Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1876, Page 1

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MILBUEN’S SODA WATER, BATURAL SPBING WATEKS « ICE-COLD TEA, COFFEE and OHOO 1429 PEwnstivania AVENUE, spis-tr near Willard’s, Ss LEWIS JOHNSON £00, BANKERS, Corner af With Street and Penasy!ranta Avenue, im Government and District Securities, change and Gold. sopls ly NERVOUS EXHAUSTION.—A medical Eeaay, comprising & serice of lectures deliv- ered st Kahn's Museum of Aastemy, New York, op the cause and cureof Premature Decline, show- indiepotably oat health may be regained, ® clear synopsis of tho imped! Deale: Foreign mts to marriage, and the treatment of nervous paysi- tai devility. being the result of 20 years’ experience. Price, 25 cents. Address the anthor, Dr. L J. Kab: office and residence, 51 East wth st.. 8. ¥ w= @. YOUNG, HOTABY PUBLIC, oaul?-ts SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING! AT BEDUCED PRICES. FEW OF THOSE SPBING CASS. leit to close out for $15 at A. STBA Feonsylvauia avenue FRE SEITE MARSEILLES AND DUOK VESTS sold regardiess to cost. A. STRAUS. Ts 18 CASS. SUIT Peuneylvacia IGHT-COLOE: OaSS PANTS st @4 80 and 4 @5 that sold for @6end §/. A. STRAUS. i 9% BLAOK CLOTA DRESS SUITS re duced to @15. 1011 Penosy!vania avenue. pur. 0488. $16 SUITS on band yet are to be suITS 3", LOLL jown to 618. 1011 sold for $13. A. STRAUS GBEAT VARIETY OF CASS. PANTS. al! color isizes,for @3 and $4. 1011 fens- enue. BQtS FIRE CASS SUITS a7 and $4, formerly OW sud $12. A. STEAUS LPAOA LINEN AND MOLSIE DUSTEES at Feduced prices. 1011 Penasjivaaia avcaue. 7 OUTHS’ FINE @15 BULTS selling now for $11 A. BSTBAUS. tee CHECK UASS. 84 SUITS to be a! posed of for @. 1011 Pecnsylvanie » Bas S°HOOL SUITS, $4 and @3, st A. ST#a0s’. == 'S SUITS, (fourto ten years of age,) Jes than cost. 1011 Peonsy:vanis avenue. soos OaSS. $12 SUITS for $3 at A STBALS’. XTSA SIZE CASSINERE SUITS. from 41 to 46 laches, st STBave. D FLANNEL £ reduced prices. NGLISH WORSTED D_ B. FROOK COATS SND VESTS 9 sad formerly Sis and 615. 1011 Pennsyivants avenue. Ye NG MEN'S FINE WORSTED O04ATS and VESTS ( from 16 to 30 years) cedaced to @10, for- meriy 16. 1011 Pennsyiv LABGE LIN BILD! Wo; D SULTS (from 4 to 10 years) greatly reduced. A STHAUS, 1011 Penn. ave: OENTEN SIAL VISITORS SHOULD TAKS AD- VARTAGE OF T. ABOVE BABGAINS EARLY SELECTION FROM THOSE i OLEGVS THB CITY WILL SCOURS THE BEST BARGAIN. A. STBAUS, 1011 PENNSYLVASIAAVESCS |. To the Pubise.—My newiy-invent- OU ia arises ee yt : DEB. 1229 Penn. ave., 3ef-latptr_ Inventor. Patentee and Manufacturer, Genuine Brasiiion Pebtic Spectoclon, decf-17 Jat 461. = THE CHANCE. sng?) 36" S, * W. stsaus’ * CELEUBATED CRYSTAL SPRING ALES AND PORCER. THOMAS WALSH Acent, Joth and F strects northwest, g sugi¢-Im* Washington, BD. 0. MBS. FRIES, + Bnhalmer, aces lm 909 Sch street northwest. Shs UNSURBPASSED TRUNKS! HARNESS! TRUNKS! aT HARNESS! TRONKS! McMURBAY’S, PRACTICAL MANUFACTU 0 auglé tr S05 MaBKET SPACE. Fro® SSL AT HALF Pkicg. Broet yhnd water-tight OOM- AINT. excelient to preserve wetal.tin aod wooden roofs, &c.; a half Darrel of Beack Varnish, for iron work, aud one bar- rel Compound Cement, unequalled for closely seal- js and skylights, so as ing the jolate around chim« to keepout rain § Pricetn Sew York, per bbi', 840. Eoter the gstew: in 8 biack fence, op; . pump, oo Vailey street, Georgetown ‘eugis- 6" OaPT. CHANDLEB. ‘TBAVELING SUITS AT COST. hand some very handsome styles of Oash- mere, De , Mobairs, and A! pacas, suitable for TRAVELING SUITS. scam eren + 2 great mediam weig! Geode, for early Fail wears which will positively be sold at lees than cost, to make room for impreve- “Full line of Embroideries, Fancy Goods, Stock- twas, snd Merino Underwear at ear usual great re- Gcctions trom regular prices. THE OHRAPEST STORE IN THE CITY. CONNOLLY’, 60% Kb street, ope. Patent Office. WASHINGTON D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1876. TWO CENTs. | EVENING STAR. | Washington News and Gossiv. GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To DAY.—Inter- | Da) revenue, $616,449 #4; customs, #1,031,097 40. | ‘THE CIRCULAR of Attorney General Taft, defining the powers and duties of United States marshals, will be issued next week. A. P. McComs has been confirmed by Sec. retary Morrill to be deputy collector of the port of Hayre-de-Grace. JUDGE TAFT will stamp Obfo for Hayes and Wheeler during next mosth. He isa “Buckeye” bimeelf, and will exert, no doubt, @ powerfal influence by the force of bis logic. NAVAL ORDERS —Paymaster Charles P. Thompson to duty in the burean of provi- sions and clothing; Lieutenant Robert T. Jaspe been detached from the Hartford and placed on waiting orders. No PARDON FOR THE WHISKY RING.— The Attorney General has definitely decided pot to recommend the pardon of any of the convicted and sentenced whisky conspir ators. HOLD THE Fort.—Up to date, fifty-five is the aggregate number of Treasury clerks who have resigned and aceupted the two (2) months’ pay, and yet nearly five hundred are to be *bounced.” “Hope springs eter- nal,” &. HE Don’t Believe It —Gen. Sheridan telegrapbs this morning to the War depart- ment stating that he places no reliance in the published reports concerning a battle be- tween the forces of Gens. Crook and Terry end Sitting Bull. ARMY ORDERS —The President has re- voked the order transferring Second Lieu- tenant Edwin P. Andrews from the 5th to the ith cavairy. The leave of absence granted First Lieutenant Geo. F. Anderson, 6th cavalry, has been extended five months. RANDOLPH ROGERS, the celebrated Amer- iean seulptor, so long @ resident of Rome, arrived in the United States a short time since. He was in Washington a few da: ago. and left for Richmon1, where his family is at present. He will return to Rome about the middle of September, but thinks strongly of permanently locating here. MoVAMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS.—Infor- mation bas been received at the Navy de- partment that the U. 8. steamer Alaska left Ge oa on the 3d of August for Boston, where she will be put out of commission. The Huron, one of the new slocps of war, had ar- rived at Genoa and was to be sent to the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. REDUCTION OF SALARIES.—The Commis- sioner of Internal Revenue is engaged in re- vising thesalaries of internal revenue col- lectors so as to bring the allowance for that service within the appropriation. The aver- age reduction of salaries will be between five and six per cent. THE REMAINS OF SPEAKER KER® ar- rived at Indianapolis yesterday afternoon, where the funeral certege was met by Gov- e nor Hendricks,Senator McDonald, General Love and others, who accompanied the boly to New Albany. The remains will lie ia state In the court bouse until this evening, when tney will be removed to Mr. Kerr’s late residence. The funeral services will take place to: morrow afteraoon. Go Ur AND Get Your PAy.—The em. Ppoyes of the Bureau of Engraving and Pristirg who were furloughed last winter and who have not been reinstated will re- ceive the one month’s pay voted them by Congress, to-morrow. at the bureau. The necessity for the farlough now being made Goes not arise, as has been stated, from ® scarcity of funds, but froma scarcity of work. CABELESS Ltai ToN.—It is necessary for the Treasury officials to carefully exam- ane the appropriation bills as soon as official copies are received. The consular and dipio- matic @ppropriation bill has been exam- ined. and the officials claim that it contains material incongruities, which may or may not be the result of clerical errors. It is a3- se ted that for some consulates double ap- propriations have been made. Emory STORRS, who has been designated by the President to act as special prosecutor on behalf of the United States to have sen- tenced such whisky conspirators as have not Bight to begin hie operations fa that quer. Fs é ter. It is the desire of the Attorney General to bave the docket cleared of all whisky cases during the next term of court in the respective cities where cases are pending. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.— Messrs. J. K. Upton, chief of the Independent Treas- ury division, and Daniel Baker, chief of the Loan division, have Secretary of the Treas been appointed by the jury, under section 164, revised statutes, @ board of Se to conduct examinations for admission of clerks in the Treasury department and for promotion therein. head of the bureau or division in which sald clerks are to be a) pointed will also be a member of the A COURT-MARTIAL FoR CAMP WHIP- PLE.— By direction of the Secretary of War @ general court-martial 1s appointed to meet &t Fort Whipple, Va., on the 24th instant or aa toon thereafter as practicable for the trial of such prisoners #s may be bi ot before it. The following is the detail for the court: Ist Lieut. M. P. Story, 4th artillery; Ist Lieut. R. P. Strong, 4th artillery; ist Lieut. C. E. Kilbourne, 24 artillery Ist Lieut Jno. L. Clem, 2ith'infantry; 21 Lieut. «varies A. Booth, ist infantry; ist Lieut. J. McClellan, 5tn artillery, judge advocate of the court. THE PRESIDENT AT THE CENTENNIAL The Philadelphia Press of this morniag say: “Among the many men whom official bu bess has hitherto kept away from the F chi- bition is the President of the United States. Notwithstanding the crowd that maybe ex- pec.ed today, General peat S$ CO! mencing his’ inspection of the Exposition this morning. It is his intention in the course ofa series of visits to go methodicaliy through the various departments and in- spect as close &8 possible the treasures cou- tained in the Exhibition. We heartily com- mend the example of the President to be fol- lowed by every citizen.” MORE TROOPS FOR THE Sfoux Coun- TRY. Gen. W. P. Carlin has been ordered to the command of Standing Rock agency, nave been ordered ment of Dakota, are now en route. Lieut. Col. Whistler, with four companies of the Sth infantry, bas been cedered the ai ie. new it on .e Yellowstone. Three additional Companies of the 14th in- faptry bave been ordered from Utah to Wyo- » three from Fort to take part at yenne, and one from Salt Lake to Medicine Bow. Col Mechensie, of the 4th cavalry, bas been ass command of the district of the Biack Hills, with head- quarters at Red Clond agency. PRE-EMPTION FxavuDS.—From @ report Jest submitted to the General Land Office it dled by a set of sharpers who have pre- empted iands in various states by means of fre uculept certificates, under the law grant. iy to so’diers and seiiors who had ser: | pinety days in the war one hundred and mixty weresof land. Their C ecm nave | extended over California, Minnesota, Kan- | sas, Nebraska, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, Dakota, Washington territory, ard Missouri. The total number of frandu- Jept claims present’ ts 1,047, and of this pprovei and affirmed be- | whieh will be lost to the government unlese ¥ wi | Suit is instituted to cousse bas not Tue 14 PER Cent. LOAN.—Secretary Morrill bas reached an understanding with the bankers who bid for placing the new 44 per cent. loan, and the provisions of the agreement will be made public to-night. THE “copy” for the annual report of the Commissioner of education for 1875 is now ready for the printer. It is expected that the report will make its appearance within six weeks or two months. THE PROGRAMMEOF MUSIC for the con- cert in the President's grounds Satarday af ternoon, by the Marine Baad, Prof. L Sebneider, leader, is as follows: 1. National air. 2. March, Centennial, Warren. 3. Ove; ture. La Haminiar, Fruz Feux. Lassimore. 4. Waltz, Vie Parisienne, Offenbach. 5. Fantasia, Op. Prophet, Meyerbeer. 6. Polka, Electra, Hermann. 7. Cavatina, Op. Avilla. Verdi. 8. Duet (cornet aud pbngie), 0, Norma, Bellini. 9. Waltz, La Petit Fac Gounod, 10. National air. THE SHEPHERD BUILDING LEASED TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior has leased from ex-Goveraor A. Shepherd, for five years, at au annual rental of $14,000 the large new building on the northeast corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 12th streets, for the use of the Pension Office and Bureau of Education. The lease goes into efect on the 15th proximo. The lease embraces the building above the ground floor only. Arrangements for heat- rg the building have not yet been com Se it Is understood that if Gov. S 8 Will to heat it as reasonably as the goy- e:oment can he will be allowed to do so. BUTLER ON “BUTLERISM.”—In his open- ing speech at Lawrence, Mass, Monday evening, General Butler said: ‘Another thing, and I wish the reporters to take it ¢own. It Is said that the great dificuity with General Batler is, I beileve they call it, ‘Butlerism.’ It is said tnat he absolutely goes round and looks after the business of bis constituents, which he ought not todo when he is sent to Washington to make laws. Igrantitidoso. I can find my way about Washington and among the virtous departments without a guide-post; and when I see a man from my state wh» may be there weeks attempting to reacn some business, sitting in an attic room cooling his heels, I think that I ought to go to h!m, and taking him in my carriage, or going in his, lead him to the man he wishes to ses. I 83y he is @ good fellow. I introduce him. and bis business is quickly finished up. I agree that Ido this, and this is Butler.am. If { get into Congress again, I shall do this again, but not for the whole state. I will do itooly for the people of my own district, and will do it po longer for Boston peaple, for I have had people come io me from ton. [Applause.) ‘Butlerism,’ [ think, may be sum nied up in three things; I go for my frlends, or, In other words, I go for my ens- mies; I take care of the business entru:tet tome.” In cone uding the general said: “I shall be equally your friend and wel!-wisher whetber hereafter I shall serve you in Con- gress at £5,000 a year or as counsel at a much igher figure.” Political Notes. Dr. Redfield, one of the most capable writ- ers on southern affairs, thinks Alabama can be counted on for about 25,000 majority for Tilden in November. “A study of the re- turns,” he says, ‘‘shows that in some coun- ties not less than 1,000 negroes voted the democratic ticket.” Another account says that hundreds of colored men joined in the democratic procession at Montgomery the other evening. Referring to the demo- cratic assertion that Carl Schurz charged Greeley 1,000 for making a sirgle speech for him in Pennsylvania during Lhe campaiga of 1872, the Sprin, Id_ Republican, wnich ought to know, says: “We never heard of this thing before—most undoubtedly it ia a slander; Mr. Schurz does not c' money for nis political speeches.” Nevertheless we think It can be conclusively shown that Mr. Schurz has charged and received mouey from both the regular and liberal repunli- cans for his campaign speeches. Cenrenpd le to 1 ser- It will be a dif- ficult matter, the New Haven Pa’ladiun a4- mits, to ‘y Connecticut for the republican ticket this fall. But it can be done, that pa- per thinks, if the republicans take gressive and force the fighting. greenback party is not by any means a non- entity. It does not create a great interest, and w'll not probably carry a slate, but the cbance of its holding the balance of power is quite within possibilities, and itis likely enough that neither of the great parties will poll # mejority In Indiana. ---- Nomina- tions for Congress were made yesterday aa ne Ey wba pomered greg Ga. we Atherton, of Ratger represen the 3d New Jersey district, and Hiram Price the 2d Iowa district. By the democrats, Ben Wilson. first district of West Virginia, poh es 8. Blackburh, Lexington (Ky.) c The State Conveations Yesterday. NEW YORE REPUBLICANS, ETC. toe ee se SS state conven- 1D, Wi me! Saratoga terday nominated ex-Governor E. D. Morgan r governor, and Sherman 8. Rogers for lieu- tenant governor. The liberal republican convention. which met at the same place, indorsed the republi- can national state tickets. The liberal i ents, representing eighteen counties in the state, aiso held a cov ference at and after indorsing Tilden and Hendricks, ad. of the withdrawal of of the lcket. The convention then nominated by acclamat ‘ohn Martin, of Topeka, for overnor; Mr. Beals for lieutenant governor; it C. South, treasurer; Sheldon, autitor; and Barrett, superintendent of schools. Witn the exception of Mr. Martin the above are candidates on the greenback ticket. The balance of the ticket will be composed of democrats. AT THE SARATOGA RACES yesterday Big Sandy won the miie-heat race in 1:45%, 1:46. The mile-and-three quarters race was won by Virgil in 3:03. The handicap hurdle race was won by Kelso in 1:54, 1:54, 1:54, b4x. At Poughkeepsie, in the 2:29 race, Piunter took the first and second heats, Mattie the third and sixth, and Trio the fourth and fifub; time, 2:24% , 2:24}¢, 2:24, 2.25%, 2:26. In the 2.22 contest the first was heat between Sensation and ti 2:26, 2:25 4 2:25 , 22436, 2:23- three heats against time, making 2:25, 2:22 und 2:204. THE SouTH CAROLINA STRIKE EXDED— ‘The latest from the Combahee rice fields in South Carolina reports that through the ef- forts of Congressman Smalis and Lieut. Gov. Gleaves both th es Jos. Cet D. D. Iniversity; bor, ‘a. A of ‘New London; Secretary of . Cowles, of New Haven. C. 8. Her: ington, of Middletown, was nominated for Congress from the second district. Firm in Ce block of buildings Davis's = mill, 8; jpear’s canal stab! @rtin’s roofing establishment, and some dozen dwellings, was destroyed by fire terday, Loss sured. yes- Sbout $35,000; partially in- part in the 198 ‘id day for the purpose of compromising, if possible, the existing diffi- culties Cee! the threatened serious break in ABRESTED UNDER THE ENFO! Act.—Sherif Harris and J: Walks in the White Mountains, 2. i Bditorval Correspondence of The Star.) GLEN HOUSE, WHITE MOUNTAINS, August 15, 1876. Our “walks” this week commenced with a ride (to use & Hibernicism) over the Port jand and Ogdensburg railroad up the Craw- ford Noteh from North Conway to the Fabyan House; the Mount Washington branch of the Boston, Concord and Montrea! railroad (now completed to the base of the Mountain); and the Mount Washington railway to the summit. This ratlroading was taken to improve the especially fine view of the scenery of the Notch obtainable from the railroad, which follows @ succes sion of curves into and out of gorges and around the shoulders of the mountains, on terraces, and trestlework at @ commanding elevation along the western walls of tue Notch. NO MOUNTAIN RATLROAD in the country, not even the Central Pacific in its course through the Nevadas, affords any single view of such magnificence and grandeur as that presented on the Notch railroad high up the Willey Mountain and overlooking six miles of the Willey Valley, which, with its mighty bend, and walled in by impending mountains, Jooks like some amphitheatre of the Titans. Of course it will be conceded that the views from tne cars going up Mount Washington are on a yet grander scale; but the latter lice does not strike one as a real railroad. The engine pushes the car up, from behind; aud the passengers, who are all seated to face the mountain, sce no motive power, aud there is no dust or cinders to suggest the preseace of the engine. The motion is so slow—less than two miles to the hour—and the sound of the teeth of the ariving-wheel playing upon the cog: rail is so mach like that of the windlass-chain of a well, thatone gets the idea of heing = up the mountain as if in &@ well-bucket. THE DISTANCE from the base (Ammonoosuc Station) to the summit is @ fraction under three miles by the railroad, and the time occupied in the ascent is 14 hours; the descent is made in less time. The average grade is 1,300 feet to the mile, and the maximum grade is 1,940 feet tothe mile. There are nine curves to the line, and four short stoppages are made at water-stations in the ascent. In the eight ears tnat the road has been run there has no accident resulting in the loss of i\fe, though two or three of the railroad workmen have been killed in atterapting to slidedowa the rails on boards fitted with rade iron run- ners to the center-rail, and regulated vy a brake of like simple construction. Notwith standing the dangers of a descent In this way it seems to have a great fascination for some, and in our ascent we met several persons coming down on these sleds. As we approach- ed they stopped their odd vehicles and de tached them from the track; resuming their downward flight when we had passei. Taey areail right “while the breaching holds,” but when that gives out it is the last of earih for the unfortunate siedder. In one instance where the rude brake gave way the rider Was hurled down the mountain sie against & car with such impeius as to crush Aim to almost boneless Ts ly. The descent of three miles on these sleds has been madein 44 minutes, or Dearly the bighest ra!!road pee 1, and the time usually occupied, including the “turnouts” for trains to pass, is less than 10 minutes. Thoagh the ratlroad hag been worked with entire safety to the passengers, ithas not thus far proved bt tte pr suc: cess. For one thing the railroad season is very short. On account of danger from frost in the ground trains do not begin running until July ist, and they stop ruaning on the Ist of Octover. Perhaps the road ts not worked economically. Aaimmensa amount of, apparently, rejected steel rail has bn left to rust out ail along the road up the mountain fide in ® way Rearcely recone’ |a- ble with ourideas of New Englaad thrift and economy, MOUST WASHINGTON IN 1876 What with the woolen hotel of @ siz>ts accommodate 200 guests; the old Tip Top and Summit Houses of stone; the enginue- house of the railway; the U.S. Signal Service Observatory of wood, and the wooden sta bles of the Glen House, there is now quite a cluster of buildings up in the clouds oo the summit of the mountain. The botei isa fairly comfortable one when the weather is mild and dry as at present, but when _——- easterly wind Figen the large stoves the hot-air pi ibuted abundantly Ubronghont the house uite unequal to the task of keeping such a shell either warm or dry. It is @ light structare of pine, and ple hereabouts expect to see it sailing away in some gale, as did the late engine- house on the summit, which was seizet by the Storm King in March last and distrib uted over three counties in New Hampshire; the heavier portion going to the bottom Tuckerman’s ravine. In another storm in February last the heavy timbers of the rall- road platform were torn up and driven through the roof of the stable. WINTER ON MOUNT WASHINGTON. An interesting point to all visitors here is the Signal Service Observatory, where a good collection of the Alpine flora of the ‘White mountains,(corresponding identically with that of the Arctic region at 70° north longitude) ana where one can talk with the signal men who have wintered as well as summered on Mount Washington, about the peculiarities of @ life at this elevation during the Arctic season. The possibility of winter- ing upon the top of Mount Washington was demonstrated by @ party of three in 1570 1, and now & squad of signal service mea o> Sr, the summit continuously. Messre. William Line and Charies J. King are now on duty there. Mr. Line (who te in charge) I id not see, but { found Mr. King, who has several winters on Mount Washington, to give some graphic experiences of life at @ point where, not only is the cold s9 intense, but where the wind has such tre- mendous velocity and force. In January o* 1875 the temperatare fell to 46° below zero; ite wind at the time blowing 120 miles to the hour. In November last, the tempera- ture was 40° below zero, @nd the wind swept across the mountain top at theextraordinary speed of 170 mties to the hour, the great-st velocity ever registered anywhere. Oa inquiry I find that the amount of snow-fall on the top of the mountatn is not so heavy as might be supposed. In the language of the Signal mau, when the temperature falis @ few degress below zero lt is too cold to snow. Looking over Mr. King’s diary I found the nels eg ae md ee ter e: jences: “Dec. 27, 1814. Went to the base for mail. Storm-staid below until the 30th. ascent with temperati HIGH PRICES UP IN THE CLOUDS. ‘The prices at the Summit House are $1.50 for each meal and the same for lodging, ora total of $6 per day. As the lessees have im @n exceptionally warm dry period like the present, (it has not rained here for three Weeks and the whole mountain country is parched up;) but it is not co pleasant when the keen easterly winds prevail. The hotel men have found it necessary to post the fol- Jowing notice conspicuously about the baild- ing: “Guests going out tosee the sunrise are requested pot to (ake the Bed-biankets from the rooms.” About 4 o'clock in the morning an able-bodied man went ali through the bo-el ringing (Lam positive) that iteaticai, d‘abolical, discordant cow-bell used by tne German opera in ringing up the curtain. This was the signal to get up to see the sun- rise; and as the partitions are thin and the transoms particularly wide open at the Sam- Toit House one could hear all that his neigh bors were saying about the sanrise bus'- ness. Next door there was a gentle tapping, followed by the voice (unmistakable) of a devoted young husband who had been out to reconnoiter: “Come, jove, ain’t you most ready? The sun will be up in about five roinutes.” Answer, from within: “Dear, I haven't ha! got on my things Devoted Husband.—“Never mind your things, my love. Nobody minds. Pat on a shawl, or anything exespt a bed bianket, you know.” Then some effusive boy—the infant terrible of & Jarge family—went along the passage pounding at every door on his way to be sure and hit the right ones, where father, mother, sisters and big brother were lodged, shouting at the same time al the top of his voice to hurry up. As sié®p was impossibie, even those who prefer to see the san when it is pretty well up, turned out to swell the ee, perched on the rocks or the hotel platform. The Devoted Husband clam- lo the roof of the signal station, while the wife of bis bosom, buried in a heap of sbawis ‘and things,” occupied a boulder be. rt The sun came up qvite gioriously over the lakes of white fog filling the valleys; Upting the vapors rolling up the western side of the mountain with brilliant colors, and at the same time bringing out in Brocken- like shadow upon these vapers the Signal house and other buildings, and the figures upon the roof and rocks. “Isn’t it beautiful, Edwin?” remarked the lady on the boulder. “V-y-v-very bub-bub beaati- ful, Angelina!” answered the gentlemar on the roof, with chattering teeth, A little later, the clouds coming up the mountain got the better of O'd Sol, and we were glad to get in by the stove, and afterwaris to tue brea&fast room. TUCKERMAN'S RAVINE. The forenoon was occupied by us in a visit to Tuckerman’s Ravine. Itseems to be con- Sidered essential to have a guide for the Ra- vine, but I can't see why. Ali that one has to do Is togo down as nearly perpendicular &s8 may be and ascend on thesamerule. It is hard work down or ap, @od when at the bottom one finds that the snow arch we read about isn’t there. Thedry hot weather has done the business for it, and the Pity jam glacier” is reduced to an infinitesimal lamp of ice about the size of Trustee Champlin’s bead. Yet the tedious trip repaid us in one sense by giving us a@ ferocious appetite, en- ablipg us to master the tough beef at the Summit House dinner table. By the way, the most conspicuous object, next to the stove in the main hall of the Summit House ig a large map of the Bermudas. Now why of all places in the world should there be a large map of the Bermudas displayed on the top of Mount Washington? I asked the ¢s- Umabie hotel-clerk, but he answered by a prolonged shake of the head that might mean that he didn’t Know, or that, as was delicate ly hinted by Mr. Wegg to Mr. Boffin on the question of the diflerence between the Roman and the Rooshan Empire; it is @ subject that had better not be discussed in the presence of ladies. DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. We left the summit at 4 p. m. yesterday, Walking down rather leisurely to enjoy the Various striking views at points on the road, reaching the Glen House (eight miles) in about three hours. As the dust is four or five inches deepon all these mountain and valley roads, jestrians who can measureabiy select their path, aave much the best of it over the ngers by the coaches who travei all the way in a dust- cloud. AT THE GLEN. The Glen House is the nearest full, and is probably doing the best business (his year of e@ny of the high-priced mountain hotels. One reason for this is the fact that it is the only hotel this side of the mountains; and another is that it is supposed to be free, by reason of its facilities fer drainage, from danger of typhoid fever, which fever break Profile has in the past flourished with high rates and the pa! of the New York Vanderbilt party, bn CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS REFRIGERAT- ING AT THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. sits reading—not the Springfield Republican, but the New York World—on the other side of the table in the Glen House “Gent's Room,” where I am writing. As he gets older his remarkable likeness to his fatuer, Jobn Quincy Adams, increases. There is the same incisive nose, firm, lipless mouth, strong chip, ivory-colored baid head, with fringe of white bair around its base and to cast of the *Old Man Eloquent.” There is wanting all the fire, ——— indomitable will that carried John Qalocy Adams to the front in body. There is a) trace of that blood all over the polished bald head of the father, w he was aroused in debate. until it looked like a pink billiard ball. Fancy Charles Francis Adams, who sits here ® more prominent fart in ne. tional affairs; but I suspect the it is very much Mr. Adame’ own. Massachasetts A i H s EB ils eel ; é E re. : ed | i il ji | P f : Telegrams to The Star. THE WAR IN THE EAST. Turks Concentrating. pees The Struggle at Alexinatz. Besiegers Reinforced by Fifty Thousand, ila COLORADO REPUBLICAN CONVENTION INCENDIARISM (N WEST VIRGINIA ——o THE EASTERN PROBLEM. Servis Won't Abandon Her Friend LoOspon, August 24.—The Tymes’ dispatch explains that Servia’s deia: in ac- cepling the good offices offered by all the is occasioned Wers, at England's initiattv y the remonstrances of Mot fears being exposed to the wi Turkey in the event of Servia separate peace. A compromise hi - quently been arranged in accordance with Which Servia makes one more effort, in which Monteuegro will co operate. This ex iains the sudden march of Prince of ontenegro towards Kotasdep, where he will unite with the forces under his brother- in-law, Vukovies, wtth the intention of at- jacking the Turks aboat Blenitss tn con- anction w! e Servian force in the same neighborhood. The Servians Bebind Their Fortitica tions, A dispatch to the Daily News from Berlia says: Servians themselves speak of the bombardment of the works about Alexinatz This 1s supposed to show that they have beea driven bebind their fortifications. Fifty Thousand New Troops foree the Turks. BELGRADE, August Concentrating LONDON, August 24—A correspondent of the Dawy News at Belgrade telegraphs taat yesterday afternoon it was rumored that tbe Turks had abandoned Saltschar, and adds: ‘Iam disposed to believe that they bavedone £0 in order to concentrate their forces for an attack on Alexinatz.” A dis- ich to same journai from Alexina’ Gated Monday, says all civilians have been ordered to quit Alexinatz. The bom>ard- ment may be expected to commence to night. i 's Batt to France. LONDON, August 2i —Tne correspondent of the Daily News at Paris telegraphs as fol- lows: “i have reason to know tnat shortly before the prorogation of the Chambers, a eerious proposition for a Russian alliance With & prospective restoration of Alsace Lo-- Taine @s @ bail, was completely frustrated by the resolute attitude of the republican lead- ers.” Satisfied for Salonica. Lonpon, August 24.—A Dispatch to Reu- ter’s Telegram Co., from Constantiuople, says the French and German Ambassadors tave informed the Porte that their govera- ments are satisficd with the reparation made by the Turkish government for the Sa- Jonica outrage. pli 5 |-—The Davy aos’ V1- enna +ispatch says tbe Porte has refused to consider the Greek note respecting Crete, until the termination of the war. Mean- while business tn Crete ts at @ stand still, and Lhe judges refuse Losit. Tarkish Repulses. LONDON, August 244 —A dispatch to Reu ter's Telegram Company from Belgraie 8a. lions lost more than @ quarter of their Strength. Several Russian officers were ied. The Turks lost heavily, being exposed to @ cross fire of artillery. General Tchernayefl, who command the Servians in person, succeeded in repulsing the Turks on the last occasion. Tne Tarks renewed the eitack early this morning, and were repulsed along the whole line, and feli back two kilometres. Gen. Tchernayeff is understood to have decided, in the event of @ defeat, to fall back on Deligedo. Cuprija, on the Morava river, has also been fortified as @ third line of defense. If Gen. Tchernayeff is successfal he will advance on Nesch, in the direction of which the Servian General Karvatsvich is go e 8 General Tchernoyeff telegraphs Prince Milan as follows: ‘Our affairs are not pro- gressing badly. The Turks have evacuated the line of the Timok, but still occupy Saits- char.” a FOREIGS NEWS. Convocation of Lowpun, August 21.—A from Renter's ‘Telegram Company from Rome : “A convocation of is now a bere to ascertain the feasibility of ing certain modifications in the =< electing the so that tbe ectors may exercise full liberty when it becomes necessary to elect a successor to the present Pope.” A — Autonelli Dytug. Paris says: be dispatched to Cuba at the end of ber. African Threats. LONDON, August 24 —Advices from Cape Coast Castle, dated August 24, state that the King of Dahomey has coufined all the Europeans at Whydab in their houses Ubreatens to massacre them. The Embarrassed [ron Firia. Lonpon, August 2i—Tfne Financier to- day says the liabilities of the large iron making concern in the Cleveland trict, about which much anxiety has lately been felt, are one million sterling. The partners, bowever, have prepared a statement ac- cording to which the assets show a surplus. ‘We understand @ preliminary meeting the creditors has determined to continue the work as @ joint stock concern, as in the case of Vaughan & Co. Another large iron com- = the same district is also embar- Erte in England. Lonpow, August 2i—Tue Times in its financial article says: “An amended Erie reconstruction scheme has been issued 2 Yiding that up to 1579 four coupons of the first consolidated bonds are to be cash and six funded, all the coupons after 1879, will be paid, and coupon bonds interest at seven og ——- and payable in Hg i 5 ite 115 actin | Fe 2 i | The Colorade Republican Conven- PURBLO, Cot., Acgust %—The Repud- lican State Convention convened in thts city last evening, attendance very large and enthusiastic. Hon. J H Clerghorn. of Kio Grande county, was seleciad tem: ebairman. Messrs F.E. Everett, of Jeffer son county; C. W Bardmen, of Bent, and A. Gibson. of Weld, lemporary sectetaries. The committee oo cretentiais reported a fall representation. After the appoin' ment of a committee op permanent organization the convention a journed anti! this morning, ————.———— West Virginia Fire Bags at Work. Whre.ine, W. Va, August 21.— The ‘warenouse and paint shop of the Marietta Cha'r company, st Parkersbarg. were de- stroyed by Gre lest might, and the factory bullding was badiy damaged; $25,000; amount of Insnrance unknown. Two other alarms of fre from dierent pointe were nded at the same time. aod tw > men bave been arresicd On Saspicion of in cendiarism. —— A New Batlread. MILPORD, Pa.. August 24.—Ground wae Cy read is to be 187. oe - The Markee BALTIMORE, August 4.— Virginia Os, ferred, 5°; do. consolidaied, 664; do. second sees, 32, North © sixes, old, 15. Sugar strong and active BALTIMOKE, August Jotton dull and lower- middling, 114 ur steady —an- changed. Wheat stewty, fair demand —west- €rn red, good to choice, 1.1281 9, Maryland red, good to prime, 1 ; do. amber, 1.24 alD; do. waite, i Corn southern fairly active and firm; western dull and weak; southern white, 520%, western mixed. 5; bid, 57 4 askel; 56 Sep ber, My iast baif September; %\ bid Octo ber Oats steady and demand ‘air—southera prime, 35a37; western white, 36439; do. mixed, S1a33 Rye steady, Siasl. Hay steady and unchanged, sions dull and lower. pork, 19 O0al9 ais —aboulders, 7. clear rib sides, \ packed. Bason— shoulders, *\: clear rib sides, \aloy. Hames, i5ai6. ‘Lard—refined, 12. Batzer dali And beavy—western, good to prime, iats; do, fine, isa: Petroleum strong and un- changed. Coffee strong and unchanged. Whisky dull and steady, 1.13. Receipts— Flour, 2.5%; wheat, 46,000, corn, 68,000; oats, 2,000; rye, 3,000. Shipments—Cora, 70,000. New York, August 24.—Stocks active, feverish, unsettled and lower. Money, 1\- Gold, 11. Exchange, long, 488; shi 490, Governments dull and steady. New York, August 4.—Flour unchanged Wheat quiet_nominaily uncbaoged. Corp quiet and steady. ’ ONDON, August 120 p. m—U. 8, 5-20 bonds, 187's, 1 19 40°, coupon, wt. Erie railway shares, ty»; do. preferrea, 21. — a — Campaign Squibs. The Boston Post insivuates pretty broad: 7 that Gen. Banks has been bought ap by « Promise of navy yard support. ‘la a recent letter, Mr. Bristow says he sincerely believes the election of Hayes and Wheeler is “demande! by the highest considerations of patriotism and public good.” ----Ex- Governor Seymour says when Silas Wright was nominated for governor in 154 the Presidency was au executive office, but now the Senate is the @xecutive power and the President is merely the appointing func- Uonary. Hic doesn't believe Lnere is Ovesmr- ism enough to burt anybedy. ----Marpie's vouching for the patriotism of Tiiden Ubrongh the war was a graceful and assuring spectacie, but who will be found to vouch for Marbie? 8.6 endorsement under the cir- cumstances is very mach like @ tramp giv- ing @ certificate of character to @ vagrant It will be remembered that Mr. Maroie's paper, the World, was suppressed for disloy- alty during the war. ----Gen. Batier, in his speech at Lowell the other evening fran’ 4 said: “I want to go to Congress have no hesitation in saying so. [am no Jam more like a widow; 1 know tl want. Iam pot afraid to ask for it.” ~---The Commonwealth makes this telling litical point: “If Sigel fights with Tilden, Hiden didn’t Ogut with Sigel.” ----The Boston Herald says: “Constractor Hans- com's advent at the navy yard is supposed to mean a reiurn of activity. Pertaps the live oak needs moving #gain, or it may be that @ lot of timber Is saff to be bent in the bending machine.” “My jadgment is that It is wiser to labor for the conversion of pn honest and avowed opponent than to hope for fair and honest-dealing at the bands of a Mended friend whose constant evidences of treachery compel you to fear that while embracing you and asking you, ‘How fares it, brotwer!” may put under your fifth rib meanowhil Kelly. *- Wade Hampton says: * none in my devotion to the lost cause.” And the Charieston News endorses him in the following glowing language: “A gallant soldier, @ courteous Uieman, @ liberat cemocrat, his name is a bousebold word with every southern soldier, and, in striving to elect him, the South Carolina democracy Will bave the God speed of the whole south. Let us, whatever our previcus differences, stand together, now! Let discord be buried @s when Sumter was aflame and the whole state sprang to arm Let us bear and for. bear, work and pray, and devote ourselves to the cause with all the fire and impetuosity Of the southern nature. ----Canvass dealers report no great demand for Cooper aad Cary banners, as yet. ----The Brooklyn Argus says: Gen. Bartielt, of Massachusetts, who lost a leg in the war, is said to have declared for Tilden. Probably not true, but if it ts, 1 isso vi Inconsistent. It was Tilden and oe who put him on the stump origi- nally. DEATH OF THE ORIGINAL “STALACTA.” Mrs. Annie Kemp Bowler, a weil kaown great deal and sank rapidly. Mrs. Bowler, at that time Miss An- nie —_ was the original Stalacta in the “Black Crook,” when that spectacle was first juced at Nibdlo’s Garden. Subse- quently she became a member of the Kich- ings and other opera companies. She was the wite of Brookuouse Bowler, the Eaglisb THECOTTON aND WooLEN Goons MAR- KET.—There is more activity in cotion and Woolen goods. Prices of all makes are strong, and some favorite styles have ad- pong Priv are active bad strong &t rather higher prices, aud printing cloths. geverally a tale sedan of te condition of trade, bave advanced fally one-fourth of a cent and still bave an upward tendency. The prospects of the fall trade are certainly brighter than they were a month The rise thus far has barely compensated for ad- vance in the price of cotton, which ix no two cents per pound bigher than it was two or three weeks ago, when goods sold for 5x cents. At the present prices manufacturers are simply Covering the cost of production, and @ farther movement upward w 1) be Decessary before @ profit can be realized. — . ¥. Shipping List, August 23. ANoTHER RumoR OF Vicrory OvER TRE SI0Ux.—A dispateh has been received at Chicago from the Standing Rock agency which says that an Indian who arrived there ‘SE INTE! TONAL MENT W&s continuss in lerday. Bird and Jadd termi ESS TOURNA- Philadeipuia yee- boat It 3s ramored that Walker and Weedea aiso fovght yesterday. THE PHILADELPHIA REGaTra.—Thesec- Oki ge 3 roatin at weuther aoa smooth water. Tne €