The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-08-26

LONDON, Aug. l6.-A Standard dispatch from
Belgrade says There Is q sudden change In the
position OF parties. The peace party had enter.
-tained anticipations OF the success Of their policy
in consequence Of the hopelessness OF the military
situation and the return OF Prince Milan from the
field, but the arrival OF the Russians and other for.
eigners 10 enlist In the army, has been taken adj.
vantage Of by the war party 10 create the belief
that one power at least will support Servia In is
good or evil fortunes, and the talk now Is Of con
timing the war. The Turks purposely retard their
advance 10 give opportunity for negotiations , but
the peace party are not likely 10 succeed until the
Turks win another victory.
A dispatch from Constantinople 10 the Standard
reports that q plot for the betrayal 10 The Serylans
OF the Turks military plans has been discovered
at Nisch, and several STAG officers have been ar
rested.
A Standards Vienna oorresponaep. s,.o,.
that the leaders OF the Seryian agitation I'm the
south OF Hungary have been indicted Tor high
treason, for conspiring 10 excite civil war.
special 70 the Daily Telegraph reports that the
English Consuls at Belgrade and Constantlnople
have been directed TO inform the Servians and The
Turks respectively, that n they will consent 10 a
mediation by the Powers, England IL willing 10
act.
BELoaADE. Aug, I2.--Prince Milan has arrived
from Delegrade. The Turkish forces attempted on
Tuesday last 10 break through the Servian lines at
Javoor, but were completely repulsed, and nearly
all OF them were killed. General Rancho Olympus
has been strongly fortified and held by Tchernay-
efrs army, while Colonel Beckeris army occupies
the mountains on Timok and Moravia lines.
The atrocities committed by the Turks In BulRa-
ria and Seryia are reported beyond description.
vienna, Aug. lL-A dispatch 10 Ia Sofr of
Paris. asserts that the Turks ~contlnne 70 massacre
Christians In Bosnia. Many villages are empty,
their inhabitants having been slaughtered. Terri.
BILE atrocities have been committed, and hundreds
OF bodies are coating down the Drina. Inquiry
into the acts OF the Turks In Bosnia In Imperative
ly demanded.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Ragusa correspondent OF
the Times says that the Porte has repealed pacific
overtures. declaring IL will risk everything. The
Porte also persists In employing Circassians, and
It is reported that Disraeli 10 about TO be raised 10
cons6eld. 4
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-The Consular and Diplo-
matte Appropriation bill, a. passed by both Houses
makes provision for the United States Minis-
ter at the Sandwich Islands, the House receding from
it's proposition to degrade the mission TO q Consulate.
wAsmsoTos, Aug. 1s.-The disagreements Of The
Senate and House on the bill authorizing the aooep-
lance Of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's new
iron steamships to carry the mails on the China and
Japan route, were settled by the Conference Commit
tee. and the bill has been finally passed BY both
branches Of Congress without any material change
ia the provisions heretofore telegraphed.
7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Gen. Sherman states
that he has received q similar report to that pub
lished yesterday, stating that q terrible battle had
taken place between Crook and the Sioux, and that
the latter had been almost annihilated. IL was
brought to Red Cloud Agency and sent 10 him from
Laramie; therefore be says there seems 10 be more
In the squaw's story than was at 6rst con-
sIdered probable. D.
The Presidents proclamation places Colorado in
the Union as the Centennial State, adding 10 the
field Of the Gag q thirty-eighth star. While the least
populous of all the States, there Is none, perhaps.
that gives more promise Of O brilliant future. A
vast portion Of the territory Is useless for the pur-
poses of agriculture, bat there IL still another por-
tion-the alluvial valies Of the water-oourses-caps-
bic, with irrigation, Of producing most Of The grains.
fruits and vegetable products common TO Q salubri-
Gus and genial climate.
II was rather annoying, 70 say the least when
the new clerk Of a Boston merchant, who had just
been Initiated into the mysteries OF the trade mark
inquired in a lond voice as q customer demnrrcd
TO the prie, . What shall I sell this for 7 II m marked
four dollars and a hall, and cost nity cents.'-
BeSOR AdUeTttser.
Il thought the pesky thing was q waAercooler, y
remarked q fat lady from the country the other
day, when o Centennial policeman ordered her 10
stop iooling with a Babcock 6re-extinguisher,