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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 79, 21 July 1877, Page 2

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Tuesday. Per — The want' of cavalry prevents the " Turks from taking advantage of their successes. - - . * *■ A Turkish gunboat endeavored to pass Kalafat', but was driven" back by the fire of the Roumanian batteries. She contrived 'to' -slip past' on Sunday morning, however, whereupon the commanding officer at Kalafat telegraphed to the next military station, -a; small place not jharked on "the' maps, and ,on the gunboat arriving there she was received by so heavy a' fire* that she was compelled to surrender, ,and was taken possession of by tlie Roumanian authorities. She is stated to have been built for the Turkish Government either at Vienna or, Pesth^and had ( not received her armament when captured. ' The Queen has granted a pension of £75 each per annum to«tliree old maiden, ladies, descendants of .Daniel Defoe, who were m greatly reduced circumstances. The explosion on board the Turkish monitor Luf ti Djbil was entirely accidental. It appears as some of the men were arranging cartridges m the magazine a cartridge caught fire, and lnt stantly a terrific explosion took place. Almost the- entire crew were Mlled, and the splendid vessel was destroyed. The monitor was of English build, and cost £160,000. ■ t , On the Pennsylvania Railway, a train due at Jersey city was boarded by a baud ,of thieves, who robbed it and „ nearly beat to death Thomas ' Downing i of New York. The conductor and the brakeinan, who' attempted to rescue Downing, were driven away with, revolvers, but succeeded m locking the ruffians m a car, and telegraphed for the police at Jersey city to be ready at the depot. * While train was running at the rate of 30 miles . an hour, three of the desperados escaped by jumping out of the windows. The fourth man was arrested. Among the papers submitted to At-torney-General Deveni by District Attorney Howard*, of Utah, are unpublished^ portions' of Lee's confession. They are said to implicate Brig-, i ham Young and other* high mem- , bers of the Mormon body as having i been m direct- complicity -with, the Mountain Meadows massacre. The ."chief difficulty m effecting a ( conviction upon Lee's statement, arises from the difficulty of procuring witnesses, now widely scattered. . ' , A special telegram from Mount Carmel, Illinois, .says that a terrible storm struck this city, by which 16, men lost , their lives, and half a million dollars worth of property was destroyed. A large number of persons were wounded, and several will undoubtedly die. t The, bodies of four of the killed were burned

m a house that took fire. At least 300 still are missing. Mount Carmel was a thriving town of about 3,000 inhabitants, on the Cairo and Vincennes railway. "The duration of the wind did not exceed two minutes. Its velocity is estimated at 150 miles an hour ; during its prevalence the air was filled with flying roofs, windows, doors, lumber, rail/ j clothing, &c. ; . mnch of the debris was carried more than a mile away. Men, women, and children were blown helplessly about — some a distance of 4DO feet—as if they were feathers. The best part of the town is destroyed, and about; seventy families are left house-' less*.' -r *A" delegation pi representatives of the rioh-Mormon citizens/ have waited on General Crook m regard to the concen- ; tration of troops m the territory, and a; story has found currency, that Brigham Young is arming his people to fight m; case he is prosecuted for complicity , m; the Mountain Meadows massacre. iThe; delegation told GenerarCropk that they i. apprehend', no danger of a ! general uprising of othe Mormons agains% the; con- ■' -stituted ■ • authority ' of the country ? but said they did fear an outbi'e&k-in. , case Young'was brought; to trial" fbr^murder. -.-..'.■ V-V ./■ OSEEGIAI.'TOJTHE .^Pb'ST^"] • ; > ; .-J '^;,^Ki : ;.:~. /■■■■ ;■:'■■■••;■ ; Mondays '. ..The" hion. member for . Wafcatipu, -Mr ]Mfeiid.ers^ ha4i his/ passage: itorWjeUihg-ton-iinpedejii m ,a y&rv ; singular manner after" taking > a p'rpmihenti :J>art ;at the banquet pii Saturday. .TheHhoh^nienl^ berwas abpiit Jo saUifromPorjtJGhal-; miets%r tile Hoiisie of RepresentatJ^^S' 1 yesiferday mp^m4g, 'when lie was. con? frpnted Jby : a very.^^ detJermined-looking Hoilsekfeeper^ . Thelady^ in.questiPn had been diligent r!; iii^^^ accosting Port^Chalmers pe.Qple, and as of ten as persons^addressed;'shook' their ;he^sj;ish;e Vpiild produce 'a' photograph and , exclainii '"■That's' Mrs Manders, arid I'd lite fp:' find her." The hon; memberj yiel&hg to a kind pf eloquence more jigprpus than persuksive, 'suffered himself to be reluctantly recpnductfed ashore. . To-day the housekeeper has been hunting about " the precincts of the-Resident Magistra-. trate'iff'Cburt! wilfch a legal document m one hand and .a , portrait "of the female : object of her tender regard m the other. ; The ; member for ; Wak^tipu ' 'has ! ;b'een hovering 'about. the' hall of justice' with a. long^swaEow-iail, and a-lppk of cpneerri ■that would admirably becpine the; chief i mourner at a funeral. The pertinacibus and indignant female iis uriderstbod'to ; be =a discarded housekeeper, jthd >'he is isuiiiSi the 'hpnorable* M-H-% for a sum '■ of; <^840 for detaining her personal/ propertyii f Some: of the eyidehfee was very, : amusingV arid .gudgnieifl; was given m, her favor for ~ : £f: 'A '"■ ' ; ' -> :*>'■'■ : ■■,•■■ , •■■/.■.■■ [TBVpmthß^-if^,-oSxaes;'?3' v; ;:'; ; ; ; r -^The Cpnstaritihbple ' committee of ; Pplish- immigrants htfve issued a stirring "address to their fellow couritrymeri calling them to arms. The address says— "The foes of our land for centuries, who have dismembered it, and wasted it with fire arid sword ; who deprived^^us of our property;, nationality, freedom,' religion, and, even pur mother , tongue-^-presuinei : under the hypocritical mask of the cham-: pion of the Christians, to unfold their war standard, and. ; send their savage hordes against Turkey, pur ally m the. time of our lndependence, and our mag-, nanimous protector m. the time>of our " exile— against Turkey who,; alonp ~6"f -all " . tKe Powers, refused to the present day to*.ice^pgnise the partition .of, .Poland. ; Let- lii rehdjthe chains^ whicb^^^ fetter -bur white eagle.' rr The wild hordes of Tsar^ dbm. will not stand before "bur united: forces and we shall erect' our cbiprs at thefflduths of the : Vistula' and Memel, and aj the mouths "of the Dnieper arid . the ; Dniester. Europe will recover its equilibrium, lost a hundred years ago, arid will ;pwe it to us. Tp arms, then,' brotiiersi, and^ acgain, to arms/ • ' v ;