The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-03

from the Edgefeld and Ellenton districts.
representing both Republicans and Democrats,
have called to lay before the President the
proceedings of mass-meeting of citizens
representing all classes therein, ut which each
side agreed hereafter to live in peace with each
other, and where each pledged the other that
political difficulties should cease, and that local
peace and order should hereafter prevail. In
view of this agreement, all parties to it united
| in asking the President to dismiss the cases
tried by Chief Justice Waite, and at the same
time stated that the authorities propose TO dis
miss number of political suits begun in local
courts against colored Republicans as an offset
to the arrest of white Democrats. The Presi-
dent expressed much satisfaction at the con-
dition OF affairs a. reported, and promised to
take into consideration the request made"
THE TURKO-RUssIAN WAR.
DISPATCHES of the Goth of July from the seat
of war on the Danube say: 1.-The Fourth
Corps will follow the Eighth across the Balkans
The Russian army of Rustchuk had advanced
TO the line of the LON river, touching the
Danube at Pyrgos and is slowly wheeling on
that pivot To invest the fortress. Nearly forty
thousand men are now jammed into the angle
between the Danube and the Lom The Turks
| have abandoned the line of the LON without
| fighting. One part is believed to have retired
on Rustchuk and another on Shumla."
THE Russians have performed very dar-
ing and brilliant act in the capture of the
Shipka pass, and have undoubtedly secured a
great advantage in holding this entrance
! into Roumelia. They are, nevertheless, in a
dangerous and critical position. The force
at Adrianople hitherto has been about 10, 600
men, but now news comes that the Turkish
forces which have been operating against Mon
tenegro, the one from the north and the other
from the south, numbering some 10000, have
effected junction south OF the Balkans after
| their long march from the west. This force.
: reinforced by the troops gathered up from the
! Grecan frontier and around Constantinople,
may give the Russians great trouble i'll their
onward march, . Ninety thousand men are on
the way to reinforce the Russian Caucasian
army.
The French and Italian Consuls at Gallipoli
have asked their Governments to send men-of-
war to that port for the protection of the Chris
tan population, on account of the fanatical
excitement of the Mohammedans. "A Con-
stantinople dispatch says: "Great military
activity prevails. Volunteers are everywhere
enrolling. Recruiting booths have been estab-
hshed in various quarters Of Consantlnople.
Parties of volunteers with bands and flags are
parading the streets. -. Suleiman Pasha has
been defeated, with the loss of ten guns, and
at last accounts was retreating toward Adrian
ople. The Russians destroyed six railway
bridges between Jamboli and Philippopois.
The rolling stock was sent to Constantnople.
-. .Aziz Pasha, one of the best Turkish Off
GERS has been killed in sl1irmish.
A LONDON telegram says: "The English
fleet is not to enter the Bosphorus, because it
is supposed Russia would not be slow in seiz-
ing Gallpol and the Dardanelles forts.
Peace thus becomes daily not only more prob
able but sensibly nearer. 1t is said the
T,,,., Loot . 1A1o ,,1 ,loIo Ea,.o
bunnar OF $50 Bulgarian prisoners recently
taken to Constantinople, fifteen were imme-
diately shot.
A CABLE dispatch reports an important en-
gagement near Rustchukbetween the Czarowitcl
and Ahmed Eyoub Pasba. The Turkish corps
is reported to have been defeated with loss OF
thirty guns, ten standards. and <, 900 prisoners
Later official dispatches confirm the foregoing
The number of Turkish prisoners is now
given as 5000. E. "A correspondent with the
Russian troops at Kustendii telegraphs as fol
lows ''Frightful cruelties have been perpetrat
ed by the Circassians in Northern Turkey. Three
thousand Bulgarians have just arrived there
half starved and naked. Many are horribly
wounded. and have marched three days without
food to escape the Circassians and Bashi-Ba
zouks.
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
ADvIcEs from Ecuador, South America, state
that the damage done by the late eruption Of
Cotopaxi amounts to $1,00000 Many lives
were lost and over 1,500 head of cattle de.
stroyed. A monster meeting at Pesth passed
resolutions declaring the extension of Russas
power inconsistent with the interests of Austro
Hungary, and calling upon the Government Il
endeavor TO bring about q cessation of the
present inhuman method Of warfare. and tC
give timely protection to Austro-Hungariar
interests. Klarka and Pulsky and Others
spoke. Similar demonstrations are Il
be held in all the towns OF Hungary
1t appears that Russia has again assured thu
powers of Its Willingness to discuss the future
Of Turkey after the conquest Of Roumanis.
Advices from the republic of Costa Rica, il
South America, state that President Herrera
has been deposed, and is a prisoner at the
capital.
BISMARCK recently to deputation Of
Protestant clergy of Wurtemburg spoke hope
fully concerning the ecclesiastical conflict He
said the Government having enacted the nee
essary laws, quietly stood on the defensive, and
could afford to wait for the papacy to accept
the situation. The first stone of the Amer
can Episcopal Church at Geneva, Switzerland
was laid by Gen. Grant on the 9th of July.
The masons of London have struck work fol
a reduction of hours and increase of wages
49,. "A Madrid dispatch says that arrangement.
have been made with the promoters of the last
Cuban loan for an advance Of S25, 000, 900 foi
the expenses Of the next campaign. The adj.
vance will be guaranteed by the colonial Gus.
toms.
A Batch of Why's.
Why are Ambassadors the most perfect
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