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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-06
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
DR.. JOHNSON,

Memb ber Of the Royal Col!ege of Surgeons
London, Graduate of one II tho most eminent
Colleges in the United States, and the greater
part Of whose life has been spent, IN the nospi'-
ais Of London, Paris, Philadelphia, and else
where has effected some Of the most astonish,
ing cares that we're ever known, many troubled
with ringing in the head and ears when ssleep,
great Nervousness, being alarmed 1T sudden
sounds, bashtulness, With frequent blushlng. ct
tended sometimes with de-sngemen: or nina,
were cured Immediately.
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YOUNG u En-,

Who have Injured themselves by n Ger
tain prncticc. in6uigsG III. hi1i; tr':-
quentiy learne: tom ev; companions; or ~
schnoj, the e:''.st= OF WHICH @re n!3Htiy ie!''
even wh.n .,lncn and, II hot cured, rendets
marriage i'm prsa:lc id destroys both m'nd
and body ,hnu d apply i!nmo>iia;e'y;
What a pity thn. 4 young man, the hope OF
his count :. III" pride Of biz parents: a'"u!d o.
sna.chsd from vii p-nspo. Is @ad oajoy n'aut$ OF
life b. lie con,rqH"nce OF deviaN'T rom t'o
D th Of nature, nnd indu'gin in certain s"-
cret habit Sucn persona must before :9n'o'u =
plating
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-06

A CAnD.-Admiral Raphael Semmes, tor.
merly Of the late Confederate Navy, has pub
Isbed card, from which we make the follow
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OBITUARY.

''Death lies on him like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field"
Died, September o, 1868, THEODORE
FISHER, in the nineteenth year Of his age.
In the solemn presence Of death, the sad
and tender privilege is vouchsafed to the
living Of paying tribute to the virtues OF
the dead.
When horored age sinks into the silent
dust, or feeble infancy yields up it's little
span of life, we see in it but the obedience
to the common law Of nature; but when
bright radiant youth, standing upon the
threshold of life, receives the dread sum-
mons from which lies no appeal, we feel
there is that in Gods wisdom beyond the
limit of our feeble intelligence.
Some eighteen months since, Theodore
Fisher returned home from the Hillsboro
Military Institute, bearing in his system
the seeds of the disease which was to carry
him to the grave. Life-as he then stood
strong in the possession of faith and re-
solution, and bright with the gracious
hopes of youth-presented the most allur-
ing prospect of an useful and honorable
career.
Endowed with clear and ready intelli-
ronc". he lad improved it by study and
discipline-his frank courtesy and manly
bearing, united to a sweet and amiable
disposition, insured the respect and affec-
ton of his companions; to a generous and
ardent nature, he combined refined and
delicate tastes.
The holy influence and careful lessons
of good and pious mother, hah at once
adorned him with the lovely graces of
Christian, and fitted him for that reward
which tho good receive after death.
To those upon whom the blow has fallen
with greatest bitterness, we would say in
the language of one to whom grief was no
stranger:
''There is q calm for those who weep,
A rest for weary pilgrims found,
And while tho mouldering ashes sleep
Low in the ground
The soul of origin divine
God's glorious image freed from clay.
In Heavens eternal sphere shall shine
a star of day."
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MINISTER JoHNsoN's COMMISSIONS.
MIR. Reverdy Johnson presented his
credentials as United States Minister
near the Court of Great Britain to
Queen Victoria, ut Windsor Castle, q
few days since. Tho assurances or
addresses of personal Ielicitation and
national congratulations and compli-
ment, usually interchanged between
new Minister and the Sovereign,
appear to have been omitted on the
occasion. The Queen, who had Just
returned from her trip to Switzer-
land, was engaged at the moment in
preparing for a run to Scotland-so
1T may have been that she was either
too much fatigued or slightly excited
by tho anticipation of coming enioy-
men5 In the Highlands, to either lis
ten to or speak the words of diplo-
macy. From whatever cause we have
no record of the language held on
either side during the official presen-
tation and reception; so neither the
Queen nor our Minister stand in any
way committed to q speedy settle
ment of the Alabama claims, or the
endorsement of bond of eternal
friendship between the countries.
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Union District--.In Equity

Henrietta Kaiser ct. al. Us. julius Kaiser
ct. at Bill for Partition.
DURSUANT to a decretal order of His
Il Honor Chancellor Johnson, in the
above stated case, the creditors of CH.
KAISER, deceased, and Of the firm of Oh.
Kaiser d Son, late of Unionville, s. c., are
required to present and establish their de.
mands before me, OH or before the 1st day
of JANUARY next.
WIN. MUNRO, G. E. U. n.
Commissioners office,
Union G. a., s. c., Sept. &c, 1868.
October th3m
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AN EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION. =
AT the extra meeting of Council last
night, Alderman Weston, colored
man, appointed to his position by
General Candy, moved an election for
city officers at the next regular meet
ing, and said in explanation of this
extraordinary resolution, that his rea-
sons were "that many of the city
officers were known to be opposed to
some members of Council, and that
In the event of q distul bance would
ald rather than assist in suppressing
1t. - Charleston Courier.
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The Tndian war-Detaiis o. the bat
ue-Tho Indl1ns Bound Southyvard.

The Tndinn War-Detnils or the Hat.
ne-Tho Indians Bound south1yard.
e FoaT WAILGoE, KANSAS, Septem-
ber ~ Chief scout, L.. L. Horn,
who is just from Col. 'Forsythe's
camp. on the Delaware fork of the
North fork Of the Republican River,
reports that Col. Carpenter, who
started from near Cheyenne Well, on
the morning of the oath, reached
Col. Forsythe on the morning of the
25th. He saw no Indians on the way
going, other than the bodies of eight
or moro warriors, evidently killed in
fight nearly twenty miles away.
The command which left here on
the oath, under Col. Bankhead, with
provisions, supplies, &C., arrived soon
after Col. Carpenter. They were at
tackled on the way by party OF In
dians, who wanted their stock, but
did not get any of it. Col Forsythe
lost five killed and twelve wounded
and all his horses. The Indian loss
was about eighty killed and wounded,
besides large quantity of stock.
The fight on the first day is described
as being the most desperate that has
ever taken place on the plains, the
Indians making charge after charge,
and sometimes coming within fifty
feet of the men. The island on which
the troops were. contained only few
bushes and small amount of grass,
and they were almost entirely ex-
posed, their only defences being
breastworks of sand. They were
thrown up with their hands, the men
having no entrenching tools. The
party were frequently obliged to sus-
pend work to resist the attacks of the
Indians, who made several charges
and rode around their breastworks.
The Indians were Sioux, Caeyennes
and Arapahoes. They numbered from
600 to 700, and were we'll armed with
Spencer carbines and Henry rifles.
1t is estimated that they fired 10, 900
rounds of rifle shots, besides dis
charginga great quantity of arrows,
as the ground in the vicinity was
thickly strewn with the latter
But little fighting was done on the
second day after that, though por-
tion of the Indians remained in the
vicinity until the last three days,
but no attack was made by them.
The scout saw the trails of large
parties, driving many horses and
mules, going South and East. It is
thought the design of the indians is
to get below the Arkansas. They
would probably cross at Monument.
They will be closely watched. Col.
Forsythe's command was to start for
Fort Wallace this morning, and will
reach here in four or five days. His
wounds are doing well and lie is said
to be in no danger.
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Among the thousands of pension
ers upon the bounty. of monarchial
governments, we frequently stumble
upon names which are strongly sug-
gestive in the instructive lessons
which they teach. In America-and
indeed under all Governments which
are republican in form-the soldier
alone is the recipient of the pecuniary
pensions Of the nation. All other
classes are strangers to the nations s
recognition. Whatever may be o
mans merit, unless he achieve great
ness on martial field, he lives,
struggles and dies, without so much
as smile to assure him of the ma
tional regard. Not so under other
forms of Government. Republics are
proverbally ungrateful. No such
stigma Gattaches to the transatlantic
monarchies. Merit, wherever or
whenever developed, is promptly re-
cognized and rewarded. The Go
vernment has a parents anxious eye
steadily fixed upon every son of toll
True worth is fostered and encour-
aged as an indispensable duty ON the
part OF the ''powers that be-" Does
an humble peasant, unknown and un-
honored, develope and announce to
his obscure companion some long
vexed theory at which philosophy has
stumbled? the Government is the
first to herald his achievements and
lift his bodily frame above the reach
of want. No child of genius is per-
mitted to live on and suffer for the
necessaries of life. The nation boun-
tifully provides for his needs.
The list Of pensioners in France is
curiosity. All descriptions of merit
has its reward. The poor page, whose
energy first announced to Napoleon
L the birth of the King of Rome, re-
ceives his ten thousand francs per
annum. But we are particularly
struck with the fact that some thirty
suporannuated school teachers are in
cluded upon the Partisan budget.
What class in any community are
more deserving? What life more ia
borious and exhausting? What toll
so slightly remunerated as that of
the teacher? Day after day is spent
in its never ending curriculum
health ruined-energies gone-and
old age finds them trembling amid
poverty. Teachers who 60 to their
duties with profound sense of their
responsibility, and discharge them
with fidelity, are indeed national be-
nefactors. They are the deserving
pensioners upon the national bounty.
Who but France has found it so?
Napoleon grasped mighty thought
when he proclaimed mothers to be
the great want of France.
Petersburg kcpreSs.
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Union District---In Eouity.

Louisa F. Worthy ct. al. us. G.. I'D. Peake.
Executor, et. al. Bill to Marshal Assets.
DURSUANT to decretal order of His
Il Honor Chancellor Carroll, in the
above stated case, the creditors of THOS.
BROOKS, deceased, late of Union District
3. g., are required to present and estab-
lish their claims before me, on or before
the 1st day of JANUARY next.
WM. MUNRO, G. E. U. D.
Commissioners office,
Union q. H., s. c., Sept 30, 1868.
October th3m
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TAX NOTICE.

A LII merchants and traders in stores
N stalls, or public highways; all persons
manufacturing epirituous liquors by dis
siiillery or otherwise for sale or exchange;
ed to make their returns of the gross
amount Of sales of all goods or articles
sold by them, up to the let day of October.
1868: After the Goth Of October, my books
will be closed for the third quarters taxes.
THOS. Ii. WADE, T. @. R.
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NOTICE.

HAVING disposed IF my entire stock of
IL Boots, Shoes, &C., to G. T.. SHELL
TON, the business hereafter will be con-
Quoted by him. All those indebted to mo,
either by note or open account, will please
make payment to him.
NJ. A. SHELTON.
October 1, 1868.
The subscriber will continue the above
business at the same stand, and with the
well assorted stock now on hand, will in
few days receive large additions Of Ladies',
Misses and Children's Shoes, Gents Boots,
Shoes and Caters, of latest sty les; and
trusts, by strict attention to business and
small profits, to merit the same amount of
patronage 30 literally bestowed upon his
predecessor. G. T. SHELTON.
October l, 1868.
In retiring from the above business,
take occasion to return my sincere thanks
to all who have favored me with their
patronage, and respectfully ask it's con-
tinuance to my son, whom recommend
MS in every respect worthy of their custom
and confidence. Ii. A. SHELTON.
October 1, 1868. Oct12
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Notice to Creditors

A LII creditors of J. FOSTER MAR.
N SHALL, deceased, and of JESSE
DEBRUHL, deceased, are hereby required
to present and prove their demands before
me, on or before the 1st day of NOVEM
Der next, or be barred.
VIM. III. PARKER, @. E. A. d.
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, July 20, 1868.
Aug this
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Five Democrats, while attending
church and in the act of devotion,
and surrounded by women and chill
dren, were shot. and three of them
instantly killed by gang of radicals
in Carol County, Arkansas, on the
10Th of September.
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pennocratiaY ECONOMY Contrasted
with RadIcal E1travagance.
During the eight years of Demo
cratic rule, previous to 1861, the to-
tai expenses connected with the army
wer one hundred and fifty millions
eight hundred and forty-three thou
sand and fifty-six dollars, or q little
over eighteen millions per annum.
During the seven years of Repub-
licen rule, they have amounted to
three billions two hundred and fifteen
millions six hundred and six thou
sand one hundred and seventy-two
dollars, or nearly five hundred mil
lions per annum, including three
years of peace, with the army re-
duced to sixty thousand men; to
which should be added appropropri-
ations for the present yaar, doubt
less entirely insufficient, thirty three
millions eighty-one thousand and
thirteen dollars, making a total of
three thousand two hundred and
forty-eight millions for the War De-
partment alone.
If to this, we add expenses of the
Navy Department, four hundred and
fourteen thousand three hundred and
twenty dollars and sixty-fve cents,
up till the Both of June last, and ap-
preparations for the present year,
seventeen thousand dollars, making
four hundred and thirty one Thousand
three hundred aud twenty dollars
and sixty-fve cents, we have grand
aggregate for the army and navy of
three thousand six hundred and
eighty millions five hundred and
seven thousand seven hundred and
fifty dollars, in four years of war and
four years of peace.
We cannot trace these vast expen-
ditures. The information and data
are not available. Doubtless vouch-
ers. with 2 accounts, so.called, have
been rendered for all this expendi-
ture, but they are inaccessible, ex-
cept to those officials directly con-
nected with them. No committee of
Congress, no member has yet under
taken to unearth and lay bare the
transactions that are hidden in this
mountain of expenditure. There are
covered up in tons upon tons of ac-
counts, reports, vouchers, documents,
in print and manuscript, the evil
dences cf the expenditure of this
vast sum. There are stored away the
evidences of payment for purchases
of vessels, horses, wagons, subsist-
ence, clothing, &C., whereby pre-
tended patriots amassed princely for
tunes, and shoddy found the means
to haunt her diamonds in the face
of an outraged people. When the
time CONES for the exhumation of
these musty records, it will be her.
culean task for him who undertakes
it.
The sum of this exhibit is as fol-
lows:
Two thousand four hundred and
ffty-seven millions of money collect
ed and expended.
Two thousand five hundred and
forty millions of dollars added to
the public debt now outstanding.
Total collections and addition to
the public debt, four thousand nine
hundred and two millions of dollars.
besides an indefinite amount of mn.
liquidated Indebtedness not vet pro
vided for.
Such is the showing presented TO
the American people by the radical
administration for their eight wears
of power. We search the annals of
history in vain for q parallel.
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NOTICE.

A MEETING of the Second Ward De-
IA mocratic Club will be held on Friday
Evening, 1S! at o'clock, at the Independent
Oct 4 H. E. SCOTT, Sec.
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New ADVERTISEMENTS. Special at
tention is called to the following ad-
vertisements, published for the first
time this morning:
w. j. yLaval-School.
III. E.s Scott-Notice.
M. Al Shelton-Notice.
VIM. Mnnro-In Equity, &c.
Thos. w. Wade-Tax Notice.
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COLUMBIA MALE SCHOOI,-

MA THIS SCHOOL will be re-
<MtT opened this morning, at the
VS3S Odd Fellows School House,
1| Lincoln street. The pupils are
~ requested to assemble at Q a.
=, m., and bring their books with
them. w. J. LAVAL,
OctoDer Principal.
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The monotony of the late long and
dull! season has been broken by the
arrival of a large lot of now dry
goods at r. O. Shiver's, which, on
account of their beauty and cheap
ness, are drawing crowds of buyers.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-01

A man in Norwich dropped a live
coal into q bomshell ".o hear it fizzi''
You may bet he heard it.
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Napoleon is said to be experiment
ins with petroleum for gun-powder.
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s: Eo:Cal 3 Trerooa.' t,s.,., = Z

CORRECTION. In the interesting
communication of. Governor Perry
showing up our carpet-bag govern
ment, &C.. published in yesterdays
Ph@air, injustice was inadvertently
done to the State Treasurer, N. G.
Parker. We do not know that he
'has been published rogue and
forger from his boyhood;" but the
allusion was meant for our Comptrol-
ler, so-called, and Governor Perry
desires US to make the correction.
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'COLLTMBIA.

REPRESENTATIVES, IN CONGRESS.
.Fvrst Congressional Dist,ict-Harrit
Covington. Sst5 ~ ~
Second Congressional Dist'ict.-A
P. Aldrich.
Third Congressional District. j. P.
Reed.
Fom'th, Congressional, District
D. Simpson. 8 @s
tF STATE ELECTORAL TICKET.
For State at Ldrge-J. P. Thomas,
of Richland; J. D. Kennedy, of Ker.
shaw.
First Congressional Dist,ict-R. +.
Graham, of Marion.
Second Congressional Dishict-B. 81.
Rutledge, of Charleston.
Third Congressional Dishict-A. @.
Haskell, of Abbeville.
Fourth Congressional District-E. O.
MoLure, OF Chester.
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which occasion Miss Alice Vane will
sustain the character of Camille,
with aria from "Traviata," "Caily
Through Life Our theatre-going
citizens had better make the most of
this opportunity, for it is seldom that
Columbia is favored with such
visit.
There was Democratic demonstra-
ton, last evening, at Carolina Hall.
The speakers were all colored. Two
colored men from Charleston, Snead
and Thomas, together with several of
our own colored citizens, among
whom we noticed Pleasant Goode,
William Showers and Henry Ker-
shaw, spoke at length and discussed,
with the ideas at their command, the
merits and demerits of the two con-
tending parties, political. The speak
ers found it very difficult to proceed,
owing to Interruptions from some
one in the crowd. urged on by some
of the opposite party, who were too
-gnorant, or totally incapable of ex-
pressing publicly their own senti-
ments. 1t was difficult, indeed, for
the conservatives present to restrain
their desire to expel the malcontents
from the assemblage. They, howev-
er. were silent, and noted carefully
those who conducted themselves in a
disorderly manner.
MAGISTRATES CoURr-Quite an
interesting case was brought before
Magistrate johnson, ON yesterday
morning. Robt. Blake (colored) had
indicted four parties, (also colored,)
for an assault and battery. The
Magistrate held an examination, yes
terday, and decided that Stepney
Taylor, Henry Williams and Fields
Minor be held to bail for the assault,
and that Charles Jaeger ought to be
discharged.
The prosecutor, Blake, had been
cross-indicted, and was required to
enter into recognizance for his ap-
pearance. He had lodged an accusa-
tion before the Magistrate, against
the parties named above, for violent
assault-beating with sticks, &C., and
finally tying him and puttiog rope
around his neck; the father of the
prosecutor testified that this was done
by his request.
AS we have heard that this scrape
was set down to political animosity,
and that the man attempted to be
lynched was maltreated because he
intended to vote for Seymour and
Blair. we have the best authority for
saying that politics had nothing to
do with the row, and that the whole
dispute was purely personal, and re-
suited in u personal difficulty with
the parties above mentioned.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS The post
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A SAD OCCURRENCE. We regret to
chronicle the death of Wilson Abney,
which took place on Saturday last, at
barbecue in Edgefeld. The cir
cumstances, as far as we are able to
ascertain, are these: There had ex-
listed, for some time, feud between
Abney and Talbert Perrin; and, on
their coming in contact, at the bar
becue, their ill-feelings found vent,
resulting as above, Abney being shot
in the fracas which ensued, by Per-
rim. Both were Democrats. At this
titne, such dissensions among our
selves are particularly to be deplored.
We cannot afford to lose voters.
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Gregg's Hall was again filled, last
evening, to witness the performance
of Mr.. Templeton's troupe of talented
artistes-each member of the corps
doing their utmost to excel. From
the "long, loud and continued ap-
plause," we are satisfied that the en-
tire performance gave general salts
faction. Matilda Heron's celebrated
Camille; or, La Dame Aux Came
lias, will be presented tonight, upon
which occasion Miss Alice Vane will
sustain the character of Camille,
with aria from "Traviata," "Caily
Through Life Our theatre going
citizens had better make the most of
this opportunity, for it is seldom that
Columbia is favored with such
visit.
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MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. The post
Office open during the week from 81
q. m. to 7 p. N. On Sundays, from
4 to p. M.
The Charleston and Western mails
are open for delivery at p. m., and
close at So p. m. Charleston night
mail open 81 a. m., close AZ p. m.
Northern-Open foT delivery at
81 a. M, closes at 2.45 p. m.
Greenville-Open for delivery 5
p. m., closes at 81 p. m.