Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
FOREIGN.,

The patronage of the church of Scot.
land has fallen into the hands Of its female
members, who cast "a 900 out of 10000 votes.
The extent of the famine in India NAV
be surmlsed from the fact officially admit.
ted, that, in nine districts Of the presidency
OF Madras, 2SOJ,000 persons died between
JAM and June l, 1877.
The vatican ia reported to be plottinc
proclamation OF the temporal power of the
Gnurch' Ihe pOpe's health remains good,
Five or six cardinals are to be appointed in
the consiStory to be held about Christmas,
A Moscow newspaper says that out of
the wealthy merchant families Of that city
not a single member has gone to fight the
Turks. They get medical certificates Of un>
htness Tor military service, and often have TO
pay well for them.
The statement that the Turks have
used explosive bullets is emphatically cons
tradicted by the correspondent of the London
Times A wound exactly like that caused
yan explosive bullet produced by coni-
cal ball at short range, .'..
The impression prevails that since the
rains Russia is convinced OF the impossible.
lty OF winteriug in Bulgaria, and will make
desperate effort to reduce Plevna and defeat
Sulelman Pasha's army before retirement in
Koumanla becomes necessary.
The United States consul at Odessa
informs the department Of state that a dis.
ease has lately broken out among cattle in
section of southern Russia, from which
hundreds of thousands Of cattle have already
died, SO malignant is the disease that in
many villages there is scarcely COW or an
OK left to the impoverished inhabitants.
The Portuguese expedition for explor.
ing the western coast Of Africa has by this
time left the coast for the interior. 1t is in
charge OF Major Pinto, Capt. Capello, and
Lieut.. lvens, of the Portuguese service, all
oil whom have had more or less experience
IN African research, They are well provided
with Instruments, and much of interest is
looked for as the result Of their labOrs.
The FIRST positive movement of the n
ternational commission Of the African asso-
citation is about to be made in the dispatch
from Europe of party under NJ. Crespel
This will at first establish depots al Zanzibar,
and at some point in Unyamwesi, after which
it will proceed to Lake Tanganyika, and or
ganize station there. Mr.. Gambler accom-
panies the expedition as astronomer and
geOgrapher, Dr. Macs as naturalist, and NJ
Marno as general assistant
A correspondent writes from Constan-
nOple to the effect that "the harvest is SO
rich throughout the Turkish provinces that
100000 men and the whole of the cavalry can
be fed for year on the tlhes alone. In
AngOra, last years tithes are not yet con,
sumed; and this years crops throughout the
villayet have been so abundant that the
authorities do not know where to find room
to stow the tthes away" This is strange.
We were under the impression that last year
half of Asia Minor WAS suffering from famine.
At any rate, that was the impression here
when subscriptions were raised for the suf-
ferers On second consideration, however,
il is not strange. Abundance of government
tthes ir Turkey and famine among the peO-
pie are quite reconcilabe phenomena.