Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-25

s,ssmcnt Of the value OF their lands, madc Il
the August Court. In those townships where
the Assessors books were not closed before tho
August Court, viz: Lovcttsvillc. Jefferson
Lecsburg and Broad Run, the court has enter
eh rceivn. order, which directs the Urea
slrcr to refund to.thosc who have paid, ami It
reduce FROM those who have not paid, the
amount uttaxcs, OF which they arc relieved by
the reduction in the assessed value of the lands
In Mt Gilcad and Mercer, the court Is debar
rcd the power 70 extend this privilege, as Inc
law provides that it shall not be done whcr.
the assessors books have been closed alc
turned over to the Treasurer before the date
specified, which, We arc informed, was the ease
in last mentioned townships. - ccsbng WASH
\ painiul accident occurred last week, IL
this county, near IIarpcr's Ferry. Two boys
met in the woods, one the son OF Mr.. Samuel
II. Jones; ~ years OF age, and the other son
of Samuel B. Edwards, aged years The
former bad an old musket loaded with about
forty squirrel shot, and as he la:l it down II
slipped and went off, the load fixing effect in
the thigh of the latter The boy was not ex-
pccted to survive his injuries.
All persons who have claims against the
Government for property taken or destroyed by
the army under General Sheridan known as
the burning raid) are requested to meet in
LovettSvillc, on Saturday Nov 30th, lS72, at
3 0 clock, D. m. to attend to that business
AS Mr.. Peter Shrotf, Of this place, and his
wife were passing along the pike beyond Ham
ilton, the horse he had attached to his buggy
took fright and becoming unmanageable threw
them both out of the buggy down an cmbank-
mcut some ten feet, iniuring Mrs. S. painfully
but we believe not seriously.
The horse disease is somewhat abatlDg It's
virulencc in the county, and those animals that
were first attacked are now nearly able to work.
We have heard of but one death, that Of very
fine horse belonging to n. B. Peacock. near
Wheatland The animal was a fine one Tor
which Mr. p had paid $500. -L0nfD"N Rcp,
An OBSTINATE JOURNALIST. In letter to
the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Rev. c. {. Hard
ing thus speaks Of NJ. q. Lee, the indianapolis
editor who kept Il daily paper alive without
patronage: His paper was called the Mystery
on account Of the mystery attending its pro-
longed life without visible means of support
For years and years it was published III deli
ancc of natural law, with mere ghost OF a
subscription list, and the advertisement OF a
patent wire clothes line to back it. Vaudeville
g. Ice was sole editor proprietor, local editor,
book keeper, collector and advertising solicitor.
His labors in the latter capacity were not only
arduOus, but unprotablc, as the Sons Of Malta
ritual has it, while his duties as book keeper
and collector were comparatively light. Man
dcvllc is man Of considerable ability and Il
boundlcss obsinacy before which eight hun
bred iackaS>cS would pale their Intellectual fires.
He has some oil the best and some OF the worst
elements Of journalism curiuuSly combined in
his nature lie is probably the best local news
gathcrcr ever seen in these parts. and he flies
at great subjects with an energetic fcrocity
which is almost tigcrish in its intensity. lie
buflcted the Luxembourg question until his
readers cried for mercy. and his leaders on the
Schleswis -iIolstcin difficulty were models Of
Opaque erudition. He was sncercd at and re-
vicd by more prctcntious journals which he
lived to bury. But his paper came out regu-
larly in spite of everything. transportation in
the community was succeeded by wonder and
awe. and these gave place to admiration
Oycrturcs were made for the purchase Of his
secret of how to publish paper without money
or patronage, but he declined all offers, and
his paper remained mystery to the last.
BUCHANAN HEARD FRnM-TEe official re-
turns Of buchanan county were received ycster-
day by the Secretary of the Commonwealth
but in such an informal shape that they
will probably. be rejected from the count by
the Board of Canvasscrs, which meets at the
Capitol Monday to perform the duties devolv:
ed upon them by law. In the Presidential
return the figures are given for ':tirccley and
81 S. Grant and for &c. Gratz Brown and
''WiIson' instead of for the electors on either
side. In the Congressional return the num-
Der of votes for each candidate is stated in
figures. The vote for Greeey Is p Tor Grant,
ID. Adding these figures to the total prcvl.'
ously aSccrtancd, We have as the complete vote
of the State: For Grant 93, 4G>; for Greeley
81 ,65l. Grants majority, l,SIl.-Rict1""d
Whiy -.......
A telegram was received at the PoStofiice
Department late on Friday night from the
Postmaster General of Great Britain, stating
that the steamship City Of Brooklyn which
left on the 18th inst, with American and New
Zealand mails, had put back into Queenstown,
disabled