The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-08-17
TELEGRAPHIC. SPECIAL TO THE MINER.

.iency in Superintendent Gurus accounts amounts to SlS,294, and very ingeniousiy covered up. He was Superinsendeh' oi 'he ophir ana Mexican mlnes. ,,.-, lt also turns out that Curtis Is linpiicSteu to the amount of 5000 and quantity oi bullion. ., ,, inc Julia. Crown Point, and other mines Is equally as rotten, and investigator All along the line Is m order. .. New York, August S.-Osceola Soopesl a nanhew of Osceola the Indian Chiei, dled here to-day from the effects oi whisky
 Jacksou Miss, Aug. S.-Ihe Deinocrauc Convention has adOpGed a plaform ehofa- ciny a return of the party to the Constitution of the United States, and ndsilty to thai ih- stitution hereafter; freedom ot f4ecIohs from military interference; no discrihlls- tion on account of race, color or previous condition: relrenchmeuI and reform 50 sig rally inauguraied by the President; cOrpo- ratlons should be subject to Sla.e legislative controI; in favor of State Free Schools, anu of granting aid io the Texas ana Facihc Railroad and keeping lines m repair me southern policy, but Mir. Singleton, NJ. C-, entered hls pro.esl against endorsing any man who was elecled by fraud.
 Baltimore. Aug S.-1he military at Bell aire had no sooner left for home than the mob returned in large force aud captured all the men and trains, allowing nothing |" move. The military were notified anu re- turned, but up 10 the present time no trains have left. An attempt Will De made to- morrow 10 remove the blockade.
 London. Aug. 3.-A Tiernoya dispatch says the Russian Grand Duke mas already started for PleNns for the purpose of ma king a grand effort to retrieve recent misfor- tunes.
 Bucharest, Aug. S.-The forces engaged st Pleyna have retired behind Osma river. The loth Division of the 7th Corps are cross- ing the Simni,Za-
 All the scattered Russian troops now in tine principal cities have been summoned into BuigarIa.
 Shumla, Aug. 3.-Mohamet Ali is at ack- ing tn. Russians near Rosgrade. The Turks are repor. ed lo be meeting with successes.
 London, Aug. 3.--A crushing defeat O. the Russians IS announced by last nights dis patches. The latest series of reveTscs sus- iained by the invading army in Eoropean Turkey resembles, m many respects tht disasters in which the Russian campaign ID Asia Minor terminated.
 san Frn,isco, Aug. 4.-lesterday, Indian Joe and family, who have been wih thell people at Slate Creek all through the Indian troubles, proved true 10 the whites, ana have reiurnrd from kaInis, where they were sent 10 ascer1aIn the movements of Ihe hos tiles. Hi, squaw says the Indians at kamis told her that they were going to cross tht mountains by the Lolo ITau wllh theli stock and families, and w hen they gOt then in a secure place they would return snC fight the soldiers. She also stated that tn, hostiles would be reinforced by the Indian, on the o,her side of the mountains wher [. they re.sIn. Her statements are considered reliable.
 This morning Lieut.. Wilmot, with 3l men, stated to cross salmon Yer to ascer tain whe.her any host'les remain there. l is repor,ed that few have been seen. Tin, ol,iessi Is 10 hum them out aud destroy al their supplies. l. is believed that JSsepi will put away in safe.y sores and eXtrI horses, and return to Camas Prairie by Eil City or by the Pay etie tra Is, which are mol, easily travelled than the Loo trs.l.
 An attempt made at an early hou last night to burn the residence of Wm. I Coleman, President of the Committee o Safey. Mir. Coleman's family were absen from the city, and the house occupied onl, by a servant and c cierk, whosc atsen .ioI was attracted by 8 noise, and on going out found a portion S the oul buildings enyel oped in a flame Of fire, but WAS exIinguishs bya few buckets of water. The hre-al,rn bell had been t2elpered with and couldn be used.
 St. Petersburg, Aug. IA Ukase has bee issued ordering immediate mobilization c the entire corps of the Imperial Guard. inc major portion of which, wiih some o,he divisions, are to join the army in Bulgari without delay, and the remainder 10 rein force the army of the Caucasus. Anothe Ukase orcess s levy of lss,60o landwehi The leyies meet Ni.h general enthusiasm.
 Washington, August 4.-Gensral Sherma in . ielier to the Secretary of War, says ths with new forts at the fork of the Little an Big Horn and mouth of Tongue river, an occupied by strong eRierprising garrison, the Sioux Indians will never regain the cour Try, but will be forced to remain at th agencies or take refuge in the British Pos sessions.
 London, Angus; 4.-The Egyptian troor