The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23
THE WAR.

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junction Of Suleiman Pasha with
Mehemet Ali may be REGARDED
as beyond doubt. The News cor.
respondent at Sudden telegraphs
that it is expected both the guard
and grenadler corps will be in
Bulgaria by the first week in
September. The staff here cal
culate that one hundred and
eighty thousand men are now
actually on the march to rein
fore the army. The next battle
abOu. Plevna is meant to be de-
cisiye, hence the delay for the
sake of ensuring success.
The fourth cavalry division has
been detached on an independ-
ent expedition for the purpose OF
stopping Turkish c0mmunica-
ton with Sophia by blocking Or
chordik Pass, the main thorough
fare and easiest marching route
over the Balkans. 1t is felt here
that this should have been done
earlier, but, if successful now, ii
will still have good results.
The weather is now fair again,
and the roads are rapidly chang
ing from mud to dust. / am in
formed that the recent rains have
not materially affected the health
of the troops.
The Daily Times correspond
ent at Vienna telegraphs as fol-
lows: a telegram from Athens
states that the Ministry have
sent out orders to fortify the CHIEF
ports with all possible speed, so
as to have them finished by the
end Of October; at the latest.
Similar orders have been given
respecting the men-of-war; still,
nobody in Athens believes in an
immediate outbreak of war.
The correspondent Of The Daily
News at Studen, the hcadquar-
tiers of the Grand Duke Nicholas,
referring to the dispatch Of the
Fourth Cavalry Division on an
independent expedition for the
purpose OF stopping Turkish com
munication with Sophia by block.
aiding the OdOrdik Pass tele-
graphs af follows; 1t is felt here
that this should have been done
earlier, but if successful now it
will still have good results. In
the event Of crushing the Turks
in defeat at Plevna it would 90
far to make it another Sedan.
The expedition is obviously haz-
ardOus. The same correspondent
says he understands that Servi-
an intervention is now certain.
He also says: The activity Of the
at Plevna in sending out
reconnoisanccs seems as
though they had some intentions
Of taking the offensive.
A Bucharest dispatch to the
Times says: The landing Of an
brigade near Sulema,
letains Gen. Zimmerman in the
Dobrudscha with a larger force
than was intended to be left
there, and shows the effect of
holder cOunselS at Constantine
pie. The Province Of Salonica
and the coast district from Oily
pus to the terminus Of the Adri-
lnople Railroad, has been de-
dared in a state of siege by the
Arms continue to arrive
here, and volunteers literally
the four corners of the
globe, but owing to the state of
affairs in Bulgaria, there will be
no movement at present.
Special dispatches state that
Hobart Pasha has left a subordi-
nate to superintend the embark
Of the Circassians, and has
zone to Sinope with the most Of
he fleet. 1t is believed he goes
5hene to the Danube.
A correspondent of the Times at
leni Saghra telegraphs under
late Of August 10Th as follows: |
went with the Turkish army on
the 18th inst, to a chain Of the
at Loneli, two hours and
4 half journey from the Pass,
where | saw the bodies of 100
persons who had been murdered
BY the Cossacks and Bulgarians,
md among the victims were two
woven, one Of whom was very
beautiful and young. She had
been thrown, naked, into a pool
If water. / saw families, includ-
ne children, who had been
brown in a well. The houses OF
.hese people, and the handsome
y embroidered dresses ofthe wo
men, showed that they had been
.ich. In one house the woman
md young girls had been shut up
md subjected, during ten to out
ages by Cossacks and Bulgari-
ms. The Bulgarians, when they
leard Of the arrivals of the Turk
sh army at the chain Of the Bag
OF, carried off the Turkish wO-
men and children from three to
years Of age, and fled to the
Balkans. The victims, of whom
spoke above, were all collected
ogether and murdered in sue
'esslon. Many more were butch
red, but have not had time to
% and see them.
State Finances.