Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-05


State held by widows and infants. We have
published statements from Lynchburg. Alexan
dria and Fredericksburg. showing the large
proportion of that debt held by this class OF
persons We have no doubt that returns from
other cities would give corresponding results.
We have in this connection, received the
following letter from the Second Auditor Of
the State. 1t will be observed that ii refers
only to the registered debt
SECOND AUDIToR's OFFICE
RICIiMoSD Dec 80, 1911
j. C. Southall, Esq
Dear Sr-In reply to your enquiry III respect
to the amount of our public debt registered in
names Of parties in Virginia rs executors and
administrators, commissioners and committees,
trustees, guardians, infants, &c, women and
widows, from the best information this office af
fords, we estimate the aggregate on these
accounts lat July, 1871, at about So I2, $40.
Very respectfully, yours.
ASA RoGEES.
The Second Auditor in his report estimates
the amount OF the debt held in Virginia at
1000, 900. From the foregoing note it APP
pears that executors. administrators commits
sioners, widows, &c, held in registered bonds
alone on the lst of July, ISL, the sun Of
$6,273, 52O.
This corresponds with the fact elected in
Lynchburg and Fredericksburg, TO wit. that
two-tblrds of the bonds funded in those cities
belonged to widows and orphans.
Now We ask the Legislature whether it Is
humane to withhold FROM these Virginia wit
| bonds when there is 81 SOC, 600 lying idle IN
the Treasury ?--Riehmond Enguirr.
| A Goose Story A few days since Il incr
chant on Pratt street received an order from
| Norfolk for four live geese. but mlstO0k the or
| der to be for tour dozen live geese. He iuuc
| datey sent to the market and engaged Il ven
der of the bipeds to furnish the geese in time
for the Norfolk boat. and about ) o'cock in
the afternoon they arrived at his store. their
cackng arousing the whole ncighbOrhoOd.
! He Immediately set to work to procure crates
TO snip tben in, but found that ii wil> too late
for the boat. 1t became nesSary Tor him TO
house the forty eight cackcr> until the next
afternoon in one of the ROOMS of his warehouse,
where they kept up such noise ~ to aunny
the whole neighbnrhood. They were however,
dispatched to Norfolk and the moment they ar
rived telegram was received inquirng why
such a flock of gcsse and gamblers mad hccn sent
as only four had been ordered.
On examining the order it was found that
ditto had been mistaken for dozen. The mat
ter was regarded ;lS u good joke, and moth
ing more thought 81 them until next
morning, wlcn the whole Apk, minus four,
were returned to the warehouse Of The MGR
chant, and the usually quiet nci glborhop,
again aroused by their cacklius. What to 10
With them was the question, and ali hands
were kent busy explaining to anxious Inquiries,
What it all uIent. Word was sent houc to
know whether it MA. possible for the family to
dispose OF the ftathercd hipcds, and answer re.
ceivcl that couple would be sufficient. In
the mean time the uproar that iorty-tour hun
cry geese were able to make renewed the ex-
element 10 ncighborhoul where live stock is
not dealt Inland the merchant was compelled to
scul for the old lady VIM had furnished them
to take them away and do the best she could
with them Besides all the trouble and annoy
! ance, this venture in the fcathered tribe Melted
loss of some twenty dollars. R"hid,",~ An"
AN ASToSlsnEp CoNDrcToE Get aboard,
old linpy,' said pert conductor to ali aged
plainly dressed lame man, standing on the plat
form, waiting for the signal to depart: get
aboard, old limpy, on you'll get left !;
At the signal the Old gentleman quietly step
ped aboard and took a seat BY himself. When
the conductor in taking up the tickets came to
him and demanded his fare, he replied:
Il do not pay fare on this road.
Then will put you off al the next station.
The conductor passed GU, and passenger
who had seen the transaction, said to him
Did you know that old gentle man.
"No, did not "
"Wel, it is Mr. the President of this
road"
The conductor changed color and bit his lips,
but went on and finished taking up the tickets
As soon as he had finished he returned TO
''old limpy' and said
''Sir, resign my station as conductor.
''Sit down here, young man. ! do not wish
to harm you; but we run this road tor proit
and to accommodate the public. and We make
it an invariable rule to treat every person with
perfect civility, whatever garb he wears, or
whatever infrmity he suffers This rule is I'M
perious upon every one of our employees. [
shall not remove YOU Tor what you have done.
| but it must not be repeated.
| That conductor never afterwards saw among
his passengers another ''old limpy
ACTION TORN BY Hrs Gs-Twced is the
latest Action. Turned into stag. and at bay:
his own hounds are the ones to rend him. NE
| Tribune thus depicts his situation at present: =
'Mr. Tweed has kept himself in hiding long
enough to find new BAIL and having no need Of
further cOncealment, appears once more on the
streets. Tor Gays nc mas Decn Skulhlllg III
holes and corners like an escaped galley slave.
He has not dared to enter his own house to eat
with his own family, to sleep in his own hotel,
to be caught in his own Office His chosen
friends have been his pursuers. Farley, whom
he picked up out of the streets and made rich
man, has set the constab!cs at his heels. Jay
Could, for whom he compelled the Legislature
to pass the classification bill, and Gov. Hoffman
with bushes and apologies to sign it. has sur
rendered him into the hands of the law. Hugh
Hastings even has refused any longer to be his
surety. Douglas Taylor, whom he made COM
missioner ofjurors, with a salary twice as great
as that of the chief Justice of the United States.
has proposed to turn him out of the Tammany
committee. His boon companions Sheriff Brcn-
nan, has hired detectives to dog his footsteps.
Vulgar thief and rogue, as he is, there is
something almost pathetic in his misery. We
can hardly refrain from thoug ht Of commits
sera,lou for the wretchcd old rascal who, when
the Nemesis Of many sinful years ovcrtakes
him, finds every door shut in his face, and cv