Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1877, Page 1

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B 1Ne “HENRY F. MILLER, Piano -Porte Manufacturer, THO Wasld' BOSTON. MEDALS AWARDED for these Plancs at s Iateraational Exhibitios, 1876 FOREIGN. Unwelcome Intelligence of the Death of Osman Pasha. He Is 8aid to Have Taken Poi- son to Avoid Ampu- tation, The Report Discredited in Some De- gree by a Constantinople Dispatoh, The Czar Declines the Sccond Installment of His War Loan, Answers of Italy and Germany to the Circular Note of the Porte. Turkoy Informcd by Russla that Mediation Wil Make Mat- ters Worso. Great Changes About to Be Instituted By the Republicans in France. The Recent Despotic Doings of MacMahon to Be Abro- gated, OO OSMAN. THE UERO OF PLEVNA REPORTED TO DE DEAD, (fiy Cable to The Chicago Tribune.] Loxvox, Doo. 17—4 a. m.—The retragrade movemont of tho Turkish armics has begun, Elona was ovacuated Deoc. 14, and Achmot Eycoub Pasha has retirod from Bhipkn Pass to Kesanlik. The Russians are now moving on Rutschuk in great forco, whils the Bul- gorian and Sorvian armies will attack Wid- din, Tho Servians have nlready hnd an en- gagement at Kossova, the rosult of whioh is unknown, From two sources I have NEWS OF OSMAN PABIA'S DEATH to-day en route to Buclnrest. 8uicide by poison is ono version, to avedd tho nocessity of tho amputation of his leg; hemorrhage of the wound Ia given by anothor corre- spondent, Tho Tarkish circular note, asking the modiation of the othor Powers, hag been favorably recoived by Italy only. Germany and Austrin havo already replied that it does not furnish sufficiont grounds for tho pro- posed negotintions, while Evglond holds off to sao what thoy will suggest. At the Dritish Cabinet meeting to-morrow the note will again bo discussed. PostrONED. The Queon's visit to the Isle of Wight, which had beon sot for to-morrow, has been poatponed until aftor the holidays in order that sho may Lo near her Ministors while the negotintions nro progressing. Both Germany and Austria will decline to mediate on tho ground that Russin has the right to a direct proposition from Turkey if the latter desirves peace. It is the provailing improssion that Germany wauts to cstablish a procedont AGAINGT TIE CONCENTED ACTION OF THE GREAT rowens In such cases, to onable her at some future duy to acquire the ports on the North Sen without outsido interference; while Austria oxpects to got Boania and Ieorzegovina as hor share, . ZLngland is loft alone, and her arislocracy chifo under tho so-called abdication of hor heretofore commanding position in European politics. Whilo her army, navy, sud aris tocracy would like to oppose Russin's plans, oven by war if necossary, the bulk of tho English people decidodly object to interfera until their real {utercsts are ondangeroed. Btill, war might be precipitated by hasty action on oither side. WAR TELEGRAMS, UUNGARY APRAID OF SBHARING POLAND'S PATE. Pzyty, Dec, 16,~A public meeting of from 6,000 tu 8,000 persohs Lins adopted a resolution that the Government should reslst, even if necessary with arme, the further esteuston of the power of Russta, The President of tho Minlstry refused to receive u deputation from the meeting, as it wes accompanied by a crowd. The crowd becoming dlsorderly, the police cleared the atrects. THAE PORTR'S CIRCULAR AND ITALY'S NRPLY, CoNSTANTINOPLE, Dec, 10.—Scveral of the Powers ave alrcady ncknowledged the receipt of the Porte’s clrcular. The tone of Italy' ply is very conclliatory and friendly. It says Ttaly will endcavor to have stops tuken fu con- cert with other Powers for the purpuse of offering mediation, B Laysrd, British Ambassador, denics that he has sounded the Porte as to the conditions of tlo peace it would Lo wlliing ta accept, Lonpoy, Dev, 16.—~The Gbserver states that it hias reason L0 bellcve tho ‘Turkish clrcular was disputched at Lo instance of Euglaud. ENOLAND, Loxpoy, Dee. 18.—Tho Hcotaman’s London correspondent says It s snderstood that the English Goverament docs not wish to uct withe out the concurrcuce of the other Powers, It Is most anxious to avold complications which wiight lead to unpleasantness with Russla, BUSSIA WILL TUEAT WITU TURKEY ALONE. CoxsTanTIiNOPLE, Dec. 18.—It Is reportad that England has sounded Kussis as to the con. ditions of a peace. The Porle, however, hag bLeen fnforied that Russls desfres Turkey to negotlato dircetly with her, aud that mediation would only make the terms hander. TS FEACE PARTY scems to be galnlng ground somewbat, Grest discontent prevalls among the population st Stamboul. Seditious placards are frequently founa. TUS PRTNCE OF DESWARK NUST B LEFT OUT. CorxNusGay, Dec. 16.—Thezo is uo founda- tlon for tbe report that the Russian Miolster Bere was negotiatiog with Denmark with a view CHICAGO, MONDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1877, of proposing Prince Waldemar or Princa John of Gluckaborg for ruler of Dulgarta. THE PRINCE OF SERVEA. Dzranane, Dec, 16.—Prince Milan hasstarted for Alexinatz. TNB SRRVIANS under UGen. -Lesckjanin hava occupted with nrtillery the helghts of Topolinitzs and Zeanika, commanding Fort Mramer, near Nlach. A STRANGE RUMOR. Loxpoxw, Dec. 16.—~A rumor was current In Caonstantinople Bunday that Osman Pasha was dead. This report was not credited here yester- day, as no inforination can reach Constantinoplo from Bucharest, and the latest advices from Bucharest mention nothing amiss with Usinan. The Telegraph this morning asscrts that dis~ natches have reached Londoun from Bucharest that Osinan has poisoned himself, and it was belleved be was sctuated by the Mahomedan's horror of amputation, which the eurgcons fu- formed him was necessary. The story is still doubttul, GETTING WELL. Loxpox, Dee, 16.—A apecial from Constan- tinuple asserts that Osman has telegraphied his family that his wounds are progresaing well, TURKEY WILL SETTLE, Pants, Dee. 16.—The Russian Minister of Finance has notitied the loan cuntractors that Le has determined not to recelve the second {nstallment of the war loan, amounting to 15,000,000 marks, the option of relusing which he hat reservad. 40,000 RussIANS. Venrnitza, Saturday, Dec, 10.—Forty thou- sand Russians leave for Orchanle to-day, ORRMANY'S ATTITUDE. Loonow, Dee. 18.—A Berlin correspondent telezrapha that Germany has replied to the Turkish note that German participation in the meditation depends upon Russia's consunt~ ing to the narley. The North German Gazelts and the Natlonal Gazette concur fn declaring that the powers will not listen to Turkey's appeal. PERILOUS NESITATION, A Constahtinopls correapondent says: *$The ‘Turkish Governinent obviously fecls its wapa- bllity of resistance cxhausted, and would eladly make peace upon reasonable terms, but it appears to have no detinite programme.” ERZEROUM, TUR BATTLES OF DEVI BOYUN AND AZIZI. Correapondence London Times. Fnzznoum, Nov. .—Since my last to you, on the 34, the town, I may say, has been in a state of slega. The morning after dispatching my lettes [ was awakencd at dawn by a furious cane nonade Ie the dircetion of the Devi Boyun, and, ordering round my horse, I pushed along the Perslan road until, reaching the crest of the hitl, 1 was cuabled to witness the fight, From the advanced redoubt overlooking the plaln 1 could sco three strong Russian columna of infantry advancing, covered by a heavy artil- fery fire. Their guns, belng of a larger culibre thun cur advanced feld-pleces, made them- sclves. felt. while ss yet thoy were out of our range. The centro column, arriving at the Nabi-Tchai stream, which flows at the southern stope of the Devi Boyun, halted, and commenced to deploy; but the advanced brig- ade, when 1t had got inte line, did not attempt to ascend the Nill, but lald down and walted the turn of cvents, while the other two columns, pushing on, ottacked the fight wing under the command of nurd Ismall Paska, and the left under Copt. Mehmed P'asha. Thelatterofticor's brigade was holding a rocky eminence, which commanded the whole line. Scuing that the fall of this would enable them to cufllade the “Curkish frout, the Kussluns inade the most strenyous efforts to capture it An assaultin column was formed, and under cover of a well- dirccted fira from three batteries, commenced the ascent, but by 0 0. m. it had beou drivon back fn complete disorder, ‘The gallant Rua- slan’s losscs hiad beew most severe, and on see- ng 8 second attack develop Itsel! he applied to the Mushir for relufore nts. 11l could he i[:nru them, for the central column, finding that tho flanks of the Ottoman nnn{ were belug hardly pressed, ‘was slowly pushing forward, Nevertheless, sceing the dive extremity to which his Lieutenant was being out, Mukhtar detached three battalions nnd twa batteries to his left. Inapired by th sight of these reluforcements, Mubinied Usalin’s men gallantly repulsed s oo ond assault at the polut of the bavonct beloro the ald reached, and then, strenzthen. mg his {ufantry forces on the crest by two of the new battulfons, he placed the third, with the guns, on n swall elevation tanking his own front, Capt, Mehmed Pasha saw that it was necensary at oll hazards to check this attack, for suceces ou its part would cut off tho troops in the Glurjl Boghuz defils from the maln army, aml enable the Russluns to advance via Tsit- awank Into the plalns of Erzeroum. By 1p. m, a third assauit had heen attempted and repulsed, With this the Russiaus appear tohave drawn oft thelr furces, and contented themselves with artiliery fire un Meh- n the meantime, Falzl ohlinann) was holding s own on A keepiny up o desultor; el Pasha’s pusition. Pasbia (Gen, the right near the Villags of Topalack, heavy cannonndo was bolui carried him and the Russian feft colur M greatly, causing heavy los cnee was an attack pressed home, Tho gallant ol oftiver—whuse name has been so frequently mentioned during tinscampalan ns the organizer of the Fourth Army Corps, a8 the designer of the works at Butoum, Kaors, and Frzeroun, a8 the commander In the sanygs nlrfi victory on the Zewln Dooz—waa wounded {n the arn early in the day, and, though suffering much from Tosa of blood, he nover left the ‘teld, but re- malned on the crest uf the Devi Boyun until al} hope uf savingz tho day was goue, when ho drew oft WMs meu Iu good ovder, entering tho city about midnlght, At nbout 1:30 p. m, the guns with the central Russian column, nuinbering, I shoutd :n{.elzht batteries,—1 counted this num- ber, but there inay have been more,—advanced, nwcompanied by a ver: muatering fully 1 sirong cavalry divislon, mon, The ‘Turks, lyin still while the storin of shot and sbell hurtict over thelr heads, allowed the horseinen to ad- vauce, untll, sccening thele own wrtitlery from view, the Russian gur force silenced, when Mukntar Pusl dered ¢lghi battalions to advance and drive the cavalry back. Fixing bayoncts as theydash over the intrenchiments, and with loud crics ot * Al- lan, ul Allak," the Usmanli infantry pour down the hill, firing os thuy go, Tboy are inct by a steaay fusilade from a brigade uf dismounted draguons, which only urges them on, and soon the Turks arc o thousand yards from thele (utrenchments, close down on the Village of Nabl-kul. On the crest all stood breathlcss, Tho cavalry wers in far oo broken ground to act {reely, and their an- uibilation scomed certain, for dashivg down thy il st a hand gallop went two hatterles of horse artillery to ald iIn the wuicomo work of poundivg the Muscovite horse. Sud- denly from _elther flank of a ravine ruanning dowa into the Nabi-Tchat stream conies the ro- verherations of infuntry fire. ‘The battalions rmue. turn about, and " comimence a wild fusit- ule towards the hills on thelr rigt and left, from which we scs advancing heavy bodles of Russlan infantry: some, indecd, Detw and our doomud elght battalions, stricken, these men turned and tled in wild con- {usion up the narrow roadway, over the steep hiliside, in frantic hasto to redch the safuty of thelrintrenchtnents. The Russiaus, tod, dash- fog forward at the yun, tried to head them bock, while the Drugoons, charginge up ground which scemed {mpracticablo {or horsowen, completed the rout, 3lauy Lun- dred Turks sullenly threw down thelr avms and surrendered thewsclves prisoncrs, uthers turn- e 10 Loy were shot duwn as they stood, while still & few atrove to reach thoe crest before the enomy. ‘The Gbaxi Mukltar Pasua scelog the ambuscado luto which he bad becu drawn berufeally endeavored to retrieve his mistake. Placlug Limscif ut the head of two batialions, ho threw hlmsell fnto the advanced shelter trencnes, and endeavored to check the Russlan sdvance; but it was too late. Scelngthe fate of thu day was ugatust them, the Turks lost heart, and the division uu Kurd Ismatl Pashs, sbandoniug thels few headlong itions, down the Lil, - 1u valn dud Falzi Pasha eadeavor to stop thelr fight ; fu valn did bo poiot to the Rallaut stagdatill mado by Mehuncd basha's men oa the left, by Mukbtars two battalions in the centre, by hiis own brave soldicrs above Topa- lack. Deaf 1o all reason, abaudoned by their comwmauder, these men sa fety ouly in flight, and a scens surpassiog the debandade from the Aladja Dagh quickly ensued; gunners, cutting the traces uf their 5uus, abaudoned them to toe cuemy, sod jolued in the general stampede. ‘The uurrow rosdway from be crest of the Devl Boyun to Erzeroum was completely blocked by the densa throng of Inrm"zn whose fate would haye been simple annihifation had it not been for the stand made I:‘v the two foretgn ficers In the army, Falzi and Mehmed Pashas, he brigades under thelr command nobly stood their ground, and poured such & destructive fire on the Russian advancing columns that the purauit was cliecked at the outsct and the de- moralized soldicry entered Erzeroum unpur- sued by the foc—who really might have follow- ed them up and galned the Cnpfinl of Armenia without striking a bluw. Al night through fu- gitives continued pouring into the dty, many merely to pass through and desert to thelr own houseas others, worn out with fatigue, with eold, wlth exponure, threw themselves down in the atreets, and, in spite of the pouring rain, slept on the muddy ground with no covering but thelr own tattéred raga. At 11 p. m, Falzl Pasha entered the place, having surcecded in drawing off his men un- perceived, but his compatrint, Melimed Paalis, was not 8o forlunate, having to fight every inch of the way from his position on the watershed of the Devi-Dagh to Hafiz Pasha Punar, a dis- tanca of five miles, His lusses in this retreat were very heavy. In the morning (hazl Mukitar "Pastia arrived, having taken refuge during the night in Fort Azizi, The Russians advanced as for as the crest of the Devl Boyun, where they took up a strone position overlonking Erzeroum, and on the morning of the 6th commenced “throwing up a redoubt tocenver their advanced pickets, which arc distinctly to he ecen from the roof of my bouse, Ifind It moast dificnlt to obtain_any estimate of the Turkish Josses from official sources. rom non-official sources I have learned that the battory of Horse Artillery, brought off hg Falzl Pagha, and three heavy guns, whic Mchmed Pusba saved, Is all that is left of the brave show of fifty-slx pleces, which frowned from the helghts ot the Devi Dagh on the morning of the 4th fust. Wo kiave lost at lenst 2,500 prisoncrs, the same number of killed and wounded, while fully 3,000 huve deserted in the last few dava. On the other hand, we received on the 5th Inat, threo battalions from Trobizond, fine, well-cquipped men. ' They have been sent forward to the Azlzi Fort, which hns been placed under the comnmnnd of Mehmed Pasha,who may be trusted to give s good account of the work. On the Oth fust. the head civll authoritles of thu plwe presented a petition to Mukhtar Pashs, begging that the place might be deliv- ered to thie Rasstaus, and they spared the hor- rors of uhm- und assault, To this the Com- mander-in-Chief replled that an answer did not rest with him, but with the Bultan, to whom he would telegraph for orders, Kcarcely had the deputation left the Mushir's presence, when a parlementaire arrived belore the ont- ro!u from the Nuastan General demanding he surrender of the place, and threatenin that If tbis demund were refused it woul be forthwith bombarded oud assaulted: Gen, Helwann wlsned to spurs tho penceable inhabitauts all the horrors of war, but resistance was - prolonged the Inss of 1ifc must rest on the Turkishk Con- mandant's shoulders, who was useleasly pro- lonying o hopeless strugglo. To this Mitkhtar returned answer that hio would telegrabli for iuatructions to his Imperlal master, aud hegged lnrlt'hreu days’ grace before returniug o dellnite reply. Ot the Tth inst. it was dlscovored that during the night the Russians hud constracted a new redoult on the heizits to the east of the city, at ndistance of avout 2,800 ynrds as the crow flies from the Top Dagh Fort, in which the hendquarter stafl {s now located, This redoubt not only commands the whole road from the clty to the Devi Boyun i1}, but domivates tho town also, and during a bomosrdment will be extremely unpleasant, Ou that dav Mukbtar returned his auawer to Gen, ileimonn, which was to the efTect that the Suitan had di- rected him to defend Erzeroutn to the lust man and the last cartridgee, and that.he should cu- deavor to prove worthy of the trust reposed in Lim. The same evenfng (the 7th) u second varlemenlaire arrived, from Helmann, giving Mukhtur Pasha three daye® groce and stating that, at the cxpiration of that ttne, If the piace stili’ hold out, the bombardment would com- menee, On receipt of thls messago a councll of war was held in the Palace, which was atiended by all the chiof civil ana military otficers, In{ the Erzeroum represchtatives to the Houss of Deputies, by the chief priosts of the place, ond. all” the. leading Maho- medah {nhatitants. After having nmn{ df tuesed the situntion; 1t was unanimossly di termined to defend the place to the Jast ex- tremity. Prior _to calling this meeting the Connwander-In-Chiel mnade a minute fuspection of the works, and wddressed a lew words of soldierly encourugement to the defenders of each vutpost, ‘To-duy aud yesterday the publie criers have been guing about the strects announcing that all inhabitants wishing to leava the ciey prior to the commencement of the bomburdinent must do so within the next twenty-four hours, One of the Guvernor-Geoeral’s oillelals fius fn- formed me that more than Q0 families, chielly Mohammelans, huve availed themsclves of the permission, 1 also learnt from him that the descrtions continue, nud In such Jurgs numbers as serlously to cripple Mukhtar's already too smnall army and to put out of his wor any altempt to retire from this place; ndued, 1o has no position to full back upon, no’ artlllery, no cavalry with which to cover a re-, treat thie only courses open to him are to sut- render or to die vn the walls of Erzeroum. ‘This day we have lud another very severa enxam:nwnt,]rmulum: 1o o Mght success for the Turks, although we lost heavily, especinlly in prizoners. At4:80a, m, I by & terrible cannonade, and, looking out of wmy window, saw the strccts filled with unxious crowds of men, Woinen, and children, while from the mlinarcts the Moolahs were calllng on all able-bodled men to take up mrms and fight for their religion, Many, fusplred with frenzy by these exhorta- tions, were rushiug up to the Citadel, where arns wero belng hastily served out to all who chose to apply for them, and {n Jess than half i bour 1 found myself in the nldst of an armed throng pushing on to Fort Azlzl, which it spoeared was being heaviiy sttucked, From what | could learn ou reaching the work, which 1 was permitted to enter unquestioned, it scems that at 3 a. m. ono of the sontrics In the Medjldieh lunette, situated In the northeast of the cu{. on the Top-Dagh bills, thought he heard the aporoach of a body of and reported tho clrcumstarice to - the oflicer of the wuand, who, after lstening, de- clared there was no causu for alarm, ‘Toe nan went back to at, butIna few moments distinctly saw aod Leard a columnu of truops wmoving ‘across the ground to the cast of the work, Ile at once gave thealarm, but such was the celerity of thio tussisn movements Llat be- fore the gurrison could get under arms & body of petween two and threo bundred of the cuemy had effected o lodginent in the lunette, and others pouring n at the open gorge completed the capture of the place. The gurrison were takon prisoners, not s man, I belivve, belug hurt or escuping. ‘This Medjidich funutte la s outwork to the Axizi Furt, which s sftuated ubout 1,200 yards to the west. Capt. Metuned Pasha, hearing the disturbance, at. once wmoved out frou tho fort at the head of Lull & battallon, but only reached the gorge of the Ju- neite to lind it io the haudsof the enoimy. Without pausing an {instant to conatker, tbls gallunt lttle man attacked the Russlans with tho bayouet, and with such fmpetuosity that, after a most deaperate strugglo of nbouy tweuty minutes' duration, the Turks were onze jnore 1 posscastonof the work, while 803 dead bodies fuside the Medjidich Tabls testificd to the san- iulnary nature of the thehit, It wus now that Ihe Lattle commenced. It appearcd that tho advanced guard of a Russtan coluinn had sur- and setzed the outwork. | ‘The of the anlght or the' - Eutm»l(y of the Muscovite leader must 8 to” blame for tho' fatlure of the was awakened glnn for befors the main body reachod the Med)idiel lunctte the place had been tuken and recaptured. “The Russlan Geueral ot once led the malu colymn sgainat the outwork, which now, Lowever, had been reinforced by about 1,200 mon from the Asizt ‘Tabla, wiilo_the ucwly-armed citlzens, to the pumber of about 2,000, came rusbing up too hill, aud, rezandless of the firo poured upon them by two teld bat- terles the enemy had ln sitfon, poured tnto the open gorye in rear of work, - The Leay guns 1u Aziz{ pow poured on tho epemy’s col- wmps, which drew off from the attack with much loas. -At the same time anuther leol um, conalsting of seven battalivus of tn- fantry, oue replment of cavalry, dght field and three heavy guus, appearcd narching over the crest of the Lillls Lo the southwest of the dtg. This was, however, checked by the flre from the YoudJalou and Aball Tabias. Not $hat the encmysuflered any casualties, for Ianxious- 1y watched the effoct of the Turkish shells, sod uoticed that they fell some 600 or 700 yards short. Icould mfll aurmise that tlis force w: orlghn.ll Intended 1o sssault tho Kiremed Tubla, B. W, of thia place, simultaneously with the column _attacking the Medjidich Ta- bis; but that bhaving miscalculated the tauce, sud fluding not only that day bad broke whea'they zeacied tho suwmit of the Dewt Boyun, but also that the attack on thelr right had fafled, they judged It useless to make an nsaauit in broad daylightona fort well pre- ercd against surprise. At about 3 p. m. both usstan columne withdrew, the left to Topalack unmoleatedin any way; the nght column, how- ever, was followed up b{ Capt. Mehmed Pasha right up to the walls of the redoubt they had conetructed on the Top Dah. Of our lossea It Is diflicult to speak with any certainty. Twenty oflicers and stout 500 men were captared early In the day In the Medjidich Fort. - From an officer high on the headquarter stall 1learnt that our kiiled in all probabiifty amaunted to about 700, and wounded to fuliy twice that numbcr. The Russians left a0 bodies behind themn, but succeeded in carryiog off a grcat number. It Is lnpossible that Erzeroum can hold out for any time. Our supplics ars scanty, and tho Rarrison stnally and the cncm{ certainly puse ness thrice as many battallons in front of us as wedo. When the road which we hear they are making, via Partak and’ Tsilawaukh, over the Devl Dagh range is completed, they will be able to Invest us entirely, and wiill prevent re- inforcemonts or supplica reaching us from out- side. ‘That accomplished, a steady bombard- ment will doubtless cominence; aud 1 anticipate the capture or capitulation of the town before thia day month, FRANCE. CIRARDIN A DEPUTT. Pants, Dee, 106.—M. Emlle de Girardin was to-day clected Deputy from the Ninth Arron- dissement of Parls. COMPLETKNEAS OF MACMANON'S DEPEAT, Panis, Dec. 16.—The Republican Left and the Kepublican Unfon have decided to ask the Mintsters to grant a general amnesty for press offenses since May 10, and the reinatatement of the dismissed Mayors. It s statea that the Government will introduce s bill making the sanction of tho Chambher nccessary for a proc- lamation of n state of siege. M.de Marcere, Minister of the Interior, Lias removed restric- tions upon the hawking of newspapery. ITALY. A CITANGE OF MINISTRY. Rosxe, Dec. 10.—~8Ifuor Depretls informed the Chamber of Deputics that, in consequence of the present position of parlismeutary parties, the Ministers had reslzned, and the King ac- cepted thelr resignations and charged him (De- {a;;lh) with the duty of forming a new Minis. CUBA. DECLAED PALSE. ‘Wasmivotox, Dee. 10.—In reply toan inquiry of the Spanish Miniater, Captain-General Jovel- ler declares false the report recently published to the effect that Maximo Gomez, 8 Cuban - surzent, had captured a convoy worth §1,000,000. GERMANY, DENIAL. Loxpow, Dec, 16.—A telegram from Berlin denfes the truth of the report that an English- man has been arrested fn Uermany on & charge of treason against the Empire, FIRES. AT OTTAWA, ONT. Sneeial Dispateh to The Chieago Tribuna, O1rAWA, Dez. 16.—A fire uccurred at Hull ot noon to-day by which E, B. Eddy’s extensive pail factory, s large two-story stone building, was almost complotely destroyed. The fire spread rapldly, and the whole upper portion of the buliding was In flawes beforothoe fire brizade arrived, By great exertion the millions of feet of lumber surrounding the bullding were saved. ‘The valuable machinery {n the lower part of the building waa not much damaged, but the bare walls of the upper story are all that s left standing. Fifty men ure throws out of em- ployment, Loss about $20,00J, This is the third fire that has visited Mr. Eddy's premises this scason, destroying pméu:rl valued st §35,. 000, each fire oceursing on Suuday, and belluvod to bo the work of fucendlarics. IN CIHICAGO, ‘The alarm from Box 118 at 8:15 last evening was causcd by 8 gas oxplosion under the side- walk ot the corner of Tiwenty-second street and Yortland avenue. The alarm from Dox BS3 ot 9:15 yosterday morning was caused by a fire in n {rame house ot the northwost corner of Congress aud Cievro strects, owned aud oecupied as a dwelllng ond grocery by Q. I', Fuller. Damave to building, 8230 to stock, §200. Cause of firs unkuown, AT MAYSVILLE, XY, LouisviLLE, Ky., Dec, 16.~Thomas & Co.'s rocery, at Mayaville, Ky, Is reportod burned, io 8, {50.000; linunm'uu 'n'ol. knu?n. — e ——— OBITUARY. 8peetal Dispotch to Tha Chicago Tridune. New Yong, Dec. 10.—~Pauliue Cassanaro Cal- vert, Baroness Do Busslerre, died nt tho New York llotel this mormng. Mie. Do Busaferra was the youngest dauzhter of Mr, Den Holla- day, of Californla, and was married about five sears ago to Iaron Henrl De Bussierre, of Parls. 8ho arrived i this city by the Dritannic Dec. 2, and was carried to apartments ut the New York Hote), having been taken serfously (N on the voyage. Dr. Fordyce Barker's old was at onve summoned, and it was hoped his skill, combined with her youth -and naturally fine constitution, would brjug about her restoration, but, unfavorable* symtoma supervening, her malady termiuated’ fatally this mornfng. Haviog no relatlves in New York, her ouly boy of 4 years 18 left for the moment amoog strangers, Baron Do Bussierre not having accompanled his wife to America oud Mr, lfo\l:dny being on the Pacific coast. Both have beeu summoned, and are on thelr way to this city, Apeciad it Disvited 80 TAs Chicagn Triduna, INDIsNAvOLIS, Ind., lec. 18.—Harvey G, TNazelrigy, a prominent business-man and bank- vears. erof Lebanon, disd {nncnhv. oged 70 11 was born in Kentucky, where he was o mem- ber of the Logislature of 1840 and 1841, and af- terwards in the Indizna Legislature in 1844 and 145, Deceased was s prominent Mason, and will be buried by that y Tuesday. IHe wa elocted High Priest fn 1858, nand ascrved up to cccmber. Mo scrved twenty- three years cousecutlvely as Worshiptul Mnster, andd was at one time Master of & Lodge, IHzh Priest of a Chapter, Eminent Commander_of a Commandery, Graud Master of the Urand Lodge, aud Ewtnent Urand Com- mander of the Grand Commandery. e served one year os Grand Kiog, ten ycars as Graud ligti-Pricst, one year as (irand Captalo-Gieneral, two years as Generallsshin, ten years as Deputy Urand Commauder, two ycars as Grand Com- nander, oue year as Senfor Grand Warden, four years as Doputy Grand Master, and bad been a incmber of the Grand Lodeo since 1844, a perfod of thirty-three years, never missing a meeting, —a longer continuous attendance than that of anv other member in the State, e devoted much time to the study of Musonry, and was beld in high estimstion by the crut, e e — AN ODIOUS TAX. 87. Lovts, Mo, Dec, J0.—A dispateh from Osceola, 3o., says 0 wob of armed and masked men touk poseession of that town Friday night, arrested evervbody on the streets at the muz- zlcs of revalyzrs and shotguns, then weut to the Court-llousc, selzed all tax bouks for this aud past years {u the County Clerk’s und Treas- urer’s offices, and carriod them .n{-‘. The trouble grew out of u railroad tax which b been levied to pay certain judenicnts neainet the county for pust-duc wtervst on rallros bonds. Beveral of the mub wers recoguized by ofticers of the law, sud arrests will probably be made, ig which event more trouble will doubt~ luss oceur, —— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, New York, Dec, 16.—Arrived—The steamors Gerwaple and City of Brusscls, from Liver- pool, Oder Bremen. QuasxsTows, Dec. 18, —Arrived—The stesm- ship Britaonic, from New York. Prywmouvrs, Dec. 10.—Arrived—The steam- wiy Wieland, from New York, 3w Yoax, Dec. 16.—~Arrived—The steam- ship Alsatls, from London. exlean, for sd Loupox, Dec. 16.~the steamer M Capt. Whitburoe, from Port Royal, 8. C., Liverpool, is pusted as mhislug, Buc sails frowm Port Royal Bupt. 13, a |, What do you consbicr THE CURRENCY. Congressman Burchard Takes the Sherman View of Resumption, Some Strong Talk by Con- gressman Fort on the Sllver Issue. An Open Letter to the President on the Subject of Re- monetization. IRepudiation the Necessary Cone « sequonce of a Fallure to Remonetize. A Plea for Gold-Payment to Bond- holders---The Plan of Alexan- dor Hamilton. Hard Times, and Jfow to Improve Them «s-Johin Sherman as a Maladviser of the Presidents Aunswers to Correspondents on Varions Phases of the Financial Question. CONGRESSMAN BURCHARD ON RE- SUMPTION. From Our Own Correspondent, Wasninaton, D. C., Dee. 14.—The views of Mr, Burchard, of iliinois, ou sccount of hls long experience fo the House, and the faét that be {s a careful student of flnance, are entitled to consideration. He had no hesitation o giv- ing his views to the public, and thought that, in thesc agitated thnes, the people should know how their representatives stand. The question was asked: ** Wil the Government be able to redeem its legal-tender notes on and after Jan. 1, 1470, as required by the Resumption law? * * A year ogo,"” sald Mr. Burchard, “I feared it would not; but iny opinlon now Is, it will. ‘Then nothing was being done under the law to prepare for resumption. The accumulation of enin fn the country since hos not only made specie-payment in 1879 possible, but probable, i1 not absolutely certsin,' “What amount of colndo you conaider nce- essary (" ** A stock of coln In the country smounting to §300,000,000, with the continual focreasu that our mincs will aupply, I shionld judge to be ample. The Director of the Mint catimates the uantity ot cotu and bullion {n the country on the Blst of last October 1o be about $200,000,~ 000.—s gain o sixteen months of nearly £30,000,000. A continued proportionate gain for the fourteen months todJan. 1, 1879, will give s stock of coln and bulliou {u the country of £330,000,000," . “Is not {hat mauch loss thau the stock of coln and baliton fo Eugland and Francel" 4Tt 1s, but the amount of coln required, or leretofore used, in this country, is much less than the amount in Great Britain sod France. Commercial cxehiangee are effected jo each by the uss of checks, paper currency, @nd coln! "~ The creation of 8 larcé number of solvent small bai 1ln- n creasea the use of cheeks instend of mo Francu there s only the Bank of France and its seventy-six branches; In Great Britaln there te, besules the Hank of England, but 175 bauks authorized to {ssue eircutation; and in Ireland but six more. In the United States there are 2,050 Nattona), bestdes over 4,000 State, saviugs, snd private bunks aml banking-houses. *The paner cirenlation of France and Great Britaiu conststs almost wliolly of large bills, of denominations not less than “£5 and 100 franca, Cotn is absolutely necesaary for all trausactions below these nmounts, or fractions aver. “The total paper clrculation of Great Britaln and [reland, last July, wus reportcd nt $239,- 00u,000; and the Bureau of Stutistics’ estimate of colnoutside of the buuks was nbout §1i7, 000,000, —makiug a total coin and paner clren- Intiun 1o thut country of M5,000,000,—just about the simount ot paper circulation of this country. But, In the Unfted Kingdom, 8170,- 000,000 of the paper virculution fs of denoinina- tions of 825 and upwanls, £35,000,000 below, and the remaining $23,000,000 in notes of vari- ous deuominations. (ur paper circulatian con. siats of $153,000,000 sbuve nnd $126,000,000 of the denomination of $20, and &3K5,000,000'of the denomination of 810 and under. We have 4! 2 more ot per currency umler 825 thay and this . pa- l(!;:,y. per, with the 818,000,000 of fractional curreney nad 332,000,000 of sflver cofn f clru Intlon, performs the same duty os the §335,000,- }Xx)lu{ :mnll notes aud coln 1o Great Britaln aud reland, “Of £320,000 paper currency in France, $23,- 000,000 ouly is of denomiuations below $20, In tho United States there uro below that denom- {uation 340,000,000 of notes used for conimer- cial transactions. France requires for similar transactions os niany millious of coln.” * But will these snaller denominations con- tinue in circulation when specie-puyments ara resumedi™ ‘*Thoy will, and must, unless purposely with- drawn, They will keep colu in a measure from circulating. In order to et coln into more fenuml circulation, it has beeu found necessary 1 il countries resuming after suspension, Lo retire small notes, just as wo retire thy frac- tional currency to get silver iuto dreulation, ‘Tho Secretary holds, and correctly too, 1 be- lieve, that he has the power to relssuo the Tecal-tender votes whean needed, and hie cannot aet along without dolng so. The maxtmum amount of Jegal-tender notes, 300,000,000, or 50 much of it as (s ueeded for clrculation, wil continyoe to clreulato, aud none the less readil when the face-value u cofn can be ottained ff destred,” ** What has been the experience of tho United Btates with regard to the amount of coly pueded P * Prior ta the discovery of gold in Californla, the total amount of coluin the country never cqualed oue-third of the quantity thers will be {u a year from this time, The greatest amouut was $103,000,000 iu 15443 and, for sixteen years prior to 1830, the lurgest amount of specio fu circulation, outatde of the bunks and Treasury, was §70,000,000, aml the averago amouut &14,000,000, In 1533, the year of resumption, the paper clreutation was 811,000,000, cuin 77,000,000, and of 1he latier SELOWLN0 Tn' the hanus of the people, or 36 per cent us inuch coln In use as puper. The same ratlo for coln in the country, outside of banks aud tha ‘Treasury, ta' the paner circalation, would require but §$218,000,000, whils $100,000,00 would sutlfce for the bauks und Treasury, 50 loug us the legal-tender notes were relssued sud constitutesl o part of the bauk-rescrves, But I cannot belleve that with bank and legal-tender notes securcly bused upon Govermuent credir, sua at ull tines conunaudlug coln i0 desired, so lurgo & proportion of coln will be required. Wiiat is uot actually needed for aclive clrcula- tion will goto the Treasury, a3 now belug the securest place for safe- Ing.' cuusing the present depreasion throughout the country,” “The coustaut reiteration, sud the growing beliet, that the Goyernment whil not b prepared to, and caouor, Fedeew the United Btates notes wheu preseoted for that purpose after Jau. 1, 187, i dolog moru to depress values and parue Iyzo busibess than suythin 1n the stabliity of valucs is attract capltal to fuvest in productive enter- rises. "Actual resumption will briug that cons Edence'. s0 will the bellef fu its certalnty sud permanency." E. B.'W, ——— CONGRESSMEN FORT ON SILVER. From Our Oum Correspondent. Wasuixgrox, D. C., Dec. 14.—Col. Fort, of INinols, member of the House Cowmitteo on Baokiog and Curroucy, was very justrumental in the passage of the Silver bill. It was Col.' Fort's measuro which passed the Housy, ubd else, Contidence 1 that is lacking to S FIVE CENTS. tho ol % called tho Dland bill shonld be calleittt® & ¢ bill.Col. Fort's vlews having been s™% ypon the silver question, he saidy “*Every reflection upon the subject strenpthe ens my conviction that we should remonetize silverat once. It was demonetized without the knowledge or consent of the people. They were not consulted. Not o single newspaper in the United States had cver advocated ft. Nons- | temblage of the people had cver considered and varsed ang resolution upon tho question. Ne public apeaker, on the stump or elsewhere, had cver proposed it; and not o single petitioner had ever sent up such a request to Congress." **How, than, did it bappen that silver was demuonetlzed1” £ * It passed hidden among mattera peetaining to the Mints, in o substitute reported back for an orizinal bill, which substitute, as the recorde show, was never read lo the Jouse." * Why was this donel” ‘* Let those who did it answer. [hese are suspiclous circumstances, and demand that the law should be reinatated without delay. I said once, upon the floor of the House, that the full history of the repeal of this thne-honored law may never be tule written, and some may wish that it never may. But, If it Is cver writ- ten, it will be found that a certaln English gen- tieman by thc name of Erncst Seyd, a resident of London, came to this country and spent a winter tn ‘{umngum, who probably knew more about the scheme than the people did. The tmoncy-lords of London commanded, and we, in humllity and In sliencé, bowed luw an obeyed.” *“Do you consider that the bonds may be pald in silver “Bilver should be remonetized in order to hold the creditor as well o the debtor to the contract. All the immense public debt of the cotntry contracted before 1893, as well as the private debts of the people, had Licen contracted while sliver in standand dollars was legal-ton- der to any amount, and the law was apartof the contract.” The lebtor promiscd to pay, and the creditor agreed to tuke his pay, In sflver coln. Aud now the taxpayer ought to hold the bond. holder to the contract.” “What would be the eflect of remonotization tpon resumptiont’ “Stlver must he remonetized In order to make resumption of specie-payments possible. Without it we cannot have restinption, so much desired by us all for many years.' “They say thut silver ins depreclated, and 16 1s not hinest to pay In that coln.’ * 8o it has deproclated, If we take goldas a standard. Aud'why! Becauso it hos been dis- hunored ps money. Bear In mind that it did not depreciate untll it was demonctized. And tow, in all falrncss, may we not truthfully ray that gold has appreciated and become more valuable a8 moneyl Ita purchasing power has advanced wonderfully slnce sllver wos demonctized. It takes mora lavor, and more of any kind of produce, to pro- ure u given amount of it, than before silver was thrown out. *‘ Hemonetize silver, and it will go up, and goid will come down. And we sholl suon sco them both, as In other years, polsing in the bal- a:cc of value, with but little motlon of the cam. ‘*Hut the Londholders complain bitterly at the propoted remonetization.” “Why should the creditor complain? Thero is not @ promise to pay in cxistence, made prior to 1873, when silver was legal money, which has not aporeclated, and is not now worth more than the promise was when it was made. And the holder of any such indebted- ness ean sceept sllver in payment, and ecll his silver for L‘DM if he {s 50 thirsty for that metal, and thereby realize more gold for his hond or other pronifse than be pald for it. Nowhois detraudedi” “Do you think it will do to have aliver a legat-tender for large amounts i’ “{{ow can It be honcst payment for 83, and dishonest for $100 or 81,0001 Is it good enouphi 1o pay o man or woman for a week's work, and yet not good encugh to pay tho more wenltln()' larger sumat? Sucu s doctrine (s monstrous,' “What will be the offcct of remonetization upon the national credity? “They eay to remonetize sliver will ruin our credit abroad. 1 have no fears of such a result, Tho trouble with us now s, that our credit s better abroad than it isat home, Why nianlfest 80 much concern for the welfare of our foreign crestitors, aud so little for ourselves? Vo will pay our creditors to the last dollar; but why should we pay them so many milllons more, and !P & more valuable coln, than we agreed to payi! ":Du you not, then, n[i'rmw(lh the President’s message i that partioular " 1 was nnnoyed by this atatement: *The mls- fortunes of such a currency to those who are puitk salaries or wages arc Inevitable and rem- cdiless.” In this statement is couched o direct apueal to the cupidity of 50,000 officeholders ot the Government to favor dear money. It may be {n the interest of all who are so fortunate us to have a fixed salary in these times to recelve thelr pay In gold, aud to have guld dear, so that KE nay purchase for them so much the Ruore o tie products of the labor of thelr Tellow-citizens who do not have a fixed salury or other steady employinent so that they can carn woges. Hut it should be remem. bered that most of these saluries were flxed when silver was a lezal-tender, and upon a aper-basisalso, And narw, although these of- cers shoul] be compelled to take thele fixed saluries In silver, they would recelve far more thao did thoss who served durtuge tho War, and even siuce, by means ot the cunstant japprecia- tion of all our money, paper a8 well as coln. Thelr salaries havo Leen steadily advanced, And, bealdes, there sremany thnes 50,000 of our follow-citizens today, whu have no dxed ealary or employment and woges, . who would ginaly accept pay for servives at slmost sny pricein sitver or In leual-tender paper, and would never ask for golu." 4 How does It lluprcn that the Sllver bill s called the Bland ball, when in point of fact the bill fntroduced by Mr. Bland has not yet been acted upon by the Honse!" “The bill which recently passed tho ousa ls usually catled the Bland Ll Tois is o mistake. It {u not his bill, but was the idcutical blll vre- " pared by the Connnlttes on Banking and Cur- rency. 1 was present when 1t was framed, and touk part (n tho framing, as did all the other wembers o the Committee; and all that part reluting to ailver dollars heretoforo colned was engrafted into the blil on my motion, And, when the bill was perfected by our Comnmittes, the'Chalrman (Mr, Buekner) was {ustructed by the Conunittee . to, and did, report it to the Houso_to have i printed. Aud afterwards, when Mr, Blaud got the floar, ho moved thy suspension of the rulvs, and, instead of pre- eenting his own bill, which he bad offerca, he offercd the bill of ‘'our Committee, which {s tho bill that was passed by the House, und is naw miscalled the Blund bill, Mr, Bland is entitled to all eredit for nls perslstent cfforts to remones tizo sliver, and all accord 1t to him; but ho ls wot the author of the il which passed tho Iouse for that purpoese.” E.B. W, AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESI- DENT. Cnirago, Dee, 12.—T0 His Frcdlency, R, B, Hayes, President of the United States—~DrAn 811 Iu taking the liberty of addressing your Ex- cellency, I shall dd so with the profound respect which I feel for our lionored Chief Magistrate. But your Excellency will pardon the futeuss carucstness which I, in comiuon with tho great moss of our citizens, feel In the remonetization ot silver, which we belleve to be vital to our peosperity and bapplness. Though gun need 1o advice 18 to how yuu shall dischargo the dutles of your Nfl oftice, you cer-. tafuly are ot indifferent to the views and * wishes of the people, whoso good- willand finn support can alono uu\lci your Aduwiutstration successfuland glorious, It can- not e doubted that at Jeast 75 per cent of the whole peoplo are lutenscly in earncst to huve tho old sliver dullar fully restored to tho posl- tion it beld before it was demonctized. It would bo idle und impertivent In me to enter ot large (uto thediscussion of this subjoct, Argument has been oxbausted, snd the povulae will, whether right or wroog, bas beeu_fully ine divated, both in and out of Congress. Your Ex- celieney would uot set aside and uverrido the solemnply-expresscd sov- ereien will of the people, ox cept for the most weighty reasons. 1am happy wtind, on the wost ul examination of your putlic utterances, oo word or l{;llhln io- eatlug an fytention to place voursclf in & po- sition of antagonism to the wish of the Nation, when that wish bas been forumaily expressed through thelr Representatives aud Benators in Congress. The geveral sontiment of the coun- try is, that the veto-power should only be txers clsed to protect, uot tu acluat, the will of the people, b{v preventing the passage of, first, un- constitutional, ayd, second, hasty aud ilcon- z sldered leglalation. ‘Iho covstitutivual queatiou doss nob ariss. b Kt o T