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HORRORS OF WAR.
AWFUL SCENES AT PLEVNA.
BUSINESS FAILURES.
EASTERN WAR HORRORS.
AWfuI Scenes af pyaxna

NEW YORK. Dec. ga London special gives
Inc following details of the horrors OF PIeYna:
Ihe Vanished dogs were feedingOn IN carpSeS
OF The dead and the bodies of the Still living
wounded. The savage howls of the greedy
Dlutes, as they tore the putI'id flesh OF the dead
or crllnched the bones between their teeth
the cries and groanS of the wounded as they
Nalhly struggled with the dogs. might be heard
Tor miles around, and made the soul sick
BIRDS were Pecking at the skulls. hopping from
BODY 10 body with peaks and plumage be
Smeafed with human blood and screaming
with hendiSh delight. Dogs fought anon
themselves, and bird struggled with bird for
me possession OF mOrSel of human flesh and
the most indeScTihable horror prevailed. I'm
one house alone thirty-SeYen dead and fiffY-
three wounded Turks were found Some of
the former were in a half decompoSed and pu-
trld state. and the wounded III a condition that
can be more easily imagined than described
Some of the wounded were able 10 crawl
that were found in the hands of the dead de-
VGuringit with feveTi>h ayidity But thous-
ands OF them were utterly helpless and await
ed DEAN or SuccOr with h>tlcSS fa;aliSm
eighteen hundred prisoners We're huddled to-
gether on the bank of the Nid. aud the horrors
OF their position equalled those of the great
plague which ravaged Europe in the 18th cen
fury. Living and dead We're piled together
promiScuouSiy in heaps like wood and carried
away. There were only three carts available
ioI TINS work, and the confusion was indeScri-
babe. OSman'S bravery is stained and black
ened by his treatment OF the Russian wounded
That fell into his hands. His gallant defence
OF PIeVna for a moment blinded the VictOTS
and Europe 10 the fact that all prisoners were
bulcLered 10y the troops under Osman's com
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Business Failures.

CINCINNATI. Dee. 26- special dispatch
says: IN. w. Adler dry goods dealer ). J.
Taylor, grocer; +. Finley, carriage builder, an
OF Bainbridge, Putnam county, Ind, failed
yesterday. The liabilities aggregate S5JUJ0
and the assets SS,10J."
NEW YORK Dee. 36-Netter & Co, stock
brokers and bankers, of Exchange Place. an
nounced 10 the Stock Exchange to-day their
inability 10 meet contracts. The firm was sup
posed to be wealthy and did large business
III lending money and i'm gold loans. IL also
sold puts calls, 'straddleS" and other
speculative privileges on stocks and gold
After the failure was announced the Office of
the firm was thrOnged with persons who held
these speculative privileges, also with those
who hadsborroWed money on time inquiring
II their cOllaterals We're safe. The Post says:
No failure has occurred i'm Wall street for
many months that has caused more comment.
Tie members al the firm came originally from
Cincinnati and brought large sums of money
Neither MI Gabriel nor Mr.. Meter, who com
pose the firm, was at the Office on Exchange
place this morning. The Post says =" There
are rImOrS afOat respecting the failure which
we refrain SrOm printing untilthey are proved
To be established facts. If they are not true
they do gross injustice to the firm. and we
cannot believe they are tTf1p -
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THE PROPOSED COAL CoAIBINATION.-At the
recent meetings I'm This city oi the presidents
Of the leading coal companies eX-Judge Pack
- president 81 the Lehigh valley railroad. re
ed 10 take any part In the proceedings, as
-ilniuT a. a reason that. n a common carrier,
he could not enter into any combination for
the limitation of tonnage over his road. The
l.high valley coal company, Of which Mr..
Packer l. also The president, has been repre-
sented al The meetings 10y Robert H. Sayre,
the general superintendent and engineer of
the railroad company. Mr.. Sayre and Mr..
Packer eNpr, SKY stated that the former was
present ~ the meetings only aS the repTeSen-
tatiyc of the coal company and some Of the i'm
diYiduai operators. II has been decided. how
ever. that az the meeting next Thursday Mr..
SaNre viii not he present. thus avoiding Sha
possibility OF the assumption that the i.ehipa
valley railroad j. taking any part i'm the com
binatiOn. The Lehigh valley coal company and
some ofthe individual operators will be repre-
Senied by Elisha r. Wilbur. secretary and
treasurer of the franklin coal company. There
are foItyiour individual operators along the
line OF the Lehigh valley railroad whose mines
produce about seventy-fye per cent. of tho
total coal tonnage of the rOad.-IN. T. TIT
b9F1lp 9TH
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District Governments Affairs.

District Commissioner DvnniSon left this
city Monday afternoon Tor a bri-f visit % AIS
home In Columbus. Ohio.
Al the iah0scrS recently empioyed hy
MeSSTS. Davis q Murphy on che Nor n Canitlt
son.
The District Commissioners have ordered
thitc 81 The johnson hand force pumps such
~ = used IA the QuartcrmaSfcr Generals once
and ~ dlnerent military posts throughout the
country = proper appliance IN connection
WIN bucket, Tor The protection Oi the District
Office in ease 81 Ere.
THE RElT LINE RAILROAD
In view uf the miSundcrst andinr hetWeeu
the officers ~ the Belt line Street railraad and
The District officials In relation Co the Kind al
stone 20 D. used I'm paving hsipern their
tracks on llth street, between Massachusetts,
avenue and street. and the fact that the
company have made provisions Tor paving with
cobVle Niole, an arrangement has isncn en-
Lered INTO 10y which the company are allowed
10 proved With small aud uniform si1e
Stone, The work % bC under the supervision of
The engineer aud o. he evenly done aud
hN ~ approval the company enferiug into n
bond 10 substitute BriLian block whenever
TINS street i repayed, which l. likely % ~
done AZ an early day, A. IL q now almost inn
paSSaole In consequence Of the Noaden blocks
having become rotten
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CoNTEsTING A NAVAL OFFICERS WILL
Commodore Edward W. Carpenter, who was
an active service in the navy during the MeNi-
can war, died on May To- al Shrewsbury. Y.
y. In his slSt year, bequeathing the interest of
his property, valued al s20,eoi, Ia his sister,
Miss SaTach Z. Carpenter, OF New York, dur
ing her lifetime. AT her death 5000 il 10 be
divided among the nine children Of John "
Mason. and the remainder portiOned among
the brothers and sisters of his late wife. jacob
;. Carpenter. wealthy merchant cf New
Brunswick, and brother of the testator and
bis sister. Mrs. Edmund T. Williams, contest
The VIII. They ahege that Com. carpenter
was mentally incapable Of making the WILL as
disease had 50 impaired his faculties that he
Jailed 10 recognize his friends, and often want
ed 10 pay debts a second time. The prOpO-
nent : counsel brought evidence 10 show that
the commodore WAS in full possession of his
faculties when he made the will. His bequest
10 the children Of John Y. Mason WAS the paw
ment Of a debt Of gratitude To their father
who. while Secretary OF state. restored the
commodore 10 his position. when he was dis
missed from the service. No decision has Yet
been rendered.
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The Market

BALTIMORE, December 26.-yirginia skies,
deferred. 8: DO. consolidated, 56l4: DO. second
series 40; North Carolina skies. Old, Is: do, new,
bid to-day. Sugar steady and firm, 9&.
BALTIMORE. December 26-CottOn nominal
middling. IL. Flour quiet and straightforward
street and western super 4. 00a4. 75: do. extra.
50oa5 .5 do. family, 6. 12a7.OO: city mills SUPER
GOA 80: do. extra. 5. 25a5. so; do. Rio brands.
1.OOas. %; Patapsco family, $50 Wheat, southern
steady and firm and demand good. western quiet
and lower-southern red. good To prime, 1.30a
1.43; do. amber, l.45a1. so: No. western winter
red, spot and December, 1.42; January, 1.42 I
bid; February, a. bid. Corn, southern active
and easier. western active and lower-southeFn
whites 4Sa55: do. yellow 52a57: old western
mixed. spot and December. So: new western mixed,
spot and.December, 90: January, 80 !: February
COZ; western steamer, 50a50l5. Oats quiet anl
steady southern. 33a37: western white. "a sa35:
do. mixed. 1884. Rye nominal, 63i6J. Hay
Steady-MaTyand and Pennsylvania prime, Ii. 90
al6.O0. Provisions. round lots nominal. ord,
trade dan. Pork. 13. 25.. Bulk meats-packed.
shoulders. 2: clear rib sides, T. Baeon-ShOul-
ders Z; clear nib sides, s. Hams, l2a12's. Lard
refined. 9t914. Butter duh and steaay-choice
western, packed, 22 l23: do. roll. 21a22. PetrO-
leum nonIina-refined. Is. Coffee duli-RiO car
goes, 155a194: jobbing. 1Ga20is. Whisky dun.
1;1oss; Receipts since 22I-fonr, 3, 800; wheat,
.1.OOo: corn, $40. coo: cats. LOO. SHIPMENTS
since 22d-wheat. 80, coo: corn, IL. 600.
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~ sCHENCK's MANDRAKE PILLS

~ SCHENCKS MANDRAKE PILLS
VIII he found To possess those qualities necessary to
the total eradication of all bilious attacks, prompt TO
start the secretons of the liver, and give healthy
tone TO the entire system. Indeed it is no ordinary
discovery in medical science 10 have invented
remedy for these stubborn complaints, which de-
yelop all the results produced by heretofore free
use of calome mineral justly dreaded by man.
kind, and acknowledged to be destructive in the
extreme TO the human system. That the properties
of certain vegetables comprise all the virtues Of cal
omel without its injurious tendencies. is now an
admitted fact, rendered indisputable by scientific
researches; and those who use the Mandrake Pills
will be fully satisfied that the best medicines are
those provided by nature in the common herbs and
roots of the fields.
These Pills open the bowels and correct all bilious
arrangements without salvation any of the i'll
furious effects of calomel or other poisons. The
secretion of bile is promoted by these pills. Will
he seen by the altered color of the stools, and dis
appearing of the sallow complexion and cleansing
OF the tongue.
Ample directions for use accompany each box of
pills. Prepared only 10y j. III. SCHENCk son,
az their principal ONCE, corner o. and Arch streets,
fhiadelphia, and for sale By al druggists and
Prlce 20 cents per box. d5-w. m. I'm
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THE CANDY FACTORY Observation-Disclosures
Heiman, one of the parties injured in the
yesterday 1T his home in East Fourth street.
This makes the fourth known victim of that
disaster. More bodies are still supposed to be
III the ruins, but they have not yet been recov-
cred.
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AN ACTORs MIsHAP-The Boston Herald Of
Friday says: Mr.. Louis James, while en-
acting the part OF Max. in The Exiles,' one
evening last week, dropped the butt of his
mer catching in his clothing, the result was
premature discharge of the piece, the muzZle
of which was so close to his head that his neck
and ears were quite badly burned and his hat
and wig were blown OF. II was narrow
escape from a serious and perhaps fatal acct
dent
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A DIssIPATED BUTCHER's SUICIDE-JoseplI
Baldensheinler, a butcher i'm New York who
IS separated from his wife, visited her ON Mon
day night aud tried 10 induce her TO 20 home
with him. She refused, as he was a dissipated
character and tailed 10 provide home for her.
TheIeupon Bale cnsheinler went out into tho
yard. and, drawing revolver from his pocket,
shot himself through the heart, killing himself
instantly. IL is supposed that he visited his
wife TO induce her 10 accompany him, when he
suicide
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al the paris Exposition.

PHlLADEIPIIIA, Dec. 1U.-It Is announced
that Mr.. Rufus NJ Smith has been appointed
by tX-GOy. Mccormick. as chief of the New
York office, 20 Superintend the allotment Of
space in the American section of the Paris eX-
hibtiOn. \ private firm of this city. who en-
gagged To take charge OF American exhibits al
the exposition, say they have already secured
the representation of over fifty of the largest
manufactures in the United States.
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a Pension AGENTS Denial OF Charges.

NEW YORK, Dec. Zb.-tOI. +. +. Howe The
l. :. pension agent of this district states that
TumOr. which has been in circulation. that
there have been irregularities in his accounts
Is absolutely false, and that his Office viii bear
the closest investigation.
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LABOR TROUBLES i'm Lynn, Mass, are in
creasing, and another strike took place there
Monday, that of the operatives of the shoe
mandatory OF s. j. Hollis. The strikers
number forty men, and include the whole
shops crew. The cause OF this strike was a
were authorized ia their action by the Crispin
board Of arbitration. The strike of the lasters
at the shoe mandatory of Keene Bros. has
caused the whole shops crew, numbering sew
enty-fye men. TO lie idle. The strikers in Lynn
now number over three hundred.
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JOHN MORRISsEY' HEA .TH-A dispatch
was received in this city y esterday from Sen
ator MOrriSsey. in which he says that he has
not yet fixed the date for his return home,
although the legislature meets on the lst of
January. 1t is apparent that the Senator is
not regainng his health As fast as he antici-
pated, and he complains that his legs are
troubling him and beginning To swell.-lN Y
U-OTeG 18Th
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YOUNG, But A STOIC.-The Southern Home
North Carolina exchange, says: On last
Thursday Baxter, little son of Il. Z. Pickett
who lives near AleXandriana, in this county
had one of his hands 50 badly manged by the
accidental discharge OF a gun that the amputa-
ton of three fingers was rendered necessary
Neither chlOroiOrm nor ether was admins
tered him. and he watched the operation OF
The doctor during the painful interval without
either crying or fiinching.
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PRESIDENT IMAGINATION TO BE INvEsTIGA-
TED.-In Paris it Is rumored that an inquiry
will be made on the re-assembling OF the cham
contemplated by President MacMahon. The
radical journals state that the troops at lii
moges were provided with ammunition and
two days raiiOns, and held in readiness TO
start for Paris. President MacMahon has
cashiered the captain attached to a regiment
Of the line who was ordered to Paris during
the late ministerial crisis, and replied that he
would not abet coup d'etat.
AS-A knowledge Of keramiks is sign of
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A WEALTHY NAIL RoBBER ARREsTED.-Mr.
Buxton, the postmaster al Morrisonville
Christian county, Ill. WAS arrested by Special
Agent W illlalns Monday morning for detain-
ing and destroying mail matter from Sc.
Louis. Chicago and Decatur. Buxton is
merchant At MoTTisonyllle as well as postmas-
ter. and is said TO be well of. The drafts de-
Stroyed were drawn on him and sent 10 Nor
risOnyille bank for collection. He confessed
TO destroying two letters containing drafts
He was taken 10 Springfield for examination
before L. =. Commissioner Adams
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NEW YORK, Dee. 26.-Edward Trickett. of
sydney, Australia, has accepted Charles f.
Courtney challenge TO row single ScuIl race
for ElOOOO and the championship of the world
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BURGLARY OF PAPERS IN A SCANDAL CASE
The residence of DIR. w. Mccarthy, at Cincin-
about $4,000 worth of notes and valuable
papers carried OF. Ii is surmised by the doc
Tor that the burglary was planned for the pur
pose of securing papers bearing upon recent
sensational scandal case, as six large envelopes
containing correspondence relative 10 that
case were taken away.
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I've STRIKE on the Lachine canal, Canada,
is not settled yet. On Loss 4 McRea's section
the men went to work on being promised ten
cents per hour. b. Deyiin, NJ. p has been re-
quesled by the men TO act as arbitrator i'm the
dispute, and he has consented
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~ OFFICE OF THE. COMMISSIONERS OF
~ TIE DISTRICT OLE CNLI-MEIA

WASfIINGTDN. December "a. 1877.
App0Tt ut IN the Commits siOHsTS N TIE Dis
tTict ~ COtUHtbiG II the TtUeHUe cOllectible IN
dsrthe tee ierteCi toT the fiscal year ending June
30. 1873.
Inexercise Of the authority and duty devoved upon
Us by the act OF Congress. approved March 3. 1871
entitled, An act for the support Of the govern
ment of the District Of Columbia, lQT the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1873 and fOT other purposes - the
undersigned. Commissioners of the District of Co.
lumhia make the following appOrt0nment for the
distribution of the revenue which shall be collected
under the provisions OF the act of Congress afOre
said, 10 Wit:
Every observation-disclosures collected pnr-
Suant To the tax levied by said act of Congress for
the fiscal year ending June go 1873, shall be dis
tTibuted a. follows:
For salaries and other necessary expenses of the
Metropolitan Police for the District of Columbia,
act OF Congress, approved March 3. 1877: eighteen
ttHtS
For salaries and other expenses OF the Beard
o. Health. and for salaries of the Inspector
and OF the Assistant Inspector of Gas. act
of Congress. approved March 3, 1877: two
cents and two mills. 90
For support Of the boys sent TO the Reform
School. act Cf Congress, approved MAY 3,
1876. and of the INDECENT Insane of the Dis
tfiCt of Columbia in the Government Hos
pital for the Insane. act of Congress, aI-
proved March 8 1871; TWO cents and nine
mills. 20
For the interest the bonded debt of the
Dis ret of Columbia including bonds of
the corporations of Washington and George
town: SiXty-twO cents and two miiiS. ....... G..
For sinking fund Cf the bonded debt of the
District Of Columbia. including bonds of
town. (See various acts and ordinances in
fOrCr:) four cents and sever mills. Al
For general fund OF the District of Columbia:
sIAtS I'd ~
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Mcdowell

The PROPOSED PIPE LINE TO BALTrTORE-
The Oil Producers Congress, which was i'm
session AZ Titusyille. Pa, last week adjourned
or Friday evening To meet again NJ the same
place on Tuesday. January 8 The Derrick
published al 1ituSville. says the plan for sea
tOaid pipe line 10 Baltimore was adopted
without a dissenting voice. and to this end the
union will Immediately proceed to raise money
and take stock to build the line. The Derrjcs,
adds: We are automatically informed that an
agent is already negotiating for the purchase
OF pumps and pipe in Rochester. and that ac-
tive operations will proceed with the utmost
dispatch. While the producers viii not own
the controlling Interest in the line. yet it can
not be disposed of without their consent The
maximum price for pipage will be one dollar
per barrel, and i is expected that rates will be
lower than this. -
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THE INCOME TAXA Washington dispatch
states that Representative Burchard, OF Illi-
nois expresses himself i'm favor OF the restora-
tion of the income tax, and says that Randolph
committee preparing the tax portion of the
revenue bill, is agreed with him. 1t Is asserted
the proposition win be reported favorably to
in favor of its getting into the bill, and SO
through the House. 1t will start with friends
from both parties in the west and south, and
swill secure aid from all who wish 10 lower
taxes on whisky and tobacco. A New York
letter confirms the reported combination Of
southern and western members on this ques-
ton, Irrespective OF party.
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Is 4 GREEN CHRISTMAS NECESSARILY FAT
TENING TO CHURCH YARDS?-The continuance
familiar discussion whether it is healthy or
not. The current impression, founded per-
bapS more than on anything else upon tile old
English prOverb, - A green Christmas makes
a fat church-yard," is evidently unfavOrabe.
but observation and statistics, SO far as they
are available, lead to the opposite conclusion.
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Total
II .ra.s.ssrsa s.sss.s-..ss
W. DE\\iSDN,
:. l.. PHELPS.
IfTA-I II INV

G2i-G. Commissioners OF the District OF Columbia
q \ MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLM
~ Frs OF the WASH NGTON & GEDRG e
TOWN RAILROAD COMPANY for the election
Of Directors. viii Ike held al the Office of the Com
Iany. No. 100 PENNSYLVANIA avenue. on WE'D
NESDAN, the 9th day Of January. 1878.
The polls viii be opened al II m and closed at .
pm.
Transfer books will be closed on the 4,h of Janl-
airy 1873. and opened OH January 10h. 1878.
ii. HURT, President.
e. VI. kOONES, Secretary. d22-1tt
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VIM. Chadwick, quartermaster of sAs
Inflated sloop-of-war Huron, was buried We.
terday at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, \.
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The Truth Never spoken i'm the
White House.

From General Buffers Boston Speech
We must remember that the truth is never
spoken in the White House. The President
never has an opportunity of hearing the truth.
When people go Ia the White House To ask IA
Nofs they very naturally say to the President
that he is all right and that the people are
with him andare supporting him. They certain
ly would never think their chance OF obtaining
an office any better if they should say to the
President. You are all wrong in your policy
and the people are opposed to you" III 4 man
wants post office in Hogtown ne is very sure
not 10 adopt the latter theory. Mr.. Van Buren,
told an Intimate friend in 1910 that you could
never hear the truth in the White House. To
Illustrate, Mr. Van Buren, said: The next
morning after election woke up with as firm
a conviction that had been reelected Presi.
dent as that was TO have my breakfast, had
been told by everybody that it was ali right
and was sure of a good majority. i did not
find out that had been beaten until fort
night later" There was probably not another
man in the United States over twenty-one
years of age who had not known for three
months previous to the election that Mr.. Van
Buren, was beaten. / have appeared i'm the un-
usual role of pacificaIOr. People have come 10
me and demonstrated against the Presidents
course, and L have said, Wait a little while
and see how it will work" That has been the
attitude of the republican party in Congress.
II is strange that the President does not see
the true state of things.
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The FIRE SEASONAL Pott syille, Pa yes
terday, William Buchiey'S mill and contents
consisting OF lumber and woodwork, We're
burned. Loss, S25,UU. West & Co, shoe
dealers. on Chestnut street, near FoX's theater
Philadelphia, were burned out yesterday, sls-
tanning loss of nearly slS,0D0. They are fully
insured. White & SamsonS cutlery works
at Frankford, near Philadelphia, were dam
aged by fire Yesterday to the extent OF sl5.lDO