Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-11
FOREIGN NEWS.

nople.
The agitation for tho retention Of CsuJshsr
is spreading 10 England.
Tbs avmist;c With the Beers wiiI, p*rhops, b.
prolonged.
Tho PSpsl tu9oio at Madrid protes;a sgainst
tho return of the republicans AID ra!ocalst
professors 10 The universities.
EaeIsnd will participate 10 tho noac!cfy c5a-
! tereEca if the Invitation be modified 30 .hy! re-
ceptaDco will DO ncrcommittn!.
Hail of the Deu 10 The Gessi tx2oditiou
against tic Ditur slave Ersders have died CT
starvation.
Tho Daily News ssyj that Sir Garuet Wolse
ley will probably TAXA the ti;la Of Lord " o!s9leY
| on bslng raised to The peerage.
Additional arrests under The coercion &C. are
reported 10 Ireland. The House Of Commons
took Summary scion on the arms bill las. night.
Tho General Synod Of tho Hungarian Re-
| formed Church has resolved TO forbid iust;uo
| ton in the German language in ell tho higher
girls schools ard teachers tra!nipg colleges
10 The British Hons, Of Commons yesterday
Sir Charles Dixie, Uadar Foreign Secretary,
| rcpIglig to q question, said there had been 60
correspondence recently with tho Unted States
| resspeol1g l1terccaa1lc Communication. The
subj cot, no said was receiving tho government s
careful attention, although it would at present
bo premature to tsks aug action 10 thu na!ttr.
Sir Henry Wolff, cited O passage in President
Gay6eld's inaugural address relative TO "a it,.
| teroceauio canal. and asked whether, ~ tho
| Clayton Bu!wer treaty, L leland AID tic Uni!cd
States had cot sgreod 80 general prinoipo to
| extend their protection to aHy practical com nu
nioations across tho ls!hmus, sEd whether Her
| Mejas!y's Government snd the United States
| Government will or have como 10 90 understand
Ing as to the execution If this treaty 10 RESP o.
! to the canal now contemplated.
SUICIDE OF A VIRaINIAN. s.. Ftat k Hub
bert, If Salem. Roanoke couHy. Va, who c>m
mited suicide On Wednesday OF the Sncdley
Hous', Philadelhis. was victim to lev, fer
dritk. His Eucido Was cool proceeding; ho
not only lodged ball 10 his brsio, but had
appearantly taken dose OF strychune before
using the pistol. From letters left behind him
aud correspondence iou1d in his satohei full par
tcuars of bis life We're sscerteioed. lie YES
| about IS years OF age, and at one time in com
Portable oircuG staroas. having married the
dsu2hter of wealthy man, Capt. U. Spared
L. Simmons. and become the father of four
girls. All were sa,riEc'd to bis dissipated
habits bis wife went home to Der father, lis
homo IVES broken up. aud the last blow vas
q suit for divorce. Six or seVen months
ago MIR. McLaughio. becoming interested in
| HUBERT, put him upon a farm near Hidden
field, N. j., but BIO neglected bis duties, and
| while en- The farm had female companion
known by the soDriquet of Lolita. 80 that his
employer dismissed him. Before committing
| suicide he wrote letters to his wife. Mrs. Emma
| Hubbsrt, Salem, Va; to Q. NJ. Weber, editor
| of the Salem Register, and George A. or q. q.
Hubert. at Salem. Va. He left directions what
| to do with his body, and requested that articles
hi5 brother VIM. 4. Hubert who is minister,
| professor aud editor of Our Church Paper, o
Lutheran journal, published at Bscksburg,
Montgomery county. We, The deceased was q
graduate of Roanoke College, in Virginia. His
relatives have bean notified, and his rtu1ests
will be complied with if they 30 desire
SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS YESTERDAY,
Robertson vs.. Trotb. Writ OF error allowed,
but DOT to operate as supersadeas, to iuig.
ment Of tho Circuit Court Of Primes William
county.
Lacy IS. The Commonwealth. Writ of error
and supersedaas awarded to judgment of the
Hastings Court Of tho city OF Richmond, but
not to operate to discharge the petitioner from
custody.
Burton aDd Littlepaee IS. Mills. Appeal
allowed aud supersedeas awarded to decree Of
the Circuit Court of King Willism c9uot7.
Hcrrpg vs. Dou.hat. From tie Chsrcs!y
Court of the city of Richmond Affirmed,
Judge Christian delivering tho opinion.
Stones!reet against Doyle From tie Circuit
Court of the city Of Norfolk. Affirmed, Judge
Staples delivering the opinion
Hurt against Jones aud wife. From the
Circuit Court of PittsylvsDia county. Revers.
ed, Judge Burks delivering the opinion.
Chamberlsyne against Stanpsr's adn!nistra
tor. Affirmed bya divided court.
Alexandra and Fredericksburg Railway Com.
paDy vs.. Alexandra srd Washington Rsiroad
Company. Submitted.
OVerby's committee W. Overly a5mipistra'
tor. Dismissed agreed.
Hartman vs., Greentow. ttt nsurer Mandate
OF the Supreme Court of the Uoited S;stes re-
oeived and entered of record std n.n1aIus
Awarded.