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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
sDOtsyiyania County.

The attendance at Court on Monday was
much larger than usual, though We have
never seen SO little money sfoat. The dearth
vas distressing.
There was foe rain III the country Dor
dermg the Chicknhomny, on Friday, aud
that stream rose lar beyond its banks.
The reports of the growing wheat are
highly satisfactory. Most of the farmers have
tiGIsbed seeding their oat crop.
Deputy Sheritf Mansfield sold the services
of some fifteen or twenty negroes, to the
bidder willing to take them for the shortest
date, and pay the taxes with which they were
assess -ed. The dates were ali short, as Labor
seemed u be IN demand.
Mr. Sanford has erected large shedding
aud com oIious stabling at the Court House.
Joseph +. Waltor the German charged
with breakng into the residence of Mr.. A
Armstrong OF the county, aud robbing him
wos tried before an Examining Court, aud
seat on Tor trial. Walter confessed the
crime 70 officer Undertake.
A Volunteer Rife Company, numbering
sixty strong, hgs been raieed 10 the equity OF
SpuGsyiyauia and will proceed in few days
10 organize according to law.
The exhibition OF horses was the best we
hayo ever seen at the Court House. Morgan
Hunter, Black Hawk, the Orphan Boy,
Pamunkey, a. we'll IS several others whose
names We did Mt learn, attracted muoh at
teutiUn.-E rei Herald
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
Observation-Disclosures.

One of our distinguished HHe,atnerS, since
the breaking out of the revival, was invited TO
spend the evening in select company at the
house of a common friend. At the appoint
ed hour our friend vent, expecting to meet
few kindred spirits and to enjoy the delights
of literary and scientific conversation. As
he entered the room he thought he detected
en- air of restraint and sOemnity on the coun-
tepapces of those who had assembled, the eft
feet of which was not at oil diminished by
enc of the number breaking the oppressive
silence with the remark, Il see we have pre-
sont with US a distinguished literary gentle
man, and, doubt not all of us would be K lad
70 ioin him in a pettion 70 the Throne OF
Grace. Let us pray" At once every eye
was directed toward the unfortunate hnerd-
tuer, who, although 40 emneutly moral man,
WAS rather unaccustomed to vocal prayer
While trying to think of some courteous
pbrase 10 which to decline the unexpected
invitation, bis embarrassment was heighten-
ed by seeing the whole company knee as 1t
it were O. settled thing that he was to lead IN
PRAYER. Seeing the condition OF things, no
other alternative was left him than to pray
as beat be could. 1t is enough to say that
the company were edited, and that the VIC
tim is careful, before accepting an invitation
to party, to ascertain whether he Is e1pec-
ted to lead 10 p.ayer!--N. J. Post.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
Bold ThIevinR.

nr. Reuno!d, who resides within few
miles OF town, missed from his premises one
day last week young COW, and suspicion
having been excited against some OF the ne-
groes 90 the :arm Of hr. A. n Bernard, one
was arrested and brought TO jail, wbo subse.
queuty confessed to officer Timoerlnke that
the COW bad been driven from DR.. Rs into
Mr.. BIS cow-yard, where IL was slaughtered,
that two quarters Of it had been eaten, sold
aud distributed. and that Two other quarters
had been slowed away BY them 10 their mas
ter's ice-house. Search being made the u eat
was fouOd. i was bold piece of rascshsy
TO steal game Of this magnitude. The negro
implicated several Of bis fsllow-serVants.-
Fred. Her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
Sudden Death,

We deeply regret to learn the sndden
death of John Ii. Bernard, esq, an old aud
bipbly esteemed citizen of Port Royal. Ar.
B. had been out riding in his buggy. Ills
horse came home attached to tie vehicle,
without him, whereupon search was at once
made and Mr. 3. found lying in the road IN an
insensible condition. 1t Is not known Wheth-
or he was thrown from the buggy, or was
strnck down suddenly with disease, and fell
tIsrefrom-the latter conclusion is most pro-
bable. Thus are tis links OF the past with
the present generation being brUken.--frfd
Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
what sor, OF an Animal a "snoh" is.

Thackeray thus daguerrotypes this animal
Tbackeray is speaking of English society. :
"a snob is that man or woman who are al
WAYS pretending before the world to be some
thing better specially richer OF more lash
ionable-than they are. Its one who 'hlnss
his own position in life contemplate, and is
always yearping and striving to ioFee nim-
self into one above, without the education OF
characteristics which belong To it; one who
locke down upon, despises and oVerrldes bis
interiors, or even equals OF his own standIng'
and is ever ready to worship, fawn upon add
fstter a rich or titled man, no: because he
ia a good man, a wise man, or Christian
man but because he has the luck to be rich
-, .onseonential
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
Inte Foreign News.


Lord Derby has anno as untrue, The
recent importation of free negroes from AT
RIGA to form them into regiments
The consideration of the amendment to
the oaths till. providing for the exclusion OF
Jews from Parliament. was rejected IN toe
House of Commons. 297 voting against the
amendment, and II TOR it. be third read
lug of the bill wa, fixed for April 18th.
Leave was granted for the introduction OF
a bill to legszs the marriage OF deceased
wife's lister to the widower, by 43 maj 'rity
Ii was expected that invitations would be
issu ed for the lnda loan on the 24th uIt., and
it was rumored that the debentures would
be placed at four per cent, redeemaole III
seven year-: the first amount raised is to be
five million pounds.
The Bank of Eogland was accommodating
gold rapidly, and reduction in the rates o.!
discount WAS anticipated.
APylish bookseller in l. ndoa, named Te-
horewski, had been arrested, charged With
Publishing pamphlet, recently, written by
! NJ. Pyat and others, advocating the ass asst
nation of Napoleon.
1t was rumored that the French Empress
was encie,tc Accounts from France com-
plain of the undue severity 10 respect to
passports. A new division Of French gun
b ,ats were fitting out ior China:
/ The commercial affairs of France were
greatly depressed The railway receipts Tor
/ the week are the worst ever known.
/ Tha municipal commission of Paris had
resolved to commence the public works on
| a large scale, in order t. give work to opera
lives All sailors of twenty-lour years ser
vice have been ordered to join ships lmme-
diately.
! Ii is said that an hour before the Emperor
arrived at the opera. on bis recent visit, all
the houses on the Rue la Pelletier, opposite
! the opera house, were searched by the pc
! lice.
The Transportation Of the parties arrested
under the new public safety law, bad com,
menced, and between fifty and sixty OF the
prescribed individuals had been sent u
Africa.
France had proposed to Switzerland the ex-
pulsion Of 40 refugees. Among them, II had
already gone to England.
! Russia is watching with great interest the
relations between England and France. The
Russian navy is to te fully manned.
Russia mas no INTENTION Vi accepting e'thc'
English OF French Cunsuls to the Black Sea.
All suspicious vessels gu the Circassian coast
! will be seized.
After the blockade of Canton is raised, the
city will be accessible to foreigners, under
certain conditions. A state Of sege will
continue during its occupation. Immense
depcts of arms were discovered, aad the
allIes had DESTROYED the remainder OF the for
tif:ations. TIE large town Of k7acboD and
Chang Treang had been re;aken By the I'm
perials,s.
Four plenipotentiaries had gone to Shans-
hal, aud it was expected by the middle OF
March the policy Ol China, under the present
circumstances, would be known.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
Maple sugar.

The maple sugar season is now IN iu''
bloom. The weather is excellent ior Tue
a,w of sap-warm sunny days, and c'o'
iros,y nights. The product is plenty IN mar
bet. and reasonably cheap. twelve 10 siso'
tsan cents pound. We remark the gene
rail-, improved quality Of tina sugar
sprirefeld Republican.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
"No. III, Old Jewry."

CoHgUSic'Th1
Fire Apparatus run upon the s'ds"'1
false alarms Of fire for the purpose Of 'l.'
ding chances for rowdyism, which lsifss!
ulgcd in on such occasions; yelling, D."
ing. cursing, throwing stones, 81. &C.; w
engine houses and costly apparatus 'G'f'.
dered TO the boys, and the houses "''.
places of vicious resort on Sundays '-'
nights. ;! Where are the Municipal aG'.''
tiles and the Police? | respectfully 'u1s :
TO our citiZons TO assemble and CONSIDER ~.
expediency OF establishing VolOntaN J .
lice call it patrol, vigilance comm ~.
or what you please. Something m1 ''. -
done 10 avert the downward course VI Wv
or we shall soon present as dreadful 'ss..
as Baltimore, or its more degraded t sG,.
Washington. A Clil"N.'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08

When the Minnesota bill was up in the Set
ate on Tuesday, Dir. kopnedy OF Md, an
nounced bis intention to vote against the bill
on the ground that the constitution of Mime
sofa contained provisions at variance with the
constitution of the United States, and prine!-
pies destructive of the rights of the south
ern States, and in conflict with the doctrines
Of The American party. That party were OF
she opinion that alien suffrage and sqnatter
sovereignty must be Iepudistea, and be
could not admit the right Of State to
make those persons citizens whom the COL
sti,ution of the United States declares not
to be citizens. Dir. johnson, of Iennessee'
entered his protest against the doctrines
enuncated on this occasion by the senator
from Mar land He thought the several
States had right TO declare, each one Tor
itself, who should be citizens within Its
limits
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08

The conversation in the Senate, on Tues
day. in relation the Kansas bill, not theo sent
back to House, ended in motion OF MIR.
Bright to reconsider the vote rejecting the
House amendment. Some Senators cer-
sured the Secretary for rstaioing the BILL at
the request OF Mr.. Slidell.
The PRESIDENT pro ten. stated that the
Secretary had acted in this matter under Ter
b,s advice and direction. and that ne
alone vac responsible for the delay 10 the
present case. lie believed be bad acted
in conformity with the usual practice, when
a senator desired to move to reconsider the
vote on bill.
Mr.. BRIGHT stated that the course pursued
nv the CHAIR was in accordance with the
usage If the body.
Mr.. CRIrrESpEN thought that this action
was unpreced ented and uuwarrantable. lie
never before knew the Secretary to keep q
bill back for two days at the request Oh q
senator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08

An Address has been issued 10y d Commii-
tee. CONSISTING Of James Lyous, Of Virginia;
4. B. Bethea, of Alabama; Wm. M. Church
hill, of Tennessee; B. C. Yaucy, of Ga; and
W. w. Boyce, of S. Gu to the people OF the
Southern and South Western States, request
ing them to send delegates to the Soutbern
Convention to assemble at Montgomery, on
the 10th of May This address details the
"wrongs and grievances" Of the South, and
declares that "if these things shall continue,
and be persisted iu, every man must per-
ceive that the alternatives presented to che
South will be ruin, disgrace and bondage,
on the one hand. or independence OF her per-
secutors aud .oppressors on the other. She
will be compelled to assert her inalieuabie
right, and refuse longer submission to the
laws of perverted Union, pretended to be
passed under Constitution which has been
not only desecrated but destroyed" The
Address concludes by urging the attention
of the South, to the proposed Convention, and
says
ale not the sneers or deuupciations of
your opponents, or your enemies, deter you,
aud shrink not under the cry OF "Disuuion."
The Convention will not consider the ques-
ton of disunion, or any question tending to
produce that result. Its hopeful, peaceful,
patriotic object will be to promote the pros
perity and increase the wealth and power
of our own beautiful and beloved South;
to make her people happier, If possible,
and more willing. as we'll as more able,
20 perform all tber duties in the Union, aud
10 the Uuiou, if returning reason and pa
trio,sm shall arrest the march OF ianat!-
cism and stay the hand of oppression =,
But. if lost reason shall never lie found. and
patriotism and sympathy have been extio"
cuished--if those who should be our broth
ers shall prove TO be malignant and lmpiaca-
BILE foes, and cupidity and ambition shall dis.
solve the tie whch BINDS us together, stu!
our work will have been well and wisely done
if we succeed 10 restoring the commercial III
6ependence Of the South and bald up our
own towns and enrich our own people by
our own means, which now build up add CT.
rich others--for the Southern States will
then be prepared more fully to meet tt
issue thae forced upon them, and able to de-
fend az we'll as justify their position when
they shall be compelled ito assume among
the powers OF the earth. the separate and
equal station to which the laws OF Iature ana
OF nature's God entitle them."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08

4 SHBY * WOOD have Just received their
"A full supply of SPRING GOODS, embrac-
Ing an elegant assortmen. o! every thing new
and desirable IN their line
Fine Dgcs, Goods, IN great variety
Beautiful Dress Silks
Ducals, Lawns, Glughams, Calicoes, &c
Fine fmbIo,deres
Linen Lawn and Linen Cambria Handkerchiefs
LGces, Edgings Collars Sleeves, sc
Figured SWISS MuslIs, all styles
Our stock of MOURNING GOODS is large,
embracing a very general assortment
In DOMESTlCS We have the standard m axes
OF brown and bleached Cottons, some very su.
peri0r; shseting, one, two, and three yards wide;
heavy DrIlllGgs Ducks, Osnaburgs, &c. for Ser
wants; fine French Cloths, Caesimeres, and Vest.
ings, OF superior quality; purch ased direct from
the Importers, aud warranted genuine; Hoop
Skirts. Para,olS, ShawIs, and all articles suited
10 the wants OF Inc present season.
Our stock TIN, season has been purchased
with great care. and will be sold at prices that
cannot TAIL 10 please, and will make il 10 the
interest OF our friends 70 deal with Us. Always
on hand CARPE1iNG, oil CLOTH AND
NATTISGS. no 10, klng-street, second
door from Washington Hall apS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
.ICOAYCSIcA1iS'

The active and energetic measures
being adopted by Congress, and the Ps'Y.
Washington, to repress rowdylsm 10 ",
city. will, it is to be feared, have u. Ger -,
OF driving a considerable portion OIL f" :. (.
into the neighboring cvmmuui"e'' T.
earnestly hoped that We will be fs 54igT
here. Verb. sap. b. sH""
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08

The point of dispute between Maryland
and Virginia seems to be whether the North
R,a,cb of the Potomac as now recognized,
il t.uly the real boundary line. m,ny who
nrofess to have Q knowledge OF the early
history OF these States saying that 1t is not.
Tho Legislatures Of both Virsinis ana mary;
l4nd have passed bills for tho adjustment OF
tie j faculty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
The iryInth an.

The people of Portland Maine) are max
ing large calculations on the curiosity of the
Americans to see the monster ship, the Leria-
tnan The Argus estimates that 100000
people will visi, Portland to see her. "a these,
il says, New ENGLAND ought TO furnish lOO,-
OOG; the British dependencies $4,000; the val
leg OF the Miss ssipp, $4,000 &C., and adds,
that this vast army will probably leave 10
the State, and most Of it IN the city, So ,0O0,-
600, or SO each. II Is easy fTcm this state
ment TO see bow much will be saved It these
hundred, OF thousands have the good seuse
to stay az home, aud read the accounts ofthe
monster. M furnished in the newspapers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08

A CHANCE FOR A TEAC mr. re.
N DOCTOR -Abou, SIXTY -,
OF good land in Fauquier County, Va nTF.
HzsS large convenient and nandsons = d.
.Esfs. LING, and all necessary out no'',' A..
be bought on very REASONABLE terms. 4" ~.
ishing boarding school has been AsP
place for some time A good rhysi'''r .'t..,
also be- we'll located For particulars
the SENTINEL" Alexandra, Va
an S-eoSt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08

Buffalo. India Rubber. Horn, Smell,
~ and Ivory, Fine, Dressing, Tuck, Side, Long,
bonnet, Pocket, and Sleeping COMBS, just re.
ceived al loo, KIng.street. Alexandra, Va.
aps JOHN II. PARROTT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08

In his remarks in the House Of Representa-
tives, on Tuesday, on the Deficiency 6iis' MF'
G.ruett, of Va said. be thought the tendency
of the executive branch of the government was
towards the gradual absorption OF all power.
To some extent, these deficiencies were un
avoidsble, but he was opposed to the system
the positive and increasing system -of car
rv;po on this government, not under regular
CONCENTRATIONS but under system OF dehclen-
cifs. that the Executive. when DO failed 10
get an appropriation, should come the neA'
YEAR and tell them that they must appropriate
ron or twelve millions more, or the GOOD latin
ri the Government would be broken. IL they
we're 70 90 on with these large dehcieocies'
befure the close Of Congress they would nave
another loan bill before them. This Is Sound'
good doctrine.
The last legislature # Florida having pro-
v;ded for she construction of q canal coz
Meeting the waters of the ST. Johns With
those of Indian river, Gov. Perry has az
pointed commissioners to survey and lay
out the work, and they will speedily COM
mence their task. When this work is COM
pleted, Florida will have a continuous line
of inland navigation for steamboats, parallel
to the Atlantic sea-shore for nearly her entire
eastern coast; and whsn the Fsroandina aud
Cedar Keys railroad 10 foished she will have
an iron way connecting an Atlantic with q
Gulf port through the upper portion OF the
vapinsula
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-04-08
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HOWARD ASSOCIATION
PHIL LPHIA.

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as Spermatorrhua, Seminal Weakness Impo
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Just Published, by the Association n Report on
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Address, Dr. Gro. r. cALuor1, Consulting Sur,
geon, Howard Association No. South Ninth, street
Philadelphia, Pa. BY order Of the Directors.
EZRA D. HEARTWELL, President
GEO. FAIICHnLD, Secretary. y5-nI5-1y
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