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21
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December
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1877
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At tho lato municipal election in Botton the Itepublican ticket was elected by a majority of 2,151. Jcliüs Voetteb, an extensivo stock dealer of Pittsburgh, Ta., has filed a voluntary petition in bankrnp'cy. His liabilities aro about $110,000. His asnets are large, but tho exact amount is as yet unkuown. They consist in part of land in Illinois, Kaneas, and ono or two other Western States. Sevejí Bteamers left New York for Europe in a single day recently, taking heavy shipmente of breadstaffs. . . . It is reported from New York that Bixby & Co., manufacture of blacking, bavo suspended, with liabilities amounting to $145,000; aeset, 694,000. A sm all fraction of the money stolen by the New York ring has at last found it way back to tho city treasury. The City Cbambcrlain has received from the Attorney General a check for $444,982. being the amount realized from the settlement of the suits against Peter B. Sweeny and Elbert A. Woodward. THE WEST. The report of the commission appointed to settle the dispute as to the locatiou of the front door of tho Chicago postónico has been rendered, and is of a nature to satisfy all partios. It retains the Dearborn ftreet eutranee, providée for two public entrances to the postofh'ce on Clark street and ono on Adams street, and recommends that the dumping and wagoning be done on Jackson street. ..The 8t. Elmo murderer is to have lus trial at Galesburg, 111., in February. The theory of insanity bas already been advanced by the defense. Thr Eev. Dr. Harris, rector of St. James' Episcopal Church, Chicago, has been elected Bishop of the new Diocese of Qnincy, 111 Mips McKee has been committed for murder without bail, for the recent shooting of Constable McElligott, at Chicago. The receipt of hogs at Chicago for five days recently reached the onormous number of 283,500, having a valué of $1,500,000 Iklrs. Kate Tyrrell, confined in the penitentiary at J.incoln, Neb., for forgery, burned a hole through tho floor of the female department into the guard-room, made ropo óf a blanket torn into strips, and escaped to the hall of the warden's house. Whilo tryiug to unlock the only door betwoen her and liberty she was discoverod and taken back. The Braidwood (111.) miners havo resumod work with an ovident dotermination to mnke np for lost time. Iq one day, lately, thoy mined Kil cars of coal, or 1,983 tons The convontion of the IUinois Dairymen has closed its sittinge at Elgin, after a season of most interesting and profitable discufision of topics coimect cd with tho important branch of agricultural industry which the association aims to promoto. Ak immense meeting was held in tho Tabernacle at Chicago on the 13th inst., at which resolutions were passed insisting upon tho restoration of the silver coinage to thO position it held bcfore the paseage of the act of 1873. The leading banken of Milwaukeo have united in a circular announcing that on and aftcr Jan. 1, 1878, a. doduction of $2,000 ifiU bo made upon each balance drawing interest, and upon all batáneos in cxccBsof that sum the rato of intorost will bo reduced to 2 per cent. The Lakc Forost (111.) Uuivorsity has boon destroycd by fire, supposed to bo incendiar}-. Loss, $60,000; insurancc, 15,OO0 W. T. Bmith, on trial at Madison, Wis., charged with forging a money order, has been acquittod. A Deadwoou dispatch says: "Abottleof petroleum has reached this city from an oil woll that was discovered a few weeks ago eight mi'es from Jenny's stockado and 100 miles south of Doadwood. Tho petroleum is pronouncod byospjrtsto bükupciior to that of West Virginia," THK SOUTH. Near Liberty, K., laBt weok, Thomas M(Hro and Uuited Btates Special Bailiff Goorge D. Ellis killed one another. Mooro has been wanted by tho authoriticH for a. ynar past on an indictment chartiing him with illieit (iistilling. Ellis met him by chance Smiday night whilo riding towards I.iberty, Ky., with a man named Dnyor. Ellis called " siurender !" and Moore nnswered by firing a bollet through his body. Ellis ro urned the shot, Mooro diappeariiigintho bushes. Next morning his body was found frozen stiff iu death. It is reported from Louisvillo, Ky., that Edward Wyatt and Frank Webster, United States special bailifff, havo been wounded by moonshiners. The 6ye of the former was shot out and the latter was shot through the head Capt. F. B. Webster, Unitel atates Deputy Marshal, with a posse, was attackod by triple bic number of moonnhinerB in ambuscade. Offioer Wyiti rceived 8ixten 'ehot in uíb fftoe, ■ ' A DISPATCH from O.-sceola, Mo., saya a uiob of armod and masked men took possoabion of hat town at night, recently, arrested cvcrybody on the streels at tho muzzles of revolvers and sfaot-RUiiK, tlien went to Iho Court House, eizod all tax bocks for Ihis and past yearn iu lie County Clcrk'a and Treasurer's ónice, and carried them away. The trouble grew out of a r&tlroacl tax whloh liad been levied to Qfkj ceitain judgmenty against the county for pastduc interest on railroad bonds Throo thievcs lately robbod a toro at FalkviUe, Ala. A posse of citizentí got on tlitir trail, booting two and capturing tlie othor The Tennessee Sonate Finalice Comniittee have reeommended the compromise of the State debt at 50 cent ou the dollar, the honda to boar 6 per cent, interest. On the 15th inst., Gov. Hubbard, of TexaB, tok'k'raphed to President Hayes aa follows : " I am oflicially informed that citizens of Mexico, in conneetion with citizens of El P;ibo county, of Mexican birth, wcre fíghting all day yesterday, in Texas, with a detarhment of klato troops who were aiding civil anthorities. The Jlexican forcé beiug too strong to be repelled by the Texas troops, and it being impossiblc to raise a civil posse from the citizeiiK, who are nearly all of Mexican blood and synipathy. and havjug no rcinforcements within several miles, I ank for the aid of svich United States troopB as may be nearest to the ecene of aclion to repel this iuvamoa of our territory." Other dispatches of the pame d&te aro to tiio effect that "flve rangers and a merchant named Ellis were killed by the Mexicana yesterday. State troops are intronchtd on Sun Elizario, surrounded by a mob of several hundred Mexicans from beth sidos of the river. The Governor bas telegraphed orders to rccruit men from tho uearest points in Texas and New Mexico to aid tho Stato troops." Bï directionof the War Department all available troops have been ordered by Gen. Sheridan to the sceno of tho difliculty at El Paso, Tex., to assist the State militia in keeping peace. OENEKAI. A naval engineer, Lieut. Wise, reports favorably on tho oilicial explorations of tho Isthmus of Dariou, with a viow to tho project of on iiiter-oceanic canal, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic in Central America. Lieut. Wise estimatos the coet of tüe proposed work as not excessive. The Bev. J. J. Bloomer, pastor of 8t. Patrick'a Catholic Church, in Elmira, N. Y., has been committed to jail for contempt of the Rocorder's Conrt, in refusiug to answer a quostion put by tho conrt in reference to a case of alleged bigamy. The pastor stands on the ground of professional confidence, uot church discipline. Fibes : Irlemphis, Tenn., loss $50,000; Toledo, Ohio, loss $40,000; Biddeford, Me., loss $ 25,000; New Castle, Ont., loss $10,000 The ncw west-bound froight rates establisbed by tho Chosapeake and Ohio railroad, to correspond with thqse of the all-rail trunk liues, show the following figuren to Chicago : Firstclass, 90 cents per 100 pounds; second-clahs, 72 cents; third-class, 55 ct;nts; fourth-class, 42 cents. I'irst-class to Quincy is $1.17, and to St. Louis the same. The case of alleged improper sale of stamps by the Postmaster atStockton, Me., whlch was carried beforo Iho United States Conrt at Portland as a tc6t cape, bas rcsulted in the conviction and sentence of J. F. Frye, Postmaster. The court is reported as holding that ander tho present Postal lawa Postmasters making Ilegal sales of stamps by discount or exchange for goods can be punlsbed. At Silver Springs, twenty-flvo miles from Cheyonne, W. T., a man of Company A, Third cavalry, namcd Kennedy, wbile uuder the inlluenco of liquor, threatoned the life of a Sergeant of his company namod SchalTer, but was prevented at tho time from carrying histhreatintocxecution. Shortly af ter arrivmg in camp in the ovening Kennedy prooured a carbinc, weutto the tent whero ho supposed Schaffer would be f ound, and, opening the flap, fired at the flrst man he saw, killing liim instantly, but instoad of Schaffer it proved to bo Joíiu A. Van Molt, First Sergeant of the company. Kcnnedv was inimediatcly disarmcd and put undcr charge of a gnard. Groat excitement prevailed among the men of the company, by whom Van Molt was greatly respected, and sometime during tho night the guard was overpowered, a blauket being thrown ovor his head, and at daylight next morning the body of Kennedy was ïound suspended to the ridgepole of the guard tent by the neck, life beiug extinct. WASHINGTON. Jodge Lonrcra, of tho United Stato Court of Claims, has retircd on full pay, on account of age, and tho President has appointod J. Bancrof t Davis to sneceed him After an exciting canvas? the nominations of Mr. Have for officers at the port of New York were rejected by the Senate by a vote of 82 against confirmation to 25 in favor Gen. Sheridan has been beforo tho House Military Oommittee to testify regarding tho condition of aflairs along the liio Grande. He gave it as bis opinión that thore is no danger of a war with Mexico, and that the troocs already stationed on the border, tegether with thoso'to be sent there, will be suflicient to preservo order. A DisPATcn to tho Chicago Tribune says the Senate's executive session of the 14th was the scène of an exciting dialogue between Senators Gordon and Conkling. The account says : Gordon was bitterly opposing the coiih'rmation of Wade, a Üepubliean, as Collector of tho Third district of Georgia. Mr. Thnrman interrupted to pay that, if the relations of the North to the South were to paB in review at length on every confirmation, businefss could not be oxpedited. At this Mr. Conkling and several otherb spoko out, as is usual iu a session where business is pressing, "Go on with the calendar." At this Gordon exclaimed ia a vcry offeusive manner : " The Senator from New York is issiüng orders to the Chair." Mr. Conkling, after asking Gordon to repeat, replied : "If tho Senator from Georgia means to say that I issue orders to the Chair, he tays what is not true, and, lest the Senator should not understand me, I repeat that, if he means to intimate nat I ifsue orders to the Chair, he Fays what is uut true." This was spoken with great emphasis by Conkliug. Gordon retorted, " This is a matter that can be settled ratelde of tbis chamber." Conkling replied, "Yes, or we can scttle itnow,"and he then again ropeated his flrst remark to Gordon, and the latter only said it was a matter to settle outside the chamber. Messrs. Thurman, Hamlin, and other Senators undertook to smooth the matter over and effect an immediate reconciliation, saying that Conkling's exclamation, " Go on with tho calendar," was the usual one. and thero was no cause for Gordou's feeling, but both Conkling and Gordon sat still under theso attempts to smooth the matter over, and said nothing. The Senato has confirmed the nomination of Mr. McCormick, latcly of the Treasury Department, to be United States Commissioncr General at the Paris Exposition. It is reported from Washington that, soon after the holidays, tho President will sena to Congress a message devoted to the setting forth of his views in regard to appointments for the civil service, and insisting strongly upon tho poeitiou he has heretofore occupiad. THE TURKO-KUSS1AN WAK. Dkt.mi,s of the surrender of Plevna show that 40,000 soldiers under arras and 20,000 sick and woundod in hospital feil into tho hands of tho Kussians. Tho sufferings of tho Turks in tho beleaguered town ere aclually awful. Cold, disease and famino decimatod iho ranks and reduced the soldiers to living skelctons. To aggravato their sufferings, thero wero no doctors, and no medicine could bo obtaiued During the oporations against the citadel of Antivarí, the Prince of Montenegro has leen inhabiting a house belonging to a Mohammcdan Bey in tho town of Antivari. On Snnday an attempt was mado to assassinate the Prince in tbc house, wliieh was mineci and blown np. The Prince was forüimitcly absent at tho time. One of his body guard was killod and tx injuixd. Tuk Czar visited Osman Pasha after his surrender and retnrned to him his sword, oxprossig admiration for his bravery and roldiorly qualities. The Porie has issttod a circular addmssnd to tho leading European powers, in which t cxprt sses a dotsiro for poaco and requests their mcdiation ...A proclamation bas been issued by the Servían Government announcing that in army has btcn ordered (o croBa tho Tiu-kish frontier - A dispatch from Plevna say-; "Tho immediate caue of Ownan Paeha'a abandoning the iutrenchments was the l)itikin out of an cpicicmic among tho troops. Thero wero forty or iifty ilead budics a day in Plovna, Tliere were no men availablo to bury tbeni, and tlie morta'ity was increasing." A Bnsaiarj oflicial dispatch datcd liogot, Dcc. 13, says sixty battahons of Turks utiackod tho forcos of the Grand Duko Vladimir all along tho line, dincting, however, their principal efforts against the left and center. They attackcd Metchka six times, but wero each timo repulsed with great losa. At 1 p. m. tho Thirty-fifth División of tho Twolfth Kussian Army Corps appeared on the scène, and, attacking the Turks on their flank, compellcd them, with the co-operation of tho rest of the liussian forces, to retiro npon Krasna, their rotreat to Jovan Ciftlik being cut off. Tho Grand Duke Vladimir narrowly oscaped a bal]. Suleiman Pashft, de.-cribing the nmo altair. claims that he carried somo of the intrenehmentH of Metchka, but was unable to hold th'iw, owing to the firo from tho heights and the arrival of Russjan reinforooments. lie consequently withdrew to (lis orÍKn&l po ftftor a ?even-hours' bettle. ■ J A loiutiisroNDENT at Plevua gives the i ing account of tho meeting betwoen Oáman ï Tacha and hie conquerors : "Th Grund 1 Duko Nicholas rode np to Oainan'n carriage, j and for somo seconds the two ohirfs gszcd into ( oach other's faces without the uttcrance of a t word. The tho Grand Duke stretfihed out ïis hand, shook tho hand of Osman l'asha , heartily, and raid, "I compliment you on your defenso of Plevua. It in ono o"f the most Bplendid military fcats in history. Osman ! xmilcd sadlv. rose painfully to his feet in spito of his wound, and said somothing which I i could not hear. Ho thon reseated himsolf. i The Iïusian officers all cried ' Bravo ! Bravo !' rcpeatedly, and all saluted respectfully. There ' was not one among them who did not gaze on the hcro of Plevua with the gravost admiration and sympathy. Princo Charlo, of Roumimia, who had arrived, rode up aud repeatcd unwittingly almost every word of the Grand Duke, aud shook hands with Osman, who again rose, aud bowod thia time in grim silence. Ho wore a loóse, blue cloak, with uo apparent mark on it to desígnate bis rank, and a red fez. He is a largo, utrongly-built man. Thelowcr part of hiH face is covered with a short, black beard without a streak of gray, and he has a largo Roman noso and black eyes." The Turks burned and evacuated Elena, and the position ha been reoccupicd by the Russians. . . .The Sorvians have begun activo operatioiiH by marching on Kassova Achmet Eyoub l'aslia has withdrawu his forco from Schipka pasB to Kezanlik. A telegram from St. Petersburg, which is of a somi-ofiicial charactcr, says : "Tho atatement that Germany and Austria have refused Turkoy's request for mediation liaa produeed a favorable impression here. The universal sentiment ia that, after the groat sacrifices of Hussia, peace on tho eonditious foreshadowed in the Porte's circular vrould be illuaory, and that the q'.U'ationa raised by this sanguinary war must be dcfinitely and exhaustively solved." Col. Wellesley, British military attaché, says that Osman Pasba had less Uian 80,000 men at Plevna, and in his sortio lost 6,000 killed alone. The wounded must have been 6,000 more Tho Rustían loss to Dec. 13 was 7?,58 men. . I :m:k I, FORKIGN NEWS. Tue last revolution in Ecuador has collapsed after eighteon houre' hard fighting in Quito, where it is estimated 400 persons wore killed and a largo number wounded Tho new United States Minister to the Court of 8t. James was cordially welcomed on his arrival at Liverpool by a number of leading Englishmen. The death is roported of Sidney Sruirke, the distinguished English architect. A I'Aiiis dispatch says : " A deputation of tho Eight has waited upon Marshal MacMahon and assured h!.m that it was utterly impossible to form a ministry from their ranks, and that all further attempta in that direction would bo usoless. The members of tho áelegation. while profesBing tbo strongest wishto aujiport tho Marshal, wero most emphatic in their exprossions of necefisity of coming to terms with tho moderate republicana and ending the crisis. The Marshal was deeply moved, and af tor sonie conversation with the deputatiou, among whom were some of his staunchent friends. for whoae opinión hu has great respect, said thore was no other courso left open to him but to resign. Hia frierda wero appalled at tho prospect and besought him not to take this step. On the condition of his rotaining the Presidoncy they authorized him to do whatover ho plcaaed in order to tenninato the crisis. The Marshal stil] hesitaUxl and reiterated his unwillingness to retain oilice, under tho circumstances, but the dolegation urged their views with great force, aud pointed out the danger to coueervative interests of plunging thö oountry inio an uncertain future by resigning at tho present time. Finally the"MarBhal yielded and promised to suninion a Ministry from the moderato Left. Marshal MacMahon at once put his resolution into effect, by oomnmiiioating with M. Dufaure, giving him caite blanchc to form a Miuistry." Tuk new French Cabinot is constituted as follows : M. Dnfaure, President of Council and Minister of Justice ; M. De Marcora, Interior ; M. Waddington, Foreign Affairs ; M. Bordonz, l'nblic Instruction ; Gen. Bijrol, War; Admira] Pothnau, Malino : M. Leon Say, Kinance ; M. Teisserene De jjort, Commorce ; M. Do Freycinet, Public Works A dispatch from Berlin eays tbo Gerniau corvettu Leipzig has been sent to snnport tho claims of the Germán envoy against Nicaragua. The Russian official figures of thefmaWighl at Plevna make the llussian losses only 55 olücers and 1,389 men, while the. Turks are said to have lost 4,000 men in killed and wounded. As insunection has broken out in the province of Amyre, in Crete. Turkish families and the inhabitants of other provinces havo sought refugc in the fortrees. The Governor of Crete bas sent troopa to suppressthe insurrection It is belioved that theRussian Minister is negotiating with Denmaik with a view to propoving Princo Waldemar, of Denmark, or Prnce Johr of Gluckborg, as ruler of Bulgaria. Tuk feeling in Franco U improving. The Chamber of Deputies has voted appropriations aaked for by the MiniBtry, and the leading organ of the Republicana, Jiepublique f'raticaise, oomplimenta the message of the President, in whloh he declaros his intuntion to obey the popular will as expressed in the late elections. j Ges. DAurelle de Paladines, a French lifo Senator, is dead. He was born Jan. 9, 1804 The iron-workers of Sheffield, England, have received notico of a reduction of wages after the holid vys A strike has ocenrrcd among the men employed on the Lachino canal enlargemeht, in Canada, causee by a cutting down of wages. Some 2,500 men qiüt work.

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