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A SHOCKING accident occurred at Pittsburgh* IP*., & few days ago. Seven men engaged n • lining a furnace were on a scaffold, sup­ ported by ropes. These took fire from the farnace and the scaffold fell, precipitating the men into the furnace. Julius Harden and Michael Cassick were taken out dead, and the 4ve others so badly burned that they are not expected to live William B. Ogden, one of the earlv pioneers and the first Mayor of Chi­ cago, and a very wealthy man, died recently at his home in the suburbs of New York city. AT Scranton. Pa., a few days ago, a mob, of itriking coal-miners, numbering upward of 5,000, visited the railroad premises and forced tbe workmen to quit their occupations as­ saulting and injuring some of those who pro-, tested against their interference. A company of local volunteers, after a fierce assault from the mob, fired into the crowd, kill­ ing four men and wounding many others. The mob then dispersed. This strike of the coal- miners promises to be a more serious affair than that of the railroad men. Dispatches fcwm Wilkesbarre state that the Wyoming coal region is one vast military camp, about 5,000 State troops being scattered through the val- lev. Manv of the trains bearing soldiers were attacked and stoned by the rioters, and hun­ dreds of the latter were being arrested. Gov. Hartranft assumed personal command of the troops. Several companies of United States . soldiers were also sent to the scene of th*4 troubles. TWELVE companies of United States troops have been etationed in the Wyoming coal re- •'"> 'gion of Pennsylvania for the suppression of * any outbreak on the part of the striking miners. The State troops have been relieved and sent home. HKNBY MAXWELL, a well-known New York Merchant, has been arrested on a charge of * • forging acceptances to the amount of £33,000. -; n .... A man named Coffroth, editor of a Bomer- St (Pa.) paper, while riding in a carriage in ttsburgh, was asked by the driver if lie would allow two strangers to ride with him, s; and consented. The men suddenly pinioned his arms behind him, placed a revolver at his head, and robbed him of money and valuables , to the extent of $400. THE WEST. A FUOBTFOL calamity occurred at Cincinnati : last week. A cigar-box factory in which a num­ ber of boys and girls were employed, took fire ; • and was eonramel. The building was five atorie* high, and the employes were in the up­ per story. The flames cut off all means of exit . before the alarm was fairly sounded, and four 1ft the unfortunate girls," together with two men, who bravely attempted their rescue, were burned to death. Three boys and two girls . vera badly injured and Bent to the hospital.... The funeral of five of the brave officers who fUi with Gen. Custer at his last fight took fgaee, on the 3d in«L, at Fort Leavenworth, and the remains were interred in the National Oemetery. A WHOLE family, consisting of Lewis Spear *" 4hd his four children, consisting of two daugh- •"'Iters, aged 15 and 17, and two Bons, aged 11 and 7 18, were recently murdered and robbed by un- , known assassins in Clark county, Mo. "The murderers made the attack when the victims were asleep, dealing Heavy blows upon their i heads with an ax. Mr. Spencer was Township Trustee, and had in his possession $1,000. The * "Abject of the murder was to secure thia money. ** * ELEVEN more riotous railroad strikers have been sentenced by Judge Treat, of the United ,v' States District Court, at 8pringfield, HI., to 4hree months' imprisonment, for interfering f ?with the running of trains on roads under the -" Jurisdiction of that court. *' WHILE Mr. Charles Belden and family, of - Gibson, Knox county, 111., were absent at * v «burch last Sunday, their residence was broken . , flpen by a tramp. Search was made for the ] ieoundrel, and he was found in a cornfield near by. Hi- immediately opened fire with a re- fplver, instantly killing Mr. Belden, mortally wotmdirg Mr. Charles M. Cower, and wounding - *1. Jjuues Packerei in the leg. Also a boy , f., Itemed Keelor iu the foot, which will have to be _ 'amputated. He killed two horses M a dog, " -ilia then made good his escape. »"* PIKE, the long-haired Spiritualist, who some •'*' ime ago shot and killed S. S. Jones, the editor *•! the Beliaio-Philosophical Journal, in Chi­ cago, has been tried and acquitted on the Eound of insanity. The murderer was not ro-ised, however, but has been confined in the " • ' Jacksonville Insane Asylum as a lunatic. «n -R JOHNE. DAILY, a San Francisco stockbroker, • j «nras recently shot and killed in the streets of I -(Itofct city by Leslie C. Hauks. Consul General •> > Jf®T ^^temala. The latter subsequently com- mitted suicide at hie cell in the jail, by 'shoot- * « throQgh the breast with a Spring- . . ®* • • • ^r* J« B. Armstrong, a prominent * 4. Terre Haute, Ind., was recently - 1 a ^ &n unknown assassin, while h„*ieiunung from a visit to a sick patient in the faburbsof the city. r ' SOUTH. ****** ^ BLOODY shooting affray recently took place -«w*at Hopev.ell. Greenup county, Ky., between tjavid Floyd, his two sons, and Dick Floyd, an I jljld man aged 80, ou the one side, and Joseph , J™ j r'^ri a'Jd two sons on the other. David Jfc.r ovd was shot through the bowels, and Dick ^ L^yd Bhot m the forehead. The Floyd bovs , were both Bhot, one it in thought fatally. V GENERAL. TWENTT-SIX riouji E, arrested at Urbana, for -,(»i)bstfucting the IndianapoUs, Bloomington anil -^Western railroad at that place, was tried before (United States Judge Treat at Springfield LI jbndeach of them was sent to jail for ninety * Hays. The road in question is being manage'd by a receiver appointed by the court, and the strikers were guilty of "contempt of court" ,5,;... At Chicago, forty-eight rioters have been field for trial in the Criminal Court in bail rane- * 'ing from $500 to £1,000. A large number have «ttfjbeen committed for trial at Harmburp, Pa. , Jk. arge number of the St. Lou is rioters have been ipommitted for trial in default of bonds for $3,000 s« teach. Fifteen men. charged with interfering Vith trains on the Indianapolis, Bloomington " *nd Western, the Logannnort, Ct af fordsville ,i<H|nd Southwestern, the Ohio and Missinsippi M|()tnd the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette Toad* Tall of which are in the hands of receiv- •*'-ers). were tried before United States Judge ' prummond and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. THE insurance adjusters have completed set­ tlements of the loMea of the St. John (N. R) Ire. The total nmonnt to be paid by insurance >*«atnpauie« is $6,736,000. Of this, English Companies *ill paj §4,822,0W ; Canadian, $1,- ^69,000, and Americau, $445,000, divideid be- «4|ween the JStna. «;f Hartford. $>240,000 ; Hart- .jflord, of Hartford. §140,000. and Phenix * -*«f New York, $65,000 On the night Of the 4th iuHt. a fire broke out in the poor- liouHe on the Norfolk oounty inanstrial farm, MW Mwixwa, Ontario. It waa a huge wooden Silo, and by midnight the whole structure wan estroyed. The water supply was defective and the brigade from the town could effect lit­ tle. The poor-house contained forty-three male and eighteen female inmates, paupers of the county. Desperate exertions were made to save life, but so quickly did the flames extend that seventeen of them were caught and burned to death, six women and eleven men. These were principally bed-bidden old people who could not 1110vo without aid, and in the face of the roaring flames aid oould not reach them. Five men were burned severely in at- tempting to rescue the paupers. BTTBNED : The 8t. Boniface Hospital in St Louis, loss $40,000 ; the Indiana Fertilizing Company's works a^k Indianapolis, loss .$15,000 ; the Morton House stables, thirty-six horses and a large numle'- of carriages at Indian Har­ bor, Conn., loss $40,000 : the main building of the Wes!ey?ai Female College at Murfreeaboro, N. C., loss #75,000. BUSINESS failures: R. G. Dun A Co., whole­ sale merchants, Montreal, liabilities $330,000 ; Charles G. Martin, stock broker, New York, lia­ bilities §80,000; the Citizens' Fire Insurance Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Columbia Life Insurance Company, of St. Louis Maj. Buflington, the ordnance officer at Pittsburgh during the riots, has asked that his conduct be made a matter of court inquiry. The War De­ partment does not consider it necessary. He says, in his letter, that he was supposed to know his responsibility, and believes that the result justifies the wisdom of his course. The Secretary of War approves it. THE public is warned that numerous and well-executed counterfeits on the City Bank of Montreal, the Dominion Bank of Toronto, the Boyal Canadian Bank, and the British Bank of North America are in circulation. WASHINGTON. THE August statement of the public debt is as follows: Six per cent, bonds $ 844,525,250 Five per cent, bonds 703,266,650 Four and a half per cent, bonds 165,000,000 Total coin bonds $1,703,791,900 Lawful money debt $ 14,000,000 Matured debt 11,979,280 Legal tenders 859,158.182 Certificates of deposit......... :.. 55,495,000 Fractional currency 19,734,335 Coin certificates.... 37,807,300 Total without interest 472.244,818 Total debt $2,201,015,998 Total interest. 29,095.129 Cash in treasury--coin. Cash in .treasury--currency.. .$ 97,803,995 9,811,956 Currency held for redemption of frac­ tional current 8,160,858 Special deposits held for redemption of certificates of deposit 55,495,000 Total in treasury .$ 171,271,809 Debt less cash in treasury. .. $2,059,339,318 - - 818,904 64,623,512 823,117 35,957,629 8,671,625 Decrease of debt during July .... Bonds issued to Pacific Railroad Compa­ nies,intereet payable in lawful money; principal outstanding Interest accrued and not yet paid Interest paid by the United States Interest repaid by transportation of mails, etc Balance of interest paid by United States 27,286,003 A WASHINGTON correspondent states that " a good portion of the President's message upon the reassembling of Congress will be devoted to a consideration of the labor question. It is known that at numerous Cabinet meetings held within the past two weeks this subject has in several instances been discussed to the exclusion of all other matters. Several mem­ bers of the Cabinet are known to favor tie passage of a law providing for the organiza­ tion of a commission which shall have due re­ gard for the interest of all concerned--pro­ ducers, merchants, railroad employes and capi­ talists--so that on any question a fair compro­ mise may be effected." PRESIDENT HAYES has issued a general order prohibiting the sale of arms and ammunition to the Indians, and revoking all license# to trade with them in such articles Some of the treasnry officials think that had the strike continued for two or three days more there would have been a serious panic in the country, as it has been ascertained that the New York banks had decided to refuse to loan any money upon collaterals. As this resolution was made at the very end of the strike, it did not become necessary for the banks to put it into effect. POLITICAL. THE Republican State Convention of Ohio met at Cleveland on the 1st inst, and nomi­ nated the following ticket: Governor, W. H. West; Lieutenant Governor, Ferd. Yogeler ; Supreme Judge, W. H. Johnson ; Attorney Gen­ eral, George K. Nash ; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Dwight C. Bowell; School Commission­ er, J. T. Lukenh : Board of Public Works, A. W. Luckev. The following platform was adopted • llenolved. That we reaffirm and adopt the platform and resolutions of the National Convention of the Bepublican party adopted in the convention at Cin­ cinnati in June, 1876. 2. That the Republicans of Ohio reaffirm their un­ faltering confidence in Rutherford B. Hayes as a statesman, patriot and Republican, and cordially approve and support his ellorts for the pacification of the country and the establishment of its civil ser­ vice upon a basis of purity and efficiency. 3. That we reaffirm it as the unalterable purpose of the Republican party to initmlaiti and enforce the provisions of the recent amendments to the Federal constitution guaranteeing the equal rights oi jtii citizens before the lav,-, irrespective of race or color, and to insist on the full and effectual per­ formance by the Federal Government, in the execu­ tion of all its powers, of its constitutional obliga­ tions in that behalf. 4. That we arc in favor of both silver and gold as money; that both shall be a legal-tender for the payment of all debts, except where otherwise spe­ cially provided by law, with coinage and valuation so regulated that our people shall not be placed at a disadvantage iu our trade with foreign nations, and that both metals shall be kept in circulation as the money of the nation, as contemplated by the con­ stitution, and we therefore demand the remonetiza- tion of silver. 5. That we are opponed to any further grants of public lands, or money s ubsidies, or the extension of the public credit of the General Government to aid in the construction of railroads. 6. That we are oj)posed to the renewal of patents by act of Congress which are burdensome and op­ pressive to the masses of the people, and especially to the laboring slasses. 7. That we view with alarm the present disturbed condition of the country as evidenced bv the ex­ tensive strikes of the workingmen, and foliowed by the destruction of life and property in different parts of the country, and wniie we aeprecate each and every resort to violence and disorder, and cor­ dially approve the action of our national and State authorities in their efforts to enforce the supremacy of the law, yet we do most heartily sympathize witii the condition of the honest and industrious laborers who arc willing to work but remain unem­ ployed, or arc employed at wages inadequate to com­ fort and independence-, and an an earnest of our de­ sire to find a remedy for their condition wo recom­ mend--first, that Congress establish a National Bureau of Industry; (second, that Congress exert ite authority over all national highways of trade by prescribing and enforcing such reasonable regula­ tions as will tend to promote the safety of travel, secure fair returns for the capital invested, and fair wages to the employes, preventing mismanagement, improper discriminations, and the aggrandizement of officials at the expense of stockholders, shippers, and employes ; third, that provision be made for statutory arbitrations between employers and em­ ployes, to adjust controversies, reconcile interests, and establish justice and equity between them. THE Democrats of Mississippi met in State Convention at Jackson on the 1st inst., and nominated <3bv. Stone for re-election as Gov- t£n Tr» T»V- H- Sim8 for Lieutenant Governor, W. L. Hemingway for Treasurer, S. L. Gwinn for Auditor T. C. Catching for Attorney Gen- eral, and J. A. Smith for Superintendent of Public Education. The convention adopted the following platform:) Fidelity to the constitution of the United States. v-tth SfihMtlS prC!Tv*1noa ot 8tate governments, paired reserved and guaranteed rights unim- m htary power wUhthe fre«- HI f w'th the civil and political rights of citizens of the United Ktales Protection and equal rights of all classes. No discrimination on account of race color or SScfarw/V0.? 0f, wrvitude or bfr^hpl^S ?he e^.nU r 1 !? n tbe teneat of the few at , ^ many. adu.crenw Jn the selection of public agents honest?mt;h?rre'1 •'I?'-™*™ standard: "ata sUtufion7" 6 he.true to tbe ««- J™!™*™ » ?hB P°licy of retrenchment and reform to signally inaugurated by tbe Democratic Seduction of the burden* of taxation to the low* «wt point compatible with the efficient execution of the laws. Corporations of every description 1 11111 iilwl'li within constitutional limits by State authorSTttid subordinate to State legislation in the interest and for the protection of the people. As the perpetuity of free government depends upon the virtue and Intelligence of the people, we pledge ourselves to the maintenance of the State system of free schools. Wc favor granting such aid aa may be extended without violation of the constitution of the United States or departing from the established usages of the Government, to the Texaa Pacific railroad, and for rebuilding and keeping in repair the levees of the Mississippi river. THE TURKO-RUSSIAN WAH, . THEBE is no doubting the fact that the Rus­ sian arms have met with a severe reverse north of the Balkans, and that the onward march to Constantinople has received a cerious check. Tho Hnswiart migyiwnij jrj b"ttlc Or series of battles, near Plevna, are variously estimated at from 40,000 to 100,000--probably the first figure is nearly correct. The Turks numbered about 50,000, and were strongly for­ tified. The Russians made repeated assaults upon the Turkish lines, and were in each in ­ stance repulsed with great slanghter. They were finally forced to •With­ draw, and retreated in the direction of Sistova. Some details of the fighting will be found in another column... .A corre­ spondent at Vienna telegraphs thai the Rus­ sian defeat at Plevna was owing to their being flanked and attacked in the rear by a Turkish division, the artillery of which mowed down the Muscovites by hundreds. The Russians were completely routed, but managed to save their cannon, Osman Pasha admits that both sides lost enormously. The military authorities in the Austrian capital ascribed the victory partly to the superiority of the Henry-Martini rifle used by the Turkish troops over the in­ ferior order of gun used by the Russians. THK Russian Minister of War directs all army corps not yet mobilized to furnish a divi­ sion each to the fighting army, to be at onoe dispatched to the Danube.... A dispatch from Erzeroum says : "The RniKian center, rein­ forced by fourteen battalions of infantry and three field batteries, has resumed the offensive. There has been continuous fighting on the ad­ vanced lines before Kara. Gen. xergukassoff has also been reinforced by five battalions of infantry, one battery, -and a regiment of diagoous. The Russian right is marohing on Perek." THE London Times' war correspondent with the Russian camp before Plevna telegraphs that " strong reinforcements have already reached Gen. Krudcner's corps, which is able to resist any offensive movement of Obman Pasha, should one be attempted, which is not very probable. The Russians have suffered a disastrous check, but that is all. It is hardly Erobable any renewal of the attack will e made for the next ten days, as the Rus­ sians need time to bring up reinforcements. The second pontoon bridge at Simnitza is nearly completed and will be ready for use m a few days. The old bridge ia still in good order." ... A St. Petersburg dispatch tays "a ukase has been issued ordering the immediate mobili­ zation of the entire corps of the Imperial Guard and several other divisions. The major portion of the Imperial Guard and some of the divisions are to join the army in Bulgaria with­ out delay ; the remainder go to reinforce the army of the Caucasus. Another ukase, signed by the Czer at Biela, orders a levy of 188,600 of the landwehr. The levies meet with general enthusiasm." A DIHPATCH from Sistova says that Gens. Schackoskoy and Krudener have retaken the positions held by them previous to the disas­ trous battle at Plevna. They are daily receiv­ ing large reinforcements. The Russians are straining every nerve to retrieve their late dis­ aster, and to deliver a crushing blow before the Turks have time to reap all the advantages which might result from their chance success. The Russians admit a loss of 5,000 men at Plevna The Turkish Generals continue to report Russian massacres of Mohammedans, while the Russians report Turkish massacres of Christians. . BcrtJo rehwts are no doubt true. There is every evidence that this is the most barbarous war since the Dark* Ages A camp of 70,000 men is being formed for the protection of Constantinople. THE Porte has issued a circular recounting the horrible massacres perpetrated by the Cos­ sacks and Bulgarians. These include the burning alive of seventy Mussulmans of the village of Ayuklemi and the cold-blooded mas- Bacre of forty others, as well as women and children. The circular declares the English military attache has ascertained the truth of the allegations A dispatch from Vienna says that the formation of the Russian land­ wehr has been found to be difficult, owing to a great want of organization Hobart Pasha's fleet attacked seven Russian gunboats iu the Sulina mouth of the Danube, the other day, and after a sharp engagement destroyed two of them. A DISPATCH from Bucharest says the Russian troops around Plevna have been reinforced, and now number 70,000. The Roumanian army, numbering 25,000, now passing continually to Nikopolis, will form the extreme right of this force There seems no reason to doubt that the Russians have not only evacuated Kezanlik, but all their positions south of the Balkans, and that Gen. Gourka is retreating through the Shipka pass upon Tirnova. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. LATE cable advices note the manifestation of a growing hostility toward England in the organs of public opinion in Germany. It is even declared in some quarters that Germany will not permit England to occupy any com­ manding positicu on the Dardanelles or to assume control of the outlet of the Black sea. An imperial order has just been issued at Constantinople reducing the salaries of -all Turkish ofiicials 50 per cent, until the restora­ tion of peace It is stated in a London dis- Satch that Russia, discouraged by the result of le war, is laboring to secure intervention by some third power, and that Austria, instigated bv Germany, will lend her influence toward aiding Russia to secure desirable peace. GEN. MARTINEZ CAMTOK, the commander of the Spanish troops in the island of Cuba, has sent dispatches to the King of Spain explain­ ing the situation of the campaign, and stating that the insurgents are so well supplied with information by spies, and their facilities for disbanding when pursued are such that it takes 500 soldiers to TOOK after ten insurgents. Gen. Campos, therefore, requires 50,000 more troops to crush the insurrection. Campos further says the insurgents will only surrender on re­ ceiving their independence, and recommends the Spanish Government to adopt one proposi­ tion or the other. ADVICES from India report a distressing state of affairs in the famine-inflicted districts, and the British public has been appealed to for as­ sistance. LIEUT. BULLIS, with a company of United States troops, recently crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico, recaptured five stolen horses, and returned without being molested The first installment of reinforcements for Cuba, 1,000 men, have sailed from Spain A cable dis­ patch says "an American named Biggar has been arrested by a police spy in the South of France for having called MaoManon an ass at a table d'hote. The United States Charge d'Affaires lias sent counsel to see fair play and to send a report if the charge is untrue." The Bosnia insurrection is at an end. The in­ surgents are crossing into Dalmatia, and are being interned on the islands in the Adriatic. ADVICES from Hayti state that the revolu­ tion has again broken out in that republic. Port au Prince is declared in a state of siege. A largo portion of the city was fired, and the conflagration continued for two days, and had not been extinguished when the mail steamer left.... Jovellar has been removed from the Captain Generalship of Cuba, and W»nsn ap­ pointed in his place. ~ Kara. A correspondent of the London Stand­ ard, at Kara expresses his astonishment on entering the city after the long and furious bombardment to And it not in ruins, as he had expected, but compara­ tively unharmed, and the inhabitants ex­ hibiting none of the anticipated signs of starvation. Though the bombardment was indeed terrible--at least 40,000 shells, it is said, having been fired by the Russians at the town and fortifica­ tions in the course of the twenty-two days--but few actually fell in the in­ habited parts of the town itself. Kara is so thoroughly protected by its zone of forts that it was only those shells which were fired with an extreme eleva­ tion which fell in the place itself, and only two or three houses were burned, and three women, four children and two old men were killed. • CURRENT EVENTS. THE Baltimore and Ohio road has given $50 to each of the men who led the break in the strike and took the trains through. THE Pennsylvania railroad has noti­ fied the Baltimore merchants of the de­ struction of 60,000 bushels of wheat in the Pittsburgh riots. THE remains of the late Gen. Custer have been deposited in a vault at Pough- keepsie, N. Y., until fall, when they will bo transplanted to West Point. A NEW Republican daily paper is to be started at Washington, under the management of Mr. Lryneh, of Maine, It will support the administration. THB Constitutional Convention of Georgia has adopted an amendment pro­ viding for the election of Supreme and Superior Court Judges by the Legisla­ ture. OBDBBS have been issued for the con­ centration of a considerable force at Fort Clark, near the Bio Grande, in Texas, where the troops will be held in readiness for any movement that may be necessary for the suppression and pun­ ishment of cattle-stealing, according to the new policy of the administration. AT the time of the evacuation of Rich­ mond by the Confederates certain State officials divided the contents of the treasury, some $25,000 in gold. Judge Hughes, of the United States Circuit Court, has decided that the money be­ longed to the National Government, and that the avaricious officials most shell out. C. S. BELL, who obtained considera­ ble notoriety as a detective in the Bab- cock trial at St. Louis, and subsequently as a witness in the whisky ring investi­ gations of last winter, was arrested at Washington last week under a requisi­ tion from the Governor of Texas. Bell is charged with having committed three murders in Texas in 1869. WASHINGTON telegram: " Postmaster General Key says that Edward H. East, the Chancellor of Tennessee, and a loyal man during the war, will be appointed Judge of the Sixth Circuit, embracing Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennes­ see. It was thought that Judge Cooley, of Michigan, would get the appointment, as Judge Emmons was from that State.' FOR the first time in twenty years the Pennsylvania railroad has passed a divi dend. The resolutions making the announcement are in the following words: "In view of the heavy losses recently sustained by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the destruction of its property in the city of Pittsburgh by mob violence, and in further losses sus­ tained in revenue through prolonged in­ terruption in traffic from the same cause on various points of its own and con­ necting lines, and in view also of the imperative duty of the company to pro­ vide for the immediate restoration of rolling stock and of such buildings as are absolutely necessary for the transac­ tion of its business; therefore, resolved, that it is inexpedient at this time to de­ clare a dividend upon the capital stock of this company." THE latest returns received at the Agricultural Department, at Washing­ ton, show that the winter wheat crop, already safely harvested, is the largest produced iu this country for many years. The spring wheat is also in exoellent condition, and an unprecedented yield is anticipated. The cotton prospects are also more favorable than last year at this time, the product now being esti­ mated at upward of 4,500,000 bales. The wheat crop of last year was 260,- 000,000 bushels. This year it will be more than 325,000,000 bushels. The average export for five years has been 61,500,000 bushels. The largest amount ever exported in on© year was 90,000,- 000 bushels. Of this year's crop not less than 100,000,000 bushels may be sent abroad. THE steamer Florencef the advance guard of Howgate's expedition--which is to establish a temporary colony as far north as possible on Smith's sound, and endeavor to reach the pole whenever a favorable season occurs-- -sailed from New London, Ct., on the 2d inst., under command of Tyson, who was one of. Capt. Hall's companions on the Polaris. The expectation is that the Howgate col­ ony will find an opportunity within two or three years to push northward over the ice or by launohes on the open sea, and thus solve the vexatious mystery of the pole. IT is stated by a Washington coxre- spondent that "a prominent officer of the Government, in conversation the other day with a man who has the best means of information on the subject, was in­ formed that the late stike had begun prematurely. It was the intention of the managers of the strike on the prin­ cipal railroads of the country to organ­ ize a simultaneous war against all transportation companies about the 1st of October. But the firemen and brakemen on the Baltimore k Ohio road were so angry at the reduction made by that company that they were unwilling to wait until the appointed time. The result was verv fortunate for the coun­ try, for, had tne strike occurred in Oc­ tober, instead of July, it would prob­ ably have been so fully organized that its suppression would have been much more difficult, and the restoration of ueace and resumption of traffic much longer postponed. GEORGE W. MATSELL, whose death was recently reported from New York, was the proprietor of a low sporting newspa­ per, but it is generally admitted by the obituary-writers that he deserves the credit of the present efficient organiza­ tion of the police force of New York city. A DRAMATIC novelty in New Haven is a play in which negroes chalk up to take white parte. BLOODY WOLIK. The Straggle Between Busa ud Turk-- Detail* of the Terrible Flghtiqg Near Plevna - Frtghtftil Slaughter on Both aides. [Bucharest Cor. Chicago Tribune.] The blow struck at the Ninth corps by Osman Pasha at Plevna on the 19th of July was so severe that the Eleventh corps, which had reached the River Lom on the outskirts of Rustchuk, was com­ pelled to countermarch and to move as rapidly as possible seventv miles west, where they were reinforced by the beaten divisions south of Nikopolis. Meanwhile the Roumanian division was sent to gar­ rison Nikopolis, thus setting free Gen. Schilder's troops. It was not until yes­ terday that thfe Russians were fully pre­ pared to renew the engagement. At that time the entire force of the Russians consisted of about 65,060, embracing the Ninth and Eleventh corps. They were drawn up in three columns, on the plain beside the River Yid, where the troops were exhorted by Gen. Krudener to be brave and retrieve their previous losses. The order was then given to advance on Softcha, where Osman Pasha, with 50,- 000 men, was intrenched behind hastily thrown up earthworks, having rejoined the division under Adil Pasha at that place. The correspondent says: "I accompanied Gen. Schilder, command­ ing the Ninth division. Rain was dropping dismally upon the already wet r>ads, and great embarrassment was caiised bv the tardiness of the artillery train, which could only be dragged through the mud with the greatest diffi­ culty. A halt was made on the heights overlooking Softcha, and, riding out upon the spur jutting out from the ridge, one could see the white tents of the Turkish army herded by the river side beyond the town, while long, black, low-lying streaks marked the recently- constructed defenses. Certainly not a pleasant-looking position to attack, and, indeed, that opinion was expressed by Gen. Krudener when he came galloping up where I was standing, followed by Don Carlos, CoL Manzoff, and Gen. Schilder. But the attack was decided on at all hazards, and the artillery was brought into position. The first roar of cannon was promptly echoed trom the Turkish intrenchments. Then began the most furious artillery duel, from which our troops did not escape un­ harmed, for the Seventeenth and Eighteenth regiments of iufantry of the Avant Garde were swept through and through by iron missiles, piling dead and wounded in sickening heaps together. In the midst of mis the order was given to storm the positions, in accordance with the usual Russian tactics. Gallantly the Solmas Cossacks of the Ninth corps rushed to the attack, speeding down the road under shelter of a cloud of smoke. For some time I was unable to distinguish anything in the direction of the town save the white minarets upon the hill. Ourir- fantry advanced with a solid front, and volleys of musketry were added to the noise of the cannon, making deafening and continual thunder. The fighting was for a long time almost hand to hand, the Turks making frequent sorties from be­ hind the shelter of the red cross. The attendants were unable to carry off the wounded, so fearful was the slaughter. When at last the order was given to re­ tire, and the Russian guns gradually ceased firing," I watched the men march­ ing past as grimly and steadily backward as they had marched into the conflict. It is wonderful what nerve these Russian men-of-line possessed, considering the awful decimation of their ranks. The Turks did not follow up their success, evidently expecting a renewal of the attack on the morrow. We have camped in a hollow between three hills for the night. The second day's fighting began at half-past 9. Gen" Skobeloft led on a brigade of Cossacks across the plain be­ fore Loftcha, which here widens so as to form a natural fighting ground. A strong division of Turkish infantry, em­ boldened by the success of the previous day, came out to meet them, and a hand-to-hand combat raged with great violence for about three hours, when the Turks wei'O driven back to their in- taenchments. Meantime Gen. Krudener vWas engaging the TnrMsh center, and heavy artillery was used effectively upon Osman Pasha's force at Garinea, while Gen. Schackoflfeky attacked the positions back of the river Yid. All these operations were going on at once, and covering a territory from ten to fifteen miles in length. Just in the rear of the Russian center a broken range of hills terminated in a single crag, whose rocky face was shattered and furrowed with shot and shell. Here, unmindful of the iron hail, Gen. Krud­ ener surveyed the battle and issued or­ ders. Looking down the valley, there was seen in the distance thick rolling clouds from Gen. Schackoffsky's guns. But their voices were drowned in the louder thunder of the artillery in front. The Turks from their earthworks kept up a tremendous cannonade, and all ef­ forts to drive them back were unavailing. Again and again the whole columns of brave men rushed to the charge, but when they returned their ranks were terribly depleted, and told the stubborn­ ness with which the Turks will fight when put to the test. The Third and Ninth battalions suffered most. After a single sally scarcely one-third of the men came back. Gen. Schackoffsky's division succeed­ ed about noon in advancing their bat­ teries across the reck of land to. a ridge recently occupied by the Turks, and captured the villpge of Radisova. From this point the tide of battle turned in favor of the Turks, who were apparently tireless in their ferocity. They began a series of sorties, falling neck and heels upon the enemy everywhere along the lines. Utterly reckless of their own life, they plunged at the Russian in­ fantry, sabering them and using even the butts of their muskets. As if drunken with the taste of blood, there was no power that could stop their mad onslaught, and the Russians, wearied with fighting all day on the offensive, were forced gradually back, fighting courageously to the last. As the gloom began to settle upon the landscape the blazing fires of the cannon died away, and the flower of the Russian army, which had so boastfully marched into Bulgaria with the flying banners of conquerors, melted into the darkness de­ feated and disheartened. The defeat inflicted upon Gen. Kru­ dener'* army, which formed about one- sixth of the Bonsn forces south of the Danube, is most momentous. It will be noticed that thia was not a battle in the open field. The Turks chose a position naturally strong, and wisely fortified it with defensive works of every kind, so that their troops fought under shelter. IJnder these circumstances there could be no maneuvering. The Russians were led on to attack them where they were protected in their trenches, and fell by thousands. The latest authentic report places the total of killed at 6 000 • the wounded not yet computed. ' ' By thus attacking a strongly-defended position Gen. Krudener ha£ repeated the error of Gen. Hemman at Zewin. The losses of an infantry force which at^ tacks troops under shelter and arined with the Martini-Henry rifle most aiwaya be enormous. Trade Unions, • r \ , 175 164 152 10,950 8,000 7,600 192 14,000 The number of trade organizations in the United States are comparatively few. The Brotherhood of Locomotive En­ gineers, who figure so prominently in the present great railroad revolt, was or­ ganized in 1863, and has a membership of about 14,000, and nearly 200 branches. Candidates for admission to the Brother­ hood must be white men, not less than 21 years old, able to read and write, of temperate habits and good moral charac­ ter, and with at least one year's expedi­ ence as an engineer. The following is a list of the societies with branches in dif­ ferent States: K»tab- Mekler- T . .. , _ • lUhed. Branches. «nip. International Typographical TTNTON... I852 MACHINISTS AND BLACKAMITHS... 1859 IRON MOLDERS' ASSOCIATION 1859 BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE EN­ GINEERS 1863 JOURUCYMEN TAILORS' NATIONAL TRADE UNION 1865 COOPERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION. .1870 CIGAR MAKERS' UNION 1871 MINERS" NATIONAL UNION 1873 UNITED SONS OF VULCAN 1874 The Miners' Union comprises organi­ zations which existed for years in differ­ ent States--Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee and West Virginia. The society of the United Sons of Vul­ can comprises iron puddlers and other workers in metals. The local unions <ftre called "forges." In addition to the above, there are the Bricklayers' Na­ tional Union, the United Order of Ameri­ can Plasterers, the House Painters* Union, the Hat Finishers' Association, the Knights of St. Crispin (shoemakers), the Order of Morocco Dressers, the Journeyman Horseshoera' Union, the Society of Locomotive Firemen, and the Mule Spinners of Cotton Factories.-- New York Herald. 40 68 108 347 2,800 5,000 5,000 35,315 4,000 Interesting Trade Facto. The activity in the grain trade is an encouraging feature. Canal boats are unloaded as soon as they reach this port, and the canal trade will be assisted by the present strike. The export of fresh mutton and beef, and also of live stock, from the United States to Great Britain, has rapidly grown to im­ mense proportions. This is shown by contrasting the value of shipments dur­ ing the first six months of 1876 with those of the same time in 1877. The first amounts to a little less than #2,000,- 000, while the latter is equal to nearly $6,000,000. This is an increase of near­ ly three-fold in one year. The number of sheep thus exported this season was 6,000, while the neat cattle number one- quarter more. Last week 40,000 pack­ ages of cheese were shipped to British porta and also 3,500 packages of butter, in refrigerators. Such shipments ab these are worthy of note, as they sh*w how much the Old World depends on us for the necessaries of life. The weight of fresh beef exported during the six months just closed is 5,500 tons. This has a large sound, but the state­ ment is supported by figures carefully put together.--New York Letter. Couldn't Resist. ' Lafayette Hughes registered in the Lindell Hotel, St. Louis, and told the clerk that he had come from his home in Chicago to stop drunkenness. He .had been on a long spree, and was very nervous from the effect of it. He de­ posited all his money in the safe, so that he could not buy liquor, and went to the theater, hoping that the entertainment might divert his thoughts from his crav­ ing for alcohol. Late at night he de­ manded his money, saying that he could no longer resist nis appetite, and, hav­ ing obtained it, went out and got very drunk. On the following morning, being sober and discouraged, he killed himself. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BFTSVKN $8 00 («$12 50 HOQ8 5 75 (A 5 87 COTTON LL^FFL 'HTF FLOUB--Superfine Western 4 75 ^ 5 50 WHEAT--No. 2 1 27 <$ 1 30 CORN--WESTERN MIXED 54 @ 59^ OATS--MIXED 26 @ 6Q BYE--WEATERA.4 69 <4 70 PORK --NEW MESS...- 14 00 (GL4 10 > LARD 9 <» CHICAGO. 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