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GR- To THE CONSERVATIVES OF LoUDoUs
CouN1Y-At the request of the State E1ecu-
tive Committee and in accordance with the
plan adopted by the late Conservative Conven-
ton of Virginia, we beg leave to call meeting
of the Conservative voters of Loudoun, to be
held in Leesburg, on MONDAY, the Goth day Of
January, 1868 Signed by
CHAILEs B. BALL,
-r..g j. RANDOLPH TUCKER
ian 11-eo3t and others.
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RADICAL BAD FAITH The New York
Times. abiding to the recent movements in
Congress still further to reconstruct reconstruct
ton, says:
'"The movement by whomsoegcr directed or
sustained, IS movement to postpone the res
toration of the Southern States and to render
it more hazardous and uncertain 10 support
it is to break faith with the people Of the
South, and to Intensity the causes OF peril and
suffering which now attct the country.
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=. The IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE. - t"Pleasc
instruct me by telegraph doesn' tmean" Please
instruct me at once" it means nothing. Yet
Senator Howard charge against MI. johnson
is only that he quotes telegram in these
words, . Please instruct me at once by tele-
graph instead of these, 'Pease instruct
me by telegraph. !" So old Smithereens, upon
reading that ''the vital spark was extinct, ;"
wondered why the paper didn't say whether
the man was dead or not. '-R1c1t. Dispatch.
Mr.. Paro, who lives three miles from Edn-
burg Depot, on the 0gdensburg, New York
and Lake Champlaiu Railroad, left his three
children in his dwelling. with his two dogs on
Wednesday last While the children were eat
ing dinner one Of the dogs grabbed the food
from the youngest child Tie oldest,a girl
aged twelve years, in attempting to chastise
the brute, was attacked by the Infatuated ami
NAL, which tore large pieces Of flesh from her
limbs She cannot live, .s 49,. ~
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Cd. Mr. Pendletou, Of Ohio, seems to be great
isyorite IN the West, as candidate for next
q President, among Conservative people,. sfo
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CPLENDID PROPERTY FOR SALE OR
- RENT.-The ROSE HILL ESTATE, the
property of the late Maynadier Mason, four and
a half miles from Alexandria, containing TWO
HUNDRED AND FORTY A CRES, with fine
improvements, consisting of Mansion House, G.
Barns, Stables, Granary, Servants Houses, BILL
&c, &c. The grounds are beautifully laid off,
and the view the most extensive known. The
land is in the highest state of cultivation Three
Orchards Of choice fruit on it, making it, in all,
sold or rented privately before, it will be offer
ed fer sale, at public auction, on the lsr DAY
OF MARCH, 1868. Two thirds of the house,
and al the land, out buildings, &c, given pos
session of Immediately. For particulars, in
qure of l.. B. TAYLOR, Attorney at Law, AL
exandria. Va, or of tho undersigned at Hay
market, Prince William CO., Va.
R F. MASON, Executor
Fairfax CO., jan 11-eots Nat Int.
iWANTED-2 sets Platform Scales. Apply
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SOAP AND CANDLE MANUEACIOkI.
The undersigned have constantly on hand,
the best FAMILY SOAP, OtlVE SOAP,
Soft Soap in barrels, Tallow Candies, Sturgeon
Oh, n catsfoot Oil, Talow, Ashes, &c &c, at
the very lowest prices. Grocers, Druggists, and
the pubic in general will ind il to their benefit
to give Us u call and see for Themselves
SCHUYLER & N1EDOMANSk1,
Cor. Payne & Cameron st5., Alexandria. Va.
ian 10 I'm
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I've understand that the constitutionaity Of
the Virginia Stay Lawzis to be argued in the
sGourt 81 Appeals on the l4th inst. The ques-
ton ia one of1yast importance to our people,
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~ O $ r 3 NJ & S
SUPERB MASQUERADE COSTUMES,
Arranged by an experienced dramatic artistic.
Every dress repre-: entng distinct
historical character
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jan l0--3t Near Ninth st., Wash. D. c.
VNYLERSS SYRUP, Gum Arabic Wistar )
4 Balsam, Wild Cherry, Schenck's Pulmonic
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received and for sale By
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nRAKES PLANTATION BITTERS, Hos
~ letters Stomach Bitters, Newcastle Bi-
Carb Soda, Pure Cream Tartar, Sweet Spirits
Nitre and Acetic Acid, just received and foI
sale by Liam 10 JANNEY d co.
GPIRITS TURPENTINE. Refined Bsnzine,
y Pure Putty in badders, buckets, Cars and
kegs, Common and Refined Lamp Black, and
French Window Glass, of all sizes. for sale d.
jan De-. JANNEY s. co.
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at 1O2, Queen st. jan 10-5t
VNHE FIRM OF G. c SMOOT s. son
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late G.. G. Smoot, the un ersgned have this
day formed Il new co-partnership, under the
name and firm of c. G. SMOOT u SONS, and
will continue the TANNING, CURRY1NG,
LEATHER, HIDE and OIL BUSlN ESS.
@. G. SMOOT, JR.
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Of
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The people of Fredericksburg are striving
earnestly to promote the introduction OF cap
ital and labor to that place and neightorhood:
The Sons. of Temperance, at LoVettsvilIe,
were presented, last Friday, by tho ladies OF
that village, with beautiful Bible
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WANTED-2 sets Platform Scales. Apply
W to HENRY COOK, 80, King ct, dec 8
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DRY GooDs-Trade was very light during
holiday week, II. usual, transactions being
mainly confined to the retail demands Of the
city and its immediate neighborhood. No ma
teral improvement can he looked for during
January, but there will be something done to
supply the exhausted stocks Of what is. called
the 'near-by trule.n The trade in foreign dry
goods is not in q very satisfactory condition.
There is very little doing; the steamers bring
but few invoices, and our large importers pru-
IDENTIFY hesitate to send out large orders until
the prospects of 1868 take a more definite shape
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The Senate has recently rejected several Of
hthg nominations for minor Offices, sent in by the
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Knew her but to love,

knew her but to love-
And named her but to praise"
4Amone the prominent personages whom we
recognized as present on the mournful occasion
were Secretary Stanton, Generals Rucker,
Dants and. Perry, and many Of our leading cit
liens. = Washington Chronicle ~. tse, sI:sa,.
Aletter was read in the Georgia State Con-
vsntion which was written to one Of the dele
sAAes EX-SENATOR Sherman The latter .coun-
sells the Convention to have no fears, but to
70 ahead" If additional legislation is needed,
hepfomisss it shall be furnished Gen. Meade
addressed the Convention yesterday, stating
thAt the Recon Instruction acts were valid until
1eciAed otherwise by: competent authority. He
s3ded thathe should administer them for2ithe
bsgtiotsfssts of che! people, as he understood
thsm, bdt that he could not inforce any lepis-
lstion on the ,part Of the Convention; as, until
th& Constitution Was adopted, such legislation
vaa not valid. he was willing, however, to
1gglSts tfe Convention In promoting any well
digestcd plan Of relief. 80
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ERRATA. The paragraph in yesterdays Ga
zette, relative to Wendell Philps's curses On
Franklin, was spoiled by typographical errors.
II should have read thus: Franklin never
Ialeht that the noblest OF all human action is
the saving of money Though we confess he
made.itsquite prominent point in the econo-
Hyaof iife;and i6culcated it by his precept and
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COMM EkeGIA5..
Alexandria Market. January

AIexandfla 39AEkeE. 5HNHNfy n. OF.
The market this morning waa quite bare OF
produce with tho exception Of Corn, and prices
were without noticeable change. In Flour
there was very little doing, transactions being
confined to the city trade, In Wheat there was
very little activity and only GONE small sales OF
inferior lots reported at 235. Offerings Of Corn
reached AGO bushels, with sales at ll6 for 3
greater portion prices are weak and buyers
generally Indifferent as to operating. In Rye
and Oats we have no change to note, the offer
ings being very light. Dressed Hogs and Poul-
try continue in active request, but light receipt
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Va. tsEeconstructiOn'' Convention.
In the Convention, yesterday, the morning
hour was spent by the Conservative members
in reading from the former editorials of Mr..
Hunnicutt, to convict him Of political inconsis-
tency The bill ofrights was discussed till the
adjournment 80 ~: y
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- "a letter from New York says There is
no panic in this vast metropolis; but there is
awsisht Of dizziness pressing upon all business
linen, that IS almost intolerable. The exodus
from this lamentable condition is problemati
aal ~, Gl,l.ss 81 Z y. ~. q; q :. I Co.,
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rs reference to the proceedings Of the Cor :
ssssssionaI Reconstruction Committee, e the
ashington. Express says; that the Judgment
ofthe Committee is fully settled on one point
svilsthat the work Of reconstruction must be put
moe directly into the hands, or under the con-
4trol tOk Gen. Grant, 81 90 ee9aH - -.--.
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Necessary Rules of sleep.

DR.. Winslow wisely says there is no
fact more clearly established in the ,phy-
siologv of man than this, that the BRAN
expends its energies and itself during
the hours of wakefulness, and that these
are recuperated during sleep. If the re-
cuperation does not equal the expendl-
ture, the brain withers-this is insanity.
Thus it is that, in early English history
persons who were condemned to death
by being prevented from sleeping. al
ways died raving maniacs; thus it is
also that those who are starved to death
become insane-the brain is not nourish-
ed, and they cannot sleep. The practi
cal differences are three list, those
who think most, who do most brain work,
require Eost sleep. I'd, That time
"sayed" " from necessary sleep is infa'-
lably destructive to mind, body, and
estate. Give yourself, your children
your servants-give all that are under
you, the fullest amount of sleep they
will take, by compelling them to go to
bed at some regular hour, and to rise
in the moring the moment they awake;
and within a fortnight, Nature with al
most the regularity of the rising sun,
will unloose the bonds of sleep the mo-
ment enough repose has been secured
for the wants of the system. This is
the only safe and sufficient rule; and
as to the question how much sleep any
one requires, each must be a rule for
himselt-great Nature will never fail
to write it out to the observer under
the regulations just given.-Scient!fc
american.
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The Anticipative Faculty.

The American organization is SUI ge-
meris. It is surcharged with immagina-
tion, impulse, activity and energy; but
it is remarkably deficient in the an
ticipative faculty. The presence of this
balance-wheel, regulating all the other
forces, is indispensable to the constitu-
tion of healthy and symmetrical natures.
The want Of it in an inividual is easily
detected. He is almost certain to over
do or underdo every pursuit OF bus mess
or of pleasure to which he may address
himself from choice, and every labor, for
himself or for others. which circumstances
may devolve upon him. 1t is a mere
accident if he happens to perceive, strike
for and hit the true mark. 1t is mere
accident, that is to say, if he attains suf-
fciency without superfuity, Or if he a.
voids superfuity without sinking to de-
ficiency. The pendulum of existence
yibrates between surfeit and famine,
between food and drouth. And, his
career finished, it is safe to suppose that
his whole life may be summed up as a
continuous oscillation from one extreme
to another extreme, with disaster on dis
aster filling up the interim.
The unanticipatiYe man, to be sure,
may achieve success and glory. But
beware of trusting to the solidity of the
one or to the enduring brightness of the
other The success is apt to be as inse-
cure OF foundation as the unstable house
OF the sacred parable and the glory is apt
to prove, like the evanescent glare Of
acontiagration, only the illumination of
imminent ruin. No matter what good
impulses the unanticipative man NAV ex-
perience, the moral integrity Of his ont
ward conduct is never assured. Tntrns.
ted with the management of momentous
public concerns. however endowed he
may be otherwise with special faculties
and aptitudes, he is like an infant, of su-
pernatural strength but of merely natu-
raj discretion for its age, handling edged
tools and deadly firearms. He does not
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NOTICE TO PLANTERS.

HAElNG made all the necessary ar
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Il. A. MARTEI.. GEO w II,DSprr,1
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AT TORN AT LAW,
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PLEASANT HILL.

Roll my chair in the sunlight, Ninetta,
Just here near the slope of the hill,
Where the red bud its soft purple clusters
Droops down to the swifs flowing rlll'
See the golden-hued wreaths of the jasmine
Like stars through yon coppice OF pine'
While the fringe tree its white floating banner
Waves out from the blossoming vine
Haw the notes of the mocking -h'l22s ringing
From hillside, and woodland, and vale,
Greet the earliest flush of the morning
With trills of their happy love tale.
All beauty, and music, and gladness,
Ye follow the footsteps of Spring;
The breeze in its pure balmy freshness,
Seems famed FROM some bright angels wing
aas1asik yonder and see, little daughter
AaV here locust trees scatter their bloom;
Have the pansies in velvet eyed sadness,
.Peeped yet through the turf near the tomb
Nay, then turn not aside, ny }petta;
The grave of our Walter sfS7S CLEAN,
In the earliest flush of the springaane-
The glow of the Autumn's last o..
For he loved them, the flowers and sYshine,
The birds and all beautiful things,
But he loved best the dim purple pansyS
That over his resting place springs.
All, Just there. where thatlaurel is glancing
Just there, in that sink of the dell,
Came surge of the deadliest combat,
Sweeping on in its terrible swell.
And I saw him. my darling, my treasure,
My boy with the sunlighted hair;
could see the proud sweep Of his banner,
And the smile that his lip used to wear!
All, be led them, how bravey, Ninetta,
His voice with its silver tones pealed,
Through the hurtling storm of she battle,
As it swept DER the Understanding field.
watched strange wavering movement,
watched from yon low cottage door,
Till riderless horse bounded upwards
Then lay, with my face to the floor.
There he lies now, my sunny haired darling,
My boy with the frank fearless eyes
Aud fancy to-day, that they watched me,
From the depths Of the shadowless skies.
kvatehing his sorrowful mother.
Ana dtWatching this sorrowful land,
That his hearts crimson life-tide had molstened
For the tread Of fanatic band.
What in tears ah, my gentle Ninetta,
Your mother has mourned for her child,
With none of that womanly weakness,
That softens an anguish too wild.
But look at his grave in the sunlight,
And my heart in its radiance grows strong,
For he died in the flush of his triumph,
Aud not in this tempest of wrong.
Yes, he fell in the heat of the battle,
Nor dreamed of the thraldom and shame,
That have blasted this fair Southern valley,
With breath of their raveuing flame.
And his grave, o thank God, is freemans
Aye, freely the flowers may wave,
No foeman those garlands of honor
May tear from the sleep of the brave.
All, take me within, my Ninetta,
My gallant young soldier sleeps we'll,
And e'er the first glow Of the summer,
~ 7, too, must lay down in the dell.
New Orleans Times.J M.B.w.
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