davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1880-01-24

SOME OF tho Wisconsin editors begin tn DC.
tnowlctlEo that tho so-cnllel Fox and Wisconsin
River improvement Ia a swludle. The Fond du
Lac Commonwealth ealls 1t n giant hu1nbug,"
and tho Waupaca Republican snys:
"sntne three or four millions nt dnllars hare
nlrrady beaH expended nn tho For md N'!sCoA:
sin Improvement, n,ll, looking at II honestly aud
candltaly. lot III sk WhAt IL tho result? Thed de-
Hcl0pmpnt and improvement pf fmnonsc 'eiltet'
t,lllty Of navigating III favorable Seasons. With
vessels driving Twenty-Five, to twenty-elghs
Inches Of water. Tho Upper Fox m!y 10 run q
wlo thu wisconsin Is only nnvlga.,lo by bouts
like Al,e IncnlIs 1tMt-boat, thNt would run IL
pufitlcl oil theso strcnnls,-tilo Ocnernl Gnvcf!+
mont ID to b0 skttl to RRnin Kivo n quarter TO
half million this year fur the work. Now. can
about ttt3 mHtter2"
, 1880-01-24

NEW YonK Herultl's Interview with ffeorgt
William Curtls: "Grnnt's strength Is very grea!
In thla Stato. It consists In what ts knuwn Us ths
,nachtno etotnont. Cornoll, 1Inskins, Arthur
and Speaker Shurpo aro ntllong its leaders, W
Ia Silns i, butcher, WHO hRs Just been Mada
Superintendent of Public Works. Ills oI'ea
controls most at tho patronage of tho Suite, aud
TINT will undoubtedly bo used by tho nachis
for tho fllrthorunco OF thirei-ter1n prpjcct'
Whether or not they will be ablo tn throw tho
weight Of New York In tho Natlonn1 Convention
in fnyor Ut tho schcIne ro1nnlus to DO seen, IL
IL prt,bable that hlr, CoBkling Will nlso tend 10
t!lat direction, md ho IL nlt-pnworfnl with sne
luaehlno. liz has private reusunS for not Wish
Ing tho nomination Of Sher1unn nr. Blaine"
, 1880-01-24

ACCORDING to tho report Of tho Warehouse
Registrar In this city to the state Doard OF
lsailroad and Warehouse Commissioners
there were in store and afloat In Chicngo on
the 18th inst. 1o,2o7,o7l bushels Of grain,
total value Of sfS,2247,7 ,7d9 In
money locked UP In grain.
, 1880-01-24

IT will interest tleposltors In the collapsed
Fidelity Savings Bank Of this city to know
TINT lawyers fees to the amount Of $4,000
havo been paid since the Reccivvr took hold,
and tl,nt the Receiver claims $4,000 year ns
his Individual compensation. These charges
1ayo been allowed after examination by
hfnatar IN Chaucary
, 1880-01-24

SPEAKING OF Blaine, n correspondent Of lno
Springfield tSfnss.) Republican says that "hen
gonDrally beloved to DO II good dea! hurt, pres'
deatlAlly speaking, by rrcent cvontY III a'alhe'
Tho prominence 0f hts oll political rfval, uea'
Chalnberlaii, whom ho bud regarded as prae'
ticaliy sheivusl, ut least for tho time Dt'ns'
must havu unlAzed md nottaul him. For lao
present Chamberlain hus taken tho game a4ls ~
tho hanls Of 5laina's fAyorit st>li, and hHs u.
tructol attention nnd coinlneltlatlon hpyuud la'
ll1nlta Ut tho tutluEent pluc.Tr6N 6tAtU."
, 1880-01-24

Tux CHICAGO TRIBUNE has estahllshtd branest
Offices for tho receipt Of subscriptions md ndrc1tso-
1ncnts Al follow: -..
FAunrS. Manager.
PARIS, Frnhoe.-No. 10 ltuc dc Ia urnngo-bateoro'
II. MAILER. Agent. ...-..
LONDON. Enn-Amer!cnn Exchange, sF9 suaao'
llENity +. CHILD. Agent
WASHINGTON. II. C.-1ala etrcet+
, 1880-01-24

Ing, churcl,-roing, ntd pencoablo turner's
who kl,nw their rights md will nnver tolerate
tho hlglI.hnnletl proceedings Of t,eso .ias-
tnrdly wretcl,cs. Mob law will convert tl,on,
Into Republicans rs rapidly as the perscesl.
tion Of tho Abollttontsts converted WhIgs
nllsl Democrats Into Republicans.
, 1880-01-24

IT costs about $:a,5 per lleal to send cattle
ncross tho Atlantic by stoa,lur, and u ship le"
voted to this business Will earn about $10,oO tae
trip, III tho plst yeAr tho shipments ot chttlo
frnm Nov York wor0 nb0uti QUO hoa, exceeding
tho shipments from tto whole Of Cnnrtln by ses'
oral Thousand. Tic shipments from linstoll "rfe
ab0ut n, ,000. from Philadelphia aud lsAltt!no9'
about 1 900 sach, ard tho total FROM NIL An'eE!can
ports In thu 1oExhbortoo4l Of 10000. Mr. r. ~.
1tclp, OF Now York, IL tho largest exporter o.
catt'o H. tho business, and hns chartered ''ear!
every steamcr outside Ut thu three prl'cIpa
lines.
, 1880-01-24
4 DoTHEB0Ys HALL IN NEW YORK.

covered In New York City by the Society for
tho Prevention Of Cruelty to Children. It
was presided over by d pnrson named Cow
ley, and known rs the "Stlepherd's Fold"
'rwenty-four helpless children, from . to 15
years Of age, were rescued from tho clutches
of the reverend monster. The first stop WIS
to take them to Il restaurant, where the crav-
ings Of hunger were satisfied. They all tl[s-
pl.tyed q ravcnuus appetite, consuming f00tt
like lalE-famlslle!l beasts. "Little Matte
Sweeny, n blue-eyctl a-year-ol.l, WIS tho first
to be seated, mud, snatchIng up n crust
ot brcad which lay OH the table,
she gnawod and crllnchcd It like some
l,a1t-starved animal" Their craving for
butter md meat, OF which they Ind been al
most entirely deprived, was pit[uble to b,-
hold. 1t was with dtlculty tint they were
restrained from fatal ovcreatng. Tho
"Folu" had Its Ssaike In the person 0f
Louis Victor, tho discovery Of whose ILL.,
treatment md starvation resulted IN tho
breaking up OF the den OF inl1ulty. The poor
little fellow WIS fur past tic remedy Of an
ordinary wholesome dinner, md lie WINS ae-
cortlfngy taken to st, Lllke's Hospital, where
lle lies III q prccnriouscondItIon. Ills stata Is
thus described:
"Ycstcrtlay he lay upon his hcd, tits flesh
clngng tightly to tic bones, his eyes set III I'M
iliotic starc. and bis who1o appearance tndEcn-
tive Of squnlor, suffering, md disease. at
ti1uca he starts tip with u lnurbdy-r7lvu1,ous up
polite, calling tur 'Mcntl mcatr md olawing
md tearing 1t when he gets 1t with a raveninR
appetite"
sali poor sm1ko 10 Nicho'as Nicklony:.
"Wlat faces VIII smile oil mo when dlc5
VINO VIII u1lk to me III those long hlehts!
IEey cannot come from lo'hei they Won1a
frlghteli mo II they altl, tor don't Know
what it Is and shouldn't know them. Pain
and fear, pain and fear for MT, alive or dead.
No hope, 10 hope" ....-.
AS Smike did most Of tho work In Dothe-
| boys Hall, so n child ID years o'l--Alinnlo st.
Janlos-tlld oil the washing md cooking nt
tho Rev. Cowley's Fold" for the family ut
twonty-nino persons. "WiIen the officers ELL
tered they found her Mt work stirring n kot-
Tic Of warm water, III tho bottom Of which
were about a dozen Of beans. She said she
was making 'bcan soup for tho clIildrcn's
supper" Mrs. 6Gueers prepared the stoul-
achs Of tho pupils nt Dothoboys Hall for
their soup by dose Of birthstone antl mo-
lasscs. "They have" sald that amfablo
woman, referring to "tho boys" "the brlm-
stone and treaclc, partly because. II they
hadn't something or other In tho way Of
medicine, they'd bg always ailing ind giving
world OF trouble. and partly because 1t
spolls their appetitcs, and comes cheaper than
breakfast anu dinner" But the sQuecra
soup was tho counterpart Of Shepherd Cow.
loy's, except that beans constituted ule baso
of the inter, while tho former WIS composed,
I
, 1880-01-24

Entered al tbs f'os-1Mee At Chicago I' - sseona"
Ctass Matter.
For tho benefit Of cur patrons who deatro 10 send
rInpc cpptes OF THE TRIBUNE through tho tnaIl VIC
give ho.owIsb tho TRANSPLANT rsta Of postage:
Donselstt. 1tr copy
Flight and Twelve ra9o Pspar.."........s..4 canss
Sxtaon rnEo PaPor. e'"''
Eight and Twelve rags rapos..............S cents
, 1880-01-24

THE st. Paul Pioneer Press {Isep.} con-
cludes caustlu anil lengthy reytow OF c1-sena'
tor r. o. Ilowos recont magazine article III
fay0r Ut q third tcrn with this Significant -.
mRrk; "A good nany pooplo foe! kindly tow,rn
tho hero OF tho War and the first citizen of the
Republic, a1,d wa,lld willingly keep silent rs ~
thoir opinion of Con, Grants lust torn aEA the's
apprehens'ons ut bis noxt; but, II his ho1ilinh'
ton should become an l,nmlnent dangcr, tho's
pe0plu will he heard from In a way that Will Sa*
prisv JudRy Howe"
, 1880-01-24

1ss llitlcoas o1aracteflstlcs 10 lts 'orflplo
prototyfc III forksnlfe. ~ Is 70 pe fesse'tea
that among Co"leys pupils ti'ote WIS 'lot
Nackleby TO maui his ofase OF 1naslcf.
THE INDIANA Ku-KLUX.
Tho Democrats OF Hancock County, lntlf'
ana, ut least tic whifc-tras', portion OF thein
md descendants OF white trash, WIN spend
their time mainly lit drinking whisky a''d
!oaf'he apont saloohs anu corner groceries,
haVo eo1'''i'et'eea ''eaill's VIII tIle ntslocs
"ho nave ieceht'S eo'ae "!.o l!l''I scc1lua VI
4aa'aha 10 ootai1 worS W tao tsue oout,eFh
sty'o winch IL adVocatel py !he oNoinna
Sttttes anu Is practfcca til MlsSlssippi' iho
lndtasla hu-kletx ha9o "arhea farmers WHO
employ colofed laoo1ers that tllelr pFopelly
VIII be tlestroyet1' a'ld that l'!ey VIII Do
driven away IL taoy 10 not hiScnar9e t'lefli'
AIR. llu',t Quaker farmer 11Sihsin llaflcocR
County, who had hired some Negroes has
lost his barns by lire, and otller Similar eases
nre reported, showing TINT these cowartlEy llc-
gro-haters aro bent upon driving out tho col
oretl farln-l1ands by violence, a1nl, where they
cas,llot effect that, upon destroying tho prop
crty Of their employers. Tie mississippi Sys-
TEN l,as been fully introduced. The mob has
set aside all lnws, and no man wllo employs
or shelters, or even synlpathizcs with, tho me-
groes can any longer consider himself or Ills
property secure. lie Is without protection
Agntnst assault from n gang OF ruftinns who
| ,,aye not tho euurage to let themselves be
| known or to sign their t,n,ncs to the proeln-
mnttons which they arc posting over the
country, Of which the following Is sample:
, 1880-01-24

Clark ttteet. betwcon Washington mud I1andolpf
Ercaxencnt Of Frank E. Aiken. "Tiekat Of Loas
M5n.r Afternoon mud 1ysulnx.
, 1880-01-24

Into Republicans rs rapidly as the perscen.
tion Of tho Abolltonists converted WhIgs
alnl Democrats Into Republicans.
SHALL GOLD BE THE ONLY LEQAL-TEH-
DER1
Tho e,lorunity Of tho scl,cn,e 10 tlemonottze
Rrcenlacks. and re.ltce tile iegal-tc,lder
iMoiley Of tic United States to such limited
quantity of guild as lnay happen, from tfnlu
to tl'nc, tn 10 In tho c0ntltry, cat nlily be ,1-
durstontt by considering tho comprehensive
sweep Of tho consequences. The Americans
are speculative and trading reoptc, and
rnrcy content will the inerU expenditure or
Investment Ut acttlnl income. Tho universal
practice Is to employ credit to Its utmost
limit. Very few In business limit thctr
transactions To tiotr actual capital, at,d the
yast majority aro generally In debt buy0lal
their Immediate lncans Of payment. The
| businessman out of debt is rarely content
| until he ventures tn employ his crctlit.
| Ilrncc 1t Is tt1at mOre than amy other penp1e
/ In the world tho Americans owo luoro mul,uy
In proportion to their numbers.
Tile tnNlIyiunl indebtedness Of the Amer
lean pcople-that Is, tho personal debts duo
to one anothor-is greater perhaps tllan
tint OF the people OF England, Franco,
Germany, and Italy combined. Tho debtor
clnss-tllat Is, NIL those who owe money
OIL note, bond, antl mortgngc - Is
fur grenter than III my other, n,1d indebted
ness In 1siore genural In tilis country than
elsewhere. 1t nay be safcly estimated TINT
the private debts of the American people arc
mt nucl, II my, short of twelve to fifteen
thousand millions ut dotnrs. Tho tncurinent
alld payment of these debts are forever going
on In enortnous vo1ume; new debts arc anatio
rs rapidly rs tic payments Of old ones; the
demand for, altl tlle necessity OF, MI Immense
supply of dchtpaytng currency Is perpctu-
nj antl forever Increasing.
vvn have notntn,l mt tbat Enp1nnd and
| ,,.s, ~ rI"I.. ..3-.. ..e.....
, 1880-01-24

A YEAR agn Inst summer Mrs, George RI.
Mnck And ono Diekerson, ut Rook County, Wis.,
consul, weso tried lu GAINESVILLE Tor the murder
Of Mrs. b{ack's husband, ani both were cola-
vtcted Of murder. Muck was a farmer aud
ntckerson whs the hired Nun. He and Mrs.
Muck beoauo Al Intimate a. immoral men and
womon soulut!ntes lo,-s0 Diokesson confussod,
aud they put their heads together to put the
husband out ot the WY. I,lekorsott turned
Htato's evidence, like mlserublo coward, and
gave the case 1way. Hut ho did not escape.
Judge Conxer sentenced them bbth to State's
, 1880-01-24

Tic recent agreement OF the rrtlsslan Dict
to tl1e schome Of the Minister Of Public
Works for tho purchase of now railroads will
add over 5000 miles to the State SYSTEM.
Thts scheme embraces the following lines:
No. Of mics OF truck,
, 1880-01-24

Olympic Theatre.
C1ork stroet, betwGcn Randolph md l.Ake. FAr1otl
entertainment, Afternoon and evening.
, 1880-01-24

rrlaon for lifc, and DIokorson was f,n,ncdt,,o,.
tnlktn 10 Wa,lp,n md sut Mt hnr,1 lnsnr. nv!
tho trlal Mrs. htark hns been confined IN ~
1took County Jalt nwnltfng the decision o, r..
Suprcmo CnMrt iii hnr application for nas
trlnl, and tho rcpnrt now Is thnt tho trinI viii T.
gr,lntcd. Ono rcnson for granting 1t prntohI,t.
TINT hrs! Mack tending attorney, tho Hon. Inhs
Winaiis, WIS fnrccd to withdraw froin ,he c...
by tho sudden dontl Of his wife TN tho very d.s
that he wns to address tho I,,ry =
her dofef,to. Mrs. Muck stu.tly denied, ,,nass
9ath, ult her tnlrn,nulr's assertions itth In ~
gtr1t tn her improper intimacy with him it)ct.
ersn,l) and to her having haf1 anything to do
with tho lnllrslor OF her h,,RbRnd. Hho Is cl,h..
m tnnBccnt w1tnnn, or e!to aho hRs nslIcd II.
orEinu of pcrjury to ailrltury md ,ntr,ler. III,
her enso R.tggcsts this legal cnn,tntr,,n: snr.
pose Il nav trial Ia gra.ltc.l. nnt f,cforo Il /,
concluded, tho Legislature Ut Wisconsin, sbm,s,
rcstnro cnp1inl punishment for murder, wonti
she 10 hung for critno TINT wns cosuM!ttcl =,
tttno WHOM tho lnw only Inflicted lmprlsonineni
for l,fo7
THERE Is perhaps no Government Of po
ropu tsat ttnes marc thnn that Of tIelgtum toe
tho advancement of science and tho general WI.
fnrc Of ita subjects. Ills Mnjesty I.cnptld n.
Second, 1iing Of uolsiun,, |s n most loar1,ed md
liberal mo,lnsct., md ho loAs1s his pcnplo mi
other nattons IN everything TINT tends to m
cnt,t7gr intellectual works. aid 1t Is With ,h,t
fDtlc OtcGt III ylnw that lie Ntf1rs unnl,aIy,
prizO Of 5000 frnncs, or g. Co., for tho best nm
tluctton n, A,mo scientific subject. We atc Ib
dcbtcti To Mr.. Charles 1fcnrotin, tho Tels!o
Consul in Chicago, for tho subject ut tho p,,s
for 1881, and Of which the following is transit.
ton from n communication received by hin
frotn tho 1lclglar Government:
, 1880-01-24
ADJUSTMENTS.

McTteker'a Thcntre.
Madison strect, botween Dearborn md 8tnto. En-.
uacc1nopt Of tho nostnn Theatre Company. "Dr!nk."
AftoFuoon md evening"
, 1880-01-24

Centrssi MaAlc-T1nll,
Etnto streot; corner Of Randolph. Dramatic rcnh'
lnrn ty Mrs, scntt. .Stitnna Aftorn0on nnd evening
, 1880-01-24

Randolph street, between Clark and La sane. r.
cnac1ront OF Miss Alolo IselKardo. AftoEnoons "As
YOU Like It." Evening. B" 1Innl1et"
, 1880-01-24

l1HVeFIT'6 'EhFHtFDs
Dcnrbogn streot. cor1nr Of atonrnc EHanRomont
OF fIcr Majesty upeF1l Company. Afternoon: Lacla
Ill lamn1ermoor." Evening: "Aida.h
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Yhe Mcadjuseers nEis: g!.,.;

RICHMOND, Fob. 2I.-Tla Il. ,:,.,.,' ''
Csucrs !Sst uisi.t to harm,ai2e ..,.i. 49,, '.
cnccs CD the :cbt q.ys.;o2. '~f
Gan,ral Nahooo ani Aaaa,. NJ:
present, aud gave thor views, ar r,..
Was agreed that tho bill should be p=s.,l by.
Senate IS it COW l.; but that Tho Ieb -. N '
should be struck out and saJs.i:rtc" ,f S'sl.l
inserted when the bill rcaelc; The LESS, ''s..;
The 18th section provides tha, 60 ,a.'.
Interest on tho Few bonds oao ,hir,l Il a." - Il.
revenue from the levy On properly AMI "e {:
centum OF tho revenue colIoc:gi !fn.n II
shall be paid into tho Treasury 10 ,hl Xxx .>;a'
tho public debt. ''''du
The substitute directs that iirs i,I.,,.. ,
be paid from ANY money ia he 'ircs.r,,S VI
otherwise appropria cd" In ohtr , r"!, "a
leaves the whole subject in the hari' "' =, =, "
leeislatu1c-cnc year The c;stitcrs m,y !" a.. !.
per cent; next year they may set . mr. ' -, ~
or nothing. acc1rdic9 IS the l.,rls, ,,a,s 80. d
dstc5minc. VIZ G'
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Letter trOsa Fairfax

Correspondence Of The Aloxsndris Gazette !
FAIRFAX Q. H.. Fob. 20.-Judgo SaDgstof
sdjourn2d his c2nrt 10 tho court 10 c5urso last
afternoon. The jury in the case Of the Com
Gcn~cal,h against Minor beirg unable to 9greo
was discharged. Tits is tho stc)pd hearing in
this c's', tbs 7ctd c; Of suly ut The former
trla! having been SGT aside by judge Keith for
su laiCrmaliy in the judgment rendered Oh
tho verde. These frequent trials arc a bur-
den 10 the ciuaty aud safe, as we'll as an On
noyatc, to the ,ccascd. to say nothing Of the
expense TO him.
There was not much, il any, brsoess CT TO-
tcrtst to tie general public done ut this term
Of our county 1urt, except the ciso above.
Judso*Sangster has not yet qualified under
LIS new commission. probably waiting the issue
ct The C ssc in tho Court If Appeals touchiog
election ol c?uny judges sir c. tho fist of Jan.
u;ry last.
Under orders fem the General Command
INK, and after cOsc bus stc;ct cluVts', 40
ciiort Was made on Monday last to orgauiz, q
| rcadJustcr club or patty, but, owing to the
kicSlpg oil aonc oil the supposed faithful, the
organization was arjlurntd until next court,
when, 1t Is supposed. the Lieutenant General
9lll be on hand to APPLY tho lash.
IL is currIu!Iy rumonl that thu two promi-
| nert candidates Tor Congress from this county
before the reaGjuster convention have cono 10
| torn7, til, one developing the lesser strength
On tho first ballot, to withdraw and throw hi.
Influence ami vote to the other.
Your readers are looking with excited inter
est ioT replies from Independents" and w
! ", SkGucr. to tho cird OF r. X. lfarr, e:u
giving II each tho lie in mild language.
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When tho bill granting q charter to the
Baltimore, Cincinnati and Western railroad,
which has already passed tho Virginia State
Sonao shall reach tho House Of Delegates, wo
hope tho members OF that body may have
enOugh regard for The interest of Virginia i
border city 70 IOsIs. upon All amendment max
ing the road pass through Ahxinlria. This
city IL DOW heavily Handicapped by tie debts
she has incurred Ir9m subscriptions to railroads
that have rcdCundod TO the interests Of other
part Of tho State, and it would be uugcrcr.
Gus Ter his GGlcral AS .mbly TO specially cx-
Guide her from tho benefits OF a road that i, TO
pass so near her Limits. The railroad system OF
Virginia scml to he adapted TO tho dclrimont
OF her owu and to tho advancement Of the inter
ess OF other States, hnt W. trust that it may not
be pushed to :uch y rdicnl>u y luxurious tx-
tent as would be apparent by granting charter
to company TO build railroad through any
portion Of the n(rthcrn section of the State, Iro
vided a Virginia city be lxclud:d from any o
lis resulting benefits.
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Scribror's Msgagino for March has boon 70
coiVed from its publishers, in Now York.
Among its contents arc: Tho Tile Club a Il ost ;
Louisiana; Notes of Walker; Tho Grandissi-
mos; Extracts from the journal of Henry }.
Raymond; Two Vows of Napoleon Poker the
Great; Tho C0mte dc Noe; Success with Small
Fruits Over Sunday in New Sharon; Tho
Wards of tho Government and o full editorial
department.
Llttslrs living Age for February 81 has bean
received from its publishers in Boston. Among
it'd contents is continuation of tho story OF
Adam and Eve. by the author OF Dorothy FoY
from advance sheets
The February number of tho Musical Herald,
has been received from its publishers, in Boston.
Its table Of contents, AS its name implies, is ca.
pecially Intended for musical people.
"Columba's Noble Men," dedicated 10 James
Gordon Bennett and other generous Americans
who have contributed 10 the Irish Reliot Fund,
now song, just out. has beer received from the
New York Music Publishing Company.
We sre indebted to James S. Gregory eso.
registrar Of Kilmsrnock, Scotland, for copy Of
his report msde to the town council of that
parish.
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MOEpAY MOkNING--;ail sud So
prices marked out 1T l. KlGHBEEG'S.
TO TIE PUBLIC.

re- Tho Committee having III charge the
muyal vi their iato Comrades In, arms from,
U. s. cenolory 10 CHRIST Churchyard b.;
performed that duty. There remains on h.!
surplus of Sj7, which :hny havo dopos,.atS
Col Arthur Herbert. (of the firm Of Bur-
Herbert, bankers, who has kindly conse5te.
act ~ Trossurer.> Gs a nucleus upon wh.ct
found fund sufficient TO erect All aputopr'
shaft, 1t the intersection OF Prince md vs.
lngton streets, 10 tho mom0ry of cur earn is-
diato Confederate dead. who left this city $
EeighborhOnd, and lsid down their lives j.
cause they held dear u their heaTts
All persons who desire to conlr.bita 20 (.
laudable object. (and 1t is eornesty hope!
may will please hand or sand tho same 20
Norbert. who will duly ackr wledre 1t.
fob T-Stooils THE COMMIT
pspors friendly please copy.l
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Tho Senate Of Virginia WIS to have
pass5d the regulators bill to-day. That
bill will now 80 10 the IIous, of Dele
gates, By which it will also, doubtless
be passed, after such opposition az tho c,nscr,
vatiVescan make, though Why it SHOULD. with ss
many republicans us thsro arc in that [ous,, is
hard to tell. A chief plank 10 all tho platforms
OF the republican party is s;ric: recognition
and Observance Of pic 1niary oblig ,tions, and to
that Is owing much of their SUCCESS. and why,
DOW IN Virginia nlonc, they should dcs roy the
best plank in their platform, ronounc5 tho debt
paying policy and join tho regulators, and that,
too, 10 the fic, OF suc'l rcbuko as
thty received tho other day from Sc
rotary Sherman. is incxplicaty uron any
other ground than q desire to wcakcn
tho conservative party OF any ,st, oven to tho
extent Ct proclaiming themselves public robbers,
warring the world against ctcditing thom any
longer, and acknowledging that their past pro
fts-iona of honesty wcro but tho devices OF
hypocrisy, availed of o. means to cnabla
thrm the moro easily to cheat snl Lctraua The
people OF the country.
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HETEL ARRIVALS

ToNIINE.-Fhomas L. Mills, l'h!i.!Ir
Pti Is NJ StrveEsnn. Mj; John Co}wN. q
George y Learned, Fairfax &. II, v; nc
Bayly. Fauquier CT. VI; Coloncl NJ y +
Alaska; thomas J Chez, Prince William
Va; A Is Chalmers, Eal,imorc. No; rASm
liaymsrknt, Va; James Hopkins. MG. ia,
Harris Winchester, w; John Aloyrricr
W Il Winchester, l.rcsburg, VI; Z f p.cs
Raleigh N. &; IL Whilm0rc. Baltim,:a, !
James Alfred Jones, Richmond, Va; Altyr
llaicht, Fairfax 90. VI; IL q Maa,.ug, i;
Md; Jsmes Nj Marshall. t'aruaicr V
liesfcrI. Canada; John ID Norcy, CLIQUE,
Va; Harry Payne Balt, Nd; Thomas i'ur,
Richmond, Va; John IL Tnibert. Nc; San
I Purdy and VIM Bates, Washington +
VIM II Scott, bait. Md.
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PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRIWEEKLY ii
EDGAR SNOwDBNr
SATURDAY EVEN'G.. FEBRUARY u, 1850
10 morrow uiIl BE- the Anniversary of Wa.h

10 morrow viii BE- the anniversary of Wa.h
ingtoh' binhlay-a dag that should he com.
memoratcd joy"usly throughout tic whole
couory, and in no Stale mora s, than ia Viz
gina. and in no city more SO than in AItxaodli,,
The market town CT the great man, end the
ancestors CT wL0s, citizcas wcro lis familiar
friends and acq laiutances. 10 former years tho
22d was, after Christmas, Alexandria's Chi,
holiday, bat the times arc 80 sadly out OF ,ipt
the people Of the city arc so broken spirited
and the ideas, pGltcl pies and institutions OIL
the country were go altered by tho var. thai
since then, save with orc or two exceptions
tho dSy mas baen allowed 10 pass without much
special observance.