Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-04

Inc SENATE ADJOURNED unlll lHuTsuay hc6t,
when it will appoint committee OF ten TO CON
slider the Se7adtuS CoaSultum.
THE SOUTH AND THE NORTHWEST. The
| Southern people now raise, to considerable
| extent, their own breadstuffs and provisions. -
| They are no longer so dependent Tor subsistence
| upon the products of the Northwest as the
| were Ct old nor do they buy so largely, "a they
once did, of the fabrics of the Eastern States.
| The war with al! its desolatlOn, has taught
| them one great lcs,on-the lesson OF sell
| dependence BY diversfying their husbandry
| and boarding their means, they are gradually
| growing moro prosperous, and. both aRrt
cuturaly and commercially, are destined to
become, year 10y year, less tributary to the
| Northwest for its breadstutf5 and provisions,
and to the Fast for its manufactured goods.
| All that is needed to attain this end is that
| they continue to pursue the same pocy which
was forced upon them, in the first instance,
by the neccssitous condition in which they were
| left at the close OF the war;
| That they are now in 4 fair way to become
masters of the situation is evident from the
movements at tho Northwest to bring about a
| better understanding with the South. The
| two Conventions which are to be held shortly
one at Louisville, Kentucky, and The other
at Keokuk, Iowa--have been called with this
special object in view. The grand exposition
''ol textile fabrics," which commenced yes.
| terday at Cincinnati, and at which the pre-
| NUNS to be awarded are restricted to COM
| petitors from the West and South, Is but an
other illustration of the anxiety OF the West
| ern and Northwestern people to bring about a
| restoration Of the old agricultural and CONNER
| cial relations with the South. ST. Louis also
held, last week a large meeting on the sub
| ect. whilst the Convention at Keokuk,
| to which we have referred, Is to be composed
of delegates from all the Northwestern States
| interested in the grain trade, aud also or such
| delegates from the South as may be disposed
to attend-invitations having been sent to
| desire that they should take part in The de-
| alterations Of the Convention.
All these demonstrations, apart from the
| anxiety which they evince to concllate the
South, have special significance in another
respect. They indicate tardy, and, perhaps,
still W ue appreciation of the important fact
that the States Of the Northwest and the States
of the South have interests IN common, and
| that, as producing States, in contradistinctlon
| to States engaged 10 manufactures, they would
be benefited by common policy.-Bah. Ca.
FRUrT.-We referred the other day to the
| fact that fruit growers in California proposed
shipping their fruit to the East, via the Pacific
| railroad. Some of the fruit has already reached
| the Chicago market, as we learn from the fol-
lowing paragraph from the Chicago Republican
1.-The Chicago market is supplied with Cali
! fornia fruit-once o rare luxury, but now likely
| to become as common on our tables as the
| peaches of st. Joe, Missouri, or the strawber.
ries of our own State. A car load Of fruit from
the Golden State arrived in Chicago Friday,
being the first fruit car through from San Fran
cisco. The freight is S. cwt., or about $940
on car load 1t occupied five days on the
| Journey, and the cargo was 10 splendid condl-
ton. The car load included 100 cases of plums,
so cases of white grapes. and $50 cases of pears
| of different varieties The plums are the larg
est and finest that have ever been seen in the
Chicago market, and were groWn in the VALLEY
Nursery, Sacramento, BY Mr.. G. w. Reid
| They are delicious in flavor, and the pears
likewise are OF unusually luscious quality.
AN EARTHQUAKE PREDIcTED.-A very gen.
| eral excitement has been caused in Peru by
the publication of the prophecy IOf German
| astronomer, asserting that on the 10Th, lth
and 10Th of August of this year, preliminary
| shocks of earthquake will be felt in Peru and
Ecuador, to be followed on the Goth Of Sep
| TENDER or October by a movement OF the
earth in that region, and along the line of the
Andes mountains generally, that will be per
fectly appalling 10 its effects. This prediction
has, it appears created wide spread terror
among the Peruvians, and many families are
now preparing to seek places of greater secur-
ty. The astronomer cannot ascertain to Ger.
tainty whether the grand rupture will occur in
September or October, but that it will be on
or about the goth he is confident He afrms
that he has predicted earthquakes before with
perfect accuracy. --...
THE THAMES TUNNEL. The Thames tunnel
has been finally closed as public footway.-
This undertaking, which at the time Of its de-
sign was considered masterpiece Of science,
ana w M, rorped communication under the
river Thames e eet numerous and WaP
accomplished and opened on the 2Sd OF Marcf1''
I849, having been commenced 6y Sir l. .;
Brunei 10 1894. The total cost OF the tunnel u .e
was about s6o0, 600, but the East London bal K.,
way Company recently purchased it tor hI a:s,
over third Of that sum. The company Pal
run their trains through the tunnel, r