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WASHINGTON NEWS.
APPOINTMENTS AND CONTESTS.
Washington, May 25.—Mr. Brula
tour, of New Orleans, here after the
consulate at Bordeaux, has it urged
against him that his father is exten
sively engaged in trade with Bor
deaux.
Major Rogers, steamboat inspector
at New Orleans, is here to see about
the report that Coi. Norton is
was appointed to the place. Major
Rogers has had no notice to quit.
Gov. Aiken is gaining strength for
the Collectorship of the port at
Charleston. Patterson, however, is
obstinate in favor of retaining
Worthington.
Chief Justice Waite has appointed
Thos. 8. Atkins Register in Bank
ruptcy, Vice Forbes, who becomes
Postmaster at Richmond, Va.
Robert T Smith appointed collec
ter of customs at Mobil ; Mrs.
Thompson, daughter of Rev. Alex
Campbell, postmaster at Louisville;
Gen. E. B. Tyler, postmaster at
Baltimore.
Minister Booker who was at the
White House, thinks he was asked
to resign the Russian mission though
the Cameron influpnco.
The Cabinet to-day appointed El
lery M. Brayton Collector of Inter
nal Revenue for South Carolina, Vice
Cass Carpenter.
AMERICAN PILGRIMS AT ROME.
HAPPY ADDRESS OF THE POP E.
He RleuMCMi the Whole American People.
Rome, May 25.—The American Pil
grims who were received by the Pope
to-day. numbered fifty ecclesiastical
and one hundred and fifty lay mem
bers, and were led by the Archbishop
of Philadelphia and the Bishops of
Allegheny, Nachitoches, Albany,
Louisville, Galveston, Detroit, Green
Bay, Hartford, aud other dioceses.
About 150 American Catholic resi
dents and visitors were also present,
with students of American colleges
and American students of the Propa
ganda.
After an address they were present
ed to tiie Pope, who was seated on a
throDe. His Holiness replied that he
remembered how an eminent cardi
nal had told him at the commence
ment of his pontificate that from
America would come great comfort
to the Church. He now saw the ful
fillment of that prediction. He spoke
in greatpraiseof the American nation,
the gieat things it had accomplished,
how in the flower of its youth it had
acquired strength sufficient to arouse
the jealousy of European nations.
But there were errors of youth in
nations as in men, and he would re
mind them of two he had noticed iQ
them. Too great precipitancy in
pursuit of material thiugs, and too
proud a feeling cf independence;
they pmided themselves on being
republicans (there was a laugh in
which the Cardinal joined) but they
must remember that all must bow
the head to enter paradise. They
must be humble, and not let materi
al things interfere with prayer. He
blessed all American i>eople -Catho
lics that they might continue firm in
faith; Protestants that they might
be illuminated; and praved that
good might descend in abundance
upon them all.
Cotton Exrlianice Convention.
New Orleans, May 15.—The Ex
ecutive Council of the National Cot
ton Exchange of America has called
a convention of that exchange, to
meet at Greenbrier White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va., on the 18th of July
next. The International Cotton
Convention will meet in Liverpool
on the llth of July next. Nine dele
gates and as many alternates will be
appointed to represent the American
Exchange.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Lynchburg—The Democrats elect
ed the entire municpal ticket. Bai
ley, Dem., beats Burch, Rad., for
Mayor, 260 votes.
New York Fletcher Harper,
youngest and last surviving member
of the original firm of Harper &
Bros., is lying at the point of death
from gastric fever.
Queenstown— The City of Brussels
yesterday was 270 miles from For
tress, and tugs have gone out to meet
her. She is expected to reach
Queenstown Sunday.
ship News.
New York, May 25.—Arrived: Alexan
dria.
Arrived out: Saronalina, Guineore, Ro
gua, Adriana, Russia, Nova Scotian.
0. P. MORTON ON THE SITUATION.
Hs Claims the Election of Packard and
Chamberlain.
Ho Admits that Hayes Could not Sus
ta n Them.
Tito Old 101 line r’ Uldculoua Charges
Agulust the Deiaueruia aud the Mouth.
Washington. May 25.—Senator
Morion publishes a letter on the
situation, in answer to an open let
ter published in the New York Times
and other private letters.
He says regarding the credentials of
Kellogg after they had been referied
to ids committee: “The'Committee
on Ptivileges and Elections mot soon
afterward, and the Republican mem
bers united iu a report that prima
facie S. B. Packard was the lawful
Governor of Louisiana, the legisla
ture was tiie lawful legislature, and
that Wra. P. Kellogg had been elect
ed in conformity to the act of Con
gress, and was entitled to be sworn
in and take his seat. Asa number
of the Senate were absent, and the
subject would lead to a long debate,
and there was general anxiety to
adjourn, the report was not laid
bofore the Senate. If the majority
of the Senate shall at the next ses
sion of Congress be of the opinion
that Kellogg was lawfully elect
ed by the Legislature of Lou
isiana, he will be entitled to
his seat, notwithstanding the events
that have since occurred. No sub
sequent breaking up of that Legisla
ture, combination or arrangements,
can iu the least affect his title or de
stroy the legality of what took place
at that time, though the very mem
bers who proclaimed the election of
Packard and made that of Kellogg
should subsequently declare that of
Nichollsand take part in the elec
tion of Spofford. It is too clar for
argument they could uot take away
the rights which had vested or made
that unlawful which had been before
lawful. Unless Kellogg voluntarily
withdraws, the Senate will have to
decide the question of his election
as it stood at the time of adjourn
ment.
‘‘The Republican Governments of
Louisiana and South Carolina have
yielded to force; they have gone
down before an armed minority,
whose threats of future violence
were guaranteed by a long train of
bloody deeds doue in the past. I re
gret that the real character of the
transaction should bo obscured iu
the least by pretended investigations
or negotiations. Stripped of all dis
guises and pretences, the simple fact
is that Packard and Chamberluin
were not able to maintain themselves
in authority, and the Government of
the United States, in the exercise of
its discretion, refused them its sup
port. Then the Legislatures finding
themselves defenseless fell to pieces,
and from their ruins in part new
Legislatures have been constituted,
whose legality consists only in the
fact that there are cone to oppose
them. The law and the rights of the
majority have yielded to an armed
aggressive minority.”
Morton, after describing what Gen.
Grant might have done, intimates
that had Hayes proceeded to main
tain Packard and Chamberlain by
using the array, he would have pro
ceeded to inevitable defeat. He says:
The Republican majority in the Sen
ate upon the Southern question is but
nominal, if it existed at all. Five
Republican Senators voted at the late
executive session against seating Kel
logg and to refer his credentials to a
committee, thus refusing to recognize
the Packard government; and a num
ber of Democratic Senators sufficient
when added to the Democratic mem
bers to constitute a majority, have
steadily refused to recognize the Re
publican State government in Lou
isiana since 1873, by voting against
seating a Senator chosen by it.
While in my judgment it was clearly
the right of the President under the
constitution to recognize the Pack
ard Government and support it by
military power, the undertaking
would have been futile and the fail
ure disastrous. With divided public
opinion in his own party, and both
houses of Congress against him, he
would have failed in the end. The
Democratic House has power to de
stroy the army entirely, and from
my knowledge of the Senate I am
sure the Republican majority of that
body could hardly be relied on to
support him in such a course.
Extract: “I do not believe that
President Hayes intends to destroy
the Republican party and attempt
the election of anew one upon its
ruins. I believe in his patriotism
and high integrity, in his undivided
purpose to make the administration
a beneficence to the country.’”
Extract: ‘‘The large body of the
white, people who engaged iu the re
bellion are firmly united in favor of
several things, and they will stand
by the party that favors them and
oppose to the bitter end the party
that opposes them. Among these is
the payment for rebel property taken
or destroyed by our armies. When
Mr. Tilden wrote his letter, just be
fore the election, against these
claims, he lost his hold upon the
South and was made to feel it in the
COLUMBUS, GA., SATUIIDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1877.
late struggle in Congress. No Dem
ocratic candidate will repeat his
blunder.”
Extract: “In the late House the di
viding line between rebel and loyal
claims was ignored, and in a single
Democratic administration would be
obliterated. When tills comes to
pass about claims, the distinction in
the rebel and Union debt will be ob
literated aud lost; slaves will be
treated as other property sacrificed
by our Government. It will not all
be done or avowed at once, but step
by step, already more rupid, uutil
the publio mind has become
demoralized ; the rebellion has ceas
ed to lie a crime, scarcely a mistake.
The complete restoration of fraterni
ty will demand the abolition of all
distinctions in law between loyalty
and treason. The Republican party
was never more necessary to the na
tion than ’tis to-day. All talk about
laying down tiie Republican organi
zation to take up anew one with a
new title, iuto which old Confeder
ates may euter without wounding
their susceptibles, would be criminal
if it were not supremely silly.”
(Ireiilar nt Liverpool Cotton Broker.
Liverpool, May 25. -The market
was steady on Friday, and opened on
Wednesday after the holidays with
an active demand and firm prices,
the quotations of last Thursday be
ing fully maintained. American was
in good demand and last weeks
prices were fully supported. Sea
Island continues in moderate request
at steady prices. In futures business
has been very limited. Prices at one
time advanced 1 16d, but latest trans
actions are at the same rates as the
end of last week.
Illinois Divorce Worthless.
Cincinnati, May 25.—Nelson and
Hood, upon the strength of a divorce
obtained for him by a Chicago law
yer, married again. He was senten
ced to SIOO fine and six months in
jail on a charge of fornication
brought by his divorced wife. This
is important from the fact that there
are many similar cases, of which this
is a test.
Illotera dubbin* Men of Work.
Haverstraw, N. Y., May 25.—The
striking brick-makers are out in full
force, clubbing those who refuse to
quit work. The sheriff and police
are preparing to interfere. The ri
oters seem bold.
Rascally OlHcials Punished.
Hartford, Conn., May 25.—1n the
United States Circuit Court, James
L. Chapman, cashier, and John C.
Tracy, President of the Farmers and
Mechanics’ National Bank, were
sentenced to si t and five years in the
penitentiary, with hard labor, for
false representation, forgery and
embezzlement, whereby the bank
lost over half a million.
Fires.
Reading Pa. May 25. — ' The Scott Iron
establishment burned. The fire originat
ed in the Pattern House: Loss $200,000.
New York, May 25. —J. B. Double
man’s Glass works, Brooklyn, burned;
loss $130,000.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
War Department, )
Office of Chief Signal Officer, >
Washington, May 25, 1877. )
For the South Atlantic and East
Gulf States, slowly rising barome
ter, northerly winds, temperature
rising in northern and falling in
southern portions.
Baltimore Rucei.
Baltimore, May 25.—Mile dash for
ail ages. Chiquitta won ; Piccala sec
ond, Burgoo third. Time 1 44£.
One aud a half miles. Partnership
won ; Invoice second, Romney third.
Time 2.41 J.
Two mile heats. Tom Ochiltree
won first heat and race in 3.43, dis
tancing all the others.
Steeple chase -Waller won.
The PrcHH Convention.
Bl>ectl Telegram to the Morning News.)
Thwmasville, Ga., May 23.—The
Press Convention met this morning
at the City Hall, and an address of
welcome was made by Capt. W. H.
Hammond, which was replied to by
J. D. Hoyt, of the Dawsou Journal,
on the part, of the Press Association,
The hail was filled with citizens and
members of the association. After
the addresses the convention ad
journed until the afternoon.
The report of the committee on the
death of Col. J. H. Christy was adopt
ed by a standing vote. The remain
der of the session was taken up in
discussing the report of the Com
mittee on Credentials.
The convention is well attended,
and the occasion promises to be one
of thv most pleasant that has ever
taken place iu the State. A ball will
be given to-night at the Mitchell
H-use in honor of the Association.
To-morrow the Horticultural Fair
opens, and already uumbers are
coming from the country.
llratntnK the Zuyder Zre.
American Architect.]
Preparations are now going on to
drain the Zuvder Z-e. A dam forty
kilome.tres (24| mites) long, fifty me
tres broad at, its base, and one and a
half metres above the usual level of
high water, is to be earned across the
gulf. Upon this will be erected
pumping engines capable of discharg
ing X, 716,000, (XJ0 gallons a day. Esti
mating the depth of the gulf at about
four and a half metres, it will take
steady pumping for sixteen years to
empty the enclosure. The cost of re
claiming the 500,01X1 acres now under
water is estimated at about $67,000,-
000. It is confidently expected that
about 440.000 acres will be suitable
for agriculture, and can be sold at an
average price of SBOO per acre.
THE WAK IN EUROPE.
Constantinople In a State of Siege.
■
THE CZAR TO ASSUME CHIEF
COMMAND.
Russians May not in Force Until
the Middle of June-
MARTIAL LA IF RRSTRICTIOXR.
Norton Amine Muklitar ol Trennon.
London, May 25,—The Turks cap
tured and burned a small Russian
war vessel near Islaude.
Abdul Keritn Pasha, after garrison
ing fortresses, will have but seventy
five thousand men for the field.
A Reuter telegram from Constanti
nople says in consequence of the
sufta demonstration yesterday, a
state of siege has been proclaimed in
Constantinople and vicinity of the
city.
Preparations for war continue iu
Servia.
A religious war has been proclaim
ed in Bosnia.
Russia is adopting measures for the
gradual mobilization of the entire
army to crush Turkey by superior
strength.
Russia will probably postpone the
attempt to cross the Danube in force
until the middle ot June.
A cable dispatch says the Czar is
about to assume supreme command
of the army of the Danube. The
imperial headquarters will first he
fixed at Ploejesti, afterward moved
according as the army advances.
The Czar will bo accompanied by
nearly all the Grand Dukes of the
imperial family who are not already
with the army in the field.
Constantinople, May 25.—The
sheep tax has been doubled as a war
contribution.
An order was issued simultaneous
ly with the proclamation of martial
law, which forbids the carrying of
arms; authorizes domiciliary visits of
the police in quest ot arms; authori
izjß the banishment of suspected
persons without previous trial, and
forbids the assembling of crowds in
the street.
About two thousand Softas partici
pated in yesterday’s demonstration.
The five Softas who were admitted
to the Chamber accused Hussein
Pasha, commander at Ardahan, ot
treason and demanding his arraign
ment. Several deputies spoke, de
manding ministerial changes and the
appointment to office of men of
known capacity.
Constantinople, May 25. In con
sequence of the Softas’ demonstra
tion, it is expected that the War Min
ister will be dismissed.
Bucharest, May 25.—1 t is stated
that the Government will shortly is
sue forced legal tender treasury notes
for S6t,OtX),(XX).
Constantinople -The Minister of
War has telegraphed to tiie Bey of
Tunis to send a contingent of troops
to Turkey.
THE WAR IN ASIA.
Russian Advance Amazingly
Rapid.
TURKS RETIRING BEFORE THEM.
Third Assault on Kars Pruicrtsslnjir
TURKS MARCHING UPON A R DA.
HAN, AND RUSSIANS UFO* ERZE.
ItO CM.
Erzeroum, Wednesday night, May
25.—The Russian movement has been
amazinglv rapid. It is impossible to
follow them or desoribe the exact sit
uation. It is impossible toexagerate
the critical importance of the milita
ry situation at this moment.
Mukhtar Pasha has been unable to
hold the mountain passes between
Kars and Erzeroum. He retreats
without giving battle.
The English Commissioner, with
the Turks in Asia, is represented as
fearing that Erzeroum will not be
able to hold out long.
Two repulses of the Russians’ Re
flrehara are confirmed, but the third
assault wad progressing at last ac
counts.
London, May 25.—Reuter’s telegram
from Constantinople says it is stated
here that Mukhtar Pasha is march
ing upon Ardahan, while the Rus
sians are rapidly advancing against
Erzeroum.
Constantinople, May 25.—The
Russians are still bombarding the
forts before Kars, which are replying
vigorously.
A Haunted Chirk.
From the Raleigh (N.0.) Observer.]
There is a clock in this city owned
by a gentleman who is not at all
given to superstition, but yet he can
not account for a curious way his old
family clock is actiug of late. It is
an eight-day clock, but wind it when
you may, and at 6:30 o’clock on Sat
urday evening that clock is dead
Sure to stand stiff. It can be easily
started bv movingthvpendulum, aud
it will then continue till itrunsdown.
It has been wound up from the
eighth day to within an hour of the
time, but it never fails to stop when
it reaches the 6:30 hour mark Satur
day evening. This is strange and
unaccountable, but as true as Gos
pel.
The Little ‘ Protrstiiut KplNrnpnl.
N, Y. Corruapoudont Philadelphia Ledger.]
A curious movement is afoot among
the High Church Episcopalians with
reference to the next general con
vention, which is begiuing to excite
some apprehension atnoug the evan
gelicals, the object of which is to
get rid of the objectionable term
“Potestant Episcopal,” so as to have
tiie church officially and otherwise
recognized by the only title which is
given to her in tiie creeds. The pro
ceeding will probably take the form
of a memorial, signed by us many of
tiie clergy and laity us can be got to
indorse it. It is believed that at
least five bishops are favorable to
the proposed change. The vast in
fluence of Trinity Church here, is in
its favor. The St. Albans people, as
well as those ot St. lugna'tusund the
Church of St. Mary tiie Virgin, may
likewise he expected to give it a
hearty support. The movement,
it is understood, was ini
tiated by Bistiop Young, of
Florida, who was formerly connected
with tiie Trinity. Resolutions com
mitting that, diocese to the proposed
change came very near passing the
Diocesan Council at its session at
Tallahassee. This measure received
the moral support of the entire coun
cil, and the only opposition to it was
based on the ground of expediency.
Word has been sent. North accord
ingly that the diocese of Florida may
be set down as certain to welcome
tilts most needful restoration.
The following are the resolutions
in full;
“Whereas the name ‘Protestant
Episcopal,’as applied to our branch
ot the Church Catholic, is without
meaning, has never received the
sanction of the General Convention,
and has been a weighty iactor iu
bringing about the deplorable Con
gregationalism iu the Church, which
robs the bishops of their authority,
aud is a serious hindrance to its effi
cient working; therefore, be it
“Resolved, That the deputies to the
General Convention from this dio
cese be requested to further and aid
auy movement which may tend to
the removal of this misnomer, and to
the adoption of a name which shall
truly declare iter Catholic charac
ter.”
If the impending struggle between
the Muscovite and the Turk is to
be decided by the longer purse, the
former is already victor. Tuere can
be no question of Russia’s financial
ability to wage a great war. Some
convincing proof of this fact is given
tiv a correspondent of the Pall Mall
Gazette, who has recently returned
front the Czar’s domitiiousand whose
opportunities for acquiring informa
tion not open to all the world appear
to have been ample. He says;
I unhesitatingly assert that the
Russian Government can dispose
of ample means for the first or
even the second year’s campaign—at
what cost I will discuss hereafter.
There is, however, no mistake about
the fact that, the money iu hard cash
is iu hand. It is perfectly true that
the overhanging doubt has paralyzed
trade; that the suspension of the
goods traffic on the guaranteed rail
ways during their best, season of win
ter lias imposed on the Government
a heavy charge to meet the guaran
tee of dividend of the railways so
interfered with; that throughout the
length and breadth of the land a
universal cry of distress goes up front
the trading classes; foreigners visit
the country only to collect their
claims, not to promote fresh trans
actions; the fallen exchange has
fearfully affected prices of all articles
of import-so that in Newski and
Moskoi, in St. Petersbug and on the
Blacksmith’s Bridge in Moscow, you
have to pay roubles for shillings for
imported goods. Iu spite of all this,
the feeling of tiie community has
been so thoroughly aroused that,
apart from borrowed money, the
moneyed men are ready with inter
nal loans to an amount adequate for
the wants of a vigorous prosecution
of the first campaign. I am uot
blind to the ruin that war would en
tail, but I have the assurance of
wealthy Suoptsi of my acquaintance
that, in case of war, ready money
wouiti be placed at the disposal of
the government; and every person
who has visited Russia knows of the
extraordinary accumulations in gold
of this sect.
I.oiidoii HtatlatlCM.
Correapondence Cm. Com.)
The Registrar General was kind
enough t-his year to accompany his
annual report of births and deaths
with some general statistics about
London. The Metropolis covers 78,-
080 acres, or 122 square miles; it con
tains 1,500 miles of streets and 2,000
miles of sewers. There are 417,767
inhabited houses, iu which dwelt, at
the middle of 1870, 3.489,428, among
whom there were more females than
males by 222.986. The inclusion of 15
miles around makes the population
4,286,607. The annual rateable value
of property is £23,251.702. Estimated
increase of population per annum is
44,164. There are somewhat over
100,000 professional men, whioh in
cludes members of Parliament, edit
ors, artis's, authors, teachers and
officers; 211,000 of the commercial
class; 505,000 of the great industrial
class- -mechanics, that is. or skilled
workmen —the “laborers” (65,000) be
ing excluded, and also 35,000 whose
occupations are “undefined.” Of the
women, 892.130 wives who aid their
husbands iu business; 226,0ut) arc do
mestic servants ; many keep inn and
lodging houses: large numbers are
shop keepers ; 5,000 book-binders; 4,-
000 make artificial flowers; 15,000 tai
loresses; 58.000 milliners and dress
makers; 27,000 seamstresses and
shirt-makers ; 44.000 laundresses; 5,-
ooi) shoemakers ; 4.000 Ijox aud pack
ing case makers ; 11 machinists. Only
29.000 are returned as gentlewomen.
There are 314.000 children in the
schools. Under the age of five the
males and females arc nearly equal;
from five to fifteen the excess of girls
is slignt; above that the discrepancy
rapidly increases. This is ascribed
to tiie emigration of men and the
immigration of women. More than
one-sixth of the population annually
die iu public or charitable institu
tions ; last year 8.174 died in work
houses, 5,310 in hospitals, aud 441 in
lunatic asylums. The violent deaths
were 2 885, of which 7 were execu
tions, 96 homicides, 293 suicides, anil
tiie reef, accidents. Tne most disa
greeable novelty of this report is ttie
table.snowing the daily average of
sunshine from May to December 31
of last year. Even in May the aver
age was only about six hours, and
though it rose somewhat over seven
in tiie summer months, it declined
to oscillate between one and two the
last three months of the year.
The Will of Peter the Great.
In the course of a leading article
on the policy of Russia a Cincinnati
Exchange has the following:
Now let us go back to the ques
tion : "What is the mission of Rus
sia?” There is extaut a document
often quoted, called “The Will of
Peter tiie Great.” It is said to be
genuine, but doubted by others. It
is apparently genuine, for it points
out tin policy Russia has pursued
and things to be done not yet ac
complished. It points to the weak
ening of Sweeden, the neutralizing
of Poland (which was done by de
stroying and absorbing it,) to the ac
quisition of the Crimea aud Territo
ries round the Black Sea. to the mar
riages with German princesses, to
pushing on to the Persian Gulf, and
to resuming commerce with the Le
vant through Syria. This, the read
er sees, points directly to the march
of the army of the Caucasus to Alep
po, This passage is so interesting
that we give it entire :
9. We must progress as much as
possible iu the direction of Constan
tinople and India. Ho who can once
get possession of these points is the
real ruler of the worid. With this
view we must provoke quarrels at
one time with Turkey and at another
with Persia. Wo must establish
wharves and docks in the Euxiue,
and by degrees make ourselves mas
tore of that sea as well as of the
Baltic, which is a doubly importaut
element in the success of our plan.
We must hasten the downfall of
Persia, push on to the Persian Gulf;
if possible, re-establish the ancient
commercial intercourse with the Le
vant through Syria and force our
way into the Indies, which are the
storehouses of the world ; once there,
we can dispense with English gold.
10. Moreover, we must take pains
to establish and maintain an intimate
union with Austria, apparently
countenancing her schemes for fu
ture aggrandizemeuts in Germany,
and all the while secretly rousing
the jealousy of the United States
against her. In this way we must
bring it to pass that one or the other
party shall seek aid from Russia,
and thus we shall exercise a sort of
protectorate over the coqntry, which
will pave the way to future supre
macy.
11. We must make the house of
Austria interested iu theexpulsion of
the Turks from Europe, and we must
neutralize its jealousy of the capture
of Constantinople, either by pre-oc
cupyingit with a war with the old
European States, or by allowing it a
share of the spoils, which we can af
terwards resume at our leisure.
12. We must collect around our
house, as a centre, all the detached
sections of Greeks which are scatter
ed abroad in Hungary, Turkey and
South Poland ; we must make them
look to ns for support; and thus by
establishing beforehand a sort of ec
clesiastical supremacy, we shall pave
the way for universal sovereignty.
Von Moltke'it Marriage.
When Von Moltke returned to Hol
stein, after recognizing the Turkish
army, he found living there with his
sister—who had married Mr. Bute,
an Englishman—a young girl be
tween fifteen and sixteen, a daugh
ter of Mr. Bute’s first marriage. The
pretty little girl loved already, before
seeing him, the soldier who had sent
from the Orient such interesting
letters to his sister. As for
Von Moltke, he had until then
seen in a woman only a being
constantly interfering with the
methodical life of a worker. But
when a man more than forty years
old is loved by a bewitching
girl of sixteen, he ends by returning
her affection. From that time there
was hut one woman in the world to
him, us there was but one work. He
married sweet Mary Bute, and when
she died in ’6B the great Field Mar
shal could say that his life as a
social being was also ended; only
the soldier remained. The Countess
was buried in his beautiful park iu
Silesia, and on the marble above
her is written, “Love is the fulliliug
of the law.” Mary Von Moltke was
very bright, very charming, very
merry, and it is told as a pathetic
truth that since her death the Field
Marshal has not been seen to laugh.
linn “HufTala 11111" .Harried a Umiple.
A letter from Fort Lincoln, Neb.,
to the Chicago Times tells the follow
ing story of “Buffalo Bill
After serving for years on the fron
tiers, Cody settled at Fort McPner
son, iu tins State, and in 1872 wus
elected Justice of the Peace and the
following year was chosen a member
or the Legislature. A good story is
told of how he performed the cere
mony of marriage wbile he was
Justice of the Peace. It was bis first
attempt, and the applicants were of
the true Western type. They called
upon Cody in the log cabin where ho
held his justice office. Bill had a
book of forms which he took down
and studied attentively to get some
idea of how he should tie the knot.
But though there were forms for
nearly every transaction of life, he
failed to Hud what he was looking
Tor, and finally slammed the book
down and observed to the parties;
•‘You two fellers join hands;” aud
the "two fellers” did so.
Then he said to the groom, "Are
you willing to take this woman to be
your lawful wedded wife, to love her,
uonor her, and obey her?”
“You bet your outes,” was the re
sponse of the bashful hair-lifter.
“Anil you, Miss, are you willing to
take this here man to be your wedded
husband, to love him, houor him,
ami support him?”
She giggled and nodded in the af
firmative; but this didn’t suit Bill,
who said, “See here, Miss, we’ve got
to have this thing on the dead square,
and we can’t marry folks by halves
in this country. We are bound to go
the whole hog. If you want this
here man for a husband you must
speak out and say so, as though you
meant it sure. I’ll ask you again.
Will you take this here mau to be
your lawful wedded husband, to love
him, houor him, and support him?”
Tiffs time the lady responded brave
ly, “Yes, sir, I will.”
This satisfied his honor, and he re
marked, “Ttmt settles it. Now look
here, you two; vou are man and wife,
and whoever Bill Cody and God Al
mighty have joined together let no
man put asunder.”
“And now,” added Bill, “let’s take
another sip of tarantula juice, and
drink to the happiness of the happy
couple,” which everybody, with true
Western unanimity, proceeded to do.
Wade Hampton is a chess player. His
bishops were moved up in the nick of
time.
How Hr. Parker Cnuxht n Tiller.
“Did I ever toll yon how I caught
a thief once?” asked Mr. Parker of
it is friend Mr. Johuson, as be sat
smoking a pipe in Mr. Jobuson’s
comfortable “place.”
“No; tell us about it,” said Mr.
Johuson. filling tiie glasses with fresh
ale.
“Well,” said Mr. Parker, “I don’t
mind if I do. You see. I bought me
a nice overcoat two or three years
ago; it was one of a iot of nice over
coats, and I was rather proud of it.
1 hung it up in the hall one day, and
that evening, just as I was coming
into the hall from dinner, I saw a
chap getting out of the door with
my overcoat, on. I rushed after him,
but it was no go—he got, away.
Next day I met that fellow on
Broadway and had him arrested, but
when we came into court and I tried
to identify that coat he had fifty oth
er fellows there, and every blamed
one of them had a coat jnst like mine
and I couldn’t swear to it and the
Judge had to let him go. Perhaps I
wasn’t mad? ‘Great guns!’ said I,
•am I to be robbed with impunity?’
‘Parker, old boy,’ said 1 to myself,
‘this will never do I’ So I went right
back to the store where Igottlie first
coat and got one exactly like it.
Now, said I, I’ll set a trap for that
young man and I’ll see if I can’t
identify this coat. I baited my trap
with tiie new coat, and sure enough
the sneak thief came along and
marched off with it. I chased him,
but the rascal got away, and I began
to wish I hadn’t been so sharp. Well,
I looked for that fellow more than a
week ;at last I caught, hitn! ‘Young
man,’ said I, ‘I want that coat.’
“ ‘There’s some mistake here,’said
he.
“ ‘Yes, sir, there is,’ said I; ‘you’ve
got an honest man’s coat on.’
“ ‘Well,’ said he, bold as brass, ‘l’ll
go to court with you. There’s a thou
sand other coats like this in New
York; there’s no mark ou it; you
can’t swear to it.’
“‘We’ll see,’said I.
‘“We went to court. There were
the fifty fellows with coats just like
mine, as before. The Judge took the
coat and examined it.’
“‘I find no mark,’said he; ‘can
you identify this as your property,
Mr. Parker ?’
“‘Certainly,’ said I; ‘my initials
are in it.’ The prisoner began to grin,
for he had searched the coat, no
doubt, and found no mark.
‘“Give me the coat,’ said I. The
Judge handed me the coat, and,
taking my pen knife, I ripped the
seam on the shoulder and took out
two small peas. ‘There are my
initials,’ said I—*P. P.—Peleg Park
er.’
“‘Well, I’m and d!’ said the
prisoner. He wasn’t (not. just then
at least,”) concluded Mr. Parker,
with a benevolent smile, “but he got
two years iu the penitentiary never
theless.”
The Cologne Gazette distributes
the Turkish forces in Europe as fol
lows; At Widdiu, 50,000 men; be
tween Rahova and Nicopolis, oppo
site the Valley of the Aluta, 12,000;
along the Danube from Rustcliuek
to Turtukai, 20,000; between Slistria
and Rassova, 25.000; ill the Dobrud
scha, 20,000; at Varna, 22,000; at Bu
zardsehik, 25,000; and between
Sobumla and Rasgrad, 35,000. A re
serve corps at present in course of
formation at Tatnboli and Sagra
numbers egiht battalions and three
batteries; a second, also in a state of
formation at Tiruowa, comprises
seven battalions aud three batteries;
a third, between Sofia and Nisch, in
cludes sixteen battalions, six batte
ries and a regiment of cavalry. This
would make a total of a little over
200,000 men iu European Turkey.
Secretary Sherman’s resumption
programme is not meeting with the
approval of certain influential jour
nals of his own party. The Cincin
nati Gazette. Cincinnati Times, Indi
anapolis Journal, (Morton’s home
orgau), the Chicago Journal, and the
Chicago Inter-Ocean are all pro
nounced iu their opposition. Nor
are such leading business organs as
the New York Bulletin and the New
York Commercial and Financial
Chronicle better pleased with his
plan.
Montgomery, Ala. — lt will be seen
by reference to the following exhibit
from the city physician, that there
have been 523 interments in the City
Cemetery, for the past sixteen
months, ending April 30th, 1877. De
ducting 118 mm resident decedents,
brought here for burial, and 38 still
born children-we have a total act
ual death record of 3G7. Of this
number there were 61 malos, white,
and 56 females, white, total 117; or
at the rate of 11 per 1000 of deaths to
the white population; colored males
121, colored females 127, total 250; or
at the rate of 26.7 per 1000 of the col
ored population. Percentage of
deaths to whole population 18.3.
Advertiser.
Advantaged ot the Turks In Europe.
The London Telcr/raph thinks noth
ing is won hy the Russians “while Varna,
Silistria, Schumla and Rustchuk shelter
an army, secure the passes over the Hai
tians, and communicate with the Euxiiie.
How long the contest will be protracted
will depend on Turkish generalship in
iliis complicated scene; for, even if tiie
Russians, by a wide detour, turned the
Balkans, they would have the main Tur
kish army on their flank in unbroken
eominunicalion with Constantinople by
land and sea. A soldier like Mass-na or
Wellington at the head of the Ottoman
troops would try Russian cl.ft and endur
ance to the uttermost, and probably remain
victor in the end. We are under no de
lusion respecting the powers of resistance
among the Turks; hut, guided hy the past
when they were less potent and prepared,
we do anticipate a sturdy, obstinate de
fence, which t will not be surmounted in
one campaign. Their numbers, their
science, appliances are inferior ; but their
bravery is undispatable and their position
is stroug.”
The New York Tribune puts it thus:
“Mr. Hill, of Georgia, can resist gold and
silver. He actually declines an offer of
$23,000 and expenses to lecture in Cincin
nati, Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit.”
It wass2 500 a week ago. Even Mr. Hill
would hardly refuse $25,000.
At the New York ssiore.
White and colored Linen Drills for
Gents’ Suits.
tf Gordon A Cargill.
Third supply of French Nainsook, Mull,
Muslin aud Victoria Lawns at New York
Store.
tf Gordon A Cargill,
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