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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

pY VIRTUE of a decree oil ;he Circuit Court
- Of Prince William county, pronounced III
the lth day of October 1871, in the cAa!c"ry
suit OF Chapman V. Sorvi!e, shall oc- !or
sale at pubic auction, ~ the front door Of III"
VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, lying nca,
Dumfries, and adjoining the lands Of JAS. Par
CELL Sandy Dowcl! and others, upon the !o.-
lowing
Terms to wit: Cash enough to pay the costs
Of suit and sale, and the residue in four eqa.'
annual payments bearing interest from the day
of sale; the purchaser giving bond, with ap-
proved personal security, for the deferred pay
ments, and the title to be retained and the hand
subject to resale in case the purchaser shall fail
to make the deferred payments.
EPPA HUTTON, Comm'r.
Prince William CO. sen Scots
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26
By r. A. kerby, Auctioneer.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND ~
" ALEXANDRIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
On WEDN ESDAY, the 23d day Of October,
1872 at II o'clock m, in front Of the City Hot"!.
Alexandria, Va, the u dcrsigncd, Commits.
sionerS of the Circuit Court fo- the city oi Alex
andria, Va, under tn authority o: DEGREES pa---
ed 1T the November term, ISL and May term.
49, of said Court in the suit Of Swami e. a..
Wallack It al, will offer for sale At pub!ic auc-
ton, in two parcels the following d"scr bee!
REAL ESTATE, the property OF the late N:G.
T.. Swami, situated in A!c1u.d-ia county, near
Four Mile Run, ard lying on both side: Of n"
county road, about four miles from Washington
city. The Tract on the south side .: the coUH!y
road adioins sad road, and the hands Of Thomas
w. Swami ana I. L. Sanborn, and cnntains y
u. r. and II p; has no buildings upon it: .i,'"
believed to be unqu.stlonaDle. The trac. On the
north side of the county road adjoin: said road
and the land OF VIM. y. Brown. and contains
70 a., r. and 5 D.; has no buildings upor. it: tit
beeved to be inquest enable The sale :" b..
made upon the following
Terms: Three hundred dollars to be paid in
cash upon each parcel at the time Of sale; til"
residue in three equal annual in$:almcrt=, i"!
VIII CHI the purchaser is 10 give MS notes, b"aflnt
interest from the day of sale; the tticto be With
held until all the deferred payments are nnI".
All State taxes, county !ev.eS, &c, exclusive 81!
the current year, 70 be paid under the direc.io"
OF the Court out Of the cash payments.
JNO :. CHAPMAN, ,..o,,,.-.
ALBERT STUART, N'''''' 49,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26
sep 24-cots

TRUSTEES SALE.-By virtue of n deed Of
i trust from John Flynn and wife to the un-
dersigned bearing date December 3st, 1870,
and of record in the land records of Fairfax
county, liber \, No / folio g. and for the },tt--
poses set forth in said deed, shall on THURS
DAY, the 18th dny of October, 1872, in front OF;
Cats tavern at West End in said UNITY sell,
IT public auction, to the highest bi :dcr all that
TRACT OF LAND lying on the upper side Of
Occoquan bay in said county of Fairfax, con-
tanning 263 acres, more or less. This land i. =,
present occupied by said John Flynn, who will
show the same to persons wishing 10 buy. II is
eligibly situated, on navigable water, in close
proximity to the Alexandria and Freicricks
burg Railroad and presents great Inducements
to those desiring to invest III real estate
Terms OF Sale: SO much cash in hand Us Will
be required to pay the costs and charges OF .alc
the sum of $500, with interest from December
3lst, 1870; and the interest $500 for one
year $500 and the interest on $500 for one
year. to fall due Dcce,.b Der 3l=t 1872; S3OD with
one years interest on $500, to fail due Decesn
Der 5lst, 1873 500 with like interest on 500 To
fall due December 3ls 1874; 500 with like in-
and $500, with twelve months interest thereon
any, on such credit a. the said john Flynn sha!i
direct or, he failing to direct, then on credit
Ms to such balance Tor twelve months from tn.
3lst day Of December 1876, with interest tro,n
the day Of sale. All said deferred Payments IL
be secured by the notes %! the purchaser, with
good personal security, and lien on the property
purchaser. THOMAS MOORE, Trustee.
E.,r mt,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26
GDN.nERCTAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, Sept. 2G-The mar
ket for Wheat shows an improvement in prices,
particularly for the better grades; offerings of
3334 bushels white and 1850 of red, with sales of
the former ut l55, l60 and lis for fair to good
and lS5 and ISL for choice; and of the latter at
80 and l57 for fair. lG5 and 10 for medium to
good, and 49, l75 and $50 for very good to primo.
Corn is quiet and unchanged; offerings of POO
bushels white and $50 of mixed, with sales Of the
former at Il and OF the latter At 90 and ~.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The date of the installation of the new Cath
olic bishop of Virginia will be definitely fixed
as soon after the installation Of the new Arch
bishop of Baltimore as is convenient, and will
probably take place on one Of the last Sundays
in October or first Sunday of November, in
the Cathedral IN Richmond, and nearly all the
priests of Virginia and North Carolina will be
present to witness the ceremonies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The New York Herald thinks that "thc
choice of the next President of the u. 5. de-
ponds almost entirely upon the result of the
approaching election in Pennsylvania Doubt
less that result will have much Influence
all does not depend on it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

Adyices received from Bucharest, in Rou-
mania, give later particulars of the dreadful
ravages OF the cholera in the Danubian Princi-
palities. There is no abatement to the spread
of the epidemic, and it is estimated that over
10000 persons have already died from the
disease. The nature of the plague is epidemic
in the extreme, and it is feared will spread
over the entire country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

Mr. Schurz delivered an able address 10
German, in Philadelphia. on Tuesday night,
on the political issues of the day, to an audi
ence which crowded Concert Hall to overflow
ing. He was received with such popular de-
monstrations as to be for some time unable to
proceed Subsequently the same evening Mr.
Schurz was sereuaded at the La Pierre House,
and addressed the assemblage in English.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

Some of the States Of the remote West are
keeping new holiday of some practical lmpor-
lance. 1t is called "Arbor Day and is dcvo-
ted to the planting Of fruit and forest trees.
Every man is expected to do the State some
service on that day, and the barren hills
are to tell to future ages the story of the plant
Ing of noble forests of timber.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun, says Official advices froG Mex
leo indicate prospect of settlement of the
trouble between that government and this over
the Mexican claims commission which has been
in session In this city during the last two years.
aud also an understanding as to the better pro-
lection of the Rio Grande border from incur
sions by Mexican outlaws and raiders
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The Convention of the electors, superintcn-
dents, and canvassers of the Conservative party
in this State, some four or FIVE hundred in
number, to assemble in Richmeud on the lst OF
October for the purpose Of consulting about
matters pertaining to the campaign, Will un-
doubleday be largely attended, andi relied upon
to do great service in increasing the interest IN
the work of the canvass.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The recent Pittsburg Convention of "vete-
rams" authorized the formation of National
Veteran Committee. Gen. \. Z. Chapman
was selected as the District representative and
Colonel S. E. Chamberlain, of Loudoun coun-
tv was selected to represent Virginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The French government has paid titty-Seven
millions of francs to the Prussians. NJ. lhlers
has thus discharged the fifth half mlIl'ard due
to Germany on the war indemnity bond. The
noble action of the French people with respect
to their treatment of this terrible foreign I'M
post goes to prove the wonderful recuperatlve
and industrial productive power which France
nnssesscs as q nation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26
i('OMNfISIctTED.

iNUMNI NINAIED.
What necessity is there for the engineers to
blow the whistle of their engine so long and
sbrili when approaching the tunnel both day
and night? The residents Of that section Of
the city can see not one particle of good to re-
suit from this disagrecabe practice ether than
to annoy and shock the nerves Of peaceable
aud law abiding citizens. Please for the sake
of humanity abolish it, I'VE do not mind be-
ing whistIcd to death, but whistling in our
ears after dead is what worries Us.
IrNNEL. T0MNERS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26
BY F. A. KerDy, Auc1ioneer.

COMMISSIONERS SALE.-In execution
~ of a decree of the Circuit Court of Alexan-
dris, rendered on the 3lst day of May, 1872, in
the suit of William Fowle's executor VS.. Thorn
as J. Edelin, and Mary J. Harris, the under
signed will offer for sale, at public auction, on
THU RSDAY, the 3lst day Of October next, ut
II . clock M. in front OF the Court House OF
Alexandria county, the following described
VALUABLE PROPERTY, or SO much thereof
rs may be necessary to satisfy the acquisitions OF
the aforesaid decree, viz:
l. A LOT OF GROUND, WITH THE AP-
PURTENANCES, on the north side of Orono-
co street, between Columbus and Alfred, in front
ON Oronoco street ~ feet inches and running
back 81 feet to ten feet alley.
, 4 LOT OF GROUND on the west side of
Fairfax street, ll6 feet inches south of Wolfe
street, fronting on Fairfax street % feet and in
depth 81 feet to twelve feet alley
3. a LOT OF GROUND on the west side of
Alfred street, between Princess and Oronoco. in
front on Alfred street 10 feet, and in depth l23
feet ) inches, with the use Of ten feet alley in
the resr leading into Princess street.
Terms Of Sale: Onc-thrd cash; the residue in
xix ana twelve months the deferred payments
to bear interest and to be se1ured by the bonds OF
the purchaser, W tn surety, and retention ofthe
title until all said payments are made. and the
property to be resold ~ the purchasers risk on
failure to comply with terms of sale.
LAWRENCE B. TAYLOR.
sep :l-eots Commissioner.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The printing certain project of newspaper
clippings in reference to the alleged attack on
OK soldiers while in Baltimore on their way to
the Pittsburg Convention, as political pamph-
let, for exclusive northern circulation, has been
abandoned by the administration committee at
WASHINGTON
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

Mrs. Sallic A. Hilbert, daughter Of Mr.. W.
P. Henson, aud Jennie, only daughter of Mr..
Thomas D. Webster, of Charlestown died last
week. Both occurred on the same day, occa-
stoned by the same disease.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The last news about Mr. O'Conor is that he
"has positively accepted the Louisville noml-
nation, but absolutely declines being candl-
date In the meantime he persists in his de-
sire to ''perish nobly in the Thermopya of an
honest cause
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

Mr.. ?. \. L. Smith, Of Fauquier county,
Va, announces in the Richmond State Journal,
his intention to support Grant and Wilson
He gives farewell" politically, to Governor
Smith, his relation, and to Mr. Lewis Mo
kenzie -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

Mr.. Mann H. Page, an aged citizen OF Clarke
county, died at his residence several miles
north of Berryvie, on "Wednesday night OF
last week. The deceased had long been SUI
ferer from rheumatism, was about 70 years OF
age, and was highly esteemed by all who know
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

Mr.. Greeley is to visit Baltimore on the 10th
of October, in pursuance Of an engagement to
speak at the State Fair.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The government expenditures at the Custom
House in Alexandria in 1871, were $4,99l.
This is less than the annual expenditures from
1858 to 1850
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

[Real Estate Agents and Auctoneers.l
pE EIRTC + Ola decree of the Corporation
D Court of Alexandria city, made ~ the Soy
TENDER term, 1872, in the chancery suit OF WA.
Moore ct al. vs.. Ellen ID. Brown ct ais, the
undersigned, Commissioner Of Sale, will, on
SATURDAY, the 18th day Of October, lo12,
sell at lblic auction. 10 the highest bidder on
the premises, the HOUSE AND LOT, in ttIssA
the city Of AlcXandri4, situated on the west 4.E.
side of Washington street, between Franklin aid
Gibbon streets it being the late residence of I.
G. Brown, deceased.
Terms: Nine hundred dollars Of the purchase
money in cash on the day of sale, artttor the re-
malnder of the purchase money, the purchaser
to execute his bonds of equal amounts, with in
terest from day of sale, payable annually. The
SAID bonds payable respectively on the 10Th day
OF February, 1873; on the 10Th day oil February,
1874; on the 10th day Of February 1870; and on
the 10Th day Of February, 1876; the title to De re-
tanned unit! the whole of the purchase money il
paid and conveyance directed by the Court
sep Its ). G. NEALE, Commissioner.
SALE-By virtue of
~ the decree of the Circuit Court Of Fnirtax
Co., rendered at its June term, 49, the sui!
OF Homiler and Sheeing vs. Wilhelm. hp!er
the undersigned, as commissioner named IN said
decree will, on SATURDAY, the 2lst day o,
September, 1872, before the front door Of Cats
Tavern, at West End, in said county OF tairi.1,
SELL at public sale, to the highest bidder. AL that
"Eiilage,' in said county, containing SIX acres,
more or less, being the same conveyed To III"
said Epler by Jno. A Gelbor,zcr; Persons d.
string to purchase are requested to view the
property before the day of sa e:
Terms Of sale, as prescribed By the d"crcc:--
Enough cash in hand to pay the costs and "x-
penscs Of sale, and the residue in three equal An
nual payments with interest from the day -!
sale. to be secured by retention OF the It'll. I'll.
the last payment is made, and the notes Of the
purchaser with good personal security. Corr
reyancing at the cost Of the purchaser.
THOS. MOORE, CoIum'r. Of Sale.
Fairfax county, aug l.-w4w
zas-Thc above sale is postponed IL SATl h
DAY, the 18Th instant, when il will take piac"
at the same hour and place. sep 2l-wtS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

.Advices to the Interior Department present
Indian affairs in Utah to be 10 bad condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

WASHINGTON ITEMS A humber of females
employed in the printing bureau OF the Urea
sury Department have been iurlOughed for
several weeks, on account Of the scarcity OF
work.
First Assistant Engineer Sydney T. Taylor,
of the revenue steamer Guthrie, OF Baltimore,
has been ordered before an examining board in
this city for promotion.
Six brick buildings on lots on NewHampshire
avenue, near T street, have recently been sold
at 81, $50 each lots on Fifth street west, near
street. at 3Ol cents per foot and several lots
on NJ street, near G, Navy Yard, at Is ceuts
per foot.
Trains will commence running between this
city and Upper Marlboro. Md, on Monday
next.
Eleven cases of small pox within the past
four days were reported to the Board of Health
Yesterday. OF these three cases proved fatal.
The grand jury have found a true bill against
officer c. H. o Brien for killing Cunning ham
at Green Springs, near Georgetown, few days
ago. ;.
There are already about one hundred appl-
cations filed 10 the Treasury Department for
first class clerkships, and about forty three va
cancies The examination will be held on the
llth and 18th OF next month Wash. STIR.
4 CORNER" IN Wives. -"Corners" are
not confed to Wall street, New York, or to
State street, Boston. Neither are they made
wholly by dealers in stocks and bonds. The
Zulus of South Africa do not need a missionary
to teach them to be shrewed. Though a strong
and robust people, they have decided weak
ness for woman kind. They have as mauy
wives as they have means to purchase, and un
like many 10 civilized countries, they buy not
with gold, or houses, or estates, but with COWS.
Twenty, thirty, fifty, or hundred COWS are
given for wife, according as the girl is young
and beautiful or otherwise. Que bold Zulu
operator with large capital once bought up all
the young and desirable girls in the market of
the whole region and compelled all who wanted
to buy to pay him most exorbtant prices for
wives Of course there was much distress,
and this disastrous state of things attracted the
attention of their Government, ond the recur
renee of it was prevented BY law which fixes
the legal price of wife to be only ten COWS.
No man can collect more than this by law. de
may receive fifty if he will but he can force no
one to pay him more than teu-B"<fon T'n.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

\ REMARKABLE CRIMINAL-Anothcr re-
markabe instance Of the idlosyncracles OF the
criminal mind is now on record. Cases OF KEEP
tomania are common, more especially IN te-
males aud society has been shocked by develop
ments, proving that no refinement Of education
40 sense of morality, not even the certainty Of
detection and exposure, can overcome the in
nate disposition of certain hands to ''pckiug
and stealing" There have been those to whom
the torture and death of their fellow creatures
appeared as morbid, but excessive craving of
nature, aud to whom murder was a delightful
pastime. One abnormal abomlnaton devoted
his existence to the work OF stabblng young
women at night, on streets ct cities IN the
vicinity of New York. Nearly akin to this last
monomania is the one We would note. 4 boy
named Jesse Pomeroy was arrested IN Chelsea,
Massachusetts,, on Thursday, for the rerpetra
ton of series of atrocities upon boys younger
and weaker than himself. He was taken to
Boston and fully identified as having committed
similar crimes In that city, and subsequently
confessed to his niSdcels. The advertiser
says I'm a number Of instances he has cut
small holes under each Of the eyes Of several
boys faces which leaves them disfgurcd for
life, while in other cases he stabbed them in the
thighs and other portions of the body. lie
said he was very sorry for what he had done,
and could not tell what had prompted him to do
it. He has always borne good reputation as
quiet and peaceable boy and would hardly be
suspected of committing such offenses as those
with which he stands charged He appears to
be perfectly rational and has not the least ndi-
cation of insanity. In the Probate Court yes
terday afternoon an examination of the boy was
had, aud he was sentenced to the reform
school at Westborrough during his minority.
The action taken seems most judicious under
the circumstances, aud the result Is a subject
for curious speculation. Baltimore Ga=ctte.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

Stories about the "ku klux' in the South,
are stated again This is convenient previous
TO elections.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

Senator Lewis, of Virginia, is us to take the
stump for Grant aud Wilson, in few days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The Spanish Budget proposes to meet the
excess Of expenditures over the receipts by
withholding the subsidies of the clergy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The womcns rights movement must be
making considerable Roadway in England if We
are IL believe the statement of Loudou cor
re>po:,n; 81 the Scotsman, who says that one
of the leading lady advocates Of woman SUI.
fragc intends. at the next general election; to
offer herself as candidate for parliamentary
houors in Il popular constituency.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-26

The President has not yet returned to WASH
INTO
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-03
STOREY FOR PRESIDENT.

The Chicago News suggests that
Wilbur F. Storey, Esq, editor of the
Chicago Times, would be an appropriate
candidate for the Presidency if nominated
by the Louisville convention; and he
would. lie has about as little sense as
Blanton Duncan and almost as little De-
mocracy in his political makeup; he is a
sore-headed and inconsistent fellow, given
to meaningless denunciation of all things,
all men, and all women peculiar but af-
ter all appropriate political companion of
Brick Pomeroy, the blackguard; Alex. II.
Stephens, the lunatic Ledlie, the dolt,
and Moreau, the disgraced soldier. lie
has, it is true, more brains than any of his
associates and despses them all, but he
has IN his character the ingredients of
blackguardism which in combination
make more elegant specimen of low
downness than even Pomeroy can boast.
As lunatic--a man impelled by irresistible
| impulse to do foolish and wicked and mean
acts, and to utter lying and senseless and
| abusive words-he can discount even
Stephens and if he has more discretion
than Ledle and more honesty and man
hood than Moreau, it is because Ledlie as
an ass and Morcau as u rascal are unap-
proachable by any man now living or
likely to be born.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-03
WHICH HORN ?

In this manner they lie.
The Decatur Republican says the
new constitution of West Virginia was
the work of Democrats; that it contained
the provision making the white color
requisite to office that a large majority of
the Democrats voted for this provision
The truth is The constitution contains
no such provision us the one referred to
above separate clause, in which the
question Of making the white color re-
quisite for certain offices, was submitted to
the people by the convention, Republicans
as well as Democrats voting for such SUBJ
mission the clause was voted down by n
tremendous majority, Democrats rs well
as Republicans voting in the negative. In
Wheeling it obtained only three votes.
The Republican was either ignorant Of
the facts about this matter or has know.
ingly published falsehood. Which horn
will the Republican take hold Off
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-03

THE Chicago Times designates the
New York Evening Post, paper that
has supported every Republican candi-
date for the presidency and has always
been hot in its denunciaton Of the Demo.
cratic party, as "one of the ablest, most
earnest and consistent Of all the really
Democratic journals in this country"
If the Post has been Democratic the
Times has not. They have not been on
the same side in politics since the estab-
lishment of the Republican party until
they tumbled together into tho ant-Gree.
ley bed few months ago. By praising
the Post in this way the Times stul.
tfes itself. lfwhat it says of the Posts
Democracy is truth, then the Times ac
knowledges that the Times has beer
persistently inconsistent and no, Demo
cratic.