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Washington, June Z, 1884.


Mr.. SUTHERLAND OF PENNSYLVANlA.
had often heard this gentleman most favor
bly, spoken Of and felt anxious to hear him
speak on the floor of the House of Representa-
tives-and, in this. was fully gratifed to-day.
The subject of debate was upon bill for the
relief of the City of Washington, in which ma
ny members took an active part particularly
Mr.. Mercer, of Virginia, who was most I'M
pressive and perspcuous, although forced INTO
the debate without preparation: then came Mr.
Sutherland-and better speech have seldom
listened to before:-his views of the subject were
truly noble and enlarged; and he displayed q
strength and compass of thought, clearness
of conception, a vigor of mind, and manner
so truly feictous, that it could not fail to excite
the best, the Hottest, and the most ennobling
feelings Of the soul.
Were to Judge of the strength OF the House,
from what heard yesterday and to-day in de-
bate, should say, that it has never been surPass:
ed; and, most assuredly, the people of the Dis
trict owe debt of gratitude to the Committee
on the District which they can never repay: yet
trust that they will, at least endeavor to me-
rit the maxim, "Bonis quod benefit, baud pc
rit. AUDITOR
B,y,p
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NOTICE..
CANAL OFFICE,

CANAL UFFICE,
Alexandria, l1h april, 1884. !
NOTICE IS hereby given to the Stockhold
IN ers in the Alexandria Canal Company,
That an instalment oftw dollars per share is
required to be paid on or before the 18th day of
May next; and a further instalment of two dol
lars per share on or before the 18th day of June
next. BY order of the Board:
JOHN H. CREASE, Clerk.
apr 12-eo3t;S 10, I'm ;&8 lO12Ju
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SIX CENTS REWARD.

SIX CENTS REWARD.
ID ANYWAY from the subscriber, on the 3lst
II ultimo, THOMAS BARLEY an indented
apprentice to the Coopering business, about 10
years Of age 5 feet7 or inches high, and light
complexion. The above reward will be gwen
on delivery, but no expenses paid. Masters of
vessels and all others are forewarned from har-
boring or employing said apprentice, as the law
will be put in force against all offending ,c,,,
;une T-3t GEORGE McCLEISH.
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GOODS! GOODSM GOODS!M

WASHINGTON 7. HARPER
HAS received this day, and is now opening,
IL Il the following articles, which. with his previ-
Gus receipts this Spring, makes his assortment
very general-all of which he will sell, by the
piece or yard, unusually low:
Black Gro de Rhine, super black silk
Do Italian Lustring
Do Gro de Swiss
Do Gro de Nap
Plain and fg'd Silks, very handsome
Black and blue black French and English
BombaZnes
White black, pink, blue, and straw-colored
Italian Grapes
Cd black ditto, for Wells
Hat do
SO dozen Ladies and Gentlemen's super
and common Kid Gloves
10 do Gentlemen's super English Silk do
Berlin Thread and Cotton do
Is doz handsome Fancy Handkerchief
Pongees
Green and white Blond Wells
White and black Silk Hose
Black and colored Summer Cloths
Brown and white Drillings
French Linens and Hollands
Quilted Marseilles Nesting
Corded Skirts
Bronze and Palm Fans
Black and colored Ginghams and Muslins
100 pieces Cacoes, all prices
so do colored Domestics, Penitentiary
and other
cases Bleached Shrtings
Several bales Ga, 5-4, A, and "a Brown
Domestics
Cotton Osnaburgs
Checks and Bed Tick
Burlaps, No. l, g 8 and Osnaburgs
Ticklenburgs Canvass
$50 pounds Sewing Cotton
200 do Spool Cotton, first rate
Pins and Threads
With variety of Stripes for Boys, &c. &c.
Which he would invite his friends and the
public to call and see. june 7-eo3t
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AUCTION SALES.
BY WILLIAM d. MUTT.
RIGGING. &c. AT AUCTION

RIGGING, &c. AT AUCTION.
WILL be sold at my Auction Store on Wed
w nesday the 18th instant at o'clock,
Schooner's Mainsail, Foresail, and Jib. with all
her Standing and Running Rigging, Cambouse,
two Anchors, Blocks, sc.
June 10-2t VIM. D. MUTT Auct.
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BUENOS AYRES HIDES. &c.

BUENOS A7RES HIDES, &c.
NOR sale, 230 OK Hides, of superior quality.
h For Rent, till May next, spacious and
very desirable DWELLING, with out houses
and superior Fruit Garden Of fine promise,
south of my residence.
Wanted an elderly Female SERVANT,
white or colored Of strictly moral character
and free of encumbrance. Apply to
SAM'L B. LARMOUR,
At the Warehouse OF Sam'l. B. Larmour e. Co.
iune
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PUBLIC NOTICE.

MIR. MILLS, the celebrated Eronaut, whose
lvl ascensions in the larger cities Of the Unit
ed States have excited such universal attention,
has consented to afford the citizens of the Dis
trct Of Columbia an opportunity of Witnessing
this grand and imposing spectacle, provided suf-
ficient inducement is offered to remunerate him
for the expenses attendant upon the same.
The undersigned has therefore thought pro-
per to offer a subscription paper to the citizens,
for the purpose of enabling him to crafty the
public curiosity The ascent to take place from
Analostan Island, generally known as Mason's
Island. sDue notice will be given Of the day OF
ascension.
Subscription papers left at all the principal
Hotels, and at the Alexandria Reading Room,
ED'W. M. LAUB.
Analostan Gardens, May 7, 1884.
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Naral-The U. S. Ship Brandy,oine, Capt.
Deacon, bound to Rio de Janero and the Pa
ciic, went to see from Hampton Roads on
Monday last.
So says the Norfold Herald of Wednesday
last At one time it was supposed she was
waiting to drop Mr.. Speaker Stevenson, as Min
lister to England, at Cowes; but the Senate was
perhaps deemed dlatory, if not uncertain
~ Y Amer.
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ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, JR.
4TrTORNEY AT LAZY.

TWILL practice in the Superior and Inferior
wv Courts of Fairfax and Loudoun Counties,
and in the Superior and Quarterly Courts of
Prince William. His Office is a front room in
the Hutel of William D, Wilcoxson, at Fairfax
Court House june 9-1m
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FISH WHARF.

FISH WHARF.
SEALED Proposals will be received at my
- house on Payne street, until Saturday next
at IL O'Clock, FOR RENTING THE FISH
WHARF the remainder of the year, ending on
the first day of March next. Good security will
be required for the payment of the rent; and in
case Of failure to comply with the terms, the
premises will be let to the next highest bidder.
iune lO-tl4th VIM. VEITCH, S. p.
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We learn that Mr.. P. Butler and Miss Fanny
Kemble, were this morning married in Christ
Church, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop White.
Phil Com. Int.
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Saturday, Jnne 2

The Races-The great contest between the
North and South, over the Union Course, came
off Yesterday; and was won, without an effort,
by the favorite of the South and of the nation,
Col. Johnson's Trihe. In announcing this re-
suit il is due to Shark and Alice Grey to say,
that neither of them were in order But as it is,
the South are victorious. and should pride them
selves upon possessing such nag as Trife.
The horses were placed as follows;
Tri1e
Shark
Alice Grey
1ime-lst Heat I'm. SIS. I'd Heat 8m. Is
More than ffty thousand persons were on the
course, and, we are happy TO record, great
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THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE,

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE,
YNHAT the subscriber, Of Alexandria Coun-
Il ty in the District Of Columbia, has obtain
ed from the Orphans Court Of said County let
tiers testamentary on the estate ofJonah Thomp
son. late of the County aforesaid, deceased
All persons having claims against said dece.
dent are hereby warned to present them to the
or before the I'd day Of May, 1885; and those
indebted thereto required to make imme-
date payment. Given under my hand this 2d
day of May, 1884.
ISRAEL P. THOMPSON,
may 2-2aw6w Ex'r of Jonah Thompson.
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MUSIC AND SINGING.

MUSIC AND SINGING.
pENJAMIN REISS, late of Cassell, Germa--
ID ny, Professor of Music, has the honor Of
informing the citizens Of Alexandria that he will
give LESSONS on the PIANO and in SING
ING, as soon as a sufficient number Of scholars
obtained, twice week-Wednesdays and
Saturdays. He is now teaching in Washing
ton, where all communications to him may be
addressed may 29-eo6t
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LOST.

Luz
4 BREAST PIN, containing a single Dia-
IA mond Of large size for the recovery or
which ten dollars will be paid by the owner,
whose name is engraved on the back.
iune q-3t
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NEW GOODS.
A LOCKWOOD has just received the fol.
IA. lowing NEW e. DESIRABLE GOODS,
viz: Superior Painted MusIins; Extracted and
other Ginghams; Lace; Fancy Handkerchief,
in variety; Green and White Blonde Wells;
White Satin Ribbons; best Hoskn Gloves; I'm
perial Summer Cloth; A Brown Linens; pieces
Scarlet and Flag Silk Handkerchiefs; Fans,
&c. &C. &c. june 7-eo3t
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WHISKEY IN BARRELS.

'
EIRST Second, Third, and Fourth Proof
II WHISKEY, received by the Canal from
Washington County, Maryland, for sale at the
Warehouse Of the subscriber, near Georgetown
Ferry. J. MASON, Jr.
Georgetown, June 10-eo2w
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The Mystery .Solred.-The article under our
Postscript of yesterday, we now have it in our
power to explain.
The cutter Post Boy, Capt. Toogood, whose
arrival we mentioned yesterday, is owned by
the great English Bankers, the Rothscbilds, VINO
have sent out in her One Million OF Dollars in
specie 1t is not our province to say more, than
that it is consigned to different mercantile hous
es and that it is not intended for any other pur-
pose than regular mercantile operations-op-
erations, growing out of the policy of our Elk.
ecutive, in his hostile career against the general
interests of the community. But the millions
upon millions which have persisted IN the Erpe,
riment operate through the ballot boxes and
,ere long the PEOPLE will repossess, as they ought
TO- the reins of governmental Y. Gaz.
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Hop to dispense meetiag!-At town meet
inc in Salem, Mass last week, to hear, discuss,
and act upon the financial report ofthe COM
mittee for the last year. out of a population of
some II, 1000, from thirty to fifty citizens assem-
bed AT this meeting a list of the jurors, pre-
pared by the selectmen, was read by the town
clerk, which dispersed the conclave like the
reading of the Riot Act!-N y Com
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Schooner Alexandria, Brittin, cleared at New
Y ork for this port 18th.
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Death By Greenwich Stage.-This morning,
very fine lad of about nine years old, son of
Mr. Smith, of Charlton street, as we understand,
was run over, in Hudson street. near Canal, and
instantly killed, by one Of Asa Halls line of
Greenwich stages. The boy had been, as is
frequently the case, improperly riding behind
stage came up, at a rapid pace and before the
horses could be refined in, passed over him.
~ Y Amer
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% SHIP NEWS. -
PORT OF ALEXANDRA, ID. c.

ARRIVED JUNE 9,
Steamboat Fredericksburg, Jenkins, Balt-
more; freight and passengers for the District.
Steamboat Columbia, Mitchell, Norfolk, and
sailed for Baltimore.
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STRAWBERRY BOWLS, &c.
DLUE, Brown and Purple Strawberry Bowls
I'D a beautiful and cheap article.
India China Deep Desert Plates, Pink and
PenciIed patterns, very cheap
mo 2 ROB'T II. MILLER
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FloUR.-At the close of last week and yester-
day the wagon price of Flour was $4 so. No
sales from stores yesterday. $4 so offered free
ly: $4 Sd a 81 62 l-2 asked.
Export for the week ending 9TH instant, 1915
bbls; s21 foreign, 694 coastwise.
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NOTICE.
TEHHE subscriber desires to settle up his bust
IL ness, and, to enable him to do so, requests
all persons indebted to him to ray their &C
counts. Further indulgence cannot be granted
after the 10th instant, at which time he will place
all unsettled accounts in the hands of collector
He will sell his stock of DRY GOODS on hand
loao. GEO 7. WISE.
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SS1ss1s *:
IMPORTANT FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
The !" Test oath" annulled.

Yesterday evenings Southern mail brings us
the intelligence that the Court of Appeals of
South Carolina has declared what is called the
Test Oath," in that State, to be unconstitu-
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WHITE LEAD.
OAA Kegs Pure White Lead, Lewis brand,
%OO for sale by
June 6 W. H. MILLER.
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ALEXANDRIA FREE SCHOOL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
Some remarks were published, a little while
ago, in the Gazette, respecting the Free School
for Bows. | had hoped to have seen the subject
more fully discussed.-But as no one mas aP
peared to take an interest in the matter proper
toned 10 its importance, ! must beg leave 10
sneak out again: and if | knew how 10 do so e.
fectually without the aid of your puper, woue
not trouble you at this time, when so many lW,
portant public documents require to be spreau
before your readers.
| am informed that the Legacy OF Washing
ton is lost, and | do not know that we have any
other to depend upon. 1t is said, also, that oouh.
Gil have no funds to spare for this obJect, tbeh
other expenses absorbing all the taxes and rents
They, of course, can only expend what 'nen
fellow citizens entrust to them; and ! nave NJ
doubt they discharge their unreWarded anu
responsible duties with faithfulness. ana a desne
to promote the best interests of their feIlow-c"'
Zens.
What is to be done7 That We greatly neec
such a School, and that We ought, II posslot,w
have one, is, | believe, disputed by no man. o"
how to come at the matter is the dltncuny.m
Who will take the Iead7 You, Mr.. Editor, nav.
pIcdg ed yourself to yoke in with the IotmOS,
in the business. But who of all our benevo.t Nv
citizens will 90 foremost? do not cover we
honor. even if | could be vain enough TO um~
myself competent to the task. My mou'e !"
calling public attention to this subject, IS guy
to excite some one who is competent TO ua1ei =
take it. And | am authorised to say, NAV.
is judged expedient to begin the School d. YIN
public expense, or if any individuals VIII o.s"
it, and furnish the room and the fixtures, ~
requisite, a gentleman Of some leisure VIII e'''
the School gratis for six months.
Congress is now in srssion-and It IS thous"ff
by some, that they will grant US the means = !" y
educating the poor Of the town. nave ~
doubt they ought to do it; and perhaps, upTT.
proper application, they would. Who VIII mar
that application, and give their attenoane.
urge il upon the Committee on the District,
Have our Council appointed persons iol ur.
purpose-or will they do so? Please to ansN ,hs
somebody that knows And if you rePiiy lh .mI
positive. we are content-we shall be thankIor
and shall say no more. But if there is no Ir
swer, or q negative one, then il is respecuun!
submitted to the Mayor to call a town Eneeuns'
for the purpose of appointing a judlclous 0o"'
mittee for that purpose. l.,
Mr.. Editor, have done. have done my Wv Nv
ty-urged by many of my fellow-cihzens, anu
NV own feelings; and, | may add, intuencea
only by a desire for the prosperity and honor"
our town. An ALEXANDRIA,
Alexandria, On. c. Dec. 8, 1884.
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show the progress already made in this work IN
der the law of 1892, and its connexion with the
nrogress made in the same in the year 1916.
The situation ofthe base line on the south side
of Long Island, has been most fortunately Sc
iected; as any error in this line would be attend
ed with corresponding errors in the whole WORK
depending upon the same, the utmost care mas
been taken to have it measured WIN the great
est possible accuracy.
From what has been done in this survey, we
NAV reasonably hope that this important work
will advance with all the aid which science, skill,
and industry can give it, and in a manner as no
norable to the Government, under whose auspi-
ces it was begun, and has been continued, as IL
will be useful to the present and 10 future ayes.
The information wanted for accurate and de-
tailed estimates of the necessary approprlauons
for the continuance of the coast surveys, cannon
easily be obtained until further experience
/ shall enable the officers engaged ln II 10 inIo-
duce more system in the detail OF duties AND ex-
penditure i'm their work than they have hereto
fore been able to do.
The sum Of thirty thousand dollars was ap.
propriated for this purpose the past year, ana IL
is believed that an equal sum viii be wanted Ior
the ensuing wear, as stated in The estimates.
Under the act of the 30th of Nune last, "au-
tborizinp the Secretary of the Navy to make ex.
periments for the safety OF The steam engine,
Dreparations have been made for testing certaih
proposed improvements IN steam boilers; ouln o
such experiments have been exhibited or com
municated to this department, that could proper
" form the subject of a report.
Since the last annual report from this depart
ment, the Legislature OF Pennsylvania have, by
their act of the 10th day of April last, ceded 10
the United States the jurisdiction over the tern,
tory now in their possession in the county OF
Philadelphia, and occupied for the purpose OF a
naval asylum for sick and disabled seamen, so
long as the same shall be used by the Govern
ment ofthe United States for that purpose, with
a reservation Of the right to lay out a certain
street called Sutherland Avenue. through the
western part Of said ceded territory; and with a
proviso that all process. civil and criminal OF
the commonwealth OF Pecnsylvania shall extend
into and be effected within, such territory.
The necessary references to papers and docu
ments connected with this report, will be found in
a schedule hercunto annexed.
have the honor TO be,
With great respect,
Your ob't humble servt.
MAHLON DICKERSON.
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N CONVENTION.


TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
BALTIMORE, Dec. s, 1884.
The Convention will be a very large and re.
spectacle one, as, already, the Delegates from
Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and
the District of Columbia, are in pretty general
attendance. The Hon. Mr.. HoRsEY, of Nd,
was to-day called to the chair, and a committee
appointed to select and recommend permanen,
officers for the Convention. The following gen.
tlemen were appointed by the chair to compose
the Committee:
PENNSYLVANIA. VIRGINIA.
Hon. Mr.. Coulter, Hon. Mr.. Mercer,
Mr.. Irwin, Gen. Boyd.
Mr.. Dunlap. MIR. Wilson.
MARYLAND. Ono.
Mr.. McCuIloch, Mr.. Whittlesey,
Mr.. Sprigg, John Davenport,
Judge Kilgour. Jacob S. Schriver.
BALTIMORE CITY. DIsTRIcT OF CoLraBL.
J. P. Kennedy, Richard S. Cox,
Joseph Todhunter, Clement Smith,
J. |. Cohen, Jr. Bernard Hooe.
The meeting then adjourned, to meet again
Tomorrow at 4 o'clock.
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Captain Sloan, of the brig Ann, at New York
on Saturday, from Mocha, reports that all III.
ports on the Arabian side Of the Red Sea wer.
blockaded by the Egyptian Squadron, and that
an expedition was about setting out from Judah
for the purpose of conquering the country Of
Yeman. In consequence Of this state of affairs
all business was at Il stand.
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ALEXANDRIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, deer n TO-,

To THE VOTERS OF FAIRFAx:-We unders,.-,
that the Van Buren, system of secret iDs,,.'
lions has penetrated your county, and ~,
a paper is now in circulation, ostensib,v
gainst the Bank of the United States H..
in reality, TO instruct your Delegate to aid i, ~
immolation of Benjamin Watkins Leigh ,,S
shrine of Van Buren-ism. Mr.. Ball has ls0, ~
county, and is now in Richmond. Is the Cow
about to be pursued fair or proper2 We mn, :,
to your Virginia feelings and principles IL ~
movement what it ought to be? Answer
Indignantly refusing to lend yourselves 10 II.
use TO which they seek to put you.
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What is called the TEST OATH" has be-,
passed in the South Carolina House of Ren,.
sentatives by a vote Of 90 to 2s. The day o,
which it passed was one of much interest, and
the votes were taken amidst the most profound
silence. Several members distinguished them.
selves by able speeches on the occasion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-12-10

The author of "Guy Rivers" who has alrea.
dy so honorably contributed to Carolinian lis.
nature, is engaged in the preparation of a new
work Of fiction, in two volumes, to be entitled
"The Yemassee, a Romance of Carolina" 1,
will, as its name imports, be an Indian Tale,
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JAMES S. GUNNELL NJ. ID.
DENTIST

ID ESPECTFCLLY informs the citizens and
IL visitors of Alexandria that he may be con-
suited at Mr.. A.. NewtOn's Hotel on the third
Wednesday in every month, from 9 O'Clock
A. M. until q p. NJ. All letters addressed to DIR.
c.. at his Office, between the United States,
Bank and the Presidents House, Washington
City, or left at Mr.. Newton's Hotel, Alexandria,
will be punctually attended to.
ian
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The weather in the ST. Lawrence, about a
fortnight ago, was cold and stormy; and among
the disasters to vessels was the loss of the lnti,
tea ship VIM. Mooney, OF 1874 tons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-12-10

Mr.. Littleton Dennis TeackIe, of MarvI,r,
has issued a plan for the establishment of acn,
rency for the country, which, he says, has y,
ceived the appreciation Of Gen. Jackson! Mn,
of this hereafter.