Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-10-20
EUROPE.
Osman Pasha About to
Surrender.
INCREASED ACTIVITY IN ASIA
MINOR.
The Pope Losing Interest In Church
Affairs.
lsrscilL DISPATCH TO rms ooLp HiIL
DAiLr NEws.l
Tn. Great War In the East.

The Great War in the East.
CHICAGO, Oct. ia Times London cor.
respondent Ut bucharest thinks 0smin
Pasha Is near the point Of surrender.
owing to . want Of food and medicine. and
that he will DO forced TO capitulats with
out . Russian assault. AL reports from
Turkish descrters show that 0sman Pasha
Is reduced TO great straits. but no great
reliance can DO placed on these state
ments.
A correspondent Of Pera says 0sman
PashA has supplies for sixty days. and
every confidence is felt In his ability 70
hold his position. Osman Ia unable 70
move. and the responsibility now rests on
Suleiman Pashs. Reports from Shumla
assert that his advance has felt tho Rus
SLAMS and will give battle without delay.
Heavy fighting Is expected from him but
no success. as the Russians occupy . posi-.
ton nearly as strong As that Of the Turks
at plevna.
IN ASIA MINOR.
ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. i9.-On receiving
information Of Mukhtar Pssha's defeat
Ismail PashA withdrew from the neighbor-
hood Of Igdyr to the nights near the from.
tier. II Ia believed he Is On the point Of
completely evacuating our territory.
TIrLIs. Oct. l9.-The Russians moved
on Kars yesterday. Siege material has
left Adrianople for Kars. Ismail Pasha's
army has retired into Turkish territory.
followed by General T~ergukassoff. The
Russian garrison Of Arabian and General
Rion's corps havo been ordered 10 CO.
operate In . general advance.
RUSSIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
LONDON. October i9.-It Ia calculated
that within the last five or six weeks the
Russians In Asia have received about 40.-
900 fresh troops. The Turkish forces OPP
posed to them IN Monday 10 estimated at
about $4,000 men. which Is probably cor
rect.
TIrLIs, October ia column has been
sent southwark to keep the road from Kars
to Erzeroum. Large reinforcemens left
last night TO join Mukhtar Pasha. II 10
also stated that reinforcemonts have
started from Datoum.
The Papai government.
ROME. Oct. 20.-Although tho Pope
llhcu W IcCtlNc Nibitoih suu Chst WIN
them. he seems TO have ceased to take In.
terest In the Affairs Of the church, and
almost invariably dismisses any one who
comes to talk to him on business. Affairs
Of the papacy are without any supreme
pontihcial guidance, being conducted
simply by the heads Of the various state
departments and by the presidents Of the
various congregations. Jealousy reigns
among these bodies, and as each does ~ II
suits its chiefs, papal government Is
threatened with division and anarchy.
silver In 0srmaay.
LONDON, Oct. 20.-The German Govern
ment refuses to sell silver ateIisting rates.
The supplies arc very small notwithstand-
ing tho limited amount offering. There
has been . moderate business doing and
the market appears to be firm. Tho last
quotation was SD; c%onsols, 90 Lilo
bonds AZ.
Movements orGen. G'Rut.
LONDON. October 20.-Gsneral Grant
to-day visits Commodore Ashbury at
brighton. lie returns Tuesday. and II 10
expected will go to Paris Wednesday.
The Shah Of Persia intends visiting
London and Paris next Spring.