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DIALlNU a w A1.
Plevna Proves a Hard Nut
for the Russians
to Crack.
A Regular Siege Will Proba-
b1y Have to Be
Adopted.
0sman Pasha's Troops Closely
B1ockaded by the
Besiegers.
Additional Accounts Of the Can
turo Of the Turkish
Redoubts.
Terrible Hand-to-Hand Fighting
and Murderous Rifle
Fire,
Ptevna Fired in Several Places bv
the Russian Cannon.
ade.
kussian Losses Up to Thursday
Night Over Seven Thou
sand.
The Turks Claim 10 Have Gained an
Advantage at schipka Pass.
PteVna Fired in Several Places by
the Russian Cannon.
ade.
The Turks Claim to Have Gained an
Advantage at Schipka Pass.
GHAVlTZA.
CONCERNING Tuts GREAT REDO uBr.

G1tAV1TXA.
CONCERNING THIS GREAT REDO upr.
fBv Cable to TIE Chicago Tribunal
LONDON Orr1cE or TuK CHICAGO TRIBUNE,
G PAIanAvE PLACE, srnAxp, Sept. 15-4 a.
m.-since' the first three days cannonaling,
tho fight at Plovna seems to haye been Of
tho simplest character, displaying little
tactical ability in the plan Of attack. The
capture Of Grnvitza is Of extreme impor-
tance. Tho road leading from Plevna towards
the ives. separates into three branches about
three miles from the town, near tho Village
OF 1:adichovo. Tho northern branch runs to
6istovn, and forms tho line of communica.
tion Of the Russian arny with it's bridges
:zoss the Danube. The southern branch is
tho route to Tirnova. In the fork made By
the dividing roads, aud about mile west Of
their point Of junction, lies the Village Of
Gravitza. To tie westward of this
village, and on rising ground above, It was,
at tho beginning Of tho bombarlmcnt, e.
hblished the principal Russian bnttery Of
heavy artillery, armed with tws1vo piecea
of ordnsnco. On height in tho roar of
tho Village Of Radichovo there was also o
Siege battery, in which eight guns were
mounted, and in Tho darkuess Of the
night Of the 9TH another battery was
planted near this hamlet, which opened fire
on tho third day Of tho bombarlment. &c.
tween the road 1enling from plevna to Sis-
tova anl that leading to Nlkopolis there Is q
high saddla-backcd ridgo, which drops into
the plain on the west towards tho Village OF
Verbltza. aud falls on tho cast into
tho Wiley towards Pievna ut 4 distance
Of about two miles from town. On this
ridge, at the extremity Of its summit towards
Verbfsza, was situated tho great redoubt Of
Grasitza, whlcl, foiled Schakodaky In his at-
tack in July. but now Is reported to have
been occupied by six Russian and ono Ron.
manian battalions that assaulted 1t under
Kodenotf Tuesday ovoping This .cdoubt
lad been, since Friday morning, exposed 10
q terrible fire. On one side It Was bombarled
with the eight siege-guns IN tho right fank
of tho battery above Gravitxa, and On tho
other side It was exposed to the SHELLS OF The
greater portion Of tho Ronmanian artil-
lery, which as2ailed 1t from the direction of
Biyolaz, while several Russian 6ell-battcries
On the slope towards vssbitza poured their
proiecti1er into its embrazurea.
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Dukes fores has IS ,t superiority in
this arm, Of E9 b no adequate
use is made. The 8: j Gravitza redoubt
does not give entfr ,sa to P1ovna, aud II
is very likely true that there ars many re-
doubts between It and Plevna. Yet II this
powerful work haa been taken the capturo
OF smaller onos must be moro proba-
bio. All that can be clnimed for
Russian operations on Tuesday last ia that
they have dono much to enable tho Russians
BY combined advances to make Osman
Pashas position untenablo. Now, however,
that 30 much has been done to give Russian
operations 80 mucl, OF the character of q
siege, care ought to be taken
TO COMMAND THE TURKISH 1txEs or nrrazAr,
The object of this immonso Russian array
ought surely not to 10 merely to drive tho
Turkish army out Of one strong place,
leaving 1t at liberty to retire to another. Tho
fear Of provoking tho fanaticiam of tho
enemy by driving him to bay cannot for
moment be allowed a place in Russian cal-
culations. It would DO q most melancholy
termination Of This sangninary atruggle,
if the Grand Duke Nicholas ind To announce
sonle morning that tho Turks had retired in
the night. Rather. the aim OF the Russian
commander should be to drnw closer gir-
die Of fire until the Turks find 1t impossible
to lire under 1t, and equally impossible to
got out.
, 1877-09-15

pIANOHs
STE|NWAY
Square
PIANOS,

The musfcsf pnhle are cordially Invited to examine
H. atest aptc!ncns Of sirnw.r sqnarr Panos Intro
iaxe recently hcen adde 10 ths ttyie Of nfano md
which largely ehhahcE the rrhnHrrra and c1nactty VI
thc !nerta.nE ~ *'sa,orY p,wt! sinFtnx
q4A!!t{ huFabi1ttJ and caDaeit{ tut atantnY tunr
rI1n,Aa Il, nisl.S!1*it!0N ! Of IliE sTiiiSUs III Tlig
.trei t,nvt. aud materially tloagstnY The st,nnd.
iar1 hstdgcs hy morning thrt nchrcf ia the centre
the latter iaI0 ybratorJ action. .snd 70 p.Ud9eing !
nns OF the ltrnFh which htrttoferc iAy ant and
!naestyc thereby increasing Tho rchn pIiab!lty.
and singing auaitfr we'll ~ the carrying cspacity II
fhG !oht- retectAlly nf the upper n0tta.
u. cU1.OLA METAL ftlAME, With Ita new sya.
TEN Of har and hractnEs KtTnR a.ntufe aa!ttv
assfnst ths n Of The srug1. md inercaainK the ca.
": IINE SUSTAINING PEDAL ext-nd4 t'.e r..
rac o. ne nano for tnr Erodncti1n 1t new musical
long Tue eound of angie group oi notes ltav.
lux both Andl free to strke 1tcr mites; u Of tttne
constructian pot liable 70 get out of orcr md u 4o
vrAfEST AgRAFrE ARRANGEMENT through
cut the entiro scale. salnc u in Grand ptanu.
Lyon Il HEALY.
General AEcnss fnr the Northwest,
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, 1877-09-15

LONDON, Sept. H.-At Constantinop1e, on
Thursl,y, The War Ut}ioe Issued telegram from
sulstnau Pssha, dated Sept. 10, reporting thas
OIL the previous day racunnoltetlnx party from
ssls 9alage Of eehlpka pushed through tho
BLEsns to the rear Of tue Russian posltiuo snll
eaptu1ed village held bT small Russtan {osce,
&e1 mics from Gabsora.
Oh TIE CONTRARY.
On ths other hand. special, d4ted schipta.
sept. L. says: :" AL Wa quiet there; nothing
whatever u doing. What part Of sulsEuaa
Pashas army remains At Settpka Il not known,
but the TufAsh Waz-0tilce buletin, aboYS men,
aoaed, sn4lcates that his headquarters ass still
there"
TukKl33 kkPuHr.
LONDON. Sept. A.-An ot1clI telegram from
sulsamaa Pashs saJs, AVA onaus1 v1olaq&
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pLEV.NA.
WORK TEr TO p1 DONE,
LONDON, Sept. 14.-Thc experienced military
correspondents OF the Tina and Uu1u tNexs.
utter witnessing tho attacl; Tuesday, arrive at
ths san,c conclusion, viz: That pleyna must be
taken BY gradual approaches. Tho former cor.
respondent writing from the Russian head
quarters under date OF Wednesday morning,
appears to have becn still unaware OF auy d..
cidcd Russinn successes, for he SAYS t],o E,n-
pcror and Grand luke Nicholas werc on tho
battlefield uatll last night. The Emperor
returned TO headquarters here at pored,n last
hight.
THE BATTLEFIELD
Of the last five days Is silent tllts morning.
There ID talk Of submitting the Turkfal, no,i-
ton to a regular stc9e, and sauntnr I'm to tho
tutcd, with tntcut to starYu Osmau PasLa's
forGcs. The villages tuciosed within Qsmau
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The night express of the G.. r. e. D..
railroad rolled slowly out of the bare
and smoking Dalton depot, as l entered
the last car of the train, and seated my
self near the three solitary occupants of
the car-two ladies and little man,
with an imitation seal-skin cap and o
wheezy cough, who was curled up on a
seat reading paper. ..|l. ...
The feeble light shed by the one lamp,
the others having burned out, fell upon
the little group and renderedLhe faces
of the ladies as ghrsuy as twO-days'-
old corpse, and the little mans head
bobbed and swayed with the motion of
the car, until half expected to see it
tumble off and roll down the narrow
aisle.
The silence, broken only now and
then by the sharp rustic of the little
mans paper, grew oppressive, and |
turned away and gazed through the
dusty window pane and watched the
lights of the villages as we flashed
by them. Half an hour had dragged
slowly by and yet the little man read
on, or attempted to, and the ladies sat
grim and silent as ghosts, showing
signs of life only when the little old
man bGrked thin, gasping sort of a
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Raising Wives.

Every one knows of the book "San-
ford and Merton," but only few are
acquainted with the following anec-
dote of its author, Thomas Day: He
thought that to secure wife after his
own heart he would bring one up him
self. He accordingly took from a charity
school two orphan sisters, with view
of marrying the one who turned out
to be the best, after he had them edu-
Gated in the way he thought proper.
But alas when the selected one ma
tured to beautiful perfection, the dis
appointed Thomas had to endure the
woe of seeing the maiden of his choice
carried Of by some younger man who
pleased her fancy more.
Thomas did not educate any more
girls, but gentleman of this city, who,
perhaps, had never heard of Days de-
feated hopes, made a similar effort.
Won by the childish grace of his wash
erwoman's little daughter, he provided
facilities for her education, promising,
as the reward Of patient study, to make
the young student his wife upon grad
uation.. But his pretty protege had Il
will of her own, and ran away with
her music master before her education
was finished, ungratefully leaving her
less attractive benefactor to ponder on
the capricious nature of "women in our
hours of ease"
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Cunning Ravens.

In the narrative of the Arctic voyage
of Captain Mcclure, of the British
navy, is the following story of the two
ravens which became domiciliated on
board the Investigator. The raven, it
appears, is the only bird that willingly
braves Polar winter; and, in the
depth of the season, he is seen to fit
through the cold and sunless atmos-
phere like an evil spirit, his sullen
croak alone breaking the silence of the
death like scene. No one of the crew
attempted to shoot the ravens, and they
consequently became very bold, as will
be seen by the narrative:
"Two ravens now established them
selves as friends of the family in Mercer
bay, living mainly by what little scraps
the men might have thrown away after
meal times. The ships dog, however,
looked upon these as his especial per-
quisites, and exhibited considerable
energy in maintaining his rights against
the ravens, who nevertheless outwitted
him in way which amused every one.
Observing that he appeared quite will
ing to make mouthful Of their own
sable persons, they used to throw them
selves Intentionally in his way, just as
the mess tins were being cleaned out on
the dirt heap outside the ship. The dog
would Immediately run at them, and
they would just fly a few ards; the
dog then made another run, and again
they would appear to escape him but
by an inch, and so on, until they had
tempted and provoked him to the shore,
considerable distance Off. Then the
ravens would make a direct flight for
the ship, and had generally done good
execution before the notwithstanding
dog detected the imposition that had
been practiced upon him, and rushed
back again"
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The Russian government is less
liberal than the Porte, and any at
tempt to carry out its customary policy
of reducing everything to a dead Level
by the introduction of the Russian Ian
guage and the Russian religion by i'm
perial ukaSe, would produce more blood
shed in the Moslem districts than has
resulted from the policy of the semi
tolerant Turk. This could be accom-
plished only by the determination of
the native races.
1t is probably written in the book of
fate that the Danubian provinces, where
Christians are most numerous. will be-
come Independent or pass under the
protectOrate of Russia. But when the
Moslems are driven out of Europe, their
rule in Syria will be less tolerant than
heretofore, and the fanaticisms of the
people will be less easily curbed. Since
the atrocities in Bulgaria, the Chris
tians Of Asiatic Turkey will be more
cowed than before. Education and a
purer faith have been making rapid
progress, through the disinterested eff
forts of the noble men who have labored
there as missionaries for two score
years, but it is doubtful whether the
most enlightened Of the natives would
willingly decline their present semi-in-
4
yoke. And if Moslem rule is to con-
tinue in Syria, the friends of true pro-
gress may be thankful that though
"propped by butresses from without
like the walls Of decayed monastery"
the Porte permits all creeds to flourish,
all churches to exist, and admits the
missionary, the newspaper and the
school throughout the empire, ,--Scribner.
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Aspire.

If you aspire to the higher and the
best, you may not be able TO attain the
summit, but you will come much nearer
to 1t than if, in the first instance, clip
ping the wings of what is really pure,
noble, unselfsh ambition, you deter
mine to sacrifice and surrender all
claims to the highest and best, and rest
content with some common place at
tainment.
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TreaChery.

Injury may wound and be forgiven; !;
insult may sting and be forgotten; but
treachery bewilders and chills us; and
we know, even while westruggle to
pardon, that for it there is no oblivion.
A brightness and melody has gone
from our lives, when once we feel we
have been betrayed; an asp has sprung
from amid the flower of our paradise.
and we can never more tread there ms
fearlessly as before. Trust that, blessed
portion of youth and incxperience, hath
been driven from its stronghold in our
hearts, and few moments have sufiiced
to change us forever.
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NOON IN THE WOODS.

The calmness Of this noontide hour,
The shadow Of this wood,
The fragrance Of each wi.ding flower
Are marvelously good;
o, here crazed spirits breathe the balm
OF natures solitude.
II is most delicious calm
That resteth everywhere,
The holiness Of soul-sung psalm,
OF felt but yoiceless prayer!
With hearts too full to speak their bliss
Gods creatures silent are.
They silent are but not the less
In this most tranquil hour
OF deep, unbroken dreaminess,
They own that love and power
Which, like the softest sunshine, rests
On every leaf and flower.
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CLEVELAND, TENN, AUGUST 30, 1877.

had lots Of beaux in the city, and she is
just as sweet and pretty as she can be-"
Max Vernon agreed with the last
zautpuga
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A flower cannot blossom without
sunshine and man cannot live without
love.
Be calm in argument, for fierceness
makes error guilt, and truth dscour-
tesy
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Advertisers will make note of the fact
had THE LEADER has a larger circula-
hon than any paper published in Wyo-
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CHEYENNE TO BIG HORN MOUNTAINS
AND RIVER.
Miles

Miles
Cheyenne to Lodge Pole Creek ............. 10
Lodge Pole Creek to Bear Springs-.---.-... 20
Bear Springs to Chugwater IA
to Hunton's Ranch............ -. Is
Hunton's Ranch to Phillips Ranch ........... p
Phillips Ranch to Cottonwood Ranch-...... 20
Cottonwood Ranch to Elkhorn ................... 25
Elkhorn to Wagon Hound. Is
Wagon Hound to Fort Fetterman.......... 10
Fort Fetterman to Sage Creek ~-.................. 10
sage Creek to South Fork Cheyenne River Is
South Fork Cheyenne to Buffalo Wallow I 81
Buffalo Wallow to Dry Fork of Powder
-
Dry Fork of Powder to Old Fort Reno........ Is
Fort Reno to Crazy Woman's Fork ........,. %
Crazy Woman's Fork to Clear Fork............ 20
Clear Fork to Old Fort Phil Kearney ......... 20
Fort Phil kearney to North Goose Creek. 20
North Goose Creek to Bear Creek ............ 81
Bear Creek to Grass Lodge Creek ............. o
Grass Lodge Creek to Old Fort c. +. smith 10
-
Total 400
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Real Estate and
Loan Agency
Ofice-Room No. 2, Over Ioslin & Parks
Ieweiry Store.

OfHce-Room No. 2, Over Ioslin & Parks
jeweiry Store.
OPPOSITE CAREY BLOCK,
Will negotiate loans on real estate
with eastern parties at low rates of in
terest on long time.
Money to loan IN personal property
in sums to suit, on reasonable terms.
County, city and government vouch-
ers purchased.
Railroad tickets bought, sold and ex-
changed on small margins.
Deeds, leases. mortgages and bills of
sale drawn and acknowledgements taken.
Plans, elevations and estimates for
buildings of any description furnished
at short notice.
Books and accounts written up.
Partnership accounts adjusted.
12l H. P. HANDY, Agent.
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Rates or Advertising

~ Advertisement inserted for less than my
LEADER, all transient advertise
Ion; 8 Insertions eight cents per line; 80
|1rtions, s cents per line.
cal Notices, per line, bourgeois, each in
Jon, 10 cents per limo; 80 insertions o cents
P1ine.
TEEKLY LEADER, all transient advertise
% cents per line, first insertion !; one
20 cents per line; six months, 10 cents
line; one year s cents per line.
'h~eyenne. Jan. LIST, 1875.
II. CLAICHE. Proprietor.
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Use S. H. Kennedy's Hemlock Dip
for skin disease and vermin in sheep.
a27-dtf
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BLACK HILLS.
Facts of Interest to Those Who
are Going There.
Cheyenne as an Quitting
Point. A-'11J

In answer to the many communion
lions which we receive daily, we have
compiled the following budget of infor-
nation, for the benefit of all those who
are afflicted with the Black Hills fever.
While 1t Is not as complete a. we
might desire and promise to make it,
we think it will answer most of the
questions asked. The first query pro-
pounded is whether we really believe
there is gold in the Black Hills. This
has been too well proven to admit of
doubt. Good judges who have the
means of knowing, estimate the amount
of gold brought from the Hills during
the year 1876, at a million and a half of
dollars; as much more remains undoubt-
ly in the hands of miners and merchants
in the several settlements; for it is only
recently that the Cheyenne and Black
Hills Stage company has commenced
to carry gold dust with a guarantee of
safe delivery.
Gold is found in paying quantities in
nearly all the mining districts opened.
The richest discoveries in placer and
quartz mining have, however, been
made on Deadwood and Whitewood
creeks, and along these creeks cluster
the principal mining towns in the Black
Hills.
Owing to the hostility of the Indians
the mountain ranges west and north of
Deadwood received last year but lit
tie attention from the prospector; but
it is known that that section also
abounds in gold and silver, which dur
ing the present year will be brought to
light by the hardy miner.
How to Reach the Black Hills.
Without decrying any of the propos-
ed routes from points on the Upper
Missouri river, we assert that the route
from Cheyenne northward is the safest,
speediest, cheapest and best to reach the
Black Hills. Cheyenne is at the juno
ton of the two competing railroads from
the East-the Union Pacific and Kan
sas Pacific. 1t will be two days. rail-
road travel to Cheyenne from Chicago
or st. Louis. The following table will
show the distance and present rate of
fare from these two points to Cheyenne:
LIST class I'd class
Miles. Fare. Fare.
St. Lonisv via ST. Joe to Omaha 4G 10 90 Is 90
Omaha to Cheyenne..."......., SIG 81 90 "a 90
st Louis to Cheyenne, via
Leavenworth and my 1853 40 90 40 90
We are credibly informed by the rep
resentatives of these two railroad COM
panies, that special rates will be given
from Chicago to Cheyenne, to Black
Hills parties, which will be at least one
third less than the above rates.
Through tickets from Omaha to Gus
ter City via Cheyenne, are being sold at
the U. P. ticket offices at the following
rates:
First 90
ggSSSyonnu ID "
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dSEE Q dy77 n Week to Agents. $40 Outfit
pCC & pf Free. p. o. VICKERY,,
Augusta, Maine.
dS1 n O day at home. Agents wanted. Outnt
plH and terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta,
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6 This route follows the old stage road
Travelled last year. When Wards cut
off from Hat creek, via Old Woman's
Fork to Pleasant Valley is completed,
land he is under contract to have the
road ready for travel by March 31st,)
this route will be shortened over sixty
miles. The stage stations will be trans
ferred to the new road, and the dis
lance to be Travelled by the Cheyenne
and Black Hills coaches will thus be
reduced to 230 miles.
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*No wood and but little water
t Water poor and scarce.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications intended for
publication must be accompanied by the
name of the writer, not for publication,
but as a guaranty of good faith. AL
communications written on both sides
Of the paper or unaccompanied by the
writer's name will be throtcn into the
euuste basket.
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From Cheyenne to the Black Hills.


A fine natural road, over which the
United States mails have been carried
for many years, leads from Cheyenne
to Fort Laramie, a distance of ninety
miles. This route passes through a
settled country, and good ranches are
found at convenient distances from
each other. From Fort Laramie to
Custer and Deadwood City a good wag-
IN road is found, which has recently
been shortened by our county officers,
thus reducing the distance necessary to
be travelled by freight teams over sixty
miles. The whole distance from Chey-
enne to Deadwoed over thisroadis about
two hundred and thirty miles. The
Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage COM
pany, Luke Voorhees,, superintendent,
makes at present tri-weekly trips over
this road to Custer and Deadwood, car
rying passengers. express matter and
the U. S. mails. Early in the spring this
company will puton a daily line of coach
es and, with a superb outfit of horses
and stages, well-kept stations at con-
venient points, and reasonable charges,
this stage line will continue to be the
only first-class line of communication
between the Black Hills mining towns
and the outside world.
The Stage company sells first class
tickets to Custer at $35. 90; to Deadwood
City, $4,000.
Fare from Chicago to DeadWood, via chey-
The several railways running west
from Chicago are selling through tick
cts from that city to the Black Hills at
the following rates: