Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1877 — NEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

. THE WAR IN THE EAST. A Turkish force has crossed into Roumanian territory, under cover of th guns of Bilistria The purpose of this movement is probably to cut the Iloumanian railroads, if possible, and thus increase the difficulty of provisioning the Russian force in Bulgaria. The garrison jjf Plevna, after undergoing great privMftt*W todbttl Ofa lack of provisions and anmimiitiou, has been relieved by a convoy dispatched from Orkani by Chefket Pasha. A Russian army in Asia Minor haa received large r- ndo> «wx at< The Turics have begun nfieratfons against Gen. Zimmerman, in the Dobrudscha. Goransko has surrendered to the Montenegrins. f I been improved by tho receipt of the re ment from St. Petersburg, and ttm eampaign, for this season at least, is considered come to an end. The Russians are represented as retreating toward the Danube, leaving the heroes in the Hchipka pass to their fate. Another re]>ort represents the army of MehemetAU as fulling back to its old position on the River Lorn. Another unsuccessful attempt had been made by the Roumainans to capture the second Grivitza redoubt. Russian dispatches confirm the report of the reinforcement of Plevna by the Turks. There is much discontent and demoralization in the Russian army, on account of a general belief in the incompetency of tho Emperor’s sons. A battle between the armies in Asia Minor is represented as imminent. The Montenegrins still carry everything before them; they have “occupied Piva, captured Fort CakvicA, burned Bilek and the surrounding villages, and now hold the whole territory as far as Fatscha.” . The Russians are making preparations for an active winter campaign. Russia demands that the Servian army shall enter the field when a success at Plevna is obtained. Advices from the seat of war to Oct. 1, report that the Russian Imperial Guard, 50,000 strong, was taking up its position in front of Plevna; that an assault upon the Turkish lines was expected about the middle of the month; that such precautions were being taken as would insure success; that the Balkans are to bo turned, and an approach to Adrianople gained by a more circuitous but less difficult route than that which leads through Schipka pass; that Gen. Todelben, the famous engineer, believes that Plevna cqu bo taken only after a long siege, and that the Grand Duke Nicholas is troubled with a bad ease of liver complaint.

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Cleopatra's Needle is on the waters, bound for London. A dispatch from the city of Mexico says: “ The voluntary subscription toward the payment of the American debt proved a failure, only $ 10,006 having been realized throughout the republic. ’’ . ? One hundred and forty deaths from yellow fever occurred at Vera Cruz during August The condition of the wheat crop in England is reported as bad. Lute Panama advices report that the coast of South America has again been violently shaken up by earthquakes. No particulars are given. From the village of St. Gregoire, in the Province of Quebec, conies intelligence of a shocking accident. The dwelling of a man named Gouzio was destroyed by lire, and his seven children and a servant woman perished in the flames. Gen. Grant has boon visiting the birthplace of Shakspeare, at Stratford-on-Avon. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. TSivut. The discovery of the over-issue of about $1,000,000 worth of stock of the West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company is the Quaker City’s latest criminal sensation. John S. Morton, President of the company (and who, by the way, is also President of the Philadelphia Permanent Exhibition), makes a clean breast of it, and says the fraud has been going on for seven years. Burned : A number of valuable buildings in the business center of Providence. R. L, loss $(100,000; Prang’s chromo establishment, Boston, loss SIOO,OOO ; Ingalls’ Sons’ hat factory, Lawrence, Mass., loss $25,000. The village of Putnam, Gt., has been visited by a $200,000 conflagration. Wesst.

The Fidelity Savingfl Bank, of Chicago, John C. Haines has suspended, and its affairs have been placed in the hands of a receiver. There are 7,800 depositors, the deposits amounting to tipward of a million and a half dollars. The assets, it is believed, will realize fron 70 to 90 cents on the dollar. The President, Cashier, and Assistant Cashier of the suspended State Savings Bank, of Chicago, have been indicted for embezzlement. From Colorado there comes the story of a most extraordinary crime and its swift punishment. “ Twelve robbers got together 7,500 head of cattle and were driving them out of the country. Fifteen well-armed rangers pursued the thieves and overtook them in the northwest corner of Kansas, lire pursuers surrounded their camp, taking them by surprise and opening a deadly fire, 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 dust One, a Mexican, threw up his hands and begged for mercy, bnt a rope Was thrown around his neck and he was dragged a quarter of a mile to a tree and htmg. 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, hpt the horrible stench was too much,'and they were obliged to leave them alone.” A telegram dated “Camp of the Seventh Cavalry, in the field, Montana, Sept. 22,” says: “We followed the Nez Petces yesterday, ,’ana, in a running fight, killed five and captured 103 ponies. No casualties with us. ‘We will follow them as far as our stock -oyill permit, The command is now reduced to xtyat. *Bie Indians are strildngTorthe JfiditffWmtaiflT'’ Goodwin & Behr, soap candle-makers, *i lwt uabflitkß « w 71* officer# and managers of the'promotion of Uhioagp. which some tifhe ago, have boefi inflicted for embezzlement. Sydney Myers, the manager of the defunct Merchants’, Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Savings Bank, has also been indicted for embezzlement, and lodged in jail. Such of the Chicago savings banks as eaeai>ed wrecking in the late financial storm h»ve decided to cut down the rate of interest to 4 per cent, after the Ist of January next One of the soUflpgt savings hi the qty—the Prairie State—will cease business at that date, and go into voluntary liquidation. Iwo of ■ the .Urnori Pacific train robbers wane in Western Kansas, wlien the fugitives turned at bay and were killed by their pursuers. About $20,000 in gold was found on their dead bodies.

The Southern Indiana editors liave fust held their annual reupioa«t Madittpn. . Mining riots it Hteubinvfile, Ohio; several miners arrested. g jw The Deadwood stage hasagainbeenlobbed by highwaymen near the Cheyenne river. A collision at Circleville, Kan., between a body of railway strikers and a Sheriff's posse resulted in the Wa Hartman, the leader of the strikers. . . ’■ eforttifri. '“ • Dudley Hansford, a cattle thief, was hanged by a mob near Waco, Texas. The schooner Ocean Wave, from New Orleans to Galveston, foundered off the latter port All on board, eight in number, were explMmef on the Louisville and Nashville railroad killed three men, wounded several others, and killed and wounded a number of valuable horses. The jnthors of tho Chisholm awassinatimi in ' Kemper county, Mias., Lave be«aiaiicU<i~- six for murder, and twenty-five for being accessory to murder. The, attempt of the Government to reclaim $500,005 from William McKee, of St. Louis, has fallen to the ground, the court holding that the pardon of the President wipes out all scores against the members of the whisky ring. POLITICAL POINTS. The New Jersey Republicans have nominated William A. Newell for Governor, and adopted the following platform: fteaolved, That the President of the United Stales, holding his high office by a majority of the electoral votes cast at the late election, and by virtue of the decision of the most august tribunal ever created by Congress, is entitled to the support and respect in his office of every lawMibiding citizen, and the puerile efforts of some’portions of the Democratic party to throw discredit uj>ob the tribunal, largely of their own creation, is an exhibition of folly and bad faith which deserves the reprobation and contempt of all right-minded citizens. Resolved, That we cordially recognize the earnestness und sincerity with which President Hayes is laboring to promote reconciliation in all sections of the country, and to secure an efficient and economical administration of the business of the Government. We are united in desiring the accomplishment of these great objects, and pledge our hearty support to every wise measure calculated to secure the lasting unity and prosperity of the whole country on the basis of impartial justice and equal rights for all citizens of all sections. JtCHolved, That wo congratulate the country upon the progress made toward the resumption of specie payment, and demand the adoption of all measures necessary to insure the restoration of the standard uniform throughout the world at a date not later than thatmow fixed by law.

Resolved, That the Democratic party of the State, by nominating as their candidate for Governor one who is la no sense identified with the agricultural, commercial, manufacturing or other interests of the State, nor familiar with its people and their wauls, amt who has twice within the past two years been a candidate for office in an adjoining State, have disregarded the uniform practice of both political parties, have shown themselves willing to sacrifice the most important interests of New Jersey to the demands of a designing and ambitious political ring, and have insulted the just State pride of every citizen. Resolved, That the reduction of the rate of interoat to 6 per At. is the obvious demand of sound public policy, and should be accomplished by explicit legislation at the earliest possible moment. Resolved, That we point with pridotqtheevidence which the history of the Republican party affords of its devotion to the interests of labor. It has secured to 4,000,000 of oppressed people a reward for their toil, and through the agency of a reasonable tariff lifts sought to protect American workmen against the hurtful competition of the ill-paid labor of foreign lands ; that the past record of the party i sa guarantee that its future policy will bo one of justice to the workingmen as well as to other classes of the people, and, by the adoption of wise financial meaenres, and the encouragement of the industrial interest, it will, so far as 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 piesided over by Jarnos G. Jenkins, of Milwaukee. The following ticket was nominated : For Governor, 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 ; Suponhfcndent of Public Instruction, Edward Searing, present incumbent. The following resolutions were adopted : 1. The Democratic and Reform party of Wisconsin, in State Convention assembled, renews"; its pledges of devotion to the Union and the constitution, with all the amendments. A Declare# its firm belief that tlie will of the people was defeated in the late Presidential election by fraud and chicsuo under the protection of the Federal military, and, through the ballot-box, will express its condemnation of the act and the actors.

3. It declares for the freedom of the ballot, unawed by the bayonet, and insists that military interference in regulating and controlling an election is subversive of the first principles of a free Government. 4. It declares its opposition to subsidies, and 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, demonetizing silver in the interest of the creditor and at the expense of the debtor and attempting to force resumption when it wiU bring ruin upon the general business interests of the country, and demands instead (hat 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 bo repealed, and resumption be postponed until the financial condition of the country will permit it. 6. It declares its opposition to a longer continuance of the national-bank currency, ami demands that the Government furnish its own notes in the place thereof. 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 ae will prevent the pooling oombinations of railway, express, t M<l freight companies from exacting exorbitant uStesAo make watered stock yield productive interest o.|re declare# in favor of Inch legislation as wifi equalize the pajf «f the soldiers in the late’war, and its hostility to the system of technicalities used by Government officials to prevent the payment to them cf their honest dues, 10. It declares for a reduction of national and State expenses, and t&ttafft.end demands the reformation and honest administration of the Rev|enue laws, the abolition of sinecure offices, ductton of large and unearned .stories to officers. Mlls opposition to high and exorbitant* rates of interest, and demands the reduction of legal rates to 7 per cent, and no more. 12. It declares for the repeal of all laws exempting railroad lands and corporate stock other tlian that held for religious and school purposes' from taxation. 13. It declares for the maintenance of our treeschool system, free to all without taint of sectarianism. . ‘ - 14. It its opposition to extraordinary and unusual sumptuary laws, buttuglsts that the minorUle>Ce 1P thew ' nl of ? ' iff.“Yt demands that due regard be byd»Goveminent to the labor question, and to all ju#* eMßrn# of the workingmen. It demands the vnactment 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 oper ~ atives in manufacturing estabushments. Gen. Grant has been interviewed by a New Y *‘ l fc l ~f r Xr , di .-/A T 08,11 BkMMP thing,” said the ox-Pretadent, "Wat if I was at hodjc I should estrt iay as fa sb I coaH jjxsrt |t, so plan of rßßffiiciliation. ’JRio object at- 18 a u,J LIe one, a.cfaU*. las held at Baltimore last week. Thomas J. Keating was nominated for Comptroller. The resolutions approve the course of President Hayes, “ whose title to office fe not derived from an election according to constitutional methods, but exists by the adjudication of a tribunal unknown to the" constitufeon, lit be raised than is necessary to defray the expenses of the Government frugally administered, and the gradual but certain extinction of the public debtopposes subsidies of all kinds, and declares that “the wealth of the country is mainly derived from the product of its labor, and every just measure to improve the condition and promote the advancement of the laboring classes should receive sympathy, and will command our cordial support.” The Republicans of Minnesota met in convention at Bt. Paul, Sept. 27, and nominated Gov. Pillsbury and nearly all the State officers for re-election. The platform favors the early resumption of specie payments and the remonetization of silver, and contains the following unequivocal indorsement of the national administration : We believe that with the suppression of armed re sistance to national authority the object of our late war was substantially achieved, and that, pursuant to the true theory of representative government which tolerates no subject race among Its people, the several States should now be left free to manage their local affairs in their own way, subject only upon national issues to the constitutional and paramount authority of the United States; and we hail with gratification the efforts of the wise and patriotic President to promote sentiments of peace and fraternal concord among the people of all the States of the Union in recognition of the broad principles of national unity, local self-government, and equal rights of all citizens of one common country. The sincere and persistent efforts of President Hayes to redeem the promises made in his letter of acceptance and inaugural message, as well as the repeated pledges of the Republican party in behalf of civil-service reform, deserve the cordial support of the Republican party and commend themselves to the best sentiment of the country at large.

The New York Republican State Convention met at Rochester Sept. 26. Thomas 0. Platt, the presiding officer, in his speech delivered on assuming the chair sharply arraigned the administration of President Hayes. George William Curtis introduced a resolution indorsing the civil-service policy of the President, and supported it in a speech of sonic length. He was replied to by Senator Conkling, who bitterly attacked the administration. The Curtis resolution was defeated by 109 to 295. The following nominations were made: For Secretary of State, John C. Churchill; Comptroller, Francis SyL vester ; State Treasurer, William L. Bostwick ; Attorney General, Grenville Tremaine; State Engineer, Howard Soule. The following platform was adopted by the convention :

Fimt— The Republicans of New York, true to the achievements of an unequaled history, and faithful to the demands of an uncompleted mission, make the following declarations : The office of the Government is to conserve order, peace and safety, and to protect every citizen in the enjoyment of every right implied by the constitution and laws. Unity and fraternal relations in all States and sections, and between all States and sections, is of the first and highest importance, and the Republican party of New York will heartily support every measure authorized by law, adapted to establishing ami maintaining commercial and industrial prosperity and tranquillity, justice and obedience to lawful authority.

Second — The constitution ordains that the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of Government. The only republicna Government known to the constitution of any American State is a Government chosen by the people. The question whether a case has arisen requiring the President to employ the military forces to protect State authority against domestic violence is by the constitution committed to his decision ami to his responsibility. Taking no issue with any decision of this kind which has been made by the National Executive in respect to the employment of troops, and expressing no opinion in regard tb the methods and attendant proceedings employed in any instance, wo cherish the hope that the action taken in relation to the Southern States will result in peace, tranquillity, and justice, and no act of the Republicans of New York conducive to its good effect shall be withheld. jTAird—We insist pn purity, frugality and efficiency in every branch of the public service, national and (State. To that end we hold these requirements practical and just: : ; ■■ 1. No needles# office, officer or public agent should exist. 2. Compensation for official service should bo fair and just, but in no case excessive. 3. Fit mep, and no others, should hold public trusts. 4. Every official, high or low, should be required at all times faithfully to pcrjbrjp his duty, and the whole of it. * * * - w * 5. No official or officeholder should be subject to political or partisan assessments, or to interference in any way with his political rights or action, and plain laws should forbid and punish all attempts to make or enforce such assessments, or to oentrbl or abridge in any respect absolute freedom in political action, which in this country belongs to all voters alike.

In connection with this subject we recur with satisfaction to that portion of the letter of acceptance of Mr. Hayes wherein ho declares that founders of our Government meant that the'officcr should be secure fti his tenure as long as hie personal character remained, untarnished and the performance of his duties satisfactory. In furtherance of this xiexv wo commend as worthy of consideration legislation making officers secure in a limited, fixed tenure, and subject to removal only as officers under State laws are removable in this State, on charges, to be regularly and openly preferred and adjudged. Fourth—We hold honest service or labor the be s and highest exertion for American citizens, and those who labor for others, whether for the Government or for private employers, are as fully entitled as any citizen can be to absolute freedom in all political, clyil and religious affairs. They owe the full service they agree to render, and to their employers they owe nothing more. The constitution of the United States and of the State of New York and the laws establish equal rights for all citizens and all voters, and we deprecate as unwarrantable and hurtful all attempts by employers, whether representing capital or political power, to encroach upon or coerce others in the enjoyment of any of the rights or the exercise of ahy duties of dtizenahip. In the State of .New York tlic whole number of national office-holders Including •clerks and subordinates of every degree., is 7,486. Tlrts is one national official or subordinate to 152 votars.’ Of State, county and town officials there are in this State 133,613. This is one State, county or town official to every eight and a half voters. When the potential functions of local officers are taken into account, their nearness to the citizen, and their power .over his property, taxesand interest, their relative influence becomes even greater than numbers fflfltdkte. The exclusion of public servants from political aetjon would disfranchise. a great body of our feliow-citizens. The laws mean no such exclusion, and we deny as an imputation upon the people of New York that they are or have been dominated by the nation’s mibowWnafe officials, and we can conceive of no condition of affairs short of the extinction of manhood and patriotism ip which a Postmaster or clerk could snb.

due to his partisan will 150 elfcciors, or exert any other influence beypnd skeh -as hi* character might give him, « - . j m,- j i■/> (f Fifth— Public faith, honest industry and general prosperity demand ' sound currency of coin and paper convertible into coin, and the already near approach to specie payments enforow the and duty of JKaMM* dfeps to full reenmniion within Use topic further tond-gSf Subsidies to corporations or monopolies, and hold that the public domain should be reserved for the free homes of indnstrione settlers. Seventh— That we regard with alarm and disapprave the demands coming from the promoters of various schemes that profuse appropriations and grants shall be made and the national credit used to carry oa works of various Kinds, local and sectional in character, and not of urgent national importance. We ca< njKin the burdened taxpayers of this State to watch and defeat all attempts, however specious, to increase the public debt, or to obtain their money for remote" ftnd questionable purposes, which, if feasible, appeal to State action and private enterprise. Such attempts are more indefensible when sustained by the votes of sectional minorities, adding to the burdens of the more heavily-taxed portions of our country. Eighth— We recognise equally the rights of property, and manliness and dignity of labor, deprecating any resort to violence in the name of cither. We insist at all times upon the supremacy of the law and maintenance of public order. The advancement of American industry and enterprise depends upon the harmonious co-operation of capital and labor, and the adjustment of their material relations, whether left to the reason of parties or effected by legislation, should be governed by a considerate regard for the rights of the one and for the just claims of the other. The remaining resolutions arraign the Democratic party fur false pretenses; for perpetuating existing abuses ; and for slavish subservience to most corrupt and dangerous influences, and pledge the Republican party of the State to renewed and unyielding efforts for the correction of municipal abuses, and for economy and reform in every branch of the administration. Gov. Phelps, of Missouri, has appointed David R. Armstrong, of St. Louis, United States Senator, to fill the unexpired term of the late L. V. Bogy.

WASHINGTON NOTES. At the solicitation of the President and Secretary Sherman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury McCormick has consented to remain in office until after the extra session. The work of reorganization of the Patent Office is progressing favorably. About 10 per cent, of the number of models destroyed are known as pending-application models. They are models either still under examination or that have passed the office without having secured patents. The Commissioner of Patents has determined to ask all to present a duplicate model at their own cxpeiise. National bank nbtes issued during September, $1,826,540. ; Eightv jwr cant, tliereof in greenbacks will "be destroyed, leaving flic outstanding legal tenders at $356,914,937. Ex-Publio Printer Clapp has purchased the JVatioßMl ReptMlcfin, and will hereafter run it in opposition to President Hayes’ administration. In the case of ex-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Frederick A. Sawyer, Frank W. Brooks, ex-Commissioner Haines and others, charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government of $57,613, the jury returned a verdict of guilty.

MISCIXLANIiOUS GREASINGS. San Francisco telegram ; “Schooner Newlon Booth, just arrived, from the Aietjo oofen,;, reports that, of seventy men left on the amndoned whaling fleet last year, only two, both Kanakas, have reached Point Barrow. All tlie rest are supposed to have perished in the icepack.” Late advices from Sitka, Alaska, bring information of a deplorable state of affairs thereabouts since the withdrawal of the troops. There is no semblance of law and no protection for either life or property. The white residents will probably abandon the country as soon as they can get away. On the rcccntly-robbbd Union Pacific railroad train there were silver bars of nearly ten tons’ weight, but the bars werg so heavy that the thieves were unable to carry them, and the whole shipment was consequently left untouched. An Indian woman while bathing at Victoria, British Columbia, a few days ago, Was seized by an octopus, or devil-fish, and drowned. The body was discovered by Indians the next day, lying at the bottom of the bay in the grasp of the octopus. They cut the tentacle* and recovered the body. According'to information received in Washington from Brownsville, Texas, there is a Mexican force coming to the Rio Grande to compel the authorities to execute the extradition treaty. Local opinion in Mexico is against surrendering the jail raiders. The local authorities of Tamaulipas will refuse to surrender another Mexican to the Americans. The United States is in future to be the bat-tle-ground of the International Society. At the World’s Congress of the association, held in the city of Ghent, it was decided to fix the headquarters in the city of New York, and enter actively upon the propagation of the new ideas in this country. The contest was long and bitter between New York and Moscow as the seat of the central propaganda, but the former city was finally chosen.