Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-03-08


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VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. -Messrs
ltOtart<nn, Suthcrlin, and Aylctt. our commits
sioncrs for the adjustment of the State debt
with West Virginia, returned on Saturday, the
Legislature of West Virginia having, few
hours before ad journing sine die, passed Joint
resolution authorizing Governor Stevenson to
appoint three commissioners on behalf OF West
VIRGINIA. One OF these commissioners is to be
appointed from each Of the congressional dis
tricts of that State. and the names of these
commissioners have not yet been announced.
Upon the first arrival OF our commissioners at
Wheeling there was some disposition maniIes
ted to pcstronc all action until the decision OF
the Supreme court and the dismissal by Fir.
gna of the suit for the recovery o! the coul.
Ties of Jefferson and Berkeley, and Of this poll
cy Mr. Charles James Faulkner was strenuous
advocate An amendment to such effect was
adopted in the Senate Ito the House till ior
the appointment Of commissioners, but upon
The House Of Delegates refusing to concur the
Senate amendment was withdrawn, and the
Joint resolution, which originated IN the House,
was adopted.
There was much unanimity in the. .ttnal action
Of the LEGISLATURE in the passage OF the resolu
ton for the appointment Of the commissioners,
and it passed the House Of Delegates by vote
Of 40 to :, ard in the Senate by handsome
majority.
During their week s sojourn in Wheeling our
commissioners were treated with great respect
and kindness by the governor and Legislature.
Gov. Perpoint who is now leading Radi
cal member Of the House of Delegates, advocated
the joint commission in a very good speech.
The first meeting Of the joint commission will
probably be held in this city, and steps will
then be taken for the commencement OF what
wall necessarily prove a long, Important and
most laborlous work.-Rich. Dis.
MODERN PARAGRAPHING.-The new Stys(
of paragraphing affords fine field tor the ex
crcisc Of ingenuity in conveying the item OF tne
death of q victim The Cincinnati Times Of
icrs the following as examples:
That was bitter joke Of the man in New
Jersey who put 4 quantity OF iaap in some
beer his friend was about to drink. The tu
neral was very generally attended.
John Smith, 10 Nebraska. said he coulc
handle rattlesnakc the same as snake char
mer. The churlishness Of the undertaken in
demanding pay in advance delayed the funeral
four days
"A circus rider in Texas tried to turn three
Sommersaults on horseback the other day. Tho
management sent back to New Orleans the
following day for another somersault man.
~ man in New Jersey couldn't wait Tor The
to get to the depot, and jumped off. Hi:
widow has sued the insurance company.
Few men would attempt to dry dampeneC
runpowdcr in kitchen stove. A man ir
Canada did. His afflicted family would bt
clad of any information as to his whereabouts
in Massachusetts, tho other day. a mar
thought he could cross the track in advance o
Il locomotive. The services at the grave were
very impressive.
"A man warned his wife in New Orleans
not to light the fire with kerosene. She didn
heed the warning. Her cothes tit his SccoIC
vile remarkably well.
"a hoy in Detroit di>rcgardcd his mother
injunction not to skate on the river, as the ic
was ,hin. His mother didn't have to cook 10
:, many as she did by one
FALSE EDUCATION.-Class distinctions il
American society," defined by the amount o
money possessed by individuals, have Of latc
formed feature Of comment by the press o
the country in discussing the subject ct false
c,!ucatiou, Sons and daughters are brought
up With cx;ravagant tastes, false notions OF re
sprrtabllity, and without proper preparation
.or filing useful and renunclative places In :
work a day world. Fathers arc Ovcrworked, ant
ovclburdcncd with care and anxiety to main
H., Inv nd
styIc which does not permit any preparation
for the future. By-and-by the overtaskcd
premature broken man dies, or meets with re
verses which he has rot energy left to rls
above. Then comes the collapse. The tai>
position vauishcs when poverty appears trou
helpless, ignoblc. dependence on the husband
and father. in atllucncc er its stimulation, th
family arc reduced to wrctchea dependence
IN the cold charity of world which care not
g Tor their antcccdcnts, and really value
them only according to their market value a
workers. Ball. Sum.
These are words ot WISDOM to b
"markci. learned and nwardy digested'' b
all young people who look to the future
FEMALE JURIFS. The \. \. World
,mctious upon the Laramie Jury, where cl,
Ven wcmon were drawn and but one man.
drrorcS his @rihirg under the desultory dlscu:
>ion o. points Ct law and points of dress
matters CT fashion, in which his eleven co
leagues, as is the immcmorial and nconsequei