Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-02-17
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Emperor and Empress OF Brazil are at
| Madrid. Prince Frederick Charles, Of Ger
many, has left Berlin on Il visit to Egypt.
The case submitted to the Geneva Board of
Arbitration by the counsel Of Great Britain in
regard to the Alabama claims has been laid he
fore Parliament, and Is published.
The police of Paris have been lately engaged
in an energetic search in all parts Of the city
for 60, 600 rifles, 80 cannon aud large stores of
| ammunition which they have information is
concealed therein. No discoveries have been
reported AZ yet.
Advces from Manila represent all quiet in
the PHILIPPINE Islands, the revolt Of the native
troops having been completely suppressed
The surviving mutinecrs were tried by Court
martial and eleven sentenced to death. The
leader Of the revolt has been executed.
In the British House of Commons yesterday
DIR. Disraeli inquired whether any answer to
Lord Granville's note concerning the Alabama
claims, had been received. MIR. Gladstone re-
piled that nothing official had been received
by her Majesty Government, but Minister
Schenck thought the reply of his Government
would reach London about the first of March
The Imperialists in Paris made the funeral
of Cont, formerly Secretary of the Emperor,
which took place yesterday, the occasion Of a
demonstration. The people seemed to con-
slider it cause enough for excitement aud anger
that they had even ventured to pay this respect
to the dead, and Rouher's carriage was sur
rounded by mob, which interrupted the
funeral. The ex-Ministers friends came to
his assistance, and he escaped in safety.
PLUCKINi A PIGEoN-An officer of one of
the exl lod ID New York savings banks proves
to be deaulter to the amount of about S g. G..
600, all OF which seems to have 55een gambed
away in sock operations The case is unusual
10 s. me particulars, but illustrates deep seat
ed evil 1t appears that he fell into the hands
of two sharpers who hourished in Wall street,
lived elegantly, had cottages at Long Branch,
etc, and made quite an impression OF wealth
and reliability on the weak mind of the bank
officer They tempted him to try his luck in
stocks, and, like experienced gamesters, al
lowed him to win small SUMS at first so as to in
crease his risks until at length he was sudden
ly involved in heavy losses and went on stealing
from the bank in hopes of recuperatoD. The
names Of these men are given in the New
York papers, and they are charged with hay
ing in like manner ruined another man prevl
ously, who committed suicide, his wife being
responsible for the charge. -Phin. Americnn.
How IMMIGRATION Is PROMoTED.-We
copy the following paragraph from the last
number Of Appleton journal:
''I'he amount Of money sent across the water
by immigrants to friends left behind, prlnci-
pally to pay their passage to America, is rather
surprising. From the official returns of the
emigration commissioners of England it APP
pears that in 1870 there was sent from this
country, to Ireland principally, $3,630O40 in
gold of which $ ,GG3, 100 was for prepaid passa
ges In the twenty three years from lS4S to
1870, inclusive this is upward of $Sl $4,000
in gold, being an average Of about $3,SS9, 047
yearly But this amount is probably somewhat
below the actual amount sent, as it only in
cludes what has been sent through banks and
commercial houses OF whatever may have
been sent through private channels there is no
knowledge.
NOVEL BREACH OF PROMISE CASE The
Pittsburg Mail mentions one Of the most re-
markable breach OF promise cases that has
perhaps ever been tried inlthis country. The
com pianant, says the Mail, is an Irish girl
named Mary Gilmore. Through the papers
filed on her behalf by John H. Keer, Eso,
she alleges that one John t. Corbett, of this
city, last year happened by chance to see her
photograph, and 80 admired it that, though he
had no acquaintance with her, he declared be
would marry her. She was then living in Ire
land, but so enamored was John OF her carte
de yisite 9hat he sent over money to bring her
out here. When she arrived he protessed to
believe that she did not possess the charms Of
the photograph, aud declined matrimony.
RHEUMATISM. Call furnishes the fol
lowing: Boil small pot full Of potatoes, and
battle the part affected with the water in which
the potatoes were boiled, as hot as can be APP
piled, Immediately before going to bed. The
pains will be removed, or at least alleviated,
by the next morning Some Of the most OBJ
stinate rheumatic pains have lately been cured
by one application Of this novel aud simple
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