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Specie.-The New York Journal of Commerce
of Saturday says: q" The U. S. ship Falmouth,
from Valparaiso, is below, with large amount
of specie on board"
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The New Y ork Evening Star, of Friday, says;
1T is computed that more than halt million
of dollars must be raised tomorrow, beng
quarter-day We hope that landlords will be
indulgent in times like the present"
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The Presidents Drawing rooms will be open
ed on Thursday, tomorrow at ociooA' anu
on the Thursday following, at the same houf'
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ALEXANDRIA:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 5, 1884.
PARTY STATISTICS.

We have already stated that large ConVeh-
ton recently assembled in the State OF olio' d.
which Mr.. Van Buren, was nominated Tor next
President and other party matters and tnlhgs
adjusted. The Columbus Sentinel furnishes d
curious table of statistics as connected with
that Convention II shows who's who and what's
what. Of the members who composed it, there
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Var on the Canal-In obedience to the re-
QUESTION of the Governor of this State, the Presl
dent has ordered two companies of the United
States Troops to the line of the Canal with or
ders promptly to suppress all violent proceed
ings One of the companies from Fort NC
Henry, under the command of Capt Mackey,
fully equipped, with fixed ammunition maya aga
zine &c. passed through this city, via the Rail
road, on Thursday. They are body OF hne
looking men, and excited much admiration,
They arrived at Williamsport yesterday, and
will remain as long as their services are deemed
necessary
Nearly thirty of the rioters were apprehended
in the vicinity of Berlin, and lodged in the jail OF
the county on Thursday last.
On the arrival of the troops from Baltimore IN
the Rail road Cars, we were forcibly impressed
with the great benefit which would result to the
country from railroads in case of an INVASION
For with what ease could several thousand men
be concentrated at one point, without fatigue,
fresh and ready for battle, on their arrival; IN,
stead Of being dragged over muddy roads, and
so much fatigued, when their services are re-
quired, that all the chances of GLORIOUS war"
might Slip whilst they were recruiting.
Frederick Herald
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PUBLIC MEETING.

According to the request understood to be
contained in the foregoing proceedings, and the
with view also to some other subjects, here
by invite a public meeting of the citizens OF
Washington for the desired purposes, in the
Chamber of the Common Council in the City
Hall, on Friday evening next, at O'Clock.
Cry OF WASHINGTON,
Mayors Office, Feb. 8, 1894.
JOHN P. VAN NESS,
Mayor.
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Mr.. Webster gave very significant look at
the Vice President, the other day, when ne nap
pened to speak of the " line of succession. =
Mr. Van Buren, took the hint and smiled.
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Mr.. Poindexter spoke in the Senate the other
day, of the skiHishness of certain leaders OF "'e
party, who get frightened at even resolutions
for enquiry. His remark was just and express
ciVp
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By notice in the Washington papers, yes
terday. we learn of the death of LORENZO Dow
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1t is currently reported, that the Philadelphia
Girard Bank had voted to request the Govern
ment to withdraw the deposites from its vaults.
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PostmasterS Is
Collectors of ports l
Registers and Receivers 3
Lighthouse keepers z
Inspectors
Printers by authority
Superintendents of National Road 9
Bearers of Dispatches (foreign)
Commissioner under the Naples treaty
Governors
Secretary of State
Members of the Legislature %
Canal Fund Commissioners
Agents Of School Lands
Associate Judges and Clerks .
County Auditors .
Sherffs and Assessors
County Surveyors
Total number of O6ice-holders 1O6
Number who hold no office II
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WANTED,

WANTED,
A S an Assistant in Grocery Store, an &C
IA tive Young Man, of good moral habits; one
from the country would be preferred Satisfac-
tory references, as to capacity, &c. will be re-
quired. Address, through the Alexandria post
Office, postage paidl G. P. Y. jan 90
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.Statistics.-The city councils of Baltimore hav-
ing recently called on the board oftrustees OF the
poor of that city, for information touching the
number, character and circumstances OF the in
mates ofthe poor house, received in return
report exceedingly explicit, and, we should
think. satisfactory We make a few extracts:
For the period of one year, the records of the
house show, that of $40 admitted, and born in
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Grand Consolidated Lottery, Class 3 for 1884,
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del February4
prize of $4,000 l prize of $4,000
l do of 5000 | prize Of 5000
10 Capital Prizes Of 81, 000 &C
Tickets $4 90; halves 200; quarters 90.
DRAWS TOMORROW
Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware,
Glass No. for 1884,
To be drawn at Wilmington, Thursday, Feb
CAPITAL PRIZE $4,000.
Tickets 81 90; halves 2 90; quarters 90
Virginia State Lottery,
For the benefit Of the Dismal Scamp Canal Co.
Glass No. for 1884,
To be drawn at the house of Mr. Samuel Cats,
(West End) on Saturday, Feb. 8
SCHEME:
! ID do of 10000 / prize of 5000
20 capital prizes Of $4,000! 60 &c.
Tickets SO; halves $50; qrs. 2 25; eighths II 1-2
To be had in variety of numbers at
j. w. VIOLETT'S
LUCKY LOTTERY OFFICE,
Upper end King Street, near the Diagonal Pump.
rs Orders from the country, enclosing the
cash or prize tickets, promptly attended to.
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This Convention made Congressional Com
mttees. to attend to the affairs Of the party
throughout the state; and the following table
shows who these Committees are composed Of
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Here is pretty display of intemperance, and
it ought to be remarked, that none are entered
on that list who are not steady hands, getting
drunk whenever they can get liquor.
l<,.. I,lc toA1
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Prince William Co., (Ta.) Fec. l.
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soly often times impossible to decide
whether those who present Themselves
are legal voters, but whether they have
already voted or not. This Of itself, Is
one ofihe great sources OF riot and con
fusion at elections in New York. Wo
have haA occasion frequently to witness
the operssion Of this defective Eaode oi
conducting elsctious. Unprincipled vo-
ters will present themselves at the polls
their right to vote being questioned, their
political partizans will espouse their cause,
whether right or wrong. Hence imme-
-diatelv arises disputes aud fisticuffs /: the
scene Of election which ought to be peace
able. and under the protection OF the
laws, immediately becomes the arena oi
violence and bloodshed. and too often
.physical violence Aourishes over tho law,
and tramples its officers in the dust.
The ensuing election in New York, IS
one Of trancendont Importance, because
il Is we'll understood, that If the Wings
prevail, one of the first Legislative acts
will be TO amend the election Laws IN
this particular, and to provide, that every
legal voters name be inserted Oh q c"ecA
list, which is the true regulating Daiahce
wheel ofthe whole machinery. lhe only
test of an electors right, will be in hav-
mo his name inserted on the list when he
comes up to vote. II he is legal voter,
it will be easy enough TO cause his name
20 be placed on the list previously to the
.day Of election. The hustings is no place
TO settle such questions, and the law
ought to be peremptory as to the ,prac-
tice. Let the New York Legislature
correct the procedure, and we shall hear
Of comparatively little violence al Ins G.
.lections in that State. On TINS account
the sympathies OF all friends to good or
dor, will be arrnyed on the side OF the
Whigs.
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COOKING POTATOES.

OF all the good things which mature
produces, through the patient industry o.
farmers, there is nothing which is 80 a.
greeable to the palate US the potatoes, nor
one vegetable so universally esteemed
yet this is so frequently rendered unpal-
atable by the manner of cooking it, iha,
but comparatively few are acquainted
with the real flavor Of this esculent root
Lovers ef raealy potatoes would do well
20 attend to the following method commu-
nicated to us BY lady Of this town,
whereby potatoes year old may be rem
dercd as delicious n new ones boiled in
the common manner. Peel them, put
them into cold water, sad let them remain
two or three hours then boil them ia
water which has been salted observing
that il boils when they are put in pour
OF the water when they aro done, shake
them we'll for q short time, put them ON
the 6re again, and at the expiration Of
ten or fifteen minutes they will be ready
for the table. Lancaster Gaz.
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State Of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations In General assembly, Oct.
session.
An act in amenement Of the act entitled can &C,
in relation to the Supreme Judicial Court
be It enacted by the General Assembly and by
the authority thereof il is enacted, that in case
majority OF the Supreme Judicial Court shall, from
sickness, or other unavoidable cause, be prevented
from attending at any regular term Of said court,
or at any time to which said court may be ad-
Journed, any one justice Of said court shall be,
and hereby is authorized and empowered to hold
such Court, and shall have thu. power and author
ny 10 all ntents and purposes, as majority Of the
Justices Of said Court now have by law. until A.
mother justice Of said court shall attend the same
True copy-witness
HENRY BOWEN, Secretary.
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A CHRISTIAN MERCHANT.

The late Nathaniel X. Coob, oil the
Rapt;st Church, Boston, (who made him
..eIf a Life Director OF the American
Tract Society by doration ofSl75,) ha.
left an example that honors the cause ol
Christ. Learning for profession nc
had not: but he had business talents, Ind
with them he resolved to glorify God.
In November, 1891, at the age oi 20
two years after establishing hlmse't III
tbusines ,, and little more than one year
alter his marriage, he wrote and subscrlb-
ed the following remarkable document,
which may perhaps be termed
HIS PEcUNIARg COVENANT WITH GOD.
"By the grace of God, will never be
worth more than $50, 900.
"By the grace OF God, l will give one
fourth Of the nett profits Of my business
10 charitable and religious uses.
"lfIum ever worth $2O, 200, / will
give one half nv .nett profit; and if am
ever worth $4,000 l will give three
sfourths, snd the whole after $50 ,OOO.-
So help me God, or give to a more faith
sful steward, and set me aside. Nov.I829.
N. r. Cobb"
To this covenant, says the American
Baptist Magazine, be adheared with con-
sc,sutious fidelity. lie distributed the
profits of his business, with an increas ng
ratio, from year to year, till he reached
the point which he had fixed as the limit
of mis- property, and then gave to the cause
of God ali the money which he earned
AT one time finding that his property had
increased beyond $50, 600, he at once
devoted the surplus, 81, 500, as iounda-
.tion for professorship to the Newton
Theological Institution.
On his death bed, he said to a friend,
in allus,on to the resolutions quoted above,
"By the grace Of fGod-nothng else-by
the grace of God, have been enabled,
under the influence Of those resolutions,
to give away more than $40, 600. How
good the Lord has been TO me !"
But Mir. Cobb did not wait till he had
acquired $50, 900 before he began to de-
vote his money to religious uses. 1t was
in 1919 while he was yet young, and
comparatively poor man, recsctly estab.
]ished in business, that he resolves to give
one fourth Of the nett proceed Of his
business to benevolent purposes. II was
then uncertain what would be his success; !;
bat he felt it to be his duty to begin then,
with the resolution to increase the proper
tion if God should prosper him.
There are many christians who taink
that if they could accumulate a certain
sum they would be generous. They say
that they must first make provisions for
themselves and their families, and then
they will distribute their money lber-
oily. Mr.. Cobb did not act thus. He,
from the beginning, gave, large propo-
tion Of his income, and trusted in God
that whatever should be necessary for
himself and his family would be supplied.
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A PROCLAMATION.

BY his Excellency, John Brown Francis,
Governor, Captain General and Com
mander in Chief Of the State
of Rh ode Island and Providence
| Plantations.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the General Assembly Of the
State aforesaid, on the first day of No
vember instant, passed the following Res
olutions, to wit
Resolved, BY this General Assembly,
as well in accordance with our own sense
of duty, as with the usage of our pious
and venerable ancestors, that Thursday,
the twenty seventh day OF November in
slant, be set apart as day Of public and
general Thanksgiving and Praise to Al
mighty God.
And we do hereby recommend 10 our
fellow citizens, that abstaining from all
unnecessary labor and reci cation, they
assemble together on that day, in their
respective places of religious worship, to
'render unto HIM from whom all tenn
poral and spiritual good proceeds, the
tribute Of sincere, grateful and deyout
hearts, for the manif" d Blessings and mer-
cies OF the past year--to thank Him for
the degree OF success which has attended
The labors of industry-for their preserva-
ton from disease and calamily-for the
continued enjoymen,s of their civil and
political Privileges-for all the means of
knowledge and social mprovement-a-
bove all, for the means of grace and the
hope OF honor, glory and Immortality by
the gospel Of His Son--to pray for Tho
increase of piety, charity and good works
for the pardon OF their offences through
the mediation and intercession of our
Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ--for
grace to amend their lives and for the
continuance Of the unmerited goodness
OF God, IN the time which is TO come-tu
imPlore his blessings on all portions of
our beloved country, and on all its inter-
est and lnstitutions-on its legislators
and mngistrates-on the great cause of
education and christianity, which contains
the only promise of continuance TO our
Tree government-to pray that prosperity
may not harden our hearts as a people,
aud thus render US unworthy the Reli-
gious and Political Freedom which we
now ENJOY above other nations-and TO
supPlicate the especial blessing of God,
upon all the efforts Of the friends of Lib
erty and Humanity throughout The world.
Resolved, That his Excellency tho
Governor, be requested to issue his
Proclamation Of these resolutions, that
the same may be duly made known to tho
people of this State, and that they may
be requested to conform thereto.
DO therefore, pursuant to the above
rected Resolutions, issue this my Proc
|amation, to make known the same, that
The good people Of this State may con-
orm thereto.
Given under my hand, and the seal of
said State, at Providence, this fourth
lay of November, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty y-iour, and Of our Independence the
iity-ninth.
JOHN BROWN FRANCIS.
BY his Excellcncy's command
HENRY BOWEN, Sec'ry.
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| Al respectable meeting Of the Work
ingmen of Swanzey holden at Gray's Inn,
pursuant to a previous notice, the follow.
ing measures were taken with special
reference to the approaching election
Resolved, Thet we approve OF the
WorkingmeD's nominations for Governor
and Lieut.. Governor, and will use al
fair and honorable means to secure their
election. Elisha Kingsly and Joseph +.
Chace were selected as suitable persons
to represent them in our next Legisla-
tuae. DR.. J. w. Winslow and B. IL
Chuce were chosen delegates to attend
the Workingmen's convention at Taun-
ton. After adopting such other meas
ures as were thought expedient to further
the objects above specified the meeting
adjourned until Saturday next.
b. ii. CHACE, Sec'ry.
MoUNr VEsUIvIUs. The most affect
ing details Of recent eruption Of Mount
Vesuvius have reached US. In former
account we stated that IN August an e.
ruption had taken place, which on the
evening Of the 25th began to subside.-
On the 27th, 2sth, and 2eth, new craters
opened, and produced ravages awful to
contemplate. Thousands of families
were flying from their native land, old and
young, dragging through heavy masses of
heated cinders. Fifteen ,hundred hous-
es, palaces, and other buildings, and $500
acres ofcuI,ivated land, have been de-
stroyeG by the FIRE. The village Of St.
Felix had already been abandoned. The
lava soon poured upon this place, and in
the course Of an hour, houses, churche s,
and palaces, were all destroyed. -Four
villages, some dctachd houses, country
villas, vines, beautiful groves and gardens,
which few instants before presented
magnificent spectacle, now resembled
sea of fire. On the 3lst Aug. nothing
but stones and cinders we're elected, and
every prospect existed of the eruption be-
ing soon at close. The palace of the
Prince of Auayauno, and 500 acres of
his land, are utterly destroyed. The Gin
ders fell during an entire nj ight over Ma
pies, and if the lava had taken that direct
ion, there would have been an end TO that
city.
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Capt Coody Of Norfolk hns been ap-
pointed to the command of the Reyene
Gutter Vigilant, from which Capt. Ca
hoon rctires in consequence Of his mfr
mites and advanced age.
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The Catholic Church in New Haven,
Con. was broken open on Tue sday night,
and it's altar robbed Of the consecrated
Silver Chalice, and stripped of the Cru
cihxcs which were placed1hereon.
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Apretty ."ssable Iyaht.-Phillip Gus
ack' an infant Of Balinakell, only eighteen
months old, weighs ia!
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DEATH OF DON PEDRo.-The Boston
Daily Advertiser Of Wednesday says,
"Capt Harlow, Of brig Falco, arrived
last night from St Ubes, reports that
Don Pedro died Sept 25th."
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Notwithstanding the above gentlemen
have publickly renounced and abandoned
all connexion with the masonic institution.
it comes far short Of sui,ing the antima-
sonic editor Of the Boston Advocate
What does tho man want . Is he not
satisfied with the lodges given up their
charters, and the members renoancing all
connexion with the institution forever p
What more can he reasonably ask /. We
suppose he would like to have them bend
the knee at his nod and obey his calling.
A man, according to his creed, must not
only renonnce masonry, hut he must be
a political antimason, otherwise he is not
received into full connexion with the anti
masonic party and his remuneration is
looked upon as being got up merely for
political effect. The mans to be pitied.
The WETHERsFIELD LADlEs.-The
Hartford Review, on the authority of a
Wcthersfield gentleman, states the follow
instance OF the industry and activity ofthe
ladies' Of that place:
"a few days since, two young ladies Of
this town put up seven hundred lunches O,
onions in ono day. One hundred and
fifty is an ordinary days work for fe-
male"
The Editor Of the Liverpool pa. IMer-
curry, anxious to tqudate his outstanding
accounts, has issued the following procla-
nation 10 his subscribers.
"All kinds of country produce, from
eggs to poultry--from saplings to big logs,
from wheat to Luckwheat (including corn,
rye, onions and potatoes) ms we'll as fryina
pans, WOOD, and corned eels-with ey.
cry other article Of household furniture,
such rs grindstones,1 SC. together with
any quantity Of the yellow stuff" no,
even excepting " OK iNick's) Rags"
will be received in Advance for any debts
which may hereafter be found due at this
office.
N. b. We mus, have wood and wheat
any how. Impy says he poni freeze and
rvbby declares we sham starvc.
=. S. Our advertisement for oats is o
'mcre matter Of speculation. The mare
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ION were therefore, with these exceptions
particularly uninteresting.
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is sold 10 buy bread for us and she and
oats will soon be high"
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A writer in the Quebec Gazette, pro-
poses the construction Of rail road from
Quebec, Canada, to Portland. Maine, a
distance Of about 200 miles.
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Lieutenant Blanchard, OF the u. s.
Navy, and Mr. o. Sullivan, a law stu
dent, are the persons who were prevent
ed recently from fighting duel near
Bladensburgh.
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From the Ne,p Bedford .Mercuy.u.

The undersigned members of the Ma.
sonic Fraternity, residing in New Bed.
ford and Fairhaven, believe that Institu.
ton to be of no further value to those as.
sociated in it, and that just regard to
the best interests of the community re-
qulres its REIMBURSEMENT. They, there
fore, do hereby renounce and abandon al
connexiou with it, forever.
They at the same time, feel it to be
their duty to declare that, SO far as their
own experience extends, there Is nothing
in the character of the Institution to JUS
tify the fears entertained with regard to
it by portion Of the community.
New Bedford, Oct. 10, 1884.
S. Merrihew, ID. Mack,
JOS. Grinnell, kRobert Gibbs,
G. II. Warren, George 4. Barker,
A. d. Richmond, Silvanus Ames,
Timothy l. Dyre,. Chas. Coggeshall,
Zach. Hillman, Rich'd. A. Palmer,
/. II. Bartlett, VIM. Le'B. Gibbs,
Lem'l. Kollock, Zacchus Cushman,
Il. X. Crocker, Joseph Rowland,
John Baylies, Isaac Manchester,
Jshn Bryant, Peleg Butts,
James Trip, VIM. ii. Allen.
Enoch Horton.
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HENRY BOWEN, Secretary

The Hon. N. r. KNIGHT, Senator in
Congress from this State, left Providence
on Wednesday last, for Washington.