Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-03
n EWS OF 'EaKst DAY.

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assignment.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has an
nounced quarterly dividend 0! two Der crut
or 81 per share.
A dispatch from Providence, R l., says Hen.
Thomas A. Jeuckes is hopeeSsly ILL., aud can
survive but a few hours.
BY lire at Sernan, Texas, on Monday, sixty
five business places were DESTROYED and thirty
families rendered homeless
Samples ut the pyx OF trial coins If Janan
have been received at the Treasury D.par;meut
atd have been forwarded 10 pnllI.lphis Tor
assay.
The Comptroller Of the Currency Yesterday
received a telegram from The President of the
National G0id Bauk and Trust Compaay Of
Dan trau"l>c1 announcing that il had goue into
Voluntary bankruptcy.
Johu Watkins, of Dtiham, Mass. bling
quite III yesterday, was taken to the polls in
carriage. Do arriving home he fell dead from
over yxeltem@Dt. His daughter Was 50 much
affecicn THAI she is Got expected 10 recover
During the gale and snow storm which pre-
vailed 10 the neirhi'orhooi of Q abec on Sun
day i'aht n'nctecn persons w,re drowned by
!oe Hnseti'ns OF scow Ia which they were oe-
''g { i'e%cd from steamboat to the Ian iiog.
l"o thousand more troops arrived at Hava-
IA yesterday. \ Government decree, to take
~1*et '2uary | =, requires the iuvnices Of all
eoc". itnp2Ttc.9 lnt9 Lu'a to be cert fed hy he
Spanisi Con Il 4! t'e port Of shipment
yal f.r a.
OF Cologne have given notice that they will sub
mt to the authority OF the German Govern
m"ot y Mi ri;y Of the Chapter have also
refused % endorse the protest Of the Blshop
against his expulsion from his palace.
y bill Ia eqaIty was yesterday fled in the u.
> Circuit EoG:t at 81. j. ,uiS by Calyio Little.
field, Of Nv York. asking thar a receiver be
apprlnci frtMe A,Iaurc and P4citi. K .ilroad
ana Il Is SAL! tiai g"3lIym N ri Ncg York
VII! be app 1'nted AZ Sll;h Ia conilYc;lun with
another from ST. l. as.
"a. johnson, desperate urern stabbed two
white mcH aud TWO u"gro-s on the steamer
l''i' Aim, VI 'nday, about twelve miles below
Mchp@ls, kllilng one negro instantly The
other one was put ashore in q dying condition.
lae cre| Il n Alu arrested Johnsoa and
sen llm back to NcmpEiS for riai.
iuG CONFEDERATE FLAG During cur civil
wax. tie several &c :dvI STATES used at first
distinctive Safe fl q. Ia March, 1861, the
C"ulcderatc Congress- adopted the so.caed
stars ah; bars composed .! three hor zontal
bars OF equal width, the middle unc white, the
others req, with blue union containing uioe
white liars arrauScd III d circle The rcseu.b
laocc ui this to the stars AID stripes" led 20
confusion aud mistakes in The 4 Id; aud in Sep.
t.tnbr, 1861, a battle tlag was adopted, ar, d
h":d charged with a blua satlcr, Win barrow
border OF white on wh'ch re- u>p,aycu thir.
teen whi'e stars. In 1863 nc stars AMI bars"
was >upplan.ei by I Hlg with a white field.
hlv'n2 the battle AZ for a union. The f ig If
1865 was touod deficient IN service it beiag
liable 10 be mistaken Tor fl q OF true and on
February 4 1863. the outer halt Of the field
by nd the UNION was covered with vertical
red oar. Tbs VS. the last flag oi the Coutrte-
racy. --lpp'etons' .1o,ericnm CyclopneGlin.
LONGEVITY OF VETERANS or lSl2.-Tnc
extra Primary longevity OF lhc survivors Of Tie
war OF lSl2 is certainly Il curiuu, act well
worthy OF uurlce. That was not a lrrat val;
not many troops were engaged, aud no very
large fore mustered in;0 the service of tie
Uoited States, and the war came to an end a.
most >lxtY-une years ag). lnt the Commits
SloGtr ot Pcnsions reports bob survivors OF
thai var on the rolls OF the Pension Office.
' ry lev, iudced, Of these can be less than
eighty years of age, aud the number must be
near;y II not quito ten per cru. II the whole
tnrce mustrtcd i,r service. Ii the veterans of
the late war OF the rebellion prove 30 tenacious
oil lite, nearly two huEired thousand Of them
will survive in the year 1926.
Miss FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE wrote as El-
lows IN Response 10 an lnel.a,inu ~ attend. the
Is 'akiara ul, qn"i, recently held in London
Il beg tha, yvu will b. 30 good a. to thank
the committee orgauizng rhr b l.aklaVa ban
quot FOR ,hc l:ou"r thy have done me in liz
Slilng NE 10 b. present II ihc anniversary OF
thH Charge, whose Wounded we rec wed at
scutarl, and say Tor mc how deeply | regret
that Il l. imp i>Slb.e for ue 10 accept it, as |
maze hccu Tor years cuilreiy prs ,ner to my
ro1u from illness aad ovrrwork, (which work
still d., taaGk God, hut that an ever the
armj $ and their faithful servant"
QUEEN VICTORIA 5 GRANDCHILDREN. The
birth OF a daughter to the Duchess OF L ilnburg
Increases lh1 tally Of GU Ell Victoria's grand
children to twentyiev"o, tWeuiy-iJur ut whom
are still a.lvn, and that nt her total living pro
Eeny to thlrty-ihrec. inc uling three uumarrl.:u
children, and the Princes, Louise, who is mar
rcd, but without family, Tue Duke and Ouch
eSs OF Edlfhurg we're Uarred at ST Petersburg
} anuary 23, 1874, aud tneir first chill, a sou.
Was bora To thciu upon the Ii b OF the follow
ing October
The DEATH OF REV Dr.. W. e. MERE.
DiTli 1t IS with lnexpressue sorrow that We
are called upon to record the death Of The Rev.
Or. Wm. {. Meredith, which occurred 90
Monday, about l. O'Clock, at the R.ciory in
this city. Fer months past his health has been
f"llInE, ard the sad event Was not unexpected
- Winchester Neavs
The DREADFUL; tree is found in grca: perfec
ton all over the Navigator group of he South
Sea Islands. Is rut is ripe during the mouth !
1i August aud September, and a portion OF
October during which months it is gathered
oy he natives 10 great quantities.
80 dark, aud yet so light, as the man sal q |