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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-11

His Majesty Dun Pedro, while waiting a
few moments at the railroad depot, in Phila
delphia, on his arrival there last Tuesday, met,
says a correspondent Of n y. Herald, Mr. S: s.
G X, the Speaker Of the House, and Immediate.
ly recognized him, stopping and shaking warm
Iy Mr. Cox's hand. After leaving Mr. Cox
the Emperor turned to the Herald c'rrespou.
ient aud said, II met Mr.. Cox yesterday. |
Remembered his face at oucc; he isa very clever
man, very interesting and very amiabe. had
IA very pleasant talk with him yesterday; he
comes from New York.
Correspondent MIR. Cox says he has ouly
Que fault to fod with your Majesty, that you
do not 6. We people suff :ient opportunity to be-
come acquainted with you.
Dom Pcdro-Ah, but it was first necessary
to study the country, the phys ca part. Now
| begin to acqu nt myself with the men. lou
see, already know Mr.. Cox. have accept
ed Mr. ChiId's invitation to dinner for to NOR
row, and hope to meet great many of your
distinguished men, aud also at Mr.. Thornton :;
SO you see will now study your social life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-11

NEW GOODS.
25 boxes London ana other Layer hns'hh
New Currant= and liLron,
Pure Ground Spices,
Favuring Extracts, G"latine, -,
Sar,!nrs, Speed salmon and olive on re-
ccvcd and "r sale by .
do. - DAVY g. HARMOS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-11

Il. MDkING BACCOS-Occ,dcnt> High
~ ander, Bob White We tward Ho, Gravcly,
Durham and Rustic Belle.
GEO. McRURNEY s. SON..
ap2i l66 and ITO King trcct
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-11

"a boxes genuine B. +. Grsveey's.
81 boxes Oh. Twist, Dunvltc.
% boxes do, stock lc14, prime Danvtile
40 boxes Oh. do
10 boxes II inch Plug Rcf and DanviH@'
+. psncuk. Pocket Pieces Pig Tail, Natural
BrIgh,, Black Navy md "ihcr brants. Very
low to the trade. JUlH A. FIELD,
l.b u II King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-11

ITO THOSE contemplating building or re-
i pairing we would call especial attention TO
our we'll selected stock Of Doors, Sashcs, Blinds
and Building Materials Of 81 kinds, which We
will sell rs cheap rs the same can be bought II
or out of the state. b. F. PEAhE s. Co.
apl4 1877 King St, Alexandria Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-11

t,lIpAEIOR CRACKERS AND CANE '''
We have mndc an arrangement -, '".riyslle..
Mallj% i CU., whose good, are u ,IiKsTh-
BY which We can cell Their ce.rbFa ! ,,c,r FAC
Frs. CAKES, &c III this city, A. . .ho,n
TORY PRICES. Gall and ln ;;peWi t"sIN
ape y. y u - ~ ,,,.I,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11
SHALL THIEVES,

New Mexico dispatch mentions that one
Gates, clerk in the L. 5. depository at Santa
Fee, has turned a deiaulter to the amount OF
$500.
\ Topeka dispatch states that +. j. J Ohm
son, republican member OF the Kansas state
senate, has been caught "tamperlng with an
auditors warrant" whereby the state was
robbed of few hundred dollars. and com
mittee OF his republican senatorial colleagues,
IN their report, regret that the unhappy man
may be sent to the peniteniiary' for the
uiting fault,
1t looks like small business TO mention pet
ty republican official thieves like these, yet
when there are 10000 of them, the aggregate
is not so contemplate For example, Secre.
tary Brlstow, in a report recently submitted
to the house, gives an imperfect list of
cases reported to him within the past year. Of
thieveries and deialcatlons in the State De.
parlment alone The list embraces some 300
names, including foreign ministers, secreta
ries obligations, dispatch agents, &c, &c, and
the aggregate Of their thleveries footS up
$41O,G9423. The state department has the
fewest employees OF any of all the departments
at Washington, and as in each OF the others
doubtless the lis! of thieves is vastly greater
than IN the state department, the estimate
that the government is at present being regu.
larly bled by 100000 small thieves, TO say
nothing OF the larger ones like Belknap, Robe
son, the McDonalds, Joyces, &c, is not ex.
trayaGant
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11
EXIT BABCOCK AND PRINCE FRED.

Babcock steps down and out, Plerre,onr
having charged him directly with steal ng
a confidential letter he had sent to the Pest.
dent and procuring its publication in ads
torted form, Grant could stand it no lorger
and limited to poor Bah that the intimate
official relations between them were no Ion.
ger pleasant. Fred Grant who was dure.
putably mixed up with the same business,
also got hint that good thing for him to
90 would be to 60 west and fight Indians.
Luckey takes Fred's place as clerk in the In.
dian bureau, and ulysses Grant, jr., taxes
Babcock's place as Tue Presidents private
secretary.
The treatment of Babcock and Fred, ,pon
the whole, is rather shabby. II IS now Sme
three months since Pierreponts famous litter
got into the papers, warning the whisky ing.
sters, by whose squcaling it was ceaain
abundant evidence could be procured to con.
vict Babcock, that such squealing, so far rom
the powers in their favor, wuld
only the more certainly insure their conlirn
punishment The writing OF such a Letter of
course could have but one object-to frih,eD
back into dark hiding places all the evidence
available TO convict Babcock. Ye, Pierre
pont waited three whole months-allcwed
the letter to have all the evil effect it could
to frlghten away the evidence against Bah
Geek and force his acQulttal-beiore he Guild
come out and finally say that the lttterwas
written for no such purpose as was attributed
to it-had no thought of discouragine the
business Of squealing, but was an innaen,,
harmless HINT to the prosecuting attoneys
alone, and the published version of it tross
perversion and forgery. If such was theract,
why Is the explanation so long DELAYED
is the letter allowed to do all its wicked work
when the merest hint from Pierrepon,two
months ago would have set the whole m,,ter
right? Mr. Pierreponts explanation Won't
hold waterloo thin, too thin, Its a isre.
putable dodge TO save himself aud Crant
from disgrace and make poor Fred and Bah
cock the scapegoat of their sin.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11
ILLINOIS ct THE CENTENNIAL

! we are IN receipt OF circular from A she.
cial committee OF the Illinois State BOARD of
Agriculture, appointed TO arrange for a s,jt.
ape representation of the agricultural PRO.
u'c's OF The state at the centennial, in which
tho committee Say:
ms collection should embrace. in oil
their varieties, samples Of seeds of wheat rre
barley, oats, buckwheat, castor beans fooy
hemp, cotton, peas, beans, broom corn. and
OF othcr held crops, say four quarts of each
corn IN the ear, not less than six ears Of each
variety, each ear to be separately wrapped
forage plant seeds as clover, in VARIETY TIM,
othy, red top blue grass, millet Hungarian
and any other forage plant seeds, saw one
quart each; garden and flower seeds, IN All
their varieties, in sample quantities; tree
SEEDS such as hlckories walnuls, pecans, chest.
nuts, naples, elms, and other timber trees
say one TO four quarts each tobacco seed and
sample OF leaf in different stages of manufac.
ture; samples Of the fibre of cotton, hemp
lax, ETC.; samples of useful minerals, inclu'
ding iron, lead, zinc, silver, salt, coal IN cube
BLOCKS eight by eight inches; pottery, brick.
and the clays, etc; building stone, samples
IN tour inch cubes one side smooth dressed;
bricks samples, usual size; tile drain and
roohng; commercial woods, samples two nv
four inches, and SIX to twelve inches lCng
one side and end smooth dressed.
All samples and specimens should be care.
fully labeled with name and variety, num-
bered and packed IN boxes, with list of cor.
tents enclosed, giving name and full address
OF producer, sending duplicate list by mail
to S. ID, Fisher, secretary of the board, Spring
field, Illinois, who, on receipt of SAID list with
information AS 10 probable weight and bulk
OF package, will furnish shipping cards, with
directions tor shipping.
Packages should reach Springfield by
April 10Th, at which time the special com
mittee will meet 10 prepare and forward the
collection to Philadelphia.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11

Babcock's acquittal is now admitted to
have been secured by the publication OF
Pierrepont's unfortunate letter in which Bah
cocks sccomplices were admouished that
they need expect no favor If they squealed,
but on the contrary would be punished all the
harder This frightened about all the availa
bic Witnesses against Babcock into their
holes, nor could they be made TO testify under
the rule OF law that no witness can BE- made
crimlnate himself
Now Belknap, though selfconlessed
thief, is likely TO escape punishment because
President Grant at once ordered that Marsh
should be punished, thus frightening Marsh
out Of the country when the President and
those around him knew very well that Marsh
was the only one on whose testimony Bel.
KNAPP could be convicted II Is thus that
Grant aud Pierrepont "le, no guilty MAJ es.
cane"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11

The task of the big city dailies to keep Up
with the stirring events Of the day is growing
at a rate to be positively disheartening.
Says the St. Louis Republican:
If these things would come one at a time,
We could manage them better. But they lap
over very inconveniently. We had not GO.
through with the Beecher affair, before We
had to shoulder the whisky ring, and the En-
ma mine scandal demanded out attention; and
while we were giving the Emma mine scar
dial the attention it demanded, the Belknap
affair was added to the accommodating load %
foul things on our shoulders; and so we are
carrying all these scandals at once. The
Beecher business has taken new start AMI
other Investigations are constantly disclosing
new leads, and we can devote only 1.-THE 81
the attention TO each enc that il deserves.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11

In reference 10 the singular vlrulencc with
which the Chicago JouIadl has attacked Mr..
Steward, the independent nominee .ur Gov.
ernor, the Yorkville Necs says with no less
force than truth
The public begin TO understand tic cause
OF the peculiar course of the J0aIY,0, Its
editor, Mr.. Shuman, is a candidate before the
Republican State Convection for Lieutenant
Governor, and he sees that the nomination of
Mr.. Steward will be certain TO defeat the
whole republican ticket, himself included
Therefore he sets out TO break Mr. Steward
down, not by openly charging anything
against him, but by insinuating that others
have written some terrible things which
would demolish HIM if once given TO the
public. Now this Kind of tactics is entirely
too thin. The Journal ddrCs not gice tie pub
lie Il single name, charging what it hints al
against Mr.. Steward. This we know, and it
coward More than that, We know that the
JoWr6dl has received at least one letter from
q republican and an honorable man who has
known Mr.. Steward for years, denunciatory
Of the course OF the JOurHdt TO ward Mr.. Stew
ard, which ii is too contemplate 10 even men.
ton IL has had verbal assurance repeatedly
that its inslnuations regarding Mr. Steward
were go manliestly unjust as 10 call forth the
universal condemnation of his neighbors and
acQuainjainces without regard 10 party or re.
ligIOn, yet II makes no mention OF these
things. The unpreiudiced public will Justly
estimate the course OF the Journal when these
things are known.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11
THE CANAL.
travagant

The canal, We are informed, will be opened
for business about the Goth inst, which is
nearly month earlier than II was opened
last year. For that matter, the canal could
have been kept open all winter, for except q
week or two in December and another week
or two in February, there has been no time
all winter during which boats could not have
passed up and down the canal.
There has been material reduction made
in tolls, and the determination OF the CaEal
Board is to get for the ditch all the business
during the approaching season to which it
is entitled. If high tolls have failed to in.
crease the revenues of the canal there is no
reason for not trying the virtue Of low tolls.
And the prospect is good for a heavy bust
ness. AS the La Sale Isdepetdcat says,
canal men who have for many years been
engaged in the carrying trade on that great
commercial thoroughiare, confidently pre-
dict that the approaching season of naviga
ton will be one Of unusual activity. This
prediction is based upon sundry facts, among
which the extraordinary quantity Of corn to
be forwarded and the late very considerable
reduction of tolls are prominent. Last year
there was but little corn 10 forward, the rail
roads were IN sharp competition with the ca.
nal, and the demand Of shippers for a reduc.
ton of tolls was unheeded. This year the
quantity of corn TO be marketed is unprece.
dented, and there has been a general reduc.
ton Of tolls to The extent of thirty-three per
cent. In view Of these facts it is ardently TO
be hoped that the net earnings of the canal
for the season Of 1876 will enable the com.
missioners to appropriate another sum of two
hundred thousand dollars or more to the
great work Of constructing the requisite num-
Der OF dams and locks to produce navigable
depth of slack water rom La Sale to the
mouth Of the Illinois river"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11

CALVIN FARLEY, for the last thirty years
one Of the editors and proprietors OF the Joli-
ct Signal, announces in that paper OF Tues
day that he has sold his interest in the estab-
lishment 10 Mr.. Peter Shuts, and that his
connection with the Stgaol ceases, Severe
illness" says Mr. H., with which have been
affected for nearly year, and which SO far
has bafled all medical skill, renders this step
imperative" Mr.. H., in the long years ofhis
connection with the Stgaal, has earned the
name Of an honorable and able journalist, a
sound and reliable democrat and safe,
shrewd politician We hoIe lie has been
more fortunate than most country editors,
and has accumulated enough to enable him
70 dismiss narrowing cares, and in recreation
and rest to find the precious boon Of restored
health and many quiet, pleasant years,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11
CURRENCY BONDS.

We fad the following in the New York
Joursa! Of Commerce:
\ correspondent asks rs TO explain what is
meant by currency Gs' in our stock quota,
tlon, and adds: II suppose it means a bona
bearing per cent interest in currency, but
ii it is "hy toes it Jrtag more money than am
OTHER haul goH Qu0tei" We answer: the "cur-
rency IS are the bonds issued to the Pacific
railroads, Of which not only tie interest bu,
the prtacipdI also is payable in currency.
What gives them their chief value in the
estimation of moneyed men is that they draw
6 per cent. interest and have long time 10
run. Nearly all other government 6s fare
now redeemable and will of course be taken
up, or converted into Is or As as rapidly az
the government can get the means to do so.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11

W L. Day, il, a well known and highly es,
teemed citizen OF Peru, in this county, came
to his death on Thursday Of last week by &C
cidentally shooting himself In company
with Mr.. c. W. Woodhead he had gone down
the river 10 shoot ducks During the trip the
boat was capsized and as both got to shore
wet, and their guns wet, Day tried TO hang his
up by the lock wheE II went OF, the charge
SCATTERING his leg below the knee. Before he
could be taken home lie lost so muck blood
from the wound ths; he died in a few hours
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11

Oryille Grant, in his testimony before the
war expenses investigating committee on
Thursday, denied that he had acted as the
agent Of Belknap IN disposing of military
post su,lerships, but admitted that he had
been somewhat largely engaged in the bust.
ness Of selling Indian traderships under Del
and. He said, with great simplicity and ap.
parent IRnocency, that his brother, President
Grant, would kindly advise HIM when and
where an Indian leadership would be vacant,
when he (Orville) would find man to take the
place, himself never advancing any money
to establish the business, but getting halt the
profits. Ofcourse half the profits were thus
bonus paid Grant for getting the man the
appointment, and was SO much that had
to be wrung out Of the poor Indians and sol
diers in the way of enhanced prices on the
goods
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11
BELKNAP's KNAVERIEs.

Although the President and Attorney Gen
eral Picrrepont, by their bold maneuvre in
the District Court, may have driven Marsh
Tomlinson, and few other witnesses BY
whom Belhnap's knaveries could be proved
out of the country, the resolution adopted by
the house on Tuesday, promising future wit
nesses protection against such maneuvres
will doubtless soon bring plenty Of other wit
nesses TO Washington by whom Belknap's
rascalities, as well as those of Orvile Grant
and others, can be proved without difficulty
The Fort Sill affair, 1t IS to be promised, is
very far from the only affair of the kind in
which Belknap was engaged. Gen. Cook
testified before the war expenses committee
on Tuesday that he too had procured post
leadership, for a friend, for which lie had
paid a friend" of Gen. BelkLap $1,000. DR..
Terry, a 81. Louis man who had for wears
been in the employ of Durfee e. Peck, a
wealthy st. Louis firm who have had large
trade all over the plains and a, the military
posts for years, states il as a well known fact
that Orvllle Grant has been interested with
Belknap in disposlng Of the posts for money
Belknap, as secretary Of war, had within his
power the disposition Of all the sultershpS
but be could not look around for purchasers
He neened a partner for this work, and Or
vile Grant was the man selected. Mr.. Grant
some time after Belknap was appointed Sc.
cretaTy, visited all the posts on the frontier
and cancelled every license issued by the
former secretary OF war Durfee & Peck,had
the principle sutlerships, and the firm was
astounded at this unexpected change Mr.
Peck at once proceeded in a Ousiness.lke
manner to ascertain from whom the au,hori.
ty for this general cancellation of licenses
issued, and what steps could be taken TO re
tain his post This inquiry led him to Or.
vile Grant, who exhibited full authority
from the secretary of war TO dispose of all
trading posts as he saw fit. Mr. Peck appli.
ed to Mr.. Grant for authority TO retain GER
tain posts, where his firm had invested large
sums OF money in creating permanent build.
lngs, and where they had extensive stocks of
goods on hand. Mr.. Grant was not slow in I
stating his terms. They were just such as
the committee of the house of representatives
discovered that Belknap had made with
Marsh. Grant offered to sell Mr. Peck each
post that he wanted for so much cash down,
and certain share Of the profits, Mr. Peck
very emphatcally declined to cnta into any
such arrangement, and consequently others {
who did acccde TO the terms received the ap.
poiHtments at Fort BufOrd and Fot Peck.
The account proceeds to mention IN detail 9
a dozen of post traderships that were dispos- {
ID of, Orvlll Grant in each case pocke,ing a {
'onus down, and STIMULATING for regular IN. {
stalmerts afterwards to himself or Belkaap. i
There will, thus, manifestly be no Difficult. {
y in ultimately establishing Belkn,p's guilt, t
the adroit maneuyI, oft
Grant & Co. to run off the witnesses Il
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11
CENTENNIAL NEWSPAPER EXHIBITION

CENTENNIAL NEWSPAPER EXHIBITIoS-
Geo. p Rowell & Co, of the well known
eastern newspaper agency, have decided 10
erect building OH the exhibition grounds at
Philadelphia, 10 bedevoted exclusively 10 the
exhibition of newspapers. The building and
al other expenditures 10 get II in order will
cost from SIS 1000 to $4,000 A file Of every
newspaper published in the L. S, from the
lst OF April TO the close of the exhibition,
will be kept in the building, SO arranged that
visitors from every part Of the country can at
any time step in and see their home papers
Of the latest date The building is also offer.
cd as free headquarters to ali pr. blishers, re.
Poriers, &c, visiting the exposition. The un.
dertsking certainly reflects great credit IN the
able trm tina, have taken 1t in hand.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11

INNOCENT BABCocK.-In regard to that lit
tie grave stone job Of Belknap's, when 81 ,000-
900 were to be expended on headstones to be
placed over the graves OF dead union soldiers,
and the Walsh Brothers, of New York, offer
ed to take the job at 100000 less than Bridges
offered, yet Bridges, being an Iowa crony OF
Belknap's, got the job, Walsh, in his testimo-
NY let out this little at;estation to the limo
cence and purity of Babcock;
~ meant to deal honestly by the govern
ment. have dealt with New York city un-
der Tammany rule, when every party could
inspect the bids himself before they were
formally opened, and put in his own after
doing S., but never saw such barefaced cor
ruption as this. l have seen Babcock a:
Long Branch, and spent $4,000 mainly on
him to make sure Of this, and now | have
nothing 10 show for it al.
viii innocent(D Babcock explain this IL
tie 100000 transaction?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11

Senator Gordon, of Georgia, made strong
speech IN the L. S. Senate on Thursday in
favor OK civil service reform. Thereupon
Morton got mad and raised the bloody shirt
lie admitted that the civil service under re.
publican rule was corrupt, but denied Cor
dOn's right TO fina fault with it after having
attempted to overthrow the whole govern.
Inen,, and insultingly ted Gordon that but
Dor the magnanimity Of the republican party
be would not today have a seat on the foor
Gordon quietly told Morton that his trap was
pretty well set, but he guessed he wosldn't
f,ite
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11
\ contemporary finds parallel 10 Brlknap :

y iAhNo q pai olIII W I'C.huep :
case in that of Lord Bacon:
Lord Bacon, the first jurist OF modern
times, and the greatest philosopher since the
days of Aristotle, who for years filled the
positions of English Attorney General anu
Lord Chancellor, was impeached for receiv-
ing brides. His sentence was perpetual eZ-
lie from the court, Imprisonment in the tower
during the kings pleasure, and fine of $40
600 But owing to his former greatness,
and the fact that the sum of but few hun
dred pounds could be traced directly to his
hands, the king was very lenient TO him, az /,
after two days confinement in the tower he
was released, his fine RENTED he was allow
ed to visit the court, and finally restored -
his seat in parliament with all It's prerosa
tives. Shame and keen sense of degrads-
ton soon eXiled him TO private life, however,
where he spent most of his days in correcting
his published WORKS. Unlike Belknap, how
ever, he did not get his stealings from tie
hard earned money of the poor frontier sol
der, or have woman at the bottom OF Il.
Ten thousand dollars fine, two years impris-
Onment and disqualification is the dose pre-
pared by the statutes for the fallen hero OF
Fort Sill.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-11
SCHENCK.

Ittranspires not only that Minister Schenck
did resign before he lett England, but that he
was forced 10 resign, tie British government
having formally demanded his withdrawal
His refusal would have compelled the Presi.
dent TO remove him for cause and to prefer
charges agains, him. Schenck, however.
concealed his resignation until he
had got on board vessel for America, 50 rs
To enable him TO dodge arrest Of the British
police on charge of swindlinC.