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AN INSIDE VIEW OF TURKISH corrrr1,

- @A'e~NA1 rAA1 " VI a 1thhlSH ERuNGTf
Ihe Augsburg dAgemeiae-Zeitunq of Jan.
81 reports the discussions Of the Tnrlis,,
council which preceded the rejection Of the
conference proposals. As they are of AZ.
traordinary interest, in view of the gravity of
the situation as between Turkey and Rus
s>a' and no previous report has been mada
IN the dispatches of these discussions a
summary OF them will be of interest as show
ing the temper OF the Turkish mind. and
also as giving an insight into Turkish affairs
AT the tlrst meeting Of tho Council, suvH,
PAsnA took the bull boldly by tho horns
and declared: **1f We accept these pro-
posats the Ottoman Empire is sure to perish.
"hefeas, If VIC reject them, and war shon,d
ensne' tie worst that can befau us is to
lose portion of the Ottoman Empire The
orand '1z'er declared that if the proposals
"ero accepted the Government of the
country would be transferred from Con.
s.anunopie to some European Capital, while
n3aoosaA NAssuH1, another official, aptly re-
MARKED a that # they were accepted "tba |
otto1nan Empire is doomed to ea11opino
consumption" The Grand Vizier then ont'
1ned the situation as follows:
II We reject the demands Of the Powc,s- the I'm.
esehce Will be dissolved, and some Of the Power,
las 90 10 Wat with us. England and Franco .rc
a1e 70 lema'n Neutral; Russia, with whom tteso |
loposas originate, is likely to t7y and enforc~
4'14 " 'ns sword Austria having II, Qoo, 600
, 1877-02-25

The Cincinnati ngressmen--SAr1ERa ani
BANNING both Democrats-are in recent oj
the following dispatch from some representa-
tive men OF their constituency
A fallure to elect President now yould he r.oe,
disastrous to all the business and udustra, nte+.
cstS OF the country 1tis prepared to submit to ,he
result OF the decision OF the Commission wh.tcva,
II may be, and aequiescc in it It is not ready Yor
anoshcF exciting Presidential contest. Trust vou
VIII stand mauful1y By the decision.
Ihls appeal Was signed BY large number
OF the leading business men Of Cincinnati,
democrats US well MS Republicans, 1twould
ne well If number Of the Leading business
men Of chicago, regardless of party, but
particularly those who supported A1r. I'll
DEN were to address similar appeal to
h1essrs~ CAu1E1E1p, HARRISON, and LIZ MorsE.
who represent this city in the National L,ec-
1slature- There is not & man in Chicago
with his wits about him doing business
that amounts to $1,000 q year, and much
less those doing business that amounts to
hundreds Of thousands and millions, who
does not desire that the Presidential count
shall he completed without interruption, and
a1r. HAYES inaugurated peacefully a week
from tomorrow. Business men who are
Democrats have now as much at stake As
business men who voted for HAYES, and the
interests Of both imperatively demand q rest
from political turmoil.
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in any defined form, their purpose. They
want to delay and put of, go that in the
last hours Of tho session they may be able
to accomplish their end. The action Of the
House yesterday has, however, shown that
there are sufficient number of Democratic
members with the Republicans to force the
proceedings in the direction Of inal count.
But FIELDS malignity outstrips that Of all
the others His three months service in
Congress will be memorable, ble,-memorable
for the reoprd he hes made of what he
attempted, advised, and urged, none Of
which is capable of being construed as hon.
o1able or meritorious.
, 1877-02-25

They were singing the music Of the future
in keys tha: would have delighted WAasEE
It was III fact the same old tune tha
Cos1s1A and HANS voN BuEIow had sung
The next news that came to MS was the
Divais application in the French courts for 8
| divorce from the Marquis. The cause was
not stated, but at last it has come out, and
the story makes quite symphony in three
movements, with divorce for the leading
theme in each. and finale. The first
| movement is an allegro, Mime. De CAux'g
| application for q divorce from the Marquis.
The second is an all*gretto,- the Marquis ap-
plication for a divorce from the Madame
The third is &Acrzo,- Mime N1co11N1's ap-
pilcatlon for divorce from her husband, the
famous tenor. The fourth is a runaway
in presto Of Mime. De CAu1 and NIoo11N1
It appears that the Diva and the tenor, who is
about twenty years older than she, consti-
tuted themselves into sort Of Returning
Board, and counted out the Marquis and
Nine. N1coIM1. To make things even, the
Marquis and Nine. N1co11S1 might now
marry; then the Diva aud N1co11S1 might
NA>AJ NoA eAA1o ItA0 4AteA tHt%V A1AGAe S4AAE Ao
happily as Martha, Nancy, Lionel, and
Plnnket
Meanwhile, will some musical metaphysi-
cian explain what hidden cause there is in
music that should always interpose discord
in the duet between musical and unmusical
person when once they are united in we'd !
lock2 Why should there be so few rests, SO
many slurs, such bad time, sucn furious
discoras, such scaly performances, no ngree-
nent on the dominant, no tonic anywhere.
Painters, poets, sculptors, philosophers,
nl move along smoothly, though their wives
are totally ignorant Of the easel, the winged
Pegasus, the chisel, or the ego and non e7o.
5ut link musician to q non-musician and
Immediately the twain commence to pull
part until there comes break and the
'hole household fabric goes to pieces. What
there IN the swelling harmonies Of music,
IS passionate lapses, it's divine aspirations,
nd its estfulinduonces, which should evolve
uch q frightful discord: What is it that
angles the sweet bells out of tune:
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"ln this cight-to-seven agge," remarks phi]o-
sophtcal reporter of the Cincinnati ENQUIRER,
1--WE can't affor;. ~ have Democrats consume
each other.' But the present indications are
tEat no other important business need restrain
democrats from consuming each other If they
want to; their services will not be REQUIRED In
the management Of the affairs Of the nation.
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At the New York Gold Exchange on Satur
day gTeenbacks ruled at 934@95l.

The Douglas monument business is now
fairly under consideration. The Commits
s1oners Of the sonth Park apply for pe1mis-
slon to erect the monument at the head of
the more eastern boulevard, which they pfo-
pose shall thereafter be called Douglas boa1e-
vard. In the meantime, the West Side Com
m1ss1one1s are moving to obtain permission
to erect the monument in Douglas Park, the
most southern of the series OF West Side
parks. Either disposition of it will be better
than to complete the monument On its pres
eut Ete~
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There was an animated contest in the Leg
| lslature On Friday over-the now bill resulat
! ing the sale of liquor. The present lay
makes the ofIense Of selling liquor without
license and the offense Of selling liquor to mi
nors punishable by fine from $50 to $500 ane
imprisonment in the County Jeil. The new
bill changes this punishment by imposing the
same fine, or Imprisonment, or both, at the
discretion Of the Court. The difference be.
tween the old and the proposed new law is,
that under the former there is no room for
the exercise Of any apportionment of the
punishment to the circumstances Of the Of
Tense, but that punishment, fine, and I'M
prisonment must be inflicted in every case.
The result of this arbitrary regulation is that
that the law is practically a dead letter. It is
not enforced. The penalties are dispropor-
toned to the offense, and the1aw defeats its
own execution The new law leaves the maxi
mum penalty unchanged, but the Court is
1t liberty, upon all the facts and circum-
stances, to impose fine, OF imprisonment,
'r both, as the character Of the pro-
seedlings shall determine. With strange
'erversity, the especial friends Of temperance
opposed the change. They prefer the
aw with the extreme penalties, though that
aw WAS never executed, to law which gives
be Court discretion in the degree of pen
ity and which law can readily be
nfonced. The point sought by the bill, and |
1e only one which could justify its enact
lentr is to punish thoss who yiolate il, So |
ne as the penalties provided are so e1ces-
Va that convictions cannot be had at all,
le crimes practically enjoy an. immunity,
Id the law is q dead letter. Nobody is
1nlshed at all, and the unlawful sale of
auor and its sale to minors goes on undis-
rbed by the law. The new bill PROPOSES
make the law effective by removing the
'1y obstacle to its execution. The temper
ice men, however, refused to be practical.
refused to accept law which can ba exc
ted for one which cannot be,-and voted
a1nst the bill The bill passed the House
nearly two-thirds vote, and, if it pass
Senate, then the prosecution of the ilte-
sale of liquors in this State can BE- carried
!, sustained by general public opinion,
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| 1t will hardly be a matter Of general sur.
prise that the freaky and highty little primo
! donna, ADELrSA PATTI, whom the old con.
! cert-goers Of Chicago will remember es q
little child with a penchant for candy, sing
ing on the dining-table of the Tremont House
twenty years ago, still as q child singing in
metropolitan Hall with OLE BULL, aud, still
later, as blooming brunette, singing in the
Chicago Wigwam, has at last run anainst a
rock in her matrimonial life. When ApE11r.
PATTI married the Marquis De CAux, in thu
nonr1shlng days of tho Napoleonic dynasty,
1t was well enough understood that it was
hardly case Of two souls with a SINGLE
tnouGht or two hearts beating as one, BIT
rather desire on the part of the foir PATTI
TO add to her musical divinity and world
vide reputation q titular name, that sha
might surround herself with an aura of
nobility and soar above the other son,r-
stresses into that higher atmosphere in which
A1arquises, Earls, aud Counts float so
sereneiy. The Marquis De CAux also had
nus OBJECTS IN view undoubtedly. A lady
VINO has a nightly income of from S1,5o0
to $4,000, not to mention period.
lcal contributions from her admirers
OF diamonds and rubies. ropes of |
pearls, opal-eyed humming-birds, turquoises,
rugs bracelets, crowns, purses, and other
D1c-a- bfac, making in fact a sum total for
one n'eht bigger than the average woman
can scra'e together in ono year,-such a
golden goddess is always an object Of infer.
est to every masculine human, French Mr.
aulses not excepted. The two we're married
WIN considerable fanfare of humpets, and
Of bells, and orance-aovers
5alore, and the duet went smoothly for a
ame, with both voices in tune, and as lovely
IS -alozAETs Zephyr" Then came bitrb
lie music, and it eventuated that +hs
aar9nls was off the key. Marquises are hu-
|, aan' french Marquises are very human, and
h's particular Marquis displayed weakness
humanity which is universal pass;on
While she was gathering in large sums with
81 notes, be was disbursing them with a :
sgolas.ty that YVES discouraging to A1rz. =
Aux What she made on the stage he would :
'se on the green, and while she YVES
amoollng in 'sThe Barber OF E,iri, ~ =
oSe' lie was gambling in Baden.
Homours, Or st. Petersburg. Atlsst tho i.
let went all to pieces The melody waz II
ra1ned to tatters, the harmony was DESTROY 81
: and the accompaniment was all swrv r.
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SlaVon1c Inhabitants. It is difficult to E4y vhl. sh
| may not be compelled to do. II her Magyars per
j mil, she may join Russia, and declare war azaus
us, or she may occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina TO
IN indefinite time. as for Seryia, Roumania. ant
Montenegro mast prepare to see them take side,
| against u.s. Nor have ,se any right to count upon
support from abroad. Taking all this into consid.
Grafton, VIC must not conceal from ourselves that
! our position is critical.
Several OF the officials thereupon exclaimed
| that all they had to do was ''to trust in the
Almighty and make war" which forcibly re-
minds one Of CRoMwEIL's e1hortation to his
soldiers to trust in COP and keep their
powder dry. The Grand Vizier then all
nounced the military strength of the Empire,
which corresponds with previous statements
that hnvo been made. He placed the avail
ablo force at from 100000 to GOO, 600 men, all
well armed and equipped, aud stated that
large quantities OF cartridges had been Or
dered from America The Grand Vizier,
however, WAS honest enough to look on both
sides Of the picture. He feared that the
cartridges might be captured by the enemy
before reaching Constantinopje. He told the
Council that Turkey had no money, that the
portals Of the money market were locked
against them, that no army could be support
ed without money, and that the poper
money was very much deprecated.
The Graud Viziers wet blanket. how
ever, did not dampen the enthu- |
s'nsm Of the Council The Government
comn1issary Of Exchange exclaimed: ssForty |
million Ottomans prefer war to the sullying I
OF their honor. Command, and we shall
oboy The ghosts Of our departed martyrs
are 1nvisibly present at this debate, and ez-
hort us to be up and doing. It needs no
ipeechifying. Reject! Reject !" RuAr
5EY, prominent member, enthusiastically
declared: '<Var is fever from which va
nay recover the Conference programme is
pulmonary disease which would inevitably
end us to the grave. What we have to do
to put on woolen cloaks, Light red candles,
nd defy adversaries. The Grand Vizier
hereupon Sought to quiet the general ex-
[tement and have the Council DISCUSS the |
latter cooliy, notifying them that public ,
p'nion was against them in ell Europe, and !
lat public opinion was stronger than anv :
ther power. ADEDR BEE Immediately roso .
I'd shot off the following rocket: ave aro t
roud to think that, in consequence Of T
II answer, sir Ambassadors will leave Con-
antinoplo simultaneously. It rebounds $
the glory Of the Ottoman race that We are a
ing to give the whole lot of them the same h
ply. There was no withstanding this az d
ment, and the Council passed the motion !,
reject the Conference proposals, y,-Turks, B
:eeks, Armenians, Roman Catholics, and te
otestants ali conserving, with whoop and CT
1urrah which were irresistible. The PRO- b.
7dlngs Of the Council clearly reflect the nj
aAsrn. courage, and fighting qualities Of b.
Turks, and show that they looked upon bt
acceptance of the proposals as ta1rta~ es
unit to the destruction Of the State.
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NaTHwau

| ]A~eAoo u Eooso may sometimes
destroy as well Is save. 1t once warned and
rescued Rome, but it came near giving o
1alse alarm in this country which might
hare defeated the Inauguration Of Mr.. HAYES
as President, and threatened the nation with
the disastrous suspense Of new election.
me goose that cackled in this instance in
habits Columbus, O., where Alr. HAYES is
also resident pro tenn BY virtue of his being
Governor Of the State. The Ohio State
journal is published in Columbus and edited
| by Gen. JAMES II. COMFY. an able GENTLE
man, conservative Republican, and under
stood to be fast friend, as he has been a
persistent advocate, of Gov HAYEs. The
utterances Of Gen. CoM1x's newspaper have
consequently been regarded as more nearly
renectlng Gov. HAYES personal views
than any other. The inference has
never been warranted, it is true but
1t has obtained all the same, rs
1t generally does under similar coniunctura
OF circumstances, that the Ohio St1te Jour-
z0t speaks by inspiration of the President
elect It is not surprising, therefore, TINT
the conservative members Of Congress from
the South, who have been mainly iustru-
mental IN defeating the Desperadoes of the
Democratic party in their scheme for OBJ
struchng the count of the Electoral vote.
should have taken some alarm at an editorial
In that journal calling upon President GRANT
TO recognize PACKARD Us Governor Of Louisi-
ana, to sustain him with United States
troops, and generally resort to the policy of
1r$ ~
full to the people Of the South. Of course.
the Desperadoes made the most of this arti-
cle' circulated it vigorously among the con-
ser'atve Southern men, and, as Indicated in
double-leaded editorial of the Desperadoes'
organ (the Chicago Times), they thought
that Jau1 pas had enabled them to secnra
the strength which they could not cain on
their own merits.
Proper Investigation showed how ground-
less the suspicion was that Gov. HAYES fwho
is believed to be in favor of the present Re.
publican policy of pacifcation) was in anv
way responsible for this effort to direct the
Poncy OF the retiring Administration ~ q
so'oe 10 his own approaching Administration.
10 oeg1n with, Gov. HAYES had not eren
read the article until his attention l,ad l,een
directed to it BY the excitement at uraeh;,o-
ton- q IN the next place, it appears that Gen.
co3If, l. the editor of the paper end friend Of
1o'- HA1Es, bad been prostrated for week
'n q ack oed' and that his physicians would
1o' permit hlm to read his newspaper, much 7
ess "r1te Tor 1t. Finally, the State Journal +
all communication with Gov. ,
iA1Es on the subject, and it is explained !
has the article in question was sent to the I
eWspaper as communication BY some ont. r
idez, and used editoria1ly in the absenca r
nd illness Of the editor 4 hundred such Il
rnelss might ordinarily have appeared in g
10 o0lo sue s<o1r"t'1 without ever being I
80 OF heard OF outside Of it's regular sub O.
a1oers IN and about Columbus; but the d
SEPARATION OF the 0bstructionists induced ri
lem to grasp at it as about the last st,aw >;
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! nopelessly divided Each OF the for,
/ classes named has in it men eminen,
for character AID intelligence, and vic
properly consider that their views
are not to be lightly esteemed. Families,
churches, social circles, and business callincs
are IN this disagreement, and have finally
come, IN many cases, to . tac1t understand
ing not to mention the topic. The peace is
Kept by ignoring Nr. BEEcHER,
Come back, now, to The case in hand The
Tabernacle Committee were but Trustees in
behalf Of the religious community thus sad-
y divided IN judgment about this eminent
preacher, They were situated with refer
ence to the question very much as Was every
prudent pastor IN the city, whatever might
! be his private regard for Mr. BEEcuEs. The
pastor knew that it would not answer for
him to invite Mr. BEEcRER to preach to a
congregation, part Of which would hear hin,
wath delight, and part with disgust. and part
IN hopeless perplexity: It would be impos-
ing upon portion of the congregation his
personal Judgment in matter not pertaining
TO his function as pastor, and in manner
which left them no option but to leave the
house or to remain in a stats of mental dis.
turbance not favorable to Worship. This
'was responsibility which no postor as
sumed' though one, seeing him present, yen-
tured to invite him to pray, not without dis
turbing the sense of propriety in some Of the |
congregation. We may thus conceive that
The question with the Tabernacle Committee |
would naturally be, not whether DIr. BEEcHER
was good man, or q bad man, but what WINS
their duty as Trustees of the property Of
others who were divided in Judgment as to
Ar. BEEcHER's purity. Had they moral
night 10 allow the building to be put to use
not contemplated i'll its erection, and coz
trary to the known wishes Of many who con-
tr1outed to its cost? Especially would
this be right, if there were reason
o fear that misconstruction would
70 put upon the act, here and
other places; othat it would be interpret !
d as an Endorsement Of Mr. BEEcHER, or as
n evidence OF public opinion with regard TO
Inn: Wheta SO much doubt hung around ,
he subject, the safe and wise way probably s
ppearea to be to keep clear of the complica- l.
ion altogether, and thus not to open the
:abernacle for the special purpose requested. t
Ihe moral would seem to be, that until !.
'metElng can be done, by civil or an -
ecclesiastical Investigation, to get at :sthe
ottom facts, by the use Of all possible cyi- z:
ence, thero will remain this division in the
'dgnient of every community where Mr. =
EEcHER may go; and that he must expect u
be treated as one who has not yet vindi- ~ ~
ted himself from the charges which have ~
en made upon evidence partly published s:
I'd partly awaiting hearing. Those who es
liese in his innocence cannot expect every b.
dy else to act; upon that assumption, in nc
lsting circumstances. be
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Compulsory Education bill is now before
the Missouri Legislature. The St. Louis Gzobe~
Democrat objects to it on the score that the
present school system of the State is so in
efficient that 1T cannot bear the strain Of a
largelY-increased attendance. "Coinpulsor7
education," it says, t'can only be successfully
tried in community where the system of edu-
cation Is already brought down to fine point.:'
This is, indeed, putting point ou the subject,
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PERSONAL.

Mr. Ressmy, the caricaturizt, lately Of Chicst
is now attached to French Government nfssj
in Japan.
uealy, the Chicago artist is about to paint q D,
trott Of Gambetta, which, II finished in time. !.
be exhibited at the Salon.
l. Gustaye Dorc has been visiting Switzerland n
has brought back to Paris seyera! important studj
| he made in the mountains, almost in the clio,
! region.
| The Nation ca11s Nr. Piatt's assassination e.
ftoF1al "a bit OF newspaper dclirlum.'' The d
ir'ous creature really ought to be put in M asy1u
for term OF years.
The Rev. o. B. rockingham has undertaken
lie o1 tue late Gerrit Smith, and calls for surges
ions OF material to be sent to his address, No. S
West Thirty sixth street, New York City.
The Rev. James Freeman Clarke 70 un.exerx
GUY 'aat Inc persons who are seeking to obtain th
temporary use OF portion Ut the Boston Commo
are public enemies" He hopes to arouse III
| community to sense Of the impending danger he
] fore it is TOO late.
The Dartmouth College Trustees IRA trx,,o=,.,,
to keep Prof. Young, who has hcen ra1Isd :,
f1nccton, and they hare roted to make tfs denart
nent OF astronomy distinct from that of nhvs,cs
anu 10 appeal at once to the friends Of the cocrt
4of means to establish the Profcssorship.
nc" illustrated weakly, to be called the .dxuerf
can, is soon 10 begin publication in New York. the
nlss number being announced 5or the Sd of
Mafeh. Its to be in the style OF Narp<r's utex1u
ooI assurance OF its is not given y the nh
sence from tho preliminary circular sent to this
onlce OF the name Of editor or proprietor,
ihe Aerutd has breezy article on the sub}cet NJ
An inpEactlcable Chimera," which we hone tn
ace 1ollo"ed at IN early day by another On - An
4ncon1fovertlble Fact" Mr. Bennett mnst havo
ETJIfn
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