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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12
Weather Probabilities.

WASHINGTON, Nov. II, | ! a. 10.
For the Southern States, southwesterly
winds, vcering to northwesterly, increasing
cloudine>s aud occasional rain. For the Mid,
die States winds veering to southwesterly aud
northwe>lerly, falling temperature, cloudy
weather and rain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12
Stabbed by His Father.

PATERSON, Nov. l2-Wm. Lewis was dan
gelvusiy stabbed yesterday BY his -tep-tather,
Wm. Goode The latter was beating his wife,
whcu the former interfered to save his mother.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12
The Markets..

New YORK, Nov l2.--Stocks active Gold i.
Money ja6. Flour dull. Wheat firm. Corn
strong.
BALTIMORE, Nov. - va. skies, consodat-
ed, II bid to-day. Cotton tirmer; low middlings
l3Ial3i. Flour depressed aud unchanged.
Wheat active and steady; white choice 100; fair
to prime do. l40al55; choice amber 100; good
to prime red l50al55; common to fair do. l20a
40; OHIO and Indiana l25al35; amber West
ern l45. Corn quiet; white Southern 74a76;
yellow do 63a67; new do 52a62: mixed West
cru GO. Oats fairly active; Southern -i6a50;
Western mixed 45a41; do white 46a49. Rye
quiet at SOa90 Hay dull at 2oa23. Provisions
quiet and shade better feeling.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12

A XES, AXE HANDLES, WOOD SAWS
~ Wood Horses, Jupanned and Galvanized
Coal Hods, Coal and Grain Scoops, Ash Shoveis
for stoves, Shovels and Tongs, Fire Dogs or And
i1ons Ash Sitters and Sleeves, and large line 81
other desirable and sc,sonabc goods, for sale
wholesale and retail by.
JAS. f. CARLIN & SONS,
60 King st next to Miller's China Store
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12
Nomination.

BosToN, Nov. l2-Samuel G. Cobb, has
been nominated for Mayor OF Boston at citi-
zeus meeting Of Republicans aud Democrats.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12

WooDLAwS AGRICULTURAL Society. AT
the last monthly meeting Of this society pro
position was made for procuring steamboat
10 run in the interests of the farmers along the
Potomac, and FIVE thousand dollars were sub
scribed aud two thousand more pledged. 1t
was proposed to organize the Eastern Virginia
Agricultural Society and to procure charter
for the same, and have fair and exhibition at
some suitable place. Alexandria ought to be
the pIact
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12
LOCAL NEWS.

CHRIST CHURCH CENTENNIAL. The South
crn Churchman contains the following card:
The Centennial year of Christ Church. Alex
audria, will be celebrated by appropriate seryi-
ces on the evenings OF Nov. 20h and 2lst 1t
is proposed to hold Reunion Communion SER
vice on the evening Of the Dist lust, to which
all who have at any time been Communicates
Of Christ Church are specially Invited.
The Rector and Festry extend, also, Il cor
dial invitation to the clergy and PARTICULAR y to
those who have been ordained in this church
to be their guests and participate 10 the scrvi-
ces TO be held. Such as intend to be pre- ent are
requested to notify the undersigned promptly.
r. Fl. MCklM, Rector
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12

DEBATING SOCIETY The Patrick Henry
Society OFFS Johns Academy has been re.
organized for the winter, with the following Of
Gcers, viz Charles f. Markell, President
William Purngton Vice President \ Cor
don Jones. Secretary; VIM. II, Miller, Treas
urer. S. Chapman Neale, esd. President of
the Society Of Old Students of St John 5
Academy" and former mem bcrs Of the Pat
rick Henry, has promised handsome gold
medal at Commencement. to the best debatvr,
and an active competition for it Is expected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12

CORPORATION COURT -Judgc T. " Lorc
presiding. Wallace VS.. Kcphart ct ais; in
chancery; decree confirming sale of lands. and
ordering sale Of other property, and continued.
Edmund Burke vs. John III. Gheen; chanccry
attachment decree against defendant fer $ 80,
and on failure to pay in sixty days, order for
sale of house belonging to defendant on King,
between Fairfax and Water streets.
Fisher ct ais VS.. Gray ct ais. in chanccry;
decree declaring that the purchase made at the
trustees sale in the proceedings mentioned,
was for the benefit Of the Mutual Building As
ISOLATION, and directing upon the plaintiffs pay
ing within sixty days to the defendants or their
assignees the sum Of 81 $40. 81 with interest 90
1861 from August u, 1869, and Oh $685. 50
from May %, 1870 less the amount Of $3.50. 33
for rents, that the land mentioned in proceed
iogs be conveyed to L. B. Taylor, in trust for
said association; execution Of decree stayed GO
days upon defendants or some one for them
giving bond 10 Is days 10 the penalty Of 5000.
Court adjourned till court in course.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12
The e'Our(S.

CIRCUIT Court FOR TIE COUNTY -Jn1gc
Keith presiding Com. vs.. Mills Statia color
ed, for assauIting and robbog an old man named
Francis Mckcnny, was seut to the pcnitcniary
for seven years.
Com. vs.. Allen Campbell, colored, for as.
saultiug with intent to kill VIM. Green, also
colorcd, was fucd FIVE dollars and discharged.
The court adjourned till 10 clock to-mor-
row when the docket will be called.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12
DErEsTIoN OF THE WASHINGTON AND AL

DETENTION OF THE " WASHINGTON AND Az
EXANDRIA TRAINS The o'clock trains on
the Alexandria and Washington Railroad yes
terday evening were delayed sometime at the
northeru end of the Long Bridge, by the run
ming off and breaking down of une Of the cars
of cattle train, on the single track on Mary
land Avenue just above the bridge After an
hours delay as it was found impossible to
speedily remove the obstruction, the passen
gers on the trains were transferred, aud the
passenger trains were backed to their destua
tious, the Washington bound train arriving
about 7:45 p. m, and the Alexandria bouud
train reaching this city sh nrtIy afic, S 0 clock.
The trains are running ON time to-day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12

JrDGEUNDERWOoD. A dispatch from Rich
mond, dated yesterday, says: Judge }. &.
Underwood, of the u. s District Court, was
assaulted here to-day by Dir. ". \. McE eigh.
former owner Of the property in Acxandria
purchased under the coniscailon act by Under
wood \ few blows were administered b. Nc
Weigh There was no resistance whatever on
the part Of Underwood McEeigh called the
Judg &c hypocrite and scounIre, and charged
him with robbiug him and making his family
pauperS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12

JUDICIAL QUESTION AS the charter Of the
city says members of the Board Of Aldermen
must live in the wards they represent, and as
the laws Of the United States provide that
Judges of the y. S. District Court must reside
u their district. people not verseG in the law
begin to enquire how it is that Judge Under-
wood, who has vacated Mr.. McVclg his house,
and rented it to other parties, aud who has
rented IA house in Washington and lives there
with his family, can either represent the 4th
Ward in the City Council OF Alexandria, or be
the Judge of the Eastern District OF Virginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-12

DIsoRDERLY PROCEEDINGS AT WEST END. -
The prevailing quietness Of the usually orderly
suburb, West End, was disturbed considerably
yesterday by the manifestation Of the fighting
instincts of some of its dcnizen> and habilucs
\ party of Pohickers, on their way houlc, fell
out there, and in the lang raEe Of an interested
spectator, 81 tit the rub, a butcher AMI drov-
or threatened to demoll,h each other with rocks
and make widows Of their wives and orphans
Of their children, and tavern keeper struck a
colored man so hard as to dIslocate his own
wrist
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13

LISTENING to bird sounds, wind
whispers and rustling leaves, ones
attention is suddenly called by an
other scene. On the air like the
echoes, far off, yet close by, one can
not think where it is, we become CON
scious Of an odor, sweet and pervad-
ing, that is at once delicious and in
spring. 1t may be the "Perfume
like thousand Juncs' but it is con
densed into this June.
We search and there are many
fragrant plants, many sweet flowers
and the dewy evening air seems to
mingle their odOrs in the most deli
cate and harmonious proportion.
Wonderful are the capacities Of en-
ioyment bestowed on us. Wonder
full and mysterious the separate
senses. 50 different, so entirely discon-
nected, and each opening into a
world Of experience and observation
which to any or all Of the others
would be utterly closed and incom-
prehensible. 1t seems impossible to
imagine another sense just as it
would have been to imagine any Of
these and their uses if they had been
hitherto unknown.
The evening air laden with sweet
ness. the fresh, dewy morning bright
and joyous after the rest Of the night,
hold delight in their balmy breath,
but noisome stenches come to US
through the same avenue from the
outer to the inner world. The knowl-
edge Of good and evil extends even
here and warns us Of dangers to be
avoided, Of evils to be removed or
overcome. OF disease and death and
decay. We need not only to keep
our hearts pure" but our senses as
well, each in its perfection for the
enjoyment of present good and the
or avoidance Of danger or
calamity that we know of only thro'
them.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13
IQcendiariSn1.

The National Board of Fire Under
writers, at their late meeting in the
City Of New York, resolved to raise d
fund Of 100000 for the detection. con
viction and punishment of parties en-
gagged in the nefarious business of III
cendiarism and arson. The Executive
Committee of that Board, at their meet
ing on May l4th, 1873, carried out the
resolution and opened the subscription.
We hail this movement as a step in
the right direction and condemn the
action as one not only likely to benefit
Underwriters. but also to protect the
public from wholesale loss. This action
is the more important when it is re-
membered that the experience of the
large companies transacting the bust
ness of fire insurance in the United
States shows that the proportion of loss
to be attributed to the above causes is
not less than So per cent. of the whole,
OF loss to the country OF at least
twenty-five millions Of dollars per an
num.-Ercajng Bulletin.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13

body can out do the savage Anglo
American.
This treachery to the Government
which accepted their proti'ered aid to
capture the Modocs is evidently part
of the scheme of the desperadoes of
the West. to prevent any ending Of
Indian wars, to Illustrate every at
tempt of the Government to keep
faith with the Indians, to make the
difficulties with all Indian tribes i'm
possible to settle.
If obliged to live in any frontier
land we should fear and dread the
white savages far more than the red
ones. even with such deeds as this to
rouse all the evil that is in them.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13
Pensions.

"Republics are ungrateful," it is
said. Perhaps monarchies are no
less so, but they do not concern US.
But when we think Of the noble en-
thusiasm with which our people
rushed to the rescue Of the life Of the
nation only a few years ago; Of the
eager, warm sympathy with which
we who could not 90 promised care
and support to the families and inter
ests they left unprotected; and how
everybody. from the remotest borders
to the government at Washington.
repeated and endorsed these prom
ises, we are ready to hide our heads
with shame to see how soon they
were forgotten or neglected.
There was no talk then about
whether a man "could make more by
attending to his private business
no telling that "a man could not be
expected to serve the public unless
reasonably paid mo osaying by them,
although it was far more true of sol
diers than Of legislators, that the
nation was mot niggardIy and would
not begrudge a proper remuneration"
to its servants. No. there was no
need; there was manlincss and
patriotism and heroic devotion in
thousands, millions of hearts where
we would not have looked for them.
and so the country was saved and we
pay to the manned, the helpless, the
widows and the old mothers a paltry
pittance; a tenth or a fftieth or a
hundredth part ofwhat our legislators
or judges or congressman value their
services at.
Our brave soldiers suffered want
and privation, and to our shame and
sorrow, their families and many of
them who survive are still pinched
with poverty and difficulty; but not
one, so far as we know, regrets the
sacrifice or begrudges its great cost.
Is not this because there is a sus
tanning power in a great purpose,
worthy devotion?
They take their pittance and out
OF it pay their share Of the taxes that
support the government and they do
not complain. But not the less
should we blush to offer it to them.
1t should be, doubtless we all feel
it so, the least we should do to place
all our soldiers and their families in
ease and comfort, or furnish them
with such a pension as might with
good management make them so and
so secured that it could not be souan-
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13

THE readers of the Journal may
be interested in the following extract
from a private letter, written by a
young teacher a few hundred miles
away. The article is the one on
Rest. letter in the paper Of May B.
yesterday my mail consisted Of
the POTTER JOURNAL. | went up
stairs feeling a hUtIe unsatisfed and
restless, opened it and found just
the word, the thought / needed. 1t
was strong and good, full Of help and
rest. | enjoyed it alone until my
cup ran over and then called
to share ii with me. The JOURNAL
has a good "Fucnd" and l wish she
would write often. The suggestion
in your letter to read the piece made
me resolve to read it soon and know
INC q little Of the author will lend
fresh interest. | asked Fannie this
evening to read it. ! thought it was
just what she needed and l hope it
may be as much to her as it was to
me-"
We hope none of our readers fail
to read these letters from Friend of
the JOURNAL" They will do US all
good. =
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13

THoUGH our own school closed so
quietly and our Literary Society
seems to be, like one of baby Mid
gets "husbands," =" Every dead we
get bright, CHEEKY announcements Of
literary life and doings from else
where, showing that school festivals
and windings-up are still used and
made very interesting. Here comes
a card with a monogram in such
dainty style that it seems as though
some Of our friends were just mar
ried; but instead Of that it bears the
" Compliments Of the Amaranthine
Literary Society" Of Wilmington,
Delaware, for June 9th, at O'Clock.
Very sorry. we cannot attend.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13

dered by those who are careless or
idle. The bare neeessaries of life
are not enough for our brave defend
ers while anybody in the land enjoys
its luxuries, certainly not while any
public servantenjoys them. 4 wound
ed soldier has as much need OF
home and comforts, Of wife and
children, of the sweet joys and cares
of domestic life as others have, and
all the more for the years of pain and
suffering he has passed.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13
The POTTER JOURNAL
AND
n Z w . 1T Z M
coUDERsP PORT. Pa, june 1s, 1878
A Burning Shame.

Again we hear news of dastardly
outrage committed, it is said, by some
Oregon volunteers in killing unarmed
prisoners who had surrendered. This
savage and cowardly act, if committed
by the Modocs or any other savage
people would have raised an outcry
over the whole country, but white
people, calling themselves civilized
and enlightened, some Of whom may
have had christian mothers or
friends, some may have gone to
church, possibly to Sabbath school.
or read or even had a Bible, these
have shown themselves the equals in
heartless, inhuman butchery Of any
savage, heathen people under the
sun. They are like those who this
spring, in Louisiana, burnedout and
then shot down and beat to death
those who politically thought differ
emily from them and both horrors
60 to show that in dastardly mean
ness aud blood-thirsty cowardice no
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13
THE Oleaa Times says:

At the Library Association Soci-
able not only Ice Cream, but Straw
berries will be furnished and the
OIean Brass Band will furnish good
music, for which they are noted.
Everybody should attend the .ce
Cream and Strawberry Festival for
the benefit Of the Public Library. at
the Town Hall next Wednesday even
ing. The proceeds will be immedi-
ately used for the purchase Of new
books. The affair should, Of right,
net the association two or three hun
dred dollars. Let no one stay away.
1t is very interesting to hear of
some Library Association getting up
a celebration or festival.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13

Two little steps toward universal
liberty are announced by telegraph
this morning; the Governor Of the
Spanish West India Island Of Porto
Rico has authorized meetings Of the
people for all lawful purposes, and
the Government Of the Central Ameri-
can Republic of Guatemala has ac-
corded religious liberty to the inhab-
itants Of that State. Small favCrs
thankfully received and larger ones
in proportion.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13
New Cure for Insanity.

\ new cure for insanity has been dis
covered. 4 few days ago q handsome
young Irishman, of y years. was taken
to an insane hospital in New York. a
raving maniac. He was thrust into one
of the cells in the lower part OF the build
ing and with great difficulty piuioned
to his bed. He yelled and struggled at
such a rate that he was ordered to be
put into a straight jacket. The next
morning, While the physicians were try
ing to devise some proper treatment.
the warden sent for the young mans
sweetheart and in an hours time pref
ty blue-eyed Irish girl. blushing and
came to the warden and said
she guessed she was 1.-THE ONLY swate-
heart Peter had" Slipping into the
cell of the mailman, she went to his
bedside, put her arm about his neck
and kissed him. He ceased to struggle
and became quiet. She sm0othed his
forehead, gently stroked his face, and
fed him as though he were a child. The
hearty warden watched with delight the
progress Of his remedy, which he called
homeopathic. At O'Clock, when the
rosy little physician kissed her patient
g0od-by, lie was as sane as ever he was.
The warden now warrants a cure in
every case Of insanity where the patient
l,gc a l,,-fa+ Is.t,-+
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13

REPORTS Of cholera come from
Louisiana and Mississippi and the
scarcely less alarming disease, spot
ted fever, is raging in many parts of
the Western States. If only these
reports and alarms make us more
careful to live rightly and wisely, to
make no needless exposures Of our
own health, OF require none Of those
who are connected with US. they Will
be beneficial to us all.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13

presented a needle gun at Fairchild say
ing, Get down you old white-headed
-" by what authority?n said
Fairchild. by mine. am going to
kill the Indians and you too, " was the
reply. The leader caught hold of the
mules and unhitched them, cutting the
harness. Fairchild, clinging to the
lines, leaped to the ground.
The poor wretches implored for mer-
cy, and begged Fairchild to save them.
The warriors We're unarmed and knew
that resistance was useless. They were
the coolest in the party, although facing
inevitable death, but the women and
children shrieked, groaned and wept
piteously. FairchiId had nothing but
a small pistol, and six inches from his
ear was the muZzle of the needle gun.
He says that tears came into his eyes
and he mingled his entreatIes with those
of the Modocs, in hopes that d massacre
might be avoided. lie adds: at was a
terrible scene, one l shall never forget
/ shudder whea | think of what l saw
and heard. The fearful voices of those
women and children still ring in my
ears.
Bat the c0wardly hounds were not to
be balked 4 shot, and Little John lay
dead in the wagon with bullet in his
brain. The mules dashed away with
Fairchild, who became entangIed in the
lines. Five more shots. by which Te-
hee Jack, Pony and Mooch were killed
and Little Johns squaw frightfully
wounded IN the shoulder. Away ahead
on the road in the direction of Boyle's
Camp a cloud Of dust was perceived,
indicating the approach of a team.
Tie murderers espied the dust and
shortly afterwards were riding rapidly
away.
Sergeant Murphy, Of Battery G, 4th
Artillery, with ten men and a teamster
came upon the scene of the massacre.
Tie Sergeant took charge Of affairs and
remained with his men on the ground.
Fairchild, tie teamster and the wound
ed squaW with her two children came
in at two O'Clock this morning. Fair
child reached General Davis headquar-
ters and related his story. Teams with
an escort were at once sent to bring in
the prisoners. dead and alive.
No steps were taken for the appre-
heusion of the fellows who performed
the bloody work. 1t is generally sup
posed that the guilty parties were Ore
gon volunteers. Fairchild is Of that
opinion himself. The warriors killed
were not charged with murder. Those
who know them best say they have only
participated in open fights. Every one
here recondemns theatfairas atrocious and
without amy excuse.
There is no doubt but that the mur-
ders were carried out upon a carefully
arranged plan, as Fairchild noticed
horsemen on the road ahead and behind
him when the shots were fired. Had
John Faircllild, instead of james. been
present, another murder might have
been added to the list, as the Oregon
ians are bitter in theiI hatred to john,
the old man. and other CaIifornians.
The Warm Spring Indians have only
a few weeks longer to serve. Sergeant
Clinton is fast failing.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-06-13

If we let fear or anxiety wear
away any portion Of yigor or strength
that we might possess, it viii be a
preparation for the ravages of dis
ease should 1t come near US. For
two years there have been threats Of
cholera but it has not come. Wheth-
er it is coming this summer or not,
let Us be temperate in eating, in
drinking, in working; and especially
in anticipating ills to come.