The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-13

met 1t Portage ON the 4th Of July. Gen. Sam.
Cary and several other prominent greenbackers
from abroad were present. Il. p. Allis, Of Mil
waukee, was nominated for Governor The
remaining Offices were filed as follows Lieu
tenant Governor, X. II. Benton. Of Fond du
Lac Secretary OF State, Joseph ii. Osborn, Of
Winnebago county State Treasurer, William
Schwartz, OF sheboygan Superintendent
of Public Instruction, President Steele,
of Appleton University; Attorney Gen.
raj, Emory Hayden, Of Wood county. 49,.
The Cabinet at Washington has been devoting
its attention to the question whether the Fed
eral officeholders OF Wisconsin can call the
State Convention without violating the Presi-
dents civil-service order. 1t having been
shown TO their satisfaction that four-ffths of
the State Committee are Federal officeholders,
and that there is no provision for their resigna-
ton except to the convention when assembled.
it was decided that under the circumstances
the call could be made, but the expectation was
expressed that the offceholders would resign
their political positions on the meeting of the
convention. "A Washington dispatch says
"The indictment Of the members of the Louis
lana Returning Board Is looked upon as an
affair Of good deal Of political Importance.
The friends OF the administration are very in
dignant, and are evidently somewhat disturbed
at the possible effect of this proceeding upon
public sentiment in the North"
A New YORK reporter has interviewed ex-
Gov Tilden, and extracted from him the in
formation that he (Tilden) is going to Europe
with view to raising enough to build the East
Side elevated railroad that he will not con-
test the Presidency, and that he has withdrawn
from politics.
GENERAL.
THE danger of collision between the Ameri-
can and Mexican troops on the Rio Grande,
which at one time seemed threatening, has
disappeared, at least for the present. Gen.
Ord and Gen. Travino, the Mexican COM
mander, after consulting together, have ar
rived at full understanding. Travino asks
only that Texas filibusters be restrained from
crossing into Mexico, and Ord promises such
restraint, at the same time notifying Travino
that the United States forces will follow the
Indians anywhere. fnIH
ONE Col. Boulder has brought suit against
the United States to obtain possession of Mare
island, in San Francisco harbor, now used by
the Government as navy yard. The plaintiff
alleges the title Of the United States to the
island, which was originally a Mexican grant,
is unsound, and that he holds the only valid
title.
THE TURKO-RUssIAN WAR
LARGE Russian force appeared before
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preparations to besiege the works. The city
stands at the foot of the hills Of Acbbar, is
semi-circuar in form, and il defended by
stoutly-constructed fortifcations of solid
masonry, strengthened by forts. D.. The Rus
slams are organizing the Bulgarians into force
for their own protection. London dispatches
Of the 9Th say Of the campaign in Asia
"Advices from Turkish sources state that the
Russian left wing is retreating in disorder in
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Van, threatens their line Of retreat north OF
Bayazid. Mukhtar and Moussa Pashas are
within twelve miles Of Kars. Three battalons
of the Imperial Guard have reached Erzeroum
from Trebzond. A correspondent at levin
telegraphs that in the battle on the 29th ult
the Russians retired after enormous losses.
The Turks buried 1000 Russians. The Turk
ish loss was below 500. Since the 10th of June
the Russians have been defeated five times.
II is believed that they had lost 10, 600 men to
June 80. Their wounded filed 800 wagons"
OF the eighteen Turkish gun-boats and mont
tors which were on the Danube at the commence
ment Of the war, six are in small bay near
Sulina, two have been destroyed, three or four
are water-bound near Matchin, two at Silistria,
one at Turtukai two at Rustchuk, and one at
Nikopolis. All will fall into the hands of the
Russians unless destroyed ID. The advance of
the Russians across the Danube seems to have
aroused the official world at Constantinople.
All available troops, including the Imperial
Guard, have been ordered to the seat OF war.
The general tenor of dispatches from the
seat of war, Notwithstanding they come
mainly from Turkish sources, makes il APP
parent that, if the Russians have not met
with serious disaster in Asia that will com
pei them to fall back to Russian soil, thoy
have at least been baiiled in their onward
march to ErZeroum, and their offensive cam
paign is over for the present. The Russian
left and center is now retreating and thrown
upon the defensive, the force before Batoum
has been defeated and compelled to retire,
and the garrison at BajaZid will probably be
compelled to surrender. Meanwhile, the insur-
rections in the Caucasus have broken out again,
and it is not improbable that the Russians NAV
have to abandon the siege of Kars. The
Russians continue their forward march in Bull
garia. The Dobrudscha is cleared of Turks
far as Trajan's wall. The enthusiasm of the
Russian troops is said to be very great.
RUSSIAN accounts confirm the reports of dis
asters to the Russian arms in Asia . A cor
respondent at Rustchuk telegraphs that no inn
portant action is expected on the Danube until
the Russians have established depots of sup
plies on the southern side of the river and
prepared everything for an advance. -.
Il IL officially announced that the Russian
losses in the crossing of the Danube at Sistova
were 300 killed and 400 wounded. Thirty
thousand Turkish troops have been sent to
reinforce the army in Armenia. . The 120 600
Russians who have crossed the Danube at Sis
tova embrace 1000 cavalry and $50 cannon.
These forces have been divided into three
bodies, the principal of which is marching on
Rustchuk and the other two toward the Bal
kans and Nikopolis respectively.
THE military situation on the Danube is thus
sketched by a correspondent The Turks
have changed front and faced to the westward
since the Russians entrance into Bulgaria The
Russians are deploying, with their left flank
resting on the Danube, to face the Turkish
line from Rustchuk 10 Shumla. When this
movement Ia completed general battle may
be expected, unless the Turks fall back to the
Balkans, or the Russians mask the whole
quadrilateral and turn it by passing the Bal
kans. The Russian forces coming through the
Dobrudscha are approaching the rear Of the
Turkish Rustchuk and Shumla line.
THE Sultan recently, at private audience,
declared to Mr.. Layard the British representa-
tive, that he would not guarantee protection To
the Christians If the Russians continue TO ex-
cite rebellion in Bulgaria and perpetrate atroc-
tiles in Asia Minor. The Roumanians
are preparing to bridge the Danube for
the purpose of crossing their army
into Rulparia The Turks ora ranutad