Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1877 — DEWS OF THE WEEK. [ARTICLE]

DEWS OF THE WEEK.

THE WAR IN THE EAST. A dispatch from Erzeronm reports a severe engagement between the Russians and Mukhtar Pasha’s forces, which resulted in the defeat of the latter. Russian forces from Ardahan have entered the Western Euphrates valley, endangering the ine of communication between Batoum and Erzeronm, and Erzeronm and Trebizond. A Constantinople dispatch announces that t he Russians have occupied Erzeronm. The London correspondent of the Chicago Tinies telegraphs on the 9th: “It is believed that Turkish resistance is approaching an end. The annihilation of the Turkish army in Armenia substantially ends the campaign in Asia, although it may be a few weeks before the Russians occupy all the principal points. It is so patent to all parties that the Turkish power is broken that the terms upon which Russia will make peace are now the subject of discussion in the London journals. The Russians have concluded the investment of Plevna with a force of 130,000. It is impossible for any supplies to get in or for Osman to get out, and, unless the Russians commit some extraordinary blunder, the capture of Osman and his army is a near certainty.” The Porto has demanded the withdrawal of a Servian corps of observation from the frontier upon pain of vigorous military measures. Constantinople dispatches report an eleven hours’ engagement-in front of Erzeroum, resulting in the repulse of the Russians with severe loss. A Constantinople dispatch says there Is great uneasiness in that city. Placards have been posted summoning all patriots to rise, as the (Government was secretly negotiating with the Russians. The placards also urged the murder of Mahmoud Damad Pasha. From Constantinople dispatches of the 12th we glean that the Turks have resolved to defend Kars to the last extremity ; that the Russians have recommenced a vigorous bombardment of Batoum ; that the Turks acknowledge a loss of 2,500 men and the greater part of their artillery in the battle of Deve-Boyun; that there are dissensions in the Turkish Cabinet on the subject of peace or war : that forty of ex-Sultan Murad’s servants have been strangled because of a conspiracy to reinstate Murad. A report comes from Berlin that Turkey has communicated to some of the powers a draft of the programme for the conclusion of peace. Rumors have been set afloat in Constantinople, representing that the Prophet lately reappeared on earth, and paid a visit to the reigning Sultan. The object of the interview was to warn Abdul Hamid of the peril of longer persistence in the war, and to urge that peace be made with the Czar on the best terms that con'd be obtained.

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. City of Mexico advices report that “ much excitement prevails at numerous reports of light s on the Rio Grande between Mexicans and Americans. It is rumored that a body of Mexicans crossed at Eagle pass, pulled down the American flag and ran up the Mexican, and that Matamoras had pronounced against Biaz. The excitement increased upon intelligence that Mexicans had been assassinated in Texas. Another regiment of infantry marched for the Rio Grande on the 30th ult.” Gen. Grant was banqueted by the American residents of Paris the other day. The French Parliament convened on the 7th if November for the first time since the dissolution in last May. The Chamber of Deputies chose M. Grevy Provisional President. MacMahon is said to have given to a deputation of members of the Right iu the Chamber, who waited upon him, a categorical answer to the effect that he would not resign. Almost all the ’ provincial municipalities of Greece have voted resolutions urging a union among political leaders and speedy warlike preparations. The decision of Lord Moncricff, referee, in the arbitration between the Clyde operative shipwrights and shipbuilders, has been given in favor of the masters. The referee holds that the state of trade on the Clyde does not warrant an advance of wages. The lookout has lasted six mouths. A Rome dispatch says the gravest fears are entertained for the life of the Pope. After a most careful examination, the consulting physicians have given up all hope of his recovery. His condition now is such that he may die at any moment. His lower limbs are paralyzed, and he cannot live very long. The British isles have been visited by another terrific gale, causing much destruction of properly on land and water.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. East, Mrs. Catherine Holt and her mother, Mrs. Catherine Brady, aged 42 years, were fatally burned in their house at Philadelphia a few nights ago. Kerosene. Solomon Strauss & Co., dry-goods jobbers, No. 60 White street, New York, have suspended. Liabilities, $140,000 ; assets, SIIO,OOO. The Keith paper m’ll, at Turner’s Falls, Mass., burned last week. The loss is 6300,000; the insurance $265,000. This mill had a capacity of live tons of paper daily, and employed o 0 hands. Walker F. Bartlett, the Receiver of Taxes of Trenton, N. J., and proprietor of the American Hotel, is a defaulter of from $15,000 to $20,000. He has been arrested and lodged in jail. The carriage works of Charles 8. Caffrey, at Camden, N. J., have been burned. Loss, $105,000. West. Kinney <t Cc., bankers of Cincinnati, have suspended. Liabilities, as stated by the firm, nearly $150,000, They claim to have assets more than sufficient to pay all indebtedness. An association has been formed in Indianapolis for the purpose of raising funds to build a monument to the memory of the late Gov. Morton. Ihe county treasury of Clermont county, Ohio, has been robbed of $24,000 bv unknown thieves. South. A Columbia (8. C.) dispatch says “a verdict of guilty was rendered in the case of ex-Btate Treasurer Cordoza. B. F. Whittemore, cueedof accepting a bribe when a member of the Senate, has been indicted by the Grand Jun'. Reports from Texas say that there are two or three regiments o? State troops now on the Rio Grande, waiting for authority, express or tacit, to cross the river and give “ manifest destiny” a boost. They are restrained only by the presence of Uncle Sam’s boys in blue. WASHINGTON NOTES. Ihe opposition to the appointment of Mr. as Minister to England charge that the Philadelphia firm of which Mr. Welsh is a member is the owner in Cuba of a sugar plantation and a large number of slaves. Ibe friends of Mr. Welsh make the expl.nv Ron that the firm in ijnestjon, being engaged

in the West Indies sugar trade, have been compelled to take mortgages upon plantations as security for advances to planters, and that the slaves, as an indispensable and inseparable part of the realty, have in this manner come into the firm's possession. John Q. Smith, late Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has been appointed Consul General at Montreal. * The President has appointed Henry 8. Sandford, of Florida, Minister to Belgium. The President has appointed Col. William C. Goodloe, of Lexington, Ky., Minister to the Netherlands. Paymaster General Watmough, of the Navy Department, has tendered his resignation. The President has urged upon the heads of departments a reduction of their estimates of appropriations for the next fiscal year, and the War Department has set a good example by reducing its figures as originally prepared $10,000,000. Tbe Secretary of War has ordered Maj. Ben vaurd to remove the raft in the Red river above Shreveport, and keep the river open. A Government vessel will be placed at the disposal of the city of New Orleans for the improvement of the harbor there. A delegation of Ponca Indians was in Washington last week, and had a big talk with tbe President. They poured into his ear a long chapter of their grievances, and were assured in return that their wrongs should receive attention and rectification if they would go back home and be good, peaceable and industrious Indians. POLITICAL POINTS. Gov. Williams has appointed Daniel W. Voorhees to succeed the late Gov. Morton as United States Senator from Indiana. P. T. Barnum, the great showman, was elected to the Connecticut Senate at the recent election. At the late election in Chicago the Communist ticket polled over 7,000 votes. A five hours’ caucus of Republican Senators was held at Washington on the 10th inst., which is thus briefly reported by the Associated Press agent: “The topics discussed were the so-called “Southern policy” and “civil-service policy” of the administration, with special reference to the Louisiana contest, and sundry nominations before the committees. Opinions were freely interchanged by nearly all the Senators, showing that the majority w r ere not in accord with the views and actions of the President on the subjects discussed, but less than a majority were disposed to make any formal issue with him. Such a course was not deemed expedient iu a party sense, nor called for by public interest under the present circumstances.” The Democratic Senators also held a caucus, at which it was agreed, with Eaton, of Connecticut, dissenting, to support all the nominations of the President, unless it should be ascertained in any particular case that the person nominated was unfit.

THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. Elections were held in twelve States of the Union on Tuesday, Nov. 6, namely : Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas and Nebraska. The election in Massachusetts was for State officers, Executive Councillors, State Senators, Representatives and county officers. The following State officers, all Republicans, were elected by pluralities ranging from 15,000 to 17,000 : Governor, Alexander H. Rice; Lieutenant Governor, Horatio G. Knight; Secretary, Henry B. Pierce; Treasurer, Charles Endicott; Auditor, Julius L. Clarke ; Attorney General, Charles R. Train. The Senators elect stand 35 Republicans to 5 Democrats. The lower house is also largely Republican. New York voted for minor State officers and members of the Legislature. Alien C. Beach, Democratic candidate for Secretary of State, is elected by about 15,000 majority. The Republicans secured a working majority in the Legislature. Connecticut voted for State Senators, members of the House of Representatives, and county officers. The vote was very light, not exceeding 80,000. The Republicans succeeded in securing about the same majority in the Legislature as last year. In New Jersey the Democrats elected Gen. George B. McClellan Governor by 12,000 majority, and also secured a majority in both branches of the Legislature. The election in Pennsylvania was for minor State offices. The Democratic candidates— John Trunkey for Supreme Judge, W. P. Schell for Auditor General and Amos C. Noyes for Treasurer—were chosen by majorities approximating 10,000. A State Comptroller and members of the Legislature were voted for in Maryland. Thomas J. Keating, Democrat, was elected Comptroller by a large majority, and the Legislature is Democratic by the usual majority. Virginia voted for State officers and members of the Legislature. The Democratic candidates, headed by F. W. M. Halliday for Governor, had no opposition, and the Republicans made few nominations for the Legislature, consequently that body is overwhelmingly Democratic in both branches.

In Mississippi, also, the Democrats had things their own way, the Republicans declining to make any nominations. The vote was extremely light The names of the State officers elect are as follows. Governor, John M. Stone; Lieutenant Governor, William H. Sims; Secretary, Kinloch Falconer; Treasurer, Win. L. Hemingway; Auditor, Sylvester Gwinn; Attorney General, T. C. Catchings; Superintendent of Public Instruction, James Argyle Smith. The people of Wisconsin elected State officers and members of the Legislature. The entire Republican State ticket was elected by about s,ooo'majority. The Legislature is Republican by a small majority. The names of the State officers elected we: Governor, Wm. E. Smith; Lieutenant Governor, James M. Bingham; Secretary, Hans B. Warner; Treasurer, Richard Guenther; Attorney General, Alexander Wilson; Superintendent of Public Instruction, W. C. Whitford. The election in Minnesota was for State officers and members of the Legislature, and resulted in the choice of the entire Republican ticket by 10,000 to 12,000 majority. The Republicans also secure a good working majority in both branches of the Legislature. The names of the successful candidates are as follows : Governor, John S. Pillsbury ; Lieutenant Governor, James B. Wakefield ; Treasurer, Wm. Pfander; Secretary, John S. Irgens; Attorney General, Georg® P. Wilson ; Railroad Commissioner, Wm. R. Marshall. Kansas elected a Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Republican candidates, L. W. Humphrey and Albert H. Horton, were chosen by a large majority. A Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and two Regents of the State University were elected iu NebrasH*. George B. Lake, H. K, Per-

singer and Charles A. Holmes were chosen by 10,000 majority. In Illinois there was an election for county officers. Little interest was taken in the election, and a very light vote was polled. In Cook county (embracing Chicago) the Republicans elected theit candidates by majorities ranging between 4,000 and 7,000.