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The New York herald., 1877-08-25
The Friend OF Inhum nm fty.

In the number of things the American
people have inherited from their British
ancestors there is none that has come down
with greater vigor than the impulse to gar
nish with their sympathies and sentiments
the quarrels Of feeble races against stronger
ones, as well as all sorts Of vagabond
and wretched resistances to force and
law to which the name of struggle
for liberty can be applied by the
widest license of speech. Indulgence
of this sympathy is favorite madness in
England and it's appeals to the imagination
in oratory and poetry fill an important place
in English literature. It has lifted into the
attention of the world every pitiful riot
waged against governments with which
England was not on good terms; for it has
always been distinct part of political
machinery over the water to cover an enemy
with opprobrium by charging him with acts
that violated this generous" sentiment
In his championship Of Sitting Bull and his
fellow savages, which we print elsewhere,
Mr. Wendell Phillips feebly and ridicu-
lously apes this fashion. His intention is
to be magnanimous to stand up for
humanity" and Justice against that
honest sentiment of horror which phi
lanthropists of his feather stigmatize as
the passion of the hour. Presently we
shall hear some one in the same vein of
clap-trap generosity protest against the ex-
termination Of rattlesnakes and copper
heads as n cruel and wanton invasion Of the
rights of reptiles, and such protest would
not be more impertinently imbecile than
the one now made for England to extend to
Sitting Bull the full protection of the right
Of asylum.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
CONNECTICUT PEACE SOCIETY.

LARGE MEETING OF THE Toes OF wAR--THErl
pANACEA PoI PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ILLS.
MYSTIC, August "a, 1877.
The nc nual grove meeting of the Connecticut Pence
Society was attended by $500 persons, and was ad-
dressed by Alfred H. Love, Of Philadelphia. Rcv.
Charles Eaton, Of Boston; Miss Anna + Hnman. OF
West winsted; Zcrah g. Whipplc, of Mystic; Edwin
H. Coates OF Philadelphia; Elder f. W. Evans, OF the
Mount Lebanon Shaker Community; J. X. II. Wilcox,
OF New York, and othors
PLATFORM THE PEACE PARTY.
The resolutions call the President negotiate
International arbitration treaty; ascribe panic and
business depression TO the debt ana taxation; at
tribute Indian troubles to bad faith the part Of tho
governments demand congressional investigation 0f
the misdecds OF the army toward the Indians,
and sincere peace policy; also the abol-
ton OF the armyy insist that the DIM
cutes with Mexico aud Canada be settled by arbi-
tration; urge that Russia, Turkey, Spain ana Cuba
adjust their troubles by that mcans treat the peaceful
settlement of the Presidential question as sign Of
growth Of the peace movement and claim that peace
principles on both sides would have prevented the
late strikes II stated that the efforts Of the
Pennsylvania Peace Society had succeeded In prevon
ing strike on the Reading Railroad.
Zachariah Crouch was reelected president
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he is assailed on this point without any
good reason.
Mr.. Shuckers' letter goes entirely wide of
Secretary Sherman's plan Of resumption
and is rather an argument to support tho
Western clamor for more money than dis
cussion Of the question of specie payments.
II there are weak points in Mr.. Sherman's
plan it is owing to defects in the law under
which he is called to act, and which he may
not succeed in getting removed. The plan
he would really prefer will be apparent
when he comes to make recommendations
to Congress for changes in the law. Until
then he is entitled to the indulgent judg-
ment of the public SO long as it is his clear
purpose to promote and not thwart re-
sumption.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
General Howard,. Vigorous Pursuit..


General Sherman's advice to General
Howard to keep up the pursuit of the In
dians is excellent, for there is nothing more
exciting than good long chase. This par
ticular hunt, which began over two months
ago, when Chief Joseph committed his out
RACES in Oregon, has been continued with
great spirit and is likely to last at least two
months more. General Towards first an
nouncement was that he had the willy Indian
confined in mountain pass from which
he could not escape. The next informa-
tion was that he had escaped and that
General Howard was in swift pursuit.
Then came the startling tidings that
Howard intended to concentrate and that
the enemy would be speedily annihi-
lated. Next came the news that it was
not annihilated, but had met General Glib
bon's command and repulsed it with heavy
loss on both sides. General Howard then
telegraphed to General Sheridan that as soon
as he could concentrate he would join Gen
eral Gibbon after the battle andc ontinue
the pursuit of the enemy. This pursuit,
which began in Oregon, continued through
Idaho and is still being pressed in Montana,
is becoming intensely interesting The
remnants of Joseph's band, as General
Howard calls them, are again to be an
initiated for the third or fourth time,
provided the Indians consent If the
operation is not performed the pur-
suit will be continued with vigor
and will only end when Chief Joseph es-
capes into the Yellowstone country, which
is far beyond the limits of General Howard's
department.. Thus it will be seen that the
advice of General Sherman is likely to be
literally obeyed, and Howard, if let alone,
will spend the rest Of his life in chasing m
enemy who objects to being caught. The
Indian chief deserves to be severely blamed
for refusing to be overtaken, but this is the
ingratitude which might be expected Of q
savage When Howard announced to tho
country that the Nez Perces were to be
trapped, defeated and annihilated it is not
surprising that the fugitive chief responded
by singing his favorite war song, "Oh, no,
no, not for Joe not if he knows it, not for
Joseph" and should refuse to end chase
which is so full of excitement and glory.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
The Wnr In Bulgaria.

BY the corrections made in regard to the
whereabouts of Suleiman Pacha's command
the relations of the combatants are greatly
changed. On the 21st it was telegraphed that
there had been junction at Slatartza (on the
head waters of the Jantra) of all the forces
under Mehcmct Ali and Suleiman Pacha, and
that offensive operations against the several
positions held by the Russians would be inn
mediately pushed. 1t was not incredible
that this juncture had been made, because,
as the Russians had abandoned Immediately
after the battle of the 31st ult many ex-
posed positions, it was probable that the
Hainkoi Pass was SO feebly held that
the soldier and the army that had made
such havoc in Montenegro might readily
force it. Therefore this explicit report was
accepted, and all later statements of Sulei-
mans movements were to be made reason
able in the light of the assumption that he
was on the northern side Of the Balkan.
This error was absolute, however, as he had
not passed the mountain. The story was not
complimentary to Ottoman conceptions Of
warfare; for it put some thirty thousand in
fantry in line of battle in a country between
Tirnova and the crest of the Balkan, where
only goats could man~uvre with any conf
dence But Suleiman Pachas failure to get
to Mehemet Ali by the Hainkoi Pass explains
his occupation of the town Of Shipka on the
22d, after ''having traversed the pass" and
puts in light more reasonable in all re-
spects his present bloody attempts to carry
it by assault, since if he were on the north
side he need not waste men in that endeavor.
But the failure of general SO desperately
experienced in mountain warfare to get
through the Hainkoi Pass when he prob
ably has imperative orders to join Mehemet
Ali, must be accepted as an indication that
the Russians in their defence of that posi-
tion have not continued the series Of blum
ders that they began in the valley. They can
not be lavishly praised certainly, since with
energy and skill they might have had an
army corps in Constantinople by this time;
but it would be folly to hold that they have
not, despite their shortcomings, decided
advantage of their enemy, since they SO
hold his country that he is compelled to
decimate his best battalions in the almost
hopeless endeavor to storm those precip-
itous and difficult mountain passes which
they would themselves hold and the enemy
would have to storm were it not for the
enemy's superior strategic position. 1t is
scarcely possible that Suleiman Pacha can
get through the passes by battle, and in his
absence the armies on the other side of the
mountains, that he is relied upon to REIN
force, will delay for his arrival the initiation
of the most vigorous measures, and thus Nh
offensive campaign that might have seriously
troubled the Russians may come to naught
because oftheir early hasty movement to the
mountains.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
VERY HEAVY RAIN.
THE CITY OF TRENTON PARTIALLY INUNDATED
YESTERDAY.

THE CITY OF TRENTON PARTIALLY INUNDATED
YESTERDAY.
[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
TRENTON, N. j., August "a. 1877.
Torrents Of rain fell here all day. Considerable de-
struction caused to trains running through this
city consequence Of the tracks in places being
covered with mud and in others washed away. In
tunnel near the Pennsylvania depot there was thres
feet OF water, and train got stuck IL
It. The Long Branch Washington express aud Belvi
dere all delayed for about hour In somt
places four feet of mud and sand piled on the
tracks Largo forces OF called clear them.
The ends OF bridges washed away and travel both
by rail and foot was perous Some trains had TO be
taken by crcuitous routes IN order to place them
the roads that were not immersed. At Bordentown
the track in front Of the lower depot washed away
and trains had to be taken around by the
old depot. The streets and alleys Of this city
Inundated, and q Dumbcr OF cellars wert
filed with water, causing some damage. The State
House lawn looked like lake and the street In front
the City Hall WAS mpassable In every direction
the rain submerged the thoroughfares In the coun-
try there considerable damage TO property. For
tunatcly there was accident. 1t the hoaviest
lreshet that occurred here In four years. Four and
thirty onehundredth inches OILS rain fell altogether
Tho damage TO properly in the city was not Serious
although some poor people may sunor much
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
A Turkish Bii Of Partic ulars.


Among our dispatches published this
morning relating to the war will be found
one which emanates from the Turkish EN-
bassy at Washington, and purports to give
the details of atrocities committed by the
Russians and Bulgarians in Bulgaria and
Roumelia The gentle Turk, who has re-
fused to punish the perpetrators OF the
Wholesale massacres at Batak and Otlou-
keui, and who deliberately throws open the
prison doors of the murderers at Salonica,
makes tremendous outcry against
those who, as he asserts, only fol-
lowed his example. Nothing can palliate
the horrible phase which this bloody war
has assumed. Murder and outrage beget
retaliation in kind, and to the necessary
horrors Of the strife are added the effects OF
a raging Moslem fanaticism and the penal
ties exacted by the wild justice of revenge.
That the Russian troops have been guilty
of the wholesale slaughter Of the Mussul-
man villagers we do not believe, and in this
we are supported by war correspondence
published this morning; but there is strong
probability that the Bulgarian volunteers
and camp followers, themselves perhaps the
survivors of massacres by the Turks which
we know have taken place, are repaying
with bloody interest the debt Of vengeance
which they owe to their oppressors. But
when we come to look into this question OF
the massacres, and even to assume that the
Turkish charges are partly true, there is
CT; 0f ,uo for
which shock the civilized world Long be-
fore Eski Saghra was occupied by the Rus
slams the Turks had murdered the wounded
of Prince Mirsky's regiment on the night
before tho Shipka Pass was captured.
During the suspension of the action
at that place, and while flag OF
truce was displayed, the Turks treach-
erously fired ON the Russians and
killed over one hundred of them. Under
these circumstances is it to be wondered at
that the troops of the Gear should forget the
meaning of'the word "mercy" when dealing
with the savages who oppose them? AS to
the Bulgarians, they are only human, and
are repaying the Turks in their own coin
and with compound interest. Peoples who
have not suffered from Turkish oppression
cannot criticise the acts Of these mad
dened villagers, even though they slaughter
every Ottoman west Of the Bosphorus. It's
necessary for the purposes of the Porte to
relieve the blackness that rests upon its
reputation as government by exhibiting
hypocritical horror of atrocities which it has
itself initiated and continues to perpetrate
through the savage agency Of its fanatical
soldiery.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Bayard Taylor Is At Newport.
Senator Lamar Is at Atlanta, Ga
Ex-Governor Andy Curtin Is at Newport.
workingman-"Blast furnaces, anyhow"
Miss Rose Eytinre has arrived in California
Chief Justice Waite is visiting at Lyme, Conn.,
Mayor Stokey, OF Philadelphia Is at Long Branch.
Rice birds are appearing ip the South, whore they
fatten.
Donanuc is In favor Of having brakcmen and no
railroads.
Bishop wightman Of the Methodist Episcopal church
South Is at Montvalc Springs, Tenn.
Farmers should take lessons OF the widows See
how quickly they got rid OF the weeds
People who 1.-Two in glass houses requested not
talk out loud until the putty gets dry.
Fling aoit the bunting,
The Earl has gone hunting
To get pretty black bear skin
TO wrap the little Dunerin
The frat recipe in yesterdays HERALD prescribed
tincture OF .Oenz'no" for frockcs. Tho writer said
penzon" but there are few proof renders still lv
Ing, and they know 1t all
pretty toilet Is OF pale blue silk with cashmere
overskirt trimmed with gold braid and a border OF
trimming formed of loops pale blue ribbon placed
beneath the braid; the bonnet Is OF straw, trimmed
with lace and blue flowers.
Tho picture OF the "Signng Of the Proclamation Of
Emancipation painted by Frank b. Carpenter, and
which was recently sold for $25 900, will remain on
permanent exhibition in Washington, this historical
work having been presented to the government
Innch:-(Hcrr Pumpernickcl, having just played
composition of his own, bursts into tearsl Chorus
Of Irends-"oh, what Is the matlerS WHAT can we
do for youY" Herr Pumpcrn ckel-"Ach ingl
nossingi Bot ven hear really coot music, zen must
always veep!"
Yesterday afternoon a horse from dray away
and fell down in front OF the HERALD Office Hundreds
of people gathered. policeman ran up, grasped tho
end of trace, and, standing of as tar possible,
said. "Gt upi pfew! Git! Whoa, gee haw. come,
git, pnew. whoa, haw, git, whoa" Then up came
another policeman who took in the situation, grabbed
the other trace, stood or and said, 'Git up whoal
chick, chick, chick whoa haw, sick'em, lay down,
what do you moan, s'boy, chick a-tcaw! whoa,
sick'em'' Then up another policeman and
grabbed tho brdc standing on that the horse would
neither kick nor bite, and said, "Whoal gee, haw !
Pretty POLL Polly want crackcrS Gee, nav, you
sucker! sick'cm Towscr Lay down. Whoa. dam.
Somebody set OH his head Whoa, dam. Turk, turk;
chick, chick. s'boy, pig pig, pig; chick-a-t-kawi
chick whoal" Then boy came along, put the horse
into the traces, and drove away.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
From All Parts Of the
World.
H0NORS TO GRANT IN GLASGOW.
French Politics Still in a
Feverieh Condition.
THE PLAGUE IN POLAND.
[pY CABLE TO THE HEnA1n.l

LONDON August 25, 1877.
Tho Town Council Of Glasgow on Thursday unani.
mousy resolved present tho freedom Of the city to
General Grant tho occasion OF his approaching visit
General Grants visit to Paris Is still delayed to
avoid the possibility Of attentions paid TO him reflect.
ing indirectly on President MacMahon.
MAcMAHox AND THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF EvEEux
Marshal Machahon docs not relish plain talk,
pccally when It implies condemnation OF his present
policy. The Deputy Mayor Of Evreux, in Normandy,
has been dismissed by decree of President MacMahou
On the occasion OF tho Presidents recent visit to
him that the population Of Evreux and Normandy
generally deeply attached to the Republic and
desired the present crisis 10 terminate as soon a.
possible.
BERruAUr AND DucRoT.
The Paris Journal Official confirms the FIGARO,
denial OF the accusation that its attack on Gen.
cral Borthaut, Minister OF War; inspired by Gen
eral Ducrot At General Berthaut's request Gcnsrd
Ducrot Will not sue tho Moniteur for defamation.
VICE EMPEROR NO MORN.
M Rouher's organ, the Ordre, published on Thurs
day an unmeasured eulogium Of him. This sudden
outburst OF sepraise coupled with N. Rouher's de-
par.ure from Chsohurst before the 18th inst, the
a lniversary Of the late Emperor's iete which has al.
ways hitherto been celebrated by gathering of lead
Ing Bonapartsts at Chisclhurst, helps strengthen
the report that the Prince Imperial has sided with NJ
de Cassagnac.
THE srArFoRDsuiRE coLLIERA
Tho strike OF colliers In Safiordshirc, which was
threatened last week, has been averted by compso.
misc
THE CHOLERA STRICKEN SHIP
The French transport Coureye, with $50 cases Of
cholera board Is not allowed to pass through
Suez Canal or communicate with the shore. She will
perform quarantine 100 miles below Suez.
REPORTED PLAGUE IN POLAND.
The Berlin correspondent OF the Times says, thl
plague having broken out in Russian Poland Ger
man frontier has been closed by strong military
guard. It is to be remarked, however, that report
from this correspondent have sometimes been rasha
sensational
FOR NEW YORK.
The Tines financial article states that the gold with
drawn from tho bank yesterday goes TO Now York
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

not given in the most polished diplo-
matte form, though its strict accuracy
there are none to dispute. In fact, 1t is
refreshingly blunt and true, and is valuable
at the present moment for those attributes.
II, at future day, the Germans should
care to mollify its imputation on Moslem
veracity, that will be as easy to them as 1t
was to the lady in the play to declare so
forcibly:-
Now much beshrew my manners and my PRIDE,
II Hernia meant to say Lysander lied.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
LOST AT SEA.

THE WHALING SCHOONER HELEN =. ToTA1
LOSS,
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
New LONDON, Conn.,. August "a, 1871
letter received in New London, August 24
from Captain George Kceney Of the New Lon
don brig Isabella (whalsr under dato of August a.
being then In latitude Al deg 10 min. north, loDgt
tudo SO deg. west, and bound homo from
Cumberland Inlet, reports total loss OF whaling
schooner Helen F., also Now London. No particulars
the disaster date OF Its given.
The brig was convoy 10 the Helen f. and had taken
from here to bring homo 450 barrels OF oil and 5000
pounds OF bonc and had herself maio 100 barrels OF
oil and 1000 pounds OF bone.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
THE HOWGATE EXPEDITION.

THE SCHOONER FLORENCE SPOKEN OFF TIN
LABRADOR COAST.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
Nav LONDON, Conn.,, August "a, 1877.
Tho schooner Florence, Of the Howgate Arctic En-
petition, George E. Tyson master, spoken Augus(
II of the southeast coast Of Labrador by Novl
Scotia fishing vessel She then ton dayt
out OF this port The fisherman took lot
tcrs from her, OF which reached New
London this afternoon, via Gaspe Basin, Quebec,
August II. The writer First Mate Burrows. reports
that the Florence has thus far made good voyage,
and was expected 10 reach DISCO, Greenland, about
September !. All on board were well
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

FoRGERs DAY.-The arraignmcnt of half
dozen forgers at the same time in the same court
was an unusual scene even for New York. And,
what is more remarkable, they we're gathered from
widely different points, although it is more than
probable that they not total strangers to one
another. Mr. Buckle would have seen in the
meeting strong confirmation of his cycle of crime
theories.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
KILLED BY MACHINERY.
fpY TELEGRAPH TO IHE HERALD. I

[BY TELEGRAPH TO IHE HERALD1
RoHDour, N Y, August "a, 1877
James Kane, nged nf,oen, was killed in the machinery
OF the Anthracite Fuel Works Port Even this morn
ing about three O'Clock. Tho machinery was just
about stopping for the night, when humping was
heard and the body discovered whirling around the
shaft the feet having caught In pulley. Kanes du.
ties had ended tho night and how he was caught s
unknown The coroner's jury exoncrated tho CON-
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

The WEATHEn.-Thc depression, with its
attendant rain area, has now moved into the
eastern lake region and the st. Lawrence
Valley, as we stated it would in yesterdays
article. general rise Of the barometer over
the West and South has marked this move
ment. The rain ut this city was on the south
ern margin of the of precipitation, which
did not extend westward OF Lake Michigan. We
have rarely noticed more decided buromctric
change thau that which occurred yesterday be-
twcen morning and evening. The threatening in
dications III the Northwest have apparently fol
lowed the movement Of the nearer depression
an o parallel line, and have passed into
tho Hndson's Bay territory. Notwithstanding
shis. however, the depression moving northeast
ward from tho lakes will make but little prog
pses for some days owing to the opposing area Of
hieh prossure which now bars its progress cast
wsrd. In tho Gulf and off the South Atlantic
>eost the conditions are favorable for the dcvcl-
epu,ent Of disturbance, out the present
indications of ono arc not very decided. The
temperature continues high in tho West, but has
fallen somewhat over tho upper lakes and Can
.da. Tho wind In high in tho Lower st. Law
.ence Valley. The prevailing winds arc from
he southward. The weather IN Now York today
vill bc slightly cooler and partly cloudy or fair
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

The HERALD special newspaper trasn to Sara
'oga, Sharon and Richtield Springs, Lake Lsl-erne
md Lake George and all intermediate points, ria
Hudson Rirer, Albany and Schenectady, runs
sreTy Sunday during the season. Necs-
fedlers must send in Gcir orders direct to tho New
YORK HERALD.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

II THE Sioux CHIEFS who are in the city
should take it into their heads to scalp the mem
bers Of the Board Of Health, of the Street Clean
ing Department and Of the opponents of rapid
transit they would stand good chance of big
reception in the great hall of the Cooper Union.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

In THE LEHIGH Coal REGION the outlook is
decidedly threatening, and strike in all the
btuminous coal mining States is considered prob.
able. The benevolent association which seems
to be at the bottom of the trouble ought to have
its name changed
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

majority, and although the State is maine,
Maine, Maine," and Blaine is its favorite
son. the victory will fairly be claimed as
splendid Endorsement of President Hayes.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

The ONLY SENSIBLE POINT in the Connection
grcenback platform is the opposition to railroad
subsidies. All the rest il lunacy.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

SARATOGA is beginning to be excited over the
sculling match between Riley. Courtney and
Plaistcd A fair race and no favor are promised
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

PRESIDENT HAYES next trip will be to Ohio,
two weeks hence, for the purpose OF talking over
his battles with his old regiment.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
vas very strong and active, the largest business
FOR a long time having been transacted. Gov
ernment bonds were weak, States dull and
railroads strong Money call WAS easy ut
2 212 per cent
The New York herald., 1877-08-25

LACEossE-Two interesting games of lacrosse
we're played yesterday at Newport. large
number OF fashionable ladies and gentlemen
showed their interest in the sport by their