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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-08
Potomac Fruit Growers.

The March meeting oil the Potomac Fruit
Growers Association was held yesterday at the
Board of Trade rooms in Washi rglon Judge
Gray 10 the chair, Dr.. j. + Snodgrass, Secre-
tary and about twcuty five members, including
some ten or twelys ladies, present
DIR, Snodgrass, from the Centennial Commit,
| tee. to whom was rel erred the mater ot the
representation OF the association at the PhIla-
Iel pha Exhibition reported progress by me
committee, and, regarding the space when
would probably be necessary for the proper cS
hibtion of their fruits, &c, asked Tor s'lgre>
| tons and Information, Slice the COMMITTEE co"n
arrive at no determination 10 the premises unt"
| he space waited could be known. a t2f ar
gument, on motion of Prof. ThoIDa- Taylor the
committee was instructed t. ask Tor Two nun
dred and fifty feet space. Judg" GRAY thoue"'
it would be proper, Dasmucl as the association
had been financially successful dunng the PaS'
year, to offer Potomac Fruit Growers pfe"'
lum at the Centennial Exhibitor.
A report from the committee 10 Whom was ~
ferred the matter OF making d Ira culture ""
sltulional requirement for memorr'hlp Wa
read, aud, after debate, the whole matter "A'
Indefinitely postponed. o
Prot. Huw!and then made lew remarHs "l,u
the fungi diseases III llult, when ne i"u'"''1
upon the bl. OK board.
Prof. Thomas Taylor followed ID III - u"
tcresting essay upon fungi diseases, I'u' ,i
his remarks by drawings upon the BLACK -p';a'n'
and by some beautiful water. llor 1ra"I"t,,
wnich he exhibited. His remarks throug"ou'
were both Interesting aud instructIvt; Tue 'o'
nation, growth ADD development OF funEI were
exuiained 10 clear, concise manner. ii' lI
gave the ass ,ciatior the benefit OF nj h"g"'
edge, theoretically and practically, defV ',9'
long experience aud study, regaroIue TN , p'
Der preventive agaiost disease 10 tfut a"u
trees. Prof. Bralnard followed Prgl. 'ayo, -, :"
remarks upon the same subject Inc eAu.o
tion Of fruit then followed, Mr.. Tracy SAW" y,
showing some fine looking specimens VI via"
ter Paradise ,JeDpett and Smiths c'uer 'tg rpI,.
Notice was gwen by the President 'ua-
Gr.v that at The nexl meeting OF The a.
ton Prot. Taylor and Mrs. Newt Wou!o The TS+
essays upon the gr VITA Of the cTaOO'''''
association then aIjoLrned.
[, is now stated that Mr.. Pierrepon' wa w." w.
auare If the true reasons which implied ~,
William, to leave the Cabinet aud "''''''' 20.
them from the public to screen INN 'ro'D ~ "a
mans fate, but that the Investigations Nv" .,,
nrogress will bring all thing to 'lsn'' aD' 1855,
i will then be apparent why the a' poh ac 70
- WIZ, . vas chosen to accompany bs0coe' y
:, Inuis and assist 10 his defence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-08
LEGISLATIVE.

In the Virginia Senate yesterday bill was
presented to incorporate railroad from Orange
Court House to Harrsonburg.
A bill Incorporating the Virginia Detective
Association was referred to com aiittee.
A bill was passed for aiding disabled Virginia
soldiers with limbs.
A bill was presented for the relief of j. 81.
Van Auken and his sureties, of Sussex county.
In the House of Delegates bill in relation to
private roads was reported on adversely; also 8
petition of ctizens of the town of Manassas. The
bill to provide for the pay, &C.. of mem bars of
the General Assembly, was deb ,ted as WAS also
the general tax bill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-08

Senator Morrill,, Of Maine, who was offered
the position of Secretary Of War, acting upon
the principle that bird 10 the hand is worth
two in the bush-as he certainly would have
to vacate next Mlrch-has declined the blush
ing honor, but Judge Taft, of Ohio, seized
il with ayidity,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-08

Our Richmond letter contains information OF
the defeat in the State Seoate, yesterday, OF
the resolutions insrructiog the Senators aud
Representatives of Virginia in Congress to vote
for the passage Of MIR. Thomas A. SCOTS lex
as Pacific Railroad BILL Aside from the OBJ
jections suggested by considerations OF public
policy that might have been urged against the
adoption of these resolu ions, there was appar-
ent Improperly 10 hampering, by legislative
instructions, the freedom OF action OF the rep.
resentatives of the people in dlschargiDg their
duties to those whom they represent, especial.
ly when the subject matter to be affected by
such action assumed the magnitude of na-
tional measure, au1 fell SO peculiarly, as ln
the instance referred to, within the province of
the wisdom and discretion of the Congress OF
the Nation, and the Senate of Virginia has
acted ssnsibly, and with propriety, in defeat
ing the resolutions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-08
REASONS WHY GEN. SHERMAN LEFT VASE

REASONS WHY GEN. SHERMAN LEFT WASH.
1NGToN.-Genersl sherman says:
II left Washington chiefly because my salary
would not support me- and because | did not
consider the society there proper place in
ular salary, besides S., 600 for rent and horses,
making SIG. 800 in all. | outlved this amount
every year by several thousand dollars I had
to keep open house all the time. My family
rarely had any rest from entertaining people,
most of them utter strangers, in whom We could
feel no interest. Besides everybody consider
themselves privileged to practice extortion upon
any person who holds a prominent place in
Washington; gas com -anies, house furnishers,
marketers, &c, always charged me exorbitant
prices, simply because l was Genera! OF the
Army"
Other persons say that Lis experience as 8
broker induced him to fear corner" in fraud
and that, like a sensible man, he fed from the
wrath to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-08

MANASSAS Richmond News, says
Mr.. D. w. Whiting, editor Of the Manassas
Gazette, and Mayor of Manassas, arrived here
this morning, and appeared before the Com
miltee on Counties, Cities and Towns, and gave
bis objections to the petition of citizens of bis
town to have their charter 80 amended as to
trauster the granting Of liquor licenses from
the County Court to the Town Council. The
committee, after considering the petition, agreed
to report adversely on the petition. Col. Tan
Gill, of Manassas. was deputed By the petit
TONERS to advocate the petition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-08

The BELKNAP CAsE.-rhe grand jury of
Washington, yesterday, examined Colonel
Adams, the clerk of the House Of Representa-
tives, in the Belknap case, and to-day VIM.
Tomilson, Mrs B,Iknaps brother, Will appear
before them. Bekuap has noty yet been brought
before poice court to give bail for his appear.
auce court. Everything remains unchanged
about the residence Of ex-Secretary BeIknap
three policemen still coutiGuug GU duty about
the premises.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-08

had, and it was charged on the Democratic
side that the President and Cabinet were in
st7umental 10 driving him out of the country
through intimidation. His escape was oharac-
terizsd by Brebe as that of an obscure petty
thief, and he suggested that the Democrats
we're so intent on greater game that they had
allowed that miserable offender to slip through
their hands through the Vaccinations of the
Executive and Cabinet officers. The Demo
Gratis, however, be said, proposed to pursue,
not the Marshes, who we're mere trichll ae, but
the Williams 10 high places, and in that conDec,
ton he quoted the doggerel line
Some bait their hooks with mites Of cheese,
And sit on kennel to bob for 6sas;
Others bait their hooks with tigers tails,
Aud sit on rock and bob for whales.
The gentlemen on the other side might pur.
sue their heecatchiDg if they pleased, but the
Democrats would drag from their turbld waters
of pollution the whales, and would supplement-
it perhaps by dragging out the LeVlathan him
self. and exposing him to the Indignation OF an
outraged community.
Finally, the debate closed, and the House
proceeded to vote 90 the resolution offered oy
Mr.. Hoar, oil Massachusetts, as substitute OF
Lamar's, and which proposed to declare that
the members subj e aaed were at liberty to at
tend the Criminal Court and to give such evil
deuce aud produce such documents az relate TO
the charge against w. w. Belkoap for recelv-
ing bribe from Que Marsh. The substitute
was rejected-yeas 81, nays l2S. Lamar
original resolution Was they agreed to--yeas
100. pays IS.
The debate euured decidedly to the advan'
tage of the D ,mocrats, who kept their sdver
saries all the time 90 the defensive, and COM
pletely thwarted them 10 their endeavors to dl
vert attention from the Cabinet to the witnesses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-08

Shenandoah river, anu Onty mlie 10 the east
the Massanutton mountain, rlslog abruptly, al
fords grand and picturesque view OF valley,
river and mountain.
An extra of the Woodstock Herald, printed
yesterday afternoon, gives the following
A cattle train, consisting OF engine, tender,
and seventeen cars, went down a portion OF
Narrow Passage bridge, about three miles south
of Woodstock, on Monday night, a few minutes
after twelve o'clock. The bridge is the hi gu
est IN the road. The distance from the rail 10
the stream below is one hundred and fourteen
feet. About one hundred and twenty-five feet
of the bridge fell with the train.
1t is certainly known that eleven persons
we're killed and seven wouHied. The following
is list of the killed
w. A. Wightman, EdiDburg, Va; Charles
L. Noel, Shenandoah county, Va; Reuben +
HANNAH Shenandoah c,unty, Va; Il. u.
Wood, Alexandria, Va; Z. Il. Hodgsou,
Berkeley Springs, w. Va, a member OF the
West Virginia Legislature and editor of the
Morgan Mercury; J. a. Baldwin, Baltimore,
Md; Henry Q. Quan.z. blacksmith, Wiuches
ter; A. S. Bower, commercial traveller, Bali
more, Md; F. Donovan, engineer Sandy Hook,
Md; j. Chapman, brakeman, Winchester; /.
j EFF .rson, brakeman, Winchester.
y ulls Gilbert, new Market, aru Or0keD and
bruised.
Jacob Hahn, of Shenandoah. injured about
the head severely, bat it is thought not NOR
tally.
H. Z. Baker, Of Baltimore, thigh fractured.
Bernard Hughes, of FIX Lake. Lodge coun-
ty, Wis, fractured leg and clavlcle.
Jas. Russell, conductor, badly cut on the
head.
7. Cunningham, fireman, arms broken and
badly scalded. His injuries, it is feared are
of very serious character.
2. NJ S. BIRD, OF Nit. Jackson, slightly
wounded about the head The two men sit.
ting on the seat in front of him and one sitting
, 1876-06-24

his wants and improve bis coudition-than all
the forcing house philanthropists have done or
are ever likely to do. The Barbados delegates
were present at the meeting, and Mr.. Phillips
defended the colony against the structures Of
Sir G. Wingfeld. The meeting Of the Anti
Slavery Society was a much larger one than
that of its sister society. The two societies
may be compared to the two sweet cherries
moulded on one STEM of which the poet speaks.
The Anti-Slavery Society had no red man to
announce among its speakers, but it drew q
large audience by the announcement that Lieut.,
Cameron would be present. The lieutenant
did not come, and various contradictory reasons
were given for his absence. But Sir Bartle
Frere was present, and made a speech all about
African slavery, which was exceedingly dull in
!tself, but derived a kind Of languid interest
from the speaker, who had received such dis
tinguished honours for taking care OF the Prince
Of Wales during his travels in India.
The importation of Cuban rum into the
United Kingdom with Jamaica marks, as If it
we're Jamaica rum, has created great dissatis-
faction. It is believed that a memorial goes
out by this mail to the Governor Of Jamaica
praying him to take steps to put q stop to the
practice which is likely to have such an injari.
Gus influence upon the reputation Of Jamaica
rum in this country.
, 1876-06-24
z4<sa
II UNITED STATES.
From the Times.)

A letter we publish this morning from.
our American Correspondent on Admins
~tratiye Reform in the United States sug-
pests some hope of improvement in the
general course of public affairs in that
country. It indicates, we may believe,
that the element of independent moral
vigour which has been the strength of
the United States in other matters will
soon make itself felt in political life.
Whoever would form a sound judgment
on the condition and prospects of Ameri-
can affairs must d~isembarrass himself Of the
vulgar notion that the sharp practices
which ore conspicuous in mere politics,
and which are occasionally prominent in
mercantile transactions, are any fair re.
Fiction of the spirit of the American peo-
pie. Their very success is q conclusive
REPUTATION of any such supposition. A
temporary success may, no doubt, be
gained by INSCRIPTIONS ingenuity, but
the solid structure of a vast trade and
\ continually increasing national pros
perity is not to be thus supported. The
growth Of a country like the United States
does not depend merely upon the resour-
of the country ; it is determined by
the use which is made of them. The on.
ly adequate explanation of the wealth and
development OF the States is that an i'm
, 1876-06-24
INCOMPATIBILITY OF
TEMPER

In the Court Of Chancery of New Jer-
sey, the other day, says the NeO York
Ledger, the Chancellor Of the State gran
ted an absolute divorce on the sole ground
Of incompatibility Of the temper OF the
parties, No taithlessness was alleged,
and not even any act Of cruelty was
alleged These parents, thus separated
for lie, have two children.
1t seems that the wife, who was the
plaintiff, insisted upon her social superior
ity to her husband. Yet she dill not
consider herself so superior that she was
not willing to receive |alimony from him,
and she obtained an allowance Of one
hundred dollars a month. His money was
good enough for her if his society waa
not,
Such divorces as this tend to bring the
whole institution Of marriage into con-
tempt. 1t becomes q mere temporary
relation, which either party can terminate
by simply becoming quarrelsomo and
disagreeable, and thus establishing the fact
Of iucompaibiIity Of temper, The whole
thing is ridiculous II this woman consid-
cred her social position so different from
her husbands as to constitute her vastly
his superior, why did she solemnly promise
10 love, honor and obey him. Social
superiority Pray what is the social
standing to which that is superior which
permits a woman to marry q man, become
the mother of his children then separate
from him, still demanding his money to
live on, simply because he grew tired and
irritable from hearing her always Boosting
how much she was above him
We do not mean, even by implication,
to censrre the learned Chancellor Of New
Jersey for bis decision. We presume he
has simply carried out the settled law and
policy Of the State on the subject of d.
vorce. But it is a policy that makes d.
vorce as easy as marriage-a thing for
life, for q few years, or only a few months,
just as the parties, or one Of the parties.
may desire
, 1876-06-24
7 FACTORIES IN
AUSTRALIA.
From tie Eauopcan Mail ]

The sugar.mabing farms of the scrub lands on
the Logan and Albert Rivers have been attract
ing attention lately. The really weak point in
this district is, says s contemporary, the want
Of means of converting the juice of the cane into
sugar and upon this subject a very large and
influential meeting Of cane.growors and mill
owners has lately been held. The climate
produces magnificent cane, but the farmers
have not the capital, nor, if they had, would
they SO apply it FIR manufacturing each man
his own sugar. One Of the objects Of 1Ir.
Angus Mackay's mission TO America is to
study The central factory system in operation
in the French West Indies but without wait
Ing for thoTesulto Of hat gentieman's inquiry, our
Southern planters are endeavouring TO induce
some capitalist to establish one or more central
mills in their midst, There are some few
advocates of The cooperative principle for The
purpose Of c~fecting the desired object,
, 1876-06-24
~GENTLEMANLY MANNERS.
(From the Parish Yisitor.)

On a certain occasion the late Gen. Lee was in the
cars going to Richmond. He had a seat at the extreme
end Of the car. The other seats were filed with off.
GERS and soldiers. An old woman Of humble appear.
ances entered at one of the stations, and finding no seat,
General. He Immediately arose and gave her his seat.
At once there was a general rising and ~protfering Of
seats 10 the General. But he calmly said, mo, gentle.
men, if there was no seat for the infrm old woman.
there can be none for me-" The effect was remarka-
bic. One after another got out of the ear, as if the
seats were too hot in that particular car to sit on, and
very soon both the Generals and the old lady had a plenty
of seats.
General Lee WAS a perfect gentleman. But how
about the officers and soldiers We think their man.
ners could have been improved.
, 1876-06-24
THE EXHIBITION IN PARIS.

The City ofPar.s has never been addicted
TO doing .bioas by halves, md the French
Government having resolved 10 hold a great
exhibition in the French capital two years
hence the municipality is already be%siirring it.
self 50 as not to fall behind or below the occasion.
A loan of l20,0 0,05oG, or 4,S0O,O ooL sterling,
is about to BE- issued, and the proceeds and
something more are to be expended in rendering
Paris moro commodious, moro beautiful, and
more striking than ever. The loan is to be
raised, according to presidents act by the
Empire, by open public subscription, and will
be redeemable in 70 years. No one entertains
the %faintest doubt but that the money will be
forthcoming with The greatest ease, and that
1h9 total amount applied for will greatly exceed
the sum required.
, 1876-06-24
RESEARCHES ON THE SUGAR BEET

Saline solutions identical In composition act
very differently upon beets accordingly as The
roots plunge into the solutions themselves, or as
The latter merely occupy the pores of the soil.
On planting beets Of different origin in Identical
conditions as to soil, manure, and watering,
roots are obtained differing in their yield Of
sugar. An excess Of heterogeneous manure
lowers the percentage of sugar in all beets, but
those of a superior strain preserve still such o
quantity Of sugar that they may be advantage
ously treated. To produce from a given sur.
face the maximum Of sugar under conditions
advantageous alike for grower ard manufacture
er, we must depend above all on a judicious
selection of the seed.
, 1876-06-24

THE "ELFIN STAR" AGAIN,
From the st. K,ts News Lettcr)

Recently our contemporary the advertiser"
announced on some authority, the death, in
New York, Of Mrs. HOLLAND, better known
as Miss EFFIE JoHHs, the "Elfu Star" The
paragraph having been copied by some of
our contemporaries in the neighbouring Islands,
and by mistake attributed to the News Letter,
has fastened on US the authorship of the report
and Mr.. HOLLAND, who is now in ST. Thomas,
has written US contradicting the statement,
and requesting that we would oblige him by
doing the same. This gentleman writes -
Mrs. Holland has been quite i'll in Chicago.
"1llinols ; but the latest letters from her report
"the favourable news of her recovery"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-01-07
what One Spy Did.

Much has been said, in history,
song, and sermon, of the "pfoviden-
tap arrival of the Monitor in time
to meet and disable the Merrimac
off Fortress Monroe. It was hailed
at the time as a special providence,
and has often been claimed as such
since. But time, which buries so
many things, brings, others to light,
and has now revealed the fact that
not accident, but design, got the
sscheese-box on a raft" to Fortress
Monroe in time to drive the Mer-
rimac back to Norfolk Navy Yard.
Gen. Wool was in command of the
fortress then, aud had as his Aide
de-Camp Col. L. q. B. Cannon, of
Vermont, who has just published a
small pamphlet embodying his ''re-
collections" of the famous duel
which reYolntioned the naVies of the
world. He says that loyal man
employed as a mechanic in the Nor
folk-Navy-Yar sent Gen. Wool
word of the work on the Merrimac
in December, 1861, and forwarded
HIM full details of the Confederate
plan two months afterwards, Just
three weeks before the iron ram
played havoc with the wooden walls
Of the Congress and the Cumberland.
Col. Cannon went to Washington
with the first news. Stanton was
sick, aud Lincoln took the Colonel
to a Cabinet meeting. The result
was that work was pushed with all
speed on the Monitor. If the spy
had not served his country so well,
the Merrimac would have broken up
the blockade off Norfolk, and might
then have cruised down the coast,
destroying one squadron after an
other, and practically raising the
blockade of the whole coast. It has
been stated that this was the plan,
and that o feet of Clyde-built ships,
laden with arms, ammunition, cloth
ing, and stores, was waitlngat West
India ports to seize their chance Of
safely landing their war material.
It is difficult to overestimate the
possible damage this one ram might
have done, If she had not been stop
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-01-07
From the Vicksburg Herald.
A Religious View.

'You see, when you don't shu file
off this mortuary coil; and the spirit
presents itself at the golden gates"
argued colored revivalist at the
levee, "Gabr'el gwine to ask you
what church you 'longed to in de
flesh"
eyes, 1 speek So" said he listen
er.
"Ef you 'longed to de Missiumary
Baptist, he gWine tole you walk
right in and set by the foot-stool.
"Ef you long to de Methomdist
church he say stay on de outside
whar your shoutin' won't sturb de
angels.
"Ef you's 'Piscumpalion-"
"Hold on, Mr.. Middleton. Dey
amt no nigger 'Piscumpalion.
DENIS all white folks" interrupted
the listener.
"Dat don't make no difference"
continued the expounder of religion;
"de principles de same, amt it !? Eff
you're Piseumpalion de angel say
to you, $50 over dar among de white
folks.''
"Ef youse Caffolicks, de angel
pint you to de Virgin Mary, and tell
you"
"But look heah, Mister Middle
ton, sposen he didn't long to no
church in de flesh % queried the
listener.
"Well, what he be doin' dar, den?''
asked the colored divine, scori.fully.
"Well, "replied the unconverted
sinner, 81 thought, in dat case, he
could dos he please"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-01-07
WARREN.

Santa Claus has been here I did not
hang up my stocking but somehow the
dear, little, jolly saint found me out aud
gave me handsome inkstaHdl Aston
ishment took hold upon me. What
could he mean | A queer, uneasy feel
ing began to develop itself under my lets
vest pocket, and soon still, small voice
whispered. Your sin has found you out,
and the inkstand is sent to reprpye You
TOR IL" "Why what have done y ut Is
not what you have done, but what you
have not done" "What have l lef( un-
done ?" "You haven't sent any chips TO
keep up the irc in the Telegraph Office
since last spring. That's true as prin.
iefs Ink, and I'll make haste and amend
my ways, lest he send me gold pen as
an another reminder. SO here goes for
few items:
And first, let me expose Santa Claus in
some other of his late pranks. He has
been meddlng with several Of our Sab
bafh-schools, and time aud space will no,
permit me to tell how many dolls, and
books, and lniltens, and shoes, and neck
bows. and states, and stockings, and cor