Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-09
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE EASTERN WAR.
A CORRESPONDENT ON THE
RUSSIAN PLAN OF
CAMPAIGN.
Russian GeneraIship at a
Discount.
Nc Truth in Peace Runners.
MISCELLANEOUS EUROPEAN NEWS !

LpNDoNs fNuEuSt ..
A dispatch from Constantlnople
says: In the naval engagement ON
the Sulina river the Turkish iron clads
attacked seven Russian ~gunboats, and
destroyed two of them. The Bosnian
instruction is at an end. The insur
gents are crossing into Dslmatia, aud
the Islands IN the Adriaiic. The Rus
SLAMS are concentrating IN great force
on the Lorn river, n an attack on
Bayazid is thought to be imminent.
NEW YORK, August 8.
A special correspondent OF the Times
W riting from SimniiZa under date OF
July 80, on the evening of the great
battle at Plevna, says: The result of
the battle must decide the fate Ct the
present campaign. The Russian troops
can no more he compared to the Ger
mans than tse greasy worms of King
John of Aby>sinia To the French.
Strategically and practically every
conception of the Russian Generals is
faulty. and their execution defective.
An army of 300.0 900 soldiers crossed
the Pruth, and there are 10000 of
these men according to Russian sc.
counts OF Turkish soil. and with what
result? This splendid army has
moved along in eccentric AMI diverg-
ent lines, where zach step forward re-
moved each fraction further from its
base, and from the possibility OF mu-
tuai support. Another defeat viii
render their present positions unten-
aoie. Win no orEaniz-d coiumis-
sariat, no money, d no general cap
aoie OF commanding a brigade, L
prophecied that II 10000 Russians
reachet the second line OF the Turkish
~de'enseS, not many al them would
ever gei back To the Danube. My pre-
dlctions were founded on my knowi-
edge OF Ii country, and oil the quality
OF the Turkish soldiers.
LoNDoN, August 8.
The Porte has ISSUED i ircular re-
counting The horrible msssacres perpe-
tra,ed 10y the Cossacks and Bulgarians.
These include the burning alive of 20
Musselmen in the village of Ayukel-
mi, aud the cold blooded massacre of
40 others, as well as the murder OF NO
men and children.
PARIS, august 8.
The Journal DIES Bats that
the Car has just recro~sedt danube.
LONDON, August ;.
In the House OF Commons this after
noon the appointment OF WIN. A.
Smith. one of the Joint Secretarys to
the Treasury, as b successor of the
Right Hon. George Ward Hunt. First
Lord OF the Admiralty, deceased, was
announced officially.
NEW YORK, August s.
A Havana letter records a number of
disastrous business failures, with in
crea-ing commercial and financial
trouble. Irner Jovetiar mas beer
relieved from the command and Cen
eral Blanco appointed. He will arrive
in a few weeks. Sick and wounded
soldiers constantly arriving. and hos
pital room is taxed to b utmost.
KINGSTON. Jamaica, August l.
Some horrible disclosures have beer
made "a to the treatment of boys in
the Government Reformaiory, who
were so ill fed, only getting bread
on Sunday and n salt herring to
eight youths. According to the testi.
mony OF Doctor Campbell. the medical
officer, Whenever they got liberty they
rushed 10 the pig troughs ana raven
ously eat the putrid ofial n Zoe thai
had been thrown there tor the swine.
NEW YORK. August s.
Advices from Hayti state that a
revolution has again broken out in thai
Republic The insurgents are in fierce
about ten miles from Port au-Prince.
Port-au Prince is declared in a state OF
siege. a large portion OF the city wa