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, 1868-11-06

The good old times must, 10 very many
respects, have been very bad old times. Read,
for instance, the following extract from the
instructions given in l746 by the Paris
Parliament to Monsieur de Paris'-that is
to say. the Partisan executioner-in regard
to the course he was to pursue in. breaking
the criminals:
Aher undressing the prisoners, no mat
ter whether male or female, until nothing
but a short shirt covers them, he will tic
them to the ST. Andrews cross on the scat.
fold, stretching their limbs as far as possis
Bile, and turning their elbows outside. After
giving the chaplain notice to leave the scaf.
fold, be will take the bar Gan iron bar. four
feet long and very heavy and commence
striking on the prisoners limbs. He will
commence at the left shoulder, crushing the
bones by two deliberate blows. One blow
will be sufficient for the upper arm, two for
the left elbow, two for the wrist and hand.
Two heavy blows will be laid on the left hip
bone, three on the left knee joint, two we'll
laid on, on the left leg, and one on the left
foot. Monsieur de Paris will then wait a
minute or two and commence working on
the right side of the culprit, commencing at
the foot and finishing at tue shoulder The
grefier of the court will see to it that these
instructions are strictly carried into effect,
The screams of the culprit must not be
needed by Monsieur, nor must he give him
the coup de grace before finishing in on the
right shoulder. The coup de grace is to
consist of three heavy blows, to te delivered
on the breast of the prisoner; if the prisoner
is woman, the coup de grace will be de-
livered under the ribs, lest her bosom
should break the force of the blows. The
body of the culprit will be delivered to the
medical faculty of Paris, which will file a
report on the condition of the corpse with
the greffier of the Parliament"
This horrible mode of execution was wit
messed on an average once week BY the
Parisians. One of the last victims of this
atrocious cruelty was poor servant girl, who
had been convicted of stealing two or three
dresses from her mistress. She was broken
on the wheel because larcenies by domestics
had become very numerous in Paris. Her
agony lasted eleven minutes, and stream
of blood spouting from her mouth after her
knee joint had been crushed, drowned her
heart-rending cries. Queen Marie Anioin-
cite had been appealed to save the girl, aud
haughtly refused. This was afterward re.
Louis XVI, about three thousdhd persons
were annually broken on the wheel Such
were the good old times in France.
, 1868-11-06

PROMISING TO MARRY THE GIRL.-We
yesterday heard rather good story on one
of our city ministers. During last winter a
a revival was in progress in one of the coun-
try churches near the city. Among the reg
ular attendants,o on the meeting, was a beauti-
ful and estlmable, but rather unsophisticated
young lady, whose friends were very anxious
to have her unite with the church. She
seemed however reluctant to do so and
the minister in question was requested to
talk to her. This he did several times,
on one occasion saying, in jocuar manner
Miss NJ if you'll join the church I'll
marry you, meaning he would perform the
ceremony. The girl seemed pleased with
the proposition, and few evenings after
walked up to the altar and united with the
church. Several weeks after this the minister
preached at the church, and after the seryi.
ces met the young lady. Brother said
she, you promised to marry me if I'd ioin
the church. Are you going to do so |
didn't want to wait any longer The minis
ter saw his dilemma and attempted to ex-
plain. q meant would perform the cere-
mony,' he said, that's all. / can't marry
you myself, for | am already married and
love my wife too much to desire to swan her
off for another The young lady became in.
dignant, declared that she'd leave the church
and that she never did have much faith in
these town preachers Our ministerial
friend declares that he will never again use
any other than plain scripturaI argument 10
induce young lady to join the church
, 1868-11-06
Butler. Thievinr.

No other man has ever perpetrated all
sorts OF crimes With such impunity as Gen.
Butler has done. His conduct in the rob
bing and pillaging private houses in New
Orleans is isperhaps, sufficiently known to the
public, and We all know he has not been held
to account for it, aud that his party. in spite
Of IT, has followed him and rejOiced in him
as its leader.
But there are transactions Of bis with
which the public generally are not familiar.
lie Is guilty Of having openly and unblush,
ingly stolen from, robbed, swindled the gov
ernment itself, while employed in its service.
When he was running bis machine in New
Orleans, he eon6scated Chat was the mild
word he used) large amount of gold that
in his searches he found in vaults of certain
bankers. Of course he bad no right and
could not oven pretend to have a right to
seize money except as the representative of
the federal government to which he was
bound to render an immediate account of it,
When he was sued for it year or two after.
wards, he equivocated a good deal and finally
said that he had turned it over to the treas
ury. Judge Pierpont, who, though a po-
ltical friend Of Sis, had brought the suit,
felt it to be his duty to investigate the mat
ter, did investigate it, and found that he had
never accounted for and paid over one cent.
The government bad been previously in pos
session of the facts aud understood them
perfectly, but never, SO far as the country
knows, did it take the FIRST step TO bring him
to justice or force him to empty his pockets
of its spoils.
And we learn from that entirely reliable
and highly respectable paper, the Baltimore
Gazette, that, when Butler was at Fortress
Monroe, be exacted from the Messrs. KIM
berly, of Baltimore, as the rent of certain
government property used by them, an amount
in the aggregate of $4,000 Whether he
had right to collect the money or not, it
certainly belonged, when collected, to the
government lie claimed that be had paid
the money over. The attorneys for the Kim
berleys made an investigation at Washington,
and found that he had not paid it over, but
must have pocketcd it. They are conse-
quently prosecuting him at this time to COM
pei him to disgorge the money, and it is pre-
sumed that there is DO doubt of their success.
The government, in this case as in the other,
has full knowledge of the facts, but takes
no steps for the punishment of the stealing
of its property.
uuBeally, Butler seems to be regarded as a
natural and sals5RsDIJfisutto sMaTll!a 4ttBa
riile Journal
, 1868-11-06

The ECUMENICAL CoUNCIL.-The Ro-
man correspondent of the Pail Nall Gazette
says We learn that the five committees
appointed to prepare the propositions to be
debated by the ecumenical council are pros
crossing more rapidly with their work than
was expected. This has not been done with
out taking council with French, Italian. and
German theologians, and in the course of
October or November the report of the faith
ers will be submitted by the Pope to an in>
ternational committee, composed Of prelates
OF those nations, as well as of England, Spain,
Portugai. Holland, Belgium, aud Poland
Finally, the amended and elaborated propo-
sitions will be examined by a committee of
cardinals, which will give them the shape in
which they are to come before the council.
The list includes the following important
subjects: |, The policy of uniting the Cath,
olic and Greek schismatic churches g The
regulation of the relations between the church
and state, in view of the almost universal
transformation Of absolute into constitutional
governments; 8, The position of the Catholic
clergy in general. and particularly of religious
communities of women 10 presence Of the
revolution which desOlates the italian penin.
sula; 4, The best node Of providing religious
instruction as barrier against the atheism
OF the day, so destructive to faith and morals.
Cardinal Pitra, Benedictine, is appointed to
plead the cause Of the Greek Church, and
explain the differences which divide it from
Rome"
, 1868-11-06

The stipulated boundaries of the new
Territory of Wyoming embrace an area of
about lO7 600 square miles, or 81, ,4S0,0 900
acres. The Pacific Railroad, when complet-
ed, will pass over about 4S0 miles ofits soil.
Ihe population at present numbers $4,000.
, 1868-11-06

LONG SERMONS "A lawyer who consum-
es three hours in arguing question of law
relating to the ownership of barrel of APP
Piles is indignant at his minister for exceed.
ing twenty FIVE minutes in unfolding one of
the great principles of morality, on the OBJ
servance Of which the tolerabe existence of
society depends. The judge who fills two
hours with his opinion on the right of a
counsel to challenge witness, grumbles at
his minister because he has prolonged the
discussion of fundamental laws of human
existence to thirty minutes. The physician
who takes ten minutes to prepare the medi-
cine for the headache is nervously restive if
his minister only spends twice as many in
attempting to relieve chronic heartache
The belle who has spent-how long ? in ad,
justing the bows of her bonnet, is remorse-
less in her criticism on the minister who does
not finish his medtations on the character
of God in fifteen minutes The fop who
has combed and perfumed and waxed his
beard and moustache for an hour, is morti-
fed past endurance if the poor minister is
not through his discussion Of the immortal
life inside of twenty minutes.
, 1868-11-06
To CITY Subscribers.

On and after this date, the STATESMAN will be
served to City subscribers at so cents month, pay
able to the carrier Those who have paid in advance
will have their papers continued until the time ex-
pires.
, 1868-11-06

The successor to the Spanish throne re-
mans undetermined, the name of Ferdinan,
SSo' Ex-King of Portugal, is mentioned with
laVor Prince Alfred of England has been
mentioned, but he will not be chosen, being
Protestant.
, 1868-11-06
The Fandnnro.

fandangoes are the acme Of enjoyment.
II We aiopt Mexican idea, heaven would
not be worth striving for unless II contained
a asmooth Underground and some colored pa
pers to make lanterns Of.
Not logn since attended a fndaneo given
by>old Don Juan Magill, Of border notOriety.
The ballroom was as wide as space aud as
long as the universe, the ceiling high as the
blue vaultof heaven" The particular spot
of ground selected for the dance was clean
swept, aud bounded on three sides by long
benches and on the fourth by the reireshment
stand and "montep table. Light was af,
forded by tallow candles protected by lanterns
made Of red and yellow paper, like those OF a
beer,garden in the summer time.
When all was ready small boy with q
big drum commenced hideous Tum, tum,
tum," which soon drew a happy crowd OF
codee-cOlored beauties from the neighboriDg
"casitas."
Much has been said and written about the
beauty of the "dark eyed senoritas " of Mex
leo, and not without some cause. They are
pretty; their outdoor, gypsy, halfIndian
life gives them a magnificent natural form /;
they have an abundance of long, straight and
coal'black hair, eyes deep, glistening, and
dark as mountain spring, compilations all
shades from a smoked ham to a cedar pail,
and such pretty feet But as for me. sir,
give me Boston girl, who with all her mil.
linery mysteries can speak English.
The string band, consisting Of a harp,
fiddle and bass drum, strikes up a tune aud
the may begins; and mazy it is with Il
vengeance, for the Mexicans dance through
all the changes of their national dances with
out calling; few strangers can manage to get
through one with any degree of propriety.
The favorite dances are the fandango, the
bolero, the cabana and the danga; the first
two consist principally of posturing to music,
and resemble slightly the more decent parts
Of the cancan the other two are round
dances, with part waltz and part polka step
During the interval the caballeros regale
themselves on mescal and their own dear
loves on dried apples and Jumps of pelOucilas
Ga kind Of brown loaf sugar and walk lov>
ingly among the cactus-edged labyriuths of
the sheep pastures.
Sometimes when enjoyment is at its height
a burning glance is misinterpreted The
monster with grass eolored eyes does as usual
"a pistol flashes or bowie gleams-some
poor fellow is carried out on a rawhide-and
the dance goes on as before.
v Those who st d9n,t dance a eYgaak gfa1k win mescal
quarreling over picayune, make things live
ly. The spectacle is by no means the least
interesting feature of a,border Caille.
, 1868-11-06

WOMEN FARMERS.-As facts are worth
more than theories, L will give you some
account Of Mrs. Roberts who has gained the
appellation at the head Of this article. Some
three years ago [ visited her home in Pekin,
asmall village, in Niagara county, N. Y. Mrs
Roberts family consisted of herself, husband
seven girls and two boys. The mother, at
the outset Of her married life, had resolved
10 make no distinction in the development Of
her children, aud she and her daughters
wenkiuto the field and worked side by side
with the men the result was, the girls can
do as much work and do it equally as we'll,
as the boys, and the women We're equal with
the men in strength and capacity At the
time of my visit, six of the daughters had
attained womanhood, and l was astonished
to see the difference 10 the physical develops
menI of these women and those of the world
at large; every one Of them would measure
across the shoulders and around the waist as
much as any common sized man. There
was no part of farm work but what they
could do Any one of these women could
hitch the horses to the wagon, load it with
barrels Of apples, potatoes, or cords of wood,
or whatever it might be, drive eight miles
to market, sell and discharge their produce,
caring as little for what the world said of
them as though it had 10 existence. They
had a little world of their own, and whoever
went there to visit them, felt sense of free
dom such as could not be felt elsewhere, at
least so it Seemed to me. Mrs. Roberts in.
stituted what was called farm school, em,
ploying a good teacher, and taking a few
children from abroad. She had four hours
each day devoted to study, and six to work
and after that, the time was spent in pleas
ure and recreation. Musical and literary
entertainments we're gotten up, in which all
the members joined, old and young | have
seen the father on several occasions engage
in wrestling match with some one of his
daughters, when it was hard to tell which
gained the mastery and here l will say that
Mr.. Roberts is a man six feet in height and
of good mental qualities.
, 1868-11-06

A JOURNAL, speaking of the intention Of
an actress to play an engagement at Pitts
burg, says that the city z viii just SCOT her"
, 1868-11-06

LABOR has been so scarce and expensive
IN Ireland this year, that farmers have be-
come reconcied to the use of reapiDg ma
chimes for the first time.
, 1868-11-06

A scientific journal tries to make people
ashamed of themselves by saying that there
Is more power stored up in one cart.load Of
coal than man exerts during his lifetime
, 1868-11-06
arrERMs INVARIABLY IN ADyANCE.Da
lob PRINTING ofevery description one

FOB PRINTING Ofevery description done
al to order and on reasonable terms. Orders for
ny of the following articles will be promptly filled:
BOOKS, BLANK CHECKS,
PAMPHLETS, NOTES OF HAND,
HANDBILLS, ORDER BOOKS,
BALL TICKETS, STEAMBOAT BILLS,
CIRCULARS, STEAMBOAT CARDS,
Invitations, Bills of Lading,
BUSINESS CARDS, CERTIFICATES,
BILLHEADs, SHOW BILLS,
CONCERT BILLS, CHECK BOOKS,
PROGRAMMES BLK RECEIPTS,
ADDRESS CARDS, DRAFTS,
BLANKS OF ALL KINDS.
~ Sob Work must be paid for before being taken
from the Office.
, 1868-11-06

IDLE DAUOHTERs.-It is a most painful
spectacle in families where the mother is
the drudge, to see the daughters elegantly
dressed, reclining at their ease, with their
drawing, their music, their fancy works, and
never dreaming Of their responsibilities but,
as necessary cousequence,of neglect Of duty,
growing weary of their useless lives, lay
hold of every newly invented stimulant to
rouse their dropping energies, aud blaming
their fate, when they dare not blame their
God, for having placed them where they
are. These individuals often tell you, with
an air of affected compassion, {for who can
believe it real y that poor mamma is work
ing herself to death yet no sooner do you
propose that they should assist her, than
they declare she is quite in her element
in short, that she never would be happy if
she had only half SO much to do.
, 1868-11-06
Nalla &jalIa Statesmatl.

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING, BY
WILLIAM H. NEWELL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
, 1868-11-06

The STEAM PLow-This machine as
constructed by the English inventor, Fawkes,
was recently the subject of sOmek important
experiments at the Agricultural Society S
Exhibition, at Leicestershire, Eng land. This
steam pillow is described as follows A loco
motive engine, with wheels, tires twenty
inches wide, stands at one side of the field.
At the opposite side stands moVeable an
chor which carries a horizontal windlass
wheel, four feet in diameter. A similar
wheel, with an arrangement for clasping a
wire rope, stands horizontally under the
boiler OF the engine. A steel wire rope
passes around these two wheels, and for a
clasp to its two ends it has a double set of
gang plows or cultivator teeth, as the case
may be- One set of plows turns furrow to
the right and the other to the left. Moving
in one direction, one set of plowa Is IN work
and the other is elevated above the ground.
In returning in the other direction their
positions are reversed. At the trial in
England the plow cut the sod up to the
depth of nine inches, and thoroughly scat
tered the soil at the rate of one acre per
hour. The price of the entire apparatus is
$3.50, requires the assistance OF three men
and two boys, and takes bite into the sur
face of the ground forty inches wide.
, 1868-11-06

DUEL ON HORSEBACK. - The Corpu.
Christi Adrertiser has from a correspondent
these particulars of bloody and fatal af,
fray which took place on the west side ot
the river, above Oakvile, on the % ultimo
between Henderson Williams and Sic Brown
about some beeves that were turned into a
herd against the wish of Mr. Williams. The
latter claimed authority over said beeves, as
partly his own and partly those for which he
held agencies.
Some angry words occurred at first, which
eliminated in the drawing of weapons, which
were heavy dragoon six-shoolers. Both par
ties being mounted, at each successive shot
they charged up closer to their dreadful
work. The firing was rapid and the com
batants became enveloped in the smoke of
their weapons, which Tapped together on the
last round Mr.. Browns frmness was wild,
owing, no doubt, to the fact that he received
a mortal centre shot from Williams first
fire, although be sat on his horse firmly un-
til shot the third time through the body,
which, entering the heart he fell a corpse
on the instant. Williams was unhurt, but
his horse was shot through the head, and
Both parties had numbers of well armed
friends on the ground, but no assistance or
Interference was offered, and/the issue was
fairly and squarely tested. Both men were
undoubtly brave to the last inch, such as
would do honor to any cause, right or wrong.
But it is a sad very sad thing indeed, that
men forty years of age mus; draw their weap-
ons to decide questions property.
, 1868-11-06

THERE is a Baptist congregation in Mari
den, Conn, which was founded about two
hundred years ago, and which has had only
FIVE pastors during that time. The last two
occupied the pulpit forty seven and thirty
seven years respectively.
, 1868-11-06

Two ladies, to all appearance in an inter,
esting condition, recently attempted to cross
the Prussian frontier at Babberich, and on
being questioned expressed their wish that
their respective children might be born on
Prussian soil. The Gustom.house official
took compassion on them, introducing them
to his wife, and, strange to say, they were,
before leaving, safely delivered of forty-fVe
bladders full of spirits-in all about ten
gallons.
, 1868-11-06
q. s. Official Paper for the Territory.

Office Statesman Building, Third Street.
, 1868-11-06

A TRAVELLER in Arkansas found the fol-
lowing notice stuck on the ferryman's door
at Cache river: 'Noatis-if nnybody comes
here arter Ticker or to git across the river.
They can jes blow this horn, and eff don't
cum when my Betsy up at the Howse hears
the horn bloin, shele cum down and sell the
licker or SET them Akross the river line from
Hoam, john willou. N B them as kant rede
will have to go to the howse srter Betsy
aint but half mile thar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-06

! MEMORIAL CELEBRATIoN.-The dedication
4 Of the Southern cemetery at Manassas, on
Saturday next, the 9th inst, under the auspi-
oes Of the ladies Of Prince William county, will
ibecelebrated in an appropriate manner: Among
the gentlemen announced to be present and TO
deliver addresses upon the occasion are Y
following: ). r. Tucker, JAS. F. Clark, las.
Barbour. J. S. Mosby, Col. CARING ton, Judge
Sinclair, Judge Moore, Gen. Fitz Lee, Col. b.
WHITE, Col. Berkeley, DR.. Bagby and Maj.
J.W. Daniel. It understood that only half
larewill be charged persons attending the cele-
bratiop 1900 - 90 S1-51 .5R
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-06

In execution of q decree of the Circuit Court
of Fairfax county, rendered at the June term,
1867, in the suits Of Turner Dixon's Administra-
trix vs. Austin L. Adams, I will sell, at public
auction. in front Of the Court House of Fairfax
next, Court day, a TRACT OF LAND, in the
said county of Fairfax, upon which the said
Austin L. Adams formerly lived, situated upon
the Columbian Turnpike, about half a milo
from Bailey's CROSSROADS, and adjoining the
lands of Jerry L. Page, NOW Gordon'sl Caleb Caleb
Reed and Doctor Bancroft, containing FIFTY
TWO ACRES.
TERMS-One-thir of the purchase-monoy
to be paid in cash at the time Of sale; the res
idue in two equal payments, at and Il months
the deferred payments to bear interest, and to
be secured by the bonds of the purchaser, With
approved security, and retention of tho title
until said payments are made. The costs of al
deeds, including revenue stamps, &c, to be
borne by the purchaser.
LAWRENCE B. TAYLOR,
Fairfax CO.. mar 27-eots Commr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-06

POLICE REpoRT-MAYoR's OFFIcE.--
case of Joseph Gheen, for an assault on Richard
Beach, was dismissed, the complainant declining
to prosecute.
p: MAGISTRATE S OFFIoE.-The case of Harriet
Jones, for abusive language towards Susan
Sales, was postponed until this evening.
: .Winny Ann Baker, ,colored, was examined
for lunacy, and committed. #aeg.f 80
IN Henry Dorsey, colored was examined Tor
,lunacy and, committed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-06

PAPER AND PAPER BAGS.

Fearing you may forget, as many do and pay
dearly for it, I will here state chat l have Just
received an additional supply Of those justly
celebrated PAPER BAGS, any size you please.
Also the Richmond Sp Ts Pspe PE Rlps Straw
Now just recollect this, and don't run away
from home to buy these things or any thing
else, such as WRITING PAPER Of any size
or quality, BLANK BOOKS of all sorts, and
STATIONERY Of all kinds. Just call at
" JOHN II. PARROTS
Blank Book, Paper and Stationery Warehouse,
lTEs1' D#.i - r. ae': l. Alexandria, Va.
N. B.-Don't forget what say and then tell
m you did not think of it. my
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-06

Bricks. The National Building and Man
ufacturiug Association and brick, sand land
gravel company, Of which Col. J. RIO Beirne,
of Washington, is President, o. Stevens, Of
Washington, Secretary, and John Fl. Bryant,
of this city, General Superintendent, and whose
works are located on the Washington and Al
exandria railroad, are now turning out about
80, 900 bricks daily, by the new steam process !;
and Mr.. ]. P. Bonnell, of New Jersey, once of
the company, is now erecting a Kiln, in which
coal is to be used as fuel. ~ 145zf. Y ss11t.