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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-30
I,AUeUIER FEMALE SEMINARY, War.

RESrOy. EA-The Trustees OF this InstItu-
ton nave placed II under tie charge OF Rev.
:. BACON. ID. D.. late President OF the Column
bian College, ID. e., by whom II will hereafter
be conducted. Tney are erecting large and
beautiful Building. upon very eligible site.
which will afford every accomm ,datlon that
could be desired, both Tor the School and the
Boarding department. Il Is 70 be completed by
the Isl OF January next In the mrdn time,
convenient rooms have been secured IL the town
which will be occupied until the new Uud!ug
Is finished. IL is the intention, bo'h OF the Irus
tees and the Principal, that tbs Institution shall
be- one ol the very frs, order-exceeded by none
IN the country, either IN the completeness OF its
arrangements. or IN the extent and thorough
ness OF us course OF Instruction DR. u : large
rX Experience IN the education OF youth. OF both
sexes, and the employment OF Che abI-st and
best Teachers. IN the several branches. afford
perhaps, the best guarantee OF the attainment
OF this object: and the public may br assured.
that no efforts will be wanting 10 give 10 the
Institution the highest character OF efficiency
and usefulness IN every department. The uI
surpas .ed health ;ulLess OF It's location the beau
" OF the surrounding scenery the facility OF
access 10 H. BY Railroad and other means rom
every part OF the country, together with the
high character Tor intelligence, aud Tor their
ciaI and moral qualities. possessed by the cItI
Gems OF Warenton and It's cInity, present al
fractions which, II s believed are not excelled
If they ale equalled, by those OF any other Ia.
stitutlon. in tGls or any other State III the
Union.
The Scholastic year will be Livld into two
Sessions OF twenty weeks each beginning
about the middle "i September and closing OIL
the last week in June. The FIRST Session will
open on the second lho,dcy (l3h) cf September
nt.ri
There will be Three Departmental Pr
NARY. al ACADEMIC, and COLLEGIATE. A GER
trcate OF proficiency will be gwen, in any
Branch when merlted; and 10 those who com.
plete full Collegiate course, a regular Diploma
Will be awarded
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-30

CTEAM SAW-MlLL-Ine uHdr'''s ~.
- would respectfully announce to 'A' F. -,
that their Steam Saw.MllI Is now ~ OPP @'"
about four miles West Of Culpeprr Court no 49,
and that they are now prepared TO inirl'l ,,,,
Der oil every description at the ,nof''' "a.
and upon reasonable terms composing d.
usual kinds suitable tor building purpose -,
They have on hand about four tnou>"""
Of various kinds-some well seasoned.
JEFFRlf,S d CAlNE''
Cnlpeper Co., feb l-eoGm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-30

A desperate fight took place on board Oh q
steamboat, which was bringing up number
of passengers from Fort Lee to New YORK.
on Tuesday. A party Of "Short Boys
rowdies-attempted to get of without pay
inc their fare-thc officers Of the boat resis-
red-lnd battle royal ensued, with torn
clothes, bloody noses, and one passenger
wounded by the discharge of pistol. An
ARRAY occurred Gu board Of o steamboat on
au Excursion from Baltimore, On Tuesday,
in which several were wounded. These
rowdy scoundrels will obtrude themselves,
Whenever they have cbaoce-and the only
say to deal with them is for respectable pee
pie to unite and punish them severely.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-30

,iaEbES EkH SkSsION-
TGition in the Primary Department. SI2. 50
q" Academic Department. 1000
Collegiate Department. $500
Latin, Modern Languages, each 1000
Music, Piano or GuItar...... 1870
Drawing, Painting, or Embroidery ~ W
Board. 1900
Until the rew building IS finished, good board
will provided IN respectable private families,
where every needed accom- mediation Will be
afforded. All bills payabl- one-hall IN advance.
JNO. 7. PHILIPS, President
OF Board OF Trustees
Jas. V. BROOKE Secretary.
Warrenton, Jy l3-itawonStAug2e
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-30

MOUNT HEBRON FARM FOR >aLt,-,
WI We will .ell at private sale, ne tah".
near Alexandria, in Fairfax County sao"' .
MOUNT HEBRON FARM lying Ir.msiia'i
on the line OF the Orange and Alexandra a.
the Independent line OF the Manassas I@r g., s
roads, and containing FOURTEEN NJ
DRIED ACRES. The farm mas on II GO
- BUILDINGS, Saw Mil, and Is "I..
I'M good fencing. Four hundred acre. az 81.
grass; about one hundred under cu.f'ahoh a.
the remainder in orlglna! growth nno,'
Oak, Chestnut, Hickory, &c Tie land ".'
sold in parcels or entire, as MAY 5r'i s"'. J.
sons who may desire to buy. a
Terms made known on application 20
undersigned, on the place, or sddls.' '1,I'-'
the Alexandria Post Office. J. F.. Ep>AL[
my lO-eotf or n '. kll>tL'"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-30
We have interesting adsices from the ives

We have interesting adsices from the west
coast of Africa. dated Cape Coast Castle, to
the lltb, Liberia 10th. and Sierra Leone "a
June. The Admiralty Court at Monro'ia
had, in the case of the French ship Regina
Coli, awarded Sc, 500 to the E;hiope as slave
capture prize money, bus we are not yet ID
formed at What place or from whom Captain
Simon bought bis negroes. Commodore FRO,
tet, French commander on the coast 'au nau
an interview with The King of Dabomey on
the sui iect of the traffic. but legitimate com.
me,ce had so raised the price of slaves that
the King was unable to supply them to e.i the
agents Of NJ. Regis a. their maximum price
Trade was improving at Lagos Few ma
v-rs had been in the Blight of Benin lately
Palm oil was very higl at Accrs. The ON
Gers CON posing the English Niger expedition
were all we'll at their camp near kaooa' Win
the exception of Mr.. Dsvy. the surgeon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-30
GEORGE W. HIGGlNBOTHAM
SARAH A. HIGGlNBDTH4N
I 'ORT PLAIN sFMlNARY.-W II. BIN
MISTER, II. d., Principal, first class

SEMINARY.
Perfectly arranged, beautifully located, and
with an able corps OF Teachers
Board and Tuition IN common English per
term OF II weeks S$5 il paid in ADVANCE.
Kali term opens August Z3d-Winler term
opens December l4th. For further particulars
address the Principal.
Fort Plain, \. Y ~ l7-eo3w'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22

for Professor Enckc, of Berlin, who first as
certained its periodical return II has ap-
pearcd several times since IL is very small :
it's light is feeble Il has no tail. A singular
fact has been elected with regard 90 its pas
sagcs, namely, that its periods arc continual
ly diminishing, and its main distance from
the sun shortening 10y slow but regular de-
grccs. 10 is the opinion of Sir J Hcrschel
that it will probably fall ultimately into the
sun. should it not be disspatcd altogether
Tho comet discovered in 1926. made its
revolution I'm about seven years Its appear
anco was predicted again in 1872, and pro-
duced considerable alarm particularly in
France. Somc predicted that il would cross
the carths orbit near the point at which the
earth would be at the time and cause the
destruction of the globe The fears. however
were dispelled by an excellent and popular
treatise on Comets, Illustrating their nature
by NJ. Arago
The most remarkable comet-which has
appeared in modern times, since that Of $50.
was the comet Of 1871. 10 appeared with
peculiar splcndor and was visible. even to the
naked eye, for more than three months in
succession IL afforded astronomers more
opportunities for observation of its physical
aspect and constitution, then any comet that
had previously appeared. From the most ac-
curate observations of It's motions, it4 period
of revolution was calculated TO exceed 5000
years. The diameter of the nucleus was
estimated 90 10000 miles, or nearly six times
the diameter Of the earth.
From these historical sketches and des-
criptions, the reader viii learn something of
general phenomena of comets Many inter
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22
miscellaneous l.tcms.

The PHILADELPHIA NAVY NARD.--lt is a
sight worth the trip to the Navy Yard every
evening as the workmen are dismissed They
are crowded in upon each other in the shops,
and when O'Clock p. m, arrives, they pour
into the streets. tumultuous throng 1t is
estimated that at least sixteen hundred per-
sons axe now employed in the Navy Yard -
Nobody pretonds that they are needed there.
No one doubts that hundreds arc engaged on
ly for their votes aud their assistance between
now and the 18th of October 10 is cstimat-
ed that thousands Of dollars arc thrown away
every day to help those in whose name these
persons have been put on the pay-rolls at the
Navy Yard Nothing like it has over been
seen in this city. Tho opcnncss Of the out
rage shows how reckless lccomptoni,m has
become in its movements. and how indifferent
TO public opinion. As an evidence of the
way things are done. one of the Locompton
candidates for Congress called at the Navy
Yard, icw days ago. and demanded the APP
pomiment of ninety men 90 pick oakum. The
reply OF the superintendent, or officer. was,
that they had no room for them, that the yard
was oyerstocked with idieIs in che pay Of the
Government. and that there was no work.
The candidate started Oh, and returned with
dispatch from the Secretary of the Navy,
directing that the ninety men should be em-
ploycd, which was done. What exact service
these men are expected 90 reder at the polls
remains 20 be seem At a moment when the
public revenues are falling off. and when the
whole people are demanding retrenchment OF
the hands OF the Government. the expenditure
OF the peoples money! simply 10 force again
into Congress those gentlemen who have Prov
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22

THg SUFFOLK BANK AND THE BANK OF
MUTUAL REDEMPrIoN.-W learn tEat the
Suffolk Bank has notified the Bank OF Mutual
Redemption that for the present and until
further notice, it will send to the Mutual the
bills Of such banks as arc redeemed by that
institution, and that it will redeem for the
Mutual the bills Of such banks as keep their
accounts with the Suffolk. This virtually
yields the whole point at issue in the bank
war.
The Suffolk Bank Monday presented about
Sil 900 Of country banks TO the Bank OF
Mutual Redemption for payment. The de-
mand, although unexpected, was promptly
complied with. The payment was made in
gold to the amount Of $500, 900, and SlO5.-
600 in Clearing House certificates.
Yesterday large amounts Of specie which
had been accumulating in the vaults Of the
country banks in the expectation of call fro
the Suffolk, have been transferred to the
bank. - Boston Journal
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22
TEN DAYsLATER FROM CALIFORNIA


Arripai Of the Oceyland Mail at 81. louis
Great Rgoicings- from California,
oregon and Frazer Riyer.
Sr LOUIS, Oct lO.-The overland Califor-
MIA mail arrived here at 8 o'clock last night.
large number of prominent citizens assem-
hod at the Pacific Railroad depot on the ar
rival of the train from jefferson City. Mr.
Buttorield was greeted with a hearty well
come, and formally received, in brief but
highly complimentary speech, by John f.
Darby, Esq, on behalf Of the citizens of st.
Louis. Nj. Buttorfeld responded in an ap-
propriatc manner returning his warmest
thanks for the unexpected demonstration and
the cordial approval Of his labors by the cit
liens of st. louis. The mails were escorted
to the post Office bya long procession, ac-
companiod by bands of music.
The Alta California, of the 18th ult., pre-
pared expressly for the overland mail, furnish
es the following summary of the California
news;
The line of telegraph from Placerville to
Salt Lake City had been commenced.
The news from Fraser River is unimpor-
tant. The water was still too high for sue
cessiul mining purposes. Affairs at Victoria
were much depressed.
he dates irom Oregon are to the 9Th OF
September Major Garnett had skirmish
with the Indians on the Okanagau, in which
Lieut.. Allen and six indians were killed.
A party of miners, under Major Robinson,
had been attacked by the Indians on the
Wonatsho, in which one white man was killed.
A rumor had obtained credit at the Dalles
that Gen, Palmor's party had been massa-
creed near Okanagau.
Good gold diggings had been found on the
Wenatshe River.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22
WHOLE NO. 2714.

| the roots Of his hair, which stood up straight.
What are you doing here, my LADY," asked
he of the bay marc. peculiar switch Of the
tail shake of her name, and a side look from
her large liquid eyes. induced Bill to look
closer at her. "By all the trots % he burst
out, "that cleans down everything I've heard
of lately, a grey mare turned into a bay
somebody hold me the end Of the world the
---' Bill suddenly checked himself, "the
walnut leaves boiled. They did it" Yes,
they did it, and Lady Shinbone, the grey
mare, was now sight TO behold she was Of
an ugly bay color, with stripes something Of
the appearance Of piece Of mahogany veneer
ing, in the rough "Now," continued Bill,
you're a beauty, you are ?" Nothing can take
the devil out Of that eye Of yours, though
there's grit there, proof against all walnut
leaves. Past, Present and Future"
In the afternoon Bill was on hand with his
''varicgated' mare and having duly driven
over to the Horse and Halter tavern, he gave
the marc in charge Of the hostler, first seeing
her well blanketed, and then went into the
bar room. Here he found Sitter. the owner
of the bay horse, Bagbag, who at once accost-
ed Bill
"Hcro I am. you sec, ready for the trot, put
up your money. Colonel Stubbs shall hold
the stakes. You are to trot your grey marc
against my bay horse, that's the agreement.
Fetch out your animal.
Bal had Lady shinbone brought to the
door the crowd gathered round, Don't
touch rag TN have the reins SAID ne
and jumping into his light trottng wagon, the
ho,tler at the moment pulled oil the covers
ana tne Lady came up TO the starting point IN
hne Sylo' just al the same time oiiter came
up WIN ms pay
"en' nih Wny uon you orihS OUT your
grey mare
NV nat do you call tins answered Biii'
as he held TIE lady IN with taut rem.
1T may be "a eeora, taint grey mare TINS
Sue OF Jordan replied SITTER
tch YEN you' says hlll' TINS IS my grey
mare
Ana tclI YOU replies SITTER there
ann grey halr on nor 1ou We gone ana
got some KIND oi wild beast and want to
come the glraue over me wv ont WORK Inc
race was between my bay horse and your grey
naIe' anu 'ne CORONER ho.as the stakes 90
le'cn "h your grey mare
ms is a grey mare one OF the greyest
Nna Oh Sreys' only you sec Ohcie Ned ne
'ola me
thuhueFs win uhcle Ned toars Sli-
Ier' doh want any cock ana oull stories
l want your grey mare II you can produoo
her ! claim the stakes as forfeit
tell you TINS is a grey mare only wash
eu her WIN oued walnut,
ichieu her' spose' nroke III SITTER
ashed her, shouted bill' with the
walnut leaves which d'ed every hair IN her
hide and that a TACT by all that trots
just at TINS instant old Uncle Ned made his
tK. ~.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22
THE GREY-BAY MARE.

"WeN, Sir, ! can just bring marc will
uot the leg, off your horse, any day She
can 20 inside
"Of thc tvck:' interrupted bystander
"Nou uay bet high she'll try for it, was
the answer. The speaker, familiarly known
as Big BIZ, here rose from his seat near the
stove, in the Horse and Halter bar-room, and
advancing towards the man he first address
ed, added, "And now. Sitter, if you want to
trot your horse, Ragbag, agin my grey mare,
Lady Shinbonc.say the word, and we'll trot;'
Done! said SITTER. "lll trot my horse
against your grey mare, mile heat, to-mor-
row afternoon, weather permitting. Fifty
dollars a side
This little affair settled, all parties at once
renewed their legitimate business-whisky
drinking and talking horse.
II never saw flies worse than they are now,
said Big Bill they worry Lady Shiubone's
life out Of her She's blood all over, and
mighty thin skinned beast, to that conso-
quence is, the flies peg it into her like sixty.
I'd giyosomething to know how TO drive them
off.
keep your table dark said man with
a white hat.
Keep fly net on her, added the man
who struck Bill Patterson
AL, Ia. - t,I
i'"' "ei WIN pcn y''' suBBos'cu al
49,.
A'y p'"@ol'nc'ulh lh'iheh'' S"o 'he apo
'neca'y enemy
Cse ny pruSh' slyly lhsInua'Ga olu nn-
cue -Ne"' ana as ne spoke " oilsht iSn' shot
ln'o MS oi'cN eyes thero was an 'uea peh,hu
HcHl, ana as ne JetNeo tho corners oil ms
iiioU'n To"n anu IIoHe" so'l'uS, d ,ooAeI On
!" 'no Iio'sc ana matter 700" a ,'''lo hote OIL
!" q ieW @ minutes afterwards he mouohed
'o Dig nlll' anu ut""'nB MN AVA! from 'no
loa' oi 'ne crow" 'n'o oo'i'or' Sa'u VIII"
my serious All c.n.,,- pr,
Nno" an an 'I'','''oie rec g'Pe' n'ii 'nore iS
NO use III 'c'InB Ine cLo"u u IT, uut as you
ar u l'''-' WI, ven loH Gus noon''''iy'
renncmuc.' CoN-Huehu'i'?' ,
Ner,alh, ,. nohoi oileht' cohnimeo n'B pm
ell' men, you go sit a lot oi walnut
leaves ana MAKE aecoeuon just as strong as
you can make IT, ASH your grey mare win
IT, ana tomorro" you see Il she ooh LOOK
LINZ Hli Inns ni ,.,,, ,.,,
Jla you ever Try ~ yeis''i aSHcu pm
answered N'u' my o'u oay morse
owes owes ha'I MS eooa louNS 10 'ne aecocuon'
W hereupon' b'S hi'i again Joineu 'he soeia'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22

SUDDEN DEAru.-Mr. Elihu Corliss, of
Fairec, died very suddenly last week Tues
dey, it is supposed Of heart disease. The
morning of his death ho went to Bradford TO
mill, and after returning went into the field
apparently as well as ever. He was found
lying by cart, from which he had been tax
ing some boards, nearly sonscless, and died
in about twenty minutes after he first tell.--
piadsor Journal
New YoRK. Oct. i2.-1he notes Of the
Tioga Bank, Of Pennsylvania were thrown
out in phadolphia to-day.
It is reported that the Litohdeld Bank, Of
day.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22


uENILhMtN-I should be greatly wanting
IN the hner emotions OF true manhood if such
token oi approval, II such circums tances as
nave brought us together did not deeply ai-
~ '''o 'nanN you gentlemen oi tne nan,
fellow citi1ens G,r , ,ar,' tgJ a,J g,,,ar ,,'
ing reception given me this dav. ann fully
aware that it was not due TO me; owe it 20
your KIND and generous feeling BE pleased
'aoa,. ats' ~, 'n''' r'spe',iul ocNno"l'oso,
conGdcpcc--1 .l,u ol,r;.t. +, ,a;.L uo -,
si4t'.u' i,'u,''l''on anu 'ooh DacN upon u
would sci,o., ,tis ,,,,,,,,;,,. o. o,.,r,..
INV heartfelt tbopls ,o tbc vboio noonio "a
Vermont for NH tbc bonors and di.tingpisbcJ
Gvors / have received ot ,bcir banJ5 TLa
official relation I'm ,b.,1, I b,,o sto,d ..,d H.,
which b,vc cx,orion,ad so r,a,, s,ran1
proofs of their confdcpcc and Giopd.li, IL
about 10 terminate nm, f,,,,,,' ~, 'a,aT ,....
solroft this I,st occ.s;,, a., ,,.,,,.. ,.,,. ..,,
ioi,pod 0,rstitndo c.r ,t,, .,..r.., ,...,el.,...
b,7to,,,J an r,e and ,l, gons,,,., .,,,,,.,rt \
have received I'm tbo di.cb,rgc M an ,,y ,ri.
cial dp,ios and IN o..,,,. ,l.-, ,.., sl..u
cherish fond and u,,,ss;r., ro,oll.c,i,.,, ,r
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22

CARRIAGES AND SLElGHS, nr THE
~ nrsr WoukMHN ~ Um CouNrhN
Carriage and Sleigh Manufacturing viii be carried ON
oy the subscriber opposite the Court Square, Mont
huae ia want Of iraffaRiod Carriages dnd Ncighs,
viii perhaps do Wen to call and what is being done al
the old stand Of GILMAN q CAN'T.
Al orders promptly attended 90.
JOHN W. CLARKE.
Montpelier, July %, 1855. 45f
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22

r. r. TRAINS-CHANGE OF TIME.
We call the attention Of our readers to the
change of Time in the departures and arrivals
of Trains on the Vermont Genital and Rut-
land and Burlington Railroads, and congratu-
late the two companies on the adrotness with
which they fail to connect by their morn
ing trains
1t is certainly TO be regretted that an ar
rangement could not have been made, by a
little delay ON the one hand and little acccl-
Grafton on the other so that passengers from
Rutland and intervening points, ON their way
to Montpelier for instance, need not be de-
tanned in Burlington from $40 AN. till 800
PM. II seems TO us that this could be ca
silly done undor proper and reciprocal dis
position, on the part of those who have the
matter in charge, to promate the convenience
and accommodation of the travelling public.
Under the arrangement now made, for run
running trains, it looked as though the Com
panies mean to be understood that they arc
/ independent not only Of each other but o
"the rest of mankind, when the fact is slight
ly not SO -Badngton Times.
10 If the Times is correct in its statement
we suy-'ditto to the Times We are con
/ fdcnt that this Inconvenience has only to be
brought to the notice of the Central and Rut'
| land Compauiaa 20 secure . prompt remedy
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-02-06

hrHry has M separate standing army The
total armed force of the three has been for
some gears about 3GOO00 The European
troops halh the Queens aud Compauy's until
lha late mutiuy amounted TO less than 5o,-
O1O
Each " lhe frrsidenries hos Supreme,
Civil and Criminal Court over which neither
the Court Of Directors nor the Bnam Of Com
uo have any authority, the judges receiving
their appointment directly from tho Crown,
Within Calcutta, Bombay and Madras En-
glish law is binding upon both Europeans
and natives alike bot beyond these limits up
on Europeans only, Other courts both ma
tive and European are eHablishedAn every
district and village, To- which natives are eli
PibIr as Judges, advocates and jurors,
Liberal provision has been made In the
charters granted by the Grown 90 the Com
pauy for the education Of both Muhamme-
dams and lliudoos, Colleges were endowed
for the cultivation and preservation Of od-
entail learning, a. first aIl instruction vHs
given IN the native language, but In 1885 the
English language was made the classical lam
gubge " india The Ecclesiastical establish
NEST r. under the supervision ~ The bishops
Of Calcutta Madras and lIombay who are APP
pointed by the Crown aud paid by the Com
pnny.
Such r. brief outline Of tho origin and
condition Of the Indo rili,hEmpiro There
can be- no doubt that India r. indebted 60
England chiefly for whatever social and polit-
zeal blessings II enjoys, and yet It Is by no
means an easy task 90 show any right or JUS
tioo In the claim Of the British Government
10 iS Indian Empire, III government there,
called by is proper name Is a usurpatoh,
admitting little moro defense than the sys,
ten Of slavery csisling in our own country
The recent mutiny has eHeetually opened
the eyes Of the nation 20 see the necessity Of
radical change in H. management Of lndi-
an affairs aud plan is said 10 be already
muturcl by Parliament Tor obolishing the en-
tire authority Of the Rost India Company
and making India, Ike ~ American Pro-
vince. an immediate dependency Of iha
(ryuu