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TTVHE EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL FOR
Rows

BOYS,
Three miles west Of Alexandria, Va,
Begins its twcnty-ninth annual session on the
3Oth of September, with the same professors
A full course, mathematical, classical and prac-
tical, is taught. Pupils are received from the
age of nine. Deduction made for minlsters,4nd
for persons sending two pupils, For further
information address the Principal,
Rev. WIN. f. GARDN En-.
lH~The Assistants are Mesars. } \ NJ ES NJ
GARNETT, M. A; w. J.. MASON, and }. Z,
FOERTSCH. aug 6-eo2m
A LBXANDRIA ELECTIC ACADEMY,
N No. l42, DUKE STREET..
The Fourth Annual Session Of this Schoo!
will begin on Monday, thtS7th Of Sept, 1868.
Terms Elementary Glass, So ! J"nlor, >?
Intermediate, So Senior, $40 per qu@rter'-ln
advance.
A small charge will be made for fuoi in the
first three quarters.
Applications may be made to tho Principal
at hg residence, AZ Duke street.
aug A-eotf WIN. +. BAKER, Principal
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SUBURBAN RESIDENCES

Also
A number OF Valuable Farms, Mills and
Wood lands, lying on our railroads and rivers.
They also attend to renting property.
the benefit Of extensive advertising free Of al
Gall and get circular ut their Office, 81, king
street, GJamics0n g Bros. ms. otice,l or ad-
dress, ROBEkL T. hNOA35o
Va Real Estate Agency, Box 289,
sug Gift ALEXANDRIA, Va.
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WIN. COGAN,
No Is, North Royal street,
Has constantly on hand largo and complete
assortment Of
CHANDELIERS,
BRACKETS,
HASPS,
PENDANTS,
STATIONARY AND PORTABLE DROP
LIGHTS IN VARIETY,
pORCELAINS, PHOTOGRAPH, MICA and
.e OTHER SHADES.
CUT, GROUND AND PLAIN GLOBES.
ALSO
STEAM PIPE, CAGES, COCKS, VALVES,
and everything in the Steam Fitting Line.
Public Buildings and Dwellings furnished and
fitted up with Gas in the most substantial and
elegant manner.
Steam Work for Factories, Mills, &C., prompt
1y and faithfully executed al at prices which
will give satisfaction. NH 8-tf
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FlAG4HENHSTS.
NTILLIAM S. MOORE,

G. W. JAMESON. =. II oO11I'h9'''
gAMIESON 81 COLLINS.
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS,
Cor. Royal and Wilkes sts.,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
CASTINGS of every description made st
short notice. ...-.
Cash paid for old Iron and Brass. jan l7-i
NAS AND STEAM FITTING.
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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
EDUCATIONAL.
F, HENRY'S SCHOOL.

A This SCHOOL, FOR BOYS, established in
the year 1857, will commence its next annual
session on Monday, sho It'll Of September
Terms of Tuition per quarter, IN advancc:-
S., $40 and So, depending upon the branches
taught.
5>Persons wishing to see the subscriber, on
business Relating to the School, may find him
at his School room, in the I'd story Of Frlend--
ship Engine House, on any day attor the l5t OF OF
September, between the hours of 8 and u
o'clock n.
sep 14-tf II. +. HENK1
LEXANDRIA ACADEMY. ELEVENTH
II ANNUAL SESSION.
The exercises IF this School will commence
on Monday, September 18th, 1868, and terminate
June 30th, 1869.
Charges same IS last year.
Senior Glass per quarter
Intermediate Glass.
junior OlaSS.
Circulars may be obtained ST the bookstores
and applications for admission, or further ni0r-
nation, may be made ut the school room, NJ"
Do, north Royal street, to
aug27 JOHN s. BEACH, Principal.
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DOULEVARDS AND BALMORLAS,

4 large assortment Of the above, from the
owest to the highest price, Just recMyeG by
sap21 WILMER 81 LA4MAkEK.
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Having spent some time away from homo in
order to test the merits Of tho various Fire PlAco
Heaters, we have returned, prepared to offer to
10 ,,,,blin cbronthinU
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
LIGHTNING.

II has been noticed throughout the
whole country, that lightning has been
unusually frequent and destructive this
Spring. Prof Wright, of the Green
Spriog School, of Tenn, writes thus
1t is we'll established fact that cleo
tricity is favorable to vegetation. One
of the leading authorities of our day, on
this subject, says: There can be no
doubt but that electricity is one of the
stimuli of vegetable life, although its
mode of action is not yet ascertained.
Vegetation is seen to increase prodigious-
ly during electric changes of the atmos-
phere, and especially in that condition
of it when the air is positively charged
with electric fluid" Is it not safe TO
conclude then, that the large number OF
thunder in the Spring aided ma
terially in giving such an impulse to
vegetation as to characterize 1867 as q
fine " growing year p
great purifier of the air. There was
little of it in Summer and Autumn, and
hence the air was kept in a very impure
state. When we think Of the immense
amount of vegetable matter that must
have been kept in decayed and decay
ing condition by the heavy and late rains
of Spring, and of the miasma from this
source that must have been floating in
the air, and couple with it the fact that
there was scarcely thunder storm in the
Summer and Fall months to destroy or
drive away these seeds of disease, we can
see two natural causes for the vast
amount of sickness in 1867, in those
seasons which are sickly enough at best
in our Southern climate.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

SHERMAN's ARMY OF THIEVES
TRIP TO THE SEA.-A committee of the
Protestant Episcopal Convention Of
South Carolina closes an extended report
of losses by the war as follows:
To sum up the losses of the diocese,
it appears that ten churches have been
burnt, that three have disappeared; that
twenty two parishes are ended; that
two parishes have been burnt; that every
church between the Savannah river and
Charleston has been injured, some strip
ped even of weatherboarding and floor
ing that almost every minister in that
region of the State has lost home and
library that along the entire seaboard,
from North Carolina to Georgia, where
our church has hourished for more than
a century, there are but four parishes
which maintain religious services that
not one outside the city of Charleston
can be called a living self-sustaining
parish, able to support minister ; that
they clergy live by fishing, by farming
anY by mechanical arts; that almost
every church, whose history appears on
this record, has lost its communion plate,
often massive and venerable set, the
donation of an English or colonial an
cestor. The pecuniary losses might be
repaired if the diocese were as in days
gone by. But in its present and impov-
erished condition, no hope remains of
speedy restoration. This generation can
scarcely behold il.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

CREDIT AN fNJURY.-The editor of
the Claiborne Advocate rejoices in the
fact that for the first time in his life, he
was refused credit the other day for S11.
Had this happened to him twenty years
ago, he would have been rich man to-
day. He regards this as really an act of
kindness, and says:
"This litt-e act has caused us to re-
view our mis-spent life. We think of
the thousands Of dollars we have so fool
ishly thrown away-the interest on debts
we foolishly made-the articles pur-
chased we could have so easily done
without--our mis- spent time and talent.
Lord God Of Heaven forgive Us, and
give us fresher start, this good hour
from the bottom
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
Clippings.

An Irishman, on being told to grears
the wagon, returned in an hour and said; !;
"I've creased every part but them sticks
the wheels hang on.
A servant girl recently entered q
prominent picture gallery and aceosted
the operator with: II say: how long
does it take to get a photograph after
you leave your measure?
AID orator who had raised his audience
to great heights by his lofty soarings,
exclaimed, 81 will now close in the beau
tiful and expressive language of the poet
II forgot his me-and-and-1 for
get what he said too"
slim, get mp, the day is breaking"
every we'll, let it break, it owes me moth
ing" Interval Of twenty minutes. "Jim,
Jim, here the sun is up before you"
Very we'll, sir, it has further to 90 than
have"
Two young ladiea-a,d an irish gentle
msn wercv vconvcr-ing seo, -whee-uoao
of them put the home question. which
of us DO you think Is the elder. MrG-?
"Sure," replied the gallant Hiberniap.
"you both look younger than each other"
"Ithink,' said Mrs. Partington, getting
from the breakfast table. 81 will take
tower or go on discussion. They cay.
if collect rightly, that part is to
very plural spot, and TO mistake Of col
lection. hope it wont be 80 coald "a
ours was, for the poor last Sunday; Why
there wern't efficient TO buy wood for q
restitute widder," and the old lady put
on her calash.
"Will you have Daily SUM-" said
newsboy TO Mrs. Partington.
"Will l have daily son2" Why Jon
little scapegracel How dare you insin-
uate against poor, lone woman? No.
indeed, guess won't have daily son.
My dear departed husband used TO COM
plain awfully when Ipresented him with
a yearly son. A daily son, indeedi Be-
gone. you little upstartI'
And the old lady called for Ike 70 fan
her to keep her from swooning.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
what You May and May Not Gail
a Man.

There is more or less of the animal
about man; that nobody will deny
Plato's definition of man was: " An ami
NAL without feathers, walking on two
legs" This was too much for Diogenes,
who caught an old rooster, plucked it,
took it into school. and scornfully asked
if that was T'sto's man?" We don't
know how Plato got out of il, and don I
care, as this has but little to do with the
matter in hand. Though an animal a
man does not like to be called sbeast;"
yet there are many known as "bulls"
and bears" and accept these appella-
tions as rightly bestowed and properly
belonging to them, though individually,
in another sense, they would object to
being called bears. There are many
who would like to be known as .'lions, =
and even 'stiger' would be considered
more complimentary than "ealf." Many
a young fellow would like to be regard
ed as buck" and you may call a
man dear So 5g5hi5j fij s5a.a5!s sf call
Of : sa~ss~ 1 -sas
! S,sSssa Sa,ssNssa 1lXzngswr~-,ssIs - =
ne VIII resent IL, but call DIM "sf'
dog" and you'll rather please him.
Don't call a man hog, even if he is I
bore, nor an elephant If he happens &c
be heavy weight; but you may cal
him Tex" OF "coon" with impunity
A man doesn't like TO be called a shark
but you may call him "queer fish, y
without offense. Never call a cross
eyed man "lynx- ed"-he'll think you
are " sarcastic" Call man a slack
ass" and he'll talk back but you may
call him an "old rat" and it is ten to
one he'll ask you to "take suthin." A
man who wouldn't feel complimented at
being called "cormorant, would smile
at being called "night owl" Don Z
offend by calling man gosling,"
but you may call him "gay rooster"
without offense. Don't call a man a
" fool y call lsim a clever fellow, !"
which amounts to the same things, but
sounds prettier. A man wonld be we'll
pleased to know that you said he was
E" keen as razor" set would object to
being called sharper" To call q
man a stone would be considered reflect
ing on his intellectual powers; but you
may call him "brick" to his great sat
isfaction.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

Bachelors are styled by married met
who have got their foot in it, as only
halt perfected beings, checrless vsga-
bonds, but half pair Of scissors, and
many other ridiculous titles are given
them. while on the other hand they ex-
tol their state as one Of such perfect
bliss that change from earth to heaven
would be somewhat of doubtful good.
If they are so happy, why don't they
enjoy their happiness and hold their
tongues about it? What do half of
the men get married for? Simply that
they may have somebody to darn their
stockings, sew buttons on their shirts,
and trot babies that they may have
somebody, as a married man said once,
g to pull of their boots when they are o
little balmy,"
These fellows arc always talking about
the loneliness Of bachelors. Loneliness.
indeed Who is petted to death by L..
dies with marrisgeable daughters Pin
yited TO tea and evening parties, and
told to drop in just when it is conven-
lent? The bachelor.
!. Who lives in clover all his daya, and
. sasgo 20 aqnop sfowers strewu on bic
II Who stfew flowers *oD the msrrlcd
mans grave? The widow Not Bit
of it. She pulls down the tombstone
that six-weeks grief had set mp in her
heart. She goes aud gets married again,
she does.
Who goes to bed early, because time
hangs heavily on his shoulders The
married man.
Who gets a scolding for picking on.
the softest part of a bed, and for waking
up the baby in the morning? The mar
ried man.
Who has wood to split, house hunt
ing and marketing to do, the young ones
to wash and lazy servants to look after
The married man.
Who is taken up for whipping his
wife ? The married man.
Who gets divorces The married
man.
Finally, who has got the scriptures on
his side? The bachelor. st. Paul knew
what he was about when he said: "He
that marries not, does better"
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
Am AbyssinIan Beam.

The natives distil spirit from their
barley which is said to be something be-
tween gin and Hollands in favor. /
have not yet tasted any. Very thick Is
the throDg around Parsee belonging to
the commissariat who is buying rp all
he can get for Government at one dollar
for nineteen pounds. Near him is an
other little crowd; here another COM
missariat employee is engaged in buying
up ghee-that is clarified butser-fcr
native troops. 1t does not look very
nice, and what does not make the sight
the pleasanter IL that the women. when
they have emptied the jars into the CON-
missariat casks, invariably wipe them out
with their hands. and then plaster the
remainder upon their heads.
An Abyssinian does not consider him
self properly dressed unless his hair il
shining with oil, not put on or rRbbed
ON, but plastered on, and running down
his neck as the sun melts il. The idea
is not, according to our ideas, pleasant,
but is matter Of taste. When an Abys-
sinisn wants to make great effect, he
uses butter, not ghee, and puts it on
until his head is as white as that Of o
London footman. Then he is conscious
that he has indeed done it, and walks
with the dignity bcftting his appearance.
There were several swells Of the person
80 got up at the market, and as they
stood under the shelter Of their straw
umbrellas-for the sun would melt it
and destroy the whole effect-I could
not but wonder at and admire the differ
ent forms which human vanity takes
TLetter from the British Camp.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
An Old story.

Many years ago celebrated Italian
artist was walking along the streets Of
his native city, perplexed and despond-
ing in consequence of some iHitating
circumstance or misfortune, whefJ met
little boy of such surprising euty
that he forgot his own trouble and pm
in looking upon TN (almOss II ee
before him.
That face 1 mpst., haS<
artist, for my stu
my room and sit ~ Re
man p
The little boy was 50 and see
the pictures and pencils and curious
things in the artists room and he was
still more pleased when he saw what
seemed to be another boz looking just
like himself smiling from the artists
canvas.
The artist took great pleasure in look
ing at that sweet face. When he was
troubled or irritated, or perpIexed, he,
lifted his eyes to that lovely image on
the wall, and its beautiful features and
expressions calmed his heart and made
him happy again. Many visitor to his
studio wished to purchase that lovely
face; but, though poor, and often want
ing money TO buy food aud clothes, he
would not sell his good angel, as he call
ed this portrait.
So the years went on. Oftentimes as
he looked up 70 the face on the glowing
canvas he wondered what had beceme of
that boy.
How / should like to see how he
looks now | wonder if | should know
him? Is he good man and true, or
wicked and abandoned? Or has he died
and gone to better land %
One day the artist was stroliing down
one Of the fine walks of the city when |
he beheid man whose face and rnefn \
were so vicious, so depraved, so almost
fiend-like, that he involuntarily stopped
and gazed at him.
What spectacle I should like to
paint that figure, and hang it in my
studio opposite the angel boy" said the
artist to himself
The young man asked the painter for
money, for he was beggar as well as a
thief.
Come to my room. and let me paint
your portrait, and will give you all you
ask, said the artist.
The young man followed the painter,
and set for sketch. When it was fin
ished, and he had received few coins
for his trouble, he turned to go; but his
eye rested upon the picture of the boy
aud he locked at it, turned pale, and
then burst into tears.
What troubles you, man 2" said the
painter. 1t was long before the young
man could speak. He sobbed aloud,
and seemed pierced with agony.
At last he pointed upGo the picture
on the wall, and in broken tones which
seemed to come from broken heart, he
said:
Twenty years agal nsksd me to
come here and sit the
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
A Kentucky Court House I'm the
Ofden Time.

In the good old times in Kentucky,
when substantial justice" was admins
tered in log cabin, after very free and
easy manner, a suit was brought for the
recovery of certain moneys which it was
alleged that the plaintiff had been de-
frauded out of by the ingenious opera
ton known as :" thimble rigging" In
the course of the trial, the plaintiff s
counsel, who happened to be an eek
pert" undertook to enlighten the court
as to the Dsodus operondi of the perform
ance. Putting himself into position, he
procured the three cups and the " little
JOKER" and proceeded, suiting the action
to the word, Then >ly il please the
Court, the defendant, placing the cups
upon his knees thus, began shifting them
so, offering to bet my client could not
tell under which ca<1ngas the " little
joker" meani ~ it please
sr nth do raise the cup so,
HonoT sses that you see the
:" "St Sc / sect Interrupted
Judge, vi bad closely watched the
Eformance, was sure that he de-
fscted the ball IS one of the cups was
accidentally raised. :" Why any fool can
see where it is, and bet on it and be sure
to win. There amt no .defraudin' thar.
I" Perhaps your Honor would like to go
V on it," insinuated the counsel. $50
v? Yes, and double it, toe and
here's the rhino. Its under the middle
cup" "I'll go v on that" said the
foreman of the jury. And I, and l.
joined in the jurors, one after the other,
until each one had invested his pile.
" Up ?" said his Honor. Up" it was,
but !" the little joker" had mysteriously
disappeared. Judge and jury we en-
lightened, and found no difficulty in
bringing in verdict in favor of the
plaintiff on the ground that it was the
derndest kind o. defraudiu'."
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
Interesting Interview with the
Holy Father.


A correspondent of the Evenement
Illustre, who was admitted some days
since to an audience of9se Pope, gives
in letter from Rome 70 that journal
some interesting details about the Holy
Father. He says:
The Pope is< and stout,
without being rniture of
his private Able, with
"a curtai 2 lis covered
oaper of 9brt. Those
grand o are covered
silk. HI q ID has yellow
.ins, no car IL, and a brick floor,
Nth little bedstead of iron without
curtains. He is very neat in his per-
son his hands which are half covered
with white mittens, are particularly at
tended to. He rises at 6 o'clock, washes
himself and says his mass in little pri-
vate chapel and then hears another. At
s o'clock he takes small cup of choeo-
late, and at $50 he receiyrSs staaoof- iipis-
l, ,ssss; sSs-pTsTs5fsd ff fTss
doing So the Under Secretary of State
Monsignor Marini, takes his place The
other days of the week the other func.
tionaries in their turn transact business
with him. At 1870 the Ministers with
draw. The audiences then begin and
are not over till o'clock. At.2 o'clock
the Pope dimes in his private apartment.
His repast is of the most modest kind,
- IL a. .s.l Il
Nch all ItaliaDLSre fond. From 2:30
he takes n Fiesta, at 3 he reads his
,iary Mill 40 goes out for drive
t,asr four horses, sccompa-
LIVE hung priese If the
u \ha1sG Sghts and walks in
thousand pen ef him in
silence. Whe0l s Holiness
proceeds to the gallerlys95f the Vatican
when the visitors have retired. He is a
great lover of antiques, as proved by the
researches and restoratians he is con-
tinually making. On u return home,
at 6 o'clock, the audiences reeommence
and last till 10 at night, when he retires
to sup. He goes to bed at IL, and the
next day goes through the same routine
Though advanced in years, he sings very
we'll, and, what is quite unknown even
to many Romans, plays well on the vio-
loncello. When | was received with my
companion, the Chamberlain plucked me
by the sleeve to make me kneel. The
Pope, perceiving the movement, spared
us the genuxion, and made us approach
the table at which he was sitting. $50,
then,' his Holiness said, you are two
journalists, friends, going to Naples p
He spoke about Naples, and asked us
how we liked Rome, adding that people
found themselves very free during their
stay. He then took two Photographic
likeuesses of himself, one for each of us,
and with smile said, am going to
write something for the Journals, and
in firm hand, traced these words:
g Diiigite reritateD,, .Jilians Del -
after which he held ont his hand to us
His affability is extreme. He speaks
French with as much accent as Rossini,
and the impression he produced on me
was that of a pleasant and tranquil old
man who appears to be utlittle occupied
with external matters.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

City Omcers.
Aayor -Saml. Landrum.
Hsy Jrd9e-J. III. Davis.
Cssrk.-J. III. Morehead.
EarsAal-Pat Cunningham
County Omcers.
Gssaty Jndge-B. r. Walker.
Cosnty Attorncy-H. A. Tyler.
Qrcrit Court Cierk.-W. H. Brevard
County Court Clerk.-Jno. A. Wilson.
SAerif.--Wm. Herrin, Office at City
Hall.
D-r1fy SAe-if.-Hepry Campbell,
sfsee with J. A. Lauderdale.
Csroner.-Thad- w. Tha0as.
Jailcr.--G. w. Stubblefeld-
Aaqiserates--District No. I, E. G..
Kimbro, Jacob Bushart Constable
aesrge Morris. District No. 2, Owen
Miles. and Alfred Naylor. Constable
VIM. III. Roper. District No. 3, j. w.
Mays and John Boyer. Constable
George NJ. Wilbourn District No. 4,
J. N. Hawkins and r. Cross. Con-
ssable-L. Everett.
Coxrty Assessor.-Wm. Hubbard.
Us. Assessor C.. Buck.
u. 8. Rev. Coilector-H. c. Catlett
Jpdges--Court of Common Pleas,
Ed Grassland Circuit Court-E. /.
Bullock
= Consnaos,realth's Atorrey--J. Tice.
Register in BaaAyuptcy.--Charles s.
Narshal
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

SMALL AccoUNTs.-It is strange that
many persons feel little concern in the
matter of paying small debts. "Straws
show which way the wind blows" is a
homely proverb and man who neglects
to settle minor bills should not complain
If his trustworthiness be questioned at
a time when good standing would be Of
the utmost service to him. If small
debt be due, there is no excuse for neg
Letting its payment.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

A housemaid who was sent to call a
gentleman to dinner. found him engaged
10 using tooth brush. "Well, is he
coming?" said the lady of the house as
the servant returned. "Yes, ma'am, di-
rec.ly." was the reply, che is jist sharp
sniuS his teeth
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
NASHVILLE DIRECTORY

E~ing & Co., wholesale grocers and
commission merchants; L. L. Coleman,
wholesale druggist; Paul, Tavel & Han
ner, booksellers, stationers, bookbinders,
ssd Job printers II. A. Huntington,
dealer in hne custom made clothing and
esntlemen's furnishing goods. Hotels
"a. Cloud, Stacey House, Mansion House,
Sieholson House
MEMPHIS DIRECTOR
Jsnss Bros, Cartmell s. Drury, cotton
factors aud com mission merchants.
ETA N.SV VILE
3srdber, Noel q Co., Forwarding and