Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-26
FOREIGN NEWS.

A special dispatch from Vienna to the Lon-
don Telegraph gives 10 detail the reasons as
signed in Eogland's note for her refusal to &C
cede to the memorandum OF the Bcrn Con-
terence, the substance Of which has been here
totore given in the cable dispatches; EDp land's
position has been iavoraby commented on b.
the London press. The uneasness felt 10 re-
gard to the Eastern question, has had very
depressing influence on the London Stock Mar
ket, Turkish add Egyptian securities having
reached the lowest point yet touched. The
Paris papers of every shade heartily endorse
Minister Dutaure's speech on the interpreted.
tiou of the Constitution. The police have sez
ed Rocheort's paper, Drots Dc I Homme.
A cable dispatch says that the law officers OF
the Crown have certainly been deIlberatlng on
the expedency OF submitting the Winslow case
to the Court of Queens's Bench, and that Lord
Derby has Withdrawn his opposition to Wins.
lows exraditicn, but that this course is now
opposed by Mr.. Cross, the Home Secretary.
The Turkish Sofas are said to demand that
the Sultan shall deposit $25 900, 900 in the
public treasury, reduce the civil list to IS 600
900. establish National Council, and appoint
a European as Minister of Finance. Another
battle is reported between the Turks and the
| Insurgents near GatschkO, in which both sides
claim the advantage. Advises from Havana
report that the insurgents have burned and
sacked the estate of Sta Ana, belonging TO Mr..
| Thorndyke, and situated between Sagua aud
| the mouth Of the Saeua river. The Insurgents
have burned two hundred thousand ratious ia.
tended for the troops at Moron. a guerrilla
party of twenty men had been committing dep
relations and murders 10 the neighborhood OF
Sagua, and caused CONSERVATION among the 10.
huhirants. They were finally discovered TO be
Government troops, disguised as insurgents,
and were under the command of one of their
officers. As no owner has appeared to clalm
the steamer Ocavia, she has been declared
lawful prize by the Spanish authorities, but
England has made reclamation, aud proceed.
ings have been suspended until the latter Power
has had full opportunity to investigate the case.
This information comes from private, bur
trustworthy source.
CIVIL RIGIIrs In a case before the United
States District Court, 10 Richmond. on We'd
nesday, 10 which colored man sued railroad
company because the conductor had put him
off Oh account, it was alleged Of his color,
Judge Bond instructed the july that iu order
to conviction they must be satisfied from the
evidence that the defendant, 10 bis capacity as
conductor, denied to the complainant rights
guaranteed to him as citizen of the Uoited
States He further stated that no person has
q right under the law to appropriate any par
tcular seat 10 public conveyance, and that
the regulation of such matters must, 10 the pa
ture of Thugs be left 10 large measure to the
companies; as for example, the setting apart
a particular coach for ladies, aud another apart
ment for males, sc.
He further charged that if the jury were of
or'uion, from the evidence, that the defendant
mere. notified the complainant that the rule
OF the Company provided separate apartment.
lel co'oteo taople 10 the railway coach, and did
no' uuoef!ahe W force or some act to compel
the Complainant leave the car 10 which he
guilty.
The jury was COMPOSED If nine whites and
three coIored, and they took Ne cass and CON.
sidered it until hai.past o'clueI ., nL;ot
time they returned to the court roS,o WIN"
In reply to the usual question, the r,ro,,o
said they had not agreed aud could not becn,a,aa
they didn't understand the term denying.
Judge Bond said that he had instructed them
on that point and despaircd of any verdict
from jury that could not understand such iu-
struc.ions as be gave. He said You are dis
charged. Go on; don't want you to say any,
thing more about il.
And the jury went-Rich. Dispatch.