Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-09-16

be used in the establishment OF on institution
whose whole design should be TO open new
fields OF labor to the women Of tie South, and
to ct them to cultivate these with ability. In
this establishment they propose that such OF
the arts, snd such work, as could best be adapt,
ed for females, be taugat such as printing,
wood engraving wood carving, painting, gar
dening, telegraph opera Ing, book keeping, nc,
&C. They, also, recommend the subject TO all
Others, either in the South or elsewhere, able
and willing to assist in such an enterprise.
Every department. OF trade in New lork,
says letter from that city, us nowvery active
Not only the dry goods dealers, but the grocers
the boot and shoe, drugs and medicines, hard
ware, aud notions merchants, are receiving as
many orders as they can we'll execute, compel
ling them to keep their packers at work far
into the night. 1t is the opinion of those who
are best qualified to iudge that the aggregate
business from now till the middle OF October
will be the best in many years. As general
thing cash or very short credit is the rule.
The New York Journal Of Commerce, care
tul aud reliable authority, gives the opinion,
after careful comparison Of large cores
pondence from every part OF the cotton field,
that tho interval between two and three quar-
tiers and three million bales would De the proper
point to fix the estimate of the present year ;
cotton crop. But even If caieu ated at two anu
ope.half millions, The increase over last year
wou d be- nearly one quarter of million. The
present indications do not warralj the exprcta-
toa Of greater increase.
The Fredericksburg Herald suggests that
the Virginia Legislature. when it ratiiies the
fifteenth amendment, in October, should oxph'
city state the qDid pro pro, which 1t thinks
can De effectively done in the shape OF pro
yiso, viz That the passage OF the ordinance
adopting 1t shall date and be OF binding ell
iect, from the date of Nirginia's admission to
representation in Congress, and her rehab'h;a-
ton with all the rights. privileges aud lmmunl'
ties Of any eo-equal State in the Federal
Union.
The most interesting fact developed BY a
letter from Lady Byron solicitors, is that her
own statemeur is in the hands OF three trustees,
who arc empowered by her will TO make such
use Of 1t as they deem fitting. Ii Mrs Stowe
hay misfcprcscuttd the case we may therefore
expect this manuscript to be given to the
world The solicitors complain Of Mrs.
Stove course in the matter, as wholly unau
thorzsl. They also say that Mrs. s. state
I,,no,crrooios -
\ Washington dispatch says that Minister
Sickle was not authorized to make any de-
mauds on the Spanish Government, but was
simply instructed to act diScreetly and earnestly
as 4 mediator between Spain and the Cubaus,
on the basis already published. for the indie,
pendcnce Of the Island, All that the public
know in this country about the negotiations
concerning Cuba, is obtained from contradic-
tory statements in the newspapers.
IL is rather strange thing that the Journal
du Hayre. french and letters from Paris,
give accounts in detail, Of the reported mutiny
on board the 4. s. lrisate Sabine, and OF the
execution, on board, of seven Of the mutineers.
The story has been contradicted on this side OF
the water, and pronounced hoax. How did
il get ln;o the French papers at the same time
that it was sSnt by cable telegraph to this
country?
The real estate of the late Governor Ham
loond, OF South Carolina, will be sod at public
sale, by order Of the Court of Probate, on the
20 h of this month. This es,ate includes seve-
raj of the most extensive and valuable planta
items on the Savannah river, one superior tract
IN Georgia and an imposing mansion in South
Carolina, within seven miles of Augusta.
Samuel VI. Januey, Superintendent Of Nc
braska Indians, reports that the harm0n2lug
influences OF the Christian religion are bec0m
iug more aud more apparent IN the changed
habits Of large numbers of the Indians under
his charge The indian children are being
successfully trained in education aud the arts
most useful in that section
The New York Tribune OF yesterday says
"Wo are credihly informed that certain tinan
ciers Of our city, in combination with European
capitalists, have conspired to buy and with
draw from use thirty millions Of gold, with
intent to compel those who must pay gold at
the Custom House or elsewhere 20 buy Of them
at exorbitant rates.
4 dispatch from Washington states that no
restrictions were imposed on Wr. Motley rela-
,ive to reopeulng negotiations for the settle,
ment OF the Alabama claims It was simply
he'd desirable that he should wait until the
excitement in England caused by the rejection
Of the johnson Stanley treaty, had subsidized,
A eoiored man, at coorcd entertainments
10 Anne Arundc county, Md, the other dav
being drunk, shot and killed one persop and