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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
S'e't.GS3 EaSS.

IN CUNS4QuHNGE Of GnG iCA AID
ia. ITO pa:Ic1s aill no: 10 te'd-e1, tho 5cs:s
OF .ho POTOMAC f4EGY CO. will -g4 s.
follows On AID .r.e. Doconb:; -, ISIS;
LEAVE ALEXANDSiA. 9: 80. 30 aid
II 90 8. n an:, %. SO and ) 20 u. n.
LEAVE WASalEGTJN At 0a2, . Sc a'.;i
u 80 g. H., so6 2 50 a &C srd o}p. y. I'ec2i
AsUMrriCN OF ROUTE.
On and After THURSDAY. fcoruary l4ta,
1878, tho steamer 4 ATT Z. , ., ysn:2!a
Wm. g. B5les, viii be run SIS follows.
Leave Alexandria EVERY MONDAY,
THURSDAY aad SATURDAY, from King
street wharf, ct hsii.psst seven oclocA
q. NJ, fer Landings CT the Potomac Is e. dos4
is NoIaini. Leave Norini EEEhI TUES,
DEFY end FRIDAY &Uk&iliG, 81 { o'c!ocS
fur VI Washington, arriving es.iy the ss:C3 eS 81
ing. Freight received Gsiiy.
feb II !. BKODENo G Co. Ase-.s.
INLAND s. SEABOAHD CCASTlNG: 20.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
Opening and CLOSING of the Maiis.

CLOSING,
Washington, D. g., North and Northeastern
mails IL In. sid S 90 y. II.
Western msi!s 20 and 8 80 p. n.
Southern msi!s via Richmond. Va, e0O A.
m. and 90 p Il.
South western mails. vis Lyrchburg, Virginia.
Through mail CO q NJ. end co p. n.
AleIsndris to lynchburg. w, (way msilsl
including through mails, 6 90 8. nj. Dsnville.
Va, &C z.
Msnsssss Division % 8 10.
Alexandria to Round Hill, Va, 8 % 8. IN.
OPENING.
Northern and Western mails, via Washing
ton, D. G.. 80 8. II. and 2 co and 8 % no.
Southern mails, via Richmond, Va, 8 81 q N.
and 90 p. n.
South western mails via Lyncbburg. Virginia.
Through msiIsl 20 q. m. and 10 p. m. DON
vile, Va, OPP m.
South western mails. including way mails on
Midland Railroad 8 80 q. N. Nanassas Divls.
lon 30 .. %.
Round Hill to Alexandria, Va. so p. In.
Office Hours-Cfice opens ct 8 80 o. ~, and
closss at co ?. n.
sundsy Houre-Ofce opens at So g. No., and
closes at 8 80 s. N.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
1878 CHEAT lS7 .
:HyLV ANA ROUTE

1878 GREAT IS7 .
*ayLV ANiA EOUTE
10 raS 4UHTa WEST < SOUTH VEST
DOUBLE TkAGk,
$TEhL HAIhT, 5 r.! tni! ;, !; SC ~.
ROY. 10 1875? . ?. n.
-:M0HE s POTOMAC HAlLEOAD, cor
az. u :;,v:h .nd B it; ,ets, ss follows:
EG; Haiis So" Turk ani the East, 100 SGD
lJl5 D. Z, I.:iy, viii. Ps!sCa Cara. Linn
l.:t tzpccs. II Pullman Psrlor Cars 81
e.. daily Except Sunday. Fox Pnilsdolpa;s
$50 T.. u. daily.
.:9r pt.s5ars and tie Wez: To- 10 g. z. daily, VIII
EarjoE Cars - Pi::shu:S; I.aJ p. N. d"li7
~. t'ai.ue C3f 10 Chicago.
gg5 CsIsn,!si!,uE ard tbs Hc::a, 40 Il
j.i!.g, ;xoop; ;;n:07;isy, with pslaso ca: 90
prcsGt i55'.i.tsr,
SCR Baltimore 1:G. &.25. 8 SC Ind 1910 8. II,
i.:i. u, ) 81, 7.iU a:ii III. 10 p m. On SAN
t%g 10 10 4. "a l. 80. So, ~ and TO- Is D. Ii.
oJLa.l TEE-!N3.
Eor 4iicxaldci: {, Is, 6, j. Il ani Ii g. L., IA
is , 49, :, Go :, ind ll.30 u. n On
SG1G~va r nj, so1 is eHd ?. Il.
Fans ie,v1 AiaxsnGr!a tor Washington, t.l5,
is Sc, 400. - arG Il s.n.,i, ), Az. g. els
I'D >. -. 81 : II Z sEI.
IN :;.an; u; T. ~ :,:ia ~ r. "a. pnd 10 ,. IL.
Qu.a.ico sad Bach .noai will leave AlaIsE-
cir:. 4: :. 10 =. r.. and s 80 p. H. daily.
! Ij@Eu:a .Gt Information Gsn &c procured t
U:.c&...; :a::-o&5 s.atio1E and ticket office
:;ua.aae,; L. J.. FARMER,
Gsn'l. Pss.engo. Agent
| EH&:,k THOMSUN
Isatfai NEnseer. noT9
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
:.a-sEIGGrO>; s. UuIc RAILROAD
WINTER ARRANGEMENT

Be.iIu;ng OcL 4. ISIS.
G.G y All. IEAlN viii lsaye Washington
a. " ~ l. Il. si4i Alexandra IL Us g. II. daily.
cIcop. SUNDAY pGss Lco3aure, going west.
"eg::i. g.sii ~ =. ~, aA1 arlive .. Eoucd Lii
>. i -. Leave 1.1;.ad Hill CT 1880 p. NJ. pass
Aozsouis. cong eastward, s. l IL D. H., end sc.
rIe :; AiGZaaGria s. 3:l5 ?. IT,, snd e.
Wa= hlyLoI $3.50 2. II.
cag ACCOM- XODATIGS TRAIN will
iGGTa Washington at - p. ia, and Alexandria
n: i - y. IL. ca.l?, except Sunday, end arrive
=: Loeslury - i ~ =. l.. Leave Leesburg 81
% j.. -Gd arii7U a. alexandria 1t Is Il. IN.
SD Eas!.!Hs .r4 L. . &c a, -.
IF Passengers from ~ sshrgtOC viii .sAe
..o Washington a.:6 Chic aars 9. tao Baltimore
= Potomac Eslrc.t station st9 II a. N. AND AS
,..a,., and 20 through wtthcu. change CT ca: 3,
Tic 2.oj an. .rsu it0Ta GiexenGrls and Il. 3.
=, &C. ::aiL Tr0Ia ho"Rl Elli counect Ct Round
I'll with Ea7Tis' Daily Limo Ut Coacno:
!5r 3nick9isviile: Bc:ryville aud Winchester
slGo with HcanIcr's Line CT Cosches, which leave
Lcesburg daiIy for Aide and Middleburg.
Both trains westward ,msko close connections
E. Viennn, with Sissou'g Limo OF Stages FOR Fair.
fhI Court House
Communication s;cGc!s, 8 cts. per mise
AGgiHas sfcAess, $50.
4, y. UAYENER,
&C. 1t: General Ticket Agent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
SU3 NORFOLA.

the elegant new ard Gu5s:sn..:s: go ;.
;foa steamer LADY OF TEE Lax s iss::yl; 3,
leaves the compsny's Hhatt, " -sA.r goa, ~
EkY MuNDAY, WEDNESDAY, rrt FIJI
DAY, at Ave o CLOCK p, Ill.,. FAD AleEs;'i:a d
$50 o. e.; returning, leg7e5 HorfG.A ~ sHl
TU ESpAY, Thu HSDAy Suc SArU SDi.
ct y CLOCK p. N. Th!s line coDneu;s Z: :'lS.
fols With the ssips @! the Merchant aid 81.
uers Transportation Company 10: Eo:tvn al-d
Providence, and sLo:t. Tie cheapest aGt be-:
route to those citiea nd !heir connrct:GL:
throughout New Ergisnd. f2ry:O :; J-io!.: II
round trip ST, Tickets Eoo1 uHs;i UsYi
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
A!lranorla 0azftte
TUESDAY EVENING. JANUARY Z.
An Old Yarn.

An Old Yarn.
A melancholy woman lay,
10 sckotss on Der bed,
Ana il !; !aint SID broken Voice,
To her ssi husband sid:
Dear DaviG, when uy earthly iGtm
Hath turned to lile!css clay,
0. wal, SID weep little while,
Nor ti.row yourself G1oy.
II know o wcnsu kind snd true,
o. whcm reu Gay depend
o na,rY A;abe!ls Jones
She Is my dearest ts!erd.
YES. Hattie. have uuch desired
10 ia!k c. this b. fore
For Arabsi!a Jones and
Rave thought The mailer Ger,
"Ther you add Arabslla Jcues
Have been too smart and sly:
| toll you. David Wilkinson,
In. not going to die T.
Herdarkeyesf ..hed. her strength returned
She left her bed of pain
A vetk had hardly passed away
When sha was we'll sgain.
: Chicago Tribune
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
SOUTH BOUND. NORTH BOUND.


! CoCH.c:s win Chrs. & Clio 2. p East snG
WeS.. - LyGcAburg with Atlantic, Miss. II
Chic !. =. u Ald !iom Southwest Virgins,
!ta:..tHC;ss. &tsuia, Kew Orleans, Nashville,
i.eT i.ti; Little nock sid eu points in Te1ss.
=: EaIpi:is close connection With Rich mond
sid U.Rr!le Z l.. 70 aAd from ina Csroinss,
Georgia, Florida and, Wis atlanta, with Mobile,
New Orleans and Southern Texas.
For MANASSAS LINE leave Washington
: Go e. II. End AleZsudria : Is g. ~, dsily,
ozcep; Sunday, arrive at S:7Gsburg a. II Is p n.,
connecting with leo Vsl!eY Rosd East and
Wes!. Leave StIsshurg q p. a., Front Royal
rs y. ii, Ma.khsLn 10 p n, Sslem 81 p. N +,
Msnz:sss Us p. NJ, striving 3: nlexanorls3
s 20 T. r.. Passengers Cor Washington ana
Norm VIII ls.ge A!exsnd.ia on Main Line
! train, 81 Q 20 = II.
For Mladcbulg, daily connection st Plains
ss,,:icr
For Upoe:9il!s, regular connection At Della
! p:na.
! Eoe |AKHE&TClS. loaye Washington a!
! I ~ =. IL. dsi!y.
! al. .,a!as ,a.l:e gcod connections. 6; Wash
! iGgtGn 20 And IRON North ard West.
ccw Urie.us scepe: leaves " sahlEg.on
| ! GO H. m. ru1ring through Vithou. change
Connecting Nth through Sleeper 20 Florida.
! Excursion ticket: - Jacksonville, Flofida
good 20 Lay lj:a, 1872. s. very low rate.
| IEroGeh ticE".s SOD st tie lowest rates
! Dc7 81 !. y. RGADUS, q. I. 5.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
FoR TIE poToNAo EIvEH LAHDlHG2

Tbs teY nzl con!coa!o9: lc0:. -. :
steamer JUGN 81 U:aI'5UiE, --.: 5s.z ::
built especIni:y for tbs :o:;jc, .:aVie 49, -vG.-
pany'i wharf, Washington, ~ ~ NO.
DAf, THu A.Nhy SO c;..E Ai,.:E y:
ocloch T. H., sud :A;o.aair:.. =: I.:U =. =.
returning, arriT1c II ahI y 81 tfShl-
FRiDAT anc o;j1!;;A :. :; Ii I 2;"u!> i;.;..
Tfis company tGshe: close I1aEr~L:s:-a - -
ExsEGria WITH TIE ~. T., Z. i. :: -. =. -. =.
60. and viii: TIC u. {. q. r. i. -. trGi-.!
received f., q. IDia:S, Io:." a;:1 .'1G-@,
handed win care snd to.w.,rt..j ~!:c y:oo:;.i.
70. further in::1lls..ica apply =
:. =. t:l,l.:i. So,
.'..IGcy'. n:G.:i.
or al tho o.Icc c! tho coz; pay, nEG"c -" ..;,--
.iou.l ils.ccre!l:sa Bah, t..;- sarga-. oarts.s
.Eo Treasury Department, M&2--.L@t"n.
III 10 SAN L hL Ati;;cN. rs:si.!.'.
.,a.e. CLEDE'S oTIAa! L.HE: :[&E&,
Sss 81 -
:EIlaOELr1LA, E29EIEa4;& a&I
S.ss.ae.s lcare 2l9EaE.T:= ~ ~ 70 -
UEDAE. :! y CLOCK IL. tsoa! Scr 80 :
Hhsr2sE.
This line &C nT:scIs c: A!a2.%c:.: via at:. =.
E. * a. sli ~ :: -. d Rs, -,I- Il E'i:!..G g.
pni, win Cis de's regular n.ca5i=A'ra 10. Fgi!
l!iVer, FroTi5oEcc .i!i s:o=.on.
freight forwarded win prc2p.Gssa =c6 cnt*-
troe OF commissions.
No chhrsu for traosFcr III ..h!i2t'c.: liz. .ai
. wharfage II Boston. Gu:2f siHl1. f:u: iaa!
departures Through r:.t:. alt tl;ol..l G'''f
OF ladilg given. Insurance. " ,Se !o':@t. ...taa
AKects:
z. Z. REED Alez&ndF;..
Wi. 2. CT YDE & CO, S4'2:!ala. liz
Gee. ?. hyde, Ge0I sctorfn, ,. (.
JOHNSON BROS, WaahingIoa.
Jon Ct:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07

NOVELTIES IN DRESS Doors AND SHOES. -
Tee mcst e:cssu, assor' ment ct the latest styles
Boots and Shoes ever seen 10 this country,
comprising all the lstest tasbiors. All OF these
goods have been nsGe to or OVID order, under
our petsopai SUPERVISION. end o.corjirg to our
idea Of the tastes au1 wants Of the retail
trade. We shall BE- uost hsrpS TO exhibit
these {, au ilul goods 10 sl, whether they de
sire TO ur,hase or Lot. WADDEY,
Get lift ITO h'ng street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07

UNPRECEDENTED WEATHER IN FLORIDA
A di,ps.ch ffou Jarks ,ovlIle, Fla, dated yes
terday says:
"A drzz'ing rain with sleet fell las. hight md
The mer curry fell to thirty degrees above zero.
Everything on. of doors vas c.vsred this morn
lug viii lhip coat of ice. This is uoprece'
dsnt,d here, nothing Of the kind having beeo
kponn fer at least thirty years. il evtr.. sis
rot yet koowo whether otaoee trees aud fIult
arc ,i,r.d. Snow fslI 10 copsio, Table quaLiiy
s.hrs u,h as Durcrt, Co., ard ,r.it slrIv
i.gltrc this rro,,i~r fiom Savannah are cover
ed wi.hi,. few fakes were observable here
Su1dsy."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
CT TAG
DlETRiCr UE COLUMBIA

This company oEe-s unrirei.at facilities Tor
the transportation OF frsjght an3 p:.gsong.ls,
and will run their 5teaners Regularly ., toiia~s
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
FOR REV EORG

Tbs FL Steamships e. T. KNIGE2: ..,y.:le4ss;ssss
and JOHN GIBSON lesye the euir- .s.5:; :::I:t
pEny's wharf, Als1andris. EVERY Saru Is
DAY MORNING, and New York, irc:a pier
d East River, EVERY SATURDAY y: 1crr
O'CLOCK y. q.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07

CUOUS FUR THE SEASON At NO. SIS
V KING ST. CORNER OF ROYAL ST.
Persons in search Of goods for Christmas pre-
sen,s s-a invited 20 examine our STOCK OF Pen,
Pccse. and Table Gallery, Scissors, Razora. &C.,
which have been selected WI h care and ruf-
chased ct very loa prices. The patterns are
pretty and the finish frat rate. Also other goods
Tor me lille folks. which cannot tail 10 please.
Plexse give us cs!l.
Gee /? y. T. CRElG HTOH & SUN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07

:Ey =, iE.-. MIDLAND 2 Il. >. 4. Il.
~ tDHG : BA BBDUk, Reccv-r.
IN hrd hr,r 81 'AY, December Let, 1873
Passenger trains WI! run ts follows:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07

ClRCUuATlOH STEADILY INCREAS-
ING-ONE THE BEST EDYER-
Using MEDIUMS
THE STATE.
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Oazette

ONE UF TIE OLDEST AND HIST d.
TABLljHHD PAPERS IN TIE
COUNTRY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07
BOOK And JOB PRINTING OFFICE

We respectfully call the attention 81 our GUS
toners and the public generally to the tact that
We GRO always prepared to execute al kinds O.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-07

% BARRELS WENGERS FAMILY
w FLOUR; also Bridgewster and Gamer.
on Mills Family, and full stock of high grade
Extra Flour for sale ct loweet rates by
dec2 F. j. DAVIDSON. LAT King ct.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-02-01
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
The Potter Committee.
The POtter COmmittee'
he cipher dispatches, $40 in number, have

The cipher dispatches, $40 in number, have
been placed in the hands of the committee by
Gen. Butler, who made n statement that they
were placed upon his desk last spring by
some one unknown to him. 1t was ordered
by the committee that the dispatches be
printed for their use after being properly
verified. A resolution that Mr.. Tlldcn be
allowed to be represented by counsel before
the committee was tabled by vote of the
Democrats, the Republicans voting against
the resolution. Gen. Butler was the only
member of the committee who opposed the
investigation of the dispatches.
st. Martin, formerly Deputy Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Committee at New Orleans. was
called and testified regarding the affidavit
recently made by him, charging Representa-
tive Stenger of the Committee and other Dem
ocrats with the bribery of witnesses. Being
questioned at considerable length by Gen.
Butler, witness said that Mr.. Stem
gers name appeared by mistake In the
AFFIDAVIT; that it was Maddox whom
he referred to, and as soon as lie saw
u printed copy of the affidavit he went
and had il corrected. Being further pressed,
he laid that he had no intention of doing Mr..
Stenger an injustice; that It was a mistake
and not n lie. Other portions of his affidavit
were declared by witness to be true. Witness
was then ccoss examined regarding his for
mer evidence before the committee at New
Orleans, and testified that II was false In
nearly ali essential particulars.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-02-01
Text of the New Pension Law.

fhe following is the full text Of the
amended Pension law, which has passed
both houses of Congress and now awaits
the Presidents signature:
BE IL enacted. etc, That all pensions which
have been granted under the general lawleg-
ulating pensions, or nifty hereafter be grant
ed in Consequence OF death from causes which
originated in the United States service dur
Ing the continuance of the late War of the
Rebellion, or in consequence of wounds, in
juries, or disease received or contracted in
said service during said War of the Rebellion,
shall commence from date of discharge from
said service of the person on whose account
the claim his been, OF may hereafter he,
of the party having prior title to such pen
sion: ProUided, the rate of pension for the In
tervening time for which ARREARS of pension
nrs hereby granted shall be the same per
month for which the pension was originally
granted. -
Is hereby authorized and directed to ado )t
such rules and regulations Tor the payment
Of arrears of pensions hereby granted, rs viii
be neceS sary to cause to be pad to such pen
sionerS, or, If pensioners shall have died, to
the person or persons entitled to the same,
ali such arrears of pension as the pensioner
may be, or would have been, entitled to un-
SEC. 8. That Sec. 47l7 of the Revised
Statutes, which provides that no claim for
pension not prosecuted to n successful issue
within five years from the date OF the filing OF
the sanie sliall BE adiiiitted without recorded
evidence from the War or Navy Department.
of the injury or disease which resulted in dis
ability or death of the person on whose ac-
count the claim is made; PrOrided, that In
scrtbcd by this section bars further
prosecution OF a claim, the claimant may
pres mt through the Pension Office to
the Adjutant- General of the Army, or the
Surgeon General of the Navy, evidence that
the disease or injury which resulted in disa-
bility or death of the person on whose ac-
count the claim is made originated in the
service and in the line of duty, and IL such
evidence is deemed satisfactory by the OIL :
60 q a lie enhmittpU. m
cause the record of the fact so proved to be
mnde and a copy of the same ransmitted to
the Commissioner of Pensions, and the bar to
the prosecution of the claim shall thereby be
removed and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. No Claim Agent or other pei son shall
be entitled to receive any compensation tor
services in making application for arrears OF
pension. r.
SEC 5. That all acts or parts of acts SO far
as they may conflict with the provisions OF
this act, be and the same are hereby repeal
ed.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-02-01
4 Burr i'm the Heart.

A lady residing near Cleveland, o.,
died short time ago from an unknown
disease, which greatly puzzled the at
tending physicians, the symptoms be-
ing similar to those experienced in rheu-
matism of the heart. After her long
suffering ended in death, post-mortem
examination revealed one of most won-
derful things known to the medical
profession. A large burdock burr was
found securely imbedded in the heart,
against the posterior surface of the
aorta, just at the point where it
emerges from the body of the heart,
completely covered with cystic-like It's
sue which had firmly enveloped all the
large blood-vessels leading to and from
the heart, which organ was in high
state of Inflammation, the left ventricle
being greatly enlarged. A feature which
greatly puzzles the doctors is the fact
that the large aorta about three inches
from the heart is found to be worn as
thin as tissue-paper for about the space
of an inch, only the outer covering of
the large artery remaining. This is sup
posed to have been produced by the
close proximity of the burr in its passage
towards the heart. The specimen was
forwarded to the Museum of the Ben
nett Medical College, of this city, and
has been inspected by large number of
leading physicians, who unite in pro-
nouncing it one of the most extraor-
dinary cases on record. Yesterday a
Tribune reporter happened in at the Of
flee of DIR. w. H. Davis, corner of State
and Madison Streets, while several
physicians were examining this medical
wonder. Prof. Davis and others are OF
the opinion that the burr must have
been breathed into the lungs while the
great sufferer for a number of years, dur.
ing which time the burr was migrating
from the bronchial tubes through the
tissues to its final NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
! cago Tribune.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-02-01
The COmanches.

An American who has been studying
the life, habits, and traits of the
Comanches, thinks that there are at
present from 10000 to IL, 900, of whom
about $500 are warriors. Wholly no.
madic, they have no villages or fixed
habitations, but roam and plunder 800
to 900 miles from north to south, and
700 from east to west. They own large
herds of horses and mules, obtaining
horned cattle only for their immediate
wants, because they can not drive them
as fast as they want to move. All their
animals are procured by robbing the
Mexicans and Americans, and all their
wars are undertaken more for plunder
of this sort than for any other purpose.
They never take men prisoners, though
they kill and scalp them; but they car
ry off women and children; make wives
of the former, and rear the latter as
their own. They have never had any
permanent places of abode, as the alb
sence of all mounds or tumuli in the
territory they range over clearly proves.
They seem to have been born on horse
back, where they do all their fighting,
and in attacking trains they always en-
deavor to stampede the ami
mails by cries and war-whoops
"a stampede rendering destruc-
ton of train almost certain. If they
attack a village, they kill every body
they encounter, and then drive off the
stock. The chiefs of these Indians do
not inherit their authority, but acquire
it by superior knowledge, personal
bravery, or success in war. Any social
disagreement is adjusted by council of
chiefs and seniors of the lodges; but
these disagreements are few, and family
feuds are rare. Indeed, they live to-
gether more harmoniously than many
civilized people do. OF law they have
no notion, nor have they any concep-
ton of national policy. They never OBJ
serve treaties any longer than self-inter-
est prompts, in which they resemble
most enlightened peoples. Their reli-
gious ideas are very crude and indefin-
ite. In an evil spirit they do not be-
lievc, but ascribe both good and evil to
the good spirit. Their conception of a
future life is indistinct; but they hold
that men VINO have stole the most horses
and taken the most scalps will have the
best chance of happy hunting-grounds
in another world. Fire is sacred with
them, and used in all their religious OBJ
servances. Ties of kindred are very
strong, and extend not only to relatives
by blood, but by marriage. Offenses
against any member of a family are
avenged by all or any one connected
with it. They are polygamists, some
chiefs having 10 or u wives. Infidelity
on the part of a wife is punished by cut
ting off the nose, and the seducer is
obliged to give up his available property
IN the iniured wOman
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-02-01
considering the Poet Office Appropriation bill
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considering the Post Office Appropriation bill
in Committee of the Whole.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the credentials
were presented of Senator shields of Missou-
ri, and he was sworn in and took his seat.
The Senate bill appropriating $4,000 for the
purchase and erection thereon of the militia
ry post of FL Paso, Tex, passed. The House
bill, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior
to pay Catherine and Sophia Germain So :
500 out of annuities due the Cheyenne
Indians, they having been captured by said
Indians while en- route from Georgia to Col E
Orado, passed without discussion. Mr.. Ed
munds, from the Judiciary Committee, re-
ported back the House joint resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the Constitution
prohibiting the payment OF claims of disioy
al persons for property injured or destroyed
in the war; with an amendment in the nature
of n substitute. Placed on the calendar. MIR.
Edmunds said the Judiciary Com
mittee thought the resolution, rs
It passed the House, was totally in
adequate for the purpose indicated
by the title. lie gave notice that he would
call the bill up for consideration at an early
dny......In the House, Mr.. Wright's bill, loan
ing $500 to every man not worth $500 desiring
to take advantage of the provisions of the
homestead law, was taken up. After n dis
eussion the bill was defeated-yeas, p; nays,
2lg. number of miscellaneous bills were
considered, when the House adjourned.