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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10
A W1Dow TN SOUTHERN NEYADA.-Th

A WIDOW IN SOUTHERN NEYADA.-The
chief boarding housc-in fact, the hotc-of
,Hyko City is kept by comely young Norwc-
gian widow, who is celebrated for the excellence
of her table and for having refused more offers
than any other woman in Nevada. About Jour
years ago her husband died in Kansas. She
remained there long enough to pay from her
own earnings every cent Of his Indebtedness,
then came West to try fortune IL a. newer
country. Inferior cooks have been paid 800
month in this region, and wIctched hired
girls about $40 week: SO our widow does hGr-
self all the labor pertaining to supplying thc
inner man of from from twenty to thirty board
ers, assisted only by an Indian or two ii some
of the simple drudgery. She miks her own
cow, does her own washing, and finds time, III
the crush of all this routine, to come out every
evening in neat toilet. Women are scarce 10
Nevada-such womn are scarce any where
and report says there is not q bachelor within
hundred miles who has not sought the hand
of the fair reIict She lodges, politely but
firmly--prefers single independence, and out
one voice of authority in the business she has
built up. Her conduct is uncxceptjonablcc and
if have taken an unwarrantable liberty III thl$
paragraph, it is to show what an unprotected
female may do for herself in wild country II
she has the energy and pluck. Cincinnati
G0zSFfe
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10
EDUCATIONAL,
TE7HE EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL F0
= -

BU1
Three miles west of Alexandria, Va
Begins its twenty ninth annual session 0, -,
Seth Of September, with the same professor" ing
a full course mathematical, classical and m,:o
teS is 1 taught od ro23 are sdc ceG @
for persons sending two pupils. For furSc..
information address The Principal,
Rev. VIM. f. GARDNER
G1-Tho Assistants arc Messrs. JAMES Y
GARRETT, MA w. ?. MASON, and j. &
FOERTSCH aug S-ao5,"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10

WASHINGTON ITEMS. The case OF Mr.. Nc
Donald charged with shooting little girl
named Toner, on the 9th instant, came up Tor
hearing before Justice Walter on Saturday,
Mr.. Laech urged that as the warrant only charg-
ed assault and battery, the only duty OF the
magistrate was to impose a fine. Justice Wal
er,however, decided to ho.d the case over unit!
he had learned moro respecting the nature and
extent of the alleged offence.
The defective gas apparatus at the capltoI,
which caused the late explosion, has been re-
paired, and other damage also. Several plaster
casts stored in the crypt were injured beyond
restoration. A very fine bust Of the late PresI,,
dent Buchanan was deprived OF its nose and
one eye, and presents decidedly mortified
look to the bcholder. Many Of the figures arc
wounded beyond recognition, and past patch
ing
The suit of Mcssrs Kimberly Bros. against
General Butler, for alleged extortion otmoney,
will probably be heard in the Circuit Court ct
the United States at Washington.
Mrs. Trumbul was better last evening, and
hopes nrc entertained for her recovery:
Efforts made during the week towards har'
monizing the difficulties in the Board OF Al
dermen seem to have utterly failed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

CURIOUS CAsE.-Wc see it stated that 9
loycsick, swain Of the white persuasion, cngag-
cd as clerk in one of our Governmental De-
partments, who has for some time past been
cnamorcd Of coor3d girl, and who has thrown
into TIC shade all his colorcd competitors, re-
Gently appeared before one Of the Cathohc
clergy in the first ward, and desired him to
solcmnizc their VOWS and fully inaugnratc the
bliss of their future lives. This the reverend
father did not feel authorized to do, but refer,
rcd the c1fectionate couple to the archbishop OF
the diocese where, he said, they could settle tho
matter. Feeling that he had viewed bliss in the
prospective about long enough, the cpamorcd
clerk repaired, with his companion, to the resi-
dencc of Methodist clergyman, who was
about to complete their joys by performing the
1notty operation, when in stepped the sighted
applicants for husJanda7y and forbid the bans,
informing all there assembled that if the mar
riagc was solemnized, the candidates for matrl
mony should not exist week. SO that pre-.
vented the ceremony there, and the clerk then
proceeded to Baltimore, as at first advised
only to ascertain that the archbishop was alb,
sent from the city. And there the matter rests
for the present. Wash. Rep.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10

The official statement of the public debt, as
published for last July, shows an increase for
the month of over thirteen millions and quar-
ter, or, to speak more exactly, al the ratio of
one hundred and sixty millions per annum.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10

TIE MYSTERY OF AN OLD FoRT.-A letter
writer in describing Fort Marion, one of tho de-
fences of St. Augustine, Florida, gives the fol-
loving story
Fort Marion has an old, solemn, and rather
threatening warlike appearance. The outer
wall, five feet thick, Of the material called Co.
quina, (Ko-k e.na, found in great abundance Oh
the beach near the lighthouse, has quite slant
or inclination Inward Of several degrees from a
perpendicular. An inner wall two and a half
feet thick, standing perpendicular, keeps IN po-
sition bank of sand some eight or ten feet
thick between the outer and inner walls. Be-
hind these walls are arranged the easements,
strongly arched overhead, and extending all
round the interior. Upon these arches and the
walIsa floor of brick, stone and concrete is laid9
whereon the heavy guns of the fort are placed;
very few are in position how. Within the en-
closure of the tort below are piles of cannon
balls and quite 4 number Of old Spanish guns
partly eaten by rust. .
In 1853. while putting some heavy guns in
position on the fort, an arch gave way, making
hole some five feet wide, disclosing cell
hitherto unknown to any person living. In
this new and strange apartment were found
one or two gun carriages made OF mahogany,
finely wrought. During the excavation made
by the officers, one Of them accidentally discov-
cred the appearance of doorway that had
been masoned up They determined to test
the reality Of the suggestion, and removinga few
stones revealed an opening into another CELL
where was found bedstead, on which lay the
skeleton of a man chained to huge staple in
the wall beside the beJstead an open mahog-
any chest five feet long, q feet vide, sides of
plank two inches thick, mounted with huge
iron strap hinges and three enormous locks.
No clue has yet been found to the history OF
this case, or the offence Of this terribly punish
ed victim. ..5a.s
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10

The new sensations in Wall street, New
York, at the close of last week, were the disap
pearance of Mr. Samuel Strong, chairman of
the arbitration committee the open board of
brokers, with an alleged deficit of $4,000 in
his bank account land the robbery of the Star
Insurance Company, Of s40,0O0in bonds, by
some person or persons, as yet unknown. But
New York has new Sensation" almost every
dav --5,, az.
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BOOKS CHEAP, CHEAPER, CHEAPEST

u UCkWHEAT- .
Id 10 bushels BucEwheat. suitable for seed
for sale by III ----..- d.. ..-.f... y I'D "a
aug LOW DAVY Sc HARMON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10

The administration, it is said, has treated
the action of Congress, in taking the so-called
recess, as an absolute adjournmentin contem'
platiea Of the constitution. Some radical
members Of Congress have construed their &C
ton as being, for all legal purposes, 10 effect
the same as though both houses had but ad-
journed to resume business the next day after
This difference of opinion involves the cases OF
nominations and appointments TO office, under
the tenure-of Office law j. IT,. .2-G@as
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10

The Central Railroad Company invite con-
tracts for the continuation of their road to the
White SulphurSprings. This movement is not
under the charter of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company, but under. special act OF
the Virginia and West Virginia Legislatures,
empowering the Central Railroad Company to
use the bed of the Covington and Ohio railroad
from Covington to the White Sulphur Springs,
in order to complete the railway to Is ose
Springs &. ~ ssaas ID .a.-: Daa a>>a.t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10

Mss- NoTICE.-The students of ST. Johns Ac-
ademy, now in town, are invited to meet at the
school room to morrow (ruesday) at O'Clock
p. H.. to attend tho funeral of their deceased
school mate, B. II. Price aug 10--lt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-08-10
SPRING ACADEMY.

Benjamin Hallowell, Sandy Sprins
Sandy Springs, Md, ~ "O-eott
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04

fit for full attention to his business for a
week afterwards. When a man leaves
home on business it is always important
that he should have bis wits about him.
that the mind should be fresh and vigor-
GUS, the spirits lively, buoyant and cheer
full. .a
No man can say that it is thus with him
after a night on the railroad or on the
shelf of steamboat.
The first great recipe for sound. con.
nected and refreshing sleep, is physical
exercise. Toll is the price of sleep.
We caution parents. particularly, not
to allow their children to be walked up o1
mornings; let nature wake them up, she
will not do it prematurely; but have care
that they 60 to bed at an early hour, let
it be earlier and earlier, until it is found
that they wake up themselves in full time
to dress for breakfast. Being walked up
early, and allowed to engage in Difficult,
or any studies late, and just before retir-
ing. has given many beautiful and pro.
missing child brain fever. or determined
ordinary ailments to the production o.
water on the brain.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04
Flowing up Raw Soil.

''F. g." in the N. Y. Post, says
We sometimes hear farmers remark that,
plowing deep, they get less grain; that
bringing up the new mellow soil, their
crops suffer. It would be very strange if
this were not the case; for this soil, even
if ever so mellow, is raw, just like man
ure when it is ''green" or "long" It is
not yet converted or changed into plant
food. It needs just what the long man
ure needs-to be changed by the heat and
the air, that is. decomposed or rotted.
Where the top soil is less fertile than it
used to be when the land was first titled,
you may rest assured that this under soil
is always better than the upper soil. be-
cause the upper has deteriorated, while the
under has not-rather improved.
It is, therefore, inadvisable, nay, suici-
dal in some soils. to turn up deeply the uu-
derground in the spring or in the fall at
sowing time. The cold. cherries ground
will not help the grain; and we're it not for
the other soil mixed with it. an almost
total failure would be the result.
But turn it up in the fall. and let the
frost and the elements take hold of it,
and you have another soil; it is turned into
manure, good part of it. A little lime
mixed with it, scattered and narrowed in.
or manure, or both, would facilitate the
process. In the spring SOW, either with
or without another plowing, aud you will
find no more occasion to complain. We
have great fertility to draw upon from
below; but it requires managing. 5
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04
am 4nttresting gtury.
A SUNDAY A CENTURY AGO.

An old brown leather covered book, the
leaves yellow, the writing scarcely legible
from time and decay; evidently an old neg
lected MS. To the fire or to nay private
shelf? Which?
These were my reflections as [ looked
over the papers of my late uncle, the rec
tor of Somersetshire village.
liked the look Of the book and decid-
ed for the shelf; and I had my reward,
for I found in the grabbed characters. a
simple story, evidently written towards
the close of the writer's life. This story
now transcribe into modern style:
Hell be fit for nothing" says my fa-
ther, awkward BOBBY who holds his awl
and cuts his food with his left hand"
So said my father and SO, alas, I felt.
I was awkward. l was fifteen; thick set,
strong, but very clumsy. I could not
make collar, nor sew pair of bliukers.
nor stuff saddle, nor-do anything that
ought to be able to do-my fingers seem.
ed to have no mechanical feeling in them
I was awkward, and I knew it and al
knew it.
I was good-tempered; could write fair
ly. and read anything; but was awkward
with my limbs; they seemed to have will
of their own; and yet could dance a.
easily and lightly as any one of my neigh
boris sons.
II don't know what he's fit for" sale
my father to the rector of the parish
"Tve set him at carpentering, and he cu1
his finger nearly off with an axe; then be
went to the smith and burned his hands
so he was laid up for month. It's all o.
no use, he spoils me more good leather in
. week than his earnings pay for in q
month. Why can not he, like Other
Christians. use his hands as the good Goo
meant his to do? There, look at hin
now cutting that back strap for the squire
with his left hand"
heard him; the knife slipped and tht
long strip Of leather was divided in a mo-
ment, and utterly spoiled.
''There now, look at that. A piec,
out of the very middle of the skin, ant
his fingers gashed into the bargain"
The rector endeavored to soothe M
fathers anger. while l bandaged my fin
ger.
YOU'D better let him come up for tha
vase, Mr.. Walters; | should like cas-
to fit it, for it's very fragile, as that oil
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04

encircliDg an apple tree trunk, dont b
alarmed, but thank Providence for The
birds which took a grub out of every hole.
perhaps. Many insects deposit their eggs
in the interstices of the bark, and when
they hatch out they bore into the soft.
spongy bark. The ''sap-sucker, " as hs
is enormously called, seeks out the hiding
places of these pests. and gobbles them
up. The woodpecker { (picss1 alights On
. tree trunk, and darting sidewise, tap
tap-taps on the bark with his beak. He
is sounding the bark, and when he detects
. hollow-and It must be very small ons
if he don't detect the bores his way ID.
to the cavity and dsyours the tenant
You lose ten bushels of apples when you
shoot woodpecker. So don't, kill the
woodpeckers, boys. don't kill the wood-
peckers.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04
A Protest Against EARLY Rising.

DR.. Hall, in his Journal Of Health,
says: One of the very worst economies of
time is that filched from necessary sleep.
The wholesale, but blind commentator
of early rising is as mischievous in prac-
tice as it was errant in theory. Early
rising is crime against the noblest part
of our physical nature. unless preceded by
an early retiring. Multitudes of business
men in large cities count it a saving of
tune, if they can make journey of hun
dred or two miles at night, by steamboat
or railway. It is ruinous mistake. 1t
never fails to be followed by want of
general we'll feeling for several days after,
if indeed, the man does not return home
actually sick, or SO near to it as to be un-
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04
Let no Man ask for Leisure.

The most fallacious ideas prevail re-
specting leisure. People are always say
ing to themselves, Il would do this and
[ would do that if I had leisure" Now,
there is no condition in which the chance
of doing any good is less than in the con-
dition Of leisure. The man fully employ
ed may be able to crafty his good dispo-
sitions by improving himself or his neigh
bors, or serving the public in some useful
way; but the man who has his time to dis
pose of as he pleases, has but poor
chance, indeed, Of doing so. To do, in
creases the capacity Of doing; and it is far
less difficult for man who is in habit
ual course of exertion, to exert himself a
little more for an extra purpose, than for
the man who does little or nothing to put
himself into motion for the same end
There is reluctance in all things to be
set a-going; but when that is got over,
then everything goes sweetly enough
Just so it is with the idle man. In los
| ing the habit he loses the power of doing ;
but man who is busy about some regu-
lar employment for a proper length OF
time every day can very easily do some
thing else during the remaining hours
the recreation of the weary man is apt to
be buster than the perpetual leisure Of the
idle. As he walks through the world bis
hands hang unmufled and ready by his
side and he can sometimes do more by a
single touch in passing than vacant man
is likely to do in twelvemonth.
Let no man cry for leisure in order to
do anything. Let him rather pray that
he may never have leisure. If he really
wishes to do any good, thing be will al
ways find time for it by properly arrang.
ing his other employments.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04
Haymaking.

There is annually SO much good grass
mercilessly manslaughtered in making it
into hay that it becomes the duty of every
publisher, editor and agricultural writer
in the land, happening to have better
knowledge of haymaking, to begin with
the hay season. preaching as earnestly as
they can. at every opportunity, better
principles, until radical reform in much
Of our haymaking practice shall have been
achieved. AS clover usually comes first
in the routine Of haying. and the season
for putting mowers afield is close at hand,
let us bear in mind that the best standing
condition of clover is when the plant itself
is fully developed, and the heads in full
but early bloom, before any considerable
proportion of them have assumed the
slightest tinge of brown. Then, instead
of being roasted. broiled and baked in the
|scorching sun until it is as black as Japan
tea, as is too frequently the case with
clover hay. the best plan is to cut after
the dew is off in the morning. cure, spread
or in the swarth, as much as can be done
in five or six hours of clear. dry weather,
then twenty-four hours more in small
cocks, sheltering. from dew and rain, and
haul in and put away with the leaves still
green, wilted but not in the least crisped
or blackened by the sun.
The other grasses are best cut when the
stalks and foliage have attained full growth
and the seeds are entirely developed, but
still in milky state. Like clover. they
should be cooked after few hours sun
curling, finished off in the cock, cured but
not in least crisped, and hauled in while
still green in color, elastic and possessed
of all the inviting aroma of new mown
hay" If the foundation of bays and
stacks are made well up clear of the ground
afording full and free ventilation under
meath, and then in stacking or slowing a.
way layer of clean dry straw, say six
inches in depth. is placed every two feet
between the courses Of hay, there will be
no danger Of clover or any other kind Of
grass heating. moulding or rottiDg. though
put away great deal greener than is the
general practice, and infinitely better hay
will be the result. lt.-Cosnso.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04
Don't Kill the Birds.

One of our contemporaries enters the fol-
lowing plea for the birds: ''Don't kill the
birds, the pretty birds" that run up and
down your apple trees. They are the
conservators of orchards and the arch en-
emies of bugs, grubs and worms. Some
one told US the other day that the farmers
boys were shooting woodpeckers and "sap-
suckers" ," as if they were birds of prey
If you see row after row of round holes
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04
- AuA, -
gelstteh puetry.
NOW Is THE TIME.

NOW Is THE TIME.
Now is the time;
This Sabbath's setting sun
May be the signal that thy race is run.
See Jesus waiting at the heavenly gate,
Come now-to-morrow it may be too late
Now is the time;
Ere nights dark curtain drop,
Thy Maker may command thy breath to stop
See Jesus waiting at the heavenly gate,
Come now-to-morrow it may be too late
Now is the time;
Thy Spirits gentle voice
Knocks at thy heart and pleads, believe, rejoice,
See Jesus waiting at the heavenly gate,
Come now-to-morrow it may be too late.
t'' Now is the time;
Beyond the narrow grave
Repentance has no longer power to save;
See Jesus waiting at the heavenly gate,
Come Row-to-morrow it may be too late
Now is the time;
Accept, and you shall seel
The brightness of His glorious Majesty;
See Jesus waiting at the heavenly gate,
!5y,s s15v..Q9,.I[.. : = YS.sV.k,e Rfiate.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04

anthem; but the voice is gone that filed
the old church as with glory that day. l
feel, as the sound swells out, and the
strings vibrate under my withered fingers,
I am but waiting to be near her under the
old yew tree outside, and it may be near
er to her still in the longed-for future.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04
gelecteh Miscellany.
HONOR TO OUR wORKMEN.

The following beautiful tribute to workm
vas recited by H. Clay Preuss, Esq, at
ure delivered by him, a short time since,
Washington, D. c.:
Whom shall We call the heroes?
To whom our praises sing?
The pampered child of fortune
The titled lord or king?
They live by others labor,
Take all, and nothing give,
The noblest types of manhood
Are they who Uork to live.
Then honor to our workmen,
Our hearty sons of toll,
The heroes of the workshop,
And monarchs of the soil
Who spans the earth with iron,
And rears the palace dome?
Who creates for the rich man
The comforts of his home?
1t is the patient toilerl
All honor to him, thenl
The true wealth of nation
Is in her aoorking men.
For many barren ages
Earth hid her treasures deep,
And all her giant forces
Seemed bound as in sleep.
Then Labor's "Anvil Chorus''
Broke on the startled air,
And 10 the earth in rapture
Laid all her riches bare.
'Tis toll that over nature
Gives man his proud control,
And purifes and hallows
The temples of his soul;
1t startles foul diseases,
With all their CHASTITY train
Puts iron in the muscle,
And crystal in the brain!
The Grand Almighty Builder,
Who fashioned out the earth,
Hath stamped His seal of honor
On labor from her birth. i
In every angel flower,
That blossoms from the sod,
Behold the master touches
The hamdis0ork of God!
Then honor to our workmen,
Our handy sons of toll,
The heroes of the workshop,
And monarchs of the soil
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-04

The following beautiful tribute to workmen,
was recited by H. Clay Preuss, ESQ.,, at a lee
ture delivered by him, short time since, in
WASHINGTON D. c.: