Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-12
Tie Eastern WAR.

Moukhtar Plsha's official dispac explains
that the battle fought on Tu::day, near AIaiza
Dagh, was caused hy IN attempt b. tic Rus
Sims to surprise q corps ul observation which
he had posted at kcZkan 10 cover the cprccu
lraton OF his forces at AlaGZl Dagh. Moukh.
tar claims that he repuIsci the Russians with
the loss OF l 200 men.
\ russian official dispatch say, The forks
dcstroye ed their fridge at Silistra. The SAM
dispatch claims that On the oh inst. Turkish
three masleI monitor struck torpedo near Sal
lima aud blew up.
y special dispatch from Belgrade says Rus
STA has undertaken to pay Scrvia million rou-
bIcs monthly from The time tie Serrian army is
sent to the frontier.
A Nicopos correspondent says he has trust!
worthy Information that c,li, rain and lack oi
winter clothing are causing great mortality in
the Russian Romanian army. The number o!
deaths within the last twenty days are %! tie
army before PIcvna 5 700, Of the Cz1rrwici $
army 4, 100 in the Dobrrila 1000, AMI ii ! If
nova and Schirka 1000
a Frankfort correspondent says he can state
gu the highest authority that the ltus-ana in
Bulgaria, Including the rriuofc"mrul:', uil nhcr
only 23O, 600 conbatans
a Belgrade special Of yesterdays date says
"rhe Cabinet has unanim0usy and lclihiIivcly
agreed upon terms Ct agreement with l'u:
| STA.
Note. '-'lhia probably refers to the agrrt!nan,
concerning q subsidy OF a million ruut,lG5 10 be
paid to Sclvia monthly from the time Err army
is sent 10 tho frontier, as stated in the Political
| Correspondence Belgrade :p'ci,I.
Troops arc continually marching to the from
| ilr, ready for any offensive movement On the
! part Of the Turks.
At st. Petersburg the rate & exchange l.,
231., whl:h Is the l1wcst rate since the Crlmcan
| war. There saclns to have been . kind 0i panic
at St. Petersburg yesterday, due 10 the great
| depreciation of paper currency, Which derr2cla,
| ton threatens temporarily TO chgnl! the nation
10 universal bankruptcy.
| AIehemct Ali and hchmct l4you5 Pa,has
| have arrived at Cohsi antnari, TO attend y
ccnGc Ct war.
| The official newspaper homanul states hat 1.
large number Of IIungnrians have entered III;
| tie Walachia. The Roumanian General has
| taken precautionary measures.
According TO the most trustworthy iotclli-
gcnae the clothing, provisions aud transport Ct
the Scrvian army are still very defective. 1t is
| not thought likely that Turkey will - report.
cd, address 40 ullimatum TO S,Gyl, a. every
day duling which the Porte can avoid bringing
a fresh enemy into the field is clear gain to
Turkey, and the Powers whom Turkey Intends
to consult by mcaGs Of 4 circular vii! certainly
advise moderation.
NJ. Rusics, tho ScrVian agent at tonstanti
nopIc, is expected to return home shortly.
LONDON, Oct l2.-1'hcrc are no further
Russian bulletins about the latest operations in
Asia, SO it must be taken as true that another
attack on Monkhtar Pasha has been repuGscd.
The Russians are likewise silent about the June
lion Of Chefket with Osman pasha, which is
reiterated from Turkish sources, and augurs i'll
Tor the SUCCESS oil the Russian operations against
PlcVna, though one correspondence at l'ucha.
rest, thinks the Russians arc 81 sure o.! captur-
ing OSman's army that they are very we'll
pleased to get AZ many Turks into Prvna Us
possible, 50 as to make a clean sweep.
LONDON Oct. l2.-Tho second edition cf the
Daily News has Bucharest dispatch about the
reported Hungarian invasion into Littlo Wall
achia. 1t says that l5C mon are said to have
crossed tho frontier in tho nGigh borho0d Of
Turns Sovern No news OF their d1Ings has
been received