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CELEBR ATED
BISHOP PILLS.
A Universal Dinner Pill.
For Nervous and Sick Headache, Co:ii1 o,tss,'
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Biliou:nes5, Con>tI ae
ton Diarrhea, Coles. Chi!ls, Fever, ana s''
eral arrangement Of the Digestive oFg""'
Boxes, % cts, SO cts, and 81 sizes
Sold by all druggists everywhere. u.,,,7t y.
And by HEN ~ II. SO2
Depot 1884, Broadway - =; !
And BY Z. s. LEADBEATER 6 ~
wholesale and Retail agents, alexandria ''
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TIE B B A r DIS WORLD RENOWNED
Ill WILD CHERRY RITTERS-For the
immediate relief Of Heartburn, Indigestion Dys
pepsia, in every form, Headache, Palpi tation Of
the heart. HemorrhRge &c, &C.. for sale By
henry COOK.
nk 1T g and 20 Eile street.
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TNHE GREAT TONATO.-M Supe.
L rior Tomato, in point of favour, produc-
tiveness and perfection Of shape, has no equal
1t is Of O deep red color, in form it is round,
slightly hattened. and without crease or wrinkle
It is of medium size, and the flesh almost as
solid as beef steak. In proof of its solidity ii
may be stated that with out being extraordinary
large, the average weight is FROM nine to twelve
ounces One bushel will make as much catst1p
or FIJI as many cans as bushels of the ordinary
kind, and in point of favour it is unapproacha-
BILE. As an evidence of the superiority of these
tomatoes for arketing purposes they command
ed ready sale at 81 per bushel, when others
were offered at 81. The seeds will be mailed,
to any part of the United States On receipt of %
cents HENRY COOK.
NIB 2ol SO and go, King st Alexandria
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AUCTION SALE S !.
ny r n. PARROTT-A

BY J. II. PARROTT-ALCTIONE
zeal ESTATE OF JOHN WITHERS,
II DECD, FOR SALE, At ~ BIG AUG
TT0N ALSO, CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
CANAL BONDS
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GUNNER GARDEN.

GUNNER GARDEN.
Having leased the establishment heretofore
known as the Summer Garden, No. 1872 King
street, Sd door west Of Washington street, l
would beg leave TO introduce myself to the citi-
zens Of Alexandria, and also to the travelling
community, asa caterer for tue strictest epicures
The Gsrden being q pleasant resort, within
reach Of ALL I am determined as far rs my part
TO keep every thing in the strictest order that
their shall be nothing to mar the pleasure ofmy
guests,
The larder will always be filed with the best
the market afords-furnished al II fair living
price
My arrangements are such that will be pre-
pared to furnish Fresh Oyster, by the gallon or
otherwise, to suit city or country orders.
Oysters served up in every style at the house.
together with meals to order at all hours
N. BAH I ask 3 fair trial, feeling perfec
~ confident will give satisfaction to all WI
may favor me with a call.
js29-tf WIN. Fl. SMITH
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Roots AND ES.

g PR \ G 7 K A D Z
NEW GOODS: NEW STYLES.
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ny RI PARROTT-AUcrIoT1

Is j. IL tlEIspl IL llU.'EEh
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE II ALKA-
ANDKIA, VA, LATE THE fEOPEK
TT OF JAMES VANGANT, DEcE. SEQ. FOR
SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
On THURSDAY 7, the 18th day of April 1867
at Il III, in front OF the Mayor O1llCa, i'll the
city Of Alexandria, Va, the subscriber ~ Com.
missioner Of the Circnit Court Of alexandria
county, in the cause Of John Vansant, Trustee
Sc vs. Duncan ct al, will Offer for sale. at pub:
canse, 1t the November term, 1866 o! said
Court, the following REAL ESTATE, in lht
said city Of Alexandria
l. The Store House and Lot If Ground, No
H. King street. east of and adjoining the Mar.
shall House-the lot having front Of about 81
feet, and extending back from kiny street hall
the depth Of the square.
2. The Brick Dwelling House And Lot Of
Ground, late the residence OF James iansant,
on the east side Of Pitt street, between King and
Prince streets.
3; The Frame Dwelling and Lot Of Ground,
No II, north Washington street, between Cam
eron and King streets.
4. The Brick Dwelling and Lot, No. 10, north
Washington street, adjoining No. Il.
The last two pieces Of property arc subject To
M annual rent Of Sl8
Terms of Sale :-One-tenth Of the purchase
money to BE paid in cash; the residue in three
equal instalments, at six, twelve and eighteen
sale, payable half yearly, the purchaser TO give
bonds for the deferred instruments, and the title
of the property TO be retained until payment Of
the purchase money.
S. FERGUSON BEACH,
NH 15-eots COMMISSIONS '
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This House is in the most central pant Of the
city, ard is conducted in all respects as first
class Hotel.
Omnibuses attend all trains and boats 10 con-
vey passengers to the Hotel. dec 10
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COMMIssIO MERCH NTs.

NDREW J. FLEMING,
u GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
no. 9, King street,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Solicits consigaments of Country Produce
and orders for the purchase Of supplies. and
promises to give the best attention to any bust
ness entrusted to him, and to make prompt re-
turns I'M AA-llh
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BY j. II. PARROTT-AUcTIoNE
GALE OF ALEXANDRIA CORPORATION
- Stockton THURSDAY, the 4th day of
April, 1867, Immediately after the sale of the
Real Estate of James Vansant dec d., in front
of the Mayors Office, of the city of Alexandria,
will be sold, at public auction, SIT $50, STOCK
OF THE CORPORATION OF ALEXAN-
DRIA Terms cash. JNO. VANSANT,
Executor Of Jas. Vansant. decd.
At the same time and place will be sold GER
tain shares of the Alexandria Water Companys
stock. NH 30-eots
n GTICE-Pursuant to deed of trust from
~ George Trimmer to the undersigned, trus-
tee, for the benefit Of Kedman +. Bradfeld da-
ted the 18th day of April, 1866 and Of record in
the Clerks Office of Prince William, in liber
No. rs, page 238 shall proceed to sell, at pub
lie auction, at Manassas Station, in the said
county of Prince William, on the 9Th DAY
OF APRIL, 1867, if fair if not the next fair
day, those TRACTS or ARCELS OF LAND,
named in said trust for cash, to the highest bid
der, viz: One tract of one hundred and forty
acres, and one of ninety. seven acres, being the
same lands conveyed by the said Bradfeld and
wife to the said Trimmer Sale to commence at
| o'clock p. m. F. j. CANNON, Trustee
Nss>The above sale il postponed until the
FIRST DAY OF MAY.
BRENTsyILLE, March Cts
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OHERIFFS SALE OF LAND.

MANASSAS, April l--eots
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HOTELS AND REST RANTS.

MARTIN AADDUX. H. CAREI.L. MADDUX.
X RET II S
"
MANSION HOUSE,
CORNER OF CAMERON s. FAIRFAX SITS,
ALEX ANDR1A, VA.
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CLUT HING u + 4 L + K )

AND ESTl NGS.
| lie invites hi friends and customers 10 call
/ and cga!ili ne hi= stock. Inui -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-10-11
The AndersonriIIe Prisoner.

y medical work now in course of pubIicd-
tion in New York cmb0iies some inflrma-
tion on this s,ill painful topic. which cannot
be without interest. Ii appears that DR..
Joseph Jones Of Augusta, Ga. was deputcd
by the Richmond authorities To - 10 An-
dsrsonvillc an5 examine into the condition
Of tie Fedora! prisoners. Ills report in man
uscript has been read BY the author Of the
publication referred to above, wh1 gives ex-
tracts from it. Dr. Jones, writing On the
I0sb Of October, Is64, says there were at
the time more than FIVE thousand seriously
sick in the hospital and slockads, and the
deaths ranged from ninety to one hundred
and thirty each day. Since the establish
meut Of the prison. on the 2i.h Of February,
lS6i, over ten thousand Federal prisoners
had died that i. near one-third Of the en-
tire numter had p,rishei in less than seven
mouths. IL states that he made careful
examination Of the grounds, Of the water and
Of all the other features Of the prison. In
reference to the terrible effects Of hospital
gangeIeuc. he says:
''More than thirty thousand were crowded
upon fireEiy-sereH acres Of land, with little or
no shelter from the intense heat Of a Southern
summer, or from the rain and dew, with coarse
corn bread from which the husk had not been
removed, with scant supplies Of fresh meat and
vegetables with little or no attention to hygiene,
with fostering masses Of filth at the very doors
Of their rude dens AMI huts, with the banks Of
the stream flowing through the stockale a filthy
quagmire Of human excrements alive with work
ing maggots, generating By their own filthy ex-
halations and excre,ions an atmosphere that 50
deteriorate1 and contaminated their solids and
fluids, that the slightest scratch Of the surface,
aud even the bites Of small insects were frequent
ly followed by such rapid and extensive gang
rene as to destroy extremities, and even life
itself'
After this statcmcn. Of q rebel surgeon it
will be in vain for the Richmond govern
ment, 50 called, or their advocates or apol-
ogites, to seek to explain away their respOn-
sibility for the diabolicll treatment Of the
Federal prisoners
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The attempt to represent Congress as act
ing outside OF the Constitution IN its recon-
struction laws, and as having set aside that
great charter Of our liberties for the pur-
pose Of iusurpiug and welding despotic
authority never contemplated by the found
ers of the government, began with Presi-
dent johnson. and has been followed up in
dustriously by al the eopporheads and rebels
who constitute the army of his supporters,
by the few wcak-mnded or corrupt recreant
Republicans and camp followers who left the
great loyal organization for the sake of the
loaycs and fishes Of official patronage, and by
such extreme Radicals as wish to drive the
party into ultra measures at which the ma
.jlrity revolt. But, by whomsOeyer urged,
this charge is wicked and most delcterlous
to all the best int, rests of the public. No pol
itical organization IA our history has ever
escaped charges Of this kind, 30 that it can
hardly be a matter Of wonder in the pre-
sent case. But against the reconstruction
acts Of Congress the allegations have been
most violently urged. because the President
has desired that excuse for not enforcing
them.
General Slckles has briefly replied to these
charges by referring to the decision Of the
Supreme Court in the New Mexico case, in
which IT was distinctly affirmed that the
military occupation of the territory Of an
enemy supersedes all civil government exist
ing there, and furthermore, that the orders,
ordinances and regulations made by the mill
tary commander renamed in force unit.
superseded by Congress, or by local civil
government created by Congress 1t can
not reasonably be disputed that the con
quered territory occupied by our armies az
the close Of the war was AMI had been that
held by an enemy for llur years for, al
though constituting portion Oi our nation
al domain, 1t was beyond our control entire
ly during all that period, IN consequence OF
being forcibly seized and held by c rebellion
of the inhabitants thereof.
That the body of the rebels constituted an
senemy'' in the eye of the law Is clear.
That this was the "enemy's territory con-
templated by the decision in question Is not
| less clear. They had lived there all their
lives, they had ruled it ciyilly during all
that time, and though belonging to the ma
tional empire, it was their territory Also
| Until the rebellion was crushed that con
ditlon of things remained. We had mol
lost our territory, 1t was iorei6ly held by
| the other portion Of the national partner,
/ ship, and when the suit at arms was decided
| in our favor, the forcible detaincr was end
ed, and the property passed into the abso
| lutte control Of the common sovereignty lol
the purposes of the final adjustment. Thi
is as much good sound law as it is common
| sense. We had not lost any portion OF oul
sovereign rights over this territory becaus'
il happened to have passed out OF our pos
session into that Of an enemy in arms agalns
us. Our rights were only in allegiance an'
waiting the arbitrament of war.
But it is contended that, admitting this
the conquest decided nothing more than tn
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| dress at this time Of the year, and she wa
much Obliged to him for dyeing it becom-
ing yellow. which she was happy to wear all
winter, and if the other speakers who had
been pleased to call him such hard names,
would compromise with him as she did, and
be cor tent with one color for summer and
another for winter. without the excessive
vanity OF display Of, for instance, Mrs Sug-
ar Maple, they might get along very well.
(Cheers and hisses.)
Mrs. Spruce rose gracefully to second
the motion to dissolve the meeting. She
said, upon consultation with the friends in
her set, among whom she was permitted to
mention Mrs. HemlOck, Mrs. Tamarack, and
Mrs. Balsam Of Fir, she found them inclined
20 the same opinion. She was also author
zed to say that even Mrs. Pitch Pine, al
though she had assisted in the organization
OF the meeting, bad expressed no opinion,
land she confidently relied upon her acquies-
cence.
Mrs. Horse Chestnut here rode up
upon gallOp, and stated that Mr. Jack
Frost, upon being made aware Of the meet
ing, had authorized her to say, that if the
assembly would continue in session till the
sun had gone down below the western hOri-
zln, he would DO himself the honor to ap-
pear in the meeting, and apologize for his
conduct, which, he begged to observe, had
the full appreciation Of the Lady Temperate
Zone, his somewhat variable but ever charm
ing queen, a shudder was seen through
the assembly at this suggestion.)
Mrs. Aspen Leaf went into swoon
and the President, Mrs. Poison Laurel, de-
clarod the meeting dissolved. She SAID she
could remain. however, in her chair, and if
the gentleman who had been 90 much spoken
Of should visit the scene in the evening, she
should ask her friend Mr. BoTCas to be pres
ent and accompany her with his -E)lian
harp. '-NeiU York Post
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aIiiornIa.

California is nothing If not extreme. She
never does anything by halves. Tnc '' Eure-
ka' Of the State arms should be construed
to read Whole hog or nothing. She grows
the biggest trees and the smallest wo0dpeck-
ers, the greatest oxen and the smallest 0ys-
ters, the lOudCst women and the smallest ba-
bics Of any country on earth. When the
weather sets in 10 be dry not so much as G.
drop Of dew falls for six months; when It
takes fancy to rain it rains half the year
through without break. Fires are not Of
frequent occurrence, but when they come
they burn up a whole town. They either
have no law at all and miscreants 20 uupun-
ished. the inhabitants turn out en- masse
and harg every body. Crops are either So
large as 10 astonish the world. OF faIl entire
lY. Mines either pay immensely or smash
their owners in corresponding degree. " hen
the hat l. passed around in ehurch-they DO
have churches there-the chances are even
whether the crown be st0ven in by twenty
dollar pieces or 1t goes back empty. Tray-
cling is generally safe, but when they blow
up a steamboat y means something. Moth
ing more Is ever heard Of a boat or passen-
gers. Small swindies are unknown. When
a man goes in 10 steal be puts his claws on
a whole township and will not compromise
on anything lcss than church. ~ in do
nestle matters husbands and wives aru on
the most afiectionatc and intimate or
else sleep in separate beds. Women arc
either barren altogether or else throw trip
lets without a moments warning. In short
it is the darndcs; country-if / may he
pardonod the use 0f classical New England
phrase-that eyer tie sun sh0uc on. Every
thing exists in extremes, and these extremes
never meet
Here you have an explanation Of the late
election. During the war everything was
radical and Republican One c5ull not yell
too loud nor shout too long in favor Of what
was differently known as - the kiz' and the
" koz. IL was not safe to walk down the
street unless you clothed yourself with the
span dlngled stannor as with garment and
slapped Its folds in your neighbors' eyes
Firm but undcmOnstrativc UuI0nI-m was not
recognized. Democrats were dcspis,d and
don't know bu, that they deserved to DC.
Now u see how the whole thing has chang
ed. democracy has swept the State, and It
IL hard to find radical. By and By the
thing will take another turn and the ghost
Of jackson might trot horse all through
the State without waking the shade Of iol
l1wcr.-JouN PAUL
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Negro CapacltY.

There was discussion at the late meeting
of the British Association Of Science, and a
paper read, on the negro, whether he
was naturally indolent-whether he could
ever be made anything Of The author of
the paper, DR.. Dayy, cOntended that the ne
gro had been unjustly dealt with ne had
had no chance in life, but he was capable Of
being civilized. This called up one Or. Hunt,
who rehearsed the stories which the CORES
pOndcnts Of the London Tunes, Standard and
Telegraph give from week to week of the
horrible state Of affairs IN the Southern
States of America-the sickness, destituti5n
and laziness Of the negroes.
Jamaica was brought in. and We had the
old story over again. lie had recently met
with gentleman from the Southern States,
who had given a irightful picture Of the
morals Of the negroes-thlt they would steal
everything they could lay their hands on
IL asked the gentleman said Dr. Hunt,
"why they were not prosecuted.
'T0 do so, we .hOuld have 10 build jails
for three millions Of people, - was the reply.
These, the speaker c0ntended, were imIOr-
tant facts. which rciuted all the theories
presented by Or. DlvY.
The harangue Of DIR. Huat brought Mr.
Brewin to his feet. He bad been to Jamaica
was sent out by the Society Of Friends had
conversed with magistrates, negroes and men
OF all classes lie said that the reason for
Jamaicas going down hill lay in this,,one
fact that the planters, after emancipation,
instead Of paying the negro for fir days
labor, valued it at less than one third Of the
price during slavery. Before emancipation
slaves were hired out for sixty-twO cents
day after emancipation they were paid from
twelve to twenty cents a day.
This gentleman set forth an array Of facts
which upset all that DR.. Hunt had saId, but
was suddenly cut short by the chairman. Mr..
Crawford, who is thoroughly convinced tha;
the negro is made Of altogether different dust
IL quality from himself.
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Josh Billings closes out his Light w ares

If you want tew buy repentance at the
highest market price, invest id titeboots.
had rather Sc a receiver ov stolen goods
than the keeper sv. other folks sekrets,
Everybody ought tex be obliged tew write
hi. own epitaff, andrhen, if he filed the bill
while living, hav his tombstun hdoheed
with it after he waz dead.
Rats originally cum from Norway. sup
pose this accounts for their FASHION to knaw
away so much.
Men are perfektly delighted in being
cheated until they discover the thing Is did.
and then they are disgusted, not with the
fraud, but the loss Of novelty.
Ii is kurions fact that with world full
Nv pleasure, our principle enjoyment is in
hope.
There is only one modification Chat l
kan remember) in bein rich, and that IL you
are aattered at yure face and abused behind
it.
hav alwus considered abstract dogs a
good thing, but never could fully appre-
clate the utter necessity ov keeping a wood
on pOrter-hOuse steak when there want
live wOOdcock within 230 miles Nv me, but
there Is plenty oy folks who kan, which
shows how little know
am loudly in favor of new things, but
am opposed tew emmy man. even one Ov our
eolored associates. thinking he has discover
ed a new truth jist bekause he has, for the
frse time in his life stumbled onto an old
one.
| hav noticed that those persons who
have the keenest sense Nv mizerY hav also
the brightest visions Oy joy, but there is
some folks whom even mOlasses handy won't
make happy, nor even muskeeters worse.
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Il POetry.
The Tints of New England Autumn.
(From Dr.. Hollund's KathrinaD

The Tints of New England Autumn,
tFrom DR.. Hollands Ksthrina.O
Baths Of sunny haze,
STEPPING the riIenei leaves from day TO day,
Aud dainty kisses Of the frost at night,
joined in the subtle alchemy that wrought
Such miracle Of change, that myriad trees
Which prankei the meads and clothed the forest
glo0ms
Doomed with the tint Of Eden. Had the earth
Been splashel with blood Of grsres from every
cline,
Tinted from topaz 10 dim caItuncle.
1l orient ruby, II would not have been
irtnched with such waste Of color. All the
hues
I-e rainbow knows, and all that meet the eye
la flowers Of field and garden, Joined to tell
t.ch trees close folded secret side by side
kore sister NAPLES; some in amber gold,
Others iucarnadine or tipped with flame;
AHd oaks that for a hundred nears had stood,
AMI f5uted one another through the storms
l. is'lng their might-IroclaImed their pique
or pride
lr dnm, or dyes Of Tyre. The sumac leaves
Bazei with such scarlet that the crimson fruit
a1h hung among ihCir flames was touched to
guise
u- iim and dying embers; while the hills
Tat met the sky at the horizons rim
Dlhhled with rose among the eyergreeus,
Or stretching oil 10 sweeps Of clouted crimson
clowgd
As il The archery Of suIsct clouds.
BT squads and fUoe iaffslicus, had rainel
down
rs tarbei and fsathered fire. and left it fast
To advertise the exploit.
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Az APPROPRIATE ASsyER.-Col. Ander
son recently delivered at the West, lecture
upon the freedman. which excited the ire of
a cOpperhead ;ditor, who pitched into the
speaker iD most remarkable manner. The
Colone! being asked his opinion Of the edito-
ria! TRADE, replied that it reminded him of
a story told by gentleman fresh from the
scenes of the Indian depredations -
81 a band of Indians made sudden at
tack on detachment of our soldiers in the
mountains. The soldiers had a mountain
hOwitzer, mounted on n mule. Not having
time to take it of and get it in position,
they backed up the mule. and let drive at
the Indians. The load was so heavy that
mule and all went tumbling down the hill
toward the sayages, who, not understanding
that kind Of warfare, fled like decrs. After
ward. one Of them was captured, and when
asked why he ran SO, replied, Ne big Injun
not afraid Of little guns or big guns but
when white man load up and FIRE 4 whole
jaekass at lnjun, me don't know what to
do -