Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-04
NpyA GAZETTE& L VIRGINIA ADVERTISER


President sailed from New York with large
number of passengers when two day out she
!, supposed to have encountered a terrible gale,
and was pever again heard from. Ga the 18th
Of April lS47, the Exmouth, an emigrant ship
from Londonderry, was wrecked, and nearly
.lU lives lost, A still more disastrous wreck
was that of the Royal Adelaide, which occur
red on the Tongue Sands, off Nlargate, on
which occasion 400 lives were lost. lu Sep
,emter 1850, the Edmond was lost On the
western coast of Ireland, aud more than hall
OF the two hundred passengers persisted. Up
on the occasion of the loss of the uoop snip
Brkcnhead, in Simon bay, South Africa, III
February, 1852, 454 of the crew and soldiers
reri>hcd. Again, in 1858, just year after
this, the Independence took fire on the coast
Of Lower California, and 149 persons were COZ
suued by the flames or dloWned in the s.a.
l., MAY # the samc year 10 lives were lost by
the wreck of the William and Merry near the
Bahamas; aul five mouths atterward 34S per-
sous, manly cmigrant pass myers, on the Annie
Jane. Of Liverpool persisted on the west shore
If Sco,laud, where the vessel was beached.
The Favorite, on her way from Bremen to Bal
hnore, in April, 1854, ran into the bark Hes
n.r and POI lives were sacrificed In May OF
the saline year 400 officers aud soldiers were lost
with the Lady Nugcnt troop-shlp, which
toundercd in hurricane, and 10 the succeed
ing fall the t. S. mail steamer Arctic came In
cuutact during fog with the French steamer
Ecsta, and a loss of 500 lives was the result lhe
steamer City OF Glasgow disappeared also before
the close of this disastrous year with 4SO persons
ON board. Ia 1865 the only serious ma-
riuc accident was the loss of the George Can
ming pear the mouth Of the Elbe with ninety
six passengers oo board. In 1855 the John,
An cuisrant vessel, was wrecked on the Munich
Rocks off Falmouth, on which occasion 200
lives were lost. On the 23d Of February of the
succeeding year the well-know Collins steamer
Pacific left Liverpool for New York, trelghted
with lSG souls, and was never again heard or
Duing the sumner of 1857 the clipper ship
Dunbar was wrecked near Sydney, and out OF
l22 persons on board only one was saved. ln
September Of the same year the steamer Cen
t.al America foundered ut sea with 519 pas
scngcr>; only lj2 were rescued On the 18th
OF September, 1858, the steam emlgrant ship
Austria was burned in mid d-Atlantic of the 53S
Passengers but 67 were saved. In September
Of tie same year 3l7 Chinese emigrants lost
tIeir ives in couscqut of the wreck ofthe s.
Paul on the island of kossel. OF the 4l9 pei
sons on the Pomona, which was lost on Black
wafer Bank, ,Ap il 2S. 1859, only "a we're saved.
During the same year the Royal Charter was
wrecked off Mueira, with loss of 44G lives.
On he hight of February =, 1860, new mail
steamer, the Hungarian, was wrecked Oh the
coast of Nova Scotia, and all on board, 2Oo,
rcrished. Ten years ago this month 237 out
OF ll3 persons, passengers on the Anglo. Saxon,
lost their lives when that steamer was wrecked
off Newfoundland. In january OF 1866 the
steamer Loudon foundered in the Bay Of Bis
cay, sacrificing about 22O lives.
Among the more recent losses at sea that OF
the CITY of Boston, ard that of the Northt1eet,
tic Evening Star, the Central America, and
the San Francisco may be added to the list. !
\ DINNER EXcUsE.-Apolcgies for poor
dinners are generally out of place. But when
lady has a fo,getiul husband, who, without
warning, brings home dozen guests to SIT
down to a plain family dinner for three or four,
il is not in human nature to keep absolute 81
Irucc What to say, aud how to say It, form
the problem. Mrs Tucker, the wife OF Judge
Tucker, Of Williamsburg, solved tins problem
many years ago. She was the daughter Or
niece Il am uncertain whicb) OF Sir Peyton
Skpwith, and celebrated for her beauty, w.t.
Ease and grace of manner. Her temper aud
tact We're put to the proof one court day, when
the Judge brought with him the accustomed
hall score or more Of lawyers for whom not the
slightest preparation had been made, the Judge
having quite forgotten to remind his wife that
II was court day, and she herself, strange TO
tell. having overlooked the fact.
hc dinner was served with elegance, ana
.irs' l made herself very charming Upon
rislng to leave the guests to their wine she
said: "Gvu,lcmep, YOU have dined to-day with
'wEe luckcr; promise me now that you Will
"' nm n'i'e Tomorrow with me-
h Inns was all her apology, whereupon the
gentlemen sworc that such wife was beyond
iflee' he Judge then explained the situa-
'on' anu the ucxt day there was noble ban
ulrt.
I""W i; Never Worry guest with apologies.
-A44'mcotts .Mgusue.
M iioRSEs IN STORMS Avoid, as far as pos
'o'e' exposing horses to storms. When OH a
Journey ann to feed at the regular hours. If
coming more can be done, take along some corn
nSa, aud put quart in a pail of water and
s,lr II up while the horse is drinking. 1t will
I'ca'E refresh aud strengthen him. Many
mu'seS Suffcr from dyspepsia and one great
;;"use OF 1t Is lrresularity in feeding. and Civ
VIZ VIZ TOO much grain when the horse is tatigued.
" hen horse has been exposed toa storm, and
i:"'S hune IN an exhausted condition, give
"'',i warm bran mash
Tut two or three quarts Of bran in 4 pail, and
r;u; On TWO orthree quarts of boiling water, and
;;'r sup; then add cold water sufficient to cool
" 10 the temperature Of new milk, and give it
y 'ne horse. Blanket the horse, and rub his
jTSad, j;ad ears, and legs dry, and afterwards rub
j;'M dry all over. Many an attack of collie would
,%avoldcd by these means. We think many
'A'iucrs err iu not feeding their horses more Oh
s'u s.Iu 1t would be better to work harder, or
a least more constantly, and feed higher, of
~, ,He thing We are very sure--not one farmer iu
,e ma srooms his horse sufficiently 1t is shame
'a man to leave a horse at night, after hard
Jay work, until he has bceu rubbed clean. dry
'''ed and all his wants attended to.-Furm-
rs Cn;aou.
$4,000 POUNDS PRIMEHAkE E
O,OOO FISH. $3.50 per l0O lbs, in
s',re and for salo by
L., G.