The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-25

me Inc. baihahS ans Lear ~ - We Russian cV1' tn Chr
EsE:i Sgrra thp Tnrks ordered Il '4t !; '>ash(
tIans-men, women and nli"''n
as they lett their houses.
THOSE WHO REMAINED
within were burnt alive. The order waI' gwen
to burn down and destroy eV eFS paii Ci9 IT, VI
Christian property in the place. Mi:nS N'"tt5uS 1
Turkish merchants took part i'll thG aliaIt' ~ ~ y
dispatched large number OF Basil o. nnc
I'LL over Tchirpan district. This uISuicl lS oHo
Of the richest In that part OF turkey" . r,,-..
1t contains very lal7e proportion Oh mrs rs
ton inhabltantS-oycr 500 churches and 500
schools and tullpges-#,l Of which have been
burnt. Distinctions extended tu the villages Oi
tio@Adan, MahaicsI, I..tli and "llEtrs-ln. ali
about SINtE-COHtalulD- from l0O 10 1oo ldLhllloS
each. Scarcely fifty persons have escaped
alive.
BULGARIAN FUGATIvEs
at Bahriavo and SeIvi estimate that from $4,000
10 1000 CHRISTIANS have bceu massuCrCd III
Eski 9aghru .lnd lchirpan district alone Sol
tlipIyS were posted alUnS the road from EslN
oaSra to kaS,lllllk with orders to shoot every
body passing.
CuN~rANrINOrLE, Aug. l4.-By the last mill
taIy operations south ol the Balkans Il loss OF
UuO KIHtd and wounded was inflicted on the
Russians. Tnt cnrmy have been driven from
al IUcilltIcs south ot the mountains. Law and
OluCr have been restored.
LONDON, Aug. l5.-Tne News publishes the
following special, dated kadIkOr, tuesday, but
40 nCws Oh Tie engagement referred 10 has
ptth rtccIN tu from any other source: All ell
9a7rucu, occurred Yesterday at lurekny, the
r.ussluns defeated the Turks and captured five
cauuOns. Osman Pasha has arrived within tour
nouns march Ot IlrnuVu. The Russians are
rcutalIng rom IOpekny; they have been re-
mlOrCcu.
LONDON, August IA special to the Daily
News REPORTS at TupOkui, Monday, the Russians
We're defeated and IUst live cauuuu, instead Uf
Tie turks, ts previously reported. II this ac-
count Is true, II is probable some operation will
Ur made III the direction OF Osmau Bazaar.
CONSrAATlSUPLE, Aug. l5.-lnG Turkish army
III tine province OF BaSdad, numbering $4,000
men, has been summoned to ConstantmOpe,
and Will come by the valley OF the BupuIaLes.
II VIII be Replaced III the Bagdad district by
nlIItla.
LONDON, Aug. 16.-The Times occasional cor
respondent al Vienna, sends the following sum
mary Ot the situation:
IN THE BALKANS
fragments OF Gen. GUurks corps are intrench-
Iug themselves i'll ShIpka Pass. The eighth
corps, appointed to support them, is ecuelOned
between cclVl, BrtnUYa and 1lrnOVa.
division Of the eleventh corps occupies
kayAraWlIZ Against these troops, which 1UIm
,ne bulk Ot Russian forces in western Bulgaria,
Il Turkish army corps Is slowly but steadily adj
VauClng from ouulnIt. Via Dsllan Bazaar. Sulei-
man PaSua, lUU with portion OF his army, is
advancing iii the direction OF Elene. Lastly,
some OF Oslnau's men are marching from LaVatz
on GatsrOVa.
Russian rent0rCements are moro than CUun-
terbalanced by troops which the Turks are re-
tCeIVlng from Asia.
THE sUMITARY CONDITION
Of the Russians is SO much worse than that OF
the Turks, that gaps OCCasiOned by sickness
'linong the former establish an equilibrium of
IOiCt5 between the columns.
IHe siege or Rustchuk Is virtually raised.
LONDON, Aug. l7.-Ihe Berlin correspondent
Of the News states that Russia officially ac-
kuOwlCdgeS the loss of l4,450 men killed and
wounded, up to August 9.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Daily Telegraph's
special from Adrianople states .Dlat the Rus
SANS have evacuated EIUva and BedrOva, and
nearly all the country up to TirnOVa.
SULEIMAS PASHA'S ADVANCE GU4RD
is close to GabrOva. lie has received heavy re-
ntOrcements from COnstantinople.
LONDON, Aug. ia dispatch from Bucharest
says the fever epidemic Ill the Russian army
IA bulgaria Is increasing. The troops GIsU want
iuod, ana they refuse pay unless they can re-
cclye 1t Ill the coin OF their own cOuntty They
threaten to surrender to the Turks unless they
aic pald III tie com demanded. The present
state OF affairs i'll the army is very alarming.
LONDON. Aug. 18.-The Times military cor
respondent at bucharest says:
EVERY DETAIL OF PREPARATION
shows that the Russians have made up their
utpOtS OF fire wood
Inc Times SlstOva dispatch says: Rain of
Less than IL hours duration has rendered the
roads at this place, over VIII Ch the kussiaua
supposed are transported, a sea of mud with
gaping holes OF unknown depth at frequent
intervals: His olcl illustrates tie inlpus-
sinilIJy Oh kusslaR-afTd PtiSn III Turkey alter
seasun---
"'AAsill be very difficult even to maintain their
forms between the B"iHans and the Danube,
"llth tAe summer WGa LeT breaks up,
AbOye.l VAIN 'A0
LONDON, Aug. 18.--Adyicts from Constantine
PEE Via Berlin, state the ottoman bank has sue
'oedtd III placing loan, which Will net the
porte $l2,0OO,UUU.
RUsTcHuK, Aug. 18.-The Russian lombard
iHeiC continues. TWO hundred shells have TALL
en- III the town, twenty persons were KILLED A
tlSslan accommodating party has been rrpulsrd
EEar the river LOrn.
During the occupation of the Dohrudscha
IdtclS the Sick were sent back at the rate of
5000 per day. and there are sigus of INCREASING
sickness within the lines on the other side If
me Dahunc' The news that Suleinlan Pa la Is
from several sources.
BUCHAREST, Aug. ia fund is being raised
IL III London Ior Turkish families. Itwas Initiated
oy baroness Butdett kOutts, and is randy
auglnGnting
TURKISH BATTERIES sILENCEDs
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug l9.-An otTi,.ial dts-
PatcIl states that the Russian batteries at Gur-
zero silcnced the Turkish batteries at Rustchuk
on o tle loth INST. There was slight successful
hghtInS OH the 10th un the right bank of the
river near RuStchuk.
ANOTHER BATTLE-THE RUSSIANS DEFEATED.
LONDON, Aug. 19.-Reuter's ErZeroum dis.
patch and Muktar Pasha's official telegram state
! nat on saturday the Russians, numbering $500
infantry, ten regiments of cavalry and 10 nlIus
atta 'ked Muktar Pasha along tile whole line
extending from Magarajikh to Yakinlar Tho
cahHohade commenced at seven O'Clock in the
morning ana at SIX i'll the evening the Russiaus
retreated in good order to their encaFnnment
PuFs4ea ~ tile Turks. The Turks lost lCO
hlileu ana wounded, and the Russians I2OG
LoNDOS, Aug. ia Reuter- telegram from
that the EGYPTIAN contingent
IN ti turkey WIN he Increased, 'fhey have lately
been gaining ground.
r, LONDON, Az. 2o.-A correspondent of the
II nliuie3 aC IehISSaghra, teiegrallls under date
Df Aug. is, as follows went V IN the Turkish
army on the l4th inst, to CI17n BagEaz AT
Lancu' Two hours and half from the pass /
saw , tne mel bodies OF l2o persons, who had been
nlurIereQ by the Cossacks and Bulgarians
1ulohs the victims were two women,
ONE VERY BEAUTIFUL
md young She had Deen killed and tlro,y,,
naked INTO pool OF water. saw families in
luQlng children who had been thrown int a
well L4e hGuses Of these people and the hand
some eEhhr0ided dresses of the women. shaved
hdt tHcy hau been iiCh In one hOuge fhe
women ana young girls had been shut nm aud
during ten days to outrages Nv the
: : JiossackS ana Bu!garIans The Bnlgariaas when
ney heard OF the arrival OF the Turkish army
VI Siljtin BaghaZ, carried off the Turkish women
my my ahlIafen rom three to thirty years of a0e
'iiI, annIe 1i, 10 ,e haikanS Tie victims of whom
spoke ABOVE, were all collected together and
uuF4efed IN succession. Many more were
zee them, - "''A
CoNsTANTfNoFLE, Aug. 2O.-A later telegram
ROM MukHtur PaSAa gives tho Turkish l1ssna
Il Saturdays battleas 1870 killed and $3.50 yg;nnG%d
ind the Russian loss as 1900 killed
IN China the dogs are entirely bald
l his accounts for the temperate habits
!t the Ce!estials. "The hair Of the
log is unknown among them.
The charity that bn1ire OF l,o,,s. -.