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VOL. XIX. — OOLUMBTJS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1877. NO. 184 VKS BXLXiei&lMTS. TEUMBLE DEFEAT OF RUSSIANS! »nt abb obobbbb »rum On* Division Losot 8,000 Mon nnd Win Host sro HnHod Rack to tfco Rlvor. OtlB|M (• Brat Ti ■twMHIto mi Buttle. BUMUN. HtoDKD AT KtTli. Lomdoh, August 8 —The Naeee, in its detailed narrative at the fcattto of Plevna, given the Boetian foreee ee 88,000 infan- try, ldO field gone and three brigadee of eavalry, and aaja this defeat nukes the Banian hold in Bulgaria extremely pro asriens, aad araat ooaopel the withdrawal of troops from some other point, wt they are nearly as badly needed to beat the Turks as at Plevna, where they were beaten. They most be there, and that speedily, M the Btaaato* army to not forthwith to retire iagtortoosly into the at manta. The Newf Bnehareat enrreepondent, telegraphing on Thorsday, eaya the troops xeoeatly eagsged at Plevna have retired behind Oema river. The sixteenth divis ion of the fonnh corps is ordering at Sim ula*. and will probably reinforce them. All the scattered Bossies troops now In the prinelpaUliee have bean summoned into Bulgaria. I understand the Turks are not advancing seat ward from their Plevna position, but are passing strong forces from Plevna northward towards wab nor to an wars xbab. Baatnt, August 8.—-The papers oonrid or that the battle pots an end to all hope of terminating the war this year,and >' ana the ehanoe of intervention by Austria or England. BSKI SAOHBA OONHBKKD. Loanon, August 8.—The Timet' Bel grade eorreapondent stats that there are Strong rigua of approaching mobilisation of the Servian army. Several telegrams oonflrm rim Turkish oeenpation of E«ki Bsghra. .The Telegraph'i speeial from Karabn- nsr wye the Bntsians lost five guns at Eeki Saghra. ItJAUANfl BBPOBTBD DBFIATXD AGAIN AT PLKVMA. The Daily Telegraph haa a rp«otal die. patoh purporting to give an aooount of another defeat at the Bosetons before Plevna on Wednesday, avaatan pamus dsht tbb landwbkb bas BUN OAIaLBD OUT, BUT PBXPABATIOMB ARR KADB TO DO SO. Lomdoh, August 8.—A Berlin dispatoh to tha-iVtH Mall Oaeette says the Bus ■tan Minister of War has issued orders directing the army corps, not yet mobil ised, to fotoiak a division eaob to the dghting aemy to he rt .ones dtopatobad to theOaanba. MamtoB joaiMto dshy that the Out hm wnetieaed gRasssa Sailing the lemdwehr to the ostolBr-Aeaeaee there to a law pro- vidtoptoSh'She Landwehr to not to be •sited ont until their army to mobilised. All hitherto done oonelata in preparation for the mobilization of the Landwehr whenever oalled ont. BATTLE OP PLSVHA—STBIKIMO DMOBIPTION OP TUB ECSSIAM BOUT—OHM aUBSXAM oobps locks 6,000 ran. Lomdoh, August 8.—The DaUy Newt' oorreepondent sends from Pserdsc, user Plevna, a graphio aooount of Tuesday's battle,the substantial facta of which are ae telegraphed to the United State* yester day. The following closing eoenes gives a vivid idw of the extant of the Buasien disaster. It will be nottoed that the cor respondent Is with Prinoe Sehaikoskoy’s command, end does not purport to give any aooount of the condition or losses of General Krodener’s corps: And now all hopes of suooess was dead, nor did a chance offer to make the beat of defeat Prinoe Sohaikoekoy had not a man left to oover the retreat. The Turks strnok without Mint They had the up per hand for ooos, and were determined to show that they knew bow to make the • best of it. They advanced in swarms through the dusk on tbair original drat position, end oeptured the Busaian can cons before the batteries oould be withdrawn. Turkish ■belie began onoe more to whistle over the ridge above Badiahova, and fell into the village beyond, now orammed with .. woknded. The streams of wounded wended thrtrpnlwMt 'wey over the ridge, l, **rt|H8$Hil*l. The badly wounded moeriyBjyMtore they fell. Inter, in the darkness, a baleful sort of Knnkeutree- - gor swarmed over the battle laid in the shape of Baahi Baxouke, who (pared not, lingering there on the ridge till the noon time. The moon rose, end the staff oould beer fyoac below oo the still night sir cries of pain, entreaties tor meroy, and Urn yells of blood-thirsty fanatioel triumph. It was indeed an hour to wring the stout est heart. We stayed there to learn, if it might be, whet troops were soaring out of the valley of the shadow of death be tel', whet# there indeed wen nano at all te oofM. It did not seem to be the seas. • 'Twin had on range before dark _ I we oould watch the flash of flames over against us, and then listened to the eerseata of the ehelta that tore by as. The eonnd of rifle bullets was incessant, and the eaoort and retreating wounded were etruok. A deteohment at length began to seme struggling up, but it will givo an idea of the disorganization to aay that when a oompeoy wee told off to cover somewhat the wounded Badiahova, tt had to be made np of men of several regiment*. About nine o’olook the stiff quitted the ridge, leaving it littered with groaning men, end moving gently teat they ehenld tread on the prostrate wounded, wo lost oar way, aa w* had lost our army. We had no uae for the eolee of our foot, by reaaod of the alarms of the Baelli risannhe ■warming in among the mattered and re- gBarttoa*. l length, at one o'clock in tho morn ing (we have been in the saddle since six o’clock on the previous morning), wa tamed into a stubble field, and, making beds of the naked grain, correspondents end Oosaaoks alike rested under the stare. Bat we not even then were allowed to rest, before an alarm that the Beebi B*souks were upon us, and we bed to arouse the tramps aa the only protection of tho ehief of yhat, in tho morning, was a fine army, was new a handful of wear ied Cossacks. Gen. Fondeyer sent word in the. ing that he had lost severely, and make no headway end bad resolved to fell book on the line of tho river There had*been talk of hie troops being freeh, of receiving of tho etteot to-day with hie oo-operation bnt is a plain meat of foot that we have no troops to at tack with.* Tho moat moderate estimate te that we have lost two regiments, say 6,000 out of our three brigadee, ■ ghastly tram bar besting Eylen or Finland. This takes no eooount of Gen. Koede- ner’s losses. We bed to retire on tho Oema Blrer about Bulgaria, and to the best of our week strength oover the bridge at Bistove. One cannot in this moment of honied oonfnaion realize all tba possible results of the stroke so rashly oonrted. Not a Busaian aoldier stands between Tirnova and the victorious Tnrkieh army in Lovioa sod Plevna, end only a weak division of the 11th oorpe stands between Tiruova and the Shnmla army. 1 look on Prinoe Schaokoiousky’s force as e wrack, no longer for this campaign to be oo anted ee a lighting body, tt to not ten days ainoe the 80th division ed the Danube in the pride of superb condition—what of it that to left, to de moralised and shattered; so on this side of the Balkans there remains bnt the run* orops already ronghly handled, onoe at Nikopolie, and onoe *t Flevna—one divis ion of the 11th corps end the Bustohok army. Now, if the Bustohok army is marohed to the west against Plevns, than ths Turkish army of Bnstohnk is 1st looss on the Busaian communications to Tir uova. One cannot avoid tho oonoluaion thet the advanoe of the Balkans is seri ously compromised. The Buasien strait is so bad that scat tered detachments have been oalled upon out of Boomed*, and the Boumtnian division eommtnded by General liana, whioh crossed over two days ago, and Nikopolia has been oalled up to the lino of Oama river. An Aide-de-Oemp of the Grand Duke Niohclas wee present at the battle, end at ones started for Tirnovs with the evil tiding*. We are just quitting this blvonao and falling baek on Bulgaria with all spaed, leaving the Bulgarian Villegas to the ten der meroies of tho Turks. A* I olote I learn that on oar left Ora. Skobeloff was very severely handled, hav ing loat 300 men ont of his alngte infantry battalion. RUSSIANS BEIHrOBOZD ADVAMOK IK ASIA. Eszebodm, August 8.—The Btueisn oentre, whioh has been reinforoed by 14 battalions of infantry and 3 field batte ries, bas resumed the offensive. There has been oontinons fighting on the .ad vanced lines before Kars. TergonKemef has also been reinforoed by five battal ions of infantry, one battery end a regi ment of dragoons. The Russian right to marobing on Penek. ACTION IN OBI1CE. Special to Enquirer-Bun.] London, August 8.—Beater’s Athens dispatoh says a royal order baa been le aned naming the s'aff of the genets! of the army end oom menders of the variose brigades, regiment* end battalions. RECONSTRUCTION. ALL QUIET BUT PENNSYLVANIA. TROOPS TBBBB ARK IIJT BVST SUBDUING SHM BKBKELIOX. habtsanft’r mbush mot ATTEMPTS TO BUBN A DEPOT—NEOBOEl IT OAIBO SOAKED OFT—WMSTEEM TEAMS MUNNINO. uou». LEADER or Horn BULSBS TO RMZIOM. London, August 8.—It is understood lasso Butt, LL. D., member of Parlia ment for Limerick Oity, will resign the leadership of the Home Bolen at the moating to be held on Monday neit. COnEDMBATI SOLD. DECISION or JUDGE HUSHES—UNITED STATES OAK SUE FOR IT. Bichmond, August 8.—Judge Hughe*, U. 8. District Court, decided that the gold from the Virginia Treasury, whioh the State officials distributed among them selves on the evening of the evacuation of Biohmond was the property of the U. 8. Government, end that aotion brought against said offloials by the U. 8. Govern ment can be maintained in his oonrt. The amount involved is $25,000. ' Pape's Health Bettor. Home, August 3.—A dispatoh to the Timet aays the Pope oontinnee his audi ence*. Wire at Colsnbtoaa. Cincinnati, August 8.—W. Walleob’s Ag ricultural Works, Columbiana, O., were destroyed by Are tost evening. Lose $60,- 000. NO TEAMS ALLOWED TO PASS HA VMM JUNC TION, PA. Bethlehem, August 8.—No trains were allowed to pees Pennsylvania Haven Junction Wednesday. There are 800 regulars, with artillery, in the vicinity to support Booeivor Latbrop in working his road. CONTINUE *0 STRIKE AT CLEVELAND, OHIO. Cleveland, Angnat 8.—A train of men of the Lake Shore Road resume work to day. General Manager Nnvell made some teohnioal oonoeaatbns to the men. Shop men and freight-home hands oontinue to strike. PENNSYLVANIAN POSITION BAD, Bobantoh, August 8.—Some 4,000 troops are along the roads. Trains are all guarded. The feeling to very hitler with a large otoes of employees. Wire* are eat et Plymouth. No reenmption possible for several days. •tanas mmbpohsiblh pom baltimou KILLING— OOBOMXZ’s JUMP. Baldkozz, August 8.—Extract from tho verdiet of tho Coroner's jury i The said regiment was on . dnty under orders of the authorities of tho State of Mary land, when attaoked by a great number of dtoorderly persons, end in danger of being killed. The soldiers should have acted se e body only under orders of the commanding oflioer in olsaringth* streets at n hostile mob, end in so far are blamable aa soldiers disobeying the orders not to fire; though nevertheless, ee no orders to fire were given, the soldiers were compelled for their own proteollon to defend themselves, individually aa well ae they eonld. Still the jury are of tho opinion thet the soldiers being demorali zed, • greet deal of unnecessary firing wee done on Baltimore street, especially west of Gey street. The responsibility for the killing of these persons rests en tirely with the rioter* who attaoked the soldiers. TUBBULMMT N SO BOM AT CAIRO. Cairo, III., Angnat 8,-r-A levy of ne groes tort night attempted to prevent the floating of the tow boat Norton, and as sailed the ooalsrs with a shower of stones. Mr. Anderson, mete, pat them to flight by s few shots from e revolver, end the ooeling proceeded without further inter ruption. TROUBLE AT PAIBVMW, PA. — MILITARY AWAITING OBDEBS. Wilkesbabbe, Aagmt 8.—Ramon are rife of trouble at Plymouth last night. The railroad was blockaded by a erowdof man, women and boye. The telegraph wires between here end that plao* have been ont. Trains on the Talley Rsilrotd have not yet been started. A freight train gt Fairvitw, sixteen miles from here, to detained by strikers. Superintendent Mitchell has oalled upon thr Sheriff to go to Fairview with a pome and disperse the strikers, bnt the Sheriff hoe,not yet acted. The military are waiting for civil authori ties to exheMt their powers. Indiana enmne sentenced each to 8 months in jail. Dattalfo Rn^virtr-Sim] Indianapolis, Angnat 8.—In the United States Oonrt this afternoon, Judge Dram' rnond sentenced the striker* arrested here, et Tinoennes end et Terre Heat* for interferring with the operations of the roads in poneeaeion of the Oonrt, to three months each in the county jell. Sayre, Secretary of Firemen’* Brother hood, wm discharged. MAUOH CHUNK OOMPOSTABLE. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Mauoh Chunk, Angnat 3.—No freight trains wen moved on the Lehigh Valley Beilroa^ exoept on the main line from Penn Haven to Eastern end the branohea. Considerable ooal wee sent Sooth on tho Central Bailroad of New Jersey, bnt no other train were started. It is tbonght thet the roads will open to-morrow with' out serious difflonlty. The military under General Ayers ere quartered oomfortebly about town, and guards ere stationed in the proper plaoes. Quiet prevails here, and in the ooal regions in this section. UTUAmON FAVORABLE AT EASTON, PA Easton, August 8. —Everything! to qniet here, and in Phiilipebnrg. The Lehigh Valley are rnnning three train* a* far as Mauoh Chunk without any difflonlty. The Lehigh, Susquehanna line not started yet, but the men are willing to work aa soon *s the oompany is ready to start. About 800 regulars nnder General Brannon are still at Adenwelder, about a mile from here on the L. A 8. Bailroad. ATTEMPT TO BURN THE DEPOT AT HAZLETON. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Hazleton, Pa., Angnat 8.—An attempt was made last night to barn the Lehigh Valley Bailroad freight depot here. The fire wm extinguished by the police. MAMTSAHPT’e STATE STILL REBELLIOUS. Special la Enquirer-Sun.] Wilkesbabbe, Augnst 3. —Gen. Heide- koper’s command oime into Wilkebsrr* this afternoon by the Valley road, from Pittston. Four oompaniee were sent to Fairview, where a freight train bad been stopped by the strikers. The mail train whioh wm abandoned here on Wednesday wm taken ont today! The engine* end twoive oara were filled with soldiers. A striker who assisted in stopping e mail train Wednesday wm ar rested by the polios. The Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad have made no eh fort to etart. Heidekopor'a oo in maud is camped, end Lehigh Valley roads, houses, end affairs at Plymouth, where General Pearsons hta oommand, are quieting down. Cleveland, Angnat 8.—Tho Lake Shore freight-hoOM men tMamed work this morning. The only otoee of employes now ont are shopmen,abont half of whom have already signified their willingness to go to work to-morrow. A freight train wm sent ont from Gnllenawood this morn ing and there wm no disturbance. By to-morrow noon freight trains on the Lake Shore will be rnnning regularly. The Cleveland A Pittsburg Company started freight trains at 10 o'oloek last night, and are now rnnning >bam regu lar. WASHINGTON. CABIN BV CONNIDBM UTAH. ROTTERDAM CONSULSHIP—-RIOTERS MAKE NO DISTURBANCES—INVESTIGATION OP BEKGH- EB'b FRIENDS—CHARGES AGAINST OOL- BCOTOR BUMELL NOT TO BE OPENED— GOV. DEEW IN VEBHONT—P. M. AT OXFORD, ALA.—TEN MILLION MORE BONDS OALLED IN—EX-DETECTIVE BELL RELEASED, u. s. distillery ttbants—Alabama del egation PAVuSS EX-CONGRESSMAN CALD WELL FOB CLERK. Washington, August 3.—Gen. Forney, of Alabama, to here looking after the raids on distilleries in hie dtotriot, end throughout the State. It appear* these raida ere characterized in many instenoea by brutality end rMoelity. Gen. Forney My* it has not occurred to Southern mem bers of Congress to seriously think of e Southern speaker. The Alabama delegation to said to be solid for ox-member Caldwell, of Ala bama, for Clerk. Hal Gosling, of TenneaM*, wm ten dered the Botterdam Consulate. The War Department hM eooonnta of the movement of troops in various direc tions, bnt no reports of dlstnrbenoM to day. Investigation of charges against Collector Freeland, of Brooklyo, to or dered. This to Beeober’e friend. Collec tor Bnaeell, of Biohmond, has bssn sent for to make some explanations. BUSSNLL CHARGES. It to stated positively thet the Cabinet hM decided not to open charges against Russell, OoUeotor at Biohmond. Thee* had already been investigated. GOT. DREW IN VBMMONT. Gov. Drew, of Florida, to in Vermont with Judge Bradley, who to hearing in Chambers some very important railroad questions. POSTMASTER AT OXFORD, ALA. Frank M. Iseao wm appointed Post- mMter at Oxford, Ala. UTAH. Cabinet consulted the Utah matter in oonneotion with the indictment of certain Mormon traders. shsbman calls in ten millions. Sherman haa oalled another ten million of consols of 1865. DETECTIVE bell released. Ex-Deteotlve 0. 8. Bell, arrested last night on a requisition from the Governor of Texas on a obarge of murder, wm re leased to-day by Judge Humphreys. FATALITIES! A RECORD OF A DAY’S DISASTERS. CEORCIA. THR CONVENTION DECIDE* TO ELECT J COUCH IT THR LECIIB- I.ATCRE. EON. K. W. HILLIARD AND HIS MISSION — NMW BALM OP COTTON AT ALBANY AND MACON. Speeial to the Enquirer-Sun.} Atlanta, Ua., Angnst 3.—Tho mods of appointing Judges, after .two deys warm diaonasion, wm settled to-day. They are to be elected by the Legislature. Half the Oironit Judges are to be oboeen in 1878, half in 1881; Supreme Judge* in 1881 and 1882, and one in 1884. F. H. B. FIRST NEW BALE AT MACON. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Macon, Ga., Augusta.—The first bale of new cotton was received here to-dey from Baker county. FIRST NEW BALE OP COTTON AT ALBANY. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.} Atlanta, Ga., August 3.—The first bale of new cotton wm sold in Albany, Ga., at 17^ oenta. THE APPOINTMENT OF HON. H. W. HILLIABD. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Washington, August 8.—Mr. Hillisrd, of Georgia, had his application on file for the Berlin mission. His assignment to Brazil disappointed the fortunate gentle men, m well m half a dozen othera, who wanted Brazil. Hilliard has not applied for Brazil. The emotion whioh sent him there bad souroe in the bosom of Secre tary Thompson. missinMippi. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, Jackson, Angnst 8.—The Democratic pisiform favors granting snob aid m may be extended without violation of the Con' stltntion of the United States, or depart ing from Mtabliahed usages of the Gov ernment to the Texas Pacifio Bailroad, and for rebuilding and keeping in repair the levees of the Mississippi river. Big Fire Ml Detroit. Special to Enquirer-Sun. J Detroit, Michigan, Angnst 3.—Bert’s great Saw Mill and Salt Blocks, near East Saginaw, wm burned this morning. Six million feet of Intnber and eighi thousand barrels of salt were destroyed. The en tire loss to estimated at $200,000; insur ance $85,000. Two hundred end fifty are thrown ont of employment. The fir* was inoendiery. OVERREACHING AMBITION, THE WILD OABEEB OF BAILDOAD MISMAN AGEMENT. New York San.] The Utice Obeerver gives the following table of tbe lines of railroad extending from the Atlantic ooaat westward to Obi- oego, whioh have been affeoted by the re cent strike: Baltimore tt Ohio and leased lines— * »Uee 1.471 Pennsylvania end 'juaed linos 1,«61)14 Erie and leased l.ner null Lake Shore and 'areod lines 1,170% Cleveland, Ooluml is, Cincinnati A Indi anapolis 471% ' ‘It. Louis and leased lines "" A Western and leased BOWMAN'S FOLLY. HOW HENBY A. WISE'S FATHEB POLITELY iOUOHT PERMISSION TO ADDBESS THE DAUGHTEB OF THE HOUSE. From tho Now York Evonlng Post.] Aa a pendant to the interesting descrip tion of " Bowman's Folly” end the Bevo- Intionary reminiscences of its owner, Gen. John Cropper, in the Gvening Post, of Jane 2G, will you allow me to furnish a copy of the oorreepondenoo in whioh the old hero bore e part—the other party being the father of the late Gov. Henry A. Wise. As an illustration of tbe stately courtesy and somowbat grandiloquent atyle ol our grandfathers it may be iuter- eatlng to your readers; and as an example of the etiquette of courtship in the olden time, it may well (if vainly) be eoni- mended to modern lovers. It is pleaaiog to know that the gallant Mr. Wise was successful in bis suit. Tbe correspond- enoe (oopies) oatue into my hands through one of Gen. Cropper's dese-ndauts. Gov. Wise was mnoh delighted on seeing it for Ibe first time a few years ago. Here is the correspondence; JNO. WISE TO GEN. GROPl'ER (WITHOUT DATE) Feeliog myself irresistibly impelled by inclination, and prompted by a Reuse of propriety, I have presumed now to ad dreaa yon upon a Bnltject of importance and delioaoy. * Having eonooived i.u stteotion for your daughter (Miss Bally) I bog leave to ho- liojt your permission to make my address to her, and at the same time let me ox- preBB a hope that should I be so fortunate to suooeed in obtaining her affections, my first wishes may not be frustrated by your disapprobation, I have thought proper to make tbe application to yon ou the subjeot in this manner, rather than in person, beoause my oharaotor (if I have toqnired any,) my oondition and situation in life are not altogether unknown (o yon, and If objections aro to be made they oan bo more freely oommuuioated in this tban iu any other way, I have hitherto proceeded no further with the tody than merely to obtain her permission to make this application, and, sir, I now pledge you the honor of a gen tleman, that in oase you bavo objections of an insuperable nature to the proposed anion, whatever may bo the ohagrin, re gret and mortifioation whioh I may feel upon the oooasion, I will not disturb the quiet of a parent anxiously solicitous, no doubt, for Ibe happiness of a beloved daughter, by persisting any further with bar. Permit me to assure yon that I am,with muoh consideration and reapeot, your obedient servant, John Wise. GEN. CHOPPER TO JOHN WISE. Bowman's Folly, 11 May, 1787. Sir—Altbougb the application made by your letter of this day was unexpeoted, yet my reflections heretofore ou that aub- eot have prepared me to answer : That lowever solioitous I may be for the tom petal felicity of my daughter and future respectability of my child, she is the only proper judge of the person best oalouluted to make her happy. Bespeot and impar tiality ought to be shown by me to you- or any gentleman that might make bis ad dress to my daughter, and 1 oonfide in your oandor and justioe. I am, sir, with dne respeot, your obedi ent servant, John Obopper. I may add that “Bowman’s Folly," wbiob was sold at Gen. Cropper's death in 1821, has reoently passed buok into tho possession of his direot descendants, though naturally tho original estate has been muoh subdivided. E. 8. J. Nashville, Teun., June SO, 1877. Toledo, lines Chicago A Alton and leased lines.. 7 mi A Number Meet Violent Death*, CASHIER AT BALTIMORE KILLED. Baltimore, August 8.—Wm. Beet, Osshiei of the Franklin Bank, wm found dead in the woods aooidentel discharge of a gnn wm the oanM. SUICIDE AND DEATH IN NEW YORK. New York, Angnst 3.—Jno. Ftanois Mnrpby, a spotting and tnrf man blew hto brains ont in a gambling honse. Finan cial embarrassment and a tody were the causae. Hon. W. B. Ogden to dead. He wm tbe first Mayor of Ohiosgo and the first Hresident of the Union Pacifio Bailroad. FUBNAOE ACCIDENT AT PITTSBUBO— TWO KILLED AND FIVE NOT EXPECTED LIVE. Pittsburg, Fa., Angnat 8.—An aooi- dent ooourred at the Lucy Fnrnaoe Com pany's Works this morning, wbiob resulted in the death of two men and the injury of five others. Seven men were engaged in lining a fnrnaoe, working on a scaffold supported by ropes. These took fire from the fnrneoe and the soaffold fell, preoip- iteting the men into tbe furnace. Julias Harding and Miobael Coaalok were taken obt dead, and five others were so badly burned that they are not expeeted to re cover. CIGAR FACTORY BURNED—FOUR GIRLS PER ISH IN THE FLAME*. Cincinnati, Angnst 3. — Festering's eigar box faotory, corner Eighth street and Broadway, wm destroyed by fire. Twenty-two girls were working in tbe upper stories, and four of them periehed in tbe flames. Cincinnati, August 3.—It to feared eight or ton girls perished. Poor bodies hare been recovered, dieflgured beyond identification. SCHOONER ASHORE- ONE KILLED. Milwaukee, Aagnst 3.—The sobooner Grace A. Hbarron, with six hundred ton* ooal, wm ran down by tbe propeller Fa vorite. Ooe life wm loat. VECETINE Purifies th« Blood, R*novat«» and In vigorates the Whole 8y*t*m. ITS MZDIOAL QUALITIES A SB Altaratlve, Tonic, Solvent and Diuretic. 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It invigorates and strength ens the whole system, acts upon the secrstlve organs, allays Inflammation, oures ulceration, and rogulates the bowels. For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual Cos- 11veucss, Palpitation of the Heart, Head ache, Plies, Nervousness and Geneal Pros tration of the Nervous System, no medl* olne has ever given such perfoot satisfaction »b the Vkobtinu. It purifies the blood, olesnses all of tho organs, and possesses a controlling power over the nervous system. The remarkable oares effected by Vxgitink have Induced many physlolans and apotheca ries whom wo know to prescribe and use It In their own families. In fact, Vkobtinu Is the beet remedy yet discovered for tho above diseases, and is the only reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before tho public. THE BESTEVIDEHCE. The tollowlng letter from Rev. E. S. Best, Pastor of M. E. Churoh, Natick, Mass., will be read with Interest bv many physicians; also those suffering Irom the same dleetse as af flicted the Bon of the Rev. E. S. Rost. No per son can doubt this testimony, as there Is no doubt about tbe ouratlve powers of Vbobtibb i Natick, Mass., Jan. 1,18^4. Mu H R Stbvbnh: ue. We feel assured that It has been the means of saving our son’s Ule. Ho Is now 17 veiirs of uge. For the last two years he has sufferod from noorosis of his leg, oaused by soroftilous affection, and was so far reduoed that nearly all who saw him thought his re covery impossible. A council of able physi cians could give us but the faintest hope of hit ever rallying. two of the number declaring that be was beyond the reach of human remedies, that even amputation oould not save him, as he had not vigor enough to endure the operation. Just then we commenced giving him Vkob- tink, and Irom that time to the present he has boon continuously Improving, lie bas lately idles, thrown a« Weal her. Washington, Aagnst 3. —Indications— South Atlantic and Gulf States, warmer sooth winds, falling barometer, partly cloudy weather and notneroae loool rains. Atlantic * Great Western and leased lines 608% It will be observed that this table does not inolnde the New York Central nor any of the short side lines whose trains were stopped in the general meh e. Tak ing in these lines, we have in all ten thousand miles of railroads, represent ing in bonds, watered stock, and other* wise, about ooe thousand millions of dol lars, or folly twice as mnoh as it would ooat to build and fnrnish the whole of them to-day. The managers of onr great railroads have been orazy.' They have gone on like lnnatios daring the past fifteen years making connections westward, northward, southward, and in every possible direo tion, without regard to the cost, and with out any certainty of paying traffic; bnt with an inaano belief that every railroad mast, from tbe necessity of the case, be a souroe of profit and power. In these en terprises and extensions they have thrown away and destroyed at least five hundred millions of dollars whioh oan never be recovered, not only because their lines and connections far exceed the require ments of the oonntry, bnt also beoause rnauy of them are essentially nnneoessary and oan never be made prodnotive. faot, they themselves now admit there is not business enough for them all, and is not likely to be for an indefinite period to ootne. Thus grasping after nniversal dominion, tbe ooolest and shrewdest of our railway magnates have been carried away by this lunacy. How mneb money did Commo dore Vanderbilt spend in patting down the third and fourth traoks of the New York Central ? Those third and foarth tracks sre unprofitable; they produce nothing; in fsot, they are, to a certain extent, an inconvenience and a nuisance, especially in tbe winter, when they have to be cleared of snow. The same exaggerated and deluded ambition has made tbe proprietors and managers of these great machines think themselves above the people. They have bonght and owned Legislature*; they have made laws and expounded them through their own Judges; through their Credit Mobilier and their subsidies, they have corrupted Congress; and they have aspired to own and govern and tax the United States. These things osnnot be so any longer. We mast have a change. It is long ago settled that Williams makes the best Pictures of children. eod&wtf Photograph Portraits for framing in Oil Gbromo, Pastel, Crayon and Ink, in the beat manner at half anybody's prices, at Williams’ Gallebt. eod&wtf ^ Life-size Portraits in Oil on Canvass by on eminent German Artist, at tKt loirent prices, at Williams' Gallkay. eod&wtf ROMANCES OF THE HOniNOFFH. A PEASANT GIBL WHO DECAMP. AN EMPRESS —WARRIOR QUEENS—THE CZAR AT THE FRONT. New York Tribune.] Daring one of his campaigns against Charles XII., the soldiers of Peter the Great oapturod tbe town of Marienburg after a short defence by the garrison. Among the prisoners of war was a Livon ian peasant girl, 17 years old, graoefal rather than pretty. She was weeping bitterly, for the soldier whom sbo had married only the day before bad perished in the battle. This young girl boonme the Empress of Russia. Hhe could neith er read nor write, bat her temper was so smooth that she could oontrol the most uogovernable of rulers, even in those bursts of passion whioh made him almost a madman. Hhe followed him to his camp and shared with him the dangers of war. When his army was starving on the banks of the Pruth and disauter was staring him in the faoe, she brought salva* tiou to the oamp by bribing the Turkish commander with her jew els. Not long afterward tbe Emperor went to Berlin, accompanied by his peasant wife, and the ladies of tho Prussian oonrt said that her olotbes were so bedeokeu with silver tmael that she must have bought them in n doll-shop. She wore few jewels, bat was dooorated with portraits of saints and relics, which made a great clatter when nbe walked. “A painted actress, pious but coarse," was the verdict of the princesses. Rut the Czar was not ashamed of her. Hho had saved his camp. Aftor Peter the Great oame those warrior queens. Ann and Catherine, who nearly drove tho Turks out of Europe. They did not themselves lead their armies, but their oommanders, Munniob, Romanzoff, Po temkin, and Suwarrow felt the pressure of an iron-handed mistres at Bt. Peters bnrg. The discipline whioh Munnich enforced in the army was as unreasonable and hard-hearted as the caprice of tho Empress. When the hospitals wero full he issued an order prohibiting any soldier to be sick under penalty of being burned alive; and when his troops were unwill ing to storm a town ho turned his own batteries upon them and forced them to advance. u Yon will take Ismail, cost what it may," were the orders which Hnwarrow received, and thirty thousand Turks perished iu the siege and massacre before the dispatch was sent to Catherine, “Mother, Ismail is at your feet." Tho determination *of the SemiraraiH of tbe north was as inviooible as the oourago of Suwarrow. The wives of Alexander and Nicholas were gentler souls. When Alex ander was heir to tbe throne, he went from court to court in quest of a wife. The Grand Duke Louis of Hesse Darm stadt bad several daughters, but only one of them pleased the Russian Prince. While her sisters were arrayed in jewels and silks, the youngest sat apart in a sim ple white dress, it was Marie Alexau- drovno, the present Empress of Russia. She has always been iu hearty accord with the Czar's polioy toward bis people, and her place is by bis side at the Cabinet if not in oamp. Sho may not have tbe ge nius for a jewel bargain which the wife of Peter the Great displayed on the banks of the Pruth, but she can at least play the [ >art of Cornelia, and point to her jewels u the camp—five sons fighting under the Greek cross. resumed his stud l away his orutehes and oanu, and walks about strong- Though there Is still some discharge from the oponlmr whore ths limb wss lanosd, we have the fullest oonfldsnos that in a little time Vkoktink, but lately uses but little, as he de clares that ho Is too well to be taking medi cine, Respectfully yours, E. 8. BEST, Mrs. Ia. C. F. BEST. VEGET1NE PREPARED BY H. R. STEVENS, B08T0N, MASS. Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists. New Advertisements. DAVIDSON COLLEGE, N. C. PREPARATORY CLASS. TauKht by tbe Profs, of Latin, Greek and Mathematics. Session begins Sept. 27, 1877. Send tor ratilogue to J. R. BLAKE, Chair man of Faculty. N. F. BURNHAM’S “1874” WATER-WHEEL In declared tbe * NTANItARli TUH- HINK," by over 650 persons who use It. PrlceN reduced. Now pamphlet, free. N. F. BURNHAM, York, Pa. ras put forth In Its favor ut tbe outset? is grand question. Apply this criterion, so simple, yot so searching, to Tarrant e Krireu vkh<;unt Ski.tzbk Atkuiknt. How has it worn ? W hat has been its history ? How does it stand to-day 7 rerrum’s leltser Aperient is a household name throughout the United States. It is administered as a specific, and with EuocesB, In dyspepsia, sick headache, nervous debility, liver complaint, bilious re mittents, bowel complaints (especially consti pation), rheumatism, gout, gravel, nausea, the oomplalnts peculiar to the maternal sex, and all types of lnilaumatlon. So mild Is It In Its operation that It oan be given with perfect safety to the feeblest ohlld ; and so agreeable is It to the taste, so refreshing to the palate, that children never refuse to take it. 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