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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

ina Dec m Dor mum Der of the Southern Ii Is.
t,rlcAi Soc e'y Papers has been received. II
G 'nia us The report of General w. N. Pendle.
sIn. ohlet OF artillery Army of Northern Viz.
gina. and .e"er frt ID GENERA A /. Lona.
caief OF artillery Second corps; Also an anecdo,e
0! soneVsl Jtcksor. rr. J. William Jones
gives an account Of the opening of the seven
Queries" tie folio wing questions are brlefv Ga.
cussed: What Confsdera battery fred the last
gun at Apromaho1? and Whist infsntry regi.
mens accompanied General Stuart to Kl1is ford
,be pight jackson WAS wounded at Chanceu ors.
ii IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
Texas ItCfGS.

GALVESTON. TEX, Dc. ga News San
Antonio special ssys that Bob R,Tley, Que Of
tho convicted sage ro55a!s. dicd 10 jail yes.eI-
d5y.
A Tboips'l Spricgs sp,cial siy;: fire here
on Sunday destroyed three priocpa! bu6iatsi
houses invo Wing a loss Of $l4 900.
a San Antonio special says A Germlu
named Hesssll was set upon Sunday by three
Msxicsns who frs. beat him severely. then
wrapped bis head 10 Goa: aud threw h!u
down we'll. Thsg then plaUsd The house snd
escaped. Hes3ell is not fatally injured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
Horrible AcnfIent,

MONTGOMERY. N. Y, Dec. 20.-W. n.
Farley. young and pro mirept tsrmer residioE
near Gcshep, last e7sti.g went to the depot
with bis wife, who wsa 10 take the Middleton
way express train to Hampton. Va bis return
home, while crossing the track near Otter Hill.
he was struck by tbs train his wife wss waiting
Tor. and instantly killed, the wao!s top OF Bis
hssd being cut III.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

L DhIkKINd SOCIETY or STUDENTS. Con.
siderable excitement has been created in Wash
isgtop, Pa. this week. by the suspension of
lumber Of young students from Wsshipston
snd Jefferson College. The cause reported is
drinking It appears that 9 number of students
formed IN ssGcti .tlon TO pic m ots mutual assist
anca and cooperation in obtaining Intoxicating
hqu2is The faculty desiring to preak up fra.
t.rnltes OF this kind suspended every man
koown to be menbsr Tbsy bavs susDopded
thrae, and it is said the association a,il live"-
PittsJurq POST
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

Various bills h,Vo been tlresdy Introduced
IN 70; gteSs to provide for educating the people
OF tia country according to their iterscy. 1t
is TO b, hcp,d that Que Of them may be lops.
81. As long as the negroes must vote .be3
should, at less, b, taught TO read tba asmes
CO their ballots The nstion gave thsr,, lhs priv
leze Ut srtt;egs ag,inst the mottss ct The
S:u:heru States. sod as those States, ia their
present condition, are uo.sse,t 10 bsar tho whole
expsose OF educating than. tho uatinn is bound
to do 30 By every prinoipls of right cod justics.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

Tae scitn:e of government, according 10 ahe
American ides. conti,ts solely in tho djsa,iSu.
ton OF the public offices 10 the ~sy they wi do
the most good 10 the party in powtrA and at the
same time to the individuals by waona che dis.
sribution is made. Congress has been in session
Tor near'y month. and yet the only thing it
has done has been to turn out few subor dina.e
democratic officers 81 Tut republicans in their
plRnes
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
Murder

PETERSBURG. We, Dec. COL oiormatioa has
Just been ro,lvcd hsre ct tho murder OF
man named GodEia. at Wilson. N. G., last
Saturday, night, The body vas p!.csd ca the
railroad rick, where it w,s So 5seqaenlIy.fcund.
ihs parties who committed the murder are
kncWr. but have not been arrested,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
Failures

BALTIMORE. Nd. Dec. 20.-Ospt. Edward
X. Cooper. special partner of tha firm of r.
w. l.. RAsin g. Co., which tu'petdsd 90 Fri
day last. has made 90 assignment for the hent-
fit of bis creditors. He is an snlorser FIR tts
firm for about $500 600. Joshua Walker. o
dealer in fertilizers 10 this city. haa suspended.
having endorsed for Rasin & &c. for about
22O 0OO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
ulCfde,

New YORK Dec oO.-L,npo!i B!uVior, 81
Inventor ard native OF tbs West Indies, com-
mitted suicide this morning 10 oil at Police
headquarters whers he was locked 10 charged
With utlerinQ forged check FIR 81 600 90 tie
BlWery Nalionsl Bank.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
FOuntl murdered.

DUBLIN. Dec 20 Patrick Dunn" farmer
living near Abbey LeiE County Qleens, has
been found murdered His brother Timothy
who recently returned from America. 81 d who
wished 10 get possession of the farm vs. abecond-
ed. 1t is supposed that he h.s yole bsck 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA.
IMMATURE ALMANAC. DEC % 1881.
San rises.....-....: 7 l2I S,4,, sets-.. al

ARRIVED.
Eir Execution, Norfolk, 10 Hco,
Str I Y ArroWsI.i.h lower Potomac To ~
ttm.c Ferry Go.
bsrRa K Z Brooks & 40, Pii!.d.lrii, t, ~
a SmoCt
Str BIcselOr, Norfolk, By Hooa
Str Ana Rliza. Philadelphia by + A Reed.
Str haltano. lower Potc. by Brodefs z Co
Goal &c.
HINoRAHpA
Bark Ampnitrite, (ha,f) for this port. cleared
at Delaware Breaswsttr lHlb,
Schr Centennial, from Georgelow1, at Kew
York 10Th.
=, Schr Alfred Brsbrock, from Gsorae.owr, a.
Providence l7Lh
:, Schr Samuel q Crawford, from HIcbmard, At
Providence 18th.
MARINE DISASTER.
, Tho Italian brig Ages.ins C. from Cs,anis for
ohtimore, nss been wrecked OF SmNh's P, lot,
near Cape ChArles. Tie vessel and cargo will
prove total loss.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
General J c5ua!on has added nothing renat,

General JcAna!on has added nothing repats-
o to himself BY bis insinustion that Mr.. JET
f'rson Davis was pre- feed by tho Coufed crate
a:essure sfaio that left R,hm BOD at the time
., did, Every body who kooRs a1y thing
sooat the capture Of Mr.. Davis kuows that the
trin was p!undered. ADD that Mr.. Davis and
his family los! every thing they htd but few
necessary articles of clotbiog.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

Nine months sgo Mir. Bic said that be anew
hr. lkiddleberger WAS q riddle bu. bad ;us,
found out THAT he WAS tusger. Me- Riddle.
berger is now United States Senaps and MI.
becks political equal. What semarkable
changes nine months do mskel
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
FOREIGN NEHS.

II is reported that four hundred lieas have
been Loot 10 Algiers by the breaking of dam.
There have beon 1850 arrests for political Of
f.nses during the presen! gear liz Russia
as stated in Josterday's Giz,tts terrible c,l.
liery explosion occurred 1T Hc!tou, England,
yesterday, by which at least forty lives were lost.
Tho Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ssys that th e
Ladies Lsnd League is included under the lst
of illegal organizations Disorders and arrests
continue.
a telegram received At Psris from Lima says
that Pierols is residing 81 Lima ss private cit
zen, and thu. T:ce.Presidonl Montero is recog.
nized by the whole o. Peru.
The Countess Of Crawford AID Bac.rrss has
announced IA: she has determined no! 10 ofTs a.
. reward for the restoration of the body Of her
bu,bsnd, tho earl in order net to create pre-
csdent and encourage rspatilioas of su,h ont E.
ragcs. She has requested her son to puriue t. @
same course
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

To-day Ar. kiddIeberger emerged fft m the
condition OF ''vasaA" to that of . II. s. Sem
sor, to which he sspired Tor so long time, AID
became thslf "peer' with one exception, Gen,
Malone, IS respects whom he a,sumas lbe coz
ditiOu Of me tor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
Shot by IL Woman

ct Louis. Mo-. Dec. pa man name Fred
Iompksns Was thot and MORALLY wounded
SUNDAY night. By woman whom he seco:ied
los tho purpose OF causing her to le.vs the ward
OF The Second Presbyterian Church, where she
mad gone with msle companion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
DIED..

On Monday, recsmber 10. at 1910 O'clock Q.
IA, after long and painful illness. VIII n sic
bore with Christian toftiiude, MARY JANE,
wife OF John McCuen, in the 18th year of her
sge. Es- Her funeral will take pace from
Grace church. on Wednesday afternoon, .. s 50
O'Clock. Friends and scquaint.ncea are invited
to attend
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

SURPLUS WEALTH SEEKING INVESTMENT
The Philadelphia evening" Te|egrsp! says ::
tbs tsinated hy wei-iniormed business me o
that there is at least $50 600. 600 Of o,rital 10
Philadelphia today seeking Investment. A
well-knoEn baker. who has organiz ID num-
Der OF sypdioates. stated to o Telegraph rspre-
sentative that he could 20 upoa tbe street and
10 halt an hour. by presenting favorable iu-
vsslmsnt get Up SUBSCRIPTION Of $4,000. 600.
Capital. be said. Vas not particular in what it
was PLACED, only that isir roiurn could be
shown. People wers wild for specucion and
accsp,ed anything good. Money, too, be Haid
brought small roturn 10 the regular channels,
and quick terms oauld be best made outside.
Cual and iron properties at this time seemed to
be the taVortes for Investment and consider
bile money had recently baen pu! in slate
nds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

The Richmond correspondence The Pstes.
burg Index Appeal says that MIR. Nicol, of
Primo, William, is one Of the ablest tebators
upon the floor of tho House of Delegates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
Another Arrest

LONDON. Dec. CA Dublin dispatch TO Ito
Daily New5 announces that John Clancy U
prominent membe: oftho L,nd League has be- n
arrested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
n termination.

WAsHIEGEoN, D. o.. Dec. 20 -TLe Prssiteot
hiss sent in TO the Senate the nomination of Tin
oihy C'Howe, Of Wis, TO be Pos!mssie7 Gsneral
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
COMMERCIAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET Decsnb Der 2J.-FICuT
Is quiet and steady. Tic receipts of Wheat arc
talr but prices are eff ard we note sala of ESQ
bushels at 132al35 for Fuz I37al41 for mixed
and lsOeli8 Tor frir to coed Lane AFTER; choica
being offaTed which would bring l45. Corn ID
weak snd sbcu! 1000 bushels of new white sold
at "a. No Rye or Oats reported Coua.ry pre-
duce ia firm ut las! quotations.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Deer. 10 -
Prices this week tor Beef Cattle rsnyed rs fol-.
lows:-
posi- beeVes. ...........6 20 9 s
Generally rated first qual,ty."~"-...b 70 a 8 IS
Medium or good fair Guality.........3 50 q q 81
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows 70 q 3 co
Extreme range of prices.".............2 90 o 6 80
Most OF the sales wore from ............4 co 80
Receipts for the week DIP head sales 1906.
The market to-day OF Cslyerton Yards vas
more active than last week. with moro good
Cattle offered than then. Pricss for tia boiler
grades though higher than lost week, show no
approcisole advance in va!usa. quality contil.
cred. huscom mon Csstle were generally off &C.
as compared with prices prevailing lest week
Mich CoWs-ee,t grades are quoted Al EOaS6J
per heal retail, and no Gsmaru for common
Cows
Sheep snd Lso bs There has been fairly
sctive trade. including an outside demand, thjs
week for good IS. Sheep, which have boon oif.r.
eQ IN limited nurn GERS. most OF the ntock being
OF common grade; fer the ltt.sr tho demand
is quite slow. We Qunta butcher Sheep at 3s61
cents. with an extra tat lot at & csn.a Lambs
3tst3 cents per 10 grosa. Clock Ewes 60S3 per
head, and Wetbeta Sd cen.a per 10. Arrivals
this week :099 head
Hogs.1here is O comparatively light run OF
hogs this week, and considerable frmness in
prices with an advance OF full !, on last weeks
quotations.. Tho market is fairly sc!ive at iho
aaVArce. The qlali will scarcely come I'D 10
that OF last weeks offerings, as in moss of the
yards It IL reportet as DO. as good. We quote
at 7taSS cents, with few extra at 9 ct, per 10
net. Arrivals this week e8l6 head
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

Washic gtoo, d. G.. Do IL.

nj in Meredith Ii psocmb, CT Rich mond, e
out j. proclamation" rcciting thst the MI
honei!ss aso Indebted solely t. HIM ard his
$500 follow republ:cs Is iori their !cess in
the rccant election, and demands full le1ogn'-
ton ana q division Of the offices, pro rats, &C.
cording 10 lhs strength Of The two wugs-that
is 10 say, the ros ublc.n wing, 5000. and the
Malone readju,ter wing, 2l.0Cu. He declares
,h,t he will not seek any Office for Himself. but
is now rosty 10 sccop. one that shall be equal
in value 10 his great services 10 the alliance by
which the democratic. conservative party of
nten is NOT uv eysn than he sss
Chester a. Arthur TO ''block The little gsme''
of Mshone and company. and draw off the sup.
cor: OF The 81 0C0 republicans from the usurp-
Ing faction.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

An txchapQe SAYS: MATS average ifa is
80 years." Dr.. Boll's Cough Syrup will S.!
ways live.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

FIRE AT SroTsYLvANIA G. No. Thurs
Day night Les! the large carriage ,aud wagon
f4oo'y Ct Eiper Boa, at Spotsy.vAGia Court
Hcus,. Rss totally s'r0yed by fire. together
with all the stock and tools. and ais, household
and kitchen furri:ur,. WEARING apparel, &c.
Tho Mossrs. E.per with their families, slept in
the rooms over the flc!ory and they barely Ell
clped with their lives. one Of the bro.hs.s be-
og badly turned. The building w,s insured
for 5000. aod the stock. w., for 81 500, which
but Partially covers the loss. The fire is SUP
pesaa 10 have oIi2i1ated accidentally.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20
CANAL COMMERCE..

ArrlVed-Eoass Tho, Patton sud :, Saif!, 20
Amstc.n Cotl Co; A 81 AgLeH, TO J1o P Ay-
new q Co.
Aenew.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-20

El TONS CHOICE TIMOTHY AND
W. GLOVER Hay for salo By
CHAS. s. TAYLOR, Jr.,
noVio Mes. II & i3 King st,
I sOOR MATS DOOR MATS!l In store
- and 'or sale 4 full linn CT Coco and Hatt.u
hoos Mats. Acl f AN & UHLER,
declb IS King street.
SklRT BOARDS SKIRT BOARDSI
~ al sizes of the above at
McLEhN 3 UHLsh'S,
declo 7G King street.
k'lkE UhACkERS-A large supply of large
l. and small Fire Crackers ct
deel6 j. O. AILBURNE.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-08
Tive Sides to the Question.

This world is not by any means Sc
one-slded rs many people imagine. II
is IA great mistake to suppose that the
Joys aud sorrow of life are unequaIly
distributed. For instance, we will
take the rich man, who, fguratively
speaking, is rolling in wealth, and to
the casual observer the very cream of
pleasure is continual y spread before
him; but one who makes human na-
ture study, and possesses the power
to look deeper than the surface, can
readily decide that with all his riches
he is not happy. He knows nothing
Of the contrast between plenty and
poverty, of sweet rest after toll. If he
desires anything, his wealth is the
"open sesame" which Immediately
| filings wide the door, and 10, it is
spread out before him. Which of two
men would enjoy his dinner most, the
one who only had to walk into the
next room for it, or the man who was
obliged to walk five miles before being
able to obtain it? Assuredly the latter.
The rich mans pleasures pull upon
him. II there is no poisonous alloy
mixed with his cup of pleasure, the
very lack of the necessity Of exertion
lessons to great degree the enjoyment.
But alas, how many magnificent
homes have their skeletons in the
closet. hidden from the sight of the
world, yet still there to confront in
secret,
Many a seemingly brimful cup of
pleasure holds at the bottom the bet
ter lees of misery. There are some
who at first do not seem to be obliged
to drink to the very bottom and taste
the bitterness, but fit from cup to
cup of pleasure, slipping only the sweet
nectar from the top, 'leaving the bot
tom for me, say some enyious ones.
Oh, no, follow out their lives aud note
the end. At last there come on more
cups of pleasure, and we see them re-
tracing their steps, cringing before the
stern hands of fate, and drinking from
cup after cup of the lees. Oh, let
those who have pleasures mixed with
sorrow not complain.
| never was guilty of downright
envy but once. A friend OF mine
seemed to have been chosen for for
tunes iayorite: wealth showered upon
him; sickness in his family was un-
known; his wife--one of the most
lovely woman | had ever met-was
devoted to him, he to her; their four
children were models of beauty and
intelligenoe-his home was perfection.
Alas. how soon was all changed!
Within one short month wealth had
taken wings-wlfe and children slept
beneath the snow. He hal often re-
marked to me: My earthly happi-
ness is eomplete-my cup of pleasure
w. - QSar lowing" Within one
9rnsd'ro say, Il have drunk
the cup OF misery to the bottom: there
can be no more for me-
In striding after the false light of
ighiS fatlttS We often crush the sweet
violets beneath our feet. Let us be
thankful for the pleasure near us,
and cease plning for those beyond our
reach Iarerly Magazine
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-08
Dreams That Come True.

! A belief in the trutl. of dream warn
ing has fingered even to our own day.
1t was yet more prevalent in past CEN
turles. Macauley has ridicule,l Arch
bishop Laud for the care with which
he recorded his dreams in his diarv:
but the prelate was no more supers-
titious in this respect than were many
of his contemporaries. The medical
historians generally note some dream
prophecy before any great event took
place. A plous monk dreamt of the
fatal accident that should befall the
Red King. Henry w. of France was
opposed by evil dreams the night pre-
ceding his assassination. It is an
undisputed fact that, in the present
century, a murder was discovered from
the circumstance of one of the parents
OF the victim dreaming where the
body was concealed
Bishop Hall relates a curious story
of cure effected by means of a dream;
a cripple dreaming that he bathed in
a certain we'll in Cornwall and was
restored to health. Acting on this
visionary prescription he recovered
the use Of his limbs. The bishop at
tributes this dream to a s:good angel"
Probably, as Lord Bryon says of pro-
phecies, people note the fulflment of
dreams and forget the failures-pass
over the ninety-nine baseless visions,
but record the hundredth that hap
pens to be verified.
Authors, artists and musicians have
carried on their work in their dreams,
sometimes with more success than in
their waking hours. Tartini, an
Italian composer, dreamt that he heard
fiend perform an elaborate solo on
the violin. He attempted to reproduce
it when awake; but, thought "Devil's
Sonata is ranked among his finest
productions, thes composer declared
that it was so inferior to the music Of
his dream. be could have broken his
instrument with vexation at his failure
to produce that beautiful melody.
Condorcet and Franklin worked out
elaborate calculations in their sleep.
and remembered them on awaking.
Lord Thurlow is said to have COM
posed part of a Latin poem in dream
and Sir. j. Herschell has left verse
which occurred to him in similar
circumstances. Goethe records that
his dreams often assisted him in his
compositions.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-07-08
A Phosphorescent Cat.

They had billin' old time at the
West End recently. Mr.. Monkeys
boy took the family cat and rubbed
phosphorus all over him. 1t wos about
nlghtfall when he completed the Job
and let the cat 60. The hoodo. began
right away. The cat got into u barrel
and began to yowl, and that attracted
of bulldog, and he came along and
danced about and barked and got terri
bly, excited. 1t was case of ''dog in
the light, cat in the shadder." Pret-
ty cat in the shadder, dog full of
fight, cat growing madder," Pretty
soon the dog upset the the barrel and
went in after the cat.
But it was surprise party for him.
The PHOSPHORUS glowed in the dark
ness and he beheld cat of fire. He
came out of that barrel and went off
bowling as though a policeman had
stepped on him. Then the cat went
up on the roofs, where other cats do
congregate, and retired to chum round
with 'em. But it was no go. They
fled from him as if be were a bootiack.
He didn't understand it and gave
chase, and as there were about forty
cats on those roofs, and they were all
scared and fed from him, bowling
dismally the noise was something
fearful, so that folks in this vicinity
who heard ii were scared and had cold
sweats.
The cats continued to tear about
and yell so that it couldn't be endur-
ed. Mr.. Monkey and others got up
and went upon the roof with clubs.
And at first the sight of fiery cat
frightened them, and one lady who
saw it screamed and fell through a
skylight and nearly killed man sleep
ing beneath it and made him think
Mother Shipton was right. Final
ly Mr.. Monkey and his friends made
a desperate charge on the fiery cat and
the poor cat took flying leap to the
street. He lit on policeman, saving
its life, but nearly soaring the officer
out of his, he thought he " as struck
by lightning. The cat jumped to the
ground and an astronomer came along
and took him for an arolite and tried
to pick him up. TO his amazement
the arolite ran. Then he was scared,
too. Finally the cat got in haymow
and somebody thought the barn was
atire, and they called out the engines
and got seven streams turned on to
him. He fought well but they fixed
him. And they told the stableman he
was crosseyed fool to mistake cats
eyes for fire, and so they left him.
And all the West End is talking Of
the mysterious, fiery cat, and only
young Monkey understands the mys-
terry.