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telegrams. the WAR ! The Russian Embassy to Leave Con stantinople To-day. The Turkish Capital Soon to be Declared in a State of Siege. The Sultan's Fleet Reported in Excellent, Fighting Trfm. London, April US — A telegram from Con stantinople says a Russian yacht arrived to* day to take the members of the Russia* ^Em bassy to Odessa the moment they receive or ders to quit Constantinople. The Porte believes the rupture will be delayed until Russia has communicated her intentions to the Powers, but ne hope of peaceful settlement is entertained. Russian subjects in Turkey are to be placed under the protection of the German Embassy. Constantinople will be declared in a state of Mepe immediately after the rapture. It is said the Htc.fl of the Russian Embassy have been ordered to leave Constantinople to morrow. A telegram 'from Scutari announces that the Russian Consuls at Scctari and Bosnia Se rar Lave received orders to depart. The "Town*l des Debate says the Russian ;>f,S in the Atlantic and Pacifie have been ordered to concentrate in the Mediterannean. Mr. Layard, the newly appointed British Embassador, left for Brindisi. He will em bank on a -special steamer in order to reach Constantinople quickly. Tbe'Osxr is expected to arrive at Ivischen ilff on Tuesday. Grand Duke Nichoks bolds a great review •of the arcny of Prutiibo-day. The German contractors who supplied the ■corps.at Belfast and Strasburg, have arrived qit St. Petersburg, 'where they are making largement racts. Fifty railway engines fitted for the guages of tbc 'Roumania lines have liter, supplied by tli£ Berlin factories. One-third of the army of Kischeniff w ill not cross the Prutk, but will move toward So.ihii, to cross over into Dobrukscha. Two Turkish monitors are at Sulini. A: cs officially confirmed that the Rouma nian troops will • appose the passage of the Bonn be by the Turkish army, but will allow the Russians to cross the Pruth. .A correspondent of the Telegraph says: I Lave just inspected the Ottoman fleet in the Bosphorus and f» und tue condition of the •Sultan's navy splecdid. The vessels are fully manned, and the discipline is as good as pos •3Üile. Admiral Holiart Pasha has been formally appointed commander ot the Black Sea squad n, which comprises fifteen iron-clads. The forts ontbe Bosphorus are ready. fh e reports from the Turkish armies are satisfactory. Meheamit PasLa, the first aid-de-camp of Abe Sultan, has left the capital to inspect the 'hoops and munitions of war in Anatolia, and •superintend thetöral arrangements along the Asiatic frontier. The Daily No**s' St. Petersburg corres pondent says the war feeling is intense. There never was such a popular war as this will be. There is no brag and bluster, but a cr.iet resolution is depicted on every man's face, aud is manifest in everybody's language. ,Iu the House cGLords Earl Granville eriti oised the Governzient policy touching the Eastern, question. He said the protocol was »early the same aetîhe Berlin memorandum. Why did not government accept that ? The united action of Europe then might have pre vented war. Neither Russia no r Turkey had îheo taken an irretraceable position. He at tached the minister s boasts about raising England's position abroad, which now sub ject them to ridicule. He advocated Euro {kîâj: concert for the better government of Turirey. Lord Derby vindicated the proto col. He believed the House would agree that iiuder the existing circumstances it wa6 best not to say anything concerning the future. \ jcsna, April 1G.—tit is feared that Aus tria will not be able long to remain a specta tor to <»!ie difficulties. "Fhe is preparing to as sume a:i attitude of defensive neutrality. The influence of the Russian-Sclay committees extend almost to Austria' s frontier, and Aus lr * a, ' statesmen who consider its vicinity a permaneet peril, are determined to check its l* 1 "gross, and are taking-steps to annihilate 1,s ^wtson the Sclav population. ( "Nstaivinocle, April £7.—Montenegrin i » U vatfs l«ft i his city yesterday for home via I )iU*s>a Ac "Linnl eommunicHtiiHL «contradicts the statement ling the governmeiX. contemplates pi t >< aiming a state 0 f s j ege j n Constantinople or any other pb ce j 0 the Empiw Skirmishing continues between the Miriditcs and i urks. A i isiug of the neighboring tribes is thought* imminent Their Chief, have gone to Cettinje tor instructions. !.om>..x, April 17. A dispatch from Vienna savs it is reported that the Porte show« an in < iiuiti.m to offer voluntarily to cede to Vus tria certain districts in Kerzoejovinia, which increase the strategical importance portaiKvof Dalmatian Buda. A I'esth correspondence says reports of the impending mobilization of the Austro-llun garhui army are untrue. * refugees now in Austrian ter I ritory number 120,000, who cost their enter tainers 300,000 florins per month. If in con seqwenceTn insurrection this number should be doubled, Austria might be compelled to cross the frontiers with an armed force to lo calize the insurrection. With this view Count Isapary has received orders to make every preparation at tue frontier for such a neces sity. A St Petersburg dispatch says the diploma tic campaign has ended. A Vienna correspondent says the Czar is expected to stay at Tacheneff several days. Extensive floods prevail between Unghenni and Jossy, and the Pruth is much swollen. The railway from Unghenni to Kescheneff, upon which the army depends, is in a very insecure state, and the engineers apprehend great difficulty in keeping up service during the passage of troops. It is semi-officially stated that the order to the German recruits residing abroad to rejoin their regiment, is only the usual annual sum mons issued every year, and is not connected with political affairs. A Constantinople dispatch says the Russian Embassy will leave there next Thursday. The Czar goes to Kischeneff on the same day. The conscripts of the Prussian army lo cated in England have received orders to join their regiments in Germany immediately. It has been decided that the Turkish Cabi net shall meet daiJy to deliberate on the situ ation. It is reported that on the outbreak of war Russian subjects will 'be expelled from Tur key. , . The German Federal Oouucil has adopted a bill proposed by Prussia, imposing compen satory import dudes on certain kinds of iron and steel and iron and steel goods. Duke de Cozes informed tüe French Cabi net Council 5 *esterda*y »that he had received from Berlin and London formal assurances of a peaceful aud-conciliatory disposition of Germany towards the French. The Loudon Tiares' Vienna dispatch says there are grounds tfor believing that an idea exists of «miking 'Che eighth article of the Treaty of Paris tke starting point for fresh negotiations. The idea is now taken up by England and brought forward at St. Peters burg, but it seems the era of negotiation, is there regarded os closed. Sanguine» people may still derive«>me hope from this unprom ising aU'tutesc unostentatiously displayed, but Russia bas&ll along shown her unvarying purpose to set aside, or at any rate, to ignore the very existence of the treaty of Paris. Still she will not cate to raise a discussion on the point of how far its stipulations may be deemed valid,^knowing such discussion might perhaps bring her in opposition with one or more powers'besides Turkey. As'the (tea?s arrival at Kescheneff is only announced for the 22d inst., it is supposed His Majesty will stop at Moscow. He may use his stay»there to make another declaration or possibly'issue bi9 expected manifesto there from. The intelligence of the movement of Rus sia is eenfiro&ed on many sides. It is belierfed in well informed circles that not much time will bedostiln crossing over into Roumatia. Such a-movement may be made simultane ously -with, «perhaps before, a regular declar ation of war, so that the movement would have thochcracter of a menace. This would be following the precedent of 1853. The Turks may <not be disposed to allow suck, oc cupation te pass over in silence, for trust worthy information indicates that they mean to considenthe crossing of the Pruth a decla ration of «war, and intend crossing at the same timedato Roumania, at Kalafat, Nika pole and -(tXknenitha, between Tulkscfc and Hirchova. Roumania is preparing to resist mobilizing «feer whole army. Paris, ^pril 17.—Layard, who passed through this city Saturday, is going to Con stantinople with the idea of keeping bis gov ernment as*correctly informed as possible of the military and political affairs about to oc cur, also the-disposition the Porte manifests during the earliest phases of the struggle, in order to seize if possible the moment when, in consequence of military events, it will be possible to enert a mediatory influence. Roms, April 17.—Further diplomatic cor respondence ds published which shows that when Enghufrd's demands for Russians dis armament nearly rendered the signing of the protocol impossible, the Italian Government endeavored to smooth the difficulty, but sug gested a spontaneous declaration by Russia. Vienna, A pall 17.—A large concentration of Turkish troqas in Widdin has caused con siderable commotion in Roumania. The Cabinet Council has determined to in crease the forcer stationed at Kalafat, so as to resist the descent of Turks on Roumania sides. Roumania kas£%id her apprehensions be fore the Powers, Repeating the assurance that it meant to keep neutral, which it could only do so long as Roumania was nor made & thea tre of war. Belgrade, April AT.—Several collisions are reported around tke Montenegrin frontier between the Turkish troops and tribes of mountaineers, who jm r e lately assumed a revolutionary character, And were moving to join the Montenegrins, toward Ulgenhi, and have made considerable progress. Troop6 at points of concentration near the Roumanian frontier are being continually reinforced, and troops from the interior are filling the posi tions vacated by those going to the front. St. Peteksbc&g, April 17.—The Czar leaves for the army immediately. He will confine himself to inspecting the troops and will not take part in the campaign. * The order of the day announcing a declaration of war has not vet been issued. In official Quarters it is rep resented that the present situation compells Russia in a certain degree to act single-hand ed, Russia alone among the Great Powers having mobilized. Effect ol the War News. Chicago, April 16 —The week's business has been of unusually large volume. The feeling is unsettled and prices are running from panic to intense excitement. Prices have closed at the highest point for wheat reached for some years, at least since 1872. The agencies which have produced this result are chiefly the foreign war news. New York, April 17.—The warlike ad vices from Europe to-day and the decline in securities at London and Paris, had the most effect in the gold room. Early sales were at 7, but subsequently there was an advance to 7j, ane later declined to and closed at 7£. ____ ■■ ----- Troops to be Kemoved. Chicago, April 16.—The Post's Washing ton special says it is authoritively stated that he order for the troops from New Orleans will be issued this week. Another dispatch says the proposition to disband about four-fifths of the regular army and avoid the necessity of an extra session of Congress, is favorably regarded in Cabinet circles, and is generally gaining favor. The question will probably be discussed at a Cabi net meeting to-morrow. As the Democracy has positively refused to appropriate another dollar for the army without attaching uncon stitutional restrictions, it is urged that an ex tra session would be useless. Murrender of Arms. Spotted Tail Agency, Neb., April 10.— About 1,000 Northern hostiles made a formal surrender of arms, ponies etc., to General Crooke, at this post. Their entry was very dramatic, encircling the Spotted Tail's camp and discharge iug their guns in the air, calling forth the whole force of that chief to greet them, after which their head chief delivered a short speech before General Crook, indicat ing his *desire for peace by laying his rifle at the Gceeral's feet. Among the chiefs sur rendering are, One-Who-Touches-tbeOfoods, and Roman-Nose, whose village was de^roy ed at Slim Buttes last summer by Captain Mites. I* ^ Attempt to Whip an Editor. Philadelphia, April 16. — <£üite an ex citement was created ou Chestnut street to day by the attempted whipping of Colonel ) A. K. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia ! Times , by McKay, a Government contractor. F McClnïe was in the company of ex-Governor Curtin when McKay approac*bed with a deg whip and struck bien. McC&ure caught McKay by the throat, and while holding him, some one from behind dealt McClure a blow, while another in front hit him over the left eye. The men are supposed to be friends of McKay. One of them got away and the other was arrested along with McKay. The prisoners were give« a hearing at the Central station and were held to bail to answer. E. A Saprrine tourt. Washington, April 16.— Chief Justice Waite announces that on account -of an in sufficient appropriation the court wiitl be un able to sit after May 15th, and will, »therefore, not hear causes later than May 7th. The Government and in* Laborers. Chicago, April 14.—The Journal's Wash ington special says : The Suprême Court having decided the law declaring eight hours a day's work for Government «employees is merely a direction by the Go-^eroment to its agents aud not a contract with the laborer. The Secretary of the Treasury will issue an order announcing this decision aud directing the officers not to pay hereafter ten hours' wages for eight houis' work. The order ?given by President Grant that eight hours shall constitute a day's work, will be revoked, and no additional pay will be allowed to those who work longer than eight hours. -— Blaine and the President. Chicago, April 17. — The Inter-Ocean Washington special says: A geotlemon in the confidence of Blaine states that the latter will attack Matthews at the opening of the ses sion, and combat the Souther« policy in the same spirit as last session. He will attack the President's policy, not the President. It is stated also that the Maine Republican press so violently oppose the policy, that the friends of the administration are raising $50,000 to start an administration paper at Portland. Tweed*» Coirl'mioo. Albany, April 17.—Tweed's confession was handed to the Attorney General's de*puty by Townsend, Twood's attorney, to->day. The statements fill some forty pages of manu script, and Attorney General Fairchild says he will immediately take up the consideration of the document, giving it his earnest atten tion before making auy of the confession public. He will ut-iuand of Tweed evidence to prove the charges against the persons whom his confession implicates. Fairchild has not examined the confession as yet, but a note received by him from Townsend this afternoon, says there is some truth in the World's statement of the comments of the paper. Townsend, it is said, denies having given anyittfonnation of the disclosures made by Tweed. justice After Forty Years. New Orleans, April 14. —The decision ia favor of Myra Clarke Gaines, involving millions of dollars in property in .this city, has been rendered by District Judge Billings. The litigation has extended over forty years, and this decision ends that struggle in favor of the claimant. HAYES' POLIjY, a He Sayes He is Determined to Carry it Out. Washington, April 15.—President Hayes yesterday said in course of conversation, that he had no concealments regarding his South ern policy, which, however, had been fore shadowed in his oral and written utterances, and in the connection he adverted to the gub ernatorial campaign in Ohio, in 18 <5, which resulted in his election over Governor Allen. The people of the State having full knowl edge of his sentiments on national questions, including, of course, those which relate to the South. On the 31st of July, 1875, at Ma rion, he freely and distinctly expressed his opinions. This speech was published at length in the newspapers, therefore his views were generally known. In that speech, after con gratulating his fellow citizens on the com plete triumph over those who sought to de stroy the Union and the grand results of the war, he alluded to the coming together again of the Northern and Southern men in a spiiit of harmony and friendship, including those who fought against one another, and as n prominent feature in this evidence of good feeling, he on that occasion spoke of the kindly feeling in which Vice President Wil son was received on his visit to the South. In this era of good feeling and reconciliation, he said there were still persons who talked of bayonets, and who sought to revive the prejudices of the past. This was much to be regretted, but there were enough to fill every heart with gratitude. The House is no longer divided, aad all the inhabitants have a fair 9tart in the race for life. In this and in all other speeches, he ear nestly condemned the re-opeuing of the old issues between the North and South, feeling assured that the time will come for complete reconciliation. In a farther conversation he referred to the fact that the National Republican Conven lion which nominated him for the Presidency passed a resolution sacredly pledging the Re publican party, to protect every citizen of the United States in their civil and political rights, and declaring that the permanent pa cification of the South should be effected by removing all causes of discord. The spirit -of this resolution was in perfect accord wilh his own views previously expressed, and he repealed them in his letter of acceptance of the nomination, and more fully elaborated them in his inaugural address, consistently maintaining a policy of reconciliation and local self-governmeiit apart from military support, and when he entered upon the duties of the Presidency, he intended this policy should not be one of sentiment merely, but of actual administration. He said: "My be lief is this course tends to give good govern ment to the South : it tends to secure peace between the sections and between the races and parties, at the South, and to secure the rights, interests and safety of the colored people; therefore, I am in favor of the pol icy. I do not know whether I shall succeed in carrying it out, because there are Northern and Southern meu who, in various ways,may possibly thwart me, but of one thing I am confident, namely : I think it my duty to try to carry out that policy, and I am going to do it.'" What the Lawycra Say. New York, April 17.—Wheeler H. Peck ham, counsel for the people against Tweed, says it is true that Tweed made a so-called confession. It was taken to Albany last night by Townsend, who says it contains things be knows are correct. The Express confirms the confession, and says it is but a partial revelation, and that a full confession will even more sicken the pub- lic conscience. ------—— .« ►» ---- ■fold Bond Bobbery. Charles Gorrey this morning purchased $9,000 in United States bonds, and was fol lowed to his store by three men, two of whom engaged his attention while the third stole the bonds from Gorrey's coat, which was hang ing near by. No clue to the thieves. •►►► m - Fearing Trouble. London, April 17. —All the troops will be held in garrison this afternoon in readiness to turn out, if required, in view ot the threat ened march ot a body of Tichbornes to the House of Commons, to present a petition for the release of Arthur Orton. It is stated that there are 1,000,000 of the petitioners. A Tichborue procession is now on the street. There is mucli talk in the House lobby. « Immense crowds are lining the streets to the House of Parliament. Great numbers of policemen have been told off to intercept them. From fifty to sixty thousand people • took part in the Tichborne demonstration to-day. Their leader, Demorgan, proceeded alone to the House of Commons. He wrote to Crossy, Home s cretary, who replied that he wou'd receive the deputation to-morrow, and it good reasons were given, would move that Demorgan be heard at the bar of the House. The crowd dispersed peaceably. West Point Graduates. Washington, April 17.-1116 West Point graduating class this y eat numbers seventy seven, the largest ever graduated. There are only forty vacancies in the army, conse quently thirty-seven will be appointed Brevet Second Lieutenants under the law, and pro moted to the grade of Second Lieutenant, as vacancies occur. JMiniKter to Spain. Washington, April 17. —John A. K&sson, of Iowa, has been tendered anil accepted the position of Minister to Spaiu. G<?o. FriitiH Càoiilry. St. Louis, April 14.—A guard of honor numbering forty of the Knights Templar, at 1 o'clock yesterday escorted the remains of Geo. Frank Gouley to Masonic Hall, where they now lie in state. The hall is draped in mourning, and 31a sonic banners and emblems are displayed. Two portraits of the deceased are on the walls. Flowers and evergreens relieve the somberness of the scene. The body lies in a handsome casket, mounted upon a catafalque. The Masonic triangle surrounds the coffin. A heavy silver plate upon its lid bears the inscription : " Geo. Frank Gouley, Past Master Missouri Lodge No. 1., R. W. Grand Secretary, M. W. of Grand Lodge ot Mis souri A., F. and A. M. Died April 11, 1877. Aged 55 years." Templars in uniform pace the hali slowly and guard the illustrious dead. Thousands of people visited the hall yester day and looked through the glass at the form stilled in death, the well-known features seeming to many very natural. Oakcy iu Paris. New York, April 16. —The Herald's Paris Special says it is rumored that Oakey Hail has arrived there. • Jellerson Fils'. Recently we paid a visit to JeffeiHiRT'city, visited the Rurnley, Comet and North Pa cific District. The reduction works were the only thing of special interest we inspectée, personally. It is an immense and eostiy me chanical wonder, and as near perfect' jts twelve years experience, since the pla® was invented, can make it. Any kind of ores may be reduced and nearly every particle of metal saved for shipment or purification by cupellation. The ore Is first crushed like corn in a mill, iif its original state as received from the mine. It then goes through a dry ing process to prepare it for separation in the machinery adapted to the purpose ; the heavy mineral particles fall in a place to themselves, and the light chaffy sand and other nou-min eral substances are driven by the wind to another department ; and a series of processes of this sort through which the pulverized mineral passes, entirely cleans it of other matter. The mineral dust that floats in air is even collected, desulpheriœtV, a/râ amalgamated ; so that nothing is lost. The works were in full operation when we were there, and were superior to anything we had ever conceived to be possible even in our im agination. They cost $111,000, and more cost will be added by the addition of cupel furnaces and rooms. All low and high grade ores from any part of the Territory, which will bear the cost of handling and pay some thing over, can be reduced in a satisfactory manner by these works. They are owned principally by a New York company. Mr. PhiL Saunders, who spent several years m getting up the plan and inaugurating the company, is superintendent. Mr. Eddy, a polite gentleman, from Buffalo, New York,, and formerly a newspaper reporter, is in the office ; and of course, he knows how to treat editors and printers, and it was to his cour tesy that we were shown through the works. These immense works are two or three miles above J efferson city at a place Galled Somewhere. We believe they will fill a want heretofore greatly needed in this Territory. We shall take note in the future to prova that our prediction is not without foundation. We did not visit the celebrated Gregory lode, nor go into the tunnels of the Rumlcy and Comet lodes, but have such assurances that satisfy us that they are very rich. and extensive ; and that other leads in the neigh borhood will " pan out " well. Jefferson city is a lively little place, with a bright future before it ; and the fact that five hundred miners and mechanics will be em ployed in the mines in its vicinity this sea son goes to prove that it is a live camp.— Bozeman Times. IT. 8 . Supreme Court. In the United States Supreme Court, L>. G. Maclay et. al. plffs. in error, vs. Sanda-ek ai. defts. in error to the Supreme Court-of Moo tana, Territory of Montana, it is held by the Supreme Court that under the code of * pro cedure in Montana judgment cannot be en tered against defendants as by default,* be cause his answer only denies the allegations of the hill, on information and belief, the Court being of the opinion that such an answer is sufficient to present the issues for trial. Reversed. W. F. & L. M. Sanders for plffs. in error. R. F. Merrick for defts. in error. A Mail>»oii County. Ueiuocrat Speaks. Virginia City, April 2C;T877. To the Editor of the Herald : As a Democrat I want to thank those- gen tlemen who "blowed on" the Governor in Washington. Not that I have much sympa thy with their movement, and I don't know iouch ot the facts which implicate him. But since those charges were filed, my Indepen dent has been quite improved and very re spectable The words, "robber," "thief," "traitor," "usurper," etc.,,which constituted its stock iu trade sixty days ago, do not ap pear with their former frequency. It is sad to ôicturè the publishers of that paper under instructions from Fotts smothering-their pent up wrath and repressing their vocabulary of billingsgate while their friend is in limbo, but when be goes, then Hayes aud this Adminis tration and all other enemies of their country had better get out of the way. Then the nauseous tide of slang will sweep the verj foundation of things. But for this tempor ary immunity from filth, decent people owe the wicked "enemies" of "the best Governor Montana ever bad," measureless gratitude. MADISON.