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FOREIGN.

LONDON, July 26.-John Bright, speak.
ing in Bradford yesterday at the banquet
after the unwilling of Golden memorial
statue, urged that to prevent Russia
from approaching Constantinoplo would
be to debar her Of one Of the commonest
rights OF belligerents. England had no
ally in this matter, and he sometimes
feared our demand would provoke Eu-
ropean combination, which would battle
and defeat us.
Turkish kilograms claim that the Rus.
slams have been repulsed in the neigh
borhood of Rasgrad.
The Daily News Pairs dispatch says
the conservative union is dead. Each
party will fight for its own cause.
New YoRK, July 26.-Advices frem
Ecuador, South America, state that the
damage done by the late eruption of
Catopaxi amounts to over a million of
dollars. Many lives we're lost and over
fifteen hundred head Of cattle destroyed.
A letter from Costa Rica says that
General Thomas G%uardin, commander Of
the forces, on the l4th had deposed
President Herrera and taken possession
of the government Of Costa RIGA. Her.
was confined as a prisoner in the
The Gaulos, which has been the most
aggressive aud offensive of the reaction.
airy journals, says. in speaking of Prest
dent MacMahon: Tout est rompu, NJ.
lie Marechal." The Gaulos p-rophsies
that the result of the electoral campaign
will be a success for the Republicans.
The Bonaplrtists demand the suppres
sion of the Legitimate pamphlet attack.
ing Prince Louis Napoleon, the street
sale of which had been authorized in
The provinces.
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No Strike on Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway.
Mails and Passengers Permitted to
Leave Indianapolis.
Proclamation frsm The Governor Of
Kentucky.
chicago.


CHICAGO, July 26.-Advices from Wes
Twelfth street state that the mob is hold
ing a small detachment of police II
check. One policeman was seriously
wounded with a stone. The Second reg
iment hos been called out to assist the
police.
ll:2O am. They are having q BIZ
fight on the corner Of Halstead and Six
teenth streets, where they fought last
night. Reinforcements have been SEM
to the police. If they are unsuccessful
the troops will be called upon. The re-
suit is net yet known.
IL m. 1t is reported that at ten
o'clock this morning the pelice had a
fight with the mob on Newberry avenue.
Fifteen Of the rioters we're hurt.
A squad Of mounted cavalry, with
drawn sabers, charged the Sixteenth
street mob. Que hundred and fifty riot.
ers were wounded, ten killed outright,
and ak policemen were wounded.
Two boys we're killed at Halstead
street viaduet. A policeman is report
ed killed. The mob has dispersed and
all is quiet in that vicinity now.
Business is generally suspended on
change, owing to a resolution of the
directors. 9sa
AT ll:4O the artillery left their quar-
tiers for the scene Of conflict, which is
now on Halstead and Sixteenth streets,
and a few minutes after their arrival the
booming Of cannon showed that the reg
ulars had opened on the mob with grape
and canister. A correspondent at the
scene confirms this. The slaughter will
be terrible.
CHICAGO, July 26.-TLe mob Of last
night gathered in force on the south
side this morning, and renewed its dep.
relations and acts of violence. They
began with some, two thousand and
swelled to a multitude before noon.
They showed savage bravado and seemed
fearless Of death itself. However, when
some three hundred police, under officer
Rainey. charged them, they broke up
after a hot encounter. They reunited
again shortly, and prepared for another
encounf r Mt Sixteenth street and Hal
stead viaduet, and interchange Of shots,
stones and iuvectives succeeded. Then
the police, being reinforced, broke into
the mob with u veil that was heard for
blocks away. The reinforcements, con.
sisting Of a now squad Of police and a
company Of armed cavalry under Col.
Agramonte, began, in conjunction with
the police, a deldly onslaught, the re
suits Of which are imperfeetly known and
are reported variOusly. One report which
was probably exaggerated, say IL we're
killed and $50 wounded. Another says
3 were killed aud so wou~ied. There
cert .inly more than three killed. Mo-
names a be learned. This brokerup
the mob for a while, but they soon
gathered again.
A gang Of the mob ran q passenger
train of the track at Twentieth street,
this morning, and after allowing the
passengers to escape smashed the VIM
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Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, July 26,-But little f r OF
further trouble is entertained. The dis
play Of citizens has had it's effect, and
indications point to a resumption of the
usual quietude and business.
The following proclamation explains
itself.
STATE OF KENTUCKY, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY, July %.
AT this time, when tumult and riot in
some of the States have resulted in
bloodshed, destruction Of property and
suspension of business, I, with pleasure,
congratulate you that comparative peace
and quietude exist throughout our com
monwealth. The only disturbance that
has been reported to me occurred in the
city Of Louisville, aud | am informed it
was not participated in by the railroad
employees or workingmen, but by turbu-
lent persons who, unwilling to work
themselves, sought to drive others from
honest labor, and it was easily controlled
by the prompt efforts Of the citizens Of
Louisville aiding the civil authorities.
10 the crisis through which we are PASS.
ing true patriotism and proper respect
for law and order demand not only pru-
denceI and forbearance but irmness and
resolution. Lawless men should be
taught that peace and order shall prevail,
and that honest. ~law-abiding men are at
the front. Violence and lAwlessness will
not benefit any class, and usually proves
most disastrous TO the poorer classes.
Having been asked to send troops to
localities where no unusual excitement
or turbulence exists, | feel it is my duty
to state that / believe the civil power OF
the commonwealth is at present sufficient
to protect all classes and quiet any dis.
turbance that is apprehended, and it
should be invoked and exhausted before
the aid Of the State guard is asked, and
troops should only be used to support
the civil authorities in preserving the
peace. l therefore call on all mayors,
sheriffs and peace officers Of Kentucky
to be vigilant in the discharge of their
duties. earnestly ask all good citizens,
by precept and example, to use every
effort TO avert violence and excitement,
and | pledge whatever power or author.
ity is vested in me to aid in preserving
the peace and enforcing the law.
[Sigued JAMES B. McCREARY,
Governor,
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wHrRE rHR rRonnLr srARrRn.

We have no desire to intensity
the troubles Of the railroad compa-
MES by an appeal to prejudice or
the suspicious feeling bat turks in
the bosom of labor toward capital.
{ A special exception is to be made
in regard to Southern roads which,
in proportion to the profits of bust
ness, pay labor a much better re-
enumeration than theirich and opu-
lent roads Of the North and West.
1t is the grand trunk lines of the
eountry that are to be blamed for
the present state of affairs. The
poor employees have always had to
bear the losses incurred by extrav-
agant salaries to a few, and
reckless competition. To illustrate
The different railroad corporations
running from New York and Bos-
ton, in order to break each other
down, brought first-class freight
from those cities to Memphis, dur
ing the years 1875 and 1876,
ranging from sixty to seventy-fye
cents per hundred pounds. Other
points in the South, Southwest and
West got freights in like proper
ton. The Chicago rate at one time
was as low as twenty cents from
New York and Boston. There can
be no Doubt that this immense bust
ness, during two years, was done at
a very great loss, for, but for these
cut rates, Memphis merchants, gem
would be willing to sign a
contract to pay one dollar per hun
dred pounds the year round for
freight. Freights since
the first Of July have been put up to a,
one dollar and forty-four cents per !
pounds for Memphis from !
New York and Boston, and other |
places in the same proportion. At {
the same time the wages of the !
working force of the railroads have :
been reduced. From this it will be :
readily seen that the great railroad J
corporations have mainly themselves t
% blame for the troubles now on the t
country, from the effects of which q
Ill classes will suffer more or less. !
. general readjustment of freight :
md passenger tariffs and wages is
low in order. Nothing else will il
1--WE satisfaction all around. AS al f
natter of sound business policy the 9
Dads should adopt a new basis, !.
gree not to attempt to cut under !,
.ach other and to give labor a liv- ri
price and a more respectful "
consideration than if it were only K
o much brute force. h
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remains on duty at the scene Of the FIRE,
and the whole city is ~patrollsd by squads
of police and citizens.
-Four thousand stand Of arms was re.
ceived from the United States arsenal al
Benecia by boat; also an abundant sup.
ply of ammunition and one thousand re-
yolvers. These will be distributed to the
committee Of safety as required. The
citizens and authorities fully apprehend
the true situation Of affairs and vigilance
will not be for a moment relaxed. A
careful observation of those composing
to-night's mob lead to the belief that the
workingmen formed an exceedingly
small portion Of it, the great body being
the pronounced idle hoodlum type.
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Verdict of entity.

Harrisburg, Va, July 26.-The trial
of SilEs Morris, indicted as accessory be.
fore the fact in the murder Of David @.
Lawson, has been concluded, the jury re.
turning a verdict in the first degree.
The trial of Mrs Lawson, the third par.
ty, charged with completely in the muir.
der of her husband, has been deferred
until Aumst.
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ST.. LOUIS, July 26,-The morning
opened with much excitement and sp
prehension on the part Of all classeS of
citizens, but up to this hour nothing has
been done on the part of the strikers or
their allies to create positive alarm. A
number Of other manufacturing estab.
lishments we're closed last night by the
strikers, including a number of Touring
mills. The shutting up of the latter is
not wholly approved by the strikers
proper, but the rabble so far have had
matters pretty much their own way.
The most unruly Of the mob ore the ne
groes.
Another meeting was held at Lucas
Market at 10 O'Clock at which some two
thousand men were present. Nothing
definite was done, the executive COMM
tee of the workingmen's party not hav-
ing reported. It is understood, however,
that gangs will be organized who VII
finish the closing of factories, mills and
manufacturing establishments of all
kinds.
The merchants exchange has closed,
subject to the order of its president, and
a great many busiRess houses have
shut up.
At the Four Courts there is Lreat nc
tivity in enrolling members of The citi.
zens' guard aud in organizing fore , 10
resist the mob and put down riotous pro.
ceedings. The sheriff has already about
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SpRINGPIELD, ILL.,, July Is.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July Is.
Colonel R c.. Drum. U. S. A.:
You will please report to the mayor OF
Chicago and oct in concert with him i N
putting down the mob and riots and in
keeping the peace and protecting the
property of the people.
[Signedl S. MoCULLoM, Governor.
Immediately on the receipt OF the gov
ernor's order the national force in this
city and to arrive to-day we're placed at
his disposal. There are now here two
companies Of the Twenty.second infan.
try. -Four more will arrive this after.
moo at two o'clock, and six of the
Ninth infantry. General Drum has or.
dered them to stop off the cars at the
scene of the riot, which they pass in
coming in.
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New YORK. July 26.-Yesterday was
the closing oae of the second compsti.
ton of markimen to win places to com.
pete against the United Kingdom team
for the international trophy and cham.
pionship of the world. The best scores
made a total of 1909, whereas the best
eight marksmen Of the teams of Eng.
land Ireland and Scotland made only
1907 points in a competition at Cam
bridge on Monday last.
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The tramp has caused a revolution in
some rural customs. Farmers no longer
sleep with wide open doors and windows
these sultry nights. Suspicion has muir
dersd their former sense of security and
robbed their homes of the %sanctiiy of
conscious seclusion.
There is or was, a daily chicken train
on the Pennsylvania railroad.
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CAIRO, July 26, noon.-Arrived-City
of Helena, st. Louis, 10 pm; Arrow, St.
Louis, G a nj Maude Vicksburs, I; Iron.
sides, St. Louis, g.. Departed-Helena
Vicksburg, midnight; Arrow, Ohio 8a. M;
Maude, St. Louis, s; Ironsides, P%ittsburg,
IL. Cloudy and warm.
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NAKn.

To all who arc suffering from tho orrors md
indiscr0tions Of youth. nervous weakness
early decay, loss of manhood. Otc., l will Ssrd
a recipe that will cure You, FRFE nr
VhAkaE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Sand :
seli-addrosssd envelope to tho REV. ,JosS,1
i. Imam, Station d, Biblo.House, New Yo,L
Olty. l29-xxiy l2sdkv
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The subscription price Of the PUB
LIC LEDGER is S per annum tO'
the Daily and 50 per Gnnum for The
Weekly-POstqge free.
Persons leaving the city for the sum,
mer a order the DAILY LEDGER
at 75c per month, or tVO dollars for
three months. in adrance, sOitk the
privilege Of changing pOStO6ice.
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MONTREAL, July 26.-The dry goods
firm Of Robt. Damn 4 Co. failed yester.
day. Liabilities between $4,000 and
$20O,OOOi assets about ihy cents on the
dollar.
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Albany.

ALBANY, July Pa detective this
morning arrested VanHolsen, the leader
OF the Albany riot, and hurried him in
shackles to the Troy jail. All is quiet
at West Albany. No further disturbance
is spprehonded The shops will probably
be open aud men at work by to morrow.
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Toledo.

TOLEDO, July 26.-The organization of
citizens for police defense progressed
rapily last night and to-day. About
twenty of the ringleaders of yesterdays
mob have been arrested and lodged in
Jail. No further trouble is anticipated.
Greenbrier white sulphu ar Springs.
C%REzNBRIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
July rs. No striking feeling exists
among the employees of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway. All is tranquil along
the line from Richmond to Huntington,
West Virginia.
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FntnI AecInanf-

= CINCINNATI, July 26.-Frauk Phillips.
%janitor Of SprAgue,s building five stories
high fell from the roof to the pavement
while intoxicated this morning and was
instantly killed.
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1T Is thought that the loss of the
pennsylvania Central railroad by
inc reign of terror at Pittsburg
saturday and Sunday will reach
100000.
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IndianpOIis.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 26-Noon.-All is
quiet and the order of the strikers now
Is that all roads cut of here run one train
a day each way, carrying mails and pas.
sengers and hauling as many coaches as
may be necessary. No express or other
freight ellowed.
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IN DRY GOODS
AT MENKEN BROTHERS.
Sale of Summer Goods
Richardson's Linen at
Pillow Case COttOns at

Richardson's Linenat 25c, worth 4Oc
Pillow Case COttOns at 1910. worth I62c
S4 AndrOscOggin Bleached Sheeting, 22ac
81 AndrOscOggin Bleached Sheeting, 25c
lO4 Bleached and Brown SheetiRg, 293c and 25c
White Pique, IOc and I23c
Victoria Lawns, I2Ic and I5c
Handsome Linen Lawns, I5c, worth 25c
Fine A Bleached Domestic, /: 74c
LOnsdale Finish BIeached Domestic, loo
Ladies' Linen Suits, from 1915 I'D
Solid Lawns, : :: 7c
Fancy Dress Goods, 7c
Bargains in Every Department.
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WASHINGTON, July 26.-For Tennessee
and the Ohio valley stationary barometer,
s%outherly winds, stationary temperature.
partly cloudy weather with local rains'
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MENKEN BROTHERS

dows and furniture of the several cars,
The Second regiment, mounted police
and the regular veteran force Of Chicago
are on the scene Of battle. The governor
this morning applied for United States
troops.
The following explains itself:
WASHINGTON, July %.
To Col. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant GEN
eral. Chicago, Ill.,:
The President directs that you use the
United States troops in case Of emer-
gency in suppressing the riot at Chicago
under the orders of the governor Of the
State.
[Signed] e. d. TOWNSEND,
Adjutant General.
To Bon. S. MsCullom. Governor Of Illinois:
| have the honor to report that / am
authorized by the President o fthe United
States to use, under your orders, the ma
tioHal troops in this city in suppressing
the riot in Chicago.
[Signed R G. Drum,
Adjutant General.
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CincInnati

CINCINNATI, Jlly 26.-Everything is
quiet here this noon. All the passenger
trains ore running except on the Ohio
and Mississippi road, and they propose
to start their St, Louis express this even
ing.
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HOrneIlsviIIe.

HoRNELLsvILLE, July 26-The Tween
ty-third regiment Of Brooklyn will re.
main here until 4 am. tomorrow, when
they will return home unless ordered
elsewhere before that time.
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1000 men in his posse, and those in au-
thority claim that the citizens guard
numbers 10000, aud is increasing very
rapidly.
Governor Phelps arrived this forenoon
and General Smith is now in ~consulta.
ton with him. It is expected that ar.
engagements will be made to obtain sufi.
cient guns and ammunition to equip the
force now organizing.
II is stated that Governor Phelps has
telegraphsd Governor Cullom, of Illinois.
for permission to station a force at the
east end Of the bridge to guard it against
incendiaries or molestatiou of any kind,
A proposition was made to the mob to
stop the street cars, which was carried
wich a hurrah, and it is not unlikely that
it will be done.
AT this writing nothing worthy Of spe.
cial note has been received from East St.
Louis.
New Yark.
New York, July 26.-The following
dispatch has been received:
ALBANY. N. Y, July o5.
10 Jamel Tanner. Commander of the New
York Grand Army of the Republic, New
The governor has received YOU tele
gram and desires me to say through you
to the post of the Grand Army OF the
Republic 10 New York city that he &C.
cepts the generous offer of their services
with cordial thanks. II necessity should
arise he will avail himself of them.
LSigned] DAVID C. ROBINSON.
The Erie railway officials announce
that the strike at Hornellsville has ended
and that the Erie railway is open. Trains
are now running regularly between New
York, Salamanca and Dunkirk.
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Thursday Evening, July 30. Is77.
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PUBLIC LEDGER.

OTTIqS-NO. Is AlDrsOs srnluF.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-24
GENERAL NEWS.

Ru,liou withdrawn from Bank OF Eng
lard on balance to-day amounted 10 Afi'-
COO i.
Specie in the Bank of France was IN
ereasea three million francs in tho past
week. x-,>., -
morrow 1lp to noon to-day, IN New YORK
are s75. 900 gold.
one hundred thousand dollars worth oi
1nmber WAS burned at Stevens Point, MS
Monday.
The weekly statement in the Imperial
bank Of Germany shows decrease q D.
a0e 600 marks.
The imperial bank Of Germany raised IL
rate oil discount to ) per cent Tor hiiis anu
! 6 for advances.
| x-President Grant had farewen re
ception in Independence Hall, rnilaacl
| phia. for citizens, Monday afternoon
The Rochester N " Paper Company
factories at the lower falls burned Satnr
dsy night. Loss 500, 600; insurance soo'
coo. :.
Tomorrow New York steamers, II
exnec,ed. will take out large amount
rojd coin. one banker alone intenaing '
/, send 100000.
The indications IL Texas point % q mos
! abundant crop OF wheat this year u
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-24

The best informed friends Of the scheme 90
not claim that these lands will bring over
81 90 per acre, and III our oprnlon they ca.
NOT be closed ont at any time within the next
ten years for over half that amount. There IS
toe much government railroad ansandl and aih'oI Of
land in the market, besides thoasanas VI
acres owned by capitalists and non residents
Hastings Gazette.
On, you incorrigible old liar, don I
YOU know that the lands can't be solu
for less than $500 per acre; and don
YOU know that the school lands nave
sold for an average of about 5000 pei
acre and that the railroad lands ol
the State have been SOLD aJ al aver
! ace of over five and that some
sl0O. 900 of these very lands have sole
for over $500 per acre. Why VII
YOU lie SO when you believe in the ex
istence Of personal devil, and Todt
is at vour elbow all the time to re
mind you of hing
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-24

The ANTI MoyopoLlsT Of the 10th inst has
a two-column article upon the old pono
0nestion, which is only rernar habie Tor the
number OF misstatemants contained 10 the
square inch For instance Donnetly says
"this is the first proposition coming from the
hondholders that has ever been submitted to
tie people" Hehas forgotten the elesflon sndrsd q
thousand acres of internalim Improvement iands
was the principal argument employed, and
the bill Of last winter providing for the eI-
change If bonds il not submitted to the people
at all--Hastings Gazette.
Wrong again, wrong-headed ateb'
bins. III previous plans OF settle
ment have emanated from the state
This is the first instance where the
holders of any considerable part o.
the bonds have made d definite propo
sition 10 the State.
If the question Of ''the exchange o
bonds is not submitted to the peopl'
at all' what IS the election on tn
10Th Of June for and what 's >tebhln
bowling about
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-24

corps in the vicinity AS there are no
heavy masses Of Russian infantry on the
bank of the Danube, west Of lbrail, it is
scarcely probable that any passage will oe
attempted until all the corps are In posi-
ton. The above sketch represents the
strategic situation. The tactical
situation is as follows: me
Russians appear to have crossed between
Reni and Ibrail in spite OF the turkish
monitors, and are now awaiting the de-
plovment OF the centre and right wings
on the line of the river, while the Rouma-
| mans and Turks are exchanging compare
lively harmless compliments across the
river between the Jolomnitza and kalafa'
positions These Turko- Roumanian
operations seem to be confined to attempts
at ascertaining the numbers, calibre ane
position of each others batteries on TIT
respective sides of the Danube.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-05-24

gentleman lust down from Stevens coun-
ty renorts no danger from grasshoppers in
That region, and that new settlers are comm (
in. ana everybody hopeful. Wheat is np
two inches high. and the prospect oi an
.,huutiant harvest Is excellent. AZ Donnesly
Station Nr. David Hnddleston is huldinS,
hotel, forty feet by eighty two, and hand-
some church viii - commenced at once Ne"
buildincs arealso being erected At Morris Our
informant SAYS that stevens county l. the
gardtu ii Minnesota. "-Pioueer-press, May
18th
This IS the testimony Of every man
who has visited it. stevens county
il the garden ot Minnesota. 1t con
tgins the finest body of wheat land in
the state