Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-12

EDITORIAL NOTES.


The colored Odd Fellows of the United
States and Canada have just held their thir-
tieth annual convention at Louisville.
The Connecticut Constitutional amendment
providing for biennial elections received nearly
a unanimous vote.
The Liberians have been victorious 10 FIVE
engagements with the African barbariaps
Science will tell.
Spain will demand of Switzerland the sur
render of the Carlist General Seballs as a
robber.
The Hon. Alex. H. Stephens was taken i'll
on Saturday at Augusta, Ca, and is now in 40
extremely critical condition.
The North Carolina State Fair commenced
at Raleigh yesterday, and proves grand sue
cess in attendance and as an exhibition.
The question whether a club which buys
liquors at wholesale and sells to its members
upon the presentation of tickets Is liable to the
Federal license tax is 90 trial at Boston.
Mr.. Joel Miller, formerly of this city, we
notice by the Baltimore papers, has joined the
reform movement in that city, and last night
made speech there.
Three cargoes of corn, aggregatng over 81,
900 bushels, were cleared at Baltimore yester
day for English and Irish ports Western
mixed advanced II TO 2 cents per bushel above
Saturdays prices.
After burglar had been caught 10 house
at Milford, Ct, one night last week, it was
found that the covering of bed in which two
young ladies were sleeping had been cut with a
sharp knife between the sIeepers, from top to
bottom.
The decision of the U. s. District Court 10
the Chandler Buell. libel suit at St. Louis seems
to assume that the accused might have been
removed to Washington under the Press
gag law if his. case had been brought with
in it.
The semi annual conference of the Mormon
Church, at Salt Lake City, came to close on
Saturday. There was large attendance.
Brigham Young was chosen president, and
also trustee IN trust, vice George A. Smith, de-
ceased.
Three charter engagements we're made 10
Baltimore on Saturday to load Maryland aud
Ohio tobacco for Marseilles, Rotterdam and
Genoa. Their aggregate capacity is 2, 800 hogs
heads. Would that the tobacco trade once en-
joyed by Alexandria could be revived.
One-third of the vessels of the Italian navy
are offered for sale at auction. Their original
cost was $l0,OO0,000; the price DOW asked for
the whole is only 100000. Dealers in fire.
wood and old iron are afforded an excellent op-
1t is stated that the question of abolishiug
the Office of drawing master to the public
schools of Boston is likely to be entertained by
the school committee upon the ground that the
time devoted to drawing defrauds pupils of ne
,essary instruction in branches which would BE-
Of use to them throughout life.
The lnman Line steamer City of Berlin,
which left New York on the I'd inst, arrived
1t Queenstown on Sunday last, making the
passage in seven days, fifteen hours and forty
eight minutes, being the fastest time ever
made between the two ports. Rather dagger
'us sport, running against time on the ocean.
1t has been decided that steamboat hold
ng passenger license cannot 10 any case carry
petroleum or any other combustibles to points
accessible by railroad or freight boats nor can
hey throw off their character as passenger YES
eIs by excluding passengers for the purpose of
ARRIVING such combustlble materials.
The rate of mortality of the white popula-
Ion of the District of Columbia for the week
ending October was fifteen per one Thousand
Der annun, while the mortality of the colored
population was forty-seven per one thousand
or the same period. The Distric, NAV trulv
'e said to be the Haven of rest" for the color
ID people.
A white rattlesuake was killed 10 Greenbrier
county short time since. His snakeship had
plumber OF rattles and TWO ears, presenting
be appearance of the fms of fish, which were
perfectly black. The Greenbrier Independent.
which publishes this don't take the respopsi-
lity, we notice, of vouching for its truthful.
ess, but says somebody else does.
Marshal MacMabon, as public orator, saws
be London News, emulates the taciturnity of
}enera Grant. He has recently been making
speech at Moulius. 1t appears to have con.
'sted OF one sentence. LAS for myself" said
be Marshal, II know only one policy, that of
I'VE for my country" Better that than love
f something worse.