Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-13
NEWS OF THE DAY

match Is tnal, and that the members OF the
team are now separated. and could not be got
together for any purpose before next week
Five or six oil them, however, would probably
be glad, as individuals. to shoot Oh Saturday
next if the Lloyds cup were offered for com
petition to all corners Col GiIdcrslccvc has
written to Major Lcech, returning, through
him, the thanks of the American team to the
Lord Mayor and citizens of Dublin for the kind
reception given the team. \ similar letter has
been scut to the Belfast Reception Committee
Yesterday being the 18th Of July, The ami
versary OF "the battle OF the Boync, the Dr.
augcmen in New York, Philadelphia New
Brunswick anu some other cities turned out III
procession. At Lawrence, Mass, there was a
riot. procession of Oraugcmcn, 10 which
there were a number OF wamcn and children
was attacked by Il mob of lriShm"n ana stoned
through the streets, the police being utterly
unable 10 protect them.
The Northern Central Railway Company has
purchased the D,umcud property, OH North
street, near Calvert Station, Baitlmorc and will
convert the same into 4 large freight depot to
accommodate the growing business of the road
Calvert Station vii! also be reconstructed and
the accommodations Tor passengers greatly
enlarged. The McSSIs Dcumcnd will remove
their large iron works TO the vicinity OF Caution
\ riot occurred in CIarksvi!c, Tenn, Salur-
day night, iu the hcg'nning Of which large
body OF negroes made an attack on two Irish
men for an alleged assault upon d col red boy
The whole town was alarmed and the entire
police force IN rcqulsltlon. Nobody, however,
was particularly damaged, though several
houses were considerably smashed by the
rioters
Attorney General Field, OF louisiana, yes
tcrday, filed au information in the First Dis
trict Court at New Orleans against Geo. G..
Beuham for obtaining $50 600 from the State
on alleged fraudulent vouchers The trauSac-
ton on which the charges are based was de-
velopcd during the recent investigation against
Auditor Clinton. Beuham is still at large
The United States Attorney General decides
that damage received during the ocean voyage
Of goods entered for immediate transportation
should be asccrtaued at the port Of tiral dc,i.
nation, and that the computation of the ten
days allowed Tor proof OF such damage shall be
made from the laudiny Of the merchandise at
the last pert
4 San Francisco dispatch says that the
Hoopa indians, on the klamath river, had at
tackled the Florence mine and compelled the
miners to quit work The Superintendent bad
telcgraphcd TO Gen. Schoticld Tor troops, as
there Was not sufficient force 10 the neishbor-
hood OF the mines to protect the miners
Ou Sunday afternoon carriage, containing
Mrs. Bernard, Of Bcocil, Canada, her two
daughters aud son, and two ncighhors, was
nj tv trui, RoI,..,l f,r,l
OF the ladies were killed, aud Mrs Btrn; rd and
one OF her daughters We're badly injured, aud
are hot expected to live.
\ motion will sooL be Introduced 10 the
French Assembly proposing recess from July
- to November T. The Left will meet this by
moving that business be lr ire. Ced with uuin-
terruptcdly, with the view to bringing about an
carly dissolution.
The Postmaster General has decided to aban
don the trwcckly mails between Vicksburg
and New Orleans, and will make the best terms
he can for temp rary weekly service The
route will be advertised aud rcict a. soon as
possible.
In the French Assembly, yesterday, the Uni.
verSlty Education bill was discussed, clause by
clause. All the amendments moved bv the
Liberals have been +, jccted by narrow uIaj1ri-
ties. The ClercaIs are ubaut, aud congratu-
late Bishop Dupanllup upon their success.
At the Round lake, n u, camp meeting,
yesterday, after sermon by Bishop kava-
naugh, DIR. Clarke of Savannah, Ga, present.
ed the case OF the Wesley Monumental Church
now being erected in Savannah, and colicc
ton OF $ 800 was taken.
a mar about fifty aud a woman about forty
five years Of age we're found drowned in the
lake at Waukcgan, near Chicago, ycstcr lay af
ternoon. They had been lettering about the
place since Saturday, and were supposed to
lave deliberately committed suicide
Robt. Corkng 4 Co., Of Manchester, Eng,
Egyptian traders, have suspended. Their liza
blhtes are large They owe 5000, 900 to John
Ranking Il Co., alone.
The chalrmanship Of the British Committee of
Erie bondholdcrs has been accepted by Sir Ell
ward Watkins, on condition that all Interested
support his appointment.
The King of SaXony has conferred the title
OF Knight OF the Order Of Albert on Dr. a.
NJ. Ross the naturalist, of Toronto, Canlda
There were 2o5 deaths in Baltimore during
the past week There were l3l deaths Of chill
dren unicr live years Of age.
Monsl gnor CHAR les La Rquc, Bishop Of St.
llyaclnth, died at Montreal! yesterday.
Potency or SUNSHINE From an acorn
Weighing few grains, tree will grow for one
hundred years or more, not ouy throwing off
many pounds OF leaves every year but itself
weighing several tons. II an orange twig is rut
10 a large box of earth, and that earth is
weighed When the twig becomes tree bear.
Ing luscious fruit, there will be very nearly
the same amount of earth. From Careful ey
perlmcuts made by >cleutltc men, il is an as.
ccrtalned fact that very large part of the prowt
OF tree is derived from the sun, from the air,
and trcm the water, aud very littl" from the
earth; aud notably, all vegetation becomes sick
II, unless it is freely exposed to sunshine.
W God aud coal arc but c,nlcnscd sunshine,
which contalus three Important elements, equal
ly essential to both vegetable and ANNA lie
macDcsla, limo and iron. l. is iron in the blood
which gives it its sparkling red color and lis
strength; It Is the hmc IN the bones which rivcs
them the durability necessary to bodily vlyor,
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