Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-15
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PGR8fGST VEINS.
N further rcgo;iat;oas het3aan Germany
AID the Fa!icen will lie carried ca unl the
Pfussis2 elections have bcca acid.
Eastern Rsumciia is iu . state Of complete
anarchy, the S!svs preachirg anrihation of
tho Moseus, aud committing ulassecrcs dsiIy.
Famine prevails i2 Iiouualia.
The number Of cotton operatives &C strike at
Ashton, Eogaad, is Low estimated st from
5000 to LOCO. Tho stress ale crowded BY
unemployed operatives.
The MesSIs. Jones Brothers, ci the Ayre.
some plate mills ard Eaii works Of Miilasho.c
ErgianG, have failed, with liabilities at 500
900. The works. at which COO hsnds cr5 m
plty;d, viii DC kept going for The present.
According 10 present appasraccss the distress
aucGg the Eciklcg classes # Ghckiy popu-
lated toTEs IL tho northeastern portion CT
EegIaud viii be most intense du,iac tho com.
ing winter.
Reports laV1 been received from S.ntiago
de Cu0a tia. the slaves On the plantations have
demanded liberty, and that their masters hsys
promised TO give them freedom if they will
engage to work tbrco years fer wages. nIany
slaves ar1 iucning away, ard the local author
iics have asked Captain General Blarco what
they shall d.. 4 dispstch from Msdrid an-
uouGce5 that The government will propose to
the Cortes that I'll slaves be given their !ioerty
en- July l. 1880, on tho conditions OF seven
years obligatory labor, with wages paid.
The pursuit of King Cs.ewayo ccntieuss
holc. lie has epli: up his party and taken
to tins bush. His pursuers have bean uithio
three miles of the King, and have actually
seen aone members Of lis toowi5s. Sir Gar
| net WoIselcg held o meeting With the northern
c5:ets, at which lie Informed them thu! the
| ooiy obstacle 10 the settlement Of peace was
| the failure to capture CetoWayo, and that Dry
cSief har5orlug CeteWayo would be punished.
Llrd clifford captured Z netiVo Who hiss prom
ised TO show him the Kings hidirg place TIE
bush where ho is supposed to be scosoted is
naT being surrounded by 500 mcr.
EFFACIEG TIE EMrIRE.-Tho Eamcs CT
macy Of The streets Of Paris arc sb,ut to ba
Changed. TIE municipal authorities Of tha,
city have determined to sweep away al the
naues ct streets sad yestises Of things suggcs-
tive Of tito dead empire. TO change The names
OF Paris streets or the restoration Of so Old
| o7nastv, TIE accession Of q new enc, or Gu q
| change ironl a EoDe1cbical or imperial sjstcm
OF SGGeinmcdt to that Of republican, has been
habit with fftncbmcn tytr since hcexample
YES SCI ty the revolutionary government tha.
came in:o cyisteuco 90 the death Of Louis XVI,
in 1875 The republicans c. those terrible days
wele baGi ca changing everything. They
chaegod tho nomenclature OF the mouths; they
ga radical changes 10 tho names ct the
streets, ard many ct them. abandoning their
Old names OF Pierre, or jacques, or jean. btl
came knoTn 10 their associates 10 red Gaps aud
! houses and T00GGn S1hots 90 CHM Oainius
GuTlluS, or Brutus, or Cato Tho Eoutboa
lilies %ent down with the bourbon flag, and 10
he general hu5Iy bury OF Iot aCd confusion of
No5ades anG tragon0oacS. there vas nothing
sacred that they did D5t SEEK to defaco or de-
| S!rCy, Under the lis! empire tbc names Of
liaUy Hars streets were aesir claugcd Some.
| tiiGea Inc old namcd we're rciustatcd: at Others
re~ names we're given thea. Tho old DANES
oi TIC Enathg Wcro restCr3d. Ike words
| Liberty, ElraIity AID fraternity" disappear
cd from Clho!al bul.c.ias, aCd tito Gates and
Brutuses aud Scirioa cf thn fauboursa reap
reared as plain Pierre ADD JstqGes and Jca1.
! "a tho downfall Of Napoleon and the rratoTa-
tloa 81 the i}ourbGps tho peopie Ct Paris VITA
cesscd GDothcr change &c the ramas Of sticcls,
ccCcrrEent with tho tif!ceuc3t 81 al the i'm
petia' ina2n:. Alter the re7oli.:cos Of 1880
AID 1915 the term Of ru; Of the republicans
Nas too 5riet 70 admit OF any radical changes
| 10 HE street nomenclature Of Paris, nor were
| !hcrc any OF consequences during the reisa ct
| Louis Philippe, which filed The iatc,yal be.
tEosn tie two revc!utioaa 10 question. But
| Shcn Luis Navuleoa had 70 established tho
| empire, aud Paris beam. "Iaussman.Z1d"
15eas.G:y to beauty !ha city, hut 10 reality fer
| S.Sstegloal pGrEoaes, many c?auges were scaio
made Ia tCo Names CT lie streets, and u3W that
| Inc feIu1 bic has succeeded tic empire another
cGarco OF street rafucs IS 10 follow. i e 6ih.r
EFT form OF government ahouid 10 ccu:se of
time sucoecd the republican. il vii! lav. an on.
n2ruo;!y Of s;ioaiag it, Iriv3iiy and n4stish.
ness in The same way.
FAIRFAX ITEMs.-Tho pu5Eic.lioo otiica Of
@; The Fairfsx Measerg.r has bcca removed
fron, tho Court House 10 FairGax S.a:ioc.
Rev. Wn. Q'Htiaa Thomas. The Dew pa,cr
OF TIC Baptist Church o: Balls Church, las
taken charge under circnnstsuccs Of gratifying
encouragement.
QGito Wa: o. SotG; ": iedu!gaG in by tEo
city t.iDers' Of Fails Church on Monday
ntgns las;, taeiF meeting lasting until etter mid.
Eight, tho sutjact in dispute being tho .ex ca
merchants. Dir. A. B. Nodioe was sworn ia
IS iosn sergeant, snd bis boad fixed at 81 ,O00
aod the tld sergeant, L. I. Foot, was ordered
TO turn over the monies and papers S!or giug to
the corporation 10 the Iew Sergeant. PERMITS
sion vas granted G. ". Malku to build an
addition to bis house CO the cjTuer Of III sin
5tree5 sod New Han shirs avsDuo. Tia cam
nittae 10 revise the axs aad crGpacc.s made
their report which was accepted.
Mr.. John Robert Scott, commonIy called
Jack Scott for sho:t, has announced himself
an independent candidate fer the Hcus, Of
De'egatts from this county, aud says he iate1ds
10 stick u ths Geld til The day of election,
"cept ne dies OR the stars fell 5ad is co1i
dent Of his election" He is opposed to ali
riuss is ia taV5r Of regulating tho public debt
and Gil private debts, especially bis OWE; is in
favor oi reducing all fees, especially those Of
the clerks Ct tho courts snd doctors and is 10
thyar Cf lnrsl onIi1n 'dsntinr h,m,,lr ,,l -. II