Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-11

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General Kaufman, Of KiAhavsn fame
has gone to the Danube to reorganizI
the Russian eommissariat.
The secretary of the interior is said t.
be dissatisfied With some Of bis principe
subordinates, and is unwilling to 20 away
and leave them run the department.
Governor Hampton viii probably de,
liver an agricultural address at Whine
bago, Illinois, in September, ard also al
Richmond, Va, on the 30th of October,
A Cultare special reports that Nicsics,
with nineteen guns, surrendered uucon.
d~itionslly, but the garrison and inhabi-
tants were allowed to withdraw to
Gotscko.
D. D. Spencer, the ~sbscOnding presi-
dent of the Illinois State Savings Insti-
tuition, is believed by Quebec detectives
to have sailed from that port on the LIST
%instan. in a mail steamer.
Fifteen hundred regular Mexican
troops are to be sent to the Rio Grande
frontier to enforce the terms of the ex-
tradition treaty between Mexico and the
United States, as the local authorities
cannot be depended upon.
The Turks who were driven from Lo-
vatz are said to be cut off from 0sman
Pasha completely by the Russian cav
airy. A Russian detachment is march
ing in great haste in the direction of
Sofia which is wholly unprotected.
Should Mexico succeed in preventing
the border raids, of which complaint is
made, our government will recognize Mr..
Mata as the representative of that re.
public, thus resuming diplomatic rela.
tons between the two governments.
The samples of the hop crop received
frem Wisconsin are the finest that have
ever been received from that State. 1t
is believed that the product this season
will be over 6 1000 bales, or $4,000, 900
pounds, and low prices are predicted.
An Ostrok correspondent shows that
the surrender of Nicsics was necessitsted
by the Montenegrins having stormed the
positions commanding the citadel. The
garrison, which was originally 400 strong,
lost 200 during the siege in killed and
prisoners.
Tbe Republican and Democratic State
Committees of Ohio have arranged for
a joint discussion between Stanley
Matthews and Thomas Ewing, to be held
at Dayton on Monday afternoon, 18th, at
Chillicoths on the 18th, at Shelby on the
2Othr and at Alliance on the 2lst.
The Turkish minister at New York
furnishes the press the following: In
view of the various accounts circulating
about the origin of Osman Pasha, the
Turkish Legation has the honor to in.
form the press that the marshal Of that
name was born in Asia Minor, Of Mus
sulman parents"
Acting President John Taylor will be
continued in that position by the MGR.
mon elders, and will be assisted by John
W Young, Daniel II. Wells and George
Cannon. A circular issued to this effect
announces that the last day is al hand,
and urges the saints TO be faithful in
building temples and paying tithes.
A correspondent at Berlin telegraphs
tina! trustworthy advices from Bulgaria
state that as sooR as the operations at
PleVna are decided, either, by victory or
defeat, the Gar, Czarwitch and Grand
Duke Vladimir will return to St. Peters.
burg, Grand Dukes Nicholas, Alexas aud
Prince Of Leuchtenberg remaining at
the seat of war.
The German and French ambassadors
presented circumstances to the porte
the release of the prisoners con
demned to FIVE years penal servitude
for the murder Of the French and Ger.
man c%onsuls at Sslonica in Msy last,
The French note demands that the sen.
tenOss be carried out. The German
mole declares that a continuance OF the
present aspect Of this affair might force
Germany to have recourse TO other
measures.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.