Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-23
Foreign News.

The political news IS unimporiant, Five
thousand cmigrants left Liverpool Tor America
for the week ending Saturdl" aight
Tn, Yicoroy Of Egypt arrived in I9adonyc|
to-day. He is the guest Of the (lneen at Buck
;ngham Palace. which has been fitted W for
his residence y series OF brilliant ictcs have
been arranged in his honor during hiS stay in
the country.
The son OF the lac King Of Abyssina will
be sent to Iudia, a. the climate OF Eneland
rroveS untIv07ahlc to his health.
The London Star praises the L. ). Govern
mcnt for consistency in taking measures to pre-
vent the dcpar.ur. 90! GituS;cring parties for
Cuba. and says tue 4 t,ol OF the Attorney Cen
eral in the arrcS; u! the Cuban Junta, in New
York Is satisfactory.
In the House OF Lords yesterday Lord Shalt
oshury gave notice Of an an, udmaht to the
Irish Church bill to the following effect: That
the surplus church property shall be fund
from which to grant loans to the Irish peas
antry,"
Charles Napier Stuart, member Of pa"iia
ment for Dorchester. died last evening, aged
| thirty seven.
The German Zoye.en Parliament aul the
Reichstag terminated their sessions Yesterday
The members assembled ut the Royal Caste to
receive tic closing speech o! the k!ng. Mr.
| Brlncrol We the only Minister present
The Republican members Of the Snanl>h
| Cor,cS a.c about 20 issue n manifesto advising
all their supporters to swear allegiance TO thc
Constitution if positively required. The clergy
consider it their policy II reject the oath as
body. The Republican demonstration was
| quite large and passed of Quietly.
AlvicaS tv lett I. ,ciycu .'om. RIO Jenero
10 May 81 state that the war news from the
Parana s. me-. and unlmpor'"nt Inc
Emperor Of Bra o1cncI the Sc on al the
| Chamber with a Gomez i;tory speech. lie took
OCCASION to compliment AT ed "'miea on
their many ~ &c SEES over the ara5uayahS,
and cclled attention OF. the Deputies Il the he
| 9sslty OF loan in ordct 10 c!r.J out the sys'
item Of internal reforms which he announced IN
detail lie wa ent IN respect TO the slavery
| question. 80
The official newspapers in LAZY says Disay' S
| financial theme has not been abandoned as
before repor a. 1t will be slightly modiira
and again presented to ne Chamb"' Govern
ment has determined 20 abolished iorc-i cur
| reucy.
TUE LATE JOSEPH Dixon RFuTNIsCENcrs
OF a RrMARKADtE MAN. The New \ ork
| Express saws:
Joseph Dixon, who died in Jc,s,y City on
w,
| TO say extraordinary man. lie made 4 machine
| to cut files before lie attained ms majority,
learned the printers trade, afterwards that oil
wool engraving, thea hthogc@phY, aud alter
wards studied medicine, AMI IN that connection
became interested iii cLemStry, bccoml0g finally
one OF the most accomplished and comprehcn
siye chemists in the country. Hcwasa thorough
opticiau, and had no equal in his knowledge
OF pholorraphy. lie too, W the experiments
Of Dapu1rrc ic 1892 and was probably the first
person 10 take 4 portrait 10y the clinara. lie
| showed Professor Morse how to take portraits
by means OF L reflector, 50 that the subjects
should not appear reversed, MorSh tricd to
gei the Plan patented in Europe Mr. l'Zon
bnil the first locomotive, with w 'lHn whcc's
| but with the same double crank now used, it
caused 4 sncer at the time, but when 1t became
demonstrated that 4 stram.cnglna could run on
wheels AID perform the services OF beasts 1t
burden, hi double crank was adopted. lie
originated the process oi' transferring on stone,
row us,l the world over By llthographcrs lie
originated the process OF phOtOilthographv, and
published it years before ii was believed to be
useful. Ry his process Of transferring, the old
banL. notes were easily coun,clit;;cd, aud it was
to guard against the abuse ii his own process
that he brought cut the system OF printing IN
coors on the hiiis and had the method paten
| ted, but never received any benefit from the
patent, all the banks having used it without
| pay Many Of our readers will remember the
original rcd do, money, ami The present
| nrccass II ID IS the government, lOr printing
| in c.sT+, trr which a large amount i paid to
pateutac., j. tn Old process Of Mr.. DIXON, Tor
which his pat NJ had expired long before, and
| the present patents are therefore untCnahlc.
| He perfected the system OF making cOlIodion
1 In, al. nI>lGIrH r.
riSOu IN getting a true system Tor grinding The
| lcnSr- Tor camera tables. he originated the
| anli-hicfiun metal, that has been Tor Il great
| many Years known ~ "BIbbtt metal, aud he
| i, Tie father ol the steel melting business IN
THIS county. he originated vast number of
| machines and processes that do not occur to Us
at this Homcui, but he is most widely known
among manufacturers Is the originator OF the
| plumhpeo crncihIe n now made. lie started
the business "a 1927, in Salem Mass, and
brought il to jersey City in 1917. Ills name
| mad become known IN all civilized countries a5
| Il crucitIc maker, aul his establishment in lcr
Scy City is the largest OF the kind in the world.
lie was sineuarly sell reliant, never failed III
his mechanical undertakings, even in the last,
that of the great orchcstron, that occupied
his time Tor nearly eleven years, but which
stood before him perfect at l1st and still stands
"a monument of his great skill, patience and
perseverance,. He was self educated.
r. Nc Edt,lo If tie .iicruatirm Gu=Ue;
MoNTRosE. NEAR CULPErER &. H., Va,
June -, ISGJ.-l took % casion yesterday, al
Culpcpor Cour,, to withdraw my name from The
canvas, for Congress, inasmuch as if Mr.. Ne
Kenzic and myself remained in the field, the
election Of Sir. Whttlesey, the candidate on
the Wells ticket, would have been assured.
Wherever nave addressed the people, | have
stated that became candidate only to the
end Of aHjrling me an opportunity to awaken
the people of the district to the danger aud also
to the opportunity of the tines: my desire being
to secure the adoption of the 18th amendment
by vote OF majority of the whit s Of the
State, to relieve Vrginia'S future ION carpet |
bag rule, TO prevent the Airicanization Of her
public attlirS, State and county, and to restore
them to the entire control OF her own people OF
character, intelligence and prosperity. This
good work having surely been accomplished |
throughout the State, as the 9Th Of july will |