Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-30

pie OF the couptry aud the people OF the city.
Their relations, justly considered. arc recIpr0-
c:lly advantageous and harmonious. Trade,
and competition. and laws suggested by expert
cnce, maintain those relations upon fair and
mutually brnc!ira ,ruIin,i a> can we'll be e.
| tani$hct.
I'm respect TO the different pursuits it is It
great dcsion if the f;lr!Ier suppnscS that the
city >pcrulAtor makes money ,!lrc y and ca>-
| ly by manipulating the market" For tic
few that do there are thousands that fail and
90 down to the grave paupGrS. And yet how
! few, after all, are city spectators in Il com
nunity OF business men?
! 1t is au error. we are satisfied. III represent
Ing that iii the country the business is done
ION cash basis while in the Towns the trade
lis based pretty much on credit. All our
knowledge Of the country proves to Us that
credit and confidence prevail wherever there IS
we'll ordered Industry, and men are trusted I'M
til they realize the money for their crops
Credit Is more genera! in the coultry than it is
in the city More men in the country, in pro
portion t. population. are trusted. and trusted
for Il or= time: and this is ~ for good reasons
net simply because they live in the country,
but brrallIc their pursuits Ito not enable them
10 receive cash ut ali times huI bring it il at
long intervals. Then. by virtue Of education
and pursuit, they are cradltnhr and reliable
nlcn. and people who have what they want 1T"
not hesitate. Ia trust them. IL l. tn honor t."
the country population that this is 50 it Is
pToDf ni tlcir high civilization that credit and
confidence abound amongst thc IrGinia rural
populations.
WHEN wc return to the cities We do indeed
fin, credit cn!cr!l" inrgcIr into the manage.
men! of trade but the time given Is shn7i
>h1rrrr han tI,. rruufr,.--WhIi. retail
transactions cash l. The principal clrmrnt
People !ivln" OH sa!aric, are expected 10 pay
promptly. arl are made to pay. People are
not depending on The sale oI crops. ami are not
iiluInrd without reason. e.: h Is far more an
element Of business IN the city !iai If Is ~ the.
country.
But there l. 10 ciu*c for invidiouS di>ti"r
ton between the TIVE populations. They are
mutually Scrgccabc to Ole ;tEnlhrr and To The
State. IN the matter OF taxation they are b"fh
remembered by the g;,thrrcr Of taxes. The
connryn;an has a poor idea Of the heavy cHac-
ton. Of the city collector who either follow, or
pgccc,ic> the State collector. DIGS deeply int"
The rockct> Of the citizens. look back forty
years. The planter then found great difficulty
IN getting 10 market. and IT WAS harder Tor hInl
to pay the light taxes with li> tobacco than It
would be be now for a farmer to lsly his i'll
creased taxes with chickens. cag*, aud butter:
50 much more easy is it now inr the farmer to
get what hc has for sale promptly TO marx ct.
an, Get the cash for it.
There is 80 reason tnr aversion or envy or
jealousy between city and ccintry: nor is there
ANY good ground Tor cutlery against taXation.
Let us I'LL DC cheerful! a:il hopeful. Let III like
mrm determine each IL Il" his duty. maintain
his rwD name for resolution and energy and
do liS share towards maintain the honor and
glory ui the Commonwealth. and We shall All
come out triumphant. R"ih!'o"i U'&on'ch.
\ GENEALOGICAL CUEIGsiTI.A @ciIcaio@-
ical curiosity has appeared III the ''!ll>t0!y oi
the Strong FamiIy," which has just been pub
lishcd by, joel M4nSGII: Of Albany; and whose
author the Rev B. ". Dwight Of Clinton. \.
Y. writer and ~rnraIogist has devoted many
years Of hi~ life and "iveu from twelve to iit-
teen hours of each day to what has evidently
been Il labor oi love The result is two huge &C.
tayoS. each containing about eight hundred
pa4cS and in which are enrolled the nu,nc> IT
nearly twcnty-nne thousand Of the descendants
Of Elder John Strru~ and those allied ~ thrnI
by marriage.
The said Elder John a S'aunch Puritan.
sailed, it appears, FROM Plymouth, England,
in the good ship Mary and John, on the 2Oth
Of March. 1880, accompanied by one hundred
auI forty fellow pilgrims. among whom were
several ccrgymen. He landed at Naniasket
Hull Mass ,cl,uSc:ts and after short Soinllrns
ut Dorchester. bingham, Taunton and Wind
SOL finally established hilnsrf at Northampton.
in that State. where he lived for forty years, Il
prosperous man OF bushes. and doughty pill
lar Of the church. as his title implies.
From this Strong pilgrim, all wearing the
name in the North. with bit two exceptions.
are said to DC descended. This piou> and stat
wHrt cider. who was twice married. waS blessed
with eighteen children Of whom fifteen arrived
at majority and followed the Biblical prcccpt to
multiply and rcplcnSh the earth. Mic Of
these reached three score aud ten. and six Of
them touched or vcrgcd upon the ninctieS Be
fore he died, ut The age Of ninety four, the III
der John could count one hundred and sixty
descendants OF whom thirty three at least were
his great. grand children.
The bnpti<naI names in this record cvincc
the strong puritan current which has descend
ell in the family from generation to generations
For example Genubath EpaphrodituS. Aru-
uah IIophni Irhamar, Mclad Ozrn, Gcrijah,
Ascnath rerilla. I!bina Anzllcrtc. NhaStIna
Emrrrtt. Tirzah Sabr;l. Ariel. and D,.Ida,u!a
THEN. too. We find Prudence. Experience: Re
membranes Patience. Waitslili. Retire, Re-
turn, incrrr c. Supply. Wealthy. Pardon and
Submit.
NHs GE>ERAL SIrKLES. --Thc New York
Sun SAYS Of Mrs Scklc> number two :-"She
is of the middle height and dclicately formed
Her eyes are black and iu>;rou>, the eyebrows
beautifully archcd. and the cycla>hcs long and
curved The face indicates gentle and Invcablc
disposition The hair is OF deepest black. Mrs
Sickcs docs not speak EngllSlr, but she con
verses in French with ease. Her manner Is
quiet anal self possessed. and her voice low and
sweet. She aud General Sicklcs converse in
Spanish.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has the following :
81 General SickIcs has pcnchant for foreign
wives. His iir>t mate was an Italian, and now
he has taken unto himself Il : parish BRIDE
Scnorita Carolina Guerrero, better known by
the name Of dc Crceagh, her mother mime by
Il second marriage. \ friend III Washington
writes "Wh hat is there in a name? The truth
about Dan Sicklcs bride is, she is the daughter
OF 4 poor SPANISH window who to better her