Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-16

ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER,
For the COuntry,)
Published Regularly on TUESDAYS THURS
DAYS and 81 TURDA US, at Sir Dollars rer
amman.
TRADE IN POTTERY: From the n. y. Bull
letin. The imports of pottery ware to this
country amount to about SIS, 900, 900 annually.
The goods come mostly from England,and most
of them are landed at this port According to
the official reports of the English government,
there we're, in 1865, 10000 persons employed
in manufacturing pottery Intended especially
for this country. Since then, however, an I'm.
petus has been given to the business here, and
the imports have been materially reduced.
This interest is mainly represented at Trenton,
n j., where several large manufactures have
been erected, and are engaged in the making
of pottery, in the various forms OF chlnaware
and oueensware, and Of cement and drain pipe,
Since this branch OF trade has become one or
the recognized industrial interests Trenton has
become the chief depot; nine,tenths OF the busl-
ness is represented there and the bulk OF all the
pottery made comes from that city or the i'm
mediate vicinity. All the clay for common
ware is obtained in New Jersey, where the
supply is almost inexhaustible. New Jersey
also furnishes some Of the finer qualities Of clay,
but the best kaoln comes from Chester county,
Penn. and it is said to be Of much better quality
than that used in England. ltwould seem that
with all these advantages we could furnish
all the pottery needed for home consumption, but
in reality we produce only fractional part OF
the amount annually used This business fur
nishes employment to nearly 5000 persons IN
Trenton, and about 5000 throughou the State,
who are for the most part English, and large
portion women and girls. Nearly all of the
several potteries have been built since 1850, so
it will be seen that the trade in this country is
of very recent origin The business is constant
" increasing, and there is no doubt that IN 4
few years the entire demand will be supplied
bv the home manufacturers. The importation
of earthen ware for the past week were 2,20I
packages, making 1888 packages since Janu-
ary !. For the same period last year 2,S44
packages were imported.
THE PRINCESS LOUISA AMONG THE HIGH
LANDERs-The home coming OF the Princess
Louise is Loyalty made the most OF: and now
that the first gush of celebration is over there
come along daily accounts OF the more quiet
epioyments to which the Princess has settled
down in her Highland home at 1nverary. The
reception was stormy enough. The capital OF
the Argyll Kingdom drank so deeply and was
so generous in its hospitality that the volun-
teers could scarcely find their boats to return
home and the inhabitants were altogether too
drunk to show them the way. The Glasgow
contingent arrived in state OF helpless lntoxl-
cation, and never disembarked at all, from
sheer inability and on the return the brave
defenders of their country we're generally tum-
bled on board like so many casks of merchan.
disc. But this enthusiasm OF whlskey and
loyalty has passed, and now the Pqncess me- trots
her own pony carriage down to Dhu Loch,
where all the family takes hand in drawing
the nets. goes to hear Dr. Guthrie preach in
the ball pavilion of wet Sunday, attends
cricket matches and shines in blue and white
satin at tenantry balls. The Duke summoned
his teuants to dance in the same pavilion and
to the music of the same band which he pro-
yided for his guests Of higher rank, who came
in kilt and bonnet. The London chronlcers
recount with visible awe how the Princess
danced with one Of the small farmers Of the
estate, turning and twisting, jerking and trot-
ting and hopping through all the eccentrclties
of the frenzied Highland reel, and how, she
went down the middle between a hundred
couple in the country dance, amid shouting
and stamping and shrieklng that made the
rafters ring.
TIE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DRooD-Mr
Collins has written letter. in which he dis
closes the denouement of the unfinished story
of Edwin brood as Mr.. Dickens had sketched
it out to him at an early stage of its concep-
tion Edwin brood (he says was never
to resppear, he having been murdered by JAS
per. The girl Rosa was, believe, to admit
the sailor, Mr. Tartar, to supply brood 5 place;
1t was intended that Jasper himself should
urge on the search after Edwin brood and the
pursuit of his murderer, thus e7ndeavoprlpg TO
divert suspicion from himself, the real muir
derer. AS to anything further, it must be
purely conjectural 1t seems likely .that Rosa
would marry Mr. Tartar, and possibly that the
same destiny might await Mr. Crisparkle and
Helena Landless. Young I.audless himself
was to die, perhaps and Jasper certainly
would, though whether by falling into the
hands of Justice or by suicide, or through taxi
ing an overdose Of opium, which seems most
likely, it is impossible to say.
A STRANGE SECT.-In Mift1in, Junata and
SNYDER counties, Penn, are large numbers OF
singular sect called Omish. These people some
what resemble the Dunkers in their religious
belief: but their customs include many pecu
liarities characteristic of themselves alone
They require simplicity Of dress. The men
fasten their attire with hooks and eyes, and
look upon buttons as an abomination in the
sight Of the godly. The Omish girls wear
blue cotton dress, the waist of which comes just
below the armpits, while their heads are COW
cred with close fitting white skull caps They
have no poor they are not only thrifty but
charitable, never refusing to entertain strang-
er without money and without price; They
forswear all thing sthat partaSe OF worldly vanl-
tv. and practise the rite OF baptism by INNER
sion.
Great surprise seems to have been occasion
oa in the fashionable circles Of " ashington by
the announcement of the marriage IN that city
Of Mr. Newell Sturtevant, of Boston to Miss