Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-31
FOREIGN NEWS.


create disorder The Minister also stated to
the Committee that of the Communists captur
cd by the Government, 1922 had been llbe-
rated, 3,473 sentenced to various punlshments,
and 1865 are still confined at the naval sta
tons of the country 1t is claimed that many
Bonapartists have arrived in Corsica and that
Picard will shortly submit motion to the
French Assembly providing for consolidation
Of the Republic The latest rumor concerning
the Due ID Aumale is that the Or!eausts IN
tend naming him as Lieut.. General of France.
A Spanish gun-boat has captured and towed
into MazinclIo an English schooner and crew.
1t is said that the schooner had landed contra
band articles of war on the island OF Cuba
when captured.
The Radicals of Madrid, Spain, have issued
Il call for Il mass meeting to take place on Fri
day next. when an exciting time may be ex
j.pccted. The Radicals are organizing electoral
committees throughout the Provinces and
vigorous campaign has been decided upon for
| the coming elections.
Gorgeous preparations are being made in
London for thanksgiving for the recovery OF
the Prince of Wales. ST. PauIS Cathedral is
to be handsomely decorated.
! HERMIT IN A ClrY.-Thcre is hermit in
! Richmond. He lives almost in the heart OF
the city, aud yet there are very few perhaps
WHO are aware Of the fact. His home is at the
extension of Eleventh street, beyond Clay, on
the edge OF the gully, almost in the open air,
aud he has for the past thirteen years with but
short interlnlsSlon, made this place his dplnlcll
The gable end of an old house has been torn
away or has worn away from the effect OF time
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except small portion OF the roo, land 1t Is one
corner Of this place that he hives. II Is the
northern gable end which has fallen away: and
here in the bleak winds this man sleeps each
night with nothing to protect him from the
cold except an old piece Of cocoa mating and
his own clothes. Regularly at ) o'clock he
goes to bed. He undreSses himself as carefully
a. one would do in IA comfortably warmed roouI,
and places his clothing upon his body. Then
he lies down to sleep. His bed consists OF
about two handtnls of hay between his body
and the earth. \ number oil pegs have been
driven into the ground and u vine OF some kind
has been intertwned among them, and this
keeps the straw within the enclosure. During
the dar he roarus about the streets and bcgS.
and it is said by an old coored woman who
lives in the old weather beaten tenement Oh
the edge of the gully thar in the nighttime he
is heard talking to himself and the sound Is
like that of number Of persons engaged IN
conversations His rest he must yet in the
earlier part Of the night. as he rctlreS before
sundown. During the war he lved not III ms
present abode. but underneath an old stable IL
few PAGES distant -RIchmoml Dispatch.
ITEMS. 10 the poor Indian is sometimes
made the victim Of wicked jokes upon the
Western border. \ shittlcsS specimen Of the
ecutl, savage in Winona. Slnn.. asked wag
to write him certificate Of character with
which he might set him up in the business OF
begging Instead of the desired good lniun,
no steal, no drink, &c. the wag wrote
This Indian has the smallpox: look out Tor
him. > He tliin t succeed III his begging enter
prise worth a cent. and was amazed at the sud-
den aversion everybody conceived tor the ul-
! fortunate red man.
4 part of Warwick Castle having been des-
troycd by fire, subscription to aid It's owner
to rebuild it has been undertaken i'll England.
The Tribune is strongly in favor Of this project
aud suggests that Americans be permitted to
Contribute to the fund Now, the Earl Of
/ Warwick is an exceedingly rich man. and can
perfectly we'll afford to rebuild his castle II he
wishes to do so.
Scxtons vainly try to heat the dead air OF
churches instead of opening all the doors and
windows on Friday for supply OF fresh oxygen
''lIusband, if an honest uian is God $ nobleSt
work, what is en- honest woman? His rarest
dear was the unclvll reply.
Florida papers say the present season has
produced the largest and most delicious oranges
seen for many years
My friend, have you sufficient confidence
| in me TO lend me dollar On yes conll-
dence enough but no dollar.
David r. Dickey, of Randolph, ate four bot
ties of brandy peaches on wager. The mon
ey was promptly paid to his widow
PARTIES. Any moderately intelligent say
age must look with wonder upon the scene pre-
septed at the supper tables at our fashionable
parties-thc rush, the scramble, the fierce tight
for access to the table; the curious spectacle
presented of dozens Of male arms raised high
! in air above the mob, bearing trophies OF sue
cess. vinous and edible; the fierce jostllngs by
which the elevated glasses and patcs-the
champagne, chicken-salad. and terrapln-soup
come down upon the uulucky heads below: the
screams of the women whose dresses are ruin
ed. the ohiurgations of their attendant cava-
ers.-all this is calculated to strike the stranger
TO our vaunted modern civilization with aston
ishmcnt. In the scant space allowable fer
dancing at our fashionable parties the destruc
ton to dresses and female temper Is Also near
" as great as in the supper room. SO long as
parties arc given on 50 large scale it is not
easy to see how the supper table difficulty can
be rcme,led unless through some such agency
as Marni's proposed structure. containing
spacious ballroom, with fitting supcr-room,
dressing-rooms, saloons, &c Wash. Star.
Mr.. George w. Julian. of Indiana, who ser
we'd several tcrns in the House of Representa-
tves with credit being chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Lands, where his opposition
to eytravacant subsidies led to the appoint
mcnt of special committee on Pacific rail,
roads, and was also member of the Ways and
Means Committee, has been lately spoken of as
the Republican canddpts for Congressman at
large from that State, but IN answer to
an inquiry. replies that the Republican
| oroon;zat;nn as now conducted in that State