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4 i j. C. X. HARRIS, Editor. Ours are the plans of fair delightful peace unwarped by party rage to live like brothers.". Tf! -Ife VBROWW.Tfrblisher. VOLUME I. RALEIGH; TUESDAY. JT7NE 5, 1877. NUMBER LI. '!. 4 -t- .- " 1 1 : : - , t : ; ; ' : : : : -i t -'-- ; : ; ' , : " " 1 i . r ., , ... ; i , r, " . . ' . 111 t V PARTIES NOT M AVE TO ORDER. They talk about a re-cast of parties in aHnnl nolitics a babble wmeii is never J.ntirfilv hushed except m the Heat ot a 1 1 v . Presidential campaign has begun and ij-ertamly has a more apparent foundation than usiraL Things political have become fullv mixed. The old Democratic party died in 1872 aud underwent a sort of regeneration at Baltimore, where the platforms of twelve or more years were vept out of existence. In the following Vears there was; a disintegration of the liepnblican party. Thenceforward, bereft of "its great leaders and - deprived of any rational excuse for - being, . it has been jilting against fatl That' pferished beyond hope of " resurrection in tue last campaign but tor unobjectionable eajididates and a; good platform nobody uouiks. as ii was u was saveu as oy are i ana me buicmoi unmsione .buu suug imii IPirraents: .ud now tne rresiaeni whom that party placed in power has oy a rare stroke of policy deprived the op- position of the most valuable part ot its htock in trade in abandoning the claim of Federal intervention in State affairs and an turning the carpet-bagger and the ecala wag out to shift for themselves. This jlias not been done without loss of strength by the arm v with wmcn tne jrresiaeni nas . heretofore trained, but the defection is at resent- confined to generals without .troops.! Men in both parties can hardly tell .to which they belong, and the leaders of both are vexed with forebodings of such wholesale desertions as will result in complete obliteration of the oldclearly- ! marked hues ot division. Under such circumstance the call tor a new party is mot unnatural and its formation would be a most likely issue Some steps in this direction have already been taken, but they are founded upon up false theories. Witness the pubhea cation in a Washington paper ot a propo sition for the organization of a Whig-lie- pfiblican party, with a platform calling for a bimetallic currency, protection to i American industry and a generous inter- nal improvement policy on the part ot the j 1 federal liovernment. inis is very weu us names and platforms go, but the Wash-1 ! Hilton-editor ousrht to know that parties I f-y - - m I ai-e not thus called into being. They do not spring fully armed and equipped from the; brain ot the able editor or tne auie T . !! I. 1 statesman. Jrarties, lixe poets, are oorn, i had to be amputated. Ihese sad oc not made, and their growth is nearly al currences led Mr. Sutro to at once insti- ways gradual. Moreover, the days ot their youth are not untrequently as long as the period of their maturity and power, if not longer. The- seed must be sown, warmed by the earth, wooed by the sun nml watered bv the rams ot heaven be fore the plant buds, blossoms and bears fruit. The adoption ot this measure alienates one faction from an existing parf tv : an offense to one man and another who has a following detaches another sec- J tion the same party; patronage begets corruption and corruption breeds popular distrust, and thus another element is dis- lodged; people Jose faith in leaders whose I frailty is exposed, and learn that no party, however reverenced for great achieve- ments and glorious traditions, is wholly u-ood, and that no party can keep itself pure: by asseverations of At last a irreat crisis arrives issues come -to the front ry for the voter to choose Wltn whom he will serve. Then it. is that the discon tented elements forget slight differences tnd weld themselves together to effect one grand purpose. The new party, long in process of formation, suddenly shows its strength', and men, unmindful of the hid den influences at work in years, hail it as the creature of a day. Such influences have been at work in, this country since when the. Republican party attained the zenith of prosperity.- ilhey new par ty will assert itself whenthe fnllness of tiinfi has come when the .country neeas it. But no liot-bed process can give it vitality. People will array themselves under the old standards and the old leaders until these fall and those prove faithless, Until then itis the Dart of the wise to . . watch and wait. . There is no occasion for haste. The . stiait of the partisan presents the oppor tunitv of the independent voter.; He is .t r.. r,o ri,.,.c'; iw tliat tKp Hal. " p.-,- i jT k j vanon ,01 me country uepenuB upou k preservation ot ian unbroken front in a im tt . hue of battle formed in past ages! Cau cus- cracks its whip, but it lias no lash for him. lie perceives the rottenness in the carefully whited 1 sepulchre. He is not frightened into subserviency by the bug- Ijear.ot a hated name. In the next few months all of the old arts of the politician will be-tried, 'and "all the old wares temp . tingly1 displayed to keep business active at the old stands. All the people have to ido is'to keep cool when the politicians grow warm. As parties now appear there i not the difference of tweedledum and tweedledee between them. The platforms - of Cincinnati and St. Louis differed only 'm words, and that difference in words has I ttn obliterated by the Southern policy "f the adjninistration, adopted and exe cuted in defiance of small-f ry statesmen. There is-: nothing to prevent a fair trial of the administration by every honest voter lending to -its support in all . that is . right an its condemnation in all that is wrong, S9? too, with the Democratic Congress Buuruy lU convene in extra SeSSlOn. LetldUCtlOn to the frinfte. ftft hft hud hrvi7iiR- , - I vi t ciuier ue uugeu UDOnilS OWn merits, regardless of party complication that may ensue. Let parties ''work ont their own salvation : the countrv i3 safe I -I I wuluuc mey rise or ran. it the -Kepup- licp party can purify itself, very well; if the Democratic party can be disinfec- ted, so much the better : if a new Dartv is needed to effect the ded ed .reforms, it "f1"1 1US iuani-in uue ume ana gooa men will rally around it. Philadelphia lme. HUMAN B A TTERIES. EXPERIMENTS THAT GAVE BEMARKABLE RESULTS. It has been khoVn for some time that the human body becomes much charged with electricitv in the altitudes and ex- ceedingly dry atmdsphere of the high plateau between the Sierra JNevada and rxocky JSlountains, but ,lt has heretofore been unknown that such accumulat- ed electricity is a cause of great danger to persons handling exolorders. Two! very serious and sad accidents have hap- pened within a few months at the mouth of the Sutro tunnel, both" through the sudden and apparently unaccountable dis- charge of a number of exploders in the exploder-house. f In the first case Henry exploder - house. L. foreman, formerly connected with the bignal Service Bureau at Washington, a or scholarlv attainments, a trofwl mat.lipmHt.il f.n anH 'ftatrnnnmt'r. wra engaged in examining some of these ex- ploders when 200 went off, completely de- stroying his eyesight and otherwise seri ously injuring him. Ihese exploders are large copper gun-caps, an inch and a six teenth in length and three-sixteenths of an inqh in diameter, and most kinds are charged with fulminate of mercury. Two insulated gutta-percha wires con- J nect with each cap, through which the electric spark is sent (after they are plac ed in cartridges of the different combina tions of nitro glycerine) which sets off the cap, and the concussion . caused there- by explodes the powder. ; The second ac- ' ... cident referred to happened but a few weeks ago in the same place and probably m the same manner, by which l nomas Coombs lost his left1 hand and part of his arm. lie was ensued m forming ten ' , TOO " ' O I exploders into a coil around his hand, when suddenly they went off, shattering that member in so tearlul a manner that a 1 m I tute some careful experiments, for he was strongly impressed with .the belief that it was body electricity, and hot concussion, which had caused these explosions. Elec- trie exploders made by different parties were taken, one alter tne otner, ana t .1 .1 j placed in,, a strong wooden box, which again was placed in another box in Mr. Sutro's parlor. This room is covered with a heavy Brussels carpet, walking over which causes the human bodi o be spee- Mily charged with electricity. I1 Mr. Han-1 cock, the chief blaster, assisted in the ex periments, and held the wires while Mr Sutro walked round the room two or three times, with slippers, sliding his feet gent- hy over the carpet. Af terxioing this he ap- proached the end or one of the wires with his forefinger, and instantaneously a Giant Powder Company's exploders. Now one of the Electrical Construction Com pany's was tried without effecting its discharge. Next, one of George M J Mowbray's, of North ; Adams, Mass., I which did not go off on the first trial, but itdid on, the second with a very loud re port. After this another of the giant ex nloderfl was tried, which went off bv the time Mr. Sutro's forefinger had reached within two or three inches from the end of thp wire ! These experiments have clearly estab- lished the fact ethat exploders may be set anA ?K rrtiwftKmif. thP tunnel . nAnttKf,.t TnStrn- na oiaaE W handling them , j. 1 , u. : .o..4- ,.r.?a nUn nereaiier. auu a -biiect-u uu mate w ed in the floor of the exploder-house, to which is connected a, wire reaching into il. a. a tnnnnl TllO tue wter huwiult aiuui iu"""- - " ... . . ...."L t i.v.:Ua lllf.ll III I IH.I 1 1 1 I I I I 7 t JV lllllliri C 11U WW I " ". a . . . , . . wet tneir b0ots before entenng and to put on the properly Anv eleo ger of explosions hereafter. tricity accumulated in xneimman oouy tXHlY Will ai once ue carrieu ou uiryugu pla, whfl. the rubber gloves; iron piaie, wmic uie ruuoer K rrvr .tiMnMtnrfl Tnrm an anninnnHi iiro - xt ..j--. . 4v tection. xo acciueuu, xruui sions nave over occurreu lusiue me iuu- . . -Li ' 1- . : i : :j. tL. nel,tor since me piace -yutv .wbi, uu electricity caa . be Mtnnrt m the Hdy. cut, nttie 1VTTk Foreman and Mr, Coombs have met with their misfortunes-in the manner indicated. THE GREAT LONDON DOCTOR. The illness of the ffrince of Wales was the event which made the reputation of Sir William Gull so truly national. He had been a lecturer o Guy's Hospital for four and twenty years when hevas called pious purposes, oud report was heard, the expioder.nav- oouy u racing u u new go ft fi - on of ,f E , wiieuuuw: meoeen aiscnargeu. hub urst exuen- gnuc iut wmwiw muuoo vv." rx ?aa k j nnn ho HI1U 1L S UCSCMM- I iTlRTlT. WAS W in One OI Llie OUU r raUClSCU I a-iutliwh no onuum w oukkok "W I i - i f t .1 - .. i ... 1 1. I away by a sudden summons to Sanding-J ham. This' Was not,Tioweverf htt firet in; J V M IV aiienaea mm. X le rnn nart Wn struck down by the commonest an'di'a;new ifdwth preparation for another sod deadliefit of diraiitaft. t.vnhniH Wr.. most fatal and the most Pttfillv nrovp.nfl-I ' T . b.e ot disorders. We talk ot rsulganan I atrocities ; ,but every year thefe are atro- cities far more dreadful committed in '-this ! country by the butchery ' of some hundred thousand people whose lives might pelteport, and' have avoided any idle dis savea oy some care ana common sense., RavpH hv Romp arp. And nrnntnnn bpiika. The average duration of life iii EnsrIandJ5t lias rpn lenirthened several vpiimoh clp.Ai1lwhn historical evidence;' there is no reasoti! why the average length; of human litea should not extend, say seven years more if onlyi people could be advised to givg; anything, like '.the same attention to pre-' vention which they, do to cure. It -is to be said to the credit of the doctors, by whom an increase of business would naturally be regarded with not unfavor- able eyes, that they insist loudly and con- stantly on the demands ot sanitary r form ; but it is the insensate army of their patients who will not consent bv timely care to abbreviate the labors of ihe medical man. Royalty itself was stricken down, and the whole land be- came learned for a while on the patholo- gy of -.typhoid fever. Dr. Oull packed up his portmanteau and started at once for oandringhatn. We will not say that his patients were left to look , alter them- selves, for there is no lack of able men to helo such a man at such a need. Sir William was in attendance night and day at Sandringham, and lavished human watchfulness and skill. There was noth ing that he did not do for the Prince. He was not only physician, but nurse. That memorable illness is a glorious page in our English history. To all human seeming it could only end fatally. We were hoping against hope. It was almost only the great London physician who held that while there was lire there was- hope. In answer to a nation s prayer our Prince was given back to us. , But the human means of preserving life were mainly the treatment and constant attend- ance or Dr. trull. Ihis proud and glori- ous position will give liim a lasting name and his own proper niche m the history of the reign, it is not uiai a mousana oiuer brave men would not have equally done their best: but the suDreme chance came 1 to this particular individual, and he used it tojthe very best. Hardly any rank or remiincratioh could adequately repay snch services; but the Queen,, with the ap plause of the public and the profession conferred on him a baronetcy. This is the limit beyond which medical honors in this country are not supposed to go. Yet France had its( Baron Nelaton ; and perhaps the Crown will so far compro- mise between tradition and justice that, when a great physician has realized a for tune , and retired, the British peerage will admit him within its ranks. Tbe'House of Lords is constantly recruited with ac cessions from the bar; and certainly the profession, of medicine is at least as salur tary and blessed as the profession of arms or of the law. London Society. THE REVIVAL OF AN OBSOLETE PASTIME. In these days when polo and lawn ten nis and croquet are so popular, and every- revival oi a pastime that was much in vogue among ca iormer generation. e -m . .a. .il l It is sad to tmmf that sncn a and lively means of pleasnre-shonld have gone out of fashion as much as it has, and that only unpretentious, persons in out-of-the way . places devote them selves to it. t It is a spiring and4 autumn amusemenc designed iorpXne country. 10 play the gam fairly requires a twenty - acre lot. iiach player, needs to begin with I a team of good horses and a very ;: peculiar looking chariot which cuts through the d Wlth a , harP lin , only one its conrse than aid in its mrining. The driver hangs on : behind, laying hold of two light handles which project in the rear for his convenience. The rate of i ,, . , Pgre88 across a held is of necessity b ow, i , , . . . . , , . . . , . ' . I about his waist, is compelled to use great 1 AaxtAntv a.nrt atrencrth to keen hia chariot 1 r J .t-t " yr . from one side tor the other day after day , nnh mhn n RiirTAre is overtnrnfin. when pre8entfi a of l6ng; I s 7, "TJ , .v -rf ..' 'aA tK "fc - and desolate but 'extreme lv picturesque. , This sport iso 1 v. fascina - that those addicted to it continue at it from sunrise to sunset, scarcely taking . fnr thfiTr meaI thev WbrowIlf maniy ' with tfe exercise. To prepare the field ior he con- q . ft Wfc of ; x Tmrta ridges of brown or yellow clay.have to be broken down to an even surface, ana.ioi effect this" an ingenious, instrument called a harrow has been1 invented, which1 is I great number of ! iron teeth When-tins isdraggedradly.backicardsarid forwards over the field j4t iuceit?in time .to a - . . i iNtnr: w an iifiini:iuiT;iiLi v mnjii awuniu li i pleasant level plain marked with delicate wrinklas. :Ji is then . necessary to spinkle in the o-nwnH am roJ anr.h a whAaf M-WU E.4 WUAf WlVli II 14WIV I hatJi nr hr ait n nrrlAi- thuf hv means nt WwW An4 nrhn tl,i'B la r-nf. Hnwh flip AFnnn1 . ia in cnnVi a rn. I B.M v V WW U VUMVt iVI V .-V -A W14 1 dition that it will be ready for a renewal of the game during the next season. In tiife proiaic - description we have aimed 'derely at 'giving' a definite idea of the IWimsifiAn An ifa. Kantico Sin quisition on its oeauties. oumce to isav that when it was Donular the the foundations l'6i our prosperity were laid; 'and ; if our younfc men could be in duced to take up this obsolete pastime again and Resist from flocking to cities Eor inore artificial amusements, spending their precious time in summer travels and squandering their spare cash in European tours instead of investing it at home, something of the old-fashioned content- meat might return to the land. The passion for pleasure and dissipation has gone through all classes and driven the people into wild and unwise extrava gances, wherefore we should be glid to see the popular tendencies take a more wholesome direction, and earnestly re- commend the revival of ploughing among ml all such young Americans as have leisure and opportunity to indulge in that noble pursuit. JSfew York World. THE HORRORS OF WAR. In 1811 the opposing .Russian and Turkish Armies stood facing each other on opposite banks of the Danube. Dur ing the night between the -8th and 9th of September the Turks succeeded, by mak ing a feint, and so attracting the Russians to a spot some three miles below the real point of passage, in throwing a force of 2,000 nien and four guns across the river, a short distance above Ginrgevo. The firat attempts of the Russians . to drive this small body back into the river were successfully withstood ; reinforcements were rapidly brought over from the right to the left bank, until, finally, 30,000 men and. 50 guns were assembled on the north ern shore. Every effort to advance fur ther and drive back the Russian Army, which had fallen back into an intrenched position, was, however, repulsed ; the iutks themselves being obliged alter, a time to construct intrenchments, to with stand the counter-attacks directed against them. Unable to drive back the invad ing force, the Russians desisted from anv further active measures against it, but. bringing a strong flotilla of gun-boats up the Danube, to prevent supplies being carried across the river into the lurkish camp on the left bank, they quietly await ed events. The provisions of the Turkish force, thus completely isolated, unable to advance because of the Russian force m front of it, unable to retreat because of 'the flotilla which effectually prevented 'any bridge being thrown across the river, soon began tOTun short. The weather became cold ; but there was no fuel with which to kindle fires. Under these cir cumstances the sufferings of the men were yery. great. For some time there was horseflesh, but ii-had - to be eaten raw, as even the tent-ppies had been cut up and burned. Hundreds died daily, and their comrades had not strength to bury them. Disease was consequently soon added to men, wno are aescriuea as Demg dux liv If ing skeletons With scarce sufficient strength to stand upright, were left. out of the 30,000 who three months before bad crossed the river. THE WAR CLOUD. In the East all the signs are of early and great operations on the part of the 1 Russians on the Danube as well as mi the , Asiatic frontier ot lurkey. Ihe vigor I and brilliance which have marked the movements, of the Muscovite armies for th6 past few days effectually answet all sion which had been called forth by thei previous apparent inaction. Itis obvious now that to neither the insufficiency of transportation, the ill quality of munitions, i , .t . m . i l i nor the inefficiency of the troops, haa been i , , , , -r , , A . i -.. f wisdom of war, has been simply spending 1 timn an m to nail forth everv element of ir . v A v V tory of the next few week? bids fair to, be i aa-pvp.nrrni as r.nRr. wnin np.rninpn t.ii msh of the Germans across the Rhine, Ti ! " i I , T W:iV'I.A :Znir'TA ftkWiKi - 1 votion of the Moslem rank ' and hie may 1 wring local and temporary advantages from their assailapts, it cannot be doubted I that the general issue will be conclusive o the fate of Tnrkev. Unaided. Tufkev wfli inevitable 'be, ' crushed ; and' there t nbthing in the present situation ta indued ef thai Britain witt inte f oil r,tti . au t,-- been.taught her unruly ward. liichmond nntg. a A STRANGE PLANT. I A- plant, supposed to ;be new.rhas be6n I found; in ;lijearagua,a which, ,if what is said of s true, k a great vegetable, curi- osity. It has been named " Phytolacca Electiica." It is said to possess very Tirnnnunwd plfv-tpn-mAcmAtin nmnfirttes. mS V W V V . ' -f - . " V 1 ;i'hP hand i RPnsih u hfiTinrnhHl nfOtl touching the shrub: and the magnetic in- fln ic Uft t. HitnnA- of spvpti or a' nf fppf TIip mncmptift npPfdlp. IS ReTl- I V M W AVW III W w ' s;bly pertubated, becoming more and more so until it reaches the centre of the shrub, when the disturbance is transform ed into a very rapid gyratory movement. The intensity of the phenomenon varies with the hours ot the day, and at night it is hardlv Dercentible It attains its maxi- Tn stormv weather " , I the energy of the action is au energy ot the action is augmented. JNo insects or birds have been seen on the shrub. Exchange THE BUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. THE ADVANCE IN ASIA AND SITUATION IN EUROPE STRENGTH OF THE ARMIES. 1 London, May 27. . fpQm B&tQQm aIong riyer Chorufe tnrpugh Artvin to Olti. and thence to Bardez. T road crosses1 the river about fifty mi les northeast of Pertakrek and follows a tribu tary of the Choruk to Tortoura, guarding the northern entrance of the pass leading into the valley of the Kara, or Western Eu phrates." Thence it runs through &' swamp valley, south of which lies Erzeroam. The importance of this road cannot be overrated. It is the best and shortest line of communi cation between Erzeroum and the sea coast. The object of the Russian attack on Batoum is thought to be less to obtain possession of the town than to control this road and cut off communication with Erzeroum They have succeeded and bushed their advance already to Artvin. From Ardahan one road runs southward to Kars, another to Arda- nudsch, where it branches west to Artvin and south of Tavasjerd and Olti. A third road leads from Ardahan via Urut across the Chanly mountains to Olti and Bardtz. On their retreat from Ardahan the Turks used the roads leading westward and southwest- ward, part escaping to Ardanadsch and part across the Chanly mountains to Olti. Dispatches received during the past week from Turkish sources report that the Rus sians have since occupied the Olti road from Kars to Krzeroum,' which divides a short distance from Kars,branches running nearly parallel, the northern through a pass in the Soghangle range a little south of Bardez, and the southern through Delimusa and across a similar pass to a junction with the northern branch at Chorussan. One road leads from Erzevau through the valley of the Arras to Kagisman. Here it branches northward to Kars, communicating by a side road with Getscheven. A more impor tant road to Erzevan is the highway leading via Aralych ross the Persian frontier to Burslan, Sulumursa and Persian frontier to Burslan, Sulumursa and Bayazid. This road was used by the Russians in their advance on Bayazid. The Erivan column at last ac counts reached Jeranos. THE PLAN OF ADVANCE. The plan of the Russian' advance is thus clear. The centre of the Asiatic army, un der General MelikoflVJs estimated at 80,000 men and 240 cannon; the right wing, or Rion corps, under General Oklobjio, num bers 45,000 men and 140 guns ; the left wing, or Erivans corps, under General Tercmka- I - o doff, 50000 men and 156 guns. The Turks have about 70,000 men in the neighborhood rzeroum and about 76,000 at Kars. It impossible to give a reliable account of the number of guns, as those sent from Con stantinople may be still at Trebizonde or on the road. AU signs indicate that the Russians intend to attack Mukhtar's position by two flank movements, one from the line of Artvin and Ardanudscb, the other from Bayazid. The Turks are already fortifying Erzingan, in anticipation of being forced to leave Erze roum. A revolt in the Caucasus can be pro ductive only of petty annoyance in view of the precautions adopted, and the advance of the Russian army of civil functionaries, so that by the time the Russian commanders get to Erzeroum all of that pasbalig east of the river Choruk will be a Russian province. The districts of Sturagel Bayazid and Dya din are already under Russian administra tion. That Erzeroum will! be permanently occupied is the conviction openly expressed in authoritative circles in Till is. THE SITUATION ON THEJ DANUBE. On the Danube a new element must be taken into account in defining the present situation or diacussiug the probabilities of the future, namely, the Servians, who, it is confidently asserted, have occupied the chief positions on and near the Timok, with 20,000 men and 45 guns, under General Hor- vatovitch. Their headquarters and 10, 000 i u r nrvA . l men are ssam w w aw jegvuu, o.uuu men ai Saitschar, 2,000 at K I ad ova, 2,000 at Poglova and Bliuvanovatz, and a second corps, 8,000 to 10,000 strong, is said to be concentrating at Banjol, under R in ko Alempich. From Gruja, on the Roumanian bank of the Dan ube and Radujevatz, on the Servian!, is a chain of sentinels to Turnseverein and Kla dova, within call of each other, to watch and give notice of Che movements of thejTurks; Russian or Roumanian detachments also oc cupy Kerb and Ostrov, 'islands in the Dan- ubSoppoi(e Torn.evekin and CiganaMK6"' nce'.raa hardly eatertai,, " F , 7 1 an idea of an aggressive movementon h.r The system of Russian advances seems to be that points first occupied by one. corps are ceded tp another as it marches up, when tht first continues its march' to the real destina tion. . Thus the men are. spared the tigue of continuous march, while the line remains unbroken. The Turks have in Widdin about 60,000 men and thirteen ..batteries ; in Adlic. 3,4UUmen UUU lour uaiMJUCD , m xiicgu,a, . . .wv iiicu ou ixw, TUU v talions at Sofia, with six batteries and 4,000 Basm-Bazoufcs mrtner oown inenanupe. The RUSSianS Will pitbably" CTOSS IQ IOXCO between Orsova and .Nikopolis and again be tween Slstova and Rustcbuk. To oppose this the T?urkahave at Orsova five batalions and one battery ; at Nikopolis, eight battal ions and two-batters and about 2,000 cavalry, besides a garrison of 2,000 men ; attiistova are five; battalions and one battery ; at Rust cbuk isi a" field army Of 56,000, with 64 guns ; a tSilli stria. 32 000 men : atSehuinla. 52 bat Tlal. t , n't' ai:ra- Qw., on ...it. . , . r - THEIiEFT WING, r The left wing of the field army Is 43,000 to 50,000 strong," and rests on Widdin, 20,000 . men garrisoning the fortress. The centre rests on Bustchuk, where the garrison is also 20,000. ; The right-wing in the Dobrudsha will consist of 45,000 men, to be made up of forces from Silistria and Varna, each of of which will retain a garrison of 16,000. A reserve of 64 battalions is to be formed at mmla, which would bring the Turkish field army up to 220,000. But these 64,000 reserves are as yet in the future. . The Danube is still too swollen and rapid to admit of an attempt at the construction Kof a bridge.. The. destruction of another Turkish monitor in the Match in channel will tend to further paralyze the efforts of the Turks to obstruct Russian operations by means of the Danube flotilla. J. WILKES BOOTH. ABSURD STORIES ABOUT HIS REMAINS-f-!, THE TRUE STORY. A number of absurd stories are going the rounds of the press as to the disposition of the remains of J. Wilkes Booth. The latest is by Capf. Oliver P Leslie, of Pittsburg, who states the body was sunk in a lake seven miles! below Alexandria, Va. The incontro vertible facts are as follows : The remains were ordered to be delivered to the friends of Booth by President Andrew Johnson. John H. Weaver, the undertaker, of this city, wassent to Washington by is family to bring them here for interment. A box was taken up from the arsenal building and delivered to him. It was brought by him to Baltimore, and was examined by him and a reporter of The Gazette at his room on West Fayette street, near Holliday. - They found in it a skeleton wrapped in an army blanket. When the blanket was taken off the skeleton was covered with a powder having theappear ance of soap-stone, and on being rubbed between the fingers it disap peared just as soap stone will do. ' On the right foot was an army shoe, cut open at the top its eotiie length, as if to accommodate a swollen foot. On the other was a large cav alry boot.- The reporter of The Gazette ex amined the bones in and above the shoe, and for some time could find no Injury. Be lieving the remains to be those of Booth, the reporter made a persistent examination, and at last discovered the leg was fractured clean through just above the ankle. The fracture was clearly marked, and the portion below the fracture being lifted out of the b6x, the ends of the bones were of a pure whiteness, leaving no doubt as to the fa?t that Booth m leaping from the box had-fractured his J lez and not sprain 3d it. Stil l, thp identity of the remains were not satisfacto rily established, especially as there was no portion of the spinal vertebrae missing and no mark of any bullet upon them. A bro ther of Booth's was sent for, who was told by Mr. Weaver of the doubts as to the iden -tity of his remains, and Mr. Weaver request ed him to think of some peculiarity; If any existed, in the structure of his brother that would forever remove any doubt. After thinking for a brief while the brother said all that he could remembetwas that his j brother had a tooth plugged; with gold in a n peculiar manner. He described the location gf jthe tooth, and drew with a pencil the shape of the plug, which was of unusual size. The teeth were taken put, and the tooth was found plugged just as described by the brother, and foraver setting at rest any question of the identity of the remains. The remains were buried in Greenmount cemetery in the same lot with his grand father, father, and other children of the axnlly.Battimore Gazette. 1Uh. , FRANCE AND GERMAN! . How seriously the blunder of Marshal' MacMahon's unwise ahti -Republican advis ers has affected Europe is manifest In tb prompt recall ef Bismarck to Berlin, and hi instant appearance at the capital of the Ger man Empire. The only interpretation that can be put upon this movement is that the turn of affairs in France is regarded by the German government as so serious as to de mand the counsel of the ablest mad Ja the Empire; and not only that, but that the emergency was so pressing as to admit of no delay; . For all this, however, the present threatening condition of affaire may pass harmlessly away, for neither France nor Germapy can: desire war at this time. Franceiin the last six years, has learned erand lesson of the priceless value of peace, f nd Germany, though naturally watchfu i and Jealous , of the slightest questionable part looking towards war. ; Though largely the gainer in a money part of view by the result of the war of 1870 '71, tha money did not compensate her losses in other ways and an augmentaiion of such losses she is too wise to Incur without strict, unavoidable necessity ."-PAftodpAia Ldger, -
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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