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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
TRIAL OF CLUVERIUS.

The trial Of T. J. Clnverns resumed yes
tcrday morning. The defence argued against the
introduction of the Curtis letter." which is said
to BIZ forgery and which, it is claimed, was ad-
dressed by Cuycrius The letter was an invita-
ton from lady of Richmond TO Miss Madison to
como 20 that city for the purpose of accompany
ing an invalid to Old Point Comfort. The court
said it would examine the authorities. Mrs. J.
3 Di kipson testified that she had received two
postal cards from Lii an after the latter had left
her house. Both wero dated Msrch ID She
burned them before she heard of Lillians death,
but could give the substance Of their contents
The defense objected to the witness giving the
contents, and the prosecution did not press the
matter. Lillian left the w!tuess5 house Jan
uary and returned on the 9Th, but witness did
not know where she had been. Witness said that
Lillian visited her c0nsins family, who lived in
the neiphborhood and OF her families near Lillian
had lady friend, Miss Kenny, who had grown
brother. A Miss Williams and her brother came
to the witness's house to sec Lillian. The de-
ceased at times seemed to be depressed in spirits
aud troubled. She was never visited by any gem
tleman outside the immediate neighborhood.
Lillian's demeanor while at witnesses house was
faultless.
The prosecution here sought to put in evidence
the bundle Of clothing found in the river. The
defense objected to the introduction of any thing
except the clothing found on the person of the
deceased and the glove found on tue reservoir em-
bsnkment. The objection was overrulcd and the
defense excepted.
James NJ Guthrie, postmaster at Braes King
and Queen county, had received letters to be
mailed, which. to the best of his belief, were ad-
dressed in the prisoners handwriting. Some of
them were addressed to Miss Fannie Lillian
Madison, Millboro' Springs, Bath county, Va"
The last letter was mailed four five days before
it was reported that the prisoner had gone to
Richmond.
1t appeared that during Guthre's testimony
that private examination of the witness hal
taken place before by counsel for the prosecution,
aud that his answers under oath did not conform
to all that seemed to be expected. The witness
stated that there had been unknd feelings be.
tween himself and the prisoner for about six
mon BIS.
Willie Dickinson, about IA years DID, testified
to getting letter at the postotfce in March last
for Miss Lillian the day before she left for Rich
mond.
At 2 o'clock the court adjourned until TO- day
80 as to take time to examine the authorities on
the questions upon which decision had been Ie-
served and to give counsel for the defense an OPP
portunity to examine the trunk and the bag of
clothing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

IF WHEN General Malone accused Mr..
Barbour of being cold blooded and DELHI
crate murderer those acquainted with the
latter were highly amused at the ridiculous
character Of the charge, with what hilarity
will they learn that the General now &C.
cuses him of Mormon sympathies, and says
IF Boss Barbour intends to make Nor
monism an issue in Virginia. it is we'll that
all OF us should understand it in time We
want no Mormon candidate for Governor,
nor do we want to send Mormon sympa.
thizer to the United States Senate"
Tho General has now called Mr.. Barbour
q repudiator, murderer and Mormon. If
he would only call him Mahoneite, he
would fix him at once.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

SAD SPEcTACLE.-J. L. kinRer FARMER
living twelve miles north Of Bellcrla;nc. !oas
went out to milk the COW one night last seek
and fell dead suddenly. His wife. surpo7iu. j..
had gone to some of the neighbors, went t. in&
expecting him to return. She awakened 4. t9ai
in the morning, and, missing her husband became
alarmed and went out to find him. AS she looked
into the barn yard she saw tho body lying tse-e
and the hogs dcyonring it. They had already
eaten the flesh all off the face and neck T'irrc
is no exact knowledge of the cause of his deal
but it is supposed to have been caused By heart
disease
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

1t lS now SalQ l0aG eS -SeCTeIaIy re
linghuysen's illness is primarily due to
poison which he drank from d bottle OF
mineral water.
The number of emigrants which ar
rived in New York last week was greater
than the combined population of this city
aud all its environs
The dead body Of all infant was found
ia park near Philadelphia, Thursday,
which had been murdered in true Oriental
style-stranged with bow string.
Richard Goltze, a German waiter, shot
himself, it is thought fatally, in New York
last week, giving as reason for the act
that he considered himself too stupid to
live. The majority of that caste are not so
honest and exceedingly tenacious of life.
George Rex Graham, founder of Ora
hams Magazine, and at one time chief owner
of the Philadelphia North american, is now
blind and INDECENT, and an inmate of a
charity hospital in New York. He attrib-
utes his downfall to the fact that at one
time he had too many irons in the fire.
-Rugg, the negro murderer, who was
hanged in Kings county, New York Fri,
day, an account of whose crimes was pub.
lshed in Mondays GAZETTE, came to the
sage conclusion just before the rope was ad-
justed to his neck that his punishment was
just and his blissful Immortality sure.
The wife of George Andrews, of Au-
burn, R. l., died recently, and for four days
the husband has stood still, stature-like and
speechless, in an upstairs room, without
eating or drinking, gazing intently at some
imaginary figure. He answers no questions
nor can any one distract his ey es from peer
ing in that one direction.
Mrs. Christina Ritcher, Of New York,
engaged in quarrel with another woman,
a neighEor, recently. Whether or not
she came out second best is not stated but
the affair so preyed upon her that upon re-
turning home she kissed the children, and
took towel and twisted the same around
her throat until life was extinct
-Beecher has commenced preaching a
Settles vi ScIlIOlS vi LSOiuClOu Ill IuelO'
gy, of course. To bis last Sunday morning
discourse he said "Doctrinal preaching is
going out; future retribution is only al
luded to, and eternal punishment almost
never taught-to the honor of the pulpit
and the honor OF God, be it said"
DIR. Talmage got off his anti-tobacco
sermon again last Sunday, which contained
some wit, if no logic. He made the old
charge that the use of the weed aided con.
siderably in increasing the number of mad
houses-an. assertion which facts since the
days of Sir Walter Raleigh disprove. The
Doctor himself was at one time an inveter-
ate smoker.
The description of the brutal treatment
received by the wife of the gambler Tru-
man, as given on the first page Of to.day's
GAZETTE, is revolving, to say the least. The
unnatural husband is using every means to
prevent his wife securing divorce, saying
though he does not love her, nor does be
want to live with her again, that she is the
picture of good luck, and that Fortune has
smiled on his avocation ever since he mar
ried her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Fire in Berlin.

BERLIN, May 20.-A fire was discovered
at midnight last night in the Mon Bijou
Palace, once occupied as residence by
Frederick the Great, and now used as
museum. Before the flames could be ex-
tinguished the roof and attic of the building
we're destroyed. The works Of art and relics
were saved; many Of them, however, in
damaged condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

WHEN THE Illinois Legislature met last
winter a democratic U. S. Senator could
have been elected had it not been for the
opposition of those anomalies, the protection
democrats in that body. They could not
see their way clear to vote for such an old,
good and true democrat as Mr.. Morrison,
and SO they delayed the election until death
nut it in the power of the republicans to
re.elect Mr.. John Logan. That's not the
first blow protection democrats have given
the party to which they profess to belong,
and there is we'll grounded fear that it
will not be the last.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Senator Sherman.

CINCINNATI, May 20.-The Commercial
Gazete TO day, referring to Gen. Beatty's
statement that Senator Sherman's candidacy
FIR the United States SeDatorship was an
aniiable fiction, and that be would not
serve if elected, says: Senator Sherman
says, in a letter before US, dated March %
/ have concluded to allow my name to be
canvassed with the rest, and to accept if
alerta2 } -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

TEE DISCUSSION of the subject of vivisec-
ton has been revived why, no reasonable
man can tell, as there can be but one side
to the question. Vivisection of animals
like post mortem examination and dssec-
ton of men, is not only justified, but Is rem
dered absolutely requisite and necessary by
the object in view-to instruct physicians
and surgeons, so rs to enable them TO cure
disease, preserve the health, and prolong the
lite Of human beings.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Marine Disaster,

HALIFAX, n. S., May 20.-The bark Wy
omng, which arrived at Sheet Harbor from
London yesterday, report that in lat, 55,
long, %, she picked up life buoy on which
was painted alexandria of Glasgow"
Five days after she passed vessel bottom
up, newly coppered, of about 800 tons. The
next day she sailed through large number
of barrels floating three parts under water.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 20.

THERE IS much sophism, but little true
reason, in the attempts of those VINO urge
that the eleventh amendment to the Con-
stitution, the one prohibiting suits agains.
8 ates, applies to those who hold coupons oi
Virginia bonds. The tenth section OF art-
Gle one of the Constitution provides that no
State shall pass law impairing the ooiiga.
tion of contracts. That section alone snouio
secure the coupon holders. And 1t ID ap-
narent that the eleventh amendment has no
reference to such case as theirs, out re1ers
to cases of an entirely different character
for those who formed the Constitution ana
its amendments, up to the tnlrteentn,
never supposed that sovereign State would
ever try to cheat its creditors. But tne
COUPON holders are aleo provided for by the
subsequent amendments; for the fourteenth
declares that no State shall pass any law
that shall abridge the privileges of citizens
of the United States. A Virginia coupon
holder who is citizen of Virginia is GER
tainlv citizen of the United States, and II
ia lust as certain that it is the privilege OF
all such holders of coupons to pay their
dues to the State with those coupons; and
TO prohibit them from doing 50 Will be 10
abridge their privileges. But even II all
this we're not so, why, except to defrauo
the creditors of the State, is such especial
stress laid upon the eleventh amendment
to the Constitution, when little or no notice
ia taken of the more important sections OF
that instrument, which prohibit the passage
of such OK post facto laws as have been
passed relative to the civil war, as divided
the State of Virginia without her consent,
and as set at utter defiance the tenth
amendment, which declares that the pow
ers not delegated to the United States are
reserved to the States? The evident bent
of Virginia is now toward reputation; but
those of her citizens who have most regard
for her credit and honor still hope that the
present darkness Is that which rrecedes the
dawn, and thai, late as tits, change for the
better may even yet come DER the spirit OF
her dreams.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
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PRESS DISPATCHES.
The Cluverius Trial.

RICHMOND, May 20.-In the Cluverius
trial this morning, the court ruled that it
would exclude the evidence of Mrs. Dickin-
son and little Willie Dickinson, as to the
superscription on the envelope containing
the letter received by Lillian IN which she
was asked to come to Richmond, on the
ground that the witnesses were not experts.
The court also stated that the letter itself
could be admitted as testimony, but not as sn
independent fact apart from the visit to Rich
mond, and that tie contents of the postal
cards received by Mrs. Dickinson on March
18th, which she had burned, could not be
taken as evidence. There was some dis.
cussion over admitting the dates of the pos
tai cards, the defense holding that there
was no rule known by which the cards
could be admitted They were not part
ofthe res geste of the case The prosecu.
ton stated what it hoped to prove by the
admission of the postal cards or their dates.
The court ruled that they could not be &C.
copied as evidence,
At this juncture Mrs. Dickinson was re-
called. When Lilliar brought the letter to
the witness, saying there was always sone-
thing to bother her, and that she had to
come to Richmond, she gave no other
reason for the trip. There was a note en-
closed in the letter which Lillian did not
show witness. She said the note was from
Mr. Curtis of Richmond
Several exceptions by the defense were inter-
sper5cd in this REORGANIZATION.
w. Fl. Madison, q cousin OF the deceased, testi-
hed that Lillian did not spend the night of jan
uary 9th at his residence. The last time he saw
| her was whom she was on tho way to Bath county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Fourteen Horses Burned to Death.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 2O.-A fire in
jeremiah Doody's stable at Holyoke early
this morning did from 81 200 to s., 500 dam
age to the building. Fourteen of the fifteen
horses which were in the stable were suffo-
Gated. The fire is supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Whats the Matter With You 7

well, not much in particular Bul I'm
little ailing all over. don't sleep well,
and my kidneys are out of order, and can t
enjoy my meals, and I've touch of rAcu
matism, and once in while twingr q;
neuralgia" Now, neighbor, you seem to
want general fixing up, and the thing r.
do it is R-"wn's Iron Bitters. Mr.. a
Pickrell, of Ennis, Texas, says, Il was D,
sickly man. Browns Iron Bitters made u,c
healthy and strong
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Farewell Banquet.

LoGANsPoRT, Ind. May Ex-senator Ru-
fus NJ. Magee, Minister-elect to Norway and
Sweden, was rendered farewell banquet
by the citizens of Logansport last night.
Covers were laid for rs guests. There were
a number of toasts and responses. MIR. Ma.
gee leaves for his new field of service May
23rd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

Salvation Oil does not simply u>suage
pain; but, by quickly finding its way 10 liz
seat of the disease allays the swelling AID
Inflammation, and, by removing the cau~r
of the disease, effects a permanent cure.
Price twenty FIVE cents bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Murder and Suicide.

DENVER, COL, May 20.-A special to the
Tribune. Republican from Amargo, COL, says !:
Yesterday morning G. w. Brown, coal
miner, while under the influence OF liquor,
shot and killed Hans Johnson, railroad
employee. The murderer was pursued and,
seeing that he could not escape, he shot
himself through the head, dying instantly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
General Grant.

NEW YORK, May 20.-General Grant a.
good night last night HE SLEPT r.b'
hard" said Jesse Hoyt this monin. =,
was the best nights rest he has had in oa.,.,
long time, and he looks and scls l,r.,s
this morning"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

part of it's followers, can alter the fact that
it is working in the interest OF intemper-
ance, and not in theinterest of temperance"
There can be no doubt that the lntemper-
ance with which the prohibitionists have at
tempted to enforce their ideas upon unWlll-
ing people has initiated in no little degree
AGAINST the success of the cause they pro-
fess to have at heart.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Report Denied.

LONDON, May 20.-The Daiy Nsas &,ri..
the report that the Earl Of Sclborn. !. 10
resign the Lord High ChancelIorsuip All. .,
succeeded by Sir William Vernon Ha,caur
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Shut Down.

WILMINGTON, n. c., May 20. The Gr.,,
Falls Manufacturing Co., at Rockingham
have shut down on account Of the low rr..
of cotton goods. The Rob"rdel MIL. .,
the same place, will close this week. H.h
mills will start again as soon as the busae.,
situation improves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Appoiutment.

WASHINGTON, May 20.-The Secretary
of the Treasury has appointed T. Owen
Roberts, of Mary land, to be Chief of Diyi-
sion in the Second Comptroller's Office, vice
DR.. w. G. Green, OF Maryland, dismissed
for offensive partisanship." Mr.. Roberts is
son. ia law of ex- Governor Bowie.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Forest Fires.

RoNDoUT, N. Y, May 2O.-Forest fires
are raging at Woodstock, Big Indian. Mt.
Pleasant and other points in the Catskills.
The fires are said to have been caused by
huckleberry pickers burning underbrush so
as to get better chance to gather the crop
the coming season.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Gan Sheridan.

WASHINGTON, May 20.-Gen. Sheridan
has telegraphed to the War Department
from Ell Paso that he would start for Chica-
60 this morning. He expected to reach
Santa Fe this evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
The New Minister From Denr,s-,

WASHINGTON, May 20.-Ludmig F,....
de Lavenorn the new minister re,.d.u. .,..
consul general from Denmark to the jnr.,,
States, arrived in Washington ,o.da, a,t
filed his credentials at the Dspar.urn, 81.
State
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
LETTER FROM FAUQUIER COUNTY.

Correspondence OF tho Alexandria GAzETTE.J
PLAINS STATION, May 11.-Business oil
every description is unusually dull, and con-
sequently the merchants of this place find it
exceedingly hard to dispose of their spring
stock. In consequence of the cold and dry
weather corn which has been planted isvery
backward in coming up. In some sections
the wheat and grass crops are an entire fail.
ure, and nowhere will there be made over
two-thirds Of an average crop. This is very
depressing to the farmers, most of whom
have heavy guano bills to pay.
Presumably on account of the gloomy
times, waveless apathy seems to per-
wade the political arena, as there is
little or no speculation as to who
will he the democratic nominee for
Governor So far as your correspondent
can learn from interviews with leading pol
iticinna, Gen. W. H. F. Lee is the popular
choice OF upper Fauquier, although there are
others who would give undoubtedly equal
satisfaction. The voters of this section SIM
ply await the result of the democratic COL.
vention of July 20, and whatsoever is then
chosen will receive their undivided support.
There will probably be more difficulty in
procuring suitable candidates for the Legis-
!ature and State Senate, as the people have
been taught by sad experience the folly Of
e!ecting men, as representatives, unacquaint-
ed with the constitution and lis various
amendments. Aud it is thought by many
that It would be expedient in future TO So
lect those who, if although ignorant, are not
lin their own estimation) too wise to ack-
nowledge it,
al; 1,,s Co., "a tl,f H.,
be bill before the next Legislature TO dis
arrange the present fence law, which is al
ready good one and needs no change. As
the law now stands, cattle have to be fenced
against. The object of The blu is to modify
the present law so that every farmer will be
compelled to keep his cattle at home-a
bill of little importance TO the Weather
class, but one of much Importance to the
poor man and the numerous small farmers
who are almt st tntirely dependent on the
commons in the earlier spring, or when the
grass is backward as it is the present season.
To be deprived ofthis privilege withoutcause
would be an outrage, and any candidate fav-
oriug the said bill had better tear that plank
out of his platform, or his political aspira-
tons will find an early grave.
BUFFALO BILL.
PLAINS STATION, May 19-One of the
most disastrous fires that probably ever oc-
Cured in this section took place near here
yesterday about 1890 p. nj. The large barn
and warehouse of Mr.. r. B. Lee Fleming,
their contents being entirely con-
sumed. Mr.. Fleming's barn was new
structure, and one of the largest of its kind
in the country, having a large storage ca.
pacity for grain and forage, besides sufici
snt stalls to accommodate some hundred /
head of cattle. The building contained at
The time of the fire. all of last years crop of
corn, a large quantity of hay, valuable agri- :
implements, wagons and harness,
aggregating in value several thousand dor. ;
arS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

GAIL HAMILTON, Mr.. Blaine's other self,
In an article on prohibition in politics, in
the June number OF the North american Re.
vieso, says mo protestation on the part Of
the leaders ofprohibition, no delusion on the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Coming to America

LEMBERG, May 20.-Thrty German lml
lies have arrived here from Russia. Th,y
are going to America. They complain :aat
an anti-German feeling is growing in i;a,.ia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

Pure gold always has its base imitation.
It ia so with Salvation Oil. which is worth
its weight in gold to all sufferers from rheu
matism, neuralgia. or govt. It kills pain
every time. See that you get the genuine.
Price twenty cents bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Victor Hugo.

PARIS, May 20.-Victor Hugo, although
troubled by his illness during the PAS, shr
is rather better to day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

T OST-CERTIFICATE No. Ozone sh.ro
IL Alexandria Marine Railway and shiptniH-
ing Company. A suitable reward will be paid ror
its return to this office. mylg-Gt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20
Registration Bills Pcssa.

LONDON, May 20.-The House OF Lo,ds
has passed the registration bills.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

NEW SHADES IN LADIES' Isle TuaEtD
~ HOSIERY opened May IS. Prices DOs
Toe and 81.
my19-6t C. NJ. ADAMS, 90 Eire stree.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

|tENTLEMEN'S EXTRA FINE CAMBRit
VI Drawers for sale by
my20 AMOS B. SLAYMAKER
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

A SUPERIOR QUALITY OF SILK GLOVES,
II Black and Colored, just received by
my2O AMOS B. SLhYMAKFR.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

T AIDES and CHILDREN'S GAUZG and EtI.-
IL BRIGGAN UNDERSTANDS and DGAH Els.
made with the new improved band.
my19-6t G. N. ADAMS SO Eiug street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

No other preparation meets the wants {;
the debilitated system as Does Aver s,:r-
saparilla.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

7 UST RECEIVED TODAY Il fall limc Of .'E
- lists MATERIAL, consisting Of New AIT
Studies, Canvas on Stretchers Wind=cr & Neg
tons Tube Paints Brass Plaques, Panels Acadc
my Boards, Gold Paint &C., at
JOHN D. H. LTHTS
mhOT r Eipu apd Wochiuvfnr -.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-05-20

WHITE WASH, BUSTING, SWEEP, VIZ.
w dow, Shoe and other Brushes OF extra quail
ty, made expressly for our trade, irs; rccc' CT
and for sale in any quantity, at IS King, corner
of Royal street. Call and examine.
anil 7 r. CREIGfITpS & ..:tk