CIRCASSIANS FLEEING.
Despatches from Batum describe a great exodus of Circassians from the Caucasus in consequence of the •withdrawal of the Turkish eipedition. 50,000 people and 150,000 cattle are awaiting embarkation at Sukhum Kaleh. Hobart Pasha improvised v jetty by mooring small vessels lengthways. A frigate and transport arrived at Batum with 1000 and 900 emigrants respectively; none were permitted to land at Batum on account of the lack of accomodation and provisions. All go to Trebizond. The Russians succeeded in stopping the exodus from one district, and drove the people back with great cruelty. It is reported that all the men who participated in. the insurrection are to be sent to Siberia and their women and children given to the Cossacks.
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Colonist, Volume XIX, Issue 2283, 13 September 1877, Page 4
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122CIRCASSIANS FLEEING. Colonist, Volume XIX, Issue 2283, 13 September 1877, Page 4
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