The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-11
LATi ST FOREIGN NEWS.
Purchase OF German Railroads by ia
Government.

BERLIN, December 10.-Ihe lower mouse
OF the I4andtag has adopted, by vote OF
226 to 155, the clauses OF the bill empower
ing the Government to purchase the Berlin
and Stettin, Magdeburg and Halberstadt,
Hanover and Allenbecken, and Cologne
and Minden railways. The dissentients
were tue Clcricals, Progressonists, Poles,
and some National Liberals. The Govern
mect has promised TO introduce at the
present or next session OF the Landtag
bills providing for the guarantees stipu-
lated by the Railroad Committee.
Prince Alexander Unpopular.
LONDON, December 10.-The Eastern
Bndget, the organ OF the Austrian Embassy
here, says: 1--WE bear from Sofia that
Prince Alexander, Of Bulgaria, is daily
growing more unpopular, and that serious
aDprehcnsIons are felt for the safety OF his
throne. 1t is becoming evident that the
Constitution is not workable. The country
is threatened with anarchy"
Fears OF Flood Disasters In Hungary.
LONDON, December 10.-A dispatch from
Pesth to the Daily NelcS says: "The de-
struction OF dams on nearly all the princi-
pal rivers in Hungary and Pennsylvania,
and terrible inun dations, are again filing
the public mind with anxiety. But for the
intense cold, raging from Is to 200, Rea-
muir, Grosswarden, and several villages
around that city would ere this have shared
the fate of Szegedin, Temesvar. Arad
and several towns in Pennsylvania were
partly inundated on Monday, and, as in
GrossWarden, number Of houses fell in.
So suddenly came the flood that hardly any
preventive measures had been taken. and
great damage to property is reported, but
no loss Of life. The continuance OF frost
can alone prevent most serious disaster"
The DANCERS which Threaten Russia.
BERLIN, December 10.-Intelligence from
st. Petersburg says: Another No. OF the
new revolutionary journal, entitled The
VIII of the People, has been distributed in
St. Petersburg and other parts OF Russia.
This No. was printed subsequent to the re-
| cent eourt-martial, and contains comments
on the trial OF Niniist Mirsky. The Noroe
| IIenua Of St. Petersburg states that the
Governor OF that city has ordered every
householder to display red lamp
before bis door nightly bearing the
| No. OF the house. The well-informed
St. Petersburg correspondent OF the
| National Zeitung says ne thinks that the
Russian imperial council which was to have
been held yesterday, under the presidency
| of the Emperor, was summoned not so
much to consider the question Of peace or
war, but as how best to retire from the pre-
sent diplomatic attitude OF aggression. a
new war would produce an explosion cal
culated to shatter the whole organism OF
the State. The last war proved that foreign
enterprises do not remove the peril IN
yolyed in the passive opposition or society
to the present system OF Governments
peril greater than the desperate consplra-
cies of the Nihiists.
Why the Bulgarian Assembly was
Dissolved.
LONDON, December 10.-A dispatch 10 the
Times from Vienna says: The Bulgarian
Assembly was dissolved because the leaders
OF the majority refused to allow frlnce
Alexander to have any voice In the noml.
nation Of new Cabinet. and also reluseo
to modify the address, replying 10 the
speech from the throne, wherein Inc late
ministry and, by implication the frince
himself, were accused Of unconstitutional
proceedings. The Cabinet appointed 10
carry on the Government until tue new
Assembly shall meet with Bishop Clement,
OF Ti.noya. as Premier ana Minister OF
Public Instruction, is such as Will demon
strate the Princes anxiety TO aVold an up.
pearance OF his siding with either party.
sDecie In the Bank Of Germany.
BERLIN. December 1O.-The statement OF
the ImpertoI Bank OF Germany SHOWS an
increase in specie amounting 70 io'oio'ooo
marks,