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Wftn ntt. hWfc A XT cr imwi HEADING, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 81, 1876. VOL, 37 NO 103. THREE CENTS IS CROOK IN A TRAP? IMMIIXj TKOOPB TO THE FRONT. MiiiiIIIohs and Mores on the Way In dinnM lleturiiini; the Alcencles An Old FnlHehood Revived Col.

OIIh'm Command at Huford. Fort Bcford, D. July 24, via Bis auk, 1). July 20, 1870. The detachment of troops under the command of Colonel Otis arrived safely here this evening, and will pro ceed up the Yellowstone to join General Terry in the morning.

There is no news of im portance from Terry's command. Nothing is known here of the rumored destruction of the steamer Far West, by lire. It is regarded as a baseless canard. l'Vieudly Indians met with on the river report that soine thirty wounded fiiotix warriors had crossed the Missouri on their way to the Fort Peck Agency, where they expect to he received ith open arms and supplied with medical stores. It would facilitate greatly the operations against the hostile Irihes if the different agencies were forbidden to receive any Indians who are at present absent.

The only chance of ending ibis war successfully dcjicnds on compelling the hostile savages to take care of their wounded ami their families. This morning we passed an Indian camp of twenty lodges, on tiie west side of the river. They are sup ioscd to belong to friendly Indians, as their lodges were made of canvas and three or four men were visible among the crowds of squaws, the bucks evidently being absent on some expedition. The Crook lkisnsler Niory Ctterly False. Washington, July 30.

The following dispatch was received yesterday afternoon Ciiicaiio, July To General W. T. Sherman, Washington I have nothing of importance to communicate to yon this morning. A sensational and utterly false story of an engagement between Crook and the Indians is published in one of the morning papers in this city. 1'.

If. Sheridan, Lieutenant General. Notwithstanding this grave apprehensions are entertained that General Crook is in a position to lie called upon for severe lighting with the Sioux that he may possibly meet with a reverse, which will cost him the lives of many of his command. The Steamer Fur West fit flleavy Italus f'ussensvers lor Ihe leinek ill In. l.

July 30. The Far West arrived from Fori Benton jesterday. No news had been received at Fort Buford on Wednesday from Terry. The C. Trecoll I I passed into the Yellowstone River.

The Dtirfee was s'xty and the Josephine seventy live miles iotv its mouth. The recent heavy rains will renew the grass and prevent its biirning.which General Crook feared some days ago, and may atli ct favorably the stage of the water. The water in the Upper Missouri, however, is low, and it is feared that the government will meet with difficulty in forwarding material and supplies for lire Yellowstone posts. The steamer lMeatl lias arrived, bringing lo'l passengers en route fiir the Black Hills. The Far West brought forty.

Indians Iteliiriiintr fo Ked Cloud Agency Cr. izy KorNi! Wunl a Srw Tronly. Omaha, July An official telegram from Fort Laramie says A courier has just arrived from the Bed Cloud Agency, and says that Bed Cloud told him that Crazy Horse was coming into the agency very sxn, and that ids hand was now on the way there. Twenty lodgis bad already arrived. Crazy Horse sent word to Captain Kgan that he would see him, shake ha.

ids, make a treaty and be ami his baud be friendly Indians. The Indians lately arrived will not talk about the light and pretend to know nothing about it. A council was held at the Cheyenne camp while the courier was detained there to talk over the change from the civil to the military authorities. Many opposed it. Ked Cloud has expressed salislacli.m at the change.

Fears re entertained that any atle opt to deprive Ihe Indians of their ponios and arms will meet with resistance, as they can muster a large force well armed, while the number of lroois at the post is very small. It is thought that they will allow themselves to be numbered without opposition. Crnpy Coming: Itat Et TronHlcruf tne Airoiipjp Young Hicli ariion iieMrlel Ciikykn.vl', V. July Previous reports via the Missouri river agencies in part continued by news received at Fort Laramie from Bed Cloud yesterday. Runners arrived at that agency are said to have come from Crazy Horse's band and state that that chief, ith a portion of his band, had left Sitting Bull's domains and are en route to the agencies, avowedly to treat for peace.

The turning over of the agencies at Ked Cloud and plotted Tail has been elleeted without difficulty. While a majority of ihe Indians are (disposed to submit gracefully thereto, quite a number express dissatisfaction at having soldier fathers placed over them, and a final council on the subject being held at Ked Cloud to day. Some dissatisfaction is felt by the Indians at the meagre supply of food, which consists entirely of corn, Hour and beef. They insist on sugar, cuJet! and tobacco, in fullihnent of treaty stipulations, and further in attributing the departure from the agencies of those who have joined the hostile bands to this fact rather thun to a desire for Mar. An apprehension of inability U) carry out ihe orders to disarm all these Indians before ab'iwiiig them to return to the agency exists at (iuiips Sheridan and Robinson.

Two companies of ('( Fifth cavalry go to Camp Hieiidan, increasing the force at that xwt to fiuir companies, hile at Cwtp Robinson there lire only three companies, exclusive of one of the Third cavalry at Sidney Crossing, ttQ.t far distant. Yoimis ItlfhardNon Reported Kale. The reKrt made by John Marseh, in forwarding the memorandum book lielonging to I. 1'. Richardson, is contradicted by V.

II Hibbard, who arrived here this evening, having met Kichatdsou and a coachload of passengers at Hot Creek on the 20th inst. Hermit lor I lie Frontier Special Train I'orM. I.oiiIn 1 Nferlay. New York, July lit). Tho United States Quartermaster's department yesterday njiplied to Air.

Samuel Carpenter, General Fasten) I'assenger Agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad 'Company, for the immediate transportation of tumie o'JO troops to the Indian frontier. A pvcial (rain will leave Jersey City with theiuen ttfiis morning at 1 1 o'clock, and it is exacted that it will reach St. Bonis in twenty nine ihotirs. The troops Kill be rushed through to )Fort Leavenworth by Wednesday, and will be distributed thence to their a I tut I regiments. The soldiers are gathered from ljie diJerent posts and garrisons of the Department of tjie Kant.

Cavalrymen Needed What It 'IH lo I ill All Ihe Hceliiiems. AYasiiinuton. Julv bU The Secretary of War has sent to the House of Representatives the dispatch of General Sheridan, recommending an increase of the companies of the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Cavalry to iOU men, as was done for the two regiments the iiio Grande, and submits an estimate Jin' the nunilic of men now required, in addi lion to the 2 men which are now authorized by law. The number i.hieh will be re Miiiiir.l to till nil the regiments of cavalry on filie frontier ami in Texas, the maximum of J00 men lo each company, will be 2,000, anil the expenses therefor $1, i3 1,700. BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

A tornado in Missouri, on Saturday, div strove! bouses, fences, I rein and croiis. A run was made on the Butchers' and l)rovers' Bank, of St. Louis, on Saturday, whii was pmmptly met. Receiver Jewett, of the Erie Railway, re jiyrts receipts during May $2,075,104.00, ex penditures, $2,21 9,184.62, 1 balance on hand May 31st, 1485,922.98. $095,181 in specie were shipped from New York to Europe last week.

in the Bennett challenge cup race outside Sandy Hook, on Saturday, the yacht Idler won. Saturday's fire record sums up as follows Milburg, woolen null and other otnid ines. loss. $100,000: insurance. $90,000.

A block of dwellings in Kent, loss, $2 5,000. J. L. Brackett's mill, in Portland, loss, $32 000: insurance. $20,000.

Pratt's house furnishing factory, at Athol, loss, $10,000. The Leeds (England) Merenry announces the suspension of Kaylton Dixon, iron ship huilders.of MiddlesboroiiEh. This firm became hopelessly involved through the failure of 1 nomas auglin a. (.. Soderhamui, a maritime almost entirely destroyed by fire on the 22d inst.

Great distress prevails among the people so suddenly rendered homeless. The Coroners jury in the cases Mien Heaver mid Mary A. Patterson, killed at the burning of Johnson's shoddy mill at Philadelphia, returned their verdict on Saturday charging James Nolan, owner, and William Johnson, occupant of the mill, with gross criminal neg ligent in not providing adequate escapes. Nolan and Johnson were committed to await the action of the Grand Jury. Mr.

Sanford proposes that his horse Preak ness shall run the winner of the Goodwood, England, cup upon the same terms as that which governed the contest for the latter prize, except weights, which are to be twenty eight Kii mils higher. Advices trom olhcial sources announce that tho Montenegrins repulsed the Turks near Medun, that Mukthur Pacha oulllanked Prince Nikita at Karito and that the S'rviun Colonel Autitich defeated the Dervish Pacha at Sienitza. Four companies of U. S. IrooiM, numbering 300 men, left Jersey City yesterday for the hostile Indian country.

1 lie wheat the Chicago elevators is reported in good condition, except about a dozen tins which contain warm wheat. FAMIM FI.OO", bF.ATII. 800 Square Miles front le roj (Ml by the llrnntb lu China IklMaslroiit Flood 5,000 Dead Bodies ltecovi red. San Fkanoi.sc'o, July "0. Advices by steamer Belgic from Hong Kong, state that a famine is threatened in the provinces of Chili, Shantung, Honan and Nankin, in consequence of the prolonged drought, crops having been destroyed for over 800 square miles of country inhabited by 70,000,000 people.

A Olsaslroni Inundation at Foo Chow and the surrounding country commenced June 10th and ended on the loth, causing the highest Hoods within foreign remembrance. There was great loss of life. 5,000 dead bodies have been recovered near Foo Chow alone. Foreign properly slightly damaged. INFAMU AM) 111 ItDt.tt.

Horrible Catcnl Iulaiitlcile. Proballe Murder by Dnrlar. Emzaiiktii, N. July 30. Ellen Shel ton, colored, was committed lo jail yesterday morning for murdering her infant, aged one year, by throwing it into a fresh water well on the farm of John Miller, one mile from West field, where the body was found Friday night.

The child hud four arms and three legs, and was thus recognized as the one to which the accused had given birth a year ago. The child had been missing since last Seiilemlier, and the mother said she had sent it to a doc tor to have the superfluous limbs amputated. She now denies ever having teen the child. Ihe well has been constantly in use, and the people of W'estfield are greatly excited over the discovery. Probable IHtnrder by a Burrlar.

New York, July 30. At an early hour yesterday morning Mr. S. Handlaw, a real estate dealer, residing at No. 21 Monroe Place, Brooklyn, heard a noise in the lower portion of tho house, and, descending, encountered a burglar, with whom he grappled.

The latter struck Mr. Handlaw several times on the head with a hatchet, inllicting probably fatal wounds. The noise attracted the attention of the neighbors and the police officers, and the burglar was ar rested. He gave the name ol illiam Keller, an Italian, residing in Houston street, New York. He was a very muscular man, and over six feet high.

The llurlar Read Mr. Handlaw Hecov erlntr. New York, July 30 Win. Keller, the Italian burglar who attempted to murder Mr. Handlaw at No.

21 Monroe Place, Brooklyn, early yesterday morning, diet) this morning. lie remained unconscious unlit tils decease, A ost mortem examination showed that death resulted from a fracture of the skull and rupture of the meningeal artery. Mr. Handlaw's physicians state that he is in a fair way towards Wnitiuir for the Verdict 1 Bel koap uuiity Washington, July 30. Should the Senato enforce the rule limiting tlie discussion on the final question in (lie pending Belknap im peachment trial, it i probable a vote will be reached before adjournment on Tutwlay, The rule, as it now stands, provides that when, the doors shall be closed lor ueliljoratioiyio member shall sis'uk more than once on one uucs lion, and more than Un minutes on an interlocutory question, a)d not more than fifteen Uillliueg on tne miai quesuou.

Mr. Conkjing 8 pending amendment to this 1 rule provides, thai by the Senate upon any question shall, imlcitf ordered, be had without clearing the galleries or closing the doors, subject to the limitutiops prescribed as above. Wliould this amendment be adopted, the discussion upon the final issqu will be with ojien doors. llurty two senators have published their opinions on the question of jurisdiction, and there aru others who desire to have their opinion recorded anil will therefore submit their views before the final voia shall be taken. There are now six ty eight Senators iwti, and if they all vgtc upon the final question, forty six gf llicn), two thirds of the number present, must vot guilty" in order to convict the accused.

Messrs. Alcorn, Sharon and Burnside are absent, Mr Blaine has not yet qualified. No successor to 1'ie Jate Senator Caperton, of W. yet been appqii'tpd, and if one should be appointed belorO the filial vote, Ije CQth' of courMi retain from voting, not haying been member of the henate (Iqring the trial. Cuban Railway Train Altankeil Tho Car lleralled and Horned 7 Noldicr Klllcd Captured.

HAVANA, July 29, via Key West, July 80. About tpi' mounted insurgents, under Rolali; threw a baggage off the railway track at Las Bocas at 9 o'clock oji tho morning of the 12th inst. The train was Isiiind from Las Tumas to St. Spiritus. One of the pars was an iron clad one and con taiued an ofiicer and seen sojdien for the pro lection of the train.

This car tumbled over and (he soldiers were all killed by the shock. 'The insurgents sacked the train and carried of! the contents consisting of clothing, boots and shoes, etc. They afierwarily burned Ihe cars. A convoy from the Villa Clara with in gold and much ammunition was recently captured by the Insurgents. THE ABORIGINES.

SITKA TKIlir.S OF TIIF. NORTH WENT. The Remarkable Resemblance Between Them and the Japanese Their Love of Ornamentation and Uro lesijue Sinsiul'actorles, Ac. The lover of the science of ethnology can find no more interesting department in the Centennial Grounds than the exhibit in the Government Building of the manufactures and peculiar ornaments of the Northwest Indians, A part of these exhibits have already been re ferred to, and in all the articles mentioned, it was probably noticed that, without exception, the aboriginal adornmuits, though indescribably grotesque, followed certain conventional ideas, which, lreginning ages ago, must have been transmitted from generation to genera tion. The figures, whether carved 111 wood or ivory, horn or stone, bone or slate, bear a cer tain resemblance to one another, and generally represent by some previously adopted symbol an idea or thing totally different from the work itself.

Thus, if the natives wish to typify an caste, tliey may carve or paint a unman lace, a bear's head, or even a fish, and the mere ad dition of a hooked nose makes it signify a fish. Every line and curve seems to have a meaning of some kind, though it is thought that in the lapse of ages many of the strange configurations have lost their significance, and now are only reproduced through siqwstition or admi ration. Another very marked peculiarity is the fact that there is absolutely nothing made or used by the natives which is not literally covered with ornamentation. Their fishing chilis, paddles, axes, hammers, and even the rudest implements, all have some special clasS of adornment, and although this is generally similar in each case, and is supposed to have been the result of superstition, it cannot now be discovered that the queer figures and colors have any inure significance than utility. In the whole collection, and probably in the whole land, there cannot be found a single plane, piece of wood, stone, ivory, slate, or bone used tor any specific purpose, lu the collection in the Government Building can be seen a piece of cast iron probably picked up from some wreck by the natives, and shaped to fasten ajioueh used in a favorite game played on the island, but even this as been rudely ornamented, though what tools wereemployed toelleet it must remain a mystery.

Two hammers for driving stakes are also exhibited. These are carved into a shape much resembling a dumb bell, with the ends Hastened, and are profusely ornamented. It issaid that such hammers are always made by men who labor only tit night, and never permit a woman to see or touch the stone no neiiuinl. of tin. nmu.p.

stition that the new elements cannot be thus violated without breaking. The carving is done by patiently rubbing one Alone another until both are worn to the shape desired. The Jiorthwesl Indians seem to possess the same persistency, imitative skill, superstition, and grotesque ideas of beauty as the Japanese, and their work much resembles the ancient carvings in the Japanese department of the Main Building. A curious fact in connection with this resemblance should here lie mentioned. It is only one hundred years, this month, since the Sitka Indians were discovered by Captain Cook, and yet within that period it is known that several Japanese junks have been wrecked on that coast.

How many more of the inhabitants of the islands east of Liberia might have landed there in the same way hundreds of years before, can only be conjectured, but the natives of some of the Iribesclosely resemble the Japs, while in. others are to lie found perfect counterparts of Chinese faces. In addition to this it has been authoritatively staled by explorers that there are now among the Indians, men whose grandfathers ere Imril in Japan and were wrecked on this coast. Tho head coverings of the Sitka Indians, also bear out this idea, as many of the hats have two sections, the first or inner hat being conical in shape, and Ihe second composed of a broad brim and high peak, thus making a combination of both Chinese and Japanese hats. The Sitka Indians have a tradition that their ancestors were brought to the island on Ihe wings of a sacred bird.

The Japanese have also a sacred bird (Ihe stork), which is credited with bringing in its bill the rice plant, which has since fed millious of beings on the islands. As Ihe Indians on the Atlantic coast thought the ship of Columbus was an immense bird, it is regarded as probable that this traditiun originated centuries ago witfi the landing of some crew from a distant land, though the real ancestors of the aborigines might have been living on the island. The toois ed by this people are very lew, but, with their patient manipulation, are made very cllcctive. They consist of an adze tied lo a crooked handle, several kind of hammers, curiously fastened to a stick niadc of a limb of a tree (so cut from the heart that two projections IV011) tlie trunk are left to lie it with;) a stone chisel, with a hail die like a saw and elk horn wedges. In another case is a largequantity of wooden masks, used in state ceremonials, dancing, Ac.

Most of them are hideously grotesque, daubed with paint and covered with long hair and feathers. Others tire faithful representations of Ihe human countenance, while sliil others are symbolical of death, disease, joy, and song'. The trenchers and other vessels used for the table are made of wood, stupe, and slate, and invariably bear in their ornamentation the impress of the peculiar genius of this strange people. lie exhibited in tlie southern section of the department are made of ll) hair of dogs and wool mixed, ami, like everything elc, are covered with ornaments. The weaving is done on rudely couslructed but ry ingenious ooms.

All the mats and blankets intended for out U.or use arc made of cedar bark, separated into fibres and woven by hand, all rcspecls much resembling the work of tho qf New Zealand. The same cedar bark material is frequently used for the exterior pillion of their hats, and being water proof make, with the can uiidt rneath. a most excellent covering. They are painted red, black, find i blue, these being the only colors known lo tlie aborigines. Their war clubs are not only covered with ornaments, but even the sharp prong in the side is made to resemble a bird's bill, a claw, or the tooth of some ferocious animal.

Ill the piidijlp (if the western transept of the Government Building is exhibited a marine canoe made by the inhabitants of Sitka, and as this boat is over (It) feet long by 8 feet in width at the centre, it of course tiltracts general attention. The ends are very sharp, and the depth of the sides so great that the vessel will accommodate about one hundred natives. It is replete inside and out with the same peculiar ornamentation of grotesque figures and faces, and is resided as a most valuable, as well as striking addition to tin Its chief interest, is di 1 i veil from the fact that jt is made from a single log. Cedars in that country gr.w lo an immense size, and the natives take aliout two thirdj ol tho trunk, hollow it out, and joining the ends tightly together, it resembles, not a boat.but a sharp pointed wooden cylinder. Tho manner of transforming llicgn straight line into the graceful curve of a canoe is exceediugly curious.

After tilling the long, deep hollow ith water the drop hot stones into it, until It boils and swells diit 'the sides a few inches, when sumiorts are run from side to side horizontally to keep them in that IKisltlim. 'J'he is next allowed to cool in order lo permanently change th duveiioi) of the fibres, and the same process is repeated again anil again, each time bringing the work nearer the liluqie required until the boat is completed. It is then necessarily water tight, as it has t.ot a seam or juncture from one end to the other. The high, pointed prows, which are so hollowed as to form the upjier part of the bows, are then added and the natives have a little veseel in which, by the aid of small paddles, they can safely navigate the straits between their island and the main land. Generally these boats are painted black on the outside and highly ornamented on the inside, though within the last ten years some change in this respect has been noticed.

There are also exhibited several models of canvas, with specimens of the sails which, like these mats and water prool blankets, are made ol cedar bark. It will be seen from the foregoing that the aborigines of Ihe islands of the northwestern coast possess many characteristics similar to the inhabitants of the eastern coast of Asia, and so marked are some of them that the student is almost irresistibly driven to theconclu sion that from this point must have come the tide of voluntary or involuntary immigration which resulted in the peopling of the American continent. It may also be argued that the aborigines came from some other source, and that the Sitka and adjacent tribes were ad vanced by the admixture of foreign blood, but still, whether one theory or the other is true, the fact remains that the history of the North American Indian is worthy of the most careful study, and nowhere could the student better begin than in the Indian department of the Government Building. UNEMPLOYED WORKMEN. Muss Meeting In New Nova heolia Mtrlkers' York To day Compromise.

New York, July 30. A number of unem ployed workmen are to have a mass tneetin parade in Tompkins Square to morrow. They will proceed in a body to the City Hall, express their views, and make demand for labor to Mayor Wickham and other city officials. Striking Minora Propose a Compromise JIalifax, July do. Hie strikers at the Sydney C.

B. Coal Mine offered to resume work at the old rates, provided all will he em ployed irrespective ol action 111 the strike. The manager has refused the otter. Cotton Mill Nlispeuslon Dover, N. H.

July 30. The Coehcco cot ton mills suspended Derations to day for thirty days. The Illinois Coal Miners Strike. St. Lodis, July 30.

The coal miners in St. Clair and Madison counties, held a mass meeting yesterday in St. Clair county, and resolved that after August 1st they will not mine coal for less than three cents per bushel. Why Coneress Cannot Adjourn Yet Tea Committee Reports to be Made The Appropriation Snarl, Washington, July 30. Only a few of the Investigating Committees have reported to the House.

At least a dozen or more reports may be made, somo of which are in a state of forwardness, and those include the subjects of the Heal Estate Pool, Engraving and Printing, the Bristow Mary Merritt and mule cases, John M. Davenport's election whiskey, New Orleans F'ederal office matters', the Hayes in the Navy Dep't, and the Govcrnmant Insane Asylum, it was supposed, several days ago by promi nPnt Ueinocr.it nent Democrats, that Congress would be pre pared to adjourn by the end of the present week, but tins is not probable, as business lias not advanced as rapidly as was anticipated. Besides there is no prospect of a reeonodiatiui) of the conflicting views of the two Houses on the Consular and Diplomatic bill. Conference on the Clerical Force. Washington, July 30.

The Committee of Conference on the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation bill have made some progress toward an agreement. A communication was received from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to the general inquiry recently addressed to the heads of all the Executive Departments, relative to the proposed reduction of their clerical force to the compromised extent of seven hundred and sixty live employees. Secretary Morrill, on whose department the proposed reduction would fall most heavily, informs the committee that it would unquestionably cripple the public service; but he furnishes a detailed schedule indicating the places where reductions will, in the judgment of the department, do the least harm in case the contemplated compromise should prove to be the legislative ultimatum. Another meeting will be held on Monday. The President's Miirnaturc M'anled.

Washington, July 30. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, if the President withholds his signature, will nut become a law on Monday neit, as lias been staled, fur Sundays are not counted in the ten days, at the end of which time, if Congress is still in session, a bill becomes a law without his signature. This bill was sen) to the President on Friday, the 2 1st instant, and, unlcs approved by him, cannot become a law until Wednesday, August 2d. The eleven days' Provisional Act expires on Monday, July 31st, so that Tuesday in tho aliove contingency will lie unprovided for, and the lighthouse establishment and oilier branches of public service not otherwise appropriated for will have to suspend oiieralions on that day, unless some action is taken to prevent the embarrassing or disastrous results that might ensue. Chinese Immigration Cheeked What Uermnny Demands.

San Francisco, July 30. Arrived, steamer Belgic, I long Kong, July 2, via Yokahama. The anti coolie excitement checks immigration for the present, only 156 Chinamen being onboard. The German minister, Vanbrant, is pressing tho Chinese goieriuiciit severely in the matter of treaty revisions. He is reported to have made sixteen separate demands, the most inqiortant of which are that the whole of China he owned for intercourse and trade, that local taxes detrimental tq forelgp Iqterests ie abolished, that permission shall lie given foreigners to irse steam on inland waters and that China adopt tho responsibilities of international laws.

Pennsylvania Postal Changes. Washington, July 30. The following post ollice changes in Pennsylania have been ordered dlirjug (he nasi week Offices established East Branch, Warren county, John T. Onglay, postmaster; Elk City, Clarion county, John W. Htininger, postmas r' I'iiiiiirin, oi iv eoiiui, i) 111.

v. rviug, 1. 1' 1 postmaster; hive 1'oinla, Mercer county, I. J. Duncan, postmaster, Montenegrin Victory Oniiiuii Paella Cap tn red.

Baousa, July 30. Advices from Sclavonic sources confirm the intelligence of the complete defeat of tho Turks on the 2Sth inst. near Url'iza. The Montenegrins captured 300 ftizams Ixodes Osmat) five guns and several flags. The Turks attacked the Montenegrins at Kutzohi, but wero repulsed.

Selim Pacha was wounded. Turkish War Complications. Pahis, July 30. Vienna intelligence asserts that Turkey and Austria favor the pretender Kaiageorgewitch. It is predicted that if Prince Milan returns to Belgrade, hp Vk.

ill be dethroned. A Post Oiliee Cerk Thief. Coi.UMBUii, July 3D. John Beeves, for thirteen years an employee in tho Columbus Post Ollice, was arrested this morning for opening letters and abstracting money. He confessed his guilt.

STATE NEWS. Aiken, the Union county imet, is "6 years old. 1 Pittston has organized a new Odd Fellows Lodge. Anna is sojqurning at West Pittston'. Lebanon county ias a Joseph's and a Jacob's Well.

The Siinbnry fair will be helj on Oct. 3rd. 4ih, 5th, and tith. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. I.KAF FROM THE REPORTER'S DIARY RiotinK on Saturday Attempted SuicideNarrow Escape from Drown liift Niidden Denth Robberies in (lie County Casualties, lc.

KIOTINO AND FIOHT1NO ON SATURDAY NIGHT. Several free fights took place in the lower part of town on Saturday night. A fight which commenced at Fiftli and Laurel was continued along Laurel street to Sixth, by which time a number of others had joined in, and a general mob was imminent. Word was sent to the station house, and four officers weredispatched to the scene of the fight, but by the time they arrived the disturbance hat! ended. A fight also took place on Maple street near Franklin between two men.

One of them be came entangled in his pantaloons by Ihe nursling of the strap which confined them to his waist, and he was pumiucled pretty badly. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE 1)Y A WOMAN. The wife of Jonathan Trotitman, of Wes nersville, in Albany township, attempted to commit suicide by hanging herself in her woodshed. Her mother found her hanging in the wood shed, and running to the house and obtaining a knife she cut her dowu before life was extinct. Mrs.

Trotitman was black and blue in the face, and would have been a corpse in a few moments more. Domestic dilhculties are assigned as the probable cause of the attempt. A CHILD'S NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING A three year old son of Charles Speicher, of Bernville, made a narrow escape from drowning in the Union canal in South Bernville. The boy and his mother visited the residence of Mr. Benjamin ins, and while playing with Mr.

Lin's children he fell into the canal. The alarm was gi veu by the other child, and Mr. Bins reached the canal in time to rescue the little one. This is the second rescue from drowning that Mr. Lins made at the same place.

SUDDEN DEATH IN BERNVILLE. A single man named Daniel Ney, aged 31 years, residing with his mother in the lower section of Bernville, died suddenly in a fit. He was subject to tits, but retired in tlie evening in his usual health, had a lit and died the same niglit. ile was buried at the Blue Mountain Church. ROBBERIES IN TIIE RURAL DISTRICTS.

An old, broad wheeled wagon tire was stolen recently from Francis Coleman's blacksmith shop iri Gotiglersville. Several doen tires standing at the same place were left. It is supposed that the parties were collectors of scrap iron who passed through the village during the night, and who would have taken all (lie tires but were disturbed in thetr opera tions, The citizens of Upper Bern have been alarmed for some time past by the depredation of robbers in their midst. Granaries, spring houses and out buildings have been visited. Among the latest places visited were the farms of Klias Wagner and William S.

Sehock, where a quantity of meat was stolen Iroin botn places. On the Backenstose farm a wheel barrow is missing. The money drawer stolen from the National House in West Ham burg has since been found under a hickory tree. Certain parties are suspected of complicity in these robberies. TRAMPS IN MONOCACY SCHOOL HOUSE.

Our correspondent says: Three yuung tramps broke into the Monocacv school house on last Thursday night and stole a large dictionary and several other books from the teacher's desk. They were bialint: around the neigh borhood during the whole day on Thursday, and in the evening called at Michael Lynch's for a drink. When they left Lynch's place ho ordered his farm bauds to watch them, as he considered them dangerous characters. The three tramps went from there to the school house, but being followed by Mr. Lynch's son, they hastily left in the direction of the furnace.

Between 9 and 10 o'clock in the evening they returned to the school house and succeeded in gaming an entrance by breaking open tlie butters. One ol the parly was arrested Ihe next morning and taken before Joseph Ierst, ol lirusboro, out as none ol the stolen properly was found in his possession, he was advised to leave the neighborhood as soon as possible. He answered the description of one of the party who broke jail" in Beading a few days since, and tlie Justice felt like sending him to Heading, but finally concluded to oave him tramp. 'The other two made their escape on Friday morning, HORSE ANP VEHICLE CASUALTIES. A young mare lhat was being shod in Fran cis Coleman's shop in Gotiglersville, proved to be very refractory, and tinally had lo be taken to a barnyard where she was thrown on her side and secured by means of ropes.

Mr. Coleman completed the job of shoeing her. Seven men held the mare while the ilnd shoes were being taken, of'. A yuung man had his lull hand mimed by the mare giving a stnlileu jork, while soma of the others sustained scratches and bruises about their ersons. W.

D. Dauenhower, tailor, ol Albany town ship, drove to Steinsville station, on the Berks anil Lehigh Bailroad, when the horse took fright, became unmanageable and ran against a pile of boards and upset tlie wa.gun. Mr. D. was thrown out and had his left leg hurt so as to be prevented from working.

A two horse team belonging to John Cooper, of Blue Bidge, Caernarvon township, ran away from in Iront of Kanck's store, Morgaulmyii. they were aHiiclied to a wagon wlncli was with blacklierries and huckleberries, The wagon was ipsized and a sniall boy and the berries were thrown to Ihe ground. The boy escaped but the berries were damaged. Capt. Hulier, of Spi ingticld, and Col.

Boyer, of Morgantown, endangered their lives in stopping the team. ACCIDENTS IN CITY AND COUNTY. Joseph of Pji ecknock township, made a iiirrAiv ttmtntia Crttn luiini ni'ia I lipimt ha l.nl.l Kaluriutn his teeth, and which exploded, scattering tho powder 11 i face and bum nu in severe v. merger a was run over in Slrausstown by a horse driven by an hostler. 'Pile child was struck by the wheel and would have been, lwd.

qQt lite driver suddenly stopped the Vehicle. 1AI'EH CARIIIEKS ARRESTED. On Saturday, afternoon, Daniel Haiti, agent for the Sunday Morning Review, laid information before Alderman Becker, against Rqdolph Schultz for selling copies of the Review entrusted to hin for delivery to subscribers and pocketing the proceeds; also, ivftiqst la.4 named Kaellilc' fur tmtonly delruyiug a numlier of oopies of the same paper by throwing them into the canal. Warrants were Li sued for their arrest. A IAN BREAKS HIS LEU.

Dr. James B. McDonough, No. 217 North Tenth street, while going dow the back step, yesterday, at his residence fell and broke his Uu. AlfVIL STOLEN, HAT NEXT 1 The blacksmith shop of Barney on the Harrisbiirg turnpike, three miles from this city, in Spriiig township, ns yisilc.louc night last week, and the auyil, used to hammer out tire, slejeq, Teachers' Examination in Berks.

County Hticriiitendent Bear has concluded his examinations of teachers in all the bor A ten year old ton John weidner, ot Itiast Reading, fell from a hay mow at the City Park Hotel, a distance of about 25 feet, and was badly bruised aliout the head and back. I 1 I nimlii nf Porta 11. iioyertown, where applicants will be examined on the 7th of Heptember. The districts in which examinations have thus far been held are Birdsboro, Womelsdorf, Fleetwood, Hamburg Bernville, Leesport (Ontelaunee) and Kutztown. The examination in the last men tioned place was held on the 28th and was largely attended.

There will be no exam inations now until the 15th of Anirust. when the County Superintendent will examine applicant at Wertz's Hotel, Longswamp township. The examinations will then continue regularly in all the districts of the county un 111 tne otn ot uctouer. August Criminal Court Out Look. SEVENTY FOUR CASES THUS FAR DOCKETED SUBPOENAS 1SSUINO FOR WITNESSES.

District Attorney Reber has been preparing for some time past for the August Term of Oourt ol (Quarter Sessions, for this county, which commences two weeks from this date. August 14th. The Alderman and Justices of tlie Peace of the county are now returning their cases, which are placed upon the docket as last as received. Under a mistaken construction of the law, and in accordance with the proclamation of the Sheriff, the Justices of the county frequently hold back their cases until the eleventh hour, being satisfied to re turn before the ten days immediately preced ing the opening of the term. The act of Assembly, in reference to Ibis subject, approved May itth, 1872, requires all criminal cases to be returned to the District Attorney vithin ten aays auer me Dinuing over or committal ol the parties.

Any wilful violation of the act is declared mistlemmnor in office, punishable by a fine not exceeding JGOO. Tlie act does not apply, however, to prosecutions for false pretense, malicious mischief, surety of the peace, and assault and battery. The District Attorney has thus far docketed seventy four cases an unusually large number tor this early date. During the present week it is expected that the number will be materially increased. The Clerk of the Quarter Sessions has commenced issuing subpoenas to summon witnesses, and everything has been set in motion for the dispensing of justice at the coming sessions.

Tho cases thus far returned are all of an ordinary character, none of a serious nature having been thus far returned. Preparing for the Sixth Street Bridge. On Saturday moraine James N. Krmcn trout, presented to Courta petition for the appointment of road viewers to lay out a public road, beginning at a point in the Morgantown road, on the Muhlenberg farm, to a point on the western bank of the Schuylkill, opposite the foot of Sixth street, at the boundary line of Cumrii township and the city of Reading. It is intended lhat the new road shall form a continuation of Sixth street extended, and that it should connect with the proposed new Sixth street bridge.

The opening of Sixth street to the eastern river bank, through the coal yard and property of has already been provided for by proceedings had in Court some time ago. It will be necessary now to have a road opened on the opposite side of the river, before application can be made for the construction of a bridge over the Schuylkill at tho foot of Sixth street. Settlement of Berks with the State. In accordance with a notice sent out by Slate Treasurer Rawle to the Treasurers of the ditlerent counties throughout the State, all State taxes from the respective counties are due and payable to morrow. County Treas uierSchatler will leave forllarrisburg to morrow for the purpose of paying the quota 01 Berks county into the State Treasury.

The amount due and payable is over lli.OOO, which will be paid by checks upon the Reading banks. The County Treasurer has received the Stale tax from neat ly all the districts in the county, although there are still a number of collectors, including several in Reading, who have up to the present time made no return. All the collectors in the county were notified to make settlement of their Slate lax duplicates on or before Ihe 17 th inst. Personal. W.

II. Bines, of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, was in Reading on Saturday. George K. Kacrcher, District Attorney of Schuylkill county, dropied into our Court for a few moments on Saturday morn tng. George F.

Baer, has returned after a three weeks' sojourn in Somerset. Solomon L. Custer, of Amity township, was in Reading on Friday and Saturday of last week. R. L.

Jones and Cyrus G. Lterr, are sojourning at Cape May, Sir Andrew J. Katill'man, of Coluaibia, R. Grand Commander K. T.

of Pennsylvania, was in town on Saturday the guest of Mr. George E. Haak, The Church Street Pond Drained. On Saturday afternoon, Capt. William S.

of the Highway Onunittee, visited the pond of stagnant water, at the junction of Church street and Woodward Avenue, and proceeded immediately to drain. A deep ditch was dag leading from tho pond into its natural va.ter course, and after nearly three (lours of hard work tho water commenced flowing into the ditch, ami in a short time the pond was completely drained. Nothing but a nasty green scum was left on the bottom of the pond, which had collected on the surface of the water, and settled down as tho drainage progressed. If the ditch (a now kept 0ien, there will be nmro trouble of water collecting a tips point, An Irascible Organ Grinder. A crippled soldier who arrived in Reading last week with a six hundred dollar hand organ, was charged the Mayor's oflice with striking a son of Ndomon Weil, clothier, on Penn street.

The oraran man alleged that the Itoy had tantalized him and interfered with his lu. 1 I .1. I. lusmess. pon several hovs tootinc through their hands in front of the Keystone House, he also displayed great irascibility of temper, lie was reprimanded for his conduct, but was dis.

charged on account of being a crippled 8Jdier, with a caution to be careful in the future, The Mozart Quartette Abroad. The Mozart Quartette, of this city, are win ning triumphs on their lour. The past week W'1) CrOWllCtl Willi ft HtlCCCSS RS IlllCXUOCted The audiences were large oeen St. Catharines, Ontario. Canada.

Attir. 4: Hamilton, Aug. S. County Commissioners in Session Todiiy The Board of County Commissioners will lie in session to day at their oflice in the Court House for the transaction of business, but more particiij.irly for the purpose of deliberati iug in reference "to the re building of the Lancaster bridge. Tl'e Commissioners have intimated tlutt 'hey will not adopt a model until (lu have thoroughly investigated the subject, and it may be safe lo say that when they come to a final conclusion the citizens of Heading will applaud their acts.

Meeting of Councils. Both branches of Councils will meet statedly ut eight o'clock this evening. Thia is the lirst meeting since the 1 Ot Ji the regular days of meeting behlg the second and last Mondays inlhc month, and July having had five Mondays has caused an interval of three weeks in Ihe meeting of Councils, Stare Fired by a Reading Locomotive. Fulton's co operative store, at Cousin hoeken, along the line of the Reading Rail Mad, was set on fire by a spark from a passing locomotive, and a portion of Ihe roof but ned. No other damage was done and the lost ij ireneroilUlV riimvnl nml nl umim i.l.innn I.

lVOJ Ml "WRillU 1 Ull. AUK. ft ta'Iv entertainwl by ieronal friends. This they will npK tjr iu follows: Roekport, tomorrow; BENCH AND BAR, COUKT'H NIMMKB VACATION OVIK. Ilnajr Session on Naturday Horuluc He turn of the Lawyer Petitions Presented and KuslneMii Transacted lu the Courts.

A session of Court was held on Saturday morning commencing at nine o'clock. As it was the first session that had been held during the summer vacation, a large amount of mis cellaneous business was transacted, among which was the following: An order of sale was granted lo sell the real estate of Abraham Clouser, late of this city, deceased, for the payment of debts. The petition of Jairus Behm, eldest son of Jacob Behm, late of Rockland township, deceased, was presented asking for an inquest to make partition of real estate. The application was opposed, and a petition was presented on behalf of the daughters. The charge of in competency was alleged against the son.

Held under advisement. The Sheriff's sale of the personal protcrly of Leander Trickle, of this city, which was to have taken place to day at Nos. 415 and 41!) Moss street, was stayed upon application lo Court. Fraud was alleged to have been committed in obtaining tlie judgment UDon which execution was issued. The petition of tho wife of Bennevilln Hiester was presented askine for the appoint ment of a commission to inquire whether her husband has become an habitual drunkard, in capable of managing his estate.

Commission awarded. On petition ol the brothers and Isaac Sander, of Kutztown, who had been previously declared a lunatic by regular proceedings, the Court appointed George J. Kuta, of Maxatawny, Committee. Bonds in $2,400 were issued with William Sander, of Kutztown, as surety. A return was made to an order of sale, by Ben jamin Rhoad.

assignee of Jonas Kiebauch. showing that the real estate of the latter had been sold on the loth of June last, to Reuben Herbein, for $1,050. Exceptions were filed to the Trustee's ac count of the Trust Estate of Charlotte F. Oake ley. Interroiratorios wero filed in the case of Bowers vs, Bowers, proceedings in divorce.

The petition of Matilda Crick, widow of John Stoudt, was presented asking that Samuel Merkle, Guardian of the minor children of said Stoudt lie compelled to pay for the sup port and education ot the said minors. This is a case which went lo the Supreme Court, where it was decided that the widow was en titled to no dower. Proceedings will be probably commenced to have the matter re argued in the Supreme Court, and eminent counsel in this city and Lebanon have been employed. The widow has frequently applied to the Guardian for the maintenance and support of the children, but her charges have always been regarded as exorbitant. A citation upon the Guardian wtjs awarded.

A petition was presented praying for an order upon the Guardian of Charles H. Hollen bach, a minor, seventeen years of age, for maintenance and support. An order was. granted. A rule was granted on Sarah Behm, asking her to perfect the inventory of the personal property belonging to the estate of Geoiva Behm, deceased.

In the case of Henry Tangert vs. William Else anil C. N. a rule was granted on the defendants to show cause why the appeal should not be stricken off. The answer was tiled in the matter of the estate of Esther East, deceased, in which a decree of $2,710 had been obtained as due Ke liecca Neider upon a guardian account, and a rule granted to show cause why a Ji fa.

should not be issued. In the case of F. Guthrie vs. James Henderson, No. 122 April 1876, the rule to arbitrate was taken off.

The guardian bond of Jonas Hoch, of Kutztown, in the sum of $2,300, with Daniel B. Snyder as surety, was approved by the Court and filed. Messrs. Jeremiah R. Guldin, Amos Borne man and William K.

Stattfler were appointed Commissioners to value and appraise the real estate of Maria Miller, late of Colebrookdale. township, deceased, aud make partition thereof among the heirs. On petition of the heirs and legal representatives of Jacob Sander, late of KuUtown, deceased, Messrs. Richard Miller, Jonathan Biebl and David II. Hottenstine were appointed Commissioners to make partition of the real estate.

The petition of Samuel Levan, a son and heir at law of Daniel Levan, deceased, was presented praying for the appointment of a guardian of the minor children of Daniel Levan, antl of the minor child of Joseph Levan, st i of the testator. The petition sets forth that a rule or citation has been granted on tho widow, executors, devisees and legatees of the said Daniel Levan, deceased, to show causa why the probate of the will should not be set aside on the ground that the testator was in I of sound mind when the will was executed. The matter will be argued before the Register, and it is necessary that tlie above minors who have an interest in the aliove estate, should bo represented before the Kegister. The Court granted a rule to show cause why a guardian (il litem should not be appointed. Other miscellaneous business was transacted.

Several citations to file accounts were awarded, appointments of guardians were made, and several divorces granted. Other matters brought before the Court will be found reported els where in this morning's issue. Court adjourned to Saturday, August 12lh, at i) o'clock a. LOCAL DASHES. Thirty thousand pounds of molten iron were used in making a cast the other day at the Scott Foundry.

Mr. Jacob It. Hoff, residing on Chestnut street near Eighth, is the octogenarian pedestrian of this city. Isaac Bertolet, No. 127 South Sixth street, has a collection of several hundred varieties of Berks county native woods.

The Highway Committee have concluded to drain the large pond of stagnant water at Woodward and Church street The copious rains, improved the condition of pasture, and abundance of butter in tho country will cause prices to come down. School Treasurer Erinentrout has been eon lined to his residence for several days by an attack of cholera morbus. He is getting better. "Hunnah made a narrow escape from being killed in a railrord smash up at Harris burg. The little trotter has been shipped to Bufhdo.

John G. Hermann has rented the large vault under Fulton Hall salojn, corner of Ninth and Penn streets, for the storage of imported wines. Jacob Oschman, boss cooper at Laner's brewery, entertained a number of friends in honor of his connection with the brewery for a quarter of a century. The parties charged ith inhumanly beating a child in North Reading were before Alderman Morris on Saturday morning, ami lined for disorderly conduct. The hose of the Rainbow Fire Company being repaired, and the company will rcceivo a new line this week, when they will have feet of serviceable hose.

Judge Van Reed and family are rusticatir.tr on the Gernant farm, near Rols sonia. A r. Knabb, of Wiscoiuin, a brother in law of Judge Van Reed's, is visiting them. A numlier of young ladies who have been using several lots on North Eighth slreel as a croquet ground, have been recently deprived of this privilege by the action of the owner..