Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-12-10

their active season some time ago. those hav
ing Western trade were disappointed IN the
fall business. and some of those having a near
by trade complain, though far less than the
Western houses. During the TAIL session the
Southern trade evlnced more activity than
during any season since the close o! the war.
The Baltimore Gazette ridicues, with point
and effect, Benjamin +. Buffers graclOusy
coudescendiDg remark to the COMMITTEE OF
the Virginia Legislature, now in Washington,
that he (Butlerl "is always ready to accept
tho pledge OF Virginia gentleman. The
thing is not reciprocal. There arc very few
Virginia gentlemen who would be ready to nc
cept the pledge of b. L. Butler
Five young men were recently arrested in
Philadelphia Tor carrying concealed weapons,
and the papers ol the city urge that they
should De punished to the full extent OF the law
vi that city The practice OF carrying deadly
weapons is the cause OF many Of the murders
which are chroniclcd throughout the country,
Mr. Carpenter has introduced Il bill in the
Senate increasing the salary Of the Chicl Jus
tiee OF the Supreme Court of the Il. s. to $l2,
900 per annum, aud OF the Associate Justices
TO $40, 900. The present salaries are 5000 Tor
theChief Justice, and $4,000 for the ASsoci
ute Justices.
The total amount OF losses by fire. through
out the 4. :. from January to December
1869 has been $50. $500
NEUROLOGICAL. Albemarle has had Il n,aL-
dog excitement The Chronicle tells about it,
a. follows:
Late in the evening Ui Monday, Nov L.. 4
dog passed the hogs on the farm, aud was seen
10 bite several OF them, and among the rest
large SOW The deg was then driven oil Ly
another sow and by COW. III was not noticed
spa,n until about 10 O'Clock at night. when "a
great noise was heard among flock OF ducks
,Wo OF the servants attracted by the noise wee
~ the pen where the ducks were and found two
ducks dead, and the dog IN the act of killing
another. They drove the dog o II and nothing
further was neard Of him that night The next
morning the dog was found near the cabins
and four shots fred at him from large revol
yer. without his being hit in 4 vital part, and
he WAS then killed with o crowbar. snap Ring
AZ the man who last struck him. lie did not
utter sound when shot ut with the pistol,
which is remarkable, because it was found at
ter his death that three of the shots had hit him.
when struck with crowbar, he uttered kind
vi bark. The circumstances were known TO be
unusual, but nothing more thought of them
until the evening Of December u, when one OF
the hogs, was found swapping At the other hogs,
aud the sow which was known To have been
bitten by the dog, and which had been missing
SO hours, was iouud dead NJ distance from
the house. The sick hog was left alone for
the night, and on the next morning was found
with increased disease, ioamng at the mouth
aud swapping at all around 1t it was then kill
ed. There are two points in this dogs con
duct, contrary to the common idea OF hydro.
phobia We are told that he, without doubt.
crossed little stream OF water passing through
the tarm, aud also that he showed great fear
when running from place to place.