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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-31

Some curious data about the recent great
strike in northeast Lancashire are communi-
Gated TO the ForniOlNV Reriec. II is well
known that the struggle at Blackburn and
Burnley resulted in victory for the mill own
ers, the operatives coming in and submitting 10
the reduction Of ten per cent. But we now learn
that this occurred because the weavcrs thrust
aside their delegates and acted for themselves,
their insurance orstrikc fund being small. The
spinncrs, on tho other hand. who subscribe
literally to their union and have q large re-
serve, were disposed to stand out longer. Yet
the total amount of earnings consumed in
two-months' strike turns ont 10 bc inconsidcr-
able. Take Blackburn, for instance. where
operatives and their families represent 60 900
souls out OF n total urban population Of $4,000.
IL il computed that the total deposits OF
operatives in building or cooperative So
cictios and savings banks is not less
than Sl75OO0O. from which the whole amount
withdrawn during sixty days cessation from
work did not exceed <l2jO00 or about seven
per cont The truth is. probably that the strike
would have been greatly prolonged II any dis
tinct principle had boon ut stake. But accord
ing TO JonS MORLEY. tho struggle never
turned on any Of the great familiar issues be-
tween capital and labor. but arose from want
of tact and temper for which both sides were
10 blame. The workmcn would have consented
to a reduction Of ton per cent, II. instead Of
reaching ii at one blow it had been gradually
ccmpassed 10y two or moro successive steps.
On the other hand, the employers now concede
the fundamental claim Of the operatives. name
ly, that material curtailmcnt Of production is
Indispensable TO q renewal Of industrial pros
perity
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-31

up TO the scorn and detostation OF the
British people. Indeed. for several years past
the Peoples WILLIAM has pursued his old
rival with bitterness and vlndictiveness we'll
nigh unparalleled. Now that that rival has at last
turned on him. 1t s in poor taste for Mr.. GLAD
stones friends to shelter themselves behind
tho Queen and plead tho Baby act,
Yesterdays decision Of Judges DoNoHUR,
INGALLS,, and LAWRENCE recalls the downfall Of
RoBERr l.. CASE. ex-prcsidcnt OF the Security
Life Insurance Company. and DIR. 1Hos 8. LAM
BERT. President Of the American Popular Life
Insurance Company. the collapse OF both COM
panes and the suffering policy holders. These
mon. CASE and LAMBERT. who held their heads
high In this city. and who we're trusted became.
within few months. convicts. under sentence
to u long term OF imprisonment Their COM
panies. inflated by their false statements OF as
eets to tho Insurance Department shrivellcd
up. hardly anything being loft for tho policy
holders But CASE and LAMBERT did not go to
State prison TO wear tho stripes and do hard
work like less guilty mon. CASE got bail. and
was released, pending an appeal totho Supreme
Court LAMBERT was less fortunate. but he
contrived to stay in one OF the most comfortable
cells in the Tombs, pending like appeal. The
decision OF yesterday. OF course. does away
with these appeals for the present. but 1t il to
be scon whether they will be carried up to the
Court Of Appeals.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-31

Tho recent imperial ordinance requiring
passports of all strangers arriving at Berlin
and even Of all Germans moving into the city
liz an outcome Of the panic in the Kaiser
family. The old order Of things is for once re-
versed: terror Of violence is found. not In the
PEASANTS hut. but in the royal palace. Lord
BEAooNsFIELD was warned by tho Berlin au-
thorites. on his arrival. never to venture out
unattended by guards; but he went about a.
freely rs IA London. and rs safely. We cannot
suppose this passport panic will last long in
Germany. Meanwhile il is none tho less i'm.
portant for Americans. whether native or na,u-
rallied citizens. TO remember to provide them
selves with passports before going TO Berlin. :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-31

Treat promptly cramps, diarrhnA, AAaiic cholera.
and all bowel affections with Dr. Jayne, tarmna.
tive Balsam and You viii obtain speedy rvlic and prO.
mote certain euIc.-AIp.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-31

Ex-senator S. c. PoMERoY joins SEcoR
RoBEsoS in advocating the denomination Of
GRANT. PoMERoY thinks that long enough
period has elapsed for his own disgraccful
career to be forgotten. and he II canvassing for
reelection to tho United States Senate With
birds Of prey like PoMERol the wish for GRANT
Is father TO the thought They whet their
boaks and dream Of the high carnival Of -,cal-
House
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-31

Nobody will over attempt To- float story
about GEORGE FrANCis TEAS or GEORGE. the
Coun, JotNNEs. Ike that Illinois yarn about
GroroE W. BUEIrIon. who was said To- have
shot himself through the head az tho end Of hi
lecture. Those two GEoRGEs uro we'll known Ia
he TOO sensible 10 Ilay such u trick. and hence
tho story would lall Nat Such is the value OF
ll-lounlcd repUtattpn
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12
WAR NEWS.

Drifting ice has torn away the bridge
at Ibrail, and communication can not be re-
stored for the present. On the oath the Ser
vians, after eight hours severe fighting, cap
tured Atpalanka, the Turks losing many
killed and prisoners. ErzerOum is almost
invested and the bombardment of the town
is imminent. The recent cold weather and
severe snow-stOrms have caused great dis
tress and loss of life around Bucharest. Rus
san Army Headquarters are shortly to be
transferred from Bogot to Selvi. The Rou-
manians will not cross the Balkans, but will
do garrison duty and cooperate with the
Servians against Widdin.
The Turkish transport steamer Me-
sina, with 200 troops on board, has been cap
tured by the Russian steamer Russland and
taken to Sebastopol.
Intelligence of the 2Sth is as follows ::
Operations Of the Russian army at Rust
chuk are suspended 10y the snow, which is
over two feet deep. Many animals
and a few soldiers have persisted
The transport service is interrupted,
and the Quartermaster's Department has
declared that il can not supply food for the
cavalry. Best authorities concur i'm the
opinion that the bridges across the Danube
must 90 ina few days, and if the winter is Of
ordinary rigor, field operations will he i'm
possible.
The Servians have captured Prot
The garrison Of Nisch, it is said, j. inclined
TO surrender, and negotiations have been
opened for equalization. As the Russians
are approaching sophia, the inhabitants have
been ordered to leave. The Russians have
suspended concentration Of troops around
Erzeroum on account Of snow.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,

REV. JONATHAN CRANE, pastor of the
First Congregational Church of Middletown
Orange County, N. Y, was stricken with
apopleXy while in the pulpit on Sunday,
the 23d, and died on Christmas Day. He
formerly preached in st. Joseph, Mo.
Ex-PREsIpENT GRANT spent Christ
mas in Palermo, Italy.
The wife of Senator Garland, of Ar
kansas, died at Little Rock on the 25th.
ROBERT 2. PARROTT, inventor of the
Parrot gun, died at Cold Spring, N. Y, on
the oath.
PRIVATE DALzELL of Ohio is talked
of for the Belgian mission.
GEN. MCCLELLAN, the Governor
elect of New Jersey, is to be inaugurated
January 10.
Col. BLUNT, of the Engineer Corps,
is under arrest for malfeasance in connection
with the disbursement of appropriations for
the improvement of harbors on Lake Erie,
of which he has had charge. He will be tried
by court-martial.
The Duke of Manchester is to sue
cGtu luc VI buutl III uS -NCh-
eral of Canada.
Mr.. JOHN w. GARRETT has been
unanimously reelected President of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, this
making his twentieth consecutive year of
service in that capacity.
THE Democrats of Indiana will hold
their State Convention on Feb. 20, 1873. 1t
will consist of ,061 delegates.
Hon. w. w. HEATON, of Dixon, ILL.,,
Chief-Justice of the new Appellate Court
for that district, died very suddenly at Chi
cago, on the Goth, of heart disease.
The Tennessee Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 2Sth, without having adopt
ed any measure toward the compromise Of
the State debt, all propositions having been
defeated by obstructionists, or low-taN men,
who desired to agitate the question before
the people mt the next election.
MRs. CuIsoLM, of kemper County
(MiSs.) massacre fame, has accepted place
in the Treasury Department, offered her by
special direction of the President.
THE Indiana Republican State Con-
vention will he held ut indianapolis on June
9Th next.
SECRETARY SCHURZ authorizes y
newspaper correspondent to make an un-
qualified denial Of the report that he in
tends to resign his Cabinet position.
&. A. BAILEY, late publisher of the
Congressional Globe, died at Deering, Me-,
on the Goth.
GIN. GEORGE W. Cook, of Ohio, was
stricken with paralysis while eating Christ
mas dinner at the residence Of hi cousin,
Hon. Arson d. Cook, of New York City, and
died on the following Friday.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12
MOney-Changers On a Lark.

The way the bulls and bears of Wall
Street frolicked on the. day before Christ
mas is told by the following New York
dispatch:
In the Stock Exchange this morning,
business opened with game OF foot
ball, which was not carried on either
by the Rugby or any other rules. There
were no less than six balls on the floor
at one time, and the agile young brokers
hoisted them from the floor to the dome
with the utmost ease. The usual hat
smashing was INDUCED right and LETT.
Tin trumpets added their clangor to the
general confusion, and to cap the Gil
max certain of the young bloods, armed
with bags of flour, deluged the senior
members and each other with q sea Oh
white. The next performance was
cake walk, participated in by large
number of the members. \ large CAKE
was sent in to be awarded TO the cham
pion at the close of the contest. 1t was
finally decided to divide the cake eqnai,
", and all the walkers were presented
with a slice at noon. The principal game
was the lassooing of members, VINO
were roughly handled and pulled about
by the younger members. The gallerie,
were crowded with ladies, who lookeu
upon the sport with mingled amazemen'
and terror.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12
A Wonderful Clock,

The Reading Pa.) Eagle says: In
Mengel's building is now on exhibition
in all probability the most wondernl
clock in the world. 1t was built hr
Stephen ID. Engle, a matchmaker, q,
Hazleton. He is about 40 years of ACE
and was about 2oyears in perfecting tbs
clock. Mr.. Reid paid Engle $1,000 for
t. Engle never saw the Strasburo
clock. In fact, he has not travelled more
than 200 miles from home at any time
This clock stands II feet high. Atits
base it is about feet wide and at thu
top about2. 1t is about 3 feet deep thu
base, gradually less towards the top. Is
colors are dark brown and gold. The
Strasburg clock is 80 feet high, yet its
mechanism is not so intricate nor has Il
as many figures as the Hazleton clock.
The Strasburg clocks figures are
about three feet high and the
American clock about nine inches.
Three minutes before the hour a pipe.
organ inside the clock plays an anthem
1t has five tunes. Bells are then runc
and when the hour is struck double
doors in an alcove open and a figure Of
Jesus appears. Double doors to the
left then open, and the apostles appear
slowly, one by one, in procession. As
they appear and pass Jesus they turn
towards him, Jesus bows, the apostle
turns again and proceeds through the
double doors in an alcove on the right.
As Peter approaches Satan looks out Of
window above and tempts him. Five
times the devil appears, and when Peter
passes, denying Christ, the cock flaps
its wings and crows. When Judas ap.
pears Satan comes down from his win.
dow and follows Judas out in
the procession, and then
goes back up to his place to
watch Judas, appearing on both Sides
As the procession has passed, Judas and
the three Marys disappear and the doors
are closed. The scene can be repeated
seven times in an hour if necessary, and
the natural motion of the clock pro.
duces it four times per hour, whereas
the Strasburg procession is made but
once a day, at ~ O'Clock. Below the
piazza is the main dial, about thirteen
inches in diameter. To its right is
figure of Time, with an hour-glass.
Above this is window, at which appear
figures representing Youth, Manhood
and Old Age. To the left of the dial is
a skeleton representing Death. When
the hour-hand approaches the fi,stquar-
ter Time reverses his hour-glass and
strikes one on bell with his
scythe, when another bell inside
responds; then Childhood appears in
stantly. When the hour hand ap-
proaches the second quarter or half
hour there are heard the strokes of two
bells. Then Youth appears, and the
organ plays hymn. After this Time
strikes two and reverses his hour-glass,
when two bells respond inside. One
minute after this chime of bells is
heard, when folding door opens in the
upper porch, and one at the right of the
court, when the Savior comes walking
out. Then the apostles appear in pro-
cession. The clock also tells of the
moons changes, the tides, the seasons,
days, and day of the month and year,
and the signs of the zodiac; and on top
soldier in armor is constantly on
guard, walking back and forward.
As the hours advance, Manhood, OLD
Age and Death take part in the piano.
rama.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

A NOTICE has been posted in the
Treasury Department at Washington,
which says: "Persons honorably dis
charged from the military or naval serv-
ice by reason of disability or sickness,
incurred in the line of duty, shall be pre-
ferred to appointment for civil office,
provided they are found to possess the
business capacity necessary for the
proper discharge of the duties of such
office.''
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

THE Chicago TribWae'S Washington
correspondent Publishes an interview
with Secretary Evarts in which occurs
the following colloquy:
Cor.-Has any thing yet arisen that seems
20 demand your resignation:
E.-NOihinE-not thing. The relations
between the Cabinet Ministers and the Pres
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12
I. H. JULIAN, Editor.
CURRENT TOPICS.

ACCORDING TO the report of the Ma
.ional Department of Agriculture,now in
course of publication, the yield of wheat
for 1877 aggregates 3G0,000,O00 bushels,
which is 100000 bushels more than
ever before produced. The report
shows that the corn product was l,3Oo,-
100000 bushels, with correspondingly
large yields of oats and potatoes. Out
of the wheat product it is estimated, de-
Quoting for home consumption in food
and seed, that upwards of 100000
bushels of wheat can be spared for ex-
port. The largest export yet made in
one year was 91,00O,0 900 bushels, with
an average of $4,000, 900 bushels. The
acreage of winter wheat for this year is
greater than that of last. ,1h'f d
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

APPLE CUsTARD PIEs.-Stew sour aP
Piles until so soft that they will TlU
through a sieve. To a quart Of lne
stewed apple. add teacupfuls OF sugar,
pint of milk, cupful of butter anu :
eggs; season with grated lemOn-Pe1'
and bake in puff-paste like custards-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

A LONDON dispatch of the goth says
it is officially announced that the Sultan
has solicited the British Government to
approach the Car with view to bring
about negotiations forpeace, and the Brit
ish Government has consented to do so.
The Post, in its leading article. says the
duty which England has undertaken is
not embarrassed by any basis for settle
ment of the war, and involves nothing
more than to test the willingness of
Russia to enter into negotiations, terms
of peace being a matter for subsequent
consideration.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

WHAT is the difference between n man
struck with amazement and leopard's
tail? One is rooted to the spot and the
other is spotted TO the root.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

Hon. VIM. E. CHANDLER, of New
Hampshire, prominent Republican
politician and member of the Republi-
can National Committee, has addressed
an open letter to the Republicans of his
State, in Which he strongly denounces
President Hayes for his alleged Sin
trigues" with Southern Democrats, and
appeals to the Republicans of the North
to openly renounce the National Adj
ministration. The letter has created no
little sensation in political circles, and
is looked upon by many as the author
lied expression of the feelings of the
more pronounced anti-Administration
Republicans.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

THE production of tea in India has
reached thirty million pounds recently.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

A WASHINGTON dispatch of the Goth
says: The War Department to-day re-
ceived dispatches in relation to events
just transpired in San Elizario and
FL Paso County, Texas, but the only in
formation given out by the Department
is that all is now quiet there, and that
Col. Lewis, who commands in San Eli
carlo, has been ordered to assist the
Sheriff in making arrests, to prevent
violence against all persons arrest
ed, and to protect citizens from being
pillaged or in any way interfered with
by the mob. 1t is unoflicially stated,
however, that United States troops were
called upon to assist in making arrests
of parties connected with the killing of
Judge Howard and others that in do
ing so resistance was offered and two of
the mob killed, and subsequently two of
the persons arrested were taken out and
lynched by rangers.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

-<-
AN almost incredible instance of
mans inhumanity to man is revealed in
a statement officially made by Lieut..
Walton, Assistant Inspector of the Life
saving Service, on the North Carolina
coast. 1t is in substance, that
one Evan O'Neill, a fisher
man of Nag's Head, discovered
the Inflated Huron coming on the shore
at 1 80 a. M, the morning the disaster
occurred, and saw her signals of distress
and even heard the piteous groans and
screams of those on board. The keep
er of the life-saving station lived only
two and half miles away, and
O'Neill had good boat and
could easily have carried
him the news of the disaster, probably in
time to have effected the saving of the
lives of most of those on board. Instead
of doing so, however, he coolly went
home and ate his breakfast and did not
return to the wreck until after sunrise.
If any additional comment is needed to
explain this inhuman conduct, it may be
found in Lieut.. Walton's further disclo-
sure of the fact, that the body of every
person on the beach had been robbed of
every article of value-watches, chains,
money, and even tinger-rings being
stripped off by those who first found the
bodies as they were washed to the shore.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

The National Congress of the Work
ingmen's Party met at Newark, N. D.,
on the Goth. Delegates were present
from various parts of the United States |;
also representatives of the English, Ger
man, Bohemian and French sections of
the Workingmen's Party. The princi-
pies of the society are the same as those
of the Social Democrats of Germany,
its members being mostly workingmen.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

A TUCSON dispatch of the oath says :
About 1870 Indians camped near Janos,
Sonora, recently. The Sonora troops
attacked them, losing 27 killed and a
number of wounded. The Indian casu-
alties are not stated. The Indians were
apparently victorious, as they subse-
quently stripped the country in the vi
cinity of Janos of stock. Indians have
been robbing trains at Sansilon Valley.
Troops are in pursuit. q,v.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-12

ident are as pleasant as they were when the
Cabinet was formed. There Is no misun-
derstanding. Every thing is perfectly har-
monious. This flighty effort Of certain poll
ticians can not disturb that harmony. They
can not disturb the country. Before long
the country will understand the whole mat
ter as we In the Cabitet understand 1t now.
The Cabinet officers are in full accord with
each other and with the President. There Is
every indication that he is satisfied, and we
certainly are.
C0r.-Are the relations between yourself
and Secretary Schurz pleasant!
E.-Thc relations between all the Cabinet
officers are. Of the most pleasant. i have
never said a word to Secretary Schurz on
these matters becauseI. never thought them
of enough importance. The Cabinet is ut
peace; the Republican party is really at
peace, and the country il Mt peace. 1t is on
ly the politicians who are 1T war, and they
will soon end that when they see that the
country takes no interest in 1t.
.
CALCULATIONS regarding the fate OF
the Silver bill in the Senate, in case of
a Presidential veto, indicate very close
contest. The opponents of the bill
claim to have 26 votes-exactly enough
to sustain veto-with Sharon away.
The full vote is 10. If there are %
Senators to sustain veto this would
make a tie, and the Vice-President could
vote the same as if the Senate was equal
" divided.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-28

of Worcester, and Collector Beard, OF
Boston, who is a clothing manufacturer Mr.
Wughts testimony is in the same general d.
rection with his recent report showing that
the popular notion of the number OF
persons out of employment is greatly
exaggerated, and that the increased use oil
machinery has increased the productive power
of the workingman, and raised him in the
scale of society. But the testimony OF MI
Walker is likely to DO found even more
interesting. It is that of manufacturer
doing business of 100000 year. who
has risen 10 his present position fIom the
shoemaker's bench, and who finds that
only one of the forty members of shoe
manufacturing firms in his city has not
been a worker for wages Having ac-
cumulated capital, he has no apologies
to make for capitalists as a class, beiieving
that Vanderbilts and Astors are necessary 70
civilization, and, when they build railroads
and houses, promote it, And instead OF an
swering Kearney according to his malice
Mr.. Walker says " the whole capitalist class
"win Join in any effort to raise the whole
" industrial class, if they can only be shown
"hoWn