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ONE or THE MOST u DESPERITE CIR-
TINt OPERATIONS, or THE DIT.

ONE or THE MOST u DESPERITE C4R-
VTNti OPERA TIONs or THE Dir.
One Of the most desperate affrays which
ever occurred in this country took place
in the drug store of Sidney Broadus, at
Stringtown, about five miles from this
place, on Tuesday afternoon last. Billy
Patterson and Joe Hill, the latter a son
of Elba Hill, have been unfriendly for
some time past, and a fight between the
two has been anticipated several months.
Both are desperate men, and parties who
knew them were satisfied that when they
met in conflict there would be no child S
play. Both have boen engaged in a
number of fights, and Patterson has been
cut and shot several times and 50 des-
perately on more than one occasion that
his life has been despaired Of; but by
some miraculous chance it seems he has
recovered. His dangerous woundin 9
however, has not improved his course of
life. Hill has also been regarded As a
dangerous man, and one not afraid of
menu OF utFll- 1ilt Two AAEtl lAiCb OAl
Tuesday evening, both drinking. Per
sons who saw them became satisfied at
once that they meant mischief 1t was
but few minutes after meeting when
they engaged in a quarrel. 1Taddened
with drink each drew his pocket-knife
and went to work TO carve up the other
One of the most desperate fights of mod
ern times was the result. With true
grit they hacked up each other in the
most terrible manner. The fight lasted
only few miuutes-bystanders having
interfered-but their gsshed bodies pre-
sented a most terrible and 4 most sicken-
ing sight. At the first onslaught both
throats were cut from ear to ear. The
windpipes were cut but the juguldr was
not severed, and they continued their
work. Hill was badly cut across the
nose, and then in the arm, the artery
having been severed. Patterson's nose
was almost separated from the face, the
skin of the forehead just above the eyes
was lifted, from the scalp, and danger
Gus wound received in the side, pene-
trating to the hollow. Yesterday at noon
both men were still alive, but with no
possible chancellor the recovery of either.
Richmond ReQSSter.
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JEH,s IN ENGL4ND.


Marriages at the bottom of a prodi-
gious agitation now going on among
the Jews of this country on the
question of admitting proselytes. The
prohibition against receiving Chris
tian converts to Judaism was passed in
the ages of persecution, when such a
convention was apt to be followed by
atrocities such as it is now the fashion
to call Turkish. Then as now the Jews
had considerable amounts of cash, but
it was easy to relieve them of it without
marrying it-namely, in the Bashi-Bo-
zouk way. But that is illegal in Eng
land and other parts of Europe, and it
has become serious problem how to get
at such big fortunes as those of which
the Rothschilds, Erlangers, and others are
the best known examples. The prohibi-
tion against proselytes, originally passed
for self-pretectiOn, has long proved to be
the means of keeping Jewish fortunes
among themselves, and the conservative
party insists on upholding the religion
pointing to various cases where fortunes
have been got by Christian proselytes
divorce have followed, and the wealth
alienated. But the wiser and mere ad-
vanced Jews perceive that the old hedge
has become defective. The Catholic
church maintains its anathema against
marriage with Jews Except in Austria)
but there are Protestants in these days.
\ distinguished Jew in Paris has Just
married a Catholic lady, and a similar
event has occurred in Dunkerque: in
both cases Rabbi and Archbishop both
refused consent, but Protestanism tied
the knot. In this country it is not only
the wealth, but the exceptional beauty
and culture of the Jewesses which have
made some change necessary. and the
ancient race have found that they must
not stand so firmly on the old ways as
did their fathers, who lost them tbs
Disraeli family. So last week the Jewish
World announced that it was not the
intention of the ecclesiastical board tc
offer any opposition to admitproselytes tc
our faith, provided the applicants are sin
cere." 1t is an important step. We
shall soon have a society for the conver
sion of Christians. But how about thi:
sincerity" clause? Will each convert
be sworn that he or she is not using the
synagogue as an appendage of the licens-
ing office? The Jewish World hears a
new command coming from new Sinai
ordaining Israel to be witnesses of the
higher faith and monothemism of the
times. to difuse their light and become
cosmopolitan, and raise up a mighty
spirit of peaceful enterprise by which
Christians and all others shall be set free
from the superstitions which now hold
them in bondage, and shall walk hence.
forth in the green pastures beside the
still wdters where the God of IsraeI
shef'hs rds his fock."-M d. Con,oay /,
he Cincinnati Commercial.
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and instead of money they found wha
they took to be a corpse. They steod
apart - whispered - seemed to hesitate
how to act. The safe was opened the
owner was there at their mercy. Weak
as l was, I at once discovered the cause
OF their hesitation.
" You came" I said. to rob me
instead of which you saved my life.
The amount of money which you would
have obtained Is no considerable sum it
is there---there in that second drawer
from the right Take it--divide it
between yourselves, and with it take my
thanks. You see I am very weak-the
excitement caused by incarceration"
One of the men approached me and
said: eve are robbers; you are in our
power, but we are not murderers. We
came for money but"
I interrupted him.
No hesitation, sir; it is yours--my
free sift-take it.
He ther ieined his companions,
consulted awhile, then came to me and
said
Suppose, sir, that we were detected /?
Our entrance may have been observed
the money found upon u.s. the
condition of this safe thus, you see upon
such evidence we would be convicted at
snce"
VIII you place that chair before the
table and help me to it? I am completely
unneryed. Seven hours in that safe
nearly killed me"
The chair was placed rs oriered~the
man who had spoken assisted me 20 it.
I took paper and pen, and while those
four stalwart, desperate men gazsd upon
me, wrote the following;
For valuable services, 1 pay these four
men (for the soul of me / could not
write gentlemen) the sum of $1,000.
They rescued me from most horrible
death, for which, in addition to this sum,
they have my most heartfelt thanks.
fSigned -
90 Take that paper, sir, and ifanything
should occur, come TO me-
Thus was I saved, but it was many
weeks before ! recovered from the effects
of that night of horror.
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THE INDIANS.
J,yeDarafions ia Montana for the heoep''"''
Of Joseph and his Band.

J,,,eDarafions ia Montana for the heoeP""''
Of Joseph and MS Band.
Advices from NIissoula to the morning
Of the 9th says Gibbon, with two hundred
regulars of infantry in wagons, left Mis-
sonia post to follow the hostiles at pm
saturday. lie designed making thirty
five miles day. The hostiles were ~
I)oolittle Ranch on Friday night, seventy
sve miles from Missoula and within zen
r,;los Of the trail 70 Ross Hole. Chafie'
declines to lend his warriors to Gen.
c;bbon but will fight the Nez PerceS ."
- own account. Tie hostiles wef0
n,oving 40 with more celerity Friday.
StovensvilIe M had advices on sstufo1s
that one hundred or one hundred l,' -, !,
6rtv men were coming from bannoe .,os
~ ;ntsrcept the Indians. howard W. " aes IN.
,n.erI1 hnorS from. Lent, the courier, had T.. =,
,,e.,,r ratnrned on sunday, and apz'e,y a'9 ,s.',
gesurusb o,. far him n as two Nez srcss bad ...r Err
"rsr lc,s n the trail A considerable ..,,,. prs
~ ofel ,he Mi.soula bounty so',na...ssS.ui #
o. on.ad .aS 10 . advance, but ind'r''
theregulan'
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than a match for the efTete whites now
doing business in the islands. The cooie
O niteen years ago is to-day a weieomed
visitor at the palace of Kalakaua, and
lcgKed upon as the co-equal of any white
man in the kingdom A wealthy Chi
nese merchant sof Honolulu, in former
times a coolie, is married to beautiful
native woman, who refused the hand Of
Appointment white man.-SqH Francisco
pnsf
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GR4YE ND GAn-



BY CLARA c. DoLLIvKR.
Little brown lady,
Up in tree,
Smoothing her feathers.
Looking 40 me;
Up IN the morning
First peep o. day,
Getting her breakfast.
WORKING away;
Stops by the window,
Shaking her head,
Calling me lazy,
Lying 10 bed.
Little brown husband,
Up In tree,
singing tine sweetest
Ever could be,
Sings OF the morning,
Sings ui fhe idr,
Sings Of the sunshine
Everyw here's
Very fine dandy,
Golden red
Never get handsome
Lying iu bed.
-Four little children
Up IN tree,
cling run pihlNEr
Never did see
Babies sd hungry,
Babies -1 bad,
Mouths 81 wide open,
All VERY sad
Come. iiitie mother,
They must bee fed,
sColi me no longer
Lying iu bed
Little brown lady,
Would ] were thee,
Homework and household
Up iu "a treei
Little brown husband,
Would ! were thee,
NcvormGre Worried,
lfpin a tree
But. %, brown iahies,
You must be fed
Think ia rather be-
Lying in bed -ttde AmGkc.
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How long lay thus had no knowl-
edge. When l came TO myself it was to
hear a dull sound as if some one was
striking the safe. Was it help at hand
Then came a grating sound--then a
shock--then came louder sound, as if
from the explosion of gunpowdera fash,
as of lightning. 1t came into the safe
and for an instant the whole space was
illuminated. What could it mean
Was it a dream? No! nol---reality The
safe-door was thrown open, and as
rolled out on the floor of the counting
house 1 again became unconscious.
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MIDHAT PAsHA recently informed an
interviewer that Turkey could place an
army Of soc, 900 men in.the field.
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When / came to my senses was sur
rounded by foHr fierce-looking mcn---one
vas bathing my head, while another was
holding me in his arms. What could it
mean? I was saved, but how and by
whem?
They were burglars who came for tie
purpose of plunder. They told me so
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The governor of Erzeroum states
that the Russians greatly oppress the in
habitants of the districts through which
they pass, and treat women and children
particularly with much cruelty. Hav-
aug learned that the Governor of GAIA
was at Kars they pillaged the houses in
the place, stripped the women and child
zen of their clothing, and drove them
naked into Kars.
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THE yearly review of trade issued by
the British custom commissioners shows
hat the United States has resumed its
position of being the chief source of the
cotton supply, much to the detriment OF
India, which sent 965,OOO cwt. less in
1876 than in 1875.
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zen bout him thin they is bout garter
snake. He were starved to death, boys
he were, certain %
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LOUISIANA sugar lands, according to
the New Orleans Times, are rapidly in
creasing in value, since stable and hon
est State government has been secured.
Plantations that year ago could have
been bought at S15 per acre are now
worth $25, and sugar lands are now
Justly regarded as the safest and most re-
liable investments.
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The working class of Roumania live
almost entirely on vegetables, and a
peculiar preparation of maize, supple
mented by little cheese, buttermIk, salt
fish, and salt meat. This dist does not
produce an enduring constitution, and
the population is for the most part an
easy prey to fever, especially in child
hood, Inferior corn brandy is the most
ordinary T.rink, and is not wholesome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-17

is quite time TO realize that Civil Service re
form does not consist in proclamations.
We checrfully testify our belief in the ex-
cellence of the Presidents intentions. We do
not underrate the value of the changes he has
already made in the management oi pnbiic az
fairs. the higher tone he has impaired to the
Civil Service, the encouragement he has gwen
and is still giving to those who have long been
striving to put a little moremoali;yiptop practical
politics and bring Il better class OF citizens INTO
political life. But it is provoking to find nm
piling up so many obstacles in his own path.
He publishes an elaborate programme OF the
most radical and startling reforms; his friends
go about the country trllmpeting millennium
in n few weeks IT is discovered that the Ad-
ministration has gone too fast, attempted 100
many things at once, promised changes WHICH
for the present it cannot accomplish; ana So
one by one, the rules are relaxed before the
ink is dry i'm which they were written.
Let us not be misunderstood; we are
not complaining that Mr.. Hayes has surrcn-
dered to the machine politicians-on the con-
trary. we know that he is resolved to perse-
we're and to conquer; we are not complaining
that he has been weak or irresolue-he has
done wonders in few weeks, and probably
he has done all that was possible In SO short
a space of time. The great error was IN talk
ing too much about Reform before he and his
friends knew just how much they could do.
A season of great trouble is coming for Mr.
Hayes In little while the whole party Will
be in an uproar, and the air will be thick with
fiving missiles. 1t will be very embarrassing
then for the Administration to be confronted
with promises only half fulfilled, regulations
only half enforced, Ostentatious preparations
contrasting with meager results. Let the
President and the Cabinet keep mt Work
quietly, wedding out the Service, correcting
abuses, teaching public functionaries in an I'M
obtrusive way what the country expects OF
them, curbing the redundant activity OF the
Office holders, Topping off the patronage OF
Congressman and when their task is done,
the people will not fail to appreciate ana APP
plaud it.. Meanwhile, let not HIM that girdeth
on his harness boast himself as he that
nuttpth If off
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY. JULY H. 1877.

come so common that few weeks ago wheh
tle bank officers who had cmbezzled nan
million dollars were before the u. ,. Court
for sentence, TIE directors of the bank calmly
requested that they be sent to the County
Jail instead of the State Prison, so that they
could be consulted in settling the accounts oil
the bank And there was some surprise
when Judge Shipman treated the ohehse
MS coarse and vulgar crime, and sent the Oh
Tenders to prison. If the newspaper editors
who are so hot in condemnation OF the Char
ter Oak management, will overhaul their files
for twenty years and see how many similar
ofl'cnses have been committed, and what camo
of them, they will perhaps discover one reason
why the Charter Oak managers felt sale IN
using trust funds as their own and ventur1ng INTO
the wild and reckless speculations which at last
brought disaster to the Company and themselves
If through lack of penal laws for the specific Of
lenses committed by these men they escape
punishment, it would certainly seem wise 10
guard against the recurrence OF such crimes by
additional LEGISLATION but laws do not enforce
themselves by any means. A sound ana
healthy public sentiment is much more erect
i've in enforcing honesty than any number or
dead-letter laws with no visible morality be-
hind them
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POLITICAL NOTES.

The South is nearly solid enough to burst
now.
Ben Wade denies that he is brand plucked
from the burning.
Every Office holder in the country yearns to
enlarge the National Committee sufficiently to include
himself.
1t seems to be in order to whisper to tho
Baltimore politician that he will obge the country by
subsiding.
There seems to be a growing conviction that
the peimanence OF free institutions does not depend
Oh the result Of the ONO election
The European movements Of Mr.. Hendricks
remain mrecorlcd by cable. The Democracy should I'M
peach the agent OF the Associated Press
The Hon. Ben Wade has not repented. The
report was premature lie hasn't even reached me
anxious seat" and talks like man who gories IN bis
unregenerate condition. The lamp sill holds out TO
burn, however
To-day the Cabinet Ministers descend into
coal mine Let the lights be turned down While tho
band plays that fascinating melody. " Down in coal
mine underneath the ground, whore an Old Line wing
or two may perhaps be found.
Gen. Ewing saws he doesn't wish the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor OF Ohio but he shall NOT
feel az liberty decline IT, II 1t is offered him. The party
rushes upon destruction with its eyes open II taxes tny
bold lniiaonist after he has erected 81 PLAIN danger
signal.
Gen. Comfy rises to deny an almost forgot
ten rerort which made him be believed the Repn0L
cans would lose ONO this Fall What be- said was that
th.v did lose II they would the defa not W Roh
can atsiaction, but 10 the usual hshI VOC Vi aA
"of" year
Simmons is reported to have more relations
barnaced on the Treasury than any man outside OF ONO
But simmons deserves credit FOR reducing himself 10
husness basis 80 handsomely, and gentleman who by
,dicons MARRYING mas accumulated three families Of
ought TO INDUCED in little nepousn'
From present appearances the next Governor
Of Virginia will be Major John W. Daniel lie iea." a.
,hs other candidates for the Democratic nomination q
present. and the nomination will be almoss oe.'Sn
.l.c,,on un,ess q bolt foowa Even then II VIII %
dfieult matter ~ defeat him ~ his popularity ~ 'e"
great
The tremendous piece Of news comes nom
hipgton that New-York attorney named Norton
has under Senator Conklings own Signature autno'i"
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THE NETs THIS MORNING.

ToRFIGN-The Russians have captured Nikopohs;
par of their forces in Bulgaria have crossed the Bal
kans. = The Khedive is sending aid to Turkey.
- The Hackctt funeral in Montreal was not
mOlested
DOMESTIC. The subscription TO the new loan at
par amounted to SOS ,OOO, 900 by last evening. --
The volume containing the acts, proclamations, and
treaties of the two years at Washington ending
March 4, 1877, IS now ont. = Secretary Evarts
and Gen. Deyens have gone to Pennsylvania for
trip in the mining regions. -= The President re-
fuses to pardon Ety. convicted IN New York of cleo
ton frauds - The suspension of two more ST.
Louis banks is reported.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-A suit for 81 100000 has
been begun against the Universal Life insurance
COMPANY - Merchants complain greatly of
the trunk lines apportionment scheme.
- Dram-shops will not be tolerated
under the guisc OF hotels" --=- An insane shoe
maker in Sccoud-st. tried 10 kill his wife and was
dubbed cruelty by policeman. - Judge
Barrett gave decision concerning John
ID. Lewis's will. == A complicated sys-
tenn of espionage in the old Post-oflice
was disclosed -= The Paterson Fire Insurance
Company will go into the hands of receiver
- The Long Island Yacht Clubs prizes
were won by the Rcveille, Susie s., An Revmr
and Hi Pr -- Gold 1858, 1852, 1O5l2. Gold
value of the legal tender dollar AT the close. % $40
cents Stocks active but lower, closing weak.
The Manufacturers local observations indi-
cate warm and partly cloudy weather, with slight
shower of rain. Thermometer yesterday, 760, 92'
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"TRIBUNE here" and nothing moro, we can't do 10,
and Mr.. Smith will in few days write again. i'm
volying waste of anger and postage which might
have been spared had the old az well the new adj
dress been given. Persons who mail The TRIBUNE
occasionally to friends should bear in mind that tho
postage on the ordinary eight-page issue is two
cents and that copies not fully prepaid not for
warded. Many copies of The TRIBUNE and other
papers arc daily thrown into the waste-basket in
tho Postofcc in this city account Of lack Of tho
prOper postage
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F1TR-PL4y md POISONED TEA.

We probably know az certainly IA we ever
shall know whether Courtenay. who was to row
with Riley at Greenwood Lake last Saturday
and who did not row with him, was maliciously
prevented from so doing by poison administered
by some enemy in a glass of iced tea. 1t seems
to be inevitable, when there are large bets de-
pending upon what in sporting phrase is called
'the event." that there shall be dread OF
"doctoring" Horses are tempered with in their
stables by bribed grOOms; men Of mighty thcWs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-17
THE AC1IVITY or OFFICE-ROLDERS

1t has already been found necessary to
modify in practice the stringent rule prohibiting
the interference of Federal oiiice-holdcrs in Do-
litical affairs and now we have confirmation
of last weeks report from Washington that
the National Committee, which is the
head-ccnter of the party SO TO speak, is
to be excepted from the ban, on the
ground, as we understand il, that the Com
mittee has nothing TO do at present, and
that it will be time enough for the Office hold
ers to leave it when the quadrennial period of
activity approaches. We do not know why
this curious story should surprise any one. Ii
only shows that some hasty and impracticable
Cabinet Reformers. who have misled the
President into promising impossibilihes, are
waking up to the actual duty before them. 1t
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rem under five years of age, $50 of them dying
from darrheal diseases. These diseases the
Board makes it its special work to check, and
many of these lives might have been saved
with that little unexpended balance.