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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-01
MARRIAGE,

reject that sound mind and body are the n cst
necessary requisites TO promote connubial hap
piness Indeed, without these the journey
through lie becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prosp CT hourly dsrkens TO The WOW, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness ce
another becomes blighted with your own.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-01
ROBERT JAMESON

GEORGE WISE. ROBERT JAMESON
FIRE LIFE AND
MARINE
INSURANCE.
, 1869-10-02

not Tear Il charged saai he e.er rece!re,i aa7
commissions for pn'ch*ed nsfts or th1t 4: anT
so1s r o@ o. ~ psTt rs 1exl s.isr3
We ne not In q condition to- den1 Gea: he h4s
ever doce 70: but I'LL tae pToC1 u loE1hcnmtag.
respecting trusted agent aga,n.t whom :hcrt:
haa neretofo9e been no cumpilsut, 8ad. !. tar ~
We 9Ie nWare, no sosp!ctoo Of dlshonesiJ.
matons may oc darker, but asc u1ote .nde1aIse.
We srC not awnrr hox much erhience Of fraud, Il
any, haxbeen outaintdr nor definitely Of he na-
plants arc u,ade. II would, therefore, be In
ease- The 1tie head Of snss department il prt 4
woSkIan. Tint IN his purchaser, or a.ser tIru.-
tDKs, he mar nare defraodr1 The horse II po1-
s!6ie; Is Il. II nny rafe proper th,: the ,alu1
esaa I'll .as safe auas
u = dlc:Ate alike 0f wisdom and fairness ta4s
Edgpens should BE- Suspended We are fsee 10
taHs tho hasioesi or NE tconcern has no. always
estaaate its losses + :nso5 auadrsds a ot
lisheS opinions on pending ChHch question are
Ros as1ss;hss H. sss ss!,!a ~
pose TO .nt1Te him. All sotss. taior5 are laueur-
able, and should be fro 3ned upon Tne gaess1os.
f1dEscii; Il iii the.o boot.roosa di.t-nisfes aa
,r1s ~ uuwtse ~ It IL uu,C4ts Tor e.taef party i.
drug Il intu rs consideration Tnc ~hete stiff J..
stai ii a et2te ot incomplete deyeFcp-.ent; IT,.
pTup<f persons bare hern cart!af ant c,,:l-
tr3ento1s'y oottng into It, end NIL thincr wen.
tending to ne correction OF any existing Bo1se
Of n.I2msuoEsnenr., when ths 14fostunast soi
highly repEeaensiole astt:Ie IN tne SeE 1nk
Tsuk7 Necessarily put stop To il for .,ne Vi.
tntnk ~r nrt eaae In assuring iheCnrrch tnat sa..
adaiES CT the, Hook CoLcsrn Eefe aese7 .o y
SIN, de- condition than At Till aoe and ln1< Il
tbr<es shall Mt aoJ time be desecfe1l tac nyca1
nre fGjJ competent 10 CORRECT the1c, aad to PRO-
tect alt The Interests Of tse estaoIt.bccat-"
, 1869-10-02
POLITICAL.

POLITICAL
The Republicans OF Mercer and Harrison Couu.
ues, ILL.,, have nominated James g. Poage for mer-
ber OF the Constitutional Convention.
Colonel Ben l. Wiley has been nominated BY
the Republicans Of jackson County for member q
The, Constitutional Convention.
The Republ1cans Of the Fnsty-tf1h Leg1ststlse
District Of u1inols-conprtaing Bareau, Marshal,
Woodsord, and Putnam Counties hare non,naset
Lorenzo D. Whiting. Feleg 8. Pef;ey, snd JAuds
G. BaJne to. me1nbets Of the Constitutional Con,
ven1aoD.
General n. d. fnr7est made speech st barbe.
cue in DeKa1b County. Georgia, on Saturday Last,
IN which he sald he VA for peace and develop
ment; ana mat th1 widows snd orphans OF the
war shoold Be cared for. He said be was citizen,
not Of AlabAua, not OF TenneS1e, rot OF any
State, bat Of the United sta.eA Ha counsslled
peace and obedience to the laws and their rigid
enforcement "We welcome warmly ali who whn
10 come among m nom the North, to cast tnelr
lot with uh" He appealed 10 the soldiers under
his command who wcra pseaent 70 lend helping
hand 10 those engaged IN thts railroad enterprise
he eald he once met them tn the 1cld u foecen
worthy Of bis Steel Eow he meets them cordially
- his friends. Ths crowd listened with much IA
terest, and frequently Applaudel.
The Lestsasnre ct Tennessee u,ec,s next MOI
day. snd among IL inst dulles wll be tae election
Of Cntied States Senator IN plaza Of Fowtes,
whose term expires March 4, 1871. The SashT!lt
Fvzsa, speAtlnE Of tho contest for the senAlorsh,
says:
n + whieeesed rrirsteiy IN certain eascies tss.,
within the fssi lew tAIB. new ttat hAa btn discover
I'd which may eotshtoc all il. rtvAh- 70 df5p Al A.
utes OF fI4eh Hon. Gtoste ". 1aars ot Lincoln. for
e.: ~ r. = :ss :s;ds !:ss.,s:s: I -
Eao n an reeensAs u e!a.ssnes4 I'D Ga4se
.s, .se.s.i ,.se esss''or; ,r. He =, oae ths
aeetded NOR etuert hIs t.vos EpaM Saihes rapid
tnessase u strength. nd peshHas enab!e h b swcer
unable to ~ ls hsaevsa y elo:s saa lm7..tt. y
Jahnsun has II psratns decidedly het<r ehancu tsa
Mr. ttEetdEe. ~ha has eeen e1nstoeErd his sna,t ta
1aaIe sonIxt1tsF. Nc fecn.d fhtt1 tnpFrsstu
4EJ wrh pa.s buck II father to the taisht
for would frxAfd III. Jahasont eiec3ca eaiAal
ffy 10
, 1869-10-02
Tho mc&hodtak Book Concern.

The CArisffan Adrpcufs, the otnefsl oTSap at ID,
BOOK Concern, hAs, ID the current pum5ct, an az
ucie Gu The rrcent charges OF m.smana9enept /.
non. which .e eI1raet the following, which ars
''o 81 II sae ps 1Sasa astsele the Aseoeo.e ssys:
ave DO not, however, neestatc % denoance 4
lacking the naauueas to declare openly what I;
utters only m patf. bile It toHnuasea m1tA more.
Dr.. LsnahAn IS named ~ the rae Book Agent ir1-
of co1sre, BY The removal OF the hte cn1ef Agent,
Or, Ca1f1bn. so Lhe m1fter N1s understood uT
outsider, aoa Buffalo paper 70 declared. n =
4 1efa.eaiton among the n3naVer1 OF the concern
10 declssed 70 have been detected and as these
txo censleuea .s1s ;hs oniE ma1ase,r, and one
ttai the other one had been found defsc'tef 10
the amount Of 'huni1eds Of thou1Ands OF Iol11fs~
The New York Work., without stopping 10 h1gKle
over factions, Writes down the ip4sea II a round
-Tnr purpors Of The 7Is4ea' article, whether the
ID tniQtmant, VA 10 make division between
lpe Two Book Agents, and the case Il 50 par that
the inference that DI. Cailton "a the Delinquent
are gwen 10 uo1teate the ratu1e Of The pretended
.is4ats. bat in darx ntinattons the case 10 pre-
sented 10 the imagination of the reader u one Of
ei1ul pfpppE3fons md pecnliz1 At1oc1ty.
aGreai Injustice III 6eeu done Ia
Dr, Larahar, who euows TOO we'll the nature ol
- 1S.,.'ep, as = Eo,sEne9 b tee t,eh sense
opposition 10 bis asd0ct2te sud otlolal Aupettnr
Kh.tever he pas done IN taA busioess na.
sten dope UNDER The head:aip Of D.. Caritou, aad,
tne1etore, In m Important sense, By MN. It i
dne 10 besh OF these gentlemen to nxy That tneT
arc earnestly Working togefher Io9 tne beat lnter.
e.ts Of their COMMON trust In tbs tTnn0;loo
Of The dulles Of the house, certain depxrteaI Of
the bu*tnez1 are a2s1&Det 70 the assistant aren't
and IN tbese certain irregularities haTe been de-
ttcted> Uncertain and exaggerated rauoss Of
,s1 xn'sn hsse formed tho basis Or the PAN
8 q as we have learned, tbe.s has beea no
dtfalcanon at Ill IN tne usual sense OF tuat rpEtt
W Ws M 5sas o. g no saasge hat anJ dl.hura.ng asent
Let N hts hands: nor hzs the CONCERN lost auJ
rsanrn ot the property that has gone TO make
up me annual ezh,eAts OF its assets. The iustt-
tu,,on has been md IS Just as ricn Is IL annual
e1mo.ts SHOW But In the examination Of the
M nataetsItng department, T. appeared to the
aeent baFtng direct charge, thai the r1rchases
MAO not oeen mads Nth proper care and econ-
omy' thAt Instead Of buying Of nr7t hands, tue
head ot tne ptintng department. had male hls p1r-
snasea t1fp1ghA conniaston merchant, and that
~ nSequtnct tnt prices Of Stock we're often hI1n-
g tran Eould nave been gtren nad the purchases
neeh Esde directly Of the manliacsutsrs. We Do
, 1869-10-02
SATURDAY, OCTOBER ., 1863.
CITY AND COrNTY NOAlyAT1oyS.

crrr ofF1cERA
e.. Ms,~-colouel r b Nasux.
FIR T.n.s+f<r-DATIn 4. GAaE
Y.r f4&lrtor-W. J. OyAaAf.
t,~ xu~rnf.-4sRAE. ~ Sr1LHS
s'~ rh]t u Jn{sne Dburf-C. Il AATsox,
coCH1v 0FF1ckAA
july ef tAt Superior CauEt-1osKrH E. CANT.
f1rl nfSA SanEi1T CbE1-A- r. SrErExsoN.
tpIe< ef tie Caanty Can-t-.N. q. II. WALLACE.
rArrS " thE RJthtu Court. @. GtxuHIk,
7tnasxrrr-H. s RkIFoRn-
~AxN FHsxsA sAf&sionsy@. c, NIEEH,NtN
<urrF3or-A1xx. wo1c4ET.
r, t.ev Ctr4a tr4aazttssaaer-AAEt SuIn2pAx.
,J4.:xs< a tAe Hnaet--AAx ERkfHAHpr, A. II.
EAKTo&-
xExEK1:s or TIE coxsI1rtT Tios4L CONTENTION.
sf,nr "inth Lf4t1et-a. s. 8ayes. Joseph He1ill,
John i. I!Ain@~
Sus.7h pl.iria-chanes Hitchcock, ". r.
I oo,tAnRh- .. .a.
!Suty arx Di-t, Elliott Anthooy. Daniel Cam
sEAA.
noNS oFF1cHxA
AorrH CHrrAco-chtlhcs5r, II. Y. Eeyxtn: As
..a:4.t sujt7Ti4~F, Anton Berg; 7bxn Girl, J. Il
Fesrtu-
WET cu1cAGo-c.uaetor. Alonzo Rau1s.lell: Sx.
fsrrs-o@, Henri Acsho1; T"r" cafk, L. Il RuGef.
SoE1H cruCano-Coliaser, Otto Peltxer: snptr.
r..-r. Rohert Gark; A4~A:as.t SuE<rEtsor, Il. n.
F<tkfa; 1p.en ctnek, tonA9 s:nRherS.
, 1869-10-02

lains, however, who still excite our cou-
pasaiun. The lunaic Speyer was one Of
those who acted on Fisk'a verbal instrun-
Hons to buy gold, md who, BY Fisks repu-
diation Of bis word, nre ruined Fiak pock-
cts his cool nine millions on the trausac-
tons in which he won, saddles his losses On
the agents who trusted him, and see' ona
of them borne from tho Gold Room to tho
asylum, screaming, ''The knife! Take
him away! Don't you see be will stab me
with the knife :" Can his stolen millions
drown the idiotic scream OF the in2ane
speyer, who only mistook perfdy for cold
sseel, and the eowardies o. repndiator for
the courage ct an &saasain7 There was
more truth In the rawlings Of speyer than
ever found its way into the heart of Fisk.
, 1869-10-02
Auction Safe Of ConI-Dccllnc In
FEsCcR~

FroM G< .yfr ! ORR Eteain5 net, S<pk g
rnad Compspy, to-day sold su,ooo tons OF coal| At
suction, Mr. John II. Drspet acln9 Is nc
1snneer- The attendance xxs lA7Se, aoa mtea
interest WAS lt1t IN the rcsult.. It waS geneE41y
expected test the1c would be decline Of II ltaat
4 dollar I ton on an Aues- This did not pcasa
tine Of the snall zixes- for which there *as hir
denand -
Ten thousand tons Of lump were offered, x,c
1rst lots bringing 5143. 1t then rapidly deciRM
10 3A14H. At which EgrIe aboCt haif Of the lot
MA kela-
Fifteen thousand tons Of Steamboat eol u
from s 70 fa07x.
Ten thou.and TONS OF crate were mex. nndr5.
The t1st lot sold A1 IT, The price w2s then Erzn
up to t&s1 ~
Ten thousand tons tcgg sod 1t prices fa9sns
lfrm e % to EGE3
TEepty ty-scsen thousand tons store were ~ up
the ntst to.A ta1nGnR &s-23E. The price theufzd'
ua!y declined 70 Is ~
Twtlre thousand tons Of chestnut soli at ttron
$a5ft to $a+1.
The following arc the prices, compared VITA
fhns4s of thk 1at 419tlut.
, 1869-10-02

The monthly statement of the debt
for the seventh month Of Grants admins
t1ation ahoxa. . very effective " pegging
awsy y at the public debt, It has been no
dueed during the last month by s7,a67,-
i2O-30, making a total reduction since
March OF s58, ,86s, ,1ez 30. This viii
cot prevent certain journals from indulg-
ing in harmless little calculations, where
by they undertake to ahow that the debt is
larger than erer. But as they are tho veyy
same which, during the waz, figured up
great rebel gains with every rebel rstreat,
and saw vesy clearly that all our battles
were disasters, and all our welcomes were
lies, they viii probably indulge in a like
belief that the debt is on the increase
for many years after it has been paid off.
, 1869-10-02
In the accession Of Frederick Hudson to

In the accession Of Frederick Hudson to
the chair Of managing editor Of the New
York Times. in place Of 31r. Bigelow, re-
signed, the 71ms has achieved The most
fortunate selection open to it among Amer
ican journalists. Mr.. Hodson;a distinction
uns Won IN long and brilliant career as
managing editor Of the Now York Herald,
and especially Of it's news department, in
which it attained, and has a1waya since
held, much higher position than the COL
urnns Of its editorial page, which hase been
Under the personal charge Of Mr.,
Bennett. He wilt bring to the
conduct of the New York 1sisa<s,
unless he falls short Of his reputation, a
ski1l and enterprise IN obtaining news, aud
tas,e IN condeusing. displaying, and az
ranging it, which no other journalist pos
sesses. In his conduct Of its editorial
Columns there is every reason to believe he
will make the paper an exponent Of The
nverage opinion Of the timc, neither re-
fornato1y nor conservative. but simply
Representative. This WIS atr. Raymoud's =
iavnl OF journalism and We believe The
mantle Of the late editor Of the Timex viii
rest wo1thiIy and gracefully on his sue
ceSsnr.
, 1869-10-02

Over n Thousand Dostnrs, Worth of
DHesaea >tofen from Mtss Ratemnn.
Eleven HUNDRED Dollars, yyort.a
from Miss weutern-The Thiexe4
Captured nnd tho Property 1Iecuy-
cred.
Ptou tie .ss7e Tort #o,i4, bets e.
For oEer month pa1t complaints haze bean re-
celvet At Poiee AeadGusrtc1s trpm nroo.fneot
actresses and ladies Of The baEei setting form that
they bare been deps.Sed Of pornons Of their eard-
Anc1g those who have reported losses ii tae De-
tecttEe Once nse Miss Lucille Western, Miss kate
Bateman' Miss 1lil,e Hdrdge. aed Nile Zavl-
TelFtt Atase robe, Sausd 1t t0ve, aod neAtly fs0
worth q other prpptK1f, and the other tad.es 1e-
Ro,tsa lozses vsl,'pg from s'oo 70 Esno eaca. MSS
dresser. In III The casea reported the .sotux ape
ranGi Was a. iollows: When ,hs lales we're =. fne
4 nd
he had been feni from the Theatre Tor certain
nssss which ns des5zsbed. r Tn statement q TIE
1ali1oiJ 1uecesrfal ia obtatnlng the costumes ior
ihefts by ihis ingenious method becans 10 ffe
quens that Chtcf kelso, o. The uetectIye once.
detailed petse,tss Avsg, Of tes csatFai DePsst.
the ms'ter U haud, and, on Monday, succeedesi IN
saesrrg Thomas Flanagan, boy about ls Years
votth WHO had been 30 spcet:tlal IN denieting
ne Ts5t5ones @ 81 ths ladsea The I'd Il
once sdmt!teu ~ fuitf, aut volunteered Ia
power IN fecoyeruE the ato!ea prpperrT. Tne
w su.ea YEA! ~ mother, who Ii poor WIDOW.
tns2ed nspedoea ef. psan! % him for support &c BEG
80 stEi emplo1ed, and be entered iato the nefaD
Mons oG5toess tor the pupose OF obtaining MoaeI
pan il Tseh ess r. e. 'ssssd Sn;t th
S9s9ess asa neen suSgested to him BY 20 Womeu.
9eso a1so Aa5s Ann A1oer1on nd Allee Ward, attss
mtn pa*ned The dresses vhtru he nbtstnsd, sni
tasa eota the ue&etA to y Mr. Archer a. a3 aE:ty
oth.; aal1 e. A9n r. seEsssenpg herself he bo5s
!aos AaE Arm and Alice were arrested On
s.sMling Mt. 4fcher's house nearly III the
1s mesa,pT s.esa ~, fsa r. ,aa,e. veie 70 und
40 6Pe.a caoah ard vastoos othe5 a7ticies, Sslue1
4 oee xsse ESs7p
tns tssT r19peny. festesasy a.lsrnoon ihe ID and
uowi,rg a, The Tom1s Pnike Court WSry M9s
luc!11e Western He7ne 1ppearrd and 1eude m Ar.
lerr4nts It The Metropolitan Hotel velvet en- M
est.dtsed Iose valued Ut 800, Macs ssttn ,trsss
sr ssode + 81 IL ss so5
iren TIC theatre for tae srt,clea. Tae lad Tas
Identified e{ The keIrant as the lad to whom sae
EdsJee tessted that tie I'd % nad oe,a,ne H. f1aa
sassa'ef ss1ss ,sns ~ sss,,. 1.s nd5,dxs tae
iaetuaed t one o. tne d1s.ses recovered By The
n.l dauaSPe a .he taa
4 1essetse Asety testified, that after in ~
fet he lld had confessed 10 him nl1 share 10 the
eiSen the properly 10 The women under 1n"sS.
iLstluclion2 he hai acted, Who bad pANnrs, Tns1zs
On thete af1daFts all the prisoners were cona-
tine search will be made for = laTge auaattsI n
psoner1Y ttili missing. "
, 1869-10-02
cnacuRRENl IHVEnT1oHs.

The declnion Of Judge Dummond against
tuo validity at na pu.-l-r-A---4 s~- hne.
ing improvement in cultivators exhibits
fresh illustration Of the natural tendency
toward Simultaneous invention. Tho pat
ent was set aside on the ground that
Dundas invented and constructed his first
machine in the summer Of 1861, while ono
Marsh had constructed and worked
similar machine at Salem, in Mississippi, in
Mnrch, 1851. Though it Is not pretended
that Dundas had any knowledRe GIsrsh's
invention, yet its priority dslko 8, Of
course, the value Of Dundas' paaRt. The
fact that my invcntio2- wA4h IS needed,
and for which tho worl Us ready, ia almost
always produced simultaneously in two,
four. or dozen disconnected minds,
seema to point out whAt Eakur4ose to be
the most original aud tva act Of the
human mind as, after all, only an effect Of
the causes brought to bear uponit, While
franklin wns drawing the lightning spark
cautiously from the clouds through key
attached to his Kite line, two or three Prus-
sian and F1eueh esperimenters, Less cau-
ions; were struck by Lightning, and one Of
them killed, in testing tho same theory,
by au iron rod. While Morse WIS expert
menting On shipboard with battery
and wires TO test ths telegraphic
principle, chemists ware pe1torming the
ssme experiment in England. Indeed, 50
many Inventions arc ooucurrentty made At
different points at the same time that the
first twenty yeam of most inventions are
, 1869-10-02
TIE NORTHWEST.


Atwster's Touring mil, ut Canton, was burned
on Tuesday. with go barrels Of nour, 1ooo buAhels
Of Nheaf, and 6o0 bushels Of rye and cora. Nj.
Atwatet loAs Il frpm $s5 no0 70 t3a ooo. no tnsur
anee. The loss Of George Powell the miller, +.
H1Jet unknown.
All persons who were residents Of the County
Of Marshall ps1or to April !, 1ss7-she time on the
organization Of the a1ne-2re requested To meet
1t The Confs Aouae in IAeon, On thc 9Th OF Octo-
bel, TO form An 0ld 6ettlesz' organization.
wIscQNsH.
The Prairie du CHEN ceurisr saYs: "The MIS-
elsslppi on perfect raupage. By II. the highest
xt1Se Of wster ever known u this SEASON exists
present, and the river continues to TAeA Iii The
bottom lands along tho river arc being aunanes ID,
and widespread danage Is the result"
At Milwaukee, the other day, a fttle fellow cx.
ptestcd \ wish 10 he weighed to = ras-peddler who
was At his mothets house. To numor his wnip,
they tied strip Of the material about his wals.,
to form fastening for The hook Of the spring
balance. Wntie lifting him the elrtn sase way
and the hook penetrated the bots ta~. The
Pedaler, hoz1i1ed ut the Yesult hurried awsy
ieartng hs s.oct md -ha1a1ce% the fhtter immoTa
BY 1xed In the chidh hN. A physician va
immediately summoned. who, after much tiaseul'
y, succceded IN reroEtaE Il The child n las'
acrounts Was lying ia 4 crtttca! condition, and
ftars were entertained that lock Jaw would ensIe
Alex nder Crawford and wife celebrated tnei,
golden w.ddlng 1t Bzrsboo, on the 2sd u1t.
oN1o.
John Clinofd died September II, in Wellington,
sEed 97 years- He went to tnat place Ia ls1s
! from Massachusetts. He had Ii children, 4
grandchildren, " 8rea1.ErandchI1dreu. aud ]
t-sreas.gTs1dehtld-
MISSOURI.
Miss Maggie CArmeAo, formerly ot Kingston
Ros. CoGn,y, Ohio. morea soeze ttme ago TO Sa
, 1869-10-02
The Importation OF Chinese wome,
ON InG tnckAnsn

Wa AAE AnEf6AEE.
The arrival Of 15Q Chtuese women IN Ss,, F4,.
cisco on the 18th iustAnt Il described By the HeTuJ
Of that city ~ follows:
TIE Phc1te Nal Steamship coupApy's xtea1a-
er Great Republic Ar1set from China Iaaa e1totrsy
VI! Tstn Heth cafeo Of ChinAnen and Coinswomea.
The Great Republic was not expected to 41rtTc
unt1 to day: bnt the attendance Of the CEieSttsi5
Haa By no means dtnE1ahed b. this ctrcutustanct,
~ toon Is It became SnoKu tna Chinese ouayttrs
Of The city vetc bUAunL AuF and confusion. shared
ID !Asceu 1J the Wo1eu, Who seem to have Rdops-
ca tnt e1eten or wonAnS rlgalA, and now IN
h&n3 saseA amport pto3uSotts On their Own &c
All the avenues leading to the couoany1s
enalf Were thIouged By Celest!als, who xelk 10
ofeaEn neck haste 10 tho steamer, to sec1rn hs
Anne meanA so1ao Of &eo women. AEslcd tse
ts1f, a!onK ExannAn ktreet 4nd ~ xt1yEss ntrT.
IN croNt& whlle the women mingled ffetjy ii he
fnsh thes Hocea often rising above The ctataornps
d1n pIrdnetd hJ the cackh1R Of their ccupyryurn.
They we're interested tn the: dlst,1bction of thss
woner--paft Of the ca1gn belonged "a then. Tn,T
wezt present to take charge Of their portion of
TIE cargo, hod Fec that C1ptaIu pou1fass aid bJ9
orty IN AW1ItnE them their r2nta-
Before the steamer h1d Ioachad her berth the
Echcr, under the charge OF CApLatn Doux!ass tue
Cuetom Housc Officers md ZONE OF the heads rf
Ch,lee coEpa1ies, men and women, He1e ad-
Dhte0. and the doors were then closei- 4 few
nlnu.ss LATER The Secgctar1 OF tho Chinese En-
easy ITO fepsesentAfise Of the press asked for
, 1869-10-02
PERSONAL

The Ser fort Mail hears frpm Mra. Stoves
Ir.cnds that she Ia preparing IN suAwer 10 the
c,tdehee which has been adduced against the
Ststen.e enta In her article on the BytonS.
Miss Murphy has been jumping again She
jumped Tor 3i30 side with Miss Maggie Fisher, as
Dorchester, Masa., ard cleared II feet IL inches;
Miss Fishers distAnce being 10 feet sx tEcht4-
In Now London, Conn, the Rev. AE. Howard
charges Gilbert D. Allen With having said tnat he
- wvusuus ~ ~ rraE tnu ~ia rnnstna hAal
preach, 4 and la1s bin damages, for defamation Of
character, 1t &3h00-
Judge Ktnne wss found dead IN his bed at his
boarding ho1ie, N Coopetstowp, New fofk. on
Friday Of last week. Judge Kinnc wns one Of the
leading csttzeus and Oldest rcsidenta Of Ot1e1o
County. being, II the tlne OF his death, II years
old.
The British Museum has sustained Bevere loss
In the death Of Mr. Thomas Waits, rho tied on
September .. lie was born eArlg Ia the present
century, and htd been engaged In tha Satfona!
Hbr115 for upward Of thirty years to tho cspacl-
cles Of assistant, aasIstant keeper keeper Hts
photographed knowledge was grcak aud As q
phllolog1k: he had few equals.
Mrs4 Ostendoter L. the sole proprietor OF the
largess German daily Newspaper 10 the city Of Ne
York. Many yeats ago her husbaud died, leaving
her large family Of children and = small paper.
She went earncatly to WORK at once, attending
herpef to all the detail Of the Office, md abe now
controls very rich aod powerful journal She
driyes to her on1ce Ia the morning. looks after IT.
iuutttudtuoua Affairs and returns 10 her home II
O'Clock IN the Afternoon.
There are at least. seven candidates for the
Spanish tnrunc who arc supported with more Of
lees zeal BY the TA11ons pafties Of spanlarda and
foreigners. These candidates arc: TIE Duke Of
Monspen.,et: Don Carlos, the Duke OF Madrid
the Price Of the Astutiss, hon Of ax-Quecn IA-
bella: the Duke Of Aoata, second son Of vlctol
Emanuel; Ferdtuaud Philippe, Duke Of SAKE
CobuIR, and q grandson Of Louis Philippe; Fred
ertck Char1cs, nephew Of the KtnR OF Prussia
AID the Doke OF Genoa, nephew OF S1cto.
Euanuel Therc Is also . Faxty ID favor Of Set.
rapo, one Of the Regents, butlt lz sald that he
Ettefly refuses TO euter the lists AZ candidate.
The grandchildren Of Goethe sze charged with
violating h!s express W1ahes, and conctalug non
The public bis unpublished worka and Correspond
ence. In this collection, 1t Il Known. are mani
valuable documents, his diary from 117s letters
from Schiller md Zetter, and other works valct
shed considerable Light upon the literature Of tht
| period In which Goetnt lived. Previous " hi
death, Goethe made an expresa distribution Of h.i
WORKS, compliance with witch wonld nave gye1
them puhllctt, twenty years. ago. They arc NO
forthcoming, and the enttre German presa, assist
ed by the Fau Nall Gas*te, now clxuor for thea
publication.
, 1869-10-02

llpe County, Iissout4, where +he married ", 8.
Stanley. About three week $50 be received no
ttee from EoGiand that bis fathers brother. lately
deceased. bad 'eft him, By viii, property To The
amount Of tfcm ten 10 fifteen milton soi,ara