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THE REPORTKR. J. PKPPKR. fa., 1 J, T, DARLINGTON, Editor, Mkior. THURSDAY, MAT 10, 18TT. &MAAD. The wsr between Rumia and Turkey has sctually begun, and when it will terminate no man ean foretell. In con sequence, it will be seen irom our gen eral news reports, the price of bread stuffs hss already advanced in Western markets, and the tendency is still up. wird. Before another orop is made there will be a great demand for oorn, and the price of this artiole is expeoted to advance. Should any disaster befall the coming orop, such *s drought, or anything else that would perceptibly diminish the yield, it is certain that for every bushel produced there will not only be a market, but prioea will go up to highei figures than has ever been heard of in this oonntry in times of domestic peace. The result will be that many in the more populous seotions will really suffer for bread. It is also considered certain that the war in Guropo will materially affeot the market for our cotton, tobacco and naval stores. Cotton will probably go down to eight oents, and tobacoo to almost nothing, as there will be a greatly di minished foreign demand for both these artiolcs. Under such oiroumstaaccs we hope the farmers of this section will not neglect to plant a full orop of oorn. Many of the more Southern farmers are now plowing up their fields of cotton snd planting them over in corn. If our people wish to avoid financial failure aad famine this year and next, they had better plant tobaooo sparingly, aad give special attention to the production of bread and meat. Herd times are iust before us unless we prepare for the evil hour. MEMORIAL DAT. Throughout the South to-day the people, irrespective of olass, position or caste, will assemble around the graves of those who fell in the late war, and pay a tribute to the heroes who sacrificed their live* upon the shrine of patriotism. Over the grsves of those who wore the gray, the gentle hands of fair women will plant evergreens and scatter roses; and over the mounds of those who wore the blue, the same hands'soatter roses and wfill plant evergreens. The dust of the heroic dead is sacred in every soil, and South ern chivalry would scorn to ask under which flsg the victim fell. Over eaob soldier's grave alike will fall to-day the tributes of a gallant people who oan ap preciate valor and self-eaorifioe even ia an enemy. And when we spread wreaths of roses and garlands of cypress over the graves of those who fought beneath the folds of the Stars and Stripes, the people of the North will sis » be engaged ia pay ing similar tributes to the memory of many of our own loved ones, whose bones repose far from the homes they died to defend. Around the graves of the immortal dead the nation will as semble, forgetting the bitterness of the past, snd knowing no eaemy beneath the sod Thus let them rest ia peace, until the revielle of the Judgment morn ing shall summon them all to the roll call of eternity. The annual decoration of soldiers' graves was first proposed by s Georgia lady, and her suggestions upon the sub ject were both patriotic and appropriate. Colowal monuments, dedicated to the memory and valor ef Aa fallen, would be a tribute that no one would condemn ; but in many places thsrs are enly a few of these honored graves, and often many of the living who oould plant liliee are pecuniarily unable to build monuments. But Spring flowers grow everywhere, and by gathering them afresh every year for this purpose, we will not only culti vate our own patriotism, bat we will plant and stimulate the growth of heroic sentiment in the minds of posterity.— Monuments, though built of granite, will some day crumble and pees away ; but Spring flowers will ooetinue to bloom as leng aa the sun shiass sad shower* fall. We heve only to tranemit the dteeharge ef thia eeeeed duty to our children, and request that the observ ance be handed down the corridors of time to each succeeding gooeration, to be aseured of a more endur ing tribute to our deed thaa eny monument could poeeibly be. _ The Petersburg (Vs.) Index k net afraid of any change of policy oiow. It says : "The South is safe, whether Nr. Hayes changes his mind or ae*. The right of local government having beea asserted, the people of the South will take good care to ietain control of their State whether the administration be favorable or otherwise toward them." The Sr««ia of tb« Deluded. Our correspondent, ia New Orltam telegraphed oa BuaJ»y «ght a follows ••Now the* ike NiobolU government policy ie the future. They late id to defeat Randall in the corneal for the Speakership of the next House of Rcpre sen tat ires, been use he be picayune economist and oppoeed to big appropria tion*. The South ie now a aolid phalanx, they nt, end intend* to dictate the policy of the Democratic party ae e national organisation; aad if the North ern Demoorats don't like it, end persist in apposing all Southern meeeurea like the Texas Paoiftc eed the appropriations for the Mississippi levers, the South will unite with Administration Republicans." We here no doubt that Mr. Hayee' Comniiaeiooers here made soaae im proeeion among the Ixwisiana politicians in lever of n new departure whieh looks toward a system of subeidiee end rest Government expenditures for the benelt of the South, at the expenee of the whole people ef the seme scheme precisely ee that developed by Mr. Secretary Thompson in his re oent interview with the editor of n Washington paper. This ie certainly a very curious plot to have originated with aa Administra tion whieh owee its exietence to a furious campaign of sectional hatred, in whieh the allegation that the Desnoerats warn too well dispeeed to ope* the doors of the Treasury to the Sowth formed the main ground of the Republican party's elaim to popular eonfidenoe. We were warned that if Tildoa should be elected we would h-tve to pay fabulous earns to iseharge Southern war claima, cotton tea olaime, and the like ; aad some ef the leading Republican organs, like our eeteemed neighbor, the Time*, were especially apprehensive of the success of the Texas Pacific swindle under Demo, cratio auspices But that day is past. Honest fhm Randall aad the Democratic party in Congress are now held up as n panel of "pieayune economists," who are ssenn enough to obeerve the limitations ef die Constitution, and decline to oresh the struggling people with new burdens of taxation, so that a vast surplus smy be dietributed to oorrupt rings snd greedy corporations. Mr. Hayes and bis Fraudulent Administration have taken the plaee falsely snsigned by the Re publican press aad orators fo the strifet constructionist and anti subsidy Democ racy. They propoee to return to the paternal system of largesses on a aeale hitherto unknown, and beyond the wildest dream of the ssost fanatical Federalist or Whig believer in Mr. Clay's American system. No one imagines tb*( the awbaidis* oon temp la ted by the idle dreamer* who we leading the Fraudulent President would be oon&sed to (be Sooth, whose impoveriabed ooadition is inppceod to furnish a pretext for the folly it band Every community would present its claim*; everybody would want to eat eat of somebody else'i dish; sad the political liMiftw who ittuwpt lo bsj tbe sepport of owe sootioa, most be pre pared to buy tbe support of alt But there are several reasons wily tbe plea will fail. Is the first plane, tbe Texas Paeifio ia to be tbe catering wedge. It is tbe golden hook wkb which the Hayes Commission baa angled in tbe dirty political meddle at New Oi leans. Now, tbe Tains Paeifio asks twice as moeb as is Decenary to bwild tbe toed. It oflers es security for the loan of Go rein meet credit a title which has nothing to rest epon bat en* of Joe Bradley's tafasMas decree*, which will never stead review in the SuptasM Court. It ia not ia reality a Southern enterprise, and is intiundii to hswsfit only a far-off oeracr of tbe Scat hern country. Its through freights will pan aerth over the Peaaeylraaia liaca, and tbe growth of Boat bora porta aad Boatbera coasasess, wbich Col Soott ia I Oil IB Va UCplCel ' wiM a**** he realised through it* agency It is to be built by -a ring of Northern mca, whs wiH pocket all there i* of it or ia it, sad all tba United States may thisk proper to give it. Tbees facte we well understood ia tbe South, and not one-half tbe Southern Rcpseseata tire* ever were or ever will be iafavor of Col. Soow's hill. Why, tbea, shoal d the mea of Louie iana or of Texas deaert a party which ha* so eoversd them with its broad shield, sad he* at leagth re*ea*d them from carpet-bag tyranny, for the sake of a measure which eea never Mctrd ? What shall they gain by the saerifioe of their principles T Nothing oan be more oertain tbas that the Northern Democratic vote, tbe Northern anti-Hayes Bepuhlieaa vote, and at least one-half the Southern Dem ocratiu vote, will be oast (olid againet this uaooaatitatlonal Administration schema U the tMoad pl*oe, there will be little IK the political situation whae Con gra« matts, ud leee every day there : after, to eaaouraga deserters fro* the ' riaiaf and powerful Democratic party, to the failing oanse of the Fraudulent Administration. Krea if the offer pf subsidies and offices should prove suffi cient tor the seduction of a Democratic member here and there, who might be willing to incur lasting infomy for mo mentary profit, the deficiency would be immediately made good by Soothers Republicans, who feel that they hare been betrayed and outraged by the modem Tyler, who, by various foal and crooked ways, has crept into the seat of Samnel J. Tilden. In the third place, no politician it bis senses will attempt to break from tbe leadsbip of Sam Raedall, or tiy to over throw tbe Democratic organisation, be cause tbe reforms and eoooomies instituted ia the laat Coagreas and promised at the next make theq strong. Tbe reduction of expenditures accomplished by the late House under Mr. Randall's indefatigable leadership does aot appear to the suffering taxpayer like a pioayune affair at all. Forty milliooa per annum h a saving which sends a thrill of hope through tbe hearts of a people who have been staggering under a load of bopeleaa debt of one kind and another. The party which has done thia and promises more, will not be exchanged for the party which proposes to tarn tbe public revenue into private poekets; to mortgage the future to the extent of thousands of million* for tbe benefit of men like Cot. Scott and Mr. Hantington ; to swell appro priation, and launoh a corrupt aad reckless Government ia a period of general proetratioo and popular suffering Public opinion will aot permit Mr. Ran dall to be struck down beoause be his been the moat rigid and persistent eoooomist in the Demooratio House, nor because be haa oppoeed, and still op paees, the achemee of public plunder which the Fraudulent baa now taken under hia wing. He may be beaten, but not on that ground. Tbe parly wbioh should oppose, or tbe party wbith should abandon a conspicuous and faitfc ful leader for that reason, would ba doing that whiob no party can afford in tbe present state of the pabtie mind. We *se Mr.* Randall's name oa\p way of illustration. Substitute another, if another tbera be, equally identified with the policy of retrenchment and reform, and tbe argument is quite as sound.—JV. Y. Sun. Iflkot on Ua. The Coeeack aad tbe tor baaed Tfrk cannot noaa together ia tbe gri) of deadly oouflict without effecting as on thia aide of the globe, our smart Amer ioaa aalf-depeadenee to tbe contrary notwithstanding. Somebody will «x fat on tbe spilling of Oriental blood, and somebody will be pluaged ia rain. Tbe maarfaalarai of Springfield, Ilioa aid Maacheeter—tbe man who make rifles aad sabrea aad belta aad cartouche boxes —will •valve good lack from a eatieo s miaiortaaaa; bat hew will it Bare with 'aaf Experience baa loog aiaea demon uralsi the fact that no advaaoe ia Dai tod States boa* does not brighten Biatbma prospaeta, for a* do aot bold tbam, aad that tbe acoumulatioa of walth ia tha Kaetera aad Middle Stales baa ao appreciable effeot oa oat eonli tioe. Maeoa aad Dixoa'a line divides as aa effeotaally aa would tbe Atlantic It is wall to oenaider tbe facta am braead la tbfc aabjoet aarafally, aad weigb wall their bearings upon ear im msdiate tutor*. If Southern aad folias— era wise they will to3r eottoa [aad tobaaaa] gingerly, aad Ma tba smrpaatiaa back sparingly Raise ail tba aa#a aad meat poaeible; asa, aa for as psallmMs, hlass —ids ssaanrea for yonr oropo; reader tbe form aetf saatainiag, and tba European oomplica tioaa aoad aot distarb yea. Bat the sua who risks bin all aa aottea or aaval stoma ia tba year 1877 ia daoaied to fiaaacial dsstraotioa.— fbyetteeilie Ga zette. Tb« MM which are made of Oor. Tuta'a MM and faoe m M curioua ae they are ■■■MUM. They km "Zeb Voce" eigara with the picture of the m»H M the box. There in teak check* with the benign countenance of 'tfee Governor adorning the upper corner. There ie » beverage called "Zeb Vance Wbieky" POM theMMd dogs wag I bear reapsstire tails M the call of "Zeb," and should there be a resartee tioo day for doge, aa tnaay more would olaiai the title. There are otbera Hill, but the lateat ia a cooking stove which ia aow being cue* aa lh-j "Z«b Vanee" aud wbieb will alao he decorated with hi* picture in ©eat iron.— Charlotte Obtcrver. Mr. Blaine'a Haw Court. ft ia said Mr. Blaiao intends to iniro daae, at tba ooming seasioa of Ceagreaa, a bill pmpoaiag a grand aomrt of arbi tration, aampoaed of tba Chief Juatioeo of Aa Sap re me Coasts of each State la tho Union—3B in all—for tha purpOee of oonaidering all queationa relating to tba legality of Mr. Hayaa' tenure, whether in the aatare of qmo *tmrrmnta or otherwiae. Thia, it is stated, ia tbe ravaaga whiob Blaine iateada to take on Hayaa It ia alao aaid, however, that Mr. Blaiaa deniea that be haa aay sach pur poaa, bat the country baa learned aot to pat iaiplieit confidence ia Mr. Blaine's denials, aad it may aot bo amiaa to ax amiae into tbe aompoaitioa of thia aew eourt of arbitratloa. It will be aeon from tba following that tba Democrats woald bare a positive majority ia tbe propoeed court: Democratic Chief-Jest iocs—Alabama, Arkaaaas, California, Connecticut, Geor gia, Indiana, Kentueky, Louisiana, Ma ryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, k New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Weet Virginia, Wiaconain.— Total, 20. Repabliean Cbiaf-Jnstioes —Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illiaois, lows, Kaa saa, Maine, MaaaaohuseUs Michigan, Minnaaota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermoot.—Total, 17. South Carolina haa no Chief-Juatioe, owing to the recent death of Jadge Moseo. His suooessor will be elected in a few daya. Oregon, California, Nevada aad Wisconsin, though tbey voted for Hayaa, have Democratic Chief-Justioes, while Delaware snd North Csrolina, States that voted for Tilden, have Rad icals at the bead of tbeir judiciary. The Chief-Justice of Florida, though nomi nally a Republican, is said to be a 1 moat as good aa a Democrat. As wa said, Mr. Blaine denies the whole business, but in spite of his de nial it is svident be means misobief to Hsyes. Precisely what ahape it will take remains to be seen. The propoai tion to submit Hayes' title to the decis ion of a court, a majority of whose members are opposed, politically, to Hayea, ia doubtloaa thrown out as a feel er to the Democratic party, to be followed up or repudiated as circumstances may require. Tbe opposition to Mr. Hayes, in his own party, is unquestionsbly crjstalizing , into definite sbsps and promises, ere many weeks passed, to break out into open hostility. Our readers will bear in mind thnt we bava all along said the real question was, not what Hayes would do for tbe South, but what the South woald do for Hayes, and events are rapidly proving tbat oar judgment was good. No man in all tbe country will be so helpless if left to the tender meroies of the people of his own psrty aa Ratberford B. Gsyes, who, through perjury, fraud and forgery, writea him self Praaident of tba United States.— Raleigh Observer. The Kuaaian Advance Tbe matter may be summed up thm, says tbs New York World, in tha words of that vary oompotent oritio, M. Ernest Dottain: "The oooopatioo of Bulgaria is not so simple an iporatioa as many think. It impliea the oontinual passage of a stream difficult to eroaa, the redaction of four or five great fortresses snd the defeat of a large army in the field It ia possible tbat if Russia employs all the rssoarces of ber vest empire ia such so enterprise she will, in tbe loog ran, exhaust the reeonroe* of Turkey sod eabjagate her. Bat this woald without a doubt take two or tbree campaigns onerous to her self as well as to Turkey—snd Russia needs s prompt and destructive triumph, sueh a triumph as is not likely to bo had in a war of poailions against a Turkish army. "On tha whole, it is not vary proba ble that tha Grand Duke Niobolaa within the next month will bava got vary far oa hia way to water bis horses ia tbe Boephoros; and, failiag thia, tba Russian prospect of ending tbe wsr in a single oampaiga will boooam ao aloadad over tbat Europe will be oom pellcd to coafroat the aoaeasity of deal ing with two axaaperated empiree, both of tbem financially raiaed. And that will mean a general Europeaa war." On last Saturday the traia from the eMt brought Monroe Reotor, a citiaeo of thia county. Deeiring to get off at Hunting Creek, two mile* eeat of thia plaoe, he requeeted tbe oonduotor to "*laek ap" for bha that he sight jnmp off The eeaduetor MM him, ao he aaya, not to get off till the train etopped, hat Rector, ineietiag there waa no need of a atop, apraag off, (trikiag tbe bank of a "eat" and rolling back, had both lega eat off near tbe kaeee. Ia thia eon ditioa be waa taken ap and browgbt on tbe train to die station bare, and thence carried hone, where be died in three houra after tbe ooearrenoe.— Burke Blade. Will There be an Extra Seaaion of * CongreaaP Amusing, indeed, to watoh the ac tions of the "paoifioation" wing of the Republican party, and their anxious devioee, to avoid an extra session of Coagreas, in order, if pomible, to post pone a oollision with the extreme wing of their party. AH long as the setual eriais coald be put off, ssys the New York Sun, they enoouraged the delusive hope that reconciliation was poeeible, and that opposition would be orushed out by delay. Hence every expedient has been tried to evade a meeting of the opposing force*, and to soothe the existing irrita tion. They first sought for precedents to carry the army along on oredit, until the regular meeting of Congress in Do oember. By a stretch of the law, eon tracts for supplies might be made, subject, of course, to review before the appropriation should be made hereafter No device of eonstruotioo, however, would cover the great item of pay ; and bankers who were spproscbed on the sabjeot, in this oity aad elsewhere, paused about advancing money Illegally, and taking tbe risk with so uncertain a paymaster as Congress is known to be. After exhausting these methods, prominent Democrats were sounded to loam whether the House would grant a bill of indemnity, if tbe Administration took the responsibility of supporting the army by oontracta and loans, until De cember. Of oonrse, they hsd no author ity to speak in behalf of the majority of tbe next House, and therefore these advances were decisively discoursged Thus an extra sessioo is seen to be in diapensible, and it is ocoa-ioned by tho obstinate refusal of the Senate to reduoe the army within appropriate limits, and to provide against its unconstitutional employment for political purposes. Hayes and his Cabinet, who expeoted to have an easy and prosperous time, after the villainy was consummated by whioh they obtained office, will in a few week* have to confront tbe bitter hostil ity of some of the very men who were most active and instrumental in that iniquity, and who now regard Hayrs as the author of a baser fraud and a darker treachery than that which they aided. The retribution for this great crime is likely to oome sooner than waa antici pated, and to be inflicted by hands that were least expected to administer the punishment. NSWB OF THE WEEK. STATE NEWS. The Southern Home supposes that more oorn was planted last week in Mecklenburg county taan in any one week of its previous history. Tbe deed ia done, and a paper has been named tbe Centennial. North Carolina, the State where all new papers start, is its birth-plaoe, and Warrcnton its station. Nay it live a hundred years. Antonian: "The gentleman from Ireland/' Mr. Pat Orady, informs us that he killed on Lane's Creek, last Saturday, a moccasin snake measuring sixteen inches in ciroumference and eight feet long. Trot oat your snakes The Elisabeth City North Carolinian puts it delicately when it rays that there are people in that town ' who eomplaia that now and then it happens that not as many ehiokena oome oil th« roost io the morning as went on at night." Salisbury Watchman: The trial of Bill Looke, colored, lor the murder of Mr. Pleasant Barringer, in this ooanty last spring, oame off before Judge Kerr, at Laxingtoo, this week. He waa oonrioted and sentenced to be hanged on the 25>h of May ucxt. Greensboro Patriot: A mole as whita as ermine, was caught by Mr. A. L. Stanley at the Ouilford battle grounds laat week. It haa boon staffed and aent by Mr. T. J. Sloan to Hon. Kemp P. Battle, to bo plaoed in tbe Museum at the University. In thia ooanty, on laat Wednesday, •Mrs. Fincber, wile of John M- Fincber, fired an old stamp some 10 or 12 feet high, ia the field in which Mr. Pinoher was at work, whiab burned down and fell on thoir little son, aged about six years, from tbe effects of whiob he died ia a short time.— Monroe SUprett. On Friday, Ale*. Register, a worthy young man 1# the employ of tbe Carolina Central Railroad, had his besd masked batweaa tbe "false bumpers" of two freight oars, whieh ho waa attempting to ooaple. The skull was broken in two places but be was still living yesterday though his COM was considered entirely hopeless. Tbe aootdent ooourred at Laurinbarg —Charlotte Observer. Tbe caee of laaae Berry, the negro wife-muderer, was the moat important ease dixpoeed of. Tbe priaqner waa de fended by Mesara. MoOorkla and Linney. 001. W. H H. Gowlea, aolieitor, lor the Bute. The avidenoe waa aaeh a* to ad«it of bat little possibility of tbe in noeenoe of the prisoner. After a short reeeaa, the jury returned with a terdiot of murder in the lint degree. He waa then aenteneed to be hanged on Friday, tbe let day of June next A rumor baa reached here that after learing thia oounty, Berry married and murdered a Woman in Teoneseec or Alabama. - - Lenoir Topic. GENERAL MEWS. The notorious Wm. G. BrownWw, of Tennessee, died last Sunday. Dudley Kimball, aged six years, shot and killed Stephen Pox, aged seven, in Boston, on Saturday. In Oregon it is against the law to sell a drink to a man who cannot show a lioense from the State to bay the same. A movement of United States.trooM on the Rio Grande has Rivsn rfeg to?a rumor that trouble is imminent between the United States and Mexioo. The war news has put np flour is New York fifteen to twenty-five cents, ana in exceptional caseß to fifty cents ; wheat improved seven to ten oents; iye, oats, pork and lard are also higher ; freights are decidedly stronger. The war news has created muoh ex citement in Chiosgo in grain and pro? visions. Since the first of April wheat has advanced forty cents per bushel, and flour over a dollar. The sales by the barrel are larger than within five years. It has been decided that our govern ment, as soon as officially informed of the war in the East, must issue a pro clamation of neutrality, and that all arms shipped to the oombatants after that Croat will Ik tk« rwk of shippers. A jury in Baltimore, Maryland, ren dered in favor of Mrs. Murtaugh, a verdiet for two thousand and Dine hun dred dollars, for her son, who was killed oa tbe Baltimore and Potomac railroad. The suit was brought for twenty thousand. Secretary Sherman, in alluding gen erally to the impending war in Europe, says that while lamenting this calamity, there is no question that the effects of tbe struggle, upon the United States, will be to quioken industry, stimulate trade and strengthen the national credit. A Memphis man thought h? Was com pelled to have the blood of an Arkansas chap, and accordingly a duel was ar* ranged. They met and fought—fought nobly, but couldn't hit anything. became disgusted with their uiarksmau tthip and quit the field. There were no bullets in their pistols. Rascally seconds. POLITICAL NEWS. It is reported that frauds bave been unearthed in South Carolina that will cause the expulsion of three Republican Senators. Republican Senator Wallace, of Chea ter, South Carolina, who is under in dictment for larceny and breach of trust, has resigned. The President bus finally decided to call Congress in extra session on the 4th of June. He does not believe theeessiou will be a long one, but others differ widely from that opinion. The New Orleans Picayune calls upon both city aud State authorities to loee not a moment in appointing a day for a general thanksgiving to Almighty God for their deliVeranoe from worse than I Egyptian bondage. Of tbe fifty-seven white and ninety eight negro Legislators of South Caro lina, last session, twe'nty four whites and ! sixty seven negroes paid no taxes, and eighty five of the hundred and ifty-five Legislator were not mentioned on the tax book*. The Repubioan Stale Executive Com mittee ot South Carolina was in session on the 21st. A thorough organiiation of the party forces under tbe leadership of Mr. Chamberlain aad other well known politicians has been determined upon, and all indications point to a stormy session of the coming Legislature, the Democrats having a majority of only one on joint ballot. Senator Chester, of South Carolina, wbo waa arrested and put in jail, waa re leased by Judge Mac«ey and has re signed. Tbe Senate stands 16 Democrats and 16 Republicans, the Democratic Lieutenant Governor havi >g (he vote Twenty one of the 55 Republican members of (he House have been seated. It is said that a Democratic oaucus voted to deolare the seats of 29 Re publioans vaoaut. TORKIO N NKWB. The Russian army has crossed the Pruth The town of Pohi has been bombarded and bnrned by the Turks. It is reported that Egypt will 'assist Turkey in the war with Russia. The Turkish preparations for tbe de fense of the Danube are of the most formidable character. Tbe army is well armed and in good apirits. Prince Bismarck think* ai general European war ia close at hand, and that every government wilt be compelled to strain all its strength to perpetuate existence. The indications are that England ia preparing to take a hand in tbe row. be tween Russia and Turkey. It ia more than probable that all the European powers will be dragged into it. The Turk# repulsed the lUwians in the first battle of the war, fought near the Asiatio boundary between the two empires. A telegram reports the Rus sians as driven baok with a loss of 800 men. The war eloud is shadowing Prance and Germany. Von. Moktke's speech attracts muoh attention as indicting the German sentiment that France is ready for war at the earliest opportunity.— Kogland is also preparing her army and navy for active service at a moment's notice.
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