Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-07-30
NEWS OF THE DAP.
"7e rho,c tie uery age and bodg ct f,s Ttn'z,

0eded. Apparently the worst feature in the
compromise is that whlc: allows an assessment
OF ten 10 forty per cent OF the ;nir;,.rs' wu-ts
Tor the benefit o. the Association. I';c ~
langcmcnt entered into Is 10 last rnc year.
On Monday last. courcd boy r:"y,..,r., hy
Thomas y. Durkcii oI Locust III. i'rl.re
Georges county, Md , was driving = c.t. In
load OF wood, ana when crossing The railroad
track the oxen became frightened and unlusu-
agcaDlc The cart was upset and the untor-
tunatc driver instantly Killed ly the body OF
the cart passing over him after nc had fallen
to the ground.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has ordered
the destruction OF 1923, So, $50 Of United
States bonds, heretofore purchased by him for
the special and sinking fund, in conformity
with section OF the rounding 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 Of the sick and wounded,
knowing, from official sources, that this course
will be very acceptable to the Prussan 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 tho Treasury Department. There will be
but nine divisions instead OF fourteen, as here
tOiOrC.
Thomas Martin, of st. Mary's Co, Md. I,
who had been announced as a candidate ior
Congress from that District, publishes card
10 the last I.eOnardtown Beacon withdrawing
from the canvass
A camp meeting is to take place at To!scn S
Woods, in Spaldings District, commencing on
Thursday next, the 4.h OF August. The
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 OF The Cur
rency, and it is probable that the first bank
chartered under the new luT will be q gold
bank.
The New York Tines siys The taxes il Sou h
Csroua now are very much greater than ever
before, whi;r the State deb; has Ucrn in
creased nirc millions il tTo Yeas
Senator Spra.,.e says there arn l2,GO0. 900
aDnualiy. TLc>e will I,3y, hg q rc"i.t enact
nicnt, 81 ,uUO, OUu u rcyc.uc Tax.
Tue Board Of Trade U. knoxvlI!c, have in
definitely postponed the CommercI Conven
ton, called to meet in that pac', on the lhth
day CT August.
UARaIsoNDURu HOTELS. The llarraon-
burg Cd Commonwealth thus replies ~ tie
structures Of our correspondent, H., on the hotel
accommodations at that place:
'As we arc not much addicted to travelling,
and therefore have but little experience rcia-
tive to the manner in which hotels generally
arc kept. NC are 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 hCtc- keepers, at
least at thi: season, when great macy high
bred, well ted, and fashionable rcupie arc
travelling, you'd exert themselves 10 ccco1i-
date even tho luo3. iasiidiouS among them ii
the bes; style. It would seem 10 he thlir in
tcrcs; to provide the best the market could al
ford for both man and beast. According to
tie damaging accusation OF H., it would seem
that they not only tail to 90 this but arc utter,
Il Indifferent to the comfort and welfare OF
their guests We n!cr that they don't furnish
proper "sheltcr and food" &c. Vegetables
are very abundant in this community, such as
potatoes, tomatoes. corn. beans, bcets, apples,
cucumbcrs, cabbage, berries of every descrir-
ton, mutton, hcel, veal, chickens, salt fish,
eggs, bacon, &C. Wescc these things in our
market daily, and suppose the hotel keepers
supply themselves with them, at least to an cx:
tent sufficient TO meet the necessities of
travellers. They have good cooks at less: that
have the reputation CT bong such. and seem to
have oierabIy 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 Harrsonburg hotels should cause his
gorge TO rise in so fearful a lnann,r. Per
haps he hath been accustomed to the dalntlest
vermiclas, the most DELEGATE flopdoddIes OF
inspiring sherry mint juleps cobieis, and the
if he is not too much disguised with our hotel
keepers to step here, if be will give them, or
any one of them, 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
beeu accustomed to the most d@Eca;c flop
dodlIes Of French cookery" or not; bu. we
hope he will follow the suggestion of cur friend
of the ''O;d Commonwealth" and give the
Halrisonourg hotel people another chance.
A STRANGE SUIcIDE-In or out of Rich
mond we have not heard recently OF more
unaccountabe 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 an irreproachabe char
acter as q citizen. Prompt in his engagements,
he prospercd and had accumulated 81 600 in
gold, besides heing out OF debt. Being lunar
ried, he had no family cares to disturb him,
and everybody who knew him thought him
happy and prosperous map. Strange to say,
however, this was not so, as he deliberately,
on the day referred to. effectually severed With
a sharp knife the veins in each wrist, and then
took heavy dose of deadly poisonous acid.
He survjved this Gpsnnrate attnn1Dt A. Golf