Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-08-09
rEWs. =TxrRAcrs, AND REMARKS.

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There is 4 swedenborgian Theological School
At Waltham, near Harvard University.
writer ia the Cincinnati Times says good
| word for the alauthus tree He says it vii
prow TO 4 large size where scarcely any, otner
tree will grow at ALL 1t grows so rapidly that
it may be cut down for fuel every fourth year.
AS fuel. the wood is superior; 1t makes clear, !,
bright flame, and throws out great ucal OF
heat. Its charcoal is OF superior quality, and
its ashes rich in potash, The wood IS hard
and of fine grain, and we'll fitted for cabinet
making.
The hog cholera, it is said, prevails to some
extent at and near Towsontown, in Md.
The Grand Master of Maryland has accepted
the invitation to lay with Masonic honors' gu
the 18th OF September, the corner stone OF tne
monument to be erected on the grounds OF the
Antietsm Cemetery.
1t is strange that the Radical papers are
const antly saying what General Grant thinks
aud says but the General never says any such
things himself, under his own name HegIVes
them no authority for manufacturing words
and thoughts for him although, we doubt not,
in the main, he is Radical enough.
The Columbus (Miss) Sentinel gives an
interesting description of plantation in that
neighborhood cultivated entirely with white
labor The number of acres cleared is about
nine hundred, of acres under cultivation SIX
hundred. There are tWenty-One able hands
and seven or eight youngsters; they cultivate
twenty acres to the hand, have nineteen mules
and three yoke Of oxen, together with large
number Of cattle and hogs. 1t thinks that
white labor will take the place OF black labor,
in that section, as the experiment Is very sue
cessful. ..
|. "Petroleum Nasty" though the favorite
reading of Senator Wade, is 'dreary attempt
at humor-the lees of the writers who think
that particular kind OF spelling is 'oh The
public have become tired and sick of such stuff.
Most of it as Lord Allcash," says, is 'shock-
ing, positively shocking.
Ira Aldrige, the colored tragedian, who has
achieved success in his profession as an actor,
in Germany and Russia, is engaged for a New
York Theatre, and will soon appear there.
He is represented as black man, with all the
characteristics of bis race.
Notwithstanding the acknowledged faults of
his character, the Prince Of Wales is said to
be very popular in England, and the people
cheer him whenever he appears on public &C.
casion, and seem deli ghted to pay him their
respects.
Tie Paris Exposition is just now 10 the full
tide of it's triumph. l. has been a great sue
cess, in the articles exhibited, the crowd collect
cd, and, generally, we believe, in all its Access
series. ....'..
The National Inclligencer ''pours down.
upon Secretary Stanton. Not long since, such
article az appears in yesterday lntelllgenser,
would have sent dozen men to the Old Capt.
tol, or some other prison.
Col. Guilds letter on the Exchange of pris-
oners," has not yet been contradictcd-
even if it were by those interested in doing so,
it's truth would be admitted by those who are
not afraid Of the truth.
The Treasury Department will soon mature
an improved system for the collection of the
tax on distilled quors--whiskey, &c. Which
it is hoped will be efficient for The object
1t is represented that Gen. Sheridan moves
about in great state 10 New Orleans, coach and
six, capariSoned horses, onriders, guards, &c.
Can all this be true?
The New York Tribune will not "commit'
itself 10 favor of Gen Grant for next President,
just now. 1t waits.
The American Agricuturist thinks we never
get the full power Of our working oxen in our
present system of yoking them, and thinks that
any one who has watched a fight between bulls
or oxen ought to be convinced that the fore
head of the animal is the great point Of power,
and that yoking by the head, as is done i'll
Sonth America, would be an Improvement.
Foltaire's statue is soon to be erected in
Paris. 1t is announced that 1885, 900 persons
have already subscribed to the fund, and that
the subscription lists will be closed at the end
| of Septembil.
In Neva, W a,a Colorado female servants re-
ceive $50 a >,,;:Jnth. The supply is limited,
and some one writes to the Boston Transcript
to send the girls along" The Transcript
makes this the occasion for All article on tho
general subject, and says that the difficulty OF
getting "help" is as great in the Atlantic citeS
| as in the Territories.
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