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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

TIE Horse DIsEAsE.-The horse disease
now injecting the northern cities, in its descent
along the Atlantic coast has at length reached
this city, and to-day three cases were reported
animals belonging to Mcssrs Portncr, Knight
and Travcrs. The horse of Mr.. Portner is one
of team that has been going to Washington,
and may have caught the malady there, but
the other two have not been out OF the city.
Neither of the reported cases Is severe. The
livery stables are as yet clear of the disease, as
are also the stables Of the express companies,
but fearing its extension, persons owning valu-
able horses arc thinking about sending thom to
the mountains.
The annexed simple receipt has been sent to
the United States officials for use in connection
with army horses. On the first appearance OF
the disease give the horse a thorough steamlng
with boiled oats placed in bag and so fastened
to the head that the steam from the oats will
be inhaled Repeat this until the discharge
from the nostris is free and of a natural color.
Then take leather, or what is BETTER carbolic
disinfectant, in grains like large sized cannon
powder place it in shallow pan and burn it
where the horse will be obliged to breathe it.
If the throat is sore, (which generally will be
the case, apply frequently hot vinegar, rubbing
it well in with the hand, and wrap the throat in
manner ulppeu III FiucS1l. opouSC out ehe uoo.
trils frequently with warm vinegar Blanket we'll
night and day, but not enough to produce
sweating, and give plenty offresh, clean bedding.
Give several bran mashes with from onc-half
to one ounce powdered nitre in each, and use
Inseed meal or f1axsccd in the oats. Use tepid
water in the mash. The hay and oats should be
mostened with water-prefcrably tar water,
Most of cases taken in time will yield to the
above But should the attack be very severe,
accompanied with considerable fever and very
sore throat, instead of the vinegar an embroca-
ton of equal parts of linseed oil, turpentine,
tincture of cantharides and hartshorn should be
rubbed in night and morning.
Powelrs embrocation is very good. Give as
a drench night and morning the following:
Spirits of nitric ether, l o.; laudanum,
drachms; nitrate Of potassa, 3 drachms; water,
pint. Mix.
Should the horse refuse his feed, offer him
frequently thin Cruel, with handful of pull
verized slippery elm bark, and Fcorice root
stirred in it.
When convalescing exercise gently, daily,
and stimulate the appetite with the following
ball Extract gentian, drachms powdered
ginger, drachms.
A handful of wood ashes mixed with a little
salt thrown into the teed trough for the horse
to lick up, will be relished by him and be bene-
fetal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

Mr.. Benjamin Bushnell, for many years a
citizen of Winchester, died in that place, on
last Tuesday, in the 18th year Of his aye.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02
DAY.

HFENlNG UA I.
S. LINDHEIMER,
W King street,
VIII open on WEDNESDAY and THU rs
DAY next the 9Th and eth instant, his Fall anA
Winter stock of
MILLINERY GOODS,
just received from New York the mos, N whirn
are of his own direct importation, purchased rs
him during his late visit to Europe. The laiie-
of this city and adjoining country are invited I"
be present at the grand display nov 2-%t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02
PREMIUMS awarded at the Luudoun Agricul-

PREMIUMS awarded at the Loudoun Agrcll
tural Fair
Cattle and Sheep Best bull, VIM Bcvcr
"; best mich COW, Mrs. T. K. Wildman; best
two. year old hciicr, }. IL. Williams; best Cots
void buck. i. Lywood; best pair CotSwod
ewes, Nj. Hrrrlson; best Southdown buck, +.
p. holland; best pair Southdown ewes. john
w. Fairfax; best mixed breed buck, II. G.
Gist; best pair ewes, mixed breed. W. +. liar
rison, best Leicester buck, j.. Lywood.
Henry DRIFT Horses. Best sta lion, B. }.
Snouffer; best six horse team, }. \. Cox best
brood mare and colt, John Ault; best hlly
three years old, James NicolS best stallion two
John S. Jackson, best colt, one year old, VI.
Paxton.
Horses for General IhMy. Best stallion,
Josiah Beans best brood mare and colt, j. W.
Dodd best fy, three years DID, Henry Saund-
ell best, colt two years Old j. ". Dood, best
colt, one year old, j. NJ Kiigour best spring
colt, e. w. Henderson.
Quick Draft Horscs. Best stallion X W.
Guilter; best brood mare and colt, H. Furgu
son; best stallioa, years, g. Grimes best fly
3 years, ID. Tyler; best stallion, , years, ".
Cheve; best colt = years, John II. llnana
best colt, year, W. f. Ellison: best match
horses, G. Slagel; best single horse, II. G. Sell
man.
Thoroughbred Hosses Best stallion, Colo
mel J. W. Fairfax; best mare, NJ. Quinn.
Saddle Horses Best staon,J. =. West; best
brood mare and colt, T. ". Ayers; best colt :;
years, Romulus Ferguson: best spring colt,
Thos W. Ayers; best riding mare, VIM.
Powell.
Mulcs.-Best year old mules W. F.. Eli
SOD.
D,uAans. Best bull, years, \. J. Skin
ner best mich COW, G. H. and j. G.. Aver +;
best hefer. . years old, W. +. Ellison.
Neat CaHh-Best oxen, &. 5. Aver.
Agricultural P'oducts Best bus cl white
wheat w. H. Benton bushel red do, VIM;
Chloe white corn. ear, }. lIogcland hushcl
yellow corn, c. Jones corn, meal }. W. Dodd:
barrel -four, II. NJ Hardy.
agricultural Mplemcutc. Best reaper and
mower combined, II. Vandcrhoof; horse rake,
Dawson e. Shraff wheat drill, Dawson X
Shraff; Montgomery wheat fan, Dawson 4
Shraff corn shelter, hay and straw cutter,
Dawson 4; Shraff churn, }. '. Warner corn
cutivator, Dawson 4 Shratf; garden plow: Il.
H. Taylor grain cradle, Dawson \ Shraf.
Sru,e. Best Chester boar J. Y. Warner :;
best Berkshire boar. Hon. ThoS. Swami SOW
and pigs, Berkshire. NJ Harrison
Unn,s md Io,h.-l}cst bacon ham, Mrs.
r. FAIR.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

Gen. W. II. L. Lee has been elected Presi
dent of the State Agricultural Society.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02
CO.MNERCIAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, Nov. 1.-The mar
ict for Wheat is quiet and unchanged; offerings
of .,35 bushels white and 1872 of red, with sales
of the former ut l75 FOR good, and $780, 1872, 1877,
lss and 0 for very good to choice, and of the
latter ut 80 and l63 for common to fair ITO, 173
and - for medium to good, and LIS and $50 for
very good samples. Corn is dull AT q further de-
cline; offerings Of G3i bushels mixed, with sale 5
vi 81, IS and 60 Rye is firm; offerings of -
bushels, with sales at 90 Oats quiet and
mechanical
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

Port of Alexandria. NOy'r. ,. 1872.
SIS Eosf:............. SO NOON SErS....... Col
Sun SETS. .......... los
ARRIVED.
Steamer Grnrgeanna, Baltimore to Hooc i
Johnston. She reports no vessels in the river
Steamer Lady OF the Lake, Norfolk, to + A
Reed.
SAILED.
Steamer Express, Baltimore, by Jos Broders
IL Go.
Steamer New York, Philaa elphia, by + A
Reed.
Steamer Mary Virginia, Salisbury, by E
Francis.
Schr Fair Wind, Richmond, by Hooe i
johnston.
MEMORANDA
Brig Timothy Field, hence, ut New York 'lst
nlllnIn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

The horse disease continues to rage in Balti.
more.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

PRINCE WILLIAM County ITEMS The trial
of Fcwcll Tor the killing of Clark will be COM
mencrl on Wednesday next, the ct Of Noyem.
Der. Jurors, witnesses, Ne, will be expected
to attend on that day.
Mr. W. ". kinchcloc, county treasurer ID
now engaged! in receiving State and county
taxes There arc not great many who are
disposed to pay up.
The store Of Mr.. r. NJ. Weir, in this place,
was entered on Tuesday night and robbed OF
some trlfling articles, and about fifteen or
twenty dollars in grecnbacks.
Mai. f. VI. Braxton, Conservative and Col.
J. Il. Senior, Republican candidate for Con-
grcSs, had Il joint discussion at this place on
Thursday last, before an audience Of about
| thirty persons.
On tuesday next the voters of Prince Viii
liam county will be called on to vote for or
''against" subscription Of $4,000 stock to
the Potomac and Manassas Railroad.
Mr. Samuel Allen, owner of steam saw
mill in the lower part of the county, was prob
a!dy fatally injured by being thrown on the
circnar saw, while it was in motion, on We'd
lcslay last -.htnosms Gazette.
Ten ACRES ENoUGH-In Europe, ten acres
Of rch land is small fortune to an Industrious
lanB!lS. suppose we see Wllal au INDUSTRIOUS
family may do on ten acres Of land near this
place. One acre for the house, lot yard and
stable lot. One acre in grape vines, will pro-
luce in year or two an abundance Of fruit.
In ten years the vines will be worth $75 to 800
per vines, or between s., 1000 and SIS, 900. One
acre of the right variety of strawberries, with
proper culture, will produce handsome in
come. One acre should be devoted to dwarf
pears, with mixture Of standard trees. Two
acres should be devoted to apples, peaches and
other fruits, and the kitchen garden. One
acre should be devoted to corn forage for the
stock. Three acres will be enough for rails
ing corn, potatoes pumpkins, etc. Two milch
cows conll be kept up all the time fed all they
could cat, and pay handsomely for their good
treatment. One good horse could also be sus-
tanned. Pigs and poultry could be kept u good
order without much expense The products Of
the barn-yard, and the use of green manures,
with thorough pulycrization OF the soil, will
make the soil richer every year. Such place in
ten years would yield princely revenue to its
owner Think Of the result Of one hundred
such farms.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

Let no Conservative voter in Virginia, ex-
cusc apathy, or Indifference, in the present
crisis, by saying that there is no danger in 'ir-
ginia If any considerable, or even small
portion of the Conservatives and Liberals act
upon this idea, there artW be danger. There
never were such efforts made before to carry
Virginia iior the Radicals. Now, to counteract
this, there must be corresponding efforts made
on the Conservative side. Not voter should
be absent from the polls. Not man should
fail to use his influence with his neighbors to
procure full vote.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02
ALEXANDRIA, Y A
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1872.

The death of Mrs. Greeley is a sad episode
in the campaign. Her maiden name was Mary
Young Cheney. She was born and educated
at Litchheld, Connecticut, in the year lSl4.-
After conducting a school for some time IN
New York she removed to Warrenton, North
Carolina, where she was married to Mr.. Gree
ley in 1886. The Tribune says: -"She was
lady Of culture, Of very quick perceptions, and
of remarkable intellectual and logical power,
who took lively interest in all movements OF
social advancement, and more especially in
measures for the Moderation Of the condition
of her own sex. She was person of most de-
termined WILL capable of great endurance In
behalf of those she loved, and was most de-
voted mother She leaves two daughters,
the only survivors of a family Of FIVE children.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

A CHAIN gang has Leen inaugurated in Staun
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/ } + NOV AL

RENuFAL
f. H. CLARkSDN
Has removed his STUN + and TIN WARE DE-
POT to
NO. l0i KING STREET,
where he will continue to keep hand and for
sale. ut low prices, full supply of such articles
~ are usually found in similar establishment.
nov -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

CHRISTIAN COURTESY DR.. Odcnitcimrr,
the Protestant Episcopal BiShopof New .]cr-
sey, in replying to an invitation from the New
ark Board of Trade, as to writing of the ca,ly
history of different eliyions i'll Newark, speaks
in the following terms, Of Bishop Jane. RpoSr
welt Bayley:<
"As the early representatives Of the religious
bodies appeared TO have lived among lis in
harmoncy, whilst maintaining intact their re-
spectivc theological views. so it seems to me
the city of churches land there are about ninety
of them) is at this day blessed with fine spirit
of Christian charity, leading to all the pleasing
Offices of private aud social fellowship among
the many scholarly and eloquent ccgyncu land
there are about eighty-seven III nuuber) who
grace every denomination of Christians and de-
fcnd with sincerity their respective convictions
of truth. 1t is loss that will be felt by not
only Newark but BY the State at large, that
one of the most lluStrious of these dlvlneS, the
Roman Catholic Bishop Of Ncwark, i com.
PEELED to leave, and at the summons Of his &C.
cesiastical superior, to ascend the arclcplScopaI
throne of Baltimore. The honor Is we'll de-
served, for he has firmly and at all times sup.
ported the faith and Church Of his choice: but
his absence will be the withdrawal o! Il whole
some moral power from the community in
which he has been the dignilicl promoter .!
temperance, order and goodwill among all
classes, as we'll as among his own people. |
have gone up and down the State Of New Jer-
sey, from Sussex to Cape May. during thirteen
years and have heard Of his presence and
work in all parts Of his jurisdiction. but have
never heard Of word or act of bitterness.
This influence has tended to promote goodwill
and charity | speak impartially, for | have
never met Bishop Bayley.'
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n >
who has had large experience in rearing sheep.
assures us that the epizootic influenza, which
has attacked the horses with SO much viru-
lence, is precisely similar to the mali gnant dis
temper which sometimes destroys W hole tlocks
of sheep. A year or two ago his sheep were
affected with the distemper, and he cured them
with the following simple remedy:
Each sheep was caught and lighted match
held under its nose. The fumes of the sui
phur and phosphorus entered the nostris and
produced a violent sncezng by which all the
mucous secretions were thrown out. The nose
was then touched with tar and the animal kept
in dry place for two or three days and allow
ed to eat nothing but soft food. The cure was
immediate and failed in no instance.
The same gentleman has frequently cured
horses that were suffering from influenza BY
giving mixture of powered bayberry and slip
perry elm bark Take equal parts of each,
feeding quarter of pound at each meal.
The horse should be fed on ground corn and
ground oats mixed, aud the powder should be
out into the food. 1t is better to put Il lump
of rock salt in box near the trough where the
horse can lick at it whenever the notion takes
him, than to season his food with with ground
alum sal. -Bultinlore l4mcrtcuu.
ESCAPED Five thousand sadly disappoiut-
ed people slowly took their way homeward
from Hendersoaville, North Carolina, on the
morning of the 18th ult. They had assembled
to witness the execution of one Martin Bay
pard, convicted of the murder Of a certain Silas
Weston and his three children. The gallows
was prepared, expectation on the stretch wait
ine for the show to commence, when intelligence
was brought that if the play was acted that
dav the important principal part must OF ne
cessity be cut out The prisoner had escaped
the previous night in his wifc's clothes, and
the humane and gentle country folk, baked OF
their spectacle, grumblingly dispersed. But.
Gazette.
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HAIR DEPARTMENT OF
Ia GREEN'S NOTION HOUSE.
Wanted two experienced WORKER IN
HAIR GOODS. None but frst-class hand.
need apply. Liberal wages given.
CHAS w. GREEN,
nov2 IS King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

THE "STRAIGHr- ELECTORAL TICKET !
The following is the result Of the conference
between Mr.. James Lyons and the five other
Straight-outs who assembled at the Exchange
Hotel in Richmond.
THE Democrats lately assembled in Rich
mond, few in number, but representing, as
they believe, the true Democratic party Of the
State, submit to the people Of Virginia for
their suffrages at the approaching Presidential
election, the following Electoral ticket, viz:
First District-Gabriel Johnson.
Second District-G. d. Parker.
Third Distrct-Robert Creme.
Fourth District-Edwlng }. Harvie.
Sixth Distribution. JonD Robertson.
Seventh District Campbell.
Eighth District-Gen. j. NJ. Bcthunc.
"No representatives from the Fifth and Ninth
Districts being present, no Electors for those dis
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

mo representatives from the Fifth and Ninth
Districts being present, no Electors for those dis
tricts are named, and the people ofthoSe districts
are requested to vote for such person as they
may choose as Elector.
las Electors at Largc-IIon. W. }. Robert
son and Hon. James Lyons
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

NILLIGAN'S GLUE PCT; nice article
WI for family use the est thing in the mar
ket; complete for - cents each.
j. T. CREIGHTON & SON,
oct Is 81 King street
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SHAW LIS.

d
The attention of the la lies is specially cal"i
to very large and elegant stock Of BROCHE
SHAWLS this day received from New York.
Prices as follows; S2j, SO, $40, $50, S75 500
$l25 and $50
nov2 HOOMES + ASHBI.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-02

We have complete assortment Of the latest
styles of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-01-12
A Romantic Story.

THE Kansas City (Mo.) Times of recent
date tells the following romantic story
On Saturday evening Justice Sutton
Office was the scene of the termination of
a most romantic affair. A young and
very pretty girl, named Almeda Cosgrove,
residing at San Diego, last summer re-
sponded to an advertisement in the Vac
erly Mdgdzine for correspondence with a
view to matrimony. The new cores
pondent of the young lady resides at
Wathena, Kansas, and represented him
self to be a merchant, young, wealthy,
honest, and in want of wife. A long
and loving correspondence ensued be-
tween jerome Markham and Miss Cos
grove. Photographs were exchanged
and Miss CosgrOve was delighted to find
her unseen lover a good-looking youth
Finally she consented to become Mrs.
Markham, and for economy's sake con
sented to come to Wathena to be married
Being an orphan and without restraint,
she took the Central Pacific about two
weeks ago and started for Kansas. All
went well until she got on the Denver
Pacific. After leaving Cheyenne the
train struck a drift ten feet high and three
hundred yards in length, and became
hopelessly stuck fast.
Colorado, Miss Cosgrove attracted the
attention of Julius Emmett, a commission
agent of this city, who, perceiving the
young lady seated alone, and evidently
unprovided for such an emergency, very
gallantly rendered such assistance as was
in his power to give, which was a valise
full of cold food and two buffalo robes.
The young couple were soon on friendly
social terms. Miss Cosgrove very naively
recited her wild adventures, and was re-
warded by Emmett informing her that he
was single, etc. BY the time the Kansas
Pacific train had crossed the plains, and
was vending its way over the prairies of
Kansas, the young folks were firm friends.
They parted with regret at Wathena,
when the young lady turned to meet for
the first time him whom she was to call htI
husband She had only a moment to
wait before "a rough-looking individual al
least forty years of age, made himself
known as her correspondent and expect
ant husband. Miss Cosgrove, finding she
had been deceived, turned, without q
word, and entered the car and came ia
Kansas City. The following brief item in
last Sundays Times gives the sequel
"MARRED-Last evening, At the Office OF Justio,
Sutton, on Fifth street, Miss A. COsgToye, OF SaI
Diego California, TO Mr. Julius Emmett, Of Kansa
City"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-01-12
THE NEW WORLD.

Gold closed in New York on the 9th at
100.
A New York dispatch of the 29th an
nounccs that Tweed had surrendered to the
Sheriff, and his son had been accepted on his
bail bond in place of Farley.
James Fisk, Jr., is reported to have secured
the suppression of his correspondence with
Helen Josephine Mansfield, and the discon-
tnuance of the suits, by the payment of $780,
900.
Washington dispatch Of the Goth ult
says: "In accordance with the suggestions of
the Civil Service Commissioners, the Pre.-
dent will appoint, as regular examining
boards, three persons from each of the differ
ent departments of the government, who will
personally conduct all examinations of APP
plicants, being governed in their actions by
such regulations as may from time to time
be established by the Advisory Board"
The Secretary of the Treasury addressed
letter, on the 29th ult., to all Collectors of
Customs to the effect that the rules in regard
to appointments in the civil service of the
government, prepared by the Commissioners
on Civil Service, and approved by the Presi-
dent, would be observed on and after Jan
uary 1st, after which date appointments
and promotions would be made in ac-
cordance with those rules, as far as practical
BILE.
A dispatch from Salt Lake, on the Goth
ult, reports another tremendous storm in
the mining districts of Little and Big Cot
tonwood A whole settlement was buried
in the snow, and many lives were lost. There
were stories of innumerable hair-breadth es-
capes. The snow was from ten to fifteen
feet deep. Operations in most parts were
suspended
A special Grand Jury in Chicago, impanel-
ed to investigate charges against members
of the City Council, reported on the 29th to
the Criminal Court that they had found bills
of indictment against Aldermen McGrath
and Glade and ex-Aldermen Montgomery and
Walsh, for "bribery and corruption" and
recommended that they be placed under
heavy bonds. Judge Jameson fixed the bail
in each case at 5000.
In the United States Court at Columbia,
s. c., on the Goth ult., five Ku-KluX prisoners
plead guilty, and were sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment and 800 fine.
The Secretary of the Treasury has author
lied the Assistant Treasurer at New York to
sell one million of gold on the second and
fourth Thursday, and to purchase one million
of bonds on the first and third Thursday,
during the month of January.
At a special meeting of the New York
Tammany Society, on the 3Oth ult., Angus
tus Schel was elected Grand Sachem, in place
of William NJ. Tweed.
During the past year 24,679 emigrants
passed Columbus, o., for the West and North
west. The total in seven years is 2l2,36S.
A sixteen-year-old Digger Indian boy,
armed with a redwood stick to represent a
gun, recently robbed stage in SonOma
County, Cal. He got no plunder, the ex-
press box being empty.
The following IS the recOpitulation of the
January statement of the public debt;