Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-19
From India.

LONDON, May ia uaair.lo tiaS been
sent 10 the Bombay Cove rnment 10 which the
signcrs threaten to raise aa0l:tr uulny acd
pu. price en- the head Of the Governor, I'M
Iess their distress is relieved. Thay in!Gfn the
government that great distress prevails III the
country. aud ubts5 tX:cts!go Public works arc
at orce opened, employment provided FOR tho
people, tho native trades encouraged, taxes
redrc;d aud tho salaries OF highly paid Euro
praus cut dowo, they will not ceas1 10 puudcr.
hut will extend TO the Europeans what they
have hitherto c1Iii1oh 10 the nstYe;; !tlap will
kill the Governor 81 Bombay, hang .nc Judge
CT the Court Of Sessions OF poons. carly mur'
der ard rGpi1e thrcu2htu: the csultry aud
stir up another mu!lny and massacre OF E1rtI
pears. The manifesto cuds by WarGipg The
Governor that unless he at once complies with
the requirements, Tie price Of oac Thousands III
pees will be put ca Tia head. L, u: persons
including Wassadco BuiwuaG app,ad their
signatures aud seals 20 the manifesto. Tic
Government which at frs: YES rciiGcd to leave
the matter in the bands III he LEGAL police is
now taking more clsrGciiJ measures. \ c3u
siderable humber OF troops have been told off
to patrol tic country, and a tcHa;d ct Loco
rupees has been offered tCE tHc c;piuTo Of Was
sldco Bul8uud.
Rain still holds eff in Bchar. Chsta:, Nag
pore and tho districts round Ualcu;t9. Tho
Indigo crop will be very small ani the ether
crops uuit suffer if showers do not fall very
soon. Peas are already fIsioG. There hts
been some rain 10 Tic other districts IT lower
Bengal but mere IS wanted.
A dispatch fro i SlmIa safS TIC Vice
Regal CCurcil has been specially summoned Tor
to day to consider the dratt OF the Afghan
treaty. The Arlcor has agreed 10 such terms
as will secure the chict objects It the British
policy
News from Cashmere is ycIy tal. The il.
crease of urgent distress aud famine i0lned 10
Incl III potency, corruption and want OF orcaul
z,ton on tic part tt tho officials il Producing
the most serious state Ct ctt,lrj.
Cholera 10 PcahaWur is threatening 10 !alsc
an obstacle to the proTp: ~ithdra "at OF The
IIouIs from AighaGisan. The d!:tas; has ar'
pcartd in many Ct the cities.
MGsCEGENATIoN CAsg.--'ihe !l:!la town Of
Beaver, one OF The suburbs OF Plit.buGr, Pa,
is terrible excited btcau,a oac of its picticst,
wealtLcst, best known and really accomplished
young ladies' has left her fathers housa and de-
Ibcratcly married negro who Is IS usIy aud
guornut CO he il black. For some time past
Miss Annie Mason has given her parents great
deal of trouble by her reckless. waywarl coz
duct, bat being al onIy daughter she WAS spoil.
cd by Indulgence.
Her faihers n!ttl States Storckecper 10
Indiana county, but leVes in Beaver. and is
wealthy. Her uncle is tx Chief justice Daniel
oE 8 10 10 20
in oue OF The bfst in that part OF the State. Mrs.
George Jones, nee Miss Ahee Mason, is %
years DID, o hruoelte with large eyes ard OK
ceednely pretty fec, She had q quarrel with
her psrcDis 90 Wednesday bicht, md early
yesterday mornog she left hsr home ard met
George Jones, coarse ilIiterate negro coal
digger, by an appointment which sho had
made BY some u5knowo means duIiug the
night At five clock 10 the morning Jones
and ano!her negro, accompanied By Miss Mason
went to Rochester, about mile from Beaver,
and hurried to the house Of colored clergy
man. who married Jones to Miss Mason III the
presenc, Of couple OF white men who were
called 10 to act ns witnesses. The c5upIc then !
took tho negt train back TO Beaver. where
Jones hired a room 10 snaIl house wbicl has
ony three rooms 10 it, two OF which are already |
occupied by I'VE negro families. Tho reckless
girl sent home for her tIuak, piano and some |
Of the ornaments from her room, and this was
The first ntlmatoo her mother he'd "f the
marriage.
Her mother tried 10 persuade her daughter
70 rstur3, but she refused. Her father Is tot
1t bone and knows nothiog as yet Of the al air.
Ii is not kuowo how Miss Mason got &c
,uainted With Jones or where she ever met
lin. Threats Of tarrng and leasherng are
,psnly made by the young meu OF Beaver, bu;
~ to the present time nothing has been done,
md hlr. and Mrs. Jones are living 10 their tiny
oom. Bblls the wayWard girls mother /. lying
lome crsZ7 with bran rsver. trCush. gu by her
auPhters conduct