Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-21
-GENERAL NEWS.


swindle that exploded in that CITY, it was the
'sGreat Northwestern Gift Concert, Ludlum,
Hale & Co., proprietors On the day Oh
drawing it was discovered that all the money
of the concern received in payment for tickets,
over Sis, 900 ia all, had been drawn out OF the
bank, and that Aaron Ludium, senior partner
had disappeared.
A correspondent OF the London Times says 4:
Vienna city is in Il state Of revolt, and that
the inhabitants are suffering from want OF iood'
as no supplies c1n be obtained from t ne no'th
on account Of the presence OF The Frussllh
troor,s. and the other railways have been so
taken ND with military transports that they
cannot bring provisions into the capital.
The foreign papers state that the Jews are
suffering severe trials iii tbc Danuban prlncl-
n,lities, aud all the power Of the authorities
barely sulfces to save their lives from the lniC-
rated populace. 4 letter from Bucharest says
that the whole Jewish community have been
kent in a state Of alarm by the threats OF 4
general massacre.
A Saratoga letter says: There are but
two or three beauties One, we had stealthlly
admired from corners and behind newspapers !;
but when, to-day at dinner she put both elbows
on the table, and gnawcd her corn from the
car, we wept tears for the betrayal OF our hopes,
and gave her up. ....
Thad. Stevens, in speech last week at Lam
caster, Pa, declared his 'prcfercncc for 4
negro over the foreign born white citizens, and
avowcd his belief that the negro is superior
to the Irish Or the German races.
Hon. James Brooks, Of New York, so Ut
Justly turned out from his scat by the Radical
Congress, is likely to be reelected, with scarce
Il show Of opposition.
LETTER from REV. J. J? MCGUIRE.
TAppAuANNOCK, ESSEX Co., Va, Aug. TO-
May beg you to excuse ne for troubling you
with this letter. For several years 1t has been
the unhappy lot of myself and many others to
he occasionally troublesome to our friends
Few Of us are willing to tell all The painful cn-
cumslanccs which have rendered This ncces-
s;try.
In May, 1861, mot willingly, but BY con
straint-letC the Episcopal High School at
Howard, near your city Previous to the forced
dsmission OF The school, the session had been
prosperous, the number OF pupils; being
large and OF tic highest rank Tor department
and scholarship. The whole establishment
was completely furnished throughout, every
thing in the best possible order and condition.
10 June, 1865, returned and found nothing
Of all I had left, save the bare walls. It had
been used rs q Federal Hospital for about four
years, and everything that belonged to the In
stitution, as such, had been destroyed or re-
moved nothing remained OF either public or
private property Since then, | have, through
the kindness of friends, recovered some half a
dozen pieces Of furniture, some family pictures
and other articles. with about one hundred and
fifty volumes Of my entire library. Among the
articles lost is a large collection Of papers and
letters, which belonged to Gen. Z. L. Mercer,
running over period Of some 60 years the pa
pcrs Of my father, Col. VIM. McGuire, which
extended back, considerably, into the 18th cen
fury, and number Of my own, with large
correspondence upon business and other mat
:crs, preserved for many years; several letter
books, a ledger G, very valuable, and ether
manuscript books Of no value to any person but
myself-packagcs Of family letters sealed up,
and marked as such. an old portable writing
III. law