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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02
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SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIE a,7r--r
NASIIlSGroN, May ., Isl;
There seems 10 be no doubt tina. the a,o
party movement Is intended as tender +, Il,
republican ship. The President las, Of ,,,
10 season ard out Of season, declared TINT h. +.
party Ean-a rcrublcal-and thai h -,a,,.
to remain one. and that the Administrator
shall be a republican Administration FIR IN, -.
''rest OF the whole country. Whatever s,,-
ORDINATE chiefs may 10 ia The WAY o. agc.,.,r..
up the Southern democratic party IS Viewed D..
help to lla republican organization. r...
Southern party Is merely held to be 4 su...,,..
ton to th2 republican party payahla atn tau,.
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THE DEPARTMENTS.
It may be stated with certainty THAI tie r,,.
Ilmlnary official movement necessary before A..
action whatever is taken 10 regard 70 ,ha ra.,
Offices at Richmond, Norfolk, Pctcr.bur, o..
LynchbuTg has not commenced
The Attorney General has i:sHc,. ...r,
lar announcing reduction in the cua5a. o. e.
employees in the District ATTORNEYS o"i... d.
the United States Court; 10 the sever! >.....
The War Department has prepares ...-.
showing tina, it will not be possible WITH ,...
to reduce tic army.
The Navy Dapartaiea, Has ca.ii.iat fr
pared on which it will ask 81, 90 900 rx':t l..
naVa! service consequent un0n T." t.I.n,...
war.
IMMIGRATION 10 VIRGINIA
There is q proposition mad her, t. a-,i,.
French emgrantS t. locate ~ ggiD.G.
view Of the probable call Tor troop; il i.a....
generally it is thought that tkera vii : {. .r.
emigration this year. 1t is understood tGa. a..
Dupkcrs of the Virginia Valley axe aJ.n' p.
take some measures - assiS: thri: i:a'&..a a..
Russia, who will be !orc',! int IT, .l,i.~ 4.
compelled to cmlgratt.
VIRGINIA MOTHS.
". y. Stevens Henry A,cna lnu g;i.s. e..
zsns OF Spottsylvania county. Jmc DIS, -u,..
petitioucd the Postmaster General Tor Il, r.
iabishncnt OF new postQ!Hc: al hcn E,l .,.
on the line OF the L. L. & 7. l. Il. 10 S,a.-.
vapia county. 1t was claimed that tn: nsu
supply mail facilities for 100 families aog g..
sufficiently accommodated. !he Hys9m!-,,.
| will to-day make ar order Is. .I'i>hias n a.~
Office.
David Turner, formerly uoIgc.o. C! H.. p..
CT Alexandria, has opened . !2w r:inl!a, .&.',
10 this city. He Ia, uot 1aru ..ad"rei ~.
lien at the gOv.rnmee; r;0'!gE Ill % g.. ....
at oDc time reported.
The Light Hous: Board is rismr,as.:.
| port in relation to the Ms.la-' PaIa; "~'p.
| priatioY.
| MlSCELLANEQU,.
The Star says: Commodore E4G i:.l.,a-.
| Morgan, lately amn"sIleti, aHl Dr. i!.nc. !.
FAINT. Of Virginia, Gale! 1T the Watt Hoy.
90 Monday 10 request the aNpolHlgo@. ii! w.
janet Ii. Weaver as r0iinl.s.,s l. N4T,' ~.
10 the State uamed.
The Southern democrats pr3pJs2 10 'al L.
Goode, Of Virginia, ioy Speaker.
The President, il is stated, Hi;. -. i -.
ington May Oh fer Pnilaia!Nhi', r,'N:a.r-
May lllh. and will leave aeaiG 90 The '|a'.
New YORK
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02
Suicide

BALTIMORE, May 2.-John II. Baldwin
committed suicide here to day by shooting him.
self in the head. lie has a mother aud brother
living 10 Alexandria. He was thirty six years
old, an insurance ajjuster, ard came from Win
chester. Temporary insanity Was the cause.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02

COURT OF ApPEALs-In the Supreme Court
of Appeals of the State, yesterday, McPher-
son vs.. Commonwealth and Stuart vs.. Com
monwealtb; from Hastings Court Of Mauchcs.
ter; reversed.
Lewes's executors vs. Overby's admnisra-
tor; from the Circuit Court Of Mecklenburg;
affirmed.
CARROTS administrators vs.. Bradford; from
the Circuit Court Of Culpeper; reversed,
Washington VS.. Cazsnove, &C., from the
COOPERATION Court of Alexandria; reversed.
Old Dominion Granite Company. &C., vs..
Clarke and ais, and the same VS.. Jones and
as.; from the Charcery Court OF the city Of
Richmond; affirmed. ..
Corprew. &C.. VS.. King &C.; dismissed by
the appellants. Pc.
Barnett administrator vs.. Barnett, 10 ;sub.
mitted.
Bradley VS.. Sesgle; appeal refused to decree
of the Circuit Court Of Wythc.
ELECTIoNs.-An election was held 10 Georgia
yesterday for the ratification or no ratification
of the constitutional amendments adopted by o
two-thirds vote of two successive Legislatures
forever prohibiting the payment Of certain
bonds declared fraudulent and void. The vote
was very small, and but little interest manifest
ed. As heretofore stated, six to eight million
bonds are involved.
The city election in Montgomery, Ala, passed
off quietly yesterday. The democrats elected
their tickets for Mayor, Clerk aud Aldermen
by q large majority.
The republicans elected their entire ticket at
the city election in indianapolis yesterday. The
official count was not completed 10 five wards at
l o'clock. Advices from the State go far re-
ceived show no material change from the cleo
tons of last fall.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02

We understood tha, negotiations having for
their object the resumption Of work at the
Mount Vernon cotton factory, 10 this city, have
been commenced, and we trust they may be
successful. Now that Europe will probably af-
ford an excellent market for scme time to come
for all the -four that oau be made 10 this coun.
try, We see 20 reason why some euterprising
capitalist dou't at cncc rent, lease or buy the
Pioneer Mills here, DOW lille, and put them also
in operation again. The mills can tura out eight
hundred barrels Of -four day, and at that rate,
with an advancing market, twill not take long
to make iortune.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02

Reports of the crops from three hundred points
in the Western and Northwestern States give
most gratifying accounts Of their condition and
prospects Of wheat they are especially good
better than has been known for yesrs-some
speaking Of it as the best ever known. Every.
where preparations are being made to put in q
large acreage Of corn.
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lis mentioned in our dispatches from Wash.
iDgtou that Mr.. Goode, Of this State, will be
supported by Southern democrats for Speaker
Of the new o.. S. House Of Representatives.
We hope the report may be true. for, while
we accord to Mr.. Randall all that bis most ar
dent admirers claim for him, as the South con-
tributes all the effectiveness the democratic
party possesses, it should, not 90 y 10 accor-
dance with principles of equity and justice, but
with those of the very spirit of republican gov.
ernment, be allowed, if not the whole, at least
prominent part 10 the direction aud govern
ment Of that effectiveness, and Mr. Goode, in
the Speakers chair would ably repreeentSouth-
ern democracy 10 the policy of the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02

1t is now understood that the President 3
sued next Friday, aud that the time fixed unon
for the meeting will be the 18th instead Of the
9TH of June
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02

1t is said that Gen. Geo. A. Sheridan, not the
gallant Phil" has received his reward for the
part be took in etecting the inauguration O!
Mr.. Hayes The laboror is worthy of his hire.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02

The Vienna Prcssc believes that should the
Porte persist 10 its design Of cxpelling Russians
from Turkey the Government will not send an
ambassador to Cons!aotluOple.
PARIS, May "A dispatch received to-day
from a Russian source aDDOunces that Russian
t,oops have taker the fortress OF Bayazld, 10
Armenia.
TIFLls, May 2-An official Russian dispatch
saws: il Turkish garrison. numbering 100,
abandoned Bayazid % Monday end withdrew
to A!iada Heights, leaving large quantity Of
am nunitiou The Russians occupied the town.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02

RESTORATION OF PEACE IN THE SOUTH.-
The celebration at Louisville, Ky, Monday night
in commeuoTaion Of President Hayes's action
ln withdrawing the troops from the Southern
States. aud thereby allowing the people 10 be
governed by those CT their own choice, vas a
| great success. The city buildings and large
numbers Of private residences were beautifully
aud brilliantly Illuminated, and the ontlrc popu-
lation manifested the greatest enthusiasm.
The celebration was non partisan. The Mayor
of the city sent the following telegram to The
President:
The eitizcu5 of Louisville, irrespective Of
party, in mass meeting assembled, joyouS!y
give glory 10 God on high AID thanks to your
patriotism that the Union is once more perfect
| and complete 10 It's every part, a Union Of
hearts aud Uoioo OF hands, and earnestly pray
that God in his mercy may forever vouchsale
peace, prosperity and happiness to the Ameri
can people.
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL SToRM.-A luost
Destructive hassorm visited that portion of
Stafford on Sunday lying FROM Falmouth 10
Marlboro POiut, in line from one 10 four
miles in width. The storm passed over Fred
cr!cksburg without d5iog any damage, but 10
Stafford there was q heavy TALL of hail. Near
Potomac Run hail vas four inches deep Oh
level, and the pieces of various sizes. Roofs
We're damaged, window shutters wrenchcd of
and glass broken ali aloug its path. The fruit
and forest trees were stripped and lacerated,
aud the growing wheat was beaten into the
ground. On Marlboro fats Mr.. j. ?. BloZ,on
was caught out in the storm, his head bat.
tered by The hail and the horse be was driving
disabled. He reports the hail from three to
four feet deep 10 drifts Fred. Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

Is of white silk, lined with crimson silk,
and decorated with blue ribbons
The banner did not come Immediately
into general use, for in the middle OF
October 177G, Capt. Richards is found
asking the Philadelphia council what
colors should be used by the fleet. 1t
was probably flown at Trenton, for peale' s
picture shows it, and the artist COM
manded a company in that battle. 1t
was displayed at the first fourth of July
celebration in Philadelphia, l777, and in
the February of the following year it
was first saluted by a foreign power.
Paul Jones, in the Ranger conveying
some vessels into Quiberon and obtaining
a salute from the French admiral. -Four
years later he hoisted it over the first
American ship of the line the America,
August ,, l717, the first land victory
was won under the Stars and Stripes on
the occasion of the British attack on
Fort Schuyler, the flag being an extern
porized one, made from the garrison S
shirts and from a blue cloak taken at
Peckskill. The homemade banner was
hoisted over five English colors captured
in sally, In January, 1871, Rathburne,
in Providence, with fifty men, swooped
on Nassau n. F., took the fort, spiked
It's guns and h0isted the American flag
for the first time over a foreign fortress.
Five vessels disputed the homer of first
giving it to the winds in London. In
1892 the Columbia, Capt. Gray, of
Boston, carried it for the first time around
the world, and planted it on the Pacific
coast, at the mouth of the great river to
which he gave the name Of his vessel. The
Franklin, Salem vessel, first displayed
it in japanese waters in 1883. In 1891
congress added two stars and two stripes
to the flag (the change taking effect in
May, 1891 for Vermont and Kentucky,
the act being passed only after consider
able debate, It's opponents believing that
the flag should be preserved in its origi-
nal form in perpetrity, The war of
lSl2-l4 was fought under this banner
In 1918, a bill reducing the stripes to
the original number of thirteen, and
directing the adoption OF stars equal to
the number Of the states, a new star to be
added on the fourth of July next sue
ceeding the admission of each new state,
was passed and approved. This was the
design of Captain Samuel c. Reid, who
in 1914 defended so heroically the brig
General Armstrong against a superior
British force i'm Eaval roads though his
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14
Slow But Sure.

y The slow fighter was a tall,
raw.boned specimen of the Pike county
breed, and when he arrived in the mining
camp the boys began to have fun with
him-to "mill him." as they call it in
the parlance of the mines,
He stood it for a long time with perfect
eouanimity, until finally one of the party
dared him out of doors to fight.
He went. When they got all ready
and squared off, Pike county stretched
out his long neck and presented the tip
of his big nose temptingly close to his
tormentor "Im little Slow" he said,
and can't fight unless I'm we'll riled ;
lust paste me one-a good 'un--right on
the end of that smeller" "
His request was complied with.
"That was a good 'un, " he said, calmly,
"but | don't feel quite riled yit'--
! (turning the side OF his head to his
adversary" please chug me another
i lively one under the ear"
The astonished adversary again com
piled, whereukon Pike county, remark
inc that he was not quite as well rilet
as he would like TO be, but would do th'
best he could" sailed into the crowd
and for the next ten days the boys
were engaged in mending broken jaws
repairing damaged eyes and tenderly
resurrecting smashed noses.-N 0, Dem
Ocrdi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

ana hence the small farmers and gardeners
there, have markets right at their doors
for everything they or the thousand OF
tactory-hands need in the way of food.
This constantly growing demand always
keeps food up at good prices and the
producer j. never distressed as with US,
Ior want OF apurchaser for his beef NUT
ton, pigs, fowls, milk, butter or vegeta-
bIes, Everything raised out of the
ground has even more ready sale than
the fabrics Of the factories; and thus the
trade among small dealers never Ian
guishes, even though the mill-owners
may sometimes find it dull. One kind
of goods produces a demand for another
and different line. Masons, and carpen.
ters, and painters are employed in
erectingnew buildings for new machinery
to be furnished by the iron men, and the
packing Of goods creates demand for
boxes, lumber nails, and additional
workmcn, Soof the oil and waste about
machinery. allrequiring men, and women,
and children, and material, and food,
and clothing. Tne wideawake Yankees
have not invested all these millions in
manufactures, foundries, machinery, etc,
without feeling certain Of a good interest
on their capital for this investment has
been steadily increasing instead of dimin-
ishing. VIII not like investments here
produce like results?
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TIE FNREIGN MAn.

The porte has promised Minister Lay
ard that it will take measures to assure the
safety of Christians,
The London Times, in leading Gdito-
rial, offers the following opinion: "If the
Russians had captured Kars and Batoum,
they would have been strongly tempted to
offer easy terms of peace; butnow they have
been SO far bailled, they must strike with
all their might in Europe ana everything
tends to show that theyintend to strike very
hard indeed"
The Mus5ulmans are preparing to flee
from the scenes of last years atrocities in
Bulgaria, fearing the vengeance OF the Rus.
slams and BuIgariaus
Over 10000 Russians have crossed
the Danube at Simnlta, with an immense
,rain of artillery, comprising some pieces Of
very heavy caIibrc The enthusiasm of the
Russian troopsis very great.
Many Turks while working their guns
at Rustchuk, have been killed by the rifle
fire from houses adjacent to the fort These
mysterious assassinatons are causing bad
blood against the Bulgarians.
The Grand Duke Nicholas has received
the grand cross Of st, George for the passage
Of the Danube; his son the military cross,
and General Ncpokoischitaky, chief of staff
the grand cross of st. George Of the third
class. The emperor has taken up his resi-.
dence at Drajo, near -Magurelli,
Fifteen hundred Russian cavalry who
endcayored to relieve Bayazid have been
beaten by the Kurds, with loss Of sixty
killed and two hundred wounded.
The Austrian Lloyd steamer landed
at Corfu, for the Turkish government, one
hundred and ninety.three cases of arms
which it is intended to reship for Prevasa
in Albania, but the Russian consul protested
to the Greek government against the use of
neutral territory as a depot for the arms of
a beligerent. The government thereupon
ordered the detention of the arms and the
captain Of the Austrian ship in which they
had already been re.embarked, on hearing
the protest unloaded them into boats. Aus.
tria endorses the course Of the Greek gov
cmment in the retention Of the arms
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Manufacturing Prosperity efColumbus,
Georgia.

There are now in operation at Colum-
bus eight cotton mills, one wooden and
one bagging factory, four Touring and
grist establishments, two tOundries, a
plow mandatory, steam engine and
boiler works, and a number of minor
industries, among which may he count'd
steamboat building The amount in
vested in manufacturing far exceeds that
Of any town in the south. and is increas-
ing wear by year. The cotton and wooden
mills now run $1,000 spindles and POO
looms, and in four months the showing
will be $4,000 spindles and 1900 looms.
A competent manufacturer is now en-
gagged in making drawings and estimates
for new mill of $1,000 spindles, to be
constructed by a northern company.
This will increase the spindles at Colum.
bus to 1000. The $4,000 spindles con
sumo $4,000 bales of cotton year and the
looms SOO, zoe pounds Of wool The larges'
factory, the Eagle Hix, has ;
capital stock of 81 Il om th'
earnings of last year declared dividend
OF eight per cent, and all d clared SOM
dividends.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

Agestlgation into the losses of
ng the past year shows total of
O,OOO sheep and lambs were de.
dogs and wolves and various
nd the aggregate money value of
10000, The average percentage
nearly S. The proportion is the
snectiyely in North Carolina,
d Louisiana, and ranges from II
the former state to 3 7.10 in Ne.
be rate is highest in the south,
n states having dog laws,
blic debt statement for June
uction of 1929, 1899.
owing is the letter of the Pres.
pending Col. wilkins from the
pllector of the Baltimore District
I'VE MANSION, Washington JMy 2.
y are hereby suspended from the
hector of Customs for the District
re, in the State of Maryland, in
with the terms of section /, ,76S
atutes of the United States, and
IL the provisions Of the law appli-
'o' r. B. HAYES.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

Mrs. Francis Preston Blair, reliCt of
the late Francis Blair, and mother of the
Hon. Montgomery Blair, died suddenly at the
family mansion near Silver Springs, Nd, a
few days since.
Generals Sherman, Fitzpatrick, Crook,
Jos. T. Johnston, T. NJ. Cockrell and Brad
lev Johnston have accepted invations to be
present it the soldiers reunion in Marietta,
Ohio, on Sept, 4th to eth.
A very strange and serious accident
occurred at Virginia, Cass county, Mich,
few days since. Michael BannaD, twelve.
vear.old son of James Bannan, an empleye
of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, was
sitting on an empty whisky barrel at the
depot when the barrel exploded with great
noise, and threw the Young lad fifteen feet
high with great violence against the caves
of the building. His leg was broken in two
places, and he was otherwise severely in
iured The barrel instantly took fire. II
was all supposed to have been caused by
gas generating within the barrel by the neat
of the sun,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES.
An Interesting Paper on The Subject by
Hon. j. Y. TTcAeNant, al ArEansas-
Cotton Grow ing States Compared
with WnuutaCturinE States

The Hon. J. 7, Trezevant, of Arkan-
sas, in a series of articles on the products
of the south and the manufactures of
the north compared. published in the
Memphis Appeal, writes as follows
Perhaps the facts found in the follow
ing tables, from the census report OF
1870, may serve to stimulate the active
interest already manifested by some OF
our leading citizens. That the facts
may be seen in their most striking light,
| have compared the three small state, Of
Massachusetts,, Connecticut and Rhode
Island with the three larger ones Of
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. These
last illustrate the cotton-growlng inter,
ests the others, the cotton-manutactur-
ing interests. The manufacturing states
have cold climate, and a soil not suited
to the higher conditions Of agriculture.
The cotton states have n soft, delightful
climate. and soil 50 fertile as to pro.
duce, in unlimited amount under good
culture, all the grains, grasses and fruits,
besides rice, sugar and cotton When
We consider that the one item Of cotton,
in some form or other, has treighted and
still freights more ships, sinks more
mines, builds more machinery, organizes
more moneyed institutions, creates more
commerce, and clothes more people than
any other product OF the earth, we may
well wonder why those who grow it do
not also measurably control its manutac-
ture. The tables below are 50 arranged
as to invite attention without confusing,
and under each. have yentured to make
such comments as seem proper
Table No. l gives the area OF the states
named above, with the population OF
each, the population per square mile, the
total wealth of each and the wealth per
capta, according to the census Of 1879.
| have added Tennessee to the List, as
Memphis is her great commercial focus
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

of New York, in 1870, was worth $2G,
100000 at twenty-five cents per pound.
The cotton crop Of Georgia, that year,
was worth but $4,000, 600. The butter
cheese and milk Of New York, for that
year, were worth Sl2 ,O00,0 ,000 ifsold even
at present prices. The cotton crop of
Georgia and Alabama, for that year, at
present prices, would bring but forty
three million dollars. The agricultural
bureau at Washington reports a larger
yield Of hay, per acre, in the south, for
years past, than in the north; yet Mas
sachusetts, not one-eighth as large as
Georgia, produces six hundred thousand
tons for her horses and cattle, while
Georgia produces but eleven thousand
tons. Little Rhode Island with but
five counties and 0ne.iortieth the area Of
Mississippi, produces ten times as much
hay as the latter state.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

1t is presented because Memphis ha.
some Of the largest and most reliable
boot and shoe houses in the Mississippi
valley-houses whose constantly growing
trade shows that they possess the
full confidence OF the retail merchants
trading here. Massachusetts had but
2SO,000 cattle in 1870, Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi had inward of 2,500,OOO,
Yet, the dry hides are sent from the
south to Massachusetts,, where they
are tanned, dressed and made into boots
and shoes for the very people who slaught-
cred the animals; and now the hair from
their bodies is often sent back to us for
pIastering purposes. 1t should create no
surprise il the bones were gathered up
aud sent to the Yankee mills for COnver-
sion into powder to be used for tertili2ing
the very fields the cattle once grazed
upon. Should we not convert most Of
these hides into boots and shoes? And
would not such an industry start Others
Would it not start other and different
manufactures, and thus add to our pop,
uIation by diyersifying our industries
To ask such questions is to answer them
Now let us look at
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

A telegram from Constantinople an.
nounccs that decree has been promulgated
authorizing the issuing Of ,OOOOOOOOO pia..
tiers OF paper money rcdccmable in twenty
years at the rate of 5oooO,050 annually.
Although The difficulty between
Greece and Turkey about the seizure Of
arms at Corfu hes been settled, the tone
then adopted by the Porte appears to nave
given deep ohense at Athens, 50 that any
new difference, however trhing, may lead to
a collision.
The Pope's physical condition is re-
ported to he very precarious, drorsy having
set in, in an aggravated form.