The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-08-31
Items of News.

Duke Alexander, is married and has
children, so that Alexis is not likely
ever to become Emperor The young
duke will be accom- panied to this country
by a squadron of five Russian vessels
OF war, but -as the passage will be made
under sail, lie will not arrive here until
the last Of September or the first Of
October. The suite of the Grand Duke
is quito extensive, being composed of
large number Of young uoblemen, but
inasmnch as ukase OF Peter the Great
prohibits the transportation Of females
on any Russian mao of.war, no ladies'
will accompany the expedition. Exteu-
sivc preparations are being made to
receive these Northern visitors, and at
the same time to return the courtesy
aud hospitality EXTENDED to Admiral
Farragut aud his officers when they
visited Russia. The party will visit
Washington and other principal cities,
including San Francisco, for which
purpose they will cross the Continent
by the Paci Railroad, stopping at
For. Laramie for buffalo hunt
An awful accident took place on the
Eastern Massachusetts Railroad On
Saturday night ut Revere, seven miles
from Boston. The Bangor Express
overlook and ran into the evening train
from Beverly, telescoping il and causing
a fearful slaughter of the passengers
AT the moment of the collision, the
head cap Of the boiler was broken, and
-instantaneously the wrctchcd sufferers
were euveloped in cloud Of Kissing
steam aud boiling water, which at once
brought death to many of the wounded,
and will prove fatal to Others. Twenty
-four are known TO have been killed,
and between thirty and forty wounded
Public opinion throws the responsibility
upon the engineer, and the conductor
Of the express train.
The Board Of Arbitration on the
Alabama Claims, as it now stands, is as
follows Charles Francis Adams, the
Arbitrator appointed by President
Grant Chief Justice Cockburn, the
Arbitrator appointed by Queen Veto.
ria General Monabrca, distinguished
soldier aud statesman, of liberal ideas,
the Arbitration chosen by King Victor
Emmanuel; aud Jacques Staempfi, an
eA.President of the Swiss Confederation,
and an able advocate, named by the
Government Of Switzerland, The treaty
'ofWashington provides further that the
Emperor of Brazil shall also name an
Arbitrator, and no doubt We hall shortly
hearJthat the Board of five Arbitrators
is complete.
Another dreadful railroad accident
occurred on Saturday, near Wcstport,
Pennsylvania, on the Philadelphia and
Erie Road A collision took place
between mall and freight trains, in
which the the latter telescopcd into the
former. Six persons were killed and a
large number wounded. The cause is
said to- have been the neglect of the
engineer aud conductor, who failed. to
obey written orders.
The fainine 10 Persia is more terrible
than prcyiouslyreported. Twenty seven
Thousand persons have died at Ispahan
alone from starvation. The condition
'of the province of Mosanderan is still
worse. There the rice crop is complete
failure, aud the cattle plague, small. pox,
'typhus fever, and cholera, prevail.
Attorney General Ackerman has de.
'eideds that the suspension Of Commits.
sioficr. Pieasonton, under the Tenure Of
Office act is only temporary. Conse.
sqnsnsly, Douglass is performing the
duties of Commissioner. without vaca.
ting his position as First Duputy Com.
missioner.
Professor Aiken has reported that
no traces Of METALLIC poison have been
discovered by him in the stomach of
the Hate Edward Wharton. So that
lthes charge against Mrs. Wharton of
having poisoned her own son falls to
,thc. ground.
The Emperor Napoleon has given d
Jete ut Ohiselhurst, England, at which
kilograms were received from the Gear of
Russia, the King of Sweden, the Em-
peror OF Austria, the King of Portugal,
the King Of Holland, the Prince Of
Wales, aud others.
Some dastardly villain entered the
ladies Union tent at camp meeting
near st. Michaels one night last week,
after the ladies had retired, aud attempt.
ed to outrage the person Of young
lady who was sleeping there.
A man in Dorchester county packed
some damp wheat straw away in his
stable loft, and last week it iguited BY
Spontaneous combustion, destroyed the
stable and other oulbuldings.
Some New England spectators have
leased o farm in Powhatan county, W.,
on which they intend to raise goats GU
a large scale. They have commenced
with 1000 OF the animals.
There have been four epidemics of
cholera IN New York. Iu 1882, there
were 3,5z2 deaths in New York City
from tbe malady; in lS49, 5,O6l; in
1884, 1903; in 1866, 1910.
On Thursday the steamship Leodona,
running between New York and Flori.
ia, waswrecked about seventy 1--WE miles
from st. Augustine, Fla. Twenty
persons were droyncd.
Inc General Gosernment- has placed
Two Vessels at the disposal Of the New
a0rk authorities to aid III carrying out
the extra quarantine measures adop,ed
~ Wow OF the danger of cholera.
Some cases of yellow fever of mild
type are reported to have occurred at
Charleston, but kilograms from there
hendcd,