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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-16

THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
VIRGINIA ADVERTISER has already en-
tered upon the last qu.rter OF century OF
its existence. Few newspapers in the coun-
try are its seniors. During all this period
ia prominent object has been to advance
the interests of the people of whose life it
is the daily chronicle. Its fortunes have been
their fortunes; it has shared their prosper
ity and suffered in their disasters. Its in
splrstion has been the desire to forward the
best interests of the community in which 1t is
located, and its own prosperity is, as it has been
purposely made, inseparabe from that of the
community that it aims to represent. when
they grow rich it hopes for reward commen'
surste with its labors. While they are poor, it
expects to work with them and for them, e1-
pecting to make their success the measure of its
own.
The past of the Gazette is offered as an index
Of its future It has never failed to avail itself
promptly of all the Improvements which come
with the greater growth and more extended
experience of journalism
The Gazette means to be the newspaper Of
Virginia.
It will furnish daily q complete account with
super duties only Topped away, of all the current
news of the world.
A. the interests of the people mainly centre at
home, no pains will be spared to chronicle all
matters occurring in the city and neghborhood,
carefully excluding unseemly expressions or
gross narrative as u,ft for journal that Is
treasured st many thousand hearthstones of
Virginia.
Especial attention will be devoted to present
ing, as we'll from original sources of information
as from its exchanges the news of Virgins.
It's coatguity to Washington gives the Ca
zette an early precedence over all the journals
of the State in intelligence Of the operations of
the General Government, now of such vitsl i'm
portance to the people of the South. The pro-
ceedings of Congress will be regularly reported
in succinct form for its columns, but all matters
of especisl Interest in Virginia will be given in
detail.
From the Stste Capital it will receive early
and accurate accounts of the proceedings OF the
General Assembly and of all the operations OF
the State government likely to interest the
people.
In its commercial columns the especial feature
will be promptness and accuracy The farmers,
drovers and commercial people of the State
know they may depead up n the Gazette
Early ard reliable reports OF the Grain, Cattle,
Grocery and other Markets will be furnished,
and the prices and position of the stocks, which
are the subjects of business transactions in this
section of the country carefully quoted.
The continual favors Of those who have once
used the Gazette as Al advertising medium Is a
warrant for saying tina. it pays to advertise IN
its columns.
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LEG.7L .N'OTECES.

VIRGINIA: AT Rules held in tie Ccrk :
Y rtice .. the Circuit Court q the city Of
AiexanGris, or the An Gay o! Ja.usry, Is, !:
William y Moore plaiHttf sgalns: Henry ,.
Martin defendant. In deb. and Upon al a.
tac!lme!.t
The obie. Of this suit i to recover szsi:st
tire Ge.eadai.t the sum Of $50. WIKI interest
tnerco, rom August 1872. til pad. and 20
s::acl ard subj ec: 10 the payment q ihe sstLc
the Interest ~ the defendant il. tire house and
lot - the sou:nwes: Intersection .. Commerce
sid Fav,t.e streets. in Ale3sndr "a city, Slrg MIA
The defendant not having entered nis appear.
ance ard given security according to the &c: q:
Assembly, and the rules 81 this Court, and < SIP
pea-rg bv affidavit that be is not reside!.: oi
this State. !: Is ordered that sal! defendant sir"aF
here within one month after due publication q
this order and 60 VIVA. il necessary 20 pr":ec: his
interest in mis- suit: ard that copy o. this or
der De forthwith inserted in the AleIaEd-!a GA
ze..a, = newspaper published IL the city - A.
cxaadria, once week :or .ou- successive weeks
and posted 81 the irol. door o. tae Court House
Of this city. 4 c3Py0tss;> oxr c,
D. L Smoo:, p. q. jan l3-w4w
EXECUTORS NOTlCE-Tne undersigned
Il h wing duly qusl:G.d before tn C,un:y
Court OF Fai7:sx county, Virginia as Executors
MUNCH, ls:e .: he said county deceased
hereby give notice - =. pe-:o.S having c.a!u ):
sgsast The es;,.e Ct s.id William H. Moaca
- p7esen. them Tor settlement, duly ~
e!.tca:r! 81: a! persons I2debta: - me ssi
r>i .:e s7e required - Il axe iumeGi.t, paymea.
- Us SAMUEL PULLMAN,
FREDERICK PAFF,
deS-w+ws Exr$ OF Wm. II. Moncn. CSC j
I'VE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED Ascc:.
w io7 me sale Q:
JAS. 5. WEIGHS CELEBRATED
FLOURS,
and VII! Keep = sock constantly on hand.
DELAPLANE < FOWLE.
Gee >, h;ng stree.
LADIES LASTING BOOTS.
A ls-se S:rcs win : s7ea: variety OF now
s.y. -. beautiful and ve-v ri:csr.
Y; WADDEI'S, Il King street.
MISSES LASTING BOOTS,
IN ENERI STYLE. QUALITY snd PRICE,
At WADDEI'S, y King street.
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PRICE OF TICKETS,

The Montpelier Female Humane Association,
chartered By the Legislature Of Virginia and
the Circuit Court Of Orange county, proposes,
by series of Grand Gift Concerts, to establish
and endow Home for the Old, lntrm and
Destitute Ladies of Vi.ginis," at Mcntpe!ier,
the former residence OF President Jas. Madison.
The Association is under the control OF eight
trustees six Of whom are elected bi ennialy by
the stockholders and two appointed by the Gov
ernor Of Virginia.
References by permission: His E8cellency,
James L. kemper, Governor OF Virginia; HIS
Excelency, Gilbert G. Walker, ex-Gcv. OF a:
Hon. Robert E. Withers Lieutensnt Gover!or
Of Virginia and U. S. Senator elect Hon Robt.
w. Hughes, Judge Eastern District .: Hlrginia;
Senators and Mem bers Of Congress iEoin Virginia.
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THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY EWING, JANUARY IT,

AN extraordinary account has appeared 10
French agricultural journal, to the fleet that
straw forms an admirable lightning conductor.
It had been observed that straw had the prop
erty of dischargiog Lsyden jars without spark
or explosion, and some one IN the nelghbor-
hood of Tarbes had the idea of constructing
straw lightning conductors, which were formed
by fastening wisp or rope of straw to deal
stick By means of brass wire, and Gaping the
conductor with copper point. 1t is asserted
that the experiment has been tried on large
scale around Tarbes, eighteen communes haV.
ing been provided with such straw conductors
only one being erected for every six arpedts,
or $50 acres, and that the whole nelghborhood
has thus been preserved from the effects, not
only OF lightning, but Of hail also. The state
ment comes FROM respectable source.
a BIT of glue dissolved 10 skim milk ana
water will restore old Grape. Halt cranberry
bound on a corn will soon kill it. An lnkstand
was turned over upon white tablecoth; a
servant threw over it mixture of salt and
pepper plentifulIy, and all traces OF 1t dlsap-
peared. Picture frames aud glasses are pre-
served from flies by painting them with
brush dipped in mixture made by boiling
three or four onions 10 pint of water. Bed,
bugs are kept away by washing the creVices
with strong salt water put on With brush.
Soft soap should be kept 10 a dry place In the
cellar, and DOT used until three moathS.
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STEd.HROA rs.
YDE'S ST E A n LII ES
TO
PH1LADELPHIA, PROVIDENCE AN

PHILADELPHIA, PROVIDENCE AND
BOSTON.
Steamers leave Alexandria EVERY TUES
DAY, and leave Philadelphia EV- <Te
cry SATURDAY. at II o'clock m. SEikssS
from Pier No. North Whsrves.
This line connects q: Alexandra with the O.,
4. S NJ. and w. s o. K. Rs. snG at Philadel-
phia with the new and popular Iron Line" for
Providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with promptness snd care,
free OF commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia. and
no Wharfage IL Boston. Through to Boston in
sixty-hve hours. Through rstes and through
bills of lsdng given. Insurance guaranteed st
less Inan usual rates.
Agents:
F. A. REED, Alexsndris.
WM. P. CLYDE s. CO., Phiadelphia.
GEO F. HYDE, Georgetown, D. c.
ian SIT
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Governors Office, Richmond, July 3, 4.

Governors Office, Richmond, July B. a.
acquainted with large majority OF the officers
of the Montpelier Female Humane Association
who reside in the vicinity OF my home, and |
attest their intelligence and their worth and nigh
reputation as gentlemen. as vel ~ the puoc
confidence, influence and substantial means 10.
orally represented among them.
jArEs L. kEMPER, Gov. of VirgiDia.
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For full particulars: testimonials, &C., send
for circular.
Remittances for tickets may be made by eS-
press pre- psid postofice money order, on A.es1'
andris, Va, or by reglste ed letter: addressed
Hon. JAMES BARBOU h,
President VI. F. b. A., AlexsndTis, Va
@- Rei.ble Agents wanted everywhere.
nov 8-td
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a. the interests of the people mainly centre at
home no pains will be spared to chronicle all
matters occurring in the city and neighborhood,
carefully excluding unseemly expressions or
gross narrative as utft for q journal that Is
treasured at many thousand hearthstones OF
Virginia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-16

Ale1andrs, Va, July Sth, ls14
Ny personal acquaintance with = majority 0;
the gentlemen controlling the Montpelier Fe-
male Humane Association and the reputatl n OF
sill of them enables me 10 commend them - July
entitled to the confidence Of the public. Nc act
or representation inconsistent with honor and
integrity need be spp-ehended in the conduct or
representations Of these gentlemen.
r. W. HUGHES,
U 5. Judge East. Dis:- OF Va.
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IT. WINTER ARRANGEMENT
dec %
POTOMAC FERRY BOATS.
MON OLk AND TON.

RFoLK AND BOSTON
The steamer LADY OF TEE LAKE. con.
meeting al Norfolk with the steamers sf~
Of the Merchants snd Miners Tcsns. .EzaassGssl
portstior Compsny for Boston. will leave hec
wharf, No. 4 south wharves, EVERY MON
DAY and THURSDAY st 2.3O p. NJ, for Nor
folk. Returning, leave Norfolk on 7 7 ESD. IS,
and FRIDAYS. 1t 3 p. N. stopping st Fort
Washington GlymoHt. Piiicy Point. Point
Lookout and Fortress Monroe.
This line, connecting q. Alexandria with the
O.. i. s ". and ". & @. K. Rs, snd st Etr~
folk with the Boston steamers offers superior in
duceDenss for the rapid ana careful shipment Of
sill kinds oi:reigh. to Boston. The rates being
,ected to this texture All freight Forwarded
free u commission, and through bills of la.ir (
given.
For freight or passage apply OF board. r to
'. D. GKOEER, Norfolk, }. 6. " ATERS,
F. 4. REED. Agea: Alexandria
A. &. PLANT, Gen. Ag::,.
Cor. 18th ST. ant New York sve.
Washington D. G.
First class fare to Norfolk, 81 round tip, St
Second class fare 10 Norfolk, s. round icp, So
ap 22-tt
MERCHANTS. LINE NEW YORK.
AkxA STEAMSHIPS.
The ire consists Z. the following srst-clas@
E. c. KNIGHT. Capt. W. S. johnson.
JOHN GIBSON. ........... Capt ~. H Winters
VALLEY CITY ............... Capt BaG:eIi
Will leave New York EVERY SATU RDAY
for this port; sud, returning will Leave a exaI
ira EVERY FRIDAY, ST ~ clock.
All freight must be on the dock By q. n.
For freight apply to
HOOE S JOHNSTON.
Agents. No. Prince street
Agents il New York,
GEO. B. MERRlCk,
apo 22G South ST.. Pier No 80 East rv r
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-16

It's coatiguity to Washington gives the Ga
zette al early precedence over all the journals
of the State in intelligence Of the operations of
the General Government, now of such vitsl i'm
portance to the people of the South. The pro-
ceedings of Congress will be regularly reported
in succinct form for its columns, but all matters
OF especisl Interest in Virginia will be given IN
detail.
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LARG STOCK CHILDREN BOOTS AND
SHOES.
Protector. Toe will vca- :wce 50 long a. shoe:
inat. in TIE c-G,asry way. They vi. TO: "ea:
through TIE .ypr. y: :he toe One trla. WI.
prove tbs - v'u- entire satisfaction. For ss.e
At Va DDEI'S, Il k!ag street
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JobPrinting0Mce

We respectfully call the attention of our GUS
toners and the public generally to our extern
siye assortment of ali kinds of
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SOUTH BOUND. Mail Trsin. Express
NORTH BOUND. M@i Trsin. Express.
MAN ASSAS DIVISION.

Leave Baltimore Washington and Aleyan.
dria daily except Sunday, with the morning
M4:n Line train Leave Manassas Junction 81
9. q. m, 70 arrive ~ St7a$ burg al 400 p. m.
Leave S:ra<burg +. 100 y. m, Manassas June
ton =, l.yu p. M, and get - Alexandria at 400
,. n.
At Washington We mske close connections 20
and from North ard West; a. Dnnville to and
from South and Southwest ~ lynchburg, by
Mai! train with Atlantic, Miss. i Ohio. to and
from Tennessee and Al Southwest, and, s..
Lo.do.svi.c ard Charlottesville, By Nail t-ai..
With Ctesap-ake and Ohio, Ess: snd West
~. PU Ii i:AE SLEEP Frs o. light train:
through oe;acr:. Wa:ti-gto.. and DanT,..e
i.u.-,: J. VI. bRUADIS, &. T. \.
- AsA1SG1oS . OHIO RAILROAD
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Especial attention will be devoted to present
ing, as we'll from original sources of information
IS from its exchanges, the news of Virgins.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-09
Roetrg.
For the Union.
o l. ID d Il N.
IN MEM0RIUM

l did not think, my antiquated friend,
oh, DAME" ofthe ebJn skin and merry laugh,
That he, who late your epithalamium penned
So soon should follow with your epitaph.
Yet while my heart is filled with deepest grief
That you no more in Spring shall cut my grass
My soul, fancy, will obtain relief,
AS through my pen the tears in mourning pass
My grief, though clothed in black, seems but a
word,
And as word will vanish if set free,
But she, the fair, who last your bosom stirred
Her love was constant, as her grief will be.
Though brief the period of your welded bliss,
And short the race which hand in hand you
sped,
Yet she each day your tender care will miss,
And joys connubial mourn forever fed.
But you, oh, Daniel! when you reach the shore
Where scenes celestial claim spirits sight
Will on its strand be met by other four, [white
Whose tawny faces have been changed to
Your spirit, Daniel, then in bliss will dwell,
Far greater than you ever knew alive,
For you can have each angel wife a spell.
And when the fairest comes live with the five
You seem like Daniel, whom the Scriptures tell
Nebuchadnezzar in the furnace cast
For on your spirit garments rest no smell
OF sin, they garnered as through life you past.
If Heaven has law called "Civil Rights
And men be judged the same, what'er their
hue,
Your place will be among the brightest lights,
For here the tempter always found you true.
Your path in life was on its lowest plane,
Whose jagged edges cut and bruise the feet
Your labor great and very small your gain,
But yet like Aston, you had clothes u meat
My ancient friend you will descend with fame
As one who ever served the public we'll,
Industrious cheerful, ever still the same,
Nor like the" Ring" which tempted carly fell
May you not stop in purgatorys shade,
But pass at once beyond the pearly gate,
With form made graceful and in white arrayed
And soul adapted to your newborn state.
For these great blessings l shall fervent pray
kndsthat you with the five yeur future 81 pend
And when ask to enter you shall say,
"Adnit the bearer, my old poet friend"
Mt. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4th, 1875. W.
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PoLITICs AND BUsINEss.-The time was, and
that not many years ago, when nearly every
paper published in this country was political
one. A publication devoted exclusively to trade
matters was entirely unknown. But within
the last dozen years, and more particularly
within the latter half of this period, there has
been greet change in this respect. There are
now large number of trade papers published
throughout the country, which, in point of abil-
ity and mechanical execution, are fully equal
to the best class of news and political or agri-
cultural journals. 1t should be noted, too, that
nearly all of these periodicals are published in
the north.
The event and rapid multiplication of such
publications has meaning. 1t denotes that
business men are devoting more attention to
their business and less to politics that they
are becoming more methodical and more desir
Gus of keeping themselves well informed
throughout their own country and the world at
large, as we'll as of increasing their knowledge,
by reading of new inventions and processes
and new adaptations of old ones. We see in
all this hopeful sign. 1t indicates that our
manufacturers are pursuing the right course to
enable them to compete with the manufactur-
ers of the old world but what is more hopeful
still, it shows that the time when business men,
too many of them, congregated in shops, stores
and bar-rooms to boisterously discuss politics,
to the neglect of their business, has passed, or
is rapidly passing away.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-09

Ms- Now, what does this mean The Annap-
oils Gazette asks if the gentlemen of the Deme-
cratic State Central ommittee have forgotten
the serious charge that was brought against
their present candidate for Comptroller (Mr.
Woolford) upon the floor Of the Senate by Col.
Earle, and which has never been refuted, nor
even contradicted. No man knews better than
Mr.. Carroll that this charge against the Comp
troller (Mr. Woolford) is true, and yet he has
consented to run on the same ticket with him
fact that has shaken the confidence of the
people in Mr.. Carroll" We said some thing in
last Sundays Herald about pensions. Will Mr..
Wooford explain? He can have the use of our
columns-if he makes his explanation BRIEF
Baltimore Su7ldav Herald
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minneapolis.

Minneapolis is only seven miles in straight
line from st. Paul, from centre to centre. The
two cities are connected by broad avenues.
The scenery is rare in its beauty and pictures
queness. Fort Smelling, Minnehaha and other
points are widely known. One of the most
IIagn fcent views IN the NortIi west Is That OBJ
tanned as one approaches Minneapolis on the
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway, when the
west is aglow with mellow sunset-the land,
sly, and groves wreathed with vapors of vari-
gated soft and beautiful tints : the city in the
distance on an elevated prairie, the background
diversified with graceful slope and rounded
contour of hill and woodland. Nearer the city
one hears the roar of the great cataract, st.
Anthony's Falls, mingled with which is the
noise of axe, hammer, and saw: an apotheoss
OF industry, where, reversing the fairy tale,
nothing is left to luck; and if there be any
poetry, it is something that can not be helped
the waste of the water over the dam. It is
the queen manufacturing city in the New North
west, has the most ample and effective availa
BILE water power on the continent-indeed, in
the world. Its hydraulic capacity at an aver
age stage of water is 1907 900 horse power; the
descent in the river within less than two miles
10 sixty four feet, the effective fall forty five
feet. The northern termination of the ledge of
Intestine which underles the surface for fifty
miles east and west is here. This stone is an
excellent building material, and is extensive
~ USED mere ana IN Ot. raul. Inc water lounQ
It's way through the sand-rock under the ledge
a few years since and threatened to destroy it !;
but the united efforts of the proprietors and the
government in putting in works have made the
dam permanent and secure for all time. To
his great water-power, to the fact that raw
material of almost every kind employed in the
arts is found in the State, to the favorable com
lnercial position and facilities which enable her
to collect this raw material and distribute the
products to widely dependent markets, Mime
apolis is indebted for her present eminences as
manufacturing city. She has signal advan
ia yes for varied manufacture. Almost every
variety of industry is prosecuted here. The
chief interests in point of magnitude are lum
her and -four. The annual lumber product is
about 900 feet and about 125 900
shingles. 1t is the central point for lumber
manufacture for the vast region of pine on the
Upper Mississippi and its tributaries. Many
millions of dollars are invested in this business.
Of equal and perhaps greater Importance is the
manufacture of -four in which Minneapolis is
excelled by but one city in the United States.
The product in 1874 was 726,5O0 barrels, and
So 0O0O 900 pounds of feed.-L. w. PoaoelI, IN
turner's Md0azi1le for October.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-09

Mss-A celebrated wit once said of his debts
that it was neither his interest to pay the prin-
cipal nor his principal to pay the interest.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-09

THE Foe IN THE HoUsEHoLD.-The New York
Times is inveighing against the extortionate
mlllners and dressmakers, saying that upon
them rests large part of the extravaganza and
misery of modern life. The editor adds; "Why
women should be content to submit to the ruth
less tyranny of these persons it is hard to un-
derstand. Of course, they must be ain the
fashion )" and no one would presume to deny
that. But if they only stood out for even few
weeks against the outrageous prices now ex-
per would soon be brought to her senses. And,
no doubt, if women had to pay the bills of these
harpies themselves, that is the course they
would take. Mems dress affords comparative
ly little scope for cheatng but still, if men
were as careless of their money as women are,
tailors would contrive to run up bills almost
equal to those of the dressmaker. But, as a
rule, men try to get the worth of their money:
And that is matter to which the women OF
the present day seldom pay any attention"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-09

Mg~ Some ladies, this season, wear wings on
their hats-but it doesn't make em angels.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-09
OLDFIELD'S EXCELSIOR PUMP!

TINE undersigned has now on hand about
1000 feet of choice White Oak Pump Stock
which has been in spring water sufficient
length of time to free it from sap. Any Pump
constructed of this stock is guaranteed not to
give an unpleasant taste to the water. His ar
rangemenh for preparing Pump Stock in the
above manner are most ample and complete,
and he will always be prepared to put up the
EXCELSIOR PUMP at short notice.
Always on hand all kinds of Pump Fixtures
of the very best quality, including Leathered
Buckets for Old Pumps, which can be furnish
ed on demand.
Common Wooden Pumps made on the prem
Uses where they are to be placed, when desired
All Pumps constructed by the subscriber are
warranted for one year. After the first year
they will be kept in order by him, for ten years,
for the moderate sum of 81 per year.
If the Excelsior Pump should not give satisfGe-
ton it DilL be removed and the money refunded.
rs Refers by permission to R. R. Boarman,
Esq, Towsontown. Orders by mail, or in per-
son, attended to promptly.
VIM. OLDFIELD, PUMP MAKER,
My29-1y* Fountain Green, Hartford Co., Nd
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been without noble fruit. That it may 90 far
beyond this and werk out its own good purposes
to tbsff thorough contamination, by its own
trusted hands, sincerely hope. wish that
were personally able to do more in it's behalf.
Renewing my Acknowledgements, am, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. TEAcKLE WALLIS.