The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-08-23
Foreign.

A dispatch from Gabrova says, according
to reports received there, that the Turks
have burned the hospital at Eski Saahra,
which contained eight hundred sick.
Dispatches from Batoum to August IA,
describe a great exodus of Circassians from
the Caucasus, as a consequence of the with
drawal of the Turkish expedition. Fifty
thousand people and one hundred and fifty
thousand cattle are awaiting embarkatioh
for Sukum Kaleh. Hobart Pasha has i'm
provised a jetty by mooring small vessels
walking aboard the vessels. A frigate and
transport had arrived at Batoum with one
hundred thousand emigrants.
The German Government has seriously re-
monstrated against the Turkish atrocities,
and intimated to the Porte the absolute ne
c~essity for stricter discipline. At Kustendji
August 10, there was a panic, owing to the
bo~mbardment of the place by the Turks.
Kustendji was occupied by only two regi-
ments of the Fourth Army Corps, and one
battery. They were to evacuate the town.
Meanwhile, for the protection of foreign
subjects, an English steamer has arrived in
port.
The British Parliament has been pro-
rogued till October 10. The Queens speech
in reference to the European War, indicates
present satisfaction so far as England is con.
cerned.
An Imperial decree calls to arms all Rus.
SLAMS hitherto exonerated. Those who have
served, but not yet attained their fortieth
year, will be divided into national guards
who may ultimately be sent to the seat Of
war, and national guards for protection ant
internal security.
A dispatch from the Viceroy of India
dated August Is, states that the general i'm
proyements in the crop prospects in Madras
Mysore, Bombay and northwest, was main
tanned the past week. Rain is still mucl
needed in Punjab,~ Ragpootna and the west
ern part of the northwestern provinces
Prices of grain continue exceedingly higl
throughout the famine districts, but in Mad
ras they are slightly easier than the weel
preceding, and still are lower in every par
of that presidency than in the worst parts Q
Bombay and Mysore.
On Saturday, August is, the Russian,
numbering thirty-fve thousand infantr,
ten regiments cavalry, and one hundre
and ten guns, attacked Mukhtar Pash
along the whole line, extending fro1
Magarajikh to Yakinlar. The c~annonad
began at seven in the morning, and at 81
in the evening the Russians retreated i
good order to their encampment pursue
: by the Turks. The Turks lost one hundre
and sixty-ive killed and wounded, and tn
Russians one thousand two hundred.
Some critics appear to think that tn
Russian advantage lies in continued inactio
and further concentration, but the increa
ing ravages of disease in the Russian cam
, is al offset against the arrival of reel
fercements, and may compel their Genera
to attack Plevna or Rasgrad before strateg
) cal considerations would authorize such a
undertaking.
: 1t is reported, also, that public opinio
in Russia is powerfully affected by tt
failure before Plevna. The echoes of tn
dissatisfaction may reach the army in til
; field and tend to tempt the military a,
visers of the Emperor to urge some ente
> prise that might well be deferred ii
stronger forces can be arranged.