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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-04

81 oxcant under special orders given by the
,,ronar officers, This has been done TO pre-
vent abuses.
The Nashville Journals state that the Con
federates are preparing to take tue "nea'
cron out Of East Tennessee, even II they 90 IL
before it is threshea. :,
The steamer Morning Star, that ran aground
near Long Branch, has been got OF, and Is no"
in port. $3.50:
Thousands of mechanics, laborers and artl-
uans are wanted in Cincinnati, caused by the
drain made on that city by St. Louis.
Mr.. Valand CHAM has left the Cllfton
House, at Niagara Falls, and sought quleter
quarters at short distance from there. 1nlS
was necesstated by the crowd OF callers oy
whom be was hourly beset.
Gen. Neal Dow left Richmond last week 1oT
Mobile, Alabama, to answer to reqo'sl'lon
from the Governor Of that State. Before leaV-
ing be wrote letters to bis wife and other reia-
tiyes North Over hundred cases OF larceny
are charged against him in the South -,
James Whittier was arrested on Saturday
night, in New York, charged with being the
leader Of the mob that attacked the Tribune
buildings on Monday the 18th ult. W hitter
is barber and has been employed at Chrsta-
doro's establishment at the Astor House, tor
number Of years past.
THE Old Point steamers which continue to
arrive in Baltimore daily, are bringing 1ncreas-
ed supplies Of early vegetables and fruits
These products of the extensive gardens OF the
country around Norfolk and Portsmouth may
be enumerated under the head OF cucumbers,
tomatoes, potatoes, peaches, apples, cantaleups
and vaternelons. For these there Is steady
demand from the North which helps to raise
the prices.
The Bank of Gettysburg has resumed it's
operations, and is transacting business again
as before the INVASION Business generally IS
being resumed again, and the deserted stores
and empty Offices 30 lately filed with wound
ed soldiers. are being re6tted and reopened,
and soon Gettysburg will have emerged from
the smoke, and recovered from the shock OF
battle.
Winchester, in Virginia, is represented as
nearly deserted-the stores all closed, and the
windows and doors Of many Of the houses
nailed up.
Abbott, Losing, Headley and other eminent
writer's will contribute to the Lives OF the
Generals now in the Union Army, 8 work
now in forward state of preparation.
The bark Daniel Webster brings advices
from Bahia to July 4th. The steamers Geor-
eia and Alabama sailed from Bahia May "a.
The steamer Mohican arrived there June "a,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-04
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DEFERRED ITEMS.

Additional news from washington " IVA 40
snect to the establishment Of an empire 10 Mex-
leo, goes to show that it was not the WORK OF
Louis Napoleon to place Prince Macmillan on
the throne, if we may believe the report 1t
IS stated that Almonte, representing the con,
seryative Mexicans, three years ago proposed
70 the European Powers to place Maxlmlllan
At the head of the country. 1t is added, also,
chat Louis Napoleon has given directions TO
General Forey to leave this subject and all po-
litical questions to be settled by the people.
Mr. Edward Dawson, barber in Washing
ton, has got into singular difficulty. lie
was arrested and put in the guard house on
Friday for the offence Of shaving coupe OF
soldiers of their beard. 1t IS alleged that 5ney
were about to desert The men informed nln
they had Through for fifteen days.
The monthly table Of marine losses tor the
past moEth shows al aggregate OF thirty yes
sells, Nine were captured and burned, three
are missing (supposed lost, one was abandon
"a 81 sea. and one sunk after collision. Inc
total value of the property lost, missing, ana
DESTROYED by cruisers is estimated at TWO NIL
hon thirty-one thousand SIX hundred doNars'
Hon. r. A. Buckner, the present Speaker
Of the House of Representatives OF Ken
+uckv, offered his name as an anti ad-
1ninistration candidate for Congress, as the
successor of the Mr.. Crittenden, in the Ash
land district.
Owing to obstru ,tions in the roads between
the city Of Mexico and Acapulco, news has
been received from the city Of Mexico only to
June 25th. General Alvarez, from whom &C.
counts are received to the goth instant, was
oxnecting the arrival at Acapulco of the French
Acct, with ten thousand soldiers. This force
IS to come from the Gulf of Mexico, across Ie-
hauntepec, and from Acapulco will be dispatch
ed for garrisons for all the Mexican Pacific
ports.
The Baltimore city councils have adopted q
resolution requiring the teachers OF music IN
The public schools of that city, to tee en- the
scholars the national airs, and any pupils refu-
sing to sing them are to be expelled.
r is intimated that one of the first acts Of
the next Congress will be the amending OF the
nresent confscation laws, so IS to deprive arm
ed Confederates of their property perpetually
The present law only conhscates property dur
ing life.
Several German girls have gone to service
in the harvest fields of Northern Illinois.
Rev. Charles Beecher, Of Georgetown, Mass,
brother to Henry Ward Beecher, has just been
convicted Of heresy by s Congregational Coun~
Gil.
It is estimated that only five thousand, or
one-third of the drafted men OF Maine, will be
Forthcoming, the remainder being exempted
either for disability or having seen service, Or
from Gonna other satisfactory cause.
The tobacco crop in Maryland has been bad
" out back. Moreover, the egcapade of slaves
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ADMINISTRATIONS NOTICE.

HDM1V it+onc -
TT7HE subscriber having taken o91 $780,! aoas,sd
husband John E. Henderson requests all ih 10,
;ndebted to said estate to come forward and ss
tia Their accounts without delay and those nas
sent them properly authenticated for pay'n tSor
Mvs on, v m. F. Henderson, is fully susnS or
;Zed to make settlements, and pass reeeiYpnssN 10
1aeo ~ LAC . '''' EMILY HENDERSON.
Administrative of John H. henos'''D
~ 7-eolm
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-NssH FOR ALEXANDRIA,, WASH.
s E szssEsssssassassax INGTON AND LANDINGS on

- - INGTON, AND LANDINGS on
THE P 0 T c. II c RlVER;--yhe : steamer
KEYPORT, Capt E. A. Rythei will leave
bier foot Of Barre street Baltimore, every Fri.
day, at p. m. or Alexandria, Washington
and landings on the Potomac river
Returning, will leave W ashinngton every Iues
day, at a. na., and Alexandria same day at )
a. M, for Baltimore and landings on the pot'
mac river.
70 Custom House permits must ACCOMPANY
freight for Alexandria and landings on POTOMAC
river.
All freight must be prepaid; ,, 49,,
For freight agply on 3 sSt ,t Dsst
A. NEEDHAM s. SONS, 12z hlgn' s'i'0
!" nh nh : 28Dtf 1T BRoDERs & CO., Ale1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-04

The tobacco crop in Maryland has been bad
" out back. Moreover, the egcapade of slaves
from the plantations puts in great peril the
maturing Of this important crop OF the State
In fact, lower Maryland is now in need OF Ia
horers to attend to the crops generally, and
unless they are forthcoming there will be
scarcity Of food among the people.
The Norwegian sloop which recently arrived
At Chicago, from Norway, cleared at that port
on Saturday for Christiana, Norway, with the
following cargo: SIS bbls -four, o. bbls. pork,
178 hides, q casks hams, 10 bids tobacco, 81
boxes kerpseoe hmpR
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III AI0p'u Z

d 1VK UFFTCr
ALEXANDRIA, VA, july "a 1aco
I HEREBY notify all persons VIZ 100 100. J
l paid their Corporation Licences or I lIGse no,
that they can save thirty per cent Nv v'',s Sea
their licenses on or before the first day. pey,ns
gust next, and to such as shall pay on or y he N
the fifteenth DAY Of August next ten per Genre cc5
ano al persons Who tau to comply with H.!
notlee after the htteenth Of August viii be fn ";
jy l4-lm 9. 4. WARE. Noro,
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JOHN T, COOKE.

CHEAP FAMILY GROCER
CORNER PITT AND PRINCE .STpFp7n
HAS constantly on hand, os. !. 2 and )!
[ l. Mackerel, in barrels, half barrels, ana r,
Saline n, Potomac Herring, Smoked HAHN
Smoked Herring, and Smoked Beef. AIso !,
choice brand Of Sugar Cured Hams foi q n;s
use; Shoulders and Breasts, and general 81.
sortment of goods for family supplies. Call and
examine. deco
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-12

the officers and men are in fine spirits. NO
news Of importance to report
President Lincoln has replied to GOV oey-
roour's last letter He states that the dral1 III
the remaining districts of New York Will De
made unon the quota now fixed, and that al
ter the first draft certain districts named WILL
be enrolled for the purpose and IN the manner
Indicated in his letter Of the 7th INST. Inc
President firmly alheres to his decision enaC
the draft shall go on.
The ingenuity with which certain contractors
endeavor 70 increase their profits by deceptlons
IN the various articles supplied to Government,
= remarkable An instance has lately come to
LIGHT in which an attempted fraud OF this sort
was detected at the laboratory OF the Surgeon
Generals Office. A coffee contractor or high
responsibility was detected IN supplying to the
Comn1issary Department. an article OF roasted
and ground coffee which was, in fact, largely
co,nnosed Of Indian corn The article was IN.
geniously prepared, and would easily deceive
even 3 careful scrutiny.
An ''emergency doctor, who volunteered
his services at Gettysburg, was detected charg-
inc enormous compensations for professional
services on the attle-feld. One private &C
tually paid the swindler $50 for performing an
arnpu, a,ion and insuring cure. The man
was arrested, and his name is now in the hands
Of the Secretary of War; who after sentence IS
pronounced, will divulge it to the public.
Col. O. DeForrest, Of the 5th New York
cavalry, Ira Harris Guard, an account Of whose
misdemeanor and defalcation was published IN
New York short time since, and for which he
was arrested, is at the Old Capitol and lying
very ILL.,
4 letter to the St. Louis Republican, from
Northern Mississippi, under date OF July 9th,
says 1.-The Confederates are burning cotton
far and wide. The whole country south OF
the Ta(lahatchee river, and between that and
Jackson, Mississippi, is one vast cotton oon1ia-
grafton. The torch is put to every bale that
can be found, and the smoke from the burning
staple hangs like dense fog over the land. :
The Canadian Parliament will meet to-mor-
row. The session, though it will proba-
DIV be a brief one, will be Of more than ordlna-
~ interest 4 Speaker is to be appointed to
che newly elected Parliament. A new Gov
eminent policy is to be laid before the House,
and the ways and means Of the Province con-
ssdered. :"
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ONLY JnluS tildO AAoO Aic' 49,
ry.-L n. Y. Express.
series Of very successful frauds have been
nerDetrated on paymasters by Lawrence d.
Steele, an ex-IIieutenant and one OF the most
ACCOMPLISHED svinders yet discovered Inc
scenes Of his operations have been " ashlng-
ton Harrisburg Philadelphia, Baltimore
New York and Boston, where ne has persona
ted different officials and forged certificates as
to the correctness of the forged accounts
He is now under arrest in New York
General Shepley, in his speech at Portland,
lasting two hours, defended not only the Al
ADMINISTRATION, but the course OF General Butter
in New Orleans He denies that there has
been any evidence Of disposition on the part
Of the people in Louisiana to return to the
Union, and adds that had they been SO dlspos
cd the Administration would have wecenl-
| ed them.
Major Hazclton, late in charge Of the Pay
department at Vicksburg, died at Memphis on
the Sd instant, from disease contracted IN the
service. It is said that seven out OF sixteen
paymasters ale sick at Nicksburg.
The DUBUQUE Times says that never since
Iowa has been settled by the white man have
prairie chickens been as numerous as at the
present season. In Buchanan and Blackhawk
counties they can be killed with stones and
| clubs and hunting them with guns IS next to
no sport at all.
| President Lincoln has approved the action
of the military commission convened at York
town, Virginia, by which private George
". johnson, Delaware volunteers, was SEN
fenced to be changed by the neck until he IS
dead" for the murder of James Holland, a
| black man.
| Mr.. D. r. Craig, who has for some years
| acted as the Telegraphic Agent Of the New
York Associated Press, position of great IN.
portance, has been superseded. MI Bradford
has been appointed in his place.
A Memphis dispatch says:-"s Sickness in
Vicksburg is greatly on the increase. The
disease is the malignant congestiye fever, OF
the typhoid type. The surgeons in the Fed
eral army find it very difficult fever to man
age, Gases of the chronic diarrhea are not SO
frequent
4 LADY has been drafted in Lewistown, Ne.
The enrolling officer, in visiting boarding
house, asked for list Of names of the boarders
| One of them was Frances Parker, signed Frank
| Parker. Parker was accordingly enrolled, and
is nov drafted.
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X Il FL COOIIl

T,HE undersigned would inform their friend,
4 and the public generally, that they are now
prepared to furnish ICE AT ALL HOURS IF THE
DAY OR NIGHT, atthe ''old stand'' No. e. north
Royal street, opposite the market.
T. SWAIN & CO.
P, S.-Orders for large quantities Of ICE
left with Ms, will be promptly filed at most "a.
yorable terms, nh 2T-tf
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ADMINISTRATIONS NOTICE.

rvHE suhscriber having taken OUT IgltVTs y
administration OH the estate Of her de2enseo
HUSBAND john E. Henderson requests a and :s
ing claims against the estate are Q e 20 p p1
sent them properly authenticated tGT pay ,tbor.
NV son, VIM. F. Henderson, IS tolls s.; aas'f for
ized to make settlements, ana pass HD90N
l n,a W 'A1N~A~0 EMILY HENDERSoN,
'''' dminstratrix Of John T. Henderson,
IL 7-eo1m -----------
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TIE DREADFUL HEAT in this meridian,
i ahont as insupportable sever. All lastnght
the mercury must have beenup to the sntt3 hn
ting point certainly never did p} }nrn no
mainly in this great brick andnoIta5 Ala l1' after
sundown all through the weary hours OF the
i SuuSG night. The Central Park had great
manv ]odgers,-so did Washington, Square
Union 1 Park and Hcbol<en. Hundreds eI re I'd
ed the ferry boats, in the vain pu5sa't OF the
great desideratum-a breath OF f{ Wa ; uI by
whats f our C. Conn e' Massachusetts, and IN
terror n'rSS New York exchanges say that all the
country round about is pretty well burn6 up
We begin to believe nov that there is no ood 9oG 81
plaoe this side of the Arctic regions ana III ~
would not be wild supposlttlon 70 a.nas'ne
even the icebergs in state OF persplr:atlonn:lL
Hot Hot it Wv was and is. Dry it was and is. Inc
only thing that has not dropped IS the mercu-
rv,-TN. Y. Express.
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II O II | G. E

l will sell out my entire stock Of ladies misses,
and children's city made BOOTS and SHOES,
at q small advance over cost Those in want
Of good shoes at very low prices would do well
to call at No. 50 King ST. JOHN 1, EVANS,
IL l4-2m
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.v~x. FOR ALEXANDRIA, WASH.
.s Ss5sz INGTON, AND LANDINGS on
TIE ? 0 TOM RIVER:-Tbe steamer
KEYPORT, Capt E. 4. Rythes will eays
pier foot Of Barre street, Baltimorol every Fri
day, at p. N. : or A]exandrja Washington
and landings OF the POTOMAC river.
Returning, will leave Washington every 1ues>
day, at a. NJ, and AlexandrIa Same gay n al
g. ~, for Baltimore ana landings Oh 'ne Wv
mac river. ..xa
rs Custom House permits must accompany
freight for Alexandria and landings on HoomS'
river.
All freight must be prepaid; n,ora or e.
For freight or passage; apply on oO H! " ~
A. NEEDHAM s. SONS, l4Z Llgh' s'1e'
" n asb 5}s D.stf' 0 BRODERs & CO., Ale1
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FROM FORTRESS MONROE.

FORTRESS MONROE, August lo.--The steam
81 City Of Albany arrived yesterday from Beau
fort and reports that the i. S. gunboat lro-
,uo;s left Beaufort on Friday last to resume
her station on the blockade off Wilmington
The City Of Albany, on her outer passage
encountered heavy sea off Cape Lookout,
caused ly thunder squalls. She received some e
damage which will oolige her to be hauled OF
A All the Confederate officers and surgeons
confined at Fort Norfolk-qpwards OF one
hundred and txentyfve-are Icing tran aear@a
Wasbington. in charge Of Major Mulford.,
The army Eunboat Smith Briggs has been
discharged from service.
he Steamer Nelly Pentz arrived this morn
ing from Stone Inlet. Captain pmllpsh ; re- e
,,orts that he left there last Friday, at which
lime the seise was favora bly, progressing, ana
the officers and men are in fine spirits. NO
news Of importance to report.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-11
dd4ortester DaiIp Spg.
Worcester Post ON, omcs1 Winter Arrangement

W .--aster Post Onicc-Wntcr Arrangement
Maths Close fellows;
No-tseru Worceste err County, Vermont and New Hamp,
SHIRE via Woroester& Nashua Railroad at 600 I1 ana
arc die at 200 p. m. ,. ~ ~. 81,
dale clinton, Lowell, and Nashua N H., al 500 a. m,
and 80 D. m. and due at 9,l5 a. and !00p m;
Princeton and East Princeton atS3O p M and is oue At
City OF Boston, $50 and 900 a. M, g. and 500 M;
and due at $50, $50 a. M, $40 and SO ?. m;
Matne, Eastern New Hampshire, ana Eastern Massa'
chusetts-9Oe a. M, and sOOp m' and are due al 9'SV
T. R6ie isIsnd%Exccp towns on the Worcester and
Proei1Gee Railroad, $50 m, and $3.50 D. M and are
c u $40 3. m, and $50 p m. ,,,, a 81,
" W5stern@f4i towns in Massachusetts, West OF wor
eeslcr Us lisa, and are due at % ?. m ..-,o,.
Albany, Western New York and Western StatesDS-l5
a m ana 8 90 o. M; and are dsc At Las and 9i5 p N
Sprurield Is s.gu and 20 p m. and are due at ~
a IT, ~ III "s All Copnecteut except windham and New
Lonaou counties SIS a. and 90 p m and are due
a. S n ne Of Norwich and Worcester Railroad ana
Me- .Jndon and windham County, Conn, leOO a. m !
an 9s Cue XIV g md Southern States $40 d. H. and at
800 and Tsp and are due at 500 a, m, and at $3.50
apa 81 BaTre Plains Pecrsheu ton Dana North
PHi5dou. RntIani, North Rutlind nibbA,lsru cold
brD1L and Dakhgm, 80 p, and dut al 100 m.
Leicester s45 m, and Ice M and are due at SEQ
q. m, and 300 ., m
and are due at 9.sn u. III, ans 20 90 m,
Shrewsbury, s. IS =. M, and IS tTH AZ s.OU a m.
Grafl,r New England Village and CordaS lie, $50
'Frsr1inrhsm south Framlugham uopkinton. Ashland
Woodviile WestborO', Northboro', SOutEborO' Cords
ylls and Grafton, 100 p. M. and due al $50 a. IN
and co y. m and due Fl 30 and 6.l5 p.
mail for New York and Boston and beyond, is closed
al this Office SUNDAY at 100 O'Clock p. m.
O;i:s hours from 7.l5 a. M, to 500 P NJ Sundays
from 1900 to 1910 a. m. j. NJ. EARLE ?. N
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1 Dir. SETH ARNOLD-Dear Sir:
II r H l i L
BOTANIC MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT
No. Sa Main Strep.. Nyorcasar

A FEW WORDS TO YOUNG MEN.--During the prac
ice OF lteen wears Dr. Bill has come In contact with
almost tnuumerable of Debility, uCcasiuncd BY
dreadnl habit of solitary self abuse. They continue
10 warn all Young men who not afflicted to avoid
they value their lives, and to advise all wha
troubled with the habit or its consequences where
they can be cured OF such trouble and let them know
the dire disasters resulting in the attendance Of them
in time. 1t isnU eNgggcratinn to that three OuTths
Ct the insane tbctr maladv this hurrd habit. The
pro2rictOrs Of Insane Asyums cOfroborute the state
mct and if the victim escapes insanity idoc} yet he
or she is entirely untitled for the real pleasures Of life
either in orout OF the domestic circie-wh pocrcatye
powers ruined, afflicted with distruSt doubtful
his friends in fact, perfect hypochondrac what is he
fit for but to be out and die Attend to them once
all you who addicted to this miserable habit, it
may be too late, and y0u may down dishonored
grave hardly fit to meet the God who YOU tie pow
which you have made a instead Of 4 blessing,
they were intended. There exists not in the whole
world an object loHthsome miserable than one
thus broken in health and hopes Avoid 1t then you
wish for happiness and heaven.
Dr. IIls practice is wholly the botanic principle,
and therefore upon natural foundation.
office No 50 Main street, Worcester open from n.
to p m Letters (postpad) will receive prompt aten