Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-18
GENERAL NEWS.

There was an elopemeat III high life in Lou
;sville recently. The Democrat says the young
Isdy retired at the usual hour, but before doing
50 tied cord to her wrist, leaving an end of
tbe cord hanging out Of tAe window At the
hoar appointed the impatient lover, ,unterrifed
by the roar OF Heavens 5 artillery, and undamped
By tho torrents Of rain that were falling, made
his way to the abode of his charmer; seized the
cord nervousy, and gently pulled the belle. :
The signal was answered by hundred and
forty pounds Of female ioveH IS, dropping
gently into his extended arms.
/ private letter 10 gentleman in this city,
says the Philadelphia Press, from General
Drisbin, dated Washington, June Is, says:
'',Ir, Stevens was in the House to-day, and
spoke on the reconstruction amendment to the
Constitution IIe is still feeble, bat mendiug
slowly asked him what ailed him, and he
replied, about seventy years, he believed. He
subsequently, said his liver was very much af-
fectel; and when | hintei that some people
thonght his gall touched. he said. Yes, it is
very bitter. .... p. .....r..
The New York Express states that two clerks
are nov busiy engaged in the Custom House
in New York in filing the applications Of par
ties who are anxious to obtain Offices from Col,
ector Smythc. 1t is stated that nearly one
hundred applicants have already received ap-
pointments- about all Republicans, if not all.
The Democrats a;e rs much prescribed as they
ever were Mr. Thomas Mcilhath (of' the
l'ribune) haa been appointed u Deputy Col
cctor.
Tie German Professor Lepsus, who has
been staying in Egypt Tor the last few months,
has found a treasure Of greater importance than
any since the digging up of the stone Of Roset
ia It is also bilingual inscription containing
one and the same text in Egyptian hieroglyph-
les and in Greek, thus affording an opportu-
nifty for decipheling the former by comparison
with the latter
The New York Commercial states that the
Investigations into the Provost Marshal5 de-
partment by the co1omtteo Of the House Of
Representatives, appointed on the charges
made in the House by Mr. Conkling Of N ew
York, are very damaging to General Fry and
his subordina!cs. 1t is only what Was to be
expected. -..: -..-. : -
Conservative politicians are not sorry Tor the
defeat of Mr. Clarke rs candidate for re-elec
ton to the Z. S. Seuatc from New Hamp
shire. Mr. Clarke has claimed political pre-
ftrment on the ground CT his extreme radical
ism as evidenced in his z'al for negro suffrage,
and for the election Of Nr. Stockton from his
seat.
New Zealand adviccs state that four of the
murderers Of the missionaries at Valkner have
been condemned to death. Sixteen Of the mur-
derers Of the crew Of the Kate have been con-
demned to death as principals, and nine as &C
cesSorieS. .. ..." ...a III. ..~ ..s5..:.:.,o
Western papers assert that what were vast
treeless praires in Illinois, twelve years, ago are
now covered with a dense growth Of thrifty
young forest trees, comprising various species
Of oaks, hickory, cottonwood, ash, &c
The New Orleans journals of the 7th speak
the heat there as intense. The city however,
Sas never healthier and never, cleaner: Large
numbers of families confined to leave or the
steamers for the cooler North .1j""oa~ oa"
A man in Caroline, Va, who was fined at
The recent term Of the court for selling liquor
without license, expressed his determination
10 appeal to the city Of Washington. - ...,.,
The cotton crop throughout Turkey vii be
much larger this year than any grown before,
but the heavy fail in prices will have serious
elect. 5.a --..u.i :...-an., '.-.H
OaFnday, in the House, q Representative
from Pennsylvania introduced a bill for the
creation of a National Bureau Of Insurance!