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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The dispatch boat Dolphin has been
placed on the dry dock at Norfolk to bave
her bottom scraped and painted.
The revisers of the code of Virginia
Judges Staples and Burks and Mai. J. W.
RELY, will meet in Richmond on the first OF
January next.
The police authorities Of Lynchburg have
| arrested negro man named Spencer Spin.
ner, charged with abducting little colored
girl some time ago from her home in Bed.
ford county.
In Winchester, 200 Edison incapdescent
electric lights have been subscribed for by
private citizens; and when $50 is reached q
stock company will be formed which will
buy plant and commence operations
VIM. Davis, colored brakeman on the
Norfolk and Western Railroad, was killed
near Lynchburg yesterday. He was put
ting on brakes, when The brake chain
snapped, throwing him under the car
wheels.
The jury in the case John IT, Hass, book.
keeper of the Shenandoah County Bank, on
trial at Woodstock on the charge of altering
certain accounts of the bank, was unable to
agree, and the State abandoned the other
indictments, ten in number.
The chief ofpolice at Richmond has receiy.
ed telegram from Cincinnati stating that
Shinnick, the man who his wife declared
killed man in his bar room, is willing to
come on There is no evidence vet deyel.
oped upon which any conviction could be
procured.
Several months ago negro lineman in
the service OF the Piedmont Electric Light
Company, in Lynchburg, was killed by a
shock of electricity while engaged in trim
ming lamp. His widow has now institu.
ted suit for $4,000. Yesterday the jury
awarded the plaintiff $4,000 damages.
Professional thieves are reaping harvest
in Lynchburg. Their exploits are of night.
ly occurrence. Saturday one of them let
himself into the house of a we'll known rail-
road official by the use of duplicate night
latch key and walked Off with all the silver
he could find. Snatchiug purses from ladies
is an every day occurrence.
In the United States Court in Richmond
yesterday q consent decree was entered in
the case Of Thomas F. Goode vs.. The Tir-
sinia Buffalo Lithia,S Springs Company, can
ceiling the lease, restoring the property to
Col. Goode, and referring all questions of
litigation 10 commissioner Col. Goode
will resume control of the property on the
1st of January.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

SUPERsEDEAs AWARDED S. BROWN AL
LENA writ of error, to operate as u SUPER
sedeas, has been awarded to the judgment
obtained in the Circuit Court of Richmond
against exAuditor S. Brown Allen and his
sureties. This was the suit in which iudg.
ment was given in favor of the State for
about 50 1000 on account of payments made
to j. Il Hamilton, treasurer Of Augusta
county, "a commissions for collecting taxes
from railroads, where coupons had been
rendered. On the trial, the counsel for the
deiendents, Judge Shediay and Mr. Edgar
Allan, demurred to the evidence. Judge
Wexford overluled the demurrer. and the
case nov comes up in the Supreme Court to
review this decision.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
COMMUNICATED.
CluVeriuS'S Case.

Let The law take its course certainly h..
% not let the passions of the people taxa
the law. What is the law? Isn't it tbot y
person should have an unexpressed nrr .
Did Mr.. Cuverius have such a iuryp H.
OF all men should have such jury, in tbst
his conviction was to be based solely on Dir,
cumstantial evidence. Is it the law that n
timidation should surround iurv If on,
kind? Did Mr.. Ciuverius enjoy the protsc
ton of the law in this?
Is 1t the law of Virginia that instruc,iors
TO jury must be go read in voice or FAM,
tnat jury may misunderstood said cbsroog
Must not the jury retire to the iurvronn,
laiiy instructed as TO the grades of. verdi,
they must return? Did MIR. Cluyerius hwy hwy
this fairness shown him? The Jury say r NV.
to all these questions. ask then who il ~
say he did? Ism t the lew very strong nhnn,
such thing as doubt, especially WHEN o;.
cumstantlal evidence is on docket? Will
what about the difference ofother witness,
and the card CT DR.. johnson, the d.n,is,
also what about the difference of tes,imnn,,,
OF the colored man Tyler, who was 50 No;
tive, and that of Mr.. ChilJs. But. nh Ihs
watch key. And what of that? Is Mr. Iooi
the only man who can describe how wa ,vI'
key was fixed, when there is only one rou
to fr it? A man would indeed have 70 wy w
an expert to fix it in any other way, Sr ~
pose he did fix q watch key for a Mr.. OH.
verlus; was it Thomas j. Cuverus, ijent;
cally the prisoner? II So can be or anv ona
else swear that this key is the only ons 'I of
its kind in existence? There must be rooU
for doubt unless one can so swear an1
bring evidence to that effect. ""
Must our Governor conform his decision
when asked for Communication, to tbet ~
the court who convcts a person and tha
Court of Appeals, which confirms sentance
of said court? No! Certainly not if tbiS
were so where the necessity of an appeal to
him for mercy? IT'S for this yery reason
that we have placed this power in our Gov.
ernor that he may set aside verdicts, esnec.
ally when they are reached even Contrary 70
our laws. He is given this power to show
to the world that we Eirginians are not saw.
ages, but merciful people. II
Staunton, Va, Dec. 81, 1856,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
Another Tie I'm.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Eleven of the
branches OF the Brooklyn City Railroad tied
up this morning at o'clock and the men
went Oh strike. The cause of the strike
Is that the company refused to agree to the
demands of the men as set forth in an agree
ment submitted for signature to the COM
pany by committee of the men. 1t is also
said that another cause of the trouble was
that the company would not recognize the
knights of Labor or the Empire Protective
Association in it's negotiations with its men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

D,RISG RoBEERY.-About o'clock Yesterday
evening three men drove up to the large iewel1y
store of J. R. Elliott ct Minneapolis, MINI. Two
of the men jumped from their sleigh while the
third held their horses. One of the men with a
heavy stick of wood smashed I he large plate glass
show window, in which were trays of diamonds,
watches, etc, hurriedly seized all the available
jewelry and threw it into the sleigh. while his
accompicts kept the crowd of people that swarm.
ed the streets st bay with cooked revolvers The
men then jumped into the sleigh and drove up
the street, the driver flashing the horses and the
robbers standing with revovers pointed at the
crowd. They secured between six and seven
Thousand dollars worth of diamonds and watches.
The sire is were unusually crowded and scores of
people we're looking at the display in Elliott's
window At the tinle Of the robbery. Several no.
licemen were within half block of the scene. bpt
could not get there in time to apprehend the bold
thieves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

DESPERATE Work OF A LUNATIC-On We'd
nesday night John L. Leo, young lawyer O.
Amherst Court House, was startled by loud
shrieks, apparently from tho Court House lawn
and proceeding to the JAIL where the noise came
from, be found one of the cells on fire and three
prisoners well nigh sufocated. Lee entered the
cell with buckets Of water, and with assistance
extinguished the famts. 1t Seems there was 3
lunatic confined in the cell, who was so dangerous
that he was chained to the floor, and two colore1
ooys haa oeen confined In the sams cell with him
After the boys had extinguished the lamp for the
night the insane prisoner managed to break n
good-sized iron chain with which he was fastened
and turning over the stove with its red hot CON
tents on the floor set fire to the straw mattress
snd got the whole cell in flames He then, with
the stoVepipe and znch other weapons as were at
hand, made an attack on the boys, whom he in
Jured considerably. The boys defended them.
selves as best they could, and finally one Of them
got stick of fire wood and with 4 well dire ted
blow knocked the luuatic down
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the hlexa. GAZETTE

loPcSiai correspondence OIL inc hleSa. GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. 23, 1856.
In conversation with Mr.. Barbour to
day at the Capitol, he referredjto the mis-
construction which certain newspapers il
Virginia have put upon some remarks re
Gently made by him in the House of Repre-
sentatives in support of the District Of Co
lumbia school bill, reported from the com.
mlttee Of which be is chairman. The bill
was attacked by Mr.. Hopkins, republican
member from Illinois, IA intended to ge,
rid of the present superintendent of school:
on political grounds, and in reply MIR. 3
disclaimed any such purpose, and expressed
himself as opposed to the introduction O.
partisan politics into the common school
system of the country. Beyond this his re-
marks were not applicable aad cannot 9th
erwise be fairly construed. While Mr.. Bar
bour does not believe in carrying polite:
into the pulpit and the schools, his view:
are we'll understood to favor the appoint.
ment of his own party friends 10 politica
Offices when practicable to do so, and re
CARDS mugHumpery as the veriest sham anC
humbug Of the hour.
1t is the intention of Mr.. Morrison, soon
after the reassemblng of Congress, to intro
duce bill to reduce the duty on sugar, and
to follow that with bills to reduce the duty
on lumber, steel rails, tin plate, and other
articles, so as to force the republicans to ap.
pear on the record as opposed to any re
duction of the tariff.
An Alexandria produce dealer here to-
day says that during the whole OF the fall
and up to this time this winter all kinds OF
country produce have brought better prices
in Alexandria than in this city, and that
why the country people should send their
"stuf7' here instead of there. unless it be
that they owe debts there they want to
avoid or delay paying, he cannot tell. He
says the green grocers there have to come
here to buy the very things which have
passed through or by their city.
The civil service laws require that all ap.
pointees to federal positions the salaries of
which arc from $500 to 81, 800 shall have
pissed satisfactory examination. Mr.
Clifford. partisan republican, was deputy
9th auditor. He was removed from that
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

WAsHINGToN's MONUMENT A meetingo of
the joint commission charged with the con-
struction of the Washington Monument was
held at the White House yesterday af.er-
noon. There were present President
Cleveland, who is ex -oflicio president of the
commission; Mr.. W. w. Corcoran, General
Duane, and Colonel Casey, Of tho Engineer
Corps; Architect Bell ofthe Treasury, aud
Architect Clark, of the Capitol Mr.. Corco.
ran presided. The annual report of Colonel
Casey, the engineer in charge Of the monu
ment, was submitted and approved. 1t re-
cites that the work of constructing the mol-
ment is practically finished, and that all
that remains to be done is TO improve the
terrace work at the base. to remove all pos
sible sources of danger to the foundation, to
provide means for operating the elevator
within the shaft,and to arrange for the future
care and preservation OF the monument. 1t
was decided to entirely ill up Babcock lake,
near the base of the monument, 50 az 10
avoid all possible danger to the mounmeu!
In that direction. 1t was also ordered that
steps be taken to protect the monument
from vandalism. Plans were adopted for
improving the terrace ut the base ottbe
monument, which contemplate 81 gradual
slope of the ground, so us to make il appear
that the monument stands on o natural hill
The commission recommend that the monl-
ment be transferred to the charge of the
Secretary of War. Congress will bc asked
TO provide means for extending the terraces,
Tor operating the elevator, and COR the con.
struction Of a lodge house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

SPECIAL RULE OF PRAcTIcs.-Judge
Robt. w. Hughes, in the United States Cir.
cult Court, in Richmond, yesterday ordered
that the following special rule of practice be
adopted in his court in coupon cases /: 'sIn
all actions of tresspass in the cases hereafter
brought against any treasurer or other COL
lector Of taxes, dues or demands due the
State of Virginia for levying upon and sell.
ing property, after tender of the States
coupons receivable for such debts. dues and
demands no process shall be issued in such
action until the plaintiff shall file with the
clerk of this court the coupons and money
which were rendered in payment of the tax
debt, due or demand for which the levy and
sale were made, az recited in the declara-
ton, and the clerk shall at once deposit the
said coupons and money in the First Ma.
tlonal Bank for safe keeping. SO that the
same may be forthcoming to be used rs evil
dence upon the trial, and be thereafter dis
posed of as the court may direct"
Efforts are already being made to get
Judge Bond 10 revoke this rule
Mr.. Royal tolcgraphed from Baltimore ycster.
day that Judge Bond will allow him to move to
revoke this rule, and it is understood that Judge
Bond has telegraphed Judge Haghes requesting
thatthe rule be not entered.
AZ - hCh hAoNu tlihe JuuSc bOuu mas refused
to make such rule in these suits, holding thst
the tender of the coupons pays the tax, and that
if subsequent payment is enforced by levy aud
sale OF taxpayers property, the coupons belong
to the taxpayer. Judge Bond has stated from
tho bench that the tender would be perfectly
good, although the coupons wereHborrowed in the
presence of the officer and after refusal returned
to tho lender in the presence of the officer. Mr..
Royal also telegraphcd notifying the nombers
of Indemnity Board that Judge Bond has signed
order setting down motion for injunction for
hearing at Alexandria, January 11th and author
zing him to say he expects nothing to be done to-
s ards paying the judgments until the motion is
heard.
This refers to suit for an Injunction to re-
strain the Indemnity Board from paying out of
the State Treasury judgments against themselves
and county treasurcrs for unlawful levies, after 8
tender of coupons. copy of this telegram was ser.
we'd on each member of the Indemnity Board, nd
MIR. Hartman, the State Treasurer, and Mr. Kuilin
the Second Auditor openly expressed their de-
termined purpose to resist this order, and Mr..
Rutfin says it will but hasten their payment of
these judgments.
If this order is enforced, the Indie unity Board
and the county treasurers will be personally re-
sponsble for the amount Of all such judgments
OFT lined and costs,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
Lord ChurchilI's Resignation

LONDON, Dec. 2S.-The resignation of
Lord Randolph Churchill from the cabinet
has caused sensation. The desire to in.
crease The expenses of the admiralty and
war offices, to which Lord Randolph was
opposed, indicates, it is believed, that the
government are of the opinion that Eu-
ropean war is imminent, and that extra naval
and military preparations on the part of
England are required to make her influence
felt on the continent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

THE FAMOUS Eiihu Root, in speech he
made at banquet in New York recently,
showed his wisdom as well as his patriot.
ism by saying he did not "beieve lhat any
law or Presidential mandate should absolyc
any American citizen, even though ne held
Office, from the performance of the noblesl
function that belongs to manhood-the ex.
ercsc of whatever ability lie possessed for
the benefit Of bis fellow countrYmenN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
= ~ ~ = AZ TO 4
ChriStnilStidC.

Year by year the ages roll and Christmas
comes again to us bringing to some bricbt
hopes and to others sorrow. Thinking If
the time when we hung our stocking bv
the old chimney side in the country expect.
ing in the morning when we awoke that il
would be filled with all the good things that
were then around US, we were not de.
celVed. But how many receptions have we
met with since we were thrown ont on man.
hoods world where temptations of all kinds
have assailed and foes inuumerable have
arisen. But still with all Christmas returns
to bring with it pleasant memories of tina
past which to many of us will never return.
AS we look forward into the dim future wo
see one bright hope arise in Him who was
born on Christmas day who offers for patient
faith glorious eternity with Him in that
beautiful home that He has prepared for
those who love and obey Him and where all
Things snail be given unto us, first the Jew
ana then the GENTLE +; and where the friend
and enemy shall meet and all shall be love
ana Joy and peace; where we shall see as we
areseen and know even as we are known; and
sorrow and tears shall be wiped from the
eyes of those who he has redeemed by his
death, suffering and resurrection. How Of
ten we all think of those who have passed
On before to that better land, especially that
innumerable company who crossed to the
other side from 81 to GA Many who left
this old place with bright hopes and with
an ever-yearning hope to return, but whose
bones now bleach upon many battle. fields.
Died for the cause they loved and hon.
ored. We love them and their memories.
And those who wore the blue we honor, as
they did their duty truly as they thought
best. They are now resting under the shade
of the trees with the gray, Just beyond the
river where bright angels feet have trod,"
and where the crimson lido forever flows
around the throne Of God.
As this blessed season is at hand let us lay
aside all our hatred and malice and 90 to
those who we have wronged and ask for
giveness and forgive those who have
wronged us and bless and pray for them
that have despitefully used US. And in tho
year to come let US make new resolutions
and,by the help of Him who said "peace on
earth and good will to men," we may sue.
coed. OXus.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

No MATTER what else Mr.. John Wise may
be, and that he is much that no should not
be his best friends cannot deny, nobody has
ever accused him Of lacking common sense,
for it is well known that the man who
might have done so would have proved
thereby his own failing in that respect. Mr..
Wise's views regarding the nexplicable 70.
fusal Of the tax collectors to receive cou-
pons, contained in letter in another COL
umn, are the same % those entertained by
almost every. other sensible man in the
State, ard how any reasonable man can diff
fer with them Is hard to understand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
The Broadway RAILWAY

NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-Judge Peckham, of
the Supreme Court, this morning decided
that the action of the Legislature last win.
ter, repeating the charter of the Broadway
Street Railway Company of New York, is
constitutional. Judge Peckham also holds
that the mortgages are lien on the prop.
erty
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

Mr.. EDWARD ATKINSON, whose fame as
an able political economist is well estab-
lished, proves that the laborers of this coun.
try receive higher wages now than they
have at any time since 1860. II the tariff
were abolished, SO that foreign market
could be created for tho manufactures o:
this country, thereby increasing the de-
maud for labor and at the same time reduc-
ing the cost of living, the condition Of the
American people would be sill further
improved
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

TIE THREATENED wholesale withdrawal of
the knights of labor of Baltimore Philadelphia
and Brooklyn AMI the cllort that has been started
in Chicls> to depose Mr.. Powderly, presage the
decline of an organization whose Inherent ele-
ments OF weakness were apparent to all wise men
from the fri
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
Nominated for MayOr

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec 23.-At a con.
ference to-day of committees of the Union
League and republican citizens with the re-.
publican party leaders, Edwin H. Filter
was selected as the republican candidate for
mayor,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
I'm Collision with Russia.

SOFIA, Dec. 23.-In the trial Of the cadets
and officers of the Bulgarian army for con.
spiracy against the regency now in progress,
evidence has been adduced showing that the
defendant had been il communication with
the Russian consul here.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

Inc people may talk about humbugs and
patent medicines as much as they please,
ont we stick to the plain fact that DR.. Bulls
cough Syrup will cure a cough quicker than
any physicians prescriptions.
NO better liniment than Salvation Oil.
Is cents. W.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
Dead.

HOWELL, Mich, Dec. 23.-Mrs. Jacob ED.
ridge, Howell's strange freak of nature, the
old colored woman who has been gradually
turning white for several years, died here
yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
APPOINTMENT,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-The Secretary OF
the Treasury has appointed James S. Walsh
to be Assistant Inspector of Huls at New
York. Mr.. Walsh is a prominent member
of Tammauy Hall.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

THE DEMOCRATIC party is in favor Of q
revenue tariff The republican party is in
favor Of protective tariff. This is as it
should be. But few members cf the L. S.
House of Representatives, who call them
selves democrats, by leaving the democratic
party and voting with the republicans, de-
stroy the democratic majority in that body
and enforce upon the majority party Of the
country the principles of the minority Thi:
is not as it should be. The men who OPP
posed democratic principles and policy
should be fair enough to sail under true
colors. But it must be conceded that
their present course is the most effective
they could have adopted for breaking ur
the party to which they profess to belong
but which, their actions prove, they would
DESTROY
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
Retired.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Raar Admiral
Wosden was placed on the retired list of the
navy to-day with the highest pay of that
grade.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

When pain aad anguish wing the brow
a minlsteTiag angle, thou, Jennie.n Rub
salvation Oil on my forehead and bs an
angle, dear.
+. Albrecht. 241 S. Sharp ST., Baltimore.
recommends D.. Bulls Cough Syrup for
cough and cold
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23
ALEX A-NDRI A.
THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 23.

THE PRESIDENT, in his special message to
the Senate on the su'jecs Of his renomina.
ton of Matthews, the coloreG New Yorker,
TO the most lucrative position at the federal
capital, states that n large number of per-
sons in the District Of Columbia had con-
ceived prejudice against the appointee,
ard that he, the President, desires to secure
q just recognition for colored men. If the
President had appointed Matthews 10 lu.
crative and important position in New
York, would the people Of that State have
had as much cause to conceive a prejudice
against hin, the appointed, as those OF
Washington had, or would that appoint.
ment have evnced any less desire on the
part Of the President to secure just recogni-
ton for colored men? The more the Pres.
ident says in the Matthews case, the worse
it is for him, as it was in the Benton case.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

The Episcopalans Of Lynchhurg are
making arrangements TO build new
church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-23

UsT FROM THE FACToRY-A nice aasort.
= ment Of LADIES' ALL-LEATHER SATCH.
leather, ut --"o0 "
dec21 AMOS B. SLAYMAKER,s