Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-07-13
NEWS OF THE DA 7.
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Gov. Yarmouth, Governor elect OF Louisa
ma, will be inaugurated to-day. Lieutenant
Governor Dunn, who is a colored man, took
the oath OF Office in the presence OF the State
Senate on Saturday. He denied that the co /
ored people were contendng for social equal
ity, by political action. ~. r.. ..+.
A Paris letter says "The great influx of
Americans has warranted the old and wealthy
firm of Messrs Drexel & Co., Of Philadelphia,
and the well-knoWn firm Of Messrs. DrexeI,
Winthrop & Co., of New York, to open an
American bank in Paris.
At the Roman Catholic Cathedral Of ST..
Peter and St. Paul, in Philadelphia, yesterday,
Rev. VIM. o. Hooda, ID, was consecrated
bishop of the new diocese Of Scranton, and the
Rev. J. F. Shanaban, ID, was consecrated
bishop Of the new diocese of Wilkesbarre.
The resignation of Brigadier General Rob
ert K. Scott, (Brevet Major General,) U. S.
volunteers, has been accepted by the President,
to take effect July 6, 1868. Gen. Scott was
inaugurated Governor of South Carolina on
Thursday, it will be remembered.
The executive committee Of the Central
Chase Association met in New York on Friday
and resolve to present preamble and resolution
to the next meeting of the association, recon-
mending the endorsement of Gen. u. 5. Grant
for President.
Admiral Haskins commanding the English
squadron in the Pacific disapproves Of the
proceedings of Commander Bridges, of the
Chanticleer, in the affair at Mazatlan, and Or
ders him to reopen that port Immediately, and
proceed to Panama.
The nickel works of Joseph W. Wharton, in
Camden, New Jersey, were totally destroyed
by fire last evening. They were very extensive
works. and the loss will be very heavy. One
dispatch calls them the 'pickle' works.
New York hotel keepers and hackmen rea p
ed large harvest from the delegates to the
Democratic Convention, taking advantage of
the rush to advance their rates. "
Mr.. Reverdy johnson has been tendereda com
plimentary dinner by the Chamber OF Com
ncrce of New York, prior to his departure
for England
The Harrisburg Telegraph says that Mr..
Zimmerman and few gentlemen associated
with him have undertaken to stock the Susque-
Hdllua WILL luC DldCh UdSS VI SuiO.
Our exchanges from the northwest nearly
all agree 10 reporting luxurlant crops in that
region. In every section of Illinois the wheat
and rye harvest promises to be abundant.
Mr.. Geo. H. Pendleton has accepted an ioD
vitaton to deliver an address before the Dem
ocratic State Convention Of West Virginia, at
Grafton, on the 10th inst.
A clergyman in Montreal, Canada, has been
| fined for uniting in wedlock widow aged forty
| nine years to susceptible youth of sixteen
| The marriage has been annulled. r..
The Senate on Saturday rejected the nomi-
| nation Of j. 0. P. Burnside, as Second Auditor
of the Treasury.
A CHEAP Ice PITCHER The following is a
simple method of keeping ice water for long
time in common pitcher. Place between two
sheets of paper newspaper will answer, thick
| brown is better) layer of cotton batting about
halt an inch in thickness, fasten the ends Of pa
per and batting together, forming circle, then
sew or paste q crown over one end. making a
box the shape of stovepipe hat, minus the
rim. Place this over an ordinary pitcher filled
with ice water, making it deep enough to rest
on the table, so as to exclude the air, and the
reader will be astonished at the length Of time
his ice will keep and the water remain cold af-