Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-27
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Special Correspondence Of The .t}sec Gia=o;ie
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Special Correspondence Of the :l.ec. GIa=eiiie
WAsHGNaroH, b. L., Aus -, 1879.
Dispatches ir n Memphis, received =. tho
cfice ii The NG;:o0:! E,:ri Ct Iics!t 10 day,
svo the following rs TIC ycI!oa fever statement
10 that cy siIce yesterday S report Number
of ncE case oS. Il white, 8 coiured; 6 daa;;s.
5 uhite, cootei.
Ih9 receipts ct the Treasury 10 day from IT,
tcrnai reVeuua ariuuuisG :. $I2S COG. from
customs to $S4S Isl.
flary of the iucEa9 10 the nag Wax n.pGrl-
meat are EoG7 nciok furnished Hi.h immcusy
Plate class :niria;a, r,ac!i;ss a!ncs 10 ytc c.l
luz sud covering q largi portion ri the qiali.
| tic furniture Of aIl tho rooms Is 6! t!ro richest
and E?0st expensive descI.pilcn, Tho ciilec
holders l0uoga upon the moet Uzlriau9 aCiAs
AID easy chairs, and can Dow speed large
! portion CT thG!c time IN admlriG: ihCr eva
imsgc5 IA the costly looking glass $ al!u ed to.
! All hat IS wanted 10 t0ake poor farmer, whose
| land nOW sells tex almost n0thlUg. and whose
prOdIce is tXc !Gdlngly low priced, tired Ut re-
puhI!causm, IS tJr him 20 sec the way 10 Which
the money cx2ctgd Of hia in taxes l. i1uaoder
cd here.
During tie 44:h Congress ~ examination OF
the books OF tho Ffccdmcus' Bank here IVES
crdcscd b. Congress- MIR. John L. Dyer, Tor
merry OF Alexandria, ana another cxpsrs it)m
New I0ik, we're employed Tor tho rurpcse.
rney were engaged thirty .x days, wien
the goEk vas suspected. DGsi2E that
tnc they discovered that Alexander Shoph
erd, Louis Cleghaac, The SCuCcs Sand
Stone Company, arG others wHcso names
were rutii:hed Of the time, had GOT Nos! Ct
IT. ID .,
b2cn permitted 70 conilauc thclc txaElCa!!Cn
they would havo completed the j ID il E meath
CT sig weeks longer. 10 the examination now
10 progress under The Brace committee, though
i've or six clerks tre and haze beer enploycd
ever since the adjournment 81 Congress, Sir.
Bruce says il is doubtful If tie committee viii
ba ready to report by the commerc:meat Of
the nCX: scEsicn uuess bis clerical ioIco is q
larxcd. Il is nov beloved, not that Mr.
Bruce Is h!uderlng tho examination, or is at
tempting to screca any {! :hc Gcf4ultors bu. that
i The guilty pG:teS have s. maui III a:cG aud
managed natte!s that when the report is made
they will be let III easily. aud be allowed TO rt.
tain the money they have swiaa!Cl HE poor
negro depositorS cut ct.
The public ENCOURAGEMENT that Gen. Giaut
has positively declined 10 cutcr the contest for
tho radical nomination for tho neZ: presidency
aDi he's accepted tho presidency Of an Auleii-
can company 10 be org.u,Z!d Immediately ilr
the construction Of sD Intcr oc2Gn caUa! via the
NicarazuaE route, is received here glili :. Gocd
deal Of d:strust.
i gentleman who arrived ftcm the Willie
Sulphur lat pigh. r2reris eight buldrod peo-
pie there, and as many arriving as departing
Mr. Hal. Duaug vi! give a araai b.lI there
ntx; Friday night, the supper haviag bcen OR
Ccred from Rlchm0ca, acd the wiUea Iran this
city. lie also Sta.Is that as tie rain passed
through Stanton yesterday 90 inmate e the
deal aad dupb Gsy luDi !h:r2, rau.c unknown,
Tho was Holkl2g upon The track ncar Tho
bridge, YES run cGcr and literally cut 10 pisces.
Ea the disposition Of bg;,cst straw.
10 bit a aiicj Cx!crt Is tho use OF wheat
stra@ az tpcsi f2r stock oHp'cy2&. o. mar3
iaias it IS placed N ;Gc ba!n yal& and maYU.
: tsciur:G iato manure By the trau, ,iius aa&
6ropg!aas O! The stc;E; tu: whether K is sacs'
ccpG00rl!!5 os-i in ihat Giren'inF is aan;rUhA u
prcbirlps:i;al. Mr.. John Wilkinson, io:ntr.;
vel! kacTn in this siaic, has i,r may ys4ys
hcr: ii:ectg& attention 10 Inc WA.;eir his
mauGgem NJ o. the s!TaW, aG; IL latc Fun! b :
ct thc PsaiIo Farmer h presents nc;y
"gr;uk!G' - lis former alF.ca upUa tic sub.
very seriously urged cur attention 10 the ad.
vausrn 10 b. derived ir2a r,t;:trigg c!rcc!i,
10 Il G ii:id iIIv stray OF to ia1n aGd a:;e.
tra9, liIGg abVut the !.ud Ter many : ycar, We
fad, IN the a,i:lc alluded 70 II Cur iiiiacis
o0arempgIary, lie stili a>ihcris 20 The aivaet.gc,
&c ihcu prescribed i0r liz GisN2s!ja BE sa%S ::
The sCvaniy Vase u the :M3uaaGiI.aE Or
mlSmanecument OF straw (wbie: PC q: scriuei)
1t must b9 ADMITTED. is L il;ic i.ss tSar thsl
EAich preceded 1T. c., OF tprnns /. err Il W.
rausd On Gf CT lhresbiog--fvr i;.,, re,:unra at
The decagcd sta" pile -, it ever avGii.l o..
m2rc TsiUah!a than lhat OF c7m5us;i3n hg fire,
but either IS Is rcrTas:h n = farmer making
cislr2& - civilization. Ia the diatri5,s il which
either ct these ruin0rg practices still ;rtvai,
the eXteut CT which is ten lola gren,cr than
lruga! E1siera farmers w0uli b.iiGvc un'css thy
sd" II, hay Il Terth 81 20 s. per ton. Straw y
not profitable TO feed S7hcn the p;cc Of COED
hay is even the highest price named,
AS 10 what should be Gcre viii i, the .aost
profitable disposition that can b. mad! 81 il IS
to hard 1t ba,k and apply !: 20 IL! llod 90
whloh It grew. | ntEcr koew : nesiy Eel 6eIj
OF grass to be destroyed ty drourht whcTc it
was dressed Immediately alter h2fvlsS With
straw
" L. should, Of course, be illiciou<iy apn'icI,
l.. c., the quantity applied should not be 5, great
Gs to sno.hcr the yourg grass plauis, aud ali
| heaviest applications Should be uPca tic least
fertile aud.
" i'm Confident .hat ii acy OF the inaolca;
Land des'royefs who pprsueth the waotcn ccursc
described sh:uld chance 10 hear from rcaoing
lcighbor that q contributor 10 the Peais!e Far.
mcr recommends The Course that have, tn.
sl3venS will surely cay .bat am book farmer
Bus if that is dcnouaced, Whist vii! they
| say TO what | am about to recommend, which
| assert, and can prove by macy practical tests
will pay tor d2i ng 10 any farming cis.tic; ia
which the small grains sell Tor tho t0Ilcsics
prices: Wheat GO cents to 81 barely and rye
from 40 TO % cents; oats frln 20 to 80 CENTS
per bushels.
The recommendation cf Mr.. Wilkinson is
| thus stated:
Kun tie straw through good power-cu:!e-,
cutting it ssy three inches in eng.k When s
straw is thus cut and tto proper vehicles for
hauling i. and cspscous forks for handling tie
Gu! straw are used, ono man will spread proper.