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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-07
THE VUE De l. Eau GRAND GIFT CONCERT

TIE EUE De l. EAU GRAND GIFT CONCERT
We understand that the sale Of tickets for
the Gift Concert will be closed on Monday, the
10Th inst. 1t is scheme that commends it
self, as it is conducted by gentlemen Of the
highest responsibility, thus giving to the pub
lie assurance that everything connected there
with will be fairly and honorably managed.
AS the proceeds go to improve and beautify
this delightful Virginia summer resort it is
hoped that it will meet with the success it so
richly deserves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-07

MECHANICS HOME ASSOCIATION. AT q
meeting of the Alexandria Mechanics Home
Association, held Thursday night it was deter
mined to build three frame houses on Alfred
street. between Cameron aud Queen, and the
secretary was directed to pay three per cent.
to the contributing members as interest for the
last six months. The directors to-day pur-
chased from Robt. Bell, jr., Commissioners,
house and lot No. SO Wolfe street, aud also
from the same gentleman, property No. los
Fairfax street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-07

ARKEr, to-day, was quite we'll attend

The MARKET, to-day, was quite we'll attend
cd, and the supply from the country was good.
The butchers had some fine fresh meat-beef,
mutton, veal and lamb-at from Is to IS cts. per
10. We can rervy some Of the fullest mutton
we ever saw FROM the stall of Mr.. Watkins, and
some very superior beef from Mr.. Holland.
The supply Of poultry is increasing, and the
prices slightly declining. Turkeys are selling
in the arket at from 5 to 20 cts per h., ac-
cordng to quality; geese slaSl. 25 apiece; ducks
from 81 to $l.25 per pair; wild turkeys $la
sl25 apiece; chickens from 25 cts up; butter
(tresh) from 35a4O cts. per ID; eggs SO to 40
cts. per dozen; celery from II to 20 cts. per
stalk; turnips 40 cts. per bushe; potatoes $la
81. 10 per buShel. The prices Of vegetables,
generally, are unchanged There was toler-
able supply of fsh-white perch IS cts per
bunch; yellow perch 25 cts. per bunch. Y"ung
pork, Country Sal0 cts. Rabbits 20a25 cts.
apiece.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-07

RAILROAD ACcIDENT.-As the Alexandria
and Fredericksburg accommodation train, due
here at Cos las, evening, was approaching this
city, one of the cars jumped the track, and five
others followed. Six cars were wrecked, but
fortunately no one was hurt but one brakeman,
G. A. Myers, and his injuries are slight. The
passengers were brought in before seven o'clock
on the engine. The wreeking car was brought
from Washington and the wrecked cars re-
moved and thrown down the bank, and the
night train left here between two and three
o'clock iostead Of 1885. The cause of the ao-
cdent cannot be accounted for.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

New York. May S.-The demo-
cratic national executive committee
met this afternoon at the residence Of
August Belmont. Eight states were
sented-California, Connecti-
cut. Florida, Georgia, Louisiana.
North Carolina, Oregon and Wiscon.
sin. The places most prominently
mentioned for holding the convention
were Baltimore, st. Louis, Indianapo>
lis and Louisville. After secret ses.
sion Of some hours. Baltimore was
finally decided upon as the place for
holding the convention. The follow.
ing is the call for the national demo-
cratic convention:
The national democratic committee,
by virtue of the authority conferred
upon them by the last national demo,
cratic convention, at a meeting held
to>day at Now York, voted to hold the
next convention for the purpose of
nominating candidates for president
and vice president of the United States,
on the 9th day of July, 1872, at IL
o'clock M, in the city of Baltimore.
The basis of representation will be the
same as that fixed by the last demos
cratic convention, and is double the
number of senators and representatives
in congress in each state, under the
apportionment of the census of 1870.
Each state will send delegates accord-
ingly, and we invite the cordial CO.
operation Of all conservative citizens
who deisre the restoration of constitu>
tional government and the perpetua,
ton of republican Institutions.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

PHLADELraIA, May Ga. X.
Mcclure, Chairman ofthe Liberal Re.
publican States Committee, publishes
an address calling for the formation of
an Executive Committee in every
oouaty and concludes as follows;
revolutions take no steps backward.
Organization, immediate and ,v.te,
ll maiic IS our present and pressing duty
The struggle with arrogant and well
AIMED power will be desperate for
ime, but issue cannot be doubtful. I
his political demoralization, as IN. tn,
errlble trials of var, il will be solemn,
decided that the Government by the
eople and for the people shall not
erish from earth. E0
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

sT. LOUIS, May 9.-Gentlemen jus /.
arrived from the Indian Territory re-
port that on Saturday Deputy United
States Marshal Joe Peavy. of the vest
ern district of Arkansas, with his,
posse, came upon the outlaw Zeke
Proctor on the head Of Bird creek,
Crowees Alsodwee district, Cherokee
Nation, when another fight ensped
resulting in five of the marshaI's parry
being killed and eight wounded. Six
OF the outlaws were left dead on tho
ground and several are supposed to ba
wounded. Marshal Peavy was wound.
ed slightly in two places and had his
horse killed under him. Zeke Proctor,
with bis usual good luck, escaped.
The widest excitement prevails,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The SPANISH REVOLUTION. -
Madrid, May GA dispatch from
San Sebastian says that a division un-
der Maranias to day completely routed
the Carlists, who were concentrated in
Navarro, after a conflict of nine hours,
They carried the village of Carasa at
the point of the bayonet.
Don Carlos, with only two hundred
adherents, has passed through Urya,
fleeing to France. The battle in which
he received his complete defeat was
fought at Oronqueta yesterday. OF
the Carlists forces engaged, 3OS were
killed and 746 taken prisoners. The
insurroction Is at an end.
Senor Emalo CASTELAR,, the great re,
publican leader, announces that a gen,
eral republican rising tboughout Spain
is imminent. 1t Is understood to be the
intention of the republican deputies in
the cortes to resign their seats in that
body and openly adhere to the move,
ment.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

TERRIBLE CONFEDERATION. -NEw
YORK, May 9, 3p ma terrible fire
has been raging in the vicinity Of Niblo'
theater since 10 a. m. Seven fremen
have been killed.
The fire still burns 6ercely, defying
the utmost efforts of the firemen. II
is feared that the hotel will be entirely
destroyed. Intense excitement prc>
walls in the neighborhood Of the fire.
The fire frat broke out in the dome of
the theater and thsn communicated To-
the orchestra and body of the theater.
Circumstances aud evidence in posses>
sion of the fire commissioners prove
that tho disaste, was Of aa incepdiary
origin.
During the fire terrible explosion
occurred, caused by the bSeakags of tho
gas, blowing out the roar wall of the
iheater. Four firemen in the building
were cut off by the flames, and two of
them were seriously burned before they
we're rescued.
The flames In the theater are still
burning fercely, but the houses on
Crosby street, opposite and in the rear
Of the hotel and the Metropolitan hotel,
are safe. Helmbolds drugstore is
almost entirely destroyed. Total loss,
$1,000,00O.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

BLANKS. "A full assortment of legal
blanks. kept on hand and for sale at
this Office, for attorneys, justices Of the
peace, &C.. at one dollar quire. Deeds
at two dollars quire. Any kind Of
blank or other job work done to orde,
on short notice, in good style. and al
reasonable prices.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

p We understand that the South Ar.
kansas Journal Of fcw days ago, took
occasion to empty the yials of its wrath
upon US, because We referred to The
political steal Chat is the right name
efit) by which that journal was being
made rich at our expense. His ex.
superintendency has grown SO corpu,
lent upon his ill-gotten spoils that we
imagine he is getting little too saucy.
In perfect keeping however with the
villainous habits Of his tribe, we were
not furnished with copy of the afore-
said official organ. We spent nearly
half the day Monday searching for a
ccpy ofths thing, but were unable to find
one in all the town; and this is one Of
the counties for which the concern
.pretends to do the legal advertising.
We offer this circumstance as undenia-
Bile proof Of all we ever said about the
matter. If we could have seen the
attack ofhis corpulency we might have
made . different response to it, or we
might not have paid any attention to
It. We do not take notice of every
dog that barks at us, unless, perchauce,
there il reason to believe that the ami.
NAL is mad. IN which case we suppose
We know hsH 70 dispose OF the crea.
ture. vi
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

THE AxERrcAs BsE HrvE.-Dr
E. w. McCrary, Of Mineral Springs,
and Mr.. JEFF. ]. Hill. of Sewer county,
are the proprietors Of the patent of the
American Bee Hive, for Hampstead
and Sewer counties and agents for all
unsccupisd territory. They are also
agents for the Bee Keepers Journal
and Bse Keepers Text Book and for
the sale of Italian Queens.
We are indebted to those gentlemen
for one of those excellent hives, which
we hare seen in extensive use in other
parts of the country, where they were
last year becoming very popular. In
fact all others were being done away
with, and these were in general use.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

AGRICULTURAL CoNGREss.'1 he
third session Of this body convs at
st Louis, NO.. Monday, MaTth,
under the auspices Of the s louis
Agricultural and Mechanical oeia'
ten. Delegates are being rpinted
in all sections Of the countryhd the
prospects for full attendee and
an interesting meeting are NJ Batter
ing,
Societies In ever, departnf OF ag-
riculture are entitled to SAT Delegates
upon a basis of one from q tifty of
its members.
The Secretary, Mr.. Cha Greene,
of Jackson, Tenn, willarnish any
information desired. WFould adj
wise our local societies ~ reprcsen>
ted.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The next number of the TE.EaRArH
will bo enlarged four columns. viii
tho patrons and friends of the paper
please take notice that, although the
enlargement necessarily involves con.
siderable additional expense, the price
Of the paper will remain unchanged !
Many subscriptions expire. with this
number. and we take occasion to say
that renewals are in order. "Come
up to the captains desk"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

RAILROAD NEws.-We find the
following cheering morsel of informa'
ton in the st. Louis Republican Of
the 7th instant:
There was an election at Little Rock,
Ark, yesterday for four new directors
Of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad OF
Arkansas Extension of the Iron Noun
tain Railroad.) The following gentle-
men were chosen; Thomas Allen, St.
Louis; George c. Ward New York;
w. r. Donaldson, st. Louis and
james M. Loughberough, st. Louis.
The board is composed of thirteen
memhers.
| Mr.. Thomas Allen, the president,
has let the contact for the erection OF
bridges ON this rad, over the White
river, BLACK river and Little Red river
to the Baltimore Bridge Company Of
which Mr.. G. Shaler Smith is the
president,
Mr.. Allen has also let out to con,
tractors 45 mics of the Cairo and
Fulton road solth of Little Rock run
ming from thatplace to Rockport near
the Hot Sprin,s, This is to be con-
structed Immediately, and the work
will go on as hpidly as possible. The
iron for thatlporticn of the road is
already at Lille Rock.
Now that he counties along the line
of this road have voted all the aid
that the Company asked of them, we
think We my reasonably expect the
work to be ppidly pushed to compile
tion. Weiave not heard the whistle
yet, but ware beginning to listen for
lit.
We clifhe following extract from
an articleh the Paris North Texan,
on the Msouri. Kansas and Texas
Railroad
| We sted In our last issue that the
people q Graysor county had refused
to vote 10 subsidy of $500, 900 to this
road; TIT the Houston and Texas Cen.
tral hd now proposed to ran to
Sheruh far 100000, and that there
was life doubt but Sherman would
vote nt amount to secure the Gem
trail had. Furthermore, that it is
nowS Srtain that the Missouri, Kansas
andfexas road will not only run east
of Ghyson county, bu. that this com%
paaintends to build its own line Of
ra>ad across the State of Texas to
tb{Hulf of Mexico. That II intends
To the railroad and not a feeder to
tfTexas Central Railroad, If the
tntral road runs via Mckinney and
ierman, as contemplated, it will be
|sthe nearest point, about sixty miles
est of Paris. Ifthe Missouri. Kan
as and Texas road intends, as ii Ger,
pinly does, to run a competition line
nth the Central. it will be to its inter
st to enter the state on Red river at |
'ast sixty miles east of the point where
he Central reaches that point.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15
The Washington Patriot Of the Sd

The Washington Patriot of the 81
contains the following:
There was trouble again in the rad.
cal camp of the United States serAte
yesterday. When the senate vent
into executive session, Mr.. Clayton
called up the nominations fc' certa1
positions in Arkansas, and therepon
proceeded to make verybitter Peech
denunciatory of his solleaggs. Mr..
Rice. which occupied nearly two full
hours. Mr.. Rice retorted by giving
his antagonist the lie direct, den and
there, and matters threatened to be-
come serious when The senate ADJOURN
cd to prevent a par'onal rencounter.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

Nov that Mr.. Allen, president of
the O. q F. Bailroad company, has
received ell be ASKED for in the way of
county subscriptions, we have his
pledge to complete the road in twelve
months.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The sale Of land for taxes commen,
.ed last Monday, and is still continu,
dog. BY far the greater portion Of it
zs being forfeited to the State.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15


A Washington spec Estates that
there is no longer anypbt that the
claims for indirect darSps are withs
drawn by our governu& An effort
will be made to maxi appear that
this is not a compile and eovardly
back down; but it ispply that and
nothing more. The Story of diplo-
macy contains H0th;lnore shameful
than the position b an imbecile
administration ha Compelled this
country 10 assume Sugh these nego>
tiations.-Gasct;e.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The American Farmers Advocate,
q large sixteen page paper, is in every
respect worthy the patronage Of the
farming community, being especially
valuable As the official organ Of the
Agricultural Congress. Its price il
only 81 90 per year. and its publishers,
the Advocate Publishing Company, ol
jackson, Tenn, make the remarkable
proposition to furnish II free with any
% 90, or higher priced paper or maga'
Zine published in the United States,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

the habeas corpus. We demand toi
the individual the largest liberty con.
sistent with public order; for the State,
self.government, and for the nation, a
return to the methods of peace and the
constitutional limitations of power.
Fifth The Civil service of the
Government has become mere instru.
ment of partisan chancery and personal
ambition, and an object of selishness,
and scandal, and is reproach upon
our free institutions, and breeds a
Generalization, and is dangerous to
the perpetuity ofa Republican Govern
ment.
Sixth-We therefore regard thor
ough reform in the civil service as one
Of the most pressing necessities of the
hour, and that honesty, capacity and
fidelity constitute the only valid claim
to public employment, and that the
Offices Of the government cease to be O
matter Of arbitrary favoritism and
patronage, and that public stations
cease to become me,e posts OF hanor,
To this end it is imperatively required
that no President shall be candidate
for reelection. We demand system
OF Federal taxation which shall moi
unnecessarily interfere with the indus
try Of the people, and which shall
provide the means necessary to pay
the expenses of the government, econ
omically administered, the pensions, the
interest on tho public debt, and q
moderate annual reduction Of the
principal thereof and recognizing that
there are in our midst honest but ire,
concilablo differences Of opinion with
regard to the respective systems OF
protection and free trade, we remit the
discussion of the subject to the people
in their Congressional districts, and the
decision Of Congress thereon, wholly
free from Executive interference or die.
tation,
Seventh-The public credit must be
sacredly maintained, and we denounce
reputation in every form and guise.
Eighth--A speedy return to specie
payments is demanded alike by the
highest considerations of commerce,
morality and good government.
Ninth-IYe remember with grati-
tude the heraism and sacrifices of the
soldiers and sailors Of the republic,
and no act of ours shall ever detract
from their lustly-earned fame or the
full rewards of their patriotism.
Tenth-We are opposed to all
further grants of lands to railroads or
other corporations; the public domain
should be held sacred to actual set
tiers.
Eleventh-We hold that il Ia the
duty Of the government, in its inter-
course with foreign nations, to cult
vate friendships of peace, by treating
with all on fair and equal terms, rel
garding it alike disbonorable either
demand what is not right, or to SUI
nit to what is wrong. K
Twelfth--For the promotion 4 {
success of these vital principles,
the support ofthe candidates nomin$ I
by this convention, we invite and + +,
daily welcome the corporation otl =
patriotic citizens, without reganto I
previous political affiliations.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15
REMOVAL

We have removed our Office to the
building known as Judge Hubbard's
Office, opposite Williams Il Battle.
BORDEN 4 mitchell.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

Clark cOuDg voted on Saturday
almost unaDiSously for subscription to
the two rSOads. Pulaski voted YES.
terday
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The. Cincinnati nominations becoms
more popular every day.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15
COUNTY CONVENTION.

A Convention Of the Conservative
people Of Hampstead County will be
hold at Washington, on Saturday the Isl
day Of June, for the purpose of cleo
ting delegates to State Conservative
Convention to be held at Little Rock,
on the 10th day Of June. Each town
ship in the county is requested to hold
a primary meeting, and send delegates
to the County Convention: All per-
sons opposed to the present rule and
ruin policy ofths administration, are
cordially invited to cooperate in an Of.
fort to dethrsne the usurpers.
~ ]. E. BORDEN,
Chairman Erecutive Committee.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The administr a party is weaken
inc.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

"o''''' oI tHo PruHIUtIoli
success of these vital principles,
the support of the candidates nomin4
by this convention, we invite and +
daily welcome the corporation d VI
patriotic citizens, without rega,St TO
previous political affiliations.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-28

m1ticas, que nj We Ia espada nj oye las
amenazas del soldado de Marcelo: no son
elias absolutas como las teol6gicas, pero
no son tampoco materiales; y 81 me per-
mitis una palabra de otra facultad, no son
rGraSstivGs como las bellezas artlsticas
SQue lie importa a Arquimedes que ell le-
glonario romano no cOmprenda la verdad
de su demonstration nj admire la belleza de
su caracter7 AllA quedaran ambas para
servir, la una de Fundamental q futuros
calculos, y la otra de ejemplo venideros
fl6sofos.
Existia la verdad y la belleza del des /.
cubbrimiento de Watt, aun antes de que
el vapor moviese los telares y surcase los
mares y horadase los montee; la yerdad y
la belleza de su calculo no ersn, por cierto,
increadas, porque-no. eran divinas; pero
no necesitaban tampoco de ser sentidas
para ser reales.
j Otro tanto puede decirse del c6lebre
medico yalenciano Servet, que descubre
ell secreto de la circulation de la sangre, &
del holandes Nicolas Tulip, sisacaso ense-
la alguna verdad anat6mica; pero ST no
coasideramos esa verdad, sino Ia represen-
tacion pict6rica de ella, que existe. en- el
museo de El-Haya, obra del pincel de
Rembrant, y que con tanta exactitud CO
mo elocuencia ha descrito ell nuevo Aca-
demico, entonces esa yerdad y esa belleza
obedeceran q Otras leyes,, u reclamaran,
al menos, para su existencia, ell ser COM
prendidas y sentidas por otro entendi-
miento que aquel aquien fueron reveladas.
Es Ia creacion artlstica, Senores, ora pic.
t6rica, ora escultural, ora po6tica, de cual
quier esPecie, On fn, como una deresas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-28

precioslsimas monedas que Ell bu''il griego
ha legado la admiration de veinte siglos.
Hay en- elias que considerar tres cosas:
primera, ell duro y precioso metal, que ell
Criador puso en- las entranas de la terra;
segunda, Ell fuego, que lquid6 despues esei
metal mismo, ell crisol que 10 aquilat6, las
maquinas troqueles que le dieron forma;
tercera, como al cabo, trocado todo en-
moneda, la acept6 la confanza pdblica,
di6la valor ell credito, y quiza una provisl
dencial codicia la guard6 para nosotros.
Asf la obra del artista contiene: primero,
la ideaque Dios guard6 en- los veneros pro-
fundos de la inteligencia humana; viene
despues el fuego del entusiasmo,.y ~ el crisol
del gusto, las reglas del arte que le dan for
ma; y al cabo ell elsentimiento p1blico la acep-
ia, la estima = la avalora. iQue impcrta,
Senores, que el guardador de la moneda sea
pobre rico, docto ignorante, 81 conoce
su valor y sabe distiuguirlo y guardarlo?
Y 81, leyantando mas el pensamiento,
considerais en- ell arte, no va ell cuadro la
estatua ell poema, siao Il noble y grata
emocion que prodcce; 81 no llamais al ar
artista factor de pinturas de relieves 6lde
dramas, sino inspirador de entusiasmo 8
gloria, de 'risa 8. de. llanto, asemejandole
asf, no va q un artffce, sino 4 un ndmen,
todavfa rencoutrareis mas facilmente ell pa
pei que nosotros, profanos, debemos llenar
en- este sagrado culto de Ia inteligencia Yo
de mi Sc decir quetchando me halo con
los oios arrasado en- lagrimas miranda Ia
carload sublime de Ia Reina de Hungrla,
oloss iinefables dolores del Martir del Col
gotta; cuando sorprendo en- mis- lahios Il
soarisa dc dsseifrar los escepticos capri
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-28
OBRAS Y PALABRAS.

A semejanza del h6roe manchego
El Progreso tira tajos, mandobles y
reveses por yer de descomponer el
partido cOnservadOr de la Nacionalid0d
en- Pmerto-Rico. Pero es tenaz la mala
estrella que guia las elucubraciones de
nuestro colega Todos sus ardldes vie
nen a estrellarse contra la posicion
franca, de6nida, serena y frme que
sigue ell BoLET1N, 6rgano humilde, pc
ro genuine del partido de los espano-
les sin condolences. No Sc contenta con
probar de divorciar al general SAM
del BoLET1N; quiere tambien introdu-