Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-05

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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISED
(Tos TIE COUNTRY
THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS, at $6 per
annum-payable in advance
ON CATs.-The cat IL called a domestik
animile-tut never bin abe tew tell WHARF
tore.
You kant trust one. emmy more than yu kan
case ov the gout. Thare is only one mortal
thing. that yu kan trust cat with and cum
out even, and that IL, a bar ov hard soape.
They arc az meak az Mosiss. but az full ov
deviltry az Judus lskaratt.
They will harvest dozen ov yung chickens
for yu, and then steal into the sitting room az
softly az an undertaken, end lay themselfs
down on the rug at yure feet, full ov injured
innocence ard chicken. aud dream ov their
childhood days.
All thare IL about cat that iz domestik
that kno ov, il that yu kant ooze ope
Yu kant looze cat-they are sz hard to
looze az bad repItasbun IL.
Yu may send one out ov the State, dun
up in meal bag, and marked &C. D. d."
and the next morning yu will find him or her
(accordin tew SEX ih the same old spot, along
side ov the kitchen stove, reddy tew be step
ped on.
Cats hav got two good ears for melody and
often make the night atmosphear melodious
with their opera musk.
But the most wonderful thing about cat
that haz been discovered set, IL their fear ov
death.
Yu kant induce one, by emmy ordinary means,
to accept of death-they aktuay skorn tew
die
You may kill one az much 81 you hava
mind to, and they will begin life anew, in few
minnitts. with q more Aatterng prospectus.
Dogs love, they carry their krindenshuls in
their faces, and kant hide them, but the bulk
of the cats reputashum lays buried in their stu
muk, az unknown tew fbemselts, az tew emmy
boldly else. ..t. - .@-c... =
Thare il only one thing about cat that
like, apd that IL, they are very cheap, "a lit
tie money,-well in-estcd, will go CRATE
Ways, in cats. .r..ac aEa 80 -
Cots are very plenty in this world, just now,
counted lS, from my boarding house wiuder,
one moon lite night last summer, and it want q
lust rate night for cats neither. Josh Billings
The REINFORCEMENT LAW.-Thres citi-
zens of Kent Co.. Nd. MIR. James Cobee,a jus
tice of the peace. CO.. George Gale and Mr..
Lewis UslltoD, we're arrested upon the charge
OF obstruclinp the registration OF voters. At
the hearing before the u. S. Commissioner in
this city, on Friday last, although number OF
witnesses, both white and colored, we're exam
ined, there was such omp!ete failure of evil
dence to substantiate the charge that the coun,
sci Tor the accused was prepared to submit the
case without producing any OF the witnesses
who had been called for the defence, and the
commissioner appeared to think any further
investigation unnecessary. At the instance OF
MIR. Stirling, u. S. District Attorney, how
ever, who desired that everybody cN ed should
have an opportunity of tesitying, the case, in
stead OF being disposed Of as the commissioner
declared that be was ready aud willing to do!
was adjourned for turther hearing on the llth
inst, after the election. -., a."ost:a;.2'.
The gentlemen named we're arrested 10 the
pight, one of them, (Col. Ga!e) taken from his
bed and brought up to Baltimore. 1t has been
charged that the law and the whole machinery
of it seem expressly invented and centrlvcd Tor
purposes of intimidation and in pursuance Of
the policy of terrorism. Do not these facts
look very much like it?-Balt. Sun.
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA DEBT SET
TLEMENT T-The friends of old Virginia hoped
to SEQ their way to division of the debt be-
tween her and West Virgioa, aud full re-
sumption of six per ct. interest after funding
arrears to date But as there is likely to be
some delay in this settlement notwithstanding
the hopes enrendered by the late election re-
suit, the following plan OF adjustment Is now
proposed by some Of the bondholders, through
The New York Journal of Commerce:
l. Fund interest arrears on all six per ct.
bonds up to lst September, 1870.
3 Issue new bonds to cover whole debt, bear
fo,,r or for foJIr from
above date; six per CT for next four years; eight
per ct. for next tour years, with coupons pay
able lst March and 1st September. Average
six per CT. ----. .'..... .- o.. ...-...s
3. Iusert therein clause that upon settle:
ment with West Virginia six per ct. bonds will
be exchanged therefor, and the TWO per ct. in-
terest unpaid will be provided for.
1. II no such settlement be made let the
State reserve the right to substitute for above
bonds. at expiration of twelve years, bond bear,
ing six per ct. and having twenty years to rum
ACCIDENT AT A FUNERAL funeral of
Mrs. Mary A. McGrath was announced for yes
terday afternoon, at O'Clock, and just before
that hour large number OF her friends assem-
bled at her residence, in the raVne, Tor the
purpose of escortng her remains to the Catho
lie Church, where the funeral services we're to
take place. The approach to her late residence
is down a steep hill, at the foot of which, and
running PARALLEL with the house, is gully
some fifteen or twenty feet deep. The hearse.
drawn by two horses, in order to receive the
body, was backed to the brink of the gully,
where, on account OF the abrupt declivity, and
the awkwardness Of the driver the hearse ran
back into the chasm, carrying along with it the
horses, and creating a scene which was very
alarming and exciting. The attendants soon
went to the relief of the oapsizcd hearse, when
it was found necessary to draw out the horses
by ropes, and after little while they were
brought safely out, having sustained only q
few SLIGHT bruises in their fall The hearse