Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-27
NEWS OF THE DAY.
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The plan of storm and food signals, by
means of the telegraph and cannon, mainly
for the benefit of agriculture and commerce,
has been Endorsed by the mayors Of Cincinnati:
Baltimore, Washington, Boston, New York;
Philadelphia. and Troy; the Governors OF
MARYLAND. New Hampshire. Pennsylvania,
New York, and Massachr sets AL OF whom
have requested the Secretary of War. under
authority of recent acts of Congress, to test
the system in the cities or in the States named,
The average New Yorker is unhappy unless
he moves ON the lst day of May each year.
Next Monday is the annual moving day. But
il is not SO bad as it used to be, tor furniture
moving has got to be profession, end
houseEeeper can now leave tor his regular
business in the morning, and return at night
to find another domiei( in order for him.
At the recent session Of the Circuit Court Of
Somerset county Md, a number OF appeals
f;om Justices Of the Peace in cases of fines for
alleged violation Of the Oyster law, were all
decided in favor CT the oystermen, and against
Commodore Davidson and the magistrates be-
fore whom he had brough his suits.
The Imperial Government Of China has
made demand on the foreign Ambassadors
that all female schools and missionaries in the
Empire shall he abolished that Christian mis-
sionaries shall become Chinese subjects ; that
only the doctrines Of Confuclus shall be taught
in the school &c.
In the Court Of c laims at Washington, yes
-,rday,thc motion Of the Government counsel
for pos,ponement OF hearing OF the suit TOR
the recovery of amounts due the Atlantic Ca
Bile Company, was refused, and the case assign
ed for trial on Tuesday.
The funeral of the infant Prince Alexander
John Charles Albert. the third son OF the
Prince and Princess Of Wales, who was born
on Thursday. the 9th instant. and died on the
afternoon of the following day. took place on
the afternoon of the 18th.
Gen. Capron, commissioner OF agriculture:
REPORTS that tea culture is fast becoming tec-
ture Of Importance in the Southern and South
| western States. and that in few years enough
tea will be grown in those sections to meet the
home consumption
COL Thomas g. Pitcher has been relieved
from duty as Superintendent Of the Military
Academy at West Point, and Colonel Thomas
| II. Ruger, 18th infantry. has been detailed in
his place. to take charge on the lst OF Sep
tember next.
Yesterday was the fifty second anniversary
Of the Order of Odd Fellows in the United
States. Dispatches from various cities report
observance. Of the occasion among the mem
bers Of the Order
No progress was made yesterday III CONTROL
ing the torrent which is pouring in from the
Mississippi river through the broken levees
and the water had commenced to back up into
the swamps in the rear of New Orleans.
Is a lobby member of the General Assem-
big entitled to compensation for his services In
assisting in having bill passed by that
body. is question to T. tried in one Of the
| Courts Of Baltimore this week.
Father Nugent, a Roman Catholic priest
the founder of reformatory school in Liver
pool is now on a mission to this country tc
ind homes for the boys who have been educat
ed under his care.
Special 'Easter-tide Services are being
held in Baltimore, under the direction OF the
Rev r. NJ. Benson, of England, the Superior
of the Society of ST John the Evangelist.
Work on the proposed tunnel for the Union
a'road. Of Baltimore. under what Is known
As ';Gallows HILL will be commenced Oh
Monday.
DR.. A. F. Magruder Of Georgetown, lately
appointed an assistant surgeon in the navy, ha:
been ordered to the Naval Hospital at Phla
delphia,
The Cadiz (Ohio) Republican prints tie fol
lowing birth notice ''On Monday morning
APRIL l7ti, to w. B. and Jennie G. Heam, 9
daughter. Shall vote when she is twenty-one.
The extraordinary severity of last winter ha:
driven, in Poland and Russia. large numbers
of furnished wolves close to the suburbs OF the
large cities.
The smallpox, which has prevailed alarm
ingiy in some quarters of New York. has been
ctfectually checked.
The Delaware Gazette reports the peach
crop of that State uniniured by the late 'cold
snap.
\ very tight race has just been run across
the Atlantic by two Cunard steamers-thc
Abyssinia and Calabria.
TIE ALLIANCE 1sRAELlTE UNIVERSALLY,
whose headquarters are III Paris. and whose
president is the venerable Adolphe Cremieux,
has greatly suffered in consequence Of the late
European war. The objects Of the alliance are
first, to furnish assistance to Israetes in all
parts Of the world when sufferings have result
ted from political ill-trcatment or some nation
al calamity; and second to promote culture
among the Israelites, particularly in seml-cly.-
lized countries. 1t supports numerous schools
in Asia and Africa, and Owls an agricultural
colony and agricultural college at Jatfa, in Pal
estine, which, through the exertions of Mr..
Albert Cohen, secretary of the alliance, has
been donated to this institution by the Sultan
of Turkey. During the past year the alliance
has. in conjunction with the board of delegates
of America. cared for and given employment to
those ISraclilcs who have been expelled from
Russia ny the recent order of the Gar. Il
also has, rs usual. adopted many Polish and
Russian orphans. In consequence ofthe war;
and Mr. CrcmieuX being called to the French