The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-12

There are twenty-five cares Of yellow fever at
Port Royal. The Mayor bas telegraphed to
Augusta, Ca. for assistance. is now
stated that Theodore Roosevelt is candidate for
collector of the port of New York.-Rumor
has it that President Hayes is opposed to the
meeting this week of the Union League oppo-
ition meeting in Cooper Institute in New
York.-Judge Samuel T. Spaldng, promi-
nent lawyer in Massachusetts and for many
years Judge of Probate, died Sunday morning
at Northampton after a brief illness.--Tyo
cars loaded with birch wood on the Mt. Wash
ington railroad, broke away from the engine
Friday. They left the engine at the end of the
cog rail. going about thirty rods on the ties,
destroying trestle bridge Of the Boston, Con
cord & Montreal road. No one was injured
"A Salt Lake despatch says the Norm on
conference Saturday, formally elected John
Taylor and his associates to the chief offices of
the church, Tweed continues his revelations
much to the discomfort of men implicated.
TURco RUSSIAN WAR.
The three days battle of last week in Arme
MIA near Kars, appears to have been very
heavy affair, and to have ended in the usual
Russian defeat. Mouktar Pasha telegrapbed
on Friday that the bulk of the Russian forces
had fallen back along his whole line, as far as
Karatool, With the exception of six battaliops
entrenched at Kabak. His cavalry also find
that the enemy have abandoned their positions
at Kaldioran, Kizelyan and Oghozlu. He
places the total loss of the Russians
in the three days fight at 10000 men,
and his own at 1000. Probably these figures
are exaggerated in favor of the Turks, but
there is no ground for question that the Rus
slams have met with serious defeat which ter
inmates their second Armenian campaign as
disastrously as the FIRST 1t is hardly possible
that another advance will be undertaken by
the Russians during this season. as the wealth
or must already be exceedingly incement in
that high mountain region.
The Russians on the Danube have probably
received enough reinforcements to make good
their losses in battle, but no reinforcements can
make good the ardor with which they began
the campaign and which continued reyerses
and the incompetency of commanders have
changed into profound encouragement AL
though it is possible that Suleiman Pasha, who
succeeds to the command Of Mehemet Ali, may
attempt to sgnalize his leadership by some
offensive movements, it is more likely that he
will endeavor merely to improve his opportuni-
ties for defense in accordance with that milf
tary policy in which the Ottomans succeed
best. The careful provisioning of Plevpa, the
contracts of the Russians for the construction
of huts for winter quarters, and the general re-
Taxation insall directions of the tense military
lines of few weeks ago are tokens that the
Bulgarian operations must wait for another
season at least before the struggle in that
battle-worn.province ends.
OTHER FOREIGN NEWS
The London Times says: sSnce the
beginning of the present year we have i'm.
ported % million pounds worth of wheat,
against Is millions worth last year. The Unit.
ed States have sent us nearly four million cwt
less this year than last. The chief sources of
the extra supply have been British India, Rus
STA, Germany, France and Egypt. 1t is posi-
BILE that corn dealers in the United States may
hold back a little too long in hope of obtaining
higher prices"
MacMahon's papers announce that of 1863 Re-
publican seats the winning by the government
of LII is almost certain, while in 40 more the
pioopOoeo oAO ldNOIdUlc, 81 tudI tu0 government
will have majority of at least 90 The Left
still reckon confidently on 400 seats.
A despatch from Stanley says be has
opened to commerce an area of over 100000
square miles, containing nearly 1000 miles of
uninterrupted water communication, divided
among the upper Congo and its magnificen
afduents. He says missionaries are needed in
East Africa, and traders In West Central At
RIGA.
Stanstead Plain, Quebec, was visited by de-
structive fra Monday night Stodder's hotel was
destroyed with three large barns and several
other buildings. The fire spread to the con-
vent Notre Dame, which was destroyed. The
First Congregational church was also destroyed
Loss $4,000 on the hotel and $4,000 on the
convent. Loss on the church unknown.
Later reports from the India famine dis
trict show a considerable general rainfall On
the 9th inst, which, it is believed, will save
Behar, Punjaub, Rajputana and the north
west provinces from all danger of failure of the