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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-26

improvement On Change the alton unchanged;
business slow. Flour dull favored the buyers
wheat In better demand at figures the market
closing quiet earn quiet and easier especially Tor poor
steamer which wanted quiet, but with
decided change whsksy hrmer porS quiet and
lowers lard was lower but closed little mer freights
easy; futures closed hrm coffee active and hrmer
sugar was hrp oils steady petroleum active and
higher: ros,n firm spirits turpentine steady.
ASHES were quiet at sac 5he for pots Pearls were
nominal at 6s.c. 7c
ASrIxosY was quiet at 15ikc. 15slc. gold.
BkKswAx remained firm AT s3c Sic. for Western and
Southern.
Book Corn dull and nominal &c &c. for red,
&c a &c. Tor rcd tipped. and rae. Sc for medium.
CoffkE-The market for Rio active and frmer The
sales were TOO BAGS Dawn a lie strict fair 1000
bags Bes, at lb1c for barely fair oO2 bags
~ 1916 Tor air. and private l95 bags Bi-
Ella ooll eagsex Peggy resae) $50 bags John Bran
lea Mild coffee steady We quote :-Ordinary car
goes. l5c. l5i.c. fair do. lie. IKE: good do.
iI%c lIs4c prime lsc lsi4c.; extreme range tor
lots ioe i9c Santos fair 80 good 1916 IKE. gold
mats zoe 22c sngap lie lSc.; Ceyon l51ac.
lie Mnricaibo, i4c- Ice; Laguayra l6c. lie ia
l6sc. IKE Costa Rica Ice I've Mexican i51sc a
lb3ac.: Manila, l5ixc. Ice. Angostura l3c- lIc:
sayanilla ldc lie Curacao. lac. i6c
tOfPER-The market active. The sales dncludng
last week. about 1000 900 lbs lake at 9c iy.e.
cash. and balance of the year chiefly at Zoe.
CoorkEAcE STOCK WIS unchanged We quote -Moiasses
with heads ss.incn So 80 S. S5: do do ssnch 81 SO
~; box shocks. 75c soc. do. "a: pipe $6
Sc so; empty horsheads 81 so: hoops Is feet. ordi
nary to prime. S35 S37 hoops IL foot. do. $50 s33
II.
coRpAcE unchanged We quote Manila Qarge and
small sixe perlb l3'ac 1876 do. cordage bolt
lie; New Zealand. ll1sc. l2hc Russia hemp tarred
lac. American do. lie Russia bolt rope. lie.
COTTON The market tor spot cotton Lice lower
closed easy Futures closed arm The closing
tp-0Ny sdnyfa mil
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-26

Wheat active about steady prices the market
clio ding quiet Dut tses were ABOUT ODOD bushels at .c
10 red winter wheat according to condition. ~ 10
Michigan DC. No. Chicago Ia store
for do. aoat. 81 " for ungrsdod spring. aud
81 "a Texas amber. Corn suiet and easier
sales about 800 bushels Mt olsc Tor steamer
graded, ovc fr yellow. Coo Tor estern yellow TO
arrive Ole for do pO, aSc u Tor southern sollOw
pier 5sc. tOc. southern white pier Doc .o'sr
tor uLgraded. aud Sic jec Tor ungraded ssh
quiet without decided change Tho sales
about % bushels sc at4zc oe state mixed. t+,.
3r state and 3Sc. 5c Tor No Chcsso
IN store rye quiet. Barley and barley malt
dull.
Ne uuote -LHycr rasins box. 81 90 quarter DO,
syc loose muscatcl. 81 81 ~ per box.
acc riding quality: sccdlcss rasins "a 10
per trail. Valencia raisins &c. per h. sutans do.
Bosnia. French no., &C. ife.. according 20
and quality rants 90. Leghorn citrou, zxr.
figs i4c layers Datcs. Sac. Brazil nuts G.c Pre-.
served ginger. 81 so per The DgfNet
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-26

INNING INTELLIGENCk
Todays telegraphlc advces from San Francisco con-
firm those OF yesterday to tho effect that Mr. Flood,
Of the firm OF Flood O'Brien, will depart Saturday
Tor the East object Of his visit being to make ar
rangements here for transfers of Consolidated Virginia
and California stocks. Several OF the most active OF
San Francisco shares have been placed the reg
ular list of the American Mining Board, and promi-
San Francisco operators applying for member
ship by telegraph and mail
The following the closing prices Of mining stocks
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-26
HIN ANCfAl..

4 T REASONABLE RATEs,-M0NEY o. LIFE xS6
n Endowment Insurance Policies Mortg ages other
securities of all kinds effected with
psnies j. j. UABRICH 4 CO.. 1l9 Broadway.
A LEN. FKOrIIlNGiiAM 4 CO.. BANKERS ANE
~ Brokers. ~ Wall dealers In first class Puts an(
Calls bay and Stocks as long desired margin
to 3 per cent.
Circulars and Weekly Reports sent free
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-26
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKETS

moder ate OF generally course quality
but fat. trade this forenoon OF 10.
last quotations. this reduction sales easy aud
hand all sold OF by prices
81 lbs has been allowed sales 81 lbs
At yards r. q. Eastan sold Tor self ILL.,
nois steers NJ &c vlsc per H.. weight cvt 10 Iii
nois steers at "a sec h.. weight strong;
81 Illinois steers at ossc per b. weight "A strong.
Thompson sld Coon fIss6ury 81 Illinois steers
for selves 81 Colorado At DC 94c per h. weight
csL. strong, 10 Illinois stsors ~ SC weight
81 Illinois sleers 81 Bc per ID. weight cw Vogei
sold Tor ~ Morris 10 Missouri steers AT De- b. with soc.
Oh per mead weight ~ cwt .. Missouri steers 9c per
ID, weights cwt cwt 81 Missouri Ole per
Toe. per H. weight ia SiercI Meyer sold for y.
Morris Is Missouri steers asac per H.. weight
cwt.; 80 Missouri steers at &c. &C. per To-.
weight cwt. scsnt; % Indiana steers DC.
n4c per ID. weight ~ c~t.; IL lows steers NJ 0i.c.
per To-, weight "a cwt ~ Kansas steers. Mt DC Sc
TO-. weight cwt 81 Illinois steers per No., Soc.
OF per nc al on ~ heal weights o4 cwt aoz vl Hi
steers at ssc. H., Min 81 OH head. weight
~. cwL Nj. Lautcsbach sold Tor n. Morris 81
ilincis steers AT sc. per H., with Sr OF per head,
weight 80 cwt. IL Illinois ~ v,.c. pcr TO-,
weight IA c~t Ecant III Illinois steers at S5c TO-.
weight IA cwt Moses sold tor self l5l Illinois
obtain d q. W. Val sold Tor sell 81 Illinois
steers. tefns not obsIned O. Kahn SOLD on COMMISSION
Kentucky d. aixel sold Tor :. Waixel Ill illinois
obtained AZ Jersey City yards Coucy
dcPherson sold tor AVA a Co. 80 Ohio steers NJ
ss,c per weight cwt for d. McPherson s6 Colorado
sr1ers oae. lie. ID, weight % for r. e. last
man ~ Illinois steers at y,c pcr 10 weight "a cvt iyr
cwL q. IA. wcsihoi,ncr sold f.r Wsdsworh q Co. is
state steers az sisc. per h.. wciet ga cwt; state
steers, nj vi.c per To-. weight cwt. cotnn.s.
sion ~ Illinois ssesrA ~ ~ Dor lb.s weAht
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-26
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

Daniel p. Bible OF No IL Union square, has died .
volun tary petition in bankruptcy and the has
been referred to Register Allen. Tho bankrupts lia-
bltics about $50 900, and among hts crcd-
itors are John l. Davenport, John L. Brown AMI Luz
cius Hart 4 Co.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-26

SIX ewt.; minsi. steers At ss PER H.. y.'f 81
81 10 Illinois steers ut &c per To- "e'ght p
ewt NJ doldschmiet sold for Movers Hsgense, n r,s
Illinois steers &C. 9sc. H.. weight "a cwt ~ is
nois steers s9c Zoe per b. weight "a cwt Tor a.
Saddier 80 Missouri steers AT Be "ssc per d. we!gu
ecwt 80 Indiana steers at s'4e &C. per b. ws,e1ss
cwt. cwt.; for Anvil Co, IL Missouri oxen ~ 80
b. weight ewt II Ohio steers at gs.e per w. ws,x%s
a 934c. per To-. weights So cwts IA cwt.
LANbs.Trade firm but slow in sheep ~ -
se per H. sales slow in lambs At AS per To- redle''on 81
last quotations. of prices. sac &C. per b Judc
ckinghan sold Ills OHIO sheep weight - lbs he 40
per h. j. Kirby sold 1903 State lambs weight SO bs
per ead h. 90 lambs weight 81 lbs pes
head, SIC. h. 30 state lambs weight GO lbs -
SAC. per lib 10 choice quality state lambs, weighs
lbs head, 6c. per h. Nose Pidcock sold 2OJ
ohio sheep, weight " lbs per head a. SIZE perib =
jersey ambs. weight 81 lbs head. 81 7c H. w.
Elliott sold Indiana bucks weight GEO lbs he lb
92 Indiana sheep weight 7ODD lbs 47sc per h.: l7g
Can ada sheep weight y 200 9s at eic per H. Hume
state lambs weight stobs a, 'e Perb 81 State lambs
1880 lbs 61c per H. l2l Canada lambs weight SOD
lbs 6ssc H. Dick Davies hold sale iO6 Canada
sheep sMeGraw sold 50 State lambs, weight 751s lbs
head. nj CSC. per ID.
Mich cows, with fleir calves. sold at so2 s72
per head
VEALs AND CALvEs-Smooth quality veals sold st 7c .
o. b quality calves nc 81 81 head Trade
slow.
HocseI head of Ohio hogs live weight 542o lbs Ia
ST o71s
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COTTON RECEIPTS.
PRINTING CLOTHS MARKET.

PROVIDENCE X. l.. August u.s. 1870
Printing cloths still have advancing tendency Ssiee
to-day extra ixi at and market closed lrm II
i1xc. 41kc. standard and cloths.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-26

(NALIFORNIA GOLD STOCK FOR SALE.-A LIMITEn
" amount of preferred stock In OF the best gold min
ing companies In California, with that the price
paid for the stock will be repaid gold dvidsndl
within six MONTHS thereby maksg thi. stock free Of
the present purchaser OF tue ALBERT H. NICULAY
Cos subscription agents for the company No - Pine
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-26
HAVANA MARKET.

HAVANA. August IS, 1874
Spanish gold, 22sts 2c9. Sugar active No. ~ Dutch
standard oh reals arrobc gold Exchange quo.
unchanged.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-10-29
BRILLIANT AND brand NEW.

The discovery OF a new andinSenious
political scarc-crowhas just been made by
those lovely Siamese twins. the Record
Union and Newton Booth the Grea!
recnicitraut, After q long and painful
period of ircubation, tAe result Of pre-
ri0us cacklinSs became manifest. The
Record CniOn. with a wonderful display
rf ewliSh wisdom. announces the por.
tentions fact that nothing but the cleo
ton Of Mr. Hayes can possibly pre-
serrc cur credid abroad, and gives The
figures for it, while, in a whole eolumn
article the boiling Senator is equally
sure thnt Tilden would NOT DO permitted
TO take the position Of President even il
elected. Such foolish utterances from
such sources lead irIesistibly to the con-
clusion that the ensNuguined garment
has proven failure, and that the i'm
mediate Introduction Of q new but
equally terrifying banner is an impera-
tive necessity, therefore. that Tildcn
rs prospective President would serious
iy impair the National credit abroad.
we would mcckiy suggest that in the
selection Of illuminations for tho new
ensign the assuring aud wholesome
countenauccs of those illustrious BIS
Besknap, Dabcuck and Butler-be not
omitted. 49,
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-10-29
Tho Cry Is st:u ror Troop5.

A Washington special brings the grat-
flying Information that, recording to
Senator Vests calculation, the p.ec;pi.
tatioH OF United StAteH troops In ample
nnmbors--the same rs has been already
done In South Cnrolinn- upon the de-
fenselcss State OF Louisiana, would bo
, tIeyory thing now 10 cont.ol tho state
election and carry Il for Hayes. Mr..
West has, II appears. communicated
this brilliant idea 10 Secretary Clund.
lor, who earnost'y approves, Of course.
aud Hereford. MI eaIly report OF out.
TaSea IN Louisiana Is confidently ex.
'IectcJ. AS soon as this littlo
@tter iu Louisiana Is disposed
o., We aro coolIy informed TINT u
similar fo.1nnlity will DO observed
in respect to Miss;Srippi, IN ot,lcr TINT
tue administration may by foico carry
itdtcO Sou;lle, il States 70 compensate for
possible losses North. This Is tho 1ladi-
cats faYo.itc programme, mud tho al.
tempt to a. ~ IL odt will In all proba.
biliIy DO ifado. ~ ~
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-10-29

The Reno ESsa'nJ UaIciie snys TINT n
project for building a priimoldal rail.
road direct ION Reno 10 vi Gluia is
now tudor consideration by certain
parties who have tho cnoigy md means
10 successfully Gerry y out. It Is
thought that tho farmers Along tho limo
.frum 1leno TO tho foot Of tho Goigor
Grade would, for sninll consideration,
gan. tho right Of WY, rnd f,om tlcro
tho fodd would 90 via Lo1iso Cook In
io.Erainia. 10 coas;ttcS such ioad
would scqcilo e3,7Uo 20! n:tc, c..clu-
sivs.oi rolling ssooi;, o;e., 10 thas nll
together not owe. SIS, OjJ would Dc ic.
qnIred to build and STOCK It.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-10-29

READING, Pn. Oct. ~.
During tho Democratic pa:ade IN
this CITY, 20 day, iIro railing in font
OF tho portiro Of T. cDc3or Halt gayo
why aud prcoipiIaled about thig;y
persons, como OF them children. 10
tic sidewalk, eighteen foot below.
Twelve porsons woro severely hurt,
having Srqtainol frGclu:cl limbs, or
intOtnal inn ios. 80.
WASHINGTON, Oc;. 81.
Tho President OF tho Unito.i S clos
Inns issued proclamation appointing
Tho Goth day OF November ncxt to DO
observed MS n day OF Thanksgiving.
Jnmoa J. brooks Of Philadelphia,
for long limo IN tho Government
Secret Service, has becn appointed
to succeed Colonel Wnshburn M
Chiof Of tho Secret Service Of tho
division Of tho Treasury. =.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-10-29

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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-10-29

NHN FVITTNl VVT, ~,
Tho railroad representatives 20.
Gently in session In Detroit met hero
to-day in tho Office OF tho Pro4ijlon
Of tho Michigan Centfnl. They
unanimously n3tcod TO advance
eastward bound freight. Tho noxt
step toward settlement OF tho rnil.
road war Is meeting Of EASTERN
frank lines, which has boon callc,l ior
Tomorrow, at tLo oillco OF YIN. II.
Vanderbilt.
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I! I,4iMENpEH OF CONGRESS.
u p Al. III. a N. o.. u1n1g
laI tHF AT b-N2s'.-t ~ ~
,,,i.,, 10 :, 0R.D:CIiE.;IJJcI.
sUPGRMs JUDGE,
i AZ ~ q 1lA K r IK1oK,
r,oF .sroBgY COUNTY.
a,,iELK0?CoJNTY TICKET.

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lulf nloy '"rn'@f . -----.-----.ipi'..-S' ~
ou1t eajnia ia-jrJ ~ So gfn,G
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-28
The Resources of Russia,

A correspondent of the Edinburgh
Scotsman, writing from Russia, says (:
"Nine- tenths of this vast country pro-
duces little else than frewood. In the
South there are black soil districts, and
they raise beautiful wheat there, but the
wheat finds only one market-England,
which seems to be the stomach of the
woodland in the market they have all
the world, from California westward to
New Zealand eastward, to contend
against. In Finland is iron almost as
good as Swedish, and in the interior of
Russ STA coal and ire n in vast fields, but,
strange to say, although the Government
and the proprietors would assist in every
way, none of the English engineers who
have examined the districts have report
ed Ct them favorably enough to induce
capitalists to work them. They prefer
such out of the way places as South
America to Russia. In the Ural mount
aims there are gold, silver, copper, and
platina mines, yet the largest coin one
fin Is in circulation is of base silver
nominal value sixpence. actual value
little over three-pence. The other 're-
sources of Russia ere the raw materials
she exports-hides, tallow, tar, rags,
bones, etc, but these exports are not on
the increase. Yet the great extent of
soil, the vast country possessed by Rus
STA, is in itself great part of her recu-
perative power, say some wise people;
look at the United States of America
There is, it is true, that similarity be-
tweeH the North American continent and
Russia, that both have vast uncultiva-
ted districts, but along with it comes
the slight difference that, while great
parts of America are worth cultivating,
very little of Russia is. The population
of America increases through immigra-
ton from tie whole world; the popula-
ton of Russia does not increase, and no
body dreams of emigrating thither."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-28
Gen. Sitting Bull as French Scholar.

He is Teton-Sioux, and only 30 years
of age. Capt. McGarry, of the steamer
Benton, tells me he has known Sitting
Bull about the Upper Missouri trading
posts for many years. His principal
bartering place was at Fort Peck, though
of late years he and his band have fol-
lowed the buffalo north on the Souris
and Pembina rivers, and have bartered
their robes and tongues for guns and
ammunition with the French half-breeds
of Manitoba. Sitting Bull was convert
and friend of Father DeSmet, who taught
him to read and write French. He has
always scorned to learn English. but is a
fair French scholar. In the Dakota lam
guage he is also versed, and declared to
be q greater orator than Little Pheasant,
Chief of the Yanktonnais. Capt. Nc
Garry says he knows that Sitting Bull
has read the French history of Napoleon's
wars, and believes that he has modelled
his generalship after the little Corsican
corporal. Sitting Bull has never accept
ed an overture of peace, the report that
he gave in his adhesion to Sully to the
contrary Notwithstanding. He has al
ways been an unrelenting and vindictive
SaVage-JO the AnerlcallS WudJ Ocudliyl
was to the Russians. Father DeSmet
kept the Teton-Sioux from the warpath
until 1868. He then left the Upper Nil
souri,. and Sitting Bull became chief.
No organized effort was made to array
the Sioux nation against the whites until
after the Minnesota massacre OF 1853,
when the Sioux were driven west of the
Missouri into the bad lands and noun
tains of Dakota. Sitting Bull aspired to
the leadership, but Red Cloud, Spotted
Tail, Little Pheasant and the Ogalalla
Sitting Bull chiefs repudiated him.
From that time he has been malcon-
tent, and at war with the chiefs of the
Sioux nation, though he has by his per-
suasive arts of oratory seduced many
hundreds of their young braves into his
ranks. He is also largely reinforced by
young braves from the Crees and Assini-
boins Of Manitoba. Every summer for
five years he has been up north among
these tribes, and now they are flocking
to his standard. -DdkOta Cor. Chicago
Tribune
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-28
SIOUX WARRIORS.
The Terrible ordeal of the sun-Danc

The Terrible Ordeal Oh the suh-D"h'e'
Fort Lincoln Cor. Chicago Tribune.l
On the 18th of June, Sitting Bull and
his allied bands fell upon Gen. Crook,
and achieved partial victory. Run
ntrs were Immediately dispatched TO
lukewarm tribes around the agencies, to
carry the news and to drum for recruits.
Accordingly, a number of young braves
left Standing Rock, Cheyenne Agency,
and Fort Peck Reservation, and joined
Sitting Bull. Before, however, they
could be accepted, they had to pass
through the ordeal of the sun-dance.
These ceremonies were held in a
wild canon of the Big Horn mountains;
and graphic description of them has
been given me by w. O. Gooding, a
youEg Massachusetts trader who is study
ing the aboriginal character, previous to
applying for position on the Indian
Peace Commission as humanitarian.
The sun dance commenced on the after
noon of the 18th of June; and, from its
commencement to the end, 200 warriors
were not to eat or drink anything. I'm
der shades made out of cut boughs, Sit
ting Bull and other warriors were gath
l.
200 young warriors We're ranged around
"a medicine-pole, their bodies blackened
with charcoal. and wearing nothing but a
short skirt of buckskin around their lions,
and eagle-feather coronets. They would
dance at intervals of half an hour, and
were then allowed short respite until
again called out by the tom-tom. A
warrior was suspended from the medi-
cine pole by the ends of lariat fastened
to two thorns stuck in the flesh of his
back in each hand he held long pole,
which partially supported him but
every few minutes he would swing the
whole weight of his body upon the lariat,
i'll an effort to tear the thorns from his
flesh. After hanging for three hours in
the glaring sun, he was cut down and
carried away. Another young warrior,
who wanted to show what brave heart
he had, lay down on his face and had six
thons put in his back aid shoulders;
then TUNED over, and had two more put
in his breast. Then, rising to his feet,
buffalo skulls were fastened to the thorns
in his back, and lariat to those in his
breast, and he was made fast to the
medicine-pole The tom-tom struck up,
and the Indian began to dance; and, as the
skulls tore the thorns out of the flesh one
by one, Sitting Bull and the chiefs would
shout their appreciation. Then, bracing
back till the lariat pulled his breast out
like a woman's, he danced with renewed
vigor; and, as the thorns tore from his
flesh, and he had demonstrated terrible
powers of endurance, the chiefs gave
him loud cheers.
These are the kind of men who are
now on the war-path against their hered-
itary foe, the pale face. Is it any won
der that the bravo Custer fell before
them?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-28
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

A Point for the First to Decide-The
Ema ncipatIon of Slaves-The specta-
torr's Opinion ON the Eastern Question.
The Spectator of July / says that the
point ON which Englishmen have now to
decide, and decide at once, is whether
they will fight Russia in great war, be-
cause from selfish motives she is help
ing to emancipate 10000 600 slaves.
The right of populations like those of
Turkey to take their freedom il they can
in fair battle is (the Spectator says as
clear as the right of any man to keep his
own possessions. We have no more
right to help power to commit atroci-
ties such as are going on in Bulgaria,
because the power is useful to our in
terests, than to help a Ribbonman to
murder because he votes straight. And,
as we maintain, in so helping Turkey we
are injuring Europe and our own po-
sition in the world. There is an under
lying idea in many quarters that if the
South Sclavs succeeded in oversetting
the Sultan's throne, and compelling the
Turks to fill up their depopulated but
beautiful territories in Western Asia,
they would be mere dependents of the
Russian Gear. They would, on the con
trary, be the most dangerous enemies
the Russian Government ever encoun-
tered in its career. Prince Nikita, at the
head of the eight States, or better still,
the Archduke Albrecht, would be mt the
head of power which Bismarck would
court, because without its consent Russia
could not move; which Austria would
court, because it alone could guarantee
Hungarian obedience; and which Eng
land would court, because it could give
precisely that security which we are al
ways hoping in vain to obtain from the
Ottoman caste. What is there in such a
prospect which should induce English
men to expend blood and treasure in re-
jecting it; or why, if we must Highland
we do not deny for one instant that
Russia is dangerous-should we not fight
when European Turkey has been freed ?
The Federation would hold the keys of
South Russia, and would be so dreaded
in st. Petersburg as to be forced to de-
fend itself by external alliances. Russia
may crush" Constantinople? Nonsense!
Which is easier to fight-Russia, on the
borders of the Sea of Marmora, thous-
and miles from her resources, for the
independence of the Sclavonic Fedora
ton, or to fight her in the Crimea, on
her own ground, for the right of the
Ottoman caste to misgovern 100000
reluctant SUBJECTS If, indeed, there
were possibility of making the Otto
mans at once so civilized that their rule
was no injury to Europe, and so secure
that this rule could be lenient to its sub
jects, something might, at all events, be
said for adhering to the tradition which
has cost so much; but not even Mr..
Disraeli believes in possibility of the
kind