Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-22

England. The marriage ofthe Princess Louise
was celebrated at Windsor, yesterday, with
great brilliancy At 10 clock, Ministers, En-
bassadors, nobility and clergy, and the bride
groom family were admitted to the royal cha
pei. At twelve oclock ten royal carriages,
with all the members Of the Queens family
and other royal personagcs, left the Queens
gate at Windsor Palace and proceeded to the
south entrance of the chapel, where they were
received by the Lord Chamberlain and conduct
ed to places At 1905 the bridegroom arriy
ed accompanied by Earl Percy and Lord Cow
er and they were conducted to seats. At -:
| Is the bride, accompanied by the Queen and
suite in five carriages, arrived at the west en-
trance of the chapel, where they were joined By
the bridesmaids, and moved up the nave amid
music by the choir The bride was supported
BY the Queen Prince of Wales, and the Duke
Of Sake oburg. The bridesmaids were Ladies
Campbell, Cecil, Butler Montague, Gordon.
Lannox, Gordon, Seymour and Fitzgerald.
The bride was seated Oh the left of the altar,
with the Queen near ut hand. The ceremony
was performed by the Bishop Of London in the
choral style. the Queen giving the bride away.
At the end of the last prayer royal salute was
fired from the artillery in Windsor Park and
the guests repaired to the Castle for lun-
chcon. The bride and bridegroom departed at
three 0 clock for Clarcmont for the honey
moon About Il thousand guests witnessed the
ceremony. The grounds of the Castle were fill
ed with immense crowds, and Windsor is en-
fete The Marquis Of Lornc wore the uniform
of the Argyleshire Artillery, and not the High
land costume The Bishop of London was as
sisted by the Bishops of Oxford, Winchester
and Worcester. Tonight there will be grand
banquet, and the Castle will be Illuminated.
The festivities will continue two days
LoCDoUN CoUNTY.-Thc spring opens, this
year, more hopefully for Loudoun county, than
any since the close Of the great civil conflict
from which she, in common with the whole
State Of Virginia, suffered so much.
In whatever direction we may look the pros
pect is brighter, and the hearts Of our people
have cause to rejoice, and to beat high with
antlclpations Of better times Heaven, too,
seems to smile this beautiful spring upon the
efforts which the people have been making, for
SO long time. to relieve themselves from the
difficulties Of the situation in which they were
left By the civil CONFUSION. The farmer may
look with confident hope upon the promise OF
his fields Whoever saw the wheat look green
er Or more thrifty, at this season of the year,
than now?
A good crop Of wheat with remunerative
prices may be safely put down in the calendar
Of agriculture for the coming year.
Whoever saw our farmers more forward with
their spring work this early in the season than
they are now? This will give them Il chance,
by thorough preparation, to secure good crop
Of that important ccreal-lndian corn-what
ever may be the character Of the coming sum-
mcr season. and to plant other crops which are
destined hereafter to take high position in
Loudoun agriculture -L0ullom Enterprise.
REpoRToRIAL HYpERBoLE-Therc are no
longer any incendiary fires 1t is the fire
tiend' that does it ALL Are there lives lost on
some railroad? 1t is holocaust, you know
Does anybody fall down from apoplexy?
Straightway the fact is announced under the
death roll. > If the c0al-scuttlc is empty, 10
there is ''famnc" right away; and if j ohm
Jones knock down Patrick Maloy in i; corner
grocery, nothing short ola carnival of crime
will answer as 4 proper typographical preface
in chrOnicng the fact. Aud so on all through
the catalogue of current events This tawdry
style Of writing orr gnated with the cheap vel
low-coycrcd novels Of the George Lppard and
Ned Buntlinc school 1t is about time it was
snucd out. 1t is not 4 wholesome style. When
one has Il fact to relate, or story to tell, it
looks best and sounds best in pure, plain Eng
fish. -PhiMlelphm Dry.
TAKE Thy PlII~-A gentleman of the old
school thus describes the rendering OF we'll
known hymn by Il modern fashionable choir:
Firstly. the soprano, in a soaring leap sings
Take thy pill followed by the alto aud ten
or in Duet with like advice, (while the soprano
is magniticcntly holding on to the pill, J and
as the deep base profoundly echoes the same,
Take thy pill they finally unite and repeat
together, eventually succeed in singing, Take
thy pilgrim to his home, etc, greatly to the
relief of both minister and people, who seem
alike awfully impressed with the suggestive ad-
vice so cmphaticaly reiterated.
PErRoLEuM--One of the most remarkable
DEPOSITS Of petroleum known is that which ex-
lists in the region of the Caucasus On the
east coast Of the Caspian Sea there are no less
than twenty thousand petroleum welle The
American system is about to be applied to the
operations at these wells-and their already
great yield will be largely increased.
The cost of thr Occl1D1tiOn Of Alaska bv the