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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.
"To sho,0 the very age and body Of the Times.

Yesterday the temperature reached 96 de-
grees in Jacksonville and Norfolk, "a in Bait
more and Washington, SO ID Montgomery, 92iu
Denver, Savannah and Wilmington, 81 in Au.
gusta, Lake City aud Memphis, 70 10 Shreve-
port, Vicksburg, Philadelphia, Charleston,
Lynchburg and Cheyenne Montreal TO- De-
truit 81, Buffalo IS, Chicago IA, New York 49,,
Cape May 50, Boston IS, Mount Washington
IS, New Orleans SO, Cincinnati 81, Nashville
SO, Louisville 81, San Francisco so, ST.! Louis
IS, Omaha SIS, Key West 81. Mobile "a, Gal
weston IS, Toronto u.
The letter of the London correspondent of
the New York Tribune gives an account of the
sale of the Perkins library in that city: The
number of books disposed of was not great,
but The prices paid were extremely large for
Individual lots. Upon single day the bids
amounted to over $50000 and never at any
sale before have been offered the four Shakes
pearcan folios and two copies of the Mazarln
Bible.
. The murder mania has claimed its victim
near the town of Westminster 10 Maryland
where Hezekiah Jordon, on Thursday evening"
ended an alteration with Henry Mercer, by
pluuging knife into bis neck, severing. the
jugular vein, and causing almost Instant death.
A disastrous fire broke out in East Saginaw
Michigan, on yesterday, and at one time threat
ened to destroy the entire town, but was check
ed and extinguished after having destroyed q
planning mill and twenty frame houses.
Mr.. John Newton Buck was found PROSTATE
upon the floor of his room 10 Front Royal, Va,
last Wednesday morning He was unable to
move, and upon examination it was discovered
that his left side was paralyzed.
Joe Burton, colored, was hung at George
town, DEL, yesterday, for an outrage on white
girl He declared his innoceHce on the scat
fold.
The town of Michigamme, in the State of
Michigan, was totally destroyed by fire on
Thursday. Over two hundred houses were
burned and eight lives lost.
MIR. John A. Kennedy. who was for some
years Superintendent of Police at New York,
and became widely known whilst in that posi-
ton, died in that city yesterday.
Losses by the failures in St. Louis we're
greatly exaggerated. The amount will not ex-
coed Sl00,OOO.
Fires in the woods are prevailing in Michi-
gan, in Canada near Toronto, aud in New FORK
near Kingston.
The Ohio river yesterday had risen inches
at Cincinnati, inches at Louisville, and inch
at Cairo t.. '.- :
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21
VIRGINIA NEWS.

To the Supreme Court of Appeals in the case
of the City Of Richmond vs. Ould & Caring
ton, known as the lawyers tax case, Judge
Anderson, at Wytheville, yesterday, delivered
the opinion of majority of the court, revers-
ing the judgment Of the court below. This
case involves the right of the Council of the
city of Richmond to classify and tax according
to classes the lawyers Of that city. In 1871
the lawyers were classified and taxed according
to their classes, without regard to their incomes
and simply according to their respective repu-
tations as known to the Council. The defend
ants 10 error having been put in the first class
were taxed 800, which they paid the Collector
under protest, and afterwards brought suit in
the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond
against the city to, recover the 300 so paid,
aud for which the Circuit Court gave them q
judgment against the city. The case was then
taken to the Court of Appeals to test the law,
and this latter court to-day reversed the judg-
ment Of the Circuit Court as above stated. =
Mrs. VIM. G., Jeffries, residing near Reans'
Station complained Of p slight indispositiou
yesterday morning, threatened to take lauda-
mum, and went to bed INDUCING 10 the hope
that she might die before night, after which
she refused to speak to any one. Her husband
became alarmed, and searched for and found a
laudapum vial empty. He sent for DR.. Rives,
who arrived near night aud prescribed vigor-
Gus application Of wet towels This shortly
broughtthe lady to herself, who denied having
taken poison, thereby spelling first class SEN
sation. She still, however refuses to eat, and
has not tasted morsel since the night of the
18th inst. Domestic infelici,y is supposed to
be at the bottom of the trouble. @
Seven more deaths from cholera have oc-
Cured in Greenville-two on the eighteenth
and five on the nineteenth. Several cases we're
reported there yesterday morning The disease
for the most part seems to have proved fatal
amongst that class which fail strictly to observe
cleanliness of person and premises. y ..g
Yesterday morning young man named Thos.
Standby, son of q widow lady of Hanover, had
his right hand badly lacerated by circular saw
at Ashland. Drs. James and Fox rendered
surgical aid, and have slight hopes of saving
the hand. -
Burglars entered Spooner & Hellsr's hard
ware store at Charlottesville night before last,
robbed the mouey-drawers, and carried off some
knives. Before leaving they kindled . fire
near the rear door of the store, but it died out
withour doing any damage. 49,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21
VIRGINIA Tobacco.

ALI Eastern Virginia, Maryland, aud North
Carolina in COLONIAL days, raised tobacco in
every county; and they ceased because bad cul-
tivatop and mistaken ideas rendered the crop
less profitable than some others in certain local
tiles, as Loudoun, Fauquier, Prince William,
&c. These lands IN their virgin state, as a
general thing, produce tobacco of close fine
grain and small fibre; following in the hill;
Astounding 10 saccharlne matter, and deficient
in nitro; with natural aroma.
This is the tobacco of which has been made
/ all the famous brands Of chewing and smooth
tobaccos 1t grows now Just as it did when
Jesse Hare. established his Honey Dew" or
when Sir Walter Raleigh learned to smoke,
and is as tempting DOW as then. It was for
this growth that the 'Yankee" soldier barter
ed his coffee with the '''Reb." He could not
bear. the ..''doctored, black, fat" or navy"
any better than We could the rye or corn crust
which discretion called ''coffte
This tobacco will always sell, always be used;
and, although crippled by tax and Internal
revenue restrictions aud laws, will always be,
more or less. profitable crop.
Virginia has the largest area for the produc-
ton of foe tobacco; is better prepared for ita
production; her population, black as we'll as
white, understand its cultivation, preparing it
for market, and manufacture; and there are
more and better arranged barns for curing al
ready on hand IN Virginia than 10 any other
| State. s..
Virginia has almost monopoly Of the finer
qualities Of chewing and smoking tobacco; and,
with proper energy and exertlon, she could
acquire much greater control OF the trade
She could profitabIy quadruplc her tobacco
crop and her manufactures. ILL.,.
T. With fertilizers, tobacco can be probably
raised from the top of the Blue Ridge to the
seacoast; and on all the hills, and even on sandy
low grounds, manufacturing tobacco can be
raised. ..--.
The fact that Virginia tobacco is used 10 the
factories of Cincinnati, louisville, and of St.
Louis, as well as of New York; that it will bear
transp ortation so far by rail- that it is bong hit
10 Lynchburg and carried to Canada to be
worked up, is proof that we have an article
that others do not produce, and that its supe-
rior quality enables it to bear loug trausporta-
ton. --4nlherst Enterprise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21
.,.e usAI,E:K ANDRIA, VA.
i.sATURDH9, JUNE q, 1878.

=. TIE prnuc ,HHAIHH,-ln reference to the
prspriety and necessity of using sanitary pre-
eauljoS, in all cities and towns, at this season
~ Of she. year, the Baltimore American remarks,
thar tbe houses streets, lanes. cellars and
-. yards of q city, the most searching examination
ss"stsouh be extended, and every sanitary meas
.su. Ca id the way of publication and disinfeetlon
"a applied by the Board Of Health Such
lis s5ufsc, indeed Dug ht to be among the ordinary
preca!,tious adopted, during the intense heat o.
our svnmer months, but just now they are
,s assLEa d5f ty spressure Of. more than ordinary
ytsdangyers:r Au ounce of prevention is worth
-: ISti IF cure, and we ought not towait unit
a,sdissase has made: good its lodguent before We
-9~feGb to combat it: i.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

: The through line from Washington to New
York via theBaltimore and Potomac road, WILL
commence active operations in about week.
Two through trains will be run daily from
Washington, via York, Pa, and through Co.
lumbia county to Philadelphia, making the trip
to New York in about twenty minutes less time
than Is now made BY the air line.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

The receipts from tolls of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal for week ending June H.. show a
large falling off as compared with those of the
week previous being about six thousand dol
lars less :. .-.--- - -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

Cen Grant wouldn't accept of the present
OF an alligator sent him from out West. The
Baltimore Gazette says be paid the express
charges, and left the lively young gift With the
baggage man. Under the circumstances it did
the best Thing, probably, ii could dot died.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21
lCOM3fUSICATED,

"Coupulsory pilotage las been abolished bv
the Massachusetts Legislature in an act recent
ly passed, so Tar as cna,tng vessel. are concern.
ed. The same Is the case at Baltimore. '-G1.
zctte Of the 18Th.
1t Is gratifying to see items Of news like H..
above. 1t proves that the world moves u the
right direction: that justice aud common s.r,,.
is taking the pace of Injustice aud tooIi,hnn.,
The Gazette at an early date opened Us col.
unIs for an argument against the compul,,rv
pilot system. This was about three wear, Avn
and about six months afterwards the New Val
Tribune appealed, 10 strong language. to thn
commercial men and the Legislature in favor
OF abollshiug compulsory plo,ace in the Nrw
York harbor This law still EXISTS in V;rgini.
but its effect, as far as the Potomac river !.
concerned, is dead statute. Public opu;,n
will never again submit to such TYRANNY and
imposition. 1t is reasonable to presume thar
man qualified to take charge Of yaIu,hIc
coas'iug vessel bound for Alexandria is aIs,
qualified to decide rs TO his need of blot and
any law that compels him to ship blot,
whether wanted or not, is to say the least, an
Infamous piece OF Legislative interference am,
arrogance.
There are other reforms much needed in
Virginia and Woe to the candidates for STATE
and legislative positions, be h. Democrat, Con
servative, or Republican, if he opposes theS.
reforms. Foremost in the list is the tyrau!ncal
and needless oyster law Men emiDcn. for their
political sagacity and practical good sense con.
tend that no tax should be levied on people
that costs over ten per cent to collect and on.
force. Yet 1t is safe to say it costs this Sae
more than fifty per cent to enforce the law and
secure the tax. If am not misinformed. the
a,ttn #
and respect that is extended to foreigners and
residents of other States. Oystermcn and f,h
ermen Of Virginia protect your rights. and vote
for no man who claims exclusive dominion over
the sea, and prescribes aud taxes what God in.
teudcd should be as free as the air you breathe
Mans nhumsnity to man.
Makes countless millions mourn"
Another matter the people should attend 81
at once, and that is the tOlI-gatc. question
whether there is turnpike in the whole State
OF Virginia that comes up to the standard that
justlhes the erection Of gates and collection Of
tolls. The farmer and traveller can well afford
to pay a liberal SUN for the privilege of using
good road, but to be Compelled to pay tribute
to an imposition is what call "highway roo
berry sanctioned by Iaw Thanks to the Gazette
for the Use Uf It's columns to discuss this i'm
portant question, Already the gates OF two
roads leading lnto Alexandria have been re.
moved, and the rest will soon follow! The
days OF imposition must succumb to justice AMI
popular rights.
''ForestaIling market laws" another infring
mcnt On trade and common decency has re
ceived its final doom 10 Alexandra So Won see
the world moves in the right direction, and
practical and just laws arc rapidIy taking he
place Of abuse and stupidity
COMMON SENSE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

The New York Post Republican, makes the
sweeping statement in regard to our national
Legislators that common honesty appears ito pc
dead, and even that arbitrary governor Of men' 8
actioos, honor, is so shamefulIy distorted as to
be uudistinguishable from vulgar rascality. !"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

The Baltimore Sun says :-''Al the money
markets of the country are easy, and the sum-
,mer lethargy has settled upon the marts oftrade,
yet there atesboth bankers and merchants who
look With some anxiety upon the future, and
will be prudent with reference to the demands
of the fall
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

Ali newspapers semitic regular subscribers, By
the mail, arc, after the lst Of July, to be paid
quarterly in advance either at the pcstofhce
where they are mailed, or at the Office ,ohere
then 1re delivered
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

- Jacob Loriliard, of New York, has been al
1:Nerfolk, making arrangements for establishing
"a new line. Of steamers between New York,
Norso!k, apd: Richmond, and has met with fat
.otsing encouragement. Four steamers, adapt,
led for carrying vegetables and perlsbable
th'ftcighh will be placed on the route early in
; October: :, Ihcy gre now being built with the
Safest IMPROVEMENTS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

PICKINGs FOR THE LAWYERS. The lawyers
are having jolly time over tie bankruptcy
case Of Bowles Brothers 4 Go. With proceed
ings going Oh both in England and Auerlc a.
the assets of the concern must be enormous II
the creditors get anything at all. \ dispatch
from Boston iutorns us that ii. ); Stevens
the assignee, left for Europe yesterday 10 inc ne
steamer Heca, and that the court allowed MIN
fifty dollars per day for expenses, ID gold.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

e. atis now said thatsso far from agreeing to
return the: saptigc Kickapoo Indian women and
CHILDREN 4os their tribe as was reported, the
-presidche and Secretary of War have deter.
S@piued not te:allow them. to be returned. The
Government wiltretain these .csptiyes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

"ST'hGc farmers about Richmond are now har-
,ssihts ;,ah be, first new wheat soldin Peters
bhygats s. Is PEI. lbushsl. s,5.G i. !:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

Rev. DR.. VIM. S. Piumer, the Presbyterian
divine, arrived in Stanton, Va, on TUESDAY
and remained the guest of Gen. .jno. Echols
till Wednesday, wheu he left for l;e"isCurg.
From there he goes to Brooklyn, y. ~ where
he will fill the pulpit of New. Mr. 'andyke
for two of the summer months.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

Senator Sherman OF Chic, declines to receive
the, '.t'bask- pay" in the congressional grab.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

.'Cul!eckons: are niaklng in New York and
Baltimore TO delay the: expenses of excursions
sdto tkeccnntr:s, for poor children who have not
ths ,n6ieans e pay for recreations of that sort.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

The President left Washington for Long
Hranct1 last night. - - :,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

.,Llttelrs Living Age for this week contains
an; excellent selections from the last British
Reviews and Magazines. g..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

-: ;: ID the case. of G. B. Lamar against Albert
e. brown and others, claim for FIVE hundred
THOUSAND dollars as compensation for eighteen
-hupdred bales of cotton seized in Georgia
d,iripg the war, and turned over to the defend,
Pants on trial at Boston, the Court yesterday de-
-.cideI that DO action could be maintained The
sscase Will be carried to the U. S. Supreme
Court :.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

'.,Iudgs Hopkins, of Atlanta. in his charge to
tAe jnry'last Tuesday; said that ''the authori-
Ges.of that aty are personally ameuable to the
law for.the sanitary condition thereof"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

The Board Of Health. Of New York is max
ing sweeping RAID upon the low dens Of
sSsnhs ST the hiest portions of the city 10 the
name of sanitary, reform. ...:. -.:. .-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

The tax biNasit passed the House Of DELE
-,x:gatess of the District of Columbia levles two
ss.aatndFs cd each one hundred dollars of the as
= .ssesed yaluo of:the real estate in Washington
snud q GEORGETOWN, and one dollar and fifty cents
1 IN the COUNTY The rates last year were one
-<..dnilarsnd seventy cents in Washington, one
'dollaff' ala f5rty!6ve cents in Georgetown. be-
sides, special tax Of Twenty-Five cents for erect
Ing SCHOOL bui!ding,) and one. dollar in the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

Mr. Evan Lyons, of Georgetown, received
by mail, yesterday, letter 10 which was enclos-
ed slip of newspaper with the words "consci-
euce tuDd" printed on it, aud two twenty dollar
notes and one ten dollar note, making fifty
dollars
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

= :: Tia ehR Of London gave "a grand ball last
might tors the entertainment of the Shah Of
Persia Three thousand guests were present,
including princess, n6blemen, diplomats, and
t,pnncI of. the rank and beauty Of the Kingdom.
4lhe Shah was, presented with an address by
the Lord Mayor, being enclosed in q gold
ncsl L. .n..A-.,- l-,-.-:.---.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

- E. Pouptales, Of the Z. S. coast survey
s.aattrlbues rhe decrease 10 the supply OF oysters
,,ssGtSt6e wasseiu process Of using the same beds
!aacausinoeuAy, as in October, when the season
- se6n1ntehces, the spawdis still too small to be
- detached from the. she'll and throw back into
- the Water, and is carried off and destroyed in
i1,..!sxs quantities, He thinks that some system
!. nit.tation in the fishing of the different beds
!" ,aaotd,,l pr0d1ce more equal supply.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

sS4ss Referring to the report Of the investigation
ss>into the Polars expedition, the New York
HERALD says: 1T would be unjust to condemn
Captain Buddlogton without according him a
far hearing Therefore, although the gravest
doubts and suspicious may be awakened against
l~-hiar by the testimony of the rescued men, the
PUBLIC must, in simple justice, suspend judy
.Mi&sol bis conduct until he has an opportunity
of,auswering these charges ip person.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

>, = Tie Mount Vernon cotton mills, (manufac
sturiDg gotten duck,) VIM. Kennedy presiden t.
sssisuatea; 81 FAILS road, two miles from Balti
-saiora.aete burned yesterday. Loss 5000, 600
Tie ERE originated in the. boier-room. The
pills were insured for about $4,000, includ-
Iing nrsehiuery, stock, &o, About two hun
Nred hands were. thrown out Of employment
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

The cholera has appeared at Dantzig in
Germany. .'...'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

Seear, J. w. Cromwell, IT, B. Anderson, w.
D. Pemberton f. K Taylor, Wyatt Archer,
J, B. Mansfield, f. W. Moore, have been ap.
pointed by Weed Corey, president of the Vir-
riuia Republican Association; as the campaign
Committee for the association in the contest
this autumn for Governor, Lieut.. Governor, and
Attorney General = Washington Chronicle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

=" < " ashiogton letter says It is reported
that the President has determined to appoint
to the, vacant chief justioesbip the Hon. +. K.
a. Huag, Of Massachusetts,, ;ex-Attorney General
-sQhe President. -ence sent in the name OF MIR.
M6ar Tor, the position. of. Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court, but IN consequence of his
a. fhR 1ulatity with Senators by reason of ms
.sdssseanor toward them when. at the head OF
.:zfhe Department. of justice, he was rejected
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-21

GEN. Understandable Atlanta Herald
says:-.'We have seen letter from General
Iongstreet, written to prominent Georgian,
in which he alludes to the charge made 10 a
Mobile paper TO the effect that he was response.
bic for the loss of the battle of Gettysburg.
General Longstreet says that as soon he can
collect the facts and the figures (n very few
days. he will publish an argument and map
going to show that he was not responsible for
this loss, and which will go far to place this
burden on the shoulders that are really the
right ones to bear 1t.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06

\ PARDoNED PRISONER. Rev. John s.
Ezell, OF Spartanburg District, S. c., mn
aged and exemplary minister OF the Cos
pei, passed through this place, Inst week.
on his return homo from Albany Peni.
tentlary. out Of which ho has recently
been pardoned by President Grant. Mr..
Ezell had been arrested for Ku Illuxing.
convicted and sentenced to serve long
term IN the penitentiary. After having
served six months, Le was pardoncd.
AIR: Ezell stated tho circumstances under
which he Joined tho Ku Klux organizs.
ton. He said he had never been on a
RAID. and during tho time of his mem.
bership had never done ANYTHING OF
hlch his conscience did not approve.
1t was thought we'll, however, by the
government, to make an example OF
some one, and the 10. fe!! to him. Mr..
Ezell spoke of the i'll treatment received
by prisoners at Albany. On the day he
arrived there, sick and exhausted as be
was. he was forced to stand oil duy by n
table, holding his head down, and was
even prohibited from raising his ewes.
Charlotte Observer.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06
BRUTAL Munprn IN CuAnrrsr,v n,

BRUTAL MURDER IN CnARLEsroN.
the night OF the 4th, mir. q. Harry West,
only son of Mr.. G. 81. West, Jr.. wns
killed in Meiaan's saloon, corn or Queen
and Meeting streets, under circumstances
which stamp it ns crime OF tho most
aggravated character. It appears that
West YVES quietly watching IL game Of
billiards, when two brothers, named JUS
a. Duflus, Jr., and 3. Il. Duffus. entered
the room, aud after some words, both
brothors struck West in tho face. He
retreatea, without returning the blows
when james 4. Dnffus drew pistol and
shot West i'll the breast. The wounded
man staggered and sat down, and ia q
few minntes fell dead. The murderer
escaped.