Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-30

slohhoI paper read at previous meeting ny
Mrs. DIR. b rkrr, Was the first business il Or.
der. Its subject WAS the necessity of truthful
ness in woman in social life. The President said
the propositions III the paper We're so s;lr:evi
dent that there was not room for much Discus
sion. She thought that ladies ought always To
tell the truth under all circumstances [, was
very sad thing that they were so much given
10 what were generally considered white lies
These generally d, generated iuto very black lies.
TWAS very wrong. Tor Instance for women to
Instruct their to say they wereSnotEat
home when they we're at home. :. &
Mrs Kent thought that ladies ought to be
educated into courage enough to tell th.ly SER
wants 10 say they were engaged and cDnld not
see any one. 4 fear that they m ght Offend
| their friends by such message WIS the reason
for this common social unlruh, bnt il it could.
BIZ c,umonly accepted in snc ty that this lie!
was an enornity she did not think that any QUO
would take offence If the truth WIS told aud an
audience dened.
Mrs Miller agreed with the first speaker,
and thought that reform in this respect
could be effected without any great socia! re-
yulSlun.
\ lady present sal! mothers must be edu-
Gated to the TACT hat the welfare ot their Chi!
dr,n demands that at all times they should be
truhiul. Ouly in this way could they expect
their children 10 be- truthful and resp ctul.
Mrs Bronson admitted the evil com planned
nf that women were sad set Of story tellerS but
she would ike to hear from the la'iies present
the best way OF curing this evil.
Mrs Wolfe thought that th.. best way was tn
educate their Conscience
The Chair remarked that it should be said of
women, as it was Of meusometmcs, that their
word was As good us their bond.
Mrs Bronson thought the subject was taking
u low raLgc. There were other iial>rInols bc.
sides the one on which 80 rul;:h stress had been
laId. Ola lady saying she was out when she was
| IN They were all living in an atmosphere Of
tn>chooi and she would like to know if there
| was not some way of reaching this evil and corr
rcctng II ST. that the average woman would
cease to lie.
| Another lady said another common falschood
| practlccd hy woman was inviting to their
homes people whom they did not want and
| whom they would much rather not accept the
invitations
Several ladies' present disclrim i this. and
sed that they never guilty Of this sln.
Mrs. Wolfe thought that there were other
talsehoolS beside those of tn tongue Many
women lived falsely 10y attempting to dress be-
yoni their means The woman whose husband
had an income Of Thousand dollars year
strained every nerve 10 dress as we'll as the wo-
uao whose husband had ten times that income,
and, laid she, they ,loil seine way, hu, 1t is
by terrible stranlug.
The debate was here closed.
The DEArli nF Coz. SpALDGNG. Yesterday
morning Mr.. Henry * Atkinson, Common
wcal;h's Attorney for Henrico, had occasion to
go into the grand,iu room Of the county
onrthousr, and Was Mortified 10 discover the
body Of Col &. \. Spaliing sitting stiff III
death upon one Of the bcuches. The body was
in sitting position as before stated the left
hand clli!cEiug the seat Of the beech and the
right firmly cIenched Over the knees was
thrown the ov,rcoat Of the deceased. His shoes
were placed upon the bench some three or four
feet from him His hat was in the window
just in the rear of him, aud upon the hpo' lay
his cane, biscuit and piece of sausage. In
front of the fire. lace were two chairs trtea
tctc. To the lett # him in the of tho
bench, was burdle Of papers literally cloated
- r. 3 T~~"@-''ui NO epdt nee that hls
head had rested upon them, while ms neau
was one mass of bruised blood. 'Ehe .cnraner
Was Immediately notified and >umluoncd . jury.
There was II ,.evdenc. in or about the building
of "a struggle having taken pace, and there j.
no reason to suppose that any one bore III vii!
seen Friday morning He was lawyer by pro.
icssinn, Il native of this city, aud during the
war served as lieutenant, colonel of Il Confcdc
rate regiment raised 10 Yves, Virginia For
the last few years lie had been quite diSsipatcd,
and was in the habit of sleeping about the
court house R,ch Enquirer.
WASHINGTON News Last night three
roughs entered the restaurant Of Mr.. lille, 4
German, on Delaware avenue, northeast, and
asked for drinks. Being refused they assaulted
and beat the wife Of llilc, and he in response
to her cries for help entered the bar-room with
double barrced shot. gun, one load of which
he discharged The contents struck his wife in
the back of the head, killing her Instantly.
The roughs then fed, he pursuing, and 6rini
| the other load woun ling Que OF them 10 the
shoulder Hile then Went to the Station and
gave himself up The assaaDts were arrested.
General 3. j. Sweet, first deputy commits
soncr of internal revenue, was lying at the
point of death yesterday evening at his resi-
dcncs in this city, He was takenll i'll with pneu-
monia about week sine" but on Saturday last
he had so greatly improved that 1t was beIlGv-
ed by his physicians and friends that all danger
had passed. ga Sunday, however, he had a
relapse ofthc disease aud on yesterday all hopes
of his recovery were gwen up.
The Christmas holidays have always been in
this District most provocative to mltrimnny,
being in this respect 10 winter what the mouth
Of May is in the warmer season. During the
holidays this year uiuety four marriage Licenses
have been granted.
CALEB CUSHING. This gentleman has been
named as successor 10 SckcS The whole
country knows who Caleb Gushing, is, and
knowing his democratic We've ami predictions,
people generally will be surprised at his APP
pointmeut to the Spanish court. MIR. Gushing
was born 10 Salisbury, Essex county, Massa-
chusslts, in 1870, and is consequently verglng
Oh "a years He has been III public lille since
bis 18th year, and from all appearances will die
with official or political haroess on his back.
Uuder President Tyler h was Commissioner to
China an under Polk was a brigadlcr-g general
in the Mexican war; After tour through
Europe 10 1929, he write "reminiscences Of
Spain, for which country he has ever had a
warm admiration. a more versatile genius,
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