Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-27
FOREIGN News.


n:xt week, arc better.
Foreign News.
\ Const2nt:uopIc dispatch to Reuters TeIe-
gram Company 6ays tho council ol ministers
has failed to agren TO the pre- jact OF the con-
vcntion submitted by Count Andrassy to Cara
theodori Pasha On the ga inst, which merely
proposed 10 establish the m0Jus qVcndl and
| r jccjcd thc demands OF the Porte, that the
Austrian occupation should be limited, and that
| Turkey should receive any surplus OF revenue.
| The Porte has now forwarded l modification Of
| It's draft mentioned yesterday, wherein the Sui.
| tan desired the convention to read "Temporary
| Exercise OF Sovereignty
Count Andrassy object in rrgiD: on 3 con-
vtGtion with Turkey Is to temporarily shelVe
discussion AZ to the future relations u Bosnia
and lleizcp0viua with The Austrian Monarchy,
which threaten 10 cause q snIl0nS dispute DC
tween the Austrian and Hungarian govern
ui1nt&.
Mobilization ol Tic army may be considered
to be Terminated Tor TIC pfeseut. OnIy soldiers
on iurionvh and nnt the reserves are called 10.
General Phiiipovich'a atIGy will be raised 20
| 81, Ut;O or LEO, 600.
The ca1ris0na ut Trieste a2d Gor!2 which
were depleted 1T the commencement OF the
Bosnian occupation, Grn being strongly rem
| forced. 4 s!rOnE garrison will also Be statoncL
at ScmHn.
The surrender OF batouu has been pospon.
cd unit! September T.. The Governor CT Ire
biz)aic has go0c TO Batoum to cn1tav0r to
calm the population.
Mouktar pasha has been appointed Turkish
commissioner to Crete. The Porte desires the
aid of Eng!aad to obtain q loan guaranteed o.
the revenue OF Cyprus, in order 10 carry cut
administrative reforms %!ti!in lis own .Iuf5'ilc-
lion.
Tic a.9a,.iu ii General MtZ:niZow at st.
Petersburg l., named Dtu;ich, the same person
who a few months ago murdered Baron Hey.
king at kiet,.
Two engineers have been arrested on the
Pennsylvania frontier On suspicion Of being
Russiar spies. Drawings q frontier llrtresscs
we're found ia their possession.
A dispatch from Constautinopo says: The
report Of tho Rhodope Commission was signed
on Sunday at Buyukdcro by the British,
French, Italian, and Turkish delegates. The
Russian nul German delegates refused 10 sign
it. i'hc Au-lrian delegate was prevented from
attending ly lneaa.
The monetary conference, in Paris is * Gcctcd
to terminate On Wednesday. At tho sitting
Yesterday Mr.. Grocsback urged the resumption
circumstances have greatly altered since its
suspension By the Latin Union. In Germany
tie stock ia greatly reduced aud tho A4latlc
demand has revived The Swiss representative
concndcd l:rat II the Latin U1iOn had not GUS
pended The free lGinta&c Of silver the countries
COMPOSING il would have been drlugCd by tho
dcmOnci%cd German stock. lie also feared
that .hc Nevada aud South American supply
might increase. The Bclg ian representative
poiotcl out TIC impos#ibiIily Of fying the value
of silver By legislation. Mr.. Lccombc, Of the
lioelish delegation, pointed cut that htIVcr Wpa
liable to great 1!uctuitloLs, and these might be
aggravated tiy changes IN currency laws Il van
Gus c1untlira No resolution OF the c0ngIesg
could effectively lessen this evil, as every gov
crnmnnL would study only lis national intcreats.
Mr.. Horton, OF the American delegation, re-
piled "iic congratulated Eng land and Franc;
| on having chaugcd the opinion they held in
1867. 10 favor OF the characterization Of silver.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. T.-lh0ma8 and Louisa
B!gc!ow, who described themselves an Amer.
cans, we're arrested here yesterday aud remand
cd until to day, charged with rObbing tho
! tinarcial department ct tho Receiver General
| at Toronto On the 4lh OF july last OF $1,000 in
money and sumc GauaGian bonds. The accused
declared their innocence. ThCs. BIgcloW allie glng
! that the - 500 WORTH Of bonds III hi posses
| son were bought al Chicago on the 23d OF
Juur.
LnNrON, hut. .1.-Dispatchcs from Vienna
say: The completely OF the Scrviaus 10 the
Bosnian iuauirculinu IL again asserted from
Yari0na quarters. II IL sAii that the rebels
rctrcatinr from Sarajcva went towards tho Ser
Wan frontier and viii crGss it II closely pressed.
II Ia also stated that prisoners were captured at
Dubc wearing The uniform OF the ScrvIan
militia Tie insurgents about Dobcj have
been largely reinforced. They have vigorously
attacked DJbti several times, cndraVorlng to
turn Gen. E%apary > position aud destroy his
pontoona across the Bosna 81 as to prevent
rclniGrcclncit9 from arriving. According 10
Vienna advlccs Gen. SEapaTy repulscd all the
attacks, BUT Reuters dispatch from belgrade,
dated he Goth lust. states that the insurgents
declare that Gen. S2apaIy has Withdrawn from
Dobtj to the !ttt bank Ct the Bosnia and de-
stroyed 10 bridges. They al; D claim that Gen.
Phlippapich'A army at Serale7o is seriously
threatened on both TANKS. Rclnt1roamcnls are
hurrying from Austria. TiIu insurgents are
increasing In every direction.
MONTREAL, Aug. 2T.--Duucan Mcdonald,
contractor On the Montreal. Ottawa and Ocol
dental Hallway, declines to hand ever the road
to tho provincial government on the ground
that the latter is indebted to him to tho amount
of 100000, whereas the government claims
that he has been overpad some 100000. A
demand OF surrender will be made to-day after
which, if necessary, forcibIe means will proba
bly, be used.
QUEDEc, Aug. 1.-TWO nlen named Michael
Farrell and Francis Conway living in ST. Cath
crimes. county OF Port Reuf, between whom
there had been feud quarroled last night when |
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