Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-06

NATIONAL WEALTH AND NATIONAL Waste
How Jew know auy hing Of the euormouS wa.tc
e wealth going on day by day in the UnitcI
Kingdom. We are wealthy people hut we
are also wastciu people. As to our wealth
the aggregate properly 10 the kingdom is valued
al 5000 600 COOL. aDd the value is on the in
crease; the total anuuaI income of the people l.,
900, 900 OOul our trade is expanding coDlu-
uayi IN 1870 our exports were of the value of
POO. UOU, OUOl, the exports of all tie other
countries in the world amounting to about
69S, 900 COOL, one.haf of which camc t. the
United kIugdom; so that the trade Of all the
other Countries of the world amounted to
1913, 00O, U00l., as compared to 300, 600. O0O
which We Imported aud 100000 00Ol. which We
imported. The wealth. enormous; yet out of
the $1,000 600 OF population IL England and
Wales, 100000 are IN i state Of pauper>m.
Now, as TO- the waste, There is, first; the
waste OF money uu personal attire, an idea of
which may be formed When it is kpown that
something like $40 900, O0Df ar. cx,,a nded an
nuay on dress aud luxurles by about 10000
families. Ut course, every one will try t. keep
up his position: but how many are there with
out position yet go in for the gof genus in the
apparel Fashion is "A tyraut. but Mr.. lioyle,
The author ut an Interesting pamphlet from
reasonably for fashion. 100, 900 COOL might be
saved and people look all the better for tho
uOIcsty Of their attire. The same author csI
mates that there Is loss aud waste to the
continuity Of 20, 00O000l. by the game law:
Of 5000 o00'. by the expenses. &c, OF trans
fer of land of 3O000000 by defective town
sewage; of -, 900 0UOl by nor ccnnomizlng in
articles of food; of yearly $4,000, OOOl. by the
use Of tobacro aud more than 81 900, 0o0l an,
nuay 10y the u.s. oil Intoxicating liquors. Nor
Is this all III connection with the drink business.
There is the waste of grain, which, ii c,nvcrt
I'd nto -four aud baked into bread, would give
about l9D l0ares per anuuIu to every family III
the United kingd"m; then there is the TAXA
ton for p0urs and police rates: ard there IS the
loss Of iinIc and lalour through drunkenness,
which Parliamentary COMMITTEE estimated at
~ coo, OOU! yearly Altogether, Mr. Hoyc
calculates thar the direct and Indirect lo>s to
the country arising from the use Of intnxicat-
ing liquors, is 2G3, POP 9S0l GA the who'll, the
waste or loss Arising FROM various anouatS t"
49l 900 O0Ol. a year, or more than halt # the
NaiDual debt. 1t the population were cducat-
ed so as to save all this money how muc.I, our
moral aud social condition would be improved
Belfast Nems LITTER. = .4s.=e
dent Roberts, Of Liberia, Is here Ills arrival
has bot been recorded, b. cause uobody1s arrival
in L1nd ~ is recorded unless he be- king, or
king Of kings. Nevertheless, prcsiieu, Rob
errs speaks most checrtully of the colony over
which he has been chief magi>tralc.' Out oil
Il population Of GUU,UQU 5000 are negroes
ir1m the United States. who have rmlsratch
since 1871 President Roberts Sly> that the
American negroes exercise SaIu'ary lrfacncc
over the natives, aud that all are thriving He
is confident that the problem Of the blak race
can ouly be solved in Africa, and that col MA
ton is the ultimate destiny Of negroes bnru III
this republic. He believes in great future
for Africa, ages hence, and sees ia Liberia the
entering wedge of civilization, it bein" already
The most cultivated couuy of that continent.
President Roberts referred to Mr. Greeley
death with ecnuIne regret, and said thar the
negro had lost devoted friend.
Questioning the kindly President ab,u; that
tribe Of Africans which 10 feature is as rcgu ar
as the Greek, he stated that this tribe is far
more civilized than The others, but thar all
Dahomcy excepted are more humane than
travellers report. African explorers are toler.
able MunchauscnS, | fancy, and proyc the
truth Of the African provcrb, thar he VINO
travels alone tells lies. Who knows but de-
scrtS may be redeemed? If Persia 6ucc 50
populouS, now is half desert, why may not de-
sertS be merely the absence Of scientific cyltur,,
aud why not predict an era when the Sahara
ni!l be one vast oasis and it's oss:s thriving
cities? Slavery in America may be blessing
in Disguise if the liberated bonrmen return to
their native land to plant the seeds Of ApgIo
Saxon civilization Fancy the time when Eng
lish will be tue language Of Africa Now that
have suggested the idea believe in it. aud
shall subscribe to the Colonization Society.
Really am very much obliged TO the Fourth
of July for having made me acquaptcd with
President Roberts .-Lout}on Lettu'." N"o
lork TrtbUAe. .....+
Confession OF 4 MURDERER On Thurs
day afternoon Nelson Wade, who murdered Mrs.
Isabella Mcbride is Lycomng county, made
confession, which he preceded with the remark
that he didn't "care a d-p What was done