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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16
SPARTA ACADEMY LOTTERY,
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DRAWS WEDHESD July 9TH, l-5e,
ON IIfE THREk NGH8Ek ILAN
- N.mb.,. ..... .........l IL U,o.sn HHi'D'-.
.iAkLY ONi FRYE 10 kNtKi TWO IlChkI-.
GRAND PRIZE OF $4,000.
Prile oil 5000 1 PrIzt- VI $1,000
| piIle If IL, 0u0 4 Pie. If 1000
| Pine 81 900 Piizes OIL 2,oo'
a.. dc, &C., &c
2-Sli Prize amounting 10 sjl3,isO.
Whole Tickets. Slo. Halves, 81 Quarter, 2,50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16

nn0 EBLs No. Newfoundland HEkklNGS
LUU loo hhi-. AIEWIIES
On :. pnTnNAC UERRINGS
:" half barrels Fanny rvny tkn
1e' ..---..-.
~ TJEKCTS NOR. of those choice SUGAR
IL Ci RED HAMS. fe't'ei '"'> ''S' '"'''
va" ~ '" + DOTGLASS.
le u 80 To- NV y MAN,
quinn ~ IlEh ~ "'"'"' ~ '"i
-. Nv ' ISAAC PAIL.
ny 49,
,...-;,.,.,. ,.nJord rrp.L.J
.5D '3,i '"i - rlxIsr.l Snyar received
~ "rahu'aie' ana
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16
JARVIS ISLAND GUANO.

JARVIS leland GUAM.
NATE offer for sale u mail cargo Of this Ht ANo,
w lust landed from Schr. West Wind. IL has
been recently imported b.. the American Guano
Company, from their Island in the Pa"lhc, and
j. represented t" be valuable fertilizer. We re-
commend il to the attention Of our farmer.
my3 fo"Lh w.
nOBINSON'S MANIPULATED GtANO.--l
II, have taken the Agency at tins valuable
GUANO, and now have on hand full -uPply, put
up in strong bags.
It's warranted equal to any in the country, ana
will he sold at current rate-.
JAMES G. NEVETT,
mh4 opposite Pioneer Mills
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16

lust RECEIVED
81 40 boxes Oranges and 10 10. Lemons
90 do Raisins, in tine order
hale Buifo Almonds
cask Prnnes and do. Ginger
dozen boxes Sardine-
Filbert., Cream Nuts, Walnnts. aud Pecans
80 small drains Pigs. for Family use
Also, few fine Singing CANARIES. Also,
q fine assortment Of Japan Cages, which | offer
for sale a. low as any Other establishment in this
city. Country Merchants will do well to call upon
me before buying anywhere else.
c. SCHAFER, Confectioner,
my2l No. 8 North Fairfax st., Alex e., Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16

INDIA RUBBER PAINTS. for making leaky
/ roofs tight-a full supply received, and for sale
hy fiy7l n. COON 4 co
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16

IN HHDS ST. CROIX SUGARS
~ - hhl. Yellow DO
~ H. Coffee do
~ Crushed and Grnnuned sugar
10 hhds. Porto RE" Mulasscs
L. Mu>cuvaio de-
) Sugar House Syrup
L. hbls. New Orleans Mola.Se>
~ ha:s Rio Coffee
~ boxes low Grade Tobacco. sound s bright
- superior Tobacco jmst received. and
for sale by j. III. MCNElhH i ION.
iy II Prince street Wharf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16

NJ EGROES WANTED.--I wish 10 purchase
IN any number Of NEGROES. for which will
pay liberal prices. Those wishing to sell, will do
well to call on me before selling, at my old stand,
At West End, Alexandra, Va.
aug ls--dH JOSEPH BRUTN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16

I IQUORS--
IL 10 bids. Y. NX, xxx Whisky.
20 Brandy, Rum aud 'rin.
10 Double kectifed Whisk' y, in store
and for ale pleasing terms by
NH "a T. T. YOUNG.
DAkER'S TOBACCO -kNOA 4 BRO. sole
ID agent. have "n hand AMI will he receiving
during the season. iul supriy OF tins most choice
TOBACCO consisting in part OF The following
lrands-Gold Leaf, joy to the World, and Baker
F;ve. IT, l.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16

FISH. FISH. FISH.
" 4 SHIN 81 ON Il CO..
IIAVE IN STORE and offer for sale, upon
jnU bbl. No. | EASTERN HERRING
o., e ALEWlNES.
y. e. We desire to call particular attention l."
our large .tock Of FISH. ~ We have made ar
rangcmen. which will enable W. 10 offer great in
ducrmcr,, my -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16

HERRING, herring :,
n BBLS. NJ. EASTERN HERRING
w "a ib-. Cider Vinegar
Extra. Family nni Superine Flour
20O sacks Table salt
3O0 lbs. Country Soap. Just received and
for sale by ISAAC PAUL.
jy II corner "f Queen and lni"n IT..
WE ARE NOW RECEIVING cur Summer
w Supply of GROCERIES. consisting III part
Of prime Sugar. Molasse-. Coffee, and Teas. t"
which invite attention. Also, daily Expecting
u -ur-ri"r lot Of Newfoundland HERRING. pack
ed expressly for h. market, which will Ice sold at
market price.
IL 10 Z. ENGLISH i BRO
TINHIS DAY LANDING, from Srhr. Fleetwood
i {" which we invite attention
~ hid : II. SYRUP
81 bags Prime RIO COFFEE
50 b"xe- CASTLE SOAP.
GRAY. MILLER 4 co,
IT, q Corner King Royal l.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-07-16

NdARSHALLS CATARRH SNUFF, for cold
wi in the head, headache, &C., received and for
sale by (iy7I II. COOK CO
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-11
BEAUTIFUL HANDS.

AS young friend was standing with
us noticing the pedestrians on the sidewalk,
very stylish and elegant girl passed US.
"W bat beautiful hands Miss---hasw
exclaimed our friend.
sW hat makes them beautiful :"
"Wby, they are small, white, soft, and
exqusitely shaped. Tie fingers taper
down delicately, and there is a roseate
blush On the finger nails that no artist can
initiate"
as that all that constitutes the real
beauty of the hands? Is not something
more to be included in your catalogue of
beauty, which you have not enumerated,
to make the hand desirable!"
"What more would YOU Eavei"
"Are they charitable hands, Have
they ever fed the poor? Have they ever
carried the necessities of life to the widow
and the orphan! Has their soft touch
ever soothed the irritation Of sickness, and
ca med the agonies of pain! Do tho poor
bless those rosy-tipped fingers as their
wants are supplied by them2'
care they useful hands! Have they
been taught that the word is not play
ground, or theatre of display or mere
lounging place! Do those delicate hands
ever LAHORE Are they ever employed
about the domestic duties of hfe-the
homely, ordinary employments of the
household? Or does the owner leave all
that to her mother. while she nourishes
her delicate hands in idieness r.
s'Are they modest hands, Will they
perform their charities or their duties with
ont vanitya Or do they pander to the
pride oftheir owner BY their delicscy and
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-11
PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY

There stands Mrs. Green, at her cottage
door, waiting for her Bill to como home
from work. 'Wretched, slatternly woman !!
Naw, why cali her names! She is not
your wife, remember. She is not that
perfect model of elegance and proprlety
in personal or household arrangem' nts.
which you have had the good fortune to
secure. Ii she were, you don't suppose
she would have married Bill Green, or
lave added very materially to his comfort
if she Lad SO far condescended. She wo'd
very soon have put poor Bills / lie u.
yo may be sure. In his eyes, poss by
sac IS all that IS desirable as she:is. H
prefers her in a negligee; or. shall we say,
doesn't care much about it, provided the
bacon and greens are hot. Coarse, bu
comfortable. She swore at Bill TINS NOM
NC, 1t is true, juat before he went to work
IA proceeding by no means to be defen-
ded but remember, Mrs. Radamanthus-
oh. no, never swears, certainly not; prob
O. ly doesn't know how-but conveyed to
YOU this same morning, in the most p r
fectly polite and lady-like language, her
distinct impression that you were brute
and will probably, as you know, preserve
digni6ed and injured dcrpeanor all day !;
whereas Bill and his wife will both, BY
this time, have quite forgotten their little
Terence in the busy toll of the humble
existence. " ell, slatternly, ! think you
call her; but the time which the charm
ing mistress of your establishment spends
in adornng her stately person, poor Mol
ly las employed in 'tidying up for sick
neighbor, and sat up half the night be-
sides. It is difficult, certainly, with our
modern notions, to recognize any sacred
uess in TT; bat [ confess. under the cir
cumstances, | regard Mrs. Green's d;sha-
bile with much greater reverence than |
could ever have bestowed upon that I'm
der garment of pious memory to which
St. Somebody Il forget her name, and in
any case should suppress it from motives
ofdelcacy. } after weari' 6 it unchanged for
some fifteen years, bequeathed to the kiss
es of the faithful.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-11
ACALABRIAN TRAGEDY.

A person was pointed out to US as the
wife Of a peasant, who during bis absence
bad received frequent visits from ne gh-
Dor. Her girl cf ten years old was un-
Willingly present at one OF these 4nte:-
views, and said
81 shall tell papa, when he comes back,
how kind that forester is to you, dear ma. !"
The pair exchanged glances.
$50. my darling" she said, "and he;
the large stove ready to bake some bread
ready for papa"
'sI have"
900 again, and make it hotter, that
papa's bread may be brown
'sOh! mamma, i,'Sred hot now" .
"Come down. then, and bel me bake
She seized her daughter by the be is, an
threw her inl After some hours the
peasant husband returned.
81 smell something burning" sad De.
"'Tis but the meat preparing for your
supper" -,
@Meat, fesh-it appears to me like hu
man fIesh-where is Nina :"
A shot through his b, ad WIS b reply.
His wife had seized his gun an fired;
then donping his clot o she o the
brigand h.ni with the or r. This
DIV centred asst July Too Unpro
tectsd Females an 81 iiy, dc.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-11
The s'To,n Boy.o

Some persons still seem to entertain
the notion that young girls need no train
ing except that of the mental faculties;
that cir forms are of less consequence
than their dresses; and that q develop
ment Of physical strength would impair
their delicacy, aud tend to make them
masculine. By restricting their physical
education and limiting their sphere of ac-
tivity, they are condemned for life to en-
feebled health, and an aimless idle exist
ence. Let such parents ponder the truth
embodied in the following remarks, which
we take from the Home youymal:-
The TON Boy is an eager, earnest,
irspulsive, brigLt-eyel. glad hearted spec
i.nen of tie geaus tenssnte. If her laugh
is : little too frequent, and her tone a ilt
tie too emphatic, are wiling to over
look these for he sake Of The true life and
exultant vitality to which they are 'es-
cape Valves; and indeed we rather Ike
the high pressure nature which must close
off its snperfiuous steam in such ebul-
tons. The gane.ng eye. the glowing
cheek, the fresh, balr1y breath, the 1.-THE
AID graceful play OF the limbs, tell tale
Of healthy and vigorous physical devel-
~.,,,o,+ oh 70 Last kno,fxv
The soul and the mind will be developed
also in good time, and We shall have be-
fore us woman, in the highest sense of
the term.
"When the Tom Boy has sprung up
to h althful and vigorous womanhood
she will be ready to take hold Of the duties
of life, to become worker in the great
system of humanity. She will not sit
down to sigh over the swork given her
to do to shipper nonsense, anguish IN
eanui or fall sick at heart; but she will
ever be able to take up her burden Of
duty. In her mind there VIII be sound
plGlos' ply, in her thoughts boldness and
originality, in her heart heavens own pu-
rity, and the world viii be better that
she ivod in it. To her aIiotte task she
will bring health, vigor, energy and spir-
it, and these will give her bath the pow
err and endurance, without which life
must be, in some respects, failure"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-11
The JOY of Religions Decision.

We are so constituted that decision
reference to any subject is an agreeable
state of mind. On the contrary INDIGESTION
is attended with pain. How frequently
is the remark made indicative of trouble:
| know not what to do, know not what
to choose! The mind il such state,
dr wn in opposite directions, is in state
of distressing perplexity. Neutral ground
is not solid ground, nor is it comfortable
to stand on. Like q serhonian bog, it
tr,mtIes beneath the tread. The heart
must he fixed somewhere. Neither for
God nor against him there is the disquiet
of "a bird that has wandered from its
nest"
But he who has chosen God for his
sovereign and portion, determined upon
what is right, and unanch'ngly pursucs
it, has a temper Of mind calm and peace
full. There is no tluctuation Of judgment,
no conflicting feelings. His soul is at rest.
The wicked know what to expect of such
one and after trial of his integrity let
him alone. They know that he will not
violate his conscience. nor tamper with
sin. and that they might as we'll attempt
to heave the eternal bi''s from their foun-
dalton as to drive him from his stead:ast-
ness. Jehovah loves him and manifests
himself graciously unto him. Faithful to
bis Maker, bis Maker is faithful to him.
Honoring God and Gods word, holding
affectionate intercourse with God, cherish
ing An inyariable interest in the prosperity
Of his kingdom, governed not by maxims
of worldly prudence, or consideration Of
what is drawn from the earth, Jehovah
knows him. He sheds abroad in his
heart peace passing all understanding,
aud gives to his Christian character q
growing brightness. While he that wa
vereth is like wave of the sea, driven by
the wind and tossed" and while tho
wicked are like troubled sea when it
cam OF res, whose waters cast up mire
and dirt, the work of righteousness is
peace, and the effect Of righteousness quiz
etness ard assurance forever" s
This settled state of mind brings with
it rich delight. Moored to the throne Of
the Almighty. we catch there heavenly
hears and breezes and sweep the strines
Of our harp. s.andi G on this empyral
aminence of devotion, far up towards
HEAVIER, j. BIT from that world Of melody
| and j.y comes free into our souls and the
| torms of earth break harmless at our feet.
1t IS told of Isabella of CASTLE, that
though she was sometime agitating the
question whether to patronize Columbus
n not, in his contemplated voyage of dis
.nvery. yet that when she had once trust
ed to his reasonings, and had decided to
10 so, glow of delight pervaded her SOU
and entering a cathedral, she engaged in
holy praise to God, and called upon her
| subjects to unite in her thanksgiving.
This JOY was the joy of decision.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-11
THE FLOWERS.

".It is my faith that every flower en-
ioys the air it breathes;' and in the annual
miracle of flowers, | see set forth in most
vivid allegory a dream of hope to man.
1t pIeases me to walk in God Almighty's
garden. and to yield myself to the sweet
irresistible mournfulness with which they
bind themselves to the living, dying heart,
that can claim at least the brotherhood Of
origin with these lovely children OF the
dust. | like to puzzle out their legeuds
to read their voiceless symbols, to talk
with the flowers that are sown by the
wings of the angels, watered by the show
ers, fed 10y the sanbeans, and Graded by
the lulling night. Never, to the most at
tentive AMI beseeching eye, do they PIE
sent or reproduce a reteration of them
selves, or of one another, however perfect
the old model, however falltless the de-
sired grouping. Flora's light-pictures are
never repeated: her kaleidoscope is always
turning. To lay aside thartechnical Ian
guage of flowers which has only been
brought to climax in the fragrant east,
is not the whole earth, under their coun-
tenance, still 'of one language and one
speech To the child, they are elves of
'life's fairy time;' he looks for fays under
the lady fern, sees their rubies in the gol-
den cowsIip cups, holds sacred the straw
berry flower, listens for the peal of the
swinging hare-beIls; he gathers them,
brushes them as play shings in bis rude
hands, loves them, wearies Of them, and
throws them away. Flowers are the uni
versal noralists; NO. one but has IFS lesson,
its sermon, or its song. Roses and ''lies.
ia wise hands and at sacred feet, have
70, med the text fer hottest themes, for
deepest parable, and teuderest morality.
They are the eynblems alike of feastng
and mourning. Of speech and silence, Of
sorrow anl hope, Of grief and lo'e. They
have mingled largely in pious superstltlons
of all nations; and, indeed, without fig
ure, they might be called the elivinities OF
natural religion. Sacrifices ere dressed
in flowers, temples adorned with them,
the dead fondly strewed with their sym
pathetic blossoms; the gods Of springs and
running waters were p,opitiated with
their fragrant incense. With death, a
universal instinct appears to associate
them. The ancient Jews were buried IN
gardens. Poor Shelly passionately de
sired to lie among the flowers rs pas
sionately as the milkmaid who wished to
die in spring. that she might have store
of them stuck en- her winding sheet. Sir
William Temple, . florist Of a very differ
eat order, though his bones were laid
elsewhere, had bis heart buried among
bis Dutch flowers. The symbolism which
the beautiful rose an emblem of silence,
consecrated it in peculiar manner to the
sad hush of death and thus, while in one
chamber, it was twined with myrtle at a
festive entertainment, in the next it might
be shedding its dying sweetness on the
witbered lips of o corpse"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-11

beautya Does she think more of their
display than of the improvement of her
intellect and character9 Had she rather
be called a girl with the beautiful hands,
than to receive any other praise for excel
lency of conduct or character
"Are they humble handsa Will their
owner extend them to grasp the bar hand
Of that old schoolfellow, who sat at the
same desk with her, and on the same reci-
tation bench, but who now must earn her
living by her labor! Or will they remain
concealed, in their exclusiveness, in her
aristocratic muff, as she sweeps by her
former companion?"
care they religious hondss Are they
ever clasped in prayer or elevated in praise I
Does she remember the God who has
made her to differ from so many of her
sex. and devote her mind, her heart, her
hands, to His service? Does she try to
initiate her Savior by going about doing
good? Or are her hands too delicate, too
beautiful to LIE employed in such good
works 2"
"These are the qualities that make the
hand beautiful Que, in nv estimatic".
There is an amaranthIne loneliness in such
hands.-snperor to the tapering slenderness
Of the fingers or the roseate hue of the
nails"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-11

Lake Pspin, on the Upper Mississippi,
has an average width Of one mile and
ons-half, and is deep enaugh to hoat tbs
largest vessels. Soundings show very
uniform depth, varying from twenty-five
to twenty-six feet. Three rods from the
shore, the water is twenty-five feet deep
and for distance Of one huHdYed and
tn Y.y rods, measuring across the lake
the depth does not vary one inch from
Tint, two feet. 1t is one Of the most
beautiful sheets of water in the sou1tTy,
and abounds in the most delicious dsE
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-11
SABBATH MORNING.

A fair correspondent of the Green Bay
Advocate, who pens some exquisite fan
cies and sentiments, d.awing even more
POLITICALLY and dclicately than Taylor, of
the Chicago Journal, and whose sobri-
auet is the pecu i.r one Of Tonga Com
ing, throws her imagination upon the
subject of 3 Sabbath morning, and writes
down some pleasant thoughts concering
it, from which we take few paragraphs !:
A sunny Sabbath morning is better
than the beginning Of a feast. The bells
are sweeter thar those that ring for vii
lage wedding. To day tho iron gate of
the world swil 6, back, and We leave the
hustle and noiso-the wrinkled, care-worn
f,ces-and wander away in the fields of
fancy. We will forget our griefs. We
will put on tho rob.s Of ease. We VII
saunter through the castle of indolence,
and live long, happy day in lettering
about its towers, and gazing from its tur-
rets towards the blue tattlements Of
Haven. We saw the morning star grow
Dim. and grayish clouds turn to FURNISHED
gold above the eastern hills; and We will
see the last RAYS Of sunlight SILVER and
dart in the pine tree tops of the boundless
western forest. Again we will look at
the evening star, and sigh that another
day IS gone. SIS
But it is yet Sabbath morning. and
the light is sweet to tho eyes" aud the
air is g most delicious Little arrows of
ecstacy shoot through tho "currents of
our blood" Delightful thoughts rain on
us like April showers. Everything IN
nature seems to have a tongue or voice.
AS we are, in such moments, nearer to
the Creator, so are His creatures nearer
to US. We kiss the flowers. apd Of the
breeze which fans our checks VIC saw,
"Ah. happy western winds that blow that way
For you shall kiss m. loves fair face to-day
It is good to be alone at such times
TO feel the heart throbbing with love for
The beautiful and good. This is the time
for soul-growth-the time to pluck away
the bitter roots of hatred and jealousy,
and row the s.eds of charity and love.
This is the time to wash dimness from
our vision. and to tear away the barriers
that cold world builds about heavens
ch-ldren. Surely .sGod blessed the sey-
en-h day and ha lowed it /"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-11
people do not learn till they learn it to

people do not learn till they learn it to
their sorrow.
FourthIy, you give practical point to
your moral instructions, instead of spend
ing your breath for nothing in good adj
vice. Moral instruction is well, but
sanding alone it is worthless; and to
apply it to boys boiling over with animal
life, and with nothing to do, is like read
ing the ten commandments to tornado.
Filthy you settle practically the ques
ton about corporal punishment; for gen.
e,ally speaking, only de boys viii need
it,
Lastly, and summing up, and putting
it as maxim of education, as fast as
the faculties deuelop,g give them something
tn do