The News Condensed

Hknky Maxwell, a wcll-known New York morchant. bas been arrestad on a charge of forgiug aoceptances to the amount of 983,000. A man uained Coffroth, oditor of a Somerset (Pa.) paper, while riding in a carringe in Pittiburch, was asked by the clrivir if ho would allow two strangers to ride with hini, and consented. The men. suddenly pinioncd liis arms behiud him, placed a revolver al tus liead, and robbed him of money and valuables to the extent of $400. About aixty conductors on the Second avenuc horse-car Une, in New York, have been arrosted on a charge of "beating tho bellpunch" and pocketing the proceedfl of the oheat. THK WEST. Pike, the long-haired Spiritualút, who somc irno ago shot aud killed 8. 8. Jones, the editor of the HeUglo-Phihsopkirnl Journal, in Chicago, has been tricel and acquitted on' the ground of inKanity. The nmrderer waf not rcleased, however, but has been confmed in the JU'ksonviDe Insane Asvlum a a lunatio. John E. Daii.y, a San Francisco stock broker, wa recently ahot and Uilled in the Htreets of that city by Leslie C. Hanks. Consul General for Onatemalaw Tho latter oubscqnently commitled Huicide ftt his cell in the jail, by shooting himself through tho. breast with a 8pringfield rille - Dr. J. B. Aimatrong, a prominent physiciau of Torre Haute, Ind., was recently shot and killed by a n unkuown assuain, wliil'c retnrning from a visit to a riek patiënt in the suburbs of the city. A uei'ort from Lincoln, Neb., saya millions of grasshoppers hava been Bving over that vicinity. Tliey wore going in every direction, l.ut not lighting in any locality in Biiftident nomben to cause anv nnoasiness.". . .San Francitco ha been visitedbyadestrnctiveconfl.igration. Two bloc!;s of buildings, mostly mallrcl: shops, were burnod. Ix8s est'iniated :it $150,000 Latest crop reporta from Illinois Wisci.nsin. Iowa. Michigan, Indiana. Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Missouri and Kansas me favorable both in point of yield and sncoessful harvcKÜng. [n : tjuurters farmers arereported as witliholding their grain from market, expecting to realize betttr priceathan are uow offered. Tiie Ohio editora will hold their animal meeting at Toledo Sept, 20-21. Joseph Hedill, of tlie Chicago Trihuu,; will deliver the ammnl address, and WUlIam D. QaKagher, of Louisvilie, Ky., will read i poeni The yadit Panilico capsized and Blink in the harb'or of t 'hicíigo, a few days ago. Four men were on board, all of whom were drowned. Senator IIouton retornad home froin Oregon in u sad phvskul coudition. Tho Indianapolis Jounml aáyg, " there were grave appreheodona at ono time that lie would not get home iilive. The lctt arm is parahved, but the pbysicians think ouly teraporarily. Should his arm continue paralyzed, he wiíl be rondered helpless, aj he lias only been able to walk by support of canes. Dr. Thompson thinks that in time he will recover the use of his arm, but, for the present, he will be pennitted to pee uo ono except his family." An order for the release of Joyce, the only ïncmber of the St. Louis whisky ring remaining in prison, was made by the United Status District Court for the Western district of Missouri, last week. Joyce was sepárate!; seiitenced on cach of the three counts of the' indictment on which he was convicted. He has served out the term of the sentenee iirst pro'iounced, and tliecourtheldtb.it the eumulative sentenees were illcgal. SOUTIf. The Georgia Constitutional Convention, by a voto of 116 to 15, has lnbibited the payment of the bond issucd by the Bullock Goverument during the reconstmetion days. Thev nggregate about 38,000,000 ...United atates Marshal Purnel] was recently shot and fatallv wounded by Frank Britton, at Austin, Texas. " Gen. Haixmuy, tlie Democratie nominee for Gorernoi of Virginia, ia called the armless nero. Se K'st both umi in the Oonfederaoy. A band of tiftecn M&xican greasors recently crossed into Texas, entered ltio Grande City, broko open tho jail, shot Judge Cox and the jailor, and releosed two uotorious outlaws. The civil authorities called upon the military for assistsm-c, and Col. Prieewith 100 regulara and two Gatling gims started in pursuit of the Mexicans, but failed to overtake thuni. They reerossed the river and entered Mexiro .-eventvsoven miles below Kio Grande. GENERAL. Bi:mm:ss ftülnres i K. u. Dun & Co., wholesalc merchant.-', Montreal, liabilities $380,000 ; Charles G. Martin, stock broker. New York, liabilities 880,000 ; the Citizen' Firo Iosurance Company, of Neivark, N. J.. and the Colombia Life Insurance Company, of St. Louis Ma j. BnffingtOD, the ordnance oflicer at Pittsburgh during tbe riots, bas asked that liis conduct be made a matter of court Inquiry. The War Department does not eomider it neressary. He cáye, d his letter, that he was supposed te, know his responsibüity, and belioves that (he result juetifits the wisdom of his course. The of War approves it. The public is warned that numerous and M-ell-executed counterfeits on tbc City Bank of Montreal, the Dominion Bank of Toronto. the inval Cauadian Bank, and the British Bank of North America are in circulation. Capt. Bkown, of the United States Engineer Corp, has iuspected the Eads jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi river, and pronounces the work a substantial success. A ueputaïion of leadiag Chinamen recently called on Senator Morton, in Han Francisco, and invoked him to secure the passage through Oongress of a bilí providing for a moditieation orabrogation of tho Bnriipgame treaty, and Ünponing a tax of 5100 upon every Mongol lajading on American Bhores. They also request the steamship company to doublé the Ia8sagc ratea for Chinese coming to San Francisco, while Bxiog a lower j-ricö for thoso who wish to go home. Mr. Morton promiaed to introduce in the Sonate the de.-ired legisla tion. The Panama Slrtv aml li-rnhl aimounces the total lois of the Pacific Steam Xavigation Company's stcamer Eten, Capt. Coalhupe, on the morning of the löth of July, at Los Yilos, seventy miles north of Valparaíso. Fourteen bodies had been recovered. Forty-three of the crew and passengers had reached the shore in snfoty. and twenty were still on the rocks. X British war vessel and a Chilian gmil oat went to the scène of the wreek as sóon as it was reported, but were unablo to ronder any assistance owing to the rough weather and fog. Survivors on the rook, from exposure and want of food, threw themselves into the sea to end their miséiy. Only tliree of tliese were saved. Tl-e total ntunber of lives lost by the disaster is abcmt 10(1 United State Marshal Puincll, of Texa. who was recently shot at Austiii. in that. State, by Fnuik Britton, was originally from Indiana, and is a 8on-in-law of Bisliop Ames. WASHINGTON. President Hayes ha iësued a general order prohibiting the sale of arma and nmmuuition to the Indiana, and revokiug all licenses to trade with them in snch articlcs Some of the treasnry officials ttdnk that liad the strike continued for two or three days more there would have bien a BeriouK panic in the country, as it bas been ascertained that the New York banks had decided to refuso to loan any moncy uiii collaterals. As this resolntion was made at the very end of the strike, :t did not becomo necessary for the banks to put it into effect. The President left Washington on Monday, A.ig. 13, to be absent a week or ten days in Vci mout ;m.l New B&inpsbire. Ho was accompanied by Secretarie Evarte, McCrary, Kcy andDevenB. Ijn September the President will po to Ohio, remaiibing a few days at his home in Frcmont. after whioh be will vihit Kentnckv, TennesBee and Southwestern Virginia ït lias been deckled by tbe administration tliat two or three commissioners shall be sent to Canada, to negotiato for the return of Bittine l'.nll and bis band to the American side A the line. Wii.uam J. Murtahh, proprictor of the Aatittnai liepublicxm, was cowhidetl a few momings ago, in front of his office by Josoph B. Wheatley, of Harrodsburg. Ky., on account of articlcs wliich appeared in that paper retlecting upon his private character. POLITICAL. The Maine Ecpublican Convention met at An-usta on the 9th mat, and was called to order by Senator James G. Blaine. Josepta Drummond, of Portland, was made President of the convention. Gov. Connor waa noniinated by aeclamation for re-election to the Governorsiip. Tho Couimittee on Kesolntions made their report. ïhe resolntlons declare it to bi! tbe impc ra.livi! duty oí the National Government, by the cxercise of cvery eonstltutional power, to extend its protectlon to every Citizen, native and naturalfeed. white and coiored, wbetber men tid Ky ivrnnny abroad. or by pohtieal ixjrwecution. now i-hiclded under the heresy of States rights at home. That . the Hepubhcans of Maino view with solicitude and alarm the completo consolidation of all politica! power in tixteen Southern States in tho hands of those who precipitated the rebellion, while the Union men arepernecuted into silenco or banishment, and the entire colorcd race po practically disfrancbised by force and fear that in Congressional districts where they have more thau two-thirds of tbc voters they are unable to elcct onO of their race or a white man in sympathy with their interest. Tbirty-five representativos jn Congrees, and thirty-ñvc electoral votes appropriated to the Smitiii rn State by reason of thoir colored population are thns investid to the soie aggrandizement of Confedérate power in the National Government, and lato rebel BOldiera in Georgia, South Carolina, i sissippi and Lonisiana are thna enabledtoexert in thc aduiinistraiion of the Government more than donble tlu: poUtic&J P0W6T of l'nion soldier m any Northern Staie. That the action of the DamooratB of tho Houso of Bepresentativus, in refusing appropriations for the annv, except upun conditiom that deprived the Commander-in-Chief of the discretiou vested n liim by the constitntion, was wholly unjustiñable, 'dangerous and rcvolutiouary, and ít is a striking conimentary 011 tbis evil and perilous coúrse that two of the States whose eutire ropresontation in Congreea aided in defeating tlie Army bilí have been aince eompelled, nnder prestiré and violcncc of mob law. to cali on the Nationai Governniont for such aid as only tho army can render. That a wmiid enrroney, based oncoin and rodeemable in coirj, in eBsential to tlíe prosperity of the people, and we therefore demand that, in thc rrsum])tim of apecie payment, the promise of the National Goverument bo kept in an honest, traightforward manner, añil that no bat'kward or sideway Rtep be taken, The resolutions oppose any further land erante or subsidies for railroada ly tfw General Government; favor such incidental protection and development of the country as íhe wisest syHtem of revenue inay rightfully and proporly afford : also favor wistí and salutary moasiu'es tendiog to tbc imriücation, integrity, and independenoe rf the eivil service, and declare that non-Bectarian education niust be continncl. Charles J. Talbot moved the adoption of the resolutions, and moved the previeras queítion, A ecene of confusión ensued, and tlie previous qnestion was not seconded. Gen. J. S. Chamberlain moved an amendment, as follows : Resolved, That wfl reaflinu uuiíbakcu oonfltlenoe in the inteKrity, patrioti&m, and Btntefmunship of lluüierfortt Ii. Hayee, ttiut we cordially approvo his eífortíi to earry out in gooil faith tbe principies cuuuciatod by thc Cmoinnali Convcntum, Gov. Chaniberlain spoke in favor of bis amendmont, and bis reinavks ware received with grent a]plause. C. A. Bontell, of Bang' r. moved the foUowing aniendment, audadvocatec! its adoption : Resolved. That thla con vantioQ deolaxes Ita belief that Oov, Packard, of Lmúsiana. and ííiv. Chamberlain, of s.mili Carolina, were euUtled to Uielr reBpcctive otilo s bythe Bame votea whieh eleoted BuUierford ïï. Hayea Preaidenf of tho ünlted Sfates, ;iini ih:ii boüi Governors were olearly entiüed toreoognltlon ly the National Governiíic-nt, and by failurr to recognizo tlirm i)laetll the National Govemnit'iit in tbc liumilialtn atlitude t' Hiirroudoring to rebels tlm-aU-ning witli unos 311 thi-ir liamls to rsist jt legitímate luithority. SIr. Blaine took thc (loor, and said he was opposed to both resolutions, and in favor of peace. He movtd that tho resolutions be tabled, and made a speech in support of his morlón, in which he eaid : "I do not rise to speak for em indorsenient of tho administration or against it. for the Southern policy or in opposition to it. A diiTerence is existing in the Iïepublican party. What shall bc done abont it? Shall oue man bo compellod to swallow the opinionsof another, orshall not eacb havo liberty to cherish bis umi? I am opposed to both these recorations. I ani known by perhaps every member of this convention to entertain very decided views on the Southern queetion, but I am júst as ready to voto against the resolution condemning the President's policy ftfl I am to vote against one approring. We cannot take aetion either way without offendiug good meo, and creating needless heartbnrningB and disensions. We eau all unite on a strong platform, embraoing the issues whioh we hola in common. We eau rally as one man to the support of Gov. Connor. We can be tolerant of each other's opinions. We can all remember and adapt the o!d theological maxim whlch teaches, 'In i tials thcro should be unity ; in nonesi-entials, liberty ; in all thiogé, charity.'" A. G. Lebroke made a violent speech againet the administration. which was greeted with oheers and hisses. After other speeches Aaron II. Morrill said he wnnted peaee, but there was no peace in opposition to the national adminïstration, and In: det-ired to say this to his friends who liad proceded lam. He proceeded to addresH the convention amid a scène of great confusión, being greetod with cheerrf and hisses. Mr. Blaine's motion to lay botb resolutioiu on tlio table prevalled A meeting of disaffected ühio Republicana met at Columbas last week, and was presideil over by Gen. John Beatty, formei member of Congreso, Kcsolutions were adopted bitterly denouncing the Southern policy of Presideni Hayes A. B. Coriiell, Naval ofticer of New York, and Chairmaii of the Repúblicas Statt Coinniittee, says he will not resign eithei office, but proposes to hold on to botb until retiied. West VmoiNIA, at an election beid on the Tth inat., vuted on the oapital-removal questiou, but failed to decido anything. Three iilaces were voted fur -ïïartinsburg, Clarksbtag, and Charleston. Asneither of the places received a nmjorjtyof all the votes cast. anotiicr election will be bw u sixty anyn. ii ivhieh the two towns receiving the large.st vote on Tuesday will bc voted for The Virginia Democrat have nominated Frederiek W. M. Hallidaj for Governor A Cincinnati dispatch s:iys thi workingmen's movement is growing to formidable propoi'tions i;i Ohio. Legislativo tiokets are to be placed in the ñeld in nearly everj county, and a State ticket will also be placed ii nomination. The movement is not confined to the working classes in the towns, but is extending to tlie farmers :i the rural districts. A State convention of the Workingmen's party in ühio was held at Cincinnati last weck. A platform was adopted, and the following ticket nominated : For Governor, L. II. Bond of Cincinnati ; ijientenant Governor, Francil Skarde, of Cleveland ; State Treasurer, L. II. Hine, of Loveland ; Clerk of tho Snpreme Court, Henry Armsperger, of Cincinnati Board of Public Works, P. G. MoGeeney, o) Xenia ; School Connnissiouer, Peter H Ciark of Cineinnati. Washington telegram : " Mr. Blaine, in a letter received here, ex])rcssea an apprehension that the Southern policy of President Hayes will be lost sigbt of in the agitation of the labor troubles. He intímate that he will cndeavor to keep on top in the ngitation of the labor question. He btates that he is fully satis fled with the Maino Republican Oonvention. Butler appears to be training for a workingmtn's candidate in the House, and Phil.uirlphia men havo written to hun letters nrging nim to be their candidate.'' TUK TUISKO-Rl'SSI.AN WAB. Tuk l'orte lias issued a circular reconntiug the horrible niassacrea perpetrated by the Cossacks and Bulgarians. These include the buriiiiig alive of seveuty Musimmans of the village of Aynklemi and the cold-blooded massacre of forty others, as wel! as women and ohildren. The circular declares the English military attuche has ascertained the truih of the allegations.. ..A dispatch from Vienna says that the fonnation of tlie üus.-iian landwehr has been fouud to be dinienk, owing to a great want of organization.. . .Hobart Pasha's tleet attaekcd seven lïussian gimbont in the Sulina mouth .r the Dannbe, the other day, and after a sharp engagement destroyod two of them. A DISPATOH from Bncharest says the Rosïian troops arouiul Plevna have beenreiuforced, and uow number 70,000. The Itoumanian army, ounibering 25,000, now passing continually to Nikupolis, will form extreme right dr thifl force There Beems no teason to doubt that the Hussians have not only evacuatedKcz.inlili, but all their positions south of the Balkans, ana that (en. Gourka ie retreaticg through the Shipka pass upon Tirnova. A CABLE dispatch, describing the battle of Vladine, where Osmao Paeha was intrenched, says : " Uuder cover of the roar and amoke of the gnus, a inovemont was made by the Iïussians on the tlanks and the center of the Tnrkish position. Tho Rumian infantry poured in nwisch mi the Turkish works, and were received with the dogged resistance that has always charactcrizcd tin Turks bebind intrenohments. A flrm and bitiei fire was kept on the assnilants, onder whicb thcy recoiled, and at last feil back repulsed, (aing the ({round in front of the '1 nrldsh works eovcred with dead and wonnded. The repnlse wus only temporary, however, for the Kussians, with splendid gallantiy. refonñed, and charged again and again upon the obstínate defenderá, but with tho same unavailing and dicadfully fatal results as in the first onret. Allthe day this fearhil fightwent on, the Kussians nurling themselves with a desperate courage on the intrenchments of the Turks, and as Bteadily being repuked, every assanlt leaviog ita ghaaily contribntion to' the dead and wounded. Only ut the close of tlie day, when the tiussian line staggered before the Turkish fire, did Osman Pasha give the Rigiial toattack, and, fron a ftrm and steady defeuee, the links assumed tlie ottensive, rushiog opon their foos with overwhehniag fonse and audaoity, and at night Osman Pa-h:i tras viotorious álong the eni ire line oí battle. Tlie loases on both' sides were heavy." THB l'.ussian Grand Duke Nlcholae narrowly esoaped capture at Eaki-Saghra... Achmet Paaha, who suriendercd Nikopolis to the Kusuiaus, has comnütted suicide .... Dysentei y ai d malaria] fever are decimating the ranks of the Kussians in the Dobrudsclia. . . .The Czar is making gigantic preparations to retrieve the late disasters to his annsai Plevna. Reinforcements to tho number of 100,000, all picked j-.iments, and Ü5Q cannon are being hurried to tlie front with all possihle speed. The war correspondent of the London Daily .Vees-, who is in high favor with the üussian military authorities, telegraphs to his paper that the reinforcements for the Russian army will require more timo to reaeh the front than was at tirst supposed, and that oonsequenüy it will bo impossiblo to eonclude the war during the present yoar. Great battles will be f OUght, he says, but only uorth of the Balkan mountains. The hope entertained by the lius-ians of being able to advance on Achrianopie at once htw been postponed, ancl (he itan of the KuHsiiin Generale how is to 3veep Bulgalia, north of the Balkans, cltfar :f tho Turkish armics. The passes of the Balkans are to bc held at all hazards, a strong nosilion bcing taken p for this ;il k:isanlik. . . .Itussia eiperienoes serious diftii-ulty iv ïiiiing the ranke of the landwehr in QOnseOQjOnGe of tho reluctancc with which men ei 11 forward. With a view to obvíate this th'! Government has issuod not'ce that the n ea will not be requircd to go to the front, hut mereiy take the place at home of the reserves and gnrrison troops. Iu Russian Polatul all males f mm IS to 15 yi-arsof aguare being registered, preparatory tö calling out the remaining classes of the general levy. A ookrespondent vfilh the Ruarían army in Bulgaria telegraph that "appalling accounts continue to come in of the minery of fugitivos from the district devastnted by the Bf.Rhi-Bazouits and Bulgariaus. Xhonsands of women and childreuarehomelessandperishiiig tor want of shelter, medical attendance, and food. A largo number of Baahi-I5azouks patrol the TM'lihptm district. ïhe district is onc of the richest in that part of Turkey. It contains a very largo proportion of Christians, over thirty ohiuclies, and 5U0 schools and colleges, all of which have been buint. Numbers of villages, omtaiiiiug from 150 to 200 families each. wi-ndestroyed, and tho inhabitants put to the sword. It is also reportad that the Turks nmed the hospital at Eski-Saghra, containing 800 si%." OENLltAL FORE1GN NKWS. Liküt. Bclms, with a company of United Staten troops, recently croasod the Hio Grande uto Mexico, recaptured flve stolen horses, and ■etunied without beiug nioloated. . . .The tirst nstallment of rcinforcements for Cuba, 1,000 utii, have eailed from Spaiu A cabio dis)atch ays "au } ■'lerican nauied Biggat" has ieen arrosted by a pólice Rpy in the Sontb of Franco for having called UacManon an aps at i table d'hote. Tho United Sts.tes Onarge d'Affaircs has aent counsel to seo fair plav tnd ,o send a report if the cliarge is untruo." The Bosnia insurrection íb at an end. The mBnrgenta are erosdog into Dalmatia, and are being interned on the inlands in the Adriatic. Advices from Hayti state that the revolutidii has again broken out in that republic. Port au Prinoe is declared in a state of siege. A large portion of the city was fired, and the conflagration continued for two days, and hac not been extiiiKViished when the niail steamer ioft Jovellaf has been removed from the Captain (reiK-ralship of Cuba, and lilanco appointcd in his place. Late news from the Flowery Kingdom The first telegraph in China - a private line K miles long, near Hong Kong - is working suc cessfolly; otlier linea will be erected. The cholei'a lias appeared in aeveral ports along the coast. Tho ravages of famine continue in tin northern provinces. The Government an nounces great victories over the Mohamraedan by Gen. Tsos' army in the West. A Loxdok dispatch saya ít la asserted by En glish ]nssophobisti that at the meeting of tlio Emperors of Austria and Germany the partitiou oí the Ottoman empire was ngrced on, üussin to take Armenia, Austria to have Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece to have Epirus, Thessaly and Crete, and Bulgaria to be govcrned by a Germán Prince. Aa a part of the agreément, it is said, the liussian army ia to be allou'cd to pasa through Servia The explanation of Gen. Grant's sudden ehange of inteutioii, by wliioli Franco was omitted from his litld of travel for the present, is said to bc due to the request of the French Government. It ivas fcared that his preseuce in France prior to the olections might give rise to l!eimblican demonstrations and embarras the Government.