Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-06-16

test etc. was served, whereupon the parties
entered into thorough investigation OF the
| polls throughout the district. After a care
| ful examination Of this evidence, Il cOrrec-
| ton Of all mistakes on either side, and strlk-
| ing OUT the illegal votes which the commit
/ tee say proved TO be such from the poll OF
each party, Mr.. Ander>on's ma ority is one
| hundred and nine. The report Is concurred
in, by Mcs$rS. Gilman, Dawes, Campbell,
| NIarSton Mcknight and Stratton.
Two tac-smiije& Of the ''Champion's Belt"
were presented to Saycrs and llcenan, at the
! Alhambra Palace, London, on the evening
! of the 3Uth The entertainment consisted
! of niger songs and dances. Between the
| parts the men were brought IN, and the cere-
| mony Of presentation was performed. The
men who were in evening dress, then strip
ped off their coats, buckled on their belts,
! and walked around the ring, arm IN ARM
| The performance, as il is called, is to be re-
peated twice day during this week. The
| London Post objects that lleenan, who has
| only fought two battles in his lte-who was
| defeated in America. and who fought q
drawn battle in England-has now belt
bearing The inappropriate inscription OF the
championship of England.
COL Ripley, of the Ordinance Department
of the United States Army formerly super
intendent of the Springfield Armory,) has
becu authorized by the Secretary Of War to
make an extensive official tour of foreign
countries, for the inspection Of their various
arsenals aud armurieS and means Of defence
krenerally. lie will probably leave the coull-
! f.,n Snp
Francisco, commence his inspection IN CHI
ia and Japan, and continue 1t through In
dia and the Eastern States OF Europe 10
| Western Europe, and finish it i'll the course
Of two or three years.
The supreme court in Boston have grant
ed Mary L. Amistead, Il cvlored female, Il
divorce from John =. AmiStead for deser-
ton John was IL fugitive from his master,
and Mary bought his freedom from slave
| rvs chains in order to wrap him about with
| the chains Of love. In plain terms, she mar
| RED him. but john having "nce run away
OWING service and labor had no Scruples
against running away owing duty to Glove
and CHERISH" and he deserted his mistress
as hr had already deserted his master.
The Japanese attended an operate matt
nee at the Philadelphia Academy OF Music
the other dav. The overture to William
| Tell and the second act of Lucrczia were
| given, bat the oricntals seemed to be bored
rather than gratifiad. 4 pantomne pleased
them better. The singers were Parodl,
Tamaro. and Manu-. The reports are renew
ed that the Japanese are astonishcd ut the
rude department of the crowds III Phlla-
dclpLia that follow them IT, all places, to
which they are carried.
Two little girls were this week killed by
the railroad train from Railway at East
| Newark. They attempted 10 cross the train
at 80 short distance from the engine, that
the engineer was unable to check it. The
| distress Of the parents was extreme, the
mother OF one of them becoming frantic
| The passengers concur IN the opinion that
the engineer is free from blame, having done
his baSt to alarm the little ones and To check
the engine.
The Key West (Fla.l Key of the Gulf,
speaking Of the French bark captured re-
Gently by Lieutenant Maltit in the Crusader,
saws ,hat she was captured within three
miles of the coast Of Cuba, and therefore
within Spanish jurisdiction, and that the
Spanish consul at Key West has sisnitied
| has intention to enter Il protest against the
seizure or subsequent cuntlScation.
Professors Rogers and Nethake, Of Phila-
dclphia. who have thoroughly tested DR..
Barclays plan for coming gold and silver,
! whereby less from abrasion and counterfeit
| Ing shall be very materially diminished, ex-
/ IN mpthDI