The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-08-19

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FOREIGN
E ENGLAND.-Parliament was prorogued on tn
1Ath inst. till October 30th.
IRELAND. - The Feuisr prisoner, Miuhse
HDavitt, will be released Immediately, and th
fcases of the other Fenians will have al earl,
On the 18th there was considerable riotin,
in Londonderry, on the occasion of the opepin
&of the Prentice Boys Memorial Hall. 4 mum
ber OF persons were injured. The military wa!
called ont.
SPAIN.--A Republican conspiracy has beer
discovered and frustrated, and many arrests
nave been made in Msdrid and the provinces.
tRANcE.-The electoral campaign continues
% rfvet the attention of all Europe, as the peace
[end order of the Continent are well understood
everywhere to depend upon the result of the
Elections. In Berlin it is believed and hoped
Shat the Radicals will triumph, in order that
rance msy be weakened by passing into the
sands OF such men as Theirs and Gsmbe
newho will be ruled absolutely by the Commu.
niatio and Radical elements or that MoMahou
may DO forced to make coup d etdt and govern
f Tor the rest of his term without an Asssubly
~ is said that Emile Olivier has solicited
89overnment patronage ss a caudi idste in tie
department of Bar, but has been refused
rapport.
ia THE WAR.-Sincs our last issue the Rus
ians appear to have been Withdrawing from
thelr advanced positions and concentrating
4he1r forces. They have evacuated that por-
ion Of the country which they held south of
ne Balkan mountains, where they are said TO
Aave lost over ~ 600 men during the past six
eeks. They have also raised the seige of
Eutscbuck. These retrogade movements are
apparently rendered necessary by the increase
p the numbers and efficiency of the Turks
nd until the heavy reinforcemeuts which the
nssiaus are bringing up arrive no offensive
ovement on their part can be expected.
lt is reported that Servia has concluded an
Rlianoe with Roumsnia and will put so, 900 men
the field against the Turks at an early day.
reece has also assumed Q belligerent attitude
ID has moved some 10 900 men to the frontier
Pc feeling against the Turks IN Greece is
Sry bitter.
The papers are full of alleged atrocities by
the Turks and Russians. II it were possi-
to believe all the accounts received it
@uld be evident that not q soul outside of the
pops could now be living in the country be-
geen tho Danube and the Balkans and for
amy miles South of the mountains. As q |
mple OF what is said We give the following |
The London Daily NeUs' Bucharest CORES
endent telegraphs. have written the fol-
wing as / received it, and from the terrible |
counts which fugitives continually bring !
fer the Balkans, fear it must be only too true
July 81, the day of the Russian evacuation
Eski Sagra, the Turks ordered thaS all |
hristians, men, women and children should |
shot as they left their houses. Those who
4mained within were burnt alive. The order |
As given to burn down and destroy every par
Ole OF Christian property in the place. Many
fedIpR Turkish merchants took part in the
Eair One dispatched a large number of
Aeht Bszouks all over Tchirpan District
his district is one of the richest in that part
Turkey 1t contains large proportion of
nristian inhabitants, and over 800 churches
I'd 500 hundred schools and colleges, all of
hich have been burnt. The destruction ex-
edSd to the villages of Boghdsn, Mahalesi,
4nl, and many Others in all about sixty, con-
ming from $50 to 200 families each. Scarcely
"a persons-have escaped alive. Bulgarian
gitives at Gabriavo and Selv estimate that
pm 1900 to Is 00G Christians have been
essacred in Eski Saghrs and Tchirpan.
london dug 1.-THE Berlin correspond dent
the Rers states that Russia officially 60
owledges the loss of 14,45s men killed and
bundled, up to August 9th. The Netcs special
pm Athens contains the following: 1.-THE
Tkish massacres awaken horror and gna-
pn here difaculHto describe it is equally diff
alt to estimate the consequences" The Daily
1RfGphs special from Adrianople states that
Snssians have evacuated Eleva and Bed
VI and nearly all the country up to TiTnova.
leimAn Pseha's advance guard is close to
Abroys; he has received heavy reinforcements
pm Constantinople. Russian ofioiAl tele-
ram, dated Gorny, August 13, announces that
e Gear has joined the Grand Duke Nicholas
that place.
UNITED STATES.
HH VIRGINIA NoMINAT1oNs.-The Demo
eIlS NSnSention was compelled to drop the
o Leading candidates, Gen. Malone and Mr.
AnleiI ana nominated Hon. F. L. Holiday, of
tersDorg.a one'armed soldier, for Governor.
r rLieut-Governor
r. I. Daniel, Attorney General, is dead.
AEEAIRs IN WKsTERN FLORIDA - WashinStoa
nS. 1l.-Senators jones, of FIorida, and sdor
An Of AlsbamR, aided by the writings and
plantations of Mr.. L. p. Brooks a gell-kuovn
onrnalist, formerly of Washington, and now
Fensaoola, have succeeded in attracting the
sention OF the authorities hero TO the coadi-
on OF affairs in Western Florida and South
stern Alabama particularly REGARDING mail |
n ~ % the geotern coast es tie