Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-12-23

NIGHT
A Fresh Levy of 5000 600 to be
Ordered.
TURKEY TO TAKE The
OFFENSIVE.
Sulciman Pasha to Have Supreme
Command.
THE DOINGS OF THE MEXICAN
BANDITS.

CHICAGO, Dec. %.
The Tri6une's London special says:
A fresh levy Of 900. 900 men will be
ordered by the Porte in q day Or two.
The Russian advance Ia to be resisted
to the bitter end. Tho Turkish policy
is 10 hold every position until driven
out, but not to leave large forces to be
captured in fortified places. Ii the
Russian armies can be held in check
until the new levy il mobilixed, Tur
kew hopes to take the offensive aud
obtain Epgland's assistance.
The report ome of the probable re-
call of Midhat PAsha To the Turkish
Cabinet. Suleiman Pasha is to have
supreme command and carte blanche
as to the means of defense.
The non-interference OF the War
Council in Constantinople is being
guaranteed. The Greek and Roman
patriarchs will refuse 10 read the call
for troops to their congregations, un-
less the Christians are formed in sep
arate battalions from the Mussulmans,
and are allowed q flag with the cross.
instead OF the crescent. Still, about
$50, 900 men can be assembled imme-
diately to defend Adrianop!e. II the
Russians expect q desperate resistance
beyond the Balkans, no Turkish field
army will be left north of the Balkans.
The Servians carried st. Nicholas
Pass by assault on Wednesday; also,
they have nearly wholly invested
Nisch and Widen.
The Sultan will shortly issue a proc
lamation deposing Prince Milan.
The fear of an armed intervention by
England is dying out, and the German
press are making merry over the early
session of Parliament, as likely TO end
in nothing but talk.
A Times Messila, New Mexico, spe
cial says that there are thousands OF
rumors in circulation regarding the
doings OF the Mexican bandits In Ell
Paso county. From these. the FACT Is
sifted that all the stores in the border
towns of Socorro aud Ysleti have been
plundered, and that the town of Ell
Paso Is threatened with the same sort
Of treatment. The Texas Rangers who
surrendered 1T San Elizario, having
gathered reinforcements, started in
yesterday to recapture the arms taken
by the Mexicans. 1t is reported the
force encountered them, and . fight
followed, in which Lieutenant Morti-
mer, Of the REGULAR Army, was killed
and two soldiers captured. and that
the invaders took q cannon from the
detachment of United States troops.
A portion of the Mexicans then crossed
the Rio Graude. whittier they were fol
lowed by the Texas Rangers. Lively
work may be expected at any hour.
General Hatch, with two batteries oil
artillery and one Calling gun, has ar
rived ct the scene of disorder.
A Washington special says: The
Texas and Pacific people have been
very anxious about the construction Of
the House Committee on the Pacific
Railroad, and are working with great
system and diligence to present their
measures in such shape, and at such
time, and under such circumstances,
as will provoke as little antagonism as
possible, and >ecurs q majority OF the
votes in the House. With this end in
view. they have reduced the Govern
meDt aid they ask for at the rate OF
$40 900 per mile. All their bills intro
duced this year provide that the Gov
eminent shall guarantee the interest
on So, 600 per mile on each mile OF
road constructed on the plains, and
x3s 900 per mile in the mountains. All
the bills of the last Congress asked for
$35, 900 and $45. 600 per mile on the
plains and mountains respectively.
Trouble An the Police Force.
NEW York, Dee. p.
Police Commissioner Erhardt made
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