Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-15
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Lord AID Indy Daft ,tin will arrive ia Lon
don 10 night from ST.. Petersburg for month 8
| holiday.
| The Turkish lono Of hundred million dol
las is believed 10 be failure, Franc, With
| drawing on the plea that French bondholdtrs
were %. sufficiently protected.
The weather 10 London ia Indictment. a hail
storm accompanied BIZ thunder aud lightning
occurred hero yesterday with much rain aud q
high cid wind throughout tho light.
Tho Bolviaos have ret4kcn Atacana. 1t ia
announced from Jujury, q town Of the AtgsD-
tine Republic, near the Bolivian frontier. that
| Is 600 Bolivians arc marching to attack tho
| ChiIisus.
The Pope will to day nominate Rev. John
Vertln 10 be Bishop Of Malqaote aud SAUL Ste.
Marie, aud Very Rev. LawreOco S. McMahoo,
Vicar Gcn9rl! Of Providence, 10 be Bishop Of
Hartford.
The Paris Jouraal Ges Debats says: "Oo tho
| attitude Of Eoglsud on tho Greek question TiaY
| depend the continuance Of that mutual cor6'
| deIc, which has hitherto tnaika the relations
Of Ffaucc and EDglaud.'
The oldsr Of Tie London privy couos re-
curing thet swine from the United States shall
| he slaughtered at The port OF landing has beeo
70 modified az 10 take effect CD the 10th OF the
prescott Month, Instead If the first Of June. as
| originally designed.
Advices from Port su Piac,. Hayli. April
| %, rcp:ri several sudden dealEs from fever,
which sou.u suppose to De yellow fever, OF
which heretofore CrIy Foreigners have been siti
| iu.s. Toe civ IS very filthy and it is essori:h-
iug EPIDEMIC disease h5s NJ; developed there
belGrs.
ltis announced tha; Austria aod Russia have
cousentcd to htcJmo parties TO the AugIo Der
man treaty for the prevention Of the slave trade
on the African coast, aud that France ard the
United States, though asked to do 81. arc
hardly expected to join, as they sre unwilling
| to admit the mutual rtIh. OF search.
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS. la his laoiure
10 Baltimore las'ioish', st the Johns llcpkin' 8
| UniVers;ty, Judge Cooley, of Michigan said -,
Debts iog railroads are not o,nlrtced for
| purposes Of Inuuicpa! government, but the
others spoken Of arc legal Of !ots OF local CIV
| pcrdture. Aud yet it is matter Of duly that
a tiy shall not eutjsc: the local government
| 10 tho burden Of debts out Of all proportion TO
Tho rurposea for which they were oreated.-
| Debts termed 10 tho infancy Of city oppress
II uuIlOS all us hlci auu ltS luIuio - UutuSuIu
whilo tic present only receives the advantages.
Look to Memphis. which has debt more
than equal to QUO Of sky five millions Of dol
| lars for Baltimore. Its population is tesrfu Of
| the future, its government is denorslj2ad its
streets are dangerous through torn up pave.
uents, ADD lis property id unstable. 10 com.
pare such city as that with Baltimore, aud
her Hiicri01 streets, her beautiful buildings
aud her tass extending commerce is Of
course Impossible, the Gully similarity be-
lug that pvth have deb;s. the ouo crush
leg AID the other borne easily. This
disaster OF Memphis began With grants
to railroads, thea the issue of scrip
to paving contracts, and then the fuudDg Of
It in long time boudg. To-day the city Is 10
utter aud hopeless bankruptcy. and the State,
at its request, hos taken back its charter OF mu5i
cipaI government. and as trustee, has appoint
cd q receiver, tut the federal courts have dooe
SO also. ard be anomaly is presented Of citS In
tbs court Of ehsIc;ry. Will chaueery, alter
selling all the ely 8 salab!e property, levy tsxss,
ron the cc,l government aod appoint tho pc
lice? VIII it order tic rtcelvar TO issue debt
certificates when they are needed, aud will the
CASE boone second Jarodycs vs.. Jarndgee.
Ias,i.g uni the IaHyets fees have exhausted
it, thus adding uo9 sortor TO bankruptcy and
a waning against indebtedness.