Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-10
The Eastern War.

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lows: "ihe deposition OF Su!clnaa Pasha from
the supreme command # the army 10 koume'
liza and the appointment in Bis stead OF Meet
Pasha, the faithful follower o. tlshmoud Da'
mad, was in itself s'go that the Sultan
brother 10 law (Mshuoud Dauad) has again
nrzvailed, and the news to-day confirms it. All
remains as bef,re. Neither the resignation OF
Mahmoud Iauad DOR of Edbem Plsaa, Grand
Eizier. has been accepted -Ihe-desire> OF th e
Chamber of Deputies that the war council
should be done away with Is to DC tuInIled, and
a military commander. with full power, is 10 be
anpointed, but as he is the same man who, as
Minister of War, presided over the council
and as be is in the bands of Mahmoud Damau,
the state Of things is not materially Changed.
The only question now is how far the Chamber
will be satisfied with this arrangement"
A Russian official telegram states that q
Russian detachment, which had crossed the
Balkans by byways, occupied on Tuesday po'
stion 10 the rear Of the Turkish iortifcstloDs
in the Trojan Pass. The Turks, being also at
tackled 10 frout, abandoned their positions,
which were occupied by the Russians. whose
vanguard advanced 10 the direction OF Teke.
The Russian loss 10 these operations vas uolm-
portant. I'm,
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: The hol-
lowness of the Turkish resistance 10 the Trojan
Pass is regarded here az a 81 GO that the Turk
ish losses are irretrevable. 1t is pointed out
that the Russian losses, although great, are
considerably less than halt a slugle nominal
year, contingent recruits.
Mr.. Layard, British Ambassador at CoustaD.
tiuope, has requested the immediate dispatch
of a British man of.war to Crete, AID the
Admiral commanding the Mediterranean feet
will order the permanent statlooog of one
there.
Teleerams from Crete state that hosliiies
between the insurgents aud Turks commenced
on Tuesday.
A Bucharest correspondent telegraphs as
follows: "A thaw has commenced. which. If it
continues will cause the movement OF ice 10
the Danube to recommence. aud make commu.
nication more difficult than ever. 1t is utterly
impossible now for horses and wagons to cross.
and the Russian inteDdauce department is
HELPLESS. Words caunot describe the situation
on the Danube. The Russians suppress teIc
grams, with the view OF preventing the state Of
affairs becoming Known to Europe. A terrible
outbreak of spotted typhus has occurred 10
| Frateshti and neighborhood. 1t originated
among the Turkish prisoners, and il is Whis
pered that it is really The plague.
A Vienna correspondent says be has trust
worthy information hat the force which crossed
the Balkans uoder Gourko comprises fifty five
| thousand Infantry. The fact that Russia ha:
reiterated her declaration that an armistice i:
| TO be settled by the commanders of the forces
10 the field and not by plenipotentiarics, shows
| that Russia has not acquiesced in the compro.
missed proposed by England that the powers of
the commanders should be limited to military
details, while the main stipulatons should be
| settled by special plenipotentiares. 1t is not
known 10 St. Petersburg whether Count
| Schouvaloh, the Russian Ambassador at Lon.
| dop, has yet presented the reiterated dec!ara-
ton to Lord Derby.
A Constantinople special says Mebemet Ali
has started for Roumelis, commissioned to con,
clude 40 armisice if he Judges contiouation
of the war impossible.
LONDON, Jan. l0.-The London correspon,
dent of the Manchester Guardian telegraphs to
that journal that be believes six weeks arm
istice has been already agreed upon on the
basis of uti possidetis. A dispatch from Con
stautinople to Reuters TELEGRAM Company
mentions that similar report is current there,
and that military operations are ordered 10 be
suspended from 10 clock Tuesday hight, but
Reuters agent points out that these rnmors
are necessarily premature. since the military
representatives of the belgereots 10 conduc;
De gotiations had DOT then been appointed.
Mehmet Ali (who, it was stated, bad gone to
arrange 40 armistice attended The War Couo-
Gil on Tuesday, and left CoustaatiOope Tues
day night -. =,
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1O-Ths Grad
Duke Nicholas has telegraphod tie following
to tre Emperor from Lovltcha, January o: Il
am happy to congratulate your Maj esty upon a
brilliant victory gained this day. Gen. Rad:
etsky has, after desperate fighting, cantuTed
the whole Turkish army defending the Shpka
Pass, consisting of forty-ooc battaliops, ten
batteries, and one regiment Of cavalry. Prince
Mirsky has occupied Kezauik. Gen. Skobe'
left holds Sbipka."