THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 403, 14 August 1877, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

WW!: NK\\>'. Ex-Cnloncl Valentino Hakcr accom|iii!ii s 11; i >il" I'.-isiia to Adrianoplo. When t'.e viii «if tho Russian army crossed the Balkans. I Iks li^Uliit.i? in Bulgaria ha' anuumied. to Ihlle more than out] 10aii'airs. The Turkish quadrilateral reinaius i;11;u• f, and I hrcalening to tho 12,000 ]vussians said lo ho neni.sn tho Danube at ttistova.

(.Jeiieval Zir.inu rnnn crossed at I brail, and swi p! lJ.ibrud.-c'ia, 11 is 000 men wore oppose I by (he garrisons at Sil'stria, Vi'i'ii". and n spectively 22,000, 20.01)0. and 10.000 strong.

j I lis! (.•; In k was aci ively bombarded up to .1 une 20. 700 persons in (lie (own, including ni'ii, women, and children, were killed. 'The Russians attempted storming, but were re]hi'scd. Several 1 >i: 1. a 'ians were arrested at liiislo'iuk, charged witli assisting tho I! i;ssi ins and fomenting insurrection; also with disf ribuiinpetroleum. A ('onstaiiiiiioph; correspondent says Ilubart, I'aslia had a long interview with the Sultan yesterday, who gave him permission to command an erudition to the Black Sea, with complete liberty of action. The Turks withdraw all troops from the Montenegrin frontier, except the garrison of the forts and blockhouses. Prince Nicholas is preparing to besiege Niesio a.-iain. The Turks nia.de a, bra.vv. resistance at Nieopolis, the Ituss'ans losing heavily in storming heights over tho town, one account savs. All the others slate that the Turks evacuated before the liussians entered, and made good (heir retreat.

Tlu: Russian »'i* in Asia is confirmed. Attacked l>v 111■ j garrison of Iia11»u 111, they were defeated with great shmghft r. A correspondent at Tiilis writes that Mukhtar J ilia's brilliant Ljciioralsliip must Vk; acknowledged. Jl is troops fought like demons incarnate. All the tribes in t!io 0 tucasus are in armed revolt against the Russians, and have taken all important outposts. Gene ral Melikoff is entrenching himself, and other forces have lieen hastily recalled from all available! points to Ihunkdtr, where they will make a stand, and wait for reinforcements in a strong position.

The Russirn garrison at 15 yazid made a gallant resistance ngiinst Turks, who besieged the town and bombarded it. A t ;r a brave defence, tins garri son was rj'ieved by (Jeneral Tar;jkass< fi. found the garris -n in a fearful conditio!), almost starved and snllering from loathsome diseases incidental to camp life. The Turkish ca inon had made sad havoc with the original forces. Many dead were lying in confusion unburied, a horrible mass. The stench arising from the bodies was awful. The fie id and wounded numbered 000. The garrison had lived on horseflesh for a long time. Vcr-

min tortured them. lent •••a'er had a dc-bilit.itiny elf-, ct, ami 11•«.* blazing sunshine added t<> nil. placed ti.em in it must pitiable state of weakness ami iJi oi s l <jioll c The Russian victory was <•? short duration. Fresh arrivals of Turkish troops: caused tu evacuate. in doing so, lie had a sharp encounter with the enemy, with :i loss of 2l'o. and heav\ambtdance train. The crescent, once mole floats over Uayazid. A St. I'ei.M'sbunj despatch r: v. : . that afttr the reinforcement <jf the army of the Caucasus, if m ci.ssary, 1 >_v tr.>e;s from the central Asiatic frontier, a second invasion of Armenia is meditated. commencing with the capture of Maiotim, ai.d tiie suppression of the Circassian rebellion. Advices from St. Petersburg state that art serve of Cossacks. consisting of tw> rity regiments and battalions, in all 20.Of!!) nun, are pniarirg to follow the 12.000 nun ivho have already marched from Saratove for Ai menia. Dervish Pasha feh graph,s from Ratoum, on July 7th, that, two Turki.-dt frigates bombarch d and burned Chevekira. and landed a force which defeated the garrison, arid compelled them to abandon thy town, the object of the expedition thus Icing attaintd, the frigates re-embarked the troops, and returned to Raioum. From the scene of the insurrection in the Caucasus it is reported that the .Russians have resuitu d the offensive. Gen. Aikboschoff mareheel on .July 15 ch from Tokveli to r l knfcl.e on the rig t bank of the Goligi ss, drove- f he enemy Norn their tntrenched position, forced tin in behind Mokoa and occupied (b.uni, twenty miles north of Sukum Kaleh. The Roumanian (loverinm nt, before sending troops across the Danube, consulted Ausiria, and the hilt-'f replied that she was indifferent, if .Servian neutrality were respi cted. The Czar, at H'-rchausfe. issued a proclamation to the Bulgarians on the subjtct of the crossing. ercpr ssive of hes solicitude for the Christians, and stating that the mission of the army was to secure the saeivd rights of nationality, required by centuries <f sufferinir. and the blood of the martyrs. W ieh had soaked the soil. Russia is called by the dtcreis of .Providi nee to conciliate ami ji.icify* ;ilI rac< s and denomir ai:<>ns. Tn Bulgaria., inhabited by a mixed popuhitioii, henceforth the Russian arms will protect every Christian Against all viohnee. The proclamation promises equal protection to Ivl usselmatis. but special justice upon kriov. n r ;i> i 'erpaiors in atrocities. It announcs that as ia.-t as the Russians advance, Tur'-.i.-h rule wdl be rephtc. d by a. pipuhir organisation, in whieh the' native; inhabitants w;li he summoned, ro i;if-:.- pair, um'er tiie siif'ft me din el ion of sp rial a nt'.or. e'es. I'ulgarian h ■ ions will : e fortm el to serve | as the inich us of ;i loe-al army force, disiir:* d to maintain ordt r and security. In the Hot;.-.' ~f Commons, Sir S. Noirhe'ete dinhd thai the Sa'.-ra i had r.skt d pet m is.-ion for t he conditional oceu|;11.i< nof Constant;: opie. Ili.Mitaic!., in an inierv'ev.' wi'h the P.rh'fh Anda:-or. s-dd the occupation ef Constant inopl." was the purpose fur which tiie war was 1 eu'ltt. The (>i iiish th'et, to -1. sliifs. > men, and two torpedo b ■,, s. j Las been sent to tne Danube tu protect ! Cntish inien sU. j