Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-01-18
BY CABLE.

Dutch peace society, states that the
question Of the Transvaal will have
the careful attention of the. govern
ment
LONDON, January 18.-The report
yesterday that railway accident had
occurred near Wakefield, in which
seven persons were killed, and many
injured, proves to be untrue.
STRIKING MINERS.
Several meetings have been held by
the Lancashire miners, at which they
resolved to continue the strike unless
their wages are increased.
COwMITTEE FORMED.
A committee of home rulers has
been formed for the purpose Of or
ganizing a movement in England
against coercion.
RUSSIANS VS.. TURCoMANs.
ST.. PETERSBURG, January 49,
General Schobeleff telegraphs, ON the
the 1lth instant "On the 9th, at six
o'clock in the evening, thirty thousand
Tekke Turcomans made sudden and
unexpected sortie from Geoktepe and
assaulted the Russian trenches, which
were manned by nineteen companies
of infantry and one hundred cossacks
acting as infantry, with three siege
guns and twenty. zone lighter guns. In
spite of the heroic defense Of the
troops, the Turcomans carried the
Russian ,outworks and part of the
second parallel, capturing four noun
tain and the three siege guns The
Russians then opened artillery fire,
and the reserve simultaneously attack
ed the enemy, who were dislodged
from all the points they had captured.
All the artillery was recaptured with
the exception of one mountain gun,
which mad been carried off during the
carly part of the engagement, The
Russian loss was heavy; one company
Of an ApsherOn regiment alone had
thirty-two men killed, including a
major and a caItain, ten wounded and
one officer taken prisoner. The Tur-
conan losses were much greater their
dead filled the Russian trenches
simultaneously with this attack con-
siderable body of Turcoman cavalry
made sortie on the Russian camp,
which was successfully repulsed. After
the Turcomans had been repulsed,
orders were given for laying third
parallel. AS soon as the Turcomans
saw the works commenced they re-
newed the attack with their entire
strengthupon the whole Russian front,
but we're compelled to retire into the
fortress by the artillery fire, at close
range, from the Russian second paral-
lol. The laying of the third parallel
was completed on the 10th instant,
and on the same day the fortress and
strongly fortified outWorks were bonn
barded at three o'clock in the after
noon. The Russian columns then
made an assault, and after severe
struggle captured the outworks. Bonn
bardment by siege artillery, was still
proceeding on the 11th instant. The
total Russian losses in the actions of
the 9th and 10th was: Nine officers
and eighty-two men killed, and eight
officers and one hundred and two men
and eight members Of the medical
staff wounded. The behavior of the
troops was admirable"
ROWING MATCH.
LONDON, January Is. = Wallace
Ross, ofSt. John, N. B., and Robert
w. Boyle, of Middlesboropgh, are to
row a match for e2O0 side on the
Thames championship course August
next. Hanlon sails for the United
States on the 9th inst
The steamer Manitoba, at Liver
pool, from Boston, lost $50 head cattle
on her passage. The weather contin-
ues very severe, high winds and a
binding snowstorm in LoGdon.
NO MORE PRIZE FIGHTING.
TORONTO, January 1S.-A bill to
suppress prize fighting has passed the
senate. Richard Liston, light weight
D. -ize fighter, has been sent to
iail for six months and fined one hun
dred dollars for brutally beating his
wife.
Dublin, January l8.-The CathO-
lie bishops of Donegal, Meath and
KiIlala we're seated beside the ira.
versers in the state trials yesterday.
CoNsTANTINoPLE. January 49,
Ne rs is received that Greece has re-
quested Russia to take the Greek sub
jects in Turkey under her protection,
should the necessity arise.