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PERSONAL lNDKFSNDKNCE western editor
lately offered his hat prize for the best ESSAY
on Independence. The following obtained the
prize:
National Independence Is easier imagined thap
described. Personal Independence consists en-
phstically in being situated In a clean ,biI,
drawers, socks: and a nicely hlackened pair Of
boots, with at least dollar and a clean cambria
IN your pocket, all on Sunday morning with
your Wife on one arm and your baby on the other
taxing your own course toward your own preac her
with the blissful expectation OF doing your own
snoozing, in your own pew, wherein no one dare
venture to nudge you with his elbow or tickle
your nose with a straw
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THE SHOALS AND QUICKSANDS
i OF YOUTH.

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Member of the Royal College Of Surgeons Of Eng
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Price - cents, stamps, at the receipt of which
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By THE pREaSLSEssSi;S +, Or THE UNITED

In pursuance oflav, I, JAMES BueH.NAN, Presi-
dent or the United States OF Americe do hereby de-
clare and make known that pubic sales Will be held
of Kansas, At the periods hereinafter designated to
wit;
AT the land ONCE at LEcoNrroS. commencing on
Monday the hfth day Of July next, for the disposal
OF the public lands within IN following named town
ships, VIE:
Sonth of IA, base lin, an east Of n. sizth Prin-
rfnal ,usrid,an
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STOP THAT BATTLING.

am now prepared to put on Cha paan's Elastic
Anti BATTLING SHAFT Fastener" d sure. I'M q
remedy for the rafting Of the shaft oil ps H&kS1N
of Carriages ard Wagons, which can be XSH7
put on at a small ex pense. ... ...f
Call and examine at my FACTORY, where have
certificates from the leading Coachn,akers in the
oosnsrH "a ANDREW J. Joyce.
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m 26-lawti9yuly
CERTAIN LANES TO MARKET iN THR
DE louisiana.

IN
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Tho grant Of land made by the &C, Of Congress sP-
proved June 3 iS % me Sta,r ~ ha1s 20 "a
toned having been 80 fsr sdjnsted as 10 authorize
the re ease from withdrawal 81 the iaEcs hersmscr
Described sofce is ~ firsn tst Mt the vacant
offered lauds heretofore withdraw fr.m sac or To-
a0Tf se ss rD"t If me ives. Of TIC o1
of Greenwood, via Greenwood. Shreveport. snd
VIeSshsrs and md from fro New Oresm.. ~ 3peiouD
sas, TO tho State line 81 Texas ~hich he ontsIds
sted ia the aforementioned townthlps which hsve
not been selected IN virtue Of said grant or any other
emption. and winch were subject 10 prrvss entr, AZ
the date of withdrawal, will he restored ~ piivato
entry The days and ~ he places beTesiteT spcc
fed. at the ORDINARY minimum Of one dollar and
tvent, hve cents per .cre to wit H.. $4,000
day of May next, on tho road from the TeKas line"
via Greenwood, Shreveport. and Monroe 10 point
on the Mississippi river oppdSte NlcksbuTg, va.
Nsrth Of "a. base I'm. and east Of the PrtHc'PaI
,uerIdtar.
townships IS, Is, 10. and ~. Of rangeI.
townships 10 and ~ of range2.
Townships Is and is, of ranges sands.
Townships IL, IS and 70, Of ranse7.
Townshi Ia, IS. Is. and 10. of ranges snd ~.
Townships II, IS, is. Is. and - Of ranges and Iz
Townships Ia, IS, ~, l8, and 10. of ranFe IS.
Townships IL, Is. ", and IL, Of range u.
North Of the base line and 'csst IF rae pr'H,ipaI
nlsridian.
Townships Is, rs, 10, and o. ~ rauges ard 2.
townships IS s' j. 10. and -. Of ranges.
TOWNSHIPS V 70. ", and ri Of Tsnge 4.
lOWnDlps II, 10, ID. ~, hnO ~, OI RANGE
At TIE land office at NArcHITocHEs on Nondny
Il the third day OF MAY next, the road ZION the
Texas lIne" VIA Greenv God, Shreye port and Mon
| roe, TO point on the Mississippi river opposite
VIcksburg, VIZ:
North Of the base line and Of tht PRINCIPAL
rieridi1n
townships Is, Is, H. 10, o. q, p, and IS, of range
townships Is, I6. II, 10, ~ 81. and s. Of auge7
Townships ID 10, ~, ~, q, z, and IS Of rsnse
| 8.
townships l.. lG. u. ls, ~, ard q. Of ranres.
Townships Ia. Is. ~. ia, ~. and q, Of range n.
townships -, IS. ~ - u. md z If range ~.
townships u. ~. IL, 49, ~. % and 3. Of IS.
townships H. =. &c, H. ~, ~ n, p, and ., of
| ranges "a. rs. and l6.
| ON the road from New Orleans, by Opoousas, to
| the state hue OF Texas"
North or rae base !iRs and tcsSt Of the principal
YfsridiGa.
| townships '. ?, 8 and 4. Of ranges.
townships =, $. J. ;. q. and g. of ranges and n.
townships = 5, :. ;. G, g. =, sLd 10, Of ranges
and
townships !. , g. 4.5.G.7s. H. snd 70. Of range q
townships I. :, J. l. 80, ~ ?, %, 10, and y, Il
rapg- 10.
ranges II, snd L..
Townships ), :, iG,7, 3. 9, 10, II, l.. and Is, Of
range ~.
Township s C. :. a. 10. n. u. and IS Of ranseH
townships 10. ~, ~. sud s. ct range Is.
TownsLips ID, u. End ~. oi range rs.
Gwen under INV hard, NJ The General Land Ofhca.
AZ the city of Wash Bst.'n weif day Of March.
1865 GHOS. A. HENDRICKS.
M - lswtds Commissioner.
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EVENING STAR.

VI Our gifted contributor, whose poetical
favors have proved so acceptable to our readers
ard have been so widely ecpied by the newspa
Per', 'erds US the following H,te gem:
Inc Flower OF Beauty Fadeth. but the Pur.
pose Of hindnsss Endureth.
rkAeSRSr-B7 PArL MusrNsroN.
charms, like leaves, soon lose their sp endor;
rChl!Iing winds will blight their shsen-
iIus wOmsns heart, still young and tender,
L'Vesa chsnEelsss evergreen.
Flowers that feel the frost will perish;
Bitter speech 10 winters snow
Gentie words. like dew, will nOurlsh.
Warmed by smiles that kindly glow.
What tn ugh youth and beauty wither,
ChangiDg 90 the ieanet seFe-
Souls II fondy knit together,
Find Spring throughout the year.
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Monda{ the nnsteenth day of uiy next Tor The DIS
townships. viz: ~ ''' "s "s'Leo
Sonh Of the base line and east Of the sixth pri.
. eipal meridian
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At the land office at I.ECoMPIos. commencing on
Monday, the nineteenth day Of July next, for tho
disposal Of the public lands within the following
named townships, viz:
South Of the base line and entof the sizth priv
rtpoI ,u,,pdtru
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LASPs T5 MARkE ETff il fHE s fTkffEA Of

Notice is hereby given that the Lsnd Office st
Huntsvllle, IN the State of Alabama, will be open 20
the sale at private entry and location, and after
the t~u day ~ May Merit. ofsl racdnf prbltc land
embraoed IN the following towns ps, which had been
prociaImed and Gfered PRIOR to the withdrawal by
notice No. SIS, being lands which had been with
drawn 10 satisfy that part of the railroad grant by set
ot Congress approved Sd June. 1856, which contem-
plated road fro p Memphis 10 Charleston that psrt
OF I'D grant having been rejected by the State Of
abama, viz:
Soxfh Of III. base live and edu Of tke Hsrfsrflls
meridian
Townships !, 2, s, 4, 5, snd 6, Of rangeI
Townships I, q s. e. and 5. and the parts of town
ships and Z, north of the Tennessee rver of rance
9. Us " s
Townships ]. 2 g. S, and s. and tho narts oftoun-
snip north oithe Tennessee rlver. Of rangeS
townships l., 2 s. 4, and S, and the mar Of town
ships q, and north of the Tennessee of range a
townships and I, and the parts of townshlps )
and north OF the Tennessee, Of range s.
Sorh OF the base lane ond Icest OF the HKntsrtHs
meridian.
townships I. 2, 5, 4, S, and 6, of ranfel
townships 6 and Z, Of range T.
townships z. 4, S, 6, and 7, of ranges and q
Ia, and IS. w. 49, - 80
Township I, Of range is.
Given under my hand al the General Land Once,
NJ lhe oity OF WashIngton the 18Th day of February,
1873, THOS. A. HENDRICKS,
Ie a-iaNow COmnns
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THE SECRET INFIRMITIEs OF YOUTI
4 AND MATURITf,

THOUGHTS FOR THE HOLY WEEK. for
young persons; By Miss Ssvell, author Of Amy
Barclays City Of the Great King, VOL. svo., eo,-
orsd plstesi $3.50.
m2B - Z FRANCK TAvInp
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TBN PER CENT. INVESTMENT.

corporation Bonds of the City OF Davenport,
IOWA pay ing 10 per cent. interest by Coupon IN New
YORK. Bonds of $3.50 EACH The growing city OF
davenport has EOw about 10000 inhabItants, and 10
rapidly increasing In wealth and population, Its
municipal debt Is only Co., and It's railroad debt
only Sll5,cN, and cannot now be increased. The
statistics Of the city published In the lntelli
genoer of the Sth September. We recommend
these bonds, believing them to be as safe es any
State or city bonds. - -
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FORM or GUARANTEE,

FORM os GUARANTEE.
ToC1Pt. NJ. e.. Meigs, u. s. Eagtnssrs:
. We, the undersigned. residents of - In the
state OF -, hereby, Jointly and seyeraIly cove
nant with the limited States aud qua nty IN cnse
the foregoing bid of - be accepted, that he or
they VIII, within ten days after the acceptance ri
the SAID bad execute the contract for tho tsine with
good ana sufficient suretes TO perform The work or
iurnsh The articles proposed, in conformity 10 thu
terms of the advertisement under which n x,as
made. A md IN case the said - shall fai to snter
INTO cohtr22t as aforesaid. We guaranty to make
good the difference between the Offer In the sa,4
and the next lowest bidder. ~
SiKheu' A. d.
,.... G.. d.
ard sufficient. NV so'u
Signed. Er
IN 9-dtMayiI
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At the land office at kIcrAPoo, commencing on
Monday, the tfh day of July mex for the III po.sl
ofthe public lands within the following named town
ships. VIZ:
South Of the base line and of the sirth prip-
eip1l UsridioH
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GUNNS q CLARKE's

NUNNS q tLARKE'S
HALLETT, DAVIS \ co,s!TsYT
~ q hAIED PIAEO FOOTE'S,
JOHN r. Ellis
SO Pa. av., between 9Th and IO,h M.
Purchasers vii find It To their interest 70 1sn,,.
for themselves the snpsridr qualities Of the above
Pianos. 49,
Stools. Covers, Mslodeons, &C., &o., also on
hhnd' ,pls-t
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limited STATES PATENT OFFICE,


On the petition Of Charles Goodyear. of New Hs-
ven. Coma, PRAYING for the extension of a patent
granted TO him the 18th Of June, 1885, for an Improve
ment ia the Manufacture of India ubbeT" for
seven years from the eN plrHtIon Of SAID patent,
whIch takes nace on the lith da, Of June ls5a:
u ordered thst The said petition he heard ~ he
Patent Once an Monday, the Stat of Nav next,
at II oclock IA; and all persons are notified 10 ar
pear and show cause, ANY they have WHY said pc
tItlon ough; not 20 he granted
PERSONS opposing the extension are required 10
hls IN Tue Patent Once their objections specially
set forth IN writing, al east twenty DAYS before the
uS OF bearing; f-sfIuouA led hy eft her PSI 20
Dc nsfh 81 the sad bearns be taken aud trans
mlisa IN accordance with the rules of the Of.oe,
WRch viii ne furnIf he'd application.
ne testimony IN the case will be CLOSED on the
Inh ol MHy depositIOns aud other papers relied
upon as testimony must be filed an the Ofce on or
oeloIe Tue 'norn,ns az hist da,; the arguments, IL
any within ten days thereafter
,,Iorieu, hiso, thtt b,ttIoe lie published " fhe
shon, Washington, d. e aud Bsly Nsws,
new orb, once week ioI three succ. ssive wo. Re
ing. los HOLT
Commits ioner of Patents.
r.. =. Editors of the above pers Will plesse copy,
and send their bills To the Patent Once with paper
s'btsining this notice. m l7-lavsv
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l1acrauce, 20.

~ EDWARD SNOWDEN,
NENERAL CLAIM AND REAL. ESTATE
AGENT.
For BOUNTY Lands, Pension Claims Prhseou-
tion Of Claims before the Court of CLAIMS Congress
snd the Departments, Purchase and Sale of real es
taes, attend to Renting Houses, Buy and Sell Land
Warrants. Negotiate Loans, and all business of
similar character. ~
ofioe corner It'll and Louisiana avonns,
jan16ly Wsshington CIty
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DONALD KENNEDY
Ne. 1f0 WsSrsS Street, Ro1bwyy, MdssSeksssf.,

Gilman, ,Kidwsll Lswrsnce, J. b. Gardner Burr ~
4 Co, p Walsh 4 Co. F: 8: Walsh, J. 7. Stone,
Boswell, Daniel b. Clark, J. p. Miiburn, DnnhnI
Dyson, Ford Bro. Agents for Georgetovn-R.
=. Cisssll. o M Uentham. J. l.. Kidwel,. nv 5-ly
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Medicines.
A b + A U T II L H d
RICH CLIO sly HAIR.
CoMPLETBLY PRESERVED
TO THE GREATEST AGE.

former color; but would have the
stored; or troubled With dandrun and Itching but
would have 1t removed, or troubled with scrofuIa,
scald head or other eruptions but would be CURED,
or with SICK headache euTalga but would be cuTed
Will also Eem9ye al Pmples from the face or skin.
Proi: Woods hslT Restorative will do all this see
circular and the following:
ANN ARBoR, Nov. 5. 1856. =.
pRoF. U. J. WooD-Dear Sir: have heard much
said OF the wonderful effects of your Hair Restora-
tive, but having been often cheated by ouaoksry
and suack nostrums, hair dy es &C.. wss disposed
TO placs your restorative in the same category with
tn. Thousand and one loudly trumpetsd q1ack rem
edles, until l met you In Lawrence county some
induced the tii ofyour Restorative IN nv famr'
hrst, by my good wife, whose hair had become very
thin and entirely white, and before exhaustIng one
of our large bottles her hair restor nearly to
its original beautiful brown Color aud had ened
over the head. she continues to use it, not Simply
becaue its beaulifying effects upon the HAIR but
mind Others my family ana fonds I are rec" using a
your Restorative with thu happiest effects; there
ne and character entirely removed, and can and
do most cordially and con6dentially recommend ITS
white or gray by reason of sickness ase) to org
inai H3o, and beauty and By all Young persons WHO
would nave their hair beautiful and glossy.
' '' A-' S'''''s stGEIIot'MoN MANN
FRIEND WOop: 1t was long time after saw you
at blisshed before got the bottle of Restorative
Detroit, and when got it concluded to try IT on
Mrs. Manns hair. as the surest test of its power Ii
ms uonc Ill nd' you assured ine IL would do; and
others OF my family and friends. having witnessed
Its nects, now using and recommending it's use
to others as entitled to the on
claim for it.
Again. very respectfully AVID truly yours,
SOLOMON MANN.
CARLYLE, ILL.,, June %, 1852.
have used Frof o. j. W Gods Hair Restorative,
and have admired It's wonderful effects. My hair
was becoming las thought. preniaturely gray, but
BY the nse OF his restorative has resumed it's origi
nal color, and, have no doubt, permanently
=. BREESE, ex Senator U. s.
| o: j. WOOD CO, ProprIetors, $40 Broadway,
N. v. Tin the great N. \. Wire Railing Establish
ment) and ia Market ST., st. LOUIS, Mo.
And sold by all good Druggists.
fe ~ Srnr
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The part outside
of the IndIan
reservation of
Ali except Sec
tons 1. 2, and
s of
All of
The part outside
of the Indian
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DRiVATE MEDICAL TREATISE
on THE

BJ M. Is. LA CROIX, nj. D., Albany, NY.
30 pases sd 80 fine PLAN ana Colored Lthcsrr phs
ard Plates
UrFRICE ONLY g CENTS.H
IL Sen. Dss Of rcstsge 10 81. Paris If tk0 UsJea.
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worse if you please, which MIR. Davis COM
mtted Oh the press Of the country, was sim
ply the indiscrimiaateness of bis anathem
Had he said that some Of them were base
and survie-had be affirmed that many of
them were rude and insolent-bad be de-
clsred that the accusations of the vile and
unprinepled among them were not worthy
Of notce-had he told that too many of them
regard sl.uder and abuse, as palatable and
delightful food for themselves and their read
sys-he would have told the TRUTH, and
been sustained by the people of the country,
aud by the true and good presses o! the coun
,ry of all parties. That he meant this, l
have no doubt. He is too proud and too
stubborn Il say so now, and 80 he must
bear the consequences of appearing TO inJure
those who, when be is right, would gladly
have shielded him from the malice Of his
enemies.
Enough, however, for the present am
foolish enough to ask you to publish these
few lines, aud oblige your friend.
CAIUS GRACIOUS.
Albemarle County, Jan. q, 1853.
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COMMUNICATED.
The Long Bridge.

Your correspondent c. b. liz yesterdays
Gazette, does not dwell with sufficient force
upon the great convenience which this Bridge
il TO our ladies in particular, when he was
writing about our cLothing the people Of
Washington. Some ten days ago, having
occasion to pass along the street 10 that city
where the principal dry-goods establishments
are situated, met coming cut Of one OF them
al Alexandria lady, with a package of dry
p,ods in hand joined aud walked along
with Der until she visited another store, and
a third, and fourth, in each OF which she
made purchases, amounting 10 all, as well a.
| could learn, t. more than 500. Having
lost more time with her thaul could spare |
was c,mpeled to excuse myself from further
sttendar &C when she said she bad to call at the
milliner's and the mantua makers. In the
cpurse of my lodgings in and out of these
Il res with her, l counted nine other Alexan-
dria ladies similarly occupied, and az pro-
ceeded up the Avenue, saw two more going
into a fancy store. The lady fret mentioned
was eloquent in her praises OF the railway, IN
proof of which she said that owing to IT, she
could now make all her purchases In Wash
ington With entire convenience. 1t Is true
her husband and two brothers, get their
livelihood in Alexandria, and have to work
hard for the money which she lavishes
upon the clothing" Of the ashing.onians;
but what of that? Many illustrations of the
value of the Long Bridge, 81 indispensable to
the railway, might be stated, which Z. ID.
has not given us. WHY, our country neigh
bors Whose battles, in this bridge mat
ter, we are 80 valiantly lighting in our City
COuncils) can put up their products, such as
fuel. vegetables, poultry, butter &c, at least
twenty per cent higher when this bridge is
psssable than when il is not. So that We
may be said TO contribute to the feeding and
warming, as well as the Clothing" OF gu!
neighbors. | may have something to say
too, about the great importance TO one 81
least, of our large railways, of keeping "
and firmly establishing this means Of ready
access to Washington. +. +.
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The telegraph from Halifax brings us SILL
later advces from Europe, TO the 10Th lns,.---
They are much o! the same favorable tenor IL
nancialIy with those by the several previous
steamers The great accumulation OF capital
and limited demand Tor IT'S employment had led
TO still further reduction IN the rate OF inter
es, 10y the Bank OF En- land-the rate Is now
10 per cent Another suspension however, Is
announced, that OF {. I Gray Il Sons in the Ia
madam trade. Consos were steady at a4sG9 ]
4. regards cotton ark breadstutf> the advIcr>
are not Notwithstanding qualities OF cotton
mad declined J. aud breadstutis had declInlr :
te ldency also-Bah SW.
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COM n ERCIAL.
NJ Onotary,

We have no special change to note IN the
general tone of our monetary affairs. There 49,
if ANYTHING better feeling and a little more
ease i'm the market. Good business paper goes
on the street at la p cent. q month. Second
class paper is dull, and rates irregular
Exchange OH Eastern cities Is in fair request,
at enhanced rates, viz 81 OH New York; 3! on
Philadelphia, and on Baltimore.
Stocks are inactive, but prices firm.
Land Warrants are on the rise i'll view OF the
prospect OF locations III the spring. The rate
tor 4O's is IS cents an acre; SOS are So; l20'S
as low as II; whilst 1905 are 81 cts Il Con-
gress should no. make any further land grants
at the present session there will De still iurth-
er advance.
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There is MT much activity i'll the dry goods
trade in New York, purchasers being under the
impression that prices will still further reccde
On this subject the Post says.
The Southern traders seem 10 stand upon
better footing than those out West; they have
generally kept their business within certain
limit while Western merchants have been
Specializing largely IN land and railroads, and IN
dulymg in extravagan expenditures, c"nsr-
quenty we find the majority OF the lame ducks
IN the Western States, while Southern credit Is
comparatively we'll sustained. The spring
trade of SIS will 10 doubt be slow and irresu-
lar. Moments of activity may occur, but me
general current OF business Will be wanting IN
the vigor and animation prevalent IN former sea
sons
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;iCOMNuNICATED.


1t strikes me that all the zeal now being
expended about the Long Bridge" had bet
ter be directed towards the rebuilding of the
'Aqueduc, at Georgetown. Every interest
10 the city is deeply involved in this matter,
and yet there is au apathy upon the subject
truly astounding. When the Canal is in
successful operation, it distributes among
our citizens about FIVE thousand dollars
weekly. All the industrial and other inter-
ests OF the town. receive share OF this mo-
ney. Railroads are important in building
up city, it is true, but the advantages deriv
ed from the roads leading to this place, bear
no proportion to the advantages arising
from the Canal, 80 far as the masses are con-
cerned. The receipts from the Railroads,
fall into the hands Of the few, while shs re-
ceipts from the Canal pass into the hands Of
the people. If the "Aqueduct" should be
suffered TO 90 down. the citizens OF George
town and Washington will get possession Of
the coal trade, aud be the recipients of its ben
efts. Why not then turn our attention TO the
Aqueduct instead of clamoring about matter
Of much less Importance, and In which as II
community We have no real concern. The
present condition of the Aqueduct is a nat
ter of the deepest concern to our people. II
being in very dilspidated state. and yet
the application made to the City Council a
few DAYS ago, for q loan Of only "a few hun
bred dollars. met with serious opposition.-
Further applications, it is apprehended. must
soon be made, ana it is hoped that they will
be promptly responded to. as tue most vital
interests Of Alexandria are involved IN it,
A CITIZEN.