Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-28
Yorefgn NeEs.

Aty;ces {rora Indis state that tho fortress OF
Ali Musjid has bccu rcconnoii!c6. There arc
fifteen guns 10 position, but tho entertainments
arc poor. Tho Afghan E-c;orles src busy con
vertips pauzzle loading tihes into bree ca leaders
ihcso is sickness among the Amcer's troops,
Inc deaths Averaging thirty Per dey. Russia
is supplying dictionaries fjr The instruction OF
officers 10 the Afghan language.
a dispatch from Datjeeling says it is expect
pcoted that the proclamation ofwar against the
hmeer of Afghanislan will be eaEetted shortly,
speoifying in lull the reasons which decloed the
government to declare var. 1t Is stated that
number of border tribes, whom the Amer sum
monod to Ali Musiid, have again dispersed, In
consequence of the scarcity OF supplies.
A Bern dispatch says it is expected 10 nus
STA, if the Epgi,h occupy the south of Afghan
isteu, that the Russians will occupy tic north.
The Russian Government denies that 1t au'
thorizcd aDy notification to the Perte that the
evacuation Of Turkish territory depended upon
the previous ratification Of supplementary
treaty, and repeated the assurance that 1t pro-
proposes to evaouate the occupied territory IN
accordance With the Berlin treaty.
The Fantulia of Rome reports that England
has taken the initiative iD proposing protest
against Russian delay in executing the treaty OF
Berlio; that France is perfectly in accord With
England, and that probably Italy aud Austria.
between whom relations now arc very cordial,
will Join 10 the protest
A Vienna dispatch says that the neWs from
| Bulgaria is alarming. Tie nOtables are organ
| ;zipg movement for tho eXterminatlcn CT the
Mohsmetans, and the Russians encourage secret
committees in procuring arms. A great strug-
Gle is likely to take place duricG the winter.
The Turkish Council of Ministers hiss again
discussed the Greek question. Tho majority
gre in favor of pcaceablc arrangement.
Juan Morcase, who attempted to shoot King
Al!oso of Spain, on being arralgaed, boldly
stated that he came to Madrid with the inten
ton to kill the King. AT the Cabinet meeting
the King requested that Mopoaso should not
be executed, but imprisoned for term OF years.
A tie deuu was celebrated on Saturday in the
churches of Madrid. Morcasc declares he had
DO accomplices. The King upon going cut
| Saturday received great o7aIiou from the
crowds which completely blocked the streets.
|. is stated tina: the Duke Of Cumberland, as
| a cocdition OF his marriage to Princess ThyTa,
| has renouuced his claims to the throre OF Han.
over, and that Prussia has recognized his right
OF succession to the Duchy of Brunswick.
Frauds to considerable amount in connection
with the payment of the wages eli the workmen
on the st. Gotha,d Railway have been Gisoov
cred, AID The cashier has been arrested and the
entire personnel Of his department. dismissed
1t is thought probable that the negotiations
bctwcen Germany AID the Vatican may be dis
continued. IN consequence Of the difficulty ct
cfftc;iEg Z compromise acceptable both TO the
Vatican and tho German UtramoDtaues.
The heaviest shareholder of the City of Glas
gov Bank, Thomas Matthew, is called upon to
pay an assessment Of nearly six hundred thcu
sand dollars Robert Craig over half million
another for quater Of a million; there are
three liable fo3 two hundred thousand each, five
for on, huadre6 and fifty thousand each, ihir
teea for ore hundred Thousand each; there are
two hundred and eighteen whose assessmeo:a
range from twenty five to ninety i've Thousand
dollars. 10 addition, thero arc two hundred
and forty four others whose asses6nents amount
20 five thousand each. aad fsw Of these will be
able TO pay. The prospect fer them ia over
whciming.
The cotton mill owners Of Oldham arc about
to reduce wages ten per cent. Tho Clyde iron
workers have resolved to strike against tie pro:
posed reduction Of their wsgee, which will
throw twenty Thousand men out OF employment.
The directors Of tho Colonial Trusts Corpo-
ration Of London ere to be prosecuted for pub
fishing false statements of its condition.