The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-06-08
The situation In Asia Minor.

LONDON, June THE following is ,
Turkish account Of the position Of Affairs
IN Asia Minor: On the morning OF the
9th of June, Mukhtar Pasha's hesdquar
ters, with nine battafons, was at Keopre.
kos. The right consisting Of twenty
battslions, was at Delibaba. The Turk.
ish lett wing, sixteen bsttalions, was si
Gurdji and the baggage about six hours
march from Erzeroum. The same &C.
count only assigns four battalions Of Ar.
tillery TO those forty five battaliops, which
seems incredible. though is has been
repeatedly stated from various
sources that the Turks in Asis
Minor were almost destitute Of artillery
THIS report places the main body OF the
Russian right wing at Olti, with the sd.
vance gusi d at hartman. and the Rus.
sian Centre at Soghsulidsgh. The Rus
sian lett has suspended Its forward move
ment. A Russian detached column Is
approaching Van, and has reached the
bridge at Bendmshou, twenty miles
from Van.
In the Turkish Chamber of Deputies,
yesterday. the Finance Minister de
mspded a credit Of five millions OF
Turkish pounds. The minister states that
the negotiations for foreign loan had
not had any result, yet the Chamber sp
pointed q committee TO examine the
Minister'S demands. II is proposed 10
levy an internal loan. The Turkish su-
bassador at Paris telegrsphed 10 Con-
stsntinople and received the following
from Salvet Pssha: ut Is not true that
the situation OF our army is precsrlous,
nor that Ksrs is invested, nor that Msus-
ss Psshs's cavalry was dispersed"
NoTE- Yet the Turkish Censor per-
mitted these stories TO be telegraphed to
the London papers.
An Odessa correspondent writes that
there is no longer any fear there Of the
feet, and confidence has been completely
restored Indeed the Russian government
now refuses to acknowledge the blockade
and proposes to resume the running OF
steamers between Odessa and kherson.
and Odessa and Nicotseh.
LONDON. June IA Paris correspon-
dent states tina: the communication which
Count Schouvelotf brings 10 London is
not q note in diplomatic sense, but y
letter from Gortscbskof in reply to the
letter of Lord Derby which Count
Schouvelof took 10 st. Petersburg. In
his letter Lord Derby drew the attention
of Rusfis to points where English inte-
rests will be affected if Russis's action
extended so far rs they were
mentioned in Mr.. Cross speech in
Parliament and are the Suez csral
and Egypt, Constsntinople, the Darda-
nelles and the Persian Gulf, The Princes
letter successis ely takes up these points
and explains that Russia does not mean
TO interfere with any one OF them. Prince
Gortschskoa acknowledges the great In.
ernstional and commercial Importance
of the Suez canal and gives the most
positive assurances that Russia does not
intend in any way to touch it
BUCHAREST, June Out OF the
thirty-three districts INTO which Rou.
mania is divided, twenty eight have been
placed under martial law. This WAS
done becsuse capital punishment is not
recognized by the civil law. and the fire.
quent discovery of spies rendered this
measure necessary.
A special from Ibrsil says that Prince
Gortschskof looks very ILL., and is mere
ghost OF himself. II is thought that he
will not live long.
A Widdin special of Thursday even
ing saws: The Russians continue the
concentration OF pontoon trains III great
force. The artillery has arrived and the
crossing of the river, it is believed, will
be attempted immediately.