Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-26
BREvITIES.

AASolNNhe WhNNAoASH nos P1iNSAON
S44 more Communists.
General Grant, it is expected, will go
TO Windsor to day to see the queen.
1t is officially announced that rein.
forcements are on their way to Bayazid.
tits reported that the Prince of Mon
tenegro has been killed by his Infatuated
soldiers in consequence of their recent
serious defeats.
The cz2r and Grand Duke Alexis, af.
ter a long disagreement, are now recon
ciled. The grand duke has been raised
from major to general.
It is reported hat the British General
Kimball is instructed in the event Of tie
Russians taking Erzeroum to propose an
srmistice with a view to negotiate peace.
The fall Of Tultcha and Sulins cannot
be far distant, as the Turkish forces oc.
cupying these poiuts are cut off from the
lines Of communication and reinforce.
ments.
MacMahon has assured the deIutation
Of manufacturers from the lower Seine
that he will retain office till 1880 and an.
swer for order at home and peace
abroad.
Robert Dale Owen, the Spiritualist
and author, died on the oath at his sum-
mer cottage on Lake George. His re.
mains will be brought to New Harmony,
Ind, for interment.
Russian agents have been dispatched
to Hamburg, Bremen and the United
States, to enlist sailors for the navy.
Five new men of war are about to be
launched at Cronstadt.
In the French chamber of deputies
yesterday Grevy, president, read the
decree formally dissolving the chamber
and intimating hat elections would be
held after an interval Of three months.
Austria's contemplated military meas
ures are gradually coming to be regard
ed as measures Of %precaution against all
contingencies which may arise ia the
provinces bordering on Austria after the
crossing of the Danube.
The Turks are reported preparing to
concentrate their forces on the lower
Danube and fertresses forming the quad
rilsteral at Rustchuk, Silistria, Shumla
and Varna, leaving the Widdiu forces
isolated in the Dobrudscha.
In the house of lords Earl Derby said
it was true that Colonel WELLESLEY, an
English attache, had been received un.
courteoasly by Grand Duke Nicholas,
but a communication received from the
Russian government he thought set the
matter right.
The calamity at St. John is over.
w~helming. The needs Of the sorely dis.
tressed people are very great. They are
not people who parade their misfortune.
Somebody must speak for them, and ii
is only necessary for the cities Of OUT
own country to know their true con.
ditien.
The unsuccessful attempt Of tho Rus
slams to cross the Danube near Rust
chuk has been followed by a severe battle
on the Danube, in which the Turkish
gunboats have taken an important part.
The town Of Ginrgevo, opposite Rust
chuk, occupied by the Russians, has beer
set on Ere by the Turkish shells.
General Grant has written to the may
or Of Birmingham that he expects tC
leave England temporarily the first weel
in July. and is fully engaged up to that
time, but on his return IN autumn, wher
he will remain a month in England, he
will have much pleasure in R%yailing him.
self Of the mayors invitation, Of which
he feels specially gratiGed.
In the house Of commons, yester day
Sir Stafford Northcote said the porte
answer to Euglahd's Communication re
lating to the Suez canal, was received
by Layard, the British representative a
Constantinople, on the 2lst. The sub
stance OF the answer is that the Port
assents to England's views regarding th
free passage OF the canal for neutrals