MASSACRES BY KURDISH IMKEGULARS. Correepontence Lantor News, nous, July 3.—.A mussacre las been com on the Rugdan irregulars in the Town of mit *Bayazid by the Kurdish irregulars of the curps ot Falck Pacha. As I reported fo iny last letter, the corps of Van, under the commund of the |, General of Distetun, Aled Faick Pucha, after envamping at Beraulel, went ty Aba-Aghu-Duzi, and from there to the nelubberhvod of Indje- Sou, where the battle was fought, and the Russians, after sustalning a cuimplete defeat, fell back on Bayazlu, pursucd by the Turks, Since then we have received news from this latter place of a horrible charac- ter. The frrecular. garrison of Bayazkl. atter having laid down ther arms, were massacred b; tue Kurdish irregulars, on the crder of thelr Chief, Sheikh Djelal Eldin; the reulur garrison, at the ei of stich an atrocity, refused to sure render themselves, from fear of meeting with similar fate, 1 ‘This moassacre was committed against the wish of Faick Pacha; ue cause, When the Russians withdrew to Bayazid after the - butts = of Toile Sou, Faick Pacha, seeing the n- ferlerity of their numnber—00 cavalry and two Uattalions—bad sent to ask the Russtan com- mancder, who lind retired fu the castle, te lay down his arms, The Rurslans accepted the terms proposed, antl they were abuut to scnd notke tu their Irregulars, Wuo Were oecupy- Ing some houses in the town, to sure render theméclves at the approach of the ‘Turks; but ‘the Ade Cane of Frick, having delayed some thac in bringing the message ot the Russian commander to the Turkish camp. which was at the foot of the town, Sheikh peelat Eldin had given, in the fnteriin, the order to bis ariny for the general wassacre. The army had alreacy marched into the town, and was wetrly in the sate quarters where the Russlan Irregulars had withdrawn, Turkish ofticlals certliy that the Cheritiao population o: Bayazid did not escape trom being massacred wits tue Russtau Irregulars, ot whom tWu-talrls belonged to the Molamtacdan relizion. Atter this massucre had taken place, the Russian commander would not, ot course surrender, and becan to Hebt, Lhe Turks tried in vain to force the xates ‘of the castle; a briok aud destructive Russian fire prevented then, Onthe sith of dune the Turks succeeded in completely surrounding the caatle and fu cut- ting of the supply or water, but at the same thue tley saw atar oll, ib the directlun of Tudir, the approach of a Russian column, Since then there is no news. ‘Tou Kurdish irreculars, after having sacked, plundered, and murders at Bayazid, advanced far intu the villages, where they -bave cornlt- ted the sain¢ atro.ities, Shelkh Abduilal ar rived on the spot with a body of 6,000 men after the perpetration of the massacre, und ordered all the irregttlurs to restore to the population of Muyazid and of ita villages the cifecta seized fruin them, aud a conm.ssion bas been appolut- ed to tlils pirpose. . During the last two weeks the Christian popu- lations of Van, Moushe, and Bitlis bave been plundered. Wornen ant girls have been vie- tated, Uhe harvest stuten by the Kurug, wud more thun 10) cases of murder have taken place. The people at Van are shut up in their houses; tho Governor has put inp fon four guts, and threatens the Mohammedan populatt but he ty bitusclf afraid of being niurde by the frregulars, and is changing erery day his residence. At Bitlis the pevple do pot dare to leave thelr houses,—the Villages in the platy of Moushe are already com- pletely ruined. This state'of things threatens gradually the plain of Vassin, the theatre of the actual war, and the plain of Erzerou Chirfstian population of Erzeroum is in a state of parte. RUSSIAN ATROCITIES, ASTATEMBNST BY THE SUNLINE PORTE TO ITB FOREIGN MINtSTERS. dispatch Louton limes. Panu, July 24.—A dispatch from the Porte to the Ottoman Embassy, dated yesterday, suye? Atelegram front the Governor of ‘Timova ta the Gruna Viaier contre all the Larbarities formerly reported as committed by thy Russtansand Bulyari- ana during tne occupants of ‘Trnuva und tue nelza- boring vilfezos. (tconfirms tu particular the buru- ing of & mosque In which the inbabitauta uf ‘Hamel Kent had taken refuge, and who were burnt alive, Itadds that the Husslane force their prisunera on pala of death to fire on tho 0 Loman troopseent tu rescue them, The Musi Sulelman Meena, has Welegraphed to the Minivter Of War that twelse unarmed Museulmans inhabit ‘fog the Oilleze of Eaki Saghra having made their suomission fo the Huswisns, weven of them were Kiiled with axes by the Bulzuriane, and three others by the Cossacks, We have ancr- tained aa accurately as possible the nuin- ber of houses burnt and Mussulmans mas- sacred. by tho -Russisox and Bulwarlana in the villayee which buve most suflered from the enemy's invasion, gud the resull ia thin: At Batak. ap exclusively Museulman villaze in the district of ‘Sletova, 100 houes have beew burned, and 200 men and 300 women have been killed; seven in- havitants are bellesed tu huve survived. | At Balo- van, « Muséulman village in the districtuf Virnova, 25u'houees have been burned, 100 wen and 1,200 women bave fled. Only one person is betinved tu hay ed the aassacre. At Cabs Bonnas 100 Gent pave been burne Cra fale aig EY kibed; two persone escaping death. ‘At Eeatacbol Lou houses have Veen burut, end 300 tien und HOO women perished. At Chems. # mized villaze, sizty Mussulman houses have been destroyed 400 women perieued; only ‘One bern escape tTundja, @ mized villege. 109 louwe were destroyed; 250 inen and 400 women periebod; three only survived. The fullowing are the number of houses burnt in the villsces whych had been de- werted vefure thy rival of tho eucniy: At Tranish Homel, a Beran, 150; 80; at Armdlga t Houroueb, 1 fins 70; at Okdil, 200; tutal of how i 20, Kurty or Sfty more wixed villages, each contaluiny 8 usinimuns of 100 Roused, tho Mussul+ than inbadiwnts of which submitted to the Rus- sinte, are referred to, but their fate is aot kuown. You will percelve that thesa terrible Sgures are a inost croabing tustlinony to the pillless cruelty of the Russian policy, WHAT THB LONDON TIMBS TIMES OF TUE ADOVE BTATEMENT. London Times (aditortat), Juty 2 "Tho Porte cau scarcely be surpriscd to bear that such a report dovs uot quite comply with those troublesume rules of legalevidence which are found necessary In Western socuty. -The numerical precieion of the document ts al- most os surprisiug as the infamy of tho charge. After investluating for gecks the atrocitles committed by the Turks, Mr. Baring failed to come within sight of the stxtle- 2 Amarr gic Jo PRICE Fikes; CENTS. SS teal accut whi rifi Pasha has reached fn afew dave a) tg? 3 0f 300 of 400 miles from the scenes of «ves which he records. A ttle evidt-nce wonld have been o valuable adul- tion to his arithmetical exactness, [tf would have heen all the more valuable because fu it bie tu see how the Minlster can have Ks triehful statistics, What is his evidence fur the story that the inhabitants of u villaze near Tiruovd were burnt tu death in Ainesyuet tt is ulven onthe authority of the Governor of that wwns but, ae all the Tarki«t oflicials tle? when: the Russians cutered Timnota, It is nut very casy to see how that divnitary could precisely know what infamics hail been committod obey the Cossacks ant the Bulgarians. Sti! more diMeult fs it to ascertain how the, Porte could have gained su exact a knowledge of the maszacrea ih uther villages. Those places are in the hands of the Russians; oll the Turkish olti.tals nuast have been driven away; and it is hard to by- Neve that the Coseazks would bave furnieled exact evidence of thelr own barbarites. ‘The tiystery is increased by the fact that these atrucitics have not been described be the newspaper correspondents — in julearia, although those gentlemen have written some very unflattering accounts of tas acta of pillage committed by the Bulgarians an the Hussians in thedeserted houses uf the urks. The Porte wilt be expected to turnisn testimony very different from its bare word that Russia ia waring war ina way which would diszra-e «av. azes. It was not by vague reports ur by louse statements uf Slavonic Cominittecs that the In- dignation of this country waa stirred azatust Turkey Inst year. Our own Consuls sent reporta which, aithougo at first liseredited us “colle: house babble,” turned out te be true, ‘The american missionaries, the railway officials, and educated Bulgarians pase a mass of pros before unofficial Envlishmen and Sir Heure El- Viot. Not till Mr. Baring's — prehtfaary report was read in the House of Com- mons a year ago, and until exe-witncases described the awful scene of death ut Batak, «ld thia country break out into indignation against Turkish rule. -Let the Porte offer a twentieth part of the evidence which was oifered on that ozeasfon, and it will have no reason to complain: that the Engiieh pe ‘ople are ready to condune the crimes of Kuss Although, however, we have recelved no evi- dence that the Russians and the Balgarlaus have been guilty of such frivht{Ol infamics as those described “by Auriii Pasha, it ts impossible to doubt that they have committed acts uf bar- barity. The testimony of the newspaper correspondents at Shumla makes Jt clear that women. as well as imen have been kilied or wounded, I[t Is posetble, nv donut that some of those crimes may be exp'ained ati others slightly pallinted. In sume matances tho Mohaminedat population may have resisted, and fn such cases wuld'ers seldor stop tu inake a nice distribution of justice. The German dealt very sternly with those Frenct vil- tlch red on then in 187U, It has also, ‘that fu many places the Mobamimeuans drove away the flocks of the Christian population when they themselves abandoned their homes. If they were pursued by the Bulgarians, much would be made ex- pllcabter tr etdefensible, But we fear both Kussian =suldlers gud Bulgarian = peasants have = coumnitted —crfinea which nothing could excuse; and, indeed, It was but tuo Hkely that the war would gain a bad eml- hence among modern contesta for outbursts, of savagery. Tue instincts of religious fanaticism ave been terribly stirred on both sides. The tales of Turkish atrocitics su fired the passiuns ot the Russian people toat they clamored for Wir, and there {s no need te ask with whut — feelin; the Bulgarian peas antry tuok on the ‘Turks. ‘The Cossacks have never galued a distinguished reputation for hu: manity; and when a peasantry-las been decrad- ed tor centuries it is but likely to show, in the first moments of freedora, that It bas learut tho lessons of servitude, It was inevitable, there- fore, that this contest should be very different in caaracter from the Francu-Gernan war. * : FRANCE. TROUBLE AWBAD. Lonpos, Aug. 12,—French politica are begin uing to tuke the leading place la the view of Western Europe. At Berlin, a coup d'etat in France 1s belfeved prubable, and it {s also thought that a government established by a coup d'etat would not be recognized by Cier- many. Notwitnatuuding that profound peace prevails throughout France, ultra-Conservative papers areurging the Government to declare martlul law. There ta a report, in fact, current. that the Cablnet have already resclved upon this step, and sone journals discuss ft in the Mutt of a foregone conclusion. Yesterday's Univers said: “If the Ministers huve really decided, os alleged, by & votes to 4, to proclaim a state of sleze, we shall highty approve of the mecasuze, We ask for A STATE OF SIEGE that electors may vote freely und be unfoflus enced by the falsehoods of the Radical prqpu- gonda.”” The Univera belleves the frmediate proclamation of martial law is rendered neces- sary by the liccnse of the Radical nowspapers, which dare to talk of civil war untess their can- didates obtain a majority ab the approaching ele.tiuns, Monalgneur Dupanioup's newspaper, the Jefense, says it la natural to supposo that the Government may be forced to meet by stato of siege the fleree and unconstitutional war the studicale wage against It. Tho Constitution fs furmally attacked, and the Covernment would be wrong if it did not seck means to Uv fend itself. TUE COMMITTER OF THE RIGHT publishes snuther appeal for funds to carry on” thelr electoral work, They urge order-loving chtizens to respond, because a propaganda of the Hight will promote public welfare. NO IMBKOGLIO. Vanis, Aug, 12.—A seini-olticial note has bere biished aenyiog that dissenstons have ariser weiwees Miulsters Fourtuu und De Uroglie. GREAT BRITAIN, AYPOINTMENT. Lonpos, Aug. 12.—Frederick A, Btanley, metber of Partlamcut foreNorth Lancashire, succeeds William 1, Suilth as Sqeretary of the ‘Treasury. JOUN BRIGHTS SPEECH. Corresuontence Neo Yare Tines, Lonvos, July 2.—Two lealers of the Onpo- sition spoke at publle pracemycaterday In refer- ence tothe war. The Marquis of Hartington received the freedom of the ancient company of Fishmuncers in the City of Loudon, aad “Mr. Jolin Bright unveiled ihe statue of Cobden at Bradford. Lont Hartington satd the Liberal party, Which he has the buuor to tea fn the House ot Commons, hhye never denied that) grave foterests are Invalved that time may come whe be necessary to defend those tuterests, At the sume thne they believed that England's post- tlon would only be weakeued by jrematire Jutcrference until they kuew how thefr interests. weru likely to be elfected, and tu what way they were to be dealt with. |e aud his friend, Lord Granville (who sat by the aide of the spealcr), had striven tu keep the Evstern question out of the domain of party politics, At Hradford Mr. Bright gave bis cager llsteners some well-select- ed iluatrations of the blessings of neutrality. Amuug them the following will have a peculiar futercat fur Americas Now, during this time there was another great war, (ruin 1400 ta 1su5—vis. : the Civil War tu the Vulled States. You remember what took place then. There wasa war party here, some wanting to coalescu with the Einperor of the French ty uc- knowledge the partyof the Southera Statcs, to make slavery perpetual, sod eoter Into a disastrous compact tv oppase the great power of the Nurth. Tf we bad doue that we should uot have succeeded ip establishing the 6! Confederacy, for the zreat and worthy arinies of the North, left to themaclves, would base fuught out the struzile; it any Power of Eurove tad tuterfered nut one million of men would bave been in the field, but a uiliun more would bave entered Into it. Whether the Confed- eracy wus established or the Republic reunited, this would have beun certsin: the tweuty or thirty uillions in the Northern States would lave been forover st hovtility with this country, aud tho brotherhood ‘between that peuple and ourselves for which We bope and pray would have been tponed for wany generations. {Cheers.] Well, now, in thene cuscs, you ace, war was avoided. Js there one single nian in the United Kingdum outaldy Bedlau (Laughter}—oud Tdoubt if there be one inside it (renewed laugn- terj—who regrets the course of peuteality which tye people wad the Government uf the United ingduu pursued?** ". . ‘there wae & great susvicivn at one time about the Uulted States aud Cauada,—and wo kuow, and every vue knuwa, that if thy Culted States were unjust evouyh to tavade Canada with their 40,000, 00U of population azaluet the 4,00U,0U0 in Canstis, they could easly pase (he buundary and occuby thy Canadian territory. Ne fonidcations whic fe they la Canada could rao could prevent eult, but the people of the United States are nots party of thieves aud