Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.
!: To sho,o the very age and body Of the Times

Within the past few days New York has lost
three representatives of the old knickerbockers.
The first was Mr.. Anson Livingston, member
of an old and much-rcspected family. He ouee
achieved feat which was pronounced to be
impossible by Captain Barclay, the celebrated
pedestrian-that is, he walked ftty-hve miles
10 eleven hours and ahalf. He was the son OF
Judge Brockholst Livingston, of the United
States Supreme Court. The second was Dir.
Lowell Purdy, eldest son Of the famous Purdy
who rode Eclipse 10 the race between North
and South, ran fifty years ago last June, Inc
third was COL Andrew Ireland, OF Schroom
Lake. He was known as dandy in his young
cr days, and of late years he was famous Tor
his hospitality.
It has been stated that Altoona, Pa, had
put stop to the locomotive whistles, which
must have been great annoyance to It's lnhabl-
tauts for 50 many years. The way 1t was re-
portrd to have been done was by city ordinance,
but the claim is now disputed, the Ph!ladel-
phia Ledger declaring that the whole system OF
getting along among the crowded track KS at Al
toona without the whistle was worked by the
late SUPERINTENDENT of the Pennsylvania railroad
(Mr. Williams) and is now successfully conun-
ucd by another
There were two railroad disasters yesterday.
By one Of these, which was collision on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Road, two
men were killed. The other was an unayold-
able run in on the Northern Central, by, which
there was no greater damage than the destruc,,
ton of some coal cars and the blockadlng OF
the track for an hour or two.
Senator Morton has addressed notes to his
associates on the Committee on Privileges and
Elections appointing full meeting OF that com.
mittce in New York on the lst OF October Tor
the consideration of the proposed amendments
to the Constitution, which shall effect change
ia the method Of cecting President and vice
President.
The supervising architect Of the Treasury
Department is dissatisfied with the manner 10
which the contractor for the new mint in San
Francisco has performed his work. Fraud Is
charged under the contract for furnishing stone
and other materials. 1t is believed an lnvestl-
CATION will be ordered.
Brysou Mcclellan, Chief Clerk on the New
York and Washington postal route, has been
permitted to resign His name was not entire
il disconnected with rumors as to trouble with
the mails, but he was connected with an eX-
ceedingly respectable family (!!D
Four hundred Russian cmigrants sailed yes
tcrday from Liverpool for the United States.
Probably these were portion of the Mennenlte
colony which has been so frequently mentioned
as about to desert their old home for new one
in the Western world.
The steam canal boat Baxter was reported at
New York on Thursday last, after making the
trip from New York to Buffalo in six and one
half days, or about sixty-fve miles every TWEEN
ty-four hours, while the consumption OF coal
hardly exceeded one tor per day.
There has just been issued in Washington a
pamphlet monograph giving an interesting his
tory OF the seal Of the late Confederate States.
A duel was fought near Paris yesterday. One
Of the participants was the famous author,
About, who was slightly wounded In the hand
Dispatches from Savannah state that the cat
erpllar has appeared on the Sea Islands, and
is doing much damage to cotton.
The cool weather is reported throughout the
country