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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-01-30

ST. JOINS ACADEMY CADET CORPS FA1s
The fair tor tbs benefit OF St. johns Academy
Cadet UorOs will be opaned tc-oisht a. ArmoTy
Hall. Tha hall and the tables present so
appearance, which reflect credit upon the
pleasant time is anticipated tonight. The
tsir is particularly deserving of patronage.
II is TO. generally coniid rel that bosr6 ~
aoos are IS profitable to city as factories,
vet suCl ls undoubtedly Ina C ,se. Every sIu-
dent brought Ii re from abroad apends a. least
IS mitch moneys IS in ordinary factory ha3d
srd INST monty is ped iced elsewhere and
brought tere. Zen or twelve thousand ,l,rs
VIC o thus thrcwl alto circulation By c .deis
: ON abroad last yasr, and ar hing tendlt e TO
Ilcrease their run5lr teId5 as to mere the
amount CfrrtH: 10 the merchant. 1ho 'hool
9 yes TO sch ct our boys sc dtsiro it m,li al
~ lcstion, which they 4 nd not otherwise CD.
tan without lMg 10 incre,s Cos" The Buys
,l'o des"Iye rec, & ion f,r ,hCir handsome rep
r,seLta IN OF the Cty at Yorktown, whittier
,hty carried nearly sixty c.de's at tbtie own
cxpers' ;houg the City council had rml y
dsc Il ID that Ia representation there was worth
500. That they rapresent' d i. WORTH V is tc5
tfe:ty tae commsr d Dg { 1fc ms in the follow
iag le..v v i.ich alo publ: ned with thor per.
Ini. IN:
kicLlsLd ststfo;d O., Va. Nov. 80, ISL
i2hard Csrne. esq Principal ST. John 5
. .
My Dear ir: Il gives nee great pleasure to
testify - the ldie>ly sppe.raDca, militsr y
bearing and good MlnIc ing Ct your cadet corps
a. me Itrk:own Icntenpisl.
r)sgratuln.e YOU upon their d ill ard d sci
llrc. IS well upon ih> deseIy I'd sCcc 49,
whIc1, turmounting al o! s:aolts enabled your
rvs 10 participate in ihose patriotic ceremonies
Very Ietp. I fully sour ob't. strV't,
{. G.ei) Pl1ZnUdu LEE.
Headquarters Third Virginia Regimelt, !
Charlottesville Va. Dec. 2. 1881.
The c)r2s Of c as from st. Johns Military
4 deny, kle1st dcs. Va, having been st
t ned To ny ras i'm ,nt during the Yorktown
CentsLIi Al Ltlebratlon it z vts me mach pless
GIe - ssy that found tae.r dIil ana di; pline
b'th cxcollont, ard the conduc. CT the corp; WAS
suHn r. to cali firth h;gl praise from tho officers
al d m,n Ct 4 y c)mmnnd (5igned)
&. q. WERTEN
C6lonQ CommaLdi.g.
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a complete sssor;m mt for sslo Al whole ,le / y
Isaac EiChberg,
and Of retsil b7 all frs! clsfs dealers. jar93
GPSCIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Ofan Extraordinary Attractive
DRY GOODS SALE AT SCHWABZ'S
1'2 King street
commencing MONDAY, Jan. 81, 1872. Goods
are displayed on coun'ers marked down in plain
figures. The ssle will not be confined merely
TO Winter Goods. tu. q general cut will be
made in all Departments. I noto tsw of the
specislies ard want you to call and SEQ them,
as we'll as many others too numerous 10 mention.
The Stock consists of fiis, Linen, Hosiery,
Gloves. Introducing, brass Goods, Ololb,
Flannels and Domastics, such as Blankets, Com
forts, Shifting, shee,ng, White Goods, etc ,
and every thing in thkt line 10 be sold cheap.
Remember, that this ia my annual sale and
that all goods are marked down at bottom prices,
VIII mark prices down Mat it will pay you 10
buy them even for a year head.
The stoc!; consists besidss the above named
goods of largo assortment of Brussels, Ingram
ana g. Ply CARROTS. Oil Cloth. Mating. Window
Curtains, Picture Fr:m,e, etc. tan21
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Forty years trial has proved "BLACK-
DRAUGHT" the best liver medicine in
the world.
For ssis BY Z. 8. Les 1beatsr & Bro.
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a lsWya: ut Louisville is about to institute o
novel quit for damage, sgainst doctor. a lady
patient died OF heart disease. and by permission
of her relatives ha was permitted to m AXE pos t
mort III e1amin alton. aud it Was subse qatntly
discovered that he had removed and carried
away her heart
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W,. v!AcE NhWs.-IIenry Builder, oolored. Of
its a on Wss b'fsrs ths Mayor this more
A a; sns5Red by Spat car PlDksrd with acting 10
N''0iaer'9 manner 10 bis house. last nipbt,
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DIED..

DIED.
Of typhoid fever. Lear Baltimore, Nd, on
Sunday M rning, thu 18th inst, WILLIAM
4. MERCHANT, of Dumfries, Prince William
county. Va, in the Ssh year of his ago.
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M OTTO + The stock holders OF the LEX.
~ ANDhIA MARIrE HALLWAY snd
SHIPBUILDlNG COMP NY will p ease At
tend nesting on MONDAY EVENING, Feb.
6 lsS2, At "A O. clock. ct Harmony Hall. A full
attendance Is desired, IS business of importance
will coma before it.
By order of the Pref lent:
jsI3l-7. .SCHNKIDE2. Secretary.
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THE DIAMOND PACKAGE DYES
l. Twenty -four Popular Colors. Each pack.
are colors from one TO Two pour d, or more
cord ing to The shade desired. They are equally
US ,fuI Tor dyeing Silk. Wool. Cotton, Feathers
and u kinds of Fancy Work. single package
of any color added to pint OF boili X water
makes ~ once beautiful Ink suitable for either
writing, co2ying or ruling. Full directions for
use accompany each package. Price ten cents
per package. On receipt Of twenty We cents
we will m sil free of postage 10 any address tho
packages Of say shades desired.
JANNKY & co.
i,n27 70 and 152 King strest.
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janl4-W4w

PY VIhTU + of decree in the sui. o. ,Ipnt-
- son vs. johnson {. ais, at the June l.r"i.
1880. tho undersigned will on MONDAY, FeS-
ru.ry 20!h, u.s.. (conrt day. st Il n, in troEt
Of tho Court house CT Fairt,I county. sol! to IN"
highest bidder that VALUABLE TRhDrO OF
LAND in Fairfax county, Re.r thu village o.
Dranasv.lle. formerly owned by Ni!li,G si.i
Edward johnson, continuing about 200 acres.
Terms: One.four,h in hand, balaaco IN one
an two years, with interest from date and good
security. Z. w. MOORE,
CASSlNS ChRrEK,
iAnN-T1W Snfcial CNM..Irg. Oc tS-Ir.
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Jno. Bittner, German shoemaker Of Bslti.
m pre-. committed suicids yesterday by bio wing
his tra'ns out. st bis wis's bedslds. just after
sac had given birth 10 child. Poverty WAS the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-01-30

COMMISSIONERS SAILS OF EAlHTAX
~ LAND-Sy virtue OF q d"crco in thu gris
OF Clarke vs.. Terrell ct ais tha undersignst
will cell at Fairfax 9. H., Va. on MONDAY.
Fabrury 90 1882, a. II No.. that TRACT or
LAND in Fairfax county, belonging 10 CO.
vile 2. forfeit and lately set apart TO hiu,,
containing FOHTYONE ACEkS. 1t adioins
the lands OF Terrett, Lang and others; is closely
situated to market. po:tothc:, mile, &c. A plat
will be exhibited on day OF SALE
Terms: So much c.ah % will pay expenses Of
sale, soy SIS residue in tix aad twelve months,
with interest aud security
THOMAS MOORE, Comm'rs.
CASSIUS CARTER, ofEsle.
;.pl0-uAu
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The New Slaymaker Store

Inc New SlaymakeE Store
has on hand sn oatira new stock of Lsdes'
Gents, aDd GhldIen's Furnishing Goods. such
Hose Gloves sndkercbiefs. Cravals, Sc.rfs'
Shswls. Balmoralo, Embroidery, Lsce, CO.
lare!tes. &c. Also Cam brio and Cotton Under
wear for ladies. of all kinds, Gum Goats Circu-
lars, Caps and Legxins; Umbrellas &C., &c.,
which we ctf:r Tor Cash st the lowest POSSIBLE
prices.
Z. U. D. orders viii privilege determination.
All goods warranted NJ represented by AMOS
3. STAY AkER, No. lO7 King Street, two
doors frlln Pitt. Alexandria, Va. i.n23
T AIDES CAMBRIA and COTTON UN.
- DERWBAk OF all kinds. and lady in
jana AMOS B. sLAYMAKRRs,
GPBCIsL ATTENTION ia Gated to mr.
~ Wide Back CASHMRRES at 75c; t. best
goods evsr offered for the mooey.
To close our stock of BLACA CIOAKS va
ohsr them without regard to cost.
Specl ,linducementsi 10 BLEAr'HED GOODa.
Fruit Of the Loom 100
Our prices on SHKETIEGs ara less ,,A.n
those OF any house. in tovn,
lanl9 j TAOKE TT.
SPECIAL INDJCEMRNTS I'm DY,sIRa.
~ BILE GOODS.
we ouer largo lot Of new and desirable
WE tHhShLhS value li4 for TO-, T hsse
goods Wera bought in November at O great bar
gain ana have never been offered before.
we also offer large lot OF lC1 BLEAcT1RD
onhhAt Noo, bought on speculation in Bar
TENDER ut less than preseut wholesale prics
we arc receiving New Black Cashmerss Neu
bsck S.lsF. De,lr.ble Suitinss White q aods
al The leaclng brands OF Bieaehpd rooa ~
Opf stock Irtsanis many stt.aetions. snd liver,
VINO want rally desirable GOODS will !,nJ :,
worth thsir attention. u"u 1t
janl6 JNO TAov1 nm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-01-30

BALTIMORE, CINCINNATI & WESTERN RAIL
ROAD -S5me time ago We published an article
from tie Chicago Times about the Baltimore.
Cincinnati aud Western Railroad 10 answer
to the publication Colonel j. A. Hsyder, obit f
eng'oetr OF tho road ssy5: There is at ylu.elY
20 tiu:h 10 II whatever. First. the Baltimo orc.
C'nclnDall and Western Railroad Gem pscy
cave oeVer set forth sDy particular sun as clpi
,a or psl3- lr-atcck. Stc,nd. slihough there
nave been sone temporary delays, there hts nev-
Il ocen any delinquency in the payment of the
company debts either 10 This state. West Viz
R1ia or oilo. 10 which latter state the status of
me COMPANY is well known snd understood
iftd. so tlr IS tho men be lor girg TO the differ
eht engineer clrpS 10 the Ged are c)uorned,
mere has not even been delay. Tho regular
pay days tor these carps arc finn the 10 to
Ue Io:h OF every month, and they have invalis-
VV l'csiVed within those days The full amcunIs
Tue Them Tor the proceeding month"
=, Death OF MR. SCHoOLHERR MIR, Samuel
seaoo'herr, we'll known merchant of B,lli-
more dl.d at bis residence 10 that city ycs!eI-
S'y 10 be ii year Of his sge. Mr.. School
nslt was born 10 B,v,rs and csme TO bis
e.u0'fy when seventeen years of age. Ia frs.
sr't!9d 10 New York. From New York he
s.lne 10 this city. where. with bis brother he
s1ssin business for fifteen years. From here
NC went 10 Baltimore. where he has remained
;Sf 'ioce. The deceased WAS very suoce sslul
p, nt'neSs, atd am.ssed o considerable fortune.
~ rIe c'Gsa OF his death was consumption, with
u"rn he has boen sufferiog for some time.
1T. .t 'ea'es wife and six chidren-ihree boys
'au .Alee girls. Tie funeral will take p'soo
10 morrow.
W. WI, se2ooihsrr WAS q brother OF Mrs Simon
'"'e'han 'nd Mrs. Il. Kosenthal, & this city.
WI ~ TIE IRON WonKs Another tkillsd
,,,;s sn!An. MI Haley, Of Fall RIVER, Mass,
Io.,, 80 ~ ~ The works ofths Potomac Mapuf.c.
lI,rs.,, oom pany IN this city last week, and Sa.
listay e1periments in the manufacture of the
p'aGes Ct steel resulted most satisfactory.
\, ,b oeo W. Dresser. ESQ.,, OF Boston, who was
Yors Solks Saturday says that he. in New
MA sAw ehlsel made from the steel m lnu FAC
10 ba ~ snls city. which wss declared by judges
in no quality equal 10 anything of The hind
tho I Nd market. Gr. Dresser further states "a!
,j.,,ot 9, ,thern manufacturers who have lately
ct,. .a's c'ty at the invitation of Can't. Ar
Win M ne not on y most favorsby Impressed
Tia ne vapor fuel Pre- sss, tu! are struck with
:lr,m, uar advantages Alexandria possesses
manufacturing centre.
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"6LACK.DRAUGHT" cures dyspep-
STA, indigestion and heartburn.
For sais By p. =. Lesdbeata & Bro.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE OF FAIRF&X
~ Landry virtue of decree rendered a.
the November term. 1881, o. sho Circuit. Court
the undersigned. commissioner, will sell a.
public suction. at Fairfax Cour. House, on the
TWENTIETH OF FEBRUARY. 1882, (Cou;s
day. the following piecs Of land. containing
SEVEN (i) ACkBS. THIS trac. CT land is Sit
uAted about ono mile f:om Clifton. 90 the V. u.
4. K. 1t has upon its SMALL HOUSE, to
| which is attached a garden. with fruit traes.
Terms: Cash.
isn20w4W J. N. LOVE. Comul'r.
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TRU5TEBS SALE OF STORE HOUoE
l. AND DWELLING H0IlSE.-by virlUe
of q deed Of trust from Jsmes We'ch and wife.
bearing date tie 2]!b of Al pill, 1873 recorded In
liber 0, No 4, folio COL land records OF falrfss
county, at the request CT thu party secured,
shall cfIsr for sale at public auction Oh MON
DAY, the 9th day CT Fobrunry. 1882. T.! Fail
FIX g. h., 10 front OF ihs Court House door
valuable STORE HOUSt: for;v by twanty feet.
with DWELLING HOUSE, GM,chsd With oil
necessary out buildings and stu atcd IL Vienns,
on Washington and ohio T. K.
Tenn: so much cash sa vii! pay tha costs
and expenses Of safe and The eum oi 81 0]0 villa
interest at 10 per cent from the Is. o! EebruHy.
1850. on said sum Nil day Of sale; tho b,laren
sale secured by 8 lien on the properly sold.
JAMES ii. LOVE,
j.nf0-w4w Snbs,!utsd Trustee.
|COMMISSIONEk'3 SALEOF iaNDl IN
~ FAIRFAX COUHTY.-Sy vidua CT =
decree rendered e. the June term, 1871, Of the
Circuit Court Of FsirfaI .u1ty in the sut Of
Quander va. Sui.b, tina uuder:igued Conmla.
sloner, will Fall at pubic auction, on Inc -. n
| of February, 1892 (court day. in iroat Of tho
Court House door Of said cCuctT th3 follow q :
REAL ESTATE containing IA sc.es. Thi1
tract OF land is situated near the village # &c
| cotink, about two miles from ST Vernon. ana
| is near the celebrated Woodlswn settlement
Term Of sale: SlC0 CASH, balance ia !, 2 sad 3
years, with ia:sres. from day Of asle. secured BY
bonde of puSch aser with good peiaonal security
and title to be rs!sined until last payment il
made j. n. LOVE,
i4bs0.w Commissioner OF Sale
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RAILROAD MEETlSG.-Tho Virginia and
Kentucky Il. K. Co. having been cJnsoliistrd
with tho Richmond and South Westero K, Il
%. for the purpose OF building railroad from
Richmond to Louisville, Ky. uader the ma mo
Of the Richmond and Louisville Railroad Co.,
The stockholders of the consolidated rohd MT
at Green's M,nsioD House. il this city this
AfteruoOu Ter tho purpose OF eco;ing , III GERS
ADD considering other matters OF inpor'src.
Among those present WIS Gen. q. O. Whar-
too, Of New River. Va. chief engineer of the
proposed rosd; 3. +. Ruohansn. Of SstsviEc.
w., Secretary Of the upu CJmpary; Gen.
Mells. Of Boston; Mir FaLderlin. OF Wash
lngio5; Msior PJe. Of Baliuore; G !. Joseph
Harrison. of TGzsw.il &. ii Va; Col. jas ,ph
Bryan. Of Nchnond, Vs.. AID others ircm
Boston aud esawherc. After tho traosao;ion
OF good dea! of business Of a private uaturs,
tire folloWuG officers were elected President,
Gen. }. H. Meigs OF Boston; Secretary, W.
II. Curtis. Of Boston Directors, Frlpktln T..
Gregory, of Boston; VIM. f Peery, tf Tvs.
we'll county. Va. G. &. Whartop, of New
River, Va; John Z. Poo, of Bi!imort; 7. A.
Lambert. of Washington. d. q; Charles Pas
son, Ct Nav York.
The meeting aGiournod 10 meet 81 ,n 10 this
city on tho 18Th OF February.
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ueaGqusr'crs Third Vir.inis Regiment,

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. " es:olday was q
cd bus r, day, but lhe suo sboae brightly.
aud the churches had the usual congregations.
Rsp. Douglass Hotfi preached 10 St. Psul's
Uturch In the morplcg. Rev. J. w. Chicken
'"e, IT,, ct Wsstiastou, preached in the First
Picsnrtcrian Church 10 tie morbior. Rev. T.
ID. Valiant, Pfsslltn. OF the Cobirrspcr,
preached morning and evebirG IN ito Melht-
dis: Protestant Church. The other pulpits
were filed by The resident e'org9.
The sermons by Rev T. d. Va'ilni. Pres
dent # tho Methodist Protestant Conferences.
10 the church of that denomination 10 this city
yesterday are sptksn o. veiy highly By ,htso
Who heard them. BJth lhe morong nrd ever
log services CT tbs church wrro at!epded By
largo CONGREGATIONS.
Rev. Dr.. Poulson Iryaohcd 90 Interesting
sermon 10 tho NJ. T.. Church yesterday III ,rnir e
On he Second Advent OF Christ tsking the
Ioubd that Christ might make bis appearance,
at sly moment; that there was nothirg 10
Scrip urs TO prevent the people from believing
that the time was at nand pow, while op the
other haud the event may Go thousands OF
years ttl. Alright d.. PJuIson preached q
revival s:rmoo, which Was f,Iiowod by revival
str7Ios3.
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| WINDOW SHADES from ID cents to 81
| w SCOTCH HOLLANDS, ali celor, ard
I'd hs, ard HAKT5HORN SPklNG FIX
T,JhRS to Rt w,ndcws of sll 5 zes at
TENNRS5UN S Co.'S,
| :. ,e3 ia Ki'g rest
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AUCTION @sEEH.

Under authority Of decree CT tho Circai:
Court Of Richmond city, rendered April %, 1880,
in tho suit of Henry Lewis ct ais. VS.. thu W. 6
Court et-Appesls OF Virginia a. lis Sop.tm5oc
term, 1881. the undersigned, special Commis-
sioners, will, at IL q clock a., Oil $40
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Tho BE!&G' ANA MOST pO?ELAR
Sewing 'E'h"rad OF Modern Times.

BElVgAE,E 9E INVITATIONS.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-26

If you want fancy printing for the HOLIDAYS
the LIGHT office is the place to get it.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-26
TUESDAY,. DECEMBER &c, 1882
EDITORIAL SMALL SHOT.

BAYLOR county has adopted local option.
THE house adjourned from Saturday too
Wednesday.
LIEUT. HAPER has arrived at St. Petersburg
ions,
CHARLIE STEWART, recently elected to con-
gress from the Ist district, has been made
grand master of the mason's of Texas.
WILL the Houston Post not break the aw-
full silence into which il has fallen over its
nomination of John Hancock for speaker
How is your man getting on? iii were pos
sible to buy himself in as he did his seat in
congress, why then he might stand some
show. Your silence, Mr.. Post Is signif-
cant.
WHENEVER the debt of Houston is put in
shape that it can be handled and the interest
and sinking fund promptly and honestly pro-
vided for, then northern capital will flow to
our city for investment and our taxable values
will be doubled in five years. Houston
Sun.
Northern capital is good thing, but north
ern politics very much to be opposed, you
know.
WELLBoRN has the brag majority of the
eleven Texas congressman. He beat Kirby
by 10, 55I votes.-[Waco Examiner.
And he is the smallest man in the bunch.
THE Waco Examiner thinks this country is
too broad to admit of excluding Jeff Davis
from the benefit of the Mexican war pension
act Well, if Jeff had had bis way there
would not have been country enough left for a
Mexican veteran to have stood on.
BILL ARP writes truth we'll worth consid-
ering when he says:
The highest Office in the land won't COM
pensate for public SANDER or the loss ola good
mans friend. 1t is an honor to be called to
office by the voice of the people when they
nifty, but when it provokes the hatred and
bitterness of respectable minority it don't
pay. i there were great principles involved,
and the battle was fought to maintain 'em or
defeat 'em, then there would be some excuse
for excitement and contention, but when it is |
only preference for men this angry conten-
ton becomes childish and Notifying.
IT IS announced that President Arthur in
tends to make a southern tour next spring and |
will probably visit the wicked city of San An
tonic, where Jim Newcomb, of the LIGHT, |
lives Corpus Christi Free Press.
And you and all good democrats who love
to pay court to greatness shall have the oppor-
tunity to travel to our wicked city and see
King Arthur.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-26
Gambling at Arkansas Hot Springs.

From the New York Observer
The city is filled with gamblers, and cards
seem TO be the means of employing time
even by those who do not belong to that dis
tinguished body called backlegs. In the
opinion of one of the oldest inhabitants, with
whom conversed last night, a radical and
progressive step toward public morality was
made last year. The council made the
gamblers remove their rooms from the first to
the second floor" Yet the city has one Pc
culiar feature which might well be emulated
in other places. No hotel contains bar and
your sleep is never disturbed or broken by the
staggerings and shoutiDgs that one has often
to listen to in cities that claim higher title to
civilization than Hot Springs. Those who
want to drink must 60 to saloon, filled with
every variety of wiCkedneSs that gambling
develops. Professional etiquette does net
compel the gambler to use any auxiliary aid.
He hunts his own prey, and is always on the
lookout for it. | think the principal reason
why SO many patients who have come here
for relief have become the victims of gamblers
is that one has no way Of amusing himself If
he has no taste for reading, and il he has any
desire to play it is the thing he will most like
ly fly to, and, should he fly to it, he is as GER
tain of being skinned as an eel in a kitchen.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-12-26
Why Didn't He Try:

From the National Republican.
The transparent humhug in the Fitz-J John
Porter business is SO glazing that it is marvel
every one does not see it. He received
peremptory order to move, and he didn't
move. Twenty years later he comes in with
plea that he couldn't. There were wagons
in the way, darkness in the way, Longstreet
in the way, and he brings in testimony Of con-
iederates to prove how impossible it was to
move. Now if Fitz- ohm Porter had lust put
his troops in motion he would have found
out the amount of dust, the number of wagons.
and the depth of the darkness in his way,
and there would have been major generals,
brigadlerS, colonies, captains, and twenty thou
sand men as witnesses to the tremendous OBJ
structlons. The onlyw to prove an inability
in such case is TO try and fail, and the general
who didn't try has no right to say it was i'm
possible. At Lundy's Lane, when General
Miller was asked, Can you take that battery?'
his response was, 81 can try, sir, and those
brave words, followed by the corresponding
action, have made the name of Miller immOr-
tai. But when Porter is asked to 90 to the
help Of his hard pressed commander he pleads
the baby act and can't even try, aud relies
upon the testimony of the enemy to prove that
they would have whipped him had he stirred
from his bunk. Porter ought to understand
that he was not punished for not going but for
not making the smallest attempt to 90. The
wagons, dust and darkness were all in his dis
position, and he gave his men no chance TO
see them and prove whether they were formid-
able or not. Out upon such nonsense. We
don't want any of that dust in our eyes, no
matter who throws it.