The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-05-15

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medically inspected for foreign ser
vice.
A dispatch 10 the News from Kis-
cheneii says Grand Duke Nicholas and
all chief staff officials left here Sunday
morning, arrived at Jassay at two
o'clock In the afternoon, and Will pro-
coed to Plorieste Immediately. The
whole headquarters staff viii DO on
the Danube In five or six days.
The Telegraph's bucharest cores
pondent says; III am assured, owing
TO the fall OF water In the Danube, tho
three remaining monitors which are
enseonced behind Nlskand, opposite
Ibrail, In the old bed OF the Danube,
cannot get out, and must be abandoned
or destroyed"
The Turkish bombardment OF Kala-
fat from Widdin, on Saturday, was
intended to distract attention to en-
able the monitor TO run the gauntlet
of Roumanian batteries. The monitor
which was attempting TO escape, after
having once or twice struck, turned
and steamed away up stream.
The Times correspondent at Revati
telegraphs as follows: AZ evidence Of
the general condition TO which ten
days OF inoessant rain have reduced
the Asiatic region, We need only TO
read the intelligence from Bagdad, dc.
scribing the food which has over
whelmed both banks of the Tigris. A
similar inundation Is unknown since
time lmmemorial. The river having
thrown out new branch above Bag
dad which has completely blockaded
the city and swept away two hundred
houses In the village OF Kiamize,
The worst evil which the Russians
may bring upon US by their premature
invasion, Is cholera, which exposure
to 30 inclement season can hardly
fail to produce among their troops.
MANcHEsrER, May lL-The Guar
dams Vienna dispatch says: Three
columns of Russian soldiers are march
ing towards Guinges, Simeneza and
Pragurelli, with a probable design OF
crossing the Danube at those points.
One object Of the Russians is to break
the Turkish lines, and separate the
corps at Widdln from the main army.
The Turks appear to be be contem-
plating crossing to Kalafat They have
at that point two monitors, one war
steamer and eight sailing barques.
The Guardians Belgrade dispatch
says: Prince Milan returned from ut.
Petersburg without reply. Last night
Prince Gortschakoff telegraphed, "If
Servia desires to commence action,
she must do so on her own response
bility, and with her own MEANS" This
intelligence creates great depression
among the liberals.
| The Times Vienna correspondent
says the principal credit for the mo-
ton, whereby the question Of Rouma-
MIA Independence and the princes as
sumption OF royal title was practically
shelved, belongs to the Roumanian
minister OF foreign affairs, but his OPP
position to the immediate declaration
of independence would not, probably,
have been overcome, II he had not
received decided hint from Russia.
The correspondent Of the Times at
| Vienna, commenting on the rival
Magicar and Slavonic demonstrations,
which were recently held in Pesth and
4 Vienna respectfully, and which caused
considerable comment and excite
ment, says, neither will have any eff
feet ON the policy Of Austro-Hun.
gary, which cannot be swayed by SYM
thies or antipathies, particularly
when they are so contradictory as In
the present case, but must and will be
directed with regard to the int ereats Of
the whole.
Various concurrent accounts leave no
doubt of the tremendous loss of life
aboard the Turkish monitor, which
was sunk of Ibrial. The only surviv-
or of the crew, who was picked up by
Russian boat, estimates the crew at
two hundred. The ship was named
sutfield, and was armed with five
guns. two Of which were nine inch
and two five inch pieces.
,, The Times In leader says; 'grhe
war In Asia Minor will clearly not be d