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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-04

BRIEF PARAGRAPHS =" Iuult1ez1 IN R','oo.
The cores pondents Of the Northern papers,
from Norfolk, complain Of Gen. Niele, The
military governor Of that place, charging him
with leniency towards the secesslonlsts.
g9ln is exhibiting at the Park, in New York;
which discharges a hundred balls in s. minute ;
some Of these guns are said to be III the army
before Richmond. DR. Clarke, Of Texas: pub
lished IS an impostor, says that he will prove
he is 90 impostor; he is the man who gives an
account OF the death Of Gov. Houston. The
Washin gton Republican says that Mr.. Garlic $
late sneeeh at the Ind Democratic Convention
the concluding part of it, lis distincty treasona-
ble "-Col Norton, lately mixed up With the
CHARGES against Gen. Mitchell, is in Toledo, and
saws he did no. leave Washington to avoid al
rest.-The provost guard Of Washington are
breaking up many illegal liquor shops III that
city. and destroying the liquor 10 them. -Sev-
eral Young thieves, from Is 10 Il years OF age,
have lately been arrested In ashlngton
Some Maine officers from the Peninsula have
lately been in Washington complaining to the
President, Of Gen. Mcclellan, for protecting
Confederate property Mr.. Fay, late u. 5.
minister 70 Switzerland, has returned, and IS
urgiue that the war should be made one tor
emancipation, contendlng that such course
'.would enlist European sympathy, and pre-
serve at least friendly neutrality. "-~Accounts
IN the Northern and Western papers represent
shat great excitement exists in Kentucky, con-
seuuent upon the recent proceedings IN Con-
gress, and anticipated movements OF those IN
favor Of secession.-A war meeting IS to be
i,eld on Wednesday evening, August It'll, IN
Washington, at the east front Of the Cap; .-
Gen. Patterson, in consequence Of recent
sneech Of his, is denounced in the Albany oul-
nal, and the Washington Republican says that
Shjs want Of loyalty was the main cause OF the
reverse at Bull Run "--Another large haul OF
stolen government goods was made IN Wash
;noton last week.-A woman dressed in men s
clothes. WAS arrested In one OF the popular
,,1acos of amusement 10 Washington, last Sat
urt}av.-The Washington Republican says that
the Republican party have never yet adopted
Presid ut Lincoln's policy OF emancipation
with conversation, if the war is contnued.--
|4nn Shields is in Washington, aud appears IN
Tn;fnrm.-Col. Fitzhugh Lee, in the Contede-
rate service, has been promoted to be brlga~
der General Of Cavalry.
yl,Ikc e IN J.,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-04
THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.

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what abated. A Confederate officer at City
Point, the other day. stated that the Virginia
farmers never work Northern horse the trst
summer; they invariably die if they do?
The number Of slaves emanclpated IN the
District Of Columbia, under the law abollshlng
slavery, ftots up three thousand one hundred
The Baron de Vidil, who was charged with
the attempted murder Of bis SON near LONDON
and subsequently, being convicted OF common
assault only, WIS seutnnced to twelve months
! hard labor, has been been liberated, the PERIOD
Of his imprisonment having expired.
The Rockville NIL Sentinel says that Mr..
Fl. Trundle formerly Of Montgomery county,
but now g. citizen Of Ioudoun county, w.,
learning that number Of his slaves, who had
absconded had been arrested and com united
to the Jail in Washington city, went down Tor
the purpose of reclaiming them; but, after
reaching Washington, he ascertalned that they
were released from their confinement by mill
tarv authorities, and are now on their way to
the North.
VIM. 3. Astors income is authortatively
stated to be Sc, 900 per day.
It IS stated that counterfeit twenty-tour cent
20 stage stamps are in circulation in Portland,
Maine
Several persons were arrested in Baltimore,
on Saturday, charged with using reasonable
language.
We learn from Annapolis that Governor
Bradford Of Maryland, has received an order
from the Preside Of the &. S. directing an
enrolment Of the militia Of the Stat of Mary
Ian |, in preparation for draft.
/ The Granada Appeal, of the 2Sth ult., con-
tans Mobile dispatches announcing that The
steamer Cuba ran the blockade of that port on
the 25th, bringing cargo Of arms ammuni~
| ton, medicines, and blankets.
The R. c. Archbishop of Baltimore, Rev
Francis Patrick Ktnrick, has published trans
lation of the New Testament, from the gate
diligently compared with the Greek text, with
notes critical aud explanatory. The Metropoli-
tan Record, in noticing the work, affrms that
the Douay version is not .opprored by. the
Holv See,' aud that there IS no prohibition
against new TRANSACTIONS Of the scriptures pro-
ylded they are accompanied with notes col
lected from proper Sources and approved by
the bishop Of the diocese. .
4 great meeting Of the sovereigns is to take
place this summer at Berlin. The EA~pe
NAPOLEON will take prominent part in the
proposed council OF nations
| During the season just over rs, 500, 900
pounds of tea have been exported from China
to this country, against 6,750,OJ0 pounds the
previous season. No immediate apprehensons
are entertained Of the rebels Of China interfer-
! inc with the tea trade
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The New Orleans True Delta OF the

The New Orleans True Delta Of the 25th
ult. says:-''Y esterday negro woman claimed
the protection Of the court, ON the ground that
her mistress, Mrs Nicholas, had said to her
several times to go to the Yankees This
attended the lady lob COLOR and she appealed
to Judge Bell for protection. he had her
sworn by raising up her right hand, that what
she said WIS true. Thereupon he ordered the
clerk to make out her emanci patton papers III
accordance with Gen. Butler $ order.
The Philadelphia North American IS conf
dent that three regiments will be completed ii
shat city very soon, to be put in readiness tor
the service Of The Government
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-04

COUNTY CoURT.-The County Court mot
this morning, Lewis Mckenzie, W. L. Penn
! and John Moore on the bench.
AL the Justices were ordered to aDnear >,
the September Court, for the purpose Of an
pointing Road Commissioners.
James Quagan was ordered to be released
from the County Jail
Several civil cases were disposed off and It
was announced that the Court would adjourn
to-day.
IHE ORPHAN AsYLUM.-Our citizens, who
are all friends Of that old and excellent charity.
the Orphan Asylum, are Informed that the
funds for the supply Of food and clothing for
the Orphans, already low, are nov further d.
unfinished daily, owing to the loss OF valuable
cow which has heretofore supplied milk to the
inmates of the institution, and which recently
died. Donations to aid in purchasing another
cow, or contributions to the Asylum, can be
left with Rev. Dr. Harrison, who will hand
them over to the Ladies having the matter in
charge.
LocAL.-W. Arthur Taylor, DR.. }. 3.
johnson, and Benoni Wheat were arrested in
this place yesterday, and sent to Washington.
4. Fl. Fuchsel, formerl of this place, was
among the persons arrested on Saturday: on
board the steamer Mary Washington, stopped
at Fort McHenry. There was fine rain on
yesterday afternoon, but the weather has since
been hot and close; the thermometer IN the
shade, this morning, stood at one time at S.
\ number of the citizens of Fairfax county,
were Yesterday arrested, and taken to Spring
field Station, where they were released, and re"
turned to their homes that night.
Charcoal dust proves to be even greater
disinfectant and preventative than had been
supposed. Rev. Dr. Osgood has exhibited TO
the editors of the Springfield MASS. J Repub-
lican outlet taken from ham which had been
kept eight years completely inbedded IN that
preparation, and which seemed as sweet as hit
had been cured only single season.
The last number Of the Fredericksburg Ban"
ner saws that Stonewall Jackson was IN town
few days ago, and crossed over the river ano
took survey Of matters and things generally
in the Federal camps, and expected TO attack
the town.
An officer writing from Harrison's Landing
to a gentleman in Washington, says:-'AI Is
quiet on the James River One corps a1ter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-04

took survey Of matters and things generaNy
in the Federal camps, and expected TO attack
the town.
An officer writing from Harrisons Landing
to a gentleman in Washington, says All
quiet on the James River. One corps al'e1
another is being reviewed by Gen. NlcClelaD
and the troops make fine appearance AD'
soldiers are in good spirits.
The Detroit Free Press says MUCH Ia
quiry has been made as to when Senator op'D
der proposes to commence the organization :, u
the regiment which he is to take to the ne'o,
We can give no information on the suoe''
BY recent order Of the War Department
the division of Gen Fitz John Porter mas 0''D
increased, and is now the Fifth Army Vo'pr,
and Gen. Franklin's command Is to he Al!e',
as the Sixth Army Corps OF the Army - -.
Potomac. Gen. Mcclellan now coi''nAD
seven corps d. a,naee, including those o. o.a
ais Burnside and Dix at Old Point Conl1oi':
The author of that well known song leg''''o
She all my fancy painted her, ui'o
Iy in an kngilsh Loor-house, ageo - '0N'
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-07-17
Caution to the PhbIIe.

Every intelligent and thinking person must know
that remedies handed out for general nse should
hav their efficacy ablished by we'll tested expe-
rience in the hands Of a regularly educated phySi-
clan. whose preparatory study fits him for all the
duties he must fulfill yet the country Is flooded with
poor nostrums and cure-alls purnOrting TO be the
hest in the world which are not only useless, but
always injurious The unfortunate should be PAR
r1crrIAE In selecting his physician, aS II is lament
able vet incontrovertihe fact that many syphilitic
natients ire made miserable with ruined constitutions
by al.treatment from inexperienced physicians in
general practice for it is point generally conceded
by the best syphilographers that the study and man
agement Ofthese complaints should engross the whole
time Of those who would be competent and successful
in their treatment and cure The inexperienced gem
eral practitioner, having neither opportunity nor
time TO make himself sufficiently acquainted with
their pathology, comony pursues one system OF treat
ment in most cases making an indiscriminate use of
that antiquated and dangerous weapon, mercury.
More caution however. should be used by theSyph.
ilitc patient in consulting nominal physicians of
the advertising class nine.tenths of them are i'm
posters who assume German, French, or other
Names and are without any claims to medical knCwl-
edge These knavish rascas infest all large cities,
and by means of their lying advertisements and pos
ters they induce the unwary to enter their Peter
Funk constitutions" t" and numerically fleece them
and poison them with mercury Persons living at a
distance in the country are more apt to be duped by
the living notices of quacks than citizens.
In view of the above facts, DR.. j. G. YOUNG
would say that he is the only regularly educated
physician in California now advertising. who de-
votes his whole time to the treatment of venereal
diseases Office 75l Clay street. opposite the Plaza.
Hours from A. M. to 5 JPN
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-07-17
HAVE CONFIDENCE.

DR.. YOUNG will guarantee perfect and perna-
nent cure in the following or he charges moth
ing for his services: Syphilis, GonoeThoea, Structure
of the Urethra Affection of the Prostrate Gland,
Weakness of the Genital Organs, Impotency, Sterili-
tv both in the male and female SPermatoria, or
Seminal Weakness, Noctural Emissions, Rheuma
tsm Dyspepsia, indigestion, Fever and Ague lncip-
lent Consumption and all Irregularities in Females
together with all diseases Of Women and Children
also. Nervousness, Palpitaton of the Heart, etc.
Persons afflicted with symptoms after being treat
ed should consult DR.. Young at once, as no disease
is cured unless the patient feels perfectly we'll. II
there is particle of disease left in the system it will
break out some future time when least expected OF
be handed down to an innocent offspring. Persons
who have been treated with mercury should be very
cautious in believing that they are WELL tor it is a
scientific fact That he mercury will mingle with the
venereal and form disease great deal worse than
the original. All those who have reason to think,
by bad feelings that they have been treated thus,
should consult Dr. Young, and he will examine their
cases and tell them at once how they stand
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-07-17
Legal Notices.
lOrdimamcc No. 65.l
AN DINANCE LEvYING A

An OR DINANCE LEVYING AND
IA providing for the collection of the city property
tax.
The Trustees Of dc City Of Nerddd do 0raloia as taro,
SEcTIoS There SHAH I've and IN hereby Levied
upon all assessed and taxable property within flo
corporate limits Of the city Of Nevada, for the fiscal
year ehding May 1st, 1898, and each subsequsn wear
until this ordinance NJ repealed, taX Of fifty cent
for general city purposes aud Of twenty cents for m
purposes uiroh each one hundred dollars Of assessed
value.
SEC q It shall be and is hereby made the duty
the CITY Marshal or his deputy to collect said tsx4
Said collector shall Immediately after the c0mpletioe
of the assessment each year give notice by pubics
ton in some newspaper published In this city. that
the ctv taxes are due and payable and the time ana
place at which he will receive the same also. that
the law u regard to their collection will be sriei
enforced.
SEC. 3. Upon the second Monday in Noyemle,
1862, and each year thereafter at the close 0f The
business hours of that day the tax collector shall e
ter upon the tax list or assessment roll Il Siatcme,
that he has made Il levy upo all tie property as
sessed in said ron, and HpOn which the taxes nave
not been paid On or tefore the third Mnniay In Xn
vember each year the tax collector shall eomplee
list of all persons and property then owing taxes an9
the tax collector in addition To The tax leyied shall
collect upon each dclii 9uent the sum Of one 5ols
as costs incurred in preparing Npd publishing Use
lnuuent list.
SIC 4. On or before the Grst day Of necemter
1862 and each succeeding fear thetaX collector shall
cause the delinquent tax list 10 be- published, giving
the name of the owner Of ail real estate. AMI all i'm
proyernents on the same. together with such con
densed description Oi the property that II may BE-
easily known and also similar condensed descrip
ton of any real estate Improvements assessed io
unknown owners, and also opposite each name o.
description the amount of taxes including costs due
from each delinquent person or property, such lit
with the levy thereon as heretofore provided, shall
be published for three succeeding weeks some
newspaper or supplement to a newspaper published
in the city of Nevada Such publication shall also
designate the time and place Of the sale, which shall
not be less than twenty-one days or more than twen
tyeight days from the first appearance Of the pubF
cation. All real estate shah be sold in front the
court house door, and all sales shall be made by the
Marshal or his deputies.
SEC 5. The provisions Of an Act entitled "An
Act to provide Revenue for the support of The Gov
ernment of this State approved April 29th, 1867
from section Is to section 2S inclusive Of said Act
shall control direct and regulate The sale, issuance
of certificate record and all further proceedings Of
the tax collector under the foregoing ordinance.
Passed July 1st, 1862. Nv. YOUNG,
JNo. PATTIsoN. Clerk. President.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-07-17
Force of Example.

{" There is no action of man in this LIE
which is not the beginning OF so long
chain of consequences as that no human
providence is high enough to give us
prospect to tue end. THOMAS OF NAL
MEsBURY
Example is one Of the most potent of in-
structors, though it teaches without
tongue. 1t lie the practical school OF man.
kind, working by action, which is always
more forcible than words. Precept may
point to us the way but it is silent. conlin-
uous example, conveyed to us by habits,
and living with us, in fact, that carries us
along. Good advice has its weight; but
without the accompaniment OF good eX-
amDle il ia of comparatively small inhu-
ence: aud il will be found that the common
saving of do as say, not as L DO" IS
usually reversed 10. the actual experience oil
life.
All persons are more or less apt to learn
through the eye, rather than the ear; and
whatever is seen in fact makes far deeper
impressions than anything that is read or
heard. This is especially the case 10 early
youth. when the eye is the chief inlet OF
knowledge. Whatever children zee they
uncOusciously initiate; and they lnsensloly
become like to those who are about them
like insects that take the color of the leaves
they feed upon. Hence the vast impor-
tance of domestic training. For, whatever
may be the efficiency of our schools, the ex'
amples set in our homes must always be OF
vastly greater Influence in forming the
characters of our future men and women.
The home is the crystal of sOciety-the We
~ nucleus of national character; and from
that source, be it pure or tainted, issue the
habits, principles and maxims, which gov
ern public as well as private life. The ma
ton comes from the nursery; public opin.
ion is for the most part the Outgrowth OF
the home; and the best philanthropy comes
from the lreside. ITO love the little pla'
,oon we belong to in society" says Burke,
lis the germ of all public affections"
There is something solemn and awful 10
he thought there is not an act nor thought
the life of human being but carries
ith it a train of consequences, the end OF
,hich we may never trace. The good
Iced or thought will live, even though we
lay not see it fructify, but 70 will the bad.
here is, indeed, an essence of Immortality
the life of man, even in this world. No
ldividual in the universe stands alone; be
"a component part OF q system of mutual
dependencies; and by his several acts be
,ither increases or diminishes the sum OF
.uman good now and forever. How strong,
hen, oh, how strong, is the force Of ex-
nple!
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-07-17
Jusr wuAr WE TulxK.-The Galeua (Ill.)

JUsr WHAT WE THNK.-The Galena Ill)
Courier writes:
When every farmer in The North is to be
taxed ten cents for each calf he kills. ten
cents for every sheep he butchers, and fifty
cents for every bullock he fattens for the
market, in order TO buy niggers at the
South and to set them free, 1t is time
the people were awake to The condition of
ihings.
we must be taxed in order to offer
eight hundred thousand dollars here aud
there for the liberation of a few negro
slaves. we hold that it is better to pay the
war tax first, and if we have enough left
we can then talk of buying niggers, and for
the Government to go into the slave trade.
If money is so plenty Ot Washington that 1t
is offered by the million to buy slaves with,
then let the people be exempted from taxa
tiOn for war purdoses.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-07-17
STRANGE MErAMoRPHosIs.-A genuine

STRANGE METAMoRPHosIs.-A genuine
.ase of living creature becoming cOnver-
led into vegetable is thus described:
1t occurs in caterpillar that lives in
Kew Zealand and Australia. There are
;everal specimens at the College Of Sur
cons. We see u caterpillar as If it was
carved out of wood; and from it is growing
long stem. The history Of it is as fol-
lows: The caterpillar eats fungus, or the
lporues OF a fungus, and these immediately
begin to grow ia its inside. The beast feels
uncomfortable, and, possibly thinking il is
going to turn Into a chrysalis, bures itself
in the grouud. and there dies. The fungus
goes on growing aud absorbing the entire
contents of the skin. taking the exact form
of the creature. Having done this 1t
throws out u shoot, and this always at a
certain fixed spot, namely, at the joint at
the back of the head. My friend Mr Que
kett, has kindly shown me many specimens
and has explained them to me. The cater
pillar is found also in China, where it is
used as food.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-07-17
TAKE coURAGE-NEvER DESPAIR.

NELSON CREEK, Sept. 80, 1861.
DR., C. YoUNG,-You will remember what
poor wretched creature / was when last saw you,
and the result has astonished me well as my
friends Your invaluable prescription and excellent
advice have completely overcome ailments such as,
1t seems to me- never afflicted mortal before. new
er wrote letter with greater satisfaction than pen
this | shall remember you with gratitude as long
az live That you may live long to alleviate the
sufTerings of others you have mine is my earnest
prayer Please accept my heartfelt thanks that you
have brought this almost hopeless case to so happy
a termination Yours, truly,
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-07-17
THE IRON SHIP.
nj cnAs. xAcKAT.


She was not born mid rain or dew'
Nor 10 the sunshine ever grow
No lordly monarch Of the vooa
iell in his glory where he stooa -,
That she might flourish fair and ireel
Night flourish fair and free
tI1ut dpwn thousand iathoms. down
Where stretch the roots OF mountains oro"n'
We drew the iron for her frame,
tn sail. the mistress Of the sea!
The mistress Of the sea.
The hammer fell, the anvil rung,
AZ she to shape and beauty spruDgj
In mimic lightnings she was nursed
And Graded in their thunder burst;
And now we launch her fair and freei
We launch her fair and free.
To brave alike the tempest stroke,
And fire, that slays the heart OF oak,
Tie iron conquerOr of the main:
Nav danger track her pathin vain
The queen and glory OF the seal
The glory of the sea.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-07-17

~ fornia County of Nevada, Township of Bloom
field ss BY virtue of an execution to me delivered
issued from the court Of d. P Walter Esq. acting
Justice OF the Peace in and for the County aforesaid
bearing date the first day of July y. 1862, TO sat
isfy judgment rendered by said Walter on the 2Sth
day of June A. D. 1862, in favor of II. H. SchaIer 4
CO. and against A. Jacobs for the of seyentyOne
dollars debt interest, damage and cost of suit and
cruing cost, have taken in execution and will sell
TO the highest bidder, for cash all the right, title
and interest of A. Jacobs. the within named defend
ant TO the following described property, which
heretofore attached in and to mining claim, said
claim is located near the town of North Bloomfield
County of Nevada. Township of Bloomfield, State Of
California, bounded follows on the west By
Stokes & Co. Flat Claims, the north by Hogelbone
Il Co., on the south by Cruising Co.'S claims and
running back to the center of Republican Hill. Sale
to take place on said claims. on THURSDAY, JULY
3lsT, A. D. 1862, between the hours Of 10 O'Clock A.
NJ. and o'clock P. NJ. taken as the property OF A.
Jacobs to satisfy the above demands and legal inte
rest from date Of judgment. Given under my hand
this Sd day of July, AID. 1862. JOHN NJ BUSH,
July 5, 1862. Constable of Bloomfield Up.