The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-13


gineer, who arrived at Bucharest on Sat
urday, died the same day. sRE
Crop reports from the wheat growing
districts In England continue gloomy.
Three fourths of all the reports represent
wheat below the average, and barley and
oats are but little better.
A speciai dated ,POredin, August 81,
contains the following: Osman Pash4s
attack on the Russian positions at Pelisat
and vicinity was one Of the most hardly
fought battles of the war. The Turks
early i'm the fight captured Russian re-
doubt one mile I'm front of Pelisat. In
the course of one hour this redoubt was
taken by the Turks, retaken by the Rus
sians, and taken agains~hy the Turks.
The RhAlAp1eft YipE vas driven back
on Pelisat, in front or Which trenches11ad
been dug and were lined with troops.
The Turks advanced as though determin-
cd to drive our left out of Pelisat and
turn 1t. The Turks began to descend the
hill in that direction, not with a rush, but
leisurely and without firing, not in masses
or lines, but scatter ed and diffused. They
came down about half way i'm this man.
ner, the Russian artillery tearing up the
groups all the time in the most savage
manner. The Russian infantry fire,
which had for the last five minutes been
verg heavy about Segalince, now began
to roll alsng the hill-crest in our direc-
ton, and the Turks, who were just COM
ing into range, began to drop rapidly.
The Turkish advance now yeered to the
left and went to the Russian trenches on
the rest of the hills between Pelisat and
Segalince, with a shout. opening fire
the same time. The Turks descended
into little hollow and were lost to sigh
for a time, while the Russian trenche
famed and smoked and storm of ball
was poured into the advancing Turks
This must have lasted fifteen or twenty
minutes, during which time fearful loss
oflife must have OCCURRED. Then we saw
the Turks begin to withdraw, carrying
of their wounded. The Turks had no
sooner withdrawn from the / lssian fire
than they formed and advanced again.
S1isf M Ten isstISs che fSasian sFsnsSes.
s'sgs Ss II MSlSh sSe
rerdd with dead. 6 7 counted seven On a
space 9fa9t noe than ten feet square.
cTprke wefe. again repuIsed. 1t will
again, and yet they did s0s It seemed
madness because we could SEQ the Rus
sian fire never Stacked for an instarft,
and the, Russian line meyer wavered,
while the reserves were waiting be-
hind reedyi y. fall IN at the least
sign or warning. This scene. Of
carnage was again repeated. but only
tasted q moment The Turks, complete
-ly' broken withdrew sullenly, firing and
rcarying Off their ewourded and dead.
They fell bealoop u,4 rBdOubt which they
had first taken, apparently with the in
tsmtion of.helding 1t, but were not allow
ed tosfeinain long there. Another attack
On the Russian center had been ecually
~ uhsasec assful - that on the Russian
trenches on the len: The Rvssians pur-
sued the rstrsaPG Turks with it'. murder,
6bs NM With tRe bsycnst aud swept YIN them n
out or the redoubt like whirlwind. /, Al
four o'clock the Turks were I'm retreat
evefywlYoro, and tho Russians occupied
the Whole OF their poaitfohs, besides pur-
suing the Tprks q short distance with
cavalry. The Russians were aoout
10000 stronggs Their loss n estimated at
800, and the Turkish loss ut 1000 Killed
andwUundsd. isSs s,u .1sy bsligu
dcs IN OF M. Theirs, Ex.Frymier
profound Ms sro ssns ssV
M ss"s sg S5Ass ~ s sSs v sssT.I he
.(HA fteEyAfds worked till noon. Afnoon
lie took a1uncheon with appetite, but to-
warAselsB sena Df-<3po rgpeIn stainmered
out o fow .wordss his .mPuth- contrscted,
as eyesabecamoc 0veretipwith . film and
10 vas'curied TO bed. and soon died.
The Mark Lane Express runs MP its
weety review of thg markets, by say
The yield Of cereals, taken together a,a. q Is
.cetidedly bad: thf 1,gllout the Kingdom,
ana the oondiuon In whch b good deal OF
renders IL improbable that the offerings
M fho rrloclr,aI markofa will Ia nm auv-