Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-01-10

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piled for admission 90 the dress circle OF the
Academy OF Music in Charleston, and was re- |
fused admtlance by John L. Ford, OF baitl;
more, the manager pnd lessee. Another coioret
man spplied Tor ticket tor reserved seats, anu
was refused by order Of the lessee. war !
rants were issued upon the athdavits u
the two colorcd men, and Mr.. Ford was ares
ted for violating the State law 10 carry out inc
provisions Of the Civil Rights act. He gave
bonds to appear at the next term Of the Court
of General Sessions.
Examination shows the French steam marine
to be comparatively OF recent erection auu
growing rapidly. There are now employed Iii
the ocean carrying trade of Great Britain near,
" 5, 900 steamships having capacity OF aooo'
, 600 600 tons There arc | "a regular lines,
carrying mails and,trading with every quarter OF
the globe About400 the subslzed mail steam
ers arc available for naval purposes, being re-
ouircd ty English laws to be so fitted as to he
easily convertible into cruisers or troop slps, or
both, rs occasion may require.
The privilege has Just been grapted to al
American company By the Portuguese Govern
ment to land and operate cable on the Azores,
to be laid from New York to the Azores thence
to England, near Brighton, and thence by
two lateral lines to France near liaYrc, aud
Holland, near the Hague. This company
promises cheaper rates than those Ut existing
lines
For the Sixth Circuit Judgeship objection
| was made to the candidate first nominated, Mr..
Yeamau, and the President withdrew the
name and replaced it by $. L. Wiley, OF
Michigan. 1t seems that the name ct tins
| gentleman was sent to the Senate without tins
| l,nt has, a
his Gecnatlon OF the honor with thanks.
Collector Mullen, Of Teuncsser, Oh Saturday
last stated that wagon, team, and. barrel OF
whiskey, which had been seized in hts district
| for violation OF the revenue law, were rescued
| from the party having thela in charge by
band Of desperadoes.
Fisk and Gould have again turned up IN Il
New Jersey Court, this time as defendants IN
suit for conspiracy against a locomotive lac
tory. Nearly four hundred suits are now
stated to be pending against the Erie Rallroaa
Company.
JOSEPH Fl. Bradley, formerly Of Washiuston,
but now of Monntg omcry county, Md, is urged
for the vacancy in the Court of Appeals OF
| Marry!and. he has not practced law III the
| District of Columbia Courts since the Surratt
trial.
On the I'D ult., the insurgents in the VIM
nipcg Territory carried off q safe belonging to
the Hudson Bay Company, and 'borrcwcd
| from it $3.50 The money Is to be USED IN
| csta blishng newspaper to sustain the nSurrec-
ton.
MIR. Gilbert Rhctt, formerly an abide camp
on Gen. Stonewall Jackson staff, is to be uni
ted On the Goth instant to Mrs Bailey Of New
York. The wedding ceremony is to be perform
on tho bridegroom's plantation, In virginia.
The extensive clbinct factory OF Alfred 1or
ncr, jr., in Philadelphia was fired by an lncon-
diary carly yesterday morning and was
entirely destroyed Loss. $4,000; insured
for $50, 600.
Gen. Sherman has issued an order 10 which
he states that Captain Swealman from this
| date cea scs to be an officer OF the Army under
| the decision Ut a court martial.
Mr. Samuel Hoar, son Of Attorney General
| Hoar, is to marry Miss Laura Wise, Quo Of the
regning bells OF Baltimore.
Mr.. Seward expected to Leave the city OF
| Mexico to day.
PRINCE WM. co. The s:oro OF Philip
Weiuburg, at Manassas, cane near being dc
| stroycd ty fire lew days ago. The fire orSl'
mated Iron! The ashes 81 the stove being placed
TOO near The wall Of he store and gn!tlnp the
dry woodwork. The lire was fortunately dis
covered before much damage was done.
The New Year Social, under the auspices OF
| some Of the ladies' Of Manassas, took place De-
c,rbe 3l>t in tho nall over .Mr. E. b. Gates
sunac factory. The people were we'll repre-
scntcd there being some one hundred aud TWEEN
~ persons present Everything passed oil very
well.
On Saturday night *rr; many cilIzcnS ii
Fairfax &. H. were favored with an lntelicc: ual
treat by an excellent lecture on the subject OF
Tcmperaucr, delivered BY the Rev. &. NJ. tos
ter OF Manassas.
The Orange, Alexandra and Manassas Rail
Road Company have In course vi erection III
our village, an cog ne house and ;uru;ab!: Tor
the accommodation Of the Alaaa~sas engine.
MrnuSMtS Hn"eUf.
MADAGASCAR. The Queen uI Madagascar
recently had the royal IDOLS brought gu! and
burned in Iront u the temple. She had en-
hr:cel Christianity AMI when the chapel for
divine service was ready, the dIsgraccd deity,
| which consisted Of two pieces OF silk with Il
small splinter OF wood in the middle, was taken
from his temple and thrust into fire. The
crowd declared that being god he would not
burn yet somehow, she was very soon con
sulncd; and then with no little pathcs "thc
people, seeing that now they had no gods to
worship, sent to the Queen to ask what they
we're to worship for the future. The tounda
ton Of their faith had Indeed been greatly
shaken The Qlccn Is to send teachers OF
lb,i., tl,nm - a,j
of the dark places Of the earth, is likely to
have turned the last page OF the sangunary
records which have hitherto formed 50 large
part OF her history.
FAILURES IN lSG9.-According to the annu
al circular of tho Mercantile Agency Of New
York, Just published, there where in the
Cuited States du'ing the last year two thous-
sand seven hundred and ninety niue failures
in buSne IS. Involving liabilities to the amount
Of seventy five million ard fitty.iOur thousan