Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1877 — CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States opened ite sessions in Chicago, on the morning of the 17th. Rev. Henry J. Van Dyke, D, D., of Brooklyn, N.Y., Moderator, presiding and delivering the opening sermon. Rev. Dr. James EeUs, of Ban Francisco, was elected Moderator for the ensuing year. A Bucharest telegram of the 18th says the Turks of Tourtokai made a general attack on the Christiane of that village on the night of the 10th. The males and many of the elder women were put to the sword and the younger ones brutally maltreated. A London telegram of the 18th says the latest dispatches received indicated that the Russians were falling back from Kars. The Ffench Legislative Assembly has been prorogued for one month. D. H. Chamberlain* ex-Governor of South Carolina, was recently admitted to practice at the New York bar. The Russians attempted to retake Buknm Kaleh on the 20th, but were repulsed with heavy loss. According to a New York dispatch of the 20th, the Custom-House Investigating Commission had recommended the dismissal of fifty clerks, and requested the heads of bureaus to report how many could be dispensed with in their several departments. The Turkish men-of-war are bombarding and burning the towns on the Black Bea and landing Circassian emigrants at various pointe, who seek to excite the Abchasians to rebellion. Troops have been dispatched to suppress the risings. Kars was again attacked on the 21st, and the Russians were again driven back, with a loss of 800 killed and as many Wounded. A St. Petersburg dispatch of the 21st says the bodies of 800 Turks had already been burled at Ardahan. A Constantinople telegram of the 21st says the Russians were committingfrightful massacres In the Caucasus. The railway bridge over the Akita, near Sestina, fell on the 21st A train of wagons carrying ammunition to Little Wallachia was engulfed with its attendants. ~ A little boy, named Willie Dean, aged between five and six years, mysteriously disappeared In Chicago on the 17th, and no trace of him had been discovered up to the morning of the 22d. It was thought he had been kidnaped by some Italian musicians, In 'whose company he was seen late on the afternoon of the 17th, and a reward of *SOO was offered for his recovery, and several arrests were made of suspicious parties. The father of the lost boy is a depot baggageman In the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad. , On the 22d, a Russian force stationed at Ibrail crossed the Danube in boats toGhiaco and burned the town. The Servians are making offensive preparations at Saltschar and along the Timok. The Turks have stationed a strong corps of observation at Adlio, to guard against a sudden movement from Bervia. A Constantinople dispatch of the 22d says the Abchadlans were in full rebellion, and Turkish arms had been furnished them. A war between Turkey and Greece was considered inevitable, in Athena, on the 22d. A Berlin dispatch of the 22d announces the recall of Bismarck, to consider the situation in France and its probable effect upon the relations of France and Germany. A battle was in progress before Batoum on the 28d. A Bucharest dispatch of the 23d announces that the Turks had fired into and burned an Austrian steamer. Some days ago, a letter was received by the President, purporting to be the resignation of Chief-Justice Lewis, of Washington Territory.' Associate - Justice Green was thereupon appointed Chief-Justice. On the 23d, a telegram was received from Judge Lewis, stating that the pretended resignation was a forgery, and the Piesldent at once recalled Judge Green’s appointment and continued Judge Lewis in the office.