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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18
England.

The ll0use OF Commons last plight, by wi.
or 1856 to 1872, passed motion to n, s,r.,.
that the recent appointment Of The Comn,r,'Is.
OF the Stationery Office s calculated to l;n;n;>'
the influence and the usefulness Of Tho $780,,
committees Of the House, and d;.corr,c, =,
zeal OF the officials Of the publ. danrr,I-,'''' ~
The vote is Interesting, as Comp.roirr = :"
OFT was appointed directly By Earl Beac,,,.S,iitt
who is friend Of his family. II .,",.;.,
ment controverts the rccOmmen2a,i1n ~ -, -
select committee Of The House Of C5m,,a.ss" '
that the Comptroller Of III: StationI,r "a
should have technical aclua1,aa,, VII, ''n ~
duties of the Office. Mr. 'igolt doe. 49,, . 'e
this condition, having been Previous, r,o,1n.
ed at the War Office "''V'
The London Times, c0mll.l,lu, cr i
above, says cditoray: "ihe ft.nl,~ - h..
| nights vote cannot be serious. The N,r,.,,'
will have received gentle adm0u,ion +, T.. :
| little more careful 10 their appointments l.,
Dir. DisraeII more than once declared II &C.
proud characteristic Of geuiu4 to ,il,,.,y,r, RI
spirit OF the age III which it's lot VS. cast i'm,
| BeacorsGcld will real in the vote mo.
that the spirit OI the age must uut hc dit.
gsrled in the Distribution Of pairooarr
| Wheat has advanced shililuy and e.rn. ~
pence quarter 10 the Egri-h markets.
A Liverpool iisrat:h say- that the y,c..
10 wheat is generally attributed to the unf,.
able weather, it Lavinr haco ell .ci -.;;,'.
several days, 'rssec!al'y st. &w:hn'.
which, accorii0g 10 roruIar irlli.,..a. h.. ...E.
long rainy spell
The yearly review Of ,:a,sc, ..su.i >, ...
| British Customs Commissioners no IT,, -.
| United States LA: resumed the potion =.
chief source Of tue Ensiish colt supply. 49,.
| cwt less in ls7G than in Isl. ,,u,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18
>RIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

Tho wounded men poisal aud Nandcrgriil who
we're shot luriDg the riot Yesterday morning
arc both doing very well.
A Washington special speaking OF the fire.
mun's strike at Martinsburg West Va, says ::
The officers Of the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad
say that it will be difficult to get the local mill.
tia to take the offensive and lire on the rioters
with whom they sympathiza mare n lass sud
that it may be necessary for The Governor 81
West Va. to call upon President Hayes for a
detachment oftroops Or Of the marina corps
10 80 TO the scene oil trouble.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18

1t is rumorcd 10 Washington that tue Presi.
dent will appoint Judge Hunt, q native OF
louisiana and republican, to the position On
the Supreme Beuch unfortunately made vacant
by the election of Judge Davis TO the u. S.
Senate. Though The election Of Judge Davis
TO the Senate has often been asserted to have
been part Of tho preconoerted plan to secure
the Inauguration of Mr. Hayes, it has never
yet been denied With proof sufficient to make
the denial an assured fact, and if such vas the
case il only proves that man, with all his boast
Cd superiority to the real Of creation, has less
understanding than even the festhered tribe
tor in Vain Is The nei spread in the sight Of any
hr1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18

The purchase by Mr.. Garrett of all the West
Virginia certificates he can lay bis hands on,
and the assertion by the Wheeling Register
that, attempt to eaade it as We may, The PEG.
lie OF West Vireioia will very soon be forced
10 look fair in the face and provide for The pay.
ment of her equitable proportion of the old
State debt OF Virginia. whether that equitable
proportion be five million or fifteen million
dollars, seem to Indicate that after all the peo.
pie of West Virginia, for whose benefit part
Of the debt under which Virginia is now strug-
Cling was contracted, will have TO pay the por-
ton properly assigned them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18

The Southern Review, DR.. 4. I. Bledsoe
editor Baltimore, Ma: The july number Of
this periodical has made lis appearance. Ii
contaios the usual amount Of valuable and 10
structive material, presented 10 the vi gorou:
style of its editor Table Of contents: Angus
tioism Original Sin The Mission OF the Mic
roscope; The Gospel According 10 Mathew
Selss 90 the Gospels Edgar Allao Poe; Dab
ney and Bennett versus Bledsoe, &o, Sc,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18

Culpeper county, Va, isa model county.
There is not single prisoner in lis jail, and
the only business before the last term Oh lis
court was some 10 reference to erroneous assess
meuts. As the criminals of Virginia are found
almost entirely among the lazy negroes, and as
that class of population has left the country aud
settled in and Immediately around the cities,
the prosecution OF criminals in the State Is rr!n-
cjpally contincd to the city courts.
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iCOMMESICATED

rEhblINd.-Section e., page 80, Ordinance
u :, .'' corporation. requires license Of "one
dollar per day, CT five doar,. nsr uoot"
10 be pad for selling on the STREE RI, nano.
nei.' Is included 10 the CT fee, .oaai I1 paIe
street. The Superintendent Of PoI;ea 'Ut 'no
1866. always kept the pave nrnts nIoa, ~ -
SiFuch0D. hope, as Mr.. Clifford has ,,kaa
charge AGAIN, he will sttr I'D TO hi, m,,,er a.,
n9t have the macy IittF. shops that can hard|v
raise tile lAhnty TO pay their license cnt ,n,o ~
thi5 way ty large establishments" Who scr
their Children to paddle gu the streets.
"JUsIIcE."
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From Washington.

| SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIE GAZETTE
| WASHINGTON, July lS.--lt is uuderstoo,
that the Cabinet came 10 no conclusion Will
| reference TO revision Of tue militia laws, bu
it is known that the subject will be Introduced
into Congress early next session.
VIRGINIA NOTES.
There will be several new postofl pcs eslub,
Ilshed 10 Surry county at convenient points
within few weeks.
the lower counties 10 Virginia says :-"Grant
made the rebels cspitulatc at Appomattox, but
Hayes has annihilated the republican party. 1t
has already ceased to exist in Eirgipia.
There have been some letters received here
lately in reference to the postoffice at Wncbcs
ter, but no action has been taken.
SOUTHERN coLoNIsgs.
/ Agent Bendap, of the Catholic eoioby 10
North Carolina. telegraphs from Spartensburs:
this morning that the pioneer emgrants have
arrived. there. 10000 acres have been Dur.
chased for the colony 10 Pennsylvania aud the
adjoining counties. This is the colony which
1t was at one time proposed to establish On the
,headwaters Of Four mile ruu.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury will make an additional call
Tor thirty. live millions, or some part thereof,
either this afternoon or Tomorrow. If the
whole thirty. FIVE millions be not embraced in
the first call second call will he issued at au
early day for the residue.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The Department Of Justice is re examining
the subject of the law for the payment of jurors
10 the District of Columbia, whose pay by
!apsas legls has been reduced from s. to s.
per day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18

The only additional news respecting ths
guberoatorlal canvass received, since yesterday
is that Allegany county sends one Holiday and
FIVE Daniel delegates 10 the Richmond Conyen
ton. The Indications DOW are that Major
Daniel will 80 into the convention With q
larger delegation than any of The other capdi.
dates, but whether he will be able to draw
enough from bis opponents TO secure his nomi.
nation remains to be SEEN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18
lJI ED.

On Tuest ay, July IC. ls77,. kui \ b.
loved wife OF &. b. KAtclitie, IN tho Us. ysi. 81
her age ~ Ter funeral will take p!s,r =
morrow morning at 9 o'clock. from u" re-''
de1ce Of John II Thompson, l2l aou.h f,Eia p.
street The frisn s OF the family arr 10 liz. i
attend. Wash s Lar copy.
This morning ST 4oc!ock, ut tie residence 81
her son in law. Walter Walton. SARA
WRIGHT 81 De friends If the lsi..l.r 49,
invited to attend her iunsrsl :, 4 q '!"ch o.. t'1
10Th instant
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18

Mr., Tildeu, who was lelrauded OF the prcsi,
dcucy ty the electoral commission. sailed Tor
Europe to day. lie wli! be absent only short
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18
DEPARTMENT or JESTIrf

Marriage licenses were granted in Washing
ton, yesterday, to Sandy B. Desper and Eleap or
b. Young, of Augusta Co., Va. and Thomas
B. Williams of Loudoun Co., Va, and Marv
K. Mcintosh, of Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18
.IIeIieu
to iav1r Icao'

''ON'1u o''''' ..ueut having pr omist i
S..I " lads across the Flo Grande,
c,.,0't,. .lon will be taken by ne United
49,, Jvernnent for the present 10 the hope
The Mexican authorities will he able to
Iutli their promises and thus prevcot any TO-
vasln Of Mexican territory by United States
forces. Gen. Ord, 10 bis dsp atches, expresses
the oplnlou that affairs are Progressing favor.
| ably, aud he believes that tie maraudnE par
ties can be broken up without involving dis,
turbanca Of our international relations
Gen. \. s. Rcnau, who went 10 the City OF
Mexico bearing dispatches from Secretary
Er4rts. returned TO New Orleans yesterday
from Vera Cruz. He reports that the couotry
is quiet. and says Daz' $ authority is recognizes
throughout the republic, and he believes that
| now Mexico has the best government she has
had for twenty years. In an Interview Presi-
dent Dia2 expressed desire 10 DO everything
possible to ass st in breaking up aUlossnc5s on
the Rio Gfaoda. Dag earnestly hoped his
government would be recognized by the United
States 81 an early day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18
iIuMMUNICATED.

PAvE:G kGHH STREET-It is to be hoped
thai in paYiog kiGg street the committee in
charge vii! see that tn, woIk is better done
than that portion which has been recently re-
Iai1' which is air ealy giving away in spots
1bc great de feet in paving in AIcxaudrio. !;
that! proper bed Is not first prepared to r.cc;vo
the st"ncs, Sad secondly they are not sudcientlv
ram med he me. To DO this properly hesyv
Two hand ed rammcr is required. suficiso ~,
i!caVy '1r two men 10 work, and not t., 10y
!i'tsr pcs lie, about big enough for al a,n, fn'
cary u 9rtar, which is generally used ill.,.
lie ''on rs are driven as tightly as il il nosl;tI
10 co. lie trst heavy wagon passing oyer ,hon'
makes arut vii h its wheels, aud the resistanan
o' tie paving is gone. O nnt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18

A Cin, 1ua4f dispatch says Edgar II. oh
son. pr. ,ulinell Itraeite Of That city, has tes
offered til, be5l rooms q. Grand Hotel, SAra!oa
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-18
\ FAuqUGER COUNTY NJ AN ROBBED. The

government WOu'u De recognized by the United
States 81 an carly day.
y FAuaU1EE COUNTY NAN ROBBED. The
:taunton Spectator says -
On the westward \ ound Express Monday
morning., there was gentleman from fauquler,
Damcd NJ. H. Fur, cattle dealer on his way
u Yves! irg'ula t. , purchase cattle. % the
same iIa'o there W a. 4 party Of what are known
As !akots or To rec card monte men. Before
reaching Ntauntf ~ Che Of them had iDgratiated
himself with th cattle dealer and after passing
ms point lhf y were approached By several
Others VINO proposed to show the dealer how
easy IL W7ni DC for him to Increase his pile By
tAklne CD ance At the very simple aud pausl-
be Fani' u! three card monte. He for some
'''nG :cs ,sted tie ascuaIoDs ol this little
same rut l!aaIIy weakened under the many
lor ian 10 vic. So drawing out his roll OF
gee a5acks caataluiDg one thousand dollars he
:.nr ara.cd ten dollar bill from the roll to bet
III 0a the earl successfully his frts@tl the friend
". the mcanimc possessed himself of the roll OF
, !otca and walked cut OF the chr. When sought
! for by MIR Fur he c0uid no. be fOuud aud lie
i1as sent by the thIA's accomplicos through
| scVara! cars 10 search Of him. lie ilnalIy open
Cd the door 81 !hc closet aud as lie did SO the
thief made his escape through The widow and
jHlnI,cd from the cars. This occurred near
! pond Gap. ~ miles west Of this place. Upon
reaching l'on! Gap the rest Of the "lakors'
left The cars.
The hole party We're afterwards arrested at
| Mill Greek depot. Upon beog searched, it was
Iour.l that they had over six thonsand six hun
! dred dollars on their persons. They claim that
they won the money from Mr.. Fur at ca dS.
| LnClSGA%A. --ihc boxes sent from tn, State
! House January last to Marshal Rltkin at the
Custom house, ia New Orleans, we're found in
the third story Of the building yesterday. They
syHre 1t scaled by the Investigating commit.
Ice Tor future Investigation. The contents are
unk known, but it Is believed they do or did con-
saIn the missing books from the State Auditor 5
..fice
Bartholomew L. Beauregarl, late Collector
of the Second Internal Revenue District Of
Louisiana, has been taken to New Orleans from
T.: ton Rouge by Deputy United States Mar
sLal charged with cmbezzlement Of Govern
meut funds
ES-Speaknr Mortimer Carr was arrested yes.
lei daS IN New Orleans charged with obtaining
money under false pfetences
iCuMMUNICATED.
PAvE;G kGHG STREET.--It is to be hoped
thai in paving kiGg street the committee in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05

deceased, smiling a peaceful sort of
heavenly smile, and everybody sayin'
he's gone to meet his reward, and this
yer friend turns round, short and sud-
den, on the wilder settin' in her pew,
and kinder %enjoyin', as wimen will, all
the compliments paid the corpse, and
he says, says he:
"What did you say your husband died
of, marmp"
Consumption" she says, wiping
her eyes, poor critter-"C Consumption
-gallopin' consumption"
Consumption be -" seq he, be-
in q profane kind Of Chicago doctor,
and not.bein' ever under conviction.
"Thed man died of strychnine. LOOK
at thet face. Look at tibet contortion
of them facial muscles. Thet's strych-
nine. Thet's riserS SGrdom1cus (thet's
what he said; he was always sorter
profane)."
"Why, DOCTOR" says the wilder,
"thet-thet is his last smile. It's a
Christians resignation" "It's pizen.
And Pill" Why, dern my skin, VS.
we are; yes, it's Joliet. Wall, now,
who'd hev thought we'd been nigh or to
an hour. Two or three anxious pas
sengers from their berths: Essay; look
yer, Stranger! Old man! What be-
came of -'
But the One Man and the Other Man
had vanished.-NeW York San.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
In q Streets Car.

The e~lusiveness of cent when it gets
into the straw of a horse-car is won
derful to behold. You see the very spot
where the coin strikes, but when your
hand reaches the place there's no cent
there. And the more that straw is poked
about, be it with the tenderness of love
or the spitefulness of anger, the more
the little joker keeps out of sight. It
isn't a very high-toned pursuit to be
thus chasing a festive bit of copper
alleged at that-through the labyrinth
OF straw, and feet, and market baskets,
and miscellaneous bundles, which the
floor OF a street-car ordinarily presents,
but n al hardly take a trip of any
considerable length without witnessing
just such a hunt. One of the most dig
nifed passengers on a Highland car
had an experience of this kind last eve
ming. The coin glinted as it fell, and a
sort of glow-worm spark seemed to
mark its resting-place. The dig
nified traveller was evidently no novice
as to the deceitfulness of these
little jinglers, for he approached that
cent with the cautious, STOPPING motion
of a boy trying to pick a humble-bee
from a thistle blow. He made the
clutch with a smile of satisfaction which
was meant to reprove the incredulity of
his fellow-passengers, but a handful of
dirty straw was his only reward. Then
he parted the litter and clutched again
as he saw the little disc diving into
mysterious depths, but the unsaintlike
expression of his face showed further
lack Of success. Then he just "went
for'' that bedding, and the more the
passengers tried to keep from laughing
the madden he got; and he shook, and
coaxed, and stamped, and bullied the
straw, but the cent rather seemed to
like it and kept safe distance. Then
the man made a shovel-plow of his
hands and furrowed the very flooring;
then he took to rat-terrier tactics and
tried to worry that penny into a COM
promise, but it was eight to seven
against him ali the time. At this june
ture a glance from the window showed
him that he had been carried seven
blocks by his stopping-place, and his
remarks as he got out on the muddy
crossing were hardly fitted for the
neighborhood of the Tabernacle.-Bos-
Post,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
Gratitude Of Oysters.

Mr.. Hamilton, of the Aquarium, has
developed a new instance of the won
derful effect of kindness upon the lower
orders of animals. In a small tank are
kept some fine live oysters. They
looked SO lonely that Mr.. Hamilton
daily dropped some powdered fish and
other tid-bits that they are known to be
fond of upon them. They showed no
appreciation of this kindness for weeks,
but one day last week, as Mr.. Hamilton
was making his rounds, he vas sur-
prised to see the shells of the oysters
open at his approach, as if they ex-
pected to receive food. Reaching
down he placed the food within the ex-
banded shell of one of the bivalves,
which Immediately closed. This was
repeated until the oyster became so
tame as to allow Mr.. Hamilton to in
sert his finger into it's shell. A person
who witnessed this operation thodght
that the oyster would not know the diff
ference if he gut his finger in. he
tried it, and instantly the sharp jaws
| closed with a force that made the ex-
perimenter squirm with pain. But as
soon as Mr.. Hamilton touched the oys-
ter it seemed to recognize him, and the
imprisoned finger was released. The
oysters endeaVored to follow theil
friend, propelling themselves with 9
Jerking motion by quickly opening ano
shutting their shells.-NeW loTS sun
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
An Insane Mans Suit Against Ex.Presi-
dent Grant.

A Washington correspondent gives
this: Suit was entered to-day in the
Circuit Court of this District by Thomas
higgins against ex-President Grant
for false Imprisonment and $780, 600
damages claimed. The plaintiff charg-
es that the defendant, on the 23d of
March, 1874, in the City of Washing
ton, with force and arms, assaulted,
seized and laid hold of him, and with
great force and violence pulled and
dragged about the said plaintiff, and
also forced and compelled him to go
Street, to Police Head quarters, where
he was imprisoned, without reasonable
and probable cause whatever, for the
space of "a hours. He also charges
that the defendant had him imprisoned
in the Government Hospital for the In
sane for the period of s months; and,
further, that the defendant, on the goth
of November, 1874, compelled the
plaintiff to go, under guard, from the
City of Washington, on board a train
of railroad cars, to the City of New
York; and then and there, with force
of arms, compelled him to embark on
board the steamer Italy, and sail from
thence to Liverpool, England.
The record of the detectives office
show that Thomas higgins was arrest
ed on a charge of threats at 5 o'clock
on the evening of March 81, 1874, by
the Metropolitan Police detectives and
sent to the insane asylum, his unsound-
ness of mind having been certified to
by Drs. Johnson, Elliot and G. L. Ma
gruder. 1t is stated that the threats
were against Gen. Grant, whom he
(Biggins) met as he was leaving the
White House grounds for a walk, and
that higgins, raising a stick, said:
eff l catch you at my bedside again
I'll knock your head Off"
Gen. Grant replied: swell, when I
do so, knock it OFF,"
1t will be remembered thet higgins
was before the Committee on the Ad-
ministration of Affairs of the Asylum
as a witness a year ago. when he testi-
fed about the spirit of Gen. Grant
being at his bedside, etc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
Odds and Ends.

"A youth, who has to be tanned with
a strap in order to get him off to church
Sunday morning, while recently squirm-
ing under the b~astinado, cried to his
mother: "Almost thou persuadest me
to be a Christian!"
A young lady out on North Hill has
been trying for three weeks to get a
pho ograph of her pet poodle, but the
tidgety little animal wouldn't be taken.
So she just had the artist take a photo
graph of her incest young man, whiten
the moustache and burnsides, and paint
the a r up a~little, and the resemblance
is so perfect TIL the innocent young
man himself admired it, and begged
for a copy as t" a soovneer of the s'ga-
cious animal. "-HaWk-eye.
An amusing incident occurred re-
Gently at a church in Connecticut. The
clergyman desired to call the attention
of the congregation to the fact that it
being the last Sunday in the month, he
would administer the rite of baptism to
children. Previous to having entered
the pulpit he received from one of the
Elders, who, by the way, was quite
deaf, q notice to the effect that, as the
children would be present that after
noon, and he had the new Sunday
school books ready for distribution, he
would have them to sell to all who de-
sired them. After the service the
clergyman began the notice of the bap-
tismal service thus: "All of those hay
ing children and desiring to have them
baptized will bring them this after
noon." At this point the deaf Elder,
hearing the name of children, sup
posed it was something in reference to
his books, and rising, said: "And all
of those having none and desiring them
will be supplied by me for the sum OF
25 cents each"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05
Adam and Ewes Wedding.

Did YOU ever contemplate the pow
erty of Adam when he took Eve for
better or worse? Only think of it.
He hadn't a hat to his head, a coat to
his back, a pair of shoes to his feet,
nor "nary a red cent? in his trousers
pocket. Eve brought no dowry; she
had nothing to bestow save her love
and affection, and as he was the only
young fellow around it was he or no
body. Equally as poor as her husband,
she came to him without a bonnet or
shawl, calico gown, or even a pair OF
slippers. Moses forgot in his reminis-
cences to give US any account OF the
wedding-trip, but from what we can
gather in regard to the wardrObes of
that day, then baggage would have
proved an incumbrance-for 3 very
limited amount sufficed, and dressing
to please every body was of no account,
for there were none but themselves to
please. Doubtless their whole outfit Of
travelling dresses, waterproofs, busters,
lunch baskets and all he could have
carried in the pocket of his trousers.
They must have started housekeeping,
also, upon as small a capital as could
well be imagined. They hadn't, as
far as can be CLEANED from history, a
hair-brush, a fine-tooth comb, a towel.
or soap; no bitters, soothing-sirup,
clothes-wringers, smoothing iron-no
noGhing.
Adam wasn't afraid to invite his wife
to go on an excursion with him through
fear of having to 60 down deep into his
trousers pockets for the wherewithal Il
buy a suitable outft-for the reason
that he Lad no pockets in his trousers
nor was he bothered about his trunl
checks, nor did he swear at baggage
smashers or brook the insolence of rail
road officials.
There was no good and sufficient rea
son why they shouldn't have been a.
amiable couple and had a good tim
generally. They washed their owi
clothes, doubtless, by a dive in tn
! E~uphrates, and there being nc clothes