Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-26
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lille town of from the railway, between Leg
horn aud Ciyita Neochia, scmi.poli.lcal and
relipious sect had established itself under DAVID
the Saint las Lazzarett! was called who &c,
cIared himself to be Christ come again. lie nau
chosen twelve apostles, aud surrounded himself
With large number of prose!ytes, who required
the surrender of all property tor common bene-
fit aud the labor Of all alike for the society, the
latter undertaking to maintain them and their
families and educate their children. Their
creed is an extended paraphrase Of the Nlcenc
| Greed, with some alterations in Protestant
sense. The other lenats arc ot 4 soclaIlstc
character.
"Oa the morning OF the 18Th instant the
| Prorhet, at the head CT between 1000 and
:, 900 followers, started for the village oil Arcl
doso His purpose is rot known, bat it Is said
| it was not peaceful i hundred believers,
dressed 10 white TUNES, like ancient jewish
rriests, led the column. 1T their head walked
David tho Saint, attired in halt rcgal and hall
| nontiGcal costume, with diadem Gu ills head
and ca iron studded cub in his hand. The
| PROCESSION sang hymn, with the refrain -
| Long live God and the Christian republic.
Praise be 10 Christ, conc second Ilmo on
| earth.
Tho mob was met half way by q delegate
Of police accompanied by nine caEbnccrs, who
invited them to dispcrse. Upon this D2vd
| cried, i am the King, and ordered big follow
ers 10 dsarm the soldiers As he spoke a dis
charge OF firearms vas made upon tho police,
| and shower of stones followed. Again the
delegate gave the requisite waruiog to dsperse,
which was followed by the Prophet aiming q
| blow at him With the club. Then tho police,
finding themselves surrounded, opened lire.
Among The first to fall was the Prophet, who
was shot full in tho forehead. His followers,
seeing their leader down, gave way. -Four OF
the police were badly wounded. The Minister
of the Interior has sent commission to make
a full inquiry into the affair. -
General Govauovtch tcIcgraphs that the de-
| feat Of the insurgents at Stolal1 on the 2lst
inst, was heavy blow to the licIzegovInlan
| insurreclcn Tho resistance was mcSt ohstl-
| nate. Most of the nSurgent chiefs were killed.
! Stolatz has been fired on account Of tho trcach
erous attitude of the inhabitants.
General S7apary ccgraphs that the lnsut-
| gents again attacked him on Friday, but were
repulsed after nine hours fighting. \ Belgrade
| telegram estimates that 20, 900 Insurgents, With
heavy artillery, are confronting GeneralSZanary.
| Its expected that he will receive reinforce.
ments On Tuesday, and will ten rcsI:uic the
offensive
A Coustanincple dispatch says the departure
| Of the Russians is progressing. General oko'
bcleff ia 10 command oil tho toic"a, winch are TO
| be Withdrawn to Eoumclia.
A dispatch from ST. Petersburg says fresh
troops arc learicg TO replace those ordered
home from CoDstantiuoplc. It's thought con-
sequeuty that Russia does cot i:itcnG Immedl-
atelY to withdraw from Turkey.
A dispatch from Bucharest says Russia has
sent very energetic note demanding thc lin.
mediate surreder Of Bessarabia. Thc Roulna-
nian government, which was apparently initial
ing Turkeys waiting policy, IS soincHhat
surprised ut the suddcnnass OF the demand.
} The St. Petersburg Agencc Russo, comment:
log upon the dispatches Of Lord Salisbury ard
of the Eogli5h consuls accusing the Russian au'
| thorite7 Of couniving at the atrocities Of the
Bulgarians, says the imputalGn Is o'cnalFe,
aud is made by Lord Salisbury 10 pave the way
for The cncloachmcntz Of gilah Iniluanta even
| to Bulgaria, but that Russia viii know how to
oppose such cncroactment.
a Berlin dispatch Gaya i: DoW appears that
Tic Porte suggests the pGstno1cment G; The
surrender Of Batoum untI September j.
The Madrid Political publishes Al article 10
Which considerable signifcaBce is attached, de-.
plo1ng the threatening conduct of the C0nstl.
tuuonaisla, and declaring that the government
il determined to act With he utmost chergy
should they abaudoa the paths Of legality.
Five thousand pcreoba were present At TIC
peace congress at The Circus OF the Chateau
DEC in Paris yesterday. Resolution5 were
ra. scd favOIiug International arbitrator.
The run1ors of the inpeniog resignation or
President MacMahon and 81 chaGgcs IN the
Ministry, are denied.
DR.. Modelling, WHO Attempted IL a--asaIuatc
Emperor William, is suspected OF cicbng mad.
ness. lIe will shortly be conveyed 20 !u0att
asylum to be placed uc,!cr the observation Of
experts.
Mr. k4ssOn, The American Minister q Vi.
cnna, gave banquet Saturday blight 10 honor
Of General Grant. The General will !,aV2 on
Monday for Stcircmark.
The pew Episcopal Church. bull; ~ Amen
cen residents ir Geneva, was coDscccatci
on Saturday, the Bishop OF Rhode Island
officiating.
The previous reports OF revolution in Saa
Domingo are fully confirmed. The eastern part
of the republic has also riaaD, and the rc7c!u.
tionaTy forces were marching upon IL capital.
The republic is in very distracted condition,
and the fall of Consoles is considered inevitable.
1t is generally believed Luperon vii! come into
power, Consoles being destitute CT the means
OF resistance.
Advices from Hagti say fresh Disturbances
are unprecedented. Seven prominent per5oos
had taken refuge in The British aud French
consuIatcs The Port gu Prince government
refused to grant them passports notwithstanding
the repeated requests OF tho c0nauls. Tho
Presidents life was reported 10 have been
threatened, and strong guard vas maintained
over his residence There we're many cases Of
yellow fever 10 Pert al Prince, and the saul
tary condition Of the city was bad. business
was very bad.
Intelligence from Venezuela represents tho
state Of affairs in that republic as unsettled.
The revolution in favor of GuzGan was report.
Cd 10 be progressing slowly. The Government
however, is strong
The infant Prizes lmpcria! Of Japan is dead
LONDON, Aug. ga dispatch to the Times
from Calcutta contradics the report Of the &C.
oupation of the Island OF Socotra
MUNICH, Aug 26.-An order has been s-
sued designating twcnty.tbree public houses in