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Show THE WAR. The report that the Kusjiana occupied occu-pied Giuserv on the Danube last week waj premature. Turkish advices ad-vices are to tho cfFect ttint thclius-1 si tins will crois the Danube at Kcni and lainail. To cover their pasoagy they have placed several gunboats in the river which were brought in sec tiona to its banka. No engagement has been reported on the Danube. It in denied that the Huauian seaport of Poli wa blockaded. Servia has not denied tho porte passage through its territory, but tho army is hold in readiness for action. In tho meantime mean-time three strong Kuisiun columns are marching into Armenia, Afaia, where they have met with strong opposition from Turkey, and their progress is likely to bo slow in that direction. The Persians are reported ready to join Russia with 20,000 men. The kliedive, prohibited from assisting the porte with troops, will aid Turkey as fur as Egypt's liabilities to the foreign bondholder) will permit. A great many rumors are afloat in regard to I war movements, many of which are evidently not reliable. |