Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-31
FOREIGN News.

a 0i-n1icG :IDI
mani. ha5 addressed eps:ch u bis c2o=n:u,
srts It Bfuaoy which Is notewor,tS. IS &c Il
ore Of the nos: cocs:i7s.iTe rspo3icao=' d.
Recan,s eoos;de,sd q! fear .: z -esnp q ssas 90
via,ed b. tie psr=ooz! Integrity Of Psendsn'
MacMzhoo. Eho. though be naJ us7e oeeo IL
e,I7sd ~ assu,scce= Of the exlstsocs OF az
inaYinsry peril 10 so enterprise tai! q dagger
e.. Franco ard nsa:f, would, when brought
face 70 !scs With direct VioIa,ioo Of !a",
shriuk With horror from such AZ outrage. rte
also aeouted the idea ihat the Government
conld rsEo:s to E=p=s.ei di.o!u:lon5, ard SAID
tn. right 0: di::,I1iioa Vas DOT Created TO CO.
aL,s the Prss:dent Ct Inc Ieputiio 10 enioree
mis- p=r.opsl WE'VE, bat ooi5 to eoao:e hln 10
cs.e OF d:=sgr=emeo. Of the mcs: diree. rep
resentsti7es Of .he cation 70 appeal 70 'hs true
sossrejsu;g OF TIE ua,ioa. Where the soTs''
eighty la: spoken il is reneloo 40! 10 DOW ID
| it, decree, aid i. Il :o=i 90 President N4c
| nor TO alag. him capab= Ct dl:r52atd!og me
| iaT: from which be dsri7s= Bis authority. lns
! nstion should not let ITSELF BE- disturbed %
| threat Of Eeeond dissolution soy more tnao 9
that Of a cup d'ets'. S=7eral sgds tend 10
.bcw that .be Cabioet are tsklog measures tor
z7ec,rsiirF e d.fsa. SO a. to secure Left Cen
IRA 1o;D;,t;7 :u.h g he Msr.tal could &c
capt.
4 cold 1n=ds! Ia: bseo conferred uPon Lieut..
Fmzier, c5uuardiug the American steamer
| pi1. for sa7ioz th= French ship Peabody ii Inc
Mississippi ri7tr.
Su0ds5, the l+:h Of October, has been hsea
fot the election 10 France.
: di:patch from Calcutta says the report Ct
.ba dea:h # Yakoob Khan, Of K:shgar has
been eo1f,ned. Il i. said he was IA, aasaEs,oat5d
b. the son cf the fcEner ruler a: Var aod.,
TIE Oac.n Of Madagascar has Issued 80
e3ict, ew.cc!pa!iuz the Mozambique slaves %
that i:Isod, The treaty Of 1865 between MAZDA
ga.c,r aud the Western Powers prohibits the
further io1cd1c.ion to that country Of slaves
| from bevoDd he seas. but, according 10 the
late edi:,, he Obligations Of that treaty nave
D.eo c3p:ipnou:ly violated. add low ali the
VI z.u oq= slaves, those Introduced piior to
| 1866 AID =ipc=, are emaoclpstad. II this edic;
If emancipation Is legtlmateiy carried out and
90 ,es!ric.ions placed upon the emancipation
tie coua;r; will Immediately feel lts good re-
suts 10 is industries and commerce; butt they
are held Ike other Malasla subjects, to eofoGc'
ed ec7=r6nent labor Without pay, aud not per-
| Init.ci 10 leave the couo.ly, the gooo fesnies
will 40, amount 10 much for the present. lhe
10 sc ,ha. her cdc is fu flied provides TOR the
n,oDar care Of the late slaves. They are to re-
czi7e sufficient portion Of la1d to enable them
TO suz.an Themselves properly. bat they .casoot
sell this land lest they might be imposed upon.
Tbe7 are % b. couoselled, and ,h=y are expect
ed u work well, acd can choose aoy occu patlon
the; please 10 earn Ii7eiibood. Should they
get SICK or require food, their wants must be
Supplied, but all idlepess mus. be discouraged.
Ady!ce5 from Brazil state that the couotry
has suffered from serious drought. The u.
s. vess ia 10 port we're uoabls TO ottaln water
from the shcre, and bad to condensc water Tor
u:e 90 stp5oard.
TIE latest uews from China Ard Japan is to
The ctfac, tia: hc United States steamer kear-
sarge has 5ecu seriously damaged, though not
disabled, in storm Of the coas! OF InrkIeo.
J.. &. Myers, late U1iled States Consul Gener-
a. 2: Shanghai, Is passenger. he returns 70
Lrotest against bis removal Oh the lostlgatlon
Of Misister S=Eat1. Admiral Reynolds, OF the
Unted States navy is also passenger, having
been Compelled By i'll health to return before
being relieved By Rear Admiral Thomas II.
Patterson. The Census Of japan for 1875, just
published, gives the population at 80, G25 .61o.
lhe cholera continues 10 the Chinese seaports,
though sppareotIy decreasing. There are re-
newed reports Of Chinese victories 10 the west
erd proVluces.
PARIS. Aug. GA military tribunal has
pasS ID sentence Of death uDon NJ. L7sz, who
acted az deputy mayor OF The arroundlsse ment
turiog the Coumure aud was guilty OF iooan
oarism aad ordering illegal arrests
PARIS, Aug 3l.-M. Gsub2tta appeared to,
day before the Ju1gc d. destruction Of the Civil
Tribuca Of the Seine. The Judge read several
passages from The Lille speech, which, be said,
constituted az offeuce agats: President Mac
Mahon aad al Jesuit 10 the Mloisters. Nj.
Gsmbetta replied that be went to Llll; With
the fixed Intention to deliver political speech
which the situatioo rendered necessary, but he
protested strongly that he desired 10 SANDER or
insult no Che
Col HOLIDAYS ACCEPlAEcE.-Col. Hol.
liday has written letter to the committee ap'
pointed by the conservative convention, IN re-
ply to letter from them notifying him of bis
nomination fox Governor 10 which he says:
i accept the nomination with full sense OF
the responsibility it brings. The convention
felt this as keeuly az myself, and the platform
indicates a determination to remember the bis
tory Of Virginia, aud 10 preserve invlolate her
public faith and credit Now that our com.
mouweaIth has fully put on the hablmens OF
sovereignty, assumed the control OF her Owe
affairs, and become a coequal 10 the union or
States, We are more Immediately confronted
with question which rises in importance above
all Others, ADD demands speedy settlement. |
AN sure the people are ready to meet it., aud
are now resolved that whatever plan be adopt
cd With regard to the disposition OF the public
debt it shall be such as will secure the ap:
prevail Of the rght,thinking everywhere. and
accord with the dignity and honor of the State.
| need pot say how important it is that good,
true aud wise representatives should be chosen
for our next Legislature; on them in chlet
measure will fall the work of solving this ques'
is5. | doubt not the people are alive to this,
aud that that body will be composed of meo
who will have 10 view the memories and re-
8 ;urceg Of Virginia, and will once more estab-
fish the commonwealth upon her ancient fouo
dations and open up to her future 10 wealth,
culture aod power more brilliant even than her
past.
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