The New York Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1877, Page 3

VARNA AND. RUSTCHUK. The Termini of the Bulgarian Rail- road Between the Black Sea and the Danube. DEFENCES OF VARNA Frowning Batteries and White Encamp- ments Guarding the Town. RUSTCHUK. AWAITING — BOMBARDMENT. A Conflict of Authority—A Consul Assaults "a Turkish Official, ‘A PROCLAMATION. ‘How the. Herald Correspondent Must Wait for His Buyuruldus. Varna, May 5, 1877, Having determined to cut short my stay at Varna 8nd to push on to the Danube I took an early oppor- « tuptty or riding around'the environs of the-fortress Jor tbe purpose of ascertaining by personal inspection ~ the Felative positions and importanéo of ‘the oleven + outlying forts and redoubis which crown the heights to the north of the town. From the valloy ana lake ‘ of Dovno on the west to the shoro of the Black Sea on the east, a semicircle of hills, forming a continuous + ridge, with am-average elevation of 1,000 feet, sweeps - Found the morthern outskirtsof Varna and forms an / admirable defensive position. « A YORMIDABLE LINE, Of course every avaiiablo and advantageous site has been strongly fortified, and, in’ accordance with the necessities of modern warfare, a complete belt of forts surround the town, which is completely commanded by the beighis. I had heard that guns of heavy calibre * destined for these forts were daily being drawn up to ‘the bills and mounted, and the fnvariable absence during the whole day of General Strecker, the com, ‘ mandant; ‘seemed to confirm the statement, But such is, the jealous care wita which tho detensive preparations of tho furks are conducted that I could ‘ nowhere come within éven the extreme shouting range of the parapets of the great earthworks, and all I could see of the gups was an occasional black muzzlo looking . Stimly porthward through its embrasure, Compared , With the bustling activity in tho town itself the long - Tidge of hills wore.au aspect of solitude and quiet. The . time 18 at hand, perhaps, when these pleasant breezy « helghgs will be encircled by a beit of -fire, and the , found, now verdant with its spring covering, be ; Strown. with tho corpses of men and shaken with the . Foar of a desperate conilict, o “¥O ADMITTANCE.” All my efforts and manmuvres to approach the forti- Acations wore futile, A yell from the sentry, accom- panied by. a gosturo and an unpleasant manner of banding bis Remington, caused me to reconsider my iptention of peepmg through an embrasure, Just at presont there is no biapk cartridge in Bulgaria. Descending, therefore, from the ridge 1 tried ~=omy tuck = among the various encempmaeojs situated on the levol platcau whiph jos, > servence -detween’ the beee of the fttts-xad thy old walls of the town. The white tents, scattered in groups over the green sward, jormed very pretty objects in the charming !andscape, and one little canvas town nestling in a hollow under the crest of the southern range of hills was visible far away across the bay. By assuming 1 nonchalant simplicity of demeauor I was able to ride slowly along the front of a’cavalry camp, although evon here a aismourted trooper waved a big sword and made me go straight op past the linos without turning round the corner, TURKISH SOLDIERS. But Icould see thatthe tents were pitched with mathematical precision, and that the horses, picketed in long hues, were wiry looking, serviceable animais, As for tho mon, they were, like ail the Turkish troops I Dave yet seen, the perfection of svldiery, and I can well understand that European ollicers should pro- nounce them tho best materia! in the world. As food for powder thoy are certainly unsurpassed. Each man is a bonne bouche. Strong, broad chested, round hmbed and moving with a free swinging galt in sheir simple and picturesque, costumes, the Turkish soldiers certainly have the appearance of meu with whom good generals could go anywhere and do any- thing. And their moralc 1s as excellent as their phymque, for they aro amenable to discipline, brave and fierce in battle, patient undor hardship. They will serve theircountry for weoks and months together without asking for pay and will march long distances with vory little sustenance. The officers have not the fino personal appearance of the men, and, although as aclass they are exceedingly painstaking and gallant, they have not had the opportunity of a thoroughly scientific military education such as is afforded by the schools of Western Europe. ‘TNE EGYPTIAN CONTINGENT, There is in Varna a Jarge contingent of Egyptian troops whom the Khedive asin auty bound has sent to Turkey to serve uader his suzerian Jord, tho Com- manver of the Faithful. The Egyptians as a body come nearer the European ideal of disciplined soldiers than the Turks, and tho training of tho drill-shed is more evident among them, as might be expected, con- sidering the Kbedive’s intelligent appreciation of the value of European and American officers, On my way back through the town I passed through the main tquare or market piace, and was at tracted by the sounds of a military vand. It was tuat of tne Egyptian contingent, and most extraor- dinary music it discoursed, Wholly in a minor key, like all Oriental music, the effect was that of a wild dirge, the Same phrase being repeated over and over | again until the first impression, which was strangely inspiriting, gave way to a feeling of weuriness and louging for a few bars in the major key to break the monotony, The crowa which surrounded tho mu- bicians seomed thoroaghly to appreciate the strange mediey of sounds, Grave old whits-bearded Turks wagged their beads in time, and little girls dunced about in a meusure as quocr as the music. Inthe next siroct I passed a fatigue party of fitty or more soldiers, draggiug 4 huge mortar up to the forte Moving siowly, euch with a hand on the ropes, the soldiers chabted a dirze precisely similar to that which their Egypuian allies were pertorming near by. BUGLING EXTRAORDINARY. ’ I noticed, too, that the very bugivrs had a tendency to sound their calls in a minor key, Immediately beneath the window of the Lote! whore | lodged was ove of the seaward bastions of the fortress, which mounted five guns, one of them a large Krupp Gun 4riil seomed to be going on almost all day in this bastion, but when the squads dispersel their chief ainusemont cocmod to be playing bugle calls. Six men, each with a baglo, whom I saw sitting on the parapot of tho bastion playing in an oxasperatingly plaintive mannor, wero all in precisely the same position and key when I returned two bours later, REFUGEES PROM RUSTCUCK, During my stay at Varna several families of ladios and children arrived by the railway trom Rustchuk; thoy were principally the families of omployds of the railway, whose permanent residence wis at Rustchuk, but who bad been rent away vy their husbands and Jathers to be out of danger, the Russians being mo. mentarily expected at Ginrgevo, on tho loft bank of the Danube, immediately opposite tho Bul. garian capital, 1 learned from these refugees that there was not now a single Buropean lady or child left in Rustebuk, All bad fled, some to the sea const so a8 to be within easy reach of $$ ‘ NEW Russiag invasion, belag not osly the principa! port of Northers Turkey and one of the termini of the rail- Toad which connects the Danube with the Black Sea, but also the key of the best and shortest road to Con- stantinople. a TRE REALITIES OF War. This ‘fight of women sod children, however, im- pressed mo more with the actuality of the state of war than the movements of troops. and the transport of erege artillery, and as it betokened the advance of the Russians to the Danube nd time was to be lost in push- 10G,0m S0 ag 9 BO as Dear as possible to.the boundary line, dome point of which will shortly ‘bo the sceno ot the passage of @ xreat army into the enemy’s country, Of news we got but littie at Varom, and 1n default ofnows we ail pored over maps and wi where tho passage would tuke place, one wise of Varna stoutly maintaining, in an after dinner argument, thas it would not take place at all, This oracular uttcrance was scarcely prouounced when a soldier entered the room aod banded the Goneral who bad been listening to the debate with stlont amusements @ document. It was an order for him to repair at once toShumia, Thin seemed to in- dicate that something Was going on in that direction, and, as I learned shortly afterward that the Com- mander-in-Chiet of the Turkish army bad gone to Rustebuk, and that from him alone could be obtained permission to accompany the hoadquarters of the army during the campaign, to Kustchuk I betook myself accordingly. THE HEBALD CORRESPONDENT REPAIRS TO RUST- CHUK AND FINDS THE TOWN IN A STATE OF PANIC—GRIM PREPARATIONS ON THE ROU- MANIAN SIDE. Restcucr, May 10, 1877, I had just commenced a letter, in which I proposed to give somo account of the line of the Danube and tho Probable measures of defence which would be adopted by the Turks, when the dragoman of the British Con- sulate knocked at the door of my room in the hotel and banded me an official document, which read as fol- lows:— xOTICK, To ALL Sunsxors oy Hex Buiraxsic Masgaty (AXD orieRrs) at Ri UK i=. The undersigned Bereby notifies to all Britikh eub- Jectain Rustchuk that, as tbe towns of Ultenitza and Tyrtukel aro eireeds exebanging svota, the military authorities here bave some reasun to expect a fire from the opposite side of the Danube, possibi: igs OE ag the raiiway station. Hor Majesty's Consul for the Villayet of the lnnube, A Krupp sbell itself, dropping on the tableof the diningroom, could hardly havo caused more excitement in the Hotol Islan-Hané than did this pa- per, The news tlow like wildiirc through the town, and swiftly attho hoels of the official notification came the rumors—soon confirmod--that the whole staff of tho Imperial Ottoman Bank was preparing for immediate departure, aad thut the railway employés wero aboat to movo their headquarters and their rolling stock to the next station, cleven miles away, Ina murvollously short space of timo there were twenty rooms to let at the hitherto inconveniently crowded hotel, and the unfortunate proprietor was reduced to the last stage of despair, AN EXCRLLENT TARGET. The Isiah-Hané stands ia @ commanding and in- viting position, elose tothe bank of the river and immediately opposite a long, evil looking battery on the Roumanian shore. This battery bas been au object of surpassing interest to the guests at the hotel for some days. Our most ab- sorbing occupation, bas been to gaze across tho broad stream at the long mound with the little notches in It, which bas aay by day assumed more symmetri- cal and portentuus proportions, A certain window of the hot@l (through which it is highly probable a shell will shortly enter and reduce the Islab-Hand to a wreck) bas been a favorite observatory, and at all “pours of the day it has bristled With the barrels of “ficld glasses and telescopes intently pointed at the Wal- lachian rodoubt, The view from the window ié a fine one, Imtneditely below tho hotel garden flows the Danube, its itmmehse expanse stretching to right and lett jar as tho eye can roach, and dotted hero and there by balf submerged islands, covered with osicrs and reeds, On the right, down the stream, and distant about three miles, isthe Roumanisn town of Giurgevor poe cdpolgs of ite gree "ohitch gilitéring in tho sun- ‘white and atfordtng'w thost-tempsing “target tow gun. ner, No doubt tho minarets of our mosques on this tide offer equally alluring marks to our Christian friends across the water, Mussulman mosques on one sido, the towors of the orthodox Church on tho other, between the two a fino open range of just the distance that an artilleryman delights to show his skill—what more coulé the heart of soldier desire? Although we are here at the extreme front, and as near the enemy as we possibly can Le until he crosses the river, when wo hope to become better acquainte the startling official notice of to-day has come upon us like o thief in the night—unawares. Wo nave had ample warning. ADVENTUROUS JOURNALISTS, Some days ago two journulists astonished us by ar- riving from Glurgevo by boat. Coming as they did from the enemy’s country they were, of course, sub- Jected to a stringent examination, and a slight dis- crepancy in the name of one of them as given in his Passport and displayed on his visiting card guve rise to much shaking of heads and rubbing of chins at the government house, These adventurous gentiomon r ported that 80,000 rations of bread, meat and wine had been ordered to be ready at Bucharest for the 7tb inst., and that the advance guard of a body of Russian troops was due at Giurgevo that evening THK RUSSIANS IN BIGHT. Abd sure enough next morning the watchers at the observatory window of the hotel wero rewarded by the sight of asquaaron ot cavalry, ‘There are the Cossacks atlast!’? wos the cry. But the horsemen, who bad ria- den forward to the bank of the river, were apparently Constantinople, others had taken the last opportunity, potore the closing of navigation on thé Danube, of go- ing by boat to Vienna, In Varna itself there docs not seem to be any such panic as yot, although it can scarcely 1nil (0 be one Of tho Objective pointe of the in acarlet uniforms, with brass helmets, and Jooked for all the world like a troop of English dragoons. Cos- sacks or not, there was ‘the enemy,” boldly surveying us, The game was about to begin. ‘AN INCIDENT, On the 8th yot anotber special correspondent put in his appearance, and be, to, had passed the Rubicon, He wus accompanied by two American missionaries, one of whom has been to Posth, and jeft thero, in safoty, bis wife and family, ho himself having returned to sbare with bis Bulgarian flock the dangers of a state | of war, Tho advent of this second boat loud gave rise to an incident which might have deen fraught with the gravest consequences, and which, for a while, gave us all something to think about besides the red troopers and “the battery.” The whole southern bank of the Danube, i is eaid, trom Widdin to the mouth of the river, is patrolled by Turkish sentrics, loan answer for somo miles in the neighborhood of Rustehuk, for have seen the sentinels posted at aot more than one buadred yaras apart on cither side of the town. It is the duty of these lookout men not to aliow any one to Jand; in fact, not to permit any buman being to come within range of ineir rites with- out knowing bis business, The boat containing tho party had gately arrived at the landing stage of Rust- chuk, but they were sternly torbidion to disombark, AS TRHOSTITABLE RECEPTION, Tho boat wag mado fast to a stuamer, and for two Mortal hvare the pnesengers were allowed to tase about In the river utnid tte joére of a large crowd whien had essoibled, Finaliy one of the missiouarics saw some one he know, and begged him to letch the British Consul, who, by the bye, is also the Consul for the United States. It appears that the Coisu!, who, it is said, had nothing about lis costume which would denote his official raok, atter having remonstrated with thy authoriées at the janding place for leav: the passengers in au open boat ipstend of taking tuem on shore under arrest, turned to yo to the Konak, or Pacha’s palace, to obtain tho necessary permission to tand, and was, unknown to himsolf, closely followed by the correspondent and miss‘onariog Snddeniy a Turkish officer ran forward, put up bis bends and barred the Consul’s way, ENERGETIC ACTION, ‘The Consul ts not the sort of man who likes to have his way barred and he gave the officer a push with both hands, which sont kim rocling backward. He then became aware that the “gentlemen from Roumania” had langed and were following lim, Ordering them to go at once to the cousulaty be proceeded to the palace and reported the case, The oflicer did itkewise, ro- ported the ‘*push” as a ‘coup da poignér,” and so tho matter stands, On the ono band It is asserted that the Consul violated the blockade, dofied the military a thorities apd struck an officer in disoburge of his duty; on the other hand, the Consul Jolt bimseil boulid to yo to the assistance of thore entiticd to his protectiva who had been il treated by the authorities at the river side, It js a question of conflict of aathority between tue miliary government of u province im a state of ‘war and the civil functionary of a forergn Stato residont | YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1877—TRIPLE SHEET. FROM VARNA TO. RUSTCHUK. THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE re tinople IN... Pir ne the subject and meantime judgment must be sus- pended. A DANGER AVERTED. One thing 1s certain, Had the officer orderea tho soldiers who wore near to arrest the Consul we might have sven at Rustchuk what happened at Salonika. Who can tell what would haye been the result of such an event? We had just began to calm down after the excitoment of this latest ‘Bulgarian atrocity,’ and the dragoons and battery bad recovered their popularity, when the ‘‘bombardment scare’ came upon us, We are atthis moment in the height of it. The dinner table was deserted this evening, and there was agen- cral disposition to gather in affectionate groups as far ‘as possible Irom the once favored window. “But thore are no guos In the battery yet, Colonel,” said a gentle- man who bad taken a keen interest in the progress of the earthwork, to a gallant colonel in the British army, who expects to follow the campaign with the Turks, “Yes thero are,"’ said the Colonel; “I’ve scen 'em.” Room No, —— was vacant shortly after, A RUS ON THE DANK. The first phase of the panic having in a mensuro subsided, the noxt stage has manifested itself, Thero ijsa@run onthe bank! The guthorities of the branch of the Banque Impériale Ottomane having anuounced that they would be offto Vienna to-morrow, with them will depart our last opportunity ot supplying ourselves with the wherewitnal to support existence in the in- terior of Turkey cut off from all Onancial conveniences. COMMUNICATIONS INTRRRUPTED, We are losing our rogular mail communication, our telegrams are half ot them politely returned, “arretd por ordre supériur,” the rest having undergone a keen consorstsip aro forwarded if military meseagos do not block the line, And bow the bank has gone, There obly remains ove thing—to be bombarded, ard bom- barded we shall be, 1 suppose, to-morrow. WOIDG IN GUSPENSE—TRE RUSSIAN BATTERIES AT GIVIGEVO SILENT—A PLACEYUL scENE UNDER THE WAR cLOUD's sHADOW--Pno- CLAIMING FRATERNAL LOVE THROUGHOUT BULGARIA. Restouvk, May 12, 1877, We have nat been bombarded as yet, aud our recent scare bas almost subsided. In fact, just at present wo are rather inclined to reseut the inactivity of that earthwork across the river, and aro now asking cach other in a jaunty sort of way why the enemy made the baviery it he doesn't ymtend to use it If his object was merely to trighten the women of Rustehak tnto fite end muke the non-combatant mato population nervows (of course 1 exclude special cor- respondents; they are never nervous, only cautious, you Know}, tha ugly woking bank, with tts atcks aud admirably tulfilied its purpose; but, if all those neat slopes and embrasures on the Roumagian shore aro not a mere sham, the gentlemen who have been so assiduously working ai them might send a shot or two across or drop mjea#t one shell through the rocf of the Grand Hote! Islan-Hané, so that some of us might have the opportauity of saying “I told you go,” But no; 10-day there 18 nota single human betug visible auywhere on the Wallacbiaa shore, Giurgevo wears the aspect of a deserted town, and some of the “cau. tious” gentlemen who recently took such a tuacy to thot part of Rustebuk which hes furthest from the river bave actually come back to the hotel, BKIIND THK HILLS. There aro rumors of oncampments lying just over tho brow of the low ridge of lui skirting (he opposite shore which contain from six thousand to sixty thousaud men, the number Vary ing according to the state of inina of the propagator; but, as we cannot sco a tent, or even the tip of a Cossack’s lance, these whisperings, es- peomlly i our reactionary state of mind, do not much affoot us, It 1s most glorious weather. The whole population of Rustohuk is basking im tho sun; crowds of idiers form picturesque and LFYfant groups on tho blulls over the river and yazg dreamily acrogs the great stroain, whose surface 1s unbrokéu save by lopg, reedy telands; children are playing m tho streets; tho mitk selior takes a long ume to,go, his roundsy the orange mun reaps a plentifal harvest Ot plibtrey, “EVerybody and Ja thas province, We aro promised aa official papor on everything looks bappy and contented, Two little birds have just flitted, uninvited but welcome, through the open window of my room, and are holamg an ani- mated conversation on the top of the door; the swal- lows are wheeling round the minarets and skimming along tho river with shrill screams; not a breath of air stirs the feaves of the trees or the flags of the Gonsul- ates, and not a sound is to be heard that ts notin har- mony with the scene. A PICTURE OF YRACR. It 8 a picture of peace and contentmont, but, a a delusive one, Up yonder on the heights are camped thousands of armed men eager for war,.the ground is seamed and scored in every direction with earthworks and batteries; the very silence and calmness of the river is a delusion, for it has been completely cleared of its vessels and boats in order that they may not at- tract the enemy’s fire. Above and around us great guns are ready, trained and aid, whose fire commands the whole neighborhood for miles, including, I am glad to say, our old acquaintance, the hostile battery on the other side, But it is not so reassuring to know that one particular Turkish redoubt (we can seo it plainly from the hotel windows) commands the town of Rust- chuk, that our guns, 80 to speak, are turned against ourselves, Such is the case, however, and wo are forcibly reminded when we look in that direction that we are in Bulgaria, and that tho army which occuptes tho heights around us is not of the country or of the race that inhabits it, That battery is a testimony, silent as yet, of the natural antipathy which must exist between the conquering Moslem and tne conquered Slay. THE SUADOW OF THE SwoRD. It 1s one of the most striking things im Turkey, this presence of an alien and warlike race among a subja- gated population, and Tam bound to add that I, jor one, prefer the character of the victors to thas of the van- quisbed, Set any one glance at an ethnological map of the country; he will be astonished to see how small an arew the scattered dots, which represent tho'pure Turkish population, occupy compared to the groat masses of territory inhabited by tho native races, Bosnia, Albania, Bulgaria, Thessaly, all these are the seats of tribes and races distinct trom that which governs them, Constantinople, the capital, is cosmo- } politan, with a Christian population far cutmumbering | the Musstman, To outer into the political relatioa- ship existing between the rulers and the ruled ot this | complex £mpire would be to recount a twice-told tale; the sword {8 to have tts tarn in the attempt to soive the problem, ‘Holy Russia” has entered upon another crusade to “ameliorate’’ the condition of the Christian subjects of the Porte, and the eagles aro yoiled m black on the gates of the Russian Embassy 1H Pera, PERWAYS 80. Yerbaps when the covering is removed there may bo another quartering upon the imperial shietd—auother fair province may be torn from the Ottom: aud udded to the overgrown Colossus of the “material guatantee.’’ It is pot sufllcient for the champion of the Siavs, the bead of the orthodox Church, to know that everywhere throughout tne country which he 18 about to invade there exists the most perfect religious tolvration; that the Greek, the Slay, the Jow can with impunity set their places of worsnip in the Jand and enjoy wituout les or hin- drance the rites and traditions of their oncestry. The Shadow of the minaret falls atnwart the roof of the Christian church, the muczzin calls tho faithful to prayer with the sound of mass bell im his ears, But something more is wanted, although precisely what that sometbing is DO one seems to kuow, and Russia has arrogated to herself the right of bringing that something about. A PIOUS PROCLAMATION, Some days ago the walis of Rustchuk were placardod with a proclamation, printed in paratiel columus in the Turkish and Balgarian languages, and of which tho following {#4 trapsiation:— OLFICIAL NOTIGR,TO THE POPULATION OF TH DANUBIAN te PROVINCE. . Ivis Known to you that wo ore at war with Russia, Let uy ull t¥y to defend the Empire, our common country, and Yard her sacrod rights Our evemy, j Moder Lie juildence of his evil Intentions, having tried VY TOU BuO WO produce quarrels amoog the pations who Fare the sons a ‘ove AOU the same country, and having Bodertaken to amoliorate the present condition of the Christian subjects of the imperial goveroment, has | Bulgarian population, and, should proclamations and come between the Ottoman government and its suo- jects with tuis excuse, and thus threatens the inde- pendence of the imperial government, Every one knows that independence ts the soul of every kingdom, and that without 1 it is impossible to live. A good father, Who takes care of tis chiluren and family, does not accept the interterence of others. It be does be foregoes bis paternal rights. His impe- rial Majesty, our Kipg and master, has given evidence of bis bevevoient imientions by the prociamation of the constitution for all his subjects with- out diflerence, The constitution has made the liberty and rights of the Osmauls irmer, and bas opened the dvors of the new reiorms, which will bo | 1m harmony with the laws to be issued by the House of National Representatives. This house is now work ing with entire freedom for our welfare, aud is com- poxed of men, our countrymen and brothers, who are Well acquainied with our condition, ‘The’ reforms which now begin to come into toree will succeed only it there be conlidence and peace in the country. But, a8 our enemy knows ali tois perfectly well, ho wants to slop us in this our benetcml undertaking, and puts Jorth all his power to destroy the peace and tranquillity of which we stand so much in need, The imperial government considers itself compelled to resist such means by force. Having confidence ip the assistance of the merciful God, who is the sup- porter of right, the imperial troops, with those vieto- rious qualities by which they are distinguished, have taken up arms to defend the rights oi the imperial goveroment and the whole Ottoman Empire, After the success of these heroes we hope for a new epoch Which will be peacetul and prosperous, Th Inhabitapts of the villages are the sous of ove and the same country, ana the love which two brothers: bear toward cach oiler must naturally be showu in such hard times as these, must, theretore, all show confidence and love toward euch other, ‘and unite tn common action with brothérly affection, It there are among you any weak minded meu who may fall into the error of taking part with the enemy, or dong anything injurious to their countrymen or reighbors, such men are advised and given’ to under: their plans will fail and will ovly bring evil on them- selves. very one is earnestly reminded and co: manaed to take care to gain the confidence and broth- erhood ofthe population, All those who do not conform to these communde will repent afterward torever, In addition to this prociamation, the Bishop of Rustebuk has issued a pastoral letter, addressed to all the venerable priests, honorable elders, and chorbadjis of hits diovese, enjoining them and their charge to withatand tbo pew trial sent upon the Ottoman Em- pire, threatened by tho enemy “under seemingly good pretexts, but with covert, artful aod ruinous jnten- tions."’ Nothing bas been left undone to calm the pastoral letters fail, thero 1s strong probability that the battery on the heights will speak to the ‘weak minded men” of Rustchuk—if any thero be. WAITING FOR THE BUYURULDUS, Thero is a terrible dearth of news in Rustchuk, Of local incidents we have now and then one which brings out our pocketbooks; but, asa general thing, wo correspondents may be said to vegetate, and the utter absouce of anything like active hostilities will ere long drive some of the more warlike of us forth in quest ot adventures, It may be asked why we have tarried here so long all the day idle. The answer is simple, We are all waiting for our buyuruldus, these magic documents which will evable us to repair to the hoad- quarter staff of the Ottoman armies and follow the campaign. Small chance, I fear, most of us bave of ever seeing a buyuruldu, but we have learned to pro- nounce the word and that is something! BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS. Autographs wont begging at Bangs’ yostorday alter- noon, Theodore Tilton’s autograph letter, with signa. ture, only brought five cents; George Francis Train’s found @ purchaser at seven cents, Clomont C, Vallan- dingham, tencents; Anthony Wayne, torty cents; Noah Webster, of dictionary fame, sotd for $1 30, while the author of Worcester fetched but twenty-five cents, Tom Moore's fetched $3 25, and Dickens, which usually fetches $5, sold for $1; Charles Kean, thirty-fye cent: William C. Macreaay, 35 cents; the Duke ot Welling- ton, $210; Richard Brinsley Sheridan, $4 25; Glad- stone, $3 Mme, de Stacl, $4 50. A long letter from King George I. to the Czar of Russia sold tor $450. Probably no autograph sale in many yours has fetched such low prices, The books fared as badly. The Correspondence ot Heury Luurens, large paper copy, with insertions of sixty-live platos and portraits, and autograph letters of Henry Laurens and General Melntosts one volume, quarto, bound in halt morocco, gilt, $17 50; Holland Memorial, sketch — of the life of George Hoiland, the veteran comedian, largo paper, with ‘iifty-four — plates and portraits inserted, ono volume, large octavo, $10 abs Parton’s Life of Bonjamin Franklin, large paper copy, unbound, with 611 plates and portraits for iMustrating the same, and including ninety-eight portratte of Franklin, $30;. Banerote’s ihe: tory of the United States, large paper copy, with 1,202 portraits and piates (inlaid by Trent), ready for Lind- ing, $216; Miss Bootn’s History ot New York, which cost nearly $1,500 to illustrate, was withdrawn for want of a suiticient bid. TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE, Agoodly number of carnest and dovoted men and {women assomblod in the spacious parlors of Mrs. Dr, Clemence L, Lozier, on Fourteonth street, lust even- ing to discuss tho right of women to vote. The oc- casion was the annual meeting of the Woman’s Sul- frage Society, and considerable routine business was transacted, such as the reading of minutos and reports and tho electivg of officers for the coming year. Tho foliowing officers wore elected :—President, Dr. Clem. ence lL. Lozier; Vice Presidents, Helen M. Slocum, Margaret Austio, Sarah Goodyear; Corresponding Secretary, Jeanne D. M, Lo- Foreign secretary, Clara Neymann; Record. oretary, Helen M. Cooke; Chairman Executive Committee, Lillie Devereaux Blake; Treasurer, J. M Adam. A speech was delivered by ex-Governor Lee, | Governor Lee showed the practical side | of the suffrage question, and bis remarks were fol- lowed by applause. Among those present who have Identified themselves with “the cause” were Mrs. 1 Mrs. Mary Kylo Dallas, Mr, Bronson Murray and Mr. J. H. Johnston, A pleasant and instructive meeting was brought to a close with music, Miss Arabella Root kindly lending her voice to the entertainment of the company. ILLNESS OF MR. SAMUEL SLOAN, Mr, Samuel Sloan, President of the Delaware, Lack- awanna and Western, the Michigan Central and other railroads, has not beon at bis office since Monday last, A rumor on the strect prevailed yesterday that he was condued to hisuome by a serious attack of brain fever aud that he is being attended by threo physicians. ‘This 1s dewied at the oflice of the compavy. Mr, Soho- fold, Mr. Sloan's private secretary, stated yosterday Ubat Mr. Sloan has meroly a cold and docs not think it prudent to leave bis home, and that tho ofico ts in daily telegraphic communication with bim. The ru- mor is supposed by them to have been started for etockjobbing purposes, KILLED WITH AN AXE, SUPPOSED DEATH FROM HEART DISEASE FOUND TO BE MURDER. Mrs. Daloy, who resides at No, 160 Wallabout street, Brooktyn, returned to her homo about #fx o’ciock on Tuesday evening last aud found ber husband, Thomas, forty-four years of age, a blacksmith by trade, lying in the hallway of their residence in an unconscious condition, Supposing him to be under the influence of liquor she carried him into their apartments and placed him ona sofa, About balf past ten o'clock she took bim by the hand and called bim by namo but he did not respond. Sho suddenly felt bis hand become cold and in a short time be was dead, It was delieved at the tine that Daley had dropped dead m lis haliway of beart dis Yer afternoon Dr. Creamer leld a vost-mor on the body, when the death bad buen caused by tain Riley, upon | the vicinity of Daley Investigation, found out o'clock on Tuesday atiernoon the a apartments of Patrick Conway and nis Catharine noxt door, No, 15% Wallabout street. The deceased bad been in Mr. Conway's com. pany but a short ume when w duived in drink, ‘This finally resulted in concluded to go home, and whon he stoop Mrs. Con- way, Who had foliowed close bebind wi busband, ed bim from it, Just as be woul going ugh =a hole the diviaing yards, Mrs, Con’ ) struck At the cl Was brought to froctare of the #kull. Cap- og this, went immediately to the r Daley on the side of the head with au axe, fame time her husband grasped a clotues pole ond pushed him with it untti he was in Lis own yard, Mrs, Conway, who still retained possession of the axe, tben | hurled 1 after Daley, striking Lim ou the side of the hoad, Daley with aiticulty crawled into the hallway of his residence, where he was found by bis wile. Captain Riley’ arrested Conway and bis wife and | locked them up, bat bot denied having caused Daley's | h, although they admit the ight with the de- aged. At six o'clock last evoning Coroner Nolan and a jury viewed the body of Dailey, after which the inquest was adjourned until to-morrow atterooou, Mary Giebun, residing at No, 156 Wallabout street, | siated to tho Loroner that sho had witnessed the as: sauit, and could not rest antil she had toid the police about ik A’ 8 IPERANCE DEMONSTRATION, A call bas been issued in Brooklyn for @ public meeting in advocacy of the enforcement ot the recent decision of the Court of Appoals against liquor stores, The meeting, which will be held on Mouday eveuing Next, at the Athenwam, corner of Cliatom aud Ate 1a0U16 sireots, Will ve addressed by Dr. Howard Crosby and others. Aimong the signers of the call aro Bisnop Litiejoha, Reve J, 7 W, I. W. Boeohor, A. 8. Hu Van D der and other clergy mm 3 “A BOSTON HORROR. Terrible Scenes at the Burning of @ Crowded Tenement House. TWO PERSONS KILLED. Hair-Breadth Escapes of the Panic-Stricken Tenants. Bostox, June 7, 1877. The burning of the crowded tenement house Inst evening on the corner of Shawmat avenue and Pleas aut street, of which you were advisod by telegraph, was more serious than at first supposed. One woman, Mrs. Sara Carr, a dressmaker, who jumped froma third story window, and a man unmea Thomas Bissell, were so badly injured that they died this morning, and several others, who leaped trom the burning burld- ing, aro now lying at the City Hospital im a critical condition, There are various opintons as to the origia of the fire, some to the offect that it was the work of an incendiary, others that it was caused by a flash of lightning which came a few moments betore the flames were discover8d, and another (moro probable) is that it was caused by the explosion or breaking of a kero sene lamp. Tho fire burved very rayidly, and in ap instapi was winding furiously up a windimg statrway (tbe only means of egress from the building), and the situation of the twer five or thirty helpless inmates ‘was at once startling and critical, MAIR-MREADTH ESCAPES, They hurried to both the front and rear windows, and with frantic gestarcs and shouts implored those below to come to their relief, In the Ofth story, bay window noarly sixty feot from the ground, stood @ man and his wife, tho latter with two childter in her arms, and as the flames surrounded them on all sides and there were no visible means of cécape, @ groan went up trom the struggling mass ot people in the street below. All wore eagorly looking at them, when Mr. Mosca Packard, a member of Insurance Company No. 2, and Dr, George E. Dillingnam, seizing a fourteen-foot ladder from the ladder truck which stood near by, made their way through tho biiuding smoke to the roof at the five story building adjoining. Between this and the burn- ing building there was a passageway about thirteen feet wide, They then rested one end of the ladder upon the bay window of the burning buliding and the other upon the roof. <A Iife line was thrown to the man, and he with a coolness, which under the circumstancos was romarkable, fastoned one end of the I've around the waist of child, a little girl about four years of age, and gave the word to pull. The little one was then safely t ferred to the roof. Tho rope was again thrown to him and the sume operation repeated, another little girl of about two years being saved. The flames by this time were barning very tlercely, and bis movements were watched with the greatest anxiety by the peopic below. He then tied tho line around his w! too, was safe, The firemen at thi driven trom their position, so intense was the hoat, but they pluckiiy held on and steadied the ladder while bu crawled to the roof. Whon the daring teat had been accomplished a shout wont up from the assembled multitude which was simply deatening. this time the department was at work. raised to all the front windows, and th cuo was fairly commenced, HEROIC HFFORTS TO SAVE LIFE, Tho members of Hook und Ladder No. 3 raised one of the Bangor ladders to tho tourth story window in front, in which Mr. Jobn Davis and his wile Julia were standing. Mr. Claronce Pol quickly ascended the ludder, followed vy Mr. Geo M. Carr. Again and again were thoso brave fellows driven flames, which blester again and again did they make the attempt, a stream from one of the ers being played upon them ali the time, The last venture was a success, and as Mr. Poland emergod trom the smoke flames, with the iady safe in bis arms, the enthusiasm of tbo crowd was beyond description, Following him caine Sr. Davis, The fireman waw so badly used up with tire and smoke, bis face and bam being badly blistered and his fire hat ped shape, that be wus compelled to drop {! enred for by Messrs. A. J. Crosb; lady who was od T. J. Roach, ‘arrenton two,young men, who carried her 2 “gi 33 Wi atroet, where as at her face, \s and arms N; . Hor husband was tak re badly to tbe of Dr, Newton, ou Tremont atreet, and, attor his injuries bad been attenaed to, to the Tom; rary Homo on Tremont street, iy FATAL LEAP FROM A THIRD STORY WIXDOW, {n the window below the one in which Mr. and Mrs, Davis si\ood a woman was soen gosticuiating trantically to bo saved. Just as tue fircmun were about to make an attempt to reacd her several mon were seen holding a mattress underneath tho window, at the same time shouting to hertojump. She did ao, bat miscalcalated. tho position of the mattress, jumped too far out and her head struck upon the wheel of the insure ance wagon with a sickening thad. Btrong arins speedily raised her from the ground and earned her to the apothecary sbop ot Dr. Wost, No. 28 Pleas- ant street, where st was usccrtained that her skall was fractured and both legs broken, She was subso- quently conveyed to the City Hospital, where she died Unis forenoon. Her little boy Everett, who was in the room at the time, mado his escape through anothor part of the building. The name otf the unior- tunato Jauy is Mrs. Sarah Carr, aod she is a dressmaker by trade, Similar acts of dar- ing were being enacted in the rear also, and it portion of tho building that Thomas Brsseli by name, being driven ft in the rear of the four He wag immediate! But, trightened by the tire blinded by he deliberatcly bung out of the window failing to the ground beneath, a distance of too, was taken to Dr, West's Pleasant street, and sa! ently alt aa und let go, about fifty feet. He, apothecary shop, ou f | to the City Hospital, where he died in about hour after his urrival. FROM TIE JAWS OF DEATH. The fiat above the une occapied by Mr. Bissell wae rented by Mr. Thomas E, Ash and family, which con- sisted of his son, Andrew P.; bi Mary E. Matheson, and bie daug! Al are of age, who Was sick in bea mt the nd bis married daughter, Mrs. Eliza B. Argiyo, So rapidly did the flames spread 1m this direction that they, too, were cut off from all means of escape and were driveu to the rool. Here, as at the firemen show thetr mettle, and after twenty ima- utes’ bard work every member of the family war transforred to tbe sidewalk in safety, life lines and ladders being used, the flames all tho time beating io their faces, All of the above, witn the exception of Mr. Ash and son, wore more or less burned—Mrs. Arglyn #0 se- Verely that two rings had to be cut of her fingers. Her leg was aiso severcly burned. Dr. Newton,ta whose office they were taken, did ail in his powor for their rehef. On the second floor, Mr. Hevry Munson bad a room, and be, together with a Mr. Appluton, who was visiting Bim ab the time, wero succvasiul in waking thee . Although with considerable difficulty, owing moke which permeated every portion of the STORY OF OXE OF TI TENANTS. Mr. William S. Prescott, one of tho tenants, says.he bad returmed (rom bis work and, Uressea only te ine pants, shirts aud ckings, be was im is parlor with bis family, wi his wite noticed the wife of a fireman who lives on the opposite side of the street gesticulating excitedly to partios below ju the street. On open window Mre, Prescott looked down- ward and remarked to ber husband that the house was on fire and the flames were pour- ing out from over the front door, Opening his parlor leauing to the entry, he discovered thi airs were all ablaze and the entry thick with smoke, Findiag escape by this moans in possible, he only rema long enough to ery out “Fire,” hoping to Warn those in the upper part of the house not already warned, and When, wil his wile aud child, passed into an adjoining room. A window in this room jooked out upon tho slanting roof of @ shed, & paseage intervening about six feet wide, at the bottom of which, some dozen or ftteen feet below, was a glass skylighu Mra. Prescott jumped ou to the skylight. Adjotuing the above shed is another one with a flat roof, oo which, at the time of Mrs, l’rescott’s jump, stood Thomas Tighe auda Mra. Murphy. Toney letdown a rope and haulod Mrs. Prescowt to tho flat roof Mr, Prescott thon took bis child, tour years old, and tossed it into the arms of its mother, and then he Jumped and was drawn to (ho flat root in the same mauoer. NOW NISSELL LOST 1S LIVE, Mr. B. A. Atkinson, proprietor of an upholstery ad. Joiniog tho partially destroyea buriding, interesting stutemept as to he manner in wi old gentieman, Mr, T Mr. Atkinson Was one Mrs, Sarah After this Mr. Atkinson went upe saw Mr, Bisyoll banging by one of the shatu fourth story, ome Liteon above wher and three ‘or four feet to his left fortunate man had been banging m that manner for teu minutes, endeavoring to swing himself by means of the blind On tv the sued on which Mr. Atkinson stood. A clowes line was ran out close at hand aud Mr, Atkingon attempted to take 1t down for the purpose of throwing it to Mr, Hiesell, bat wae delayed in so doing by the line becoming entangled, He kept encouroging the old man to hold on tore moment Jonger, and foaily succeeded in getting the Iine free, and was about to throw tt to Ibe unfortunate man when the lattor, unable from sheer exhaustion to bang on any longer, said, “i'M GOING, moYs,’? ood in ap instant be iet go his hold and fell to the round, He Was immediately picked up and taken ite Sorrow ‘ssaloon, but ina fow moments with the word “Pm dying! dying! dying!’’ on brs lips, be breath bis tat. Ashe was bavging by tho shutter oe ap. peared to realizobis fearful situation, and just betore he dropped he smiled upoo those who bad doaeall in their power 10 save bit, as if to thank them for the: efiorts, Had a short ludder been procurabie the mai could have ocen saved. Mr, Bisvell was apparently about sixty year: , Was @ mUsIC by prow and lived alone,