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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-18

The BANKRUPT ACT, AND HOW IT WORKS.
Many of our exchanges contain indignant and
timely denunciations and exposures Of the afro
cious manner in which the faying and gougng
machinery of the Bankrupt Act of 1867 is be-
ing employed to fatten some of Judge Chase's
Registers and other officials, with the spoils OF
the lean bankrupts, who are enmeshed in the
tolls of that villainous law. The New York
World devotes long article to late opinion
of Judge Ballard, OF Kentucky, in which be
yentiates a monstrous bill of costs, which was
designed to devour the whole fund involved in
great bankrupt case. AS the walls OF the
victims of the courts of bankruptcy are loud,
and their curses and remonstrances yehe-
ment in all sections Of the Union, we imagine
that the faying of bankrupts must be going
on in every direction. The Southern people,
however, are most deeply to be pitied,
for the law in the late slave States Is very gen.
orally administered by aliens, or by men whose
political sentiments are bitterly hostile to those
of the section in which they hold office When
we examine this Bankrupt act, with its fifty
sections" thirty-three general ORDERS" and
eighty-fve pages of FORMS" bristling with
costs and charges, it seems an internal sort OF
legal car of Juggernaut, expressly designed by
Radical malice to transfer the little which the
war left to bankrupt thousands, in the pockets
of hungry officials While the forty-ffth section
OF the act punished with fine and imprison-
Ynent any official who cheats in the matter Of
fees and costs yet the bill OF costs which
Judge Ballard dissected shows how bankrupt
may be stripped by there officials as clean as
pack of wolves pick the carcass of a buffalo,
without running the slightest risk Of indict-
ment.-RlcR. Enquirer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-18

A YEAR OF FAMINE.-It is scarcely within
the recollection of the "oldest inhabltant'
when there prevailed over the whole earth
such time of general famine. Terrible ac-
counts come to us of the reign of the gaunt
monster in Sweden and Finland, in Northern
and Eastern Russia, in Tunis and Algeria, and
even in portions of Prussia. live are to cred
it the accounts that come to US we must ac-
knowledge that many people are perlshlng
daily for want Of food. In Tunis they are bury
ing those who die of starvation In trenches,
50 great is the multitude that is being swept
off by this relentless destroyer Like
war and pestilence, it's kindred scOurges, 1t Is
marching through the world, and whole heca-
tombs of victims are being offered up daily
upon the altar of this guant and relentless god,
hunger. In the cold and more northern por~
tions of Europe the people are, 1t is said, try
ing to protract miserable existence by feed
ing upon bark and the buds of trees; while in
the more southern and warmer climates they
are subsisting themselves as best they can upon
the blossoms and young vegetation. Ihe idea
that such things are consumed by starving
people in protessedy Christian lands as articles
of food is almost too incredible tor bellet. Yet
these stories come to US 80 well aQtnentlcateu
that We feel obliged to give them general
credence. In portions OF France and Spain,
and also in England, the destitution IS very
great-far greater than has been known tor
many years. The London Star informs US that
1'men and women die in the streets every day
of starvation One is afraid not to relieve the
professional beggar, Knowing that yesterday
one who looked liked HIM lay down IN his rags
on the spot where you are now solicited, and
died of sheer starvation, Whole districts are
sinking into one vast, squalid, awful condition
of helpless, hopeless destitution. - Wosi'lng-
tom Republican.
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INSURANCE.

THE MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW YORK.
Cash accumulation on hand. SO, 100000
ALL BELONGING TO THE POLICY
HOLDERS OF THIS
COMPANY.
To business men, and particularly TO the mo-
chanics and laboring mon:
Have you provided for your families in event
of your death?
It is the bounden duty of every good husband
and father to make provision for his wife and
children, and LIFE POLICY is certainly
the cheapest and surest means of accomplish
ing this end.
A man 80 years old, can at a cost of about
TEN CENTS A DAY, secure to his family the
sum of $4,000.
Think of this, and act promptly, for life is
very uncertain
THE MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW YORK,
is the largest and unguestionably the best COM
pany in the country.
Apply to
w. D. CORSE, Agent,
No. 95, King street,
Aloxandrin, Va
Doctor NJ NJ. LEWIS,
Medical Examiner.
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DAvY CRoCKET OUTDoNE We learn from
good authority, that one day last week, little
boy named Myers, living up in Stony Fork,
IN this county, was out short distance from
home, when he discovered a bear lying in the
Some .! large fallen tree the tte 1sqW ran
years of age-who repaired to the spot, and
killed the bear the first shot. On going up to
it he discovered two young cubs, which he
captured, after being considerably scratched by
them he carried them home in triumph
Inc e. old bear weighed two hundred pounds net
- WytheviRe Dis.
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feb 11-3nl

n IEDMONT REAL ESTATE
AND
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF VIRGINIA.
The undersigned having been appointed agent
for this company, has established an office un-
der the Mansion House, where he can be found
during business hours, and will be pleased to
furnish all desired information on the subject
of insurance -
The Company to which he is attached is rap
idly growing in popular favor, its managers be-
ine men of distinction, and we'll known through
cut the State The Company offers induce
ments to insurees held out by no other compa-
ny, and the fact that it is Virginia Company,
managed by Virginians entities it to the cor
dial support of Virrginians. ~ y D.,
inson, j. 5. Knox, Thomas Perry, or any OF
the leading business men Of the city:
LEWIS II. WINGFlELD.
DR.. M. NJ. LEWIS, Med. Ex. feb ll-3m
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PAPER HANGING.
EXTALL PAPER,
w WINDOW SHADES
PICTURE FRAMES,
FIRE BOARD PRINTS,

BUNUENo, &C.
A. M. TUBMAN has resumed his business,
at store No. 157 King street, doors. east Of
Washington, where can be found choice stock
of goods, in his limo, consisting of Wall Paper,
Window Shades, Picture Frames, Corniccs,
Braids, Curtain Hooks, Hollands, Fire Board
Prints Borders, Looking Glasses, Shade FIX
lures, Picture Cord, Tassels, &c, at prices low
% Also, @ about 1900 rolls of DAMAGED PA
PER- very cheap.
Ali orders for Paper Hanging and UphoIster-
ing promptly attended to in city or country,
Remember the No., l57, north side OF hlng
street. sep l3--tf
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GROCERIES.

uARRIE uOUGH' G. VIM RAMSAT
TTOUGH s. RAMSAY,
GROCE ER S,
No. LAT, King street, Alexandria, Va.
Highest market price paid for Country Pro-
duce. Always on hand a choice stock OF Eng,
lish and American Pickles and Sauces, Canned
Fruits and Vegetables. Sardines Pine Apples
and Eastern Dairy Cheese, Buckets, Tubs,
Brushes, Baskets and Willow Ware generally.
ian 30-lY
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PAPERS,,
ALL III HISO,
BORDERS,
FIRE BOARD PRINTS.
WINDOW PAPER
BORDERS,
JOHN P. CLARKE

Has resumed his business at he old stand
NO, 1853, KING STREET.
HIS PAPER HANGING DEPARTMENT
contains as usual the choicest, both,
PLAIN AND DECORATIVE,
of the most celebrated
FRENCH AND AMERICAN MANUFAC-
TURE,
suitable for Parlors, Dining Rooms, Halls, sc.
All orders for PAPERING Private Dwellings
and Public Buildings will bepromptly executed
in the most superior style at the lowest prices.
The many years experience IN TINS ousiheS;
makes him confident in giving satisfaction to all
that may favor him with their patronage.
NH 24-tf
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Every patron obtains ;1 Wqtch by + this hs
worth 81 900. No partality shown.
We wish to Immediately dispose of the above
magnificent stock: Certificates, naming the ar "
ticles, are placed in sealed envelopes, and we'll
mixed. Holders are entitled to the articles
named on their certificate upon payment. Of ten
Dollars, whether it be Watch worth 81, 90 or
one worth less The return Of any of our GER
ti6cates entities you to the article named there,
on upon payment, irrespective Of its worth, and
as no article valued less than $40 is named on
any certificate, it will at once be seen that this
is no lottery, but straightforward legitimate
transaction, which may be participated in even
by the most fastidious.'
A single certificate will bo sent by mail, post
nail. upon receipt Of rs cents, five for 81, eleven
for hirtyh and elegant premium fo for SO
one hundred and most superb watch for Sl5:--
rare opportunity 1t is ega%Rsftfby RV tbs &o2
ernment, and open to the most careful SCRUTINY
Try US! WkldaI, PM, U ",
Importers, 161, Broadway,
sep 28-6n NEW 1OKk.
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DR LOOCKERMAN, e=->
SURGEON DENTIST, QClsflJYtYsYs

= NUTON| DGIN i1h5A, ~~-ICl1IT
(Grad. Of Bait. College Of Dental Surgery, 1S44)
No. A, SoUTH WASHINGTON ST,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
DR.. L. respectfully informs the public that
for t,oenty gears he has given especial attention
to the preservation of the natural teeth, and
will continue so to do and invites those who
wish to save them to call on him, knowing that
many are extracted and destroyed that by pro-
per treatment might be preserved and made
useful for life Artificial teeth inserted ONLY
AS APPROVED BY PROFESSORS AND COLLEGES.
nov 2-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-18

u,HE BOUQUET OF EDEN-a new and
/ delightful perfume for tho handkerchief; !;
also great variety Of genuine English and
French Perfumeries and Pomades, just opened
and for sale by ,,o
fab An NJ " ".
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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
AND VIRGINIA ADV VERTIS Il Il.
(FoR THE COUNTRY
Is published regularly on MONDAYS, WEDNEs"
BAYS and FRIDAYS at SIX DOLLARS PER AN
aum-payable IN aduamce.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING:

One square, eight nes dollar for the first insertion
and twenyfye cents for each subsequent one Llpera
farms made with yearly advertisers. -,
Marriage Notices and Obituaries exceeding five lines Will
be charged for. .
All communications of personal character will be charg
ed for at advertisement rates. .
AZ communications must be accompanied by tho names of
ha authors and rejected cannot returned
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rHE VIRGINIA LAND COMPANY

1NCOHpoRATED ACCORDING TO THE
LAWS OF VIRGINIA,
with authority to own 25 5000acres of land; Cap
itsl Stock rot less than $4,000, or moro than
SlOOOOO, in shares Of $500 each, for the purpose
Of buying and selling Land to, and inducing
immigrants to the State of Virginia. :,
Land Owners, Capitalists, Sc, are invited to
co.onerate with US, by subscribing literally in
money t or land, which will with our orgsnlza'
Tons ton prove profitable, facilitate immigration to-
and the settlement of large area of uncultlva,,
ted lands in the State. The books are opened
for subscription st the Office Of the Company
avg W. II. MARBURY,
Cnnrotnnr nd Trnasl1ra
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-18

ORYS LIED OIL!
NO DIRT, NO CREASE, ,
NO SMELL WHILE BURN ING.
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HARMLESSl CHEAP!

The above oil will be for sale by the principal
Grocers, Druggists and Oil Dealers throughout
this section Of the State.
Mandatory and Wholesale Warehouse Will
be open in q few days a. No. 81, Union street.
Samples exhibited and orders solicited from
the trade, by
RICHARDSON, LUTHER & CO.,
dec lily Mansion House, Aexandrla, Va.
VOHN II. PARROTT,
j ALEXANDRIA. VA.
Dealer in BLANK BOOKS, ,,,,,
Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags, Envelopes,
Gold, Albata and Steel Pens,
Wrapping Twinc,
in short everything comprised under the term
Stationery for the Office, School Room ana
0sc,A Also, sHEET MUSIC, (some 1000 to 5000
pieces on hand.) The only stock OF us'c ever
gotten up here.
The very best Italian aad other Strings lor
Guitars, Violins, &c, and musical Instruments
generally. Terms cash.
Also sole agent here for the Iii hm0nd ana
Manchester Va, Paper Mills.
Any sizes and weights of Wrapping ana
Printing Papers furnished at short notice, upon
satisfactory terms. oc1 III I'll
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YOUNG MEN,

Who have injured themselves by, a Ger
tain practice induged in, . habit fire.
quenty learned from evil companions, or at
even when asleep, and, if not cured, renders
marriage impossible, and destroys, both mind
and body. should apply immediately;
What pity that a young man, the hope OF
his country, lhe pride of his parents, should DC
snatched from al prospects and cnJoyments; OF
psth Of nature, and induIging in u certain Sc
cret habit. Such persons must, before contem-
plating
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Directors.

DOULTERER'S FRIEND.
4 A CERTAIN CURE FOR
GAPES AND OTHER DISEASES IN
CHICKENS AND TURKEYS.
A Certain Preventive of Chicken Cholera.
Will prevent disease in all kinds of fowl, and
promote an increase of fat Read the folloWIlng:
Jefferson, Frederick CO., Mo-,
July 22d, 1857.
Messrs Clotworthy & Co.:
Gents-The wonderful cures which have been
made BY your Poulterers' Friend cannot 1alI 10
interest all who raise poultry. gentleman OF
this village has been experimenting on chickens
with the gapes. Ho tried your IouteEersa e ta
the desired effect in removing the worm, et1ec-
tua}lv relieving the chicken st once: Since
then 7 have had many calls for it, and !: has
heen used extensively with the same result 1t
is OF i1calculable value to all who raise poultry
Respectfully, A. SPENCER.
Price 25c pcr package
. .Prep9nTTeo6 p9nTTeo6TW0RTY P95J P$ s. CO., Baltimore.
Also, RAT KILLER, HO RSE AND CAT.
TIE POWDERS--the best in use.
For sale by JANNEY s CO: AZ, King st.
And E. S. LEADBEATER s. co.
Unable CUTLERY AND PLATED
/ GOODS.-Just received at IS, King street,
Alexandria, Va, an assortment OF Table Cutie
~ Of beautiful styles, Plated Forks and Spoons
of the best quality, which we will sell at small
ausnnSI' isn 81 JOHN T. CREIGHTON s. SON.
DLASTER.
500 tons Soft Blue Windsor Plaster, on hand
and TO arrive for sale at lowest market rates, by
E feb ! " HOOE & WEDDERBURN:
n ROXES Dobbins' Electric Soap; cases
D Lamp Chimneys;s4 cases fresh Tomatoes,
lust received and for sale by
inn 20 lat, King st.
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old Government, Java, Sahanlla, Laguy-
" "a and White and Green Rio Cofces, re-
ceived and for sale by
''',~- HOUGH s. RAMSAY,
ian 80 14T. King street.
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BRILLIANT, BUT SOFT LIGHT.
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$1,000. 600 IN WATCHES

FOR SALE ON THE POPULAR
mA- ONE PRICE P L A N. 80
GIVING EVERY PATRON
HANDSOME AND RELIABLE WATCH!
For the low Price of Ten Dollars
WITHOUT REGARD TO VALUE,
And not 10 be Paid for unless perfectly sat
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-18

reflect that sound mind and body are the moat
necessary requisites to promote connublal hap
pinc:s Indeed without these the journey
through life becomes 3 weary pilgrimage; the
prosD ct hourly darlens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another becomes blightcd with your own.
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-26

LNOR SALE. THREE FARMS.
l. No. A farm situated on the road from
Sudcrsville to Church Hill, and within two miles
OF the latter place, continuing 100 ACRES,
nearly all arabic. This farm is we'll located,
being near n public School, IL Church, and good
FIGURING Mill and is II very desirable property,
the land being high and susceptible of the high
est Improvement, at small expense.
No. Is situated within three miles of Chcs-
crtown, and also within three miles of Rolph s
wharf, and not more than two miles from Deep
Landing, where grain or any other produce can
he sent away, either hy steamboat sail vessels,
and contains about 200 ACRES, this farm is To-
Gated on good county road, and the land is
high and of very superior quality.
No. Is within two and half miles of Sud
lcrSvillc, and lying Immediately m public road
and contains about 2S0 ACRES, and would di-
vide TO advantage if desirable into two farms.
All three farms have buildings and are now
occupied, and being cultivated.
Possession will be given at the end Of the year,
or sooner if necessary. The terms can he made
easy to suit purchasers. Persons wishing to pur-
chase had better apply ut cnce to
LEMuEL ROBERTS,
Near Crumpton, or Sudlersyillc, Md.
August S-tf.
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-26

CuRRANT TREEs.--Having NOTICED that
currant bushes may as well be made srosa
as shrubs, | conclude to tell you how I
hovcseen it done. In the spring Of 1881
my father commenced garden, and,
among other things, set cuttings for cur
rant bushes | determined to experiment
on one of those cuttings, and as soon as il
grew pinched off all the leaves except
the top tuft, which let grow. The cut
ting was about fourteen inches long, and
during the summer the sIrout from this
grew ten inches. The next spring l
pinchcd off all the leaves to about half Wax
up the first years growth SO qs t9 leave
the lowest limbs two feet from the ground,
1t branched well and became handsome
little dwarf tree. When it came to bear
fruit it was more productive than any 9TH.
er bush in the the garden, and the fruil
larger. 1t was less infested with spiders
ond other insects, hens could not pick off
the fruit, and grass and weeds were more
easily kept from the roots, and it was al,
ornament, instead of blcmish. Now. [
would propose that currant cuttings be set
in rows about four or five feet apart each
way (let them be lqng and straight) and
trained into trees. - -'''
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-26

even the nerve to dispute with a man--onc
who has not tithe of the sharpness of a
womans tongue.
After two days of sickness the invalids
have generally recovered, and they meet
again and express their joy at being able
to come on deck again. We amusc our
selves in watching the lines that are
thrown oqt behind the vessel for catching
king fish and blue fish. Mother Cary S
chickens (the Stormy PetrcD hover about
the vessel. This bird is about the size
of robin, and it always follows in the
wake of vessels to gather up the bread that
may fall overheard When about to take
a gun one day to get q shot at flock of
these birds, the captain told me the super
stitious sailors couldn't tolerate the killing
of them. They believe that ill luck would
bcfall the voyage, if any such thing should
occur. Finally, to our great joy, we
reach New York Bay, where we were in
spected by quarantine officer. In a short
while the vessel moves to the pier, and we
rejoice to tread on dry land.
After reaching our hotel, l propose to
Brown that we shall take sociable sherry
coblcr together and wash away the rcmem-
brances of our melancholy voyage, We
thrust our straws into the tempting bevcr-
age and receive it as grateful medicine for
our weakened stomachs. The hotel tosses
and reels under our feet for we still feel
the rolling of the vessel.
1t was our intention to describe our trip
up the Hudson and our experience at Sar-
atoga, but we defer any further account of
our travels to some future time, cherish
ing the hope that our hasty jottngs will
afford some entertainment to your readers.
Truly Yours, WENNAM.
Middletown transcript., 1868-09-26

but it is gone-the short-lived little
creature is numbered with the past, and
the contracted muscles relax, and we view
again the same stold, stern countcnance,
and she writes about the "library," dust, "
and the torturing agonizing mind of our
librarian, to keep back in his brain the
knowledge of the fixed and settled con-
dition" ofcach volume. Why bless me,
she is wandering in her mind. Can it be
she is visiting the ruins of some of the an
cient cities in her imagination, and be-
holds there slowed far back into those re-
ccsses, the lore of bygonc days? Rcmem-
ber, Miss Qui Vivc, you are in Middle
town; don't allow yourself to wander back
into the labyrinths of the past, or you will
lose your equilibrium.
We have more than once called the do
nors of our library blessed We bless the
thought that conceived such a. gift; we
invoke upon their heads the blessing of
heaven as oft as we look over the titles of
the works they have placed in our library,
as often as we drink in the ideas those vol
umes contain, as often as we garner from
theip ricl leaves the knowledge of the past ,
the beautiful realities of the present, and
the hopes of the future. How could that
youth but bless the munifccncc of the
givcr of the Corbit Library, when he reads
from those volumes which moulds his cha
ractcr for good, that feeds his appetite for
the real, the beautiful and the sublime,
in art and nature?
We are obliged to you,. Miss Qui Viye,
for your closing remembrance that self
praise is half scandal" We will treasure
it up in our memories as a jewel, and
when we sit down to write the Editor Of
the Transcript anything about Odessa, We
will listen for your " still small voice. "
In the "wee sma' hours" we will listen,
and if there are whisperings in our ears,
we will say, Miss Qui Vive warns me, her
presence is near
We close by sincerely wishing you, Miss
Qui Vivc, good bye, with hope that the
good people of Siiddletown may foster and
cherish thy labors in their behalf and that
thy pen may be an instrument of good,
and thy advice be treasured by them, as
well, Mr.. Editor, as by your humble ser
want, LUCIUs.