The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-06-01
The Lo,,,,on Se,cs Aisxaairia dis

| Egyptian contingent troops for Turkey.
The strike Of the English engineers
which st tirss delayed their departure.
has been set, lie /; bnt the Russian man
DIVA petropaulovobski, carrying %
| half-,oa guns, is waiting tor them.
\ Mediterranean speci-l from Paris
to the Time says that the Turkish iron
c!ais are e.pse1ri at AleAaniris oil the
/ i.h Of June TO escort the Egyptian
| transports
ST. PETERsBURG. May 3l--AE off,
cis. dispatch from the central army
] of the C.ueassi,ns. May 29ih, says:
| On Monday Gen. Okiobski>, command
Ing o,pratso..s .ainst Batoom, ord, red
his advance guard 70 the left bank of
tue h.,sits oa the left of the Tu. kish
line. The enterprise was ccomplis she'd.
Meantime detachment asceaded Knit
visea, aud after great difficulty, estsb-
lishrd POSITIONS abou. four mlles from
Kaisenbaat. thus cutting off comuluni-
cation between Batoum and the l''pulA-
tioa of the kabkelite district. The
Russians fsss in both enterprises WAS
foar killed s4i 30 wounded.
BALTIMORE. May 3i.-A fire this
moraiFg destroyed the wholesale drug
store Of W. H. Brown 81 Bros Loss
no; known.
NV YORK. May 3l.- London
specials give the following as the
speech Of the Mayor of Manchester on
the occasion of Grants receptions: The
Mayor said he had not forgotten Q
similar occasion, when, in 1868, the ship
Griswold brought cargo of provis-
ions to the suffering operatives Of that
city, who had been thrown out of en-
ployme',t owing to failure i'll the sup
ply Of cotton from the South. He also
made a pleasant allusion to the visit of
that distinguished American statesman
',snd diploaamtist' Mr. Joh,sson. The
present object Of tho co operation, he
said, was to evince the good will of the
citizens Of Manchester to him personally
rs the representative Of the great Anne.
ricaa people. ~ hu,e good l., l., ), they
desired to cultivate. Sir Joseph Herred
read II long address congratulatory in
its character and recalling the kind ex-
preston which the Queens birthday
had evoked in America. He hoped for
q constant increase of the existing good
feeling and trusted that the visit of the
I ex-President would ultimately lead to
an interchange Of ideas on the subject
of abolishins restrictions on trades, on
the establishment by common consent
Of free commercial intercourse between
England and the United States. The
General, who had listened to the al d.
dress with the quaint composure Of
character peculiar to him, though the
target Of thousands OF eyes, ut once rls-
ing, acknowledged the presentation. ut
is scarcely possible for me-" he said, ito
give utterance to the feelings evoked
by my reception upon your soil From
the moment of my arrival in Liverpool,
where passed couple of days, until
the present moment, after the scene
which l have Witnessed in your
streets. the elements Of greatness as
manifested i'll your public and indus
trial buildings. may be allowed to
say that no person could be the reci-
lient of the honor aud attendance YOU
have bestowed upon me without the
profoundest feeling. Such has been in
cited in me. and | find INV mind made
quate to the proper expression. 1t was
my original purpose. OH my arrival In
Liverpool, TO hasten to London, and
from thence proceed to various point.
of interest in the country Among
these | considered Manchester as most
important, as I have been awar for
years of the great amount .: IL
manuiac', RES, MANY of which lid
al ultimate destination IN my countTy.
So | am aware that tn. sent imrnts of
,i.c great mass of the people Of Man
chester ~.it out IL sympathy to that
country during the great struggle in
which. it fell to my part to take some
humble part. The expression Of the
people of Manche ster at the time of
eur great trial melted within ths
breasts of my countrymen feelings OF
friendship toward them, distinct from
that felt for all England. In that
spirit, | accept on the part Of my
countrymen all compliments paid me
as It's representative. and thank YOU"
After the banquet aud usual toast.
The health of Presiden, Hayes was pro-
posed aud received with enthusiasm.
Newton Crane, L. s Counsel at Man
chester responded amid considerable
applause After these formalIties the
Mayor If Manchester proposed the
health Of General Grant. amid the
plaudits Of the assemblaee General
Grant replied with a humorous twinkle
in his eye. that the Englishmen had