Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-17
To st. Petersburg Matter OF Strictest
Secrecy, but Few Items Of Inter
est are ELECTED by the Irre-
pressible Correspond
ents.
The Independence Of the Christians, the
Great Object Of the War, to be In.
sisted upOn-War Indemni-
ties Not to be Excluded
from the Con.
ference.

LONDON, May Notwithstanding the
| silence of the st. Petersburg semi official
press, there is little doubt but what the fol-
of the imperial court and chancellory:
ST. PETERSBURG, May Is.
Notwithstanding the secrecy observed in
regard to Count Schouvaloff 8 reports to the
emperor and the conferences at the foreign
Office, various points whereby real under
standing may be attained form the subject
of discussion in well-informed political cir
cles. Though in the first place the necessity
of securing the great object of the war-the
independence of the christians-is insisted
upon, there is on the other hand no DISPOSE
ton to inscribe noi metarger'e on the map of
New Bulgaria, which was only get up as
provisional draft. At the same time other
compensations than those fixed upon in lieu
of war indemnity are not regarded as ex-
Guided from discussion. While it is declared
that there can be absolutely no serious idea
of the retrocession of Kars, the same is not
true of Batoum.
THE ADVANTAGE TO RUSSIA
of the acquisition of Batoum is said to have
its reverse side, inasmuch as millions must
be expended In the construction of conve-
nient lines of communication and proper for
tifcations before possession of the place
could be rendered of great importance. In
the peaceful current of general indications, a
that the right of sale in the streets has been
withdrawn from the GOlos, which had lately
adopted warlike tone, while the BonrSe Ga
zette and the Netc Times, which recently OBJ
served an attitude favorable to peace, had
that privilege restored to them.
Prince Gortschakoff is slightly better.
The car will not, in any case, visit the
Paris exposition, but some of the grand dukes
will if circumstances permit.
RUSSIA PRIvATEERING SCHEMES.
LONDON, May 16.-The Russian prepara-
tons to attack British commerce attract great
attention. The Times says: 1.-The United
States may be depended upon to do all in
their power to observe the treaty of Wash
ington; but even if the Russians succeed in
equipping their little feet, it will hardly do
much mischief, and is more likely to fall VIC
Tins to our cruisers than to inf1ict damage on
our merchantmen. We might have some
to clear the seas and make the passage of our
vessels from one port to another as safe as
now"
The queen will shortly inspect the troops at
Woolwich, the first time in twenty-five years.
TEST ELECTION.
LONDON, May 16-The election for mem
bers of parliament for the Oxford university
to fill the vacancy occupied by the elevation
of Gathorn Hardy to the peerage, has been IN
progress two days, and will last five days.
Up to last night the figures stood: Talbot,
1862 votes; Prof. Henry J. S.
Smith, liberal, 1888. The election is regarded
as a test of the feeling on the eastern ques-
ton.
PARIS, MaS RotRIs IL ExP E sIrTH .s.. VIII
be represented on the international jury of
the exhibition by thirty-three members. The |
French authorities promise no salary, no al |
lowance for expenses, and require them to be |
in attendance from early in June to the first |
of September. Governor Mccormick there |
fore thought 1T best to make as m'ny ap-
pointments as possible of Americans already |
in Europe, or who are expected to arrive dur |
ing May. The following selections have been |
made up to the present time: Glass 8, print |
ing and books, Henry Stevens; class IA, med |
icines, hygiene, and public relief DR.. Thos. |
w. Evans class rs, clocks and watches, Col |
onel Thomas w. Knox; class 40, portable |
ments, General Van Allen; class 43, mining |
and metallurgy, Profs. w. P. Blake and Fl.
B. Mason; class 46, agricultural products, |
not used for food, Ashbel Smith; class AZ,
chemical and pharmaceutical products, Prof.
w. H. Chandler class 49, leather and stains,
A. H, Reittlinger; class 81, agricultural I'M
F. G. johnson; class 81, machines
and apparatus in general, B. B. Hotchkiss;
class SO, apparatus and processes used in
furniture and articles for
dwellings, A. G.. Wilkinson; class &c, civil
T. E. Sickless; class 68, mate
rails and apparatus for building purposes,
General W. w. Fl. Davis; class SO, cereals
and farinaceous products, DR.. William E.
Johnston; class rs, fermented drinks, DR..
Alterne Ruppaner; and class rs, farm build
ings and agricultural works, Edward II.
Knight.
HUNGARIAN AFFAIRS.
PEsTH, May 16.-The lower house of the
Hungarian diet to-day adopted bill provid-
ing for credit of sixty million fiorins; only
the extreme left were opposed to the bill.
In the course of the debate, Tsza, the pre-
mier, stated that the government regarded
the affairs of the Balkan christians as an
European question which they intended to
settle in concert with Europe.
MISCELLANEOUS TELEGRAMS
Bucharest, May Is: Prince Charles, who has
been visiting the army of the north, has gone
to Turn-Severin. The movement of Rus
sian troops and provisions toward the Danube
continue.
Belgrade, May Is: The Servian corps of
observation, hitherto consisting of fifteen
thousand men, has been increased to thirty
five thousand. This was caused by the fear
of a Turkish attack. The Turks have been
concentrating under Hoefz Pasha on the
Servian line of demarcation.