Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-03
Why He fsrOWlS.

often SO fnucu SU dS W oNahGu III
tbe mind of the most # ctonate wife. 10
De asked, by the par;ner of oue's bosom,
When the deuce diuaer will be ready ?" or
to hear supper inquired for as hyena might
INQUIRE for his prey had he the human voice,
must be somewhat agitating. But let US re-
feet and we shall see that meu are not to be
blamed for this. There is natural reason for
their anxiety. 1t is this: they have nothing
else to do but eat after they are once home
from the Office, the establis hlnent, the studio,
the store, or wherever they spend their busl-
ness hours.
We always have something op hand. If we
are not new lining our Adoniram' coat pocket,
or darniug his stockings. or making new bop
net, there is stnai occupation for our ten hn
gers-a fringe TO sew On something, strings
wanted here, buttons or lace there, or at least
a piece of fancy work to hn'sh.
Adoniram has only bis newspaper which he
generally gobbies whole during his ride home
in the cars. Often, my dear, you are very we'll
aware--tbough you may not admit the fact to
Adopiram-that you have been little glad
that Biddy has postponed dinner tor fifteen
minutes Had you not the card board box,
that was meant to hold nothing, to trim with
blue ribbon? or the mat-on which nothing
must stand, lest it should crush the raised
rOses-to adorn with its last stitches
Fifteen minutes finished that absorbing
,hlrg Of beauty, and you thanked fortune for
it; out Adoniram, cast helpless on the world
with nothing to do, naturally found time long,
aud growled over it. Let US thlOk ot this,
when next he seems unreasonable He has no
work box, nor any needles, neither tatt og-
shuttle. nor Berlin wool galore. Poor, dear
Advnlram. MARY hYLE DALLAS
The MURDER OF Mr.. BIRCH.-A private
.ctter received in Liverpool gives the following
details which have hitherto not appeared, Of
the murder of Mr.. Birch, the Queens Cou-
missioner at Perak, by the Malay natives: You
have, of course heard before this of the nur-
der OF Mr.. Birch. but you are probably not
aware of the circumstances Of 6endjsh attrocty
which attended the outrage. Mr.. Birch went
up to Perak 10 order to post some official pro-
CARNATIONS. While having his bath he Sent
his native Interpreter to post them up. The
man fastened up two, but the people at once
tore them down again, whereupon ne returned
TO Mr. Birch to ask what he should do The
latter told him to put them up as fast as they
u,
until he had posted no less than seven, when
be lost his temper and struck one OF the natives
with a cane. He was Immediately killed, and
the natives than ran in a body to Mr.. Birch S
bath room which was built on two d ,atlng
logs His orderly, who was at the cutrance,
! presented his guu but seeing lie cOuit not stop
them, he cried out to Mr.. Birch 10 save him
self, aud Jumped toto the river. MIR. B!ich
dived Gowu b, tween the TWO beams, and on
cOmg up, feet foremost, Oh the other SIDE,
the fore parts Of both his feet were cut OFT at
the nstep He dlved again aud tried to swim
back to his boat, but he Was struck again, and
Doth heels were cut OF with sword stroke
from one of the NATIVES. He was lhen captur-
ed taken Oh shore and speared through the
neck to the ground, alter which he was stabbed
about dozen times in various parts OF the
body. Even after this horrible torture hel lived
some hours. Next day Captain Iunis and two
other officers aud small body OF meu of the
Ieoth regiment went up to try to recover the
body of Mr.. Birch, together with his docu'
meots, etc. La attacking a stockade Captaln
ilas was killed, and the two other officers,
with eight men, were wounded. The party
had then to retire aud wait for reinforcemen!s.
TX GOVERNOR SMITH AND THE CoLLEc-
TloS OF STATE TAXES. -Ex Governor Smith,
OF Fauquier, has offered resolutions III the
House Of Delegates land which have been re-
'erred) to the following effect: That all who
are or my be assessed with State taxes for the
Year 1876, other than licenses, be required to
pay them on or before the l>t of December of
this year; all persons so paying shall be allowed
adeducIlou OF 5 per cent. theretrom. On all
money SO received by the treasurer OF the
fS,unty, &c, and paid in to the Auditor OF
f9Mlc Accounts on or before December l5
>'o, ne shall be allowed commission OF
per cent., failing in which, he shall forfeit all
s9muisslon whatsoever That the treasurer
sua,, by distress or otherwise, forthwith pro-
TeSa HSa to collect all taxes unpaid on the lst OF
pSeemoer, and for his services ha shall be al
io TAeo commission of per ceut. op bis COL
"pc''0nS, and the fees allowed by section 3d.
.Aaptcr 2t9 OF the Code, which he shall charge
lie delinquent tax payer, and collect with
SnetAxeS, which tax IS, without rebate, shall
osp1ll to the Auditor on or before April lst
snsulng.
;, over seven hundred families we're assisted
,.0'lay at the Office of 81. Johns guild, iu
''e" lork and long lines of shivering wretches