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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

Mr.. Randall, OF Pennsylvania is 10 Washing
ton canvassiog for the Speakersbip. He is 10
correspondence with number Of the new Dem
ocratlc members, and his friends say that
he has enough votes pledged to give him good
start
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

The City Council OF Stanton, has recousid-
cred It's action authorizing contract with Mr..
+. II. Hamble:on for the erection of water work.
for that city, a, cost of 100000. A new ad.
vertisement fer bids for the erection Of the
works has beer authorized
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

PARDoSED. Last tai a man named Tom
ill., from Clarke county, was arrested by l. s.
revenue officers, who charged hun with selling
liquor without license He was tried before
the u. 5. Court 10 Harrlsooburg and sen.
fenced to pay fine Of 81 900 and be impris
oned in the Clarke jail one Year. The people
of Berryville and Of Clarke generally considered
this peculiarly hard case, as lrom many cir
cumstances they believed the mau innocent,
and 1t Is furthermore asserted that if he hal
been able to raise the SUN Of So, to satisfy
raVenous revenue man, could have gone scat
free Mr.. /. 1. FaunlIeroy, jr., of this town,
was 10 BerTyvie few weeks ago, aud hearing
OF tEe'cast, being convinced OF the absolute III
nocencc of the poor man, Tonn, and belicv.
Ing that he was victim OF these land sharks,
determined at oDce to place the case in it,
proper light before President Grant. He de-
termlned TO appeal to his hear; 10 this case
without the Intervention Of rcd-tapeism, and
so wrote to lady connection in Washington,
who scot the letter Immediately to the Prcsi
dent, who Was at Long Branch Within TWEEN
ty-tour hours an order for Tmoin'- PARTON Was
sent TO the Attorney General Of the t. s, aud
We presume that ueiolc this the nau is al Ii3-
erty and returned to his wife aud four chit
dren We have thought this incident worthy
OF notice as crediablc to Mr.. FanntIeroy as
we'll as to President Grant :. VIZ Netrs
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17
The Educational Convention.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
MONTGOMERY WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
July, l6.-At i p. ~, yesterday. The As,ocia-
ton re.asseu tlcd aud M! w Robin Terry, OF
New London Academy, Bo!etourt Co., read
an able paper on ''Instructiou 10 Ma!hcmat-
'cs.' 1t was discussed, at considerable length.
by Profs. Fanter, of Emery and Henry Col.
lege, Harris, Of Richmond College, E,ti!I, of
Randolph Macou College, w. W. Smith. OF
Bethel Academy, J. n. MEG uire, Of Rich
nonc and DR.. Bed-oe. The latter denounced 10
unmeasured terms, the Norih,ru book publish
ers, who printed seven. five, or three book :
where one ought to do, for he purpos4 Of ex-
tracing money from the pockets Of pareutS
he told story Of box agent who had Of
tered him hundred dollars FIR hi- time in ex-
aminlng book, II he gave iavyrablc opinion
OF 1t, and whom be had instantly ordered out
of his Office
The report 90 obstruction in History. pre-
pared aod read by Prot. \. B. Webster, OF
Norfolk, elected much discussion, not on the
doctrines contained in it, but Nth reference to
list OF books recommended for examination.
Rev. DR.. Jones, Of Richmond, pitched into it
Swlnton's History, and Dr.. Bledsoe 60 the
general principle OF cb.ctlon to ali NortE ern
works 90 the subject DR.. Rutfner, Prof. Iur-
ner, and Aessrs McGuire AID Carne, a!-o,
participated In the debate, the last manuel, de.
| Tending his colleague % the committee irom
the charge of hariug recommended all the
books named for adoption in schools which he
held that the language OF the report did uo,
justify. He certainly had united in the repor,
! with 20 such idea, for none Of the histories nj
used were mentioned at ALL aud he knew Of
many aud grave errors in som: On the list.
1t has raloed, more or less, every cay bul
one since have beep here, and, to-day, Very
heavy showers lave followed each other n
rapid succession. The company Is increas og
rapidly, and the pleasure seekers seem to b.
| enjoying themselves a. Indeed they can scarce
" help doing 10 50 beautiful place.
EIDELIs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

LAND SALES. The farm of Milton Garn...
deceased situated about seven miles ~: -
Orange Court House, was sold a, rubIs. ,,n,
ton on Monday last, to VIM. Fl. Lyme, q ee,-
mond. Proe S41 per acre.
The farm known as FreScat. situated I'm
ules southwest of Oraoee Court H,use. and
owned BY William Mister, was sold a, private
sale 90 Monday last to Mr. Ruddecke. OF New
Orleans. Price Sl4, 600. Ptedmou: Ttroi,.iau,
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining, in the Alexandra, Va, Posto:Rce
July Il, 1875
Persons calling for letters will say they s,e al
Vertlsed and give the date of the list
Ii not called Tor within thirty days, they will bs
sent TO the dead letter Office in Wsshingtnn
AVefett, Miss Sue Matthews, Jonathan
Bolden, Miss Mary Milton, Henry
Coleman He:ry Riley, Jas, col
Goiehsn, Hiss Hannah Stog!ing, Chss
Il3on, j I'm Stsnz j B
Holmes, Thos Savles. Boa WI
Hackley, Eizs Tut Willlsm
Jones, Daniel Wilson, Priscls
Jones, Miss Mary Wood Mrs MsrvE
Lyles, Miss Bella Whit, 9, RW
Merchant samuel Wiley, Rev Samuel
j lit w. n. BERkLEY. P. II.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

SATURDAY, JULY II.
The l'orporafion Debt.

There are few subjects of more general inter
est than that Of the debt of the city, and We
have taken the opportunity to collate some facts
10 regard to it, which may not be without TO-
terest.
The debt OF the town, as reported in the an
nual corporation accounts" by the several
6oance committees, have been as follows at the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

Minister ScheDck aod family have left Lon
doc for two months sojourn in Sweden and
Norway.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

LlBERALl1y OF RAILROADS AS COMMON
CARRIERS In the case of the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad Company against John r
oayers, Oh an appeal from judgment obtained
IN the Circuit Court of WJthe by Savers against
the company, for lot of cattle lost by an acct.
dent, In being transported 10 the COMPANY I.
cars, lately decided by the Court of Appeals at
Wythevllle, u Judge Christian delivering the opiD-
lon OF the Court, after reviewing the American
and English cases, said: From this review Of
the American and English decisions, am con.
strained to conclude that the great weight of
authority is 10 favor of declaring that the sa,u.
tary la" or rue of public policy, which forbids
common carrier from exempting himself from
liability by express contract or otherwise Tor his
own negligence, whether gross or ordinary.
should be firmly adhered to and maintained BY
the courts Of this State"
This settles very important principle in re-
gard to the liability Of the railroad companies
10 this State, though in this case the Judgment
was reversed ADD sent back for new trial, be-.
cause 10 the court below the declarations of a
negro brakeman and section master, made at
different time, were received 10 evidence
the Court Of Appeals holding that they did not
constitute part Of the res gesra --LvachJur1
Neps. ~'''''s
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17
The Old Flint LncE

An elderly maD, uamed BeckTth, residing ia
one Of the Peninsula counties. came to this CITY
last Thursday on business He brought with
him an Old fashioned fint.lock rife to have a
stock aud cck put &C. On the cars he fell in
conversation with party Of three gentlemen
from this cliy, when cDe of them, to test the
reality OF some OF the extraordinary feats of
craftsmanship he boosted of, offered him SO
TO repeat some of thee, to which the other TWO
added - between them. The trial came off 10
an old field halt a mile below Rockets, and Wa
witnessed by about dozen persons.
The old Hnl-lock was fired seven times and
only once missed ts a;m. The old gentleman,
after making two shots at small objects 10 one
side, to get his haud steady, as he said, handed
his sun potato and stationed him at 6fty
yards distance. holding the potato between
his thumb aud tore6uger The rife cracked.
and the potato tci cloven ia three or four
pieces. O4e of the larger pieces was then
thrown IN the ali, the marksman keeping at
The same distance, and again the shot told
An iuch aud Il hall a1gur was then produced
ana hole bored in the teuce, behind which
Vas fastened piece OF white paper. At the
distance oil sixty yards the marksman sent ball
clear through the aperature, piercing the paper
At the fourth shot, from sixty yards distance,
was crushed. At tie fifth shota copper cent
was tirown 10 the air aud hit. Tie sixth and
seventh shots were delivered at blackened
h"c-ce1t ickcl piece thrown w by the sou,
s,aading about thirty yards off, At the first
attcmpt the shot missed
The old gentleman showed considerable
modification, and laiG the blame upon by.
standcr, who at the critical moment sneezed
loudly. The next attempt, however, was an
entire success. The cid man declined any
further trials Of his skill, and when offered a
sum of money to epeat his first feat Of shoot
lug potato from his sou 5 baud, he refused,
saying he dldn't care to try such experiments
unless his Weapon was freshly cleaned. The
exhibition nas the more remarkable from the
fact that the marksma2 was an old man, at least
80. HIS eye. however, was clear, bright, gray
dis appearance.l thai Of poor farmer. The
young man showed not the least tremor or any.
lety during the dangerous experiment upoo
hlnsclt. The old nan, referriog to his son, said
Bob can shoot just az we'll as | can. '--Rich.
noud Wig.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

A SULTAN SISTER -'i't,ere i, ve.y roman.
tic incldeut Ilkel y TO be connrcfel with the
present Visit OF the Sultan 0! Z.zibar % Lon
con. A sister OF his, when young girl, in
spite OF the restraints " hlch are lin, yn .ronnd
""n"n IN the east. became ac1naittrh with
young German clerk u tl.e house Of L uzibar
merchant, and the TWO I'll u I've With each
other. La cider to be united 10 him she cs
capped TO Ad2n, and there she was married and
Vas also naptlsed> The brother ri the prescnt
sultan Was then on the throne. All lie and her
'tner relatives were, Of curse, .n."nscd at the
elop' uent, at her change Of religion aad her
marriage 10 Christian, aud WIN " li>owned
her. Sc accompanied her husband 10 E,rone
and hey resided at hamburg ill he ruct with
an acctIeht about 1870, which c..ns,d hi,
death His widow had become hyhsv edn.
Gated and accomplished woman, removed 70
Dresden for the education OF her children
Her n"b:c character, her beau and her ro
ul"hc hlStnfy nave attracted Tie attention Of
mary people OF Influence 10 Germany, IN.
Guiding sn,ue nembefs # the ;Elpcr;I family
lnd "hen III Sultan visit TO Erpl,pI was ar
RAGGED It Was tel than an opp.ru lily was pre-
SUITED Tor clfcciing reconciliation between
hcr anl the brother tI0;m whom she has been 50
long e>tiangeGi With Vie, To this she has
gouc TO iIondou, and is At pes ut Saving in
the house ut Il Well kuuwn mculhcr Of parlia
neut
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17
HE Moon AND THE EARTH. We copy from
review 10 the London Spectator the following ::

HE Noon AND THE EARTH. We copy from
review 10 the London Spectator the following ::
Imagine how brcathess the interest with
which we should have awaited each revelation
OF the marvellous instruments which :cieac, en-
plnys IN the work Oi IunAtl&n discovery, il our
satellite had been inhabited and We could hav,.
discovered something like our UHn human lite :?
OnhappI'y any suct imagination i. ought OF th.
question. place without mir and water and
III winch the temperature pssses through u
range OF nearly 40 degrees within fortnight,
must present conditions of which we cannot
luC Ii any conc ptun. Another peculiarly
which, to our notions at least would be unp pleas
AIT, Is supplied by the ncteDrs. Here they src
pretty spectacle; in the moon they cannot be
seen but they must nj times, at lcsst, k"sp ~, y
very brisk cannonade. AS there Is no atnn-
sphere, writes our authors, "tp consume the
mtteors by frictiona nest or break hy its resist
ance the velocity Of their descent, they must
strike the moon with 4 force t. which that oi y
Cannon bail striking n large. il feeble inleed."
II these difficulties could he removed, the moon
would be q most eligible pl .ce for the observa
ton OF astronomical phenOmena-tor finding DUt
Tor instance, all that wo are 50 lahn7lOusly seek
ing to discover about the sum. The earth too,
would present 4 spectacle Of great beauty. AT
this sunset time, The earth, nearly in the zenith
OF US, (the supposed lunar spect%tors) will be II
It's half Illuminated phase and even then it will
shed more light than receive upon the
brightest OF moonlight nights. As the night
proceeds the earthS phase will increase through
the gbbous stsges until vi midnight i, will be
full, and our orb wi ! 10 seen in IL; entire beauty
1t will perform ii eas. one o: It's tY,.:lty four
hourly rotations during tho time that it appears
quite full itne night Is more than three hundred
hours long, and the whole Of its surface features
Will IN That time pass before the lunar SPECTATORS
eye. At times the nor hcrn pole wi!l be turned
toward our view, at time. the southern, ind It's
polar ice caps will appear MS brig It, white spots
marking its axis of rotation. The SEAS would
appear-as far MS can be interred--of pale b'ue
green tint, the continents parti colored, and The
tinted spots would vary with the changing ter
restrial seasons"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

A New KNOW NorH.NG MOVEMENT The
ne" ork Sun Is authority for the stateme ut
that new know-Dothing movement has hean
set on foot. 1t is called the American Laayne
ana Was hrst organzed in 1871. It is stated
, ~ IL mas 4o;ooo members lu the State OF New
1pFk' ahu Will run complete ticket for State
omcers 10 the election of November It's lead
iDg prnc'ple Is that none but Americans born
10 t1is =. country aud of American parents shall
oe eNgioie TO ofhce, and it proposes that the
na1uralIzatlon laws shall be amended according
~ Ii also lays dowo the doctrine of absolute
!noh-l,n,terierence 10 religious subjects, though
|, hoIds the law Of the land supreme above any
cnurch or sect. 1t is secret society," made up
OF lodges, with passwords, signals and oaths.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

SHIP BUlLDIEG.-By act approved March -,
1919, the General Assembly granted to the Ia
ternatlona Steamship Company such corpo-
rate powers, privileges, rights and obligations
rs ere given the company hy act Of the Lagisa
ture OF New jersey, provided the company shall
establish an iron snip building yard upon the
shore OF any navlgabIe waters Of Virgins trihu
tsry to the Atlantic ocean and "a line Of oce4n
steamers between this ; ta.e and Europe The
act also authorizes The establishment of West
tern IRON building yards near the mouth Of the
hanawha or other waters OF the Western States,
not excluded by the laws Of those States"
PROVISION is made for The issuance OF bonds By
the coupsny and Tor q SHAKING fund to meet the
bonds ut maturity, and tie State of Virginia is
to become trustee in mortgage for securing snid
bonds. The act is also made applicable rs 10
shares, the Issue Of bonds and the trusiecshiu to
the james River and kanawha Canal Company
Tor the enlargement, maintenance and continue
tlon OF the Canal to the Ohio river SO soon. us the
act is accepted by the canal company.
Governor kemper has received formal notice
from MIR. A. w. Thompson, President of the
1nternationsl Steamship Company, Office ut Jcr-
sey City, N. D., that the ret has been accented
by the Board OF Directors of that COMPANY ana
that the Local Board of Directors for kic6mond
has been elected President THOMPSON s:atns
thst there seems to be fair and early prospect
OF securing the whole capital necessary to estab-
llsh two building yards, Ill the required works
ana The steamship line.
MIR. J. omp$on made proposition similar to
tue one authorized in The act to the Legislature
OF Virginia about the yesr 1865 but as it did not
then meet with favor among members of the
General Assembly. he applied to the Legislature
ol New jersey, which granted him the charter
which the Virginia Legislature has made appi-
caole 10 lhls Stste rs above stated.-Eich Enq
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

Thirty new Indictments have been presented
IN the United States District Court at st
Louis against dlstillers Of that vicinity, but the
names will no! be dYuIged until the arrests are
made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

1t will be seen that large apparent reduc-
ton was made between 1860 and 1869 by re-
demption of due bills &C., but there is reason
to believe that this left out much back interest
which has since been called for.
The report of 1860 was as follows:
March lat, 1860, stock 1886 to
1859, $l,O42,25O 90
BOND Y. q v. Canal, 10000 w
Due Dliis % 6s and IS, 100000 OO
Temporary loans, G5,937 So
Note for fish wharf, 6OO 90
Balance, PASTA go
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17
LIST OF LETTERS
COMM ERCIAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET July 1.-THE re-
ceipts Of Wheat show an impro yement in ouso-
tlty with an active market offerings of 1896
bushels with sales of prime white at 1875, and
red st l35, 49,. 1879 and l43-lst.er for q choice
new lot Corn is in light receipt and the mar.
ket is unchanged offerings of 36i bushels white,
with sales 81 g. Oats are steady small sales At
o.. Other articles unchanged.
RECEIPTS OF PRoDUcE-The following sre
the receipts by the Washington City, Virgnia
Midland and Great Southern e. R. this week:
Corn 426S Bushels wheat 1866, oats 495, onions
So potstoes 40. -four 402 bbls, ground sumac
a52.e Ies Up sppIes boIs' tobacco I9, boxes
butter frkins, eggs 10 bb!s snd boxes, bacon
lou lbs, calves AZ head, fowls 10 coops bark II
cars, lumber It, OCO feet, glue stuff bags. sheep
skins bale tsIlow bbl:, sundries II obls and
boxes, hides bale and 9 bundles lard tierce,
stone cars, iron, hides and rags car. cattle
and sheep cars.
COAL REPORT Tho following is report of
the receipts and shipments of coal during the
week ending 70 d y:
RECEIPTS. tons.
American Coal ~
Hampshlre snd Baltimore Coal Co.......... 2045
). T. Agnew. .... w 400
Observation-Disclosures. go. .............. Ito
SHIPMENTS.
American Coal .................... Abs
.mpshlre and Baltimore Coal Co. 3D.
}. Z. .......... ojl
1olai....... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3 go
FORT OF .4LEI }.NDKx.7, JELY II.
sun rose............4 81 Moon sels.......... 3 50
Sun sets ..............7 70 High water y a.
ARRITSr.
Steamer Lady Of the Lake, Norfolk, to f 4
Reed.
Steamer Sue, Baltimore. to Broders s. Co.
Sehr hindberg, New Haven, to Ameri-
can Coal Co.
Steamer Pilot Boy, Currioman, BY + A Reed.
Schr Ear Mason, Providence, by Ameri-
can Coal Co.
Schr " VI Wilson, Jersey City, BY Amsri-
can Coal Co.
Schr 4 F kindbcrg, New Haven, by Ameri-
can Coal Co.
Schr Maggie, Annanolis, by J Agnew.
MEMORANDA
Schr Chas Morrison hence, at Boston 18th,
Schr EnimN Shaw, hence, at Portland 10Th
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

A meeting was held last evening in London
at which 1t was resolved to open subscriptions
Tor the purpose OF erecting statue of Lord By
ron 10 some public place in London. Speeches
were made by Mr.. Disraeli, thc Earl Of Stan
hope aud others IL favor OF the project.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

The Catholic clergy OF Lawrence, Massachu-
sets have issued card condem niug the riot
OF Monday night, and expressing the hope that
the rngleaders may be made to feel the enor-
nifty Of their crime.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17
$l,U79,Ol4 II

VI,VI5,UIf ] I
These figures indicate the only considerable
changes 10 the face of the debt since che begin
ming of the late war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-17

ICELAND AN ANOMALY What az anomaly
Is Ice land 1t is Iacd of ice aud fire. The
island Of Iceland lies close under the Arctic cir.
Gle, where Winter prevails three-auarters of
the year, and Is surrounded by seas filled with
lcebcrgs, and yet boiling guisers and fountains
OF heated steam burst everywhere from its sur.
lace, while great volcanoes pour down into its
valleys streams of Golten lava. 4 laud of
glaciers suferiog from the chill Winds that
blow off the icy shores of Greenland, its har-
boris are open all the year round, while those
OF the Baltic, lar to he south, are frequently
closed. Lying almost beyond the range OF
either animal or vegetable production, the
Slaud yields commodities which many more
favored localities canrct furnish.
The nearest neighbo.s of the Icelanders are
the E>qumaux OF Greenland yet, while the
Es4uImaux are sunk to the neither level of ig-
uorauce, the lceIanders have raised themselves
to an cl cvated plane c: enlightenment. Prof
Willard Fisk, 10 his 2otes 90 this wonderful
Island, says: 1T lies there link between the
two hemspheres, site where the most oppo-
site OF elements cheat aud cod) are constantly
cootendlng for supremacy the seat of race
Of the highest civilization 10 close contact with
race Of the lowest barbarism." Iceland is an
anomaly indeed