Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-07-30

Las published a statement to the effect that
France four years ago offered to seed Prussia
500, 600 men 10 use against Austria, if Prussia
would surrender to France the territory be-
tween the Rhine and the Mos,c. The pro.
position was then rejected, but Napoleon has
repeated it since.
The bcald Of managers of the National Asy.
lum for DISABLED Volunteer Soldiers met at
the Eastern Brarch Asylum, near Augusta
Me. Oh Monday. Tho board determined to
establish branch somewhere in tho South,
probably 10 the neiehborhood ofNorfolk, Va,
and appointed committee TO carry the same
into effec. before the coming winter.
The Mayor OF Fredericksburg has received
a communication from Culpeper, urging the
opening Of railroad from that poin: to con-
meet With the GoEdonSvie road, near Wilder
ness tavern, I distance of about twenty tour
miles, over the route of the old Plank road
which is very nearly graded sufficiently to adj
nit of track-Iaying at once.
On Thursday evening an outrage was com
mitted upon little German girl IN her parents
house in Baltimore. The inbuman criminal
YVES arrested and committed to Jail to await
the action OF Tie grand jury, the magistrate
refusing to take bal. While IN the custody OF
the officers he uaIrowIy ESCAPED being Snched
By the excited roluac'.
Sir. p. {. Ass;lom, ri Portsmouth, Va,
has contracted win ,he Treasury Department
icr the r.nora Of he hui! OF the steamer
Florida from the James river, near Newport
News, AKA has paid $500 for the same, and
given bocd OF indemnify in the sum OF $4,000
.or the faithful tuliilImcnt of his CONTRACT.
\ ;l;tmitr Ct German shipping merchants
u Ncw Iclk, who arc citizens OF the United
States and owncrs offoreign built vessels, have
taken ou' Sea--:etterS 10 sail the vessels they
own unGcr tho American flag, aud thus to
secure 10 Il certain extent the protection Of the
United States government.
Many G! tic Republican papers censutc the
North Caroline eoi his military mnion Kirk,
in t:etyi,- the constitution and denying the
writ q! habcas corpus, and 10 committing nu-
me1uus 0utrages upon the liberties o. tho
people OF North Carolina.
lho French cruisers have commenced to
lock Otter German merchantmen. and the lat
ter are running into friendly ports for asylum.
The bark MERRIAM, from Philadelphia for Bre-
uen, was o7erhaulcd hy a French man.of " al
but Was permitted to proceed.
The PariaLen. ni Great Britain will adjourn
on the J lth Of Angus, but in view OF the ros
sblc ccn;ir gerces that may occur, Mr.. Glad
sione has proposed ILL by which it may be
called together in six Instead of fourteen days,
as heretofore.
Newspaper correspondents find themselves
in hos water a; The headquarters oil the French
army Several were arrested as spies at Metz
yesterday, bat We're released after being warn.
cd TO keep away from The army 10 future.
The Post Office at Aqua Creek, Stafford
county, Va, has been discontinued By order
of the Postmaster General, and hereafter mai
matter for that place will g to Brooks Sta
ton.
There were sAirpcd from Cumberland, over
tie G. & o. Ca nal, duliog the week ending
the 23i, lG, 3Gl % tons of coal, and over the
3. & o r. K. Tor the same lime 1854 Is
tons.
tx Gov. Wells, who was seriously injured
on the &C ;asi,n Ut the clpltol disaster at Rich.
mond, has greatly improved in health. He is
at Saratoga.
The tlial cf Fenan officers charged with VIC
latng the neutrality laws is progressing at
Windsor. Ecrmont, General O'Neill and
Cooncl Brown pleaded guilty.
At the Wesleyan General Conference 10 Lon
don yesterday Bishop Simpson presented the
credentials Of the American Conference and,
delivered 90 address.
Genera Sige, while crossing Broadway on
Monday afternoon, between and 5 cock,
was run over by one horse carriage, and two
Of his ribs were broken.
The London Times of yesterday comments
uufavorabi7 on the removal of Mr.. Motley as
Minister to Eoglaud, and thinks it an instance
Of Republican GcklencSs.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS. Serious charges against member
of Congress from the South have been for
long time pending in one of the bureaus of the |
Interior Department. and, having been tho
roughly investigated, there has been found sui. !
ticient evidence to warrant the matter being
brought up for judicial Investigation. An of.
licer OF the bureau has been dispatched to the
locality, and should further examination sus'
taiu the evidence already obtained, legal pro.
ceedings will at once be instituted The char.
gcs include having received money due to 9th.
er parties upon papers believed to have been
forged by the member or by some other per
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