Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-06-01

sand horse stalls for transport vessels, are
being delivered at Woolworth by contractors.
Hong Kong adyices to May report the
suffering from famine in the northern
province unabated. The ports Of Tchung,
Wenchow aud Potkoi have been opened for
trade.
A fire at Walkcrton, Ont, on the 2sth de-
stroycd twenty places of business and as
many dwellings. Loss t250,O0O.
A Paris dispatch of the 2Sth says the dis
placement OF Republican Projects and other
department officials continues. Nearly all
OF the Projects have been changed.
WAR NOTES.
The Russian center drove the Turks from
their positions at Karadyhouran, village
near Kars, on the 22d.
The Turks attacked the Russian position
at Adlio by land and sea on the 22d and &C..
verely-contested engagement ensued.
The Russians burned Ghiacet on the 2lst.
The Turkish forces ct Kara Kalisa are be-
ing largely reinforced. A Turkish squadron
is cruising off Sebastopol. All the reinforce
ments remaining in Constantinoplc arc to be
sent to Batoum and Erzeroum.
Advices of the 23d from Asia Minor report
that the insurrection in the Caucasus has
proved a serious check to the advance OF the
Russian army. A large force of Circassians
had attacked and defeated the Russians near
the frontier.
Bucharest telegram Of the 23d says the
Grand Duke Nicholas recently stated that he
intended to enter Constantinoplc to make
the Turks feel that they are crushed, al
though he does not intend TO retain the city.
The remnant of the Ardahan garrison is at
Achaschen. Their retreat on Kars was cut
off. The Turks admit loss of 300 killed
and wounded at Ardahan.
Detailed accounts of the Russian move
ments on the Danube are forbidden.
All the Circassian cavalry officers at varna
have been ordered TO Constantinople for the
purpose of organizing Circassian regiments
there and at AdrianOple,
The Russians are mobilizing the reserve of
10000 Cossacks of tire Don.
A religious war has been proclaimed in
Bosnia.
Advices of the oath represented the Rus
slams at Olti and advancing on Erzeroum from
that and various other points. The move
ments Of the troops have been so rapid that
1t is impossible to follow or describe them.
The Turks were unable TO hold the passes
between Kars and Erzeroum, and retreated
The Turks repulsed two attacks on Kars
on the 2Sd. Firing continued on the oath.
The Russians were vigorously bombarding
the forts before Kars on the 25th, and the
forts as vigorously replied.
The Russian Notifications near Nikopolis
were destroyed by Turkish iron-clad on the
25th, forty Russians being killed.
Austria will not recognize Roumania as
belligerent.
A Bucharest telegram of the 25th says no
important action will occur on the Danube
until the whole front line of the Russians is
in position on the bank of the river.
A Bulgarian rising is reported in the Bal
kans, at VratZa and Bergonatz.
On the 25th the Turks were concentrating
in the neighborhood of Olti. Mukhtar
Pasha's headquarters have been removed to
Erzeroum.
Servia has not yet sent single soldier to
the frontier. The Turks have occupied sew
eral points oil the river Timok and estab-
lished a blockade along the Servian frontier
r ussia will respect Scrva's neutrality.
The main Russian army in Asia, which
took Ardahan, is 10000 strong.
On the 26th the Russian batteries at Giur
gevo bombarded Rustchuk, and the Rou-
manians bombardcd the fortress at Nikopo-
lis. The firing from both sides of the river
was very heavy.
The Russians on the 23d attacked the
Abchasian villages Akaba and Idlak, near
Batoum, and were repulscd with loss of $50
killed and many wounded. The cnemys loss
in killed and wounded was small. The Rus
sian right wing on the 26th was at 0lti and
the left at Vans.
Sir A. Kimbal british military attache,
says of the Turkish armies in Asia that they
lack everything necessary to soldiers except
courage and patience, and that no serious
militery resistance will be made to the ad-
vance Of the Russian armies.
The Czar has refused to grant letters of
marque.
A Turkish council will direct military
operations,
Mouktah Pasha tclcgraphs that he will
have to retire behind Erzeroum, as his army
is in danger OF being cut off from that place.
The Turks have pickets OF thirty men sta
toned at intervals of two and n half miles
along the Danube, communicating with each
other with signals.
The Circassians in trans .Circassia have
surrendered their arms TO the Russians.
Semi official advices received in London
state that Russia, Germany and Austria have
arrived at an understanding aud the war in
the East win be localized. ttrf t
A Bucharest dispatch fixes the time for the
Russian crossing of the Danube as juno 10.
A Tiais telegram says the Turks hold the
roads through the Caucasus from the Black
Sea to Tihis.
The Russians lost $50 killed in recent
cavalry fight ten miles from Kars.
The Roumani an Chambers have appropri-
ated the amount of tribute usually paid to
Turkey-about tlS5 ,OOO-for the support Of
the army.
An Erzeroum dispatch of the 2Sth says the
news has been received there that the Turks
by coup de main had succeeded in recaptur-
ing Ardahan. A similar report was received
by the Porte on the 2Sth.
The Roumanian army will not cross the
Danube with the Russians.
A Bucharest special of the 2Sth says the
rumors OF peace are becoming more clearly
defined, some of them emanating from ofii-