Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-03

ADJUTANT GENERAL OF MARYLAND.-The
Aijutant Generals case was decided yesterday
b. the Court Of Appeals in favor of General
Bond, the aproptee of Governor Grnume. IN |
adversely to Gen. McBlair the late ncun.b nt
The decision, therefore, atirmS the Judgment
in the cause rendered by the Circuit Court for
Anne Arundel county before which it was
originally tried, although, it is underst cod, up
Oh independent and opposite grounds The
court below decided that the office Of ad jutant
general once properly filled could only be va.
Gated by the death or resignation of the in-
cumbcnt, or his removal Sin pursuance Of the
senteuce of a court martial - but that General
McBIair was disqualified from holding the Of
fee, and consequently disentitled to the writ of
mandamus to relnstate him, by reason Of the
provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States The Court
of Appeals, without passing upon the question
OF disqualification, upon which turned the deci
sion below, has determined virtually that the
adjutant general is removable by the Governor
and Senate, and that the nomination by the
Governor of General Bond to be General Me
Blair 5 successor, and his subsequent coutrma-
ton by the Senate. al once vacated the office
and filed it-BuH San.
PURCHASE OF THE MOUNT OF OLIVES :
Willie IN Jerusalem" writes lady traveller
I'VE paid our respects to the Princess de la
Tour Auvergue, who resides there and who
has purchased the Mount of Olives for the
Catholics, tor 500 600, ceding il to tn" French
government. For seven centuries it was lost to
the Catholics, ever since the Crusaders we're
driven out OF Jerusalem She is now erecting
a convent on the very spot where Christ pray
ed. The prayer Is Inscribed in thlrty-two diff
!ercnt languages around the Enclosure Of the
courtyard. The Countess is very agreeable;
rather past fifty. She lives 10 an old Oriental
cottage, and her sole companions are her tor
toise-shell car. Mamcluke, ard her brown dog,
Honey. She speaks English very we'll She
will remain untii her work is done, which has
already been in progress seven years. The
AsIatlc towns are SO wretchedly dirty that the
streets are impossible, So that donkeys are
used TO take ladies TO church, or to the bank
erS. or 10 make call, or do a little shopping'
TREATMENT OF GOLD FIsH-Seth Green says
this as to the proper care and treatment of gold
fish: Never take the fish in your hand. If
the aquarium needs cleaning, make net of
IN squito netting aud take the fish out in it.
There are many gold fish killed by handling
Keep your aquarium clean, so that the water
looks as clear as crystal. Watch the fish
little. and you will fud out When they are all
right. Feed them all they will eat and any
thing they will eat-w0rms, meat. hsh-wafer or
lSh-spawn. Take great care that you take all
that they do not cat out of the aquarium. ANY
decaycd meat or vegetable in water has the
same smell to fish that it does to YOU in air. 1t
your gold fish die, it is attributable, as rule,
to one Of three handling, starvation or
bad water.
CHEAP TRAvEI.uNG The agents Of the
great European steamship lines began yester-
day to sell tickets for stceragc passage 10 this
week steamers for $l2. 80 each. Excursion
tickets to Europe aul back were sold at from
S2S TO SO The competition which has led
to this reduction is said TO have come of The
breaking up of the North Atlantic Steamship
Combination, in which all the large companies
were represented. The combination was made
to maintain uniform scale of prices. Railroad
fares have been SO far reduced that man may
tra7"l frnm Chicago to Liverpool f1r about SIT.
n T. Sun
LAND PURCHASES. Mr.. James II. Roy
lie sale, the farm in the occupancy Of G. l..
Straight one and half miles from town, front,
ing on the plank road. 1t contains about | lG
acres, and was sold for SLIPS 1t is cheap
propcr'y.-FraloichsLwg Ledger
Nh. 4. J. Ford, OF Ford's Hotel, has re.
Gently sold his fue Pamunky estate bought
from Col. Bassett few years ago, containing
SIS acres, for SIS 800, TO two gentlemen Of
Baltimore. The sale Was equivalent TO cash.
Rich. NcpS.
A DEVOTED LOVER "A young man in Prince
William having fallen in love with Stafford
belle, jumped off the lightning express at
Brooke's Station, few nights ago, to 90 with
her to froc. His acrobatic performances in
the cut when he touched the ground surpassed
anything ever seen 10 circus. He turned a
double somerSault, stood on his head, smashed
his hat, and tore his good clothes all to pieces.
He had made up his mind that that other fellow
shouldn't 90 with her to that dance Frcd
Ledger.
MONETARY AND COHMERCIAL.
: Monetary affairs remain without material |