Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1877, Page 1

- THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsyivania A je. cormer Lith street, se The Evening Star Newspaper Company. —«" UFFMANN, Pree’t. —_—o———" EVENING STAR ts served by carriers to rus ‘ai Ten Cents per week, or Forty- Cents per month. ‘Onptes at the counter, Cents each. prepeid— Bixty Cents a month; one year, THE WEEKLY STAR— @2 a year, postage pre a TF Ail subscriptions invartably tn advance. We Rates of advertising furnished on application. ES SPECIAL NOTICES. ‘on Priday— “| Va. 50—N2. 7,599. EVENING STAR. 1. 0.0. F—GBAND LODGE—Ao ad-| —— onrned meeting will be held on WEDNES- = = VALALESING aS ocpeh Sweet. arse. | Washington News and Gossip. — —_————_ LINGTON CO QPERATINE | Government Recetprs To-Da¥.—Inter- M 4 the parm ot anes | Dal revenue, #218,4:179; customs, #517449. WEDNESDAY, Au ——— 1 Prade Koome. AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House 2 »ekholgers ar today were Secretary Sherman, Admiral Scott, Solicitor Raynor, and Kepresenta- tives Phillips and Pridemore. Feturued fn 13 instal Has BB ) JOY EDSON, Sec. 71 (0S situ mecting vl the Ow Tue Famovs Red Cloud and will be f Teade Boom Spotted Tail will probably be members of SIP EVEpING Suesecrh are the Sioux delegation to be seat to Washing- Pays l) percent. The fuads of this ra in gooddemand at fair pricee: ahd the best place fr investment of amall moutuly sere SOUS Bo THOMPSON. President. JOUN COOK, Secretary augs-3¢ THE NeW BIGGS MARKET, P street, g itch and 15. erroste, will be opened SATURDAY, Angus’ 4th, at 0 cloel . regular market days thereafter will be TURSDAY. THURSDAY. ard UBDAY MORNINGS, and BPN RPAT NIGHT. ton by Gen. Croo! SECRETARY SHERMAN will leave for his bome in Mansfeld, Ohto, the latter part of this week, and will be absent until about the beginning of S:ptembrr. A DELEGATION from Camberiant, Mi., called on the President to day and stare! thet a new battalion of militia had been organized in that place for home defense. Gen. Joux L. THOMAS, collector of the port Baltimore, is in thecity. Hehaia mat or the confePince with Secretary Sherman to-day ren ieae peaiicnactiia | concerning the removal of fifty employes oegetion * | which he is ordered to make. mission Brokers, Hon. SAMUEL J. RANDALL is in thecity. He declines to talk concerning the Speaker- ship proepects, but acts as if bis chances Were not so favorable as before the June ses- sion of Congress was postponed until fall. Hon. WILLIAM WALSH, Representative in Congress for the sixth district of Mary- jand, announces that he has at his disposal the nomination to a cadetship at West Point Military Academy, and that he will dispose of it by means of acompetitive examination, to be held probably in September. INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR BREW- STER, of Austin, Texas, who hai been re- quested to resiga, is now in this city for the purpose of securing his retention in offic>. The ground taken by the government in ask- ing for Brewster's resignation is that he is not a bona fide citizen of the district in which the office he occupies is located. VicTIMS oF THE Repvcrion Portcy.— ©. W. Ringold, U. 8S. Appraiser at New O-leans, has been suspended, with a view to corner 10 b and D ste. TS SABATOGA WATER, ONLY 15 CENTS A BOTTLE, From the Oelebrated Hathorn Spring. W. 5. THOMPSON, Pharmacist, my2 ly 703 1th street. GENU INE OONGBESS WATEB From the Original Spring AT SARATOGA, Fifteen Cents per Bottle. EATHORS WATER same MILBURN’S PHARMAOTY, wSyBtr 1499 Peun svenue, near Willard’s. . ABLAN. Deatst, sie pa 1340 NEW YORE AvEnEE jow Jervey avenne, as erroneously Boyd's Directory for 1877. jané-ly BAMUEL G. YOUNG, NOTARY PUBLIC, Orrice—Stax BUILDINe. ectl? tt oOrric IAN. ‘Zire tpremium swarded to me by the Great World’s Bair, in Philadelphia, on my & reduction of the force in that city. U. J. end patente eipalase: melas with genuine | Barbour, appraiser at Portland, Me., bas also a Gold, Bver and ramelees, with, been suspended for the same purpose. Fa SPECTACLES, OPERA GLASSES” MIOBO- | Leander valentine, appraiser at Portland, PES and SHADES for the Eyes, &c. exs-tristy 1920 Founsylvania srense hw. A *=W THINGS WORTH KNOWING. ‘ow can Duy excellent Hair Brashes at 20 and 2c. Me., has resigned. Capt. H. C. Corbin, 2ith infantry, re- cently on duty at the Executive Mansion, having reported to the adjutant general for fastructions, in accordance with the diree- jabber Dressing Combs.( Goodyear.) 10.25 and Se. | tion of the President, has been ordere! to re- ine heasiest Mi Dressiag Comb made, st 8; | pair to Columbus barracks, Uhio, and report pabter back Trilet Mirrors, SOc. and $ lo tLe superintendent of the general recruit- lout Kustic Frames, wih mat ing service. we inoba feog fine pitts St : ¥ DAILY REPORT BUREAU OF EXGRAVING hen deep fine gilt. Towel and Hat Racks, sc. AND PRINTING.—Deliveries August 6, 1877: To the Comptroller of the Currency—Na- Uonal currency notes, $230,000. Loan Divi- sion—Four per ceut. coupon censols, $260,000; miscellaneous, $8 725. Total, $495,725. Hee hand at close of day's work, 116. i . beantit ———— end trimmed: reduced from $270 nud sto $1 aud Ex-CHIEF Justice Urron, of Oregon, 8.2; Gent's Brition Socks, 20¢ pair; the pret- § bottle Castor you was recently offered the position of second for $1; Lovely Sul, sow for 9; Lovely Sil, ver-plated Pickle Stand 1, with the controller of the Treasury, in the place of I do not offer lary -C.C. C A : 2 ether pice pop a BM Ld : vod acge Mr. C. C. Carpenter, the present second con. troller, who some time ago resignet, to take etfect on the Ist of October; and, although no formal aceeptance has reached the depart- ment, it is known that Judge Upton will ac- cept the position. NAVAL ORDERS.—Lieut. Commanier J. B. Coghlan from the Colorado and ordered to the Monongahela as executive. Lieut. W. C. Strong from duty at the Torp-do sta- tion and ordered to the Lackawanna, Norin Pacific station. Chap! E. K. Raw_oa from the Monongahela aud placed on wait- ing orders. Passed Assisiant Engineer J. W. Hollaban from special duty at Chester, Pa., and placed on waiting orders. THE New York Custom Hors¢ Commts- sIon. — Messrs. John Jay and Lawrence Turnure, of the New York custom house commission, are here to-day in consultation with Secretary Sherman relative to their third and final report on the management of the New York cusiom house, which will soon be promulgated. They alxo accompanied Secretary Sherman to the White House and had a conference with the President. PERSONAL.—Judge Robinson, Assistant Solicitor of the Treasury, is at Marblehead, Mass., having been called there by the Ill. ness of hisson. ----During the absence of discon! il off, tien a bet Cgpemeenecin pe goon Segre my onan an . sind caine them, it ts notrouble for us to bow and. yon rons. B. SILVERBERG, METROPOLITAN BAZAAR, dyD tths.tr 312 7th st., near Pa. LUMBER. OUR PRICE LIST. ANOTHER REDUCTION on WHITE PISE PICKS, Dresed. WHITE PINE SECONDS, Dressed. WHITE PISE SELECTS, Dressed. WE WILL MAKE the Second and Third Assistant Secretaries of State for their summer vacation Mr. Gao. E Baker, for many years connected with the department, is in temporary charge of a por- tion of thel Pore District mn & BEDUCTION OF 10 P CENT. ir duties. ---- Commis- to the city last even. absence with his family OB LOWEST MARKET PBICES. IMPROVEMENT IN THE REAL ESTATE MAEKET.— We notice in the New York Her- aid of Saturday tat there is quite an activi- ty in the purchase of real estate in that city, Which is oue of the best indications of a re- vival of trade and the restoration of business confidence. The recorded daily transfers of Property in Washington is on the increase, which indicates a better state of aftairs. We notice in the recent transfers that Attorney General Devens bas purchased the resideace on corner of ITth and De Sales streets north- west; also. that Judge Aldis, of the Southern Claims Commission, bas purchased three valuable lots on the corner of Ivth sireet and Rhode Island avenue northwest. WE SELL Per Thousand JOISTS, STUDS. (mediam lengths)............... 915 OULLS, 12 tn. Stock, (best quality hme BO VIBGINIA PINE FLOOBING......... 0. BO WILLET & LIBBEY, Gorner Sixth street and New York avenue, ier Opposite Northern Liberty Market. MchENAMIN @co., Corner First street cast and Penn. avenue, THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS having re- ceived the returns from all the customs dis- triets of the United States, furnishes the fol- Have on hand the largest aud best selection of lowing siatement of the exports and imports MABELE and GRANITE MONUMENTS, HEAD during the fiseal year ended ey 30, - os pecie . ever offered for sale south of New York. jy7l-3m* Exports of merchandise 862,474, 58) F. 5 WARS, Aue Dairy Depot, | tmporis.... 451,307 * Wholesale Deak — TS exh office and Dew Excess of ¢: over imports. .8151, 107,032 In the previous fiscal year the excess of EY MILE AND CREAM. Office and De B stret wi, Wamiuxton, D. 0. FREOH PETER, SO couis, charnel every day atGa- am exports over imports was 879,613,181. ALDEENEY BUTTE cents a Tn the last fiseal year the exports of coin ‘and Cream delivered at any hour desired. j19-lm | @°¢ bullion amounted to #56,163,237, and the 7 Cox imports to $40,774,414. "3 INDIAN VEGETABLE DECOCTIOM) SOBOFCLA, EBYSIP MORE ABOUT Moorg’s CHARGES.—With reference to Ex-special Treasury Agent Moore’s charge against Gen. Boynton, the latter_telegray upder date of yesterday, from Rye ficach: «Shosre’s story is false. [ bever spproached him directly or indireet- ly; 1 never knew Sturtevant had any paper3 concerning Moore.” Mr. Stertevant, whom Moore rather broadly insinuated did steal the papers, says he never saw them. fused, to approve in bis official parity, 8 Bi x Brot ac BOMWELL, & GW CROP! ETERG ENT. pa eis the aoe on of str mand ie out 0: ofa morn paper, in ned ty INQUIRE ABOUT IT the Columbe. Of webieh Moore's card icas BECKER'S printed, because said bill was in his opinion reat or “ | larnesa, No Back DOWN IN THE MEXICAN POLI- HB Conves Cover. —_}|Goid, Nickel or Robber | cy_A Washington dispatch to a New York BF Above Specialties are Extraordinary Barsains. | P4Per states that this government has with- TRUNKS BAGS and GATCHELS the settlome nt oF the dis {arbanges slug the ne settlement sturbances the ‘Franks called for. Re, ‘and Covered ai greatly Elo Grande, by modic 1m the orders to Gen. ’ ©: can ma- 4417 Penn. Avenue. (37 9)__Above Willards. | fy cing ex me tiene across the Mio Grande. Oo Nt stated authoritatively that no such nodifieation has been made or even con- templated. The orders as they were origin- «ily sent to Gen. Ord are still in force, and w'!l Le carried ont both in the splritand letter 4 occasion may require. The Secretary of Sta e remarked to your correspondent before leaving the city that the policy hitherto par- 0 tn regard to the Mexican question ne nid be vigorously carried ont, and the efile tolal {Lat no chan, well kno ived | for troors. Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 7, 1877. “Bine Jeans” and the Strikers. There is a good story told here by an In- dianapolis gentleman about the recent strike, which if trae, goes to show that “Blue Jeans” Williams is not of that class of statesmen who forget their poor relations when fortune siniles. The story goes that when the strike reached Indiana Uncle Jim my’s son-in-law, who ts engaged in the very honest calling of dr ver, had le‘t Indianapo- lis for St. Louis with # ‘rain of cattle, and that he was hau'ed up by indignant railroad hands a few miles outside of the former city. Becoming alarmed con: ecning the safety of his freight. the sou-in law made his way to Indianapolis and apprised “Uncle Jimmy” of the situation, whereupon “Blue Jeans’ gave him a document reading somewhat like this: ‘Execu'ive Office, State of Tntiana, INDIANAPOLIS, July 23, 157-5 To whom it may eoncern:—The bearer of this letter is my sc vin law. [hope strikers will allow him to t-apsport his catule to St. Louis in safety. Db. WILLIAMS, Governor. Armed with th's ‘open sesame,” Ue son- in-luw reirac:d bis steps to where the train had been bx|ted. and exhibited it to the ring- leaders of the strikers, who were topping he trains. Its effect was magical, and the train was allowed to proceed to its destination without furcher molestation. When, a day or two afterwards, the strike in Indiana as- sumed graver proportions, “Unele Jimmy” as besieged by his friends to interpose the strong arm of the state to pat it dows Was urged to call out the militia of th He finally found that the pressure upo him | to do something could not be resisted, and he vuld be forecd to act He was under obli- gaiions somewhat to the strikers for allow- ing bis son-in-law to have the right of way, and he apprehended that if he used the stale militia against them. such action on his part would hardly be the fair thing, after the re- Spect which had been shown his authority. He proved equal to the emergency, however, and. without reciting that domesile violence existed in the state, he sent to the President His informal applicatioa found its way lo the waste basket, but meanwhile the troubles subsided. So nele Jimmy's” Strategy and good luck gave him the op- yortunity to keep on good terms with the strikers, and at the same time to get a repu- tation for wise and prudent management of the tron! 118 is &boat as much as Uncle Jimmy's” most ardent constituents could have demanded of him. THE TuTTON INVESTIGATION.—The spe- ¢lal committee appointed to investigate the action of Collector Tutton, of Philadelphia, in removing the inspector at Chester, Pa. after Secretary Sherman had telegraphed Totton not to makesuch change, havehanded in their report. It sets forth that Tatton had not received Secretary Sherman's dispatch when he made the beget and thinks he showed no intentional disrespect. Of the change itself the report says It was not war- ranted, as there is no proof that the old in- — tor at Chester was not doing his whoie uty. GOVERNMENT'S SUIT AGAINS®E M& The civil sult for damages was filed yesterday #fiernoon in the U.S. circu't court at St. Loujs by the U. 8. goverament against Wm. McGee. Theaction embraces 1,655 counts, for $1400 each, aggregating £2,314.200. These counts areallalike in form, except that the name of a different distiller is inserted in each, charging with unlawfal removal of distilled spirits, and also charg- ing the defendant with aiding and abetting in the removal of said spirits, which ac: rendered him lable to the above penalty of £1,100. Assistant District Attoraey Denison fays it Is rot expected that Juigmonts will be obtained on all the counts, but it ts ex- pec that about halfa million dollars will recovered. This suit will probably re open the whole proceedings of the whiskey Ting from 171; a8 each removal of spirits wilt have to be proved separately before jadgment can be secured, and this wil! prob- ably bring all the witnesses in the wilskey trials back to the stand. Who 18 To Pay THE Riot BULLs?—Ata meeting of the Mar time Exchang >, neld to Philadelphia, yesterday. a resointion rela tive to losses and damage resulting from th> late riots was adop'ed as follows: “Tana: a committee of seven members be appoin'ed to urge united action among the me.abers of this and other exchanges in the prosecution of their c'aims, toconsult with legal auth ri- ties for the pose of ascertaining oa whom the onns of said losses and damages prop- erly falls, and to decide as to the best methe1 of preparing, presenting and collecting claims, woen the responsibility shall have been determined.” ANOTHER INSURANCE CoMPANY GONE Uvr.—Secretary of State Kelsey yesterday Made application to Viee Chancellor Van Vitet, of New Jersey. for an injanction to p.event the Ciiizens’ Fire Iasurance Com- pany of Newark from doing further basi- ress. The vice chancelior granted the app!t eatios, and order-d the company to show cause, on the 10th instant,why the injunction should not be made permanent. The appll- cation is based oa the insafliciency of the assets of the apes, which is said to have recently suffered heavy loses by fire, and baving, it is alleged, taken imprudent risks. DISPATCHES FROM THE CITY OF MExiC> to the Sist ultimo are received. They are generally favorable to the tuccess of the Diaz government, though a bad feeling is said to prevail among the people of Sovora, and a revolution there 1s regarded as nearly cer- tain. Jn the capital Diaz is said to be using great eflorts to win the favor of foreign pow- ers §particularly that of the United States, being apparently ready “to agree with plea- sure to everything” they propose. Tue tone of the newspapers has greatly changed. and those lately opposed to nim are now defend- ing his administration. THF ELECTION in KENTUCKY —Anelec- tioa took place in Kentucky yesterday for meinbers of the legislature and county offi cers. There was no excitement, although the legislature is to elect a United S:ates Senator to succeed Mr. McCrary. The result in Lexington shows a demoératic gain of 1,700 voles over that of 1875. Partial returns and reported msjorities Indicate that the democrats have carried Fayette county by 140 majority. The workingmen of L>uis- ville elected five of the seven candidate; for the legislature over the regular democratic Dominees. BaD FOR THE Bae ata te the burning of the Morton House stables, fudiao Harbor, Coun., a fashionable summer re- sort, yesterday, many of the guests lost thele turnouts, which were both elegant and cost- ly. The equipages embraced 35 horses and @ large number of carriages of various de- seriptions, the aggregate value of which wes nearly $40,000. Most of the losers were New Yorkers. ————EE THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY.—The con- tennial of the battle of Oriskany was cele- brated on the battlefield in Central New York yettenda . A great multitude of people were jn attendance, the procession being a mile &nda balf in length. Ex-Governor Sey- moor and other prominent and distinzuishod citizens delivered addresses, and letters were ad from President Hayes, Vice President Wheeler, Secretary Evarts and others. MAJOR ER, Who assaulted Jay oe ay pyre | defence: Ne Aomed ‘unde! en plunder meas ne others. He has lied to me and deceived me, ‘as he has lied to and deceived every one else with whom he hss ever had transactions. He bas double-banked Keene, Sage and others; and bis latest attempt to turu traitor to me aud serve me likewise, led to this affa'r,”’ AT THE SARATOGA RACES yesterday the Winners were Pique, three-quarters of a mile for maiden two-year olds, time 1:17 4; the Fourth, han heap hens race, one mile and five eightbs, time 2:65; Pill Bass, mile dash for three-year olds, time 7:454; Fugitive, a on race of one mile and an eighth, tims TRE Fquaws at Austin, Nev the infection of the recent str! thelr prices fora teTents. Th peaceably. HyYPRoPHUBIA.—A a i ere son of Mr. De f Centerfieid, Oldham co., was pene ge he 4 @ rabid dog abont ten <8 ego, and extreme agony and suftering imst week. > CoLLEctor FREELAND, of Brooklyn, will Investigation ‘next P detending fire at Ind Harbor, Morton house stabhes and the ae catchin, ike, raise: ashing from 50 cla. ‘Were acceded to 5 ON THE RIO GRANDE Successful Invasion im Pursait of ) the i 5 6&-On morn of the 4h, Lieut. Bulle cromed over inte Mexico and captured at a rancho, three miles from the river, five American borses, some cf whieb bad been stolen on the last raid. He f0t back safe with them uv Valdes’ Force Broken Lenlistas unter Veider at Fazle Pass os been zie ve nentirely broken up. The rangers made a large onenber ‘of arrests, and tho not arrested fod on Saturday. Col. Schofield, U. 8. army, with aboat 2 soldiers, acting under insiructions from U. 8. Marshal Pernell, for the western district | Of Texas, captured 42 flilbusters, half of | whom are Americans. Valdez himself bas TWO CENTS. | fed. There is consequently great rejoicing AFFAIRS IN K LAS. LaRNED, Kansas, July 25th, 1877. Editor of the Star:— Half a decade ago, Lam Inelined wo think, toaday, I was at Pawoee Rock, the station to theeast of this, and some | ten miles away, and { wrote to THE STAR relating the incideats of the trip. Then, there was nota statiop-house or structure of avy kind tomark the route’s en, save the train leamedown on, and the empty train that came down the previous day. Nor was there within the visual angle ou the wide ex- lending prairie even the vestige of a humaa habitation. I expected to remain over night. but the inn accommodations (the train load- ed with railroad ties and rails) and its guests, (throe creatures, whose appearance I did not hee as indicative of true rufians of the border,) I did pot like, so 1 started to re- turn in about halfan bour after arrival. At that time the Texas caitle drovers, win their herds ai Newton. came to the outer borders ofcivilizat‘op, (and @ miserable, quasi, or balf Pacdelent etvilizauon tt was loo,) aa° told their her's to herdsmen In Kastern Kati sas,orto tue eastern dealers In stock, and there icitered about — the patrons of the bai nios of the place. At a dance in one of those Viledens ou» night. just before I passed, f men were killed. About the same time, in @ like reort, at Wichita, I am told, fourteen men were rolled out from a low dance house on one morning. WONDERFUL CHANGES IN KANSAS. But since that time in the country—regaid- ing its agric tural possib:lities—as well ws in the mora’ condition of the towns. a won- derful change has taken place. Now happy homesteads dot the prairies along the route to this point, surrouudcd with protuctive fields and orebards, and most of the comforts of civilized life. It was Kossuth, in that wonderful speech-making toar of the eoun- ‘y, who said tat te locomotive was the great civilizer of the worid. It bas, it seems to me, trebled the nambers of the innabitants in both the towns and the country of tuis noble young state in thts lapse of time, and established a greatly improved soc ethical condition, with its restraining, ele- vating and refining influences. Henee the Newton aud W some iutluences to the Newton and Witchita of hve years ago. Their late vicious charac- ters have gone out on the border. The loco. Bat, wailst I ment has taken place in Kansas, I see room for still other and greater change and im provement, so mach vaeant land is there. I entered the state at Atchison, tae extreme Lortbeastern coraer, and by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad my cou bas been rather diagonally througt it, a here 1am Well on towards the southwestern corner. THE VACANT LANDS b gin soon a‘er leaving Atchison, and be- tween there and Topeka, fifty miles, there are thousands of acres of thess non-resident junds. And so it is all the way down here, fine settlements and vaca t districts alter- nate. The Sac & Fox reservation is about 1ss miles wide by 27% nmres long. It in- cludes Osage City. A large portion of this reservation is owned by non-residents. It is a very handsome body of land, of very ex- cellent quality. Thea, af Hutebinson, I think it is, the railroad lands commence. There 1s land enough yet !n Kansas for sale, aud pow fs the time to buy it, and the state needs to have it occupied and improved. The price and terms are such that the t = obtain enough to make home enjoyable for life. So far as I bave seen, the physical configa- ration of Kansas is the handsomest of all the prairie ttates. Buta small portion, so far as have s+ en Of the siaie, needs artificial aids to dratiage. Nature seems to have done this work in ber owa way, and well. [n the eastern part of the state, corn and the o.her grains seem to do equally well, whilst tae western part is excelleut for wheat, oats, &e., and natural grazing of excellent quality is abundaut. prov det for. tas The sportsman is alao amply Plovers, curlew, kill deers, rairie hens, ravbits and hares are In the northern part o. the state anielopes and buffalo are still tol 3 found. ne climate throughout the state seems to althtul, in the Western part, it esps¢ al- y teem to be of exceeding salubrity; asth- ma di-appears there, and consumption docs appear to originate there; the air is pure gerat ing. laboring men of the east and all over ry Who are now engaged in. these vi.Jainous strikes had quieily and volunta- rily left an uuremunerative employment to fi.d their way to these Kansas lands, and bovebtor located homesteads, aud gone to work, they would have worked out the only trae solotion of the lavor question that can be. 10 Wil found their own employment on such conditions asenadlet eacn La verer to centro] his own time and himself, and sure Iam that then they would have saved them- selves the everlasting reproach of compr>- hending no other remedy for their bafta, than a resort to brute force and the co mmis- sion of all the crimes known to the cata- logue of crimes. The capitalist of theday is the lineal descendant of him who would bave bis pound of flesh, but that does not Justify any resort to the darkest srsegpoet P as ameans of relief or redress. Tne strikes should be put down with an iron hand. The laborer can get on possibly without the ald of Shy'ocks. I detest politics truly, and I do not discuss them. Iam ——— in cousidering the hus- n's affeirs, a rural economy, away from where a presidential policy perplexss the people. i lave traveled twice between the east and the west this season, and I heard people talk quietly, and I have find Where *iat r Ney is_ indorsed mass of the republ ‘cans. ei to y the They say, in sub- stanee, it is condemned by the experiences ef maakind for the whole historle period of the world. I have seen some sunsets on the prairies whose gorgeousness surpa%ses any I ever saw and which defy graphic presentation. An elevated positic i on some of the.e “‘tree- less plains” will present the circle of the horizon very distant. The sun will descend a cloudless firmanecnt, seemingly into the earth,a@s it seems iodescend into the sea, leaving the sky decked with a rich, match- less coloring that disappears as the twilight fades out into the deeper shades oF ee nay JintEeD Rock SUES FOR DAMAGES.—A rather novel breach of promises suit has just been begun before the superior court’ for Windbam county. David L. Rock, a starty ‘oung man of Wauregan, two years azo gan to pay bis addresses to a bright, black baired, black eyed girl by the name o: Agnes Gr even. The swain bought little presents and paid his sweetheat the most undivided attention, but Agnes didn’t think enough of David to become bis er for life, and plainly told him so. vid didn’t like the “mitten” @ bit, but watched e oppo! tuuity to enjoy the company of Agnes. About three months ago John La Rose *p- peared on the scene, aud his attentions Agnes were reciprocated and after a short courtship they were married. After the knot was tied, all the chances of David Rock were gone, and he now brings asuit fer #2 dama- es Against the gtrl and her husband.—| New faven Palladium. NEw Rosstan Torrepo Boats.—The Berlin correspondent of the London Times ‘Telegraphs: “On the 23d of June two new torpedo boats constructed at Mr. Bird’s wharfon the Neva, were from St. Petersburg to the seat of war. These boats—| the Russian navy desigaed for the discharge of fish-torpedoes—are 65 feet long, led with engines of 10 horse wer, ud capable of making 10 knots an Tr. Their to are 18 feet long, 72 and filled with dynamite or pyrosiine. Of these boats has a crew of 10 men, with two officers. They are com manded respectively by Lieuts. Bergmann and Phitosopb. Besides these boats, the Russians have 38 ordinary torpedo boats at the seat of war.” THREE MFN MURDERED.—A dispatch from Columbus, Miss., that 3 }oung white men, named Farmer, tick, and Storay, were murdered on Satur at Pickensville, Ala.,by John Cottoa a.d several other colored men. Much ex- citemeni prevails and ft trou! 6 . . 2 ai further ible is ap: A TERRIFIC wind and rain storm passed over il Binffs yesterday. At the Deaf erBay and Dumb Institution. three miles southeast aay new wing is in of tne town, where of comptetion, thi nm Of thi stories leveled aud ae leve a oS Oe Sa SE CNS The Labor Question in Politics TWO FUBLIC MEETINGS OF BALTIMORE WORKIRGMEN. Labor meetings were held in Baltimore last night, one at the Maryland Insticate and another at Rechabite Hali. The meeting at the Maryland Institute was a very large one. and orderly and weil bebaved, in so far as tbat vo outward disturbance was created and no arrests were needed tobe made. Tae tone Of many of the addresses, however, was of A DECIDEDLY RADICAL CHARACTER. The theory that @ gove nment ought to op- erate all public indus'ries and furnish em- ployment for its poor was dwelt upon, while (ie recent destruction of property in Pitts- burg and other large cities met with appro- vel, as being the natural result of poverty, reduced wages and want of employment. No organization of the proposed new party hav- ing yet been effected, the meeting partook more of the nature of one of sympathy than as ccming to any determination oa the fu‘ure course to be pursued. It was, how- ever, intimated that as soon lans could be watur d, a ticke! would be placed in the and caudidates for the various offices gilt of the pcople weuld be pat in nom ination. The meeting at Rechabite Hall, al thongh not ’p pointof numbers so large as the other heid at the Institute, went A STEP FURTHER. The platform, which was laid down ani uranimously adopted, embraces a veri: subjects, ranging from city improver arbitration, an eight hour law, con nd contract labor up to the contraction of the currescy, the suppression of bank issues aad the payment of all government bonds at their matvrity. The various city wards were instruct 1 to organize and to send each five delegates to a city conveution, to be b the 2th Instant, for the purpose of non ling candidates for muuicipal offices. specches which were mad tame character as those + ered at the twin meeting. & ings were exchanged be: Les. field, tp Ub partook of the ch were deliv- i fraternal greet- en the two par- Russia Defeated, but not Dismayed RETRIEVING THE PLEVNA DISASTAK. Telegrams trom Sistova report that the Turks have show: > linposition to since the battles pre Plevu an the orders to the defeated Russian genera to fall buck to the Osma river have beea countermanded, and they have resumed the positions occupied by them before their dis astrous advance. They have entrenched themselves, and are now able to succesfully Tesistany aliempt which may be made by Osman Pasha upon their works. Further advices from Asia Minor announce that the Russians, after being reinforced, have re- crossed the frontier, have taken up @ strong ition, and are now Ubi ng the _ lank and center of the Ottoman army. Tne Austrian ambassador at Constantinople, ac- the whole world, and “if Rassta only de- marded autonomy for Bulgaria under Christian governors the Porte would agree to make peace.” Bu. the Vienna corres- pondent of the Jimes says that whatever Inay bethe truth of this, utterly dixsb Nevc 3 that Rusaia will consent to peace un- Ul she bas gained some signal succes-. THE RUSSIAN LOSS AT PLEVNA. An official dispatch published in S°. Pe- tersburg admits the loss of upwards of 5,00) men at Plevna, including one colon-1! killed and a major geueral and two colonels wounded. The dispatch also admits that Gen. Gourko has been obliged to retreat to the Balkan before the advance of Su leiman Pa-ba,wbo had driven the Balgarian militia ou Exki Saghra. PLTER COOPER TO THE PRESIDENT.—Mr. Peter Cooper, of New York, has addresse i to the President an open letter, in which, after alluding to the recent strikes, he describes at considerable length the causes which pro- duced them, declaring that the financial pol: icy of the pastiweive years has led the cou. try fiom prosp rity w sivyersity. Mr. Cooper finds the only remedy in “retrac i our ge a4 and he suggests that ths gov ern- teent should take the following steps: Fist. Give immediate relief to unemployed la>ur, either Feces definite meth ds of help given to settlers of unoccupied lands in the west, or by great and obvious public improve Ments, which are seen to be necessary (> the prosperity and safety of the country—such a8 @ northwestern and southwestern rail road. Becond. Restore the silver colnage as alezal tender. Third. Adopt a permanent Folicy of public finance, that sball hereafter control the volame and the value of the national ———— in the Interest of the whole people, and not ofa class. Fourth. Promo e and instruct industry all over the land, by founding, under national, state and mu rici- pal encouragement, industrial schools of every Kind that can advance skill ip labor Fifth. a tariff upon all im portations of which the coun'ry has the raw material in abundance and the labor ready to be employed in the product‘oa. S.xth. provide a civil service as well organizedand Br: Cooper anys to President Hayes, Oy way ir. Ce says ident Hayes, by way of preface to these views. om your past patriotic life and action, and from your pre:ent wise and conciliatiug conduct in the political affairs of this country, we have every reason to hope @ new and straight Path of relief will be found for the manifest evils under which the country is laboring.” THE LAnoR STRIkEs.—There is almost a complete absence of news from the recent Strike points, which is evidence that the troubles are about over, for the jent, At least. :*--The president of the ee and Ohio Canal Com; had a conference with Gov. Carroll, o! ‘aryland, yesterday with reference to the cana! blockade. It was considered that the services of the military were not yet needed, and that the pose cumi- (atus would be sufficient to raise the em- bargo. Even were the canal clear, however, nO business coald be trausacted so iong as the present disputes continue in the raining districts. ‘Un the Baltimore and Ob railroad trains are movi: capacity of the compan, and transport the fre! presented for ship- ment. --*-in the coal tons of Pennsy!- vania the t.s0ps are still on duty. Trains are running, but the miners show Litile iv- clination for retarniag to work A slight rapidly, and tae Is taxed to receive speck of trouble was discernible at Port J » N. J., yesterday, caused by the arrival of a number of from taliaus who had New York tw supply the laborers at the docks. Th- prompuy, howev.r, and last night everything was quiet. Svicipe Twenty Years AFTER Hrs Figst ATTEMPT WAS DEFEATED.—About twenty years - Gerard Harbes, a resident of Manetto Hill, L I., was falsely accused and im ned jal: prisot in the Quenas count; Vinge of ‘Rui’ ras Edge, for Thomas A\ Daricg bis im to commit suicide b; ‘jain crime a Scotehman named was afierwards ha ged. ment Farbes attempted hanging himself ia his own page hey mo Downing, then s' of the neon mined. to do then he is son found him im acorn crib. Hi kept farm of forty hanging from a the owner of a well the fear of going to ail cause on im to co:m- bait enlenden LX. ld, ipa ment on the Rio Grande. Captain Nolan's Party. No news bas been received of the party that went out from Concho iu search of Capt Nolan and his men, lost on the Staked Plains; but there is reason to hope they may turn up yet all rig Telegrams to The Star. the river. This winds ap the Laredo mare: GREAT FOREST FIRES. A Town Burned Up. the counetl instructed the fi commit- tee to institate criminal proceed! ags against him for embezzlement. ——— Arrest of a Wholesale Forger COWAN, TENN., Aug: —John W. 8. Rob- erton alias Capt. G. Robertson, who is Several Lives Lost. THE EASTERN WAR. —= > — panes og with wine, six yaere ago, —_ i ; : " ries “tn, Iowa to tive aneount oi British Neutrality Explained, | Sim's, "was “arrested were tast might, aod Will be taken to Dewitt. lowa, for trial. etn. so Bowes vor , General Grants te THE GREENBACK PARTY. Lonvon, August 7.—Ex President Grant bas ed at Varese. There was a grand SR in d display of fireworks in lis houor THE EASTERN CONFLICT British Neutrality Loxpox, August 7 4 meg te Vey _ aaa + oa demoastration at Hatileld yesterday = “ . Salisbury, ina speech made the following | prt ti bid to day. Guger dail « reference to the goverament’s foreiga policy 7 rs ‘4 “We earnestly deprecated this war. We are the allies and friends of both contending parties. Wedesire our neutrality not only to be neutrality of act, but of spesch. But I will ask you to believe that while we are thoroughly convinced that the patriotism of Eoglshmen, tf we need appeal to it, Isequal to any emergency, and wiil shrink before no riflee Which the interests or honor of the country ma. » feel in all its in. tensity that horror nes and calami lies of War, which country has always been honorably gui-hed for entertain ing. Le.us es nope, the two objects being as We Sincerely believe in no way «i- vergent, tha shall be able to conduc tis country through a}! difficulties, without trenching in the faintest degree on its inter- 61e62, west Sept: mites Rye dull ue dail, rm ramen Hay dalt boavy an id th w i. 3.800, beet, a0 Shipmoate—W heat, 4640 ust 7—Btecke o |. aud Exchang ermments fraction New ¥ » Augret Flour dull acd heavy. Wheat dull end a shade lower, orm gait aud y Loxpox, Angust 7, 3: p. m—U. 8. ae’, 106%. Eric railway, proferred «toch. 's diltoole Qontral, ‘The bt of bullion withrawn from the Bank Engiand on to-day i 4.900 pounds muscle, % 5 36 for b th money and the eccount. esaid that he trusted when the moment ofsettlement comes we shall all bear tn mind that it ts the great- est interest of Engiand that every country in the world should be prosperous, and that if any country runs the risk of being humilia- ted, we shoul try to prevent the humilia. tion. whether it should be the assailant or the assailed. and*I hope also,” he said, “that we shall avoid the fault which, in my opin- jon, has been the great fault of Eu 2 powersin the past, of interfering on behalf only of our co-religionists, instead of asking the Turk to secure good government to ali TWO HOURS THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES. A telegraph to the Chicago imes from Salt Lake City, July Si,says: Woen Dr, C. - Winslow's remains were placed in the cremation furnace this afternoon at 6.20, the the bod 26 H the people of his vast empire, whether they Thor Julp and t P y hed becom imed be Druses, Yesidees, Mahomedans or Chris- | and the and bowels taken out, The avs.” Multitude were permitted to view the face as “he body lay in a plain eoffin with flowers around the coffia iately after which the door « whieh had « Th ooks Like “Armed Neutrality ” Lo! ae Aug. ge the head of ae tary intelligence, the Times publishes the following: “The Royal Victoria Vietuailing yard at Deptford is still busy replenishing the stores, which have latsly been heavi drawn upon in order to prevision the garri- sons at Gibraltar and Malta, in each of which there is now accumulated food suffi- cient for the maintenance of a largearmy for twelve months. »ody quickly pushed in oa door closed and the fire- an iron plate, the Rassianson tions. A Bucharest dispatch to the Tunes says there is some want of provisions amonz the troops between Sistova and Tionava on ac- count of the difficulty in procaring ons to transport supplies bey: e depots along the Houmanian side of the river. Gen. Gourkho = Across the Bal- ans. NEw York, Aug. A Times special says: Another baitie has fought south of the Balkans, by which Suleiman Pasha has re- captured Kassanlik, at the southern mouth of the Schipka Pass, with all its guns and material, driving Gen. Gourkbo pell meil ns. ton opencd the door of the » only one or two of bone could be seen, they crumbied under the weight of the ashes. At ©55the process was pronounced complete and successful by Drs. Hamilton ard Smart. The tires were canons Be ng removed. Before the boly was placed in the retort short * bes were made by Dr. across Lbe mountal! Hamilton cad theme M M. Booe aad = eee mart, surgeon at Camp Douglass. . SWEEPING FOREST FIRES. Smart gavea history of the ecience of ere. by GREEN Bay, Wis., August 6.—For many weeks past this section and the outlying country has been subject: 1 to severe drouth, which has caused much apprehension in the minds of residents, as forest and prairie fires have prevaiied almost incessanuly. These con flagrations, which have destroyed a great dea} of valuable Umber, reached their height yesterday in a whirlwind of fame a few m les east of this place. The result is the town: hip of Eaton, which ts thickly settled mation, and spoke of the system of barial as injurious to public health, saying that the Practice of cremation would increase with civilization and th of population. No prayer was said, nor were any religious words uttered. This was in aceordance with the injunctions of the deceased doctor. Tac fumes from the farnace were unpleasantly ye at a distance from the scene. ie cremation was successful being the shortest time on record, 2 hours and 35 mi utes. The weight of the ashes, which con- tained a few calcined fragments of bone,was Towns and Vi Fu 5 Conary recall — y | 4 pounds 11% ounces. t jestructive element wi congumed all its houses, outbuildings, fence; | A TELEGRAPH OremaTOR'’s TREASON.— and timber. In the vicinity of Woodraf | On Saturday Omicer son went to West Mills during the past two weeks the forests | field and arrested W. W. Long, @ telegraph have been burning with great severity, '. upon evidence he was the one threatening the adjoining settlements. On | Who informed the meb at Buffalo that the Satorday night last @ small hurricane u: estfield soldiers were . Hedid not on james with lightning-like rapidity, | use the railroad wires, but sent by tne A. and and the brands from the fiery stretches were | P. line the d' telling what bour they sown broadcast by the sweeping winds. | left, so that the mob were fully informed When Sunday morning came was no | and ready and waiting for them. The Wesi- abatement of the flames, but the wind had, | field boys were very auxious to know how however, moderated down comewhat. It | the news got ahead of them, and were looking was then thought that the worst was over, | forthe man, but had not yet found out who and nearly in if not quite all the farmers in | did it. Officer Mattison made the arrest very the town: left their homes to pursue their | quietly, and got his prisoner out of town avocation in the fields, leaving, as was it was discovered what he was af patural, their wives and families ai home. | rested for. His treason was the whole cause RENEWED TEREORS. of the a: 8 fight which the boys had in The flames sprang ep again, however, and going into Buffalo.—j Dunkirk Journal. e women were taro to and : their utmost to fight off the unwelcome vis- | | LUCCA SUED FoR DaMaGEs —The itor, which was then upon them in all its | Put —y- | Wey, curious of Pauline fury. But no matier how vigorously they cca, tenor Sonntheller, who, ia labored, their eforts were unavailing. The | }*8, when she was neither kaown nor rich, fire fiend battled them at every point which they attempted to guard. Driven from one Point to another, they were compelled to seek new places of safety, with their chil- dren, as the flames swept onward, licking up everything in their course. THE VILLAGE BLOTTED OvT. ‘Where in the morning there was a thriving town, before many hours had passed there were no more than three houses left standin; to mark the village site. Nothing was sav So far as to household possessions, the wo- men aud children barely escaping with their lives and the clothes ihey wore. In mary instances these were so burned and torn as to be of comparatively little service in the matier of protection. One of the citizens of the destroyed town, @ man named Henry Seifert, came to Green Bay to-day. Thee was, be says, a ploughed field near his resi- dence, and there, while the flames were ac- <omplishing their fell work yesterday, fully thirty families con; wo, the ravages of tie flerce had to relate that everything earth had been swept away, homeless and penniless. LIVES Lost. very circumstantially that two entire families were destroyed iz, the fire and three others are missing. Nothing bas been heard as to their whereabouts, ani it 4s feared that they, too, have been ¢n- sumed. There wax # settlement of seven- known as Benjamin's, lent her a diamond of grea value, which ebe Wore when she performed in ‘‘Semiramide, but forgot to retura tohim. Sonntheller was then rich, and thought but Little of the jewel. He, however, afterward asked La obliged to take legal pro ceedings against the fair borrower, who as she could not prove the robbery alleged in Not ane but they had on and they left the ex- and sheep, lie scattered, tent of the others’ injaries is not’known. The the affair originated in ween horrors of the desolate parties lattdeac = ® dispute bet he THE GREENBACK PARTY. Tae Rrepox VERS’ STRIKE.—The A Convantinn Oniaes = Sew — eS Tobon woavery have rena ined work was issued yesterday to the state central son, N. J., on the new scale of prices, which gom mM itiee and all active men of the state of in neariy five eatne as that of lak soar, Oe pe lie poe 0g platform of the cea ith the exception of Strange’s, are independent green! aangeel & the | expected to agree to the new scale. 1576, notifying them that e maoting of son: plaints of intimidation by them toward the ofthe state ot New York, will be held Bew ¥ = Pay oo 3, et, at : ; mio b Sve come Tney bell inecting Sunday Pi ——_o are “ringing dishonor upos a protsssioe in if f qi i fi i