The Lake County star., 1877-06-07

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ations by bad weather.
There are rumors Of peace negotiations.
It Is reported that Ardahan is re-taken
by the Turks.
The Christians are apprehensive Of an
| outbreak against them, and many are
seeking safety In flight.
The Moniteur declares that President
,AsoA&shOa Will pot Eesigp - any event.
lTke cllsuhe{ he = sda3iron Of the
Hif4 navy " Re4 iofdsrSd to aibral-
A tidal wave at Calloa on the 10th Of
May did vast amount Of damage and
caused general CONSERVATION. Houses
were washed away, piers bPpken up, and
shipping faest4pyed.f Ih& 1ourishing
town'of Iquique, the principal port for
nitrate shipments, Is lett as complete q
ruin now ~ u was AFTER the frightfnl
earthquake and inundation Of 1893. AT
africa the sea washed over the town To the
Fhill back ~ the church, and destroyed
! puch valuable prDpeftyy The wreck OF
tShe United Stateb steamer, Wateree, which
was carried inland a couple Of miles by
the tidal wave Of 1893, was again hoated
and carried q mile or two farther up
the ceast. The tower part Of Auto{egasta,
whSn 'Rss dssret e aepoTsss
completely destroyed. The smelling and
0ther wolks- s1eat the lshorp, were all
swept &wayc The shipping mt 'Pabi,lon
de Rico-and the gusno deposits suffered
severely, and sonnc half az dozen fine
vessels Rr6 reported ashore and complete
wrecks. The sea In spme cases IL stated
to,hsvs risen oyer sixty feet n
J.Lothrop Motley, the American his
tofiap, died in Ipnd0p ON the 18th.
Heavy rains, bod on ths Danube and
in the Capcasus, delay Russian operations.
/ tAdwtces from Tihis TO the 2ethdnst mem
tion only Reconnaissance and unimport-
ant oavslSy encPunters. -:
|. n IDldon dispsch nom Constantinopl
states that the Porte has made levies upon
the Christians fof 200, 900 troops,
from Batoum: The Russians attacked the
he ispss R'',%1S fo1cs wSioS The RSssians
brought to the. attack, and their persist
ENJOY against the gsllipg ,ireAof the Otto
| man artillery ssnd Infantry, they were
finally repplsed. leaving great number
Of dead and wounded, The engagement
lasted ten hours, during which time sev-
srsl close combats took place; The Daily
the report that the Russian left wing wa
repulsed in en- attack on Kara Kalisa.
The Turks re-occupied Ardahan after
the Russians had reduced 1t to ruins.
There are rumors OF peace, It is said
| that the Russian military and financial
resources ere not equalS %, tho .schieve-
ment Of the enteSprise into which Russia
has plunged. There is no enthusiasm In
ho Rsxoo nh nnvu
ganization Is said not to work satisfactor-
lily. To sum up, It is said that q talk
OF peace Is certainly in the wind. The
Grand Duke Nicholas takes pessimist
views of fthe.ampsigr. ss
Al Erzeroum all In quiet. At Kars
heavy rains continue, preventing opera
tions.
Some Bashi Bazouks crossed the DAN
| ube betwden Kalarash and Jalometza.
They captured fourteen militiamen and
cut off the calves Of their legs.
An official dispatch from the army OF
the Caucasus, dated May %, says that on
Monday Gen. Okloboskia, commanding
theN operations against Batoum, ordered
his advance guard to the left banks of
the heights on the left Of the Turkish
line. The enterprise was accomplished.
Meahtigne tdetachrpept asoended the
Kirtrisch, and, AFTER great difficulty, es-
tablished q position about four milee from
Khatzubani, thus cutting of the COM
munication between Batoum and the
population ofthe Kabetiti district.
A Times Danilograd dispatch says the
operations Of the Turkish army appear to
have at last commenced. The troops In
Herzegovina are moving toward Kristoz.
Podgoritza have occupied an intrenched
position between rSesta and Susritza,
close to the frontier inSBosnia.
Anarchy and suffering are on the In
crease. The bands OF Despotovitch are
utterly inefficient, retreating continually
before the Basin Bazouks.
A. dispatch says the Russians are con-
centrattng rapidly at Aghlavio and Turnu.
They are expected to commence move
ments almost immediately. The Danube
is falling grapidly. ss.S
Letters from Serjoevo state that great
battle has been fought with tho insur-
gents at Limo.
La Republique Francaise states that the
Chamber of Deputies will not vote the
budget while the Broglie Ministry re-
cordance with the advice OF NJ. Theirs.
Letters from Khartoum confirm the re-
port of q revolution in Darfur.
Fazloy Pasha reports from Sukum
Ksleb, under date OF May .28, that four
batallions Of trOopewlth some Circassians
defeated the Russians posted between
Sukum Kaleh and Krtais, capturing eight
mounted guns and squanttty of ammu-
milton. The Russiafis threw IL guns into
the River Kodrs and destroyed the bridge
after them.
A Ragusa dispatch says Che Montene-
grins have assumed the offensive and
captured Turkish block house near
Kristolz with the garrison and their
arms. ftuf btds~U-d yiff.7g@ Tpii
4; A dispatch from London says It is as
certained that the peace rumors lately
circulated there were only spread for
stock jobbipg purposes. ~ s., h,t
Another London dispatch says Great
Britain IL mobilizing her, troops, and the
general impression is that she will soon
sia.