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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-30
t.s,oCERsEs AND LIQUORS.

DEDUCTION IN PRICES OF CHOICE
10000 LBS EXTRA BACON,
my own curing, put up with great caro-, for sale
81 mo '0''0" REDUCED PRICES:
Sugar cured HAMS lac.
'us"' ~ :" BREAST PIECES lac.
SHOULDERS Toe.
SIDES and JOWLS at like re-
duc.ion in rates. Also PURE LEAF LARD,
in small packages and tierces, at reduced prices.
Call esrly at SAM'L. j. REEDS,
NH IL II soutn Sall1sA street.
r W. AVERY
Dealer in >,
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GROCh-
RES, WINE LIQUORS, Sc, &c,
22G King ST., cor. Alfred,
sons ALEXANDRIA,, VA.
~ NEW GOODSi
NEW PRICESl
Tho subscriber respectfully announces that
h' has 'SAS No sn ~ .:'i RiNo STREET,
and is prepared to ofor full and carefully so
lectod stock OF -
A. prices which cannot fail to please. Goods
delivered promptly TO all parts Of the CITY. and
satisfaction guaranteed in overy particular. Au
inspection or StOCS SOllClcH
nv 5-tf +. }. DAVIDSON.
w a. JOHNSON
GROCERY, LIQUOR, FEED AND COM
MISSION MERCHANT,
Northeast Corner Cameron and Royal streets
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
$50 Ali orders from the country will receive
promp. and careful attention. jan ST.
NEORGa McyURNEy s. SON,
Dealers in
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GSoGE.
nlES, WINES AND LIQUORS,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE and BIO wv y
STOUT.
Also EASTERN and POTOMAC HERR
and MA CkEREL.
NOS, zG; AND 40 KING STREET,
Washington Hall Building,)
Alexsndria, Va.
Orders promptly filled. rh ol-l1
q WI. RAMSAY,
WHul.E3Ai.!1 AMI FAMILY GROCER,
GNA DEhLEk
S. T.. cor. KlHG mo SE ASAPH SIS,
Eoy22-tf Alexsndris. Va.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

nR. ROBERTSON, 10 south Eutaw street.
- Baltimore, Nd, from long experience in
Hospital and Special Practice, Will guarantee \
Cure in all Diseases Of the Urinary Organs
Nervous aud Organic Weakness General De-
bility, Impotency, gloss Of sexual power) Ex-
haustion and al bad objects arising from early
indiscretions and abuses ALSO all Female Com
plants. Diseases recently contracted positively
cured in 10 10 days Or. r., endorsed by the
leading physicians of Baltimore, guarantees
honorable and scientific treatment to all placing
themselves in his hands. All consultations
strictly confidential. Can bo consulted in Wash
ington every Wednesday and Saturday, from :
to p. M, at his office, 92l d ST., between 9th
and 10Th. Call OF write, enclosing stamp for
reply. feb lS-ly
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BOOTS AND SHsGEe

1877 SPRING TRADE. : s. %
10
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ALEXANDRIA CANAL Comply.

The Annual General Meeting Of the Stock
holders Of Alexandria Canal Co. will be held in
tho chamber of the Common Council, in tho
city of Alexandria, on MONDAY, tho 7th day
Of May, proximo, at l. O'Clock m.
Z. e. UHLER,
sp 9-2swtd Clerk Alexis. Canal 60.
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TtEN r a |. ii q 7 & +
DIX ID. II. REST

DR. D. +. KUSl,
Has removed his Office to tia
NORTHEAST CORNER OF PRINCE Il N ID
WASHINGTON STREETS
dec 24-tf
A CARD circumstances rendering j: Le-
II sirable that should located in Baltimore, l
have transferred my DENTAL PRACTICE il
Alexandria to DIR. d. N RUST. He has been
for SO many years associated with Mo as to need
no introduction or endorsement, his skill! ability
and reputation for honesty and high integrity
being we'll known. l cordially commend him.
TO tho favor Of my friends and patients rs we'll
worthy OF the position to which he succeeds, and
bespeak for him tho practice with which,, for so
long, / have boon favored.
JAMES B. uODGhIN.
Alexandria, Va, mar lott
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HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.

DONALD MCLEAN. GEO. UHLER.
NJ cLEAN s. UHLER,
IXl Successors to a. II. Mott y Bro.,l
DEALERS IN
HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS, CUTLERY,
PLATED, PLANISHED, STAMPED,
JAPANED. TIN, WOOD
AND WILLOW
WARES,
(ofcVeTy descriptionn) ~ v.
N. B.-All orders from the country promptly
filled. sp2-ly
A GREAT CONVENIENCE.
Save your time, labor and money by calling at
Mrs. s. K. SNIDER'S
JARRETT STORE,
ID door from s. 4. cor. King and Fairfax SITS,
10 make your purchases in
large quantities Of China and Queensware Glass.
Tin, Wood and Willow Ware. Brushes OF all
kinds, Busters, Brooms, Rope, Backing, Len
terus Lamps and Lamp Goods, all kinds OF Ii
Illuminating Oils and Toys in great variety.
NH 3l-3m
n J. MILLER Il CO.,
Importers a!
CHINA AND QuEEN:' s. AXE,
And Dealer III
GLASSWARE, WINDOW GLASS,
LAMPS, CHANDELIEkS
AND FANCY GOODS,
NO. IS KING &TE = !.r.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va.
We bog to cali yuuc attention 10 our arseAnd
:ttrsctiyo stock Of
GOODS FOR TIE SPRING TRADE.
purchased direct from the manufactures, which
wo guarantee TO sell as low SIS they can no sold
in any other market.
we truat by our constant application TO you!
interests and our low prices to mort your con.
tnueu and valued (avors. Oar store will be
kept open until nine clock at night.
Thanking you kindly for your past patronage
| and awaiting your favors. VIC remain
Yours, respectfully,
NH l9-3m 2. j. MILLER Sc co.
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i-.UFFALO LITHIA WATERING are
~ constantly resolving rrosh supplies Of the
have been very great since it, introduction, and
exceed by isr the sales of any kind that we have
ever kept in stool; We are constantly hosling
OF benefits derived from rs use. Pamphlets
containing letters from persons benefited can
be- had upon application.
On Ii T. - LEA DEEAHER t. RRn
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". 3. WADDEY.
BOOTS AND SHOF>

"a KING STREET.
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
The largest and best selected s.oc.: 81 H..
and Shoes ever ohGrol in th; lasrl;o, 4,
especial attention Of the trade j. invited :. .,
stock nr
LADIES, GENTS, MISSES, Yvuri..
CHILDREN'f} snl lNFANT5' WEAK
comprising al Of the Varieties aud mow ..,g.
from the heavy Brogan t. the mo.l La.i,,.
Slippor-msdo 10 order ard Of The ,..v h..
material.
5S-COU NTRI MERCHANTS VA. ga, =.
to their advantage 10 cxarllnc uI. s,oo, from
which equally good selections caa is ua.,a..
prices that will compare tayora>lq with -.
Of the Northern cities.
LII tho RETAIL DEPARTMENT g..,.
sill OF tho latest styles oi Aliia$ Cons, &l....
and Chillrons Boots, Shoes, Gai.a.s g.! ...-
pers, finished in tho mos: c:og&n! EVIL. o..
warranted durable.
Our Word Is Oar Eo&i-A"y .r,.,. ~. ..
with = verbal guarantee f: G,:.&.a .o...,. ....
as rct 20 rip. a!c. in given Tine, ...' .....-
cd free 81 chA2go If found 40 . 49, r...-.
sented.
| NH 20 " !; ,,'hGt:i
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a ROMATIC COD Liver OIL, being The
Il best Newfoundland Cod Liver OIL, plea
sanity favored the nauseouS, lishy taste, so
objectionable iii tho plain oil, being completely
disguised, making il acceptable to the most de-
licatc stomach. For sale by
ap9 WAKEFIELD Sc HALL.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15
Magazine Notices,

Harper'S Magazine for December fally main
taius the position which this periodical holds,
both as to literary and artistic excellence.
Readers will first of all turn to Longfellow's
poem, Keramos, beautifully illustrated by
Abby and Fredericks. While the subject of
the poem is one dear to the hearts of all bric-a-
brac hunters, the poet has transcribed its
more obvious features and given us not only a
poem of marvellous skill in realistic description
bat also an imaginative work of the highest
order. The fashioning of clay 10 the potter 3
hand typically suggests the subtle fashion
human life and nature-the key note of the
whole poem being the idea Of change.
The number opens with Millions Hymn on the
Nativity, with seven effective illustrations by
Fredericks. Mrs. Spofrord contributes paper
beautifully illustrated, on Elizabethan ana
later English Furniture. Mr. William FL.
Rideing contributes paper on the Metropolitan
Newspaper. 1t is embelished by twenty
seven illustrations including portraits of prom-
nent New York editors This number is es-
pocially rich in fiction. Miss Thackeray begins
a new story, Da Capo; aud Edward Everett
Haie's story, Back to Back, is concluded.
There are also six short stories. M. d Conway
contributes an entertaining description of his
visit to Jamrach's-the London man who sup
plies the geological gardens of Europe with
animals E. S. Nadal oDtributes an interest
Jog study of the Cosmogony of Paradise Lost
Besides the poems already mentioned, there
is one contributed by James 7. Fields, entitled
Monmouth, and one to friend who slept i'll,
by Edgar Fawcett. The editorial summaries
ara as varied and entertaining as usual.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

reached New York, Mr. Lennoxl was out of
town, and we were in suspense some time about
lts rec ption. About a fortnight after its Az
rival ne returned to New York, but only for an
hour; and wrote to me, after hasty first glance
10 express his great disappointment. He said
ne could almost fancy the picture had sustained
some damage on the voyage, it appeared to him
SO lndistnct throughout Still be did not
doubt its being very fine, and he hoped to see
its merits on further acquaintance; but. for the
present be could not write to Mr. Turner. as he
could not state his present impression. Unfor-
tunately met Turner at the Academy a night
or two after l received the letter, and he asked
me il had heard FROM Mr.. Lenpox. / was
Obliged to say Yes well, and how does
he like the pictureY He thinks it indis-
tinct.' You should tell him. be replied that
lndIstinctness is my forte In the meantime
had answered Mr. Lenuox's letter, pointing
out, as well as could, the merits of the pic
ture; and concluded by saving, If, in a second
view, 1t gains your estimation, it will assuredy
gam more and more every time you look at it,
Mr.. Lennox in reply said, You have exactly
described what has taken place now adj
mire The picture greatly, and L have brought
one or two of my friends to see it as do; but
10 will never be favorite with the multi tude.
can now write to Mr.. Turner aud tell him
conscientiously how much am delighted with
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

GENERAL MCCLELLAN in his record of the
Eastern war, published in the North amer
ican, gives warm praise TO the Russian plan
Of the campaign while severely criticising the
manner in which it has been carried out. He
condemns the assault on Plevna as costly and
useless, but highly approves of the Balkan
expedition Of Gourko and the Dobruja cam
paign Of Zimmerman. By the latter move
ment the line of the lower Danube is pro-
tected and the fortresses of Silistria and Var.
ma threatened. The Turks on the contrary
seem to General Mcclellan to have no gen.
eral plan of campaign. He says the Rus
SLAMS have so maneuvred that their central
position places it in the power of an able
commander to concentrate the greater por-
tion of the army upon the separated masses
of the Turks, who are broken into three dis
tinct armies, with no possibility of direct
and prompt communication or mutual sup
port,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15
Reasons Why All Should Use the
ReactiOnary Health Lift.

1t makes strong appeals to the common sense of
every man or woman in every walk Of life. 1t
furnishes an exercise which may and should be in
troduced into every house, which may be practiced
at all seasons in all kinds of weather, by persons of
both sexes, all ages, and degrees OF strength or
weakness, alone or in company. No one can say too
much in praise of it, and no one can afford to do
without it. All who investigate thoroughly, it,
and consider it invaluable and indispensable. 1t is
the SAFEST simplest, cheapest and most efficient
medicine ever discovered. No claim is set up for it
which is unscientifc or impracticable.
Generai.-It IS the best of rest. 1t is perfectly
safe. No harm came from its use. 1t strains
to the affected parts. By its the health is easily
maintained. The purchase OF keactionary Litter
is the hest kind of economy. The convenience of
having one in the house is very great.
Mind and Brain 1t invigorates and
strengthens the brain, and renders it more active
and efficient in all its operations.
sieep.-It is the simplest and safest narcotic. 1t
inducing sound and refreshing sleep.
Nerves.-It is a wonderful tonic to the whole
nervous system. 1t is most efficaeiouS remedy in
paralysis, if taken in time.
Lungs THROAT and V0ice-It gives special
expansion and greater mobility to the chest; en-
tion and brings the voice more fully under control
As preventive and cure of lung diseases it has no
equal
Exercise-Itis is the most perfect exercise for man
or woman. furnishing the best form of physical
culture and deyeopement in the safest, easiest.
most thorough and expeditions manner. 1t is
peter than the gymnasium, and free from its
than boating and infinitely better Than drugs in a
majority of chronic Diseases 1t rounds and hardens
tht muscles, and educates them into ever ready,
faithful and efficient servants of the will.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

NOTHING is new, says French proverb,
but what is forgotten. The proverb applies
with force to charge of plagiarism brought
against Alfred Tennyson by some Western
scribbler. The scribbler points out the re-
semblance between the poem "Dora" and
story by Miss Milford published as long ago
as 1929 and intimates that the Laureate stole
his theme. Had his memory and knowledge
been full instead of strong in parts only he
would have recalled the fact that in the first
edition of the volume which contained
"Dora' this note appeared" The idyl of
Dora was partly suggested to me by one o.
Miss Mitford's Pastorals, and the ballad of
Lady Clare byt novel of inheritance"
One might as well accuse Chaucer of plagar-
SIN because the story of Patient Griselda is
taken from the last day of the Decameron.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

A GERMAN professor has invented cook
ing apparatus TO which he gives the horrid
name 1t is
much simpler than the name would imply,
and consists of petroleum lamp which lifts
itself at any specified hour. When the time
comes at which the sleeping man wishes to
wake. an alarm is sounded, the lamp is
lighted, the fire begins to burn, the eggs to
cook and the coffee to boil-for all the world
just as things started up in the nursery tale
of the old woman who found sixnence and
invested it in pork. BY the time the man is
dressed his breakfast is ready. The eggs
must be hard if he gives what time he should
to dressing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15
The Cotton Tax.

No Monday passes in the House without
| the introduction of one or more bills to re-
| fund the cotton tax. There is little hone
that the measure can be got through this
Congress, but its supporters patiently await
the day of Democratic supremacy for their
opportunity to plunder the taxpayers of the
North for the benefit of the South. The
measure will surely become law if Southern
men and Northern men with Southern prin-
ciples ever get full control of the government.
The scheme for refunding the cotton tax
levied in the years 1S65-6-7 is nothing less
than a raid upon the Treasury for hundred
millions, an attempt to tax the whole coun-
try for the beneft.of the cotton states. The
claim has not even the appearance of JUS
tice. The men who are said TO have been
defrauded are not to be made whole, but the
tax is to be refunded to the states where the
cotton was grown. This tax was like every
other tax which we levied. 1t was as con-
stitutional as any of them. The North
would have quite as much justification for
calling for the refunding of any of the special
taxes which it paid, the income tax for ex-
ample, as the South for demanding the pas
sage OF this measure. The tax was the only
one imposed upon the South on account of
the war which its own folly and wckedness
brought on. Furthermore the South did not
pay it. and has no claim for the return of
money paid into the Treasury. The cotton
was bought by the North and manufactured
here, and the fabrics made from it purchased
by Northern people. Ia this case as in all
cases the consumer paid the tax, and the
producer was saved from loss by the added
price which the tax enabled him to de-
nand for his products. Should 1t be re-
funded the North, which bears nearly all the
burden of the revenue would paw twice for
the cotton goods it purchased for three years,
and would doubtless pay besides many fraud
ulent claims for cotton which never grew.
This is one of the measures which the Dem
ocratic party in the interests of ''concilia-
tion" purposes to force upon the country.
Perceiving the weakness of their claim the
Southern leaders make an appeal to Northern
sentiment and promise that the proceeds of
the refunded tax shall constitute fund for
the education of the Southern people, white
and back. That there Is sad need of educa-
ton in the South few will dispute. But who
believes that dollar of the fund would ever
be used for the elevation of the black man?
Until the South gives some assurance stronger
than massacre af its regard for the negro the
North will hesitate long before it takes from
its hard earnings money to be expended under
the control Of the old plantation owners Tor
the schooling of the freedmen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

IF the suggestion made in the Senat COM
mittee is adopted the silver bill will open the
way to unlimited imitation of the currency.
1t is proposed that the Treasury shall put
out silver for greenbacks, and then reissue
the greenbacks. In this way we should soon
double the volume of our currency, and
double the price of every article of traffic as
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

THE Indians have developed new streak
Of obstinacy and absolutely refuse to fade and
waste away when brought into contact with
the white man-that is unless the pale-face
missionary has rife in one hand and a
bottle of rum in the other, when they depart
to the happy hunting grounds with great
speed. But those tribes which are well
treated, as the Creeks, Cherokees, Chickasaws
and Choctaws, flourish apace and show a
large and steady increase in population and a
marked advance in wealth, education and
morals. These facts interfere with that set
tlement of the Indian question based upon
the speedy disappearance of the aborigines.
Evidently Nature cannot be relied upon to
carry out the Western plan, and Art must be
called in that art in which Frlar Bacon and
the Arabian chemists were adopts.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

The Senate will soon be an assemblage of
antediluvians. Eaton of Connecticut, who
lived before the food, is warm in his seat,
VOORHEES,, the pet of Vallandigham, has just
been appointed from Indiana, and is to rattle
round in Morton's place. Now comes the
report that Duke Gwin, gray-beard even
among the Bourbons, has good prospect to
succeed Sargent of California. Gwin is one
of the few spared monuments of the old
Southern chivalry.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

SILVER will make fine standard of value.
The sale by Germany of some at "a pence an
ounce has so demoralized the market in Lon
don that no quotations can be given. There
is an eutire absence of any disposition to pur-
chase. 1t may be kind in us to relieve other
nations of the silver for which they can now
find no disposal, but 1t certainly will not be
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

Religious custom requires that each man
shall have praying carpe. of some descrip-
tion. and anything that one may kneel upon
meets the requirement. Some bring their
ragged overcoats, some the saddle-cloths of
their horses, some pull off their jackets and
others kneel upon their shoes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

THE object of the Democrats in cutting
down the army below the legal maximum of
twenty-five thousand men is easily seen. It
was not economy, for experience shows that
a reduction OF the force increases the cost of
transportation much beyond the sum saved
in the pay OF the men. The Democrats are
determined that the army shall not be used
in the maintenance of internal order, that it
shall not act as police force. Finding that
they could not secure the support of the
Texas members unless provision was made to
guard against Mexican outlaws they unhesi-
tatingly interfered with the rights of the ex-
ecutive, and in effect ordered that four cav
airy regiments should be fully recruited and
stationed on the Mexican frontier. That was
strange work for "strict constructionists."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

THURSDAY MORNING. EOV. Is.

We do not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS Is furnished
with Card certificate couutersigned by Stanley I,
Pulen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us bv demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

A Sense of Property.-Botanical old gent lin
the Brighton gardeu): "Can you tell me, my
coed man, If this plant belongs to the Arbutus
fami w, Gardener (curtly): mo sir, ID
doant. 1t belongs to the corporation. Punch.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

On Saturday, Partisan paifter. who had all
the week been stud ying an old model bearded
like Neptune, says: "Well, good night. See
you tomorrow" "If it will be equally conve-
nient let US say Monday. My wife and myself
make custom of taking the little ones on
Sunday to see their grandfather" "Ahi
Where is their grandfather?" "He is skele-
ton in the museum of the Jardin des Plantes."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

MILITANT Islam at its prayers is curious
spectacle. The whole army kueels on its
praying carpets before the white turbaned
imaum and chants in concert the simple
, Moslem creed "There is no God but Cod"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15
W0MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,
PORTLAND. HEE,

VOUNG women coming to Portland to engage in
n teaching, business or needle work, can find good
accommodations and board at cost, at the Boarding
Home OF the Womens Christian Association. Salts
factory references requirded. Address
HOME OF "P. w. @. A."
noySdlw&wSw45 26 Spring St., Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

When Jones reads of the dongs of an entry
thief he smiles ssrenely as he exclsims,
Another overcoat gone," and hugs himself in
his new "Plevna." "No danger of that being
taken this winter" he says.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15
Cap and Bells.
Talmsge is the toney pastor of Brooklyn.

Webster's dictionary has very brief de
scrption OF ship, hardly any notice of brig,
and not one single word about schooner of
beer. The old man didn't go round with the
bows it seems
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15

Tweed never used tobacco. cts my opin.
ion," said the thoughtful stage-driver to Henry
Ward Bescher, ''thst the man who never uses
tobacco will do something a deuced sight
worse"