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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13
Fortune Enyors the Brave

A military officer, with whom We have
long been intimate. relates Two Incidents con-
nected with Croghan's gallant defence of Tort
Stevenson, one of which affords pretty
strong positive, aud the other stronger ne
gative proof, of the at owe quoted adage.
A. the British anu Indians, IN their opera.
tons, had sio ated their pledge and usage Of
civilized warfare, by wantooiy numbering
the prisoners, the members 0! Croghan's 1T
( tie band (ooly one hundred strong, with II
single six rourdar, and sur ounded hy about
six hupdred British troops and thrice that
mum Der Of Indians bad mutually agreed to
stand their ground to the last, and sell their
lives ss dearly as possible.
When all was ready, the British eomman-
der sent messenger, uoder hig OF truce,
20 treat for the surrender of the tort. Crog-
han, pointing to him as he approached, exv
claimed 1t will no, do to lei him enter here
and see our weakness; WOO will volunteer TO
meet MIN?
As it was pretty certain that whoever
should leave the fort 90 such mission would
be murdered by the bastard foe, there was
q brief pause, when Easigo Shipp replied, |
will, upon one condition.
W utL II IL, tsblu tiC Capldlp.
Pledge me your wcrd, as an otLcer aud
man If nonor, that you will keep that gun
bearing directly upon me, and that you Will
fire 1t of the moment yCu see me raise my
hand. The pledge was given, aud Supp
wen, forth. To all arguments aud pereua.
slons Of tbs euemy, his unTarying reply was,
| am instructed to say that We will defend
the fort.
Soon the ladisns began to surround him.
/ Ooe clu:ched his epaulet,e, another bis
sword. Soipp, who vas man OF Hercu,ean
frame, released himself by powerful effort,
aud turning to the convoy, coel!y sad:
"Sir, | nave not put myself under your
! flag OF truce without knowing the moje Ut
your warfare You see that quo, said be,
pointing to the solitary skip lunder. II 10
we'll charged With grape, aud have the sol.
emn pledge OF my 10mm"hder that 1t shall
ue fired the moment that give the signal
! Therefor" restrain these men AID re- pect the
laws vi war, or You shall INSTANTLY accompa-
/ nv me to the other world" This was enough.
| Shipp was no more molested; be returned TO
MS comrades 10 safety, fought out the despe-
rate action that eusued, and obtained promo
ton Tor bravery.
( Tine counter instance referred to at the
head Ct our paragraph was tod as follows /:
! After the British aud Indians had with
! drawo, Croghan missed one man, only one,
VINO had belonged to his little band, and all
/ efforts for nis discovery were tor eome uIc
unsnccess az last MS remains were dis
covered IN the .rTet OF Oae OF The block
! houses, where be mad crept tor safety, AID
! ,para rut in rnn bv "a n,nnOn hall.
"AIl the rest, considering their chances OF
life not worth thought, had only sought to
do their duty, and escaped alive from Ter
haps the most desperate fight on record. Tue
only man that was killed happened 70 be the
only man y no proved himself coward
| PeterSburg Int
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13
Remarkable Ignorance

Recent London papers contain the report
of the Rev. Mr.. Cameton, TO the magistrates
of the county of Essex, which shows a most
depIoratle amount Of ignorance. lie says:
10 afford any idea Of the mass Of ignor-
ance brought into contsc. with this humane
prGvl-lou, il nay suffice to adduce 458 Gaze.
OF prisoners COMMITTED for felony during the
past year, Of whom only nine possessed a due
acqu ,inrance with the CUrl.t religion; that
10 &c cases, there Eas q total ignorance OF the
INC Of the Saviour, and that from the con-
vcrsation of one man On the subject 1t came
out that the knowledge Of the fact of the cru
CLIFTON Dot only excluded all idea OF the
At nemen., hut represented to bis mind that
our blessed Lord died Justly for breach OF
human laws; that to this deplorable de6cieu'
cy in religious k1o1ledge must be added an
equal proportion Of ignorance Of the most
common things, even ex ending to the cur
rent month o! the year
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13
4 Won dcfful Per IN 4 II 4.

The Paris Correspondent q! the New Or-
leans PIcsyuDe writes as follows:
There Is 4 writing master here, one Ina
loret by name, who las such command OF
bis pen that be IL able 70 copy bank note,
10 all ot its details, with -uch nic:ty "a 70
DEFY the teIers Ut the bank themselves. A col
lector OF curiosities called IN NJ. Thacrei one
day, and ask bin for five hundred franc
bank ncte. Willingly replied toe writing
master, but must tell you | shall! charge
two thousand francs tor II, and the original
il al ways better than my copy And LOUIS
Phlllppe's children had writing master
named Syivestre, VITO copied a thousand franc
note go exactly thatit vas imiossibie to tell Ii
from the genuine. H. gave 1t TO the C'urt
d'Argout, VT" wss the governor u! the Sat h
of France NJ S?lvesJre,' replied the Gov.
crnor, when he held the note IN his hand,
accept this original note OF thousand francs
for your copy, which We SHALL keep IN oar ar
chive.; but do not be astOnlshed II we lnstan-
tiy placed you and keep you f1c lie under
the surveillance OF tho police. And the
Count d'Argout did as be said. Sylsestre
wac obliged to appeal to LOUIS Pni'ipo Le-
fore be could have this disagreea5ie measure
aDnuIlsd"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13
billiard Champ Ionship.

In answer tc challenge of Mr. K bert1, u
celebrated billiard player 10 Engiand, to play
any man 10 the wnr.d and give him twenty
rolnts IN the hundred, Tor tive hundred CT \
thousand pounds, Michaai PncIa the veil
known billiard player OF New York, 1ho
has hitherto beaten every antagonist, ten-
ders him the following prop slton:
II will play Mr. Roberts in this city within
cne year from tbis date, at the thr"e-b"li
French Carom game, on one OF my tables,
balls to he not less than 5-l6 inches in d.
ametrr for cot less than 50 900 $1,000 II
Mr.. K ,herts should desire it, at least four
months notice to be given NE Of the acc.p'
lance Of my prov o iiion, and will allow him
$500 towards deiTaging his travelling exren-
-es II all that concerns the game this VIII
10 meeting hi % On Deutral ground, AZ th'
French is neither his nor my national game.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

why should virginia buy foreign Iron:
Because it is cheaper. Because, tho Con-
oress of the United States. heretofore Tor
mapy wears largely Democratic. refuses posi-
tiyeIy 70 tske the only step that could oy
possibility enable Virginia iron 70 oonbs'e
10 the market with the pauper proouct OF
Great Britain. Because. every successive
Democratic President. and every successive
Democratic Secretary, tells Congress tnst We
must buy 10 the cheapest market snd sell 10
the dearest; abd that the way to arrive at this
ye-y bappy contamination s 10 destroy the
home market entirely, by Withdrawing oil
protection from it and leaving it exposed u
Il fatal competition. The Enquirer may
! preach forever 70 Virginia about the sdVan'
tage Of buying Virginia iron even at a higher
price than it could obtain foreign iron for;
but purchasers, whether they be State cor
poration, or an individual, will always 20
where they cap get the article 10 demand on
the best terms. They are bound to do 90,
BY Their duty to their constituents. PATRIOT
ism and State pride may suggest different
course; but patriotism and State pride are
not mercantile considerations. Interest is
the great lever by which all trading bodies
g
other. To expect the different railroads OF
this STATE, or of any other State, 10 give. an
nuaiiy, three million dollars for railroad iron,
when by the showing OF this article they can
get it elsewhere for two millions, is to expect
q miracle. The State, or the companies,
will be apt to ask. why are We clone expect.
ed to to be patriots to our manifest dstrl'
meut, while we zee our merchants are sell
ing and our citizens buying foreign dry
goods by the bale, although the State is bet
ter adopted than any other to manufacturing
purposes: why should not we, too. buy our
goods from abroad? If ge arc to become
martyrs to forced patriotism, why not force
tt, 50 ne species Of patriotism on other class
e.2 in one word, it is folly to suppose that
any IT .ding company will not 81, patriotism
or no patriotism, to the market in which 1t
can buy cheapest, The only way to remedy
the evil is to make our own market as cheap
as any 9th r; and that can on y be done by
. regular and systematic thrift sufficiently
high to alf,rd ojerste protection to all ar.
tces of home mauufacture Rich. Wing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13
The Bearded L.dv

The New Orleans P'coyune g.s,s that,
lowing history OF the Bearded l.iy. 49,
"She il a French woman, It-cr;o. nd.
ing TALON IN wi;b, some years ago he
shrswd, Specializing Yankee, was ur..5
make show of herself, which. uni.
management, she did in LDudon, vD4-s ~ ~
excited a good deal of attention W."
| there an enterprising young Frao,bu,a
musician. by the name OF CioGu,lja a..
story goes, actu lily tell in love si,h her a,3
proposing . her, was accept.i, and 81 ~,
became Madame Felicia Ci tullil.
With the Yankee as their man oe brs;,,..
hey came over to New York, AID t1e,,
opened hall for the purpose Of sxhIbjr,,,
the hirsute wonder. But they were o., I'T,
10 finding DOT that Birnum bad The mons
ly of this sort of thing 10 Gotham, add tho,
they must enroilth themselves under HI t,o,a.
Barnum's Museum was now rl,,,,t,i
with a colossal painting OF the "be,r5a3
lady" and new sensation was of cor,,,
produced among the quii nuncs Of tha,pr..
verbally excitable city. 10 order to daeoo,
and increase it, this cute Spectator in hmm
credulity aud humtug bethvugh, hlm of ore
Vi lue mOst cieSPT dbu OH gluaL VI Gil IN. G..
rious d1dges Ii, actually had himself A..
rested and committed 10 tue "TJut," he
one of his own employees, on the ca.r,e n
exhibiting man 10 woman's app.rel,
10 process of time an infant E..u m,io
his appearance, and not long alter rhi, n.
Clofullias having "played ou," wi,h BAruum
we're engaged by the great Western exa,,j.
tor OF human phenomenon, aud Commenced
their travels under his auspices and in the
course Of them, made sundry visits {, mi.
city, where they certainly did excite a sre,:
deal Of very natural curiosity.
The result has been az we learn, thar tia
lucky Frenchmau and his criniserJus villa
and son have melted ten thousand dollar. b,
their exhibitions; and now, just u it va. SUI.
posed they were on the eve retiring on n,
handsome competency, a separation has "a.
ken place be having taken "tbc inian, Z. Az"
as bis share of the family, aud the M4Iame
remaining to exhibit be! personal attraction
on her own account"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13
p,n,em.,,c and Other Expenses.

In a statement OF the contingent expenses
of the State Department submitted 10 the
Senate, We find that it cost - $50 to bring
des patches from SIam; that the expense al
tending the TRANSMISSION OF the treaty with
Peru was Sl,lIo. The compensation given
a bearer If dispatches from Mexico, WIS
1904. The expenses attending the trnn-mIs-
s, 90 of the late treaty with China, wac II ,Oo0.
During the last fiscal year, the d'sbursing
clerk Of the State Department has paid out
s., 400 for rescuing American citizens from
hipureck, and 81 ,057 for the suppression OF
the slave-trade. The total contingent expen-
Sea of the Department for the last fiscal year
amount $l05, 100.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

The Washington States objects strongly to
the recent action of the Democratic Caucus
10 the Senate, 10 relation to Senator Douglas.
1t says:-"We Object to the movement De-
cause of it's disastrous effect upon the Demo-
cratic party. II reviVes an extinct issue
1t iuflumes resentments which were just be-
ginning to disappear under the influence OF
more charitable and considera'e counsels--
/, imposes an obstacle to the repair OF that
schism which wise men deplOre in the inter
esss Of he country. Ii encourages BLACK
Republicsnism with an assurance or Triumph
over disorganised Democracy. Upon the
condition of an exact and entire uniformity
of opinion amopg individuals, the opl'y OF
the party is an impossible consummatlcn;-.-
If Mr.. Douglas is to be ostracised Tor his
non conformity in respect of one criticize o,
Democratic faith, some bisots may demand
that Mr. Buchanan be expelled because OF
bis protective tariff beresy When once the
policy of Intolerance is iesugurated, we may
ss we'll despair of perpetratng the ascepden-
cy of the party"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13
NCCOQUAN MILLS FOR a E.-The
above well known MILLS are offered Tor

.NCCOQUAN MILLS FOR SA l. E.-The
above we'll known MILLS are offered tor
sale hey are situated IN the town OF Deco
uuln Prince William County, Virginia, al the
mead Of tide water, on the Occoquan river, and
have water carriage 10 Alexandria, Crom which
they are distant about sixteen miles by land
b. means OF he Dccoguan and Potomac rivers.
In the Merchant or FIGURING MILL we run
three pairs OF five and half, and three pairs Of
i've feet FRENCH BuRRS.
@-A The north wall of the MILL stands on
.G@E the Occoquan river, so that vessels deliver
grain into the MILL. and FLOUR is lowered
by block AMI tackle into their holds
cge> There is also a GRiST MILL with one
a.. pair OF BURRS, a SAW MILL and PLAS.
/ Fk MILL The water-wheels are all twenty
'ert b. Oh and oyershot. The water power and
privileges art known 10 be the most valuable
between the Potomac and Rappahannccg.
There Is excellent opportunity 10 select any
quality OF wheat IN the Alexandria market, and
the supplies derived from the neigh boring coun'
try are considerable
The situation is as healthy, perhaps, as any in
the world.
We will sell with the MILLS, OF separa tely
70. FRAME DWELLING, used as the Nil
r. lels house, and LARGE STONE MAN,
SION with all the necessary out.buItIngs
GARDEN. ORCHARD, &c, and beautifully
1852 Apply to JOS JANNEY Il co,
Occoquan Post Office, Prince William County,
Virginia nov l9-wlm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

II ia now determined that the Plymouth
will not return to Vera Cruz, as was aoti'''
mated, bu, resume Der service as prac'
.;oa sbiu for gunuery. The Home Squad
ron is to consist, when the COMPETENCY =,
IL filled, of The Roanoke, Jamestosn. 81.
T'oa;.' Brooklyn, SaVsnOah and sira'o,
o. The three last are ordered down :, TO
90! 90. 800, of Mexico, and will range be-
tween T.upico and Vera Cruz Ihe ot0 .hs
ara TO look after the Gulf of Mexico ana .r sae
stretch from Aspinvall to San Juan. Inc
,1osnok. !. probably at shs latter point now
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13
Yeddo, IN Japan.

Mr.. Consul Harris, in private letter %
an officer Of sbe Navy, who was IN the Jagaa
expedition, gives the following description 4
the city Of Yeddo:
Il have visited the city Of Isii) twice.
aud have had an audience OF the EuIcrUr.
| passed nearly six months 10 ! l!J lurio:
my two visits, and succeeded at last 10 mas
ing commercial treaty thu, fully open. -
pan TO our enterprisiDg citizens, and Lr.ag:
japan fairly into the great family OF uat.oa-.
Yeddo is large city Of twrs.uTy wood.
en buildings. TIE streets are generally w.je
and well severed, but are not paved + IS
pr bsble that the sopulations between y.J.
900 and 100000. There is neither btsIg
nor splendor to be found there. Tue exc.
rior Of the houses is the same a. SOU slw q!
Simoda aud kangawa, and the interior, aIa
quite as destitute If furniture or Orutueal
Even the palace of the + nperor is buIiJ (.
implanted wood, and is equally bare oi iu'.
nlture. Tue golden columns and roofs sg-
ken Of by old writers have vanish Il. II Usg
ever existed, and | am assured by the Jv
pauese that their buI!dIugs aud mode gi rs.
ing are precisely the same that they hAU
been for tbe last five hundred year,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13
How the Spirit. get their Comforts.

The spiritual intercourse Is certain y co.
lsrging a spirit not long since waited on
Judge Edmonds and wanted him to take a
drink through go earthly medium. Tho
Pswtucket Gazette relates the following IL
cidcnt o! spiritual communication winch
quite exceeds the Judges story:
IAN enthusiastic believer va. relating to
a skepfic the spiritual performances to winch
he could testify, and nmong other things SAID
that on q certain occasion the spirit OF bis
wife, v ho had been dead several years, re-
turned to him ard seating herself upon his
knee, pu, her arm around him, and kissed
him as much to his qualification as she used
to do when living You do not mean TO say,
remarked the skeptic, that the spirit OF your
wife really embraced aud kissed your M,
not sractly that replied the believer, but
her spirit took possession of the body of a
female medium, and through Der embraced
and kissed me-"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

The S.. Lnuls Republican says:--"The 81.
Louis Insurance Company bas announced
that its fire rates will be reduced 70 per cent.
This is a large reduction, aud is pat upon the
ground that the introduction of steam fire
engines has diminished the risk. Fire poll.
cies, with we'll managed insurance companies
have been paying very we'll and we have
no doubt that q company Ike the >.
Louis can afford to reduce iss rates. Its e1
ample will, We presume, be followed by other
nnm NAMES"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

The religious press 10 this city have cor
Guided to charge Tor notices Of Ecclesiastical
and Benevolent Societies, aud some other
items not heretofore charged for, after the
commencement OF the new year. Bosf4'1 ne
cOrdcr.
Ard why should they not? Publishers OF
newspapers base their full snare OF o?Poriu-
mites to exercise lberaIiIy toward divers ~
situations, objects and persons, IN Church
and State, and there is nc goat reason Why,
in addition to this, they shoald be assessed
for every officer of benevoIence, charity or
religion, " inch may he presented to the pub
lie through their columns. We have been IN
the habl,, for some years past, OF Ch, r2ihg
hall price for such advertising; rate which,
if applied to all advertising would starve Us
out Of house and hume. Yet thu re are not
wanting persons OF good sense on most sub
iects, who appear t. think /. vcrS strange
that we will nor d" All such work sratuItous-
lL-N J. journal Of Commerce.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

Hon. Gao. p. Marsh, in recent lecture
on the English language, says that the Eng
lish words found in use by good writers
hardly fall short of 100000. Even if man
was able on extraordinary occasions to bring
into use half of that number, be generally
coptepted himself with far fewer. Each 10.
dividusl used in his daily life repertory OF
words to some extent peculiar t. blmse'i.-
Few scholars used as many as lOuOo Eng
tisb worde; ordinary people not more than
5000. 10 all Shakespeare there we're mt
more than Is 900 words. in all Milton 5000
Oftbe Egyptian hieroelypbiss there we're but
800, and it was said that the vocabulary oil
the Italian opera was scarcely greater.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

The total value of steamers afoat on the
Mississippi aud its tributaries is said to be
more than $50 900 600, and they number as
many as fifteen hundred; more than twice the
steamboat tonnage of England; and equal to
that of all the other parts Of the world.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

The New York Herald ssys:-"There 's
not the slightest pros pect, at least during the
present generation, for the repeal of tho exist
log laws of Congress respecting the African
traffic. The Southern movement, 10 question,
j. simply political scheme set in motion ~
fre.eatine demsgogue- with whom, as with
Seward, continued sectional agitation Is
matter of life and death. II followed up, how.
ever. this slave trade experiment, instead instead, OF
uniting the South. will divide her ocunsel',
distract Der general policy. and weaken her
influence ip the general movements OF Sec
tions and parties.
The true policy Of the South Is that OF
"hauds off," so ably indicated BY Senator
Hammond; and the good and true men OF the
South will heed this sound advice, II they
would not be led astray."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

The n. Y. Comu ercial thinks that, 1t 10
probable, Mr.. Douglas will pick up the glove
thrown to him, and hereafter cause Mr.
Buchanan more trouble and anxiety even
than he has heretofore done. In fac; there
is abund,u, promise Of very pretty quar-
rol no which the debris will be considerable
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

A young girl, who gave her name as Jane
Anderson, was arrested on Monday, 10 Gin
oinna,i, for being found in boys clothes. STE
wss brought before the police court With q
Young man who answered to the name OF
Joseph Anderson, and claimed to be her
half-bro,her. She states that sfe has worn
the forgery in which she appeared 10 court
about three years, and that her EEK has never
before been discovered; that during that time
she has been employed upon the steamers 90
lake Erie as cook. steward, &c, and only
came vest two or three days previous to her
arr.st in search Of employment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

The ice in the Hudson is beginningt to In
terrupt navigation, and the steamers are
much behind time in performing their trips.
The present cold weather will soon suspend
further operations. The present charge tor
towing q canal boat from Albany to New
York Is from thirty five to forty dollars.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

The House of Representatives of Georgia
have unanimously passed bill repeating all
laws which authorized lotteries in that State,
and prescribing certain penalties for all
schemes and sale Of tickets after the lst of
June, 1860.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

We have before us an extra of the mount
Vernon Record" published in Philadelphia,
which announces the payment on the "a To-
staut, through Geo. W. Riggs, esq, OF Wash
ias,on, Treasurer of the Mount Vernon La
dies Association, of the sum cf S57 900, with
interest, to John A. Washington, esq, that
SUM constituting the first bond due him by
the association. The occasion Is improved
TO appeal to the friends of the cause through.
ont the country, to raise additional funds.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

The Rockville, Md, Journal speaks OF the
speeches of Messrs. Caper,on, Carrington and
Old, of Georgetown, K. j. Bowie, OF No
and Col. J. F. S,rctber and Samuel Cbiltoo,
OF Va, in the recent argument 10 the case
Of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company
as very able ones, displaying great ability
and research
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13

I lNDEN Whl>KEY This WHlSkEf is
| 4 made in the old fashioned copper still, by
double distIlation. Just beyond the summit OF the
Blue Ridge, in Warren Co, Va, near the line Of
Fauquier, where the soiness and purity OF the
mountain spring water, and the quality o. the
rye. constitute important elements IN making
the Whisky ior winch this locality has been
long cei. brated Il Is perfectly pure, beyond
all doubt, beng made exclusively OF re, hops,
ard barley-maIt, with the utmost cafe. The
quantity made is limited, and bought principal
" TOR private Use, by gen'Irmrn conhoisseuFs
in the surrounding counties, WHO are crihcaiIy
rice in laying b. stock tor improvement =
small consignment has lately been made to
MARSHALL h WARD, OF Alexandria, o. II
can be procured direct, through correspondence
with DR.. FISHER, OF Linden, Warren comfy,
V;ryir,a oct 25-eOti