Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1877 — THE TURCO-RUSSIAN WAR. [ARTICLE]

THE TURCO-RUSSIAN WAR.

A Vienna telegram of the 6th says nil representatives of the press bate been ordered to depart immediately from the Russian Army. A St. Petersburg dispatch of the Bth denies the reported repulse at Bicln, and assorts that the town had been occupied byRussian troops. . A dispatch front Krin, Dalmatia, of the Bth, states that 20,000 wounded Turks were at Scutari. On the Bth, tlie Forte published a protest, accusing the Russians of horrible atrocities both In Europe and Asia. An Erxeroum dispatch, published in London on the Bth, states that the Russians had recommenced the bombardment of Kars, and formed an intrenched camp on the eastern side of the city St. Petersburg dispatches of the 7th say that trouble had arisen between Persia and Russia, because the former Power had allowed a Turkish Army to pass over Persian territory to tbe Russian rear and compelled the temporary abandonment of the siege of Kars. An Erzeroum dispatch, received in Constantinople on the 9th, says the Russians had been expelled from the Ottoman territory adjacent to Messonquedik, which plaee had been reoccupied by tbe Turks. The Russians in Bayazid bad been summoned to capitulate on honorable terras, and the Turkish Commander thought they would accept. A Batoum dispatch, published on the 9th, reports that the Turkish fleet had bombarded and burned the Russian Fort of Chevketil. An official telegram, received in St. Petersburg on the 9th, says she Russians occupied Tlrnova on the 7th, and captured the Turkish camp. At a private audience, the Sultan recently stated to Mr. Layard, the British representative, that he would not guarantee protection to Christians if tbe Russians continue to excite rebellion in Bulgaria, and perpetrate atrocities in Asia Minor. A London dispatch of the 10th says it was known that an understanding had been arrived at between Russia, Germany and England, and that each Na'lon had been pros pectively awarded its share of the spoils of the “ Sick Man of Europe ” It was understood that Russia would be satisfied with Armenia and the independence of the Danubian Principalities; that England would receive Egypt and the Island of Cyprus; that Crete would lie transferred to Greece, and the Austrain Baltic Provinces would be handed over to Germany. A Constantinople telegram of the 10th says complete anarchy prevailed beyond the lines of the contending armies. Bulgarian aud Circassian Tartars were murdering each other indiscriminately. - A Turkish monitor at the mouth of the Danube has been captured by the Russians. It was officially announced, on the 10th, that the Russian left wing had been driven across the Asiatic frontier, pursued by Ismail Pasha. Russian accounts acknowledge that the Asiatic campaign had proved a failure and w-ould have to tie renewed. The Turkish fleet has commenced the bombardment of Eupatoria, near Odessa. A Vienna dispatch of the 11th says the Turks had abandoned the line of the Jantra. A- Constantinople telegram of the 11th says tbe Porte was greatly dissatisfied with the Inactivity of Abdul Kerim, in Bulgaria, and had issued peremptory orders for him to make a stand against the Russians. In consequence of the command, the Turkish forces had been c ncentrated on the line between Rasgrad, Sliumla and Eski-Djuma. The River Lorn separated the two armies. A St. Petersburg dispatch of the 11th says the Czar had ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops from Armenia, and that Gen. Melikoff had demanded a court-martial. Servia and Roumania have concluded a treaty with a view to joint operations against the Turks, and Austria, in view- of this fact, has notified Russia that she proposed to occupy Servia.