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City M Mexico, Sept. *d.-The
Presidents message, delivered to
Congress on the sixteenth, Is long,
and devoted principally TO interna-
Ncnal a6Airs, but says the foreign re-
latlOns OF Mexico are OF the most
aaniabIe character; No new en-
h.rrassments have arisen to render
6mcult 8 complete agreement with
the United Ststes. II refers to- the
general prosperity Of the country, and
declares against re- election.
London, Sept. N.The following
dispatch has been received from st.
Petersburg, giving the Russian ac-
count Of the battle Yt Cock Tepe, be.
tween tho kussiIn cxpcditlonary
forces ana the Tekke TurcOinans:
Intelligence has Eecn received from
Beur,na that during . Reconnaissance
near GeOk Iepe, onsthe twenty-eighth
Of August, tho Russians encountered
large masses Of Nkke Turcomans
strongly entrencl'ed, who made =
desperate resistance. The Russians
for ~ hours commanded the position
occnpietl BY 0,WO Tekke Tdrcomans.
10 the evening the Russians obtained
possession OF the outer entertainments,
and At night the enemy fed, losing
several y. thousand.
The Russians lost officers and l76
soldiers killed, and 10 officers and PA
soldiers,wounded. This is the same
Matte which was reported in a die.
atch from Sinio 0h!tlle twenty third
instant. That dispatch stated that
INC h, |. snas y. !, were defeated with tho
10y; M 1vv k'iicd, anu were falling
p.ck on bei,rnl"'
LONDON sept. a'!-Eastern Siberia
y J, menaced with tamine: Grain is
~ 'ae s tnan ever before; the poor are
san ~ severely. 80 -,
~: rycversDaIg sept. W.-ihe In
vance nasec gives t!le Following DE-
g! Gnlls 81 tnc analr atieok Iepe: Tho
! uIcoI1ansi numbering nun Io,uV com
uatants ana otVo non -co'nDafants, re.
" 1Ired % tlle lort!fed village Of Dengil
loPe, ssGUr having several times I'M
S ,s,, attacKed tue Klissians.
lug nusslau attack on Dengl lepe
' ~ : w!lole gay, -, Inc village was
ssormed ~ . p. m; Inc Knssians were
eoo s,I:I 20 pursue the enemy.
=; ~ omc.aI u'spatcn rom zen. LamO-
KIN connrms tne report OF Russian sue.
csss, anu says the RUSSIANS occupied
-nenIna Oh the seventeenth OF Sep
umper:
L0hdon, sept. 'N.--iIispatciies to
y! s,'o Dally news from ichlkesIar anu
81. ietetsDnrg glvea diHcrent account
o. o. TUG :, COCK lepe rilair rom that OF
9. 0ncla, report eieerapned i from
81 retersD'rg yesterday. The Tcli-
Kesiaf telegram merely says there was
. severe engagement between tho
RUSSIAN ADVANCE guard ana the iur-
c &. Inc hqssdafs lost @oWkiiied.
Inc 81. fetersburg telegram says the
engagement resulted IN the temporary
capture OF Geek Iepe. The opinion
prevails ut Baku that the expedition
Will return anu winter at IchlkesIar,
III consequence q sickness and tho
scarcity OF provisions. Gen. Iergu-
kasof Aad arrlved at Icl'lkeslar, re-
placing Gen. LatI,skin IN command.
Vienna, Sept. lit is said the
Emperor OF Kussis is suffering from
mental fatigue and isconstantly grow
ing worse:
MIX River, Col, Sept. 9.-.Thoin-
onrghs command was attacked on
the canon NJ noon to-day, one milo
south from here, on our march to the
agency, ana rettc''ted IN good order
70 the wagon tram, where we are
now Intervening ourselves.
4:W ?. m--lho1nbargh was killed
instahtly during tine retreat. Capt.
fa'ne was wounded III two places
signify. Lieut.. Paddock and Capt.
crimes were also: painfully wounded.
len enlisted men; and Wagon Master
Mckmstrey were:killed and twenty
1--WE men wopndnd. The command
10 now very welt sheltered, but now
ana then are heard the guns Of the
new host!Ies, who have just arrived.
Oar mules and horses are getting it
oil around. Ihe:red devils fired the
grass oil around 70 burn us out.
p. m.-We STILL hold our position.
Every man 10 D'Hy d'ggng trenches
ane naullns out the dead animals for
aclense tomorrow. we expect to
DC attacked Mt daylight. Our courier,
100 RANKIN, has volunteered to carry
dispatches to kaWllns. Mr.. GOrd0n's
freight outfit Of Indian supplies, near
ns, has been burned; also the COM
pany wagons Of Company F. Fifth
Cavalry. About three-fourths Of our
horses and mules have been killed.