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, 1876-12-14

WAaHiN0r0H, D. G., Dcc. 19.-Numerous PC
t'tlons of religious and temperance prganiza-
tions throughout the country Wcru presented,
praying Congress to taku stops to prohibit tho
manufacture mud sale Vt alcoholic liquor a.
beverage IN tho District of Columbia and tho
Territories Of tho United States. Referred.
Mr. Anthony, from tho Committee on Print
lug, reported jo1ut resolution to print 10000
extra copies Of the message Of tha President
and the accompanying documents In regard to
tho lste election 10 Louisiana.
hr. Thurman objected TO tho present consid.
GRAFTON, and Il went over I'LL Tomorrow.
Tue Committee on Indian A6airs reported
fayorah1y on the Senate bill to provide for the
sale ct portion Of the Fe.s.yat!sn of tas ssa aud
ai.tus"ea e ii pssy y % as iad I over sfosa,ly. "A'
Mr. Mitchell. At his own request. was excused
from further service a. ulenesf of the Committee
appointed member Of that Committee 10 Ill tho
inquiry Into tho appointment Of orsgon ELECTORS,
"" H. sS iay.f1a 1 .pok. II .gms length In favor Of
so.on. X Il tRe aw asala not Se Charged upoa
oq* trsst osfo.s :Ss nfss.fafion w.. nad9
MINT to ths 80 u 10 hare ths count of
The E!scloEa tots mace W the Snpftnls Ionrt of
| tho taitsd 6laIcs. NE. 3uRy. befNK entltiel 10
tho aoor, spoke u length upon thu subject. lis
Uryuud tlat lts Electoral Suts had always hcsn
cognted by telless 9y tho two lousus Of Gunjsuss.
aud not BY ihs President Ut ths Senate. llS next
referred TO ta twenty second joint rule. aud said
whsthsr u ba IN furco Or not It was nothing
E0s lesx than she twelfth amendment 10 tho Cuus.
tuttun VI tbs Lnitcd slxtcs. Thu practics VI i:Ie
two llonss.of Consress tn counting the Electoral
vote fos ~ last az tctn's had been UPON tho
lis stKura that that sulu was prepared " i juIut
Comnlilteo Of the two llouses, and p4ssed unaui.
mouslJ h both itouses. lie spoke Ut receiving
question presented wns onu Of the reception Of Tho
votes. not Of rejecting them. anI 1T required the
toncuttsncs 0t tue two HOUSES OF Congress 10 ~.
| Gpife tl# FUtr Ut 4 StHle,
4lr. Edmunds sall according to tue argument oI
ths Eeaalos ttogyi, II the objection Of HDe House
, 1876-12-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIE NEXT 1tousH.

6tkCfGf HlfpG{Eh 10 1hf 1f41uMA
WAsftlAurun, ure. .l3.-lthu Democrats
claim, that they arc sure Of majority Of In
tho next Hou.c cnnccding to tho Republicans
the three members To be elected In New Hamp-
Shire IN Aarch, and counting In the Republican
members who they claim wcrp illegally returned
as elected in South Carolina, Florida, mud
Louisiana, There Is excellent Democratic au-
thority for Tic statement TINT the names Of four
or five me,bers frUnl these States will not bn put
on the rolls by the Clerk, and will, therefore,
ho excluded from participating In the organiza~
tton Of the House.
GONE SOUTH.
10 ths Hxsstfa A&Facsated Ffeas.
WAsHlN0roN, u, G., Dec, 13.-Tho Senate
committees appointed under Edmunds' rcsolu.
tion, to Investigate the reeent elections in Flor
ida and South Carolina, started for their re-
spccttve 1elds Of inquiry this evening.
Tua PooLAEN.
NEW YonK, Dec. l8.-Thc meeting at John
ao,,'s pooi-rnoln WAS very violent. Tho majority
were against declaring tho bets OIL, but tho pro-
prlctors arc likely to follow Morriasey's cxam-
pio. At Johnson's, bets wore offered three to
one thut IIHyos would be tbs ne1t Prcsldent,
aud there wuro no takers.
UNION LEAGUE or AMERICA.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13.-The annual meet-
Ing Of tho Natlonal Council Of the Union League
Of America waa held here to-day, quite num-
bes Of delegates being present from various
States. E1.Gov. Nuwcll, Of New Jersey, was
reelected President; Thomas q. Baker, Of New
York, and Samuel F. 0wlnner, Of Pennsylvania,
Secretaries; G. ". GODDARD; Ut New York, and
Thomas t. Rlrt,, of Maryland, Vice-presidenta;
William V. Alexander, Of New York, Treasurer.
Interesting addresses wers mals by btesars,
nIj f,f NrA
, 1876-12-14

Of murder and violence In tho but1dozed par
shes that l,o says II he wcro called upon TO
.hoosc between pcaccablc fraud and the methods
escorted to by tho Democrats to carry tho Stats
hc would Justify tho fraud, Liberty md Inv u
It an end, tc thinks, II party Is permitted to
.uccced by Intriguing and aasassEnatlng its op-
poncnts. In regard to the violation OF tho
election law Of Louisiana by. tho Returning
soard, In throwing out returns on Ger
iacatos Of Intimidation not mado In
tho manner required rs al1edrcd by tho North
srn Democrats who Visited Louisiana, another
Republican .nembcr Of tho Committee states
TINT tho provisions said to have been disrcgard-
I'll a1e ,,ot mandatory, but directory.
, 1876-12-14
FLORIDA.

THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
TAlLAuAssns, Dec. 18.--Tho Congressional
Committee to-day divided into two committees
tho Republicans voting against the division.
Tie subcommittee will leave Tor tho eastern
counties totlay.
The Supreme Court will render decision In
the n,anla1nus cases this week.
oNE.sipEp AFPA1n.
Nnw YORK, Dec. 1B-Tho Tin,es' Tallahassee
tisnatch Mys: "At II o'clock to-day Judge
Wits resumed his jullc1al operations against
the Canvassing board for contempt, but tho
Democratic lawyors, to tho surprise OF all their
friends, suddenly determined to withdraw all
their proceedings and bring tho matter IN new
form before tho Supreme Court. This wns
done, It is said, to rclleye Judge White,
who found himself 90 entirely unsup-
ported by law In tho outrageous proceed
ings ngaInst the Board that his courage failed
htu, when he came To take the final step. The
matter will therefore be brought before tho su-
nremo Court tomorrow, and its decision will bc
respected, for It Is beyond suspicion OF partisan
action, The uItlmate question to bo decided by
this court is, und the Doard the right to 90 be-
hind tho county rcturns7 Two years ago, when
ranyasslng the vote for members Of Congress
and stata officers, the sanc Board, acting Under
the advice Of AttorneJ-Gcneral Cooke,
went behind the returns and acted
without protest from any orc. Then
the Democratic lawyers wore anxious to have
Finley counted Ia rs member OF Congress, and
there was scarcely ono Of tho Democratic law
yers In tho State who did not CONC forward In
support Of the power Of the Board to go behind
tho county returns. Nov the sumo lawyers
find It convenient to swallow all they said two
years ngo about the power Of the Board, and
, 1876-12-14

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orpIcIAL coNoREss ss,oNAL VOTE.
SpsctuI Correspondence Of The Tribune.
LANSING, Mich, Dec. 12.-'fho Official canvass
for Congressman showed the following results:
FIRST DISTRICT.
D!Hnle!d, ltop...,... .-.."...... "'.".E,4l7
Wi!Ian. u pluia,y, =, al; majoriy aso.
SECOND DISTRICT. ....
Lm!e 1T III
'91H Witss nlarslity i iSi; msjo,y i, i5
THIRD DIsTR1cr.
Mcf3owan. 'llep. 10, a7a
ssi Mcuo%sns p,..rali;y :, 75s; majo;!ty, l. I.
fOUitTH DISTRICT.
Keightiey, neq;: .'... ...''. .''-'iS' ~ tin TX
cIsnsSIsn Ks1sSsys plarsi.y, : m.jort, 5So
PIFrH DISTRICT.
Stone. Rep. .......,..,..-....,..... ...l, MlS
% s!ono. piaiaiity i:; 'najosiiy, isl
Sixth DISTRICT.
nfewo5. Nep.....'..'. '''''''...''''''..'23'M Mg ",
ita"ss Wrswers % %majority j, I'LL '''''' '''@'''4''
sEyENT!l DISTRICT. ...
CnnEcr, Kcp,. .....................t.1hS SlH
'S conxsrs riasaiity, ii ;nnjari;y, i, j1. 80
R1GILT!1 DISTRICT.
Ellsworsn. "'''..'.''...s' ~ ,a uoa
i EsaoHh. piniaity s mnoriiy. j. - '0'
NINTH DISTRICT.
Huhbell, ls6p,.....s 121
iInbheii's nsajor!ty, s. sja
CANDIDATES ron LElIaLAT1yE opflCEs.
The nnno of f. j. Wo!kGr, Of Brunch, has
beon atded to the list OF candidates for tho
Hpcakctshp.
-. " Hing, Of Lowell, decliues to be q candi-
date for rc-Olcctiun a. Secretary Of tho sona.c.
candidate mentioned for Clerk OF the House;
aud Messra. Fowler, Ut lansing and Norton, Of
Pontiac, for tho ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
, 1876-12-14

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W. ."s .aA ~. aa .se'usa ~ I...sa.s.S
nn.,1.a ."p ~. .o ~. .. w.. sn Ma.,,,.r. .h.n
spsaA''k saa - 'A'' ta"0' 1"' '''''"" $AeA
s@'o -
t., that, xa.r.a,n. ~. ~ .I a.. ~ t'1,.~..
III t.'.,t '.spss,,o us''.s.' 70 .u ..,. rn
s,,,I e s.''t ns.tss t'' se rso ,',..s.,to 80.
49, ~. .sae..! 1'S~'e>'' e@''~ "S's
"'- ~ snoas" n,..u,,4 - H. f.ro- =, Oh. In.
.. ans sesona ,r,ts. ets "rs $3.50. -, - '' '
augo1atlon o! i,aaen s anu III. aona'as's. ~. maj.
4n ts'o insu nls.'e1 .ns.' ,s.a w. uas n...o -
e,tssn. ntv.s ."o pou'' w ~, ".,,,,. ~.
s'neeu " i',aene oieetoi' anu s'e "''''p' ~
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soat.n Nv. .naaa.,on 1eSST ~ ,a"n
"u.'se w us.''s'u naN. nv uaa. y" ~"'
'nn M, iaSultu t,[tst e,. o.ae. .onsoas.o". s
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, 1876-12-14
ILLINOIS.
TIIH aTEAKEnsuIP.

Special DapatcA 10 7As 7f4tHnt+
SPn1HorIELD, ILL.,, Dee. 13.-Thc Hon. James
Shaw, better known Us Shaw Of Carroll, seems
to be pulling In ahead for Speaker of tho House.
no Inns the advantage VI continuous Legislative
experience He was In tue Twenty-sovcuth uad
Twenty-eighth General Assemblies, aud waa on
thu judiciary Committee III the latter.
THE UNITED STATES sgSAIoHsHIr.
Sptctal Dtspaseh 10 7ns Tribune.
BLooMiMUToS, Ill, Dec. 1Y.-The Hon. A. E.
Stevenson, Congressman from this district, is
spoken Of a. the Democratic canlldste for the
United Statcs Senate.
, 1876-12-14
IOWA.
4 etCELT CHOW.
C,krfnf Hft,Hfrk n YBe TfihttHf

4 etCELf CHOW.
Special Dttpasch 10 The Tribune.
CEDAR RAPIDS, H., Dec. 13.-Tho Democrats
hero hare bccn going through tho farce this
afternoon OF firing 1866 guns In honor Of tho
election Of Tildcn and Hendricks. OF course
this amounts TO nothing, but something must
be done to rcrivs tho dropping hnpes of those
wlohad becn expecting to share In the swag, had
such result hccn accomplished. Tonight the
inithtui will turn ont In procession, when It Is
expected TINT Col. Preston, Of Marion, will ha-
raiiEu0 tic mourning ones.
, 1876-12-14
THE BALTIMORE l. OHIO.

BALrINoAs, Nd, Dec. A-At meeting OF
the Directors Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad
today john ". Garrett was unanimously elect.
ed President for tho ensuing ycRr, by this
election Mr. Garrett enters upon tue ninetecnth
year of hla naturalization Of tho Baltimore d
ohio liallroal.
, 1876-12-14
OBITUARY.,

=, Ssseiat Napo4cA Ia M 11eusa
LAPoarz, 1nd.. Dee. l3.-slrs. ". II. II.
Whitehead, ah'gh1y-estcen,et lady, wLia casl'
lug thit evening, xas B1ddcnly taksh VI snl
dlEl ~ = few INITIATES.
, 1876-12-14

THE DEMOCRATIC EoMM1TTHH, INCLUDING
JULIAN, AP.
Special pitpaseA to 1ns 7%tbuna
lNp1AHApot1s, Ind, Dcc. 1I.-Axording to q
call the Democratic State Ccutral Committee
met to-day to save tho country and arrange for
inaugurating Tiljea aud Hendricks. Reports
were heard from alI tho districts, and In nearly
every one warllke feeling was said TO prevail.
it was deemed best, however, to attack the
enemy at long range. The gentle George w.
Julian, apostnte, being the Gerccst and blood
tl!rtlest individual In the crowd, made 4
speech counseling Instant und vigorous action,
hut nobody acted. Gov. Hendricks was
present, aud asked To giye hts views on the sltu-
alton. but was excused by Geu. Manson, Chair
man, OH the ground that 1t would be Iudclcats
for one 50 much intsrcaled In tho result to coun.
sci rs TO tho plau Of actlon. lie WA not to Ia
put OF entirely, honeyer, and he xot hts work
III by writing ths address which IL promulgated
from ths Committee.
THIS soUaps rAniIyAR.
10 tAs Wtslern kssaetatsa lress
lNplARAroLls, Ind., Lee. l8.-*lhe Demo
cratic State Centra! Committee met here to-aa,
pursuant to requast Of tho Democratic Elcc
tors to consider the political situation. Quite
number Of prominent politicians, including
uoy. Hendricks aud tho State officers, wer,
present, IN addition to representatives frou
each Congressional District.
Ex-Congressman Julian, who had been t.
L'u!s!ans, being called upon, gave hls opInIol
that the electlon In that Statu had been ~ 4uIc
and peaceab1e as In indiana, and that 'Iilden ha
carried tl4t State overwhelmingly. ill., hope.
the Democracy would hayo pluck enough l.
stand up Tor their rights and meet tho crisl
NJ Ia ykAs nnkI UNI uf all 1np nm
, 1876-12-14

CHICAGO.

pencn 11nx not yet returned tn Room 40 in tho
p.,ss ,Is Yrsn.o "n' v,,tant nan rsrnn,on,s forc
hns grown pa111d with Grict, and tho number Of
callrons Of goose which arc acetfIng and boil
inr In thu Democratic caup layc neither COM
s fae. " nor 1' r,chcs IN them % far lin. What saa
t1st IA. 1,n ,nst - hsro % ccn IN Woom 10 satmr.
day night last, wlldn tho reporter appealed, to
was appca!ng 70 Dan catncron's better natufo
Yhcr, the reportcr ea[tl:
i You wroto that document and certainly
can't bo ashamca OF It,"
and stand the brlnt: I an taking : great deal
of responsibility, but you hare nothing to fear,
| IL IA all rirft.H
Cameron, says ho Inns ,tot resigned 1Io will
| marshal his forces yet In Bridgeport and march
| on to Washington.
! "Yes," said Gen. Cameron, Sunday evening
last to Tua TR1nUNR representative, i" could
ralso 10000 mon III Chicago ut an hours notice.
| I tell YOU tho pconlo are arouscd."
| WCould YOU ,raiso any forrc at alll" qucried
the reporter.
"Dut don't you know that revolutions arc
| not created In dayl''
IA revolution eau bc creatcd any time, e!r.
But am rot afraid, 0cacral, and don't
i takes money to cairry % wari You wIll
mon. rou Will nave 10 naYe atn1s, % %Ms.uiis' a""
RPe Va lava s noty 81 = monsy and no
arc ready to fignt { Hayes h inauGuratcd."
.'rhei, what will you dot"
md viii chi for Yniunteors. and viii nut Vol
dqxn at Art |ss aot!ss." =, ,-,x,,ar A.,
~, iii ~ r"n,i,as , rn ,,n.vm
ana ns hS ott ess @ ta te bond
and and scf!p.S ri - ''' '''' '"'A ' -
M as as,,t - Ia aavs mi ocsn't tuteni
te. but Cen corso has stated that ho did re-
s'fAa AZ tho meeting recently ot the Executive !,
Committee OF the veteran Nelor'ii Assoeaatsoh'
Iaa ~ .osh usIS ,...1a nsiaE at,..,,,o-oh,o ~ ~
waa hai, Io ontiroiv Iu ~ ieou;nrv
1nss % oesS anEt ~ tc ~ printers gs
n,"ncd ~1 se9s IT, = thc luz
hercf 'ntGnIcu .or .nu no"spaRt ..,,at =. "se t
on.y sSnusa ~ bort' nI ~, raoring n T.
S nv Ternt,s nsnnnd M thc snnohe sc,cnn
III n nao n.n fu raro sIas IN tho
nosion iii nua a. W tod sS mich wantinm that POSI-
Euslslou Eh,nt VI wv t1ue" "'1s14s s"'" A"7'
olllcc:" o.., ,,,,x,.,oo -,
rEIl1l9N ATn h,! sunsGnlTnoH ~ T nnon T. ~
1ts 1s. statea: nho v,,o-or, n,n ..omu,ou b,. ho.,
bonrnr a. tbo II Palmer H Iionsa; M and "1' '''1
board shore "n p'si oa; y" thateoro
wo, thu undersigned, humhly petition and pray:
f7r.t-That his boatd-b!li' at the palmor lIoaso
be paid. In order to accomplish this, wo subscribe
the au,oants set opposite oas names .,,,.uo..
tao yaiant ne1o re-, o. r. fo
~ 70 ai aanm hin ;ro H. e'
"Ssn Tntg ~ Se IN rsr tat c nay he krnt nt,
ridsn il naugarated, M and hc gsts tat Post oalee.
To this list tho following liberal donations
were added: Mike Evnns, & ccuta; Ed Phillips,
8ecuts; Mike slcpunald, 10 cents; Dave Thorn-
| I,No, A rnrtr. I1.n Ntttnro Tim kfff}nrrv nnt1
, 1876-12-14

Messrs. Window and Chrtatlanty, who wonld
Davis nnd Ransom, who would hayo voted In tho
negative.
Iii. Elmunds gave notlce that to-morrow he
would move To take up tbs bill 10 provide for and
regulate the counting tho votes for President
md vlco- President md the decision Of questions
arising thereon which passed tho Senate last ses-
tcconnIdcr Mr. Sherman asked II tho Oregon Feso.
luton llai been latl aAle.
Mr, EmnDds replied It Ind bccn 1a.d ovcs unnl
to.morfow, hut the case waa practically covered by
inc resolution submitted by him early III tho Sos:
siuu, and adopted by the sonale, which authorized
investigations a. 10 The elections In certain States,
and Also 10 the eligibility Of Electors.
The Senata went Into executive session. and
soon nd IouTncd. ..
Postmaster ut Seenah, Wis.
, 1876-12-14
CRASH!
Breaking Of the ice.0orge In the
River at St. Louis.
Hoavy Disaater to tho Steamboat In.
torest-.-The Loss Amounts to
Fully 100000.

j. r n. ~ /
81: Loofs, pee. ,a:-Iho s1samcr ccntenn'n',
which was involved IN yostcsslay's crush by tho
Ice. sunk about o'clock this morning. Aside
from this, no notab]o change Inns taken place |
s,neo ast 1'En., ~. ss oua,s .'sa., asos av
tlonca arc stil' "cdRcu Lightly toee'nc9, anu
When tho tcc-gorgc breaks away, most OF them
will 70 down with IT., and clttcs bc wholly
wrcckcd ar inmnrrr1 still moro than they arc |
49, n.,n T",,,onr,,, ,vo. . verv ia rpe frc,rlt
now ~ ae So..o''asaa "lo ,,.y
hoat, Of wv TONS onfaoh, nna Is eaiu 70 'aso
cost $12, 600 tnntcad OF 100000 rs reported last
omo,,nt cannot ba a.certatned now. sho Ind
"us N."u". .,'..s 49,. .,..,,,h,, ~
never 'aaue 't'p' "tau 'ne'o mus p'o'"''' Nv
marine Insurance on her,
a careful eurvcy this afternoon OF Affairs at
tim sreno Of Tic stcamboat Jlsnstcr al tho Ar
.o,,ai .lo,v, +t,.t .,,no - tho ,toomcrs c1oancd
t.. A. .,'a .,e s"as 1 .,,a, Wv NV m. T., ~
m tao MesotRo t, tnero as Mu ~. ,.ot m,o,.
and that others arc not 80 lIauly damaecl as
previously reported. The water rose con-
sl1erahly during last night and to-day, which
relieved the pressure eomewliat.
cention Of trltling leak, Is IN gooa condition;
>, Tho Savannah IS lying 1ust below thc Lake
Superior. Is ailoat, but ts leaking badly, ana is
from linking oy oy estan aao 81 1T
leaks.
THO War Eagle Ia also nHoat, but eno daS 9
hole In her bottom, and her afterguards ana
upper works arc gone. sho faas steam up, and
all her pumps ara In operation. Her furniture
and table warc hare been taken ashore, anu her
mate, WHO fias large gang of men working Oh
her, says llo can save hcr. ,,,.,.
Tho Atcx Mitchell IS III preearsous coudition.
being apparently held up ty the tco on one slug
and tho wreck Ut tho Dayard on tue other, and
when tho leo goes out she ts expected to SINK.
soms hopes ase % expressed no" tna1 t'e ecn'
Tho Andy johnson Ia hculMCd In between tic
, 1876-12-14

half Of her cabin remained above tho surface.
This boat was built four years nGo at cost OF
at present. shu was Insured for, 5000 n =
Cincinnati company. 6llo Il total loss. The
Inlnagu to thu 'ru,nin amounted to about $500
Two bargos Of tito Naptcs Company wero torn
frn their fastuntngs and carrlrd Into tile river,
@aS uu9. SS Ths Ss' Sarsa G Isy oeionsSg IL as
sa,ne company, Wa4 injured aud tillvd with
liz steamer Hickory, ii lis Illinois Pseket
com,22aus, was carried agay Y 3',, a''d sa1k: Lost
sai1s away, but oy ~ f yot f. sa1s5 1S rhs1
wGarf-lloat, Kate Hart, which Wna 1t. the foot
Of Lesncrallre street, w4s sunk, as wRa one Of
their barges. Their loss will pruhab?y amount
to 81 ,'Xo or s9. 900. a bargs ct the Mississ'ppl
Valley Transportstlon COMPANY W was s.i forced 5
puscu HOLE IN THIS slpH
Of The former uhoya tho watcr-linc, uul to cap
ske tile hitter. Damage not great,
keokuk u Northern Ltae Packet .Company's
BtIp-yurly, wcrc nl,oru4 fifteen Vt tho Cain-
pany'a bouts, including some Of their finest,
tho Acet having bccn sent theEe, TOR safety,
Gahsy e1esS sssS. asqE ts S5 ao s ss,fst x
too tsau usual caused them to part tl1eir .cAr
blcs, mud tlluy moved slowly down tue river
With tho yast field. When they reached tho
Arteanl wall, L few hundred yards below, the
tnsido boata we're forced against the bank, and
aul tbs boats wcEe I'LL hullllel tosotler Ii, o
confused crowd. To overcome tLu momentum,
MILLIONS or roNs or ICE,
driven by very rapid current requires no small
dexsas u rests tancs, aud # il not strange l.at
| TIC people lu thh ncIXhboEhood heard sotnul loud
| popp[nE VI tinbers, as tue Ice welgeA ttsulf he
tween the atca,uboats and tho eask bank, and n
, 1876-12-14

but tho Chairman reminded tho meeting OF tho
improrrlcty OF ono 80 personally Interested
speaking 1t thta time. Tho members then
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-14
.5VCTIOF ALE8.
Nv Green a. Wise.

[Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers.
UNSTABLE PROPERTY IN tn CITY
~ OF ALEXANDRIA AND COUNTY
OF FAIRFAX FOR SALE.
BY virtue of decree of the Circuit Court tor
the city Of Alexandria, pronounced at Its May
administrator against Lloyd's administrator and
Others the undersigned, commissioners therein
appointed will, by public auction, in the city
Of Alexandria Va, on THU RSDAY. the 9th
day of July, 1876, 1T II o'clock m, in front OF
the Postuiiice building, offer for sale the follow.
ing valuable property, to wit: --
lst. The premises known as NO. Az SOUTH
WASHINGTON STREET, between Prince
and Duke streets, being lot with three story
Brick Dwelling thereon
z HOUSE and LOT OF GROUND, situated
upon the south side Of Queen street, between
Washington and Columbus streets, and known
End numbered rs No. 1872.
3. \ TRACT OF LAND, in Fairfax county,
containing about thirty acres, on the Little
Hlrer turnpike road, known as the MILL
TRACT" about nine miles from Alexandra,
adjoining the farms lately owned by Messrs
Fisk, " ooster and Howard. II has wood ana
water and good site for country grst and
SAW mill
Terms: One tenth of the purchase moTey TO
be paid in cash, and the residue to be paid IN
three equal instalments at six, twelve and eight
cen months to DO secured by the bonds OF the
purchasers, bearing interest At six per ct. from
the day Of sale, with good personal security;
the title TO be- retained until the purchase
money is fully paid, and the property
.ab. 10 be rcsod al the risk of the purchasers
upon his or their fixture to comply with the
term. of sale CoEveynncng nj the cost OF the
purchasers. FRANCIS l. SMITH,
s. +. BEACH,
c Boots Comm'rs of Sale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-14
FOREIGN News.

LONDON, June l4-Advices from Can" Coas
Castle, dated May l6'h, state that the King oil
Dahomcy will pay the fine imposed upon hn
b., the British Naval Couluand"r-ln Chief
Commodore II. WITT, for maltreatlng BRITISH
su!jjct.
The Post says it learns that the ri"t al Glib
raltar Of which anuuuuceuIcnt WAS made ycsicr
day, took placa on the 5ih inst. Thu: d fcuity
was between Gcrmen sailors and the u ;brlI;al
boaimen. Budgeons and stones were freely
Used. Many participants were thrown into
the water, but none were killed. the p"l!ce
were powerless to suppress the riotlng aud
troops were called out and restored order Il,
previously stated. The trouble originated in {;
q r;nan sailor iu$u ting a lady. The German
Admiral communicated with the Governor oI
the garrison, expressing regret at the occur
Icnra. The sailors were conincd to their ships
ard otherwise punished for their bad condll:!.
LONDON, June II "A dispatch TO tn" R"u
ter Telegram Company from ula, says: h.t
all reports concerning the result Of the GroSv2
Dor Mission to invest gate into the Margary
murder are premature. No particulars have
b"cu divulged, the Mission being al Imperial
aft !ir TIE report has been forwarded to the
II mn Government.
RAGUSA, June i4.-lnform,tion received
here lrom Sciavonlc sources, says: That tn
Hcrzegnvinian chiefs have held Il meeting and
resolved to reject the armisticc. Austria will
grant 10 further rclicl to the llciZ. gnv'nian
refugees. The relief committees are W Il y
lltusc CT funds.