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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-08-02

ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, August z
The OFT rings of all kinds of stock were largely IN
excess of the demand; consequently the market
was dull and lower, except for Hogs, Cattle
sold ut from 3! to sc; Sheep and Lambs from
= 20 10 $ per head; Cows and Calves - to Slo
and Hogs L! to 7ic-an advance OF from to SC
oil the latter.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20
PENlMSULAR NEWS.

On Monday of last week an infant white
female child was found on the lot Of DIR. Miller,
adjoining st. Michaels, terribly mutlaed by
buzzards.
Three old and highly and respected citizens
Of Wicomico county, Thos. d. Robertson, James
Morris and DIR. $. j. s. Kerr, died on Thursday
night last.
The Managers Of IIurlock's camp meeting
have decided to hold Union Camp Meeting
next year. commencing 30th of July and ending
Sth Of August.
Chas. IL. Gibson, Esq has been elected Legal
Advisor to the Board p Managers oflhe Talbot
County Home for Friendess Children vice Jas
Lloyd Martini deceased.
A little bow aged about ycars,son Of Daniel
J. Noble, Of Boomery OLA load Of grain
on Saturday last and was 50 fatally injured by
the wheels rudning over him, that he died il
about fifteen minutes.
An insane colored woman. whose name w
could not learn. was so badly burned hy he
clothes taking fire from a s,ove.on Friday nigh
last, at the Caroline county Aims House, tina
death ense1 on Saturday morning
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20
Wond ers.

Lewinbeck tells us of al insect seen with mic
roscope, of which 27,00O.oOO would only equal
mite.
tiles of grain Of sand.
Mold Is forest OF beautiful trees,with branches,
10 ives and fruit.
butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes.
The surface OF our bodies is covered with
scales, like fish; a single gram OF sand would
cover one hundred and fifty scales, and yet scale
covers five hundred pores. Through these narrow
openings the penpiiation forces itself. like water
through o sieve.
The mites take five hundred steps second.
Each drop OF stagnant water contains world o
;nanimate beings swimming with as much libert.
as whales in the seh
Each leaf OF has colony OF insects grazing OF
II like COWS in meadow.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20
The Great Pictorial Annual.

IIostetters United States Almanac for -. tprdis
tributinn gfatis throughout the United States. and
all civilized countries OF the Western iemis here is
now published and really tor delivery, in the Ing
lish. ,ierman French Norwegian, " eiSh swedish.
Holland, Bohemian and spanish language and all
who wish to understand the true philosophy Of health
should read ani ponder the yaiu hle sugge tions 1t
contains In addition to admirable medical trea
ti,e on the causes prevention and cure o great Va
riety of iseas es il embraces large amount Z" IN
formation interesting To the merchant. the mechanic,
the miner, the farmer. the planter and professional
man; and the calculations have been made tor Suth
mcrl,lians and laitude- A. are m"4t suitable ior a
| correct and comprehensive NATIONAL AEESDAR.
The nature. and extraordinary sanitary ehect;
of llostcttess stomach Bitter, the staple tome ana
Alternative OF more than half the Christian world ar,
fully sci forth in H. pages, which are alse interscr
s.l with pictorial lila stra ions. valuable recipe l."
the household and tlrn, hnmorou. anecdotes an,
loiher instructive and amusing reatms matter, ori
ginnl ana selected. Among tho Animals 10 appea
with the opening of the year, tins vii be "ne ot tn
most useful aud mup Be had for The a.tng, Th
lnropricfors Messrs. Aa-tetter Smith. Pittsburgh
l Pa ON receipt OF two cent stamp, will forward
capy BY mail ANY person wha cannot procure on
in III ueighborhbud. The Ritters are sold IN ever
cav town and Village and arc extensively use
n throng ghout the entire civilized world
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20
rha culture Of the Hair.

Just as surely as soil infested with Canadian
thistes can bs made to produce fine crops OF
golden grain, the scalP now ;p.nsy h esyeads mass
,,olifc of siksa tresses All that is necessary to
effect the change in either case is the right Kind
az fsrtili-er. Leaving the agricultural chemists
10 determine how the barren land shall be made
fruitful, we positively assert that Lyons kathar.
ION ia uneonaled a. . fsrtiliser aud beata,6er Q,
w. Iair Twenty-Five yeafs Of success is tho bs.
M a. Of this uneqaal;hed statement. During that
time II has been used by many millions Of bott
sa.s. AND the first instance in which 1t has failed
TO fulfill the expectations Of rational purchaser
has vet to be discovered. It viii not cause hai
:" oyov ON yarnished gourd; but wherever tn
....ts ~ the hirsute fbers remain undisturbed
Sili causs them to put forth new shoots. and !,
All cases where the hair has become thin It vii
| increase its volume.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

TuE LOTTERY MEMS rRAaEpY-A SAD
ScENE-The New York Herald describes a
sad scene Oh Tuesday, at The undertaker's in
tha, city whittier the body Of Duryea, who was
killed by Summons, had been taken The wife
Of Dnryea entered and threw herself upon the
BODY ei her husband, declaring that She would
be taken 10 the grave with him. an exclaimin,, :,
This is my Christmas this is my New Year
You left me yesterday hale and hearty, and
here you are, dead and and cold She was lin,
ally taken away by physical force. The awful
murder was the universal topic oil conversation
all over the city on Tuesday.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

The Jews have been lQnskse tied in England.
There is mention of them asearly as A.. d.
75o. William the Conqueror encouraged them
to settle in the land of his conquest. Numbers
of Jews resided at Oxford A. ID. 1876. They
enjoyed considerable favor Under the first
three Norman kings, during which period
they doubtless laid the foundation OF their
subsequent wealth After the resign Of King
John they suffered much persecution. and
were eventually banished from the country IN
1924. They continued in legal exile for 35'
years; but Cromwell allowed them to return IL
i65l, and in the same year erected their frs
synagogue in King street, Dukes Place,
London and in 1864 founded school callet
The Tree uf lfe."
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

Quito, the highest city in the world, was
found by La C0ndamine in 1745 to he 9,5a6
feet above tie sea Humboldt, in 1908, could
only make $50 feet of it; Houssingault. in
1881, was startled to find it was only 9,56l
feet, Orton, in 1867, found it reduced to a,5eo
feet, and Ress and Strubel found, IN 1870, That
if had shrunk to only 1856 feet above tho
level of the sea. Quito, it seems, has shrunk
o46 feet in lao years, and Piehlncha 2ls fee!
in the same period Its crater has sunk ~,
feet during the last &c years, and Ahtisana
| 1865 feet in 81 years.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20
Tho Credit NobllIer Scandal.

WAsHINGToN n, Dec. 1S.--Oakes Ames com.
pletcd the reading Of his statement to the
Credit Moblier Committee to-day. It is un
derstood that he attempted fully to exonerate
the members of Congress who took the stock
from all blame, by declaring in the most POS
tive terms that it was 4 fair and honorable
business transaction OH their part and on his.
The only thing in his evidence Of special i'm.
portance not already ft ftreshadowed was Il
statement that McComb, through his counsel,
had recently offered to compromise the trouble
with him. After completing his evidence,
Ames expressed his entire satisfaction to his
friends with the manner in which he hld
undergone the investigation, and assured them
that he had told the whole truth and was glad
| he had done so Members of the committee
say that Ames bore himself remarkably and
unexpectedly we'll, and made good impres.
sion. There is no longer any doubt that in his
testimony yesterday he gave 4 list OF mein-
bers who had at one time held the stock, with
the circumstances under which it was offered
them; the manner Of payment, the length Of
time they held it, and other particulars, and
that the list embraced nearly all the names
which McComb wrote OH the back Of one o!
Ames's letters, and which was so widely prb-
lish ed during the Presidential campaign, and
that n number OF the additional names were
!, included Of members who have never beer
mentioned in connection with the Crcd
Mobilier scandal. Ames leaves for home To
morrow, and will not return until after thu
t holidays
: John B. Alley will be the next witnes
: called. lie was reported as giving testimon
c on Saturday, but he only made statements t
the Committee on that day in conversatio,
. al way. without being sworn. He has pregar
Il ed list Of questions which he desires to as
II McComb, with a view Of showing the transa
y tions of the latter in connection with Il
r Credit Mobilier and his motives in bringir
the Pennsylvania suit, and in making the stat
ments he has made to the Committee ALE
;, will also detail the circumstances which lie
=, TO the otier of stock to Congressman, and wi
y mention one or two men who, to his person
Is knowledge, accepted it. He will put {,
rs transactions on the same ground that Am
II did, discaiming any corrupt motives on an
IN body's part. lie has been constantly vi
r. Ames for the past few days, and there is
doubt that the testimony of the tvs will
entirely harmonious. Alleys testimony "
~ finish the work Of the committee until al
.,s the recess, unless they conclude to hear one
two more of the accused Congressman in 5
"' vindicati IN.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

4 BALTIMORE PRoPHERr-An exchange
says: "a Baltimore prophet recently wrote a
long letter to ex- Empress Eugene at Chisel-
hurst, telling her he was impressed by the spirit
of the ex Emperor Josephine to inform her
that the eX-Emreror l.onis Napoleon would
die, and then in 1879 she and her son would
again rule France. The letter gave minute
details OF the death scene Of the eX-Emperes
and of the circumstances attending the res
toration Of Banapart rule to France
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

A committee Of i've from the New Orean, del
egaton had four hours consultation with the
Attorney General yesterday morning. Afterwards
the delegation met the President in body at his
business office, and u lengthy conversation en-
sued But next to nothing appears to have been
accomplished by the visit, either with the Attor-
ney General or the President
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

While Professor Tyndall was lecturng in New
York city, on Tuesday night, his baggage was
rihe4i, at his hotel of three hundred dollars anl
some valuables.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

The Khediye Of Egypt has concluded loan o
twelve million five hundred thousand dollar
with the Bank Of Constantinople
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

A man will die for want of air in five min
utes, for want of sleep in ten days, for want
of water in week, for want of food in vary
ing intervals, depending on constitution, ha-
bits of life, and the circumstances OF the oc-
casiOn
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

The court in New York for the trial of Stokes
was yesterday occupied the entire session in try
ing to empannel jury. Nine jurors have been
60 far obtained
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20
LEADING FEATURES

l. The issue is limited TO soOoo per mile ot road.
.. The PRINCIPAL and Interest are payable in Gold
the RANKING House of Jay Cooke 4 Co.. New iork.l
@ @smi.annnaily, first of January and July
3. The rate of Interest is s;lo per cent per an
nnm.eoual. Mt the present gold premium to abou
II. ner cent in legal tender currency.
1 Tho Bonds are issued Of the following denomi-
,st;ans Cannon, 4ltO. 500 and $1,000; Registered
400. $40, 81, 0Oo. $500 and tlu.0oo.
Tho .emi- annual interest on tho Registered
p.a X naid by gold checks, seat regularly by mat
y shs post eGEce addres. Of the holder. Permanen,
INV sstors are advised to purchase the Registered
H.. AMI for the greater convenience in collecting
the interest. The Registered Bonds can be at any
Rssi,tered without expense to the owner.
.lMo. MclEAR 4 SON BANK ERS,
sO3 MARKET STREET.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

STATE rANNExArIoN.-There Is movement
stsrtad TO annex West Florida to Alabama,
NIddle Florida to Ge0rRia, and make East
IIofida constitute the State.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

LoR SAlE-A Lot Of Land at the southeast
e corner OF Front and Clayton streets; 81 icet d
inches on Front and % feet on Clayton street.
Apply 10 GEO. Z. MARIs,
Real Estate AGENT.
oe3ll-n 5l2 Market street.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20

One fact connected with Pacific Railroad enter
prisss. revealed in the Ninth reports, is the
largo amount Of money loaned by and owing to the
Gogernment. Besides the immense amount of
land donated TO the several railroads, We lind that
the Union Pacific owes to the Unitet: States 81
236,5l2, the Central Pacific x?7,S5j.6sO. the Cen
trail Union Pacific 81 600 900. the Kansas Pacific
S6.3O3. 600. and the Sioux City and Pacific Sl,6es.-
32O, making total OF nearly s6j.OO0,ooO. Frem
these large amounts it is pretty we'll known that
individuals here and there all over the country
connected with these companies have realized for
tunes which counted by millions
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20
T INVESTMENT
SECURITIES.

The Northern Pacific Railroad Company. through
its financial Agents. is now selling. at par and ac
.ruei nterast lis First Mortgage 80 told Bonds,
far the purpose OF completing the construction and
eauipmcnt of its line Of Road, After thorough in
nrofsahle and safe Investment. The bonds have
the following
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20
...A1Svy soul, which. working out its way.
yfStted the pigmy-body to decay.
: "A AIhr- -infnYn,d the fAnement Ot clNy.

Ard, now Mr.. President, In the hurried maren
q, rveatsI In this Chamber the scene of busy gov.
eYHnncut, is Il not we'll that We should pause, ana
sr,0eCt how ihr the moral life Of man exceeds IN
its influence and its importance his highest men
tal resvlts, and that In our atruggles here TINS
great truth should not be forgotten; posf y"nef"
sistss =
Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-12-20
GAZETTE.
Tho Widening Of Water Street.

The Council have accepted the award to the
Harlan 4 Hollingsworth Company, $3l 800. for
damages in widening water street and $500 to Il.
4 A. Bett. fer tho same purpose. We have heard
OF very little assessed as benefits, as yet in this
work. We presume it will now commence
and it will make great hole in the city treasury.
LATE.-Ons or two OF our carriers got their
papers last evening later than usual owing to the
fact that an accident happened to our press when
the edition was about half printed. We fear some
OF the subscribers did not get their papers until al
ter supper as wa were compelled to get them
printed Oh the press OF our neishbor. across thu
street. Our attention has been much eng rosse,
with getting the repair made. which was not accom-
plished in time to prevent our being late asaii
to-day. Another consequence OF this mishap j
we have not been able to give quite our usua
amount Of news and reading matter. Our sui
scribers will please excuse and We will endeavo
to make up for it in future.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-10-10
The Elections.

The October States have spoken, and
the work j. DOM. Our dispatches just
received indicate that the Republicans
have wen splendid rictorg in the
great States of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
This result assures the election OF Gen
Grant in November. The Eat ha>
spoken, the Wc,i responds. and from the
rising Of the suu 10 the going down
thereof, Republicaii=m j, in the as,cu-
dant.
One thing stands out clearly. a. set
lied by these elections. The people
were in dead earnest. and bent on stern
work. Aud Just a. il was in Maine. il
was in these great Middle States. the
people appreciated The great is>uc- in
viewed ia the contest, and all along the
line OF battle, kept closely 10 those Is
-ucs- Small considerations, local pref
udlccs, personal pique> AMI preferences
we've swept oui OF mind There was
sober work 10 do, work that disBiiied
aud inspired those who did IT, Thank
God the work j. done, and wei. done;
go All orr past political contests never
80 well a IN the elections jus; passed.
And now for peace. Let us hear 10
more OF the brag and buster. the loud
assertion. the sham offer, to bei-al-
ways To be recantcd where money wa,
found resdy-ihe bowl against corl-ir-
l"h no where a. fierce a. " hen il came
from mouths rank with irirAerv
and fraud, the personal abuse seeking to
drag down public men whose live, have
been passed in building up regulations
honor- - among their fellows. The
din and claInor of the bad ,ilc oil tli,
campaign has been al times appalling to
modest men and tor little while LA.
now dthcn weakened their confidence
~ the fiaal result. But il j. plain that
no votes were changed ~ the noise
North nor South. Last nor Wet.
We send to the State, that have iu-,
come out Of the battle our grateful
thanks for the new proof which ihcr
have given, I.at The American people
ran probe 4 sham and detect fraud.
The more that the people have seen of
the Greeley movement the Lee, they have
liked il. And all the vain garrulity. the
indecent abuse OF better men. the frantic
speech making of Horace Greeley. a. lie
ouStIed from State to State in his cleo
tioneering, and all the school OF lie, that
have troubled the political water, ever
since Horace Greeley nomi nation. have
not availed whit TO prevent The people
ifom expressing their contempt and
~corn for hi> nomination and tor the
motley following that shouted and bragg
sed ii his name.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-10-10

While political paper should be out
spoken. and give "no uncertain sound
it can well afford To- interest those who
take no very active part in politics.
! read the papers on both Sides and
have listened to the arguments made by
leading politicians. and see no reason for
changing my mind upon the questions
which have been before the country for the
last four years.
am not politician. and II believed
that Mr. Greeley. would make as rood a
President ~ Gen. Grant. | should certain
" have y" choice IN thc man.
IL does seem to me that great interests
are at stake. and that ,he success of the
present administration /, much 10 be
desired
Possibly, sm - blind that 10 not SEQ
thiig> Ia their true light. | have never
been Influenced by office. or ~ =, d, sire
inr office; INT Do desire the paae. aud
prosperity ni my Country.
We have made great progress in the
dircctinn Of human freedom ana eon,l
rights, aud am not ignorant OF tn, fact
that every step Ia advance" has cucotu-
tered great opposition.
One 81 the two parties i wrong. and
next month the people will settle the aues.
ton. who is right The verdict of the
people cannot be changed. aud for that
reason every man should vote. lust ONCE.
nope We shall have an honest election,
and that LASTING 3ool will be the result.
Yours, sc.
oct ith, I>T2 Mrxsox
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-10-10

municate what he knows; to read char.
acter and adapt his instruction to his
pupils individually. Good teachers
cannot be obtained, unless theirser,ice
are well paid for. The excuse offered
by many teachers for not attending tho
present institute Is, that they cannot af-
ford TO have their wages step. Maine
ranks lowest among northern states. in
the pay of its school teachers.
Fourth principle, supervision. There
are six thousand teachers in the state.
and they are as likely to- he law. and
shiftless a. any other clas-. Therefore
efficient and well paid supervision is
necessary. Supervisors will not do two
hundred dollars worth OF work. IL they
expectto receive iori' only one hundred
dollars. Graded schools. and well paid
supervisors arc what we lack in Maine.
Fifth principle. Childrcn should be
compelled by law t"aftcnd some school.
either pnblic or private. II has never
been found sufficient. merely to open
our school rooms. and invite them TO
come. This is simply Justice to lax
PAYERS and the public. How many chill
dren there are. icii to run at large
ripching Tor crime, soon To become in
mates OF Jail, aud state prison. which
are tn he paid for out OF the pockets of
citizens. How inuch better aud cheap
cr to have educated them.
School districts should he obliieraied,
and each city or town take entire charge
OF it, own schools. This plan ha, been
adopted III mau, OF the cities OF Maine
with marked success.
The lecture closed with AN appeal for
IL TO think of these things aud build on
the foundation marked our by him.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-10-10

Psuob-rot.
/ The potato crop will he rather light. and
large portion of IL will be lost on account
| OF the rot. Early sowed grain will give A
heavy yield but the late crops will be light.
The typhoid fever has been quite preva
/ lent In this section and In some eases PROV
| Ell fatal Whole families have been pros
trated with IT, II IL time OF general m
health. and the per cent of mortality l.
| large.
1 Samuel Leach M aged and prominent
/ c'tizen OF this town died very suddenly of
paralysis on the 20 ut. He lived ahout
/ three quarters of an hour after the attack.
| lie has filled various town aud county o.
| iiee>. aud was generally regarded IL 4
'hrcwd man. aud possessed Of good j1,l,,-
meni tn matters Of law and government
Also. hliakim iiutchins, aged 50 years
passed away very recently. lie served as
an officer during the war 81 lsia apd mr.
ni-hed three sons to all in putting down
~" tate rebellion. His taihrr. William
iintchrs wa, the last suryiyin. soldier Of
The revolution in New England, Twin. To-
'h" fipc age OF l0i years and dying In tie
triumphs Of the christian faith. To which
ic devoted the best years OF hi. ufe Ella
Kim intehm> was man 81 generous i'm
pu'-e-, aud answering patrioii>m-a good
citizen and consistent christian.
several public improvements have been
made in town the present Year The
town house has been quit" thoroughly re-
paired both inside aud outside aud instead
~ ~ former antiquat.d aud neglected Az
pearancc u has put Oh a modern lnuA.
which Il not az 10 the --latest style OF arrhi-
lecture, T. nevertheless. respectable and
giVe' hope of future pro.pcrii, ia town.
Good re,nplar. Hall a, thr North part
% the town j. soon to 81 completed. which
speaks volumes frr the temperance >enti-
ment oi that community Also new
fence around the cemetery In that section
!, nearly completed aud shows that 4 "a
cred regard for the dead nud due respect
for the living + cherished there
The school houses generally are rrc.iy-
ing more attention aud are being IL d
measure redeemed from the curses Of an
enlightened public.
\ large portion Of the Fail and Winter
schools are taught by females, who prove
70 hc superior 10 the Lords Of creation"
IN the peculiar tact Of governing children
~ ,s..i
The school In District No IL l. To COM
mence Oct. dth, under the tnltion of Miss
Lizzie ----, member OF the board OF :. :.
Committee Of this town, and n teacher
who has won deserved distinction By her
untirine energy and her aptoess to instruct
and govern NJ