Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-18
ALEXANDRIA.
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE IS.

osoprietors and editors of the National Intel
iigencer. He died in Washington on Saturday,
il the SD year Of his age. It is appropriate
snd proper that we should pay tribute to the
deceased, with whom and his venerable part
aer, IN years that are gone, our business rela-
:icns were most agreeable and our personal
friendship unbroken. Mr.. S. was gentleman
Justly entitled to the respect and esteem so freely
accorded to him by those who knew him. As
citizen he was public spirited, as an editor cour-
.cous,as friend sincere. Connected with the
pressfr from his earlymanhood he had the honor of
,eing associated in the conduct Of journal at the
scat Of the general government, which was &C
s;noWledged to be, at home and abroad, model
OF what newspaper should be- in free and
enlightened country. His gentlemanly bear
:ng, his kind manners, and his general intelli-
gencc made him an universal iavorite; and he
classed amongst his admirers and associates,
the most educated and distinguished men Of
oul country, in every section. His course in
lie was such as to win for him the most at
.ached friends, and to make no enemies.
ALr. Seaton was native of King William
county, w., VIC believe, and born in 1885. lie
early went into the Office Of the Virginia Pa
riot in Richmend-s there regular ap-
prenticeshiD-movedt to North Carolina, was
ii the Office Of the Raleigh Register, edited by
the venerable Joseph Gales, Summarized his
aaughter-came on to Washington and con-
aected with Joseph Gales, jr., his brother in
lew, who had succeeded Samuel Harrison
Smith, in the proprietorship and conduct Of
the National .Intelligcncer continued one of
.he owners and editors Of that establishment
:ltil few years ago, when age and i'll health
cdmonished him to leave tic cares Of business,
end seek the quietness Of a calm retirement
without very shining parts, IL brilliant
Qualities of mind, Mr.. Seaton was a man Of
excellent judgment, Of much information, aud
coulwield the editorial pee, when he chose, with
sill and effect. lie was, however, modest and
imam bilious, and not anxious ever to display his
really good abilities. His duties he always
performed with sincerity and zeal lie was
-uayor Of Washington for a series Of years, AID
the public; and so it may be said Of other
public positions which he held In private
!ifc, those who knew him best loved him
most"
lis name and memory vii! long be cherished
GOLD.-Ihe foreign news to the 9Th iast.,
srowing an abandonment Of the Intended peace
md vi, oil ~, b,,t
-'ar, Aad powerful effect on the gold premi-
I'm On Saturday. The gold rate OF Friday eve
ling il New York was l475. Under the news
on Saturday morning it opened az t5j,t$$ in the
Colo Room in that city, and Advanced rapidly
o 1898, finally closing at 1925 an advance of
III per Ct for the day. TIE crisis on the con-
,;nent continued, and at london on the 9th of
Inc, o.aer failures we're reported Messrs.
pc: Il nlastcrman mad suspended with heavy
aAd widespread liabilities, ard the event was
cieaiing considerable commercial depression,
hough 1t had not been unexpected. The last
Quotations Of Consols at SIS to Sc is an i'm
-;to9ement of per ct. since the advicc:syf June
g, but during the same time Units,l States
20s have fallen off per Ct, the dosing quo
,etions on the 9th being G-t to Oh The arri-
We! out Of the news Of the advance Of gold on
his side naturally dcprcssos 3heir price in
England
lie CHOLERA IN New YoRE-Tho cholera
appears TO be slowly working it's way in New
."orG, although it Iocs not appear to cause cx-
.1eordlnary Excitement. Cases, occurring
mostly among Che poorer classes, living in crowd
&C localities teemiug with filth, are reported
$:aiiy. One man died on Friday, while two
ley cases arc announced. One was an cmi-
gent but lately arrived DR.. Harris, liz an
official report says: THAT the cholera poison
IS IN New York CITY, We Know, and that it has
nus far struck down its victims ic accordance
'7ijh the principle that removable causes have
ccelizea it, or excited it into fatal activity, We
AVE seen proof in twelve cases that have oc-
5uTrod" \ dispatch from New York, dated
ssjetusday evening says: "Some uncaslness
Tss felt in the city to-day about the cholera
ocoause it seems as if it might become cpl
;ei2ic.
Zen. Robert b. Lee Is now actively and CT
I:>icntly engaged III his duties, as President Of
Washington College, at Lexington, Va It is
SIG, chat besides attending to the general in
cess and administration Of the institution, he
-':s;5s, from time to time, the different lecture
:oouls, attends rccitations, and receives weekly
>eDol!s Of the standing and progress of all the
Students in the several schools, &c. It is ad-
l:et that the General keeps such constant and
attentive supervision over the affairs of the
cc!lage that he is always famiiarwith the relative
Standing in his classes held BY each of the one
.,un51cd and fifty students now in attendance.
:-rlus nas this great man, quietly, gracefully,
a.1G honorably assumed the labor and the cares
): civil life, in a new position, far from the