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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-12-19

CHEAPEST AND BEST COAL OIL :
\ The CIll, By The barrel, At retail, Pr.
ces as !o1c, az !o,rsr h,a1. tie !ouest-quality
lntuuaicd-'or sale IT COCA rs.
No. Is RoyuI street,
where can BE had Lamps, Chimnies, w 5,
and everything connected with the trade, IN
every variety Of style, together with general
assortment Of Gas and Steam Fixtures, Chan
dplers, Pendants, Brackets, Drop Lights, Glass
Globes Paper Shades, &c, otall The new styles.
and beautiful patterns, at prices I" please.
Gas Fitting Alterations and Extensions
PROMPTLY uttrnted to all work warranted.
Patent Thief Detecting 1loney Drawer Io1
2o}p nov l4--lln
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-12-19
imp 0RTANT AMMO UNcE u E
\ q T I c +

TO THE LADIES OF ALEXANDRIA, VA.
T1kOM this day till after New Years day, !
l. promise to sell my whole stock Of Dk1
GOODS at the most astonishing cheap prices.
The very best quality 81 Calico, at ~ cts. per
yard.
Fine Bleachcd Muslin yard wide at 70 CTS. per
ward; Double Shavls, The latest style out, from
s. OUO up: all wool Marinoes from 35 cts. to %
Gus, per ward; Black Cloth Clouks at all prices.
l}Iankets, the very best quality AMI ali wool,
at So % pair; Hoop Skirts with AZ springs al
81 - nair: Hoods Corsetts and hundreds OF
other articles 1T the same rates.
II YOU want 10 save % cts on every dollar,
como to buy your goods at the cheap place OF
5. ROSE VALID,
49, King street,
dec 10--tf 2doors above washington"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-12-19
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS?
Cyorcr d, Buher' Seeing Nachines.

WYE have on hand two ofthe above MACHINES
w Just received from the factory Having
been he agents for the sale Of these celebrated
machines Tor several years We can recommend
them with pleasure,
Thev Hem Fell, Gather and Stitch IN the
most Superior manner. Parties interested can
see the machine and specimens of their work
1v sailing on LEADBE ATEk & co,
IL mo Aft No. I, South talrfa1 street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-12-19

w., - ,nr-,~c tl;S n,orn;oo was we'll arte2d
y The prices Of fresh meats was about the
<aole. as our last quotations. Poultry ! dear.
Turkeys lEou1 - - - ~ I>' t,o,,, - -
'T5$9e l'o',l 5,;.,,.,ns IL Rntfer from 81
:, "a - cfs oer bound. Eggs 40 q 50 cts par
dnz.a Vegetables as last quoted, HE gen.
orai prices are h'Sis-~too hl9a 1of comfort
10 III ''''19@>7'l,'-' -,-----..u------
+ ). D,srnIcr CouRr.- In consequence Of
.1o absence Of TIL. e. s. District Attorney the
gonr was not in session to-day.
-, A1ro,r T.n,;4con was summoned 70
=, w. ,: -A" ,,o,tor1a -. ,n;staLo III, .nn,-
49,, r,,', ,,.s ;n4.n3ad f,r anot her narSon,
''''''@ >>,-~
TIE New York Y orld say that me hea'In
Of Gen Grant is precari,'us ana tina: bis tr]enci:
are apprehen<ive Of bis lite, 1t IS SAID that be
il still suffering troen.. the effects Of his tall at
New Orleans.
1.r,>,,
ne NaIonal Ah11A1S01~0 S"4'
number Of soldiers obtained by the draft already
had under the act about %, OO0 men, 1ne
exact sum paid under the Communication clause
was Sl0,5lS,0 600, representing 33,o6O soldiers.
Thus il ~ pears that out OF q draft calling TOR
800 900 men, only S., 060rocrults were obtained
in men and III money representing men to be
procured by the Government
4 Gi5patch from Atlanta Georgia, IN the
Richmond ,,noxS of the 10Th state that Cen
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-12-19
T E 4 s! T E A St!

INST received from New York and Phila-
= delphia (direct from importers q large and
we'll selected ass ortmcnt Of Gun Powder, Dung
Hyson and Black Teas, some Of very superior
ol1.,l,tv T. q. 5 WAlNE,
dec &c 10. rs Royal ST. eet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-12-19

TO GROCERS AND Suffers
TUST received, at No: 5. south Fair5ax st.: "a
j large supply Of COFFEEand soar when
will be sold low to close the conslgnment:
doc 1o-1w* SHEARER J. PAIN +.
r1rS-C.-A few pupils will be taken on very
WI moderate terms. Apply at this office
dec lit
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19
To Bride.

! THE following letter was written by an
old friend to young lady on the eve o.
her Wedding Day.] .u -5s
l have sent you a few flowers. to adorn
the dying moments of your single life
They are the gentlest types of delicate
and durable friendship. They spriug up
| by our sides when others have deserted it,
and they will be found Watching over our
graves whan those who sheuld cherish
have forgotten US. 1t seems that past, so
calmsa and pure as yours, should expire with
a kindred sweetness about it, that flowers
and music, kind friends and earnest words
should consecrste the hour when a senti-
meut is passing into sacram ent.
The three great stages of our being are
the birth, the bridal, and the burial. To
the first we bring only weakness-for the
last we have nothing but dust! But here.
at the altar where life joins life, the pair
coming throbbing up to the holy man.
whispering the deep promise that arms
each the others heart, to help on in the
tiful will be there, borrowing new beauty
from the scene. The gay and the frivolous,
they and their flouuoes will look solemn
for once. And youth will come, to gaze
on all its sacred thoughts pant for. and age
will totter up to hear the old words repeated;
that to their own lives have given the charm.
Some will weep over it as if it were a tomb,
and some laugh over it as if it were joke,
but two must stand by it, for it is fate, not
fun, this everlasting locking oftheir lives!
And now, can you, who have queened it
over so many bending forms, can you come
down at last to the frugal diet of a single
heart. Hitherto you have been clock,
giving your time to all the world. Now
you are watch, paired in one particular
bosom, warming only his breast, marking
only his hours, and ticking only to the beat
of his heart-where time and feeling shall
be in unison, until these lower ties are lost
in that higher wedlock where all hearts
are united around the great Central Heart
of all.
Hoping that calm and sunshine may hal
low your clasped hands, I sink silently into
a signature.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19
Packing Apples in Leaves.

A few years ago, Mr.. J. w. Boynton. o
East Hartford. while gathering up leaves
under an apple tree, in the spring, OBJ
served beneath them a few fresh, unfroz en-
apples. 1t suggested at once that dry
leaves would answer we'll as packing mate
rial for fruit, and the next fall, and every
season since. he has used them for this
purpose. We saw a few days ago som me
specimens thus preserved, seemingly as
fresh and as piquant in flavor as when first
gathered; yet he assured us that they were
varieties that would have decayed months
ago il un protected. His plan is to pick the
apples carefully at the proper time, but not
to pack them until the leaves are perfectly
dry and the weather quite cool. Then
the apples and leaves are placed in alternate
layers, and the last layer of leaves crowded
in as close as possible By placing any conve
nent weight on the cover of the barrel.
The leaves are of such elasticity that the
whole may be compressed so tightly as to
prevent any Stacking, &C., &C., and yet,
not bruise the apple in the slightest degree.
In this latitude, DIR. Boynton has never
found it necessary to keep these barrels of
fruit in any place warmer than a shed. 1t
would be advisable, of course, every where
to keep them in as cool place as possible.
Ia the spring they are to be removed TO q
coo!, airy cellar, or to an apartment esp &c
tally for fruit, in connection with the ice
house .-Homestead
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19

DEsoLAT1oN AT THE SoUTHwEsT-The
Memphis Bulletin thus graphically sketch
es the condition of Tennessee:
"There is a portion of this State so dew
astated by the civil war as to be practically
abandoned by the foot of man. Tho men
are sumbering at Shiloh, Corinth and Stone
River; the servants have gained their free
dom, the women and children have fed to
more remote and quiet precincts. Falling
IN behind the retiring footsteps of human
ity, como the four footed beasts and Creep
ing things. The fox makes his burrow
under the ruined dwellings where happy
people once dwelt. The serpent crawls
under the floor of the church and school
house. The squirrel, chatters and builds
his nest upon the locust tree in the old
back yard. once noisy with the mirth of
children. The gum is rotting in the cool
spring. The partridge whistles from the
ridgepole of the cabin. The wild bee seeks
a storehouse for his honey, fearless of de-
lection by the human eye. All is returned
to state of nature. What monum cut
of the ravages of war"
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19
An AMI Illustration.

The Jeremiah s. Black, in late speech
in Philadelphia, said:-
The people of Honduras live in coun-
try where the land is several feet below the
level of the sea. They protect themselves
against constant inundation by large earth
work. which they call dyke, extending all
along the coast. What they are most
troubled with is large species of rat
which burrows under and makes holes
through their dyke. Now, rat hole is
not very alarming thing in itself; but the
action of the water makes it larger every
moment. If it be neglected for single
night, by the time the morning dawns the
rat hole has widened into a huge crevasse,
the ocean goes pouring through it, and the
whole land is laid under water. So it is
with the Constitution, which is our dyke
If the smallest breach is once made in it.
"the ever. toiling wave of arbitrary power
which is continually surging up against it,
will constantly enlarge it. until all protec-
ton for our rights IS washed away. 1 tell
you, gentlemen. if you desire to save on &
remnant of your liberties, you must watch
the rat holes in your Constitution.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19

Would THEY LIKE Ir!-Suppose Dem
ocratic administration should demand from
New England that she furnish men and
monsy to prosecute war for the purpose
of establishing aud perpetuating slavery in
all tho States and Territories.-Does any
one believe her 10y atty to the government
would impel her to yield such support?
Mr.. Lincoln and ais Jaco5in advisers have
no more right to demand of democrats a
cheerful and generous support of an avowed
abolition war. The pretence that such a
war is necessary to the success of our cause
is no more true in the one case than it
would be in the other.-Holnaes Co Far
11er,
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19

GA man is taller in the morning than
at nisht to the extent of half an inch, ow-
ing to the re taxation Of the cartilages.
The human brain is the twenty eighth of
the body, but in the horse but four hun
. dredth.
Ten days per aunum is the average sick
ness Of human life.
About the age of thirty-six the lean man
generally becomes fatter and the fat man
leaner.
Richter enum crates 600 distinct species
of disease in the eye.
The pulse of children is $50 in minute;
at puberty it is SO; and at 60 tits ouly 60.
Elephants live for two hundred, three
hundred, aud even four hundred years. A
healthy full-grown elephant consume es
thirty pnnDds of grain a day
The flea, grasshopper and locust jump
2OO times their own length, equal to a
ouari,r of mile for a aman.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19
NUMBER 25

CURING PoRK-.Rub the meat on the
flesh side with one quarter pound finely
/ pulverized saltpetre, and five pounds clari-
lied sugar to every one hundred pounds OF
pork; sprinkle the bottom of the cask, and Q
every layer of meat (fesh side up)s with
Liverpool salt. In "a hours pour on brine
made of Liverpool salt as strong as it will
dissolve. The casks should not be large
enough to cause the meat to be pressed so
much as to express the juice. When the
cask has been filled put about one pint of
charcoal in tight, stout canvas sack tied
up in the top of cask and that will absorb
any impurities and keep the meat sweet and
good in any climate have thus kept pork
in considerable quantities for two summers
in New Orleans. and the brine was not
changed or boiled, and the meat did not
sour the least, but was highly praised by all
who saw or used it, and they all recom@
mended my plan. .s... 80. --.r -.f &
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19
Well Put.

The New York News, in speaking of the
Presidents call for 300, 1000 more men, thus
dwells on the futility of attempting to over
come the South by force:
The swelling of the Federal ranks to
whatever extent it may be possible to carry
it, does not coerce the inexorable faLes.
They will trace the history of this war at
the dictation of higher Power than that
which reigns at Washington. The despots
of ancient Asia, in their attempts to subGue
the Grecian states, invaded first with two
hundred thousand men, and afterwards
with million. but it CHANGED that the more
formidable host was the most easily repelled
and the most thoroughly destroyed. Ma
poleon was never so utterly discounted as
when he had exerted his utmost influence
to bring all the military elements of France
into the field. The army that perished
amid the SHOWS of Russia was the might
lest that ever marched under the imperial
eagles. ..-
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19

RUNNING BAcK-Some of the negroes
who ran away from Platte county, and en-
tered the United States service, in Kansas.
have run back again to Missouri. Ysster-
day a military officer from Leavenworth
arrived in Weston, and applied TO Captain
Woods for squad of his "papaws" to assist
in arresting these negro deserterS! We have
not learned what success they met with.
On Monday night number of men Cross
ed from Kansas at the Kickapoo ferry. It
is now supposed they were negroes returns
ing from the land of ''free starvation."-
Platte County Sentinel. ----
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A Word for Mr.. stanton.

The Philadelphia Press of yesterday
publishes the following:
WASHINGTON, October IA.
To John ". Fo1rey Esq:
Thanks for your telegram. All honor to
the keystone State! She upheld the fed
eral arch in june, and with steel and can
non shot, drove rebel invadsrs from her
soil: and now, in October, she has again
rallied for the Union, and overwhelm ed
the foe at the bal box.
EDWIN NJ, STANTON,
The above contains a statement and an
imputatiou, the other a SANDER, 1t is not
true that the Pennsylvanians drove back
the invaders from their soil last June with
"steel and cannon shot," The capital OF
that State was saved by the timely presence
of troo, from the Democratic city Of New
York, and the Democratic State of New
Jersey, before the Pennsylvanians had
mustered single regimen for its defense,
What little fighting subseq queutiy occurred
in the State was done by these, and not the
native troops, 1t took the whole Army Of
the Potomac to drive the invaders back,
Under Curtains management couple OF
regiments of rebel cavalry could have
sacked Philadelphia ard overrun the State
were no other troops uear by to save it,
So much for Stanton's statement OF a
historical fact, His impuTa.iou that the
Democrats who voted against Curtin are
"foes to the Union is a gross and cowardly
SANDER as unwise as it is malignant and
base, What a consummate folly it is tor a
Cabinent Minister to proclaim to the world
th at half the people of the North, as well
as all the people of the South, are foes TO
the Union The real foes to the Union
are the heads of the party now in power
Their advent to office was the signal fol
the breaking up fthe government, aud uu-
, til they go out of power we can expect moth
| ing but war, debt, national disiutegration
| and disgra ,-Ne,0 York World,
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19
Flirting.

The siilest thing girl can do, is to en-
gage in Irritation. No girl ever made a
happy union by flirting, because no man,
capable of making a woman perfectly hap
py, was ever long attracted by that which
is offensive to sensible and refined minds.
Filtration in a woman, is equivalent to lib
ertinism in a m an; it is, as a writer well re-
marks, "the manifestation of the same loose
principle, only restrained by the usages of
the world from developing itself in SINH
lar way. The bare idea of this thought to
preserve thousands who perhaps fall inte
the error through mere exuberance of spirits,
from exposing themselves to suspicion at
which tn cir natures must shrink.
Youth, beauty, or genuine accomplish
meuts stand in no need of the mistaken
weapon of filtration TO achieve their high
est conquests; if they resort to it we may De
assured that there is consciousness of want
of desire, or vanity which must poison all
true enjoyme ent.
Let the young, the lovely, and the gifted
therefore, adhere to that nature which has
m made them what they are, and leave hirta-
ton to those who fancy they cannot pro-
woke attention without forcing themselves
by i'll manners, into the unfemini ne situa-
ton Of being conspicuous. The despairing
maiden who has eourted marriage for years
without once being courted, tho silly ordi-
Diary woman who aped the gracss without
success, and the ridiculous, affected. would
be accomplished. unsupported of epdow-
meuts, except in their own ideas-they mi ay
try filtration for effect-they can hardly
suffer from being few degrees more con-
temptible in sight of men who had hitherto
disregarded, and now openly laugh at and
desp:se-them.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19


a pair Of scales before him, a rich man sat and
weighed
A piece of gold-a widows all, and unto her he
said.
''Your coin is not the proper weight, SO take it
back again,
Or sell it me for half it's worth; it lacks single
grain"
With fearful eyes, the widow said, "oh! weigh it,
sir, once more;
pray you be not so exact, nor drive me from
your door,"
"WhyI see yourself, it's under weight; your tears
are no avail"
The second time he tries it, it just bears down
the scale;
But little guessed that rich man, who held his
gold so dear,
That the extra weight which bore it down had
besn the widows tear.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19

There are but two ways which lead to
great aims and achievments-energy and
PERSEVERANCE Energy is rare gift-it pro-
vokes opposition, hatred. and reaction.
But perseverance lies within the reach OF
every one. its power increases with its prog
ress, and it is but rarely that it misses Its
aim. Where perseverance, is ont of the
question. there I can not attempt TO exert
any. influence at at all, for l should only
disturb the organic developement of affairs
and -paralyze the natural remedies which
they contain, without any guarantee for
more favorable result.-Goethe
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19
Sapping at the Foundations of our own
Commercial Fabric. .a

Before the war and the political sue
cess of the Abolition party, the South
ern States were dependent upon US for al
most everything in the way of merchandise
and manufactured wares, etc. The Nor
thern capitalists waxed rich. and pulled
down and built greater upon the monies
poured into their laps by the Southeruers.
The continuance of this unnatural fratrici-
dal war will put an end to this arm of our
wealth. The Aboitionists have built their
own wall of fire. They have cut off and
shut out our immense trade forever.-They
have made the South self-reliaut upon her
own soil and people for her support.-Han1 :
slton Telegraph, -
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19
Josh Billings in the Editorial Cheer.

Havin an hour ov time yesterda, tha
want spoke for. / dropt into the sanktimony
ov The Dala Pokeepsian.' The good look
ing edditures ov the consaru was both mol
est on handibus,' and sunk into the Ell
cheer, iist as calm az moss kivered buckle
sinks into a we'll on a hot da. On the ta-
ole befoar me, la rol of manuscript, and
ced myself go in and repli.'
TO CONTRIBUTORS.
Lines to sleeping infant. Bi Alice re-
ceived. Dha are tender, almost tn tender
to keep thru this hot spell. Yu have talons
. of the highest order, but you must kross
your fs or you kant suckceed in potri; good
bi Alice.
'Reveries ov Bachelor ANONYMOUS. Re-
ceived and contents noted. Thar is only
one trube with this production, which
time will correct, and that il, wont du at
all for one columns; respectfully declined
(on the part ov the eGditurs, by J. B. } on
account ov its length and thickness.
The sea, the roaring sea- A sublime
stanza, worth least z dollars, intended
und oubtedly for the Atlantic Monthly, and
cent to US be mistake; we wud like to ex-
cept it but dassent for fere folks would say
we stole it.
will you kiss me Dearest Bi Mary Ann.
Acksepted. We take all them kind ov
chances. The potri aint fust rate, but we
expect the kissin kant be beat, till then
fair Maid ajew.
"A gealogikal synopsorum ov the heav-
enly speaIs' Bi Paul Vernon-Will ap-
pear in our mex issu. This wrirer haz at
tackled a subject ov great difikilly, with
the biggest kind ov energee. and has sue
ceeded, his thesis is admirable, his argu-
ment is clus, and his stile is camphene.
We say Mount Vernon, on eagil wings be-
yound the klouds. and paint your naim rite
over the top ov the door that leads tn glory,
Mount Vernon, my boy" We predick
CRATE popularity for this writer if he aint
kut oph by frost.
"A Prary Oh fire. Bi Diogoneze-Reject-
ed at onct. Too hot for the sezon-cool ar
tikles take the best now. 1t made m e SWEET
to reid the manskript. Don't despair, Di-
ogonexe-if you find literture amt your
stile, try sawin wood: i've nown hundreds
ov men make a dust sawin wood. who
wasn't wuth a cuss tn write for the nusepa-
per-
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is this:-Work: strengthen your moral aud !,
mental faculties, as you would strengthen
your muscles by vigorous exercise. Learn
to conquer circumstances, you are then in
dependent of fortune. The men of athletic
minds. who left their marks on the years
in which they lived, were all trained in a
rough school. They did not mount their
high position by the help Of leverage; they
Ieaped into chasns, g.appTed with the OPP.
posing rocks, avoided avalanehes, and. /.
when the goal was reached, folt that but
for the toll that had strengthened them as
they strove, it could never have been at
tained.''
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19

Forty years once seemed long and
weary pilgrimage to tread; it now seems
but a step. And yet along the way are
broken shrines, where thousand hopes
have wasted to ashes; footprints sacreduu-
der the drifting dust; green mounds whose
grass is fresh with the watering tears,
shadows even we could not forget. We
will garner the sunshine of those years, and
chastened steps and reasonable hopes, push
on toward the evening whose sigualslights
will be seen swinging where the waters are
still and storms never arise.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-19

IL BALLOTS WERE BULJETs.-If ballots
were bullets, the recent elections render it
probable that the abolitionists would soon
end the war By subduing the rebellion.
None so valiant to vote as they! Look at
the gallant Puritans of Massachusetts!
Who can fail to admire the courage and
steadiness with which they 10 arch up to
the very mouth of the ballot box, and,
without quailing or bleuching, deposit their
vote for "a vigorous prosecution of the WARP
But th ose deiuded individuals, the rebels
have learned 10 appreciate abolition patriot
ism. They do not fear their ballots par
ticle. Voting the Jacobin ticket is how
ever. an excellent way to display one:
loyalty, and one that involves no danger
to person whatever.--Rolmes Co., Faymtr,