Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-24
sEMH-CENTENNIAL JUBILEE.
THEOLOGICAL, SEMINARY. Sent. "a

Of the Theological Seminary, of Virginia, be-
gan, according to programme, this morning at
a. M. with devotional Meeting" in AS
pinwal Hall, conducted by Rev. G. ". An
drews, D. d., Of Shepherdstowu, West Vir.
GINA, who made an address on the power Of
prayer.
Rev. Stephen f. Tying also made q short
address upon the subject Of the Christian S per-
sonal love to Christ, commenting on the pow
cr and.iuaucnce of Professors Keith and May,
of the Seminary, due to their love for Jesus
Among the most distinguished divines here
arc Bishops Lee of Delaware, Wilmer of Louisi-
ana, Johns and WhitttIe, of Virginia, and DIR.
Tying, DR.. Andrews, Rev. Philip Slaughter
and others There are upwards OF one hundred
of the alumni present. besides the invited
guest and the reunion is most agreeable one.
At half past 10 clock a meeting Of the alum,
nj and invited guest was held IN Asplnwall
Hall, which was opened with appropriate re-
iigious services, after which an address was de-
livcrcd by DR.. Packard, Of the Seminary, III
which he gave a very interesting history Of the
Seminary from its conception to the present
time.
At the conclusion Of DR.. Packard's address,
which WAS listened to with marked attention.
Dr. Andrews, Of Shepherdstown, delivered a
beautifully conceived and eloquent address, in
memory Of Bishop Meade.
At clock very handsome collation. was
served in the mess room OF the Seminary, which
was very much enjoyed.
At three clock general meeting to promote
the interests Of the Seminary was held. at which
number of short addresses were delivered.
VANDERBILT on WARS TIE MATTER -
Commodore Vanderbilt, in conversation with a
press reporter, is reported to have said
I'll tell you what's the matter People I'M
dertakc TO do about four times as much bust
ness as they can lcgitimatey undertake. There
are great many worthless railroads started in
this country without any means to carry them
through. Respectable baking houses in New
York make themselves agents for the sale Of
the bonds Of the railroads in question: and give
a kind of moral guarantee Of their genuineness
The bonds soon reach Europe, and the markets
Gf the commercial centres, from the character
Of the iudor.crs, are soon flooded with them.
These worthless roads prejudice the commercial
credit of our country abroad. Building rail-
roads from nowhere to nowhere at public ey-
penSe is not legitimate undertaking |
might make ausion to Texas, Midland and
o. her new railroads, but am a friend Of the
iron roads and like TO sec them stretching to
every corner Of the Uaitcd States They help
to develop our commerce and civilization, and
ought to be encouraged All have to say is
wien railroads arc 70 be built don't vic'imiza
the public TO build them. When | have some
money buy railroad stock or something else.
tut don buy on credit; l. pay for what
get People who live too much on credit gen
orally get brought up with a road turn IN the
long run. The Wall street averages ruin
many u man there, and is like faro. Mistrust
will be cngendercd I'LL we as a nation do our
business on Il more solid basis and pay as
We 90.
A GAMBLING TRANSACTIONS. Chicago Sep
TENDER IA case which is likely to cause
somc scandal 10 the community was Instituted
in III. Superior Court to-day by Hugh Mahcr
against G.. B. Farwcll, Republican member Of
Congress from the Third Illinois district. Mr..
Farwcll is partner and brother Of Mr.. John
V Farwcll. the Indian Commissioner but new
crtbclcss is a confirmed draw poker player. In
deed, he is said to have no superior in Congress.
Ia Chicago he is proudly known as "Eive-ace
Farwcil, y aud he runs the party in Illinois.
Mr. Mahcr alleges that in 1850 he had small
game with Mr. Farwcll, and lost Il, 100 in the
evening Being unable to pay, he gave Mr.
Earwcli deed for eighty acres Of land for
which he had paid So, by way Of security
the understanding being that Farwell should
pay the taxes, and when Maher was in posi-
ton to Fay the debt, taxes and interest reconvcy
the land to him IN 1856 Maher wanted to
settle, but claims that Farwell ash ed $1,000
more than he was entitled to. He has since
IT,, i, n,h Dp hnr
Earwell gave quit. claim for sixty acres Of the
land to Charles D. Pope, one of his intimate
associates the consideration being ST. and that
ia November, 1865, Pope conveyed the sixty
acres to other parties, the consideration being
ga, 800 liz November last Farwell sold the
other twenty acres for $4,000 The whole
tract is probably worth $4,000. Mahcr sues
to have the land reconveyed TO him, or to have
Farwcll compelled to pay him its present value,
les the debt Of honor and expenses OF the trust
- (or ofMc Ncw lorh World.
ABOUT OYSTERS. Most people know that a
dozen or. two of raw oysters, more or less, very
seldom will produce a feeling Of safety or op-
preston at the stomach. There is a general
reason for this, net known commonly to the
public, uor yet to physicians. 1t is, that raw
almost alive oysters, contain their own gastric
Juice. ready, IN fact, to digest themselves.
Recently have been trying experiments on
the artificial digestion Of food, and among other
matters my attention was directed to oysters.
They were disposed of with singular ranidity,
and, carrying investigation still further, l. have
been able by actual experiment to demonstrate
that oysters direct from the she'll, VIXEN sub
mitrcd to conditions analogous to that in which
they should be placed iu the human stomach
and without addition, are positively able to di-
gc>t a great portion Of their own mass
While being cookcd, however, their gastric
juice is destroyed by the temperature, and they
arc then only like any other light food, but if
boiled long their albumcn becomes hard and
dense aud easy of digestion. People with weak
Stomaclls may hence take comfort 10 the retlec-
ton that there is one article Of diet which they
may usually indulge in without fear OF after
trouble, namely, fresh, raw oysters which,
happily, are provided with IN assistant to help
them in their solution. = Wash. ChIVnicic.
THE INTERESTS AT STAKE. Our colored
population have rs much interest III the good