The Osceola times., 1877-04-28
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The Daily News st. Petersburg cor
respondent telegraphs as follows: "The wa
feeling here is intense. There was nevel
such a popular war as this will be. W,
have no brag no bluster, no excitement il
the streets, no professions, no singing, ne
shouting, but quiet resolution is depicted or
every face, and is manifest in everybody,
language.
The Telegraph's Vienna dispatch re-
marks: II is feared that Austria will not be
able long to remain an indifferent spectator
The attitude she is preparing to assume is one
of defensive neutrality. The influence OF
Russian Sclsv committees extends almost to
the Austrian frontiers; and Austrian states,
men, Who consider its vicinity permanent
peril, are bent on checking its progress and
taking steps to annihilate its affects on the
Sclav population.
A telegram from CoDstantinople says
a Russian yacht arrived to-day to take the
members Of the Russian embassy to Odessa
the moment they receive orders to quit Con.
stantinople. The porte believes that the
rupture will be delayed until Russia has com.
muncated her intentions to the powers, but
no hope of peaceful settlement is enter,
tained by Russian subjects in Turkey, who
are TO be placed under the protection of the
German embassy. Constantinop!e will be
declared in state Of siege Immediately after
the rupture.
1t is officially confirmed that the Rou-
mania troops will oppose the passage OF the
Danube by the Turkish army and will allow
| the Russians to cross the Pruth. The cor.
respondent of the Daily Telegraph says al
have just inspected the Ottoman fleet in the
| Bosporus, and find that the condition Of the
sulan'snsvy is really splendid, The vessels
are fully manned and the discipline is as
good as possible. Admiral Hobart Pasha
has been formerly appointed commander Of
the Black sea squadron, which comprises
| fifteen iron.clads. The forts on the Bospo
rus are also ready, and reports from the
armies are satisfactory. Mehamit Pasha, the
sultan's first aid.de.camp. has left the capi.
tai to inspect the troops and munitions Of
war in Anatalis and superintend the final
arrangements along the Adriatic frontier"
Lord Derby has sent the following dis
patch, dated April 18th, to the British charge
ddfdireS at Constantnople: "Sir-The
Turkish emhassabor called to-day and lett a
, copy of the circular on the subject of the
protocol. depressed my deepest regret to
Musurus Pasha at the step the porte had
taken. / thought it unnecessary to enter on
any further discussion Of step which had
been adopted by the porte, after full consd.
era ion, and could not be retraced, | said,
however, it did not seem clear whether the
porte would send on an ambassador or not to
st. Petersburg to treat on the question OF
mutual disarmament. Musurus Pashs stated
that Turkey was not prepared to adopt any
such measure, and expressed the opinion
that matters could not be settled satisfacto-
nul the protocol. Ireplied that the diver
gence between the views OF the two govern
ments appeared so wide as to render fur
ther discussion useless, and | said could
not see what further steps England could
take to avert war which appeared inevita.
Bile. Musurus Pasha answered that the attl.
tude OF his government was simply defensive I;
that they did not desire war, but they would
prefer IT to the sacrifice of their national in.
dependence, which appeared to be involved
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A Times dispatch from Vienna, dated
the 18th says there are grounds for believing
that the idea exists of making the eight arti.
Gle of the treaty of Paris the starting point
for fresh negotiations. This idea is now
taken up by England, and brought forward
at st. Petersburg; but it seems as if the era
of negotiations is there regarded as closed
Sanguine people may still derive some hope
from this uncompromising attitude SO osten-
tatiously displayed, but Russia has all along
shown her unwavering purpose to set aside,
or, at any rate, to ignore the very existence
OF the treaty Of Paris; still, she will not care
to raise discussion on the point as to how
far its stipulations may be deemed valid
knowing that such a discussion might per
haps bring her into opposition with one or
more other powers besides Turkey. As the
czar's arrival at kishenev is only announced
for the twenty.second instant, it is supposed
his majesty will stop at Moscow, and he may
use his stay there to make another declara
ton or possibly issue the expected manifesto
therefrom, Intelligence of the movement of
the Russian army is confirmed on many
sides. It's believed in well informed circles
that much time will be lost in crossing into
RoumanIa. Such movement may be made
simultaneous with or perhaps before reg.
ular declaration of war, so that movement
would have the character of menace. This
| would be following the precedent of 1883.
| The Turks may not be disposed TO allow such
occupation TO pass over in silence, for trust.
worthy information indicate that they mean
to consider the crossing of the Pruth de.
claration of war, and intend crossing at the
same time into Roumapia at kalafat and
| Nikopoli.
THE neglect of Capt. Mares to issut
lime Juice rations to the sledge partie
OF the arctic expedition is -till the them
OF much discussion in the English news
papers. The Sanitary Record approve
the opinion of Surgeon Colan, that
anything should have been omitted, tn
run and not the lime,iuice should hav
been left behind. Capt. Mares admit