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The National tribune., 1882-01-21
THE RED STAIN ON THE LEAVES.
BY @. W. BUNGAY.

The wood-bird's nest upon the bough
Deserted hangs, and heaped with leaves;
Once filed with life and joy, but now
Sad as a stricken heart that grieves.
Amid the light of such scene,
Where silent wales and bills are clad
In gayest hues of gold and green,
Why should the human heart be sad?
Yet sombre thoughts fit through the mind,
And pass unspoken and unsung.
As leaves, touched by the autumn wind,
Fail from the twigs to which they chung.
Here, like the patriarch In his dream,
We see the ladder angels trod,
The mountains of our vision seem
To lean against the throne of God.
The wales of golden mist that rise
Over the woodlands to the sea,
Drop where the gallant soldier lies,
Whose furlough is eternity.
Upon the leaves now scar and red,
That once were fakes of fire to me,
] see the blood our armies shed,
That our dear Country might be free.
The National tribune., 1882-01-21

INSCRIBED to the abebodied stay uurs 'he
war and re-dedicated to the Editor OF lhe New tork
Tribune who is now vigorously hghtng our dsaoleo
veterans and warning upon the "ioo"e anu vi Pnai7 Vi
our fallen comrades-ED.I
Now while our soldiers are fighting our battles,
Each at his post to do all that he can,
Down among rebels and contraband chattels,
What are YOU doing, my wide-awake man.?
All the brave boys under canvas sleeping
All of them pressing to march with the van,
Far from the home where their sweethearts weep
ing
What you waiting for wide-awak man?
You with the terrible warlike moustaches
Fit for a colonel or chief of a Clan
YOU with the waist made for swordbelts and sashes,
Where are your shoulder-straps, wide-awalSe man?
Bring him the bottomless garment of woman!
Cover his face lest it freckle and tan;
Muster the apron-string guards on the Common,
That Is the corps for the wide-awake man.
Give him for escort file of young misses,
Each of them armed with deadly rattan;
They shall defend him from laughter and misses,
Aimed by low boys at the wide-awake man.
o, but the black-cape guards are the fellows!
Drilling each day since troubles began
Handle your walking stick! Shouioer oihorei-
las"
That is the style for the wde-awake man.
Catch me confdng my person with strangers!
Think how the cowardly Bull Runners ran!
In the brigade of the stay-at-home black-capes
Marches my corps, says the wide-awake man.
Such was the stuff of the Malakoff takers,
Such were the soldiers that scaled the Redan;
TrucuIent housemaids and blood thirsty Quskers
Brave not the wrath of the wide awake man.
When the brown soldiers come back from the borders
How will they look while his features they scan?
How will he feel when he gets marchingr oders,
Signed by his lady love, wde-awake man?
Now then nine cheers for the torchbearng rangers!
Blow the great ish-horn and beat the big pan!
First in the field that is farthest from danger,
Take your white feather plume wide-awake man.
Baltimore american, Oct. s, 1861.
The National tribune., 1882-01-21

The first gun of the Rebellion was fired at
Fort Sumter on Henry Clay's birthday. The
fort surrendered on Thomas Jefferson's birthday.
The contest began in the streets of Baltimore on
the anniversary of the battle of Lexington and
Concord
The National tribune., 1882-01-21
THOSE AWFUL WOMEN,

January 80, 1863, daughter of South Carolina
wrote to the Charleston Courier from Darlington
district:
II propose to spin the thread to make the cord
to execute the order of our noble President Davis
when old Butler is caught, and my daughter asks
that she may be allowed to adjust it around his
neck"
The National tribune., 1882-01-21
REBEL CAVALRY TACTICS.

An Arkansas colonel of cavalry during the
war used to mount his men as follows:
First Order-Prepare fer ter git onto yer
critters!
Second Order-Git!
The National tribune., 1882-01-21
THE WTDE-AWAKE MAN.

INSCRIBED to the bleboded stay during the
war and rededicated the Editor of the New York
Tribune who is vigorously hghthg our alsaoeo
and warning upon the widows and orphans of
orr faIIan comrades-ED.
The National tribune., 1882-01-21

To the soldier, the tenderest memories of the
past centre around those who have been his COM
radaS
The National tribune., 1882-01-21

Special Order No. -.
Lieutenant Wickfeld, of the - Indiana cav
airy having on this day eaten everything in
Mrs Selvidges house, at the crossing of the Iron
ton and Pocahontas and Black River and Cape
Girardeau roads, except one pumpkin-pie Lieu
tenant Wickfeld is hereby ordered to return
with an escort of one hundred cavalry and eat
that pie also.
The National tribune., 1882-01-21

seek repose could not resist the impulse to slap
him on the shoulder and say, "Well, old man,
you're all right Notwithstanding; so much for
your sign" He seized my hand with warm,
brotherly clasp, and replied to my salutation,
"My times not yet up, Jack; wait"
The National tribune., 1882-01-21
u. S. GRANT.
Brigadier-General Commanding.

Br1gadleT-GeneraI commanding.
Grants orders were law, and no soldier ever
attempted to evade them. At seven o'clock the
lieutenant filed out of camp with his hundred
men amid the cheers of the entire army The
escort coneurred in stating that he deYoured the
whole of the pie and seemed to relish it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05
FOREIGN NEW

1t is reported that the Emperors of Austria and
Germany will soon meet at Gastcin.
Count De Lesseps apprchends no danger TO the
Suez Canal unless the Egyptians are excited by
foreign intervention.
An informer named Kenny was killed in Dub
lin yesterday. Twenty arrests were made in
Loughrea under the Peace Preservation act
The Irish members of the British House of Com
mons yesterday left the House in body, refusing
to participate in the debate on the Coercion bill
The Pope held consistory yesterday, at which
he conferred the cardinals hat upon Monseigneur
Aiiemand-L avigerie, Archbishop of Algiers.
Fresh arrests have been made during the ,ast
few days at st. Petersburg. Among those arrested
are two Uhlan officers who were found distribut
ing revolutionary proclanations. One account saws
these officers were among those specially charged
to protect the Emperor. Count Tolstoi has been
threatened and is constantly guarded. Additional
precautions have been taken at the Peterhof
Palace.
The Press Association reports that there is rea.
son to believe that decisive military action will
be taken in Egypt, probably within twenty.fnnr
hours. The Egyptian authorities having given
unsatisfactory reasons for placing guns in posi-
ton threatening the fleet, Admiral Seymour do.
clares that he will take immediate and decisive
steps to compel the stoppage of work on the forti
cations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05
The Markets.

BALTIMORE, July 5.-yirgnia Is deferred TO-
do consolidated 571s past due coupons 57a.; new
III; Aus AIS bid to-day. Cotton quiet aud nomi-
nal; middngs 12as. Flour steady; Howard
street and Western Super So 25a4 90, do
extra - 25a5 %, do family SIS 5Oa6 rs City
Mills super SD 25a+ 90, do extra 81 25a7 So, do
Rio brands 81 25a7 81; Baltimore high grade
family 81 Is, do winter wheat, patent SIS 25
Wheat-Southern lower; Western quiet aud firm +;
Southern red 13Oa133; do amber 132a135; No 2
Western winter red spot 1:}Oa1301a; July 1913
bid; Aug 11Sl4a11sas. Corn--Southcrn firmer !;
Western higher and strong Southern white 50 !;
do yellow 81; Western mixed spot S3aS3t. July
70 isaS;tfs; August S4's bid; September S4S,.
Oats quiet and steady; Southern 59a62 Western
white GOa62; do mixed 57a59; do Penna 50a62.
Rye nominally 75aSO Hay dull: prime to choice
Pcnna and Maryland basic Coffee firm Rio
cargoes ordinary to fair Sa9l4. Sugar quiet A
soft 9's. Whiskey quiet at 81 16
NEW YORK. July 5.-Stoeks moderately active
Money Big. Flour quiet aud unchanged Wheat
quiet and firm at asa4sc better Corn fairly ac-
tive and Aa17s c better.
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deed releasing the company from said ex-
emption. The meeting also adopted Il
resolution indorsing the action of the board
OF directors increasing the capital stock Of
the West Point and Terminal Company
10000 shares
A meeting of the holders of Virginia state
bonds was held in London yesterday, Mr.
Bonverie presiding Resolutions were pass
cd authorizing a committee in con junction
with the council of foreign bondholders, to
take steps to call in the state bonds and is
sue certificates instead, for the purpose of
protecting the interests of the bondholders,
and that Il memorial be addressed to Presi-
dent Arthur, drawing his attention to the
facts attending the reputation of the SOL
emn obligations Of the state of Virginia by
the legislature Of that state, and praying the
assistance of the federal government to ena-
Bile the bOndholhers to vindcate their claim
to be reimbursed for their advances.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

THE ENGLISH holders of Virginia bonds are the
practical jokers of the season. They met in Lon
don yesterday and determined to address mem
orial to President Arthur, "drawing his attention
to the facts attending the reputation of the
solemn obligations of the State of Virginia by the
Legislature of that State, and praying the assist
ance of the Federal government to enable the
bondholders to vndicate their claim to be rcim-
burscd for the advances" 1t has long been known
that the English people had scant respect for
American Presidents, but it was not known until
now that they would push that disrcspcct to de
gree that approximatcs if it does not reach, the
point of positive insult. The English bondhod-
crs know as well as everybody else that had it not
been for the assistance rendered them by Prcs-
dent Arthur the Mahoncitcs would never have
been able to rcpudiatc the Virginia bonds and
possessed of that knowledge. the memorial refer
red to is practical joke, the roughncsS of which
can only be exceeded by its exquisite irony.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05
HOUSE.
The Egyptian Conference.

LONDON, July 5.-A dispatch to the Times
from Paris says the conference will probably
come to a decision to-day to formally request
thcPorte's intervention in Egypt. The princi-
pie ofcolective action has been already re-
solved upon if the Porte refuses to consent
to the proposed conditions. lifts execution
becomes necessary it is probable that sever
al powers will participate but the share of
England will be greater than that of any
Otherp power.
LONDON, July 5.-Twenty thousand arms
have now been distributed to the various
military centres in readiness for arming the
reserves. The distribution of 10000 more
has been ordered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

ROBBERY AND PROBABLE MURDER IN
ALBEMARLE.-A gentleman from Albemarlc
arrived in the city yesterday and reported
the following:
Monday night about o'clock two white
men, supposed to be strangers, entered the
store ofMr Stephen ID. Mayo, who lives in
A1bemarlc county, about eight miles from
Scottsville, on the Monticello road. The
men made several insignificant purchases.
and while Mr. Mayo was waiting upon them
one of the party drew a pistol and fired upon
him, the ball taking effect in the head near
the eye. infiicting a serious and probably
fatal wound Mr.. Mayo fell senseless to the
floor and the men proceeded to rob the
money-draWer of its contents. 1t was
known that Mr.. Mayo kept a considerable
quantity of money in the store, but fortunate
~ he did not keep it all in any one place. He
had no safe, but he deposited his money in DIFF
tercnt places about the house for safe-keep-
ing. BY this means the robbers were pre-
vented from securing rs heavy booty as thew
expected. Leaving the wounded mad living
insensiblc upon the floor, the men made off
without exciting any alarm After awhile
Mr.. Mayo returned to consciousness and
succeeded in securing assistance His con-
dition is very critical, and the worse is
feared as to future consequences.
One of the men engaged in this dark work
is supposed 10 be the notorious Albemarle
murderer, James Rhodes, who was the chief
figure in the Massic murder-Rich Dis.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY S, 1882.

The Senate has cut down the appropria-
ton for the fees of the physicians who at
tended the late President to So, 900. ftbe
physicians had wrought cure there might
be some ground for paying them this large
sum- but as they did not and on the con-
trary, by excluding from the case other
physicians who might have located the ball.
and who certainly would not have rammed
tube more than twelve inches long into
the abdominal cavity Of the patient, and
that, too, in a direction entirely different
from the course Of the ball, there is not onlv
no reason why it should be paid but every
reason why it should not. 1t is said Doctor
Bliss should be given large fee because he
abandoned all his other practice. But that
Is no reason at all; for there was no neccs-
sity why, if he had any other practice, he
should have done so silly a thing. There
was nothing in the possible contingencies OF
the case that neccssitated his continued
presence at the bedside of his patient, and
the result showed that it could have been
interrupted by attendance upon such other
patients as he might have had, without the
slightest detriment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

THE ANNIVERSARY Of the day on which
the American Colonies declared themselves
free and independent States was observed
yesterday throughout the entire country,
with the usual festivities, barring, of course.
such as were interferred with by the pre-
vailing inclement weather. The sentiment
that inspires the annual celebration of the
day is eminently patriotic, but why so prac-
tical people as those of the Ulited States
continue to cherish it when they have
long since ceased to pay the slightest regard
to most of the principles contained in the
Declaration Of independence, is one of the
many anomalies of modern America.
There is hardly governmental grievance
set forth in the Declaration that has not
been repeated and increased since the peo-
pie of the country substituted their own for
English rule, and yet they persist in hurrah-
ing, exploding powder and throwing up
their hats on the 4th Of July as if they still
possessed the same freedom and indepem-
dence they achieved century ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

!, cough Cold or Sore Throat should be stonnoa
nneslect frequently results in an Inourable Inne
g1sease OF Consumption. BROWNS BRONCHTAfe
IhoCHES do not disorder the stomach like cough
sS smpd and hasams but act directly on the In
Asthma pas pron, ahiaynG irritation give relief in
TTSS san. brohohlns Coughs, Catarrh and the
anroat Troubles which Singers and Public snesk'
DIS are subject to. For thirty years Browns
bronchial Troches have been recommended hS
physicians, and have always given perfect salts.
,ae. s Having been tested by wide and constant
taned we'll Witty s an entire generation they have at
where. W - ''a lux every
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05
Mothers Mothsrs!! Mothers

Are you disturbed at night and broken of vour
rest by sick child suffering and crying with The
eScruciating pain of cutting teeth! If so. % at
once and gets bottle of Mrs WINSLOW'S S06TH r.
ING SYRUP. 1t will relieve the poor little snf-
ferer immediately.depend upon it there is no
mistake about 1t. There is not a mother on earth
VINO has ever used it, who will not tell YOU at
once that it will regulate the bowels. and e;vo
rest to the mother, and relief and health to rho
child, operating like magic 1t is perfectly safe ~
use in all cases, and pleasant to the taste and ;S
the prescription of one of the oldest and best f..
male physicians and nurses in the United States
Sold everywhere. % cents bottle. 0''e'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

ANOTHER ONE of General Mahonc's captains
has been provided for at the expense of the State
Mr.. James Frazier, the man who said the only
qualifications his party required for judge were
that he be a adjustcr and had once opened law
book, has been made Treasurer of the Virginia
Military Institute. Some curious people arc de-
sirous of knowing whether Mr.. Frazicrs ideas
respecting treasurers arc as broad those regard
ing the State judgeships The Mahoneitcs are
playing such pranks with the State colleges that
the probable result will be Il great falling off in
the number Of students at these institutions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

The regatta on the Rappahannock st Fredericks.
burg came off yesterday. The four-oared she'll
race between the Junior Potomacs, of Washington
and Rappahannocks, of Fredericksburg, was won
BY the former. Time IL minutes Is seconds, The
single scull race between W. c. McKenney. of
Washington. and D. Barclay of Norfolk, was won
with ease by Mckinney. The four-oared she'll
race between the Columbias and Anaostans, of
Washington. and the Potonacs, of Georgetown.
was Won by the Columbus. The four-oared gig
race between the Rivcs, Of Virginia University
Cockadc City OF Petersburg and Olympies, of
Richmond, was won by the Rives by several lengths.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05
A Vegetable Product.


Only used in AYERS AGUE CURE, has nrov.n =
sen never failing and rapid cure for every form
OF Nalarial Disorder, Fever and Aguc, or ChilIs
and Fever. No injury follows its use, and its
effects arc permanent. 1t arouscs the system to a
maarial poison and imparts feeling of comSort
and security most desirable in Ague districts II
IS an excellent tonic and preventive as we'll 40
cure, OF all complaints peculiar to malarions
marshy and miasmatic regions. The great snner;''
ori.S OF AYERS AGuE CURE over any other com.
muna Is tnat 1t contains no Quinine Arsenic or
injurious effects whatever upon the copst;t'.; i vi
those cured by it are left as healthy as If thnH
had never had the disease. ~ II 'i'ey
a., me direct action of AYER's AauE CURE unon
inc Inc Liver ana Digestive Organs makes it sumo.
rJs tor Liver Complaints, producing MANY
failed '"''''i'cs nave
For sale by all druggists,
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The Disaster on the Ohio.

WHEELING w. Va, July St is impos
sible to ascertain at this hour the number Of
persons drowned by the sinking ofthe excur-
sion steamer Scioto after the latter had been
in collision with the steam tug John Tomas,
near Mingo Junction, Ohio, last night
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05
The Church of Rome.

ROME, July 5.-The Pope, in an allocution at
the conSistory OH Monday said the position of the
church in Italy was becoming worse than ever
The government he declared, vas guilty of bad
faith i'll refusing exequaters to twenty bishops he
had nominated
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

THE FACT that Of all the several departments of
the Government the Senate, which has IA large
number Of Southern members, alone has some en-
ployees who once wore the gray is sufficient to
induce the republican majority of 4 committee of
that body to require the Secretary and Sergeant
alarms thcrcofto correct the evil" which means
to turn out the men the Southern members repre-
scnt and fill their places with men from the North
And of such is the unscctionalism of the rcpubli-
cau RI
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05
The Cotton Crop.

bloom of this years crop has been received here.
1t is from the farm of Capt. w. G. Coleman, near
Macon, N. c. The indications are that with sea
sonahle weather the crop will be much larger than
last wear
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

GEN. WALLACE, U. =. Minister to Turkey was
invited to the Sultan's palace yesterday. but his
advice i'll the pending crisis was not asked. The
Sultan is evidently discerning man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

For tremulousness, wakefulness, dizziness,
ana lack OF energy, most valuable remedy
is Browns Iron Bitters.
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What Seven Could Not Do.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 6, 1881.
II. Fl. WARNER & Co. iSirs--Seven ply
siclans could not do for me what your Safe
kidneyand Liver Cure accomplished. Hope
lessly sick with kidney diseases, it restored
me to perfect health. JACOB MYERS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

A full line of Coxes' Childrens Shoes lust
received and for sale by ~
D. RUBEN & Co,
&c King st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-05

The market is quiet and easy. Flour is firm
az quotations. The receipts of Wheat are only
fair and prices are dropping; we note sales Of
300 bushels al 12Oa125 for Fultz, 40 for mix.
cd and 132 for fair Lancaster. No Corn. Rye or
Oats were offered. Country produce is shade
hi CHER.
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To-DAY's TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES.
To-day's Congressional Proceedings.


SENATE
Mr.. Fry presented q memorial of the
Board of Trade of the State of Maine asking
for commission to consider the mercantile
marine and its necessities.
The Senate-voted to postpone till Deem.
Der next the consideration Of national
bankrupt law. -
HOUSE.
A bill was introduced to repeal the act of
lSl5adding % per cent to the duty on sugar
and molasses, which was referred.
The House tl2 o'clock went into Com
mittee of the Whole and resumed the con-
sideration of the naval appropriation BILL
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Children's and Boys Suits from $3.50 up
H. STRAUSS, sc King st,
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Just received u large line of Trunks all
prices and styles
II. STRAUSS, &C King ST.
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Mems Suits ranging from $500 to $500
1t H. STRAUSS, sc King st.
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Great reduction in Mems and Boys Cloth
ing at HENRY STRAUSS, Sc King st
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WE ARE indebted to Maj. Ben. Perey Poorc,
for copy of the Congressional Directory. compiled
by himself.
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Have received the latest styles of Spring
Shoes, at the lowest prices. D. Ruben &
Co., 6S King street.
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large stock of straw hats to be sold
without regard to cost.
III. STRAUSS, 66 King ST.
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ifyou appreciate comfort, buy your Shoes
of ID. Ruben & Co., 6S King st.
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DIED,

At the residence of her daughter Miro chor,os
Mhittesey, on the marning of JULY 4tb 1890
Mrs FANNY d. MOVES, in the s3d year of her
age. '' ~ "et