MAIL ITEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 191, 14 August 1877, Page 2

MAIL ITEMS.

The Roumanian Government before, sending troops across the Danube consulted Austria. The Jajter replied that she was : indifferent if Servian, neutrality was res- ■ pected. ■ ' 20,000 men are working at the fortifications at Constantinople. On the sth of July over 12,000 Russians crossed she Danube at Sumkza with an immense train of artillery, comprising some pieces of very heavy ordnance. The enthusiasm of the Eussian troops is very great. The cavalry marches about 20 kilometers in advance of the infantry, as the Turks have a proportionate ainouut of cavalry to meet them. - Prince Nicholas is preparing to beseige Nicsic again. Another pretext for the war has been found by the English journals in the establishment of a provisional Government in Bulgaria, and in making Russian the official language. This is regarded as fresh evidence that Russia is bent on the complete subjection aud annexation of Turkey. A Constantinople correspondent says that Hobarfc Pasha had an interview with the Sultan who gave him permission to command the expedition to the Black Sea with complete liberty of action. Dervish Pasha telegraphed from Batoutn on July 7 that two Turkish frigates had bombarded and burned Cherekitil, and landed the force which defeated the garrison aud compelled them to abandon the town. The object of the expedition thus being attained the frigates re-embarked the troops, and returned to Batouni. The Emir of Cabool hag received the I Turkish envoy and undertakes to fur- ! nish to the petty chiefs in Central Asia a force of men and a supply of arms and money to harass the Russian forces" wherever they cau strike them. A Russian expedition in Cabool would at once open up the Anglo-Indian and Russian difficulty and might compel the interference of England. Much uneasiness is felt with regard to the Mahometan {population in India. | The famine had the effect of rendering the Indian population unsettled, and it is feared that this, in connection with the demands of the Sultan, may lead to wide-spread outbreaks. The New York Herald's reporter at Salt Lake describes the Mormon massacres as equalling that of the Mountain Meadows. The refusal of Germany to take part in the Paris Exhibition has been followed by the sudden expulsion of thousands of French subjects from Alsace.

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