Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-02
NEWS OF The DA i.
"1e sAe,o the very age and body Of the 1'o'"'.

We ShGi1 the very age ana o0e'g " e'"E L "e'
AT Monmouth, Illinois, yesterday, while 40
omnibus was standing at the depot OF IL, Tue
Quincy Railroad, containing three young iaolss,
an employee on the train which had arriVeu
few moments before, out Of pure deVlltrS' oe"
| tho locomotive whistle. The horses at once
started on the run, and the young ladies Jump
cd from the omnibus but one OF them 10 oo'ne
so was fatally injured. ,.
Gan Schriyer, inspector OF the U. 5. Mill
tarv Academy at West Point, in his report re-
marks upop the superficial education acquired
nv the candidates for admission to that lnstItu
tion. He saws that it is no longer unusual ~
find candidates rejected at West Point tor de'
fceDcy in the primary branches OF cOmmou
school education in possession OF diplomas IRON
reputable colleges. .,
The argument in the case OF the State Oh
Nd, vs.. the B. & o. Railroad Company " vas
begun yesterday in The Superior Court IN bal
timore before Judge Dobbin. The amount
duo the State is estimated at $3l5 ,OOO, u
which the Company has lnterpo5ed cia!"
| in bar of $2s9, 00O TO this set.ott the PLAIN
tiff's counsel demurred, and the argument yes
terday was on the demurrer.
The census of Baltimore ordered by the Clty
Council to be taken by tho polio force was com'
pleted Yesterday, and the informal returns
show total population of 2S3,375, an 'ocTease
of 1915 over the returns made by the -. D.
enumeration, and decrease of 6S, 600 10 there
turrs made by tho city Census Commissioners
OF 1868.
Mrs, Edward A. Pollard, whose incarcera-
ton 10 the government insane asylum IN WASH
ington recently created some comment is again
at liberty, and, according to the washington
correspondence OF the NewIor Herald, threat
ems TO bring suit against tho parties VINO
were instrumental in depriVing her OF her
freedom.
The trial of Hoswe, for the murder Of LaHlo,
in Hallowell, last September, Is progressing 10
Augusta, Maine. The defence Is justlhabIe
homicide, because Latin was guilty OF criminal
intercourse with Hoswel's vile, and at the
time Hoswell was under the influence OF an un-
comfortable impulse, which deprived hlm OF
reason.
An accident occurred on the Livingston, n.
J. and Hudson River Railroad yesterday, by
which locomotive and four express cars were
wrecked. The bunkers and platforms OF the
passenger cars we're broken. No one hurt Iho
accident was caused by the swtchman being
asleep and leaving the switch placed wrong.
"Ulivia," OF the Press, has been interview
ing Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Hamilton Fish on
the subject of dress and on the proprlcty OF
Cabinet ladies setting the fashions Tor the
women of the country and relieving them from
the caprcious tyranny OF homo and foreign
dress makers. What next?
| A circular has been issued by the Society OF
Friends in Baltimore, 'for the relief OF the
peasantry, and other non-combatant sufferers IN
Franco and Germany" These people are
| IL l., fool i,\fl
hope of present relief, except through The
charity of other countries.
The cotton seed oil OF the Southern States
has great future before 1t, second only 10 im
portance 10 the gigantic petroleum trade OF the
Northern States. So says the Liverpool Cir
culsr CT Alexander s. Maerae, Of November
70, which adds: "[ts sweetness, utility and
price are nov commencing it everywhere.
The Varieties Theatre John Hawkins S
storeroom, Schiler's Coffee House and Liner $
! stables, in New Orleans, have been destroyed
by fire. The fire originated in the property
room of the theatre. Loss $3.50, 900; insur
ance 800, 600 in local companies. Two fire
men arc reported to be under the fallen walls.
The question whether the Treasury Depart
ment can reserve for interest due FROM the rail
roads to which subsidies of bonds have been
granted the entire amount payable Tor mails
and transportation, has been submitted by the
Secretary of the Treasury to the Attorney Ger
eral.
The Greek industrial exhibition was opened
ON Sunday at Athens, the King aud Queen OF
Greece participating in the ceremony. The
government OF Austria is devotlng much OF Its
attention to promoting the scheme for grand
industrial exhibition at Vienna IN 1872.
DIR. Wilson g. Swami in very interesting
address to the Philadelphia Fountain Society,
Of which he is the President, states that by
its cxertoua. thirty one fountains have been
established in that city.
Secretary Boutwell's estimates OF appropria
tons for the fiscal year ending in June next
arc s29S, 5l6732 For the following year he
asks for S2S0,272. 1856, reduction OF over
| eighteen millions.
| In General Dyer's report attention is called
to the defenceless condition of the forts on the
sea coast, particularly those along the Atlantic
border OF the Southern States
Secretary Robson was present at the laying
of the corner stone of the Seanen's Exchange,
yesterday, and made a speech.
| tseems that the Gamgee process for the
preservation of meat has been as unsuccessful
as all other attempts to preserve meat Tor
long time.
The California lottery business is in "a mud
de- owing to conflicting laws and decisions of
the Courts.
The citizens of Savannah, Ca, are quite
jubilant over the first white shad of the season.
1t was taken from the St. Johns river, Florida.
Edward A. Pollard is said to be lying hope
IesslY ill in New York of Bright's disease.
Gov. Smith, of Alabama, continues to hold
possession of tho State offices in that State.
VIRGINIA NEWS.