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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

There has been very little of interest to note
during the week, the chief feature being the de-
preston in the prices Of Wheat. Monetary mat
ters are quiet with an abundant supply tor all
lepitimste demands. The German Banking Com
PAW of this city is about winding up its affairs
and going out of existence. The payment OF the
dividends upon the w. o. s. W. bonds and other
Indebtedness has been progressing during the
week and considerable amount of money mas
thereby been put in circulation. In Baltimore
the money market shows plethora of loanaoie
funds, with but little inquiry from borrowers
Loans on call are making at from BAD per cent
while good commercial paper sells at 4a5 per CT
Money loaned at 11aa2 per cent ON call In New
York yesterday, closing at 11a Government
bonds are strong. Virginia securities are shade
easier, new IS declining to 56l2. Consols eS-all
matured coupons declined to Ala. Railroad
stocks ere quiet and steady.
NEW YORK, March 2S--11 a. n.-The stock
market opened unsettled and without any special
feature Philadelphia and Boston houses are
offering coal stocks and Union Pacific. The Van
derbit and Gould properties are dull. Northern
Pacific preferred fat at 1.64, Erie ends 1872 bid
offered 1.16. The bond market inactive at yes
terduy's closing prices
Noon.-Stocks were fractionally lower after IL
o'clock, but near midday stronger tone prevailed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Severe earthquake shocks have been felt
in various portions of Sciavonia.
1t is understood that the aggregate of the
River and Harbor bill will not exceed Sl1,
600, O0O
Lord Coleridge, Of London, denies that ne
ever met Mary Anderson, by whom ruJnor
said he had been rejected.
It is conceded that no bill can pass Con-
gress during the present session for the adj
mission of any territory into the Union.
In the House of Representatives yester-
day the bond ed extension bill, generally
known as the Whiskey bill, was defeated.
John Kay, horse-trainer, aged 40 years,
who never slept in house nor drank spirits
died at Sheepshead Bay, New York, last
Wednesday.
The Treasury Department yesterday pur.
chased $40 900 ounces of silver for delivery
ut the New Orleans, Philadelphia and San
Francisco miuts.
Living ia Paris is now far dearer sban
London, the octrol, or duty on supplies, en-
tering the city being thrice what it was in
Louis Philippe's day.
resolution was favorably reported in the
Senate yesterday, Offering reward of
S25 900 for rescuing or ascertaining the fate
Of The Greedy relief expedition.
AT the Roman consstory yesterday the
Pope appointed Right Rev. F. x. Leray
Archbishop of New Orleans and Right Rev.
D. Mauncy Bishop of Mobile.
The British forces under Gen. Graham at
tackled the rebels at Tamanieb yesterday
and routed them. The village was burned
and the British force will return to Suakim.
bo 10 - of
A most disastrous wind storm struck
Denver yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
Many of the finest buildings in the city, in
Guiding the City Hall, and the Moffatt and
Hassier and Syne's and Clifford blocks were
unroofed. Several persons were injured,
but not fatally.
Last Friday man named Herold opened
saloon in Canton, Kansas, in defiance of
the law. On Monday he got into a row
with one of his drunken customers and was
shot by the constable The women Of the
place raided bis saloon on Tuesday and
poured bis liquors into the street.
The publication by the State depart
ment of dispatches in which Minis
ter Sargent charged Bismarck with bypo-
critically excluding American pork on the
ground Of unwholesomeness, whereas the
real motive was desire to protect the Ger
man hog-raser, was the beginning of the
troubles encountered by Sargent at Berlin.
The Department of Agriculture sums up
its latest reports of the wheat and corn crop
OF the country by making the assertion
| that the damage TO the grain crops by the
frosts last year was fully as great as was
estimated by the department at the time.
The proportion of the grain crop reported
average year. Nearly one-half the grain
crop Of 1883 is understandable
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

4 washout on the Richmond and Allegha-
ny Railroad at New Market has stopped the
running of all trains over that road.
Rush Burgess, at one time Collector of
internal revenue, with headquarters at
Richmond, is now resident of New Jersey
and member Of the Legislature of that
State.
DR.. John c. Mercer, one of the oldest and
most widely known citizens of Williams
burg, died yesterday. He was surgeon in
the United States Navy for number of
years and was grandson of Gen. Mercer
Of Revolutionary fame.
An engineer, representing the Valley
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
has been in Roanoke and vicinity for sever
al days engaged in an examination of the
approaches and departures to and from that
city, with a view Of extending the Valley
Road TO North Carolina. He will probably
leave there about Saturday or Monday
next, via Franklin and Patrick counties, on
this Grand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

A MAN wishing to travel free FROM
Wolverhampton, England, to Liverpool,
procured two stout pieces Of rope, which be
fastened to the axles Of railway carriage,
leaving a moose at the end of each. Into
one moose he put his legs while he inserted
his shoulders into the other. In this posi-
ton he hung when the train started. The
train was an express, and did not stop unit!
Grove was reached, which is about seventy
miles from Liverpool. He was rather un.
comfortable when the train began to move,
but when it got into full swing he had real
torture, and when he reached Grove he was
nearly dead with fright. Here he was taken
into custody. To the magistrate who ad-
Indicated on the case he explained that his
sensations when swaying to and fro were
something awful, and the effect of the
sleepers as they rushed past him nearly
robbed him of reason, and he was afraid
that every moment the rope would slip
from his shoulders and hang him." The
magistrate decided that he had had enough
punishment, and, remarking that he was
not likely to repeat the experiment, sent
him about his business.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

THE VOICE OF WIGGI Ns.-E. Stone Wig.
gins in conversation in reference to the
storm predicted by him about six weeks
ago, and which it was thought had been
postponed, said:
'The second aud heavier Of the twin
storms predicted by me will cross the merid-
ian of Halifax this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
From the smallness Of her waist this mes
senger of Neptune looks like Venus, but will
prove herself Mars, the breadth of the
storm belt being only from Quebec to Sandy
Hook. The storm centre will pass over ST.
Johns, n. B. Earthquakes will occur in
divers places. The cyclones yesterday i'll
Kentucky and the earthquakes in California
are an advance guard. The tide on the At
lantic coast will be high aud the wind will
blow hurricane. Iwould advise shippers
to clear their wharves of all pcrishable goods
and have the shipping in the streams and at
the docks secured by extra anchors aud
double fastenings Were it not for the trine
of Mercury and Mars on Wednesday and
Jupiters quadrature yesterday, this storm
would be the Saxeby storm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

IR. JOHN WISE says I've are going to
carry Virginia for the republican nominees
this fall" But Mr. Wise also says he is not
a republican, but ''readjuster,'' and that
"the republicans of Virginia are apostates
for the price of their aposlacy." How then
can he speak aud work for their nominees :?
The Virginia republicans, who naturally
know more about themselves than Mr..
Wise does, say they would have carried
Virginia at the last Presidential election if
Mr.. Wise's party had not taken off about
fifteen thousand of their voters, but that
they have no chance whatever of carrying
it next fall because his party has SO divided,
undisciplined, and demoralized theirs that it
can never again be united and restored to
its former efficiency, and that it will go into
the approaching campaign depressed and
disheartened by the certainty of defeat
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

The PROPOSITION to confer the privilege
of suffrage upon the citizens of Washington
is again being agitated. AS the Govern
ment has conferred that privilege upon the
negroes in all the other parts of the coun-
try. why it should refuse to do so upon those
who live in the Distri ct of Columbia is hard
to tell. Stranger still is the fact that the
majority of those who oppose the measure
are supporters of and subscribers to the
asrand old party" The rest of the country
being in the enjoyment of negro suffrage,
surely the capital of the nation should not
be denied that blessing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

TIE DEFEAT of the bill to extend the
bonded term OF whiskey, in the United
States House of Representatives yesterday,
was not unexpected, but as Gen. Mahone's
home organ denounced the majority of that
body as whiskey ring, it is matter OF no
little surprise that not a single one of the
Generals members of the House joined
their democratic colleagues, Messrs. Bar
bour, Cabell and George D. Wise, in effect
ing that defeat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

TIE CARDINAL principle of this Govern
ment. in the minds of its trainers, was equal
ity of opportunity for all its white citizens.
But that principle has been so completely
revolutionzed that about quarter OF a
million of manufacturers have been made
the Governments special pets, to increase
whose wealth the remaining forty nine and
three. quarter million of its subjects are
grievously taxed by the protective tariff.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

THERE Is a popular idea that this 10
free and equal country and the home of the
oppressed of all nations. To show how err
roneous this is, it is only necessary oallude
to the fact that bill has been reported
favorably in the U. s. Senate prohibiting
the importation of opium by any Chinaman
in this country. The Chinese can buy as
much of the drug as they choose from Amer
lean importers, but cannot import an ounce
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

DURING ALL the prevailing talk about
hoped-ior split in the democratic party on
the tariff question, not one word is said
about disafecion in the republican party
on the same question and yet it is well
known that the republicans of the North
west are as much at odds with their party
on that question as the democrats of Penn
slvyania are with theirs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

HERE Is the way Mr. a. NJ. Lawson,
chairman of the republican county commit
tee of Albemarle county, talks about the
convention to be held by the spurious repub-
licans who train under the leadership OF
men who until they found they did not come
I'D to the standard Of democratic preference
were the most ultra and proscriptive ene-
mics the republicans had in Virginia
The chairman Of the readjuster COM
mittee says III his call for a mass meeting
that the republican and readJuster State
central committees provide for the signature
of both the chairmen, but that refused to
unite in the call. True, and for good rea-
sons. This is national contest, and am
a republican, and that is no call for repub.
lican State convention. But were it such
there is, We believe, no legality in the call.
The coalition committee Of 1881 is not the
republican State central committee Of lir-
GINA; it was chosen for purpose relating
exclusively to State politics. The meeting
of the coalition committee was largely made
up of proxies, ignoring the fact that 1t was
q standing rule of that committee that no
proxies should be voted The republicans
Of Virginia have always entered the nation
al contests under their own banner and
IN the risk of such a deception rs was at
tempted on the eve Of election i'll 1880 being
repeated by the very men who tried then 10
deceive the republican voters Of Virginia
into voting for Hancock and English"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

Judge R. C. Sehell, a prominent readjus-
ter, who was elected judge of the Dinwiddie
county court by the readjuster Legislature,
died yesterday after lingering illness De-
ceased was so years of age and was q man
of fne literary attainments. At one time
he was editor of the Petersburg Mtelligencer
published before the war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

THE PROPOSITION of the New Jersey Leg
islature to protect American labor by re-
stricting immigration is only producing the
anti republican idea Of protection another
degree But the protectionists surely can
not object to it, for as they favor the pro-
lection of the owners of manufactures, they
can not, with any reason, object to the pro-
lection Of the labor those owners employ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28
COURT OF APPEALS YEsTERDAY.-Fit

COURT OF APPEALS YEsTERDAY.-Fitz
Gibbon against Barry and ais. From the Cor
poration Court of the city of Norfolk Reversed
Judge Lewis delivering the opinion Judges
Lacy and Richardson concurring, Judges Fauntle-
roy and Hinton dissenting.
Upton and ais. against Bulls administrator
and ais. From Circuit Court of Middlese1 coun.
ty. Reversed, Judge Lacy delivering the opinion.
Kendrick against the Commonwealth. From
the Hastings Court Of the city of Richmond.
Affirmed, Judge Fauntleroy delivering the opin-
ion Jud ges Lacy and Richardson dissenting
Feckheimer against Exchange National Bank
of Norfolk. Argued.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28
AUCTION SALES.
By &. T. Lucas & Co.. Auctioneers.

By r. I. LUCAS CO., Auctl0neefs.
DY REASON OF THE PARTIES REMOVING
d from the city, l shall sell at auction, upon the
premises. Oh MONDAY, March 31st, all tho
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE
in the residence of Mr. Butts, on Pitt street near
the corner of Prince, the same consisting OF Wal.
nut and Marble Top Furniture, Carpets, Lounges.
Extension Tables, Bedroom Furniture, Chairs
China, Glass Tin and Crockery Ware, Stoves aud
Kitchen Utensils. Nothing at private sale, and
house open to the public at 8 o'clock, on day U.
sale. mh21
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH %.

FlFTY.sEvEN votes were cast against the
Morrison bill in the late congressional
democratic caucus. Every one of the men
who cast those votes voted the democratic
ticket in 1876 and 1880. The democratic
,,latform Of lsrG contained the following
plank i,
I'VE denounce the present tariff, LEVIED
upon nearly 1000 articles, as masterpiece
of injustice, inequality, and false pretence.
It has impoverished many industries
20 substitute few. 1t prohibits imports
that might purchase the products OF amerl-
can labor. It has degraded American COM
,nerce from The first to an inferior rank on
The high seas. 1t has cut down the sales OF
American manufactures al home and abroad
and depleted the returns Of American agrl-
cultnre-an industry followed by half our
people. 1t costs the people five times more
Than it produces to the treasury, obstructs
the processes Of production, aud wastes the
fruits of labor. 1t promotes fraud, fosters
smuggling, enriches dishonest officials, ana
baukfupts honest merchants. We demand
that all custom house taxation shall be only
for revenue"
The platform of 1880 also declared for u
tariff for revenue only" And Mr.. Randall
the leader OF the opposition 10 the Morrison
bill, is on record as saying that 'atarih levied
solely for protection, y, as the existing one Is
because by it q hundred million dollars are
collected over aud above the wants of the
Government in addition to the thousand
million put by it into the pockets oil the
nrotactel manufacturers "iS uncouStltu-
tional and cannot he sustained" All OF
which shows that there are other people,
and democrats, too, who, like Mr.. Raum,
ex.commissioner Of internal revenue, think
that modern politicians caunot afford to be
consistent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

TIE NINTH congressional district of Nir-
gina WAS once strong readjuster district,
but the accounts Of the Malone meetings
there now TO appoint delegates to the Cen
erals State convention represent them to
he dismal failures. 1t is SO Nil over the
State. The bottom has fallen out of Ma
honeism The General promised hundred
meu Offices for every one Le had to give,
aud the ninety nine who have been dlSap-
pointed are Us much opposed to him now as
democrats. Then, too, be has been so au-
tocratic in his government that he would
crook no Interference with his slightest
whim. which of course was highly objec-
liunabls, 10 the leaders of the men from
whom lie derived his effective strength
But leaving all this out of consideration the
fact that he has set up an Emporium az I'M
perio is enough of itself to turn against him
every member Of the Caucasian race who is
a lover Of free institutions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

The penalty of bribing member OF the
Canadian parliament is fine Of 81, 500 and
two years in the penitentiary. Experience
shows that there is no penalty for bribing
members of the American Congress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

A Michigan boy ate bar of soap, drank
a lot of soda water and went to bed to cure
his cold. The doctor had hard time to
pull him through, but the boy now says the
next time be catches cold he will use Dr.
Bulls Cough Syrup.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28
ESTABLISHED 1922.
JOSIAH II. D. SM0OT,

81 N. UNION STREET. ALEXANDRIA. VA.
DEALER IN
LUMBER SHINGLES LATHS,
PICKETS, LIME, CEMENT,
CALCINED PLASTER,
HAIR AND NAILS.
have inst received large and varied assort'
ment Of DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, FRAMES, ac,
and shall constantly keep the same on hand, and
will sell at the lowest rates.
Seasoned Lumber kept under cover. iy3O-y
NOTICE-The undersigned having quslsea1
IN as administrator upon the estate OF ABAha
w. LAW, deceased, late Of Alexandria county
notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to
said estate to make payment of such Indebtedness
to him, or they will be proceeded against ACCORD.
ing to law, and all persons having claims agsins.
said estate to present the same properly verleea
for settlement before the 28th day of April, 1874
otherwise said claims will be denied.
JAMES E. CLEMENTS,
mh22-1m Administrator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has
obtained the right from the Maryland Legislature
to build an elevated railroad across the city of
Baltimore to connect with its Philadelphia lines.
The Governor will probably approve the act of
the Legislature.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

Hogs-The receipts since Monday last number
800 head. and those remaining in the pens un.
sold 1000. Trade has only been fair since our
last report. but the prices ruling then have pre-.
vailed Sa9ta cents, with most sales at and nexr
8 cents per Id net
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, Mar. 21.-Beeves
nominally steady City slaughtered Beef slow .,
9a1Olb cents per lb for sides; Western dressed
extremely dull at Lac cts. Sheep and Lambs
Under larger supplies prices dropped fraction,
and the market closed rather dull fair to good
Sheep sold at So 15a6 So per 100 lbs; one car.
load of choice Wcthers at 81 yearling Lambs Il,
Sc 25aS per 100 lbs and Springs Lambs a,
S5a7 so per head. Hogs.-All for slaughterers
direct; nominal value for live Hogs S6a6 so per
100 lbs.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. March 27.-lIogs
Market weak and 5a1O cts lower; rough packing
Sc 1Oa6 45 heavy packing and shipping 81 6js
7; light So 75a6 60. Cattle.-Market slow aud
weak exports So 1Oa6 60; good to choice si,:p.
ping So 6Oa6; common to Medium sIa3 30,
cernfed Texans at So 25a5 rs. Sbeep.-Market
active and steady; inferior to fair So 5Da4 90 per
100 lbs; medium to good S4 5Oa5 choice 10 e1.
ira S5a5 rs
CINCINNATI Hoe MARKET March 2.-Eioss
lower; common and light S5a5 GO; packing aud
butchers So 35a7; receipts LOO head ship
ments $40.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

Our farmers will rejoice to learn that it
has at last been decided that bees do not in
jure grapes, that neglected colds do un-
speakable injury and that no better remedy
can be secured than DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28
CATTLE MARKETS

BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, March 81
Sheep.-The receipts since Monday number 200
head, and those remaining in the pens unsold $50
Trade has been slow and prices unchanged
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28
MILLINERY MILLINERY!
Mrs. +. A. Howell,
MILLIN

TUT hIN6 SIhEEI,
Takes pleasure in informing her many friends
and patrons that she will continue the MILL
NEkY and FANCY BUSINESS. Having attend.
ed the openings at the North, she will display a,
fine q line Of goods as are to be found south OF
Baltimore. cordial invitation is extended to
examine the stock. which has been selected with
great taste. and can only be exhibited by one
who fully understands the business.
Mrs. F. A. HOWELL,
mh25-2m 1O4 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

RICHMOND MARKET, March 27-The market
during the week has been quiet with limited re
ceipts of produce Flour is quiet and unchanged.
The offerings of Wheat to-day reached only about
600 bushels with sales of longberry at ITO, Fultz
at Gallo, aud mixed at 1O8a11O Sales Of some
500 bushels of white Corn at 63laa67 few
bushels of mixed Oats brought As.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

NEW YORK, March 29-stocks steadier. Money
easier at 1l.aa2. Cotton firm; uplands III Or
leans 111a Flour heavy. Wheat opened gal 1sc
higher, but reacted. Corn 14a1ac higher.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

FREDERICKSBURG MARKET. March 27.-The
market has been dull with very light receipts.
There is q fair stock Of Flour on hand with lin
tied demand. Wheat remains quiet and prices
are still quoted at 1OOa112, but these figures are
nominal. Corn 56a6O Nothing Whatever doing
in Rye or Oats.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-28

BALTIMORE, Mar 2S.-va. SIS defd. =; do con
solidated All. do I'd series = do past due cou-
pons :; do new 10-4Os "a; do new IS SCI.
bid to-day. Cotton higher; middling 11t! Flour
dull and easy; Howard street aud Western SUI
per So 75a3 %: do extra SD 5Oa4 so: do
family "a TOAD rs City Mills super 80 75a3 so;
do extra So 75a6 25 do Rio Brands SIS 62a5 SO /,
Patapsco family Sc So do superlative patent
81 co. Wheat-Southern dull and easy Western
higher, closing firm Southern red 1O9a1l2; do
amber 11Oa114; No Maryland 109la bid No
2 Western winter red spot 1O2 bid; April 1922
bid May 1O4 t.a1O4a4 June 1862 gal O5a4 July
104 bid. Corn-Southern dull and easy; Western
higher and more active; Southern white Sass /;
do yellow 54a56; Western mixed spot IS bid :
March SIS asked April 55aaa66h; May 57Nsa
5S1s June 59l4 bid; July 6Olaa62; steamer
5Oa52. Oats frmer with more inquiry; Southern
4Oa43; Western white 4oa42; do mixed 1899
Penna 40a43. Rye quiet at 66a69la. Hay firm ;
prime to choice Peuna and Maryland 14aS15
Provisions quiet; mess Pork. old, S1S new $40
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and clear rib sides, packed,
Sa1O1, Bacon-shoulders go. clear rib sides II !;
hams 14laa15El. Lard, refined, 10t.. Butter
steady; Western packed 1Oa25 creamery 25a38.
Eggs higher at 21. Coffee dull Rio cargoes ordi-
nary to fair 8 iaa101a. Sugar steady and quiet;
soft 71a. Whskey quiet at 81 19a1 1872