Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-17
Foreign News.


The City OF Richmond left liverpool ysser.
dav afternoon with the British rife team,
which is to compete 10 tue international match
al Crccdmoor, consisting Of Sir Henry llalIord,
Colonel Peel Colonel FentoD, M'j'r Waller,
Cart. Boulby, Lieutenant Fenoo and Messrs.
Armitage, Evans, Ferguson, Frazier, GIdes,
Grcenhill, Humphreys, Miner, Plggott, Rlgby
and Thompson. There was DO demonstration
On their departure beyond cordial farewclIs.
a Berlin correspondent reports that the
Colorado beetle, despite energetic attempts Ia
stamp Il cut, has spread over twenty live acres
| at LaDgenreichcnbach near Torgan. The prln
cipal destroying ageut applied at present /;
be1zlne.
Louis Prosper Ernest Durergier d. llaman
nc, Deputy for Cheer, 10 France, is dead.
A special from Geneva says the Swiss fede
! raj ioau of six million francs has probably been
| subscribed fer six times over
The Mexican General Trevino replies Il
General Ord that he does not believe the out
laws who attacked the Jail al Rio Grande city
are Mexican citizens, but are outlaws. lie aay
that while be is disposed TO render the Texans
what assistance he can 10 keeping order OF
theic side Of the Rio Graude bis facilities fol
doing So arc limited lie cannot prevent out
| RACES bcog committed 10 foreign COUNTRIES, a.
be has as much as he can attend TO on his OWL
| side. General Bencvi1es. on the other hand
his offered reward OF So 600 Tor the arrest 0
| the outlaws.
PARIS, Aug. l7.-Louis Prosper Ernes
DuivergDe dc Hauentn, ex deputy for San
eerre, aud the author Of some works on TIT
| United States, whose death vas reported las
night, died on Wednesday, Of sunstroke, a
Deanvc, in the @4h year OF his age; ut
waa 0ne OF the leading moderate republicans
aud son of the Historian, Of 'Parllamenta1!
Government in France
LONDON, Aug. ia dispatch from thu
Viceroy Of India, dated Aug. 18th, states tina
the general Improvement 10 crop prospects II
Madras, Mysore, Bombay and the mort hives
was maintained the past week. Raln is Still
much needed in The Punjab. Rsjpootana alt
the western part Of the northwest provinces
Prices of graln continue exceedingly hig!
| throughout the famine districts, but 10 Madra:
they arc slightly easier than the week proceed
log. and still are lowering in every part 10 tina
presidency. 10 waste parts Of Bombay ant
| Myscre the question of grain stocks aud sup
| plies continues 10 cause anxiety
The grain trade at Calcutta iscXceediogly &C
tive. 10000 tons Of shipping are engaged. Ih
condition of Mysore continues critical. TIT
Governor of Bengal telegraphs concerning thu
condition of Bombay that prices Of grain ar
slightly easier but are still very high. An i'm
provemcnt of the situation is retarded by wan
Of general rain. The people are feeling still
more the continued pressure of high prices
The difficulty 10 Bombay is aggravated by tn
state of Madras and Nizam, and by the inabilit!
Of the railway to bring forward grain suficien
for the great demand.
There has been further increase in Madra
Of the numbers relieved of le9, 900, making
3S5, 900 increase in the last fortnight. 10 Mysort
the laborers on the works are decreasing, AM
the charitably relieved increasing. 10 Bomba!
the reverse is occurring, but there is a Sigh
general increase in the totals relieved. 10 Mad
ras there are 9S3, coo laborers % the works, ant
| 100000 charitably relieved. 10 hlysore IS ,O0(
on the works and 1884,, 900 oharitably relieved
and in Bombay PCS, 900 on the works, aud 49,,
900 chartably relieved.