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IE NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAT.
OFIOCIAL JOURNAL OF TRE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
VOL. 11---NO. 150. NEW ORLEANS, SATr II DAY, MAY 1ii, 1877. PRIOE, FIVE CENTS.
-I- I- I I I i I I- Il m III mI i i I I I|I I . m.
BY TELEU iRAPH.
THB CGABINEI MNlTINi.
A tGood Deal of Discusion and Little
Done.
Our Represeatatives Abroad.
The DiHtrlet Commission.
eSpselal to N4. . l)Unoorsta
WAeatmnsoo, May 18. -The Cabinet had
a sort of a general wash-day to-day, dli
oudsing a little of everything and doing
nothing at all. Most of the time was
spent in hearing the claims of various
parties who want to serve the govern
ment in foreign missions.
ChanSres in the tPorliun MItmtonl.
It is settled that changes will be made
in the missions to Austria and Brasil,
but it is not settled who will get the
places. Beale, milister to Austria, who
is at home on leave, was at the White
House to-day, and announced his in
tention of going to H.an Franoisco. A
member of the Cabinet Is my authority
for the statement that Boale probably
will not go back to Vienna.
Tbhe Melcran quention.
The Mexican question was not dis.
aussed to-day.
Hayesr Vsllt to Philadelphla.
Rayes expressoes himself well pleased
with his trip to Philadelphia, but
brought bLok quite a severe cold.
The Isttriet Comntitasln.
The vacanoy in the Distriot Commis
son was disoussed at length, and the
same of Thos. M. Bryan, a native of
the Distriot, was favorably mentioned
and discussed at length.
Hayes and his Cabinet are unanimous
ly of opinion that the office should go to
a oltisen of the Distriot. B10u EL.
TUE EASTERN WAIL.
Engllad to Appear In the Field en a
Great Mahometan Power.
Disrael Anxioun to Bring About a Rup.
luare with Russia.
England Ready to Occuapy Constantinople.
The Indian Sepoys Plared on a War
Footlng.
Oae Iludred Thousand lahometan
Troops for Asia Minor.
Russian Intrigue In Amerlea.
Rpsila Endevowrlng to Interest the
United States in the War.
A Proposal that the United States Should
Adopt Canada In Case of an
AnglolRueslan War.
I[pe.ial to N. O. Demoorat.l
WASrINoTON, May 18.-The Informa
tlon sent in these dispatches two nights
ago concerning the situation in Europe,
based on the statements made to your
correspondent by an eminent diplom
atoi authority, is verified with singular
fidelity by the London dispatches of
to-day. The mobilization of the Anglo
Indian forces has been going on quietly
for some time, but all disguises are now
thrown off, and it has been semi-offi
cially published in London that the en
tire sMohammedan contingent in Hin
doostan is ready for foreign service.
This means, that the entire Sepoy
force of the Bombay presidency, to
gether with the Sikh forces in the Pun
Jaub and Soinde, are ready to move
ndrthward into the newly conquered
Russian possessions in Turkistan, or to
be transferred by sea to Asia Minor.
This is the most significant indication
of England's intention that has yet
transpired.
The same diplomatic authority,whence
information previously given in these
dispatches has been derived, says that
the selection of Mohammedan troops,
solely for this service, proves conclu
sively that England intends to appear
in the conflict in the Asiatic role of a
great Mohammedan power.
He says the Musselmans in Hindostan
number about 56,000,000, and occupy a
middle ground of power between the
English and the Hindoos. The Anglo
Indian army, according to latest re
turns, contains about 285,000 troops, of
which something like 120,000 are avail
able for service in the present conflict.
The remainder is made up of Sepoys of
the Bengal and Madras presidencies,
who are mainly Brahmans in religion,
and will not be usel in this war,
but the Mohnmmedan troops are
infinitely superior to the Hinaoos or
Brahmins both in courage and capacity
to endure the hardships of campaign
ing In more northerly climes.
My informant states that he has not
the slightest doubt of Disraeli's inten
tion to bring on a crisis in relation with
Russia at once, and says that England
is now ready to occupy Constantinople
with 45,000 or 50,000 British troops and
throw upwards of 100,000 of well trained
East radian troops into Asia Minor on
very short notice.
The same authority makes some ourl
ous assertions as to Russia's Intrigues
in this country. He mentioned the
violent Russian tone ofi the New York
Ilerald and Times, and then added:
"The tone of the tHerald is not inspired
by any sympathy with the Russians as
against the Turks, but is designed to pro.
mote anti-British feeling in this coun
try, in pursuance of a Russian intrigue
which has for its object nothing less
than to bring about a rupture between
Great Britain and the United States in
the event of hostilities between the
Russian government and the former
power. "I predict, most confidently,"
said he, in conclusion, "that within
thirty days after the declaration
of war between England and Russia,
these same journals will be advocating
the seizure of Canada by the United
States. To promote and encourage this
intrigue has been the business of
the Grand Dukes during their
their stay in this country, and the Bus
slan Minister, Shishkin, has been doing
what' you Americans call the "leg
work of the job."
This statement is given out from Eng
lish sources in this city, and comes
from the man who is specially dele
gated by the British government to
watch the Russian Intrigues In this
country. BiutL,.
[From Our Evening Edition of Yesterday.1
THE OFFICE HOLDERS.
The Proposed Minister to Veneozela and
the tharge Against Him.
All the Appointments to Loualsiana Offlees
gulpended.
A Reported Change in the Administration
on the subject of Louslalna
Patronage.
(t1peoi&l to N. 0. DI)omoort.J
WAsnlNcoTON, May 18.--Fred Johnson
having put in his application for the
Venezuelan mission, the Administra
tion organ here Is out this morning at
tacking him on the ground that he is
personally interested in the commercial
enterprises of that country, and hence
not eligible to ai diplomatic position
there.
Jack Wharton's appointment has
been suspended along with the rest of
Louisiana patronage. Meanwhile there
is nobody here to look after his inter
ests and the other factions are getting
in their work. Marked changes have
been wrought in the mind of the Ad
ministration on the subject of Louisi
ana patronage since Wharton was here,
none of which have been favorable to
his interests or those of his friends.
Bu Irst,.
FEDERAL PATRONAGE IN TIlE SOUTH.
A ('hange of Views on the Part of tie
President.
WasmNoTON, May 18.-The rival le
publicans for office in the South are pil
ing up charges against each other. It
needs no Democratic remonstrance to
exclude the present set, If what they
say of each other is to be believed, not
one of the present applicants is a lit
person to hold an office of honor, trust
or profit.
The President is beginning to see but
two means of disposing of Southern
offices; one is to give them to the Deon
ocrats, and the other is to send down
new men from the North. The present
Republicans of the South (native) prom
ise to be a decidedly feeble foundation
upon which to construct the proposed
Old Line Whig, native Republican and
colored man's party. Key is about
giving the postofllee at Corinth, Miss.,
to Major Jeff Wofford. Wofford was
chief of artillery to Gen. Stephen D.
Lee, while he fought in Mississippi.
GARFIELD'S CANDIDATURE.
It was Made at the President's Particu
lar Request.
NEw YORK, May 18.-The Times pub
lishes an extract from a letter from
Hayes to Garfield before the Senatorial
election, asking Garfield to withdraw
from the Senatorial contest.
The President then expressed his be
lief that Gen. Garfield's election as
Speaker was probable, and assured him
of his willingness to do all in his power
to accomplish that result.
Gen. Garfield, upon the receipt of this
letter, sent a telegram to a member of
the Ohio Legislature, withdrawing his
name from the contest.
An Arkansas Duel.
MEMPHIS, May 18.-C. G. Newman,
editor of the Pine Bluff (Ark.) Press,
was arrested by the sheriff last night,
on the arrival of the Little Rock train,
on a telegram from Gov. Miller, charg
ing that Newman had gone to Memphis
to fight a duel with Major Reynolds of
Pine Bluff, Ark. Newman was to-day
put under bonds of a thousand dollars
to keep the peace. But it is understood
that Reynolds and his friends left Pine
Bluff on a steamboat for Terrence.
Miss., and that the duel is to come off
there to-morrow morning.
A Large Fire.
WOODSTOCK, Mo., May 18.-A $300,000
fire occurred here, covering King,
Queen, Main and Court streets.
WAR NOTES. I
European Ambassadors at Constanti
neple.
LONDON, May 17.-Reuter's Constanti
nople dispatch says the German, Aus
trian and Italian Ambassadors have ar
rived.
A Cannonade.
The cannonade between Oltenitza and
Turtukai continues.
"The Vietorlous."
The Shiek Ul Islam has conferred the
title of "Victorious" on the Sultan, in
honor of the capture of Soukgum Kale.
The Tartar Insurraetlon aite Crimla.
The Rusuian army corps at Odessa will
be sent to the Crimea to prevent the
spread of the Tartar insurreollon. Many ft
oltahe accompany the Turks to Cau- b
oesue to incite the Cireasians to a holy
war.
Turkish Christlans.
The Sultan has determined to admit
Christians into the army. A draft of v
200,000 will be made, regardless of race
or creed.
atning, d
It is raining heavily on the Danube.
The Russian March on Kars. d
The Russian movement of goncentra
tion upon Kars from Potl, Akhaltzlk,
Alexandropol and Irwin has come to a
standstill a few marches from the fron
tier. 1
The delay is partly occasioned by the
necessity of establishing stores for vie
tualing the troops on Turkish soil, and
partly by the P1usslan generals recogni- r
ing the change effected In the condl
tions of warfare by the unlvorsal avl, i -
tion of the needle gun; and attik in
manssed columns such as the RTuslai.ns
undertook the other day, near Jintoum,
was in former times as a rule, sucesns
ful. Now any such eoats are out of the
qutstion.
The needle gun, even in Turkish
hands, not admitting of storming
columns being formed at a ditancel,.
Yet It Is expected that the Russians will
ilnd it difficult to change their old sys- I
lteo of tactics, and, if this view is cor
rcet, they will have chiefly to rely upon
artillery.
insurance Against Turklsh shells.
It is intended to estabfleh a sort of
mutual insurance company against
Turkish shells in Russian seaport
towns.
The Rusinlans Cross the Kur.
ST. PrlrrMnunno, May 17.-An official
telegram dated at Achalkalaki May 15,
says: The Russians have thrown a
bridge over the Kur; a flying detach
ment on the 11th advanced as far as the
fortifioations of Kospasantable. The
Turks remained passive.
The Pope and the Pilgrim.
Itons, May 17.--The Pope has received
six thousand German pilgrims, includ
ing six bishops. He said God some
times raises up Attilas to awaken na
tlons; Germany has at present her At
tila.
Gamibetta on MarMahon.
LoNDoN, May 18.--The Standard gives
the concluding passage of M. Gambet
ta's speech, as follows:
If the evil advisers of the Marshal
wore resolved to bring about dissolu
tion it would he the preface to a war at
home and abroad.
MIltlaial' ms Wew Cabine1t.
PARIS, May 18., - MacMahon has an
nounced hiis Oabinot composod entirely
of now national partisans. Duke do
lIroglie is the Chlof; M. Tonston, Minis
tor of Interior-suspootod of strong Na
poleonlo teiqdony, and understands the
management of elections.
France nid Germny.
LONDON, May 18.--The Standard's
Berlin dispatch says the good under
istanding between France and Germany
would be seriously endangered, should
the clerical party attain power in
France.
The Engllsh lurlals' Bill.
LONnON May 18.-Lords passed the
burials' bill, permitting other than the
Church of England service to be read in
church yard--c,5 to 00. The government
opposed the bill.
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THE FUINDING BOARD.
. II. KIennedy Ilnanlnonesly Elected Fle- I
cal Agent of the tnate.
The Funding Board mot on Thursday accord
ing to previous adjournment, all the members
being present.
After the usual preliminaries the following
communication was read, addressed to the Board
by Mr. J. 11. Oglesby, President of the Louisiana
National Bankl :
New On.lAeNa, May 17, 1877.
Gov. F. T. Nicholla and Members of the Funding t
Board :
Gen m.nel-The managers of this bank, after
careful consideration, decline the propoeition
submitted by your board, through Mr. Black, but t
authorize me to say this bink wilt pay the on
poni on the entire funded debt of the Stato fall
lng due July 1, 1877 and January 1, 1878,
but will mnake ,o advances for tle pay
ment of any portion of the hback interest.
This propoeition is conditioned that all tax
collectors be required to deposit their daily
collections in this bank, and that the agency l
shall remain with this bank during the term of
the present administration, or until all balances I
due the bank are paid, unless the bank elects
sooner to relinquish the position.
Respectfully, etc., J. 11H. OOLEBY,
President Louisiana National Bank.
Immediately thereupon Mr. Bush offdred the
following resolution, which was unanimously
adopted :
Resolved That the Governer and President of
this board be aqd he is hereby authorized and
empowered to enter into a formal written con
tract, on the basis adopted by this board, with
the State National Bank, whereof Sam'l H. Ken
nedy is President, as General Fiscal Agent of the
State, and that he receive and accept the security
required by law of said agent.
We append the resolutions, adopted at the
meeting on Wednesday, which form the basis
upon which the President of the Funding Board
was authorized to enter into the contract:
It ie the sense of this board, and it is now re
solved that arrangements be made with the fiscal
agent to be elected, on the following basis, viz:
1. To conform to existing laws and such as may
hereafter be passed relative to the agency, with
the right of resigning should any laws hereafter
passed be not acceptable, including the adva:ce
provided for by section 2 of act 58 of the regn 'ar
sestion of 1877, approved March 12, 1877, begin.
ning January 1, 1878, and continuing until the
successor of the present Governor, F. T. Nicbolls,
is inducted ana installed into office; i. e., at least
until March 1, 1881, up to which time the tenure
of the fiscal agent shall continue, unless legally
removed for cause or until resignation is made as
above provided.
2. To pay and disburse pro rats the funds now
on hand, and which may hereafter be collected,
to pay the interest accruea on the bonds and
claims to be funded from January 1, 1874, to and
including July 1, 1876; or, in other words, pro
rats on the coupons of July 1, 1874, and January
1, 1875, out of the taxes of the year 1874, on the
coupons of July 1, 1875, and January 1, 1876, out
of the taxes of the year 1875, and on the coupons
of July 1, 1876, out of the taxes of the year 1876,
as they are collected for the said years respect
ively, until all the interest of each year is paid,
when the surplus of any 'ear shall be applied,
according to the laws of 1877, to the years
yet uncovered pro rata and in conformity
to said laws. 3. To provide the means neces
sary to protect the credit of the State in case of
deficit in past, present or f ture collections, to
meet the entire interest, accured and to accrue,
on the funded and unfunled bonds and warrants,
converted and to be converted into coninlidated
bond-, ihbout defalc,tion or delay, from and
including coupons of interest due first cf Jan
uary, 18i7, to and including firt 4f January,
1878, on the claims and warrants already funded,
and thome whloh may hereaftrr be funded, and
for that purpose to advanae whatever money may
be needed whenever reautred by the board.
4. To enter Into a oontraet oonoeralng the fore.
Sonlg oontemplated arrangement.
The appended resolution, offered by Mr. Bush,
was also adopted :
lesi.rd, That the claime presented for eon.
version into oonsolldated bonds will be taken up,
for examination and annelderation, in regular
order, ase fied, and published, and continne to be
taken up in that order until the whole hee been
disposed of.
S. That these olaims will be taken up on Mon
day, 1.at May, 1877, at 12 o'olook m., at the
itpeaker'e room, $tate.-Uoise, and the hearing
and examination of the easee be continaud from
day to day, beginning at 12 in., until otherwise
The board then adjourned until Monday, at
12 nm.
THlI PRI.MUTIYrEIIANM.
Seeonhi fr'a m iasson of the A osemtubly.
At n o'olock Dr. $tlilmen took the chair and
lle10 Uit, Assembly to order. Player by Rev.
)r. frwrv, of Knlutucky.
The M.oeratnr then announced the following
taending ermnlmittees:
TAINDINO (,:MlfMITTMttf.
,1 Pills 1111td vortouro-ll, M. tlmlth. 1), 1)
'. If M Ol 11ho, 1). ..Tordln, it. T. 'lnry, T. )I.
I'hofnowell, II, (I . Worth, w,'l. T. rin"o, TT),
I'" . r, 1.. lt olley. T. W. Morrin. .1. I. Von
dMotlor,
UdtltInl (oimmnitlno -J. Woodrow, t), P.. A. It.
Itn ke . II. UChlles, I.. II. Itornrlt, W. .. (I- 1
wvll. i . ItllInte, D. U. Andutron, I mnnt M.
V,,itht WI ,thohnson.
Onr Theloflrnl HM tlnnrlon-.-W, J. Lowry, D.
).. W. N. 1ikoy 3'. It. (Iilland. (1. N. (lrfttm. O.
. (,IIhhostor, H. II, HproIth J, '. Coffin. J.Wnrr.
inn, J.. W M'lPhoron.,
I'orlgo Mwiundh -H.11, TToaton 1., Df, I), M, -
Murray, W P. D Morton, .1. H. Frior,, n. E. 0.
.)turralt, W. I. H. (0 tt.l|, A. I. Htlllmnan, A.
urnlor. J. (irier.
tu.ntntlton--E. I. Rtntharfnrd I,1) : X,.
Daniel., W . It. Verner, F. M. How ll,D. W.
ilu bthrh, (loe, Alien, H. (1. Reed, It . l. Pit
n. J. W. Who ,tl .
'Publication--T Welch D, D, ., K. Hlren,.
W. . ,oy.A P. lNhthoIon, I) W. .3nnnno,t ',
M. hosebr. J, n. Ca wti . Ako, n, W. It
Hlmmeon.
kystomar 1 lpnevolentn--It. H, H nlfmtpll,
1). 1, H, M. Neil, Ii. l Benke, AJ. u rtmlflgdo,
t. it. rit, netI Io fItu onW. Wrligit. . .it.
innor. ,Ndtiers.. ., .I omitno.,
EdMu tl 00. House, D. 1, J. C, Tnta, J. M.
llard. U. M lo nnell, (1. .1Blattrman, T.
nrrativo-J. A. (Joeby, W. 1. T)odge, J. W.
lennnrs.
tb.batft Hnooole-I, (1 eer-, Ii, W, ledtinUcr.
W. Crow, J It King, L. ir, . W. Wilro n,.T. T.
Brown C. It. anof, .1. It, iIghIM.
And lttnl - (lontuhittlo -,. (I, Inoglis, J. Morley,
J. Mnninhen.
IlUnvotlonal htrcnole---Ap II. litfrWolI.y, J. C.
raham, Er. ,. IN04+t.
Iiav eif Absfefn-(1. Master Willianmn H. 11,
Isler, H. W. Wtlkln.as.an. Mar nn, A. It. ','oLwrct.
ItovslNfl took f (Jhurc h (iOrder-G(I'o.. Ar. Arm
1.(Grsonn T. IV'rllon, It. . .l Inall.
(lcione ilion on Nomination of 1)nilo'getoc f t.he
i'r'lnfytforifsn Alliane -- ', K. Ilanar, It. It.
WIlhi, T'. Woodrow," . M. Well. .M.M atiton, A.
It linotks .1 A. (Orson T. II, Modliln, 1. (1.
Worth. J. II. Auger, . If. Ucart;r, (Iorgo Chutes.
NINODIUAL HI.COOllDf.
A Iahttmns-lt, 4 .. forry 'P. .. Henry.
Arkianas-J . it, Jonftc, 'I'. H. M .orrio.
Georga- . 1). Morton, (1 C. Ilhtd.
K.ntuky -. M. HowIell, , A. ( .Carson.
Memnihis . L Itwing U. P Tsrrill.
Mills t"'All-J. H Goatby, W. Stewart.
IM l wtcon ori-. (hi octen, It. i, Siprot.h .
Nohvillvle-l.. ii i..Jorln 3 toriev.
North O.trollna-T. W. n e-rwin, . It It lly.
oluth t arollitt-B. I.. (harles. Dt. . tAnderson.
T'oahs-J. IF. Cannon., (leorg Allon.
Virgilla--J It. Thornwell, H. I. (ireovs.
eiu ant0ai oports were called for, but not
behng ready their reading was deterred in order
to hear the reading of some complants, which
were presented and referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
The report on snrtentation was road and re
fetrrod to the proper rommittee.
The clerk then road the title of overtures from
varlone Presbyterles and the sixteenth annual
report of the Committee on Foreign Misrions.
The above reports wer referred to the proper
committees.
The olerk informed the Assembly that he had
received official notifloations from five members
of the delegation to the Alt. anow to be held at
Edinburgh, that they desire to resign. Referred
to the proper committee.
The report of the xeuontive 'Committee on
Education was read.
The report-printed aoples of which weorn fur
nished to the members-was referred, with ac
companying docmoum ts, to the standing Commit
tee on Education.
The clerk informed the Assembly that he had
in his hands communoications from a number of
Presbyteries rrgarding fraternal relations with
the Northern Assembly.
On motitn, the communIcations were submit
ted to the Committee on orrespondence.
A letter from the clerk of the Northern As
asmbly to the Moderator and Olerk of the wonth
orn Presbyterian Assembly, dated New York,
April 18, 1877, was read.
The letter gave official noification of the action
taken by the Northern Assembly tonohing frator
nal relations, and asking the concurrence of the
touthorn Assembly in such action.
The letter was referred to the committee on
foreign correspondence.
A recess was then taken for 20 jninuates.
At 12:25 the Assembly again came to ord
The chairman of the commitlee on theo tichal
seminaries, including the Columbia and I ,ion
Theological Seminaries, made his report 'rich
was read, received and submitted.
A resolution providing for the aboliti of a
publishing-house for the Assembly was I and
referred to the committee on publication.
Dr. Brown of the committee on pub ion,
stated that the statement published that e.c
retary of the committee had contract' with
himself for the publication of books, was I ''I, as
would be shown by the report of the con;e: ittee.
The Assembly was informed by the clAer that
ie had the report of the trustees of the General
Assembly.
The report was read, showing $21,000 now in
the hands of the treasurer, $3000 ofat which -is to
the credit of the relief fond.
The above report was submitted to the rdit
ing committee.
Dr. 8mi h in the chair. Mloderator D . 3till1
man took the floor, and read the report of the
eqperintendent of the institute for the educe in
ooolored csndidates for the ministry.
By vote, Knoxville was selected for holding the
next General Assembly.
The Assembly then adjourned.
JUDGE KING.
TFhat the New Collector of the Port has
to say.
Yesterday a DEmocRAT reporter had an inter
view with Judge John E. King, the new Collector
of the Port. Judge King, like his predecessor
Col. Casey, has one quality which is always high
ly appreciated by reporkrs, that is, affability,
which was particularly manifested on this ooea
sion. He expressed a sincere desire to meet the
representatives of the New Orleans press on
friendly terms, and with that view he had given
orders to his doorkeeper to admit them whenever
they called.
Passitr to the question of changes in the
Custom-House, Judge Kang said that he proposed
to hasten slowly. as h.t was the only way that
be could act with aenuracy anri in confirmity
with the du ies imposd upin him. Certainly he
would exe rci-e hi' urivli we of relecting those
Sfiicr- who are t be immediately around him,
Fut there was no hurry in this matter, any more
than in regard to the other emyloyes of his de
p-r:ment. There were besides, some emplbyes
Sin the department, the removal of whom, at
this time, at sll events, would be detrimental to a
the interests of commeree. i
In oonneo'ion with this subject, it may be aid a
that there are now fourteen hundred al iloafnt
for the two.handred and thirty seven poiltioe in |
the bnilding. They aen't all be appointed.
WAR NOTlM.
Amerlia In ne.els. t
MN. Y. Hirald.
Americans were never before so popu
lar in Russia as now. A Russian banker
said yesterday : "Of course America will i
seize the opportunity to destroy Eng
lish commerce, as England destroyed
that of the United Stdtes during the '
civil war; and the unbroken friendship
between itusila and America needs even
a less excuse for our dear friends, whose n
land the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
separate from ours, to aid us in a strug
eo which America can appreciate as e
Europe cannot." Absurd as this opin
ton is, it seems to permeate all classes,
and even English residents in Russia
begin to eye Americans with suspicion.
Abdul Herlimn.
(London News.]
The commander-in-chiof is a Turk of
the good old time, about sixty-seven
years old, with white hair and beard,
lively round brown eyes, and dark com-rn
,lexion. lll jovial face and corpulent j
body do not at all indicate a soldier of
nervous disposition, consumed by ardu
ous activity and ambition, but one of
passive energy, capable of stubborn re- t
sistance. To a man of this stamp, war t
does not seem to be a complicated game,
wherein the lives of hundreds and thou
sands and the destinies of empires are
at stake, but only a disagreeable incident
of ordinary life, against which dauntless i
courage and unshaken equanimity are I
the best remedies. So we must not ex
pect a brilliant campaign and pitched
battles from the Turks, but an obstinate
resistance behind parapets and natural
bulwarks.
In the British House of Commons, on
April 2. Mr. Cartwright asked the first
lord of the admiralty whether Hobart
Pasha, the present Commander-in
Chief of the Turkish naval armaments,
still retained Her Majesty's commission;
and if so, whether it was the intention
of her Majesty's government, in view
of the grave aspect of political relations
in the Turkish empire, to intimate to
Hobart Pasha that, in the event of hos
tilities ensuing between Turkey and
Iussla, he would not be permitted any
longer to combine the character of an
ofitlcr licensed to hold Her Majesty's
commission, and of an Admiral in com
mand of armaments engaged In active
Sonratlons against a trate with which
Hor Majesty is on friendly relations.
Mr. A. Egorton, in the absence of Mr.
W. Hunt, said Capt. Hobart is still at
this moment a Catain on the retired
list of the Royal Navy, but an intima
tion has been sent to him to the effect
mentioned in the question of the hon
orable member. [Loud cheers from the
opposition.]
The (lrenetsian.
Although'subject to Russia, the C(r
oasslans have not abandoned their
hopes of freeing their country with the
assistance of their old allies the Turks.
In 1850 they sent a deputation to Con
stantinople imploring the Sultan's pro
t teotion; in 1862 a deputation arrived in
London, and presented a petition to the
Queen, protesting against Russian rule
asd the right of Turkey to cede their
country, as she had done nearly thirty
years before, and in 1863.,during a visit
a of the Czar Alexander II to the Cauca
sus, a delegation of Clrcasslans waited
upon him, praying to be left in pos
session or their country, and
d promising to live on terms of
Speace and amity with the Russians.
t The Emperor refused, and offered them
d the alternative of war or emigration.
The mountaineers chose the former, but
n their great leader, Shamyl, was sadly
. missed, and after a year's fighting they
submitted and there was a great emi
t- gration of about 200,000 people to Tur
key. The Circassians yet remaining in
4 the Caucasus are still discontented, and
)t ripe for revolution,and if young Shamyl
have but half the heart of his father,
- the Russian armies now operating in
Asia Minor may suddenly find a more
f. formidable foe in their rear than in
o- front of them.
The Defensew of Constantlnople.
It is mentioned in the dispatches that
works for the defense of Constantinople
are to be constructed by the inhabitants.
The Turkish capital will certainly be
well defended from a land attack. The
Balkan mountains of themselves form a
natural barrier to an advancing enemy,
and if the passes are strongly fortified
it would seem almost impossible
for the Russians to get over to
Roumelia. After the Balkans, the
Turks have a line of defense,
running southwest and northeast, be
tween Phillipopolis and Adrianople.
There is a still better barrier about 20
miles from the city where is a chain of
steep hills running from Kara Barnu, on
the Black Sea, south to the sea of Mar
mora, separating Constantinople from
the rest of Turkey. This range of hills
is 25 miles long, with few openings. The
hills can be very strongly fortified, and
they will constitute the last line of de
fense of the Turks.
The OrXanization of the Russian Army.
[N. Y. Tribune.]
Turning to the Turkish army, the in
formation which has come to hand in
dicates that it is pretty evenly distri
buted along the Danube, and its num
bers are estimated at 250,000 men, with
something under 500 guns. So far as
numbers go, they are thus hopelessly
overpowered by the Russians; but they
have the inestimable advantage of being
on the defensive, and of being in pos
session, in strong fortified positions, of
some of the most effective points from
their side of the river. Moreover,
Hobart Pasha and his fleet are
at Galatz, thus effectually guard
ing the river and protecting some
of the more easterly Turkish posi
tions. The Turkish army will no doubt
receive considerable additions before
fighting begins on a large scale, but for
the present they have only to rely upon
the strength of their fortified positions.
Another point in which the Russian
army is immeasurably superior is in re
gard to its internal arrangement and
organization. The reports state that in
regard to such matters as equipment,
supply and commissariat, the Russian
army is all but perfect, while their op
ponents are in a lamentable state both
as to their commissariat and medical
arransements. They cannot keep men
healthy when they get them to the
soene of Action, and it oes not require
sny great stretob of imagination to see
what an efoeot this will have upon their
proetsoe. A in, they are insutflelent
Iy and badly floered, and the Turkish
generals will have a hard task before
them in dealing with sech material.
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MOvrIMeNTs IN COTTro.
We are indebted to Mr. Bam'l H. Book, 8eerse
tary of the National Cotton Eohbange, for his re
port of the entton movement in the United
8ittea fbr the elght months, ending April 80,
1877, from blohi we extret the following:
eceipte to U. 8. ports h 8om 85,7 1875.6.
.Lp, I to9lose Aprl'.... 8,8,752 8,044t,84
8hipmant overlanet direct
to millls ame ti.e, ...... 267,420 248,710
In transit via roads at
poilnts of eroeti on
Oh and Missaei.." rlv.
ere to astern ldelivery
ports, oloso April and
stook at Olanonnati....... 10,812 25,12
4 .12,493 4,217,940
*tNrtqrin' TAIIUION.
1870-7. 1875-41.
8nooks at all U. B. porte, Sep
tember I.. .......... 114,671 71,413
teoelpte at U. $, porte, from
t Sept. 1 to close of April . ... a,8,752 3,944,084
Total spinners' takings.. .8,979,423 4,018,491
Foreln exports, snme tim., .2,022,728 2 792,912
thppe d to points in OCneds.. 1,442 2,802
8toc at V. d. ports, close of
A .................. 74,140 585,655
Total ................. 8,198,8131 8,818,129
AnsAFAIT.ATAIOE.
Ipnners' takings.......... I ,70,428 4,016,497
Exports and stoke........... 8,198,81 3,0,828,t9
BDlanee...................... 772,107 887,808
Deducb eottn in transit be.
tween delivery ports, oles
April .......... ....... 5,991 10,827
Taken by Northern spinners
from port Sept 1t to olose
ABprl....... . ... . 788,810 074,041
Ald overlnd shipments di.
reel to mile ordth ad
tast, of the aleo cad Mie
elsuippi river, same Urae.. 257,429 248,710
Total takings for Northern
coaaemptlon ~ept. let to
close Aprtl.. .........1,024,215 922,711
OL, WeIIW FPCICIPLEh.
What a North Carolina f*i-tonwressman
Thiaks.
[Olaionastl asoette.]
WasuIxorow, May 14,--The Hon. J.
M. Leach, ex-me ser of Congress from
North Carollna, a Demoorat, and chosen
on that ticket as a Tilden elector at
large in the late eleotion, in writing to
omflers in Washington a day or two
ago, used the following language: "I
am preparing a letter in answer to at
tacks on me that will please neither
party, and, I believe, will be about right.
I not only commend everywhe;e, but
honor and thank President Hayes for
his Southern policy, and for showing a
determination to earry out the princi
ples of his letter. What we want is a
government rum on old Whig principles,
ignoring sectionalism and war issues."
A GR@WING TIADE.
Amerlean Seef for Europe.
(N. Y. Tribune.)
Official returns made to the Bureau of
Statistics show that during the month
ended April 30, 1877 the exports of
fresh beef from the United States were
8416,829 pounds, valued at $821,431.
luring the same period 189,043 pounds
of fresh mutton, valued at $17 648. were
exported from the port of Nlew York.
Of the total exportation there was
shipped from New York G,022,013
pounds, valued at $595,472; from Phila
delphia, 2,556,200 pounds, valued at
$242,839.
DAHOMEY.
A Warning to Sad Advisers,
The blockade of D thomoy continues.
When the King of Dahomey was first
fined by the English Commodore 500
puncheons of palm oil, the value of
which is about $62,500, he collected the
money to pay the fine. But acting on
the advice of the French traders, who
told him the French squadron would
prevent the English from blockading
the coast, he spent the money in
drunken orgies, and in the purchase of
slaves for sacrifice. When he found
that the French had deceived him, he
carried them off prisoners to Abomey,
where they will run a chance of having
their heads cut off.
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTRIINTa.
Several to be Wade at once.
[Obleago Times.1
WAsmHio'ro, May 15.-It is stated on
high authority that several important
diplomatic appointments will soon be
made by the President, he having de
cided not to wait till the October session
before making some necessary changes
in our diplomatic representatives
abroad.
A NEW MART WALKER.
The Mother of Avenger and Retallatioa
allett.
[Ohiicgo Times.]
A new Mary Walker has arisen be
fore the startled gase of the nation.
She is Seus Dunli Elltott, wife of Tom
ri-jon Elliott, and mother of Retalia
tion and Avenger Elliott. As she ap
pears on Broadway her garb consists of
a long, gray frock coat, white pan
taloons with a red stripe and a crimson
hat with a flaming band. She peddles
Tom-rtjon's Volcano, an eruptive sheet,
edited by her husband. For four years
she has worn this queer costume, but,
as a crowd gathered around her the
other day, she wasarrested for obstruct
ing the street. She maintained her
right to wear what she pleased, and was
allowed to go unflnpd.
Gotng to Texas.
The steamer Grand Bepabtio arrived here
Tonraday night, having on board a detachment
of Unt.d States troope under command of a cap
tain of the Tenth O~valry. The detaehmentis
composed of 133 colored troaPs and 15 white.
They are bound for the Texas frrntier.
In another column will be found the advertise
ment of Alford & Hiartio, in which they give the
public notice 'hat they hive a large number of
horses and mutsc, which they offer at very lew
prioe. all at their place ad see for youstelf.