Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 1, 1881, Page 5

' ' [ e under o table, or stand with faco turnod uhuklw, i most throntentme attitudes, The wa e et potnt of wold awd oolar, """m,':mm fnexpresslon, and suttietently tey “""f,‘“ oy ocerslon of a fieat aequlutanes gt Sone tor bl ndsntons wro the (e l:H” Vazes, fltntnge Jupuneso faequer pes bt . aro of w el hrows, ko the b IOt amented Wit colored Riljoets of mn,n.nlm,,mu-.45. and always Aslatie, The ¢ finral decoratlon ure rich and soft, cuded [vom dnrk grounds to bright brick, lniu, s symbre tuss shades. b May I3 a Dlonde aud Madgo Is brown, “And "twixt tho two Iy Que lves the country, uno in town, Tt yer for both 1 sigh. sta “m fit love with May, A potitd n s diadnin, Yet all the thne bur Lrown eyos say, W fear no pival's reln,” ht Leing bt 13 'twixt tho two my heart Is thrown) T',‘\lml ahuttle-dus 11153 For blitz-eed May (3 all my own, When brown Madyo is 8 by, put loviny eacl, aud loving both, Tknow 1ot aow to Ne, sotercs taboth, bowover lonth, Good=byy gooleby, guod-by! Richard Wagner's ke of using mausie In arslpg Eiek peoplo has boon reallzed n En- alaxm. Tho Sceretary of the *Kyrlo Society amunleates to ull who tako an intorest in s and workhousis. that s trial i now Ve 1 made of tho use Of dusle wsa moans of B tion, und_that tho Kyrlo Koclety 18 rondy place ut thé dispodnd ul the direetors of these gaitutions sl binnds of voluntury musleinns. Juls plun has, to the dellight of tho pntlonts, teen put Into excontion ut the Leeds Hospital, Al preseut moment sintinr experhnents nre telog WAt Gt ono o two Rospitula b the nelgh- torhond of Loudun. Lady Brabeson has pre- gerted fur this purpose, to cover the costs of fach cancerts, L1 o tho Kyrlo Sooiety, and tho jatter fnvltes valuntary slngors to assist In tho execution 0f this churitnble ldoa. Alady, having lovked upon the monarch of mantuit-mukers, weites thus: * Worth i not aitthat faney pletured to my mina's eye befora Teaebim, In fact, T found hln aothing more (bana shrewd, businessetiko tooking wnn, with ateail so like the portruits ot Oliver Goldsmith (st doubitiess e resetblance hns often been commented o’ Worth {8 gretting atong in years, nnd thie nnxfetiee of his profession ave bee dnofoig to tell upon him, His Hfo has hoen n tantone, e buw gonu Into the geeat strong- peid of tho Feencli—that of women's dress,— witeaten them. He f8 an Englishnan, and wasfor a lung thme stopuinn nt Swin & Edgar's, foLondon. Hie tag two song, both Frenchmon tothe backbanes nelthor of thom, howover, wish 1o follow thelr futher's profession, but huve chosen a mitfury life. whieh pluinly shows tholr want of “taste," according to tholr futlier's Kes. » A TE—— e PUBLIC OPINION. New York Mail; We yesterday called nt- tration to an offer of Chiengo “to take tho World's Fafr off our bends and a8k no ques wons” Let tho peoplu of New York now follow Gen. Grant in his plan to muke tha tairn sty- pendous Suecess, or fet them band it over to Luleago, n ¢ity which hns enterprisn onough 1o et tho greatest oshlbition i tho history of the world. Davenport (Iu.) Gazelte (Rop.): The two Tribunts—thut at New York upd that at Chlengo —lonot agree 48 to the probablo cffects of the Funding Wik At New York only dire disaser is predicted ns u result of that mensure, At Chls eago. even tho outirs vediroment of the §1200,000, W of curreney rep) rd by tho b and 0 per centhonds 18 not reg iy e ull aserious waller. [0 this case, too, Chicago 18 cloarly rubt; notwlilistanding tho actual injnstice, not foeay stupidity of the “*Carlislo sections ™ of the Uil whkieh thu Democratie caucus refuswd to nirkeout or modify. g Boomington (11L) Paptagraph: The Han, Twenas F. Mitchell Introduced on Wednes- dyof this we andl seeured tho pnssugo by tellinse of nresolution calling on the Clerks sfthe Suprume Conrt for information as to the rumber of casea renching thut Court during tho fer 155, The object of the resolutlon is o Row that the Suprome Conrt has nlrendy ubout el wd it ean well attend to witliout the Eoluf busiess which whil follow the Jussuie ot ttelllluow beforo the Towse, to sond all anses, aratler to peeinit il cudes to' bis tuken, 10 that Court. The bilt I8 pussed Tor whut seems to ug tobeapec ensons, that Justico requires that me']w'nr«- e Court should be open over tho most il cases, 3 St Louls Post-Dispateh: We haveanimad- vertel upon Mr, Richard Grant White's pre- piterous proposition that none were Amorlonny whote ancestors were not purtictpnnts in tho Bewlutlon, Of course this 13 Know-Notuiog- bm gono inad, mnd nltogother unworthy of ferlous congldaration, hut nt the samo thno it iy Interesting to tote tn thls cmn]ocllon how very |§m‘ 18 tho proportion of forelgp-born poptlie tautonutive. If the ifne wern drawn ehurply fcruss the continept, 88 1t wis left by tho iteve. luien, wo wonll be, sllowatig for all podsibly saturml nereuse, but nslxth-rate oopintry tnth Inlind and povple. Tho stragiling sotiicments g tho Akt infghe v uished westwnrd Wibo Misstasippl, bt they would hardly have fossed s, Tho contro of papulation would have i the castert purt of Penusylvaniu, us (t FesBity years ugo. Tha gt botweon 4,000,000 AE000 oy Leen Mlea” by (ntmigration, and 118 this sturdy und stulwart inilux thut hng lfi;lx up-und that buttresses tho Ropublio to- New York Thies: This day [Sunday] four T ugo tho Jolnt Conyentlon of tho two Houses il nut findshed the count of tho Bleot- “malvote for Presidont and Vieo-Presldent of 1o United Btates, und fhe Elcotoral Cominlssion Y& cnguged S honrtg argiments s to the taimsof rivul suts ot Lilcctors from tho State U Bouth Caroling, Tho pesvoful lunuguration 4 Prestdont Hauyes wos regardod merely as u Probablity, and_cvory business interest (n tho Tonizy whs SIToring from the long and aglta- yebsizpensy fn rogurd 1o tho Issue of the No- ‘mlm eleetton, 'Fo-duy the prepurations ura fibut concluded for' tho Iuuguration of Goil. mllm-lnlwnh more than usunl pomp and efe- Tasance, thero by Leen no breath of dis- 08 o tho tlnality of (he pouple’s vordiet, und tbody, unless, perhips, n bundful of Walle st #neculntors, sees. evidunves of wolid and b ‘\;Huk brosperity 1n the commereful position i poountey, Tho fepublicun purty hus been N°mlu surronder the control ua hult dozen omert Btates whero |t hus, on a falf count, nn Satiaed majority, aud yot by clected” ity e date for Trestdont by such u lml‘lm'" of ',!llr':lu;}:gg'n“?u ml wurrint ’mo nssiumpilon trealy oD uuo fn W majority for tho next Washtugton correspondencs Cluctunatt '::\nmlal: Henator Allison stuted to your cor Mzfinflenl to-duy that furces hud been sot in - :l" by lio woton of tho Nutional bunka thut oo botelt for sawmo thne, 1o did not think by a0ks contomplatod inthe recent mavoment ltmwlmflr thrent of any kind, Thoro wns m.“”cncuof It. Thoy coukl not do otherwise e ;fi"hn\'u dane i tha dllemn fn whioh o tWomsolves i viow of the pnssnge of g, AL the compulsory fentures of the 111th tlcangior; Alllson sald furthor it the pres ot Hon o coufuslon in Now York would Tinug 1 " ¥ o dticrenso while tha bill Is pondlog. WnlDE riichtens oIt (13t 80 MUK e R Y, 8nd thp pre ) Vi ; present uncertuinty involvos so ooy diticultios thut tho ‘mmhluruyl\ru now in u eressy o do great burm to the businoss Fhepor ortlie country. 1t was doubtful now, oreq ;hn Ll pussed or not, ¢ quict can be B legiulus SO0 tine, Panles aro not stonped Vigdution, bug thoy may bo started by it c""m somoewhat {nlluted, und undor ilen] ‘mmumnuuu the sitaation would be “Mn(um”l Bublic contidence wud restored, Wt gyen WHEribuLed all the prosent confuslon Thetgor . section of tho bill, ' It was doubtful e doretury Slhovmun with ull bis great th uld do wiora thun glve loulparx,ry ro- Fife (8¢ wl& Beotlund) News, Feb. 13: Wo have Tmcll'r‘n\’nml With u copy of Tum Ciie r,m“wfllu,‘::y.l'm»"nu: 18t of Junyury, 1881, It m.flmy_ llf.-ku unythiug I the newspapor “u_m'\ue\ur Beon. Lt conaists uf nu fowor IW‘lllm:nl Of soven oolumus, each col- o e ® thun our own, und n splondid mup -ufl ill.?u u’x,x‘u! tho Norttwestorn Rallway, h nonse oxtont of eou x e “m f“ll\mr ik, gpran 5t Daenas Qg ‘lltu Which s sent fnte fataion T Mo cunsumption or exe Wi IIBUNE siIEveys tho ovents Yuell oo Lonu yeur throughout tho wurld Yete] 5 T & ui‘wrluku this work 1ty Lo wog- t"nlgd“. Bicubics Upwarda of two closelys 4] a3 With 4 bury llu of the nuwes 6f Ly b Whius - the” elvlliced world wha Wi s CrBEF L QU countey ve wo b"“Mxx e sy en st of thy lritislund Eh'“’ lmuhpuu Who were unthored ta the on Thinpxy fm\r- Bt tho great feuturo of thy i ‘o cluborate wrtioles dovotad “f‘“‘*"x’ wriestl prosperity ur Americu, und L“‘“bulm Chleako, Whusy growd olugs Ve, NUL conteat” with ' dpseribing 'Mu Heri - generay lerigg, the pupor do- tf“"‘“ o P OTter columi 1w ecount of the iy ‘:I»cmy Of utiy of the Ivudfnu' Hems 1 Eaprg g £TEY o0 bier warld-wide £ade In vt Ol ki O v vl pradigon, icipal o Coltiinng it bitugs 1o ® facus the N:f, zm,,fi,'}“‘.,’, »wll\l'etlu “‘.'; ‘h,- o dlerons 7 of Clitigo tor s ¥ “5: tho comimerctul TIIE CIIICAGO TRIBUNE: TURSDAY, MARCIL 1, 1881-TWELVE PAGES. FOREIGN. Details of the Extraordinary Catastrophe in South Africa. Gon. Colley’s Unfortunate Over- cstimate of the Sirength of His Position, Only Soven Men Loft of the Fifty-eighth Highlanders Regiment, The Sixtieth Still Fighting Its Way to a Place of Bheltor and Bafety. Gen, Colley's Body Yet on the Fatal Hill==A Terrible Situation, Advice of Castelar to Ireland— Sho Canmot IHolst the Ited Flag, Debate in the House of Commons =Cruel Evictions on the Old Sod. A Reid of Fifty Armed Men in Kerry —Arrests—Victor Hugo's Birthday. TIIE BRAVE BOERS, THE “TELEORAPI'S ! EXTRA, neelul Cable, Loxnoy, Feb. 23,—A speetal eable dispateh from Mount Prospect, published In an extr of the Telegruph, say “Our soldlers are now coming troophrg in from the Ma- Jela INH, to the left fromt of our eamp, They took the hill Inst night, and when mornlng broke the Boers, seeing tho state of affairy, opened a heayy fire, but seemingly without effect until afew hours ago, when a lurge foree of Boers caie rushing on and poured A MURDEROUS FIRE fnto our fellows, ‘The mnmunition of our men gendunlly fell short. The stwughter wad fearful, At Inst the Buglish made o des- perate rush, but it was oo late, as tho struggle was all but over. The Boprs triwmphed at almost every point, and, tirlg with deadly effeet, shot down our en nt every polut, Stragglers are still coming in, TIIE BISTIETIL ARE FIGUTING THEIR WAY back to catap galluntly, but are hotly pressed onall sides, 1t 1s stated thatonly seven men men are left of the Fifty-cighth 1igh- landers. 'Tho troops are wmuch cut up. Fiving Is poing on heavily, ‘The meu In camp are fortlfying avery corner, The lpss 1s belloved to be sumething fearful, A survivor, Just come Iu, reports that Gen. Colley Is dead, having been shot through the head, INTENSE EXCITEMENT OVER COLLEY'S DE- PEAT AND DEATIL Speelal Cable, Loxnoy, Feb, %8.—Just when the belliger- ent Britong were dufly expeeting news of the wiping out of the Boers, and just when the peace-loving section of Ingllshmen were hoping that conclliatory negotintions would lend to n cessation of hostilities, nows comes that the Boers are again victorious, that the British wero defeated with great slaughter, and that Gou, Colley has been killed, 'I'his intellizence caused an oxcitement this morn- Ing which Is not easily deseribed. 1t pain- fully recatls the defopy at Isandula. UEN, COLLEY 13 CONDEMNED GENERALLY, nud the utmost horror at the number of lives sucrificed 13 exprossel. Amld tho condemnatory ¢lnculations, expressions of confidence In o future vietory, o ddmond for more reinforcements, and uditoria] seraums for the vindigatlon of the Britlsh arws, there Is not onws sympathizing word, not one Just ncknowlodzmoent of the bravery of the handful of Dutchmen who have thus vindieated tholr honar and bravely fought for tholr Independencoe and lborty, THE *sTANDAND, whosa correspondont is supposed to have been killed or eaptured .in the fight, says: *1litherto it s been with impatience and with an uneasy sense of shawme that English- men have heard that their Govern- wment was negotiating on oqual terms with the victorlous and deflant rebols, ‘Uhatis all at auend, ‘Fhero can b no wore talk now of torms or of conditions uuntit the victorlous British Goneral at Pre- torin publishes the terms which shall bo grantod to such of the defeated insurgents s shall como In and spo for pargdon, THERE 18 MOI TO BE DONY than to settlo terms with the loers, The stigmn of dofeat must bo wipal oyt, and the honor of the Briflsh arms trlumphantly vindieated.” ! TIE “DAILY FEWA" says: “The Boers will certalnly not proye more tractablo thay before, while concession from our side has been renderod tenfold moye diftleult,” ALL THE NEWSPAPERS 6AY that.tha oredit of the army must be vindi- cated at any cost. ‘I'hls, too, I the feellng in milltary elreles, All demand that the Boers shall bo averwhelmed. 1f thesu counsels prevall it Is onlya question of thme when tho herols Bocrs shall bo saorlficed on the altar of Hritish honor. THE *ECHO,” a strong Radical paper, snys, bittorly; **Pepes wilt anly now be bronght «gbout by further bloodshed and wdiitional misory. In the presence of this Nationat humilintion, where are the Radieals who made the platforms less than twelve months ngo ropr with thelr Indignatioy at tho war in Zululopd? And the fathers of Liberallsm, whoergnre they? Inoflice. Lo cause of the defeat is attributed elther to Gep, Colloy’s overimprudence ar to lis endoavors to fmle tatg Lord Chelwsford, nud, by seourlng viotory, to wipe away tho dis- gracs of past mistakes. Al ugree thut TUE MORAL BFPECT of the Boer victory will bo the ehilef result, a3 tho Duteh throughout South Afrien need but littlo encourngemant to join thelr forces with the Haers, Il Linora themselves uro now committed to war to the end. Asono paper rotuarks, they aro In tho pusition of Mucbeth: hloo] ITumin i Htooped Inso far thut should I wado na mere, Huturniog wero as dungurous us go o'or, ACCOUNTS OF TIE BATTLE, To thy WWeateris Asioclated Pros, Loxnox, Fub, -A Now Castle, South Afilen, dispatehsays: * Yesterday (the 21th) Gon, Colloy, communding about slx compn- nles, nitaeked the Boers at Spitskop, 'The scens of the nttack was o place called Pros- pect 1ItL The Boors routed the English, killng Gen. Colley and from 400 to 500 of his men, Tho Dritish defeat was complote. The survivors report that THE BLAUGUTER WAS TERIIBLE, Colley’s men clalm that, In eharging they oved too far uway from thelr annsunition, and before they could retrleve thelr position Wo supply rau out, ‘Uhls Inteltlgence fy Tully confirmed by Inter dispatehes, recolyed from CGen. Wood and others.” A MBLEASED HOTTENTOT reporta tint U Boors expeet 400 men from Teldelberg, with tires guns, ‘Tho stutement 1 cllseredlied, tien, Colley's defeat eannot sevionsly affect the wilitary situntion, ns the Brithsh mnin budy was not Involved In the fight, GEN, COLLEY . wns shot throngh the hdad. T'ha loss of the Sixteenth Foot 13 supposed to be Jight, asall theolleers eseaped, Other reglments suf- fered henvily, both offleers and men, Com- mander Romily, of the N avallBeizade, 1s snld tohe d Sir 13 elyn Waood succeeds tien, Colley, T COLUNTAL BECRETARY and military authorities aro eomploting ar- rangements which the former suys will mect the situntion in the Transvaal, PUNTHELG PARTICELANY, A dispateh from Mount Prospect says: Fhe Boers earvled the Britlsh posttion on Spltzkop by o rush. ‘Fhe correspondent was taken prisoner, hut was afterwards released, Ile says thabody nf Gen, Colley s un the hitl 1t Is quite elear the loss of tho hill was not due to tho fallure of ammunition, Gen. Colley OVENESTIMATED TIE STRENOTIL POSUTION, fund left its most vital part (which the Boers ntlieked in foreo) but poorly defonded, ‘The detached squadron will fmmedintely land w hrigade of seamen and marines with guns at Durban, and they will be sont to the front. ORDENY haye been sent to Jamaten for the dispatch of wship to the Bermudas to order the troop- ship Orantes, due there o 5th inst., to pro- eeed to the Capa with tho Ninety-ninth vegl- ment. The troop-ship Euphrates has been orderod to embark the Elghty-fifth reglment at Bombay inn wook, thence to prooeed to Colombo and embarie six companies of the One JHundred and Second reglent, and pro- ceed to Durban,where she will ayrive the 2 fust, These relnforeements number 2,000 meln. oF 1M1 LTINS Drupax, Feb, 28.—Vessels I the harbor are flying tlggs ot halt-nuast tor Gen, Colley. Sir Evelyn Wood hns loft Pletermaritzburg for the front, Licut. Maud and Capt, Morrls were kllled, and Capt, Singleton sovercly wounded in yesterdny’s engngomont, ANOTIER CORRESPONDENT estimates that 2,000 Boers took part in tho Spitzkop engagement, Private telegrams state that three companiesof the Fifty-eightit Regiment were almost annibilated, Gen, Woud, before leaving Pletermaritzburg, was sworn ln as Governor of the Colony, Cuv- alvy und infantry loft Monduy for the Cape, GEN. COLLEY, Mnj-Gen. Sir Georgo Pomeroy-Colley, who was killed yosterday In Sonth Afrlea, en- tered the British army ns Major of tho Infantry, and wntil o year ago ha served al- most exelusively In Indin. For galluntry in Afehanistan he wag knighted with the or- ders of the Bath una Star of lndia, and sub- sequently promoted to Major-General, Tle Dt b his Transvanl command the 38th, coth, and a remnant of tho Bith Foot. TIHE IRISII QUESTION, TIE GREAT SPANIARD'S ADVICE, Spectal Cuble, ALaputp, Feb. 83.—Castolar has published a remarkable artiele on the recent relutions between Parnell and Rochefort, 1le belleves that all attempts to enlist Ireland in the ranks of the cosmopolitan revolutionary movement 8 0 politienl and histor- feal mistale. Before and after Catholie ewnncipation Irelond hns heen essentlally Catholle in its afma and inelinations, and can have no futerest or mivantage in wssoeiating with the Intransigonnt onemies of that Freneh democrney which Is the bencan, hope, oxample, mul mainstay of Libernlisui. Castelar ndvises Irelnnd to establish o close allfance with the English Radicals, who have and wiill yet procure her great nd- vantage unless Ingratitude leads lyishmen ustray. ' DAVITT, THE ORGANIZER, Saeclal Cable, Loxnox, Feb. 28,—Tha 8t, James Gazette publlshes an interesting nceaunt of r. Davitt, from which it appears that the Land Lengue WS, ostpb- lished afot by Mr. Tarnell, but by Davitt and Afr. Devoy, Mr. Parnell acting merely us thely sybordinate. This story, If true, throws u stroug light on Ar. Parnell’s resent course. i A CLEIICAT, PROTEST, Aneckal Cuble, Loxpox, ¥ab. 23.—The Catholle Bishop of Cork In bis pnstoral says: * France, the eld- est daughtor of the Chureh, under her prosent rulers shudders at thesreyival of those maxlms of anarchy, rapine, dissoluteness, and Datred of God which burned an Indelible stlgun on the First Revolution, With the defenders of such doetrines Irishmen ean have no con- neetlon, These men did not pyrticlpate in (e movement set on foot by thelr Rumane Chirlstisn countrymen for the relfef of the poor, fumishing peaplo of Ircland in the hour of sare * diatress.” * COMNCION IN THE LOIDS, o the Western Assoctated Press, Loxnoy, Feh, 28,—In the House af Lords the Coorelon blll was to-day read for the first thue, ‘Lo-morrow I8 fixed for tysecomd read- ing, and Wednesday the Ilouse will go Into Cotnmittee on the third rending, TUE OAG AGAIN, In the ITouso of Commons Lord Iarting- ton nsked urgoncy for tho Arms bill and army estimates, Ilo sald he would nsk n vate to that effect to-morrow, when ho will move the Arms bill. "The statement was In- terrupted by crios fram the 1ome-rulors, THE ARMS BILL will bo Introduced jn tho House of Commons ‘Tuesday, whon it 6 belleved the Opposition will unite in a florce attack on tho conduct of the business of the Gavernment. PENIAN LODGKS, have been discovered in Lancashireand arms splzed, NO TONGER URGENT, In tha House of Commons the Speaker du- clared that, the bil for the better protection of lito and proverty fn Ireland having pussed, the state of public busiiess I3 no longer urgent, LORD HARTINGTQN suld {t was o fault of the Government that tho Land bill was 8o long delayed, but It was the fault of those who had wasted timo on tha Coercjon bjll. 'The supplementary votes for the prmy and navy, in connection with tha T'ransvaal war, and for the Irlsh Constab- ulary wre very pressing, and It was necessary to pnss them early, Lord llarcourt would, he sald, In the absence of Mr. Forster, move to-morrow for leayg to Introduce the Avms Il Lord Hurtington concluded by earnest ly nppealing to the members who hid notlees In the Committes of Supply to allow the Hecretary of War to make u statemeut, Beveral membors then postponed thelr notlees, Lord Hartlugton, roplylng to sev- oral questions, sald 1t was lmpossitileto name # duy for the introduction of the Laul bill, On n motlon for going into Commitico of Supply, Mr, 0'Donnell, Home-Rule' member for Dungarvon, moved his amtndment that tho conduct of the Irlsh maglstrates In rev fusing bail for ballable otfensos was most un- Just. Beveral other Ilamg-Rulers supported the amendment. The Attorney-General for Ireland reminded tha Jlouse that the dutips of the maglstrate In regard to the ball werp luld down by the statutes, and were not un- dor tha control of the Executive. Afiorsome disousslon, Mr, O'Donnell’s awmendment was rejectod, ” Mr, McCoan, ITomd-Rule, for Wicklow County, called attentlon to # THE CONSTIFUTION OF THE LUSIL MAGIS- TRAU and to the whole bodyof cuunty ofttelals, and condemmed them as operating Incquitably agalnst Catholles, _Mr. Johusoy, Liberul, from Mallow, stated ¢ Buglish wheat durlng_tho w that appointients of mingistrates are made withaut regnrd 1o reflglon, and if eounty of- fielals are wrangly appointed, the renedy must b found in the fortheoming reform of Ly government, lers eonthn thus preventing Childers, S from Introducing the army estimn TEN PARTORALS, ). 29.—In all the Lenten pas- Ly the Irfsl Catholic Arch- hishops and Bishops yesterday, a strome hope ia expr deal effectually with the land’auestion at nn eatly dute. The peopls ure warned neuinst Jolning Hlegal seeret orgunizations, but the strongest sympalhy I8 expressed for their trials, the discussion, D LEAGUE, Losnos, § —The Dublin correspond- ent of the Tmes snys tho slizns of disunlon and weakness In the organization of the Land League nre becoming more numerons under the continuous action of the Goveru- nse: Muny of the "Preasurers and Secre- tarles of the loeal branch Lengues have re- slgned and favor emigration. The vayment of rent I3 hecomning general, even n the most disturbed districts, and thore 1s little difflenlty In servime writs, ‘The removal of the League fumd to-n forelgn country b re- wurded by thy tenants with suspicion, and tho alann of the leaders, who talked so bravely when they ineurred no risk, has also helped Lo ghake confldenco In the Lusgue. ‘Lhere are untistakable slgnsof the League belng rapidly dislitegrated, and it the - provement contiunes at the present rate the return o at least the semblance of tranquit- Tity will yoon be general, DETAILY OF REVERAT, EVICTIONS, Druciy, Feb, 2,—The Orange Emergeney Committee are taking steps to meet the wishes of a large number of fandlonds who are about to eviet defanlting tenants, and who desire the Committea should supply them with Drotestant tenants from Ulster and alsewhere,. Lists will be opened for the names of those wilitnge to nceept farms from which tenants have hoen evieted, snd doubt- less thero will b no Inck of applicants, for oxnggernted deseriptions of the power which will be placed In the hands of the authoritles by the Coerclon bill have already embuoldened all who opposed tho tactles of the Land Lepgue, Numerous evietlons, many of A MOST DISTRESSING CILARACTER, aro takime place all over Ireland. The evieton of the lov. Patrick Ilurley, parish vriest of Kbkoman, Kings County, has erented no 1ltle consternation, The Rever- end Fathor's predecessor taok the house and farm of forty-two acres from a middleman, retaining the howse and gardon, sublot the Innd to three tenants, nt o rent of £67 and a valuntlon of £42. When the reverend gontle- man was appointed to the parlsh, he had to fake up the Iand and work it at a loss, Ile had also to hold hlmselt responsible for the rent of the sub-tenant, whao fell into arrears. ‘The priest then handed the land over to an energetic young faymor of the nelghborhood. The middleman refused to recognize this tenant, and took proceedings sumainst tho Rev. My, Hurley amd the sub-tenants on smudler portions of the farm, The County Chairman refused to grant o decree, but the caso was tnken to the Queon's Beneh, The result was that, TUESHAY MORNING LAST, the parlsh priest was evieted, sud his fur- nlture put into the street, and his sub-tenunts were shnflarly treated. In the recent evie- tions at Newton and Humilton, County Armagh, on the property of the Rev, Alr, MeGeogh, the women stoned the Iailifs, invoked curses on the landlord, while agl and sluk people were earrled out and Jakd on tho rondside. 'These cruel evietlons con- tinue. 'Tho above cases are tyvieal of what may be expected when the great evietion wava sweeps over the catintry, ‘T'he League b Issued o elreular to tho Secretaries of Branch Leagues throughont: Ireland asking detulls of all evietions since Jan. 1. IN comit, Courk, I'eb. 28, —Larnell’s allianee with the Communists has praduced an unfaverable Impression among the Catholie clargy and lnity here, The Land Lengue Is striving to counteract it. The Branch League of Kan- turk has pnssed o resolution declaring Pur- nell Justified In seeking the asslstance of any Ly, regardless of religlon, FIFTY ARMED MEN visited several honses in Kerry and compelled the favmers to swear thoy will pay only Grif- fith’s valuatlon, and stolo forty guns and HOIME money, MORTALLY WOUNDED, Dunviy, Feb. 28,—Ilearne, land agent {o tho brothier of tho late Lordt Mountmorrls has been fired at by two men near his resi- dence at Ballinrabe, and mortally wounded. 1le recelved slx pistol-shots. ) PARNELL, ‘The Scerctarles of tho Land Lengue have roceived u_communication from Parnell pd- vising tho Leaguo to be ready to holid repre- sentative meetings on such Sunday following the introduction of the Land bill as the Lengue may decldo npon, AUREST! ‘Two membors of the Land League have been arrested at Tralee, In connectlon with the rald of an armed band In Keryy. TUE TOR It Iy understood the bulk of the Conserya- tives In tho Louse will support u wotion for the urgency of the Arms bl FORSTER AND HARL COWPEI will examine the enser in which the Cogrclon Dill will bo enforeed, 3 & MESSAGES hava beon sent 'arnell and Dillon and other absentees urning thom to return to opposo tho Arms bill, MANY LIDERALS dro mueh dissntistied with the Government’s detevmination to proceed with the bill, GEN, ROBENTS sticeeeds Gen, Colloy, BRITISII NEWS, ALAD! -3 Loxnoy, Feb. (ladstong will nat boin the Comuions to-night, as ho i3 to dino with tho Queen, It ks oxpected that he will be present nt Wodnesdny's sitting of the House, ACCIDENT 0 AN OCHAN STEAMEIL ‘Tho stenmor Othello, frum Hull, for Now York, lost threa blndesof hor propellor, and is returning to Plymouth, CARLYLE, Loypoy, Fob, 23,~Carlyle bequenthod the Dumfriesshire ostate to “the University of LEdInburg for founding Bursaris in the Fae- ulty of Arts, AT THE WOOL BALES TO-DAY 10,500 bnles were disposed of, chlolly Port Philip, Now South Wales, and Cape, There wasa fale splrit, and previous tates were sustalned, TIHE “MARK LANH EXPIRESS,” inlts reviow of the grain trade of the past week, says: “‘The outlook for spring sow- Ing Is certalnly not good at the end of Feb- runry, ‘The next fornlglit's weathor Is thore- fore ;uomentons, as the sowing must be de- forredl If the wenthor Is bud, Yomng wheats have recavered from tho effoets of the recont storny, and are healthy, ‘Phiocowdition of the 1881 wheat cron is decldedly favorable. Dry samples uro still scarce and hmproved, Flour Is I slow cousumptive demand at unohanged rates, Altogethor the trado In breadstuils 1s dull and.slow, Forclgn 1s In steady de- wmand, ond some descriptions arg improved, Auerlean red winter and AuStral sixpenco higher. Tho supply T chleily from Awmerlen, [ungary, snd India. ‘Uhe very moderato and above fractional advance is the result, Spot tende I3 slow and qulet. For barloy the démand lmproved, but prices are unchanged, Maltlng and grinding samples aro dull, The same muy by said of foreign, but the dvmund Is wnhaproved, Onta ara firm and o hizher, Old scarco und sold readily, Forelgn qulet and unchanged. Alaizo very quict and in Sales of Cargo trade dull, shoyt supply, aut unchanged, quarters at 404 0d por qu auarters ab £is per quarte sponding week of last arter, agaligt 31,081 (uring the corre- T CHINA. % AT PERING, In splte of telezrams received that war between China and Russia is averted by the suceessful progress of ne- gotlntions, uneaslness s felt fn the Capital, Oftieiad dispatehes from Europe nre iost con- tradictory, It 15 feared that tho palace In- trigues tn Peking may yet overcome theeom- binatlons of the pence party, Muneh isthought to depend upun the ndvice to be given by i the conquercr of Tso, on his expected ar- rival, Mis proclivitles are known to be war- ke, 1t §s rumored that Li Hung Chiang has recelved Imperial commands to fill the post of Minlster of War, and to take humediate steps for the fortitication of Peking nid Tient- sl ‘I'he augmentations to the Russtan flect in far Eastern waters continue uninterruptedly, Von Hritscow, Russtan Ambassador and Plenipotontiary to Peking, nnd Marquis Tseng, now Cliliese Envoy Exteordinury at St. Petersburg, are expeeted back in'the spring, TIE LOOCHOO QUESTION, The reopening of the Looehoo question by Chinu lllll{ be “uttended by alarming conse- quences, Chinn tirst aceupted, Inst uutumn, the princlple of partiton proposed by (e Graut, but has now demanded 0 renewal of tha nrrangement, and o spechl Commlssfoner s In Peking, ] trath i local reports that the Japa fin- Ister hius withdrawn from the Capital, Some Lthink that the revival of the atfulr by T'sung LI Yamen Indientes freedom of appréhenslon In the itussfan business aml o fGosl wetfiusts ment of that eause of quarrel, owever, PREPARATIONS FOR WAR contluue, Inalt Chinese arsenals torpedoes nre mude and exverimonted wpon, with soums ‘The inportation of arms coutinues, -clats ares sald to be ordered, A collislon ocenrred on the Lower Yangtse, The British steamer 1,'rnfilxuul, under steani, sunk the British bark Chlnwman at anchor, The Captabn, Bls wite, and three of the erew were drownel, "The earpenter died of pre- vious Injuries and o pusht’s exposurd, and the chier engineer dled of cold and hardship, ’ll‘lm ru.nlt ot the bont's crew were much ex- nusted, JAPAN. RAILED UNDEIR SEALED ORDERY, Yoronasta, Feb, 12.—~0n the 4th Inst, the Japnnese man-of-war Kongokwan left Yoko- hamn hurriedly under sealed orders, having previously taken on board several Japanese oflieluds and n quantity of estra provisions, It is stated that her destination 1s Shanzhal or Cheefoo, and rinors are current that the cause of her sudden departure Is In conse- quence of the new position taken by China regarding the Loochoo auestion, DECORATED, Tlhie Order of the Rising Sun has been con- ferred upon Col. Crawford, engineer-inschicf and construetor of the rajlrond in Yezo, Northern Japan. A DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION occurred in "Tokio on the 26th of January, Eleven thousand houses were destroyed, and 40,000 people rendered homeless., TUE SOUTII AMERICAN WAR, MEDIATION, Lospox, Feb. 28,—Italy and France have tetegraphed Instructions to thelr representa- tives nt Lima nud Santiago with reference to mediation, solicited by Peru In the war with Culli, IN TI HOUSE OF COMMONS Sir Ciprles Dilke sald Pern askeq England and France to mediate in the war between the, Svuth Amerlean Republies, and they agreed to do so, provided that It was agree- nbleto Chill. England and Franee asked Germany and Italy to join Inmediation. Italy accepted the proposal, Germany declined. THE JBAST. AVPOINTED, CONSTANTINOPLE, Fub, 23,—Servier Pashin, Al Pasha, and Nizinn Pasha have been ap- pointed to negotinte with the Ambussadors hiere on the Girauk quostion. WA MATERIAL DELAVED, Tams, Fob. 38.—Forty-five rallway truck londs of munitlons of war, destined for Greece, have been embargoed nt Dunkirk, and 6,000 kllogranunes of dynamito for the smne destination have been embargoed at Marseilles, TRANCE. VICTOR JILGO CONGRATULATED, Tams, Feb, 23—Victor lugo recelyed tetographle congratulatidng from the - peror of Brazil, the chief poets of England, Bret Harte, and other writers In England and the Unlted States. Promler Ferry presented him with n rieh Sévres vase n the tame of tha Republle, and I'resident Giévy sent him o bouquet, A COMMUNIST ELECTED, Pams, Fob, 28,—Roques, an amnestied Communist, has been elected a wember of tho Chawmber of Deputies at St. Denis, re- eelving 3,550 votes, ngalnst 8,388 for n Moder- ato Republienn. CHINESE APPIOPIIATIONS, Daws, Fab, 93,—The Government nasks 200,000 francs to supvress piracy in T8n- quin, where the rebels and Annnmese Gov- ormment cannot, or will not, suppress it, and wiiery communiention with the Interlor of China continues obstructed. Tho Govern- ment nlko ask for n man-of-war te watch the ‘I'ahiti Islands, and ‘additionnl ships for the Chineso waters, GERMANY, TIE INTERIOR DRIARTMENT, Beniay, Feb, 98.~Tho Statw Miniater of Finnnce will_provislonnlly conduct tha af- fairs of tho Ilomo Department, Von P'utt- knuwer retaining his prasent post, ATFGIIANISTAN, CANDANAL. Loxnoy, Feb. 23,—The News understands that preparations have been muwde for tho evacuation of Candahar at the end of Mlarch. ATIVE, ‘ob, 23, —The Chinesp Ambassador hargd d*AfMalres ut St, Petorshurg, e ———— A MOTHER'S MURDER. An 0ld Lady In Maine Butchored by or Sony nud HMer Body Burned for the Purpose of Conecaling sho ¢rimeoe, —One of tho most atro- clous murders pyor rucorded n tho unuald of erine has ocourred near Weok's Mills, China, a beautiful littdo village twelve iles from Augnsta, For cold-hlooded wickodness and apatlictie Indifferenco the murderer will rank alongsldo eriminals whoso foyl decds have made mun shudder. A wllo north of the Village of Woek's Mills s o story-and-a-hult house, with a long, low “L* attuchod, Around it stand trecs and evers groons, which wero put there to pro- teet the ccllur from tho flerco frosts of winter, Alittle above the huuso aro two sub- stantinl-looking barns, built at right angles with each other. 1y ono of thosu burne Is o large pilo of munuire, ‘I'ho furin-honse wus tho rosi- denou/of two fullies. 1y one eldolived 3trs, h Merrill, 54 yonrs of age,and her son Charlps, nearly 21 yeird olil, Tho othor sids of the hpuse wus vecupicd by s Morniil's dungh- i Uvurge l‘lll‘y. Sre. Merrlll's hus been_ awuy ulf wintor 4t work tn tho 1 Movsoiead Luko, Mrs. Lilly's loyed at the lasane Hospital In ligusta us un engincer, Although wother und ughter Nived under tho suimo roof, they bad Fery little 1o o with one unother, und 1 strong fuflflllY of antipatby oxisted butwoen the two, Bo high ran this feelg that lust full, whoen Mrs, Lilly wis confinesd to her bed by chlidbirth, bermother dbd nog visit her, Tho son Churles, who tud Hvod | with his mothor this winter, dolng thu chidres, oto,, 18 u very bud Loy and b ganerally disliked In tho community, e s un fcorrigible IlllL'[ and bus buen arrosted soveral thnes for siouling. Lust fall he voled 1he Greerback tlieket, und bis wother, who was au urdont ltepubtican, turuod bim out of doors aud told hlm in the (utura bo must carn bls awn liviug, Ho loft town iy quest of omployment, hue 1hd not suceved very woll n fnding work. Finully, after bl fathor woat inta tho woods, hiy muothor told him he might cowo home aud pe- muin through tho winter, Tho 131 0F Pobraury ho veturned, The sty of belug turued oug o doors lu the rut sl Fankled In hin henrt, and_he mirsad bla von- | cabin hna been lnt from ke ’ grewber. Mev Lily hénrd froquent nitercations | on’ Tho' onstern. coust or (o pea amorodal, e (i o, WO ent conaiierablo thne i | Farta e wurieoned e s s mber of bickorings. Thi Gl TemenstEate | Gt G rarivond- ceen Vi Cups A deles with him for his ho would return | the sen, Thero nry - hospltals, too, pros a elien unswer. Ou Baturdaey afternoon Feb, 14, the daughter wnw hor piother and brother drive off i the dircetion of the mills, They ree turned abont 4 o'clock, Charles drove around tothubarn and [efthle uother standing in_the yard—thut was th M, Lily ever muiw of hee mother nlive. 'Tha next morniug Suniday) he bl occarion to go to tho kitchenin the ather part of the house. Eho nntfoed that 1he windows nnd donrs wero open and deteete tho stency of burning flesh. Une of the stove doors Wi wlightly Dewken and shg saw throneh the chinks something that lonked ke s picco of meat sizgling on the coala. Her brother was dawn collar plcking over potatoes. Mra. Ly enbled ont: * Charlle, what s that whichsuelle sar™ 1o roplied that he was olenn- ftig ot the stove. Eno knew that bo was ucous- tomed during his mather's abieneo to throw all tho ool meat Into the tire, a4 he disltced warmed-over food, and she thought 1o moro of the teenrrence, The next taorning sha nsked her brother what had beeome of her motber, and I ied that he guessed she bad gona to vIslt Vided with costly steam machines for making lee uid listitling water, far thers 18 no freal water good for driukivg, Everythiige goes to show that tho Russtang imtond to muko n long tride toward fndla, No wonder, then, that the Germun press Das aeain token up iis task of ralstng ditticu|ties bot: 1 Ttissin gnd Englund. The National Zellung, for fnstanee, ngnin re- minds England of the wileged puying 0f tho Czae that ¥ Husain hns oo Yowrdaries (n Ast,' * It 13 gen 1y belleved bero that the Russinn Government desires to estahiigh n strong forte ress fi the centre of tho furkewan tevritory, in orler to Inenre the snfety of tho Itussun mors chunts trading with Persia, Bukhaen, anad Khiva. 1o Toports of the Itukslun war torresponds eutsare il of wloration of Gen, Skaboletf, o achieved his hard task in n short porlod of tine nd with a sl Joss of life, He led his nrmy throitgh o desert, toak o fortress, nnd dispersed an enemy tenfold his strength, at the cost of ur 1 otlicers killed and forty-five woinded, 221 ten killed and 635 wounded. Among the Itusslan Generals theee §s no moro dashe ;:x;“r :mgflyel wmure prudent soldier than Gen. ‘e provisioning of the armny was & very difl cult mnt Tho enmels were tho only menns 1 1ry tation, Beveral hundred of them were tought (09 vonuies o heud), und others hired 2 roubies per monthy, - Under such cire eumstaneed th General thought It wonld Le an Inescusable juxiry to havo special provisions for himaelf nnd #taff, and #0_he subsisted on tho soldiers’ foord, The' (ieneral 18 o remarkable horseman: while reconnoitering ho usod to ride abuut seventy miles pee day, Tho telegraph nnd the” steamn maching for mnking fee insplrea the ‘fnrkomuns with n Buperstitions awe even more thun tho Hoerdins uud the artillery, They had imany o) poruni= tlus ta dostroy tho telegraph, and yot thoy drred not tattel it on ncoount of thelr fenr of oftend- e Shnytan (8atan), wham they believed to work through It. They could not wdmit that any man could mnke lce” by means of fire, nud yet on, crreful exumination of the leo-muking apparie tua tney could notdeny the faet. *shaytanl Shaytunl” they repeated with horror, Yet they dryik the ior when it wns offergd $0 :{1:;&: the temptution was tao strong to B‘v res and reverul sick fumilies who llved In remote parts of thetown, an sho had put on ber best clothes and left home the day before, Fho mister's anxicty was thus dispelled, and rho supposed that everytbing was atl right, Monday the young man eame to Augusia with o foad of potatuns, 1o returned home at nightfull. ¢ was storming outside, and tho wind whirled the wleet ugainst the window-panes and shouk tho huuwe Muriously, That night Charles Lullt aroaring tire (n tha tireplncs fu the sitting- room of his mother's spnrtment. 18 sister beurd tha hlazo crackling wp the chlmney, and fedred that the howse mleht cateh tire, She went to the reom to remonstrate with her Lrother, The keruseno-enn staod on the floor. There was o trameinlous fire in tho firepince, and Lilly gaw something rescmblinga ehunk of urtly eovered with wood, Bho asked her x vt 1t wis, and be gald it was n plteh Jnat, Nosuspleion’ hind enterod ber mtnd up to this thine (hat her brother wis capablo of com mitting matrictde. She feared that he had stolen mgie meat from a neighbor, sud taken thix method of dispusing of ft. Severd days passed, A horrible forebnding thit sversthing was not ull right sslzed upoty lier. Bhe' questioned her prothier closely nbout her mother's whererbat ta, but cotld eticit noth- fue satinfuctory. A ni Mre. Lilly cominiuiie tht foul p - ————— . NEW YORK CANAL TOLLS. ALBANY, N. Y, Fob, %.—Tho Canal Dosrd llstened to long urguments to-dby in fovor of low talis on cast-bomd trelght, * e Shaker sarenpatilin, dandellon, yellow dock wandrake, guryet, bluck cohosl, ?mllnn heup, Prince’s pliip, ind 1o beerles of Julper an enbeb united with fodide of potussiuin mude by ghhor dropped i and d her toreible ssplelons comnmitted. This lady Sheriflt Frank Percival, n, who visited the house und conversod with Mrs, ,l“t'. T'his wits Friduy. By this thne whispers and Intiinations began to fioat throtigh tho nelghborhood that Mre, Merriil had been toully murdered, Tho fingerof susplclon pointed toward Churlic, whoso nonchatance und appur- ont indifference at his mothor's non-tppoarincee pliy il Be was certainly pueuliar. Snturduy morotug Hetlo | the Suvlul{ @ tho fugredients of tho Shakers® groups of men gatheredaround the house, They | Sursapuriilu. s Iml'k“ed Iwuull‘nrl n!x ,Illsl'lll \;vhlrmuni und then ST————— hohtly ehirged thut Charles Merrill was -}cmi'.u Al 1:)_’11‘1’ oo a s of wen tnd ] BUSINESS NOTICES, direction of Deputy-Shertl Ferelval commenced . = \ thoronih seurdl of tho prontises, - Gparics fol | Prinee Neolas Taberbatov, Pla Licutenant Tmperiol Juesian Navy, In speal g of tho uflicie ol tha Liocblyg Co, Cocon Beef Tanle, suy tis 0 most excellent tonfe" Bdwin_ Booth eays: 1t did me much Gen, Frunz Sigel gags: * 1t benefl me very tuch.” Invalublo 'In debillry, dy: pepala, billousness, sick hendnetie, and nerve ousness, Beware of fmitations, bl sl i ek o Adv.~Send thrececont stump to Mnck!s Mitk Chocolate, 181 mber street, New Yorl Clty, and ot tweive Taney enrdn = 2 lowed them around with hisbands in bis pockots, ns cool as If tho reeult of the seurch did nut wmean Hfe or depth to him. Soon tho men began to come to triees of fotil play. The stow neur the stable-door was, i pluces, stained with blvod. ‘There were prints of blondy tiugors on the woaden tloor uf tho sltting-room, near tho fireplace, and tho undirons were couted over with what lpoked and smolled ltko Lirnod flesh of somne Kind, The bay jn the burn was pitched ubout, aud the manure beap thoroughly thrown aver, A fow thrusts of tho fork and the strong- et recofled from the sickening aight. There in thint mawire were several enuuks of buman 1lesh, cut Juto small i ntly hnd been burned, Near thom wore Al farkTuds of straw saturated with blood. Young Merrill hus Leen avrested, and s fessed havinge killod his mother by strifing her on tho hend with o hagimer on suturday, the Wih inst. e concenled the body in the hay-mow until it wos frozen, und then cut it into pleces and burned the pleces, e naveated the horriblo detalls of uls erime in the mostolf-bend und eareless inun- ner, and does not scens to feel the slightest re- morse, 1o narrowly eseaped ynehing at tho hands of s crawil of some B eltizens, and was Dbrought to Augnta for sute-keeping, ————o——— A BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN, The Story of Gen. Skoboleff™s Victory Over the Tarkotmane, New York Sun. 8r. PRTANSRUNG, Jun. 28.~A solemn thanke- glving service wns beld to-duy In the cnpet of the Winter Paluco for the great viutory over the Turkomuns at Geok-Tepe. Tho Metropolitan, Isidor, oiliciated, assisted by tho Patuce clergy. Al tho Court, the Ministers, and the high military a 11 ollicers were In ate tendanee. At 1 o’clock tha Canr entered tho chapel, baviur on his arm the wifo of tho Czarewlteh. Al tho members of the Imperial fumily walked behind him. Golng over to tho group of Generaly, tho Czar congeatututed them on tho victory, * Il as buppy,” ho sald, “as 1 am!" Ono pruyer was recited by the Metropal- itun on his knees; the Czur and all In the chapel were kaeeling, At the To Doumn a salute of 101 muns thundered from the Petropuulowsky Fore tress. All the public and many of tho private bulldings are gy with ilags, and to-night the city I8 brillinntly flluminated. Al day long the Czur has lieen reeolving congratulatory dis- pitches, and the Te Doum bus been suny fn all tho provinelat citles, Bkoleletr bus been promoted sgaln, and 18 now # full Genernt of fnfuntry, Tlo was uddrossedus “1ligh BExcelleoey ™ for tho fhat thng to-duy In thd Czar's dispatch eonferring wpon him the caveted decoration af tho Order of St Genrtm of tho second euss. Ounly seven other moen have it,—tho UCzarewiteh, IFince Mirgorodsky, Counts Milutin, Mollkolf, and Todloben, aind Gens. Kavfman and Gaurko, Wishing to know the real causes that had in- dueed tho Czur's Government to undertako the bazardous trags-Casplun expedition fn tha testl ot famnino nud luck of mumv‘y, und 1 spite of tho perilous results of the ke expedition of 1670, enllea upon Col, P., who I8 fu ihq cmploy of the Minister of Waur. Tho Colunel said: *Invasion, pliluge, and munjer, constantly committed by the LTurkomans in our truns-Cas- . plan territory, constantly give us an vvension fur war. I3L thode ure not tho roat oxplanution ot Gun. Skobuloll's expedition. In 153 we sul- fered p erushing dofent at tho bands ot the nomnd trivesy thoy ulmost annihilated our jrmy, took our cannans, wiich they mounted ut heu =Tope und sotwe othor torts, uid soized our stnll anns, which sinco then they buave wsed In thotr ussaults on our trade caravins, and which recently dii such murderous exocutlon npon Gien, SKobeleM 'y anlidlera. Sinee our deteat in 1870 the Tyrknpmans have bocome morg pus puclous and bolier than ever bufuro. A grave alteruntive presented liself to our Government, cither to givp un our truns-Casplun trde or to destroy the nest of tho desporate nomuds Whllathis was being disoussed, Gen, Ekabeletr, bulng stralghtforward and bold i all big ways, unmercifully cousured the Turkomnan esm- paikn of and so mude sonin vur{Jm\vvrml onemles, ‘Pheso thought that thu best way t rovengo thomeelves wus tu give Gen, Skolicleft a bandful of soldlors and send him against the Turkonins. And so (he bresent war wus broughtubout. At ilrstoverybudy hevo belloved thut Gen, SBkoveletl was oo rush and sudactous to suceced boyond the Casplan, Hnppity he proved to ba s cautious gud prygdoat as bold und brave, Of course, hls enpmics are mortified at his unexpected vietory," T'he "Turkomans nro regnrded 48 tho most wars like and tho boldost of ull tho nations of Thelr teritory 18 boundesd by tha Cysplun ™ Persia, Bokbsra, und - Khivie Their number Iy estimated at LOO0W, They ure divided into dir- ferent tribey, ruled by the Khuus, or rathor by thelr anclent ‘eustoms (adat), whlch thoy hold blgber thun W, vl or roliglons, They uceept Mobume medun religlon of tho Sunni sect, wnd bute the Persinus from tho bottom of thelr bearts. Tho Turkomuns lead o hulf-pomwl Lito, Thoy enltivite tho soil ln thulr vuses, At Gook- Wepo they rulso cotton, rice, grupes, and silk- wortng, and manufueture carpels, They buve Kood pasturos, whore thoy rulse excellent horses, camols, and floeks of sheep. From tigio to timo thoy move with their herds in order to find Lot ter pasture, Their humius nre very swift and llln\mh cuough to endure long joyrneys in the ckurt, Ueak-Tepo and Mery are their Dflllcls"‘l oased and fortrusses, belng derended ur thluk cluy walls from liftceu totwenty feot hlghand ubout soven fuet thick, surrowmided by & wide diteh woven feet doep. ‘Phoy ure excuadingly foud of pillage, wiich thoy regurd as n mark of brave 'ho Husslan, Persian, and Khlvan enravans nry froquently ussnlted und robbod by theim, und tho merchants mandered. 1Lls vory bund, noxt to lmpossible, to purie and punish them, for the wide desert provides them with u waie retreat and oscape. But when tholr honmos (kthithas) wra threatened with dankor, tho nomuds rush hiko u dosort storm on thelr cncwles, engagy them In fight band to band, and often remaln victorlous, 8o in 181 thoy eautured tho whole Porsian army of 22000 men, with thirty-throo cunnons, bent (o sufzo tho Mery ousls, They usuully enslavo tholr prisoners. T'hp patitical relations bolween Russig and tho Turkomuns duto buck us fur ns tho thavof Peter the Ureat, Belng pressed by tho Persiuns ana Bokharuns, the Purkomuns ‘npplied to Rusaiy for protection, vven showing readiness to bo aunexed to the Caar's country, Liut us soon ag tho dunger wus over, tho nomuds would rob and murder tho Hyssians who had como to their us- sistance, Thuy Gook-Tepo ousis [ inhablted by about 200,00 prople, of whom nbout MR are grown maled,” No doubt it wus o huzurdous utidurinke ing for Gen, Bkabelol?, with hig 5,000 wen and H1Eystwo cannons, to ncet such an eneiny, But tho’ Ruesiun berdwas equnl to the sinergecy. 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