Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-11
BREVITIES.

tons.
Packard telegraphs to jim Blaine foi
comfort.
A majority of the ROumanian senati
are still opposed to war.
The Sultan has sigaed Oh Trade depos
ing the Prince Of RoumaRia.
No steps have been taken by EngIau,
to send a naval force to the Danube.
The Union Baptist Theological Semi
merry graduated nineteen students yester
day
The Polish leaders have resolved tC
abstain from exciting any trouble with
Austria.
Ex-Prssident Grant was taken sick al
Philadelphia yesterday and had to take
a dose Of quinine.
The legislature of South Carolina viii
go into an election Of chief justice on
Tuesday, the 10Th.
The Russians were prevented from
crossing the Danube at REM yesterday
by Turkish artillery.
The Lexington races are we'll attended,
and strangers continue to arrive from
all parts of the country.
The Coustauiinople journals report
that the Russians have relrealed from
klrs toward the frontier.
The British ilset has been ordered to
rendezvous ct Corfu, with sealed instruc-
tons to sail ior Bosphorus.
Prince Milan and ministers have form.
ally informed Count Audraasy that Ser,
via will not disturb the peace.
Mr, Foster, in the house Of commons
yesterday, severely criticised Earl Der
by's reply to Prince Gortschakotl.
A Berlin dispatch says the Gar has
presented Prince Charles, of Roumania,
with 2O0O horses and 5000 rifles.
A Vienna dispatch says it is an.
nounced.that 1000 Caucasian rebels are
u der arms in tbs southern provinces Of
Russia.
a Telegram from Odessa reports that
the Rd ne nave been unable to force
Sagbau Pass and are waiting FOR rein.
forcements.
The Russian government has declared
the three provinces of Caucasus in a
state OF siege in consequence Of the
Mussulman uprising.
Rev. Father Francis Xavier Scbeu-
bena, founder OF the Redemptionist
order Of America, died at Baltimore yes
tTday in his fxtieth year.
The Bashi-B azouks crossed the Dan
ube at SKiruodki, aud the Roumaniau
peasants, armed with guns and axes,
drove them back, killing two.
A special from Constantinople says
that at the request of England the porte
has extended the time for neutral vessels
at the Russian ports Of ;he-Sea Of Azol
to May "a.
The cornerstone Of the Confederate
monument at Chattanooga was laid yes
teriay with Masonic ceremonies. A
detachment Of United States troops,
with a band, participated.
The calling out of the militia, which
includen oil male Bosnian aud Herzego-
vinian Mahommedans from fifteen to
sixty years of age, meets with stubborn
opposition in the rural districts.
The Car is said to be alarmed at the
formation of a Polish legion at Constan-
tinople, and has ordered the governor
general at Warsaw to exercise the great.
est vigilance to prevent the Russian
Poles from joining the legion. All mitI
cations Of the state Of siege of Poland
enforced since the Instruction Of 1853
will be revoked.
a Rsgusa dispatch says the delay in
the Turkish attack on the Montenegrin
position is explained by the great want
Of supplies and the ravages Of typhu8,
sour,y and other diseases. The Turks
try to conceal this, but there is good au-
thority for stating that 5000 troops are
sick in Mosten alone. The same cpl
denies rage in the camp at Seutari.
The annual meeting of the American
Bible Society was held yesterday after
noon at New York. The annual report
shows the receipts for the year TO be
S5l3.579, including $277,O2S for publica
lions, sls8,0l3 fer legacies, and $9l, IA
from donations. The expenditures
nearly equaled the receipts. During the
year G2l 726 bibles were issued at home
and 259,53O abroad, making a total Of
ISL, O56.
The State Debt Question ia Robert
son County,