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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-12-29
NEED FEED

FEED FEED
have in store and for sale
200 bushels White Middlings.
20O d" Brown do
100 Ship Stuff.
100 - Brown Stuff.
200 " Shorts
500 Prime Oats.
100 bales prime Timothy Hay
80 Straw
Hsv furnished by the load in quantity to suit
purchasers. Feed delivered free of charge,
P"' AUGUSTUS WALL,
oc oo-3m Cor. King and Columbus sts.
EOK SALE, at the Mount Vernon g6 pG GGtt9g
HORSE,POWER ENGINES and THREE
large large B0lLERS, together or separately; For
driving saw mills or other purposes, whore iasI
is not an important item, these engines ana
boilers will perform about rs good work as II
now and will be sold for one third tho cost OF
new onos of equal power. r,1o,,.o
aug LIT a. AAA''" 40
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TIME PENCIL PROTECTOR.

A full supply of E. w. Faber's celebrated
Patent Pencil Protector, with Rubber Head
Price only cents. Just received by
ROBERT BELL.
Stationer and Dealer in Music.
Sent by mail, postage paid for ten cts.
dor %
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FOR 1SG9.

My large Counting House Calendar for 1869,
may be had gratis at my store, or will be sent
by mail, postage paid, on application Also,
Pocket Calendars and Calendar Blotters gratis
ROBERT BELL,
dec % bookseller and StatiOner
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-12-29

COMMISSIONER SALE OF LAND IN
Y PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY-By vir-
tue Of decree of the Circuit Court Of Prince
William county, entered on ;he 18th day of
October, 1867, in a suit in chanccry therein
pending, in which Richard NJ. Allen and 9TH
ers, are plaintiffs, and John A. Harrison and
others are defendants. the undersigned, Com
missioners, will sell, before the front door of
the Court House Of said county, on MONDAY,
the first day Of FS6rns5y 1856? that BENG court
ty. wing near the Potomac river one contain
ing about 1888 acres, and the other about CGs
acres These lands are unimproved with
buildings and for farming purposes, but are
well sci in tlaber of chestnut and other growth,
and are chiefly desirable as timber lands, near
water navigation.
TERMS1One-fourth of the purchase money
to be paid in cash, and the residue in two equal
instruments, at one and two years, the p!nrchas-
er to give bond, with approved personal secur-
ity, to bear interest from the day Of sale, and
the title to be retained as security for the defer
red payments. CHAS. n; SIMCL AIN.
EPPA HUNTON,
Prince Wm. co., Dec 28-eots Comm'rS
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ADJUSTMENTS.
IRST GRAND SOIREE

u Z S 7 G r A n D S 0 r Z f
Il OF THE
ALEXANDRIA DANCING ACADEMY,
To be given ut the
ACADEMY, MUIRS BUILDING,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, December Goth.
Tickets one dollar, admitting one gent and
ladies-to be had Of any of the scholars or al
the door.
G1y~ COOKS BAND has been engaged for
the occasion, and fine time may be expected.
BINSWANGER s. NEWMAN, 2. D's.
dec 28--3t
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D0 YlkIUE OE n DEED VI In d
ID executed by the National Building an(
Manufacturing Association and Brick, Sane
and Gravel Company, TO secure certain Gou
pom bonds, amounting to $2o,oUI, Whlch Geo
is dated 22d December 1861 and recorded II
Libor Y, No. 3, page 2l8, the undersigne ed
Trustees therein named, will, on MONDAY
the first day of March, 1869, expose to sale, a
public auction, at II m, in front Of the Mayor
Office, Alexandria, Virginia, the following prop
erty, viz:
A certain TRACT OF LAND, in the county
Of Alexandria, containing between ninety anC
one hundred acres called WATERLOO
bounded on the west by the Alexandria an(
Washington Turnpike road; on the cast by tn
Potomac river on the north by the lands 0
the late Thomas Hughes, and on the south by
the lands Of Lieut.. Hunter, together with al
BUILDINGS and improvements erected there
on and TOOLS, MACHINERY and OUTFIT
used and to be used by them to carry on theil
trade and business, together with the franchises
and all the privileges, rights and property O.
the said company; and also their patent rgh
for the manufacture Of brick in the District o.
Columbia and county Of Alexandria, Virginia
TERMS-For the real estate, sufficient casl
TO pay S25C0, with interest from 9th day of Au-
gust, 1867, and the remainder to be paid IN two
equal instGlments of $500 each, with interest
from August 9Th, 1867. the first on the 9Th Au'
gust, 1859 and the other on the 9th August
1870 the residue of tho purchase money, Il
any, to be paid, with interest from the day OF
sale on the said 9th August, 1870
The bonds of the purchaser TO be given to1
the deferred payments, and deed OF trust tc
be executed to secure them,
For the personal property, franchises, &c.,
terms cash. j. DEAN SMITH,
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rOpGrty, IThHCEIsUsi &c
j. DEAN SMITH,
GEO w BRENT.

The undersigned Trustee, named in the deed
from j. z. Bonnell to him, dated August 9th,
1867, and recorded in Liber Y, No. 3, page 81,
which was given by said Bonnel to secure
Mrs. Virginia Scott the payment of the sum Of
$500 mentioned in above advertisement, as
sents to the sale of the property on the terms
above indicated by J. ID. Smith and George w.
Brent, Trustees, and will join in making title
to the same
dec 2G-eOts ;. +. BEACH, trustee
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

Election being over, Mr.. Greeley that
raw.head and bloody. bones conjurer of the
canvass-anuounce that "outrages' at the
south are over, too The coincidence is as
remarkable as anything in fiction con be.
When bloody outrage was needed to quick.
en- some kind Of electoral blood, the Greeley
cupboard was unlocked and ont came the
very article. The work being now oil done,
the cupboard is shut and locked tight again,
and the mAtronly Greeley turns and shakes
his fingers at the people of the north with
"Iou can have no more outrages, my chill.
dren.' The farce is played out. The Folit-
zeal philosopher is now at liberty to study
into the marvel Of whole peoples willing.
ness to engage in a business by which they
would have, as they believed, everything to
lose and nothing to gain. But such sort Of
blatherskite logic is precisely what is run in
the Greeley mould, And all it leads to, il
due boomerang sequence and order, is tina
these outrages have entirely ceased because
there is do longer any demand for them il
the political market.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
ALEDO.

The town of Aledo, in Mercer county, un.
der the magic influence of the American
Central Railroad, is going right straight
ahead. The Aedo Press is pretty well
filled with notices Of real estate sales, new
corners, notices of buildings to be erected
&c, &c. Among them we find that two
new and elegant churches are to be built
next season-one by the Episcopalaus, and
one by the Baptists, and both on lots dona.
ted by Judge Thompson.
Here are few of the items from the
Aledo Press, which we give just as a sample
| Of the balance:
Messrs. Mack b Co., have purchased I5OX25O
| feet in the north eastern part the old depot
ground, for the site of their elevator These
| gentlemen are hard at work erecting their eeva-
tor and will be ready to receive grain before
| many weeks.
Messrs. r. J. CabeOn, ]. Scott Pinkerton,
! Nicholas Edwards and John L. Edwards, now
of the firm Of II. Weaver 4 Co., have purchased
block "a, in Aledo, for She purpose Of opening u
lumber yard and erecting planning mill, sash.
door, and blind factory, in the spring.
Messrs. C.. Orth and Harry Weaver, of
keithsburg, have purchased 2jx9j feet for $500,
Of the corner lot next south from Bells drug
store. These gentlemen purpose erecting early
in the spring fine house for merchandising
purposes.
Mr.. Fisher Of Geneseo, has purchased Of
Judge Thompson the corner lot diagonally oppo-
site the Button House, upon which he will build,
in the spring, fine business house.
These things show that the American
Central will soon make Aledo one of the
smartest villages in this region-alI ofwhich
IS due to the untiring perseverance and en-
ergy Of Hon. John s. Thompson, through
whose efforts and influence the road was
built After all his labors, dsappoint-
ments, and struggles, it must be gratifying
to the Judge to see his efforts about to be
crowned with success, and satisfactory also
to see all the people willing to accord him
due credit for his efforts in their cause.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
STILL AT IT.

The radicals never tire Of repeating thel
6Iseboods ohout Forrest and Fort Pillow
The Ia,o.t effort is from fellow out in New
Alhonv Indiana, published some days ago
- ,ho chicago Post, and copied into the
n. senpor, CARTE. We have waited sever
=, DAYS, expecting to see it in tho Rim, but
since our reply to its ISLANDERS of Wade
Hampton and southern democrats generally,
that concern has been perfectly silent on the
subject.
1t seems to US that editor, of papers like
the Post and Gazette ought to be familiar
with the fact that republican committee
of a republican congress went to Fort Pill
low to investigate thai affair, and that their
report accepted by congress) puts an en-.
tirely different face on the affair. The re.
port sets forth what - probably true, that
the rebels kept on lighting after the fort had
been surrendered by the federals, but the
rebels engaged in fighting did not know Of
the surrender because the .tederdls had not
hauled doWn their flag! AS soon as the
federal flag was hauled down the fighting
ceased. That's al there is Of the case.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

Tho cool and deliberate murder Of Mrs.
Surratt will forever remain a black spot up.
on our national annals. Like many others,
she fell victim to party passion, the more
brutal in its manifestations because the suf
ferer was woman. A correspondent of
the New York World reviews the testimony
taken at her trial before the Military Com.
mission, and comes to the following conclu-
sions: In the first place, it was simply i'm
possible that Booth, or Payne, or Atzerott
or Harold, or anybody else, could have de-
termined upon the assassination of Presi.
dent Lincoln at the theatre until they, or
one Of them, knew that Mr., Lincoln WdS to
be at the theatre. In the second place, the
messenger from tne White House, announ
cling that the president and family desired q
box for that evening, did not arrive at the
theatre until some time in the forenoon, and
Booth could not have heard of it until he
came, two or three hours later, for his let
tiers. In the third place, Booth had ther
just quilted Mrs. Surratts house, where h,
left her starting for SurrattsviIle, in tn,
country, whence she did not return unit
night. Her absence rendered it impossibl,
for Booth to have any communication witt
her about his bloody project. In the fourth
place, not one of the other prisoners could
have been informed Of, or are shown to have
taken any part whatever in, the affair. From
these facts 1t is impossible to form any othe
opinion than that Mrs. Surratt was iunocen
as innocent, doubtless, Of the crime i'm
puted to her as any housewife who sit
stitching at her cbildren's garments in som
log-cabin on the western plains. Not les
to her memory and her chidren-both who's
consciences are as clear as hers was of re
Sponsibili.y in this execrabIe busiuess-tha,
to all decent women in the United States, i
the justice, the poor but only possible re
paration, of an official Acknowledgement o
her innocence due.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
"ThO Lady of the White House -

A Boston republican paper speaks as fol.
lows of Mrs General Grant. 1t is hoped
that she will enjoy better reputation than
Lady Lincoln" The paper says;
"In connection with the election of Gen
eral Grant to the presidency, and only sec.
ond in point of interest, is the promotion of
Mrs. Grant to the post of Lady of the White
House. 1t is gratifying to think that the
position is one which Mrs. Grant will i'll
with the true simplicity of an American
woman. There will be no attempt to ape
the grandeur OF regal court, aud no vulgar
striving Rfter mere sensation. Mrs. Grant
is a lady who has maintained, through every
event which has marked the yicissitudes Of
her husbands life, marked propriety of
demeanor. She has been a helpmeet in days
Of adversely, and has shared his honors with,
out being dazzIed by the position, or con,
taminated by the foolish adulations of those
who worship at the shrine of success.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
sWINDLING FARMERS.
Successful Prosecution of the Business in
10 Dsviess County, III.

There is case now on trial in the circuit
court of Galena which excites good deal
of comment not to say excitement, among
the farmers of 10 Daviess county. 1t would
seem that not long ago three men travelled
through the county establishing agencies for
what they claimed was a new, improved and
valuable patent seeder. These men after,
ward turned out to be j. B. Severance, 10.
seph Holmes and A. +. Andrew, all Of Rock
ford They would visit such farmers as
they supposed were men of means, and pro
pose to them TO take the agency for the sale
of the seeder, and as it, by their account,
seemed to be a good thing and involved no
particular responsibility, very many of them
agreed to act as agents. They were asked
only to sign a printed blank setting forth
their name, the account of their property
and various matters of the same import, and
| also duplicate as it was called. And such
it appeared at first sight to be and very
many readily put their names to both. But
the duplicate afterward turned out to be a
blank note which the parties afterward filed
out to suit themselves, ranging anywhere
from $50 to $500, $500 $500. 1t is said
they took notes of this kind to the amount Of
$4,000 in 10 Dsviess county alone, and it is
claimed they had taken them to the amount
of $50, 600 in Illinois, during the last two
years. These notes they would sell, Henry
Corwith and Isaac Rittee, of Galena, pur,
chasing some of the 10 Dayiess ones.
Their trick, however, was lately discover.
ed and a Galena officer visited Rockford,
on Wednesday, and arrested the parties and
they are now undergoing trial on an indct.
ment for forgery and swindling. The case
creates good deal Interest, and has nat.
urally excited good of indignation among
the farmers, where the swindling was prac.
ticed
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

The corps of track,layers were in Galva
Saturday, ready to commence laying iron
yesterday morning in good earnest, The
storm that begun Sunday night and contin
ued until Monday noon, probably prevented
any iron being laid yesterday. But we ex.
pect the party is now at work. Iron and
ties are both accommodating in large quaint.
ties at Galva and will be laid rapidly. The
grading is all completed this side of Viola,
and the heaviest work is already done be.
tween that place and Aedo. Squads of
men are at work grading in Aledo and near
it. If the weather is favorable three weeks
more, the grading will be nearly all compIet,
ed.-Aledo Press, Eth.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

| did not like It bit that mother had a
baby, because it was boy. I should be
glad if it were a girl, for hate boys, they
amt nice. Now | am going to tell YOU
what want you to name him. am going
to choose homely name, because don't
think boys ought TO have pretty names
Boys are squealing all the time you don't
have one minutes peace while there is Il
boy baby in the house; but girl baby is
sweet thing to have in ihe house, for it new.
err cries, Name him Yuba Dam, that's
good enough for boy You must excuse
me for writing so much about boys its be.
cause don't like boys. MY love to Ma,
and tell her hope she will do better next
time"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

The New York World says the coal of
Illinois, the copper of Michigan, the iron of
Missouri, the breadstufIs of the prairieS, and
the timber and wster.power of the entire re-
gon present facilities for manufacturing and
its attendant pursuits, such as no other quar-
ter Of the habitable globe has ever witnessed.
That's true, and Rock Island is right the
centre Of the business.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
BUY BEER OF HOME BREWERS.

As Robinson Crusoe, by the application
Of his ingenuity to the rough materials
around him, rendered himself independent OF
the world of men from which he had been
cut OH by fate, so 1t should be the object OF
every community to SO develop home re.
sources as not to pay tribute to other sec.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

A negro taxcollector down south called
on white man for his taxes. Says he,
"Nr. Smith, dis is de second time | called
on you for de taxes. How de debil d'you
spose we culled people am to live,if you white
people don't pay your taxes7n
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
s4o. 600 Worth Of Drv Ooods.

The undersigned offers for sale his entire
stock Of Dry Goods, Notions Fur Goods,
aud Furnishing Goods, at first cost.
Also store lease and store fixtures for
sale
Liberal inducements given to merchants
bnying in large quantities.
Call early for bargains
A. BAmERGER.
paV1 Idtf
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

DO not mean to sell at or below cost, bu,
mean to sell at a fair living profit, promising,
however, 10 sell at lover prices than tboss
selling at cost" We can do 30, as our racI
tiles in buying our stock are superior to INV
other house in town. Please call and see ne
and we'll convince you that we will do what
We say. MAY BROTHERS.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
FARM FOR SALE.

TTHE so acre farm, situated six miles from
L Camden Mills, near the Mcconnell Chapel.
in Bowling, and known as the A. G.. Bowling
place, Is offered for sale For further particulars
enquire on the premises of the subscriber.
JOHN 5. CRISWELL.
Camden Mills Post Office.
Bowling, Nov IL, w3w.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
WRECKED ARGOsIEs.

The following are four stanzas which q
Boston correspondent has obtained from
sight Of the advanced sheets of j. r. Low
ellis shortly forthcoming volume of poems
entitled Under the WilIows. They have an
exquisite, ringing cadence and promise much
for the other portion Of the work:
"The wind is FOSTERING out of DOORS
My windows shake and my chimney roars
My Elmwood chimneys seem grooming to Inc
As Of old, in their moody, minor KEY,
And out Of the past the hOarse wind blows
As | sit in my armchair and toast nv toes,
"Ho ho nine and forty they seem to sing
We saw you little toddling thing;
We knew you child and youth and man,
wonderful fellow to dream and plan,
"i.a great thing always to come-who
Well, well IT'S some comfort to toast ones
toes.
"'O dream .shipbui)der where are they all
Your grand three deckers, deep-chested and
tall ""u
That should crush the waves under canvas
piles, "N nc
And anchor at last by the Fortuns,. r.Io,,
There's gray in your beard, the years tu,r
foes,
While you muse in your armchair and ,oa,,
your toes
'Instesd feet Of broad-bowed ships.
To send q ohild's armada Of chips!
Instead Of the great guns, tier on tier,
freight ofpebbes and grass-blades sers!
We'll, may be more love with the less gif
goes,
IgsoWl A. half moody, I toast my toes"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
GENERAL
PURCHASING AGENCY.
No. 81 Exchange Place, New York.

No 81 Exchange Place, New York.
Merchants, families, or individuals can pro
cure through our agency, any kind Of goods or
articles OF any description sold in the city Of
New York, ut the same price they would pay if
there Themselves, and in many cases at lower
prices An experience Of over twenty years,
and thorough acquaintance with the mAnufaO-
turers and importers Of the city, enables US to
warrant entire satisfaction to all with whose
business We are entrusted. Circulars, with list
of references, embracing every section Of the
United States, sent on application.
Il. GARDENER b CO.,
Commission Merchants
Consignmonts Of Cotton, Tobacco and all
kinds Of produce solicited, and the highest mar
ket price obtained.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
novlldtf.


Go to to the Bryant h Stratton Iowa State
Business College, to get thorough practical
business education, or to become good
sound telegraph operator. For circulars ad-
dress enclosing stamps the Bryant 4 STRAIT.
ton Commercial College, Davenport, Iowa.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
ODD Pallowa

Rock Island Lodge No. 10, l. 0. o. +,
meets every Monday Evening at Odd Eel
lows Hall, southeast corner Of Illinois and
Eagle Sts., at u o'clock Pm.
JosEPH A. GRAY, N. G.
C. b. KNOX, K. S.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
Masonic

Barrett Chapter No. ls,R. A. NJ meets at
Masonic Hall on the First and Third Tues.
days Of each month.
J. J.. RAMSEY, II. P.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
returns.

Phillips says the greatest danger to the
country is "pssce with the south" Peace
is as great an enemy to such rascals as
Phillips as righteousness is to the devil.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

1t is now claimed that Alabama has given
small majority for Grant. The earPst'bag
oificeholders have had time to doctor the
returns.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

Eighteen hundred democratic votes were
disfrauchised in one county in Missouri
through the dishonesty of the radical regis.
trArs,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

The Church Militant-SiX clergymen
were at the polls peddling radical tickets, in
Warrensburg, Mo-, on the day of the cleo.
ton,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

On election day Philadelphia German
amused the voters of the Third ward BY ask.
inc far "dicket NIT Krant and Coalbox."
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

= : Tocenoll's majority for congress, in
re po % district, is nearly 1000 less than
/, was in 1866.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

A little girl of Kentucky, at a boarding.
school, responded as follows to note from
her father, announcing an interesting event
in the family:
my DEAR PAFA:-I was right glad to
hear from you, and that you were we'll; but
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
Arrival Of Jack Frost

Winter, with all its horrors, is at our very
doors. Keep warm Keep comfortable
Nice fur sets (collar and mufT) warranted
new and perfect, for s., at
NFWUrarpyi,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

The Popular Dentifrice known as Sozo.
don't, besides being a very pleasant addition
to the toilet, contains ingredients that, if
used according to the directions, will prove
of the greatest utility to the health of the
mouth and teeth.
"Spalding's Glue" with brush, is always
ready for use.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19

The democratic gain in four of ihe WIS
ooDsin districts is 1000. Rah for WISDOM
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-11-19
EMPLOYMENTI

Any number Of persons, Ladies or Gents, can
make from 10 to rs dollars per week in light
and easy business requiring no capital, and can
be done wholly in the evening, therefore will not
interfere with any other business that parties
may have. Full particulars by addressing
TOWLE 4 CO.,
fremont Row, Boston, Mass.