Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-13

must be txccnicd wiihu twanig tgu! hours
from The tine they IRE irlrGu5c.d.
st the cjusi5scry held ia RlEc, yesterday,
the Pore appointed i've c.ril5a! pricst7 and
three clrGiaal deac,uS Amoug the nuW ciril
Ia!J arc the h.v. d.. j3ho Henry Newman, If
EasIaad, and Rev. Di. I}els :nral;htr. The
Pope also made Gumsr0uS appoin: a:co:s 10
bshopIcs, among thcc. hnsc .! Cardinal llo-
heolohe to tho bIShnprIc Il A.bauo; Rev. Dr..
Notable 10 that Of Dl!ilio, and R=y DE-. Wood
lock to hat CT Aidagh sni CI1nmacnoia
A ecltlemau who has just r5tufDci 10 l1L'
don from Russia says that the clfsc;s ct the
policy CT repression etc hardly nosi bio in ST.
Petersburg. Ito tTav:rs2d large pert Il tue
city late at night Without Interference IT uues.
ten. Sundsy the lin ir=taat, b.iag q bright
day, tic streets were throngad with ui0mcn'
aders as happy mud l:ciit hearted apparently IS
those in aDy other cJailrGuial cl!r. he saw
tbs Priro 81 DagmaT dIivilE through The
streets aince IL her carriage aud Il.,a!rrdad.
Tue CARS ACCOUNT OF TIE ATTEMPTED
A3sAssIHATIoN.-A 81. psta.sburs cures p3nd,
ect of II psiI frauce sta:ea tha: as soOn es
the Car had catered iii, Winter Paiaas siier
the a.,sInpt had been made 10 shoot hn, ho
gave orders fer slI his f7isnda aud ha high
Stata olicals 10 be aaMitted 10 lis presence,
aud repeated to them tho event which had iu:t
occurred. in the [JiloSinz langl,g'
II was taking myu,ua wax his In1rninr st
o'c!ocs, END, feeling rathac li'ei, ! vas
about to retura 10 the palace, when | san
coming toward NE. sIorg the deserted flags,
a good looking y0ung Dlan OF ahnu' 30 years
of Gge locked at Iiia, mechanic sIly as be
larp1osched, thiGking the while il that man
wished 10 kill ME il woGid DC ptiy easy for
him to do so. This strange pfes:almcnt was
all the moro mex plicsbl1 ~ there wsR Goth
lag 10 the Strangers Appearance /" suggest
his being n couspir:tnr. lla w3ie tbs dress
of olelk ia tho Fushna Department., end
his demeanor was perfectly correct. "a :hcso
thoughts were passing through my mind, saw
him put his hand ioto the pocket o! hs 9lo2k.
luke from ii n pistol. ard em ct inc. ln,tino
lively dartcd aside. The shut Tcl! III and
missed me. Just Is Was on the point oil call.
ing for hc!p n second Shot went eli, and.
thanks 10 the movement made 10 right myself,
it likewise missed is ain. then called fer bsp.
Policemen appeared Immediately. | walked
straight toward tho wuuld-ha :.ssassin, who
stood still fow PAGES oi! Ills arm seemed
suddenly parals2?l. Tie men rushed at him.
lie then sesmst 10 reo3vtr himself, AID tiiad
two more shots, one OF which, unfortunately,
wounded enc Of Try Iraservers, ThiiG The other
hit tho wall near me- At l!s' ihe wretch vas
secured aud di.arncd. Th2rcupoa, to tell ycu
the huh. fit rather i!int aud ;sa7 brought
back to the palace. let Us rr.i5, God ny
| friends. 1t is he who spared my liic.
TIE RICHMOND AND ALEuHANr RAE
ROAD. Three sells OF contractors havo already
b,eu ever lie Iioo orlha R;chmcrl and AIlcgeny
railroad, aud G. IT, Mason and party will S!srt
to morrow over TIA iiue. L; is understood that
the whole Noih WILL he 1T 10 one or iwo block
| contractors.
| The settlement with the creditors IS Said to
be progres;iog satisfactorily. Oaly asont So
600 Of the secoud mortgage bonds have come
10, blu! ths fret mortgage bon5j have come 10
rapidly. All the bonds held iii Ito District OF
Columbia by Messrs CoreoIao aud Riggs and
others are 10, as we'll Us tho majority Of the
boudi held 10 this STATE. |. is estimated that
| the outstanding first mortgage boGdl 10 Nir-
gaia don't exceed $4,000.
OGly forty FIVE days arc Iei; by the charter
fer the settlement. AID the is!oad company
say they must have enough bonds within 80
days to enable hem 10 net Que great dill.
Guilty seems 10 DO to iGd the small ho'ders.--
| Richmond STATE.
TIE ORIGIN OF SuAviEe TIE cu:tvm of shay
| i1g the beard was enforced by Alexander OF
| MscedoD, not fo7 tho sake Of fashion, but for
practical crd. He knew tia! tho so!C:ers Of
India, when they encountered their FOES lad
| habit OF grasping them By TIC beard aud go he
ordered hs solids. 70 shave. Afterws7d, shsT.
ing was prscliced in the Macedonian fray sid
then among the Greek Citize1s. Tho Romans
initsled tho Greeks in tho PRACTICE. 81 they did
in many other thugs and spread i. to The differ
ont European lutiols yet bxrbarlc 1t tha mid.
die agea st the limo OF the ReGsis;slce, sharing
was introduced and the hsbit wss retained,
though class lclam gave place 10 r2msntlcls!n,
ard that, in is turn was replaced by realism.
The beard was source Of trouble to Peter the
Crest. who, simultaneously With the introdGc.
ton Of his great reforms IN Russia, tried to in.
duco his people TO initiate The shaving nations.
Thi. innovation Was resisted By bis subjects With
the utm ost resistance. and they preferred TO psy
heavy fne rather than eufI,r disfgurumclt,
IS thsy believe, Of tho image Of God. 10 the
Russians Of oden times The beard Tas q symbol
Of liberty. In several countries of Western Eu'
rope and il tho United Sts!cs the beard was r5.
stored 10 honor only about 70 years ago, but
oven yet tho majority Of men respect tbs custom
introduced ~ hleIendorhe Great
WEST PoINT.-h le!tcr from West Pc!at.
Va, says;
This is a pleasant little city 81 about
1000 Inhabitants. with mayor. city canncll
aud police force OF tso. West Point Is OF
the York river. % mills tfom kiobmoud. 1t
is coarea,ed by railroads with the t1rsmc
South Ind intermediate pou;s, and a!:h E.ln |
mole. Norfolk, aGd Pfayidsnca, Z. l., h7 |
steamboat lines, ell of wdoh do o large tfeigh;
ann passenger brsieess. Some improvements
at tho landing sre t2tss3va and coavnnlent,
consisting Of | 300 feet Of w!slfsHa from: and
nearly the same Of railroad .i1diag, where
freight is rapidly transferred ifom cars to boats
ard vice versa.