Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-06-12
NEWS OF THE DAY
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ITO sho,O the very age and body of the Times"
A convention establishing the boundary be-
tween Italy and Switzerland, as settled by the
arbitrator, United States Minister Marsh, has
been promulgated by the Italian Government.
The bill for the suppression OF brigandage 10
Sicily and elsewhere has caused violent debates
| in the Chamber Of Deputies, and the sitting
| last night closed abruptly on account OF the
disorder. .u..-.
The decision of the Supreme Court Of the
| limited States in the case Of the Mechanics
| and Traders Bank, plaintiff in error, Vs. The
| Uuiou Bank Of Louisiana, has been published.
| The decision maintains the constltutlOnallty OF
the probate courts created 10 New Orleans du-
| ring the war by Gen. Butler for the trial of
civil causes
The Argentine political prisoners who arrived
at Havana recently were not permitted to land,
but were conveyed to sea by Spanish maD-of
war and allowed to proceed wherever they
| would. American steamers refused to take
them as passengers.
Advces from the Magdalen Islands, Gulf Of
St. Lawrence, represent the shore catch OF her
ring and seal as unusually large. The mackerel
fishing is expected to be good also. Twenty
Canadian and eleven American vessels are now
engaged in the herring fishery.
Quiet is reported from Hayti since the sup
preston of the late instruction. The small
pox is said to be raging at Ponce, Porto Rico,
and vessels arriving from there are guaranteed
in all West Indian ports.
Governor Kellogg has declared quarantine
of ten days against vessels arriving at New Or
leans after the 10Th of June from Havana and
Vera Cruz.
Charles G. Fuller the President, and j. L.
Mowry, Treasurer Of the Chaplin Paper Com
papy, of Norwich, Como. are defaulters to the
extent of $40, 900, and have absconded.
The Loudon Daily News says that crisis ID
imminent 10 Greece. and that it is 90, improba-
BILE that the King may abdIcate. Turkish war
vessels have been ordered to Grecian waters.
A party of Indians made raid on Rock
Greek Valley, Wyoming Territory, on Satur.
day last, and rau off With over TWO hundred
horses
The workmeu of Paris are taking up sub
soriptions to secure them representation at the
Cen,e nnial in Philadelphia.
THE AGES AT WHICH PEOPLE MARRY. "A
com parative statement has been published oil
the ages at which marriages are legal 10 the
several States of Europe, which is Interesting
and suggestive There is, it is to be observed,
a marked difference 10 regard to the legal re-
strictions between the northern and southern
countries, being the result, 20 doubt, partly oil
moral, but mainly OF physical reasons. The
Danish or Russian youths are several years
al than hu Italians mr. Spa RIO in r.oob
ing physical puberty. In Russia marriage car
not be legally contracted until the males are
eighteen and the females sixteen, and 10 Den
mark until the males are twenty and the fe
males eighteen.
On the other hand Spanish youth may mar.
~ at fourteen and twelve, and it is the same iu
Greece aud Hungary. Italy, at com psrative
" recent date, has become more liberal and
progressive, and the standard has been raised
I being now eighteen and fifteen respectively
The highest standard is found in Baden and
Hesse- Darmstadt, where man must be twenty
five aud a woman twenty. one before they car
legally marry. The marital legislation of the
south Of Europe seems to have been generally
based on purely physical considerations, while
that of the north has taken into account men
tai and moral maturity, and the capacity to en-
gage in business, aud thus support family
The paternal care of the German governments
for the social well-being Of their subjects is es
pecially apparent Fraoce has, like Italy, rails
ed the standard Of age, which is DOW placed al
eighteen and flteeu respectively, and this is
the general tendency.
THE LATE MARYLAND OUTRAGE-A letter
FROM Annapolis says: 'Chlet Judge Miller has
in view of the horrible nature of the crime,
called an extra session of the court for W ed
nesday, the Both of June, to try John Simms
who committed rape upon Miss Jackson, on
Saturday last. The only reason that the Judge
did not order it sooner was to ascertain if the
young lady was we'll enough to attend court
MIR. Rrvell, the States Attorney, having as
ccriaincd that she was, court was accordingly
called. Great excitement still prevails over the
affair, although the danger of Simms' being
lynched has subsidized Miss Jackson is but seven
teen years of age. Simms does not lose his
spirits. He denies ever being in Prince
Georges county and says he came recently
from Baltimore county, where he had been
at work. Warden White thinks that Nor
ris is the man who, under the name oil
Dorsey. committed rape 10 Prince George 8.
There has, as yet. been no one from that
county to see them to ascertain if either OF the
accused is the reputed Dorsey. Simms on
| Wednesday was visited by reporter to whom
he is understood to have confessed the crime.
This confession can be Used as evidence against
the accused
THE FARM.
How TO MANAGE SITTING HEks-A good
deal Of the SUCCESS of the poultry crop depends