Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-14
The Chinese.

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The Chinese.
San Francisco, Dec. l3.--rh1 statelneat
telegraphcd to day By tha Chinese six con-
paoics to President Hayes that one huodrcd
and fifty Ct their cJu1tfyGnn, on landing from
q river steamer, We're attacked by roushS AID
matreated and robbed, and that 10 interior
encc was made by the police for their protec,
loo, lacks confirmation. Careful iuquiry at the
central and harb0r poi,c stations. ani trom
persons trcqucntinC the vicinity of the steam
boat anding. fails to shN" that any such incl
dent occurred. The cay ,ToCt is inics,cd b.
crowds of vaersnt boss. who take advantage OF
every opportunity to throw stones at Chinamcr
landing at the whaTvcS. Such an occurrence
took place last Saturday ullh', when the police
men 10 Attendance 90 me dock chased the boys
away and administered hoggng to ,So CT
three OF them; aud it is probable that this Cir
cumstance has been magn!i2l into the story
teIegraphed to the President.
CAUGHT 4 TARTAR Mr. Eugene Hale, Of
Maine, caught a Tartar yesterday when h.
tackled" Mr.. Patterson, the Colorado contest
anl, who, being allowed tn address the House,
said he had not ntrrded 20 speak uotll tie
attack upon him Ly Mr. Hale, and when he
bccgar for oftica. Men we're sometimes made
mendlcants aud bcgears through 70 fau''l Of
their own but Ihrougii faults Of others.
But coward and villitcr WAS SO from his
eva choice and voI,tioD. (ApplSus, on the
Democratic sd,) He would present the f,c.s il
Lis case, and after that prcscntal 1n he thought
that even tho gentleman from Maize might re-
gard it his duty to apologize, even to a mcdicsn!
and to the whole House, (App!au He
would state the testimony fairly, and IL he mis-.
! stated it, the gent omar from Msinc might cor
rect him.
Mr. Hale said he would reply ni,er tn, genl,.
man got through
Mr.. Patterson said if tho gentleman Was fair
ho would lind it necessary to reply. Hn then
proceeded t. quote from thu testimony 10 show
that he hid never been party to any agro"-
ment to hold both l4ctions on the same day,
and lshaking his Gnger nj Mr.. HI j Said he &C..
lied his defsmer 10 point TO fact that wou!
gsinsay what he had said. He then went into an
elaborate statamcat Of the facts in tho case
a LARGE GRAIN Crop IN RUSSIA The
United States Coosnl ut Odessa reports thar
the grain crop o! South Rusia for 1877 ha,
been the largest harvested during twenty fyu
years. 1t WIS we'll gathered. and the grain j.
fer the most part in good condition. The drafts
made upon the Iaboriug classes for the army
obliged the planters TO purchase, TO 4 larger cy.
'Gu' ''i"" usual ~ lre>o' 'INis' 'Slleu''ui Ia
cnipey' ny "'llcn ncauI lucy "elt epao'eu ~ ~
satnef 'heIr crops WIN eo~pata'V'y slla'i
loss' W. he" Sh'plncn's u Tucn tlscn'neIs
pelnS pCs,ln ,l 'n' r,'Er supPIS leiI4'''oS VI
Lauu alon aui io'o 10y ~ s'a1 !" w
nNu:''u NV p"p't iou"'o ', '"' w. - ,"''' ~
the pound sterling of Great Britain to r ~. s.,
or, ~ other words, the pound STERLING ADVANCED
to that figure, aad other foreign funds ii pro.
portiop. Merchants OF the Continent AMI Ear
land nlaccd credits 70 their q icssa r,r.nsnond,
on,s ,rho losr snIl cvch.n.,rs m ihnn nnI
su .at ""o o,.-,, ,,',;,;, - .ma: " +"L
purchaser ror'nou' 4l,nl''''" W ;;I "'t"
the proceens lor ther prlEc'H:'"' MS Srain
was bought at very 10" pre- IL the dcprcca
ted currency, aud ii ster:d, waiting The cessa-
ton of hostiIitita, for shipment. 1t will take
IFS placc in the markets Of the world at SO smau
c'.t n tho nnrchasor, that II will RI dr,,h,
vU'' y VIZ ;N, '", ~ VI" , W. n""' -
nave ucp'cE''oS loluc"'' upou 'ic p''oo u
gram IRON othcr cjuntTlcs j lict tha1 Is worthy
OF note by American exporters OF grain.
1,o,ou n.-,
IN ~? oGcr.t@r' VI H''tc ich,F.n% |r',"
TO the British MlclNer - Air and Mr;. mex