Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-20
NEWS OF Th2t DAY.
"7o shoao the very age and boly Of the Times

FROM Spain with troops.
Four shipwreckcd crews arrived at Halifax,
n. S., within the last two days.
The Delaware Peninsula dries 254 tons O..
peaches, and cans 1924 900 three. pound cans.
Vanderbilt, Seligmau aud G.rrisou each own
$l,0OO,OOo iu one New York gasight company.
The General Convention of the Universalist
Church 10 the United States will assemble at
Lyuu, Mass, to-day.
The machinery hall, one of tho largest of the
Centennial buildings, covering twelve acres,
Was yesterday Completed.
The steamer Faraday sailed from London,
yesterday, for the purpose of repairing the TO-
jury to the direct United States cable.
A royal decree Was yesterday published at
Munich Bavaria, giving effect to the Imperial
law Introducing compulsory civil marriages.
Since the mddle of September the receipts
Of gold at New York from England has been
over $500 UOO of which the assay Office re-
ceved ESQ 900.
About Thousand Pottowatamie Indians,
the advance party oil their tribe, passed through
Ukmu2ce, ycSterday, en- route to their new
hone in the Indian Territory
The trial of james Darraugh, for the muir
der of his wife, was conciu led yesterday at
loWsoDtoWu, Nd, the jury returning verdict
| OF murder 10 Tue secoud degree.
Jacob Soudcrman, who Oh the 10th of April
shot aud killed Louisa Leebermaud, in New
York, for rel citing his suit, was convicted OF
murder IN the first degree last uight. Sentence
was deferred.
A fire in Charleston, w. Va, last night, de-
stroyed seven stores, and at Anderson, Texas.
yesterday, fourteen stores aud dwelling, the
postotiee, Odd Fellows Hall, and several her
buildings were consumed.
4 Berlin telegram to the London Morning
Post says that it is reported 10 that city that
Prince Frederick ("Fritz'') will visit the Cen
tenuial Exhibition at Philadelphia, and that q
German squadron will escort him.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Wash,
iogton has received telegram from Agent
James Irwin, dated at Green River, Wyoming
Territory, October l6, stating that the Shes
homes had had battle with the Arrapahoes
aud whipped them.
A boy attempted to light fire with kero.
scne at Oil City, Pa, yesterday, when the car
exploded burning the boy severely and con
sumng the house. His little sister, who had
taken refuge in closet, was burned to death.
The parents We're absent.
About 4 week ago the sheriff of Portage
county, Illinois, named Baker, was killed by
two brothers. named Amos and Isaac Court.
wright, whom be attempted to eject from a
bulldog. yesterday morning about three
o clock party OF masked men, numbering
! forty, went to the Jail at Stevens's Point, seiz
cd the Watchman and put him in irons, beat
! down the outside doors, took out the Court
| WrightS and hung them to tree The whole
affair was quickly and Systematically executed.
NoEDERFUL MEMoR1Es.-E s. Drone, in
ScIlbner Tor November, writes
.PlIny says that Cyrus had memory so pro-
dlglous that he could name every officer and
soldier in his armies; and that Lucus Sciuio
| kne" every Roman citizen ny name when that
city contained more than two hundred thousand
capable OF bearing arms. Seneca speaks of q
iriend, fontius Lstro. who could repeat verbat.
I'm All the speeches he had heard declaimed by
the Roman orators. 1t is said that Joseph Seal
| lger commlttod to memory both the Had AZ d
Inc odyssey IN twenty one days. Sir William
hamilton te Is US OF young Corsican of good
family who had gone to Pudua to study civil
law, IN which he soon DISTINGUISHED himself
He was frequent visitor at the house and gar
dens OF Muretus who having heard that he pos
sessed a remarxs BILE srt or faculty OF memory
Though lncreduous il. regard to reports took
occasion TO request from him specimen of his
| We. He at once agreed; and, having sd-
Journed with n considerable party of distin guish
| ed auditors into saloon, Muretus began to die
tate words, Latin, Greek barbarous, Significant
and non sign fcant, disjointed and connected
until ne Wearled himself the young man who
wrote them down. and the audience who wore
| W II oil bo
tired. The Coz lean clone was the one of the
whole company alert and fresh and continually
desired Muretus for more words who declared
| he would be more than satisfied if he could re-
peat the half of what he had taken down, and at
length he ceased. 1ho young man, with his
gaze liked upon the ground, stood silent for
brief season and then says Muretus, 'Vidi faci-
ms mlrlhclssimum. Having began TO speak, he
absolutely repeated the whole wo ,ds in the
same order in which they had been delivered,
without the slightest hesitation; then, com
menelng from the last, he repeated them back
ward till he came to the first. Then, again, SO
That he spoke the first, the third, the filth and
% on; did this IN any order that was asked. and
III Without the smallest erro'. Having subse-
4uentiy become Familiarity acquainted with him,
nave mao otaer and frequent experience of his
power. lie assured me (and he mad nothing of
the booster in him) that jle could recte in the
name l have mentioned to the amount of
thlrty-2lX thousand words. And what Is more
wonderful, they al so adhered to the mind that
AFTER a years interval he could repeat them
without trouble l know, from having tried
MIN, he could do so after considerable time "
LETTER FROM j EFFERSON DAVIS. -Ex. Pres
ldent Davis has written the following reply to
Governors kemper's invitation to be present
90 the occasion Of the inauguration of the
statue O.: Stonewall jackson
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. II, 1875.
Gorerm0r James L. Kemper:
My Dear Sir-PIease accept my sincere
thanks for your kind letter inviting me to be
present at the Inauguration of the statue of
Thomas j. Jackson
=, | truly regret that am compelled to be in
Mississippi on the day of that inauguration.
The admiration and affectionate remem-
orapce With which | regard our departed hero
would make 1t particularly gratifying to me to
unite with you 10 manifestations of resnect
which all who knew him mlst feel for that uu-
waVerlog patriot and distinguished soldier.