Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-20
The Eastern War.


Minister OF Public Works. and itislss Oh l''
| resignation from the Cabinet. The Minister 81
Justice and Mahmoud Damad have goae 10
Adrianop!e. Hobart Pasha has bccn ordered
to lombard all places Of Importance on the
Russian coast of the Black Sea. Five steamers
We expected to reach Constautnoplc ycster'
day with Egyptian cavalry. a dispatch from
Adrianoplc yesterday says the Russians arc adj
yanoing to destroy the workshops Of the railway
at Yeni Saghra. Mehemet Ali Pasha, will:
considerable force, has left Adriauople to meet
the Russians.
A CORRESPONDENT at Pavlp tclcgraphs, under
date Of the 10th inst, as follows The army
of Rustchuk has been permitted to commence
an advance. Although tho advance will be slow,
vet believe the masking policy is abandoned,
and that Rustchuk and Shum!a will bc bes'cged
by infantry. The advance will enable the cav
alryto move forward and throw circle OF OBJ
seryatiop close around the rayon OF the fortress
and isolate it.
The Imperial steamer Surega has left Con.
sfantiooplc TO bring Abdul kcrim, Ranuf and
Redif Pasha back TO that city. Sulclma' laSha
has been appointed commander o! the arWy IN
Roumea. Assim Pasha, now Minister "i
Justice, has been appointed Governor OF Adla
nOplc.
Mukhtar Pasha tclrgrapns from kars under
date Of 18th inst. that the rcVlctualng and re
organization Of the karS garrison Is Eow cor!
plete.
a dispatch from Shumia says .ho Russians
have occupied !.altcha, south Of Plnvna.
A correspondent at Bucharest sends the iol-
lowing "Rustchuk appears to he completely
surrounded, but Ec have 10 news Of thr com
mercamept OF siege operations. When The
blockade of Rustchuk is complete, so that IT.
garrison cannot interfere with the Dabrudscha
coumn, it is expected here that this Russian
force will leave The line Of The ChernaVoda rail
way aud envelope Siistria. y
XANTE, July lS.-Iho Turkish fleet with
Suioimau Pasha's troops on board, passed here
at 10 o'clock this morning.
malta, July lS.-Thc steamer j. Is. Walker,
from New Haven, with arms and ammunition
lor the Turkish Government, passed eastward
to day.
\ correspondent; at COrsaaliaople teleeraphs
rs follows II know ca very high authority
that tic Porte does not expect TO be able to
prevent The Russians reaching AdraGepe.
4 Eicuna dispatch states that forty citizens
have been arrested in Belgrade as accomplIcas
in the sJcaSlI: agi!atiou. The rcbclllcus spirit
il spreading most a!arnl!nc!y.
LONDON, July pa dispatch from Pavlo
says the Care wltch's headquarters crossed the
Yauira On "Wednesday in preparation for an
advance on the river Sem and the investment
Of Ruslchuk Half uf the Attn corps, nnmbcr
log probably - 500 men, will cross the Dauuhc
ana advance towards he Balkans. The 5th d.
a bn q, n n IIrpbvn and
will also form part Of the Balkan advance.
ila>san Pashg cemmandant at NlkOpolis, who
is prisoner, had an Interview with the Gar
on Tuesday. lie said when he capitulatcd his
ammunition was all gone, aud he had been
obliged TO kill three or four soldiers with his
own hand for leaving their duty.
A letter from Paris says it is DOW known be
You'd all doubt that there arc two parties at the
Cars Headquarters. The one headed by Prince
desires matters not to DC pushed
to extremes, but that after substantial success
Russia should bc satisfied with imposing, under
European guarantee conditions virtually freeing
the Christians from Turkish rule such as Tur-
key previously rejected The other party,
headed By Gen. lgnateif and Prince Tcher.
kaSski, urge dctioitc settlement of the Eastern
question to be declares! 10 Corstantiuople. The
conditions already determined upon by this
party are the ceSs!ou OF ksrS. Batoum and q
portion Of Bessarabia the Dlrdencl!c' to be
either opcard or closed to every power inds
crimrately, Turkey to be prohibited to possess
a feet, ana Bulgaria. Roumelia, Scrpia, ltou
mama, Bosnia ana Herzegovina to be indcpen
dent Those who know exactly the state OF
thugs say the supreme hour for an attempt at
mediation has arrived, and that when once
RusIchuk is in Russa's hands il will DC 90
late TO Influence the Car in 4 pacific sense.
GoNSrANTINopI.E,,ju July 2O.-A levy eli uiasso
has been ordered in tho province oi Adrlanople.
Hobart Pasha has sailed with two iron clals
for h.: Rack Sea To supersede llazsau 'asha
10 cOnuand 81 the hect.
A dcpaich from the Governor Of Philippe.
polls, dated the 10th inst, reports that Cos
sacks have burned the villages OF Fehanly,
Bayaoly, Uuczidja AMI Tc;inakdj, near Has
auik aud Ccski Saghra.