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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15
baptist General Association.
Correspondence of the Alexandria GAzErTE.l
STAUNTON, VA. Nov. 10 1886

correspondence OF the Alexandria GAZETTE.
STAUNToN, Va, Nov. ~, 1885,
The sixty. third session of the General As.
sociatiou of Baptist churches of Virginia,
convened in this city yesterday evening at
$50 o'clock.
Appropriate religious exercises were held
and the association organized by the election
of Capt. John Fl. Wright, of Suffolk, Va, as
president, and Rev. Drs. Taylor and James,
Judge J. 3. Gunther, Of Accomac county, and
A. B. Evans, esq.,, of Richmond, as vice
presidents. The incumbent secretary, the
treasurer and the auditor were reelected
Prior to organization, an address of welcome
to the delegates was delivered by Rev. Dr.
Nelson, of Stanton; responded to by Rev
Mr.. Fiippo, recently of Alexandria. Mr.
tnppo's remarks were characterized by the
happy hits and good points always expected
of him By those who know him. This gen.
tlema1 has found warm welcome in this
beautiful section of Virginia since his re-
moval to the notable young city of Roanoke.
A marked feature in the personnel OF the
management OF the association is the promi
hence the lay element shown in the cleo.
ton OF three gentlemen of the legal frater.
nifty to positions of honor.
| Wv Va ShO N.CS l'lcSiuculS, MI. CFauS, IL
the talented lawyer who has represented
| Cluverius in bis recent trisl.
| The introductory sermon was preached
by Rev. Dr. S. A. Goodwin, late of ,Danvile
but now of Richmond, Va, from the text
Acts v:20
Visiting d. gates from the Baptist Asso
citation OF West Virginia, representing 9
membership of 81 900 persons, were invited
to seats, as was also Hon. A. NJ. Clapp, O.
Washington city, who represents the Co.
,lumbia Association.
The Association determined to devote
Saturday evening 10 the meeting of the Vir
ginia Baptist Historical Society, who will
hear on that occasion n memorial address:
upon the late Rev. DR.. A. NJ. Poindexter
delivered by Rev. DR.. John A. Broadus, O
Louisville, Ky.
Slaunton is a lovely city, built among the
hills The principal objects of interest are
tho asyiums and the five great female semi
naries About 500 young ladies from Vir
ginia and the South attend these schools.
The Alexandria Baptist Church is repre-
sented i'll the Association by Jonas Fisher
Jcha Perry, James W. Nails, B. F. Malls
alexander Ly!es, Fred. G. Rogers end
Thomas A. Brnadus.
The Association will adjourn on Monday
| L. A. B.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15
Death from Tarrins and Featherin.,

OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 15.-News was re.
ceived here to-day to the effect that Eli
La!ond, the victim of the recent tar and
feather outrage at Muirkirk, has died from
the effects of the treatment he received, and
that his wife and son and a man named
Markham have been arrested as among the
perpetrators of the deed, and lodged in Jail.
Lalond had not lived with his wife for some
time, and considering her unfit to have the
charge of his children he brought suit to
recover them. 1t was while this suit was
pending that a party of masked men enter
ed his house and after dragging him out and
brutally handling him, covered him with o
coat of tar and feathers. During his absence
from home, while consulting a doctor, the
party set fire to his house and burned every.
thing to the ground.
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The Seized Vessels.

OTTAWA, Oat.. Nov. 15.-As yet no deci-
sion has been arrived at in the case of any
of the American fishing vessels seized for in.
fractions of the customs laws. The govern
ment is using extraordinary precautions to
get all the evidence in these cases, so that
whatever sentence may be adjudged it shall
be fully warranted by the facts SO plainly
that international complications would be
impossible. Greater care is being taken
with these than With any Canadian case.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

MORAL OF THE ELECTIoNs.-A special
dispatch from Washington to the Baltimore
Sun says: "Iu notable group, all demo-
Gratis, composed among others of cabinet
minister and two leading Senators, yester.
day, the moral to be deduced from the re-
cent elections was under discussion. All of
those present were personally friendly to the
President One gentleman, while ex pressing
his regard for Mr.. Cleveland, said decisiyely
that he thonghtit was better sense and better
policy to admit at onca that the result of
the elections was not as encouraging to the
democracy as it should have been, and the
plain reason and fact was that the party
was not pleased with the conduct of the
President; that his conduct was of such a
character as necessarily 10 make lukewarm
all ardent party men, whether they had any
aspirations for Office or not. Continuing, he
said it was entirely premature for so
many democrats in public life who
were arriving here to be discussing
the probabilities of Mr.. Cleveland's
chances for denomination that the proper
thing for Mr.. Cleveland, and all the other
democratic leaders, was to remit all questions
about candidates to period at least twelve
months hence, and address themselves to
the labor of restoring confidence, repairing
and building up harmonious
unty in the party. To this the Senators
and the cabinet minister emphatically res.
pended. Amen"
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The NHay0Ower.

BOSTON, Nov. l5.-The sloop Mayfl
is offered for sale at cost, the offer to remain
open until the first of December. The reason
assigned is that the owner will probably be
unable to give the required time next sum.
mer for the trial races in the event ofan.
other contest for Americas cup. Edward
Burgess, the designer, says that last sum.
mer's campaign cost Gen. Paine great deal
OF time and care, and he does not feel like
going into another such contest next year.
be thinks the May may be needed to
defend the cup, and gives this opportunity
for any one to buy her who has the time to
run her as she should be run. 1t is public
matter with him, however.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

The authorities of Portsmouth enforced
the law prohibiting labor on Sunday yester-
day by stopping the stevedores along the
docks from loading and unloading vessels.
Cluverius's death warrant" has been re-.
ceived from the clerk of the Hastings Court
by the Sergeant of Richmond The execu.
ton Is to take place on tho 10th of Decem-
ber
The case against John 8. Whitehead, late
president of tho Exchange National Bank
OF Norfolk, at Norfolk, was given to the
jury Saturday. At late hour Saturday
night The jury agreed on verdict, which
will be rendered to-day
The Court of Appeals has postponed
the hearing of argument upon the ap-
Plcatlon Tor new trial in the case of
VIM. tlnchum, who was to have been ex-
ecuted at Harrisonburg, November 5, for
killing his brother, until September next.
A sad aud dreadful mistake occurred in
Richmond on Saturday morning at the res
ldeuce OF MIR. Peter A. Morton. Two of MIR.
Morton's little boys had been sick for some
time. There was bottle of fever mixture
end oEe of carboIic acid on the mantelpiece.
One OF the boys, aged about six, had a sore
leg, and the acid had been used on it. The
eldest child, aged nine years, was given q
spoonful of the carbolic acid instead of the
fever medicine. The accident was at once
discovered, and the best medical aid sum-
moned, but the child died after much suffer-
ing.
The Richmond Dispatch says: ave can
say, first, that there will be no extra session
unless the callers of it-that is, two.thirds
OF the members themselves or the Governor
shall have come to the conclusion that
the State will save ten times one hundred
thousand dollars as result of the extra ses.
sion. Secondly, that the reasons for calling
an extra session will be such as will COM
mend themselves to the approval of every
good democrat in Virginia. Otherwise,
there will be no extra session of the legisa-
ture."
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FROM W'ASsstNa"T3N.

Special Corro spoadonco of the Alcxa. GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 10, 1856.
The police scandal Of this city is the chief
topic Of conversation among people here to
Gay. After the dispatch at0ul lie trial in
the case of that scandal was sent 10 the GA
ZErTE Saturday evening, Lieut.. Kelley tes-
tilted to the effect that the chief Of the po-
lice force, Ma or Walker, had practically
instructed the officers under him to follow
members OF Congress going in the direction
of houses of bad repute, and note the fact Of
their entering such houses, and report to
him, in order that that information might if
necessary, be used to blacxmsil the unfor-
Inmates into voting for increased congress
sional appropriations for the District
of Columbia This morning or cross examin-
alton the Lieutenant not only reiterated his
Saturdays testimony, but SAID, in addition,
that all the other lieutenants knew that
what he said was true, but that having, as
he had, for the purpose of stopping scan
dial which he and all the others hoped would
be stopped, signed paper stating that they
had not been so instructed, they didn't like
to swear now that they knew the statements
in that paper were incorrect Nearly every
body here now believes that the Infamous 10.
structions were given, and most every body
that the source of them was higher than
Major Walker With the evidence before
him, Commissioner Wheatly, before whom
the case is being tried, can hardly do any
thing else than acquit 1t. Arnold, through
whom the information that such instruc-
tions were given first leaked out, aud against
whom therefor charges were preferred by
Major Walker. What will be done with
Major Walker depends upon the President.
If the news chat is brought here by Vir.
ginia republicans be true the democrats of
their State will have oil they can do next
fall to elect democratic legislature. The
news referred to is to the effect that from
various operative causes, disappointment at
the powers that be being the strongest, many
of the men CT that State who have hereto
fore invariably voted the democratic ticket
did not vote at the recent election, and Will
not at the next having lost all interest in their
party's success. They also sag that the re
publcans, in their next campaign, will al
most certainly favor the settlement of the
State debt upon the terms proposed by the
creditors, and that such a policy will gain
them the support of many debt paying PEG
pie who have heretofore always acted with
the democrats, and who now think the dan
ger of Mahonism is over.
wise and moderate Ohio democrat here
to-day, says he is of the firm belief that be-
fore the meeting Of the next national demo
cratic convention the President WILL write
q letter declining to allow his name to go
before that convention for denomination. Ii,
he saws, the President haG any intention of
being a candidate for second term, he
would not. that is giving him credit for The
possession of common sense, have adopted |
q policy that he must have known would |!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

FIRST MET AT THEIR WEDDING.-About
year ago Andrew J. Kimball, of Forsyth,
Montana, sought al acquaintance with an
Eastern lady with view to marriage.
Meeting friend who was coming East, he
requested him to hunt up lady with whom
he might correspond. The gentleman in.
terested himself in Kimball's bahalf and Sc.
cured Miss Maggie A. Rhodes, of Hunting.
don, Pa, as correspondent. and letters were
exchanged, as well as photographs. After
years correspondence, and although Mr..
kimball and Miss Rhodes had never seen
each other. they agreed to marry, and Kim.
bail sent Miss Rhodes money to take her to
Bismarck, Dakota, where he promised to
meet her. On the 29th the couple were
married at Miles City, Montana.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15


The CAUSE OF THE RECENT DEMOCRATIC
DEFEATs.-Col. Baughmsn, the democratic
candidate for Congress at the recent cleo
ton in the Cumberland, Maryland, district
says:
THE recent elections have exploded one
OF Mr. Clevelands pet theories-tbat it was
only the politicians who were opposed to
his policy. He has found out that the peo
pie are disguised with it as we'll. When T
began my canvass knew that there was
considerable feeling manifested among
democrats against the administration but I
had no idea now far it extended until be-.
gan to hear from my friends. If received
one [ received over 200 letters from promi.
nent democrats in the district telling me
that they were sorry had to be used as the
instrument, but they could not vote for me
under the circumstances they wished to
rebuke the President in Washington for his
course in iguoring his party. I confess
could not blame them much, but did not
relish being used as a club to hit Cleye-
land"
do you think Mr.. Cleveland will be re.
nominated in 1855 ?"
Unless he changes his policy it will be
very unfortunate thing if he is. fhe takes
the hint that has been given him all will be
well, and we will carry the fight in 1855
with ease; but if he does not I'm inclined
to think We will have uphill work"
In Pennsylvania Mr.. Black, the demo-
cratic candidate for Governor at the late
election, declares that be has been beaten
oy antl.Administration democrats
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15
CliNrg withRObbery

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Vincent Mestre, a
member of the Spanish Legation, was ar
rested to-day and arraigned at Jefferson
Market court charged with robbing Jeanne
dc Maynard, eu'opera singer, of, 100 francs.
Mestre nlet Mile. Maynard in Rio Janeiro
aud came with her to New York on the
same steamer two weeks ago. Mile. May.
nard claims.that she gave Mestre the money
to have changed for her. Mestre denies
the charge and accuses the woman of black
mail
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15
Prize Fight.

CHICAGO, Nov. ia Times st. Joseph
special says: James Cassidy, o Chicago
blacksmith, and Joseph Wallatz, miner of
Joplin, Mo-, fought seven bloody rounds
with bare fists on sand bar in the middle
of the Missouri river early yesterday. A
purse of $3.50 was the stake. About 1900
changed hands on the result. In the fourth
round Cassidy stretched WalIatz senseless
upon the sand. He lay motionless for seven
seconds. and Cassidy's hackers were claim.
ing.the fight. Suddenly Wallatz jumped to
his feet and gave Cassidy crushing blow
full in the face, following with terrific
body blow. Cassidy fought gamely but he
was dazed, and at the end of the 9TH round
blinded with blood, he succumbed to his op.
ponent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15
ALEX ANDRIA.
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER IS.

II ANY reader Of the GAZETTE ever en-
tertained any doubt of the absurdity Of the
proposition that one and the same man rs
private citizen could collect a tax bill in
money and then as State officer collect the
identical bill over again in coupons, that
doubt must have been removed by the de-
mons.raton afforded by Prof. Davies in his
recent letter on the subject addressed to the
editor of this paper. That the State officers,
notwithstanding all their talk to the con-
trary, think precisely as Prof. Davies does
about the matter referred to, is proved by
the fact that they don't attempt to levy for
the collection of tax bills in coupons in
cases where those bills have previously been
collected by levy in money.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

AT THE late election in Philadelphia sew
enty Thousand men voted upon tax receipts
supplied them by the managers of the re.
spectve political organizations 10 that city.
Without tax receipts they could not have
voted. In the South there is no restriction
upon the privilege Of suffrage, and black
and white alike vote without tax receipts
And yet Mr. Blaine, in his recent speech in
Philadelphia, laid great stress upon his
groundess assertion that suffrage is not
free in the South.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

UNDER THE civil service rules all men
over forty-fve are excluded from the offices
to which those rules apply. OF course,
therefore, all ex-Confederates who were
over nineteen years old when the war in
which they we're engaged broke out, are
disbarred. But these rules do not so far
enough to suit the President, for he has
made them operative in Offices to which
they do not apply, and to men under forty
FIVE, as in the case of Mr.. Blackburn, Of
Kentucky, whose commission as internal
revenue collector was revoked because
when mere boy, that gentleman had writ
ten boyish letter expressing desire to be
the hero of bloody but impossible feat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15
In NenOria,n.

The words, Earth to earth, dust to dust, ashes
70 ashes. were never pronounced over the re.
mains of letter man than FRANCIS M WEI.
DON. The truths inculcated by our holy reli.
g'on were illustrated by him in his dailv wall
ana conversation. 1t is great consolation to his
surviving friends, especially his children, that
they md the words of the sacred writer verified
m IN MS ME: MARX the perfect man and behold
cue upright tor the end of that man is peace y
Some of his noble acts, of which tho wrtpr au 20,
eongnlzant, entitle him to warm place in on :
heart and affections IL our
Lives of good men all remind US
we can make our lives sublime;
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of timeu p
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Going Back to Work.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. Nov. 15.-At an early hour
this morning the late striking employees Of
the packing houses assembled at the re-.
specSive headquarters indicated in the cher.
nus orcer issued yesterday ard applied for
employment. The crowd was orderly and
perfectly quiet. The foremen of the differ
emf houses selected such men as they re.
quirec at once, and the remainder departed,
evidently satisfied that they would be take en-
back as soon as the houses were in full run
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15
MONETARY AND COAINICprr,r

NEW YORK, November 15.-The stool,
ket opened firm this morning, flst pr;c,s "''
ally showing advances over Saturdar,. :, "'''
figures of from 4 to L per cent. Tho ,''H
moderately active in the early dealings and na~ ~
orally heavy. The list soon rallied and SS"'
active and strong, most of the list rsrr.
tional amounts. Slight reaction took nr.,. ''''
at IL o'clock the market WAS active and sr,n wv
BALTIMORE, Nov. 15.-Virgiuia Is, conso,i,..
64l2; psst'duo coupons GS; do 1O.ios 40. ,
new So GS bid to day W
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

WOULD RECOMMEND Ely's Cream Balm to anv
one having Catarrh or Catarrhal Asthma. I have
suffered for five years SO I could not lie down for
weeks st time. Since l have been using the
Balm can lie down aud lest. thank God that
you ever invented sueh medicine.-FRANK p.
BURLsIGH, Pennington, n. 81.
My SON, aged nine years. was afflicted with
Catlrrh; the use Of Ely's Cream Balm effected a
complete cure. W. E. HANNAH druggist, Euston.
Pa. 90 cents package. See adY't.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

rheumatism, neuralgia, aud govt are
speedily cured by Salvation OIL, the great
pain cure.
He had not slept for twenty-four hours,
coughing all the time. A dose Of DR.. Bulbs
Cough Syrup broke his cough, and he slept
quietly all night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

SOME OF the official election returns in
Maine bear only one signature, that OF a
witness, the election officials being unable
to write, having affixed their marks. And yet
Mr.. Reed, of Name the republican leader in
the United States House of Representatives,
says the Blair bill is a measure in which the
people of his State are not interested.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

NOTHING COULD more thoroughly demon
strate the utter absurdity of the jury system
and its grotesque travesty upon justice than
a murder case that has recently occurred in
this State, in which, in each Of its three
trials, the jury has divided on the color line,
and therefore failed to agree upon verdict
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15
Acquitted.

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 15th.-A verdict of
acqulttal was rendered to-day in the case OF
John B. Whitehead for misapplying funds of
the Exchange NATIONAL Bank, of which be
was President at the time of its failure.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15
A DECISION AGAINST THE BoYCoTTERs

a DECISION AGAINST THE BoYCoTTERs.-
In boycotters' case in Massachusetts re-
Gently, the counsel for the defendants, Gen.
3 F. Butler, moved to quash the indict-
ment. On that motion Judge Brigham rem,
dered the following opinion:
ut is q principle we'll established that
every man has the right to choose his own
employees, and any interference with that
right is unIawi'nl Every employer has a
right to employ whom he chooses, and eve.
ry manufacturer hiss The right to buy aud
sell from and. 10 whom he pleases, and to
use in any lawful way any material which
he mny choose TO buy. But the right of
labor to choose its own employer is no more
sacred than that of the employer to huy
what and Of whom he chooses. 1t is also
principle that labor has the right to com.
hine for tho amelioration of its condition.
OF course such combination will reduce
the profits Of the employers. Employers
may also combine to regulate labor, and the
value of labor may be reduced as result,
or labor may be exposed to more rigorous
conditions. Both combinations act ad
versely and injuriously, but within their
rights These being the rights of the par
ties, any man who undertakes to prevent
the manufacturer from buying what or from
whom he pleases interferes with legal
right. So, if combination of persons be
made to interfere with that right,it is an un.
lawful combination. If the means used for
interference are unlawful, there is combi-
nation in every sense of the law. As to
what means are unlawful, a combination to
prevent one man from using leather made
by another is combination to an unlawful
end. and if effected by threats or intimda-
ton, there may be a conspiracy"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

If 1T were not for tins fact that Mr.. Bay.
ard, a more objectionable man, would be
his successor, the democrats of The United
States might we'll propose MIR. Cleveland to
the national assembly of Bu!&aria,ss suita.
BILE man for King Of that country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

Our druggist informs US that DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup sells better than any other
cough medicine.
Now it's all right, it's all right darling. y
said Mrs. Workhard, II have tested il
thoroughly. Salvation Oil will surely cure
your pain in the back"
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Paddy Ryan .AIlRir,,,

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Nov. l5.-Inor;.
made last night at the Palace Hotel as - -, WAS
dition of Paddy Ryan, who was kpoctoa s 'oa'
urday night by Sullivan. Ryan xss ~, Wv sst'
was learned that he had almost competr,r wy wa. 1t
cred from the effect of the blows. He won, ,>OS.
driving during the day. wv cut
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New sSOiIerS

WASHINGTON, Nov. ia set of now
boilers for the U. S. S. Swatara have been
completed at the Navy Yard in this city,
and were shipped to-day to that vessel at
Portsmouth, N. II.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

Mug shape again. The number of o,d -
re'employed this morning is between ~ Dea
ana l'ooo. AdVices just received from ~. ~
yards indicate that no difficulty be,wsan .ae
Old and new employees is anticipated y" Tue
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-15

Although 3,S15 widows of the survivors of
the war of 1912 died during the last wear.
1888 are among the living and are draw.
ing pensions