Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-18

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OYSTERS. -"Oysters, says old Fuller, ARE
the only meat which men eat alive and account 1t
no cruelty" The idea Of eating any creature
whilst still alive does, it must be confessed, |
SAVIOR little of feroclty, and, as hlng James
was wont to say, she was very valiant man
who first ventured On eating OF oysters; or,
as the poet Gray has sung Of the first raw oys-
ters in the following lines:
The man had sure palate covered Ger
With brass or steel that on the rocky shore
First broke the coy oysters pearly coat
And rislled tho living morsel down his throat.
The popular IDEA with regard to eating raw
oysters is that the animal is killed as soon as
The damsel's knife the gaping shell commands,
And the salt liquor streams between her hands.
But this is mistake if the oyster IS not
dead before it Is opened, it IS undoubtedly
swallowed alive. -EUinjurg Rer2cl1.
INDIAN PEACE COMMISSION This tody has
finally fixed upon the I'd Of April as the time
for assembling at Omaha, Commissioner
Taylor has so arranged the business of his Office
as to enable him to accompany the party
Both Generals Sheridan and Augur will join
the commission Father Desmet, for over
thirty years a Catholic missionary among the
Indians of the West, now at St: Louis, Mo-,
will also accompany the commission. Part OF
those composing it will proceed at once to Fort
Laramie to meet the Northern Indians, ana
the rest will 20 to New Mexico. The Ute In
dams, through delegation now here, have
sgnifed their willingness to go upon one OF the
reservations recommended. The Navajoe In
dams have also proposed to remove from their
present lands in New Mexico and settle perma
nently within the boundaries OF the proposed
new Territory OF Navajoe. The members OF
the Peace Commission are confident of being
able to settle the Indian question in less than
two years - Wash. EE.
TRADE-There has been shipped the last
week, between Fredericksburg and Tappahan-
mock, about seventy thousand bushels OF corn,
the largest part of which goes direct to New
| York and Baltimore 1t is estimated that tue
shipment of corn this season will aggregate
about 100000 bushcl-alI Of which is the
surplus Of production.
When we consider the dcmorAIizcl labor,
and other serious hinlrances in the way oi
production we cannot but congratulate the
people Of the Rappahannock Valley upon what
they have done Whilst it il quite true that
before the war the corn production Of this sec
ton was over 4 million, we consider the two
hundred thousand bushels now on the market
as ncomparably the greater productions all
things considered. After the supply Of house.
hold necessities, the money is being expended
in buying mules, horses, and adding in the way
Of improved machinery. - frcd. Hcr"id.
VIRGINIA. Although the mOngre conHen-
ton delays its work, and will probably keep 1t
back as long as it's members can draw eight
dollars il day, OF until ordered TO complete 1t
and adjourn by Gen. Schoied the olious con
situton which it IS so slowly framing Will be
presented to Ill as soon At least a. We can desire
to sec it. Let us be prepared Tor II; AL
though as yet unfinished, il Is loaded down
with negroism and mean white viIIainy. We
know now as we'll az we can ever know, that
we cannot vote for it, and from this time Tor
ward it is the duty Of every white man to hold
himself In readiness to give opposition and to
use his influence to prevail upon all others TO
do the same II the subsection comes, !ct 1t
not be through any assistance, or through any
omissions of ours If fixed upon us let IL
never be- said that it is so fixed by our consent,
but by an irresistible dcspotlc power H"h.
wing.
SIR MORTON PETo, who is 4 member OF the
ENGLISH Parliament for Bristol, it Will be re-
membcrcd, after his recent disastrous ialiure,
announced his intention Of resigniDg. lie ha2
since changed his mind, however, and declares
that he will do no such thing, much to the disgust
of various anxious people Of Bristol, who wish
TO be his successor in Parliament. and have
actually prepared petition to that body, AL
ing that his seat be declared vacant
THE IMPEACHMENT CASE The managers Of
impeachment on the part Of the House hell! 4
brief meeting yesterday, and transacted some
business with regard to the replication to the
President, which they expect to be able TO
complete and submit in one or two days alter
the answer is filed 1t is understood that 10
additional witnesses will be examined Tor &eve.
raj days. Wash. Chr0n.
| Coal OH EXpLosIoS.-Th Warrenton In
dex regrets to learn that night or two &so,
coal oil lamp sitting on the counter OF Mr..
Bondn's store at the Plains: exploded, doing
considerable damage to the goods, many Of
which we're either burnt Or much injured. 1t
was with much difficulty that the building IL
self was saved. This is another OF the daily
lessons to the users of this fluid.
The North Carolina Convention adjourned
DECENTRALIZATION joining Misunderstanding all
down the Misunderstanding, "Old John Brown"
and Hang Jeff Davis on sour apple tree"
&c., &c., an appropriate finale to such con-
Germ.
| NARRIED.
At Locust Farm" Westmoreland CO., Va,
on the 205h Of February, 1868 by the Rev. An
| drew Fisher, Colonel JOSEPH MAYO, Jr,, to
ARN1ISTE u cnnnnG llnrlrItnr Of lll