The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-06-14

StIEtta!y rfeHcO SSs gwen al opillofs
| that all United States bonds are pay
/ able only in gold, and not III silver.
Secretary Sherman has informed Tai
bot, Solicitor OF the Treasury. that lie
would like 10 have HI. resignation, as
political necessity required that his
office shoald be given % another per-
son The Secretary salt II Wa prob
able that other designations would he
asked. Talbot immediately complied
With the Secretarys request AMI ten
desed his resignation 10 take effect Oh
July lst.
Assistant Solicitor Robinson Is In
New York aiteudi : 20 hi. duties AS
. member of the Custom House OH
mission, 50 the Solicitors office Is with
out head
CHICAGO, June l3-Csp,ain Lee, of
the 10Th cavalry, has forwarded to
Sheridan from Fort Griffin. Texas. All
account of his engagement. with q band
Of Comsnche Indians near Lake Que
made. A skirnish occurred on the
fourth of May. Four Indians were
killed -Four squa~s and tifty-six head
Of mules and horses were captured,
aud fifteen lodges. with . very large
supply Of powder. provisions. etc. Ser
geant Charles Batter was killed
CHICAGO, June I3-1he TraLnhss
Bucharest correspondent has seen a
private letter from high Russian Of
fetal a. St. Petersburg. 10 one Of the
Grand Dukes s:af. protesting earnest
ly and with great bitterness against
the idea that the Car will make peace
and evaoustc RoumaHis He consider.
it great isnominy which the Russian
people would not tolerate Ii adds that
the Car; before he left the capitol. per
sonally informed the writer, that the
Russian new era Of Conquest bad be-
gun.
The Tritane's London special says
the speech Of Derby and Salisbury last
night caused much interest. Derby's
views can hardly be gathered from his
speech, but his feeling is doub,lessiy
Inclined rather toward peace than wa:.
The war party's sole and constant ar
gument is that England cannot remain
quiet, now that her commercial interests
are threatened. A division of country
into two new parties on war issues il
not improbable. The radicals present
. determined front. and are outspokcn
aud vehement. but cannot prevail in
parliament at present.
The Iritne's Constantinople special
says the Sultan has ordered special
praise services at st. Sophia, on account
OF the news Of the Turkish recapturs
of Olti, and the dcfea: at Pennack of
the Russians. Foreigners distrust the
news. The above ia no. from the inn
mediate scene Of operations. and previ-
Gus dispatches stated that the Russians
were withdrawing in the direction of
Erzerum. An order TO prosecute the
siege Of kars, reduce il. ard keep their
rear from attack, aud also that the
Grand Duke Michael, COMMANDMENTS
chief Of the Russian armies in Asia,
commences personally To r,connoi,ro
ksrs. is reported.
New YORK. June l3.-The Posts
Washington special says Butler intend.
To form a combination with Senator
Jones. Of Nevada. to press their finan-
cial views upon the attention Of Con
gress Butler said recently that the
note Of those opposed to forced r,sump-
ton would soon be sounded; they were
shouting now Justify tor decentralization
OF silver. bat that was only cloak
to cover their real purpose a: the next
Congress Butler is certain to set
tie the silver question and then We shall
show our hands by demanding that the
amount Of legal tenders shall be put
back TO what they were in March and
~ to DC kept withou, the interference
Of the Secretary Of the Treasury. Jones
is converted to Gen. Buffers ideas and
is now As strongly in favor of paper
money as he was three years ago in
favor of gold and silver exclusively.
when Jones influenced Grant To stand
by the hard money doctrine Hi.
friends here never expected 10 SEQ him
IN active accord with the very men
whom he then denounced
1t is understood that DR. Linderman
will recommend IN his annual report
the coinage Of two dollar gold pieces to
take the place Of two and half pieces
Senator Allison. who has jus; arrived
here from Iowa. says there is every
probability of . stormy time in the Re
publican State Convention. which will
meet OH the 18th inst lie does not be-
lieye any resolution eondemning the
Administration for its Southern policy
vii, be adopted. Such \ resolution.
however. will be offered aud vigorously
advocated Ii is the Senators opinion
that the platform will contain no allu-