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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-12-04
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oCULPEpER. "A very large crowd Of sfeed
men assembled at CulpepperC Court House on
Saturday under the call Of the agent ct the
Freedmen1s Bureau, to elect on their part 9
Judge for the Freedmen's Court, to. be organ
lied atahat place There we're not less thai
q thousand adultmale negroes present on THE
occasion. .ss44t s--t>Gis s.5- IS
They were addressed by Gen. Harris, He
warned them against mlstaklng liberty Tor
license, and freedom for idleness and Vagrancy.
He told them not to expect lands and boun-
ties from the Government, but to go to work.
He counselled them to- make contracts tor
labor for the next year at <onee. and reterably
with their former masters. s, So, 81 u
Ha This advice was as we are informed, very
scoldly received by the negroes, who did not
seruple to express their disappointment and
schagrin, and Ito declare their Discrimination to
enter. into contracts as recommends slg@i 81
- Subsequently, an election being held the
choice Of the freedmen" fell upon one Sny-
I .derWho was so Objectionable and unsuitable
man that The Fresdmen's Bureau refused to
ratify IT. u t ii AMI .< FIX
The negroes, however, Eobstinately persisted
ii resaffrming their choice. They were final:
-ly informed that unless they made another
selection, the freedmen S. Bureau would APP
point ajudge for them; Whereupon a portion
them, gave their votes tor George " lllanls,
8 ESD, who was confirmed by Gen. Harris.
The court, as fully constituted, consists OF Col.
g., A. Freeman, George Williams, aesq.. and
the representative sof the Freed1nen's Bureau,
I whose name we did rot learn. 81
thespirit manifested BY the negroes,
and the temper in. which they dispersed, cur
informant argues unfayorably for their future
demeanor.-[ Rich, Sentinel. = @ -
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Medical.
PROF. LOUIS NUMERALS
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1911 {# - IN i'2NS tl3ld fCoUdejS,)
YgvHE BEST BLOOD PURIFYING agents
: as vet known, have been most successfully
used for over q quarter Of q century IN EUROPE
anG for the last 4 years, also, in this country
and are particularly efficient IN the cure OF all
chronic diseases. no one should dispair OF beng
cured without first trying them. NO Iamlly
should be without them, for by their timely use
much sickness can be prevented. Ihey are ln5
ported direct to this port by. the u0d9f5gnca
and their purity, efficacy Ana safely can Dc ~
lied upon with perfect confidence. .:o4
The following are 2onl8 OF the olseSs:a "l'D
have t,aen rermAheAtly rom0Ve" O7 0o7@' a."
letter,
5-- .7-r LnAame ttio1.
IF The bowels
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i asthma, cough, sore eyos
lockjaw, ruptuTas: rhel2matsM,
trsmp cholic, catar1h, pain II TIE
pre>Ast and sides, deafness, NERVOUSNESS,
spotted fever, chiIls and fever, asue: open
wounds, pnelmonia, dyspepsia, salt rneu1l, can
p GER slrofula, iaundice sapewornl, oJ'
liousness, erup1ions Of the skim ouWeu
complaint, langour, gont, dropSy
arysipelas, worms, choJc. piles.
liarrhoea, noarsness, swell
ings, bloatings, bloody
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EMERY. costIVe-
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Full directions accompany each reuv1y
Imported and for sale by.
. JULIUS DIENELT, DENTS:
lA5 Prince st., below Washington 81
Alexandra. Us
For sale by oo*t Dr4&sj25z. ian jan >.
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NNAGNOLTA HOUSE, TT
lYS ;. r3i}rs TO- t - p q
COR. OF DUKE AND COLUMBUi STS.,
Z x A MIlRIh Y

ALEXANDRIA, VA.
no The" MAeN is eplaee f. all lovers
Of good things in life Here you an eat and
grow fat----drink and be merry. TIE LARDER
is always plentifnlly supplied witt the best of
everything Al kinds OF LIQUos; Ale and
Porter on draught, Weiss Beer, c1oice Segars,
&c, always on hand, This is. aEo,. the most
tWo bocRs FROM the RI o avS beo III he pro-
priator, also, takes pleasure il announc cling
that his new, elegant and CosINoDIoUs- Il LII
is now finished, and can be engaged for Parties,
Balls, Concerts Lectures, &c, at the .nost
reasonable rates. For teIns apply to =
AZ r FREDERICK, Proprietor, ~
no 13-tf 800. ~ { Z Magnolia House
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I ACHANGE HOTEL
LaU 4 A Y. Y 4

IL II U 4 "a I - Y =
Ihesubscriber begs leave to inform his friends
and the travelling public that he has repaired
and reft:ed the above named house and will DE
happy at all times to accommodate them. His
table will be furnished with the best the market
affords, and his stable well stocked with grain
and hay Strict attention will be paid to the
wants Of his guests His bar is supplied with
the best LIQUORS. D. N. ADAMS.
Luray Page CO., Va, oct 4-5m .
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Professionals.
q PROFESSIONAL CARD.
MEDICAL NOTICE.

sl1DR.3W. D.lsTEWART, Physician & Surgeon
AZ AZ graduate&of the Medical Department. Of the
University Of Louisville, Ky, and Of the Uni
versity Of the city Of New York, late Surgeon
6ysU. S. ", having permanently located in 4 lex
andria, Va respectfully offers his professional
servces.to the citizens Of this city and vicinity.
Office and residence No. s46, north Royal ST.,
Il least side) where he may be found tal hours,
~ when not professionally absent. a no q Z
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-14

l have arranged this table in a manner TO
show the circumstances in the midst of which
these results have been obtained. and opposite
are some indications furnished by the optical
saccharimetrie compared with those in another
column given by chemical analysis. Thus one
will be able to verify easily the considerable
differences obtained by these two means of ex-
animation, when the juice examined contains in
= normal state, 4 certain proportion IF uncrys-
tallizable sugar On the contrary, every time
that the juice examined came from ripe canes
and cut at the proper time, the results furnished
by the chemical process, agreed with those by
optical analysis, - far as the limits Of the in
herent errors of these two means permit, which
indeed are inevitable in all such Investigations.
The mean composition of fresh cane, consider
ed always in the SINE general point of view, can
be approximately deduced from that of the Juice.
when the established loss, of a certain weight
of this plant submitted to complete des>icatiOn,
Is known but the juice contained in the bagaSse
being less rich in sugar than that extracted, and
the washing of dry cane being always n long
and difficult operation, it Is easier and at the
same time more exact 20 have recourse to some
direct experiences In order 10 determine this
composition 50 far as it Is related 20 water,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-14

The composition of juice properly so-callcd,
that II. Gisengased from ali solid substances. mas
been differently resolved by chemists who have
studied IL at different periods, and is not yet per-
fectly known. Practical analysis towards the
end uf the last century experienced the imperfec-
ton Of the means then at the disposal of organic
chemistry. and furnished some general results,
often Of very cOntestable exactness.
At the beginning of this century, some chem
lists Of great merit, with the aim of throwing
some light upon colonial manufacture, which
underwent processes, the lnsuthcIency OF which
was we'll known, proposed TO themselves TO ascer-
tam the exact nature and proportions of the mat
tiers constituting cane juice, but the dithculty of
preserving this liquid during a long voyage. rem
dered the first attempts almost %fruitless so far rs
sugar was concerned. Sugar beets were analysed,
their composition and nature perfectly known,
while sugar cane was yet an object OF erroneous
appreciation.
1t il now only twenty-five years that sugar
cane has been studied with care and success by 2
skillful chemist on. Peiigot.) who occupies now
In France the most distinguished rank The re-
latige quantities Of water, sugar, mineral and
organic substances which this plant contains,
have been determined by him, and the figures, by
the aid of which he has represented them, are
those which are still found IN the most recent
works. This distinguished chemist then has
rendered 4 great service u the sugar industry in
sweeping from the composition of cane all the
pretended substances Of which ii is uselesly COM
plicated, and given TO the manufacturers in the
colonies a clear and precise expose of the first
principles of what they do. But it is certain
that if, in place of operating in France upon
juice coming from mature canes. he had extended
the same researches. in the colonies, 10 juice ex-
tracted from this plant at different periods of its
growth. he would have formulied differently som
conclusions contained in the learned memoir
which he has published upon this subject. The
opinion which he has announced upon the state
of sugar in the cane. in which opinion all chem
lists agree, is perfectly correct in regard to the
results furnished by the analysis he made but
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-14

is richer than the knotty and %cortical parts.
When q stick of cane is so divided that the knots,
between-joints and skin are roughly detached
and containing a certain quantity of the medul-
larry part, results are obtained of which the
following example gives an exact idea
Medullary Cortical Nodulary
Portion. Portion. Portion.
Density, at IS centCr..--.10s2 1914 1863
Quantity Of sugar per cent. 1s.i i9 III
This experiment veriEes what we said above of
the relative richness Of juice depending upon the
pressure employed. This richness would be still
more marked if the knots of the canes were not
always much more completely crushed under the
action of the rolls than the portion close TO the
skin. which, rs is known, on coming from the
mill, is less injured and more moist.
Canes. attacked with the disease we have de-
scribed under the name of .s Degeneration" some
three years ago, contain generally less sugar than
healthy canes with which they were compared.
The analyses we have made respecting this, con-
firm what the planters had already learned by
the ordinary working of their mills. We viii
add that these canes when they were most strong
" struck even with the disease alluded 10. did
not contain relatively q greater proportion of
uncrystallizable sugar.
To ~ co--S-na
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-14
Part second.
COMPOSITION OF CANE AND OF JUICE
IN GENERAL
Continsed from cur Ias.

The word juice IS employed TO designate the
Iiquid extract Of cane by means of preston more
or I-ss powerful. II contains. after being ex-
pressed, a considerable quantity of solid parti-
rlss. sometimes Of great tenuity and held IN sus-
PENSION throughout Its whole extent These
are fber-fragInents and vegetable cells resulting
from the direct action of the press or rolls upon
The canes, which are ground and torn 10 pieces
IL 10 always easy. by settling or coarse sitratOn,
L. separate these small bodies. which cannot then
D. considered integral parts of the juice. Some
authors were wrong in assigning to these partl-
cies I place among the constituent elements oil
Juice, by indicating them under the improper
name Of colored feculae. ! have shown IN the
preceding number that, making deduction for
these amorphous products, which are entirely
foreign and accidental to the intimate nature OF
Juice, there exists. normally, in this liquid as IN
manyof the vegetable sugars, organized corpus
eles in the form Of globules Il ParOis (ParietesD
distinct and transparent, and of a diameter vary
ing from ; to 5 of L m%illimetre, "a millimeter
Is about OF an inch, } and | have endeayored TO
show she importance that ought hereafter TO at
tach To the presence of these microscopic parsi-
cles during the process Of manufacturing sugar
In the colonies.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-14

Holland gin, brandy, whisky, cognac, alcohol.
AssmannShauser, JOhannesberger and Marco Drummer
Rhne-wine.
st. julien, Pontet Camel, Chat. Larose,
Chat MaTPeIuN. Madeira, port wine, sherry, muscat.
Lunei, cherry cordial, Fleur de SiIEeTy champagne,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-14

Sugar is not equally spread through all parts
OF the cane. The central or medullary portion
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-14

Tansl..eI fem ihe French in tbe Port L5Gis Ciault1sl Com
rrsrraI OzreEr~.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-14

hey do not conform TO facts which direct and
trepeated experiences reveal. In fact. juice con
tains not only crystaliizable sugar, Us is now ad-
united, but IL contains besides uncrystallzable
sugar, and the quantity of the latter substance
varies in different parts Of the same cane and at
different periods Of its development. | shall soon
treat OF this question, 80 interesting 10 colonial
industry, in another chapter, and | shall bring
evidence of the fact l announce, and the condl-
tiOns under the influence of which the state OF
the sugar in the cane is found normally modl-
fed. In like manner l shall assign to a special
place the examination of organic substances other
than sugar, also those divers mineral salts which
enter into the formation of juice.
Considered in a general manner. cane juice Is
sugar-water holding in solution a certain quaint
ity of organic and mineral principles. Partlcu-
larry considering the sugar and water only, and
grouping the other substances into two distincts
~categories, according to their vegetable or min
eral nature, l have deduced the mean compost
ton of the juice, at Mauritius, for the different
species Of cane cultivated there, all the numerous
practical analyses during the two last years with
this plant arrived to maturity bat coming from
different localities and differing on account of
soil and temperature -
water .-......
Sugar
aiinersi Sa,ts. 80
Organic Substances. .............. $50
10000
In consulting the following table where l have
consigned the results furnished by seventy-eight
practical analyses in all the desirable conditions
of exactitude, one can learn the variations which
different substances undergo according 10 the age
of the cane, the time of the analysis, the part of
the plant examined and the locality where grown.
Also, one will find in this table sufficient indica-
tons of the relative richness of different species
of cane, and the differences of quantity of sugar
from the same canes submitted to a greater and
less preston. What l have already said upon
this lost srrh1anf yrhan SraaGIpr &c tho NrraatINp
of juice, will dispense of my returning to the
subject again
The Portland daily press., 1865-08-29
sPECIAL NOTICES.
A Broken-Down System.


There lisa disease to which the doctors give many
names, but which few Of them understand. 1t is
simply welkness-a breaking down ofthe vital forces.
Whatever It's causcs land they are innunerabe, It's
symptoms are in the main the same. Among he
most prominent are extreme lassitude loss Of aDre
tite loss OF flesh, AMI great mental depression. In
digestion and a Stomach Cough also frequently
concomitants of this distressing state Of body and
mind. The common remark IN relation to persons
in such condition is, that they are consumptive-
Now, what these unfortunates really want is vigor-
vitaI strength; and as certainly as dawn succeeds
darkness they recuperate their systems and re-
gain perfect health by reso ting to HoSTETTER's
CELEBRATEDsTo BITTERs. Its as clear
that ereviving tonic is required in such cases, as
that the dying fame of an empty lamp requires to be
revived with new supply ofoiI. Perfectly pure and
innocuous, containing nothing but the most genial
vegetable extracts, and combining the three grand
elements of stomachic and Alternative, and genial
invgorant. Hostetters Bitters are suitable to all
constitutions, and ara applicable to the diseases
and disabilities of the eeber sex as to those Of men,
New York House, SO Cedar Street, NY.
Aug 29.-d&w2w arg.F Fb
The Portland daily press., 1865-08-29
Aroostook County.
A LAUaHABLE sAoRrF1on !

Judge HowarFs letter of acceptance of the
nomination for Governor by the CopperHeads,
is one of the curiosities of literature. 1t was
published for the second time, in the argus
of yesterday. We have read of Confidence
men of all stamps, but the Judges s'conf-
dence" beats all that has preceded. In his
letter he makes this clever confession:
sThe unanimous denomination by the late
Convention, to which your letter refers, con
strains me to yield for a time, my well known
preferences for private life. / have
no right to decline its calls for duty, nor do |
wish to shrink from its demands
The Judge has the reputation of being very
obliging man; but this willingness to sacrifice
himself for the public good, surpasses by far
all his other numerous excellencies. Smitten
with his duty o.the party, he yields to the love
of his friends, and consents to act as Governor
for the year 1885 Most kind and yielding
patriot What shall be rendered to this man
for this constraint that is put upon him
Lightning seldom kills in this region. The
chance is not one in million that Judge
Howard will fall by the electric fluid: and
vet the chance is far greater that he perishes
BY this subtle essence, than that he will be
elected Governor on the I'd Monday of Sep
TENDER But he 'yields Cor time his prefer
ence for private life" 0 Judge, how could
YOU make that slip of the pen Or, do you
really bel eve that the Copperheads in this
State are going to make you Governor If
SO. rest easy; your love of "private life" shall
- - 5;s+,,yhad The IInion men of Maine
are not cruel You may not shrink" from
the ofice-but they will "shrink" from placing
you in it. Your preferences shall be respect
ed Rest in peace till the morning of the
18th, and as you unfold the argus on that
suspicious day, you will observe that these
kind gentlemen have not disturbed your ''pri-
vate life" but have carefully left you at home,
by majority that will be counted by thou
sands
The Portland daily press., 1865-08-29
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

BT 1t must have been gratifying to Rev.
MIR. Spl ulding to find himself accused, yester-
day morning, in the argus, of pulpit disloy-
ty.' Had that paper praised him he might
well have inquired what work of evil he had
done. The argus is troubled about the desc
Grafton of the Lords Day !
EB Another county convention for Sagada-
hoe is called to meet at Bath on Friday next,
to nominate a Senator and county officers.
The call is backed by delegates from a majority
of the towns in the county. They claim to
represent the Union men of the county, and of
course that the convention of last week was
not binding or authoritative. We do not un-
derstand the grounds on which they base this
Judgment.
EB The Lewiston Journal says that the
Gypsies infest thatregion just now. They bring
with them regular accretions of children in al
most countless numbers, and worry the people
with begging and stealing. There is less poe
try about the gypsies than many people sup
pose.
I GB The Waterville Nal says that on Tues
day evening last week some forty Of the en-
ployees of the Maine Central Railroad presen-
ted their late superintendent &c. NJ. Morse,
ESQ., with service of plate valued at two
hundred and eighty dollars. An appropriate
presentation speech was made by Mr.. j. w.
Philbrick, to which Mr.. Morse replied in fit
ting terms.
EB-The Lewiston Journal says few days
since Miss Mary Bates, daughter of Rev. Geo.
Bates of Auburn, returned to her fathers
home, after having been a resident of Georgia,
near Macon, during the past six years. She
endeavored to return in 1868, but could not get
through the military lines. She reports that
the free labor system is working finely, some
of the planters already acknowledging that it
works better than the old system.
Us The Wateryille Mail says the store of
Mr.. Platt of that town, was broken into on Sat-
urday night week, and robbed of some ten dol
lars in scrip, all there was in the drawer. The
rogue broke pane of glass by throwing
stone and afterwards entered tee same hole.
The Portland daily press., 1865-08-29


ment bonds for permanent investment s1ovs
that their strength and security is fairly 1lnder
stood and that the people mean 10 avail them
selves o. the advantages they offer.
= The Republican is wrong. however, in one ra-
spect sat least if by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
is implied either foreign or domestic war
mere Is one event by which the now stable
credit OF the government could ha NOT onlv
shaken but completely overturned. We're it
possible for that faction which recently held
IN this city what it facetiously styled a Demo
cratic Convention, to gain a controlling infiu-
ehce IN the national councils. and ~ intro
duce there those principles of Reputation and
faithlessness to all obligations which If seemed
somuch to admire,and ofwhich Jefferson Davis
the Mississippi repudiator is the recognized
apostle, we should not have to wait lone for
the wreck of Government credit. Five-twen-
ties and seven-thirties, to which the people
now turn as the one thing stable when all
other things grow shaky, would be about equal
in value to those famous bonds which were
made payable six months after the acxnowl-
ment of the Confederacy by the United States"
1t is consolatory to reflect how infinitesimal-
ly small is the chance which any party could
stand of getting into power on such principles.
The platform on which the feeble remains of
the once great Democratic party have chosen
to stand for the last few years, has been rotten
enough, heaven knows; but to insert virtual
reputation among its planks was suicidal
The people who both make the government,
and are the governments creditors, have too
vital an interest in the preservation of the
good faith of the government to allow of their
endorsing any such doctrines. We may safely
conclude that any danger to the public credit
which might ensue from these fellows getting
into power is not imminent.