Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-22
FOREIGN News.

4 special dispatch from Roma says - Al
though the Italia irrtdelte party hos been
dis0wacl as not baiog the representative voice
Of the ccunt1y, ani though the utter sbsurdity
Of provoking cordict With Austria Las been
fully confessed, the idea still exists 10 the
minds q ali Italians, aud fluids expression even
in tie most moderate journals, tha, the IA.
lioaal, geographical, and ethnoeraphlcal uuity
of Italy is Incomplete. The depreciation Of the
runture with Austria is due to sense Ct weak
ness, which may pass away. Grand as the
ideal may be, it can ony lead Italy iuto meal
c1abc daoscrs. All her efforts are and will
long be required 10 regulate her Gaaacial diff
cuie3 aad relieve hc7 own people from the
ininausc AID oppressive tueden Of taxation. !"
Caltaro dispatches state that hcstilities broke
GU: on Tuesday bctweco ,ha Turks aud Monte
oegIirs near podeorZa.
y Ragusa telegram says i've Thousand !nsur.
gents nave toeu defeated Eear StoldiZ. %lth
heavy loss.
The Turkish commander at Batoum has in
f3fnla1 the iuh.hitanta thai the Russians viii
enter that cry on August q. The municipal
government has announced that vessels will
arrive to embark any Of tho Inhabitants who dc
cot wish to remain.
The congress for the reform Of international
IaH, At Frankfort, has adopted resolution
iavoriog he freedom II the SutZ Canal and
similar works in time 0! war Mr.. Peabody
mada speech, tXprcasnC the approval OF the
new international relations promoted 10 Lon.
do by the Chinese and japanese Ministers.
psinoa Milan, Of S5rVia, has issued proca-
NATION formally announcing the independence
O. l,,-t H. -
peace !nos0g.
\ vienna dispatch says Negotiations for a
con7cntion between AU3siil aud Turkey are
til! preceding. lu5 the Turkish demands are
txorbitant and unacceptable.
A correspondent 1t Berlin tcIepraphs that
Russia has finally determined to retain the
positions before Constantinopc uatil the cylc-
ua,ioD Of B.tcun is completed.
\ dispatch from Berlin says -"Ohicial
Diplomatic reports received ia Her,ia strongly
support the lEGniy that Cardinal Fraochl was
poisoned.
The congress Ct Commerce AID Industry at
Paris yesterday adopted resolution urgug
that treaties CT commerce nc concluded be-
tween ali EaloEs upon basis OF liberal rec
directly.
The Paris Opiri5oc Rationale Gays that
although! the go7eInmeut has left the task OF
Rising tho question Ct Franco American
treaty OF comucrce to prlvata Initiative, 1t Will
take ~ the matter whcn the proper moment
arrives.
It is alleged that tho Turkish note protesting
against the Greek claims has not yet been
communicated to Germany, nor probably to
any powcr. The powers consequently have
cot yet received such proof OF the failure OF
direct pcgotistions between Turkey and Greece
as will neccssltate their mediation.
Captain General MARTINEZ Campos, Of Cuba
has issued circular directing the governors of
provinces to allow 10 all parts OF the islaud
meetings of persoss for electoral purposes, With
liberty Of speech. but prohibiting attacks upon
the integrity of the nation, aud to allow news
papers ample liberty Of discussions upon all
subjects.
A dispatch from Dorlia says 1.-The nego.
tiatons between Germany aDd China for the
abolition Of the Lekip taxes have been
broken of. The Chinese government has
disarowed the concessions previously made.
Prince Bismarck IL endeayoripg to bring about
Joint action Of the po%crs on this question,
and especially s0licits the support OF E1g aud.
LONDON, Aug. % Eleven deaths have oc.
Cured 10 Bristol during the past week of
typhoid fever. Altogether one hundred and
fourteen cases have been reported slnco the
outbreak of the fever. The disease was caused
by thu baA quality Of milk lately supplied to
.;l;' lnhaE::ul-
BRUssELIs. Aug. 22.-Tho ID Nord states
that the Russian expedition to Central Asia
has been definitely ami completely counter
mandcd.
LONDON, Aug. o.. "A special dispatch 10
the Times from Bucharest says :-Reports haVo
been received from the coauty districts 10 Rou.
mania that the crops have been very seriously
damaged by recent rains.
MADRID Aug. %. The Epoca says The
Minister Of Finance has declined the loan of.
forcd by several foreign capitalists. The
treasury has resources sufficient to meet its
engagements.
LONDON, Aug. 222a-rhe Times prints two
columns of the description Of the mechanical
display Of tho u. s. at the Paris EXhi
bitiou. Ia m editorial article, commenting
thereon the Times ssys : The pre- emiuepce OF
tho mechanical genius OF the oltlzans of the u.
s. may be- admitted, ahd is illustrated, not for
the first time 10 the exhibition at Paris" The
Times. without pretending to exhaust the whole
secret Of tho phenomenon of inventive genius
across the Atlantic. fnds reasons therefore, the
greater efficiency ofiabor there and the increased
cost and difficulty Of hiring it. The conditions
of tho Union as an economic society drive its
inhabitants towards invention, and there as
elsewhere necessity may be said to be the
mother Oft.