The New York Herald Newspaper, October 6, 1877, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, ALD, published day in the year. ee CALEY ey Giundeye, oxcluseds? Sto dollars! per WLone dollar per mouth tor any period less RAG eM oaths, or five dollars lor six monihy Suuduy @dition inciuded. tree of pastaxe. WEEKLY MEKALD.—One dollar per year, tree of post- nee. XE TO SUBSCRIBERS,—Tn order to insure atteu- an loniners wishing thelr ‘address chunged must give ir new address. tters or telegraphic despatches must ak Hxmatn, hould be properly sealed, not be returued, PULLADELP HIS ol LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD— JO, 46 FLEET STREET. PARIS OFFICE—AVENUE DE L'OPERA. NAPLES OFFICE—NO. 7 STRATA PACE. ry reise! will by adver received and VOLUME } AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. AMERICAN INSTITUTE—Ixovstur ap Mxcuaxics, MaRsoLaine, BOWERY THEATRE-G NIBLO’S GARDEN—Tue Law ov tu Lax. GILMORE’S CONCERT GARDEN—Svuxuu Concent’ PARK THEATRE—C: ) Tuae UNION SQUARE THEATRE—stavce On GERMANIA THEATRE—Rosx axp Roxscuxs, THEATRE COMIQUF—Vauicry, T WITH SUPPLEMEN IurortTant 3E TO) ADVERTISERS.—To insure the proper classification of“udvertisements it ie absolutely necessary that they be handed in defore eight o'clock every evening. From our reports this morning the probabilities ave that the wgather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be cool and clear or partly cloudy. Waut Srreer Yesterpay.—The stock market ‘was active and strong, closing at the highest prices of the day for the principal fancies. Gold opened and closed at'102%, Government bonds were weak and lower, States dull und railroads strong und active. Money on call was in good | demand at 5 a 6 per cent. Tr Was tHe Reve ‘ASSOCIAT 10N, not the rifle team, that got the money from the managers of Gilmore’s Garden. ‘ A Siicnr Repuction in the State tax of the city and county has been made by the Board of Equalization, but the proportion is still out- Fageous, Porr Roxar, with a population of only a couple of hundred, is, unfortunately, suffering 80 severely from yellow fever that outside as- sistance has been invoked. Tue Dascer or A Water Famine has passed away for the present, but it is no reason why the authorities should not take measures to stop the waste all over the city. Tue Dismissat or a Poniceman for abusive language to a citizen is a step in the right diree- tion. Let us hope the Commissioners will keep in this path to police reform, Tar Brewers axp Mactsrens’ Insurance Com- Pany directors have resolutely resolved to keep it out of the long list of bankrupt concerns by making good its impaired capital. SwirzeRtanp’s Sik Inrerests are suffering severely, owing to the growth of the industry in this country. The best thing the Swiss can do is to transfer their interests to this side. Justice WANDELL has set an excellent ex- ample to his brother judges in co-operating with the Police Comnnissioners to suppress the shysters. The resolution of thanks to him will be generally indorsed. Iv Is So Natunat for an official who has been dismissed to make accusations against the per- son who eansed his removal that the public will be slow to believe the serious charges elsewhere Printed against Minister Sewurd by the ex-Con- ‘ul General to China. Roppertes BY Daysicur are becoming fash- fonable in Boston. The waylaying of a bank director with the sun high in the heavens, and at the point af the revolver compelling him to ‘hand over several thousand dollars, is at once novel and enterprising. Tue Jerome Park Races would undoubtedly have been largely attended yesterday if, owing to the unfavorable weather of the day and night before, a doubt had not lingered in the minds of many that there would be a disappointment of some kind. Fortunately for those who went there was none of any kind. The races were all good, and, at least one of them, intensely citing. Today there will be four race which some well known horses are entered. Wuene Are tie Remaixs or CoLumpus!— Prior to 1795 they were deposited in an old cathedral in St. Domingo city, but in that year, by the terms of a trenty between France and Spain, what were supposed to be the remains were transferred with at pomp to Havana. The news is now sent from St. Domingo that Spain was cheated atthe time, the dust of the eon of Columbus or of some other member of his family having been sent her instead of those of the great discoverer. In St. Domingo city the old. tomb was opened a short time agoin the presence of the civil and ecclesiastical authori- the coveted relics. The controversy on the sub- ‘The storm has passed com- pletely off the continent in the direction of Nova Scotia, and the whole arca of territory be- tween the Mississippi and the Atlantic is now overspread by an area of high pressure. West of the Mississippi the barometer is again falling, but, as is usually the case when a small de- | pression follows ove of great area, the indica tions are not threatening. chiefly from the northwest on the Atlantic coast, west in the lake region and Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys, northeast in the Western Gulf States and southerly on the Plains. Raina fell yesterday in the lower lake districts and along the New England coast and that of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and the winds continued to indicate the line of the re- ceding margin of the depression. perature continues comparatively low through- out the country, and tine weather generally pre- vails. Cloudiness, however, continues ou a por- tion of the lower lake district, and is beginning to increase in the West and Southwest. The weather in New York and its vicinity today will be cool and clear or partly cloudy, The winds are now | The tem- | Tan. ‘ties; the casket in which, it is asserted, contains | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1877.—W1TH SUPPLEMENT. City Politics to the Front. The State conv: of both parties huve done their work in a manner so original as to have regaled. the lovers of sensational politics. Those surprising shows being over the attention of local leaders will be concentrated on the City. canvass. Fora few days, until the municipal nominations on both sides are settled, the hopes and fears of aspirants will change like the figures in a kaleidoscope. Candidates will furbish up their telescopes like the emu- lators of Professor Watson after he discov- ered one of the satellites of Mars, seek- ing what they can discover for themselves near the red planet which bears the name of the god of war. ‘The red planet in the political sky is John Kelly, colored with Tammany war paint, and the tomahawk is shis emblem.» His first discovered satellite is the new democratic State ticket. It was the outermost moon of Mars that was first disclosed to astronomic gaze, but no time was then lost in pointing all the telescopes for a closer survey. It may happen that Mr. Kelly’s nearer satellites will surprise observers with their number, and that sev- eral cometary city democrats who have crossed his orbit with flaming tails will be drawn within the sphere of his attraction. Tammany, which has so long maintained its place in the political sky, though often obscured by storms, is likely to be all-pow- erful in our city politics fora while. It has held its course, in spite of much checkered fortune and many disasters, by the unswerv- ing attachment of the faithful Irish voters, whose loyalty is like that of the American patriot who exclaimed, “Right or. wrong—my country!” But the steadfast Irish voters modify it into “Right or wrong—Tammany!” And yet there have been times, or rather there was one memorable time, when the power- ful Tammany spell was broken and our Irish citizens followed with gll their impul- sive heartiness and enthusiasm another guidance. This was some twenty years ago, when Fernando Wood was Mayor. The ascendancy gained by that able man over the Irish mind is one of the most noted phe- nomena in the political history of the city. So much time has elapsed, and Tammany has undergone so many revolutions, that we may allude to Mr. Wood’s former attitude toward that organization without wounding any political or personbl sensibilities. Mr. Wood created and led a rival organization known as Mozart Hall ; but Mozart Hall was a mere name and shadow intended to veil, though not veiling, the potent personal in- fluence of Fernando Wood. He was elected Mayor for the third time in 1860, when he was running the Mozart Hall organization as o rival of Tammany Hall, and he never lost his hold on _ the de- voted Irish vote. But Mr. Wood is the only man who, since Tammany became a great power in city politics, was ever able to detach from it the greater portion of our Irish citizens. Theexample is instructive as showing what one man of great political tact and capacity is capable of accomplish- ing. Mr. Wood built up his great influence while he was Mayor for the first time, in #856. He surprised his enemies and revilers by the vigorous reforms he introduced, and disappointed thht part of his supporters which consisted of the worst classes in the city. But during his second term he lost much of the public approval he had extorted during his first, and under- went a temporary eclipse. But it must be said of him that his mistakes as well as his merits were entirely his own. He was never the slave of ring influences nor at- tempted to rule by ring methods. All he did which offended, and all he did which pleased the public, was dictated by his indi- vidual judgment or impulses. All the at- tacks upon him —and there was never o bet- ter abused man in the Mayoralty—were at- tacks upon Fernando Wood. His acts were never charged to Tammany or to Mozart or toany clique or organization, but to the one resolute, independent, self-guided man who never shrank from the responsibility of their authorship. He was the Napoleon of city, politics for the time being, issuing man- dates to his followers, but not taking ad- vice, and never shrinking from the bold execution of any purpose he might form. Now, without passing judgment upon the good or the evil of any of Mr. Wood’s three administrations, we think his bold, self- dependent spirit is worthy of praise and imitation. It was a satisfaction to the public of that day to know exactly where to place responsibility ; to be able to fix it upon one individual and not divide it among the members of a clique or ring. Without presuming to advise Mayor Ely, who has been doing so well under so many difficulties, we should be glad to see him imitate that part of Mayor Wood’s character which we have just noticed. Tammany has been so strengthened by the late events at Albany that it will not hereafter be disposed to tolerate even that degree of courteous in- dependence which Mayor Ely has thus far maintained. Tammany will claim to be the city government, It will demand com- plete subservience—will tolerate no dis- sent. The example of Mayor Wood shows that such clique dictation can be successfully defied by a strong Mayor Ely has stil! fifteen months to serve, and if during that time he acts with resolute independence of cliques he may make a great mark. But we would not have him undertake anything so bold with- out counting the cost. We will hold upa looking glass in which he may behold his image in that costume, or rather in that armor, If with a noble disdain of cliques and rings he guides his own course and in- | flexibly follows his sense of justice he will find that he possesses these peculiar quali- ties:-— d%rst—He is very weak. Second—He is very arbitrarye Third—He is very obstinate. Fourth—He is very extravagant. Fifth—He is drank half the time, Siath—He guindles, and, what is worse, wins. Seventh—He owns now, or has owned, trotting horses. Eighth—He speculates in Wall strect (se~ cretly, however). Ninth—He is the unknown proprietor of some New York newspaper. Tenth—Ho is an intimate friend of Jay ald (was seen the other evening scooting round a corner and dined with him). Eleventh—He has been seen attempting to lgok over the accounts of his office, a thing no Mayor was ever before accused of; that is left to experienced politicians, not to amateurs like Mayor Ely. If our upright and worthy Mayor has courage enough to face this host of accusa- tions he may emancipate himself from every kind of ring restraint, make his own plans and pursue them, He was born with sound ideas of economy, or at least has acquired them by his pursuits as a merchant, and accordingly has peculiar notions on some subjects which politicians sometimes see in the distance, but seldom come near enough to bow to, We have fuith thut he has been trying to carry out his economical ideas in city affairs, and faith (‘we walk by faith and not by sight”) that Comptroller Kelly, who has been Mr. Ely’s friend from the beginning and was the strongest advocate of his election, has aided him in every man- ner, These gentlemen may have sometimes differed, but only from time to time. We believe Mr, Kelly to be a good accountant, but have heard that Mr. Ely is not so remarkable in that particular. There may, therefore, be occasional little mistakes in debits and credits between these two gen- tlemen, but we have no doubt that, sooner or later, there will be a settlement between them. Whether it will be brought about by the adverse opinion of their local advisers (the ward politicians) or by public opinion remains to be seen. ‘ The press of the city takes a deep inter- est in the success of Mayor Ely’s adminis- tration ; it feels a lively curiosity as to the relations which may hereatter subsist be- tween him and the now all-powerful Comp- troller. ‘The press will gladly support either so faras he is right, but their rela- tions to cach other are likely to be peculiar. If Tammany feels itself too strong to brook opposition and the Mayor should be too in- dependent to submit to control the press may have a hand to play in that game, which will demonstrate that it, too, is a power in politics, Tammany as it exists to-day has always brought disaster to its leaders, al- though in Tweed’s case it was pretty long in coming. If Mr, Kelly is wise ho will use his recent great victory with moderation and prolong his power by a sparing exertion of it. He can now afford to be magnan- imous, Instead of paying off old scores he ought to drop past differences and exert his power to secure good government for the city. He has now the opportunity, and we would fain believe it to be in his character, to advance from the réle of a dexterous pol- itician to that of a wise statesman and a benefactor to the city. pare hs 4 More Railroad Disasters. The railroad disasters which occurred during Thursday’s storm furnish a sad evi- dence of the severity of the tempest, but they also indicate that much remains to be learned by railroad engineers in guarding against such accidents. There is nothing to show that any negligenceis attributable to the management of the trains that were wrecked by the men directly in charge of them, and, therefore, we must regard the lamentable catastrophes as accidents so far as these humble employés are concerned, But the question arises, Were the roadbeds in each case so constructed and protected as to afford any guarantee against the damaging action of heavy rains and floods? It too often happens that railroad builders sacri- fice safety to economy in construction. The embankments are frequently too narrow, barely holding the ties, the ends of which project beyond the top of the bank. In cuttings there is generally no proper provision for drainage, and the slopes are cut too steep to prevent the soil, moistened by rain, from slipping into the cuttings. Re- taining walls, built to hold earth or loose sand, are frequently constructed without any regard to the drainage of the mass of saturated earth sought to be supported. Consequently the wall is thrown out upon the track or is undermined by the action of the waters on its too shallow foundations, All this is due to an improper effort at economy, which, in the end, proves to be extravagance in its worst form and danger- ous to life and property: Some engincers imagine that any matcrial that can be easily procured is good enough for a milroad em- bankment, «Culverts are built too low and narrow to carry off the flood waters caused by extraordinary rains, and these water passes invariably fail, and often underthe pressure of a passing train. An intelligent regard for topography, general and local, is as necessary to safety in rail- road construction as good ties and. sound rails, ‘he melancholy loss of life at Phe- nixville, Pa, and on the Pennsylvania Rail- road cannot be wholly accounted tor by, the severity of the storm. There must have been faulty construction in the roads at both of the scenes of accident to bring about the disasters. If the flood waters that washeri out the tracks had proper vent, as they evidently did not have, the valuable lives that have been sacrificed would have been spared. As there is at present abso- lutely no check on the recklessness of in- experienced engineers or the dishonesty of certain classes of contractors the law should interfere for the protection of travellers, It is deplorable that so many lives should be lost through carelessness in constructing works that demand the greatest skill and foresight to render them safe for public use. The Mabel Leonard Case. The extraordinary statement made in court yesterday concerning the mother of Mabel Leonard, by the counsel of the So- | ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren, puts another face on this troublesome and distressing case. We must suppose the society prepared to prove what its counsel thus stated. If it does the public will, we suppose, admit that Mrs, Rogers is not a fit person to have the charge of the little girl. Indeed, if she is shown to bo guilty of bigamy she will be sent to prison. We are surprised that the counsel for the society should declare that “but for the comments of the press he would not have made his statement.” The press has only done its duty in demanding that the society should show sufficient cause for its inter- ference, which was cruel and uncalled for on any other theory than that the mother was morally unfit to have the care of the child. The managers of the society appear to imagine that, their object being good, they ought not to be called on to show cause; but this is a great mistake, a blunder of a “very serious kind, because it has caused the public for the time to lose confidence in an organization which, if properly and care- fully managed, can do much good. We re- peut now what we said a few days ago—the society would do well to take in hand the cases of the numerous little street beg- gars, who, it is notorious, are ill-treated if they do not bring home as much money as their masters expect. Ravages of the Great Storm. From all parts of the country within the area affected by the great double storm which passed eastward on Thursday distress- ing accounts reach us of its ravages. These were not confined to the coast, but were experienced far inland among the Pennsyl- vania mining districts and the New England farms. ‘The remarkable character of the tempest furnishes a most interesting study to scientists and will doubtless receive the attention it deserves, But it is.as to its effects on the country and along the coast that we now consider it, Although the winds at no point attained an extraordinary velocity the rainfall attending it in these @titudes was unprecedented. Four inches of rain in twenty-four hours is regarded by meteor- ologists as an extraordinary fall even in southern countries, But we have had more than four inches of rain in less than twenty-four hours in the city of New York, and a proportionately heavy precipitation over an enormous ¢x- tent of country. Reference is made else- where to the effects of winds and rain in the different districts. We learn of fatal acci- dents on the railroads, disastrous wrecks on the coast, crops ruined, mines flooded anda hundred other incidents of the great tem- pest. New York, New England and the States southward suffered more than the more northerly regions, because the Gulf cyclone dominated south of the St. Law- rence and the less energetic Western storm moved through Canada, the two disturb- ances moving together, yet with indepen- dent forcesin operation. All things consid- ered, we may regard the storm of Thursday as the most severe as to rainfall that has visited the eastern part of the United States for many years. We shall watch its trans- atlantic course with care and note its progress in Europe, where it will be likely to repeat the damage done by it on this side. ‘War News—The Fighting Near Kars. As yet no movement has been made by the Russo-Roumanian army to renew the assaults on Plevna, and: the absence of news from Bulgaria suggests that secret preparations for an attack may be in progress, But the announcement that the Russians are about to move their headquarters from Gorny Studen to Sistova shows that they regard it as a measure of prudence to locate the gen- eral staff within one of Todleben’s (ées-du- pont on the Danube bank. ‘Tho recall of Mehemet Ali -is generally attributed to court intrigues at Constantinople in which the Sultan's brother-in-law and Prince Hassan of Egypt take an active part. Rulers who have meddle- some brothers-in-law not unfrequently get into trouble, and we suppose that the Sul- tan is no exception to the rule. It is even hinted that the same influences that overthrew Mehemet Ali will operate against his successor, Suleiman Pacha, so that every ‘Lurkish general of any note may have his turn at the head of the army if he only manages to have a friend at court. The accounts we receive from Armenia respecting the fighting near Kars are so conflicting that but for the absurdity of the thing we might be tempted to announce that both sides won the battle. As this could not be, we must glean as many grains of truth as pos- sible from the monstrous mass of lies that encumbers the official despatches. It seems that the battle of Tuesday—for it now turns out that it took place on that day—was a series of combats and assaults which, when concluded at night, left both armies pretty much in the same positions they occupied in the morning. The capture of the great Yagni-Tepe by the Russians was a barren conquest, for they could not hold it, and were compelled to retire, as they claim, on account of a want of water. Moukhtar Pacha telegraphs that he has attacked the Russians with a good prospect of suc- cess, and the latter declare that they re- pulsed two assaults on their position on Thursday, It is evident, therefore, that the Turks are endeavoring to force the army of the Grand Duke Michael from a strong position which threatens Kars while being in direct communication with Alex- andropol, The flanking movement we referred ‘to yesterday was very near cut- ting off the Turks from Kars, It was weakly supported by the Russians and did not succeed, In Thursday's fighting the Rus- sians claim a great success, while the Turks are jubilant over a decided triumph. Prob- ably an effort is being made by the Russians to repeat the flanking manwuvre froin a new base, and it is for the purpose of defeating it that Moukhtar Pacha is running risks in assuming the aggressive. Brotherhoods und Strikes. + The Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors, at the meeting of their Grand Division held at Elmira, adopted a resolution absolutely prohibiting its members from engaging in strikes. The rules of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers forbid members from striking until they have stated their grievances to a committee and that commit- tee has endeavored to arrange the dispute with the railroad company. In case a satis- factory arrangement cannot be made the council ig then authorized to permit astrike after due notice. In England it is now asserted that trade unions have in numerous cases prevented strikes; and there is no doubt that the leadors of trade unions have been of great service in helping to create arbitration com- mittees for the peaceable settlement of dis- putes between employers and workmen. These arbitration councils have been found very useful thore. Why will not the leaders of brotherhoods and unions in this country here? Wo know that come of them strongly favor these methods ; but the trade unions in’ this country do not, it seems to us, tako sufficient pains to make their aims known to the general pub- lic. The recent railroad strike showed that the unions do not exercise such com- plete control over their membership as to hold them together in such an emergency, and it seems to us that since the strike ceased the unions have not used the oppor- tunity which it gave them to put themselves in such relation to the publio as is on many accounts desirable. We should bo glad to hear from leading members and managers of brotherhoods and trade unions on the questions which interest not them alone, but the general public. jan Affaire, It is to be hoped that the reports of a peaceable settlement in Cuba are true. ‘The cruel, war which has lasted so many years has destroyed a great part of the island, and it has long been feared that it would con- tinue until every plantation had been over- run. If recent reports may be believed the insurgents are at last desirous of peace, while the King of Spain, rumor says, is ready to grant terms on which an honorable settlement can be based, We have little doubt that the change in administration here has had an important effect on Cuban. affairs. While the course of the last adminstration toward Cuba and Spain was upright and just it is a notorious fact that adventurous persons, supposed to be influential at Washington, by their lan- guage and attitude excited the insurgents to continued resistance, under the hope of intervention in their favor by this govern- ment, These hopes wore delusive, and they have entirely disappeared since the accession of President Hayes. If it should prové true that both parties in Cuba are desirous of peace the Spanish government knows that the good offices of our own government will not be wanting, if they are desired, to help to a settlement. We do not’ want Cuba; but we have no doubt Secretary Evarts has already shown the Spanish goyernment that one prominent element in any satisfactory and permanent Ouban Settlement is permission for the in- habitants of that island to trade freely with the United States, which affords them their most important market, and on which they depend. for a great variety of products necessary to their comfort and prosperity. With good local government, a fair repre- sentation. in the Spanish Cortes and direct trade with the ‘United States secured to them, the Cubans would have no cause for complaint against Spain, and all obstacles to their greatest prosperity would be re- moved. 4 PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Trim white with salmon, Bourette color is popular. Bottle greon has arrived, Among the new tints is old gold, Claret and dull cardiaal for color, Smoko green will test your complexion. Cassius M. Clay made a 60 out of a possible 22. Sunset Cox says that Randall will not bo Speaker. The tomcat springeth wher) the grapevine twineth, ‘Phe Karl of Duataven ts } hunting In Canada, Saimoh tinted warp ts shot through dead-leaf groen. Tom Hood never explained what the sexton told the bell. We understand that Joaquin Miller is on his way to Juashington. 4 . ‘Winter will soon be bere, when everything will bo freeze and easy. Tiny white flakes of floss silk are nice when mixed with navy blue. The Count Joannes ts informed that truth also was crushed to earth, We are convinced that Secretary Evarts is the crushed tragedian, Justice Field, of the Supreme Court, has left Culi- fornia for Washington. If we want to make poace tor all sections let us all rise and give the rebel yell Sayler is staying in beautiful laziness in Obio until after the election iu that State. The editor of the Detroit Post remarks that G. W. Curtis tried to cut things too much bias, Itis currently reported that Secretary Schurz will soon visit a prominent physician in order to have politics removed from him. Norristown Jerald. ‘lt is very wrong to call ex- Secrotary Robeson an old hulk.—New York Hgxap. Yes; it would bein better taste to call him an old buoy.”” People who—well, that was going to be a fair sort of joke, but one of the other editors had a story to tell, 1d Dow we wonder what could have been said about 'eople who—”” , : M. Neukomm says that Beothoven in his playing had wonderfal expression of ideas, and that the finish and brio of his execution were perfect. He says that tho great composer “spoke” on the piano. London Fun:—-3tranger—‘Can you tell me if thero’s a place called Kimbusleng nereabouts?’ Native— ‘Kimb-bus-leng! No;ah never hard o’t, Bit Kumz- Jong’s just ’yont the road a wee; maybe somebuddy there ’ull be avis to tell you whar it 18."” Chicago Journal :—“The New York Herarp wants the bell-punch introduced among the Indians, to be used every timo a white sealp is taken; but the Hexacv does not understand Indian character, The red man would prefer the milk-punc."” MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, A few friends of Edwin Adams at Elmira mado up a purse of $100 and forwarded tho same last evening to Mr. Sothern tor the benefit noxt week, Mr. E. H. Johnson, who was unfortunately unsuc- cessful in bis telephone experiment on Taesday bo- tween Giimore’s Gurdon and Philadelphia, succeeded last evening in making a fine exhibition, the wires be- ing m perfect condition, Professor Gilmore hus con- sented to give a public telephone exhibition this even- ing, When cornet, tenor and baritoae solos will be given. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS, THE GEORGIA STATESMAN PAYS A VISIT TO COLUMBIA COLLEGE, Mr, Stephens ts chairman of a committee charged with maturing a pian for the reorganization of the University of Georgia, Ho takes great interest im alt that relates to the branches of Ligher education. Im- mediately after he arrived at his majorig and began to car big living he devoted @ portion of bis income to preparing young men for colleges, and each yoar ho aiced one or more students in obtaining education for themsaclyes, More thauesixty young men and boys are indebted to him for pecuniary aid in ‘securing their education, Ho visited Columbia College yesterday, portly in compliment to uis old triend President F. A. m Barnard, but mainly to acquaint himself with the us Ot 1t8 different schoors and to meet and con- e with the 1 mbers of the se ption was held at the college at one o'clock, and many of the studeuts were prese: to'him, At two the ht A adjourned to the president’s house for lunch, and after an hour spent im pleasant conversation Mr, Stophens de id, ZETA- 1 “faculties, A SI FRATERNITY. CLEVELAND, Oct. 6, 1877. Tho thirty-first annual convention of th fraternity will be held hero on the 24th the present month. Besides the rogular grand chapter sessions tho visiting brothers will be tendered a recep- tion the first cvening, ‘The public literary rcises will be followed by tue grand chapter banquet, which will take place the second evening. Ex-Governor Dingley, of Maine, will aeliver the oration, the sub- Ject being «Tho Scholar and the State.” Judge 8. B, Sumaer, ot Bridgeport, Conn., will deliver tho poem, the subject boing “Progress”? Extensive preparations unite in an effort for their establishmant aro being made to render the stay of the Vis! brothers as viessont as nosaibla, ee THE WAR. A Great Battle on the Heights of . the Great Yagni, near Kars, JAG SID) CLAIMS A VICTORY, The Struggle Still in Progress. CAUSE OF MEHEMET ALI’S TROUBLE Significant Change of the Russian Headquarters in Bulgaria. MONTENEGRO'S FUTURE HOPES Lonvon, Oct. 6, 1877. | A correspondent with General Melikoff's army telegraphing from Rosrecheno under date of Thursday, says :—‘At three o’clock this afternoon the Russians were surround. ing Kozli Tepe, whern Mukhtar Pacha, desperate at seeing his’ communications with Kars threatened, advanced against ous centre with twenty battalions. The Turks were received with a crushing artillery fire. The Russian tirailleurs drove them back, pursuing them to Soubaton till nightfall, The Turks were utterly demoralized everywhere took to flight.” ‘ STILL IN PROGRESS, 5 sBsyrae It is noticeable that despite the alleged crushing nature of this repulse the Russians did not succeed in cutting Mukhtar off from Kars, as the correspondent proceeds to state:—‘‘To-morrow (Friday) a great battle is expected along the whole front, when we hope to cut Mukhtar’s communications and render his position hopeless, Our logses are unknown, but over two thousand are reported missing.” STORMING OF THE HEIGHTS, Moukhtar Pacha telegraphs to Constantinople that on Thursday the Turks reoccupied the heights of the Great Yagni, which had been evacuated by the Russians during the night Two Turkish columns are now attacking the Russians, who are concentrated on the bank of the Karstchal, oppose site Kobak heights, while the Turkish cavalry trom Soubatan and a corps from Kizil-Tepe have been sent to threaten the communications of the Rus+ slans, with their camp, at Rurabel. (WH0 Won THe Barre? Fighting was proceeding when the telegram was despatched on Thursday, but Moukhtar Pacha con- cludes as follows:—“We have every confidence in our success.” A telegram trom Moscow states that intelligence has been received there that the Russians repulsed two attacks by Moukhtar Pacha on Thursday, with heavy loss, REPULSE “AND RETREAT. A special despatch from Paris to the Times says & telegram from Mukhtar Pacha, dated Thursday evening, announces that the Russians were re- pulsed on all sides, with the loss of 5,000 killed. They have falienback on Karajal pursued by the ‘Turks, DETAILS OF THE BATTLE. . Further partieulars of the battle before Kars make it evident that the Russians assaulted the Turkish positions along the whole line and were repulsed with heavy loss, The success gained on Tuesday in the capture of the Great Yagni hill, claimed by the Russians and conceded by the Turks, did not compensate for the failure at other points of the line, and the positions carried have since been abandoned. Notwithstanding the dila- tory and fragmentary character of the despatches enough has reached us to make it apparent that the main action was fought on Tuesday. THE TURKISH POSITION. The Turkish line extended trom Great and Little Yagni, two fortified hills in the Kuruk Dara plain, a8 far as Ani, on the Arpachai River, with the centre advanced toward the river and resting on Kizil- Tepe. The Russians, who had been reinforced. both by new troops and those’lately employed against the Caucasian insurgents, commenced battle at daybreak on Tuesday by an assault on Great Yagni, which is the extreme outwork of Moukhtar Pacha’s lortifications, about twelve miles due éast from Kars, 2 THE TURKS SURPRISED. Here the Turks seem to have been taken by sur- prise as much as the Russians were when Mukhtar won Kizil-Tepe from them and compelled them to abandon their fortified camp at Kuruk Dara. A single Turkish battalion defending Great Yagni was cut to pieces or captured, after two hours’ obstt- nate defence, which gave the Turks an opportunity to prepare for the next assault. Up to this point all accounts agree, but regarding subsequent events they are very conflicting. “as YOU LIKB IT.’? A Turkish official despatch says :—“A great battie ensued, lasting thirteen hours, Repeated Russian attacks were repulsed with neavy logs.” On the other hand a Russian bulletio from the Grand Duke Michael's headquarters, at Karajal, dated the 4th inst., says :—“Alter the capture of Great Yagni it was found that Little Yagni was so strongly forti+ fied that an attempt to assault it was considered premature. After thirteen battalions, sent from the Tarks to reinforce Moukhtar Pacna, had been repulsed our troops fortified themselves in the positions they occupied. Our loss on Tuesday was 8,000 killed and wounded. The enemy’s losses were not less. We captured 200 men.” ‘THIS EXPLAINS PREVIOUS REPORTS. Evidently the Turkish aecount as to the repeated attacks after the capture of the first Turkish posls tion is correct, otherwise there could not have becn 6,000 men killed and wounded, “Whe goo cap- tured by the Russians were probably the ®emnant of the garrison of Great Yagni. The Russians alsa attacked the centre at Kizil-Tepe, but were re] Simultaneously @ Russian force moving from the direction of Ani endeavored to turn the Turkish right and get between Moukhtar Pacha and Kars, ‘This 18 the movement referred to by the Daily News’ correspondent in a special despatch from Karak Wednesday, io which he says :~"Monee Pa ¢