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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-11

THE REPORT of the Secretary of the
Treasury is strong document. His
remarks upon resumption and upon the
proposal to make silver legal tender
are in perfect accord with the sugges-
tions made in the Presidents message.
His appeal for the Resumption act could
hardly be stronger. He shows conclu-
sively that the course of trade, the bull
lion movement, and the increase of
exports, has been constantly progressive
since he first began to prepare for the
enforcement of the act. He asks for
some legislation relative to the status of
legal-tenders after the day of resumption
and is in favor of the retention of a
considerable amount always in circula-
ton as an assistance to the banks. He
believes the present system the best yet
devised, and has no doubt that the banks
can be ready for resumption whenever
the government is. He does not yet re-
commend any decrease of bank taxation.
On the silver question the report is full
and explicit. The coinage of the old
silver dollar is recommended, but only
as a token with limited legal-tender for
account of the United States alone, and
always redeemable in gold. The un-
limited issue of subsidiary coinage is
also favored.
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Miscellaneous News Items.

tsg- The suit of JEFF. Davis against the
estate of his brother is pending in the Mis-
sissippi Supreme Court.
GB- A national tournament of firemen,
with prizes worth $4,000, is looked for in
Chicago next Sept.
GB- The New Orleans Democrat" will
issue three-cent edition now that the
cent has been introduced in that city.
c5y- A COW was extricated from Green
vile IS. o. we'll recently by slowly throw
ing in earth. The animal kept on top of
the dirt until high enough to step out.
eB- Ann Dechert has recovered 81, 75O
from the city of Reading for the death of
her husband, who walked into the canal at
an unprotected place and was drowned.
G5s- On Tuesday a child in Allegheny
was scalded by pan of boiling water, sus-
tained injuries which caused it's DEATH Its
mother was carrying the pan when the
child ran against it, overturning it and re-
ceiving the contents over the shoulder.
eB- Two widowers, of Perry county,
Texas, have each daughter, and each has
married the others daughter The possi-
BILE snarl in relationships in these families
in the future is appalling in its mag
nitude.
eB- The Raleigh IN. O. "News" asserts
that a dashing young hawk swooped down
on the gilt vane on the spire of Christ
church, in that city, mistaking it for gen.
uine rooster. and, graspipg it in his
talons, essayed to carry off his prize.
GB- A Charleston Is. o. paper speaks
of sale of farm lands in that vicinity, only
two miles from the Northern railroad and
Webdin river, and of excellent soil, 62S
acres of which were sold for $205, 800 acres
for 1920 and 100 acres for $3S, all half
cash and the rest in one year.
p oTTsvILLE, Pa, December 4. - At
Lost Greek station, Philadelphia and Read
ing railroad, this afternoon, coal train ran
off the track and badly wrecked twenty
cars, tore down the telegraph lines, COM
pletely demolished the passenger depot and
did considerable damage to the freight
depot. Several persons were injured by
the mishap, but none seriously.
NEW LONDON, Conn, Dec. 3.-William
Bogue, an employee of the Connecticut
Valley railroad, was shot while on his way
home this morning by neighbor named
Mahoney and died within an hour. Maho-
ney is described as a quarrelsome fellow
and was under the influence of liquor at
the time of the murder, for which there
was no provocation.
G8- 1t was claimed that William w.
Randles, of Coschocton, Ohio, fell off the
cars on railroad bridge on April 18th,
1876, and was killed. The Union Central
of Cincinnati paid $4,000 policy, but the
Michigan Mutual refused to settle one for
$1,000, and began search, which resulted
in the arrest of Randes in Washington,
Kansas, last week.
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THE Presidents message is well re-
ceived in England if we judge by the
following extracts:
The Daily Ne,0S, commenting on Mr..
Hayes message, says: "The message
deals principally with the questions of
the pacification of the country and the
resumption of specie payments and on
both these subjects Mr.. Hayes expresses
himself with good sense and good feel
ing"
The Times says: =" Mr.. Hayes has not
disappointed expectation. His message
gives no uncertain sound on the subject
of currency legislation"
The Daily Telegraph says: " Not
withstanding the encouragement with
which Mr.. Hayes has been met, the pru-
dent and firm position he has assumed in
his message insures him the support of
the wisest and best portion of his coun-
trymen."
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-11

Y THERE is but one cure for hard times
and the sooner people recognize that
truth the sooner our financial clouds
will brighten with the sun of prosperity.
Let every person set to work with a
will to pay small debts and insist upon
such selfdenial as will enable him to
pay as goes for all the wants of daily life.
With such a rule in force "good times''
will come again, and what is important
for every one to understand is, that
they will not come in any other way. 1t
is needless to look to legislation for the
good that all so much desire, when the
only escape from the evils we suffer is
within our own control. Let every per-
son lay this truth to heart and act upon
it and our word for it they will soon find
that the gloom of night that now over
hangs the financial affairs of the entire
world will soon be frightened by the
dawn of prosperous day.
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New-York tribune., 1877-06-15
BRITISH RONCLADs IN CRINoLINE.

The comments of the London press on the
destruction Of the Turkish monitor are somewhat
lugubrious The British Government has been expend
ing millions of dollars squadron of Thunderers, De
vastaons, Dreadnaughs, and Infexbles, and testing
immense pieces of ordnance like the sO-ton guns where
with to arm them, and il is forced to admit
that dozen tOrpedoes may send them all ping-pang to
the bottom The Times regards II appalling that such
a contingency, however remote should be possible
"The destruction of four five OF great ships It
says, "mght give enemy temporary command OF
the Channel and realize the evil dream of the Battle
of Dorking" Renewed interest is now manifested in
the experiments which Capt Singer OF the Vesvius has
been conducting al Portsmouth with view to discover
ing the OF defending ships against the
Of the Whitehead torpedo. Various forms OF crnolne
fashioned Of alternate lines OF bars and chains have been
tried but the size and power OF the missile have been
increased Of late that II has been found that the torpedo
nets of the Thunderer afford little protection.
chain net formed of chains fve-sixteenhs OF inch
thick was easily perforated by the Whitehead. The
great fault Of the nets is their extreme rgdity which
opposes solid wall TO the impact of the torpedo and The
bars consequently snapped After many trials quite
successful have obtained from wire grum-
met mating composed of wire strands about half an
inch in thickness into open meshes II possesses
considerable nexibiy, and. as it yields when struck,
the force OF the torpedo is suddenly but gradually
arrested and il loses its momentum II Is thrown back
pdo inns forced back twiried lis tail off without Inio
ing any injury the mating The Times does not per
nit the British public 10 derive any comfort from these
experments II remarks that the destruction OF the
monitor al Matchn effected not by torpedo of the
whitehead type, but by fixed in contact with the
doomed ship by few daring men ana afterward eX-
pOded by electricity. II Is doubtful whether the wire
netting would afford efectual protection
against tins form Of peril agaInst the tor
pedo that is hurled from distance ard exploded
their lives I'm their hands the bold Russians and Rou
manans did who fixed the Matehin torpedo, there IL
hardly any mechanical device that would avail 10 pahe
New-York tribune., 1877-06-15
WAR SCENES AND TOPICS.


The fatterers about the Sultan's throne have
had call their imagination into play to ainuse their
master and keep the ConstantnOpe MOB in good nature
After the first shots were fred the Danube they were
anxious TO have Sultan take the title of conqueror
but he had the good to reject the title The skr
mishing Batum elaborated In the elastic Govern
ment bulletins into brilliant Turkish victories; town
town the coast was bcmbarded there was good
news from Kars, and Mukhtar Pasha was moving in
mysterious way his strategy to perform. Redf Pasha
edited the bulletins In the Office and Mahmoud
Pasha Marshal of the Palace carried the To the
Sultan When the Assembly OF Deputies began TO question
the authenticity of the bulletins, Redif Pasha admitted
that he had resoIted to artificial means TO stimulate the
courage the sultans subjects and announced that he
would in future suppress all the Government dispatches
This policy not popular; the Sultan not enter
tained, and the people at once inferred from the War
Minister'S suspicious silence that there was very bad
news which he afraid 10 let them know While Con-
stantinope chilled with apprehension, tidings came
OF the capture Of sukun Kaleh Redt Pasha gave his
imagination full play and the city was RECALLED with
exaggerated accounts OF instructions in the Caucasus
SO great was enthusiasm that the court fayortes
again urged the Sultan to the title OF cOnqueror
In disseminating fictitious Intelligence, Redf Pasha
has been aided by two newspaper correspondents
of whom has been stationed at Erzerum and the
Telegraph from Erzerum said TO be from the hand Of
James Creagh, an inexperienced correspondent, whose
credulty has quickeucd the invention of the Turkish
officials The Consantinople agent Of the journal
consciously unconscosly has PLAYED into thc hands
Of the Minister Of War. At first their exag-
gerae triing successes, such as the muskety engage
ments III the Valley OF the ROn, the bomtardment Of
Fort Nicholas and POi, the uprising in the Caucasus
and the skirinshng before kaIs. Subsequently they
began to magnify Turkish defeats in Armenia and TO
predict the collapse of the Turkish army skirInish ip
which Turkish cavalry were wOrsted was manipulated
into a massacre the abandonment Of ErzerIin and a
retreat in the direction OF Erzngan were predicted and
announced and the utter Generalization Of the
Turkish troops was vividy portrayed The Turkish
into panic, and these correspondents either fell into
the trap helped set It, The rumOrs of the rccapture
Of Arabian, which were subsequently circulated indi-
Gated return 10 the first principles OF msrep
and cxaggeratiOn.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-15
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

MAUcm CHUNK, Penn, June l4.-Thomas p. Fisher
sentenced to death by Judge Packer or the murder
VI Morgan Powell
OMAHA, Neb. June 14.-Budd Doble, with Gold
smith Maid Boiine and Voney passed through here bound
eastward, yesterday evening.
OMAHA Neb June 1.-THE Kansas City, st.
Ioeph and Council Bus Railroad has been fully repaired and
the trains all running on time.
PHILADELPHIA, June 14.-Frauk 4. Grener to-day
nleoed guilty enbezzcmeDt wtdle clerk In the Tax
reiyers Office strong appeal TOT mercy made. no
was sentenced to nine months imprisonment.
CUIc,Go June 1.-THE Secretary of War and the
have written 20 the Adiuan6e OF
the Military DIVISION the Missouri officially recognizing the
mail route from Fort Pierre DaAot tile sioux eserNa
tOu 10 the Black IIils
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 14.--The preliminary exam
naon OF the four who tried 20 wreck Tram near Wood
End station few nights concluded yesterday All
Committed 20 the springfield Jan 10 await
the action OF the Grand Jury. Ban was refused
HlRRIsBURG Penn. June I4.The Supreme Court
has decided argument &C the Pittsburgh Term On
writ the OF Patrick Hester Hugh
Tulley and Patrick McIugh. the Columbia County Molly
Magifes have been hanged on the 9h Of Au
gust
Boston, June l4-The Tooth anniversary of the
adoption and stripes the dag " the InOn
celebrated In this to-day by general display OF national
coors public and private buildings At ~ O'Clock
Battery fred salute Of 100 guns the Common IN honor
Of
New-York tribune., 1877-06-15
THE OPERATIONS At KARs.

noxsr.Sr FIGHTING GOING ON - THE RUssASs
npAwISG TROOPS FROM OTHER POINTS TO KARs
VICTORIES CLAIMED BY BOTH SIDES
ST. PETERSBURG, Thursday, June Ia, 1877.
An official telegram from Masra about eight miles
nortbeast of Kars dated yesterday, announces that
the Turks are attempting to form contemporaries
ard are constantly making sorties. The Russian
batteries have been very successful in frustrating
all these ATTEMPTS. sOrte was yesterday repulsed
with heavy loss to the Turks. Seven Russians were
slightly wounded. ,o--
CoxsrANrTNoPLE Thursday, June Ia, 1877.
Tbroe attacks were made on Friday by the Rus-
s,ons AGAINST Fort Tahmaz, which was erected in
1s55 70 strengthen the defense of Fort Veil Pach
which is the key to Kars. Other returned attacks
followed on Saturday, but the result is unknown.
LONDON Thursday, June ID, 1877.
A telegram from The Standards correspondent with
Mukhtar Pasha's camp at Zewin, 80 mlles1rom Er-
yernm on Monday says: Reports have arrived
from Kars that the Russians have massed round
Kars all the troops which they brought from Arda-
han. Gumri Tor Alexandropol) Kagisham, and Souri,
camcke. For several days they have attempted to
storm Forts Tahmaz and Karadagh, but on every oc-
casion they have been repused. On Saturday they
made desperate effort take possession of some OF
the nights when the garrison of Kars made sertie
in force with field artillery, and repused the Rus-
SLAMS with great loss" Another dispatch from Ze-
win adds that the Russians who retired from Pen
nek Olti and SOghanlu have gathered around kaIs.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-15
SIMMONS CALLS ON Mr.. HAYES.

THE PRESIDENT IN EARNEST ABOUT CIVIL SERVICE
REFoRM-BOsToN CUsTOM-HoUsE SOON TO BE
Run ON A BUSINESS BASIS.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. June 14.-Coector Simmons called
upon the President to-day for the specific purpose Of
ascertaining his views upon the civil service system
as applicable to the custom-hOuses.
Mr. Simmons especially wished to know whether
the fact that on officer has been loyal to the past
Administration, and has conducted his Office In ac-
cordance with the principles which have been recog-
nzed in all party administrations, was to be urged
against him now. He was informed by the President
that as to the past the present Administration
would undertake to hold no man responsible for
system of appointment which had been encouraged
and practiced by both parties, and corrected by
none that the President was, however, determined
that for the future his pledge of civil service reform
should be executed to the letter; that persons IN
the Federal service should have no direct connec-
ton with or participation in the active management
of politics or its machinery; that while like other
good citizens they are expected to exercise their
choice Of suffrage, according TO their own will,
after candidates are chosen and issues made up he
did not expect Federal Offceholders to be part of
the political machinery which manages caucuses,
controls conventions, and secures nominations; that
the principles of the letter written to the Collector
of Customs at New-York were to be made the gen.
era principles Of the public service and that they
would doubtless be soon embodied in general
order. Mr.. Simmons also learned that honest,
efficient and capable officers now in the ser
vice, although they had rendered fealty to
the old system of appointments and Admin
istration, would not be removed on that ac-
count, but that the contrary as rule, they
would be retained unless written charges were pre-
sented against them and proved that the present
officers who are honest and efficient, and who are
willing to accept the conditions Of a civil service
administration, and to agree to execute th I'm, Will
be retained as better fitted by their experience for
the very work ct hand.
Mr.. Simmons, in other words found that the Pres
iient is thoroughly in earnest in the whole business
of civil service reform He stated to the President
that for himself he should be glad to the expert
ment tried in the old Commonwealth, and should do
his best Immediately to separate the Boston Custom
house absolutely from politics. He only wanted the
assurance that on undertaking it he should not be
compelled to surrender to the politicians. The
President gave him the most positive assurances of
his earnestness in the matter. The result will un-
dOubtedly be that Collector Simmons will speedily
resign his position on the Republican Central Com
mittee and that the Boston Cusom-house will cease
to be an element in New-England politics.
New-York tribune., 1877-06-15
LONDON, Thursday, June IA, 1877
In its financial columns The Times says: 1.-THE Russian
NEUTRAL COMMERCE. WITH RUSSIA.
AN IMPERIAL UKAsE DEFINING THE RIGHTS
NEUTRAL TRADR.

AN IMPERIAL UKAsE DEFINING THE RIGHTS OF
NEUTRAL TRADE.
WASHINGTON, June 14.-Dispatches received
at the Department OF State from the United States
Minister ST. Petersburg, contains copy Of the I'M
pera ukase, issued by the Gar OF Russia defining the
commercial relations Of neutral powers with that coun-
try. The following is the substance OF the Ukase:
The subjects of neutral States continue their COM
mercia Intercourse with Russian ports and cities pro-
vided they observe the laws OF the Empire ana the pr-
cpes of International law; and the military authorities
shall take the necessary steps TO the freedom OF
lawful neutral far tins is allowed by the
conditions OF military operations. According to the
Of the Paris Declaration OF April and 10, 1906
privatecring is considered abolished and the delivery
OF letters OF narqne inteFdcted According 10 the
with regard TO the commerce OF neutIas First, neutral
protects the merchandise of with the OK
ceptiOn of contrabsnd OF second merchandise De
longing neutral, with the exception OF contraOau
blockadcS in order TO be valid must be effective that is
~ say maintained by force sufficient really ~ prevent
access TO the shores OF the enemy. -.
These provisions of the Paris Declaration apply TO all
powers, not excepting the United States and spain,
which have not as yet adhered TO these declarations All
featuring them, considered cOntraband, and when
neutral vessels bound TO the port OF an
enemy will seized and conscated excepting such guam
ty may be required by the vessel on board OF weh
the seizure is effected. Neutrals all prohibited from
the following The transportation OF hostile troops
dispatches and correspondence OF the enemy ana the
furnishing of vessels OF war TO the enemy Neutrai YES
sells IN act OF carrying such contraband may De
seized coniscated according 70 circumstances
The ukase directs the officers the Danube to keep
that river open to the commerce OF neuias as Tar as
practicable and directs all officers to conduct the war In
humane manner rs possible.