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^ * rj,™ ' • £*" T^ ,* * - T. r~ ^ ^ f , * - I U.IFE. ^ •ir-A -. 'v .<>£h-.iig&k m Hklenve flaintala 3. YAN8LYKE, PV •USBSB. m • lid tENBT, - - TTTTNOTR IHE HEWS CONDENSED. HATfB. " ^ M PDESIDENT'SJ SMUTCH AT ATLAHTA, OA. !' President Hayes Mid party arrived in Atlanta, Ihu, on the morning of Sept. 23, and was jnnlnil by an immense gathering of people, •the President spoke as follow® ia the presence §0,000 people: WOW-CITIZENS or GEOBGIA : I suppose that •• everywhere else, I am in the presence of of both great political parties. I am speaking also In tb« pnmiK cS c;ti=enG ef both rases. I am quite tore there are before me very many of the leave men who fought in the Confederate army, [applause], some doubtless of the men vho fought to me Union army [applause], and here we are, RP- Demooat), colored people, Confederate Soldiers, and Union soldiera, all of one mind and Abe heart to-day. [Immense cheering.} And why Aould we not be ? What is there to separate us longer f Without any fault of yours, or any fault of mine, or of any one of thisgieat audience, alavery •tisted in this aountry. It was in the constitution of the country. The colored man was here not by Ma own vuiuubi) aviiuu, it «"S6 «uC liltKfort* ime of his fathers that he wa« here. I ffiink it is safe to my it was by tte crime of our fathers he was here. He was here, fccwever, and the two sections differed about -what should be done with him. Aa Mr. Lincoln toid us tat the war, there were prayers on both sides t«r M" Both sides found in- tlMk Bible oonflrma- tten of their opinions, and both sides finally under­ took to settle the question by that last final means of arbitration, force of arms. Ton here mainly Joined the Confederate side and fought bravely, xtoked your lives heroically in behalf of your con­ victions, and can any true man anywhere fail to re- wed the man who risks his life for his convictions ? jrrolonged cheers.] And as I accord that respect to yon, and believe you to be equally liberal, and gtneroue, and just, I feel, as I stand before you, as one who fought in the Union winy for MB convio- teons, 1 «n entitled to your respect, [Cheers.] Now Out conflict is over, my friends. Gov. Hampton repeated to you last night the way in which I have Men in the habit of putting it since I came to the tkrath. There were a larger proportion of trained soldiers in jonr army at first than in ours. In mu* larger proportion you were good marksmen and good horsemen, and that is two-thirds of a good ooldier [laughter]; but gradually we learned to ride too [laughter], and as eome of you know gradually Joarned to shoot. [Renewed laughter.] I happen to know how well you could shoot. [Cheers.] Well, ftfcving learned how to ride and shoot, it was the «ase of fighting between Greek and Greek. When Oreek meets Greek, you know what the conflict is. (Qheera.J And more than that, you know exactly bow it will terminate. That party in that fight will Srays conquer that has the most Greeks. [Laugh- tor and cheers.] It is with no discredit to you and BO special credit to us the war turned out as it did. fOheem] Now, shall we quit fighting ? [Cries of rf'W" •' Yes "] I have been in the habit of telling an anecdote •bout Gen. Scott and the statesman at Washington, la which the statesman said that as soon as the war •was over, and the combatants laid down their arms, W would have oomplete peace. "No," said Gen. SiKrtt, " it will take several years, in which all the powers of the General Government will be em­ ployed in keeping peace between the belligerent aon-oomhatantB." [Laughter.] Now, 1 think we have gotten through that [cheers], and, having peace between the soldiers and non-combatants, (feat is an end of the war. Is there any reason, ttien, why we should not be at peace forever more? Ifc are embarked upon the same voyage, upon the I same ship, under the same old flag. Good fortune .or ill fortune affects you and your children as well m my people and my children. [Cheers.] Every ' interest you possess is to be promoted by peace. Here la the great city of Atlanta gathering to itself from all pans of the country its wealth and business by its railroads, and I say to you that every description of industry and legitimate business needs peace. Siai i«s what capital wa»«ti», Bkwd, temittti, and dissatisfaction are the enemies of these enter­ prises. Then all our interests are for peace. Are we not agreed about that ? What do we want for the future ? I believe it is the duty of the General Government to regard equally the interests and rights of all sections of the country. [Cheers.] I am glad you agree with me about that. I believe further that it is the duty of governments to regard alike and equally the rights and interests of all classes of citizens. [Cheers]. That covers the Whole matter. That wipes out in the future in our politics the section line forever. [Cheer.]s Let US wipe out in our politics the color line forever. fCheera.] And let me say a word upon what has been done. I do not undertake to discuss or defend particular measures. I leave the people with their knowledge o( the facte to examine and discuss, and decide for Ifcsmiinl 11 iras 111 ilium I only speak of general con­ siderations and motives. What troubles our people aft the North, what has troubled them, was that they feared that these colored people who had been made free men by the war would not be safe in their lights and interests in the South unless it was by the interference of the General Government. Many good people had that idea. I had gi«en that matter some consideration, ana now, my colored friends, who have thought, or who have been told I was turning my bad: apom the men I fought for, now listen. After thinking it over I believed your rights and interests would be safe if this great mass of in­ telligent white men were let alone by the General Government. [Immense enthusiasm and cheering lasting for several minutes.] And now, my colored friends, let me say another thing. We have been trying it for these six months, and, in my opinion, for no six months since the •war has there been so few outrages and invasions of your rights, nor have you been so secure in your lights, persona and homes as in the last six months. [Great cheering.] Then, my friends, we are all to­ gether upon one proposition. We believe, and in mis all these who are here agree, in the Union of our fathers, in the old flag of our fathers, the con­ stitution as it is, with all its amendments, and are prepared to see it fully and fairly obeyed and en­ forced. [Cheers.] Now, my friends, I gee it stated occasionally that President Hayes has taken the course he tms because he was compelled to it. [A *>icc--" We don't believe it."] Now, 'I Was compelled to it. [Appinr-s.] I was com­ pelled to ii by oiijr sense of duty under my oath "f . office. [Intense orthUEJasm and chcers.J what Was done by us was done not merely by force of - %noial circunr tniict:;, but bccause wa believed it Was just and right to do it. [Cheers.] Now let "is come together; let each man make up lbs mind to be a patriot in his own home and place. Ton may quarrel about tariff, get up a sharp contest about the currency, about thi removal of the State ' Capitals and where they would go to [laughter], but •pan the great question of the Union of States and Sights of all the citizens we shall agree forevermore. 42reat cheers.] i shall not forget this reception and this greeting, i very good purpose I have will be strengthened by What f. have seen, and heard to-day. T, fhsislt you for the help it will give me hereafter during my fprui of office. I bid you good morning. [Cheers.] hands of a receiver. Ever since the failure of lite State Savings Institution there has been a constant ran on the Fidelity, and it was forced at last to succumb. The depositors number 7,800, and their deposits amount to about §1,400,000. It is Mia the assets will realise from 70 to 90 oent*<6ta tin dollar All the offloers of the collapsed State Barings Bank, of Chicago, have been indicted for embeusle- FBCSC Colorado there comes fee story of a most extraordinary crime sod its swift pnniah ment. "Twelve robbers got together 7,500 head of cattle and were driving them ont of the country. Fifteen well-armed rangors pur­ sued the thieves and overtook them in the northwest corner of Kansas. The pursuers surrounded their camp, taking them by sur­ prise Mid opening a deadly Are, killing four at the first volley. Panic-stricken, the thieves attempted to escape by running, but, before they were out of range, three more bit the 0D6, ft tbre^f tip bis hnnnfi begged for mercy, but a rope was thrown around hi) neck and he was dragged a quarter of a mil* to a tree and hung. This was on the 21st day of last August. On the 14th of September a party ran across the pile of dead men, and attempted to bury them, but the hor­ rible stench was too much, and they .were obliged to leave them alone. ... A tSegrara dated "Camp of the Sewmth Cav­ alry, in the field, Montana, Sept, 22, says: ••We followed the Nest Perces yesterday, and. *n a running fight, kiiieu five and CJjpt«ire». ponies. No casualties with us. Will follow them as far as our stock will permit. The com­ mand is now reduced to pony meat. The In­ dians are striking for the Judith mountains. ,. .Goodwin & Behr, soap and candlle-makers, St. Louis, have failed. Liabilities, $ *5,000. A FRIGHTFUL tragedy was recently enacted at Davidson's Camp, in Wyoming Territory: Tim Ryan, foreman for Dawson, was shot and mortally wounded by one Charley Cowan. A third party named Snodgrass then struck Cowan on the head with a poker, felling him. Ryan then arose, took Cowan's pistol, and beat his head to a jelly, after which he fell to the floor and expired. THE financial storm with which Chicago has been beset seems to have about blown over, and monetary affairs are assuming their wonted serenitp. The receivers of the various defunct savings banks are working ont the problem that is bothering the heads of deposi­ tors, namely, the ascertainment of the amount each victim is like­ ly to receive out of the assets of the rotten concerns. The State Savings assets, it is thought, willpan ont about 35 or 40 cents on the dollar. Tlie Fidelity will do a good deal better than this, the estimates ranging from 70 to 90 cents on the dollar. The depositors in Sydney Myers' bank are probably the worst victimized lot of men that ever put their trust in a savings bank ; they will be extremely fort­ unate if they receive 10 cents on the dollar. Another bank is t§ be numbered among the things that were, the Prairie State Loan and Trust Company having decided to go into vol­ untary liquidation ; the depositors will all be paid in full before the bank closes up. The Hibernian, and the Illinois Trust and Savings banks have decided to reduce the rate of inter­ est to 4 per cent, after the 1st of January L. P. Hilliard, President: A. W. Edwards, Secretary; John Reid, Treasurer; Martin Ryan, Actuary, and Sawyer, Assistant Secretary of the lately collapsed Protection Life Insurance Company, of Chicago, have been indicted for embezzlement The Presi­ dent of the late Menjfa»,r»te'P -Farmers' and Me­ chanics' Bank, Sydney Myers, has also been in­ dicted for the same crime, THE SOUTH. FURTKBB in the valley of the Black Warrior river, Alabama, have suffered a terrible loss by inundation. The loss on the cotton alone will be over $3,000,000. The loss of the corn crop, it is said, is likely to entail considerable suf­ fering. DEPUTY SHERIFF MELTON, of Graham, Texas, attempted to arrest Bob Vandever, a noted des­ perado. Yandever killed Melton and one of his posse, dangerously wounded another, and made good his escape. ANDERSON SHIFFLJSTT has been executed at Harrisonburg, Va., for tha murder of David G. Lawson. The condemned man protested his innooftnoe to the last. WASHINGTON. TMT treasury at Washington has received from the sub-treasury at Chicago a counterfeit $1,000 greenback. The note is one of the issue which was first detected four months ago, and which lias since been so suscessfully entered into circulation. Its spuriousness was not de­ tected until after it had passed through several hands. The sub-treasury at Chicago received it from the First National Bank. ASSISTANT SECBKTABS MCCOKMICK will not re­ tire on the 4th of October, as intended, bnt will remain a little longer, at the request of Secretary Sherman and the President... .Some of Secretary Sherman's friends, says a- Wash­ ington correspondent, assert positively that, in the event of the Republicans obtaining a ma­ jority in the Ohio Legislature, he will be a can­ didate for election to the Senate. THE Hon. J. Q. Smith, late Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has been appointed Consul General to Canada The treasury people wero very nervous »lain the news was first re­ ceived of the bold robbery of th^ train upon the Union Pacific railroad. It had over 8300,- 000 in silver pigs in the express car. It was too heavy to 1-3 carried off, and eo the Govern­ ment escaped without loss... .Tho magnificent building of the Patent Office was partially destroyed by fire the other day, with an immense namber of models of inven­ tions. The lower stories of the building, con­ taining the archives of the Indian Bureau, as well as the records of the Patent Office, and about half the models, were saved. The loss ou the building is estimated at upward of $503,090. The loss on the models, upward of 100,000, of which were either burned or broken iu removal, can scarcely be estimated. PRESIDENT HA\ES and party arrived in Wash­ ington from their Southern tour on the evening of Sept, 25. At Lynchburg, Richmond and other Virginia towns the reception was of the same cordial character that had marked the journey through Kentucky, Tennessee and a The train collided with a «wildv ex- Pe<Ti>' The actual 1O*h to toe Government ajkboth of the engines and the mail and ^ateut Office fire is estimated at cars being completely wrecked. Three •ww»uuu' * . . . . G E N K R A L . THE President's journey from Louisville southward must have been an exceedingly pleasant one, judging from the hearty manner in which he was greeted by the multitudes of people who flocked to the railway stations to «et a view of his features and a shake of his hand. One feature of the trip was the anxiety of the colored people to see the Chief Magistrate, for which pur|K)se they flocked to the various stations in vast numbers. The reception of the President at Nashville, Chattanooga and other points in Tennessee was very enthusi­ astic. THE strikers' war in Pennsylvania is so new­ ly over that the Government feels just&ed iu transferring the troops heretofore quartered in that State to the scenes of Indian disturbance in Montana. The complies that have been for some weeks stationed in Wilkesbarre and Pittsburgh are already under orders for the West. 'HE finest piece of counterfeiting ever exe- ig that of the five-dollar bills on the ational Bank of Tamaqua, Pa. They near perfection that it is almost impos- . 3 detect the bogus from the genuine, it has been determined to call in all the k's bills of that denomination. SAN FRANCISCO telegram: "Schooner New- • " . "j con Booth, just arrived from the Arctic ocean, Constantly on handatowryilU .Qnstr rep0rts that, of seventy men left on;the aban­ doned whaling fleet last year, only two, both Kanakas, have reached Point Barrow. All the rest are supposed to have perished in the ice-pack." Late advices from Sitka, Alaska, bring information of a deplorable state of af­ fairs thereabouts since the withdrawal of the • THE EAST. Posnrurr A Co., an old and large sugar im­ porting house of New York, have made an as­ signment. .. .The Chicago express train bound M-est met with a serious disaster on the Central w id, near Borne, N. Y., on the 21st of Septem- ^both of the engines and the mail and i cars being completely wrecked. Three i were killed and several badly ' >veral passengers were injured. of the over-issue of about i of stock of the West Philadel- R&ilway Company is the sensation. John *5S ̂ of w'mPuly (and .»j • > >-President of the Phil- r , ition), makes a clean MM TT ' FAM BEEN EOIAE «11 kindft, %it and rail- •* yl mortgages, §200,000, al Bank ct of i •»? to PUMPS *ftJfe STsfodelaWCy." P«il the celebrated Badger Wind-Mill, Farm and Democrat Wagoys, Opes and Top Carriages, Jke.,ftc., ( ̂ Flcm* & Feed HE M w If nt Grinding prompt! y a ttehdea to. R. BISHOP * ' • - ' * " 1 4$tli, troops. There is no semblance of JMLJM^IIO protection for either life or ptopwfi.TThe white residents will probably awMoa the oonntry as soen as they can gtk «lraj. FOUTIVAI, Tine Maryland BepnbUoan Oonveatkm znet at Baltimore en the 20th fhrt, and noa|ta»ted Dr. G. E. Porter foe State Comptrotay The resolutions indorse the Presidents Sggtfcero policy, and oppose the repeal of the Remmp- (h>» !«w. THE Republicans of New Jersey bald their State Convention at Trenton last week. Gen. Kilpatriok presided, and ex-Secretary of the Navy Robeson was Chairman of the Coouafttee on Resolutions. William A. Newell was nomi­ nated for Governor. The resolutions adopted reaffirm the National Republican platform of 1876, and declare : v. That the President of the United States, hifMilg his high office by a majority of the electoral votes the isst < I. and by -.Jrtr.c of th* decis­ ion of the moot august tribunal ever crealflA by Congress, is entitled to the support and rewpiet In his office of every law-abiding citizen, rad the fftter- ile effort* of some portions of the Democra^Mrty to throw discredit upon the tribunal, largely their own creation, ie an exhibition of folly and bad faith which desprvee the reprobation and contempt of all right-minded citizens. That we cordially recognize the earnestness and sincerity with which President Hayes is laboring to nrovnot« reconciliation in all sections of the coun­ try, and to secure the efficient and economical ad­ ministration til" the Irtsriaets!! of the Govera^sent. We are united in desiring toe accomplinhnnat of these great objects, and pledge our hearty aomert to every wise measure calculated to secure the list­ ing unity and prosperity of the whole country on a basis of impartial justice and equal rights tor all citizens of all sections. That we congratulate the country upon the pjoc- ress made toward resumption of specie ptynsnt, and demand the adoption of all measures necessary to insure the restoration of a standard uniform throughout the world st a date not later than that now fixed by law. That the reduction of the rate of Interest to 6 per cent, is the obvious demand of a sound public policy, and should be accomplished by explicit egiHlation at the earliest possible moment. That we point with pride to the evidence which, the history of the Republican party affords of its devotion to the interests of labor. It has secured to 4.000,000 oppressed people a proper reward for toil, and through the agency of a reasonable tariff has sought to protect American workmen against the hurtful competition of the ill-paid labor of for­ eign lands; that the past record of the party is a guarantee that the future policy will be one of Jus­ tice to workingmen as well as to other classes of people, and which, by the adoption of wise financial measures and encouragement of the industrial in­ terest, will, so far as it can be accomplished by legislation, tend to open new avenues for the use of capital and employment of labor. THE Wisconsin Democratic State Convention met at Fond du Lac, Sept. 26. and was presided over by James G. Jenkins, of Milwaukee, The following ticket was nominated: For Gov­ ernor, James A. Mallory, of Milwaukee; Lieutenant Governor, R. E. Davis, of Dane; Secretary of State, James B. Hays, of Dodge ; State Treasurer, John Ringle, of Marathon; Attorney General, Joseph M. Morrison, of Monroe ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Edward Searing, present incumbent. The fol­ lowing tesolutions were adopted: 1. The Democratic and Reform party of Wi8ron» sin, in State Convention assembled, renews tta pledges of devotion to the Union and the constitu­ tion, with all the amendments. 2. Declares its firm belief that the will of the people was defeated in the late Presidential elec­ tion by fraud and chicane under the protection of the Federal military, and through the baUot-boz will express its condemnation of the act and the actors. 3. It declares for the freedom of the ballot, 'era- awed by the bayonet, and insists that military in­ terference in regulating and controlling an election is subversive of the first principles of a free Gov­ ernment. 4. It declares its opposition to subsidies, sad in favor of the preservation of the public lands for the use of actual settlers. 5. It declares its hostility to the financial policy of the Republican party, withdrawing capital from taxation, increasing the burden of the public debt by declaring currency bonds payable in gold, de­ monetizing silver in the interest of the creditor and at the expense of the debtor, and attempting to force resumption when it will bring ruin upon the general buainess interests of the country, and de­ mands instead that the property protected by the Government pay its just proportion of the expenses of the Government, that silver be remonetized, and the present Resumption act be repealed, and re­ sumption be postponed until the financial condition of the country will permit it, 6. It declares its opposition to a longer continu­ ance of the national-bank currency «ad demands that the Government furnish its own notes in the place thessof. 7. It declares its unyielding opposition to a high protective tariff as vicious in principle, advancing the interests of a few at the expense of the many. 8. It declares its opposition to the fostering of monopolies, and favors such legislative regulation of inter-State commerce as will prevent the pool­ ing combinations of railway, express, telegraph and freight companies from extorting exorbitant rates to make watered stock yield productive interest. 9. It declares in favor of such legislation as will equalize the pay of the soldiers in the late war, and its hostility to the system of technicalities used by Government officials to prevent the payment to them of their honest dues. 10. It declares for a reduction of national and State expenses, and to that end demands the ref­ ormation and honest administration of the Rev­ enue laws, the abolition of sinecure offices, the re­ duction of large and unearned salaries to officers, and the discharge of all supernumerary office­ holders. 11. It declares its opposition to high and exorbi­ tant rates of interest, and demands the reduction of legal rates to 7 per oent., and no more. 12. It declares for the repeal of all laws exempt­ ing railroad land and corporate stock other than that held for religious and school purposes from taxation. 13. It declares for the maintenance of our free- school system, free to all without taint of sectarian­ ism. 14. It declares its opposition to extrsordinary and unusual sumptuary lawn, but insists that the minor- its muet k:sce in the lawfully-expressed will of the majority,, 15. It demands that due regard be paid by our Government to the labor question, amd to all* just claims of the workingmen. It demands the en­ actment of stringent laws for the protection of labor and the collection of wages due workingmen. It demands the proper regulation of prison-labor laws, and for the protection of the health and lives of the operatives in manufacturing establish- meatSk EX-PHESIDEKT GRANT, in a recent interview with a correspondent of the New York Herald, expressed himself as follows: "If I was at home I would exert mv influence, as far I could exert it, in favor of Haves' plf.i\ of reconcilia­ tion. The object aimed at is a noble one, and I hope it will suoceed." THE TURKO-RUSSIAN WAR. A CORRESPONDENT telegraphs from the Rus­ sian headquarters before Plevna on the 21et of September: " The capture of Plevna is an af­ fair of time and trenchwork. When the re­ inforcements that are coming up arrive, it ought to fall easily. The spirit and temper of the Russian soldiers are admirable. The Rus­ sians have upward of 320 guns, and are con­ stantly firing s»on the Turkish works, which scarcely ever reply. It is said thst the am­ munition of the Turks is failing, but there are no means of verify'/', this. They walk about their redoubts most unconcernedly. The Russians are strdbgly intrenched all along their front wuh shelter-trenches--rifle-pits and redoubts A Constantinople dispatch says: "litis stated in well-informed circles that the Porte will not accept mediation while a single Russian soldier remains on Turkish soil, nor will it consent to an armistice unless tUe basis of subsequent peace proposals is at 'the same time defined." A LONDON dispatch of the 22d says " fighting is reportel to have begun between the forces of Mehemet Ali and the Czarowitch near Riela. The Turkish commander, who has been ad­ vancing for several days past with extreme caution, came up with the Russian outposts Thursday, and some nkirmishing took place followed by a more serious conflict Fridav re­ sulting in the loss to the Russians of *5,000 men, and to the Turks of 6,000. Both sides claim the victory." A CORRESPONDENT who was an eye-witness of the battle fougnt on Sept. 21 between the Czarowitch and Mehemet Ali, telegraphs from Tzercouna as follows: " Five or six different attacks were made to-day by the Turks, with from one to three battalions each, and all un­ supported. The attacks failed. The loss to the Turks was very heavy. A number of killed and wounded can be seen lying on the open fround over which the combatants passed, 'he Russians, maintain their positions, whicli consist of a series of formidable trenches.1'. Hie Russian official bulletin, dated Gorny- Staden, Sept. 28, says: " The Turks renewed the bombardment of the Sohinka pass positions *ridajr. Jn the afternoon they began anas- £•* .right <lai*,. bnt wen repulsed. They then attacked the left and oenter, and were likewise repulsed. Fighting lasted until night." THREE divisions of the Russian Imperial Guard are now in Bulgaria. Two of them have moved forward to Plevna, while the third re­ mains at Btela The Turks have succeeded in ^victualing Plevna.... A Turkish foroe has in­ vaded Bulgarian territory It is stated that the Rustian and Roumanians losses before Plevna exceed 25,000 killed and wounded.... The Russians have sent large reinforcements to Asia. THE South American coast has again been visited by a succession of earthquakes. The damage inflicted is not reported. GENERAL FOREIGN HlWfc " ; THE republicans of France have islSe^AN address to the people, in reply to MacMahon's manifesto. The following is the concluding passage : " Your duty will increase with the audacity of those who presumed to impose themselves on France. You cannot become the instrument of clericalism. The republic must have republican functionaries, and the country expects peace, order, and stability through the republic.n AimoracEMEST is made of the death at Paris, a few days ago, of lie Verrier, the eminent French astronomer, perhaps the most eminent in the world... .The case of Gambetfa came up on appeal in Paris on the 22d of Sep­ tember, and the sentence of the lower court was confirm9d. It deprives him of civil rights for a term of years, and effectually prevents his further appesirance as a disturbing element in the pending political canvass by shutting him up in prison. THE steamer Olga, towing the oaisson con­ taining the Egyptian obelisk, sailed from Alex­ andria for London on the 23d of September. A Calcutta dispatch says " a plenteous ram has fallen in many of the worst famine dis­ tricts. Agricultural work is active, and the crops are making rapid progress. There can be no reasonable doubt that the tide of the great calamity has been turned, but vast num­ bers of those who survive actual famine must still succumb from their enfeebled condition. THE review of the British breadstuffs market by the Mark Lane Express gives an unfavor­ able estimate of the situation at home. En­ glish wheat is uniformly in a bad oondition, and the prospect for the next crop is far from enconr aging. THE Turkish losses at Plevna seem to have been as heavy as the Russians Trustworthy information is received that 14,000 wounded are still in Plevna whom the Turks are unable to remove The Montenegrins have captured Goransko. BUSINESS INTERESTS. Commercial and Trade Matters. NoRFoiiK expects to ship many oysters to Eturope this winter at fair ra.es of re­ muneration. BOSTOM reports great activity in the dry-goods trade, especially from the South and West. CINCINNATI reports that her fall trade will be vastly larger than it has been for several years past. WISCONSIN lumber manufacturers on the lake ports have commenced ship­ ping certain grades of lumber to Europe direct. THE New York Herald asserts that it has carefully examined several hundred of its exchanges in all parts of the coun­ try, and that in no case has it failed to discover indications of a revival of busi­ ness,, improvement of prospects, and en* l a x g e m e n t o f c o n f i d e n c e . . r s , , , . . . . A COMMERCIAL agent who has recently returned to Chicago from a tour in the South, embracing visits to New Orleans Mobile, Charleston and all prominent cities in the South, reports that trade is slowly picking up in that section of the country. There are, he says, every­ where signs of coming business pros­ perity. THE total imports of merchandise at New York since Jan. 1, this year, were $237,835,924, against $208,816,969 for the corresponding period in 1876, and $245,848,718 in 1875. The total exports of produce were $192,081,220, against $185,544,953 in 1876, and $177,722,154 in 1875. The total exports of specie were $29,222,076, against $39,908,852 in 1876, and $62,226,172 in 1875. IN compliance with a requirement of the late Legislature of Kansas, returns have been made to the State Auditor showing that the railroad debt of f ixty six of the counties of the State amounts to $12,595,000. The returns from the other counties will increase this sum to about $15,000,000. Hie total taxable wealth of the State is $150,000,000. THB two latest returns at hand of the Bank of France compare as follows : ASSETS. Auff. 30. Cash and bullion........ $442,483,827 Bills discounted and ad­ vances 111,857,398 Treasury bonds. €7,769,000 LIABILITIES. Active note circulation..$478,523,460 Public deposits 43,529,483 Private deposits 97,983,393 A ug. 23, $443,524,617 103,636,067 67,769,000 $473,886,411 43,318,203 94,598,725 Shop, Mill and Labor Notes. ALL the zinc works of LaSalle and Peru, 111., are now again in full blast. THE lumber mills at Clinton, Iowa, are idle, waiting for higher water and more logs. THERE are nearly 1,000 men employed at the various stove manufactories of Cleveland. NEARLY 400,000 tons of iron ore have been received at the port of Cleveland this season up to date. A BAFT containing 138,280 cubic feet, said to be the largest ever in those wa­ ters, passed through Lake Champlain the other day. THB Baltimore and Ohio railroad shops at Zanesville, O., have been or­ dered to start full time and foroe on freight can. REPORTS from all over the country con­ cerning the iron trade are still gloomy enough, with but little to build a hope that it will soon be better. BY a recent invention buttons are fast­ ened upon cards by machinery instead of by hand, as heretofore. One machine vail do the work of twenty skilled work­ ers. Harvest Gleanings. THE Dallas Commercial estimates the wheat crop of Texas this year at 7,500,- 000 bushels. THB harvest in Spain in wheat, fruit, and wine has been so magnificent that it is estimated that over half can be ex­ ported. THE 1872 crop of Wisconsin tobacco is now shedded, and hap exceeded in I quantity and quality the highest dreams of the grower*. THE rice crop of Louisiana increased inm 20,000 barrels in 1865 to over 175,- 000 barrels in 1876. The yield for this year is estimated by the New Orleans Democrat at nearly 170,000 bteeb ̂<ma decreased acreage, TH* Omaha Herald publishes de­ tailed mparts from all counties in Ne­ braska and Western Iowa, showing the condition of the corn crop. It is gener­ ally conceded that the yield will be larger than in any previous year, averaging from fifty to seventy-five bushels per acre. Wheat averages twenty-two bushels, and the quality is better than last year. Bar­ ley ranges from twenty-five to fifty bush­ els, ana oats fifty to seventy-five. Very little of the hiwsled crop is coming to market, the farmers being disposed to hold for better prices. BOLD BRIGANDS. Particulars of the Robbery of a Union Pacific Train at Big Springs Station, In Nebraska. [Omaha Cor. Chicago Times.]"' 'Two masked men, holding four revolv­ ers, walked into Station Agent Barn- hart's office a few minutes before train time, and one of them directed him to cut off all telegraph communication by tearing up his instruments. Barnhart endeavored to throw them off the track by only taking up his sounder, but the men bid him pull up the relay and hand it over, which he did. The man who gave the commands was a Captain, and Barnhart says he is a smart fellow, evidently a telegraph operator, as he seemed to understand what he was about. Barnhart, under cover of the revolvers and according to the Captain's com­ mands, next hung out his red light to stop the express, which soon came up and stopped. Barnhart was rushed t3 the door of the express car by the four robbers, who made him knock for Ex­ press Messenger Miller, who opened the door a few inches, not thinking that any­ body was there beside Barnhart. The highwaymen then, by some means, shoved the door clear open, jumped in, and covered Messenger Miller with cocked revolvers. They took Miller's revolvers away from him, braised him about the head considerably, and then opened one safe, from which they ob­ tained the treasure boxes containing $60 ,000 in gold coin, which was a ship­ ment from California, and $458 in cur­ rency. They endeavored to make Miller open the through safe, which was a com- bination lock and is not opened any­ where between the termini of the road, but as the messengers do not know the combination he could not comply with the demand, and they let him off after explaining. While this was going on in the express car the other part of the gang had captured the engineer and fire­ man and put out the fire in the engine, and the moment Conductor Patterson stepped on the platform, to see what or­ ders were waiting for him, as indicated by the red-light signal to stop, he too was corralled, being covered by cooked revolvers, and ordered to throw up his hands. Patterson says there were from ten to fifteen of them. After plundering the express car, the robbers went into the passedger coaches and began robbing the passengers, securing about half a dozen gold watches and near­ ly $500 in cash and some railroad tick­ ets. L. Morris, a passenger, lost a gold watch, $430 in money, and a ticket to Chicago. The robbers, no doubt, in­ tended to plunder every passenger on the train, but a freight train was seen approaching from the rear, and this frightened them. Conductor Patterson was conducted by a guard past the sleeping-coaches, a short distance up the track, so that he could flag the ap­ proaching train to prevent a collision. The guard then left him and joined the main body, who then retreated from the cars. They had no horses in sight,, but had them concealed some little distance off. They soon made their disappear­ ance as mysteriously as they had ap­ peared, going north, as was shortly af­ terward learned. Conductor Patterson sent the freight engine out at once to give the alarm at the next station, and, as soon as the fire was up in his own engine, resumed his trip. Superintend­ ent Clark telegraphed everywhere, and offered $10,000 reward for the capture of the Iiighwajmen and money, or a proportionate amount for either. Sheriff McCrary, of Sidney, and Sheriff Brad­ ley, of North Platte, were sent out with a large force of mounted men. Sheriff Bradley seems to have got on the trail, as it is said that he found two revolvers and one empty coin-box ten miles north of Big Springs. It is suspected that these men are the same who have been robbing the coaches of the Black Hills stage line. It is, as yet, a mystery how the robbers opened the door of the ex­ press car, as it is so arranged as to open only six inches when the machinery is all right. It is also barred with boiler iron, and a messenger, if on the lookout for such an emergency as this, could hold the fort against a dozen or more men. Newton Barkalow, of this city, was one of the passengers, and states that the robbers pounded Miller, the express agent, with revolvers when he told them that he did not know the combination of the through safe, cutting his upper lip in two and badly bruising him on the head. When the other party corralled Conductor Patterson they robbed him of his money and watch, but he got his watch back again, as it dropped out of the flour-sack into which they dumped everything. There were thirteen in the gang, and six of them went into the pas­ senger coaches and ordered everybody to hold up their hands, which they did. Thev went through the passengers sys­ tematically, collecting $1,300, according to the figures of Conductor Kelly, who brought the train from Grand Island. Besides this they gobbled watches, jew­ elry, etc. One man they searched three times but he managed to conceal $400 in large bills between his fingers. One of the colored porters who got out on the platform was taken into custody and put with Conductor Patterson. Andy Riley, of this city, had a close call When the train stopped he stepped out on the platform with ex-Councilman Cummings, formerly of Omaha, but now of Sidney. The robbers ordered them to get inside. c,Cummings did so, but Riley did not understand, and started to get down off the car when they fired two shots at him, one ball queuing the left side of his left hand and the other bullet going between Ms fingers, scraping them subtly. Both balls lodged in the door-oasing. They then took hia two watches and $27. The robbers tried to get into the deeping- oar, but the door mis too securely bolted for them. They did not plunder the ladies, and to a oouple of cripples they refunded what they bad taken. A com­ pany bf soldiers *eft Sidney in pmraii J Immigration Statistics. The New York Times says: The rapid decline in immigration for the past thtee years, a decline that seems to grow mnm ~ and more with every month, naturally attracts the attention of social saienti^t^ political economists, and the Gfreat cap- italists and companies employing th# coarser forms of labor. This define, furthermore, very seriously concerns tha city of New York, for it is at this port * that the country has received 5,604,073 of the 7,946,092 aliens who have reached our shores since the spring of 1874, nhep) we established our Board of Commis­ sioners of Emigration. New York city, therefore, has taken in more than 70 per cent, of the people of other nations who have chosen the United States for their home. " It was not until 1819 that actual rec- ; * ords of arrivals were made, but sinoe then it has been the duty of the Collect---" ors at seaports and on the land frontiers to make returns of the arrivals of aliens, with particulars about age, sex and na­ tionality. It is estimated that about | 250,000 immigrants came before 1819. /, After that there was a gradual increase of three to five or six thousand a year until 1832, when the cholera in Europe r I brought 60,482, instead of 22,633, as in the year before, and they brought the cholera, too. The next year, 1888, the number fell from 60,482 to 45,374. r J Thenceforward (except a great decline in • the panic year of 1837) the increase was variable, until the sum total in 1842 waa i 104,565; then a falling off in 1843 of one- half, then a rise the next year of a third,, and two years after that the Irish famine let loose the flood in earnest. In the 1 five years, 1849-54 inclusive, 624,230 Irish arrived at New York, and many . thousands at other ports. The following ' table gives the whole number of alien emigrants arrived in the United States from the peace of 1783 to 1876 inclusive; y Years. Emigrant«, 1819 250,000 1820. 8,885 182 1 9,127 182 2 6,911 1823. 6,354 182 4 7,912 182 5 10,199 182 6 10,837 182 7 18,875 182 8 27,882 1829 . 22,520 1830 . 23,322 183 1 22.633 183 2 60,482 183 3 58,640 183 4 65,365 183 5 .. 45,374 183 6 76,242 1837....;' 79,340 183 8 38,914 183 9 68,069 184 0 84,066 184 1 80,289 184 2 104,565 184 3 52,496 1844. 78,615 184 5 114,371 184 6 1*4,416 184 7 .-1 234,968 184 8 226,525 Yeart. Emigrant%, 1849M 297,024 1850. 369,980 185 1 379,466 185 2 871,60S 185 3 868,645 185 4 427,838 185 5 200,877 1856M 200,436 1857.. 251,306 185 8 123,126 185 9 121,282 1860. 153,640 1861.. 91.82S 1862 91,826 1863. 176,2111. 186 4 193,412 186 5 249,052 186 6 818,491 1867.. 298,35a 186 8 S97.215 186 9 187 0 878,798 187 1 867,789' 187 2 449,485 187 3 437,004 187 4 277,59* 187 5 209,036 187 6 187,027 Total........0,726,45ft J A Warning to Smokers. A curious case of poisoning by nico­ tine has occurred in Turin. Giovanni ^ Deloges, aged 17, visited that city in ; compliance with an invitation, from hia uncle. After dining he joined his uncle and several friends in the room allotted him during his stay in Turin. There they drank light wine and smoked con­ tinually until the early hours. When the company separated he did not cease smoking until nearly overcome by sleep. His room was completely impregnated with smoke, and the young man, suffo­ cated by the excessive quantity of nico­ tine lie had inhaled, never woke again, although every effort was made to revive him. Dr. Tessier, of Turin, was of the opinion that death was the result of . ^ poisoning by nicotine. / THB Cobden Club, of London, has an active membership of 603, and an hon­ orary membership of 185. Sixty-three of its honorary members are American citizens, and only three of that number are of foreign birth, namely, Carl Schurz, Hamilton A. Hill, and William Dowuie. Ainuug the others are Charles. Francis Adams, Henry W. Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, Gen. Garfield, Ralph Waldo Emerson, W. E. _ Dodge, Henzy Ward Beecher, Cyrus jfield Edward Atkinson. " '* *• * THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. - HOGH COTTON ••••• FLOUR--Superfine Western. WHEAT--No. 2 1 »>7 COBS--Western Mixed »S OATS--Mixed ̂ BYE--Western,....» TO POBK--New Metsa .*• 85 T.i«n « CHICAGO. BuTU^dhotoft Grsdcd 8teem..... 5 50 Choice Natives 4 75 Cows and Heifer*. 2 50 Good Second-clMa Steer*. 8 50 Medium to Fair 4 00 Hods--Live 5 25 FLOUB--Fancy White Winter 6 75 Good to Choice Spring Kx. 5 75 ,«8 00 011 00 . 5 6 2 @ 6 3 5 . 11*@ 11* . 5 00 (<M 50 @ 1 @ 71 @14 00 ® 9JC ss* 9 S 80 m a 25 <g>, 3 75 @ 3 75 ® 4 00 <§ 5 90 (3 7 35 @ 6 0 0 @ 1 14 @ 1 10 <4 4& <a 24 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring I 13 No. 3 Spring 1 09 COBN--No. 2. 42 OATS--No. 2. 23 RYE--No. 2 63 @ 54 BAULKY--No. 2 60 @ 61 BUTTEB--Choice Creamery 28 30 EGOS--Fresh 15 @ 16- PORK--Meee 18 40 @18 59 LABD 8£@ • MILWAUKEE. 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