The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1877-10-02
TELEGRAMS TO DAILY PHOENIX.
European Intelligence,

ATHENS, september 3O.-Greece has sent Q
fresh despatch to her Representative c: London,
Foreign Affairs points out that neither intimi.
dation nor coup de main against Greece can
suppress HeIlenism. An unjust attack against
Greece by the Porte would infallibly cause an
insurrcction of the entire Hellenist PEOPLE
VIENNA. September 30.-The Political Cor.
reSp0ntte"cc publishes the tOI,uwing from Bel
iras.c: The G.ni,imr. vi wur his cone Iudru II
contract with some large Servian films for Gu.
nling the four army corps which Scrviu intends
to form.
a telegram from Scraj javo, the capital of the
Province nf BOSNIA. says portion of the Turk
lSh troops In Bosnia have been ordered to pro-
c-c' in the direction Of M0stHr, the capitai of
lirrZeg"vinia and the remainder to the <;crvian
frontier
loNDoN, September 30.-A despatch from
Pesth referring to the seizure Of breecli leaders
the design of the Turkish sympathisers In Tran.
sylr mia was the formation Of the Hungarian
legion. numbering $1,000 men, who, acting in
conjunction with a Turkish corps. were to de-
stroy the HOumanian Railroad. 1t is rlimOrcd
that the hungarian General Kapka was one
OF the leaders. The whole affair has, however
been nippcd in the bud. 4 letter from st
Petersburg states that verestclagin, the well.
u monitor light on the Danube, recovered and
joined the army before Plevnn, and was there
Killed This is probably Il mistake. for Vcrcst.
rl'aEin = brother, who was killed ut Plevna.
~ NbHStaiitlHbpIe ucSputCn says tile turkish
newspapers publish report that Osman Paslla
dcfratr, the Russians before Plevna The Porte
refused To permit the transit of timber across the
Dnn"hc for housing the Russian wounded.
Snow has ceased falling in the Balkans but
heavy rains have Hooded the plains of SOFIA and
Orkapi.
Thomas Srrnmhlcr Owien, Aide rnan for the
wnr'l OF Bisholsgate, was elected Lord Mayor
OF London.
The Times, though it strongl, sympathiSes
with Russia prints the following under Il PROM
incnt heading: 'THEKArIi. September .S-It
Is said that Tie Turkish srl.lir, hn,r received
strict orders not to fire NJ any Russian Gcner;,l,
lest he should I've kil;c! "i disabled, and re-
placed"
SOFIA, Sunday Evening September 80
Trustworthy information Las been received
here, that Oslnan Pa.ha has rcpu.s-d Il heavy
Hu>S"- Rouinanian attack on his front and left,
iniiicting heavy losses it j. sac: TIA, he at.
tackled the Russians on the UratZ road and re-
covered several positions. This @rcms to agree
Will the report published in tOusta antinople
newspapers yesterday. that OsIran P;,sba had
defeated tic Rounlanians before Plcvna, but
theI'' Is II" more reason to hclicve the one than
The otter. The 'irtAi!s resemble the fight of
September u +" l.; remarkably. The Imperial
t'ua i. umbr i,.r :d DtM il said to he due lcfore
iic,la - H. 9th uf October; it is thought
highly imrrb bic that the Il, ssiars have made
Il genera: d->. II w thnnt them.
NAPLES. ~ t'icr i.-Caidinnl Sixte Riaro
StirZa is Grud. ile was siHty-seven wears oil
and created Cardinal in SIS.
LoSp"> Dri"ber The Standard cores
pondent Will, the Turkish army, tclcgraphs
from rcvna: O>man Pasnas losses from the
Russian cannnnu,lc ure exceedingly livht. bnt
on the day wcn l,e took the rctioubts in the
Softcha Road, he lost I,HD men. There are
now (Septcinher ~ only l,WO wounded at
Picv"a. y Bucharest special says Gen. Todc-
hrns opinion of the situation at pcvna has
been laid before tile Grand Duke Nicholas. 1t
Is understood he declares thut siege operations
"n II most extensive scale nre requisite for the
capture Of "f the place. The CZarowtch visited
H"iny S'u'lcn, "n Saturday. to rclinquish the
!.Y,r.! ~. tl!e lmeeriul GnazaY. The .aecnnd
Thrk sh convoy for Plevna returned to Orkanf,
the H"th ,iiaa cavalry having captured eight
Wagons "f grain. The Grand Duke Nicholas
has lIvcr complaint.
| lie irst Turkish convoy which entered Plev-
M consisted Of 1000 wagons; number of wag-
"nS ~ Tie second convoy not reported. A cor.
rtSpo.',lrht says of the Russians before Plevna:
hey seem completely Mt sen; they have no
pam no idea. no head: they are waiting for re.
intorce:nents, which arrive slowly and which,
when all here, will hardly more thnn cover their
losses by battle and sickness during the last two
months. History offers no s9ch example ofa
splendid army in such IN utterly helpless eondi-
ton. Suleiman Pasha s fortifyng at Shipka
Pass, apparently with the intention or wintering
there
Madras correspondent, reviewing the
actual ELECTS in that Presidency of the famine
and discusses consequent on the famine, says the
registered deaths oil the present year up to the
end OF June. were $1,000 above the aveinge.
This. according To the opinion Of the district
officers. does not represent more than two
thirds of the actual mortality, and we have
further to add the deaths which have occurred
since, and have not yet been officially reported.
The correspondents conclusion is that not less
than 15OoUO persons have 'Iallcn victims, and
even these figures will probably lie largely in.
CREASED hrtoie the famine and its after wave Of
suffering has tiually passed away.
American Intelligence.
'JAcKsoNvILIE september 3O.-Two deaths at
Fc!nandnn, to-day. Collector of the Port +.
{. t:rossman and Harry Smith died last night
aud several cases extremely low, among them
Mayor Riddel. Three new cases to day.
SALT LAKE, September 30.-Orrin Porter
Rockwell, the notorious Mormon murderer, and
accredited thict OF the Dunites, was indicted by
the Grand jury Of the First Judicial District OF
the Territory. now in session ut Prevo, for his
participation in what is generally known AZ the
Atkin nn>-acic lie was In state of into xica-
ton when arrested and talked loudly of writing
his confessions. Bishop Robert r. Burton. the
Majnr General of the Nauvoo legion, and Dr.
Clinton, who were arrested, bave bptli teen re.
leased from custody on 3l5O,OOO and SlOOOOO
bail, respectively.
WAslIiN0ToN, September 3O.-The verdict in
the cnse Of Frederick a.. Sawyer, ex.Se-