The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-20

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 5
sTEuIrI,EssF 1aHr,
81 lEEEGHADE, July 10. 70 6icids The Ser.
VANS drove enc ring or Osman paeha,s
army out of their iptrenc hinerfS, which the
Turks retook after receiving considerable
Endorsements.
Isergia has sent her last reserves OF II, oo0
to the front.
-Four thousand yptians and |, COO softas
have left soloDfca for the front.
Roumania has mobfl,zed q, 900 men.
interrupted. The Turks will meet them In
the field, as Mostar Is indefensible.
r Dispatches from Scfayonic sources an
nounee that the Turks have abandoned Ne
vesinii without fighting. The insurgents
have invested Gatschko. u.
THE LONDON TINES REVIEWS TIE SITUATION
ORIGINAL PLANS OF THE sERYIASs DIScoE-
CERFED-sTRANGE ACTION OF THE MONTE
NEGRINs-GREECE AND R0UMASIA PEACE
Full.
LONDON, July l9.-The Times in lead
ing editorial on the Servo-T Turkish conflict
says: i. 4
g The student Of the war pursues his in
quiries amid systematic fabrications Of vic
tory. Nothing is necessary to military sue
cess but Geographic apparatus, some know
ledge of location, and a ready imagination.
The most disturbing circumstance in the
present case is that both parties have line
OF telegraph. consequently oil that comes to
us from Belgrade is contradicted from Con-
stantinOple, and conversely. When two OPP
posing statements appear on the same day.
in the same column the most trusting reader
cannot escape from sensations OF disap-
pointment, irritation, and indifference.
We may, therefore, confine ourselves
to indicating the. main results rs
they appear at the present. moment,
and the position which neighboring
States have assumed or arc likely to
assume In consequence. 1t is certain that
the original plan Of the Seryian invasion has
been disconnected, and though undoubtedly
they have fought with the greatest courage,
they can make no real impression on the
main body OF the Turks. Granting the Ser
Wan claim that General Tchernayetf has SUI
fered no defeat; that he is still in advance
and has taken means to assure his commu-
nications, we still believe that he will in the
end have to fight for the security OF the
Seryian frontier. He. has but
small army, and the Turks probably even
now outnumber him. Taking into con-
sideration the numerical superiority OF the
Turks, the difficulty OF moving in such
country, and the Effectiveness Of General
Tchernayeff's equipment, we must conclude
that the war will continue to fringe the Ser
Wan frontier. The strangest feature OF the
campaign is the movement Of the Prince OF
Montenegro. He has force estimated ut
~ froy
other districts. He boasts OF great successes;
that he has beaten the Turks, or that they
have retreated before him, and that his men
would have made the port OF Kick useless
to the Turks even if the Austrians had not
closed it. He has entered Nevesinje and
threatens Mostar, but he is not cooperating
with the Servians. unless there be some
thing very profound in the plan OF the cam
paign. The notion that the Montenegrins
do not count upon the success OF their al
lies, and therefore go for what they can get
for themselves, begins to prevail. a short
time will show the truth OF this. Meantime
Greece remains entirely peaceful, and Rou-
mania urges her demands on the Porte by
earnest declarations OF neutrality, and will
probably keep quiet so long as she can"
Other Foreign Items.
The IASE VI SaTlAlS SloDbhhb, Ahaho6b
WITH SCUTTLlNG HIS SHIP.
LONDON, July 19.-Captain Stoddard, late
master OF the British bark Skerryvore, who
was arrested at Plymouth May 2lst on the
charge OF attempting to scuttle his vessel
while on voyage from Melbourne to New
York, has been acquitted, the Jury saying
that, although circumstantial evidence was
undoubtedly strong, they were not satisfied
about his guilt.
SUSPENSION IN LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, July 19.-Peters Brothers,
corn merchants, have suspended. Their
liabilities are supposed to be considerable.
Ldter.-Petcrs Brothers liabilities are esti-
mated at 100000 to S750,000.
BRIEF NOTES.
A deputation waited on a large meeting
Of cotton-spinners yesterday ut Manchester,
England, and persuaded them to postpone
the reduction OF wages one month.
The recent earthquake affected the Dam
ube basin from Passon, in Bavaria, to Pres
burg, in Hungary.