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SCARCITY OF NEsSEr $. There is just low
great scarcity OF YES sc.-, and ircishis have
decreased, unit! now the IA 'es are much higher
than in Baltimore.
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70 ALL those in want of good, substantial and
Fashionable Clothing for themselves or their
children, we would most cheerully recommend
5 Dealham's frst-class establishment, 81 King
street. As Mr.. Dealham adheres strictly to
the one price system, you will be sure to get
the worth of your money. my
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Low TIDES In consequence Of the nigh
wind from the north west, that : las prevailed
since Sunday night, the tides in the Peaamac
to day We're very low
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Mr. 5. BLoNDHEIM, corner King and Fair
fax streets, recci1ei to-day an addition to his
large and fashionable stock of Spring Clothing,
for men and boys wear. Call and examine.
4
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MARRIED.

In st Marys Church, by Rev. Peter Kroes,
on tho evening Of the Sd inst, LEWIS SCHU-
MAN, Of Richmo2d, 30 MARGARET SUI
LIVAN, of Baltimore
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DEEDS Thirty nine deeds were aimtte'
to record in the office of tt CiClk'ot th'
County Court Tor this count Y, dung TIT
month of April
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HosE.-The city + ire Wardens to-day or
dered Tor the Use of he Fire De parmcnt oil
the city six hundred ,ct of the b., leather
hose
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PRICE $50 PER TON.
OAKyILLE, ST. Mary j Co., Nd,

MATCH II, 1863.
II used tho 'Redonda Guano' alone on my
corn crop last Spring, upon bare spots of the
field.
Il made very satisfactory crop from it. and
fully equal to any other in the neigh borhood,
where other fertilizers were used that cost
from $50 to SGD per ton.
uW O. REYDER.n
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WEELANp, Dinwiddie, Virginia.

WEELANp, Dinwiddie Virginia.
September s. 1868
"Gentlemen-I gave the Redonda Island Gu
ano fair trial by ITSELF and combined with
Peruvian, on my tobacco this Spring. see
no difference between its effects and the Peru
Wan where applied separately, but wherH APP
pliod together in the proportion OF one OF Peru.
Wan to three of Redonda the growth is about
rs per cent larger. Nv. r. DOYLE"
A liberal deduction made 20 & .slcrs aid puT.
chasers of large quantities.
VIM. CREIGHTON 4 son,
General Agents for United States.
Wood street, Bowlys Wharf,
Opposite Corn Exchange,
Baltimore, Md.
b. II. LAMBERT, Agent.
ap 6-lm Alexandria, Va.
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APPOINTMENT OF ALDERMEN. james IL
Dyson and John Johnston have been appoint
ed by Gen. Canby members Of the Board Of
Aldermen for this city; the former from the
4th Ward, vice T. B. Robertson, and the
latter from the lst Ward, vice George II.
Markell.
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IL tie Editor Of the Gazette
| wish it understood til AZ | am not a caGdl
date for any Office ". L. MERCER,
of .l.oudoan County
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TRAPPE, Talbot Co., Md. ,
AZ L Oh LOCO

81 used the 'Redonda Guano' last Spring on
my corn at the rate of about $50 lbs to the acre.
applying it in the hill The result has been
most gratifying. have never seen any fertiii,,
Ter act rs quickly and rs well as it hiss used
it on nv wheat last fall with equally good re-
suits. Yours truly, "G. W. MULLIXEN."
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II BONE DUST
Ground by ourselves at lowest market rates.
Also, GRIMES
PATENT RAW BONE PHOSPHATE,
AT $40 per ton
The past two years have fully realized this
Raw Bone Phosphate to be the cheapest and
hest in the market, and unsurpassed by the
highest priced guanos. Its adaptation to wheat,
corn, oats, buckwheat, tobacco, garden truck,
grasses, &C., has been fully and most satisfacto-
rily tested Finely ground and suitable for
driling,pu. up in bags of l67 lbs. each.
Read the following certificates, and call at
our warehouse and examine hundred of a SIM
liar char acter from those who have been using
it with the most satisfactory results.
U. =. MERkYMAN " CO.,
Sole Manufacturers,
Warehouse 81 S. Cray street, between Lombard
and Pratt, Baltimore, Md.
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CHEERING SUCCESS OF A VIRGINIA
u ENTERPRISE
LARGE DIVIDEND OF LIFE 1NSUR.

CHEERING SUCCESS OF A VIRGINIA
v. ENTERPRISE
LARGE DIVIDEND OF LIFE 1NsUR'
Tho PIEDMONT LIFE INSURANCE GO.
has declared dividend Of forty per cent on its
Lille Policies, which have paid two annual pre-
miums. and tho same is available on such poll
cies ut next renewal TO absorb loans. or reduce
cash payments.
This valuation of policies and dividends was
made by that eminent and experienced actuary.
ID. p Fackler-hence, demonstrates beyond
doubt the solid success Of this growing COM
pany.
The dividend could have safely been larger,
but with the prudence and caution which has
over guided this company. it has doomed IL
proper to hold 81 surplus beyond tho reserve
fund.
The company is now only in the eighteenth
month of active operation--yet has issued OoO
poiCies-which Is Il success really remarkable,
and Tar ahead of any company OF like period in
America or Europe while its handsome divi-
dend shows the economy of its administration.
and undoubted permanency OF its success
The success OF this southern Company being
now beyond question-the economy OF man
ayement proved By large dividend and its
rusty and competent directors giving assur-
snce Of its future solvcncy and progress there
can surely be no possible excuse to justify d
Southern man to commence or continue to send
his money of for life insurance.
No company is moro solvent no company
has progressed SO rapidly; no company has
more LIBERAL terms; no company Is managed
with more prudence nd economy-in short, the
Piedmont is equal to any and surpassed by
none; therefore, we advise all to examine the
merits of this Southern favorte before insur-
ing, and We feel confident they will prefer the
Piedmont before any other. The addition OF
Mr.W. p Gretter to its corps 81 general agents
and of cthor officers, is noted in the advertise
ment, in another column.-Riehmond Christian
Oiscrrcr
p. c. CLAUGHTON.
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EERTILlZERS.
l have on hand a constant supply of CHES"
APEAKE GUANO from the manufacturers
most highly recommended. as shown by certih-
Gates at my flee by farmers who have used it.
ALSO.
A fresh supply of REDONDA ISLAND
GUANO, the cheapest fertilizer offered. For
manner Of using and recommendations l call
the attention of farmers to certificates of those
who have tried it. For sale by
B Il. LAMBERT,
mar 26-tf 10 Union Wharf
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REa1sTRATIoN-The following is corrected
list of the Registering Officers, and the persons
selected as their assistants, fol he dif=reLt
Magisterial Districts, BY j. c Clark, President
of the Board Of Registration
First Dstrict-George {. lI4wes, Register
ing Officer Assistants, l.. u. Harmon. W.
w. White, l.. c. White, +. S. Boynton, .. 5.
Fowler, and William Metzger.
Second Distrct-O. c. Whittesey, Regis.
tering Officer; Assistants, j. l.. Dyson, }. T.
Burnett, and l.. d. Harrison
Third District-John Raeburn, Regis teriog
Officer; Assistants, Charles Wisner, Walter
L. Penn, II. W. Beadle, 7. J. Edelin,, white,
and r, ID. Beckey ana George e. Sea;on,
colored
Fourth District osiah Miliard, Registering
Officer; Assistants, James Nichols, Lewis
Mex. Bell, VIM. A. johnson, white, and
Clement Robinson, and George W. Parker aud
George L. Seaton, coored
Fifth Magisterial District-John T.. Clark,
Registering Officer; Assistants, Winfield jerks,
V. 7. Corbe.t, +. f. Corbett, Jefferson lacey,
Allen Pierce, and &. Is. Wbert.
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USSEL GOES CELEBRATED SUPER
II PHOSPHATE OF LIME,
Containing nearly per cent of Ammonia and
So per ct of Bone Phosphate of Lime.
The past fifteen years experience of its APP
plication on Corn, Wheat and other Grains,
Tobacco, Potatoes, Turnips, Fruit Trees. Grape
Vines, Garden Vegetables, and all small fruits,
has proved its superiority over sll other Super
Phosphates in the growth of the crop and per-
manent improvement of the soil.
Price S5S per 1000 lbs. For sale by
THOS. PERRY, Agt. for Alexa..
MARIA No Is King street.
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ANNUAL. Meeting OF TUE Corn EXCHANGE
The annuii meeting Of the III. mbers of the
Torn Exchange, is to tie he'll at the Excb,r,o
10 morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The annpsl
report OF the President aud Board Of Mans.
gers which will be submitted, will show vc,r
encouraging state Ct the trade Of the city
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Bowley's Quarter,

Baltimore CO, Md, Nov q 1868
Me,srs. o. 2. Merryman Sc Go.
Conference.-The Raw Bono Phosphate l
bought of you last Spring, l applied to corn by
the side Of Peruvian GuanO in equal quantities,
and if there Was difference at all it WAS in In
vor of the Phosphate Ny corn crop was OK
celent. applied 1t also upon oats and pots
toes with the most satisfactory results. prefer
it decidedly to Peruvian Guano from the fact
that whilst the Guano spends itself upon the
growing crop, the effects of the Phosphate can
DO strongly seen in the crops following. Some
that applied to potatoes by the side of tsh
out an abundant crop of vines, the phosphate
the potatoes / have used it this Fall upon my
wheat and at this time it looks as we'll l could
desire GEORGE EDWARDS,
Oycrsecr for Dr. VIM. II. Keener.
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Vo Mrs. ANN A. II. RICHARDS, Albert

VNO Mrs. ANN A. IL RICHARDS, Albert
l. q. Gardner, Louise Y. Gardner, John Ma
craze James Groen, William Ii. Dulany, Ad-
ministrator of the estate of Hannah b. Terrett,
A. &. n. Smets, Ann E. Smets, Francis l..
SMITH guardian ad Item for Ann L. Smets
and Henry }. Thomasson:
Take n office Tha, on Saturday, the 9Th day
of June, 1869, between the hours Of O. clock u
N and O'clock p. m, | shall proceed, at the
between King and Prince streets, in the city OF
Alexandria, Va to take the deposition of VIM
d. Mutt, to be read Us evidence in suit now
pending on the chaucery tide of the Circuit
Court for the county Of Fairfax, and State OF
Virginia in which William ID. n ut, Executor
of the estate OF Alexander Hunter, is plaintiff.
and you are defendants VIM d. MUTT
my q 2aw4w Executor Alex. Hunter.
STRAYED OK SToLEN-On the night of
with brown head, one ear slit, the other crop
ped, ab ut seven years old and heavy with Gait,
was stolen strayed away. The thanks of the
owner, AN old colorct woman, will be grateful
~ rendered for any information that will lead
u tie recovery ct the only means OF her sup
port. EMIL SIh\ EMS, Colored,
my i y West 81, near the soap Factory
OFFICE ALEXANDRIA WATEA co {,
" ALEXANDRA May 4 1850.
NUTij l. To CONoUMtkS OF MOUNT
CAMERON WATnR
Your water rents or tho May term are now due
and payable ~ the office vi the company, n.
" corner Prince and Water streets, where you
Will please make prompt payment
my 4-3. L. u. FkNDALL Treas.
rlNHE THIRD ANNUAL MEET Nc of the
L mc.ubers OF t1u CORN AND PRODUCE
ENLHANGE Of Alexandria, will be held in
;hcir room. 10 morrow morning al ~ q CLOCK,
rs REQ aired in Article vi the Constitution, II,
" hich time An c.ectlon ot officers ~il taae
place By orLe OF the President:
my lit II I. PlERCE, Secy.
UlDWELLS BEECH DROP, OR CAN
~ GER ROOT tor the cure Of Scroiuls. in its
Various trim-, and Al, diseases arising from
impuri,y of the D ooi, Just received and for
sale ny WAKEFIELD " HALL,
my i Corner Prince and Fairfax street.
- Il. HooFF'
AGENT FOR
BERGER & BUTTS
F\.ELSiO SUPER PHOSPHATE OF
LIME.
A permanca; Imp7ovcr Of the Soil! No. @s
Union street Alova1Gria, Va. ap G-9m
" An rED'
5000 GEES. & OHIO CANAL PREFER
RED BONDS at - twenty: Only SloOct
| wanted Il. Is WILLIAMS,
Corner Br dye and Congress sts.,
| 40 20 BOT Georgetown. ID T.
| TsNAG;! TAGS TAGS!
1 All styles ard sizes Of TAGS at manutac
:" ~ WrDDERBURN s. sHOTTs,
job Printers, 90 King St,
| o,c.I Second floor.
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Ammo Arundel CO., Md, New 10, 1858.
Messrs. o. p. Merryman u Co.
Gentlemen-In answer to your enquiry as to
what think of your Raw Bone Phosphate pur-
chase in July last. allow me to say! gave it II
fair trial on cabbage by the side of three other
fertilizers of acknowledged merit and found it
equal, If not better, than tho other. and at less
cost | am SO wei satisfied with It, intend to
use i. the coming Spring. Yours, truly,
REIN HAMMOND.
For sale at manufacturers price, the cost OF
transp ration added, by
A j. FLEMING,
feb l2-3m Alexandria, Va.
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18th District, Baltimore co., Md, |
November llth, 1868. J

Mes rs o. p. Mcrryman s. Co.
Gcntlemen-I applied the Raw Bone Phos-
phate pur released Of you last Spring on my corn
side by side with one of the most popular an d
expensive Fertilizers in the market, and l could
see no difference; yours was fully equal to it.
1t gave such entire satisfaction that | used
nothing else upon my wheat this fall l sowed
the most of it tho latter part Of September, and
at this time it bids fair to make good crop
as I ever produced by the use of Peruvian or
any of the expensive gusnos. l have every
confidence in it, 1t is only to be tried to be
appreciated. Yours, respectfully.
JOHN +. WILLIS
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LUTHERAN CHURCH. -Tho General Synod
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church OF the
United States will meet in Washington city,
D. c., during the present month. This body
will embrace much Of the talent OF the Lutheran
religious society. 1t is expected that the Ses-
sion may continue some ten days or two weeks.
Rev. S. r. Damer, late President Of the Fe.
male College at Selinsgravc, Pa, who is en-
deavcring to negotiate for lands in Virginia,
will be the guest OF G. II. Rlmey Of this city,
during the continuance OF the Synod.
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RUNAwAYs. Three boys, aged respectively
about II, IA and Is years, mailing from
Broad Run Station, arrived here last night,
haviog walked the distance since the prCced-
ing evening. They stated that they had
started to visit their relatives in Baltimore,
Wheeling aud Washington, but as they were
entirely destitute oil money, and We're suffer-
ing from hunger and fatigue they seemed anx-
ious to be sent back home. They gave their
names as Ford, Mccormick, aud Smith.
STUMrINd THE DISTRICT. llanablls posted
in different quarters Of the city annOunco that
Mr. w. ID. Waljach, an Independent Radical
candidate FOR Congress from this District, will
make speeches in the various counties com.
posing it during the current month He will
address the citizens of this city on Thursday
night next, at hat.past eight clock, in the
Market Square.
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TNOILET ARTICLES.

Baltimore, ap I'm
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ByJA stoutcnburg. Auctionecr.

y. B.-seats reserved for the ladies my
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KIDWELL'S BEECH DROP, OR CAN
N GER ROOT, for the cure Of Scroiuls in its
Various toms. and al. diseases arising from
impury of the y ooi, Just received and for
sale nv WAKEFIELD HALL,
my i Corner Prince and Fairfax street
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w a y + u.
5000 CEES. & OHIO CANAL PREFER
RED BONDS at - twenty. Only $1,000
wanted Is. Is WILLIAMS,
Corner Br dye and Congress sts.,
an % BOT Georgeown. ID G.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-25

LOUISVILLE, March %, ls6s.
W. II. WALKER, Esq:
DEAR SIR-We have used your Tonic Bitters
with great atislaction, and can recommend
them for their great medicinal qualities, and
also as an agreeable invigorating beverage and
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-25

The school system of California needs
"reconstructing," or, at least, those who
administer it, If We can depend upon
the evidence of some scholars recently
examined before a Committee OF the
Board of Educatson of San Francisco.
Charges of cruelty had been preferred
against several teachers, an examina-
tion was ordered, when the following
state of affairs was developed: Little
girls were gagged with "a big leather
for dropping their pencils upon the
floor, gagged for whispering, gagged
for playing, in fact, gagged for all of
fences, and the gag was large piece of
sole leather which prevented breathing
through the mouth, and inflicted severe
torture upon the wearer. Pupils hands
were also tied behind them, they were
compelled to stand for hours at a time,
and beaten when they cried or com
planned. We suppose there will be
SOME vacancies in the schools of San
Francisco.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-25

THE last gift received at the White
House was box of one thousand fine
cigars from a San Francisco firm, pack
ed in glass boxes of one hundred, with
the monogram of the President on each!
and the small end of each cigar tipped
with gold leaf. 1t has been announced
by the Radical organs that the coy re-
luctance of the President to take the
deed for fifty acres of land at Brickville,
New Jersey, was from doubt whether
they were worth the taxes. GRANT is
ready to take anything of any value
This is the difference between our for
mer Presidents and our present Pres
dent.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-25
The Methodist Lny Vote.

Although a large majority of the
NethOdists have voted in favor of lay
representation, the question has come
up, is the majority sufficient to instruct
the General Conference The vote it
self is of no binding force, it having
been invited to ascertain the wishes Of
the denomination. 1t is held that th'
vote being comparatively meager, per
haps not half the members having
voted, the majority, though considera
BILE, is not, after all, necessarily a true
expression of the popular will. The
Methodist combats this view with sever.
o. cogent arguments, concluding as fol
lows:
Having invited the people to vote
and the vote having been given, we car
not, with the facts here cited before us,
set aside the result as insufficient
Regarded as form Of petition, the vote
is overwhelming; tested by the princi
pies applicable TO n strictly legal elec
ton, it accords with the one which
governs our own practice-the compe
tency of the majority of those present
and voting to decide all questions"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-25
From the St. Joseph (Me) Union.
n Foreign Province in the Missouri
RIHeE


Rush Island, three miles below White
Cloud, is IN curious fix. 1t is without
the jurisdiction of any State law. When
the Territory of Kansas was organized,
the middle of the main channel of the
Missouri River was designated as the
eastern boundary. The channel was then
on the east side Of the island. The land
is recorded and assessed in Doniphan
county, and the men have voted there;
but the dispensers of law are bothered
overit. Several years ago the channel
shifted to the west side Of, the island,
leaving a dry bed on the east side, ex-
cept in time of high water. The dsni-
zens cannot get a hearing before Mis-
souri, magistrates, because the latter
contend that the island is in Kansas:
and Kansas magistrates fear that they
may get themselves into trouble if they
interfere, because the main channel of
the river is between Kansas and the ISL
and. And If the authorities on either
side undertake case, from that locali-
ty, and continuance is had, there is no
telling but that freshet may come in
the meantime and change the channel
OF the river again, throwing the island
into another jurisdiction. So that region
remains without law or gospel-for even
missionaries have never invaded its
sacred soil.
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ROMANTIC ROADSIDE INCIDENT.
A Poor Young Woman Tries 10 Earn
Living Disguiscd ns fonnx
Man.

Poor Young Woman Tries 10 Earn
n Living Disguised ns n YonnY
Mnn.
Saturday morning two young men
who had not recovered from the excite.
ment of the civic holiday, according to
recent issue of the Toronto (Canada)
Globe, continued to finish up the week
on the bay; and arming themselves
with flask of provisions" and ether
piscatorial appurtenances, proceeded
eastward by the railroad track. On ar
irving at point about two miles east
of the city limits, one of them noticed
person lying near the track, with a
small carpet-bag carelessly thrown neal
by. Supposing that the man had been
stunned or injured by passing train,
they endeavored to revive him. The
flask was applied to the lips of the
prostrate man, and one of them under.
took to open his vest. when he
was astonished to notice bosom
that was little more mountain
GUS than is usually found with
people dressing in male attire. In the
meantime the contents of the flask had
produced the desired effect, and when
the young woman (tOr so she turned out
to bc) found that her sex had been dis
covered, she was constrained TO make
clean breast of her situation. She mad
learned telegraphy in the State of New
York, and finding it difficult, owing to
her sex, to procure employment in the
capacity of an operator, had adopted
male attire, with the determination OF
making her way to the west, where she
expected to get situation. Her funds,
however, were depleted when she
reached the Suspension Bridge, and
while walking toward Hamilton, she
had become exhausted from fatigue and
hunger at the point where she was no.
ticed. The amateur fishermen apoll-
gized for the rude blunder they had un-
Intentionally made, and pressed her to
accept what little money they had
abont them, for which she was very
grateful. She then requested their
names; and, after stating that she
would return the little donation as sooh
as able, bade them an affectionate fare
well.