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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-18
.,rnCERIES AND LIQUORS.

IN PRICES OF CHOICE
IL FAMILY BACON.
10000 LBS EXTRA BACON,
my own curing, put up with great care, for sale
at tho f0''oT REEDUoED PRICES:
Sugar C cured H BaEss 81 PIECES 12sc.
" SHOULDERS loo.
SIDES and JOWLS at like re-
duction in rates. Also PURE LEAF LARD,
in small packages and terces g. Fsdlesd prices
Call early 1t SAM l.. y. kEEDS, :
NH Is "a south F9l1la& streot.
r w. AVERY
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GRoOA.
RIES, WINE LIQUORS, &C., &c,
226 King ST.. cor. ALFRED,
sens ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
New STORE Svu ooonv,
NEW PRICES
Tho subscriber respectfully announces that
Il" "'' 'A" NO. ~. i47 KING STREET,
and is prepared to oilor full and carefully se-
li,tlad stock OF -
~ FINE FAMILY GROCERIES
at prices which cannot fail to please. Goods
delivered promptly to al parts OF the city. anu
satisfaction guaranteed in every particular. An
'"S my 5.ti S''@A S +. j. DAVIDSON.
W. A. JOHNSON,
GROCERY, LIQUOR FEED AND COM
MlSSlON ii ERCHANT,
Northeast Corner Cameron and Royal streets
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
cSs- Ali orders. from the country will receive
prompt and careful attention. Jan ST.
EORGG McBURNEY s. SON,
Deslers iii
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GEOCE.
fIES, WINES AND LIQUORS.,
&NHLlSu and SCOTCH ALE and BROW n
STOUT.
Also EA&TEiN and POTOMAC HERR
and III ACkEREli.
NOS. IGG AND ITO KING STREET,
washington Hall BuildingD
Aloxaudris. Va.
Ordars promptly filled. nh 5l-tl
II WIN. RAMSAY,
~
WHOLESALE AND FAMILY GROCER,
AND
TEA DEALER.
8. F.. cox. KING AND ST. ASAPH S4's.,
nov 22-tf Alexandria. Va.
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OFFICE OF THE GAS WORKS,

~ Alexandria, April IA, 1877.
All gas consumers who have no. paid their
bills for the quarter ending March 10Th are re-
quested to do so on or before the 10th instant ;
otherwise tho gas viii. be cut off and all bills
placed in the hands of u collector who will COL
lect them according to law. l hope all consum-
ors will obviste the necessity Of such course
by prompt payment.
an ltd NJ. FL. NASH, Sup't
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In retiring from the Ice business heretofore
conducted by me, desire to return my thanks
to the public for the generous patronage accord.
ed me, and ask a continuance of the Same to M
successor, Mr.. John w. Henderson.
an l4-1w f. O. ATWELL
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II O. cIAUGuToN CHARLES L. STUART.
TLAUGHTON & STU ART,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT
LAW
NO. 2S SOUTH FAIRFAX STREET,
ALEXAN DRIA, VA.
Practice in the Courts Of Alexandria, and the
adjoining counties, and in tho Supreme Court Of
Appeals of Virginia. sep Is
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VIRGINIA, to wit In tho Circuit Court of
Y Fairfax county, March 18th, 1877. G. NJ.
Castlemaa against Andrew Wyley. In CLANCY.
Mem. The object of this suit is to enforce tho
lien of plaintiffs judgment against tie defendant
on the real estate of the said defendant in the
county of Fairfax.
1t appearing by affidavit fled that tho said
defendant is not resident of tho State Of Vir-
gnia it is ordered that ho appear within one
month after due publication hereof, and do what
is necessary to protect his interest. A copy-test
+. d. RICHARDSON, Clerk
Thomas r. Love, D. q. NH 20-w4w
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pICHAKD l.. MAUR1,
AND
SOLICITOR IN BANKRUPTCY,
No. 1915 Main street, Richmond, Virginia.
smS- Special facilities for prompt collections
throughout Virgins and Vest Virginia.
Refers to Gov. john liotcher, (rocent psrtner)
Lexington, Va; The state Bank of Virginia,
Gov. JAS l.. kempor. Hon. Il. NJ. I: Hunter,
and II. II. Maury t. Co., Bankers Richmond,
Va; Messrs. Barring Bros. IL Co.. }. X. Gllist
s. Co, London, England. NH 81
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~ EN- ~ A l. Il q L | T. L
DR.. ID. N. RUST.

DR.. ID. N. RUST,
Has removed his office to the
NORTHEAST CORNER OF PRINCE a n ID
WASHINGTON STREETS.
doc DAFT
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A RD.-Crcumstsncos rendering il do
n sirable that I should locate in Baltimore, |
have transferred my DENTAL PRACTICE in
Alexandria to DIR. u. N. RUST. Ho has boon
for so many years associated with ME as 10 need
no introduction or endorsement. his skill, ability
and reputation for honesty and high integrity
being we'll known. l cordially commend HIN.
to tho favor of my friends and patients. rs we'll
worthy of the position to which he succeeds, and
bespeak for him the practice with which, for 20
long, have been favored.
JAM ES +. HODGkIN.
Alexandria, Va, mar lU-tl
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BUFFALO .LITHIA WATERING are
40 constantly receiving fresh supplies of the
above valuable water. The sales of this water
have been very great since its Introduction, and
exceed by far the sales Of any kind that VIC have
ever kept in stock. No arc constantly hearing
of benefits derived from its use. Pamphlets
containing letters IRON persons benefited can
be had upon application.
apl4 +. S. LEADBEATER s. BRO.
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Alexandria, Va, mar l0-tl
TREASUKEKS NOTICE.

The tax payers Of the city of Alexandria will
please tsko notice that the State taxes for tho
year 1876 arc overdue and, the time drawing
near for mo to settle my accounts with tho hu-
ditor of tho State, will DO compelled to enforce
tho collection according to law Of all taxes ro-
manning unpaid on the lat of May, 1877. sim
cerely trust that this unpleasant duty may DO
spared mo ly prompt settlement OF those &C
counts. 1t is necessary that tho State taxes be
paid to enable persons TO vote st tho coming
municipal election. Nj. b. HARLOW,
ap IDIOT City Treasurer.
TNE l HAVE PURCHASED THE
ILL., stock, fixtures and good will Of tho
Ice business lstely conducted by Mr.. Il. G.. At
woll, and will hereafter carry it on at the old
stand, in the Market alley, where tho best BOS-
TON ICE can be had ut all hours. and orders
be loft for delivery from wagons.
JOHN w. HENDERSON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-10
Brother Deems's Legacy.

We thought that Commodore WANDER
BILr would leave Brother DEFENSIVE
mean the Rev. DR.. CHARLES +. DEEMS
something very handsome. We do not
know what Brother DEEMss expectations
regarding the matter were, or indeed that
he had any; but it did not seem likely that
the old man could fail 10 remember his
ghostly adviser and private chaplain in a
substantial Request.
Well, Brother Deems gets twenty thou
sand dollars. That is large sum or a
small one, according rs you look at it--as
you compare II with the possessions of Sr.
PAUL or ST. PETER, for instance, or with
the score or two of millions WILLIAM II.
VAUDEVILLE has got from his father. At
six per cent. il win give Brother DEEMS
twelve hundred dollars n year. That is
nota princely income but II Is much more
than tie average salary of ministers; aud,
added to what he can get by preaching.
il ought to keep Brother Deems very COM
Portable, and enable him 10 lay by enough,
put with the twenty thousand dollars, to
make HIM easy III his old age.
Anyway, the Commodore seems to have
thought it enough for minister. Besides,
he wasn't obliged to give Brother DEEMS
anything, but he was probably grateful
for his religious admoutions. Still fur
ther, the old Commodore made his will
before he was mt deaths door, and perhaps
he didn't have so high an appreciation OF
the value of Brother DEEMss ministerial
services to him then, a; he did when he lay
hopeless of recovery. still further yet, he
hadn't heard-he couldn't possibly hear
while still the power of making a will re-
mained to him-Brother DEEMs's touching
remarks at his funeral concerning his child
like trust in CHRIST aud his sure reception
i'll Paradise.
We hope Brother Deems is as entirely
satisfied about the Commodore's will us he
is about his celestial citizenship. for some
of the other lcgltees appear to be growing
about it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-10
The Facts about Miss Faw-itt.

To TIE EDITOR OF The SUN-Str: In
reference to a paragraph concerning Miss Amy
FIwsitt, which appeared in SUNDAYS edition Of
TUE SUN, and to set at rest the cruel gossip to
which that paragraph kindly alludes, will you
allow me to state tho following facts IN regard
to Miss Fdwsitt's engagement at this ! heatreS
l. Mr. DAILY engaged Miss Fawsitt by cable.
She left England at three days notice. ana
landed at Boston, where she was met 10y an
agent OF the Fifth Avenue Theatre. and escorted
to New York. Upon her arrival here, engaged
rooms for her at the Sturteyant House, at Mr..
DAVIS request. exchanged with her formal
written engagement, upon the terms agreed hy
chOle. repaid her the passage money and the
G bleeram expenses wnicn she mad INQUIRE /.
ana paid her In advance her salary no to the
date of her appearance. For these u vments
Mr.. Day holds , iss Fawsitt's written receipts.
z. When Miss fiw1ltt was unable TO get, and
signlhed npr Intention OF retiring from tbs the
atre. MIR. Daly requested me TO offer To pay her
y ssaee back TO England II she wished To re-
turn. Having had. as she informed me. severa!
proposals OF engagement mere, and hoping for
rapid recovery, Miss Fawsitt took several
ua's t. consider this offer, during which time
advanced her all the money sine req tired, ana
MI. Day p,id her sal nv for her performances
here. for which he holds her receipts.
3. On the day that Miss Fiwsitt notified me
thu she Intended To return u ENGLAND Mr..
Dalv authorized me to present her VITA first
81 ~ cabin pass re or the price OF the ticket
(whichever she might prefer, aud with 0fty dol
lars In addition for her personal expenses during
wv LUG utAt uuy MISS W.
SUIT The money for her first oil 1855 ticket aud liny
dollars Tor expenses. and received ner written
receipt Tor the me, which Mr.. Daily now holds.
4. MISS Fawsttts connection with the Fifth
Avenue Theatre was thus formally terminated;
ana during none OF the interviews which | had
with ner. "A MIR. ID Iy's agent, did she make any
complaint OF her Treatment here, nor does she
aliude to the natter except In the most grateful
Terms. IN any OF the letters which received
from her, ana nave fortun.tely preserved.
b MIR. ID iy received no intimatton OF Mss
Fawstts illness. and the Information of her
ueltn was obtained by accident. He at once
called at her residence. ordered the doctor and
undertaken 10 be notified to call upon me at the
theatre To make arrangements for her funer !,
ana requested inc to uefray all the necessary cx-
Ienses aud communicate with her family in
England STEPHEN FIsKE.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, JAM.
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ing It equally among his ten children
would have been, in his eyes, rs foolish rs
distributing the several parts of locomo-
tive among them, giving one the boiler,
another the piston, another the wheels,
and so on. The property had, for the pur-
pose nearest his heart, a value in a mass,
which scattering 1t would utterly destroy.
Whether this concentration in the hands
OF a single man Of "a power so directly af-
fecting the public welfare is u good or n
bad thing, we VIII not now undertake to
say. In finance rs in politics, despoiisin may
have advantages which are incompatible
with moro liberal form Of government.
Thus far no mischief has been done. but
great good both to the city and the State,
by the VANDERBILT administration of the
New York Central and its kindred rail-
roads. The running Of the trains has been
improved, the rates of freight reduced and
the facilities forlmoving it increased, while
the stockholders have received two dollars
in dividends where, under the former man.
agement. they received one. II WILLIAM
ii. Vanderbilt does no worse in these re-
spects than his father. no one will have any
right TO complain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-10
Senator Wright's Discourse.

Tho retiring representative Of the Judi
clal and forensic wisdom of Iowa illustrates
the peculiar and org nal features of his
genius in the declining hours OF his Seua-
torial life.
After long practice in county in Iowa
where fever and ngue is an article OF
commerce exported like Ice IN blocks,
Mr.. WRIGHT became one of the Supreme
Judges Of the State. His value ms an ex-
FOUNDER of law and equity may be inferred
from his judicial decisions. His associates
were light IN law and limited in legal ca
pacitv. suit was brought to recover %
building claimed by the owner under the
homestead exemption. II was a hybrid edi-
foe; the first story was rented for store,
and the second was the domicile Of the
proprietor. The decision of the Court was
that the lrst floor was subject to execu-
ton and sale, but the second was sacred to
residence, and the Sheriff could make no
levy.
This ruling of Judge WRIGHT was local,
and he afterward expanded in n broader
case. The counties of Iowa, and not
only the counties. but the municipali-
ties, were seized with n mania for rail-
way building in SO and 81. The con-
stituencies rushed madly to tho polls
and voted for issues of bonds, which
were put on the market and sold. The
then ante-judicial WRIGHT was, in his own
county, the public advocate of loan. But
in the depression and dearth OF money
In 1853, payment Of coupons was refused,
and suits were brought TO enforce paw
ment, when, to the astonishment of the
State, their Supreme Court, WRIGHT,
Chief Justice. decided them unconstittl-
tionall Millions of dollars were involved
In this Judicial iniquity. However. the SUI
preme Court of the United States treated
the decision with contempt, and COM
PEELED the payment.
Next, weary of tho bench. Judge WRIGHT
sought the United States Senate; and
there. on Thursday last, he delivered n
political discourse, arguing that the Presi-
dent of the Senate has the power to ap-
point the President OF the United States.
WRIGHT VIII probably never see the Sem
ate after his present term. lie is n dead
politician, and, for the credit OF Iowa, we
hope he will try to be n well-behnvcd
corpse until his obsequies are celebrated
on the Alb OF March; but such unseemly
spasms rs he put on exhibition in this
speech disorder the folds OF his shroud and
derauge the smoothuess of his ceremenls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-10

"Death from Drawing IA Tooth"

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: This
wac the verdict Of the County Physician In re-
gard to the death of young Walter Lewis, which
occurred In dentists office at Railway, N. j.
The boy was In delicate ealth, and had long
suffered from an aching tooth, producing great
nervous excitanllity. n small quantity of ether
was administered. not enough 10 produce iusen-
siOlllty, nut Just enough to increase the ner-
vous excltaoiity. When In this condition the
tooth was extracted. DEAN resulted, In my
opinion, from the nervous shock. an occurren nee
which mas taken place many times in dental
IracIiHe. Only few months since. al uy dieu
IN denllsts chair In this city, sImuly from hay-
INCA tooth drawn, and tor which no anasth eIic
was administered. II a sufficient quinli y Of
elher had been administered TO young Lewis TO
pronuce entire insenslolhty, the shock TO tho
nervous system would have been avOided. |
tnnk the dentlst maze mistake either la not
giving enough ether, or giving II at all. The
nerves should be rendered enti rely insensible,
whIcn can he accol Iished wltrlttle compare
tive danger IN the use OF ether; but DO not Jaw
tooth Tor weak, nervous, eXcitibe persona
when they are but partially under It, influence.
q. y. COTTON.
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with the Inauguration Of anybody after
March 4, ensuingi
He will then be dead in power. and stone
dead in everything which brings love and
honor. The President has as much right to
inaueurate his successor rs the Mayor and
Recorder OF Keokuk had to sign the Sari-
topa trunk full Of city bonds, which, 1t is
understood, Gen. BELKNAP put into the
ready hands of purchasers at Washington.
while in his adopted city the printing
press was running. like blast furnace.
day and night, to multiply the issues.
They arc now slowed away with the
French assgnats and the Continental cur
rency, In the cabinets of antiquarians
and the drawers of historical societies, rs
memorials of cheat which, passing
through the labyrinthiue mazes of whiskey
Observation-Disclosures was once Col
lector of the Internal Revenue-cumi-
mated In the sale of trading posts and the
smaller traffic OF clerk brokerage.
Private life would be a happy choice for
this disgraced functionary. His only claim
to attention is given him by his crimes. II
he waits for the Inauguration of HAYES by
the aid OF cannon and cartridge boxes, his
tarry ut Washington will exhaust his re-
sources OF capital from the honest avails
OF the sale OF arms and tho revenues of
frontier whiskey and tobacco ut tho posts
in the Territories.
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Delknap Speaks.

Gen. DELKNAP told MIR. BANNING at Washing
ton, SATURDAY That HAYES as elected aud that GRANT
was going to see nun inauguratcd II 1t took ali tue
troops IN The country Springfield Republican.
The consolidation of the army at the
capital would invite the establishing Of
trading posts Mt Washington, and it is quite
natural that the late Secretary of War
should approve the scheme.
IL Is singular caprice of the alphabet
that the Bs and Cs are the initial letters
OF the names of the advocates for a SUPER
vened military sway over tho wreck of a
civil government. BABCoCK and BELKNAP,
ZACH CHANDLER and Don CAMERON, seem
to be the patentees of the invention of shot
and shell MS means of administration.
Has the retired Cabinet Minister taken,
like his maker and master, TO vinous bibu-
lations and crooked whiskey emulsions,
and is this talk the hiccoughing of inebrie-
ty, or the fools babble of q dishonored and
desperate man? But we forget. II has
been determined by the august tribunal of
high crimes and misdemeanors that crime
cannot attach to the individual but only
TO the Office. The Secretary OF War may be
n common thief or highway robber, but as
WILLIAM w. BELWNAP he remains man
Of unblemished honor.
But what has President GRANT TO do
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ting majority in each, though the State
might go heavily Democratic.
To district the State fairly is an easy
problem to work out. Its solution only
requires a little honesty and slight ia
miliarity with two or three of the simplest
rules of arithmetic. We have no doubt
there are mathematicians in the Republi-
can majority OF the Legislature who can
do the necessary ciphering. Whether there
Is virtue enough among them to put the
result into the form OF II law remains to be
seen. We trust there are Republican mem
bers who will not refuse to obey percmp-
tory command of the Constitution simply
because the footings of the census tables
do not tally with the wishes of some of
their INSCRIPTIONS colleagues.
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The Meaning of MIR. yanierbiIts will.

The provisions OF CORNELIUS WANDER
bits will show pretty clearly what tho
old genteman's idea was OF money and its
uses. lie did not value it as a means Of
personal enjoyment, nor as an instrument
of what Is popularity called benevolence.
HIS vast fortune was simply machine for
carrying out his ambitious project of con-
trolling the railroad lines leading into
New York; and having, with great labor
and pains, put this machine together and
set it to work, he did not mean to have it
broken up at his death. Hence, after Civ
ing TO his daughters sums which to man
OF his simple tastes and frugal habits
seemed abundantly sufficient TO provide
for their comfort, he has bequcathed the
immense residue of his railroad invest
ments TO tho one branch Of his family
most able 10 use them as he has used them.
To have dismembered the estate by Ovid
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-10
Will the Republicans at Albany Obey
the Constitution

Though the Republicans controlled both
branches of the last Legislature, they
failed to obey the Constitution by reds
fricting the State for Senators and Assem-
blymen on the basis of the census of 1875.
They neglected this duty because If they
had reduced the representation in certain
Republican localities in the interior in order
10 give to New York and Kings the three
DIT four additional Senators and tho twelve
additional Assemblymen they are entitled
10 under the census, this would have i'll
sured to the Democrats a majority in the
Legislature pretty generally during the
ten years through which the new districts
would stand unaltered.
The present Legislature, like its prede-
cessor, is Republican in both branches;
and the bills on this subject already fore
Bhadowod by the Republicans show that
New York and Kings are TO fare no better
at their hands now than they did last win
ter. They may pass grossly unjust bill
and Gov. ROBINSON can veto il, and they
will not be able TO carry IL over the veto
without Democratic aid. This, however,
would simply leave New York and Kings
where they now are with three or four
Senators less, aud twelve Assemblymen
less than their due share, while the Repub-
hcans OF the rural districts would retain
the same numbers more than they are en-
titled TO. OF course, bitter Republicans
would not object to seeing the controversy
end In this way, especially as the next
besato rs well as Assembly would be elect
ed under the present apportionment, thus
giving them by far the best chance Of get
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-10

II IL unpleasant to learn that our jewelry
stores, both high and low, have sold more baby
jewelry during the recent holidays than ever
before. II our chief men and women were per-
sons OF taste and culture, they might have cor
rected by their example the shoddv tendencies
OF the shoddy rich; but, as II Is. they are the
nrst to encourage bad taste. The Washington
Ercnin0 StIr describes, In the following terms,
little JULIA GRANT as she appeared at her
grandiather's New Years reception:
"Ths young lady, age six months, received In
her nurses arms, aud was not at all disconnected
bV the d altering attentions showered upon her.
She wore DAINTY robe OF white French lawn,
with narrow strips of insertion showing It's pat
tern over pale blue silk. The robe was higl in
the throat, and fastened down the oack WIN
bows 81 blue ribbon. gold necklace was
81 sped about her throat, and dainty gold brace
lets, with tiny blue turquoise hearts pendent,
were worn over the long sleeves at the wrists.
Upon one Of the uimpled 1ngrrs spdrkled "A snli-
taire diimond ring guarded by one set with
turquoise
Is not this foolish, ldlotc, ana vulgar enough
Must not the foreign dIpiomatists present at the
reception have laughed at such display Yet
our officials and their wives who saw the limo
cent little creature Dire ssed up In this ridiculous
manner, will probably CODY the model, carry IL
TO their respective homes, and thus strengthen
stll more this absurd fashion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-10

The man in the White House continues
10 talk as II he had the making OF tho next Presi
dent. "Whocver IL declared to be my constitu-
tlonal successor" says GRANT, ITO him will
surrender tho re'ns OF government" Now
GRANT has no moro 10 do with the establish
ment and recognition - the next President
than ANDREW JACKSON has. When his term
expires It expires, and that Is the end Of his
connection with tho "reins OF governmen t"
GRANT's views Of bis duties and powers repre-
sent : retty accurately what may be called the
al. OBJ Ollie Interpretation Of constitutional law.