Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-12
FROM tH.NSMSsS-& T(}.S.
Special Correspondence Of the Alera. O.

CpeCtuL correspondence " Tue Att>CA. Uu-ttlc.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Aug. -. 1879.
The directors OF The NatioGal Fair Assoca-
tcn met this morning AID appointed commit
tee TO ius2tc: the land known as The Ivy Hill
tract. containing shout 100 acrts, and situated
on the old BIadeDsburg read about half mile
beyond the boundary lice. ard beicngirgi 10 Hite
and Marmaduks. After inspecting this tract
the committee will decide upoo site tor the
annual fairs proposed TO be held by tho Asso-
citation. Either the tract referred to or ooe at
Benrio2' 3 will be selected, with the probehii-
ties now decidedly 10 iavor CT the former. The
fairs will not be held uutil late 10 O,,ober, Sd
as not TO in.crttre with the Alexandria AID
other !aIFS 10 the adjoining counties of Fir
glnis and Maryland. Mr.. Bjyd Bsuett, f0l-
m:riy of Tie City Hotel 10 AIcxauGria, is one of
the directors Of The Naiiou.l Fair Association,
aud oaa whose cpinlors rcsaoc;rg ell matters
pertaining 10 The I;0pOsed fair have 20 li,,lo
Weight with the other members CT !hU board.
Thirty tour million Lue Luadrcd AID eighty
SIX thCusaod four huGdrtG ADD fifty dollars of
retundlrg certificates hase beeu received at tie
Treasury 10 dste for cjGrersi1n toto per cent.
bonds The receipts 81 the Treasury to dey
and from Customs $412, 4U3
Dispatches received 81 iEu otiio: Of az Natoual
Board ct Health 10 day from tlGlnphls riyc "a
as the nunber ct cases OF aGd deslhs from
yellow fever 10 that city si5c2 yesterday S 70.
port. DE-. Cabcil, president OF he National
Bosrd CT Heath, and Solicitor General Phil
lips, We're al tie ctTcJ tits lucruGg and tsi Z
consultation with tn: resident com;Qit!cc The
Beard pcrslsten;!J ind rightly rilsas 10 sgd
tie moory at It's disposal 10 Distributing ccutrcs,
but Will I'LL all rtqu!sitlons accompanied by the
proper vouchers. Tie prtv!Dg option at
tic ctico here IS tbs: the extent OF the disease
IS uot o3mmensurhc With tie als!m and &
clteIDent that ii has crested. |. is Guq en-
tincd entirely 10 one city, FROM which mss. CT
the iOhabtaEts have already fed, ord if the
negroes Sill there cIu;G &c Induced TO 70 10
the camps il Is believed tie scoursc would soon
cease oc ws0t CT sui ecs il ioc no ether reason.
Tdrce men b: ~ OF TIC Bard, De. Beolnisa Of
New Oc!eac3, Mitchell ct Memphis, aod Bel
!lcgs Of this city, viii hold q consultation e.
Caro- I'd the lj:h with delegates from he State
and local boards CT the Mississippi rc1ioa, for
toe purpose, am0ug uttc7 things, O! Iaskiag
arrnufeEcDis by which Clsaa Of yclioH fever
tha- InGy hereafter ocCur elsewhere thGn 10
Memphis can be oiT;cua!ly Guaranteed. Sup
tie board e5 s0O9 IS reported. 1ut g!tncss i!.r
ysilabiy IN to this fine hav3 suraed cut to be
cases Ct ordlDaty bilious tov:T; ehoud il be
otherwise hereafter care will re taker 10 Esyo
them completely isolated.
Postmaster Meke!zje, Ct Aitxanatia, called
On tic Secretary CT TIC Navy to-day !.r Tic
purpose CT ia9uciog him 10 order Gpc Of bis
naval apH-eS.ioo ships % the Po;omsc. The
pFes2nt iocation OF those ships, hoRcgcr, naGo
such 80 order impossible. bct applicants for
suc!. ap;r.oiceshi9s who c;n pass tho requisite
phy:ical cXami1a,ior that Vii! bo conduottd at
Washington vii! be osrt aIcuod to NcR York
in tie Taspoosa.
The Impression here is that nothing has ever
occurred size, the New York Herald Taa ca
abled by liz wealth 10 msko special p.atencs
OF Independent louICaiiS;a, to expose the uuer
iaIsacy Ct that ptctcnce thsn the careful avoi~
daaca by that paper CT any r2fer;cc3 to the
STRENGTHENING affair. The skectooa 10
osher families moro Wc1lhilS respected than
thcse OF either Of tee parties to that scandal it
ruhlessy drsgs from their closets and exposes
to the public out the notorious, disgraosu! and
demoraIjzibg, even if not criminal, Intimacy of
married man and married woman. OCCUPY.
lpg such public pcstiots as Senator Coukiiae
and hlrs. Senator Sprague it studiously corcsas
from all lis rumerJuj RAIDER.