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Massachusetts. He is statesman man Of
learning. and of high character. Both his
father and his grandfather were Presidents of
the United States. and many people have
thought that no himself would ornament the
White House. One thing. Miss JONES. IL Ger
tain: Mr.. ADAMS would never take the Office
through fraud. Tho closing exercises Of col
lrgc are called the commencement because then
the degree Of Bachelor Of Arts is conferred on
the young men. aud they commence to be-
Bachelors. Hence it has grown to be the dcsig-
nation of the closing EXERCISES VI schools gcncr-
ally. If Miss MARY joss has at any time fur
Their questions 10 ask u. We shall gladly answer
them to the best Of our ability.
Though the Berlin Post has intimate
official relations it sometimes pursucs a sinu-
Gus policy, and shows itself to be untrustwor-
thy II has been in awarlikc mood toward MAC
MAnoN since he setup che De BRoGLfE Minis
try. and lts uttcrances are tclegraphcd over the
world rs indications Of the attitude Of the Gcr-
man Government. Once more II makes the
declaration tina. no confidence can be placed
in De BRoaLirs professions, and ar
cues that the maintenance of peace do
ponds upon German craftsmanship. 1t at
tempts TO alarm the German people
10y an account of IN unsuccessful intrigue to
form an Austro-Frcnch alliance against Ger
many; and. ~ Austria and France are the two
powers which Germany has Inundated, and
which consequently have common ground "
antagonism tp Germany the IbNs revelations
will find plenty OF believers. Onl'ial inquiry
will doubtless he brought about by the publicity
W the alleged intrigue; ANA BisMARcK's knowl-
edge Of Il may account for the concentration Of
German troops IN the French and Austrian
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BRiGHAM YouSG however. gave forcwarning
u another war in tho United States thus:

sad hero last sabbath that II tho people ct this Gov
crumcn are MOI satisfied with what they have already
pass through this side ct twenty years past. wait
little longer. and they Will be- PERFECTLY satisfied with
hlood They shed the blood OF Tie iiuuceut II they are
std with tp hiuNd they have shed each nh
wait lulc whc. and t,y will shed each others hu'l
Co. tNlr ul .f.HUfou The Lord has -pukcu 10. and
have nothing tulu with lt Il We could. would hidc
Away itui ilo SCENES that Will take Ufcr bat
thus cannot do Mut little Longer. aud 90, people oi
thu nation. We, a. others W 40 have t..d ull tho, are
sit.f 70 With shedding the huud OF each other This the
prediction the nu.i lent prophets. nnt has been con.
uuued unto ID. through hs servant. Justrnn
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SW; VIII you
~ ace t ~ hiui in answer tNr following quest us
MiA !, lhr MnhHumrdau r'h-lun called Islam Vino is
MI ihAnts lK,Neis ApANsf why are the closing rN.
"rnifr, "i school called YYn'ttaffft HN onnl' iu-
with my ttilu, 4 Nnu Will ullli.r, MuLLiE JUAks.
OCEAN NAtt turrAsi, \. G., MAY 20.
We take great pleasure in complying with the
request Of Miss JoNEs But first, let us rrmurk
that We should prefer 10 see her sign her name
MARY JoNEs. MoLIIE is n nickname, u pet
name, by which her family in private. or init.
mate friends, may call her but no one else. and
she should not SO sign herself in writing to
stranger; and. indeed, under all circumstances
MAEY is II much more ouphonious name than
MoILrE. Mohammcdanism is called Islam br-
cnuse the latter means fun submission to Con
Islam is used to designate the religion and the
followers of it also. Mr. CHARLES FRANCIS
ADAMS is n distinguished citizen OF the State of
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rest Of the country. The scheme Of the bill was
an Improbable one. and the attempt to carry
it out in Illinois would have resulted in nuan-
cial confusion that must speedily have brought
the attempt to an end.
When cx-Mayor LAMBERT of Brooklyn
expressed his contrti0n in the presence Of the
Rev. DR.. CUYLERs Presbyterian church. for
squandcring the widows money with which he
had been intrustod. THE Sun reminded him
that he would offer the best evidence Of repen-
tance by making restitution. Mr.. LAMBERT
now assures THE Sun that il is his purpose.
from this time forward. to try to earn money
that will be devoted to making up the deficit in
the widows accounts. II he carry out this pur-
rore assiduousy and faithfully. he will give an
excellent example to the community.
The peanut wonders, bouquet sellers, boot
blacks. and Turkish bath Keepers Of this city
are up in arms against GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.
who asserted. in his letter to yesterday Sun.
that their charges are twice IA high as the
charges Of people in the same lines II business
out at Newark. II is asserted. on proper au-
thority. that Mr.. TRAIN can find plenty Of boot
blacks here at Newark rates; that he can
easily obtain l0,dDHrt,rts for five cents that he
can procure peanuts of tho Newark quality
AZ Newark prices and that he does not need 10
pay a dollar and half for Turkish bath From
the keeper of ono Turkish bath establishment
We have the written assurance that he" offers
these baths at seventy five cents apiece. or when
tickets are taken by the quantity. mt nifty cents
each thus squaring New York with Newark in
this business" 1t would seem. then. that Mr..
TRAIN must have gone among the high-priccd
dealers when seeking TO obtain the wares or the
services Of which he is in need.
The progress made 10y the Russians In
Asia Minor il pretty well accounted for by re-
cent reports " the general unrea1ncss ~ the
Turks in that quarter. The roads connecting
E2"roum and kars with Trcbilond and Ba-
toum on the Black -oa have been suffered 10 fall
into decay. so that i is hard to TRANSPORT mil
itary supplies over them: and Of the large num-
her of KRUPP guns landed at Trcbizond for the
defence 81 Erz"ruum. about half had not been
forwarded at latest adyirc-. Much II the am
nuuti0n inrnledfur Erzoroum WIS likewise
o. and ned on the road from Trrlloul. Yet.
tli~ road was not long aeo reported I. u' In cN-
"Dlloul condition. tle only ma. alumin.d road
in that part - the world. The bad condition ~
the Iort'- military service ou the A-.u,ir
frontier ia further Illustrated 10y the news of
military corruption there, and by the report
that MuKHrM pasha. the Turkish commander
has only 10000 men whcrcash repros' ntrd to
il" Government that he had equipped and
roaly FOR service nm army Of twice that strength.
Thr-" ara disagrconllc reports for the Turks
In tho very crisis ~ the war.
TERRENCE MULLINS aud IoHN HuGHEs are
GA trial in Springfield. Illinois unlcr nllrt-
urnt for the attempted robbery Of the tomb of
ABRAHAM LlNcoLS. Thoro is good deal Of
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The Trades savings Bank seems t. have
boon q wrrtrhcd fraud. one Of tho dcpositors
WHO wrote GO the President, LESLIE. to lind out
what had become " his money. received In re-
liv price list 81 rrfriscrators a hint probably.
a. keep cool. 1t must he hard for man To- keep
rooi after losing hard-earned money without
even having the satisfaction ~ throwing Il away
himself. Public opinion demands rigid in
vc-ti,uion u those bank failures and tn rig
orous punishment of guilty trustees. The
swindlol dopositnrH are NOT likely To- keen cool
until that has been accomplished
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Trnnrycr MrLIINs nnd joins Hronrs ana

ca trial in Springfield. Illinois. under iullrt-
m"nt for the attempted robbery Of the tomb Of
ABRAHAM LlNcoLN. Thorc is good deal Of
mystery about til AFFAIR IN fact it has very
much the appearance Of Job. pat M with a
view of creating a sensation, and giving certain
detectives "a chance to gain unmcrtod approba-
hon. Lrtthe bottom facts of the strange occur
renee be brought out
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JAY GOULD is never at his best when he
undoriak's To- be- funny. The fact r.. he is
rather fiat. H. yesterday tried to bee funny az
ur"Np' nso ~ Ben lurIEH who il a man of
w and humor, but his whole lun consisted IN
repeating the word, my dear pI1KrN.' in
which We fail To 5000 anything laughahlc. Let
JAY GorLp stick to stocks and stock johMng
writing, and cease his futile Efforts to Doe funny.
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n stop to this sillyand wicked form Of sport, and
then there will be noticeable decrease in the
number of deaths 10y drowning.
Peru Is again touched with civil war the
rcvOlutionists having begun hostilitics 10y an
act Of considerable daring. Whlo the Peru
Wan squadron was quietly anchored in Calao
lay. Col. LARANAGA. "A partisan of Don NICOLAS
DE PIERoLN. pushed ont with a body Of
men to the iron'lad lluascar, the finest vessel
in the Peruvian navy. and captured it. The
crow were induced to Join the rebel muse. and.
before the Admiral was aware Of the capture,
the Iluascar was leaving the harbor under can
vas. Tho Peruvian monitors were ont Of repair
and could not hc sent in immediate pursuit.
After considerable preparation and delay, u
frigatc. a corvette. and a monitor were de-
-patchcd after the Huns ar. Between rcvolts
and tidal waves Peru is having a hard time.
We have examined the stcnographlc re-
port of n speech recently delivered 10y BRIGHAM
YouNG in the new Tabernacle at Salt Lake. and
can find nothing in It TO justify the npprchcn-
sion that the Mormons mediate resistance to
the Federal authority. On the contrary. the
Mormon President says:
"As 20 the STRUGGLE that is going on ioiwcon the Latter
naV saints aud tir world have We uuv struggle with
il,inf SO Have We any cnnicnuonf &c. mi in the
least Have any battle To tlhtf No. nrn at all Are
we to marshal our armies against ucmf No.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-05


the flank Of the Russian line of advance
to Chernetz and is q point of great STRAIT
egic importance.
THE STRENGTH OF TURKEY.
In Turkey the army has been organized
under regulations issued IN 1871. Its
ranks are entirely supplied from the No
hammedsns, except in certain privileged
districts, such as Albania and Bosnia,
which furnish special corps Of their own.
In the rest of Turkey every able-bodied
Mussulman of twenty years and upward
is bound by law to serve in the standing
army, but notwithstanding this law a
young Turk of the wealthier classes can
always obtain exemption from the service.
The period of service is nominally twelve
years; that is, four in the Nizam or stand
ing army, two in the Redif or reserve, and
six in the militia, but practically the SOL
der remains in time of peace only three
years under the colors, and is then sent
on unlimited furlougb. The number of
recruits levied yearly is from $4,000 to
1000 men, about twenty per cent of
whom are supplied by European Turkey,
and eighty per cent by Asiatic Turkey.
The total military forces of Turkey, ex-
elusive of the ''sedentary" army formed of
those who have served twelve years, is as
follows:
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-05

only as long as may be required to keep
the force at itslfull complement, and dur
ing the remaining period they are sent on
furlougb. It follows from this system
that every man in Russia capable of mill
tary duty is q soldier. After acquitting
themselves Of their six years service, the
soldiers pass into the reserve for another
period of nine years, during which they
are liable to serve only IN time of war.
The law does not apply TO the Cossacks
and other irregular troops, numbering
about 1890 Last year the strength of
the Russian army, on peace footing,
was as follows: Battalions, 852; squad
rons, 281; guns, 1922; officers, 33,043;
rank and file, 1872, ,729; making total
force of 1851 men. Placed on a war
footing the strength of this army would
be 1913, 259 men, including 39,3SO Off
GERS. The strength of the various divi-
sions of the Russion army, according to
an official return, was as follows in 1874.
The same relative proportions still proba-
bly, exist between each arm of the service;
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-05

Rev. w. W. Patton, d. D., OF ChiEssss
has been elected president of the HDEsEi1i5
University, to fill the vacancy caussz Sssssr
the death Of Rev. e. p Smith, sssezsikS
years ago Since his death the 01hns Esaa,n
been vacant, and the executive coraznilssa. .
has managed the affairs Of the uuivsr1R
Dr. Patton was elected by the tvEassssi-
over two compettors-Hon. f.. A--f.A1..
doza, Of South Carolina, and ReEs .AzzasrEz
II. Clark, Of Cincinnati. The coznN ~
which arranged for the election Of q rlzliDa-
dent was Instructed, on motion o9 21flls
shal Douglas, 10 correspond with knzExa
Clark and Cardozas and endeager 10 -
cure their services 70 the university
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-05

Captain Joseph Q. Cary, brother Of Miss
Thirteenth Regiment during the war. He
was an emploYe Of the New Ogleans Gus
tomhouse some yeara ago.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-05

Total Of fsrces. 800
The best portion of this army of nearly
46O, 900 men is the artillery which con-
tains many young and intelligent officers,
and obtains the most efficient of the re-
cruits. Every regiment of field artillery
is provided with sixteen batteries of six
guns each; all the guns of the horse err
tillery are rifled Armstrong;, but the
mountain artillery has only small guns of
which whole battery produces less effect
than a single Armstrong. The fortress
artillery consists Of six regiments. Prior
to the outbreak of war the number of the
Turkish troops in Bulgaria was estimated
at lis, 900 infantry, 5000 artillery and 216
guns In addition to this force there are
5000 gunners in the fortresses of Varna,
Shumla, Rustchuk, Silistria, Nikipoi
and Widdin. The army in Bulgaria was
distributed as follows: In Tultsha, 1000;
Silistria, $4,000; Rustchuk, 10000; Var
na, 5000; Shumla, $4,000; Tirnova, 5000;
Nikipoli aud Sistova, 1000, and in and
around Widdin, $1,000 and IA guns.
Since Saturday last considerable changes
have occurred in the distribution of this
force, several regiments having been sent
down the Danube from Widdin.
The war fleet of Turkey consisted, at
the end of the year 1875, Of twenty iron
clad ships and seventy other steamers
The greater number of the ironclads were
built in Great Britain. The two largest
are the sister ships Mesondive and Men
douhiie, launched in 1874. These two iron
clads are each of burden of displace-
ment of 5000 tons and 332 feet long, with
extreme breadth of fifty-nine feet They
are built on the broadside principle, and
have on the main deck battery 148 feet
long containing twelve eighteen-ton guns,
throwing 400-pound shot. The bow is
strongly fortified and fitted with ram Of
freat strength, adapted to pierce an op-
ponent below the armor in the most vul-
nerable part. The armor is from ten to
twelve inches thick throughout There
are six twenty-pounders on the upper
deck.
Among the other ironclads the largest
is the trigate Osmanish, a ram, Rrmor
plated from stem to stern, 800 feet long,
fifty-six feet broad, and burden of 1900
tons. The other notable ironclads are the
twin screw screw steamers Aoni Illah and
Muin Zaffer Each of these vessels is 230
feet long and thirty-six feet broad, and of
a burden of 400 tons. Both are clad in
heavy armor, of an average thickness OF
five and half inches, and carry four
twelve-ton rifle Armstrong guns, in CEN
tral battery, the construction of which ad-
mits the guns being fred ahead and astern
without the aid of turret. These two
ironclads aressaid to possess the highest
| speed Of any vessels of war OF the same
| tonnage. The Turkish navy was manned
! in 1875 by 10000 sailors and 1000 marine
| troops. The time Of service in the navy
is eight years.
Divided into three classes, the Turkish
| ironclad feet is as follows
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-05
THE STRENGTH or RUSSIA.

Great progress has been made in the
strength and efficiency of the Russian
navy. 1t consists of two great divisions
the Baltic and Black sea fleets. Each of
these two fleets is again subdivided into
two sections, of which three are usually
stationed near the Black sea. The Medi-
terranean section is now in American
waters. In March, 1876, the strength of
the Russian navy was returned as follows:
/. The Baltic fleet, seyenty-seven men-of-
war; 9. The Black sea feet, nine men-of-
war; 3. The Caspian sea fleet, five paddle
sLeol steamers and three dispatch boats;
4. The Siberian fleet, eleven ships. The
total comprises 106 nlen-of-war, 1477 Off
GERS and 7217 seamen, exclusive of small
squadrons in the White sea and Sea of
Aral The iron-clad feet, included in the
e..--.:... cLnLcr.n..L nn.,.- ..c,.l IN, NJ .,.nh
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-05
1876, the following vessels;

The most powerful Russian ironclad is
the mastless turret ship Peter the Great,
built at Cronstadt, and launched in 1874
1t carries two turrets with an armament of
four thirty-five ton guns, made Of Krupp
steel. Next to this great ship the largest
of the other ironclads are the three
armored frigates, tho Seyastopol, the
Kniaz,Po Pojarski, and the Duke of Edin-
burgh. The Sevastopol is 800 feet long
and fifty-two feet wide. Her plates are
four and one-half inches thick, fastened
to doble coating of teak of from six to
nine inches thick. In view of war,
changes haye been made in the distribu-
ton of the fleet. According to recent
account of the Russian fleet in the Black
sea now consists of two circular monitors,
four screw corvettes, seven paddle steam-
ers, and four gunboats with an armament
of 102 guns. The naval force, of course,
is considerable below tho strength Of the
Turkish fleet, each vessel of which is
afioat in or near the Black sea. In the
Baltic the Russian feet, according to the
same report, consists Of twenty-nine iron-
clads, eighty-six tnarmed steamers, and q
number Of smaller and weaker vessels,
representing total Of 22l ships, with
20, 600 men and 561 cannon. The feet,
or part of it, has received orders for put
ting to sea, There are also other indica-
tions of an intention to send q part of the
Baltic feet into Mediterranean waters.
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-05
rae RUSSIAN ARMY.

The organization of the Russian army
is simple and efficient Under the law
which went into force Eve years ago,
there is an annual CONSUMPTION 20 which
all men over tsanty-one are subject The
period Of service is fifteen years, six being
spent With the regiment and nine in the
reserve. The men remain with the eologs
New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-05
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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-15

THE Louisville Courier-J ournal is still
hammering away at the common school
qu stion in Kentucky. After showing
that school houses throughout the state
even in wealthy neighbOrhoods, are in
bad condition., and that less than one.
third of the children in the state attend
school, the Courier-J Journal says: "Wher
each one of our six thousand school dis
tricts is provided with good school
building aud a perfectly qualified teacher
devoting himself or herself for not, less
than nine months during the year to the
instruction of all the children of the dis
trict, it will be safe to predict that VIC
lence and ssbloOdslled and idlencSs vii
almost entirely disappear from the dis
trict." Is it possible that the. Courier
Journal is a bloody-shirt organ
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-15

THE cable represents that the move
menis now in progress Ia Bulgdri will
close the war. Suleiman Pasha has be-
fore him the difficult task of relieving
Plevna by enticing away the Russian
Gordon thereabout. His failure wonld
signalize the collapse of Turkish resist
ance outside the quadrilateral and north
of the Balkans. The CzarOwitz is said to
be strongly fortified, and weddings force
of $4,000 men. Suleilnan has commenced
"A general advance to cut off the Russians
from Shipka; and advices are to the effect
that in heavy battle on Thursday, 9th, the
Muscoyites fell back under cover of the
night. "A dispatch from Bucharest gives
Russian statement that the terms of
peace will be autonomy for the Christian
population, independence for Roumania
and Seryia, increase of territory for Mon
tenegro: the possession by Russia OF Ba-
toum and Kars. and the tree navigation
of The Dar,.anelles.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-15

GOVERNOR PINCHBACK i'm his letter to
Governor Nichols, announcing his re-
tirement from the contest, for "a seat i'm
The Senate, says Il deem it proper, as
matter Oijusiice to myself ami TO nv
friends, to direct attention TO the cxcep J..
iiOnal action had in my case, especially
rs the same appears in contrast with the
prompt and partisan support of Governor
Kellogg. submitted to the decision of
the Senate OH tie assumption that the
honorable Senators were honest not only
III the grave constitutional objections
That they raised, but were so far ac,ing
from conviction us would authorize the
expectation OF consistency of conduct
when similar ease should be presented
Tor their consideration. Now | find
when Governor Kellogg presents claim
essentially like my own, but weaker. that
the gentleman who so earnestly combat.
leu my claim, promptly and without hes.
itation admit and defcn. his. IL taxes
Doth my eredulity and charity to coucede
elmer sincerity or consistency to Repub-
Iican Senators who so earnestly opposed
my claim from 1873 to 1876. and en-
promptly and solidly supported the new
Senator from Louisiana. f
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-15

The old Italian town of Turin has a
school trouble, The municipal authorizes
have refused to allow the Roman Catholic
caatechism to be taught III the public
schools of that city. as requested by the
clergy. The demand was made in pur.
suanee of The Instructions from Rome,
and on the supposition of its being
granted. The reason of the refusal is
that the public schools are for, the use
of celllren of all sects and that. it is
against reason anu policy to teach any
particular religious faith.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-15
Astonishing Success.

1t is the duty of every person who has
used BOsCHEE's GERMAN SYLUP to Let
its wonderful qualities be known TO their
friends in curing COnsumption, sever
Coughs. Group, Asthma. Pneumonia, ii
in fact all throat and lung diseases. No
person can use it without immediate re-
lief. Three doses Will relieve any case,
and we consider il the duty of all Drug
giSts to recommend it TO the poor dying
consumptive. at least TO try OH bottle,
as 10000 dozen bottles were sold |: st
year, and no one case where it failed W S
reported. Such a medicine as the GER
MAN SYRUP cannot be too widely known.
Ask your Druggist about it. Sample
bO.tlei TO try sold at 10 cents. II, grlar
size % cents. For sale 10y DIR. a. N.
Gerow, and G.. w. Farr & Co. 3nov7s
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-15

"A SENATE subcommittee has rerorted
OH the South Carolina election of 1876
Al makes document of about 800 pa ges.
Inc committee regards Buffers election
10 the United States Senate as being
made oy body without any authority.
Mr. Butler is put down, also, AS being
responsible for the Hamburg massacre
Anu what OF it? OF what use is This
fuooish days after Butler has been adj
mitted to his seat? The game Of SIM
preston has been well played; but as :,
matter OF curiosity We should like n
Know who is responsible for this DELAY
Oh so important report.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-12-15

In a complimentary good bye letter to
Governor Mccormick upon his retire
ment from the office OF Assistant Secre-
tary Ofthe Treasury, Secretary Sherman
especially points TO the humanity and
charitable character of McCOrm. ok, as
displayed toward the many destitute Of
flee seekers who at the advent of the
present administration besieged him with
applications for positions, and refers to
the universal respect and kind feelings
with which tie unfOrtnnatcs regarded
him.