Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-19
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A fire 10 Macon, Co., yesterday, destroyed
about $50 OOU worth OF property.
A Qlebs special says tha! q yacht c)atsin
ing ft,eco people caps I'D a. i'ouS Aux Irem
bies during squai yesterday. Eight Of the
party were dfoWuod.
Edward Adams yesterday delivered biu 8 If
to the .i!or tt Carthage, 30, chsrsivg him
self wilh havios ynu:d;rid Harvey Brewer, OF
Rene, Adams ccuoiy, .Obio, Linc gears cso
Jealousy was The CAUSE.
Hon. Stephen Pr, scr, Minister Ct Hay,i to
this country, c.Ved cattle dispatch from
Pert gu PRICE, as !a,H ss the 18Th lest, inform
log him ct the condition ct political atfalts 10
the uaytiep republic. Qlies had already been
restored ct PR, au Pike. bnt 1t the cost Ct
considerable rumoer Ct lives Oh both sides.
The fahliug 10 that oily lasted for FIVE days,
and was carried on " tho streets aod from
house to house. The f:o that broke out de.
stroycd seventy houses, bat the commercial
portion It the city waS act jured.
TIE LAST CT TEEN -;;sno.sl % Lsne, the
last surviving genera! os tho Mexican war, TO-
Gently acco npsnisd ~ ezcnrsGn Of citizens Of
Oregon 10 Victoria, British toIumhis. ard
around Puget Sound. Az q reception at Seattle,
Washington Territory, tao veteran Was called
uIon for speech, II which lie rclstoi several
incidents occurring when Eo wss governor OF
what was then Oregon Territory, including Whit
is now Oregon and Washington a.. d Idaho Ter-
ritorie5 At shat Tina there were bat nice fam.
lies on tho Sound Slcoking Of himself a5 tho
last penerSl ct the Mexlcan TST, lie SAID: My
cad has BEEN whitaned by TIE trosts OF many
winters, and 10y form bart by tho weight OF &C.
cumulxted Lesrs; my vuice has grown feeble
and weak frcm the service Of three qusrtsrs OF a
century, and l Roon expect TO bu Called upon TO
answer The final roll call l am fully Prepared.
friends. 10 obey the summons chcertuiy. Two
yea ego locked over tho old Army Register,
and found there only five Of the seventeen
Americas generals who entered thu Mexican
war surviving. Of the seventeen who entered
that struggle fourteen Wero younger than Dy self.
One By ono these brave men have answered 10
the last roll CALL Since last locked over the req
lister, Pillow has been cSil"d away, Cad WalIader
and Cushing followed, ard On tho frat Ct tho
present month Shislts @nswered the summons
and passed over the dark river, AcIoss tho val.
ley and shsdow Of death. During The Ast few
years the roll hiss G.en called cnce in six months
and one by one these gsiart men have respond.
ed"
MOUNTAIN OF ICE.-Ouv readers FRO prob.
ally not aware that wlthiu 81 miles of us there
il an ice mouDsaic, where usiufe provides her
own ioehouse. The mtuotain is located GEAR
Cold Stream, on tie road from Springfield,
Hampshire ctu3iy, which connects with the
Winchester pike. The mtuo:ain has The OPP
pesrarce Of having been rent 10 ,waip. leaving
s deep gap with prec!l itate slopes o. either
side The gap fronts forth, aed the SUD sell
dons penetrates the grgs. Upon the top of
the mountain there is level plain, and the
Wiods CT winter sweep ever the level |
aud drive the Snow ipto The gaps, where it lsys |
to the depth of hundred feet. Up the gorge |
The north winds swesy through tuoueI, and |
the suow has become conpacred ard frozen IN.
til it is almts: solid bed Of ice, AID the hot |
sun of summer seems to effect it but little. |
There pever has been time within the mem.
cry of the Oldest i1hatitant. when ibis gap
xas clear Of snoN aud ise -Cunber1and M.,
Times
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