Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-11-12
INSTANTANEOUS ITEMS.

view Of advancing the financial interests of the
| State. and enlisting Northern capital to secure
| the speedy completion OF the Blue Ridge rail-
road which is the missing link in continuous
railway line between Charleston andClnclnnah
The Governor is much grati6ed at the quiet
and order that marked the election throughout
the State After the announcement OF the re-
suit, a number of prominet Democrats. incud-
ing Gen. Hampton, called in body on him,
and declared their determination to accept
cheerfulIy and abide by the decision of the
people, to stand by the State government In It's
acts, and to use all their influence IN inducing
the people throughout the State to do likewise.
The time. honored firm of Ticknor & Fields,
| 1.-THE great book publishing house in Boston,
is no more, and Fields, Osgood & Co., reigns
in its stead, at 124 fremont street. This
change in the firm has revived the Old subject
| of Dickens readings, and the connection OF
| Ticknor & Fields, Herewith. The latest state
ment of the case is this: That during his visit
to England Mr. Osgood, of the firm, made
contract with Mr.. Dickens, by the terms of
which the latter was to give eighty reading in
this country, receiving therefor one thousand
dollars each, with his expenses andithat upon
settlement the author realized nnety-slX
thousand dollars and the firm clean one
hundred thousand dollars.
Among the propositions discussed by Sena
| tors and members of Congress regarding the
finances, is one for the ISSUE by act OF Congress
Of bond bearing a small currency interest
convertible at the holder option, at the Urea
surv, into greenbacks, and vice versa. Such
bond, it is claimed, would prevent spectators
from suddenly creating strlpgeney In the
money market.
Two weeks ago Mr. Edwin Forrest paid,
through JAY Cooke, at Philadelphia, sos, 900,
the amount in full of the accumulated alimony
due to his late vile under the decision In the
divorce decree, which has at last beer made
final. Mr.. Forrest has expended, it is estima-
ted, upwards OF $500, 900 in this painful d.
yorce suit.
Louisa Muhlbach is poor. She says she
would like to have money enough to buy a
small house and garden, which she might leave
to her two daughters. 1t seems as though
some prosperous book publisher might give
her house and garden.
'Charlcs VII, of Spain" as he calls HIM
SELF is still staying in Paris, and lodges IN gen
teel apartments in the Rue Cardinal Fesch.-
| He is said to be handsome young man, with
grave, polished manners.
A large box of earth from Polish soil is kept
| in Paris, and whenever member of the Polish
colony in that city dies handful Of this earth
| is thrown into his coffin
On the first day of the next session, OF Con
gress Mr.. Kelley, OF Penn, will introduce con-
| stitutioual amendment providing for universal
suffrage in all the States.
Gen. Fitzpatrick has been granted months
| leave of absence from the CHILEAN mission, and
| left this evening for New } ersey.
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT' S LATE CRUIsE.-Con-
sidering the extent of the cruise Of the Frank
lin, the attention which has been bestowed on
her officers by many OF the powers in Europe,
and the significance which has been attached to
it. the voyage ranks as the most remarkable in
| American naval annals. The Franklin was
fitted out at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the
spring Of 1867, and sailed during the following
summer. On arriving in England, Admiral
Farragut and several Of his officers were official
" presented to the Queen. Subsequently he
proceeded to France, and was entertained at
public dinner by his countrymen resident at
Paris, besides being received by the Emperor
at special levee. Similar honors were also ex-
tended to him by the s0VerelgnS OF Russia, Iur-
key, Italy, Austria, Greece, and in Ohter places
adjacent to the Mediterranean. The Sultan
of Turkey recognized him as the equal OF
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Bosphorus by the Dardanelles-a privilege
which has heretofore been denied to American
war vessels and their commanders. At Con
stantinople he was teted by the Prime Minister
and the American ambassador, and he was
also welcomed by the Russian feet and the
Emperor with great stentation.
The LADY OF THE WHITE HOUSE In con-
nection with the election of Gen. Grant to the
Presidency, is the promotion of Mrs. Grant to
the position of Lady of the White House,
1t is gratifying to think that the position is one
| which Mrs. Grant will fill with the true SIM
| plicity Of an American woman. There will be
no attempt to ape the grandeur OF a regal court,
| and no vulgar striving after mere sensation -
| Mrs. Grant is a lady who has maintained
through every event which has marked the
vicissitudes of her husband life marked pro-
prety Of demcanor She has shared his honors
without being dazzled by the position or con
| taminated by the foolish adulations OF those
who worship at the shrine OF success.-BoSton
| Journal
THE OYSTER TRADE.-From appearances
| before US, there is every reason to believe
that the oyster trade this season will be much
greater than at any other previous seaso since
the war. Our oyster packers are using every
| effort, and taking advantage OF every OppOr-
tunity to solicit the Western and Southwestern
| trade, so long heretofore Il tributary to Batl-
more. -NoytoN Journal
The oyster packing business in Baltimore
gives employment to many hundreds of per
sons and many thousands OF capital. But Vir
ginia has better oysters than Maryland, and
Norfolk every facility for packing and ship
ping that Baltimore has-Rich. Wing.
|
A letter from New Zealand, dated October
%, gives particulars of tidal wave which was
observed at different points on the coast about
that date, at Wellington. The tide kept rising
and falling two or three times an hour from
low water to extreme high water. AtOamaru
the tide rose and fell fifteen feet in fifteen minu
tes, and at Lyttleton it receded suddenly to feet
below extreme low water level, and then came
in with such rush that it tore all the shipping
away from the wharves, and caused tremendous