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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24

MIR, GAYLE by vote of Is 10 IL, and they did 1T
expressly upon the grouod that the surplus bal
lots we're drawn out by bliDdiolded judge q
the only way provided by law.
MIR. Hoar. | desire to ask the gentleman
from virginia question about the black DIS
tricl. | would ike him to state under whose
training and administration OF the lawstbe poo
ple of so large dis.ric in Virginia are unable
to read aud write?
MIR. Goode. The gentleman is bringing up
the ghost of slavery.
Mr.. Hoar. asked but asinpe gu stoD.
MIR. Goode. | do not hesitate to say that
owing to the condition of servltude, these pen-
ple have not had the opportunity to learn TO
read and write.
Mr.. Hosr. Myqueston is this Whose fault
is 1T? Is il the fault of the black>2
MIR. Goode. do not intend TO be drawn
aside to discuss these issues they arr dead, and
they b long to the dead past. The gentleman
ca mot iraw mo toto any such snare.
Mr. Hpar. The gentleman was tauDtDg the
bl cks eff district OF his owu State.
Mr. Goode. | do not iotcnd to b, led into
that discussion. [ see the object Of the geotle-
man, aud, sir it is altogether unnecessary tor
the fowler to spread his net iu view otthc bird.
Laughter | K NV what the gentleman is at.
ter; | understand his tactics; we have had
them from the beginning OF the session, AID
the distinguished gentleman from Maine Mr.
Blaine led IF 10 hat direction. tor one d.
not mean to be led aside. a,n here to discu )
this bill, to do the work of legislation, aud t(
serve the people who scot me here to the be'
of NY humble ability.
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NEWS or THE DAY.

The Maryland Independent says: ut was
stated by some of The city papers Just after tue
death of Hon r vcrdy johnson that his lille
was insured Tor 100000 This is mistake.
There is 20 insurance Cd his life. MIR. john
sons real estate embraces one thousand acres
of land in Anne Arundel county, one thousand
acres in Allegheny county, and between i've
and six hundred acres 10 Baltimore county, To-
Gated west of the city, Oh or near Eimondson
avenue This last mentioned laud IS probably
worth about 81, 900 per acre.
Yesterday morning a boiler 10 the Union
Pacific compaDy's rolling mill at Laramie,
Wyoming, exploded, completely wrecking the
south half Of the mill Four men We're IN
stantly killed, and ten others wounded. LESS
than twcuty men Were in the mill at the tune.
The butler was carried through the store WALL
OF the mill aud out u quarter ut mlIe on the
prairie
Yesterday morning, while gang oil laborcrs
we're making au excavation 10 an embaukDent
on the lioe of the Philadelphia aud Reading
railroad at the Falls of the Schuylkill, it unex-
pectedly caved 10, burying five of the work
men. Four of them escaped with broken bones.
but the fifth, James Surgerson, was injured
internally ADD will probably die.
The Marioe Bank OF NV York has been de-
frauded Of s2S 900 by book keeper, whose
abscnce 10 the West has led TO The exposure
of false entries by which he has concealed lis
p EQUATIONS.
a dispatch from Columbia, Tenn, announces
the death OF Hon. A. 0 2. Nicholson, chief
Justice of the State. The deceased had been
prom iueptIy 10 public life for many years ard
Was j. S. Senat, in $40.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor started from Brooklyn
Wednesday evening Tor Mississippi, having
been retained to dcfeud Gov. AmcS in his trial
before the high court OF impeachment.
The impeachment of Lieut.. Gov. Davis, Of
Mississippi, in the Legislature has ended in
bis being pronounced guilty and removed FROM
office,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24
LEGISLATIVE.

In the Virginia Senate yesterday the general
tax bill was passed with amendments and sert
to the House. The bill granting charter to a
company TO establish an absttoir in Alexaa dri4
county WAS passed The Senate bill providing
for allowing vote to bs taken separately on
the proposed constitutional amendments was
taken up and passed A bill to provide for the
working of Penitentary convicts on the Milton
and u.nerlin Narrow Gauge Railroad was also
passed.
In the House of Delegates notice was received
that the Senate had agreed to resolution re-
questing Virginia representatives in Congress
to urge the claims OF the Virginia Military In.
stitute The resolution for the appointment of
Joint committee to report on the States finances
was debated and amended. The House was
notified that the Senate had passed the general
tax bill, with amendments. The question Of tho
removal of Judge Geo. S. Stevens, of he Coun-
ty Court of Nelson, was next considered. Dele
gate Massey, of Albemsrle, offered resolution
expeIling Stevens Pending the debate OH the
SUBJECT the chair was vacated. At the night
session the resolution was adopted.
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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY

-Au immense crowd filled the De.roi, Ona.,
House, last night, to witness the sr..tIna
match between Col. j. H. McLaughliu, Of NY
triot. and Jacob H. Martin, of Ypsianti n.
81 900 aud the championship of the world
After prolonged contest the referee decIsr.J
the match draw.
Walter Cartmao ShetiIan alias W,r,..
Stewart alias Charles Fl. r lst N, Was ARES, s5
III New York, Wednesday. He was arraigrci
10 the General Sessions yeslerdayt t. plead to ~
separate indictments for forgery He pesi.d
not guilty and was remauded to the Ton.bs
The bark j hranne from St. Thom,s
which arrived at Fortress Monroe, this morn
ing, reports seeing vessel 90 fire eighty mjjs.
east OF Cape Heury gu the Dist, ADD Vessel
laying by her which had probably saved ths
crew. A heavy gale was bowling.
The Liverpool Grand National S,eepl,.
chase, took place to-day, and was won BY Re-.
GAL"
"A cable dispatch announces the death q,
Rome, Of Pau Dahlgren, 500 of the late R ,,r
Admiral Dahlgrcn.
Three of the crew Off fishing schooGer on
the Grand Banks, We're drowned Wedue,isy
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
FRIDAY, MARCH "a, 1876.

The case of George S. Stevens, Judge Of
Nelson County Court, charged with con'
duet unbecomiug his judicial character. 10 thai
he gambled aud won money. ETC., came up as a
special order 10 the House Of Delegates OF Vlr
gisia, yesterday. A resolution was presented
removing Stevens from Office as Judge OF said
Court. A demurrer in the form OF an answer
from Stevens was presented, in which respon
dent says that be is cited for acts committed In
bis individual, and not in his official, character:
and if they be true be submits they are not sui
6cient grounds 'or his removal. The resolution
of removal Wa. debated at length, and pending
the discussion the House took recess. The
consideration of the resolution was resumed In
the House, last night, aud resulted 10 the adop-
ton of the resolution by 10 yeas to 10 nays
The Senate will act upou the matter to-day.
Capt. w. H. Fowle, yesterday, rendered bis
resla patton, to take effect at the expiration OF
the present session.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24

A number of witnesses were examined yes
to-day by the Committee on Expenditures OF
the War Department 10 relation to post trad
erships. Several persons who had occupied
such posts stated that they had contributed
money for political purposes in response to a
printed circular. E. G. Larned, who was the
partner of the late Mr.. Bower, stated that the
estate of the deceased amounted to $2S 900 or
$4,000, of which SIS, 200 was from life IN
surauoe. The money he owed the estate was
paid to George H. Pepdleton, who was a'tor
ney for Mrs. Bower.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24
Decisions Of the Court of Appeals.

The Supreme Court OF Appeals yesterday
delivered several Interesting decisions, of which
brief synopses are here given:
Comfy VS.. CouIy and ais. From the Circuit
Court Ut Fairfax county. Affirmed. Judge
Moucurc delivering the opinion OF the court.
The question 10 this case was whether or not
paper written 10 these words
LEWINsvILLE, Aug. 90, 1862
De0r Hye-l am gong away. | may never
return. leave my property to Gaines aud
Dan. Dispose Of it as you see fit. Don't for
pet sister Mary and Bridget. Pay VIM. Comfy
twenty dollars; also Patrick Sullivan twenty
FIVE dollars. EDMUND c. Comfy.
Witness: SAM Furnsworth
was the will of the decedent, who never went
away, but who died at his home 10 1868. The
County Court admitted the will to probate on
the testimony of the subscribing witness that
the paper was wholly in the handwriting of
Comfy. The Court of Appeals held that the
will was valid.
BALL ETC. VS.. BALL. ETC.
From the Circuit Court of Fairfax county.
Affirmed, Judge MoDcure delivering the opiu-
i'm Of the court.
In this case, Matt G. Ball died intestate,
leaving 10 living children, but her heirs at-lsw
consisted Of five grandchildren, the children Of
| .: deceased 500, and seven Others, OF whom
six are he living children of another deceased
SOD, and h: seven is the grandc lid OF said
second deceased sou Of said Martha Z. The
GU s.lon is whether the rs ate of the d.cedc nl
s!ou BE- divided into Twelve cqua parts, ano
one Of the parts should be allotted to each Of
her eeven living grandchildren. and the re-
naming part to the said great graDdchlld 81
representing it, deceased parent, or should bt
first divided into TWO equal parts. and one
said paris be allotted to the laid FIVE children
OF one OF the soDs IF Martha e., equally 10 bt
divided amoTg them, ADD the other OF sslt
TWO DUAL paris to be allotted to the said 81!
children aud SAID grandchlld If the other SOD
equally to be divided among them. The cour
below decided th at the former is the true ega
mode of apportionmunt-tha is, 40 equal dl
vision among all the said eleven grandcnlldreI
aud the said great graudchild, allotlDg to eacl
an equal twelfth part OF the estate and tn
Court OF Appeals affirmed this decision.
Walker VS.. Beauchlrr. Fully argued b.
Fra els l.. Smith, jr., esq.,, for the appellan
aud submitted.
Haynes administrator vs.. Haynes Payn
vs. Tutwiler, &c.. Bat ton W.. Bowen and wife
and Barron v. RothrIck, are the ncxt tou
ca: eS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24

The prospects for good business year on the
G. & O. Canal are not bright. The railroad
freights are 80 low that all the coal 10 going that
way, and as orders are not pressing enough 10
warrant the increased expense of shipping by
the canal, work is slack at the mines. The cost
OF shipping by the canal is said to be as low
now as.it we'll CAP be, but that if the miners
will reduce their wages FIVE cents ton, aud
the boatmen make similar reduction the canal
company will decrease their rates ten cents a
ton. By these combined reductions 1t Is hoped
business will be revived.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24

MIR. Marsh. 10 his examination before the
Judiciary Committee yesterday, stated that he
went to Montreal because be apprehended
from the debate 10 the House of Representa-
tiyes that be might be indicted for criminal
offence, aud hence bis anxiety to get out OF the
way. His attention was called to the New
York Tribuue's article, published 10 1872, io
relation to the Fort Sill leadership, and he
said be had spoken to Gen. BeIkuap about 1t
at the time. and asked who be thought had
Inspired it, and Beknap said he supposed 1t
WAS the work of Gen. Hazeo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24

The friends OF Mr.. Richard H. Dana, jr.,
nominated to the Eogsh Mission, are now
quite confident that be will be confirmed. The
Dem ocratc Senators say that they will give
Mr.. Dauas friends chance to disprove the
statements made against him of peri ury aod
plagiarism, and if it is shown that he is unJust-
" charged, they will vote for bis continuation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24
FOREIGN NEWS.

Advices from Hayti report Jacmel as 10 the
possession oil the insurgents, who arc prcpar-
ing 10 forify it. The port is blockaded by two
Government steamers. The foreigners 10 Port
au Prince fear that the negroes will take adj
vantage of the situation and FIRE their panta-
tons.
A telegram was received yesterday at the
Treasury Department from London giving the
price of silver at 521 pence, British standard,
corresponding with 1881 cents per ounce Unit.
ed States standard, making dollar 10 silver
coin worth SO 3 10 cents 10 gold coin.
An inquiry was yesterday made in the Brit
ish House Of Commons as to whether the
United States, after paying the Alabama
claims, had balance Of from one to two mil
lions sterling for Which it is unable to iud
claimants.
Advides from Vera Cruz report the country
very much disturbed by be- reVolutionists. 1t
is reported that a raid has been made by sixty
Texans sent by Por6ori Das. L. is also stated
that they have been routed, and death Is
threatened to all invaders.
After an animated debate 10 the House Of
Commons, Yesterday, the royal titles bill, max
ing Qleen Victoria the Empress of Iada,
pass.I its third reading The vote was 2O9 for
the bill, aud Sd against it.
Nine hundred troops will leave Madrid for
Cuba on the 3lSt instant.
1t is estimated that Servia will have 80 900
men dispoSable in case OF war;
CosT OF STREET LAMPS The Comptroller
of Baltimore reports to the Council Of that
city, on the subj ct of lighting the streets by
gasoline lamps instead of gas. that persons in
terested 10 the gasoline lamps propose the fol-
lowing rates For 1000 lamps, S2l each
year; for 500 lamps and over, 500 each
yeur, and give bond for faithful performance
of contract. The cost of altering lamps will be
81 for each lamp aggregatiug $4,000 For
lighting and keeping 10 order loo lamps,
sc. 900; tor |, 500 lamps $4,000, or Sc pr
lamp Year, making the total cost Of filing,
cleaning, repairing, lighting, IT,, $28 for each
lamp year.
The expense of lighting the city with gas
prior to the year 1875 has been about 81 79
per lamp per annum; but the cost per iamp
for the present year owing to a change of burn
ers has GOT exceed S33 i3i this Is exclusive OF
the expense Of lampIlghters, which amoun's 10
about S42 600; also the expense of repair OF
lamps.
The 6rst branch adopted resolution Request
log the Committee on Gas to report such eg-
siation as may be necessary to supply the city
with gas altar the present contract shall expire
10 May.
LoUDoUN COUNTY News. MIR. +. A. Lutz,
Of Lou ioun, has agreed to be The third ooe of
thirty who will contrbu:e $1,000 each to en-
dow Randolph Macon College.
A framed dwelling house aud lot attached on
the Leesburg and Aide turnpike, Oh the sub
urbs Of L:esburg, has been sold to j Fl. Alex
ander, OF that town, for 81, 900.
MIR. Dodd, OF Georgetown, has purchased
the OxIey Mills, two miles east of Leesburg,
for Sc 700.
Tne dwelling house ADD lot attached be-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24

The Manassas Gazette did not appear to-day
as usual. Its editor, Mr.. Whiting, the Mayor
OF the town. had charges of various Offences
preferred against him at the meeting of the
Common Council of that town last night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24

Lttel's Living Age for March IS, the last
Of the curreot volume, has been received. The
next uumber-the first 10 April-begios new
volume, and is a good one with which to begin
o GU hcnrintinn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24
The HArkets.

NEW YORK, March r. tCcks QUIZ '.';., md and
ste,d,. Money Gold l45. Foor I4 az tr,r.
upchan ged Wheat quiet but scarcely
Corn stesdy. .:. old
BALTIMORE, March 24-virsinis : 5'5I C, I'm
80; con old.t ID e9s West VirslniA; ;;d,i,y l$.
strong and higher but quiet \ Nrnrbs,syG.
T WIas, fairly y f Sut r ana No. urn red ~
las: Pennsylvsnia red l4,-li9; n Fy' Hao.I5l
l55; do. amber Ito, DO white '.r, ,' &c: e e
and shade saser; Scus1ern il; e. 55,Si g..
yellow 5G,GOi; W e:tern nixsd 0zs ,p'I no.u.-
April SO ray. OTIS unchanged, H SsryI,al
nally 81 Hay dull 70, snd divisions 1sS'i quiet but
snu and yneh. ngsd. Pork vey n' 81
sss Is sG't do aSsses 30 g Cyss onso,1 s
Sugar quiet at 95.lO.. " h''key uu''
ut ST III.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24
PORT OFALEYANDRIA. AAhOH =
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SAILED. -
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24
MANASSAS March % 1876.

To the e1it1r of the Alexandria Gazette:
The article copied in your issue of the 2lst
instant from the Manassas Gaz tie, entitled
"Shall Mob Law RUE in Mansssas?' is ma
lignant assault on Messrs. King and Round, an
insult to the citizens of Manassas and tissue Of
fasehoods from beginning to end.
Yours &C., K. G. WEIR.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-24

General Sherman having been Invited to
Washington TO c,usuIt with Mr.. Taft, the new
Sc Rotary Of War, it is thought probable that
be General will DOW rem We his headqu irtcrs
FROM 81. Luis 10 the Capital.
The Osceola times., 1876-06-24
The Plague In Asia.

The British Medical Journal publish
es the following recent information
The plague is still increasing at Hill
lah and Bagdad, though it has not up to
the present, apparently, spread to any
other town. The following are the latest
official returns: At Hillah, from the
goth to the 26th of March, seventy-six
persons were attacked, and there were
thirty four deaths. The greatest num-
Der Of cases in one day at Hillah was reg
istered on the 26th, when twenty persons
were attacked, and the greatest number of
deaths occurred on the 23d, when twelve
persons died. At Bagdad, from the 2lst
to the 9th of March, Inclusive, there
we're onehundred and ten cases and forty
| five deaths the maximum of cases (thir-
ty) was attained on the Goth, and the
maximum of deaths (ten per day. on the
23rd and 9th uIt. April 1.-THE
latest kilograms to the Constantinople
sanitary board indicate an increase in the
number of plague cases in Mesopotamia,
as well rs an extension of the area infect
ed. The following are the returns: At
Hillah, in the space Of five days, from
the 9th to the 3lst of March inclusive, !
there were sixty-six new cases and forty
two deaths. At Bagdad, from the 2sih
of March to the LIST of April, there were
one hundred and forty-fve new cases and
seventy-five deaths. The plague in that
city has now crossed from the right bank
of the Tigris TO the left bank, which had
been previously free from the contagion.
The epidemic had likewise made its an.
pearancc at Meshed or Nedef Ali, where,
from the 25th to the 29th or March, there
occurred five fatal cases, and also at Kut.
ct t-Hamra. A severe quarantine, we are
assured, has been established at Kournah.
at the confluence of the Euphrates and
the Tigris, under the superintendent of
Dr. Colmar; and it is also stated that the
Persian government has ordered that ar.
rivals from Mesopotamia shall undergo
a quarantine Of fifteen days before enter
ing the shah's territory.
The Osceola times., 1876-06-24
FOREIGN.

Gibraltar is being provisioned to sup
port garrison of two thousand men.
Hon. Jefferson Davis arrived at Liver
pool on board the steamship Memphis. from
New Orleans on the lIth.
South American advices say that the
conservative Catholic party threaten war in
Columbia for supremacy.
The number of magnificent steamships
lying idle in Liverpool and Berkinhead
docks is unparalleled in the history Of com
merce, and the probability is the number
will increase.
The Herzcgovinian chiefs have re-
solved to reject an armistice. Austria will
grant no further relief to refugees, and the
relief committees are now destitute OF funds
Dispatches from Vienna say Austria
Md Russia have agreed to prevent any
further resistance from reaching the insur-
ger,s. They have also&esolved to strongly
recommend the insurgent chiefs to negotiate
with Turkey.
The king Of Dahomey will pay the fine
imposed by commodore Hewitt for NAL
treating British subjects in fight at Gibral-
tar between German seaman and native
boatmen. No one was killed but many were
seriously injured by bludgeons and stones
used.
A meeting was held on the 18th at the
residence OF the earl of shrewsbury in fur
therance Of church and university education
in the southern states of the United States.
Among the letters read apologizing for alb.
sence was one from Jefferson Davis, dated
Liverpool, announcing his arrival shortly in
London.
The Australians have started the cul-
tivation Of sugar cane, as they find it pays
even better than planting corn. The grow
ers were troubled at first by disease which
attacked the canes and threatened to ruin
their crop, but they have not lost much after
next year.
The grand vizier has written a very
conciliatory and friendly reply to prince
Milsn's explanation of the Servian arma-
ment. lie expresses sympathy WIN Servia :
position, and says the porte is not unmind-
ful OF Servia's autonomy and privileges. He
admits that there has been a violation of the
frontier by both parties, and promises to APP
point delegates to confer with Servian dele
gates upon means preventing such violation
in futu t.
The provincial correspondence, of
Berlin, has very pacific editorial, which
concludes as follows: Between the last
conference at Berlin and the interview Of
the car and emperor William at Ems, lies a
momentous epoch of modern history" The
Standard, commenting on this remark, says :
alt means that II the ezar had not interf.red
at the last moment GortschakoT would have
plunged Russia into wer with Turkey and
England"
The Osceola times., 1876-06-24
Counterfeit Notes.

A large number Of counterfeit bank
notes are in circulation Of which the fol-
lowing is an incomplete list
$40 on National bank of Utica, N. Y.
SO on the Farmers and Manufacture
er's bank Of Poughkeepsie.
IS on the First National bank Of Chi
cago, Ill.
IS on the First National bank of Pax
ton, III.
$5 on the First National bank OF Can
ton, I'll.
IS on the First National bank Of
Peoria, Ill.
IS on the First National bank Of
Aurora, i'll.
$5 on tho First National bank Of
Galena, III.
IS on the National bank of North
ampton, Mass.
$5 on the Hampden bank Of West
field, Mass.
IS on the Mechanics National bank
of New Bedford, Mass.
IS on the Traders National bank Of
Chicago, III.
IS on the First National bank Of
Louisville, Ky.
The Osceola times., 1876-06-24
Turkey.

1t is rcassuring to find that, notwith-
standing the peculiarities Of the situation,
and the complications OF the moment,
the policy of the new sultan is already in
the direction Of peace, and in accord with
the demand Of christian powers. lie has
signalized his advent to the throne by
proclaimng a number of reforms; and
ss soon rs the news Of his accession reach
ed London and Paris, there was an ad-
vance in the prices Of all descriptions Of
Turkish securities. Perhaps 1t may turn
out that some of the christian powers
themselves have had a hand in the
change that has taken place in Constan
nople. One OF the dispatches, a few days
since, conveyed information that the Mo
hammedan sofias who have brought
about the revolution, were attempting to
cooperate with the christian elements Of
the population, and the dispatches
tell of the rejoicing Of both the
christians and mohamedans over the
change.
1t looks ~ though a way might now
be found for the settlement Of the Turk.
ish troubles, and for preventing the dis
turbance OF the peace of Europe.