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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19
Foreign News.

The retail druggists of Madrid have report
Ell to the authorities that their sales OF turper-
tine and other combustijlcs, lately, have been
extraordinarily large. 1t is supposed that
these articles arc to be used for incendlarlsm
in case OF 4 revolt.
The loss Of life in the fighting which preced'
cd the capture of Valencia was t,lHlng. Inc
troops had two killed and seven wounded; IN
surcents loss unknown. No taxpayer or house
holder OF Valencia took part in the revolt. In
many Of the streets where barrlcades were
erected OF where resistance was offered to the
advance of the troops the walls arc marked
"Here stood Valencia" The capture OF Va
lencia has had trauquiIizing effect all over
Spain. Official reports state that only IT,"
remnants Of dispersed bands are now roaming
through the provinces.
The London Times has an article on Cen.
Prim. The writer admits that Prm is not a
man OF transccendant genius, but has depth,
GOODNESS anu boundcss ambition. lie has an
army in his hands, and intends to keep 1t as
long as SPAN is without King. None can
wrest from Pgim the sword which is the real
sceptrc of Spain.
Prince GortschakolI, of Russia, arrived in
Paris OF Saturday.
Leopold, King of Belgium has been invited
to meet Napoleon at Competgne. IL Is prob
able Marshal Bazline will be appointed COM
mander @! the Imperial Guard.
The Council OF Ministers met yesterday at
Compegne, the Emperor presiding, and held
two sessions Drouyn de- Hays has gone to
Compcignc to supply too place of Prince d
Auvcrgne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, whose
continued illness prevents his at;endancc.-
The Opposition Deputies to the French Corps
Legislatlf held meeting today, at which
they drew up and signed manifesto They
declared they will not 90 to the Legislative
Chambers on the 26;h Inst as has been pro-
posed, because they do not wish to provoke
demonstration ard imperl returning liberty
4 pacific revolution, The result OF which Is daily
becoming clearer, having commenced, they
must not become the instrument or furnish
pretext for disorder, The Opposition will await
the meeting Of the Corps LegisatiiI on the day
to which it has been postponed by the Govern
ment, when they viii demand to know the
reason for this new wrong and viii steadily
pursue the work OF urging the democ:atic' and
radical demands OF the country.
Lord Derby is gradually sinking and cannot
live many days longer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19
NEW,S OF The DAY.
10 ,Aor he re,y age and Bo1y Of tie Times.

Father Hyacin,he arrived at New York yes
teriay on the steamer Periere, from Hayre'
Father IIyacintbc proceeded very quietly to
the house Of 4 friend. Report says he will be
waited upon By deputatons from various dc
nominational societies and requested to explain
his views before their congregations; Inc pas,
tors Of the Evangelical Churches IN Boston ana
vicinity, at q meeting yesterday appointed
committee to confer with Father tlyacinthe
and make suitable arrangements tor eztendlng;
him public reception, if such step Is deemed
advisable.
The missing $1,000 package sent to the
Treasury Department, and not received, has
turned up. 1t appears that it was in the shape
Of registered letter containing cancelled cur
rency. 4 treasury messenger had received
letter at the postoiiico and had taken the street
car in Washington to go to the treasury; he
evidently dropped the package in the car, and
had not observed that il had iallcn The mana
ger of the street railroad yesterday forwarded
the letter to the treasury.
John Swanson, the proprietor Of an extern
siye cotton factory near Stockholm, Sweden,
has Just purchased -, 500 acres Of land in Dunk
lin aud Stoddard counties, Missouri, where he
will establish colony and build factory,
mills, &c., to carry on the cultivation and
manufacturing OF cotton.
The greatest Catholic procession ever wit
messed in Montreal took place yesterday after
noon, the occasion being the translation of the
relics OF Saint Seuo from Bonsecour' $ Church
to the Bishops Palace. Thirty thousand peo-
pie joined in the procession.
at Wilmington, North Carolina, yesterday,
the case of the Hornet Tor Cuba) was again
postponed, owing to the absence of one of the
counsel for the claimants Of the vessel. Two
United States gunboats are still guarding the
vessel.
Four Jews ale now Eoelish barcnets Sir
Francis Go,dsmd, Sir Moses Montefore, Sir
Anthony Rothschild and Sir David Salomons
all Of whom have been made such within
thirty years,
A meeting Of the Association Of the Society
of Friends for the promotion Of education in
North Carolina and other Southern States was
held in Baltimore last evening.
There have been numerous and destructive
fires in San Francisco aud the State of Caliior-
MIA, and the aggregate loss is heavy.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
are about to cree. grain elevator on their pro-
pcIty at Locust Point Baltimore.
The 18th of next month, November, will be
the day, generally observed throughout the
couotry, as one OF thanksgiving.
\ Swedish colony is about TO locate ia Mis-
souri,, for the cultivation and manufacture of
cotton.
Three steamers laden with reinforcements
for the Spanish army arrived at Havana dur
ing Sunday and yesterday.
The Tennessee Legislature to day begins bal
loting for . t. $. Senator, to succeed MIR.
Fowler
Ez.Sccrctary Seward j. now at Manzanillo,
Mexico.
Snow Tell in the vicinity OF Montreal yester-
day.
Moses Mcdonald, ex member of Congress
from Maine, died at Portland yesterday,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19
CIR G u IL A K .

The undersigned have started an enterpri.o
in which the public are deeply interested. Il
is TO supply want OF our people in al article
that enters into general consumption. We
propose saving of go per cent at least to those
who purchase it. 1t is known that a large pro
portion of the Wooden goods now MANUFACTURED
are shoddy. We are manufacturing at Buck
land. Prince William CO., Va, GEN lNE
article Of wooden fabrics to suit all conditions
and classes Of wesrers.
We do not, and we mean not to, work Shod-
dy, but we shall continue to make the GEN
INE ARTICLE in all its varieties. which We
offer to sell at far lower rates than the goods
our people arc accustomed TO buy, when the
material and wear Of the two fabrics are taken
into account We are warranted by the judg-
ment pronounced on our goods by manu!ac-
turers and merchants, in saying that we are
singular in tho class OF fabrics we are now MAX
ing, and meeting desire OF the public for gen
uine goods. An old and experienced merchant
has compared our goods with those IN the
Northern markets. and informs US that the
largest cloth dealers there acknowledged that they
had no such goods in store. The following cx-
tract from letter received by US from lead
ing commission house in Baltimore, present
the point of the case and shows our people
where their true interest lies:
eve have examined the samples you sent Us
and find them highly creditable indeed. Your
goods are too good for our market, and will not
be appreciated by the trade here. There is So
much shoddy and at the same time so much
show in the Eastern goods that an out and out
honest thing like yours don'tstsnd affair chance
of success"
The largest cloth dealer in New York says
IF you once introduce your goods amongst
your people they will never buy any Others
Encouraged by these opinions, we propose T.
make the experiment. not by appealing to the
Southern people to encourage home manutac'
lures Organized bodies might be moved by
such appeals but individuals consult their in
terests end will buy whore they can get the
most for their money. 1t is to this individual
interest that we appeal. We ask you to try our
goods and soc if that trial does not verify the
Judgment above pronounced on them.
Our general travelling agent ia Mr.; ADD
son TURNER, who will have all orders filed
tina. are given him, on the shortest notice Ad-
dress JNC. b: dUNlON q W,
Buckland, Prince William county, Va three
miles from Gainesville Station, O., A. j. N
RI sep 25-eolm
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19

TOBACCO. -Commissioncr Deano decides
that the mixing of iine,cut shorts with other
kinds of tobacco, renders tobacco so mixed Ii
able to tax Of thirty.two cents per pound;
that refuse scraps OF weeping, whether re-
sultiug from the manufacture of chewing to-
bacco or from the manufacture OF cigars, to be
entitled to the tax Of sixteen cents per
pound, must be put up aud sold substantially
in the ordinary condition in which they are
made. If they are manufactured, the tobacco
made thereirom is liable to tax OF thirty-two
cts. per pound; that tobacco prepared by pro-
ccsses generally employed in the manufacture
of chewing tobacco, using sweetenng, licotice,
or sweetened material, is liable to the tax of
thirty.two cts. per pound, though claimed to
be sweetened smoking tobacco.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19
JAMES r. Ola Rk,
y SURGEON DENTIST. mnfY9

Grad of Bait. Colleges Dental Surgery 1871
No. d., SOUTH WAsnINGToN ST,
ALEXANDRIA,, va.
Dr.. l.. respectfully informs the public th"'
for hoentv years he has given especial sttentl'n
to the preservation of the natural teeth, ana
will continue so to do, and invites those wh1
n,nnv are extracted and destroyed that BY pro
per treatment might be preserved and mad"
useful for life. Artificial tooth inserted ONLY
AS APPROVED BY PROFESSORS AND CoLLEoEs'
nov Aft
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19
ALEXANDRIA, VA.

In the event Of the election Of Mr.. Andrew
johnson As 4. s. Senator from Tennessee, 1t IS
said that a question would be raised as to the
legality Of the election, on the ground that the
election, under the law Of Congress, should
have taken place last Tuesday, instead Of to
day. The Legislature was only partially organ
lied, en- the day designated for its meeting, but
the Radicals hold that it was a complete or
sauiza,ioD, al4 that the proper day has passed
by.
The editors Of the Episcopal Methodist put-
lshed in Baltimore, announce that they have
secured the editorial services Of the Rev Dr.
John IL. Linn, Rev Dr.. J.. d. Huston, Rev.
A. ". Wilson, and Rev, DR., Lipscomb, OF
the University Of Georgia, Rev. DR.. MunSoy
will also tc an occasional contribution to its col
umns. Rev John PoisalanG Rev s. s. Ros-
zell, Of Baltimore, are the managing editors.
The Baltimore Sun s4ys,-''A mill has been
established recently on the south side Of the
basin, by committee Of capitalists, COR crushing
I'll from cotton seed, This article is not only
an excellent lubyicator, bus makes popular
substitute for olive oil for table purposes. Iii
exported to France in rs crude state, aad re-
turns labelled Bordeaux
The y. y. Herald Is quite severe upon the
results OF the late Commercial Coavcpti,n at
Louisville. We presume the Convention dbl
all that it could do-intercbauge views
c,n>uit. and recommend II was at least,
pleasant aul osyeeabe ieuaion OF gentlemen
from ali portions Of the country, end we hope
that good may follow from their meeting.
The reported offer Of the u. s. Of four per
c,. l9au. h. an a.cG, Of the Ro.hschi!ds, /, now
contradictcl. The report has circulated ior 3
week pat but s. now denied from soceral
sources.
The nuuipa! c.5c,ior, ior members OF the
City Council, takes place in Baltimore, to-
morrow week.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19

The Tennessee Legislature has unanimously
adopted resolutions in favor Of adopting mea-
sures to pay the interest and principal of the
public debt of the State, and fulfilling faith
fully ell the obligations it has assumed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Richmond Wing says: We have re-
ccived liberal sample Of natural coke from
the" Burloot Pits" in Chesterfield county,
which are now worked under the skiful dircc.
ton of Mr.. Job Adkins This excellent fuel
is peculiar to this section; at least 1t is seldom
met with elsewhere. Within the memory of
the Oldest citizens, natural coke was almost
unSalcable here. Now 1t is sought after, es-
pccay for cooking purposes by nearly every
houSekeeper in Richmond, and the demani is
with difficulty supplied.
Mr.. GuutLer, wealthy gentleman Of Balti
more, has concluded the purchase Of two hun
dred and forty acres of the Taylor farm, five
miles below Richmond. lie pays $4,000 for
the tract equivalent to cash $3.50 per acre.
This is the second Investment in Virginia real
estate that Mr.. Gunther has made since the
war, he having some time ago bought farm
in Charlotte county.
Cant. II. IIarmeling, 70 rmerly We'll known
aad popular conductor on the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad, was examined GA Saturday
in Iynchburg, before commission, having re
Gently betrayed unmistakab!e evidences OF
mental disorder. 1t was decided that Captain
II. should be sent to Bristol, where his family
resides, to Se properly cared for and restrained.
Col Darlington, proprietor OF the Exchange
Hotel, in Richmond, has leased the Ballard
House, and after October 2O;h both popular
hotels viii be under his control. The bridge
uniting them will be rebuilt.
The appearance Thursday might ola brilliant
Aurora Bcrcalis at Norfolk, caused the fire
bells to ring, emptied the theatre, and brought
out the fire engines
An effort was made again Saturday night
week to burn the Verandah building at Culpep-
cr Court House.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19

TIE GOVERNOR 5 MANSION IN RICHMOND.
"A letter from Richmond, in the Lynchburg
Republican, says;
The Governors mansion does not look so uu-
invitingly and inhospitabe as when Governor
Wells held forth there. Outwardly there is
little change, excepting that there Is no nore
croqu,t play us in the yard and no committees
waiting in the hail. Inside everything is chang
ed Two more s0cabe gentlemen than Gov.
Walker and his aid, Col. Cameron, can be
found no where. They occupy the reception
room, and no ceremonies Of State are needed
to see them during business hours. Walker is
already loved. He never goes into the streets
without attracting general attention, There
have not yet been any OF those levcos at which,
OF old, Richmond showed its fairest daughters
and its superior society but when an oppor
tune hour has arrived, the hosptable doors OF
the Governors mansion will be unlolded wide
aud the gag and the beautiful and the learned
aud the great will mingle there again to rejoice
over Virginia Delivered. y"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19

WASHINGTON ITEMS A co'orcd man made
an assault on little girl, Just outside OF the
city limits, yesterday, rs she was gathering
nuts in the woods, but the screams OF the child
frightened the rufiiaD, and he fed before he
had accomplished his purpose lie was sub
sequently arrested, however.
MessIs. Hugh HammilI Il Son, o! Occoquar,
Va, have rented the lower pier OF the Sixth
street wharf from Mr. Crouch, the proprietor,
and are having built new steamboat, which
when finished will ply on the river between this
city and Occoquan.
In the Equity Court yesterday in the case Of
Davidson v. the Washington, Alexandria and
Georgetown Railroad Company, Judge DIN
granted 4 temporary Injunction to restrain the
sale Of certain property near the Long Bridge,
over which the railroad track passes. Tie
trustee is directed to show cause en- October
2jth Why said Injunction should not be continu-
cd until the partition OF the premises
James Sanders, co,oTed barrier On Bridge
street, 10 Georgetown, was arrested yesterday
for violating the Sunday law His was singu-
lar case. There was Il customer on the chair
getting his red whiskcrs dyed black; - 0 ciock
struck, and one side was black while the other
was red;. he could In. tu-n the man out, so he
finished him up, for which he was arrested, on
complaint OF other BARRIERS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-19
poToMAC FERRY CO., ocl Is, 1863

After today, Monday, 18th October, the :
o'clock p. m. trip of tho boats between Alexsn.
dra and Washington will be discontinued.
S. $. HOWISON,
&c, lo-3t President Potomac Ferry Go.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06

IMPORTANT INFoRMATIoS.-Marryin old
men for their money does not always turn
out, as it would seem, according to the expec-
tations Of the blooming brides. An ex-
change reports case where, forty years ago,
a charming girl of sixteen married an old gen.
tleman for his money, under the confident
expectation that he would soon die and leave
her wealthy young widow. Last week the
disappointed bride died in the 56th year OF
her age, leaving husband at the advanced
age of 100, and four children to mourn her
loss 1t is to be hoped the venerable patri-
arch will wait what the neighbors shall judge
to be reasonable length of time,o before
he marries again.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06

BEEcHER on TALE-DEARERs. = Thesa
hungrey-eyed wretches who sit in the un-
suspicious circle of parents and children.
treasuring their words, spying their weak.
nessess, misinterpreting the innocent liber-
ties OF the household, and then run from
house to house with their shameless news
are worse than poisoners Of wells or burners
man. If one opens his mouth To tell Won
such things, with all your might smIte him
In the lace! There are two actions which jus-
tify you in instantly knocking a man down:
the one Is the act Of pointing gun at You in
sport, and the other Is the attempt to tell YOU
a secret which 1t Is disgraceful tor linn to get
and for you to hear. Make no terms with
such people. Tale-bearers have no rights.
They are commen enemies of good men.
Hunt, harry, and hound them out Of societyl
They are the worst of pests save one, and
that is the listener to the tale-bearerl
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06
GEN. GRANTS FArHra.-says Washing


The Generals father has returned to his
home in Covington. He was unable 70 70 on Q
for two weeks, but just before he lett hs was
able TO ride out few times, but il was very
d'mcult for him to get In and out Of the car
riage. He Is much more infirm than when /
first saw him, some eighteen months ago; and
It Is doubtful If be is ever able to visit Wash
ington again. When he was here in Decem-
Der, 1857, he met lady who, upon being intro
duced to him, greeted him as the father of
our next President the old gentleman was
taken by surprise and seemed much affected
by her greeting, and never forgot it, as various
acts OF kindness TO her afterwards proved.
Before he left the city last week be sent his
sons carriage for the lady that she nigh. come
and bid him good bye, saying it would proba-
bly, be the last time he should ever see her as
he never expected to be able to come here again.
He Is the first man who has lived 10 sea his son
iuaugurated as President, and believe Gen.
Grant Is the youngest man who has ever been
elected to that Office.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06

ter, or even one Of his own wives, AS ba,
already been stated, the girls are mostly mar.
RED at very early age. The marriage or a
girl Of eight years Is very common. and a
much younger child Is frequently presented
to the person of whom she Is at future De-
riod to become the wife. Sometimes the
chiefs give away their wives, while yet vir-
gins, 10 others.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06
.B6llSard Tables for. Sale.

Ef0R SALE-Eight good Billiard Tables-thres
u nearls new. Can be seen at Mechanics Hall.
VIII be sold very low II applied for soon. For FUR
thsr particulars inquire at
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06
!. Established June eS, 1862.

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The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06
NOTICE.

TOMAS II. PERLEY having resigned the agency
- for the sale OF Duck and 9th goods manu- ac-
tured by the Westbrook Manufacturing Company,
the unsettled accounts and d,bts due 10 them, will
be adjusted by the Treasurer, at No 10 Central
Wharf, hURUS e. WOOD Treas
Portland, January 9Th, 1869.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06

WestbrOOk Manufacturing Co.
TUE Westbrook Manufacturing Company having
removed their place OF business from the store Of
Jonas h. Perley to the store occupied by the UNDER
signed on Central Wharf, offer for sale the various
kinds OF goods manu- actui ed BY them, consist, OF
Ships Duck, Ravens Duck, Sail and Wrapping
Jeans, &C., at the lowest prices in the MARKET The
Company are now putting in new and improved
machinery for the manufacture of SHIPS Duck
which they believe will ins the best article which
can be made. All orders pr mptiy attended to-
N RUFUS E. WOOD, Treas,
80 No 10 Central Wharf.
Portland, Jan 9th, 1869. isdtf
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dissolution of fCopartnersl.ip

THE firm Of YE ATOM & HALE was dissolved
on the LIST inst, by the death Of the junior m-m
ber. The business OF tue firm will be- settled by the
the old stand
JOHN YEATON.
April 8, 1869. ap5dtf
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06
Dissolution OF Copartnership!
DRs. FOSTER q WEEKS.

DRs. FOSTER n WEEKS.
THE partnership heretofore exi ting between
Il Drs. T. A. Foster and III. Weeks ie this flav
dissolved by mutual consent. Those having re-
ceived medical services by DR.. Foster will settla
with him; and those having received medical SER !.
vice by DR.. Weeks will settle with him 50 50
Dr. Weeks has removed to the United State Ho-
TEL entrance Congress st, Lr. Foster ,emsrs ~
'ae o'' e'aiu' No Drown 81. apr2d1w*
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-02-19
EFFECTS OF FEMALE SUFFRAGE,

Nothing is palmer in that case, than
that the first requisite in candidate
male or female will be good looks and
pretty women and handsome fellows
will carry the day against all comers.
And why not? We shall be putting
into practice the old Greek theory
that beauty is sign of virtue. The
scraggy, scrawny, tlat-bosomed crea-
lures who now take such an active part
in the woman's rights conventions, are
not women, and the spindle-shan k,
bald-headed, speetacled-conee who
cooperate with them are not men. All
of these when the movement has be-
come a success, will be pused from the
scene of action and consigned to merit
ed obscurity. Commend us to the bux-
ON beaubles whc can win vote by a
kiss and purity the ballot by the es-
sence OF fresh tulip. 1t will be fun
for the handsome fellows canyassing
in those days and the torpor of hum
drum households will be broken up, by
violent political discussions over tea
and toast, wkile the little ones will di-
vide into mamma and papa parties and
wrangle over their mugs of evening
milk. Pet. Inder.