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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-09
From HfcIsrllDuti.

Especial Dispatch to tho Alsxsnlri, GAzMtn.
RlCnM0Nn, Dec. 9.-hncthrr cau2n4 CT the
readIuatcrs WAS held last night il ha ball 81
the House Of Delegates and was largely ILtcnd-
Cd. Nominations wcro made " Tho basement
Offices. the slate IA agreed upan heretofore havr
log been somewhat altered. Mr. Massey re-
c'ivtd tho nomination for Au iitor, bat Ii. II.
Dyson. oil NooSay, white republican, was, 81
ter warm clntcs5. nominated for Second An
ditor, Mr.. Harvey nhmo havicg been with
drawn Tor good and sufficient rea!OlS. Charles
koyntlds, oil BotctUurf, rolaiynd tho nnmipa-
ton tor Treasurer instead OF Nnla.ki Warden
az liTst intended. Il. Il. Faunsorny, If Win
chester, was nominated Tor Secretary Of the
Commonwealth. and H. i. Walker tor State
Printer. =. q. Williams, Ct Rockingham, and
70! W. II. Taylnr OF Saunton, who was first
named, received tho nomination fer Suptrin
tcndcnt OF tho pcnitentary, with WiaGold
Scott. OF Floyd, as Storekeopcr. j. j. Brock
enbroush, Of Essex. wns nominated for Regis
ter OF the LIND OtiOo, and e. J.. H. PHILLIPS,
OF Halifax, Tor Railroad Commissioners as olisi
naIly agreed upon. Tho election tikcs nlac,
to day. There never hos been seen in Rch'
mond such scramble as is going on at present
uuu IlU sIpnt Is u.SSuSllOg.
Tho election for Untod States Sanat,r will
tako place next TUESDAY, when. it ~ conceded,
Gen. Mahar will be Il cted on tho first ballot.
The rcadjusters aud republicans arc working
hnrmcnCusiy, and ii is sid disi21iln4 wii.h
have occurred will net cause any rupture or
disturb l. any way the understanding between
these two clenloutc
10 tho Hous, OF Delegates a bin has been
lntioiucod and referred amending ,Ec Uld1 50
IS to provide that all cities having over 5000
Inhabitants shall govern lis owa polics laws in
regard to Sunday and ali other days.
Gen. Rogers states that tho amount of The
State debt refunded 10 date is SIS, $50 GIG 0j.
classified Is follows: In c3upon bonds, 81, GSS-
200; sterling banGs Geo GOO i$3IS 00O,l regis
tered bonds, $7l3 500; in f.actora! car ii,s!cs,
1916 95
1Ee Senate adopted resolution iasttuc..;n,
tho Committee on Finance to r,p3yt uncn lilo
expectancy Of requiring insolvont aid t!e!iu.
qacnt tax lists 10 De returned not socuer thsn
September ror later than October il each
y7er for tho preceding year, and a bill! was
passed TO allow The Gordousvis Gfays apd
Culpeper Minute Men to uniform themselves
as they may sec proper.
resolution was agleed to 10 tic Hauso of
Delegates directing the Committee Gu Schools
aod Co!leSoj to irpuire into tho expectancy OF
Hhaps ing the SYSTEM heretofore pursued by Ghc
Vreltla Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-09

COURT or APPEALS Observation-Disclosures
and Virginia Eertilizing Company w. kish-
paaneh. Submitted by cousol on printed notes
OF arguments filed.
Glah1bronka al ai aistraor vs. Gillian OF alr.
Argued by j. a. Jones, oeq.. and NJ. NJ. Gil.
lIahl co, aud continued until to day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-09
III He'd.

December 9Th, at the residence of her mother,
Mrs. CLAkhNCE SAMPSON, daughter OF
the late DR.. Ihos. |. Adam, of thia civ
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-09

ALEXANDRIA MARKEr Deer. 9.-The mar.
kot is firm, and prices rather higher. Flour is
stoady Tho offerings C Wheat amounted T.,
upwards of 600 bushels. and sales were made at
las. l41, l4S and 10 for Fulta, and IT. l56 and
l97 Tor Lancaster, which is an advance on yes.
tordaJ's quotations. Corn is ltm; no old WA,
offered. and 1850 bushels ofrsw brought sc for
white and e. and % for yolow. No Oats reported,
and leo bushels OF Rye brourht>U
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-09

new York, Doc. j.--Stocks strong. Money
56G Flour quiet. Whea: quiet. Corn quiet.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
Editorial Spinnings.

Charge of the Light Brigade-Wages
paid lamp-lighteS.
If Brick Pomeroy enters the Presiden-
tial race, Butler will find it necessary to throw
one more Brick.
A Berlin baker was imprisoned for
caricaturing bismarck in ginger-cake. He treated
the great Prince altogether too gingerly.
sOut in Arizona one man is Judge,
County Clerk, Treasurer and Sheriff. When he
gets Off the bench and walks there is removal Of
the county seat
The son of the Duke of Sutherland
holds out standing offer OF $50 pair for live
canvas back ducks. This son of a Duke should
be supplied by our American sportsman.
Those melodious notes which have
been frozen up in the hroats of the frogs all win
ter have already thawed out in Missouri, and soft
music floats there Oh the balniy air of early spring.
Art goes hand in hand with culture
No man can be admitted TO the receptions of the
San Francisco Art Association unless he wears a
swallow tailed coat, and many poor fellows assert
that ii is conspiracy on the part Of certain mem
bers who are tsilors.
Mr. SAKE, the poet, whose jests were
wont 10 set the table in roar, is a victim OF
chronic melancholia. How sadly this brings to
mind the humor Of Hood, which was but gro
tesque mask worn over body pierced with pain, OF
the last brilliant sparks from the pen of Artemus
Ward, which was welded by a hand trembling
with sickness and suffering.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
Treatment of swiss Prisoners.

In Switzerland, the prisoners who have
not been tried, and consequently pun,
ished, on presumption of guilt, are most
severely treated. They are not only q
long time in being brought to trial, but
the places of confinement are most cruel
In visit to one of these prisons, in1S1S,
a man was found shut up in tower sit,
uated in the middle of river. He was
its only human inhabitant. His jailer
came three times day in boat to ex.
anime his chain and bring him food; and
his judges, from time to time, as they
proceeded in their examinations. He
was chained to his bed, from which he
could not move far, and had neither chair,
table, fire nor comfort-nothing but few
old books. He could indeed see the sky,
but that only.
He had been in this situation just
twelve months, and even then it was not
determined whether he was guilty or not.
In the same tower was a room, about six
teen feet square, without light altogeth-
er, or air, except what passed through q
narrow funnel. In this place a man had
been on one occasion confined eleven
months. In another prison, large
apartment in the tower of an ancient
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

good stealing" doesn't feel as though it
would be safe any more, is no reason why
q man who goes there to do an honest
business need fear. The South hasn't
treated the carpet-bag thieves any worse
than they deserve, and an honest citizen
has no more trouble than is often the
case in some of the Northern States.
The Nation (lnd.): The people who
had their doors studded with big nails,
and had their walls loopholed for mus
kerry, when the Potter Committee was
appointed, in expectation of "revolu-
ton" which would desolate every school
district in the country, as we were as
sured by one authority, will have been
relieved before this reaches them by find
ing that it has all ended, as we assured
them it would, in huge campaign docu-
ment. The majority of the committee
has reported without any loss of life, and
without producing the smallest effect on
the stock market. The report is written
by the Chairman, and differs from most
of its kind in the exceeding sobriety Of
its tone
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

spirituslists in this and other Christian
lands. The custom is still extant in
many provinces of the empire, and the
Chinese women, especially, in accord
with their spiritualistic belief, make it
an important adjunct of their secret re-
ligious rites. Among these people, also,
and from time immemorial, the little in
strument to which we give the name Of
planchette, or something very nearly re-
sembling it, has been in familiar use.
The article used by them varies in con-
struction with this late French inven-
ton of ours. But it is operated in the
same manner, and to the same purpose
that so many curious individuals among
us apply this cunning piece of mechan-
ism. Such facts as these, in relation to
their favorite doctrines may or may not
be comforting to the disciples of Mesmer
or of Kate Fox; but can, perhaps, be ac-
ceptcd in support of the old saying of
the wise man, that "there is nothing new
under the SUM-"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

The Way to Get 1t.

There was quite crowd congregated
in Snyders saloon the other day, telling
stories, smoking strong pipes, and keep
ing as close to the stove as possible.
Presently stranger walked in and
ate sandwich, after which he addressed
the man as follows:
"You men are all out of work, eh?"
"Yes," they replied, unanimously.
"Got big families?'
They responded together in the affirm
ative.
"Would you work faithfully if you
could get chancew
"Of course we would"
'Then you all want work, work, and
nothing but work?'
"We do"
"Well, there is only one way to get it!'
"How's thatT'
"Why, go out and look for it.''
Then he skipped out, amid groans of
chagrin and disappointment.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
Southern California.


This section is peculiarly the home of
the grape. The vine will 60 through two
seasons without water. 1t will do well
in eight inches of rainfall, and its heavi-
est crops are said to be in seasons of
drought. This county can supply all the
United States with raisins and wine.
And these, when capital has sufficiently
increased to permit farmer to wait four
or five years for his vines to become good
bearers, will become leading industries;
and this section will be one of the wealth.
lest and, for climatic reasons, one of the
most desirable spots On this coast The
rainfall of Los Angeles County for this
year, counting from December 9th, when
the first rain began, has been 9.31 inches,
nearly twice as much as that Of San Fran
piSrn
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
The Czar Nicholas and the student.

OF the late Gar Nicholas, ga Russian
Nihilist' tells in the North American Re
view striking story. A young student,
a relative of the writer, had with a few
friends formed literary society in which
the works of contemporary political econ
omists, publicsts and philosophers were
read and debated. The secret police de-
nounced this society as a revolutionary
organization, and the young student was
imprisoned and condemned to Siberia.
Ali possible influence was brought to
bear upon the Gar, but in vain, and at
last the yuong mans mother, meeting
the Gar in the Summer Garden, knelt
and implored her sons pardon, asserting
his innocence. The Gar seemed touched,
and promised to give the youth person
al interview. The latter was brought to
His Majesty the next day, and the Gar,
forcing him to his knees before an image
of the Savior, exclaimed "Can you
swear before the Almighty God that
neither you nor your associates had any
criminal design against my life? Can
you swear that you believe in the
holiness and eternity of the Rus
sian autocracy?" The surprised pris-
oner answered 81 can swear to
your Majesty that neither nor any of
my friends had the remotest idea against
your safety. As to the autocratic form Of
government, ] can not conscientiously
swear that | believe in its eternity. The
history of other countries teaches us that
the time must come, even in Russia, when
the people itself will take part in its gov,
ernment." The Gar tenderly y embraced
the student, and giving him ring drawn
from the imperial finger, said: This is
a token of respect from your Gar. Yol
have been sincere and truthful to me
and there is nothing hate so much as
lie." He then approached the writing
table where lay the students sentence o
exile, and with one stroke of the pen
signed the paper! 81 pity you from tn
bottom of my heart" he said; "you ar
an honest man, and an honest man
true to his convictions, is NOR
dangerous to autocracy than an I'LL
principled rascal. Therefore, | mus
punish you, though never was this dut
more painful to me thannow. God bles
you, my son, and judge me mercifully
] should appear to be in the wrong,
Then once more embracing the student
he dismissed him to Siberia.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
An Indian Trophy.

Gen. Sheridan received last week from
Ben. Clark, the Interpreter and scout at
Fort Reno, a handsome Indian trophy in
the shape of bow arrows and CULVER
The culver is an unique specimen of In
dian art 1t is made Of a beautiful, soft
panthers skin, decorated with bits of red
flannel The tail is ornamented with
bead work, and the huge claws are pre-
served at the bottom of the bow case
In the culver are several arrows, which
are of Indian manufacture, with the ex-
ception of the heads, which are of iron,
made by Yankee machines and sold them
by the traders.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
The Gin innati Star.

THE DAILY STAR is served by carriers
to their subscribers in the City of Cincin-
natl and in all important Western cities
and towns for IL CENTS PER WEEK,
payable to the carrier Or the paper Will
be mailed, postage paid, to any part OF
the country for so CENTS PER MONTH,
$6per annum,
THE STAR is the only STRICTLY INDIE
PENDENT NEWSPAPER published in
Cincinnati. 1t is taken and read by
people of all parties and shades of opin-
ion, and it seeks to present the news OF
all kinds fairly and faithfully, with Jus
tice to all and with especial favor to none
THE WEEKLY STARS PER YEAR,
circulates in all parts OF the country, ana
is a first,class family newspaper.
ADVERTISING RATES-In Daily, 121s
CENTS per line, or 81 per square OF eight
lines, agate measure. In Weekly, ~
CENTS per line.
Address THE SIAk,
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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
LENT.

Said pious Georgiana Lane:
Throughout all Lent shall remain
From parties and from dances,
Nor latest fashions shall heed,
Nor hirt, nor dissipate, nor read
Romances"
Then while she vowed she'd see no Plays
The forty nights aud forty days,
She looked so meek and sanity
That uR unto the pretty miss
Her little brother ran and whis-
Pered family;
'Nou make nv heart with joy elate-
The good strive to initiate,
As mocking- birds do parrots,
On self-denial am bent,
And so Pll eat throughout all Lent
No carrots"
-EYonkers Gazette
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

WHILE the nation at large is enjoying
a justiiable pride in the rapid increase
of American exports, especially of food
products, complaints come from several
European ports that inferior grades of
goods, and goods badly damaged in cur
ing and shipping, are being put upon the
market This thing can not long be per-
sisted in without producing a disastrous
commercial revulsion. The American
Consul at Brussels writes to the State
Department that a large shipment OF
American hams have been seized in Bel
gium as entirely unfit for food; and he
states that he has reliable information Of
the frequent arrival at the various Euro
pean ports of spoiled American hams
and bacon as well as Of grain, and par
ticularly of Indian corn. Most of the
difficulty, he thinks, proceeds from lack
Of care in preparing and selecting these
articles for shipment. Direct fraudu-
lent intent is seldom manifested by the
shipper, but the effect is about as bad in
destroying the credit of American prod
ucts. A better and entirely uniform sys-
tenn of inspection must be adopted in
this country In the matter of grain
shipments there is no uniformity Every
eiH has its Board of Trade, grades regu-
lated by arbitrary rules, and almost ev-
cry exporter Or large dealer has his own
paid inspector, who is only responsible to
his employer. As consequence a GER
tifeate of inspection has no official char
acter in foreign markets, and in fact
means nothing 1t is recommended that
some system Of inspection having the
Government sanction be adopted as the
only way to give sanction to American
bills Of lsting, and secure that care in
shipments which alone will retain the
foreign trade.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
The Cost of War.

The Gazette de st. Petersburg, apro-
pos of the cost of the recent campaigns,
makes some. calculations of the cost in
blood and treasure of the wars of the last
twenty-five years. In the Crimean war
100000 lives were sacrificed; in the Ital-
ian war of 1859, $4,000; in the Schleswig-
Holstein war, 5000; in the Prusso-Aus-
trian war of 1866, $4,000; in the i'll
starred Mexican campaign, $4,000; in
the Franco-PrusSian war, 2l5,000, max
ing total of 1,14S,000, besides 100000
in our own great war.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

THE impression has long and generally
prevailed that all, or nearly all. the great
inventions and discoveries which con-
tribute to the profit or convenience Of
mankind in this nineteenth century civ
iiization of ours have, for previous ages,
been more or less known to and practiced
by the people of China. Recent investi-
cations, however, have proved this in
various instances to be erroneous. But
there are two kindred matters which, to
us on either side..of the Atlantic, are re-
garded as novel and quite wonderful,
having, in the one case especially, but
lately been opened to the mind of Chris
tendon, but which, as has been fully at.
tested, the Chinese have had extensive
knowledge Of for centuries before. Ref
erence is made to ''animal magnetism, y
so called, and "Spiritualisn.' The former
is found distinctly mentioned in an old
work in the antique Chinese tongue-s
copy of which is in the library of the
bfltls1 MuScuul--uttIIS Uduh. W tllt
misty dawn of our era somewhere about
A. D. 10000. This rare volume con
tains detailed account Of what we tern
"mesmerism," or an art exactly akin tc
it; Of the method of using it for the cure
OF diseases then in vogue, and which il
continued to the present time. The only
difference consists i'll that the operator i
invariably priest, who attributes, de
signedly or otherwise, the peculiar powe
which he may exercise to the direct in
flusnce of that one member of the innu
perable Chinese Pantheon at whose alta
he ministers. Another Chinese book, pub
lished in the year 1879, speaks qnmistak
ably Of what to us is known as spiritual
ism, and gives full description of "darI
scenes" as these were held at that perioc
in certain parts Of China proper. 4
medium" as in these later days, wa
always employed, with the same mean
and appliances with which OH
own modern circles are organized
and results precisely similar to til
manifestations that are obtained b
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
He Carried the Day.

Mamma, may go out in the back
yard?' asked little boy of his mother
the other day.
"No, you can not" was her icy rejoin-
der. IF you go out in the yard to play
with your sleigh you'll catch cold and
die"
ayes" said the little fellow, his face
frightening, "but don't want to play
with my sleigh; | only want to go out
and see the sick cat have fit"
His request was complied with.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

convent, man was found who had been
confined ON suspicion for forty
eight days. The window was
unglazed, but not large enough
to admit light. The room was very cold.
The straw on which the prisoner lay was
almost black with use, and his clothes
had not been changed since his confne-
ment. These are, it is to be hoped, sin
gular cases; yet it is in the general treat
ment of untried prisoners in Switzer-
land
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

INSTEAD of sitting helplessly down,
folding their hands and uttering a wall
of distress, the people Of Reno, Nevada,
are skipping as friskily about the ruins
Of their little city as ii nothing unusual
had transpired. They have telegraphed
to cities rendering aid that no relief is
needed, and, with spirit of self-rcliance
and determination which it is cheerful
to see, they are already clearing away the
ashes and rebuilding their houses.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

To afford immediate relief in asthma, try
Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, which acts
promptly by overcoming the spasmodic
contraction of the wind tubes, and by caus-
ing the election of the mucus which clogs
them. For whooping cough, Group and
hoarseness, this medicine is equally bene-
fetal; while for all pulmonary and
bronchial disorders, il is both a palliative
and a curative, and sure and prompt rem
edy for all stubborn coughs and colds.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
shreXydness and Ability.

Hop Bitters so freely advertised in all the
papers, secular and religious, are having
large sale, and are supplanting all other
of the Hop plant, and the proprietors of
these Btters have shown great shrewdness
and ability in compounding Bitters
whose virtues are so palpable to every ones
observation. Exchange.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

The importations of carpetings from
England in 1872 amounted to S., 600, 900,
while last year the imports in this line
were reduced to $3.50, 900. This falling
off is due to the improvements made by
the carpet manufacturers OF this coun-
try, whose productions last year
amounted 10 $31O. .0OO.O 900.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11
A Boys Novel Money-Safe.
[Poughkeepsie Press.

About two weeks ago, Freddie McDon-
aid, of Cold Spring, gave ii small copper
cent to one of his chickens, and the fowl
swallowed it as eagerly and speedily as
it would grain of corn. Last Tuesday
the chicken was killed and the cent found
in its gizzard, but it was worn so thin and
smooth that only a faint outline of the
head on the coin could be diseerned.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

Charles F. Stillman, Of Youngstown
O., and Ida NJ. Williams, of Elgin, ILL.,,
were married at 5 o'clock on Saturday
morning, in sleeping-car, while train
was being shifted in the depot in Harris
burg. Rev Joel Swartz, ID, oficiated
This is getting hitchcd on the wing, 50 to
speak.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

The Atlanta Constitution says the III
dorsement of the Hon. Alex. II. Stephens
is to cough sirups and liniments what
VIM. II. Vanderbilt's name is on the back
of a small promissory note.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

THE people of Ohio will hear with sim
cere regret that the Legislature expects
to be in session till the end of June.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

Col LEN. A. HARRIS announces that
he will not be candidate for Mayor
this fall.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-11

No CHANGE in the Speakership con-
test. Randall leads, with Blackburn
formidable second.