Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-21
The Eastern War.


Seventeen thousand men from the kars ar
my will be detached to assist at the siege Of
Plsvna General Melikoff started suddenly for
E!zeroum Oh Sunday. lie will take command
Of the bescging force there. 1t council Of
war on Sunday Phillpotf, prominent General,
recommended that a corps be left to cover Er-
2croum, while the remainder Of the army push
through Asia Minor to Scutari.
Tie Ru sian main army is advancing on Er-
3:TOuDl.
Il CorsIantinopc telegram reports that the
Russians have summoned Mukhtar PaSha to
suGrcLd,r EtZeroum, but that place will be
held TO The last extremity hy order Of the Sui
taa.
Ali Saib tclerraphs from Scutari that 900
MUncLcerlni who attacked the position de-.
rcEding the road from Autivari to Scutari have
been repul>cd, with loss OF 800 killed..
y special from TAs reports that immediate.
" after the capture Of k1rs $1,000 Russians
undcr General Nlclikotf, started for Erzeroum
LONDON. Nov. 2l.-Thc Times E,zeroum
correspondent, in letter from that place. dated
De-. 2j:h, says :-"If the winter breaks upon
III shortly and karj holds out, We may keep
E.z.roum. but il the weather continues 6ne
aud kars falls this rlacc cannot rcpel the Rus.
slams.
The Manchester Guardians Pera correspon-
dent tnt graphs as follows 1--WE have Just
heard OF the capture OF kars. TIE fall of Er
zeroum is expected TO follow. The Porte now
appears DESTROYS Of entertaining peace propo
ssls. Server Pasha, Mioistcr Of Foreign At
fairs, aud Mahmoud Damad are said to be more
favorable to pc.ce. -
VILLAGE Society IN WINTER. First As
T., sewing clubs the work should be carefully
restricted to su"h embroidery, etc.. as cannot
nc d2aa by women who earn their living By
their needle. The justice Of this ought 10 be
1T once appGrcDt; but it is as a rule, overlook.
CO. We have known the plain sewing taken
from the sen Es!resses Of village, and given to
church c!uhs for . winter; the consequence Of
:2ch ;Gas, hungry w0meo asking parish help,
a.i Is sancl glass wiGdow back Of the pulpit.
Secondly: La reading clubs, let The time for
each reader be limited by rf bic rule. If this
il uot done, there will be found in every such
club, at least one dogmatlc, selfish reader who
will icrcc bis author and his voice upon the
clab, no,i in disgust and WEAKNESS the mem
b;r5 fall of and tho experiment fails.
Thirdly: Ii we may trench up0n most del
ic:lc topic. We would suggest that 10 merely
social Combinations, for the purpcs, of music,
da2c!og or conversation, the old caste lines of
the tawn b., disycgardcd. There is DO despot-
ism moro narrow CT cruel than the aristocracy
OF 2 village. New blood ard new ideas would
generally rcvivIy it; outside of the so called
good society" Of such place which has been
fenced 10 for two or three generations, is fire.
quently found the larger proportion of iotc.
gence culture, and breadth OF thought.
FcurthIy: The great want experienced By
cultivated men and women in small town is
of books, periodicals, etc which, Individually,
they arc not able to buy. There are very few
circulating libraries 10 American towns Of
population less than ten thousand. This want
can be obViatcd in measure, by a friendly
combination between certain families or lndl-
viduals. 10 which each contributes given mum.
Der of books to common stock; these books
are loaned to the members 10 turn.
\ more formal and much better way is the
formation Of book club, such as were common
in England before the establishment Of Mudic
10 which each member pays at the beginning O
certain sum, with which as mary books are
purchased as there are members, each one
c>oosiog book; these pass in regular rotation
from hand to hand, remaining fortnight with
each reader; twenty books may thus be read
for tie cost Of one. When the books have
passed around the circle, they arc sold to mem.
bers for the benefit Of the club. Fines for de-
tenton and abuse OF books also keep up the
funds. No officer is required 10 this association
but treasurer. Another advantage in the
plan is tina! books can be bought By the quan
,ty at lower rates than singly. The same rule
applies to subscriD'ious for magazines. news
papers, clc-"Home md Society" ScriJncr
for DecemLer
Col. f. u. G. Judson Ned Buntline) passed
through York, Pa, Oh Monday, on his way to
Georgia, where he will spend tho winter for
the henefi; of his health. lie is accompanied
by his family and travels 10 his own convey.
anec, having comfortable carriage and pair
of thorough bred horses lie has with him
Sharp's rifle. rs pounds of ammunition, and a
FIJI 6 sh;or TOO 10