Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-24
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
In the German Parliament yesterday Il bill
was introduced and advocated by the Bavarian
Minister providing for criminal prosecution of
clergymen who may abuse tic privilege Of
their Office.
The Communists arrested % the charge Of
being parties to the destruction Of the resi-
dence of NJ Theirs, were yesterday sentenced
to Imprisonment for terms ranging from t@o 10
twenty years.
On Wednesday night last. Il r:ass meeting
was held in Bristol England, Z, which the
speakers boldly denounced lie monarchy Of
Great Britain.
The French Government lave drawn upa
bill, which they mean to introduce as soon as
the Assembly meets, for the exile and oStra
csm of the Imperial family.
HERo1sM OF A CoNDUCToR--A conductor
on freight and passenger train Oh the SYRIA
cuse and Binghamton railroad, performed a
daring feat few days since By which . fearful
catastrophe was averted The train, consisting
of twenty-four STOCK cars and one passenger car
which was filled with passengers, was between
a station and WLitney's Point, going at a
toerable high rate of speed when the engineer,
discovered rail entirely out of the track some
distance ahead He Immediately reversed his
locomotive, but upon second thought, deter
mined to attempt running the train over the
place where the rail was missing and ut once
turned on full head Of steam The engineer
and fireman, however, did not rcinan to see
what success the experiment would meet with,
but Jumped off the engine, leaving it without
any one to control it. The train bounded over
the disconnected track at iearfurate OF speed;
every car retaining its position on the track
The dangerous spot was passed, but wIt!! no
one upon the locomotive to control It's speed.
! \ most terrible fate awaited the train some
where The state of affairs became known to the
| passengers and 4 panic was at once was raised.
At Whitney Point there was every rrobabll
ty that the track would not BE- in readiness for
the train, as at the rate it was going it would
reach there some minutes before its time In
this extremity, conductor John Nrooman PROV
ed himself to be 4 hero He was in the pas
sergcr car at the rcar of the train but climbing
ND the ladder Of the freight car next in advance
he ran the whole length Of the runaway IRAN
on the tops Of the cars, and was soon IN the
locomotive cab, seized the throttle, and in the
next moment had the train under control. A
less heroic man in charge Of the train and It Is
impossiblc to tell what the result of the extra
ordinary runaway might have been.
WITvucRAFr IN TTusvILLE From the
Titusyillc Herald. A machinist working in
Bryan, Dillingham; Il Co.'S shop visited for
tune teller in Oil City some three weeks ago,
and among other important and reliable reve
lations she communicated to him the alarming
information that the boiler in the shop where
he would work on Thursday, the 9th instant,
l. ~ fhn nft
and that several men would be killed and
wounded. As the day approached the young
man informed his companions, and the inter-
estipg twaddlc soon spread over the whole shop.
Many of the men narrated the most absurd and
improbable stories relative to the correct pro.
phesies which fortune-tellcrs in general, and
this one in particular, had foretod. which re-
suited in quite a number of the more supcrstl-
tious becoming 80 thoroughly convinced that
an explosion would take place that they gave
notice to the firm that they would omit worl;
until the supposed danger was over. Upon
this astounding information reaching the Office,
Mr.. Dillingham; offered to sit upon the safety
valve all day, and John Bryan sworc that it he
could find the witch he would tie her to a tor
pedo and blow her to thunder. Most of the
hands are men Of Intelligence. AID worked as
usual at their posts Oil Thursday. About
twenty Of Them however, could not be. persua-
ded to remain and disgraceiuiiy quit work.
As the hour approached our reporter visited
the SPOT and found Mr. Taggart aslri!e the
satety-valve, where he had been Deposited as
substitute for NJ. Dillingham;. 1t Is certainly
most remarkable that men supposed to possess
an ordinary degree of intelligence should Iii
this enlightened day be stepped to snch de-
gree in blind superstition.
The ENFORCEMENT ACT. In thu t. :. Cir
cult Court at Richmond on Wednesday, occur
red the first instance in the State OF sentence
under the act for the enforcement OF the lit
teenth Amendment The accused Mas Dr. e.
+. Gillou. citizen Of Chesterfield who was
charged in four cases with preventing. hinder.
ing and intimidatng colored men from exerels-
ing, according to their own Judgment the r!gh:
of suffrage at an election held in Chesterfield
county, on the 18th of May, 1871. The means
of intimidation alleged to have been used were
the threat of eecting the men from their houses
&c.. on the lands Of the said Charles +.
Glou, and of refusing to continue or renew the
contract of labor existing between them and DR..
(,lou, in case they voted the Radical ticket. 49,
DR.. Gillou pleaded guilty in all the cases, ex-
cent that of Joseph Branch, in which nollc
proseoui was entered In the case Of Samuel
THOMPSON, the Court imposed upon the pris-
oner fine of $500 and costs, and in the other
two cases judgment was suspended. itch.
| Dis.
PIEDMONT r. Rim the Legislature Of the
District of Columbia yesterday: Oh motion
bv Mr. Browne: Resolved, That the Com
mittee on Railroads be instructed to inquire
whether the Piedmont and Potomac Railroad
Company has been properly organized: ami If
so, whether there has been any bona tide sub
scription to its stock or any effort to Obtain,
any, other than from the District OF Columbia
and whether there is any provision in its char
ter or elsewhere requiring any actual payment
that proposed to be made by the District Of
Columbia and what further legislation is ne.
glossary to secure the interest Of the District of