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VOL. 111.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
THU M U 1.H81.K FOK OFFM'K.
Wasuikgton, May 3.—No. progress
appears to have been made in the
contest over Louisiana Federal offi
ces.
The friends of Wickersham, for
mer postmaster at Mobile, are not
hopeless of hisYestorntlon.
A delegation of prominent citizens
and influential business men called
upon the President to ask the ap
pointment of 8. E. Middleton, of the
flrna of Middleton & Cos., bankers, to
the poaftioo of District Commission
er, to bfe-Tnade ,vacant by the resig
nation of Hod, J. H. Ketehum. The
petition filed was jined by a large
number of leading citizens, setting
forth the fact that he has been a life
long resilient of the district and tbor
, ougbljr identified with its interests.
Middleton'was ten years Cashier of
the United States Treasury, and re
signed to engage in his present bus
iness. The President remarked that
papers already before him in the
same Interest were of a character to
impress him favorably with the ap
plication made by the delegation.
The State Department has received
official Dotiee of a state of war be
tween Turkey and Russia, from the
Turkish minister here.
There is no present intention of
removing Simon Wolf from his office
of Register of Deeds.
Thirty miles of wood pavements,
laid about four years ago, costing
about five millions, are about being
declared a nuisance.
Major General Hancock is here on
odour of inspection. He will visit
Fortress Monroe en route.
The President will visit Richmond
and Petersburg after the extra ses
sion, and may extend his trip further
South.
DEATH OF JOBS a. STOKES.
Co}. John G. Stokes, of Alabama,
known in journaldom as "Specs,” is
dead.
APPOINTMENTS.
Richard Badger, Attorney for East
ern District of North Carolina.
TPXKIiRArHIV diUMMAKK.
PHILADELPHIA— Jas. A, Hill, cash
ier of the Union Banking Company,
made affidavit before a Magistrate
charging N. C. Musselman, Presi
ded* with embezzling moneys be
longing tb thfi'bank and U3lrig it for
speculation. Musselman was ar
rested and held in ten thousand dol
lars ball for'further hearing.
London —The City Council of Metz
refused to vote money for the recep
tion of the Emperor. The German
inhabitants will unite with the gar
rison to celebrate the visit.
LIVEBPOOL-May & Co-, suspended
metal and hardware dealers of Bos
ton, have one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars indebtedness here.
Paterson, N.A carriage return
ing from a funeral was struck by an
engine. Three killed ; two fatally
hurt; both horses killed.
New York—Secretary Sherman has
ordered an investigation of the Post-
Office roof disaster. The commission
is sitting with closed doors. Archi
tect Mullett is summoned.
Tried tar Heresy
Trenton, May 3.—The New Brun
swick Presbytery assembled in this
city Thursday morning to consider
the charges of heresy against Rev.
K. Miller, a leading preacher of tbe
Presbyterian Church, in that he lias
published a book denying the Trinity
and. thp immortality of the soul.
Miljer, defending himself, said no
man iu the oburch held the Calvfn
istic doctrine with greater boldness
and tenacity thao'he, but he did not
believe in the Trinity. As to the
immortality of the soul, he owned
himself a9 opposed to the doctrine.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
War Department, )
Ofpioe or Chief Signal Officer, r
Washington, May 3, 1877. )
For South Atlantic and Gulf Slates,
falling barometer, southeast to south
west winds, increasing cloudiness and
rain, with slightly lower or station
ary temperature.
lAdranie Municipal Kleetlon.
Special to the Imb,]
LaGrange, May 3.—The municipal
election resulted in the choice of T.
C. Crenshaw as Mayor, and the fol
lowing Counciltnen: Messrs. Cooper,
Longley, Lehman, Thomason, J. G.
Whitfield and White.
THE EASTERN SITUATION.
At Close Quarters on the
Danube.
Expected Bombardment of Russian Ports
on Black Sea.
■ • ■■ ■
Till: BATTLE OF KAIfS.
BCUUX SUCCESSES IX ASIA.
Fighting at Ibrial, on the Danube.
KOUMAMA SYMPATHY WITH
RUSSIA.
England’s polict discussed.
London, May 3. -Eight thousand
Russians sue expected at Bucharest
to-morrow.
The Turks are burning villages op
posite Bucharest.
A declaration of a ate of war
between Turkey' Rourrmnia is
imminent.
The Russians have stopped the
mauufaefure of gas at their Black
sea ’ports, fearing conflagrations in
case of bombardment.
Great losses In the Russian ad
vance guard fiom fever and faigue
are reported.
The Russian Consul General leaves
Egypt Saturday.
The people of Egypt seem unwil
ling to support Turkey, either iu men
or tuouey.
The bombardment o? Fort St.
Niebolas has been resumed.
The Turkish, posts on tlie Asiatic
frontier have surrendered without a
blow.
The Russian advance and Turkish
gunboats are within easy range in
Roumania, but neither is inclined to
open fire.
The Daily New*’ Paris correspou
says a message from Vienna gives
the following of the battle of
Kars:
The centre of the Russian army,
forty thousand strong, under Meli
kaff, attacked M.irktar five miles
from Kars, on April 29th. The Turks
fought desperately. The Russians,
supported by powerful artillery, suc
ceeded iu dislodging them from their
position. Murktar called emt all his
reserves and attempted on the 30th
to recover the lost ground with sixty
thousand men, but was defeated and
driven back uuder the guns of Kars.
The Russian losses were consider
able, and tliuse of the Turks were
enormous.
London, May 3.— ln the House ot
Commons to-day, Lord Elcho placed
on the paper the following amend
ments to Mr. Gladstone’s resolutions.
That the House, while anxious to
promote the well-being of the Chris
tian subjects of the Sultan and all
races under his rule, condemns the
interference of a foreign power by
force of arms in the internal admin
istration'Of the Ottoman Empire;
and this House is satisfied that her
Majesty’s Government, while main
taining neutrality as long as our in
terests are not affected by the war
which Russia is raging against
Turkey, will not fail to take such
steps as will enable them, should
occasion arise, promptly to protect
our interests and maintain our Em
pire in the East.
The Russians contradict reports
of their losses before Batoum.
The Russians have occupied an
island iu the Danube near Ibrail and
the left bank of the river as far as
Kelea.
The Turkish squadron will shortly
sail for Crete.
The Turks deuy their defeat at
Kars.
The Czar at Odessa to-day review
ed tbe troops.
The Russian flotilla left Odessa for
Kief. It was immediately reported
that the boaibardment of Odessa had
commenced.
The British steamer Wallachia ar
rived at Constantinople, having been
ordered to leave Galatz.
The blockade of the Black sea may
be declared at any moment.
A Russian prize loaded with salt
has been brought to Constantinople.
Fire opened this morning at Ibrial.
Three Turkish monitors bombarding
Ibrial, drew off at noon, on account
or the weight of the Russian fire.
The damage to Ibrial is unknown.
The Times’ Bucharest correspond
ent, writing under date of April 29tb,
gives the following as a summary of
the situation in regard to Roumania:
When the Russians crossed the
Pruth the Roumanians were nearly
frightened out of their senses for fear
the Turks might execute their oft
repeated threat of crossing the Dan
ube. The government at Bucharest
was loud iu its professions of neutral
ity, publishing a manifesto de
claring its intention to remain
perfectly neutral, and announc
ing its resolution of withdrawing
all its forces into the interior of the
country. Despite this announce
ment by some mysterious fatality
Roumanian troops and artillery
seemed to gravitate towards the Dan
ube instead of the interior, as each
day lessened the danger of the Turks
crossing the Danube, and as Rus
sians continued to cross the frontier
COLUMBUS, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1877.
the courage of the Roumanians rose,
and within the last fortv-eight hours
we have heard much less of Rouma
nian neutrality.
A later |dispatch from the corres
pondent says several Bulgarians
have been at rested at Rustchuk for
signing an address to their fellow
countrymen.
The Times’ Pora correspondent
writes to that journal us follows:
Savet Pasha’s note to the powers, ap
pealing to the eighth article of the
treaty of Paris, is supposed to be
due to a suggestion of Mr. Layard.
It is stated that a council of Minis
ters disapproved the note by a large
majority, but at the palace it met
full approbation.
The Times, in an editorial, contin
ues strongly to protest against panic
iu England in reference to Russian
movements, anti says the alarmists
have apparently boundless faith in
the ignorance and credibility of their
countrymen. They are preaching
war on pretexts that will not bear
the testa of statement in plain Eng
lish. but the good sense and patriot
ism of the public will, wo are con
vinced, defeat the traders in igno
rance and passion.
A Reuter dispatch dated Erzeron,
20th, says: A son of Schamyl, the
famous Circassian chieftain, waa ex
pected to take command of the Cir
cassians, who, however, refuse to
submit to military orgaization.
Manlfbtar Pasha’s army isatSeein
ikay, 40 miles west of Kars. A Rus
sian division is also operaring there.
In the Commons. Hon. Robert
Bawke, uuder Secretary for the for
eign department, said a blockade of
the Black sea, Bosphorus and Darda
nelles had not yet been established.
No information of the loss of a
British steamer by a torpedo at
Kevtch.
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Nashville Race*.
Nashville, May 3.—Three years
old, mile heats; Vera Cruz won ; time,
1.40 J and 1.46.
Mile heats for all ages was won
easily by Courier straight; Glasgow
2, and Fairplay 3; time, 1.40.
Three-quarter mile, won by Mal
viua; Highland Vintage 2, Maud
Warren 3, Matagorda 4, and Rem
ington 0; time, 1.17|.
A Bright New swindle.
HOW TO GET CHANGE FOR TWO DOLLARS
OUT OF A ONE DOLLAR BILL.
Human ingenuity lias devised another
means of swindling the casliers of bar
rooms and saloons. Smith, Jones and
Robinson meet somewhere down town
early in the evening. As soon as they
come together Smith takes a roll of gen
uine two dollar hills from his pocket and
hands them over to Jones, who in a
pocket diary notes down the number of
each note. If upon its face the note con
tains any peculiar marks, he also, makes
careful memoranda ot them. This being
done the :rio start out-Smith first, Jones
a little way behind him, with Robinson
bringing up the rear. Smith enters a sa
loon, calls fora glass ol seltzer water, pats
down a two dollar bill, receives his prop
er change and vanishes. In a few mo
ments Jones enters the same place, calls
for something to drink, And in payment
hands the cashier a one dollar bank note.
While the cashies is making the change
Robinson rushes up to Jones excitedly,
and. grasping him by the hand, cries out:
"Why, my dear old fellow, where in
the world have you been these many
years,” etc., etc. A pleasant conversa
tion ensu>-8, during which the cashier
has deposited Jones’ change for the one
dollar bill on the desk, and during which
time also the one dollar bill has been cov
ered up by the money received from other
patrons of the place,
Presently Robinson excuses himself,
and leaves Jones alone. Jones turns to
gather up his change. After counting it
over, he says to the cashier:
"My friend, that was as2 bill that I
handed you, and you have given me
change for only sl.”
‘‘You gave me asl bill and nothing
more, sir,” responds the cashier.
"Well, now, my dear triend,” Jones
protests, "I had only one $2 bill in my
pocket, and I have none now,consequent
ly the $2 bill is in the drawer, and I’ll con
vince you of it. It has been my habit tor
some time past to lake the number of
all bank notes that pass through my
hands.”
Then, taking out his diary, Jones gives
the number of the $2 bill, which lie says
he passed over to the cashier, but which,
it will be remembered, had bee previous
ly deposited by Smith. He also throws
in a description of certain peculiarities
unon its face.
The idle crowd standing around are
.convinced that Jones is rigid, the , cashier
becomes confused and there is nothing
left him to do save to pass over $1 addi
tional change. In the meantime ,- Smith
has deposited another $2 hill in some
other saloon, and thus the game is car
ried steadily on till midnight. Result,
SSO profits on good nights.— N. Y. World.
Proposed lie due (ion nf ilic APiiiy.
Special Despatch to tho World.]
Washington, April 29.—A bill is in
course of preparation and will be in
troduced in the House at the extra
session reducing the army to 10,090
men, and thereby effecting a saving
to the Government of many millions.
Now that the Indian wars are at an
end—and it is the opinion of General
Sherman and General Sheridan in
conference here on the question that
we will have no more of them—and
the troops are to be used no longer
forpolice duty in tbcSouthern States,
there is no need of a standing army
of the present size, it is claimed with
force by those who favor more re
trenchment. Except on the Texan
frontier the troops promise to remain
idle for some time. The propose de
duction, however, in a general sense
will prove to be wise. The experi
ment made in the Foitv-tourth Con
gress iu cutting down the appropria
tions for the army were successful to
the extent of nearly $6,090,000.
Women makegood lawyers. When
a man goes home without a smile,
and as he tackles cold corn beef and
cabbage on the night of wash-day,
he is always cross-questioned.
U/t.nilLE'i IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
Front the Not© Hook of nn American Iu
Turkey In Abdul-HI eitjld** Time.
Asa matter-of-fact traveller, I saw
from the deck of a steamer a mass of
small wooden houses, closely packed,
and of dingy pink color, rising on
steep hills oil both sides of the Bos
phorus, with tile domes and mina
rets of mosques of a dirt.y gray stone
interspersed. At, tho southern end,
ou the Asiatic side, was a long dis
used seraglio of a former Sultan, sur
rounded by very tail aud pointed
cedars, which contrasted pictur
esquely with its several domes. My
self and luggage were taken on shore
in a caique. An acquaintance landed
from another caique at the same
time. No Custom House oflioers
troubled us. Bare legged Turks, in
baggy breeches, liy jackets, aud red
fez caps, took our valises, and we
tramped toward an hotel. The
slightly frequented street, near the
water, was of the width of Nassau
street, without its sidewalks, aud not
paved. It sloped toward the middle,
aud was steep. Presently cobble
stones were found. Tho traditional
dogs of Caustautinople next hove in
slight, dingy, prickeared, and ill-fed
brutes. They are the city scaven
gers, and on reaching my bedroom iu
the hotel 1 saw several dogs beneath
my window feeding on garbage.
The long street I had passed
through to reach the hotel was not
populous. A domed stone building,
dotted with bull’s eyes for windows,
was pointed out as a bath establish
ment. The twanging of a stringent
instrument, and the discordant,
nasal tones of a singer enticed me
into a coffee house. The siuger was
a turbaued Turk, and several other
Turks in turbans aud robes sat cross
legged ou a platform smoking uar
gilebs. it was a dreary little room,
neat, but without pictures or other
ornamentatiou, like all Turkish
cafes. Coffee in very small cups,
strong, and with neither milk nor
sugar, was handed to the smokers
from time to time. Water carriers,
shouldering pig skins full of water;
miscellaneous Turks; a pallid
Armenian iu long black coat and iu
deseribie hat; a red-haired Circassian
and a pale Affghau, both witti long
coats and a row of pistols and knives
in their girdles, were the ouly notice
able objects on the route, excepting
a veiled old woman, with hair dyed
yellow, who sat bogging on a door
step.
Tho hotel was in the most popu
lous street of tho city. On going out
into the street I found an Armenian
funeral. A smiling old lady, in a
green silk dress, with her glazed
eyes wide open, and a big wafer on
her lips, was ou a bier, preceded
and followed by a procession. After
it passed, female Turkey flocked in
all ages and hues of costume, both
ou foot aud in carriages. The veils
of tho old aro tiiick, but those of the
young are of the thinnest gauze.
They are doubled across tho mouth,
nose, and forehead, leaving the eyes
aud eyebrows bare. These latter are
arched by an application of black
paint, and th* eyelashes are tinged,
giving the eye an added lustre. The
veils closely envelop the head, aud
are white. No man ever addresses a
Turkish woman in the street.
The carriages used by Turkish
1 arlies are sometime of a mingled
blue aud carmine decorated with
gold, but often of a sober black or
green lightly touched with crimson.
Often they have four horses, and
eunuch guards, both white and black,
ride in front, at back, and ou the
side. They are the only men who
have access to a harem, except the
lord and master, or his sons, who re
strict, themselves Boldly to visiting
their mothers and sisters. With
their more or less numerous Step
mothers they hold no conversation.
Women are rarely alone in carriages.
Usually there are four. T hose riding
are for the most part wives or oda
lisques of the Sultan or of rich offi
cials, and in shopping they seldom
alight. Goods are exhibited to them
in their carriages by the Greek or
Armenian clerks, whom they are
permitted by their husbands to ques
tion in regard to the articles, or to
give orders to, in presence of the
guards, who stand ou both sides of
tho carriage door. Any attempt at a
flirtation or general talk would le
quickly reported, either by the
guards or trieir companions in the
vehicle. They are Circassians or
Georgians, and many among them
are almost fao similes of our beauti
ful American girls.
At the end of the principal street
iu tho Pera section ot Constantinople
is a cemetery; the graves are headed
by small white marble monuments,
about four feet high, topped by tur
bans of different colors. It is to cem
eteries that Turks repair for their
picnics, it Such they can tie called.
A Turk sits solemnly with several
women and children, and holds no
communication with any one else.
Every one has a carpet on which to
squat, cross legged, and eatables are
indulged in. The women chatter,
but the Turk smokes and says little.
Groups of male Turks sit around,
.smoking, on carpets; the limbs of a
grown Turk are nearly always bandy,
owing to the constant habitof sitting
cross-legged.
From the cemetery I strolled into
a bazaar, and in a sequestered street
turned repeatedly to contemplate a
very pretty girl, walking betweeD
two middle-aged matrons. The young
lady smiled, but the matrons broke
out into hisses and exclamations of
of "Giaour,’, the term of opprobrium
applied to a Christian. There are a
few shops on the European model in
the city. Purchases are chiefly made
in the bazaars, which are in very nar
row streets. The shops have stalls
in front with aivnings, and are open
to the street. Home of the goods are
on shelves in the stall, and the deal
er sits smoking on a counter between
them and the bystander. I happen
ed to look somewhat intently at, a
pretty woman who was making pur
chases, and the two Turks in charge
of the stall made exclamations. My
guide told me that they were object
ing to my gaze, and that all male
Turks acted as a police, to guard the
gem ler sex of their land. The Uni
ted States Minister subsequently told
me that he found it necessary to warn
his fellow-countrymen against speak
ing to Turkish women, as he might
have great difficulty in procuring
their release if they should be im
prisoned.
On Fridays the Sultan goes to a
mosque in the morning, and pleas
ure seekers visit the Valley of Sweet
Waters in the afternoon. At the time
I speak of, Abdul Medjid sat on the
throne. He led a life of vacuity and
Rensual indulgence, and died at
about forty. His first child was born
to him at sixteen, and numerous
others followed. His wives and odal
isques numbered 300. He frequently
added to these by purchase, aud it
was customary, at every Christmas,
for his mother to make him a pres
ent of the prettiest girl she c mid
buy. His time was passed ohieilv
with women. With them lie smoked,
and with them he found his chief
conversation. His Ministers took
care of the Government. He sat at
his meals alone. No one sits at the
table with the Sultan. He gave a
dinner to the foreign Ambassadors
when I was there, hut he simply en
tered the room and bowed after they
were seated. They arose, aud a
Greek interpreter told the gentle
men, in Italian, that his Highness
wished them happiness. The Rus
sian Ambassador replied for his com
panions. Small pox, in early life,
had somewhat pitted the Sultan’s
face. As he rode on horseback to
the mosque his eye was vacant. He
did not look at the foreigners who
lifted their hats to him, nor salute
them in any way in return, nor did he
look at his subjects of both sexes
who stood undemonstratively gaz
ing. His pale face and dark hair
were surmounted by a red fez cap
and hanging blue tassel, the cap be
ing fronted with a large diamond
aigrette. His frock coat of dark
cloth was single-breasted and but
toned in front. The collar was also
military. The shoulders, breast,and
collar were studded with diamonds,
as were also the black stripes of the
dark pantaloons. The dark saddle
cloth of his florae was also studded
with diamonds, as were' the clothes
of the officials who rode in single file
in his rear. The procession was
headed by a big eunuch, who rode, in
fez cap and plain dark European
clothing, and was followed by a
number of "led horses,”also in sin
gle file. Their saddle cloths were
likewise decocrated with precious
stones. No one rode them. They
were led by equerries, and were sup
posed to be in readiness for use in
case of accident to the horses of
either the Sultan or any of his suite.
The Valley of Sweet Waters is bor
dered by grassy hills. The Sweet
Waters are nothing more than Ori
ental poetry for the ordinary fresh
water of a little river. It is the only
fresh water for boating near Constan
tinople.
Julia I'ornjUi.
Col. John Forsyth, Editor of the Mobile
Register, died in this city yesterday, at
the age of 06 years. Thus closes a long
and useful life. Alabama loses one of
her most distinguished sons and the pro
fession ol which he was a prominent mem
ber one of its most honored representa
tives.
From Col. Brewer's sketcli in his "Ala
bama,” we condense the principal events
in his life. He was born in Augusta, Ga.,
in the year 1812, of a distinguished lamily.
His grandfather waa a member of Gen.
Washington’s military family. His father,
Governor John Forsyth of Georgia,
filled several prominent positions in
the State and Federal governments, being
Attorney General, Governor, member of
Congress, Minister to Spain and Secretary
of State for six and a half years under
Presidents Jackson and Van Buren. In
1832 Col. Forsyth graduated with first
honors at Princeton and two years alter
was admitted to the bar in Augusta. He
located in Columbus but removed to Mo
bile about one year after bis admisson.
He was sodn after appointed U. 8. Dis
trict Attorney for the Southern district of
Alabama. The death of his father in 1841
obliged him to return to Georgia, where
he remained twelve years, planting, prac
ticing law and editing the Columbus
T:rnes. In the Mexican war he served as
Adjutant of the Ist Georgia Regiment.
In 1853 he returned to Mobile, and re
sumed journalism, purchasing the Reysi
ter. In 185 Ghe was appointed Minister
to Mexico, without solicitation on his
part. He spent two years in Mexico,
when lie resigned and returned to Mobile.
In 1869 lie was elected to the Legislature,
and in 1880 ho was elected Mayor of
Mobile. In March, 1881, he was a mem
ber of tbe Commission sent to Washing
ton to negotiate peace, Messrs Crawford,
of Georgia, and Roman, of Louisiana,
being his colleagues. During the war he
was for a lime on Gen. Bragg’s staft. But
he continued his valuable services as an
editor duringand after the war. Gov.
Parsons appointed him Mayor of Mobile.
In 1874 he was elected to the Legislature
from Motile, but his already failing
health prevented him from occupying his
seat except for a few days. He married a
Miss Hull, of Georgia,
Asa journalist, Cul. Forsyth occupied a
high rank. Ilis style was peculiary fresh,
bold and trenchant. His abilities secured
for him the highest honors of his profes
sion, and maintained the high rank which
the Register always occupied.
For some years past Col. Forsyth has
been unable to apply himself to the ar
duous duties of editor of a leading jour
nal on account|of his impaired health. His
loss will be keenly felt not only in this
State, but throughout the Union where
he was so well Jund favorably known.
For to his marked ability he added great
personal %orth and a high character for
integrity and devotion to principle. We
deeply sympathize with tbe people of
Mobile in their loss of an able and upright
citizen. - Monty. Adv.
Pmrliltark and Two Little Fair.
A correspondent of the New York
Times say3: What kind of a life
“little Pinoh,” led uuder the care of
his father anil owner may be gather
ed from the following incident: One
day he was with Maj. Holmes on a
Mississippi steamboat; the sun was
hot, attain the shade of an awning
the planter, with his friends, played
poker for high stakes, and to quiet
his uerves drank deep draughts of
iced whiskey punch. The slave boy
sat in a corner watching the game,
and waiting for any orders that might
be given by the players. While he
was occupied in this way tho Captain 1 '
stumbled across him, and with a
curse demanded, “Whose nigger are
you?”
"Well, Maa~a Cap’iu, Idon’t zactly
know,” was Pinch.’s reply, "I war
Ms*j. Holmes’ boy, but he done be
me on two little pair, and lost. I’m
got to see de game through ’fore I
can answer your question.’’
The boy had told the exact truth.
His unnatural father, having no
other stake, bet him against SI,OOO
and lo9t. _
The flowers strewn on the casket
contalng all that remained of the
once famous Matilda Heron are saW
to have represented nearly $3,000.
And yet, while living, tho friends
who bestowed these flowers drew
their pursestrings tight, and allow
ed poverty to knock at her door.
THE URE.it HIVED
WHICH FLOWS THROUGH THE SCENE OF
THE EASTERN WAR.
The Danube, from its source to Us
mouth, in an air line, is 1,020 miles
long, but the stream is so tortuous
that its actual length is 1,820 miles,
aud it traverses nourly 22 degrees of
latitude and Gj of longitude. The
Danube and its tributaries drain an
area of 300,000 square miles.
At Belgrade, tbe capital of Servia,
it receives the wateis of the Save, and
then pursues an easterly course, con
stituting the boundary between Aus
tria und Servia, until it reaches tlu>
Transylvania or Eastern Oarpathiaus,
at the extreme western enu of Rou
mania.
Its course through this range is 80
miles, and the pass offers a great ob
stacle to navigation. Tne river is
narrowed to less than half its breadth
above, and in seven different places
there are rapids and whirlpools, of
which those in the so-called Iron
Gate, below Old Orsova, are the most
violent. At this point,, opposite the
small village of Ticheviztha, the river
is narrowed from a mile to about 180
yards wide, and with a depth, as far
as can be ascertained from the vio
lence of the current, of from 800 to
1,000 fathoms. The mouotaius on
eitner side are very lofty, nearly 5,0*0
feet high; those ou the Austrian
side being one thousand feet higher
than those on the opposite bank.
The mountains rise nearly sheer for
about 3,000 feet above the stream,
and where not perpendicular, rather
overhang the water. When tne river
is low, the sharp, craggy points of
subaqueous rocks begin to show
themselves above the stream, and be
tween these the passage is most nar
row, winding and shallow, and, in
fact, can only be passed by steamers,
especially built for tho purpose, of
light draught of water, four paddle
wheels and immense power,and even
these steamers make use of a chan
nel cut through the ledge. At the
breaking up of the ice in the spring
of 187 G, tbe floating ice became jam
med among tho crags in the Iron
Gate, which caused the stream to
back up until vast tracts in Hungary
were under water. Such a deluge
was unprecedented, and it suggested
at the time the feasibility of produc
inga similareffectbyartiflcial means
as a measure of war. The blowing
up of the precipice of Mount Sehire
ber, on the Austrian side of the pass,
would bring down many millions of
tons of rock across the Iron Gate,
and long before the obstructions
could be removed, a vast part of
Eastern Europe would be turned into
an inland lake.
Having passed the Carpathians,
the Danube takes a southerly course,
forming the boundary between Rou
mania and Servia for a short dis
tance, and then becoming through
out the rest of its course the bounda
ry tx-tween Roumania and the
Turkish province of Bulgaria. Be
low Widdin it takes a turn to the
east, which it pursues until it reach
es a point only thirty-two miles from
the Black Sea. Then it takes a sud
den turn to the north, flowing iD
that direction for 100 miles, to the
junction with the Sereth, near Galatz.
Then it turns again to the east, re
receiving the waters of the Pruth,
which marks a part of the Russian
frontier. After flowing east about
forty miles in the vicinity of Ismail
and Tultoha, it is divided into several
branches. These wind sluggishly
through the low and dreary alluvial
country known as th 6 Delta of the
Danube, and empty tho waters of the
great rivers into the Black Sea by
three principal channels—the Kiliah,
Sulina and St. George—and four
lesser ones. Tho most northerly of
these—the Kilia—is the boundary at
this point between Bulgaria and
Roumania, aud is only about twenty
five miles distant from tbe Russian
boundary line.
The rapidity of its current in its
upper course, its tortuous windings,
ttie shallowness of the water in the
portion which flows through Hun
gary, and in the outlets into tbe
Black Sea, and the reefs, rapids and
whirlpools which mark its course at
many points, have rendered ttie navi
gation of the Danube So difficult that
its commercial use has not yet been
fully developed. The introduction
of steam in 1830 inaugurated anew
era in its history. By the Conven
tion of November 7, 1857, between
the States through which the river
flows, vessels of all nations were al
lowed to ascend the Danube from its
mouth to any point above, but navi
gation between the different points
was reserved to the subjects of the
countries along its banks. The
treaty of March 13,1871, authorized
the levying of a provisional tax on all
commercial vessels for paying for the
removal of tbe remaining obstruc
tions at the Iron Gate, in case that
work should be undertaken. An
Austrian company, which almost
monopolizes ttie through traffic of
the river, has a very large fleet of
steamers at#V' transports. Its ves
sels make tJ)e voyage from Vienna
to Constantinople in seven days.
This company employs 150 vessels on
the Lower Danube, aud these are
now all laid up by the impending
hostilities.
In a suburb of St. Louis is a young
women’s seminary, and tbe pupils
have a debating society. Recently
they discussed the question, “Is it
proper for a girl to permit a male
cousin to kiss her?” Newspaper re
porters were not admitted, but an
account of the debate was secured at
second band. Tho weight of argu
ment was that girls’ cheeks may
bo kissed with propriety by youug
men who are really cousins, but that
their mouths, if kissed at all by male
relatives so distantly removed, must
be touched daintily or love-making
may result. The authorities of tbe
seminary, on learning what had hap
pened, ordered that pH questions to
be discussed must first be sanctioned
by them, and that a member of the
faculty must attend every meeting.
Ship Xewn,
New York, May 2.—Arrived out: Mau
ry, Resolute, Nuova Cassimera, Union,
ban Jacinto, Lloyds, Lord Clive.
A Card.
To all who are suffering from the er
rors and Indiscretions of youth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood,
Ac., I will send a receipe that will cure
you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary
in South America. Send a self-addressed
envelope to the Rev. Joseph T. Inman,
Station D, Bible House, New York City.
feb9 6m
The oriental iiiutlnc**.
A good citizen of Crohan street was
reading tho other day of a good Per
sian gentlemen who always walked
about with a smile on hisiface. When
tho Persian was aked why he always
looked so happy when other tneu
looked sad. ho replied:
“I smile becuse it may be sunshine
to some poor soul surrounded by
shadows.
"It was very nice in the Persian,
aud tbe Croghatt street man said he’d
be hanged if he couldn’t out smile a
Persian or anybody else walking
arouDd on two legs. He at once be
gan to smile at his wife. She stood
it for a few minutes, and then obser
ved :
"What’s the matter, William—got
the colic again?”
"I smile because I want to carry
sunshine to your darkened soul,” he
replied.
She wanted him to understand
that fifteen minutes at the wood
pile would help her more than all
the grins he could grin in a straight
week, aud when he went into the
kitchen to smile some sunshine at
the hired girl the wife followed him
and raised a row that put dinner
three-quarters of an hour behind
hand. However, oue cau’t get the
bung of Orieutal business in a day,
aud this man tried it again on the
street-car as he came down town yes
terday. Opposite him sat an old
woman with a basket, aud he under
took to smile the shadows from
her heart. She watched him for
two or Three minutes, growing mad
all the time, and presently she
asked:
“Do you think you know me, that
vott are grinning across the aisle,
like a circus baboon?”
“I smile, madam, because be
cause” be stammered, forgetting
what the Persian sail*. “I smile be
cause"—-
“You are grinning because I’ve got
sore eyes!” she shouted.
“No, madam. I smile that I—that
I”
“I’ll not stand it!” she exclaimed,
and she hammered him with the bas
ket, until he escaped off the platform.
"Now grin over there, will you!”
she called after him ns she shook the
basket in tbe air.
“The Persian who went around
smiling was a fool, and I’m his first
cousin!” growled the man, and he
quit smiling and picked a fight
with a harness-maker. —Detroit Free
Press.
Tho Dalton Citizen says a two-horse
wagon load of eggs was sold in that
town last Saturday at ten cents per doz
en. But on the same day nobody had
butter on their biscuits, us there was not
a pound in the place.
When you see a young man and a
young lady walking along the street,
she reverently plying him with ques
tions, and he carelessly looking into
the windows, be sure that they are
husband and wife. If she were not
his wife he would do all tbe talking.
Twentydozen lino Linen Bosom Shirts—
-2100 Linen iu Bosoms, Wamasutta Bodies,
all complete for one dollar each, the most
perfect fitting and best* made Shirt in the
city. Give it a trial.
aprlß tr Thornton &. Acre.
FINE SHOES!
Ladies’ & Misses’ Newport*
plain and with buckles.
S VMHIN AVI) slippers.
in new and tasty stylos.
BURTS’ Fine BUTTON BOOTS
l&iif ENTS’ BROWN |
mtLrrWe u CLOTH-TOP,Blit- f II
1 ton OXFORDS, (the 1
handsomest SHOE out.)
Also, a full line of Spring work in all popular
styles; ALL at reduced prices.
A heavy Stock of
Brogans, Plow Shoes, and
Staple Goods for Whole
sale Trade.
For anything in the Shce or Leather line, Call at
“THE OLD SHOE STORE.”
Wells & Curtis,
73 BROAD 8 TREKt .
Sign of the Big Boot.
Rynehart’B Bakery—Re
moval.
I NOTIFY my friends and customers that I
have removed tny bakery to corner of Ogle
thorpe and Franklin streets opposite J. H. Ham
ilton's, and the Centennial stores, where I am
prepared to furnish fresh Bread and Cakes daily.
Weddings, parties and picnics served on liberal
terms at short notice.
WM. RYNEIIART.
apr2leodlm
MAIIABLE HOTEI*,
NORTH-EAST CORNER OF SQUARE
LA FAYETTE, ALA.
Mrs. S. W. Williams, Proprietress.
Board by the Day, Week or Month, at the most
reasonable rates.
j far Livbhy Stable connected with the House,
W2td6t '
DR. J. W. CAMERON
HAS PERMANENTLY LOCATED NEAR MT.
ZION Church, Muscogee county, and r
spectfully tenders his professional services to the
citizens of that neighborhood and the public gen
erally.
jyr Calls promptly attended at all hours day
or night. ja6 d&w3m
Exemption of Personalty.
Georgia— Chattahoochee oountt: Jno.
M. SAPP, ha, applied for Exemption ot P*r
sona’ty, and I will paaa upon the same at It}
o’clock A. M.. on the 6th day of May, 1877, at
my office. JAMES CABTLEBERRV,
Ordinary,
NO. 10(5