Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 20, 1879, Page 12

il CillCAGOY AWRIBUNw: THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1878—-TWELVE PAGES, TOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA. AND BULGARIA. arveenondence New Yark heald, S7. 'rTeRanune, Feb. 2L,—The speclal corre- rnondent of an English Jonrnal telegraphed from Bintzarly recently eomne Information of a sensa- tunal rharacter relating to the movements of the Russlan and Bulgarian armies, He de- weelbed certaln military movements and prepa- satlons fn Bulgaria which to him appeared to Indivate that the Ruesiaus intended to make n Tragtlhiened stey i the countries Lierond the Danube, or that rome fmporiaot military enters yrise was sgaln contemplated by Russia to Bal- warla aind Fastern Roumetin, Tle epoke also of . the formation of many new ‘hattalious of Bulizarfan milltla, of the continued atrival of fresh troops from Russia, and cven desvended in his minuto dotalls to the construe- tlon of a temnporary bome for Gen. Todlehen in the pleturezque wilderneas of the Balkan passea, Tersons unacquainted with the Internsl strug- plea of the tocnlities inuy be Induced to bellere 0 the conclusions nt whicl the correspondent arrives, Many of these assertions are, it may bo here #aid, bighly probable. although the correspond- ent {5 quite mistaken as Lo the cause nd the motlves which Ile at the bottom of the move- mants and preparations vhserved by him, The Kusslan, Gusernment 13 not only yuite candid in its vxpressed wish to carry out the provislons of the Berlln ‘Treaty, but Is essenttally opoosed to all further disturbances on the Balkan Venfusuln. ‘The Russiau ofllelats have received the strivtest instruetions to oppose with atl theie energy nny natloual movemant on the pare of the Hulgarinas which may come to their knowl- edge, becanzo any sueh oceurrence is rudies wlly * ndverse to Ruasian Juterests. To mike the subject elear, I must refer 1o something ~ which took place in Russia come thne ogo, and whick was not vven menttoned by our Toeal papers. Almost shinale tuneousls with the reeall of the Panstavist lead- ery Mr, Aksakofl, from his tenporary exile In one of M5 remote country sents, there had bees arranged several meetings of the Panslavie eir- ele i Moscow. Many schemes were entertalned atlolnment of the cause of Rulgarlan ¥, ferionsly compromised, hut none of ghem coulit be conshiered fensible cnough to cinim the Panisluvlsts were dy toapply for the uttainment o ulthnate esa, 'Uhey Dad recourse at last 1o den, hernalell, and that gentleman showed them £0 many chances for the suecess of thelr enter- wrise that they were quite ready to subseribo uny sum wanted in the prelimiuary estiinates of he contemplated netfons, (ien. ‘Pehiernalell submitted to them all his caleilatfons, atl (L must be acknowledged that those ealeulations weee based on actiial facts, nml were sustalnell by very welghty figure: Tiis plun wos not n complieated one. Ha re omed mostly on the forces ready nt Ttdy— enlled out by the undoubted prestize of bis nntne mnd bt to use by kis Iefeadiy hand, Ho wak to o 1o Bulgarin, where thereare forty-fony battalions of the natlonat inlita alrendy drllicd sl plaeed on a perfeet milltary standing by the exertions of the Russian nuthorities.” There were, besldes, to be had eizht battallons from 1he western port of Bulgarin, [n the nelghbor- hoadt af Sopbfa. ‘The Servlan military forces nieht be rafsed Lo seventy-two battalluns; and, finally, Tehernaiefl declared, thit on his first op- peal all the young men of Enstern Roumelin would be rendy to leave their conntry und Joln Lim in Jarge masses, According to the above caleulation, Tehernalefl wos to have in wll about 124,000 men; but e swore to he able to reslat atl attemnts on the part of the Turka to reoc- cupy Bastern Rowmelia even with 50,000 men, Rm. eveu the hottest gupporters of Tehernal- ¢fl’s vlans never hoped for the slishteat nesist- ance from the Russiau Government, ‘They had also to consider the menns by which they were to repalr the damages fuflicted on thelr causegby the Russinn Government in the imaisent applicn. tlon of the Berlin ‘Lreaty to the newly-organiz provinee, Gen. Tebiernalefl 1a & mat not mu troubled by secondary conslderations, e d ciared that as the JGiseinn adminiteative nu- thorities are to resign thetr places vnly on the arrive] of their Ottonan substitutes, he will et ihe Turkish outhorities enter the couutry in order to get fres from Russinn authority, ™1t will not require much skl sald Gen: Teher- nalell, “to master the Turkish ofliclaisand make them quite Inoffensive when the Kussians have gone. ‘They will be nllowed to live jn seelusion it they show themselves obedient, but will be sucriticed IF they attemnt to prejudice our cause. Bul the Turkish army wust ot and shall not enter the proviuce as lone as I have a bandful of men to oppose such n catastrophie,” So the plan was deelared to coutain tha capacity for suceess, nid was ener- gosteally sustalned by the Panslavistic party of Russia. Not befng In n position Lo know exuctly how fur they bave currled theie preparations for the contemplated uction [ will Timit syself 1o the contemplation of the means they will have ut thelr disposal In case thelr fancles happen to became realities, und the latter must be consid- ercit possible, ‘Tehernnleflt mede an attempt to galn Prince Milan to the cause hie is about to represeat, but 1n thia he falled, 18 the Prince seems to be gulte satlsficd with the nctual state of things, aid does not want to exehunge his position of an jude- pendent Prinee for the vistonnry honors of n Kiug of a perfected Klngdom, i even refused to see Gen, ‘Uchiernalel at Nish, Not so, howay- ory the_Scrvlan Government, As far as [ ean udgze, latish 18 completely on the slde of the tussian Pansluvist party, “sud there f8 no donbt that e wil do all by ean toward diy voshyg the conutry in fuvor of ‘Icheruafeil’s plans. ‘Tehornafell declares Wit hefs ablo to hold the Butknns nnd prevent the Turks (rom oceupyins Enstern Bulusrin, even with n forea of L0600 men. Arms und ammunition aro sap- vhed atveady, § 18 sndd, {n great quantities, Teh Treclions hlmsell able to hold the with bia infantry and eayairy, tillery 13 to be left to the Bulgarlans after the evacnation of the country by the Rusalans, It must not be supposed, either,” thut the Em- Juor Alexander presented the irester part of tusstan vuus to the Bulgarfaus In any provis- don for a future insurrection, Such o sacrifles was dleinted by conslderations quite foreign to all Punslavistic fancles, sl was hot even dae to any magounimity on the partof the Czar, It Jnd heen simply aseertajued during the Jnst Turkish war thut two-thirds of the Russian artillery was positively grood for nothing; suly oue-thitd of it—the guns recently nurchased— proved 1o snswer the exlgencies of modern wor- fare. Were the Russians obliged to flght the English, or even the Austrians, thess old-fushe loned wans would be of no use, wul as thery cer- tulnly will be no other ocesslon to tight Tarkey Jora long time to come it was wot thought worth while 1o carry thut part of the artiliery home 1o Russtu. ‘Tlie cost of the transport of the Luns would verhaps huve been greater than the uctual woirth of thelr waleriul, So it was de- cided to leave them behind for the Bulgarinns, ‘Tenernalell, on his slde, afllrms that they woniy yet anmswer very well the purpose of 1he nctual wunent, und 18, on the whole, quite contident. e sulliciency of all the meana vrovided for 1he contemplated rising of the Sluys, Soamuch for the vlans aml topes of the Rul- gurians wnd thelr subporters, who, aithougn Ttussinus for the most purt, decling to sea what an kopportime mument—so far as Russin is concerned—they buve chiosen fur the furthers ance of thelr 1d 1 have already stated that the Russlan Gove ernment ia for the present decldedly adverso to uny clfurts on the part of the Bulgarians to uclifove the unfon of thelr country amafust fhe wishes of the great Powers of Europu, The Huliarks, sustatned by Servia, would probably Le nble to attaln their ends If they only hut to ficht Turkey, but it {s not 1o he doubted tor a moment thit Englund und Austein would Intor- dere fuosuch o cuse. What would then b the purt hmposed on Russfud The country s exhausted by the last stroggle; the bud state o her flnances reguires wmuny yeara of undisturbed penco tnordertabe put on o' proper footing, The Russtun yeovle are tlred of wur; the Emperor By wnd eyer was, opposed to 1, The need of many Hrius, suspenided during the Just Quieting yeurs, s uulversally felt, und such re- Juriss, fndispensabla as they are for the weifore of the Russian people, catnot be carried vut exeept with several years of assured peace anid il possible economy’ In internal expensed, Let ui$ supvuso lur ohe moment that Russly coutd allow things o take telr course wit L BUp- porting the s of Bulizarin seainst "Turkoy, would lt b pussible for her to leave Bulgurin without wsslstunce 3t the uther Powers wer to come down upun hert Would not the Bulwa- Thany rizhit i suying b thiat Russiu had d themjaiter having been e firse couse ising? Could Russta huld to her policy co whun the Bulgariuns were really l‘m:ul- cd with ruln, s sifd them so many of hep owh suns,—the 1tussians whe ure uow fu thellul- wartan army as Leachers, sub-ollicers, ete. Years ot bloodshicd und misery woulld ensue which would exbiaust all Eutrope, stop comtnerce, s WNusata would come out ol It, even if victorious, the must fujured of all. MONTENEGRO AND PANSLAVISM. Curraponidence New York Tunes, Paws, March 8.~The Glas Tsernugoreka—tho # Vulee of Muntenegro Mis the ofliclul journsl of this Principulity, Its publication bus becn suspended for fifteen months, prabably tbrough fear that somo futearperance of lsuguage might wako n bad fmpression ut the Congress, und in- teriere with the groat work of pacldcation; but it has reopened its office n atthe end of January, contalns an artiele so alyg- niffennt that its reproduction by the leading Contiiental newspapers has been almost unl- versal, **The diplomatlats,” says the (Mas, ** iznored, a3 they alwvays do, cvery principle of right and lustice, Thev were auxious to coucifate the confieting Interests of the Great Powers which they represonted, il so every small State was sacrificed, not belng even allowed to urge fts clating to keep what iL had won by force of arms, Montenegro was foremost {n the fray, she bore the brunt of the hattle, umd yet only upon her threut to renew hostilities did Tur. Jey consent to part with that. paltry monthtul— Sponz and_ Pollgoritza—which waa so griclging- Iy vouchenfed to her by Western gluttony, ~ ‘Ihe natton will fulfil fts enzagements loyally, pro. vided nthers be equaily faithful to thetr stipula- tlone, but, i we llava” bowed to the declston of Eurobe, thero lives no reasonabls man who be- lleves that the Seevisn queation s definitely gettied. Our end remalus unchanged, and afl our cuergics must be dirceted to the ontire re- demption of tur race. We wish for peace, we Dase asplred to it for centurles, we woutd llye i amity with all men, we need lr:mlullmy for otir natfanal dleveiobment, but we will brook no Interference with our rights, sl none so well u8 wi ean look boldly dn the face of every eventuality, be it for good or ill. We are united {n soul and hufl?‘ to our Prince amd to his funi- Iy, wu have futl contidence in his honor, his In- tellizonce, nndd his patriotism, wnd whither ho shiall show the road, there all Montenegro will follow, If It hu to death.’” “The peculiar gravity of this docitment Hes in the circtimstance 1t the absolute submieaton of the people to Its ruler i3 national character- letie. Now nnd then he i shot or stabled, by way of veutletta, or In support of #oma rival's clutms to cignty; but to dispote the wis- dom of his forefpn” policy, particularly if this lmuuy fuvolves a question of war witt the fn- el has never entered the minds of these lnml[)' nounaineers. Not a fluger ean be rafsed within his domintons, not u line be printed, without bis permission, and as ho, the bravest awl most rellavle of Hussla's auxiliarles, has uever yut taken u single step fn opposition to the views of the Russian Government, we must. conclude thut the Glur Tscrnugorska hus ve- celved its (nspiratfon directly from Cettinje, in- directly from 8t. Petersburir, with an inténtion of preparing Europe for that uprlsig of the wholo Slavonie race against uil forelgn dommation which 15 o form a _dike to the Gernan fsundation, When 1 was in Prague, In 1876, this sublect was frecly discussed by the Czech party, whose teader, D, Rieger, nsstired me that s Slavonle Empiee way the great atin of the Moscow old Russinns, s of the Bohemian Omiading, by whom the future Emperor was alveady chosen. In point of terrl- [} 1 importance the Servians ot Servis Jind o rizht to take the lead; but the courage wud ubll- ity of thelr Prince was guestioned, wherens Prines Nichoins had given proof of both, ninl offered gnarantees which the pusillunbinous Milan wos {ncapnble of, backed as tie was by o popilation of swlneherds, alwaye ready to play Tast und looae with the Austrlad or e Ktusstan for rome petty personul conslderations ever sinee Karn “Grorefos drove out the Osmanll, This was the Judizment of the Slav Committees in May, and ihe miserable flzzle rome months Iater under Gen, Tehermsteff—rho would have done Russio’s work for her, un- aided by her oflivial partleipation, 1t his energy - hud been seconded by the Servin oflicers—only conlimed the drfiinal lxx-.m. which Ruasfu has stendily pursued us lenst, Ikely to excite Turopean jenlounsy, The relle- fous Tarce of n new erusude has been played vut g nonu of the Great Powers are ltkely to tolerate another Muscovite fuvasion of the Ottoman ter- ritory, but, given the prinelple of nationalities, whieh was “Infoked tor_the crention of United Ttaly and the Uerman Emplre, there 13 nothing I the law ot natfons which can be opoused, plansibly, to the agglomeration of ecattered fraginents of n natfonality under the same head, when this unfou will ouly be to the disadyantaze of such anunsympathetlelndividunlivy as Turkey. Thut the Austrians will look on yuetly us the furmution of nu Emwmplre possessiyg o many l)umln ofattraction to their Slavonle pojttation s not probable, and they moy flest protest und then flght fn defense of thelr threatened inter- ests; but they have bad a severs nia, muil without rome outside help muth good In Macedonly. * AUSTRO-ENGLISII SQUABBLE OVER ¢ DBOSNLA Dispateh ta Londan Times, . Prarir, Mareh L.—According to nidviees from Cuonstantinopte, there are sl four points of difference Impeding the concluslon of the Anstro-Turkisn Convention. ‘The first relates to the sovereien vlishts clafmen by the Suban. ‘The formula provosed by Austela ls, ns you mav remember, that the fact of the eccupation *docs uot prejudge” thy suverelzn rights of the Sultan. Though wo longer Insisting on the direet recopnition formerly demanded of the Hultan'’s soverelgn richts, the Turks ask the substitution of the words “docs not slter? for “doecs mot prefudge.’ The objection op- posed to this by Austila {3 that the term asked to be substituted dues noi rorrespomit to the fact, seefng that the occupation und ndmin- istration of the provinces by Austrin, suspend- ing the exerclso of theso rights, doex for the time belng uiter the Sultan’s suyerelenty, The serond differenca—onn also of words—respects the detinivion of the nature of the occupatlon. The Austriaus proposeilie term * provislonal 3 the Turks the term * temporiry.” In the optne fon of Austria, the word * provisional ' exactly expresses the fudefinltive character of 1he oceu- pation described in the treaty, leaving the future entirely uvtonched wud unprejudiced. The word temporary," on the other hinud, woes, 1t represents, beyond tis lmit, A third dit- furence is nbont the position of Bostuinns when travellng or sojourning . Turkey, 'The ‘I'uvks ‘elniin that they showld Lo considered Jike nuy other Ottomay subjects, havive no clabm 1o the wrotection of Austrian Consuls. Auairly urges no objection to this us a general rule, In cuses, however, where Bosmans In Turkey have reat ground ol compluint regardlhngg their treatment Austria desires that they shonld huve the right to involie Austrian * medintion™ rath- er tkan “ protection.” The fonrth polnt of dif- ference touches the exercise of the rheht of gar- risom in the distrlct of Novl-Bazar, ‘The Turks wish the localitics ns well ag tho number of war- rlsons to bo preclsely fixed by the Conventlon, while Austrla nreues thit this would he to lose sight of the sim contemplated by the Congress I abta right of gareison, which notorlousty was 1o provide nu wdditionsl canrintee that the narrow striv of Tauld betweon Sevvia and Mon- tenegro should not e encrouched upon on elther slde,—thut B3, shonld cesse for (ha futute to ha a scat ol dtsturbune ‘This ahn Austrla urges, conld buraly be nunmml i ber garrisous wery bef il fixed at certaly places and limited ton certuin nuniher, nstesd of leaving these polies to be detecmined by flie circmatanees ad they arose, ‘The Austelan Government {8 therelure of oplulon that, in the first place, only some gencesl prnclles shoutd be Jald down wleh rezard to this vight of war- rison, such as that. 1he porrisons should be as nuet ug possible mixed, amd whevo thils fs not t use that un olfleer trom the barty havin wurrlson should be attached 1o the Comug of the fores belonging to the other purty, futercomse betw the two sides” would thus b Lept' up, so b, measured vould Lo taken by common ugreement to fuee uny eventunlity which nmifgbt present ftaellf, AL present no danierous eventusitics are 16 be apprebended, wnd there keems no neeessity for sending even v man to Nuvi-Buzar or Mitrovitzu: but the plan might be upplicd to Mevje or Tushlidje, l’ucuult\:‘ and Sienitzn, us the puints closlug, o to epeak, the neck of land between Servin and Montenegro, Lying on the bltureation of the ruuds from Novi-Buzar tonards Hosuln and Herzegovivg, @b is of fn- vortunee to have a garrlson planted ot these pluces to secare the trangquallity of Bosnta, and ')nu an eud to the agatution earrfed on o 1hit order quarter, whers some snalcontents have token up thelr abode, The Mufid of Plevje or Tushtldje f3the soud of this neitution, wilch, though not likely to ussumiu datgerous propore tions, 1nars the guueral peace, BLECTRIC LIGHT IN TSIE BRITISIT MUSEUM, Landon Tomes, Javch 3. The experiment of Ughting the reading-roon st the Uritlsh Museun was renewed on Thurs- duy nlght with an fncreased number of lghts and u different srrangement of the tunps, The problems which the Librarion, Me, Boud, uml the Asslstant Librarian, My, J 'aylor, huve hiad 1o sulve is to obtaln, without objectionuble glare, u snflicient Higbtlug of the tables, the catalogues fu the centru) counters, und the shiclves of the reference-lbrary round the walls uf the room to which the readers huve access, To Heht the Nbrary, with fts twenty-tivo iolles of buook-shelves,—a ltile three-storyed town of strects und intersecting lanes und alleys,— would Le a task which, under the present condl- tious of ulectrfeal lurhting, coutd hardly be at- tempted, A great buoo, however, would uyl- deutly e cunferred upon those wlivss oceupa- tions or tastes lead them to mako regular und constant use of the readitig-rooin It the tiime within which they wightwork coula be fucreused durliyg the wioter tonloy or ten Lours a day, and the uot futrequent foterruption of thelr heen destrons the first nlace, whether the reading-room conld be effected The Suoeete (enerale d'Elee- oltered to make the experiment rown cost, Thelr offer was, aecepled, il the necessary worka have been carcied ont under thesuperintendence of thelr represents ative In Eawdad, M, Bordy, C. By amd his stafl, asslated by the Worlpien of the Museum, under the direetion of Mr. T, Palman, the clork of the works. The prineipl difllentty to be overcomn Is the apparent adepth of the shadow cast by the electrle Tlght. out the centre of the rootit tie reading-tables, nfueteen n mtmber, radiate lke tho spoke of u wheel, and the ridee or tuli, Ithtniug of high partition running along the centie of each, und servine at obee the pur- poses of an alr-duct and a Bupport ta reading-desks, Interieres to some extent with the froe passage of licht, A trial was mnde of two methods of srramghge e lomps, In one part of the room five of the tables conrecntive- 1y were Hehted with a lanp, cuclh pluved above the centre of the table ubon n post at a hight of apout fifteen feet from the prouml. “The other tables were Hightea by six lainps placed similar- Iy nbove alterunte fables, and one lamp was placed In - the middis of the room, While the gt was orfght and satisfactory on the table Intnediately under the Inmp, It was possible to reud type sileh as this gecount. fs printed tn st the fatermediate tables, even i the shadow of the remder, though not, pcrhnr:. without sume feching of straln to the eyus, By placing a ook cut of the reader's shadow on the reading-lesk, a person of ordinarlly good sfght could read without discomtori—at all cvents, for some time, The camlte used was the Jablochkoll, mud M, Herly on this oceaston exhibited an im- proved kindof candle fuvented by ono of the company's stall. With tols new’ candte, it I« sait, the danger of the light golng out |s ubwlated; or, ot lenst, I ° the light e out it s iustantancously - re- hghted. — This was sho by turnlug out nlt the Hghits on one clrenlt und relighting them by merely turnise the kev of the comm. titor, “A reduction bas been tiade In the price ot the_candlce, which are now supplicd at 6d. Instead of 1, This brings down the price of the earbon'trom Gd, o 4d, per liour for each ltght, “Ihe consumption of " these candles has fiereased raphlly, as it would appear from the atatement of the Societe thut whereas a few months ago they were turning out between A0 ant B0 day, they now make about 6,000 candles o dof. In' the experiment un ‘Thursday three clreults were estatlished fn the readlug-room, each. ong nup[flylu;: four lights, ‘The eleetricity was obtaned Trom a duplex, Gmmme machine, driven by nu engino of six- teen-liorse power nominal, “The stean-eugine had teen pluced 1o a detached bublding heyond the nortinvest corner of the Musenm butldlies, and the wires condueting the eleetrfe currents to thu reading-room wero nbout G50 fect In length, With ong lzht for cach table ad oue for the eentre of the roum,—that Is to say, with twenty lights, which the machinery at present under trinl would feed, rewders might use any part of the room at night us well us by day, A NOTABLE DEBATE, Boston Herald, * The debate in the British House of Commons, on the 2ith uit,, upon the vole todefray the cost of the South Afrlean war, {4 memorable on Lwo sccouts, First, for the boldness of the at- tack delivered by the Irish members npon the **polley of provacation " whicn sent the Britlsh forces across the frontier of an - unoffending King., €ccondly, for the admission by the Giov. ernmnent thut at present they would not under- talke to justify the invasion of Zululand, The House of Commons having zone fnto Commit- tee of Supply, Sir Stafford Northeoto asked for # vote of 37,500,000 to mcet the war-cxpendl- turea fn South Africa. Mr. Parnell, a8 a leader among the Irish Home-Rulers, roso at once, not to cavil at the mnount of the estimate, but to protest nzainst the Injustive of the war le dechred that for several years the Government had contemplated the selz- ure of u portion of the territory of the Zulus. T acquisitive tendency was pointed out i 1877, when Bir ‘fhcophilus Shipstone annexed the Transveal, Mr. Parnell clatmed that tie Colonlal uuthorities “lind. been carefully fn- Atrieted how to zet up this little war.” Ite ad- mitted that the iate disaster compelled the re- Instalement of the miiltary position; and, go fur ns that went, he suppoged none would ob- jeet. But hie had no faen, from the temper dly- plaved around ey, that the authorities would be conteut with the re-catablishment of British suprenmacey fu the fleld, Fire ntul sword would bu eartled o the encmy’s country, nnd he supposed no quarterwould be given, o elosed with the nssertion that the ' vust preparas “Uons were melther more nor less than a vroof of ‘‘n premeditated determinstion to annex Zululand.”” In the name of his constitu- euts, e entered a solemn protest agatust the inlquitous deshou, Mr. Parnelt, to say the teast for him, displayed the cournge of_the opportunity, But Mr, Saill- van, unother Home-Ruler, went far beyond his ieader in the audacity of liis nseault. Roferring to the red field of fsandula, he satd: “ 1 admite the gallantry and herofzm of those soldiers ot England who [ s, All honor tothem, They served thelr Queen und thelr enlors well, But stiil deeper 18 my reapect for the mean who died, a8 bravely, fn defendiing ther native soll apalust the vader,”™ Mr. Sallivan held thit there is no color-Hne In patriotism, In Wis concentlon Cetewnyo was entitled to the ndmfratfon of the world 85 much as a Tell orn Rosciusko, ‘The Zulu Ring had doh only what Quecn Elizabeth dld when English sofl was threatened by the Spanish Armudo, e had enthered the strength of his Fand aud sworn Lo malie the invaders bite the dust: nwd he had i mcd his promise wells * Parllament,” sald Mr. Sullivau, 1o his peroration, *Is now asked for o million and a hull of sterling noney to carry this hateful policy of imperint war farther al farther into Atrlen, ‘To-nteht the money willl be voted; but when passions have cooled down und reason returned, a verdiet will bo passed npon this epfsode of Dritish Instory, Then it will be bramfed us o warunjust und Diamable as that whizh Georte 1T, waged, and, thank God, waged in valo, against the lberty-loving people i the Awmerlean Colonies.” As wo huve shown, the Irish members were fearlesn wnd furlons i thele attuck upon the South African policy, But 8ir Michaet [Heks- Beach, the Seeretary of State for 1he colonles, wus more than tame fu his reply. e ventured to euter a vrotest orainst 1o oplihets of swieked ' and *oudacfous” which Ar, Sulli- van hud applfed to Sir Bartle Frere, aund then retrented behing the decluration thut ** this was tiot & time for a discussion upon the war,” The honors of the disensslon were carried off by the assatlauts, but of course thu louse of Com- tons supported the vote of supply, REPULSE O1' AN AFGHAN ATTACK. Dispated to London Tanes, *ATTARAREZ (vin Chaman), Feb, 27,—Col. Mal- | ealmson was yesterduy encamped at Khushk-l- Nukhud, with 28 sabrea ot the ‘Third Scinde Hlorse and 120 bayonets of {hie Second Beloochls Cavaley: and at 4 p.m. 1,500 of the Atizals, undee Mafid and Abubuk Kbans, suddenly awarmed over the ridge 1,000 yaras distant, bearing down In two bodies on the camp. Thelr right wing—a column some six or cight decp— In dead sitence maaw divcet for owr cavalry, They advanced fo true chivilrle style, und ar- nt’ charping distance Just ag the British oflicers had huerledly, but ealnly, told olf helr aquadrons, Then foll 1 the com- s—4 Qallop! "l * Charge! ? The euenmy wnbinehingty aceepted tho shock, which, bowe broke thefe solldity, and, fighting with ' fanatical dcr&:ruuml, they wrrled towards the left flunk of the camy), disurdered, developing into w_ panfe when Capt, Multlund's syundron wheeled up, smashing in on thelr flank and rear, The combat and pur- st Insted two houra, Muj, W, Ttevuolds Jull carly {o the melee. Wi extricuting his Sword from a mau's body, his charger stumbled, and foue Afehaus cut him 10 pleces, their own bodies immcdiately after- wards being sbretelied arouil lils corpsc, Our cusualtios are ane olticer wiul four troop- crs killed, Col. Malcolmson ;filll!hlh') and Hieen nien wounded; while 150 Afghan boales now e seattered ubout the eamp, Mujld I8 projecting unother attack at San- zurrh, but the Sciudu Iurse bus dealt the enciay a rersible lessou, “The eneniy’s left wing had their ardor lessencd Ly witnesshng the utter dis- comfiture of their comrades, wnl pushied toward the Heluochls, who repulsed them splendidly, kiltivg thirty mnen, Jo), "Tunuer, seeing the cayalry far off fu pur. sull, wiiely abstained from followlyr up this success wied leaving the camy unguarded, Ong Alghun ponetrated’alone through the skirmish- dou line, and was shot dead near Col, Tanner, Dost Mubomed, the Alizal Chieftain, who had espoused our cause, und was i the cavalry enanp when his clausnien surprlsed uy, disappeared during the confuslun £ A BOUTIH=-AMERICAN TROW,. Tanama, March 8.~The latest dates from Li- ma are to the 26th of February, and at that tine suy changein the position of affaira between Chill and Bolivia was {u favor of the former, Mejlltones, Caracoles, and Antofugasta are held by the Cbiliaus, and at Cobija, the only remaln- tug port of Bollvia, a Chillan fron-clad is sta- Honed. Iu addition to the arming of over 2,500 Chlllan residents in the nitrate und mb diatriets, nearly 1000 regular truops have been fanded at the ports occunled. The Bollvian coast-pards made no resistance whatevor, the refecty of the invested towns retiring peacea- 0 Conlja, “Tlhie Qovernment ot La Paz is recruiting and drilling soldiers and prepariug for a campalen, but as yet no forward moveimont has Deen attempted.” The actlon of Deru i nwalted., “The Government of that Re. vublle hus rend. o vigorons protest azainst the conduct of Chll. Bhould Peru finally take w humd inhe quarrel the forces of Boltvia will be sent by rali to Moltendo wnd_ thenco by steamers to the svono of action, Peruvian irou-clads und other available veasels are being prepared with all baste, and during this wonth Wil bo ready for actlun, - Au Enyoy Extravedinary has beei alspatehed from Lling to Santtaco to offer mediation between the two Repubtics, and 1t [s nnderstood that {f Chill persista v the oceupa- tion of Bollvian territory ho [s auttorized to dectara the tutentlon of Peru to nsslst Bolivia n the strule, ‘This will bring tatters to o crists, Thero f8 no Httle Jealousy” between Chilk it Pert, and provably “no_ohjection will he felt on clther sldo to u telal of stremeth, The Chitiun anthorities prohibited the exportatlon of eattlo, horses, and mules from their ports to Pert, aind this stou Jeads to the beliel that Chill i3 determined to Hsten tuno representations whicl the Poruvian Government may olfer which sre not based on the rigid observauce on the part of Bollvia of treaty stipuiations. CURRENT GOSSIP. DIAMONDS, CNERRIES, KISSES, A milllon littlo dlamonds ‘Twinkied on the trees, And all the Mttlo matdens rald, ** A Jewel, 1f you please." Bat, while they hold their hunds ontstretched To catelt the dlamonite gay, A mtilion little sunbeaos came And #tole them alt away. —Marqguis-of Lorne. A milifon Lright red cherrles Hnnging on tho trece, Aud all th 1itte wrchina sald, “'Oh] ain't they Just the checze?™ Tut, while they held their hunds omatretched Ta cntch the clherrles red, The wood old farmer's dow appeared, A the little urching ited. —New York Erpress. A miilion solt, sweet kisses Neneath the spreading trees, And still ahio whiepered soltly, **Uo on, dear, if you pleade]” But, while' hold her hand fn tlne And glaspod her closer yu x\xa"eum\m stola pon s nd ordered uy **to gel" ~=loaton Lost. THE RAREST COIN IN THE WORLD. Krehnge, HHere Is the true story of the rarest of all colns, wid how n preclonts medal came to be the great numisimatic trivmph of the Frouch collection, One eventug in July, 1567, 8 French gentleman, an expert of the British Museuw, was dinlng in London with Gen, Fox, the son of Lord Hol- lunct, In the midst of the dinner-table talk the numismatic enthusiast was rddressed s follows by o gentleman presont: I am sorry vou were nol In town to-day, for I should have eent you a queor kind of na fellow—(a gloss of wine with youl)—who says be came from Bokhara, und wlo pretends he has a rare—(yuur very good health)—a raro coln,” The numlismatist was ali attention. “It wns a wold coln, so he snld, of some anclent King of Todla, aud would welgh s mueh us twventy soverelgns nud wus huge—as big a8 the palm of 1wy hand,? ‘I'lie numismatist’s heart was in his mouth, ““Borry you scem Fo exclted sbout it. It ls my belief thnt the whole thing Is o forrery. Just thiuk 2( i1 ‘The shubby-looking fellow who was hatking the coln around bad the Im- oertinence to ask £5,000 for {41! ‘The anmismatist thought over it, and, as un expert, reasoned in - this way over the story: “Forger be may be. Btill there may lio somice: thing {u {8, Issuers of spurfous old coln never huve bralus onough to invent. new forms; they alwuys vamp up representations of certain well- known colng, Anvhow it may bo worth while for Ym ’t,u look it up us a numismatical mon- strosity. . e fellow,” continued the infarmant, “ggemed very tuch down on his luck., 1e told mo that wherever he had been to show or sell his coin, thu experts had kicked Iim out, decluring that his pieco of money was a forgery.” A lmuu sprang up fn the colu-collector's heart, —an fukilng thut some great tind was near at hand, Instinetively ho rosoe from the dinner- table, determined to sef out at once In search of the coln. Gen. Fox, the host, being himself the most enthusiastic of collectors, understanding what it is to huve a fit of vumismatie fever, ex- -cused his ruests further presence nt the dnner. Oug started the numisatist from Kensington and posted, ns nlulck s eab could tuke lim, to l-llnp‘tun, for at lslington he knew an Orlentul who kopt, un commuifeation with thoso curlous walfs from the East, who only turt up ju the wrentest clty dn the world, A trall was discoy- cred {n Islington itself, and soon the miserable lodgzings of the mau from Bokhura were found. ‘The landiord sald, **'Che man you wisn to see fy justgolng to bed, I know he has been trylng to find you. Shall T call hiin down (" *Yes, at once," crled the expert, Ina few minutes down came the man who had been kicked out by every coln-collectur in Lon- don. With the tielp of ihe Orlental, who neted us {nterpreter, the Bukhara man was told to show hfs coin. Then the Bokharan individual took off hls queerly-cut coat, next his em- broldered walatcoat,” then his waist-band, ne: his shirt, until there was nothing on_bim abov the walst but his undershirt, and from under lis armplt ho drew out, with erent deliberution, a airt f’ swent-beerimed leather cuse, whith he luld slowly on a table, Presently the case' was opencd, and in an Instant thy eyes of the ex- niert wers dazzled with the peculinr soft. yollow sheen which“only antigue gold slves forib, -It was, indeed, o orize. One lunce alone was suf- fletent, to show thut it was 1 grand medalllon, & uniquo coln, the chicfest, the rarest In the world, It hus taken years of study on the part of the numismatlst, u transmitted fnstinet, in fuct, through some generations, for this expert Lo uppreciate u rare coin at a single look, Knowing that, fn deallig with Orlentals an fn- tending purchaser must exhibit no anxiety, the expert did not allow o muscle of bis face to move, It was the Bokhara mau who took the gold coln und olaced it thy numbsmatiat’s band, U1 the reclpicnt’s hamd had trembled fn the least with excltement the wlly Orlental would lmve made a hard bargaln, It wos o supreme effurt, for when tho plece was touched ouly by the numismatist’s fingers o thritl something 1Ike nn electric shock tore up his arni. Snid the Bokbira man, through the intorpre- ter, “That coln cost ane dear. 1t has been sweated in man's bluod—Nis Leart blood, Sev- e of us found thut plece of zold, We quar- reled over t. ‘That was natural, It was worth a lizht, Wo fell on ouc anatlier with knives and duggers, Atter a while—for (L was hot work—tve of the men rofled dead fu the dust. Ouly two of us were left, ‘o other man fa stll at Bokhara, e agreed that I should come to Europe to L this bit of tolit, Sloeo It was found I lwve always carrled it under my arm, stand Lokl There are, I unuer- 1, morg sialifnl thloves fu England than ert, ‘They all say in London—thoss who tudled old golden smonoy—that this coln fa n forgery, 1 know better, WHL yau buy it, wy Loraf" The expert looked at it szobn and sutlafled bimaelf 0s to its anthentiell Loowad un antlyue, More than thut, i was u numismatic prodigy, Its welght was neuarly live ounces, or twenty erd, atid ity valuo in‘gold about $110, On one sidu was the portralt of Lucratides, Kimgz of Bactria, who lived 185 B, C, ‘Flie bual of the munareh was crowned with o helmet ornamented with the horn und ear of the bull, n veculiur uitribute of the Kings of Buetrla, On the reverss wore the Dioscures, Castor and Pollux, gallop- I"fi on horseback, with the legend in Greok, * Basefleus Mutannoy Y;rkru!hluy " (% the Ureat Kingz Eucratides '), ~ "Fhere wus'a defect, some- thing lke u Hoe, vunnlng seross the tlehd of the plece, Thie defect wus tha glory of the cofn, T'nis showed the number of Blow's which were required 4o strike suchable plece, “The dlg weifh which that coin had been nléumpcd muat, lave been broken atter this plec€ wus nude. ‘The nuimsmatist was wild with juy, for certusn- 1y tols picca was unlque, 1t was 1he tiest, moy D the last, of {ts Klud, umnd there never would mrn‘ up i this world another plecs of gold o it ** Ask him what be wauts for |l."lnqnlrcullhlp expert, with concealed Indifference. It i m')(rlllln' Something, of courvu; ita welght, suy, In zold, ‘Ilie Bokhora mau's eyes twinkled,—they wero black snaky oycs, 1 will tuko £5.000 Tor it, my Lord, and nothing clse, sald the man cuolly, 88 he picked up the colu, slipped it fnta the Lug, and was wbout putting ft under hlsarm. Now came the mowment of trial, ‘Fhe expert lghted o vigarette wml smoked to caly his nerves, ‘Then, blowing the suoke from his lips, he sald, T tell you what © wili do. 1 will glve you right vow ‘my check for £1,000 for the plece, Lf. the colii Is not tuise tu twenty min- utes Ishall offer vou onty £300 for it, iud so on until 1 get to £800, It fi-un don'tcloss with m? lo'-'ulglnl, to-morvuw I will not tako it st any price, *Twenty minutes passed,” “like an fustaut, The Bokha ald the expert, K L1an seetue Immeraed eop iseht, me nuhlcu!f T contintied the expert, 1 e throngh with ois black eves and put the nuek-coveted coln in ney hand, whito his lone bird-like fingers were bent Hke talous to take the check, . The colu was mine. [ steol,’ st the exvert, *“with that coin under my pillow; that I8, Trled ta sleep, but so excited waa I that 1 never closeid my eves that night, ‘The numismatist took the earliest conveyanco neross the English Channel, ‘I'iils medal was 1ot for comnion collecttons, 1t waa a plece for the French Musenm, ‘The Emperor Louls Na- poleon heard of it, a3 did the Mimster of In. etruetfon. M, Fenardent considered an offer of 30,000 Iranes Yor the inedal as an fmperative comtnand that thecoin stould remain fo Fravee, So stay it did, although KUK francs—lust double what it cost—were offered for it. This catn of the Bactrlan Eucrathles fs now the greatly-prized ornament of the Cabiuet des Mudallles, To-dav it lles tn a wluss enzs all by ftself. There {3 a little handle coming out of the box which permits the public to turn the coin 8o that both sides of it enn be seen, *Thig,” suld the expert to the writer, “1s-the rareat coin In the wurl‘rl and the ong fors which the rareat price has been oubl, Sinee fo cost the Hves ol Mive men, I do not think anything more wns really pald fur it than it was worth, it ought to ave been aaved for the deleetution of nunlsmatic amateurs fn all times to coue, even Tud fifty or 100 lives been eacrificed.” ERICSSON'S SAITARA ENGINE. New Yerk Grawhie, Speaking to o gentleman of wealth in this city reeently, be sald: *Iavo you cver acen Capt. Etleseon's solar enginel It {s the most extraordinary thing in the way of mental deduction and historleal an- ticlvation extant. Erlcsson saya that the manu- tacturing of the world will one day be done vn the Descrts of Sabiara, 1lo antletpated the time when the carth will have consumed fts fucl and mien must make steam from the sun.’ "I; :’nult be gomething like o butning-glass, then “Yes, It 18 an arrangement of mirrors by which from the eolar ruy intonse heat Is obe talned nnd thrown upon” water, which bulle, makes stean, and gives locomotion and power.' ** Has Ericsson conne to any conclusion sbout heat “1 heard Wifm talk reccntly on that subject. If 1 recollect, he holds that the eun {tself” has ne heaty but it is our atmospliere that gives heat by the passago of the solur ray through it Iie reasons for this that provably the whole ealar system |s inhabited by a race something Wke man, That is, ull the planets which lave atinosphergs probilbly huve heat, and _therefore inhabitunts. Some of the planets have very dense atmoapheres, enveloplig them far more thoroughly than ours. Erlcsson s ihat you et no more beat by getting nearer the sun, You ascend hizh moiintaing, for example, where the atmosphero grows thin, and you will find cold weatber,” “Ilow does he live In New Yorki ™ 4 [Le Nves n rather recluss Yfe. He {8 a shy mab, but with sutlicient. pride and confidence to mnke him [nteresting when he wants to talk, He says he will nover give the eolor eneino to the world untll he hus sufliciently protected himself by royaltivs or other patent protection. You kuow he invented tha propeller which drives everythhyz on the sey, but Lad virtualiy to give it nivay, e inade an Independence bullding moniturs during the War, 1lo 18 o wonderful man, When be has numemInF resolved upon, ho ean pet cnormons capital to helo il out. You know (lie calorle curine ywus put fn practice in o magaiticeut sbip that proved not to be et~ clent, “The ofd fellow has been in this country forty yeara, and was Hfl[)l-nra old when he came here at the invitation of Commodora Stockton, nid ulready with n great reputation. e ts oue of the few men who have not beon interviewed for the public uewspapers.” THE PLANFLS IN MARCH, Cinetnnatt Enguirer, Astronomers cull attention to the. fact that Juplter was absent from fhe celestinl scenery during February, but utterly fall to nccount for bis absence or give the alightest intimation as to when tio wilk return, ‘Chis shows how little they know about thelr business. Jupiter was off visiting s aunt’s folks In the couatry, and a postal-card was recelved from Wim yesterday bringing the Intelligence that he would return next week, if, fn the meantime, he dld not con- cluda to o to Lendville, Sirfug, the dog-star, I8 yow moving at the rate ol twenty miles ner second, and, s ho Is yell- ng ** Ki-ki" at every i“"m’ 18 presumed there Is u coffec-pot tied to his tail. 20th, at about supper-time, the plane th's equator will pass through the sun's centre, and will probably be arrestea for trespnss, or assault uud battery, or something lke thut, On the samo day Mercury will bein perihelton, or nearest the sin, which is an almighty differ- eat thing from forty degrees below zero, whero he Tas been all winter Venus reappenrs this month with s lot of new songs und local guess nlso nnow set of tecth. She will appear nfchtly, and will shine ns re- splendent ns & bootblack, and a great deal cheaper, Throughout the month the entire henvens will wear o starry _crown, noiwithstanding the fact thut ** uneasy lies the head,” cte, Every season Sirins mors aid moro resembles the cartly, except in the fact that it shows no disposition to convene a Natlonal Congress or State Leglslature, i . We usually pay no attention to the opiolon of other nstronomers, hut we will here quots what Prof. Swilt snys nbout Orlon tn March: #Iho bands of Orlon shine upon us as brightly nnd as lovelyms_ of old, whan Job wns asked: *Canst thop’bind the swect Influences of the Plelades, or Joosa the bails of Orlon i’ P. 8,—Jobgave It up, although he Professor does not eay 8o, A GRAPHIC COMPARISON. Ercnanye, An fncident oceurred in the battle of Franklin which 1 have never seen In print. That san- guinary battls wus at its neight, and now and then there was n soldier who would not face the musle, and, holding to the iden that “distanco lends enchantment® on all such ocensions, wonll exhibit his faith in tho tdea by taking leg ball? for the rear. These cases were ret- ting too numerous toward the close of the bat- tle, nud Col, B—, of our brigade, was sent. taels to the rear to lutercopt thase secking for salety amd return them to their respective posts of duty. Cu ,yll——- sl ho hafled one fellow who was making tracks for some place of saloty with all the cuergy of despair. Fiale] I say, nid return to your command 1" e flying son of Mars tuok no notice of the commiand, **Ilaiu! T say, and go back to your post.,” ‘Ihe soldier puld no attention to him. The Colunel “now vecaine exasperated, and yelled out: » 1f you don't turn aud go back to your com- mand T will shoot you, sir!? Without pansing In his fiight, the soldler yelleat back ab b “ 8noat il bo hanged 1 A basketful 7 Col, B—— let bim go, aud, nfter the battle, told the lucident as o wood joke. What's one bullet.to A TORWARD SEASON, Detro:t Free Press, An old nezro named Sam Clurk, who counts a Griswold strect lawyor among his friends, called ut his law-shop yesterday with a very anxlous Jook un his face, und sald ¥ Boss, Izv clean twisted up dis thue, an' T want to ax a few queshuns,” “ Wall, o ubead, 8am.” Wall, all do white folks tell mo dat do sezun am at leas’ a month aiead, I Wars *em talkin’ bout it on de Kyars an? ull ober." “Yed, this s a very forward spriug, I think we ura at leust n mouth atioad,” Vel Bt dat's do case, will do Fo'th of Jnl'y come on de fo'th o' June, or when, an' haln't :}:ln day dun gonu an' passed by two The lawyer tricd fo cxplain, but SBam was more mixed thun before. [lo scratched his head and went stowly out, but fu half an hour ho ro- turned with a fucs Jouger than ever, 3 # Got that through your bead yeti” asked tho T, Fo' de Luwd, but lze bin struck agln | whispered the Afrlean, I we am 8 montn alicad now, dis yadr will clther have thirteen wonths or ouly 'levent Splain dat, now ' u’uv. the lawyer couldn’t, und Sum went out sayinmes * Dese winto folie am o werry curus set, dey {s. Dey o un' git de sezun wll outer geor, au* den u ulzger can't toll whether to plant taters or dodgu feiclesi” . QUIPS, Baby mine—A foundiing hospltat,~Puck, # Come, goutle Bpring; diphtherial milduess come," A Whitehall woman calls her husband Good Resolutlons, beeauss lic’s always Lroke, If you are In love, just constituta yoursell a :Tn‘sllur Committes® of one, aud acttie the usiness. A Dublin professlonal man nddressod an artis fan, who wos walting fo his hall, rather ortsque- ly=*‘Lallos, you sellow, do you waat muf" The answer neat—*'* No, yer honn walthng for n gentlemant®? Shnple pltty aln't mnch butter Lo a person than an inult; it to pitty bim with o €0 bill Is Lizzness.—J. Biliings, y 1 o ‘This I8 the acason of the year when véncratile hens enter thele necond elildhood, and are brotled for spring chickans, Musie hath charma Lo soothe the savage, This I8 why we veeaslonally ace o eroan di brass’ haml around Wis neek.—2Lhilade'phia Chrontele-Ifera'd, A clock havinie struck the honrof 1, o tenders hearted woman exelalmed ; * Ol what. o ernel clock]? 1t stritek dts Ttfle onel ¥ Child (polnting to a bronze roup represent n oo lon amd a eroco. I aferrific combat hetw Ale)=* What are those things dofne, pat " Father—'Talking polities, my dear."—aris Laper. Canyasser ‘ln ittty rustle, who has recontly taken n littlo farin)~'* Welt, Thomas, you'lt give your vote to Squire Shoiddy nt electlon——=""" Thomns-*No, [ slinn't, T hn' ot *uz, and T wean to keep un myeell, [ bean’t a zoln® Lo ¢1' 'un to nobody 1" inch, Columhusavenue, Snudny alternoon,—Miser- able strect micker to Snodkins, the belt of whose Ulster was drageing: T ray, Old $loas, AL vou don’t tighten itp vour bellybund ,vu\l'll loso your bianket.)? on looking pleasant, as it he hadu't heard it.)-~ Jiavvard Lampoon, Bhe was really chinrming, and secmei! to nn]r:v pearly teeth struck n conply of shot, then her ,L'mm- very much the * quatl on tonst " until he tenance changed, her expresslon beeaime wrathy, and sho safd: 1t s tao menn 1l; ty stiot In (ke birds,” Why'! gaid y aro good for the diseation,” 9 Yga,1 fest that. way.'—Danbury Newe, Professor—** You will repent. the Ierson on the battlo of Bunker IHil,* and palnful silence)=t Plense, slr, 1 can't,” Prafessor (with u frown)—** Whynott? Student *’ummlr)—“nm-nuuu 1 have been decejved,” rofessar (astonished)—* In what wavi" Student (humbly)—* 1 have always heen told thut history repcuts ftself, :nd o § dldi’t Lrouble to- study the Iesson.”— Hockland Courier, YES, I KNOW, THAT 13 80, io came over liere to trend 1t, And It's greatly (o hie eredit, Farho Is an Engitahman. Iint he had more temntation Than belonged 10 any natlon, Except the Amerlcan, For all the other natios Find betler ocenpating ven the Ttal-i- In mpite of all howls. The hisses and the growls, ‘Tiie traphy now f¥ Row And tio's an Knglighma —New York Graphic. A RELIC OF SECESSION. Four Colns Strnck O by the Canfederatn Governmont Aro Kesurrocted by n News 1tem, PAltadelnhia Record, 1t has been believed mud recorded 08 an his- torleal fact -that the Southern Confederacy hnd no metalle currency. After n lapse of clihleen years evidenco now presents ftself to sbow thut four colns wero struck off at the New Orleans Mint while that place was in the vossession of the Confederate Government. This dlscovery has been brought about by a Record Item, of titled *A Craze for Cofns,” which gave the faney yprices placed upon rare pleces, A few days subsequent to Llie publieation, Mr. Mason, the numizmatist of No. 143 Nurth ‘Fenth streot, who was fneldentally referred to fu the article, recefved 4 _commuinication from B, I, Taylor, M. D., the Secretury . vad Treastrer of the Loulsiaua 8tate Board Of Health, giving the Inforinatlon that he had a Confederate coln in his posseaslon. 1o roply, Mr. Mason wrote for u Jead-pencil rubbing of the pleee, nt the same time expressing n doubt as to the existence of any gonulue colns of the Confederule States, The return mail brought a rabblug of the coll The obyerse reprosents u liberty' cap, abo the Aworlean shield, the unlon of the latter cun- tolnlug seven stors, representing the reven se- ceding States, the whaole betng surrounded with 8 wreath uf gitgar-cane swond cotton fi hloom nmd the motto “ Conlederate States of Ameries.’ The reverse has the Goddess of Elberty with the thirteen stars, represcnting the States from }rllx:fil; the Confederacy sprang, and tho date, ‘I'he history of 1he cofn may be briefly recaplt- ulated from Mr. Taylor's statement, Wien the New Orleaus Mint Was taken possesslon uf by the Confederates in Aprl), 1581, the origln: dles of the United States were cancoled in 11 presence of the, oflieinls connected with the buttding. ‘I'ie Confederate Cabinet, which was ren sitting ot Montzomery, lasued orders for n\deslen for a Confedorate curroney to Mr, Tay- lory who was then ehluf colner of the mint, The above desfrn was submitted nnd approved, and orders were {ssucd for tho skriking off of spucl- men nieces. Four hatf-dollavs wera necordingly | colned, und these alio, following the dealgn, were approved by the Cabinet. 'Then came an obstacle, ‘That body found that it hiad not can- trol of sufllelent bullion to nroceed with an fasue of colus, nnd, consequentiy, the matter was deferred, amd a temporary ssue of paper money declded upon, . ‘The subsequent rout of the Confederates threw the colbage project overhoard. Of the four coins struck, onc fa fn the posses- slon of one of the clilefs of the Confederate Goyernment, the sccond was prescoted to Prof, Biddte of the University of Loutstana, the thind to Dr. Ames of New Orleans, amd the fourth was retaloed by Chief Cofner 'Taylor by permis- slon of the Cablnet. + It {8 a noteworthy fact that all the Individuats who wero connected with the colnnge, meluding Ahe Superintendent of the Mint, assayer, comer, sngraver, dlestuker, down to the i who held the chisel and used the hammer, i the eancol- Iz ol the old aud now dies, wre living ut the presenttinie, ‘T'o Mr. Mason, In whose' lvinls the cont has been placed, quite a number of bids liave besn made by (suwatle und historical societles for the purchase of this rare relie of the Reboltion, * A silver-plated olectrotype copy fs to bo sent. to oll socletics nterested fn such mateers, put they will ull ery for the original, & ELks ON A HIGH, Breclnt Correspandence of The Tribune, Vincexses, Ind, Muoich 1S.~Phe Wabash River at this polnt 18 very bigh, and fears are entertalned of an overflow, R ————— Large Tublle Bequests of Asn Ois Nen London (Conn.) Teleqram, I1reh 15, Tielow we pulitish the tligures of 1he public he- quests of the Ing Descon Arp OB, T exec- ntors nominated i the will ara Willlam C, Cramp, Peter G, Turncr, wnd William 1L Chap- man, gentlemen to whon even these great trusts can_be safely eommitt Thelr compel is $1,000 ench In llen of commissions. The eatats will be gporaleed at §360,000 at lcast: ‘Ihe, Ameriean Boardof Commissioners of For- clen Misslons, boing the reslduary lewatee, wil ha benefited to the amouut of ¥500,000. The otlier publlc bequests are: Hnlkoloy Bchonl Ilucon Acudoiuy, Tirat Ecclustastl Amerlcan Bosed of Conunl elgn Muselon, .., . Amerlean Hue Mixsion S Amorican Biulu Soctoty. ... Amerlean Truct Suctety . : Yalu Colleo ‘Thoulogical Seminary Amberet College. o2 cuien aunen . Shonkl there not be onough to pay personal and rubllu bequests oo, -the bill provides that the personal shatl bo pafd n full, und the deflelency, if any, distributed amonz the other logatees. flowever, there {s no lkelthood that there will e any such deficloney, The @ift to Yalo Collews {8 to tiedeshenuted ** The Abel Me. Bwen Fund,” fuomuemory of the Rey, Abel Me- Lwen, D, 1., formerly of Now London, deceased, und for imany years one of Ihs corporators of the Cotlege, /810,000 10,600 10,000 ——— Womon Physiclans Abroad, ‘The Jotrnal ds Geneve lately nnounced that amone the 801 students in” the University of Berno thero are twenty women puraning the reeular course for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, This unlversity hus just conferrea the degree of Ph. D, upon Mile. Llua Bere of the Gont Duchy o Baden, who passed u exccedingly brilliant examination. Two ot lndivs, ous an_Awmerlcan the uther sn Austrian, took the degres of M. D, at the samn tiuie, But even In places where wo least oxpect it ure the women slowly gaining in honor sid power, ‘e University of " Helsingford_in Flnlad, for example, has’conforred ihe degyeo of M, 1., after “avery righd oxamloation," upon Mlie, Hevkol, This {8 the first Fiuland woman o honored, yud the ocencion was duly noted, A mel ovation was elven 1o the araduate by her ullow-studonts, who at the same time opened a subscription among the people of Hulslgford tora fund to establish o scholarship fn the uni- vorsity foryoung Flnntsh women whodeslio to bee come physiclans orsurgeons, The Rosine Hey- kel Fuud " thusfur {8 in a Sourlshing conditivn, ———— Btoles, T Frehunige, Men who have becn toa teeblo to bring in the fuel alt winter aru now able to 5:1 up the river three or four miles und alt wll day on a damp stouy, Habing. . with o Y AVhy 801" naked o frind, ¢ Beeuuse next (And Suodkins had to keep at thev leave “Cthey muy be, but, 1 don't want to'dle Btudent (nfter a lone Strong Testimony from Ifon, Geareo Stary a3 the Powor of Radway's Ready Koliot 0 Caso of Buiatie Kheumatism, K. 8 VAl Nnas PLack, New v, T, ADwAT: Withmo your It nmwrv.»:um' dern. Far i 1St thres SOars Tlave by | jro o ¥0me severn ntineka of aciatics, somutliines Wt the lumihar reglons Lo My ankles, and at tl YOS o 1 have heen 1 uring ma ave heen thne |t triedl nimosk il tho remedive. focomnmngei) 1rs men it fauls, Loping (0 ind volfct, but:aif vestey @ 1 liavn trled varlos kinda of haths, manty qutward. mibitcatione o diniatonts. oA 0 Ims o, nnd preserintions of o o ¥ Ghna, a1l whLch Taled £o w v pe St Pl Lt Xepionbar, at e UHENE TQIGLE of o o Coriio had been aftleted s myaotel, P adues Tl yourremedy. T wan tien miliering for a0 O my ot Lurne, T my surprsa an g sy application gnvo giier, bathingand r the Umh |, the parta aifected ereated hy tha Tielfel In eutirely iwa Ithous! nporaciin T kWit clirn nysetfy and feel qaits Waster of th s IIA“‘V/‘\"“ READY I,!P ) e) {hatlag, teavel withaud o bottlo fn iy vallee, oM Therep Tours truly, QEV. 5TARR. RIIEUMATISM, NEURALGTA, bivictimy, NI'LULN7, Soro Throat, Difficult Brcnthiyn‘g' RELIEVED 1N FEW MINUTES, by RADWAY'S READY RELIEF, For headnclic, ehethier alek or nervousy rhey tumbago, patninad weanees I8 TG Hack, oo Rogat palne newand th liver, pleiirisy, aweilinos g {amt, afye i el Dowola, HoariUrh: b (i e, Cithlntna s (rosthites, Tniwats ef will afford intnediate ense, nid 28 eonthe for a few daya eflcet s pern Pric, it cure, B B B RADWAY'S READY RELITR CURES THE WORST PAINS In from One to Twenty Minuies, NOT ONE HOUR Aftor Reading this Advertisement noef any one Buffer with Pain, RADWAY'S READY RELIE 154 CURE FOR BVERY PAIL, It was tho first and fa the ONLY PAIN REMEDY That tostantiy stops the most cxcruciating palss, o 1354 Intiamietion agd cuses Congenlutie Wiether of 1ho Linis, Stomeeh, BoWels us osher Kinuda ur urgay oY i wppicution, In froni One fo Twenty Mimntes, Na matter how vinlent or excruclating the pafn, Theamatie Ded-rulien, IO, Crippled, servozy, Neutatitc, oF prostrated with dlscase may suffer, RADWAY'S READY RELIER WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE, Inflsmmation of the Kidneys, Tnflammation of the Bladder, Inflammation of tho Zowels, Congestion of the Lungs, Soro Throat, Difficuit Breathing, Palpilation of the Heart Hysterics, Croup, Viphtheri Cataxreh, Influenza, Ieadache, Toothacke, Nemralgiq, Rheumatizm, Cold Chills, Ague Chills, Chilbinins, and I'rost Biw TThe napiication of tha Ready Rellof to the pitt farts sitere tho pati or dicieulty extn wil afoidest wil tomtort, “Tiirty to sixty drop: {n half a fumbicr of water v} 10 # f0w Iloutes cury Crainps, Spasiin, Sour stumsib, ilenrtbupn, - Sick _leaductie,’ Dlarehiea, 1) Colle, Wind in tiie ow “raveicrasiiont slway READY IELILE Wit them¥ A Tew ddrop M prevent bleknods or haluk frim, ehange ot JL1a botier than Freucl Brandy or Littecs s a it ant, FEVER AND AGUE TFEVER AND AGUE cured for ifty cents., Therelt not u remedtint azout [n this world that will cure Fever il Azzie, nnd all othes Malarious, THiton eatlet, Eputald, Yellow, and ather Favers (atded by o PBlie), wo quickly an RADWAY'S JEADY™ RELILE Fitey cents per bottic, DR. RADWAY'S Sarsaparillian . Resolvent, THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, FORTHE CULE OF CIRONIC DISFASE, Sclm»'um‘uuc SYPHILITIC, HEREDITARY OR i e Lunge or Stusuels 'ltlli or Bones, TPlesh of CORRUPTING THE KOLIDS AND VITIATISO = YIS FLUID: i nilite nm‘!ul.'lr“vjemnl. b Waur Ll o At g, o 2 e [creutial ! Disvas s Fe aly Complatits, ' Gout, Uiy, bust Rucuin, S chitts, Cousumpiou, Liver Complaint, &c. Natonly does the Sarsapartiltan Resolvent eveel st remedlul agents [ the cure of Cliranic, serluitt Coustitutional, aud bKIn Diseases, but It 14 theoald puslilve cure fur KIDXEY AND BLADDER COMPEALTS, Urlnary anil Wenb Diseases, ravel, Diabetes, Do, LRSS N uots Theuilcoa of Ut B fon when when There (s 8 fricking buraing st n king, fugs water, and pain bn the misall of tie b g dolua,” Bold' by driggin, PRICE ON OVARIAN TUMOR OF TEN YEARY' GROWTH CURED By Dr.RADWAY'S REMEDIES. DR, RADWAY & €O, 32 Warren-sty Mo DR. RADWAY'S REGULATINGPILLS, Perfoctly tasteices, clegantly coated with sw: iflv, for tio div Headuetic, Constiuaion,. Costts keatlon, "Dysidtahn. Billgususn Fover, (e of the tlowuliy Flics kud all duraagumenta ol o] Viicera, Warracted 10 erfert t Lol le Yueely vestuble, coutduliy ‘no mercury MISErs eluternig i, ri"mmzrwfimmllnllun symptoms resulting i photders o tho Dikeat Iy Orgums Conlatfon, Tiard Fites thia Head Aelly 6l tho Roinaci Dt ot Yood, Fallaves o Sour Eruct i Elomac iueult ireathie: oF Baifocating hensatius whel 1o Dot v ure Lhe h'lflhl. Fever 'graplre lll!'l. READ y « False and True.’ Sendaettersiamp 1o ADWAT &€O. W, Tt Furatton $hri thousanda will br eut V0