Californian Mail Extracts. the Soldier-preacher of France
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1876 · page 11
Friday's Sitting of the French Chamber of Deputies was not only the most brilliant since the opening of the session, but one of the most interesting which have been, held at Versailles…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1876 · page 6
The Shanghai Courier of a recent date contains the following description of the Chinese corvette Yang Woo, which is about to visit Australia:…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 June 1876 · page 6
London, May 22.—The Standard says:— we understand that the Admiral commanding the Channel squadron has received telegraphic instructions countermanding previous orders for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late European News. Ly-ee-moon's First Budget. Montenegro and Servia at War with Turkey. Russia and Austria Friend[?]y. Non-intervention the Policy at Present. Neutrality of the Danube Guaranteed. Satisfactory Declarations of Lord Derby. General War Improbable. Great Powers Interested in Preserving Peace. England Wants Fair Play. She Will Mediate If Necessary. Turkey Carnot Be Protected Against Suicide or Sudden Death. Wool Still Dull and Declining. Copper Dull.—tin Steady. [By Telegram to "Mercury" From A. A. PRESS.] Adelaide, Friday forenoon
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 4
The Ly-ee-moon returned to Port Darwin yesterday. The following are the principal cable-grams. London, July 3. Montenegro has declared war, against Turkey…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest English News. by the Ly-ee-moon. the Civil War in Turkey. London, July 5
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1876 · page 3
In the House of Lords, Earl Derby, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in reply to Earl Camperdown, said that he did not believe,the Russian officers, serving in the Servian army,…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1876 · page 5
In the United States, the expedition sent to protect the settlers in the neighbourhood of the Black Hills (gold diggings) country, from the Indians, had come to grief. General Custer and three hundred of…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1876 · page 7
During the last, twenty-four hours it has been currently rumoured in Sydney that intelligence had been received of the immediate prospects of war between England and Russia. On inquiry…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1876 · page 7
Bismarck, August 14, via Burford, August 11.—Terry's main colomn, on its departure from Supply Camp on the Yellowstone, at the mouth of the Rosebud, the 8th instant,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, October 3, 1876. the War in Turkey
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1876 · page 4
AFFAIRS in the east of Europe seem to have arrived at the stage in which the Powers may be justified in mediating, and ia submitting those terms of peace upon which they are said to have…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1876 · page 11
[?]ne, September, 10—On the 8th instant Harvey Be[?]son, at Kane's Ranch, on Pumpkin Creek, near Sydney, was fired on by three Indians, at short…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1876 · page 3
There was a rumour of prospeots of war, which caused a panic on the Stock Exchange Foreign stocks fell heavily, especially Russian. All home securities suffered much. Consols…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1876 · page 6
The great battle fought before Alexinatz on the 18th of September, which was described at the time as the Sedan of the war, did not prove to have been so disastrous for the Servians as…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1876 · page 7
October 18.—Almost every hour brings news of new depredations by Indians upon ranchmen located north of the Chug. Oa Sunday last Ecoffey and Cung's train, near Laramie Peak, was run down to…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1876 · page 7
City of Mexico, October 17.—There has been a good deal of fighting lately, on a small scale, at apparently hundreds of places at a time, and the aggregate of killed and wounded is quite large. At…
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