Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-19

The method 10 such cases generally was to
either sabre or shoot the father aad elder sons,
to break toe skulls Of the old wCmcn, aud then
10 seize and outrage the younger women. 10
very many cases tic outrages were perpe!rated
By ucigLhors and citizens Of the town we'll
known to the poor miserable victims. Nobody
was spared who was captured, Scenes OF
friphttul a,rocity occurred. The cries OF the
fleeing women and chi!dreo were heard at the
outposts of The Roumanian troops cncamped
below Oitenitza, and a small party, under cover
of the darkness, ventured across The river.
They brought TWO Bulgarian men back with
them. One Of the tugltVcs was quite 40 old
mau, and was for long time uoaOIe to speak
from grief and wild terror. When, 90 Thurs
the Roumanian officers, he described the killing
Of his wife and eldest son 10 his sight ADD the
carrying off Of his daughter. The only pretext
seems to have been the Intellectual lombard
ment Of Oltenitza from the old fortress OF Tur.
tukai and from the new water batteries which
have been erected along the river bank. No
damage was done by Turkish batteries.
The N. Y. Tribuoe' information Strengthens
the belief that the Russian feet is now keeping
strict watch along the coast Tor the purpose OF
iotcrccpting vessels having MUNITIONS OF war
en- board for Turkey. and it is stated that the
Russian commander has been informed that a
steamer would soon leave the vicinity OF New
Haven with large cargo fer Turkey.
|. LONDON, May l9.--Ihc Standards Pesth
correspondent says Some extreme Hungar-
ian papers demand that Count Andrassy should
treat the approach of the Russians to the neigh.
! borhood CT the Austrian frontiers az q Casus
Belii. Military men consider that the time
has arrived for concentrating 4 corps OF obscr.
walton IN Pennsylvania hear from Scmllo
THAI military preparations Of the Scrv!ans are
now quite evident.
Prince Milan to-day nominated Col. Draga.
schevitch chief OF staff, and ordered General
! Oympics to resume command % the Dfna to-
wards which the artillery are marching.
a Widdin dispatch OF yesterday reports that
G,000 Circasslans arc Joining the Turkish army
IS volunteers.
Reuters telegram from Ezcroum, May 18th,
says: The Russians attacked Ardahaa IN force
and were again rcpulsad. Communication is
becoming difficult. The wires to liars arc
broken. The Russians maintain their positions
| 10 the nClgEborho0d OF Aars Il battle IS eX'
pcated shortly.
The Times Bucharest dispatch OF yesterday
Gays: The infantry column which was expected
| here today has not yet arrived. 1t was prob
ably detained by storm yesterday.
| The same Dispatch commcntiog iii the re-
moval Of Russian headquarters TO Cotorocc0,
SAYS The establishment OF the Russian head
quarters there indicates purpose or expanding
the Russian operations over &C extended front.
This leads &c the natural conclusion that the
passage Of the Danube will tot be made lOr
some time, as it will be necessary to bring AL
the Russian reserve stores near the river, IN
order to prevent aur delay alto. it IS crossed.
| With Russian corps stretched along the cX
tended front it will Eot be difficult TO throw .
force across the river at some uudeicndcd point,
where tetc iu front may be seized sOd tortI-
fed TO protect the crossing Of other corps 10 the
vicinity. As there are 90 heavy masses OF Rus
sian ialautry On the bank Of the Danube west
Of Ihral, it is scarcely probable that any pas.
sage will BE- attcmpted.until all the corps are in
position The above sketch represents the
Strategic situations. The tactical situation
is as follows The Russians appear TO have
crossed between REM and lbrall in spite OF the
Turkish monitors, and arc now awaiting dc
ploymcnt Of the centre and right wing on the
Inc OF the river, whila the Koumanians and
Turks arr exchanging comparatively harmless
compliments across the river, between the
JalomnitGa aud kalafat positions. These IurEo
Roumanan operations seem to be confined tc
attempts to ascertain the number, callbrc aud
position Of each OF the other batteries on the
respective sides of the Danube.
NOTE.-NOthing has been received previous
Is about this crossing except as regards mere
reconuoitcriog expeditions. The correspondent
does not say whether he refers to these or more
important operations.
Four monitors appeared before lsmai yes
terday Onc returned to the mouth OF Xix
Danube another went to Fultcha aod the other
Two remain watching Russians at lsmaiI. The
Russians have been trying experiments with
Krupp shells fired into the river. They sue
ceedcd in exploding them under water, irag
mcnts flying great distance.
Roumanians arc so much In need oil oHlocr:
that they intend to prematurelV give grades tt
the first class of the military academy.
ST. PETERSBURG, May l9.-it is officially
announced that tho Turks have mbarded Su
KUN Kallh again and burned the towo whlcf
was consequently evacuated.
NEW YORK, May IA private dispatch
says that the steamer j. Brahmall from New
Haven loaded with munitions Of war, worth
81 900 600, for the Turkish army, arrived a
ConstantinCp!e last Thursday.