Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-04-02
Lively Letter from Gen. Sherman,

Lively Letter from Gen. Sherman.
General Sherman has recently writteu the
Following letter to the agent If Il firm who had
applied 10 him lor the contract t. place light
ming rods upon the inr mansion which. it was
ruuored, he Intended to tuild upon Orange
uouotaiu. New Jersey:
WAsHISGToN d. C., Jan. 20 1874
ii you find the house am erecting on Orange
mountain plea put any qua tity of lightning
RODS to attract the lightning of heaven to dem
oilsh II. l don't care whether the rods be round,
square or twisted. Anything to stop this non
sense. architects, landscape gardeners, build
crs ETC., Keep writing to me about this house,
whom IN Tact, 1t Is as much as | can do to make
ends meet rcre-and, finally expect to content
myself with log HON" on the prairles of Kan
sss or Nebraska when Congress turns me out to
grass. Tell Mr. Lyon, 'who served under me
three years" that his experience rs a soldier
should convince him that Uncle Sam is not so
generous to old soldiers rs to enable them to
liSvh lancy houses on Orange mountain or else
where. / have house here, but the city taxes
me Tor 1t about us much AS Uncle Sam allows me
Tor rent How the story got circulated that
was gong to build on Orange mountain passes
my understanding and if you can stop it ] will
regard it ms feat better than protecting me
against lightning. Yours, etc.
L
Mrs. FORRESrS DOVER 1t will be re-
membered that the late Mr. Forrest, the ira
ecdlan, was separated from his wife, an Eug-
llsh lady, only Il few years after their marriage.
The case occupied the courts for Sevcra! years
and gave rise 10 much scandal at the time, the
lady being cruelty prosecuted by certain friends
OF hlr. Forrest, some OF whom reSnrted to dis
reputable means in their vain efforts TO destroy
her character After his long arrangement,
tlr. Forrest made no provision for his wife IN
his will 1t sccms however, that she has taken
steps TO secure her ri ght Of dover, till having
been introduced in the New York Senate pro-
vidlng that it shall be lawful for the executors
and trustees named in the will of Edwin For
rest, deceased, to agree with the widow of said
Forrest upon SUM in gross for her dover right
in the whole estate of said Forrest deceased
and such SUN shall be a charge upon the lands
10 the State Of New York Of which he died pos
sessed, and said executors may sell at public or
private sale 50 much Of said funds as shall be
requisite to pay such sum.
EGGS FOR SETTING. -Au English agriculture
al paper says that eggs intended for setting
should be stored with the large end down, be-
Cause the air-bubble does not spread 50 much
as when the small cnd is down this spreading
of the ar.bubbe being known to affect the
freshness aud vitality Of the egg. Eggs stored
with the large end down, will keep perfectly
good for Matching more than a month, while
the others caD1ot be depended on after two
weeks.
4 successful poultry breeder in Franklin,
Mass, has been experimenting with eggs Tor
setting, and declares the above statement cor
Il j. H.. Il Lot ra
end, Tor few weeks before setting, will all
as is usually the case with eggs not SO prepar-
cd.
THE CENTRAL WATER LINE.-We noticed
the other day that the distinguished board OF
engineers composed of Sen Barnard, Gen.
Wcilz.l, Gen Gilmore, Hon. B. II. L1trobc,
aud Maj Craighl-who atny ma,ie Il tour of
inspection of the Japes River and kanawna
c.ua and the section through which 1t is pro-
posed to be extend to the Ohio, had met in New
York for the purpose Of comparing views and
making report. We now learn from the
Washington Republican that. after session OF
week or ten days, this Board have maturcd
their report, and the character of it has already
been asccrtaincd. We understood that the
board are unanimous in their Judgment that the
central water line is practicable, and that the
report. in general terms, Is exceedingly favor
able The cost is estimated at from $50, 900, 900
to 500 900 0OO.'
WORSE THAN TAMMANY Much has been
said about the extravaganza and corruption of
the New York Tammany ring, but its cxccsses
are surpassed by the Radicals of Philadelphia.
who have had control of the government of
that city for fifteen years. Says the lvquirar,
Radical:
The public debt of Philadelphia is to-day
not less than sixty million of dollars, or ouly a
third less than was tie entire debt Of the United
States in March, 1861, and more than double
the total Indebtedness Of Pennsylvania at the
present time.
MIDDLE VIRGINIA The Lexington Gazette
seems to have gone stark mad. and Is d:ter::i-
med to secede and erect new State to be- de-
nominated Middle Virginia" 1t relies on
the votes of the Valley, the Southwest, and
the negro representatives OF the Eastern part
of the State, to further this object, and leave
what shall remain OF shorn old Virginia ne
gro colony We shall venilatc this atrocious
schcmc fully in our next, being only deferred
from doing it to day, by want Of space -Lymch.
J,uy Trgninu.
HORACE GREELEY $ estate will prove much
more valuable than has been supposed In
stead Of being worth but $25 900 or $3D,OOO
IA was thought short time after his death, 1t
probably represents value Of about $l2j,OOO
quite enough to render his daue hters cUmtor
table - washington Rcpubiicnm
COMMUNICATED.
ITOLDIyG Court ON COOP FRIDAY. The
impropricties iuto which ignorance or lndffcr-
euce sometimes betrays our public Functional
ries would be amusing if they were not sad.
Many remember the blundcr Of President
johnson IN 1865 10 selecting as the day Of ma
toDal fasting anl humiliation, III view of Mr..
Liucolns death, the festival Of the Ascension.