Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-08-03
GENERAL NEWS.

the way the faShlOna0leS ENJOY themselves at
Newport, we incline to the belief that people
Of quiet tastes and habits have little business
stanotable watering place. It is pretty evident
that the majority Of people who go to these
fashionable resorts do not go for bathing and
health, but merely to trolic, firt, and spend
money. The chief ambition ofthe young ladies
seems to be directed ito ecipsing" each other.
Adjutant General Thomas estimates the
present strength Of the negro troops now IN
service at little less than one hundred thous.
and men. Just previous to the close of the
war these troops numbered about one hundred
and ten thousand men, which has been reduced
by the discharge.
A letter from Paris says: ''We have had
our dog show, and we are now to have our
insect show.
A monument to the memory of the late John
McDonogh, of Baltimore, was dedicated on
Monday at Greenmount Cemetery. in that city,
with appropriate services, and an eloquent
address delivered by j. H. B. Latrobe, Esq.
Friday was the eighty-seventh birthday OF
Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, who was born
in Philadelphia, July %, ITS, just after the
evacuation of the city by the British. His
original entry into the. navy was on the 9Th of
March, 1898, so that he has been over sixty
seven years in the service He is still active
and hearty.
Among the last literary labors Of the late
Cardinal Wiseman was an Essay on Shakes
peare and his Works-the extracts from which
show that it is a very brilliant and able pro
duction.
General Sherman last speech at Indianop-
oils, contains several important declarations
One is, that he "will never, never, accept civil
Office and never again draw his sword in
anger
North Carolina, the Newbern Times says,
will, during the present year, want at least,
two hundred thousand dollars worth Of plows,
and as many more of the various implements
necessary for successful farming To these
add one hundred thousand more for carriages,
wagons, &C. Then it will require fifty thous-
and to supply wooden ware, such as tubs,
buckets pals, barrels, &C., and fifty thousand
more to supply candles and soap, while two
hundred thousand will hardly be sufficient to
furnish shoes for the population.
Cotton is coming into Charleston from the
interior more freely than heretofore, as the
result Of additional repairs to the railroads.
General Hatch has given notice to the news
paper fraternity that those of them desirous OF
commencing the issue of public journals in the
district of Charleston must obtain his consent
before they can proceed with their enterprise.
A dispatch from Hearts Content, N. f.,
dated August l, says that crowds are arriving
there to witness the landing of the Atlantic
cable. The weather is unprecedentedly fine.
Ihe Great Eastern was to leave Valencia on
Monday morning, July "a. The favorable
weather encourages the hope that the cable
across the Gulf of St. Lawrence will be got in
working order in day or two.
hlVersdale, the great fruit estate of Colonel
EDWARD Watkins, is in Kent county, Md
Inc entire orchards contain about Is, 900 grow
Ing trees-3S,o00 bearing this year. There
were gathered last year from these trees about
$4,000 boxes Of fruit, which were either sent
70 market or converted into brandy