Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-25
Foreign News.
TuF EASTERN QUESTION.

yenlen; 10, shipment 10 >ta!ioca /: home OF
abroad. The Russiacs Are hs7ioE ten torpedo
boas built, but the vorl; is not given to Esq
lish contractors for fear that iatcraatlo1a! COM
pIica:ions nigh, proven. their delivery. Fifty
thousand Turkish troops arc BOW cncamped Oh
tae plains Of Buyukde!e and there are 6tty bat
,sops Oh the liue defending Coostan! lDople.
The London Times. 10 speaklngof the treaty,
SAYS it creates new State 10 the Balkan Pen.
iosula which would dwarf ali the Others and 10.
eyitably straogle al! other Interests. 1t would
extend considerably beyond the limits wlthlo
= ich the Slav population prepooGerates. lie
extended boundaries Of Bulgaria re1der Str1Ia
and Montenegro insignificant ADD the rculala.
inc Turkish possessions az absurdlty.
Osman Pasta sr!7ed at CoDstanIlcop!e on
Saturday evening 10 Company With Ratut Pashs
aud General Icnatisff, aud they will haze az
interview with the Sultan today. Count
Zioby the Austrian Ambassador, has postpon.
ed his Intended departure % lu1loueh because
of the critical aspect OF affairs. The treaty CT
peaca does not meet the expectations oil the
Russian people. and tha Germans sec nothIog
| in it 10 affect their Interests.
4 correspondent at St. Petersburg 'earns
| from good source that 90 formal representa-,
ton will probably be made jor the preset ablut
the presercs of the British feet 10 the Saa 0!
| Marmora, but the Russian troops will DOT eln
bark now as was ioteoded. Influential aud
moderate politicians remark that tear Of EGG
land policy will force Russia to occupy Cou'
stant0ople aud drive the Su1an from Europe.
The correspondent adds The only hope,
of peace is the speedy assembling Of the Con
| thr,r (,,-.
sia is fast fading. The bel.icoso excitement /;
Intense. even io st. Petersburg.
| TIE Journal de ST. Petersburg says kog land
must yield her wishes to Europe and ccass oh
sructiDg the definite conclusion Of peace, or the
Congress must meet without England, or Rus
sia must ac alone.
The Austrian delegation referred 10 the Gov.
crnnent petition to take steps BY inseroalion
al understanding for dsiufecting the late battle
| fields aud arrestng the danger which threat
ems the health Of Europe. The sanitary
commission have arrived at EIzeroum from
TiAjs. They found twenty thousand corpse:
buried two feet under ground frozen, but oct
dccomposed. The commission are delibarat
ing whether to crcmste the c0rpsHs or u;f
qulckIime.
LONDON, March 2j.-Tne Times Vienna
controversy between Euglaad and Russia l.
approaching that dang; rous stage wher2 th'
point Of honor more ADD more engages at,cn
ton"
| MISC ELLANEoUS.
The international walking match at Londor
came to close Oh Saturday evening at ten hi
nutes after eight o'clock, when O'Lasry ka:
completed 52D miles and 420 yards, the bc=
performance on record. Vaughan retired a
1:3S, having accomplished 80 miles. Brown
made At miles and secured bis third place, thf
rest of the competitors being far behind
OLaary was declared the wi0ncr amid tht
playing of national airs and boundle:5 excite
ment and enthusiasm. O'Learv, though Q
Irish birth, was raised 10 the United States
aud embarked in the match a. the Am:Icar
champion. He was heavily backed By all tht
Americans in London, who have Won consldo
rable money by their confidence 10 bis ability
to win.
Her Holman has declined the Germau Min
istry Of Finance, and it is said Herr Ho5recht
Chief Burgomaster of Berlin, has accepted it.
The Lower House has begun the debate upor
the organic changes in the Mioistry. Prime;
Bismarck vigorously supports the measure, anC
declares that unless different ADMINISTRATIVE
of railways is Instituted be will not remain il
power.
The Austrian Lower House hes adopted The
whole budget.
A violent gale. with snow, prevailed ycstcr.
day throughout EogIand, aud was vcr7 severe
at Liverpool, causing appreheoslous o
disasters to shipping on the coast. The
British naval training ship Eurydce cap
sized Oh the south coast Of the Isle OF Wight
A survivor gives the number Oh bard as o7el
three hundred. Five we're picked up By q
passing schooner after being 10 the water over
90 hour, bu. all have died except Two. Il i:
not probable that any others were saved, as
ssropg ebb tide was running. The E1rydIce
was uedar full sail when she was ovcrtakeo by
a snow storm accompanied by heavy squalls.
| The sun shown again brilliantly shortly alter.
wards, but Dotbing was then visible except a
few boxes fosiog down the Channel. TIE
survivors say they saw the ship suck down
many as she sank.
A great meelrg Of cotton operatives was
| held 10 the Exchange at Black burn, England,
yesterday. There we're two thousand present,
| besides delegates from the manufacturing toWos
and villages of Northeast Lancashire. ResoIu-
tons we're carried regrettiDg the action OF the
employers liz proposing ten percentage reduc
ton and declaring that if the employers persist
| the workmen will resist to the utmost a0y re.
duction except with corresponding reduction
| 10 working hours.
Gen. Cesareo Guillermo prcsdes over the
Provisional Government of San Domingo, Is.
tablished since the fight of President Baez y
| new president is to be elected. The commerce
of San Domingo has been ruined By the rovo-
luton. besides the damage to property and loss
of life. There is great distress to all classes
which, it is thought, will prove safeguard
against fresh risiues.
In Barbados the harvesting of nc sugar
crop is progressing iaVorabIy, and breadstutf=
and provisions arc plentifuI. 10 the other Carl
bee islands the crops are favorable.
G. Il 0. CANAL ALI the repairs on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal are progressing
satisfactorily to completion within the next
ten days, except at dam No. 4, Just above
Shepherdstown, where the water has been so
high that it has been impossible to get 10 the
cribbiog. All the material is there 10 readi