SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 190, 13 August 1877, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

(Per Australia.) The Bussian force available for crossing the Balkans after blockading the Bulgarian fortresses, was estimated at 100,000 men. The only obstruction met by the Russians crossing the Balkans was a Turkish battalion afc tbe outlet of the Pass, which was surprised and defeated. Tbe English are sending two torpedo vessels to the Danube to protect British interests. Correspondents afc Shumla assert that they personally witnessed the Russians a'ttackino* uuavned Turks, wounding old men, women 5 , and children. Refugees say the Russians attacked the wagon trains which were fleeing to Sbuuila, and murdered the people indiscriminately. The cavalry rush aheadof the main army, and spread terror, Mussulman iamilies fleeing panic stricken. The Bulgarians fell in helpless crowds, massacreing in cold blood, fugitives arriving at Shumla tell terrible tales. The Russians lost heavily at the storming of Nicopolis. The Turks recaptured Bayazid. Mukhfcar Pasha's troops fought like fiends incarnate. All the Caucasiau tribes revolted. Melikoff entrenched himself, and summoned all available forces to Barukdard. In crossing the Danube the Russians concealed the men in boats in willows all night, and posted infantry aud field guns along fche bauks. The Turks made a weak resistance, tiring into tbe boats. When a sufficient force had crossed, they charged the Turks, driving them back. The Russian loss was three hundred killed aud four hundred wounded. The Czar issued a proclamation to the Lulganaus, stating that his army was commissioned to secure their sacred rights of nationality acquired by centuries of suffering. A regular Governor was appointed, and the ninabifcauts were summoned to take part in tlie government of Lhe province. Bulgarian legions will be formed. Horrible sacking followed the capture of oistova. The retreating Turks devastated a great part of Bulgaria, burning fruit trees and crops, and leaving the inhabitants destitute. Ihe Russians couteuipiate making a railway from Sistova to Tirnova to supply the famine stricken people. The Russians burned four villages on tbeir march to Plevna, and the Turks charge tliem with reckless murders and outrages upon Musselmen. ° Constantinople is a scene of anarchy. Rustchuk is being actively bombarded, and seven hundred inhabitants, including

many\wotuen ahd children, are said to ba killed.' x Severe fighting occurred at Nicopolis. The Turks stubbornly resisted the attacking party. One account says the garrison, numbering 600Q, surrendered; While all other accounts Assert that the Turks evacuated the place before the Russians entered. •_ \The Russian garrison at Bayazid, which waXbes'eged by 13,000 Kurds, made a gailant resistance under a heavy bombardment, and were, reduced, to the verge of starvation The ' towu was destroyed. Ultimately, a Russian force relieved the garrison, and bn i entering found it in a fearful condition— the I dead lying unburied, and the troops emaciated and suffering loathsome diseases. The whole force made good their retreat, and the Turks re-occupied the town. A St. Petersburg despatch says that 32,000 troops have been sent to Asia Minor again to imvade it, advanciug by the main road- ou Erzeroum and Batoum. Mukhtar Pasha has .only 4f),000 troops at Kars. Accounts.* from Madras state 'that 7 the faminevis wors,. In Bombay the prospects jirejimptoying.YL^ ' * General GranHs making a tour through" Europe. He was cordially received by the King of the Belgiaus. •" ■ ,< •> The principal Scotland-yard detective has been remanded on a charge of conspiring to defeat justice in a racing swindle on the Countess Gancourt. ' ; ' Charles Bradlaugh and Mrs Besant have "been sentenced to six months' imprisonment," *i° P9X a fipe o£ each, and to find bonds for good f ]jefiayiobrifdKfcwb.year3. o?hey have been released, pending a technical argument ou the indictment Y7 7 / .ff V .7' , The ironclad Reine Blanche was run down at.Toulon^y'ahofch'er ironclad, the ' Heroine „ Orange-riots occurred at Montreal, when" three persons. were killed and four wounded. A loan is to ber raised in 'for rebuilding St Johns. The Indians in Idaho slaughtered thirty Chinamen. The American troops were successful in several- engagements. - -- . Destructive tornadoes have occurred in Ohio, causing great loss of life and property. At Milwaukee only three houses were lef fe ' standing. , The*. Ba\tirtiore*\rail way employees , struck . work, and attacked the train) because wage's l -had been-reduced. A-desperate conflict with ; the soldiery resulted fatally on both sides. The- decision of the Court regarding the wreck of lhe City of San Francisco ia still pending. Ecuador has been flooded, consequent on an eruption of Cotopaxi. The devastation is very great for miles around. Mexican frontier raids have been repelled and troops have crossed the Rio Grande in pursuit. Fears are entertained lest the invasion should create complications. ;A Morman Bishop has arrived at New York with 723 converts. Heavy. fighting is still going ou in Cuba. The League has appealed' to the United btates. Yellow fever is raging among the troops.