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YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when Ia New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot. kept on the Euro
pean plan--you therefore only pay for
what you get. Everything is first class,
and prices moderate. adapted to the string
euey of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire. and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter of the Hotel.
your baggage will be delivered in your
rooms, fifteens minutes after the arrival
of the ears, free of expense. We advise
you to give the Grand Union trial.
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Passengers arriving in New York by
the new and comfortable Hotel DeYonshire,
which is opposite the main entrance on
AID street. the most convenient and mex
pensive place 10 stop, 1t is modern
hotel, and first-cla in allits appointments.
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The celebrated Peoria show cases;
cheaper than any other in the market
Quality guaranteed. Workmanship uu.
surpassed. Rob't G. Luke, manufacturer
Peoria, Ills, Field Bros, agents. Rock
Island, Ills 5. l0dly
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MI MI. CORRETT.

ATTORNEY AT LAW. SOLICITOR IN CHAN
n Gerry and Notary Public, Abstracts, Loans and
Collects. Office 2nd Avenue, Bird noor east of
Bengston's Drug Store, Rock Island, Ille.
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Small wonder that the Russians have
already begun to think of levy en- naasse.
OF the 100000 men with whom they be-
gan the advance across the Pruth, they
have already lost SO, 200 killed and IL, 45C
wounded The Turks, fighting on the
defensive, have naturally suffered less. but
of the quarter of million men with whom
they began the conflict fully three hundred
thousand have been placed hors de combat
A colored militia company, called the
Hampton Guards. has been accepted as
part of the National Guard of the State Of
South Carolina.
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John 3. HAWLEY.

A TTORHEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
~ Object in Bengston's Block, Illinois St., Rock 1
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-29
GEN. L. W. MATTHEWS.

1t is with undisguised satisfaction that we
record the promotion of Col. L. w. Mat
thews as Brigadier General in the National
Guard of Penn'a., to rank as such from
June lst, 1877, and that he is also appoint
ed to command the First Brigade, which is
constituted as follows:
First brigade-First regiment of infantry,
Colonel Il. Dale Benson commanding; Third
regiment of infantry, Colonel George II.
Snowden commanding; Artillery Corps
Washington Grays, First Lieutenant Will
liam G. Zane ecommandng; Weccacoe Le-
gion, Captain John P. Denny commanding.
Gen. Matthews was the popular comman-
der of Battery F., 1st Pa. Light Artillery,
sometimes called "Ricketts's Battery" and
by hard work, and precision of drill made
it one of the most effective Batteries of the
service. Many of his former comrades can
endorse the following from the Philadelphia
Record
Brigadier General E. Wallace Matthews,
who has been appointed commander of the
First brigade, First division N. G. p, vice
Gen. Thayer resigned, has recently been in
timately connected with the National Guard,
filling most acceptably the position of cap.
tain and aide-de-camp on the First brigade
staff, and later as lieutenant colonel and di-
vision inspector on the First division staff,
both terms of service occurring under Gen
eral Brinton. He is soldier of dstinc-
tion, having achieved an enviable reputation
in active service, invariably receiving the APP
proval of his superior officers. The efficien-
| cy and discipline existing in the light bat
| terry he commanded so long, as we'll as his
gallantry on the field of battle, were well
| known in the commands to which he was at.
| tached. He commenced his career on April
| 49, 1861, as private soldier in company
of infantry that went that day into camp for
three months service. He was promoted to
first sergeant shortly after, then appointed
adjutant of the regiment to which his com
pany was attached On the expiration oi
his term of service he recruited battery
of mounted artillery for three years, was
unanimously chosen captain, and command
ed it as battery F., First Pennsylvania ligh
artillery for two years uninterrupted ser
vice, when he was promoted and commits
stoned major in March, 1868, which rank hi
held on leaving the service in July, 1864
on account of sickness. Besides engage
ments of lesser celebrity he participated il
the battles of second Bull Run, Antietau
and Charlottesville, and served as chief o
artillery on the stats of General Ricketts,
and General Doubleday, and also comman
ded brigade of artillery Eight batteries) il
the artillery Preserve of the army Of th,
| Potomac
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-29
THE WAR.

Active operations have at last begun on
the Danube. The Russians crossed at two
points between Galatz and Matchin in boats
and subsequently at Hirsova, in all some 2S,-
900 men. The Cossacks formed the advance
and were protected by the Russian batteries.
No large force of Turks was encountered.
The Cossacks marched directly inland and
drove the Turks from their entertainments
The town of Gurgevo was attacked and burn
ed. The campaign may now be considered
to have fairly opened and heavy fighting may
be looked for at once. The Russian troubles
have but just begun. Before them loom the
lofty Balkan mountains, the passes Of which
will doubtless be stubbornly defended by the
Turks
The position of England is rapidly growing
interesting. A cable despatch states that the
British Cabinet have notified Russia that
even the temporary occupation Of CONSTANT
nope will not be permitted, and that war
loan is to be asked of Parliament. 1t would
seem as if England's participation is inevita-
bic. A large force of English troops has al
ready been detailed to occupy Egypt.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-29
Notice 10 0fiice-HOlders.

The President has addressed the following
circular letter to all prominent Federal Off
GERS throughout the country:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON.
June %, lS77,-Sir desire to call your
attention to the following paragraph in
a letter addressed by me to the Secretary of
the Treasury on the conduct to be observed
by officers of the General Government in re-
ation to the elections "No officer should
be required or permitted to take part in the
management of political organizations, eau
cuses, conventions or election campaigns
Their right to vote and to express their views
on public questions, either orally or through
the press, is not denied, provided it does not
interfere with the discharge of their ofiicia
duties. No assessment for political purposes
on officers or subordinates should be al
lowed"
This rule is applicable to every department
of the civil service.
1t should be understood by every Office
of the General Government that he is ex
pected to conform his conduct to its require
ments.
1 Very respectfully,
X. b. HAYES.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-29
JUNE 2lst, 1877.

Elsewhere will be found detailed report
of the executions of the eleven men who on
the day above mentioned met their deaths
upon the scaffold. The 2lst of June, 1877,
is date long to be remembered in this State.
After series of trials remarkable not only
for the character of the crimes for which the
prisoners were arraigned, and the evidence
brought forth, but for the length of the trials
and the strenuous Efforts which were made to
save the condemned men, the dread sentence
of death was duly carried into effect on that
day. There were no disturbances and the ar
rangements for the executions met with no
Interruptions, The men, with but one or two
exceptions, died in very brief space of time.
The speeches on the scaffold were short and
not of especial interest None Of them con-
tanned specific confessions of guilt Such
scenes and incidents as seemed worthy o.
mention will be found in our reports.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-29
Grant as a Doctor Of Laws.

There is probably no subject upon which
Grant, all uncu ltured as he is, is so pro-
foundly ignorant as of law. While he was
President he sent a message to Congress in
reference to the President "as fixed by the
Constitution" a blunder so ridiculous that
it set the country into multtudinous laugh
ter. After seven years service as President
he did not know enough about our Constitu-
ton to know that his own salary is one of
its provisions. Not only is he ignorant of
law, but he despses it, and has always
beaten it down with the brutal insolencc
of the soldier. lie even packed the Su-
preme Court to reverse the legal tender de-
csion he upheld by force the lawless act
of Durell, knowing it to be lawless, and he
trampled down law and Legislature with his
troops in Louisiana. He pardoned every
whisky thief that the law convicted, and
kept around his person branded breakers OF
the laws of common honesty as We Il as Of
his country's statutes. He knows no more
about law now than he did when he was
soaking hides in a tan-ya -yard.-BaHin,ore Ga.
zette.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-29
The Cross and the Crescent.

The American people are distant, vet
most deeply interested spectators of the des-
perate struggle now in progress, between the
Muscovite and the Turk. The vast array of
forces on either side, the character of the
combatants, the relentless. obstinate courage
of the Russian the fanatic valor of the Turk.
the complication Of interests which seem des.
tined to involve all Europe in the strife and
the effect which such war is likely to have
upon the agricultural and industrial pur-
suits of this country, are points which give
to this contest deep and absorbing in-
terest.
And vet it is a fact that the mass of the
Americans are almost wholly without any
definite knowledge of the regions most d.
rectly and primarily concerned in this war.
To most readers of our newspapers, the news
from the seat of war is in large degree un-
Ineligible. from lack of information as to
those people and countries. Moreover, the
demand for this information has developed
| the fact that there is not extant any book
giving what is wanted, in reliable and pop
ular form.
We are glad therefore, to receive from the
well known publishing firm of Hubbard
Bros, advance sheets of forthcoming vol
ume, entitled "7he Cross and the Crescent
or Russia and Turkey and the Countries Ad-
| ~
known historian, DR.. l.. b. Brockett, and
gives full and complete description OF the
countries bordering on the Black Sea, the
Danube, the Euphrates and the Tigrs; in
Guiding their Extent, Physical and Political
Geography their History, with all its Va
ried and Thrilling Incidents; the Religion
Customs, Habits, Manners, and Character of
each Nationality, their Military, Naval and
Financial Resources the Causes and Infu-
ences which led to this and former Wars,
and full and Clear Explanation of the
Complications which are driving the Nations
of Western Europe into participation in it;
the Massacres in Bulgaria; the Oppression
and Cruelty which have goaded other Pro-
vinces and Tributary States into Insurrec-
ton, and the Despotic Sway of the Russian
Government all depicted with great Vivid
ness and Force. 1t also contains Biograph.
cal Sketches of all the Prominent Actors in
the War now in progress, Monarchs, Rulers
? Statesmen, and Generals, with Portraits o.
, many of them.
Aside from its relation TO passing events
- this is a most valuable and richly interesting
volume. The brilliant, bloody, and event
, ful history Of these nations, the character o
G their governments, the peculiarities of tn,
4 the people, their religious beliefs, their 30
;, cial customs, habits and manner of life, pre-
, sent subject full of novelty and instruc
tion, and treated Ivy so able and brilliant al
g author as DR.. Brockett, would at any tim
n attract wide attention ; but coming as
does in response to an urgent demand TO
Just the information here given, it will ev
~ erywhere meet with Pn eager reception, ant
i prove to be the most important publicatio
q of the year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1877-06-29
MR.. HAYES PRONuNClAMENTO.

The circular letter of Mr.. Hayes forbid
ding federal office holders from toking an ac-
tive part in political conventions, &C., has
created panic in the ranks of the Republi-
cans. They have carried elections always
by the most energetic work on the part of
office holders and in every State, to-day. the
most active workers, chairmen of State and
county committees and wire puilers gener'
ally are federal officials. The circular like
wise interdicts assessments for political pur-
poses. This is worse yet What does Mr.
Hayes mean by this sort OF thing Does
! e suppose for a moment that his party can
achieve success without money? There is
howling and wrath among the office holders
and fun in perspective for Mr.. Hayes.
One of the most notable officials affected
by this order, is Wykof, Pension Agent al
Columbus, who is also chairman of the Ohio
State Committee. If he is forced to resign
the chairmanship just on the eve of an cleo
tion,the chances are that Ohio will go Dem
ocratic, as Wykolf is IN exceedingly active
aud competent chairman. If Ohio is lost to
the Republicans Mr.. Hayes popularity in
his party will grow into something i'm
mense.
As 10 the authority of Mr.. Hayes to issue
an order of the kind, or to restrict in any
IN amer any citizens right to busy himself
ab jut political matters, we have nothing to
say. 1t isn't our funeral and we have no
tears to shed. If the Republicans who hold
the offices can stand it, we who don't GER
tainly can.
1t now remains to be seen whether the or
der will be observed by any except those
gentlemen who hold very subordinate posi-
tious as workers in the party. There Ii
most too much reform in the circular to bt
swallowed wi hout protest.