The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-21
THE EASTERN WAR.
THE PORTE WILL NOT ACCEPT
MEDIATION.
Pleyna To be ReYictuAlled-The Sit
nation Before the Basieged
pty-CaptuTe of PleSnR
an Affair OF Time
and Trench
work.
war Notes.

BELGRADE, September 2U.-Ihe news
OF the repeated Russian disasters has
created great uneasiness here, especially
rs everything WAS prepared !o- crossing
the Danube At GIsdovs by the Russians
and their reception in NegotIn and
Tlmoc villages.
1t Is announced tia: the Cabinet hss
agreed to postpone actlon, and troops
marching 10 the frontiers have been
recalled INTO the towns not So near the
border, in order to give no umbrage to
the Porte
LONDON, September 70 "A Russian
official dispatch dated Gorney-Stnden,
September 18th, says: Yesterday affairs
were quiet everywhere The blockade
and bombsrdment OF P.evna still contln-
ue.
ST PErERTBURG, september 2O.-The
GGiOS publishes telegram from lsdyr.
Asia Minor, which shows that the Turks,
on the 18th. were csnnonading Genera
Terry ksrsot's position there.
BUCHAREST, september 2O.-The first
division OF the Russian Imperial Guard
having passed through Roumsnla the
passage of the second division has com.
menced.
CoNsTALTINoPLE, September 2O.-lt Is
stated in well informed circles that the
Porte will not accept mediation while n
single Russian soldier remains on Turkish
soil, nor Will it consent to AL armsitice
unless the ba,s of the subsequent peace
proposale are at the same time defined.
Chetuet Pasha, who commands the re-
hevIng forces ut OrChAnIC mas cOmmuni.
Gated with Osman Pa,hs. The revictual-
ling of Plevns, therefore Is expected
very shortly.
LONDON, September 2l.-A correspon-
dent At GornystIden telegrsphs that he
nas personally Inspected the position be
tore Plevna, which he describes Ms tol-
lows: The Russ. Roumanian army occu
pies the line extending from GravItzs TO
LaLachevilzs. At GrsvItza the Rou-
manians have advanced by sap 10 within
$50 yards of the second redoubt, which
will probably tall IN II lew days. Fur
,her TO the left from Gravitza stands
Krudener's corps, which has been rein
forced since the battle by two dIslalons
from Russia. Next star ds Zotoh's corps,
trariul.y reduced IN numbers; bait, lions
being brought down 10 three hundred
men. The Russians have three hundred
and twenty guns, aud are constantly fir
ing on the Turkish works, which scarcely
ever reply. 1t Is SAID their ammuni-
tion is failing, but there are no means OF
verifying this. The capture Of Plevna
Is An stlsir OF time and trenchwork,
When the reinforcements which are
coming up arrive, it ought to fall. easily.
The Turks have refused General IDtOh
leave 10 bury his dead, which lie within
three hundred yards OF the Russian posi-
tlons, and must breed disease.
A dispatch from Bucharest, says: From
the number of officers arriving here
from Plevna on snort furloughs, 1t
would appear that the Russians
do not contemplate any important
proceedings there during the next week
The surgical Arrangements of the
RoumsuIan army are utterly inadequate.
rhe surgeons make no conccslment OF
the tact that a wOunde! mans time for
being looked at comes on An average two
DAYS after he has been wounded. The
CORES pondent doubts whether an attack
on Plevna can succeed even after the
arrival ofthe guards. In spite OF strong
Russian spmpathies he considers that
The Turks surpsss the Russians both IS
prvates and general.