Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1877 — NEWS SUMMARY [ARTICLE]

NEWS SUMMARY

THE WAR IN THE EAST. A special from Bt. Petersburg says the Russian newspapers profess a strong desire for peace. There is much talk of direct negotiation with the Porte, and the probability of such settlement is said to grow stronger daily. Russia is reported to be making special exertions to secure at any rato England’s exclusion from the negotiations. A special from Constantinople says the Sultau has expressed his intention to treat separately with the Czar. He abandons all idea of applying to any foreign power for mediation. A Russian official dispatch announces that the Russians have captured the fortified town of Etropol, about twenty miles northeast of Sophia, with trifling loss. The Turks fled in disorder. A special from Pera reports that the Turks hold a strong position at the head of Orchanie defile, and have abandoned the town of Orchanie for strategic reasons. Heavy fighting, in which the Russians were victorious, is reported in the vicinity of Biela. A London paper professes to havo information that Kars fell through the treachery of a Pasha, who was paid for admitting the Russians to a commanding fort. A Constantinople dispatch says there is much anxiety in the city about a possible combined movement of Servians, Montenegrins and Greeks. Risings are apprehended in Epirus, Thessaly and Albania. Mehemet Ali has notified the War Office that ho cannot attempt to relieve Plevna unless strongly reinforced. Great efforts are being made to reinforce him. Chovket Pasha is under arrest, and will be court-martialed for not attempting to take Teliche. The Russians are raising works against tho forts of Erzeroum, and building barracks for the troops. Deserters from Plevna assert that Osman Pasha has declared his intention of making a sortie if not relieved within a fortnight.