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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-16
|COMMUNICATED,

| TAX ON MHRCHANTs.-The question now be.
| fore the City Council az to who are merchants
| and to be taxed Rs merchants and taxed as such
| on the capital employed in their business, and
those who arc exempt from taxation as manu-
| facturers can easily be settled by referring tc
the last clause of the 18th section of Virgins
revenue laws acts 1915, page III, which is as
| follows:
Merchant tsilors, lumber merchants. furni-
ture merchants, butchers, green grOcers buck.
sters dealers in coal, ice or wood, shall be en-
| braced in this section"
A special from Louisville says Near
Shelbyville. yesterday morning, masked men
set fire to the cabin of some negroes compelling
the inmates to come out and call aloud their
names. The last man to respond was Reuben
Dennis, and, as he uttered lis name. they
literally riddled his body with buckshot Dennis
bore bad name. Feeling is strong against
this bloody renewal of kukluxism.
A special from St. Johns, N. B., to day,
says letter has been sent by the hackers of
Wallace Ross to Hanlon,in reply to note from
bis representative at Toronto. stating that Ross
would row Hsnlon for $1,000 side, the
amount that was suggested. The contest is to
take place on the Kennebecasis river, st.
Johns, N. B., juno 20.
One of the causes of the decline of Is points
10 the price of cotton yesterday below the clos.
ing prices of the day before was The selling out
of between $4,000 and $1,000 bales on account
of the firm Of Leveriet Il Co., who suspended
yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-16
Reform at the Capitol.

Messrs Henry W. Thomas, Isaac Davenport,
jr., and James Neeson, the commission ap
pointed to report plan Tor the reorganization
of the Offices of the State Government, have
presented their report to the Legislature.
They recommend the continuance Of the Office
of Second Auditor, should the Legislature an
thorize Encouragement OF the debt, until the
work consequent thereon be finished. but %
longer; the clerks 10 the office to do the ord
nary work under the direction Of the Auditor.
The clerks 10 The Treasurer's Office are sufliccn;
TO do all the work Of that Office. including any
new duty, by working longer each day. The
need of first GLASS safe in the office in whloh
the bonds could be kept, is noted In the An
ditors Office, the only recommendation, made Is
that tho clerks work longer each day. the
land Office the commissioners recommend should
neither be merged nor abolished, and the lees
should DO increased 81 as TO make 1t sell su-tan
ing. No change Is recommended IN the otitt
Of Secretary Of the Commonwealth. They rr
commend that all Of the revenue and dsbuIS:
ments connected with the penlcnlary Should
20 through the hands Of the superintendent.
The storekeeper Of the pcniIcn,iary should BE-
a man of first rate credit and foe hus!urs-
qualities The Commissioner Of the Sinking
Fund could perform his duties under the Au
ditor if the office Of Second Auditorlis abolished
or merged. The commission decline to MAKE
any recommendation as to the rates Of saIarlcs
OF the Stale officers. The commission think
that the duties of the clerk Of the Board OF
Public Works should be performed by the
Railroad Commissioner. 10 conclusion, the com
mission recommend that the General Assembly
authorize the erection Of substantial building
for the Judgment CT oil the executive Offices OK
cept the Secretary Of the Commonwealth, and
that tho same be provided with every mechan.
ical security necessary to the proper custody
and preservation Of the public records
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-16

US yesterday and said that though he heartily
endorsed our views regarding the unquestion
able title Of Mr.. Hayes to the Presidency, and
tho generally conceded desire for some changes
10 the Virginia Congressional delegation, he
disagreed entirely with our ideas on the silver
bill. We told him il he could provo
to US that he or any other Virginian
10 private life. except those who had bought
gold, expecting it to rise on the passage Of the
silver bill, and those who wanted to settle with
their creditors in deprecated currency, would
be benefited to The extent Of one cent by that
bill, We would advocate its passage to the best
Of our ability. With frankness remarkable
among the friends CT the hill he said that be
had not disposed Of his last years crops,
and that for every ninety dollars worth of
wheat now in bis barn he would receive one
hundred dollars after the passage Of the bill.
1t had never entered bis head, however, that
every ninety dollars worth of groceries and dry
goods he would have to buy after tho passage of
the bill would cost him one hundred dollars, and
when told Of it replied that he believed We we're
right on that question. too, but that as be liked
to handle money he would hold on to his wheat
a little longer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-16

The Maryland Independent published at Port
Tobacco. Charles county, has been enlarged and
appears in an entire new dress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-16

A dispatch from Liverpool says tho British
steamer GILLIAN, reports that sho sighted on
the 9TH inst, the German bark "Otto Georg,
on fire. Two men were seen on board, but the
sea was 80 heavy az to prevent their rescue.
life boat of the Chian was smashed whllA at
tempting it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-16

PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRLWEEKLY 81
r1@AR SNOwDEN.
SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 1t

The Senate after an all night session hnai'S
nassed the Bland silver bill. this morning, just
as reported by the Senate Finance Committee
by a vote OF As to 2l-more than two'thlrds.
The bill az passed by tho Senate il shorn OF It's
free ooioaga feature and provides for the usog
ofcertiiostes to avoid tho cumbersomeness oil
the coiu.
Neither House Of Congress WAS in session
to day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-16
Legislative.

10 the State Senate yesterday, bills were
introduced declaring the county OF SpotsylVa-
MIA, outside the Incorporation of the towa OF Fred
ericksburg to, be district for all Of the pur-
poses of county organization; to incorporate
the Maryland aud Virgioia railroad; and to
provide for the appointment OF supervisor Of
tho revenue of the Commonwealth also petit
ton of the trustees asking that certain church
property 10 Fredericksburg may be sold.
The Barbour tax bill was then taken up and
further considered.
MIR. Brooke sigDi6cd his intention Of offer.
iue the following as 40 Independent section:
Nothing contained in this act shall be con-
srued as ntcrposing or intended 10 lnterpose
aoy obstacle 10 the way Of tho creditors OF the
State 10 enforcing their just rights as now estsb'
lished by law, or compel them to accept other
wise than voluntarily any compromise OF the
same.
10 the House of Delegates bills were intro.
duocd regulating the election Of commissioners
of tho revenue 10 LoudouD; to extend the time
for repairing and rebuilding mills and machine.
ry destroyed by the flood; to amend the Acts
of 1S74.'75, in relation to the duties, powers,
and liabilities Of certain county officers; to re
peal chapter l42, Acts OF Assembly 1876.
entitled an act to prevent the catching or tax
ing of oysters from Russ Rock, 10 the Kappa
hammock river; and to amend the act for the
protection Of game.
Bills were reported to authorize a reassess
ment oflauds of the Commonwealth that have
been Injured by the freshet. to amend the act to
incorporate the Virginia Maganeso Company;
to amend the act to incorporate the Lee hlonu.
ment Association; to purchase burial place
for convicts 10 the penitentiary; to amend the
Code in reference to allowing commissions to
the general agent of the psnltenlary.
The President has nominated Bayard Taylor.
Of Pennsylvania to be Minister to Germany;
John Baker, of Illinois. to be Minister to
Venezuela VIM. G. Goodoe. Of Kentucky. to
be Minister to Belgium; Benjamin +. Simpson,
of Kansas, to be Uoited States Marshal for the
District of Kansas; Samuel Blatchiord, of New
York city. Judge of tho Second judicial Cir
cult; and William A. Howard, Of Michigan, to
be Governor of Dakota Territory.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-16
)I }.

An excursion party is going from Richmond
TO the New Orleans Mardi Gras.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-16

MIR. Montgomery Blair, 10 his speech 10 the
MARYLAND Legislature. Thursday, said that
nothing but the sordil Influence OF tho railway
kings aud the repugnanca OF the old bunker
leaders and their followers to the restoration OF
the union democracy to power now Restraints
the democratic leaders from putting Tilden 10
the Presidency. Mr.. Blair fails to recognize the
fact that Nj. Hayes titla to the Presidency Is
stronger than that of any of his predecessors,
because the commissioners specially appointed
By the representatives. OF the people TO examine
it, confirmed it. and had their confirmation re-
indorsed by Congress. At one time, before
MIR. Hayes Inauguration, We thought that
dread of fall 10 bonds and stocks Was the
cause of the peaceful acQulesceuca in the fraud
by which Mr. Hayes acquired legal title to
The Presidency, but when We reflected that
though few of the Northern States bad dem
ocratio Governors who might have been willing
to assist in the inauguration OF the rIghttully
elected President, none Of them had legislatures
that would have sustained those Governors. and
that some States that bad radical Governors,
such as Pennsylvania, had already armed and
equipped their militia for the avowed purpose
of putting Mr.. Hayes 10 Office, and that the
FIRST symptom of al intention on the part of the
South to resis, by force the successful accomp-
hsbment of tue fraud, would, as in 1861, con-
sodaed the North. change camo over the
spirit Of our dreams, and Mr.. Tiden's discre-
ton rose 10 our estimation. TWAS not because
MIR. Tilden was afraid Of bis money or that OF
his friends that Induced him to submit to
the legal rape of the Presidency, but because
he knew that an attempt to resist it by
force must Of necessity have failed. With the
legislatures of the North. who held the purse
striogs Of their respective States, in the hands
of the radicals aud with the South estopped
from affordiog him any assistance, nc was we'll
aware that resort to force would result d!sas.
trousIy to all eng gagged ia it, and would probably
be the means of prolonging to an indefinite
term tho power of man whose administration
had rendered possible the preparation OF the
fraud. Knowing this, like a wise mao, he re-
linquished his Just and equitable title to the
presidency. and declined to contest, by force of
arms, the fraudulent bat legal one held by MIR.
Hayes
Nlr. Blair assertion that Mr.. Tilden has not
the support Of z,n democratic Congress-
men is by DO means Indicative of his weakness
among the masses OF the country, for the late
proceedings Of the democrats iu Congress prove
that those gentlemen, particularly some OF
those who hail from tho South, are by no means
Observation-Disclosures az thair aonstituania
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-09
AS 2lCJLTJ RAJ.
EIPERlIHENTS WITH POTI-
TOL.S.

places
|. When the seed is cut the moist
ure escapes rapidly, and if planted
late, on dry soil, with but little or no
RAIN, it is liable to dry up, and some
of it will fail to grow, from which the
fact is deducel that cut seed should
Le planted early.
@ The difference in yield Of q
large seed over that of medium size,
or small, is hardly perceptiblo, except
in u dry season soon after planting,
in which case the shoots from large
tubcrs are better sustained than those
from smaller seed, in consequence Of
the greater degree of moisture in the
tubers. A farmer who made numer-
Gus experiments with potatoes says
Gin one experiment | tried in altcIr-
ate rows the planting Of tUbers which
were not more in diameter than 4
man finger, in one row, and those
double the size Of q hen 5 egg in the
next, and 50 on over a considerable
area. They came up at the same
time, and the appearance Of the rows
was similar through the season. When
the potatoes were dug, The contents Of
each row We're placed in heaps at tho
end and examined. No porocptiDlo
difference was observed in the size Of
the potatoes; but when they were
measured it was found that the large
potatoes yielded II per cent. the
most-doubtless owing to q stronger
growth Of the shoots at tie outset.
8. That when small seed is plant
cd containing more eyes to the hill
than larger seed, The small potatoes
will produce the largest crop; but
this fact applies only in cases whore
large seed with very few eyes is plant
ed, less than is the usual number to
allow to 4 hill.
/ That a large potatoe, cut in
two pieces lensthwise, will proluco
more potatoes in Il hill, if planted a
few inches apart than if planted
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-09
-IIApTER 4Gi.
4 ~ .l(7.

I I
AN 1rV
| To rppcal Sections Eighty four and Eigh-
/ ,v-fvo and Suh Section one cf Section
,I;,,,,aa., ~ ,,,.,, ,,ov.,. or,,c
! '1'S"'t s',''' '" ,'''''' ,.,,",
Code OF Public Local Laws 'h'''I'"
'Frr,,rrck County, Sub Tile Frederick
.s enacted Inv Cn,n,cr farce hundred and
,'''N,N,' r,;.,,,...,,, ,,..
forty c'sh' Oh inc Ac'' Oh ''s''''' ",''''
drel and scNcn'y.t"o, relating 10 h.e
corporatc organization Of Frederick Cry
onh 60 o,,ot ,,,o fJIo,yipr s.c,;ons oul
''"" " ..''''' .''I ''''''
Sno Nrc''"Ns II n'o o' '''' same
G,,fyIav 4. i r8nrtoi Hy the T,uPrI
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ilIAPTER il3.


of eighteen hundred and seventy four,
Chapter fur huu1rcd and cghty-thrcc,
entitled An Act to repeal article eighty
ono OF tie Code of Public General Laws
Of lhc State Of Maryland, entitled "Rcy-
cnuc an TaMps' and 10 re enact the
same with amendments as the said Sc
ond sub section WAS amended by the
first and seventeenth sections OF the Act
Of eighteen hundred and scycity.siy,
Chapter two hundred and sixty, entitled
can Act 10 provide for the gcnclHI waltz
alton and assessment of property in this
State to rc.cnHct said second Sub-scc-
ton Of the Act of eighteen hundred and
seventy four, Chapter four hundrcl and
cighly.thrcc, rs SO amcndtd, in Il new
and amended form and also to amend
the third sub section of the said Act OF
eighteen hundred and seventy -four, Chap
ter four hundred and eighty three, IS
amended by the Act OF eighteen hun
drcl and Scycnty,siX, Chapter three hun
drcl and forty, cntitlcl AN Act to re.
peal sub sections, three, four and TWEEN
ty.onc Of section three of Chapter four
hundred and eighty three. Of the Acts OF
eighteen hundred ard seVcnty-iour, eli
titled AN Act to repeal article eighty
oae of the Code Of Public General Laws
of the State Of Maryland, entitled Rcvc.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

Establishes the fact, that for ever

Establishes the fact, that for every
form of Pain or distress in the Stomach,
Bowels or Breathing Organs, Parker's
Ginger Tonic is the speediest, most
effective cure known. If you are a
sufferer from Dyspepsia, Headache,
Nervousness, Low Spirit, Wakeful-
ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth Heart
burn, Acidity, Soreness of the Throat
or Lungs, Palpitation of the Heart,
Costiveness or Liver disorders, you
will find 4 most comforting and COM
pletecure in this sterling invigorant.
TO the Aged, the Feeble and Con-
valescent, it affords just the help
needed. 1t builds mp and sustains
the strength, diffuses warmth and
energy through the system, and is
incomparably superior to wines or
liquors, while it does not intoxicate.
Buy from your druggist, 81 90 bot
tie, or a sample bottle at Is cts, and
test its merits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30
A Gentle Hint.

In ourstyle of climate, with its sud-
den changes of temperature-rain.
wind and sunshine often intermingIed
in a single day-it is no wonder that
our children, friends and relatives are
so frequently taken from us by neg.
lected colds, half the deaths resulting
directly from this eause. a bottle Of
Boschee's German Syrup kept about
your home for immediate use will
prevent serious sickness, large doc
tors bill, and perhaps death. by the
use of three or four doses. For cur
ing Consumption, Hemmorrhages,
pneumonia, Severe Coughs, Group or
any diseases of the Throat or Lungs.
its success is simply wonderful, as
your druggist will tell you. German
Syrup is now sold in every town and
village on this continent. Sample
bottles for trial Zoe; regular size, 75c.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

Mr.. A. Monget announces himself as a
candidate for Administrator of Improve
ments. lie Is an old and respected citizen
and should he get the nomination of the
party he would make a good officer--Baton
Rouge Adrocdte.
We understand that the 4duocate
is Jealous adherent of close party
organization and an opponent of in
dependent or boiling candidates, and
we take no issue with it upon this
point; but it seems to us to be going
beyond the bounds of logic or reason
TO enunelate the doctrine that man
who would make a good officer if
elected on the party nomination.
would not be as efficient and capable
if chosen as an independent candi-
date.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

We notice that several of our ex-
changes are still publishing the ad-
gertisement of " DR.. j. c. Stone, "a
N. 9th street, Philadelphia This
fellow has been repeatedly de-
nounced as fraud and all who take
stock in him will be swindled. About
six months ago he sent US PROPOSE
ton to advertise his wonderful cure
all, proposing to pay quarterly. We
responded with a statement of our
terms, demanding the first quarterly
payment in advance of Insertion. The
q Doctor" very ingeniously replied
that, although we were more exactinc
than other publishers, he accepted
the terms ; consequently we were d.
rected to !" insers the advertisement
and send bill for first quarter We
didn't bite; otherwise, we might be
sending that bill yet.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30
REPUTATION OF THE WELLS PRO-
NUNCIAMENTO.


The extraordinary manifesto, ad-
dressed to the Republicans of the
United States, recently promulgated
by Madison Wells, president of the late
Returning Board, wherein accusation
and .denunciatiOD were heaped upon
the officers connected with tie prose-
cution of the ex- Returners, has been
made the subject of an investigation
by the Grand Jury of the New Or
leans Superior Criminal Court. A
report of their findings in the prem
ises was submitted on the 22nd inst,
and the points covered are briefly as
follows:
Mr.. Wells assertion that five grand
juries refused to inquire into the al
legged Returning Board frauds is re-
futed. Only two of those bodies had
the matter under consideration. One
was baked by the status quo the
other had not completed the inyesti
CATION when the end of their fern of
service arrived, and instead of find
ing an Indictment, they requested
the District Attorney to file an infor
nation.
The charge that Judge Whitaker is
defaulter to the United States Gov
ernment is DOT sustained. He had
been prosecuted upon two counts,
was tried upon one and found not
guilty, whereupon the second was
nolle pressed. The Judge was not " in
a bcastly state ofintoxication during
the greater part of the Anderson trial,
nor did he eomport himself as if he
had taken q contract with the Demo-
cratic party to do their dirty work"
No proof was offered to show that he
declared to several lawyers that the
jury in the case had been packed for
conviction.
All the charges against Attorney
General Ogden were false, excepting
the one that he is an elder in the
church. He has not specialized in
tax moneys, nor did he attempt to
bulldoze witnesses in the Grand
Jury room.
1t not being within the scope of
their duty or authority, the Grand
Jury did not touch the allegations
made by Mr.. Wells that his hogs and
cattle were killed and stolen during
the war by Hon. w. r. Smart, mem
Der of the House from Vernon parish
that Assistant Attorney General
Egan killed brother lawyer for the
sake of getting his practice; and that
a tinge of African blood courses
through the veins of Hon. Randall
Gibson, the distinguished Represent
atiyein Congress from the First Dis
trict of Louisiana.
Neither was any official cognizance
taken of the counter charge made by
enemies of the choleric Wells, that he
was concerned in the theft of some of
his neighbors' mules.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

Col. /. w. Patton, president of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
has called meeting of that body for
Wednesday, May |, at New Orleans.
The object of the meeting is to
take steps for securing a general re-
organization of the party throughout
the State. The question of an early
State Convention will also be
preached.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30
NEW WAR CLOUD IN THE EAST.

NEW WAR CLOUD IN THE EAST.
The European situation daily in-
creases in gravity, and war between
England and Russia seems now more
imminent than at any previous time
since the cessation of hostilities in
Turkey. England adheres to her
perenptory demand that adj the
clauses in the Russo Turkish treaty
of peace be submitted to the proposed
Congress of the powers, for approval
rejection or modification. Russia has
yielded several minor points of differ
ence, mainly at the suggestion O.
Germany. but declines to accede to
the full scope of England's require
ment, which is regarded by Russia as
dictatorial and unreasonable.
As consequence of this deadlock,
the conference scheme will probably
be abandoned, and Russia will en-
deavor to settle. the Eastern question
with Germany and Austria, ignoring
England entirely.
Preparations for war are constantly
progressing in both Russia and Eng
land, and the storm may break at
any moment, though there is yet con-
siderable ground for hoping that the
crisis will be peacefully ayerted.
1t is more than probable that a con-
fict of arms between Russia and
England at this juneture would lead
to general European war.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

Among the acts of the late General
Assembly is one to charter the New
Orleans, Texas and Colorado Railroad
Company, a corporation which pro-
poses to build a road from New Or
leans to the Sabine river, connecting
there with a road recently chartered
in Texas, having its terminus at Dial
las.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

The Commission which has for
some weeks been engaged in investi-
eating the loss of the dredgeboat Me-
Alester, completed their task on the
2lst inst. Much conflicting testi-
mony was adduced as to the condition
of the vessel, some witnesses, being
confident of her seaworthiness, while
Others asserted the contrary.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

Hon. George H. Williamson of
Louisiana, Minister to Central Ameri-
ca, arrived at Washington last week.
1t is said he favors the appointment
of Mr.. Packard as Collector of Port
at New Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30

Hon. John L. Vance, late member
of Congress from the Eleventh Ohio
District, mysteriously disappeared
from Cincinnati on the 22nd inst,
and no trace of his Whereabouts has
since been discovered. 1t is feared
that he has been foully dealt with.