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FRANK P. BEARD, Editor tad Proprivtor. BE JUST AND E?R NOT. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. VOL- 5. Gazette ? '.ggg 1 \ The GazettK,^,^^ Jon Printing Office ?, ^ * | It bkttkr prvpaml than am oth?r [ lo rirralr In Ihr iih?I xtnu'iltr tl) l<??r(| j lluu of Job Prtuttug, Mirb m l'amptiteto, I Hill llrxlt, loiter auil Note llrxlt. Lav lK?l|t?-r*. (Irrulans Hau<l B1IU. XI Vliltlu|uul AiMrewCinlt, H?*l imtm Cfeftla, Ac. ?? ' Work Jou* In Hrou**, RmI, aU'J Stock. The puMIc iiium r*m?riul*rr that the beat U alwajrl the cheapmt. V(> il<> work at Char lent i'ii I'rlc**, and * ' entire aalUfactlou to oar patrotia. 14 NO l/. /$77J CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. C., '?ftURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1877. NO. 9. ^ _ _ _ _ "li* THE PIOPLB'S PA'PKR. CAMDUI ?. C., IOTBIBEB M. ITT. FBAII F. BEAM, Editor t Frtprtetir. r OU? upw kl ba ac ' ttm MM pt Mm Mtksr, not ?aaa itMtkitMiuiiiot rxxi ! tki writer. Write oaly w om 1M0W tea paear. la particularly <*raf?l la firing ?MM Md (Mm tokn* tto tetter* ?Mls ud dla I AdvarttMac A|MqriHw>miT.UnM, tthe ottea o< tba Kowo and Oourlor, It tba anthor W CIm ftUmiU coming to town te.?wfa p? Ann, or in writing for information, witt do no ifooor fry mentioning tea/ tho adMi (Uiniit was ?AMI?rK8lllW8 CARDS. J W. >?c?r^, Dealer is Dry Good*, ?* CUtklai, Ifcin,, BmJww, Crockery, Qro Mttoi, Aa ... by Mrs. B. Rich, ud Owtitl Kmhti Cekaa alwaya on hand balla anppllad at abort nolle* te?'r. Drnjcrl't, dealer la pare and 1 Madletaaa, Pateat Madtclnaa. Mite, Boapa, he. Praacrlp uM. Stera opan regularly /A Pege, dealers la Dry Goods, r. Shoes, Oroaartea, Plantation BnpplUa, ta far several Bteadard FartllUara. Bk P. Beard, Auctioneer. Bales of rarjrklad promptly attendad to. Conilgnmanti Joak J. Maebv. Furniture Dealer. Re '* petriag easily, pomptly sadcheaply doaa. ? A. Ynnng, Books, Jewelry, Fancy Goods, ? ?? Kelvea, Haxora, Belaaora, Onna, Platola, Car tli^tta, t klaa, Bpaataelaa, Remington Braach-load lag Ouaa, Kemtagtoa Bowing Machlaca. R Rtek bays and pays tbeblrbeet price for Hid no, Bktaa, Far*, wax, Wool and old Maul, i Janea' aad McCnrry'a Storaa. Hon Hesklas. Boot and Bboe Mel "?siring attended to promptly. Ordara and BlleJ with promptnaaa and at lowaat ] Cjeorge Alden, Cotton Factor and dealer ? la Oaaaral Marehandlaa, alao a full aaaortmant ef Parlor. Ogee aad CooAlag Btorea. J A. Armatreni'i Feed and Bales Sta ? hlae. PeKalh Street. Horaaa aad Mnles al 'weyaanhaad. Kennedy A Beykln, dealer* In Dry m Oooda, Oroaartea, Hardwara. Bhoaa, Hate, Ac. Hlgheet market prloa paid for aotton. DC* Klrkley, Ajrent, Family and Fancy ' Orooa laa, Frnlta Nnta, Conf*rtlonerlea, Cigars, Tobaoao. A a. Tropical Frultla aaaaoa. Maker. Re lara aollcltad, i prumptaaaa and at lowaat prloaa. \I !>? Artknr, dealer la Boota and Bhoea, " * Pry Oooda, Hate, Clothing, Ae. Hand Sawed Boot* aad Bkoaa a specialty. MettB Brea., Wheelwrights and Black amttba. Repairing promptly and wall exeeated. Horaafchoolng a *p*clalty. J*I. Lefrand, Jeweler and Repairer of ' Watabea, Olocka, Aa. Tba patronage of tha public la respectfully aollcltad. All work war ranted. DR. Kennedy, dealer la General Mar ?chkiylUa. rail Unas of Family and Faney Oro aariaa. Coafeetloaerlea. Aa. Bhoaa aad Pry Oooda. J, 1???^olo? manofhctxirer and dealer ??n%J wWV5' nf" Boetng. Guttering, Ao. 0 W'?lP"" ^ Parlor Blovaa al ways oa head at lowest prteee by B* M,w* WHIUubZ "* FiWhmllV delivered la aay pari <rf tha elly dally. 61? T Berwick I.rfare, Dental Burgeon. *? Oradnste Baltimore College of Dental Burgery. Oflics, DeKalb Home. Entrance on Broad Street. noKalb Knw,bT Mrs. A. 8-Rodrers. " Regular apd I ran ilea t houd on accommodating terms.- Located in the c?-ntrewf the city. Convey ance* at depot on arrival of train*. COLUMBIA BUSINESS CARDS. phlnft Hall, by W. B. Stanley, importer v of snd dselar In China, Ola** and Earthenware, illvarwsre, Tabla Cutlery, Tlnwara and House Fursl*hlng Good*. Mala s:reet, attl to Carolina National Bank. Deekllng*n Art Gallery, oppoeltc *? Wheeler Hon**. Any atyla of picture, from mlnlatnre to llfa alia. Old ptataraa e. pled and ra du oed to aay alia. Jones, Davla St Bo?knl|hto, Sncces * aora to R. 0. 8hirer* Co , desleraln Dry Oooda, Carpet*, Ol 1 Cloth*. Boota. shoe*, Hata, Ac. Bample* ?ant an application, and e* pre** charge* paid on all bllla oftlOor mora. T f. guarantees hit Brer to be 1 pnra and reliable. Be does not sdnlterate It, but brewa from the baat barley, malt and hope. \kj I>. I.ove, wholeeale and retail dealer In "? Dry Oooda, Notion*, Ao. New Store, and Freah Itoek. bamplea free by mall. Bxpra** charge* paid on ordar* of #10 and upward*. Ulnarrt A Wiley, dealer* In Clothing. ** Six Bhlrta, with Linen Bosom and CulTa, for ail. Pant* from *100 to $13. Ve*ta$ltot6. dult*i?. >8, $10 and upward*. Stock of hata large*t and cheapest In the State. Umbrellas, Trunka and Traveling Satchel* V H. Helnltisk, Drug*, Medicines, Them. leala. Seed*. Garden and Field Fertilising Chemicals ahesper than ever. Money saved and land enriched. Band order*. Ten dollare will buy enough for a ton Thlal* worth having. Look to It and address B. H. Helnltab, Columbia, 8. U. J A. Headrlx A Nob, Wholesale Oro u ^eera and Commlaaloa Merchant*. In and . _ , ... . Pattern* Catalogue free on application. Send order*. pat Meekan'S Restanrsnt la the pi am to * get meals at all houra. Saloon lefreahment* of tha beat brand* on hand Lunch dally from 11 a m. to 9 p. m. lir. Thomaa T. Moore, Dentist, Colum bla, B. 0. W W. Tramp, 1W Meln atreet, dealer l?* Fancy Good*. Notions, Ac Quick sale* a ? mall profit*. Agent for Butterlck'a Pattari niereka A Davla, Watches, Clocks, Fine ** Jewelry, Sllverwsre. Platedwsra. Cutlery, Ouas, I'latol* Fancy Oood*, Spencer Diamond Spec taclea. Watche* and Jewelry repaired hy Arat-claa* workman. Order* by mall on approval and express t'ald * AwMti, flaM Business Cards* P Manufhctgre** of Cigars ? * and Deslsr In Tobaero, Pipes, and Bmokera' Artlslea gsssrally, JH. Tramp, Fancy Goods, Jewelry, La * dies' Furalsblng Goods Bpeclal Hues Celluloid, Co si, Jstsnd Plated Jewelry sad lsdlsa' Under wear. Orders esrefnlly tiled peter Keeaaa, dealer In Boots and Shoes. 1 Theoa* price syatem sad strictly fslr dealing tha ralsof the house. . reatral Hotel, ftftl Broad street. By Mr*. v W. M. Thomas Centrally located and conveni ent to baslsess Jaa. U. Hallle * Rro., 906 Broad street, Augnata. Oa , Setabliabed ISM Dealers la Brussels, S-ply snd Ingrain Carpeta , and Floor Oil Clotbs. Window Shades. Wsll Psper sad Borders. Lass Cartels*, Cornice* sad Bsnd* Rug*, Mats, Druggets and Curtain Good*. *,ooo yd*, lagrala Carpet 9A to Me a yard. 9,000 yds. Carpetlag I ft to U?. a yard 1,000 yd* Floor OllClotb AO U^Ae. a ysrd. Good* sold low forCssb, andflTny Nsw York In voice duplicated. Bead oa Orders. Vf Te RIAaHl A 0oa. Bookseller*, ' Btatloaera aad Prlntera, 981 Broad atreet. Orders by II promptly tiled. J Me Altwier'a Wholesale and Retell 9* Drag St. re tit Broad street Diags. Psteat Medlelae*, Palate, Otis, 411 see, Patty Gardes and Vlsld Seed* Bpeelal care glvea to order* by mall. Oiiiea|iii<a>e? atllallat. U V. DrOrelf, Furniture Dealer end Uadertaker, id/, aad IdS Broad atreet. MUltoeVi VtMlk For Fashionable HaU, " Boaaeta. Ae., at lew prises, aead order* to It. Bftua Curfc, Af uata, Oa. B?iBlft I>r/ tioodhk? We keep one of " the Tsrgeet and best asserted sioeha Dry Oooda la the Seuth, aad siw> y* at the lowest price*. To pereoas llvtag si a dlatsaee We will, a?ea applies lloa. ssad ?ample* aad prleee of meet leading artl Si as. We pay the expreee eharge* on all ordere of te eaatoaMir** aeereet ofllee. Give ?i a bW Bead for eopj of enr llla?trsied Basaar. V. Rlshard * Bros., Propiletots Fiedeilekabnrg Dry ?cods tar*. a, Broad Works of T. *arkwalter*a Marble Work ara, tars Ooleaaa'* mfllaete. gad gefiSTfjr A CROWD OF BOYS. BY MBit. FRAMCU K. rUM. We lire In a bit of a cottage, \V Ith room* iwltbrr many nor wide ; Yet we're rich It) puMeaaiona?at table Oo* children count three on a title. Then? are brown eye*. mil blue eyea, aud Itasel, Aiul with rarlumi gift* they're endowed. Rut theachool buy* hkh* that <>or Benny I* the )olllest boy In the (imd. My neighbor, who has only daughter*. fame In with her^ewlng one day. And, while we.were pleasantly chatting. The children cam? In from their play. Mbe paused In the midst of a atory, t'nuned to hear voices mi loud. Hut smilingly added, " Your Benny I* the noisiest I my In the crowd !" Their grandpa ilro|>a In of a morning. /V lid I* ofU'U luvlted to stop. To tell them wuiie utiiry or other. Or mend up a wagon or top. lie In always amused at their mylngv Aud seem* of them all to be proud : Hut lie say*, tottn eoe?, that Benny Is the smartest of all In the crowd. And grandma, who dwell* In the quiet. \ ITnmoved by earth's clamor ami nolae, <'ouku In with her sweet, placid manner*. Kor an afternoon's talk with the !*?)*. Whe sets them at peace. If a ijuarrcl Break* over their )oy? like a cloud. She's fond of them all; but thinks Itetiny Is the prettiest one 111 the crowd. Aunt Jane, from her stately old mansion, O'crshadowed by poplar and elm. Came down to the city last winter. To visit my turbulent realm. "I am glad," she assured me, at |>nrtlog. "Bnc.h blessings to you are allowed ; Hut keep a tight rein on that lieinty. He's the luckiest Is.y In the crowd !" Ah nie ! what ? mixed reputation For any one t?oy to |k>*wmi ! As the others have talents uunumhemd. We're a Battel. I frankly confess. A philosopher, asked to appraise theiu. At tlie task Would Iw puttied and cowed, Though at dinner might reason that Benny Is the hungriest lmy In the crowd. At night, when all have I teen settled In crib and In cradle and bed, I go on a tour of lns|iectlon And pillow each slumlterlng bead ; And, while 1 commend them to lleaven. With spirit In reverence Imwed, I am sure I can never determine The dearest or best In the trowd. ? Wateriown Bolt. Hiding in a Coffin, AN EPISODE OK WESTERN BORDER LIKE. I had ridden hard and fast, and was. astonished to And myself coming into ac ??ttlement. On the course 1 have j**611 there was wrong one. Almost any traveler on the border sections would have lieen glad to thus stumble upon a place for f?>od and refreshment. Not so with myself. In the breast i>ocket of my coat 1 carried five thousand four hundred and ninety odd dollars, United States money. 1 had received this amount from Major General T. M. I,acy, and it was to 1* carried through to Fort 1, , and placed in the hamls of Colonel Am J?\ Southard, to defray necessary army ex penses. There were only two men in the ltar room of the tavern which I had entered ?the landlord and the hostler. Stroll ing carelessly alxnit the room, I glanced out of the window. My In-art leaj>ed into my throat?for in the man outside I recognized, from description of him, liill Wolf, one of the most desj>erate characters that ever figured in the annals of bonier ruttlanism. There was the huge red moustache, the thick, hairy throat, and the shoulders haun ched up around his head, suggesting the shape of a mammoth clam; ami the voice with a deep down intonation like the plop, plop of water hurriedly leaving a juK. If the description of the notorious renegade Is Inelegant, it has the merit of truthfulness, ami much therefore to is* excused. 1 went through my supjier with form; but whatever appetite I might have felt on my entrance into the Inn had van ished with my discovery. After a time, the other fellow came in?having l>een out, he said, to look after the animals ?and ordered sup|ter. Now was my tiling to leave, which F did in a careless manner. It was quite dark outside. The host ler was Hitting a Unit the stable with his lantern, which emitted little more effulgent light than a white beau would have done; but he graciously brought out my steed at my order, and, mount ing. I thankfully trotted away. After riding a mile or more, I heard a faint sound, and drew up my mare to listen. No chance travelers ever rode like that. It meant pursuit. I gave my steed a gallant lash. She broke into a convul sive wait, hove her Issly up with one or two plunges, stumbled, going down from her knees to her iu?se, and pitched me literally heels over head ! The next moment I seized the bit to fetch up the fallen animal, and dis covered that in the meantime she had undergone a strange metamorphosis! She had lost her white face on or in the grass. Passing my hand tietween her eyes, I found the hair was wet. In an instant I was examining the white legs. My mare had l>een (teculiarly marked with white legs and face, and I found these sticky with whitewash. What then V Simply my trappings had been transferal to another animal, gotten up to exactly represent mine In the evening. This discovery brought an ap|>alling interpretation 'of the oncom ing horsemen. I gave the mare the whip as soon as her unsteady legs were well under her, and sent her scouring on ahead, while I ran off to' the right, making for a little hollow ravine. Ilere, to my profound astonishment, I discovered a cabin, or hut, about the dimensions of an ordinary country log house. Impulsively dashing to this, I gave a rapid succession of knocks. A shrinking, pale, and cowering Woman opened it. " What is It ?" was her first ques tion. noticing my breathless haste. u Is there any chance to hide here ? My horse has thrown me, and I Mieve a party of de*|>eradocx are close up with me." "Not no I There is no place," she gasped, her quick ear catching the sound of the coming horsemen. " This Is all the room there Is?then? Is neltlier cellar nor attic." "lint this?" I excjf. med, rushing for a dark object In the corner. "It's a coffin !" was the quick re sponse. " Hut there's no other chance ?they are turning up to the door get in." I had hardly time to hide myself in this receptacle for the dead when a hoarse voles one that I knew by the description which 1 had of it?called i out^ j 44 Here, you Dick !" The woman threw her apron over her head," and opened the door. I * 41 Where's Dick V" ! 44 He hasn't comeback yet," returned ' the woman. I 44 Oh, 1 j arn't. Jen, hev ye hunt a ; home go by to-night ?" ; 4' Yes, only a little while ago?a small i man V" " Yes. Driving like the devil ?" 441 guess," she said, and then jNiused. , 44 You can hear the horse now," feign j ing to listen. , After a moment's glance inside the I house, they were off again. 44 What "shall I do t What shall I do ?" gasped the woman. 41 They will j be l>ack in twenty minutes, for I believe j your horse is in sight?not more than i three-quarters of a mile off. My hus band is liable to come at any moment." 44 But with him inside the house, we might " i 44 With him !"?she emphasised it in despairing tones ? "he's Bill Wolfs brother!" i I was out of thecoftin in a trice then, ; you may well believe. 44 It is death for you, any way," she moaned ? "for I near the rattle of Dick's axles already." 44Stay! There's the rain barrel," I 'said, in des|>erntion. 44They've tried : that once, they may not again." | Before you would be able to sj>eak a : sentence, the water was dashed out of the cask, anil stealing down into the i arid soil, and I was in the barrel. The ' woman quickly placed a tub half tilled | with water in at the top as a cover, i She had barely time to enter tlie house ; ? the door of which, fortunately, \ ' o|>ened on the side away from the moon j?when a rattling vehicle drew up at ; the door, afld I heard a hoarse voice j raving and swearing at the woman for , something done or undone; and then, ; from' the bung-hole?having Ikhmi dis ! lodged in the upsetting of the cask?I j saw the furious return of the three | I renegades. There was a good deal of loud talking ' i and explanations, and oaths and stirring up of hot nectar, and rough remarks wbout the cistern in the corner; but i both Dick and the woman seemed sore altout something, and the man peremp torily refused to join the hunt because of the coflln. 41 Well, you're going our way a piece," said Wolf?"likely enough you'll have the fun of s^ping us wing the turkey." The conversation was distressingly irsonal?made acutely so by Dick ask g: " Is there water enough out there, Jen, to drink my horse ' 44 I'll see," she returned] ....v vuv miu li|/|?r*l ! my prison over a little so that I could 1 spiing out. I was l>ehind the cask when Dick came to the door and chirruped his lK?ast up to the tub to drink. 44 I'll go with yon as far as the forks," he suid, as two of them came out witli the cofhn and slid it into the Ixxly of the wagon. They then stepjied back? probably to call the other. A't that moment a wild and desperate plan entered my brain ; but, feeling for my knife, I found that it was missing, along with the l>elt to which it was at tached. It was suicide to attempt seiz ing one of them. But as the woman, with some purpose in her mind, siflig out to the men to come luiek and get the last dlpperful of liquor which she had mixed, I seized the only alterna tive, I sprang lightly into the wagon, lift?*<l the coftin lid, and again crawled into the long, narrow prison. The three ruffians were mounted, and all were about to start, when the woman ran out with some sort of a blanket, and muttered something altout covering the cotttn. The man yelled out to her to mind her own business, and let the thing alone. She retreated with the cloth, but she had accomplished her purpose. In its folds she had concealed a ln>wie knife. Under its cover site had raised the lid and drop|H'd the weapon inside, it giv ing me a cut as it fell upon me. In the momentary noise and confusion I had | got the weapon in my hand, and with I its |H?int raised the heavy lid of the I rough Ik?x the fraction of an inch, so i that breathing was easy if my position wus crani|>ed. Tim tlii'ee horsemen spread out, re marking to each other : " Beat up the gainK now speedily In-fore, by any mira cle, he gets into the wooded itelt hy Buford's Springs." By and hy there was a shout off to the right of a "tally hoi" as if the huntsman had sighted the quarry. Nothing hut an unwarrantable amount of liquor could have influenced them to | conduct themselves as they did-?for no sooner had they called out from the right, than Dick came to a sudden halt, lea|M'd from his seat, and ran off to wards th.4M? who were hallooing. For one instant my heart stopped beating at the thought of the hazard which I was alxnit to run. The next moment I sprang from the coffin to the ground. A few lightning-like strokes, I and I had severed the traces and the holdbacks of the harness. The whole scene is vividly pictured in my mind?the moon-lighted prairie, the little ravine toward which tlx* renegades were dashing, the wagon standing in the trail. Then tie* rattling of the falling thills reached the ears of ' the party, and with a wild shout they { turned toward me. I was on the horse's I l?ack, hut boldly defined by the moon | light. There was the sharp report of ! two rifles. I felt a sting in my foot, I another in my shoulder, but the horse was unharmed, and the race for life Itegan. On and on my steed, desperately spurred with the )M>iiit of my knife, Iwtre ahead,actually causing me togasp for breath ; and not two hundred yards in the rear rode my would-lte mur derers. On the rhlling prairie now. My ani mal took the declivities with a plunge, I and the elevations with a sure, fierce l stride. Across the brawling ford. Hut I crack came another rifle who, and again a stream of fire seemed to strike my | shoulder. They were closing in?elos I lug up. I could now make <vut only two horsemen following me. One of these had discharged Ids rifle at me, the other I knew was.held in rest for a nearer shot. A momentary dizziness lopped me . over upon my horse's neck. The ruf j flans yelled triumphantly ^ehind. A distant echo brought me up. Hiving my |?oor l*?ast a stinging blow, I emit ted the wild, long, tierce yell of the border rangers, and sped on again. Hut iny horse had that peculiar squirm now and then in his gait that told me he was faltering. Again that echo reached me, swell ing out on the rising wind. It was the shrill squeal of the flfe and the dum ' diddle-um, did-e-umdum-dum, dum, ol infantry returning ? from some expedi i tion to Fort L . Again I sent out that Jong, wild, border yell. I knew j by the quicker breathing of the (lfe and 1 the rapid pulsing of the drum, tliat j the soldiers had broken Into the I "double-quick" in lieed of my cry. A parting shot, tired at random', and > the two desjieradoes turned. But one ? of them, at least, I was not done with. .1 called my mare with a peculiar wliis I tie. I repeated it and repeated it. Then 1 heard her crashing again in pursuit, while her rider shouted and lashed her, i and tried to pull her round the other i way. For a brief time the desperado wrestled with the animal ? lashed, goaded, ami roared at her; but my in j cetwant. jerky whistle-call kept her mind and head toward me. lie only I gave up the fruitless struggle and lea]?ed j from her beck, when a squad of infan try dashed over a billowy swell of prai rie, and rushed down towards us at that steady, measured run which is so 1 effective in contrast wltji a disorderly gait. "It's Wolf, boys!" I exclaimed, as i they came up with me?for I knew his voice. 1 had no need to tell that there was a price set upon his head, as it had been clearly proven that he had stirred up the savages to commit more than one massacre of the settlers. A dozen of them, uttering a yell of fury, started in pursuit, while the others, noticing my swaying almut the animal which! rode, liegan to think that I had found something serious in my race for life. In fact the plain was rising and falling, and shuffiiug about so that it took a great amount of nerve and equipoise to sit sis 1 ought. They got me into Fort Ii , however, -with Uncle Sam's promissory notes all safe in my breast IKK'ket: while my boot full of l>lood,r' and the galling tiesh-wnunds in my shoulder, accounted for the odd rnanrcu vrings of the plain while I was on horse-l>ack. After a brief but desperate conflict, Bill Wolf w;is brought in, )>assed over to the proj>er officers to have and to ' hold, until there should be meted out to him the measure he had given. . * Origin and, Progress of the Jtusso- Turkish War. The immediate causes that )mv? iwj SvJSSLS'ith" b.1,,od,e't ^ ?MSS?P^ ^?SSFF Turk tliere 11*^,! f"U^'le b&d? 7" 8,;irit of animosity, em.' bittern! by fanatic religious different Rowing opposition of JS aml r''n'n>brHnc"?f 5'"ce ">mWned BSsjau ?>ortn has Ijeen waiting onlv for n L lation and prosecute the projects of thwarted. ThleffiS&al1 U'en ?"??Pulsory hlacUvSl'; of^S' I n l L'S^'J1 to which Euk i ?? ^ Income tamely wedded ?t ength furnished the fon^rS t he latter was supplied by some wit v wit"'o7 18 4'?fccurred after the haf trvo[ Il^Ween, W)n,ft Chri?tian i??irwiiiuyot Herzegovina andthetuix. fanners commissioned by e Ott?m m government. To escape from exacts '< inmr H(,nn|ent, the peasants tied un - but on ?!* Hn,UHry' to Montenel / ' '/'t on the subsequent offer r>f amnesty, returned hoine/whire dlt, ,ie promises made to them thevTer* reaeherously and savagely l*?ten t hJw houses burned, and one of the, / kill Vl -1" ul'i hiT' t"a" taiiird f,?r h representations ob !,?i for them much sympathy everv Viz;''r rc ^: r ll?l' ill8t?, the mi-mWra of the Gr?k mem iair promises of reform but ,ha<1 la"Kht ref n?L'd ? y ,,rtt urc of these, they aid edJ k "T>pt therri> ??<' secretly -f wi,ii - herwlf 7h?.'!d .Kuf'a ''a'1 constituted " , Ir t,l1< champion of the oppressed ' ? ??rUed t he Powers to take Tt A 1H7 ' n f ' U" nn thp :,(l ,,f January i 5 fftn'ous Andrassy Note drawn P >y Austria, (verinany and Russia and consented to by England w?* sf^ntfMl iii tin. t> 4 (* "''m whu prc tuin uiumin i - ? <l^iiuiii(Iin^ c*?r of its (,hri^Ln ?r.r?8 1,1 the treatment i ns lyliristlan subjects, and reaulrinir f'm ri:Uin,nt^ that these should 1*? faithfully carried out. While negothT ress"a'fa.m!i* 'i*8'8 WOrp HtUI in Pr?K tacked itrtH 7?W<1 o1 Moslems at tacked nnd murdered the French and <?enn*n consuls at Solonica; and ^ nut n rHIIH'1,10 excitement through "} ! ,'f ^""'7 *?'? ? ml mi ",r ? Following quickly upon this excitp s-fSuir JiirxT'wZ1 z, i&SPPf""' these domestic troubles ne fiwi' n w w,'r<> np<,,,,warily interrupted ?nd those provinces in which the (Ihrls tiaiiHi greatly predominated, thought it a favorable moment to shake ,S ??I Xrir.!"" April, a rcl tell ion broke oul in I Chrfstlin v Hl (l,,li"K its "oppression, ?, ,,r,f,tlan V: tages were burned ol<| ?>.,{ I |StmtTC"^*nd *WM,l"h t lA. ^n account of these "t;,"'l>l7 flr-t puhlMieri 1,/M? Sel,,,T cliirwl wlr ?!? teiwjtro ?t i.oce de^ .;?.r:i,:Vh?r?a,,Tuucrhkr. the l*?* had not declared war, she intents engaged in it. De assistance, however, the censes forced both the re inces to conclude peace, advantageous terms, le, chiefly at the Czar's in . conference of diplomatists fronl JLnstria, England, France, Ger '^taly and Russia, met at Con pie to decide the nature of the r which Turkey was to be coin to inaugurate, and ttie guahnt ?e should give for their faithful tlon. As the conditions here - j-' uj>on would have virtually de prive the Ottoman government of con I troTyver its Christian provinces, thev weAfoeremptorily rejected by the Porte, | whfcj^ex pressed itself resolute to' es tablkh, of its own accord, nearly all j thei?l*>i>o?ed measures, but declined to I be intimidated by foreign governments [ In tlie internal management of it* own ! The reply ended by saying j that! strong in til ; justice of her cause, I Turtey was determined to ignore what h*K been decided without her and "gtjfcRt Uero Hitherto Russia had aj> Mrahtly sought to bring about a joint iutwtferenee by other Powers, but as declined to take action, the Czar regijlyed to act inde]>endently, and hav ing completed the military preparations, which had been for months in active progress, on the 24th of last April, he issmnl a declaration of war. The Russian plan of o|ierations em-, braced two distinct movements?one against the Ottoman provinces in Asia, for whi<4t an army, under the Grand Duke Michael and General Melikoff, ha?J been collected on the east of the Bl^ick Sea, and the other against those iaJ5uro|>e by.an army concentrated on ton frontiers of Roumania. Immedi ately on the declaration of war. Ix?th tlfese armies advance<l rapidly, and mU?in a fortnight, that in Europe had taken possession of the chief strategical points in Roumania. that government at once formed an alliance with having fiussia. and soon afterwards placed un auxiliary ?army in the field. Here, during the first twoor three weeks, the military operation* were confined to the march forward of the Muscovitse towards the Danube, which separates Bulgaria from Roumania. The Rus ,sian Asiatic army, numbering 130,000 SfOopsand 300 gnus, first met the Turks t Alexandero|N>l, yn the confines of ""?rgia, and although they suffered a of 800 men, they forced the enemy retreat, and on the 15th of May ieved a decided success by the eaj> i of the strongly fortified town of ahan, which opened the way to * to Kara and Erzeroum further to west. At the outset they carried ~*Wng before them, as the forces "- ' ' tar Pasha, the Turkish far inferior in n um Imsfcii vf ?rrnr laid vigorous siege to Kars, another ad vauced against Batoum on the Black Sea, ami a third pushed forward to wards Erzeroum. gradually forcing back Mouhktar Pasha, and defeating him on his attempting to withstand them in the Soghanli Pass. These movements necessitated that their forces should be spread over so large an extent of territory that the different sections were not within supj>orting distance of each other. This gave the Turks an op|?ortunlty of concentrat ing their forces against each division, and on the 23d of June Derviseh Pasha completely routed the right wing in the neighborhood of Batoum. On the 21st of the same month Moukhtur Pasha, having received considerable reinforcements, Itegnu a forward move ment from Erzeroum, and after ol> taining several successes, inflicted upon Gen. Melikoff a decisive defeat at Ze win on the 25th of June. Advancing still further to the east, he oj>ened com munication with Kars, into which lie threw 4000 men, and finally forced the Russians to raise the siege and retreat into their own territory. There they were heavily reinforced, and the sul>se quent movements of both armies, end ing in the recent overwhelming defeat of Moukhtar Pasha, and the reinvest ment of Kars, have l>een daily recorded in our condensed telegrams. Ill Europe, the Russians having oc cupied Roumania, liegau preparations for crossing the Dauulie, meanwhile increasing their forces l>y fresli levies and reinforcements drawn from all parts of their vast empire. It was not until the night of the 2(>th of June that they at last tiegan to cross the river by a bridge which the Turks had, by gross negligence, allowed them to construct unopposed at Galatz. Their passage then and during the next two days was but feebly resisted by a Turk ish force in the neigliliorhood. On the ?27th another division crossed in boats Ht Simnitza, whereupon the Turks hast ily retreated from the neighltoring town of Sistova, which was immediately seized upon by the Russians. They at once constructed across the river n wooden bridge, over which nearly all their enormous reinforcements have since crossed into Bulgaria. So feeble was the resistance offered them by the Turkish Commander-in Chief, Abd-el-Kerlm, that they soon took possession of Tlrnova, the capital of the province of Bella?anot her town capable of strong defence, but which wasaliandoned without a blow-?and of Niko|>olis, which offered only a brief resistance. Here they captured (HMK) men and 40 guns, and secured an ex cellent position for another bridge across the I>anut>e. The Sultan, alarmed at the Muscovite successes and the unaccountable inactivity of his own forces, transferred the chief com mand, early in August, from AUI-el , Kerim to Mehemet Ali Pasha. At the same time Suleiman Pasha, i who had been successfully operating | agsinst the Montenegrins, once more in rebellion, was sent to oppose a Rus sian division which had crossed the Balkans under command of the dash ing (Jen. (Jourka. The tide of fortune now turned decidedly in favor of the Turks, who lieatthe invader* l>ack from nearly every advanced |M>Hition they had attained. Tlie Russians were speedily forced .to retreat to the Bal kans, and there only managed to hold the now famous Shlpka 1'ass. Their numerous defeats at Plevna, on the li()m and elsewhere, have they not liren duly chronicled for the benefit of our readers, as well as the successes which they have once more Itegun to achieve? The uncertainties of war are pro verbial, but even among these uncer tainties. it is difficult to imagine a final triumph for the Turkish arms. 'Tls an old, though somewhat Irrrever ent saying, that the God of armies is, in modern times, almost invariably 011 the side of the greatest numbers ; and while the population of Turkey and her available dependencies only numbers about forty-five million souls, that ol the Russian empire amounts to atx>ut eighty-four millions. Moreover, the power of the Muscovite has for gener ations been steadily increasing, while ? that of the Ottoman has been persist ently waning; ami since for the last century the latter haw been unable, single-handed, to cope with the former, even the frantic energy of despair is hardly likely, at the present day, to reverse ttie issue of former struggles.? Jtwal AV?r Yorker. Stoveft in the Last Century. The introduction of stoves is so new that it has scarcely any literature be sides Its advertisements. Nowhere in the language is there a hand Ixxtk show ing plainly and clearly what the nature of a stove is and what facts have been established, and the conflict of |?itents and of personal opinions at the present day makes it as difficult to tell now what truth is as it was two thousand years ago. We do, however, clearly know that there were no stoves in Greece and Home. Cicero never knew the delight of a coal tire, and Demosthenes was un acquainted with the taste of a broiled lieefsteak. Their fires were furnaces, and thestove-pi|x>. as well as the chim ney, was unknown. Indeed, iiianyjieo ple would I* surprised to learn how re cently the latter has lieen introduced. Kichard (Veur de Leon and Rudolph of Ilajtsburg never saw one. and the houses which an' still standing that were built live hundred years ago have no arrange ments by which they could have lieen heated. Fire was then made in thecen tre of uroom. By removing the fuel to the side of the chamber, and making a recess there, a better draft and ventila tion was secured, but heat Wiis lost. Much of it csca|>ed into the outer air. The introduction of stoves must have rapidly followed that of chimneys in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. But in England they are little used, and have not there won a place in the affections of the people. It was in the United States, the land where the summers are as warm as those of Naples and the winters as cold as those of St. Peters burg, that this useful invention was to l>e improved and perfected. Necessity is the mother of invention, and wequiokly experienced the truth of the adage. Dr. Franklin deserilies in his autobi ography how hisattention was attracted to the matter, and what he did in the way of improvements. It was in 1745 that he brought out his novelty, which proved so advantageous that somesi>ec iinens are in existence up to the present time. The plan was a rectangular box of cast iron plate, open in front except near the top, with a sliding shutter by which the whole might be closed entire ly or in part, either for safety or increas ing the draft; the hearth projected in front, and^was^cast with double ledges these one was in the front part, with a regulating valve for admitting air to the fire from an air-Hue Ixuieatli, when the shutter was down; one under the first upright plate in the back, for dis charging the air brought under the hearth from without into a nartow, rectangular 1h?x that was as long as the width of the stove and as high, except ing the space for the smoke flue over its top; it had also three near the extreme back edge for the sinoke, after it had I>assed over and*descended behind the air l>ox to enter the flue leading into the base of the chimney. The air l>ox at its sides was furnished with hoh's through which the heated air was admitted into the room, and a succession of shelves, one above another, was provided in this Ik?x, reachifig not quite across, by which the circulation of the air was extendedL and it was longer ex posed to the lieatwf surfaces l>efore passing out into ^he room. The back plate heated by the descendii imparted heat to the air the chimney the stove standing out from the wall. A register of sheet iron was introduced in the descending Hu,e, which could tw dosed wholly or -in part,' and check the fire to any desired extent. I hus his invention embodied the prin ciples of the modern air-tight stoves, and the directions Dr. Franklin gave for using it are just as applicable as these, though, by reason of its ruder workmanship, the joints were not air tight, which the inventor himself re marked, and supposed could not well be otherwise. This stove was ornamented in front by a representat ion of the sun, near whlTMi were the letters, intended for its name, Alter Idem. In 1771 Dr. Franklin, whileacting as the agent of Pennsylvania and some other North American colonies in Eng land, designed a stove which should consume its own smoke when burning bituminous coal. It was a vase-shajied iron vessel for receiving the fuel, set upon a horizontal grate, and lieneath this was a large liox of cast iron, fur nished with partitions which caused the flame and smoke drawn down from the grate to circulate around until they finally escajied into the chimney by a flue at the bottom on each side. With the same object of consuming thesuinkc, he also invented a basket, grate, or cage with movable liars at the top and l?ot tom, the fuel lieing at the top and kin dled. The cage might then lie turned over upon pivots, which supported it by the centre. ig out into fhe ,e of the st/?ve, ling smokt^flue r betwee;/it anil The name of Count Itumford after ward became celebrated for the improve ments which lie introduced in stoves, especially those designed for culinary purposes. He gradually red need their dimensions, and contrived that most i important feature in all cooking stovea. i of arranging a nuinlx'r of |>ots and j hollers over the thi?>s proceeding from a J single fire, and the method of roasting j meats in ovens of sheet iron, without j the viands acquiring a disagreeable ; taste, a gentle current of air l>eing al- j lowed to circulate through 11 e ovens. Dr. Franklin, among his other alter- j at ions, lessened the size of the pipe for I leading away the smoke. He had made { the discovery that too much heat went up the chimney, but lie could not com- , pletelv obviate the (lifHculty; nor, in deed, have hi* successors. The history of any art Is a history of continual ex periments, and it iic<mIh time to deter mine many pointa. We are applying ourselves to their resolution, but we should award all honors to the pioneers of seienee who led the march of discov ery. We do more lieeause our opjair tunities are greater. ? In Pulton county, I'a., there is a man named llirain Itct'se who has had twenty-fceven sons by three wives. He is ninety years old and appears as vig orous as a inan of fifty, lie frequently goes coon hunting, and recently he walked to ('hafriltcrshurg and return (forty-four miles) without ex|>erlenclng fatigue. Seeking for Hidden Treat* u re. Early In November a treasure hunt i ing expedition, under command of Capt. i I. H. Follingsby, will leave New York I iu search of a long hidden store of wealth, supposed to he valued at be 1 tween $4,UU0,UU0 and $5,000,U0U. and to have formed the freight of the Spanish man-of-war San l'edro Alcantara, which sank off the Venezuela coast iu the year 1S15. The ill-fated vessel was : sent by the King of Spain to subdue the j insurrectionary States on the Spanish main. Owing to domestic troubles in I Venezuela at the time the vessel arrived j there, she was made the store ship for i the gold, silver and jewels of the Span | ish citizens and clergy resident at Ca I racas. The amount of valuables thus placed upon her has never l>eeu definite ly stated, but it is supi>osed to have run j way up in the millions. In addition to it. the "loot " captured in the sacking ! of a number of Venezuelan towns by , the Spaniards was also placed upon the i San Pedro. K lated by their successes , in conquering the insurrectionary Ven j ezuelaus, the captain and all the sailor* I indulged in a grand orgy on the .ship. , uithe course of which tire caught intlw ' riggwig. and in a few moments the ves sel was ablaze from stem to stern. The explosion of the |H>wder magazine fol lowed, and the San Pedro sank to the 1 Kit torn of the ocean, carrying with her. to l>e scattered among the waves, her Spanish treasure chests, the relics of the jM?ople of Caracas, the hoarded wealth of the priests and the plunder J from the Venezuelan towns. In lKlti, a Newburypiwt. Mass.. sea captain vis | ited the scene of the disaster, and by I means of a wooden diving liell he liini I self built, recovered ?h>.?HH) in silver. [ In 1H4."). a llaltimore company having i obtained a concession from tiie Vene- | | zuelan Government, succeeded in rescu ' ing #200,000 more in silver. Another ? expedition by the same company in the I following year proved a failure, owing | to the desertion of its divers. In ISP.Mhe American schooner Ktn j ily Hannon obtained a few thousand dollarsfrom the wreck; in is.Mi Captain Town recovered and iu 1S">S ! Captain Whipple found All these sums were iu silver. The present ex | (edition will lie equipjied witli most powerful dragging and dredging appa ratus, and a uunilier of divers will ac company it. The theory of the com mander, I wised upon the fact that all previous "finds'' were in loose silver coin, is that the strong I nixes which held the gold, jewels and church plate, were not burst by the explosion, but simply tossed away to a greater distance than seekers have hitherto deemed it worth while to go away from the wreck. These boxen, he lielieves, have l>een buried deep iu the sand, and hence he pro)Kxses to spend a period of eight months in the immediate vicinity of UfraaaaMiiW^kuln<T which time he Will g" over inch of the ground and endeavor iTT bring the hidden treasure to the surface r?i nuiKse. Stork (rtunbfi mj. Til K MANIA IN SAN Kit A N< IKCO. A corresj>ondent writing from Sun j Francisco says : It is absolutely surprising to see what ! a mania prevails hen* for stock gam- j bling. Capitalists, merchants, clerks, I servant girls, all shades of professions J and vocat ions are engaged in it. hoping , to realize sudden fortunes. Men of op- | ulence are impoverished hy a single | deal. Millions and millions of dollars , change hands in a month. When one ! conies to ascertain that the most of the j nrfning stocks in the market are abso- | ^g|riy worthless, it is past my eompre- I wtfNlon why investments in them are | made. 1 have l>een making some tig ures and I find that only thirty two out j of the sixty-seven mines in Nevada j ever declared a dividend. Thirteen onl/ have. declared dividends within the past two years. There are some 217 mining industries on the Pacific coast, and their total dividends up to the pres flht time foot up *10H,8.">!l.tm Of this ^mount Consolidated Virginia and j California have paid $."><),7iH),(MM), or ; Clearly one half. The total amount of i assessments levied on these 217 mines aggregates $V,l,2">il.lull. Taking out four mines from the list, it is found that there has been more money put into the rest than was ever taken out. Deducting $W7,5KO,7<M>, the aggregate dividends of the seventeen l>ouunza mines, and we have $11,271), llu as the total dividends of the remaining 2<Mi mines, or $ix.(MMUMM) less than t lie total amount of assessments levied during the |M'iiod that dividends were made. Outside of a few of the l>onanza.s all the money made in mining stocks is by mine managefsand their friends. The victims are the fools who are captured by the stock sharps, and who are led to risk every dollar they have in the world, too often on a single venture. Such rraud and robliery asare practiced by stock manipulators here is without precedent. ' A Itrtiiw. In one of the remit skirmishes near I'levna, a young Russian otlicer was seen standing just l>chind one of the batteries waving his sword ami )h>I?11y encourag ing his men to stand their ground. Over and over again in- rallied the troops who were |M>uring ont of the trench, but it was of no use; the tire was too heavy for any human l>cing to stay and live, and at last he stood for more than a minute absolutely alone, save for the 1 dying anil t lie dead piled in heaps around him. It could only end one way amid the storm of bullets which were raining round him. thick as hail; one at la<t found its way to that noble heart , and he fell dead. As the Turks swept over the para|>et and dashed past the h|m?t where he lay, the colonel, struck by the Itoy's extraordinary courage and devo tion, gave orders that he should lie de cently buried. In the evening he re ported to the eominander*n-chief that the Itody was that of a girl. Queer Lurk. In the town of Anhurn, Oregon, gold digging* have been found under pe culiar circumstances. A hoy had been titled out by his father with the imple ments of mining and set to work near the roadside, merely for amusement and to give the youngster something to keep him out of mischief. The ground was staked out formally in mining styie, and some waste water was turned into sluices, so as to wash the dirt. TIip boy worked for a few days faith fully, and, to everybody's surprise, he at last (tanned out a small quantity of gold dust. I>alK>rors were then em ployed, and the work was deepened ana extended, gold continuing to he found, at. last accounts, in profitable quantities. Varieties. ? Willful waste makes woeful want. ^ ? If you open your window in the car the iH?rsou behind you may catch his j " death o' cold." ?Salmon ??f large size are now twing ; caught in the Susquehanna by tisher nien in place of baas. ?(iilntore and his famous band have concluded to give 1?H> concerts in this country U'fore they go to Europe. ?A Keutuckian has been tined by a court fur inducing :i neighl>or's servant to break his contraband leave him. ? Fast Time?The In man steamship City of Berlin recently cross* >d the Atlantic in 1H-J hours and 12 minutes.' ?An English journal advocates the utilization of rats for food. declaring that thev arc l>otli wholesome and pala table. ?A North Carolina girl pierced her ears in order to get a paii of ear-rings, and got instead a four and a half pound tumor. ? A Maine |>ostmistres8 was fined only live dollars for reading an unsealed letter and gabbling its contents to her ueighliors. ?They are complaining in Boston U'cause a committee of the City (*ov erimieut drank worth of lemonade at one sitting. ? It is held by a New York court that sleeping-car companies are re sponsible for thefts committed on their guests and patrons. ?Those fellows that are continually finding fault with everybody, arc gener ally very inaccurate themselves. Any mad version suits them. ?John A. Wilson, a survivor of the "Charge of the Light Brigade" at Balaclava, resides in Camden, N. .1. He is a wool dresser by trade. ?The sea serpent is olT the Maine coast, and is 7"> feet long, with a head like a whale's and two flippers that strike the water with a loud noise. ?Sixteen hundred sheep were sold lately in San Bernardino, California, for four "hundred dollars, or twenty live cents a head, on account of the drought. _ ?. ? L'ntil recently, human as well jus animal bones were used in French sugar refineries; in fact, the former were as lately as 1H.">8 sent from Algeria to France. ?The I'rince of Wales will occupy half the space in the grand vestibule at the Paris Exhibition next year for the purpose of exhibiting the presents re ceived in India. ?A firm of undertakers in San Fran cisco caters to the desire of its poor patroub by hiring to them a very costly coffin. After the funeral is over the trHiptomni lit ii rh'iw, ?The venerable Professor Dana, of Vale College, has distinguished himself by chasing through the streets a sharp er, who nearly cheated him jput of $."> by professedly soliciting for a sick tire man, catching him and lodging*hiu> in jail. ?A Detroit lady kept her daughter at home from school on account of a storm, and the energetic female teacher sent another little girl, a pupil, without an umbrella, through the driving rain storm to ascertain the cause of the absence. ? By French law, architects and con tractors arc held res|>onsihle for a period of ten years after the completion of structures for the total or partial loss of buildings constructed by them, if such loss is caused by a fault either in the building or foundations. ? A new fVsh-hatching establishment in Plymouth, X. II., is nearly finished, and 500,(MM) California salmon eggs are to Ik* received for hatching. By next May 20,(MK) land-locked salmon and several thousand brook trout wilj be ready for distribution. ? A detachment of artillery, while recently practicing among the Shrop shire hills, miscalculated t he range and threw thirteen cannon-balls into the village of Mintoii, two miles away. One building was knocked to pieces, and the women and children fled scream ing from the village. ? At (<achute. < 'anada, the other day, while two or three men were trying to lift a heavy sluice-gate, a young man standing by banteriugly offered to raise it alone for IIfly cents. The money was paid and he did raise it, but immediate I) said. ?' I have killed myself for tifty cents," and died soon after. ?A revival has broken out among the Indian tribes on the northwest coast of British Columbia, in conse quence of live apparitions having been seen by some Indians worshipping in a church. There is much religious fervor manifested, and all the tribes claim to have apparit ions of their 0^11. ?The young Prince Imperial has lately been engaged in getting his pho tograph taken in every jxwsible \x>ne. These he sends by t he bushel to France to keep the people reminded of him. Iteccijtly alxiut 20,000 were seized by (ramltct t a agent s and consumed in a 1m>ii 11 re .in which a straw-stuffed figure of iui|>erlalism was also burned, amid the shouts of the populace. ?Seven forts have l?een l>egun at Home, to form a second line of fortifi cation, in harmony with the plan of General Bru/./.o, which contemplates construction without of ten great fort resses, all connected with each other, and inclosing a large Ih-II of unculti vated land that will, however, Im? re claimed ami cultivated, so as to afford food for the garrison and stores against a |M>ssible siege. ?Shelden Miller, of West Stock bridge. Mass., 78 years old, who luis lieen deaf for three years, while at din ner recently, heard rejiorts like an ex plosion, ami immediately could hear ordinary conversation with the greatest case, His enjoyment was uul>ouiidcd. He was formerly a good singer, and performed on a violin, and within an hour after he had recovered his sense of hearing went for his old violin. ? Some Boston sjmrtsmen, who went out for ducks in the rain, succeeded, after patient toil, hi shooting one bin I. This t hey determined to prepare foi* din ner, but, unhappily, they fell U> discuss-^ ing |w>litics, and when they hftd wru gled t ill t.hcy were weary, and every < of tliein convinced that all the renti hojH'lessly wrong in opinion, thflj covered that their dog hf lieen discussing the duck, fc^l i there was left of it.was the