Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1877 — GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS

< dinpatchcH report a reign of terror in Constantinople. Circassians are reported to be murdering and robbing oil evory hand, the 1 h{rents being given up to them at night by the terrified inhabitants. . Croat Britain has jiotifiod Turkey that the blockade of the Black sea is ineffective, and therefore not bindihg. The festivo potato-bug has made its appearance in Ireland. A iinanciiilfagont of Servia is shiimiiig about among the capitals of Europe in quest of a loan whore with to put the Servian army on a war footing. He is meeting with poor success. The whole of Europe seems to bo infected with the war fever. Holland is said to be arming, and even littlo Belgium is preparing for the mobilization of her army. London, a.nd in fact all England, is agitated by an ugly scandal in high life—the elopemont or Lady Ernest Tempest with Mr. Hungerford. The parties involved belong to the most select aristocracy. The United States 4-per-cent, bonds are selling in the London market at a price equal to par in gold in this country. (I recce will take no part in the Eastern struggle at present, tho Parliament having adjourned without making any provision for such a step. A report comes from Cuba that tho insurgents on tho island have boldly assumed the offensive, and are making it warm for the Spaniards. A battle is said to have been fought, in which 000 of the latter were slain. The yellow fevor is also said to be playing havoc with the Spanish troops. Gen. Grant’s reception in Germany has been of the warmest possible description. It is announced in Paris that tho legislative elections will be held on tho 16th of September, and that tho chambers will meet on tho Htli of October. A violent quarrel is raging between the Legitimists and the Bonapartists, and is likely to greatly strengthen the chances of the Republicans in the coming elections. Ecuador, in South America, has been the scene of volcanic eruptions and destructive floods, causing much loss of life and property. A dispatoli from Calcutta says the latest accounts from the famine districts of Madras are somewhat worso. The rainfall has been slight over portions of the affected area. Tho number of natives on the public works and receiving gratuitous relie f lias increased. There has been great mortality from disease, especially among children. Tho situation in Mysore is ab’o critical.