Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-21
No More Movements Be-
fore Plevna at
Present.
AN ESTIMATE OF THE STRENGTH
OF THE RUSSIAN FORCES.
-
Indignation In Paris ut President
MacAahon's Manifesto.
the FRENCH PEOPLE ARE MEN,
not CHILDREN.
Co. n,. - -ur Com UuI
ESPECIAL DI.r.roHrs 10 " Coin HILL
DA II Naval
Tn. ,,r..t War sn the East.

sopally Inspected the postum oV'ois
pleyps. which he describes as follows:
| Tho Russo oumanian army occupies q
line extending from Gravica to Tslehin-
itx,. At Grs,ica the Roumanians havo
advanced by sap 10 within $50 yards OF
tho second redoubt. which will probably
fall In a few days. Further 10 tho left
from Gravica stands Krudener's corps.
which has been reinforced since the battle
by parts Of two divisions from Russia.
Next stands Teotoff-s corps, fsarfully re-
| duced in numbers. his battalions being
| brought down To 300 men. On tho ex'
treu,e left. near Talchinitza. IL lmeretin-
skip's detachment. namely. the second d.
vision Of tho fourth rihc brigade. The
latter was diminished from four TO TWO
| weak battAlions. Here are also the re-
| mains Of Scobelofrs detachment. The
| spirit and temper Of the Russian soldiers
are admirable. Tho Russians have up
wards 81 500 guns, and arc constantly
firing ON thu Turkish works. which scarce
ly ever reply. II 10 said tho ammunition
| Of tho Turk. il failing. but there are no
means Of verifying this. They walk about
| their redoubts most unconcornedly. The
RUSSIANS AnE rSrnEScHIp
| All along their front with shelter trenches.
rifle pits and redoubts. From twelve To
sixteen regiments OF Russian and Rou-
| manian cavalry are lowering about the
| Sofia road 10 impede, II they do mol wholly
atom, communication. The Turks are cal.
culsted BY competent judges from 10000
10 $4,000 strong, with about ITO guns.
none Of which are apparently very heavy.
| The capture Of Ple,na is an affair Of time
| and trench work, and whom the Russian
achievements which are coming up, 81.
| rive IL ought 10 fall easily. The Turks
have refused General Tcntotf leave to bury
his dead. which lie within 3OO yards OF tue
Russian position. aud must breed disease.
A dispatch FROM Bucharest says; FROM
the number OF officers arriving here from
Flcvna ON short furlough, II would appear
that the Russians do not contemplate any
| important proceedings there during the
| next week or ten days.
A correspondent who was present .
| reported tile battle of pleyna-telegraph-
| ing from Bucharest under date Of Septeni.
| Der l7-takes u most despairing view OF
| Russian prospects. lie SAYS they were
| definitely thwarled and finally paralyzed
| on tho 18th. when they lost 2O,OoO men.
| The Russian medical stan Is overwhelmed
| and great numbers Of wounded are literal.
ly ro,ting and fostering. being uncared
| for. As for the Roumanian army, It's
surgical arrangements are utterly made
| innate. Tho surgeons make no conceal
| mont of the fact that q ana mans
| time for being looked at comes on In an
Average Of two days after ho has been
struck. The correspondent doubts
| whether the attack on Plovna can succeed
even after the arrival of the Imperial
Guard. In spite of strong Russian sym
pathies, lie considers that the Turks sur
pass the Russians, both as private soldiers
and Generals.
rnr POSITION ~ scniPk> PASS.
Bucularsr, September 20.-A CORES
pendent. t~elegraphing ON Thursday, says ;
II Ia confessed that the Russian position
in the SchipkA Pass IL procarious, both
because az the force threatening II and OF
impending trouble TO their communica-
tons, IL Is estimated at Russian head
| quarters that the Turks lost 1000 men IN
tho late attempt tn capture Fort NJ.
Nicholas.
CoNsrANriSePLE. September 20.-lt 10
stated In well informed circles that the
Porte will not accept mediation while q
single Russian soldier remains ON Turkish
soil, nor will IL consent TO all armisticc
| unless tho bases % subsequent peace pro-
posals are at the same timo defined.
An f:ngiish View OF the rresidsat's
Trtp.
LONDON, Sept. 20.-The T@ss. COM
menting cditorially ON President Hayes
Southern tour, says: "ln a little more
than half a year the President has sue.
ccedei ia beating down . compact mass OF
prejudice and in allayins \ host OF CON
dieting PASSIONS. and the visible triumph
of his policy Is now being assured. lie has
this week begun = journey through the
south, which Is intended Ia show that
tho work Of paeification Ia not far from
completion. Tho Federal Government
has no intention Of interfering In the local
administration Of the Southern States.
The Southern States have no desire to dis.
turb tho great achievements Of the civil
war. which have been embodied In the
constitutions. amendments. The removal
OF objects ~ contention makes 1t easy to
r~c-estabiish friendly relations between the
people, who respect each other. aud the
sympstheiic meeting Of the President sud
General Hampton Is an omen OF tho com
iu- time when the North anil South will
no longer 10 separated by the lines OF di-
vision which the civil war had iraced.,'
bismarck aud Andrnssy.
Loxpos. Sept. 90 No statesman credits
the rumor that Ensso-Turkish mediation
Is the subject Of the salzbcrs conference
between Bismarck and Count Andrassy'
because mediation in tho present condi-
ton Of Affairs Is simply impossible. The
more probable subject IL the maintenance
of the good understanding between Aus
tria and Germany, established by the
Oastein .Salzberg conference VI 1871,
which assured Austrian non-intcrvcntion
sssinst Germany In her subsequent con.
fiict with France.
BERLIN, Sept. a0.-Thc meeting Of Bis
marck and Andrassy at Salzberg Ia To be
regarded as the sequel OF the recent inter
view between the Austrian and German
emperors and as merely strengthening the
views then exchanged between the two
sovcreigns regarding the continuance OF
the undertaking between the three i'm.
periai courts upon the means Of averting
European complications. This result Is
secured without formal treaty stipulations,
inasmnch n I. represents the complete
personal agreement existing between the
three smpcrors.
O,intous OF h French Press on
MacMahou's Manifesto.
PANS. Sept. 2i.-PTesident MacMahon's
manifesto still continues to create great
excitement. The .Jo.raaidss Dsbas points
IN precedents Of former rulers who declared
that they would not quit, but who have
gone for all that. The R9~biie F'aasaise
peloices that the manifesto leaves no re-
trest possible for its author. The Siseis
ssks what France has done that MacMahon
should treat her ~ . conquered country. |
Ths Rsppsi SAYS u IL generally children.
moi great nations. that are intimidsted by
threats.
PANS, sept. 2i.-An address 10 the ma.
lion. signed by q number OF Partisan and
nroyinc.al candidates for The Chamber Of
beputics, representing all shades Of repnb-
iissnism, 4. published to-day. ltrepiies
noin, by point to President AscMahon's
manifesto. Tho following IL Q passage
"Your duty will Increase with the audsciiy
of those who presume 10 impose 'nenr