Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-02
Foreign News.

ECuau0riaO Dew iuiiCitSs tut IiptaoIC
cess uf the revolution.
The !>thmus is quiet. Tic Pcrsacol' anu
Omaha, Amcr!cAn mcL-.t War, are ut rananIa.
Central America is quiet, although ex Peesl-
dent Guardia, Of Costa RIGA, is trying to &c!
up a wsr with Nicaragua.
A cable special OF yesterday says Queen VIC
toria IS to be proclaimed Empress CT lodla OF
Delhi to day.
Ia Tic Chiiiau Congress Vicuua Machenna
bad proposed to abolish the mission 10 Wash
%iugtou, and su ,ccedcd iu getting it reduced to
a secoud class legation.
AT q meeting held at the Duke OF Sutber.
lands l.oudoo house 5000 were raised for
the rcllct of tho Turkish soldiers 10 the Ba!
Klaus. The Duke of Portland gives $4,000.
10 Catholic circles muon attention is given
to u report that Il pilgrimage Of American 10
uapists to the Vatican, under Archbishop
BAlIry and Bishop CorrigaD, is about to be
made.
The Colombian var Tas very saDgulnary.
| The result Of the battle at Glrapata Was lnde
| cisi7e. The Liberals had GOV killed ard 300
wounded; the Conservatives 300 killed aad
100 wounded.
The situation on the Grand Trunk Railway
remains unchanged. No trains left Toronto
yesterday, aud everything is quiet. The pas
sanper train abandoned near Cobourg Friday
hight arrived at Toronto yesterday. The traiu
Which lett Montreal 1 lday is still ut BclleVille.
The train which lett Montreal on Saturday is
at NAperec.
Peace proposals have been mado ct Carlha.
gcua. Or the S.h of December a bloody trag.
edy occurred. A mob of armed saysges killed
the Dutch Consul Moreno Augustin Velez and
Two Others, and wounded many more. The
cause is not assigned, but it is presumed to be
political. Great indignation aud alarm are felt.
Yesterday az the conference the situation was
very grave. The Porte resisted. There will be
another sitting on Thursday. At Saturdays
sitting OF the conference Gen. ~lguatlef Inform.
ed tho fu,ks that his Instructions JUSTIFIED bis
saying Russia had absolutely reached the llnit
oil concession. The auuu Icrmsut OF 40 issue
OF additional Turkish paper uouey has caused
almost a panic 10 ConstautInoplc. Many bauk
ers and others have closed their shops ADD
there is much excitement and distress. a dis
patch trom Consta0tinuple, represents that the
proceedings 10 the conference on Saturday were
stormy AID asserts tba, the European pIeal
poteotiarles will refuse to discuss any pr ct
tut the proposals of the conference. and II
TIE Porte refuses 10 discuss these proposals 40
Earupean uIllua;um will follow. A dispatch
from Belgrade says the Serviaos are juoiIant st
the pro.ou gatien Of tic a!misuce. All warllkc
preparations have CEASED. The militia which
started Tor the front iaVc been recalled. Tho
Russians. WHO have formed part Of the gar.
r,sou oil Belgrade, will be sept to GiadoVa.
Hundreds of Jewi-h families were recently
ordered by The mayor OF Basin. IN MoIda7la.
to qlit thu place w!thin three days. Macy of
the DO r people driven from the town dlrd Of
cold auL hunger ou the roadside. The Bucha
rest authorities remal0 impasstvc.
Inauguration Of Governor Robinson.
The newly G eclcd Governor of New York,
Lucius Robinson. was INDICTED into Office yos-
terday. Tho retiring Governor (rilden) ad-
dressed him as follows:
Mr Robins 1.-The peo pie OF the State have
given you d DISTINGUISHED evidence of thair con-
fdeDc. in choosing you for their Chiet 81 ,si5.
traJe Il on v to go unexsmpled In TIA! tes-
timony ! cordially concur. without as uming to
add to its value. 1t is to me a e eat satisfaction
to surrender the chief o1lclsl trust OF this Coca.
monWea, til to one Whuse Waltz bile co.oporaI N
4 DhNce tx II Ltu ~ "1oSC SaAcCl
such rs. uranc. s Of his par pose to prosecute The
work to which | have consecrsted two years OF
official service, and 3 'r"viou5 years of private
life-to recs!l the g"verhm mt OF this state tothe
pure condition III which u generation aso YOU
md l kn,W :; to remove fun gus groWths which
in evi. times had ovcrspread its Administrator
and Legislation; to tighten the into cradle bur-
dens upon the people 10 Improve lnatltul!ons
AID laws; to systematically call into the civil
service, whether BY al pvintment or election,
men OF higher ideals o. official life, OF better
training and more genera Gil ture, thus utiIlz-
ing a LASS inferior IN tho arts of political COM
petition, but su yerior in capacities Tor public
usefulness. These are noble objects they are
TO be pursued through Stormy Conflicts wi b
selfish interests and fxei habits. Our support
WIS AN unfaltering trust in the people. II the
prospect of real rctolm could be made vls.b .
cur insplratiuu was a be lef that n,talng worth
Swing could he lost if only our work Id not
f.il (Applsuse.l
The scru my OF al candid men may safely BIO
challenged rs to what has been ulreary accom-
plished. Wa>teful and corrupt systems de
stroyed, State t 1ation reduced one hall. new
remedies for cn,iGl malversation enacted, the
management OF the public works and priso.s
reorganized, and commissions preliminary to
ether reforms Instituted These are valuable
results, hut there are Others even moro import
ant ,he standard Of official conduct has been
elevated, and with it the IDEAS, motives and IN
huerces which surround thicial life as with III
atmosphere. The public suspicion of legislative
venaIlty is disappearing and the lobbies are dis
banded.
The Chief Executive and administrative trusts
of the State nave been committed 10 gentlemen
who are eminent not only for personal probity,
bat Tor capacity and high deals OF official duty.
Is genuine reform in the civil service ha: thus
been rea'tzad which could not be the product Of
sny mere system or any nero legislation with
out The effective co operation Of ths men con.
Quoting The actual administration i have traced
these results approved by Tho people at the last
Two G cctions in this State because they encour
age the aspirations of the community Tor a bel.
ter e ,vernment, and tend to inspire 6 noble am
bitOn in all rising men to compete for donors
and pL wer by appea ing to the best moral forces
If human society. As an example these results
are infinitely important.
WHY PEOPLE DO SUT MARRY BETTER.-You
have seen a beautiful girl, beautiful in person