Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-16
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1870

80 FRlDA 7, D6CEMbhh 10, totO
EUROPEAN NEws.-It is asserted, and the
assertion contradicted, that the Germans have
} entered Tours, and the statement that they
have done so reports the French army as ha0-
ing retrested westward. after blowing up the
bridge at Tours. The Germans occupy towns
forty miles south and thirty miles west Of Or
leans. Havre was. quiet on Wednesday. and
no attack had been made. The Germans had
evacuated Dieppe, and were believed to be
Withdrawing from the department. There
were 'rumors" that another sortie out OF Paris
had been made and was successful. The report
created great excitement at Bordeaux. but
there is nothing yet to confirm it. Montmedy,
tho laat stronghold of the Frenrh in Lorra'"0'
has been surrendered to the Germans.
A dispatch from Wilhelmhehe, where the
ex-Emperor Napoleon is held as a prisoner OF
war, ssys:-"The Emperor declares that be
will never return to Paris by military power;
that the people four times approved his cleo
ton, aud that they alone have a right to re-
store him. He further declares that, with his
own knowledge, Due d. Aumale had for years
persuaded Orleanists to enter the army hence
the opposition of the officers to the restoration
of the Empire
The causes of. and cure of mildew on tho
grape vine il now receiving practical atten-
ton at the Agricultural Department. An ex-
pert is examining microscopically the growth
and causes Of the different varieties Of fungi,
or mildew, which infest the vine in so many
forms. The practical results of these expert
ments and observations will be published at an
early day.
Alexander Dumas, the noted French writer,
whose death has been announced BY the Allan
tic cable, was born in France, on July Oath,
1903. He was the son of the republican Gen
eral Alexander Davy Dumas, who was the SOD
of the Marquis Dsvy de la Pailleterie and a
colored mother. His romances are familiar to
the reading public.
The Executive Committee OF the Radical
State Committee Of Virginia consists of the
following persons:-"H. b. Wells, chairman,
Sam'i F. Maddox, secretary. and Robert Nor
ton, r. G. Greene, Landon Boyd, John F.
Hamlet. Alexander Rives, j. B. Sener, and
j. ". Wolff"
A General Council of the Indians in the In
dian Territory, has been organized. There
are "a delegates present. including all The
civilized tribes. The most important subject
up for consideration is q plan for organizing a
Territorial Government. embracing all tribes.
10 the Washington Criminal Court, yester.
DAY, Charles G. Edwins, tried tor embezzIement
OF IS, 500 from the U. s.. Treasury. was found
guilty by the jury. and recommended to the
mercy of the court. The counsel for EdRlns
at once put 10 q motion for q new trial.
The failure of Governor Walker to issue a
Thanksgiving Proclamation" is alleged, in the
Washington Chronicle, as q reason why Gen.
Grant is not, or should not be, in favor OF a
general amnesty" Was the like ever seen
or heard of 10 a civilized country
It appears that the lease of the Camden aud
Amboy and New Jersey Railroads, by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, has not been
entirely c~opsummated, though It'll still stated
that the negotiations are going On with a lar
prospect of ultimate arrangement.
After the debate on the amnesty bills pre-
scented by Mr.. Butler, Mr.. Beck, and MIR.
Farnswortb, in the House Of Representatives,
yesterday, the further consideration of the
amnesty subject was postponed until Tuesday
next.
1t is said that the project of carrying coal,
drought to tide water by the Reading r. r.
in Pa, 10 iron steam %colliers,t to Eastern ports,
has not been successful or not properly man
aged.
Blacque Bey, the Minister OF Turkey to this
country, it is said, is to be sent as Turkish
Minister to Greece-a position which be pre-
iers.
In the House of Representatives. 40 appro-
priation of three hundred thousand dollars for
the construction of steam revenue cutters, was
passed yesterday.
Gen. Farnsworth, of Illinois, Radical as he
is, is 'snubbed" by the Washington Chronicle
for being 10 favor of a general amnesty.
The reports of contemplated changes in the
Cabinet are denied.
M We have again to postpone the pubica.
ton Of the Report Of the concluding argument
of the counsel in the Boswell case and other
articles intended for to.day's Gazette.