The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-23

Sule1man PaSha announces that Haesam
Pasha has retakeh Kartova, disarmed the
Bulgarians and re-established order. He
I then captured Kalafer, defended by Bull
gxrians In entrenched positions, and
occupied the IKalaferi Pass. The rebel.
| fed Into the Balka ans after losing 500
killed.. Seven Turkish soldiers killed
aud thirty-three wounded. ssaiu.
4 sixty thousand Russian troops, with
artillery, have passed by railway to
Tnateshti, whence they march TO Sistova
by 6imnitza. Gen. Gourka's force will
be retired behipd the Balkans, where
The Egyptians, under Prince Hassan.
varna toward Trajan's Wall
The Russians have advanced upon
vanoed to. Balikloute. Ismail Haiku is
retiring from Russian territory. 80
The most atrocious excesses and cruel
ties are reported Of both armies. fgl ~
Che Turkish Legation complains of
Russians, near Kars, firing upon q flag
of truce and wounding Osman Efendi.
Twelve unarmod Mussulmans OF the VII
lage OF Soukloul, near Eskri Saghra, SUR.
rendered = the RUSSIANS, .end seven Of
them were massaered by Bul4a rians, and
three by Cossacks. Al Batak, village
Sistova, 100 houses were burned, 100 men
and 800 women persisted. 1t Is believed
that only seven inhabitants survived.
At Balovan, q Mussulman village In the
district Of Tirnova, ESQ houses were
burned, and several hundred men and
1000 women persisted. One person, IT. is
believed escaped. At taba Borna, 100
houses were burned, and 200 men and
800 women persisted two persons escap-
al Az Roatou,ha 16n houaaa ware
burned, 300 men and 900 women perished.
At Chems, q mixed village, sixty Mus
sulman houses were DESTROYED and 120
men and women persisted; one person
only escaped. At Tundja, . mixed viii
lage, 100 houses were destroyed, and ESQ
mon and 400 women p srished three sur
vived: The village was abandoned, and
given to the flames, and nearly 5000
houses were Destroyed r vN(N
A Bucharest Correspondent telegEnphs:
I" I have written the following as have
received Il, and from the terrible accounts
which the fugitives continually bring
over the Balkans, fear IL must be only
too true: On July 81, the day OF the Rus
sian evacuation of Eski SaghRA the Tur1ks
ordered that all Christians men, women
and children-should De shot AZ they LETT
their houses. Those who remained with
In were burnt alive. The order was given
to burn down and destroy every particle
Of Christian property. Many leading
Turkish merchants took part In the AZ
fair"
Another dispatch says there was large
number of Bashi Bazouks all over the
Tazcharpau district. This district Il one
of the richest In that part Of Turkey. 1t
contains 3 very large proportion of Chris
ffaus.-. and over 80 churches. and. 500
scho6ls and colleges, all Of which have
been burnt. The destr uction extended to
the villages OF Boghden, Mahalis, RAM,
Maltese and many others, in all about 60,
containing from $50 to 200 families each.
Scarcely hfty persons escaped alive. -,
Bulgarian fugitives at Gaprova and
Sclvia estimate that from l2,OOO 70 io,vo
Christians have been 'nnassacred In the
Eski Saghra and Tchirp districts alone.
Soldiers were posted along the road from
Eski Saghra TO Kaxanlik, with orders to
shoot every body passing.
Mukhtar Pasha telegrsphs that several
hundred Russians were killed In the am
buscsAs cssr fYgle ,aeseeshly Z !, xss ~
Ku!$ Put SfsAai; i..4 5sa Susn n;9S 4
ioss 81 -iO0. kilI6d. THE rurks withdrs2
on the approach Of Russian reinforce
ments.
An engagement occurred Monday at
Topkeny. The Russians defeated the
Turks and captured Ave cannon. ~
Prince Eugene, who was commenting
q force Of dragons and BulgAr1ans under
Gen. 0ourka, whom compelled to evacu-
ate Eski Saghra, had TO cut his way out
with . loss Of enc men.
The oueea prcrQsusd the British Par
Adv,ces rom Calcutta stated that the
famine area contained 16,O0O,000 people,
OF which q large portion were dependant
for their daily bfoad on the exertions and
activity OF those who transport grain 70
the country. The neceeSlty ofsnPPiies y
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we're already 500, 900 People being ted,
sM3MM 1Sss Elpf1s Mh. xsskiy
|S33S3 ssaiss. BE- e. $s:s z cs !: : 1,!5
on TIE grouDd, and an examination Of
sK4 ~ 5sdS tAbn 70 b peptH nlled
and bekrihG d!stince trsoes Of blight end
VIZ I,cch SSssthsf q We have been 'haV@
inr isfely. harvest will be much pro-
trscte6. md results scarcely encouraging
70 Amen. The Essox crop seems 70 b
specially unsatisfactory, and where
reaplha hGB begun the moro farmer4 see
OF tie vheat the les they like IT, Pro-
ceediug northwsrd, appearances are less
gloomy, and the Scotch reports are upon
he whole pronialng; but the growth OF
cereals Il unusually backward, and even
with hne xecthes harvsst!ns wll Inc, not
c0mmeuce belozs 6eptembef: Uc9ureo
: late harvest II not necessarily bad one;
III - chSnces Of damage from unto
C~rd Weather are largely increased -
autumn approaches. Agricultural re-
norts arc conflicting, and both In this
IN nfsv and France harvest anticipations
Are moro or les depressing.
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