Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-06-29
Terms Of subscription-Invariably i:
TERMS OF ADVERTISING

All communications of personal character, will be charg
ed for at advertisement rates. ~ ,..r .
Icommunica.ions must be accompanied by tho of
e aud rejected communications cannot returned
every DEAR FRIENDS. We copy the fol-
lowing from the Fredericksburg News =
A colored man by the name of Cole. origi
nally free, living In the vicinity Of Dumt.les.
Prince William county, had managed to accu-
mulate little upwards of a hundred dollars IN
specie, and being under some necessity to put
some Of it ia@ circulation he concluded, as
preliminary, to exchange the hard for green
backs.
AS soon as this determination was made
Known, some of the merchants, and other gen
tIcmen of the vicinity, offered to buy his gold,
and give him the full premium OF the last quo
tations but no, bsing one of the Loil Leaguers
he couldn't trust "Suvern people" or rebels,
but must take journey to headquarters-to
Washington, the Mecca, and there get his gold
exchanged WE'LL he succeeds in getting safe
" on to Washington with histre asure, where he
was soon taken in charge by one of the brother
hood, who are always on the lookout for gulls
and who, upon learning his business, (and Cole
was not backward in telling all to him, adj
vised him not to 60 TO a bank, or to the brokers
on the Avenue, but to 60 with him and he
would conduct him to banking house, that
was established in the interests OF colored per-
sons. fsa# u .t1...
To this proposition Cole acceded, and he was
conducted on through alleys and along cross
called exchange bank. Several were on
hand as officers of the bank" and they re-
ceived their victim very politely, and as soon
as his business was made known, his gold and
silver was counted out, the last quotation"
examined and the full amount iD exchange
dealt out, all in $50 notes, except the fraction
al amount of some five or six dollars, and that
was given in currency.
The larger notes, at their suggestion, were
carefully sealed up in package for him to
take home, and what they supposed he might
need for travelling expenses, &c, they gave
him in greenbacks. Soon after he reached
home he TOOK one ofthe twenty dollar notes
to neighbor to pay a debt and it was found to
be one Of those advertising notes, or advertise.
ments gotten up after the style and fashion OF
real bank notes, and so his whole pile proved
to be of the same sort
This man, was very active and othclous at
the last election among the negroes, distribut-
ing tickets and urging all to vote the radical
ticket and it remains to be seen whether the
fleeing he received from his radical friends
will cool his zeal in their cause or not. JOHN
CLARK.
LADIES Doors. The Philadelphia Tele,
graph says: The only realrevolution In fashion
is the startling innovation in boots. Instead Of
the invariable black to which We have become
so accustomed, a mandate as severe as those
before which Media and Persia trembled, IS
pronounced, under the terrible punishment OF
being behind the times, that the ladies' must
be robed "cap-a-pie" in the same coIors, or
IL 3St borY,, or11n n
with the rest of the costume: thus II the
the robe be trimmed with gold or silver, tie
boot becomes also apparently solid casing OF
these precious metals. Kid and morocco are
manufactured in all the tints that are used IN
street suits, from the color of the sky above the
ladies' heads to the hue of the dust beneath
their feet. The same style of very high boots,
hnttoned at the side, with high heel, is also
the exacted costume for the ballroom, and IN
obedience to the same rule OF unlntormlty are to
be had in bronze, pink, blue and other high
and light colors, as we'll as in all the gorgeous
ness OF silver and gold.
FIeHT FOR A SWEET HEART.-Two young
women Of Wolverhampton, England, agreed to
decide by fight whose sweetheart certain
Young man should be, who had shown some
slight attention to both, and who seems to have
had no objection to the arbitrament. The time
and place were duly fixed, and the women, par
tally stripped, set to on piece of waste ground,
surrounded by numerous body OF spectators,
among whom the prize in dispute occupied
prominent position. Several rounds had been
we'll fought, and the battle was still going on
when the police came up and stopped It, The
girls were each fined g. 3D. and costs.
AGooD REFORM. There is growing dis
position to do away with the expensive funeral
customs prevailing in America which, While
showing no real respect for the dead, are a
fearful tax upon the living, especially the poor,
who are already deprived of their ordinary
means ofsnpport In the loss of the head OF the
family. The Catholic clergy Of this country
have long been laboring to Institute reform
in this matter and the necessity tor 1t is now
being warmly urged in other quarters. Inc
hope is expressed that the good old fashion OF
walkineto the grave may be relnstated where
ever it can be done.
MOSQUITOES Take of gum camphor piece
about one-third the size Of an egg, evaporate
it by placing it in tin vessel and holding II
over lamp or candle, taking care that 1t does
not ignite. The smoke will soon I'LL the room
and expel the mosquitoes. One night noe
long since I was terribly annoyed by them
when I thought of, and tried, the above, after
which I neither saw nor heard them that night
The next morning there was not one to be 1o9oo q
in the room, though the window had Deen lel1
open all night. Exchange.
TOE CREAM SALOON. o
As5.-D.<z,t.}. <ppENGTE,S