ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 977, 13 August 1877, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

■ ♦ [Bv Telegraph.] Auckland, August 12. Tho s.s. Australia did not call at Honolulu. She was only using one boiler when she came in. WAE NEWS. The Roumanian Government, before sendin" troops across the Danube, consulted Austria, The latter replied that she was indifferent if Servian neutrality were respected. Two thousand men are working on the fortifications at Constantinople. In crossing the Danube the Eussians made their disposition under the cover of night. Boats and troops were collected in the willows. There wcie strong covering parties of infantry with field guns. The whole force crossed in boats, the Turks keeping up a sharp fire. When a sufficient, number had collected on the other side the Eussians charged the Turks, driving them back. Tho Turkish loss in the engagement is estimated at 1000. The Russian loss was 300 killed and 400 wounded. The Czar issued a proclamation to the Bulgarians on the crossing, expressive of his solicitude for the Christians, and stating that the mission of the army was to secure the eiicrcd rights of nationality acquired by centuries of suffering, and the blood of murlvrs which has soaked the soil. Russia is called by the decrees of Providence to conciliate and pacify all races and denominations in Bulgaria, inhabitated by a mixed population. Henceforth Eussian arms will protect every Christian against all violence. The proclamation promises equal protection to Mussulmans, but impartial justice upon known participators in atrocities, and announces that as fast as Russia advanced Turkish ride will be replaced by a regular organisation, in which tho native inhabitants Avill be summoned to take part, under the supreme direction of special authorities. Bulgarian legions will be formed to serve as the nucleus of a local armed force, destined to maintain order and security. A horrible sacking followed the capture of Sistova. It was attributed by the Eussians to native Bulgarians, but was really perpetrated by the Russians themselves. In the House of Commons Sir Stafford Northcoto denied that Mr Layard had asked permission for the conditional occupation of Constantino] )le. Bismarck, at an interview with Hie British Ambassador, said that the occupation of Constantinople was the purpose for which the war was begun. The British licet has been strengthened to twenty-four ships and 8000 men. Two torpedo boats have been sent to the Danube to protect British interests. By July sth over 12,000 Russians had crossed the Danube -it Sistova, with an immense train of artillery comprising some pieces of very heavy ordnance. The enthusiasm of the Russian troops is very great.

The cavalry march about twenty kilometers in advance of the infantry. As the Turks have no proportionate amount of cavalry to meet them the Russians are scouring the country up to the foot of the Balkans. A Russian force, making a demonstration at Biela, came upon the Turks in force much sooner than was expected. The Turks suffered severely. Several hundreds of wounded reached Bucharest. After this engagement the Turks devastated a large portion of Bulgaria for the purpose of preventing Ihc Russians from provisioning their army. The harvest was carried off, fruit trees were felled, and a torch was applied to large grass plains. Everything which would be of any use to an invading army was removed or destroyed, and the people were left in utter destitution. The utmost consternation prevails among the unfortunate people, who sec no prospect before them but famine and pestilence, added to the horrors of war. The want of commissariat was obviously felt by the Russians, who proposed to construct a railway from Sistova to Tirnova, to convey provisions for the supply of the troops and starving inhabitants. The Russian army in the Dobrudscha found that section utterly devastated by the retreating Turks, and were detained by the necessity of creating supply depots. From Sistova the Russians advanced as far as Manarter, about twenty-five miles southwest of Rustchuk. A detachment marched upon Selva and Plevna, and burned four villages between these points. Turkish accounts charge the Russians with reckless devastations in Bulgaria, and witli outrageous murders of Mussulmans. The Russians make similar charges against the Turks with reference to the Bulgarian Christians. Complete anarchy prevails beyond the lines of the contending armies. Bulgarians, Circassians, and Tartars are murdering each other indiscriminately. Ex-Colonel Valentine Baker accompanies Raoff Pasha to Adrianople. Constantinople is under a reign of terror. Great crowds of desperate and lawless soldiery fill the public places. Circassians and Dehiks go about the city robbing and murdering witli impunity. A body of Russian cavalry with one battery surprised Tirnova and captured the Turkish camp with ammunition and baggage. The Turks retreated to Osman Bazar. When the van of the Russian army crossed the Balkans the fighting in Bulgaria, had amounted to little more than outpost affairs. The Turkish quadrilateral remains intact. 120,000 Russians are said to be across the Danube at Sistova. General Zemmornian crossed at Ibrail, and swept the Dobrudscha. His 30,000 men were opposed by the garrisons at Silistria, Varna, and Kustendj—respectively 22,000, 20,000, and 10,000. Rustchuk was actively bombarded up to June 28th. 700 persons in the town, including many women and children, were killed. The Russians attempted the storming, but were repulsed. Several Bulgarians have been arrested in Rustchuk charged with assisting the Russians, and fomenting insurrection, also with distributing petroleum to fire the town. The Russians were attacked simultaneously by Osman Pasha at Plevna, and by Ahmed Ekroub Pasha at Monashin. The fight lasted all Thursday and Friday, the Turks getting the advantage. An official despatch to Constantinople announces that Lykoop Pasha attacked the Russians under the Grand Duke Nicholas north of Tirnova, and defeated them, with a loss of 1200. Turkish monitors destroyed a bridge at Sistova. One of the monitors was subscquontlyJSsunk by a torpedo. The Porte officially declares that the Russians have burned alive some inhabitants near Tirnova who had taken refuge in a mosque. A Schumla despatch says that live thousand wagon loads of Turks —old men, women, and children —arc on the road from Esla Juina and Osman Bazar to Schumla. Horrible massacres have been committed by the Russians and Bulgarians at Tirnova, Grabrova,and Ilvana. From all directions fugitives in large numbers are coming in, who state that in the districts occupied by Russians the most horrible cruelties are perpetrated on the Mahommcdan population by Cossacks and Bulgarians. Mahommcdan children and old men are slaughtered, and women violated and carried off. Official despatches substantially corroborate these statements. The greatest panic exists among the Mahommcdan population, who arc fleeing as fast as they can. The Russians met no resistance in crossing the Balkans till they reached a village at the outlet of the pass, which they surprised. An encounter occurred between Cossacks and a party of Bashi-Bazouks and Circassians I supported by Turkish infantry. Russian reinforcements arriving, the Turks fled, leaving standards and arms. The Turks claim a victory with great slaughter. One correspondent telegraphs that after blockading the fortresses on the Quadrilateral 100,000 men are available for crossing the Balkans by the western line of invasion, exclusive of General Zimmirman's army in the eastern section. The Emir of Cabool has received a Turkish Envoy on a mission. The Emir undertakes to furnish in Central Asia a force of men and a supply of arms and money to harass the Russian forces wherever they can strike them. A Russian expedition in Cabool would at once open the Anglo-Indian and Russian difficulty, and might compel the interference of England. A Constantinople correspondent says that Hobart Pasha had a long interview with the Sultan, who gave him permission to command an expedition to the Black Sea, with complete liberty of action. The Turks have withdrawn all their troops from the Montenegrin frontier except the garrisons of ports and block-houses. Prince Nicholas is preparing to besiege Nicsic again. The Turks made brave resistance at iS'icopolis, the Russians losing heavily in storming the heights over the town. One account says that the Turks evacuated before the Russians entered, and made good their retreat. The Russian disasters in Asia arc confirmed. They were attacked by the garrison of Batoum, who defeated the besiegers with great slaughter. A correspondent at Tii'Jis writes that Mukhtar Pasha's brilliant generalship must be acknowledged. His troops fight like demons incarnate. All the tribes in Caucasus are armed in r.:rolt against the Russians, and have taken all the important outposts. General Melikoff is entrenching himself, and other forces have been hastily recalled from ell available points to Barukdar, where they will make a stand and wait for reinforcements in strong position.

The Eussian garrison at Bazalna made a gallant resistance against 13,000 Turks, who besieged the town and bombarded it. After a brave defence, the garrison was relieved by G-eneral Targkassoff. He found the garrison in a fearful condition—almost starved and suffering from loathsome diseases incidental to camp life. The Turkish camion had made sad havoc with the original forces. Many were dead and lying unburied in confusion. The stench arising from the bodies was awful. The dead and wounded numbered 500. The people had lived on horse-llesh for a long time. Vermin tormented them; bad water had a debilitating effect, and the blazing sunshine added, placed them in a pitiful state of weakness and inefficiency. The Eussian victory was of short duration. Fresh arrivals of Turkish troops caused Targkassoff to evacuate. In doing so he had a sharp engagement with the enemy, losing 200 men and a heavy ambulance train. The Crescent once more floats over Bayazid. A St. Petersburg despatch says that after a reinforcement of the army of the Caucasus by troops from the Central Asiatic frontier, a second invasion of Armenia is meditated, commencing with the capture of Batoinn and the suppression of the Circassian rebellion. Advices from St. Petersburg state that the reserve of Cossacks, consisting of twenty regiments and battalions —in all 20,000 men — are preparing to follow 12,000 men, who have already marched from Suratovc for Armenia. Dervish Pasha telegraphs from Batoum, on July 7th, that two Turkish frigates bombarded and burned Chevekitil. They landed a force which defeated the garrison and compelled them to abandon the town. The object of the expedition being thus attained the frigates re-embarked the troops and returned to Batoum. From the scene of insurrection in Caucasus it is reported that the Russians have resumed the offensive. General Alkbosclioff marched, on July 15th, from Tokveli to Tkafche, on the right bank of the Goligese, drove the enemy from their entrenched position, forced them behind Mokoa, and occupied Goum, twenty miles north of Sukum Kaleh. AMERICAN NEWS. The war with the Idano Indians is still raging, and there has been more massacres. On the 10th of July the Indian chief Joseph surprised a party of thirty-one Chinamen, passing down a river in boats and slaughtered all but one. General Howard encountered Indians on 12th July, driving them from a strong position, killing many, and pursuing them in the direction of Camas Prairie. There was another skirmish on the following day. Howard is accused of messing the campaign. There were serious Orange riots at Montreal on 12th July. One man was killed, three wounded. During the procession a, mob attacked the Lodge room with stones and the Orangemen replied with pistols. Several persons were wounded. The conduct of the Mayor and police is much condemned. Rioting continued for several days, and the military were called out. The funeral of the murdered man was the occasion of great excitement. The cortege passed between police anel j soldiers. The wildest rumors were circulated in the city. There have been fearful tornadoes in Ohio. | On July 2nd, at Waverley, Indiana, a ] whole family were buried beneath the ruins of a house. Many were killed in other towns. i By a terrible whirlwind at Milwaukee all ; but three houses in the town were demolished and six persons were killed. The storm tore up large trees and whirled them in the air. At Baltimore, on July 16th, forty firemen on 'the railway struck work on account of a decrease of wages. Next day, with 100 friends, they attacked the train which Colonel Faulkner and seventy-five j soldiers were protecting. The soldiers fired, I lulling one and wounding several. By last ad- { vices the rioters were still unquclled, the pre- j sence of the military making them further j exasperated. ! Great damage has been done in Ecuador by j floods. /-A great noise was heard, and a] tremendous cataract dashed down three rivers, J washing away people and cattle. j The "New York Herald" reporter at Salt Lake describes Mormon massacres equalling that at Mountain Meadowy. EUROPEAN NEWS. [ Charles Bradlaugh and Mrs Besant have j been condemned to six months' imprisonment, to pay a fine of £2OO each, and to enter into engagement to be of good behaviour for two j years, Pending the arguing of a technical j point in the indictment they were released on the understanding that they were not to con- ! tinue publishing. ; The best known detectives in Scotland Yard ' —Druseowtch, Mioklejohn, Froggartt, and Plimmer —arc charged with conspiracy to j defeat the ends of justice in the recent case in which betting; men swindled a Countess out of £.10,000. Froggartt was admitted bail, and remanded. [ The 12th of July passed quietly in London , and the provinces. The Rotunda Theatre, Liverpool, has been ! burned down. 1 In the House of Commons the Foreign Secretary said that no petition for the British protectorat e had been received from Samoa, and there was no wish to undertake it. Disraeli has no intention of resigning. On July 2nd the House sat from 4 p.m. to 7 a.m. next day. There were eighteen purely obstructive divisions, and several attempts to count out. The introduction of Colorado beetles into German harbors has caused a rigorous inspection. The King of Abyssinia has expressed his willingness to resign in favor of Alomyo, son of the late King Theodore. General Grant has been cordially received j by the King of Belgium. The latest accounts from the famine districts of Madras are worse. There has been great mortality from disease. In Paris the dissensions between the Legitimatists and Bonapartists are becoming very marked. A Marseilles paper has been prosecuted for publishing insulting articles on President McMabon. The Bonapartists claim the Government support for 250 candidates. The "Moniteur" says the Conservative gain will be large. The French ironclad Reins Blanche was run down by another ironclad, the Heroine. No lives were lust. From Havunnah it is reported that a, very large force of troops had invaded the Kincovillus territory. A battle was fought at the crossing in which over a hundred Spaniard? were killed. Since then there has been another heavy encounter. Three men-of-war have been ordered to sea in great haste Yellow fever is raging among the troopsbrought out last winter, and discontent is rampant.