Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-08
Foreign News.
Sir James Anderson has withdrawn from h


connection with the French Gable Company.
Paul Bagley has sailed on the steamer AIep'
mo- to iay before President Grant his correspon-
hence with Mr. Gladstone end others on the
release of the Fcnian prisoners a hunting
The prosecution against HarWood' hrfcS'Iu
in New York on a charge OF fraud, ana brought
orer. has been withdrawn AMI the ph>oheF
discharged. -
TIE Paris Journal official conlradicts the
alarming rum Jrs OF the Emperor : health say
100 he Emperor attends to his atlilrs daily
He has suff red some from rheumatism, but at
M time has his condition bCen such as to cause
the least anxiety. IT.
The Emperor will cone 10 Paris to-day Inc
Presse says the condition OF the emperor mas
improved little since yesterday. HIS stre9e'h
has increased and pain diminished. Eh
neror. Yesterday, signed most OF the decreeS
prsSonted 10 bed. To day he received Rouher
and the Ministers bearing the Senatus Con
sultum, which has just passed the Senate
The Montcur complains OF the dlthcu'ty 10
obtain any authentic aivices OF the Emperor
condition to day. No doubt varlall ions OF TEN
nerature have exercised uniavOrabe Influences,
retardjnr the promises of conyalescence an"
rendering the pains more severe MeanWhlle
DIR. Ricand has again been called to attend him.
Prince Gortschakof has arrived IN faTh.
E,tartns. at the head OF a band o! thirty
Carlists was yesterday defeated by BODY OF
National troops near the city OF ueronua.-
Estartus escaped and fed to the mountains
but many OF his men were captured q us -
the last Carlist band known on tue oPan'sn
soil 1t is reported there are four hundred Ua'-
lists at Perpeeina, on the French border, ready
to enter Spain, but the Government has taken
measures to prevent such entry. :,
Dispatches from India state that halt OF tue
Municipal Council in Saigon, in Cochin Chlna,
is hereafter to BE- chosen from French and
Americans born in the country. White natives
and Chinese are made eligible to the Council.
Dispatches from Alexandria report the cot
ton crop in the interior OF Egypt as excellent
in quality and quantity.
At the next session OF the Prussan Dat he
Liberal party will introduce Proposition lor
Ministerial responsibility.
The Swiss Federal Council declines to take
part in the Joint action proposed by Prince Ito,
henlohe, Bavarian Prime Minister, wthreg
to the Ecumenical Council.
Recruiting for the army Of the Nlceroy OF
Egypt has been forbidden in Switzerland.
For SAN Francisco. The following ex
tract is taken from letter received IN this
his way to San Francisco, California, to attend
the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge OF
Odd Fellows of the United States TO which he
is representative.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. 9TH, 1869.
Ag.eeably to appointment met the Wash
inetonians at the Calvert Station. fItzhugh
and the two South Carolina representatives.
were with me. At 10 p. VI. the whistle sound
| cd and off we started. After a few minutes
talk, and alter partaking OF i snack and ''med
| cinals" | took position os a figure ) and
settled for sleep got about my usual guam
tum and awoke conside rally refreshed. Ar.
rived at Altoona We stopped Tor breakfast, wv
| minutes being aIlowed:) the INITIALS were tol
cradle, the walters prompt and polite except
The Chief who was rather irate. lie thought
| the passengers ought 10 have more patience,
| and the walters none. The idea OF having 20
| minutes and waiting - before getting some
| thing to eat, and talk of patience Thank hcav-
en-. | was supplied easily. After .re-enerIDg
| the cars, an unlocked for addition was made
10 our company in the persons OF Chang and
| Eng, two of their boys. and prehaps the iarg
| est specimen OF feminlnity ever seen. She Ger
| taiuly was the largest | have ever seen. l
| .annut describe nv feelings on first beholiing
| her and viii therefore not make the attempt
| As might have teen expected there was IA gen
| eral gaz ng on the part vi the pas cngers, ch
| was suddenly checked by a course vulc; WHICH
| Ia terms emphatic if not polite, informed u
| that these people arc not on exhibition u ".
| they are pas>eugers." La spite OF this De1f
| lie passengers took sly glance ucca-loGaiiy
| At he different stations he reopIc rushed L.
| md took peep. About Z. VI We arrived
| here aud stopped at Tho Unloa Depot Hotel,
| Ahlch is good house, with gcGtlenany at
PENDANTS ana prompt and polite servants. We
| we're soon met by several OF the Plttaburg and
| \Ilrphauy Cily brothers, also by /. u. NJ.
| Scbrivcr formerly CT Rchmond About az
| norr alter our arrival, Bros. Mylce and RO0D
| who certainly SUSTAINED the character OF tic
| Oder here for whOlcsoulcd hospitality, took
| nosscs.lon of Us, aud 10 carriages showed Us
| the most III ointment aud interesting places. J
| will not ATTEMPT to describe the beautiful val
| lev and MAGNIFICENT hills, carpctcd ana adorii-
I'd with nature richest foliage. The drives,
| barring the dust were splendid. The various
residences were all the heart could Wish, many
| of them grand In the extreme aud beautifully
picturesque, and the grounds surrounding
many OF them were extensive and handsomely
adorned. Nature boundlcss hidden stores
have furnished the means Tor lavish aforn
ment OF the natural scenery OF this portion or
| the keystone State. The beautiful scenes and
| magnificent farms through WHICH VIC pass W
get here, arc not equal naturally to our own dear
| Stat, but brains and thrift have been EN-
| plovct here more than there. With the 10
lux OF capital and energy which will soon flow
into our State. the waste places thereof Will
blossom az the rose and the more productive
portions will surpass any other State IN the
| Union The last place visited Yesterday was
| Keating's retreat, on the road to Butler cJun-
| ty; here we halted for short time and par
| took OF genuine country supper, gotten up
| in Mrs Keating's best style, her wattics and
chickens deserve especial mention, and our
| party did ample justice to the preparations: -
| We then returned to our hotel and bid
| adieu to our kind brothers and retired Tor
the night. This morning we have been down
| to the river, and in different parts OF the city
| at 80 we will start for Chicago. We expect
| the Baltimore folks to join Us on that train,
also Mr.. Robinson.
L. S. CIRCUIT Court IN RICHMOND. At
| the coming session OF the spring term OF the
United States Circuit Court, which common
ccs on the 18th instant, the District Attorney
has signifed his intention of trying the follow