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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-05

Loss OF OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. From the
commencement Of steam transatlantic naviga-
lou in 1910 to the end of 1878 it is stated, 81
steamers have been lost-the President being
the first aud the LAmerique the last. The
Cunart Company has only lost two OF all its
fcct--the Africa aud the Trpoli-during this
period of 80 years. The Allan line, at presept
composed of II steamers, has lost since 1852,
aud the Collins line which existed ouly from
1852 to 1857, lost two Of the four vessels of
which ii consisted. The German companies OF
Hamburg and Bremen, established 10 1888,
have lost cf their steamers--the National line
!, the Anchor line |, the Guion line, between
1865 and 1872, =, aud the White Star, l. The
Frcucb companies of the Messageries Mariti.
mes, with their 60 steamers trading to all parts
of the world, in p years of exissauce have lost
IT, The transatanc branch, before the ship
wreck of the Vile du Havre, had lost only |,
tie Darien, which went ashore on the coast Of
Cuta The Royal Mail, with which this lioe
is in opposition in the West Indies and Braz
liau trade, hes lost Is of its steamers in the 81
years of its existence. About IL steamers be-
longing to various small companies we're also
lost in the Atlantic 1t is estimated that l6 ,OO(
voyages, going and returning across the Allan
tic ocean have been made by all the different
steam lines.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-05

\ discharged employee became editor of a
Western paper on the strength of Greeley re-
commeudatioo, said recommendation being
really letter of dismissal; but as no one could
decipher anything but the signature, it was ac-
Copied as what its owner declared it to be. lis
even said that the Sage of Chappaqua popped
the question uuwittiug!y. he wrote to lady
eutreatiug her to abstain from sending poetical
contributions to The Tribune. The lady sub
mlited the letter to family council, and,
after much debate, the mysterious missive was
Pronounced to be proposal Of marriage, which
Vas accepted forthwith.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-05

CPECIAl ATTENTION is called to the
y great bargains otferei in FURS, CAR-
PETS PORTMONAIES, &c, at
PRETZFELDER & BENDHElMS
u d. dc tAra
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-05

DINNER AND TEA SETS, just received at
- IS King street-Best English Stone China
White, Gilt and Decorated French China Dim
ner Sets. Moss Rose, Gilt and Plain Tea Sets, IN
great variety, for sale low. Call at
mn ls.3m E j. MILLER'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-05

CULpEpER COUNTY There has been dis
covered on the farm of Col. James Cochran,
immediately adjoining this city, a large deposit
of iron ore, and also very strong indication OF a
large deposit of coal. The farm consists of
over 420 acres of very fine rolling land. The
iron is found on the eastern side near the rail-
road, aud the coal near the western line of the
Earm. MIR. Welch, a practical and experience
ed miner, as well as several gentlemen from
Pennsylvania, who have visited Col. Cochran $
place, are unanimous in pronounclng the de-
p>its ofiron ore large and very valuable. The
Indications for coal are very promising. Near
the western end of the farm is large hill with
aspiring of water bursting out from either side;
he water from each spring where it becomes
s'aruaut is covered with large skim of crude
petroleum., which gives evidence of derosi1t
of coal in the interior of the bill itself. Cul-
PEPPER Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-05

DAMNED GOODS-A general assortment at
~ very low figures: eoG
sp2l l66 and ITO King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-05

REMARKABLE EVENTS. April was one of
the most evcntful months in the history OF the
late war:
On the 18th of this month, 1861, Virginia
passed the ordinance Of secession; on the 10th,
81, the Sixth Massachusetts regiment was at
tackled in Baltimore; on the 18th, 81, Fort
Sumptcr was attacked, and surrendered; on the
10Th, 81, Norfolk was evacuated by the Fede-
raj Troops, and the destruction of Gosport
navy yard attempted, and on the same day
Harper Ferry was evacuated; on the 9Th, 81,
bock kade of Virginia commenced; on the 9Th
and 7th, 62. the battle of Shiloh; on the 2ud,
65, Petersburg and Richmond we're evacuated
by the Confsderates; on the 9th, 65, the sur
reuder of Gen Lee; on the l4th, '65, the as.
sassination of Abraham Lincoln, johnson made
prcsident attempt to assassinate Seward; on
the 10th, '65, General johnson surrendered to
General Sherman, aud fuueral of Lincoln; ou
the 10th, 65, Jefferson Davis captured; on the
Goth, 65, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin Of
President Lincoln, shot and killed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-05
lust OPENED TO DAY, APRIL %, 1874.

A full and complete line of Black Alpscss,
Pure Mohsirs, Plain and Striped Grenadines,
Black Silks, SC, together with q general stock
of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Notions, &C.,
to which special examination is requested.
% D. f. BRASHEAR.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-05

2 A N K R Q P T G
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25
THE DEADLY EVILS OF Cos
SIP.

have known a country society
which withered away all to moth
ing under the dry rot of gossip
only. Friendships once as firm as
granite desolved to jelly, and then
away to water only because Of this;
love that promised future as en-
during as heaven, and truth, e7ap-
GRATED into q morning mist that
turned to a days long tears be-
cause of this.
A father and a son were set foot
to foot with the fiery breath Of
anger that would never cool again
between them, only because Of
this; and husband and his young
wife, each straining at the hated
leash, which in the beginning had
been the golden bondage OF 4 Uoo
blessed love, sat mournfully by the
grave where all their love and joy
lay buried, and because of this.
| have seen faith transformed ed to
mean doubt, hope give place to
grim despair, and charity take on
itself the features of black malevo-
lence, all because of the fell words
of scandal, and the magic mutter-
ings of gossip.
Great crimes work great wrongs,
and the deeper tragedies of life
spring from its larger passions !:
but wocful and melancholy are the
uncatalogued tragedies that issue
from gossip and dctractiou most
mournful the ship wreck often
made Of noble natures and lovely
lives BY the bitter winds and dead
salt-waters Of s!ander. So easy to
say, yet so hard to rcfate-t throw
ing blame on the innocent, and
furnishing them as guilty, if una
bic to pluck out the stings they
never see, and to silence words
they never heard. Gossip and
slander are the dcadliest and cruel
lest weapons man has for his bro
theirs hurt.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25
MATRIMONIAL ENFELICITY.

4 melancholy argument against
the undesirability of marriage is
demonstrated by the many unhap-
py couples who are yolcd togeth-
or for life, and have not the tact
or kindness, 10 conceal from the
world how that yoke gals. The
truth is, that the greater propor-
tion ofthe so-called incompatible
tiles and uucongenialitics Of do
nestle life, which are so often
made the ground for the disrup-
ton Of the matrimon bond, are
inadmissiblc rs ajustifying ground
for any such dissolution, and could
be readily, overcome and blotted
out of existence if the parties
most concerned had only the will
to do it.
y couple arc no sooner married
than they find that differences of
opinion and mutual jars ensue, and
all is not gold that glistened; and
then one or both straightway i'm
asinc that there is no remedy but
in ruthlessly breaking the solemn,
sacred tic that binds .hcm. A
vague, restless feeling seizes upon
one or both, producing discomfort,
engendering certain thought of
present bondage which exists only
in fancy, and creating fevcrish
desire for other associations and
spheres, which are supposed to be
more fitted and providentiaIly de-
signed for the mind and heart
No escape, it is said bat in cutting
the knot. 1t lis adelusion. The mar
riage relation: in all its history,
was never expected, perhaps, to
be entirely free from misunder-
standing and discords.
Foolish to think that the whole
mutual life can flow, like the ear
ly stream, without 4 ripple CIR ed
dy. Home is school. a discipline
where husband and wife are to
grow into each other, getting
rid Of their angularities. harmon,
izing their peculiar characteristics
and more becoming one in thought
sympathy and life The true
blessedness Of welded souls is not
insured by simple exchange 0:
plighted faith. 1t comes through
and after many self denial, many
a cruci6xion Of the will, many :
scourging of the resentment, an
ger, pride, vanity, and passions o
the heart. 1t is true here, as il
other relations that he who savetl
his life shall lose it, and he tha'
loseth his life shall save it.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

rule. The plow was left in the fur
row: tie farmS were abandoned. No
man was safe. I remember meeting
at railway station two young men
who sat at the table with me, and I
asked them in regard to the condi.-
ton of the country. They told me
it was because of the declaration of
martial law; that no man. howey-
er aged, however respectable, was
safe if the basest negro simply
pointed his finger at him and asked
for his military arrest. It was a
reign Of terror. Men were arrested
by hundreds, dragged from their
fanliies. incarcerated without writ,
discharged sometimes without ques-
ton and without any explanation.
and without any charge being
brought against them. Such was
the condition Of things there SO
long as there was no writ of haJeds
corpus with Major Merrill in COM
mand, and no court open for relief.
That was martial law in America
the suspension Of the writ Of haJeas
corpus by the President in a time
of profound peace, with all the courts
open, where every Judge WAS Of his
own party, every juror Of his own
party, every prosecuting officer OF
his own party, the whole machinery
for the arrest, trial, and conviction
of men confined to men Of his own
choice, because by the test oaths,
which still prevail in the South, men
are disabled from serving on a jury
whoever performed the most natu-
raj dictates of humanity, the slight
est act of friendship, of assistance,
toward their own kindred and
friends during the entire period OF
the war. The senator may sneerat
the affected solicitude Of the people
of South Carolina for the honor
ofthe Federal army. Itis for him
to consider whether it is just to
them and whether it is just to
himself to do so. But the people
of South Carolina did not. cause
| this resolution. make no especial
profession of solicitude for tho
honor of the American army.
only say that have, in every way
that man can obtain it, right tc
be solicitous; tits my right to be
solicitous; and if there were nc
other moving cause than my
sympathy and friendship for a dis
tressed and down-trodGen people
of my own race, and desire to save
the poor remnant Of their proper
ty from further robbery if there
were no other reason than my feel
ing of respect for the army of the
United States, that is sufficient tc
justify me, as it has prompted me
in offering this resolution.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

A STORY FOR BoYs.-It is rela-
ted of a Persian mother, that on
giving her son forty pieces of sill
yer for his portion, She made him
swear never to tell a lie, and said:
"Go, my son-I consign thee to
God, and we shall not meet again
till the day Of Judgment"
The youth went away, and the
party that be travelled with were
assaulted by robbers. One fellow
asked the boy what he had, and
he answered:
"Forty dinars are sewed up in
my garments
The robbers laughed, thinking
that the boy jested. Another ask
ed the same question and received
the same answer. At last the chief
called him, and asked what he
had.
The boy replied:
II have told two of your people
that I had forty dinars scwcd up
in my garments"
The chief ordered the garments
to be ripped open, and the money
was found.
"And how come you to tell
this?"
"Because," replied the boy, Il
would not be false to my mother,
to whom l had promised never
to tell lie."
"Child," said the robber, cart
thou so mindful of thy duty to thy
mother at thy years, and I am in
sensible at my age OF the duty that
love to God? Give me thy hand
that l may swear repentance on
it,"
He did so, and his fellows were
struck with the scene.
"You have been our leader in
guilt" said they to the chief: "be
the same in the path Of virtue"
and taking the boys hand they
took the oath of repentance on it.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

The last breeze from Ecin has passed oer m,
~ brow. ,.,r. -
i The gale Of the ocean is over me now,
leave !hee my Country farewell! though t!iol
70. ayt
The life pulse that stirs u.r, tie veins o
my heart,
8E& Erin ma Eou-uc-n. farewell. =
.EgEs on t;,c bright sun that fails to the ives
Tingcing the blue clouds which hang o'e;
my breast
The back bears me from thee to sail DER the
deep
While on thy green bosom gaze-aud-l
weep.
Erin ma Yournecn, farewell
1weep fox the spring time Of beauty is DER
sAad feel while my dim'd eye is on thy
2 = lloyd shore
Ike the mourncr when fixing his eyes on
the dead,
He bends DER The cold earth whose spiriti,
fed. -.
p Erip ms 7ourncen, farewell.
The tear dropping willow hangs DER thy
q, lyrc,-
The chill bias, hath broken each soul stir
,%A-ring wire,
Throughsthe gloom of thy darkness no day
beam appears
And thy sweet type, Ierne, is genmd by
thy tears.
d! Erin ma Vourneen, farewell.
Farewell for no longer gaze on thy shore
The mists are between US, view thee no
more.
Perhaps to my country breathe the last
strain
Perhaps / may never behold thee again.
Erin ma Eourneen, farewell
Though in ndarkness, Ierne, thy sun may have
- set
Thy emerald bosom ne'cr can forgot,
And while DER the green ocean the breeze
bears my bark $50
Thy heart like its billows hesves deeply
and dark. "
Erin ma Vourneen, farewell.
NoTE-afr.. F is one of the emigrants re-
Gently arrived. We publish this poem be-
cause it is really good and illustrates the
kind ofmaterial that is being brought INFO
our country.-ED. OF OER MONTHLY.
s
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25
rSs: @ =
sslsetsh Story.
THE PRESCRIPTIONS.
OR,
OUR GRANGER STORY.
DEDICATED TO TIE HUSBANDS OF FAR
....r .. MERS WIVES.

7 wish you would tell James,
when he comes in to turn the COWS
into the lower lot. And ii Turpin
calls, tell him I have concluded to
take those sheep-I want the meri-
nos. And while lam getting ready,
please take my memorandum book
and note down four harness straps,
five pounds Of nails, and a gimlet,
half aiockey strap, and-and-yes,
I believe that is all. I forgot them
EAen ! I~made out the items this
morning" Mrs. Streeter ros e
YEARLY, laid. her sleeping babe care,
fully in its crib, and proceeded to
record the articles named. She was
young-not over twenty-ive-but
the complexion was sadly faded,
and faint lines were already mark.
ing the white forehead, while the
tired eyes told OF care: and limited
strongly of an unsatisfed heart.
And this tllin-cheeked, pink-ipped
woman had been called a beauty
only seven years before! And when
she gave her hand to Newton Street
-ser, she could say what SO few girls
can: Il married my first love.
$50 Judge Streeter, the father, was
supposed to be wealthy. But soon
after his sons marriage q financial
crisis came, and the thousands
dwindled into hundreds.
It was a false pride, perhaps, but
the young man shrank from q posi-,
ton under those who had once
looked up to him. And his thoughts
turned wistfully toward the West
ern prairies. He expected objec'
lions from his young and accom-
plished wife. But she saw with his
ewes, and was not only willing. but
eager to go and help him make g
home that should be all their own.
The. purchasing Of prairie team,
some farming implements, and the
expense of building small house,
exhausted his capital-and til e
young couple began their married
life as many others had done, who
had not been blessed with their ad
ETantages. The small dwelling con
tanned but three sleeping apart
ments, and this fact added to their
uncertain income, induced, Mrs.
Streeter to take upon herself the
entire care of the household.
Two children had come in thc
seven years to0nestle IN her BOSOM
But one, a fairy child of three sum,
.mers, had slid away from them, anG
was now sleeping beneath the flow
ers of the prsiric: and the tired
wife had sighed as she looked Oh
the cold. folded hands.
-. ssShe will never toll as I have
done: but, oh, I wanted her sI
much" the lonely mother sobbeo
forth.
Nh. Streeter was considered ;
'9hy farmer. His acres had
D rd and his stock increased
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

While a compositor on the Mon.
treal Witness was sitting up an ad
vertisement Of a lost canary, 8 few
days ago, the bird few in at the
Office window. This shows the val
ue Of advertising.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25
PEARLS.
Tine is eternity in infancy.

| 1lH'e - eternity III INIaucy.
Solid love, whose root is virtue,
can no more die than virtue it.
self.
10 love and labor is the sum Of
living, and yet how many think
they live who neither labor nor
love.
\ good heart anu q clear con-
science bring happiness, which no
riches and no circumstances alone
do.
Carcfulness makes the mind
clearer, gives tone to thought, and
adds grace and beauty to the coun-
tenance.
1t is the mind that makes the
body rich and as the sun breaks
through the darkest clouds, so
honor peereth in the meanesr hab-
it.
The only way to make the mass
of mankind to see the beauty of
justice is by showing them, in
pretty plain terms, the consc-
quence Of injustice.
How easy it is to please, il one
will take the fragrance Of the
rose instead Of the thorns, and
hold the knife by the handle and
not by the edge.
Wisdom and truth,t the offsprings
Of the sky, are immortal; ; but cum
ming and deception, the meteors
Of the earth, after glittering for a
moment, must pass away.
Happiness is q perfume which
one can not shed over another
without a few drops falling on
ones self: He that would make
others happy must be happy him.
self.
Good words, like the golden
earrings of the Israelites, are valu-
able in themselves; but if once
erected into a golden calf to be
worshipped and relied upon, are
pernicious.
Nothing really succeeds which
is not based on reality sham, in a
large sense, is never successful ;
in the life Of the individual, as in
the more comprehensive life Of the
state, prcteuslon is nothing and
power is everything.
LITTLE THI NGS.-The perspicu-
BUSINESS Of little things was never
more beautifully expressed than in
the following from Mr.. B. F. Tay-
lor:
Little martin-boxes Of homes
are generally the most happy and
cozy; little villages are nearer to
being atoms Of shattered paradise
than anything we know Of; little
fortunes bring the N land
little hopes the least disappoint-
ment.
Little words are the sweetest ;
little charities fly the furthest,
and remain the longest on the
wing; little lakes are the stillest; lit
tie hearts the fullest, and little farms
, the best titled.
Little books are the most read,
; and little songs the most loved.
During the absence of Anthony
Coggswell, of Chapnranville, Pennsyl-
t vaDia, last week. his wife died and was
buried. On returning, he had the
coffin opened, and it was found that
the body had turned in its place, indi-
y eating that the woman was only in 3
trance when buried. The discovery
50 affected the husband that he is now
{ q maniac.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

A clergyman at Paris, Ky, stop
ped his prayer to lead an unruly
man ou: by the ear, and then
went on: CAS- | was saying, Oh,
Lord"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

The following is the latest cfu
sion of an Iowa poet:
| sat upon tree-top,
A gain at the rye-crop;
A sunbeam kissed dew-drop,
hove o 81.
And then expired.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

A preacher took up collection
on Sunday and found, when his hat
was returned, that there wasn't a
penny in it. Il thank 10y God"
said he, turning the hat upside
down, and tapping the crown OF it
with his hands, ''that I've got my
hat back from this congregation"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25
->O>-

The question is often discussed
whether the savages enjoy life. 1t
is to be surIosed that they do, as
they always seem anxious to take
it when they get a chance.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

A city chap bought an orchard
containing 200 apple trees, and
tapped them ali for cider. As it
didn't run freely, he inquired ofa
neighbor the reason. He gave a
new hat to keep it dark.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

\ Eirginian editor who was re-
Gently fined S. for libel intends to
appeal, on the ground that there
is not q man in the county whose
character is worth so much.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

The women take Z lively inter-
est in the farmers movement
They arc naturally Patrons Of
uusbandry.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

An irate man who was disap-
pointed in his boots, threatened
to eat up the shoemaker: but COM
promised by drinking q cobbler.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

Editing a newspaper is very much
like raking a fre-eyery man thinks
he can perform the operation better
than the man who holds the poker.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

Glove" says an amorous writer,
"is an internal transport" The
same might be said Of a canal
boat.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

4 country editorgcports money
"closc but not close enough to be
reached"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

"Wild oats" are said to be the
only crop that grows by gas-light.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

A circuit court-The longest
way home from singing school.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

The condiment for late dinners
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

Dseiru.
T.
(ErOnl Our Monthly.

(Fronl Our Mon;hly.)
THE EMsG GRANTS FARE.
WELL TO HIS NATIVE LAND.
: ;. = $.
BY WILLIAM FITZGERALD.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

In tents excitement-Panic in g
circus.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

During the absence of Anthony
Coggswell, Of Chapmanville, Pennsyl-
vaDia, last week, his wife died and was
buried. On returning, he had the
coffin opened, and it was found that
the body had turned in its place, indi-
eating that the woman was only in q
trance when buried. The discovery
50 affected the husband that he is now
q maniac.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

Clerical loans-Lent sermons.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

Pies that suit the Celestials-
Puppies.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

Natures tailoring-A potato
patch.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

A "Girl's Club"-ParaSol han
Iln
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

I passed through the State Of
South Carolina. I passed through
those counties in which martial law
had been proclaimed, and where
Maj. MerrilIs will was the sole law
of the land. I remember we'll cast
ing my eyes to the right and to the
left from the time We entered the
borders of these counties until we
emerged from them, and it was a
scene of desolation. No white man
could be seen. He depopulated the
country. The people fed from his