Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.
To sho,o the vesy age and body Of the Times

The visit of the Empcrors at Berlin continues
to be the occasion of fcastiug and festivities, A
military display took place on Saturday. lat which
each Emperor road at the head of u regiment;
in the evening 4 court diuner was given at the
Imperial Palace. at which William gave the
toast, Cur guests" Francis Joseph proposed
''the health of the German Emperor and his
family" aud Alexander toasted ''the valiant
| German army" At night there was u monster
torchlisht procession. Gar Alexander, Of Rus
sia. has conferred on Crown Prince Frederick
William, of Prussia, the Order OF St. Andrew,
and has made Princes Frederick Charles and
Frederick Henry, Field Marshals of the Rus
sian army.
1t is reported from Madrid that a regular
system of agitation in opposition to slavery is
to be organized in Spain. Public meetings are
to be held in all the principal cities, and petit
tons for the abolition of slavery in the colonies
will be circulated, which will be presented to
| the Cortes is soon as it meets, that early action
may be taken There will be one hundred and
torty-tour ministerial and eighteen opposition
members in the new Senate Carlist bandits
are again making trouble in Catalonia, making
enforced demands upon the people for food and
arms.
Negotiations are in progress between Eng
land and France for new commercial treaty
which, it seems to be thought, will be satisfac-
tory to both nations. The French Government
declares that there will be no more changes in
the duties on raw material The only compen-
satory duties now proposed are two per cent.
on cotton manufactures, two and half on silk
and two and a half to three per cent. on wool
| lens.
An important suit ostensibly against the Ma
tional Express and Transportation Company
was entered on Saturday 10 the City Circuit
Court of Baltimore. The suit in reality is an
effort to make number OF the weathlcSt mer-
chants and business men of Baltimore pay the
debts OF that company out of their Hypothetical
subscriptions beyond and outside of the paid up
capital OF the company.
The uncertainty as to the amounts of the
award of damages to the United States by the
Geneva Board of Arbitration had the effect OF
unsettling the market for consols in London on
Saturday. The London observer thinks
that the amount OF damages was practically de-
ternined by the Tribunal on Saturday, and
that the lump sum was about three millions oil
pounds sterling.
The iron manufacturing interests Of the couu-
try are represented by 1892 establishments,
employing l29, 957 men. turning out year y
manufactures valued at $500, 692, l66. This only
includes pig iron and blooming furnaces torges
and establishments producing bar rod aud rail-
road iron, nails plate, &c.
Thomas G. Street, member of the Canadian
House of Commons, died on Friday. Mr. Street
was bachelor, and lived in magnificent resi-
dcnce beside the rapids Il short distance above
Niagara Falls His grounds were always open
to visitors, and by his universal courtesy he
came to be universally respected.
Cernetz, village of the Canton Grisons, in
the lower Engadine, thirty one miles southeast
of Chur, Switzerland, has been almost wholly
destroyed by fire. 1t was noted for its hand
some Protestant Church, aud is possessed OF
valuable mineral baths.
Among the fires reported by telegraph since
Saturday, are the following: FIGURING mills
at Galva, Ill.,. loss $500 to $4,000; rubber
works at Chelsea, Mass, damaged so, 900, 10
surcd for $4,000: great destruction IN Menu
phis, Tenn, loss over $20O,OOO.
The mysterious kidnapping of Gen. Niele's
daughter has been explained the child moth
er came over from Europe, completed plan
for gaining possession of It. and being success
full. carried off her prize on Saturday steam
er for England.
Billy Forester, the alleged murderer OF Mr..
Nathan has been arrested in Washington and
taken to New York. He is valuable catch, .
for their are rewards amounting to SlG:OOO tor
his arrest besides the So, 900 offered for the
conviction Of the Nathan murderer.
Accounts have been received from Boston
that Joseph Jefferson has been again obliged
10 leave the stage on account of his eyes. 1t Is
feared that the disease which threatened him
with blindness is more serious than was at hrSt
supposed.
Last Thursday night Il mob in Virginia, Cass
county, Illinois, burned half the town, because
they had been disappointed in their intentions
of taking a murderer, named Dletfenbacher,
from jail and ynching him.
\ boiler in the rolling mill Of Mccullough &
Co.. at North East, Cecil county, Nd, ex-
ploded on Saturday morning, killing three of
the workmcn aud slightly iniuring number OF
others.
Semi official returns from nearly all the towns
of Vermont make the Radical majority 25,6lS
Ia 1870 the remaining towns gave 10 majority
House stands POI Republicans p Democratic
Liberal.
Very active and extensive preparations are
being made in Louisville for the grand Peace
Reunion to take place in that city on the 18th
and 18th iusts., the arrangement Of the details
having been nearly Completed
The examination into the circumstances and
causes of the loss of the Metis was continued
10 Providence on Saturday. The captain of the
vessel was examined at length and gave de-
tailed account of the disaster.
The Internationas have decided that New
York instead of London shall be the scat of
their General Council. The next Congress of
the Society will be held somewhere in Switzer-
land.
Gen Van Buren, wants sets of all the school
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