Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-03
T%ELEGRAPnIC BREYITIES.

DArely tnlru OF the houses IN ulur-
gevo are left standing.
A battle is imminent at Bjela, which
is expected to last several days.
A correspondent ~telegraphs that The
Turks have evacuated Nikopolis.
There seems to be an intention to at
tack Shumls from the southeast.
Minister Layard has treasured the
porte relative to the pacific intentions Of
Servis.
Said Pasha's army has fallen back to
North Albania, and Montenegro is out
Of danger.
Mr.. Bogysitch will be appointed pre-.
feet of the village of Rustchuck by Off
cial decree.
The telegraph wires between Rust
chuk, NicOpolis, Sistova and Pera are
apparently cut.
Cylinders filled with an unextinguish-
able compound have been fred between
Rustchuk and Giurgevo.
1t is supposed that the destination Of
the British feet is Turkish waters, per.
haps even Constantinople.
The Greek government has contracted
a loan of twenty million drachma with
the national and Ionian banks Of Pera
A monitor from Widdin sunk a large
Russian steamer which was ~endeavoFing
to embark troops and ammunition zeal
Rahave.
1t is reported that the Russians have
suspended operations against Kars in
order to reinforce the army fighting
against the Turks at Sukum.Kaleh.
An official dispatch confirms the re-
port hat the Turks have captured the
Samebah railroad at Atzubani heights,
before Batoum, af.er a severe conflict.
A dispatch from the Gear announces
that the Turks are retreating, and all
Bulgaria. except the quadrilateral, may
be considered in tho hands of thy Rus
slams.
Abdul Kerim, replying to a telegram
sent him to day Sunday, by the council
Of ministers, reports that up to the pres
ent time sixty thousand Russians have
crossed the Danube.
La France publishes the following
special, dated St. Petersburg on Satur.
day: The czar's proclamation is regard.
ed here as the signal for a Bulgarian in.
surrectiou throughout the peninsula"
Indirect cable dispatches say that the
Boumarian forces are preparing to cross
the Danube near Kalafat. A steamer
filed with Ronmanian soldiers was sunk
Saturday by a Turkish monitor near
Rahova.
The Turks are said to have $4,000
men between Rustchuk and Nicopolis,
beyond the hills. A general engagement
between these forces and those of Rust.
chuk and the Russians now occupying
positions at SistovA, is looked for soon.
A municipal council has been installed
at Matchin, composed of four Bulgarians
and three Russians, selected from the
residents Of Matchin. Citizens were
also appointed to administer justice and
auperintend the organization of the pro.
v%isionsl police.
The French residents Of Pera have
informed the French embassy that their
wives and daughters are being insulted,
and that they intend to defend themselves
by force Of arms against further attacks,
and had summoned other armed French.
men to their assistance.
TIE Russian force which crossed the
Danube at Sistova are detailing flying
columns for an expedition in the direc-
ton Of Rahovs, az the bulk of the Turk
ish armies still seem to keep in the fort
resseg. The dispatch Of the flying col
umns is considered practicable.
A warlike tendency is exhibited by
the Roumanian cabinet, and the crossing
Of the Danube by the Roumaniau army
is said to be decided upon. No formal
treaty With Russia has tra1spired yet,
but the var, it is supposed, will be a
ried on independently against Turkey.
The Russian government having or.
derel the purchase Of 10000 horses, Ger
many will issue a decree prohibiting the
export OF horses from the empire. 1t is
semi-oficially stated that this measure
will be solely or the ground Of internal
economy, and not for political reasons
A report comes from Simnitza that
the Turkish army has left Rustchuk and
is on the march to SisEoya. Prince
Mirsky's division, which is on the flank
next to R%ustchuk, is %intrenching itself
as a precautionary measure, but It is the
purpose and policy Of the Russians to.
take the offensive.
The car Witnessed the bombardmsnt
Of Nicopolis, which %wasreduced to ashes.
! After the fight at sistova he visited the