Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-07-30
NEWS OF THE DAP.
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The operators Ia the anthracite coal region
CT Pennsylvania alter i suspension OF four
months, will resume work on Monday next.
The WorkiDgmcn benevolent Association
dictated the terms to which the operators nc
ocdcd Apparently the worst feature in the
compromise is that which allnwS an assessment
OF ten 10 forty per cent. or the ;nlrTs' wa-rs
for tho benefit o! tic AsSC cialtn". I;c 81
langcmcnt entered into Is 10 !a$l un" year.
On Monday last! co'urcd boy ri";i..,rI hy
Thomas \. Durkc;t. oil Locust HI, i'.l.rc
Georgc's county, Md was driving c:t. lrl
load OF wood, ana when crossing the railroad
track the oxen became frightened and uniuan-
agcabc. The cart was upset and tic unior-
tunatc driver instantly killed ly the body Of
the cart passing over him after he had fallen
to the ground
The Secretary OF the Treasury has ordered
the destruction OF 1928, SOP, $50 Of United
States bonds, heretofore purchased by him for
the special and sinking iund, in conformity
with section 6 OF the retundlng act. This re-
duces the outstanding principal Ct the coin debt
| by that amount.
The New York German Patriotic Association
has resolved to send over to Germany young
| physicians who speak the German language, to
| assist 10 the care CT the sick and wounded,
knowing, from official sources, that this course
will be very acceptable to the Prussian govern
| ment.
A North German barquc, which cleared from
| Liverpool for Richmond loaded with salt, Is
| three weeks behind time. She has not been
spoken at sea during that time, and 1t is thought
| that she may have been captured by French
| cruisers.
The Secretary OF the Treasury Yesterday COM
pletcd the work OF consolidating the divisions
IN the Treasury Department. There will be
but nine divisions instead OF fourteen as here
toinrc
Thomas Martin, of St. Mary's Co., Md,
who had been announced as candidate iur
Congress from that District, publishes card
| 10 the last I.eonurdtown Beacon withdrawing
| from tie canvass.
A camp meeting Is to take p!ac. at To.scn 5
Woods, in Spaldlngs District, commencing on
Thursday next, the 4.h OF August. Ihe
grounds arc situated eight miles from Wash
| ington, near the L B Road
y number OF applications for god banks have
been received by the Comptroller o! the Cur
reucy, and it is probable that the first bank
chartered unGcr the new Iuw Will be gold
bank.
| The New York Tines siys the taxes in Sou b
| CHroliua now are very much greater than ever
before, white the State debt has teen in
| creased nre millions II t:To years.
Senator Spra. ut says there arr l2,GU0, 600
Sets OF COZ sets imported iu'u he Un!cd States
anuay. TLc>n will l'sy, b? " rtc"it enact
ncnt, -, COZ, $50 VI lcvc.uc ts&.
Tue Board Of Trade .. kEoxviI!c, have III
definitely postponed the Commercial Conven
ton, called 10 meet in Ihls piac', on the 10Th
day Of August.
UAnnIsoNpURu HOTELS. -Thc llarrison-
burg Cd Commonwealth thus replies 70 tie
structures Of our correspondent, H., on the hotel
accommodations az that place
Gas We are not much addicted to travelling,
and therefore have but little experience rc!s-
tive to the manner in which hotels generally
arc kept. We arc not prepared to say whet her
the charge, that We lack "a good hotel, may
| be Justly alleged against our landlords or not.
| We had supposed that Our hCtcl- keepers, at
| least at this season, when q great many high
bred, well ted, and fashionable rcopIe ere
travelling, wou.l exert themselves 10 ccc1ni-
| date even the luos. iasiidiouS among them IL
| the bcs; style. 1t would seem 10 hc their in
tcrcst to provide the best the market could al
| ford for both man and beast According to
| the damaging accusation OF H., it would seem
that they not only tail to DO this: but arc utter,
| IL indifferent to the comfort and welfare CT
| their guests. We in!er that they dom furnish
proper "sheltcr and food" sc. Vegetables
| are very abundant in this community, such as
potatoes, tomatoes. corn. beans, bccts, apples,
cucumbcrs, cabbage, berries OF every descrlr-
ton, mutton, beef, veal, chickens, salt fish,
eggs, bacon, &c. We sc these things in our
market daily, and suppose the hotel keepers
supply themselves With them, at least to an ex-
| tent sufficient to meet the necessities OF
travellers. They have good cooks, ut leas: that
have the reputation ct being such: and seem to
have tocraby good accommodations in the
way Ct beds, &c. OF course, We have no means
| Of knowing what meat this Cesar OF the
quill hath ted upon that the plain fare OF
our Harr;sonburg hotels should cause his
| gorge TO rise in 50 fearful a lnann,r. Per"
| haps he hath been accustomed to the dalnuest
| vcrmicias, the most delicate fopGoddes OF
| French cookerIes, with sparkling champagne,
inspiring sherry, mint juleps,, cooIets' and the
| like. When he shall return from the springs,
| il he is not TOO much disguised with our hotel
| keepers to step here if he will give them. or
| any one OF them, a bill Of fare and weeks no
tice, no doubt they will get it up for him in the
most approved style of the culinary art.
Not having DO arded in the same house with
our correspondent, we can't say whether lie has
been accustomed to the most d+|caic flop
doddIes Of French cookery" or not: bur we
hope he will follow the suggestion of cur friend
of the "Od Commonwealth, and give the
Hsrrisonourg hotel people another chance.
A STRANGE SUICIDE.-In or out Of Rich
mond we have not heard recently OF moro
unaccountab!e suicide than one that occurred
in this city several days ago and which has not
vet been published. For over twenty years
John Burquest, native Of Sweden, had car
ried on shoe making in this city, and during
all this time had borne 40 irTcproachabIe char
acter as citizen. Prompt in his engagements,
be prospcrcd and had accumulated 81 600 in
gold, besides icing out Of debt. Being unmar-
ried, he had no family cares to disturb him,
and everybody who knew him thought him a
happy and prosperous map. Strange to say,
han ,n6c hn a. al, kb,n L.,