Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-07-29
NEWS OF 7HH pAI.
" To sso,s the .c-. age and body Of The Tines.

! The Marlboro Nd, Gazette says Richard
/ l.: Z. Chew. esd. Trustee has disposed OF, at
private sale, the estate Of The late BENJAMIN
Ferry, situated q les miles from Iorrestvlile,
TO James L. Armstrong, esq, OF Reinsurance
at So per acre, the purchase amounting 10
ahout s. 900 Mr. Armstrong has also pur-
chased from VIM. Berry cHq,, IN" OH race
/ lracL at iorrestvc for S"9 per acre.
/ Some interest i eyinead IN the lnited State
m regard to the approaching boat race h take
place in British val rs between the Oxford
! English and Harvard ,American) oarsmen.
| The American crew = now IN England, and en-
| gagged in practice for the race. 4 London dis
] patch says a favorable opinion has already been
| formed II the TOWING OF the Americans.
The War Department has under consllcra'
lion the proposed U.s. 81 4 system OF earth
closets at the tar.atka and other military es'
| Adjustments, where their introduction might
| prove Of advantage Il the officers and men
stationed The matter IL now undergo.
ins ali examination IN the bureau 81 engineers.
| The Cumberland alley Railroad Company,
4 branch and feeder 81 the Pennsylvania Cen
trail, has Determined 10 extend its line OF road
from llagcrstown TO Williamsport, Md, on
| the Potomac river. connecting with the ChcSa-
| peakc and Ohio Canal.
| Gov. Bowie was Screnadcd at Barnum's Ho.
tel, in Baltimore last night, By the Baltimore
| Societies belonging to the Nor theastern Sen
gerbund. The sercnade was an acknowledge
ment of the interest manifested by the State
! authorities iii the recent Festival.
| The weavers employed in the cotton mills
in the old district of Kensington, Philadelphia,
| are now on 4 strike for higher wages, and in
consequence nearly thousand persons are out
| OF work 300 or ], 100 looms are idle, and oil
the principal mills are closed.
\ Washington letter writer declares that
! Eorney contindently expects to be the next
Senator from North Carolina, and that in or
der to make show of having some interest in
the State he has purchased some turpentine
lands there.
Il has been suddenly discovered that the
law OF lS0>, prohibiting the importation OF
perso1s Of color to be held to labor, and the
law of 1862, against the coolie trade, have been
| totally disregarded IN California,
Wednesday the 18th OF August, has been
| fixed uron by the colored men OF Frederic K
county, Md, foc holding the emancipation
celebration. Fred Douglass, and lI1ngSton,
| are expected TO be present.
The Supreme Conclave OF the Order OF the
Seven Wise Men Yesterday adjourned at Phil
adelphia to meet in Baltimore on the third
Wednesday OF July next.
The recently published statement that the
Secretary Of the Treasury would sell no moro
gold, and buy no more bonds, is now said to
| have been put forth without authority,
20 al, lSi cigars ami I ,l0s 800 pounds Of
tobacco and snuff we're manufactured in Balti-
more during G3, according 10 the reports OF
| the revenue officers.
Yesterday Commodore Charles Stewart,
| cod Irons ides,' who resides at Rordentown,
| \. D., vas ninety-One years OF age The Com
modorr is Still hale and hearty.
William H.. Sylvis, the President Of the
National Labor Union Of the nited States,
died on Tuesday, at his residence iu Phladel.
pha.
Al unhappy bank officer 10 Brooklyn has
succeeded in getting himself arrested for trying
to get away with 80, 600 Of the banE money.
The President is expected to be in Washing
ton to- night An important Cabinet meeting,
il is said, takes place tomorrow.
Ex-Sccrptury Seward arrived al \ictoria
anrouvcrs island, YESTERDAY
ThF lAIE CoMMnnoRf SqrNEl SMITH
LEE. We lament to ANNOUNCE the death 81
or old friend and commander, Commodore
sydney Smith Lee, an elder BROTHER Of Cen
cral lee who comm9nded ihis naval station Al
,he time Norfolk was evacuated By the Con
federata forces Commodore. lace was born IN
,nU entered the United State Navy in lS:a
anu died M Wednesday last at hlS residence in
Stafford lie remained IN the Federal service
until the zee SION ct Virginia, when he threw
up hrs commission n the head Ut the lis; "i
I.ientenaniS aul offered his sword to hs native
State Daring the war he commanded this
station, where hr succeeded Commodore For.
rest at Dr'ry Blnfi where he followed Cap
tain Earran ant III the Navy Department
where he had charge al the Bureau OF Orders
and Detail. 1t was the fortune o. the present
writer to know Commodore lee intimately and
We can say without eXaggeration that more
humane or faithful official never adorned any
service. lie was 4 man oil moderate talent,
but his sound understanding and great Oapa-
city for wOrl. made him most valuable officer,
and he laborcd from first TO last with an eye
sing lie 10 the good OF his country. In command
be seemed to be almost ubiquitous, and many
who read this brief memoir will remember with
what earnest, invncible zeal he labOred in the
resi- onsible positions which he occupied. He
was stern in his adhesion to, duty and exacting
in his requirements Of those under bis orders,
but his kindness was proverbial among those
with whom ne came in contact. One little
trait in his character may tend to show how
tenderly considerable he was OF the feelings OF
Others, and, as it throws CLEAN of mellow light
on this phase of his character, we insert it here
When the shattered forces of the Contederacy
were assembled at Greensborough and the
terms OF surrender were agreed upnn, the duty
properly iell upon Commodore Lee, as the
officer in command Of the small naval detsch-
ment which had escaped with him from Rich
moud, to sign the capitulation papers, but in
the presence of his senior, Commodore Forrest
as gallant a man as ever drew sword, he
quietly had this duty devolved upon that Off
Ger In order that that noble gentleman might not
feel that official dignity had been invaded. Our
readers will appreciate this little incident, and