Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-03
TELEGs,ATHIC SUMMARY.

-Durlnr tie morning services 4. 81. Mary :
Catholic Church, il Charies.oSn, Mass, yeS-
terday, nc curtain ir,pin, s'aure Of the
Virgin Mary IL the basement oi he church,
Yhcr- t?c hunIr-l >cao rs were at n1Ing
Suuiay- cauIh! ir" and q pauic lmm:
ilatcly Srart"i through III" school. which soon
reached t, hc c,ng!cgation " stalls Some
excitement was created, but % one hurt as
the tire vas soon eLiinyui$hc /.
Tho steamship S2.ier. OF the N,rth Ger
uau Loyis Steamship Company. arrived at
New I,rk yesterday, bringing he surviving
pa,>on lerS Of the wrecked St'lmcr u 'u;Sct-
aud aud the pa,Sengl r- II the N,<ci. " 40 were
uoharmei oy tn Fl .nli>h plot d. Tnoma-son
u destroy that Te>>ci 81 II dynamite.
-Nichsci Higgins, who was arrested 10
New Io!k u suspicion Of having murdered
his wife. has been DISCHARGED, an examination
showing that 81: died from other CAUSES.
The Of! B,ird Of Aldermen Of Nv York
met this morning, and adjourned q die. The
ne~ ard thcn organized.
The Pennsylvania Legislature will prob
ably orsauza TO day by continuing the old Of
icers in the House.
The report that the Princeton crew had
challenged la.o aud Harvard is not true.
To the editor u the Il..cuulrtu Gu=,tte:
Al the risk Ut provoking the criticism Of
some begereot correspondent, | caooo; re-
Train from expressing my disapproba:ioo Of
the request OF Col. Basset Freoch, aid to Gov.
kemper, to the school authorities throughout
our State, that a collection be taken up on
the Ian Of January, the birthday OF L Jbelt
Z Lee, to aid in the building Of his monu
meut.' think the suggestion iliaivised, 10
discreet, AMI il bad taste, and | wonder that
the Governor with the good sc"se and jude-
,nent whlth generally characterIzo- bis ac;loos
has approved II. l belong 10 large cas- Of
people Tho believe that the best and most en-
durug u vnument man Cal leave behind him
l. the kind and grateful remembrance OF his
living trleuds. but at the same time if piles OF
marble and brass ale to be heapcd over The
Wondering boues OF the deai-about which
>haI! quarrel with ncb1d, let them be raised
by some other means than by going begging
among the children Of our public schools. l.
i ony r quest kaow, and t .ere i. nothiug
mandatory about II. but 10 th, DAY OF jealous
vlgi anca tI1a; our pubic schools be kept free
from every Influence not com palibe with til cir
legitimate objcc's, such guess ought not to
b. male and certainly should not BE- complied
With. Monument Guiding, whether u Coz.
tedcrata or U1lon heroes of the war, i not
part OF our pubic school system, auI | should
protcs, agalnsI the usage just a much 10 the
o1e case As 10 the other. The custom once
cstahli, he'd, who could forecast the troubles no
Utica sofia. and rcgi u. which would re-
sui. from Il? Let the collection e akcp
a. requested Cd the l9 D oi January Tor the
Lee nouuneni' and Straigh:vay somebody
Will want TO levy coutribut9ns on the school
cnldreo 10 raise pile Of stone TO commcm rr
ale the 7ic>ory OF Grant AZ Apponsttox, or
somebody viii waot To crect a trumpnal arch
TO oil john Brown; or the people Of A:rcao
descent vii! ask that something be built TO Der
p-luate the memery Of Nat Tur0er, the leader
Of tae old Virginia slave lDsurr cton. B. aud
by sectarlanism would knock at the doors of
the schoot houses requesting trluut: for sccta.
rlan purposes. and the end would be disast-
Gus Il the cause Of education. Again | say
have 90 controversy with folk who wish to
pie ~ III 'nument- aud build statues, but do
keep out OF the ;ubilc schools. LIT u ical-
ou>y guard them from the intruSioo of ali 90.
lltlcal 4 nd Sec ariau adlcnces
\ PLAIN FARMER.
ColIingwooI, Va, Jan ,. 1876
COMMUNICATED.
There was another one OF those BEAUTIFUL
Nayr, i1l, -, l.