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


of one hundred and fifty American volunteers
in Tours is announced They paraded the
streets with American and French flags, and
were warmly greeted by the people.
General sympathy has been excited IN Lon
don bv the near approach of the horrors OF the
bombardmcnt of Paris, and eloquent appeals
arc made to move the English Government to
action iu the way of mediation. The Ministry,
however, show no disposition to move.
LOUIS NAPoLEoN's career is already used
to point moral" if not ito adorn tale.
An article in 4 late number Of tho London
Spectator quotes from an essay written BY the
ex.Emperor, when he was imprisoned at Ham
10 lS43, on the government OF Louis PHILIPPE.
The following is an extract:
Some years ago, there was in the United
States man called Sampatck 1.-THE once TAM
Gus Sam Patch is meant who went into the
following trade he constructed, with great
deal Of art, scaGoldiDg above the tails or
Niagara, and after having raised heavy con:
tribution from the immense crowd assembled
from the whole neighborhood to see him, he
mounted majestically to his platforms, and then
threw himself headlong into the boiling waves
at the foot Of the cataract. tie repeated TINS
perous experiment several times, till at last
he was swallowed up by whirlpool. Alas
there are some governments whose appearances
on the scene Of the world are in every respect
analogous 10 that of the American luPgler:
their history is summed up in these Words
fearful scaffoiding, terrible fall J On few
stakes planted in the ground, they raise shape
less building, composed Of fragments and bits
frop, bo pf ho 10
their task is finished, their bastard building, as
without utility as it is without foundations, has
only served to throw them hcadlong from q
greater height iDto the abyss what this
amounts to is that raising a Scato1ltng is not
bmMmg TO appeal to the vulgar passions Of
the mob is not to govern. One cannot build
solidly except upon the rock"
:'Surely,' says the Spectator, these words
must now come back to the ex-Emperor as o
curiousy accurate prediction OF his own great
feat. lie did, at great pains and with much
ostentatioD, erect scafolding out Of fragments
Of the ruins of the past-his ulcc's past,-
which has served but for the same purpose as
that described by hiu,-to furnish him with an
artificial elevation from which to cast himself
headlong into the gulf beneath
The Richmond Enquirer says, that by COM
garrison of the census returns from many coun'
tics.of Virginia. embraced in the present State
limits, with the returns FROM the same cour,ies
in 1860, the information is derived that the ag-
gresate number Of inhabitants Las not been
materially changed in the ten years.
The present population, it is presumed, will be
found to he between twelve and thirteen hun
dred thousand.
The New York city Bureau Of Sanitary In.
spection have decided, in consequence Of the
continuance of yellow fever on Governors Is
land, four new cases having occurred since %
tober |. that the island be evacuated BY the
garrison, the Infected buildings burned, aud
other effective measures adopted Tor the
thorough disinfection OF the island.
Tie Eoglish papers state that the verdict of
The naval committee Of inquiry into the loss Of
the iron clad Captain cxoneratcs everybody
connected with her construction and manage
mCnt
The letter Of Mr.. Thomas Jefferson Ran.
dolph in reply to Mr. r. ". Hughes Radical
manifesto, is regarded, on all hands, as o very
able production, and complete and triumph
ant answer.
The condition Of affairs growing out of the
present war in Europe has induced the Pres
dent to issue proclamation declaring that the
waters of the United States shall not be used
in preparing for war by belligercnt parties
The Warrenton Index says, the Radical
County Convention Of Fauquier, held at War
without dissent, to support MIR. Lewis Nc
Kenzie for Congress.
Louis Blanc, has written q letter to the Eng
lish people, "protestiDg against the seige OF
Paris" Louis Blanc and Victor Hugo resort
TO letter writing In al! cases of emergency.
There is general expression of appreciation
at the Indications given that the present session
of the Legislature is to be short one.
Brigham Young lately rendered his rcsig-
nation as trustee of the Mormon Church, but
bis followers would not accept. He sticks"
The "OYsTER WAR"-A correspondent oil
the Baltimore American from Cris6eld, Md
gives the details of the trial ut Drumnondtown
of the Captains captured by the Virginia Oys- |
ter Navy in Taneier's Sound last week. The |
master of one of the vessels testified that they |
had not been dredging on the day when they |
were seized, and Attorney General Jones made |
this point n their defence, and also argued that |
they were not 10 the waters OF Virginia. The