, 1877-08-02
GENERAL.

! announce that Teefcr1ay's Council did not ,le
eide In favor OF either general or partial
mobilization. Count Andrasty, whose policy
VIA entirely approved. Was empowered TO tskc
tucasurcs fur an eventual strengthening of the
troops already echelone'l along the southern
frontier. The Cabact aisn discussed tho cost,
estimated At about - 0.l OO fugius OF rob,Ix.
Ing four tltris!nns for reinforcing tho troops on
the frontier, should that mcssurc lie determined
| upun.
uRxEcE A*p srRr1A.
| BELGRADE, Aug. l.-rhc tircck Consul here.
who WIS sent to Kraeujevatz by l,is Govern.
tncnt, charged to negotiate an alliance viii,
eerrla nga'nst Turkey, has returned. lie has
stated that hc failed to accomplish the object Of
ills mission.
An Official report from Belgrade btatcs that
there Ia considerable activity there Ia mllttury
circles. The Sknptschlna Is hudfnC secret scs-
safs daily III view of thu probability of SeryIa
Jols':ng In the present campaign Ut an carly
SHARP WORDS uErwEEs TIE RUSSIANS AND
ENGLISH.
Ben,s ,aiy ,ed:is EMI e Eo"i"" f. Fn;;x FF'r.: ,,o walt
known klavopil!tc, who has hecn staylnr al ii.
Petersburg tor SOME time t,aot, few tlays aco
wrote tu y. Aksak''tf, Tue heni Of the Mostv,w
slayonte Society, I" asi his artssanro for the e.
iactiiatc helwurn Great Hrltnl1! ann ltusaia. To
this request II. Aksakof youcllsafct q rcply
containing tic following passage:
:. AT 1uoHe't whci' ten. heMbnl Ia actual
~ In command OF tile TurkIhh mrtuy !u Asia,
ws'en Et.lad threatens to srnd her feet against
ss. aEd the EnglIsi, ugcnt 1T tho hcptauartcrs
" t''e hussia1i army IL suspected 1T acting "a
tps ~ botsnli Of lurkcy--at stcli moment It IL
care Tor the immediate tt.ictis, Ut ,t.er rolcy
before English public opinion, and to be out 0i
poces t"ai s 39r tue purpose of purchasing English
lnccn:ci BY this cpt.tlc, NJ. Farley bas com.
tnnnisascsl tl'e aloyo extract tn the f'o's. pro
testing agnlnst tho structures preferred ocainst
ticu. kcmbal! end Col. Wellesley. Tie .Vosvye
sftmN7, ln co!ylnc thy aboyc irun tho Go'Ss,
Ela!n,sp"Sen politician, would nut have cailctl
Col. Wu!leTiry a :py hud hr not regarded bis
'ettsF IT, t. Co. Farley rs strictly pirate.
ttls n'ad ;Hir, xcll.e i1tcs and circt.mspcct
Grant l}ntf's Lutte paper Ut, tic EASTERN q,lcs-
tlor, declares that tho titno las cone tor tllc
una! Encouragement Of Eastern matters, and
that old combinations urc longer Of anv ayaIl,
s.a n.n,Mas language Is held by tue whole Russian
Tohhisu ACCOUNT or THE RUSSIAN CROSSING
or THE DANUBE.
!trTHA. duly la-The following Turkish Uf1l.
us'c At sisloya, sent to the Minister Of War Iy
the Con,mandcr-in-E Chief. il reported frotn Cor.
stantinople. 1t is translated from tho French
version:
''The eucmy essayel the passage Of the Dam
ubc on the might Of tho 9th In 200 boats, pro-
tectca hy . emal! tronclad. do not know what
became OF the company Of tho 'Musta9z t1.and-
stl!rm) posted Ut sstoVa. Whether 1t was sur.
prlscd or snac prisoner by the enemy, or wlcih
cr dccming itsclf too wcnk tu resist, Il fei, /
ln not Know; but not shot was fred by
It, nnd sltlce it, Disappearance Il
has given no siens OF existence. After The enc
my lad crossed, tie guar4 ncaf Dektrmcn pere
fired lew shots. Al thta signnl, Ahmed pqslla
hastenea tn The potnt where the cr,ssing was
going IN, and attacked the enemy. Thereupou.
the Russians, checked III their passavv, co,,tlu-
ue4 It at anot!lrr lott ot the river without beiuy
observed l,y Aalnc,a's culutnE, and joneu those
rcat the passage our truo2s displayed pualitiea
worthy Of all praise. Tnr battle lasted TIL noon
thu following day. The losses II the enemy !
amount tu LOO fsrk tlc cot,,hat. Il ore can b.
licgc the xtotlrs toll y thu llusslan prisoners,
t~cntyUnc cahtin were t'lrawn Into the stream,
though Ahmed Fasha mentions only glx. This |
numerous Russian botltcs floating near Rust |
cLuk, as well ~ tho ea'ltlte4 hur.ea which swam
from D!kiiarat tu Mara,i,l, amply psuye that |
Me had ~ killed, elvhtvtlrt "uunle4, aud /
thirty.ouc Inissing. Although thu euen,y's |
farce WIS lasgcly Increased by insensblc de- |
g1ces, Ahmed Pasl1a's bEisu'le continued to
Hight until, borne down On all sides, it wAs
f0rrcl to retire. The passage nf tho Danube
has rust tho eucmy dear. tbs strategic meas
ures taken TO check their advance wtrc comtpu-
nftatc1 yesterday evening ~ tbs Excelfcncy the
seraskicr VIC will all DO our duty, and not
loss sight OF tho enemy, 70 thst ha may not ac.
coIip,sh another paasage.n