Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-17
FOREIGN News.

Paris Yesterday MIR. Grocsback, CD behalf OF
the American delegates, submitted pro-
prammc for tho establishment Ct common re-
laiiop between gold end silver aud oil liberty OF
coinape. Ho el5o explained the Bland BILL
He said the motives of The American Govern
next were entirely upsel6sh, - it derived no
revenue from the mioes OF the country. lie
submitted resolution affirming the deslrablllty
of q fixed international rate between gold and
silver ard Of the Unlimited coinage OF both as
legal tender.
MIR. Goschcu, one oil the English delegates,
said England reserved the hight to MAINTAIN
the gold standard unaltertd.
A Vienna dispatch says the chicl corps oil lhe
Austrian army of occupation, under General
Philipovicb, and numbering sc. 600 men, on
tho l4th inst, after deducting all garrlsons,
left on the route. General Sz1pary has re-
ceiyed reinforcements- is said q whole brig
ade-to enable him to force his way to Awor'
wick. Serious difficulty is unprecedented III au'
vanoing beyond Serajovo The insurgents 10
Northern Bosnia arc also still active. On the
18th inst, they attacked the Austrian garrison
at Bapjaluka, but were unsuccessful. Ihey
have taken up their position near Buzovaca,
where an engagement il expected. Ii IS con
sidered likely that the insurgents will attack
the only line Of communication with DobCl.
Advices received from insurgent sources
represent that General Szpary defeat on the
10Th inst was disastrous. LIZ s reported mat
he abandoned battery, quantity OF arms
and ammunition, and many horses, Inc 10
surgents also claim that General Szlpary 8
command was defeated in second battle, and
that General Phlipovch's army is falling
In tonor1 hn riunr Save
A Vienna correspondent states that Austria
has decided upon the immediate further mobl'
lzation Of troops 1t is feared that the paolll-
cation cf'Bosnia will take six weeks or two
months.
A Vienna dispatch says the Porte's under
hand support Of the Bosnlans has caused
change Of relations with Austria, which, short
time ago, had been deemed impossible.
1t is stated at Rustohuk that q Russian army
of observation of O,0CO men will be stationed
in Bessaraba until the result OF the ohagncs
south of the Danube 10 kuoTn.
The Political Correspondence says the insur'
gents in Eastern Bosnia number sixteen thou
sand men. The SelVian Government has re-
moved from the frontier all sympathNz?rs with
the Instruction, ard has made declaration
that Servia would not engage in anything
contrary to her international duties.
AS General MezentoW, chief OF the Uzate
private polio, was leaving shop at the corner
of tho Place Michel yesterday, he was stabbed
by two persons and tell wounded. The assae-
sins Jumped into drosbky and drovn off,
They have not yet been arrested. General
Mezenlz1w was conveyed home, at St. Peters,
burg, where he died Of the wounds received. -
He was stabbed just above the heart.
The sale of the newspaper the Go!0$, on the
streets Of st. Petersburg is prohibited.
HoedeI, who was beheaded yesterday IN
Berlin for his attempted assassination Of the Ell
peror when informed that his execution was
fixed upon, become dcathly pale. He wished
to plead for pardon, but soon recovered com
posure when told that this was uaecsa. Ho
asked for vine for supper, aud drank to the
Commune and the leader Of the Social Damoc'
rac7. When the sentence was read on the
lscAtfoll he spat disdainullg ?, and cried "l'raVt!
lie repu!sed the minisra!ions CT the chaplain,
declaring them useless. as it would take years
to convert him. Fifty persons, Including of.
fcials, Judges, police, and twelve cltiZ3ns. at.
tended the execution, Which ID generally ap'
proved. Official notice OF the execution has
been posted throughout the city IS warning
The remains were Immediately buried. Soma
difficulty had been xp1rianc3d 10 obtaining All
execulioner. 1t is reported that he man who
at last accepted tho task IL respectable but
cher of Berlin. The business was very quickly
done. lie was made to kueel down, the exc.
cutioner raised an immense double handed
sword and ct one stroke tho head iell upon the
scaffold It s reporter that The cyeGHilo1er
refused any reward.
The German ultramontnnc and PrhErtas!st
Journals bitterly oppose the new anIi Socialist
bill now pending before tho Fedoral Council
The difficulties between Turkey and Eng'
l Il dr., Al; Ar
Asia Minor are almost entirely removed.
The treaty respecting Cyprus did not imply
the renxnoiati0n by Turkey Of her iudcpend.
euca. Turkey would listen to the oounsela OF
Eoglaud, but would introduce reforms herself.
without necessity for the installation 10 ASA
of British residents, who would saek TO intro
duce reforms, Instead Of merely watching over
their execution.
A convention with Austria relative to the
occupation Of Bosnia and Herzegovina HIS been
concluded. Austria at first desired to settle
the conditions Of the occupation by means oil
an exchange OF notes, but, in view OF the re-
siStancc Of Bosnia. made important concessions
10 order to obtain tho more solemn sanction Of
a convention for the occupation. The duration
of the occupation hns not been fixed; but seVo.
raj articles Of the convention recognize the
sovereignty of the Sultan, and it Is provided
that 10 the churches and mosques public pray.
era for him shall be continued to be offered.
The note addressed by the Porte to the
Powers in reference to the demands OF Greece
declares that Turkey never accepted the prin.
ciple Of the recti6cation Of the Greek frontier.
1t says that no really national ipsurrcction has
broken out in Tbessay and Epirus since 1929.
Armed bands have passed the frontiers, but
have not been able to draw the population
into an insurrectioEary movement. Greece
lays stress upon the moderation she displayed
during The war, but she negotiated with Rus.
STA several times and mooted the question OF
the partition of Roumeia. and asked 10 vain
for naval asss ance from Russia, aud not .u,
caeded in obtaining it, reuounced the idea Of
going to war through dread OF the power Of
Turkey. The only sentence 10 the note which
gives any hope oil an understanding is the one
asserting that the Porte leaves to the Powers
the task of ipdpipg its arguments,