Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.

1ne nlslOg daughters or Sepulcnre IS tue
title of colored female association 10 Jackson
vile, Fla
A Michigan stump speaker boldly announced
the other day that 1.-The country is drifting into
arnica."
A Freuchman processes to have discovered
evidence 10 Pekin to prove that the Chinese
discovered America in the sixth century.
The jury 10 the Jefferson Borden case yes
terday rendered verdict of murder against
Miller and Smith, two Of the mutineers.
In September TIA deeds we're recorded in
the Chancery Court of Richmond about 100
less than usual at this season Of the year.
The published statement of the public debt
shows decrease for the month Of September
of S., 342 562 81.
1t is expected that the new constitution Of
North Carolina will forbid the iDtermarriage of
whites and blacks.
The u. S. Consul at Cairo writes that the
Egyptian Government is making active prcpa.
ratious for the representation of the products
of that country in the Centennial.
40 explosion of alcoholic vapors took place
10 Louisville cofiu factory yesterday. iujuripg
four men, two Of whom, it is feared, will not
recover.
Colonel John NJ Calhoun, Mayor of Atlanta,
Ga., when that city Was entered by Sherman,
and Of whom the demand for the city's surren-
der was made, is dead.
The report of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency shows that the national bank currency
outstanding to-day is $347, 1868 742, or 81, OO0,-
900 less than on January II, 1875.
Laidlaw Il Co, agents of the Bank of Cali.
fornia in New York, state that they will pay all
outstanding drafts of the Bauk of California on
and after to-day.
DR.. W. d. Quesenberry, of Caroline county,
has been nominated for re. election to the State
Senate by the Conservatives of Caroline and
Hanover.
If man stands n his owu light be should
not complain Of seeing his shadow Keep your
face to the sunshine if you wish to avoid the
shadows Of life.
Mrs. Darlington, who was every day pre-
vented from going out by showers, said: This
promiscuously concurring rain is enough to irri-
gate an angel
The value of lemons, oranges, pineappes,
bananas, lines, mangoes and cocoanuts entered
at NV York, last month, were $685., S76, upon
which the duty amounted to $44,3l6
Gov. Allen rather likes the title given him
OF "old fog horn He says it is used to give
warning of danger, aud then proceeds to show
the dangers to be avoided
The ages of certain Virginia newspapers are
as follows: Virginia Herald, 81; Alexandria
Gazette, 76 Richmond Eoquirer, 50; Staun-
ton Spectator, so; Richmond Wbig. So.
The Lynchburg Republican notes signs of
business revival, in consequence of the fact
that the crops of corn and tobacco are the most
bountifu that have been produced 10 the State
for number Of years.
Emperor William of Germany is living a
vigorous old age. He was iu the saddle duriug
the whole of both days of the recent Sedan an
nversary, and galloped up and down the field
at the head of lis staff as briskly as ever.
The Republican papers are trying to bolster
up the h1ggipg spirits of the party 10 reference
to the canvass in Ohio; but advises from that
State, of the most reliable character, represent
that Allen will be elected by a large majority.
Robert Fleury, the French artist, who is
now 10 his eghtietb year, is painting work
tor the Centennial Exposition, illustrating the
visit of Benjamin Fraukiu at the French court
10 the last days of his life.
On an island in the Mississippi river, near
Davenport, Iowa, the remains of an aborigine
were recently found in cave. The person
whea living had worn wooden leg, strapped
on with leather straps and bronze buckles.
A sportsman complains that in shooting rail
10 the Delaware reeds, eels seize and get away
with the dead birds before they can be re
trieved, and the Forrest and Stream says they
Will not only drag small birds under water, but
even ducks
The Kropatcbek rifle, with which the Aus
triaD army will probably be armed, fires fifteen
shots in ten seconds and has mechanism
with two short movements so simple that it
Can be set in motion even by 6ugers numbed
with cold
The enterprise Of Journalism is illustrated By
the case of the editor of the Daily Index, pub
llsbed at Belvidere, ILL.,, who, being horse
whipped, got out an extra containing full &C
count of the affair, and sold papers enough to
pay for the arnica and plasters
The SUICIDE OF Mrs. BARRETT, 1t now
turns out that Mrs. Isabel Barrett, widow of
Lieutenant Barrett, late of the United States
navy, who took her own lite on Tuesday night
BY. swallowing poison at boarding house 10
hath III j