Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-17
Foreign News.

Foreign News.
Letters received from Paris mention the res
toration of tranquility and the absence OF ex-
element or uncasnesS.
There was great discussion in the French
Senate Yesterday on the affairs OF the Interior
and the general domestic policy Of the Govern
mcnt. At the conclusion OF the debate, the
Senate passed 4 vote OF confidence IN the
Ministry In the Corps Legislatit keratry
moved that the debate on the arrangement OF
Rocheiort be postponed until the 24th instant
Olivier opposed the motion, and the Chamber
decided that the debate should commence to
morrow, according to the original proposition
of the Ministry, by vote OF 30 to ~. The
semi official journals assert that majority OF
both Chambers will support the Ministry IN
the prosecution OF Rochefort. Several Dcpu
Ties have received anonymous letters menacIng
them with personal violence in case the Cham
Der authorizes the prosecution OF the Radlca
journals also, threatening serious disorders
RocheIort he condemned
Shocks Of earthquake We're felt on SATURDAY
ut Auch in the Department o! Gers. in France
No injury to lie or property Is reported;
The ARRANGEMENTS between the three CabIs
have been completed by the directors oil tie
several companies IN London, and now onp
waits the sanction Of the Presidents. The re-
CENTS OF the three companies Will be placed
2 Joint purse, and be divided in agreed propo'
TORS, and should the land line connecting Wln
one cable BE- down, dispatches will be sent y
the other without regard tothe company Who
may have received them.
The regular mail steamship from ftlo rlancln
brings later intelligence from Paraguay. DIS
matches previously received announcing tn
fight OF Lopez and the termination OF the wa
are fully confirmed 1t soem3 Lopez did nc
retreat toward Bolivia. lie was last heard from
wandering with Il few followers about the de-
crta Of the Brazilian provinces. On the othe
hand aivicca have been received at the Par.
euayan Legation, which contradict the stat.
nent that President Lopez has left Paragua.
They represent that the war is by no meas
ended, and assert that Lopez is in the Gre.
Cordcra5 with an army of 5000 men.
The Duke of Montpenser has been uomIu-
ted as candidate for the Spanish Cortes iroi
Oveilo. There is great rejoicing ovr
kilograms from Havana, reporting mportat
successes OF the troops in Cuba.
The r. Council on Saturday held session i
four hours. The oldest Legatc present COL
p!aincl that many of the speeches made wee
too long and that some Of the Fathers did pt
strictly observe the obligation OF secrecy IN e
CARL 10 the proceedings OF the Council.
Baron Ion Beckc, Austrian Minister OF
Finance, II dead.
SUMyERlsM on THE ANE.-Sl2ns als not
wanting that Mr.. Summers influence Is on me
wanc. lis fellow Senators are firing OF hlslc
tatoriaI manner, his bitter preiuIiccs, his cylc-
ism and sarcasm Representing Tor long the
the spirit of radicalisnl in Congress, which las
borne everything before it, he has been accetcd
tacitly or under mild protest, as lradcr"aS
the sort OF person required Tor the van oil leat |
political revolutionary movement. HIS up |
posed varied and extensive learning, his ttlll
cal graces OF oratory, his imposing stature his
deep chest voice, his long service in the State
as the lavoritc son of Massachusetts, and asst,
but lot least his affair with Brooks, Of suth
CaloIna, which made political martyr ohim,
have all contributed to keep his humber rical
associates in awe. Probably no man in Alerl.
can history has traded core largely On lifted
capital of solid intellectual and moral ORTIZ
than Mr.. Sumner and people arc at last egln'
ming to find it out, thus confirming the each,
ings Of experience, that, in the end wteger
shams 4 man may build up about himIt, ne
finally comes to be rated at something Re his
true value.
The illusion, IN Mr.. Sumner ScaSe, IS Oecn
remarkable. He has made great nuDers OF
worthy people believe that be is proundy
learned in the classics and ancient anhodern
history, when, in fact, he has no upmmon
smate ring of those branches he ha passed
for bonn orator. when he is only stey de-
claimer; hi" stiIted rhetoric has give him
considerable .>nutation for true eluence
and his crude all mpulsige poltid ideas
have become quite cl..ant as the sterlg coin
Of statesmenship!-N i: 7onr Of In.