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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06
Military Education.

10 the editor of the Aze1andrm Ga.etie:
read in the Gazette of the 29ih uIt, the
following Gs reported from Gen. ". II. f.
Lees speech at tho military parade Of the
students offs Johns Acadamy, OF your city 4:
'They"-lhe cadets, and by implication the
young men CT the S.ate-'must build up The
material prosperity of their old mother as
bravely as their predecessors had defended her
honor on the field of cornage." This certainly
vas noble advice, and worthy Of all scceptatioD,
SID Of the distinguished gentleman who gave
il; but will it be acted upon | fear moi; espe
clal!y by that class to whom it vas addressed.
ca!ion, and more particularly military educa-
ton in Virginia will DO Quite as ready to
crimson" the battle field With blood as their
predecessors have done, but they will not cou.
tribute to the material prosperity Of their State
in the way recommended. e., by manual labor
on the farm, or other laborious avocatioD. This
class Of cihz.n5 lock to their education to pro.
cure them an easier means of living than that
of labor at the pillow, loom or forge. They are
doubtless already Inspired with future military
rank and glitter, and scorn the drudgery that
alone will build up the State. They will, to a
map, ia the absence of private tortuoe, prefer
to exc out q scanty subsistence from one polltl.
cal shift to another, and take chances fer a
change in the Administration once 10 four
years, hoping to slip 10, 10 that OF hard labor.
1t is, for Tho moment, quite amusing to witness,
as | have often done IN my section; nay, it is
OF daily occurrence, one poor half ted negro 10
garden "ohoppipg' with hoe, while some
three or four "strsppDg' young white men
are locking on from the shade of the nearest
tree, directing the negro's performances, and
if it happens to be mau with ono horse
pillow in lot, the whole male population of the
little town where | reside will turn out to Wit
ness the Interesting performance, and these
| may be seen leaning on the fence aCj4e2nt,
| looking somewhat like buzzards when alriug
| themselves 10 the sight Of dead oarcas. All
educated Virginians land many who arc mott
| we'll understand what is wanted and are fond
of adVsiog others what to do, but until the
advice is taught by example. precapt all goes
for nothing. This sort q thing has been ia.
nlar to my ear and sight for forty years past.
There is class Of citizens here, however, that
Gen. Lee, and gentlemen like him, perhaps, SEQ
but little of. who have not received and do not
desire to receive, military training, that arc
| working out substantial prosperity tor the
State, and who have ever borne the hrunt OF
battle ION tho field Of ceTnage" when the tug
OF war came AS 10 The past, so it will be 10
he future. have animated above rather than
Expressed the kind of advice that is mainly
wanted in Virginia, and that the responsibility
chi,h7 rests with those less likely to If ,rd il.
AGRICULTORIS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06

o :IEthe democratic majority in the present
congress had tried during the late session to
give the radicals reasons for obtaining MAORI
~ 10 tho next House, they could not have sue
ceeded better than they did. What with the
river and harbor, District of Columbia and many
other pernicious bills and their failure to pass
q revenue tariff, income tax and numerous
other bena6cent measures they did much to dis.
gast people with dem ocratic craftsmanship, and
were it not for the adherence with which
q longer sway of fraudulent radicalism is looked
upon, there would be serious doubt of demo-
cratic majority 10 the next House; and if there
8 hould not be, the democratic members of the
present House will be solely responsible for it,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06
News of She Day.

The Montreal authorities fro adopting pre-
csutionsry measures 70 avert q riot CT the 18Th
instant, when tho Orsngmcn threston to have "a
procession. a Eeres Of resolutions Was ndop!e"
at a meeting Of the Magistrates yesterday gu
,hor;Ang the Mayor to issue e proclamation
fo,.biding assom bages gatherings on tho
straits or public places and calling upon sii
peaceful and we'll disposed citizens to aid the
civic au thorities to maintain the peace but that
it is ineyredient TO call out the military uhI'
the civic force is found Insufficient.
Henry Daniels, an ice driver in New York
who has FREQ asntly when drunk threatened t"
kin his wife, rushed upon her yesterday with
carving knifo, sxclsming, ~ will put end e.
both YOU and ne this time" Sbo thre% up hei
arms and cried for help. The t'st bio" s9o
cought on her hsnda, one OF when was heat tt
cut Off AS he was then about to plunge the
knife into her bosom 8 n,eeiiEElhtbjT snd police
man -entarca ~; md Occurred him, at'ec lerTo
struggle. ,o, ..
A dianatch from Stubanville. o., states ylal
on the night Of the 4th inst, John stewart wnli"
intoxicated, applied for more llquorA1 AcCanns
saloon and being refused took pofstlon oehina
tree on the oppo@s sSS ol and his i1S son sp
peared at the door, shot and killed them both
A citizen passing at the time received portion
Of the shot in his arm.
George Fessler, the absconding county tres.
surer arrived in Canton, Chic from Canada yes
terdaY, and Is now IN jail. no brought hUouI
S2S 001 with him. The balance Of tho d,fci!
is $4,000. He proposed to stand his trial in
Canton rather than going to a Canadian prison,
for carving stolen goods, as his money packages
still retained the Stark county seal.
The Alabama Republican Convention was ia
session in Montgomery on Thursday: A reso,
luton endo rising the administration of President
Hayes was laid on the table and resolution u! TO I"
dominate State ticket was disposed OF IN u"
same way. The platform is violent in denounc'
ing the democracy Of the State:
Last evening Mr.. Bloomfield Il. Moore o!
the we'll known firm of Jessu2 y Moore Of
Philsdelphia, died of pneumonia at his residence
in that city aged Co. Mr.: Moore was identified
WITH leading financial institutions, and Was t.
prominent member of the Union League.
|, The President arrived in Washington la:
evening on his return from his visi! TO the
Wvomi ing Valley celebration.
Mrs. Gen. A. G; Gilem va vas thr9wn Iron a,
wsgon IN Nashville, Tenn, Wednesday, and IN
5e Rew YORK sSa day
sf Tta by y ,nsss Democratic Convenon yesle'
dsy ron nor ated Governor h'!ioT '0s "0'''Ao'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEkLI B
1"IFDGAR SNOWDEN.
EVENING, JULY 6. 1878.

We speak adyisedIy when We say that the
sentiment cf the voters OF this city is over.
whelmingly in favor Of sending M'. s. q. Neale
to the next House of Representatives. lie Is
also. if We may judge by what We bear from
our correspondents aud read 10 the newspapers
Of other portions Of the district. the faVolte OF
large number of the conservatives outside OF
the city. There are, however, now here as
there have been heretofore whenever there was
ehapcs for Alexaod,is to get apy thiog from
the several districts 10 which she happened to
be located. few gentlemen Who, ia the exer.
else Of their indisputable right to favor whom
they please. oppose the vast majority of their
fellow lownsmen and by 50 doing tend 10 no
small degree to defeat the uequeslionable choice
of the oty. So common has this division of
opinion among AlcxandriaDs concerning her
candidates become, that solid vote from this
city is rarely cast for any one candidate at apy
Of the conventions in which she may have dee-
gates. This usual condition is known to the
politicians of tho other portions Of tho district,
who,in their calculations concerning the result
Of nominating conventions, Almost invariably
count upon split vote from Alexandria, cad
laugh 10 their sleeves at the way 10 which
the oity's opportunities are thus lost. Aiexan'
dria has now 40 excellent chauoo to send
enc of her ow0 ciizeus to Congress, and it
would be particularly uofortuaste if his defeat,
like that of other Alexandria, 10 previous coD.
ventious, were brought about by few of those
smoog whom be was born and bread, whose oD
position would tend to induce the belief in other
portions of tie district that he is not the choice
Of his Own city. The voters of this city will
see to it, however, that in the next Congress
sional convention, at least, tho vote Of Alexan.
dria will not be split and thus thrown away, but
will be cast az unit for her unaoubted choice
-S. @. Neale
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06

I'm ola times whenever the demdoratio p.>,Iy
had command of Congress it vas sure to main
tain free trade tariff policy. Now two sue.
cessi'e democratic Congresses have been unable
to do 50. Something is wrong" Thus SPEAK:
the Philadelphia North American, and more
truth has rarely been put into fewer words
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06
Road Agents.

Guvrsrov Tx, July GA special de
,o,oh ,A ~ h lbs Jews from Mason, Texas. says
the mail il wagon r stwecn Mcka7ett and Mason
v 1ue I slammed mds bv apg Of last plight aoa
the mail bags rob- ed Of ssfts oss p5'fs en
The balance of the n NJ. Wasn1. 'uu a; dr;vor h.
The tenor Of questions ask the man. oi17Gt %
the robbers is suppos ed the, we're "a,ep rsa ~,
pay maste. who was to have tax. ! Wv '''''''
stage, but DIG not.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06

The rea6justers 10 this State arc organizing
for the purpose Of enforcing their demands for
State convention to abolish tho present Court
Of Appeals and establish another. 10 its stead,
that will decide that the obligation OF oontrac!
is not binding when it becomes at all burden.
some to that ona ofthe contracting parties who
has resped lis advantages. w hat that court would
90 With the State it would, of course, do with
the individual, and consequently it's popularity
is assured, for where is tho msn who would
not like to be relieved Of bis debts without the
d;ssgreeable proceedings of the bankrupt's
court ? In all this talk about REIMBURSEMENT.
that is, of scaling debts to suit tie wishes OF
the dsbtor, without any reference to the interests
of the creditor, We often wonder if those ca.
gagedin it ever put themselves in creditors
place, anu what they would think if a
man to when they had lent money were TO
come to them aud say, 81 have, as you know,
large estate, but | haven't much cash, con-
sequepty I'll have to make you agree to accept
10 tull payment of what I lawfully and cquit-
ably owe you sum considerably less than I
borrowed" And yet that is the very means
the readusters propose to adopt. Mhe music, j.
does not force his .as TTSorshippers are~'ealt0r
but 10 m ahe priest h.e.~uion the borrower
,masosS a,rc,4oasos lends it 10 spirit of accom-
~, aatiou; and to assert that because the Dor,
rover becomes little Strengthened for ready
money, though he may have valusble estate, no
can compel the lender to accept half or
fourth 10 payment Of the whole of bis lndebt-
edness, would, if the assertion were made
effective, forever stop tho lending OF money,
and then who would suffer :? Assuredly not
those who have the money to lend, Tor they
have thousand other ways 10 which TO use 1t.
They, with but few exceptions. worked hard
for what they have accumulated, and
by all processes Of reasoning have right to
do With it as they please-the same right that
man has to work or refuse TO work as he
may think fit. This being so they are surely
notigoing to lend their money to the people OF
aStite who talk about calling convention to
establish court to decide that the obligation
off contract is not binding, and that debtorca can
scale bis indebtedness to suit himself, utterly
Irrespective Of the rights of the creditor. Most
all the creditors of the State Of Virginia are
individuals, many of whom have heretofore
l., depended upon the interest they drew from the
State for their means Of living, and they have
as much right to what is duo them as the dc.
poSitors in savings banks have to what they put
into those institutions. Paying them bears no
resemblance to submitting to the exaction OF
tho pound Of fash by rich end soulless corpo
srations. There need be no dagger Of tho oD-
preston Of money so long as it remains in the
hapds of Individuals, and Virginia owes most
ct her debt to that class of creditors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06

The democrats OF the sixth congressional dis
: triet of Ohio have nominated. for representa-.
tive 10 Congress. ". D. Hill. Of Defiance
County.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06
List OF Letters.

The following is list of the letters lr,mainIn;
in the Postotiice in this city June %.
Persons calling for letters will say the y G!e 81!
.vertaed and give the date Of the list
If not ed for within thirty days, ia ey will be
Eent to the dead letter Office, in Washington
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06

BABY CARRAaEs.-Physicians of Berlin
have scot forth an urgent warning against the
use of The popular baby carriages ia which tho
little oues ait facing the nurse aud ere
pushed backward. The natural desire OF the
eva is to draw nearer to what it sees, and the
practice of reversing this normal order Of things
aud causing surrounding objects to reeds -
liable to Affect iDjuriously tue Development OF
both sight snd brain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06

Turkish diplomacy, one mas now to DelleYe tnat
the Porte has recourse to this mar HlVre merely
the occupation. Significant enough proof of the
move prevailing in Turkish government circles
il found in the rumors which circulated here
yesterday, with some appearance OF foundation,
that the Ottoman embassy would quit Vienna
shortly"
MISCELLANEOUS.
Vera Sassnlicb, the woman who was tried
for having attempted to sssassnste General
Tropoff at the time he was Protect OF the St.
Petersburg police, bat escaped conviction, has
arrived at Geneva.
A paper has been posted 10 oil the cotton
mills in the Stockport district in Eoglaud Civ
ing fortnigbt's notice Of per cent. reduc
iion in wages. The operatives at present seem
TO favor resistance. A strike there would af.
feet 25 900 hands.
A 81. Petersburg dispatch states that the
sale of the newspaper, the Russian World, %
the streets has been prohibited, 10 cons quonce
of an UNUSUALLY strong article against + Jgland
on the Ba,oum QUESTION.
Senior lri!la, who has been forbidden ID
enter France since 1877, Was arrested on Ihurs
day at Enghein aud conducted to the tfonter.
i Constantinoplu dispatch says the British
Consular Agent has just returned from bis
mission to ioquire IS to the means necessary
for relieving the aeventy Two thousand destitute
refugees 10 the Rhodope Mountains. He re
ports that Influential Turks in the dstrlct have
offered to enlist, ifrequlred, thirty thousand
men for the English service.
Runors ofreVolu.ion still continue 10 Pana.
ma, ard it is thought that with the arrival OF
tho Panama delegation from Bogota, which, 1t
is supposed. will DO accompanied by some po!'
tioR of the Colombia Guard, an effort will be
made to disp!aoe the aotua! President, General
Correoso.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-22
BOARD.
Board.
TO LET.

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4k and gas. Apply at Office of
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Je21 dtf
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-22

"The Uery man OF all others acho has the
deepest interest IN a sound currency, and
aoho suffers most By mischieuOAs legislation in
money matters, is the man aoho earns his dai-
ly bread By his daily toll a deprecated cur
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
falling betaceen morning and noon, and fal-
ling still loacer bet,ueen noon and night, these
things constitute the uery harvest time of spec
utators, and Of the aohole race of those ,oho are
at once idle and crafty. Il disor-
dered currency is one of the greatest political
euils. Hundermines the virtues necessary for
the support Of the social system, and encour-
ages propensities destructive to its hnppiness.
1t acdrs against industry, tragality and econ
Omy, and 1t fosters the euil spirits of ertrao-
dgance and speculation. Of all the contri-
dances for cheating the laboring classes Of
mankind, none has been more efectual than
that aohich delades them aoith paper money.
This Is the most efectaal Of Intentions to fer
tilize the rich man s fields By the saUeat of the
poor mans broD. Ordinary tyranny, oppres-
sion, ercessiue taxation, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared aoitt
fraudulent currencies and the robberies COM
naitted By deprecated paper."-DanieI
Webster.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-22
He swears that the Democrats ATTEMPTED to

BE swears that the Democrats attempted to
corrupt the electoral college of Louisiana.
The committee owes it to itself and the coun-
try to investigate this scheme of bribery. Its
first duty is to call to the witness stand the
men who strove to buy an electoral vote.
No wish to shield the reputation of Mr..
Tilden or his fellow Democrats should be
allowed to interfere with disclosure of the
truth. If the committee has any reason at
all for existing that reason is to find out all
the facts in the case. 1t has been pretty
clearly demonstrated that the Oregon case
was worked up by Mr.. Tilden and his house.
hold. Let no fear that the attempt at
bribery in Louisiana may be traced to the
same source deter the committee from doing
its whole duty. Call the Louisiana wit
neSSeS,
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-22

EVERY voter should carefully ponder the
following weighty words from the Tribune:
1T ought to be the first duty Of men who
care for the business prosperity Of the coun-
try, whether capitalists or workmen, bankers
or borrowers, lenders or deposito's, manu-
facturers or operatives, to take care that a
Democratic House shall not be elected next
fall That party ought to be punished by its
own conservative voters, for the fearful losses
which its misbehavior this year has caused.
1t ought to be punished by all who care for
the honor of the Union, because it has been
restrained from reputation only by Republl-
can votes. 1t ought to be punished by all
who want sensible legislation, for its stupidity
and incompetence"
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-22
Call the Witnesses.

The Potter committee meets again to day,
and will perhaps listen to the testimony of
Mrs. jerks, who is supposed to know the
truth about the Sherman letter. But there
is some doubt on the part of the majority OF
the committee as to the advisibility of calling
her, fearful apprehension existing that she
not only knows the truth but is going to tell
it. Anderson says the woman will 60 on the
stand and say that no such letter was ever
written; and he is much cast down at the
prospect that his falsehood will be exposed.
His fears however may be ill-founded. There
is no safety in predicting what these people
will testify to.
When Mrs. jerks has told her story, there
are few others the people, if not the COM
mittee, would like to hear from. The coun-
try wants to know something more of the
attempt of Mr.. Tilden or his followers to
bribe the Louisiana electoral college. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Levisse, one of the
Republican electors, has sworn that he was
offered hundred thousand dollars to throw
his vote for Tilden. He makes this state
ment, and names the men who approached
him with the proposition. One G. w. john
ston. a Democrat, opened the negotiation,
requesting Judge Levisse to meet him con
important business" Judge Levisse called
ard was referred for the details of this i'm
portant business to d. M. Asher, another
Democrat. Asher offered him forty thous-
and dollars to give his electoral vote to Til
den, and said that Walter Pugh. also Dem
ocrat, would furnish the money. Subsequent
ly Judge Levisse was told that by
the consent of one Joe Hernandez, another
Democrat, the bribe had been increased to a
hundred thousand. The bribe was refused
and the electoral vote of Louisiana given to
Hayes and Wheeler. Now if Judge Levisse's
statements be untrue why does not the Dem
ocratic committee summon these men and
prove its falsity? If the object of the inves-
tigation be to learn the truth about the Lou
'isiana election why are the persons who
knew of this attempt at bribery not called to
testify? If the Potter committee wants to
convince the country that it desires to learn
the truth about this election, and not merely
/ to make party capital, it will ask for the tes.
timony of Johnston, Pugh, Asher and Her.
| nandez.
No attempt has been made to dsprove the
I story Of Judge Levisse. His testimony up tc
l this hour is uncontradicted in any particular
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-22
Books Received.

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Fogg s. Durham.
Michael Angelo. Artist Biographies. Cloth, 157
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Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.
English Grammar ExercIses. By the Rev
Richard Morris and H. Courthope Bowen. Litera-
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pleton s. Co. Portland: Dresser, Mcclellan s. Co.
Bouuy Kate, A Novel. By Christian Reid.
author Of .yaIerie Aylmer'' &c. Paper, 222 3D.,
rs cents. New York: d. Appleton 6 Co. Portland;
Dresser, Mcclellan g. Co.
Hamn,crsmifh; His Harvard Days. Chron-
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Loring, Short s. Harmon.
Visions; A study of False Light (Pseudo-
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Houghton, osgood s. Co. Portland: Loring,
Short s. Harmon.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-22

THE Southern members of the House
were nearly unanimous in opposition to Mr..
Conger's proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution prohibiting the payment of Rebel
claims. They intend those claims shall be
paid some day. Most of the Northern DEM
ocrats were frightened into support of the
amendment. They knew they stood no
chance of reelection this fall If they put
themselves on record against it. But if re-
elected and with their party in full possession
of the government the country will find
them nearly TO man supporting, as they
have always done in the past, the schemes
OF their Southern colleagues. The only safe
thing to do is to refuse to send them back.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-22
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The Portland daily press., 1878-06-22

As n very important source of strength
and security, cherish public credit. One
method Of preserving il is TO nse il as
sparingly as possible; avoiding occasions
of expense by cultivatinx peace, but re.
als0 thai timely disbursements
10 prepare Tor danger frequently prevent
much greater disbursements to repel il !:
likewise the accumulation of
debt, not only by stunning occasions of
expense, but by vigorous exertions in time
of peace to discharge the debts which un-
avOidable wars may have occasiOned, mot
ungenerousiy throwing upon posterity she
burden which we ourselves ought to bear.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-22
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

"Ihe loss aohich Anaerica has sustained, since
the peace, from the pestilential effects of srre-
deensable paper money, on the necessary conf
dence bet,0een men, on the necessary confidence IN
hepablic councils, on the industry and morals of
the people and on the character of republican qoU-
ernnaet, constitute an enormous debt against the
States chargeabIe soitb this u,aadvaSed measure,
aohacb neust remain ansatisted, or rather it is an
accumulation ofguiH oClich can be erpiated no
otherwise than by voluntary sacrifice on the al
ar ofjustice of The poaoer Which has been the in
straanent CT n-Jdmes Madison