Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-08
Foreign News

reached the English coast July 3Oth, IRON
Beverly, Massachusetts, which place she lett Oh
the 18th of June. has arrived here, having ac'
complished the passage from America in 81
DAYS, which includes several days detentIon by
rough weather on the coast Ct Engand. The
| Nautilus will BIO taken to tie Paris exposition.
PARIS, Aug. S.-The Constitutional. q
| Bonapartist organ, announces that q marriage
has been arranged between Prlace Louis Ma.
poleon, son of tho Emperor Napoleon ILL, and
| Princess Thyra, third daughter of Christian
TX, King of Denmark. The King of Denmark
| has given bis consent to the union, but the
date eff the marriage has not yet been liked.
| The Constitutional adds: ut is stated that
this marriage will be made the occasion of
beneficial revision of the treaty Of Prague.
Princess Tbyra is q sister of the Princess OF
Wales
LONDON, Aug. Sit is stated that the
Right Hon. VIM. T. Forster, member of Par.
Lament for Bradford, and the well known liberal
leader. will visit America in the autumn.
PARIS, Aug S.-The cabmen of Paris, who,
to the number of 4.SOO, are on strike, will
hold general meeting at the Cirque Fernando
to night.
| LONDON, Aug. S.-A dispatch from Vienna
to the Times says the results OF the hungarian
elections arc known 10 lS4 election districts,
and show that ZIG liberals, or supporters of
tho present government, 81 of tho united op.
position and 81 of the extreme left have been
elected. Herr Tsz1, chief of tho Hungarian
ministry, will probably be returned from some
constituency where second ballot is necessary.
1t is thought that his defeat BY tho radicals OF
Debrcczin will have the effect Of making him
| adhere more firmly 10 the moderate wing OF tho
liberal party.
| RAsUsA, Aug. S.-Suleiman Pashs, with
| 1000 Asiatc troops, is shut up in TreblD]a.
| He will not allow the Insurgents 10 enter the
town, fearing massacre Of the Turkish au-
| thorties. .-~.-
Fifteen hundred Bosnian regular troops have
deserted from Trebipjs aud joined the lusur-
gents at Durbrowa.
| BUCHAREST, Aug. S.-By tho explosion Of
the Russian powder magazine, at tratesll, yes
terday, IS persons were killed aud 81 ipj ured.
| PARIS, Aug. S.---Ths specie 10 the Bank Of
Franco has increased four million francs during
the past week.
STREET SCENES IN New YoRK.-Shortlg
after ten o clock on Monday evening young
man jumped on car on Avenue A.. between
Twentieth aud TNcnty.frst streets, and grab
bed at the valiso OF q well dressed lady sitting
among the passengers. She resisted aad c1ied
for help. Her assaant, nothing Disconnected.
continued his attack. and when sue arose
struck her violent blow on the faes with his
fist, knocking her down. lie then snatched
tho valise and ran out with it. An alarm was
raised, and he was pursued by large crowd:
The thief ran down Twentieth street toward
| the East river When he reached tue pier he
ran to tho end Of it, aud plunged into the
water between two so0Ti, and made good MS
escape. Tho valisa was found on the pier and
returned to tho lady. SO great was the excite
ment that the LADY WAS allowed to 60 away
with her valisc without Gnll1g out what 1t had
contained. whether anything was missing, or
what her name was.
Miss Helen A. Stafford, Of Canada, who Is
visiting eome friends 10 Thirty fifth street.
was turning from Eight avenue into Thirty
sixth street Saturday evening with lady
friend. when she noticed man, seemingly ua'
der the Influence Of lquor, who seo~led at her
She was frightened, aud called her compan'
| ions attention to tho man. just then tho
man approached and again looked tiercely at
hen Her friend told her to ruu, us the man
evidently meant mischief. She ran up the
street, and the man pursued her, Looking
back, Miss Stafford saw him draw large
carving knife. Sho ran towards cart coming
down the street, but as the driver did not seem
disposed to afford her any protection, sho re.
turned to the Sidewalk, Were several women
were sitting behind railing 10 iron. OF house.
But the gate being closed. she ran down the
street with the man close behind her, mutter.
| ing oaths She lodged him around lamp
post, and then Jumped over the raillog OF no.
273, striking her head on the ground. Just
at this moment the drunken man came up,
shouting, lis no u.s.; you can't escape me-
| III have your life, and was about to force his
way through the gate wher Mr. Z:egler, an
old man. who was sitting within the ralog,
confronted him. The rufiaD, suddenly seeming
to recognize that Miss Stafford was not The
victim be sought for, put up his knife and
calmly walked down the street. Although
there were many people about, none seemed ln-
cliued to Interfere, and there was no police
officer in sight although az officer appeared
soon afterward. Miss Stafford soon recovered
sufficiently to 90, but Is still suffering from The
shock.
LIGHTNING IN MID OCEAN .-Mention was
made yesterday of tho Allan line steamship
Nova Scolian having passed Cape Henry late
Tuesday night with dismastcd bligantlne 10
tow. The Nova Sco,jan arrived at Locust
Point yesterday with the disabled vessel, which
proved to be the American brigsntine kaluna,
Captain Hartman Curtis, bound from Philadel-
phia to Greenock. The Kaluna sailed from
Philadelphia July 25, and encountered re
mslkably pleasant weather until the night OF
August |, when of Vineyard Haven, whea
heavy sq4a accompanied by a violent thunder
storm arose. About clock on the morning
of the ID instant the storm commenced abatiDg
rapidly, and by 4:30 the wind had entirely sub
sided, The vessels sails hanging idly against the
masts. 1t soon commenced to grow dark, while
the air became sultry. The captain was on
deck with bis second mate and two seamen,
the other four men. constituting the crew,
having turned 10. For about an hour the yes,
seI rose and fel! with the swell 10 the darkness,
while the dull sky was snxiously watched by
those on board. Suddenly tremendous thund.
der clap was followed by binding fash OF