Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-06
Foreign News.

It appears certain that an amioable arrange
ment, at least outwardly, has been effected be
tween the heretofore opposed sections of the
Imperialist party, the adVersarles OF III. Rou
her having submitted to his control anal dlrec-
ton OF affairs for the present.
Rumors come from Cuba that Captain Gen
eral Jovear is about to resign and be succeed
ed by General Blauco. Dispatches have been
sent to the King telling him Of the progress Of
the war, and that 10 consequence OF the faclli'
ties possessed by the insurgents it takes five
hundred soldiers to look after ten Of them
Fifty thousand more troops will bc needed tC
suppress the insurrection.
Field Marshal General Charles Frederic De
Steiumez died Saturday night Of heart disease,
at the Baths, in Landeck 10 Sllesa.
A convention between Eogland and Egypt
for the suppression Of the slave trade has been
signed.
The poor house on the industrial farm OF
Of Norfolk Co., O0taria, Canada, mile from
town, was discovered to be 10 flames at / o'clock
Saturday night. The building was of wood
aud was quickly reduced to ashes, notwith.
standing the e1ertions Of few people who
reached the burning building. Seventeen hu
man beings were burned to death. Four men
were pauiy Durueu. LUZ ioiIoWIuS arc lne
names of tho dead Jane Mcbride, Sarah
Green, Sarah Sinclair, VIM. Houck, Jas, Cor.
belt, Chas. Corner, John Brand, j. T. Noult
Elizabeth Barley, Daily Petit. Hugh Haley,
Marion Brasley, Benz. Southwick, Ellen Chat.
tington, all from neighboriug townships. Tho
terday adjourned to Wednesday. Hundreds of
,oovlo v;o;I al tbo coano of tho ruipa
All of the stonecutters on tho new Paria-
ment buildings at Quebec, Canada, have struck.
The contractors decided to pay twenty cents per
foot instead of dollar and half per day. The
men demand forty cents, which they claim is
about equal to their present wages.
A special dispatch to the London Times re-
ports that the village of Gsrnsee, near Marien
der, Prussia, has been destroyed by fire and
persons rendered homeless, and that the
of Sundsyall, Sweden, has been almost
otally burned.
CALCUTTA. Aug. 5.-The latest official re-
ports state that Nepaul, as we'll as Burmah
and Assom. have had a sufficient rainfall J, and
are now safe.
V1ReIN1A's NEXT GovrRNoR.-The White
Sui 81. Springs correspondent of the New York
Herald says
1.-THE most exciting canvass over known in the
Old Dominion is the one going on now for the
gubernatorial nomination. The leading csndi-
dates for nomination by the Convention, which
is to be held at Richmond on the 9th inst, are
General William Malone and John w; Daniel,
while Holiday, Taliaferro and Fnz Lee will
each have strong following. Malone will prob.
ably 60 into the Convention as the leading
but will have the disadvantage OF hav-
ing all the minority candidates combined against
him. Daniel will lead the opposition, and the
young man of brilliant stsainments, and his re-.
cord on the Confederate side of the war is
bright one His crutches appeal more eloquent.
~ to the sympsthes of the Virginia people than
Mahone's railroad reputation does; and it is an
accurate 1gure when say that Daniel will prob
ably hobble into the Executive hsnsion."