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J. VAN SLYKE, PIMJSIRRA. "UriHENRT, ILLINOIS. m *««•< i ©IE NEWS CONDENSED. THE BAST., ABOUT sixty oonductore on the 800006 av©- f«B horse-oar line, in New York, have been Wrested on a charge of " beating the bell- ymnch" and pocketing the proceeds of the THERE TM a big and a patriotic gathering at Bennington, Vt, on the 15th and 16th inst,, to Wlebrate the centennial anniversary of the battle fought there 100 years ago, as well as the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vermont M » State. Gunpowder, music, processions, banquets, speeches, and a general exuberance off spirits, were the features of the occasion. The crowd, estimated at 50,000, _ included Haves and many other distinguished .^Ifereonaget. ' VHK wm. 'A KXPOBT from Lincoln, Neh., says millions «f grasshoppers have been flying over that vi­ cinity. They were going in every direction, tmt not lighting in any locality in snffident •tunbers to cause any uneasiness... .Sen Fran- oisco has been \isited by a deetrnctive conflagra­ tion, Two blocks of buildings, mostly small re­ tail shops, were burned. Loss estimated at «50,000 Latest crop reports from Illinois, iseonsin, Iowa, Michigan, Indians,, Minneso­ ta, Nebraska, Ohio, Missouri and Kansas are Ikvorable both in point of yield and successful harvesting. In some quarters farmers are re­ ported &B withholding their grain from market, •spectiug to realize better prioes than are now Offered, THE Ohio editors will hold their annual meet­ ing at Toledo Sept. 20-21. Joseph Medill, of Ae Chicago Tribune, will deliver the annnal . address, and William D. Gallagher, of Louis­ ville, Ky., will read a poem The yacht S&xmico capsized and sunk in the harbor of Chicago, a few days ago. Four men were on ftoaaCaU of whom were drowned. BKNATOB MOBTOX returned home from Ore­ gon in a sad physical condition. The Indian­ apolis Journal says, "there were grave appre­ hensions at one time that lie would not get "home alive. The left arm is paralyzed, but {he jphysicians think only temporarily. Should his •arm coatinue paralyzed, he will be rendered helpless, as he has only been able to walk by •npport of canes. Dr. Thompson thinks that fc time he will recover the use of his arm, hut, for the present, he will be permitted to see no one except his family.".... An order for the release of Joyce, the only Bacmbcr of the St. Louis whisky ring remaining In prison, was made by the United States Dis­ trict Court for the Western district of Missouri, > last week. Joyce was separately sentenced on a&ch of the three counts of the* indictment on which he was convicted. Ho has seired out te term of the sentence first prououuoed, and e court held that the cumulative sentences sre illegal. CHAUNOET Boss, the richest and most benev- : if®** man in Terre Haute, Ind., is dead. He ||aves & fortune of $5,000,000. He was a tt-actic&l philanthropist, and in the oourse of lis life gave over $2,000,000 to charities and • private beneficence. I THE Colorado Central railroad has been ? completed to Georgetown The National , llrand Lodge of Druids WM in Boemoa at Mil- last week. SOUTH. THE Georgia Constitutional Convention, by a of 116 to 15, has inhibited the payment of bonds issued by the Bullock Government luring the reconstruction days. Thev aggre­ gate about $8;000,000 ...United Mar- jttihal Purnell was recently shot and fatally bounded by Frank Britton, at Austin, Texas. ' GEN. HAIXJDAT, the Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia, is called the armless hero. Be lost both arms in the Confederacy. A BAND of fifteen Mexican greasers recently into Texas, entered Rio Grande City, ;e open the jail, shot Judge Cox and the feilor, and released two notorious outlaws. " The civil authorities called upon the military i< ibr assistance, and CoL Price with 100 regulars Mid two flatting guns started in pursuit of the Mexicans, but failed to overtake them. They fecroHsed the river and entered Mexico seventy- seven miles below Rio Grande. WASHINGTON. TH» President left Washington on Monday, • ;#ag. 13, to be absent a week or ten days in \ Vermont and New Hampshire. He was ao- •ompanied by Secretaries Evarts, McCrary, Key •ad Sevens. Is September the President will to to Csiio, remsiiiiug' a few days at Ms homo i Fremont, after which he will visit Kentucky, " ' ' ITennesgee and Southwestern Virginia... .it 'h&e been decided by the admsmstratioii that two or three commissioners shall be sent to Canada, to negotiate for the return of Sitting Bull and his band to the American ride of the .v Hne, i WIUAUI J. MUBTAOH, proprietor of the National Republican, was cowhided a few »aorni"gs ago, in front of his office by Joseph ..j - Wheatley, of Harrodsburg, Ky., on account ' ®f articles which appeared in that paper re- fleeting upon his private character. , THE Cabinet, at a meeting held the other day, authorized Gen. Terry and a civilian in Government service to represent the United treating with Canada for the return ®f Sitting Bull. The Cabinet also considered ine mo Grande troubles at some length It was announced that the Governor of Texas would demand of the Mexican authorities cul- ; ants who crossed from the Mexican side to Rio Grande City on the l*2th, broke open the jail end committed other depredations. The Cab- I * a a . ' s t ' U m ^ OESERAL CAPT. BBOWK, Of the United States Engineer Corps, has inspected the E&ds jetties at the •>t I"0041* of the Blississippi river, and prononnees * m ' WOTk * Bub8taijtial success. * J A DEPUTATION of leading Chinamen recently t #*Ued on Senator Morton, in San Francisco t invoked him to secure the passage throWh of for a^odificaUon abrogation of the Burnngame treatv, and ®100uuP°n every Mongol .itf'->fattling on American shores. Thev also re- steamship company to double the ... for ChmeBe coming to San Fran- IteTO, while fixing a lower j-rice for those who to go home. Mr Morton promised to in­ troduce in the Senate the des-ired legislation. ' ̂ THE Panama Star and Herald announces the ' |<otal loss of the Pacific Steam Navigation Com- e •' pany's steamer Eton, Capt. Coalhupe, on the tSi- (Homing of the 15th of July, at Los Vi)o- v j Jwvanty miles north of Valparaiso. Fourteen oodles had been recovered. Forty-three of the Crew and passengers had reached the shore in Safety, and twenty were still on the rocks. A British war vessel and a Chilian gunl oat went to the scene of the wreck as soon as it was re- Jtorted, bat wore unable to render any ascint- ance owing to the rough weather and fog. Survivors on the rocks, from exposure and ;«ijyant of food, threw themselves into jjjhe sea to end their misery. Only Ihree of these were saved. The total num. "|>er of lives lost by the disaster is about 100 United States Marshal Purnell, of Texas, who #as recently shot at Austin, in that State; by •rank Britton, was originally from Indiana, and fe a son-in-law of Bishop Ames. I' IOTODS proceedings of the miners and other disaffected laborers in Pennsylvania continue. There is also some trouble in the coal regions 4>t Maryland....An English steamer has just l-tf \s # If?;' sailed from New Haven with a foil cargo of ammunition of American manufacture for tt J Turks. POLITICAL. Tms Maine RepabUoan Convention met at Augusta on the 9th inst., and was called to order by Senator James O. Blaine. Joseph Dmmmond, of Portland, was made President of the convection. Gov. Connor was nomi­ nated by aocl&m&tion for re-election to the Governorship. The Committee on Resolutions made their report. The resolutions declare it to be the imperative duty of the National Gov­ ernment, by the exercise of eveiy constitu­ tional power, to extend its protection to every citizen, native and naturalized, white and col­ ored, whether men tied by tyranny abroad, or by political persecution," now shielded under the heresy of States rights at home. That the Republicans of Maine viww with and alarm the complete consolidation of all political power in sixteen Southern States in the hands of those who precipitated the re­ bellion, while the Union men sre persecuted in­ to silence or banishment, and the entire col­ ored race so practically disfranchised by force and fear that in Congressional districts where they have more than two-thirds of the voters they are unable to elect one of their race or a white man in sympathy with their interests. Thirty-five representatives in Congress, and thirty-five electoral votes appropriated to the Southern States by reason of their colored pop­ ulation are thus invested to the sole nggran- dizenient of Confederate power in the National Government, and late rebel soldiers in Georgia, South Carolina, Mis­ sissippi and Louisiana are thus enabled to exert in the administration of the Government more than double the political power of Union sol­ diers in any Northern State. That the action of the Democrats of the House of Representa­ tives, in refusing appropriations for the army, except upon conditions that deprived the Commander-in-Chief of the discretion vested in him by the constitution, was wholly unjus­ tifiable, dangerous and revolutionary, and it is a striking commentary on this "evil and perilous course that two of the States whose entire representation in Congress aided in defeating the Army bill have been since com­ pelled, under pressure and violence of mob law, to call on the National Government for such aid as only the army can render. That a sound currency, based on coin and redeemable in coin, is essential to the prosperity of the people, and we therefore demand that, in the resumption of specie payment, the promise of the National Government be kept in an honest, straightforward manner, and that no backward or sideway step be taken. The resolutions oppose any further land grants or subsidies for railroads by the General Govern­ ment; favor such incidental protection and development of the country as the wisest system of revenue may rightfully and properly afford : also favor wise and salutary measures tending to the purification, integrity, and inde­ pendence of the civil service, and declare that non-sectarian education must be continued. Charles" J. Talbot moved the adoption of the resolutions, and moved the previous question. A scene of confusion ensued, and the previous question was not seconded. Gen. J. S. Cham­ berlain moved an amendment, as follows : R f solved. That we reaffirm unshaken confluence in the integrity, patriotism, and statesmanship of Rutherfor$ B. Hayes, and we cordially approve his efforts to carry out in good faith the principles enunciated by the Cincinnati Convention. Gov. Chamberlain spoke in favor of his amendment, and his remarks were received with great applause. C. A. Boutell, of Bangor, moved the following amendment, aud advocated its adoption: Resolved. That this convention declares its belief that Gov. Packard, of Louisiana, and Gov. Chamber­ lain, of South Carolina, were entitled to their re­ spective offices by the same votes which elected Rutherford B. Hayes President of the United States, and that both Governors were clearly entitled to re­ cognition by the National Government, and by fail­ ure to recognize them placed the National Govern­ ment in the humiliating attitude of surrendering to rebels threatening with arms in their hands to resist its legitimate authority. Mr. Blaine took the floor, and said he was opposed to both resolutions, and in favor of peace. Ho moved that the resolutions be tabled, and made a speech in support of his motion, in which he said : "I do not rise to speak for an indorsement of the administra­ tion or against it, for the Southern policy or in opposition to it. A difference is existing in the Republican party. What shall be done about it? Shall one man be compelled to swallow the opinions of another, or shall not each have lib­ erty to cherish his own? I am opposed to both these resolutions. I am known by perhaps every member of this convention to entertain very decided views on the Southern question, but I am just as ready to vote against the reso­ lution condemning the President's policy as I am to vote against one approving. We cannot take action either way without offending good meu, and creating needless heartburnings and dissensions. We can all unite on a strong platform, embracing the issues which we hold in common. We can rally as one man to the support of Gov. Connor. We can be tolerant of each other's opinions. We can all re­ member and adapt the old theological maxim which teaches, ' In essen­ tials there should be unity; in non­ essentials, liberty ; in all things, charity.'" A. G. Lebroke made a violent speech against the administration, which was greeted with cheers and hisses. After other speeches Aaron H. Morrill said he wanted peace, but there was no peace in opposition to the national admin­ istration, and he desired to say this to his friends who had preceded him. He proceeded to sx'drers the convention amid a Eccne of great eoxifucior}, being greeted with cheers and hisses. Mr. Blaine's motion to lay both resolutions on the table prevailed A meeting of disaffected Ohio Republicans met at Columbus last week, and was presided over by Gen. John Beatty, former member of Congress. Resolutions were adopted bitterly denouncing the Southern policy of President Hayes....A. B. Cornell, Naval officer of New York, and Chairman of the Republican State Committee, says he will not resign either office, but proposes to hold on to both until re­ tired. WEST VIBGINIA, at an election held on the 7th inst., voted on the capital-removal ques­ tion, but failed to decide anything. Three Elaces w?re voted for--Martinsburg, Clarks-urg, and Charleston. As neither of the places received a majority of all the votes cast, an­ other election will be held in sixty days, in which the two towns receiving the largest vote on Tuesday will be voted for The Virginia Democrats have nominated Frederick W. M. Hallidav for Governor.... A Cincinnati dispatch says tb* workingmen's movement is growing to formida­ ble proportions in Ohio. Legislative tickets are to be placed in the field in nearly every county, and a State ticket will also be placed in nomination. The movement is not confined to the working classes in the towns, but is extend­ ing to the farmers in the rural districts. A STATE convention of the Workingmen's party in Ohio was held at Cincinnati last week. A platform was adopted, and the following ticket nominated : For Governor, L. H. Bond, of Cincinnati; lieutenant Governor, Francis Skarde, of Cleveland ; State Treasurer, L. H. Hine, of Loveland; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Henry Armsperger, of Cincinnati; Board of Public Works, P. G. McGeeney, of Xenia ; School Commissioner, Peter H Clark, of Cincinnati. WASHINGTON telegram: "l£r. Blaine, in a letter received here, expresses an apprehension that the Southern policy of President Hayes will be lost sight of in the agitation of the labor troubles. He intimates that he will en­ deavor to keep on top in the agitation of the labor question. He states that he is fully satis­ fied with the Maine Republican Convention. Butler appears to be training for a working- men's candidate in the House, and Philadel­ phia men have written to him letters urging him to be their candidate." THE Democratic State Convention of Maine met at Portland on the 14th of August, and on the third ballot nominated Joseph H. Williams, of Augusta, for Governor. Resolutions were t reaftirtniDK tlle platform and principles oi the St. Louis Couveution, characterizing HH monstrous the political fraud which resulted in tne! reversal of the election of Samuel J. TiMen as l resident, and asking an amendment to the constitution which will make a repetition im­ possible, aud finally declaring " that the restor­ ation to the common rights of citizenship of the people of three Southern States long kept subject to military occupation is a just ac­ knowledgment of the wisdom of Democratic principles; that the Democratic party acts upon principle, makes no factious opposition, and opposes only what is wrong in the administration in possession of the Gov­ ernment."--The Greenback party of New Jersey held their State Convention at Trenton, last week, and nominated Gen. Thomas D. Hoxey for Governor. The resolu­ tions demand an immediate repeal of the Re­ sumption act, attributing to it the contraction of the currency and the general distress of the country, and warn workingmen that it is part of the conspiracy of the money power to pau­ perize and then disfranchise labor. All parties who desire relief from the present burdens are in­ vited to join. Thfe resolutions also denounced the demonetization of silver and demanded the repeal of the law. CALLS have been issued for n»Mnn«.i and State political conventions and conferences as follows: Wednesday, Aug. 39, Iowa Demo­ cratic, in Marshalltown; Wednesday, Sept. 5, Pennsylvania Republican, in Harrisbiirg; Tues­ day, Sept. 11, Wisconsin Republican, in Madi­ son ; Wednesday, Sept. 12, Massachusetts Pro­ hibitionist, in Worcester, and Pennsylvania Pro­ hibitionist, in Harrisburg ; Thursday, Sept, 18, Massachusetts Democratic, in Worcester ; Wednesday, Sept 19, Massachusetts Republican, in Worcester; Thursday, Sept. 20, Maryland Republican. in Baltimore; Wednesday, Sept. 26, National Convention of Representative Colored Men, in Washington ; National Conference of Prohibi­ tionists at Perry Street M. E, Church, New York city The State Committee of the In­ dependent party, of New York, has issued a call for ft State Convention. It asits for the immediate consideration of the platform and resolutions adopted in the National Convention at Indianapolis, May 11, 1876, denounces the Resumption act and asks for its repeal, and de­ nounces the issue of per cent bonds as a barefaced robbery of the people out of $18,- 000,000. Laws to sustain labor are called for, and to control railroad and other moneyed monopolies. THE latest returns from the recent special election in West Virginia indicate that on the question of a permanent location of the capital of that State, Charleston received a majority. The provisions of the law under which the elec­ tion was held, however, will keep the seat of government at Wheeling until the iDrinir of 1885. THE TURKO-RU8SIAN WAR. A CABLE dispatch, describing the battle of Vladine, where Osman Pasha was intrenched, says: " Under cover of the roar and. smoke of the guns, a movement was made by the Rus­ sians on the flanks and the center of the Turk­ ish position. The Russian infantry poured in masses on the Turkish works, and were re­ ceived with the dogged resistance that has al­ ways characterized the Turks behind intrench- ments. A firm and bitter fire was kept on the assailants, under which they recoiled, and at last fell back repulsed, leaving the ground in front of the Turkish works covered with dead and wounded. The repulse was only temporary, however, for the Buwdans, with splendid gallantry, reformed, and charged again and again upon the obstinate defenders, but with the same unavailing and dreadfully fatal results as in the first onset. All the day this fearful fight went on, the Russians hurling themselves with a desperate courage on the intrenchments of the Turks, and as steadily being repulsed, every assault leaving its ghastly contribution to the dead and wounded. Only at the close of the day when the Russian line staggered before the TurkMi fire, did Osman Pasha give the signal to attack, and, from a firm and steady defense, the Turks assumed the offensive, rushing upon their foes with overwhelming force and auaacity, and at night Osman Pacha was victorious along the entire line of battle. The losses on both sides were heavy." THE Russian Grand Duke Nicholas narrowly escaped capture at Eski-Saghra... Achmet Pasha, who surrendered Nikopolis to the Rus­ sians, has committed suicide... .DjM^ery and malarial fever are decimating the rMfcs of the Russians in the Dobrudscha... .'£he Czar is making gigantic preparations to retrieve the late disabiers to his arms at Plevna. Reinforce­ ments to the number of 100,000, all picked regi­ ments, and 250 cannon are being hurried to the front with all possible speed. THE war correspondent of the London Daily News, who is in high favor with the Russian military authorities, telegraphs to his paper that the reinforcements for the Russian army will require more time to reach the front than was at first supposed, and that consequently is will be impossible to conclude the war during the present y*ar. Great battles will be fought, he says, but only north of the Balkan moun­ tains. The hope entertained by the Russians, of being able to advance on Adrianonle at once has been postponed, and the aim of the Russian Generals now is to sweep Bulgaria, north of the Balkans, clear of the Turkish armies. The passes of the Balkans are to be held at all hazards, a strong position being taken up for this purpose at Kananlik Russia experiences serious diffi­ culty iu filling the ranks of the landwehr in consequence of the reluctance with which men come forward. With a view to obviate this thy Government has issued notice that the men will not be required to go to the front, but merely take the place at home of the reserves and garrison troops. In Russian Poland all males from 18 to 45 years of age are being regis­ tered, preparatory to calling out the remaining classes of the general levy. A COBBESPOXDENT with the Russian army in Bulgaria telegraphs that "appalling AO- counts continue to come in of the misery of fugitives from the districts devastated by the Br.shi-Bazouss and Bulgarians. Thousands of women and children are homeless and perishing for want of shelter, medical attendance, and food. A large number of Bashi-lkzooks patrol the Tschirpan district The district is one of the richest in that part of Turkey. It contains a very large proportion of Christians, over thirty churches, and 600 schools and colleges, all of which have been burnt. Numbers of villages, containing from 150 to 200 families each, were destroyed, and the inhabitants put to the sword. It is also reported that the Turks burned the hospital at Eski-Saghra, containing 800 sick," FUBTHEB accounts confirm the reports re­ specting the terrible outrages cammitted by the Turks at Eski-Saghra. After the Russians evacuated the town the terrified inhabitant s en­ deavored to follow tt'e Russians, but tho Cir­ cassians occupied the road to K isanlik, and the Turks sent a guard rouud the town so that none might escape, and then began the scene of fiendish cruelty. Neither age nor sex was spared. Notables who had tied before tho Russians and spent the interval in neighboring villages with bands of Bashi-Bazouks now re­ appeared and sought out and slew the dwellers on their own farms. The hospital was burnt, with all the Russian and Bulgarian wounded. Only a few inhabitants escaped, and it is be­ lieved that in the town and neighboring villa­ ges, one of the fairest aud richest spots in Eu­ rope, the number of peasants and town-folk massacred amounted to as many as all the Russian killed aud wounded in the late great battle. 8 A SHABP engagement was fought at Kalofrr, south of the Balkans, on the 13th inst, be­ tween the Russians and a portion of Suleiman Pasha's command, resulting, according to Turk­ ish accounts, in the rout of the Ru^ian* and the capture of Rosalia aud Harem-B »'az passes. During the.retreat of the Russians the heavy fire of the Turks exploded a powder- magazine, killing many of them and creating a wild panic. The Russian loss in this battle is placed at 500 killed and 1,000 wounded The passage of the Danube by the main body of the Roumanian army has been postponed uutil large Russian reinforcements arrive. THE Russians have completed another bridge across the Danube at Pvrgos The report that the whole Russian army is about to be mobilized is denied The Russian center in Asia Minor bus been heavily reinforced, and has commenced a serious offensive movement. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. LATE news from the Blowery Kingdom: The first telegraph in China--a private line six miles long, near Hong Kong--is working suc­ cessfully ; other lines will be erected. The cholera has appeared in several ports along the ooast The ravages of famine continue in the northern provinces. The Government an­ nounces great victories over the Mohammedans by Gen. Tsos' army in the West A LONDON dispatch says it is asserted by En glish Russophobists that at the meeting of the Emperors of Austria and Germany the parti­ tion of the Ottoman empire was agreed on, Russia to take Armenia, Austria to have Bos­ nia and Herzegovina, Greece to have Epirus, Thessaly and Crete, and Bulgaria to be goy- erned by a German Prince. As a part of the agreement, it is said, the Russian army is to be allowed to pass through Servia The ex- Klanation of Gen. Grant's sudden change of itention, by which France was omitted from his field of travel for the present, is said to be due to the request of the French Government It was fwwfl that, his presence in France prior to the elections might give rise to Re­ publican demonstrations and embarrass the Government SYMPTOMS of uneasiness are apparent in Rus­ sian Poland. Many of the inhabitants have arms Reports of the famine in India repre­ sent R. sickening state of affairs in the empire. It is stated that the stricken area contains 18,000,000 sufferers dependent for food upon the activity and exertions of those who trans­ port grain to the country ; that the Presidency is powerless to satisfy their wants, and that all aid that can be secured is necessary to the salvation of life. Over 500,000 people have perished, and more have been found dead on a single morning than died during the whole Bengal famine. Passenger trains have been partially discontinued on the roads to enable relief trains to go through, and a frantic appeal is sent to the principal cities of England, Scotland, Ireland and India for as­ sistance in the hour of peril The crop re­ ports from Great Britain are not very encour­ aging. The wheat is poor, and wet weather has seriously interfered with the harvesting The British Parliament has been prorogued to the 80th of October. The Queen in her speech, referring to the Turco-Russian war, says : " I shall not fail to use my best efforts, when suitable opportunity occurs, for the restoration of peace on terms compatible with the honor of the belligerents, and with the general safety and welfare of the other nations. If, in course of the contest, the rights of my empire should be assailed or endangered, I should confidently rely on your help to vindi­ cate and maintain them." THE rebellion in Hayti has been suppressed. ....In Spain, a Republican conspiracy has been discovered and frustrated, and many ar­ rests made in Madrid and in the provinces. In Government circles, however, the movement is considered unimportant A London dispatch says the PrivyCouncil has prohibited the Sanding in Great Britain of leaves or stalks of potatoes from the United States, Canada, or Germany. COMMERCIAL NOTES. WASHINGTON hotels are experiencing hard times, anil some are financially em­ barrassed. THE New Haven Journal continues to observe signs of a gradual revival of trade prosperity in the United States. ONK manufactory of silverware in this oountry has the credit of working up more silver than all similar manufac­ tories in the United Kingdom of Qreat Britain. A SLIGHT advance in the stocks of the railways the most heavily afflicted by the strikes, and in the midst of the worst of the strike, shows a money-oonfidence in the roads whieh must have seriously disappointed the financial sympathisers with the strikers. THE British trade returns, fust pub­ lished, show that the total value of im­ ports into the United Kingdom during last year -was £375,150, (KM), being an in­ crease of £1,200,000 over 1875. The to­ tal exports were £250,700,000, being a decrease of £24,800,000 oompared with the previous year. ONE of the signs of the times is the eagerness with which American boot and shoe makers are scouring all regions of the earth to build up a foreign trade in their goods. They are succeeding fairly. American styles are popular, and there is a prospect of America shoeing the Chi­ nese empire and all South America. THE carrying trade between New Yox*k and the West Indies is at last in the hands of Americans exclusively, as far as steamers are concerned. This is not only a triumph of American enterprise in trade, but an out-and-out victory for American art in the building of steam­ ships and in the navigation of them. THE city of Paterson, N. J., is notable only for its immense silk factories. The capital invested is about $6,000,000, and the number of persons employed is nearly 7,000. The manufacturing capacity of the mills is over $12,000,000 annually. The wages of the employes last year, amounted -in more than $2,000,000. This business is now at a standstill, owing to a strike. THE importations of sugar this sum­ mer are immense, and the exportation small. In eleven months the importa­ tions have been 1,829,944,035 pounds, against 1,233,060,717 pounds in the cor­ responding period last year, aud they have been made at 5 cents a pound, as against 4 cents last year. The export has been about 36,000,000 pounds. Last year in the same period it was 56,000,000 pounds. RETURNS from the customs districts of exports and imports during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1877, show the total exports (specie values) to be $602,474,- 581; total imports, $451,307,549; excess of exports over imports, $151,167,032. In the fiscal year 1876 the excess of ex­ ports over imports was but $79,643,481. In the fiscal year 1877 the exports of coin and bullion amounted to $56,163,327, and imports to $40,774,414, while in the preceding year the exports were $56,- 506,302, and the imports only $15,936,- 681. BECKETABT EVABTS contemplates A thorough overhauling of the Consular representation of the United States in South America. He finds that our com­ mercial relations with that region are not benefited by the system which has heretofore obtained--that of appointing as Consuls foreigners doing business there, and who naturally consult their individual interests in all oases where they clash with those of the United States. Mr. Evarts believes that the appointment of Americans to these Con­ sulates will better conserve the com­ mercial interests of the country, and it is understood that he will shortly <*"7 "hi® reform into effect. THE trainmen at Albany have been chalking the back fences until they have worked out the arithmetical calculation that when Mr. Yanderbilt's $100,000 is divided every engineer will get $14, every conductor $8, and the brakemen and firemen onlv apiece. THEBB are upward of 50,0C0 coatt-of arms in use in London. BLOODY BATTLE. Chm. Gibbon Attaoks Chief Jo­ seph's Band of Savages. He Meets Overwhelming lum­ bers and Is Disastrously T/^Befeated ̂ " ̂ : Nearly Hall His Command Killed and Wounded, A terrible battle was fought between Gen. Gibbon'S command ^nd the Nez Perees Indians, in Western Montana, on the 9th inst., the following particu­ lars of which are furnished by a scout who arrived at Deer Lodge on the 11th: Gibbon's entire force numbered 182 men, including thirty-two volunteers and 150 regulars--seventeen officers and and 133 privates. The soldiers belong to the the Second and Seventh infantry and the Seventh cavalry, the larger number be­ ing members of the Seventh infantry. All were veterans in the service, and had seen many hard-fought fields, both during the civil war and in combat with the redskins. Tuesday night the expedition camped in Ross Hole, with the Indians about thirty miles ahead, and on Wednes­ day the Indians made a very short marcR, while the whites moved from Boss Hole over to the Big Hole, being at sunset on Wednesday evening only ten miles in the rear of the savages, who were apparently as uncon­ cerned as ever. Gen. Gibbon be­ lieved that his actions were observed by Indian scouts, and, therefore, to blind the foe went into camp, sending out his' own scouts in the meantime to ascertain the exact location of the savage village. At 11 p. m., the scouts re­ turned, reporting the Nez Perces in a strong position at the mouth of Big Hole, and about three miles above where the Bannock and Bitterroot trails cross. The camp was broken at once, and leaving fifteen men to guard the supply train, cavalry horses, and moun­ tain howitzers, which would have en­ cumbered them, Gibbon moved his com­ mand abouc six miles into a ravine open­ ing on to the village, which contained probably double the number of Nez Perces that Gibbon thought it did, and about 400 warriors of Joseph's, Looking-Glass', and Whitebird's bands. Just after daylight a small party of sav­ ages, unaware of the proximity of the troops, started after their herd, which was grazing some distance off. The vol­ unteers opened fire on the Indians, thus beginning the fight The village was immediately charged, and at first it ap­ peared that the Indians were panic- stricken and would make no resistance to the exultant soldiers, who hurled vol­ ley after volley into their tepees with deadly effect, but, on recovering from their momentary panic, the redskins turned on their pursuers and, yelling like demons, swarmed from their tents, needle-guns in hand, and poured a flood of lead into the whites, killing fifteen men at the first volley, including Lieut. Bradley and Capt Logan, who, at the head of their companies, penetrated to the very keart of the village. This blinding sheet of fire staggered the brave body of whites, and when the red devils, outnumbering them two to one, charged with the knife and tomahawk, there was no alternative but retreat The gallant little band was undismayed by the first repulse, however, and again rushed with cheers to the attack, only to be again met with a galling volley, sweeping them back broken and bleeding witn terrible loss. Charge after charge was made, but the infuriated and desperate savages fought like panthers, and the noble little band (f whites was at last compelled to seek refuge in the timber.* Even this movement was fraught with peril, for full 100 Indians were pouring volleys into the whites from this very wood. The Indians were driven out, however, and the remnant of the brave command who had followed their General that fa­ tal morning fortified themselves in the shelter of the woods. But the fight was not yet over, the Indians now becoming the assailants and throwing themselves to death in futile endeavors to drive the whites into the open prairie. At night firing ceased, and the exhausted whites had a breathing spell, but by no means a comfortable one, for there were scores of wounded dying for lack of care, and irrepressible groans made more gloomy the naturally desperate situation. Early in the fight the Indians had broken com­ munication with the supply train, and the command in the woods was destitute of food for themselves or medical attend­ ance for the wounded. At this juncture one Edwards, a brave citizen, volunteered to go for help, and at 11 o'clock started on his perilous errand under cover of the night The Nez Perces had captured all the horses, and he was compelled to foot it for sixty miles to French Gulch, where he obtained a fleet-footed horae, and reached Deer Lodge with brief dis­ patches from Gibbon asking for physi­ cians, medicines, clothing, ambulances, etc. The messenger says the soldiers and volunteers killed and wounded number at least 100, and that Gibbon himself estimated the loss at 85. The Indians lost from 80 to 100 killed, and perhaps half that number wounded. It is cer- tain|that the whites lost very heavily, and that the Indians will never forget the battle of the Big Hole. Gibbon's losses are: Killed--Capt Logan, Lieuts. Bradley and Bostwick, and seventeen men and five citizens. The wounded are Gen. Gibbon, Capt. Williams, Lieuts. Coolidge, Woodruff and English (the latter seriously), be­ sides thirty-six men and four citizens. The Indians suffered severely, as forty dead Indians were counted on about one- half the battle-field. Howard had ar­ rived, and would pursue the Indians as soon as his command came up. Gen. Howard telegraphs that he had reached Gibbon Aug. 12, that the latter's command was in the best spirits, that the last of the Indians had left, and that he would continue the pursuit as soon as Col. Sanford's four companies of cavalry oame up. A uispat ih of the 15th inst, from Helena, Moat, says "the Nez Perces have turned westward again, leaving Montana not far from the scene of Gib­ bon's attack, and reaching the old Mor­ mon wagon-road near Fort Lemhi, in Idaho. A number of ranchmen have wen killed by the savages on their mgr. It is supposed they are going to the Snake river valley." WASHINGTON NOTMf J THE actual amount paid into the treas­ ury from customs collections for the year Ending June 30, 1877, was: Duties on imports, coin, $129,472,020; duties on tonnage, currency, $1,472,618. IT is ascertained that the attempt to secure the removal of Commissioner of Indian Affairs Smith has been abandoned until the pending Indian investigation shall have been completed. Presi­ dent, it appears, was unwilling that Smith should be removed or asked to re­ sign until the evidence on both sides been taken by the commission. THE Canadian Minister of the Interior bad & Inntr with Sscrstsr" Schnrz, the other day, relative to the disposition of Sitting Bull. The Canada authorities desire to have the United States take these Indians back. Of course, our authorities are not anxious for such an undertaking. The latest re­ port as to the location of Sitting Bull is, that he is about 100 miles from Fort Bu- ford with 1,000 warriors, and that he evi­ dently intends to effect a junction with Chief Joseph's band of Nez Perces. THE condition of affairs in Utah engaged the attention of the Cabinet to some extent at one or two of their late meetings. The rivalry between the Gen­ tile and Mormon population of that Ter­ ritory seems to be increasing in bitter­ ness, and a njimber of new indictments against Mormons for polygamy other offenses have recently been se­ cured. Some of the Gentiles in the Ter­ ritory have been apprehensive that- trouble might grow out of these proceed­ ings, but the administration doe9 not fear a disturbance of the peace, / IT is learned at the War Department, telegraphs a Washington correspondent, that the United State troops recently moved from the Southern States to Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Mary­ land, and to other points where a breach of the peace was threatened during the late railroad strikes, will not be sent back South at present No necessity is- believed to exist for keeping soldiers in any of the Southern States, and }t is thought to be more prudent to hold such United States forces as may be available for that purpose at points in the North, where they can be readily moved to any section where their serticea may be needed ONE of the plans suggested for in­ creasing the efficiency of the army is to give the President diBcretionarv power to increase the maximum to 50^000 en­ listed men, leaving the general field, line, and stiff corps a® they now are, and to establish a general station for recruits at which large numbers of men shall al­ ways be keptr for training. Whenever it would become necessary to increase the strength of companies to their stand­ ard, drafts for recruits could be made upon the central recruiting station, and, in this way, disciplined soldiers could be obtained instead of raw recruits. Old officers say that the cost of transporting the troops from one section of the country to another is greater than the in­ crease in pay and allowance under the plan suggested. LAND OFFICE COHIOSSIONEB WILLIAM­ SON will soon make a report to Secretary Schurz of his recent visit to the Wiscon­ sin and Minnesota lumber regions. Com­ missioner Williamson found abundant evidence during his trip that vast quan­ tities of logs have been cut from the Government reservation in the vicinity of Minneapolis and Stillwater, and driv­ en down the St Croix and Mississippi rivers. The pioneers or lumber scouts in the emplov of the land office have measured all the lumber stolen from the Government reservations at the princi­ pal points, and the United States Mar­ shal has been instructed to seize the equitable portion of the Government of the logs from the rafts of the parties charged with stealing them. A few seizures have already been made, and many mom nrc expected. ,r , SEVERAL Roman tombs have been found lately at Batisbon, besides others which go back to the thirteenth ccntury. The majority belong to the age of Con­ stantino. Several urns contained brace­ lets and medals of various dates. In the same place one of the Roman gates of the city was discovered. -^ { J THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BKEVES |8 50 r FALL* 50 HOGS 75 87 COTTON . IYJ$©, ' NV F LOT; B--Superfine Western 4 50 (N. 5 00 WHEAT--No. 2 1 39 (4 1 43 OOBN--Western Mixed.. 67 @ 59 OATS--Mixed AS M, 47 RXE--Western 70 POM--New Men LASO CHICAGO. 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