, 1877-10-05
Teleuraphic Summary.

IoxpON. Sept. SN-A ~'1>'cT
ssmcns,s,;,n oG vork'nemen, 10
bopor Of Gsu. Grant, was he'd yes.
t.riAy.
WisHrxGrcN, Sept. 25.-Leiiers
frcm Col. Corbin, Secretary Of the
Sitting Bull Commission says We
sIpect TO reach the border on the
Soth inst. Our latest sdvices are 10
this effect that his reclining Majesty
is enioying himself quietly in Cana
da. Expect US in Washington early
in November, perhaps as early as the
latter part of October. General
Gibbon telegraphs that Major Welsh
was at Fort Renton, few days ago
and reports Sitting Bull still north
of the line in British Columbia.
New YORK, Sept. 23.-The
Worlds" Washington letter, re-
ceived from public man on the Pa
cifc Coast, says the Pacific Coast
Delegation will urge upon Congress
at the coming session, the great no
cessity of some legislation on the
Chinese question. Thereport of the
Joint commission Of Congress on this
subject, was not even considered in
the last session, owing to the over
sbadowing interestin the Presidential
contest. A permanent Chinese en-
bassy, and Chinese consulship, at
San Francisco, will soon be sstab-
lished, it is said, and will contribute
TO the solution of existing difficulties.
Secretary Sherman has received a
large number of letters from promi-
nent Republicans, commencing in
high terms his Mansfield speech.
Some of the writer's, while commend
ing the speech as whole, crlticise
certain parts of it with severity. A
very prominent Western Republican,
writing in regard to the speech, says
his defense OF the Presidents order,
forbidding Federal officials to parti-
cipatein politics, would be accepted
as admirable if the order itself was
defensible. So many new appoint
ments have been made in the Treas
ury, and the pressure for places is
&C, great, that it found necessary to
order another discharge Of clerks. A
list of dismissals is now being drawn
up. The Presiden- has reached here
aud will have two weeks rest before
Congress meets.
LONDON, Sept. 21.-Wm. Henry
Fox Talbot, chief discoverer Of pho
Biography, is dead.
BELGRADE Sept 26.--TWo million
francs have arrived from Russia.
This is said to be the fnal install
ment of the loan. @
New YORK, Sept. 2S.-A special
from London says q correspondent
at Constsntinoplel telegraphs that
the'rumor prevailed in that city that
Suleiman Pasha had at last succeeded
in intercepting the communications
OF the Russians occupying Schipka
Pass with the town of Gabrott, Also
that the Turks have succeeded in
cutting Of the retreat of the Rus.
SLAMS surrounding them on all sides.
Another rumor prevails in CONSTANT
nople that Osman Pasha has achieved
an important success at Plsyna. 1t
is stated he repulsed ths Russian at
tack on the eastern redoubts. The
Russian loss is set down at 5000.
ERzERoUM, Sept. 2S.-Twenty
two thousand Russians have arrived
opposite Mutktar, Pasha's center, and
n battle is imminent. (
Russian staff officers in front of
Plevna express the utmost conf
dence that the place will fall into
their hands. There is an abundance
Of wheat and barley in Bulgaria and
very large crop Of Indian corn. If
the Russians can surmount the diff
Guilty of obtaining fuel they can win
ter in Bulgaria very comfortably.
VIcroRIA, Sept. 27.-An Indian
woman while bathing was pulled be-
meath the surface of the water by an
octopus OF devil fish and drowned.
The body was discovered tho follow.
ing day in the bottom'of the bay in
the embrace of a monster. Indians
dove down and with their knives
severed the tentacles Of the octopus
and rescued the body. This is the
hrst recorded instance OF death from
such q cause in this locality, but
there have been several narrow es.
caps.
Russia, evidently, and not Turkey,
is Europe's sick man now; but un
less the invading army can be ami
hllAted within few days, whic /. no
body anticipates, he will recover