Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-01
TERMS OF ADvERTJGG:
MISCELLANEOUS TENS.


The official report, Of Msje General Sir
army at Magdala in the captu of the place
and the battle which preceded explains the
reasons which compelled himEl attack Theo
dorus' fortress after the prisons had been
surrendered to him. PreviousO the compile
tion, Of this act supposed tofe all that was
required from the late King apier had re-
ceived information that his Mesty was enl-
ployed in reorganizing his scatted forces tor
another assault on the Queen army, and It
Magdala had not been assauteeand the mill
tary power Of the Abyssinian rnr completely
destroyed, the return march ofte British ex-
peditionary force to the coast void have been
rendered far more distressing 9ad dangerous
than its advance. " * .5i,. 2t>
An Austrian paper alleges Tat the most
perfect speaking machine ever iuented is now
being exhibited in Pesth, Hugary.a 1t is
worked BY keys, and the lady prformer con-
verses throughits medium with arapidity and
precision that even misleads thesisitors. The
only ;percept!ble imperfection isin rendering
the sharper or kissing sounds, sua as the final
of the letter 'sS."s yniT ::1l
Consequent upon the conviction Of Mrs. Vic
tor, in Cleveland, for the murier of VIM.
Parquet, her brother, in orderJtt obtain his
Life Insurance money, the Connecticut Life
Insurance Com papy has bfoughtssuit for the
recovery of thessmoney paid ON theife insurance
policy on Parquet, and attached aMhe property
of Mrs. Victor. la.I
In the case of DR.. John Flint of Boston.
against the New York and Norwia Transpor-
tation Company, to recover damages for the
loss of one of his legs, occaslonedby the dis
charge of musket In the hands of .. S.
soldier in J une, 1864, the jury renered ver-
dict for the plaintiff for $40, 900. Z 3s.-@#a
The live stock of the y. S. accoding to the
recent reports Of the AgriculturalB Bureau, at
Washington, has diminished to al extraordl-
nary extent since 1860. In these eports it is
stated that the number of milch ows in the
country is now smaller by five percent. than
1t was IN 1850. 49,.
Carrots are valuable crop to fed to cattle,
horses and store hogs. For mich COWS, they
increase the quality of milk and i've good
color to the butter, besides keepig them In
good condition. Hogs fed on them I'LL thrive,
ifthey are fed sufficiently. !
Two young lions, male and a fepa)e, which
belonged to the late Emperor Maxim han, and
sent to London for sale after his,xecution,
were recently landed at Calais on thir way to.
Turin having been purchased for tie private
menagerie of King Victor Emmanue.a# yt.
atArich Japanese, whose income is put at the
fabulous figure of 100000, 600, is sad to be.
coming to Paris for wife. The Bosom Post
says :SH''What a blessing if We could uly get
him here-and tax him!'j' - .gss a.; tqa
The Young Mems Christian Associations
of the United States, according to the report
read on Thursday, at the Convention b De-
troit, number 10, 900 members. a- II
S.. N. Pike, formerly of Cincinnati, The own
er of Pixies Opera House Palace in tina city
and of finer one in New York, few years
since was poor to- day he is worth millicns.
Among the gentlemen who are nam.d in
connection with the Democratic nomination for
the Presidency, John W.. Garrett, ESD, Fcesi-
dent of the Baltimor and Ohio Railroad, isone.
The London police comprises, in round nm-
bers, ten thousand men, Of the whole body
there are two divisions-the City and the
metropolitan.
By the close of this year London expects to
have a second TUNNEL beneath the ?ames
open for passenger traffic. !, rgs5 ai4
Charles O. Conor's income was $4,000 last
year. "@
MONUMENT TO GEN. ScoTr. .-Messrs. Pass
more and Meeker, of Newark, N. j., have
completed monument to be erected over the
grave Of Lieutenant General Scott, at West
Point. The Newark Advertiser says It is
provided by the fial care of his daughters, and
is remarkable for it's dignity and simplicity. 1t
consists of granite base, seven feet long, three
wide and one foot two inches thick. Upon
this rests single block of polished Italian mar
Bile. This block is six feet long, two feet wide,
and two and a half feet high. It is a mere
plain surface, except the inscription. which is
in square, plain cut raised letter in part, and
the remainder in plain Roman. There is not
an ornament about it, not even moulding to
break the severe simplicity and so;ldlty OF the
massive stone. The following is the inscrip-
ton: winfield Scott, born, Dlnwiddle County,
Virginia, June '27, 1886; died, West Point,
New York, May 27, 1866. History records
his Eminent Services as a Warrior, Paclhca-
tor and General. in Chief Of the Armies OF the
United States. Medals and an Equestrian
Statue ordered by Congress in the Capital OF
His Country, are his Public Monuments. This
stone is mark of the love and veneration OF
his daughters. Requiescat in Peace
VELOCITY PER Hour. speed of our
ocean steamers in crossing the Atlantic rarely
exceeds II miles per hour; the speed of river
steamers is from II to "a miles per hour, Of a
race horse from % to 30; of bird so to go !;
of high wind 20, and of a hurricane 80 miles;
of sound so4; of mechanical force in air $50 ;
Of the earth around the sun $4,000; of light,
as demonstrated by Faucault's apparatus,
69O, 900 miles, and yet this inconceivabes
speed is little more than half the velocity OF
static electricity, which latter, Wheatstone has
shown to be ], ,040, 100000 miles an hour.
,ToorHAcHE.-Atsa !. meeting Of the London
Medical Society, pr. Blake, 9 distinguished
practitioner, said that hefwas able to cure the
most desperate case of toothache, unless the
disease was connected with rheumatism, by the
application of the following remedy. Alum,
reduced 10 an impalpable powder. two drachrns;
nitrous spirits Of ether, seven dfachms;s mix MI