Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-02
FOREIGN NEWS.

| A dispatch from Calcutta says the troop:
sent to escort the Grosvenor mission have ar
| rived at Bhamo, aud will march thence Il
Manivyue, where the Chinese escort stops
| Col. Duncan, political agent at Manda'ay, ac
| compauicd the troops. The rumor that seven
! teen men were to be executed atBhamo tor com
pIlc,ty iu the murder OF Margaray is not con
| frmed, and probably is premature. The mis-
sion is said to be great success. Affairs OIL
the Puujaub frontier look less favorable thar
last week Two Atreedi clans have sent away
| their families to places OF safety, proclaimed
war, and made several raids, 10 which they at
| ackcd village five mikes trom PeShaWur and
carried away l2U head of cattle. Other moun
| tain tribes arc said to have joined them. A
strong force will be sent from Prshawur. Ow'
ing to recent block AIDE the tribes are short OF
provisions, but are apparently Determined to
| fight, and unless s!rong aud speedy measures
| are taken the affair may give much trouble.
Intelligence from Sagua la Grande states
that on the morning of April 25'h the train
from Los Cruces was attacked by two hundred
insurgents at Cituentas Station. Ten soldiers
and one officer, who we're on board, made a
heroic deteuce, but were compelled to succumb.
The engineer. conductor and many passengers
helc uc Uo uSo siA~
cars. The occurrence took place between two
stations strongly garrisoucd and but short
distance from each other, but 20 help was sent.
The insurgents have lately burned several es-
tates 10 the jurisdiction of Colon. A steamer
from Cadiz arrived at Havana yesterday with
1000 cavalry.
A Madrid dispatch says the debate in the
Congress on the religious question is very heat
ed and bitter, and will cootinue through the
week. Scuor Cardenas, yesterday spoke III
defence Of the federation cnu'e OF the Constl
tuition. SeuorS Castelar, and SagaSta and SIX
members Of the Cabinet were present.
dispatch from Constantinope says: The
Porte has received an official dispatch from
Ragusa stating that six hundred families who
took refuge in Austria have asked permission
10 return to their homes iu Herzegovina The
Porte is taking measures to help them to re.
turn.
The departments of Justice aud of Admins
tratiou of Affairs iD Asacc and l. 'rraine are
TO be placed under separate chiefs, with Prince
Bismarck az superintendent
The English boating clubs are in favor OF
participating in the Centennial regatta provid-
ed Cambridge and Dublin Universities also
send representatives.
The annual exhibition of paintings and Scup
ture Was opened in Paris yesterday; American
artists are we'll represented.
The Eoglish grain IN ,rket has not yet recov-
cred from the inactivity OF the Easter holidays.
Gen. Cuscret has pctitoned for pardon aud
permission to return to France.
II is proposed to erect colossal statue Of
Bismarck at kisscngen, Bavaria.
CARD TRICK.-A person takes pack Of
playing cards and lays down one Of them at
raodom-say a four spot. lie then places on
this card such uumber of other cards as, added
to four, will make ffteen-that is ii more
making II cards in the pile He then com
mences a second pile with the next card, say a
seven spot, and counting on from to Is, he
adds s more cards to that pile, making 9 cards
10 all A third pile is. com menced with the
next card, say ten-spot-or any tace-card
which he calls ten-aod more cards are added
to the pile Another person, who has not seen
the cards during this operation. takes the re-
naming cards and tells the sum Of the spots
On the cards at the bottom of each pile. How
is this done, and what is the philosophy OF the
process p Wash Chronicle
STRAwBERRIEs-Mr. Slater, formerly of
this city, but now market gardener and florist
Of Petersburg, deserves great credit, the 1ndcx
of that city says, for being the first to bring
any strawberries to the Petersburg market this
season. There were but six of them, but they
we're large and foe. aud sold at five cents "a
piece. The crop of this splendid berry, Of
which old Isaak Walton SAID that God no
doubt could have created a 6oer berry, but
doubtless God never did, F." is not very large up
to date, but We hope for better returns later in
the spring. when even the poor editor can IN.
duge n the occasional luxury Of dish OF the
same with cream" Strawberries have been
10 this market for some days past, but they
came from more southero olmes.