Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-11
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General Gg.a, .oI bis party arrived al Cal
cutta yesterday.
Wallac, R:s5, OF s.. John. succeeded ycster-
day in defeating the English osrsmar, Emmett
on The Thames curse. Ross hes BEEN tWc3
beaten by Hanlau.
The London Daily News Paris dispatch says
| the Committee CT the Chamber Of Deputies
have recommended thst the scc)Da election 81
| NJ. Paul do Casssgnac be declared valid.
Semi official German papers say that surprise
| is felt in government circles az tie general al.
tempt made to gi7o 70 Eog .ad all the credit OF
having kept Russia to The treaty Of Berlin. Tie
execution of the treaty is due abJve a! 10 Ger.
Mays frmDesE.
The st. Petersburg Golos publishes lie lncr-
taity statistics of that city during the past week
These show that typhu5 has Increased 10 vlIu
ence. Spotted typbus is also prevalcu: and the
Golos declares thst there have been two fatal
cases of tho Siberian pla2us.
A dispatch ff0m Plymouth, Eng, dated
March II, a. NJ, says "A fire has been
raging for some hours CO board the corvette
Thetis, which was preparing to prtc2ed to the
Cape. The vessels scupDers ere now alucst
level with tho water, but the fire has been *
tinguished. The Thctis lies 10 the Same ba:in
as the Northumberland (iron clad) and several
other men OF war.
A dispatch from Sz,seiin, Hungary, The
| town threatened with foundation by foad 10
tho River Thesis, dated eight clock last Right,
says :-"EIghty thousand people arc here, IL
cudipg refugees from tho couotry. 4 state OF
siege has been declared. Everybody who is
summoned is obliged to work 90 pain of death.
! The wind is rising. The water is rushi5g I'm.
der the embankmcnt. and wants but few 10
ches to master U.s. We await the Wor5s,'
Tho Repubiquo FraGcsiso (M. Gambetta' $
organ.) Of Paris pronouucas decidedly against
| impeachment Ct the Do Broglie F0urton Minis
| try 1t says:-'Tho report OF tho committee,
while ably giving the acts of the nncu who
| opeoly revolted against tic Da!lonai viii, re
walls DO new facls, and though TIC accused
richly deserve to DO tried, the prosecution
would be big with Inconvenience, not 10 say
peril. Even il the Senate gave verde. CT
guilty trivial scpterce cou!d only result.
Tho London Tines Pesth dispatch s,yG -
| "Thc pourparlers betwcaD the powers as 10 va
rious points Of the treaty Of Berlin which are still
une xtcutcd have not yet led 10 any positive pro
posals from any quarter, but they have na1o
apparent the necessity OF finding some general
rile applicable to all clses of differecce. 1t
would not b. surprising if the idea Of eventual
reference of all such matters 10 the Ambassa
doris ct Constantioope, tho decision Of j5r
ty of whom would be inal, were rcrlvcdi a.
tho only meaus Of tcrmiaating The tediaU4
negotiations.
The Duke Of Co1baughs anu suite will 20 10
Queeusbnrcuyh to day to mccs tho Pti1ress
| Louisa Margaret of Prussia. his intended bride,
and oondnot her to Windsor. The King and
| Queen OF Belgium will leevc O:tGuh fer Wind
scr this morning. Prince LEOPOLD Qaccn Vic
oria's youngest son who wsa TO be one of inc
supporters of the Duke of C05naught st the
wedding, (tbo Prince OF Wales being the D:hGr)
| is i'll at Darmstadt and canuGt come. The
Prince of Wales arrived 10 EagIand yesterday
from the south Of France. a later dispatch
ssys:-The Plirccss Louisa Margaret, accom-
panied by her father and mother, Prince ard
Princess Frederick Charles. orr wed at Sheer
Dess at nine fteen this morning. The guns O.
the land batteries and ships Penelope. Druid
and Duncan fired royal sautcs. There was great
display Of bunting from the ShGcrn:ss aai
Qucensborough piers md ships 10 The 7icini'y.
The weather was brilliant.
10 the course of the debate 10 The Garajan
Reichs:ag, yesterday. on tho cattle plague
Prince Bismarck, referring to the smuggling q
cattle, took occasion to accuse the Liberals Ct
having made the general code so mild thEt il
protected criminals icstead of citizens. Herr
L!sker said Prince Bismarck aggression
showed where was the true e!emeot of disorder
in tho debates Flo inimG!cd that the first ain
of the gaggiDg should DO to control the Ian
eusRc Of the government PriECc Bismarck
replied, aud 90: angtg n0ntrcTer7y en9uod.
During the Same debate Prince Bismarck Gs
tcDtatiously quilted The House tTic, to avid
the dissgrceablc necessity OF listening 10 tho
speeches Of Herr Bcahtcr (nIogrcss;5t.j y
Berlin correspondent says tho House Was crest
? amused at the conduct oil Prac2 Bismarck,
bu. some of the older members Waved the n!a!-
ter more seriously. The sitting Left the impress
sion that Prince Bismarck was deliberately ir5-
Jog to provoke the Diet. and that $ dissolution
is imminent. It is certain that th;ags Cabot
much logger con!inue as no|. Price Bismarck,
during the sitting, promised to furnish statistic!
relative TO emigration. lie said that the move.
mcnt is greater from tho less popuI0us districts.
such as MeckleDburg, Ponerania, West Pfus-
sia and Poser. When, however, the tenure Of
land was rendered moro favorable, and sgricul
tuyo ard manufactures rendered mutually sup
porting, he anticipated decrease in migratiop.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CONFERENCE
The Maryland Conference of tho Methods!
Protestant Church met this morning at Centre.
vile. Queen Anne's csuHty. The body is com.
posed of 10 itinerant ministers aud az equal
number OF lay representatives, presided over |
by Rev. D. w. Bates. Its work covers Mary |
land. Delaware and the District ct Columbia. |
1t Illustrations in Alexandra, Norfolk, Lyrch |
burg, Vs., aud Newark, N. j., and supplies !
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