The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-23
TELEGRAPHIC MEMS.


the New England progress. The eutirt
Executive party, except Key, seem tc
nave had maternal or pa:ernsl source
and sometimes both, in Yankee
Land" When President Hayes claimed
that he was the descendant, some three
| generations removed, of a Puritau
blacksmith, il is reported that the band
! played the 'Anvil Chorus" from L
! Tr0rdtOTe.
Parsons is probably district attorney
| for Alabama.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 20.-Guay.
mas advices of the tenth reported
that Gen. Huerta has recognized the
late election as valid, and 3lariscol as
the constitutional Governor. This
will prevent revolution.
LONDON, August 20.-A Times dis
patch from Shumla, dated August IS,
/ announces that the jCnction of Sulei-
man Pasha with Mehemet Ali may be
regarded as beyond doubt.
A correspondent at Student tele-
graphs that it is expected that both the
guard and grensdier corps will be in
! Bulgaria by the first week in Septem-
Der. The staff here calculate that one
| hundred and eighty thousand men are
now actually Oh the march to reinforce
| the army. The next battle about
Pleyns is meant TO be decisive, hence
the delay for the sake of insuring sue
cess. The Fourth Cavalry DIVISION
has been detached as an independent
expedition for the purpose of stopping
Turkish communication with Sophia
by blocking Orchardik Pass, the man
and easiest thoroughfare over the
Balkans. 1t is thought here that this
should have been done earlier, but if
successful now it will still have good
result.
STEPHENS PoTST, WIS, August 90
Moses Strong, assistant State geologist,
I son of Hon. Moses NJ. Strong, of
Mineral Point, was drowned in the
Flambeau river while engaged in his
geological explorations.
Fort HALL AGENCY. 0jG Salt Lake,
August 20.-Capt. cambridge, with a
company of scouts enlisted from the
Bannocks and Shoshones, left Fort Hall
yesterday for the hostile camp at Hole,
in the Rock Station, about ninety
miles north 0f here. Accounts received
here yesterday state that the hostiles
had possession of the station and
wenld allow no one to pass either way.
1t Is not known that any one has been
hurt. The telegraph line is down and
the Gires strung in different directions.
All the young BannOcks AID Shosho-
mes at this agency who can raise a gun
have left this morning to fight the hos
tiles.
SALT LAKE CITY, August G0.-The
hostile Nez Perez Indians were reported
yesterday at-Still Camp, at Hole in the
Rock, stage station, Idaho. They have
destroyed the telegraph line in the vi
cinity and stopped all travel over the
road for several days.
A large party Of teamsters are camped
and forufying themselves short dis
lance from the North Snake river.
1t Is reported that the stock of the
Indians are ia poor condition, and that
| they are stopping AZ the stage stations
to recuperate, using the prOprietors'
barns and grain.
LONDON, August 90. - The CORE
spondent of the Daily Netcs at Stur-
genia, the headquarters OF Grand Duke
Nicholas, referring TO the dispatch of
the Fourth Cavalry division being on
an independent expedition for the pur-
pose of stopping Turkish communica-
ton with Sophia, by blockadiDg Och
ardick pass, telegraphs as follows a:
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 Turkish de-
feat Ut Pievna, it would go far to make
IL another Sedan expedition and is o.
viously hazardous" The same corre-
spondent says il is understood that
Servian intervention is now certain.
He also says that the activity of
the Turks at Pievna in sending
out the cavalry reconnoitrances seem
as though they had some ihtention of
taking the offensive. The weather is
now fine again, and the roads are rap
idly changing from mud to dust. |
am informed that the recent rams have
not affected the health of the troops.
The Daily NeleS'S correspondent at
Vienna telegraphs as follows: 4 tele-
istry have sent out orders to fortify the
chief forts with all speed, so as to
have them finished by the end of Oc-
tober at the latest. Similar orders
have been given respecting the repara-
ton of the men-ofwaI. Still nobody
IN Athens believes in an immediate out
break of war.
LONDON, August 20.-A Bucharest
dispatch to the Times says the landing
of the Egyptian brigade near Suleina
finds Gen. Zimmerman in the Do
bmdscha with larger force than was
intended to be left there, and shows
the effect of the holder councils of
Constantlnople. The province of Sa-
lonica and the coast district from
Olympus to the terminus Of the Adri-
anople railway has been declared in a
state of siege by the Porte. Arms
continue 10 arrive there, and volun-
teers literally from the four corners of
the globe, but owing to the state of
Bulgaris, there will be no movement at
present.
Several special dispatches state that
Hobart Pasha has left a subordinate to
superintend the embsrkation of the
Caucasians and gone to Sinope with
most of the fleet. 1t is believed he
cones thence t" the Danube.
CoNSriN INorLE, August e0.-The
Servia1 diplomatic agent here has de-
clared that Servia has no knowledge
Of any intention on the part of Russia
to send her army through Servia. lie
not hoo Il 10
ticipste IN the war, and states that no
troops have been sent 10 the front.
LoSDoS, August 20-The -dgri
cultural Gazette, in a summary of re-
ports of the harvest prospect received
from all parts of the United Kingdom,
says it is plain that 1877 will prove no
exception 10 the succession o! uniortu-
nate haryesis which we have lately ex-
penenced. The-wheat crop certainly
is very generally largely below the ay-
erage.
LONDON, August ga correspond
ent of the Times at Yeni Saghra tele-
graphs under date of August 10. as fol-
lows: st went with the Turkish army
on the fourteenth Instant, to Chain
BsghaZ and Lena. Two hours and q
half from the pass I saw the bodies OF
100 persons who had been murdered BY
Cossacks and Bulgarisus. Among the
victims were two women, one very
beautiful and young. She had been
killed and thrown naked into pool
OF water. / saw families, including
children. who had been thrown into s
well. The houses OF the people and