The Portland daily press., 1878-07-12
IFrom the Maine State Press of July IL.
History Of Seven Days.
The News for the week ending Wednes
day Night, July 10.
NATIONAL CAPITAL,

Inc coin balance IN the Treasury is low
about two hundred millions, which may be
considered certainly available for resumption
of specie payments at the date fixed. That
balance has been steadily increasing, and there
is no idea that it will fall below its pres emit fig
ure. This fact, taken in connection with the
present low premium on gold, forms basis of
general anticipation that resumption will occur
even before the first of January.
The receipts from customs and internal reve-
nue. the first eight days in July compared with
the same period for 1877 show the following
satisfactory increase in revenue: Revenue Gus
toms for 1878, 49, 125 S6S92; 1877, 81 693, 967 81
Internal revenue for 1878, $2.54S, sos. 33; for
1877, $2,332,S44
In an interview last week the Secretary of
State said that there was no new trouble with
Mexico, and that Mexican affairs had not been
discussed by the Cabinet. Gen. Ord has re-
ceived no new instructions. The main diff
Guilty with Mexico thus far this season has been
confined to rumors and reports in some news.
papers. Secretary Evarts thinks that the re-
ported pending war with Mexico must be
remote contingency, as the secretaries of war
and the navy have both gone on summer ex-
cursions.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Gov. Gear of Iowa has issued a proelama-
ton urging upon mayors and sheriffs to be
prompt and diligent in preserving the peace
and protecting property from tramps who have
In some cases taken possession of railroad
trains.
Large fires are raging in the woods of the
Province of Quebec
James Gilmore of Cincinnati, an employe
Of the U. s. Express Co., is missing with some
$4,000 in money packages. The robbery was
committed on the Fourth
At Independence, Iowa, saturday night,
Clarence Shaw shot and killed Matte Sher-
wood, the daughter of a prominent citizen.
He then killed himself. Jealousy was the
cause.
On the Fourth of July night two masked
men entered the house of DR.. Hasbrouck at
Milton on the Hudson, and chloroformed and
stripped naked his sister, aged seventeen. The
perpetrators of the outrage are believed to be
young men living in the neighborhood who have
been unnoticed by her.
A Texas mail wagon between Mekenett and
Mason was stopped by gang of men Friday
night and the mail robbed of the registered
packages, but the balance of the mail was I'M
touched. 1t is supposed that the robbers were
waiting for the paymaster who was to have
taken the regular stage but did not
David Trumbull who rowed Yale No, oar
in the recent Yale-Harvard race was drowned
at New London last week.
Ira B. Wright, the defaulting treasurer of
South Hadley, Mass, was convicted of embez-
zlemen Monday and sentenced to five years in
state prison.
A farmer of Knox county, Ohio, stated to
parties in Cleveland Saturday. that there is
considerable excitement relative to the threats
from tramps to destroy the property of farmers
who used machines to gather their crops. The
farmers have formed secret organization, one
of the duties being to keep their guns loaded to
shoot anyone tamperng with their machines or
crops.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Berlin Congress will probably close its
sttings this week. The following is believed
to be an authentic though unofficial sum mary
of the points agreed upon:
The northern boundary of Turkey is to be the
line of the Balkan mountains, extending East to the
Black Sea at the northern boundary of Kirki, near
the mouth of the Indus river and to the west to the
southern edge OF Damatia, excluding Antivari.
Russia receives that portion OF BeSSaTabla which
was taken from her after the Crimean war, extend
ing from the Pruth to the valley of the Kilia.
The New Roumana has the Dobrudscha annexed
to it.
Roumania and Montenegro are to be independent
states. The latter occupies Antivari as seaport.
Roumania promises to remove all the disabilities
now imposed upon the Jews residing within her Dor
der and to secure to them equal political and legal
rights with all her other Inhabitants.
Austria is to make arrangement with Turkey for
the future annexation of Bosnia and herzegovina;
meanwhile an arrangement for joint military
patton of the provinces is to be effected on such
terms as may be agreed upon between the Porte and
the Emperor.
Servia is to be an independent State.
The Russian army is to withdraw north of the
Balkans within the next three months.
The question of Batoum is to be referred to COM
mission.
The reccation of the Greek frontier is to be set
tied by conference between Turkish and GreciaA
commissioners, but the latter are not even to ask
for more than the border district OF Eprus and Thes
sally.
The Danube is to be made free river, open alike
to the ships OF all nations.
The sensation of the week has been the pub
LEGATION of treaty between England and Tur-
key, by which the Porte cedes to England the
island of Cyprus. The official correspondence
In relation to the occupation of the island has
been made public. Lord Salisbury, writing to-
Minister Layard, May 80, explains the neces.
sity of an arrangement to counterfeit the infu
ences in the direction of disintegration which
the mere possession by Russia of Batoum and
the fortresses north of the Orayes would exer-
else upon the population of Asiatic Turkey,
even If it should be certain that these places
would not become the base from which the
emissaries of intrigue could issue, to be fol-
lowed in due course by the invading armies
The despatch states that private negotiations
have shown that Russia is not inclined to mod
ify those portions of the treaty of San Stefano
which relate to Asia. Lord Salisbury lays stress
on its being an indispensable part of any agree
ment that England shall reserve the right to
insist on satisfactory arrangements for the good
government of Asiatic Turkey.
The following are the features of the conven-
ton between Great Britain and Turkey: 1t is
stipulated that if Batoum, Kars and Arbs,t ::
are retained by Russia, and if any attor.ip 20
made at any future time to anneoSt ceded =.
the sultan's territory in AsSireat Britain on
defnitive treaty of pear defending his torri
cages to join the sal' The sultan in rs stu
tory by force ofoduce the neces sary reforms to
promises tSn later. In order to enable CIR eat
beagreeto make the necessary provision for
D11dhting her engagement the Sultan consents
to consign the island of Cyprus to be occupied
and administered by Great Britain, who agrees
to pay to the Porte the present excess of the
islands revenue over its expenditures. Fin
ally Great Britain engages to evacuate the
island and terminate the convention If Russia
restores Batoum, Kars and Arabian to Tur-
key. The convention is to be ratified within
a month.
The Times Berlin correspondent say that
considerable sensation was created there by the
news of the Anglo Turkish alliance. There is
feeling that the Oriental question has
entered upon new and decisive stage, and
that the remodelling process will continue after
the Berlin meeting is over. Some diplomatists