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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr. Taylor, State Auditor, on yesterday, re
ceived twenty-five dollars, enclosed IN an Tn
velopc, accompanied with the simple inscrlp
ton, Conscience fund. The money was
turned over to the Treasurer, and placed as the
first item upon the conscience fund OF VlrgInla.
Wilson, highway robber, who is charged
with being concerned in the Oakley robbery,
near Richmond, was arrested on Monday, just
as he was getting on the Aqua Creek steam
boat on his way to Washington.
The Broad Rock Race Course, near Rich
mond, has been sold by its owner, Col. McDan
ies, of Suacaucus, ~ j. for $4,000. Ii viii
not be used in future race track.
The Court in Richmond is now engaged in
the case of Grant for killing Pollard. There
seems to be much difficulty in obtaining a
properly qualified jury.
The Steeple of the Episcopal Church at
Charlottesville, which had been in precavious
condition Tor sometlne fell lew days ago
No one was injured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
Ee,ter from Front Royal.

correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
FRONT ROYAL, Feb. 23.-On Friday even
ing, February 9th, the residence Of John T
Lowell, CSC, one mile from this village, anl
most OF the furniture and bedding, were con
sumed by fire MIR. lowell was absent on ;
visit to Iowa. His wife and children, thu,
suddenly deprived Of their home, have the
sympathes of our entire community. The tire
originated from stove pipe.
Ga Saturday evening" the Goth, about dusk
the stable and smoke house of }. b. Arniss, il
this village, was burned, and owing to the di
rcction of the wind the whole place was IL
imminent peril But by we'll directed efforts
the spread Of the fire was prevented, although
it was communicated again and again to build
ings, fences, &c. Too much praise cannot be
accorded to the nerve and iirmness of many
Young men ana half grown boys, but for whose
excrfions nearly the whole village must have
been consumed The fire was first discovered
in the straw in the stable, and cannot be salts
factorily acc counted for. 1t is hoped the people
of the village will organize, at least, hook
and ladder company.
If the disabilities of many persons IN Warner
are not removed it will De utterly impracticabIt
to fill the offices with competent persons. =
None have yet been removed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

NATIONAL JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL.
Senate yesterday passed he bill to incorporate
re National Junction Railway Company. 1t
mpowers Jas A. Magrudcr, John l.. Kidwell
a.. Ii. Cragan, John w. Thompson, Uallet
Kilbournc, Alex. K. Shepherd, and VIM. III.
enuey their associates and successors, to con
siruct railway line from the northern terminus
/ the Aqueduct bridge in Georgetown, or at
,me eligible point on the south shore of the
Potomac above and near the bridge thence by
4 tunnel in IA nOrthwesterly direction through
coll, ge hill thence by the most feasible route
rossing Rock creek into or around Washing
I'm, to a point most feasible ON the Potomac
the Eastern branch near the navy yard The
! riviIege is conferred TO locate grand Union
, epot OH the line at some point between Third
nd Fourteenth streets in Washington also,
: ne in Georgetown near the Aqueduct.
The capital stock shall consist OF 5 600 shares
nf 500 each.
They are authorized to borrow money not
xceeding $500, 600 on bonds at not more than
: per cent.
The said road must be completed within
three years after the election of the first board
{ directors. Congress reserves the right to
Regulate fare and freight charges.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

TIE INAUGURATION BALL.-It is to be re-
GREETED that the committee o! arrangements
for the Inauguration ball have u to this time,
lett their programme as to the issue TT tickets
and invitations so indefinite to encourage
serious doubr whether it is to be attended
exclusively by respectable white people, or to
be thrown open to al. without distinction OF
race or color" The recently published reply
of one of the committee to an inquiry upon
this sui icct, and, indeed, the statement authori
zed by the committee, that tickets can be
obtained by application in persoa or by letter, y
have created an impression that 1t is to be a
very much mixed assem- blage, in the admiS-
sion to which there will be no distinction of
race or color. We d. not understand that such
is the design of the committee or at least n
majority of the gentlemen who compose it.
Numerous letters Of inquiry have been written
from various parts OF the country to ascertain
what is the precise flct in this respect. Ma t..
IitellQencT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
EOrCi9n News.

Madrid dispatches announce that the mem
bers of the Provisional Government have re-
signed, and that the Cortes has entrusted
Marshal Serrano with full executive powers
with authority to form a new Ministry. A
vote of thanks to the retiring Ministers was
opposed with uuauimity by the Republican
members, but passed by the House. General
Prim made a speech declaring that the late
dynasty would never reascend the throne Of
Spain. General de Rho ia is to succeed Gene
raj Dulce as Captain General of Cuba.
The press of Lisbon unanimously condemn
the movement for the union of Spain and
Portugal under the old name OF Iberia, which
has been recently contemplated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
AUCTION SALES.
SALE OF LAND.

-
Pursuant to a decree Of the Circuit Court OF
Fairfax county rendered at the November
term 1868 of said Court in the suit of William
d. Allen against VIM. IL. Westfali the under
signed Commissioners therein named, will, on
MONDAY, the 18th day of March next, Court
day, sell, vt public auction. at Fairfax Court
House the TRACT OF LAND on which Fran.
els Worster now resides, containing ONE
HUNDRED ACRES, more or less. This land
lies about II miles from Fairfax and Burke
stations on the Orange " Alexandria Railroad;
is of good quality, and large part of it is IN
wood, which from It's proximity to the railroad,
is very valuable.
TERMS-Ten per cent Of the purchase. mon
ely to be paid in cash; the residue in three eq11a
nstaments, at SIX twelve and eighteen months
with interest from the day Of sale; the purchas-
er to give bond and personal security and the
title to be retained until the whole of the pur
chase money is paid.
VIM. l.. EDWARDS.
ORLANDO w. HUNT
Fairfax co.. feb 1l-eots
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

OATHs UPON OATHS. The Iron clad Oath"
which Congress long ago enacted, seems deS-
sined TO cause quite as much Inconvenience to
qhe public interests as to those who are de-
pr,ved by it from taking office. The POStothce
Department continues to be In Quandary
about IL, there being many postOthce towns IN
1he Southern States in which ucb)dy can be
found who is atle to take 1t. SO unanimously
.io the Southern people sem To be averse to
, eriury that the Postothc e Department is com
elled 10 apply to Congress for reilet, and
I.ill introduced by Mr. Norris, is before
The House committee on reconstruction, pro
>Iding Tor the appointment OF pOstWasters In
),'aces where nobody will swear the ''lrou-ciad
ath." According to this bill the iact muSs
DE established, in the first place, to the salts
faction Of the Postmaster General that no
person Can be procured TO oct as postmaster Tor
such office" who will take the oath IN question.
And the bill expressly provides how he shall be
iatisfed OF this 1t is to be done By more swear
ing by afhdavits to be filed and preserved.
FIRST, all the inhabitants OF such village are to
DE asked TO swear the Iron clad and take the
ostoifice Upon the refusal OF every one to
.io So all of the inhabitants are to be asked to
swear that none of them can or will swear the
>aid oath and all the oaths that no such oath
can be taken are to be filed and preserved
by the United States. Then, and then only,
lhe Postmaster General may look out tor some
'Iuyal," "weIl- disposed, and 10 other respects
mot disqualified person for postmaster.
Here Is decentralization with vengt aac:,
and the more there is OF 1T the greater are the
mbarrassments which are disclosed. -BdE
SIM
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

The contest over the organization OF the
next House of Representatives is growing very
active The canvass for the Speakership be
tween Messrs. Dawes and Blaine is very c'ose,
and the result lies wholly in the hands of some
thirty or more members who have refused to
commit themselves to either candidate.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

Dr. Schoeppe, charged with administering
poison to Miss. Stinneche and causing her death,
was brought up at Carlisle, Pean yesterday
on writ OF habeas corpus, but was remanded
for trial at the April term of court, upon the
charge OF murder.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

1t is stated in the dispatches and letters
from Washington that Gen. Grant yesterday
publicly made the important statement that his
Cabinet would be composed entirely OF civil
lians. To Senator Thayer and other members
Of Congress he said he would offer the position
Of Secretary OF War to General Schofield,
who would probably decline the appointment
and return to his position in the army. He
chen added that he would not appoint army or
navy officers to Cabinet positions, but civilians
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

A small mermaid from Japan is on exhbi-
zion in Washington. Travellers report that
''mermaids' are manufactured most ingenious
ly by the Japanese. This, however, may be u
genuine original
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

'4i'E'
tive Committee
HENRY ID. COOKE, Vice President
EMERSON w. PEET, Secretly anal Actl-.r
This Company, National ia its chAractc, Of.
fers by reason Of its Large Capital, Low b
of Premium and New Tables, the most de.-
bic means of insuring life yet presented b. ..
public.
The rates of premium being largely reduce
arc made AS favorable TO the insurers Is ,i..-
of the best Mutual Companies, and avoid
the complications and uncertainties oi Note
Dividends, and the misunds' standings Woi.
the latter are SO apt 10 cause toe PoHcy -Eolder
Several new and attractive tables are Lpt
presented, which need only to be u0deTsN
to prove accep tabie to the public. such A. t.-
INCOME. PRODUCING POLICY and i
TURN PREMIUM POLICY. In the form
the policy holder not only secures u life lh.--
ance, PAYABLE ut death, but viii receive, u Ht-
ing, after period oiA fe y years ot oHNaa.
come eqllaL 10 ten per cDit 40 pr cs1tl U q.
par of his poiicV IN the Ia ler the COMPS.
agrees 10 return ~ the 0SsuTet the tofa. 0U.
ofmoneyhehae Pqid IN, i"odo.to4 t'tFea"9 r
ofAjs policy.
The attention Of pcr-ons contemplating
surfing their lives or increasing the amour Il.
insurance they already have, Is called % b..
special advantages offered by the str.
Life Insurance Company
Circulars Pamphlets and fall pr
given on application TO
y. G STITt
Agent for the city AMI county OF hIcxHa
Office ~ King stree.
FRANCIS 4. UICKGNG, Agent for the c.e.-
ties Of FuisfaA. Prince William and FauG..
will be III the Court Houses of the Ie-Je.l
counties on G urt days PostJiIicr s'
andriA, or Fairfax Court House.
n,;~Solctors wanted for the Compsn-
ian - -d&tWGm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
ICOMNlUNICATED.

PAYMENT OF TAXES Please publish the
following paragraph There cannot be the
least doubt that there is much gained in every
way, to Individuals and to the public generally,
by prompt payment in everything, and especial
" in the matter of taxes Nothing, it is said,
is more sure than taxes; therefore they may as
well be at once met
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

Mr. BLoNDuETM requests us to mention
to the citizens of Alexandria and the sur
rounding country that owing to im'n 'nse
success of business this winter he intends t.
sell his entire stock of Fall and Winter Cioth h
ing out regardless of cost.
Go ono and all,
And give Bondheim call,
Al the corner of King and Fairfax streets.
do,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

Numerous applications Tor office under the
lext administration are daily received at head
quarters of the army, and also recommends
tons for the appointment Of friends. No at
tention is paid to any of such papers,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

We have already mentioned the affray In
clark county, Va, which ended in the killing
of Mr.. William T. Burwell and the wounding
Of Mr. Lewis Wood The latter it is said, is
not likely to recover This matter has caused
much excitement in the county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
CITY HOTEL


The business of @his house will be conducted
hereafter under the name and firm OF FRANCIS
u CARR, and the house is now open for The re-
ception of visitors ThanKiul for past ftYorS,
we pledge ourselves TO do the best we can To en-
terrain and mako comfortable those who may
calI nm ne VIM. III FRANCI5.
JAMES w CARE.
. doc 22-3m PrOprietors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
ALEXANDRIA.

Majority and minority reports have been
made by the committee appointed to examine
into alleged election frauds in New York, the
majority affirming great frauds, the minority
indicating the judges of the courts in New
York, and their clerks and officers against the
charge of unlawful and corrupt participation in
or knowledge of the alleged frauds in the pro-
curement of naturalization, and charging that
there is no decent OF creditable testimony taken
by the committee which fastens upon them
any personal knowledge of such frauds,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILD Eg
PHILADELPHIA,
where the general business Of the Compsa. .
transacted, and to which all general corresnorl
ence should be addressed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

The Senate committee on foreign affairs yes
.erdsy considered the Gushing Darien canal
treaty, and came to favorable decision. They
will report in favor Of "a ratification ofthe treaty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

A party of fox hunters in Yorkshire, Fog
land, few days ago, In attempting to cross a
liver in ferry boat, were upset, and SIX OF
ihem, with their fine horses, were drowned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
White FISH Seth Green, of Mundlord,

WHITE FISH-Seth Green, of Nlundlord,
Monroe county, n. Y. writes as follows:
81 have made perfect success of Matching
white fish this winter. have some in glass
jar on my parlOr table twelve days old, and the
little fellows are feeding first rate. | took the
spawn November 80 : they hatched February
s; temperature of water 49, Matched them
in my trout Matching trough and shad box
1t takes the same time to hatch white fish that
it does trout. The spawn can be shipped Il
fifty days Journey This is the first success
that has ever been made Matching white fish,
and is the beginning of stocking all our lakes
with them.
The white fish is the "shad' of the northern
lakes-a spleudd fish Tor eating iresh--by
many thought superior to the salmon trout OF
the lakes; aud the sailed white fish is an I'M
portant article of commerce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
CITY ITEMS.

S. DEALHAM, los King street, invites atten-
ton to his elegant assortment OF ready made
Clothing for men and boys, which he Is closing
out at reduced prices on account of the lateness
Of the season. dec 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

Maj. Uriel White, lawyer and prominent
politician, aud q popular gentleman, died at
ale Tuieriss, in Clarke county, Va, on Thurs
Law last
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

The House of Representatives, yesterday,
promptly passed the Copper Tariff bill ove-
The Presidents veto.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

SINGING FESTIVAL IN BALTIMORE. The
city of Baltimore during the approaching
summer, will witness one OF the grandest lesti-
walls that has perhaps, ever been held in this
country From the 10th to the 10th OF July,
inclusive, the Northeastern S@ngerbund OF the
United States will celebrate their grand bien
NAL musical festival, in which the singers OF all
the larger Eastern cities and their respective
viclnitles, to The number Of several thousand,
are expected 70 take an active part.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
Fairfax CO.. feb ll-eots
Ry Creen a, xyise. Aucfionccrs

pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
- executed by the National Building and
Manufacturing Association and Brick, Sand
and Gravel Company, to secure certain cou-
pom bonds, amounting to $4,000, which deed
ia dated I'D December, 1867, and recorded in
Liber Y, No. 3, page 2l8, the underslg1 ed,
Trustees therein named, will, on MONDAY,
the first day of March, 1862 expose to sale, at
public auction, at II m in front Of the Mayor
Office, Alexandria, Virginia, the following prop
erty, viz:
of Alexandria, containing between ninety and
one hundred acres, called IVY ATEKLOO,'
bounded on the west by the Alexandria ana
Washington Turnpike road on the east by the
Potomac river; on the north by the lands OF
the late Thomas Hughes, and on the south by
the lands of Lieut.. Hunter, together with all
BUILDING S and improvements erected there
on, and TOOLS, MACHIN Try and OUTFIT
used and to be used by them to carry on their
trade and business, together with the franchises
and all tho privileges, rights and property OF
the SAID company; and also their patent right
for the manufacture Of brick in the District Of
Columbia and county of Alexandria. Virginia.
TERMS-For the real estate sufficient cash
TO pay $3.50. with interest from 9th day OF Au
gust 1867, and the remainder to Do PAID IN TWO
equal instruments Of $500 each, with interest
from August 9Th, 1867. the first on the 9Th Au-
gust 1859 and the other on the 9Th August,
1870; the residue of the purchase money, II
any, to DO paid, with interest from the day Of
sale on the said 9th August, 1870.
The bonds of the purchaser 10 bo given for
the deferred payments, and u deed OF trust TO
be executed 10 secure them.
For the personal property, franchises, &c.
terms cash. } DEAN SMl II,
GEO. W. BRENT,
Trustees
The undersigned Trustee, named in the deed
from j. +. BonneI TO him, dated August 9Th,
1861 and recorded in Liber \, No. g. page 81,
which WAS given by said Bonnell TO secure
Mrs Virginia Scott the payment Of the sum Of
$3.50, mentioned in above advertisement, az
sents to the sale OF the property on the terms
above ind Gated by j. d. Smith and George w.
Brent, Trustees, and will Join in making title
to the same
dee Is cots S. +. BEACH, Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

FRENCH TRIALs-A singular report is iur-
nished by the foreign papers of the trial OF a
girl in France, and her conviction on her own
confession. Circumstances subsequently devel,
oped showed that the girl was innocent, and
the Court of Appeals set aside the verdict,
holding that the confession was obtained by
intimidation. The mother of the accused girl
had told her that if she persisted in denying
the charge, she would be sentenced to l'5een
or twenty years imprisonment, with hard labor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

Mr.. CoRcoRAN, OF WASHINGTON, We do
not imagine any man who knows Mr.. Corcoran
has the slightest idea that he ever used the
language attributed to him by the waiter or
coachman, or whatever he was, who gave the
testimony in question; and it is therefore a
little Notifying to see gentleman SO unver
sally esteemed for his high personal character,
subjected to annoyance on such slender evil
dence-more especially is it Notifying to the
citizens of our city. who have seen 50 many
substantial evidences of his hberality, and WHO
very we'll know that whatever his political sen
timents may have been at any time during OF
since the war; he was wholly incapable OF enter
tanning thought like that which upon such
slender authority he was charged with utter
ing Wash. Chronicle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
NJ A r | 0 n A Il
CHARTERED BY SPECIAL acre
CONGRESS

APPROVED july u, 1865.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
OFFICERS:

CLARENCE II. CLARK, President
JAY COOKE, Chairman Finance and t.s-
tive Committee.
HENRY ID. COOKE, Vice President
EMERSON w. PEET, Secretly and Ac'l-.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

SHORT BUT DANGEROUS PASSAGE. "A very
extraordinary passage across the Atlantic has
just been made by the United States storeship
Guard, OF six guns, Commander Adams. This
shin. which is sailing vessel, left New York
for Lisbon on the 10th of last month, carrying
stores for the American squadron in European
waters. She encountered succession of ter
rible gales, the violence of which may be in
ferrcd irem the fact that one of her boats was
washed away from the davits and lost, and the
other battered into complete wreck, and Tor
days together she had to struggle against per-
feet tempest Of wind, hail and snow, the waves
all the time running very high, and tossing the
ship about in such a manner that 1t was almost
impossible for the seamen to maintain their
footing In spite of these storms, however,
Lisbon was sighted on the seventeenth day
after leaving New York, and the same day the
Guard arrived safely at that port in good order
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

OOFING FELT~Iust received ut IS
IL King street, large lot of Roofing Felt
which will be sold a. wholesale and retail ut II
small advance. Tho attention OF dealers IS So
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

CASH CAPITAL............... .O0C. 80,
PAID IN FULL.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
JNO. r. CREIGHTON u SON.

PUMP CHAIN AND
{T TIJBING-W have on hand u supply Of
the above goods, with the Wheels, Buckets,
&c This is the best pump used for shallow
wells. Prices reduced.
Coh 81 mo II. CREIGHTON & son.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24
~ II u $ TEE ALE

~ II u E'S S n l. e.
BY virtue of deed of trust executed by
Henry Studs and wife, dated the 2Sth day Of
August 1860, and recorded in the Clerks office
of the county of Fairfax, State of Virginia, Sep
TENDER 18th, 1860, to secure to Richard Wind
sor the payment of the sum of $780, and in
terest thereon from the first day Of January,
1851, the undersigned, Trustee therein named,
will on SATURDAY. the 10Th day of March
1863, expose to sale, ut public auction, at II m,
in front Of the Market House. in Alexandria
Va, the following described PROPERTY, to
wit
4 certain TRACT OF LAND in the county
of Fairfax Va, containing 81 acres, 3 roods and
II poles, bounded on the north by the distlllery
built by i1essrs Clemson & Cookson and the
Cameron Mill Race; on the east by the TeIe-
graph road on the south by Cameron Run
And lands of John \. Fairfax and on the
west by lands belonging to Richard Windsori
said land being particularly described By mete3
and bounds in said deed Of trust Terms Of
sale cash. FIXED. n. W NDSOh,
feb l7-2awts Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-24

This saloon, having been Cited mp hancaom-
ly, is now ready. o furnish OYSTERS in e'e5
style and Mt all hours.
The LADIES SALOON has also been a'te
up splendidly. a call is respectfully solicited.
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