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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25
PORT or .7LEIa.NDRE.9, JULY rs

PORT or .ILEI.7.N.DRE-9, JULY rs,
SUN KosE.......... 4. "a MOON SETS. ......"~ll5 ~
SUN SETS.-.... /. IL
ARRIVED.
Schrs Remittance, Williams, and s F Ker-
wan, Kerwan, Havre de Grace, coal. and Nes
Payne, Done, Portland, plaster, to William
Smoot.
Schrs n Goodell, Stonington VIM Allen
Jersey City, and A L Butler, Allyn'S Point to
American Coal CO.
SAILED.
Schr Maria Person, Jersey City, by Amer
can Coal Co
MEMORANDA.
ScLr NJ Richards, for this port, sailed trou
Providence Dist.
Schr f H Clark, Williams, hence at VII
mington, N. c., 2lst.
Schr A H Cain, for this port cleared At New
London ed.
Schr A P Cranmer Cranmer, hence ut New
York 23d.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

Paris Journals are greatly discouraged at the
apathy shown by the people in the elections last
Sunday, and one paper says that nation which
takes no interest in its own AFFAIRS is condemned
to ruin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

We have report from Washington about
three times week that Secretary Fish is to
resign aud Commissioner Pleasonton to be re-
moved. We expect the latter prediction will
be fulfilled shortly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25
COMMERCIAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, July 25.-The mark,
for Wheat is without material CHANGE RECENT,
are above the average in quantity-the ousli,,
ranging from fair to strictly prime; offerings n
1926 bushels red, with sales at 40, l25, l28 lN
1875, l42 and l45; offerings of 772 bushels white
with sales Of good at 1870 and l32. Corn is ous.
and unchanged; offerings of 1862 bushels whit,
and mixed, with sales of the latter at &c, IS and
81. Sales of Rye at TO- Oats are unchanged
offerings of 24l3 bushels, with sales at 40, A. 81
Al, 49, 40, 80 and 81.
RICHMOND MARKET.-Richmond July "a
The offerings of Wheat on Change since tbs
18th instant have been increasing, and tho mar.
ket has been active, but prices have declined
since then from 1921 for prime white to l55sl5TI
and about the same reduction in prime red. Ths
decline in inferior grades has been still greater
For the most part, during the week, red Whss,
brought figures fully up to white, but there hs,
been occasionally falling off in the price of red
as compared with the price of white. The qusn
tity Of Wheat which has reached this market
this season far exceeds the amount received in
the corresponding period of last year.
The market for Corn has declined 2!c, With
little doing.
Oats have fallen from 60 and G21c for good new.
The quotations for Wheat are: Prime l5j 10
| 157, and common to good 10 to $50. Corn g ~
| IS for white and 81 for yellow. Oats 5OaA
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

There were three hundred and sixty 1--WE
divorce cases in Cincinnati last year Just one
a day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

General Parker's successor as Commissioner
of Indian Affairs. has not yet been selected by
the President
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

GORGE & JENKINS SUGAR-CURED
" HAMS, Shoulders, Sides and BreskiA'!
Bacon, for sale by
GEO. McBURNEY & SON,
jy25 lG6 and 10 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

JOHN RANDoLPH-The Danville Times
contains an interesting sketch of the appear
ance of the late John Randolph, Of Roanoke,
with some account of his speeches on the hus-
tings. This will be followed by some others
relating to the same extraordinary man. Mr..
B 3 editor of the Times, is the author
taining what may be given through hi his col. eo-
umns, and mass of other material, which he
has industriously gathered up amongst the old
constituents and neighbors of Mr.. Randolph.
Mr.. B. has had excellent opportunities for the
accumulation Of information of this kind, and
We are sure he will make a very entertaining
and instructive volume concerning one Of the
rarest and most brilliant men that have ever
li7ed.-Rich. DIS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

IMPROPER COMBINATION The telegraph o
few days ago repoi led the testimony Of a man
named Payne as to the secret organization Of
the miners leaguein Kentucky which, however,
was made by the dispatches to appear as a
political Ku-klux instead of an industrial
organization. The facts, as disclosed on the
trial at Louisville on Friday laaAre that q
company from Ohio several month since estab-
lished in Ftchburg, Kentucky, al hon furnace
purporting to engage in the smelling of iron
ore to a large extent, and developing generally
the mineral resources of Estill, Powell and ad-
joining counties. They engaged large force of
colored hands, and this seems to have aroused
the jealousy of white residents thereabouts
For some time past there has been a series of
outrages perpetrated upon colored people in
the vicinity, which has resulted in driving
numbers of them away and paralyzing the efforts
Of the iron company. The Louisville journal
remarks upon this state of affairs that this
organization is subversive ofall law and order
and that lit rests with the people of Estill to
put it down at whatever cost. '-Bah Sun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25
lCOMMUNICATEL

Since brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the outward limbs and fourishes
l will be BRIEF
Writers for the press, and verbose speakers,
do not seem to take these lines Of the immortal
bard, as their guide if they did, We should
have less both by tongue and pen, upon the
new Market House question. At the rate we
are going the crack Of doom will roll round be-
fore the first brick is laid, or the first piece of
timber hewn for this much needed improve
ment. Action! action, is what the people
want. 4.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

ANTHRACITE Coal Market From the
Philadelphia Ledger. The anthracite coal
trade for the week ending on the 18th instant
presents no special feature. Production is is
moving forward steadily, being fully up to, if
not in excess Of, the market demand. The
quoted prices of all the larger sizes Of coal are
unchanged, but the smallest sizes are quoted 5
to 10 cts per ton higher, For Lsehigh coal
there is full demand, and most of the opera
tors in Schuykill coal are pretty well supplied
with orders. The purchases of coal for dcmes-
tic uses are steadily increasing. Some Of the
large consumers are also laying in stock: These
movements may in some measure be stimulated
by reports of local troubles in the coal regions,
by which some works in particul lar localities are
temporarily idle The various interests in the
trade will no doubt try to slim ulate the market
for coal, with the view of having an influence
on the New York monthly public sale of coal
on Wednesday of this week, to which all eyes
of parties in the trade are now directed, as the
pivot on which prices are likely to turn up or
down
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25
HOSIERY.

Just received full line Of Ladies and Slisle=
Balbriggin Hosiery.
jy25 WILMER & STAY NAkEh'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

ADJUTANT- GENERALS OFFICE, RICHMOND,
July 20, lS7l.-To facilitate the organization of
the Volunteer Corps required by the .Constitu-
ton particular attention is necessary tothe act OF
Assembly Ito provide for the reorganization
of the militia approved March 90, 1871
especially to sections IA to 90 inclusive.
AS that act did not take effect until the first
day of May last, elections Of officers prior to
that date were premature, and must be made
anew, or confirmed by vote Of the several COM
panies which have been enrolled T.
The successive steps to DE taken y 1.-The or
ganization are.
I. The enrolment of companies OF :men liable
to militia duty, consisting of not less than GO
nor more than BD men rank and file for five
years service. ~
> The elegaon by the members of each
company of &e captain and three lieutenants,
which elections must be certified by the person
who presides at the meeting where such cleo.
tons were made, and promptly certified by
him to the Governor through the Adjutant-
General
3. 1t is the duty of the company officers so
elected, to apply Immediately thereafter, for
examination by the Boards appointed for that
purpose, and if found to be qualified according
to law, to transmit one copy of the certificate Of
the Board to the Governor and one to the
Adjutant- General without delay:
+. It is the duty ofeach captain, Immediately
upon his election, to make off q roll of all the
members of the company who have agreed t
enlist therein, and such are considered as enlisted
from that time by law. 1t would, however, be
more accordant with military usage, for each
member 10 subscribe the roll himself, and for
the captain to transmit that as an authentic
copy to the Adjutant-G Generals Office.
S. IF any officer fails for one month after his
election to apply for examination to the Board
of Examiners or if, upon examination, fails to
receive certificate Of qualification from the
Board his election will be void
The Commander-in-Chief will commission
and arm the Volunteer Corps as soon as they
shall put it in his power to do so.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

The SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN ENGLAND
Some curious statistics have lately been pub
lshed in reference to the Society of Friends in
Great Britain Their numbers, steadily on
the decline for years, have now fallen to ii, 0l3.
nearly equally divided between the sexes In
addition to these, about 1000 persons, not
members Of the society, attend its meetings for
worship. Fifty-two marriages took place in
the society last year--a small number; but
had the wedding ceremony performed in other
than Quaker meetings The society gained by
274 births during the year, and lost by 27o
deaths. In addition to the latter cause there was
a loss of Is members by resignation, and of "a
by ''disowument in plain terms. expulsion.
To balance these losses, l27 joined the society
by CONFINEMENT "a considerable number
seeing that, like Unitarians and Jews. the
Quakers do not seek to make proselytes
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

A NEW AND FULL STOCK OF VAC
II PAN and PORTO RICO SUGARS, small
and medium sized Hams Breasts and Shoulders
all of which are for sale at lowest rates
&. VIM RAMSAY,
jy q s. +. corner King and St Asaph W
A SIX FOR WENGER'S FAMILY FLOUR
II and use no other. Equal to Welch'S IN
every respect, and can be bought for less monsy
" 2j W. F. BROOKES
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

NALICOES AND COTTONS.
Just received II full assortment Of the a6oYe
IVES WILMER & SLAYMAkEK.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

A PRIME ARTICLE OF GUNPOWDEk
n TEA Just received and for sale BY
G. VIM RAMSAY.
iy2j $. f.. corner King and st. Asaph ST..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

TOAL! COAL!
" COAL!
We are now dischargiLg from schr Cherub =
egg and stove size, which will be sold low from
vessel. M. ELDRIDGE & CO.,
jy 25-lw No. q south wharve'.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

NJ OTICE-All persons arc hereby Warnea so.
~ to trust any person on my account without
my written order ,,uv
jy G-lm FRANCIS j. NJ KIN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

OHEESE-l0 boxes prime ana
~ Cheese for sale by p1rRN.
iy Is D. u AlbO-----
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

r LIGHTNING APPLE PARRRS-the bet
IL article madc-already on hand ready Tor
the season, at SO King st., Alexandria, Va
ia 10 J. r. CREIGHTON 81 son.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

1--WE HUNDRED KEGS NAILS H n s''''
and for sale by CARLlN s. SONa,
ie7 90 King street:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

Fans! FANS! FANS
Ofevery description, at low prices.
CHAS. w. GREEN,
jy25 76 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

"ELMDOLDS CELEBRATED uHa'
IL PILLS for sale by ppO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

DIANO FOR SALE.-A MAHOGANY and
L ROSEWOOD PIANO, 81 Octayes, Of very
fine touch and tone, manufactured by Chlch-
e.ing and Son, for sale low BY
VI. ELDRIDGE,
iv2l-lw Cor Duke and st. Asaph st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

q HHDS. P. K. and DEMERARA ~ 'A''"
y received this day and for sale low ~
AVERY g. DAVIDSON,
W. 22G King St, cor. ALI.o.-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

BUILDERS HARDWARE, embracing
ID fine assortment of everything in that line,
Just received. We ask special attention to our
Locks, &c. j. r. CREIGHTON d SON,
iv17 IS King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

vTAVE YOU TRIED DOOLEY,S YEAST
IL POWDER? For sale at l47 King street
iv d w. F. BROOAES.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

NOTICE-Haring been appointed Admins
IN TRAITOR on the estate of A. 4. THORP, esq,
deceased, all persons indebted to said estate srs
requested to make prompt payment and thSio
to whom said estate is indebted will please pre-
sent their claims.
iy 25-tf f. A. REED.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

NHEESE-5O boxes prime Factory Ches's
~ just received and for sale by
w. II. SMITH u CO., ..
Under the Mansion House
ivl9 North Fairfax street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

NHOICE SUGAR-CURED DRIED bhhA
~ just received by p1rRN
10 ~ D. =. AlApE -
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a day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

n A. w. HORE, of Stafford county, nth,
D.. will be absent from the State 8 Few n ~ San
on business. A letter will roach MN, n',o %
Francisco California le V-Ia---
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-25

w A I Z 4 GOV L Z M
Assorted sizes and styles, for sale low - ~
King street. ,,1rrpR
je 2-eo3m 4. j. AILn H-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-12-21
WHOLE NUMBER 243.
Poetry Of the Period.

THE manner in which John Hay and his imi
tators have attributed to the hard-handed back
woodsman and the bluff and impecunious pion-
gion, and yearning after Justice highly temper
ed with mercy, has induced our Head Devil to
to perpetrate the following verses. Save that the
what less disgusting in the narrative, and not
nearly SO blasphehous in its conclusion, it may
e Gs1 d aa5k sa Ms disIsctic
The H. D. has called his poem after the juvenile
hero of the piece j
RED-HEAD JAKE.
"HyarI let that little cub aIonel
He's mine, he are; eff you tech HIM
What I yanked out er Bret's All Sin
"'Red harP 1t are leerle red
Redeem hell-fre, bet your life
He got it fair from Sallie Shed,
For which swapped my t'other wife.
Peart! ain't he. stranger. hay?
He siuiced an a. eve we out. out t0ther day.
From Kernal Gifts old niger Night.
Only fifteen last Fo'th July,
An pow full strong on poker straight;
Kin rassle with Kentucky Rye.
Wus nor Booth nor General Haight-
Poor littlo cussl He's too dam smart:
He histed my big axe one day
An bust his mann just where the part
Of her red hair was CROWN gray.
Twas neatly done; a clear, clean split
But Ger the washtub keeied an quit
Me an Jake-an me Hat broke.
"'Twan't fair. but then wasn't riIed:
I was stuck so bad for the boy, you see.
An tell yer stranger, that this hyar child
III git up Thar befo' you an me"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-12-21
MY NEIGHBOR's SHOES.
A CHRISTMAS SKETCH.


The children were put to bed at last.
Six of them, with unquenchable spirits,
full of the fun and noise of the time,
but riotous and mutinous now. No
stockings to be hung upland this,
Christmas Eve. Well, then, Christmas
tree on the morrow
"No; we are beggars," 1 had said
with a sort of savage pleasure in max
ing them as miserable as myself, md
beggars don't have Christmas trees.''
And little Meg had burst into a pas
sion of tears. GA beggarI And must
she go out with basket and eat potato
peelings and stale crusts. Oh, hr'
l quieted the storm / had raised as
well as 1 could. After all, it was a poor
satisfaction to have made them un-
happy. My head ached and my heart
ached worse as went down stairs. My
work was not over, although l had nc
festive preparations for tomorrow, nc
turkey waiting to be stuffed, no plum
pudding to concoct. There were piles
mended. How sick it made me to SET
the rents and symptoms of wearingou
in them. What would become of III
all? l felt dull despair coming owe,
me. 1t was no use working, trying t.
stem the tide of misfortune that wa
setting in. No use
went to the window and looked out
A clear, star-lit sky cleaned above;
frosty road, white and glittering, below
save where the gay sleds, with tinklin
bells and rich robes and laughing freight
had cut path for themselves. What
joyful time All the world seemed
be happy. Fathers were hurryin
along, with odd, bulgy bundles an
dainty -colored cornucopias. Mother
who had come out at the last momer
for stuff to fill the little stockings, wer
by, with a secret joy illuminating thei
q faces. could catch a glimpse of tn
great store at the corner-all one bla2
of light. 1 knew how the polished, re
apples were set out there, and the gres
baskets of brown nuts and the bunche
of white grapes, transparent in tn
light, golden with other suns than our
and the boxes of raisins, in rich clu
ters, and the Jars of lucent honey {
ruby jelly-I knew them all, and no
they looked this night.
Strange, how such trifles haunt us
the presence of real sorrow. Real wal
- stared us in the face; yet the bittere
drop in the cup seemed to be the fa
that could not make this one day fe
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-12-21
India Rubber Maps.

In military circles in France an inn
portant discovery made by an English
inventor is much talked about. 1t con-
sists in the use of India rubber for
geographical maps; the printing and
the typographical particulars are per-
feet and are rendered by secret pro-
cess unalterable by either water or
alcohols. The rubber leaf can be rolled
and folded without injury. The Minis
ter of War has ordered a number OF the
maps to be carefully tested.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-12-21

LET the youth who stands with glass
of liquor in his hand consider which he
had better throw away-the liquor or
himself.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-12-21

WHY are pigs like fashionable women2
Because they each carry curl behind.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-12-21

THE worst of all the Fee-nians-Law-
yers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-10

GIRLS, DON'T TALK SLANG.-Girls, don't
talk slang If it is necessary that any
one IN the family should do that, let it be
your big brother, though would advise
him not to adopt pigeon English" when
there is an legant,systematized language
that he can just as we'll use. But don't
y0W do it. You have no idea how it
sounds to ears unused or averse to it. to
hear young lady, when she is asked if
she will 60 with you to some place, answer,
mot much p or, if requested to do some
thing she does not wish, to hear her say,
''can't see it p
Not long ago heard young miss, who
IS educated and Accomplishment speaking
OF young man, say that she intended to
'go for him = and when her. sister asked
her assistance at some work, she answered,
"Not for Joe p
Now, young ladies of unexceptionable
character and really good education, fall
into this habit, thinking it shows smart
ness,to answer back in slang phrases and
they soon slip fippantly from their
tongues with saucy pertness that is
neither ladylike or becoming Il bet''
or "you, bet" may be we'll enough among
men who are trading horses or land but
the contrast is startling and positively
shocking when young man is holding
the hand Of his lady-loye to hear those
words issue from her lips. They seem at
once to surround her with the rougher
associations Of his daily life, and bring
her down from the pedestal of her purity,
whereOn he had placed her, to his own
coarse level.
| know the bright,eyed girl who reads
this, will think the matter over, and dc
what is right, and discard slang and un-
ladylike phrases. -EGcb07oqe.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-10

which sounded choked and unnatural in
my own ears, or had risen from my knees
and picked up the fallen drawer, the out
er office was invaded by crowd of excl
ted and anxious inquirers, some of whom
passed into our sanctum, and began sha
king hands with me in that frenzy of
goodwill and congratulation which now
and then breaks out among the sympathi-
zing public.
Old Lawrence's relatives were not long
behind their townspeople; they came in
agitated numbers, Katie ard her father
among them, with Mr.. Grey, who had been
spending his Christmas at Thornbury.
She looked pale and my heart smote me
for my base, treacherous, insane suspic-
ions of her. She neither glanced at me
nor spoke to me, and when nv faith
er invited all the relatives and Mr.. Shape
to go on into the house, she passed me, as
I stood humbly at the door, with averted
eyes and high, dignifed carriage.
AS both Grey and Shape were present,
it was unanimously agreed that the will
should be opened and read on the spot.
Several persons, with no immediate inter
est in it, had made their way into our
drawing and as nobody seemed in,
clined to turn them out, I also remained,
standing against the fireplace, and watch
ing steadtastly for some glance from Ka-
ties eyes.
Mr. Shape opened the will sharply, and
started off at reading it, with none Of his
professional deliberation and delay, but
as if he was as eager to get at it's contents
as any person present It was short
document, and did not take many min
utes to get through at the pace he read it.
The property was worth about 100000 ;
thirty thousand of which was left in leg
acies to old Lawrence's brothers and sis
ter, and the residue bequeathed to the tes-
tatorsI beloYed niece, Catherine Lawrence,
on the sole condition that she married
Henry Slaney, the son of his old friend,
George Slaney, postmaster of Thornbury.
If otherwise it was to be divided equally
among his brothers and sister.
All that followed may easily be guessed.
I had to make thousand protestations of
my love, and implore Katie again and
again to consent to be my wife-a thing
which weshad both taken for granted
years before old Lawrence's will was lost
in the postoffice. My situation remained
my own, until she relented, which she did
not do until, by my fathers advice, icon
fessed to her the reasons which had caus-
ed my change of manner toward her; the
painful suspicious which had been thrust
upon me, and the bitter sorrow they had
produced. We were married at last, to the
concealed disappointment and chagrin of
hnr affootionot a rn1ativnS T onaca6 RI bn
among the number of postefice clerks.