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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

In Paris, yesterday, President McMahon re-
ceved deputation of members of the French
Assembly, who wished to ascertain if there was
any truth in the reports of his intended resig-
nation. He informed them he was always
at the service of his country as soldier or pol
iticiau. However, he repelld the idea that he
might hold on to Office under any or all clrcum-
stances. He added that he should never sep
arate himself from the conservative majority
of the Assembly which had appointed him to
mower
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

There we're twenty -four deaths from yellow
fever at Memphis yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22
ALEX ANDRlA, VA.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER p, 1873.

In the Firemens' Convention 10 Baltimore
Yesterday, reports from various committees
were read and accepted, among them report
on the Limitation and disuse Of combustiblc ma
ter,al in the structure of buildings; excessive
height of buildings, and restriction of the dan
ger of elevator passenge ways, hatch-ways, and
mansards; on the employment of trustworthy
watchmeu; on ire-escapes; on uniformity OF
hose-coupling and fre-hydrat connections; on
the importance and need of complete under
standiug between those whose dury it is to eA,
tinguish fires and fire insurance companies, all
of which reports were referred to special
committee of seven for revision aud arrange
ment into the form of an address to be printed
and sent to each chief Of Fire Department 10
the United States and laid before their respec-
tive City Councils during the session.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

The story now cooked up about the i'm
parchment trial of Andrew johnson, is very
improbable oue
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

7 ERRATUM-In an editorial article in yester-
days Gazette, on the Interruptions to MIR.
Chambers speech for deprecated read depre-
Gated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

There was an ''Iudian talk, at the Interior
Department in Washington on yesterday
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

H. Clay Hallowell is the Radical candidate
for State Senator, from Montgomery county
MARYLAND. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

10 Hayti, it is said, one dollar 10 specie is
worth three hundred dollars in the currency Of
the country
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

In reference to the opinion expressed that
Mr. Hughes, the Radical candidate for Gov
ernor of Virginia, is disqualified by reason OF
having been concerned in duel, his friends say
that ''he went to Tennessee in July, 1870, to
settle quarrel He failed to make peace, but
found that there would be no fight. He deliv-
cred no letter understood By him to be chal-
lenge leading to duel If he had delivered
challenge it was in Tennessee, and although
the Constitution of Virginia applies to prlu-
cipal sending or accepting challenge outside
of the State, it does not apply to one delivering
a challenge, unless it is delivered in the State. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

In Lessburg. on the 18th instant, at the resi-
lence Of the BRIDES mother, by Rev. Mr.. Fol-
larsbec Mr.. A. S. ADAMS, Of Danville, Va,
10 Miss HATTIE R. ATTWELL Of Lee. burg
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

HOUSE FOX ga LIE For sale the u tn, r
G story BRICK DWELLING HOUSE ~,
24O King street. 1t is in good EepaIr has ''".,
roof, is supplied with gas and water, ana G nIs
beautiful side lot. For terms apply 10 w. o..
BRYAN. Clerk of the Gas Works ocz--l"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

{. REWARD-Lost, on Monday n ny TX y;
u i St. Asaph street. near King, BL AZ
HICKORY STICK, with white ivory Ie 49,
bark near ferule broken. The above re~s.J u D."
be Maid if Left at the Gazette office. ocl - ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

FOR RENT-The two.story bhiI
dwelling, No. ST south Washington
Possession given November lst. Apply >, !" ;,
:. BLACkLOCk. oc' - "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

Owing to bungling legislation it is impossi-
bic to swear in legal Grand Jury in Utah
Territory -.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22
NJ MARRIED..

Mr.. Hughes and Mr., Chandler, spoke in
Irc,burc. % Monday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

NEW BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, LHn1o"
~ Layer Rsisins, Currants, Ground 0pcy
Cross & Backwclls Walnut Catsup, ai'r''''
Ssrdines, &c, received and for sale Dy ,,E
ncl u .I..iDAYY 81 HARMON
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

SNow---The Cumberland: Times OF yester-
day says, :...l @i..J
AT Frostburg, on Monday the fields were
yhitened with snow, and at Dale City snow fell
from three clock. 10 the morning throughout
the day. The tops Of the cars on the Balt-
more and Ohio railroad from the west were
covered with snow and ice to the depth Of seve-
raj inches
Considerable snow also fell at White Sulphur
Springs, Virginia. .l ,,.g..l,. -.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22
ALEXANDRIA WATER COMPANY

The Annual Meeti' Z OF the Stockh"I1eI5i, =" ..
the Ak xandrIa later Company will De nT'a y
their office, No. rs Prime. II, on MoND"''
til. 81 of November, at II o,c.otk T. m. -,
oct LTD r. IL. FENDALL, Sec:y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

CUGARS-De mcrars and Refined Sugar =
- ceived end for sale by. ,,oN
oct n - ~. DAVY & HARMON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

Hams, Shoulders ana D'e'
ID Pieces received and for sale by .oy
-,c. ~ .r0l ~ DaVY j. HARMoH,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

THE TIcuBoRNE CASE If "the person
who claims to be Arthur Orton, aud who is
described as having just arrived IN London
should really happen to make good his clam
the denoument will certainly be Que of the
strangest 10 all judicial history; tor 1t must not
be forgotten that the prosecutors Ut the Itch
borne claimant have rested the main force OF
their case upon the proof that the claimant is
the only Arthur Orion, and that, in pursuance
of this allegation, the prosecution brought up
wards OF thirty witnesses FROM Wrapping, IN
Guiding Mary Ann LoHer, Orton's former be-
trothed, all of whom positively swore that the
defendant was their old Wappiug crouy The
appearance Of another real Arthur Orton 10
court would certainly be the most romantic OF
all the s,irriDg scenes which Westminster Hall
has ever witnessed The acQuttaI of the claim.
ant on the charge of perjury would scarcely fail
to follow as matter OF course; nor would the
uublic be far from the conviction that he is the
real Sir Roger Iichborne after ALL 1t is true
thar were the claimant acquitted on the present
trial he would have to raise fluids to pay the
enormous costs Of his former suit against the
estates before he could again advance his claim
in court; but should he be acquitted ny the
production of Arthur Orion, the Tiehborne
bonds would receive powerful impetus, sub
scriptions aud loans would pour IN from all
hands, and it would not. in all probability, he
long before the costs would be liquidatcd and Il
new election entered. Already strong evidence
has accumulated 10 his favor, and has reduced
macy again TO hopeless perplexity who, when
the case for the Goverument closed, were firm
" persuaded that he was Orion and the co
trance of another Ortou upon the stage would
with little doubt serve to enlist large majority
of Eoglishmen 10 sympathy with him. Bat.
Iinlertcdn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-22

DARN DOOR ROLLERS, with
- ,, H 3 for sale p Gs F. cARLlN & SOM
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19
Religious Intelligence.

The Congregational Church and Parish in
Wiscasset will celebrate their One Hundredth
anniversary, on Wednesday, the sixth day of
August.
The LIST Congregational church in Deer Isle,
will observe the One-hundredth anniversary of
it's organization, on the lst day of August next.
Rev. j. E. Adams, of Searsport, is to deliver
the Historical address. Rev. s. Thurston. Rev.
W. Parker Rev. S. Tenney and others are to
participate in the exercises, which are to con-
tinue three days.
On Sunday. the 18th inst, an unusually LARGE
audience assembled to listen to the last sermon
which DR.. Tenney will preach as the regular
pastor of the Congregational church at Ellis
worth
Rev. William BoImar recently of Milford,
has located at Winn, and has charge of the
Episcopal church there.
Rev F. c. Bradeen, graduate of the Ban
gor Theological Seminary, is to be pastor of the
Free Will Baptist church at Dexter.
Six persons were baptizedlast Sunday by Rev.
Mr.. Knowlton of the free will Baptist church in
Rockland, and five by Rev Mr.. Rattray of the
I'd Baptist church in the same oity.
Rev. s. L. B. Chase will resume his labors at
the First Baptist Church in Rockland next Sun
day.
Bishop Nicely has been visiting the Episcopal
Churches in Knox county this week.
Rev. Edward Halves of Philadelphia, former
ly OF Wat rvlle, has been calie0 10 the North
Congregational church at New Haven, Conn.
Considerable religious interest exists in the
Baptist Society at Skowhegan. Eleven persons
were baptized by the Rev. MIR. Shaw, Sunday.
The mission church at Houlton is in earnest,
working to free itself from debt. The Sabbath
School gives from one to five cents each Sab
bath to pay their pledge of 800. The ladies
are raising funds by hard work to redeem their
pledge of $500.
Rev s. Bowker, formerly of Wells has re-
ceived and accepted call to the church in Sa-
lem, N. H;
Rev. George Moore Payne, of New York, is
supplying the Baptist church in Welfboro,
n. H.
Rev. Mr.. Frnk preached his farewell SER
mon in Saco last Sabbath.
Rev. Charles Blanchard If Oldtown, an old
and highly esteemed Baptist clergyman, was
found dead Thursday forenoon in his garden,
where he had gone to dig some potatoes for
dinner,
Rev. James M. Hodgdon has been engaged
to preach regularly at the Old Free Baptist
meeting house in Harrison.
The breach in the relations between the
Methodist and Union Societies at Bolster's
Mills, has not been healed, and the latter Soci.
ETY. continues to hold its Sabbath meetings in
the school house, Rev. S. ID. Brown, recently
of Norway, now breaches one Sunday in every
four at the Methodist House at Bolster's Mills,
the same at South Harrison, and every other
Sabbath at Waterford City.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19
Tho City Of washington Officers.

A prominent New York merchant writing
to gentleman in this city gives the following
respecting an interview with Mr.. Daffron who
was passenger on the City of Washington:
I have seen Mr. Daffron here to-day (of
Richmond Va,) His account of the wreck is
very interesting. He says he cannot say too
much in praise of the action Of all the officers
towards the passengers after the ship struck.
As to the cause of the disaster, he says he
don't feel like accounting for except by the
compasses being out of order. He don't feel
like blaming anybody, as the same thing
might happen to any ship that crosses the
ocean. He bas made a good many voyages and
been in wrecks before, and he says he got out
of this the best, and was treated the best by
the officers of the company, of any before.
When the news came here of the disaster l
saw Mr. Dale's message to Halifax. viz
make every arrangement for the safety. COM
fort and convenience of the Washington's pas
sengers regardless of any expense whatever"
cannot say too much for their kindness to him
and the rest of the passengers. They did all
that the exigencies of the case admitted of be-
ing DONE Yours truly,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19
News and Other Items.

A Lockport girl, whose father is worth $40,
0O0 is cooking on a canal boat, to be romantic.
The Newfoundland cod fishery is the best so
far for many years.
A polite Californian at Vallejo shot fellow
boarder. for drinking out of the edge of the
water bucket
Game to his death by being hit on the head
by spider in the hands of his wife, was the
verdict in a recent case in Illinois.
A Cincinnati gentleman was waiting for
shave, and flash of lightning just then re-
lieved him of his moustache and goatee.
Washington reporter has a seventeen head
ed cabbage, and is going to send it to the Agri-
cultural Department
Report will have it tIrat Henry Clews the
banker is to marry Miss Worthington, neice of
Secretary Belknap
Ex-Governor Morton of Louisiana, gives in
his adhesion to the Beureguard uniication
movement.
1t is stated that the Geneva Award, amount
ing to $15,5OO,00O will be paid at the State de-
partment on the 9th of September
The Atlantic cable is said to be the best
yet laid 1t will tr ansmit messages faster than
either of the others.
The death of Chief Justice Chapman of the
Supreme Court of Massachusetts, is announced
at a hotel near Lake Lucerne, of inflammation
of the bladder,
The negro who was hanged at Suffolk, Va,
the other day, remarked, as he was going to the
gallows: Il wish de. had put it off It'll after
watermelon time.
A Vermont school teacher has struck the
thing at last. He makes unruly boys turn
grindstone 1000 times while another boy bears
on with stick of wood.
We shall probably never understand why
DR.. Mary Walker was given clerkship in the
treasury department worth 5000, when she might
have been sent to Alaska at the low price of
$780,
| The little town of Birmingham, Alabama, is
grevously stricken with the cholera. Up to
last Monday night there had been from fifteen
10 twenty deaths, out of population OF three
hundred and the people were all worn out with
incessant watching.
"race GREENWOOD put the following conun-
drum TO Senator Carpenter some time ago, but
at last accounts had received no answer: If it
Is hard Tor Senator to be good Christian on
$1,000 year, what are poor clerks chances
of salvation on 1,400.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19

Hon. GERRIT SMITH has addressed letter to
the gentlemen who composed the recent tenn
perance convention in Albany, in which he
expresses some peculiar views. He is nemi-
nally opposed to temperance legislation, but
favors it in fact. He would not seek to make
the individual temperate or sober, or hold the
liquor dealer responsible for the consequences
of his avocation. He would shut up all the
liquor shops, of all grades, by law, in the
name of protection to person and property.
He would suppress the sale of intoxicating
beverages. Leaving beer and all the stupefy
ing drinks untouched, on the ground that they
injure only the individual who drinks them, he
would prohibit the sale of all liquors which
make men mad and dangerous. Dram
selling" he says, sis the manufacturing of
madmen, incendiares and criminals of every
grade, from the petty thief to the murderer
II is, far more than all things else, the fruitful
source of peril to person and property" Hence,
as the suppression of liquor-selling would not
interfere with individual or family rights, "the
first duty of government is to strike at and ex-
tirpate the dram-shop, be it the palatial or vul-
gar hotel, the glded SALOON or the dirtiest
drink-den. And this it is to do, not at all as
temperance measure-not at all to please the
temperance reformers-but simply because gov
eminent is instituted to protect person and
nrOnerty''
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19
FOR GOVERNOR.
NELSON DINGLEY. JR.,
OF LEWISTON.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Puen, Editor All railway, steamboat AMI hote
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Journal we have information that several bum
mers'' are seeking courtesies in the name of the
Press, and we have no disposition to be, even pas
sively, party to such fraud
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19

THE decision of Judge Blatchford Of
New York that Dana of the New York
Sun cannot be taken from that city to
Washington to be tried by police court
for libel, robs the Democratic papers of one
more evidence of tendency of the Admins
tration TO absolute monarchy. As it has been
charged that the President and his advisers
were responsible for the assumption of the
prosecuting attorneys that Mr.. Dana could be
tried in Washington for libel printed in New
York, it is to be supposed that the same
fair journals will now give the same parties
the credit of Judge Blatchford's decision, since
he is Federal judge, and as those papers as
sumo that the President controls the judiciary
department.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19

For the benefit of class of good people
who have felt it sinful every time they engag
ed in the not very inspiring game Of croquet,
as well as to administer a bit of correction to
another class of severely good persons who
denounce this rather insipid amusement as a
device Of Satan, we take pleasure in copying
the following remarkable answer of the Chris
tian Union, of which Henry Ward Beecher is
editor, to a friend making anxious inquiries
on this subject: "We think it is amusing to
women, agreeable to men and fascinating to
ministers. For all persons who need gentle
exercise it is even better than billiards; indeed
it is kind of field billiards, or billiards ''gone
to grass" Anybody that is too pious to play
croquet ought to be done upin starched lin
en-, put in bag and hung up like suit of
Sunday clothes, and not let'out till meeting
time -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19

indicate that the quantity of the hay crop
now being gathered will be full up to the
average of the past ten years in quantity and
superior in quality. The short crop in New
York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Yer
important period of its growth, will have a
tendency to make the Maine crop the most
valuable for years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19

CALEB CUSHING and Fernando Wood have
houses in Washington side by side. Mr..
Cushing is studous gentleman who takes as
great pleasure in writing treatises upon the
Geneva arbitration as other people do in horse
racing, playing billiards or going on vacations.
Consequently he stays at his house in Wash
ington while Mr.. Wood is only an average
Democratic congressman from New York
with bad record, who goes to the watering
places on his accumulated wealth and his
$4,000 back pay. Mr.. Wood, however. left
behind in Washington dog who has no dis
position to become absorbed in study or even
quietly watch the castle of his master, but
makes day and night alike hideous with his
howls. The venerable statesman cannot
stand this; it interferes with his studies and
puts HIM very much in the state of rage that
his recent book did Sir Alexander Cockburn.
Accordingly he has brought suit to recover
damages to the amount of $4,000 against Mr..
Wood. If the able jurist should succeed in
his case, some very interesting questions will
grow out of it. For example, shall dog be
allowed to bark part OF the time or not at
all; and if allowed to engage in these vocal
performances, can he do it for his own amuse-
ment or restrict his efforts to his duty u the
custodian of his masters goods. Why not
include cats, that always hold their concerts
in the dead hours of the night, under the
same legal prohibition as dogs?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19

Gen. Samuel Fenton Cary, the horny hand-
ed workman is mentioned in some quarters as
Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Ohio
The Gen. is also a Granger" and is reported
to be sleeping in hay NOW, preparatory to 60
ing out for little effective talk to the farmers
If the opposition offers up victim, says the
Cleveland Leader, by all means give us Samuel
He is lovely in life, but as political corpse he
would be SURPRISINGLY beautiful.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19

THE demand of the Boston & Maine Rail-
road Company upon the Maine Contra, (which
is given elsewhere, will, it is no donbt, great
ly interest our readers; and if the average
may possibly have little excitement during
the next ten days. 1t is to be hoped that
there will be no necessity for Calling out the
uniformed militia this hot weather and in the
middle of haying at that. Let us have peace
A WASHINGTON special says that several
Congressman who have conversed with Presi-
dent Grant respecting the ''salary grab,' say
that he expresses himself in favor of total
repeal of the provision for the increase of
nav
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
sCHENCK's PULMONIC SYRUP,
sCHENCK's sEAwEED TONIC,
sCMENCK,s MANDRAKE PILLS,

Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
consumption.
Sometimes medicines that will stop cough will Of
ten occasion the death of the patient 1t locks up the
liver, stops the circulation Of the blood hemorrhage
follows and in fact, coggng the action Of the very
organs that caused the cough.
Liver complaint and dyspepsia are the causes OF
tw0-thii ds OF the cases of consumption. Many are
now complaining with dull pain in the SIDE the bow
els sometimes cosve and sometimes to loose tongue
coated pain in the shoulder blade feeling sometimes
very restless, and at other times dr0wsy; the food
that is AIKEN lies heavily on the stomach accompani-
ed with acdity and belching of wind These symp-
toms usually originate disordercd condition of
the stomach or torpid liver. Persons SO affected if
they take one or two heavy colds and if the cough in
these cases be suddenly stopped, the lungs liver and
stomach clog, and remain torpid and inactive and
before the patient Is of his situation the lungs
mass OF sores and liberated, and death is the
inevitable result.
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is an expectorant which
does not contain any opium, nor anything calculated
to check a cough suddenly
Schencks Seaweed tonic diss the food mixes
with the gastric juice Of the sto ach dgests easily
nonrshes the system, and Great healthy circula-
ton Of the blood. When the els are costive skin
shallow, and the patient is a bilious habit
Schenck's Mandrake Pills are required
These medicines are prepared by DR.. j. H.
SCHENCk son, Northeast corner Of Sixth and
Arch streets, Philadelphia, Penn, and for sale by
GEO. G: GOODWIN & CO., SO Hanover street, Bos-
ton, and John F. Henry, College place, New York.
For sale by Druggists generally. sept3sneodtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19

WE do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations The name and address of the writer are ID
all cases ndspensab e. not necessarily for publication
but guaranty ofgood faith.
W cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
municauons that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-07-19

II seems that the last two notorious muir
ders-those of Walworth and Goodrich-may
be traced to cheap literature. Mansfield
Tracy Walworth, who was an author of that
school was undoubtedly insane, in that he
lived in an impossible atmosphere, and did as
one. of his impossible characters would be
supposed to do. His letters to his wife, the
cause of his death, read like chapter from
one of his own novels. So of the unfortunate
young woman, Kate Stoddard, who is now
awaiting trial for the cold-blooded murder of
her paramour. Her parents, both respectable
and wealthy citizens of Plymouth, Mass,
ascribe her waywardness and all misfortunes
to the fact that she had Cultivated romantic
disposition by liberal perusal of story papers,
novels and other forms of cheap literature"
And yet the journals that furnish this poison
of the mind circulate by the million, and are
the sole reading of thousands of families.