Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-09-17
FRENCH AFRICAN ARMY.
TuE CasAupA Iulv /

TnE CAsAuBA, July 10, 1880.
The Dey has changed his mind respecting
the place OF his reteat, and it is to Naples that
ne has expressed desire to be transported.
have thought it my duty to accede to his de-
sire. IL there is no lazareto at Naples, he
VIII at hrst quarantine at Mahon. One nun
dred and two People are to 60 with him Sc
veral belong to his family, and have to-day
embarked. The Dey appears happy TO have
seen I'm this way the termination Of a crisis
the development Of which might have been
fatal to him.
The embarkation of the unmarried soldiers
OF the militia began to-day Thirteen hun
dred are on board they have received thr-
| teen Spanish piastres each This sum is o.
quivaient to two months of their pay. They
expressed, at receiving it, lively gratitude.
They had only anticipated bad treatment.
/ Several of the soldiers who were married,
were not willing to profit by tho permission
which was given them to remain in Algiers
They felt that the hatred of the Jews and the
Moors would make their position there pain
| full.
municipal commission has been organ
lied. Among the men who form it, there
are some who are enlightened They accept
with joy the part in the administration of
their country which is entrusted to them
Confidence is daily increasing. To-day the
markets were abundantly provided, and the
prices are already much lowered.
Some vessels with provisions have Just en-.
tered the port; the army will, in future, be
supplied in this way. For some days, how
ever, the conveys will proceed from Sidi Fer
ruch towards Algiors They might now go
without an escort not an armed Arab ap.
poars oil the road
| The dysentery continues, but is not accom-
panied with alarming symptoms. The rest
| now enjoyed by the army must ameiorate it,
According to the advice of the Council of
Health OF the army, the rations of wine and
rice have been doubled. BOURMONT.
Celebration in Richmond.-On Sa-
turday last, the Procession in honor of
the French people was formed about IL
O'Clock at the Union Hotel. The day
was cold and peasant-and the Pro-
cess'on advanced in the most perfect
order, up Main street to 5th-down 5th
to ii street down HI street to the CITY
i1ail-then through the eastern gate in
10 the Capitol Square-and into the
Capitol. The door of the Hall of the
House of Delegates had been previous
~ opened for the ladies alone-and the
Hall was animated by large assem-
blage of them, when the door was
thrown open for the Procession. 1t
was impossible for more than third oc
the crowd to find accommodation IN
the spacious Hall.
The platform Of which the Orator
stood was graced with the Colours of
the Volunteer Corps, intertwined with
the tri-coloured Flag. The ceremo-
MES in the Capitol commenced with
the Marseiles Hymn from full Band
in the Gallcry--then Wyrdham Ro.
bertson, ESQ. delivered an eloquem, aud
animated Speech, and was received with
the loud plaudts of his numerous Au-
dience-then followed "Hail Column
bia," =" Washington's March" and
Yankee Doodle. AFTER the cere-
monies were closed in the Capitol, a
national salute was fired by the ArtiI
lery Company on the Square vo-
lunteers were dismissed and the large
crowd separated.
AT night, between Z and s o'clock
the Illumination of the City Common
ced. Many of the Houses on the Hill
up the Valley, and on several of the
Cross Streets, were lighted up-but the
great point Of attraction was the Main
Street, where the Hotels, the Confec-
TONERS Shops, the Printing Offices.
and most of the Stores aud Dwell.
lighthouses, were very handsom Nv
illuminated. Over several houses the
tri-colored flag and transparencies
were exhibited The names and por-
traits of Lafayette and WASHINGTON
most frequently Lafayettel and the
Freedom of the Press, were the gene
raj favorites. A hundred devices.
lights in a variety of forms, and some
times streaming amid boqnets of flow
ers, lent interest to the scene The
Main Street bazed with light. II
swarmed with great multitude OF
people from an early to late hour.
The night was so mild as to invite al
most all our ladies to lend their pre-
sence and attractions to the scene-and
we scarcely recoller, ever to have seen
a more animated, Joyous, and orderly
assemblage. Two or three bonfires
blazed on the Hills. The whole cele.
bratiOn went off well.