The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-01-12
TURCO-RUssIAN WAR.

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LoSDoS, January I0.-The Dali,
Telegraph's special from Pera state
that Mehemet Ali has gone IN afrzng,
an srnstice- The eofrespondent no
derstands that the porte has agreed q
propose = elk weeks Armstice, on con
dltion that the belligcrent- maintain
their present positions, and f-esee ne
gotiAtions commence a. soon ~ the
Armstioe comes into operation
An insurrection in Crete eco1nmencec
on Tuesday. Mr.. Lag4rd. British min
ister at Coust.ntinopie. requests that
British men-ofwar be sent there
The Times' Bucharest corresyondeni
telegrsphs that q thaw ommence.i
which, II it continues, will ean.e =
movement Of the Ice IN the Danaoe
10 reeommence and make eOmnubica
ton more difficult than ever. IL l.
utterly Impossible for horse- and
wagons To eross.
Ihe Russians suppress telegrAnos
with view Of preventing the state Of
4Ao hoth oSctnhiAe h1oNl to A<&-
rope
A terrible outbreak OF spotted ~ phu.
occurred in Frotesh.i and that neigh
eorhood- IL originated among IN.
Turkish prisonerA IL h whi-p~res
that 10 /. really the plague.
A steam tug left the river Ihamer
yesterday for ferol. spain, TO brlns
The Cleopatra obelisk here.
The lnrdAn - ~.
Manchester Guardian telegraphs that
Jourusl thai he believes . six ~eeks
Arnistice has been ALREADY sgr-e1
upon on the bAsis Of tai yassideS. A
Dispatch from Consiantioople TO Rru
ier's mentions thai . similar report i-
current there, and that military opef-
aiions are ordered 10 be su.yendss
from twelve o'clock, Tuesday night,
but Reuter's agents points cut that
these rumors are necessarily prema-
ture since the military representative
OF The beiligereDts TO conduct nrgoits-
tons had not been ApE-olnted
Mehemet ali, who, u wes stated, hsd
gone 10 arrange an srmistic~. attend
III the war council on Iue--,ay, Alsc
left ConstsntiDopie Tuesday night
5r. PETERSBURG, January Ia.-Ths
Grand Duke Nicholas h.- tel.srs pied
the following Ia the emperor iron
Boyetehs, January stu:
i aIn happy 10 congratulate your
Ioajesiy upon a brilliant victory gain
ed to-JAy. General Rodeizky, alter a.
cezPerA;s fight captured the whole
Turkish Amy defending the Schlpks
pas, consisting Of fofty-one bxtial!0us,
ten batteries aud one regiment Of cav
airy. Prince Mir.ky has oc-uple.l
HePhaulik. GeHeral ScObelod bOld.
ScbiukA"
la connection with the reported
communicated ho-tilIiies between the
insurgents and Turks ia Crete = re-
cent Athens letter ssys the Greek
revolutionary committee, of which
Bulgaria Is chief, had invited the Gre
tians TO send deputies 70 . national
assembly TO decide the question Of an
nexation 10 Greece. Ten revolution
aIy baitaiions were TO be raised. but
only two were actually formed. The
Turkish governor had five baitsiious
OF relief, but intended organizing the
Maiommedan inhabitants The Turk
seem decided TO only hold the towI {
on the coast, aud leave the interior
towns TO the insurgents. II all the
christian men join the insurrection, II
viii humber about fifteen thousand
rising Cretes- There IL immense ex-
citeInent at Athens, and the reyola-
tioDary committee Is urged TO order a
rising in Thessaly, tut the government
mas d.ssusded Bulgaria from precipi-
tate action.
CoNsrANTINoPLE, ll:30 =. m.-Fronl
the uote Of Earl Derby, British foreign
minister. 10 Mr.. L4ayArd, the British
Ambassador here, Informing him OF
the Russian reply concerning the zrm-
isties, the porte inferred that it had
only 10 propose an armstice for IL 70 be
concluded. Reoufi pa-hs, minister OF
war, accordingly telegrapbed yester.
day TO the Russian grand duke, pro.
pressing an srmstice anu announcing
that the com saaDder of the Adrian
ople army had power TO treat Cn be-
half OF Turkey. Up TO the present tim,
no reply has been received from The
Russian hesdquarter--