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NJ O ~ I G. E.
~ IA II. MOTT Y co.

NJ 0 IT. [ G. b
N A. Ii. MOTT II co.
uayeiust rcceve Ell and are stantly receiving
from the n large stock Of Ill kinds
of goods kept in first class HOUSE FUR
NISHING ESTABLISHMENT; also. BIAS
KETS, BKOOMS, BRUSHES, DOOR MATS,
WOODEN, BRITANNIA, PLATED AND
TIN WARES, SC, &c to which they respect
fully invite tho attention Of merchants and the
public. Mr.. VERNON w. AsHBY Nste with
+. L. Wond) having associated himself with
The above irm would be pleased to sec, his
friends at No ), North Fairfax st, Aloxandrin
.. ANDREW II. MOTT, Richmond.
BERTRAND s. ASHBI, Fauquier.
S-pp,
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NLD DOMINION NAILS, &c.-We have
W in store 700 kegs of Nails of the above Gel
cbratod brand, which arc tho best nails sold in
tho market, the iron being Of superior quality,
nearly equal to tho clinch nails: Also, a large
supply Of LOCKS and other Builders Hard
ware, all of which we will sell at the Lowest
prices for cash, Wholesale or retail.
JOHN T. CREIGHTON & SON,
dec 16 99, King street.
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'nOULTERER'S FRIEND.

b Il
A CERTAIN CURE FOR
GAPES AND OTHER DISEASES IN
CHICKENS AND TURKEYS.
A Certain Preventive of Chicken Cholora.
Will prevent disease in all kinds OF fowl, and
nromote an Increase of fat Read the following:
Jefferson, Frederick CO., Md,
July 22d, 1867.
Messrs Clotworthy s. Co.: 49,.
Z Gents-The wonderful cures which have boon
made hv your Poulterers' Friend cannot fail to
interest all who raise poultry. 4 gentleman OF
this village has been experimenting on chickcns
with the gapes He tried your Poulterers,
Friend, according to the directions and 1t n had
the desired effect in removing the worm, enec-
tuallv relieving tho chicken st once; oince
then have had many calls for it, and It has
bocn used extensively with tho samo result: 1t
is ot;ocsIculable value to all who raise poultry
Respectfully, -.'' "A. SPENcEf'
|. Prico Csc per package. !
'epyieoo pUIoTWoRrY wv s. CO., Baltimore. .
Also, RAT KILLER, HORSE AND CAT
TIE P0WDERS;itlhee 6esti4 {, "a use. ,.5 Kro st
And ADi sa'0 y E. S. LEADBEATER s. CO. !
nov l6--6m = =: - -
GUNDR1Es.
20 bbls. and hhds. p. r., double Refined,
Crushed, 3, and Brown nj Kgined p;n d1sa SHgars
80 boxes Stoarine, Chemical and common
Rosin Soaps. 81. X
IS boxes Adamantino and TalloW Candles.
10 bbls. and tierces Golden, and Plain Syrup.
10 kegs Baking Soda.
20 half chests choice -Gunpowder, and me;
dunn grades Oolong, Black and fine uncolorcd
Japan Teas. rgsI. -}i'& 2 : /
8 Frails Dates. ~ ,.s o3 Is. /
10 Coils Jute Cordagc, ~ ..,..,f - 81 rsa !.
10 boxes Hummli's Extract of Coffee and
Ground Pepper, in papers.
For sale by !. fLEMl ~ NJ,
dec c. - No. Q, King street
TINE FACTORY CHEESE,
r Now Orleans and Centrifugal Sugar
Hams, Ham s. and all kinds of Bacon. Powder and
Shot. Gls13s
p;a isva.nd Laruvra Coffee, for sale by
doc doc '28-lm ss.3 GREGORY q PAUL. i.
nOTOMAC sHAD and HERRING, for Or 5, sale
I By [noy lsl i5.4 J. C. hlLBURN,
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We offer GROUND PLASTER, delivered
on the cars or wharves, ut nlno dollars per ton
of 224O pounds, in the purchasers bags; eleven
dollars per ton in bbls, or ten dollars per ton II
we furnish bags, with tho understanding th"t
the bags are to be returned in ten days II not
so returned, five cents per bag Will be charged
for every ten days, or parts thereof. We grind
orr Plaster from the best Windsor Blue Lump.
No refuse plaster ground at our mill; n
dec 1G SUBTLE 81 STUART.
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'THE VIRGINIA LAND COMPANY

n -. ,,.., 80 ~, =,
ACCORDING TO THE
LAWS OF VIRGINIA,
with authority to own 25, 00Oacrcs of land; Cap
itsl Stock not less than $4,000, or moro than
SlOO 900, in shares of $l00 each, for tho purpose
of buying and selling Land to, and inducing
immigrants to tho State Of Virginia
Land Owners, Capitalists, &c, arc invited to
CO. operate with US, by subscribing liborally in
money or land, which will with our organiza-
ton provo profitable facilitate immigration to-
and the settlement of q large area of uncultiva:
ted lands in the State. The books are opened
for subscription at the office Of the Company
lO9 Prince street, Aloxand ria
w. H. MARBURY, .
Secretary and Treasurer.
InuN G EhRRlITR Prest
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ALEXANDRIA VA FRIDAY EVENING" JANUARY g. 1868
PAPER HANGING.
SETALL PAPER, .-..
wv WINDOW SHADES.
PICTURE FRAMES,
FIRE BOARD PRINTS,

DONDENo, &c.
A. M. TUBMAN has resumed his business
at store No. l57, King street, q doors east Of
Washington, where can be found choice stock
of goods, in his line, consisting of Wal, Paper,
Window Shades, Picture Frames, Cornices
Braids, Curtain Hooks. Hollands, Fire Board
Prints, Borders Looking Glasses, Shade Fix
lures, Picture Cord, Tassels, Sc, at prices low
or than ever.
Also about 8, 600 rolls of DAMAGED PA
PER, very cheap
All orders for Paper Hanging and Upholster-
ing promptly attended to in city or country.
Remember the No., 157, north side Of King
street. sep l3-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31

y A VIEW IN, LoUDouN COUNTY. Proceed
ing in a sSouthwesterly direction. and uphill,
for about 8 miles, you come to Mt. Gilead, the
capital Of the 9th District, till Gen. Schofeld
transferred the seatd government TO- hughes
Vile about. two miles distant The people OF
this district are partly Friends, and partly Bap-
lists of both schools, with a strong sprlnklng
aof Methodists. se Lincoln is the site of the
Friends Meeting House that goes BY the name
{ Of Goose Greek, as Waterford was the site OF
the other Meeting House until 1t was burned
down last fall after having stood l06 years
The people OF the,atter never missed meeting
but once in 106 years, and that was in l774.'
This district is the roughest and highest in
the county, but its lands are probably equal IN
fertility to those Of any other. Let us stop
awhile and gaze around. What mountains are
those in the far distance nearly South? The
: Great and Litte Cobbler, away off above Sa-
9 lem in Fauquier county at least thirty miles
distant sweeping around a little further TO-
wards the West We see Paris nestled 10 the lap
of the Mountain, and then turning North we
see Smokers Gap, $Ethen Hillsborough Gap,
through the Short Hill, then the Irish Corner
1 Of the German Settlement fully 22 miles goh
!: then looking over, into Maryland you see the
/. Blue Ridge fading off into the distance, and
sweeping over the whole Ketoctin range, the
{ beautiful Sugar Loaf Mountain near Frederick
j in Maryland greets tho eye and then following
for miles the silvery thread Of the Potomac and
turning to the East you see before you at one
glance the whole Of South Loudoun, and al
most hear the snort of the locomotive as 1t
comes putting up the Railroad. .s-..s., te .l
All the farms, all the villages, all the forests,
; all the mountains and all the streams Ishave
heretofore described, lie below you in one full
sweep of beauty, of fife, and fertility.
Churches, and school houses are scattered
here and there oversthis magnificent country,
and people some Of whose fortunes have been
scattered by the war will welcome heartily
those who come to supply their wants. .-LoH-
DOM 1frror. e. 3. - l~f -
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TARRIE uOUGH returns his thanks to his
LII former customers for their liberal patron
age, and would respectfully request contnu-
ance of the samo to the new firm. dec ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31

Two .REsoLurE; SERVANTS. s.--We have at
Orange Court House man and a woman,
both Of whom declare thatthey are still slaves,
that they have never been and never can be
set free, until their masters are paid for them
or set them free of their own accord. The man
is q cook for Mr.. K. and the woman seam
stress for Mrs. B. Both arc excellent servants,
very industrious and seldom seen on the street:
By others of their own color, they are called
contemptuously' "secesh niggers." They do
not mind this, but persist in telling their black
acquaintances that not one of them is free, 'but
that all of them have, been stolen by the yam
KEGS" These determined slaves are not connec-
ted with each other by blood d3or marriage, and
formed common opinion in regard to their
status when they were hundred Of miles apart,
-Nottue Twainian.
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MT 0 tt G. F.
" Alexandria, Va, Dec. 10, 1867.
Tho undersigned have this day entor cd into
copartnership, under the firm name OF
HOUGH s. RAMSAY,
for tho purpose of carrying on q GEN ERAL
GROCERY BUSINESS, at No. 147, KING st.
-.-'.' HARRIE HOUGH.
g. WM. RAMSAY.
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luILLIAM E. ATWELL,

FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
No 161 King St next Milburn's Drug Store,
Would announce to his friends and the public
that he is again prepared to attend to all orders
for work in his line, in mis- usually satisfactory
otz,o mar 1G--tf
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- Gsg~ Every patron obtains q Watch by this
arrangement, costing but $l0 while it may be
worth 81, 600. N o partiality- shown.
We wish to Immediately dispose OF tho above
magnificent stock: Certificates, naming tho 1, ar,
ticles arc placed in sealed envelopes, and well
mixed. Holders are entitled to tho articles
named on their certificate upon payment OF ten
Dollars, whether it be . Watch worth ST, 0OJ or
one worth less The return of any of our GER
tiGcates entities you to the article named thore1
as no article valued less than $40 is named on
any certificate, it viii at once be seen thst this
is no lottery, but straightforward legitimate
transaction, which may be participated in evon
by the most fastidious.
A. single certificate will be sent by mail, post
paid, upon receipt of Is cents, five for 81, eleven
for ST. thirty three and elegant premium. for Us,
sixty six and moro valuable premium for $40,
one hundred and most suporb watch for Sl5:-.
TO Agonts, or those wishing employment, this
is rare opportunity. II is lcgitmately con-
Quoted business, duly authorized by the Gov
ernment, and open to tho most careful scrutiny.
Try us WRIGHT, Bro. s. CO.,
G..a Importers, 16l, Broadway,
=. sap 28-6m NEW YORK
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31

BORROWING. Horace Greeley says:-I
consider it all but an axiom that he who asks q
stranger to lend hin. money will never pay it;
yet have known an exception. Once, when
| was exceedingly poor and needy, in season
of commercial reyulsion5or panic, [ opened a
letter from Utica and found therein. S., which
the writer asked me to receive in satisfaction OF
a loan of that sum which [ had made him-a
eedystrapger--o an occasion which he recalled
to my remembrance. Perplexed by SO unusual
message, and especially by receiving it at
such time, when every one was seeking to
borrow-no one condescending to pay scam
achieved solution Of the problem. The
writer was patient in the State Lunatie
(: Asvlnm. ''@~rca7 -ss-c,'y ->H I
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WY ALL PAPERS,
WTALL PAPERS,
BORDERS,
FIRE BOARD PRINTS.
WINDOW PAPER
JOHN Z. CLARKE

Has resumed his business at he old stand
NO, 1853, KING STREET.
HIS PAPER uA NGING DEPARTMENT.
contains as usual tho choicest, both,
PLAIN AND DECORATIVE.
of the most celebrated
FRENCH AND AMERICAN MANUFAC-
TUREf ......
suitable for Farlors, Dining Rooms, Halls, &c.
All orders for PAPERING Private Dwellings
and Public Buildings will beprompty executed
in the most superior style at the lowest prices.
Tho many years experience III this business
makes him confident in giving satisfaction to all
that may favor him with their patronage
NH A-tf ......, .. .. ...,...
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31
WOOD AND COAL.

TOA Ii GO A L lss.'
y w At No 26 X ng treet. r. s.
JOHN LEATHERLAND, D, AoENT,
Dealer in '' ..-
...... ANTHRACITE COAL, III. f. !
3 tho carload or single ton. :.
Purn Lchigh, warranted.
Lorbcrry Red Ash, from original mine.
Lykcn's Valley Soft Red Ash.
Best Locust Mountain White Ash.
Also Cumberland Coal, for sale low for cash.
All orders, left at 2G, King street, will be
attended to- aug 5-Gm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31

DRINK FOR Mich CoWs.-Cows that give
milk in winter, says. the Maine Farmer, will
,addsmuchito ttheir: profit by giving them :
bueketfuf Of warm water twice. Q day With
little meal or even. the slops OF the family mat:
Every one has noticed how an extremely cold
day will affect their milk, or whenever they
become wet In summer..lA, little salt, vith
meal floating on the surface Of such : drink,
Will sosn kash any COZ how 10 drink it, sl Z !
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31

Having takes his sestia that lo{y,, in 1851
!. nj Mr; Men s1e will have served ceatiauossly
elgateen zen Years u the United States Sepat'
when his term expires in 1869.
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INSURANCE.

INCORPORATED 1852 CHARTER PERPETUAL.
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA,
Winchester, Va.
Jos s. Carson, Prest. VIM. L. Bent, Secty.
Cash Capital ....... .........Sl76,oo
Aggregate Losses paid in 13 years, ending July
1, 1866, $92O87420.
Losses equitably adjusted and promptly paid.
q. W. WAfTLEs, Agent, Alexandria
At Office of Brent & Wattles, Attorneys at Law,
683, Prince street.
This old company insures Buildings, Mer-
chandise, Household Furniture and Personal
Property generally, in city, town or country,
against loss or damage by fire, on as favorable
terms as other responsible companies. Uel3-6m
r LIVERPOOL AND LONDON
il AND GLOBE INSURANCE CO.,
ASSETS (Gold). ...... ooo,oeo
Risks taken on al descriptions Of property,
and Fire and Lfe Policies issued, payable IN
gold, carg esacy OF. sterLlmg
Perpetual risks taken on most favorable terms.
Shareholders personally responsible for all
liabilities Of the company, and losses settled
without reference 10 England. ........
Marine Insurance also effected.
- HOOE & WEDDERBURN
ap 18-tf Agents, Alexandria, w.
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MARRIAG l.,

reflect that a sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote connuba hap
piness Indeed without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prosp ct hourly darkens TO the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair and i!lcd with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness "t
another becomes blighted with your own.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31
YOUNG VI EN-.

Who have injured themselves by q GER
tain practice, indulged in, hnbi! fire.
quently learned from evil companions; or at
school, the effects Of which are nightly felt,
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 hopo 81
his country, lhe pride of his parents, should he
snatched from all prospects and enjoyments 81
life by the consequence of doviating from the
cret habit. Such persons must, before conicm-
Mating
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31

BARGAINS IN -.
Is LADIES CLOAkS AND SHA Wis.
: Our stock Of NEW STYLE CLOAkS and
SHAWLS embraces some of the best styles out
this season. all ofwhich we are now offering
prices that will give satisfaction.
- 5or 57 ~. RI WOOD
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31

Member Of the Royal College of Surgeons
London, Graduate oi one of the most eminent
Colleges in the United States ana the ,rnnteF
nort, Of whose life ha: been spent in tho hospit-
Ills of London, Paris, PhiAde phia, and else
where, has effected some of'the most astonlsh,
ing cures that were ever known, many troubled
with ringing in the head and ears when asleep
great nervousness, being alarmed ut sudden
sounds, bashtulncss, with frequent blushIng. at
tended sometimes with arrangement OF in'!lH'
were cured Immediately.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31

~ MOUND PLAS TIE K.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31

TRESH DRUGS, &c-Quinine, Calomel,
Il Rbubarb, South American Soap Bark
Valorian, Chloroform, Sub. Nit; Bsmuth,
Wrights Pills Arctic Lotion for frosted feet,
Composition, Elem Bark, Sculleap Olivo Oil,
Powder Blue Stone, Nitric Acid, &c., just re-
ccived and for sale by
E. S. LEADBEATER s. CO.,
ionoA Fairfax street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-31

DAINTS, OILS, &c.--We have just reccivcd3
L a full stock of Lewis Pure Lead, Linseed
Oil, Boiled do, Spirits of Turpentine Refined
Bcnzine, Puro Neatsfoot Oil, Asphsltum Var;
nish, Coach, Copnl and japan do; also Artists
Tube Paints, Japan Tin. Camels Hair PENCILS,
Paint Brushes, and Frcncn Window Glass,
which we offer at the lowest rates.
E. S. LEADBEATER s. CO.,
;on2d No. South Fairfax street.
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VTAIK BRUSHES AND COMBS-Fnglish
and French Soaps Extracts for the Hand
korchic(, POmades, Sachets and Cologn"s.
WAKEFIELD g. HALL,
doc % Corner Prince and Fuirfny streets.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-03-12
NGTON. DEL, THURSDAY, MARCH IL, 1868.

confined to the Southern part Of Africa, or
to the Niger Valley But it is notorious that
the major part of the colorcd people of this
country come from the more Northern or
Western part Of Africa.
rs THE BLACK RACE UNFIT FOR SUFFRAGE?
But to return. would ask, in the name
of common consistency, by what rule OF
reasoning any man with sufficient sagncity
to carry peanuts to a gray squirrel could ar
rive at the conclusion that female or minor
suffrage has anything to do with the subject
under consideration. Is any man upon this
floor so silly as not to know that nearly ev-
cry man in North Carolina is n representa-
tive of some woman, who is either his wife,
mother, sister, or daughter? All we con-
tend for is that none of these representatives
be disiranchised. When race of men are
enfranchised, the women and children OF
that race are enfranchised through these
male representatives, who are the guardians
of their rights and the protectors OF their
liberties
This objection amounts to a man of straw,
and no man who has an ounce of regard for
his reputation as logician. would present
for the consideration Of an intelligent body
such miserable apology for an argument.
1t is admitted that some black men have
the necessary intelligence for proper cxer-
else of the right of suffrage. am happy 10
know that representative in the Democrat
ic Conservative party admits this much. 1t
shows that the antcdiluvians of this age are
making some advancement.
But 1t is held that the masses OF the col
ored people are totally unfit to enjoy the
elective franchise. Now, Mr. Chairman,
this is the old doctrine, only it comes up in
a new form. 1t used to he said that they
were totally unfit to be free. This brings
up the whole subject Of the natural inferior
iiy of the black man. 1t having been
brought up by the opposition, claim the
right to meet 1t here. | admit that after
two hundred and fifty years of the most de-
grading vassalage that any people ever en-
durcd, my people cannot compare favorably
with the Anglo-Saxon race In point ofintcl-
leclual culture. But give us two hundred
and fifty years of the same opportunity that
they have had, and il we do not show more
good hard sense than the Southern secessi-
onists have for the last seven years, then
the gentlemen from Orange and Cleveland
may have my head for football
BY their uncquelcd stupidity they have
accomplished, in the short space Of seven
years, what our friends, the Aboliioni,is,
could not have accomplished in twenty-five
years. They have done more than our
friends proposed to do. They only propo-
sed to set us free, but these, by their stub
borness, have compelled the nation to guar
antee to us all the blessings of American
citizenship. After all, am compelled to
acknowledge that feel myself to be under
some obligations to the seccssionists. | ain
compelled to acknowledge that to their folly,
in a great measure, we owe our present en-
reimbursement.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-03-12
WORCESTER COUNTY EXECUTION.


-tOnteSStOn OF the muruerPss
We announced last week in our tccgrapbc col
umns the execution of Lucy Purnell fo. murder
at Snow Hill, Worcester county, Md. The fol-
loving additional particulars, we gather from the
Snow Hill ShieM. She was executed for the mur-
der Of Hanson Robins, several years ago.
The sc1lfOld was erected in a field, near Pur-
rell's Mills short distance from Snow Hill, and
the execution was witnessed by large throng OF
spectators. The Shield publishes confession
made by the criminal to Howard Moore, ESQ.,,
one of her counsel. After norraiing the circun-
stances under which Robbins and herself got into
an alteration, late ut night, in house where
they both resided, the Shield says
She confesscs that she seized a pestle, crept up
behind him, without his seeing her, and struck
him heavy blow on the head which knock ed
him over sensrcss. She then struck him a Sec
ond time whilst he was lying PROSTATE. That,
seeing he was worse hurt than she intendcd, she
struck no more. At this stage Of the tragedy her
eldest daughter made II noise in coming down
stairs, as she stood over the body. The younger
daughter, who slept in the same room, woke up.
and the three took the body across the road and
laid it down. The deceastd was then alive, as in
dleatcd by his groans. She bade her daughters
20 back to the house dug hole herself and pla-
ccd the body in it. Having covered it with dirt,
She plnced shavings on top to conceal the place
of burial. After placing the shayings on the new
ly made grave. she heard the most uncarhly
grOans proceeding from the buried man. Con-
scencc-strickcn, she turned and He'd from the
scent Of her horrible crime. She seemed how
ever, 10 be drawn 10 the spot by some terrible
fascination and some time afterwards discovered
In one of her visits past the grave that the hogs
had rnoted up part of the skeleton, which she
carefully rcinierred. Again sle discovered that u
dog had scratched up the skull and carried II into
The adjoining field. This she took with her and
making circuit around the field, buried it in tho
woods under cedar tree.