Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-04
Foreign News.
TIE EASTERN QUESTION.

The treaty. of peace has been signed. The
Grand Duke Nicholas auncuoccd this fact t"
tho soldiers at review at San Steauo. hui-
sia has abandoned her claim on the Egyptian
and Bulgarian tributes.
St. Petersburg and Pera correspondents con-
firm the repcrt that the treaty of reace has
been sipned At St. Petersburg the cnthusl-
asm over the news OF peace was almost uuplc-
oedcnted, There was an immense crowd be-
fore tho palace shouting and singing God save
tho Gar" The Pera correspondent says the
treaty Of peace was signed GU Saturday. Thirty
one thousand troops were reviewed at San Ste
fano. A Te Deum was sung amid great en-
thusiasm.
Neither the surrender Of a portion OF the
Turkish fleet nor claim on tho Egypllan trl-
butte is intluded in the conditions OF peace, and
there is no interference with the portion Of the
| Turkish revenue which is hypothecated TO for
eipn creditors. Nothing is definitely settled
relative to Indemnity. but it will principally be
| in the form OF territory in ASIA including kars
and Batoum, not Erzeroum. Soonica and
Adrianople arc not included 10 Bulgaria.
Seryia wants to retain the territory captured
by her troops since her participation in the war.
and her army will remain on full war footing
whio organizing artillery reserves. Prince Mi
| Ian was at Belgrade when this was resolved ON
| in the Cabinet council. A number OF arrests
have been made OF citizens on the charge Of
being concerned 10 conspiracy to assasslnatc
| him on his homeward trip from the army.
! LONDON, March The Pera correspondent
of the Times says by giving up their hos
tile European provinces Cat tho same time re-
ceiving tribute from them or saddllng them
with portion Of the national debit and conccn'
trating the Mussulmans IN the territory con
,iguous to CoDstantinople and making the con-
centration required by the territorial conccs,
sions 10 Asia Minor, the Turks will create new
Ottoman power ten times stronger thau when
it was spread over vast badly organized and
hostile territory
The Paris correspondent Of the London Times
telegraphs as follows LORD Lyons, tue
British Ambassador here, will 20 to London 90
| Tuesday presumably to confer orally with the
| Government about his course at the conference.
| Special dispatches to the London Times from
various points in the Greek provinces OF Turkey
| Indicate that the instruction is spreading.
| These say two thousand insurgents arc en-.
camped within sight Of the town Of Folo, in
| Thessaly, and entrcnching. The distrc: be.
tween Mount Olympus and the PIndus Range
is 10 revolt. The Epirus insurgents defeated
the Turks at Ghcasta on Friday after four
hours fight, killing 50 oil them aud wouoding
one hundred and fifty. Another fight took place
at Caralimper with similar result, the Turks
leaving seventy dead on the field. A provision.
al government has been formed at Lycurslon
and union with Greece proclaimed. Two hun
dred aud fifty refugees women aud chlldrcnl
| from Lycursion have arrived at Corfu. A great
panic prevails among tho Christian population
of the insurrectionary districts. Consular re
ports from Larissa capital of Thessaly say that
sixteen unarmed men and thirty five woman and
| children were massacred by Turkish lrreguars
and all the women in the town were violated.
A dispatch from Constantinople. March 3,
by way of Ell Arich. says :-"Prevous to The
signature of the treaty Of peace General lgna
tief demanded that Turkey should unite with
Russia in defending all its stipulatioDs before
the conference. Satvct Pasha refused to ac
oede to this. General Ignatieff then tclegraphcd
to St. Petersburg for Instructions. 1t il Dot
known how the question was settled. Russia
agreed not to include Salonca in Bulgaria. 1t
includes Bourgos, Varua and kustendje. The
money indemnity of forty millioos pounds orIsl,
ually claimed ia addition to tho territorial ccs.
sion was finally fixed at twelve millions.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 1.-The Grand
Duke Nicholas has sent the following dispatch
10 the Emperor -
SAN STErANo, March 81 do myself the
honor of coDgratulatine your klaiasty upon the
conclusion of peace. God has vouchaaled to us
| the happiness Of accomplishing the holy work
begun by your Majesty and Oh the anniversary
of the enlranchscmcnt OF the Serta, your Ma
jesty has delivered the Christians IrHHl the
| hlassulman yoke.
| The Italian Government catcgor!cally denies
that the reason why the Vatican oounternand-
ed the public coronation Of the Pope was the
Governments inability to prevent diatcspcclnl
| and hostile manifestations.
The Duke of Abercorn Saturday Invested
| King I1umbert with tho Order OF tho Garter,
| and presented letter from Queen Victoria.
Remarkably warm corlialitlcs were exchanged.
| Pope Leo Kill was crowned IN the Sistl1G
Chapel yesterday. The ceremony commenced
| at g. 50 in the morning and terminated at l.3O
| in the afternoon. The Cardinals. prelatcs and
dipomatists accredited to the Vatican and a
| few other persons were present. The Pope was
afterwards carried to his apartments, blessing
the spectators on the way. 4 few houses wcro
! illuminated last night.
The Rome Opiniono reports that The Italian
Council Of State. in response to the question Of
Signor Crispi, President OF the Chamber Of
Deputies, as to whether the Italian Govern
ment had o right TO modify the Papal guaran.
tees, has rendered decision thatthc law of the
Papa guarantees possesses Constitutional or.
ganic character.
When Cardinal Smooni was about TO resume
| his office as PontiGcal Secretary Of State, the
Catholic Powers and some Cardinals protested
against his restoration because OF his reaction.
ary tendencies. Cardinal Simeon thcrcupon
resigned, and Cardinal Franchi was appointed
10 his place.
Crowds broke the windows which were it,
Illuminated for the Pope's coronation, but were
dispersed by the troops without casualty.
MISCELLANEOUS.
10 consequence of words used in debate 10
the French Chamber of Deputies on Friday a
hostile meeting took place at st. Germans be-
tween Paul de Cassaguao and NJ. Thomson, Of
the Left. The latter was wounded 10 the throat.
The London Economist notes heavy decline