Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"To stoa5 the very age and body Of the Tim

"To slto,5 the very age and body of the Times
In the French National Assembly, yesterday,
long and excited debate took place upon the
resolution of the Minister of Justice. 1t pro-
vides for committee Of thirty, whose duty it
shall be to draw up a law regulating the public
powers, and prescribing the conditions of min
isterial responsibility President Theirs ad-
dressed the Assembly, acknowledging the SOW
ercign, constituent power of the Assembly, con-
remained faithful to the Pact of Bordeaux, ad
hitting that he was personally 10 favor OF con-
stitutonal monarchy, but adding that mon
archy was impossible" Finally the resolution
was adopted, BY q vote Of $40 for to 334
against. -
The Senatorial question in North Carolina
remains about the same, with no prospect APP
parent of settlement. The fourth ballot was
taken yesterday in joint assembly. with but
little change from the previous day. Two
Vance men went over to Merrimon. The bal
lot stood, Vance Il, Poole 70, Merrimon %.
Weld & Co.. sugar importers of Boston, yes
tariay settled the suit against them in the
United States District Court, New York, by
paving one hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars The same firm settled similar suits against
them in Boston, few days ago. by paying four
hundred thousand dollars.
The health Of King Amadeus, Of Spain has
SO far improved that his attending physicians
deem il unnecessary to issue any further bulle-
tins. The Government has received informa-
ton that the iDsurrectionary movement IN the
province Of Malaga has been suppressed. A
band OF Republicans has appeared near Bllboa.
\ considerable degree Of excitement was
created in Madrid on Wednesday, by an in
correct announcement in the Epoca that the
French i1overnmcns contemplated forming an
ARM of observation On the Spanish frontier,
and that troops were arriving on the border
for that purpose.
The thermometer stood at eighteen degrees
at II clock last night, IN New I ork city.
DISPATCHES from various points North and
Northwest report cold weather and the prac--
tical closing Of navigation on the lakes and
canals
The suit of Hepworth Dixon against the
proprietors Of the Pail Mali Gazette to recover
damages for alleged libel, was brought to con-
cusion 10 London, yesterday. The jury rem
dercd a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and
awarded him damages-oue farthng.
Susan 3. Anthony, and fourteen other Wo-
mon, were examined yesterday at Rochester be-
fore, the United States Commissioner, on the
charge of voting illegally. The case Is to be
continued on December IS.
The Austrian Government contempates IN
PRODUCING an Electoral Reform bill at the ap-
preaching session of the Reichrath.
Navigation on the ST. Lawrence canal was
closed yesterday, and all the boats laid up for
the winter.
General Horace Porter, President Grants
private secretary, has accepted the vlce-presl-
dency of the Pullman Palace Car Company.
The British Parliament has been further pro-
rogued until the sixth of February next.
WHEAT The wheat in Piedmont Virginia
and the Valley is looking we'll. Most OF the
crops look great deal better than for several
years. Judging by the breadth of land sown,
and the appearance of the wheat, there is a
better prospect, along the line of the Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas railroad, than We
have seen, for a large crop Of wheat. We have
never seen why our best lands should not pro-
duce large crops Of wheat without fertilizers,
Prepare the soil properly (which no one does)
and we are satisfied that they will. Pulveriza-