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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31
Letter from Falls GiiMrciis
| Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazctt

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
FALLS Church, FAIRTAN Co., Va, Dec.
81, 1S77-Our people for couple OF seasons
past have been rather more quiet than formerly,
but as far as Christmas festivities arc coDcprn
ed, have made up, DUNG the past week, for
former deficiencies. Christmas trees aud Christ
mas reuuious have been the rage. The Con-
gregationalists gave reunion and Christmas
tree on Christmas eve, the NJ. Il. Church, old
side, repeated the dose at CroSimun's Chapel
on Christmas right, the Fairfax MiostreIs gave
4 variation at Jefferson Institute on the Goth,
and the NJ. II. Church South renewed the
Christmas programme o0 the 2Ith. All were
largely attended, and Infused spirit Of socla
biIity that had seemed dormant At tn. re-
union II. +. Church South the pastor received
pair OF line vases, while Mrs. 5. received a
stocking full Of goodies, the like Of which is
seldom seen; for length it was perfectly marvel
Gus, and could only have been intended for one
whose depth Of understanding was equal TO our
friend --. Squire B. f. Shrevc received
from Santa Claus an elephant, which that old
gentleman stated had conveyed his supplies for
him this season, ard, as his route ended at
Falls Church, he did not Deed him any more
for present use, he therefore gave him to the
squire to ploW cab5agas With. DIR. }. }. Mo-
ran, superintendent Of the Sunday School, re-
cciGed suppe.j jack, whose activities were only
cqualed by those of the donee. Mrs. Kate
Wright, nee Febrey, received numerous smili
articles, uncomfortable to be sure, but highly
useful in young and rising family. All the
members of the Sunday School, teachers and
pupils, numbering one hundred and fifty five.
received some remembrance Of the occasion.
1877 is almost gone, and its regrets at r.,art
ing with US must be great, judging firm the
tears it has shed at the parting. Pace to its
maoes. Don't look back to see how mapv good
resolutions made at its birth have been broken.
If you do you'll be scared. Shp' the book, riDp
out the old, ring in the new, change your cal.
eudar and make fresh b2tch Ct good resoIu.
tons to break before the next anniversary re.
turns
10 the Gazette Of the oath Instant "Justice'
suggest as an act Of retrcnchuent that the AS.
senbly pass az &C. authorizing courts and JUS.
tees to fine. imprison, or whip parties guilty. of
petty larceny. If Justice will refer to Sec g
Chapt. 4S, Code 1873 he will find that JUSTICES
have concurrent jurisdiction with the county
courts for the trial Of petty Iarcenies, and BY
referring to Sec. IA, Chapt lSS, he will fod
ample authority to imprison or whip in punish.
ment of that class of offences.
By the way hear numerous complaints of
the fix hunters leaving fcuces down and gates
open, whereby parties have trouble with their
cattle. 1t will do no harm to call the attention
of all concerned to the fact that the legislature
has made such conduct penal misdemcanor, !
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31
Miscellaneous Foreign News.

10 the Lopdoa stock market, last week, u.
S. bonds agaio gave way IL view OF aprrehen
sions that PRESIDED, Hayes would be unable to
resist the Congressional Elpi critics 10 favor OF
paying the coupons in silver INSTEAD OF gold.
a Paris dispatch says that the French Acad
envy of Moral Sciences has elected MIR. Ralph
Waldo Emerson to be cue Of its foreign asso-
ciatcs
Advicasirom the City Of Mexico via Havana
tell of Cabinet changes that have taken place
and arc 10 expectatioc. A close all:aace against
Northern aggression by the llispano American
Republics is suggested. The linarc,s OF Mex CO
arc reported to be in healthy condition. inc
Sullivan Palmer railroad concession has talleo
10 the House of Deputies.
Accounts have been received at ST.. Peters
burg of important Chinese successes IN kaSh
gar. They have fortified two strong strategic
points, aud the people CT the country were
seeking refuge 10 Russian territory.
Mukh tar Pasha is said to have lett E;zeroun
under lsmail lIakki Pasha and gone out With
small force TO keep his communications opeo;
Tx President GRAFT Landed at Malta on Sat
urday. lie took luncheon with the Duke anc
Duchess Ct Edinburgh, and dncd with the
governor. A gala performance OF opera wa;
given in honor Of the general 10 the evcblng.,
The Madrid Epoca states that Don Carlo;
was expelled from France at the request CT the
Spanish Govcromeut.
Eg Oaeer Isabella has written to the IarlS
Figaro protesting agalrst the expulsion OF Dor
Carlos aud repudiatiug the accusation that she
was coospirng with him against k'og Alfonso.
The London Times Paris correspondent say;
it is rumored that the Spanish Government Is
likely to take very serious step to mark Its
dispicasnre at Isabella's conduct.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

The SILVER BILL-We have received from
the publishers Haas, Nsuert s. Klein, Buffalo,
N. Y, pamphlet copy Of sermon preached
in hat city on the lG.h by Rev. Fred'k. Froth.
ingham upon the Bland silver bill, passed by
the House of Representatives on the 9Th of No.
vember. The reverend gentleman severely
criticises and condemns the bill, and predicts
that its final passage will shake the foundations
of tho republcl' He says it will be an act OF
reputation, and that 'there is deeper danger in
it than in the first shot fired against Fort Sum-
terp The only comment necessary is me suter
ultra crepidsmn
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COMMu NlCATEI
a Gloomy View.

We SIC Sorry as the old year goes out that it
CO.'S net give promise of a more prosperous
state STATE OF matters and things during the new. -
W bat With strikes, communism, and a great
depression CT all enterprise, to say nothing of
noods 10 some parts Of the c1untry aud droug hts
IN others, the prospect IS gloomy. We see,
too' Hhen we come to coal with matters of set.
uement downright dis honesty manifested by
enose "ho ought to know better, ina,much as they
set themselves up to act and legislate for mani
clpal and State gc1. ernments, and when called
upon 10 spirit If compromise they meet you
with su ulhma'urn which locks very like that
spirit that tigllwayman manfests when be
covers an una. rmod man with six shooter and
demands all he I as about him then ascribes
great write to himself for letting his victim off
with nole skn. When we turn for mo-.
meot 1tom the &C interpolation Of our municipal
and state matters to the General Government,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

In 40 interview at Louisville, KY, yesterday,
MIR. Henry Watterson stigmatized VIM. u.
Chambers refererc, to him as wsuton. malicl
Gus and false. having not the least foundation
in fact, or surmise. or theory, except the bare
circumstance of bis chance relationship to Sen
ator Stanley Matthews. Judge Lawrence, of
Chicago, one OF the members of the Louisiana
commission having had his attention called to
that part of Mr.. Chambers letter charging
that Lawrence was rewarded for his action by
the withdrawal of tho prosecution against ia
cob Rehm. OF Chicago, for whiskey frauds,
cbaracterizes the charge as utterly absurd. The
case was dismissed. he says, solely on the testl-
mony and 90 representation of govcroment
COUNSEL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

RANDOLPH FAIRTAX.-We have received,
with the compliments Of tho author, neatly
printed and handsomely bound little volume,
containing q sketch of the life of Randolph
Fairfax o private in the ranks of the Rockbridge
Artillery, attached to the Stonewall Brigade,
aud afterwards to the FRS. Regiment Virginia
Light Artillery, Second Corps, Al my Of North
ern Virginia, in:ludlng brief account of Jack
cons celebrated Valley Campaign, by Kew.
Philip Slaughter, .. D., Rector Ct Emanuel
Church. Culpeper county, Va. This is the third
edition Of this memoir, and is dedicated to VIM
Co1coran and George Peabody Eustis, grand
sons of Mr. w. ". Corcoran, Of Washington
city with thu hopo that the beautiful life Of this
young Christian hero and martyr to his sense of
duty may BIZ IN example and an in.
spiration. Randolph Fairfax was the sec.
ond son OF Doctor Orlando AMI Mary Il.
G. Fairfax, formerly Of this city, but now of
Richmond and WAS barn here on the 22nd of
November, 1e42. He WAS remarkably hand
sor youth, and This outward form was but TIE
fair index of his inward purity" He was q stu
dent at the Episcopal High School, Fear this
city; afterwards went to the Dinwiddie Acade.
my, in Albemarle county, and matriculated at
the University of Virginia in 1860, whore he re.
manned until August, 1861. when he enlisted IS
private in tic Rockbridge Battery, then COM
mauded by Gen. VIM. N. Pendleton. Flo WAS
killed before Fredericksburg on the 18th of De-
cember, 1862, by the bursting Of one Of the ono
my's shells, piece of which entered the corner
of the left eye, causing death Instantly. The
author says: Gas the sun went down, amid a
storm of roaring guns and shrieking shells, no
EEL by tho sido Of tho gun he had served so
we'll" And
Death lay upon him like an untinlely frost
Upon the faIest flower of all the Held"
General Lee paid tribute to the deceased in
letter to his father, upon reading which an en-
thusastic soldier exclaimed, such On honor
ware indeed worth dying for" The first two
editions of the memoir appeared in lS63-64, dur
ing tho "Aagrancy Of civil war;" and reflects
The passions cf the passing hour but the au-
thor at this day, does not feel warranted in
changing the original, though by so doing it
might be made more in unison with the rhythm
of the public pulse" In such high estimation
was the subject Of the memoir held and so ex.
allied were his Christian virtues that thousands
of copies CT the original were circulated in the
Southern army at the expense of Generals Lee,
Stuart, Venable and others.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

At an open meetiug-most of the business
was transacted 10 secret-of the SO called work
ingmen's Congress, at Newark, on Saturday, the
name of the association was changed to the
Socialist Labor Party" They are reported
to have seventy-two sections and seven thous
and members. A platform was. after discus.
sion. adopted which urges the formation Of
trades unions and labor organizations through
out tho country, and favors the repeal of all laws
against labor combinations, conspraces and
strikes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

In the army appropriation bill for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1861 clause was inserted
providing that so much of the annual appro'
priatiou of $500, 900 as would have been used
tor the purchase of arms between January l,
1871, apd April 9, 1865. to be distributed
among the States that were ia rebellion should
he covered into the Treasury. After the pas
sage of the act of March 3,lS73, and before the
passage Of the army bill containing tho above
mentioned provision, Arkansas, Georgia, Louis
ana. Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and Vir
giDia drew their quotas. amounting 10 the az
gregate to about 1854, 76.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

10 tho case of Brown, the negro barber 10
Philadelphia, who short time since, while in.
toxicated. shot soolcf Hon. VIM. D. Kelley
on q street car and was sentenced to two aud a
half years Imprisonment, Judge Pierce on Sat
urday in deciding upon an appeal for modif.
cation of the sentence, after full review of the
subject. imposed further sentence of impris-
onment for one year for carrying concealed
weapons, and in addition said he would hold
Brown iu two thousand dollars bail to keep the
peace for one year after the expiration Of both
sentencaa
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CrisDin attack.

New YoRK. Dec. 3l.--A Lynn, Mass, dis.
patch says that a large crowd OF cFlsplns on
Saturday attacked a scab while under the nro
lection of the police, and unsuccessful efforts
were made to lynch him. A halt dcz3n soabs
from out of the city were attended to the depot
by mob of crispips, but DO violence was at.
tempted, The crispius say they will DOT allow
the scabs to work and manufacturers have
adopted resolution to employ no member OF
the crispia organizations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

The talk in the hotel corridors and the gossip
of Washington correspondents is now busy with
rumors Ct an intention on the part ct President
Hayes to change front, and reorganize his Cabl-
net in the interest of the radical element OF his
party by dropping Evarts, Schurz and Key
This seems tho merest babble, with less basis
than mcopshiDe to rest upon. The recent let
ter of Chandler, and the fight upon the Pfesl-
dent inaugurated by it, show that the ultra
radicals have failed in their endeavor to capture
the administration, and are now bent on break
ing it down and driving it out of the republ-
can party. If they thus got rid of party fealty
to Hayes it would insure to them that the ad'
ministration which declines to be an element CT
strength for the campaign Of 1880 shall not be
an element of weakness. This is the matter in
a nutshell.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31
Fire.

New York, Dec. 3l.-A fire occurred today
ia the brick bulldog No. 1873 Essex street, and
extended to the rear of l34 and l56 Essex st.,
all occupied by L. Brewi e. Co., as a cabinet
factory. The contents of the bulldog were to
tally destroyed. Loss SIS 00O Nos. 1876 and
l3S were own by Brewi, Knome aud kubO,
and No. l34 By Brewi & 90. Loss on the three
buildings $4,000; insurance and cause of the
FIRE unknoWo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

The PROTESTANT Episcopal ALMANAC AND
DIRECTORY for the year 1878, containing great
deal of useful information, especially to Episco'
psians, has been received from the publisher,
T. Whitaker, No. Bible House, New York
Prize 25 cts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

AT the dinner of the Banks Club, in Boston,
Saturday evening" General Butler WAS enter
taioed and spoke at length, giving his views
on the stuaiioo. Speaking OF the President
he said -
"Ho must adhere to the one party or the
other. even learn by authority that 1t has
been declared 10 the Cabioct that the Admins
tratiop PROPOSES hereafter to adhere harmonl-
ousy to tho republican party. Ihere may per
haps, be some little difficulty about MIR. Key
but have 20 doubt be is quite az good re-
publican as some Of his colleagues and be is az
honest gentleman Of honest intentions. Some
time ago | had the pleasure to fod myself Ger
tilted to by member Of the Cabinet. according
to a paper, as being republican Of the first wat
er. Now that has sometimes l believe, been
doubted Laughter, but it comes certified by
the Secretary of State, tho highest officer 10
the Cabinet
Again he said -
Il believe that it Was tho first duty of MIR:
HAYES to ind out whether be was honestly and
truly elected President Of the Uoitcd States,
and, fGding that to be 80. to sustain every man
elected 90 the same ticket in his plac, by every
man and every dollar at hi, command. Ap,
pause | have no respect for man who will
dishouer his mothers marriage certificate.
insist that it was Mr.. Hayes duty to the re-
publican party, which elected hin, to sustain
the men who sustained him. Ii be believed
that there was any wroag or fraud 10 his cleo
ton he should have Just abdicated his claim.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TREWEEK.LY RY
EDGAR SNOWDEN-
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 81, 1871

TO morrow will be the beginning Of the New
Year, aud happy year wo hope it may be to
al. In advance We extend 10 the readers Of
the Gazette the compliments Of the season
Here's your good health and your families.
May ycu live lorg and prosper.
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For Liberia,

New York. Dec 3l.-rhe bark Liberia will
sail from here for Liberia Wednesday with sixty
negroes, who will settle there under the auSpl'
cies of the American Colooz alton Society: The
party iaoudcs several families from North
Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi. Maryland. aud
few from Pennsylvania.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

subiccting tho guilty parties to arrest aud Inc
b, 1orc magistrate. Y. 8: 6. ,,u
Although the corporation Of Falls Church
made pcrcnrtory order tOrtnlg bit ago that
their agcut III. ". lhonss) ma Ike the town
substitution TO the ". q. Il St. l.. Il. Il. in'
medlately; it has not set been done, that gen.
lIeman evldcr,y being III no hurry to have it
done. Can it BIZ that possibly compliance
with the Cr1tr might interfere with some pet
scheme
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

We are indebted to Hon. Thos. Francis Bay
ard, of Del, for copies Of his speech in the U. s.
Senate, delivered on the 18th of December, up
on Mr.. Matthews resolution relative to the
payment of the public debt in silver dollars, IN
which he opposed the reconciliation of silver.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31
DIED.

On Sunday. Decenbe. 80, 1877, at his T Ty
dence 43 Gibbon street, THOM as ~ kILh "a
aged II years. ~ The funeral will take PHI o,1
from ST. Mary's Church, January l. 1912 y, "a.
q. N. The friends and acquaintance are .iS
specially invited to attend. May liz -
in peace"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

The Washington Post is authority for the
statement that not one Of the republican SeDa.
tors have called on Senator Patterson since be
has been sick. Further, that MI. Conkling
has never visited Mir. Hays; that Blaine has
declared that he never will set bis foot in the
White House while the product of the Louisi-
ana Returning Board remains there; and,
lastly, that Senators EdmundS, Hamlim, Howe
and Sargent also avoid the Executive Mansion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

"Angel of Night" is what DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup has been termed by parents, whose wor.
rying and coughing children have been soothed
and cured, and have secured sweet slumber by
using this excellent remedy. Price only IS
cents bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

PRINTERS C1RcULAR.-Msnamin' Printers
Circular for December-very useful to the
craft''-hss been received. Its Typography is
Dorfent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

An effort existing without a cause is an I'D
possibility; tickling 10 the throat, buskIng Of
voice, violent coughing, etc, are the effects VI
a severe cold. DE-. Dul's Cough Syrup cures
the cold at once, AID removes its serious effects
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

MIR. u. S. Grant, ir. one of the SOUS OF Gen.
Grant, has been appointed as assistant district
attorney in New York. to prosecute customs
cases.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

New York, Dec. 3l.-GoDsiderable excite
| ment vas caused On the street this morning sler
| the Opening OF the Stock Exchange by the an.
nOuucement Of the failure of John Barron i
| Co., j2 Broad street. Coe Of the oldest house.
| 10 the street.
New York, Dec. 3l.-Thc name Of the sus
pended Broad street firm is john Bonocr 4
| Co., not John Barron & Co.. as previously r"
ported. They have made an assignment TO g.
W. GrisWold. |: is said that the firm pursued
the same methods as Meter 4 O.. ia rehyp)tn
cation Of securities The Liabilities arc SAID [,
be quite heavy and several prominent spe ctu'a
tors ere mcnti)ncd az bciog considerable losaIa
The intelligence, OF the failure has had BE
pressing etf,c: oo The stock market and some
Of the leading shares down one par cent.
NEW York, Dc. 3I.--FoIiowng the su,-
pension Of john BoDner l. CO. came Iha: OF j.
l.. jackson. small member Of the Exchange
who was also short Of Lake Shore and Western
Union.
NEw YORK, Dec. 3l.-It is thought Bonner
Il 20. 3 Liabilities will cXoaed 100000.
New YORK, Dec. 3l-rhe failure Of John
Bonner Il Go. has involved the suipcnsioo OF
the Blnkers aud Boxers Association which
was an Institution awaited Of by small operators
for clearing stocks. l. is stated that Bonner
has absconded
NEW York. Dc 3I.-It appears that 90
Sunday y. l.. SawaII, oac If the liru of Bon.
ncr t. Ca, applied to his c,unsci for advice and
the flight OF the senior member, John Bonner
0ho had left for Canada. Upon his advice an
assignment was made to B. W. Griswold who
is nov engaged in Strengthening the affairs Of
the firm and who will make report thereon as
SOON IS possibe. Inc amount Of securities re-
hyDothccat"d IS cow stated at 100000
al 81. w!'ic:,, it is said, has been lost in specua
tIon. Boaner having taken nothing with him
in Lis flight. y large plumber Of Individuals
and firms are sufferers by the failure, Including
Hepry CIews aod Van Setback & 60. About
1900 shares OF stock we're sod out under the
rule to day by parties having transactions with
Boomer & Co., including the folioTing :-2,2OJ
Delaware and Laekawana, GO0 Wcstcro Uui1u
1000 Lake Shore, 900 Northwest. commooi
80 Northwest, preferred; 800 N. \. Central,
| POO St. Paul, pre!errcd; 100 st, Pau. com.
NOR; 300 Mich -an CcntraI 100 Panama, and
100 Pacific Vail.
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NJ ARRVE,D.

At the Presbyterian parsonage, 936 st. S;%
Washington, u. o., Dec. 27th. 1877, by w. M;s:
Geo. P. Noble. Mr.. B. u. SAMPSELL to Mp W
MAGGIE RENNOE, both of Fauquler co D.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

THE i.EGl>LATURE- Mercutio, the Richmond
corr espcndent of the Washington Capital, thus
writes Of the Fir9inis LEGISLATURE:
The present legislature is u fine body Of mon,
both in physical looks and mental callber, es
pecislly the last for the gravity Of the situaton
and the precsrious state Of the finances hsd the
tf,ct Of bringing the best men to tho front. The
most braoy man in the House is James Barbour
Of Culpep r who is really the leader, the star
around which the lesser satellites rovove. Mr..
Bar bour has all those gifts which mark that type
CT manhood who are bern to command. Nag
netc brave, as true rs steel. stsunct and loyal
to his friends, he has many devoted adhercnts
who would follow him where the Irish brigade
usei to say they would follow Picton, through
he'll or Connaught. The best debater in the
House is Coghill OF Amherst tho best orator
General Echols Of Augusta; the most popular
man, rophsm OF Rappaha mock the hand
soonest, McMullen CT Greene; and the ugest-
well there nro go many claimants for that TITLE
that it would take the r]snsgcrs OF the Midget
show to determine who should have the boots
There are various types OF mali in every lesl''
lstivc body, AMI ne have them here Of course
The limid, tho Querulous tie bsshful, the con
cei.ed and the talented, sIl mixed up. We have
too in tbs Senate cur Gratanio who everybody
knows, and who knows everybody, and as his
namesake, our Grstani0 speaks nn Infinite deal
OF nothing-more tn III any man IN all Venice -
His reasons are rs two grains OF wheat hid IN u
hushGl Of chsf; you shall seek all day ere you
find them, and when you hsvo them they are
not worth the search"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

The Richmond Wing reaches this office very
irregularly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-31

A youog lady named Allen on Saturday ap'
piled for assistance, 10 Washington, aud was
furnished transportation by the police author
ties to Fredericksburg. Va. She stated that
she had walked irom Trenton, n. j., and was
on her way to Coium5ia, 5. g., where she mas
an uncle residing whom she hopes will 1ld hs ,T
Sba claims that she is the daughter OF as W.
Allen, formerly State Senator Of South Car'
lima.