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hjj,.,, Jf.jipnnmy jfgaygggppf 1 i THE ADVERTISER. THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1877. At Constantinople the publication of war now9 Is forbidden. Philip P. Wilcox haabeen appoint ed U. S. Marshal for Colorado. Thos. A. Osborn, of Kansas, has re ceived his commission as Minister to Chili. Ex-Gov. .Noyes, of Ohio, will sail for Europe as minister to France, some time In July. Caterpillars were bo numerous on the railroad tracks In England last week that the trains could not run. porting the Russians, and the Rus sians are supporting what Is It? Christianity? freedom of religion and conscience? If not, then how much better are the Russians than the Turks. Those who do not believe the Jew has as much right to the en joyment and praotice of his religion as the Christian has is no true Chris tian, does not Avant to benefit human ity, but is a narrow minded bigot and fool. "Benny Havens, oh !" is dead. He departed this life at his home near West Point at the good old age of 90 years. Senator Morton and the committee to investigate Grover of Oregon, have gone to Portland, Oregon, tu attend to that duty. Ex-Gov. Hendricks of Ind., leaves for Europe soon. A publio farewell banquet was given him at Indianapo lis on Friday evening laBt. From 15,000 to 20,000 people attend ed the soldier's reunion last week at Warsaw, Ind., The "Logansport Grays" received the prize of $100, in gold as the best drilled company. The Crete (Neb.,) Post and News have consolidated under name of the Union, a oopy of which is before us. It la a respectable looking, well edit ed paper. May it live long and pros per. Whare does that fellow live? we have sent him an X for three months and yet have not received one of his papers. Fairbury Times. O, whare, tell us whare! etc. There Is some satisfaction in the re port that the President recently aesur red a Louisiana colored delegation that waited on him, that justice should be done them to the fullest extent. The Wisconsin State Miller Asso ciation held their annual meeting at Milwaukee on the 6th Inst. Sixty five millers wore present representing three hundred and twenty run of stone. They report that wheat all over Wisconsin is sunering from drouth. The Chicago limeshas discovered a mare's nest, with the hen on, iu read ing over the new constitution of Ne braska. It refers to that olause which provides that "the Legislature ta" fix maximum railroad rates, and pro ceeds to show that said provision will drive capital from the State and pre vent the further building of railroads within our borders ; that the Union Pacific will, for Ibis reason, start its branch for the Black Hills from Chey enne, In Wyoming territory, rather than from Sidney or some other point in Nebraska. The Omaha Republican and Herald botli repeat the toot, and throw themselves into spasms equal to children cutting teeth, over the terrible condition of affairs ! Was ever such nonsense heard, or read of? The clause in the constitution referred to Is simply of no effeot whatever. It is of a portion of trash thrown into the constitution, for reasons no man can tell. It confers no powers the Legislature would not have possessed without It. Had the constitution been silent upon that point, the Legislative power would nave been tne same as it now is. Had the constitution pro hibited action, or specially legislated upon it, as It foolishly did upon other matters, that would have been quite another thing. To say only that "the Legislature may" do thus and so, does not amount to a row of pins. The term "damphoola,'" so freely used by the papers named, in referring to our constitution framers, so far as' this particular matter is ooncerned, is more applicaple to the editors of said papers than to the Nebraska constitu tion makers. Our Legislature, we be lieve, has done nothing toward legis lating to fix railroad rates thus far. Until it does something foolish in that direction, we repeat, it is nonsense of the first water to be blowing Buoh raw-head and bloody-bones trash as we have read of late. The Union Pa cifio company has built new roadB under the now constitution, other companies have done the same, and will continue to do so as wants and circumstances may demand. the lowest and most degraded forms of government, and therefore should be overthrown by all republican gov ernments. Governments are instituted for the purpose of restraining and prohibit ing the evil passions of men, and of promoting and protecting their bett interest, and that, therefore, it Is the dutj' of a government to use ail its power to make it easy as possible for men to do right and as diilicult as possible to do wrong. We believe that in the security of the home rests the seourily of the state ; that woman is by her very na ture the acknowledged guaidian of this sacred shrine ; that intemperance is the greatett enemy ; therefore we claim that the daughters of this com monwealth, as well as their sons, ought to be allowed to say by tbeir votes, what laws shall be made for the suppression of this evil, and what persons shall execute the same. We recognize the teachings of the Christiun churoh to be a mighty bul wark in the support of the peace and prosperity of the state, and we bail witii satibfaction tho the deliverance of various ecclesiastical bodies, to the effeot that fermented wine he banish ed from the rites of divine worship. Iowa now has a prohibitory law of BOOie kind, but in many localities, whertiJta enforcement is most needed, it is not enforced. The Riohmona" Whig regards Eng lish Sparrows as a pe$t and nulsanoe. That paper says : The English sparrows are-cnuHlply-iug rapidly in and about the dltr. and the most ordinary observers cannot have failed to notice that as they in crease our native birds diminish. They have taken exoluslve possession of the capitol square. Birds that formerly frequented and enlivened It with their songs have been driven off by the greedy, pugnacious English sparrows. These latter band together and mob every native bird that dares to intrude upon tho places they have taken possession of. If that's the effeot to drive away our birds of beautiful plumage and sweet song wo don't want any Eng lish sparrow In ours. General Grant. Gen. Craig, just returned from a trip to California, tells the St. Joe Herald that all Southern California Is burned up, with a soarceiy a blade of grass to bo found. He says tho sheep raisers are killing tbelr sheep by the hundreds, just for their pelts, and feeding the little lambs to the nogs. The seventeenth annual convention -f the brewers of the United States met In Milwaukee, Wle., on the 6th lust. The president, In his annual address, claimed that brewers are the true apostles of temperance. Steps were taken toward making an effort toliave the revenue law so amended ns to do away with brewers' special tax and bottling tax. A good many christian Individuals believe that Bob lugersoll is promised mu uncomfortable corner in hell for time and eternity. Exchange. If a big lot of brains will send a man to bell, Bob may be lost, and if hii extremely meager amount of drains is necessary to the avoidance of that sulphurous looality, those "good many christian individuals,' may consider themselves in no danger. Referring to Roger A. Pryor'a "shilly-shally'' Decoration Day speech, tue Columbus, Ga., Enquirer gives t:e ex-chevalier the following square one : As usual with all compromise men, he attohed all the odium of secession on the politicians. Our reoolleotion 1 he was one of the moBt ardent of tho5o same politicians, and a terrible poor soldier. Hon. J. B. Weston Ib mentioned in political circles, as the coming man for governor of Nebraska. The audi tor would make a numberone govern or. Beatrice Express. And wbatmakes the auditor emi lantly fitted for the position, is, that that he hails from Beatrice. If we are correctly informed, Beatrice oould j;ot scare up a man who would not "make a number one governor." A cable dispatoh from Bath, Eng land, gives an account of the falling of a bridge which spans the river Avon at Widoombe. A train of ex cursionists of about two hundred per sons were on the bridge, when it broke suddenly in tho middle precipi tating bridge, people and train about forty feet Into the river. The remark able part of the report is that only about twelve were killed and thirty or forty more or less hurt. The State Greenback Convention of Ohio met at Columbus on the 6th lust., and nominated a State ticket as follows : For Governor, Stephen Johnson ; Lieutenant Governor, Jno. B. Powell ; Treasurer, Jno. Junkins ; Supreme Judge, Samuel E. Adams; Clerk Supremo Court, Chas, E. Bon sall ; Attorney General, Murshall O. Wagner. The platform adopted de clares that throughout the entire country labor is either unemployed or denied its just reward, and all indus tries are paralyzed, and that this has been brought about by cross legisla tion and mismanagement of national finances, and that as neither the Re publican or Democratic party propose any plan of rollef, the convention deems it wise to reaffirm the princi ples of the National Independent party, which supported Cooper and Cary. The resolutions demand the unconditional repeal of the specie re sumption act, and the arrest of the present plan of centralization, and de clares that the prerogative of the fed eral government is only to supply currency, and that all moneys, wheth paper or metal, should be issued by, and bear the stamp of the govern ment; and deolares that paper money issued by the government should be made receivable for all its dues, a le gal tender In payment of all debts, and incontrovertable Into bonds brar ing an equal rate of interest, will af ford the best circulating medium ever discovered. It declares in favor of abolishing all banks of issue; favors the remonetizatlon of the silver dol lar, and making it legal tender for the payment of all oolu bonds, but opposes the Issue of bonds for the purchase of silver bullion for coin age ; favors the taxation of U. S. bonds ; a re-enactment law taxing in comes, and deolares It the duty of the government to foster and encourage the development of the resources of the country ; that labor may be fully and profitably employed, and a gen eral welfare established and Beoured. A telegram speaks of the extent of the Mt. Carmel calamit', as follows: The calamity which has befallen this city has not been overstated by letter writers to papers of metropoli tan cities. Fourteen blocks of beau tiful homes and business houses are lu ruins, a hundred families houselesB and helpless, a score of dead and over seventy badly hurt in a population of 2,500, a loss of not leBS than $300,000. Is too heavy a load for the heart-stricken people to carry alone, and help must come from the oountry at largo. Any aid from cities or towns that may ha sent to R. S. Gordon, mayor, or Judge T. J. Shannon, of the banking hmiBe of Shannon & Beal, chairman of the relief committee, will be wisely and faithfully appropriated. The reception given to General Grant,everywhere in England, are most magnificent ovations, such as were never before bestowed oil an American. A London telegram of June 8th, to the Inter Ocean sayB : On the 23d General Graut will dine with the Prince of Wales. Tub will be the grandest entertainment of Gen eral Grant's vMtin point of rank of guests. The date of the dinner with Earl Derby is not fixed' ih conse quence of the absence of the Counters of Derby. Neither is the date of the Queenjs dinner fixed, on account of her Majesty's absence. Earl Beacons field's dinner has been deolined on ac count of other engagements. The ex President takes precedence at every entertainment of all others, of the roy al family. General Grant will leave London on the 27th of June, and prob ably go to Paris. Great preparations are being made at Guildhall for the reception ofGen eral Grant ou Friday. The General, on his arrival, will be received by the Lord Mayor and corporation, and be conducted to the library, where the Chamberlain of London will present him the freedom of the city, accom panied by an appropriate address. Upward of 800 guests will be invited to meet the General at breakfast, which follows the ceremony. The Queen's ball and concert at Bucking ham Palace has been postponed, the former until June 22, and the latter until June 27, in consequence of the funeral of the Queen of the Nether lands. Earl Granville will p'rcelde at the banquet to be given by the Reform Club to General Grant. The Oxford University honorary degree ofD. C. L. will be conferred on ex-President Grant on Wednesday uext. Es-PrP8ident Grantattended tte ag ricultural show at Bath. Hh recep tion was enthusiastic ; the Mayor pre sented the addreBS, and the General responded. o g State News, Mrs. R. B. Hayes Temperance Society Tho Boston Transcript wanted" to know, you know, if the steady old Traveller of that city wasn't going to 1rop the South as an issue, and the Traveller replied : "Not so long as the Houth tolerates murders for opin ion's sake. Not so long as trial by jury is a farce for the amusement of one elass alone. Not so long as the rights of one single citizen are violat ed with impunity. This is not a na tion of cowards and sneaks that they should abandon every right for the sake of sham peace." A Vienna N. Y. Jlerald correspond ent sends news that the Romanians at Doroban recently plundered and outraged in various other ways, more linn one hundred and .fifty Jewish "amih'ee. Everything of. value was akea and ten murders committed, lbs Boaianians, you know are sup- The fact is patent to all close observ ers In this part of the state that we owe Immunity from the young locusts mostly to the birds. The birds had destroyed nearly ail of them before the rains came. Keneaaw Times. Well, how often is the Times going to ohange its mind? if it ever had any real mind about it. It for awhile was rather of the opinion that the prayers of Governor Jf iilsDurya peo ple had wakod up and enlisted the sympathies of Providence, so that Providence had sent rains to destroy the hopper. Now, it seems, that it was not the elements at all, but the birds, and that the birds had destroy ed nearly all of them before the rains came." But Prof, is it not just as natural for a grasshopper to die if eat en by a bird as if it were drowned? And isn't it natural for a bird to hunt something to eat ? Ulyses Grant formerly of the tan yard Is over in London on a huge splurge. Atchison County Democrat. Just so! His notoriety as a first class Tanner has gone before him and the scholars, soldiers, statesmen and sovereigns of Europe are giving him such a welcome as no American ever received. The Queen of England has already accorded him honors never before shown an American Ciaizen, and yet the Democrat Is not happy. Atchison County Journal. That which made him so famous as a tanner was the tanning of whole ar mies of bucIi fellows as run the Atchi Bon county Democrat. The following incident given by the Inter Ocean Washington correspon dent, "Curtis," is rather pleasant reading for those who love to see the Temperance ball roll ou, and the Temperance banner raised, every where, especially at the very head of our government: Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes' temper ance society, of Washington, has at tracted some attenti' n through tiie newspapers, and attempts have been made to bring it into ridicule, but It is unworthy of them, and Is reully doing great good in a quiet way. Its origin was interesting and peouliar. A num ber of local newspaper reporters were sitting in the police station the even ing after the Grand Duke's dinner at the White House, and were discuss ing Mrs. Haj'es action In regard to wine. It met their unanimousapprov al, and the opluion was concurred iu by all that the example thus set in the White House would have an excellent effect upon official life here, andBocial habits throughout the country. One of the number who was notoriously a bard drinker surprised his fellows by expressing a violent admiration for Mrs. HayeB course, and declared that he would quit drinking until wine was re-introduced into the White House; and he bound himself to the vow by "shaking handB on It" all around. Several others in the party were accustomed to drink occasionally but, feeling a desire to strengthen the man who had just "sworn off," they all joined him in the pledge, and It was then determined to notify Mrs. HayeB of this immediate and direct effeot of her example. In disoupsing the method of notifying her, one of them proposed that they form a tem perance society to be called by her name, and invite other newspaper men to join It. The proposal was un animously adopted, a pledge and cer tificate of membership was written out and signed by .all present, eaoh sol emnly swearing on tho police court Bible to abstain from all intoxicating liquors, and to do all in his power to secure abstinence In others. One of the reporters thought the best way to notify Mrs. Hayes would be to publish an account of the organ ization of the eooiety and send her a marked copy of the paper. Merely an announcement was made, and notice given incidentally that a meeting of the eooiety would be held at the Cen tral Police Station that evening. Muoh to the surprise of the boys the idea was very popular, and about a hundred people attended the meeting, filling the police station to overflow ing, so that there had to he an adjourn ment to en adjoining ball. Since thn about three huudred have signed the pledge, and meetings are held each Tuesday evening, whloh are largely attended. The Nebraska state dental associa tion will convene at Lincoln, July 25th. A man named H. Weaver, at work on the Midland railroad between York and Seward, was killed by lightning op the 7th Inst. The roof of a sod house in Filmore county fell in, last Sunday, killing two ohildren. Saline County Union : A little girl, daughter of Mr. Beohle, living near the Big Blue, slipped into the river on Saturday, and was drowned. A Bohemmian paper is soon to be started at Wilbur Saline county. A convention of school superintend ents and principals will be held at Plattsmouth July 9th to 19th, inclu sive. W. S. 8tretoh, former editor of the Falls City Journal, it Is said, will be the editor of the Record, the new pa per started there. Pawnee City Is mskiug arrange ments for a grand Fourth of July celebration. Seward is going to celebrate Inde pendence Day, The membership of the Lincoln Temple of Honor now foots up the astonishing number of 280. It goes up like a mushroom will it go down with similar rapidity ? WQihpnfi not,. A water epout burst on Bell Creek, Un the Elkhorn Valley, Neb., on the 9th, flooding the valley and doing much damage to crops. Omaha Republican of the 11 Inst: The river was 17 feet 1 iuch above low water mark yesterday, and there Is nn alarming expanse of water from bluff to bluff About half the fires iu the Smelting Works have been extin guished. On the other Bido of the river the street cars to the Transfer have been abandoned, the track being over flown. The storm on the evening of the 6th blew the roof off the new peni tentiary at Lincoln, and did consid erable other damage in the vicinity of Lincoln, and west and north of that oity. receipis for the year will fall little, If any, below the estimate of $120,000, 000. An American whaling schooner re cently was subjeoted to quite an In dignity by a Spanish cruiser. The schooner had stopped on the Keys south of Cuba when she was boarded by the Spaniards, hsr papers demand ed uuder penalty of punishment, and after they were produced the Ameri can was detained four days, the cap tain being kept In close confinement. The Spaniards will fool around our ferocious government until an apolo gy will be demanded if they are not very careful. John Roswell and wife, but recent ly married, went boat riding on Row er's Lake, near Grand Rapids, Mich,, lat week, and both were drowned. A farmer named Taylor, near Jack sonville, 111., on the 4th, while plow ing, was struck by lightning and killed. A man named Ryou, a section boss, was bitten by a mad dog, near La Selle, 111., last week. On Monday of this week G. W. Fletcher was hung lu Philadelphia, for murder. A Sioux City dispatoh says .a tramp one evening last week stopped at the house of Dr. Frazey, and finding Mr9. Frazey and her daughter the only persons about the house, made threats of personal violence unless they filled hlra up In a hurry, when Mrs. Frazey brought a revolver to bear on the ras cal, and told him he would get filled up with lead unless he continued his journey very quick. He didn't wait to be tilled up. Philip West, a farmer living near Danville, 111., on the7th, shot his son-in-law in the belly with a shot gun. Family troubles the cause. Mrs. Ernest Schmoe and Miss Rein king were drowned near Columbus, Ind., on the 6th. . A ohlld of J. Sonneberg, at Fond du Lac, Wis., was killed on the Gth by a passing train of cars. John MoCoqnell. aged 15, was drowned at Angola, Ind., on tho 6th. A son of Rev. Hagaman, 9 years old, at Dubuque, Iowa, was killed while trying to climb on some flat cars. At Elkqart, Ind., on the 6th, Wm. Shook was killed while coupling cars. The circuit court at Decatur, HI., on the 7th, sentenced to the Joliet prison Oliver Surbaugh, one year, for gery ; Paul Mack, three yeare, for bur glary, and Michael Haokett, eight years, for manslaughter. The court also sentenced Nick Webber to pay a fine of $40 and go to jail twenty days, for selling liquor without a license; also $400 fine for for selling liquor on 8unday, being guilty of twenty counts A negro named Levell shot another negro named Swan, near Little Rock, Ark., and then beat the corpse with a hoe until stopped by their fellow la borers. Cause Levell's wife. Benj. F. Prescott was inaugurated Governor of New Hampshire on the 7th lust. Thomas Howlet, near Toledo, Ohio, was unloading timber from a wagon, on the 7th, when a heavy stick fell on him, killing htm instantly. Wm. McMillan was murdured at Silver Plumb, Colorado, recently, by James Jones. He was stabbed through the heart. Holy Banners of Russia and Turkey. FOREIGN NEWS. NEWS SUMMARY The temperano people of Iowa held a State convention at Des Moines last week. Some very pertinent resolu tions were passed, from which we ex tract as follows : We" recognize intemperance as the great social, moral, financial and po litical evil of the present age; that It is not an acoldent of intelligence and refinement; but one of the worst rel ics of barbarism ; has always been the moving cause of crime ; has produoed things Crops in Illinois We call attention to the follow ing reliable statement from the Chi cago Inter Ocean of the crop prospects of Illinois. It may serve in a meas ure the purpose of shutting up croak ers in Nebraska : The Hon. 8. D. Fisher, Seoretary of State, 'has complied from the reports of correspondents in all quarters of the State a synopsis of the condition of the crops in Illinois, which is said to be reliable, and from whloh the following faots are gathered : In twenty-seven counties of the State the prospects for wheat Is report ed bad ; in thirty-seven tolerable, and In but four, good. Corn Is reported tolerable in twenty-four counties, bad in seven, and good in but three. The fruit prospect is said to be good in but one county ; tolerable in twenty-one, and bad in thirty-eight. From nearly every quarter of the State come aooounts of hog oholera, whloh seema to be particularly viru lent. The potatoe bug is also making his favorite raid, and, altogether, the prospeot is by no means flattering. It is to be hoped that more favorable weather will Improve the condition of A reoent disastrous conflagration occurred at Bridgeport, Ct., on the 7th Inst. A wall fell, crushing to death a dozen people. The value of buildings and property destroyed will approximate $500,000. John Tyler, Jr., son of the ex-President, has been appointed inspector of customs at Richmond, Va. A $300,000 fire occurred at Galves ton, Texas, on the 5th. A prize tight between MoLaughlin of Brooklyn and Williams of Jersey City, recently occurred on the out skirts of Brooklyn, in a room. Twenty-one rounds were fought when Mo Laughlin was deolared the victor. C. W. Rogers, general superinten dent of the St. Louis and San Fran cisco railroad, has received informa tion of the capture of four of the band of miscreants who ran the train off the track near Wooden Station, on that road, recently, with the evi dent intention of robbing it. It ap pears that a young man named Oli ver, about twenty years old, who lives near Richland, was suspected of hav ing something to do with the diaboli cal deed, and was arrested and taken to Richland, and there he has con fessed and given the names of the par ties engaged in the affair. Geo. Gib son, Allen Greenstreet, and James Long have been arrested and are now under a strong guard at Richland. There are four others who are oon neoted with the gang, but they have not been captured yet. Young Oliver sayB an ex-convict put up tho job and led the party. The intention was to run the entire train off the track, and then, under the guise of assisting the wounded, rob the passengers and plunder the train. A ten thousand pound nugget cf pure lead was recently discovered In the new lead dlceins on Short Creek. Kansas. A man named Wood was .found hanging by the neck dead In Lafay ette Park, St. Louis, on the 7th Inst. At PIttston, Pa., on ibe 7tb, the roof of a coal mine fell, killing two men named Dean and Jordon. The aggregate internal revenue re ceipts for the fisoal year to Juno 1st have exceeded the total reoeiptsibr the same period during the last fiscal year. The returns already foot up in excess of $111,000,000, and theimpres- I fiinn nfc Mia ripnnrlmnnf a thoWVm full , . e w fclio 4M j A London dispatch speaks of the reception of Gen. Grant in London, us follows : The reception given by Pierrepont In honor of Gen. Grant was a most brilliant affair. The house was su perbly decorated with flowers. The large drawing and reception rooms were crowded from 10 until 1 o'clock. AC least one thousand persons were present comprising all the best and most ditinguished of English and American society in London. Grant reoelved with Mrs. Pierrepont and shook each person's hand. Pierre pont received with Mrs. Graut. All members of her Majesty's cabinet were present except Lord Beoonsfleld, who was ill, and almost the entire diplomatic corps attended. The London correspondent of the Edinburg Scotsirxan telegraphs as fol lows : In ministerial ciroles there is renewal of the uneasiness which pre vailed when Russia declared war as to the part this oountry will shortly be oalled upon to take. This feeling has been strengthened by the general con viction of high military authorities that Russia will be completely succea ful, and, so far as Turkey is concern ed, be able to dictate her own terms. At one or two regimental dinners last week officers of the highest rank ex pressed fears thatEngland would soon be at war, and that so far little has been done to prepare for the evil. Be lief is also growing that our govern ment will be left to carry out and de fend its own policy ; that Austria which is only a probable ally, cannot be depended upon, and therefore it would be wiser and fairer if the pre mier and oablnet would frankly de olare what they would do If Russian troops direotly threaten Constantino ple either in Europe or Asia. A Vtena dispatoh says : Since com mencement of the great heat health of the Russian army has become worse. Financial difficulties are ap parent. For the last fortnight troops have not received additional war money above their regular pay. Rus sia owes besides twelve million francs to Roumauian railways. In military olrcles here opinion gains ground that Russians will not cross the Danube. They expect such decisive success in Asia that every condition of durable peace may be seoured from their ef fects. An official report from the govern or of Herzegovinia confirms the re ported defeat of Montenegrins and Herzegovinians on the 4th Inst., with a heavy loss, by Suleiman Pasha. A Constantinople dispatoh says: In order to avoid any conflict In the Suez canal, navigation will be free to all vessels except those of Russia. The University of Oxford has offer ed General Grant the honorary degree of D. C.L. (doctor of civil law.) J Itwass'ated as au Important fact some weekB ago that the Russian reg iments after their arrival on the Dun ube exohauged the imperial standard for the holy banner of the Greek Church. Another statement was to the effect that every regiment was given, in addition to the national standard, tho church banuer repre senting the religion and the tradi tions of the old Greek Empire. This Indicated, It was held, the purpose on the part of the Czar to wage war in the name of the church and iu behalf of the persecuted Christians of Tur key. The Russian Imperial standard is yellow, charged with thedouhle-head-cd eagle of Constantine the Great, symbolical of the Eastern and West ern Empires, which were united un der ins rule. This emblem Was adopt ed by Ivan I. on his marriage with a princess of the Greek Imperial house. On the breast of the eagle, which is black, are emblazoned the ancient arms of Russia. St. George and the dragon, on a red field. ThiB imperial flag is used only on creat occasions. The common naval flag of Russia Is a Greek crosa in blue on a white field. The holy banner of Russia, orof the Greek Church, is in imltutiou of the military standard adopted by Constan tine the Great in commemoration of the appearance of the cross in the fky when he was on the march against Maxeutius, the claimant to the throne of the Westesh Empire. On the eve of the decisive battle that ended in the defeat of Maxentius, and the union of the whole Roman Empire uuder Con stantine (A. D. 312), the Emperor, it Is stated, saw, as in a vision , the cross in the sky, with the words, 'By this conquer.' He was the first Christian Emperor, and his great deeds and great conquests are associated with the atandard of the Greek Cross. On Constantine was bestowed the title 'Caesar,' and many writers have claimed that the title Czar bad Its ori gin iu the title bestowed on Constan tine the Great. The Russians repre sent the religion and the spirit of the old Greek Empire, and under the ho ly banner of Constantino and the church make war against the enemies of the old Eastern or Greek Empire. Turkey, like Russia, has two flags, one the imperial standard, represent ing the power oi the Ottoman Empire and the other the flag of the Prophet, symbolizing the Mohammedan relig ion. The national or imperial flag is red, with a white orescent and star. This flag was the device of Diana By zantine, the patroness of Byzantium (Constantinople), and was holateu first by Mohammed II., after the capt ure flf Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. The Mohammedan flag, or the flag of the Prophet, is dead black. There are two stories as to Ibe origin of this flag. Tradition has it Cfcat the origin al flag of Mohammed was mide from the white silk of the turban belonging to the chief of the Koreish, the tribe to which his parents belonged and the first tribe he vanquished. He soon substituted the black flag, however, making It from the curtain which hung In front of the door of his favor ite wife ; and this is the sacred lelio, which, parsing from Mohammed to Omar, the second caliph of the Mos lems', after many ohanges of hands came into possession of the Sultans of Tnrkej'. It was brought into Europe bj Sultan Amurath III. about the olose of the sixteenth century, and has been religiously guarded by his successors ever since. When it is unfurled a religious war is proclaimed, and theMohammedans throughout the world are called upon to defend the faith. The black flag has been associated with the mobt re lentless and cruel wars of history ; with the wholesale slaughters ai d pi raticnl acts of the Turks, when ani mated by a spirit of fanatical hate and has become the symbol of war to the death, of a war In which no quarter Is granted, no prisoners taken. But the flag of the Prophet is not responsible for tiie bad reputation of the 'black flag' of murderous warfare. The character of the early wars waged In the name of the Prophet suggested the black flag as the emblem of war to the death. The unfurling of the flag of the Prophet means now that the Sultan of Turkey calls on Mohamme dans of all nations to assist him with men and money. Inter Ocean. MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1877. Greatest Shaw on Earth THE GREAT MASTODON? SIXTH ANNUAL TRIUMPHAL TOUR. Great European Zoological Association,B!rseti34i,R oy al Colosseum, Monster Toplogical Institute, Asi atic Caravan and Gigantic Moral Double OIRCCrB I SELLS BROTHERS, - Proprietors and Managers. An endless array of glenm, slitter, jrold. glint and jjlumor ; n dnzzllLg dream of the Orient exemplified in real Istlc splendor. Over Five Hundred lien. Women. Children and Hortes. The cnrlaln falls on small phow ! A new era In amnsemonts ! Fifty years ahead of the limes ! Old fupy plnu5 discarded t Stenm, elec tricity, nerve, capital, talent. I. ralus, energy and experlenco combined, make this fie M S w i Hod era lues EVERY vHARJ.C!H. NATXOI7 O.M SASTH REPRESENTED. Our special features In the Menagerie ore II T.T1TTWI5 UB 2JF( H Gi5 fss4 BVl ii &&& A W& J- A 3U A Voice From Toombs J7TTC AUOr Imported at a coat of Eighteen Thuaand Dollars in Gold, The great. Behemoth of Holy "Writ. "Upon earth there is not bU like." Living African binmi, vrajgunig two ions; living Glratfs. twelve leet high. Living BIncfc RtUnoecros. "viug i wnw uuui, wnnn Ainrau usiricu. a wiuie i.ariariun jane, hockj .Mountain Moose, Water Bnjralo from Indln. eight Dromedaries. Asiatic Elephants, African I'm braclla Elephants. Bed Stag of India, Cazemblan Blesg Bock, Caffrln Impoon, the Spring Bozk, the only WhlteZebmevercaptured.Japane.se Tiuers, thirteen African Lions, Bra zilian Tigers and Jaguars, African Wart Hog, Cougar, Puma. Kangaroo. Monkeys, Apes and Baboons. Birds Horn every olime. Nac Arnek's trouno nfSnnkn Ohnrmon m.uyiva Omaha Republican. Bob. Toomba does not diapalr of the confederacy yet. He tells ua this, in so many words iu a tspeeoh delivered at Hot Springs, Ark., on the evening of the 31st ult. He tolls us that he is still "proud to worship the glorious Confederate flag now as I did on the battlefields of Virginia, Marylaudand Georgia" and congratulates theBtates of the late confederacy that" they are again masters of their own desti ny." It is true, he says, that the old constitution has "perished" and that we have "what is called a new con stitution, which I regard as no consti tution at all' and that we have amend ments thereto which "I detest and ab hor and will never recognize them as a fundamental law." Something, too, has been gained. "Our friends of the north" "have found that there is no safety except in the great princi ple of state sovereignty. The election in whloh he took no part has turned out well for the south. "Hayes got in, not by his own act he Is there by the folly or Incapacity of the present democratic party. Hayes is president de facto. I paid little at tention to his promises, but he has done all that Tllden could have done bo far as Louisiana Is ooncerned. He has given them baok that jewel, whloh makes all else possible State self government." It is under these clroumstances that Toombs, lifts up his voice in a strain which, ifnotthe most triumphant that can be Imagined, is perhaps tiie next best thing to the realization of his promise that he would yet call' the roil of his slaves at the foot of JBunkor Hill monument. "Though poor and battered, yet with the heavens above you, with strong arms, stout hearts, you are again ready to struggle for prosperity, security lib erty and order. I congratulate the southern states that after all the de vastation and ruin which have over spread them, especially ourslsters who lost tho glorious confederate Hag, which I am proud to worship now as I did on the battlefields of Virginia, Mayerland and Georgia, that they are again the masters of tbeirown des tiny. I congratulate them upon the change after tho defeat and disaster of ten years, that they are the masters of themselves, and as ready again to defend right and liberty and the re publican government. It is true that the old constitution and all those pal ladiums of liberty thrown around ua have perished. It is true we have what is called a new constitution, which I regard as no constitution at ail. and the amendments I detest and abhor, and will never recognize them as a fundamental law. Let as hang our banners on the outer walls, neith er ohagrined by treachery, disheart ened bv desertion, nor over-awed by defeat," dens of living Snakes, one mile of crrstal enclosed Anacondas. Ron rnnatrirtor'n n...iw- Cobras, Poisonous Asps of the Nile. Horned Pythons, CntaluqucB and specimens of nearlr every reptile on earth, a den of performing Crocodiles from tho blue river Nile, first Penn ine Egyptian Crocodile ever exhibited In America. Koyal gif1T T AC'T'TTTW Troupes from Five Great Nations of Iho earty In tho most JjAjJLiJt3j mj JUL wouuenui penorinuuce ever been in a snow. WONDERFUL EGYPTIAN ATHLETS, Twelve in Number. A TROUPE OF HINDOO J UGGLARS, Five in Number. EL NASHO ARABIAN MAMELUKES, .fourteen in Number. TROUPE OF FRENCH ACROBATS AND VOLTIGEURS, Seven in Number. THE SATSUiMA ROYAL JAPANESE, Eight in Number. The GRAND EQUESTRIAN CONGRESS and Moral DOUBLE CIRCUS, The Largest, most elegantly conducted nnd equipped Arenlc Exhibitions that ever traveled. FOUR, GREAT CLOWNS. MR. JOHN L. DAVENPORT, bnaKespcrlan Jester. MR. JOEL DAVIDSON, MR. WILLIS COBB, MR. NICK WHITE, Tho Southern Clown. Folly's Plenipotentiary. The German Clown. K! . Another Great Feature- fey' iimi Mi Willis Cobb's Celebrated Troupe of Performing Dogs, Goats nnd Mon keys, includlnghls famous Miniature Circus Hiding Dogs, Riding Mon Keya in bareback and hurdle acts ond the funniest entertainment ever witnessed, Biding Goats, Bidin Monkeys, the celebrated fight-rope performing Mcnkey. "Jack Dar win," the Hurdle Riding Monkev 'Billy Muldoon," thefemolebound ingjookey, "Tony Hart," the only monkey on earth that performs the La Perche Act. His dogs, nine In number perform a greater number of fea s than ail the other troupes in America combined, led by the world renowned dog clown "BLOS3," the -11,000 Olialleiic i0ff W- GRAND, LIVING, MOVING PANORAMA Cowards of two miles In length. Fifty Chariots. Oace ami nnn never saw mu rnic uuiorc. this maKiiIflcent Following will appear in uuiifitr hjc jorceoiiM (irtirior, t L-harlot will appear Prof Louis Aeck's rpioi.Vr. ,i,.,V"ar,0JL- "e1 the train of Elephants, clad In th ritiV. .!"."'? ' oruet. appear the Odeu Den of Lions. Heated ami Itwlllpaytoseclt. You ted m Band. Then comes the cage contalnhiK the Llvlnir Hippopotamus, or Behemoth of ?ES?. ?9? Also, the Ponderous War Chariot In India, or the Car of Jugcemaut Taftnr Whfi5,yr,t pear me uoiossu i narjot oi vneops, urawn f i-ignt Arabian D-o'ne.lVri nft . ." nP. . nve monster African Lions wfirnnu.E!." ::-'::'' 'r tno uunrlot of. escorted hv n parisoned, and- wnuest Im- owsrronn.i Jn.i il" "!" u"- Grand Free Balloon Ascension ! Which takes place dally, weather permlttinK. Prof.LaMonntnJnn.in., In his monster Alr-Shlp "America," the largest Balloon ever ninniVroen,J tothoelouds- ucaireu, rroi. la Mountain win tauo wnn mm members of tin i.rT. ."..:"- v "enever nis journey to the cloud-land. uonier visitor irainor, iuiro hu.ihiihi, me nero vi Xiwn Jvintrs: sue I narlnt nf v Kronos.and th monster Steam Seven Octae Piano will uimenr thn.i.i forming a grand HlppMlronntl scene of bewllderiuir splendor tu.J' agination of Oriental Magnificence. This srand spectacle will take Dine i wajitu ". mcuniijii r.uiiUlJi.l.1 niiDiv, visiltnesll tors on A3- SPECIAL NOTICE.-The Managers of the Euronenn si,o,. public that they do not permit any gambling, lotteries civn.iwL w's,,est inform tho monte, or any other nefarious tricks frequently practiced bv atiZh 8caIQe- three card as there will be nothing In the shape of double-dealing pormUtedl traveling shows. Two Exhibitions Daily, Bain or Sliine ! Doors open at land 7; Begins at 2 and 8 P M ADMISSION TO ALL, OKI,Y 50 CEHTS' Children under 9, - - - 25 Centa wvxailo Positively the moSi complete and thoroughly first-olasa exhibition travel W 4 ii - t -"rf. - .-,.