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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-19

CAMUEL HARTLEY.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. Is Union street,
Alexandria, Va.
M>Particuler attention paid to tho selling
ofGRAIN, FLOUR and oil kinds ofCOCNTRY
PRODUCE, and flling eli orders for GROCE-
RIES, GUANO, PLASTER, &C.. &c. ct the
lowest rates. .
zF- Agent for The sale Of the celebrated
sROUND TOP" HYDRAULIC CEMENT.
ia 2-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-19

T UTHER D. HARRISON,
AUCTION & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 10 North Royal street,
Respectfully solicits consignments. Sales at.
tended to with promptness and dispatch.
oct 31-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-19

HOLIDAY GOODS AT c. w. GREENS,
II 76 King street.
Writing Desks, Work Boxes, Cigar Stands,
Fancy Ink Stands, and a thousand Other usetul
and ornamental articles, all of which will be
sold at astonishirgly low prices.
~No trouble to exhibit stock, dec Is
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-19

A HANDSOME HOLIDAY PRESENT.
N What mere suitable present to your wife,
daughter or friend t;an a hrst-class SEWING
MACHINE2 Then buy that ono which is best
for all kinds of sewing, which is Singers New
Family Sewing Hachine. Eighty Of these ma
chimes have been sold in this city during the
past year. Buy ono from
G.. G. BERRY, Agent,
doc IL y King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-19
HOLIDAY Els E N IT'S u.

1T ~
Toilet Sets, Bohemian Vases. Parish Fig
urcs, Chins Ornaments, SC.
Large stock Of the above goods just received.
Prices rs cheap IS the cheapest. Great variety
and beautiful patterns. Would call especial
attention to my stock of Toilet Sets, which is
both largo and cheap, and is just the thing for
o handsome Holiday present: Call and exam
inc; no trouble to show goods.
doc IL G.. G. BERRY, u King st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-19

F.
No. 30 Seventh street.
between B street and Maryland AVenue,]
Washington, d. c.,
COM MISSION MERCHANT.
Respectfully solicits consignments, believing
he CAD average 10 per cant more for conslgn-
ers than he did in Alexandria.
Weabin gton. ian 31-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-19
THE HOLIDAYS.
CREAT EXCITEMENTl
OWONDERFUL DEYELOVEMENTSl

Nov Attractions of the GREAT DOLLAR
ENGINE brought TO light daily.
Inst received the third lot Of this gem of the
season also, the Scientific Attachment to the
Dollar Engine. showing the continuance OF
sight. Price Csc 80,
Bow Belps Annual for Christmas; Engllsn
The Silver Bow, being tho Christmas part of
tho Qliver English; Zoe.
English Society; Christmas number QUO.
London Society; Christmas number; 6uc.
The Light of the World and other Poems
and Hymns. q splendidly illustrated gift book
Morocco, 50.
New Books and Games, enc Russia Leather
and Vienna goods in great variety. Receiving
novelties daily.
dec II GEO.. Z. FRENCH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-19

n oor1D. Y. II. wILKENIE6
TOULD & WIDENING,
u fSuccossors TO W. e Henderson,
GROCERY, LIQUOR s GENERAL COM
MISSION MERCHANTS
No. 80 North Eoyal st.
Dsslers in GROCERIES, TEAS, COFFEES
SUGARS, WHISkEY, BRANDY, WINES
STOTCd ALE, PORTER, SC.
Also, Eastern and Potomac HhAD' Hem
RING and MACKEREL
Choice brands OF SEGARS aud TOBACCO
always on hand. rnuv
Strict attention paid TO the sale OF COUNTRY
PRGDTCH. ie l8-tf
NAVY s. HARMON,
GROCERS, FEED & COMMISSION &ER-
CHANTS,
Corner Prince and Royal sts.,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Special attention given to the ssle OF Country
produce. I'll
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-19
JAPANESE GOODS 6 LACQUER WARE,

Toilet Casos and Chinese ~PIates-beaides many
other Novelties in Elmo Lacquer Work.
The most ingenious and instructive toy Of the
age, and interesting alike to OLD and young,
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-22

Agreed upon between John A. kasson, Esq, in.
| vested with special Powers to this End, and
Signor Commander Don Giovanni Barbsvara,
Director General Of Posts in Italy, BY virtue Of
his full Powers, in order to establish regular
Exchange Of Correspondence between the United
States Of America and Italy.
ARTICLE 1. There shall be . regular exchange
Of correspondence in closed mails between the
Department Of Italy, upon the conditions set forth
in the following articles:-
Article H. The exchange Of mails shall be
effected by means ofthe transatlantic steamer and
Of the intermediate routes Of transit upon which
the two postal administrations stall hereafter
agree; or, in the absence Of such an agreement,
each postal administration shall designate the
steamers aud the route Of transit by which the
mails which il DISPATCHES shall be conveyed.
ARTICLE III. The Offices for the exchange Of
mails on the part Of the United States, are
1st. New York.
ID. Boston.
On the part Of Italy, arc
lst. The travelling Office from Turin to eusa.
when the transit i by the way Of France and
"a. The travelling once from Milan to Gamer.
lata, or the travelling ONCE from Arons to NAG
dine, when the transit il BY way Of Germany and
Switzerland.
he Post Departnants Of the United States and
Of Italy whenever they shall find It necessary,
may agree upon other ofiices Of exchange.
ARTICLE ". The following articles st@l1 b
two countries, t. wit: a. Ordinary lettes; ~
Registered letters; (3) Documents Of busi',ex and
other written documents which have not SIS har-
acter Of direct personal correspondent cnr-
rected proofs, samples Of merchandise. ine: 'og
grains and seeds, and not having q mescs-. lie
value in themsel es; ~ Newspaper and prints Of
all kinds in sheets. in pamphlets and in books;
sheets Of music, ensravings, Autographs, photo
grayhs drawing, maps, and plans.
Article v. The weight Il each packet Of sam
pies of merchandise shall not exceed 500 grammes.
The weight of any other packet If mailable articles
shall not exceed z, 600 grammes: and the form Of
the packet shall he regulated by the practice Of
the despatching department.
ARTICLE vi ALI mailable articles, except let
te.s, shall he sent under band, enclosed that
postal agents in both countries may readily verify
the contents of the packet
ARrIcLx VII. The standard weight and pro
erosion for the single rate of postage upon all ar
ticles enumerated in Article ". Of this convention
are established as follows: ~ For letters. Is
grammes; (2) For documentary manuscripts not
having the character Of . direct personal eosTc-
spondence fer corrected proof, and for samples Of
merchandise 70 gr.mmes; (s) For newspapen and
prints Of all kinds embracing all mailabie articles
not otherwise assigned. the standard shall not b
less than - gramncs i'm Italy, or one ounce and
half in the United States; bat each post depart
nent nay essablish . higher standard weight Of
peogresuiou adapted 10 IL interior requirements
3oe articles Of this clan which Il dsspateAes.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-22
DETAILED REGULATIONS.

Agreed upon between the Post Once Department
Of the United States Of America and the Gene
raj Posto6ice Of the Netherlands. for the execu
ton Of the Convention Of the 18th day Of Sep
TENDER, 1861.
ARTICLE L. Tho exchange once Of Mssrdyl
shall make mp . closed mail for the exchange
Office Of New York The exchange ONCE Of New
York shall on it, part make mp . closed mail fol
Moerdyk.
Until further notice the only exchange Office o.
the part of the United States shall b New York
ARfl1R II. Each mail exchanged between the
two Offices shall be accompanied BY .
letter bill, showing the postages, the charges Of
transit, the fees ETC., accFuing to each once upon
the different kinds Of correspondence.
The form Of this letter bin shall follow the mod
els A and B. hereto annexed, and shall eonsecu-
lively be numbered by the despaiching Office dur
ing each calendar year.
The receiving odsce shall Immediately acknowl-
edge the receipt.
Asr1cIx III The exchange Offices shall divide
the correspondence which they despatch into .
suitable number If separate packages according to
the letter bill.
Each Of these packages shall bear the proper
etiquette and number corresponding to the letter
bill.
Ar.rcrr ". When more than q single rate is
chargeable upon any letter or other article. the
number Of rates to which it is subject shall be in
dicated BY the despatchng Office by figure in the
upper left corner Of the address.
ARTICLE v. ke8stefeo corresponding bnaii %
described in . register list. This list shall
conform to the model hereto annexed marked G..
All registered letters shall be enveloped to
gether in q strong paper, securely fastened. and
the packet inscribed with the word Aangetsekend
or Registered, and placed in the mail.
The blink in the letter bill for expressing the
number Of registered articles shall be filled by ex
pressing the number. In case no registered arti-
cies are sent the proper blank d the letter bill
shall be filled with the word Mill or Nil. !.
ARTICLE vi. The registered letters despatched
shall be acknowledged Immediately by the re-
ceivinz Office by the first mail following the re-
csipt-
II tie verifcation by the receiving Office shall
disclose an error ofany kind in the register list,
it shall be also. by the first mail, notified to the
Office.
ARTICLE VII. The two administrations mutu-
ally engage to take neeful measures for the care
full Transmission of registered correspondence, and
for pursuing IL when lost; but II is understood
that neither assumes to the other any pecuniAry
in case Of loss.
A frcIk VIII. All letters exchanged between
the two offices shall indicate, by stamp or writing
thereon, the ONCE Of origin
Correspondence fully paid IN destination ehall Be
stamped Franco IN the Netherlands, and Paid al
In the United States.
Registered articles shall b stamped Aasgcteek-
md IN the Netherlands. and IN the United States
Hyiaevsa.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-03-22
Posr-OFFIcE DEPARTMENT, !
Washington Jan 2l. 1865, (

The foregoing articles Of detailed regulations for
carrying into execution the postal convention If
26th September, 1867, between the United States
and the Netherlands, are hereby ratified and sp-
proved.
Witness nv hand and the seal CT the Post Office
Department this list day of January. A. D. 1s6S.
TsIAL.l ALEX. W RANDALL,
poatmaster.G General
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-30
Annual State Convention of the Y. NJ.
4. A.

The Fourth Annual State Convention
of Young Mems Christian Associations
in Vermont will be held at st. Johnsbury,
Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 18th and
18th.
All members of Young Mems Christian
Associations are invited, and we in
sist each Association will be represented
We cordially invite each evangelical
church in Vermont to send their pastor
and one delegate as corresponding men,
bers Of the convention; and would sug-
gest that the delegate be the superinten-
dent of the Sabbath School, or an active
Sabbath School worker, inasmuch as the
State Sabbath School Convention is to be
held in the same town Immediately after
our adjournment. All persons in atten-
dance upon the Y. NJ. G. A. Convention
are invited by the officers of the Sabbath
School Convention, and by the citizens
Of st. Johnsbury, to attend both conven.
tions.
We are assured that Hon. Cephas
Brainerd of New York city, chairman of
the International Executive Committee
of Y. NJ. G A., and d. l.. Moody of
Chicago, will be present.
Prof. Philip Phillips of New York
city will have charge of the singing.
Members of associations are required
to bring certificate of membership, and
pastors and delegates credentials. The
citizens of st. Johnsbury kindly offer en-.
tertainment to all who come provided
with credentials as above stated. Board
at reduced rates for this occasion is of.
ferred by the proprietors of the st.
Johnsbury House and Avenue House to
persons attending either convention,
Delegates will be met at the depot OH
the arrival Of each train and assigned
to places; those coming with their own
team will report at the rooms of the Y
NJ. G. A.
GEO. +. DAVIS, Burlington,
Chairman State Elk. Com.
D. b. DOUGLAS, Brattleboro,
Corresponding Secretary
Ben. X. CHASE, Rutland
Treasurer.
Burlington, August 10, 1870.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-30

We are indebted to Capt. A. +. Leav-
enworth, Principal Of Beeman Academy,
New Haven, for catalogue of the officers
and students in New Haven Academy
during the past year and the announce
ment of Beeman Academy, lately endow-
ed and organized under the new name
During the past year there were one hun
dred students, averaging forty-six per
term. OF these, 20 studied languages
l6 higher English, SO common English,
and 8 belonged to the teachers class.
There is now in the hands of the
trustees Of Beeman Academy the sum OF
eleven Thousand dollars which is to be in
vested for the permanent use and benefit
of the institution, the annual income of
which is pledged toward the payment of
the salaries Of instructors. 1t is designed
to increase the fund to $4,000. The
former instructor, Mr.. Leavenworth, has
been induced to remain, having declined
for this purpose, an advantageous offer
from another field Thoroughness Of in
struction is prominent feature of the
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-30

Editors Of Register
In the interest of the American Sow
Company, of New York find myself on
the shores Of the Pacific. Little did |
think when the last spike was driven in
the great Pacific railroad, that | should
so soon visit these shores but thus it is.
| left the green hills of Vermont for
New York on the 2Sth Of July, and i'm
mediately with the secretary Of the afore-
said company turned my face westward.
After long tedious journey of six days,
we found ourselves among the saints at
Salt Lake City. to spend Sunday. We
first visited Brighams theatre, and there
got squirt at his Ii wives, all told,
and the rest of the daughters Of Zion.
Sunday we attended the Mormon meet
ing at the tabernacle of the saints. There
were great number Of the Gentiles
present, to whom was exhibited the ut.
most poiteness. Several of the Elders
spoke, and the service closed with a
speech from Brigham himself We
learned from him that polygamy is the
chief corner stone of the Mormon faith,
and we thought So for such sights of
children | never saw before and such a
mixture Of humanity probably never con-
gregated by force of religious, or other
fanatlcism The wonder, is how such a
people since 1S37-could have built
such city, and populated it with at least
20,000,-but so it is.
We left the Courts of lion on Mon
day the 3lst for the Golden State. Max
ing our way through the valley and over
the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains,
passing through Weber Canyon, by the
courtesey of the R.R. Co., and its accommo-
dating conductor, we were furnished with
an open car and allowed to stop at the
=" 1900 mile tree" This gave us a fine
opportunity to view the grand old rocks
that stood almost directly over our heads
on either side, from 300 to 500 feet high
between and around which wends the
Iron Girdle," over which we were
wont to pass away to the ocean.
On Wednesday, the 3D. inst, 7 p. H.
we found ourselves quietly at rest in the
city, around and in the vicinity of which
we have circulated ever since, prying into
the curiosities and wonders on every hand
to be found. But the most wonderful
thing Of all is the climate, which is cold
enough to require an overcoat and winter
clothing, and that right here where trop.
ical plants flourish with irrigation, and
no rain falls from April to November the
winter being the pleasantest part Of the
year. A. p. Topper
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-30

Young man on the street, being charged
with being lazy, was asked if he took it
from his father. al think not" SAID the
scurrilous son "father's 20, all the lazi-
ness he ever had"
An English architect has published u
plan for building an immense national
mausoleum. The building is to contain
space for the intcrment of two million
bodies. The style is to be Gothic. and
for size and maguifcence, St Paul- and
st. Peters at Rome will be put down as
dwarfs in comparison.
An editor in Michigan, who promised
yearly subscription for the largest mel.
on left at his Office, has been perfectly
overwhelmed with specimens of this va
riety of the pumpkin tribe His office,
house and barn, have filled with melons,
and he has sold enough Of the fruit" to
pay all his old debts.
Two young girls at boarding school de-
votedly attached to one another, finding
that at the close of the term they we're to
be separated, concluded to take poison and
die together rather than live apart. 1t
was accordingly done, but discovered by
the teacher, powerful antdotes admins
tered, and the girls lived. Each accused
the other of treachery, and after dread.
full quarrel they separated, the most Bit
ter and deadly enemies
An enthusiastic town meeting in Holy
yoke, Tuesday, voted--30l against 25-
in favor Of the towns taking stock in the
Holyoke and Westfeld Railroad amount
ing to per cent. of its valuation.
The Springfield Republican says zone
Of our fellow citizens, residing on High
street, who has been maltreated for con-
sumption and other diseases by several
physicians, has just been relieved of a
tape-worm SO feet inches in length,
which had reduced him to the apparent
verge of death.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-30

The editor Of the Burlington Free
'ress has for several years arrogated to
himself the role of dictator and censor
over the first Congressional District, and
has, in the most gratuitous manner at
tackled the character and motives of those
in the district whose views of public pol
icy did not happen at the moment to a.
gree with his own. Citizens of high
standing, and who possessed the conf
dence and esteem Of the community in
which they lived, have been ruthlessly
assailed with ghoul-like ferocity by this
dyspeptic dictator and villifer upon the
tripod, who would in his vain concet and
futile anger, desecrate even the hallowed
circle Of private life to drag forth some-
thing to exhibit in satisfaction of his eff.
forts to injure those who never harmed
him, and who are far above his maledic-
tons and his tolls.
OF this species Of political hydropho-
bia is the attempt to misreprescnt the ac-
ton of the late District Convention, and
10 malign some of its prominent members
among others Mr.. Woodbridge, who for
six years was regarded by large portion
of the people as one of the ablest and most
faithful Representatives ever sent to Con.
gress from Vermont, and who possessed
while there the fullest confidence and
friendship Of such men as Solomon Foot,
Jacob Collamer, Justin s. Morrill, and
Worthington G. Smith, and who acted
unitedly with them, in harmony, upon
nearly every question arising in Congress,
although he had the misfortune not to
satisfy this self.constituted censor who
disapproved of him as Il public servant,
two years ago, and therefore feels called
upon now to malign him as private
citizen.
Mr.. Woodbridge was delegate in the
late convention without his solicitation,
and was elected when he was absent from
home and had been for some time We
fail to see any more improperly in his
accepting this trust, confded in him by
his townsmen, than there was in Gov.
Dillingham's doing the same thing, or of
his urging his views in a courteous forci-
BILE way against the Democrats exercising
control of primary Republican meetings,
in opposition to Gov. Dillingham;, who ad-
vocated the claims of the delegation who
owed their election to Democratic votes.
We assure the Free Press that it made
few friends for itself or its candidate, in
{" Old Addison by falsely and mali.
ciously venting its bilious unprovokcd
spleen against man like Mr.. Wood
bridge, who possesses the confidence of
his townsmen and the citizens of the
county to degree that it would be for
tunate for the editor of the Free Press if
he could attain in his locality; and we
would commend his efforts in that direc-
ton, leaving the citizens of this district
for short time to manage their own af.
fairs.
We make the above remarks, not that
We suppose Mr.. Woodbridge needs our aid
in vindication of his character, but to
show the unmanly and vindictive conduct
Of one holding the power of press in his
hands in attacking and villifying private
individual, who while performing his duty
as a republican freeman happens to hon
estly differ from the editor of the Free
Press in opinion
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-30

The FIRE AT OTTAwA.-For the last
three or four days terrible fire has been
devastating the country about Ottawa,
causing an immense destruction Of pro-
perty, with serious loss of life. For miles
the country has been swept clean, houses,
lumber yards, factories. whole villages, in
fact, falling pray to the flames. la
Chelsea, a yard containing five million
feet Of sawed lumber lay in the direct path
Of the fire. There was high wind and
the scene is said to have been terrific
The blaze from hundreds of large piles of
dry lumber united in one grand sheet of
fame, Illuminating the country for miles
on all sides People in the vicinity had to
seize their children and fly for their lives
No time had they to save anything but
the clothes they had on, aud the unfor-
tunate women and children ran to the
river and crowded on TO the plank cribs,
which were cut loose, and foated down
the staeam with their living freight to the
Gatineau Point, where they arrived at |
O'Clock in the morning. In the meantime
the fans spread with dreadful rapidty,
till they soon extended through the
whole of the lronside village, and some
fifty houses of the men employed in the
iron mines aud smelling houses We're in
flames in few moments. Hundreds of
persons were made homeless, flying bare
headed and barefooted for the nearest
place Of shelter. Horses and cattle driven
mad by the smoke and heat rushed blind
ly into the fire, and thus added to the
losses sustained by the farmers, several
Of whom, hitherto in the enjoyment of
wealth and comfort, are utterly ruined.
Thirteen people-among them an old
man and his wife, both over eighty years
ofage-are known to have persisted in
the flames, and the fate Of nearly as many
others is in doubt As the flames APP
preached Ottawa, panic seized upon the
people, and measures were hurriedly de-
vised for the protection of the city
There appears to have been quite sufiic-
ent justification for prompt and active
precautions. The Rideau Canal was
opened and the country for some distance
flooded, whilst every point of danger was
watched persons armed with such APP
pliance as they could command, to resist
the progress Of the fire. According to
the last advices the immediate danger to
Ottawa has passed, but vigilant watch
is still kept against recurrence Of the
danger
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-30
Grand Lodge of o. orc. r,

The twenty third annual session Of the
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows of the State of Vermont
assembled at the Good Templars' Hall,
Rutland. Wednesday, Aug. 25th at 8 o.
clock a. IN.
The following Grand Officers and Re.
representatives. were present.
j. II. Simmons, Acting Grand Master.
j. $. Mcfarland, Grand Warden Henry
M. Currer Grand Secretary John
lsham, Grand Treasurer Geo. Wright,
Grand Conductor F. ID. Cobleigh, Guar
dian.
Appropriate resolutions were adopted
relative to the death of Grand Master
Henry r. Hosford.
The Grand Lodge elected the following
officers for the ensuing year:
John II. Simmons Middlebury, Grand
Master.
John s. Mcfarland, Rupert, Deputy
Grand Master.
Abner Forbes st. Adams, Grand War
den.
Henry NJ. Currier, Brattleboro, Grand
Secretary.
j. NJ. lsham, Burlington, Grand Trea.
surer.
Rev. Chas. Woodhouse, Rutland, Grand
Chaplain.
The Grand Master made the following
appointments;
&. d. Wright, Burlington, Grand Mar
shall
Moses Wright, st. Johnsbury, Grand
Conductor.
N. X. $. Miles. Vergennes, Grand
Guardian.