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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-09
WHEELER a. WILSON
SEWING MACHINE ES.

NIREEa4EE a. W kEhSSs
SEWING MACHINES.
Awarded the Highest Premium over Eighty
two Competitors, Paris Exposition, 1867.
Also at American Institute n. Y. Mechanics
Institute, BALTIC; Mechanics Association,
l}o>!on Mechanics Association, Cincin-
nati; Franklin Institute, Phi|a.; Me-
cnanical Association, ST. Louis
kentucky Institute, Louis
vile; Mechanics 1nstit,
San Francisco Met.
=. iiccs'. Institute,
Washington,
D. e.
At the State Fairs of Maine, New York, Vir-
ginn, Ohio, Tennessee Vermont, New .Jer
sey, Mississippi Indiana Illinois, Con-
nectcut PENNSYLVANIA Missouri,
Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan,
Wisconsin, California, and
ut hundreds Of Coun-
ty fairs
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Manchester.
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This Machine makes the LOCk-STlTCH, and
no human testimony could be clearer or more
unequivoca and emphaic than that which ac-
cords the superiority OF EACELLENCE to TINS
Machine over all others for family use and gen.
eral manufacturing purposes.
The qualities which recommend the wheeler
s. Wilson Machine are:
|. Beauty and excellence of stitch alike on
both sides of the fabric scwed.
2. Strength, frmness and durability OF seam,
that will not rave
3. Economy of thread.
4. Its attachments and wide range Of applica-
ton to purposes and material
s. Compactness and elegance OF model ana
finish.
6. Simplicity and thoroughness of construc-
ton.
7. Speed, ease of operation and management
and quietncss OF movement.
Sold on easy monthly payments, or NJ a re,
duced price for cash, at GREEN'S NOTION
HOUSE, 76 King street, Alexandr;a;
oct l-tf WIN. II. DANIEL, Agent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-09

We have opened and now offer for sale to the
citizens of Alexandria and the public generally,
at our new fitted up store room, corner oI hng n
and Pitt streets, one OF the largest ana niost
attractive stocks of >c,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, SC.
ever offered in this market. Our stock has been
selected with view to suit the wants and tastes
Of the entire community, embracing, as it does,
goods of every variety of style and fabric, and at
all prices. We ask an examination OF our
'''0 HOUMES, ASHBY, s. CO.,
ap8 lQ9 cor. King and Pitt stS.
Salesmen-Eli 81. Janney, Edwin t. Ashby,
NJ. G. Grasty, w. A. Lane, r. Stuart Ashby.
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27

awaken. The shock reused, too, all the latent
loyalty to royal family inherited for gen.
erations, and which philosophy or common
sense is slow in roofing out. But the weight
lest cause for anxiety in Albert Edwarps Ill
ness, as we all know, was the certainty ol
the great and unexpected advantage II wOuid
give to the radical party. Hosts OF SLOW
moving, neutral Engishmen who would see
the Prince of Wales succeed his mother WIN
out thought, as they submit 10 al lonS-
established precedent as matter Oh course,
would be driven in the case OF a protracted
regency to think to make choice; 10 "eish
the actual advantages of republic WORKING
in all its parts, and this sham OF a govern
ment that has itself been an idle, costly
sham so long. Nothing could bo more fatai
to the Conservative party of England than
any such halt for thought among the masses; ;
hence arose their breathless watch over the
sick bed ut Sandringham, and hence their
outcfy of rejoicing when the danger was lor
n time tided over. There are probably lew
men of intelligence in England who 90 hot
secretly feel that the days of royalty are mum
bered, but, their own position being comior'a-
BILE. they fondly hope and labor to make IL laSt
out their time. "After us-the Deluge; Dut
wby sbould any man leave solid footing ard
stone house, and betake himself to an efk ana
whirlpools so long as he can help it9 1t Is
this party which is striving to prolong the late
flicker of loyal flame, by the pageant OF TO-
day. Religious devotion Is called III 10 help'
and the Queen, who has so long obstlnateiy
refused to fight her own battle with the
people, by making herself q spectacle to graf
ify their love of show and splendor, ID
cheated nv religious duty into doing it at last.
The scheme is well planned, but we thlhh
has been little too tardy III eXecuIion'
Public fervor has had too much time 10 cool
People have had space to recover from Vne
contaeion of the personal grief in the palace,
and TO weigh the actual value of this life
saved to the nation. Without any cynical or
irreyercnt feeling, it is natural that they
should doubt whether the boon Of this klng
Log this lumpish young man as ruler
whose only sign of vitality so far has been a
dull good humor and zeal in his sensual
pleasures, be really blessing to call for uni
yersal Joy and thanksgiving. We have no
doubt the pageant will be both imposing anu
pathetic, and the unreasOning mass OF LOCKERS
on will be mOmentarily impressed and touched'
as it was intended they should be; but 1t Is
not likely the event to come will be delayed
years time by it.
There was pomp of sacrifices and marrying
and giving in marriage in the days before
Noah, but the fountains Of the great deep
rose none the less surely about the reyeleis'
The ebb and flow Of human beliefs, the great
currenta of human action, are as certain ana
inexorable as those of the sea.
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27
SOUTHERN SOCIAL LIFE.

Perhaps there is no more curious phase OF
our purely social life, or one more deserv-
ing of attention, than that of the South at the
present time. We have occasional elaborate
pictures of IL from several Southern writers,
who find it not only soothing to their sensibil-
tiles to deplore the lest golden age OF Slavery,
but, most probably, profitable in pecuniary
sense. One of these gentlemen, in magazine
of the current month, dips his pen in alternate
tears and gall to depict the deplorable cOndi-
ton of the young ladies and gentlemen of Yir-
ginia deprived of their former corps of field
and household servants. There can be little
doubt that life in the Virginia plantations is
the most suggestive sign of the depth of the
change made by the war, and one that
appeals most nearly to our sympatLies.
The culture particularly of the women) was
higher and broader than in any other Southern
State: the treatment of the slaves more hui
name the hospitality as unstinted and more
enlightened, for it was capable of offering food
to the brain of the guest as well as his body.
In spite of the peevish heat and resentment
with which our neighbors are apt to reject our
ovcrtmes of friendship, they cannot hinder
our warm and hearty recognition OF their
claims upon it, both before and after our quar-
rel. No person of common sense denies either
the compassion due to their position, deprived
of their sole source of income, at the very
period when an exhaustive, crippling war rem
dered them least able to bear such loss.
But the Northemer, when he loses his income,
does not fall fiat to the ground; his brain or
hands or feet are ready to help HIM; and if
the negro, as q source of livelihood, crippled
all these in his master so as to make HIM the
enfeebed. resourceless burden which he de-
cribes himself to be, it was high time, for his
own sake that the negro was taken from him.
The lug,brious writer in Lppincott begins
his tale of woe by stating the alarming failure
ia the wheat and other crops. which he
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27


aSclDes TO tho want of labor. the "neproe,
invariably prefeTing to work for anvboS.
else than their old masters - a sionsoo..
fact from which any other eyes than tbo,o "s
an ardent SOuthemer could draw tho me-,
and which conflicts with the ancien, 80
OF patrlarchal bonds and affection from ,n,,
Grafton TO gencration.r
Next, we are told that, negro children bo,.
no longer profitable, "women without jncu,n'
"brance" epreferred as servants; c0nseouent-
ly fewer black children are born, and those fow
what with freedom and free schools. ar,
reared in a much less obedent manner tba.
in slavery. Probably our colored brethren
think they ought to have learned obedience
sufficiently by this time, and are acquiring
some other virtue. But the climax of elo,
quence and pathOs is given in the description
of the typical Virginia lady, "of jeweIed
"fngers, classic features and absolute rcpose Of
manner, a woman of our preferred stock.
"our best strain of blood Occupjed in
cooking, bed-maldng and finally paper-hans-
ing, "at the sight Of which," bewals our
jeremiah, profound pity welled up within NY
"soul." AS parallel picture, he presents the
brother of this lady, aquiline-nOsed, firm
"chnned, Injured to battle, and signing for the
good old war times, but hOeing, blowing and
digging manfuly in the hot sun from morn
"ing to night" At which depressing spec
tacc the author "burns like fire." and relieves
his heat in the proper chiyalrc manner by
volley of Oaths against the AbOlitiOnists and
| THE TRIBUNE.
We suspect that he will not carry his audi
ence altogether with him in his fervOr or
despair Cooking, bedmaking, and milking
cows are certainly not the most desirable Oc-
| cupations for women of culture and refine
ment; but there arc very few such women.
| however wealthy, living on farms in the North
| who have not been forced often to practice
them from the difficulty of obtaining servants
Now the Virginia lady for generations has had
the chance of furnishing herself with trained
| servants, and if she has failed to do so or to
bind them to her by any ties either of associ-
ari0n or affection, other than that Of force,
she certainly is as much to be blamed as
pitied. AS for her brother, we heartily
congratulate the young fellow on having
taken to the plOw and hoe so Vigorously
When we knew him, years ago, dancing az
Greenbrier, proving his knightly yalor by gal
loping round field at Berkeley to thrust
long pole through ring, gambling and sTis'
ging mint,juleps at the SpOttswood House, va
hardly would have hoped for so much manly
stuff in him, When this wholesome tisht wltn it
the soil and sun ehall have s@"S@! 9as =,
latent energy of his body. his brain probably
will have it's turn of development, and he will
find there are countless accessible ways OF
earning support independent Of his old slaf
the negro. and quite uncOnnected with the
plow and noe.
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Granite State elects her State officers
and Legislature on Tuesday, March 12th Con-
necticut does likewise on Monday, April 1st.
These being the only State Elections that Oc-
cur before August, while each of these States
is nicely balanced in politics, they are naturally
regarded with lively interest by politicians
throughout the Union. New Hampshire was
in 1871 carried by the Democrats for the first
time since 1854 while Connecticut, which had
gone Democratic In 1870, went Republican by
a very small majority. 1t is obvious that the
vote in either State-unless reduced by in
clement weather-will be much heavier
this Spring than last, and that the result in
either is very doubtful. We notice that the
wire-workers of either party are under con-
ceTn Of mind for the fate of the other: Dem
Ocrats insisting that Republican triumph will
insure the denomination of Gen. Grant, while
Republicans retOrt that Democratic gains now
will insure the nomination of JEFF. Davis and
Breckinridge or Beauregard for President and
Vice-President by the exutant Democracy.
We apprehend that the votes of the masses
will be but slightly affected by these predic-
tiOns.
The terms of 0rris s. Ferry and James w.
Patterson, u. s. Senators from Connecticut
and New-Hampshire respectively, expire with
the present Congress, and their seats will be
filled for the six years ensuing by the Legisla-
lures about to be chosen. These gentlemen
had seen little public service out of their
respective States prior to their election to the
Senate, wherein they have chosen not to be
persistent speakers, while Mr.. Ferry has suf-
fered from chronic i'll health The name of
neither of them has thus been made
"TO ill the speakng-trump Of sounding Fame;"
80 that some intelligent readers may not
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27
PHNLSHLNG WITNESSE9

John Thomas, setting down his teapot, OBJ
serves in minor way:
seen Grant on the ith Of February ordered the Attor
to direct the prosecution of those officers IN
the New-York Custom-house who are alleged to haYe ro
ceived brbes from importers. In communicating THIS
order to the DlstrictAttOrney OF this DlstrlcL tAo
so framed 1t as 10 direct Proseeu-
ton Of tie persons o6cring The brides az
though it that this the intent OF tho
President. Whether it or not 1t Is certeh tnat "
not his intent to confne the prosecution 20 person,
offering tho brbes. Yet the presses bent on Dtca.nt
down Gen. Grant. immediately proclaimed tnat tAe
only response of tho President To the evidence OF
nesses."
We submit that this statement more than
warrants the severest expressions that any
press can possibly have used. The only OH
cial instruction received, 1t would appear from
this statement, was one to prosecute the wit
nesses; and there is no apparent certainty
that the President ordered anything else.
We desire TO speak with all possible
moderation but we do not see how any one
familiar with the facts can pronounce this
order other than infamous. Here is an Ad-
ministratiOn prating about Civil Service
Reform, yet permitting its chief CustOm-hOuse
to sink to such pass that, for the sake
of getting their business done at all
without loss, business men are forced to make
the bribery of officials as common as the pay
ment of gratuities to hotel walters. A Com
mittee to investigate, with the hope of reform,
comes on, and the merchants frankly testify
of their grievances, and the straits to which they
have been reduced. ThereupOn the Government
orders the prosecution for bribery-not OF the
corrupt officers, but of the luckless merchants
themselves Rob them tirst,-thrOw them into
Jail afterwards, if they dare complain,-that
seems to be the substance of the Civil Service
Reform thus far afforded. We do not choose
to add such further comments as the sub
iect amply warrants for we hope it
may prove that the President is mis-
represented in the above statement
by his liveried spokesman. But, on the above
showing, we aver that no word but infany
fits the nature of the treatment accorded the
merchants who have exposed an universal
practice in the hope of securing relief and
REFORM
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27

These men would willingly engage at s2O
month, and ship-owners would avail them
selves of their labor at this rate, but tne
landlords prevent. Thus sailors are outraged
and shipping and commerce crippled. 1t Is
in part to remedy these abuses that the
Shipping Commissioners bill has been intro-
duced into Congress. Petitions for Its imme.
date adoption, signed by the merchants OIL
Boston and York, and of almost every
other port on this coast, have been forwarded
through the Chambers of Commerce and
Boards of Trade Last year the bill passed
the Senate unanimously, but was not reached
in the House. Now it is favorably agreed
upon by the House Committee on Commerce.
and is to be reported when that Committee Is
called, probably on Wednesday. We nope tniS
important measure, so greatly affecting tIo
commerce of the larger ports and the welfare
of the seaman, will not be lost by longer
delay.
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27

One good result of the investigation into
the General Order business in this city, is
foreshadowed in the correspondence between
Collector Arthur and Secretary Boutwell,, pub
lished to-day. The Leet barnacles are to be
scraped of if possible, and the business is to
be conducted, according to the Secretary, with
view to the best accommodation OF the
merchants, after the primary consideration OF
the security of the Government has been
made. The result will. of course, be the
utter extinction of the hangers-on who pro-
cure their sustcnance through the Military Ring.
To be sure, they may yet find some means OF
circumventing the rules which are expected
to be applied to the details of the new scheme
but the public attention has been so closely
drawn to the business that we have hopes
that this time the Secretary's opposition to a
plan which is devised for the express purpose
of furnishing pap for special favOrtes will
not, as before, be found Intellectual.
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27

OF all the petty and utterly contemplate
resolutions of inquiry ever introduced in Con-
gress, none has ever gone so very low down
as Senator Conklings resolution to ascertain
from the President what recommendations to
Office have been mado by certain Senators.
1t may be possible that some of these gentle
men have made more such recommendations
than the paragon of excellence who thus
impudently inpugns their conduct and attempts
to revenge himself for their independence.
What of it7 Has the Senate Of the United
States sunk so low that it must employ its
time in hunting up these personal and unim-
portant PARTICULARS We might suggest, if it
were relevant, the names of half-a-dozen pro-
Administration Senators whose vote is in favor
of every jobbing bill, and whose time is chiefly
spent in mousing about the Departments; but
even in the controversy of dignifed journalism
such matters are thought trivial; how much
more trifing are they in the hands Of Sena-
tOr-a statesman
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27

THE TRIBUNE's recent exposure of the trat-
fic in fraudulent diplomas, and of the infamous
Philadelphia universities" has led to a
Legislative investigation, the evidence brought
to light amply sustaining tho charges made
by U.S. We confidently expect to hear from
Harrisburg of the immediate revocation OF
the charters which have been used to
cover such shameless rascality, and the
District Attorney of Philadelphia is herewith
assured that he cannot do the State better ser
vice than by devising some means of inflicting
condign punishment upon the miscreants who
have thus disgraced the medical profession,
into which they have burrowed, and outraged
the public by commissioning quacks and abor-
tionists to prey on the ignorant and unsus-
pecting.
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27

The overwhelming disclosures of Quarantine
corruption made before the Investigating
Committee derive additional weight from the
singular puerility of Dr. CarnOcban's defense.
Without even attempting to Tefute the charges
against him, he has sought to weaken their
force by summOning two or three of his sub
Ordinates, who naturally said nothing i'll of
their master; half dozen steamship men
whom he had not dared to blackmail or op-
press, and who, consequently, had no COM
plants to make; and a doctor or two who di-
lated readily upon the need of stringent
quarantine, but had no excuse to offer for the
shameless extOrtiOns that have driven one
third of Our Rio trade to Baltimore, in less
than two years. Enough has been conclusively
proved to warrant the instant removal Of the
Health Officer; and the Committee, which re-
turned yesterday to Albany, will fail in its
duty if 1t does not take steps promptly to Sc
cure the thorough reform of these Quarantine
abuses. Before adjOurning, the Committee
examined Commissioner Bell concerning the
expenditures of the Quarantine Board, as ex-
posed in yesterdays TRIBUNE. The witness
sought to justify some of these Outlays, but
was forced to admit that others were every
extravagant," and the whole matter will
doubtless be further investigated at Albany.
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27

Here is another Senator on the way ont OF
the Republican party. Mr.. Frclinghuysen has
spoken against Collector Murphy. Moreover
he says that that functionary was removed pre-
sumably for misconduct And this in the lace
of the Presidents letter accepting Mr.. Murphys
resignation, and assuring him that he the
President, with great pleasure, bore testimony
to "the efficiency, honesty, and zeal' with
which tho retiring Collector had discharged his
official duties. Senator Frelinghuysen must
correct his bearings or make up his mind that
he is on that road which leads out oil the
Republican party.
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27
Nsm!alotk Daily Gribatte
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1872.

riot is threatened in Antwerp 80 Five children
have been burned Halifax. -= Jesuit estab-
Lshment has been searched in Posen. 80 Subscrip-
Ons the vounteerfund continue to be made in France
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Nye spoke at length
the French frauds. - In the House. an investi-
EatiOn ordered into the French arms contracts.
The japanese Embassy have arrived in Chicago. -
bill for the repeal Of the Erie Classification has been
introduced in the State Assembly &C. An extensive
IRE has occurred near Springfield, Mass
Three jurors obtained for the trial OF Mavor
HaI. == The Stokes adjourned. - Dr.
CsrnOchan introduced evidence in his defense - The
condition Of the Seamens Retreat Staten Island WAS
Investigated. '- The Judiciary Committee took dam
aging testimony against Judge Cardozo - Gold
IIOi llO. llOi Thermometer. go, $50, 2Go
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27

Shipping merchants and agents complain
that, though the port is crowded with idle
sailors, and few ships enter and leave our
docks, the wages OF seamen are as high as in
the most prosperous and busy season. This
violation of the laws of supply and demand
is consequence of the evil influence of the
keepers of sailors boarding houses, who are
practically the shipping agents of the port,
and who refuse to let the poor fellows whom
they have in their power ship at any rate
lower than the regulation $50 month
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27

While the Senate is turning consideration of
the Sumner resolutions concerning the re-
ported sale of arms into political debate,
the House has passed resolution of investi-
cation. 1t is refreshing to turn from the high
sounding and wordy harangues of the pro-
Administration Senators to the cool, decided
action of the House. All that anybody has
ever asked for is an honest inquiry into the
Arms scandal, and that has been voted by the
Lower House, while Mr. Nye, the end man "
of the Senate, was turning the point of one of
7iis labOriOus jokes
New-York tribune., 1872-02-27

Judge BlatchfOrd delivered, yesterday, to
the Grand Jury of the United States Circuit
Court, timely and vigorous charge against
three current evils which stand in much need
of stringent repression. Salutary effect OF
the recent Custom-house investigation was
traceabe in his demand for the prompt and
" fearless" indictment of every one shown by
proper evidence to have been engaged IN
smuggling, while his charge i'll reference to
the taking of bribes by United States officials
pointed directly TO another glaring eVp
developed by the same inyestigatiCa.
In conclusion, Judge Blatchford called
for the enforcement of the statute
which imposes heavy fines upon National
Banks for the misdemeanOr of making
loans on greenbacks or national bank-notes as
securities, whereby currency is periodically
locked up" for the personal profit of few
unscrupulous spectators, and to the injury OF
the business community. BY a fortunate
coincidence the foreman of the Grand Jury is
ex- President Macy of the Park National Bank,
who has unusual qualifications for Judging Oh
at least ono of these evils, and who, we annci-
pate. will lend wise assistance III the mnch-
needed work of checking them.