Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-08-01
VIRGINIA NEWS

Dla are now pTacIiclnB lot an excursion 10 the
mountains of Virginia. The trip is to include
visit to Staunton, where the brethren are
making arrangements for the illumination OF
"Wier' Cave" Thence the choir will pro-
coed 10 Lexington, and from there to the Nat
lists will proceed to Greenbrier White Sulphur
Springs The time for this trip is coufucd to
one week. commencing August 10th.
Col. VIM. Henderson French, of Mercer
county, West Va, died at his home, near
Princeton, on Monday last. He has been in
both houses of the Virginia Legislature, and
was Colonel of the 18th Va Cavalry, under
Geo. jenkins Those who are familiar with
his tall person, and imposing physique. will he
surprised to learn that he died of consumption
The Board of Public Works has directed the
representative Of the State in the directory Of
the Richmond and York River Railroad Com,
rany to ca operate with the private stockhold-
els in the necessary legal steps to obtain an u-
junction against the advertised forced sale of
the road.
The population of Lecshurg is as follows /:
Whites (withiu corporation Iimits) 9S3; color
ed 5S7 total l,57O: white and cclnrcd nne-
,lia,cly on the suburbs, Us.
Most of the delegates to the Radical Conveu-
ton to nominate Il candidate for Congress, from
the Richmond District will vote for J. \ rubler
Smith, Of Richmond as their Nominee
LOVE, RIVALRY AND REVENGE. - In Paris
paper there is i marvellous story Of love, rival
ny aud revenge. the revenge being OF the most
novel kind Orlando Farncru, il Venetian
Scicnrlic professor fell violently in love with
the daugh liter of baker in the nclghh"rho"d,
but the young lady had previously vested her
affections in IL Young tailor named Charles
Gcueo Carcllino. Now on this acuount tarne
rlni hated Carcno with deadly hatred which
was increased by the last that he owed his
favored rival a good long bill for more tlan a
years clothes But he disguised his rage and
wrote to the tailor saying that he knew money
would be wanted Tor the marriage, aud that II
he aud his intended bride would pay Is friendly
cali the next day the account should be paid.
The young couple called, and were politely rc
ccived by the Professor in his studio The
conversation was cievcrIy turned to the subject
of electricity, and of its many wonders farne-
RIM elo1ncnly discnurscd, Offering TO give
them Slight shock from his machine. He
placed them baud in hand and put one pole
of the battery between the fair fingers OF the
young lady giving the other to the tailor. -
Then he turned the machine On al lts fall
strength \ half Stihcd cry broke from the
two lovers, who fell aud twisted conyui>lvcly
IN their agony, executing the most terrible con-
turtiuls, ovcriurnng the furniture aud brul>
ing their limbs in their desperate attempt To
escape. Orlando Farneriui looked on, and
laughed with vengetull glee. lu about five
minutes there remained only frlghttul en-.
tangIement of two corpSeS. Then Farncriui
turned off the current, and went to tell the po-
lice all about the matter Figaro thinks that
men of science will iud it difficult to get clothes
on credit in the future Probably, also, young
men wishing to marry will take care that they
do not cross the passion ut Professor.
LouDorN County f. From the L"ulonu
| Mirror. Qutc d heavy storm PASSED over the
Union and Bloomfield ncighbnrhood on Thurs
day evening last, attended with much Thunder
and lightning During the prevalence of the
storm, two head of young cattle, belonging to
Mr. h. {. Littleton, while grazing III the hcld,
were struck and killed by lightning.
| We have in Leesburg at this mOment.a living
evidence of the hralthtuIness Of the place. A
gentleman from Washington reached here on
the first day Of June in wretched health, weigh
ing but lO4 pounds He now weighs l5O-
making a clear gain in less than two months,
of IS pounds Like prulrut man he wants
to buy home and make this his permanent
abode.
Bass Fishing is one of the favorite amn>e-
mcuts of portion of our population. Almost
every day there are fishing excursions 10 the
river, and some of them quite successful,
| The drought in this section Is getting alarm
ing. Streams that were never known to tail
before, are almost entirely dried up-there Is
scarcely mill in the county that Is able to
turn wheel, and 10 some quarters the PEG
| pie have been compelled 10 send j long distance
for the staff of life.
Algeruon S. Tebbs, esq.,. formerly of Lees
burg, reached this town on Friday, in very
PROSTATE condition.--so much so that he had
20 be- carried about on bed. He has been in
New York for some weeks where he suffered
a severe attack Of inhammatory rheumatism.
| He is accompanied by his son. DIR. ~ ;. Tcb''S.
and under the kind attention OF mine host
Of the OSburn House, he. Is we arcglad to learn.
| already much improved.
4 MARRIAGE IN DIPLOMATIC HIGH LIFE
| 1t has already ben stated that Gen. Won Schwei
miz the German ambassador at the Court of
| Vienna, will lead Miss Jay, the daughter of
the American minister there, to the hymeneal
altar in the course of the ensuing autumn. The
Hungarian Lloyd says that Prince Bismarck
has at length accorded the necessary official
consent to this marriage. These nuptlalS, ac
cording to the information of the said journal,
were to have been celebrated last year but at
that time Prince Bismarck refused his official
consent. 1t is added that the painful expe-
repce made by the German chanceor,in 1866,
with reference to the famous 'USedom note
was the cause, en- principe of the refusal in
question
1t would appear that the secret of the said
"Usedom note was dvulged by lady As
soon as this fact became known to the then
Count Bismarck an order was forthwith
issued prohibiting the marriage of a German
dlplomati>t without the official consent of his
government having been previously obtained.
All this may be very we'll, as far as it goes but
if it he true that Prince Bismarck's consent
was withheld last year in reference to General
Won Schweimlz's marriage with Miss Jay for
want of sufficient confidence 10 that ladys dis
erection, then it must be evident that potent in
fucnccs must have been brought to bear upon
the German Chancellor since that period to