Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-06-08
Foreign News.

Yesterday afternoon Lord Derby laid the
corncr stone OF tn, new Stanley Hospital in
| London. Appropriate speeches were NAL. BY
Lord Derby and other celebrities.
| The prospects Of the c)tton crop are lmpro'
| Ing in ludia. Heavy rains have fallen IN the
| planting districts, and apprehenslons Of snort
crop have been removed,
| Smal-poz is decreasing in Pari', The type
| Of The dis ,aSc is not so vlru!ent as at l!S:.
| Owing to the long continued dry wealth or
| fires in the wood have occurred quite treuuent-
| IL throughout Europe lately. These have
been attended in many cases with loss OF NE
aud property. Yesterday fire occurred IN the
beautiful tnrcst of Fontalncblcau in France,
only ie% miles from Paris. 1t ragged ilarceIy
| nearly all day, sweeping o7er hundreds o. acres
and cau>iog much damage. The people OF the
city Of Fonsanebleau turned cut 10 al sTss 2Iee
"ES SrSac,i 10 Inc party OF tho Lett in the
Corps Lsgisatit Is complete. The differences
of opinion as TO tho attitude to be maintained
towards the Olivier Ministry !ed 20 The sepa.
railoA.
Cen Nlcot has been II. elected Grand Mas
ter OF the Masonic Order in France, hy leo
vote? Carnot, formerly Republican Dainty
to the Corps Logislatif, was also a cantlIate,
and received 12j votes.
| = man has been arrested at MarseIlci who
| is supposed TO have made murder0us assault
| on the Austrian General Granneville, at Rome,
in 1868.
The debate on the question Of cIectinG
King commenced in he Spanish tortc7 yester'
terday. l. opens with animation and bids lair
to become exciting.
The discovery OF L secret political movement
in Leghorn has led to prompt action Tor It's
suppression. Twenty two persons lmphcatcd
in the affair have been arrested, and the police
arc searching for other parties. All ncedfnl
precautions have been taken by tho officer in
command cl the garrison.
Position or Mr. FORBES. OF FAUQUGER,
on RELIEF.-At the Relief Convention, held
in this city, on Friday, MIR John NJ. Forbes, a
delegate from the county of Fauquier, address
ed the convention at some length in opposi-
ton TO tho passage Of law similar to the one
passed By the Georgia Legislature some two
years aco. He said, without protesting to
know auyth hing about the Constitution OF Geor
gia, he did profess to know something about
the Constitution OF Virginia, and that no mem
Der Of the Virginia Legislature could vote Tor
such law without being guilty OF the crime
OF perjury. Mr.. Forbes stated that if he had
one desire stronger than another it was that
the debtor class should have all the relief that
could be given them IN accordance with the
provisions OF the constitution. That if he
were autocrat he would wipe out every debt
contracted prior to the late war. But he vas
not autocrat, nor was any one else in Virginia.
Those who sent him to the convention we'll
knew his position, and he felt satisfied that
large majority In Fauqucr county were OPP
posed to the principles of the Georgia law, but
he was in favor of selling the real estate OF the
debtor befoIe sale OF the personal property,
and in either case, to sell upon long credit
Rich. Eng.
WASHINGTON ITEMs.-A bill has been il
troduced in Congress to provide for The care
and instruction OF truant children, which pro.
vides that all children between six and sixteen
years of age found wandering about the streets
in the District of Columbia, without lawful oc
cupation, may be brought before justice, who |
shall require the parent or guardian of such |
child to enter into an agreement to restruu |
such child, or cause it to be sent to schssl or
to some honest occupation q commissioner Of
truancy, may prosecute any parent or |
guardian for willfully violating any agreement |
made to restrain or educate his or her child, !
and may recover not exceeding $50, and the |
child shall then be sent to the reform school,
Count Maximillian ESterhazy, of the Aus.
trlan legation here, was married Monday to |
Mrs. Sally Carroll Griffin, at the house OF the |
brides mother, Mrs. VIM. II. Barrol Rev.
II. b. Ccskery vicar general and administrator
OF the archbishopric of Baltimore, officiating.
Among those present were President End Mrs.
Grant, Secretary Fish, the Austrian, French
and spanish ministers and other diplomats.
ROBBERY IN PErERsBURG.-Th safe Of |
heyan q Bro, Petersburg, was robbed on Sa-
turday morning, Of funds and notes amounting
to 5000. The theft was very bold one and