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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

THE STEAMER VINDICATED-A dispatch
from Norfolk says Judge Hughes yesterday
handed down his opinion in the collision
case between the steamer Virginia, of the
Bay Line, and the schooner Clara David,
son. On May s, while the steamer was 60
ing down the harbor on her regular trip to
Baltimore the schooner ran into her and did
considerable damage. Since that time
Messrs. White and Barnett, tor the steamer,
and Messrs. Sharp and Hughes, for the
schooner, have been engaged in taking de.
positions of witnesses to be read in the cross
libels filed by the steamer and the schooner.
Saturday the argument in the case began,
and it was concluded Monday. The judg-
ment of the court is that the schooner was
solely in fault, and accordingly gave de-
cree yesterday in favor of the steamer.
Aside from the vndcation of Capt. Dawes,
the decision is of great value to the steam
vessels plying 10 and from a harbor. 1t
affirms the principle that while steamers
must keep out of the way Of sail vessels and
give them the road, the obligation on the
latter not to embarrass steamers by sudden
change of course is equally imperative.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
Killed by Negroes.

DANvILLE, Va, July 22.-Monday mora
ing, on the Mount Cross road, in this com
ty, q quarrel occurred between Mr.. Robert
Myers, white tenant farmer, and several
negroes working for him, in which hot tenn
per was shown by the latter. After dinner
Myers left his house with the negroes IL 70
to his tobacco barn to work al stripping to
bacco, and that was the last seen OF him
alive by his wife, Later in the afternoon
one of the negroes, who had gone TO work
with him, returned to the house and inform,
ed Mrs. Myers that her husband had fallen
asleep and could not be awakened The
body Of Myers was brought to the house,
and it was found that he was dead Hi;
neck was bruised and covered with imprint3
as if he hal been choked to death by human
hands. The negroes are believed 10 have
murdered him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
FARMERS, CONVENTION.
Reported for the Alexandria Gazette. J

Reported for the Alexandria GaZctte.)
The substantial progressive farmers of the
County of Fairfax assembled at the Court
House on Monday, Court day, to organize
an association auxiliary to the State Fam
ers' Assembly of Richmond, and to appoint
two delegates from the county to attend the
annual meeting of the State Assembly to be
held in Richmond, August 10.
Upon q call of the districts, over thirty
farmers answered TO their names, represent
ing each of the six districts.
Gen. w. Ii. +. Lee being one of the vice
presidents of the State Assembly, called the
meeting to order, aud upon motion, was
elected chairman of the meeting, and N. w.
Pierson was chosen secretary By request,
the secretary read selections from the Off
cal report Of the State Farmers Convention
held April Is, in order to lay before the
meeting the objects of the organization and
the duties of the county auxiliaries.
On motion OF o. f. Hine, the following
resolution was adopted:
ReSOlreo, That the chairman and secretary re.
port to the State Executive Committee the names
OF two farmers from each mag isterial district as
proper persons to constitute the County Executive
Committee for Fairfax in accordance with plan of
organization, adopted by the State Farmers AS
sembly.
The members present from each district selected
the following persons
Mount Vcrnnn.--Courtlaud Lukens and n. w.
PieIson
Providcnce.J. T. Finley and o. E Hine.
Falls Church. Theodore Bailey and James
Mason.
Leo A. Marshall and J. C.. Brooks.
ntrevillc.Tnomas Holden and J. N Ballard.
Drancsville.-Thomas Carpcr and Jas. Jackson.
On motion General Lee was elected chairman of
the county committee.
CORTLAND Lukcns and Gen. w. H. F. Lee we've
elected delegates to- attend the annual meeting of
the Farmers Assembly at Richmond.
1t was suggested that the delegates be requested
to have inaugurated by the State Assembly, sys-
TEN of finance to aid III carrying forward the bust
ness OF the organization, rs some funds ne
cessary in all such enterprises.
On motion it was resolved, That each member
of the County Executive Committee be requested
to solicit a contribution offfty cents from thosa
interested in this organization, and that the
Rotary be designated to receive the same and send
on half the amount collected to the State Execu-
tive Committee and hold the remainder subject
to the order of the county committee
The secretary reported eight dolsrs received ut
the meeting.
At the close of the meeting the chairman urged
the farmers present to give this new departure"
to aid the farming interests of the State, their
earnest support, that our prosperity may increase
moro rapidly in the future than in the past al
though he claimed that since the prostration of
the State, the farming operations had recupcr-
ated as rapidly could be reasonably expected.
especially in tho county Of Fairfax
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
CLUVERIUs ONCE MORE AND FINALLY.
MARKHAM, July 20.

TO The editor of The alexandria Gaelic:
We have authority very much higher
than that of Bulwer, for saying, Whose
sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his
blood be she'd" Your MARK ham CORES
pendent" recognizes the fact that sit is a
solemn thing to execute the law upon q
misguided and guilty fellow mortal" and
he does not think that this case should be
made to depend upon "other cases or the
remissness of other juries," nor does he
think that the claw or public justice de-
mands any such example or common aver
age Of convictions aud executions blindly
for the supposed public good, as "Fairplay"
seems to suppose. all he asks, is, that the
verdict of an intelligent and impartial jury
sanctioned and approved by the court, and
acquiesced in las he btee"ves) by ninety
nine out of every hundres., 'cho haze read
all ths testimony, lawyers excepted, be car
sled out. Simply this, and no more. Your
Markham correspondent Is not response
BILE for the Childish and ridiculous" state
ment about the mouth of Cluverius, etc
The assertion was made by an intelligent
witness upon the stand, and the eminent
counsel for the defence, who were keenly
awe W eVcTy lldW, IcG ~ pass acknowledgment.
Before taking final leave of this much dis
cussed case. / would like to got some of
these "doubting Thomases" to construct a
theory consistent with the fats proceed, and
at The same time, consistent with the in
nocence of the condemned man. The writer
has tried TO do so repeatedly, but in vain.
Take his conduct when the arrest was
made. Mhen told by Tie officer that he ar
rested him for murder, he didn't ask for
whose murder; he suught no information,
either as 10 The victim, the time or the
place. CGNld mot ;c0uid, but could an in
nocent man have done this? Again, why
the effort to conceal the ''charm chain" up
on which that tell tale key was worn, going
so far as to deny its existence, until he saw
that Capt. Epps was positive as 10 his hav.
ing had it? Consider his lame and impo-
tent attempt to break the force of the testi-
mony Of Messrs. Pierce ard Esis in regard
10 The scratches upon his hand. Re;nem
Der his denial to Mr.. Cuthbert of having
seen Lillian since last September and place
that beside the testimony OF Mr.. Archer Mr..
James and the "torn note" And last, but
by no means least, take his refusal to tell
Mr.. Robins where he was at certain time
on that fatal night, and his utter failure to
give any account of himself from S o'clock
until -, after having promised to account
for his whole time, while in Richmond.
"FIat justitia, ruat CWlum."
JUSTICE
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
ALEXANDRIA, VA,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY ~.

DURING THE days of slavery the nara
master always had the best and the most
coptented slaves, while those of the easy
enc wer. lazy, vicious and dissatisfied. Inc
Ethioyian can not change his nature any
more than his skin. General Mahone,
when a democrat, few years ago. hlVeu a
large number of negroes in coal PIT the
night before election day and kept tnem
there until the election was over; ne sent
a train full of them so far up the ROAD Ina1
they could not walk back in time to vote'
and then derailed ii; he peiiioned the Leg
islature to disfranchise the negroes OF DIS
citv he introduced tissue ballots to coun'
teract The negro majority; he so eulidozeo
the negroes ofPetersburg that that is the only
citv in the State to which troops were sent
on election day and finally, he has selected
"a his candidate for Governor the man VINO
saws he receives negro legislators in ms
Kitchen. And yet, with the exception OF
fau of the more intelligent ana reputaoie
noembers of their race, every negro In Vir'
ginia will suppors me General next No
vember, as they would have supported their
hard master in the days WHEN they were
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

SHOOTING AFFRAY.-A dispatch from
Rocky Mount Va, says news was received
there yesterday of a probabl. fatal shooting
aliray at Long Branch, in that county. 4
man named Cox was shot in the bacI: by
Ferdinand Johnson. Cox and a mar named
Shiveley had gotten into Il rock fight, hen
Johnson, who had standing grudge against
Cox-having recently been attacked by
Cox with a hoo-joined the fight and, draw
ing pistol. shot Cox in the back and ia g.
medialely fled. Cox is fatally shot, il IS
thought, the lower portion of his bod? being
paralyzed. Johnson has not yet been mr.
rested. The shooting occurred T. few hun
dred yards from church where religious
meeting was in progress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Baltimore and Ohio hes leased the
Ohio and Mississippi road.
An alliance is reported to have been made
between the Vanderbilt aud tho Pennsy-
vania trunk lines, which is considered mimi
cal to the g. & 0.
Twenty-three cases of sunstroke were re-
ported in New York city after three o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Several cases occurred
in Baltimore and other cities.
Dr. E. De la Granja, i'll his report to the
State Department on the cholera in Spain,
says Ferran's alleged discovery of the value
of incubation with microbes is humhug.
The ship builders Of Baltimore have de
cided TO reduce the pay Of ship carpenters
from So and caukera from 50 IS p day to
80 80 day, and it is understood that strike
is impending.
An assignment of College Point property,
John w. Quintard and Geo. Beers was filed
yesterday The same preferences are given
rs in the general assignment.
The shipments from the mines OF the Cum
berland coal region for the week ended Sat-
urday. July is, were SO, 763 tons, and forthe
year TO date 1429,904 tons, decrease of
81 900 IONS rs cOmpareu VIII Gue CoFles-
ponding period Of last year.
At Wapakoneta, Ohio, yesterday Rev. A.
z. Wagner, pastor of the Second Lutheran
Church at Springfield, was held in $500 bail
to answer to the charge Of betrayal preferred
by Miss Laura Craig, Of Wapakoneta. The
girls father has sued Rev. Wagner, claim
ing s. 600 damages.
The law officer Of the PostoiIice Depart
ment has given an opinion 10 the effect that
q postmaster who uses or converts 10 his
own use the postal funds III his hands, al
though not required to deposit them until
the end Of the current month or quarter, is
guilty of embezzlement.
Shortly after 10 o'clock last night n
freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad struck street-car at the corner Of
First and H streets, Washington. Mrs.
Grosman, Of Georgetown, had her collar
bone broken in two places, besides which
she was severely bruised, and it is feared
that she will not recover.
General Grant failed to rally from the
exhaustion caused by his ride in the Bath
chair OH Monday, and exhibited during the
dayyesterday all the symptoms Of approach
ing dissolution. The members of the family
mot present were hastily summoned by tele.
graph, aud preparations made for the end.
Late last night he rallied slightly, but not
sufficient to give hope Of prolongation OF
| life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

THE WHITE men in General Mahone's
recent convention, if not utterly lost to all
the natural feelings of their race, as we'll as
of their State, must have felt out of place
and exceedingly disagreeable when they
h card two negro delegates, Peter Carter and
A. W. Harris, impudently attack and vic.
leptly abuse two white delegates, Senator
Riddleberger and Colonel Sims. But they
should not have been surprised, for it is
only natural that their black associates
should deem them no hetter than them
selves, and accord hem the same treatment
they give members of their own race /;
and as the white delegates willingly left
the association OF their own for different
aud alien race, nobody but themselves is
sorry for the treatment they received at the
hands Of that race. And doubtless the
knowledge that their black Associates will
c ntinus to support General Malone TO
man more than compeusates them for the
wounds their pride has received from the
public abuse of two impudent negroes, and
bv having that abuse published from one
extremity of tho country To the othor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

THE GRAND Army of the Republic, or
rather, the post of that organization in Phil
adelphia, denounce the appointment of an
ex-Confederate TO clerkship in the pension
Office at that city, and demand that he be
removed instanter. 1t was only recently
that the Southern volunteer soldiers who
went to philadelphia to show the people
thereof that with them the war was over,
were treated in the most inhospitable man
ner, if not actually insuted, because they
came from the South. With Philadelphia
the war is not over, and il not now it is
doubtful if it ever will be. We'll the South
can stand it if Phiadelphia cau. The influ-
ence of the same sectional organization-tbe
G. A. R.-it will be remembered, is what
keeps the offensive partisan Clay in the Of
flee of Collector of Customs at Newport
News, in this State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
&@}99:ss
General Grants Critical Condition

Mt. McGREGoE, n. y, July 22-3a. M
Since the two o'clock bulletin General
Grant has conversed orally and with written
slips with those attending him. He moves
body and hands without evidence of ex
IRENE feeb!eness. He is hourly growing
weaker, however The doctor has just e%.
amined the patien. and again retired. Dr..
Douglas believes thu patient will liz" a
hours.
1926 p. m-The conditions are rcr2r;c;;
unchanged since o'clock, except the gla-
dually increasing weakness.
The latest reports this evening rcprisea;
the Generals condition still unchanged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

TIE MORNING republican organ of Wash
iugton says "bigh and solid ground has been
taken by our republican friends in Virginia
whereon to make their campaign" By
"high and solid ground" it means the repu-
diatiou of the State debt, and by ''our repub'
lican friends" it means few scalawag dem
ocrats and their negro followers; for the
real Virginia republicans are as much OPP
posed to Malone and his methods" as the
democrats of the State are. The Virginia
democrats after the U. S. Supreme Court
had decided the Riddleberger bill constitu.
tional, acquiesced in that bill, not because
they thought it was fair and honorable, but
because they knew that to have opposed it
any longer would have given the State over
entirely to Malone and bis repudiating and
rapacious gang.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

WARREN COUNTY DELEGATEs-T fol-
lowing are the delegates and alternates to
the democratic State convention elected
Monday by the democratic county conven-
ton in Front Royal, which was largely at
tended, and to whom no instructions were
given:
Delegates-S. 8. Turner at large, H. n.
Downing, John T. Lowell, I. n. King, Thos.
w. Timterlake and A. G. Maddox.
Alternates-A. M. Earle at large, J. B.
Gardner, E. A. Lake, Walter B. Richards,
Henry Cabell and w. S. Woodward.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

The RICHMOND Dispatch says ''the ne
groes in the South are freer to exercise the
privilege of suffrage than the mill hands in
Rhode Island" The Southern negroes GER
tainly are freer to vote the republican ticket
than the mill hands of Rhode Island are to
vote the democratic ticket; but when it
comes to their voting the democratic ticket
the condition changes entirely, for under
their invariable custom Of making it hot"
for those Of their own color who desire to
vote the democratic ticket, democratic
negro in the South is an anomaly, and is
pariah among his own race.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
Eight Persons Drowned.

LONDON, July pa dispatch from Var
mouth says: A lifeboat, containing iii'tcra
men, started from here this morning to the
rescue of the crew of Il brigantine, which
was in. distress. Before reaching is dc&ti-
nation, however, the lifeboat struck q sunk
en- wreck and sank. Eight OF its occupants
were drowned. All of the unfortunate men
were married
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

If THE democrats iu Virginia succeed
next fall, OF which, fortunately for the STATE
there il II, doubt. even those who run may
read that that victory will not result from Inc
cohesive power of public plumber Tor II
must be, confessed that but few democratic
workers in the STATE see any Thug relative
to the distribution Of federal patronage
among Virginians that can possibly induce
them to persist in their work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

MRs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
dren teething, is the prescription of one of the
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States, and has been used for forty years with
never failing success by millions of mothers for
their children. During the process Of teething
its value is incalculable. 1t relieves the child
from pain, cures dysentery and diarrhea, gripping
in the bowels, and wind-coic. By giving health
to the child it rests the mother. Price 25 cents a
bottle. mY5-1yrM. YVES
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
JUSTICE.

Last week a we'll known merchant was
missed and has not since been heard from.
The mystery shrouds his friends in anxiety
and gloom. But if your dyspepsia, your
rheumatism or your liver complaint happens
to disappear mysteriously, you arc happy.
To make them disappear use Browns Iron
Bitters, the prince of tonics, which you can
buy at any drug store for one dollar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

To THEIR praise be it spoken, many of the
democrats in Iowa refuse to ally themselves
with the greenbackers. None of the repub
licans in West Virginia manifested any re-
luctance to the same sort of an alliance.
And the party which has usurped the name
of the republican party in Virginia was once
the greeuback party of the State, and its
present candidate for Attorney General
even now wants the principles of readjust-
ment-it's name for reputation applied to
the national as we'll as to the State debt.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
Irnn Ennrdry Qnstrnyel liz Ere.

BALTIMORE, Md, July 22.-Fira this
morning destroyed the iron foundry Of Jas.
age $1,000, with 81 200 insurance. The
flames extended to the upper part Of the
four story vinegar factory Of Lewis Elmer
& Sons, adjoining. Damage 81 300 insured.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

The growth of some OF the Southern
States is illustrated by the statement con-
corning Chattanooga that it has increased
since the war from clump of whitewash-
ed warehouses and shanties to city of
$4,000 inhabitants; from tax roll of 81 ,30O,-
900 to one of 100000, and has increased
its business capital from 100000 to S5,000,-
0O0n
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
Fire al Liberty, Va.

LYNCHBURG, Va, July 22.-A destructive
fire occurred at Liberty, Va, this morning
causing n loss OF $4,000. The insurance is
light. Assistance from this city save,! the
town from great conllagratiou. THIS is
the third large lire in that place within
wear.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
The late Peter Cooper, of New York, had

The late Peter Cooper, Of New York, had
a level head and looked at things philosoph-
ically. His idea was that in all towns
where newspaper is published, every bus
mess man should advertise, if nothing more
than o card giving his name, business in
which he is engaged, and location. 1t not
only pays him, but it indicates to the pco-
ole at distance that the town he resides in
has live class of business men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
Favors an Alliance.

/CoNsrANTINopLE, July 22.-Ghc Grand
Fizier, in an interview with Hobart Pacia,
said he recognized the necessity ofTurkry's
forming all alliance with England, a"d de-
clared that the conclusion Of such an ALI
ance would re much easier nov than it was
hnfnra
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

Blaine's belief about victorious canvasses,
fortunately for Virginia, is utterly worth
less. Why, he said he believed bis own
canvass for the Presidency was successful
weeks after every body else knew CleVe-
land had been elected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
Appointments.

WASHINGTON, July 22.-The President
this afternoon appointed VIM. II. Mollctt, Of
New Jersey, TO be Consul of the United
States at Athens, aud john Devin, Of Mich
igap, to be Consul at Windsor Ontario.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
Police Force Increased

LONDON, July 22 The police force sta
toned around the las ccur;s was largely
increased to-day, owing 10 Information re-
ceived by the authorities that an effort 10
destroy those buildings would be made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
The Cholera

MADRID, July D.. Incomplete returns Of
the progress ofthe cholera in Spain yestcr
day show total of 1852 new cases and GSj
deaths. These include L. new eases and 9
deaths in the city of Madrid
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
DIED..

On Wednesday, July 22d, instant of typhoid
fever, at twenty minutes past eleven o'clock,
JOHN BIRRELL, aged As years. @s- Funeral
from the residence of his uncle, VIM. Davis, No
% Wolfe street, to.morrow Thursday afternoon,
at o'clock. Friends of the family arc respect.
fully invited 10 attend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

Mr.. JAMES G. BLAINE has written COM
plimentary letter to Mr.. J. S. Wise, General
Mahone's candidate for Governor of Vir-
einia, in which he says 'your canvass,
I believe, will be victorious" But Mr..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22
Russian Torpedo Boats.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 22,-It has been decided
to add fifty torpedo boats to the Russian feet in
the Black Sea-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

There are 539, 307 ,l79 acres of land cult
waited by the farmers of the United States,
which is valued at SO, 1877 ,096,77G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

NTATER COOLERS.-Jnst received another lot
w Of the best Wstcr Coolers from = TO > gal.
Ions Zinc and Porcelain lined, which we are
selling at bottom prices.
;nd r.. 1T.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

SPECIFICS PREPARED: by the
IL Humphreys Medicine Co., of New YAH.
full supply just received.
ie9 E.S. LEaDBEATER 4 BRO
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-22

GLASS FRUIT JARS. and Mason's Porcelain
VI lined. The Woodbury. JAR is the latest
improve mont iur O.: !.iIg purposes. For sale by
jy1o GO. McBURNEY " SON