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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-15
EDUCATIONAL.

A LENA RIA AGA u + III i e,
The Thirteenth Annual Session Of this School,
which has been removed to the front room OF
the school building at No. 81 north Washing
ton street, formerly Benz amin Hsllowelps,
and terminate the last of June, 1871.
The studios pursued will embrace all the
branches of good English education, Mathe.
matics Crock. Latin, German and French.
For English and Mathematics, por quarter of
q months:
Junior GLASS; ~ ~
intermediate Glass. I OO
Senior Cass.. o w
Languages arc taught by Professors at their
charges.
Applications for admission may be made ID At It
the residence of the Principal, No. 81 North
st. Asaph street, or at the School House.
sep 9-tf JOHN s. BEACH, Principal
ALEXANDRIA FEMALE SEMINARY
II No. ITO N. Washington street,
Alexandria, Va.
The next annual session OF this institution
will begin September l4th, and end on tie 3rd
Wednesday in June, 1871 Terms for session
of DO weeks: Board and Tuition in all English
and Scientific branches, $3.50.
With full corps of experienced Instructors
and the best European teachers in the Schools
Of Modern Lsnguages Musle RFsT H,inI;. ana
L
patronage of those who desire liberal educa-
ton Of high standard.
As many Of the rooms are already engaged,
early application on the part of bcarders would
be advisable. "
BOARD OF INSTRUCTION:
w. w. LEGARE, Ancient Languages, Nat
ural, Mental and Moral Sciences, Bellies Letters.
Mrs. LEGARE, Modern Languages, Vocal
Music, Drawing.
Dr. r. II. STABLER, Lecturer on Chemis-
try and Botany.
Miss &. K. WARD, Principal of Academic
Department.
Miss LUCY r. WARD, Academic Depart
ment.
partment.
Prof FRED. G. HAIR, instrumental NJ u
sic. Drawing and Painting.
Miss MARY II. MILLS, Ornamental, Fancy
and Wax Work.
For further particulars send for catalogue.
~ E9-eo3m w. w. LEGARE, Principal.
episcopal HIGH SCHOOL,
II Fairfax county, Va
The twenty;;reventh session begins Scptember
2lst 1870. and ends June 2lst, 1871. Terms ::
$3.50 per annum. No extras.
For circulars, address
L. Nj. BLACKBOARD, II. A., Principal,
aug 1-oo3m Lock box IS, Alexandria, Va.
MISS HUNTER will reopen SCHOOL Sep.
IHl. tembor Goth, ut 1913 N. Cameron st. [au29
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THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER Is.

THE R1NDERpEsr.-The Secretary of State
having notified the Treasury Department that
he has received information that the rinderpest
has again broken out 10 Germany, MIR. Bout
we'll has issued circular to collectors of ports,
directing them to allow no importation of neat
cattle or hides from any foreign country, except
Canada, unless the accompanying invoice mas L,
appended to it consular certificate that inc
cattle disease is not prevalent. and has not oeen
recently, in the country from whence .ney VIII t,
exported, and that the consul is satlshed that
theimportation is Tree from disease. -Ba"' S""'
1.-The new element in South Carolina man has now low
gone to drawing lines by shades OF color; max,
mo a nojitical distiction between the blacks and
mala,toes. The genuine, unadulterated blacks
have put forth manifesto TO den9unce the the
(muatto oqog party now Iupg which ssis
to exclude the black man from participation 10
the controlling influence of nominations. for
Office and family clique. This is San Domingo
over again.
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MO. l PERUV WAN GUANO,
~ For sale by
WASHINGTON & HERBERT.
Whann's Phosphate.
Rhodes
Whanns Pure Bono.
Turner's Excelsior
Turner's Ammoniated.
Bone Flour.
Maryland Phosphate.
Patapsco.
SOL Pacific
Magnum Bonum Sol. Phosphate.
Baugh's
Andrew Goes.
Busey's.
We offer all Fertilizers Mt agents prices.
se26-lm WASHINGTON & HERBEkI.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS-All persons in
~ debted to the lsto firms OF SMOOT ID
LER and SMOOT, UHLEE s. CO., are here.
by notified to pay the same on or before tho Isl
day of November, 1870, after which da!o al
claims remaining unpaid will 30 placed IN the
hands of an attorney for collection.
oct 4-eotN1 SMOOT, UHLER j. CO.
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State " south Carolina, !
Executive Dept.

"tHtc " '-'uIi Ohtoi'iio,
Executive Dept
Columbis, JuEe ~, 1867.
Sir: l have made III ana satisfactory test Of
the Spectacles procu !. from you, and have
the pleasure to say thal the glasses arc better
adapted to my Dyes thai any have ever used.
The facilities with which you fitted tho glass to
my eye furnished me conclusive evidence OF
your thorough experience Nc an OculIst.
Your attachments in yo&r profession cntItie
YOU to tho confidence, patronage and gratitude
of tho public. c.r
/ have tho honor to be very respectfully
yours, Jh M ho -; CNE,
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SPRING SCHEDULE. BEGINNING
MARCH o. 1870.

Two Trains Daily (cxcept Sunday between
Alexandria and Hamilton.
Leave Alexandria ut $3.50 q. m. and y. M.
Arrive st Hamilton at l0:4O 8. IN. and 7:25 SIN.
Leave Hamilton at $50 q. m. and 1916 p. III
A rive at Aleyandra ct 7:45 q. n. and 2:35 p m
The $50 g. m. train from Alcxandrls and ITO
D. M train from Hamilton, connect at Hamilton
with Kemp's Daily Limo OF Coaches fc: Pr
cellville Snickersvile Berryville and vi.
chester; also. with Resmers Line Of Coaches.
which leave Leesburg daily for Aldo and
Middeburg.
NH lG-tf r. II. HAVENNER, Tick. Agt.
THE RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG
AND POTOMAC ROUTE.
The Old Favorite Mail Route via Aqua Creek.
The Shortest and Best Route to Ri"h-
mond and the South.
Fast and comfortable STEAMERS -.
Washington city twice daily, Sun dr.
day p. m. excepted, from the wharf aEzs ~sazzzsk
foot of Seventh street, at 7:l5 q. M, NJ 7:l6 p.
NJ, stopping al Alexandria each way, a. e.
Meeting at Aqua Creek with the Richni,,,.i
Frede lcksburg and Potomac +. r., with e.c-
gan, s, supplied with elegant sleeping chairs
on ell strains. Through tickets and baggage
checks TO all points South.
Both boats stop at Aloxandria going and re-
turning. D. b. GENIK!,
Gen. Ticket Agt
ian lift Richmond. Va.
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Portsmouth, Va, Dec |, 1865.

Portsmouth, Va, Dec /. 1865.
Prof. Bernhard Il owe you debt OF grail
t;,de for the bench. you have rendered mo. For
many years l have bcon accustomed to use
mlaeses when reading or writing, and always
9Th main. moro or loss, to my eyes. Ion have
relioycd me from all inconvenience. can now
read and write for all hours without any pain,
md can SEQ objects distant and near through
the same glasses with clearncss and dist'nctnc's
tIst / have not experienced since my youth.
MN gratefully yours,
JOSEPH ii. FLU NKETT,
Pastor Of 81. PauPs.
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CONTAINING

Ammonia .................. pr cent
Super Phosphate, equivalent TO Bone
Phosphate of Lime par cent
Potash and Soda....... ................ per cent
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AGRICULTURAL.
nURE BONE FLOU 4

nURE BONE FLOUR r.
s5c PER TON.
This article is especially prepared to meettho
wants Of farmers, who need a
CHEAP.
RELIABLE,
AND DURABLE
FERTILIZER,
possessing Ammonia enough 10 make the grow
ing crop, and permanent fertiliZing qualities IN
abundance to enrich the soil.
Bone has been 80 tempered with by unscrup-
ulous manipulators that consumers have Justly
become suspicious oft.
To satisfy such, append the result Of an an
alysis of this article by the eminent and we'll
known Chemist, Dr.. q. A. Liebig, together with
his remarks in regard TO il.
moisture ....................... ........ i.oi
Organic heterogeneous Matter. 80
Bone Phosphate Of Lime .........56 20
He SAWS: "This is a superior article of Flour
of Bone; pure, unadulterated and free from si
worthless impurities. One hundred pounds of
it contains nearly rs much of Phosphates as $50
lbs OF the common article Of Raw Bone.
Through tho peculiar process to which it
has been subjected, it has been rendered highly
friable and soft, and will thus be readily AS
simulated in tho SOIL"
For sale by
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CONSULTATION FREE.

Office hours from a. IN to p. n.
MANSION HOUSE.
N. Blowing to engagements elsewhere, Dr.
Rernhsrdt will DO able 10 remain here but a
short time only.
SA0' / EMPLOY NO:pEDDLERs.
sep 2l-dftw
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This article is especially prepared to meettho
wants Of farmers, who need
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AGRICrLTTRAU,.
THERTILIZERS.

FERTILIZERS.
We have on hand supply of
NO. PERUVIAN GU ANO.
warranted genuine.
PURE BONE DUST,
of different grades.
MAPES' NiTROGENIZED SUPER PHOS.
PLATE OF LIME,
containing 2.60 to $50 per cent of ammonia and
IA per cent OF Soluble Bone Phosphate, which
has been extensively used since 1862 in different
sections of the country, and is highly recon-
mended as an active as we'll as permanent for
tilizer, as per testimonials in our possession.
SOFT BLUE WINDSOR PLASTER.
fresh and finely ground, in bags or barrels:
All other Standard Fertilizers for sale at low
est market prices.
sep 10 HOOE, WEDDERBURN s. CO.
TELLS AMMON lated
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POTOMAC FERRY COMPANY,

DOTOMAC FERRY COMPANY,
I April &c, 1870
In order TO promote public convenience, the
steamers OF this line will, on tonor- H.
row wednesday, the 9th instant,
commence their hourly trips from Alexandria
at u. M. last trip from Alexandria at p. m i;
first trip from Washington city at 7 a m; last
trip from Washington city q. p. m.
BY this arrangement safe hourly com.
municston may be had with Washington, and
connection made with the clock q. m. train
for Baltimore.
Tho steamer WAWASET is making her
usual trips down the Potomac to Cone river
and Intermediate landings, leaving Alexandria
Tuesday md Friday mornings at M.
=. s. HOWISON,
President Potomac Ferry Co.
SAINT. GEDNEY. Gen. Supt. ap Z6.tf
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STEAM BOATS.

A LEXANDRIA, NORFOLK AND BOS-
N TON STEAMBOAT LINE.
The new and elegant steamer LADY OF
THE LAKE, Captain Denly, leaves tim
Alexandria for Norfolk every MON-AA&
DAY and WEDNESDAY, at p. M, touch
leave e Norfolk Nor at p. m. every TUESDAY and
THURSDAY connecting at Norfolk with the
Richmond and Boston steamers and Sesboard
and Roanoke Railroad. Through tickets and
bills of lading issued. For freight or passage
apply to JOHN g. PHILLIPS, Phillips'
wharf, King street. Alexandria, or to 8. p.
BkO WIN s. SON, General Agents, Washing
ton, d. G., or Y. D. GRONEk, Norfolk. Va.
BROWN. PLANT & CO., Prop.
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Testimonials similar to the above may be seen
- II Bornhardt's otiise from the meat reliable
and well known gentlemen Of The United States,
IIoratio Seymour ex.Governur of Now York.
K. K. Fenton, Ex-Governor Of New York.
A. q. Curtin, ex-GoVerEor OF Pennsylvania.
K. 3. Hays, Governor Of Ohio.
-. i, Morton Ex-Governor Of Indiana.
Alexander Ramsey, ex-Gov. of Minnesota.
Henry A. Swift, cy-Governor of Minnesota.
Richard Yates, Ex-Governor Of Illinois.
/; Nj. ratten, Ex-Governor of Alabama
Joseph +. Brown, ExGov. Of Georgis.
.Innsthan Worth. Gov a Forth Carolina.
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Moisture OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ...... 7.ol
Organic heterogeneous Matter. 1882
Bone Phosphate Of Lime. ........66 20
K. M. LAWSON,

aug 27-2m Successor TO Brewis & Lawson.
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OFFICE SUP'r. POLICE,

MISS HUNTER will reopen SCHOOL Sep.
lHl tember 2Osh, ut l23 N. Cameron st. [au29
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ARGAINS EXTRAORDINARY

Fine Linen Cambria Handkerchief 1t $3.50
per dozen.
Good, all Linen, Hemstitched Handkorchiets
at So per dozen.
Fine, all Linen, Hemsttchel handkerchief
at % cents each.
Great quantities Of othor Handkerchief pro-
portionately cheap, at G. w. GREEN'S,
octS g King street.
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DOM EFT HIN G N Il w t.

COM ETHING N E W.
An elegant assortment of fno
DRESS GOODS.
Now opening: Real Irsh Poplins, in all col
ors, beautiful; rich Black Silk, various quail
ties Empress Cloths, in all the new shades
French and Scotch Plads, very stylish. In
medium priced Dress Goods, we have all kinds
out this season. Our stock embraces all goods
to be found in our line, at prices to suit.
ROBERT L. WOOD,
oct Is No. G2 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-15

have examined the Brazilian Pebble and
Australian Crystal Glasses of DR.. NJ Bern.
hardt, and regard them of superior quality and
surprising any that over came undor my OBJ
servation. Testimonials from the most promi-
nent citizens of tho country provo that numbers
tske pleasure in recommending him to any who
may need his services u. Ii. HAYNES,
Pastor of the NJ. r. Church.
Alexandris, Va, Sept. -, 1870.
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~ KERS-We are now receiving, a: So King
street. a general assortment of Rims, Hubs,
Shafts. Spokes, Axles,- Springs, Bolts, Enam-
eilsd Canvas Lining Nails and other goods in
ton. We invite comparison of prices, quail
~, Sc. Our best efforts will BIO used to please
you. Call and see. at 80 King street, on the
corner Of Royal street, Alexandria, Va.
oct 10 JNO. r.. CREIGHTON y SON.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-17
Pope Plus TX of Jewish Descent

A correspondent of the Vienna
Tdqe6lqtt reports that the Mastais-
the family of the present POpe-are
Jews of the purest blood Of the sons Of
Israel. This fact might possibly ex-
plain the secret affection of the Pope
for the Jews, and the ready zeal with
which he removed the barriers of the
Ghetto soon after his accession to the
Papal chair. The Mastais obtained
the title of Count through marriage,
from Countess Ferrietti, mother OF
Plus TX, who was a descendant of an
ancient family of Sinigaglia. This
Countess Ferrietti married the son OF
a converted Jew from Sinigaglia,
Marso COnsOlini according to some
the present Cardinal COnsOlini; ac-
cording to Others his br0ther), who
published, after the election of the
present Pope, a work about the Jew
ish descent of the family Mastais.
The Mastais could never forgive the
publication of the genealogy of their
house. One of the first acts of the
new Pope was the removal of Con-
solini from all honorary offices, and
not before the last three years did his
holiness grant him the cardinals hat,
an honor he would otherwise have
received twenty years ago. In the
year 184Sa Consolini was Killed IA the
open street at Sinigaglia, and the
murderers could not be discovered /;
but it was generally asserted in SIM
and Spalato that it was done
by Mastais, as it is a known fact that
the most savage COrsican vendetta
between the two families, Mas
tag and Consolini.-Jes0ish Messenger,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-17
Neck Breaking Gymnastic Amuss-
ments.

The scandal of female gymnastics is
exciting the press and the authorities
of London. A German female GYM
mast has been walking on q wire fifty
feet above the pit of the HOlbOrn Cir
Gus with her little child on her shOul-
ders. To look up fifty feet at a woman
skipping about on an invisible wire
was a great delight, but to watch a
mother and child in such peril was
ecstaey, and the house was crowded
nightly. The Police Commissioners
wrote to the managers and requested
them to leave out the baby. BlOndin
and Leotard, and three hundred imi-
tatOrs, drew we'll for a time, but peO-
pie got tired of them. Then there
were female BlOndins and LeOtards.
and now every music hall in England
has its trOupes Of female gymnasts and
acrobats, appearing as naked as so
many South Sea Islanders, in the most
grOtesque and perilOus positions, for a
little money and much applause. One
woman, said to be French, carries her
husband and three well grown chill
dren round the stage on her shoulders;
another throws herself from the flying
trapeze, and is caught in mid air by a
man swinging head downward, hold
ing by his toes, forty feet above the
-footlights. Such performances. as
these, with a crash of music, a glare
of tinsel, and a erammed house, filed
with the fumes Of gin, beer and to-
baeco, constitute the nightly amuse-
ments of perhaps halfa million of the
enlightened British public.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-17
AL SORTS.

How to cure a Hollow Voice.
Plug it up.
Watch-makers haven't any right to
complain about slOw-paying patrons,
as there is a good deal of "tick'' in
their own business.
ANOMALOUs.-It is an anomaly,
perhaps, but when peace and quiet
are restored in Cuba the planters will
begin to raise cane.
The advicdpfa Pennsylvania suicide
to his brOth6d sgas, willie, don't go
with fellows tRO have more money
to spend than You have"
A young lady being asked by a rich
old bachelor, IF not yourself, who
would you rather be?" replied sWeetly
and mOdestIy, " Yours truly"
When we are alone, an hour past
midnight, in the streets of a sleeping
CitYseverything around us appears as
if hewRqU the adamant of eternity.
INTERESTING DIsCUSsION.-A de-
batting Society out West is discussing
the question whether the last snow
is a foot deep or twelve inches high.
THE WAY TO DO TITO celebrate
your 10th birthday, eat eighty-five
grains of opium daily, retire at six
and rise at three. Captain Labush,
of New York, has tried it and knows.
Eight kinds OF kisses are mentioned
in the Scriptures-the kisses of saluta-
ton, ValedictiOn, reconciliation, sub
lection, appreciation, alteration, affec-
ton and treachery.
"There are two thiRgs," said the
philosopher Kant, (which, the more 1
contemplate them, the more they fill
my mind with admiratiOn-the starry
heavens above me, and the moral law
within me-"
a lady was recommending to a gen.
tleman a medicine for the govt. 81
know many who praise it to the
Skies" she said. "NO doubt, mad
am" said he, "fOr it has sent many
to the skies to praise it."
Nor LIKELY.-A husband adver-
tises thus: My wife Maria has strayed
or been stolen. Whoever returns her
will get his head broke. As to trust
ing her, anybody can do so if they see
fit; for as 1 never pay my own debts,
it's not likely pH pay her'n."
The following ludierOus sentence is
the result of cOmpOsitOr's erroneous
punctuation: Caesar entered upon his
head, his helmet upon his feet, armed
sandals upon his brOws, a cloud in his
right hand, his faithful sword in his
eye, an angry glare!"
\ lady occupying a room, letter B,
at a hotel in New York, wrote on the
slate as follow: 4" Wake letter B at
seven; and if letter B says Let her
be- don't let her be, nor let letter B
be, because if you let letter b be, let
ter B will be unable to let her house
to Nh. B who is to call at half
past ten" The porter, a much better
boOtblack than photographer, after
studying the above all night, did not
know whether to wake letter b, or to
I" let her be-"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-17
TO A r

Sweet daughter Of the South, what charms
are thfne2
What liberal dover OF rarest loneliness;
What dainty, winning ways, and number
less,
Thou'rt mistress OF, to enehant and TO rennei
IN! am spelled by those bright Orbs divine.
Whose light thy spirits lustre doth express
my brOWs calIn candOr, and each ebOn tress
hat loves, unbound, about thy neck 70
twfnei
Not Hebe, wheus she poured the Eiysian wine
TO JoVe, did more ethereal grace possess
1han that which springs IN thee, without de-
sign,
Born Of the souls melodious impulses.
As in thy sphere, thou like a star. dOst shine,
with heavenly radtence this dark world to
bless.
No luscious fruit that Persian gardens bear
side;
No ~ustrous pearl far meath the oeean-tide;
No Wildwood flower that scents the summer
air,
Was e'er 50 sweet, so chaste, so pure, so fair
As thou. whom Nature hath no charm de-
MED:
Whose eyes long curtains modestly half
hide
The gent fires that glow forever there;
Whose lips shame rubies; cheeks, the sun
sets pride,
And bid the orient rose herself despair.
On! happy he who, calling thee his bride,
my wealth OF love and intellect shall share
For thou 10 all thing noble art allied,
And virtues thee adorn, like jewels rarei
" l.. gh0sgqaEer.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-17

Columbus, Ohio, and more recently a
choir singer in that city, sang a solo at
the concert given at Leipsie on the 10th
of March, in memory of Moscheies.
Janauschek, while in Paris lately, paid,
by special invitation, a two-hours' visit
to the Empress Eugenie. She Is much
admired by the Emperor, who saw her OF
the stage a few years ago in Germany.
1t is stated that Mr.. Murphy, the organ
ist, who lately eloped with Lord Gains
borough's daughter, was, about five years
ago, "Boots" at a hotel in Wexford, Ire
land. Another case of Irish impudencs.'i
At the conclusion of "The Heir at
Law" performed at the Strand, London,
the other day, the Prince of Wales sent
for Mr.. J. =. Clarke, the celebrated come
dian, and complimented him upon his
performance. Mr.. Clarke still lives, and
bears up bravely.
Boston is in another furry. It had
hardly got through giving thanks in
saekcloth and ashes for the Fifteenth
Amendment procession in New York,
when it got m~usieally mad over the splen-
did programmes and performances of
Theodore Thomas and his New York or
chestra.
Mr.. Asa Cushman, a well known actor,
died in New York city on Saturday. He
had occupied the post of stage manager of
the Olympic. Theater-goers will remem-
Der his excellent personatiOn Of Uncle
Tom. He was a popular actor, and in pri-
vate life waa much esteemed. He was a
native of Providence, r l., and there
made his first appearance on the stage.
Max Strakosch has taken the Academy
of Music, in New York, for a week, and
will give a brief season of opera. The
only work announced is Mozart's Magic
Flute" The cast will include Carlotta
Patti as ''Queenof Night" Pauline CAMS
sa as "Pamina," Habelmann as "Tsmi-
no." Hermanns as "Sarastro," and
Formes as "~Papageno." Theodore Ritter
is the conductor.
Nilsson, the prima donna, lost her voice
for a day or two recently, in consequence
of her nervous terror and anxiety at wit
Messing in the streets Of Paris a fatal acct
dent, by which a young man, mounted on
a velocipede, was run down by q carriage
and killed on the spot. The opera in
which she was announced to appear on
the evening of the day of this disaster had
to be postponed.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-17

SoMK of our Tennessee exchanges are
discussing the question of calling a Con-
vention to nominate Conservative candi-
dates for judicial positions. Weare sorry
TO see this, and hope that no such action
will be taken. We have been cursed long
enough in this State by partisan judges,
and when the Judiciary is ~re-organized
under the new Constitution 1t should be
composed of men who will feel that they
are under no obligations to any political
party for their election. Never while the
election of judges is controlled by politi-
cal parties and factions will the judiciary
be free from prejudice and corruption.
We desire to see good and just men pre-
side in our temples of justice, and such
men should be selected without regard to
political opinions, and should be elected
by the people on account of their qualifi-
cations and fitness for the position, and
not as the nominees and representatives
OF any political organization.
The above is from the SomervilIe
Falcon, and expresses the feeling of
judicious men generally. Judges have
heretofore been elected in Tennessee
on no partisan grounds or qualifiea-
tons; and it is one of the mischiefs of
Radicalism that the judiciary should
be thus contaminated. 1t is now
sought to carry the thing further, and
render it perpetual. And hence all
anti-Radical men must combine and
organize to prevent it. This is the
use and the excuse for a Convention,
the only object of whichcm7 to select
well qualified men on whom good
citizens will concentrate their votes.