Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-14
h Herzepoxinia The Serxians have opened

in Herzegovina. The Servians have opened
subscriptions in aid of the insurrection, and
much excitement prevails in the princi-
pality. .... Count Androssy the Austrian
Premier, who was on leave Of absence, has
returned to Vienna on account of the Here
govinian complications........The Vienna
Prose- says it has reason to believe that
Prince Milan's object in going to Vienna is
to sound the government and ascertain
whether Austria intends to preserve
neutrality, even if the insurrection is pro.
tracted whether she will not recommend
the Porte to redress the evils which nave
caused the present disturbances; and, hnaiiy,
whether she is inclined to support the de-
mands which the Servian government con-
templates respecting the development OF the
independence of Servia. The PreSse con-
cludes that if the Austrian governments re-
ply is not altogether in the negative, it will
be because Turkey is at fault for showing
lack of energy at the commencement
of the Herzegovianian insurrection.........
From st. Petersburgh we learn that fire
broke out in the town of Briansk, Govern
ment of Orel, and ragged for three days,
when it was extinguished by rain. Two
thirds of the place was destroyed. The in
habitants became panic-stricken during the
conhagration, and fled to the fields for safety.
1.-THE London Times financial article says
1t believes arrangements are in contempla.
ton which will result in the payment of
Duncan, Sherman d Co.'s circular notes in
the hands of travelers......Four striking
workmen on the st. Gothard tunnel were
killed, and eight wounded, in an attack
upon them, a short time since, by the Swiss
troops. The rest of the strikers have re-
sumed work. ... The Levant Herald says that
the Government has authorized the circula-
ton of the Bible in Turkey.
Colonel Baker, the distinguished English
man who assaulted Miss Dickinson in rail-
way carriage, has been sentenced to i'm
prisonment for twelve months, and to pay a
fine of $500 and the costs of prosecution.
..... 4 special to the London Daily NelrS re-
ports that the Revolutionary Committee of
Herzegovina has issued and widely crcula-
ted manifesto advocating the incOrpora-
ton OF Herzegovina and Bosnia with Servia
and kilograms announce
that the strike in the Oldham Cotton Mills
is almost universal. Eighteen thousan d
operators are idle
A dispatch from Madrid says the Alfonsist
troops continue successful. The Carlists
are evidently approaching dissolution. Liz
zaraga, with three thousand Carlists, is in
the citadel at Leo dc Urgel The Spanish
funds have risen, owing to the improved
prospect. official dispatch announces
that Gen. Meyler has routed the Carlists
under Saballs in Catalonia......A dispatch
from Imoschi states that news from the scene
of the instruction in Herzegovina to the
2Sth of July is that the Turkish troops de-
feated the insurgents in recent encounters.
The Bishop of Mostar has induced the in
surgents at the town of Gabella TO abandon
the instruction and return to their homes.
Hans Christian Andersen, the great poet
and novelist, died at Copenhagen, August 4,
aged seventy. liabilities of Dacosta.,
Rsalte & Co., OF Leadenhall erect, London,
whose failure was reported July l, are now
stated at 50 NC 900.