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071 T'T"W 1U Vy': ' " l,;... . ti iTis ii' 11 11 - 1 ' ESTABLISHED FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, AND TO EARS AS HOXEST IIVINC BY THE SWEAT OF Oil BROW VOL. 1X.-NO. 37. KUGENE CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1876. $2.50 per year IN ADVANCE. tS&e Guam Mty uarfl. CEO. J.BUYS.Pro'p. RATES OF ADVERTISING, - Advertisements insertea u ioiiow. i J in nr 1am nni inurtfnn m, square, . - . ....nnirtiiiiilL Cash required in l3i each advance Time advertiMrswffl be charged t the foUowing rates! One square three months ( six months IS 00 I 00 n one yer r.ni.nt notices In local column, JO oenU 12 00 per line each insertion. Advertising bill will be rendored quarterly. All Job wor must be paid fob oh dilitkbt, POSTOFF1CE. .Office Hour. -From ay. to7p.nu 8undayt Mail arrive, irom iw""- - 10 a m Arrive, from the north and leave, going o.ith at 1:33 p. m. For Biuialaw. Franklin and Long !TatBV :J Si . Wln.dH. For Crawfords- ille Camp Creek ond Brown.ville at I tm. litter. wiU be ready for delivery half an hour after enval of train.. Letters .hould be left at the office n.l,.uDeor. "-"j:XgATTERBQN,p,M CHUBCUES. BiPTWT CHOBOB.-H. O. Davenport, pastor. 8er- Ticevery bunouy at u a. m. p. tkhouUtlp. m. - Prayer meeting every Friday veing."" " . .w .. ', u pr,r-o-A. O. Faiichild, Pastor. Service. at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Chbistus-G. M. Whitney, rastor. 6ervioes by special announoement. SOCIETIES. t - i Nn 11 A. V- and A. M. iUUKIB Uuw .v I - -- Meet. Bret end third WeHnesdays in each month. mjtu, Srixrr Euwt ixroai no. v i. u. -r r, v xfantM ntf.rr TuMdav eveninff. 33sF ,... V.r.v.UT No. fl. W, ,1 niHftTIWlM .... . meets on the Jdand 4th Wednesdays in each month. rnGmDORRis ITTORSEl" AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ' Office on Willamette street, Eugene City. G. A. MILLER, DENTAL BOOH8 IN DUNS 8 ;; ' BUILDING.'' ''' Eugene City, Or., ProWses DENTISTRY AND ORAL SURGERY DR. JOHN HERRBOLD, SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, Underwood's Brick Building, Up Stuira, r?r Respectfully offer, hie services U. K-S'Sl the citliens of this plaje and viem UjTfTtTjitv.ln all the branches of bit pro- enion. The Latest Imptorementi in Plate Work exeuuted in a eatisfactory maimer. 8TOCK 13 CASH, and All Work Must be Paid or on Delivery. DENTAL. DR F. WELSH has opened Dental Room nernrantly in Underwinid'a building, Eugene City, and reapectfully eoliciu a share of the pub- ' UefecTby permission, Dr. J.R. Cardwell, Portland, Oregon. A. W. PATTERSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office on Ninth Street, oppoalte the St. Cbarlea Hotel, and at Bealdence, ICUGrKUrK CITY. OREGON. OR. GEO. W. ODELL. Office Up Stairs, first North of Aslor Hons., EUGENE CITY, OREGON. Tor eonvenience oi mu aau i.in . aecounUwill be left in charge of O. M. COOPEil, En., opposite tne .tone .wire, -r ifed toci)llwttheime. It it fully "Pf6 all account, for service, will be presented for pay Bent in -thirty day., and collected in sixty. Eugene City, April ith, 16J4. h. ALVEKSON, PHYSICIAN- SURGEON , and-; DRUGGIST. 081 te on east side Willamette street, near cor ner of 7th, adjoining law office of J. P. Brown. Special attention paid to diseases of the Longs, and all cases ot chronic diseases. - BFiiioa8 Success In practice and attention to business. r Chas. M. Horn, PRACTICAL GUNSMITH. .DEALER IN GDN3. RIFLES, rnii Uatprisla. Renarinni' done in the neatest style and Warranted. Sewing Machine, Mies, 'Locks, etc., Kepaired. Guns loaned and ammunition furnished. Shop on Ninth Street, opposite Star Bkery. JEWELRY ESTABLISMEXT. a aiJkifaPtf -f-Ta : J. 5. LUUKtl, XQ Clocks, Watches, Chains, Jewelry, etc. ., Repairing Promptly- Executed. . & All Work Warranted. j?J J.S. LUCKET, POST OFFICE BCILDINO. V, WfUanette Eighth 8U., Eugene City. For Sale. TWOOOOD . ; ; DWELLTNO HOUSES, Whiek are UKty luoaiod aad will b auld at a iar gala. Terms easy. Enquire at errrw. of5. ,AA. C'DEB WOOD. Bpnk-and Sfalionery Store. , POST OFFICE BCILWSG.'rXGEXE CI! f . I have oa hand aad snarnosuntly rrteiviac so aaaoitiaeat af tte Bt rVhool and M"n'n.ii'KM onk. turnery. Blank Books, Portfolio, Cards WalieU, Btanks. Pertmonaaes, etc-, etc. All or ders, piospU; tiZO.. A, S. PATTERSON. MB BEN. F. DORR IS, l' " DEALER IN ' " Stoves and Ranges, Tin Ware, ' ' 1 ' PLAIN, FANCY A JAPANNED Shovels and Tongs, Fenders $ Fire Dogs, Cauldron ? Wash Kettles. Hollow, Iron and Ccpper Ware, PORCELAIN, TINNED & BRASS PRESER YING KETTLES, Driven Well & Foroe Pumps, Lead and Iron Pipes, Hose npes and Hose IN FACT, Everything belonging to my busi ness, all of which I will sell at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. JOB WORK Of all kinds done promptly and In a latisfactlorr manner. WELLS DRIVEN PROMPTLY ' AND Satisfaction Guaranteed. By attention to business and honorable dealln hope to merit a share of your patronage . ja6 BEN. F. DORRIS. All pei Bona knowing themselves iiv debted to me wi'l please call and ' BE1TLE WITHOUT DELAY. 3. F. DORRIS. THE 1IAYEMR MARKET ! . BECKER & BOYD, Proprietors. KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND, BEEF, Veal, rORK AND MUTTON. Dried Meats of all kinds. Trd, Tallow, .to. Will sell Beet in chunks from S to 5 cents. GEO. S.WALTON. AARON LYNCH. FIRM IVEW AND NEW GOODS. In Dorris' Brick Building. Walton & Lynch Have formed a copartnership for the purpose of carrying on a general Grocery and Provision Business, and will keep on band a general as sortment or Groceries. Provisions, Tobacco, Cigars, Nuts, Candles, ' Soaps, ' Candles, Crockery, ' Notion Wood and Willow Ware. Green and Dried Fruits, Cured Meats, . - 1 Etc, Etc. , f ' They propose to do business on a CASH BASIS, Which means that Low Prices are Established Goods delivered without charge to Buyer ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE WANTED For Mii' b WK WILL PAY HIGHEST MARKET PRICES Eugene City Brewery. MATIIIAS MELLER, Pro'p. : Is now prepared to fill all orders ur LAGER BEER OF A SUPERIOR QUALITY. Come and se. for yourself. A good article needs recommendation. ASTOR HOUSE, B. C. PENNINGTON, - Proprietor. THIS WELL-KNOWN LANDLORD has strain taken charge of the A NTOR UOl'tSE, and has re-fltted and re-furnished the seme, and will keen it second to no house in the State. You need not fear to give him a call, for bis table will be aupplied with the beat the country affords. Charge, reasonable Come one, come ell. Carding and Spinnin rr HAVING PURCHASED the Machinery owned by C. Goodchild. I am now prepared to make all kinds of , YARN, BAITS, etc., For customers At the Lowest Living Rates. WM, IRVING. EUGENE CIT Y. O KEG ON OPPOSITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE SLOAN BROTHERS TTTLL DO WORK CHEAPER than say other T V abop ia town. H0HSES SHOD TOR $150, With nrw material, all nL Beeetting eld aboea t real. All warraated to c l !!"' Eiop on Eighth fit, opposite Hum pnref Stable. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Washington, D. C.j June 5, 1876 IIot weather has commenced in good ear nest and if w are to judge by the past what to expect in the future we may make up our minds either to be melted or burnt iuto cin dors in July and August, they having eeer been considered io this locality the hottest mobiLs ot the year. It is a remarkable fact that notwithstanding our broad aud aliv streets and elevated location, the mercury has indicated by several decrees a warmer temperature here than it has ever doue Bt New Orleuns. This is decoration day for those who fell ia obedience to a sense of right "on the oth er side," and a pleasing feuture in the ob servance of the occasion is the presence of quite a large number of Massachusetts sol diers who have courteously proQured their services to assist io decorating the graves of the Confederate deod at Arlington. There will be no speech, only religious services and decoration of the graves. The prominent topio of conversation is the bluine investigation, and us the case now stands it has cast a stuio upon Mr. lilaine's hitherto unblemished reputation as a high minded and bouorable gentleman. What the result of the investigation may be time alone can determine. The present status of the case is this : Two gentlemen, Messrs. Fisher and Mulligan, the latter at present treasurer of the Globe Theatre, Bostuu. hav ing been summoned before the Committee on the Judiciary, now investigating Mr Blaine's connection with the Fort Smith Si Little Rock railroad bond nutter, had in their possession some fifteen letters of Mr Bluiue's to Mr. Fisher, who was at the time they were written the pioprietor of a Urge sugar refinery in Boston, Mulligun being his chief bookkeeper, and having with Fisher's consent the letters in his possession These letters, it seems, if exposed, would be very duinaging to Blaine, not only iu relation to the mutter now under iuvestigutiou, but bearing very unfavorably in reference to the Spencer rifle contract. Mr. Blaine hearing that these gentlemen wereiu towu called up on them at the Rigs House, where ffany were staying, aud alter some informal con versation asked for the letters. Mulligan said be would permit Mr. Blaine to reuil them if he would promise to return them to bun immediately This Blaine promised, and ufter having read them be urged'Mulli guu to permit hm to retain them. Using ev ery argument he could think of. This Mul ligau posMvcly refused. Blaine then ask ed to be permuted to read the let tert again, and huving got thorn into his possession re fused to give tbem ut. Mulligan reported the facts to the committee, and on its assem bling yesterday morning Mr, Hunton, the chuirmau, rennwed the request that the li ters taken from the witness Mulligan be pro duced. Bluine replied that when first asked by the committee to produce the letters he had said before doing so be would consult counsel, and in fulfillment of tbut promise hn had consulted Messrs. Jere Black aud Mutt. H. Carpenter, who bad advised him not to produce the letters, on the ground that to compel hi in to do so would be un;usl ami tyrunical. They also hold ufter reading the letters (Gfteen in number) ihut they huve no relevancy to the question at issue. Alter Blaine had tefused to produce the letters Mulligan was questioned concerning that one in which be says Blaine acknowledged the $64,000 transaction. He proceeded to tell all he knew about it. Mr. Kerr has received a friendly letter from B. F. Butler, baying that not a decent man, woman or child in the United States believes one word of the charges against him (Kerr), and he begs Mr. Kerr not to allow it to the least to annoy him. He character izes it as an infamous conspiracy, and the facte now developed show conclusively that Butler is right io bis estimation of the whole affair. Dkm. TUB ELECTION-ITS LESSON, From the Mercury. The election just past, as well as the two preceding ones, aro fruitful in lessons which the Doruoeracy of this State will do well to heed for their guidance in tho futuro. The lesson taught is the importance ot adhering to the party organization and the danger of going outside ot that organization and entering new ones for the purpose of effecting a reformation in the administration of governmental affairs. For two or three years past the telegraph and the public press all over the land has been teeming with revolutions of tlie malfeasance of Radical officials, until the public sense of justice has become dulled and the p iblio stomach has become nauseated and its conscience hardened to such an extent that ras calities which a few years ago would have aroused universal indignation, now pali on the public sense. This state of affairs caused the conserva tive element of the Republican party to make an effort at reform. Thi-ir political prejudices prevented them from giving in their adhesion to the Democratic party in its endeavors to accomplish the same ends ; but they must needs organize a new pa. ty and raise a cry for reform, charzing fraud and corruption against all political parties. This had the effect to draw off unthinking and well meaning Dem ocrats from their owu organization and eaus-ed them to give in their ad hesion to the new party movement. The effects of this movement upon the two old parties, in this Slate, has been marked and important. In 1871 the movement was partially successful and the inroad it made Oon ib Republican and DemcK-ratie Darli'-H a a uat eiiua'u Dal in ih- olppt'nn J -i -t ri.r.!t a inai's.eil rhan've has taken place. Tho. uew party - t. t marked than before. It has resulted in defeating and disrupting the Dem ocratio party in many of the Demo cratio counties, while those which were Republican before, are Republi can still. In Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Lane, Benton, and Polk, nitnerto classed as Uemocratic coun ties, tho Radicals have in whole or in part been successful, leaving tho Dem ocrats defeated and demoralized. This indicates that the Republican reform element has gone back on the new party movement and gravitated back into.their old party affiliations ajain. This action on their part has boon brought about, partially by their strong political prejudices and par tially from that deadened sense of the public conscience caused by its lanuiiarity with tho prevailing cor ruptions existing among the high ofH rials of tho Radical party. TlU'se lessons should be heeded by Demo crats in the future and serve to guide their acts to a closer adherence to their own party organization. The fatal defect, to Democrats, in tho new party movement is that it was started and carried out by its origina tors for the purposo of forming a new Republican party. Failing in which, the originators have fallen back iuto the old party lines again, leaving their Democratic adherents in tho lurch. In their misguided ef forts to effect reform they "took to the woods" only to find themselves deserted and betrayed by their false guides. J, here is but one possible way in which reforms can be effected, and that is through a united Democratic party. Another important election is rabidly approaching; at which time a Congressman from this State is to be elected and a candidate for Preside! tpf tho United States voted for. In view of the important bear ing the action of this State may have upon the political attairs ot the Na tion, it behooves every Democrat in tho State to work consistently lor his party. All personal jealousies and bickerings should be laid asido and each individual assist, so far as he may be able, in the thorough organi zation of his party. Let no false beacons or special pleadings allure you from the organization of your owu party. Remember tho lessons of the past Let the experience gamed by them inlltience your political ac tion in the future I Cu.ler on .TlcClellau. It seems that Custer's greatest sin is not his evidence showing that ho made known the traffic in post trader snip to the government four years ago. That to bo sure was bad enough, and his making known the faot alter Belknap's detection was worsot His exposure ol the politico- military scoundrel Meirill was also a sin in the eyes ot all good Kepntili cans; but in his last number of "War Memoirs" in the Galaxy" ho has done the unutterable thing, lie has delib erately gone to work and praised General McClellan for the organiza tion and discipline ot the army of the Potomac, and furthermore stated it as his opinion that McClellan was a soldier "whose mo ual abilities were of a higher order, aud whose military qualifications and knowledge were su perior to those possessed by any ofh cer who subsequently led the army of the Potoraao to battle. Taking into account that Grant was one of those who subsequently led that army to battle, it is plain that Custer considers the man who emerged Irorn the war as its hero, in ferior to him who has been held up as its great military tailure. His opinion on that piut will not be deemed so singular aa it would have been several years ago. People are beuiumug to take a comprehensive view of the evenn of the war, and Grant's campaign against Richmond, will his immense force, bis absolute power, and the hearty co operation ot the administration, though finally suc cessful, will hardly stand comparison with McClellan's campaign iu 18G2. Custer says that although McClellan lacked experience in large commands, which those who followed him pos sessed, yet he was so nobly endowed by nature and education as a leader, that be would have put down the re bellion without difficulty, if nothing had opposed him but the Coolederate armies in front. Speaking on his honor as a leader the writer bluntly adds - - - - "The defeat of McClellan was not the result of combinations made either in the Confederate capital or in the camp ot the Confederate army, but in Washington. It was the re salt of an opposition whose birth and outgrowth could be traced to the de nominating spirits who, at lime, were largely in control of the Federal GovernraenL It was not the open onuosition of cnemiea in his front, bnt the half hidden interference of I foea in Lis rer. that succeeded in 1 marring the complete success of Mo- movement nas resulted in almost a total failure, but its effects are no less the Bii General Custer gives instances from his own experience to prove the truth of this statement, and in recall ing tho intrigues of that time many will be inclined to put faith in his facts and the inferences he draws from thorn. It is stranco at this day to hear one ot the popular soldiors of tne war re echo so clearly the bittor charge which McClellan himself made from Savage's Stition fourteen years ago, to Stanton : "If I save this aimy now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other per sons in Washington. You have dono your best to sacrifice this array." Alter we have attained success wo aro apt to be content with tho grand result. - and seldom stop to reckon what it has cost us,' or whether it might not have been attained by wiser aud cheapor methods. There wore many crimes and errors commit ted in tho couduol of tho war, but at a lime when tho peoplo aro suffering from its financial burdens, and begin to realize that tho departmout of the Government which was thought to have been most ably conducted adopted a policy which threatens us with ruin, Lusters assertion that things might have been better if Mo Clellan had not been overthrown, will be read with keen intorest. "Equally well satisfied am I that ho could have suppressed the rebellion, restored peace to tne country and brought back the seceding States in such lime and manner as would have shortened the struggle, saved to the country, both north and south, the blood ot thousands of its best and bravest citizens, 'and spared the na tion a largo, if not tho greater por tion of tho heavy debt now borne as one ot the inheritances of the war." But it McClellan had succcooded in putting down tho rebellion he would have been elected 1 resident, as his enemies well knew, and the Republi can party would have gone to de struction, and wo should have no carpet baggers, no Credit Mobilior, no liiitlerism, no Grantism. no Twoedism, no Bulknappery nono of those things that now exalt and em belluh our civil sorvioo. Kismet. It was fated. A". Y. World. Solid Political Flank. The Richmond, Virginia, Dispatch made the following suggestions to the Slate Convention, to ho incorpo rated in the platform declarations: First, that the South needs, and de mands, a change ot inlets ; Secondly, that she will support any candidate who can carry in the JN oi th Mates eno'ugh to elect him ; Thirdly, that she has no sympathy with the fanatics in Ohio, who have eluvatod the ban ner of bogus financial theories above the banner of honesty, honor and re form, but that sho will gladly sup- fiort whatever candidate may be se eded by the Democratic Nutional Convention; Fourthly, that sjiu is unwilling to place it in tho power of the fanatics ntoresnid, to adopt the policy of "rule or ruin," and thereloro declare in favor of a nomination by a majority vote. f Appoal for the Wanklujfion Ittou- nmenl. John B. Blake, Secretary of the Washington National Monument So ciety, has issued a patriotic appeal to the people of tho United States to contribute to aid in finishing tho monument. The amount necessary to finish it is estimated at 150,000. The address concludes as follows: ''What more fitting time for the people throughout the land to make their grateful offering to this noble work, and show their reverence tor the Father of His Country than this Centennial jubilee of universal rejoio ing for the possession of our glorious free institutions aud our amazing progress in all that makes and con stitutes an enlightened, powerful and great nation. We appeal to minis ters ot the Gospel and superinten dents of Sabbath-schools to take up collections on Sunday the 21 of July next. Above all, wo appeal to the sovereign people, tho impregnable bulwark of the nation's safety, tor the means ot completing the monument. We respectfully request that all con tributions for tlw Washington Monu ment may be sent direct to- J. B. Smith, Treasurer of the Washington Monument Society, Washington D. C. We ask of the liberal and patri otic Press ot tho country to give this appeal one insertion, if not more, during the interval between the pres ent time and tho 4th of July ensu ing." Hard Time la koala Carcllaa,. F rasa the Charlestoa K.wr The Judge oi the Court oi Cora raon Pleas at Barnwell, S- C, had to bring business to a sudden halt last week to save colored jurors from starvation. They said they had been without food for a whole day, and could get neither money nor credit. Clellan's combinations for pression of the rebellion." The kind-hearted Judge proceeded to give them the following crumbs of comfort:" "Under the circumstances, I will bo compelled to disohsrgo'yoo, for I cannot keep you here in . a starviug condition. But you sea to what a condition you have brought the ooun try. You are not without blame, tot the men in office, responsible tor the' stoppage of the court were put there' by your votes. Hero we are in the month of May; there is no money to pay your Judge, to pay jurors, to sup port tho prisoners in jail, or to pay' the other expenses of the county. You colored voters are responsible' tor this thing, for by your voles the' bad mon who have brought about this lamentable state ot affairs wore oleotod." A precession of dead men lately" passed through Santa Fe. There were' twenty freight wagons, and each wagon was a hearse, loaded with the" remains of soldiers in different stages' of decay. These had been buriodjOne' by one, randng through a period of several years at Fort Craig, and ro cently the remains were ordered to be removed to the Government cemetery" at Santa Fe. Tho bodies were ex humed, packed in cunny-sacks, and' each labeled, just like sacks of ore. Only one body, that of a Liout.Drew, was transported in a colli n. the offi cer perished of thirst on tho Jornada lei Muoita six years ago. Ilia ro-- mains, when exposed to inspection at Santa Fe, presented a rather natural appearenco. The tongue, or what re-' niained ot it, still protruded from tho mouth, evidencing the suffering at--tending his horrible death. In tbia- singular and ghastly procession .were 140 bodies, liaeh gunny-sack was dropped into a separate grave. There' were no religious or military services or ceremonies, ami the men hired to" accompany the procession tossed the sacks of bones about with as little care and feeling us they would boxesr of merchandise. From glory to a gunny-sack I what a reward for horo ism ! Three WaaMuatou Salary Sliavera. From the Washington Cluroiiicle. , ' j i . , In the office opposite Willords's ovor Esbey's, will be found Tbomp-; son, Dean, and Burnham, disohargod Government ollioials, who learned their trade ot extortion in the depart ments. Thompson is night watch man on the Capitol police, and as he doos duly only every othor night he', has ample lime to devoto to bis Iiltlo biisinoi.8, which will cover - about- $3,000, kept iu steady circulation at from & to 10 per cont., yieldiug a nice title income ot tiom to $juu clear monthly profits'. Old Dean soon.' put $z,U00 into the business, made re-" potable by the unwarranted sanction1 ot chief and pay olorks io the various departments, aud be makes his mon ey yield 120 per cent, a year. Burn- ham was, until about one year ago, a messenger in the office ot tho Quar termaster General, where- be quietly plied his 10 per cent, business, Bkin- lug bis fellow messengers mommy out of $5 ot their allowance of 860.- IIo cooks, washes, and irens for hirn- soll, and sloops in tho back room of a shanty that he tents to some colored- giris. ; - , , ; , ; r THK DEAD ItlUllCIIANT' DIONEV. NkwYork, June 7. Numbers of letters are published to-day from per sons claiming to be relatives and heirs ot the late A. 1. blew art. lhO". letters are addressed to Mrs. A, T. Stewart, and some to Judge Hilton, and all tell the same story of hithortO" undiscovered relationship, and a de-. sire to share tho wealth of the dooeas-- ed merchant and millionaire. Let ters como from all Darts of the crlobo.- One is from a worthy in Icolaod, org- ing ine ciaima ot aiafnua -sou aqh Coriak; auother is a rathor cheeky epistle, from Mrs. Mattie Stewart,- . 1 1 . . L I J A . Walcrtown, N. Y claiming to be- sv deco ( of Stewart's. She says she -worked eleven years for him under' HIl HlMUllltJU 11UU1B. ilUULUDl UUUIU1U- nicalion come from the spirit land with a signature, and recommending to Mrs. Stewart the charitable distri bution of certain quack nostrums. Still another comes from oousin, namod Allen Stewart, of Proetorsolr Vt., who, unfortunately, was too- lata to see the latter Mr. btewart person ally. Several are letters from-orphans, several have certificates of personal identity and character attached, some ' are intensely pathetie, as in the case of Mrs. Hull of Manchester, who ad mils to having experienced great grief on learning of her cousin's death in the paper. These are specimens ot hundreds of letters- received by the executive ot Mr. Stewart daring tho past few weeks. Th Tribmt t Washington correspondent drawl startling pictura of what may b tba result if lb appropriation bill is sot fin ally passed by both bouses io less than tea days. The teat u res are that our ministers and consuls abroad will be recalled, tho army annihilated and the pot'al aervic ttopped. .