Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1877 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NATIONAL FINANCES. T/te Public Debt.— Following is the monthly public debt statement for Aug. 1: Hix per cent, bonds. . $ 841,525,250 Five per cent, bonds 703,261!,650 Four and a half per cent, bonds 155,000,000 Total coin bonds $t,7C2,791,900 lawful money debt $ 14,000,000 Matured debt :................... 11,979,280 Jz-gal tenders 3f1f1.158.1K Certificates of deposit 5f1.495.1XX) Fractional currency ...... 10,784,335 Coin certificates 37,807,300 Total without interest $ 472,241,818 Total debt . $2,201,015,998 Total interest 29,(95,129 Cash In treasury—coin $ 97.803,995 "ash in treasury—currency 9,811,956 Currency held for redemption of fractional currency Special deposits held lor redemption of certificates of deposit, .i. 55,495,000 Total in treasury. Debt less Cash tn treasfiry... A.. TfS’.nra.iJ) Decrease of debt during July , 818,904 Bonds issued to Pacific jtailroau Companies, interest payable in lawful money; principal outtanding 64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid 323,117 Interest paid by United States 35,957,629 Interest repaid by transportation of mails, etc 8,671,625 Balance of interest paid by tho United HUks... P Internal lleoenue. — The receipts from internal revenue during the month of July were ♦8,764,574. The estimated receipts were reduced at least $1,600'000 in consequence of the Ute Htriko. Customs receipts during the month, $10,060,860. National Bank Securities.— Tho total amount of United States bonds hold as security for the circulating notes of national banks is $337,528,100. (Jail for Bowls.— The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the fifty-fourth call for the redemption of $10,000,000 of 5-20 bonds of 1865, $7,000,000 of coupon and $3,000,000 of registered bonds, as followw : Coupons—sso, Nos. 40,001 to 44,000 ; SIOO, Nos. 66,001 to 76,000 ; SSOO, Noh'. 50,001 to 57,000 ; SI,OOO, Nos. 85,001 to 96,000. Registered—sso, Nos. 1,401 to 1,600; SIOO, Noh. 11,!M)1 to 13,100: SSOO, Noh. 7,751-to 8,300; SI,OOO, Noh. 25,101 to 27,400; $5,000, Noh. 7,301 to 7,650 ; SIO,OOO, Nos. 11,751 to 13,550.

THE WAR IN THE EAST. A Berios of desperate battles wan fought between a portion of the right wing of the Bussian army and 50,000 Turks in the vicinity of Plevna, n</i th of the Balkans, on the 30th and 31st of July, and resulted in a great victory for the Turks. The Russian defeat was owing, it appears,their being flanked and attacked in Hie rear by a Turkish division, the artillery of which mowed down the Muscovites at a fearful rale. The Russians were completely routed, but managed to save their cannon. Both sides lost enormously. Some details of the fighting will be found in another part of this paper. The Russians hayc resumed the offensive in Asia Minor. A dispatch from Erzeroum says there has been continuous fighting on the advanced lines before Kars, and that the Russian light is marching on I’erek. London dispatches state that “ the Russians an-so much stunned by their reverses that it -will require ten days to reinforce themselves, to strengthen the points possessed before the late defeats. It is asserted that Russia, discouraged by the result of the war, is laboring to secure intervention by some third power, and that Austria, instigated by Germany, .will lend her influence toward aiding Russia to secure desirable peace. The defeat of the Russians is owing to jealousy and lack of cooperation among the commanders. German sentiment is growing hostile to England, and high authority at Berlin declares that her policy as to the occupation of the Dardanelles will not be permitted.” A Berlin correspondent telegraphs that in consequence of the defeat at Pelvna, the Czar has asked the Emperor of Austria to withdraw his former protest against the Russians entering Hetvia and conjointly with the Servians operating on the left flank of the Turks. A St. Petersburg dispatch says a ukase has b?en issued ordering tho immediate mobilization of the entire corps of the Imperial Guard and several other divisions. Another ukase, signed by the Czar at Biela, orders a levy of 188,600 of the landwohr. The levies meet with general enthusiasm.

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS Gen. Grant is traveling in Sweden and Norway. lie will go to Berlin to witness the autumn maneuvers, and at the end of October intends to visit Paris. Ho will pass the winter partly hi Paris'and partly in Italy, and will revisit Switzerland later should no unforeseen circumstances prevent. While five men were digging a sower on Strachan avenue, Toronto, tho earth caved in and smothered three of them and injured tho others seriously. Two British gunboats and two iroh-cladshave been dispatched to the Danube, “to protect British interests.” The English claim a treaty rigtit to maintain gunboats on the river to look after tho interests of commerce, and the ironhie smaller vessels to see that lII’ It’ IO lHHVlVDnuvp|>vnnnon «o . 4.4 A Vienna dispatch of thelst inst. says : “A ministerial council under the Presidency of the Eniperorl sat from 7 o’clock until 4. Mobilization has been decided upon in principle, but it will be for Count Andrassy to fix the time when these measures shall be put into execution. Contingencies may cause this at any m intent. Tho importance of tho resolution is not that two or three army corps will be placed on a war footing, but that the empire is going to abandon its passive attitude for one of armed neutrality." A convention has been signed by the Governments of England and Egypt, providing for the suppression of the slave trade in the dominions of the Khedive. An imperial decree has been issued at Constantinople decreasing the salaries of all Turkish officials 50 per cent, until the end of the war. ,

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE East. v Herbert Blanchard, of Savory, Mass, was ordered to discontinue his vinitsto thedaughter of E. Trask. Ho mot that gentleman in church last Sunday, shot him doad, fatally wonnded a brother, and missed his third shot at the woman. Homo excitement was caused in New York the other day by a street attack upon Jay Gould, the well-known stock gambler. The assaulting party was one Col. Selover, who claims that Gould gouged him in some transactions. jh e i a tter was soundly thrashed, and made to cry for mercy. A horrible accident occurred in an iron foundry, at Pittsburgh, last week. Seven men engaged in lining the furnace were nn a scaffold, aipported by ropes. These took flje and juceipitoted the niou into the furnace Two of them were taken out dead, and the other

five were so badly burned that their lives are despaired of. Now York papers record the death of William B. Ogden, for many yearn ft wealthy arid leading citizen of Chicago. He died at his residence near the city <>f New York. He leaves an estate valued at upward of $10,000,000. At Scranton, I’n., a few days ago, a mob of striking coal -miners, numbering upward of 5,000, visited the railroad premises and forced the workmen to quit their occupations, assaulting and injuring some of those who protested against their interference. A company of local volunteers, after a fierce assault from the mob, tired into the crowd, killing four men and wounding many others. The mob then dispersed. This strike of

the coal-miners promises to be a more oerious affair than that of the railroad linen. Dftpatches state that the Wyoming coal region is one vast military cam]), alxmt 5,000 State troops being icattcred through the valley. Many of tho trains bearing soldiers were attacked and Stoned by tlie rioters, and hundreds of the Utter were being Mrestcdi Got. Hartranft Assumed personal command of the troops. Several edfapanips of United States soldiers were also sent to the scene of the troubles. The Pennsylvania State troops recently sent into the Wyoming coal region have been re. lieved by twelve companies of United States troops. The Utter will remain in the disturbed districts until tho strike is ended. The miners express a determination to stand for an increase of 25 per cent., and there is little prospect that they will give/a for along time. Wort, A dispatch from Portland,'Oro., says : “Gen. Htfiiard at present is at Kamia, awaiting the arrival of Maj. Sanford. As soon as that officer joins him, Howard will take all his available force and push vigorously after Joseph and White Bird, who have already crossed Bitter Root mountain by way of the Lolo trail. He will go through to Missoula as rapidly as bis command can move. He will have in the neighborhood of 500 men. Another force under command of Gen. Wheaton will leave Fort Lapwai, and, moving north, paHH through the Spokane country and cross over into Montana through Sahon pass. It is confidently believed that this movement will result in the capture of the entire band of hostiles.

Henry Miller, residing near Camden, Ind., murdered a widow woman named Houk, by cutting her throat from car to ear, and then hung himself. Eight of the striking employes of tho Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw railroad were arraigned be fore Judge Drummond, of the United States Circuit Court, at Chicago, last week, for obstructing the movement of trains. Most of them confessed the violent conduct alleged, and the proof as to all of them was clear enough; and, after listening to their counsel’s presentation of extenuating circumstances, the Judge sentenced the ring-leader, Mack, to four months’ impris onment in jail, and the others to two months each. A fine of SSO was also entered against each of the rioters, the imprisonment to continue until the fines are paid. The Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw road is in tho hands of a receiver, and the strikers were warned, during the existence of the late troubles, that no Interference with the. running of trains would be tolerated by the United States authorities. Dr. C. F. Winslow was cremated at Salt Dake lust week. The process occupied three hours. The heart bad been taken out and sent to his birthplace, Nantucket. The ashes are to be sent to the grave of his wife, near Boston. Cincinnati has been the scene of a horrible calamity. A cigar-box factory, in which a number of persons, mostly boys and girls, were working in tlie upper stories, took the, and so rapidly did the flames spread that six of the unfortunate creatures were cut off from all hope of escape and perished miserably in the flames. Five others were seriously injured, some of them, it is feared, fatally. A horrible murder was recently perpetrated in Clark county, Mo., the victims being Lewis Spear and his four children, consisting of two girls aged 15 and 17, and two boys aged 11 and 13. They were attacked in the night time, their heads being crushed by heavy blows with an ax. The object of the cruel deed was robbery, Mr. Spear having in his possession SI,OOO of public funds, he being a Township Trustee.

POLITICAL POINTS. The Republican State Convention of Ohio met at Cleveland on the Ist inst. and nominated the following ticket: Governor, W. 11. West; Lieutenant Governor, Ford. Vogeler ; Supreme Judge, W. H. Johnson; Attorney General, George K. Nash ; Clerk of the Supreme Court, Dwight C. Rowell; School Commissioner, J. T. Lukens ; Board of Public Works, A.W. Luckey. The following platform was adopted : Resoloed, That wc reaffirm and adopt the platform and resolutions of the National Convention of the Republican party adopted in the convention at Cincinnati in June, 1876: 2. That the Republicans of Ohio reaffirm their uh-" faltering oonfldepcc in Rutherford B. Hayes as a statesman, patriot and Republican, and cordially approve and support his efforts for the pacification of the country and the establishment of its civil service upon a basis of purity and efficiency. 3. That we reaffirm it as the unalterable purpose of the Republican party to maintain and enforce the provisions of the recent amendments to the Federal constitution guaranteeing the equal rights color, and to insist on lhe' v fuVi r, mP5 <, t?i¥Bc < ?(iff performance by the Federal Government, in the execution of all its powers, of its constitutional obligations in that behalf. 4. That wc are in favor of both silver and gold as money ; that both shall be a legal tender for the payment of all debts, except where otherwise specially provided by law, with coinage and valuation so regulated that our people shall not be placed at a disadvantage in our trade with foreign nations, and that both metals shall be kept in circulation as the money of the nation, as contemplated by the constitution, and we therefore demand the 'remonetization of silver. 5. That we arc opposed to any further grants of public lands, or money subsidies, or the extension of the public credit of the General Government to aid in the construction of railroads. 6. That we are opposed to the renewal of patents by act of Congress which are burdensome and oppressive to the masses of the people, and especially to the laboring classes. 7. That we view with alarm the present disturbed condition of the country as evidenced by the extensive Strikes of the workingmen, and followed by the destruction of life and property in different parts of the country, and, while wc deprecate each and every resort to violence and disorder and cordially approve the action of-our national and State authorities in thsir efforts to enforce the supremacy of the law, yet we do most heartily sympathize with the condition of the honest and industrious laborers who are willing to work but remain unem ployed, or are employed at wages inadequate to comfort and independence, and as an earnest of our desire to find a remedy for their condition we recommend—first, that Congress establish a National Bureau of Industry; second, that Congress exert its authority over all national highways of trade by prescribing and enforcing such reasonable regulations as will tend to promote the safety of travel, secure fair returns for the capital invested, and fair wages to employes, preventing mismanagement, improper discriminations, and the aggrandizement of officials at the expense of stockholders, shippers, and employes; third, that provision be made for statutory arbitrations between employers and employes, to adjust controversies, recouoUe interests, aud llsh Jtisifi'W and equity

The Democrats of Mississippi met in Btas> Convention at Jackson, on the Ist just., and jionpnated Gov. Stone for re-election" as Governor, W. H. Sims for Lieutenant Governor, W, L. Jlemingway for Treasurer, 8. L. Gwinn for Auditor, I*. C. Catching for Attorney General, and J. A. Smith for Stqierintendent of Public Education. The convention adopted the following platform: Fidelity to the constitution of the United States. Home rule and preservation of State governments, with all their'ijpservedarid guaranteed fights unimpaired. No interference by military power with the freedom of elections amt with the civil and political rights of citizens of the UnitcdStates. Protection and equal rights of all classes. No discrimination on account of race, color, or lire's ious condition of servitude or birthplace, and no rpceftl legislation "for the benefit of the few at the expense of the 111441 y. . , Strict adherence in the selection <M puUie agents to the time-honored .Trflcrxoffiart ftSndard : “Is he honest? Is he capable? Is he true to the constitution?” ContinuaUtitlCcf the policy of retrenchment ami reform inaugurated by the Democratic party. Hednction of the burdens of taxation to the lowest point compatible with the efficient execution of the laws. Corporations of every description snpervisable within constitutional limits by State authority, and subordinate to State legislation in the. interest and for the protection of the people. As ilw perpp(uity of free government depends upon the virtue and intelligence of the people, we pledge ourselves to tjie maintenance of the State system of free schools. We favor granting such aid as may be extended without violation of the constitution of the United Slates or departing from the established usages of the Government to the Texas Pacific railroad, and for rebuilding and keeping in repair the levees of the Mississippi river.

WASHINGTON NOTES. The Secretary of the says that the new 4 per cent, bonds having bet ; u issued in exchange for gold coin, they cannot be redeemed by anything but gold coin or its full equivalent. Henry W. Hilliard, of Georgia, has been appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil, vice James 11. Partridge, of Maryland. Hilliard, previous to the late civil war, was a Representative in Congress from tlie Montgomery (Ala.) district. The total popular subscriptions to the 4 per cent, loan up to Aug. 1 were $6,310,700; total received by the syndicate, $60,000,000. The total subscribed in London reported to the Ist inst-. was $10,200,000, making a total of $76,519,700. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have appointed Commodore Van Rensselaer Morgan, late of the Confederate navy, Inspector of Works and Repairs on the roads and streets of the District. It is announced that the President is to give extended attention, in his coming message, to the questions brought into prominence by the recent civil disturbances. It is thought that he will ask Congress to create a commission to go over the whole ground and report some scheme for righting the wrongs of tho shipper, carrier, capitalist, producer, and hired laborer, wherever such wrongs may crop out, and whoever may bo the immediate victim.