The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-08-04
A r NEWS.

Dispatches from London state that the British
Consuls in Bulgaria in letters to Layard confirm
the reports of atrocities m by cossacks upon
the Mussulman population of Bulgaria. Old and
young men were mastered without remorse, while
women and girls were horribly treated. Horrible
massacres have been committed by the Russians
and Bulgarians at Turnova, Grahova, and Lyana.
From all directions fugitives were coming in who
stated that in the districts occupied by the Russians,
the most horrible %crueltles are perpetrated upon
the Mohammedan population by Cossacks and
Bulgarians. Mohammedan children and old men
were slaughtered, and women violated and carried
off. Official dispatches substantiate these state
ments. The Porte officially declares that the Rus
slams have burned alive inhabitants of Jonis, near
Turnova, who had taken refuge in a Mosque. The
Porte charges the Cossacks with sacking viii
lagos near Rustchuck, numbering males and yio-
latlng females. 5000 wagon loads of Turks, old
men, women and children, were on the road from
Eske Juma and Osman Bazaar to ShNmla. The
greatest panic prevailed amongst the Mohamme-
dan civil population Of Bulgaria, who were fleeing
as fast as possible.
The latest accounts from Montenegro report the
withdrawal of the Turkish forces on the frontiers,
except the garrisons of posts and blOckbouses, in
consequence of which Prince Nicholas was pre-
pairing to besiege Nicsies again. The Times
thinks that Montenegro will renew operations in
the direction Of Herzegovina and Old Servia.
General Pesovics is reported to have fought a bat
tie with the Turks at Kolashin. where the latter
were the losers.
The diplomatic situation offers the eventuality
Of a threatened occupation of Servia by Austria,
in case that principality joins in the war. 1t is
reported that a convention has been entered into
by Servia and Roumania for joint action against
Turkey. The British Ambassador. Layard, is said
to have asked the Porte to allow the British
feet, now in Besica Bay, (of the coast
of Asia near the Strait), to enter into the
Dardanelles. The Gear threatens to attack Epypt.
and England is resolved to defend the Suez Canal.
The most important diplomatic item is a statement
that Lord Odo Russell assured Prince Bismarck
that England would interfere to prevent Russia
from occupying Constantinople. But, this report
may not be reliable. The atrocities committed
by the Cossacks on the Mussulman women of
Bulgaria, after all that was said by the Gar
about the Bulgarian atrocities of the Bashi
Bazouks, are likely to cause great Indignation in
England, and give a new impulse to the war party
there while Russian defeats in Asia are calcu-
lated to lessen the prestige of the Russian army
in Europe, and cause a depressing effect upon the
Russian troops operating in Turkey in Europe.
Austria is reported as ready and willing at any
opportunity to mediate between the belligerents,
and, as matters now stand, either a speedy peace,
or a general war appear to be eventualities, one
or other of which may be brought on the tapis at
any moment.
AT Montreal, Canada, on the 18th Of July, on
the occasion of professions in honor of the aniver-
sary, there were riots and blood shed, one Hackett,
a prom.nent Orange-man, being killed.
At Eucador, Central America, June 26th, the
country was devastated by a tremendous volcanic
eruption from Cotopaxi, accompanied by a food
in the river; there was loss of life and much pro-
perty destroyed.
Via San Francisco we learn that the recent tidal
wave was not felt at Tahiti at all, but at Nukahiva,
Marquesas group, the water rose and fell all day,
the greatest rise being Ia feet. Houses and other
property swept away. A remarkable phenomenon
mentioned in connection with the affair is that
it had not rained on the island for four years,
when it commenced just prior to the tidal wave
and continued to rain heavily for 70 days, wash
ing away bridges and doing other damage. Query.
had the forests anything to do with the matter!
The American whaleship Rising Sun had been
seized by a Spanish armed schooner off Cuba.
The Captain of an American schooner had been
arrested and confined by the Spanish authorities
OF Cuba. These matters were to be investigated
by the State Department at Washington.
THE INDIAN WAR in Idaho still continues, the
savages having had everything pretty much their
own way, after the style of the Modoc War. But
Gen. Howard telegraphs that he will shortly SUBJ
due them.
- Gen. Grant continues to be dined and wined
as the guest of the British nation. London bav-
ing presented him with 50 the freedom of the city !"
in a gold box. Edinburg proposes to do the same.