Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-18
FOREIGN News.

a speech at Southport, Eoglaud, yesterday,
said the government would never cease, until
BY the exercise of their treaty rights. they
achieved England's great civiizlng mission 10
the East. Ia regard to Afghauistap, be said
the government had 20 desire 10 extend the
boundaries of The Empire in that direction, but
if they found Few Influences at work there
they must be ready to deal with them. Tie
Ameer's answer might be satisfactory and no
more heard of the NATTER but volcano might
suddenly break upon them, and the government
felt that 10 that part of Asia there must be 20
doubt of Eog|and's supremacy.
The Times of Iodia, publishes telearaphc
dispatch stating that the Ameet's reply has
been received, and il is unsatisfactory.
! A Bombay dispatch states that the poWerfnl
| tribe of Momunds has divided, and that one
! of the chiefs has offered to join the British.
Its stated assertions from tho Afghan army
are of daily occurrence.
A London correspondent reports renewed
rumors of the early dissolution of Parliament,
| 10 consequ Of differences in the Cabinet
| relative 10 the Indian policy.
| The Sultan has written to the Amer OF Al
SlaQl5tau, CdIIluS upou oiuA az eoo0
man to come to an amicable arrangement Wltn
| ENGLAND. The Sultan has renewed bis verbal
assurances of the reception OF the British
| scheme of reforms in Asia Minor.
A Vienna correspondent says be crusaders
! Austria will become more anxious tor the pos.
session of Novi B=z,r, as The probability OF
| war in the sprog iocrease:. H. declares 1t
| was at one time settled that LAM 10 Now B-z'r
wou'd be Au,trla'5 con pensa'lJn Tor her ocu.
| ,rality duriug the Fl s. campal2n. and tu oa-
| lonica for her neutrality during the secood.
| A dispatch from Cubsiapti0oplh declares that
the statems ut that Sofvet Pasha has hreate ned
| to forcibIy resist Aus rs's occupation Of Now
| Bszar. is unouuded o. the contrary, his
| language since the receipt of the Austrian an
swer aud the announcement OF the reduction
of the army of occupation has been most CON
cillatory.
A Belgrade correspondent says Austria has
requested the Servian government to notity the
Bosnian refugees in Servia that full amnesty
has been granted.
Senior Mendez Vigo will 90 to Washington
as Spanish Minister. aud Senior Manila Will
shortly be transferred from Washington to Con-
stantinople.
The Chief at Tetuan, Morocco, has been de-
posed, and bis successor has promised to eu-
deavor to discover the murderer5 or the Span
ish official.
It is understood the negotiations between
Germany and the Vatican will not be re-.
sumed until the socialist bill has been passed.
Reports of ministerial designations are eX.
teusively circulated at Rome. especially With
regard to the Ministers Of War and Marine
The Capitale denies the truth OF these re-
ports.
A special from Rome confirms the report that
the Minister of War bad resigned, and says the
| Minister of Marine will probably follow. A
report that Count Corti has resigned is pro-
| nounced premature. The crisis is unusually
| grave. A Rome correspondent attributes the
crisis to the dissatisfaction of tho moderates
| with the programme of the home policy COZ.
tsioed 10 recent speech of Premier Carroll.
| There are other causes, one OF which Is tho
| interference of tho Cabinet with tho discipline
| of the army.
Special dispatches from Berlio say the mod
crate liberals and conservatives have come to
| an agreement on disputed points in the socialist
bill. The government has assented to com
promise, which is in favor of the liberals. as it
| restricts the power of prohibiting periodicals
and expelling agitstors The last obstacle to
the passage of the bill has thu. been removed.
A Berlin dispatch says Prince Hohenlohe
| has explained at Paris that the illusions to
France in the Chanoeor's recent speech, we're
perfectly friendly and neighborly. frInce
Bismarck, in reply to private Inquiries from
| Austria, said he saw 20 objection to Count
Won Beust's appointment as ambassador at
! Paris,
LONDON, Oot. ia special dispatch to
the Times from Berlin. says: The Hamburg
central committee Of German socialists haS ls'
sued proclamation urging the socialists to con,
tinue the agitation 10 houses, workshops ana
barracks and to continue the study OF works
printed about socialism during the past htteen
years, 10 short to change the method OF a9ita-
tatiou, but not to desist from it,.
ROME, Oc;. ia special dispatch to the
| Dirotto from the disrictsinundated by the over.
| flow of the Bormda river, says the communeS
of Millesimo, OnegIia aud Calizzano have suit
| fered inoacuIably. Houses are in ruins, bridges
have been destroyed, esuprooted and ground
broken up Many families are reduced to utter
destitution, Subscription lists have been opened.
Signor q .nardelli, the Italian Minister of 10.
terror, has sent l6, 900 francs Tor the rehet OF
| the sufferers.
LONDON, Oot. 1S.-A special dispatch to the
Manchester Guardian from Constantlnople
says: THE British gunboat which was sent to
the Gulf of Volo to suppress piracy, fouod that
none existed The report was due to mis-.
conception of private news by the British Con-
sui at Salonioa.'
FARM LIFE.-It is common compliant that
the farm and farm life are not appreciated by
our people. We long for tho more elegant
pursuits, or the Ways srd fashions OF the town.
| But the farmer has tbs most sauc and natural
occupation, and ought 20 fad lie s"eeter, if
less highly seasoned, than sE7 otter. He alone,
strickly speaking, has home. HOG caa man
take root and thrive without lard? He writes
his history upon bis I'D. How msuy ties.
how many resources he bas; his friendships
with his cattle. bis team, his dog, biz trees, the
satisfaction 10 bis growing crops.in bis improved
6elds; bis intimacy with Nature, with bird and
beast, and With the quckened elemental fOrces;
his cooperation with the cloud, the SUD, the