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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-13
Our Shawl and Cloak Room,

a.. Contains
THE FINEST STYLES OF BAsQUEs, o.r
CLOTH CL0AKS, ''' t-
VELVET CLOAKS, =sa
BAY STATE SHAwL5 $1,000
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DRY GOODS.


REAT ATT TION
PURCHASERS OF DRY GOODS
sELDNER & co,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
NO. Is MAIN STREET, NORFOLK,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED their stock Of FALL AND
WINTER GOODS which, in addition to Me supply pre-
viously on hand now enables them to exhibit to pur
chasers the
LARGEST STOCK OF DRY GOODS
IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Our Wholesale Department
AFFORDS TO CITY AND COUNTRY MERCHANTS
an opportunity to make selections from
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED GOODS,
At prices low they be bought in any city in the
United States.
We call special attention to the
Ladies Dress Goods Department,
where may be found
MORE ANTIQE SILKS,
GR0S DE RHINES,
POULT DE SOLE,
TAFFETAs,
CORDED SILKS,
PLAIN REPT POPLINs,
PLAID POPIINs,
FRENCH POPLINs,
IRISH POPLINs
SILK AND w0RsTED ARMUREs
SILK GRAPES,
MOHAIR LUSTREs IN COLORs,
P0PLINETTE, PLAIN AND CHENE
FULL STOCK OF TOLL DE VENICE,
MELANGES,
REPT AND PLAIN ALpACAs
CHENE ALPACAs,
FRENCH PRINTS,
AspLENDID STOCK OF FRENCH MERINOs, all shades
BALMORAL SKIRTS
LADIES' AND MISSES MERINO VESTS, &C., 80
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-01-05
20 THE PUBLIC.

The subscriber proposes 30 renew the publIl,
cation of the Alexandria Gazette, and appeals
10 the public Tor encouragement to continue u e
;,eslened TO make it a record Of Ne10s, Foreign,
Domestic, and Local and especial attention will Ill
be given to the publication Of intelligence OF
interest to the citizens of this city and its Vi u
oinity Every exertion will be made made oy BY
the editor and pSR1sor ro of sRs sp Count
ng0ip ng house, the place Of BUSINESS, and the he
I enlarged in the spring, if we meet meet with tn
proper encouragement. In the selection q
News, and Miscellaneous reaalng tng salne bIs %
tention will be paid to truth and honorable . "t
journalism, which characterized the course OF
the GAZETTE in its best days. :,
Advertisements from business men ana ?,'
others, are respectfully solicited, and they VIII
be inserted at low rates.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-01-05
PUBLIsHED l1AILY) BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN, Sg
aw O TFICE-No. 1o4 King street, over
s.ons's formerly Franch's) Book Store.

An effort is making in Washington, to in
crease the salary of the Clerks in the Depart
ments, There is per contra to their claims,
we observe. A communication in the Star,
signed "Soldiers Wife" aludes TO the
complaint of the $1,000 clerks, and says :-t.I,
sir, am the wife Of private soldier who is
now in Gen. Grants army-his wages being
only $l6 per moLth, or 1892 per annum. SO
pe. month goes for room rent, leaving but Sc
Tor clothing, food, fuel, and many other tami-
ly necessaries for myself and two Children
Now, if Treasury Clerk cannot provide for
his family with 81, 500 how can private SOL
dier, With 1892, provide for his family even
the necessaries Of life, laying aside all uxu-
gies?"
Gen. McCoIlum, Director and General Mon
ager Of Military Railroads, has been ordered
60 despatch a party Of officers snd operatives
to take charge of the railroad stock and prop
erty captured at Savannah, and in conjunction
with the officers Of the Quartermaster' De.
partment OF the South, make all arrangements
necessary for their efficient repair and use in
the operations in South Carolina and Georgia.
Mr.. B. s. Osborn, Naval Reporter, New
York, and correspondent of the English Army
and Navy Gazette, has been arrested and or
dered to trial for furnishing to the public
press and requesting the publication OF the
details of the Wilmington expedition, thereby
causing the Confederates to reinforce the
works at Federal Point. Mr., Osborn is no"
ln the Old Capitol Prison
The official exhibit Of the presi dent OF the
Washington Gaslight Company purports to
show loss last year of over $28, 900, tas coni-
pany being compelled to furnish gas at gold
prices.
20 THE PUBLIC
The subscriber proposes 10 renew the puoii
cation of the Alexandra Gazette, and appeals
81 %ba ~, hI;o tnr -ancOura cement to continue
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12

Dun WAsTEFUL HABITS. The New
York Times says foreigners are aston
ished at our habits of waste. We waste
enough in this country, of food and
clothing, in one year, to sustain the
whole population for five The times
are hard; the currency is deranged.--
We know not what lies in the future.
The whole country should begin to-
learn habits of economy. And it is
virtue which, if ever to become nation
al, should at once be begun to be prac
ticcdby every one. The English don't
waste half as much rs we do; the
French not a quarter; and the Ger
mans, while in Germany, none at all
Hundreds of leading hotels here and
throughout the country, prepare daily
from twenty to fifty different dishes
for dinner, and out of these from a
half to two-thrds arc regularly vast
ed Thus not only is food wasted,
but also labor at the same time. In
ordinary families unwholesome meals
of half dozen dishes are gotten up
where plain meal would at once be
economical and wholesome. We gorge
ourselves with number Of articles
which are neither nutritious nor deli
cious, but simply costly Men buy four
hats year, where one ought to last
four years; they throw away pants
and coats when they are but little the
worse for wear; and instead of having
theirshirts mended and stockings
darned, they purchase new ones, and
dingaway the old. Women wear
very expensive articles Of dress without
wearing them out.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12
Hands and JeWelry.

A prominent feature in the personal
appearance of all men and women is
the hand. 1t is, also, one of the most
neglected.
In fact, the only two classes of men
l know of who invariably care for
their hands properly are the gamblers
and the chiropodists The inherent
good taste of the other sex shows up
brilliantly in this particular.
But people generally hack off their
nails with duh knives, and scrape the
roots SO that they are rough and one
sided and fluffy. A very little care,
even when one is engaged in manual
occupations, will suffice to keep the
nails smooth, regular, and rosy; and
that is a great deal.
/ have seen many hands that were
absolutely an indecent exposure.
Some of my readers will say, per-
haps, that wish to encourage and
promote foppishness.
j don't know but they are right.
The foppish man is clean man, and
in these days it is better to be clean
than to be rich.
The dangerous people are never fop-
pish. The drunkards, the thieves, the
pot-house politicians, the rioters. =.
these are not the fellows who stand
before mirrors half-an-hour every
morning and require two glasses to
part their back hair by.
The amount of uncleanliness that
one encounters, even among otherwise
respectable people, is appalling
The average morning ablution,
among a majority of men, is merely a
superficial rinse, in cold water, of the
face-from the ears forward and the
hands, from the wrist downward. Once
week, it may be, they are more thor
Ou2n, Dul ~ MOull tbhO ~ Do'NA 4AiNA
then ever saw, to keep reasonably
clean on one bath week
The only deduction | can draw from
all this is, that most people are dirty.
There is no excuse for it. The
poorest, as well as the richest, can
afford soap and water; and it is by no
means the poor alone that / am writ
ing about.
In the matter of dress, we are ma
turally somewhat hampered by pecun-
iary circumstances. A cheap tailor
can hardly take as much time to de-
wise an elegant garment as should be
bestowed upon it; and cheap cloth is
not SO agreeable to the eye as iiner
fabric
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12

Q The servant bowed and ushered him
piAeo' q large room, whose superbly
arranged furniture struck Mr. Elliott
with an indefinite idea of luxury. Liz
zy was standing by tall alabaster
vase of clinging tropic vines that oc-
cupied one of the bay windows, with
colored lamp burning above
Papa Oh, papa you have for
given meP'
He turned frigidly from her plead
ing eyes to her husband.
81 have called to see your master,
young man ?"
"To see whom, sir ?"
"Mr. Martin of Martinstower
81 am at your service, Mr.. Elliott.
you are Who the mischief cares
whether you are or not? 1 tell you l
want to sec Mr. Martin"
Maurice Martin is my name, sir -
Mr.. Elliott stood aghast
"Why, l thought you were the con
fidential clerk
Il never told you that was, sir.
You chose to take it for granted, and
/ allowed you that privilege As the
confidential clerk, | wooed and won
your daughter Maurice Martin,
could have gained no greater treas
ure !"
Its its mistake from beginning
to end, exclaimed poor Mr.. Elliott,
wiping the streams of perspiration
from his feyered brow, 'Lizzy, my
dear, come here and kiss me Son-in-
law, you're a trump Why didn't you
tell me of this before p
Il didn't know it myself, papa, until
we were married." said Lizzy laugh
ing and blushing; land when l tried
to tell you all about it tonight, you
wouldn't let me"
$50 you were Maurice Martin all
the while" said Mr.. Elliott, with a
deep breath. "Well, upon my word
and honor And my little Lizzy is
Mrs. Martin, of Martinstower What
will the girls say"
She nestled up to the aforesaid
Maurice, as she spoke, and his look Of
fond pride sent strange thrill down
into the fathers heart. Maurice did
love the sixteen years old child--and
Lizzy's instincts had led her to the
haven of happiness
Il know I'm very young faltered
Lizzy; "but I'm going to leave of
playing with the white kitten; and
brush out my curls smooth; and STOP
climbing fences and jumping across
brooks, and and Maurice says he
loves mo jusb as much as if L were q
digni6ed wife forty years old.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12

New MEASUREMENTS OF SEA-DEPrHs.
Various sea soundings, made by the
new telegraph company in England in
preparation for the laying of the At
lantic submarine cable this summer,
reveal the following results. The Baltic
sea between Germany and Sweden is
only 100 feet deep and the Adriatic
between Venice and Trieste 1870. The
greatest depth Of the channel between
France and England does not exceed
300 feet, whilst to the southwest Of
Ireland, where the sea is open, the
depth is more than 1000 feet. The
seas to the south of Europe are much
deeper than those in the interior. In
the narrowest part of the Straits of
Gibraltar the depth is only 1000 feet
while a little more to the east it is
5000. On the coast of Spain the depth
is nearly 5000 feet. At $50 miles
south of tho Nantucket south of Cape
Cod no bottom was found at $500
feet. The greatest depths of all are
to be met with in the Southern Ocean.
To the west of the Cape of Good Hope
10000 feet have been measured, and
to the west of St Helena $4,000 feet.
DIR. Young estimates the average depth
of the Atlantic at 10000 feet, and of
the Pacific at $4,000.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12

PROGRESS In the early part Of the
present session of the New York
Legislature, when tho vote was first
taken on the question of ratifying the
constitutional amendment abolishing
slavery, but one democratic member
of the assembly favored it, Now the
amendment receives the support of
fourteen democrats against twenty
two opposed TO it. This is commend
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12


HIsroW or DAScrse. Dancing is
worry nearly as old as the world Tho
Hebrews danced when they emerged
from the Rcd Sea, and about the gol-
den cali, which was not their maiden
effort The young maidens of Silo
were enjoying the dance in the field
when they were surprised by the
tribe of Benjamin and carried off by
force. According to the counsel of the
ancients of Israel, David danced before
the ark; Socrates learned dancing
fromAspasia; the soldiers OF Crete and
of Spyrta went dancing into an assault,
&c. But we will leave this point Of
animated archaeology to be resolved
by others; will only inform
you, as we pass on, that dancing
probably originated in certain gestures
which indicatetp' e5nteament, pain,
JOY, as music waag born of certain
analogous sounds. Plato, y Socrates,
Lycurgus, and others held dancing in
great veneration. We are further in
formed that in old Chinese books dane
ing and music are described as the
two most important. departments of
public affairs. Under the Romans,
however, dancing had dcgenerated;
and we are reminded that Cicero adj
dressed grave reproach to the Consul
Gabinus for having sported ga light,
fantastic toe Then, did not Sallust
reproach Sempronia, Roman lady,
because she danced too well for an
honest woman?
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12

There are some poor devils who
never can look well-dressed We
have all known such They may go
to the most fashionable tailors and pay
the most awful inspiring prices, but
somehow, when fully rugged, with all
the care that they are capable of, they
have an undeniable air Of having slept
in their clothes These we can only
pity, and pray for. There is no help
for them.
Others again have happy faculty of
looking best in ancient habiliments.
! know man who can take hat n
year old, brush it and go forth to be
saluted by his intimates as the wearer
of new one. If he hangs up clas-
sic coat for two months, and then
wears it again, the more porous of his
friends insist upon his "wetting it at
the nearest bar-room.
The truth Of the matter is, as a
crony Of mine enunciates it; when
one feels well-dressed, one looks so;
and only then"
1t is not difficult matter for man
whose costume is irreproachable, to
spoil all by single piece Of jewelry.
Our diamonds are the precious
rocks on which we are apt to split.
The cluster diamond-cither as pin
or ring should be left sacred to
the Ethiopian delineator 1t belongs
to him; | wouldn't give six-pence for
him without it; and for any one else
to pirate it is a cruel imposition at the
least.
The purple amethyst seal-ring is
very admissible. SO is any other seal
save that cheap-looking white one
with masonic emblem on it. l
don't object to emblems at all, but
that is not the way to wear them.
Neither do 1 love the seals engraved
withmysterious and occult hieroglyphs
They suggest nothing, except, perhaps
that other learned seal at Barnum's.
After the seal-ring, wear a single
stone only; a diamond is the brightest
and best of it's race / need not say
that large one is to be preferred.
Never purchase scarf-pin rashly.
Give your days and nights to the
choice of design, before you buy
Let it be small, simple, and have some
color about it. If you must rush into
the gorgeous and startling anywhere,
waste your money on sleevc-buttons -
Occasional glimpses only are seen of
these, and they may be like glimpses
into the mines of Golconda, if you
choose. But keep your heart pure
and your scurf-pin simple
Recollect that it comes at about the
height of your lady-loye's eyes, and
further, recollect that it has, SO to
speak, your whole personal appearance
by the throat.
If you are of an artistic turn, you
had best draw your own design for
this article of ornament. Ifyou do, be
sure you draw it mild
BY strict attention to these few
mandates | have here laid down.
those who are. beautiful may increase
in beauty, and those who have been
homely, may cease to be SO longer
If eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty, it is also the price of good looks.
BY unremitting attention only, can we
arrive at the fulhlment of that part of
the whole duty of man, which demands
that we shall present agreeable emo
tons to the optic nerves of our neigh
bor.- Heehiy Revier
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12
peg-While it is admitted that gam

ps5-While it is admitted that gam
bling is wrong and fraught with un--
told evil, and that public promiscuous
balls are evil and dangerous, both on
account Of associations and tendencies,
yet it is urged that to dance or play
cards in the parlor, Within the quiet
of ones own house, is q harmless and
innocent amusement. But cannot
Christian parents see that they are
cultiyating passion in the minds Of
their children the very tendency of
which is to lead them more directly
into those scenes of dissipation when
they shall have passed the sacred.
threshold of home and are found in
the wide world without parental con
troll or guidance The transition from
the gaming table in the parlor to that
of the saloon is natural and easy, and
in many instances will be found as
closely connected as cause and effect.
And just so the transition from the
private to the public dance is very plain
and unobstructed. And il children
are learned to dance at home they
will do it away from home. If the
passion for dancing is cultivated in the
private party, the qualification of that
passion will be INDUCED in the more
public and promiscuous gathering.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12

TaE BLUES Cheerfulness and oc-
cupation are closely allied. Idle men
are very rarely happy. How should
they be \? The brain aud muscles were
made for action, and neither can be
healthy without vigorous exercise.----
Into the lazy brain crawl spider-hke
fancies, that shut ont the light and
make it fit abode for '1oathed mel
ancholy" Invite the stout handmaid-
EN-, brisk and busy thought. into the
intellectual chambers, and shs will
soon brush away forever such I'M
wholesome tenants. Blessed be work.
whether it be of head. OF the hands.
or both
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12
For The Vermont TRANSCRIPT
WAITING AT THE DOOR

Ever. when passed her door
Every day
She was leaning from the door;
Though her Blended figure bore
Weight of sixty years, or more,
And her furr6wed forehead wore
Locks Of gray.
Always gazing from the door
Every day;
Always with that eager smile,
As IT, ia little while,
BY the Oak tree, or tho stilc,
or the mountains dim deflc,
Far away,
she should see a coming form
That she knew.
would know him, SO she said,
Because hc the horscmon led,
And his cot, stained CORY rcd
Was Vt blue.
Every day she watched for him
At the door.
And when DINNER grew the light
She would say, with strange delight,
"Thev will sleep in camp tonight,
But with earliest morning light
That dear face viii bless my sight
Yet once more.
DAYS and weeks and months went by,
Slowly by
They had told her BE- was dead,
But She better knew, she said,
That strong form, and fair young head,
Who the eager horsemon led,
Could not die
Mus, not die
But ! missed her. ono fair day,
From tho door
She had gone to meet him there,
Beyond Oak tree stile and glen,
Meet HIM with his gallant men.
Shc had gone 20 meet him. whore
Souls $40 hiood-staincd garments wear,
There's mo- strife. nor blood-shed there
She had passed Heaven 'pearly gate,
She will never watch on wait
ANY more.
fHlnre ~
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12
Martinst0Wer.

ITS almost dark, }" said Lizzy Eli
oft, perched on the bars that led into
the solemn Quietude Of the Martins
tower woods with her brown hood
hanging from one arm, and a scarlet
shawl drawn over her tangled black
cnrls 4 wonder why papa don't
come
Lizzy was a selfish sort Of a dainsel.
with great black eyes and peach-red
cheeks and lilac calico dress fear
'aiiy torn by some jagged bramble.
She was not particularly graceful, nor
We're the hands that held her shawl
together under her chin slender and
snowy On the contrary, the March
wind had REDEEMED them, and blown
her snort curls about until you could
scarcely have told, from any outward
Indications, whether she were a boy or
girl
"Lizzyl child come down this
I instant When will you learn to be
. little more ladylike p
And Lizzy slipped guilty down
from her seat on the topmost bar. as a
Stout old gentleman, with iron gray
haT and suit to match came trot-
'ng down the road on sturdy little
q pony.
& 'oh. papa I thought you never
! were coming"
Il tell you what Tn going to do, -
Tl'' the old gentleman, irascibly, as
-.'l1' Sauntered along by the ponys
',ue with one arm thrown over its
shaggy name, and her Redeemed fin
s''S playing with the loose locks. I'm
3O'a8 10 buy pair of blue trowsers
S"u coat and set you to work cut
uS Trees with the rest of the men
m rO,ks' Its all mistake trying to
make young lady of you !"
/ wish you would. papa !" ejacu-
.a'gd Llzzy, gleefully, at would be
such fun ~
run echoed the old gentleman
Now give you fair warning, Mis-.
"a l11y' you have got to behave your
''u little more circumspectly in flu
1 20, Mr. Martin is coming home"
alr. Martin of Martinstower ?"
The same.
--'A1y looked back where the sun
~ was turning the vast Gothic win
rows Of the gray stone mansion anon,
Nartnstower woods to gold
Dwide. ee' ''''oA eyes yer.
p. "ish he would stay at Para
4. Din-what's it's name I can't steo
'l' more roses from the lawn. no
n AZ hide and seek with Nero i,
W. great stone portico any more
ior?o ""n' 10 come bacl
~ 'oOabiy because he is tired O
Isno%a IN foreign countries" drily re.
and when will he be bero %
b. no' 'ne course of a month or two
hia,. confidential clerk comes i,ome
y 10 see about refurnishing an,
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-05-12
No. 81.

able progress in few weeks, but is it
not strange that a mojority of the
democratic members still cling to the
carcass, long aftet. the rebels them
selves were ready to bury it.
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-12

The Pope has sent M. Theirs, in
acknowledgment Of his services TO the
Catholic cause, a present Of match
less collection Of engraving of all the
principal paintings on sacred subjects
in the Vatican.
The late editors ofthc Anti SLAVERY
Standard accused Wendell Phillips of
falsehood, morbid egolism aud dis.
eased vanity. They ought 10 know
his case.
The Parisians are going to have a
grand exhibition of insects. The
United States can supply large num-
Der of the genus politician.
The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-12
Headuarters Military District Of
Charleston.

CHARLESTON, S. c., JULY S, ists.
CIRCULAR
NJ Office is hereby given to al, CON
~ cerned, that all claims for the posses
sion Of property, whether real or personal.
IN temporary use of the military authori
ties Of the United States with;n this Dis
trict. will be adiudicated by tho Courts to
be established under General Orders No.
lo2. Headquarters Department OF tie
South, with final appeal to the Com
mandcr of the Department. Special atteu-
tion will be paid to claims for personal
property, such as carriages, harness. horses,
etc. The Government does not desire to
retain possession Of the property of loyal
citizens. BY command of
Brevet Maj. Gen. JOHN P. HATCH.
LEONARD 3. PERRY. Asst Adi't Genl
Official: r. HAMS JEwErr, Isl Lieut..
35th Mass. Vols, y. A. a. G..
July IL 6