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ALEXANDRIA.
M< >N l >a*i EVEN I NU. DECEM BEE 10.
That there are some Noithern men
who correctly understand the "Southern
question" is proved by the following ex
c? rpt from an editorial by Col. Doun Pratt,
in Belford'8 Magazine for December. Bet
tor, yes. a thousand timea better, not sim
ply (iira'iMBhed power inCongress and in the
electoral college, tut the complete loss cl
nil that power, than negro supremacy, for
that means utter end entire ruin and de?
struction
"Ti e e is an ugly rock on which
we cn :o were nearly shipwrecked, upon
which w e are again driviug. The sectional
differences of ?C1 have been steadily culti
vated for selfish p&rtisan ends, and today
tho North is united, as far as a majority
can unite, aguin9t a solid Sjutb. While
recogniziog the fact tbat it is onlv
through a careful and jealous guardianship
of the home governments found in the
S:a?es that this wide continent can be held
under one oontrcl as a nation, we have tb(
dominant pariy fatally beut ou a central!
zation of power in the political structure a:
Washington. The negro id the Cninamac
of the Sjutb, and while Congress excludei
thronen legal enactment the Mongolia!
from our midst, that same Congress preBsei
the ignorant, vicious African upon tb<
B >uth. This means not only a eubversioi
of political rights, but a social revoiutiot
tbiit will make a San Domingo and an Ire
land of baif our territorial limits. Tbi
S, uth cannot submit to this and live. Tbi
s nth has given a bloody pledge to its in
tent in tbia direction that it would be wel
tor us to remember. The North can wel
c ma nesroos to its firesides, may retun
them to office because of their color, fo
this means votes, and nothing more. Bu
at the South it signifies a great deal more
i: means tho i-uhjuantion of the white raci
politically and sjein'ly to the dominatioi
of the inns' degraded and ignorant clan
known to humanity."
A "prominent" Northern democrat ha
recently :-aid that he was rather glad of th
late democratic defeat, as it would wan
the party against appointing ex-rebels t
prominent positions. But this same "prom
inent" Northern democrat did not mnnifes
his objection to the appoititment of such ex
rebels as Minister Jnngstreet, Minister On
Consul Mosby, Postmaster General Key
Attorney General Ackerman, Secretarj
Hunt, Judge Settle, and uumerous other ex
Confederates by republican adiniuistratione
The Norths rn democrat whoisso prejudioei
by bis sectionalism as to blsme the adminis
tralion for appointing to otfice a few of th<
representatives of the States that suppliet
more than thret-fuurths of the votes b]
which it was elected, ought to leave hi
parly, which is a national oue, and join thi
republicans. What possible chance woult
any Northern democrat have for a federa
office, If It were not for the votes of the "ex
Tobels" and their sons.
EVER SINGH the last European War then
has rarely been n period of more than si>
months at a time during which there ha:
not been a rumor of the near approach o
another oue. In the presont condition o
tho European powers none of them can wel
afford a war, and the contingencies of one
not only to the principals, but to all theoth
ers, arn fo dangerous that all ure interested
in preventing one. To disinterested Ameri
cans it Bcems that if there he an early wa
in Europe, It will be a civil w^r In France
for not only ar.? powerful parties in tha
country in favor of war, but the friends o
monarchy In all the other-' me praying, ant
theief;>re, necessarily, doing ull they can t<
promote it, as an impressive object lossoi
to tlifir own people, and a most effoctiv*
iivntiH to prevent the spread of republican
isrn i.'.to tbeir own borders.
The State committee of the anti-Ma
l one wing of the republican party of Vir
gicia will hold ft meeting in Richmond nex
Tuesday, at which, it is reported, they wi'
recommend Mr. John S. Wi?e for the posi
tion of Attorney General in Mr. Harrison':
Cabinet. Mr. Harrison has as yet don<
nothing to warrant the idea that, he wi!
give a Cabinet portfolio to Gen. Mahone oi
to Mr. Wise, but if it so be that he shall giv?
it to either, for the pake of a 8tate thai
came within a few hundred votes of declar
ing for him, and for that of the entire south
em half of his country, it is hoped that th<
former may be the recipient. In all con
science the General would be bad enough
but Mr. Wise would be a thousand times
worse. _
Neither political nor physical death
should exempt the public acts of a man from
cen3uro aud reproach. Death does not ab
Holve a man from his sins ; a political fault
is a crime, and crime should be condemned
at all times. Suroiy the President's faults
of the kind referred to afford ample materi?
al for censure, without entering the doors of
his private apartments to seek otber, and
not finding it, to substitute therefor the low
imaginings of lower minds.
The tax on wooi has been rstaiued ; but
the largest wool growing firm in New York
State has just failed. Foreign wool has to
be imported in order to mix with American
wool for the manufacture of many American
woolen goods. The more of euch imported
wool, the more American wool is used to
mix with it. But the tariff on foreign wool
is so heavy that its importation is restricted,
and consequently the home demand for
American wool Is diminished.
The new labor organization, the Brother?
hood of United Labor, formed by seceders
from the knights of labor, is said to be in
creasii.g rapidly, and to huve made already
sad inroads into the parent organization.
But, human nature is the same, and the
fame causes that induced the members c!
the Dew order to leave the old one, will,
sooner or later, weaken the former, and in?
duce many of ile members to leave it also.
Tmk ordering of a fleet to Hayti lo en?
force the demand for the burrender of an
American vessel captured for running tho
blockade, before'he government of Hayti,
now dis'.ructt-d by a revolution, ha3 had
time to consider that demand, was as
ill advised as the 6iunmnry <ib mi-rn.1 of the
late Biitish Minister. It is neediest) to eay
that no such haste would have been at
tempted with nnv first cla's power.
A discussion has been in progress for
some lime past in some of the newspapers
as to the correct meaning of tbe word
"tacky." In this section of the country the
word parvenue has always been conceded
to como nearer expressing its exact meaning
tban a:iy other.
From WMNhlngtoii
[Special Correspondence of tho Alexi.. U azsti * j
Washington. D. C? Dec. 10, 1888.
The directory of the next Hor.se haB been
printed. By it the republicans have 165
and the democrats 160 members. But the
i democrats say it is inoorrect, and that the
true count is 163 republicans and 1012 demo?
crats, giving the republicans ! mej.irity.
Representatives Bowen and Brown, ol
Virginia, will, it is said, leave here to-night
' or to morrow to attend the conference o!
such Virginia republicans as General Ma
1 hone has invited to meet at his house on the
1 loth inst.
I In tho Senate to-day Mr. Farwell intro
> ductd a bill inorea-uug the salary of the
Chief Jus.ici of the U. B. cmprotne Court to
1 $20.500 aud that of the Associate Justices to
i $20,000.
j It is rumored at the Capitol that Mr. e i
' gerton, chief of the civil service commission,
9 Wh j is by no means a lover of the manner
3 g iu which civil service reform has been and
i i is being conducted, is so disgusted with
1?1 bo recent extension of tbe system, that be
- has resigued aud gone home. Congressman
8 Seney, who is a member of tbe House civil
s service committee, Bays bo is in favor of the
? repeal of the civil service law, and that all
I the other membets of the committee are,
but that they have heretofore lacked tho
u courage to s ty so. He says he will voto for
r its repeal, tio matter by which parly such
t proposition shall be introduced.
; Senator Kenna says the voters at so:n:' of
B the precincis in West Virgiuia at tho late
> elecion excoeded the number of tbe iohab
B Hants thereof, and that th# bribers will be
brought to justice.
The House postoflico committoo deter
B mined to day to pu?h the bill for a new post
e otlice in this city.
j It is reported here that ex-Spoaker Keffer
says the British or French nvssion isaliJMr.
0 Harrison can atl'jrd to otT.r Mr. Blaine.
- Mr. Caudler, of Georgia, ono of the oldest
t and most respected members of tho House,
. a consistent church member, and highly es
teemed throughout his districr, says thai
1 though be was re elected by eight thousand
> majority, he hears his seat is to beconte led
1 on ihe ground of intimidation and fraud,
and the old gentleman says, with a twinkle
in his eye. "and would you believe it, they
' even charge mo with crimes against the
* women."
It appears that Mr. Qua; did not go to
3 Petersburg, and that tue only member
j of tin? Se-uuto or of tbo national republican
committee who did accept General Ma
? hone's Invitation was .Senator Cameron,
s who has returned and was in hia seat to day
a Ii is said hero by people, who say they speak
j by the card, that Sir. Qany is not as tirin
a supporter of Genera! Mahone as he might
1 be.
In tho Bouae to-day Mr. Loo, of Virginia,
introduced a bill for the erection ofa new
briilga across the Eastern Branch of the Po
? toniac.
By a decision of the District Court, in gen?
era! term to day, reversing that of Ihe lower
* court, Miss Virginia B. nter, an aunt of Mr.
1 Edward Pierpoint, of Alexandria, recovered
f t wo valuable lots in this city. Mr. Critcher,
I of Alexandria, was counsel for Miss Bentor
and Wiiloughby vV. Jones for the defendants.
1 Another conference of the Southern re
publican members of Congress will bo held
I this week to determineif possible upon some
concerted action with regard to federal pa
tronage under the next administration. A
r caucus of the democratic members of the
1 Heust) will bo held to-morrow night to de
t terinine upon the course to be pursued with
f reference to lho tnritl and the admission ol
j new Stales.
A negro porter at the upper store of Mr.
3 Frank Hume was arrested here this morn
i ing for robbing that storo. It was discov
3 ered that for a long time past he has been
robbing the store. His Ptoreage [dace was
found to bo full of plunder.
The A. ?.t F. K. It. Co. are erecting a sta?
tion on their road at its nearest approach to
Seminary Hill, near Ah xandria.
i Thk B. & 0. Peksidbncy.?Current ru
I mor nays that Mr. Charles F. Mayer will
succeed Mr. Sumuei Spencer as president of
tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The di?
rectors of that company will moot on Dec.
ID to orgaoiz .? aud elect a president for the
ensuing year. Tbe salary of the president is
$25,000 a year. It is understood that since
the stockholder directors were elected tbey
have left President Spencer severely alone
so far as imparting to him as the bead of the
railroad corporation their business conti
deuces. Mr. Mayer is a director of tho
company. The rumor is that Mr. James
Frick is booked for that place as director,
and that Mr. Iiobert (Jarre tt will be returned
to the board by another vacancy which will
be caused by a resignation.
Cutbch and State.?Tho Church of tho Sa?
cred Heart, in Richmond, was dedicated yester?
day evening by Bishop Kain, of Whoeling. In
tho courso of his remarks Bishop Ruin alluded to
the discussion of "Romanism" by the rocent Bap
tist Congress. "A reverend gentleman was report?
ed as sayiug things which, bad that gentleman
not been ignorant of tho Roman Catholic Church,
ho would not have uttered, because they wero
false. This gentleman said before the Baptist
Congress tbat Pope Pius IX. had said that it w?i
heresy to separat?) chinch aud state. Had hereHd
; the syllabus of tho Pope, which ho pieteuded t?
I quote, he would never have made such a remark,
j "Ihereverend gentleman," continued tho Bishop,
' was wrong when he said that tho union of ehnreh
aud state was a question of faith. I am a Catholic
Bishop, and here from this altar I hereby pro?
claim that I am opposed to tho union of church
and Stato and never wish to soo it in this
l?nd of the free. I hope that such a union will
unver be brought about in this glorious republic
of tho West."
Lord S?ckv?lc West has arrived in London,
and spent some time on Saturday with Lord Salis?
bury. Ho is still on the pay roll of tho diplomatic
service as British Minister to Washington, absent
on leave. Lord Randolph Churchill has been
monii' tied as his possible successor.
'.' he report comes from London that Mi^-s
Woodville, of Maryland, is not engaged to
I'rince von Pless, but. to Prince Sapika,
i ho is now mortally iil.
NEWS OF TEE DAY.
Alexander K. Mac-Milan, editor of ihe
New York Commercial Bulletin, died last
night.
Archdoke Leopold of Austria, a cousin of
Emperor Francis Joseph, has been.stricken
with ins inity.
The removal by the President of two Ran?
dall men from the Philade'phia custom?
house is creating a sensation.
It is reported that Mrs. Folsom is to bp
married to Mr. Henry F. Merritt, formerly
consul to Aix la Cnappelle, but now repre?
sentative at Chemnitz, Saxouy.
The competition for office among republi?
can . ia expected to produce serious dissen?
sions. An Indianapolis publication attack
ing Mr. Blaine is thought to have the tacit
indorsement of Gen. Harrison.
It is sa'd that it has been made so warm
for Mr. Phelps, minister at London, over
there, since the little West affair over here,
that Mr. P. will come home before his time
is up.
The wife of Secretary Whitney emphati?
cally denies the disagreeable stories which
have for some time been persist"ntly circu
lated regarding the domestic relations of
President Cleveland.
It is announced again from Indianapolis
that no one has yet been offered a position
in (ien. Harrison's cabinet. The President?
elect is sorely annoyed, it is said, by the
statements that have appeared as to the
composition of his cabinet.
Mis? Fannie Walke, matron of the Boys'
Home, iu Norfolk, was found dead in her
l?ed yesterday morning. She had been ac?
customed to use chloroform for neuralgia,
and suffering extremely she took an over
duse and died from the effects.
It is reported that the Duchess of Marl
b rough has gone, or is going, to the south
of frar.ee lor an indefinite period, while the
Duke will remain at home to look after the
minister who refused to allow the bells tc
bo tung on bis arrival at homo with his
bride.
The health of tho Emperor William has
so improved that he is preparing to go ou
Wednesday on a shooting expedition in
Hanover. Tho officials within the Emper?
or's circle are made to feel the inlluer.ee of
hie pain and confinement in his inteute Irri?
tability und constant demands forj unneces?
sary work.
Under a decree, rendered in Gotober las:
in tho chancery cause of the Fidelity Trust
and Insurance Company, of Puiladelphia,
vs. the Sheuandoah Iron Company, cf Page
county, the company's works were offered
for sale on the 7th inst. Gnly $85,000 being
offered, the property was bid In. Excep
lions to the commissioners1 report will be
heard In Baltimore to-morrow before Judgis
Bond and Paul.
The Briti-h steamer which was recently
nent to Bcgamoyo has returned to Zanzibar
with several Indian traders and their fami?
lies on board. They report that the town
is wrecked. There was fighting on Thurs?
day and Friday, and the rebel loss wbs
heavy. Two Germans and two native de?
pendents were wounded. Bushiri subse
ijuent iy retired live miles inland. It is re?
ported that he looted an ivory caravan and
brutally maltreated the Wauyamwezo por?
ters who refused to join him.
Gen. Mahone has as his guests in Peters
burg Hon. M. 8. Quay, chairman of the re?
publican national committee, and Senators
Don Cameron, Farwell, Puimband Perkins.
These gentlemen arrived on Saturday after?
noon. The object of their visit is being kept
a profound secret, but it is thought they are
conferring with General Mahoue about po
lineal matters in Virginia and his wishes
regarding a cabinet appointment. The Wise
faction will hold a meeting in New York
to morrow on Tuesday, when a resolution
will be offered and adopted urging John S.
Wise for selection by General Harrison as
the Attorney General of the United Statep.
Tragedy in Alrilmiim.
Lr.st Tuesday tho body of a young girl
was found floating in tho lake at Lakeview
Park, two miles from Birmingham, Ala..
The remains were Identified as those ot
Mamie Hawes, the twelve year old daugh?
ter of Richard R. Hawes, a railroad engi?
neer, and the aulopsy disclosed the fact that
the child bad been killed by means of chlo?
roform. The last person to see the girl
alive was Fannie Bryant, a colored woman,
and she testified that Mr. Hawes, her fath?
er, was with her. Hawes was arrested,
charged with the murder, immediately on
his arrival at Birmingham from Colum
bus, Miss, with a young bride, whom he
hail just married there. He denied all
knowledge of the crime. The finding of
(he body of the t;irl brought into prom
Inenco the fact that hsr mother wns also
missing. Searching parties scoured the
country, the lake was dragged, and about
noon ?aturday tbe body of Mrs. Hawes was
found at the bottom of the lake, half a mile
from where tho family lived. The back of
the woman's bead bad been split open by a
blow with an axe. Socurely fastened around
the neck was a piece of railroad iron weigh?
ing fifty pounds. Another weight was tied
to her waist and a third to her ankles. A
search of the Hawes cottage revealed blood?
stains in nearly every room. A trail of
blood leading in Ihe direction of the lake
was also found. Facts were obtained show?
ing that Hawes annul, two months ago had
beat bis wife with a large stick, breaking
one of her arms and two ribs. He failed
to provide* her with proper clothing or
sufficient money, and she told several
persons that ha had threatened on sev?
eral occasions to kill her. Hawes had
two children. The second one is missing,
and there is no longer any doubt that ehe,
too, has been murdered. The news of tho
finding of tho body of Mrs. Hawes spread
rapidly, and threats of lynching were freely
made. The sheriff desired to remove Hawe^
to Montgomery for safety, but he said he
preferred to remain in his cell. The guard
around the jail was increased to thirty men,
all armed with Winchester rifles. A crowd
which had been collecting on the streets for
several hours Saturday night a: midnight
advanced on the county jail with the iuton
I tion of lynching Hawes. When the crowd
I was within a few feet of the jail door and
I had failed to heed numerous warnings, the
officers opened fire on them, killing three
men instantly, fatally wounding seven, and
wounding m.ir. or lees seriously about thir?
ty others Among the killed was M. B.
Tbrockmorton, postmaster, a very promi?
nent and popular citizen. Col. Thomas G
Jones, of the Secoud Rsgiment of Alabama
State troops, arrived yesterday morning with
five companies, and is confident of bis abiii
ty to prevent unGihor attempt at mob vio
lence.
That Ha< king Cough can be so quickly
cured by Sbilob's Cure. We guarautee it.
Sold by E. S. Lead beater & Bro.
For three weeka I was suffering from a se?
vere cold in my bond, accompanied Ly a pain in
tho timples. 1 tr;ed some ot" the tunny catarrh
remedies without any relied Ely's Cream Haltn
was recommended to mo. After only six app.ica
lions of the dim evory trace of my cold whs ro
moved.?Henry C. Clerk, 1st Division New York ;?
Appraisal 's oft? a.
>'or sovcraJ years I have been troubled with
catarrh. Ifly'a i ream Bu m has piovid to be the
Breide desired. I oelieve it tho only cure.?L. B.
tJoburn, Merchant, Tuwanda, Pa.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings o! Congress.
Washington, D. C, Doc. 10.
8enatf.
After ihe assembling of the Sonato to-day
several documents from heads of depart?
ments transmitting information asked fcr
l>y Congress were presented.
Mr. E lmuad-", from tho Judiciary Com
mitten, reported the resolution (which was
agreed to) calling on the Attorney General
for iuformution concerning the execution rf
ths act of March 3 i, 1SS7, in reference to
bigamy, &c.
Mr. Fryo otfjrbd a resolution instructing
tho Committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire
into the condition of affairs at the Samoan
Islands, as far as tbe interests and rights of
American residents are affected, but Mr.
Gray objected.
At one o'clock the Senate resumed the
consideration of the tariff bill.
housr.
Upon the Housa being called to order to?
day the call of States fur bills was proceeded
w i i h.
Mr. Holman, of Indians, introdued a res
olulion calling for an investigation into al?
leged contributions for election purposes
durintr Presidential campaigns.
The House at an early hour went into
Committee of the Whole on tbe District of
Columbia appropriation bill.
ItioloiiM Striker!*.
St Lours, D<?c. 10.?Later advices from
Bevier, Mo., are to the effect that when Gov?
ernor Morehoipe arrived at Bovier he
found the contending factions, the striking
miners and the new men who have sup
p!anted|them, armed lo the teeth refusing to
recogn:ze any authority save the militia
The leaders stated they were not disposed
to question tbe authority of the State, but
declined to surrender to the county authori?
ties. Gov.Morehouse therefore called out the
militia in order to give the belligerents an
oppartnnity to surrender arms aud thus re
store peace. The fire last night was most
disastrous, destroying tho gr<.ator portion of
tha business portion of Bavier. There is no
doubt that tho conflagration is due to incen?
diary causes, but there is no evidence upon
which anyono can be convicted for tbe
crime. It is understood that the milltiary,
under the direction of Governor Morehouse
will disarm both factions and at least tem?
porarily restore order.
The Iluytian Trouble.
Washington, Dac. 10.?There are no
new developments in regard to the ca3e of
the steamer Haytian "Republic. Secretary
Whitney i3 still in New York, but is expect
ed to return to Washington this afternoon.
Full and specific instructions in regard lo
the management of the expedition have
been given to Boar Admiral Luce, com
manding the North Atlantic squadron and
their execution is all that remains to be done.
He is to proced to Port-au Prinoa aud re?
quest the release of the steamer Haytian
1 Republic and if the authorities refuse to sur
render her to him, he ia to sei/.s the vessel
by force of arms and take her to some neu
tral territory, where sho can be restored to
her owners.
Strike ol' Switchmen.
Indianapolis, Deo. 10.?A number ol
switchmen in the employ ot the Vandalia
R. R. Co., on their branch lines in the Clay
county coal fields, are striking for an ad?
vance in pay. They demand $2,10 per day
instead of $1,70. On Saturday they were al1
discharged after refusing to obey an ordei
to return, but the man employed to take
their places were frightened away. There
were no threats of violence on the part of
the strikers, but numerous miners thrown
out of work by the strike expressed symp*
thy with tho strikers and tho now m?n loft
Sevoral small mines have shut down.
Flogged by White < ups.
Waco, Dec. 10.?The White Caps flogged
George Armstrong, a white man, nearly to
death yesterday for leaving his wife des'i
lute and sick and publicly living with an
other woman. The whippers wore white
caps which came down over their faces.
A notice was pinned "to a tree where the
flogging took place informing all citizens
that the perpetrators were law abiding but.
determined to mete out punishment to the
guilty when the statutes failed.
Russia's ritimatum.
Sr. Petersburg, Doc. 10.?At a meeting
at the Foreign Office a high military author
ity urged that an ultimatum be sent tho
Persian government warning it that Russia
would take steps for the occupation of Per?
sia unless it cancelled tho treaty opening up
the Karun country to the English. M. du
Giors, the Foreign Minister, opposed such a
course and advised that the government
proceed with moderation.
A J tempt to Blow I'p a Distillery.
Chicago, Dec. 10.?Shortly after six i
o'clock this morning, an attempt was made
to dtstroy Shufeldt & Co's. distillery, in tbe i
northern portion of the city, by means of |
dynamite. Enough facts are notyet known
to ju-tify a conclusion as to whether it ii
the work of anarchists or of some one who
has a personal grievance against the Shu
fe'dts.
Admiral Leroy's Condition.
New York, Dac. 10 ?Inquiry at the Vic
j t jrus. Hotel this morning developed the fact
I that Admiral Leroy was still living, bat
; sinking siowly. He is not expected to sur
' vive another night.
i Killed in a Railroad Accident.
Worcester, Mass., Dac. 10.?Report
have been received here of tbe derailment
at Ashland of two Boston and Albany freight .
trains. Three men were killed.
The matter for wonder and astonishment -
in this: When Rt-inus jumped over his
brother's little ci'y wall how were his
3prains and bruises cured withi >nt 8a!vatiou
0..'/ I
Civil Service Extension.
Washington, Dec. 10.-Civil Sot vice
Commissioner Lyman has hud a conference
with the Postmaster General in regard to
the President's instructions looking to an
extension of the civil service rules and regu?
lations so as to include the railway mail ser?
vice. It was agreed, subject to chaDge, that
the railway mail service fhould be added as
a separate branch of the civil service.
Death of Mrs. Macauley.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 10 ?Mrs. Macau
ley, mother of John T. Macauley, of Ma
cauley'a Theatre, died here last night of
heart disease at the ago of 72 years. Gen.
Daniel Macauley, of New York, the last
Barney Macauley the actor and Mrs. Chas.
R. Pope, of St. Louis are her children. Tne
body will bs shipped to Buffalo, N. Y , for
Interment._
Humored Railrond Accident.
San Francisco, Dac. 10.?A report
reached this city early this morning that
the Santa Fe overland train which left here
Friday was ditched yesterday between
Peach Springs and Williams, Ariz,, and a
number of passengers killed. The report
has not yet been verified.
Would Xolbe a Cabinet Officer.
Nf.w York, Ddo. 10.?The Commercial
Advertiser this afternoon publishes an inter?
view with Mr. Chauncey Dspew in which
that gentleman states that while he would
not accept a position in the Cabinet, he
would accept the position of Minister to
England should it be offered to him.
Nomination*. -
Washington, Dec. 10 ? Amoug the tiom
ioatbns sent to the Senate to-day were
Perry Bolmont, of New York, to be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of the Uoited States to Spain ; Howard El?
lis, of Nsw Jarsey, to be Consul of the
U dted States at Rotterdam.
ArriVit of ltoiuh Throwers.
Romk, Dec. 10 ?Two men bave been ar
rested at Napies for throwing a dynamite
bomb at the German Consulate in that city.
The bomb did not explode. Tho men are
members of the republican society.
Excepted from the Civil Servlre.
Washington, Dao. 10.?The President
has signed an order excepting bookbinders
from civil service examinations for admis?
sion to government service.
Keveuue Receipts.
Washington, Djc. 10.?The receipts
from internal revenue to day were JS2!) Gl'j
and from customs (655,901.
The diroetors of the East TonneB3ee railroad
mot in Now York to day for the ohction of offi?
cers, but adjourned without action till Wodnoa
day.
It is now said that Ta9cott, the inurdorerof Snell,
lies enlisted in the army and la now with his reg
iniout in tho Wost.
The day Sir Isaac Newton discovered the
attraction of gravitation he sat uuder a tree
and caught a severe cold. Alas! in those
unenlightened days there was no Dr. Bull
aud no Dr. Bull's Cough 8>rup either.
Why Will You cough when Shiloh's
Cure will give immediate relief. Price lOcts.,
50 cts , and $1. Sold by E. 6. Leadbeater &
Bro.
AMUSEMENTS.
Grand niiioateJ Tour of Europe,
By PBOF. NUGENT,
TO BE GIVEN AT THE FIBST BAPTIST
CHUBCH, ALEXANDBlX, VA.,
THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1889, AT 7:30 P. if..
BENEFIT BAPTIST 8UNDAY SCHOOL.
Tickota? Adults 15c; children under 14 yeaia
10c.
Tho tour will be intoraporsed with choice poems
by the young Southern Elocutionist, Mr. Law?
rence E. Gorharn, each poom being illustrated by
bonutifnl viows taken from life models. declO 4t
J?ME?~F. CAEJJlT&l?NS,
Hardware,Guns, and Cutlery,
WHEELS, NAILS, IBON, STEEL,
BARRED WIRK,
MECHANICAL AND GARDEN TOOL.s,
No. ?15 King; street,
declO_ALEXANDRIA, YA.
RED WABBIOR and LIGHT HORSE HAH ft V
CHOPPING AXES, Diaston'a Patent Croai
Cut Sawa, Wood Saws, BBOAD AX Ed and Me?
chanics" Tools generally, in ^reat variety
JAS. F. ?JABLIN &. HONS.
de'-10_Alexandria, Va.
rflHE LADIES FRIENDS-ACARPET SWEEP
A ER and an ENTERPRISE MEAT GUTTER.
Both are useful all tho year round and mako a
capital Chri tmai gift.
? declO JAS. F. CARLIN a SONS.
SPECIAL-Ladies" Solid Gold Steam-windine
ELGIN WATCHES, $23; Solid Silver Steam
winders, $5,50.
der8_E. C. ACTON, U0G King street.
SPORTING GOOD-1, GUNS, ic.-We have a full
stock of Paper Shells, tiuna, Primers, Wads,
&c., to which wo invite the attention of the pub?
lic. Prices low and goods flrst-claa-i.
JAS. F. CARLIN A SONS,
declO_New No. 315 King 8t, Alexandria.
ANICE STOCK OF OPEBA GLASSES, GOLD
and Silver-headed Canes and Umbrellas. All
goods engraved free of charge.
dec8_R. C. ACTION, 6QG King street.
IjlOR THE HOLIDAYS?Rodgora's fine Pocket
and Table Cutlery, Plated Spoons ami Forks,
Ladies' Scissors and many othor goods that will
make useful gifts.
declO_JAS F. CABLIN & SONS.
i>OYS, large aud small, poor and rich, are al
? ways glad to own a psir of SKATES. We
have a full lino both of "dab" and ''Wood top,"
a id prices arc low this season.
_do_aO_ JAS. F. CARLIN & SONS.
RICH DIAMOND JEWELRY, Plain and Set
Rings, Watch Chains, Briceleta, Scarf Pins,
Bonnet and Jersey Pins.
decS_R. C. ACTON, ?06 King stroct.
IULL ROE POTOMAC HEBBING, early catch,
just received, for sale by barrel, half barrel
and dozen, at _[my4J J. C. MILBURN'S.
I71ANCY NEW VIR^L^A~HfJNEY, in 1-lb
A; packages, just received at
oct20_ _McBURNEY'3.
LUNT'S CHILL AND FEVER CURE^Price
50c ; throe for $1.25. For sale by
seP25_J. D. H. LUNT.
DUNHAM'S CONCENTRATED COCOANUT,
in j^-ib cans.
oct2'2_ GEO. McBUBNEY & SON.
F
ty HITE FISH, a nice substitute for Mackere ,
tt in hilf barrels and at retail cheap.
aug-2:i GEO. McBURNEY & .ION.
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
New Voek. D.c. 10 -Toe stock market opened
this morning both extremely active and |, ,
weak, a flood of stocks being offered for ?,.,. ,
parent ly t y London and Boston, while the baying
was almost entirely far the account of th
ers. The declines frem Saturday's figures a
opening extended in the general list from ^ | ,:
per cent. Notwithstanding the euormom Lu..j.
no s done in tho lirst few minntei and tho ex.
treme weakness of tho leading stocks, there w..<
very little moro than tho usual oxcitomont of ,,,
active market, and tho spurt w.ts soon ov<
market toward 11 o'clock bee iming comparative
quiet and by spells dull. Tho downward m
meut was checked and a pirti.i' rally fol
but there w.ts ronowod woakness lato In tb
and at eleven o'clock th.? m irket w is ac . .
weak, geiionlly at the lowest prices i .
Money cany at l%a2.
Baltimore, Dec. 10.?Virginias ronsi.. :
? : past-due coupons?; d< 10-40s 35 I
3, ?i l i^a(;5 S?
WHOLESALE PRICES OF PRODUCE of.i ;
Flour, flno. 13 25
Superfine. 3 50
Extra. 4 Oi ?
Family. 5 00
Fancy brands. 6 00
Whoat, Longberry. 1 <?)
PolU. 0 95
Mixed. 0 95
Fair Wheat. 0 8S
Damp and tough. 0 70
Corn, white, old. <> GU
New. 0 40
Yellow, old .... . 0 45
Mixed, old. 0 45
Corn lie*]. 0 5fi
Eye. 0 55
Oats. ??:?)
Ituttor, Virginia prim". 0 20
Common to middling.
Eggs.
Livo Chickens (hens). o 6
Spring Chickens. 0
Dressed Turkeyj. ?
0 12
0 24
!?
Ve.\l Calves...".. 0 I
Grass Calves. <? '-'<
Irish i'otatoes por bushol.. '? ;"
Onions. 0 90
0 15
0 7
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? 34
0 25
i) 15
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H 10
Dried Peaches, peeled....
unpeolo'.
Charrias. 0 10
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to
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Dried A??p|r?.
Apples per barrel . I OO
Oressed Pork. O 5
Foro quarters. 0 2% to
Hind quartere. 0 5 m,
liaeon?Hams, country. 1112% s
Boat sugar cured K?me. 012% -:'
Batchers' Hams. 0 12% (<t
Breakfast Bacon. 011%?
Sugar-cursd Shoulders..
Bulk shoulders.
" Ig. el. sides....
" f*t Iwehn.
" bellies.
Baron Shenldora.
0
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0 10
1 110
ii IS
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0 12
0 1
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0 8% fir
0 9% to
0 8 u
0 8% to
0 9%4J
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Lard
v. w
Of
Smoked B.of.. 0 1.1 to
Sugars?Browu.? '* 6 fit
otf a. t' i;7., l
Couf. Standard A. <? 71, ;
Granulated. '?' 7% ;
Cotfees?Rio. ? 16% u
LaGanyra. "10 (n.
Java. 0 22 to
Uolasses B. S. 0 15
C. B. 0 17
Now 01 leans. 0 25
Porto Rico. 0 22
Sugar Syrups. 0 .'10
Dcrrii:^, Eastern, per bbi... 3 ;>0
Potomac No. 1. 1 00
I'ot. Family Roe r> hid. 7 50
Do. f* half barrel. 3 25
Ma<'korol, small,per bl>!. U 00
" No. 3, medium... Iii 00
" No. 3, large fat... 16 00
?' No. 2. on no
Clovor Seed. I 75
Timothy. 1 '.">
Old Process Linseed Meal . . 3J 00
Planter, ground.por tun. 4 In
Ground in bags.....
Lump. 3
Salt -O.A. ( Live-i pool I... , 0 8'
1 40
I 2?
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0 30
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o 11%
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0 7:U
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A 50
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Fine.
Turk's Island...
Wool--Long nnwnsli I
Washed.
Merino, unwashed.. 1)20
? ; 24
11 ::i
(I 22
I'.'.'l
?i
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& I 75
a is no
I 21 on
@ 1875
0, 1875
to 22 7A
(IlKHl
u 24 50
Do. Washed. 0 30
Sumac. 0 70
Hay. Kloo
Cut do. 20 00
Whoat Bran ton $ car.. 18 00
Brown Middlings " 18 03
White Middlings " 21 5U
Hominy ChoD " 00 00
Cotton Soed Moal " 2B 75
The offerings of FI our continue liberal and tt.e
demand fair at unchanged tljjures. Wheat i doll
and heavy for all but choice samples, win- h arc in
constant demand ; mist of the receipts ire very
Inforior, a strictly priiuo milling lot beim! rarely
found among thorn ; s?!cs aro undo ss to condi?
tion at from 75 to 100. Corn ii quiet an I < ? :?'
wo note a range of from 40 to !?"> for new '
whita50 to 52. Rye 66 to <;<>. Oats 31 to 34
and active. BuMor and Eggs are wanted. I' ta
toes 30 to 40. Applos 75 to $1 25. Millfu 1 h 9
again advanced r>o(- p?r ton. Hay i.. firm.
Baltimore, Dec. 10. -Cotton quiet; ra >>..? ii
Flour quicker and steady; Howard M i-ei
and Western super 7.r>af'{ ?'!?">. do extra $3 "
a4 50; do family $4 75a5 50; City Mills i
brands extra $5 75.,5 90; winter wheat patent
$5 7.">a6 25; spring wheat patent f075a7 10;
do straight $625a650; do extra $500*550.
Whoat?Southern quiet and lirra : Ful'7 lOSrtl 1 1,
lougborry 109allt; No 2 South rnlOS; Western
dull; No 2 winter re 1 *qmt and Dec 98a98\|: .'an
9?%i??*i; Feb 101%?101%. torn quiet:
Soutbern dull and easier; arrivals of prior qu i it]
white 36a43; yellow .'{.'{all ; Western weal
mixed snot and ytur 42%a43; Jan 43,4ja431^;
Feb 43%a43%; steamer, spot and year I
40^ Oats steady and firm; Southern and Penna
2Sa.'53; do Western wbite31a34; do mixed
30 ; gradod No 2 whito .'51 "fea34. Kyo dull at 62
at?3. Hay steady ; prime to choice timothy St7a
$18. Provisions quiet snd steady, jobbing
tralo. Mess pork $16 60. Balk-meats loesa
shoulders 7:^c ; long clear sides He; clear tili sid>-s
8c; sugar-pickled shoulders 9,4a91//!; ?"ih -
curod smoked shouldeia 10'^c; bams 1J1.(a 1 "-"?>?
Lard?refined !??'.,. Butter easy; Western packed
21*24 ; best, roll 20*24 ; creamery 30*35. Eggs
easy at 12al3. Coffee lirm ; Rio cargoes fair
17%. Sngar itoidy; A soft 7>j. Whisky
at $1 21.
New York, Dec. 10 ?Cotton G m;
Orleans 10; futures stcadv. Flourq
iud weak. Wheat dull and lower Corn activ
*nd lower. Pork dull and depressed at ."?11 T~?
>15. Lard quiet ami lower at $8 57%.
CmcAriO. Dec. 10,11 a. m ?Jan Wheat 104V|
Way at 109% ; D.c Corn 34% : Jan 34 !, ; May
'ata 29%; J;,n l'?rk $i:}42'.; Jau Laid
p7 92%; Jan short ribs $6 97%.
V
CIIOICE NEW ORLEANS MOLA8
RUPS and P. R. M< ?LASSE? for sa'o bv
novl5_ JJ M ? I l 1 I t
ENGLISH RIBBED SWISS CON UK SHI UTS
and DRAWERS, extra heavy, at
nov25_AMOS B. 8LAYMAKERS.
^1 MATS VERY FINE OLD GOVT. J.W V
OL COFFEE just received by
ap!7_J. C. MILBITRN.
DON'T FORGET that the che^est an I best
UNDERWEAR can he had at
nov5_AMOS B. SLAYM.\ETR>.
FR1SHLY ROASTED COFFEES for sale at n
drjeed prices by
ap27_LC. MILBCRN.
"2 MALL SUGAR-CUR KD HAMS, .-anvasjid,
D bought before the advance, for sa!o law by
anglO_J. C. MILBURN".
^ FULL LINE OF FANCY BASKE Da
doc"
ceived by
J. C. MILBURN.
btlNEST GUNPOWDER and OOLONO Tl v.r
SI per lb. Other Tea3 at reduceil prices u
j,n31 J. C. MILBURN"'.
vTl ONTSERRAT LIME FRUIT JUICE for sale
M by [je27] J. C, MILBURN.