Published fivefy Wednesday by VAN SLYKE Editor nstl Publisher. Office in Riverside Block> ;; Over Smith Bros. A Ca's Store. ; . ,'VsiiFEltMS OF StfftSCEIPtlOir:, 3ne YeHr, (Itt Advance,) 50 If not Paid within Three 200 <H»hscrij»tions received tot thftte of Six months |l| the same proportion. E. BENNETT, M. D., • URfiEOK and AcooncherT Diseases of * Women aWcialt v. Office and Residence o» Oto^ Street, Woodstock, 111. w w. H. BUCK, M. D* , s * HOMEOPATHIC Phvticfan and Snrfreon.-^ Office East Side Public Square, Wood. stock. 111. to 4 P. 31. Office hours 11 to 12 A. M., and 2 BUSINESS CARDS. II. T. HKOWN, M. I). PIIYSICIAX and Surgeon. Oflice in Brick Block over F. G. Mfives Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry Hi. K. A. BEERS M. I>. PIIT8TCTAN and Surjreon. Oflice atresidence, two doors west of Post Office, McHenry I". O. J. HOWARD, M D. nd Snrgeon. Offio of Howard It Son, McHenry* III. pHTHCTAS and Surgeon. Office at the store F. J. BARBIAN. <IGAR Mannfacti.'^r, McHenry 111. Fac- I tory No. 171. Orders solicited. W. S. PHICKETT. A TTORNEY J\ Office second story Bishop's new AT LAW. McHenry* 111. lUoct. RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office in rear of Murphv & Bishop's Bank (forth Side Public Square, Woodstock, III. G EO. A. BUCKLIN NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and Insurance Agent. Office at Bucklin & Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, 111. i E. E. RICHARDS. AS a complete Abstract ot Titles to land in McHenrv County, IU'nois. Oflice with nty Clerk, Woodstock, III. " .*•»"-- - "f 1 ><*• •' 1 ROUT. WRIGHT. | Manufacturer of Custom Made Boots and Shoes. Tfone but the best of material 'used and all work warranted. Sho» Northwest •corner Public Square, McHenry, IlL FR. IliSCHTLK. HOTTSE, Siioi and Ornamental Painter, also Fancy Sk-e-tchwa, Scenery, &c„ McHenry tl\. Will do ail woA promptly and at rea- *nwiaT)le rates. E. M. OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Ascent in Le.-uli*$ Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. M C H E N R Y , . . . . . I L L I N O I S . GEO. 8CHRE1NER. SALOON an(l Rcstaunnt. Nearly opposite the Parker House, McHenry IlL #i"First-Class Billiard and Pool Tables. I J. HON8LETT, P^ir'-^fciajiOOW awl.ltestauwwrt. • N«A«4* *^<p»»eue O Owen's Mill, McHehry, IlL FresliOysters icrvcd up In any shape desired, or tor sale by the Can. WGOOD STABLING FOR HOIlSES.^jr W. W. KLLSWOKTII. BREEDER O the Celcliratel Magle HOST. Alfo Li.arbt and IHrk Brahma Fowls. Pijrs shipped to all points by express P. O. Ad. .Iress, Woodstock, 111., PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins in the best possible manner, on short notice and at reu-' cotiAtole rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop flrsc door North of Riverside Block, McHenry IlL MCHENRY HOUSE. ; McHenry, 111. John Karjres Proprietor. Centrally located and the best of accom modations furnished. Charges reasonable. F. KLEIFGEN & SON. CARRIAGE, Waaroii and House Painting done on Short Notice. All work war- ranted. McHenry 111., South of the Public Square. MATTHEW K A ROES, H3TTSI5, Sten and Carriage Painter. Calsomining done in the best <;f i AH older.; promptly ntten ted to w-trranted. Residence at the JXonse, McHenry, 111. Also ;ner. and work McHenry RICHMOND HOUSE. , RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro. lwietor, Good accommodations "for nil" •Arties. Samplerootns for Salesmen, Livery Stable attached. Public Hail for Lectures, Shows Ac., FRED. RENICH, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, --AKD-- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. JAMES ROBBINS, -OEIIiBB IX-- Agricultural Implements SOLON MILLS, ILL. MANUFACTURERS AOFEXI tor the champion Reaper and Mower, the Gorhain n Cultivators and Diamond Plow, war- ranted to scour in any suil. the Forest Citv Seed Plow and steel Beam Stubble Plows Corn Planters, Horse Rakes, Ac. . Will take Cash or Good Notes in exchange for any and all of uiy Goods. Post Office, Solon Mills, III. CURTIS & WAITE, louse, Sip, anil Ornamental PAINTERS, McHEXRT - - ILLINOIS Calsomining and Paner Hansrinp done on •bort notice and in workmanlike manner.-- Also Graining of all Kinds in the best manner Satisfaction guaranteed in every instance. Orders left at the Drnir Store of H. Dolby, Will be promptly attended to. Curtis & WaitQ. McHenry, IlL, April Wth, 1877. CECIL W, COX. DENTIST. Office at the Parker Iloase, McHenry, III. HERMANN KltNTig,1 . BOOT AND SHOE M AKER. Hope's Block, McHenry, 111., is norf prepared to make Boots and Shoes to order on short notice and in the best of manner. Having had a long ex- perlence in the business he is confident he can give entire satisfaction. He uses none but the best of stock, and warrants all work as represented. Fine Work a specialty. Ke- pairiiig of all kinds promptly attended to,^- Givemeacall. W. H. SANFORD, 3Ierchaut Tailor. In the store of C. II. Dickinson, East side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL, A Cftod Stock of Fine Cloths for Anitinffs Al ways on hand. Suits made to order and a lit warranted- Give tue a calL W. H. SANFORD. Woodstock 111., Sept. 27th, 1375. For Sale or Exchange. THE underslpiied ofTers for s.\le his proper-tv, situated in the village of McHenry, or will exchange it towards a jrood Farm.-- There is a good and substantial building, suit able for a store or other business, the upper iiart of which is tltted up for a residence.-- Connected with this four acres of choice lan4, a good barn and some fruit. There is no more desirable property iu Ihis section, and any person having a good Farm which they wish lo exchange, or anyone wishing to buy will find it to their advantage to ca'l and see wae. F. A. HEIU.R1>. McHenry, 111., May 7tli, 1877. M. ENGELN. G U N - S M X T H Will change mui> sle loaders, both single and double, to breach loaders. Kee ps on hand all kinds of Gun Ma. terial. All work trartantcd. Shop opposite Perry & Martin's Stofe, McHenrv, IlL I H. K. WIUIITMAN , Proprietor. First c rigs, with or without drivers, fnrnii-class -nislieil at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. O. W. OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELEB, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds of American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the l>est factories in the country. Silver, plaledware. Silver Spoons, &c.f ALSO AGE1TT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE •. Organ ! Which we believe to be the luest Organ in the market. We think we know (that by expert, once, and we believe it, for it is baelied up by the Bes1 "."usicians in the World T also sell other Organs at less prices than the Estcy, but can't rucconmend them to be as good. _ O. W. OWEN. July 28. BIG BARGAINS --IN-- HATS, CAPS, &c. Slightly dnmaged bv Water In thelatefirc, at Nos. l!»i and 104 Madison St., corner Fifth Avenue. The Immense Stock of Scott <fe Co., Wholesale and Retail Hatters, comprising all the leading styles in BUSINESS and DRESS HATS, has been removed to 183 Madison Street, nearlv opposite their old stand, and will be closed out at 25 to 60 cents on a Dollar. Come early before the best are gone. SCOTT A CO., Wholesale and Retail Hatters, removed to 183 Maoison St., near 5th Avenue. The McHearjr Brewery. King & Herbes, Proprietors, TIIS best of Beer Shipped to any part of th« country and warranted as represented.-- 3rder« solicited and promptly attended to. FOR a nice dish of Jce Cream and 4 glass of Lemonade, gQ fp £he Riyersjdp Ice C'reatn Parlors. THK TURK AND THE RUSSIAN. The great struggle going on at the East with the infernal enginery of modern human warfare, is at least at tracting close attention of civilised people dwelling outside the countries directly interested. To same extent al«o, sympathies more or less strong have been enlisted on the one side OF otlmr, under press of principles sup- posed to be involved. of prejudices pre viously entertained, or from blindly led inclinations. There are those also who have leaned to neither side, and a few perhaps'who are utterly indiffer ent as to how the struggle may termi nate* taking 110 interest in any of its events even as matters of general news There are others still who teel like shutting their eyes and ears to all per ception or knowledge of the horrors that may be transpiring, as well from feelings sickenimC and revolting at them, as from a conscience quickening againts all human actions flagrantly offensive to deity and violative of di vine law. There were those who before the commencement of hostilities discussed the question as to the effect of such a war upon the business and commercial interests of this couutry. The expec tation of pecuniary advantage was en tertained without much consideration, as the effects of the actual realization in that direction seem to have been only temi>ora<'y, and merely specula tive at that. Turning from such as pects of the great question, the specta tor in this country will next naturally look to see what great consequences otherwise maybe depending on the result, more or less interesting to the general observer. The war is one for objects beyond those promulgated by Russia. It is not ouly to secure to the Sclavonic provinces greater religious freedom, but. indirectly at least dis member the Ottoman empire, atitl wholly disenthral the Northern prov inces of European Turkey from that govern men t. So far as religions are concerned, there may be as much to lose as to gain by an exchange from the complete overthrow of Ottoman dominion, if ac counts of the int olerance of the Greek Church are true, but as to the chances for mental Rnd moi*Hl human progress generally, under new auspices there would be much to hope. The ruliug Turk is mentally as well as physicially slothful, from influences both of race and climate. He is a ty rant by nature, and sensuous by habit He makes no advance iu education or culture In any direction. His race, re ligion and surroundings fasten liitu down to the plane he occupied ages ago. He Is disconnected by his owu op tion from the highways of human ad- vaiwwment on which all other civilissed nations are somehow situated, net even excepting isolated Chiua. He don't seem to belong to the great human brotherhood, and is in sympathetic fra ternity with no great cosmopolitan enterprise or interest. The same pos itive thoughts nn:1 negative ladca are not chargcable to the Russian uaturc. The northern clime and sui'roiindtKjs have developed in the ruling Musco vite ambition which carries along with it the y. ]i®ie nation at ;soma rate <ofmental and moral piogress. The last half century has witnessed an illu minating eftect of some extent on Russia and her institutions, and vast improvements in material matters.-- The rule ot the Czar has been less and less arbitrary and more fjaneflceut to his people, and humanizing iuflueneos are not always thwarted there. The most recent news Indicates serf' ous repulses of the Russian forces in A6ia Minor, allowing that half be true the unscrupulous Turks tells of the en- gagenieuts near Kars and Bateum. Saving the fnbul(|u« and unreliable ac counts of dieastrcifc Russian defeats re ported by the Turks as, having oecured in Bulgaria, the camj^ijgn along and beyend the Danube lias seemed to write in advance the certainty of Moslem sub jugation. In the ultimate success of ttie Russian armies, the diplomatic, milita ry and journalisfcip world seem mainly to agree, l>ut if Jt were to be a choice as between the permanent rule of tiie Czar or the Sultan, there would of course b<« a great diversity of opinion and views, from political and national considerations, ou suob a consumma tion. Th* giost that cau, be hoped to grow out of the struggle, of advantage to the world, will come out of that re sult which shall leave the people of the prlnpipajjties the freest range in human pursuits aud the least interfer ence of government restrictions aud impositions, Turkey promised all this iq her new constitution, but she has not enacted her reforms, and they fti-e now at the sport of war and di plomacy. FUNDAMENTALLY WTTONQ. |The government is finding no difficul ty in placing Its four per cent, bonds, "'Hieli is a nut wkioh the advocates of high interest, Who allege that capital |Wtll not seek investment at low rates interest, will flnd difficult to crack, knocks the theories of these men Igher than Pike's Peak. But in all obability they wyi continue to talk »e samekind of nonsense just the same « have never known a Shylock or on" his advocates to over learn anything •yet, aud we don't expect a different ex jwrienee now. Still there is the hard, Indisputable fact that capital will Seek investment at a less rate than ten per |wmt. The matter reminds us of the jjftory of the man who found an acquain tance in prison. With the utmost sur prise he inquired. "What are you here The prisoner described his of fense. "Why they can't put you in jail fur that,'* said the man. 4'But they ave done it,"replied the prisoner. "I y they can't put you hero for that," 0 man reiterated. "But, good gra- ous, they have put mo here, and here am," said the imprisoned man. And these stubborn, unreasonable advo cates of high interest may persist in #yi"g that capital will not loan it««)f Ibr a low rate of interest but we cau molish the theory by the simple sta- inent that it has done It. Still four percent, is too high and Ifie offering and paying of It fundameu- ifaHy wrong. Every dollar of Interest Itiat Is paid by the American nation is |fnid from the proceeds of our indus- IpKes. Our farms and workshops pay i'ery cent of interest. But what is the roftt from tlieP Three aud a half per ^ent, under the most favorable tilrcum- ftances. Any Intelligent schoolboy knows that the annual increase of our wealth is only three and a litJf per Cent. Yet we pay four per cent, Inter-. Et--pay a half per cent inore than our inual increase of wealth. Ifcarth- quakes aud tornadoes and grasshoppers spare us just a little while, we can ruin on this road without any from either of them. Throe and 4 Per cent, will never liquidate a debt of tour per cent, and we shall flud out after awhile.--Ec. If yop buy your goods for cash don't fail to give us a call. We mean Just what we say and H*> you will examine pur good* and prices we will prove this 1 #ssprtiQ|i. • LANSING A JSVANSON, ie*» g»lw--•»' Some apish Washington correspon dent refers to Mrs. Nellie Sartorls. nee Miss Nellie Grant, as "our American Princess." To sajr that such snobbery is disgusting to the average American but feebly expresses the feelings that the nonsense arouses. Mrs. Sartoris is 110 more and no better than thousands upon thousands of American girls, aud she is not the equal of thousands upon thousands of others. Jibe herself would be among the first to aduiit this, for her deportment a« a girl and as a woman goes to show that she is a lady of ex* celleut good sense and taste. This being true, the aping of royalty by newspaper correspoudem.8 in connect ion with her name must be very dis tasteful. Iter father has been greatly honored by-his country, but to-day lie is but a private*-citlzett oi» a level, in the sight of the law, with ev» cry other ci t!; ^n I'l the Itc public, Mrs, Sartoris knows this, and no doubt ap* predates it, ?t Is not likely that age and experionca has made her a less seusibje woman than she was a girl, and there has been nothing in her conduct up to this time that would lead one to suppose that she would sauction any suoh foolishness as being* called an "American Prlnoess." It is not with her that we need to labor for a refor mation, but with a lot of snobbish noo* dies in this oountry, who want to be something more than man aud toymen. These people seem to have a consoious- ness that they lack the qualities neces sary to make their presence in the world noticablo, and they appear to feel that a few empty titles and the apparel of royalty is necessary to give them, any kind of a show. THE LAST OF TABLE. HOOK. On the 34th ultimo the last of whi\t was «o long known as Table Ro£k,.^t Niagara, broke off and Dell Into the. riv* er. The muss was nearly sixty tons iiv weight, and up to 1878 over a, thousand names of visitors had been carved upon it. The part which fell on the 24th composed only half of the orignal ropk. the rest having fallen On Saturday January 1,18*29, a surface of the rooH supposed to he the size of htylf an a,ore, forming the bed of Maiden Walk, broke loose, and wasipiecipleated into, the imn. raense ohasin below. The crash was heard for a distance of five milesv and the effects in the inin\,ed,ia£e neighbor*- hood resembled the shogk of an earth quake. The water, running undev th^ bank is supposed' ha^e caused the. fall on the 24th. The shopk when the rook sfruok the water vyap dis^notl$ heard three miles from, the fall. Sev eral of the trees that, stopd;<ui the rock are now seen, standing in, the river as erect as whei^ln their original plaoes an the rock, WEST POINT CAl>KTStalI». I am requested by the Hon. William Lathrop, (who, oti account of absence, is unable to give It personal attention) to cause it to be made Known that he has just been invited by the Secretary of War, to noTninate a candidate for appointment as Cadet to the IT. S. Mil itary Academy kt West Point, from this Congressional District, and that he will make such nomination by a com petitive examination, and also to fix a time and place for the examination. To the end suggested I have appoin ted Tuesday, August ?th, 1877, at 2 o'clock I*. M, and the Wdverly House at Elgin, Illinois, as the time and place for such examination. The Committee to makd the exami nation and selection will be hereafter appointed aud announced* The candidate appointed must be at West Point not later than the 38th day of August next. Four years comprise the Course of Instruction, and the pay of the Cadet is •640 per year, commencing with the ad mission Into the Academy. Applications for this appointment must be actual residents of this District and between seventeen and twenty-one years of age, and they "must be at least live feet iu height aud free from any infections or immoral disorder, aud generally from any deformitv, disease or infirmity which may render tin m unfit for military service.* They must be well versed iu reading, in writing, including Orthography, and in Arlthe- metic, and have a knowledge of the elements of English Grammar, of des criptive Geography, particularly of our owu country, and of the history of the United States;" and the candidate must pass a satisfactory examination before the Academic Board. 1 do not kuow, but presume on ap plication to the War Department by any ene interested, a circular can be ob tained giving full information as to the requirements of the candidate and the manner of examination. The press of the District, by giving information, in some form, of the fact of the above mentioned appointment aud the manner of making the same, will oblige Mr. Lathrop, and confer a favor upon the youug tuen of the Dis- •' Ttrfcs O BAIUSY. Boekford, ilL, July 11, 1877. ^ TTTB WIA^5 Business on the "beautiful Blue Ban- nbe," as will be seen by a reference to our news column, is pretty brisk. The Russian*, now that they are across the river, will doubtless make compara tively short work with the enemy.-- StiU It is not going to be boy's play, Tlw Turks have shown excellent fight ing qualities, and they wilt flght whh the desperation with which people al ways flght when their territory is in* vaded and their homes threatened,-- If the contending parties were left to themselves an eaily termination of the war might be hoped for, But it is not probable that tlwy will, W*ir Is < too a game for rulers, for the oth er European nations to keejjvont «f itv And then the other European nations are by no means, satisfied th^t Ru&sia is honest. The Russian gQvcrnnr^nt might as well ooiicl$de that she has all the business on, hand that slue will want to attend to. The oonflict however revives with special force tl\e often asked question. Is there nu better way ^f settling in ternational disputes than the use of the sword ^ War is terrible. The gloom and sorrow whi^h it spreads over the world %re awful to ?pntemplate, and usually the ftwits of victory da not qomftpiuMVte for the sufferings it brings with It. ~ Why- not arbitrate upon ques tions in dispute between nations, and thu£ give some evidence tha,t our olvi- ^z^tion lias made us soma better than the. savage ? FoAaibly a Goo<|: Speculation. ^California millionaire, whose daugh ter vfill shortly marry a Frenoh Count, is to, pajf- the. groom $100,000 cash down, before the oeremony takes plaoe, that being the. price demanded by the con descending-foreigner for oonsenting to styire his title, with an American-born woman. The figure seems high, but the investment m^y npt prove to be suph a had speculation, after all. A good- nyiny of these European. Counts turn onJt to be very clever oooka or sty lish hairdressers, and should the. ambi tious papa's mjine incontinently peter out, or he get swamped at the stock board, a first-class foreign artist in viot- uals or hair will be found mighty han dy to havo about the house. Such fel lows command fabulous salaries in San-. Francisco when times are flush, and they are always able to. make a pretty gopd living when they are willing to set about it. They ape a little to much given tolteaiing their wives, however, when, the day of adversity comes, to make desirable sons-in-law as a gener al rule. WASHINGTON COKRHBPONmmtat WASHttfotos, o.a.jnlyfth, 077. President Haves' recent order pro* hibiting IT. S. officers from takiiif asf active part in politics fs thought hf many to be of greater Importance than any measure that has been inaugurated by the new Administration. It is hav* ing an immediate as well as a decided effect in various directions, The Sec retary of the Navy endotses the action and issued a circular hist week to the Commandants of the Navy Yards base# upon It, in which he orders that no pt* litical influence shall be in any way tt* garded la em ploy lug laborers and ma* chanlcs, but that skill and efRctonejr shall be the only recommendations required or considered, Also, that no discharges shall be made on account of political opinions and no assessment* permitted for political purposes. This order, it must be confessed, is a step in the right direction, freeing Com* mandants as it does from the Congres sional interference that has hitherto dictated to them who should bo em ployed and who discharged. It appears that the Army Is not tot* allowed to starve because of the omis sions of Congress so supply it properly according to a general order just Issued by the Secretary of War, subsistence stores may be sold to an officer on credit on his receipt for the articles and a certificate that the stores are re- quired for the use of himself and fami ly, and that he has an unincumbered amount of pay due him sufficient to cover the cost of the articles enumera ted. Subsistence stores may also be sold to eulisted men o 1 credit for tliatr own use on written permits signed bjr their respective company commanders and approved by the Commanding offi cer of the post or station. The removal of Commissioner Watts from the Agricultural Department is a matter of satisfaction hereabouts, and the new appointment meets with hear ty approval, Gen'l Le Due being a man in every way fitted for the position.-* He is thoroughly eduoated,has traveled extensively, and has spent a consider able time in practical farming. The closiug exercises of the years study at the Convent of the Visitation, which took place ou Wednesday of last jveek, dre^w many of our fi Georgetown, several among them be ing prominent members of political and social ci rcies. The young lad ies of the Acadewy were provided with seats on either side of the immense stage or platform the centra of which was cupied by the visltiug clergymen and the sisters who have charge of the school. Among ^he guests who bad setts on the platform Gen. Sherman, Senator Alcorn, Gen. Whipple, and Col. Audenierd, Gen. Sherman bad lira daughters among the students, who oarried off high honors. Minnio Sher man. (Mrs. Fitch) was educated in thla Convent, which is among the ftrst in the country. The educational or acad emic portion is new aud of modem construction, seperated from, or rattier CGi\nepted with, the wld oauveal «r monostary^toy the ehapal wive re mm* Is said avery inanjin^ and evening and the Sunday ser vJoG? conducted* Amaitg the ablest nuns |u this convent ta •^Sister Statin Y" (Mary Staultam daughter of Commodore Jon®*,), who ifi mentioned in John Quinoy Adama memoirs of 1828, as having recently tal^&n th,e. yell and adopted the "labia weeds of |l\e orqer^ as at oastum*.-^ She. Is qufte aged J\u,di feeble. qo.w\ h*v<i ing to be assisted by others, of the Silk teis to and! front tU^ t^te* where she. partook of the jjapt Sunday, but she stIUjSL gives ln^qptipns. to classes in. German, Only a Uttle time can pjvss before "Sister- Stwpx*- will lio in the little twial HWler, tfro monestary wall where pifeliv daifc crosses mark the resting plaoe of tha nuns who,Havo died in. the oonyent, PresideJi,t Kayos' reoeption in, MAM\ ohusotts was flattening to hin^ person^, ally as well as to his policy^ and the general movements of the AdrajuislnK. Mon, He proposes to. make % trip though the South, at no. distA^t dateK where he will probably- meet witti * stillt m.«va onthusiMtio- feo«ptlp«. fQTA ghost ruAS the circuit 1 offioe in LoHisv In March Chartsfli Levy, one of the. tli#dvandi %, month after a fee bH^ found'on, his desk, the ink fresh and^Mie auum^. script his. Great excitement arose first because any necessity ^Qr % Is* MM had arisen, and second, becausa i»*f had oome from the.spirit world to>drasr it. Before his death he pron^sed |«s oorae back and correct any errors, mad* by his successor,,and It appewa that lk» has been shi aroi^d co^ldora^ly ever since, for hJs oorreotions havo bam found on almpst;every document drawn since his demise.. As a naAwiat nanus quence^St. Lotus is doHghted as wall as exoiied. Le vy does Mie worftteAtw* nienv gmtuftously, a ge»o<<aiia ' artttn hlglily appreciated b# f^vaiij*: -. '< I