The Portland daily press., 1877-10-19
Jobp Bell died in Maury county. Tenn. Saturday


in her 80th year.--Gen Joseph r. Hawley
will be appointed Chief Commissioner to the
Paris Exhbition.--The American bark Sur
prise, reported ashore has been foated.--The
suit brought against the Central Pacific road
i've per cent. of the net earnings of the road
from July 16, 1869, in repayment of gover2-
ment has been decided in favor of defendants
Mrs. Emily Briggs (Olvia) has been APP
pointed visitor to the Government Insane Asy-
lum The Indian delegation which has re-
Gently been in Washington has arrived back at
Red Cloud agency.--Partes in ST. Paul,
Mimi, are to petition Congress to improve the
Mississippi SO that it may be navigable at low
water from st. Paul to st. Lous.--Prof. Pc
tiers of Clinton, N Y, has discovered another
panet--There have been no yellow fever
cases at Port Royal since Friday, and all the
patients except two are convalescing.--
The official report Of the surrender. of Chief
Joseph contains little that is new. Gen. Miles
says the Indians admit the loss of Chiefs Look
ing Glass, Grayboot, Hull, PORT Oliante.
brother of Joseph, and others of their princi-
pal men and % men killed and 46 wounded.
The endurance and courage of the soldiers is
highly complimented.
new and solvent guardian having been
offered by the lessee Of the Lewis & Kennebec
railway, the opposing parties accepted him,
aud for the time being disturbances on the line
will cease, as the new guardian has undertaken
on his own authority to allow the trains to
move.
TURCo-RUssIAN WAR.
While the active preparations for winter are
going forward in Bulgaria, few military
movements of interest have taken place within
the last few days, the most important of
which is the safe arrival of Chefvet Pasha.
This junction of the two armies SO strengthens
Osman Pasha that it would seem the height of
madness for the Russians to renew the attack.
Indeed, it is about all they can do to keep
from succumbing to the hardships which sur
round them, let alone facing Turkish musketry.
The death rate is frightful. In the midst of
this gloom the Russians have made little
squirt in sending Gourkha to intercept the
Turkish line of communications with Sophi
and to destroy some important magazines at
other points. But there is no probability the
expedition will succeed The Gar, however,
gets little comfort from the provinces. The
against Turkey and Servia agrees to cast in her
lot with the Muscovites, upon payment of three
quarters OF a million dollars monthly.
In Asia Minor the Russians have won VIC
tory, defeating Mukhtar Pasha, and throwing
him back in the direction of Erzeroum. The
seige of Kars will be at once renewed.
OTHER FOREIGN NEWS.
The Republicans won decided victory in the
French elections Sunday complete returns, ex-
cept from the colonies show 314 Republicans
and 2O1 Conservatives elected. The minority
is composed of SO Bonapartists, 45 MacMahon-
ties, a Legitimists and II OrIeanists.
A fearful hurricane visited Curacao and the
neighboring islands September 23d, and caused
great damage The wind blew from every quar-
ter The sea washed away the lower part Of
the town of Wilhemstadt. Nearly every house
in what is known as the Petriway quarter, as
destroyed, and Notifications are in ruins. MANY
families are destitute. Damage to property is
estimated at over 100000, A Dutch man-of-
war and Dutch schooneis Juliet and Sarah were
wrecked and several lives were lost. All the
salt ponds in the neighboring island of Bonaire
were ruined.
A rainfall ranging from two to ten inches is
reported from Gundawana and the western
frontier of Bengal in the south, to the northern
boundary of Punjaub in the north, and from
the province of Dude in the east to the gulf of
Cutchin in the west. The rain has not vet
ceased. The northwestern provinces, the GEN.
trail Indian States and Punjaub all share in its
benefits The autumn crop in northern India
wherever surviving, will be benefited greatly,
Pasturage will soon be abundant, and spring
crop sowing will be safe. Emigrants from the
threatened tracts are returning home and agri-
culture is active everywhere. All apprehension
of famine in northern India next year has
now passed away though some pressure on the
poor will remain until the spring crops:are as
sured. The weather in Mysore, Bombay and
Madras is also favorable. The financial pros.
poets are much improved by the change in the
situation.
A despatch from Madrid says that the news
papers protest against the duty of 80 cents per
ton on Spanish shipping entering United States
ports, which comes into operation this fall
They recommend retaliatory duties.
Gen. Grant writes that he is exhausted by the
hospitality of the English people, and will &C
cept the naval vessel rendered by his own gov
eminent, to take him to the Mediterranean.