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CHICAGO. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1877.

10, TUESDAY, MARCH 6
rot tho tilt OF tho acQuicscence In The clostng
strl,zzln over the count. Probably few sasc |
The sharpcyed reporters noticed The failure Of |
lite Democratic u appear.
Mrs. HATxs.
Just outside the railing nj the diplomatic |
gallery sat lady now morc distinguished than |
auy Of her tilted nclghbors, lady who, Il sic
l,al been renerally recognized. would have been |
the must observed person prcscnt. she held u
bright boy Ut Or ycars upon her lap. Her
dress was IT blaek silk, With laco Tic fastened
At tho throat by plain gold pin. and she wore
. cashmere shawl. lfer hair, coinbed smoothly
down on her temples, gave TO her face rather
oltl-taslloucd look. II was full face, cxprc4s-
I've Ut strength Of character, and Of mingled
dignity aud 4wectncta. This lady Vas the new
mistress Of tho White House. Beaide her sat
Airs. Senator Sherman, and ia tue same seat
were some children sud youug girls. Bone said
they belonged TO the Eher1naa family, and 9th.
ers to that Of the President. There was no
Histaking, however, the relationship Of the
young man ut the end Of the scat. vho bore
L sTR1KtNa AxsxIBLArcx
to President Hayes, and was blu otlcAt son.
Tue Secretary of the eenate, Mr. 0orham,
called tho seuato 10 order, and the
Clerk read the proclamation Of President
Grant covering the extra session. Then
tho difficulty about the organization was hap
PLY got oYer By resolution offered by fIhtnlfn
providing Tor administering tbs oath Of Office to
Mr. Ferry, and rcIostatng him In the chalr,
proceeding heightened By tho curioualy y-pednn-
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OF NOR UWn country 70 consider our relations With
other lands. We ars rcmndul By International
complications abroad. threatening the peacs OF
Euro,rc, that cur ts&iitIonal rule OF noR.tntes-
fcreuce III aistEs Of foreign nattous haa psoyed o!
grcat yalue tn past taes, and ought to be strictly
observed.
The policy inau4uratsd By my honored prodeess-
sor,-t1en, OrAnt,-oS submitting to arbitration
Rravo questions In dispats between ourselves and
forctkn powers, points " : nsw and ineumparably
bcst fundamentally fur tbs preservation vt peaes,
and will, ~ 6sl!sve, becoms beuedcens e1nul-
pic Of tho cousso to ba pursued In sInlar sesgsn.
cles W other H1tl0us.
II, unhapplly, questions OF difference should u
any stuls. during tho period Of ny Admtnatsatton,
artsa between tho United s.ates and any fosefan
Government. It will certainly bo p,Y dlsposltiaR
aud my hope " aid In thelr settlement In tho saue
peaceful and honoraha way. TINS securing ~ our
county tns gsest bIes4tpgs Vt peace saa 1ausuai
go0d oliccs with Ill uAttou4 Of ths woEl4.
Tue ELECTORAL CoMNIaslok.
Fellow .cllf4en., We hay6 seached she eioss Of 4
political contest marked with the uxsIkcmeat Which
uauaIy attends the contests between great political
parties Whole mcuabcrs cspouao and adsocals with
raruest fath shcir respective esssds. The clscum.
stances wssu perhaps. iu no resPect extraordinary
save In thu coaeusss aud shs consequent uuces.
taiaty Of tho result.
For sha azt time In the hl.tos1 Of the country
II has bcsu lernsd bcst, In slsw vi Inv pecrAar
circumstances uf tho easx. that tho obJscslun4 and
qucAtk1.,s iu 4lapats with feIsssncA TO the caupt
log tho Eectsal ,ot4s should ~ referred 70 tas
decision ol asituaal appointed foF this purpo4s.
That tribunal. established By Law tor thls sola
purpose IL members. MI pf them. Of lopz. .estab-
!ltbsd reputation for Integrity aud intelligence.
and, With tbs exception Vt those who nv also
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Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21
MAINE GREENBACK CONVENTION.
The Platform AdOpted-NOmlnatiOns
fer State Officers.

SKoWHEGAN, Me, June 15.-The
State Green back Convention met this
morning. Solon Chase was chairman.
The attendance was very large. The
Chairman congratulated the conven-
tion upon the rapid spread of the prin-
ciples represented. A platform was
unanimously adopted demanding the
immediate repeal of the resumption
act of Jan. IA, 1876; that the govern
ment assume it's sovereign functions
and furnish the people with a curren-
cy based upon the faith and resources
of the nation, in harmony with the
genius of our government and adapt
ed to the wants oflegitimate business !:
that as fast as practicable national
bank notes be Withdrawn and replaced
by paper money issued by the govern
ment directly to the people, and be
made full legal tender for ali debts,
public and private, except when coin
is In contract that this money shall
be receivable for all duties, dues, and
taxes, and be interchangeable with
low interests-bearing government
bonds that the government remon-
etize silver; that the present bond
ed debt of the country be refunded as
rapidly as possible into registered In
terchangeable bonds bearing low rate
Of interest; that public domain
should be reserved for actual settlers,
and that there shall be retrenohment
and economy in all branches of the
public service.
State and county committees were
appointed, and the Rev. H. E. Nun
son, of Skowhegan, was nominated for
Governor.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21
Execution of a Man Whom Money
Could Not Save.

ATLANTA, GA, June 15'-Stephen
BrInkley was hanged at Newman to-
day for the murder of his wife nearly
four years ago. His case has excited
widespread interests He has broth
er in Memphis who is very wealthy
broker, and who has spent over $780,
600 in the attempt to save him from
the gallows. For the past two weeks
the most extraordinary efforts have
been made to secure executive olemen-
oy. Three GovernOrs-Gov. Stone OF
Mississippi, and Governors Porter and
Brown of Tennessee-have each sent
papers to Gov Colquitt, asking for
clemenoy. Gen. n. B. Fosteran Gen.
w. II. Jackson. with whom Brinkley
served during the war, wrote to the
governor, saying they believed the
condemned man was Ofunsound mind
and that he bore the reputation Of be-
ing crazy during the war and was dis
charged from the army on that ae-
count. The governor. however, re-
fused to commute the sentence.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21
Mysterious Disappearance of an SS,-
900 Package.

ST. LOUIS, June l5.-The Times has
Especial from Mount Vernon, Illinois,
which says: On Monday last the
Mount Vernon National bank shipped
by Adams express a package contain
ing IS 900 TO the Third National bank
of st. Louis. On Wednesday the
Mount Vernon bank received tele-
gram from st. Louis saying the pack
age contained only pieces of brown
wrapping paper cut the size of bank
notes. Bank officers here say the
package showed no evidence Ofhaving
been tampered with. but 1t contained
no money. Express people say the
package was delivered to the bank
here just as it was received by their
agent at Mount Vernon. the seals be-
Ing untouched. The cashier of the
Mount Vernon bank was here yesteT-
day and said the wrapper and seals of
the package were the same as used by
the bank.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21
FOREIGN NEWS.

A Turkish dispatch says the Monte.
negrins were recently defeated at At,
china.
Within the past ten days there has
been very heavy fighting at Kars.
The Russians in every engagement
have been severely repulsed. At
tempts on three consecutive days were
made to take Kars by storm, but the
Turks repulsed every attack with
great slaughter.
Much sickness Is reported In the
Turkish army In Asia of typhUs ma
ture.
The official journal announces the
accession of Prince Louis, of Hesse,
to the throne Of the Grand Duohy of
Hesse, under the title of Louis ".
Gen. Grant has written Elihu
Washburn that it will be impossible
for him to visit Paris on leaving Eng
land, but he may do so I'm September.
His present intention Is to make an
extended European tour, embracing
Sweden and Norway, and then sailing
up the Rhine visit Switzerland. His
programme of route will possibly in
clude the usual italian cities visited
by tourists.
A banquet was recently given NJ.
Gamtetta at Amiers. He made a
speech, in the course of which he de-
clared that Republicans must not
think of any other means beyond
moral resistance for rescuing France.
ROME, June 12.-The Pope has re-
ceived the Vicar Apostolic Morens, of
California, who, In the name of Up
per and Lower California, presented
His Holiness with As, 900 francs.
The Russian Official Messenger pub
fishes decree ordering a new levy of
lis, 900 men. So great q levy is un-
precedented.
A letter from Paraguay says Presi-
dent Gilliant and his brother William
were murdered in a most barbarous
manner. The President was at home
with his family when he was surpris-
ed and killed by band of assassins,
headed by Col. Gaibura and Com
manders Morales and Godery. In a
subsequent engagement with the
troops Gaibura and Morales were
made prisoners.
Russians In Roumania and neigh
borhood number 100000, including
q, 900 cavalry.
A Eucharist dispatch says: In the
Russian army any foreshadowing Of
peace would fall with thrill of pas.
sionate disgust that would strain the
bonds of discipline to the utmost.
There can be no question that the
army regards Constantinople as the
only goal that can content,
ERzERoUM, June 15.-Mukhtar Pa
sha's position at Zenin is believed to |
be unassailable. The Turkish right |
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

story about himself to man who had
related IL to the reporter who wrote 1t
up, but the jury awarded $500 dam
ages.
Four steamers sailed for Europe
Saturday fully laden with fresh meat,
grain, provisions, etc. Among the
cargOes were 103, 900 bushels of grain,
:, 800 boxes of butter and II, 800 boxes
of cheese.
At Smith Falls, Canada, recently,
George Tenant, wife and child were
drowned by the upsetting Of boat.
Three men, two of them negroes,
were hung at n. o. on the Is. All
hung for murder.
Harry Adams was hanged at Day
ton Ohio, last Friday for the murder
of Henry Mulhsrren, soldier, Feb.
l3, 1876. Mulharren was an inmate
of the soldiers home. The day be-
fore the murder he drew his pension,
$50, came into the city, went to an III
famed house, met Adams whom be
treated and who shortly afterwards
murdered him for the money he saw.
He died withoutindicatIng much con-
cern and made speech protesting his
Innocence in a reckles, slangy speech.
daring which he denounced his ene-
mics In vile terms.
Haskill F. Proctor, of Cleveland
Ohio, who had been postal clerk be-
tween Cleveland and indianapolis for,
the past eight years, was arrested by a
detective last week for opening valu-
able letters.
Mary Gadelman, q pretty young
lady near Creston Iowa, committed
suicide last week. Supposed to be
unrequlted love.
Followers of Lerdo in Mexico have
captured the city of Acapulco.
Mary Carpenter, the English author
ess Is dead.
The Right Honorable Sir George
Mellish, Lord Justice of Appeal In
Chansery, is dead.
The wrecked steamer San Francis
CO has not been broken up by the act
ion of the sea. A schooner load of
valuable merchandise was recently
gotten out of the wreck.
Fred. Beckwith an estimable young
man of GAINESVILLE Ohio, killed him
self with pistol, on the 18th.
Pat McSully was instantly killed
at Scranton, Pa. recently by the fall
ing of coal mine roof.
John DoIan blew out the gas In his
room at the Lewis House. Fond du
Lac, instead OF turning 1t off, and
died.
Rev. w. II. Irwin. pious fraud of
Cleveland, Ohio. was recently arrest
ed for swindling, fined $50, and sent
for term of thirty days in the work
house.
A special from Winnipeg, Manito-
ba, says: Dispatches from Fort Walsh
says Sitting Bull. with $50 lodges, is
settling between there and Wood
Mountain. He claims to have won
many victories from the United States
of which the public know nothing,
and exhibits numerous trophies, In
Guiding arms, wagons. etc., some be-
longing to Custer's party. He holds
that violations of Federal treaties by
the United States autho rifles was the
cause of his rebellion.
Fred Hendricks wealthy farmer
near Old Town, ILL.,, killed his wife
and then himself, on the 10th inst.
He was fifty years old. He had been
to town and returned home drunk
and this accounts for the tragedy af-
ter living for twenty-five years with
the wife he shot.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

The Democrats of Abbeville County
g. c., having bulldozed the colored
Republicans. now propose to bull
doze the white Republicans of the
county. At recent meeting the
speakers urged the appointment of a
committee to rid the community of
white Radicals, and the Abbeville
Press and Banner said (:
As long as white man is allowed
to stir up strife there will be conten-
tion and dissatisfaction. Whenever
they "retire their peteDsious" We will
have peace. Will they do so peacea-
bly,, or do they intend to force violence?
Violence Is sure TO follow whenever
they malign the whites and attempt
20 ALLEVIATE the negroes from as. When
ever q head Of this sort shows itself 1t
will be only service to ones country
to cut 1t off. Since the death of Jo
Crews In Laurens there has been no
trouble in that county, and there
would be none here either lift were
not for fow fomenters of strife and
II they do not desist hereafter they
will be dealt severely with.
The 10 Crews alluded to was sssas-
sInated about q year ago. All the
leading white Republicans Of the
county have been notified to leave be-
fore Dec. l, 1S77.-Intcr Ocean.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

confronts the Russian left In the open
district of Alaskirt. An engagement
Is imminent. The Russian detach-
ment of the centre which occupied
Ssghiauti has fallen back in the d.
rection of Kars.
1t is reported that Prince Gortschs-
kotf, In his reply to England diavow-
ing any wish for Russia to take pos
session of Constantinople, declar 8
that the city ought to belong to none
of the European powers.
The liner Oceans London CORES
pondent says: In political circles the
opinion prevails that Russia has pur-
posely delayed the passage ofthe Dan
ube in the hope that the victories In
Asia Minor would cause the Sultan to
sue for peace.
The Car breads the slaughter that
Is sure to ensue when the attempt to
cross Is made, but should reports OF
Russian reverse In Armenian prove
correct, be will be compelled to move.
The feeling has been growing for the
few days that the task OfRussia Is oi
go easy as 1t appeared. Ii the Turk
ish troops are judiciously handled II
Is thought they can check further en-
cTOchments of the invader In Asia,
while the defences of the Danube are
so much improved that a successful
resistance can be made there.
The Inter Ocean says: Our London
special reports change of feeling IN
England toward the Turks, John
Bull is not shaking his fist at Russia
as much as he was few days ago, but
has his forefinger raised waPningly at
Turkey. Turkey is about to step on
that tender corn of his-the Suez
oanal-whereas Russia Is willing to
guarantee him against accidents in
that quarter. And a Constantinople
dispatch reports a GOODNESS between
Layard, the British Ambassador, and
the Porte. Ifthis thing is to continue
Russia has done well to hold her arm
les on the Danube.
The Turks at Constantinople are
forming fresh cavalry corps of 20, ,000
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

After all the slander and depreoia
tion to which he has been subjected
at home, it is pleasure TO General
Grants friends, though q reprOOf to
his enemies, to read the sober opinion
of British critics. We have published
the comments of the London Press IN
our cable dispatches, but someway the
following from the London Daily
NeWS looks good all by itself.
He is unquestionably the greatest
soldier living. No criticism can do
away with the fact that he was abso-
Lutte victor in one of the greatest wars
known to history. By his skill, tact,
indomitable energy, and discipline he
succeeded where all who tried the
task before him failed"
This Is trus, and, beiug true, the
English nation can afford to honor
him.-Inter Ocean.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21
NEWS SUMMARY.
s. r. THOMPSON,
Supt. Pub. Instructions.

| A gambler named Thomas Bollls, g
circus follower, committed suicide in
st. Louis by shooting himself through
the head, on the 11th inst.
Mary Herndon, of st. Joe, daugh-
ter of Madam Thornton, died sudden
ly on the 18th inst. from excessive
drinking of alcoholic liquors.
The Western Stables at Ft. Scott
were destroyed by fire on the 18th
including eighteen horses.
The Catholic church at Okla, Cana
da were recently destroyed by an in
cendiary fire.
Bud Doble, with his horses, Gold
smith: Maid, VOlney and Bodine, is
In California.
The official report on the cotton
crop shows an increase In acreage of
four per cent. over 1876, the total ex-
cess being $4,000, coo. The season has
been unfavOrable, but with good
weather the plant Will improve rap
idly.
Lady Sterling, known ss Hon. Mrs.
Norior, the we'll known poet and nov-
elist, is dead, aged seventy.
At Auburn, n. Y. on the Is, John
II. Young, q saloon keeper, was shot
dead by his mistress, Cora Young.
A man named Garner under sem
tence to be hanged on the 18th, at
Rockwell, Texas, was found dead
with his wife In his cell on the morn
ing of the day he was to have been
executed. They had committed sui
eide.
On the 14th q mill dam near Nor
wick in n. Y. suddenly gave way and
precipitated fishing party consisting
of ten persons through a sluioe-way.
Mrs. Reemers, Miss Crowley and
Thomas Pressler, were drowned. The
owners of the boat, Mark Fisher and
James 0sefeldt, were fatally injured
by falling into the grinder Of the mill
below the sluiceway.
A stranger, whose name was ascer-
tanned to be j. l.. Meserve recently
drowned himself in a well In Du-
quoin, ILL.,, one day last week. Cause
unknown. There were found on his
person S559.5O, fine gold watch and
chain and an emigrant ticket for San
Francisco purchased at New Orleans.
He was about forty-five years old.
ExGov. Hendricks says he does not
intend to be absent more than three
or four months, and his time would
be passed mainly in London, Paris,
and perhaps Berlin.
The Ohio Board OF Agriculture
have decided to hold the next State |
Fair In Columb bus, commencing Sep
tember 10, and continuing five days.
A short time ago the Detroit Tribune
published an insinnation that James
Randall, of that city, bad taken both
sides of divorce suit, and Randall
brought suit for libel. The Tribune
claimed that Randall had related the
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

The Inter Ocean published O cut
representing Kars and the country aud
Qualifications surrounding, with COM
ments as follows:
The town of Kars, described as the
key of Asia Minor, is picturesquely
situated in a rocky amphitheater of
black bassltic hills. The houses are
ali constructed of this dingy material,
and this circumstance, coupled with
the absence of trees, gives the town a
dismal appearance quite in keeping
with the name It bears. kara-dagh,
or BLACK Mountain, with several 9TH
er abrupt rocky and precipitous hills.
flank the town on the eastern side,
within about a mile of the walls.
THESE are separated from Kars By a
valley. through which river flows,
passable by bridges. The hills on the
western side offer as easy ascent to the
enemy, but are situated twice the dis
tanee OF Kara-dagh. On the south,
largo nlain extends for some miles and
is tben barred by o range ofeasy slop-
to heights. These hills command
the city from q military point OF view
and therefore, during the deiense OF
Kars by Fenwick Williams. r,s se,.es
of forts. redoubts. and eartn"orSs .hs
were constructed along them; .ue
greater attention being paid 10 ha'9
Ssgh. the key of the place.
gheLater ocean } esterday gave a fuii
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

Democratic papers, we notice. en-
dorse Hayes policy just to the extent
that they believe that policy Injuries
the Republican party, and no farth-
er. Even Toombs is pleased with
the Southern policy, and frankly says
that although Hayes was elected as
a Republican he has done all that TIL
den could have done. In what
way, Mr. Toombs? Why, of course,
by placiRg the Southern States
I'm the power and control of the South
ern Democracy. What more could
TIiden have done? That is all that
Democrats endorse of Hayes.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

review of the terrible battles that took
place there i'm 1856, and the repulse Of
the Russians, who undertook to capt
ure the town by storm. but were re-
pulsed with loss of 1000 men. This
was a lesson that ought TO have been
needed by the Russians, and though
the dispatches indicate a repetition of
the blunder. it may he that the reports
are exaggerated, and that the so-cslled
assault was nothing more than a rec
onnoissance in force to cover some
other movement.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21
Robbery of a Coach From Dead

HAT CREEK, wy, June l4.-About
8 80 this morning the coach from
Deadwood was stopped by two road
agents. some twenty-five miles north
of this place. The driver states that
while coming through a narrow ra-
vine two men who had been hidden
by the broken nature OF the ground
suddenly sprang up about ten yards
ahead Of him, one OF whom covered
him with his rifle and ordered him to
halt. The other covering Skinner,
the messenger, ordered him to throw
out the treasure box. The messenger
complied, and this seemed to satiEfy
them. for they Immediately told the
driver to go ahead, No attempt to rob
or molest the passengers was made.
Three men and one lady was aboard.
Both men had their faces bleckened
and were otherwise disguised.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21
The Government Suit Against Tilden.

NEW YORK, June 14.-In the suit OF
the United States against Samuel j.
Tilden, to recover $4,000 alleged due
as unpaid income taxes from 1861 10
1871, complaint has been filed in the
district court by District Attorney
Woodward. The answer of Governor
Tilden is returnable in about a week.
Allegations IN the complaint set forth
the supposed income of Governor Til
den for each year in question and
amount of tax.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

Peru Is beautifully located on the
right bank of the Missouri river.
The Nebraska railway runs directly
through town. giving the city an ont
let for travel and business north.
south, east and west. Peru Is also an
excellent commercial point. Steam
boats land at our wharves as they pass
up and down the river. The State
Normal School being located here,
makes Peru q great educational GEN.
tre. All in all. there Is no livelier.
better town in the West than Peru
Peru Herald.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

A somewhat novel way of enforcing
a demand for exchange has just been
invented by a rural northern Nebras
ka contemporary. That paper comes
to US marked on the margin with
twenty-five "Xs," and the first para
graph In Its editorial columns reads as
follows:
"The Omaha Daily Bee Is damned
liar !"-Bee.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-06-21

A Deadwood correspondent of the
Bee, says that recently specimens of
wire gold and wire silver, not previ-
ously thought to exist In the Hills,
haye been found about ten miles from
Deadwood. This, he says, indicates
permanenee aid richness of the
suines.