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COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON ON THE SPOT wEAK-YUTUREs BARELY
srEADY--FLoUR srEADY-wHEAT QUIET
CORN DULL AND EAsIER--oArs sTEADY-PoBK
oUIET-LARD HEAvY-wHTsKEY EAsIER-
PETROLEUM sTEADY-sPnrTs TURPRNTIsE
QUIEr-Ros1N sTEADY-oILs FIRM-FREIoHTs
sTEADY-coFFEE FIRMER--sUGAR UNCHANGED.
THURSDAY Jan. 13-6PM
The markets as general thing less active than
they we're yesterday such Of them we're active the
armness OF holders checking inquiry. But busi
ness was fair In other descriptions at steady prices
on Change aour steady Wheat was quiet, and at
the close rather easy at previous quotations. though
straight No. spring was generally held higher Corn
vas dull and easier Oats were steady. whiskey was
easier PORK was quiet aud uncharecd Lard was
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NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY

heavy Frsights strong Cotton easy Coffee was
frner Oils firm. Petroleum steady Rosin was
steady. Spirits turpentine quiet. sugar was un-
changed
coFFEEUnder the influence OF favorable advees from
Rio and more disposition OF buyers 20 take hold the
tone OF the market shade hrmer The sales were
500 bags. zeus private and 100 bags. ex
Amazon, at Baltimore, also private terms We have
copy OF Messrs Wright Co.'S weekly Rio telegram Of
January II, which reads follows '-"ssies Tor United
States since 5th inst. 42.Ooo bags Shipments to
Atlantic ports. 5000 bags; do. Gulf ports.
Loading for United States 1900 bags Stock at
date $4,000; average daily receipts 6,5O0 bags
The stock Of mild coffee here in first folows-
Java, mats lO6526 Singapore. grass mats 1O333
Ceylon. S3l6 bags Maracabo % 267 DO Laguayra sos
do; Jamaica, 80 do st. Domingo. 1880 do Porto Rico
3sJ do Costa Rica $40 do Macassar - O2O do; Mexi
40 do. Sayania. 2252 do-tota, so 29S bags and
l05526 mats ava and 10 333 Singapore We quote
Ordinary cargoes l6i4c l6hc fair do. IKE. lsc.
good do, lSR4c ls1ac prime DO lSs.c lsc santos
fair to good. l455c. lSlac gold. ninety days; Java
governments bags, 24c 26c do mats, 24e 2Ic.
Singapore, DO 2nc. a2lc Ceylon. Ice. zoe Maracabo
Isc Doc Iaguayra, lSc l9c Jamaica, lsc. l9c. ST.
Domingo, l5s4c. l6c Porto Rico, sc. i9hc; Costa
Ice Manila. 1Sc. i9c. Angostura ISc. a l9bc. Sa
vanilla. l71sc. zoe. Curacao. lie. u Ice
CorroN the spot and irregular. For futures
the market closed with rather unsteady feeling The clos
ing prices to-day With Wednesdays closing prices
follows
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THE FOREIGN MARKET.

The London advices report increase OF fS7s, 900
bullion in the Bank OF England for the past week, the
Bank gaining flOO 900 bullion additional on balance to-
day. The Bank proportion OF reserve to liabilities IS
now 36& per cent against 2sx per cent week ago
The directors at their weekly count to-day, made no
change in the rate Of discount which remains at per
cent To-day is settling day al the London Stock Ex-
change, whore consols and United States bonds
ported firm and higher, and Erie steady at l41 The
specie the Bank of France increased 6l0 000f during
the past week Rentes, 65c 97hc 6rmer Exchange
London, 25f 1Sc for short sight
The following London prices ;-Consols for money
93x eSH consols for account 81 5-ls eiH; 1865
old lo4sl 1o45S 1Se7's, l0S ten-forty bonds 1861
Gyss, 1919, coupon; Erie. l4A.
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
The following are the Philadalnha stock nnota tatnns
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BUSINESS FAILURES.

An assignment was yesterday made by William
Hart, Of Brooklyn, TO Matthew Hart
George L. Burr Co., clothiers, OF No 1Js Fulton
street. faied Their liabilities are not supposed
70 be heavy
John Barry. baker, OF No 1863 First avenue who re-
Gently assigned 10 Daniel Buckley states hts liabitcA
TO be $2,5ll o. His assets, nominay So jSS o. ara
worth only $Sl6 60
meeting OF the creditors Of Daniel Whaen tobacco,
held yesterday at the Office of Edgar ketchum,
Register in Bankruptcy at No. l29 Fulton street The
assignee Mr. Amasa A. Scoville presented his report,
and dividend Of twenty nne per cent was declared 10
the creditors who have proved their claims.
William ID Briggs, jewelry No l5s Bowery, has gons
into bankruptcy. His Liabilities amount to about
$7 900, and his assets estimated at $l 600 There
about thirty creditors the principal beng M0rrel,
Witch Allen, $4,000, Arthur Rumrill & Co, $4,000;
!. ann A Aalher. 81 OD0O
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eThs company paid dividend OF $40 per share on the
Iith-
MEMORANDA.
Governor Luddington OF Wisconsin, has advised the
Legislature to repeal the Potter Railroad law, but
accompanies It with recommendation to enact a sub
stitute creating Board OF Commissioners to control
rates, &c. The proposition to repeal therefore, looks
like stub thrown to the whale'-the railroad interest
that helped elect him.
The Improvement shown to-day in the prices OF At
antic and Pacific preferred c. c. and c. and Wabash
is supposed to be due to the beneficial effects Of the
approaching Centennial"
Mr.. Davis, Of West Virginia, in his speech made to-
day in the United States Senate directly charged that
the Treasury Department for years has made fraudulent
reports and statements of its condition There many
persons In and around Wall street who have enter
taned similar suspicious.
The "spece Resumption bn introduced in the
House OF Representatives yesterday by Mr. Schlecher
ofTexas, the subject Of much favorable comment
on the street to-day. The opinion very generally
expressed that Its preparation exhibited thorough
knowledge Of the subject and boldness sufficient to
take the apparently difficult task by the horns
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one third In bags Austrian brig hsncs for DO with
kIo 9rArters IS 3D. third in bags bark. rumored
lIVul bAHmore for do with grain but not authenticated
NorseeAn bark from Philadelphia the German Baltic
WIN zuOO ohs refined petroleum. 5s Sd the Norwegian
ph reported IN our last TO the United Kingdom with 80
Dds so was today confirmed being bound for the Ger
man bAtc AZ % ad OF bark hence
70 Ooruna VIII 90 but not confirmed: German bark
reported rom rnadephia 10 Cork for orders with 22O
Dolls DO. on private terms British bark hence 90 Havre
with 5000 do crude do, a. British ship NOW az
fybee, chartered previous arrival but not repored m the
market from Baltimore to Antwerp with about 100 do
rehned 40 Al IS "a Two schooncrs reported with shocks
from ST. John. n b. 70 Cardenas 2lc one i tons oy
port and at rate option Of MatansA. one lD
theuce 10 St a $500 "N' 'N''''
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REAL ESTATE SALES.
CONTINUED FROM EIGHTH PAGE. !

south Of Eleventh, 25xl00 10 Perry for 500: also
eleven lots on Madison Of Twelfth street to
william Presmore and j. Henshaw. for S25l5 in all
also Lour lots on Grand street 100 feet from Fourteenth
street. TO y. Barney 4 McIAne for $500 an ali. also
Tour iots on Fourteenth street TO Mciane for ST. 400
also sixteen lots on Madison street, between
BERLIN for 81, 400; also seven lots on Grand
street. 100 feet from Fourteenth street.
70 ncDermott for 81 1886, In all; also lot 20x95
WIN frame cottage, 10 Isaac Weaver for So 450; also
one lot l7x55 with three story brick house. Isaac
Josepns Tor 50 9l0 also plot OF land 554x1o0 on
tne corner OF Willow and Ninth streets for $5 425 TO
william Beninne also the four four story brick houses
ana lois ON Washington street. lots 25x5O for S1T lI5
hr. Miller concluded the sale by selling the three
story brick store and dwelling No 39l Greenwich street.
% feet from Beach, lot 25xlO0 TO John Battisbeen for
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POVERTY IN BROOKLYN.

One hundred and twenty persons have sought and
obtained admission to the Kings County Almshouse.
Fiaibush, within the pas, eight days The inmates
number s73, being the highest since the institution
established There are 81 pauper patients In the
County Hospital, 705 ia the Lunatic Asylum 81 in the
Smallpox Hospital and % in the Nursery. The appII-
cans for outdoor relief a. the Offices OF tho Charity
Commissioners are more numerous than in any pre-
adj uvaa
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UUeArr1s HRsHIFs.

Mos. Iss TO 1872 CHURCH ST
IN corner of white
NEw YORK. Jan. IL. 1876
The partnership hereofos eKisting between the under
dissolved by mutual and by tho retement there.
from Of Mr. Max Stader The Affairs Of the brm viii be
qudat8d BY the other partners who have the exclusive
MAX STADLER
ELKAN NAUMBUR0.
WILLIAM kRAUS
EMANUEL LAUER
EDWARD b. SIMON
The undersigusd members OF the late Of Stadler
continue the Clothing and Woollen Business undor
the style oi NAumbuTg. Kraus. Lauer Co.. at the Old
stand, corner of Church aud White
ELKAN NAUMBURG
WILLIAM KRAUS
EMANUEL LAUER
Nxw YORK Jan. r. 1875 EDWARD Is. SIMON
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BRooKLYN's CROOKED wHIsKEY."

There numbers Of Illicit stills running In Brook
yn which keep tho United states Marshal his on
occupied in ferreting out and breaking up. Yes
tcrday forenoon Deputy Marshals BiggarL Phillips and
Renitz found a she'd the nats Of Red Hook near
the foot Of Columbia street. 1000 gallons OF mash
The machinery belonging 70 the still had been removed
but the embcrs OF the are smoudering when the
officers entered The latter circumstance clearly tndi
that the dlstiers made acquainted with the
intention oil the officers 10 make the descent
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stoek fascertninedhv actuaI


We quote Far refining. good do, s,4c; Cuba,
grocery lair 70 choice esc SIC DO, centrifugal hhds
and boxes, Nos 20 Is s,se s91tc DO molasses hhds
prime. 74e as'<c do grocery fair 70 choice shc Ass4e
standard A. iO Of A, &c. &c; crushed, lO4c
dered 1055c Aioec granuated, lOse- lO>sc cut loaf
lltfc- ll5<e.
city May delivery. private terms.
1ALLov--1he martet steady. The sales we're 5OoOO
Ms prime At sSc exc and 1900 lbs ordinary At gle
se Quoted a. e17e for prime city and sfc aS11e for
prime Western
200 bbls sold az 81 II.
PEEcHIs She sctive ofyes,erday reported
IN our the general market lnert
tame throughout here and there slight decline
noticeable The engagements embraced To Liverpool
steam. 200 bushels grain ed per 30 lbs 100 boxes ba
and 500 boxes cheese ~ 4 500 packages PROVISIONS
reported 57s Cd 4os 80 bales pressed coston I'd
and bales do do Ac 100 clover seed,
London steam 37j bales hops via southampton
private terms aud Oy sail 400 bbls nour ~ I'd To
Glasgow per steam. 5000 bushels wheat ~ SID The oats
reported of recent shpment in our ass should have been
1870 bushels The charters comprised "A Norwegian bark
Philadelphia 10 London, with 100 bba naphtha AZ
s. ID British bark from Baltimore 20 the Continent full
range with $500 bbs refined petroleum. 5s Norwegian
bark nast evening", hence Cork for orders with 3Jp
grain. S. I'd third In bags. British brig
hence Tor uish 100 do. ~ 6s ~.
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KINGS COUNTY SUPERVISORS.

The weekly session OF the Kings County Board OF su
pervsor held yesterday. Resolutions were adopted
calling the federal government to give employment
70 mechanics and aborers the Brooklyn Navy Yard
and approving OF the project purchase ground for
market In the Waiabout district, near Washington
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.Loslsa rRlcEs-a 2. =.
THH Monty MARKET.

Money on call At the Stock Exchange to-day was
easy ats per cent II Is understood that the banks
or this city have forwarded large OF national
bank currency TO Washington for redemption, the
turns for which will improve the legal tender average
OF this weeks statement But as the country banks
being called upon BY the redemption bureau for the
necessary legal tenders redeem this same currebcy
will largely draw them from this city, the improve
meui from this cause viii be but temporary. Domss-
tic exchanges on New York we're quoted a. foIlows-
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ADVANCE
The changes In closing prices compared With those
Of yesterday follows
ADVANCE Central and Hudson u; Michigan Cen
trail, y; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, v !;
Hannibal and 81 Joseph, y do. preferred, / Lake
Shore, - Northwest, 4 do preferred. Il Ohio and
Mississpp,. \; 81 Paul, 4 do. preferred, * Wa
bash, IL: New Jersey Central, 4.
DEcLNE Erie y Pacific Mail. \ gold, u.
STATIONARY Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph, Har-
lem. quicksilver Rock Island Panama Union Pacific,
Western Union, 81 District Of Columbia and Erie in
London.
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A pRUNKARp,s pEATH.

Charles Mcconnell, aged twenty-eght years, feii
down stairs at Frank Murrays boarding houss, No ~
James slip. while intoxicated, early yesterday morn.
1ax. aud was louod dead hls bod lew hours allar
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New Orleans 7-le per cent discount; Charleston.
y to par; Savannah, par; Cincinnati, SO cents pre-
MUM per 81, ,O0o ST. Louis, rs cents and Chicago so
cents Sterling exchange dull at 81 and 81 IS for
long and short bills respectively.
THE GOLD MARKET
Gold opened at 1l2Z declined 112is and closed at
1l2H The rates paid for carrying were 9. s. s. 81, T.
AZ aud per cent
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For future delivery the sales follows Yesterday
after Two o'clock r. M-January 300 at Is l-32c. Feb
ruary 0oo At i3 3l6c March 100 At - l532c April,
200 at 3 2l32c, 400 t3 l6c; May GOO at 10 2932d
Total, 800 bales. To-day, up two o'clock r MI
ary 200 at IS Lice 900 f3 l32c 100 short uoice)
II 81 32c 500 l3c 20D II 81 $40 February 800
Is lee 600 at - SIC 100 at l3 slec 2oo s 10 S2c
400 at - ) lbc 200 IL 532c, 100 l3 81 &c. 500
l3 5-32c March, 100 at 10 1890. 800 at 10 lice,
400 at l3 l532c 100 OF l3 7-l6c 200 ut l3 1890.
April 100 IS % 32c 800 IS Ice 800 l3 2i 32c.
May. 400 at 10 2e32c, 400 %c June, POO at Il 332c
300 at IA Lice Total $500 bales. Grand total, 1900
bales The receipts the ports as follows GalveSton
1882 bales; New Orleans ls6 Mobile 3o59; savannah
1872 Charleston. 1888; Wilmington, 26l Norfolk. lS73
New York. i,69s Boston, 496; Philadelphia, 1872 Total
% e57 bales This day last week l6 4SO bales This day
last 1909 bales Total since September 267 i23
bales. Cotton frcghts closed follows:To Havre, by
&c; Hamburg by steam lc compressed Bremen
by steam, c compressed by sail. Ice Liverpool 93.d
lied by steam; by sail 9-32d. Sled Market dull
FLOUR AND GRAS.-Recepts Flour. 10 247 bbs wheat,
$500 bushels meal l6O bbls and I6l sacks corn,
46 $50 bushels f60 do. rye l7S do. barley II 900
do barley malt 334 do The Hour market ruled steady
with moderate inquiry The sales about 1900
oba state Western and Southern at prices within the
of the annexed quotations Corn meal quiet
The sales only about 300 bbs So IS 81 So for
BrandySine and $3 10 $3 40 for Western. Jersey and
Pan mia veiia Wpuu
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MEMORANDA.

.This company paid dividend Of $40 per share tho
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cLEARING HOUSE, srArEMENr.
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PRINT CLOTH MARKET.
RIO COFFEE MARKET.

PRoyIpEEcR Jan. 49, 1876
Printing cloths dull and nominay steady at 4Lc axe
for best standard and extra 64x64
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IUU X ansas Pac KK.,

l0:lj AND ll.30 A. NJ.
1907 $4,000 U 500, c, 'e7. ilss<
ll0k 10000 do. ...b3 Il9A.
ll61s 100 U S 6's, cure 1923
117ss 10000 U 5 SIS, l0-40r.. llS5<
ll712 250OO do. ........... 1l71s
1l7H 10000 U 5 5's, r, 'Sl.bc 116A
ll9A 2OOo do...-...c li6ts
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AToTICR Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE COPART
~ nershp business heretofore existing under the arm
name and style Of John Bohust Co. No. ~ Front
the city Of New York this day dissolved by mutual
consent All claims due the said Arm payable John
Bohuet and all claims due By said hrm w be qudated
said John Bohuet Nos 1873 and 100 Monroe YORK
JOHN -BOHUET
ALBERT STOLPP,
JOHN BOHuET, Jr.,
NHv YoRK. Jan. 10 1915.
The business heretofore carried on by the Arm Of John
Bohust Co. No ~ Front New York will hereafter
be carried on by ALBERT STOLPP.
V1HE FIRM or SCHUYLER CO. HAVE Dts.
H. SCHUPvLER
O. A. BAACkOfE,
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$4,000 II 4 $40 SIS, c..

$4,000 U S 6's, 81, rbc /.
10000 u ) 500, r, '65.. /,
1000 U S 5-zO,c, '65. be l.
1000 $40, r. '6o. n.bcc |
:0OO U 5 $40, c, io5. N 4
10000 do. l
1000 US 3 20,c, '6T.bc C l.
1000 do. &C Il
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mos. Isa TO. i92 CHURCH ST,
IN corner 0f white
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RIO JANHIRO, IZ-Iho cOHeo market Is Animatcd
Heavy sales have been made for the United pre-
vious prices The daily receipts 800 bags
The weeks sales for the United States foot 900 bags
The weeks shipments the United States have been 1000
bags The stock Rio Janero is $4,000 bags Frieghs
by sail the Channel BSs The stock Is
bags.
EUROPEAN MARKET
LONDON PRoDUcH MARKET. LONDON, Jan. i3-Even-
ing.-Lnseed oil, 24s 24s 3d cwt. Spirits OF
pentine, 24s. Cd = 24s Cd per cwt
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

NEw YORK. Jan. IL. 1875. 4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-08
1875, x,s sxs.H n. dS7 3

d M lEE ID - $50
LIE NOkTh, w nSI y sUUTH " h'oA.
DOUBLE TRACK,
STEEL RAILS, SPLENDID SCENERY
MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT
Trains leave Washington, from depot OF BAL
TlMORE & POTOMAC RAILROAD, cor
ner Of Sixth and B streets, as follows:
For Philadelphia, New York and the East, 9. IL
D. m. daily, with Palace Cars attached. Linn.
tied Express of Pullman Parlor Cars 923 q.
m. daily, except Sunday. For Philadelphia
and New FORK l.30 p. N. daily, except sun
day; for Philadelphia 4.55 p. m. daily, with
Parlor Cars attached.
For Pittsburg and the West 6 a. m. daily, with
Parlor Cars to Pittsburg; 7.4O p. IN. daily
with Palace Car to Chicago, and ll.55 g. M.
daily, except Sunday.
For Canandaigua and the North, q. m. daily,
except Sunday; and 7.4O p. N. daily, except
Saturday, with Palace Car to Rochester. For
Elmira, H. SIS q. m. daily, except Sunday.
For the South, via Richmond, $40 q. m: and
ll3S D. M. daily, except Sunday, and via
Lynchburg 7 q. m. l.38 p. IN. daily, excep!
Sunday.
LOCAL TRAINS.
For Alexandria, 6, Z, 8, 9, 10 and II 8. M, and
l, 3, 40 5, i, and H. SO p. m. On Sunday at
8a. M, snd and E p. m.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington, 6, Z,
8, 9, 10 and II q. Ia. l, 3, 4, 5, 6 and y. NJ
On Sunday at & and 10 q. m, and pm.
Tickets and information can be procured st
principal railroad stations and ticket offices
Southeast ID. NJ. BOYD, Jr.,
Gen'l Passenger Agent
FRANK THOMSON
General Manager. jan
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NORTH BOUND. Mail Train. Express.

ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, daily, except
Sundsy-Leave Washington 4.2O p. M, Alexan-
dr.a 40 .. IN. arrive at Front Royal 9;35 D.
m. Leave Front Royal 30 . m, arrive at
Alexandria $50 N, and at washington o.oO
a, m. Good connection at Manassas junction
with Mail train to and from the south. Leave
Front Royal in the morning, 60 to any point On
main line IS far rs Charlottesville, and return
to Front Royal same day, giving many hours
stay at Warrenton, Culpeper, Orange, &c.
MANASSAS DIVISION, Mail Irain-Pss
sengers leave Washington 500 a. M, Alexsn-
dria 8 50 q. M, and arrive Ut otras6urg 5.OO .
m Leave Strasburg t. 30 y. NJ, arrive at Alex
WAkkENTON Embellishments to
and from Wsrrenton with Mail Tain daily and
with Express south bound Saturday night and
north bound Monday morning
At Washington, close connections With North
and West. At Usnville twice daily with SOU
and Southwest, and at LyEchourg, t"lcel. ,,
to South and West.
Twice daily connections with Ches. i Ohio
r. X. eastward to Richmond, and westward to
Staunton, White Sulphur ord ali the various
Springs on that line.
Elegant Parlor Cars will berun, with the day
trains, between Baltimore and White Sui
phur Springs, leaving Baltimore ut = 70 M.
Both trains from South connect with Ches
s. Ohio ut Charlottesville for the West. This ls
is the only line running double daily trains
south of Washington, and makes now the quick
est tine ever made-less than 50 hours between
Washington and New Orleans.
Pullman Sleeper daily, sosthout change be-
tween Baltimore and New Orleans, leaving
Baltimore 1905 p. NJ.
on sale, good for thirty days, and through tick
cts TO the South and West ut lowest rates.
e. j. FOREACRE, 'ien. Manager.
J. NJ BROADUS. q. Z. Jy
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kSaH o 5ssB
SPRING ARRANGEMENT, TWO TRAINS
DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY BETWEES
ALEXANDRIA AND ROUND HILL.
Beginning April 18th, 1876.
Leave Washington at 9 q. M, and 4O p. M;
and Alexandria at $40 q. M, and 4:25 p. M;
pass Leceburg, going westward, nj ll:2o y. M,
and $40 D. m, and arrive at Round Hill vt II
M, and 1920 y. m. Leave Round Hill ut go n
NJ, and 1870 p. M; pass Leesburg, going east
ward, at 6 q. M, and lilo p M, and arrive al
Alexandria at 8:l5 d. M, and S:l5 p. M, and al
Washington al $50 q. M, and $50 p. In.
@> Passengers from Washington will take
the Washington and Ohio cars at the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad station st ga. NJ. and 4.2U
pm, and 60 through to Round Hill without
change of cars. o
The g. ~ a. m. train from Alexandria and II. 30
D. M train from Round Hill connect vt Round
Hill with Harris Daily Lime OF Coaches
for Snickersville Berryville snd Winchester;
also with Reamer's Line of Coaches, which leave
Leesbur daily for Aide and Mlddleburg.
Both trains westward, make close conncctlon.
at Vienna, with Sisson's Line of Stages Tor Fair.
fax Court House.
Com mutation tickets, s cts. per mile
annual tickets, $50.
K. Il. HAVENEK,
an Diff General Ticket Agent
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The Attempt to Capture Admiral
lnrf&r

The New York Herald publishes heretofore
unpublished story of the late civil war, being
an account of the attempted capture of Adml-
raj Porter's Mississippi squadron through the
conspiracy of Acting Ensigp Daniel w. Cheney
and E. 2. Nellis, of the United States Navy,
stationed on board the gunboat Rather. They
were both 10 constant communication with con-
federates, and it had been arranged TO deliver
the Rather Into their hands on Aug. 10, 1864.
They selecting this date because about that
time naval supply steamer General Lyoo was
due, carrying mails and supplies tor all the gun
boats stationed below. The Lyon left Cairo on
the 18th of each month, and arrived on the
Rut,lcr's beat on the 10th. With the RATHER
in the bands of the enemy, the Lyon coming
alongside, uochallenged. every vessel 10 the
feet could easily be captured. The plan. after
capturing the Lyon, was to dress the enemy III
the clothes of the Uuion soldiers, and passing
down the river take possession successfully OF
the gunboats Forest, Rose, Benton, Lafayette,
Choctaw, and Manhattan. Adequate forces had
been posted at points on the river to be placed
on each boat as it was captured. Cheney made
the attempt on the 18th and took two boats
crews ashore on fictitious GRAND and delivered
them into the hands Of the enemy. One OF the
sailors being shot 10 an attempt to escape with
the boat the CoDtederates then manned both
boats and pushed into the stream towards the
Rather, but the shot fred had been heard, and
Eusign Wells had put off to ascertain the cause.
The night was pitch dark, and it was raining
heavily, but fash Of lightning revealed to him
the two boats filled with armed men. Hastily
returning be gave the alarm, the men were beat
to quarters, the anchor hove. and the Rather
dropped down the stream. The enemy being
bat1ed in this attempt to surprise the vessel,
returned. Exposure of Glenney's treason was
not made for some time. He was then put
under arrest, but through Nellis' completely
be escaped. Nes also deserted at the same
time. The account of this episode 10 the
war has never before been published, as the
Rather was wrecked subsequently and its
records lost