Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-05
FOREIGN NCMS.

The London Times thinks that the Pacific
Railroad Will extrpate Mormonism in America.
Another ngrariau crime Is reported III Ire
! land! Patrick Dunn. OF Kings county.
| shot and killed. for retalnins his holding N
spite Of repeated mcnaccs. The murdcr3IS
were not Uncovered.
Mr.. Otway, under Secretary for the Foreign
! Department, says ten years occupancy II ;tr
| Island Of San Juan had cost the British Gov
erulnent I'D pOJ besides salaries and other
| charges
The Postmaster General has made another
explanation in regard t, the unsatisfactory con
| dltinn OF the postal telegraph service. He
| ascribcl tho delays al London and lircrronl,
| which had caused so much complaint, Ia the
| right ri priOrltv conceded 10 lHcuIbrr- Z! tnc
| Sleek f,SchrGrr, for who's" convenience either
correspondence had to wait
| Ii Is reported 4 manifesto from The i.inIrrui
| Nano!con Will arrcnr on the llth instant, thc
| birthday Of the Prince Imperial. Arc'Iiuke
Albert, OF Austria, who is visit 10 TIC
EMPEROR will make 4 tour Ct the >rarur:z o!
Frlncr. The French authorities lave li>
covered numbers Of Carlsts in the south ot
France, all! nave sent !hem north. In SOME
case: the officers were obliged 10 Use torrr.
Among those Compelled tn return wa General
EO.
1t has trausplrel that cx.Queen isabelle oi
Spain has pcnl over 50, GOO, 900 % her capita
within the past eighteen months.
The Sub iinc Porte has granite! large
mosque as . church to the Armenian priests.
ANOTHER H. T. ACcID ENT.- t'rom the Mem,
phis Avniu che. - I'm the AvaIauch" OF yr~
tcrday morning Il trci account was published
Of terrible railroad accident on the MISSISSIPPI
pi Central Railroad, nea: Oxford. III which he
tWrc3 l!lcru AMI twenty persons were kli!hd,
and a large number II passengers seriously Ia.
jured. Accidents ut Z irghttu character seem
TO come thick and fast on that road at he
present time, another having occurred on the
night OF Thursday snort distance from Du'
rant Station, about twenty miles below Glena.
da, to the regular passenger train Gn route
north. The tram was proceeding at the usual
rate, and while the passengers were in ono Of
the sleeping ears engaged in discussing the par
ticuiars received o! the horrible accident Of the
preceding day, about O'Clock at night, the
smoking car ci tue train ran of the track, near
Il bridge which crosses deep creek, and which
was greatly swollen By tie late rains. Al Ordl-
nary passenger car followed the smoking car, md
also ran eff the track, while the first sleeping gar
in which were seated Mrs. Scott S!ddUns,t tie
celebrated actress, her husband, Mr. Scott SID
dons, her maid, and five other passengers, be-
sides the conductor-6egan ia bump about
in fearful manner, causing the passengers to
start up in alright twenty yards from thu,
bridge this car also flew the track" The
brakeman promptly applied his brake, but it
seemed TO be powerlcsS. aud the passengers
braced themselves against the sides OF the car
until the bridge was reached, when the CIR
made sudden plunge over the bridge and all
were Of opinion that their last moment had |
come AS it Il miracle, the car caught on the
bridge and hung half over, one Of the ends !
nearly touching the water Of the creek. One |
of the passengers whose name We did NOS
learn, was thrown into the water. but tortu- |
nateIy he saved himself by SWIMMING
The other passengers went promptly to work |
to rescue those who we're in the car, which was |
hanging over the bridge. This they did by |
breaking in the car and dragging them out
Mrs. Scott Siddous sustained several slight IN |
jurles, and her husband also received lev |
bruises OF trihiag character.
ToBACCo.--A colored member OF the Leg |
isla,ure, wEo Cincinnatus like, has been taken |
from the plough to save the State, offered |
resolution iu the House OF Delegates lew
days since that tine tax on tobacco he took off !;
and put upon the lands" As the House, (says
the Richmond Wbig, We are panied TO say,
treated the resolution not only with iudffer-
cncs, but with lcviry, we hope that Congress,
whose special preroga,ive It is to control the
tobacco tax will promptly take the matter in
hand and resent the sIi ght put upon the ma
lions ward carrying out the resolution, 1T less!
50 tar as the first part OF the clause Is con
,orpa1