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E11NERAL NOTICE.

FIELD.-Died. this morning. at his late resi-
dence, four miles from the city, on Pigeon koost
road. Robert 5. Field.
Funeral will take plaeeat his residence at ~
o'clock this evening. Burial at Elmwood Gem
etery at o'clock this evening.
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CRY BONDHOLDERS.

nARTIEs HOLDING INTEREST COZ
L pons OF City Bonds, and past due city IN
debtedness. can have the same funded with
thirty year ten per cent; bonds, b. Application
TO this once u. ID. JShNsON.
September % lst8. 1901 Mayor pro. TEN.
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POZNANSKI.


tits with feelings of pride, rs American man
ufacturers that we publish the following testi-
monals. which have been received by US re
Gently:
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MARRIED..

DUPRKE-MoRGAN. --on the 9th ult.. at
New Orleans. L. J. Duprec. Of the Bulletin.
and Miss Miriam, daughter Of the late Judge
Mor0au ~ I,auieiane
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Through Tickets Sold at Rates as Low
as by any Other Route.

The Roads composing this Great Route have
been in successful operation one year since the
close ofthe war--have been thoroughly repaired,
and provided with new and permanent Bridges
-added largely 10 the quantity and quality OF
their Rolling Stock. and for Safety and Com
fort are
UNSURPASSED BY ANY OTHER ROUTE.
Mail Train leaving Memphis at AS am. con-
meets at Chattanooga with trains for all import
ant points in Georgia, East Tennessee, virginia.
North and South Carolina.
Passengers for points south of Grand juno
tion, or for points on Mobile 4 Ohio Railroad,
either north or south of Corinth, leave Mem
phis at G.45 am. by city time.
Express Train, leaving Memphis at $40 Pun,
makes close connections at Decatur. Ala,
Nashville, Louisville. Cincinnati and all points
North, East and West. Also at Chattanooga
with the Western and Atlantic for all points IN
Georgia and South Carolina.
Gu Express Train does not stop at any oil the
" flag stations" or at the least important regu-
lar stations. Through passengers cannot fail TO
appreciate this advantage.
Or For Through Tickets and further lnior-
mation, apply at the COmpany's Once, No. IL
Court street. Memphis. .
nSr Through Tickets can be procured at all
Railroad Ticket Offices in New Orleans; also.
at Canton. Miss, Grand Junction and Cerlnth.
W. j. ROSS,
General SUPERINTENDENT
w. DANLEY. Gen1 Ticket Aren't. ISL
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DIR. MAGGIEL's PILLS
Each Box Contains Twelve Pills.
ONE PILL is A DOSE.

NJ NoTIcE.-None genuine without the en-
grAved trade mark around each pot or BOY.
signed By DOCTOR J. MAGGIEL.. New YorE,
10 counterfeit which is felony.
~ Sold By all respectable Dealers In Med
icines throughout the United State and Cana
dEs. AZ 3 cents per box OF pot. 4-isg
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both. This is an ambition worthy OF
our youth, our position and our vast
energies.
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10000 PIANOS,

In the construction of which they have intro
dnced every known and valuable Improvement.
They have invariably been selected and used
BY all of the worlds acknowledged great artists
who have visited this country professionally,
both for private and public use.
THALBERG.
ct consider Chickering & Sons Pianos, be-
yond comparison, the best have ever seen in
America"
GOTTSCHALK.
II consider Chickering 4 Sons Pianos SUI
perior 10 aHy in the world.
"They are unrivaled for their singing quail
tics and for the harmonious rOundness OF their
tone. There IS perfect homogeneity through
markable for clearncss and purity which do
not find in any other instrument, viii e the base
is distinguished for power without harshness,
and for a magniticen, sorority
WEHLI.
"Your Pianos are superior TO any have ever
seen in this country or in Europe.
~ have never heard tone so perfect; it
Yields every expression that is needed in music,
and its quality Is capable Of change to meet
every sentiment. THIS is rare power. and IL
derived from the perfect purity of its tone. to-
gethcr with its sympathetic, elastic anc We'll
balanced touch"
POZNANSKI.
"During the past eight years | have con.
stantly played upon the justly. celebrated Erarl
Pianos; yours are the only instruments that !
have found. either here or in Europe, to equal
them in all their points OF excellence"
Watson's Art Journal. of NOV. IL, 1868. says
"Madame Abel performed on the new Chicken
ing Grand, which took the Gold Medal at the
Fair of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechan-
les Association, held ut Boston last month.
III is the no6leg Instrument zoe eper heard ~
a concert room"
friends among thu public at large to state that
Testimonials have been received from all the
leading artists who have visited or are now re-
siding in the United States n few OF whose
MINES, besides those above. We append:
Leo. De Never, h. Hoffman,
M. Strakosch, Alfred Jael.
dus,av Satter, Julien
II. SandeTsOn, }. Benedict.
Arthur Napoleon, And many others.
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James N. Wehi, EsQ..
My DEAR SIR: 1 have great pleasure in
asking you TO convey to Messrs. CHECKER the
expression of my highest approval OF their m
instrument of American manufacture that
have tried, but one Of the finest Grand Piano
FOrtes that has ever come under my observa-
ton and the Messrs. Chickering may well be
proud OF having turned out from their manu-
iactoIy an instrument which. for tuch, quality.
power and workmanship. itwould be very diih-
cult to surpass in any part of the wide world.
Dear SIR very sincerely yours.
ClIAS. ID. C0LLARD.
Firm of Collard & CollaTd, Piano-Forte Manu-
facturers, London.
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Grand Junction and COrintll

No Delay at any Point on the Whole
Line to New York.
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LONDON. August q. 1866.

LONDON, August 2, 800.
james N. Webb, Esq.,:
MY DEAR SIR: As you are going back to the
United States, must beg you to remember me
kindly to the Messrs. Chickering. Tell them l
was delighted with their Grand Piano-Forte-
a. good an instrument. l think, as iCds erer
turned out, both IN touch and tone.
Wishing you, ETC.,
/ remain ever truly,
H.F. BR0ADW00D,
Firm of /. BrOadwood x Sons. Piano-forte
Manufacturers, London.
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LONDON, July -. 1866.
MEssRs. CHIcKRRISG x SoSs-Geuts: have
lust been invited by Messrs. COllard TO try
Grand Piano-fOrte manufactured by you, and
L have no hesitation in indorsing the opinion
of my old friend, Mr.. c. ID. Collard. viz: That
il is the finest instrument that ever played on.
Believe me, gentlemen, most faithfully yours,
J. L. HAT1ON.
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THROUH TO NASHVILLE
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS.

Time as Good as by Any Other Route.
Passengers from Mobile and New Orleans
Nh nlo.a Nopuaetfona
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Baggage Checked Through to all Impor
tant Points.

Magnificent Palace Sleeping Cars At
tached to all Night Trains.
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THALBERG.
GOTTSCHALK.

81 consider Chickering & Sons Pianos, be-
You'd comparison the best have ever seen in
America"
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RE NOW. AS THEY EVER HAVE
n been, considered THE BEST IN AMER
ICA, having Been awarded
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We are now in receipt Of our WHOLESALE
STOCK, aud would ask an examination OF our
Stock, by CASH BUYERS, before purchasing
AZ 207 Main street.
, 1866-07-03

breasts. There is not one of us, who has
not suffered, either with regard to his
property or to his affections.
"The quarters destroyed to-day were
the richest, the best constructed. the
most elegant and formed the heart Of
the town; they were inhabited partly by
the rich merchants, who, have, almost in
totality, been victims of this catastrophe.
Fifteen Quarters have entirely dis
appeared. Thirteen others have been
seriously attacked. In all twenty-eight
'Quarters,' which, according to our cal
culations, are fully equal in value to
twenty Quarters completely lost.
"The cause Of the fire is not yet
known.
"The losses a~e immense, but at pre-
sent incalcuIable. Property of all kind
to a considerable value has been devour-
ed by the flames. Some Of the market
halls, which we believed to be sheltered
from the fire, and were crowded with
coffee-rooms, a quantity of different arti-
cles and with merchandise, which We
endeavoured to save, were not able to
resist the fire; they were burst open and
in some, all the contents were reduced to
Goals.
"Those who are acquainted with Port
au-Prince will have an idea of the great
misfortune, that has visited us, and of the
extent of ground overrun by the fire, by
imagining a vast paralleIogram having
for its sides to the west, the extremity
of the town touching the sea towards the
fort Per; to the east the other extremity
arriving at the street TrpsOrerie-G nnpraIn .
to the north the street Bonne-Foi in its
whole length; to the south the entire
street of the Casernes."
The journal finally mentions the names
Of the establishments destroyed, and
those of the principal merchants, proprie-
tors and others, who have been victims of
the catastrophe. The public establish
ments consumed are the Senate-house
with the archives and those of the Cham
Der Of Representatives, -the office of the
Ministry of the Interior,-thc Bureau de
la place,-the district's-ofice,-a great
part of the national Printing ice,-the
general Treasury with its dependencies
0he account-room, the stamp-ofice, the
Offices of the central paymaster),-the
establishment of the Brothers of the
Christian Doctrine, that of the Sisters
Of Saint Joseph de Cluny,-the office of
the tribunal of cassation,-that Of the
~Justfuo vf T.o nS"uu, northern section
the Post-Office,Ath fort Per.
This painful list continues, street after
street, with regard to particulars, and
occupies not much less than two columns
of the journal.
, 1866-07-03
TEE "AVTS."
Stristiaa9ir8, 81, Sruix.
TUESDAY, BIRD JULY 1866.

THE Royal Mail Steam Packet Seine
arrived at st. Thomas yesterday with
European dates to the 18th ulto.
The intention Of holding a Conference
has been abandoned, as Austria declined
to take part. War is now unavoidable.
The Prassians have already invaded the
Kingdom Of Saxony on the east, west,
and north. King John of Saxony and
all his army had abandoned their capital
and were falling back upon Bohemia.
In our next we will be able to place be-
fore our readers the latest intelligence.
, 1866-07-03
FIRE AT PORT-AU-PRINCE.

From Port-au-Prince is written on the
gath of March:
"The town of Port-au-Prince has just
been the scene of a dreadful fire. The
: of the town, if not the Z are reduced to
ashes. A great part Of the population
is without shelter. l cannot tell you
exactly the number of houses burnt !;
it is estimated about 1900. AS to the
loss in values of all kind, it is enormous,
and much greater han the town can
bear, which will not recover from it for
a very long time.
"Last Monday, at eight o'clock in the
morning, the fire commenced. II caught
the house of John Hesiburn, on the
Geffrard-square. Driven by o strong
easterly wind towards the part of the
town facing the seaside, the fire had
soon devoured all the large commercial
houses grouped in this place. From
here the fire continued to descend to-
wards the south but at noon a west
wind, still more violent than that it fol-
lowed, turned the flames to the oppo-
site side, which part we hoped should
have been preserved, and in a few hours
the fire had arrived at the eastern extrem-
ity of the town facing the Champ-de-
Mars.
"The news of the disaster will only
reach Europe through special letters, the
national Printing-Ofice and almost all
Jn6 establishments vi JnIs KIND beng
burnt
The "Bien public" contains the follow
ing details from another source.
"The fire commenced on the morning
of the 10th and continued its work Of
destruction, without spreading, however,
during a part of the day Of the goth.
"The heart of the town has been de-
voured, and excepting some houses pro-
videntially spared, between the VALERIE
square and the Government Street, it can
be said without exaggeration, that there
only remains Of the town the quarters la
Groin Bossale and Bel Air and the streets
Fronts-Forts and Maine-a-Fup.
"Thousands of families are without
shelter and encamped, some on the com.
mons of the Government, some under the
galleries of the houses still standing and
others finally on the intendant.square.
The most fortunate have found an asy-
lum for some days in houses Hospitality
opened from kindness on account of such
great misfortunes.
SIN the presence of so great a calami-
ty the mind is COMPOUNDED. There are
tears in all eyes and signs from all
, 1866-07-03
gntttt tt ntita4i0t.
TO the Editor of the St. CrOix Avis!
Dear Sir,

Dear Sir,
At last I have succeeded in procuring
an account of the disastrous confagration
in Pt. Prince, another instance Of tie great
ertent to whtch q fire wiW sometimes spread
in a tooon wAere Timber enters so largely
ia the composition of the buildings. En-
closed you will please find a translation
of an article on that head from 'Le
Courier de L'Europe' of 21st April last
which however but gives a preliminary
description of this calamity.
Your obdt. servt.
E. MONEFELDT,
Agent.
Royal Insurance Office, st. Croix Agen-
cy, 3oth June 1866.
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Ea1rv yyard Peech;r on the Situation.


Mr. Beccber delivered an address in Phla-
delphia On THURSDAY. the pu, port of which we
shall cndeayor briefly to present. After advo-
catirg at some length the proposition of univer-
sal suffrage. which the speaker favored, Mr..
Beecher approached the subject Of the admis-
sion of the Southern States to Congress. He
said
"Thold that It would tc better that the States
should be brought into the Union TO morrow,
every one Of them. And in this regard aIlo"
me to say that cannot 90 with either the Pres
ident or Congress- would bring ali in at once;
they mean to keep them all out al once. They
| would let in par, aud let the rest wait and
sec how they would like it. l know they are
stumbling on this point. lfyou let in TenneS;,,
see on that principle y0u will have to let IN all
! the rest. [ like to see man stand upon prln.
ciple-upon sound principles. They would let
| in Tennessee, and Alabama, and Georgia, and
when South Narolna came and asked why not
let Us in on the same principle as Tennessee
| an,, the others they would answer, ''Becausc
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Several families Of the society of Friends in
North Carolina, have recently left that State,
and it was stated that they were driven away
by persecution The Wilmington Dispatch
says 1.-THE truth of the matter is simply this
These men were almost impoverished by the
results of the war; considerable number of
their old friends had emigrated to the North
west before the war; and in the hope of better
ing their condition, pecuniarily, they decided
to follow the "Star of Empirs'' and "west-
ward" march"
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A connection tariff, for the continuous trans
portation of tonnage, as between the Richmond
and Danville and South-Side Railroads, has
been, by the properauthorities of the two roads,
arranged and entered into, to go into effects
the lst day of April next.
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The resolution to go into an election for u.
S. Senator, on Wednesday next, was defeated
in the Legislature of New Jersey, yesterday.
Mr.. Scorvel, "a radical who wanted no more
conversation, - cordially acknowledged that Sin
truth, Mr.. Stockton was entitled to his seat. "
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No business was transacted in either House
of Congress yesterday. The funeral Of Mr..
Foot, Senator from Vermont, took place.
Both Houses adjourned to attend it.
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Emimration to the States.

Paris Correspondence Of the London Herald ]
The number OF cmigrants from Germany Or
irving at Hayrc to take snip for America has
lately increased in az extraordinary degree. y
IIavre Journal states that there are not less
than q thousand cmigrants nov lodging in the
quarter Of ST. Francois alonc awaiting vessels
10 take them out Two days since eighty per
sons left Havre for England in the hope Of
getting off earlier. The same journal remarks
that this increase Of emigration comedies with
o great extension Of the commercial relations
between France and the United States. Not
less than twenty-five vessels are shortly expect
cd at Havre from New Orleans one frcm Texas
and five from Mobile, all laden Hi;h cotton.
\ considerable quantity Of the same material
is also being shipped for Havrc at New York,
along with other merchandise. In short. the
import trade at ELayro has not been SO brisk
for five year past.
Berlin (ALarch ~ Cor. London Tines
The emigration to North America is daily
assuming greater proportions. Up to the end
of May ten thousand persons cave already
engaged to leave. via Hamburg and Bremen.
The emigrants are nearly all NorthcGncrs and
Protcstants, whereas, ten years ago, the vast
majority consisted Of SouthcrnerS many OF
them Roman Catholics.
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SANITARY REGULATIONS. following
rules for the guidance of tenants occupying
buildings under the charge of the Freedmen S
Bureau in Washington have just been issued:
No. l. The rooms, entries, and staircases
must be swept clean at least once each day by
the tenants occupying them, and thoroughly
scrubbed on the W edneslay and Saturday NOR
ings of each week They must also be white
washed at least once each month.
can be allowed to accumulate In the rooms
staircases or drains, or in any other part of the
buildings or grounds. Proper vessels will be
provided for the reception of the refuse and
dirt, and it will be carted away each morning
from the premises
No. 5. In order to prevent sickness, the ten
ants will be required to change their under
clothin and bed linen at least once week, and
to keep their persons and clothing clean and
neat, and to wash themselves all over at least
once per week.
No. f. Drunkenness, lewd, or riotous con
duct, profanity, and gambling are positively
prohibited, and persons so offending Will be
summarily expelled from the premises.
Continued neglect, or violation Of any Of the
above rules, will be visited by election from the
buildings, or such other punishment as theAss-
sisitant Commissioner may direct.
The New York Commercial (rep.) warmly
endorses the veto message of the President as
signing his reasons for Withholding his sigma
ture from the civil rights bill, and especially
the part of it which ressts Capitalization. 1t
says, generally: His reasoning is cogent, and
must be satisfactory to all who resp ect the lin
itations of the constitution or federal power
who desire economy of administration, and who
correctly estimate the true value Of State hts.
1t can only be distasteful to those who have
gone wild upon the negro question, and who
are anxious for legislation which shall especial
ly benefit the black man
The Surgeons in Chief of the Freedmen's
Bureau in North Carolina and Virginia have
ordered the vaccination of all the freed people,
who need it, in the eastern portion of North
Carolina, and Henrico co., Va.
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iIlSUraIiCc.

O. I. THOMAS
NO. 73 PRINCE STREET,
(OPpcrrre~,' TIE GAZETTE OFFICE. IT,
:" the HIRE, MARINE
AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY
Alexandria, Va.
Agent for the following first class BAIrr
MORE COMPANIES:
MARYLAND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
JOS X. MILN0R, TII0S. Z. HAMBIfr,r
THE MEaCHAET's AID EEcHANLcs;~ 2,og
ISAAC WILLIAMS, n P. caTPBGLL,
THE HOWARD iowa.! FIRE INSURANCE. co4p:yy
G.HANL t, WILLIAMS AAg %S.',i! &i.&:E, '.
HOME 1NsURANCE COZ PAEy OF EEW Eayrc
cuAs WILSON, D. r. SArTEHIru.
SECURITY SU55i;rz (-uAR1HEy INSURANCE. comq.ry
R. L. uAYDocx. " 49, ! Tj I,1 v. n5G1s4a.
Secretary. President
Policies Of the above rcliab2 compa,ie. +;
sued at this Office Immediately o" arp.l~,..o,
against loss Or damage by fire, o" al le.c.t..
tons Of property in thocity Or country, on terri.
rs f;tvornb!c rs those Of am. other cvu!Daav .
equal strength and responsibility.
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE co.. GE ~
Cash Assets. July !! SI@1MGry
Annual income in ca~'?.................... 3;4Nlm
The dividends OF this company are large. il
amount, for premiums paid, than IN @ay Co%,
pany in the world.
all the profits arising from th: immense ag.3
are ANNUALLY DIVIDED amongst thca..
surcd.
Applications received 1t my :, q,iSe 10. q
Prince nH Ct st. e,r " C. cI:I di5DNl' Agent:
NH lO-tf Medical Examiner.
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The present term Of the Supreme Court of
the U. S. will close on Monday next.
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One thousand volunteers will be retained in
Canada on the frontiers, for use, if necessary.
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OUR AMERICAN SEEDS
are grown for our own sale, and our
FOREIGN SEEDS
wcimport direct from Europe. We are just in
receipt of large and extensive variety OF
Seeds grown in England and the South of France:
imported by us direct this season, comprising
the finest varieties of each kind grown, and
many rare and valuable kinds.
CATALOGUES READY FOR DISTRlBU-
TION.
Pea, Bean, Beet,
Cabbage, Onion Set.
Lettuce RaddiSh,
Roasting-ear Corn, &c, &c.
FIELD SEEDS OF ALL KINDS.
Clover and Timothy,
Orchard and Herd Grass.
Millct, Hungarian Grass
Usage Orange,
Seed Corn, Seed Oa's
Seed Potatoes
Kentucky Blue Grass,
Sorghum, &c, &c.
LAWN GRASS.
English Mixed Lawn Grass,
kentucky Blue Grass.
Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
White Glover,
Alsicke and Crimson Glover,
Lucern, &c, &c.
FLOWER SEEDS OF ALL KINDS.
\ full assortment of
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
and FERTILIZERS.
j. P. BARTHOLOW & CO..
%, King ST., Alexandria, Va.
NH 9-3m 55S, eth ST., Washington D. c..
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The testimony Of Gen. Robt 3. Lee, given
before what is facetiously called-"lucus
non lucendo"-the Reconstruction Commit
nittee," is, like the man,-honest, straight
forward, truthful, exact. He tells without
reserve, what he knows and thinks of the
state of public affairs in Virginia and the
South, and does not hesitate even to answer
what we think, were impertinent questions,
as to his own private opinions, and private
conversations. What he does not know or
believe be does not testify to, Or Of. Upon
whathe says, as man whose veracity was so
acknowledged even by those against whom he
was lately in arms, that they waited for his
statements, to obtain correct accounts of bats
ties, marches, victories, defeats, losses and
gains, and whose word now is as sacred and as
binding as his oath, we would fam hope,
those who have the power, and are engaged
in legislating for the future peace and happi-
ness Of the country, will ponder and reflect.
His views ought to have weight even with
those who have held him as an enemy--because
they cannot help having confidence in him as a
man, who would not deceive, and is incapa-
bic of stating caught but the truth.