Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-03-01

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How TO KILL LITTLE GIRLS Warmly and
e,shopably- dressed mothers may be seen on the
s,,est at auy hour, leading their shivering lit
ia daughters around, with hardly enough of
,lmhing on their lower extremltles to protect
,hem from sight, to say nothing of the piercing
hI.st. An exchange says:
Yesterday We saw little girl led by it's mo-
tber through the street. Her little collar and
mntf and hat were OF the WarlneSt fur, aud
vii she needed them, for it was bitter cold;
h,t her little legs, bare and blue, between her
Stockings and skirts, told a shiverlng tale.
Who does not daily see the same thing
Little, frs girls, with head and shoulders bun
lied in unneeded furs while from the feet TO
point above the knee the little darllngs are
aim st literally naked Of course, mothers
wh, TINS dress their children are very far
from intending TO kill them or render them
permanent invallds, out such IS the probable
result of this fashionable exposure. 1t IS true
that most children have their limbs we'll pre-
,pated because most mothers have an intel
'ipent regard for the health Of their offspring,
hut there are many who are clad as we have
mentioned, and 10 the mAthers of these We ad-
,ire.s this appeal.
AS little girls are now dressed, their skirts
are no protection against the wind or cold be-
low the knee: and what do they have as a
substitute Linen drawers, reaching just below
the knee, and there meeting the top OF stock,
ings which usually have about half the warmth
possessed by mems socks. Let US compare
this armor with the clothing OF men and boys,
who have at least FIVE times the power Of en-
durance possessed by the little girl. The father
Of this same little siX-year old girl would CON
>iier himself coldly clad, and a certain randi-
date for rheumatism, if his lower extremtles
we're not protected against the winter blasts by,
first, thick wool socks reaching more than bait
way to the knee; second, wool drawers reaching
from the waist to the feet; ; third bootlegs OF
double leather, reaching nearly to the knee
and fourth, thick wollen paptaloons covering
all else, and reaching to the feet. And yet the
sane father permits his delicate, blue -veined
child TO 90 out in winter with legs encased in d
single thickness of linen How would he like
to walk the winter streets clad in linen panta-
lnpnS and nothing else?
4 Poorest against "Rituaism' in the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the q. s., has
been issued signed by the following Bishops
Smith, OF Kentucky; McIlvainc, Of Ohio;
kemper, of Wisconsin; McCoskry, OF Michl-
gan; Lee, of Delaware; Johns, OF Flrgln'a
Elstburn, of Massachusetts; Chase, or New
Hampshire Uphold, of Indiana, Payne. Atr-
can Mission; Williams, OF Connecticut; DAVIS,
OF South Carolina XII, of CALIFORNIA;; Lee, Of
Iowa; Clark, Of Rhode Island; Gregg, OF Texas;
Belell, OF Ohio; Whipp!e, OF Minnesota; Iai-
bat, of Indiana; Wilmer, OF Alabama; Vail, OF
Kansas; Coke, of Western New York, Clark
son, of Nebraska; Randall, Of Colorado: Kcr
loot, of Pittsburg; Williams, China Mission;
Cummins Kentucky; Armitage, Wisconsin.
Some of the other bishops have not been
heard from. The New York Express gives
the following list of Bishops who have not
signed the protest:
Hopkins, OF Vermont, Neely, of Maine,
Whittingbam, of Maryland; Hawks, OF Mis-
souri, Southeate, of Constantiuople Green, OF
Mississippi Whitehouse. Of Illinois; Atkinson,
of North Carolina; Scott of Oregon and Wash
iogton; Potter, of New York; Odenheimer, of
New Jersey; Lay, of the Southwest; Stevens,
of Pennsylvania; Quintard, Of Tennessee;
Bishop Tuttle (elect) Montana; Wilmer, OF
Louisiana. ...
The Express also says Ofthese it is proper
10 say that two Of them (Stevcns of Pa, and
Whiehouse Of Illinois, are absent. The form
or, no doubt, would have signed the protest,
bnt the latter, it is equally certain, would have
refused.
THE DEAF AND DUMB.--A visitor to the
Hartford Deaf and Dumb Asylum describes
the religious services as wonderfully solemn
and impressive The chaplain alone closes MS
eyes, for the deaf children must see him IN order
to join with him. Every eye ls inteutly liked
on him as he slowly and with reverent gestures
addresses the Creator In the VoicclesS language
of the dumb. Not a sound is heard, not an
eye waDders: every pupil seems to be transhxed,
an1 10 join with all bis heart and all his row
tr in the silent morning prayer. 1t Is the
most devout in external form OF any service
that was eve, witnessed
PoSTHUMoUS BREvEr PRoMoTIoN. Amoog
The few brevet promotions after death, con
hrmed by the Senate on Saturday, was that
Q! First Lieutenant Bayard WllkeSon,, son OF
samuel Wilkeson, of the New York Tribune,
Killed at the age Of nineteen at the battle c OF
Gettysburg, in command of battery Cr, 4th, u.
5. artillery, promoted to be captain for sa'lan-
try In the hattie of the Deserted House, and TO
he major for gallantry at fredericksburg, and
ieneua colonel Tor gallantry at Gettysburg.
-Aflo York. Tribune.
The SITUATION. A large athletic man,
clad in armor and armed cap-a-pie stands over
the PROSTATE body OF small though gallant
man. unarmed, helpless, exhausted; and,
tearing the small man may arise and overcome
him, the large one pins him to the earth With
bayonet?- Stanton Spectator.
The New York Commercial, in Il review OF
the dry goods trade, says: prices are not
very firm. 1t is uncertain if any great quaint
lies OF goods could be disposed of at Iedrc-
t!on. Merchants are buying such amounts as
The actual necessities OF their trade require,
AID are very cautious about accommodating