Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-25
STEE5GE .fEEs-E.

Six huDdrod mere cOlIitr5 have struck IN
North Stsffordsbirc, England.
The plague has appeared on the Turco Pr
sian frontier.
France has shipped 81 coo. 900 10 tic Uoi'cd
States 10 the last three weeks.
Prince Jerome Napoleon HIS purchased the
Paris L'Ordfe. 1t will hereafter advocate au
tocratlc rcpubiioalI5m sni repuc!atc hereditary
imperialism.
A dispatch from Bc,l:n ss7s that Count
Szochcuyi, while there recently, DICTATED bis
unWoeness to sac:ecG Count ALdraasy az
premier Of Austto Hungary.
A great shooting contest Vas ooLc.uied al
Versailles yesterday. in which Milton FArrnw,
the American matksGlan, gained The ld.tY three
prizes
A Berlin dispatch says Gen. l72,rtli's tXpc
dition ia Suffering tcIrlb!? trnm heat, Jysen,cry
and scOrbuio ailments His hnlsas are dqInE
10 great umbeTs sDd clmcl* ore very scarce.
A Belgrade dispatch reports that The Vail e
Ilo5soVa las Informed the SeIviln Ho1oTnuInt
that he will be unable &c prevent au ih7asnn of
SeIvia by large force ct h!h2i,i!ns nov COL
lccted On the frontier.
The American sailors al tlo port cl Liver
pool have drawn upa petition 10 Consul Gene
raj Packard praying i2r the appointment OF re
American shipping master At that port 10 prl-
vent cxorb;ant charges.
kirg Alfonso viii return to l.agTar j. on Ju,s.
day, where he will hold cjuuei. Scuors Sill
vela and Magcla will irobably be appcioted
ambassadors to Vienna 70 s)lici! tbs ha1i 81 the
Alchduchcss Marie Christine
The Paris Pat,io states that 81 Interview was
held 10 France b2iwten Inc Count &C Cham
board aud leading !cgi;ini=:S, a; which it was
decided to pursue policy Of icmp0gz3!lon.
Tbl; annouGc2men: lacks o0Diirnaiiop.
The Faican hiss taken special steps with
several governments 20 TreveU. say judicial
recognition Of the old Catholics. |. is under.
stood that Its representations 10 this respect
have been iaVorsbly e0tCraaed.
1t is stated that the Eoglish s5v4fumCut isS
refused to cootioue tic suspension OF the con.
taglous diseases act SO lar as i! relates 10 Canada
IN the event of tie embargo against American
cattle conug into Canada being rcrl C7@d.
The Turkish miai>ler og Gnanc, has inforncd
the Porte that 500 eco MusScI!oan refugees are
being maintained 10 addition 10 tic Turkish
army. and that he dtcirCs all responsibility for
the hoanclal catastrophe that Ills stale Of al4
fairs renders inevitable.
~ olspatSu llOul l'usEliC :0JJ lIC uIi uSHt
has severely effected the apripg harvtsts in
South Persia aud the B,gjad Gnd Bassorah
districts 10 Asialio Turkey. The price OF wheat
10 Mcsopotamia has risen t. lt.cc times tho
usual rate.
A dispatch from Calcutta says that q Mining
engineer employed by the British Government
to examine the WYuaad gold zelda, Malaba7,
reports to The Viceroy OF lodia that there is
not much gold LETT IL tia .t'la7ial deposits but
that the quartz contaiGs gold 10 greater proper.
tloos than many 81 the successfully worktd
Australian reefs.
A Vicnns dispatch G.alrs that the diplomatic
relations betweca hs Austrian and Russian
Cabinets arr less cordial than between any two
cabinets 10 Europe, and that the friendly inter-
course which existed between the Two courls for
many years has also entirely CEASED. The diff.
terenoes between Russia and Germany a;e con
sdered here to Gc Gu the eve Of pssainc from
the Stage Ct newspaper controversy to that Of
diplomatic prCcsuion. The entire press assert
that tho friendship between Austria aud Ger.
many will be proved ia c.so CT reed by deeds