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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-05
MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS.
..
VI MILLINERY! J
KING SNR EEI $50

$50 KING STREET $50
| would inform my customers and the ladies
generally, that l have this day opened a COM
p!ete N-- -Ortmcnt OF
MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS,
which will be offered at greatly reduced prices,
Having ali The facilities for getting the latest
novelties in my line, shall keep constantly m
assortment Of BONN EHS, in Grape, Illusion,
Silk and Straw, and Of various shapes, such a"
EMPRESS, VICTORlAS, "
BLACK CROOKS, MARGUERITAS, &c,
And HATS, in Croqucts, Promenadcs, Fleet
wings, iIcnrirttns, ana SOntagS.
SUNSuADE5 and INFANTS HATSi also
Pendants and ornaments.
B!gle and Crystal Trimmings, tc~whlch l
would cal! especial attention.
Bridal VeiIs and Wreaths made 8. short To-
Gent!e,aeu's Hats B'eached Pressed and
Dyed. Mrs. {. l.: SIMf9OE'
30. $50, King, near Washington st.
>. S-O-der5 promptly attended to. 20
Trouble 80 show goods my III
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-05

e. TaG GSTEAMS 4. G. KNIGHT
sS1nGASs and JOHN GIBSON will saiiirom pier
g, East River, New York for Alexandria and
the District Of Columbia, every SATURDAY
EVENING at Q clock md will leave Alex
andria every FRIDAY EVENING. NJ 4
O'clock, for New York.
The steamships Of this line are first class, and
sail weekly between the above named ports
The Company have made thorough arrange
ments for the transportation Of through lreig ght
to all points north and connecting with the
Alexandria, Loudoun u Hampshire, and Orange
and West
Ali freight must be sent to the dock early on
the day OF sailing For freight and passage ap-
ply to HENR? Z, WlNhHIP,
No 81, north Union ST, Alexa
G. r. HOUGHTON, & Co.
Agents, Washington and Georgetown.
SMITH, BROWN s. CO,
an A gents 72 S0utn st New NNrk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-05
-IOR BALTIMORE.

TOR BALTIMORE,
,T-s@ D. The STEAMER COLUMBIA.
ssss.assa Capt JAMES HARPER, having ro-
ceived u new boiler. and been thoroughly reIt-
ted, has resumed her regular trips, leaving Bal
tmore every SATURDAY, at 4 o clock, p. M.
for Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown,
stopping at all her former landings.
Returning will leave Alexandria every
WEDNESDAY MORNING, at O clock,
Gss-All way freight must be prepaid.
10" For freight and passage apply 20
NH 5-lOm B. WHEAT Agent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-05
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
TERMS OF ADVERTISING I:

One square of eight lines, one dollar for the hls insertion
rwenty five cents for each subsequent Liberal
sm. a made with yearly advertisers.
Marriage Notices and Obituaries, exceeding hve lines Wi
bs charged for IN,
"A for at advertisement rates
All communications must be accompanied 10y the names o
rho authors and rejected communications cannot te returned
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20
Various Items.

! One million scholars attend the free schools of New
York.
| Waterbury, Conn, produces half the brass made in
/ this country.
In China the physician who kills you has to support
your family.
A New York Judge has decided that gambling debts
are collectabe.
could read or write.
The Virginia Legislature is asked to enact law
making produce a legal Gender
In some parts of South Carolina cultivated lands are
selling for less than a dollar an acre.
The average money value of every European emil
grant reaching this country is $1,000.
The treasury disbursements for the war; navy and
interior departments last week amounted to ST.
909, ,979.
Over eighty per cent. of the war claims of New
Yorkp 100000, have already been allowed by the
Government.
The Panama steamer which arrived at New York
on the 18th, brought single bar of gold valued at
over 100000.
At printers festival lately, the following toast was
offered: "Woman second only to the press in the
dissemination of news"
Flattery is the oil of the machinery Of society All
susceptible to it, and ne that thinks he is not fat
ters himself in the outset.
The amount paid by louisville, KY, for internal
revenue, for year, within small fraction Of
two million and half dollars
The amount of the direct tax in Prussia is about
$50 year for every man, woman and child. In Ba-
| vara it is only about 30c. per head
The Colorado Times has the following: Died, in
Cohees falls one wooden MILL Death caused by too
low tariff Also, died in Colorado, one hundred
quartz mills Cause, too high tariff!
At masked ball in Vienna lately divorced wife
succeeded in destroying her former husbands eyes
with vitriol but split much her arm that it
had to be amputated.
| Both houses of Congress have ordered an eques-
tran statue of Gen. Winfield Scott, to be scuptured
| by Henry K. Brown, of Newburg, n. T., to cost
| SIC, 600 and to be erected in one CT the public
squares at Washington.
There are in the city OF New York 10000 drinking
places or one for every hundred of the population
in Cleveland 112, for every thirty families
in ST. Louis 1885, for every nnety-seven of the
| population.
| The Lynchburg Republican says that tobacco con-
tinues to bring almost fabulous prices. Shipping to-
bacco rose in one week from 81 to 50 up to 81 to
| s15, other grades selling equally WELL It has been
comingn rapidly for severel weeks
The cash receipts for advertising and amount of tax
paid by the morning papers Of Memphis for the quar-
ter ending December 81 1866 are as follows: Bne-
tin, receipts. 500, 367 so; tax s671 o. Avalanche
receipts, $lso25 tax, $40 IS.
! America, according to researches made some years
ago by Lieut.. Maury, is situated relatively higher
ground than any other part of the world. BY wind
and it is down hill from to all the earth and
other nations must come up hill to reach US.
| A Confederate soldier, uamed Brooks, was taken
prisoner some three years ago. and, while in In
diana prison. Whitfield model of cotton press.
He claims that, with the help Of good gin, he can
pack bale of cotton, weighing 525 pounds in two
hours.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

IHE PREVAILING COMMERCIAL DEpREss1oN-The
following statements regarding the present CONNER
cal depression are from the New York Financial
Chronicle journal which the London Economist Just
ly praises as "a most admirable financial Journal
which all persons interested in American finances
should beedfuly study"
Complaints universal of the stagnation and the
appropriateness ofbusiness A spring season so de-
pressed and generally unsatisfactory as the present is
hardly within the memory of our city merchants The
trade of the interior is generally reported dull and u
promising. Although the South has realised upon a
large portion OF its cotton crop is found devoid ot
trading spirit, and even unable to quidate much of
its Indebtedness on account of last years purchases
In the Western States merchants complain of unusual
difficulty in making their collections and have on hand
heavy balance of fall stock the result being that
their obligations to the Atlantic ees in many cases
have to be renewed for thirty to sixty days The New
England cotton mills fud the demand for their goods
SO limited compared with their production that at the
beginning OF this month some of the manufacturers
made still further curaiment of their time of run
ming The woolen trade, now one of our most exten-
sve industries although it recently diminished its ag
gregate production quite 90 per cent, finds little re-
lief from the reduced supply goods and n,anufacta-
rers have to sell alarge amount Of their products at
discount from cost. In the leather and iron trades
similar complaints prevail; and indeed it would bo
difficult TO find an important exception the common
stagnaton.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

law student at Louisville shot at felloa-stuien:
in their lecture room, and missing his aim hit General
Murray, an officer of the school ipactfng painful
though not mortal wound,
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

A SPUNKY BR1DE-A case of remarkable bravery
happened at Lewiston, Me-, during the first severe
sno" storm in January. A couple Of young aspirants
who thought it not well for man to live alone
determined to make change from single bessedness
to matrimonial bliss and accordingly started out in
hack to get "spced." They proceeded on ther
journey to the parsons, but the fell with rapid
ty, and the wind blew it with such force into every
crevice and corner that the hackman descended FROM
his seat, and with all the gravity possible announced
to the pair, who somewhat eagrined because of
the slo"ness of the coach, that it was Impossible for
him to proceed further and he must return Bnt the
young heroine was exceedingly wrathy az the course
OF things, and announced to her suitor that she must
geto the parsons, and satng the action to the word
placed herself upon the box, and braving the cold
northwest storm, landed her precious" load upon hs
doorstoGe Of the parsons house
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

lie OLDEST PRINTER IN THE UNITED STATES
Robert Mcknight, of Cahaba thinks himself the old
est printer no" in America He was born in 1888,
and commenced learning the trade in 1898, in the
Office OF the Georgetown Is. C) Gazette. In 1904 he
went to Charleston and worked in the Times Office.
He followed the trade continuously for sixty years
with the exception of eight years spent in other en-
p'oymehts Although now eishty-four years old his
hearing ID perfect and his sight as good as that of
most persons at sixty. He married in 1876, and
his three sons were all printers like himself His
Youngest son, E. George Mcknight is well known
through the press G Asa Harz"
Mr. Mcknight is pious member of the Methodist
ChuFcn and is patiently and hopefully waiting till his
change shall come. He is very poor and we have no
doubt worthy of the sympathy of his brother printers
We commend him to the fraternity.
Selma (Alabama) Messenger
Mr.. Mcknight is mistaken in snpposing himself the
Oldest printer in America Mr.. Barry, of Nashville,
has the advantage Of him by nearly quite ten years
in that respect and is still able to work TT the case ~
we learn from the Nashville papers.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

WHAT THEY SAY OF IT IN ENGLASD.-The Liverpool
journal of Commerce, of February g. has the follow
ing in its editorial notice of the of the day:
The latest and most suicidal project yet conceived
by American politicians is bill about to be brought
forward by the reconstruction committee for dividing
the States which took part in the rebellion into FIVE
military governments. The people in the North, in
stead of endeavoring to heal the animostes and ha
tired aroused by the late war, and acting with magma
nimty to their fellow countrymen are apparently do
ing everything to perpctuate the bitter hate between
the North and South, and, forgetting the principles
upon which the Union is based and has risen to great
ness turning the power of section of the people
into instrument of tyranny against another section
If the States ezer divided surely such legislation
has lately been proposed is the thing most like
ly to effect that end.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

CURIOUS SEIZURE OF DiAMoDs IN A LErrER-A let
ter fell into the hands of the Surveyor of New York
recently, containing diamonds which had been brought
to that port from Europe, by some individual with
the intention of deraudiug the internal revenue. It
appears that the customhouse officer had suspicious
that the letter contained vaua5es and it therefore
was detained and the person to whom it was directed
sent for. On this geni ileman (who is Jew) arriving
the letter was broken open, when "a package thai.
looked like carte de- pisite appeared. One Of
the officers cut the package in two, which proved to
be cork, the outside being covered with paper and in
the inside were found number of diamonds valued at
about $4,000 The man will probably lose bis property
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20
A, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1867.

New YORK. March l3.-The National Democratic
Committee recommend thorough organisation, and
disapproves ola national convention previous to tina.
for nominations next year.
In New Hampshire the Radicals have carried the
State by three thousand majority electing three con-
gressmen and nineteen State senator's Seventy five
majority in the House for the Radicals.
A Washington special says Virginia considers the
supplementary bill great triumph over the Radicals
The Herald's New Orleans special says resolution
was introduced in the Louisiana Legislature declaring
Shermans bill unconstitutional ard demanding the
test before the Supreme Court
LOUISVILLE, March 13.-Unprecedented flood and
the roads north badly damaged
WASHINGTON, March l3.-The present understands
ing is that Schofeld commands the first Sickles the
second, Thomas the third Ord the fourth and Sher
dan the 5th military districts. No instructions will
accompany the assignment beyond copy of the law
WASHINGTON, March 13.-District Headquarters for
Schofed, Richmond; Sckles Columbia, South Caro-
lima; Thomas, Montgomery; Ord, Vicksburg; sheri-
dan New Orleans. General Hope with headquarters
at louisville, commands West Virginia. Tennessee
and Kentucky.
RICHMOND, March 14.-Gen. Schofeld has assumed
command; he continues existing officers.
BosTos, March l4.-The lower house has passed
the constitutional amendment
WASHINGTON, March 15-A bitter contest is pro
crossing for offices. Slow work.
It is stated that Butler has an amendment to the
million relief bill, auhorsng district commanders to
compel the rich to feed the poerby forced assessments
The Virginia delegation, before they left Washing
ton, Yesterday, called the President who said be
was aware of their presence here and trusted the re-
construction act would have the effect Of alternating
much of the bitterness caused by the war. He had
opposed this measure, but it had become law of
the land without his agency, he would faithfully
cute it,
New 1oRK March 15.-Dispatches from various
parts of Canada make mention Of apprehensions of
Fenlan attack near st. Albans.- Government troops
are being marched to the threatened places
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

The largest ploW factory in the world is at Louis
vile, Ky During the working years since 1860, in
over 100000 plows and has, at the present time,
capacity Of loo.oOoa year. The factory gives en-
ployment to 125 annually, 1oo,ooo,00o feet
of lumber, 2ooo tons of pig iron, 65 tons of wrought
iron for clevces a tons Of bolts and 900 bushels
of coal annually The gross receipts from the sales
Of the las. year amounted to over s232, 900.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

Baptist paper gives us the following statistics of
that denomination: There are in the United States
and in the Territories 12675 Baptist churches with
l,o43,64l members, and s,o3s ordained ministers
These figures are from returns made in 1865 with the
exception Of twelve Of the Southern States in which
the statistics are for 1860. OF the States making re
turns in 1865, New York stands highest, the numbers
being SIG churches, with s9,l07 members, and 745
ordained ministers. The six New England States have
an aggregate OF S79 churches, with 97,o7l members
and 799 ministers. There are 80 colleges in the
United States Under Baptist influence Tie oldest of
these is Brown University, founded in 1884, and the
Youngest is at Chicago founded in 1859. There ars
thirteen Baptist theological institutions.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

INVENTOR CT GAS LGHT.-The credit of origina-
ting light by gas is generally supposed to belong to
Nhe English; but there is doubt that they took the
hint from French source. Philippe lie Bon, irse
nious engineer of roads and bridges in France in 1885,
adopted the idea of using for the purpose of iumin-
alton the gases distilled during the combustion of
wood. He abored long time in the attempt to per-
feet his crude invention, and it not until 1893 that
he confded his discovery to the Institute Paris In
September 1900, he took out patent, andin 1901
published a memoir containing the result OF his re-
searches From 1879 to 1902 LIE Bon made numerous
experiments at Havre but, is generally the case
with discoveries, his thermo-amps net with but
little favor from the public, and he finally retired to
Versailles where he eventually died in extreme pov-
erty.
The English soon improved upon and put in prac-
ice the crude ideas of Philippe lie Bon. In 1901
Windsor patented and claimed the credit Of nventng
the process of lighting by gas. In 1905 several shops
in Birmingham thus illuminated, and among those
who used the light Watt the inventor of the
steam engine. The first use of gas in London was in
1916 and it not until 1918 that this brilliant dis
covery or invention-reay of French origin-was
applied in France.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-03-20

There is no government in the world whose credit
stands so high in the European marketa that Of Chill
The Minister of Finance Of Chill made, application in
London, recently, for loan Of ten millions Of dollars
and the application Immediately answered by
offer of eighty five millions, and scramble for the
stock at one and quarter premium.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-06-26

TIE weather IS most splendid for
growing crops. Corn is growing more rap
idlv than We have known it to do for years.
Wial no intervening unfavorable turn Of the
weather splendid crop of all kinds Of grain
may be expected Potatoes, we fear, viii
suffer so materially from the ravagcs Of the
= bug" as to cause short crop, II not an en-
tire failure in MANY localities.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-06-26
mo EFCE

I IL persons knowing themselves indebted to the
= firm Of PKkrEE JAcEA are requested 10 cali I'm
Al store and settle the same, are
anxious 10 settle all accounts preparatory 70 disso
luton Of Co-Partnersllp.
MATTHEW PRtTFR.
Z3-4Y kNIiLIaAI JAChA. Jr
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-06-26
Fer sale.

ALARM Of One Hundred and Twenty acres. Forty
acres of WATCH fenced and z iftE-ttur e. der paw
Forty acres 81 good yo4ug Timber Land, and Forty
acres ttf tg broke easly,tlyf two unt springs
on it. is si.usIcd mile from The Village of lin
den ANA five and half miles froiu the Gt1 81 An
Point tie main read. The farm wiii be sold
with the crop without IL the Stock ana Farming
implements, the latter We're Brw iast year. Ter.is
made known on application to the subscriber On the
above ulentig ned PREMISE
CHRISTIAN PETERSON.
Linden, June 3D., 1>C7. 25-3a
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-06-26
MISCELLANEOUS
M "a r r. T L ID :

PENG ILiY-B0WDFN-At the NJ. Z. parse mage on
the z4th inst, b. the Rev las Lawson Rev. hIC4ABD
PENG LILY, OF the West Wisconsin, Conference Miss
Elm ) Bo"DES, late OF Cornwall Eng-and.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-06-26

Look oyT FOR THE CHILDREN -
Many deaths occur from eating unripe fruit.
Every family should have Goes Dyspepsia
Cure at hand in case Of emergency. It viii
speedily correct the stomach in cases of
Cholera Norbus, If taken in season
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-06-26
InDEpE nDIUGI5

dan extend a coadial invitation
to the Citizens Of the neigh
boring Towns to unite with
them in Observing the occa-
sion.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-06-26
&prcial Sl0tiyG5.
Ell RnAD TIVE rAHnT,

E,HANGE OF TIME. TO take effect MONDAY
Y May 9Th, IStI.
MINERAL POINT RAIL ROAD.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-18
DRY GOODS.

WE HAVE FOR GENTLEMEN
w Paper Collars at l29c box.
We have for Gentlemen
The very best makos Of Paper Collars
We have for Gentlemen
The very best makes ofPaper wristbands
We have for Gentlemen
All the new styles Linen ply Collars,
We have for Gentlemen
Neck Ties, Scarfs, Stocks and Cravats
We have for Gentlemen
Half Hose, all grades from l24c up.
We have for Gentlemen
The genuine stout English half hose
We have for Gentlemen
Superior Black Silk Half Hose.
We have for Gentlemen
Lambs Wool and Merino Half Hose.
We have for Gentlemen
Bandanna Silk Hdkerchiefs,3 ,36 In. square.
We have for Gentlemen
Linen low price and fine Handkerchlets
We have for Gentlemen
Lambs wool & Merino Shirts u Drawers.
We have for Gentlemenl5a z3@-s.-
Best makes Linen and Cotton Shlrtlng.
We have for Gentlemen .-".' IL.
Superior Heavy and Fine Flanneis
We have for Gentlemen
4 All articles Of Wearing Apparel made to
order at short notice.
/ Our stock of French Cloths and Over-coating
is now com plete and very desirable. -,
Purchasers would do we'll to call and exam
inc our stock, as we sell at the lowest cash
prices and warrant all articles TO- be as repre-
sented. 4HD ROBERI II. w COO,
oct 29lm. No 81, cor King and Fairfax sts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-18
AN INTERESTING SEIZURE.

The following seizure, made few days ago
by COL Burr Porter, upon information OBJ
tained by Collector Bailey, Of the Fourth Dis
trict, is interesting, showing as it does the in-
genuity of illicit dstillers and the success with
which their frauds are frequently carried on:
Itappears that some workmen, while intox-
icated, said That they knew where to get. whis'
kew without paying the tax on it. ibis was
sufficient to cause watch to be placed upon
the men, and they were traced to the fat boil
Ing establishment No. 434 Ninth avenue. This
place was watched, and some empty whiskey
barrels were soon seen going into it. The 9th,
GERS waited until sufficient time had elapsed
to ill the barrels, when they entered. At first
they saw nothing that looked suspicious The
floor was heavy one, arranged for slaughter
log animals. After carefully sweeping Oft the
floor, however, the officers saw a small trap
door in one corner. On raising this door the
fumes of whiskey assembled and the officers de-
scended. Their search was rewarded by Ind, :,
ing two large copper stills, with capacity, OF
making two hundred aud fifty gallons OF Whls-
key day, in operation. N workmen were to
be seen, and on looking further hole was
found in the wall leading to the cellar of No.
436 Ninth avenue, about four feet wide. In
this cellar there were several fermenting tubs.
At the opposite side of the cellar was hole
about two feet square, leading into the cellar
of No. 43s, through which the workmen had
made their escape.
q On examination it appeared that the collars
ofthe three buildings were rented by the owners
Of the stills. Two of them were used, but that
under No. 43S was kept as means OF escape
for the workmen. In the rear OF the first floor
of No. 436, occupied as butchers shop, was
trap door about five feet square. Above this
door, attached to the ceiling, was hook, to
which tackle was fastened, for the purpose OF
hoisting and lowering whiskey barrels
After, whiskey had been hoisted from the
cellar it was placed in wagons, and covered up
with hides and other articles belonging to
butchers business, thus escaping any suspicion
that rascality was practiced.
The rust and marks on the barrels aud other
fixtures after distillery showed that it had been
in operation at least year. During that time
it is probable that the Government has been
defrauded out of $4,000 of tax. 1t is said
that the property belonged to man OF great
wealth, but thus far no arrests have been made.
The entire property has been placed under
seizure.-N. r. Post