Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-23
Peace Still Uncertain-POWer-
full Military Preparations
Being Pushed Rap
-vrf idly Forward.
Russian ReinfOrCsmsnts Still at
Erzeruum-Putrid Fever Rag.
ing in the Garrison.
Count SchOuvalof Brings from the
Gar Counter Proposals COuehed
in COnciliatOry Terms.

LONDON, May pa performances ar
ranged by Miss Kate Field was given at
the Gaiety Theater yesterday in aid Of
the Shakespeare memorial theater, library
and gallery at Stratiord.on.Avon Miss
Field made an address, appeared in her
own comedistta, Eyes Right" and sang
Angels Ever Bright and Fair"
The Bennett Polar ship will soon sail
for Havre, where a temporary crew Will
be shipped, when she will sail for San
Francisco. Mr.. Bennett hopes the ex.
petition will sail for the north early in
June, 1879. 1t will go by the route
through Behring's straits.
A st. Petersburg correspondent says.
As we are still far from a certainty Of
peace, though general conviction and
sentiment ia favor thereof is powerful,
military Preparations are being pushed
forward theoretically. Even if war is
avoided it is thought this will be useful
and make weight for Russian influence
at the congress. General Todlebens' act
iTity and his Importantly about fortresses
must not therefore be regarded as indi.
eating a failure Of Count Schouyalofs
mission"
A correspondent at Vienna tslegraphs:
1T is true the result of Count
SchouValOffs efforts will probably
turn out to be that he has secured a
basis for further negotiations. Meantime
the preparations before Coustantinople
continue theoretically. The Russians
continue to exhibit a tendency to gradu.
ally creep up toward the capital, keeping
the Turks constantly on the alert. Fresh
reintorcements are constantly going to
bulgaria and Roumania. Odessa is
swarmiug with soldiers and shipping.
Troops, guns and stores are going
thence to Burgas, on the Black sea, or by
the Bender railway to Roumania and
Bulgaria. The Turks are not idle. They
have brought troops across the Bospho.
rus from Scutaria until one hundred and
thirty battalions now man the northern
lines. Heavy siege gus have been moved
from the Bosphorus batteries into these
lines, while the batteries on the Asiatic
side have been strengthened so as to
form, in conjunction with the feet, a
line of defence to which they might re.
tire in case OF need, though they are now
more than ever confident of their ability
to bold their positions"
TIE Vakit aud Bassiret newspapers of
Constantinople publish letters from Os.
man Pasha, denying hat he said Con.
stantinople was not susceptible Of de-
fence against a considerable Russian
force, and declaring hat be would never
be a party to the disgrace of retiring be.
fore an enemy much weakened BY illness
aud fatigue. A Vienna correspondent
says this letter expresses the feeling pre-.
vailing in the army at Constantinople.
A dispatch from T~rebizonde states
that the Russians at Erzeroum have re.
ceived a reinforcement Of $1,000 men.
Putrid fever is ravagiug The garrison at
that place.
The insurrectioa in Lazitan against
the Russians is spreading. 1t is estima.
ted that between 10000 and $4,000 Lszis
are under arms. These are prosecuting
guerrilla warfare against the Russians
about Artvin and Batoum.
The supplementary army estimate for
the expenses Of tie Indian expeditionary
force has beer issued. The amount
fixed is el, 100000. The navy estimates
for the transportation of Indian troops,
also issded to-day, is 81, 800, 900.
1t is authoritativeIy stated that Count
Schouvalof brings from the car coun.
ter proposals, couched in c~onciliatory
terms, proposing that all questions per-
tanning to European Turkey be submit.
ted and treated by the proposed Euro
pean congress, and that all questions re.
to Turkey in Asia be made the
OF a separate convention between
England and Russia.