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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

Near ORANGE G. T., W.. J

Near Orange G. r., Va, June 80 1853.
Messrs. VIM. Crichton & Son Baltimore
Dear Sirs-Yours 0! the 18th instant came &,
hard in due time. l hGVc waited u1l.l I finish.
ed my harvest before answering yo2r letter, ry-
lative 70 the application 0: the Redonda Gu,a9
l received from you last fall.
used 7 tons Of a Baltimore Pho:phate OF
Lime, and three tons OF the Rcdonda / seeded
them separately, upon the same quality Of hand
in the same field about go to 400 rouads ~es.
put to the acre with the drill, AboQ. the sa...
Quantity of the Baltimore Phosphate ID. Linn,
was used I see no difference III inc results
[ regret l sh&lI rot be able to thresh il -ey.
ratcly. am confident It ma. paId n'a We.
Should like to get 81 few more tons next ~rasol.
The Baltimore Phosphate cost me about go,
ton. In haste. Yours respectfully
JAMES ". WALKER Jc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

Messra VIM. Grichton u Son.
Gentlemen: have received your letter j."
the 18th Of June The Redonda Guano tha. /
purchased of you, 1 applied with extremely sa
islactory results, Judging from the looks Of IL.
crop.
used in nv vicinity, costing 4 great des. 1la.a
money. bit from what l have heard and see.
nv CROP of wheat is rs good rs that OF "Hg g.4
else. l shall try it again this fall.
After ny wheat is thresned and l ca% r.."-
pare the Weld, I can give you more =ats.a.-
tory statement in regard 70 it. Very E2sp2r
Your obi. scrYt., EDMUND il. COCK.
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Brookheid, near Richmond, Va.

Messrs. Q. r. Workman & Co., Richmond
Dear Sirs purchased Of you about Eve ton.
of Redonda Guano last Spring which was So
piled upon my corn, when the earth was throw,
to it. the last time.
In the same held, at the same time. and il
like manner, was applied PcruYIaa Guano and
a mixture Of Bones | state that tue corn u0gr
which the Redonda Guano was used yiede,
the best Of three applications.
Respectfully yours, +. C. WARWICK.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

LET VIRGINIA BE SILENT. yesterday
advocated the election of Presidential cleo
tors in this State, in view Of the recent procla-
nation of the President, made through Gen.
Grant. But, lo what day will bring forth.
The character of the elections on Tuesday has
changed our views wholly. circumstances alter
cases, is an old proverb and, our case having
been materially altered by the circumstances to
which reference has been made, we see no ne
cessity or propriety in the measure we yester'
day Suggested. The vote Of Virginia cannot
possibly change the result now toreshadowed !;
while, to hold an election, under existing cir
cumstances would occasion ttuitless agitation,
and might, possibly, result in COLLISION be-
tween the whites and blacks Let Virginia
then be silent Let 1.-The Mother. OF States
and Statesmen with quiet dignity, occupy
the place assigned her by Radical mallgnlty;
while the North and West again usurp the
power to choose her rulers. Her vacant seats
In the Senate, when the votes of the States are
to be reported and counted for our rulers, may
be suggestive OF the play Of Hamlet, with Ham
let left out and q mute reminder of that time
when, as Northern historian afirms "Vir.
einia cemented the Union, from which she is
now excluded, except in bearing her share Of
its burthens.
Our firm conviction is, that Virginia should
attempt to take no part whatever in the pend
log election. We could give other reasons for
such recommendation, but withhold them ct
present. -Lynchburg Elgaaldn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

WELCOME HoME-Our friend Dealhan1 has
returned from New York, where he has pur--
chased and had made to order the largest ana
Gnest stock Of Clothing and Gents Furnis hing
Goods ever before brought to this city. We do
not hesitate to recommend him even to those Of
our friends who, so lar, have had all their gar
ments made by merchant tailors. BE has them
equally as fine and rs vel! made. His stock OF
Furnishing Goods comprises Undershirts and
&C. from S. to Soc the best Of British and Me
rino Socks, &C. &c His stock of Travelling
Equipage cannot be surpassed, and his variety
is too numerous to mention from the best OF
Sole Leather Trunks and VaIises and Leather
Bscs to The cheapest article Remember the
nun Der of Dcalhams store. los, King street.
sep l9-.2aWtf
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ICOMMUNICATED.

COMMUNICATED.
"Justice," am sure, does not express the
views Of large portion of the people OF Fir,
ginia whep in his card published inv cdnesday' s
Gazette he says the Stay Law should not be
extended. | believe that there is too much
humanity still existing in our dear old State to
cause any serious opposition to an extension.
Our people almost ruined by the late war
are in no condition NOW to pay their debts, no
matter how Just they may be- The four years
which have INTERVIEWED since the war terminal
ed, have only been sufficient to enable them to
support their families, and to get little under
wav II the stay law should not be extended,
it will give to every creditor the right OF selZ.
ing all that man S hard labor has accumulated
during these four years, and the people Will be
in exactly the same condition that they were
when the war ended ruined and impoVerlsh-
ed. The distress which would be caused can
not be conceived Many man who having
got little together and entered into business,
and fondly hoped to make competence, ana
and to pay all his just debts, would fnd
everything suddenly swept away, and himself
become all at once homeless and without dol
lar We should forbear with one another and
act for the interest of the whole, not for our
selves. have enough confidence in the peo-
pie of Virginia to venture the assertion, that
giiue them time, and they aciH pay every dollar.
We should not make them pay, when to do
So would cause utter ruin. For what would
benefit a few, would ruin thousands.
The threat Of the gentleman that the Su-
preme Court will declare the law upconstitu,
tional, will not deter us from appealing to Gen.
Stoneman to extend it, as it is we'll known that
no case is ever acted on in that Court under
two years, and by that time the necessity for a
stay law will have ceased.
believe then that ain expressing the SEN
timents of our people when | say that it is
their wish that the law should be extended,
and l hope the General, prompted by mercy
fol suffering people. will extend it, notwth-
standing all Justice has written, or shall write
against it, ONE OF THE PEOPLE,
A daughter Of President Juarez OF Mexico,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

FAUoUIER COUNTY. Two Of the convicts
who escaped from the Central railroad several
DAYS ago, were captured on Sunday morning, at
the residence of Richard Stone, esq, near Cat
let's Station, by Mr. Richard K. Hughlett,
and carried by him the same day back to the
Penitentiary.
The many friends of DR.. Jno. w: Mel Ina
new will be glad to laarn that there is no truth
in the rumor that he died in Texas a short
time since. His relatives have just received a
letter from him stating that he is quite we'll
and expects shortly to visit Warrenton.- War
rentOn Sentinel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

The Conservatives in New York have
nominated Mr.. James Brooks, for re election
to the q. 8. House of Representatives.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

Rosina Won Lerdon, German actress, com.
mitted suicide in St. Louis on Sunday night,
by taking p,ussic acid Her husband, who
was manager OF the Apollo Theatre, died a
month since
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"PoIar Grove" Queen Anne 60.
August 18th, 1865.

Mcssrs. VIM. CricLton s. Son:
Gentlemen: The application Of TIVE th'fds o.
the rate of 200 lbs per acre with the drill to co:a
ground wheat, on 50 bushels seeding, ithc great.
er portion being light gravel soil gave Ii
bushels OF wheat to the acre
On the balance of the field lby t4r the o.5.
wheat land On &c bushels seeding, / applied ,r'
o celebrated Super Phosphate, costing ~ Pc,
ton, and Peruvian Guano, which yielded i
bushels Of wheat to the acre. ,,,.l
Upon quarter farm, where l seeded II 5u&l,
els Will the same proportions Of KcdoHd@ ana
Peruvian, on the iallow, rn&de t%eH!y'i'W
bushels Of wheat TO the acre. 49,:
will want eight to ten tons Of kedonda LIE
fall. Very respectfully yours,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

The Washington Star says: Quite num-
Der of would e-cerks under Government have
been peering about industriousIy in the De-
partments since Tuesday, with the idea OF TO-
tating any Seymour men out and rotating
themselves in Very much to their surprise
not Seymour clerk is 10 be found in Office !;
not one who was not a Grant man from the
start p"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

SECRET TRUSTS. Tho u. s. Supreme Court
has recently made an important decision Oh the
subject of the transfers Of land, protesting to
be an absolute conveyance, but accompanied
with a concealed verbal agreement between the
parties, securing benefit to the grantor at the
expense Of his creditors. The court says that
the law wi not permit debtor in ial!lng CIR
sumstances to convey his lands by deed with,
out reservations, and yet occupy 1t Tor a limited
time for his own benefit: Hence, when debt
or, in pursuance of private understanding g re-
sold by him, such conduct creates secret trust
for his benefit and renders the conveyance frau
dulent as to creditors, and void. And it made
no difference in the legal aspect of the case be-
fore the court, that the interest reserved was
not Of great value, and that the debtor did not
intend to lefraud his creditors. Ball. S00.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

A daughter Of President Juare2 OF Mexico,
who spent last winter in Washington, has re,
Gently been married in the city Of Mexico.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

TRAVELLING TPUGxs-Fine Sole Leather
Trunks, Ladies' Dress Trunks, Packing Trunks,
Valises, Leather Bags, Satchols, &c, in every
variety 1T ). DEALHA3fs,
iv 1913, King ct.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

The New York journal Of Commerce says:
''The result of the recent State elections has
disappointed both parties. The Democrats are
disappointed in their hopes; the Republicans
are relieved of their fears for the defeat of one
and success of the other are beyond all reason
able anticipations. Without waiting fer the
official count, the returns show that the repub-
licans keep the power they acquired under Mr..
Lincoln, having neither gained nor lost by, the
nomination Of General Grant; while the dem.
ocrats hold about the same relative position. :"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

Mr.. Darlington, the U. S. District Attorney
for the District of Columbia, is figuring in
Washington as political speaker at the Radical
meetings Francis Miller, of Montgomery cour-
ty, Md, spoke at a Radical meeting held in
Washington last night Both Mr.. G. and Mr..
NJ, we're 'applauded to the eaho''so the re.
port of the proceedings says-by their Radical
frieudS and vote of thanks rendered to them.
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Foreign News

A great fire has occurred in the petroleum
works of Ven dbois & Co., in Antwerp. The
buildings. two thousand barrels petroleum, and
many million pounds Of naptha destroyed.
Loss very heavy.
Mr.. Gladstone made speech yesterday at
Liverpool. He examined the question OF Fenl-
anism and the discomfort in Ireland. He spoke
earnestly in support of reform, and quoted and
d9elt upon the words Of D Arcy McGee-,a
conservative in those causes--as voice or the
dead from beyond the ocean.
Mount Vesuvlus IS in an active state OF erup-
ton.
John Bright has been rendered the freedom
OF Edinburg. 49,.
Forty. light cities in Spain, being all admin;
istrative centres. adhere to the J1nta anu
monarchcal principles. Seven cities denounce
the clergy and all religious orders. The meet
ing of the Cortes has been fixed for December
18th, so that representatives from Cuba and
Porto Rico may be present:
The Joint committee of the Anglo~Amerlcan
and Atlantic Telegraph companies have decided
to abolish, from and after. November /, 1863
the system of counting letters 10 estimating
tariffs, and to count only by words.
It is reported that the French Government
has furloughed 10000 men from the army and
navy.
The Paris Epoque imagines that some OF the
Great Powers will soon ask the u. 5. the mean
ing of Admiral Farragut's movements IN
Europe.
"a The Spanish army will be exempt from the
tax about to be imposed
Telegrams from the New York Associated
Press announcing the result ofthe elections IN
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, were duly re
ceived, and commented on by the London jour
nails, as follows: The Daily News (Radicap
says: IF the Democratic party had only re,
NAMED passive the Republican blunders would
have given them power, but the Democrats
have an equal, if not greater aptitude Tor
error" The Morning Post CONSERVATIVE says
the result of these elections decides the Presl-
Dental contest, and the slight interest where
with the Democrats soug hit to surroundltls gone.
The Standard CONSERVATIVE comments on the
small maiorities claimed by the Republicans
and thinks the Democrats may have carried
some ofthe States. The writer saysit the Demo
Gratis are beaten their friends here could wish
they had been guided by safer counsels. The
Telegraph, (Liberal,) while approving the re-
suit, sees in it the ruin ofthe Republican party,
in which there are SO many wide differences on
financial questions.
The mail steamer from Rio Janeiro brings
important intelligence from the seat OF war IN
Paraguay. The position at the mouth of the
Tebicuari had been taken by the Allies and
Lopez, President of Paraguay, had gone to
Villa Rica abandoning the capital to the Allies
Two foreign corvettes were about ascend ng the
river to Asuncion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

A PROBLEM FOR FRIENDS. The CharSeS-
town Virginia Free Press says:-"We arc now
issuing the fourth number Of the fourth vol
ume, new series, and ask some Of our friends to
solve this problem: If good fellow should
meet us and say, in most affectonate terms, he
wished to patroniZe the "Old Family journal
and promised to pay shortly, and should ior-
get US for three full years, Wou Id we rot begin
to think this was most questionable kind OF
friendship Meanwhile, as we have laid out.
in greenbacks, for white paper and labor, not
less than S. to supply our friend with 1876
weekly numbers, how long would it take one
thousand such friends to use US up totally and
irretrievably? If one friend is entitled to this
mode of evincing his friendship, are not all
equally entitled p
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

John Quincy Adams has accepted al invita-
ton from the Democracy Of Charleston, s, O.,
and il expected to address them tonight,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

WASHINGTON ITEMS. y esterday younE
Englishman, named John Philip, committed
suicide at his boarding house, (kept by Mrs
Cudpp) on Pennsylvania avenue, by cutting
his throat. For some months past he has beer
employed in the office of the freedmen 5 Blu
reau, from which position he was discharged
about the Sd Of the present month, on account
of the excessive use of intoxicating liquors.
DR.. G. H. Nichols, superintendent OF the
government hospital for the Insane, IN sub
hitting his annual report asks tor an approprl
alton Of 1923, 800, for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1870.
Gen. Hancock has arrived in this city, anc
has had interviews with the President ant
Secretary Of War
Brown vs.. the Alexandria and Washington
Railroad Company. We noticed that judg
ment by default mad been entered IN this case
Mr. Brent now files motion to set aside the
Judgment on the ground that the process IN
the case had not been served upon the receiver
the said road being at the time in charge OF g
receiver appointed by the court; but no action
is yet taken.
The Georgetown College Cadets, an organi-
cation which hourished during several year:
preceding the war, reorganiZed themselves or
Saturday last by the election of Capt. Dennis
Shendon and a full compliment Of commits
stoned and non commissioned officers.
w. W. Corcoran, G. W. Riggs, j. I. Nit
chelI, General E. D. Townsend, and Rev. Dr.
Pinckney, have given their names as reference:
to an association that has been formed in thi:
city for the purpose of furnishing employment
to ladies who are dependent upon their own
eyertions for livelihood.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

. COMMERCIAL CONVENTION AT NORFOLK
VA.-Yesterday, General Malone was chair
man Of the Convention. Recommendations
were adopted proposing q subscription of $780,
600 to be Immediately made to incorporate the
International Commercial Company of the city
of Norfolk under the &C, Of the Legislature,
and expressing pleasure at the enterprise mani
tested by the Western States in the Water-llne
communication between the valley of the Mis-
sissippi and the Atlantic ocean, by way of the
Ohio, Kanawha, and James rivers.
Various delegates from the different States
represented, supported the report of the bust,
ness committee, including Col. VIM. Lamb: of
Fort Fisher celebrity, who said it was brave
Federal general who destroyed his first efforts
in direct trade, in which thirty vessels had been
engaged between Cape Fear river and Europe,
by the capture of Fort Fisher, although Butler
failed to blow out the bottom of the Atlantic
ocean with powder ship. (Great applause.l
The report was adopted.
One hundred and five thousand dollars was
subscribed. Norfolk $4,000, Nashville $685.
900, Petersburg $4,000, &C. The tobacco
planters attending the Convention held mass
meeting, to take into consideration the pro-
priety Of subscribing 500, 900 to the enter
prise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-16

WATER LINE.-The water union OF the
James and Ohio occupies prominent place in
the consultation of the Norfolk Commercial
Convention, and it is said that its adoption as
a national work has been favorably considered
by prominent members of the committee on
commerce ia Congress- Even in its present
unfinished condition, the James River and
Kanawha Canal brings to Richmond a large
amount of tonnage. The route urged is to
connect the Ohio at the mouth of the Kama.
VIVA with the Atlantic ocean at the mouth OF
the Chesapeake bay, a distance of 636 miles
by water line, of capacity sufficient tor
boats of 800 to $50 tons burthen, capable OF
conveying from 10000 to $4,000 bushels of
wheat, to pass the whole distance without
breakage of bulk.
From Richmond the canal is designed to cx.
tend westward, through the Blue Ridge and
Alleghauies to the GreenbrlersriVer, a tributary
OF the Kanawha. From the intersection of the
canal with the Greenbrier river there is to De
slack water navigation, by means OF locks and
dams, down through New river and the Kama
yha ll9 miles, thence the channel of the Kan
ayha is to be deepened to its mouth, further
distance of eighty-nine miles. The amount of
freight which annually passes to and from the
Mississippi valley to the Atlantic seaboard, it
is said, now exceeds 100000 tons, valued at
over $5OO,O00,000, and that the charge for
wheat By this route would be but S. 81 per ton
to LIVERPOOL, while it was now $l2 per ton to
New York. Ball. SIN.
John Quincy Adams has accepted an invita-
1;on froro tho DanoersnV nf Charleston. s o.,
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United States. The only successful religious
daily known is published in Montreal, Canada.
A New York paper says the cultivation of beet
root sugar will yield the farmer seven times as
much profit as wheat, at present prices.
Lawrence, Mass, has 81, 900 girls employed in
the factories. They have free reading room and
library of 5000 volumes.
During the quarter ending 30th September there
was imported into New York books to the value
or s3ls,734, and wines and liquors valued at
SAG 697.
In 1867, the island Of Penang exported 1892
tons of black pepper l53 tons of white pepper, 22s
tons of nutmegs, IL tons of mace, ~ tons of
cloves, and 2l7 tons of tspiocs.
The exports from the island of Penang to the
United States. in 1867, were IVA tons of black pep
per. $50 tons of nutmegs, one ton of mace, and So
tons tapiocs.
printer in New York has a steam engine Of
l5O-horse power that runs Us presses, prints so
different newspapers, makes hoop skirts, binds
books, and runs a mile of shafting.
The Annis Cotton Mills, at McMinnvil'e, Tenn,
which were burned by the federals during the
war, have been rebuilt, and are now running 2Ol6
spindles and 60 looms.
The highest price ever paid for single book
was f22OO. paid for first edition Venice, l47l)
of Boccscio's "Decameron," by the Marquis of
Bandford.
The exports of tea from China and Japan this
season, up to the 10th of August were $500 900
pounds, against 100000 pounds to same time
last year.
The Australian colonies have 100000 horses,
100000 cattle, 3s 900 sheep, and 100000
pigs. The area of land under cultivation last year
was $500 900 acres.
The exports of petroleum for the nine months
ending LIST October, were . ,s62, 900 gallons. The
stock on hand, in the oil regions, at that date,
was 263 600 barrels.
A manufacturing company at Sandwich, H.,
which has been in operation sixteen months. re-
Gently made dividend of rs per cent. on the
capital, as profit, and added $50 600 to the stock
of the institution.
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SAILING OF THE GEORGE WAsHEGros.-The
steamship George Washington, Capt. eager,
sailed last evening at s o'clock for New York
direct, with full freight and the following pas
seDgers:
]. T. Thomas, wife and three children, n. L..
Pierson, wife and four children, Mrs. j. Corlan,
W. ID. Person, ]. Caulfeld, Mrs. @. McNansn and
others.
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Passengers per steamship s4xonis, fro

Passengers per steamship Saxonis, from
Hevre:
Ednsrd Chapman. mother and sister; Ernot
and Marie Michel Jane Rivero, Ellie Robert Au-
gust Crsugnard, Celine Graugnsrd. Emil Bradford
and family, Mrs. Brancaud, Mrs. Giraud and child.
Arthur Fferet, Emerie de Nux. A. Martin. James
Pollard. Miss J. Jeolef. Miss Esclspon Miss Sarah
Ernst, freisinniers Jules, A. Couchsy, William
Heckle, Caroline Beret, Henrietta Knoll end son,
Paul Keller, Judas Felbelmann and family. Albert
Dreyfuss, Louis scharf, Prosper Bassett Eulalia
Lavsremas John Benjamin, Fabian Hefd and
wife, Henry Psrpall, W. Pollard, Leopold Levy.
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SAILING OF TIE GENERAL. MEADE.-The steam.
ship General Meade, Capt. ssmpson, sailed last
evening at O'Clock for New York direct with
full freight and the following passengers:
Mrs. Grunhsum aud child, Mrs. +. Underhill, l..
Fitzpatrick, VIM. Ferris.
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Armed to the teeth, is q very common express
sion, but we think armed to embelsh and pre-
serve them to ripe old age Is decidedly more
beneficial and appropriateNthis can only be done
by keeping yourself always supplied with bottle
OF that renowned and imperishable delight of
every lady's or gentlemans toilet, the fragrant
Sozodont.