Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-19
A PLEASANT CELEBRATION. In the Wash


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A PLEASANT CELEBRATION. In the Wash
ineton correspondence OF the New York World
We find the following -
''On Sunday, the first day of Maya very in.
terestng celebration took place at the house oil
Chase Barney, having attained her S5th birth
day, all her children and grandchildren now in
the city, and few Of her friends, assembled to
commemorate the event. Mrs. Barney is the
only surviving daughter, as far as can be as
certained, of any Of the signcrs of the Declara.
ton Of Independence. Her father was Judge
Samuel Chase, not only one of the signers o
the Declaration. but afterwards an associate JUS
tice of the United States Supreme Court. Mrs.
Barney's husband was son of Commodore
Barney, who lost his lite in defence of Wash
lneton in the last war with the British. Mrs.
Is. is still further distinguished by very re-
mar kabe letter which she wrote to Pres ident
jackson in 1880, after he had removed her
husband from Office.
''This letter--a stirring, eloquent and earnest
protest against the injustice done her husband,
self and children, urging in particular the double
revolutionary claims of the latter was the sen.
saton of the day. Written by an anxious wife
and mother by the sick bed of the husband,
whose sudden reverse oil fortune had been too
much Tor his bodily rength-written simply
to protest against personal I'M iustice-the letter
was taken by politicians as a campaign docn-
ment; was copied 10 every newspaper from
Maine to Georgia, and its writer was toasted
at political banquets again and again. Mrs.
Barney now has copies Of the letter printed on
satin, which were sent her, as well as numcr-
Gus newspapers which made copies ofer cx-
tracts from the much admired cpistlc Mrs.
Barney's health is now failing her, but her
mind Is still clear, and she was able 10 assist in
entertaining her guests on Sunday afternoon
A DARING fOYAGE.--A vessel is about to
start from Liverpool for New YORK, where it
is expected to arrive within the next forty days,
which measures only twenty feet from bow to
stein, and will be manned hy Two men the
owner, Captain PimorcZ, and Captain j. 4.
Buckley--whose skill is expected to guide the
trail craft safely across the Atlantic. The only
other living thing on board is a Newfoundland
dor. The tiny vessel is called the City OF
Ragussa and is rugged as Yawl, capable OF
spreading about seventy yards OF canvas.
There is also a lwo-bladcd propeller. which can
be worked by hand in case OF necessity, hut
which may he hoistcd out CT the water so as
not to be a drag when the wind Is favorable
The vessel is covered throughout i's whole
length and lined inside to the flooring, and has
a cockpit a,nidships. The limited space below
is fitted up with as much comfort as crcun-
stances will allow. There is a patent cook
stove on board, and provisions for three months.
A snug sleeping place is furnished for the skip
pcr, when not on the watch. The tanks OF the
vessel are capable of holding one hundred gal-
Ions of water, which can be allowed to escape in
case of necessity, and the working of the pro
pcllcr acts as q pump to keep the ho'd dry.
AN INDIGNANT LADY.-Mrs Martha llaines
Butt Bennett has published card in the Nor
folk Yirginian resonting The unauthorized use
OF her name at the 80 called "Woman's Rights
Convention" recently held in Richmond. She
says -
81 ON not an advocate for woman suffrage.
My ambition has never led mo to aspire to the
ballot box | believe no one who knows me
we'll has ever givon mo credit for masculine
tastes My ideas of what refined and elegan,
lady should be are too exalted TO permit me &c
descend from the pedestal upon which | would
desire to sec every woman placed.
This is not the first attempt that some tlenC
10 human form has cndeavored to vlllify me
and for what reason is involved in mystery
Upon nv arrival in New York | shall immcdi
atey confer with Miss Anthony, who was the
first agitator of female suffrage. and ascertain
whether my name has in reality been PLACED
upon the lists, and, # so, upon what authority.
IMpn1soNMENT.-Mr. Martin Baker, of thi
county, was arrested and put in Jail at thi!
place last Friday Itseems that Mr. Kent, Of
Louisa got judgment in Louisa court against
Mr. Baker some time ago, for sum OF money
hut lust before the rendition of the judgment
MIR. Baker sold his land for cash. The cxecu-
ton was sent up to this county and served or
Mr.. Baker, and he admitted that he had tht
money and intended 10 keep 1t. This TIT
sheriff reported. and he WAS ordered to arrest
Baker and put him in Jail. This was done OF
Friday last, and on Saturday Baker got out
writ OF ha5eas corpus; but alter full hcarlnl
Of his case he was rcmaDded to Jail ty Judg
ShackeHord, presiding in the circuit couri
row in session here, to stay until he shou'
show lust cause why he should not satisfy tn
execution. - Charlottesville Chronicle.
THE FlNcAsTLE FIRE Tho editor Of tn
Roanoke Times has been on a visit 10 flncasti
since the great fire, and gives gloomy pict ur
Of the scene. He says:
ARRIVING in town on Roanoke street, "
were astonishcd at the SCENE that met our eye:
No reports had given us true idea OF the q
tent OF the damage. For SQUARES nothing W;
to be seen but backened ruins, housecss chlu
nc,s and smouidcring walls The court hou<
stands alone in the centre of the town: a
around it lie the debris o(firc Here and thcl
are to be seen groups OF citizens mournlul
discussing their losses
GIN AND MILK. The celebrated hevcrag
invented by the Rev. MIR. Smyth, has bee
admitted to the bar in New York, and
known by curious names. such as "Smyti'
Recuperatnr," "Smyth's luvigorating Mi
ture, milk land gin) tor Babes, "Smyth
Milky Way" ''Hhe Parsou's Own" IAN
brosia for the Clergy aud Laity," &c.