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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-25
NOR FOLK AND BOSTON. .

oRFoLK AND BOSTON.
The steamer LADY OF THE LAKE, con-
Meeting at Norfolk with the steamers dr.
portation Company for Boston, will leave her
wharf, No. 4 south wharves EVERY MON
DAY and THURSDAY at 2.3O p. M, for Nor
folk. Returning leave Norfolk on tn ESDAYS,
and FRIDAYS, at p M: stopping at Fort
Washington, Glymont; Piney Point, Point
This line, connecting at Alexandria with the
O.. A. s. NJ. and w. i o. 4. Rs, and at Nor
folk with the Boston steamers, offers superior in
ducements for the rapid and careful Shipment of
all kinds Of freight to Boston. The rates being
r reaI d to this feature Ali freight forwarded
free of commission, and through bills of lading
given.
For freight or passage apply on board, or to
2. d. GRONER, Norfolk, J. e. WATERS,
Georgetown, or
F. A. REED, Agent Alexandria,
DORSEY CLAGGETT, Gen. Agt,
Cor. 18th st. and New York ave.
Washington D. G.
First class fare to Norfolk, 81; round trip, Sc
Second class fare to Norfolk, So round trip, SIS
ap 22-n
G6s2 hzRcHAN sTr L asEi new YORK
The line consists of the following frst-class
Outslut sLChHiclS.
E. C. KNIGHT .. ......... Capt. w. S. johnson
JOHN GIBSON. Capt w. II Winters
AND
VALLEY CITY ............... ........C Capt. Bcdell
Will leave New York EVERY SATURDAY
for this port and, returning will leave Alexan
1ria EVER FRIDAY, at II O'Clock.
All frei ght must be on the dock BY 0 "a. m.
For freight or passage apply to
HOOE s. JOHNSTON,
Agents. No. 2 Prince street
Agents in New York,
GEO. B. MERRICK,
up % 226 South st.. Pier No. 80 East river
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-25

Alexandria, April 9, 1878.
l have been using for more than four months
the Self djusting, Anti-trction Back Chain and
Traveller: and take pleasure in testitying that
they are perfect success. The saving in wear
of the saddle ulonc is worth more than the cost
of the CHAIN and the saving in labor and suffer-
ing to the horse is ncalculabe.
JOHN LEATnERLAND, Coal Merch't.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-25

~ 1ncryi!,ii r.lan il merc;ul 10 bis beast"
TUE HUMANE Az IIyESrloN OF TIE
AcCLTRE'S SELF-ADJTSTING, ANTI
FkiCTlON BACk-CHAIN AND
TRAVELLER.
RcaI the following testimonials to its merits !:
Office Society for Prey. Cru. to Animals,
New York, April H. 1873.
| have seen, and do most unqual!fiedly APP
prove of SIR w. b. McClure's Ant-friction
Chain and traveller, for the use of cart horses,
whereby the severe conclusions and continual
CALLING Incident to the present mode of harness
ing draft animals are ciiectually overcome. This
invention should be speedily in general use.
HENRY BERGH President
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

u The trnth-seeking spirit and the
spirit Of faith, instead of being opposed.
are in The deepest harmony. The man
whose faith is most profound is will
ing to have its assertions tested by the
severest scrutiny. And the passion
for truth has underlying it profound
conviction that what is real is best:
that when we get to the heart of things
We shall find there what we most need.
Faith is false to itself when it breads
truth; and the desire for truth is
prompted by an inner voice of faith.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

u They are having rather a lively
time in the Mississippi political cam
paign. The Alcorn candidate for
Attorney General, at a recent meet
ing, cleaned ont all the Radical can
ddates, q la Heenan, even giving the
redoubtable Ames himself hearty
kicking. Gov. Powers, who is an
Alcorn man, has decided the election
unconstitutional and refuses to issue
the wrlts, thus containing the pres
ent anti-Ames administration i'll Of
fee year longer. This puts a sud-
den stop to the operations of Ben
Buffers son-in-law.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

e We are more than thankful to
Tom. Reeder, one of orr most esteemed
and competent Steamboat clerks, for
Saturdays Picayune. This is the first
favor Of the kind the Democrat has re-
ceived since the advent of the Dengue,
and we are sure to remember Tom.
for it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

u Every horse, buggy, carriage and
go cart in Town are already engaged
for the Fair. This speaks well for the
interest the people take in the Festivity.
Several Hacks and Coaches will make
regular trips to the Fair grounds, every
half hour during the whole continue
ton of the sports. Their charges will
be moderate, thus placing it in easy
reach of every one to partake in the
pleasures of the occasion.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

U Every thing good aud recherche,
in the eating or drinking line, can be
procured on the Fair Grounds, and at
the cheapest rates. The management
have been peculiarly fortunate in the
election of their caterers for the occa-
sion, aud onr people need have no fears
of going home hungry Or thirsty. In a
word let three days of next week be
devoted to fun, flolie and pleasing
amuSements.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

u The preparations for the Fair,
next week, are commensurate with the
Importance OF the occasion, and turn
where you will, you come face to face
with some of the managers, who are
alive to the importance Of the occasion
and are filling their assigned tasks
with alacrity and puncIuality. Every
thing is business with the Fair Mana
gers, and we can assure the public, chat
all will be ready in apple pie order, and
all up to the programme.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

q The past week we have been
blessed with the laircst and most
genial Fall weather Imaginable
No better could be had for the ga
theIing crop of cotton, and just the
thing for the ripening cane.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

8sg Several race horses have al
ready reached here and are at the
Fair Grounds in full training for
the sports next week.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08
Communicated.
Mr.. EDITOR:

malignant type of fever had made
its appearance in Shreveport, fatal
to an extent unheard of since the
plague existed in London, (Which
was not arrested till a devastating
fire consumed large portion OF the
City, and Iumors reached us that
Yellow Fever existed in New Or
leans, threatening to BECOME
an epld mi c then, our
citizens of Alexandria and op-
posite town Of Pineville, became
| Justly alarmed for their own safety.
The thinking people Of this commu-
nifty saw at once a necessity tor
using the most strenuous measures
for preventing that disease which
was iolloWe ed by death Of man, de.
struction Of property and tempo
rary ruin to the late prosperous
and promising City of Shreveport,
and right well did they respond to
a Call Of the Mayor Of this City,
granting him by resolution entire
control over the quarantine regu-
Iations Of this City. \ few days
after this meeting Of Citizens. the
Council of the City or a majority Of
them, met and passed resolutions
IN relation TO same matter; but it
seems failed entirely to impose any
fine or punishment for violations.
This must have soon been appa-
rent to the Mayor, for the parties
who were employed to carry out
the Quarantine publicly stated they
had no power to stop Boat or per-
son. A son of one of the Council
men came directly from the inlec-
ted City of Shreveport on Il Steam
er known to be infected, (tor the
Captain with a magnanimity wor-
thy Captain ". EOardman, not on
~ told our people he did not wish
to land; bnt stated if any citizens
went on his boat he would detain
them. Such consideration tor a
poor people shows plainly that Cap
tain BoardmHn's heart is in the
right place and we beg that in fn-
ture our people remember his ap-
probation Of them) remained in the
midst Of us and the Hon. Mayor
did not make any attempt to re.
move him, nor did or has he, had
meeting of the Council to take
measures to enforce the resolutions;
if he felt he had not the power
guaranteed to him by the charter
and laws. The fact that the gen.
tlemen did not have the fever is
simply piece Of good fortune to
us and himself. The Royal George
landed under the eye of The Mayor,
though he knew she had been re-
ported to have had sick on Der
while anchored above the Fails
short time previously, and was d.
rect'y from Shreveport. Whose
business this is. must be apparent
to all; that there has been criminal
neglect and the peoples money
used Improperly is plain. Thanks
to the healthfu}ness Of our locality,
we have not had any fatal sickness
amongst us. Dengue is disappear
ing rapidly, though this mild fever
has not been confined to the town,
and to day we challenge any couu-
ty for better health than Alexau-
0ria and our neighboring village
Pineville. Theseremarks are made
in justice to our people. We have
a country blessed with healthful-
ness, soil unequaled in fertility,
and pr0ductiveness, and climate
vieing with Italy Tor it's mildness,
and va f. wa ara
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

u The Natchitoches News of last
Saturday, reports the yellow Fever at
Coushatta, aud announces several
deaths of prominent citizens.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

- The Dengue has nearly run its
course in Alexandria. With the cxcep-
ton of few stray cases of this disease,
our Town never was healthier. Not q
death in Alexandria or Pineville since
the Goth of September.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

~ We have but little change to
note in our Home affairs, since our last
issue. Times and business are still
dull, and behind the usual good chan
ges which always come with early Fall.
The financial crash in New Orleans has,
of course, set all business back and put
a complete damper on all improvement
in all business transactions for the
present. Cotton is here, and is coming
in briskly, but you can't sell here for
want of money, aud rare chances to
ship to New Orleans. So tout ensemble
our business situation is any thing but
pleasant to contemplate or write about.
We hope soon to report good and
substantial change.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

DB Mr.. w, L. Bringhurst will de-
liver his Lecture on the Jews on
the 18th inst at the Town Hall.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08
PEOPLE'S CONVENTION.

The Committee of Seventy have
called Convention of all the people
in the State opposed to the Grant
Kellogg usurpation to meet in the
City of New Orleans on Monday the
Oath day of November next. The
meeting in each Parish to appoint
delegates will be held throughout
the State on Monday the Sd of No
vember. The meeting for that pur-
pose will be held on that day in this
Town.
We are glad to see this action on
the part of the Committee OF Seven
ty. 1t is of the last Importance that
such a Convention should be held,
and a non-poiitical body, like this
Committee, is the better agent to
take the initiative in the matter than
either of the political parties.
We hope there will be a loud and
ready response to this call. We
know that the times are hard, but
they will be much harder, unless
some steps are taken to rid the State
of the mighty incubus which is
weighing so heavily on her prosper
ity. It has been given out that the
people are submitting quietly to the
fragrant usurpation misnamed State
government. Having been conquer
ed by Federal bavonets they had no
other alternative than to submit, as
all other conquered people submit 10
superior force. It is for the people
now to show that their submission is
a forced one, and that the govern
ment under which they Low suffer
so much is not Of their choice. Let
them show that ninety nine out of
every hundred taxpayers are opposed
TO the robbers who are devouring the
peoples substance.
The Convention is to take meas
nres to have the great crime against
Louisiana redressed. Congress is TO
be memoralised to recognize the
government lawfully elected by the
people; or, in the erent of refusal
to grant this, to send back the cleo
ton to the people. The continued
reign of the Kellogg dynasty will end
in the ruin and bankruptcy of every
interest in the State.
Let the people send their best
men to this Convention. Let there
be large gathering, and an earnest
protest, as the only means Of getting
our rights from a Radical Congress.
~~~-o~~~~--@.--"-o~Doo~
BLACKWOOD MAGAzlNE.-Th e
reprint of BIackwoou for Septem-
Der cane punctually to hand, for
which our thanks are due to the
Leonard Scott Publishing Compa-
ny, New York. This number isl
unusually interesting. The follow
ing table Of contents makes up the
present number:
How John was Drilled.
The Parisians.-Book X.
Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid.
My Active Subaltern.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity:
Mr. John Stuart Mill.
The Sparrows Of the Temple, by
II. X.
New Books.
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~ They are having rather lively
time in the Mississippi political cam
paign. The Acorn candidate for
Attorney General, at a recent meet
mo, cleaned out all the Radical cam
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08
The Fair.

One week from to-day the grand
exhibition of the Eapides Agricul-
tural Association will come off ac-
c0rding to previous announcement.
Preparations have been making for
some time past, and by Wednesday
the arrangements will be ample and
complete for a grand entertainment
All fear of Yellow Fever having
subsidized there will doubtless be q
large assembly present every day
of the exhibition. The public will
be entertained with an agricultural
address form our friend Maj. Seip,
who is perfectly competent to do
Justice to so interesting a subject.
There will be a full exhibition Of
all tue classes of articles set forth
in the programme; the usual con-
tests for the prize of honor; the
tournament, the ball sc. &c.
We hope to see large crowd
present to lend encouragement to
THIS, the first, undertaking Of the
kind in the parish. We anticipate
a great deal of good from it to the
industrial interests Of our parish.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

nsA- Robert P Hunter, lessee Of
the Plank Road, issues his inaugu-
raj notice in the present number Of
the Democrat.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

1eA- The river is low, very low,
and within six inches of last years
lowest notch, and still falling.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

u Our mail service is complete
and perfect. Just at this time such
service is more than appreciated
by the public.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-10-08

u A sample of Georgia cotton was
first taken to England in l74i..
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-02-08

well and Others, to point out to the
people horrible creature of the inn.
agnation, and call it Ku-klux.
Look! look away down yondel
in those Southern States! Don't you
see that terrible monster 9' says Col.
fax and his good, honest party friends
to the dear people of the North.
"That Ku-klux is devouring every
man that goes South There just
look at him. Oh! how our patriotic
hearts bleed for the dear, loyal peo-
pie that are bound to be destroyed
by that Ku-klux ~
And, like Dir. Green at the show,
these Yankee simpletons stand with
eyes and mouth open to look at what
is going on down South and at the
same time the villainous politicians,
that have thus duped the masses who
trusted them, play the part of Mr..
Sharp, and pick the pockets of their
victims by the way of doing various
Jobs of corrupt legislation; such as
the land grants to railroads and the
Credit Mobilier scheme. The plan
was well formed; but, like other
well "laid plans of mice and men,"
It has failed. The northern people
ookedlong and earnestly down South
70 see the Ku-klux; but not being
ible to discover such terrible mon
'ter, after all, they began to examine
matters little nearer home. The
sreat national pick-pockets only took,
md divided out among their friends,
The small sum a hundred million or
more,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-02-08
The HOOsae Tunnel.

For eighteen years past, from time
to time, notices concerning the pro-
gress of work on the HOOsac Tunnel
have been the rounds of the press,
and thousands OF readers have never
known where the tunnel is located.
Hoosac Mountain is in Berkshire
county, Mass, and is an obstruction
to transportation between the valleys
of the Connecticut and Hudson riv-
ers. The tunnel is for a railroad, and
will be four and one half miles in
length when completed. WOik was
commenced on the tunnel In 1856, by
the Troy and Greenfield II. II. CO.,
aided by the State of Massachusetts,,
and was carried on by contract. Sew
eral contractors worked on the tun-
mel until they failed, 80 intervals Oc-
Cured when no progress was made.
The present contractor, aided by
modern inventions, such as diamond
drills, nitroglycerine, ETC., has been
successful in working from the East
and West ends of the tunnel, and East
aud West from the shaft about the
center of the line, and the great
bore " has been again brought prom
inently before the public from the
fact that on Thursday, Dec. 18th, the
parties working from the East end
and from the central shaft toward
East heading effected junction
about 1900 feet under ground, and
opened hole large enough for men
to pass through. The distance exca-
vated from the East end to the CEN
trail shaft is 2,15S feet more than two
miles. West of the shaft, a little
over half a mile OF excavation Is yet
to be made to complete the tunnel.
1t is expected by the contractor that
the great work will be completed by
November, 1878, and the tunnel open
for business. When completed, the
Hoosac will be the longest tunnel in
the United States, and with one ex-
ception the longest in world.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-02-08
MIR. SHARP AND MIR. GREEN.

Sharp and Green both went to the
show,-Green to see the elephant and
Sharp to amouse himself by picking
pockets. Sharp was inclined to be
very familiar on short acquaintance
with unsuspecting and inexperienced
persons. He was very kind and at
tentive to Green, to whom he pointed
out all the most wonderful sights.
"Just look at that elephant" said
he to Green, +" if you will watch him
closely, you will observe that every
time he opens his mouth he shuts his
eyes,"
Ashe spoke he afectionately placed
his arm aroung Green's neck, and
gently reached his hand down into
the neighborhood of certain pock-
et-book. Green continued his obser-
vations upon the elephant; but
Sharp soon had urgent business else
where. In the course of human
events a pocket book containing a
good deal of Green's money was mis-
sing. He had seen the elephant,
however, and knew how that animal
managed his mouth and eyes at the
same time. He had learned some
thing of natural history only he
had paid two much for his knowledge.
This trick has been played by
thieves and sharpers in all ages and
countries. Political scoundrels have
practiced it upon large scale. The
Radical leaders have used this arti-
| flee for the last ten years, and with
what until lately seemed perfect sue
cess. But the trick has been discov-
cred quitelately, and the sharpers may
suffer for it yet. OF course, whole
nation cannot well go to see the ele-
phant at once; but then great nation
al show can be gotten up, and some
thing else be made to serve the pur-
pose of our elephant. For example,
get up great civil war, and the
wholepeople will have their attention
riveted upon the battle fields and
movements of the armies. Then, if
the war should unfortunately end
before the nation has been thorough
ly robbed, it is the easiest thing in
the world for such nice, pious rascals
as Colfax, Patterson, Pomeroy, Cald-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-02-08
Missouri Iron and Ores.

There is a good deal of significance
in the fact that committee o. Penn
sylvania and Ohio furnacemen have
recently visited st. Louis for the pur-
pose of securing supplies of Missouri
iron ores at reduced rates. The gen.
tlemen composing the committee
went home with several fleas in their
ears, now, that the Iron Mountains
of Missouri will not go to the Pittsburg
Hahomets, we may look for a hegirs
of Eastern capital to the west. Un-
til the discovery and development of
the Like Superior and Missouri ores,
Pennsylvania was the natural seat
aud center of the iron industries of
the nation, by virtue of fherineyhaus-
tible and accessible coal and her val
liable iron ores. With these natural
advantages and under the stimulus
of protective legislation her iron
men grew'rich and assumed, and for
many years held, control of the iron
markets of the nation. All this ac-
erued to them before the beginning
of our Western railway systems, ana
while the center of population was
East of the Alleghanies. The East
ern and Atlantic States were then
the principal consumers of the iron
products of Pittsburg, and the i'm
mense wealth of her manufacturers,
the enormous accumulation of capi-
tai in her hundred solid banks, and
the multiplication of her blast furna-
ces, iron, steel and glass-works show
how wisely the men of that city have
used the natural advantages OF that
locality. Let it be noted in passing,
that most of the manufacturing 1.
" plants" of Pittsburg were made
with foreign capital, and the physiOg-
nomy OF her hon men shows to-day
that the blood, bone and muscle of
her enterprise are of Scotch and Eng
lish derivation.
1t has now become manifest that
capital seeking investment in iron
must come further West
than Pittsburg. Blast furnaces in
that city drawing their supplies of
ore from Lake SuperiO. must pay 5 IA
CO per ton foe them at Cleveland, and
adding to this So 90 per ton for rail-
way freights to Pittsburg, the ores
cost 5 16 - per ton at the furnace, or,
if they are procured from Missouri,
at SO CO per ton,. the transportation
b, river am. rail makes tine cost at
the furnace ne.-rly the same. The
result VIII be that it will not pay
Pitt burg to make iron for the mark
cts of the Mississippi Valley, and
that Western capital and foreign
C pital will be largely turn
ed to the business of iron and
steel making near the beds, or, to be
more specific, here at st. Louis. 1t
Is an abnormal condition of things
when ore is mined in lIisOuri, trans
ported by rail to Pittsbufg, and after
being converted into merchantable
iron, returned and sold to Us at profit
with the cost of two freights paid by
Missouri consumers.-M0. Democrat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-02-08

ing before their courts, (as chancel-
lors do without a jury, unless one or
both of the parties litigant prefer to
have a jury, then let him or them
have a jury and pay the expense of
it," This we conceive to be the law,
as it stands upon our code at the pres
ent time; at least, parties litigant to
a suit can mutually agree to submit
their cause of action to the decision
of the court without the Intervention
of jury, yet the apportionment Of
the expense of jury may not be
strictly in accordance with Triangle's
suggestion.
Although parties litigant to suit
have thus the right of reference, yet
the history of law suits proves that
nine out of ten prefer to have their
adjudicated and passed upon
by jury, to say nothing of the very
great preference of the lawyers while
said cases.
No. Z.