Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-15
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In Srau the opposition 10 the now Cai,inr: is Or
etnizrg, and continuation OF The crisis is threat
cncd. The Senate continues the discussion of The
Crbsn slavery question:
{ The difficulties in regard to the French Cabinet
have reached crisis, and II FrcrcineL is expected
! To succeed Washington and form u new Cabinet
! before The end OF the year,
The Vatican has been Informed that the King Of
AtySsinla will s;r0Itly reicasc the isou of MasSa
from prison, all tho European governments having
Interested themselves IN his bcEall.
Large land agitation meetings were held in the
West Of Ireland yesterday. No authentic iniurm.-
ton has yet been received of the withdrawal OF the
prosecution OF I>Ivltt, Da!y and ki!lcn.
The Peruvian Charge Alairc5 ns New York has
received cable advices from Panama announcing
disastrous cnSa cement at Taranac., where III }
Chilans were roulcd .iHsj killed and II Krrnp guns
andi rtrai)iCuscs captured.
The Catholic clergy have refused tic German
government concession allowing then 10 supervise
religious instructions in the schools they claim
that they themselves should actually give insruc
lion, as before The enactment of the Fa Tx laws.
Ono OF the Directors the Paris Socictc Generate
during recent visit to Madrid arranged to advance
tho Spanish government from ;,,sGD,t Gsj to Il tl-
90 francs, and TO take charge OF the uniiicaion OF
| lhc various debts pledged or the Cuban revenues.
! English politics Arc attracting attention. Glad
stones tci? 10 Scotland has been Tie signal for n
general uprising ol The people The NoIcOntormisLa
and Liberals, whose differences were so fatal to tho
latter At the last election, have again become united
] Ascrious outrage was committed on Saturday in
Inc porch Of the Limerick County Club House. Lon
don, by cyieted tenant on Lord Fcrmoy, WHO re.
sides in the county of Limerick. The assailant felcI
Lord Fermoy sensc css 10 ths pavement with large
cuagol. The man was Immediately seized and taken
| TO prison.
! A dispatch from Calcutta says that al immense
mass OF correspondence has been found and laid be-
foro the government including Instructions from the
Russian government to its agents In Central Asia,
marking out the course they were to follow with the
ex-Ameer Shere Ali These papers arc said to show
that Russian intrigucs against Afghanisan were &C.
tive as far back 1873 and to afford conclusive
proof ofthc fasity the excuse given for the Rus
| sian mis- sion TO Cabul last year.
| The five thousand British soldiers at Cabul have
| been fighting Afghans who surround Cabul for
three days. Candahar is also threatened, and Lon.
don administration journals advise IN entire change
| Of the governments Afghan policy Gen Roberts
tel egraphs from Cabu, under date of the 18th inst,
that the enemy have been defeated all sides, but
That, notwithstanding their heavy losses, parties OF
AfShans still remain in the ncighborhood. Gen
I Roberts announced his Intention to attack on the
l4th unless these parties Gisperse The total Brit
sh loss during the three days fighting is IS killed
including 6 officers, and IS wounded, of whom II
! are officers.