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THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEMOCRAT. OFFICIAL JOURNAL Or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. VOL. II--NO. 233. NEW ORLEANS, SArT .tRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. DOMESTIC NEWS. TIE VIROINIA CONVENTION. W. N. W. W. allday Nomlnated foer . vernor. S 18opielal to the Demoorat.l n ti BIcnHMIoN, Aug. 10. -In the Mtate Demo , .tO.tie Convention this afternoon the sixth tlldot resulted: Mahone 487, Daniel 448, Hal 'i'tiday 844, Taliaferro 116. Tallaterro was -dropped and Col. Cameron withdrew the name ,of (ten. Mahone, and urged the friends of that g~entleman to give their support to Hon. F. M. W. Halliday. This was received with tre inenduous cheers, waving of hats and yelling. The seventh and final ballot resulted: Halll day etI, Daniel 568, Mahone 1. Amid the wildest applause the chair annotunced the nomination of Halliday for the omfice of Gov Prl-nor. A merions latllreat Acelient. [Spt.elal t tthe Democrat.1 Tr. JoSPHn, Aug. 10.--A serious rallroad ae eldeut occueed yesterday afternoon at Troy, Kansas, fifteen mills west of this 3ity. A coach filled with passengers went over an 4unlbankmnent fifteen feet high. Twenty-live persons were wounded, several, it is helieved, fatally. enlator Jones' ollver Report. 1l'teeial to the Democrat.J WAsHtINoTok. Aug. 10.-It Is said that Sena tor Jones' sllver report will be that of the ma Jority of the commission, and there will also be a minority report. The majority report will favor the continued use of greenbacks as well as the remonetiaation of silver. the Latboerin Men to Hold a Secret Con ventlon. [Special to the Demoerat.l PHILADthLPHIA, Aug. 10.-A secret conven tion of delegates from the labor organisations throughout the country will be held in this city to-morrow. O'Dbonovn Uosea. [Special to the Dsmocrat.j New YOT K, Aug. 10.-O'Donovan Rossa, the Irish patriot, has been dispossessed of his hotel In Chathamu Square by the sheriff. MAINBN 'N SPEECH. Ne Wants Peace and Wilt Try the Presl denit's Polley Awhile. AutUsTA, Me., Aug. t.--Senator Blaine spoke on the resolutions for and against Presidpet Hayes as follows: I do not rise to speak for an indorsement of the Administra tfon or t it, for the Southern policy or in oppositlon to it, but I beg to say an earn est word for the harmony and succssee of the Republican party in Maine. The additional resolutions offered show plainly the differ ence that exists in the ranks of the Republi ca party. What shall be done about It? Shall one man be compelled to swallow the opinionls of the other, or shall not each have the liberty to cherish his own? Mr. dincoln used to say about matters of adminitatlon, that he was often compelled to do as the old farmer in Illinois who, when he could not grub the stump or burn i, lust quietly plowed around it. I am opposed to both thusq rp utions, and I believe I repro S-ent the wishes of a vast m-aority of this large convention when I move to lay themr both on the table, and then have a direct vote on the resolutions reported from the commit tee. I am known by perhaps every member of this convention to entertain very decided views on the Southern question, but I am just as ready to vote against a resolution condemning the President's policy as I am to vote against one approving it. We cannot take action either way without offending good men and creating nledless heartburn ings and dissensions. We can all unite on a strong platform, embracing the issues which we hold in common. We can all rally as one man to the support of Gov. Conner; we can be tolerant of each other's opinions; we can all remember and adopt the old theo logical maxim which teaches, "In essentials there should he unity, in non-essentials liber ty, in all things charity." IGreat and pro longed applause.1 The arguments urged for the adoption of a resolution approving the Southern policy do not seem to be convincing. On toe other hand, we are told that it is past recall, utterly irrevocable, and do as we may it is fixed beyond the Ipow'r to reverse it: why bring it hither and demand our opinion of it, as though it were a matter of practical ad ainistration? On the other hand, we are told that the policy is an experiment and must be judged by its result. The experi ment will certainly be tried regardless of any thfng we may say here to-day, for it or against it. Let us, then, leave it alone, and let us make a proclamation of our faith in the Republican principles, and show a solid front against our ancient foe, the Dlemocratic party. To force either of the pending resolu tions upon the convention is to bring hither a sword. I bhe the convention to hearken to inc while I speak in the interest of peace. The Virlatnla Conservatlve Convention, Rc: ltcO n, Aug. 10.-Gen. Terry Lelng I dropped as the lowest on the first ballot, the :ccond resulted: Daniels 434, Halliday 276, aliaferro 159, Lee 123, Mahone 440. The first 'ballot stood: Mahone 421. L)aniels 351, Hal Iiday 262, Taliaferro 132. Lee 126, Terry 116i. The Convention of the Workiuntmen's Party. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 9.-At a imeeting of ~he English speaking sfction of the W ork men s party, held to-night, the statement made that a secret convention of dole uedJ from labor organizations throughout rt' country would be held here Saturday. and Ckele convention would represent thousands of -~workingmen. It would appear from the re Pnarks made at the meeting to-night, that the P .ommittee has been at work some time con Terring with labor unions throughout the "ountry and receiving responses fronm various ections, particularly the coal regions. s8olle Prosses Against the Leaders of the St. Louis Workingmen. [Special to the Democrat.] • ST. Loris, Aug. 10.-Nolle presses have Keen entered in the cases of the members of cihe executive committee of the workingmen's ;arty during the late strike. Selzure of the Denmark. In [lpetial to the Demoerat. Nl Xw YoRn, Aug. 10-The steamship Den dark, of the National line, was seized to-day the revenue authorities for frauds on the Conkling Home Again. l'pecial to the Dear oerat.] EW YORK, Aug. 10.-Senator Conkling ar ed from Europe to-day, and received an d.;tion from his friends. jThe Reeept'oo to Archbishop Woog. I~TAD. LPHI,. Aug. 9.-A reception was red to Arhobishop Wood to-night at the olic Club House, pIarticipated in by about hundrel of the clergy and a very large ber of the prominent laymen of the de in this city. there were also t Rev. Dr. Boorom, chaplain United navy, a Protestant Episcopal clergy mini, Justice Hharewood, of the StKto Hu preme Bench, and a few gentlemen prominent in Philadelphia political circles. After ad dresses, a collation was partaken of. The Rochester Races. IoulHasTER. N. 1.. Aug. 10.-Tho 2:11) race was won by Lady Pritchard in three straight heats. Time: h 2 :21- :2N~'t -. 2:2214. The 2:21 race wags won by Comet. Time: 2 :22---2:20 -2:20. -(ohdsmith Maid trotted three heat. against time. 2 1:%-I:1t,-- 2:17,. In the first ohtf the 21:21 race, Adelaide met with an accident. The axletree of the sulky broke and Adelaide's shoulder was Rc- i riously injured if not permanently disabled, belng penetrated by the thill. The National Denital Aesociatln. ,;Hpelinl to the Democrat.I C(ul l'Ao. Aug. 10. The next meeting of theI Dental Association will be held at Niagara. The following omfficrs were electld : Presi dent.. . F. .ltehwinkel, of Ohio; vio presi dents, L. D. Sh1epard. of Boston, and U. T. Parker. of PhilldlpWr;. Pk. ;'corresponding secretary, M. H. Webb, of Phhilaslphia, Pa.; ; i~Ynloriing secretary, M. H. Dean, of Chlcago; treasurer, W. H. Goddard. of Louisville. New Jersey Central Railroad. NEW Yonu, Aug. 10.--The following are among the injured by the accident on the New Jersey Central Iallroad, at. the Ocman lport draw: Mr. Romnsen, of Augusta. G(a.. badly cut about the head, also wounded in the back and ankle; Mrs. Retmsen, bad contusion on the head; Miss Alice Tull. niece of thei IleRnsens suffering from the shocmk; Miss Kate Tul, sister to Alice, severely cut blak of the ear. A Large Conflatgration at War.. UGALVaTON, Aug. 10. A fire at Waco. yes toterday, destroyil the dry goods house off Lyons, Lindenthal & ('o. antd the hardware t house of Eikel & Bernstedt. Loss on stock f and buildings $120,000; insurance $80..o0. As Interlepublllcan Fight at Austin. (GALVIETON, Aug. 10.- The Nwts' Austin special says: TUnifed t.tates Marshal Purcell ' was shot twice and probably fatally woulded by Frank Britton. Accounts of the affray , are conflicting. It is known that the two geni tlemen belong to opposing factions of the lte pablican party, and have had differences as t to the dfstribution of the Federal patronage e in this State. *** - -- - -.-'4 .~- ..... CAPITAL NEWS. Another Call for Bondn. 8 pecial to the Democrat.) 1WAHNINOTON. Aug. 10.-Another call by the Treasury Department for the redemption of ton millions of bonds. consols of S165, iE s ex petedl within a few days. The Labor League of the Dintriet of 4'o lumnbia. IDoo.lal to the Democrat.l WARHINo'Irox Aug. 10.--Resolutions were presented to the CommtRsioners of the Dis trict to-day by the Central Council and Com mittee of Safety of the Labor League of this District, setting forth the utter destitution prevalent among the white and colored work ing men of the District: the lawful and order ly manner in which they conducted them sel.es during the recent strike, and earnestly requesting the commissioners to raise a loan of a quarter of a million of dollars instanta neously and set two thousand men to work at once on public'improvenients.. The commlis eioners promised to give the subject their prompt attention. The Cotton.Crnp. WVAItIN'MrON, Aug. 10.--The ('otton Ex changes throughout the South have furnishled their monthly reports. A somewhat hurried I analysis shows that the weather during. n ly hNs leen more favorable than last year; that the condition is from live to fourteen days, av\eraging nin days. -late, with the ilant I hardy 111and thriving. There are scatt.ered statements of the ap i)eara'iine of catetrpillars, 'armoiy worIIs and licve, but as yet no damagnne is done. The fields are quite generally well cultivated, and the tAmnr of the reports is cheerful, and indicates a satisfactory yield. The Alabama Ollce-Seekers. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The Alabama offleo seekers he re have some hope that to-day's Cabinet will do something for them. WAR NOTES. Narrow Enca lpe troan Capture of the Grand Iluke Nicholan. c ISPe(ial to the Democrat.] P LONDON, Aug. 10.-A Bucharest dispatch says that the Grand Duke Nicholas narrowly 9 escaped capture at the late defeat at Ezki Saghra. , TIIB MEETING OF TIIE EUPERORS. The question of Dnstla's Extending the seat of War to Servia. SLONDON, Aug. 10.-The Standard's Vienna correspondent telegraphs as follows: I am in a position to state thatat the meeting of the Emperors William and Francis Joseph, at Isehel, the question of Russia's extending the seat of war to Servia was never touched upon. The question is likely to be dropped alto gether. Russian military reports from Bielanow un exp:ctedly declare that Servian co-operation is unnecessary. It is supposed that this change of tone is due to the Russians having become aware that a request for such co-op ercntion would have been refused. In relation to the imperial interview at Isehel, Berlin semi-official papers contra diet the report that a definite political agree e ment was concluded. They merely admit that the triple alliance was reaffirmed. The Vienna New Free Press takes a similar view of the meeting. Servlia Arming. LoNDoN. Aug. 10.-The Tines' occasional correspondent, at Vienna, syts: A telegram from Belgrade, received at the Foreign Office, announces that the Servian Government has taken all necessary steps to place 40,000 men on a war footing before the 20th inst. This force will be entirely directed to the southeastern frontier. Foreign officers ? are again allowed to enter the Servian service. Fighting Going On at Plevna. [Soecial to the Demncrat.] CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 10.-Rumors were received yesterday that the Russians have been defeated at Plevna. These lack confirm ation. The fighting, it is reported, is still go ing on. The Russians number eighty thou sand, but the strength of the Turkish in trenched position is considered to compensate for numerical inferiority. The Fortfilcations of Gallipoll. LONDON, Atg. 10.-The Daily Telegraph's special from Gallipoli states that the Turks are working energetically upon the Gallipoli Iines of frtitleations, restoring all the old English and French defonses. Upwards of 10,000 men are employed and it is expected they will finish the works In a fortnight hence. Onem hundred guns are to be mounted. A Mattle Immilnent at Karsa Uawhhar. LQNIOPN, Aug. 10.--The Nreu' ýeeclal from Adrianople announces that the Russians are In formc at Kara IYghamz, where n battle Is im mlinont, hnltei they a.anidofl the llalkans. Rumlann Relnforcements. LON)DON, Aug. 10.- The corresponlmt of the fhlily Ne.rs at Bucharest reports that mtrat numbers of trooeps continue to arrive fronu ]tls R in, III ali Ifromu the 1)ants'. The Nrw's' Vienlt dlspatch states that two army .vups from ( )Pum-lsa and the Crimnra are nlheat(dy on t t |e inn clb to1 the I Danub. ien. ( i'rudonlor nhas roceived 15,001 mure t'oop,ls alnd 40oii artillery. Sluirlide of Aelmet Pan.ia. [i,,lnal to thl. D1mocralt. lulllUoN, Aug. 10. -A VlemrlItldispatch says' Aehlliet Pasla., who eurrenlteredl Nieopolis tli tl.liuhussians iini was afterwards Illtrnedl at ()re'l, hins ,nninilittledi H14ul4le. FIIRECH POlITIK. The I'ontlnllled Oppresulon of tIle French Ilepublleani by the MarcMahonite.s Ill,,'litJ to the, Deimct rat.1 L.oNtliON, Aug. II. The el.ctoral calllmpaignl onil tihe pirt of t li Fireunclh (Oiivernnment is dully becoming more active anid oppressive. isterdays nladvices 'lrepor't tihe suIIpp'ressionI of the lellvery orf a iuinil Cr oif Republiea jouirnals in the arttirondlisenenits. TheI luihn I, ihrerrilr. of Versnilks, was senitemhltlldl to. three thloumsand francs flue. and the manager to be imlhprisonled for thrie'. molinths for insulting Pr'iesdeoit Ma.cMahonll. The ,Ninletrerlh. (ketiro#y and Ittlf 11triiirn worv' pro'te('nted fiorl publishting a colored mlnp of France showing the politicli corupler!xon of the dleprulltmlnts. Two clubs at Arles have been closed charged with being plolitihill assemblages. 'Tfuh IDrl..rhr newspaper at Toulouse has bree tined one hundred francs for refusing to print a speech of Plesident MIaMaihon. The poliy' have forlildden street l salets of lpho)tographs of Tltlers. Trh o.ftleHse of sp.leaking insultingly of Pres iblent, MacMnhnllll in the street is now I.ecom ing the s.hj.,'t of dlitly action beforem, tihe courts., MONEIT AND RTOCKN. IPVec'l91 to lihe Demoorat.l NFW YORK, Aut. ItJ.-(iold 10:'"'; U. M. 9 of 18t1, Ill '9,111'q ; 91 (cooi190U 1 ln 2'r1 11A new 4'/M s and conuponsl 10t8 (trl08 9rdi10tt 5-20tM, 18(15, now issue, t0tiO ~a107; do Itt;1, 108?q 150i5coupons4 111 "ii A lii ; 10-40's, 10'194; do coupons8 112,,; currency 08s, 124790t 125~; now 5 s, 10fl' 190 .116 LoNDON, Aug. Itt.-(A 9)019808fotriioiitw51 B. H. 5-20(1, 19965, 1I06W106!'4 19to 18t1 , 1o0eP9; 10-408, 110 4; new 5's 107%; Eiric ¶9 4. DOMESTIC 1MAK31TU. 10099oa1 to tto DOeocrat.) ('9NCINNATI Aug. It). .-Flour fihn. Wheat 91n99ttl91: WhitO hld19l at $1 256P.1 35. (krn atid oaits (qlui4t and1 uinchlitiuged. WVhiskV seadIy. $1tt8. I'(Prk and lard nominal. Bulk nmotits qjul9t and fLtirmer', 5607?, outside. a.sk091. Bar'on MtA'9idy and ulnchllanged. Cu911Aoo, Aug. l0.--Whtnt 8oaady: $1 OHt5, 1 085~ for August, $1 tt"p1149 O1F.. CoruI stea1dy. 45' w ; August, 4'S ; Moldtp inlu'r, 454 9'ashll. Pourk 99uie9t. $13 173 I20 for M9(ptn99flh(9r. LIard1 (10194, 9.00 for1' Septemllher. Whisky sI99119I $1098. Sr. "Louis, Aug. 1it-Flour, I999yei't 991n1 selle90rs 9.pa1 it. Whecait t.igtii'r; No. 2 re9(l $1 28 lid cash:Wo. 1do$ 12I' hI'I 919sh1: NIt 17:4m' 1 18' y 9'ptý'rnI9'r; $ 1:kn, 1 14 9 99to99i9'9. (.orni bt~tet,: 1I '4c tid (ash; II1 ~'I 2'.1c sepI..rnblrr l2'NiC;I'Q42c 9 99't99I9b'9. tInts 919ll; 2;4'. Whisky qIuiet; AI 998. I'ork dull11 jobbInI1g at 1:1 519(91. 1:1 011. D~ry -9ilt, i9(9ats b 9y1Vr9 a9,99 s9t9'11'i9 91,al~, 999 54919,54. Bacon'ti dull; 5'4x95. 1Lar99 XII Eli N EI'V'(i. KIVI':R 1\I:WIW. Iroh'ial tc tl99 1)"mo'rnt.] I;~i 'ii I'. Atig. .tt.- Depa~rteudl: Ali h, li90 991 ag99r 1for New 9 )rl9Ml198 (lecAl o9 (k. 1. Louis. THE WEI'T1IEI YE91TEREDAY. 1 THE WE ST1HER YESTERDBAY. The following is the "temperature" at the various points named, as reporte(l by the Signal Service telegrams furnished by Ser geant Brown, of the Signal Bureau, and indi cating the state of the temperature at the points named, at 3 p. m. yesterday: Cairo 84 tlegrees, Cincinnati 81, Galveston 92, Keokuk 78, LaCrosse 83, Leavenworth 92, Louisville 82, Memphis 85, Nashville 85, Omaha 93:, Pittsburg 79, Shreveport 95 St. Louis 85, St. Paul 84, Vicksburg 89, Yankton (1). T.) 89, Augusta (Ga.) 90, Corsicana (Tex.) 91, Mobile 90, Montgomery 90, Savannah 85, New Orleans 90, and Key West 89. The following were the variations of tem perature, according to the thermometer (Fahrenheit) at Duhamel's store, on Canal street, yesterday: 6a. m., 79; 12 noon, 92; 3 p. in., 95; 6 p. in., 91. Depth of Water at southwest Pass. SOUTHWEST PASS, August 10, 1877. To Capt. C. W. Howell, Corps of Engineers U. S. A.: Depth of channel at mean low tide, 17 feet. Least width for that depth, 100 feet. High tide at 10 a. m. Height above mean low tide, 21 feet. Depthof channel at high tide, 19% feet. Bottom soft. Depth of channel if referred to plane of average flood tide, 19 15-100 feet. C. H. ELWELL, Master of Essayons. ... --. ...... Palals Royal. Among the many change: to take place soon on the grand boulnvard none will be more strik ing ant more indicative of the good time to come than the swaying to the breeze the banners of the grand "Palais Royal." Our enterprising friend Levy, who has for eo many years been the popu Iar proprietor of the dollar store, No. 137 Canal street, seems to have had his faith shaken in re publican institutions and ideas, and is deter mined, with ne fell swoop, to obliterate the name of dollar store forever. He is making prep arations for the opening of this elegant and gor geous establisiment, and nothing will be spared in making it the most attractive place in the Southern country. Levy's dollar store is known throughout the whole South, and as it has been t known for its promotneese in filling orders and the poite attention of the clerks, and the place to 1 get everything, so will the Palais Boyal grow into popular favor, for we will see in the large and gilded sigr a that are to adorn the building evidences of a new era, . prosperity which we have longed for but never expected until the ] present time. SINVV TIIiATION OF A TAX COLLW.f OR'e qULEII OOINIO. SContlet Labir Fmpluoyed by Certald l.hi Planter, in Ibervtlle-The Duty of Oa! Legislature In the Prem'nes. 1'PbA4UEMINE, Iberville Parish, I August 9, 1H77. ( Editor )rrmo"rrl-a -Over two months sincx our new polldl jury aplointed an Investiga ting comnmitter to examine the btnks of the parish treasurer and State tax collkctor ( Iberville under his achidency Wnm. P. Kellogg. The former is a well meaning and well be haved colored gentltrman with a fair educa tion, was a free man before the war, and al though nne dl.serepantcles were found in his books it is generally believed hicmay be able to explain them to the satisfaction of the ioiinil tthyn. Thei latter, the ex-tax enllnetori, Is a'native born Italian, who, during our late unpleas aulntss, to quote Mr. Lincioln, "turned tale" arid inIi ad( tracks for his native shores, and there reinialnsl until the smoke of our battles nhd t'learedl away. Hr'reen!ed and protected by the old prlice' jury he was enabled to make sonle kind of a settlement with the parish treasurer by which he camne out "first hest.'" When the ivcwtigating cornlmitte. called for his statemlent onl the s-(th of Jlune last, it was forthcoming, and showed that the parish wais indebted to himn somrie eoleven dollars. lThis statement was so unexpected that the committee concluded to investlgate more fully. The result was the liscovery of sev eral naines of tax payers upon the de(linquent rolls, repres'.nting in value nearly four hun drel dollars, who hanr the receipts of the col leetor in their pocke(ts. These items of crookeliness caused the "onmnrlittro to halt for awhile and retrace thelr steps so as to cover the whole period of the administration of the gentleman. Look out for a full report in ltemiber, when the police jury meets. In thai bosdy will be dscussedl the right of a tax collector to plamc into the parish treasury do precinated warrants instead of c'urrency actually collectedl. Every day reveals somle new fraud hatchied out of the old collector's olice against the people showing conclusively that the office was full of fraud and corruption from its cre ation until the fall of Win. Pitt. Although it was generally believed that malfeasance in that office would cause a maiiu to board fret for a few years in the Mitate Hotel at Baton Rouge, yet the fact stares the public in the face that no district attorney or district attorney pro he,. hadl the manliness to flhe an information against these cormno rants. But enough of this. The people here are exercised about the em ployment of criminals by one of our ricllst planters. H. L. James, who has charge of thie State Penittentiary at 1BatAn, Rouge, has contractasd to do work for the planter who can allordl to emmpiloy ipoor Imen, who would thereby feedt honlest families and keep the wolf from their door. This is a bad precedent. It may create had feelings between rich and poor where none existed before. The lessees of the Peiitentiary should be ordered back to Baton Rouge with their con victs. If no law can reach them now, the at tion of our legislators should be called to that fact next winter. Some law must be passed to protect the honest laboier against the ma chlnatioun ( rings of all sorts, or we may hiar of 4iOie ftikes in this usually quiet country before mainy months elapse. The tax collector of this parish is doetr mined that the lessees of the Penitentiary shall not carry on any conltracts hereabouts before paying their Ilcense as contractor's, and he has accordingly prayed that an in Junction issueag{ainst the parties until they do "pay up." No.oes it'rraMis. le'spctctfully yours, WVIDE AWAKE. CAN UlIrNIA STAND THU FINANCIAL @TR AIN ? A correspondent of the London bIailyq Telty; aph writes from the vicinity of tue Russian headquartrers: "How deep ly not only Prince (Gorteohakoff, but other leading Russians, feel the risaks that have been run may be strikingly instanced by the circumstances that Gen. Ignatieff-the man who has, more than any other living being, been in strumental in rendering war inevita. ble-said the other day to a personage with whom he was talking over the sit uation, and who hinted politely his doubts as to whether the Russian armies actually upon the European so-.,t of war would be found numerous or e(t'ectlic enough to carry out, the mission entrusted to them, 'Well, you may be right; but if we require three hundred thousand men more to achieve our pur pose, we can have them, and we will.' It is all very well to say this, but how are the three hundred thousand to be paid for ? I have ascertained beyond a doubt that the cash disbursements made by the Russian government for their armies in the field have, for the last three months, averaged at least £15,000, 000 per month. Now, according to the optimistic estimates, the customs and ex port duties, etc., of Russia are now bringing in about £3,000,000 a month. With what sums, then, are paid the monthly surplus of from flfteen to six teen millions sterling disbursed over and above that three millionSe even supposing the latter to be o en cashed and handed over en bloc to the military administration? And what addition to this tremendous expenditure would be superinduced by the placing of three hundred thousand more troops, which must be fitted out and brought from no one knows where to the Danube ? It is the certainty that Russia's resources cannot rmeet the de mands of another campaign, should this one prove a failure, as seems prob able, that so profoundly impresses her statesmen, who plainly perceive that, even should her military successes prove to be as overwhelming as the most sanguine crusader of them all hope, Russia must collapse, after peace shall be made, for half a century at least, if she does not subside to the rank of a third-class power. Besides, it is especially humiliating to the Czar to know that, however brilliant his armies' victories in the field, he must at any moment forego their fruits at the bid ding of England, Austria and Ger many," FAMOUS REGIME ETS. Among the regiments passed in re view by Marshal Mac~Mahon on Sunday last, says the Pall Mall Gazette, there were several with pedigrees, if the ex pression may be used, of not a little in terest, especially to Englishmen. Thus. as our correspondent noticed the other day, the Ninetieth Infantry of the Line claimsto be the old Birwick Irlandais, of which James II's natural son was the first colonel. It was raised from among his emigrant countrymen (after the cap itulation of Limerick) by Arthur, son of . Theodore, seventh Viscount Dillon. Two of Arthur Dillon's sons, James and Edward, were successively colonels of h the regiment, James failing at its head r at Footenoy. In fact, a Dillon was al ways its colonel previous to the revolu tion, and it is said that on one occaeion, sooner than break through the rule, v Louis XV sent to Ireland for one of the family to take the colonelcy. The last Dillon who commanded it was Arthur, son of Henry, eleventh viscount. This brave officer was guillotined during the reign of terror. The republic of course changed the name of the regiment, which became the One Hundred and Fif ty-seventh "demi-brigade de bataille," and afterward the Seventieth of the ,. line, previous to becoming the Eighty ninth. It was noticed in the orders of the day at Wagram and Waterloo. In the last war it was att Metso The Bev enty-sixth is the old Regiment de Beau jolins, with a famous list of colonels, in cluding a Scomberg and a Choiseul ! Praslin. The Twenty-fourth is the re nowoed "Rtegiment Royal," whose ofil I cers all belonged to the first families of France: in consequence they claimed precedence over other officers, and were accorded frequent duels. At Malpla qfiet, where the French lost 12,000 to the 20,000 of the English and their allies the Due de RIohan, its colonel, called out that "The Royals ought always to be the first in war, as in love." The regiment answered to this characteristic appeal by fighting till only 300 of its members were left alive. THE OCCITPANCY OF PALVETINE. The Holy Landl i Not to be thie oeat of Judaism, but of Catolleisnm. The impression preiails very exten sively that Patlestine is to be repeopled with Israelites, who are now scattered abroad in all lands, and that a large emigration of this people thitherward has set in. Some authorities declare even that the population of Palestine to-day is double what it was ten years ago. If this refers to the Jews, the Rev. Dr. Do Hass, who has been United States consul at Jerusalem for seven or eight years, writes to the Christian Ad i'ocate, of New York city, to say that it may be true, but of the population it is not true. The country, he says, owing especially to the heavy drain upon the able-bodied men to keep up the Turkish army, is rapidly being depopulated and impoverished. Deserted villages are everywhere to be seen. There is less wealth among the people, fewer camels, horses and stock of all kinds than ten years ago. Fruit and forest trees are also disappearing. Carmel was almost stripped of her tim ber for the Suez canal, and as any fruit tree is taxed whether it bears or not, few are now planted. Everything there appears to be finished. There Is no pro gress, no improvement of any kind. There are about thirty thousand Jews in all Palestine. Thevare mostly from hiue ala, and do not go there to Work or de velop the country, but to die, that they may sleep with their fathers in holy ground. They are generally aged and poor, living on the charity of their peo ple in Europe and America. It will re quire a different class of emigrants al together, says the doctor, to recover this cursed land. It is true there are new houses going up outside the city walls, but mostly small tene ments, built by committees for the benefit of their poor members. Work has been done on those dwellings by night to avoid the hot sun during the day, and not because there is such a demand for bouses as has been reported. The latest programme for Palestine is not Jewish, but papal occupancy. The Jesuits of Europe, adds Dr. Do Hass are dissatisfied with the condition of things in Italy, and thern is a move ment on foot to make Jerusalem the head of the Latin Church. Commis. sioners have been appointed to nego tiate for the territory; engineers have surveyed a railroal from Jerusalem to Jaffa; money is being collected for the erection of a magnificent palace for his holiness on Mount Zion, to which the Vatican is to be transferred. There the successor to Plus IX is to be in stalled and the "'lty of the great king" is to be the future head of the pontifi cal see. Russia, however, may have something to say on the future disposi tion of Palestine. THE " NATIONAL UNrIVESRITW." [Oourier-Journal.] Among the topics likely to be dis cussed at the approaching session of the National Educational Association is the project of establishing a "National mniversity" at Washington, to be en dowed by the government. Some prominent educators expressed themselves favorably to this scheme last year. It is not likely that it will ever be materialized. It ought not to be. People are willing to be taxed for the public schools which, as now ornducted, give either boys or girls who choose to go through the course an excellent aduca tion. If they desire to send their chil dren to more extensive fields of learning there are hundreds of excellent colleges and universities all over the country. The government could not secure better instructors than are to be found at the University of Virginia, at Harvard, at Yale, or at Princeton. It is more than probable that the "National University" would be a third rate affair, with ,he very strong pros pect of becoming merely a political ma chine. Its raison d'etre does not appear. The government might as well under take to run all the common schools in the country. THE KENTUCKY ELECTION. [Courier-Journal, August 8.] The returns from the election in this State come in slowly, but sufficient have been received to make the assurance doubly sure that the Democrats will have it all their own way in the next Legislature, and that Mr. Jas. W. Tate, the only State officer elected, will have a majority as healthy and vigorous as is the treasury over which he is again to preside. The Granger element, that had a majority in the last Legislature, cut no figure in the recent contest, and as there was no general issue to warp the public mind, there is reason to hope and believe that the Legislature just elected will be an eminently repre sentative and practical one. UAIOR AID POULT.ltr. A ai.lmefant lMovemen.st in I altiaanin worklngsmen Urged P. Fern a Pell iUre Party of Their .we [New York Times.] BALvirona~ Md., Aug. S.-The ball and galleries of the Marylan4 iD stitute were packed this evening with s1h thousand people brqught o by a call from the Workingmen's i of the United States. The crowd was principally made up of laborers, and was tumult.tous but good humored us til it broke out in storms of exeeration over the mention of the names of rail road presidents. The throng thlered i. the echo of the rabid talk of the speakers and the radical features of the latform. The orator of the evening was a young Irishman from New York named J. P. McDonnell, editor of the Labor aad. aryi, whose most violent utterances were loudest applauded. His deolaration that the strikers had been driven to burning depots and destroying railroad propert by the unendurable tyranny of oapital, and that they might have been better off now if they had done the same thing before, set the audience off into a whirr wind of applause. Their justifloatlon for the destruction of property, he said, was that "necessity knows no law," and the men did it in their hunger and despair to show their hatred of tyranny and prove of what they are capable. The mention of the names of Scott and Garrett was greeted with terrifle yells and shbots of "Hang them." The workingmee were urged to aot together in poliltts; to come out from Republicans and Dems crate, both of whom were oppreseng them, and nominate and elect the4trows men to office. If they did this they could overcome their oppresors eand enforce a new regime. As for the Iol diers, the speaker said that if neasa. sary, the workingmen could orgnias regiments to sweep out of existene those who would dare to fire upon them. The whole tone of the speech was fans tical and violent. The platform that was read afterward is that of the Inter national Society, with some alterattons to meet the political exigenoies of the present. Its leading plank is that all railroads and canals, telegraph and labor machinery shall be commeos property of the people, to be operated by labor unions, under the protection of the national government; that the wages system shall be abolished and labor have an equal share in the eran ings of the capital, and that labor bureaus shall be formed by State and national governments. A call was made for a committee of five from eaoh ward to meet at headquarters Monday neat prepare for the entry of the Workfi men's party into the local political .est The movement is exciting intense Inter est on account of the enthusiasm that has marked its birth. There are three or four sections of the Iaternationoistla They will form the nucleus of the new party. After the meeting to-night nine-tenths of the crowd came forward and signed their names as members. THE HAuHlOFPPERl FLAVUZ. CH ICAGO Aug. 6.-Professor .V. ,BIb of the onited States Entomological Commission, has made a resume of the labors of that body recently in the Far West, dwelling particularly on the Rocky Mountain locust and grasshopper plague. In summing up his observe tions, he says: There is very little dan ger of injury from the fall swarms of these insects from the Northwest, unless they come from the Black Hills coun try. There remains chance of swarms from the Western parks and plateam. or from those of Utah. ButI havegood reason for believing that they will prove no more injurious than the swarms which have been passing on several days since I have beed in this State (Colorado) from the Western hatching grounds. The prevailing wet weather, he says, has destroyed the insect to a great degree, and has been more instru mental than any other cause in destroy ing the locusts. -- ,~0 - A NEW HOME P4OR NZEfKOE1. [(oarier-Journal.] The negroes of Cincinnati are not anxious to be packed off to Liberia by their Republican "friends." At a meet ing held Monday in that city they re solved that, as the negro was not appre ciated in either the North or the South, it was the duty of the race to form a colony in some Western or Sauthwest ern State. As to Liberia, they declared that they viewed the scheme "with sentiments of profound dissatisfaction, as ruinous to life and capital."' Kanses would be a good State for these people to occupy, or perhaps Nebraska might suit them better, there being a large population of Radical Republicans there, who should, according to their professions, share their houses and lands with the newcomers. THE RUUsIAN PLAN OFP w5 CAlM. PA't.5I. [Londmn News.] The Russian plan is not to move on Adrianople, leaving its base on the Danube and its line of communication open to attack, but to give occupation to the whole Turkish force south of the Danube, and even increase it own strength there while pushing south of the Balkans to Adrianople. It is a colossal undertaking, and no one may presume to say what may be the result. Hitherto the Russiaam have had inert Ottoman Gen erals opposed to them in Europe, but so far as concerns the quality of she Turkish commanders the war has en tered upon a new stage. At Shumlaand at Adrianople activity and virllaaese have taken place of lassitude and ne glect. Suleiman Pasha, who has taken the command south of the Balkans, is a thorough soldier, and is collecting a considerable army in the valley of the Maritza, and whenever the Russianaar rive at Adrianople they will ind It in a state of defense. The Russians rely much, though by no means wholly. on their superiority of numbers, and next upon their facility of movement and capacity of maneuvering. The applidation of hog's lard to the poison of a centipede is said to give Instant and permanent relief. The ex periment is worth trying whenever this accident occ s.