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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-12-24
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of
Rapides.
To James r. Ransaels, Clerk of the Dis

To James H. Ransaeu, Clerk Of the Dis
trict Court
A special term Of the District Court
in and for the Parish of Rapides is
hereby ordered to be held on the Sd
Monday of February, A. d. $780,
You will give notice of the same by
publication as the law requires, and
notify the Jury Commissioners of the
Parish to convene and draw Jury for
said special term. A jury will DO re-
quired for three weeks.
Thus done and signed in chambers,
at Alexandria, this the 18th day of
December, A. D. 1879.
w. F. BLACKMAN,
Judge 9th Judicial District.
Filed December 18th, 1879.
JAMES H. RANSDELL,
A true COPY: Clerk.
JAMES II. RANSDELL,
Dec. II, 1879. Clerk.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-12-24

in this Town, on the evening of
Wednesday, December 18th, 1879, at
the residence of the BRIDES father, by
Rev. J. B. Avenartl, MISS JULIA
HAYNES to Mr.. JOHN c. GOULDEN.
Hearty thanks, "friend jack" for
your kind remembrance of this office.
May your union prove the beginning of
a long and felicitous welded life, and
may the promised hopes Of "bright-
eyed Hymen" receive joyful fruition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
FOREIGN NEWS.

81. Petersburg papers deEy Ito! R-s;ia is
iBtgisuiog With AtgtsD;s:ar.
The Spanish rcpr, e:utaliyo at Vienna will
officially SIX tho hand Ct lho Archduohees
As!la Chrisllac 10 marriage fJr King al
ftnso.
Lee advice By NAL from tic west c,ast Of
Africa state that Dir. Henry II. Stanley, the
explorer, and his followers had arrived al Sitr:s
Leone from Bauzibar.
The Glasgow pig irCn msrsca is active, and
prices arc higher thar at ap7 tirc 6u,iag the
the p.sj eighteen mooths. Tie revival is al.
most all2!y due TO large orders from Ameli,a.
TIE rumor that the excursion steamboat Un
daunied, from Re nsgatc for the Isle of Wight,
had bsen run down, aud that all hands on board
labous ore hundred persons) were lost is with.
oat foundation.
The Chinese Ambasad0r at ST.. Pee :shu!g
ADD suite hsvo gone to L;7adiasto witt the Cz Ii
aud to exchange rstifcatIcns Ct tho treaty be-
tween Rulss'a end China, by with the latter
| acquires KuI6js The Ambassador will then
rciur1 to China, leaving permanent mssio1
at 81. Petersburg.
Tho International Exhibition ia Gyincy
New South Wales. is o great Success. Greal
Britaio has 500 Industrial exhibits ind 573 Of
Toe nr's. Germany has 69l c1ttits, and Aus
IRA 10. France has $50 industrial cEhitit9
and l6S OF fac arts. Belgium has 225 indus
trial exhibits AID 50 Of paintings. Anelic
| has 80 Industrial exhibits.
A private telegram from Havana sa!os lha
three slave boders OVERS Ct coo, 1000, sul
500 slaves, respectively, have cmalc;pate;
tteo, AID Contracted vi h them fur their ser
Vic,s 10: i've years, and that otLcc slave hold
er5 intend following their eXanp.u Tho Spin
$50 Go7tromeGt has decided to send fse dua
dred troops to Cuba forthwith.
Arrangements ale progressing fer G mas
meeting at hyde Park, London, Oh SATURDAY
| Mex, TO consider the present crave crisis, III
deuouoca the governments reckless ircapac.
ity," AID to demand on immediate arp.sl tt
The couotry. The Press Association under
stands that tho government seriously conlcGi'
plates sunmoSiog Parliament ca.ly 10 No
vemte:.
Geo. Baker, COMMANDING brigade of i2fsn
try, will probably attack Kusbi, ca The rou.,
from kobat TO CatuI, today. Resistance is cx
peoted. The f0rca uader Gen. Sir Frederick
Roberts. consisting of thTco blisGdcs, in oil
6 500 lacn, will DO supported by rescryt
force Of some 1900, under Generals God "
ADD Cough, holding the Khurum valley arr
nalotarinG the commentaries bet8cco tn,
advancing forces Gtd Northwestern India.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
. Walking Match.

NEW York, Sept. 25.-Hart stepped too
near tho rail this morniov AID turned tis apklo
end o'd y spEal0cd i. lie then retired. st
e q. 10. he camo out ard began wakirg, but
TIC pam OF lis ankle wa 50 great IS to cauS,
him TO icau against The columns ct tines fer
support. subsequently he linbered up, aod
nay yet capture fourth plsco 10 tic rsc4.. Pan
Chot, who has been sutf:liug good Gc,l dut.
Ing the Tight, has bssn Withdrawn frcm the
race. This morning Fsck: o. sept the Judges
wtrl TO mark Withdrawn over his name.
The sc,Ie at = O'Clock was: Westor, 29O
miles. : Laps; Ro1ell, $50 mites 5 lapi; H.z
ag!, 526 miles. 6 Iap.: Guyop. 3l4 miles, S laps:
Eaols. 213 miles. 7 laps; Merritt, $50 miles, .
laps Hart, 3O4 miles, lap; Krohoc, 272 miles,
! laps; Taylor. lGG miles. . laps; Ferdcrmcyer,
22j2 miles . laps.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25

The AMERICAN COLONY IN Brazil A let.
ter in the New York Herald gives doleful &C
count f tie condition of o number Of South.
eruers who, at the close of the war. emigrated
TO Brszii and settled around Santarem, on tho
Amazon, 500 CT eco milos from the scs. 1t
asserted that there is but one Industry that bss
ever prospercd sufficiently to SECURE the emf.
grants the pecessares Ct lite, and tina. is the
manufacture of cachu.a. kind of rum distilled
from ternened cane Juice. With few ex-
captions their food aad co,hiog arc of tho
coarscst kind. Many cn for ncnths With no
other food Than d,cd fish sad mondioca meal
AID perhaps some fui sud vegetables and CO.
casloneily little game CT salt beet dried 10 the
sue. The poores: laborer 10 tho United States
eau buy With his earnings nlrs luxuries 10
month for his family than oue sees 10 yer 10
any home, save tTo or three, 10 the colouy.
Even white bread aud butter aie too extensive
for most families. Tie rumbor who have ac.
tus!iy tc:tled at Ssaisr;m is gle; have left or
died slGce lj4; there are Ia the oo!ooy DOW Sc,
OF whom are children bo:u there ii; Of tie 2l0
original settlers there remain ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
COl0red EmIeraliou.

hANs!s CITY. No, Sept. 25-A convention
OF delegates from the Wysrdotte and Kansas
City relief committees rassed the following res.
Whereas We lave reason to expect rsrewsl
Oh tne emigration of coloted people from South.
eln 70 Nortfern States &C soon as restrictions on
travel are removed, and whereas the resources
81 Inc disposal OF the relief committee represent.
Cd IN this convention sle nearly exhausted, and
we feel our inability to furtherme et demands upon
tnem to csre for additional numbers of destitute
emigrsnts therefore,
resolved, Ths. with desirs 10 proven. want
ard tuderir amor the colored immirrsnts. w
hereby express our opinion That proper means
should be tsbeu to direct the tide OF immigration
lato other and older States where sucumulsteI
wealth and population sfford facilities for tbe cir
successful settlement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
EsiJCs. IL ZINC wv y EETe
THURSDAY EvsA'e.. SEPTEMBER Is.

As tn1cn ss southern republicans want q
solid North. ihog Hou!i rather not have il CO
the terms proposed By the radicals Of that
sfc:ior, who ecccc bat little chance OF break
iog The se,r;ed racks Ct IT., South, propose to
abandon a.! attempts 10 thu! direction, TO
leave tier frlerd5 there 10 t!ko clro ct thtm.
selves ss we'll as they can, and TO devote them
selves, and the money 10 The Treasury, to the
purpose Ct consolidating the y Jrth ald bring
Jag all the States OF lhst saclicn into the red
osl coIuno. rs BY the aid Of the South the
democrats tavo succeeded in resainiog both
branches Of Cocgrts', did eIec: their President
aud would have iosugurated lin If they had
p1fs.ssed lille more 'uraae, ard stand o
chaocs Of eect:Es the next oae, the radicals of
in, North Gre beennicg to think it would
have beer almost as well if their policy 10 the
'ar!y pert OF 1861, ss exposed by the phrases,
let her" (tbe Uoiou) side" "Woy9ard
S's'ess,' ttbs southern States) "depsrs il
',esce,' aid other equally Uoion loving expires
sicns, had beer csr,i,d Gu. The southern re-
pubIlcans, however, as is Datural arc utterly
opposed to aey such ideas, ard, as slated by
our Washington correspondent dsy or two
ago. viii Mt qlie,:y submit TO their adoption
Ihty are DOT mild ainered other ia their
opposition, tu; itraatcn to strike back if their
tsiends 10 the N)rth desert then a5 proposed
They demand q lair share. not o2lg tf the
othoes, tu: ct tho GIcoey lsken cut OF the
1r.a;uty fer tltc:ol purposes. cpd, haviDg
d:velon:d ia;o lEo staiHlrt degree CT radical
ism, sSscrs that by tie Us, Of s1ch iotinidatiou
as can be fsc!cd BY soldiers AID deputy mar.
shaIs at the rolls they would be eoabled to
emerge from !hslc piestLt in.isnGoarce aud
c,Ir7 several Ct the scu,heru States fer thair
for Wee Pies:d3Dt at he NIX; presidential
eltclioa. If their demands be rot granted they
threaten TO seod ;h:ir orators iuto the north.
cfn States 10 speak cut 10 meeting. tell the
truth about na !r:ud4 ~ VII CT Mr.. Hayes
succeeded 10 hciGX lj2u.u.ated, aad about the
Wsy the7 have b:cn treated ia order 10 uciet
his calm to the Presidency, md. tf;er tho
manner that tie Taunary democrats have
adopted in reference 10 the regular democratic
ticket in thu. Sisic. avail .ht msclyts Of all the
other mesrs &: their disposal TO defeat meas.
urcs calculated to secure q sold North, at
what they consider pl.tislIy ct lta,t, their
expense. |! the n)rthe:u radicals know as
much about their tliends 10 The South IS We
do they will tres! their threats as The lilo wind
and 90 or abou: ittir Gus D,ss. fer southtrn
radical IS about as 60 sc,ouI.' % icGividus
as CAD well be imagined
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
Louisiana Stafo BONDS

New YORK Sept. % AT Is mccicg yts
I,eIdaay at tho Bank o. New York of holders Of
Lculs ana State bonds committee OF ihreo
vas selected to devs, plan Tor the eoioytc
ment OF tbcir rights aesilst that State. A
large a1tu1t OF the binds was represented,
aud the members Of the committee, whose
nsues were DOT maGo public, ary said to be
largo holders. Tao bonds belong to the elias
OF c)1stlldated per cents. OF wt;ci III, total
Issue aucusts to Sl1,777,lOO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25

III, New York Tfituac has entirely forgot
ten Il { partial Iibe;a uy lhas it itdugtd 10
during the Greeley campais0, aud DOW rcad,
somewhat atitr the manner, though by 20
means with the bllty, i; cid Ia the cid aboliior
days. Acctriiog TO it the N3rth is now ltagued
with lana luhati.cd by thieves aud murdcr
ers, Of wiiich j! would b, w. to be shut" 90
alnCs' aay terms. The people Of the South,
as general thiny, ere we'll disposed 10 ward
thGt fel!ow citZars Of tie North, and earnestly
hope for the complete restoration OF the om!'y
lhst formerly existed bet wreo the t@o sectors,
ard 10 order that that feeling M continue it is
tJrtuoate that such irritating add iIceDdiary
news! speIs as Tho Trtuic gro road By
comparatively i;w ancug ltcn. 1o.Wth-
shading Tho efforts q: souc naive Vi,gIuions,
men who profess &C ro FIR the revival Of tie
friendship that vas on,e cherished between tie
North and the South, TO cxcud their c;,cll,
ii0r
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25

NEGRO SWINDLER "A few days sgo g
nsero man haling from Causda, appeared in
Winchester. calling himself Dr.. L. A. ABB
iogtoo. claiming TO b, regular graduate of
Canadian medicsl c)il,ec bad $40, coo 10
bank, and VAS io0kiog for 40 i6Y1s.meut. lie
found On old aequaia!anso 10 coored fellow
ci!lzsp, Billy Layton, who knew hin mapy
years ago in L7ccAburg. Finding that Billy
was poor 10 his old age. he kindly presented
him with check for $3.50 After looking
arouod he selected Two farms 10 Clarke c,uoiy,
had he deeds prepared, and was to have maid
the c. sh Oh Monday morning. He borrowed
Sl2 trem bis old friend Llyton, $50 from
Charley Brown, the barber, ard % Saturday
nlght be skipped. % Monday he had the
lmnudeace TO c.eersph to Brown to meet him
Ia BsrIyVil!e, whore he would arrive ON that
day with Two car loads of cattle 10 stock lis
tsEms. But Brown tcIegrlphed to the author.
J. tits Of Baltimore to arrest him, which. a; last
Y ,ac,ouuts had 10: been done, snd be is rrob,
ably seeklog IGvestnen.s elsewhere Billy
4 fa5y;on's check bas no: yet been cashed, and
p 2;o aud Brown would willi1gly cancel their
,.ms for the privilege of seeing the doctor 10
Sschester sgain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
sTccETs CP THE U.GI..

President Hayes gn4 l5rty ware greeted BY
large cro@Gs at u sly pieces 10 Kansas through
which they pass:d yos,es5sg.
Teu baw cases OF yc:ios fever we're reported
at Memphis ylttcrday, s?7en WtEc. ttuf
deaths were repor:ed, only Gee white.
The steamship Westphalia, whica arrived 10
New \ ok from Europe on Tuesday, brought
9 100 600 f':a1cj ard ,G42, 600 reichna!ka. or
S3,26l 800 10 gold.
The DomiGion Exhibition at Ottawa was
formally cpracd Yesterday By His ESceency,
Governor General GoG the Princess LOUISE.
There were 20 900 lc?plo pre:sGi.
Minor c. Kca,h & Co. nave scared he
contracr foT The c5nnetio1 Ct Inc Allan lc dI
sisico cf the Cls;a Rica R.ilfoad from Linen
to the capital. AboGt thirty three miles re-
,Oaio TO be done.
Ooe hundred Eaglish farmers have arrived
ct Mot t:ca! ca route Tor Li;tc Saskatchewan,
where they propose to settio. They bring capi
isl to tic saoua. Of $50 600. Among the
party arc 5oEs 0; Il lglish no6!cmcu.
Ihe murderer Whoslley, 10 Jail at Ptc.hcn
tas, Ark, convicted CT murder 10 Randolph
Circuit Court aud sci t}CceG to b, hanged, has
Committed sliail; by coy Starvation. He
stutbornly refused hli ic3d from the day OF
o.rinrrc r,til h, Gi.1
Th ...-l.o. -, nL, c,,., H.
n ~. Ht'etuste. d. 49, ho'a"Gto o''1o Az
as DG'ti, r,'snaa5' va ss'5 az 80 ~
M,, a to ~ ~.
49,. .la ."n'as p t H. g.
the first pr;&,. 7hioA will be decd & t, day.
II. iieive, EDITOR Of the Soci ard lsadi0g
U..Gah's Hss w.! 49, . 'io sona; 1t ooan
oolu a'c'H iyE ~ aUc@0 'atq1c ID uoLon o.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
letter from Eyarrenton,

Correspondence ct the AleZaGdria Gtz,tte.
WARRENToN. Sept. 24.--PubIi, speak, og
here Oh court Gay wa5 c succNs. Mr.. Royals
argument WIS cicsoig listened tc, and frequent
y spplauded. Gen. Pa7nc's was q pre5eula
ton of the debt paying side. ald was recsigcd
with enthusiasm, God ", o,uld MT bit ih
that Massey or Paul could have been psts,ni
TO have made tliDgS li7cior. But Reputation
doesn't thrive 10 Fauquier, aud is apostles
seek other ciime5 to spread their ac,d OF dis
honor Our pcop'c are thoroughly aroused to
tho Importance OF sustaining the settlement,
aud the chances arc that Mr.. John r. Carter,
OF Loudoua, VINO is opposing Capt. Matthew,
the Eoml1en tf the conservative party fer the
Senate. will have little cause for feeling rroud
FL er the VOC OF Fauquicr has been couated
A very pretty eIisode lif | nav so term il
10 the speaking Was Gen. Payns's aliu;ion 10
cx Gov. Smith, who sat near the sneakers
steud, aud now aad then, to assis! 10 c!irching
poiot. would ask sone question, always
Though 10 such way { $ to DO 10 nterru piion,
but rather help to thu speaker. Presently
some one sounded his name 10 the auliepc,
Quick es thought tue General turned to him,
atd. pal.log for moment, with eyes lighted
into glow By tho memory ofthc str rmy strug.
gle through which the aged patriot had passed,
exclaimed poiulioS to where he sat
70, Johu Of G:u5t, time houtr.d Lsrc!sl
Axe cannot wi;her, nor custom stale
His iofnlte variety"
The applause was mo:t hearty, anG dolt less
made the ex wargoTeroor feel god.
May oil your readers will douolsss enjoy tho
treat Of hearing Gca. Payne bsfors tho c,m
psign ends. lls is now aGeadias Cirsu. Couf5
10 vonr city.
No busiaess Of interest iraasnired ia the
County Court. 1t will hold II morrow IA !
nsXs dFy. ERIE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25

4 Rla MORTGAGE PAID Crs.-The Des
Moines loTs) Losder, September l5ta, saya;
"A thirteen million five hundred thousand dol
lar mortgage has been paid OF by tho Chicago
Book Island and Pacl. railros1, and the salts.
faction recorded in Polk county. On the LIT Of
Septenl Der, 1866. tho Chicago, Rock Island and
fac!tc Railway Company executed deed of
trust to John z. Stewart and VIM. a. Osborne,
Of the city CT New York. by which it conveyed
all the road constructed By ssid company, ali tho
cars, locomotives and furniture OF every descrin
tlon owned or controlled by that company, to
tecu1e the prompt payment st maturity of Ger.
tain series of bonds mentioned in the instrument
TO tho amount of SO 0C0 eco. this amount to te
increased 10 Sl3 500 eco ifthe rosd was extended
70 the Missouri river. AS the road was built 10
the Missouri river this vast mortgage was msde
Its one of the longest instr1ments in the re-,
eerde,'s books, and among ether things recites
thst 50 OO of internal revenue stamps were can
ce!lso upon It's execution. Thursday the relessa
was msdo in full By tho same parties, who T.
yesrs ago, TOOK the mortgage
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25

Thu Washinst5n correspondent Of !ho B.'ti.
mole American ssys that among the txhbits
ct the Potoma, Fuit Growers Fair 10 thlt
ti!y is "a rinS worn By John R,udolpa, tho
s!eutr Of the Declaration of Independence. :"
We have 90 dou5; tina. Mr.. Rudolph would
have signed the D.clara.ion it he had vote d
any consideration TO that Instrument at ih F,
tine il vas wr.tcc, 5u! his s!teniion was so
occupied at that particular period With master
ing The English alphabet, oli1e then oaly three
years old, that i: WAS utterly Impossible fer
lin 10 do so. ilogevtr ho didn't loss much
ty tbo wa,t 0! opportunity, for while macy cf
those who did sign it hav, goao into obscusity
$, dense that their namas tv.n arc l,st to
ninety nine huadr:d. OF their c3uptrynep.
his will be remembered and hoatr,d as long a.
the country has an existence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25

IMPORTANT GEclsGoS.-Judse Hughes recent.
y gaTo decision il bankrupt case which ia
osimport.nce to sl! psr.ias who have boon iato
bankruptcy.
When Wesson went into bankruptcy he was
indebted to = creditor named King by judg.
ment obtained in the State court short time be.
Wesson's bankruptcy no execution was issued
within Qua year from the rendition Of the iucR.
ment, and no action YVES taken to enforce tho
Judgment unit! this year, period of somo IN
years since Wesson's adjudicatIon as g bspkrunt
having elapsed. To the scire jacias issued by
the State court this year 10 revive the Judgment
the bankrupt made no appearance, and an exc.
cullon was Issued. Upon petition By the bank.
rupt for an Injunction the cour. decided that the
bankrupt having neglected and failed to entsr
the plea OF bankruptcy or to suggest his adjudi.
fcsilonn ss bankrupt in said sui. On .hs raid
seTse fac,as,. tho ssid Scire facias is vslid and
biz ding on the estate or said bsn krup. as il slso
the TIcri j0ciGS Issued thereon"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
CeIebrafIou

BALTIMORE. MD. Sept 25.-The celebration
o. the sem.centeDnisl of the establish ment Of
.ne paollc schools of this city, which was pos!.
place to-day at Druid Hill Park. '''A
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25

TUNNEL UNDER THE HUDSON BEGUN
1he Delaware, Lackawauua and Westero Rail
road Company 10 December of 1874 prtcared
40 INJUNCTION against the Hudson River Tuo.
uel Company, aud forced it 70 suspend opera
items at no shaft il hat heguo 10 si5k at tho
foot OF Fifteenth Street, Hobokeu, N. j. The
matter has been 10 the Nea jersey courts si5ce
that lime, and the hands of the ,uouel ccn
paoy were completely tied until Monday last,
when Chancellor Kenyon formally dissolved
tho iniuuotiuo, settlement bavios b3eo ar.
ll7ea at between the parties Interested, The
work On the tuuuel has already been recon-.
menosd. aud, it is said. will DO prosecuted &c.
ergetioally.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
SeTi0US accident

new York, September 25.-At fire in \
liquor s!oro IL west o.iie:t street this mornior.
Mrs: Schws6 aad te7 cen ia jumping from tha
window were caught in the h.mr. and iliureG
p:cbab fatally.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25

CARRIED His Own Pea. The fvl;ow,c
story is told 10 the Gentleman Magazine "A
friend Of min, travelling aIoot with compan
loo through The groeD lanes tt the Midland
countries. camo untx oect,d'v upon c)uutry
rec, curse, n I'd found in crc portion of the
ground thiublerg establishments il rui! work.
10 spite It remons rIucss his compaUiou, e.
thorough n!sdolp, whom will call 4, insisted
en- Observing the game Would the gent like
10 bet c:owo he could fad the little rel ? said
the expstt. Agreed, WAS the answer. Tic
money en- both si}ea WIS deposited, Gad a,
lifting Up the thimtl', pointed cut the rtqair-
ed pea aud took tho stskts. \ second bet,
'd?ubio o: quits, eldoi, 10 The obvious sur
prise o: the Cih ,a,or ct the b;a5d, 10 III. same
result. A thiri bet, "a pouod or nothing
stea3ied the nerves OF the loser aud tho Tick
was accomplished with nu,h cilcums2estion.
Again A lifted Up a ii i ntl, aui showed the
pea, taking O.! tas sam, timo the STAKE. IS
help me, cto., ssii thn heSildered artist, i
Giln't pa. i. there No said The wiorer,
rctreaiing with the eroil oftho ws.; I always
carry my oWa pee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
AltcrcatiOE.

New York, Sept 2j.-Au alteration eud i
Ing 10 blows took place lsst evening al tho Fifth
Avenue Hotel tctwtc1 cx Uoi,cd States
Treasurer John G. Nea aud George ?. Bis
sell. banker, OF Hartford, Coru. / grew Gu.
OF an alleged charge By tho latter Of breach Of
contract, which charge Dir. New demanded
SHOULD be Withdrawn. Ga bis refu:a to do 80
last evening, i; is stated that New assaulted
Bisse!l. striking him 10 the face. The parties
Vera separated before any further violence was
Committed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-25
To the editor of the alexandria Gazette

You seem not to b,io a good humor With
tho Secretary Of tho Nav, and take the op.
portuuliy of giving him dig when ever you
can. His piece CT pleasantly with Li,uteuaut
Governor Woodford about the liHo!s, il cx-
plsllcd, oppreheEd would DO of 90 sc,ount.
1t ne offered ,bcm at all apprehcud they were
his owo private properly. AS regards the
steam yacht. tho WsshinQton Post CT yesterday
says there is not word of truth 10 it. And so
tgces. You seem to throw c,ld water On bis
etlrta TO Set apprentices for tho navy and 50
lnslly to mau the navy with American born
s'amGr: II he is able, and | hope be may b.
l. viii be bright feather in his cap, and when
he re'lrcs from the Navy Department it will be
With the good will Of tho American people,
Democrats and Republicans Let mo tell YOU
piece Ct news. Whatever Secretary Thorn o.,
sln asks for ho will get from both parties. He
will have 20 deficiency bills.
IA SAILORS Son"
A!eyandJia Snnl %
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Ut1tcG.

BRIrGEroRT. CoSN.. September 25.-Ihs
coroner Try have acquitted Mrs. Lauostu,y
of criminal responsibility for tho murder of her
husband.
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COMMERCIAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, Sept. 25.-The mar
ket TO- day opened weaker and lower, with de-
cline corresponding to TINT in tho other markets
Flour is without change Tho receipts Of
Wheat are good, and 1853 bushels were offered
and sold at rs. l20, l2. 122, l25, l26. l27. 12s
and l2a, IS to qus!i!y-thoush the latter prices
were for fancy lots OF Lancaster, and considered
outside quotations. Corn is essy, with sales
of $50 bushels at ST. 81 add So. No Rye
81 and s.
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DIED.

On Wedncadsy evening, ct o click, PAUL..
son OF james +. ard Msrin q. Pey ton, eyed 3
years ard month. ~ The funers! will take
place from the residence OF his parents, On Com.
metce street, near West Tomorrow morning. st
10 O'clock. The friends and scuusintsuces OF
The family are invited 10 sttend.