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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-23

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS-Tho Sunday
schools It tbs city arc ali actively making Prep
aIa'l3rs itr Their Christmas celebrations which
bid lair this Year 10 equal those Of any previous
year, add will no DOUBT 90 very interesting.
HE celebration of Christ Church Sunday
scH@ol will take p!Ace 10 m0lrJw cvauins at
haIf pas, four ocIcck.
The s: c:rd Presbyterian Sunday school will
hold iclt celebration to morrow evening at six
o'clock.
ito NJ. f Church South Sunday school
etlohratitn takes place 90 Monday night.
The Celebration OF the NJ. L Church Sunday
school takes place on Christmas night. !
The u ,lun Presbyterian Suoday schoul will
htld ti'cir cclcbtation on Friday night next
The ctle; r,lioD at til, Baptist Church takes
piaco It-hi.h Ii! week.
TIE celebration Of me Su0day school ut St.
FauS church will take place to MORROW after.
h0on, Al four o olI ct.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-23
AUCTION SALES.

SALE OF VALUA.
~ BILE Landry virtue Of decree pro.
nounced by the Crcui. Court CT Prince William
county, at the November special term, 1870,
hereof in The ctsncery suit Of Stonnel vs.. Ston.
ell, The undefs; gned, special commissioners
tn erein named will Offer for sale st public auc-
ton, before the front door of the court house of
the said county, on MONDAY, the 9th day Of
January. 1880, Chat being Court day that VAL.
VA BIE FARM. situated in The said county,
called 'NEABSCO," containing about 613
acres. This farm ies on the Nesbsco run, about
one half mile from Neahaco Mills aud postoffce;
it is heavily timbered and has on it COMMO.
DIOlJS DWELLING aud sll necessary out
house 8, we'll foncod aud in good state of cult
walton. It bas on it also O VALUABLE
SLATE QUAkKY, which has beau extensive
~ woIk ed siuce the WAT.
Terms of Sale: Ono third Of the purchase
money in cssh, and the residue in three equal
payments at oncr two and three years. with to-
terest from day Of sale, the purchaser executing
bonds, with approved security, for the deferred
pay raents. and the title to be retained until tho
whole Of the purchase money s paid.
Mr.. Richsrd Stonnell, livinx on tho premiges
will tako pleasure in showing tbs farm 10 any
person Wishing to purchase
a plot OF the fam may b. seso al the oflics Of
John h. johnson, esq.,, Alerxadria, Va
JOHN vi. JOHNSON
Il. h. MEREDITH, oo9@ rs
VIM. u. LlP5COAR, OF Sale'
Piiace William county, dec Its
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-23

H'iiiST HAT. BANK OF AnEXA., Va.
Tbs AI.nua! election Cor DIRECTORS Ct this
l:Eni: WI BE- held al tho EanSing Rouse, 90
TUESDAY, January l3.h, 1850 hetxro,; the
hours q: u ard o'clock
dec 49, ChAS. *. EO0FF, Cashier,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-23
Two TEX TRADE.

Iii h"nHS TIN uuRNS,!!
= TIN iiOENS!!l
We hGEo OF hpnG q lsrca stock Of Christie. 90
horns. Ghoy are we'll sossoaed and will kInw
easily. MCLkAN 6 UHLER.
dec42-3s tx X;nn co.,
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
MEMPHIS AND THE VEIL
 LOW FEVER.

Since the weather has become warm the question has been asked us several times by persons who do not have the opportunity of keeping posted by reading the papers, "Is there any yellow fever Tn Memphs"' To all such we say No! Neither do the people of Memphis have any ap. prehensions of being visited by it this season. It would be something entirely new in the nature and histo " of the disease for 1t to exist and prevail as an epidemic for two con- secutive years at the same city Lightning, it is said, RARELY ever strikes twice in the same place; yel- low fever NEVER strikes twice in sue. cession in the same place. We should have no more fear of visiting Memphis now than we would oi Cleveland or Chicago Persons who have business there may go with out any fears whatever.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
OFF DUTY.

The "sure enough editor picked up his grip sack and hied himself away to the meeting of the Arkansas Press Convention last Monday. He expects to be gone some two or three weeks, but the readers of the DEMO GRAF will lose nothing as the paper is left in the hands of 'pro tenn" who will, no doubt, give our readers a better paper than they have had. We only fear that after reading after our pro tenn week or two our read CTS will wish the "sure enough" ed itor would remain away all the time. Be that as it may, we now bid our readers adieu for short time, wish ing each and all health, happiness ard prosperity.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
SOLD OUT.
The Joplin Railroad Company
 Knocked into a Cooked Hat.


 We regret exceedingly to learn that all the hopes which our neigh bors of the northwest have so fondly cherished in regard to the early rail road communication with the outside worlk, are doomed to disappoint- ment, and that they now seem as far as ever from attaining the object ol their hopes and aspirations.
 The following from the Alma Her aid is had news to us, who had SC fondly hoped soon to see the iron horse course his way over the blue Ozarks:
 We have just received news which justifies us in saying that the St Louis < San Francisco R. R. has bought out the Joplin Railroad which has been so much talked oI by our northern neighbors, and it is now probable that the road will not be built for q number of years.
 It seems that there is many sllp between the cup and lips.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, May 21, 1879.
 Through the kindness and liber- ality of Rev. Dr. Sears, general agent of the Peabody Education Fund, 1 have succeeded In engaging the ser vices of Prof. John J. Ladd, of Vir- ginia, for the Normal District Insti- tutes required by section fifteen of the school law. He will arrive at Little Rock on the l6th of August, and remain in the State for several months. He is a scholarly gentle man, a forcible and attractive speak CT, entirely familiar with the ma chinery of Public Schools, and thor oughly conversant with the latest and best methods of teaching. In a private letter to me Dr. Sears says: Prof. Ladd is many-sided, lively, inspiring, and valuable and safe guide. He belongs to the present age as to all school Improvements"
 Distinguished educators and speakers are under promise to de. liver addresses, and assist in making the institutes occasions of interest and profit. 1 sincerely trust that 1 shall have your hearty cooperation in this important department of ed ucationational effort. I am in cor respondence with County Examiners and will publish places and dates al an early day. Very respectfully,
 JAS. l.. DENTON,
 State Sup't of Pubhc Inst'n.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
THE FORCE OF HABIT.
The following from the Wash ington Post is good:

The following from the Wash ington Post is good:
 People become so accustomed to the luxury of grumbling during the long period of very hard times that they find it impossible to dispense with that pleasing pastime, now that better days have come. It is mo- ticeable that the habit obtains among the wealthy to a greater ex- tent than among the very poor. 'Don't tell me about "good times, D says Mrs. Snodgrass, as she clasps her jeweled fingers in affected agony, leans back against the heavy bro cade of her fateuil. and with pain ful corrugation of brow glances at the ormolu clock on the marble man tel, "don't tell ME that these are good times, for I know the full meaning of hard times, and all that the term implies. Why, it was only yester- day that my husband told me that if things didn't get better before next winter he might be driven to -.-yes absolutely driven---to hypoth- ecate some of his stocks. Don't ex- pect me to be cheerful, my dear; don't ask me to believe in good times, when hypothecation ac- tually stares me in the face" And then the great tears rolled down over her powdered face, leaving trail like the rolling of molasses barrel over the bealtiful snow.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
The progra mme of Commenc

The program mme of Commence ment exercises at the A. I. U. em- braces a debate upon this interesting and important question: Resolved, That the United States troops should be used to keep the peace at the polls" If the boys feel disposed to plaglarize on this subject, what a fine chance they will have.
 We regret exceedingly that the place of meeting of the Press Asso- citation was necessarily changed from Pine Bluff to Little Rock. The dis appointment to the Pine Bluff peo- pie was also great, for with hospi- tality and generosity almost un- bounded they had made every prepa- ration for the reception of the press gang, and had thrown thelr doors wide open to admit Us.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
Judge Baxter, of the T. S. distric

Judge Baxter, of the U. s. district court, rendered decree on Monday last, that city cannot commit sui eide by changing it's name. He held:
 First-That the act of the legisla- ture, repeating the charter of the city of Memphis, is absolutely unconstitu- tional and void.
 Second-That the act creating the taxing district is likewise absolutely unconstitutional and void.
 The case bringing up the question before the court, will go up through all the higher, courts, and the fnar decision Is looked for with great interest. He further held that if the acts were constitutional that the acts were intellectual to prevent the col lection ofthe debts due by the city of Memphis through the federal court.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
What the Press is For.

The Springfield (Mass) Republi- can, combating certain theories of the Worcester Spy, lays down the following very correct doctrine as to the sphere and mission of the press:
 The great end of newspaper is publicity, and publicity is one of the greatest moral restraints and moral remedies of modern society. An independent and thorough going agency of publicity IS worth more to community as a restraint upon wrong doing than rows of policemen. The law recognizes its force when it requires the real estate owner who leases hls premises for traffic in intoxicating liquors to give his as sent thereto over his own signature in an office of public record. Tie right of publicity is what the Re- publican aims to exercise, and with out which this journal would be shorn of all it's essential capabilities to serve the public. The Spy twad
 dies about the Republicans assump- tion of being "prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner." It is cer
 tainly highly fattering to our ''theo- " of journalism that it should lay us open to denunciation as analogous in function to the judicial machinery of the most highly organized modern state-the organism by which society attempts to do justice between man and man. But the comparison was not intended to be Complimentary, and cetainly is not graphic. The press is none of these thlngs-cer- tainly not judge or jurymen. It bears more analogy to the witness, who is more essential to the case than all the mechanism of the courts. lii is its character for integrity of judgement and veraclty which gives weight to public journal with pub lie opinion. The function of wit ness was exercised long before there were courts and lawyers, and ex- tends to great variety of matters which courts and laws do not recog- nize. It Is as witness to the ''wrong doing that the law knows not" that the press las most sig nal.y served civilization. It was by its power as witness that it overthrow Tweed years before he was reached by the machinery of justice-he never would have been reached at all by that machinery if the press had not exposed his crimes beforehand. It was by such publicity that the political scandals of the past ten years at Washington were attached to those guilty Of corruption. Without it, the Cakes, ,Ameses and Blaines never could have fallen under the condem- nation they deserved. To denonnce the press as no better than the or ganized machinery ofthe courts is at best ingeniously severe, but it will not be just until the press assumes that sanction and authority which organized government does assume, and then exercise it's functions by the nlce rule of precedent and tech nicality, such as often defeats the ends of justice under its own roof.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
Confessions COncerning the EX-
 odus.

The New York Tribune continues it's interesting and instructive con fessions concerning the exodus. This is the latest: This week $ reports show us that the negro em. igration into Kansas is settling down precisely as any rational obseryer could Lave foretold at the outset. There is much suffering among the emigrants, and there will be much more when winter, with climate and privatons of which they know noth- ing, is upon them. There is scaut welcome for them Tn any of the towns; naturally no struggling com munity wishes to be drowned in q food of pauperism. There Is q great deal Of windy sympathy for them among the people who make 1t a point of conscience to indorse the negro, right or wrong, but so far very little money or practical help has been sent from this class. All southerners are not Legress. There are kind, just, christian em- ployers in Mississippi as in Kansas, and these working people, if they know any such, should have stayed where they were or go back as socn as possible. As for the political as sociation in Boston winch now claims to have been the motive pow CT in sending these hordes away from their oppressors, what is it doing to feed and clothe them now that it has set them adrift? Money was always forthcoming when need ed to flood the south with agents and circulars, but now that these help less creatures are starving and dy- ing of disease, we have not heard of dollar contributed from tLat source"
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
THE INDIAN COUNTRY.
Interesting Information in Re- gard thereto, from a Relia-
 ble Source.

We have received from an anony- nous source well gotten up map of she Indian Country, with the appen- ded correspondence printed on the margin thereof.
 The author of the map and letter, Col. E. c. Boudinot, is we'll sriown throughout the whole United States, as one of the most prominent and gifted men of the Cherokee nation and the information contained in his letter may be relied upon as being correct and authoritative. We are much obliged to the sender, whoever he may be, for this useful and inter- esting map. The following is the correspondence:
 BALTIMORE, March 25, 1879.
 Dear Sir: In the Chicago Times of February 7th I noticed a commu- nication of yours in which you state there are several million acres of land in the Indian Territory which have been purchased by the General Government from the Indian tribes thereIn, and that they are now a part of the public lands of the United States,
 This article has been extensively copied and commented upon by the press east and west, causing great and growing interest on the part of thousands for further and fuller in- formation, to meet which will you please give answer to the following questions:
 l. AS to exact amount purchased.
 2. From what tribes bought.
 3. Its situation in the Territory.
 1. As to the Governments title, if free from restriction, if not, it's na- ture; or was the land so bought pur- chased with the intention of it's use in settling other tribes, to be brought into the Territory, upon 1t.
 5. State the nearest point, reached by rail, to such lands: or if they are on, or near, the surveyed line of the Atlantic and Pacific road; or how far from it's present terminus. 1 6. Where can accurate maps of the Territory, showing location and boundaries of said purchased lands, be obtained?
 An early answer, covering above questions, and such other informa- tion as in your judgment would be of help and interest, is requested. AUGUSTUS ALBERT. l No. North Howard St. 1 To Col. E. c. BoUDlNoT.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
No. 4 North Howard St. To Col. E. c. BoUDlNoT.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31, '79. Hon. AUGUSTUS ALBERT, No. North Howard St, Baltimore, Md. Sir: Your letter of the 25th inst, making enquiries concerning the lands belonging to the United States, situated in the Indian Terri tory, is received.
 1st. In reply, I will say that the United States, by treaties made in 1866, purchased from Indian tribes, in the Indian Territory, about II, 100000 acres of land.
 2d. The lands were bought from the Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws and Chickasaws; the Cherokees sold no lands by their treaty of 1866.
 The Creeks, by their treaty of 1866, sold to the United States 3,250,560 acres, for the sum of $975,16S. The Seminoies, by their treaty of 1866, sold to the United States 2,169,0SO acres, for the sum of S235, 1862.
 The Choctaws and Chickasaws, by their treaty of 1866, sold to the United States the "leased lands lying west of 9S degrees of west lon gitude, for the sum of $300,000. The number of acres in this tract is not specified in the treaty, but it con tains about 7,000,000 acres. (See l4th vol. Statutes at Large, pages 756, 769 and 7S6.)
 Of these ceded lands the United States has since appropriated for the use of the Sac and Foxes 479,667 acres, and for the Pottowotomies 575,S77 acres making total of |, 055, 544 acres. These Indians occu- py these lands by virtue of treaties and acts of Congress. By an unrat- flied agreement, the Wichita Indians are now occupying 743,6l0 acres of these ceded lands. l presume some action will be taken by the United States government to permanently locate the WiChltas upon the lands they now occupy. The title, how ever, to these lands Is still in the United States,
 By executive order, Kiowa, Co., manche, Arrapahoe, and other wild Indians, have been brought upon a portion of the ceded lands, but such lands are part of the public domain of the United States, and have all been surveyed and sectionised.
 A portion of these 100000 acres of land, however, has not been ap- propriated by the United States for the use of other Indians and in all probability never will be.
 Sd. These unappropriated lands are situated immediately west of the 97 degrees of west longitude, and south of the Cherokee Territory. They amount to several millions of acres, and are as valuable as any in the Territory. The soil is well adapted for the production of corn, wheat, and other cereals. It is un- surpassed for grazing, and is well watered and timbered.
 The United States have an abso- lute and unembarrassed title to every acre of these l4,000,000 acres, unless it be the 1,054,544 acres now occu pled by the Sac and Fox, and Potto- wottomie Indians. The Indian title has been extinguished.
 The articles of the treaties with the Greeks and Seminoles, by which they sold their lands, begin with the statement that the lands are ceded ''in compliance with the desire of the United States to locate other In- dians and freedmen thereon"
 By the express terms Of these treaties the lands bought by the
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05

Charlie Ross father is hanting him in South Carolina.
 All the Georgia four per cents have been sold.
 Wheat harvesting has begun in southern Texas.
 Over $11, 100000 back taxes are due Tn the state of Louisiana.
 The flood damaged Houstin, Tex as, to the extent of $l25,000.
 Tame deer stroll at will through the streets of Terrell, Texas.
 There are twenty-three daily newspapers published in Texas.
 Nachez claims that she is the cleanest city in the United States.
 It is Stated that 1,500,OOO pounds of rice are produced in Florida. A deposit of potash and gypsum X has been found on lake Jesup, Tex as.
 Confectioners are now making such a good imitation of cherries that there is no further use for the fruit itself, and cherry trees can take rest.
 There are ten shades of red this season in woman's toggery and 347 shades of blue about the husband and father, who foots the dry goods and millinery bills.
 We are fickle as people in our love of popular songs. We first ad mire, then run the thing in ths ground. Finally we wind up by abusing the author.
 A henpecked husband said In ex- tenuation of his wlfe's raids upon his scalp, You see, she takes her own hair off SO easily she dosen't know how it hurts to have mine pnlled out"
 The watch dogs honest bark is all right. It's sure sign he is get ting ready to dig for a safer corner and needs Encouragement. It Is the silent dog which gets in his work.
 No matter how good natured 2 man may be, he will invariably eF mad when he discovers that there is no towel in the room and is com pelled to dry his face on the bed quilt.
 The late Mir. Powers of Phladcl- phia, always insisted on having Sl0O. 900 surplus to his bank account So do we, but the bank people don't appear to pay much attention to | it.
 An Idaho gentleman stripped him self hung his apparel on the SAW buck, and retired on pile of cord. wood. His mistake was discovered by his wife, who overhead him qus reling with an imaginary old woman about there not being cover enough on the bed
 Early Thursday morning last, colored woman, living in our city, Charity Clay, arose and complained of having a shght head ache, but cooked breakfast for her family as usual, bat few moments afterwards fell dead on the floor Heart dis ease is supposed to have been the cause. The day before she had worked all day in the field near town, and was very industrious woman.--Soulhern Standard.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
~------------7s-l-z- CIRCULAR LETTER..
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following circular;
 TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
 OErtCr nIa GEf,D tsuApv
OFFICE OF SECRETARY.
WASHINGTON, May 26, 1879.

z
 WASHINGTON, May 26, 1S79.)
 "Holders of called bonds which mature before the 1st of July next are requested to send them to the department tor payment during the month of June. In this way. hold. CTS of such bonds will receive pay ment for them, with interest to ma turity, before the bonds. mature The large payment of called bonds to be made in January fully occupy different officers of the department in that month, and preference in the order of liquidation will be given to maturing bonds rather than to bonds past due, the holders of which have failed to present them for payment All United States bonds forwarded for redemption should be addressed to the Loan division, secretary's ofllce;' and all registered bonds should be assigned to, 'The secretary of the treasury, for redemption. When parties desire checks in pay ment for registered bonds drawn to any one but the payee they should assign them to the secretary of the treasury for redemption on account of owner or owners, giving name or names thereof, as it is impossible to notify directly holders of such called bonds. The press of the country is respectfully requested to give publicity to this notice, that there may be no delay in the pay ment of bonds, that an accumulation of money in the treasury may be avoided.
 (Signed) JOHN SHERMAN"
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
- - If Mir. Hayes' ideas are

If Mir. Hayes ideas are correct if the military is superior to the civil authorities; if it requires feder- al marshals at the polls to preserve the peace which civil authorities of the States are unable to preserve; if the President can with any show of justice, fairness or decency, impede the needed legislation of the Nation al Congress to prevent the repeal of laws necessary to secure the perpe- tuity ofHIs party, if the people of these United States endorse such Ideas as these, then EMPIRE is near at hand; and if people have got so blinded by partisanism as to drit thus easily from the true ideas of republican government, we do not know 1.-the best way to bring them to their senses wouldn't be to give them empire until they get their fill oft.
 James l.. Denton, State Super intendent of Public Instruction has given notice that Normal District Institutes required by section 15 of the school law will be held at the following places:
 First Judicial District-Helena.
 Second district-Poeahontas.
 Third Batesville.
 Fourth Bentonville.
 Fifth district-Dardanelle.
 Sixth district-Lonoke.
 Seventh district--Hot Springs
 Eighth distrct-Arkadelphia.
 Ninth district--Prescott.
 Tenth district--Arkansas City.
 Eleventh district--Plne Bluff.
 Twelfth district Fort Smith. (Dotcs not yet lixed,)