Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-27
The 's'urkiSi, War

The Porte has teiegwpnei IL representa-
tives abroad that it has seat the des11u;c Bul-
s.rians elS,OU0 aud has TAX measures ior
the speedy rebuilding Of their villages. Inc
Prince Of M"ntencgco haS Sent mir 20 The
commanders Of his forces t. abstain rsm of L.
-ve measures uutl! O..,ber2 Nnktar Pa~ha,
however took advantage .! the tango, aud oc-
cupled and fortified !wo Gcw aGvnfc Il positions
on Moueu grin territory. Th~ PInc: protests
against this violation Of the ifnc". Ii Is re
ported that seven hundred Christians hayc
been massacred by the Turks iii E!Z rnum.
The Arm nianS have cpinr..lned y! t,"lF TX
cesSeS Ia the Graf! Fz,r. who taS promised
a th rough Iuvestlgat "H. There l. every rea
son to believe tha, tt Porte Will repiy favor
ably to the p ace Proposals Vt the Powers. l.
has zen decied that ~ elective cou rcli shall
b. created. II will be c1Wp,Sci = thirty Cn:l<-
tians and thirty MIss"imGn. L. object Will nc
to carry into effect the rc!orrus iemauGad by
the z wcr>. Although he further Suspension
Of hos,i.itcs has been ordered, Sclvi,a battn-
ries are firing On the Turkish cup is. a0d
Seryiaus are cbrSIruclirg u"w redUua between
Dcllgrad and \ eXln1tz.
The DESPERATION OF OPIUM EATERS. 10
az article on opium ea!lnr, d. Developed III
that city, the Providence Journa! remarks
Many stories migh; be tod nf til" desperate
means to which men, even 10 this ely, have
r,sorted 10 get opium. but they ar2 Ill dix" IN
showiog the terrible force OF! tbs il,bEt a1d the
gradual destruction Of mud AMI boy wi,!ch
the habit long continued produc ;. y cr h:
opium habit is once formed the vclm l. in
misery all the time that he is Mt uJd2r H. III
flu nee of the drug. y man ought - th'nk
sometime before beginning flahltwhIch conl'cls
him to drop his natural ilie ADD 1--we au sTld-
ciaI existence, wholly depend II upon dug
1t is said that there Is one Cp;uul eater N THIS
city who has fully couHted the est. He began
to eat opium when about 50 years Id, and
fndog a few years later the habit hcnly la
tened upon him DC d,'crmioci that he c2ui
cot live at the longest more than thirty yer,
He Was then ;akipL halt gram Of m"lpaac
day. h., 6gured out The amount Of morphinc
that he should require in thirty year., allow
ing an Increase OF d quarter OF 4 ata'nay year. Ho
then made deposit OF money sutfl ,en &c up
oily Eiu his regular all ywaucc during all those
years, and nos he goes abou; cJnrinua j. III
der the iuhua &C. ot morphine. V wlng life a1d
the world 10 which he moves as # he saw them
from the large end OF ~ opera glass
RICH GOLD DlGGlNGS.-1t SheEaNlSaD
ouch, on Slate ere k, tributary OF the ) AGRA
neuto river, two men o * ous forty ounces OF
gold dust 10 one day las, Elk, wi,ll 1T least
$4,000 more sight. The di>cUvcrcr Of this
rich spot, whose Dame We could uo learn, aud
man Damed Turner believed there must b.
rich diggings above rich claim work ei on
Slate creek by nan uAmcd Moore aad az
other person some years ago. o. prospecting
around little they came upon thu streak u!
dirt, between slate, which re,cmb'ed yellow
ocher, and as they dug down tnc lead kept
wdeung Should this >treak oil pay dirt prov
extensive We may lock for vast AN ,uot Of
GOLD from that miolns section, aui 1t Is doubt.
less probable that other such streak5 may DC
found 10 the gucnes and ravlns all a)na the
Sacramento river running tt rough the uorh-
ern purtioo of Shasta UNITY aud into S'skI, on.
The gold taken out is ;,'so o. yellow oct,er p
pearaucc Al Portuguese f he pr">en, sea
son several large nuggets haVe been !ouId, and
aalterng prospects have also teen tcuni az ga
rious other pon.s in the Sacramento river MO
Jog region. At Dig creek tie tuanc. ruo 10 .
strike the pay CRAWL, in W cb l.. AuicDrclth
and Colone Stooe arc Interested, Is now neariy
completed to permit working, the enterprise
costing more than was at first anticipated 10
account of finding more water thao Was expect
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