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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-14

STEADY.
THE MEAT MARKEL.-The New York World
of Yesterday notes quite panic in The meat
market Of that city in consequence Of decline
in prices. 1t has dispatch from Buffalo, which
alleges that "the Western drovers who have
been holding large quantities, are heavylosers."
The World adds:
ssThe extraordinary decline in pork and hog
products during the past month resulted on
Monday in the failure of one large operator and
one or two small fry The decline in mess
pork has been from $36 to S24 %; prime lard
from 194 cents to l44 cents per lb.i picked hams
from l2i cents to 7! cents per h.; and so on
Bee declined on Monday equal to one cent a
pound to the consumer, making about three CENTS
in the past month. And the lowest prices above
quoted are still high Inthe second year Of the
war pork sold at So per barrel. 5pecu lators
must stand from under
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I. yslfsIEAl.ExANDRIAAND FREDERICKSBURG R. R..
I've arei informed thata the contractors on
:sae Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad,
.; y the exception of the frmsof Mason and
Oonnson, on the third section, have suspended
- ssEE<&H .stas aaawagL
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oc lG-lm] Gate Of the firm OF Henderson Bros
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TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF TRAVEL
Owing to- the loosening Of one or twoof the
9 braces in the railroad bridge over the Potomac,
9 discovered after the passage Of the one o'clock
up train yesterday evening, the running Of the
and Alexandria railroad cars was
stopped, but will be resumed, it is supposed,
tonight, by which time, it thought, the ne
q cessary repairs can be completed.
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A y CTION GALES

SALE OF LH%D -
~ FAIRFAX COUNTY.-Pursuaa gn,, it,
cree Of the Circuit Court Of FairfaH e-.tnl.. g.
the Case Of St. Clair vs7-t't. Clair Tcnd=@" - -
June term, 1859, and one o:her decree o. H..
Court Cow in said cause, rendered at the june t:i'
1906, Of said Court, the undersigned "..!n
sioner, therein named viii, on Inc ila i.
Of NOFEMBER, 1866 Court day in i...a' TO-.
the Court House OF said county, sell, T.. ~
highest bidder, desirable TRACT Or ia y =.
in Fairfax county, lying near the Great Fad al
the Potomac, adjoing the lands OF John Turner
aAd Others, and containing 100 ACRES. Th.
land is Of good quality, in pleasant neIyhb"r-
and the improvements good.
Terms of Sale as prescribed hy the uonn
One tenth Of the purchase money in hn"j 3D..
the day oi sale the residue in fire" "T~:a Co.
stnlmcnts At six twelve and ciGht.2m m.'.o.
from the day Of sale, the deferred PAY 49,. l..
bear interest; the purch ser to give bond ""'
good per onnl security, and the title to 81 Sd.
tanned until the purchase money is PAID.
THOS. MOORE, Conan g.
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New York, November 10 Gold, 1863.
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The mark ct remains without material change
Flour is steady, but Wheat is less firm, though
there is no actual change in quotations. Corn i
steady
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

A SEVENTEEN Hours SPEEcH.-Refer.
ence was made lately to a speech of sew
enteen hours duration, made by Leon
ard Mcclure, member of the Vancou.
yer Legislature. The speech, it seems,
was made to defeat an obnoxious meas
ure in regard to some lands which the
Governor had planned to force through
the House of Assembly on the last day
before certain date. 1t was not deemed
prudent to push the matter sooner, and
delay would be fatal. Two members,
Mcclure and De Comos, determined to
defeat the measure in the only way pos
sible, by talking it down. The incident
is thus described by local paper;
On the House being opened, Mr.. Nc
Clure rose TO his feet, the time being
noon, and kept the floor till five o'clock
next morning. For seventeen hours he
continued to speak, while every effort
was made by the purchased majority to
put him down and tire him out. With
a merciless unanimity they refused to
allow him to lean against the table, to
put foot upon chair for a moment to
relieve himself from the irksomeness of
his position by resting his hand upon
anything, or to speak, in short, in any
other than a rigidly erect and unsup-
ported attitude. During the whole of
the time they relieved each other at in
tervals, going out and procuring refresh
ments as they needed, and always hay-
ing a quorum in the House.
When Mcclure sank exhausted in his
seat as the light of another morning
was stealing into the window of the AS
sembly House, De Comos rose and for
the remaining seven hours OF the twenty.
four talked against time. On rising,
amid the groans and Kisses OF the dis.
gusted and infuriated majority, he ex-
claimed, with more force than refine.
ment, that it was useless for honorable
members to evince their malice in that
manner, for he had got up with the de-
termination to talk, If necessary, until
the angel Gabriel sounded the last trum-
pet. His powers Of endurance were not
quite so severely tested, but the end was
achieved, and when the clock struck
twelve the worn and wearied champion
of honesty looked round with pardona.
BILE exultation upon the blank faces of
bought and beaten Assembly.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

FIRE.-About half-past Ave o'clock last
evening the quietude of our village was
disturbed by the ever. dreaded cry of
"hre," and In few minutes people were
hurrying to and fro, flremen were on the
alert and the fire-engines and hook and
ladder truck were en- route for the scene
OF what was feared would prove dis
astrous conflagration. The fire proved
to be in new building in rear of Cram
ton q Nichols block, occupied by t. s.
Gilson as work shop in the upholstery
business. Upon an examination of the
premises it was discovered that a lot of
Excelsior" an article used in stufling
mattresses had become ignited, and ow-
Ing to its combustible nature, had II not
been discovered soon after 1t commenced
to burn, must have resulted in laying a
large portion of Merchants Row in
ashes. Various rumors were current in
Tue street last evening as to the cause of
the flre, but Of the real facts in the case,
or the amount of loss sustained, we are
not as yet informed.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27
Christmas.

Christmas Gshers in the commence
ment OF annual holidays, which we Gel
ebrate as time-honored custom. It is
a day replete with pleasant memories
and happy nspirations-not only by rea
son of the event it commentaries, but
because the incidental associations are
those which commend themselves to the
Joyous, bright side of life's picture. The
day is welcome alike to the young, the
mature and the aged. To the yound it
is the inaugural of happy ceremonies
and pleasant pastimes-to the mature it
is the delightful reminescense of boy
hood-to the aged it is the combination
of both-the essential principle of each
and every sentiment united in one.
The origin Of the festival OF Christ
mas is attributed to Pope Telesphorus,
who died A. d. 1873, and was at first eel
ebrated in the months of April and May.
In the fourth century Pope Julius 1. or
dered an investigation to be made con-
corning the day of Christ's nativity, and
the theologians to whom the matter was
referred united in agreement, fixing the
day upon the 25th day of December
This day was chosen as sort of COM
promise; for it is certain that the ar
chives of Rome were not always authen-
tic. However, the decision was uni
formly accepted, and from that time the
nativity has been celebrated throughout
the church on the same day. The truth
is that the day of Christ's nativity is
not known beyond peradventure, and,
indeed, prominent Jewish writers aver
that the birth took place in the middle
of the night.
Christmas day has always been con-
sidered in the double light of holy
commemoration and a cheerful festival
During the middle ages it was celebrated
by spectacles of dramatic mysteries, per-
formed by personages in grotesque
masks and outlandish costumes. The
bishops and clergy Joined with the peo-
pie in singing canticles, or carols-en-
livening the scene by dances, music from
guitars, vioins, tambours aud organs,
each person bearing in his hand light
ed taper. Some of the canticles were
very naive, and the only ancient record
of these madiaval carols is single leaf,
preserved in the Bodleian library in vol
umes of "Christmasse Carolles," printed
byiWynkin de Worde in 1921. The carols
of the Welch are especially Celebrated,
and have, as well as the French and Ger
man canticles, been collated and pub
lished. The Calabrians still preserve
their custom by descending from their
mountain homes to Naples or Rome,
chanting their wild music at the shriues
of the Virgin Mother.
At midnight on Christmas eve it is
the custom throughout Epgland and the
continent to ring all the bells. The
churches In France and Italy are mag
nificantly adorned, and collation. pro-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

AooIDENTs.-Mr. William Stuart, of
West Barnet, while engaged In piling
logs on Saturday week, received severe
injury. He had just hitched his oxen to
a log on which limb about seven feet
long and three inches through still re.
mained. The oxen starting suddenly,
caused the log to turn over, and the
limb struck him on the head and arm,
making a cash in his head just forward
of his ear, and cutting an artery; also
breaking or cracking one of the bones
of his arm.
On Tuesday evening of last week, a
resident Of Lyndon named William Hoff-
man, feeling unwell, walked out short
distance to take the air. When he re.
turned to the house, he fell backwards
in fainting fit, striking his head heavily
on the floor, since which time he has
been unconscious. The doctors pro.
nounce him in very critical condition.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

MYsrERIous.-A correspondent of the
Lyndon Union writing from CRANKY in
forms that journal that in the latter part
OF October last, there was found on the
banks of the Connecticut river, in
Guildhall, near the widow Elkins', a suit
OF female apparel, lying on the ground
in regular order, as though unfastened
and dropped from person standing
erect. The dress was figured delaine,
chocolate colored ground work, with
green and purple figures; green thibet
skirt. The clothing was of fair quality
and tidy in general appearance. Dress
somewhat torn at the bottom, as by
walking in the woods. Nooneis missed
from the community, nor was any
stranger seen in the vicinity near the
time named. Mrs. Elkins has the clothes
IN her possession, which would fit per.
son of about medium heighth. Whether
some malignant trifler has attempted a
r~se upon quiet community, or some
wanderer, perhaps outcast, has commit
ted suicide, or whether there has been
lin these tragic times-a foul abduc-
tion and murder, is at present all a
mystery.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

The RECENT COIN SNAp.--Thursday
and Friday of last week were unusually
cold in some sections of the State. At
Montpelier on Friday morning the ther-
mometer indicated 23a below zero, while
In some exposed points the Journal Saws
the mercury stood at $50 below. At
Burlington Friday morning the mercury
stood at lS0 below, and on the previous
evening at 90 below. The coolest
weather we have had in Rutland the
present season was atsunrise on Friday,
when the thermometer indicated 80 be-
low.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

NORTH CARoLINA.-Although but
eleven votes were cast in the North Car
olina Legislature for the adoption of the
Constitutional amendment, it is asserted
that there are thirty-six to forty men,
bers of the legislature who are thor
onghly loyal and look to Congress to
supply the terms of restoration, but who
do not think the amendment goes far
enough in excluding rebels, while it ex-
cludes those who were forced into the
rebellion in spite of themselves. The
number of loyal men in the State is put
at thirty to forty thousand.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

NBwsPAPERIAL.-The Black River Ga
zette is the title Of weekly paper just
started at Ludlow, by Messrs. Rufus s.
Warner and Moses Burbank. 1t is in
tended to take the place of the Black
River Transcript, whose career was
brought to sudden close few months
since by the death of its editor and pro-
prietor. The Gazette exhibits q COM
mendable spirit Of enterprise, and we
wish it success,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

EURoPB.-Cable dispatches from Eu.
rope are to Friday evening. The fare
well dinner to Mr.. Bigelow in Paris was
made an occasion for the expression of
much international good feeling. The
scheme for recognizing the French army
does not meet with popular favor. In
the case against Frazier, Trenholm &
Co., in London, Mr.. Adams refused to
sustain the agreement made by Mr..
Morse, the United States consul at Lon
don. and time was granted to prepare to
carry on the case. A bill to incorporate
Schleswig- -Holstein with Prussia has
passed the Prussian House of Deputies.
A Paris paper of Friday says that all
the arrangements have been made for the
evacuation of Mexico by the French in
a body. The relation between the Pope
and the King of Italy seems to wear a
more friendly aspect than they bore
short time ago. Advices from Rio ia
neiro by way of London contain some
late war news from South America.
Five-twenties closed in London Friday
at 72 Ia.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

PREcocIoUs AUTHORSHIP. - The New
Orleans Times says that young lady of
Carondelet street-some might call her
a child, as she has not yet completed
her eleventh year-has now in press at
New York work entitled "Under the
Stone" which is highly spoken Of by
gentleman of literary taste, who have
seen the MSS.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

VERMONT SHEEP.-A correspondent of
the Springfield (Mass.) Union has been
visiting the sheep farms of Cornwall,
VT, and reporting particulars. We Sc
lect sundry samples. Henry f. Dean
has 300 acre farm, and 14O Spanish
merino sheep valued at $4,000.
Hon. Rollin j. Jones has a farm of
800 acres. His flock numbers I25,
valued at $4,000.
f. II. Dean, $50 acres $50 breeding
ews valued at $500 each-$75 900 Don't
doubt it, for he has been offered $1,000
each for five of them, and $1,000 last
year for four year old buck, which has
since earned him $4,000. California
gold mines can't compare with that.
Merrill Brigham 400 acres; flock, 800
thorough-breds valued at $5I, 900.
Simon s. Rockwell has flock of 800
valued at $4,000. One of his bucks has
netted him over 10000 in the last four
years.
Hon. Joel Randall 500 acres, and $50
"of the best blooded sheep" value not
stated. He sold two year old buck
recently for $1,000.
These men think 1t most profitable to
stick to Vermont themselves, and let
their sheep migrate to the West. to the
South, to California, and to every other
country in the world that can raise
gold enough to pay for the sheep and
these are the wise men of Cornwall.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

WHEELocK.-Copper ore has been dis
covered on the farm Of John Rannan, in
the est wpart of Wheelock, of promis-
ing richness. Measures are to be taken
in the Spring for opening the mine. A
slate quarry has also been discovered on
the same premises.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

GOVERNMENT GoLD.-A Washington
dispatch says the runners to the effect
that the government is selling gold are
true to certain extent. Mr.. McCulloch
is disposing of a quantity for the pur-
pose of keeping up his balances, but be-
yond this he is not supplying the mar
ket.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

"A nice young man respectfully con-
nected, of course, whose name, for "pru-
dental reasoss," is withheld, has been
caught in the act of robbing the Roches.
ter postohice, where he was employed
as clerk. The proofs we're so strong
that on being accused OF the crime, the
offender confessed to have taken as much
as g., 500 in the last two years.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

and dispatches telegraphed to st. Johns
Tor reinforcements. The troops marched
out to meet the supposed enemy, but
finding none returned, and in less than
two hours from its commencement the
scare'subsided and the village relapsed
into its usual quiet.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27
Would Enlist ON Conditions.

Editor Rutland Herald Every sports-
man that has visited the great "North
Woods" knew Line. Root, who kept q
"hotel" on the banks of the head waters
OF the North river, in the Fourteenth
Township, Warren county, than whom
more whole.souled, jovial mine host
never catered for the ravenous appetites
of the disciples of Nimrod and Isaak
Walton, and who many of your readers
will recognize as an 'old stager" of these
parts. Having some repairs to make
about his house, and requiring the ser.
vices of mason, he employed one Will
liam Rowan, who hailed from Salem,
Washington county, N. Y. Bill was
genius in his way, being troubled with
an impeachment in his speech, and was,
moreover extremely fond of the ardent"
so much so, in fact that he never would
let an opportunity pass to indulge, and
often to an extent that would render him
half oblivlous to what was passing or
what he was doing.
Line. had an old Queens Arm musket,
which had descended from generation to
generation in the Root family, and
"piece" of which he was particularly
proud-having killed several deer. bears
and other game with it. One day Bill
got ia little started" and concluded he
would try his first shot at a deer. He
took the old musket, went out and re-
tufned with a noble buck, which he
averred he had killed at the first shot.
and at an almost Incredible distance. He
went out twice after that, and each time
succeeded in killing deer. He endeav-
ored to buy the musket of Root, Offering
him large price for it, but Line.
wouldn't sell, for the piece was sort of
heirloom In the family. When Bill re-
turned to Salem, his whole talk was of
his hunting exploits in the Northern
Wilds," and the shooting qualities of
"Linc. Roots old musket." At that time
there was great revival in the Method
ist church in that place, and one eve-
ming Bill, along with some of his boon
companions, was induced to attend, He
had been on spree for two or three
days, and was somewhat "tired," so
much so, in fact, that he fell asleep soon
after he had entered the church. The
sermon through with, verse of hymn
was sung, and general invitation was
given to come forward for PRAYERS.
After all had responded that seemed in
clined, the officiating clergyman came
down from the pulpit and went among
the congregation, exhorting each in turn
to come to the anxious seat" and be
prayed for. He came at last to the seat
where Bill was slumbering in an uncon-
scious state. Gently shaking, and par
TALLY arousing him, he said:
"My friend, would you not like to ioin
the army of the Lord, and become a
soldier of the Cross2"
Bill slowly raised his head, and look
ing him in the face moment, replied
WE'LL don't know-I'll see-sf I
can get Line. Roots old ausket r' G,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

BURGLARY.-The Burlington Times
learns that the passenger depot at Wi
nooski was broken into on Saturday
night week, and the money and ticket
drawer carried off and also some cloth
ing. The tickets were found scattered
along the track between the depot and
the lower bridge. The robber has no.
been arrested.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

A PANIC AT SwEETsBURG.-Quite q
panic was created at Sweetsburg last
Tuesday by an absurd rumor that a
body of armed Fenians was approaching
the village to rescue the prisoners and
plunder the people. The military were
placed under arms, patrols sent abroad,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

he ooNGREeATIoNALIsT now takes the
. OF the religious press of New Eng.
~ IN point of circulation issuing
skiy more than $1,000 copies. 1t is
LIE up with careful regard for the
ny circle; its religious news is full
'fesn its secular intelligence In the
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

PERsoNAL.-Capt. II. F. Crossman, of
the I'd Vermont, has received an ap,
pointment for service in the Treasury
Department at Washington.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

fHB AMENDMENT AT THB SoUTH.-The
Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune says the rumor is very
current at Washington that leading Re-
publican congressman and members of
the South Carolina Legislature have
agreed upon the adoption of the amend
ment, by the South Carolina Legislature,
and the admission of the State to repre-
sentation in Congress without any fur
ther conditions. The recent vote in the
lower branch of that legislature-95
against the amendment to one for it
does net look much like its adoption at
present.
A Montgomery correspondent of the
Mobile Register says the amendment
would probably have been ratified by
the Alabama Legislature, had not ex-
Governor Parsons urged its rejection.
His reason for urging its rejection was,
that he wished to have the State agree
with the President, rather than with
Congress, on reconstruction matters.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

NEW PUBLrCATIoNs.-Hoa Reading,
fine octave work OF 500 pages, has been
received from the publishers, Galen
James & Co, of Boston. 1t is composed
OF various selections from that excellent
religious paper, the Congregationalist,
from l849 to 1866, and a perusal of it's
pages has convinced us that it is book
which should find its way into every
family, and its valued teachings be com
mitted to memory by each member of
the domestic circle. The articles CON-
posing it are productions Of some of the
most eminent authors and divines in the
land, and the work merits, as it will no
doubt receive, a wide circulation.
Tie Merchant Of Berlin, an historical
romance, from the German, by L. Muhl-
bach, is received from the publishers,
Messrs. D. Appleton & Co., New York.
1t is a romantic history of the days of
Frederick the Great, and is entertaining
and piquant, and one which cannot fail
to command wide circle of readers.
Both of the above works are for sale
in Rutland by Tuttle & Co.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

PATESTs.-Patents have been issued to
the following vermonters for the week
ending December 18TH:
Rollin C. Wickham Of Pawlet, for i'm
provement in milk cans.
Peter Badore of Montpelier, for i'm
proved anvil for swaging calks for horse
shoes,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-27

PRoLIFIc.-Mr. VIM. Turner of st.
Johnsbury Center, owns merino eve
that has brought him lamb at three
several yeanings in one year, or few
days over, to wit: In Nov. '65, first of
June '66, and the 30th of Nov. 66. Mr..
I. has both the November lambs to show,
but the June one went to the butcher.
Mr.. T. also has duck Matched in June
that commenced laying in December-a
proceeding very unlike ducks in general.