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OsrssYesfsaes u IN Stse. = - = u |. =
- - sass ALExAHDaiA, Va, Oct. II, i6se.
Yesterday Al nature seemed smiling &c meath
The genial rays Of q summers sum- and ssa con-
sequence our churches were HIled to ovesaowins
! AT 81 Psul's { Epissopal) Church, he regular
pastoe, Rev. Geo n. Morton, delivesed an able
and Impressive discourse in the morning from the
text, Happy 10 the man that hath The God Of
Israel for his help" The new vestry-r0om and
Sunday school house attached 30 tlte church ID
making rapid progress, and will soon be under
roof II Is Of the Gothic style Of architecture, and
when completed will be an attractive osnament
to the locality sssa8a ss.ffSs % 49,.
4, We would suggest 10 our lady readers who 20
to Washington To- make their papchasee that II
they want ANYTHING In the dry-goods line they
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ison, on Louisiana avenue, where they viii hnd
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J. Several perseas fsom the northern and middle
states are now examining the cossntry In thil
locality, with view 70 purchase. A gentleman
nom Mercer county, Pennsylvania, wishes 10 pur.
chase 2,0o0 acres for colony Of einigrants. The
climats Of tine North IN 100 severe for the profitable
pffsmt Of agriculture. ksa tBf i-ass - ..-s.s-
DR.; Bealeb Panopticon Of the war In India
opens tonight at Liberty Hall. Go and zee t.
s Bnstne among our wholesale meschants u re.
maskAbly active. ~fl.ea - SOL CARLos. !
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