Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-22
Foreign News.

hibj,jon p,;-as 5: Pr: tux ps:e il TIE Pa!sl:
De- L In:1=:sis, il ,Ls P:c::uco ciao !rn:7''
.cd t,i!lis,: aa;isre.. TIE pi4.:cE erected ~
~. s1;t,-iti=: c:e7p:=i g: :c7s;h l: IT,: PsF:
:s.ta cs7= rsa::=: to P;aea Il q C:oec:1:.
Tt. is: ::asa O. he pa:t-:n, elevated slS:e=n
.,srs sb3v= .ta i>-r. coo:s:1:d SLY ptses: c!
hoeor, -::=,7si 80. tie Pra:!3ac: Of tie Re
public, for=sa PRIMES, The President acc b1,
ras1x os TIE tzo Chambers, tie Mln!:!a!s. scd
tie p.=!=c:5 ef The Size soi Po.;ce. \ t:sh:
Of STEPS l=sG:Cg - ih=5= p!=c:5 T.S 1acsEd d
to p=iss:a,s, sl:m3E1,:d q trophies 81 2Et
and l1d1::r?.
Ga ei.b5r SIDE ware !=o g.s5i lcgcs Of to9o',
r::.r7=d for Madam, Ia MsreetaIe De Mac.
Mahon acd th= wives If the Ministers a1d Ct
The n=nber: Of Tie diplomatic c1Ip:. Between
he places Of honor and tie ios=s ~=re the SEATS
of tie dlp!onatic body, tie eou-ci! Ct the iseioo
| Of honor, foreign commissioners. tie s3Pelio'
commission, and high c6,:!: oi be eZhctian.
Between tie places e h51oL TIE Staging
mounted By degrees Until !! reached the !=7EI
of The 6,=. gallery, which runs atouai tie *,
hioision building. Til: gall=ly, 10 t!oot and
On both sides Of the Staging, va: dl7idad tote
bo1==, Which were reserved For ladlSs. "a the
different grades bsloT were seated a.! the sen
a:or=, Deputies, municipal c3uacLor5 OF far!5,
the Council CT State, tie la=.Itu:a, tie ussl:'
tracy, and other high !1lclo1a'ls3. 4: the
FOO: Of the GIT Of steps we're tTo vast :q1sFa5;;
divided By wide pas:aseEs5: and =u!u7uoied
By .uperb trophies. -,
The SQUARE. contaio=d 3, ~ pa:e:, Hllca
ware a5:!goed to thus: who had cb:sl1=i pE:z:=.
These :l1ares 7ere separated fran tie o:te1
half Of tie nave 81 broad paz5sgeEa? .oEyon
which were :sa:s1 the thou:and Jurors. b.
hind than rose al i-c iosd p.so:, Which ez:end
Cd to the tzIeue rasv Of tie ns7e, AID
accommodated $50 p:I:o5s s:a!ed. Inc
Incline va. sah,ient to give all the spectators
foil view Of the gtard platform. "a both sides
OF the Ra7e banks Of seats rose, one above the
other to the it=: story, add above that they
extended behind the CLAIM. which supported
the qss. roof. A: the bottom Of the ns7e, AID
facing tie grand platform the b5z3= d the Two
galleries gave room f5I tEo n 5t!.a=a:re=, zach
holding ! 800 spectators. -,
By these arrapgentnt= piac=s EtT9 provided
for over ~, 90 parsons. 4 nanm9Ih olch:s'
ira Of NAE and female siog=Ts ard 1s;1ul5n
tsIis,s were s:aIored 90 Coz side OF tie Da7e,
opposite the grand eD:ralce O: honor. Ine
Whole interior was :u2e!b'g cEc2ra!ed With
velvet, geld. aud silver.
At half past enc 2: II. PROCESSION was
formed 10 the grand saloon a. tie e0traCca OF
honor, aud when al had taken their places
Marshal MacMahon, Pre:ilant ftbs R:pa5ie.
opened the Ceremony OF Distribution.
He Thanked the foreign prices ter tEelr
presence AID the governments and peoples who
had contributed u the succe:z Of tie eIpo=iu5n
aud eEloez:d the officials Who orgacz:d T..
He said thai the result aboRcd what s:7ca
years Of self c3lc: ntIa.l0n devoted to !abo'
have effected ia retrieving pa=s cl:aster. lha
recollection Of tho:e nE!JituaeE, be SAD, vii!
teach na to de7*!op I'D nsiotaio spif!: Ct coo
c5ri, zb1olQ.o ra5p:c: 81 cu:=c.T5s sol ic=:I.
tu,io1=, ana an ardel: ard di:!1!crc::cd !07a Ct
country.
The Minister Of C5nncrc:, aft:r repi7iug 70
the President! : speech, read the IL. OF awards
aud distributed the p.:1cilai prZ:s aud G=c7
ra:i0n=.
The following AutToans lave rec4iyed dec.
ratiors Of the Legion ofHonor Com missioner
Geural Richard G. McCorn!cs, who is made
commander; Professor T. A. =. Barnard aud
William ". Story, who are made officers; aod
Aup1ste Il. Girard, secretary 20 the C3mnI-
soner Geaera; Henry Petit, eogiO2er and
architect Of the Com missioner Generals STAT;
Thomas +. Pickering, supcrintsnden: OF the
machinery acc:iot; Lieutcoa5t Bauj amin II.
Ruckinghsm, u. s. n, naval a:tschs; John D..
PhiIbrick, superintendent OF the educational
section; -. Maitland Armstrong. supcrn.end
ent of the dne arts section; Professor Andrew
u. White, I'LL. d., Juto1; Tfolcs-nr lilau
+. Blake, juror, aud Professor l.! ward L..
Knight, III. D., juror, are maze chaVsiel5'
Cyrus h. McCormlck and walter n. To'a'
who were 10 1867 made chevaliers, have been
raised to officers, Chariez Tiffany. sii7arHare;
Thomas A. Edison. photograph; Elisha Cray
telephone; James HrcwatcI, clrrIage7 and s.:
A. Byidgman arc made chcva:ra. The Jnised
States mariucs made fine APPEARANCE Ia the
display.
The b1ule7arls wara cro~d?d ia4t night, aad
The principal atr:G's brilliantly ILLUMINATED.
A dispatch trjm p:sfh tt,ha that Herr
Ti.za apcakIug At . cuj Of the government
u,r.y, hald Al tho v1ycrnmcnt never hal any
intention Of aharinv With ltahsia in the patti,
ton Of Turkey, or q going TO war to oppose ! :,
it i. Gear tina. hcnccfgr;h AVE 70 Hungary Will
not ouIy have RuaAia for an cnemy, but some