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

VIRGINIA BoNDs.-J. A. Hambeton & Cos.
Baltimore financial circular of Saturday last SAWS.
There has been little doing in Virginia bonds
this week and no decided change in prices. Con.
soils sold at II Is, carrying the January "a cou.
pom, and at 4OL, ex-all matured coupons Ten.
f"rties are steady 1T about 80 for bonds Carrying
the January IS coupon. At present price Of
Ridaleberger bonds 1O.4Os are worth, with the
Jan'y 's3 coupon, 35 to fund Riddleberger 3,
sold at ID The foreign mail brought more cou.
pons for sale, which resulted in slight decline
Consol and 1910 coupons DID, sold at 573, to
%, and consol and 1O-4U coupons, new sold 1t
36 y to 81, but later advanced to 3S
NEW YORK, March 3--11 a. m.-The stock
market opened strong except for Lackawanns,
which fell off from 1898. to 1913 The stock is
in little better supply than on Saturday, al.
though there is difference Of gall. per cent
cash and regular. Lake Shore, Western Union.
Louisville and Nashville Pacific Mail and Union
Pacific are active and higher with an advance of
to % per cent. Northwest, St. Paul, New York
Central and Reading are also stronger
Noon.-Stocks were strong and higher after II
o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-03

Zone must be poor to know the luxury of
giving" That may be so, but We think any
body can enjoy the luxury of giving his fel.
low-sufierer a bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup 10 cure his cough.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-03

There is fair local demand for well. known
brands of Virginia extra and family Flour Wheat
is steady and firm prime milling grades are still
scarce and command outside figures. Corn is
steady and firm. with sales Of 4O4 bushels Of
white at 64s66. Rye and Oats are active.
Country produce is in small receipt and wanted
| ut better figures.
BALTIMORE, March 3.-va 6s derd = do con.
solidated 49, do I'd series =; do past due cou.
pons 49, do new 1O-4O's =; do new 3s "a
bid to-day. Cotton steady: middling 1o',
and Western super 50 75ss So do extra 90 5
IS: do family SIS OOa5 IS; City Mills super
80 75a3 so; do extra So 75a6 25 do Rio Brands
IS Gao 80: Patapsco family So so: do supcrla
tive patent 81 90. Wheat-soutbern steady and
firm; Western easier and fairly active; Southern
red 112a1I4; do amber 115a117; No 1 Mary
land 13laa1133s; No 2 Western winter red
spot 1OSHsalOS2, March 1OSa.a1O97a; April
11O1sa110la; May 1119sa111a,; June 112l4s
1925. Corn-Southern fairly active and firm;
Western lower and active; Southern white 61aG!,
do yellow 59a6o; Western mixed spot 4a59!a;
March 594ia59ss; May 611sa61g; steamer 81
asked. Oats quiet; Southern Hats; Western
white 43a45; do mixed 42a43; Pennsylvania
42a45. Rye quiet and frmer at 67ae9E. Hay
firm prime to choice Penna. and Maryland $l4
s18 90; new $40 90. Observation-Disclosures and
clear rib sides, packed, SAa101a. Bacon-should'
ers 8; clear rib sides liz; hams 144sa15i
Lard, refined, 104. Butter dull; Western pack
ed 1Oa2O; creamery 25a36. Eggs steady at 20
Coffee quiet and easy in tone; Rio cal goes ord'
nary to fair IL lha12A. Sugar quiet; A soft 1'e
Whisksy steady at 81 19a1 1915
New YORK, March 3.-Stocks higher. Money
easy at 2. Cotton quiet uplands 107s; Orleans
Liz. Flour qniet. Wheat k,a1sc lower. Corn
Aa4ae lower.
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET. March. 3
Cattle.-Market fair receipts 25O0 prime 7s1a,.'
Sheep in fair demand extra steady; other stock
quarter to half off prime 6a.a7 good 6Aa62;
medium 5a6; common 3a4a, Lambs 5los1a'
Hogs.-Market.dull, receipts $500; Western los
JOB. country Sa1O.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-03

Elegant line of dress Ginghams and dress
goods at reduced prices at l. Eichberg s.
Cos. mhl-1w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-03

The Southern Planter for March has been re
ceived from his publisher, in Richmond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-03

The Musical Herald for March has been received
ON lis publishers, in Boston.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-03
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Nn:DaY EVEtlN+. MARCH 3.

WHAT THE result may be is as yet DOUBT
ful bat nothing is more certain than the
fact that General Malone is going to nave
no little trouble in bringing his late repuo-
lican allies in Virginia under such complete
snbiection again rs will enable him to cast
the vote of the Virginia delegation TO the
rational republican convention as no may
think proper and according to the best
terms he can make for himself. The IaItey
Virqiuian, which is rapidly returning TO tne
republican fold from which it was led astray
by the Mahopeites, says:
ave are forced to the conclusion that
personal spites and selfish purposes are
paramount 10 the success of great cause.
Instead of concentration ana Inc
surrender Of personal antagoulsms' IN orue'
TO achieve common result, we see mani
tested a purpose to aggravate the dliieren-
ces that already exist, aud TO sacrlhce a
great cause to the ambition OF recognized
leaders And it will be well
enough for the leaders to consider mat
they cannot order and control the negro
vote in Virginia and the South as II mas
been controlled in the past.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-03

New YORK, March 3.-Stocks higher. Money
easy at g. Cotton quiet uplands 107s; Orleans
11As. Flour qniet. Wheat 4aa1ac lower. Corn
Aa1ac lower.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-03-03

| if the bill was passed by it would be well for
the gentleman from Frederick before it came
| up again to settle in his own mind the length
| he desired the feather to be that he was try
| ing to insert in bis cap as the Watchdog OF
the Treasury by opposing this meritorious
bill
To this Mr.. Barton replied that the gen.
tleman from Hanover must have been eat
ing green persimmons referring 10 a pleas
ant spat between Messrs. Cardweil and Glib
son few days ago., bringing Mr. Cardwell
back at him in a pleasant spat, highly en-
loved by the House.
The bill vas passed by.
The bill to appropriate fifty thousand dol
lars annually to the University of Virginia
was called up as the next special order and
was passed. This is an increase of $4,000
upon the University's annuity.
House bill for the relief Of the Virginia
Military Institute came up az the next spec
isl order. The bill provides for the appro-
priation of 49,, 900 year for two years, and
the preamble sets forth the fact that the
building, apparatus, library, &C., of the In
stitute were destroyed by fire by order of
Gen. Hunter, of the United States Army.
This loss caused debt to be contracted, of
which about $3.50 900 remains unpaid.
Mr.. Gibson moved to amend by inserting
500, 600 instead of S35, 900.
Mr.. Cardwell opposed the amendment.
The House refused to advance the bill
providing for the pay of the court-martial
in the case of Captain Leroy Brown, Of Com
pany D. First Virginia regiment.
The general tax bill being the first special
order, was taken up and passed, without de-
bate or further amendment.
House bill appropriating $4,000 TO the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-10

THE TEXAN LAND-GRABBING SCHEME.
1t appears that the promoters of the Texan
scheme for grabbing MILLION and half acres
of the best land in Indian Territory have per-
shaded the House to pass Il bill authorizing the
appointment of a commission by the President
to cooperate with q State commission in re-
adjusting the boundary line between Texas and
that part of the Indian Territory il is desired to
annex to the already diversified and unwieldy
State. 1t is understood that this bill is the first
stem toward the accomplishment of deed OF
snoliation the success Of which would deepen
the stains which mhappily now rest upon the
record of the United States in its dealings with
the Indians. The land in question was patented
to the Choctaws and Chickasaws as far back as
1912. 1t came to the Government OF the
United States in the Spanish Treaty OF 1917,
and there has been no break in the succession
ard there is no flaw in the title. Texas has no
claim to it either in law or equity though she
has been trying to steal it for many years. The
Interior Department, to its credit be 1t said, has
faithfully and persistently defended the Indian
title, and exposed the utter invalidity OF the
Texan claim repeatedly. But since there Is
money in it,'and since the coveted territory is
the most fertile belonging to the Indians, this
baseess claim has exhibited a VITALITY only less
wonderful than that of the McGarrahan case,
and now at last its projectors have scored
point in the teeth of all the facts.
We hope that the Senate will refuse to pass
this bill, for there can be no question that the
object sought through it is an unworthy and
immoral one and against public policy. The
presumption is that the rights of the Indians
who own the land have gone to the wall In the
House because they have no votes and cannot
therefore "bring pressure" upon members
The fear of offending constituents has unfor-
hnately but too often induced Congressman to
support measures for which no serious apology
or defence could be made. But this Is an az
gravated case of injustice, and Congress GER
tanly can only humiliate itself by becoming the
instrument of so palpable wrong III, as
stated. Texas has issued more land scrip than Is
represented by dispOsable acres, the biunder or
the frand, whichever it is, does not constitute
AN excuse for robbing the Indians of their terri
tory. The Government has enough to answer
for in the past concerning Indian affairs, and II
cannot afford still further to dscredit itself by
giving aid to this audaciOus scheme.
If wrong has been done to scrip holders 1t Is
for the State of Texas to afford them redress
but if they appear in the lobby at Washington
asking fOI reimbursement through the spOlla-
ton of the helpless Indians, they should be
promptly rebufied. The House has weakly
yielded in this case, but the Senate can still
avert National disgrace by refusing to be the
accomplice of Texas ia landstealing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-10
TIE RAILROAD QUESTION.

A dispatch from Philadelphia, giving details
of plan of cooperation for the
trunk line railroads, attracted some at
tention in the Street yesterday because it was
said 10 embody the wishes of the Pennsylvania
Company. Indeed, it was stated in the dis
patch that any advance in freight rates, or ad-
iustment upon the old basis, was opposed by
that company because 1t wished to bring about
the adoption of the plan mentioned. Appar-
ertly the Pennsylvania people think that, If
rates are held 50 low that cutting is unproht-
able, the other companies will soon be com
PEELED TO assent to almost any measure by which
the transportation of through freight can be
made profitable once more. To that company,
through rates are comparatively unimportant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-10
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoprtcN-The differences between Clifford Lloyd
and Nubar Pacha not been settled --
Canaan Schoonboven made q sworn statement in
regard TO the wreck of the Daniel Steinmann. 60
Four plantations have been destroyed by Aguero's
forces in Cuba - The negotiations between
France and the Hovas have been broken OF. --
Stephen Dunn, of Armenia, N. T., was released
from prison after waiting two years for trial.
CoNGREss.-The Postal Telegraph bill was re-
portod to the Senate yesterday. The bill to pro-
mote CAPTAIN T. G. COrbn to the rank of Rear
Admiral was postponed indefinitely. The bill 10
refund excessive duties caused by the overvalua-
ton of the Austrian form in 1873 was reported
adversely The Naval Appropriation bill was fur
Their debated. 60 The House passed bill for the
adoption of revised international regulations for
preventing collision at sea. resolution was in-
troduced and referred, providing for an inVestga-
ton of the present system of railroad transporta-
tion of live stock. The House passed two bills pro-
yiding for public buildings.
DoMEs1IC.-The Lansing bill for the preservation
of the Adirondack forests passed by the SEN
ate. - The bill aboshing the State paper was
passed by the Assembly. - The Corporation Tax
bin was ordered to a third reading in the New
Jersey Legislature. = Republican delegates TO
the state and the various Congressional Conyen-
lions were elected in many places in this State.
g. General Sharpe was defeated by Thomas
Cornell in the Convention ut Kingston. --James
u. Warren was elected delegate TO the Chicago
Convention. -=- Six negroes were drowned by a
skif capsizng at Vicksburg. - w. h. Davis
was nominated for Congressman-at-Large by the
Pennsylvania Democrats at Allentown.
CITY AND SUBURBAS.-The Erie-McHenry litiga-
ton was settled yesterday by compromise. ==
meeting in the interest of the preservation of the
forests was addressed by Mayor Edison Carl Schurz
and others Coo SivillaT Downing testified regard
ing the disputed child. 60 In the Marie-Garrison
case Mr. Conkiing charged that the record had been
tampered with. - Republican primaries were
held in Brooklyn. THE Aqueduct Commission
continued the hearing the dams. - mass
meeting was held in behalf of the Home for Dis
abled Confederate Soldiers - The story was
told of robbery by mghwaymen near the Post
Office in broad daylight. - Inquiry was made
into the reported robberles by fremen at the ST..
Georges Flats fire. 80 Gold value of the legal
tender silver dollar t4l2i2 grainsl, $40 cents.
Stocks opened strong and advanced to higher
figures but later declined sharply and closed weak
at the lowest prices.
The WEATHRR-TRIBUNE local observations In
dictate rain, followed by slightly warmer fair or
clear weather. Temperature yesterday; Highest
dc; lowest, $40; average. 39lss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-10
PERSONAL.

Albert Lefaivre. Freuch Consul General at this
port, with his wife and family, have arrived in
town from Washington and taken house In West
One-hundred sixty -third-st. The Consul will
open the fair for the benefit of the Church Of st.
Vincent de PanI. ia Vest twenty -thlrd-5t, next
Wednesday evening.
Count d'Harnoucour, Of Austria. has been
hunting "trip in Florida With his friend. the Prince
of Pless and has also visited Cuba. Central Amer
lea and Mexico He has come through from the
City of Mexico by the newly opened Mexican Cen
trail Railway and will sail for Europe on April %.
The c0unt is one of the Austrian Emperors cham
beTlalRs
General Sheridan has a most euyiable home
says Washington correspondent Of The Pkila-
d,lpkia Press 80 located with reference to the
dnal points as to lie open all sides TO the air and
sunshine This fact the General and Mrs. Sheridan
much appreciate for their young family-three
daughters and sou-of whom Mary, the eldest. is
nearly eight Irene and Louise are the twins, and
Phil is the boy-baby. A climbing-rose bush is
inst unfolding It's leaves beautifully over the sun
shiny piazza OF the Generals house, and little
'Phil's' baby-yagon stands in one corner In Its
shade"
Mr.. Irving related in Boston that once. travelling
in Scotland near Balmoral, he met an old Scotch
woman with whom he spoke of the Queen. The
Oneen's good wOman," he said. Il suppose she's
guide enough, but there things Gamma bear"
"What do you moan Z" asked Mr.. Irving. We'll,
think there are things which even the Queen has
no recht to do For one thing, she goes rowing on
the lax on Soonday-and it's not a ChreestiaD thing
to dow But you know the Bible tells us "
knaw," abe interrupted angrily: i've read the
Bible since | was so high, ap, knaw evry word
inf | knaw ABBOTT the Sunday fishing aud o. the
other things the good Lord did, but want We TO
knaw. too, that don't think any the more, cen of
Him, for adoin' It,"
For a Russian the Car IS poor linguist; he
speaks only three languages, French, German and
Russian. Nearly every educated Russian speaks at
least five languages huently. Russian uobleman.
in The Baltimore american, describes pleasantly
some of the Cars characteristics: He is the first
Emperor" he says, who speaks Russian in hts
family. while his father spoke only German, and
his grandfather French. The Emperor is military.
like his father but not so exclusively so ~ he.
Bodily he is probably the strongest man in Russia
When he was Crown Prince, instead Of leaving q
visiting card when calling, no would frequently
twist gold piece and leaveits great was his pride
In showing his friends how strong ne was. l have
seen him crush gold vase by mere hand pswer.
This is undoubtedly due TO his regular habits H'
gets up every morning at i've; takes cup OF cot
| Zee; hears the Greek masS-he Is u very rehgiou
man-and thon begins 30 work looking over sfat'
| papers At nine he takes breakfast with his wife
| After breakfast he exercises. In the gymnasium
| he is az much king as he 10 on the throne. lie
also chops wood, aud is particularly fond Of ridinI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-10
THE ONTARIO BRIBERY CASE.

The decision of the police magistrate IN the
Ontario bribery case has been awaited with ln-
tense interest in the Dominion. That he would
commit the defendants for trial was fOregone
conclusion This was a preliminary investlga-
ton and the statements of the lnfOrmcrs ana
detectives, whether true OF false, compelled
him to order n formal trial There might be
grave doubts in regard to the law or the facts,
but these were matters to be decided authorize
lively by court and jury. On this account
the defendants would probably have done bet
ter to waive examination and reserve their
cases for the actual hial. The informal pro-
ceedings were one-sidcd, since the accusers
could not be met face to face by the accused.
The defendants could only appear through
counsel and the arguments necessarily could
have little effect. The decision against them,
although in reality inconclusive has the out
ward aspects of "a crushing defeat
The four defendants are committed for trial
On the charge Of conspiracy to oycrturn the
present Ministry in Ontario by bribing mem
bers of the Government party to vote with the
Opposition. The theory of the prosecution Is
that their three leading witnesses, being con-
WINGED that a political crisis was at hand ana
that attempts would be made to corrupt the
Provincial Parliament, went into the enemy ;
camp listened to improper proposals, accepted
money and then exposed the plot and aided the
Mowat Government in bringing their tcmpteIs
into court With Mr.. Wilkinson and Mr.. Meek,
against whom the evidence is mainly directed,
are associated Mr.. Bunting, the Editor of the
most influential Conservative journal in the
Dominion, and Mr. Kirkland, an American, who
was financially interested iii the timber policy
of the Province. On the other hand Il counter
charge of political conspiracy has been made
The witnesses for the prosecution are de-
pnounced as treacherous spies sent out by the
Government for the purpose of soliciting brides,
entangling their opponents in net Of circnm-
stantial evidence and making them the victims
of Ministerial Vaccinations and political pcrse-
cution. Whether it is a Conservative or a
"Gritn conspiracy, the charges and counter
charges indicate a very low level of political
morals in the Dominion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-10
vElyIyG or 4 C4LL FOR BONDS.

Another call for $4,000, 900 Of the 3 per
cent bonds is intended, of course. to take that
sp,o in cold out of the Treasury. If the Treasury
holds that amount of gold more than it ought to
hold, the call is justified. But if the call is
based upon a surplus revenue including siirer,
and at a time when the receipts in gold cannot
be expected to exceed by that amount the re-
onired expenditures of gold, it will involve the
further depletion of gold reserve which is al
ready too small. The facts, as shown by the
official reports, aIe these:
Gold in Treasury s25.,stSla2 s22s55o555 s2lSS?Igcs
Gold certificates ont 6a2i26'o 7S'73'.37o bYoo4o-o
Gold owned. ...... si5564S4S2 sIl30o5s77 sIH0lo,@s
The actual decrease in debt not used as
currency, since January 2, has been
Sl5.2O9.7 81; the decrease III gold belonging
to the Treasury about $l4, 100000. Virtually,
the entire sum paid for bonds has been taken
out of gold reserve. The other payments In
gold have taken just about all the gold received
by tho Treasury in three months. True, there
would have been a surplus in gold had not
S12,4SS, 1888 been spent for useless silver,
which WAS added during the three months to
the hoard in tho Treasury.
1t must therefore be inferred thatth proposed
paymeut for bonds will only exhaust still
further the fund held for maintenance of specie
nayments. According to the Treasury state
ment, the cash balance available April was
Sl5O919,316, but It has been shown that this
necessarily included 500. 9S5, S21 in silver dol
lars. bullion and fractional silver. The re-
mainder that was available" in any proper
sense, was only $84,000,00O in gold. That
sum is not enough, and the gold reserve, instead
of being reduced ought to be increased.
II is now stated that the Treasury expects an
enormous increase in revenue, through the pay
ment of taxes on whiskey, and thus will have
sufficient surplus to meet another bond call.
But the payments of taxes on whiskey will not
he made In gold Nor is 1t Mt all certain how
large those payments will be. We have shown
that the whiskey on which taxes fall due within
the next three months would not call for pay
ments much exceeding $10OOO,OOO, and this Is
TO be compared with revenue receipts which are
ordinarily large at this season, so that the IN
crease will not be ye"v great Moreover, IL Is
uncertain whether taxes will be paid on nearly
the whole of the whiskCy in warehouse; part
NAV be exported, and part Of the holders may
fail.
The fact is that Secretary FOlger is again
making the grave mistake of counting silver as
cash available for redemption of legal tender
notes. His really available cash ought to have
been largely increased during the past MONTH
1t has actually been diminished largely. Yet he
issues another call for bonds, which involves a
heavy decrease in his gold reserve In June, and
consoles himself with the thought that his
nominally aavailable" balance will by that
time be large enough to stand drain Of
SIC, 900, 600 1t does not seem to us that this
is wise course to pursue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-10
GETTING DANGEROUSLY LOW.
,for ofThe Tribune.

10 me EdifOr " Inc IT IOuHe'
SIR: VIII you please explain how it Is that
,he TREASURY which nominslly, you say, holds I45
millions Of gold available for redemption, etc. really
holds only seventy-sx mOns If our stock OF gold has
really run so low there Is indeed cause for alarm but
am unable 10 understand how thisis portion OF the
gold YOU say, Is really silver. Enlighten u.s.
Nee York. April D. mhRChASI'
The matter is very simple. Tho Treasury reports
that 1t holds say Sl4500 900 specie available Tor
redemption of notes-that 49, In excess OF eerIih-
Gates outstanding. Among those certificates are
about 500 600, 900 which nominally call for silver
and the Treasury holds about $l63, 100000 silver
Therefore of the remaining specie reported as avail
able about S87 900, 900 Is of silver which leaves
only SIS 600, 900 Of the sooalled available specie
that Ia gold.
In arriving at the cash balance available" the