Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-01

| lOlg remember tho interesting event.
| The pickpnckct5 respad y r!ch harvest, tn
| loss of no less than eight watches hcin&
reported Among those who were robbed were
| Issac Davenport, esq, DR.. &. ". West, Mons
Do Sibourg Che Frcnch CoEsUl.j AMI Cn. jn'.
| Il. Woods, Ci AlbcDlarlc
| During ho reception Tho President! WIS scrc.
nadcd bV the Oh Point Band arc"!uyalyin!,
the MOI lJlk City Guard.
This morning thu presidential party L I'd fe"
| others breakfastcd with Rev. DR.. }. l.. ii. Cur
| ry, after which they went 10 tho fair grounds
! to witness tho competitive dfll! %! volunteer
companies.
At 4 10 O'clock this afternoon the Frcs-
| dent and associates will lasyo the CITY Oh In (,
| regular train for Warrington. The pr1pn:t't
| trip duwtl the river had 10 be abandoned.
Foreign News.
The Paris Francais says Although ,l!i
| fercuccs may exist among The Ministers IS &c
| the best method Ct sustaining the policy ui Mag
| lG, the Marshal does not admit that there can
| be any doubt Of the necessity OF sGS'a!nlng H..
Should new Ministry be formed. It's MISSION
would be to continue to uphold the Noi>crva
tive policy" The statement o! the FrancaiS Is,
in accord with the report which the London
Times correspondent sent from Paris as! eight,
that new Cabinet was to br appointed which
would seek to carry out the policy 0! Is prct2
cassor. The Montcur, however, believes the
Governments concillatOry tendency Is !Hcrcas-
ing. 1t is slated that NJ. Grcvy Openly tx
presses very conciliatory views. The Senators
belonging to the Left will meet on Saturday
and the Deputies Of The Left on Monday to ar
range their future attitude.
Gen. Grant yesterday vi~lei Tie Halais
d 'luduStrie aud the works where the siA;n2 Of
Liberty for New York harbor is being construct
cd. The sculptor, NJ. Barlh0IIi presented
him with a miniature model u! the statue. G2u.
Grant several times expressed his satisfaction
with the work. Ia the evening the General
attended the opera, where he WIS we'll received
by the audience. and treated with great ere
mouy by the officials.
Duke d'Aunalc has written to President Mac
Mahon protesting against the rcpor! Ii.: he Is
candidate for the Presidency.
An International Exhibition under hepa;r>n-
age OF his EScelIcncy Gov. Sir IL. Bartlc Frrrr,
will bo opened at Cape Town ueX: April, with
an agricultural department, organized Oh =
largo scale. Diplomas of honor and gold silver
and bronze medals will be awarded. Every ia
cility will be given for the sale OF articles tx
hibitcd as we'll as for taking orders 10 the build
ing. The exhibition will be divided :njo class,
cs which include foods, drinks, chemicals, per
y,
domestic appliance, watches, j2wvlry, hardware,
cdge tools, cutlery, metals agricultural implc
ments, machinery, &c. Intending exhibitors
should communicate with Edmund johnson,
delegate commissioner Tor the exhibition, >
Castle street, Uolborn, London.
a letter from Havana says 1T is stated
on good Spanish authority that NEGOTIATIONS for
peace arc not going on as has been reported,
but large proportion Of the Insurgents in The
field arc iG favor OF the Immediate restoration
Of peace"
PARIS, Nov 1.-The Constitutional says -
m. Grevy has come to Paris with strong and
sincere wish to effect az honorable compromise
between the republicans and conservatives.
With this object he IS not lnliSpOscd 10 sec
President NlacNlahou in company with the Duke
'Aullffret PaEquier, President Of! the Senate.
The latter returus here on Saturday.
lNotc. Seeing President NlacAlahon rroja-
bly, means forming compromise Cabinet under
NJ. Crew.
JULTICE STRONG ON TIE Presidency
j usicc Strong, OF the United States Supreme
Court, and one of the Electoral Commission,
in letter to friend, written on the och Of
last February, says:
= Il Go not believe that Congress has any con.
stltutlOnal right to lrquirc into State clcc!DnS.
Congress has Of late years ntclf4rred quite too
much with the States. The Electoral Commits
sion has 10 more power than Congress has, .od
| think it would be most dangerous usurpa-
ton, were it 10 10 what the States alone lave
a right to do, even to cure what | fear Tas q
great wrong OF The Louisiana returning board |
| cannot doubt that such will he your OPTION |
when you reflect to what the assertion Of such
power would lead. 1t would place The right
of the States, respecting the choice OF electors,
at the mercy Of the federal government, ard
be the greatest stride ever made toward Geo.
Iralizltion. Better suffer a present evil than
open such door, better than abandon all
me time honorcd principles o! the democratic
Darty"