Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-12

they Stlli regard as 0mmander-ln- chlef. 1le
militia are on duty, guarding their armory TO-.
night
WASHINGTON, Dec ll.-Atonoy General
Williams sent the following telegram to the
Lieutenant Governor, and pending the i'm
parchment trial Of Warmoth. Acting Governor
P,nchback, Of Louisiana: ''Fhe requisition of
the Legislature transmitted by you is received.
Whenever it becomes necessary in the judge
merit of the President, the State will be pro-
tected from domestic violence"
Ia the cdtor Of the AhuundTa Gazette:
If, as some writer has said, history is philoso-
ply teaching by example, those who have been
selected by the people to meet in council to de-
Iiberate upon their interests, may, with ad
vantage, brug to their aid, the historical teach
ings of those ancentnations whose governments
and laws have, in some respects, been used as
models for our own. Greece, more than two
thousand years ago, was the great metropolis
of ancient art and learning, and when at the
zenith of her glory she attracted to herself, as
to a common centre, the gaze and admiration
OF the world, and the genius of other cnuntri 8
still 90 there to draw inspiration from her bro
hcll Hldllllc duu tudR1luCCuI
| Greece was composed OF several States, each
independent in its own government, consequent
| ~ j.alouSes aud rivalrlcs arose between them,
and being educated 70 srus the sword was
sometimes appealed 10. In one Of these con-
| hicts the State Of AtIica. in which Athens was
situated, was very much worStcd. and after
peace, thepeople being oppressed with the debt
| produced by the war, became indifferent TO any
attempt TO improve their situation. La the
ganeraI icspondency Scion. who was understood
to be their wI>eSt law giyer, was called upon
to suggest snme remedy, aud he advised a gen
eral cancelling of debts. This being done,
energy was revived and prosperity speedily re-
stored Scion. although the wisest law giver OF
Greece may have been instructed through his
tory, in some manner by the great Hebrew law
vivcr, Moses, whose code Of laws was written
| by himself with the aid Of Divine inspiration,
and knowing. as he did, the natural constitu-
ton Of his people and the moral and social evils
tn which they were liable, he inserted IN his
code Sabhatcal year, in which all debts were
| blottcl oI!, aud as long as the people submit
ted to his laws they cujuycd great prosperity.
The writer is not an advocate for reputation
but he insists on equal rights, impartial protec-
tinu for all interests and mutual indemnity for
all losses inflicted by the ravages OF the late un-
| happy war. LOCKER ON.
RAppAllANNorK COUNTY, Dec 8, 1872
HEATING Sick Rooms Where the entire
dwelling is heated by a furnace Of by steam it
will probably be unnecessary to have other
means Of warming the sick room; but the fire.
place should be Away. open and kept ready
| for wood or coal fire whenever the patient
shall express Il desire for Que. The freplaces
| aycalIort ,-nntilot Huas nr,,p hnnt q
fire, but are nearly perfect when supplied with
q wood fire the brisk blaze of which creates a
strong ascending current and continually car
rcs off the ever accommodating e1halatons OF
the sick roam.
lithere is ~ fireplace window opened a
short distance from the bottom, in the room 10
which he patient is lying, and one let down
from the top in the other large room, with the
doors opened between the two, will form an
efcctual draught during aiy but the warm
days in summer. and will not be too strong tor
the Tn>t dcicat. patient who is protected from
lis direct draught by the high headboard of
the bed Ii cold weather the window opened
from th,. bottom will be found sufficient. On
very cold days we may trust to an entire change
IF air several times day effected by raising all
the windows for few moments at time, dur
ing which the patient must be thoroughly pro-
tcced BY extra blankets. and a shawl about the
head
If stoves are the only means of heating the
apartments perpetual burner" (coal) may
be used in Gee room to keep both at an even
temperature during day or night, but the
sleeping room should be provided with a wood
stove, the hri-k blaze in this answering to some
eyteut the purpose of a fire in an open fire
! place.
Many lives have been cut short by exargerat-
cd notions in regard to fresh air. Air must be
pure, but it should also be warm. To effect
this there should be day and night, steady
| but gentle heat in the room of an invalid &C
companicd b. an equally steady and gentle cur
rent OF frssh all. -ScriJuer S.
A NOVEL LIQUOR DECISION The Iowa cor
respondent of the Chicago Journal says that
in Dcs Mone5 there is Peoples Temperance
Association, composed largely of reformed
| drunkards. who keep viglIant eye on whlskey
selling. BY the aid of this association suit
was brought in the District Court by Mrs. Ann
| Prest!y, in an action for damages in the sum
of SIS, 900 against Joseph HERB, for selling in
| t0xcating liquors to her husband, thereby lu
capacitating him from attending to his business,
and thus doing great damage to his family. ~
| large number OF witnesses were examined, aud
the case most subhornly contested by six of
the leading attorneys of tho State, Judge Max
| well presiding The Judge gave the various
questions which arose during the trial careful
attention, and his rulings were principally
against the prosecution. The trial lasted near
ly five days At the close the Court gave the
case to the jury with Instructions.
The jury, after three hours, returned YER
diet for the plaintiff and fixed the damages at
81, 500, and cost Of suit. The defence at once
gave notice Of motion for new trial.
1t is the opinion among sound lawyers that
the verdict will stick, and, if SO, it is one Of
the most important cases tried in Iowa, and
that it is so considered is apparent from the
fact that from ali parts of the State come in-
quiries respecting it. 1t will place every liquor
seller in the State at the mercy Of the family
of those to whom he sells liquor. \ sale of
liquor once proven is enough to warrant actual
aud exemplary damages: Itapplies to persons
who are engaged ia the traffic, whether as
maker. agent clerk, barkeepcr, or otherwise,
and tho result will be the abandonment Of the