Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-27
Foreign News.


have been received from Abyssinia which give
the following highly important intelligence:
A battle was fought on Good Friday before
Magdala, between the British troops commar-
ded by General Napier, and the Abysslnlan
forces under command of their King, in person.
The latter wore defeated, and rereated into
the town. Their loss in killed and wounded
was yerv heavy. On the following morning, |
all his preparations having been completed
Gen. Napier ordered an assault upon Magdala,
and the town and citadel were carried by storm:
"A number of warriors we're killed, wounded
and taken prisoners. The entire capital remains
in possession of the British forces. The British
loss was small. All the British captivcs were
found in the city, alive and well, and were set
free. General Napicr's instant return to the
coast is expected. ." g..
GREAT BRITAIN. ATTACK UPON PRINCE
ALFRED. Further particulars ofthc attempted
assassination OF Prince Alfred have been re:
ceiyed. The culprit was an lrishman, named
Farrell, who is known to be connected with the
Fenian organization. Farrell shot the Prince
in the back on the 18th Of March at Sydney,
Australia The ball was not extracted from
the wound until two days afterward. The
wound is dangerous and painful but the Prince
is doing well-His recovery will necessarily. be
slow. According to the advice of his medical
attendants, the Prince sailed for England. The
attempted assassination produced profound
| excitement from one end of the nation to the
other The press teens with denunclatlons OF
the assassin, and among the people, with whom
Prince Alfred was great favorltc, the crime
| forms the great topic of conversation.
t.;ol oF +bo (IlorL opuon Dri9onnrS TO
be resumed to-day. ...t ~
Earl Kimberly has been appointed Governor
of the Hudson's Bay Company
| MIR. Gladstone publishes card IN the morn,
ing papers to-day. denying in lump host OF
personal Oh argos which have been made, from
| time to time. ..- ... x ;,
GERMANY. BERLIN April 25.-Count Won
Bismarck says officially that the loss Of the bill
relative to the Federal debt, which was with
drawn from Parliament on account OF DISPOSE
ton of the Liberal members to amend, will put
an end to the building of ships and tortitcatlons
at once. The reduction of the Prussan army
to a peace footing will begin on the lst OF May.
SPA1N-The Spanish Cabinet is now com
pletcd 1t is announced that the policy OF the
| Bravo Cabinet will be Identical with that pur-
sued by the former Prime Minister, Nar0aez
| FRANCE-PARIs, April 26.-ln consequence
| q
in Japan, the French fleet in the Japanese
waters is TO be augmented Orders to that
| effect have been issued from the Ministry OF
| Marine ...... ......
Many American naval officers are expected
to be present at the opening ofthe inter national
marine exhibition at Havre.
RUssIA.-Count de Stscke lburg, at present
Russian Minister at Vienna, has been appoln-
ted to succeed Baron Budberg, as Russian
! Ambassador at Paris. .. g." .
NEW PROCESS OF TANNING Messrs. Keith
| & Thorns, have been in Leesburg for several
weeks, tanning leather by their new and eype-
| ditious process. They have been successful in
producing from raw hides in eight or ten days,
leather, pronounced of superior quality, equal,
| if not superior, to leather produced by the old
process No bark is used, which is great
saving of capital and labor, and the rapldity
with which they can convert hides unto leather,
will work revolution in the tanning business,
and be the means of reducing the price of this
much needed article. Mr.. John Hamerly pur-
chased the right for this county.-LecsJmy
| lFdShtnytOnldn.
| FAUoUIER COUNTY ITEMS. Mr.. Newton
| Vowes has sold his farm, some two miles from
| Warrenton, and containing about 800 acres,
for $40 per acre, TO Captain W4rfield Semmes
Of Louisiana.
! Henry +. Carter has sold his house and lot,
on Winchester street in Warrcnton, to JOS. A.
Jeffries, for $500
We learn there is a probability of George
Tucker, who spoke to the blacks here short
time ago, being appointed Commonwealth
Attorney Of Fauqner. (?)
The chicken cholera is raging in lFauqulcr.-
! Wmrcut0n Mdcc.