Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-01-31
NEWS OF TIE DAY. -.
SCI sho,o theire,y age oaaIoay of tic Times

among the grand Catholic families OF England
occurred lately in the death Of Lady Victoria
| Hone Scott, sister Of the Duke Of Norfolk, ut
the early age of thirty Lady Victoria: niece
OF Lord Lyons. formerly British minister at
Washington. was the second vile OF Mr. Hope
Scott, the most eminent member OF the parlla-
,nentary bar, where he often makes his Sioo:ooV
year His first wife was anddaughtcr OF
Sir Walter Scott. s...... 3
In the New York dry good. market it is
learned that the prospects for an active de-
! demand from retailers before the latter part OF
February are not encouraging, and majority
of dealers seem to be of the opinion that this
trade will begin this season two or three weeks
| later than usual The retail trade generally Is
not very active.
| The Presidents Of the Philadelphia: VII
miugton and Baltimore Railroad and the Cam
! den and An,boy Railroad publish Il statement
| i'm retutaton of the recent assertions OF MI
Garrett on the subject Of through fares between
New York and Philadelphia and Washington
Mr.. >McCreery, of Iowa, will introduce m tho
House a bill to prevent members OF Congress
from recei, ing brides Or consideration to secure
their votes upon any measure The bill makes
j nen ~ Il eil,si or rc'3'y" any
bride
A dispatch from Toronto, Canada, says:-
'Adyices from Saskatchewan state that two
thousand Indians and freeman have died OF
confucnt small pox The disease is trig httul
in its l,vages, whole families being carried oil
by it.
Later reports from the expedition surveying
the Isthmus of Tehuantcpec for Il ship canal
between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are
favorable The engineers have discovered
sufficient water for canal purposes on the sum
mltS.
'The British bark Kate Smith, Captain VIM
Hamilton of arlnouth, N S. from Les Passages
Spain, went ashore Wednesday uight near lit
tie Egg IIarbor, n. D., and eight OF those on
board were lost.
Governor Butler, Of Nebraska is in a fair
way of impeachment, for borrowing for his own
private use, and in very irregular and injudl-
ccous manner $4,000 out of the State trcasu
ry belonging to the school fund
w. G. Davis, Of Mineral county, has been
nominated as u. S. Senator, by the Democratic
Caucus of the legislature Of West Virginia.
| The election takes place tomorrow
An election for President is about to take
place in Mexico. Juarcz, the present incum-
| bent, and Lcrdo tic Tcj ada are the opposing
! candidates
An address of sympathy with the Italians
has been prepared in Boston and signeds, by
numerous: citizens. 1t Will hc sent to King
Victor Emmanuel. .lE..a
On Friday last Charles Jolly, Jr., and John
NJ
for tho murder of family of five persons, near
that village, on the 10Th OF last November
Fanny Ellsler, the once famous dancer is not
onl; still alive, but quite vigorous in health,
and enjoys the Injuries her large fortune yields
her. She is declared :. regular sybarltc.
The New York Tribune says, that Rev DR.
Sunderland, Of Washington, has accepted u cal
to the Forty thirl-strcct Presbyterian Church
in Now York.
A number of those engaged in the instruction
in Cuba have lately surrendered to the Spanish
authorities
1t is st:ted that Senator Thayer Is to be nonifi
mated AZ: minister to Portugal. vice Lewis, o.
Virginia, to be removed. Z
The consolidation of Internal Revenue dis
tricts in New York, Brooklyn, Phlladclplia anal
Cincinnati will be deferred until February 18th.
NEw CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATEs. =
There has been 4 decrease in only two States
Maine and New Hampshire, and one Territory
New Mexico. The loss i'll the latter /: accoun'
ted for by the fact that the Territory has been
divided since the census Of 1860 WI; taken, Ia
form new Territories and the small gain III sew
eral Of the others is accounted form the same
way. -.-.
The greatest percentage of gain is i'll the new
State Of Nevada, which is explained by the rush
to the gold mines in that State during the past
| few years. The greatest loss is in New Hamp
shire, which is probably owing to the late. fever
for c1higrating to the West. ~, !,
The percentage OF gain III the District olC9:
uubia is greater than that OF any State IN the
Union, with the exception Of the States OF Iowa;
| Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Nevada
The total population OF the States and Terri
tories and the District Of Columbia IS stated tc
! be IS. j$;S, $780, being gain of -. per ct. on
the population as given by the census OF lS, ,.
The population of the United States in lSGt
WAS 81, .l43, 32l; the numerical gain IN the PA.
! tcn YEAR; is therefore, 1904, 500. The pop
ulation ofthc United States in lSjOwa:; 20, l9l
SIG. and the numerical gain in tho tell ycll>
following was 3, PSI ,445.
| While the increase from lSGoto 1870 ha
come considerably sholtof satisfying popular OK
recitation, careful statisticiana some time SING
concluded that the population would fall shor
of 40.uuD.OoO General Walker, supenntcn
dent ofthc Census, soon after taking charge o
the office having carefully reviewed the vas
field before him, predicted that the census q
1870 would show u population of about thirty
eight Or thirty-niuc millions, and the result ha
strikingly verified his estimate. a. a, Washington
| ChrOnicL. .,,..a
i WASHINGTON EMs.-Thcrc was panic il
the Coored Baptist Church, corner of Nine
tcenth and streets, on Sunday night, cause!
csrricd away chimney or two, and created ;
stampede in the congregation from which the
did not recover. The crash was trightful, bu
nobody was hurt. The preacher had Just rcal
his text when the avalanche came. &c.,. :,
The Unitariasn talk of building a Netropoll
L. 20 cen nN) l,f VhIc