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

NorlNd IN f,UaOPE.--fhe process Of voting
=, elcctions in France Is conducted with L quiet
pr., aud sobricty- III marked contrast to the
,Ipeer, m mlui0usceSS and occasional disorder and
s.oi nee which characterlzo, ELECTIONS ia this
.-ur.,rv. \ Paris correspondent >peaks OF the
,gtr,mo propriety with which AN election by
universal suffrage is conducted in that country.
H., SAYS the voting is Of very simple and So
date character; the elector has merely to walk
,nto 4 room as quiet Is church--lndecd,
great deal queter than most Paris churches on
n Sunday where he finds five persons seated
together as grave as Judges, and there, hrSt
presenting his electoral card TO be compared
with the register, he drops hissvoting ticket
into the ballot box, and The thing is done, 1t
IS impossible to imagine. anything better con
duc,ed, aud the decOrum'of the proceeding Ger
tainy makes it serious affair." Were the
freedom of elections In France as perfect as their
good order, theywould leave little to be desired.
Each elector, before voting, must take cut tor
himself in person an electoral card from his
own marie, where his name aud address are
known, and without which he caunot vote. As
every card is caucelied by tearing of the corner
ghen used, and ls never issued twice to the
same person, there can be neither fraudulent
votiag nor personihcation, and no delay or DIS
mute ever seems to arise. The bureau which
lcnt and four assessors. The former Is ap
nointed by the local administration the latter,
aceording to the terms OF the law, ought to
consist of the two oldest and two youngest
doctors present who can read and write. The
ballot. .hox. which stands before the president,
has two padocks with different keys, which are
Ecnt by the assessors. When an elector goes
10 the marie of his district to take out his cleo
tora card, a blank voting ticket is also supplied
linn. ON which he may himself write the name
of his candidate if he likes. But most voters
use the printed tickets which they find at the
door of the polling place, and the habit Is to
take one of these tickets OF each candidate, so
TINT no one who is looking on can tell which
the elector intends to use. When his electoral
card has been compared with the register, one
Of the assessors tears off corner OF it so that
II NAV not serve again, and returns 1t TO the
eleetor, who then deposits his voting ticket, or
generally the president receives 1t from HIM
and nuts IT into the box, through the slit in
the ia. The ballot boxes of the different sec
lions are all carried aiterth voting to the marie
ot the electoral division, escorted by the nation
al guard, and sometimes also by body of
Jealous electors, who often remain on guard
over them through the night
The same decorum and order are manifested
IN the PruSSian elections, as We took occasion
10 notice when the elections were being held
Tor the German Parliament. Electors there
enter the voting apartment with the decorum
they would exhibit IN entering private resi-
dence. exchanging the compliments of the day
to the official who, sitting at table, receives
their votes, and pass out, politely bowlng.
These examples arc worthy TO be considered
ly those of our politicians who think and teach
that I'm order for the people 10 be Soverelgns
they NAV cease to DO gentlemen without dis
credit to themselves aud their Institutions. The
very best type OF republicanism is that of de-
eenoy and tocration They are the highest
characteristics OF true liberty. Sm.
A DucAL FAILURE.-After bref career on
the turf the Duke of Newcastle, like the late
Lord Hastings, and some other heirs to Illus
trlOus names and good estates; hnds himself a
mined man. Two OF his creditors, MIR. Pad
wick. who figures Tor S95,000 and Mr..
Beytus. had executions put into his house In
London the other day, but MIR. Gladstone and
lord de Tabley, as trustees under tho Will oil
,ha Iote Duke, stepped IN, and on "Wednesday
nhtaiped an order from Mr.. Baron Martin,
nrotectipR @ great part Of the contents from
seizure. on the ground that the present Duke
had only lite interest in the property. Some
valuable articles, including jasper cup, valued
at $4,000, were also claimed by Mrs. Hope
mother of the Duchess, as her property, but
no decision was given as to this claim time
being granted TO the parties to produce evil
dence as to ownership The entailed estate:
of the family arc, of course, safe from The
grasp 1t the bill discounterS. london paper.
Gas MErERS-For several years the ga
companies os New York and Brooklyn have
bsen argely deirauded by having their meter
iureuiously tampered with in such manner a
to cause loss of from ten to ftty per cent, Lu
All Efforts 10 secure the perpetrators of tt,
fraud proved futile. On Thursday two met
were arrested in Brooklyn, having in their os
session implements suited to altering ga
a.;uaI l,,caced In the business They wer