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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-02-02
JOH1LlP PARk,
$500 LOST BONDS
ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR Rs REWARD.

Do,AOO
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD.
ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAIL-
ROAD COMPANY, FIRST MORTGAGE. .
per cent, Nos. $50, 244, 245, three of $500 each,
principal due originally lst November, lStti, tx
tended to LIST May, 1873. Coupons payable May
and November. Coupons attached from and in
Guiding May, 1871: Sl,@n
ROAD COMPANY, FIRST MORTGAGE, I
per cent, funded, Nos. IS, -, liS, l49, t"1r Of
$500 each, dated lSt Nov, 1866, lrincipa! due
list May, 1873. Coupons payable May and No
vember. Coupons attached from and 'nrludlng
May, 1871. S2,WO.
ROAD COMPANY, FOURTH MORTGAGE,
8 per cent, No. &, for 81 900; Nos. 22l, 4b4, 40,
4tG, ACT, 4GS, 469, seven of $500 each; Nos. l,US9
and l,mN, two ofSlm each, dated lst Decrnb"r,
1860, due LIST September, 1880. Coupons payable
March and September. Coupons attached from
md including March. 1871. 81, 100. !"
The abuvercward will be paid for the recovery
of the whole, and in the same proportion for any
part, and no questions asked, on delivery, either
in person, or through the P~ostotice Or Express.
to WILSON, COLSTON u Co, Bankers,
IA West Baltimore street
Baltimore, aug 24-dlwlawtf
rHEAP KID GLOVES.
~ ONE AND TWO BUTTONS,
III W. NJ = ~ -
A job lot. No more Of them to be had At the
jan 81 WILMER s. SLAYMAkER.
GLOVER SEED.
800 bushels prime GLOVER SEED for sale
by SHINN i CO.,
ian 90 13 Union street.
A FULL STOCK OF RIO, LAGUYRA
n and OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA COZ
FEES in store and for sale by
GEO. McBURNEI &SON,
ian IS 1GG and 10 King street.
FRENCH CHINA:
A fine assortment of TEA and DINNER
SETS, of various patterns, among them the new
"Moss Rose pattern. Also VASES in great
variety, Fancy Mugs, Coffee, Tete-a-Trte Sets,
Cologne Sets, SC, at very low prices, at rs hing
street. [oct 7-eo3ml b.. }. MILLER.
OO1 KING STREET. 0O1
AUGUSTUS WALL,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
HAY, GRAIN s. MILL FEED, SEEDS, &c.,
No. 4l King street,
ian 3O-ly ALEXANDRIA, VA.
T HAVE STILL ON HAND a small lot Of
selling '"'"p 0" W. F. BROoKES,
inn 3n-3t l47 King street.
T1kESH TOASTED and GROUND COZ
L FEES-Javu, Luguyra and Rio-in store
and for sale by W.. r. 10,
jan 30 l4t Ming street.
A MOTHER BARREL OF PURE APPLE
n CIDER just received and for sale by
GEO. McBURNEY son,
inn 80 lG6 and 10 King street.
~ GORGE s JENKINS NEW HAMS,
lJ Shoulders, Sides and Breakfast Bacon, for
sale by GEO. McBURNEI SON,
ian 20 lGt and ITO King street.
TILN DRIED H0MINY and White Navy
GEO. McBURNEY s. SON,
ian 80 l66 and ITO King street.
A PRIME LOT OF CLOVER and TIMO-
N THY SEED in store and for sale Mt POI
King street.
ian 30-2m VAIL.
1000 BUSHELS suRPRIsE Sc OATS
2Ol King street.
ian 3D1z2m AUGUSTUS WALL.
HOO BALES OF CHOICE HAY for sale
OOO cheap ut POI King street.
inn 3O-2ln AUGUSTUS WALL.
CUGAR-CURED BEEF TONGUES for sale
y by W. +. BROOhEn,
ian 80 l4I King street.
DARAFFINE WAX CANDLES-fours and
GEO. MteBURNEY son,
M 1H, and I'm kinp ctraot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-02-02

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WINTER SCHEDULE, FOR THE
DEPARTURE Of PASSENGER TRAIN
On and after MONDAY, October q. 1871
through Mail Trims leave Washington: iro'''
Maryland avenue drlot,at I:loa. N. and I Pm,
for tvncEburg and Interlnedialr stations, >tn
DAYS included. Leave Alexandria, from Dnh"
and Henry streets. Ut t:40 u. III: ana o:"o ~
from Lynchburg and intermediate stations, |u"
days included, connecting with the tnorilig ana
evening trains for Baltimore, PiiiIhdriPh'a ah-
New York. , ;~
Local Passenger Trains leave Washington,
from Maryland Avenue Depot, at I:l2, gu, :
and II u. IN. and 800, 800, go and ,iolh III,
Leave Alexandria, from the corner .! DUKE ara
Henry streets, ut AS n. M, ana 500 p IN 'a"''
from the corner of King and 1T. Asapit street
at G. 8 and 10 Il. m, and at l2:JO, 2:oO aild D pm.
Local Sunday Trains leave Alexandria, RON
| thu corner Of Duke and Henry streets, ut va Ii
IN. and 800 p m. Leav" Washington, i'"n
NsrThc 1:l5 u. IN. and 800 =. IN. local trail
| from Washington connect with the morning ana
evening trains ofthe ". " q. K. L. for Ltesburg
and Hamilton. The s II. III. and 300 r. N. l"ca'
trains from Alexandria CONNECT WIN thr tI'fn-
ing and evening trains o' lh" v. w. L. l.
from Leesburg and Hamilton.
Through tickets can be procured at the Once
of the Company, corner OF ''th street ana MARY
through. o.. A. olEF Ems, Ueh. Hupl.
w.. L IL ~ ~ o'ii. 't"S
WAsH1NGToS s ONO kAlLEoAb
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On and after MONDAY, October %, ISL
TWO TRAINS on this road will be run as fol-
lows:
MAIL TRAIN will leave Alexandria d"ily
except Sunday, at 8.45 a. m; pass Leesburst
IL. 35 a. M. and arrive at Hamilton at II a. IN
nayn Hamilton or ~ A) n m =. mass i,ppShurp
at ll2 D. NJ, and arrive at Alexandra at $40
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will leave AL
exandria daily, except Sunday, at 40 pm, ar
rive ut Leesburg at $50 p. m.
Leave Leesburg at 6 n. M, arrive at AleSan
dria ut sos a. IN.
The Mail Train makes close connection hi
Hamilton with kemp's line OF Stages TO and
from Wlnchester; also ut Leesburg with Realm
ers line Of Coaches for Aide and Mlddleburg.
Communication tickets, cts. per mile
K. Il. HAvENNER,
oc4-tf General Ticket Agent
NRANGE,. ALIEN. : MANASSAS RI
TIafa1Tfeif T ri IRIsTs' =
For BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA and
NEW YORK, and all the GREAT WEST,
are on sale at the ticket office, corner Duke ana
leaving ut az u. m. and $50 ,. m. Thought nj
the above named regular hours, these ticket:
will also be recognized on trains leaving nj 40
u. m. and 3.jOp. nj.
Baggage checked through to North or West.
Take the As II. IL. traiE for earliest Western
connections.
aug 12-tf j. NJ. BROADUS, G. It. A.
ORANGE, ALEXANDRIA AND MAN.
" ASSAS RAILROAD.
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
WOman's Hair.

DIR. Benz. Godfrey has written book
on the Diseases of the Hair" He
says that womans hair may grow to
the length of six feet, and that young
lady of Massachusetts refused a thou
sand for her cranial covering, which
was only one inch short of this measure
ment." Four hundred hairs of average
thickness would cover an inch of space.
The blonde belle has about one hun lred
and forty thousand flaments to comb
and brush, while the red-haired beauty
has to be satisfied with Lightweight
thousand; the brown-haired damsel
may have one hundred and nine thou
sand the black haired but one hundred
and two thousand. Few ladies consider
that they carry some forty or fifty miles
of hair on their head the fair-haired
may even have to dress seventy miles of
threads of gold every morning. A Ger
man experimsntalist has proved that a
single hair will suspend four ounces
without breaking, stretching under the
process and contracting again. But the
hair thus heavily weighted must be
dark brown, for the blonde breaks down
under two and half ounces.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
Proceedings in Congress.

In the Senate on the 18th bill was
passed authorizing survey, and markin g
off the boundary line between the United
States and the British Possessions from the
Lake of the Woods to the summit of the
Rocky Mountains......The remainder of the
session was taken up with the discussion of
Mr. Conklings reso luton as to recommen-
dations fer Office by the Senators from New
York, Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska.
/ In, the House on the same day bill was
passed providing that minors shall not be
enlisted in the military service without the
consent Of their parents or guardians......A
bill was passed granting the Davenport and
St. Paul railroad right Of way over the Gov
eminent Rock Island (In.) brid e, the com
pany to Contribute one third of the expenses
of maintaining the bridge. The House tb en-
went into Committee of the Whole on the
Postofice Appropriation bill, which was
discussed until adjournment.
In the Senate on the 18th the bill for
the erection of public buildings at st. Louis
was passed THE Legislative Appropria-
ton bill was taken up. An amendment
was adopted increasing the salaries of
United States District Judges and the
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
The Influence of Newspapers.

Show us an intelligent family of boys
and girls, and we will show you
family where newspapers and periodi-
Gals are plentiful. Nobody, who has
been without these silent private tutors,
can know their educational power for
good and for evil. Have you never
thought Of the innumerable topics of
discussion which they suggest at the
breakfast-table, the most important
public measures, with which, thus
early, our children become Familiarity
acquainted great philanthropic ques-
tons of the day, to which unconsciously
their attention is awakened, and the
general spirit of intelligence which is
evoked by these quiet visitors? Any
thing that makes home pleasant, cheer
full and chatty thins the haunts of vice
and the thousand and one avenues of
temptation, should certainly be regard
ed, when we consider its influence on
the mind of the young as a great moral
and social blessing.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
A Good Example.

The sturdy little Kingdom of Wur-
temburg has come to the conclusion
that foreign relations are luxury that
it can no longer afford TO indulge in.
Measures have been taken by the Cham
Der of Deputies to abolish the Legations
to all countries except Bavaria, Ger
many, and Russia. At the same time,
the Foreign Department is to be cur
tailed, with view to its ultimate abo-
Htion, the duties to be attached to one
OF the other portfolios. In the matter
of dispensing with foreign Ministers, it
is not clear but that the example Of
Wurtemberg might be proftably iol-
lowed by larger nations. Sucn q policy
is the logical deduction from the action
of our Congress in consolidating the
missions to the Central American States.
and it would not be surprising if an
other decade should see a radical reform
throughout the world in the diplomatic
system, which, it must be admitted. is a
relic of time when the facilities for
international communication were far
less extensive than they are now.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28

Judges of the Court of Claims to 81, ooe, and
the bill passed 49,. The Tariff bill was dis
cussed without action ......AdJ burned.
In the House on the same day bill was
passed appropriating 1897 900 to reimburse
Kansas for her expenditures in equipping,
subsisting, and paying troops ...... A
bill authorizing the Southern Claims
Commission to appoint special COM
missioners to take testimony, was
pasjed...... Mr.. Garfield, from the Con-
ference Committee on the bill for the St.
priating $500 900 for the site, and $3.50, 600
for the building. The report was agreed to
and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th bill was
passed authorizing the President to appoint
a Paymaster General in the army. The
House bill extending the time for the COM
pletion of the Portage and Lake Superior
Canal was passed The remainder Of the
session was occupied with the discussion of
the Tariff bill.
In the House on the 18th the Wisconsin
Land Grant bill was taken up. A substi-
tute was adopted by vote of SO TO IS, pro-
viding that all lands granted by Congress
in 1856 and 1864 for lands for tie construc-
ton of the st. Croix and Lake Superior rail-
road, such grants having expired by limi-
tates, and shall henceforward be subject to
homestead entry and settlement under the
Homestead act of the goth of May, 1871. and
that ne part of such lands shall be selected
by or inure to the benefit of any railroad
company under any assumed grant from the
United States, and that no land embraced
in the grant to the st. Croix Railroad Com
pany shall in any case revert to the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company, and repeal
ing all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
this provision. The bill as thus amended
was passed, and the House adjourned.
There was no session of the Senate
on the 10th.
In the House on the 10th the attendance
was slim, and no business was transacted be-
yond the reading or filing of speeches on
miscellaneous subjects.
In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Conk-
ling's resolution calling for the number of
applications for appointments made by GER
tain Senators came up. An amendment to
cepted by Mr.. Conkling, and the resolution
as amended was adopted. Chicago
Relief bill was taken up, but the Senate ad-
journed without reaching a vote.
In the House on the 18th, after the intro
duction of several new bills, the Senate bill
to contract with the proprietors of the Con-
gressional Globe for reporting and publishing
the long debates in Congress for two years,
was taken up, but the House adjourned with
ont dISDOSinp of the hill
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
A Corner on Coppers.

The London newsboys have been vic.
timized by shrewd operator in copper.
For some months he busted himself in
collecting quantities OF the penny of
1864, and then started the report that the
pennies of that year were too good, gold
having by mistake entered into their
composition, and that the Postoffice
would give sixpence apiece for them.
The bait took, and, as a favor, he al
lowed number of newsboys to buy out
his ock at five pence apiece. The vic
TINS of this " corner" besieged the Post
office for hours, only to be finally con-
WINGED that their friend had sold pen
MES and buyers alike.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
The Red River Raft.

"Gath," writing from Washington
to the Chicago Tribune, has the follow
ing mention of plan to get around tho
distractions in the Red River:
Every now and then we have a nett
ton OF some sort asking Government
help IN money to get the great raft out
OF the Red River. The last Of these is
a comparatively modest request for
$780, OO, not to take up the whole raft,
but simply to open passage-way along
one side OF it, SO that the products Of
1000 miles above, in Texas, Louisiana.
and Arkansas may come down.
The river is navigablc some 700 miles
above this raft; but the banks. for
nearly the whole distance, are constantly
caving in and carrying into the stream
trees and timber in vast quantities., and
this enormous supply has actually
driven out of cultivation and habitation
seventy-five miles of plantation above
the head of the raft. The whole bed of
the Red River, from top to bottom, is
filled with timber for twenty-five miles,
and these submerged logs are often
covered with luxriant growth O. weeds
and bushes, SO that the Red River can
not be seen at all. Meantime bay oux
are formed on both sides, and, by pre-
carious canals connecting these acct
dental lakes, sort of curious nayiga-
ton is now carried on,-every canal
builder taking toll on the freight that
passes by him. Meanwhile, another
Big Raft Company is laying wait for
Congress, asking permission to tax all
the trade on the river, in consideration
of undertaking the JOB of removing the
raft. The signers of the more modest
petition, now in my hand, make the
important assertion, that neither would
it be possible to break up the Red River
Raft altogether, as long as there is
supply of timber above, nor to remove
the muddy bars from the mouth of the
Mississippi, which are naturally formed,
and which will always be formed, at the
Balize. The Red River Raft makes
sometimes half mile of solid wooden
embargo per diem. At one place, below
Grand Ecore, the river has made new
channel of over forty miles in length
within few years, and there are some
that it may change its course
and finally discharge through
the Sabine River, instead Of continuing
down to the Miss; ssippi.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
Coffee liz California.

The AAa California says: A CORE
spondent who has had experience in the
cultivation of coffee in Java, at an eleva-
ton of 1000 feet above the sea, where
the banana would not bear fruit and
the sugar cane would not grow, and
where the climate is colder than on our
Southern coast, writes to US that he is
confident a coffee plantation of 300
acres, well managed, would pay well in
California. He would send to the
mountains of Java for the plants, at
cost Of $1,000, set out 1920 on an acre,
in timber land, SO that the trees would
shade the young plants, cultivate them
three years at an expense of $4,000,
and in the third year harvest full crop
of 5000 pounds per acre, worth for the
entire plantation 100000 or $500 900.
He says that in Java where the Govern
ment, which owns most of the coffee
plantations, has allowed private indi-
Viduals to go into the business, they have
made extraordinary profits.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
Terrible Boiler Explosion.

One of the most terrific and IN some
respects one of the most remarked ex-
plosions in the whole history of casual
ties occurred on Monday afternoon at
Cincinnati, o. Two steam boilers in
the soap and candle factory of Messrs.
Woods & Canadian exploded with an
unheard-of violence. In the factory
were about eighty persons. Two of
these were horribly mangled and in
stantly killed, and four slightly wound
ed. All the others escaped. On Bay
miller street, over half mile distant by
map measurement, three little girls in a
front yard were jumping rope. Sixteen
feet OF one of the boilers was hurled all
that distance over the house tops upon
their heads. Two of them We're killed
instantly and the third MORALLY
wounded. This piece of the boiler is a
perfect cylinder sixteen feet four inches
long, and twenty-four inches in diane
ter, and weighs about ton. Persons
who saw it say it looked like stove
pipe sailing Iii the air just above the
roofs. The other boiler was hurled
through wall of brick foot in thick
ness, and several feet of earth, into
Providence street, where it lodged.
This boiler would have careered east
wardly over the city as the other did
westwardly but for this obstruction. A
portion of one of the boilers, about ten
feet long, was blown perpendicularly up
in the air, and fell back in about the
spot it started from, burying itself several
feet in the ground.
Notwithstanding the terrific force of
the explosion the adjacent buildings
were but slightly injured. The cause Of
the explosion is not known, but an in
Yestigation will be had.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
The Austrian Navy.

For some years past the navy of Aus
tria has not been such favorite with
the educated classes of that country as
it once was, and so many old officers
have left the service that at present the
old personnel is but22 per cent. of what
it was in 1854, the remainder being all
new men. Its marine force consists of
48 ships carrying 434 guns. Four of
these vessels are ironclad casemated
boats, four are transports, one torpedo
vessels, two yachts, two practice brigs,
one floating workshop, two transport
schoopers, and four unarmed steamers.
There are 399 officers in active service,
4S on land service, s clergymen, 60 sur
geons, 81 engineers, IA theoretical teach
ers, photographic officers. 7 auditors,
and 279 warrant officers-944 in all.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
A Digniied Body.

A visitor to the Supreme Court of the
United States says: Facing the door
as you enter, on a raised platform, in
silken robes, sit the nine Judges-sup-
posed to be the most dignifed tribunal
in America-and | have no doubt it is,
n Notwithstanding have seen one of the
Judges eat an apple with great gusto
while seated on the bench, and another
partake of molasses candy, and after
the repast lick every one of his ten
fingers with great satisfaction.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
The Sword Mightier than the Pen.

Richmond editors evidently repudiate
the maxim that "the pen is mightier
than the sword" and SO whenever two
of them write upon opposite sides of a
question, they become dissatisfied with
the goosequill, and resort to the more
barbarous weapon. Accordingly the
editor of the Wing and his neighbor of
the Enquirer made all their arrangements
to shoot at each other recently, and
were only prevented from putting their
purpose into practice by the interior
ence of the authorities. 1t is said that
'.Cervantes laughed SPANS chivalry
away" and now if some good Cerysptes
or other will only do as much for these
United States, the people will have good
reason to hold his name in affectionate
remembrance for all time to come.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
The Bowels of the Earth.

Sir William Thomson, the distin-
guished physicist, has written in regard
to the alleged internal fuidity of the
earth, in which he maintains the view
that the earth, as whole, is less yield
ing than globe of glass of the same di-
mansions and exposed to the same
forces. He thinks that volcanic phe-
nomena, instead of furnishing evidence
that the outer crust of the globe in
closes liquid interior, tend rather to
an opposite conclusion, when fully in
vestigated.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
The PerilS Of the Sea.

The loss of the coasting schooner
White Swan, on the rocky shore of
Martha's Vineyard last Monday, fur
nishes a tale of suffering and heroism
which ought not to pass unnoticed.
The vessel was a small one, of only al
tons, and was on its way from Calais to
New York. The gale of Monday night
drove her on the reef which makes out
from Cape Poge, and early in the morn
ing she struck about a third of a mile
fiom shore. Six men were on board of
her, and, unable to make any effort to
save themselves, they chung to the rig
ging, while the freezing water con-
tinually broke over them. The wreck
was seen at dawn from the shore, and a
boat was brought from town some
miles distant with which to attempt
their rescue. The sea, however, ran so
high that it was madness to think of
launching the boat. All day Tuesday,
and through the long night that fol
lowed, the shipwrecked men were ex-
posed to the cold, the fierce wind, and
the icy water that swept over them. On
Wednesday, steamer YVES got under
way from Vineyard Haven, and started
CnIouSH Ine neaVy Ice OF the SOund TO
make an effort to save them. A whale
boat was carried on the steamers deck,
and on nearing the wreck it was
launched and manned by six stout men,
who, at the imminent hazard of their
lives, and after suffering severely from
the cold, succeeded in saving the entire
crew of the wrecked schooner. The
rescued men were all badly frozen, and
had been for twenty eight hours ex-
posed to the bitterest cold and the APP
parent certainty of death; while the
boats crew that rescued them was also
frostbitten, none of its members escap-
ing without frozen fingers Or esrs
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28
Mammoth Cave Fishes.

Wilbur F. Parker of Meriden, Conn,
has three eyeless fish taken from the
Mammoth cave. They are alive, quick
as lightning, and almost white in color
The specimens are about two inches a
length, though the fish frequently reach
six and eight inches. In snaps they
are something like bullhead." Mrs.
Parker also found specimens of craw
fish looking like white Holsters. These
are also blind, and white in color.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-28

THE Albany Journal has compositor
who began work on its first issue, in
1888.