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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02
CONGRESS-.

10 the Senate, yesterday, the bill establish
iug copsuatcs at AMOR river and Fladivl-
stock. Russia, Was passed. The credentials Of
Isaac z. Christiaucy, Senator elect from Mich
,ipan, were filed. The House amendments TO
the bill relative to writs Of error were concurcd
10. The conference report on the bill III re-
gard to mustering out supernumerary officers
by the Secretary Of War was adopted. The
Force bill passed by the House was laid before
the Senate, read. and ordered to be printed.
The Revenue bill was taken up and debated at
great length. Mr.. Sherman, Chairman of the
Finance Committee. made Il speech against the
bill. Mr. johnson, MIR. Schurz and Mr.. Thur
mau also opposed it. Mr.. Scott, Mr. FIeling-
huysen and Mr.. Morton spoke III favor OF the
bin. Mr.. Johnson offered an amendment pro-
viding that tobacco manufactured before the
passage Of the act shall not be subj rcted to the
Increased excise tax This amendment was
adopted. Dir. Sargent offered al amendment
proposing duty Ut ten cents per pound on tea
and coffee This was rejected by a vote ot =
yeas to ST nays The Senate then, by Il vote
of 80 to 20, laid the bill on the table, aud at
1925 w. adjpurned after CONTIGUOUS SEES
suu OF twelve hours.
10 the House of Representatives bill was
passed authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to appoint three additional gaugers at the
port of Philadelphia. The resolutions which
| form the basis of what is now designated as
''the Louisiana compromise" were brought be
fore the House, and the first resolution recon
| mending that the Louisiana House of Dele
gates seat the five members who were expelled
on the 4th Of January, was passed unanimous
ly,. m ~
| kellogg be recoguz ID as Governor, was passed
Maryland, Mr.. Pierce Of Massachusetts, and
! Messrs. Sener and Smith Of Virginia voted
with the Democrats. The House concurred in
| the Senate amendments to III" West Point APP
preparation bill. The Hous'. fused to concur
10 the Senate amendments to the Army APP
| preparation bill aud committee of conference
was ordered: The Iudian Appropriation bill
was reported and Mr.. Randall made an effort
to have an amendment put in by the Senate
appropriatlng ST, 1000 for the payment Of the
| peace Commission rejected, but the Hous,
concurred 10 the amendment. The d fciency
| aud recommitted The failure of the confer
ence committee to agree on the Legislative
Appropriation bill was reported and new con
ference committee was ordered The Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was considered in
deal of debate over an amendment offered by
MIR. Butler approprlatlng $4,000 to employ
special counsel in the New Idra silver mine in
which the Uuited States is supposed to have
some interest, immediate or remote The
amendment finally prevailed. The House was
in session until o'clock this morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

ounce, PEACH and APPLE BUTTER.
W Only few buckets on hand which will be
disposed OF at cost, at 147 King street.
feb "a w. f. BROOkES.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

A FULL LINE OF RICHARDSON'S
n IRISH LINEN and BLU + and Brown
DENNIS.
feb III ID. +. WIIMER 20.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

THOPPlNG AXES, of Hunts, Mann':, Rey-
~ nold's and other celebrated manufacturers,
for sale by the box or single Axe.
Also an assortment Of Axe HANDLES.
CAL ut IS King street. on the corner OF Roys
nov 70 j. r. CREIGHTON i son.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

SCALES, ID great variety, embracing Union
- Scales, Grocers' Scales, Counter and Tea
Scales, at low prices, ut IS King st.
nov g j. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

lEoT AND CHEAPEST IMPORTED and
- DOMESTIC CIGARS.
IT, VIM RAMSAY,
jan 70 Cor. King and ST. Asapb streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

ITO Observation-Disclosures saving n
l. Eggs and Butter. BRITISH EGG aNt
BUTTER POWDER, for making al KIM I o.:
Pastry, Cakes, Buns, biscuits, etc No ia!""J
should fail TO try it, For sale 81 ll6 hing -:
feb II w. +. BROOh 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

DISCS CURE FOR UMPTlON-At
l. this time, when Coughs and Colds are 20
prevalent, we would again call attention 10 the
above invaluable Preparation. 1t has been used
BY hundreds in this vicinity since wc have been
the agents for it, and it has always given great
satisfaction Put up in large bottles at one dol
lar, and small ones At fifty cents The trade
supplied ut proprietors rates.
feb 3 JANNEY i co, l45 King s.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES-A full sup.
IN ply in store and for sale by
w. r. BROOkES,
feb IL 141 hng street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

A LIENS LUNG BALSAM, Wizard Oil,
n Nichols Elixir of Iron and Bark, Clark" )
Anti Bilious Compound, Bulls Cough syrup,
Simmons Liver Regulator, Sage's tatarrh
Remedy, Schcnck' Puimonc Syrup Norwood ;
Tincturc. Allcock's Porous Pla<tcrs, and Hub
bci's Prepared Wheat, received and for sal" by
i'm u T. 3 LEAtBEATER & BIO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

A PPLE, OUNCE, AND PEACH BUT
"a TEK-.A few b. ckets let, witch will be
sold at COST at LAT KING street,
feb IL w. +. BROOkES.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

4 MOTHER LOT OF CANNED IONA
"A TOES just received and for sale at low fg-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

pED BLANKETS Bed Comforts and Coun-
- terpanes, at reduced prices by
VIM. N. BERhLEY & SON,
feb 10 Ga King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-02

cuwardice
, 1875-08-18

the best had to be made Of them. The en-.
gineer, per contra, was perfectly satisfied of
being able to overcome any difficulties, and
from what was known of him then and since
learned IN regard to him, it is probable he
Wonld have succeeded in making everything
work better if he had been able to accompany
the apparatus to this country. But sad to saw.
the illness he laboured under (disease of the
throat) assumed rapidly dangerous proportions.
and made it impossible for him to fulfil his
contract. Another engineer had to be engaged
in his place INF. KarrasJ who had only worked
with beet-root, aud who besides did not know
one word of English. His capacities were very
inferior to those of Mr.. Rebicek, and he had
never been out Of Bohemia and Moravia.
Late in the season, apparatus and engineers
arrived in New Orleans, and with all e%xertions
it WAS not possible to begin the test before the
18Th December, 1878. Ten enormous vessels,
eight feet high and six feet in diameter, had
to be carried through the breadth of Europe.
shipped on a steamer in Bremerhaven, landed
in New Orleans, re -shippel on steamboat, landed
at Donald5onyille, re.saipped on q raft or fat
on the Bayou Lafourche, landed at Belle-Alli-
ance (Kock's Pia0tationJ and erected in their
places near the sugar-house. Il was necessary
to construct a building four stories high, for
a diffusion house, on whose floor were the difu-
sion vessels on the second story the diffusion
room on the third story the cane cutters and
movable carriage to fill the vessels; and on
the fourth story the cutters were fed by taking
the cane from the old carrier and throwing It
by hand into the cano-cutters on the story
below. O1!y the most logged perseverance,
surm0unted the obstacles of the unskilled la
bJur not only, but also of the adversely of the
S ason: but a whole year was at stake, and
the trial had to BIO made that year aud was
male.
On the Gath of November, 1878, Mr.. e.
Kock came that night to Mr.. Sieg's private
residence to know positively whether 40 ar
penis Of cane he had standing on his pla3e
would be bought for the purpose of the trial
with diffusion, or whether he should grind these
40 arpents in his mill. Mr.. Il. K)ek repre-
sented these 40 arpents as the best cane on
the place, and furthermore represented it as
being in the best condition. This same cane
HAD ben severely fcos,-bjtten on the 24th of
Oatober, aad lgajn severely .rust bitten on the
25td OF N9vCmber, ana had not been Window
"a, tAo evening tIs cane was turned over to
US for the purpose Of trying the new process.
Mr.. +. Kock only claimed for it the value of
the same amount Of sugar, he said, the mill
would extract from it, e., 20 hhdS. of sugar
with the prop0rtionate quantity of molasses
and further, the first Is hbds. and accompany
ing moiasSes if we should make more than this
amount. Mr, L. Kock returned to Belle.
Alliance and began to windrow these 40 arpeuts
Of cane about the 28th of November. 1t is
necessary to be very explicit in this transaction
in order to show the exact condition of the
cane, aud thus to be able to appreciate fairly
the result obtained.
ITO DC contiaued.J
, 1875-08-18
ANSETTELSE.

WI NDER 93e JUL 1875 har Diet beha-
" get Hans Majestet Konge6 allernaa:
digst at udnaevne h~idtilyerende Procurakor
we'd Oveuetteu og samtlige Underretter
paa de dansk-vestindiske Ger, Auditeur i
Armeen, Hermann August Jurs til heref-
ter at vere Underdommer, Skrivsr OF
P~olitimester i C~hristiansted.
, 1875-08-18

" HENHOLD til Anor1ningea at lode
q August 1874 bekjendtgj0res herved,
at jeg har modtaget Anmeldelse ON at
De Herrer j. J. Lund og ". H. Heyliger i
Forening og s~rskilt, ere Fuldm@gtige for
Hr- Kj6bmanI II. Conrad herat Christian
sted under hans Fraverelse fra Den, og
som saadaone ere bemyndigede til at handle
og underskrive paa hans Vegne.
Christiansteds Politikammer den I2te
August 1875.
H. A. JURs.
, 1875-08-18
H. JURs.

mURSUANT to Ordinance of 10Th Au-
a gust 1874 it is hereby made known
that it has been announced to me, that
Messrs. j. J. Lund and w. Il. Heyliger
Jointly and separately are attorneys to Mr..
H. Conrad, Merchant here in Christian
sted, during his absence from the Island,
and as such are authorized to act and to
sign his name per procura.
Christiansted's Police Office the 18th
August 1875.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-23
Bitten By a Tarantula.

Though every Puebloite is familiar
with tarantula juice" the insect it
self has rarely been seen there, except
as bottled curiosity. Mrs. MacIvor,
however, of that place, was bitten by
one the other day, and at last accounts
was threatened with real case OF tarant-
ism, which is comonly regarded as a
fabulous disease. The lady lives with
her husband and children In an old
adobe house, an order of architecture
which is gradually giving place to brick
and stone in Pueblo. Mrs. MacIyor, in
putting on an undergarment which had
been hanging on nail, scared tarantu-
La out of its folds, which tumbled into
her bosom, where il buried its yenomous
FRANCS in her flesh. The breast began
swelling almost Immediately, and, with
distressing pains throughout the body,
the unfortunate woman soon became
deliriorls. A physician administered
large quantities of whisky, which failed
of intoxicating effect. Other remedies,
however, proved more effective, and the
patient is more likely to recover. The
Mexicans have a superstition that
the only antidote for the bite of the tar
antula is constant dancing to appropri-
ate music played increasingly until the
patient RECEIVERS. - DenUe1' NeaOS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-23
A Silk. Stocking Pauper.

The good people of Marengo, Iowa,
for long time had on their hands pit
liable object of charity, and tried to do
their duty as sympathetic human beings.
Emma Beanford was widow of Maren-
go. She was once supposed to be quite
well-to-do, but had been reduced to rags
and squalor and starvation under the
eyes of the people of Marengo. They
gave her food and clothing and consola-
ton in her abiect poverty, trying to
tighten her oppressive memories of bet
ter days, as well as to keep her body and
soul together. At length the widow
Beanford became i'll, and her sympathiz-
ing neighbors provided her with doctors,
medicines, nurses, and other sick room
comforts. Then the widow Beanford
died, with her shoes on and without
stockings. She was buried by the Odd
Fellows, who gave her respectable flu
neral, q good, comfortable coffin and q
hospitable grave. The public admins
TRAITOR went to roofing among the widow
Beanford's boxes and trunks, not look
ing for anything but merely performing
the prefunctOry routine of his Office.
He came upon hidden and unsupported
UIOU0ulOCs 14O AuOACJ III gnu
and silver and copper and promissory
notes for hundreds of dollars, valuable
gold watch and chain, three diamond
rings, one containing cluster OF six
stones, other gold and silver rings and
trinkets, several fine silk dresses, some
dozens of pairs of silk stockings, splen-
did feather-bed and bedding to match,
and all the paraphernaIia Of first-class
feminine establishment and outfit. The
good charitable people of Marengo were
astonished at these developments. They
had carried the poor woman for years,
and had not felt the burden, but now
the load that had just rolled off their
shoulders into the grave hurt them lit
tie. The widow Beanford was richer
than any of them, and died on the hands
of charity with thousands of dollars rust
ing in her house. Louis Republican.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-23
Pity the Sorrows Of Poor Old Man

Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man.
George Alfred Townsend, In one of
his Washington letters to the Graphic,
writes:
To-day saw old Gen. Suffer, on
whose land gold was first discovered In
California, stepping out of car on the
avenue. A more pitiable instance OF
great old age, uncompensated and
neglected, never knew. 1t was Ill his
mill-race near Sacramento the precious
gold dust was first seen by Americans.
He is a native of Switzerland, but went
to the Sandwich Islands to cultivate
oranges, and thence to the Pacific coast
of America, where he took large tract
of land under Mexican grant, with the
hope that the United States would some
day stretch out to him. But it came,
like Jupiter to Danae, In a golden
shower, and the rush Of miners trampled
over his fields, killed his herds, and
made desOlatiOn In place of the fair es
tate they had found. From that discov-
cry came the most enormous tribute Ma
ture ever paid to man. The present
year'e yield of gold in CALIFORNIA; cannot
be less than 800, 000, 900 in specie, and
been flowing for more than quarter of
a century and great merchants and bank
ers have been made by its possession.
poor old Suffer, on the brink of the
grave, is unable to find an ear in which
he can tell his story. He is now more
than eighty years of age, and lives in a
little cottage at Litiz, Pa, where he IS
educating his grandchildren at a Ger
man school The whole world has been
exercised by Ralston's fate and Flood
and O'Brien's fortunes; yet here is the
man at the source of this mighty TO
nance with scarcely place to lay his
head. He is a kindly, gentle old person,
but he has passed his age. Some morn
| ing during the session there will be an
announcement of ! his death, and then
! perhaps Congress will give the tardy
stint of it's generosity to "the golden
! farmer" He has a claim for damages
! here. x
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-23

Lambert of an easy-chair, sat the un-
conscious Tom, with Jedd soothing one
of his hands and gazing anxiously in his
face. Sc an hour went by, and then the
child's eyes Enclosed; and Jedd Pallfry
took him In his arms, and the old mans
whole heart was prayer-a prayer to
Him who "tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb
When / have said that terrible dreams
and strange visions never haunted Jedd
Pallfry after that night, I have said all.
So is my story done.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-23
Russia, Germany and Turkey.

It is reported that the Premiers of
Germany and Russia have put their
heads together to control the Turkish
policy in Herzegovina. What line of
dictation has been agreed upon cannot
be ascertained; butt it is reasonable to
suppose that if Gortschakoff has his way,
the programme is anything but favora-
BILE to the Sultan. Russia has an envi-
GUS eye on Turkey. Germany would
like another slice of France, a section of
Belgium, or a State of Holland. It re-
quires no stretch of the imagination to
see Bismarck driving bargain with his
peer OF st. Petersburg, to the effect that
one shall be assisted in Eastern agrees
sions, the other in Western.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-23
CHRISTMAS ECHOES.
BY GEORGE coorEn.

Oh, sweet bells, Ginning everywhere,
Waking the keen, blue, frosty skies
Oh, glad day, beaming crystal fair.
Growing the year that dies
Ger bird-forgotten vale and glen
Your happy song sounds once again.
Breathing of peace; goodwill to men
Goodwill TO men!N
Echoed along the hurying years,
The self-same worslsthat angels hymned,
Fall softly on our listening earsi
AnG Bethlehem's star, unufmmed,
Cleans Ger the lone and goOKny waste,
And guides the feet of those who haste
Where, lowly, like a star misplaced.
The babe is seen.
Echoes the ring of generous nirth
Where loving ones meet round the board,
And sparkling eyes make glad the earth,
And hearts beat in accord.
Heap high the rousing, cracking fire,
That cleaves the gloom golden spire
Well laugh to scorn the north winds ire,
At Christmas time
Echoes-oh, may we need it still!
he cry of homeless, weary ones
Who beg the streets, while piercing chill
The white storm whirls and means.
When the gaunt wolf, Winter, crouches near
Think of the lives so sad and drear:
Oh, to the endless cry give ear
For Chr;stis dear sake. y
Echoes of those who dream alone,
Of Christmas days long, long ago,
When love and beauty round them shone
Amid the pearly snow.
Oh, still in dreams of dear delight,
Though summer days have taken flight,
And dark forebodings fill the night
May JOY be theirs!
Echoes from yonder sweeping seas,
Where the swift petrol hears the cry
OF wrecked men In their agonies,
And storm-wrack blots the sky.
Gods pity for the ills that be
Save those who brave for us the sea
So may We utter prayerfully,
This blessed day!
Oh spirit of this kindly timet
Oh, gentle hearts who fondfy meet
Oh, bells with overwhelming chime,
Bring us your message SWEET
Ger bird-forgotten vale and glen,
Ring out your happy song again,
Breathing of Peace, goodwill to men
Goodwill to men!"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-23
CHRISTMAS DOTNGs.
BIZ FRANCIS r. pArroN

Kseaz 24ck, you missed the grandest time
OF eli the Christmas games and capersi
MSxTsEG had your knack at rhyme,
.gzd wr1te poem for the papers.
>zszSs,s oct home-the stage was late
Tsse house was damned from sill to rafter,
a,sE $40 big sleigh-loads at the gate
Ware bursting out with shouts and laughter.
xrp,a thought the old foor-beams would crack,
UFsn neighbors, uncles, aunts and cousins,
zy4fT Fzcyy was and how was Jack
VEtre questions pouring in in DOZENS
4sssse xarscn melted down and grew
g. pex and Jolly as pagan;
4rYeTSrseed till thought I'd break in two
10 watch him playing Copenhagen.
gst $50 him try to dart around,
sgSsn srirIs a-screaming like the nation,
gyysarrTd Tyighed You weighed three hundred pound
AEd lad Just such a congregation
as,~y vvben we'd finished roll-the- plate
Asrd held the forfeits for the kissing,
Sve sound as 1 am bound to state,
TTaa4 meaSzy half the girls were missing.
and not d whisper could we hear.
we searched the house all through to ind them
eYflpu tried the shed. Like startled deer
T3key broke, with all the boys behind them
a4aIsl such a racing down the path,
&sEci9 tumbling in the snow and Yelling!
SIND down my neck got bath
TkaG makes me shiver at the teinng.
azFie girls we're spry as cats. More fun.
Yea talk of balls and all that foly!-
srYney came in painting, one by one,
And reds the berries on the holly.
szsfy2SIoSay brought some mistletoe,
sgFd face to face we all marched under,
Lsu1 when we stopped in double row
fsgGnd that fate had made blunder
azagFI aaess who twas CHANGED upon
so eIy at first scarce could hold her
o,sa6 DfokyT f11 IGlVVH
sac h7ushed-hey. Jack down to her shoulder
syrIsen supper came there was race
sEIke couples, fast as they were able,
@Esstsfed arTn-in-arm to find place
10 stand around the loaded table.
ct-;yess pretty girl was served in state,
And never wished the space was wider
WEifsl cheeks like apples on the plate
And eyes that sparkled like the cider.
gVes Christmas guest there felt the lack
6Bg French CONNECTIONS from the baker; T.
Fer on the pantry shelves held back,
were pumpkin pies, Jack, by the acre!
4Gfussupper done, the parson went,
Es3z Jerry gave us some selections.
sEfae furniture knew what it meant,
ATRd hurried out in all directions.
"VTs danced until so warm it grew
rs collar got as limp as water;
zine hampers joggled open. too,
At every set, and made it hotter.
-YEEex out If went. Each gave lift. irt ~ s.
TIEe pipe was down in half minute;
sKhR next twas sizzling i'll drift,
Vita pots and pans and covers IN IT.
4EITgY Serry's fddle warmed itself,
We beat the floor and shook the sashes;
GAe holly on the parlor shelf
Well of and tumbled in the ashes.
K848s1 time, Jack, for no mortal stays.
at two o'clock. or little lacking,
Mae girls were muffied in the sleighs,
and soon the whips and jokes went cracking.
The bells shook out their pleasant trills,
s2xEe same as, half an hour after,
"a heard them on the crests of hills
err missed them in the bursts of laughter
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-23

as to how he should open conversation
with the eccentric and unique individual
before him. In this dilemma the words
he had heard spoken thousand times
that night broke musically over his lips:
Merry Christmas, SIR
Then it was that Jedd Pallfry turned
and looked at him, and said:
Humph ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-23

BY Il. B. ALDRICH.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-12-23

There is curious skeleton in Jedd
Pallfry's heart, and every Christmas Eve
it turns and twists, and makes the old
man feel queer pains and see strange
sights.
These skeletons are very common to
the human race generaliy. They are the
phantons of evil deeds and malignant
thoughts sprites that grow up
in single night like toad-stools. Be
wary that you may not have one growing
In your bosom viii show itself. Mrs.
MacElegant cannot drape hers with all
the silks and brocades In Stewards, nor
old Three-per-cent, his it goes to the
very bedchamber with him, and rides IN
his cushioned carriage. 1t walks with
him in Wall street, and sits beside him
at church.