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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-04

WEATHER, to day, quite wintry and rainy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-04

New MAGISTRATES OFFICE The room in
the extreme western end of the old Market
house building is being fitted up, and Justice
Sam uel Beach will soon hold his Court there.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-04

CIRCUIT CoURT--The November term of
the Circuit Court Tor this county will com
mence its session in this city on Monday next,
the. eleventh instant, Judge Henry w. Tbomss
presiding. is..3:: at4 s.sl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-04

FAIRFAX CIRCUIT COURT The Circuit
Court of Fairfax County, Judge Thomas, pre-.
siding. commenced its session to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-04
Fairfax county, sep 30-eots
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NEE. ALIEN ANDRlA

ORANGE, ALEXANDRIA
" AND MANASSAS r. R. co.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders of
this Company will be held at the office Of the
Company, in Alexandria on n, I !, a1oc1t
DS 0ro'r o. Vic O'Ee''J J. Il. REID, Clerk.
azfs> The transfer books will be closed on the
9Th November, and remain closed until the
meeting abovcuo.iccd has been held oc3l-cotd
[Rockin CHAM Register, Lynchburg, Ch&rottes-
Vile, Orange. Culpcper and Warrenton pa
Pers please copy. ----
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= CLOTH DAEssINe ESTABLISHMENT, (estab-
lished in 1872 a. d. WAKEFIELD, Proprietor.
Grape Shawls Silk Dresses, MerinOes, Mouse
laines, and all kinds OF Ladies Dresses and
Cleaned and Dyed in the very best manner
Grntiemcn's Garments, of every description
Cleaned and Rc-dyed, if necessary, in q style,
not to be surpassed by any establishment IN the
country. In a word all | ask is trial. You
can find ne at all times at my establishment,
No. 81, south Fairfax street, ready and willing
10 accommodate all who may desire my ser
vices Goods carefully packed and forwarded
to any part of the country. ~ aug 30-3m
yETANTED-1CO0 cords of good CHESTNUT
w OAK BARK: for which we WI pay 2lZ
per cord, delivered at Alexandria on the cars OF
the Orange s. Alexa or Manassas Gap H. k:<or
".
to contract with Us for 100 or 200 cords, can do
SO by calling on US at our store, 1 No. ii klngg
HEMLOCK SOLE LEATHER, UPPER
HATHER Of ali kn5 h"EaHss B [Si and
sash nrices. We are paying the highest cash
prices for good BEEF HIDES, dry and green
an Scott G.. G. SMOOT 81 SON.
UENTS NECK TIES, a. ..s.s .@
G CRAVATS, SCARTS, &c.
4 large and elegant assortment Of new stylcs
for gentlemen. just received. d. az. r.
oc l6, CHAS. W. GREEN GS, King st.
Z ACES! LACESl! EACESu!
&! Silk, Thread and Gotten Lace: and EGS-
ing, Of various; descriptions; also, It choice lot
Of Lace HnndkerchiefS and Colars--luSt re-
coivcd, CHARLES w. GREEN,
oct d IS King street
VIRGINIA CASSIMERES! ;'..
Y at VIRGINIA CASSlM EH ES
VIRGINIA CASSIMERES |
Wehaye on hand full stoe5 Of n VI s5l La
shoddy. -.,r~ BRYAN i BRhERWOOD,
oc 4-lm No 76, King street.
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Saa> The transfer books will be closed on the
Sin Novembcr, and remain closed until the
meeting abovero.ccd has been held oc3l-
+ Rockin CHAM Register, Lynchburg, Ch&rlottes-
Vile, Orange: Culpcper and W;rrenton pa
Ucrs please cODv.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-04

NTOVE POLISH, Of superior quality, for
) sale by foot 2tl }. G. MILBURN'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01
The Indian Bill.

The act to establish peace with Ger
tain hostile Indian tribes, passed and
signed by the President, inaugurates
an entirely new Indian policy, and
provides that the President shall ap-
point commissioners to consist of three
Officers of the army not below the rank
~ Brigadier General, who, together
with n. G.. Taylor, Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, Senator J. B. Hender-
son, Col. S. F. Tappan and John B.
SanbOrn, shall have power and author
ity to call together the chiefs and head
men Of such bands of Indians as are
now waging war against the United
States, or committing depredations
upon the people thereof, to ascertain
the alleged reasons for their acts of
hostility, and in their discretion, under
the direction Of the President, to make
and conclude with said bands or tribes
such treaty stipulations, subject to the
action Of the Senate, as may remove
all just cause of complaint on their
part, and at the same time establish
security for person and property along
the lines Of railroad now being con-
structed to the Pacific, and other
thOrOughfares Of travel to the Western
Territories, and such as will most like
ly insure civilization for the Indians
and peace and safety for the whites.
Said Commissioners are requested to
examine and select districts of country
having sufficient area to receive all In
dian tribes now occupying territory
east Of the Rocky Mountains, not now
peacefully residing on permanent res
ervatiOns under treaty stipulatiOns, to
which the Government has the right
Of occupation, or to which said Com
missiOners can obtain the right of Occu-
pying, and in which district or districts
there shall be sufficient tillable or graz
ing land to enable said tribes respeC-
lively to support themselves by agri-
cultural and pastoral pursuits. Said
district or districts, when so selected,
and the selection is approved by Con-
gress, shall be and remain permanent
homes for said Indians to be located
thereon, and no persons not members
of said tribes shall ever be permitted
to enter thereon without the permis-
sion Of the tribe interested, except Of
fcer5 and employees of the United
States, provided that the districts shall
be so located as not to interfere with
travel on the highways located by
authority of the United States, nor
with the route of the vaSious Pacific
Railroads building or projected. The
remaining sections make needed APP
preparations, and provide for calling
out 1000 volunteers to prosecute the
war in case the Commission fails to Sc
cure peace.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01
Waller scott,s MannscrInts.

The original manuscripts of Sir Wal
ter Scott's poems and several of his
novels and prose works are about to
be sold at auction, by order of the ex-
ecutors Of the late Mr.. Robert Cadell,
of Edinburgh. The manuscript Of the
"Lay of the Last Minstrel" was not
preserved. All these manuscripts are
remarkable for the extraordinary flu
ency with which they were written,
and the very few corrections or altera-
tions occurring in them; thus afford
ing a proof of Sir Walter ScOtt's Won
derful facility of composition. The
manuscripts are stated 10 be all in
perfect state of preservation, and uni
formly bound in Russia, with uncut
edges.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01

Poetry.
[FOr the News.
ALL ABOUT THE SHEEP.


Lines spoken at School Exhibition, BY Master Geo.
T. Hempstead (olioing great apPlauss) July Is, 1867
at Sinking Spring, o.
Across the stormy ocean came flock Of mished sheep
They wandered Ger the grassy plain and climbed the
rocky steep,
And every hill and lovely vale we're all their own to
keep.
They might have been as happy sheep as ever wore
bell,
But most were white, while some were black, and
others brown as well,
And how the white sheep used the black 1t makes one
SD to tell
They made them eat all bitter herba and drink from
filthy pools,
They drove them from the cooling shades when Parch-
ing summer rules,
And when the wiutry storms came on, they feeeed
them Of their woOls.
At length fierce contention rose among the Eheep
50 white,
They parted into hostile fields and fought fearful
fight,
When black and brown came marching down and
battled for the Blight.
Twas BY thsir aid in war arrayed the Blight at last
prevails
Wherein s white comedies the right to black to shake
their tails,
While wolf and dog and fox and hog the poor Black
Sheep assails
With lofty scOru, the battered horn pointed to
the scars,
Those sturdy hOcks, mid battle shocks, received be-
meath tbe sars-
They claim rsposs from brutal oes-tO rest inside
the bars.
Now is it right for sheep that's white to keep the black
ones out,
To fan prey, both night and day, to lurking foes
about1
IF not, the wool from all eyes pull, and answer with
shout
Oh, baa-a ha hal oh, baa-a ba ha the White
Sheep rotug
And fish and fowl and beasts that howl the contest
are noting,
While over all whence sun-beams fall, the stars are
ever floating n.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01
The Deniocratic Party.

James T. Brady, one Of the leading
spirits of the old Democratic party Of
New York City, recently said:
"Other parties advanced, but the
Democratic party stood still-alI
through the war il stood still. He
looked around him in this country and
in Europe, and he saw political par
ties keeping pace with progressive
ideas-he saw governments construct
ed on principles Of liberty, and ad-
vancement in civilizatiCn-h saw
whole race admitted to the blessings
of freedom, education and general en-
ightenment, and the whole world ex-
cept Tammany Hall and theDemOcratiC
party, receiving the emancipation with
open arms. Tammany stood still. 1
was not in its nature to advance, and
that was its present position. In 1864,
the Democratic party permitted man
of the smallest CalibTe in it to con-
struct the Chicago Platform and to use
it for the nomination Of a candidate as
clearly dead as a representative man,
as any corpse ever laid Out-whOse
very nomination as the standard
bearer Of an anti-pr0gressive party,
was the sure precursor Of his official
decapitation, implied, if not expressed.
The party has had its reward. From
then until now it has been standing
still. There is no life nor vigor left in
it. The Republican party was all
alive and united by a great principle
and moving on and moving on
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01
A Frontier Town.

The new town of Julesburg, on the
Union Pacific railroad, is growing rap
idly in some things. The Omaha Her
aId says it has one hundred and TWEEN
ty whiskey shops for population of
about three thousand. At a recent
meeting Of the citizens it was agreed
to form a civil government, and to
adopt the charter, laws and ordinances
of Omaha. They have elected May
or and City Council. The mayor was
only a five days resident Of the place,
and none of the council had been there
over ten days. Rents are enormously
high. One man pays 500 a day for
tent for a gambling and billiard hall
with one table. ANOTHER rents a build
ing, part she'd part canvas, for 1000
a week.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01
Going to Law.

Two Dutchmen, who had built and
used in common a small bridge over a
stream which ran through their farms,
had a dispute concerning some repairs
which it required; and one of them
positively refused to bear any portion
of the expenses necessary to the pur-
chase Ofa few planks. Finally, the
aggrieved party went to neighbOring
lawyer, and placing two sovereigns in
his hand, said: 81 give you all dish
moneys if you'll make Hans do justice
NIT de bridge" CHOW much will it
cost to repair it?" asked the honest
lawyer. "Not more ash won pound, :"
replied the Dutchman. every well, 4"
said the lawyer, pOcketing one Of the
and giving him the other;
''take this, and 60 get the bridge re-
paired: tits the best course you can
take" "Yaas," said the Dutchman,
slowly, "yaas, dat ish more better as
to quarrel NIT Hans;" but as he went
home, he shook his head frequently,
as if unable, after all, to seequite clear
ly how he had gained anything by 60
ing to law.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01
Man the Offender.
MACONIB, ILL, July 10.
To the Editor of the CHICAGO Tribune:

MACONIB, ILL, July 10.
To the Editor Of the Chicago Tribune:
What wish to say is this: Why this
difference of public opinion as regards man
and woman in the same circumstances?
know an estimable young lady who, under
promise of marriage, was ruined by a
young Rbertile of prepOssessing appear
ance. The wedding day arrived, but the
groom came not. The girls shame gradu-
ally became known. She was discarded
by men and women alike. Women had
no mercy; men had no pity. No kind
words were spoken to her outside of her
own family. Although that woman has
no place in society to-day, I believe her to
be as pure as many who point the finger
of scorn. She has lived in quiet seclusion,
suffering on, while he is honored and re-
spected.
Now look at the creature who accom-
plished this woman's ruin. In a short
time he was welcomed everywhere, to par
ties, excursions, to the home circle-weI-
coined by fond mothers as a fit companion
for their daughters-welcomed in the best
society. In less than a year he led fair
and beautiful bride to the altar.
Now, loving mothers, fond fathers,
where is your justice? Why Danish her
from your presence as a being not fit to
look upon, and welcome that Hbertine in
to your homes as tit companion for your
daughters? Why Danish her to a fate
worse than death because in an unguarded
moment she fell, the victim of misplaced
confidence? A man whom she loved as
only woman can love is welcomed as a he
70 for his acts, and she is a degraded
"thing."
When they shall be placed upon an equal
footing-when a libertine is regarded in
the same light as a Magdalen-then will
a new era dawn upon us. Then will fall
en- woman lift up her head and be re-
claimed. May God speed the day when
men and women shall be punished alike
for like offences. JUSTICE.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01
The following is fro64 the Cfncfnr


The following is from the Cincinnati
correspondence to the New York Ga
zette: "Richard Smith, of the Ga
zette, is another specimen of what hard
work can perform. Without any origin
al inclination or natural aptitude to
iOurnalism-a mecanic, 1 believe-with-
out regular education or training-he
became many years ago an attache Of
the ChamberOf Commerce, and at last
publisher of the Price Current. Thrift
ty, shrewd, and economical, he made
considerable money, gained the favor
of the merchants, and soon purchased
an interest in the Gazette, of which he
has long been the commercial editor,
and now has an income, 7 understand,
of $50, 900 a year. He is one of those,
to me, incomprehensible men who
work for the love Of work, and who
would be unhappy with the wealth Of
Plutus if they could not spend at least
ten or twelve hours out of every tWcn-
ty-four in downright drudgery."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01
"Impudence.1 -

The coIored men Of Ohio met IN
convention IN this city on the Sd inst.
The meeting was respectable in point
Of numbers, and the proceedings were
characterized by a decorum which
would have done honor to any con-
vention that ever assembled here. In
the most respectful manner, the con-
ventiOn requested the voters Of Ohio,
acting in their sovereign capacity, at
the coming October election, to grant
the colOred race the rights Of full citi-
zenshiP. ThereupOn, all the low
strung Democratic loafers, who hang
around whisky shops and corner gro
ceries, taking their cue from Judge
Thurman and the Democratic press,
exclaim in chorus: .Look at the
inlpllde71ce of the id niger! He's
trying to instruct as J Down with
him r.
Even in despotic Russia, the hunb-
lest serf may present his petition to
the Emperor, and he will be treated
with respect. The Constitution of
Ohio provides that the people-sny
people whOmsoever-shalI have the
right to peacefully assemble and petit
ton for a redress Of grievances. The
request of. these men is in the nature
Of petition. They feel themselves
aggrieved: they say they are charged
with all the duties, dangers and respon-
sibilities of citizenship, but are denied
its privileges and they appeal for JUS
tice TO the voters of the State. Wheth-
er we feel disposed to grant the pray
er Of their petition or not, we have no
right to abuse and spurn the petition
ers; and he who will do it is unworthy
of the name of an American citizen.
The delegates to that Convention
''niggers" though they Were-repre-
sented five thousand men, many of
them manned and disabled for life,
who had worn with honor their coun-
try'S uniform and upheld the starry
banner, side by side with their fair
skinned comrades, amidst the iron and
leaden hail Of many a glorious field.
And they would have represented
three thousand more had they not, in
the same service, been consigned to
hOnored graves by disease, and by the
swords and bullets of the enemy. Are
such men to be scofed at, derided and
abused? And is it not intolerable
that they should be thus treated by
men who escaped the dangers and
hardships Of war through the patriot
ism and courage of the odd niger >"
II Columbus Journal.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01

In an article few weeks since, We
stated that it was not generally known
that the word white" was retained
in the Constitution Of 1902, Of this
State, only By the casting cote Of tie
President of the Contention. Below
we give some extracts from the pro
ceedings of the Convention, held at
Chillieothe, November, 1902.
On the 18th November,
"a petition of sundry of the inhabi-
tants of the county of Clermont was
presented to the Convention and read,
praying that those privileges, which
are the absolute right of all men may
be secured to them," &c. SIT was Or
dered that the petition lie on the ta-
ble."
MONDAY, Nov %, I8O2-aA mo-
tion was then made further to amend
the fourth article of the Constitution,
by striking out after the word ''all' ia
the first line of the first section, the
word "white." Yeas IA, Nays 49,"
"Another motion was then made
further to amend the said section, by
adding to the end of the section a pro-
yisO, in the words following: Pro-
Ujded, that all male negroes and mHlat-
toes now residing in this territory shall
be entitled to the right of suffrage,
if they shall within - months,
make a record of their citizenship.
Yeas 19, Nays 15.-
"AnOther motion was made to furth-
er amend the said section, by adding
the following words And PROVIDED
also, That the male descendants OF
such negroes and mulattoes as shall be
recorded, shall be entitled to the same
privilege. Yeas 16, Nays H." Et
THURSDAY, Nov. 25, 1902.-gA
motion was made to amend the fourth
article by striking out after the word
"eIection," /" in the seventh line of the
first section, the words following
PrOUided, That all male negroes and
mulattOes, now residing in this terrific
ry, shall, at the age of twenty-one
years, be entitled to the right of suf-
frage, if they shall within one year
make a record of their citizenship
with the Clerk of the county in which
they reside, and provided, also, that
they have paid or are charged with a
state or county tax. Yeas Il, Nays
IL" ar
The Convention being equally diyid-
ed, and Mr.. President declaring him
self with the Yeas, it was resolved in
the Af57nlatiUe."
Thus, by the casting cote of The
President, the section allowing negro
suffrage was stricken out of our first
Constitution.
FRIDAY, Nov. 26.-"A motion was
made to amend the said article, by ad-
ding new section in the words fol-
lowing: SECT. No negro or mul&tto
shall ever be eligible To any office, Civ
il or military, or be subject to military
duty"
This was choked down by the men,
bers calling for the previous question.
The delegates from Adams county
in the Convention were Joseph Darl-
ington, Israel Donaldson and Thomas
Kirker. The delegates from Clerrnont
county, to which Brown belonged,
were Philip Catch and James Sargent.
The CIermOnt delegates voted every
time in favor of Negro Suffrage, and
the Adams delegates voted every time
or,oing+ rDi,,lo,, Too
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-08-01
Power ofthe RepubIican Party.

Power Ofthe Republican Party.
The Richmond Whig defends the
action Of the recent meeting at Char
lottesvi1Ie, Va, In an article Of which
the following Is an extract
What is the Republican party? 1t
represents and wields the whole power
of the Government. It is, to all in
tents and purposes, the Government.
To oppose it is tOGOppose the Govern
ment. There is no other party deserv-
ing the name in the United States
There IS q feeble faction called the
Democratic party, that cares for itself
and nothing else This moment IL
would rejoice to see the South still
further crushed and laeerated, if there
by it could prevail against the Repub-
Iican party. There are still persons
who talk about its fidelity to the South,
when every one who knows anything
knows that it has rendered to the
South no other service than a hypO-
critical lip service. It melted US to
war under the promise Of assistance,
and then gave its money and its tight
ing force to the armies of invasiOn.-
Its boast has been and now is that
without its aid the South could not
have been subjugated. These are our
friends, for whom We are to sacrifice
everything, and to cOnciliate whose
good opinion we are to -hHrL. ourselves
against the Republican party, the Gov
ernment, the Union. Not 50, say We.
We have nothing. either to hope or to
fear from the Democracy Of the North.
On the contrary, We have everything
to fear from continued war upon ''the
party Of the Union" and Our only
hope is in its favor. 1t dominates over
the whole North, itrules every depart
ment Of the Government, it has the
army and the navy, and is marked by
every trait that defines supremacy
How is it at the South? It has all
the cOlored population, all the original
Union men, and IS hourly gaining ac-
cretiOns from the Confederate ran6s.-
The instinct of self-preservution is I'M
peIling the Southern masses to that
"co-operatiou" which our neighbOr so
detests. The fact is that the people
have at last become convinced that
they will be utterly ruined without re-
construction, and have resolved to do
everything that is necessary to that
end. They want peace and repOses
they want q clear field for industryand
enterprise; they want the protection
of their Government, and as necessary,
thereto, participation in it.