Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-02
FOREIGN Sp;yS.

E"ANlr" laS we
1t is not expected that the resignation o. Tic
new French Ministry mil be officially announced
| before the opening Ct the new Chamber OF
| Deputies A Paris correspondent arnouIcts
that the Dnke de Caz25 handed in his rcs!Gaa
ton several days ago. liz! retirement rlly
already be considered III accomplished lact, rs
| he will quit his official residence within an hour
| of its public announce monI. Three hundred
thousand copies OF \ pamphlet recommending
! the election OF republicans a! lll: departmental
and municipal elections, harc been seized st
| the postolice Tor attacking the gorcrnmcr.
Gen. Grant yesterday visited Madame Thlcls
and presented her crown II place Oh her HIS
bands grave.
NJ. Mic, member cl ihe Chamber ii Pep
uieS, is dead.
A new Cabinet has been formed in Holland
with Baron Won lecckaron fankclI, director
| of the Kings Cabinet, ~ Minister Ter Fyr'Wn
Affairs.
Adyiccs from Yokohama rcror! hat peace
has been completely restored at the south ana
| the troops arc returning hone. 4 policy ol
Cancellation and forbcarancc hiss been proclaim
ed. Severe puniIhmcn; will be mcicd only 10
those whose crimes aro other than political.
Thus Ayama, the former governor Cl h@g0s-
hima, will be executed for bctraylnt his trust
and converting the public moneys IN TIC ust "l
the rebels ADD others will be executed lJr par
tcipatug 10 massAcrcs. These who merely
fought on The side Of the Insurgents under MIS-
leading guidance will be icnlcnliy dealt with.
Saigo's body and head have been ipuu;}, ut
under circumstances which still lcasG & doubt
as to the exact position held By him il The rebel
movement 1t is probable now tina! it will
never be known to what cXtent lie was reSpon-
sibe for the outbreak, or whether ne lnsi!gatcd
It at all. His active participation at tic end,
however, il placed beyond doubt. ii'a i'm
perial infant prince received the naHIc G! al
kec Hato, with the customary ceremonies on
the 2eih Of Snrtcmb2r lie will be pnpu;ar!y
known as Take No Muir. The liIst serious
railway accident in Japan occurred Oh October
G. a collision took place between night trains
Three japanese were killed and ;cVcra! wound
ed, among them The two cngInc drivers, who
are Foreigners The silk market has become
suddenly active, and prices have risen twenty
per cent.
President MacNahon gave dioncr At The
Elyscc yesterday evening IN honor cl General
Grant, Among The distinguished G'lc>ta pres
ent were the Dukes de B!oglic and D>caz?s,
Gen. Berthaut, Vi:count dc hlnaux, NJ. four-
ton, CaiIlaux and Brunei, and Ad:uIra! Gcrucl
DIES Touches, all the members Of the Ca5loct,
some of them with their Iadle>; tie Marquis
d'Abzac. Nj. Mal!arl aud members 0l the
NlarshaI's military household; Mrs Gfart'
Mr. Moves, the American hliois:cr and Lady;
Consul General Iorbert ADD lady, aaa Mrs.
Sickles. Gen. Grant sat on the wight Of Nine.
MacAlahon and the Duke dc braac In her
left Mrs. Grant sat On the right Il icc4Iitut
MacNlahoD, and Mrs. Ncyca WAS s:@tcd between
Mrs. SickIcs and Nlra. I'orbcr. The Aarprit
was very brilliant and animated ALTAR. l.;
began at 7:}0 anil Terminated s! nine o cIocG.
After dinner Gen. Grant and President Mac
Mahon had long conversation III The smoking
room, Nj. Eignaud, Of the American legation,
ucling al Interpreter The hlarshai invitch
Gen. Grant 10 breakfast with him, as = !lcn'l,
and also to witness some of the SIIinc4 oI the
Senate and Chamber of Deputies the Cen
cral accepted the invitations. J.: ~ much
pleased with his cordial rcccrton.
TIE SOCIETY OF FKIENDs.-'Ghc Baltimore
yearly meeting Of the Society 81 Friends closed
yesterday. The committee having undcr adj
viscment proposed change in the discipline Of
the Society relating to the marriage OF mcmbr'4
Quarter, reported that after due reflection,
they deemed it incxpcdient at this time to ia
vor The change, but recommended that the pro
position and the opinion OF The committee be
entered on the minutes and be printed, in order
that the matter may be more fully understood
at the next Yearly Meeting. Nj X. Brown
one of The clerks, read az pertinent to the sub
cct, law existing in Maryland making the
marriage ordinance OF the Society ct Friends |
legal, even when the contracting parties ar" not
members.
xeaiIrOnd Freights.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The railroad managers