Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-29
Movement OF Turkish Troops
from Widdin in the Di.
rectiOn of m
The Crete Islands-Great Elk.
element and Patriotic
Meetings Being Held.
No Confirmation of the RumOrsd
Capture Of Arabian.

LONDON may IA Times Rustchuk
correspondent writes as follows: The
twenty odd thousand troops of this gar.
/, rison are the perfection Of soldiers.
/ They are brown, open.faeed, big-shoul-
dered fellows, perfectly resigned to any
fate Allah may have for them, with per.
feet faith in the bankrupt government,
for the chief of which they shout and
salaam every evening at sunset.
The correspondent explains an Incl
dent, recently reported from CONSTANT.
nople, about a British consul striking a
Turkish officer. 1t seems this corre-
spondent, with one companion, crossed
in a small boat from Giurgeyo, and
were arrested By Turkish naval officers
They were seriously threatened by a
Aoslem mob. The consul came to the
rescue and pushed the captain out Of his
way when the latter tried to stop hin.
Ths correspondent thinks the e%onsuls
vigorous measures alone prevented them
being thrown into the Danube by the
mob.
A special from Vienna to the Times
says to the south OF Sukum Kalch a de.
tachment is concentrated under General
Alchasoa, to preyest a Turco-C~ ircassian
force from moving along the shore into
the plains Of Mingrelia. If they did 60
now, the positions of the Russians in the
rear Of Sukum Kalch and Adler would
soon become uutenable. AS yet the de-
scent of the Turks and Cireassians is
only an Inconvenience, but should the
movement reach Tschltkeus, whose re-
volt in Terek does not yet seem quite
suppressed, then it might become a real
danger to the Russian lines Of commu-
nieation in Caucasus.
A special from Kalaiat to the News
has the following; considerable move.
ments Of troops are observed in the di.
r%ection of Timok from Widdin. General
Horvatovich, the Seryiau commander at
Negotin, telegraphs that there is an ap.
parent concentration about Veliki and
Isevor."
The News Pesth dispatch says the
Serviana are claiming Tree passage for
their steamers, and are mounting guns
at Lalir to give their proteststions more
weight with the Turks.
A special from Calcutta to the Times
says that there has been an extremely
heavy rain in Madras, but it did not pen
citrate far inland. An official account Of
its effect on the prospects Of the famine
district has not been published, but it
doubtless did some good. There was a
fair fall of rain in the affected district
during the week ending May 18th. The
numbers on the relief works are still in.
creasing, but not greatly. There has
been no rain in Nupore, and the distress
there is more intense. There has been
a considerable increase in the number
on the relief works in Bombay and a
slight rise in the price Of grain, but on
the whole there is little change this week
in the condition or prospects of the fam
inc districts.
A telegram from St, Petersburg says:
The warlike feeling in Sergia is general
and urgent, but Russia d~iscourage8 Ser
Wan participation in the war. The Rus.
sian policy is to abstain from stirring up
revolution, notwithstanding the Turkish
in Caucasus.
PARIS, May 20.-Duke de Broglie,
minister of justice, has issued a circular
recommending the suppression of com.
munist apologies and false news, espeoi. .
ally insinuations that France favors a
war.
ATHENS, May 29,-M. C~omouudouros
has been summoned by the king to form
a ministry.
An armed party, attempting to cross
the frontier into ThessaIy, have been ar
rested by order Of the government.
CoSsrASTIYoPLE, May 29.-No con.
tirmation has been received here of the
reported recapture OF Arabian.
Foreign ambassadors have been in.
formally assured by the porte that the
stage OF siege viii not intariere with the
privileges of foreign subjects. Proceed.
ings will only be taken against a foreign
with the concurrence of his con.
sui.
New YoRK, May ga special from
London says hat advices from Athens
state there is great excitement among
the population Of the Islands Of Crete :
and patriotic meetings are being held.
1t has been decided TO wait twenty days
for an answer from the Turkish govern.
ment to the demands of the people, after
which time an appeal will be made by
the Cretsns to the great powers as king
for the appointment Of Gladstone, under
the title Of Prince OF Crete.
Attempt Of n servant 20 Poison n
Family.