Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"To shov the very age and body Of the Times"

"7o sho1o the rery age and oody o. me 1t"'es
The first reception of President MacMahon
took place yesterday evening il Paris and was
a brilliant affair. All the members of the Dl-
plomatc Corps, with tho exception OF Count
Won Arninl, the German Ambassador, were
present. There were also in attendance the
Ministers, all the Conservative Deputies III the
Assembly, and some members OF the Lett Cen
tire, the Orleans Princes. q plumber OF Generals
and Admirals and other officers of the army
and navy, editors of Conservative Journals In
Paris, distinguished clergymen and members OF
the bar, with many ladies.
A rumor was current in New York yestcr-
day that the Court of Appeals had rendered a
decision in the case of Stokes, affirming the de,
cision of the Supreme Court This action, II
the report be correct, fixes the doom OF the
prisoner, as it is not supposed by any, one
that Governor Dix will stay the hand OF the
eXccutloner
The suit of Mrs. Goss against the New ork
Mutual Life Insurance Company for the rccov-
erv Of the amount of the policy on her husband S
life was decided in the United States Circuit
Court Yesterday. Although the verdict was
sealed, it is pretty well known that It was Ill
favor of the plaintiff. Mrs. Goss will be en-
titled to $50, 900.
The wife of Chancellor Walworth was a
daughter of Gen. Hardin, of Illinois, militia
ry man of prominence in the Mexican war, he
having especially distinguished himself at Buena
Vista. After Gen. Hardin's death his VILE
was married to Chancellor Walworth, being his
second wife, so that the deceased had married
the daughter Of his stepmother.
A dispatch from Belfast, ireland, says
1.-THE magistrates of this city, with view to
the adoption of measures for the prevention Of
disturbances on the lst and Sd Of July, the an
niversaries of the battles Of the Boyne and
Aughrim respectively, have determined to pro-
hibit all professions on those days.
Henry Ward Beecher's sermon last Sunday
was of such character, according to the New
York correspondent Of the Philadelphia Led.
ger, that the members of his church are In
doubt as to whether he is or is not Unlver'
salist.
The Prince and Princess Of Wales opened the
new town hall at Bolton yesterday. Their roy
al highnesses we're received by the inhabitants
with the greatest enthusiasm, and were escorted
to the hall by a procession three miles IN length.
A Spanish telegram states that an encounter
has taken place in the Beraja mountains, in
which seventy-four insurgents were killed The
government troops lost nineteen Killed and
forty-two wounded.
The yellow fever has entirely disappeared
from Rio Janeiro and the cities on the Rio dc
Ia Plata. The number of cases in Bahia are
also daily growing less.
The Instruction in the Province Of Entire
Rios, Argentine Republic continues notwith-
standing the vigorous efforts Of the Government
to crush it.
The American department Of the Vienna Ex'
hibition was thrown open to the public yester-
day morning, and steam was applied to the
machinery.
The Civil Service Advisory Board has ad-
iourned until next October. The amended
rules, as agreed upon, will not be made public
for week or two.
Prince Jerome Napoleon has arrived in Paris.
His presence causes much agitation in the lob
bies of the National Assembly.
The University of London has decided tina,
the study of neither Latin nor Greek shall here.
after be condition either OF matrculation or
of winning degrees.
The corporations Of Edinburgh and Glasgow
have resolved to invite the Shah Of Persia to
visit those cities.
Mr. G. II. Posey, Of Charles county, Md,
has on his farm gate still in use and good con-
dition which was put up ffty-two years ago.