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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-20


VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. -
Y The Board Of Visitors viii me ct at the Fir-
gini;l Military Institute on the 18th Of June 10
make appointments OF Cadets. Applications
for State and Pay Cadet appointments will be
usual testimonials OF good moral character.
Candidates for appointment must be exempt
from bodily disease, Of ages between IL and %
wears and inthc case Of State Cadet applicants.
must satisfy the Board Of their inability to
meet tue expenses Of the Institution.
Candidates for admission must be able to
read and write well, and to perform with laciil-
~ and accuracy the various operations OF the
four ground rules Of arithmetic, of reduction, OF
simple and compound proportion, and Of vul-
gar ard decimal fractions
State Cadets zone for each Senatorial Dstrict)
will be supplied with board and tuition without
charge.
XII State Cadets who held appointments on
the 81 Of April. 1863, and who desire TO enter
the Institution as SUCH, viii signify the same,
with the usual evidence Of present pccunlary
condition, by letter to the Superintendcnt.
Every arrangement has been made by the
Board of Visitors to maintain the high scientific
character of the Institute, and to PIT in full OPP
Grafton its well-tred and distinctive system OF
discipline and instruction. -.
The graduating exercises Of the institution
will take place at the Institute OH the It'll Of
July. The examinations will commence on the
9TH Of June and be continued daily until COM
plctcd. The public arc respectfully invited 10
all these exercises.
For all further information application will
be made to the superintendent.
FRANCIS II. SMITH,
superintendent.
Lexington, Va, my 18-1awGw
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-20
NOR THE HARVEST OF 1866.
J. p. DAETuOLOW & CO.,
no. ., KING STREET,
between Water and Union,

ALEXANDRIA, VA,
Sole agents for the celebrated Buckeye Reap
or and Mower; Woods's Reaper and Mower !;
Balls Reaper and Mower.
Tho reputation OF the above mcchlncs Is
worldwide. No comment is necessary ut our
hands. We are prepared to provo them the
best machines in use Circulars and catalogues
ready for distribution
Revolving Hay Rakcs,
Grain Cradles,
Wheel Eakcs,
Grass and Grain ScythcG,
Wire Tooth Cleaners:
Horse Hay Forks,
Hand RakcS,
Hay Forks,
Scythc :5naths.
Whctstoncs,
Rifles,
Briar ScJ thcs,
Hay Knives,
Grass Hooks,
Corn Knives,
&C., &c,
j. p. BhRTiIOLOW & CO.,
No %, King St., Alexandria, Va,
my2-tf and 55S It'll St.. Washington d. T..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-20

DRUCFS CONCENTRATED FERTlLl-
- IZER-The immediate results OF the use
Of this highly approved fertilizer are AS marked
as in the application Of Peruvian Guano while
at the same time the land on which 1t IS applied
is permanently enriched.
a discount made to dealers. For sale BY
GEORGE +. WHITE
ian 13-tf Nos s. and 81 Cameron st.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

was complete sono weeks igd and IN order Is
have tho entire building ready for the machinery,
already arrived in Charleston from Europe, twas
being pushed forward with comnendable energy.
Ono or tso Steam Saw Mills are in constant
operation, and give active employment to some
half dozen teams in hauling the NECESSARY logs:
The Contractor for building ihe dam dcross Horse
Creek, in order to afford the supply Of water
n leoossiary to drive tho machinery, aloRe employs
about one hundred laborers$ and,.half' as many
carts in hauling the dirt &es 80 -
Some FIVE hundred iOperst..s Il, are nov ss rork,
including Carpenters, Engineers, Blacksmith,
Mssops, TeamatOrar aad sepsEal 1aberers.e 49,.
1t is really busy and cheerfsl sight TO see so
many persons, so actively and asssplly emplayed,
and affords o very. etriipgi contrast to our own
dull and monotonous village * No.. =.
Col. BENZ. F. EVANS, of the Hsn known House
of EVANS & CooswELry of Charleston, is the
President of the Company,-hisrssidsnes for tho
present is at Aiken, and from hisOpergs industry
and intelligence tho whole work.at the & Kalmia
Mills" cannot fail to 60, forward to. speedy and
successful completion. The rearing OF these Fac
tories 10 our midst is, conceive, cause for gene
raj con graduation and rejoicing in pro-
portion as wo render ourselves independent Of all
other parts Of the world, in all kinds Of. manu-
factories, Just 30 much will our efforts toward q
return to prosperity and ndepenasnce boincfcased.
would be- deing injustice to my own feelings,
we're to omit rendering my thankful acknowledg-
monts to Col. BRANCH aud his accomplished lady,
for the very hospitabe. entertainment extended
to me. VIAT0R.
nela q u G q
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Edge6sld c. H., S. c.
Gray, MulIarky & Co.

One of the most superb stocks of dry goods to
be found in this latitude (says the Augusta Tran
sc,;p) is now offered at worry reasonable prices BY
Messrs. Gray, Mullarky Co., 22s Broad street
This house has always been favourite resort
of the ladies of central Georgia, from the fact
that its prices have ever been considered mode
ratio and its commodities equal to any that can be
found in the market As importers and jobbors
of foreign and domestic staple and fancy dry
goods, this firm has long enjoyed tho confidence
and liberal patronage of country merchants, tra-
doris and planters as well as the public generally
Tho stock Of dross goods is very fne, and the
same praise may bo awarded to articles in every
other department Of this extensive stOro. Planters
and merchants visiting the city will do we'll to
give Gray, Mullarky 4 Co. call. A glance at
their advertisement will give an idea Of their rich
nes, and magnitude Of their stock.
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uTexas! Texas Texas 10

In another COLUMN of our paper will be found
card headed as above. Every word in that
card is strictly and literally true. Wo have the
honor OF exchanging with the Houston Telegraph; !;
and with tho most perfect honesty, We pronounce
it second to no paper in the United States. And
when We have said that paper published in an
interior town of Texas, is second to mono in the
United States, wo have said all We can soy. But
not one syllable moro that We really think. A
paper Of the extraordinary style aud yigar of
the Houston Telegraph, coming from elsewhere
than New York or New Orleans, is something
which fills us every week with establishment.
Mr.. r. II. GRIFFIN, Business Manager Of the
Telegraph, and editorial contributor thereto, is q
gallant and accomplished young gentlonan-a
son of Col HENRY GRIFFIN, who lived until a
few years back in our part Of South Carolina
and nephew of the late Hon. N. L. GRIFFIN.
We bespesk for the Telegraph many subscribers
from old Edgefeld.
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Another Mammoth Dry Goods
establishments.

Tho Augusta Consttn,ionalist, noticing the new
firm of A. T. GRAY & Co., who have just opened
in that city very large and superb Dry Goods
emporium, says: "We had intended to NOTICE the
new firm of A. T. Gray ( Co, but MS these gen.
tlemen have introduced themselfes and their bu-
sinoss so extensively through the columas4of tho the.
Consitutonalist it is scarcely necessary for us to
do so now. However, it may not bc amias to
state that the senior member, Mr.. a. Gray, was
in tho Confederate urmy from the beginning to
the ond, and that ho "stood up 10 the rack, fod-
der or no fodder that will do for him. Mr.. P.
Gray has been for many years identified with tho
dry goods trade of Augusta, aud is therefore we'll
known in our community. Mr. James W. Turley,
like Mr.. P. Gray, has long becn identified with
the trado of this city, and from our knowledge
we can say tbst he is en- attentive and courteous
gentleman. This trio constitutes the tcam. 1t is
u good one, and We wish it that measure of sue
cess which it deserves"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18
For tho Advertiser.
The Kalmia Cotton Factory.

The building of another largo Cotton Factory
in Edgehsld District is an cvont worthy of noto; (;
and as believe it ia not generally known
tbut joiut stock Company, 1ndcr an act Of In
corporation from the Legislature Of South Carroll
na, known as the "Kalmia Manufacturing CON-
pauy," and composed of some twelve or fftoen
wealthy gentlemen, are now having constructed
tho necessary buildings for such an establishment,
I will, Mr.. EDITOR, With your consent, couamuni-
cate such information as pOssessin regard to the
" Kalnia Mills or Factory"
Tho "Kalnie Mills" are being erected on
Horse Creek, some three and half miles from the
beautiful! and prosperous village of Graniteville,
and still nearer to the Bath Paper Mills. The
South Carolina Rail Road runs very near to this
onbryo Villuyc Of Kalmia; turnout and station
have already been made, and it is II belisve) q
regular stopping place for the passenger trains on
thai road.
Through the kindness aHd politeness Of Col.
JNo. L. BRANCH, tho able md energetic Engineer
in charge, your correspondent wns afforded the
opportunity of careful and satisfactory inspec.
ton Of the various buildings now being erected
aud also the gite on which it is intended TO build
good and substantial cottage residences, Of brick
and stone, for the operatives
csn we'll imagino, that, abe4ntifsl, picturesque
and thrifty village, will 10 one or Two years, sur
round and ornament the hills adjacent to th'
Z" IL alnia Mills" The operatives for tho cottor
r hat
| is also t., DO a Paper Facsery,) aie already en-
gagged, or being engaged, nnd are (if right!
understood Col BnAscH), to be brought iron
Scotland. Wemuy,TsaEOnably expect then tina
the Highland plaid will bo favour about tn
i;"Ka!mia Mills"
The malh building for tho cardins nd'spin
| ming Cotton Thread, Is an immensely solid struc
tiTe, being buIlt Of Tho best Brick, and is 100 b
5aa fas In ifs diusspsiDna. Tae sanenHus etoE.
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~ General Sheridan, after his recent Texan
tour, stated his opinions succiutly and forcibly,
as follows: off owned HI and Toxas, would
rent Texas. and liyo st the other place." Rather
heavy on the " Lone STAR State.
zu- The military authorities in Salisbury,
North Carolina, havo suppressed the sale Of pic
turss Of Generals Lee, Jackson, and other Con-
federato generals.
.ns- General Wright, commanding Department,
Of Texas, has directed the publishers of the nov,.
papers in that State to forward tc him copy Of
their publications., to be sent to General Grant,
io compliance with tho latters late order on the
subject.
ns- Troops from Europe continue to arrive in
Mexico. The French troops in tho Empire are
snid to number $4,000.
~ They have some sensible negroes iu Lynch
burg, Virginia, who ore getting up apctition for
tho abolition Of the Freedmcn's Bureau.
> A bloody ARRAY between the whites and
colored people of CarrOltOn, near New Orleans,
occurred On Sunday. The citizens, adod by a
portion of tho Seventh Vermont Regiment, sue
ceeded after long and determined efforts, in rostor
ing quiet. Several Of tho combatant. were scri-
ously injured, and thrcc negroes were killed.
General Sherman, on learning of the disturbance,
sent two companies Of the First New Orleans
Inioltsy to Carroltop to remain until all danger
Of another outbreak had passed.
as- A party of eighteen lumberers, in Michi-
gan, woro latoly poisoned and all died from eat
ing batch of biscuit, in preparing which strych-
nina had been accidentally used instead of SALE
ratus.
ns- Mobile is to have new hotel, "uith nc.
comuodntious for three hundred more guests
than wero ever before accommodated" in tina
city. That Hotel will be rouser.
nss- The Six, Nation (IrOquOis) Indians, oca
ted in a colony on the Ottawa Rivor, under
doscondent of the famous chief Brant, have ten
dered the services of eighteen hundred braves t.
fight the invading Fenians. The .Iroquois ar
inherent enemies Of the United States.
y s.ass- General G. w. Smith, formerly Stree
!, Commissioner Of New York, aad during tho wa
major general in tho Confederate army, ha
boon appointod Superintendent Of tho hoCha4tanon
] sa RailsaxA
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

ARMY JoKE.-The following good one is
told at the expense of Gen. j. B. Magrudcr
While retreating from ;he Peninsula in
1862 the General and his staff stopped at
the house Of widow lady on the road and
engaged dinner. In q few moments, Jim
Phelps, a Louisiana soldier, accosted the lady
with:
"Ma lame, oan ! get dinner?"
eyes sir" was the answer, Z" but rs am
preparing dinner for Gen. Magtuder and staff,
and have not room at my table for any more,
you will have to wait for second table,"
"Very we'll, madam, thank you,' said
Phelps, taking q seat in position to COM
mand view of the dining room.
Watching the movements of the servants,
Phelps waited until the feast was On the table,
and while he hostess proceeded to the parlor
to announce dipber to the General and bis
staff, Phelps entered the dining room, and,
seating himself AZ the table waited further
developments. Upon the entrance Of the
party Of officers, there were found to be seats
for all but one, and one politely returned to
the parlor to wait
The General took seat next to Phelps
and, after the FIRST curse was finished, turn
ing to Phelps, he inquired
"Sir, have you any idea with whom you
ore dining?"
"No sir" coolly replied Phelps. 81 used
to be partieula., but since ] turned soldier, ]
don't cares o bit who ] eat with, so the Victuals
are clean"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

DEATH OF 4 HIGHLY RESPECTED CoLonED
MAN.-Onc by one, as years roll on, the col.
ored men who, in time past, by their upright
course life and fidelity, had won the respect
and esteem of our community, are passing
away. John Lee who for the past half cen
,ury has been known in Charleston as one Of
her highly respected colored residents, de-
parted this life on last Friday, in the seventy.
third year of his age. Many regrets win es-
cape the lips of the elder of our citizens as
they read this paragraph, and call to mind
the good old days that have vanished, never
to return The subject of this notice was in.
timately associated with those times, and
contributed in no small degree to render
them ineffaceabe in the memories of many.
But death at lastshas put his hand upon him,
and after long suffering he has gone down to
the grave respected by the whole community:
leaving behind him many bright examples
worthy of imitation by others of his class
Charleston Courier.
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Too Good to be Lost.

FThe following lines wcre written on the back
of q FIVE hundred dollar Confederate note:l -.
Represent nothing On Gods earth now,
And naught in tho wators. helow'it-
A. pledge of the nation that's, dead and gone,
Keep it, dear friond, and show IT. -.
Show 1t to those who will lend an ear =.
To the talo that this paper can tell, :-......
OF liberty born, of the patriots dream
or the storm-cradled nation that fell.
Too:poor to possess the precious ores, :
And too much Of a stranger to borrow,
We issued to-day our promise te-pay, -.
And hoped to redeem on the morrow: -.
The days rolled on and weeks became yoars, =.
But our Golfers were empty still;
Coin was so rare that the treasury quakcd
If a dollar should drop in the till. =.
Bat the faith that was in US was strong, indeed,
And our poverty we'll discerned;
And these little checks Represented the pay
That our suffering volunteers earned.
We know it hardly had value in gold,
Yet as gold her soldiers rsceivedit;
1t gazed in our eyes with promise to pay,
And each patriot soldier believed it.
But our boys thought little Of the price to pay,
Or of bills that were overdue;
We knew if it brought us bread to-day,
1t was the best our poor coantry could do.
Keep tit tells our history MI over,
From the birth OF its dream to the last;
Modest and bora of the angel hope,
Like the hope Of success it passed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

j. FRoM CHARLESTON TO RicHMoSD.-The
Columbia PAenir saya: +" The question is re,
peatedly asked. What is the fare from Rich
mond, Virginia, to Columbia and Charleston,
South Carolina p Having recently travelled
over the route apd taken special pains to get
thoroughly posted on the matter, we give the
following information
Richmond to Greensboro, North Carolina
100 miles; fare, $ll SO. Greensboro to
Charlotte, North Carolina-90 miles; fare
SIS so. Charlotte to Dok,, South Carolina
% miles; fare, IS. Doko to Columbia-l7
miles; ID. T. Hnrvey's line of stages,) fare,
ST.. Columbia 10 Charleston-l3O miles !;
fare, 81 so.
Passengers leave Columbia in the evening,
at o'clock, and arrive in Richmond in about
forty-four hours. There is a detention Of six
or eight hours in Greensboro, on the return
trip which we hope will be remedied in
short time. In fact, in six OF eight weeks
time, we expect the railroads will all be i'll
good order, when the schedule will be re-
duced to about twenty four hours between
Columbia and the capital Of the Old Do
minion."
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= AsReWerful.L Lattere::,

An elderlylady.andgentletnEr werstiding
afe@ days ago.in@ aneomnibusr Opposite ITO
them sat a pleasant Hooking eunglady with
70 aue noblej chubhy;r growing bully of "a boy
in herflap. Conversation arose betwee1i the
parties; "a. steamship from ~Ehagres had
Just arrived, and e;geod- locking laay with:
the chubby fidYeniIe #ishedto knowthenews,
remarking that- -herhuaband had bfen away
fifteen months that daySanda daheswss ansioas
to hear from him: @:And them the good lock-,
ing younglady:i proceeded to- indulge ina
long and pathetic dissertation on,the,discom.'
fort:an annoyance Of. wives wien husbands.
90 of and stay long from their homes :
81" True madam, ,p1remarkedI Ihe-efdetly geni
.tleman; who had never known ther prideSauo
pleasure of paternity, "'h,:s them thac fue
little fellow nuet be a great pleasure and
comfort to your chucking attheHsan,e time,
the Jolly little fellow under tue chin, who
crowed and swelled and started at the'old
geutlelnan's spectatles;.1 G remarkable fine
boy-what mis- ght be;his age madam ?sf''. -. >
-" Just three months, sir, rcplied!the prou'i
young mother. :, "'a.''; :-'''..: = i -
Threemonths replied the elderly gent.
'a.three months :Iathought you said yoor
husband had been away fifteen months:D:.
-. The good looking lady blushed very deeply
but soon recovering from the momentarJ con;
fusion and remembering herself She ejacala-:
ted. "Oh,but he has writ once m' -. ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

a GEORGIA oArH.-Tho Internal Reverue
Bureau received the following amended iron
clad oath from Georgian appointed assis'
tant assessor for one of the sub districts of
that State:
ii, Of the County of -, ard State
of Georgia, do solemuly swear that l have
never voluntarily borne arms against the Unit
ted States since have been citizen thereof
except as Captain in the Confederate statea
army; that have given no aid, &c., to par
SONS engaged In armed hostility, except as
aforesaid
The printed form Of oath is interlined SO
as to truthfuIy set forth the Few officials
correct status.-Ncao York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

GRANTS ONsx JoKE.-The only joke that
Lieut.. Gen. Grant was ever known to perpes
trate, was one day during his campaign in
Mississippi, when the rebel Gen. Winter was
coming up to attack one of the wings of his
army, where the commander in-chief hap.
pened to be himself present.
Gentlemen" said Grant, quietly knocking
the ashes from his segar, and looking around
at the officers near him, "you see severe
Winter approaching and ] advise you to have
the boys keep up good 6re!''
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

An old cclored preacher at Port Gibson,
Mississippi, recently baptised thirty colored
converts and after the ceremony he charged
them dollas piece. On the following Sun.
day he only succeeded in inducing two to
present themselves who were willing to pay.
Becoming Indignant at the parsimony of the
congregation, he reiused.to baptize the two
candidates for glory, saying he was not gwine
to slosh hisself up for two dollars.
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Ax uspaor1rARLE CoNrRAcr.-The Wil

An UNpaoF1TABLE CoNTRAcT.-The Will
mington IN. o. Dispatch says that a gentle
man living about ten miles from that. city
contracted last year with torty.tw negroes
that they should have the use Of his farm Of
three hundred ahd twenty acres, including
all tho stock and implements, provided they
would give him one.third of the products.
His share has been ascertained to be four
bushels aud three pecks of corn, 1.-Two hundred
aud seventy-ive pounds of fodder, thirty
pounds of rice, four roasting ears, and quart
of tomatoes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

Mn. BRooKs ExpELLED.-The House OF
Representatives of the present Run'p Con-
gress filled up the measure of its infamy
Yesterday, by cxpelling James Brooks from
the seat to which he was elected by the peo-
pie of the Eighth Congressional District OF
this State, aud voting into bis seat Mr. Will
liam E. Dodge, who was not elected, although
it is known and admitted that he used tens
of thousands of dollars corruptly to secure the
sutfrages OF the voters Of that locality.
A little plain talk on this matter will do no
harm.
Messrs. Radicals of the Rump Congress,
do you not sec that, by expelling Senator
Stockton, and Congressman Baldwin, Yoor-
hees and Brooks, to accomplish purely party
ends, you Justify and invite like violence
You use fraud and force to add to your num-
bers and you cannot, in reason, object, if
some power, superior to yours, should adopt
your methods IN its dealings with you. There
Is, intrnsicallY, 90 more sacredness in the
Republican majorities which elected Thad.
Stevens, Wentworth, or Bingham, thar 10
the Democratic msjorities which chose Bald
win, VOORHEES, and Brooks. If no rule Of
Justice obtains in the one case, neither does
it in the other. You kick Representatives
out of their seats because you have the power,
and in so doing lose all moral status with the
country. Should the kicking process be turn.
ed against yourselves, remember it was you
who made force the arbiter. It's poor rule
that will not work both ways.
Hereafter, the deliberations Of this irregu=
lar body can haze no value to the public. We
deny that it is Congress of the United
States. 1t not only excludes eleven States,
but itreduces its own membership by violence
to carry on o war against the integrity of the
Union. Its record is already the most shame
ful page in our history.-New York World,
1th inst.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

A Minister in Connecticut offered up this
prayer last Sunday; Not my will, but thine
0 Lord, be done but is it be consistent With
thy holy pleasure, we would that thou spcedi.
IL telegraph for President johnson to come
up to heaven" So says the Boston CONNER.
cinl
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

A good story is told of gambler on one
of the Mississippi STEAMBOATS,, who, while
playing at bluff, slipped three aces into his
boot to d-aw upon when a proper emergency
occurred. Presently it "arriv," when he
drew on his reserve, snd showed four aces |;
but ere he had raked down the pile, ono of
his opponents showed FIVE! Whereupon the
first party exclaimed, "By thunder, there is
cheating going on somswhe1e around this
hna1dm
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-04-18

gress and nearly all the Northern States Gov.
ernrnents) on the other, that We are: on the
eve of great events, perhaps o. bloody ones?
We are passing through an Important crisis.