Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-29
Foreign News.

The propricty Of erecting monument IN
Westminster Abbey in memory OF Brougham
and Farada7 is widely canvasscd, and the prop
osiion has been warmly advocated ID anu ou'
of Parliament , :,
There is a rumOr that ne" FrcHch ioi" -
to be placed on the market.
Adyicas from Spain report that the Govern
ment has distributed troops throughout Cata,
Ionia and that. under the operation Of martial
law. and through the efficiency OF flying col.
INNS Of military, all attempts OF rising have
been rcprcsscd.
Mr. Rnordop moved for committee to inquire
whether the arrest and imprisonment OF George
Francis Train tor debt was legal. He thought
thc sfcp was taken for political causes, and that
# was Illegal and unjustiGabe. The motion
was not seconded, and was consequently lost
In reply to question from Mr.. Dcntlck, MI
Booth said the Government had thanked the
Philadelphia Library for the gift OF State pa
per of much value, and that the letters on the
Subject would be submitted to the House OF
Commons. In the House Of Lords the Gov
crnmeut bill for the purchase Of the telegraph
wires was passed.
Prince Napoleon has returned to Paris from
his tour to the East.
4 naturalization treaty has been concluded
between the Grand Ducal Government OF HesSc
and the u. s. Mr.. Bancroft has gone to otutt-
gardt to open negotiations ioc treaty With the
Government OF Wurtemburg.
A dispatch from Belgrade says the assasslns
Of Prince Michael have been shot.
Queen Victoria will leave England on the
9Th Of August, going first to Paris, whence she
will make tour through France, SWitzer and,
and Germany, and will return to Eng land
about the lSt OF September.
.'VIsere:s a Difference 10 be Seem"
A number Of negroes in Mississippi, who say
they lave been discharged from tho service OF
private gentlemen for voting with the scala
wags and carpct-baggers Of that State, have
written to Gen. Howard, the commissioner OF
the Freedmen's Bureau, asking his ''interposi-
ton in their behalf" Howard replies that he
is happy to inform them that Gen. Gillem,
assistant commissioner for Mississippi, has al
ready reported that he is thoroughly investi-
eating these complaints and will enforce the
proper remedy" He tells them ''your petit
ton will be at once referred to him, with IL
structions to do all n his power to relieve those
who arc suffering from the causes therein
named.
What contrast does this present to affairs
in this city, where some Of themost honest and
faithful OF our city police have been discharged
for not acting with the Radicals? Negroes
who have been discharged for voting against
the very existence Of their employers, are to
be supported in idIcness at the public expense;
but white men who choose to exercise their own
Judgment in regard to politics, have been
hustled out of their places and thrown upon
the world to make support for their wives
and little children after the manner OF the root
ing pig Rich. Eng.
CREW OF TIE RAM SroNEWALL.-From
some of the crew of the ram Stonewall, who
have returned to their homes in this city, We
learn that they were all discharged at Yokohama
Japan, June q, except Samuel B. Ellis, (Son
of jonas Ellis, esq, Of this city,) who remained
on board as engineer. Captain Brown is still
in command and has 4 crew Of ten men detail
ed from the steam soop MonOcacy to keep the
ship in order. Many Of the crew determined
to remain in Yokohama, and some of them
have already opened restaurants, barber shops,
&c, which are mostly patronlzcd by the
foreigners, as there is alwas great deal Of
shipping in the harbor. The crew, when dis
charged, were paid off in Mexican dollars,
which they converted into bills OF exchange on
London. Besides they we're allowed iorty-tiye
days extra pay and given free passage home
cabin passage to the officers and steerage pas