Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-02
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TUESDAY EVENIN d, j ANUA 81 q:

UEoD1AI 1850 s.1 s., e; - :-...- -
~ sT1ser7ESERs= =535S5D EB6vEaRnusEas. We
announced, year ago, that we desired to az
exclusively Cash business I any one Wlsnss
to see Why, pratt cu1arly it Should be des1fap1e
its only necessary to come to TIE Uazs0's
office and to loosk-over--our i4edgefs, aaa nlo
the fortune that lis cHARGEDSin them--and Only
o,aroea-anf11- of hieh We shall never receive
dollar; competence, if we had II, enough 1or
10 f We were 60 live a long time But IN ae-
a;t;on to this, let itbe borne in mind that the
large weekly CASH outlay that re nave now 20
make, orlabor, paper, and all the thousand ex-
penses Of printing. Office: issgreater than ever
and It will be acknowledged by all reasonable cas-
J persons that we are compelled to make our
terms conform more to a cash basis than here
tofore. Wethereiore request aladyertlsements
that are merely transient, bespaid tor IN cash
atthe time: Of insertion. Advertisements OF
sales, &C., oughtin al! reason to be settled tor
! when. the sales are actually made and no adj
:yertiser will see any unreasonableness OF a set
t!ement, when the object Of the advertisement
shall have been accomplished. We earnestly
ask attention to these suggestions, Oh the part
of onrfriends, and are satisfied the stringency OF
the tines will amply justify us in making them
We would remark that, from the bills which
we have seen from other places, we are sure the
rates Of advertising are much cheaper here, in
these times, than in any other city In the whole
country, Our town subscribers are earnestly
reonested to settle their bills with the carriers,
when they make their semi monthly collections.
The sums due are all small. But these sums
are important to us 6 " ...: ~z,....
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher@ delivered an
address on reconstruction at Troy, the other
3 evening, and is reported By the n. 7. Times.
(rep)a as saying.
ssThose flashes ofsouthern sentiment, bitter
editorials and tossing heads, are not surprising
when we think Of the scourage that has swept
over them-that proud spirit has been obliged
to confess defeat at the hands of men they de-
sspised-that their property has been swept
away-their. sons, sain--they reduced from
af1uenee TO beggary. When [ think Of this,
the wonder is that they are as temperate as they
are. Considering their fearful defeat and hu:
INFLATED position, | think they baye behaved nav
we'll It may not be fashionable, :but: honor
them for the feeling they exhibit o. 49,. : ...
! The Baltimore Sun says: ST here. was no
session of the Stock Board yesterday The
paynents off: interest by othe State city9 and
Ecor operations this week viii materially increase
y the prevailing ease III money. Cali loans may
even be making at 5 and per cent. Under
I this, speculation Will be apt. to increase, and
check the ease by increased demand. TIE .ba-
:. dances having already been madeup to she first
of the year, institutions will again be wanting
ITO put their funds out. y: During the. present
week the Secretary of the Treasury will pay
out So, 900 Of gold interest Oh the leans Of
1881. This will at least steady the gold pre-
MUM, and may evan depIeSs it. 49, 80
tone of President johnson 5 MESA ge to
Congress is very f4FoFab1y coznel4dteal On By
/ the European press. AL OF lasui, 81 e. may
: statessneak u. n;gn terms OF ITS. Eno2araAio
and Craftsmanship. ,s.i1G ac2l.s5 y 8
Col Segar has authorized :. eaEtraGIie$ioa Of
!. the report chat Secretary 6a1ald had told him
that the Southern ,tlaIlhels would be admitted
upon the reasse.ab!iag Of Congress: "a 9cfG
1t Is stated stiat Dr. " n. &. Hammond,
surgeon general during The late We, has gone
to Europe In charge OF q grandson of the late
John J acob Aston, reosiiying,L as stated in the
Round Table, ten thousand dollars lin .good)
,sffor. SIX months. ali travelling and subsistence
expenses literally paid, and a further sum Of
three. thousand dollars again in goid,. ffosJeach
month that he may 2 be sosoccupied beyond the
first six. 9 80: 81 - 80 221 SE<
Yesterday afternoon two young zaen,in Pail
adelphia we're 3severely injured blythe explosion
OF condemned shell efthe Penn Treaty iron
works.