The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-05-10

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An Imperial order has been issued de-
clariis ths proviness Of: Dss.azsA, Kesssn,
|1autila and Ctimea in s.ass Of 6ege Ths
Ruaui1ns have csodDed Tho frontffl Of Aaiatie
Turkey ct AlexandRopol, On TIE ro1ts 10 KaiA
0alnAs and Rnila AWaEe occupied h TIE H.
sians on the 36th, thus securing IN important
railway bridge.
OK me morning Of the 18th, Gov.
Packard issued lengthy address 10 The people
Of Louisiana, and, with hs adherents, left the
state-House. At noon tho Legialature ad-
journsa fss1 odd Rs,aswS- 1a2A n IL e. Lapie
Hotel, and proceeded With il business.
The newspaper OF tho aeth report ;that
an engagements had taken pAsp On tAs Aaiatio
frontier. and thasthe Russians Aad bsen 1eecsd
10 fall hack, With . Ion ofeo
On the seth, Prince Charles presented
70 The Roamaniaa Chambena message, in which
be substantially advised The declaration Of war
asainst Turkey. =. -
Servia has notified Turkey that she will
Evsise BY forcc Of arms any attempt ON tho part
The Prince Of Montenegro has issued .
circular b the Powess, in which he sGatea that
shc negotiations with Turkey were broken Of
because he haddemanded that TIE Hefsegovinian
refugees should be reatcred TO their homes. He
adtls that he shall defend his territory. hoping
That if he ID defeated, Christian Europe will
save the women and children.
On the seth, the Sultan issued a procla.
NATION to his army, announcing the declaration
OF war by Russia, invoking The assistance Of
God to repcl tho invader, promising that the
wives and children of tbs soldiers shall b pro-
tectcd, and that should il become necessary, The
Sultan himself would 60 b ths army and miss
the standard Of the khalifat and the Hultanat.
He would gladly sacrifice his life to preseEvc the
honor and independence Of his country. ~
A Bucharest telegram Of the 9th an.
nounces the capture of three Roumanian vessels
by Turkish ganboaes. Put and Fort 81 Nicho-
strvyed.
The South Carolina Legislature met n
special session on the 26th. In his message to
the Legislature, Gov. Hampton expressed tho
hope that the memben would forget the ami
mostly engendered by political strife, and rise
superior to 'petty considerations of partisan
ship" He recommended an earnest effort to
restore the lost prosperity of the State. revive
it, wasted industries, reform all the abuaes in
in Government, and promote harmony, good
will and justice among all classes and parties.,
Russia has closed the navigation of the
Danube. The announcement of this fact ON
the 29th, caused great excitement in financial
circles, and material iise in the value Of grain
throughout Europe resulted.
The Porte has declined to recognize
the arrangement by which Russian subjects in
Turkey were placed under German protection.
Germany has protested.
An extensive fire occurred in Constan-
tinople on the 18th. Over GOO houses were
burned.
The Turkish budget shows q deficit of
Els, 900. The Turkish feet has been ordered
to blockade the Russian ports.
The Roumanian Minister of Foreign
Affairs announced to tho Roamanian Chamber
of Deputies, ON the 18th, the signing Of con-
vention with Russia, by virtue of which free pass
age across the country was promised, and also
the treatment due to = friendly army. The
Gar had bound himself to respect the rights of
Roumania. similar convention had not been
concluded with the Porte, because it had persist
emily refused to recognize Roumania or settle
long-pending differences.
A Vienna telegram of the Goth says
Persia had q, 900 men ready to join the Rus
slams.
A st. Petersburg telegram of the Goth
says Russia had Sc, 900 men ON the Danube and
125, 600 in the Caucasus. The opposing forces of
the Turks aggregated 10000.
Information received at Omaha, on the
29tb, indicated that the heavy snow and rain
storm of the preceding three days had Destroyed
the grasshoppen. Experiments in thawing them
out showed no ngns of vitality.
Several of the members of the st.
Louis Whisky Ring, sentenced to pay a fine and
to nominal imprisonment q year ago. but who
had never paid the fine, were arrested in that
city, on the 2Sth ult. One paid his fine and
was released. but the others gave hail in the sum
of 81, 500 each. These arrests were made in
pursuance Of the recent decision of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to take measures to collect
all unpaid whisky 6nea
The Russians have attacked the Turkish
forces before Kan. 3
A report prevailed in Vienna. on the
seth ult.. that the Turkish gunboats had left
the Lower Danube, being impelled to this action
by the torpedoes and the fear of the Russian
heavy artillery.
A Vienna dispatch of the 30th ult. says
the Porte had given official assurance that it did
not intend to carry on the war on Servian terri
tory.
1t was reported from Columbia, 8. c.,
on the S0th ult., that the Republican claimants
for State Offices would consentto the proceeding
before the Supreme Court, which would end the
contest and seat all the Democratic State of
fciala.
Employees, to the number Of $50 (mostly
females), Of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. in Washington, were discharged on the
SOth ult.
A Dreadful Burden.