Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-18
NEWS OF,TH T. DAY.
ITO shoe the very age and body Of the TIN,


The number of,killed and wounded by the
late Bremerhaven explosion is DOW estimated
at two hundred.
At Flatbush, n. Y, yesterday, Martin Rit-
ter crushed his wifc's skull with hammer
and committed suicide by cutting his throat
Efforts at Richmond to get the Union print
ers to reduce from fifty to forty cents per
takes the INITIATIVE lii the employment of non-
Union printers.
The attention of Secretary Fish has been
called by the French Minister at Washington
10 an alleged attempt to aii in the escape Of
French prisoners from the penal colony 10 New
Caledonia.
South American kilograms state that great
business depression prevails 10 Peru In Val,
paraiso, Santiago and Copiago law bad been
approved prohibiting women and friars from
registering as voters. Serious election riots
had occurred in the streets of Agachico.
The Ministerial crisis in France, caused By
the intended withdrawal Of NJ. Leon Say, the
Minister of Finance, continues, inasmuch as
NJ, Say persists ID his determination TO resign.
La the Assembly yesterday General Clssey,
Minister of War, was elected to the Senate.
The religious laws of Hungary are to be re-
vised during the present session of the HUI
garan Parliament. In the laws as they stand
| the Jews have civil rights, but their religion
is not recognized, The "reccgazed" faiths
arc the Roman Catholic the Lutheran, the
Reformed and the Unitarian.
A novel way of paying debts has been de-
veloped n Louisville since the recent city cleo.
| ton. Losers OF ~agers, by the terms of the
bets, are compelled to walk several miles along
public thoroughtares, playing haud-organs,
slagug aud collecting money, which is handed
over to the orphans.
Mr.. Charles O'Conor, having survived the
obituaries Of the Associated Press papers, and
having refuse to take auy more medciue, he
contounds the doctors and his case coptounds
them still further. lie is actually getting bet
fer, sits up and talks freely and cheeriully, and
is able to take food daily. 1t may be great
outrage on medical science for him to recover.
Mr.. RuskiD at present is advocating dancing
as part OF religious education, and thus as.
sails young lady Sunday school teachers AT
present" he says, you keep the dancing to
yourselves, and graeiouSly teach your scholars
the catechlsm. Suppose you were to try for
little while learning the catechism yourselves
and teaching them TO dance
| The Virginia colored Masons have long been
divided into two bodies, called Aucicut York
aud National Compact Masons, and have, in
consequence, not got along SO harmouiously as
they might have doDe. AT a meeting of the
| two bodies, held 10 Petersburg, a f W days ago,
1t was resolved IN spirit Of fraternity to come
together. Hereafter there will be nothing but
Ancient York Colored Masons in this State.
The Greek Archbishop OF Belgrade has pub
lshed the report of the Commissioner sent by
the Greek Christians of that city with aid to
| the HcIz.govulan refugees in Montenegro. In
the latter part Of Ocober there were 10000
refugees, and large numbers were daily Coming
! over the border. More difficulty was found in
getting pastorage for the cat!c than 10 supply.
ing the exiles with food. The Commissioner
speaks 10 high terms OF the humanity of the
Prince of Montenegro, and of his kindness to-
ward the women anu children.
Letter from Benjamin HallOweIl.
At an educational meeting, held ia BaIt!-
more last night, says the Sun of that CITY
Mr. Benjamin Ha!lowelI, OF Sandy Spring,
Montgomery couuty, Nd, having been re.
quested to write "a couple of pages to advance
the interest OF education, complied with the
quest, crowding about as much into the al
lotted manuscript as il was possible to do. His
SOU, Henry z. Haowell, read the paper,
which set forth the advantages Of education
and the benefits derived from the co-educa ion
OF the sexes are now happily admitted by all
enlightened minds. The prominent subjects
that at present claim inquiry are the practical
mode by which education is conducted, parti-
cularly IN the common schools, ADD the stimuli
tancous training of the muscles and the mind.
A true practical system Of education of all the
children III community must provide for the
home wants also. Therefore, the children
should be divided between the schoo! and the
home; one-haIf 10 60 lu the forenoon and the
other half 10 the afternoon, with a separate
teacher for each session. MIR. HalIowell refer
red to an educational convention, held Ia Wash
| lngton about thirty five years ago, when the
writer Was living in Alexandria, at which con-
Ventlon he proposed resolution, that in sys-
tenn OF education it was of the highest i'm Dor.
| lance that the muscles be educated and train
cd to Industrial pursuits, simultaneously with
the mlnd, IN order that they may be able to
execute the highest purposes the mind can
conceive and thus the artist and artzan DE
unlted III the same person. Prof A. D. Bache,
OF the coast survey, who was president of that
convention, said that the resolution combined
the eogth aud breadth and depth of philoso
ply, and it was adopted. Mr.. HaIlowell and
Francis 5. Key were appointed to 20 to Balt-
more in the interests Of public education, but
found there was no system Of public schools in
the State to inform. He was happy to believe
things are much improved since that time.
The writer quoted Professor Agassiz on mus
cuar training, to the effect that delicacy of ma.
nlpulatlon and raining Of the whole orgaDza-
tloD bring the entire nervous system 10 har-
mony and subordinate to mental action. 10 re.
gard to modes of teaching, the chief point of
the writer was ITO do one thing at a time"
Youth should first learn we'll the practical part.
how to do, then the reason. 4 large part of
the letter was devoted to illustrating modes
CENTENARGAN BURNT TO DEATH.-On
Tuesday last George NJ. st0urbraker, ESQ.,, of
oha!psburg, Informed US Of very sad and re-
Darkable death which occurred 10 that place