Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-05
Virginia Election.

vi the twenty Virginia State Senators only !
two are Republicans, aud for the House Of |!
Delegates only a halt DIN Republicans and !!
TWO or three Independents are elected, The re-
malnder bclng Democrats
Ia the Senatorial District, composed of Page |
and Shenandoah counties, Co.. Marion Sptler, |
CONSERVATIVE, is elected over Ii. H Riddle
ba1rEer, also Conservative. by 400 majority
ln the district composed of Petersburg, Sur |
ry and Prnce George, Hinton, Conservative, |
Tor the SeDate, has 846 majority.
H. "A. oghlll selected to the House of d le-
gates as the f0ater from Amherst and Nelson
DR.. W. K. Price. Republican, Is reported
elected 10 King George county.
lerrlIl, ludepen lent, is elected in Orange.
ln AUGUSTA county Cochran, for the Seoate,
and j. Davis Craig, Marshall Hanger aud A.
II. H. Stuart, Tor the House, are elected, Mr.
Ople, Que of The regular Conservative nomj.
nees, being defeated by Mr.. Stuart, who was
not a candidate
Gordon, white Republican, and Poipda xter.
coIDrcd Republican,, are elected 10 l. Visa
John I. Lowell has been elected IA Warren
county and Ii. i. ID. Lewis 10 Clarke
NEW ORLEANS BEAUTIES. The women Of
New Orleaus aie probably tie most superb look
lug 10 America They are brunettes, the most
a"d pest OF them with an ELEGANCE of carriage
aud hgure, a contour of feature aud pose Of
mauuer, that are machess. They say the
peasantry IN certain districts of Spain carry yet
10 their faces the grandeur Of the faded Cas-
tli'an noblesse. These New Orleans beauties,
lifted eDdery down dozen generations of close
blood, are more queeuy than the portraits of
their French mothers that have hung for cen
turtles 10 the parlors. Some OF them are like
chlselcd, perclIed figures out of mar BILE, with
the soft dash OF Guldo's brush or OF Pelrach's
song IN their faces, and the ripe Southern blood
flushing up to their temples under the pure
surface OF their veins. The exquisteness OF
their style takes your breath with an cxclaiua.
ton OF admiration, and sigh of relief as you
pass Their native city aud State are the hori-
lzon OF society and Of the world to these superb
creatures; they are reared under the solemn
shadow Of Catholicisn; they are local 10 their
attachments as Venitians; their culture is mar.
row, but they gather in their loins the gait of
Expresses, and in their eyes that glance filled
with The wisdom, the cunning, the refinement,
the magic of womanhood.
JAMES RIVER AND kANAwHA CANAL
The annual meeting Of the stock holders of the
James River aud kanawha Canal convened 10
Richmnnd, Va, on Wednesday. The presi-
dent read his anuual report, which Was chiefly
devoted to discussion of the subjects Oh the
comparative advantages of water and rail trans
portallon from Clifton Forge to Buchanan; OF
the advantages OF a mixed improvement be.
tween those points; OF clnaI over IL railway
occupying the same route; the relative cost Of
wafer and rail- transportation; the Importance
to thei city OF an unbroken line Of water com.
muolca,ion from Clifton Forge 10 Buchanan,
IN hat hi,
Without action the report was referred to a
commlttee for consideration The receipts for
the Year We're Sl44 1T, decrease Of Sl4,75O
from the previous year.
FLORIDA -Jacksonv!lie, Florida, if we may
judge from Its Journals, i filling W rapdIy Not
house 10 town can be haj, and the demand
Is great for the building of new ones The
saupede for Florida commenced early this
year. he truth Is the climate is so delight
ful all the Var round, that we stall not be sur
prls1d, II the disposition should be gainiug
strength Constantly, to comurence early in the
autuun aud to l'nger late IL the spring, leaving
| very l''rio space D"tween, say o".y aUour res
mouths A. the pnpuia'i u Increases ia Ftori-
ia, and the tnwns bs"cme again prosperous,
and he villas dot the hauks Of The S.. johns
'nu lDclan riVciS, the Inducements 10 resort
there, and Indeed, 10 remain there. will be
very much enhanced. - WASHINGTON Chronicle
Moody says IL am the most overcsimatcd
maui 10 this county. b some means the people
look upon NE AS Il great nao, but | am ouly
lay preacher, and heve little learning. | lou't
know wha; viii! become Of me ii the new papers
continue to print all my sermons My stock
will be exhausted by and by. and must re-
peat the old ideas aud teachings. Brooklyn
every Sunday hears score of better sermons
than can preach. | cant get up such Ser
mons as Drs. Burlington and Cuyler, and Tai
mage, and many others, who preach here week
after week. don't know what | shall do"
| COMING ECI.IPsES. There will be two eclin-
srs OF the sun aud TWO Of the moon 10 1876
First, partial eclipse of the moou, commeuc
| ing 10 New England abou, l2t a. m., March
~. Second, au annual eclipse of the SUI,
| March % the moon coacealng the suns disc,
except ring around the border Io New Eng.
land 1t will be visible as a partial eclipse only,
beginning about five minutes to 3p u. Third, |
partial eclipse Of the moon, September, 3,
not visible lu the United States Fourth, a
partial eclipse of the sun, invisible In he United
States, but visible 10 the south Pacific and At
Iantic oceaps
The arsenal of Denmark, situated at Ripds. |
burgh, was totally destroyed by fire on Wed.
nesday. Forty thousand rifas were DESTROYED
The loss will foot up 5000, 900 marks.
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