Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-28

litute and eight persons were burned to uca'h'
The New York Commissioners OF Emigration
have reduced the communication fee OF emf
grants from 50 50 to $3.50 each.
Foreign News.
TIC coroncrs inquest at Uxbrldgc on the
bodies of the Marshall family, resulted III YER
dict that deceased came to their deaths at the
hands of the parties now under arrest on srs'
picion. Large crowds attended the tnnera' OF
the deceased.
Yesterday there was meeting Ill iarS OF
the Council Of Ministers to deliberate on the
form Of discussion in the coming session Of the
.Corps Legisatit. Last evening there was q
private reunion OF radicals in the beiIcVlIIe
quarter. Gambetta, q member OF the CorpS
Leeislatif, who was present, made Speech III
which he said there must be no more 2loicHcc
Our triumph, he said, must DC through. uni
yersal suffrage. These sentiments were ap-
plauded to the echo. Ia the Corps Leglslatlt an
Interpolation on the reasons for the dissolution
of the PieLiScitary Committee was suomlttcc
Olivier made explanations which were 50
satisfactory that the House voted the order
Of the day, the members OF the Lett only dis
senting. There were no indications OF the
expected coalition of the Right and Lett wings
and the new Ministry enters on It's laoo!s with
an expression of confidence voted BY an over
whelmiug majority.
The SPANISH Co,tcs is avcrsc to bcstowDg
royal prerogatiycs upon the Regent. In the
Cortcs Yesterday General Prim assured the
adhcrcnts OF Espartcro that he considered the
refusal o! their chiet az deiinltivc, and that
they must Low cndea7or TO consolidate the
regency.
Count Won Bismark has made proposals to
the great Powers to take oint action for the
suppression OF piracy in Chinese waters Inc
St,stea- ruvc stsGncd their acceptance OF the
proposition.
Gen. Sadanha, who led the recent revolt il
Portugal, has been appointed President OF the
Counc! and Minister Of War and Foreign AZ
fairs.
WASHINGTON lTEMs.-C. Caldwell, an en-
ployec Of the 3. & o. r. r., was ,ried in the
Criminal Court yesterday On charge OF eject.
ing l.. II. Douglass son of Fred. Douglass,
from chair car on that road, for when extra
charges are MADE. The defense was tina.
the seat taken by Douglass had been previous
Iy engaged and paid for, and Douglass had
been 80 i1foru,cd, aud then insisted on remain
ing therein. lie was then elected. Judge
Eump hcys told the jury that while passengers
had 20 right 10 infringe on the authority OF aeon
ductor still the latter had no right to be rude that
if the seats ia the car in question had been all
engaged it was an error Of the conductor to be
has.y. &c. The Jury being unable to agree
were finally discharged.
a new steamship appeared at Georgetown
yesterday. She is called the ''Hercules, one
Of six steamships built by Reany, Ncafc & Co.,
d., y,o
Company This is hcr first trip, and her ser
vices not being needed on her line (which is an
aGunct to the Reading Railroad Company on
account at the strike OF the mines whence they
draw their supplies Of coal, she was chartcd
for one trip by Nlr. I. j. Mehatfcy, the agent
OF The Consolidation Coal Company, inasmuch
as she was coming to Aqua creek any how to
discharge large lot otsp&eS and railroad IRON
CAPTURE OF GENERAL ONEILL.-Gorres-
pou4cnts of the New York papers send from
St. Alhans extended accounts OF affairs ut hat
place. The conduct ard surrender OF Cen.
o. Ncill is severely criticized. a correspondent
Of tie New York Herald says:
'Whcu lie discovered the presence of Gen.
Foster, the U. s. Marshal, instead of turning
back he approached the Marshal and sauted
HIM, and he was a. once taken into custody.
There were 4 large number OF O'Ncilrs men 10
the De%hb0rh0Ou at the time, but nc gave no
alarm or signal for them TO come 70 bis rescue,
hut seemed tn become voluntary prisoner
Whether the General did actually or not give
himself away 10 the u. S. authorities it is i'm
possible to determine but his men openly de-
nounco him as not only traitor, but an arbitra-
ry ignoramus. Many of his followers, particu.
larry his staff. officers, sacrificed good positions
to engage in this promising attack upon Cana
ia, and the shame and Indignation at so carly
aud lgn0mlnious defeat causes them to direct
the most proiIne ard abusive epithctS towards
him whom they believe to have been the cause
Of their failure.
VIRGINIA IMPROVEMENTS We are inform |
ed by Hon. Lewis Mckenzie that the River
lnd Ilarbor bill pending ia the House o! Rep. {
reScutativcs contains appropriations for sur
geys OF the following improvements -
For James river between Richmond and City |
Point, including llarris0n's Point below the |
bar;
Appomattox river between Petersburg and |
10 outh OF the river;
Rappahannock river below Fredericksburg
James River and kanawha canaI.-Rich.
Dispatch.
HIRED WITNESSES. 1t is said that one OF the
IN the Mcfarland trial, an expert, re.
'elVed fifteen hundred dollars for his testi-
nony. Patent lawyers and sutton in the
United States District and Circuit Courts are
amiiiar with the fact that experts in the me.
hanics and mechanical and chemical processes,
when called as witnesses in patent cases, in
ariably receive fees, which in part represent
he value of their Wedge, and in part the
7orth OF their time The customary lee of
hese experts is fifty dollars 4 day !-Nqc
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