Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-26
The Eastern War.


the troops now here towards Plevna They il.
c'uae large number Of Circassian= baIo1gi.g
to the Sultan's guard, some regular Abs.i..
battahoDs and numbers Of undiscip!io:d I!cgn.
lars. Another immense convoy 9! pljy.:i.1.
| and munitions of var is On the point Of .t.f,icg
for PieVna escorted by Division
A special dated ViEbiza, Sunday, sa5.:--
The Roumanians have approached J5 ayip.
sap to within eighty yards Of the 5eco5i GliYic.
redoubt Undoubtedly, 40 assault vii! be made
in two or three days The Turks arc not push.
ing counter saps, and if the assault be delivered
With resolution the redoubs should ca,tao;;
| fall. When this redoubt is taken, there l. a..
other about half mile distaat, then tHy ~
three entrenched camps along the no!thcGa
ridge. whose western termination Is an elevated
position over h angling the liver Iid The hg.
| SLAMS mean TO pursue the sama tactics 90 !Lel,
side of the Turkish positions as s2on as they 81
| get spades.
The correspondent, Was aware If the appIos2t
Of the Turkish reIieYiog forces. bat It ihe ia
be seut eff his dispatch it was hoped he cav
~ uuder Gen. krat1 W0uid bar their Wy, >.
| they were net believed to he !cgu'sla liz -,
Hatsi Pasha was reported to have anic;ti P.N
na With only sna!l :sc1.t.
The Londoo Daily N@ws, ~ SUMMARY f..
| the war, considers 1t evident ti!at !he kns>Isn
| staff has been again outw.tted, aud f2s J,
| mittcd important aid 10 reach Oman fa.ts
A dispatch from Err :r0um says II is !uuo!ej
that the Russian garrison ct .Ardahaa La5 K.
ceived reinforcement 9! eight Gsita!ions. IL,
Russian centre has s5o been reiutor2ai at:
fam bs,,. r. n
Part Of these reiDforcamsots ware deawo 'raG
General ukassotf's !orc,, which 10" c."
sists Of only II bataous.
A telegram from C1psautiuopie slys Ce2L.
Itchy, the Austrian Ambassador. deoles !.sltn.
mentioned the subject Of mediation duGi1z h~
recent audience with the Su!tau, As reported -
the London Times dispatch tfon Coas:ant1...
pie cablcd yesterday.
| The Porte has ordered he expulsion ri u
Russian monks from Mouot Athos and The Il
instateuent OF the Greek monks in taeif
stead
a Vienna correspondent taegrapLs a. 10
lows III is reported that by the tGas
Iera, tie question OF war or Deaca has bern ~
cussed by he Council OF Ministers al =. -.
tersburg The Grand Duke Const an,laa, ~.
presided, and the Minister Of War proaauG.'.
for the continuance Of the va. lha ell
Ministers were in favor Of peace rt,o':-:'...
This seems sensational AID alt1e .tl.ar c'l'...,
10 the tenor Of the peWS
40 official dispatch announces chat ia" NJ,
tenegrios are nov attacking G4rau-ko. \ !D!>
ish detachment has occupie u na!ura .,.o"&
hold 10 Rounanian territory uaier cove! 81 ="
guos of Sillstrla. They apparently lntcGd
attempt to cut the railway bctw2en Ha'aiZ al
Bucharest Three infantry lisri:l1as 0! =.
Russian Guard have reached Be,a. O1t ".
remain 10 that uais Gborhood. Two o.hs:. la.
been dispatched to Pievna. Nearly all the -.
airy of the Guard is destined iJr l'IrNoVa.
LONDON, Sept. 26.--From the statements
special correspondents concerning tie cpo!a': ~.
10 front and 10 the rear OF PicVaa It seoiu. pr.
able that the Turkish accounts are coltec. ;!::.:
Ple7na was revctualcd ADD reinforced o" t!:F
23rd instant by - battalioos Of itsan:ry,
batteries Of artillery, 1000 cavalry aud an ~
mense quantity Of food aud ammunition. Srvs-
raj correspondents mention that rainy weather
is impeding operations.
The Daily News correspondent 10 front a.
Pievua says since the day Gen. Sh0boe't W.
driven from the redoubts he had captured th2:'
has been no fighting Of serious CONSEQUENCE
The Roumaolans, however, have persisted ~
making useless assaults on tie second HTir"'!
redoubt
A Constantinople dispatch, ho@ayer, s.:.
Osman Pasha reports three considerable e.
gagemens since the 18th inst, in all Of "hjt!
the Turks we're victorious. Osmau Pasha @
sition is now believed to be secure, and :hc II"
preston at CoustantlnopIe and Sophia IS 'hst
the Russians and Roumanlans are witndraR'"*
gradually from the attack agaiost Plcvoa.
The Standards correspondent tescgvaphln.;
from Occhanic under date OF Monday. s.5s
Another immense convoy Of provisions, mn
-. r =, cho,,J Gin
Plevoa escorted by 4 division. Many merchants
and other inhabitants OF Pievna. who left III.
towo when the Russians first advanced, are az
companyog the convoy, as Pievna is now ioyk
upon as safe from capture. The road is reported
to be entirely free Of Russians as far as Dub0Dk,
at which place we hear Ahmet liZ has arrive.
Haiku Pasha sends to say that the RussiAn.
beaten by Ahmet LII on bis advance. appeai
to have drawn off altogether and abandoned al.
idea Of further nterruptluC COMMUNICATING,
The state of the weather will speedily render
the carriage OF provisions and ammunition Tor
aoy distance 40 absolute inpossbty. pnFlns
the last week there have been several very
heavy down pours Of rain aud to day 1t Is CON
ing doWn with tropical violence. The Inhab
tants, accustomed 10 signs Of the weather ar"
Of opinions that the autumn ralo9 have o1m
menced aod that there will be little NOR
weather fit for campaigning There Is IL ne
oessity for the retention Of large f0rc, here OF
at Sofia Iii too late for the Ru5siahs 10 81,
tempt dash Oh the latter place aud evea could
they do 80 an army could scarcely force tbIs pa,
if held by three or four thousand men. II ha'
been rendered practically impregnablc by l@'
lines Of redoubts along the summit and Tor
mdable works at the entrance.
CHAPERoE1Na AMERICAN Girls. Our gu.
are the bolde;t Ct all. part being the bo!dncss o
innocence and parttbc bcl1ness Of impudicity
but from whatever it comes, it does not sit Wal
on young woman. She is often under tho lnl-
preston that her fast wsys, her slang ald her
freed om with man is Whist ho admre' and thi:
is her mietake for the rake feels tbs ch nm
of modest woman. and when ho sci let's his !I!a
partner she il his choice; in a word, tbs man
pa ses his time with the fast person for his smusc"
ment, but when it comes to the serious bushes"
of life such as marriage c'est une autre pare dc
mauches
| ttRo hot nu eaam or aaarn WHIST u be,