Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-06
FOR THE SENATE.

lows:
FOR THE SENATE.
George W. Ward, 273
j. w. Ware, 40
FOR TIE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
John T. Lowell, 1928
The vote was very small. 10 1878 we poed
1000
BRENTsvILLE, Nov 4, 1875 The election
in Prince William county, notwithstanding the
heated contest for the House of Delegates, fail
ed to elicit but ii small vote. Everything was
conducted orderly, and 10 excitement of any
description prevailed The following is the
general vote:
For til. Senate -Siucar 799, Caughton
I'll, Mckenzie 293, Gray l63, Williams Sc.
Sinclair majority over Mckenzie 500, Claugh-
ton $ majority over Mex nzie AS.
For the House Of Delegates Purcell GIT,
ROuud All Purcell $ maj orlty over Round 2O6.
The following is the vote at the different pre-.
cincls.
Potomac rthc Senate, Sinclair Is, Claugh
ton Is, Mckenzie 8 Gray 81 for the House
OF Delegate, Purcell 5, Round y,
Occoqnan-Souate, Sinclair 80, Claughton
90, Mckenzie 81, Gray "a Williams 10; House
| OF DELEGATES, Purcell 81 Round 49,
e's-Senale, Sinclair AT, Ciaughtou 1873,
| Purcell l2,l, r quad %
BrentsviI!e -Seuatc, Sinclair lis, C|aughtou
| l02, Mckenzie Is, Gray +, Williams >; House
| OF Delegates, Pureel! &C, Il und ~.
re>nwicH--Seuate. Sinclair 25 ClaughtOn
81, Mckcbz 5; House OF Delegates, Purcell
H. Round g.
Manassas Senate, Sinclair III, Claughtou
$780, Mckenzie lis. Gray 9S Williams !;
| House of Delepat' s Purcell 10, Round l54
Haymarke Sinclair 81, Cangh on
! 90 Mcke ne AZ Gray +, Williams 4 House
Of Delegates, Purcell 81, Round S.
Waterfall--Seuate, Suclalr 81, Claughton
81, Mckeuzle 8. Williams 3; House of Dele
gates, Purcell So, Rouod I.
Hickory Grove-Senate, Sinclair SO. Glnugh
ton 81, Mckenzie =, Williams L; House Of
! Delegates, Purcell 81. Round t.
Dumfries--Senate, Sinclair, II, Claughtop
IS, Mckenzie 81, Gray %, Williams 9; House
OF Delegates, Purcell ia, Round a..
WHO WROTE THE ARABIAN NIGHTS -
Who knows Not Capt Mayue Reid; though
| ii be had bceu born Persian, and lived long
time enough ago. and been Caliph With long
beard and scimltar instead Of captain lu
the Mexican war; with Colts revolver aud a
| goatee, aud had seen the cloud OF dust which
| All Baba saw, think he could have made out
the band OF forty robbers under it, aud the cave
and all The rest.
But Maybe Reid didn't see the cloud of dust
| which covered those robbers, (aud which is very
apt TO cover all gangs Of pubic robbers, and
therefore d'dn't write the Arabian Nights. !"
Nor dill MIS- Hauuah Moore, Tor the book is
not in her style; uor did the author of Little
Women and the genius in her work, +"
though very decided, iSu' at all like the Gent
US that CONES 10 smoke aad flame nto the WOO
derlul story Of Aladdin and the Lanp.
lou could never guess who wrote the Ara
biap Nights, for notody knows When those
stories were first written 1t seems very odd
that book should be made, and no Que able
TO tell when it was made. The publishers don't
I allow such things 70 happen now a-days. Yet
1t Is even SO with the book we are talking Of
Of course, it is possible to fix the date of the
many TRANSACTIONS CT the Arabian Nights, which
| have been made into the languages Of Europe
from the old Arabic manuscripts. Thus, it
was in the year l7U4 that a certain Aotolue
Galiand, a Distinguished oriental scholar of
Paris, who had travelled r the East, aud who
had collected many CURIOUS manuscripts AID
medals, published French translation OF what
was called the Thousand and One Nj hts. y
This was 10 the time of the gay court Of Louis
the fourteenth; aud the 6uc ladies of the court
| -tuOse OIL lHem WlO cOulu reau-all QeVOureQ
| the book. And the school boys throughout
France Though there were not many school
boys in those days outside of the great cities
all came tn know the wonderful stories of Alad-
din aud Of Ali Baba. Remember that this was
about the time when the great Duke of Mari
boro' was wlnniug his famous victories on the
Continent especially tbat Of Bleuheim, about
which an English poet. DR.. Souhey has writ.
ten quaint little poem, which you should
read. 1t was in the lifetime, too, of Dauic De
Foe, who wrote that ever charming story Of
Robinson Crusoe some twelve or fourteen years
later; and the first newspaper in Amerca--caIl-
ed the Boston News Letter-was printed in the
same year 10 which Antoine Galland published
this translation of the Thousand and Ooe
Nights. Ii you should 60 to Paris and be Gu
rous to see it, you can 6od ID the Imperial Lii
brary or the National Library Tor whatever
those cbangcabIe French people may call it
now the very manuscript Of Aptouie Gallaud.
-DonaM G. Mitchell IN st. Nicholas.
SOCIAL LIFE IN PoRrUGAL-The larger of
the country towns have streets luIl Of gentle,
meu's houses; aud here vegctate, from year to