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vol. xrx. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1877. NO. 92 LOUISIANA. PARISH COMMISSIONERS’ RETURNS. Glv* OR Democrat* and 07 Rapublioana. He implicates oakey Mall. Inwr Packard Sands Hayat Another Manage. OENCffAL. HAWLEY TALKS* Traapa Map ha Batalaad far Awhile la Prevent Bleedshed, hat Packard Will Bat ha Bceefalsed. parish ooMMunonxas, returns—62 dxm-, ooAAie, 57 republicans. New Oxlbane, April 17.—The Nioholla House’ eemmsnded favorable on the prop osition to organise the Hooaa on the basil of the Ant roll oall of the Nieholb Legis lature, omitting seven members, since seated ss snbjeot to eon test. The result will be 62 Democrats, 67 Bepubliosns, The Commission will seek the PrasMent's approval of thb plan before submitting it to Packard. paoukd send* wonaa mxssaox. Wabhhgton, April 17.—Packard has sent another letter to the President, In whioh ha oomplaina that the Democrats refuse to agree to a meeting of all the membera of the Legislature holding oer tifleates of the Returning Board, and al lows thb bodj to daoide whioh b the legal Government. Packard oalb thb the Preaidant’s plan, and adroitly seeks to plaoe the Democrats in the attitude of defying the Gommia-. sion. The Nioholb Legisbture yesterday passed a series of pscifloatory resolutions that are spoken of as a part of the plan of compromise, and the latest advioes are that it b proceeding satisfactorily. WHAT OIK. HAWLEY HAS TO SAT. Frank N. Richardson, the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, now on emergency duty at New Orleans, tele* graphs this, whioh everybody here be lieve*: la oonversation with Oen. Hawley to-night, he stated that it was possible the Commission might be here a week longer, as the aeembera had determined to exhaust every effort to aeeure a har monious adjustment of the Legislature. A proposition of the Nioholb Govern- menttp-thbeod will probably be sub mitted toPeckard to-morrow. If ha jeots that, another may be made, but by neither of them can Packard obtain con trol of the Legislature. As for securing any legal settlement through prooess of the Btate ooArts/Qen. Hawley says, that b out of the question, as the status of the Courts b just as muoh at issue ss that of the Legislature. Gen. Hawley says that if the Commission Anally oonolude that no adjustment oan be effected, they will have nothing bft bnt to report the fact to the President He says that Gov. Nioholb is exhibiting a commendable spirit. He also said that if the mission of himself and hb associates should prove a failure, the President will then determine whether to remove the troops, or to retain them here, with a purpose merely to pre vent the shedding of blood, but in no other manner to interfere between the contestants. WASHINGTON. HAVAli HOVBHHMT. Wasxungtoh, April 17.—Two monitors left Norfolk today for Washington in tow of the Tallapoosa. The iteainsr Dispatch will sail shortly for Constantinople for the use .of the United States Minister there. glut or an.van. The Treasury will pay all sums nndsr Ave dollars in silver when desired, other wise dollar bllb will be issued. The Banka oomplain of the glut in .silver. Four persons in Green county, Penneyl vania two in Bt. Louis making a combina tion of counterfeiters ware arrested and a large amount of queer oaptured. nXTBA SZSSIOJf b again questioned. cABDtcT meeting—discharges. The Cabinet discussed the extra ses sion. It had oonoluded to oall the sea sion on June 4th, but today oalling it Hay 15th, or dbpensing with it all tog* th or were considered at some length, with out ordering any change in the original programme. The situation in Louis bn a was also oonaidered, But it was decided that no 'present notion would be proper. It b officially announced that three hundred will be discharged from the Bureau of Printing and Bagraving to morrow. OUAHS DDXU—XABSOH HUISTIB TO SPAIN Special Is fnftilrsr-Svn.] Washington, April 18.—The Busston Grand Duke was reoaived at the Embassy here to-night. Hon. John A. Kaason, member of Con gress from Iowa, has been appointed Min ister to Spain. TWKKD. czM ooimaMixoir Nnw Yosx, April 17.—Tweed has made oonfaeaion, going back to 1867. Oakey Hall’s name figures in the narrative many times, and tha corrupt expenditure of muoh money b mentioned, The names inolude Woodin, Frost, Ellwood, Brand, Winslow, Wood, Blood and Morgan—all members of the Btate Senate. It gives the obaumatinais of tha divbtok e< the spolb between himself, Sweeny, Hall, Oonnally and Woodward. It implioatce Garvey, Ingersoll, Davidson, Watson,and majority of the members of the Beard of Supervisors, among them b John Fox, James Hayes, Henry Smith and Isaao J. Oliver. Mayor Hall's proportion wad 10 per osnt. He shared throughout in all the profit*, was in full collusion with the va rious detaib of fraud and was fully aware of the fraudulent nature of contracts pre sented for hb signature. OHABOUS AND DNSIALS—SSNSATIOH AT ALBANY. Nnw You, April 17.—Tweed, In his oonfesaion, says he gave Hugh Hastings a ckpok for §20,000, and tor smaller sums. Mr. Hastings brought Mr. Jay Gould to him, oontinuaa Mr. Tweed. The olroumstanoea of the arrangement be tween himself, Gould and Fish, by which the Erie olaaaiOeation bill was passed, whioh praotioally enabled the Gould di rectory of the road to eontinue indefl- nitely in power,until the bill was repealed, are well known. la return for this, the Erie induenoe, through Gould and flak, was need in behalf of Tweed and hb as sociates. The oonfession concludes with the promise that the writer will be a witness for the oity in any salt brought by the oity to reoover monies from any of the persons mentioned. He does not ask that suits against him be quashed, but that he be released from oonduement without bail. Great* exoitement prevaib among the politicians and othars over Tweed's oonfession as published. WHAT HASTIHOS HAS ID SAT. Hugh Hastings says, in reference to his receiving §20,000 by a oheok in 1870 from Tweed to pay to Benator Woodin, that he received the oheok as stated, but Woodin bad nothing whatever to da with it, It was purely a business tvaneAnHnu tween Tweed and himself Is the stock braking line. He admitted bringing Jay Gould and Tweed together. At that time Tweed was considered highly respeobble THJE BILLETS ALSO DUX. Justice Bixley denies that hb brother, Benator Bixley, ever proposed an amnes ty to Tweed in 1871, provided he would have §160,060 of James O'Brien’s olaims against the oity audited and paid. “It b a falsehood, from beginning to end," said the Judge. At Albany the Tweed statements, pub lished thb morning, ores tee considerable amazement about tha capital, and b pro- noucod a sensational canard. AITOBNIT OHNHBAZi HAS A PAW ISOM soon as ready to be given to the press, if he derides to make pnblio the oontents of the document. He (Mr. F.) has not exam ined the oonfession as yet, but a note re ceived by him from Mr. Townsend at 2 I’elook thb afternoon, says there b come little truth in the World's statement of the oontents of tha paper. Mr. Townsend, b said denies having given any infor mation here of the disclosures made by Mr. Tweed. ADAM TO TIHBI. ‘vzaud rare tbiuhfhant in ahhiioan histobi. ” Speeiel is Catainr-fm.] WASHoraxoN, April 17.—The following' letter b now made public for the Asst time. As will be seen, it was written on the day of the inauguration of President Hayes: . Boston, Mareh 6, 1877. Hon. S. J. Tilden, New York: Mx Dnah Bib : In thb day, when you onght to have been President of the United States, I seize the opportunity to bear my testimony to the oalm and digni Aed manner in whioh you have passed through thb great trial. It b many years sinoe I oeased to be a party man, henoe have endeavored to judge of publio affairs and men rather by their merits than by the name they It b a aouroe of gratiAoation to me to think that I made the right choice in the late eleetion. I oould never have been reoonoiled to the election by the smallest aid of mine of a person, however reapeotable in private life, who must forev- erjearry upon hb brow the stamp of fraud Aral triumphant in Amerioan history. No subsequent notion, however meritorious, oan wash away the letters of that reoerd. Very respectfully, yours, Chaslxs Fbanois Adams. SOUTH CABO LIMA. HBOBOZS BZSPITXD. Columbia, April 17.—The tan Lowndes- ville murderers, oolored, sentenced to be banged on next Friday, have been re spited by Governor Hampton for two weeks. It b thought that some of them may be oommuted to Imprisonment for life. No developments to-day in oase of Btate - offioera. The Attorney General has received a paper in oonneotion with Tweed’s oase, but says he has not time to read. Until he oan beoomo acquainted with lb oontents he will not make it publio. ■■OOBDXB HACZXTT dcolined to say anything about the state ment that his house paintings and book cases were paid for by the eity money. WHBELNB H. PECKHAM of the oonnsel for the people in the Tweed oase said that it was true that Tweed had made a statement whioh he called a full confession, that it was taken to Albany last night by Mr. Townsend. The synopsis in the World was, he sup posed, substantially oorreet. It tained some things, at least, whioh be knew were oorreet. ONLX A PABTIAL CONTUSION. The New York Express says of the Tweed statement: The tab told is but partial revelation, and the foil eon. fusion will add an amount of detail whioh will even more sicken the publio oonscienoe. ATTOBMHX OENZBAl’s OPINION. Specie! to Enquirer-Sun. Albany, N. Y., April 17.—The Attor ney General says there b nothing in Tweed’s statement reflecting upon Judge Folyer or any member of the Court of Appeab. Btate Benator Woodin will make a de nial from hb seat to-morrow. ATTORNEY QENBBAL HAS THB CONTUSION. Specie! to Enquirer-ton.] Albany, April 17.—The Attorney Gen. eral says Mr. Townund arrived here late Monday afternoon, and immediately sent word to the Attorney General’s home that he wu in Albany with Tweed’s confes sion. The- Attorney General wu not well, and appointed 11 o’rioek to-day (Toeaday), when he met Mr. T. at his (the Attorney General's) office, in the Btate House, and received from hb hands what purports to be Tweed's oonfession. The statement fills some 60 pages of manuscript and Attorney Geaeral Fairohild uys he will immediately take up the considera tion of the document, giving it bis lbst ettention. Before making any of the oonfession publio, he will demand of Mr. Tweed evidenoe to prove the charges against the persona whom hb oonfession implicates. Mr. Fairchild uys he will furnish the a f »N.iafari From with the foil confession [ASTERN QUESTION. THE RUSSIAN ARMY MOVING. THE CZAR LEAVES FOR HIS ARMY. THE IMPENDING CONTEST. What Is Thought ta Washington of tho Prospective European War- Admiral Porter and General Hhor- man’s View*. The Ruwlen Embauy to Leave Coi»- •teatinopla To-Day. THE MOBLB “INJUN.” HU COMETH IN TO SUIbXNDZB. Camp Robinson, Neb., April 16.— To Lieut. Oen'l Sheridan: I have jnst returned from Spotted Tail Agenoy. The Northern Indians arrived during my stay there. Their dispoetion seemed to be vary good, and Spotted Tail says they are honest in their professions. They also talk very positively of the others’coming, bnt the news received through this sgsnay b still contradictory. I expect to have accurst# information in a few days. In tha evant of any oonsider- abla number of Indiana ooming, if yon will want to und tha Paw- paaa to thesaowthef Tongus river, it would probably be well to defer thsir muster for a few daya until I ran obtain defiinite intelligence. I expeet 800 lodges of Oheyennee lo surrender at tbb plaoe day after to-morrow. The Indians who surrendered at Spotted Tail Ageney had not yet been oounted when I left. They were to have been coanted to-day, and I shall have within a short tims the exset number. Geo. Gbook, Brigadier General. ENGLAND, TIOHBOBNITES TO BE SUMMABILY TBXATXD IP THE! ATTEMPT THREATS—FAILUBE. London, April 17.—Business on Stock Exchange fist. The Globe thb afternoon says, in view of the threatened mareh of a body of Tiohbornitea to the Honae of Common* to preunt a petition for the please of Arthur Orton, all the troops, comprising the London garrison are to be oonllntd to thsir barraoka after five o'clock this afternoon, and held in readiness to torn ont if required. It bu been affirmed that the petitioners will number one hun dred thousand. Dr. Kenealy has request, ed hb followers not to participate. FAILUBE. LivsBPOOL,April 17. —Lockhart A Demp ster, commission merchants, metal took era and insnranoe agents, have failed. Inabilities not ascertained. London Groin Market. Special is Enqnircr-Sun.] London, April 17.—Mark Lane Bxpreu in review of the grain market, rays un usual excitement has prevailed in Mark Lane the peat week, and the inereased strength whioh the trade derived from dimintahed imports, and the steady eon sumption of stooks was inoressad by the warlike aspect of the Eastern Question. Odessa and Bt. Petersburg ere about the only eouroee from whioh we oonld expect large imports of red wheat, end should war oommenoe the door may be partially dosed in supplies, is the Turkish fleet is thought sufficiently powerful to harass the Bbek sea trade considerably. This contingency, especially, is momentous this year, because Asia seems able to ■hare so little red wheat. The large ad- vanoe in prioes haa made operators osu tioos, bnt where millers have been obliged to buy to meet requbementa, a rise of three to four shillings per quarter on the week has been realized. The rargo trade ■howi sued van oe of three shillings. There have been very few arrivals of wheat. At the railing of the pools, maize, after a long depression, suddenly came into favor and values improved fully two shillings per quarter. NaeHakou and a Meddlesome Bishop. Specie! to Enquirer-Sun.] Pabis, April 17.—President MaoMahon has instructed M. Martel, Minuter of Jus- tioe and Publio Worship, to ezprees to the Bishop of Nevets his entire diaap- proval of tha latter’* letter asking inter vention for the Pope, and to state that the President saw with pain tha olergy med dling with internal and even foreign pol itics. Hosiery for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children—a very large atook—at eodtf M. Joseph's. DUTUEBANOm CONTRADICTED. London, April 17.—The Turkish Minis ter haa reoaived offloial contradiction of the reports of tho dbturbauoe* in various parts of Turkey and dial urban oae in tha Turkish army. Bt. Petersburg, April 17.—Ignatieff will aooompany the Czar to Kisoheneff. The expeoted war will be declared at Kit- oheneff April 21at. ADVANCE or THE BUS8IAN ARMY. London, April 17.—The Boeebn army will probably advanoe in the following order: The right wing, whioh is the weakest portion, ororaes the Dreizter at Ohateym and goes along the Austrian frontier to Paebang; the oen t re -by rail to Faahang; the left wing, the strongest, will orosa tha Danube between Renn and Irmal. DEPASTURE OF THE EMBASSIES. A speobl dbpatoh fixes Thursday as the probable day for the embarkation of the Russian Embassy at Constantinople. The Montenegrin delegates left Con stantinople yesterday for home, via Ados- ■a. The different Montenegrin eorpa are at their posts, bnt they remain on the des tensive. Bkirmbhlng between the Mereditesand Turks oontinue. RUSSIA BAYS TURRET POBCES WAS. A Renter from Bt. Petersburg rays the Czar leaves for the army almost immedi ately. He will eouflne himself to inspect ing the troops and will not take part in the rampaign. The order of the day announcing a dec laration of war has not been issued in official quarters. It b represented that the present situa tion compeb Russia, in a oertain degree, to aot single handed. Russia alone among the Great Powers has mobilized. The abrupt manner in whioh the protoool would make demo bilization on Russia's part appear lik* a retreat. Turkey it b pointed out de sires a ooufliot and • foroea on war. In her olronlar note aha not only rejeoted the protoool bnt in prinoiple denied to the European powers the right and faculty of urging in any way internal reforma in Turkey or demanding guarantees for the ezeontion and control of those ameliora tions. Thus su entirely new state of things has been ores ted by Turkey by whioh even tha basis of tbs Conference has been set aside. Ruaeis who mobilized with a view to prevent the advanoe of the Creaoeut to Belgrade to obtain reforms in Turkey insuring the seourity of Christians and guarantees for tha ezeontion end con trol of mesanres of reform, haa given during the bet five months a rare exempt of her paoiflo intentions and conciliatory endeavors, Turkey having rejeoted any opportunity of giving a paoiflo turn to af fairs, now urges forward a decision by arms. It b henoe oonoluded that Russia, who iB now in arms and has manifested her desire for pesos,rannot retreat TO LOOK OUT AS MEDIATOR. Paris, April 17.—Mr. LaHsrd, who passed through thb oity on Saturday, b going to Constantinople with the ides of kssping thb Government as eorreotly in formed ss possible of tho military sod political affairs about to ooour; abo, tha disposition the Porte manifests during the earliest phases of the struggle, in or der to seize, if possible, the moment when, in oonaetjfenae of military events, it will beeome possible to exert mediatory influence. RUSSIANS TORE EXPELLED. Special to Enquirer-Sun. I London, April 17.—A Reuter's tele gram received to-night from Constanti nople says it b decided that the Turkish cabinet shall meat daily to deliberate on the aituations. It b reported that on the outbreak of the war Russian snbjsota will be expelled from Turkey. GEAR YOB THE ARMS. A Renter’s telegram from Bt. Peters burg states, aooording to present arrange ments the Czar will set out for Kisebe- neff on Wednesday evening. RUSSIAN ARMY MOVING. A Reuter dispatoh from Bnohsrest re ports the movement of the Russian army from Kisobencff toward Urgheni has made considerable progress. The troops at the points of ooneentration near tbs Roumsnb frontier are being eontinnally reinforced, and troops from tho interior filling tbs positions vsosted by those going to tho front. Dronsotlst vs. Editor, Special lo Enquirer-Sun.] New Yobk, April 17.—In tbs libel suit of Hangiesten Daly vs. Barns, editor of the Dramatic Newt, the jnry awarded Daly §2,253; §10,006 were olaimed. Woodier. Washington, April 17.— Indications— For tba Booth Atlantio States, increasing olondiness followed by loral rains, con tinued warm aoutbeaat to southwest winds and atationery or slowly falling barome ter. Oar lady readers will find a good Kid Glove at 60 and 60 cents, and a very ehoioe atook of Parasols at 20 ota. to §8.00 at the Dry Goods Hons* of J. Albert Kirven. A Washington special to the New York World of Friday, says the news that war was certainly impending between Russia and Turkey has for the time over shadowed all other questions, foreign and domestic, in Washington. The Rus sian Minuter has no offloial adviora whioh lead him to express qn opinion whether war will be deolared at onoe or not, bnt judging from th* publio dispatches and bu knuwledge of the situation, he thinks that it b inevitable. Tue President and Secretary of Btate both ray to-day that they have no official dupatchee from Min ister Maynard at Constantinople, or the Amerioan Legation at Bt. Petersburg, bnt judge from the press dispatches that war u probable. Admiral Porter and Gen. Sherman, who have been looking into the situation, sb well as other oivio and mili tary officials, have the seme opinion. Ad miral Porter, iu reply to en inquiry, raid: This war promised to be the most gi- gautio and important to Europe and even to the United States, that has taken plaoe. It will be a great religious war, and the conseqnenoes oan only be surmised. The idea of some of the newspapers that Tur key is going to be wiped out iu a day b a mistaken one. Tho Russians will never rapture Constantiuopler It ia not in the power of their army or navy to take the g lace. As for their navy it ia of vary ttle oonsequouoe in contrast with what it is required to aooomplisli. They have about thirty iron oladB and.two hundred aud forty vesaeb of war of other kinds. They have thirty thousand men in their navy, and about fifteen hundred and fifty-five gune. He then read off a list of their Iron- olade, showing that five of them carry from sixteen to twenty-six guns, and tha rest from two to eight guns apiece, and continued: All these iron-olads ere of the very brat material, and their gune are of the latest pattern and heaviest calibre. The other ordinary vessels are all reported to be in good oondition. The larger portion of tbb navy is now about getting free from the ioe of the North Bee, near St. Peters burg. These vessels of tho Russian Navy that are now iu our ports oame here to get rid of the ioe there thb winter. The uevy, however, makes little differenoe on ei ther Bide. Thb wnr, as between Russia an d Turkey, b going to be in the main a land fight. The Turks have twenty aplendid iron-olads, with, eighty-four other good end substantial war vesaeb. They have 1,218 guns and 84,000 men. For the defensive this is a good navy. They have the great forts of the Darda nelles, all along from ita mouth up to Gallipolb. Here they also have oheins, torpedo boate, their iron-olads sunken hulks and other obstructions. Tho Rus sians have to pass through these to Gallipolb, thence into the sea of Marmora, and then they will have to fight their way up through the torpedoes, iron- olads, etc., to the Bosphorus. As they pass by Couetantinople up the Bosphorus they have twenty miles of forte to en- oounter, and having passed these they ere in the Ulaok Sea. You see, sir, the fight b by no means to be all on tho aide of the Russians. Thoy have no fleet in tho Blaok Sea. When Sebastopol was destroyed, end tbeir greet fleets blown up end sunken, and tbeir. navy yards destroy ed on the Bleak Sea, that settled tbeir fleets in that locality, and tha European powers have forbidden them ever sinoe to rebuild in that locality. The Russians have a fine army, well dboiplined, well offloered, end doubtless their arms, guns and supplies are of the first olaas. They are not oommenoing tbb fight for senti ment sake. It is the hope of their lives; and they are now arrived at that point when the Emperor will be able to get every man and every dollar hb people have, so as to win the great con test of the nation. It will ba no me, though, es it will end in disaster. The Turks are thoroughly aroused. From one end of their vest empire to the other, the Mussulmans ere crowding together by the tone of thousands, and already th* reli gions fanaticism of tha Turks b disoern- able. Just think of 40,000,000 of people! They will give every dollar and every valuable they have to aid their aide. They have the best arms in the world—they were made by onr people, and Europe has no better. The large gone the Turks get from Krupp, end, of course, these oeunot be excelled. There is no doubt that both sides have plenty of arme and ammuni tion. After the Russians get very muoh weakened and the Torke have worried them a good deal, than the Ana- trbna and perhaps the Germans will have something to sty. France is not particularly interested and —mark what I say—she will not engaga in tbb conflict. She will go on with her exhibition, and it promises to be a grand success. Tba war will not effect it in the least. Austria is the country that is most interested in the contest, excepting Eng land, end just how Austria is going to aot remains to be seen. Sbe will be in the fight, however, bofors the war has gone on six months. England is the grand puzzle. You can depend on it she does not intend to allow Rnsaia to take Constantinople, even if she oonld, and her time to outer into the contest will be marked by the circumstances of the oon- fliot. The great good this war is going to have on our eountry eanuot be computed. We will not only sell floor, wheat, oorn, pork, clothing, arms and ammunition to the contending parties, bnt we will sell all these things to tho other great nations, especially onr cereals and provisions. If the war continues two years, and my pre diction is that it will, we will have to plant for the whole world. The entire agricul tural pursuits of the great grain oonntry of the Bleak Sea will be stopped. It was so in the Crimean war. I was a Lieuten ant in the navy and commanded the Sup ply, then in the Mediterranean squadron, and well do I remember the rich harvests onr merohsnts reaped during the war. Tbs war will bring back again to ns the commercial supremacy we lost during onr war. If Congress legislates properly in Jane, bo as to allow vessels to be brought and plaoed under onr flag to re main there,-our commercial marine will be revived. We have not time to bnild ships; we must bay them. Admiral Porter went on to eey that there probably would not be muoh block ading and that onr supplies would be in demand by other nations in any event. General Sherman on being interviewed said that neither Rossis nor Turkey ever had larger or better disciplined armies than now. They have, said he, all tha advantages of many improved arms and modes of warfare, and the result will be that the world will witness the greatest battle* ever fought, so far as the destruc tion of life is concerned. I believe this struggle is going to Cost a million of lives, and they wul not all be Russians or Turks either. I can hardly believe that the Torke oen withstand the shook. They may rave Constantinople, bnt if they law every other point, what good will it do them ? General Bharman also took a favorable view of th* sffeol on this eoun try. He added: It will keep our people at work day and night to provide for Europe, if there should be a . general war, and that now seems inevitable to me, I believe all the |reat powers will be direotly or indireotly nvolved before the year ia out. in the parts of the oonntry in whioh the field fights will oertaiuly take plaoe a half million men on either elds oan and will be used. Th* Russians will have to pull along very fast through th* summv, for they gat all Ihsir supplies by their rail roads, end in tha winter these are rarely available. General Sherman raid he was in favor of allowing some of our army offioera to visit either army without pay and serve on staff duty. Twelve ■» woffi, Terrible STEAMSHIP LEO DESTROYED BY FIRE AT SEA. Twenty-Two Persons Missing— Two Drownsd. Suffering* of vlvors. Two Lsdy Passengers Supposed to bo Burned. EUMOPN’S COMING WAN. A GLANCE AT THE COMPARATIVE STRENGTH OY THE ANTAGONISTS. In view of the European oompUeations, a comparison of the fighting strength of Russia and Turkey becomes of interest: As to Russia, the army last year con sisted of 1,213,263 men. The navy is Catalogued under two greet divisions, the Baltio fleet and the fleet of the Blaok sea. In the Baltio are 77 men-of-war; in the Blaok see 9 men-of-war. On the Caspian see the government has five steamers of little use in heavy warfare. The Siberian fleet oomprise* 11 ships of email aooount. There are 3 ship* In the White sea and 6 in the Sea of Aral. TM* total available strength of tha navy la about 120 men-of- war, of whioh only 29 are iron-olads. The population from whioh tho army may be drawn ia abont 80,000,000—twira that of the United States. If Providenoe ia on the side of tha heaviest battalliona, the war oannot bo a Iona one or the resalt questionable, unless Turkey be reinforoed by European alliaa. As to Turkey, under the military oode of the empire, a soldier upon the com pletion of sis yean’ aervioe Is attaobed for eight years to the ‘'sedentary army,” and is liable to be oalled out iu oase of war. The eedentariee aggregate now about 300,000. Exoluaive of these the military resouroes ere estimated as fol lows from the offloial reports of 1876 : Infantry Cavalry 17,280 Artillery aud detaohod so.eeu Reserve 148,080 Auxiliaries 76,00 > Irregulars 87,oou Total 460,300 Only one religious division of the em pire, it should be remembered, is permit tad to serve in tha army—tha Mohamme dans. The non-Muaeelman population K ys an exemption tax. The citizens of uwtantinople are also exempt; and thus tha entire army aud navy are reoruited from abont 12,000,000, or lam than half the population of the empire. The navy is considered one of the most efficient in Europe. The offloial report for 1876 describes it as follows: Iron- olads, 20; other steamers, 70. Nearly all of the iron-dads were built in Eng land. During the pest year throe addi tional irou-olads have been completed, and a number of smaller vessels have been gotten iu order for military Berviee. The navy is manned by 34,000 men. AUKICULTUKAL RCBIAU. BEPOBT AS TO THE OONDITION OF WHEAT. Washington, A pci! 17.—The statisti cal oorps of the Department of Agricul ture are reported upon the oondition of wheat in 868 oonntiee. Of the winter wheat region iu 218 oonntiee the returns are comparatively unfavorable, in •ix hundred and fifty the oondition is varying from average to superior. Thrift is indicated in tho Atlantio States, north of North Carolina, and in those of the Ohio Valley. There has been far leas injury from frost than usual. Of three hundrad'and twenty-one in the Ohio ba sin, only foity-flve report below an average, and six-aevenths of the reports from the Middle State* are favorable. In WiBOonsin are unfavorable returns, and from fifteen of the siity-eiz counties reported. Iu Kansas, from seventeen to thirty- eight oonntiee. Grasshopper ravages are reported in twenty-two oouutioe of Eastern Kansas, end from Nebraska to Indian Territory as far west as Salem oounty. The wheat growing district in Texas is also alive with grasshoppers, whioh threat en the destruction of the orop in several counties. More than twenty counties re port the hatohing of spring broods. There is an inoreaae of area of wheat in Texas, and prospects are favorable with the ex ception of grasshopper ravages. In the other Southern States a dry au tumn and variable winter have depressed the oondition of wheat below an average. What Makes the nea-ShelliSinB T When the eea-sheli is held up to the ear there ie a peouiiar vibratory noise whioh children assure sseh other is the roar of the sea, however distant they may be from it. Philosophically investigated the peouiiar sound thus recognizod is a phenomenon that has puzzled saholsrs for s long time. The experiment is easily made by simply pressing,* spiral Bhell over the eerebra of eaoh ear. If a large shell, the sound is very much like that of a far-off cataraot. Now what oanseB it ? Every musele in the body ia always in a state of tension. Borne are more on the stretch than others, and particularly those of the finger. It is oonoeded that the vi bration of the fibres of those in the fin gers being oommuuioated to the shell, it propagates sod intensifies them as the hollow body of a violin does tha vibration of ita strings, and thus the acoustic nerve reeeives the sonoroos expressions. Mus cles of the leg below the knee ere said to vibrate in the same way, and if conducted to the ear produce the same result. **♦**> Jaconet Embroideries—a full and com plete assortment, from 4 cents and up wards—at M. Joseph’*. sodtf Savannah Nows, lath.] We regret to announoe this morning the destruction, by fire at see, of th* fins steamship Leo, of the Savannah, New York and Nassau Una, and tba loss of two passengers and a number of tha crew.' Mr. U. O. Wildmsn, the purser of the Leo, reached the oity on Saturday night about half-past tan o’elook, with snow of the survivors of the ill-fated vassal, on the pilot boat Neoa, from Tybee, to whioh they had been transferred from the berk that rescued them. From film we gather the following pertioulars at the FEANFUL DISASTKB. The steamship Leo left Savannah Oh Thursday, the 12th, at 3 o’olook p. M., far Nassau. On Friday morning, aboitt S o'olook, whilst a terriflo so* was rolling, it was discovered that some of th* freight between decks bad got loose and was pitobing about. The hatches war* opened for the purpose of securing th* freight, when, to the horror of the orew, angry FORKED TONGUES OF FISX shot out, enoiroled with volume* of asaok*. The hues wee at onoe brought Into Ya^nl- sition, but the fleroeueis of the gala, fan ning the flames whioh had already ob tained considerable headway, rendered unavailing their most strenhona efforts, and Captain James Daniels, whs. wtthhta offioera, was active, ordered that tha Ufa boats be lowered. It waa apparent that the fire was not only in the hold hot had foroed itself amidihip and between desks, and the ■hip was doomed. The captain, with several of th* offi cers, hurried to the forward **kHs*a purpose of securing the life-raft, whioh was on the osptain's oabin.snd dhpatched aft another gang under tha oomatand' of the ohief engineer, to assist in lowering the boats. The fire bad inoraaeed fear fully, aud breaking out fieroely amid ships, entirely out off oommunioatton be tween the two gang*. It wee now appa rent to all that only the interposition of Providence oonld rave them from the terrible fate of being burned to death or being drowned. In the eabin were two middle-aged la dies, the Mieses Farrington, native* of Nassau, and members of a wealthy and prominent family iu that proviso*, Who were on their way home after e visit to the North and Bavannab. They were both in feeble health,endefforta were made to get them ont, but owing to the fearful rolling of the ship eod-the rapidity with which the flames spread, th* efforts were unaveiling, end it is almost oertain that they perished in the flames. The only other passenger wee a Mr. Papendiok, of New York, who, it la sup posed, aroused by the oommotion ondeok, oame up, and thus got Into on* of th* life boats, but whether he was saved or not is a matter of doubt. Captain Denials, with bis party, who were forward, managed to lower the life raft, when thirteen sucoeeded in getting on boad of it. The stewardess who was on deok was oalled to jump to the raft, and in attempting to do this fell into the sea, and despite every effort to eeanre her, was DROWNED. Bhe disappeared beneath th* wsves,aad was seen no more. The parties on the raft were huddled together in a cramped position, nearly naked, oold and shiver ing, and their situation was EXTREMELY PERILOUS, tbs unpleasant oonviotion being foroed upon them that their tenure of life was very uuoertain. For e time they were buffeted about in a terrible manner. One heavy see completely oepaixed th* fragile raft, throwing the hapless occupants into the sea; they frantioally scrambled upon it ■gain, but one unfortunate man, Martin McQoade, belonging to the orew, wee washed ovehboabd and lost, it being utterly impossible for the oroaeh- iug, trembling, shivering men on the raft to do anything to save him. After a moat horrible time, drifting hither end thither at the meroy of the waves, the despairing men were eheered by the eight of a vessel bearing down upon them, whioh in a short time reaohed their craft and RESCUED THEM. This vessel proved to be the Russian bark Hoppett, Capt. Fredoriokssen,bound from'I.tmdou to Bull river, South Caroli ne. The oeptain discovered the (moke from the burning steamship Leo, bora towards her to ascertain the oeuee, and thus ran fortunately upon the hapless party. They were taken on board in en exhausted oondition, but the lively sym pathies of Capt. Frederiokeaen sad his men were elioited, and in a short time the resened men were made aa oomfortablt aa possible. Owing to the darkness and tba terrible surroundings the reaoued party saw noth ing of those wbo got into the life boats, but the supposition is that they must have been driven off in another direction and it ia feared were ALL LOST, ss they were not seen the next day. There is a possibility, however, that they may all have been resound, or at least a portion of them, aa the disaster ooourred direotly iu the course of vessels ooming to Savannah or Doboy from foreign porta, being about eighty miles south of Tybee. A bark whioh was sighted in the wake of the Hoppett, immediately after the rescue of the parties from the life raft, arrived at Tybee yesterday afternoon, end re ported that she had seen nothing of th* missing boats. The reBoued party all show eigne of having SUFFERED CONSIDERABLY, and tbero is no doubt that several of tkem could not have survived the terrible weather many houn longer, even had tbeir oraft been able to live in the as* that was rolling. Purser Wildmsn’s hand is very badly out and bruised. THE BURNED STEAMER. The Leo was a wooden propeller of 990 tons burden, built by Poillon Brothers, in New York, in 1865, and owned by Mur ray, Farris A Co., of that eity. Bhe waa brig-rigged and 179 feet in length, and 1 classed Al.
