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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-01-18
DIV q lexamAria Gazetfe:
MONDAY EVENING, JAN. IS.

nrday the consideration OF the Enrolment OIL
was resumed. Incidental to amendments pro"
posed general debate arose on the subject OF
negro onlistments, &C. Mr.. Wilson having
referred to the success OF the emancipation
policy in Maryland, as evidenced in her recent
election, Mr.. johnson replied that the election,
referred to had been conducted in disregard OF
all the laws of Maryland, and the organic law
relative to the qualification of voters, 1t hav-
ing been determined by the military comman-
der that no one should vote except be took an
oath presented by that commander. Mr.
johnson fully explained the manner in which
the election was conducted on the Eastern
Shore Of Maryland, declaring that IT 1t had
been conducted in any other way, the gentle
man who occupied the seat In the other House
from that Shore-Mr Cresswell-would not
be there He concluded by saying that "a
oreter outrage than these proceedings was
never perpetrated upon freemen." An amend
ment was adopted requiring that substitutes
procured through the use OF Communication
money should be credited to the district In
which the money was paid, was adopted with
nroviso that veteran troops shall be credited to
the districtin which they originally enlste and
that negro troops shall also be credited to the
district in which they enlisted. MIR. Trum-
bull proposed an amendment, which was re-
iected, looking to the enlistment OF one hun
dred thousand men for one hundred days, with
), the view to vigorous campaign against
Richmond The House Of Representatives
was not in session.
A severe railroad accident occurred on the
Pennsylvania railroad on Sunday. The through
mail train west from Philadelphia, due at Pitts
burg, Pa, at l O clock 80 P NJ, broke through
bridge between Spruce Greek and Tyrone
The stoves set fire to the cars, which were all
burnt no lives lost. Almost the entire mail
was destroyed by fire. Several persons were
injured.
The steamship Vanderbilt, arrived at the
Brooklyn navy yard, on Sunday morning, for
repairs to her boilers, which are in bad con-
dition. After leaving St. Thomas, and when
off Nassau, she gave chase to blockade rur
ner, but was obliged to give up the chase on
account of her boilers.
A dispatch from New York on Saturday
represents the Ice in the harbor as very thick,
and reports considerable damage to several
vessels. The ship Beele Wood, for Liverpool,
was so badly injured that she had to dischage
her cargo The damage is estimated at
$4,000.
The Memphis papers contain a report that
four hundred Confederates recently captured
nacconror train hotwaon nnua1pc Riff ond
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-01-18

Ihe fOlOWlnS, III relatlOh w tho " aSnlngtOn
Georgetown and Alexandria Railroad is before
the legislature in session in this place:
<sThat it shall be lawful for the Washington.
Alexandra and Georgetown Railroad COMPANY
a corporation lawfully succeeding, by purchase
under deed of trust,s to all the franchises
rights, and privileges heretofore granted to
the "Alexandria and Washington Railroad
Companv.' to increase its capital stock to an
amount not exceeding In the aggregate five
hundred thousand dollars:
That it shall also he lawful for said Company
to issue and sell it's bonds with coupons annex
ed at a rate of interest not exceeding seven
ner cent. per annum, to paid semi annually to
the amount of two hundred thousand dollars,
IN addition to the one hundred thousand dollars
Of bonds authorized to be sold by tie Alexan-
dria and Washington Railroad Company: by
Act of Assembly, passed February twenty
seventh, in the year eighteen hundred and
ffty-six
thai it shall also be lawful for said Company
to borrow money upon It's promlssory notes
duly executed under the authority OF ITS board
of directors, to an amount not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars.
That 50 much of an Act entitled An Act
to incorporate company to construct on the
plan of James S. French, Railroad between
Alexandria and Washington city: passed Rep,
ruary 9th, 1854, as provides THAT the SAID
company shall not permit the SAID road to pass
into the exclusive possession OF any corpora
ton, without the limits OF the Commonwealth
Of Virginia. is repealed
Intelligence from South America announces
terrible calamity at Santiago, the Capital OF
Chill. The Cathedral caught fire during
great religious ceremonial, and two thousand
PEOPLE, mostly women and children, were
burnt or smothered to death. The suffers, IN
their frantic efforts to escape, closed the doors,
and the press against them prevented them
from being opened again. The flames spread
very rapidly, on account OF the Cathedral be-
ing ornamented with drapery and other light
material.
The Court Martial for trial of Brig. General
Hammond, Surgeon General Z. S. A.. and
for other purposes, has been detailed, to meet
in Washington tomorrow Gen. Slough, the
Military Governor of this place, is member
of the Court
Mai. J. Laid was robbed, at the Washing
ton House, in WASHINGTON, one night last
week, of a gold watch and chain, s27 in treasury
notes, valuable papers, &c.
The thaw is going on, and the ice IN the nv
err breaking up. We have had, for the last
two or three days, moderate Weather-and to-
day there was heavy rain.
Richard S. Coke, of Washington, has sent
in to the T. S. Congress, his report on the re-
vision and codifcation of the laws OF the D.
of c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-01-18

A hill has been introduced in the leglsla-
tnre IN session in this place, authorizing the
Washington and Alexandra Turnpike Oonl,
nanv to change the present location OF SAID
Tnrnnike to such practicable route, not ex
ceeding one hundred feet In width between
the southern terminus of the Long Bridge
over the Potomac river opposite the city OF
Washington, and the city of Alexandra, as
NAV be necessary or expedient tor the purpose
of avoiding the dangers and annoyances to the
travel and traffic over the Turnpike, OCCASION
ed bv its proximity to the Washington, Alex
andria and Georgetown Railroad also, proVl-
ding for an increase of the capital stock OF the
company and empowering it to convey oy
deed or release to the Washington, Alexandra
and Georgetown Railroad Company, the re-
mainder of their right of way over which SAID
Turnpike is now located, and that no tolls
shall be charged to the pnbllc tor travelling
over said Turnpike from and after the passage
of this act
The New York Heralds letter from the
squadron off Wilmington, North Carolina,
dated the 9Th inst, reports the destruction on
the 9th, of the steamer Dare by the u. S. gun.
boats Montgomery and Aries. The crew run
her ashore thirteen miles north of Georgetown
light, South Carolina, and escaped. The
boat s crews from the Montgomery and Ares
boarded and burnt her. A boats crew from
the Aries swamped in leaving her, and Acting
Master Pendleton, of the Montgomery, IN at
tempting to save them, was thrown on the
beach, where all of them were captured by the
Confederate cavalry. The men taken were
Acting Master Pendleton, Engineer George
M. Smith, and seventeen Of the crew of the
Montgomery, Captains Clark, Parkman, and
one ensign, and seven of the crew OF the Ares
The Dare is said to be the twentieth vessel
that has been captured or destroyed, in at
tempting to run into Wilmington, n. c., by
the u. S. blockading squadron, since the mid
die of July last
In the legislature in session in this place on
Friday last, Mr.. Johnston is reported to have
introduced bill providing that Alexander
Hay, John G. Underwood, VIM. D. Massey
and others, shall have the privilege of laying
railway in the streets Of Alexandria-that the
work shall be commenced within one, and COM
pleted within two years after the passage Of
the act.
VIM. H. White, Of Philadelphia, on April
"A last entered into a contract with the y. s.,
to furnish fifty thousand painted haversacks at
fifty three cents each, at the frankfort Arse
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-01-18

DUBLIC sALE.-On Saturday morning
L next, Jan %, at o'clock, at the M Mar
Square, in this place, viii be sold the HJC H.
longing to the late DR.. A. Il. Saunders, acc a.
consisting of B E DIS, BEDDING, BEDFc
STEADS, BUREAUS, and every variety o.
articles for household purposes. Terms cash'
ian l8-eo3t THOS. DAN holll l.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-01-18

VIM. H. White, Of Philadelphia, on April
"A last, entered into contract with the y. s.,
to furnish fifty thousand painted haversacks at
fifty three cents each, at the Frankford Arse
nal, near Philadelphia but in fulfilling 1t he
supplied rotten and inferior article, and did
not deliver them at the periods named. He
was found guilty by court martial and sen
fenced to pay fine Of $4,000 and be imprison-
ed two years in the Albany penitentiary.-
Secretary Stanton RENTS SO much OF the SEN
tence as provides for imprisonment, on Wines
paying S., 900, otherwise he is to be sent under
guard to prison.
On Saturday and yesterday, the u. 5.
government steamers brought up, in tow,
a number of vessels loaded with hay, &C.,
which had been detained below in consequence
of the ice.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

Uses OF BORAx.-The washerwomen
of Holland and Belgium, who get up
their lnon so beautifully white, use re-
fined bOraz as washing powder instead Of
soda, in the proportion Of one large hand
full of borax powder to about ten gallons
of boiling water. They thus save id
soap nearly half All the washing es-
adjustments adopt the same mode. FOf
laces, cambrics, etc., an extra quantity Of
the powder is used, and for crinoline5
(requiring to be made stiff a strong os-
luton is necessary. Boraz, being neu-
tral salt, does not in the slightest degres
injury the texture of the linen its effect
is to soften the hardest water, and there
fore it should be kept Cd every toilet Ia
ble To the taste it is rathersweet; it is
used for cleaning the hair, is an excel
lent dehtifrice, and in hot countries is
employed, in combination with tartario
aeidSand bicarbonate Of soda, as a cool
ing beverage. Good tea cannot be made
with hard water, but all water may be
made soft by adding a taaspOonful Of bo--
raz powder to an ordinary sized kettle
of water, in which it should boil. The
saving in the quantity Of tea used will
he Of least one fifth
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17
sAttt 4ottrg
THE LONG AGO.

A WONDERFUL stream is the river Time,
As it runs through the realm of tears,
With a faultless rythm and musical rhyme,
And broader sweep and a surge sublime,
And blends with the ocean Of years.
There's magical isle in the river Time,
Where the softest of airs are strsying;
There's an azure sky and a tropical cline,
And a song as sweet as a vesper chime,
And the winds with the roses are playing.
And the name Of this isle is the Long Ago
And we bury our treasures there;
There are brows of beauty and bosoms Of snow,
There arc heaps of dust-but we loved them 60
There are trinkets and tresses ofhair.
There are fragments Of songs that nobody sings,
And part Of an infants prayer;
There's q Lutte unswept and harp without strings,
There are broken VOWS and pieces of rings,
And the garments that she used to wear.
There are arms that are waved when the fairy
shore
e By the mirage is lifted in sir,
and we sometimes can hear through the turbu-
lent roar,
Sweet voices we heard in the days gone before,
When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh remembered for aye be that blessed isle,
an the day Of life till night;
And when evening comes with its beautiful smile,
And our eyes are closing to slumber awhile,
May that Greenwood Of souls be in sight
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WHOLE NUMBER SO.

up the board under the headofthe bedand
gitthe ole black jug hid from Dick, and
give US some whiskey; I know thats sum
left yit. Til drive ole Bose outn the
bread-tray, then cline up in the loft and
git the rag that's got the sugar tied in it.
Dick, carry the gentlsman's hoss round
under the shed, give him some fodder
and corn, much as he kin eat.
Til.-Dad, they amt knives snohE to
sot the table.
S.-Whar's big butch, little butch; ole
case, cob handle, granny's knife and the
one I handled yesterday? That's ehaR
to set any gentleman's table, without
you've lost UNI D-n me, stranger, eff
you cant stay as long as you please, and
I'll give you plenty to eat and drink.
VIII you have coffee for slipper?
T-Yes, sir.
SIN be hanged if you do tho, Es
don't have nothin' that way here, Bat
Grub Hyson, and I reckon it's mighty
good with sweetnin'. Play away stFaRg-
er, you can sleep on the dry spot u
night.
tt After about two hours fddling.)
Ny friend, can't you tell me about the
road I'm to travel tomorrow
S.-To-morrOwl Stranger, you WONT
git Out'n these diggins for six weeks:
But when it gifts SO you kin start, yOa
see that big sloo over thar? Well, you
have to git erost of that, then you take
the road up the bank, and in about 4
mile you'll come to a two acres and s
half corn patch, the corn's mitely IN the
weeds, but you needn't mind that, iist
ride on. About a mile and half or two
miles from thar, you'll come to the
d-dest swamp you ever struck in al
your travels, its bOggy enuff to mire .
saddle blanket. Thar's first rate road
about six feet under thar.
T-HoW am 1 to get at that?
S.-You can't git at It nary time, till
the weather stifens down sum. Well;
about mile beyant, you come to a place
whar thurs two roads. You kin take
the right hand IF you &aht IL; 5oall
foller It a mile OF SO, and yGjiaI'll run out
you'll then have to come back and tr}
the left when yon git about two miles
one that, you may know you are wrong,
for they amt any road thar. You'll
then think you are might lucky eff you
kin find the way back to my house, Whar
you kin come and play on that chuhe al
long as you please.
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.Hydrophobia.

A NEW cure for hydrophobia has been
mentioned in England. An eminent ply
sician refers to Youatt, who told him that
his remedy was to allow the common nj
trate Of silver, easily procurabIe, to filter
into the wound; it decomposes the salt
va, and in doing this destroys the virus.
He says that the nitrate of silver chases
the poison into the very capiIlarios, and
neutraIizcs it. The physician adds that
" the poison of hydrophobia remains la
tent on an average of six weeks; the
part heals over, but there is pimple or
wound, more or less irritable; it then be-
comes painful, and the germ, whatever it
Is, is ripe for dissemination into the sys-
TEN, and then p hope Is gone. Never
theless, between e time Of the bite and
the activity Of The wound, previous to
dissemination, the caustic or nitrate of
silver is a sure preventive; after that, it
is as useless as all the other means. The
best mode Of application Of the nitrate Of
silver is by introducing it sO'idly into
the wound. It melts in an equal guam
tity of water. If already healed, the
cicatrix should be rubbed and caustica-
ted away entirely"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17
A Moment Of Horror.

THE Mobile Register once told the
following story:
About twenty three years old Jake
Willard had cultivated the soil of Bald
win county, and had drawn therefore a
support for himself and wife. He is
childless. Not long ago Jake left his
house In search of a missing COW. His
route led him through an old worn out
patch Of clay land about six acres in ex-
tent, in the center of which was a well
twenty-five or thirty feet deep, that at
some time probably had furnished the
inhabitants of a ruined house near by
with water. In passing this spot an i'll
wind lifted Jake's hat from his head and
maIiciously waited it to the edge Of the
well, and in it tumbled.
Now Jake had always praoticed the
virtue of economy, and he Immediately
set about the recovery Of the lost hat.
He ran to the well, and finding that it
was dry at the bottom, he uncoiled the
rope which he had brought for the pur-
pose Of capturing the truant COW, and
after several attempts to catch the hat
with moose he concluded to save time
BY going down the well himself To
accomplish this he made one end Of the
rope fast to a stump hard by, and was
quickly on his way down the well.
1t was fact Of which Jake was no less
obliyious than the reader hereof, that
Ned Wells vas in the ruined building
aforesaid, and that an cid blind horse
with a bell ON his neck, who had been
turned out to die, was Iazily grazing
within a short distance Of the well.
The devil himself, or some other wick
ed spirit, put into Ned's Uranium to have
little fun; 50 he quietly slipped up to
the horse and unbuckliHg the bell strap,
approached with a slow and measured
ting a ling to the edge Of the well.
Dang that old blind horser said Jake,
he's a cumnin' this way, and hain't got
ne more sense than to fall in here. Whoa,
Banr
But Tho continued approach of the
ting ling said just as plainly as words,
that Bali BouidH't whoa. Besides, Jake
was at the bottom, resting before trying
to shin it up the rope.
Great JorusolomI said he, the old
ouss viii be atop of me before I can
say Jack Robinson. Whoa, dang you,
whoap
Oh, Lordr exclaimed Jake, falling
upon his knees at the bottom. I'm
gone now, whoal Now I lay NE down
to sIeep-w-h-o-a, Ball Ipray the Lord
my soul to-w-h-o-a, now, Oh, Lord,
have mercy on mer
Ned could hold in no longer, and fear
ing that Jake might suffer from his
fright, revealed himself.
Probably Ned didn'tmake tracks with
his heels from that well Maybe Jake
was not up to the top of it in a short
time; and you might think he didn't try
every night for two weeks to get shot
with his rife at Ned. Maybe not. 1
don't know. But I do know that if Jake
finds out who sent you this it will be the
last squib you viii ever get from this
writer.
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D
good looking girl, possessing the same
trait of silence as Zack, though not in SO
eminent a degree.
The first time Zack showed his admi-
ration for Sally was by seizing up large
basket Of COW feed she was about to car
ry into the stables, and hurrying thither
in a frightened way, much as though he
was taking it from a burning house.
After that lack seemed to be PerFetually
on the watch for oppOrtunities to save
the fair Sally from heavier work These
delicate attentions could not fail to at
tract the attention of the widow Brown,
who really respecting the young man,
invited him into the house to spend the
evening, and from that time Zack was a
fxity. He would sit in the chimney
corner of the old fashioned house, scar
cely ever speaking, dividing his atten-
ton equally between the fire and feast
ing his eyes on Sally. For two years
this quiet alteration went on, and the
neighbers wondered why, as there was
nothing to prevent it, they did not mar
ry. Itnover has been known whether
the idea arose out Of Zaok's own brain, or
whether it was a hint from a friend, but
at last he did. find courage to pop the
question. It was done in this way. The
time was New Years Eve, and the fair
Sally had been preparing a stout jug Of
mulIed cider that she might have some
thing to cheer Zack's heart when he came
in. Zack came, he drank, and took his
accustomed seat in the chimney corner
where he sat quietly as usual for a few
minutes, and then, without any previous
symptoms, he rose up to his full height,
SIX feet and two inches, putting bis head
up the chimney so that but litllo was
seen above the waist, and delivered the
II somebody loved somebody as well
as somebody loves somebody somebody
would marry somebody.
lack remained with his head uP the
chimney after this speech, 81 en-. as death,
for some minutes, until lie came forth
from his place Of refuge at the earnest
solicitation Of widow Brown, with face
glowing like the setting sun. Ire thing
was done, however, and zack and sally
we're married in few weeks after, and
we are convinced that if either Of them
could be induced to talk, now after q
trial Of a dozen years, they would say
that they we're ent,rel y satisfied with that
mode Of popping Che question.
knono the oddities IF The mystery
tba ona ovor which va have ra-sopoIiv
wondered mncb occurred IN PbiIadei-
ph:a within our own KNOWLEDGE.
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Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-02-17

GoD OUR KEEPEB.-Adam had his
salvation in his own hands; he could not
keep it. Esau had his birthright in his
own hands; he could not keep it. The
prodigal had his patrimOny in his own
hands; he could not keep it. IF our
souls we're left in our own hands, we
could not keep it. The world is a false
keeper. The devil is a churlish keeper.
The body is a brittle and inconstant
keeper. God only Is the sure keeper.
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s-T-Ie6O-X.
pRAKEs PLANTATION RTTTERs.

@9@8 -
DRAKEs PLANTATION BITTHRs.
a SMILE was on her hp-health was in
hsr look, strength was in her step, and in her
hands-Plantation Bitters.'
A few bottles of Plantation Bitters
WIN cure Nervous Headache.
Cold Extremities and Feverish Lips.
Sour Stomach and Fetid Breath.
q" Flatulency and Indigestion.
A." Nervous Affections.
Excessive Fatigue and Short Breath.
Pain over the Eyes
" Mental Dependency.
A." Prostration; Great Weakness
A" sailow Complexion, Weak Bowels, &c
Which are the evidences Of
LIVER COMPLAINT AND DYSPEPSIA.
It is estimated that seven-tenths of all adult
ailments proceed from diseased and torpid
liver The hillary secretions Of the liver OVER
flowing into the stomach poison the entire
system and exhibit the above symptoms.
After long research, we are able to present
the most remarkable cure for these horrid
nightmare diseases The world has ever pro-
jueed Within one year over six hundred
and forty thousand persons have taken the
PIantatiarBitteis and rot an instance Of com
plant has come to JaE knouledsel
LISA most cTtctual touic ana agreeable
sdmr Iaf, suilel 10 all Conditions Of lite.
The reports that it relies upon mineral sub
stances for its active properties, are wholly
false For the public satisfaction, and that
patients may consult their physicians, we ap-
pend a list Of fits components
CAusArA B1RK-Celebrated for over two
hundred years in the trea3ment Of Fever and
Agus, Dyspepsia, Weakness. &c It was In
Gedaced into Europe by the Countess, wife
OF the Viceroy Of Perm, in I640, and after
wards sold BY the Jesuits for the enormous
price Of It's 3Dn freight in siluer, under the name
of Jes,6Fs Po1c5srs. and was finally made pub
lie by Louis XVI King of France. Hum
boldt makes especial reference to It's tsbriiuge
qualities during bis South American travels.
CAscARI1IA BARK-For diarrhoea, cole and
diseases Of the stomach and bowels.
DANnELIoS-For Inflammation Of the loins
and dropsical affections.
CHMoxLE FIowEas-Aromatic, stimulant
and tOnic-highly invigoradng in nervous de-
baity.
WnTEaeREEE-For scrofula, rheumatism,
&c.
AEIsE-An aromatic earminative; creating
flesh, muscle and milk; much used by moth
ers nursing.
Also, olOve-buds, orange, carraway, corian-
der, snake-root, &c
S-T-I86O-X.
Another wonderful ingredient, Of Spanish
origin, imparting beauty to the complexion
and brillianey to the mind, is yet unknown to
the commerce Of the world, and we withhold