Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-07

the gloom, and Yesuvius has been witness
ed in its, fiery daily grandeur since. day a
perfect, river of fra. is. seen to flow from the
mountain, running in awesterly direction. The
fiery food isInearing the town Of Cercala. The
upheavingslof the volcano are attended with
shocks resembling those of an earthquake,
and loud detonations, as if battery of heavy
guns In full play, are heard. A perfect PAN
ic prevails among the inhabitants OF ali the
villages situated in the Deighborhood of the
foot, of the mountain.s5a &%.*4i.. $50
yASINGULAR LIBEL CASE. The Harrisburg
correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, in
aletter to that Journal, dated January 3rd,
'. =. Quite an excitement was created here to-
day by the arrest of a man named Peter Sieber,
for disqualification and distribution of slapd-
erous book, protesting to be a secret and relia-
bic directory of defaulters and swindlers in
Harrisburg, Lebanon and Reading, under the
title Of THE Fressal and Paynix Detective -,
A black list issued at the earnest solicitation
of our principal business men and women. -
Published by Fressnix & Payall, United States
ofAmerica. ~. Fressall and Paynix means eat
all and pay nothing s. S'A,.,i-@ g,.osji- 1 @ 5l4g
The book contains nearly two thousand
names, including ,hundredsaobthe best business
meu: :auu ;CltlIeus VI udIIlSUuIS, UOtu uedu duu
alive, with oslanderous remarks as to their dis
honesty In business transactions. Sieber is a
man Of some standing, with respectable connec-
tions in Reading. He confessed that he can
vassed the country, collected the names from
various agents and, informants, had the work
published In, Philadelphia, and sold large
number of copies to business men at two dol
lars.
The Mayors office was crowded with indig-
nant citizens, whose names appear In the
book. Sieber was bound over in 81, 600 bail to
appear at the next term of Court Samuel H..
Ettis, charged as being Sieber's agent here,
was also bound over in 81, 900, and shortly af-
ter leaving the Mayors Office he was met at
the gate of the State Capitol Park on State ST.,
attacked, knocked down ano cowhided by Maj
Chas. G. Davis, one of the slandered parties.-
Davis was also bound oyer.4Sieber immediate-
ly disappeared, in fear of violence at the hands
Of the people, most of whom, however, will
await their redress at the hands of justice. .
HAYm.--In Hayti the blacks have had every
opportunity and every incentive for demonstra
ting their capacity for self government and civ
ilization. And yet we find, under the thin var
nish of a semi ohristianized exterior, the same
brutal passions which distinguish the govern
ments of old Calabar river and Dahomey.-.
Gen Leon Monies, a captive revolutionist, has
been poisoned, and then knocked on the head
with orowbar, by his jailor. In this atrocious
murder it is reported that President Salnave is
al 5accomplice Universal alarm and discon-
tent t,reigned at the capital, and foreigners were
flying to Jamaica for safety. In addition to
thfs-com the rumor that six millions of coun-
terfeit paper dollars are in circulation in Haytl,
and that the Government connlves at this fraud
also. Salnave left November20th on tour of
inspection among his arsenals and powder mag
azines, and was evidently preparing new hor-
rors for his political opponents. Salnave is a
full-blooded negro, and has been represented as
trying to give to the world specimen OF negro
favor. We shall now have chance to see in
the future of Hayti, as We have seen in It's
past, how little aptitude the negro race has for
its own advancement; !; and we trust that the
lesson will not be lost upon those who, at the
safe distance Of New York and New England, ,.
are looking with philosophical serenity upon
the Institution OF similar experiments in the
Southern States.-M YsJ,, Of Conn., s;s
WHAT OUR BABY DID..--The other day,
Nethelwas eighteen months old, and she cele
brated the eyentin the following style, with a
regularity and tpromptness which almost defes
competition: LIST, Upset. a quart OF milk upon
her bran new flannel gown; I'd, Put the hair
brush in the ssloppaii; Sd, Took spoon from
the table and -plastered the carpet and: floor
with soft lard,T and then wiped it off with the
clean dress Just put upon her !, 4tb, She did
not .''striDg spools ON the cats tail"' but took
another form ofexpressing her devotion to that
pet, BY trying to cram it into her father boot;
9TH, Found her way into the pantry and upset
the kerosene into a pan of meal that < had inst
been sitted for use use !; and, to cap the, climax,
creased aher. little red shoes with the mixture );
9th, Ate some bread and milk and went off to
sleep.T These things were done In spite Of
careful watching and Gas we have since learned
6y experience IS but a fair sample of her every
oaygife. Babes are mischievousI! What can
mother do with three or four little fellows at
a time and keep the house in. order? We've
resolved never 70 find fault If supper ism i,
Saaty sSsaay last q theright time.-LMouroe (Wis)