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


On and after SATURDAY, July l, 1871. rs.
daily passenger trains will run between WASH
INGTON ard LYNCHBU RG, efrcting d"uhI.
dully connections through between NEW YORK
and NEW ORLEANS. At GordonSville con-
necton is made by mail train with the Chcs,.
pc:.kc and Ohio Railroad daily, sunday except
ed. to Richmond Stanton and the VIRGINIA
SPRINGS; at Lynchburg with Atlantic. Mis-.
sissippi and Ohio Railroad for the West anc.
Southwest. and at Washington for the NORTH.
and \ northwest
Leave Washington daily at G.55 a. m. and 5."Ci
D. m, and Alexandria at s II. m. and G2O p. M,
arriving at Lynchburg at 5.05 p. m. and n. m
Leave Lynchburg at . a. III. and ~ p. m, ar"
rive at Alexandria at 525 y. IN. and t. - a. m,
and at Washington at t. ID p. m and % a. m.
For MANASSAS DIVISION leave Washington
daily Excepting Sunday with main line train,
at 655 n. m. and Alexandria at 800 .. III
Leave Manassas junction at $3.50 n. M; pas
Strasburg at l2:4o p. m, and arrive at HARRISON
burg ut $40 p. m. connecting with Harmon .
Cos Stage Lines to StnunLon, Rawlcy Springs,
SC, Sc.
Eastward, leave Harrisonburg at 9:45 a. m
pass Strasburg ut l243 p. H., arrive at Manassas
Junction at 400 p. m, connecting with mmln
line through to Washington and the n rti are
West
Good connections, by comfortable coA:l.k So
made to Fairfax Court House from ta -
ton to Middcburg from Plains and to IT'S
Vile from Piedmont.
Both the Eastward and Westward boun! .r"It''
make close connection at Stra>burg M'Lh |:
Winchester and StraSburg Railroad to WIN. I"
ter, Harpcr,S Ferry, Cnpon Springs, &c,
Elegant sleeping cars are run daily b"tw"c"
New York and Lvnchburg, without change.
Also, cars through between Batiu pre- and
Lynchburg, avoiding the Inconvenience Of trans
fer in Washington.
Through tickets and baggage checked to ~
prDmlnpuL points.
J. NJ BROADUS,
jc 29-tf General Ticket Xs"lr
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-02-08

GROCERsES.
GORGE McBURNEY d son,
Dealers in
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GROCE-
RES, WINES AND LIQUORS,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE and BROWN
STOUT; ALSO EASTERN and POTO-
MAC HERRING and MACKEREL.
NOS. 1866 AND ITO KING STREET,
Washington Hall Buding,)
ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
Orders promptly filled. jan lo-tt
~ WV. RAMSAY.
WHOLESALE AND FAMILY GROCER,
TEA DEALER,
s. F.. cox KING AND ST. ASIPH S7'S.,
nov DIT Alexandria, VA
T G. MILBURN,
Wholesale and Retail
GROCER AND COMMISSION NERCUlNT,
NEW STORE,
No 10 North Royal ST., and cor Market alley,
Alexandria, Va.
The proximity of this store to the Market
House, 1.-THE centre of trade" will enable me to
obtain good prices for Flour, Grain and Country
Produce consigned to my care.
Consienments and orders for Groceries re-
spcctfuIy solicited. They will receive careful
and promnt attention. oct 2G-tf
, 1872-10-12

The sadly y-impracicable philanthropists who
chanics' and Artisans Clubs Of England. have
hampered them with an array Of rules fit only
for children Of very small growth The nutritious
glass Of beer and the soothing pipe have been
forbidden, and no game emore exciting than chess
or checkers has been allowed. The result has
been an air of shabby-gentility which has re-
PEELED everybody The mechanics and artisans
have preferred the neighboring ale-house. where
no officious patron or patroness Intermediates
with their enjoyment. How far that intermed-
ling may go is shown BY the rules We hare
mentioned, and by the fact that I deyout
patroness has occasionally thrust traets upon
the members OF 'sher club, may, has rushed in
upon them, with clergyman il leading,
strings; hustled checkers, chess. aud maga-
zines into the corner; sharply 1eprored the.
wretch whom she caughtsmodnga surreptitious
pipe up the chimney, land turned the (somewhat)
social gathering into an apparently endless
prayer-meeting. The Earl of Carnavon is lee
turing against these abuses of the original idea
Of such clubs. He very Hensibly says that their
members should be ~ free as those Of any other
club. Let them drink, smoke, play cards, bill
iards. do what they will This advice will be
received with holy horror by those people who
think that only rich men can enjoy themselves
as they wish without going to the bad but it is,
advice that should be followed, Il
ever we get civilized enough to establish c1uba
for our TorEingmen. or, more wisely, urge them
On to establish them for themselves.
, 1872-10-12

4 correspondent, writing from W;nooka, nli-
nois, inquiries what is the present condition OF
suffrage in the Southern States The right OF
voting at au elections is secured to all men,
white and black, except in certain States, as in
Arkansas, where, BY State Law, al persons are
disqualified who are disqualified from holding
Office under the Fourteenth Amendment Of the
Constitution. There is no restriction upon SUI
fsge because OF color in any State. The Forr-
teenth Amendment disquahfes no man from
voting; it excludes certain classes Of men from
holding Office, State or National Though Con-
eress has by law removed the restrictions upon
thousands in relation to office holding the State
laws, where they exist, continue to exclude such
persons from voting We have. therefore,
the remarkable fact Of many men in certain
States legally eligible to Office Jet disqualified
from voting, and, in other States. msny who may
vote, but are ineligible to Office. The
disfranchieement OF man as an Office
holder is denial to the people
Of the right to elect him if they SO de-
sired. After the Cincinnati Convention, Con-
gress passed bll1 which had previously been
rejected several times removing the disabilities
OF many under the Fourteenth Amendment, hat
the act Was not, general The exclusion OF
white voters was repealed in Missouri in 1877, and
in Tennessee in 1870, by the action OF these
StateB
, 1872-10-12

The Republican msjority in the Pennsylvania
Legislature, Oh joint ballot is about twenty-forr
The nominee Of the Republican CAUCUS will OF
courae be elected to tie United States Senate
VIII Simon Cameron be his oNn successor: Here
is nan whose long official career presents no
single zct OF statesmanahip; who Was the first
man to disgrace the Senate by buying Cin 1sa5)
his election thereto; who bought the L legislature
again in 1857; rho waH forced upon Lincoln as
Secretary Of Var, although his reputation Vas
even then 70 bad that the President asked:
s.What will the people think Of Honest Old Abe,
if he gives such man es Simon Cameron place
in his Cabinet;" who Was dismissed in disgrace
within year; who was formally censuzed
by the Hoase Of Representatives when Secretary
OF Var; who bought Ills third Senatorial cleo
tion in 1861; and who is neither q speaker, e
writer, nor thinker. His sole claim to q re-
election IT, that he supports Grant II this pitt
fnl pretext oyerrrles this shocking record, Grant
ism in Pennsylvania has indeed strangled Repub-
Ecanism.
The Philadelphia Press. commenting on this
result, eayB:
These local oppreasors are nov 6nth1uned and en-
treuched in power. Ar. Ce1Geruo NIL undoubtedly be
reelected United States Senator, armed With n9K
pz=rogaaves to Persecgte sad to punish, @ rs
izQ4 asaa F!p pe tasa UFo7 efss7 andspsaa-
, 1872-10-12

hlr. james T. Fields has established 3 course
OF free lectures to the women Of Boston. They
are to be delivered at the Institute Of Technolo-
gy. The opening one was given there last Sat-
urday by Mrs. Eduah D. Cheney. The hal,
which will seat $50 persons, held over thou
sand, aud as many more we're turned awaJ.
The whole audience WIS made up, with single
exception, of women. Enthusiastic paragraph
e1s call it the finest assembly ever gathered in q
lecture-room- Mrs. Cheney's discourse Was on
the relation Of women to English and American
literature. She ascribed the literary devel-
opment Of New England in great part
and rightly, Probably,-to the impulse
giren to the education OF her women, 40 years
ago, By Mrs- Child, Margaret Fuller, and Emer-
son. The other lectures for October will be by
E. F. Whipple, on English Noyelsts by joan
Weiss, On the Humor Of Shakespeare; and by DR..
Holmes, On English Versifcation- We hope
that, next year, while the average man and his
wife are laughing over the peculiaritiea Of tic
average lecture, cultured Chicago may hare such
course as this.
, 1872-10-12

The Gladstone Administration seems deter
mined to limit the liberty Of the press- Ita
solemn 81 warning" to some Irish papers has
been followed BY the refusal Of the Postmaster
General to allow Bradlaugh's Journal to be
ssxegistered for transmission abroad" This
amounts merely to refusal to give it the ad-
vantage OF the lowest postal rates. fit had not
been for the Governments petty prosecutions of
this man Bradlaugh: he would be unknown
outside Of England. As it is, his name is proba-
bly, as familiar to the average American as that
OF Gladstone. It is but a short time since Mr.
Scudamore, Manager Of the Government Tele-
graphs; forbade the transmission Of some tele-
grams that seemed to him Objectionable. This
incident should give food for thought to those
who wiah to give cur Government the superv;s-
ion of the telegraph. Imagine Creswell (re-
tanned at the head Of affairs, because the stuffed
ballot-boxes of Philadelphia have endorsed
him) deciding what messages should ke sent.
When somebody telegraphed: Send afidavits
to pro7e CreswelPs completely in that straw-bid
job or: 'sSend word to Dawes. Creswell is try
ing to pay the ChoEpenning Claim" the forms
would be dropped into the waste-paper basket,
and the attempt to check the fraud would be
checkmated.
, 1872-10-12

It WIS no credit to the Engineer OF the s.eam-
er Dean Richmond and the State Inspectors, it
seems, that the happy tourists who crowded that
steamer On the occasion of its recent mishap On
the Hudson we're not blown into fragments or
scalded to death in the thorough fashion with
which people have been fa1niliarized by
such accidents as that OF the West
field Although the boiler WAS known
to be worn and fragile, it had been tested only
once within s year. No comfort need be taken
by travellers in the assurance that hereafter
such boilers shall be inspected more fre-
quently. Such things are always said after
these deplorab1e murders, and never attended to
before they happen Indeed. it is idle to e1-
pecs safety from official routine inspec-
ton, when engineers, who know that their lives
are certain to be the forfeit Of negligence
whether passengers escape or not, sit calmly be-
fora bnlging boilers or drive their locomotives
over ncketty and rotten trestle-work- No inspec-
ton can be more searching than the instinct Of
self preservation, and, if that fails, We mnst
submit to our periodic slaughters and await the
gradual growth Of safeguards that science Hill
give US.
, 1872-10-12

By going away from home to get the newe, ~
learn from an English Periodical that Pzofeasor
Lapham, Of the United States Telegraph Ser
vice, has published report On the forsst-fraa
Of last year. He believes that all opr prsiriaa
were originally wooded, and that they hava
been cleared wholly by fire, which,
he says, destroys everything On and in them az
cept the roots OF the bufalo-srass. Sincs this
is so, it follows that the land is perfectly we'll
adapted for timber,,growth. II trees arc plant
ed and protected, they will flourish. We may
add that the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company
has elevated this theory to practice by setting
out thousands Of aaplings along it's line, where
they have thriyen well. The same theory haa
also been presented by Judge Cation end othsr
American writer's.
, 1872-10-12

The Chicago produce markets we're moderately
active yesterday: with few Important changes in
prices Mess pork Was steady and more active,
1t S14.25@14-50 for regular, and easier for fu-
ture delivery. closing at S12.75 seller March.
Lard was nominally steady. at s}1z@s73c for VIM
ter, and &c for summer rendered. Meats we're
nominal at 67s@631c for shoulders, and 1890
.01fc for short ribs Highwines more active,
asd steady at ss31zc per gallon Lake freights
we're more active at 1c decline, at 16c for corn
BY sail to Buffalo, Flour WIS steady, but less
active. Wheat was in fair demand and averaged
b shade higher: closing at $1.13E seller the
month or cash, and s1-1s seller the
yesr. Corn Was moderately active, and
steady, closing at s3s6c for regular No. 9, and
3i77zc seller November. Oats we're dull and
easier, closing at 21sc for seller the month, and
23@237sc seller November. Rye was quiet but
frmer, closing with holders st &C. Barley WIS
moderately active, hut weak, closing at 6z3zc for
No. 2, and Soc for No. 8. The hog trade con-
tinues active, with prices hrm, at S4.40@5.D0 for
inferior to CHOICE In the cattle market there
Was activity and f11mness. sales being readily
effected at the advance noted earlier in the week
Sheen vere firm at SO 5O65 Is
, 1872-10-12

Mr.. Malam, Of Scarborough, England, owns =
painting which is said to represent the Wedding
Of Shakespeare. The marriage ceremony ii
going on in an inner room, seen through an
open door. In the foreground are an old man and
woman, supposed BY Mr. Malam to be the pa-
rents Of Anne Hathaway. weighing out gold and
silver, presumably for her dowry, although tra-
dition tells us that this was OF little va1ue.
These two figures are believed to be por-
traits, but the marriage group seams
to have been afterwards added to the origins
picture. Experts are to decide this question.
In the upper 1eft-hand column is the following,
Rare Lynnn;ngs with us dothe make apre1e
The marriage Of Anne Hathaway with William 8hzEa
HpGrS.
, 1872-10-12

ploaed because there Was not enough water in
it, Or that certain steamer took fire because
the Captain WAS too negligent or too ignorant to
e1tnguish it, and here the investigation ends,
which ia just as consistent as it would be to
close murder investigation with the finding OF
the Coroner's jury. The public care nothing
for the cause Of the calamity. That does not
compensate for the loss Of life, or give
any guarantee for future safety. The
Government Investigation may OF
may not prevent disasters That is an open
question; hut, at least, in establishing q cause
it should locate and define the circumstances
which operated TO produce that cause, and should
punish the parties who are guilty. In every
ono OF the three investigations above named the
only object which appears is defence of the
Steamboat Inspectors. As long as Government
Investigations are conducted with this end in
view, they are Of no practical use- They should
be instituted for some definite purpose, or they
might as well be discontinued entirely.
, 1872-10-12

What could be more natural and touching
than Prince Napoleon's wish to spend his clos
ing days in his native France7 But Theirs,
who was never very susceptible. ia not to be
caught By any such sentimental char. He
knows full we'll that, if the Prince stays in the
French Capital, be will betake himself to
intrigqa sssth all the abandon of Napo-
leon. and with q steady eye upon the supreme
seat- The Bonapartes have E well-tried pro-
gramme which has never yet failed Beginning
with an unostentatious seat in the National As
semb1y, they glide mp: through the various grades
Of power; until they reach the highest elective
position, which they then elect to make perma-
nent- 1t Vas thus Napoleon passed from Deputy
to President, and from President to Emperor
neither Of which places Prince Napoleon is like
II to be called to I'LL
, 1872-10-12

i Investigations would prevent steamboat ae-
cidents, the travelling public might congratulate
itself that hereafter it might journey with per-
feet immunity from being blown up burned mp.
or drowned. There hare now been, within few
days, Investigations made by the Gorarnment of
the disasters to the A1esis, the Bienvie. mud the
Dean Richmond. none Of which, however, have
developed any facts which were not already
known to the public The general presumption g
in cases Of investigation by the Government,
under the provisions Of the Steamboat law, is,
that it has been instituted with the view
Of Furnishing some one for negligence,
aud protecting the travelling public
BY enforcing penalties for violation
Of law. While this is reasonable presumption,
it is not 3 safe inference The Investigations
establish cause, perhaps, but never a conse-
quence. After long and tedious testimony, the
investigation discovers that certain boiler OK.
, 1872-10-12

Many hearts viii be saddened BY the death Of
Fanny Fern CA1ra. James Parton): which Is az
nounced by telegraph this morning. among
the lady-N1iters Of the present day ahe held II
not high place, q respectable and warm one
in the hearts Of thousands of renders. Her lit
tie volume Of ssFern Leaves ~ had an extraordi-
a1y sale IN it's day, as did also her later volume
4sRuth Hail." whose principal male character
@as supposed to stand for her brother, N. T.
willis, who appeared, under the character OF
HJacinth, as selfish and heartless dandy Her
later writings have appeared IN the New York
Ledger, to which she has been regular con-
.tributur for some years
, 1872-10-12

In 1886, ar. Darwin held the position Of
naturalist in Il scientific expedition sent by tha
British Government to South America. Hia
first work Of importance was history Of ha
observations On that trip. He stated in
it his belief that the whole south
American Continent was slowly rising. T;lia
Was aneered at then; but, like some other
statements by h1r. Darwin, the lapse of time is
proving it's truth. The apparent sinking of
the Andes is really the rising of the table-land
around them. Again, the group Of small
islands known as Fernando Noronha, 1874 uilas
east of Cape San Rogue, in Brazil, shows sIgns
OF 3 steady upheaval. It is connected with tha
mainland by long ledge Of rock, which, it ia
predicted, will some day afford secure passage
from the islands to the cape,
, 1872-10-12

a story is related Of French Countess who re-
Gently died. that at different times in her life she
Tas placed in very sorrowfu1 circumstances. On
one occasion her condition became so gloomy, aud
her friends 80 few, that she dete,1i9ed to com
nit suicide. Having hearG taat those who threw
themselves from THO bridges into the Seine were
likely to be rescued, abe chose spot.where she
was not likely to be interrupted, and where the
water gradually deepened, and selected very
dark night. She went down to the brink and
commenced Nadin9 in, wheR abe audden-
, 1872-10-12

Nnen so many men are running for Office: it ia
a pleasing spectacle to zee an Office in pursuit
OF man; but to see two Offices of dignity and
influence in rival pursuit Of one man is : reas-
.zur7ng sight that would be weleome
oftener. Mr. Abra1n r Lawrence, OF
New York, is one Of the rare men who
sra in such demand. He Vas named. the other
adv, as one Of the most eligible candidates for a
Supreme Court Judgeship, and is now wanted
for the a1ayoralty- Under his administration in
The City Hall the citizens Of New York would be
secure from such scandals IS that afforded yee~
tzrday. by the attempt Of an Attorney General
TO obtain an Indictment against Mayor ssho sat
11uaisturbe1 the while.
, 1872-10-12

Two-thirds of which hes disappeared in the
canvass- At least 0,00O Republicans Of Ohio
have voted sgainst Grants policy, il we suppose
that al the Democrats voted. Whatever quota
Of Democrats failed to vote, so many additional
Republicans, over the 10000, must have voted
the Liberal ticket to make the result what It
was. In Indiana, the Bourbon element, and E
new negro vote Of 1000, were both overcome
az to Hendricks, by the accession OF Liberal Be
publican votes. Onr. Central Committee count
ed the latter at 5000 within the week before
the CANVASS. In au the Northern October
States, therefore: the progress Of opinion ID to-
ward the Liberal movement, and indorses it.
The najorities are the result OF the new colored
vote, the power Of money, and the Bourbon
ism that opposes Grant at heart, though it's
failure to vote counts in his favor.
In discussing the effect OF the elections, the
Nsw York Herald further says:
The popular sentiment in the North demands re-
versal q the policy OF oppression and revenge b5
tain control oi the votes Of the Southern States.
President Grant must not mistake the verdict Of the
people Athopgh y eivza IN biz favor !. !;
advisers The American nation has not Jet
forgotten the great service be rendered to the Union
the hero who carried the Union arms to victory and
struck down into the dust the monster o1 rebellion.
term equal freedom and SELF for the South
insist that the white men Of the South shall Be restored
to the same rights enjoyed By the white men o1 the
North The Felesa1 Administration must
longer hold one section Of the country by
the throat under the pEeteuce Of securing the political
rights o{ the negro race. Whites and blacks must l
taught Is their o~n Will and for ther own good, to
live together in peace md must learn that their inter
ests citizens 6f Stste are identical Thus aons
real peace be secured, and substantial safety be
enjoyed by men OF al color alka-
Strongly and Justly as this advice would COM
mend itself to statesman, we fear that P1eai-
dent Grant, and more especially his intimate
advisers, have not the qualities which vonld in
duce them to follow it.
, 1872-10-12

f1a aiafarhnn7 of yrnrnan.9u Frapa horn at 1e at
,,nnged ;nto no1;t;cs na11-maT H;tha,to tnav
have horered nnon the raroa Thav hsra 1,are
.na thare ,nanaoea n ea3 i,t,orsaa 40 s;1ent
a.+,,a. - =; t,,s caa+ e,,,aa-. .1.e-a .,ss. -.
t1r;ca ,doaI7 in a reao1nt;o1. and aerar,1 ti,oea
t,.-,o -.ot sa.ts ~, rlatfo,s 1.+ 49, teo,, .~-
1,a1,a5 IN -a7oo;n nn+o-a 1nnciao ~ a1o-, nv
~ r. ,rhara .o -,,cb +,,t;n,- --as ,,,;..- ~,
rh;ch rorst haza baoo the x.erv ef,esr,a3,+ ~
crna,tv The Ancient Mariner xr;t., wstar
.ra.a- a,-..r--rh.-. s,,d NJ 5,o~,+ .o-,3
hsrl,. h.-a a,,fYs1al3 1nora +b.r Haaa .-ol;t;ors
fa1n,ies Win ta1hine ts1lino averrr.tara ~
mt a chanca IN tsit Nov +ba+ tha ;oa 10
broken. however ve mav exnect 1one.
nent-nn Yesnyins tn snoka and h1asa
With reneved vipor. The e,r,ntion commenced
in Now York - few avan;noa a;,ca r,a
nv+bonaaaaa tarir, haar, r.fnaed on ,,no-+,r;t,,
to talk in the masculine meetings ont m one NJ
their Own Tiled the hall secnre5 = nossa ~ NJ
1;cemen to 1rntect them and then and thera
commenced the annihilation Of Greeley. The
snaaters wara ihe o1d carnnaiona,a of f3ftv aurc-
ners- corared With 1cara recera3 IN tta wara ~
tho Soroses and h,azin,r with vr,t,, At Tho
mu1stea v.onss which had been pi]ea nnon them
bv the Tvrant a1an- for wnose ind;cn;ties. c,na,-
ties and onnreasions the saoe NJ f,annao,,. ,pna
meda the ranrasentat;va and ecanagoa+ rhora
vera Mrs. Csdv Stanton WIN anneerad bv 7,r,,7r
in the nerson of a LAWYER ritf a rod ,,ecrt;a
and are-c1assps. Tsahe1'a Raecba~ Hoo1s~.
Ti,lv Derera,n1 p,are. Rer o,r,n-;a
R,o1rn. a1,+;ld, 1,s1vr, r.na. ~ g.
o,n a,,tbonv +ha 1,a,o - .,,1.,>o-,osa
f;sh+a .vbo zrent nnon ho- rnaas - 49, h,ana
1,;1oso,,hsr ~ T,,a1.,aona -. .a..1, 10 ~. aa,..
aa-r ;rea-a=a;a. saa, ~ ~ so'" 4os -.sAe
@:..:-r 49,. - .",, 40 A--ut, 1oa' ~ "o7 .
-. -, - w e1ao npeAn ~. y, "onen'
anu -, nAu Il ~ Ss1s o"n WY anu toey were
au.aa a.! 4ul ulan. 1ne onis speaser VINO ola nos
u:,1a,sas uaeses a. tnH sun 'osal oi a. nllhan
sna lAu1es "as Mlss An1hony' VINO e''aen1ty n1a
oe*'n soue"n&s' p,epossesseo III ai7 1a'o. ai'ei
ne' nss7s'1ew WIN h1n'' ooe not snhcien1ls 10
shenase rs her from her support OF Grant.
rne ,.ea appearance Oh these women N Tue he!o o1
% poh1es m&sks :,, 3 he~ err, or a. one OF .ne