Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-09
Spain.


Spain. .-..... =:
MAOklD June AT tho session of the
| Cortes to-day, Senior Orense vas elected Prcsl-
dent Of that body, receiving onc hundred and
seventy votes. The other officers of the Cortes
were reelected.
President Figucras announced to the Cortcs
his determination to return to them the powers
with which the Assembly mad invested him az
President of the Provisional Government of
Spain. He said that. the conditions of the
tenure of his grave responsibility had become
more difficult than they had heretofore BEEN.
Citing the freshly announced revolt Of General
ValarIe's command and the troubles between
the citizens and soldiers of Grenada, he moved
project for the proclamation of a federal deu-
ocratic republic This motion was unanimous,
ly taken under consideration.
MADRID, June S.-Thc Constitutional Cortes
re assembled at ~ o'clock this morning, and
passed a resolution defntivcly prOcaimng the,
Federal Republic, by a vote of 2lO yeas against:
9 nays. A motion to make the day national
holiday was rejected. =.
Oozaga will be recalled from the embassy at
Paris and Morct from the embassy at London.
The proceedings in the Cor,es last night,
were not final, but Indicate that new ministry
Radicals assembled in large numbers in front
OF the palace and demanded that tho rcd
flag be hoisted.
The trouble in Grenada is ended. After
five hours obstinate fighting the Carablneers
laid down their arms and surrendered to thc
citizens The Ignalidad, in its report Of the
affair, says the soldiers frequently cheercd for
Don Alfonso during the fight.
TIE poLARIs. y sterday, at2 o'clock p
m, the Tallapoosa, Captain McRitchc, sailed
from the navy-yard for New York, having on
board the Esquimaux people, Joe, Hannah,
and their adopted daughter, and Hans Chris
tan aud his family. They are under the care
of Captain McRtchie, who will take them
down on the coast Of Maine, and place them In
charge of friends, in whom he has confidence,
where they will be kept and provided for by
the Government until it is determined whether
a rclief-ship shall be sent 10 search o. the 70
aris Our reporter visited the Iallapoosa yes
tcrday, and had an interview with ians Chris
tian and his wife, and with Joe and Hannah,
whom he knew we'll before they sailed on the
Polaris. They were all suffering with severe
coughs and the little girl of Joe and Hannah
is quite sick They are all oppressed by the
heat of the climate here, and the Secretary OF
the Navy deemed it his duty to send them TO
cooler locality at the earliest moment. The
Investigation instituted by the Secretary of the
Navy is still in progress, but the Secretary,
having satisfied himself from an examination
Of Captain Tyson, Myers, aud the Esquimaux,
that there had beon no foul play in connection
with the death of Captain Hall or intentional
abandonment of the Polaris by the party res
cued from the ice-hoe, he thought it best to
send the Esquimaux away without delay. We
lcarp too, that Captains Tyson and Myers arc
also free from restraint, and are now in this
CITY. When the examination Of all the men
brought here in the Frolic is completed we arc
advised that the Secretary of the Navy will
cause publication of the main facts to be
given to the country.
The question Of sending vessel in search of
the Poaris is still under consideration. It is
probable that such relief will be dispatched at
an early day. 1t will devolve on the Govern
ment to return Hans Christian and his family
to Greenland which can be done by the vessel
sent in pursuit of the Polaris, so that both OBJ
iects can be accomplished by the same trip, and
in searching for Captain Buddington and his
men the services of both Hans and Joe will be
invaluable. Washington Chronicle
SHAD IN THE PoTOMAC-Mr. N. W. Clark,
of Charleston, Michigan, Bish, Commissioner Of
the State of Michigan, arrived in this city yes
tcrday morning, having in charge fifty thous-
and shad, just hatched, in iron Glad cans. On
examination of the fish on arrival here MIR.
CLARK found to his great regret that nearly half
\ Of them we're dead or dying. Concluding that
the remainder would live but a short time no
decided to stop here and put them in the river
Shortly aftcrward he met Col. Samuel Human.
aud his son, Theodore Human, esq.,, and pro-
curing carriage the three taking. with them
the 80, 600 shad yet remaining alive, proceeded
to the river. and put the fish into the water
near Potomac wharf They arc little fellows
only about half an inch long. 1t is just pos
sible that these fish may increase and multiply
until they are as plentiful as the black bass now
are. But it is only just possible, for it is not
impossible that the bass will devour the young
shad before they have chance to mature Mr.
Clark returned to Washington last cycDing!to
procure another supply of shad and mike
another attempt to transport them in safety toll
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