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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-20
PsbEsE5E.S .1Es,-S.

Gordon Pi-ha has succeeded 10 his .nissio,
to The King ot Ahy>sioi who res ouGc.s hi
claim to MassoWai,. Ehc damage by the h,od
in Spain amount to 80. ono 000 francs, and it i
thought 1000 lives have been les. Yakoot
Khan, Amer Of Afehsnisran. has abdicltcd
and General Roberts viii carry On the govern
mcnt.
The brigand Gasparopi, formerly tho terror
Of Italy. died recently in tho poorhouso ut Ap.
pirstcgras5o. L)mbardy. aged 90.
The treaty between Germany and Austria
has received tho sanction Of Emperor William.
Tho Turkish ministry has been reformed,
With Said Pasha as grand vzier.
A liro at SamarcaDd, 1ndepnadcnt TUX estau.
destroyed tho great baZ.r, s:7rn oara7anssrics,
and seventy shaps.
The magazines Of the Bsls IIissar has been
blowa up. Twenty, Of tho British force
and many Afghens wcro killed. Fighting has
been renewed at Sirkai Kotal. Tho position
was held by ninety Sepnys against kcsvp odds.
Tho enemy left twenty-five dead.
A despatch to the Daily London TpIcpranh
from Ali khcyl dated Oct. 70 says: the cause
OF the explosion Of Tho Magazine of the Bala
llissar is unknown The fret explosion cccur.
rcd at half past enc o'clock this afternoon and
the second at icur o'clock. Further explosions
aTn anrloheoded. The magazine il is believed
contained $40, 900 shot and shell. % largo number
OF Snider rifles and six tons Of powder. Gao
man OF the Goth regiment, twenty one Goorktas
FIX camp followers ard many Afehaus were
killed by ho explosion.
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King AIfOnSO'S Marriage.

VIENNA, OFT. 2O.-The Duko dc Ba!lcn tho
Spanish envoy cx raordinary, has arrived hero
TO demand The hand of Tho Archduuhcss Marie
Christine in marriage with Al!ooso, Kigg CT
Spain. Alter this iormslity the Archduchess
will mako solemn rcnur cation of her rights
OF succession to the Austrian lh1oDe in the IRE.
sonce OF tho Imperial smly end the Duke of
BaleD. 1t is expected that tho Archduchcss,
accompanied BY her mother, will leave Veuns
Nov. 2Oth Tor Paris, remaining there TWO DAYS
to see King Francis and Queen Isabella Her
lmperal HIchness will then proceed 10 Mad.
rid by the way Of 1run. and will be conducted
BY tho ministers Of war and foreign affairs with
royal honors to tho Pardo Palace, near Madrid,
where she will stjourn for eight days previous
to tho solemDizat.on of the marriage ceremony
10 the AtochD Church. Tho wedding will
take place on tho 9th or 2S:h Of No7t mbcr
tho Kings birthday occurring CD the 2Sth.
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The iGG;nus,

Inspector W. J. Pollock telesrsphs to the
Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, f.om Denver,
Colorado, as follows
Tho Governor aad IaaalGa citizens her,
unanimously affirm that the lr6aus must b.
removed irom tho state CT czterminatod, br
stale if not by federal force. Confidence. tie,
say, can never be restored, and it is only cues
tim whether the result shall be attained OF
once, or by slow and tedious warfare"
Secretary Schuiz says, with reference to tho
criticisms upon his department., for ALLEGED
neglect Of Agent Meeker's teleRraphic appeal
for relief, that this appeal, although dated
White River Agency, September TO- did not
reach RawliDs until Saturday, September Is,
aud Washington at p. m. Oh that day; and
that it was communicated by the Commissioner
Of Indian Affairs t, the War Department Mon.
day morning, September IS, wheroupon orders
we're Immediately issued fer the movement of
troops to the White River agency.
General Sheridan has become disguised
with the manner in which the Iodiar affairs arc
managed, aud hes ordered The Troops to DISCO, /,
tinuo !hoir pursuit Of Tho lBiisas who COM.
| mitisd tbs recent outsssc st White Rive.
Agency.
CAMP ON WHITE RIVER, three miles polh
| Of tho agency, Colorado. Oot. 18th, via R.Y
lins, ". r., Oct 20.-Ihis afternoon General
Merritt aud c,ulma1l returned to this poiLt,
orders from Washington bti9g to suspend ope
| gatioGs against The Utes God await orders either
st White or Bear River IS negotiations fer
| peace arc 10 progress. Il being understood
| that tbs hostIics have esrccd 10 surrender the
| warriors engaged ia tho recent dcprcdaiiors.
| it :s probable that t!.a combined commacds e!
Merritt sHt Gilbert Mi! remain 10. The present
at his poitt although nothing dcGu.o !.
| known a. to Tho future movements. La even,
| Of peace being established it i: altogether prob
| abia that o permanent military post will IL
| constructed either at Bear River or the agency.
The radicals Of Lyons have put up M. Lou
| Garo au amnestiod Communist for ono of the
! vacant seats in the muniolpsl Couucii.
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political Stat,,sIu Bsaucver.

Correspondence Of the Alcxandria Gazo!tc.l
lEWLETT'S, October l7.-Sirc, my last
communication Il political stuation in this
county has become trirly complex. Doctor
QlislnheTrg, Of Caroline, tho conservative can
dldato fer the Senate, ia now oproscd by
hlesass. Andrew Wiaefcld, radical debt ray.
CT, und Newman, independent rea6iusttr, both
OF Hanover. For the House. we have Wick
ham, radical debt payer. White, independent
debt payer, Witson. som;-conscrvatve read
juscr and RrowD, (coorcd) radical oondl-
script. From present Indications. tao c)atest
will BE- between Wickham aud Brown, for the
lower House. Believing Wickham will &C OF
pcratc With the conservatives in the leg islaturc,
should no be elected, q large majority CT tho
conservatives will vote iIT him, while his
tOrncr rudlcal associations ard other material
til1:rces, 1t is supposed, will secure fer him
largo negro vote. Brown, on tho other hand,
iul, educated and sprightIy man, decidedly
more Intellectual than any of his opponents,
and boldly dellsnt 10 maintaining lis rights.
Living IN tho lower end Of tho c)uniy lie learn,
cd OF court that two of his opponents reported
10 the upper oud Of the county that they had
bought him Cd. and he was no lougera caudi-
date. Lie boldly confronted one or both with bis
witnesses, charging them with circulating this
talsehOCd, uonOunclng aud defyirg them to
deny l.. 1t is thought he will get much the
larger pnrt OF the negro vote, and several Whito
votes.
There WAS table spread 10 one hotel by
candidate where all Of his friends wero invited
to cat and drink. without moocy aud Wihcui
price, save ooe or moro votes from each. la
another room, Equor, By another candidate,
was freely Clsrc1sed on similar coalitions. On
the court green cart load OF provisions was
gtatutousy distributed 10 the colored folks by
Another. While at store. crowds Of tho
sable sons of Toll lavlshly mibibed fire water
Mt the expense Ct ono Of the above parties. -
DR.. Quisc and Billy Brown, the black
man, seemed to your correspondent to dcmeau
themselves with more dignity than is usual with
candidates 10 these days of advanced ldcps
MIR. Grswod, veteran Of other days. opan.
ed the public Speaking fof reimbursement in q
speech which was not crcdi;uble TO his intellect
or beuefca 10 his feeble frame ard ieeblcr
| VOICE. lis was followed by hlr, Iua,cr, Of
Louisa, ayoung MN Of pr0mis3, ph4 delivered
6 heautliu! culoeum OH the iatc Co.. Lewis
n. Coleman. and made sensible, but too
diitua2 nnd lIbcrGd speech, On the deb. qGeS
tian. Ho vas followed b. Mr.. N.wMan, RI.
adlu4tct, "!!ols very poor speaker. aud is
either very iE01raLt or very uGlGir. hlr, Royal,
@! RiUsmalG, cOiid 10 u fow remarks, which
might have Gcen better, Il thy had b2ca
lever
Gee. Johnson ga pivAcu!, DuS ,s4s .iuei! only
once b. the writer, and then he was surrounded
Dy crOSi Ut urprAc6 10 whom he was taking
Tery ear4cs:Iy end tiay I!slcairg very a:tel-
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gaEIs Ghurci, a4iterary Society.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. OCT l6, 1879.


\ meeting with view 10 the organization Of
tbs Falls Church Literary AsS9ciatior vas held
this evening st the house of Joseph 4. Birch.
Upon Dtiug called 10 order. Rev. j. Ii. Waugh
was placed in the chair, J. G. DePutron secre.
tary. George A. L. Mortified explained the
object of the meeting to be to provide for the
literary entertainment of OUT people during tho
coming season, after the manner heretofore
pursued.
On motion Ct J. B. Patterson, the chair was
nuthoriz, sd 10 appoint committee OF three to
suggest list OF officers for the ensuing year,
and The chair appointed Messrs. Patterson,
Merri6cld. and Muran.
After retiring, and consultation together, the
committee returned and submitted the follow.
l1g uomlnati0u<:
President, Rev. J. H. Waugh; Isl vice Pres.
dent, Rev. i. w. Poud; 81 vice President, J.
y. Morap; Secretary aGd Treasurer, j. &. De-
pc;rcr; TX: cltiye Committee, Rev. i i.
;at. u. a. l.. Mc:rltcld, j. j. Mcran, j. B..
Patterson, and Joseph s. Riley; COMMITTED On
MuS!e. ii. {. StoGe, Hiss Carrie Parker, Viii.
bur Birch. Viii Il. Febrey, Miss Anne Coo,
Miss Carrie Pond. ard Samuel H. Barrett.
Ga motion OF Mr. Mcysiield it was decided
thai tic public meetings OF the association be
heis upon "Wednesday evening OF each week,
commnn3lrg upon date 20 Ec edortGd by the
eXrG5t!sa committee.
Rev 4. ". Fond reported tia; tho Us, OF
the CONGREGATIONAL Church VS. 10 tho hepds
81 .ic trustees, bat thought it could ho obtained
itr iio Isl ii :ho pubic meetings OF tho asG0.
ciatian y; '':o expense ii !iia fuel end lighting.
Rev. h. j.. i'iatt stated that the chuTci had so
voted 1t d late business mcctiGS.
Ga motion Of J. J. Morsu thu executive com.
| nlttoa Ware Instructed 10 make au application
| TO the trustees for the use Of tho church, ald
| hscaraln tic probable cost OF fuel aud lights
| Tor the season.
Dir. DcPuiron decliucd 10 aci officially ia
conEtclou with the association if the lectures
we're 10 be entirely free, the association 10 bear
| the entire expenses ~ best they could, and
| argued that some lee Tor admission should be
| charged, no matt9r how amall, simply to re-
Qulre those entertained aud benefited thereby
10 pay the expenses. He thought if tho enter
lalnnlcnls were worth eDjoyiog they were worth
! paying t1r, at least the very nominal expense
that would probably be Incurred.
The opposite was strongly urged thai the lie
tires bad been free fIr years, and VIC should
keep them so for the purpose IF educating ant
Interesting the young people.
Mr. Pond thought it would not 90 to charge
idr tho lectures if they we're delivered in the
Congregational Church, as people would charge
the church Nth money-mskipg operation.
On motion of Rev. j.. B. Plat, tho dcvisine
OF ways ard means TO meet the expenses of tho
public entertainments was left to tho direction
OF the executive committee to report at future
meeting.
The minutes OF the meeting woro then lcat
AID approved.
90 motion tho meeting adjourned suhiect tt
the call of the president.
j. g. DEPUrRoN, Secretary.
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sIEyl1S zig TIE 1Ei-

Il PortIaud, Oregon, dispatch says Geperal
Grant informed reporter that he intended to
20 direct to Gaena from tho Pacific coast He
would remain there short limo before attend.
Ing tho reunion OF the Army OF tho Tennessee
in Chicago. aud would 10 all probability make
Galena his future hcme.
The Exchange mills tt d. D. MauQun, in
East street, between Remington and Delaney,
New \ ok, were destroyed by fire between l
ard clock yesterday morning. The mills,
which gre five stores hlSh, we're full Of grain.
A supposed ioccadiarr fire ss} ppht de-
stroyed large bara AID cutbudi5es b,Ioug-
iog to Charles Leggatt. near Sp:i1gdalo, Ham
iton county, Ohio. Mary valuable tloo1ed
horses were buroed. The famous stallion
Mcnbripo Sisr vas saved. less, $4,000; no
Insurance.
TIC plilccSs Louise embarked % the
steame! Samarilan, ~ Qu,h,c. f,r Enelaud,
Saturday. She vas sc .:,t 10 The dock by q
guard Of honor, Aid ::c frjEata iamourEiUc
preceded tic aies1Cr "a! Il .,o7!. R9;si Ca
lutis were FREQ From & citad2 AID The I.icatc
Asrangcrncn!. AZ hciag lnalc Tor a rua:nu2nia
osiional Methodist agmn m.c;l"G Il O!G o..
chad Beach, 10 .]ul:, 1850, wIici. Is i.yoaos2d
to 90 gathering % al! HE hicijols!s in this
County. ZIG si|. !iSNci~ have iC-n IN
vitcd 20 participate,
Miss Ln}u Gccr.e. si:o -i:at hcrs@,f Two
weeks a. o CUT Ct grict fcr her lever. has recov-
cred sufficiently 10 @ta:, ;or ;cT home !--i.y 81
Bonspartc, lo"a
Up to l1a III To-day nn seq va4,s Il ever
have been Reported a. M.m?l!i~ Jui&r john
ID. Adams iIad !tlS no1GrCg A. O'ciuck. A
very light lrGss. ucrccpiibc ouly in marshy
places HcyOnd the city !ialits, FILL last night
The present quarantine rates will be rigiIy Gu
tJcCd uGtl! official ant0uGcoElcn t is III !dD that
it is safe Tor abscptlCs TO return.
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s-SssGETz.7 %"EEs-S.

he E:ajjustc!s of Norfolk have Dolalaatcu
Wiau Ii. Turner nnI William L. H.! FIR
tho i:ou=e 0: Delegates
Tie torma! opegiuc Ct the B:itio Memorial
Litrsgy bulldog Of l;?luoto College, and the
inauguration Of Professor J. D. Dover az their
Presiden. OF the c,iiege, took place last Friday.
Arthur Remington, lad u years ofage, had
bis leg crushed Oh Friday near Hanover juno
vas admitted to the Richmond, ! a., a!mshouse,
where bis leg was amputatcd. According to
his statement, he has'travel!ed all The uuy from
Omaha.
Hambleton & Co.'S. Balimcra weekly cireu-
lar. says: 10 State Stcariies. Virginia ConsoIs
have been very strong. and on large purchases,
advanced from 59l to &C. The 10 4O'a sympa-
thjz'd with Conso!s and advanced about TWO
p@r cent.
The L;cshurg Washiustouiou says The
House aud Lot, on the corner of King aud
CorcHa! Streets. L2cshurg belonging to thu
estate eli The late d.. Csc. LIE, w3s sula GU
= oGd9y. ior NJ ls3rs. Barrett; and Chichester,
j tust2cs, to L. y. s. Hougl1, FOR $1,000
| Preparations Tor The Yoratowo celebration %
! HaXt Thursday indicate that il vii be HUG.
ious'7 attended. Tie military o.uaanics oil
! NHriG!k ana Portsmouth WiI 10 piCGCut. The
sicaIuer n. Z. Banks end other steamers sill
make 2Xcursiaas !r2ln Norfolk. The g9#r gc.-
sHlS Wi! leave Hampton Roats Ga iucs'ioy Ion
| Y0ktrwa.
lo !h2 United States Uiicuii Court u! Riei.-
iuonG al order was cutcrei Iasi Saturday ia thC
| Petersburg nud Weldon raraad caso !ur ihc
psymcnt, GU the 18Th Cf Nevcmbcr prox,mo
OF the COUPONS # tho first mort gage duo II
the lSt OF January, 1878. with interest thcranr
until the 18th OF November, 1879.
The Charlottesville Chronical Gays The en-
| giuers OF the Charlottesville aud Rapldun Rail
way Company hnvo just completed the survey
| OF this lust proposed route, which. if adopted
will bring the rad into tho town through thu
premises Of DIR. Haacke! and Mr. L. L. Andrew
aud Locale the depot buildings somewhere il
| tbs nclehbCrhoci OF the round house Of the
Chesapeake aud Ohio Company. n variety O
routes have been surveyed. soma Of which ter
nIGRtc III Tho Western part of tho town anC
others IN the eastern end, but which will b.
chosen it Is difficult to conjecture. The COZ
struction Of the road seems to be fixed i.ct
and il il oaid that 10 few days the lec,i;o, wi!
| Ia definitely settled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-20
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
DDC3 - gu SNOW u EN'&
MONDAY EVEN'G.. OCTOBER 20, 1879
We srrc aroused from cur llunbcrs ct 8

W.: srrc aroused from cur sumbcrS tt 8
most unlincly hour this mornog, cot long, nc
suppose, after midnight, by the stirring sounds
o. the drum aud file passing uu2er Cur open
window. Having read, jut before retiring 10
the November number oi tho North Auayl,an
Review, letter, written ny Secretary Stanton
to President Buchanan. Immediately alter the
tifSt hai;ll 81 Manassas, ia which ho says there
will b. li.lo i ANY opposition to lie cllIutc ci
Washington b. tho ColtederatcS and ideas
suggested by that letter hssiug haulted our
d;eans Our Ii hay ard c,ufusad thought.
upon halt awakening, was that the COncdcr.
a:ts hkd never made inc fatal mistake of halt
lug al Manassas, and were on their victorious
march TO the Capital; bu:. rrgainlng full con-
seriousness imtaudst3y, We took in the sur,
roundlnes at once. and realized that primary
election WAS to cccur to day, aud tho noise thar
had awakened US from needed ycpnse was made
for the purrts, Of firing up tho Voters. TIC
aDtthcss bctwccn our sleepy and oar wide
awake thoughts was - ntrStd that i: reached
the degree 81 bath0s, aud we turned over and
luilcd ourselves TO sleep again By tho reflection
that Laws are silent during cIcctiors Is well as
duyirg wars, apd that tho private citizen Of this
lard OF !incriy and iic1dom has no rights q cam
diiatc ii hound to respect.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-20

The tluo history Of tho civil war in this c2nr.
Try IL gradually leaking on. 10 l;tttr by
EiWn NJ. Stanton to President Buchanan, in
May, 1851, AID nov Tor tho first time published
il the North AmericaD Review, MIR. Stanton.
IN rciercncn to the deliberate Gc,ris practiced
upon the Cotfcdcracy with regard to the cvac-
ua!ion Of Fcr5 Sumt:r. says: II haze 90 doubt
that Seward believed that Sumpter would DC
evacuated, as he stated it would he. Int the
war party 1vetru'ed lin With Lincoln. and
no vas forced to eiga up, but could
not eiva up his olh,o. Tins ls n sacrifice no
republican will b, npt TO make" Every un.
biased AID il to!lisont man. at al familiar with
the exiting causes Of The civil war, knows that
it Was tho necessary rtsul: 4 the deliberately
Ioimed plans Of the radicals. who hurried it on
lest com promise should DO effected. But
none arc s. blind az these who will not &C.,
1t appears from what Mr.. Stanton sly5 With
rfglri to the s!roDg attachment entertained
by republicans for tic offices they filled, that
10 that ns we'll IS il their dec,itful p'nctioes
tte3 have NJ. changed much sinoo the date at
which he wrote.
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BALTIMORE, Oct 20-Virgins Is Old -; do
deferred G; do consolidated G27; do "a series
81; past due coupons eS4 Virginia 1O.4Os 81
bid to-day. Cotton frmer middling l0ialri
Flour dull and weak: Howard street and We.-
tern super 25sS5 Is; do Extra G 25aSG Is; do
Family 7s$7 IS; City Mills super 25aS5 Is; do
Extra 6 E5ssG IS; do Family last SO; Bio
brands 5oas7 rs; Pstapsco Family 1926
Whest-southeru lowcr, dull and weak; ives
tern lower and steady at tho decline; southern
red 140al45i do amber l5Osl55; No l Maryln
14:t; No 2 western winter red spot and Oct
148t; Nov 413sl48; Dec 1d9sal4S3. Corn
southern finn western steady; southern white
62h63; do yellow co. western mixed spot snh
GALE. Oats quiet and 1rm; southern 44ai3; we
tern white DADS; do mixed 43a43i; Penua 4ls
As: Rye quiet and nominslly 92.95 Hay trm;
prime to choica Penn and Maryland l5,lG
Coffee strong; Rio cargoes 134al6i Sugar firm
and active A soft s3h9t. Whiskey firm at Ills
ALP,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-20

The November number Of the North Amori'
can Review has been received from its publish.
or, b. Appleton & Co., New Yo;k. lis COM
tsntu art: The Other [3ilo OF the Woman Qaes
lion. by julia Ward Hose. T.. W. IIgslnson,
Lucy Some. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Wen
dell Phillip; Malthusianism. Darwinism and
Pessimism; A Page Ct Political Correspondence
Stanton to Buchanan; Tho Diary of a Public
Man; Tariff Reactions; and Some Recent Works
Ct Fiction. Tho Letters Of Secretary Stanton
to President Buchanan. and tho Diary Of a
Public Man throw much light on the period
immediately preceding and subsequent to the
commencement of Tho civil war in this country.
aud ara peculiarly interesting to those old
enough to remember tho incidents ofthosn esir-
ring times.
The November hnmber Of Potlot's American
Monthly has teen received from its publishers,
John i Potter IL Co.. Philadelphia. Among
ts contents are Japan ard Her Peop!o, and
Shells aud Shell Painting, handsomely llumi-
nated The Tragedy OF 81. jean De AnqoIi;
The New hlinistsr; Suspended Animation,
&c., Sc.
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PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, OCTOBER 20
Sun Tisos........... ID Sun ssts.......... s lG
ARRIVED,

ARRIVED.
Stmp 4 @ knight, Now York, TO + A Rosd
Str Experiment, Phls TO A Reed.
Str Sue Baltimore, to J Broders Il DO.
Str Lady of the Lake, Norfolk, to F a Rood.
Str W Thompson, lower Pot'c to + a Reed.
Str Msttano, lower Porc, TO j Broders s. Co
Sehr Joshua Brugdon, Philadelphia, TO w
a Smo0t
Str lady Of the Lake, Norfolk, by r A KeoG
Str w Thompson, lower Porc. by r. a Reed
Str Sue, Baltimore By Broders i Co.
Schr John Bird, Baltic, by w u Smoo.
Schr Isaac Oberton, BALTIC, by w A Smuol
Schr Ella ii Storcr, Bsltc, by Master.
PASSED UP. ....
Brig n 4 Barnard, (Br) Trinidad, ,ior Wash
llgton, and schrs = Clayton, CriSsio Wright
lrene = Mes.eWey, Cakes Ames Roger Frsrcis,
Ksto McNamara, John Wentworth and Lizzie
Young.
PASSED DOWN
Barkentine Annie Bonner and schr s Nj Bird.
Georgetown, for Baltimore.
MEMORANDA
Schr Annie ' Bergen, hence at n 18Th.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
NEWPORT. Oct! I7.-fhe Lime l,cck light has
been changed from white TO rod by order Of tho
Treasury Department, ard mariner. will do woll
to bear this fact in mind.
Notice is hereby given that q second class can
buoy painted black WAS, on tho 10Th inst. placed
close to and to seward Of tho wreck offthe COAT
Of Maryland, reported by Commander Schley.
U. s. Navy. The wreck ies segen miles SSE OF
1slo of Wight buoy in II fathoms of water. Ono
mast shows about six feet above the water, thu
other broken OLA few feet under the water. II
is 8 very serious danger At night, ss it lies d.
reclly in the track of vessels.
BY order of tho Lighthouse Board second
nj a,v,kn
on Gull Shosl coast Of Mar yIand. Tho Atlantic
House, largest hoto! in Ocean City, Md, bears
N w w magnetic. Fonwichs Island Light
house bears N w magnetic This buoy Is
placed IN four fslhoms Of water ut low tide to
mark the northern and eastern end cf the shoalest
part OF the bank. To tho northwsrd and east.
ward of it there is not lees ihsn four fathoms nj
low water TO the south ward and westward The
water shoals 10 two fathoms at low water within
two miles of the buoy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-20

The Government Inspector Of tobacco OF
Richmond has received aotioo from the Con-
missioner of ln:,raal Reverb, that if he has
been Modelling with polite, SIS reported, his
rcsigDat will &c demanded. The Govern
meut ofiri.ls op this way seem 10 DO delighted
with the civil serve, reform oder, which utns
bur high officials can break with lupunity. and
are sc6ulous in Their otslvaucc CT is rcs,r;o
t;cps
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General Garfield, in the full light Of what he
koows Of the history and Constitution of his
country aud the decisions of the Supreme Court,
says That "his hand shall never grasp any rs
bells hand across any chasm, however small,
unle 5 that rebel shall Acknowledge that the
Cause fer with he fought WIS and forever will
DO the cause Of treason and wrong" and, yet.
the Reverend General is the idol Of the people
Of bis State. But ei'i!,Z!d people 10 past ages
have hal MOT keys aud bulls for their idols,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-20
Mr.. Rodpath, Of John Browo fame, who has
boon missing for some time, is sid to hayo
Joined the negroes 10 Jamaica.
Strikes.

CtNcINHATI, Oct. 20.-Journeymon butte hors
10 Inc number OF ninety, in meeting last night
resolved to strike for reduction OF hours from
10 10 II per day, with extra pay for extra hours
and Sundays.
The striking cabinet makers still hold out and
are making arrangement 10 start cooperative
factory.