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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-05-10
THE GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 10.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Chicago pa
pers announce that the grave of Douglas is to
Be sold for taxes. It appears, In a communlse;a-
ton from the City Collector to the Councils,
that an assessment Of s., 200 for Improvements
had been made upon the. ground w 8, G;t ~
posed all that was mortal Of the "LlttIe uiantl
and that as the courts have gwen JuuSlnen' liz
shah be compelled to proceed
The T1ce meter, which was selected by the
late commissioner of revenue tor use by all the
a;at;Ilers of the country, and which that class
Of manufacturers were required to supply them
selves with at total cost Of over SlOb,UOO,
turns out to be totally useless for the purposes
it wa. intended to accomplish, and Is to be dis
continued altogether, and hereafter no spirit
meters are to be used
The contract for making the paper tor the
new internal revenue adhesive stamps mas been
awarded TO James w. Wilcox & Co., Of Phila-
delphia. The paper is to be tinted, so that
any attempt to remove the cancellation OF the
stamp will destroy the original color of the pa
per. 1t will also have a blue fibre running
throughit.
JUNIUs.-The April No of the London
Quarterly Review, as We learn from the New
York Times has an article from Mr.. Twisleton
on the authorship of Junius which very clearly
settles the question, and decides that Sir Phil,
lip Francis was Junius The literary world had
pretty well settled down upon the conclusion
that Sir Phillip was the man. Experts have
been engaged for some time past IN examining
manuscripts, and the result is the accumulation
of an amount and force of testimony that Leaves
no doubt of the fact. The two most distln-
guished experts in chirography in London;
Messrs, Chabot and Netherclift, have devoted
much time to the subject: and it has been
mainly through their labors that this testimony
has been completed and thus concluslvely
presented. -.Richmond Dispatch.
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BOOTS H.N.D SHOES.

r AIDES BUTTON BOOTS.
IL A fine stock; French Kid, English Last
ing. French Cloth, Kid ,Foraa and Rnssf h1
Iea.hor, and uIner new styles, which cannot be
surpassed for beatty, durability and cheapness, a
WADDEY'S, "a King street.
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REyLDEN.G M.9TERL7L.
- y Iiy S,11s B. r PEAKE I
y" MES ". NALLS, son & co.
j 1877 King st., Alexa., Va: INV,
r,,or. IN HARDWARE CUTLERY,

J. ~ " s r Is ". 3 NA us son CO.,
j 1871 King st., Alexa., Va: INV,
Dealers in HARDWARE, CUT HI;IaS boor
cagsntsr TqS Doors bf sslh bMaS euding
Balusters, of different patterns, and Newel
post: 4 large stock of French and American
Class double and single thick, Of all slZesIl
paint Oils, Tarnishes, Paint and White Wash
BRUSHES, Lewis Pure White Lead, and other
brands of fine quality, Putty, Turpentlne ana
Machine Oil Also Lime Of pt SHps anG f Feh for
Rootins. &c. A large stock of Pugh's ccelebra-
ted Car Augers. and other articles found IN hrst
class Builders Furnishing establ ishmentS;
All orders for Lumber, Brick and All KINDS
of Building Material promptly attended TO- g
Terms cash. leu -
RoBT JAMESON. A. NJ. CLARhf'
JAMESON & CLARKE.
ALEXANDRIA
pL4NING MILLS, SASH, poor 4 HLlAb
Factory
Nos. q and - North Water STREET.
DRESSED FLOORLNG AND WHITE PINh
LUMBER.
;sn2 JOHN r. LANBDIN S"pt.
R1sHIELL & HODGE,
VIRGINIA SASH DOOR And BLlNL
FACTORY AND PLANNING MILL,
CORNER FAIRFAX AND QUEEN STREETS
Alexandria, Virginia.
Su.h,., Doors. Blinds. Frames. MouldlngS
| Brackets. Novels BaluStcr! and
Mantlcpicces,
constantly on hand n the Factory Call an'
| examine stock and prices. apo-l
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AIDES PARLoR AND TOILET SLIP
IL PIERS.
Ladies French Kid Broadway, Ladies Last
ing Broadway, Turkey Morocco Broadway,
French Kid Toilet, Cashmere Toilet, Lasting
Toilet, Serge and Carpet Slippers in every style
and quality. ut WADDEI'S, "a King street.
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VIII nav friend: please remember thut they
can get DRESS rs most beautifully fitted, made
and trimmed III the latest .ty L. at my store. King
street doors eat II the Washingt6n Depot
M 3 Ny. {. /. SIMPSON
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20
"Butter, Cheese and MIX"

. EDITORS CHRoNICLE: In your weekly
issue of the sixth inst, you publish an ar
tcle under the above caption, from the
Boston Journal Of CHenlistsy' so CeTyin-
correct in its statements that persons in
experienced in the dairy business might
be led into grave errors from the conclu-
sions deduced fromthe authors false premi-
ses. The statement is this: When but
ter is selling at 40 cents per pound, cheese
at IL cents and milk at 3 cents per quart
one pound of butter equals lG quarts, of
milk which equals 40 cents, or q per
quarts of milk. One pound of cheese
equals 10 quarts of milk which equals IL
cents, or II cents per quart for the mill"
Of course there can be no invariable rule
as to the amount of milk required to make
pound Of butter or cheese, much depend
ing on the COW and her feed, and also
much on the skill of the manufacturer,
but the dairyman who fails TO make one
pound of butter from every II quarts of
pure milk on an average may be sure that
there Is something wrong somewhere.
Choice cows, especially If they are crossed
with the Attorney or the Ayrshire breeds
with good keep, will yield, If the milk is
we'll managed, a pound of butter to every
| 10 quarts of milk, or even less. With re-
gard TO the amount of milk used or re-
quired to make pound of cheese, / have
before me the report of some forty facto-
Iles LOT tLe year ioV5. lhe lowest ahloun'
Is 9.23 pounds of milk per pound of cheese
and the highest 1925 pounds the average
being less than 90 pounds of milk pei
pound of cheese. The weight 0!
milk per gallon is I0030, so that
! these tests go 10 show that pound
| of cheese may be made from less than one
! gallon of milk. But in all calculation
made by experienced dairymen, one gal
! lon of milk Is allowed to make one pound
! of phgnza and ihraa arallnna nf Mill
| pound of butter No doubt the editor OF
! the Journal Of Chemistry had been expert
! menting with city mill, which is quite /
! different article from that used in tn,
| dairy. Yours truly, p.
! DAVID LEE.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20
To the Public.

MEssRs. EDITORS: Allow me, through
your columns, to say to the Board of Di-
rectors of the Eastern Division Fair, and
to the public, that | cheerfully accept the
position rendered me as Secretary of the
Institution referred to. / am much obliged
to the Board for this strong expression of
their confidence in me, and to the public
for their seeming approval of the act.
hope it will not be misplaced. 1t has been
the object of my highest ambition to see
this worthy enterprise step forth in its
strength and to give promise of powerful
vitality. If it has not yet reached this
standard, the time, am persuaded, is not
far distant when it will. 1t certainly has
the elements of success. The genius of a
living, growing and expanding power are
imbedded in It's prolific soil. The COM
mercial men, the farmers, the mechanics
and the women of East Tennessee are de-
termined to stand by it and to push it for
ward. From Chattanooga to Bristol there
is really but one purpose, that of making
our Eastern Division Fair a grand and
glorious success.
One word concerning my associates in
office. They will excuse me when | say
that sound and discriminating iudg-
ment prevailed in. their selection; at
least this is the view. | have of
the matter. They are active, ener-
getic and GUe men, whose souls are
in the work and who will bring to its
vigorous prosecution a wonderful degree
of skill, discretion and ability. His Hon
or, o. p. Temple, is proverbial for his
warm, emphatic and ever enthusiastic de-
votion to whater he undertakes. His I'M
tagging zeal, coupled with his intelligence
and his comprehensive plans and views,
cannot fail to place the undertaking upon
an impregnable basis.
The Treasurer, T. H. Head, ESD, is
alive to his duties, onerous and delicate as
they are known tobe. All the way through
he has shown a remarkable interest in the
up-building of this .institution. He has
been its constant friend from its incipient
struggles to the present moment. That he
will give it his best energies in the future,
there can be no doubt. -'
Altogether matters look very hopeful.
and the public, in every portion of East
Tennessee, may confidently look forward
to one of the most successful fairs ever
held in this county, the coming fall. We
expect nothing else. We shall look for
nothing else.
E.. - G. w. CHARLTON, Secretary, DC.
| I KNOXVILLE, Dec. Is, 1871. H,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20
Schools VS.. Dogs.
From the Agriculturist.l


At meeting of the st. Louis Farmers
Club held recently, communication was
read from Mr.. John Monteith, Superin-
tendent of Public Schools at jefferson
City, in that State, who had been interro-
gated by the Secretary of the Society and
his assistance invited to better protect the
wool-growing interest of the State by Sc
curing q tax upon dogs. In Mr.. Mon
teith's reply he says: ........
az am glad to see you are agitating the
dogs, in the Farmers Club, if not the
farmers on the subject of dogs. 1t seems
to me that this matter will become serious
just in proportion as the price of wool and
mutton advances. But write to ask you
whether the interests of two very estima-
BILE classes of the people cannot combine
to effect a common desideratum in respect
to the poor dogs. Many people in the
State are writing to me to recommend leg
islation for the establishment and MAIN
tenance of school libraries. The main
difficulty to be met is, the want of funds.
Now cannot we concentrate the sheep men
and the library men upon the dogs? Let
every dog be taxed three dollars, and let
the fund accrung therefrom be appropri-
ated to the maintenance of library, or If
a library is not desired, let it pass into the
general school fund to hire better teacher
or keep larger school. Such a measure
would make better children and better
dogs, and save the sheep to the farmers.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
RESIGNATION OF ALDERMAN.
of Ex-senator Williams.
.'I. SENATE '..'

| HtsA~Seuhtor
SENATE. 't'
| WAsH1NGToN, Dec. 1s-The New York salt
ma nufacturers protest against tho reduction o
The entire day was consumed in the discus
sion Of the character Of the Committee on Re-
trcnchment
Mr.. Bayard insisted that there should be two
Democrats on the committee, and denounced the
exclusion of his wing from the committee.
The Senate is still in session. N HWE.
vt W Ut HOUSE. th H.1Ah ~
No bills of general Importance introduced un-
der the weekly call.
Holdeman introduced resolution regretting
tEeseverty of the Theirs government toward the
COMMUNISTS. There was no objection when
Holdeman moved the suspension ofrules. Vote,
% TO SO, which was not two-thirds, and the
House refused to suspend the rules.
The resolution sympathizlng with the foreign
people who are struggling for self-government
was adopted unanimously.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-Schenck has not re-
signed.
Akerman's resignation takes effect on the 10th
of January.
Williams WAS nominated to-day for Attorney
General
The House Committee on Commerce heard
the delegation of steamboatmen in session here.
The Committee promise to investigate the mat
tiers in question. ...... ill.,. ...
Attorney General Alderman has resigned
The President has accepted his resignation, and
Will nominate GeO. IL. w Villains, OF oregon, TO-
day.
The Secretary of the Treasury has called for
q report of the number of employed, the
amount of salaries, the amount paid as rewards
and moties and other fees and contingent eX-
penses at each custom house during the fiscal
year ending 1871.
The discussion of the Apportionment Bill was
resumed in the Committee of the Whole, and
an amendment was adopted that hereafter no
State be admitted with less population than the
required number. The bill than passed without
division.
1t provides that the House shall consist of two
hundred and eighty three members. and the
distribution to be as follows; Maine five, New
Hampshire two, Vermont two, Massachusetts
eleven, Rhode Island two, Connecticut four,
New York thirty-two, New Jersey seven, Penn
sylvania 2G, Delaware one Maryland six, Vir-
ginia nine, n forth Carolina eight South Caro-
lna.ive, Georgia.nne, Alabama seven, Missis-
sppi six, Louisiana five, Ohio twenty, Ken
lucky ten, Tennessee nine, Indiana twelve,
Illinois nineteen, Missouri thirteen, Arkansas
four Michigan nine, Florida one, Texas six
Iowa, nine, Wisconsin eight, California four
Minnesota three, Oregon one, Kansas three,
West Virginia three, Nevada one and n ebraska
ono. Adjourned. ..r .,. ....gr.
Republican Senators caucussed this morning.
They agreed to order a thorough examination
of all the departm entsand branches of service
The committee consists of Buckingham, Howe
Pratte, Harlan, Stewart, Poole and Bayard.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LIST OF LETTERS.
AID vertiRed December Is. 1871.

Persons calling for these letters will please say Ad-
yertised and give the date of this list If not called
for within one month, they will be sent to the Dead
Letter Once One cent will be collected on each letter
when delivered.
A.-Alen & Smith.
IA i Barrett, Franklin Bradley, George Blond.
H. Bredow, Joseph Bowers tcoD, James Britt, Laurie
Bareheld, Miss Mary. Blackman, Miss Ruth Buhel.
RI Brown, Thomas Brtton, Il Black.
CIV Cook 2, Mrs Margaret Corsage, Allen A Cor
ry2.
D.-Fiorrie Donohue, Joe Dyer Moses A Dewitt
F.-Bery Foster (col), John Fields
G.-Miss Mat GRtherite, Mrs Rebecca Gettys, Abra-
ham Gay -
Hzphilip Hall, Mrs Nancy L Houston, Mrs -
Hall, Ellis Hodgson, Robt Hartman.
J.-Martha Jarnagin (coD, Miss Sarah Joiner, VIM
Jones. A johnson.
K.-Joseph Keen. ..
L.-Frank Larue.
M.-Chas Morton. D C Mcmillan. Miss Euphemie
z Meade Lilley Martin, Leanna McGhee (coD, Nelson
Martin.
O.-Miss Sarah Osake
P.-George w Patton Miss Sarah Poston.
4.-Jno M Quails.
Rudy Reynolds. r RObarts.
S.-Thos G Straham, Miss Sarah Smith. Clement
f Smith ' |'
ri NJ Taylor. .....
W.-Mrs Emily Wallace. Frank b Werner. Jno J
Wade, Nj A Weber, Mrs Virg MIA Williams, William
Watson, William Well.
H.--Mark A Young. ..
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20
A New Method of Packing Butter.

\ Michigan dairyman has lately pub
lished his method of packing butter, He
has oaken tubs, with heads at each end.
They are ii inches in diameter at the top,
8 inches at the bottom and IS inches high.
In packing, a cambria bag is made to fit
the tub. The butter is packed in the tub
as it stands on the small end-the sack
being long enough to extend above the
edges of the tub-and is pressed down
firmly until within an inch and half of
the top, when circular cloth is laid over
it, the edges of the sack turned over that
and a layer of fine salt placed on it. The
head is now put in its place, the tub turn
ed up, and the butter in the sack, of course,
falling down to the bottom, leaves a space
all around it which is filled with brine
poured through hole in the small end.
When full, the hole is corlled up tight.
The butter fioatsin the brine and i effect
ually prescribed from the air, and will keep
for an almost indefinite period.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20

When woman makes up her mind to
have anything, she is pretty sure to get it.
Probably that assertion viii not be dis
truth comes from Cincinnati. The good
dame of citizen of that place could not
persuade her spouse to get her a patent
clothes-dryer. So she took the pole out
from her old-fashioped line the other even
ing, and, crouching down behind the
fence screamed "murder 20 In an in
slant her startled lord came flying out of
the house, was caught across the throat by
the clothes-line, and, before he could re-
cover himself, it had nearly sawed his head
off. The next morning sombre-looking
individual, with his neck all done up in
cloths and bandages, was seen putting up
a patent clothes-dryer in that yard. How
many divorce suits might be saved by
like simple expedient?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20
4 Protest.

We give below the protest of Senator
Gibson to the bill passed by the present
Legislature to force Col. Baxter to dismiss
his suits against certain Democratic news
paper editors
PROTEST.
enter this, my protest, against the
passage of House bill, No. 81, ITO au-
thoriZe defendants to sever in certain ac-
tons, and have the cause as to them trans
ferred 10 tire county of their residence"
These certain actionsp are "suits for
damages done the clturacter.n
This is political bill, and is designed
to cover the suits of Col. John Baxter
against the editors of the Nashville Union
and Anleric0n, the Nashville Banner, and
others now pending in the Circuit Court
of Knox county, for libel. This bill in
vades the Knox Circuit Court in violation
of existing law. and makes many suits ont
of one. Instead of one suit, in one Court,
and in one county, this bill makes
several suits, in several courts and
in several counties. In q word this
bill is designed 10 force John Baxter TO be
plaintiff in many suits in various counties,
against his viii. Under this bill man
from Shelby county may go to Campbell
county and utter the vilest ISLANDERS, and
publish the most atrOcious libels against
the most honorable man or woman in
Campbell county; and if the man or wom-
Ell thus wickedly injured and DETAINED
bring suit against this vile slanderer, he
can remove the suit all the way 10 Shelby
county and compel my injured constitu-
ent to 90 all the way to Shelby county in
order to continue his suit. Such a law is
monstrOus, wicked and despotic. TO strike
down John Baxter every man and woman
in Tennessee must be made to stand silent
without redress while the reeking, Shiny
tongue of the slanderer is poisoning
the very air, This bill bids def.
ance TO right and justice, and in
its intent and effect violates the cOnstitu'
ton. The constitution says THE Leg
islature shall have no power TO pass any
law for the benefit of inviduals inconsist-
ent with the general laws Of the land. "
This bill is general in its terms, and Il
is passed for the benefit of individuals,
and Is inconsistent with the general laws
of the land.n Besides this bill was passed
under the operation of the previous ques-
ton" whereby I was prevented either
from Offering an amendment, or of expos
ing the enormities in the bill, showing
conclusively that the bill would not beal
ventilation.
|, therefore, protest against this politica
bill as without precedent in this State
as fearful in its tendency, as wicked in ~
results, as unconstitutional in its essence
the offspring of political revenge and th'
mother of political oppression.
Henry r. GIBSON.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20

. 1t is rather an anomaly in trade for a ven
dor to find himself transferring properly,
and yet paying for it at the same time.
Vet such thing has actually occurred at
Lyme, Connecticut, in the course of a
transaction in the meat business. The
butchers of that goodly village have not,
it appears, reduced the price OF meats at re-
tail in proportion TO their reduction at
wholesale. Thus, a farmer sold an animal
to butcher at a certain price per pound,
and part of the agreement was that the
butcher should return him quarter of the
animal after killing. The butcher charged
IL TO the farmer at retail price, and the bal
ance being struck, the farmer found that
he must pay the butcher something for
taking the three.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20
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REPUBLICAN PARTY

of the country. We expect to defend
the. present National Administration so
long as it conducts public affairs in the
satisfactory manner which has character
lied its past history. We do this because
we believe the principles of the Repubii-
can party are right and true. While we
shall pursue this course aud advocate what
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ity we poss ess and with all the earnestness
of our nature, we viii accord to Others
the right to think and act for
themselves, and in our criticisms of those
with whom we may differ we will endeav-
or TO exercise that courtesy toward others
which we expect in return from those who
may differ with us.
But while we are earnestly engaged in
these partisan discussions our chief aim
and highest ambition will always be the
development of
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20
An Advocate of Free Schools.

..t 10 -.s.alEtI .al r.....l.s.
Regarding FREE SCHOOLS as indispensa-
BILE to the public welfare, we will continue
to advocate the establishment in our State,
Of perfect Free School system.
In addition to all this, the PRESIDENTIAL
CONTEST comes off next year in which we
expect TO take an active part. We will
keep our readers fully posted on every
topic Of interest connected with the can
vass. Excitement will run high, and
everybody will want the latest news. This
we will faithfully furnish to our pa
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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20

THE SUCCESS OF THE CHRONICLE
Il is already assured. 1t has met with
the most fattering reception wherever it
has circulated. Our labors have been met
by our friends in proper spirit, and our
circulation is as wide as we had any right
to expect under the circumstances. But
with the!beginning of the New Year, we
desire to renew our zeal, and to push for
ward our enterprise, until it shall not only
be the
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-12-20
LEADING NEWSPAPER OF THE STATE

but q journal to which East Tennesseeans
of all parties may point to with pride,
as an evidence of East Tennessee enter
prise.
We shall continue in the future as in
the past, to advocate the principles of the