Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-15

MISCELLANEOUS lTEMS.-Ouc or tie moSt
painfully suggestive incidents connected with
the insurrection in Paris was the prominent
part that women took In 1t. 1hey not only
acted as spies to denonnce to the committee OF
Safety every mau who sought, by secretlng
himself, to avoid taking up arms; but engaged:
personally in the most saDgunary Conflicts
Pitts6elI, Mass. was thrown into a state Of
excitement on Thursday morning by report
that Ira Lawson, the leading business man and
inancier of the church family Of the Hancock
Shakers, had eloped on the previous evening
with Sister Eliza Van Valen, a matron!y and
prepossessing lady Of about his own age, ana
some loose change for their use and convent
ence.
Hereafter the Secretary Of the Treasury will
use photographed copies of pay rolls as evidence
ia cases prosecuted in United States courts,
where army officers have procured more than
is due them Swinder5 will be thus confront
cd by their own autographs when least expect
ed. The department recovered over s24,OOo
fraudulent payments to the army last year
One case is mentioned of a regular army officer
Who by committing perjury 50 times, traudu-
lently obtained IN one year 50 monthly payments
more than he was by Jaw entitled to.
The Leavenworth Times. speaking Of Mr.,
Caldwell, the new United States K,usas Sen
ator. says:-Wh hen Caldwell lett here his wealth
was estimated at halfa million. When he ar
rived in Chicago the papers reported hlm as
worth S3,OOo,OOO. The other day he visited
New York, and there his wealth was quoted
at sY,U0O, 600. IfCaldwell will heed or nd
vice he will keep on travelling. lie will proba-
bly, be rich man by the time Congress meets.
For nearly fifteen years past Robson county,
North Caroiina, has been infested by L gang OF
desperadoes, called the Lowry gang. Some Of
the later bloody deeds Of this band have been
teegraphed as Ku-k kiux outragos, and have
formed au important part OF the stock in trade
of Ku-Ktux agitatorS. This gang is composed
Of whites, blacks aud mulattOes With, IN the
case Of the leaders, an admixture OF Indian
blood. They inhabit a swamp i'll which pur-
suit is quite useless
Senator Sumner received letter several
weeks since dated New Hampshire, and signed
by female name stating that the writer was
on her way to Washington, to asSe tor shelter
in his house. 1t has been followed by dozen
or more in the same strain, each one dated at
some MACE nearer Washington than the one
which had preceded it. The writer has at last
reached her destination, presenting most pl'
table appearance. She is insane, and the au-
thorities. on the recommendations OF physlclans
have taken her to the National Asylum.
MURDER AS A MEANS OF SALvATIoN.-
There is something revolving in the last words
of most murderers, more particularly when they
embrace the OCCASION to sermonlzc. When
men put off the business Of life till they have
imbrued their hands in the blood OF fellow
creature without provocatlon, there Is room 10
doubt if they have that nucleus OF reform, a
conscience The case OF one Garvies, convict,
ed of wanconlv numbering Il stage driver, and
sentenced to The Indiana State Prison for life,
is one of the most revolving on record. hen
leaving the jail, he said:
II stand this day redeemed Christian from
sin. | believe ii hadn t killed that OLD stage
driver | would be in hell this day. | was a
drinkiu myself TO death just as tast as | could
and was so drunk when killed him liked TO
died afterwards.
Redeeemed from sin! Why, this fellow
counts murder means or salvation! We hope
the gent emen who laborcd with Garvles do
not plume themselves upon having taught hln
that horrible doctrine. His keepers will do
we'll to keep AL eye on the fellow, since there IS
such thing as falling from grace. Lynch.
Rep
THE AMERICAN PENSY.-The cent was
first proposed By Robert Morris, the great
6naucier of the revolution, and was named By
jefferson two years after 1t began to make its
appearance from the Mint in l792. 1t bore
the head of Washington on one side and thir-
teen links on the other. The French revo u-
ton soon created rage for French ideas in
Auerioa, which put on the cent. instead of the
head of Washington, the head Of the goddess
Of liberty-a French liberty, with flowing; locks.
The chain on the reverse WAS repaced by the
olive wreath of peace. But the French liberty
was short-lived and so was her portrait on our
cent. The next head or figure succeeding this
the stad, classic dame, with lllet around
her hair-came into fashion about thirty or
forty years ago. and her finely chisccd Greclan
features have been but slightly altered in the
lapse of time