Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-17

A New IMMIGRATION PLAN. N.-There is am.
pile evidence that the great natural advan-
tages Of our State are beginning to be recogn IL
ed. We are pleased to learn that there arc
with US, at tais time, several gentlemen who
are inclined to cooperate with the c!tlzens OF
Virginia in an effort to divert a portion OF the
better class of immigrants from Europe to our.
Old Dominion. a... .......s...
The scheme which these gentlemen propose
is, as follows: The owners Of land form COM
panies by subscription OF parts or whole tracts,
mill property, mines, &c, to the capital stock,
the valuation to be made by agreement or by
appraisement and stock issued to the various
owners to the amount OF valuation. Then ad-
ditional preferred stock, bearing six per ct. ln-
terest payable from first dividend, is issued in
amounts sufficient to cover expenses OF survey
ing, mapping, advertising, &C., to company
of capitalists organized for this purpose in Lon
don. After the interest of the money adVan
ced is satisfied, the dividends will be paid
upon all the stock alike, that is to both land
and cash subscribers. =:
Those gentlemen who have come here are
Dr., Tomkins, of London Mr.. G. G. Leigh, Of
New York city, and Egbert Hasard, Of London.
Other gentlemen are in different parts of the
South, and we are informed that the project
meets, with the hearty approval of al of those
to whom it has been explained. .-Rtchmond
WAig, .. - 80. .r........ ... ....-..,..
TIE METHODIST EPISCOPAL MARRIAGE
SERv1cE.--lt is not generally known that at
the last General Conference, in 1854, the mar
riage service was altered The charge to the
parties previously read, II require and charge
you both {as you shall answer at the dreadful
10 az oil
shall be disclosed) that, if either of you know"
&c. So in the covenant the bride promised to
obey aud '.serVe' her husband, as we'll as
to ''ove, honor and keep him. In the pre-
sent both the reference to the day Of judgment
and the brides vow to obey her husband are
wanting. Instead of ''wilt thou obey him,
serve him, love, honor and keep him, as 1t
had stood for. centuries itnow reads "wilt thou
love, honor and keep him., the words ''obey
him, serve him" having been expunged. And
50 also in the words Of the bride to the BRIDE
groom, instead of II, N, take thee, NJ, to love,
cherish and obey till death do US part as it.
vas up to 1864, we now read ito love and to
cherish, merely, the sobey" having been struck
out. There seems to be little agitation,
mainly on the part of young husbands, it seems,
TO have the omitted words rcinstated.
AS an ingenious trick IN the shopkeeplhg
I'ne the New York Evening Post says that at
Broadway store recently large number of
articles among them stockings, were, tlcketed
Tor sale at a great sacrifice. " A lady custo,
lner bought lot Of stockings which proved
70 bea 'decoy." The clerk, skillfuily laying
Them aside. was about to wrap up another lot
iorher, when she interrupted him by protest
ing that they were oflinferior quality. He de-
cared s that they were exactly the same, but,
after an alteration, permitted her to take the
ot 10 she had selected, and begged very hard to
nay. nave the privilege Of sending them home,
winch rleh she declined. The Post warns buyers
VI cheap goods against these "decoys."
NEWSPAPER SPoNaERs. exchange
makes the following sensible remar ks:-There
arg many people in the world who make it q
business cuisines to sponge the reading Of their town
Tpr Tgsper without any expense to themselves.
aaey aaey are found wherever the paper is lett-in
asoop, Office, store, or barber shop and Dor
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